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Monday Memories: Thirsty for Living Water

Posted on July 31, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

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Like deer at a flowing stream

I wake thirsty from a dream

Tears feed me, night and day

“Where is your God?” people say

My spirit is cast down low

God’s faithful, trusty love, He shows

Nightly, Psalms sing to my heart

Praying for my life to restart

My flesh cries out in thirst

God’s love will always arrive first

In the middle of dry land

His love extends from His hand

Sometimes life brings bitterness to drink

Thirsty like parched land, I think

The Gospel brings forward good news

Living water quenches, like morning dew

The Enemy taunts me once more

“Where is your God?” he implores

He has left and forsaken you

Your tiny life should be through

Glory of God fills the streams

Desert sands become pools, no dream

Grass thickens across the vast plains

Springs arise, thirst never to wane

Jesus, the Lamb, shepherds me now

Providing living water, kneel and bow

Come, take this water of life

Receiving God’s grace, without any strife

Waking in the darkness of night

Thirsty for God’s message of might

Making water flow from a stone

Split open by God’s blessed tone

The Enemy’s spirit no longer swarms

Thirst for righteousness, defeats any storms

All who thirst, seek God’s altar

Holy Spirit’s living water, never falters

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Originally published September, 2019.

Charles Stanley Quote

Posted on July 28, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

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Our loving heavenly Father invites us to bring our burdens to Him and accept the strength He offers.

From Psalm 55:22: “Cast your burden on the Lord, and He will sustain you; He will never permit the righteous to be moved.”

Our Sustainer

Posted on July 23, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

From Psalm 55:1: “Give ear to my prayer, O God; do not hide Yourself from my supplication.”

Persuasive voices

Filled with weighty stones

Pulling self deeper

Feeling so alone

Despair building up

Fear never ceases

Wanting to just hide

Falling to pieces

Troubles weigh heavy

Overwhelmed with noise

Calling out to God

Seeking faith’s convoy

Tempest storms now calm

God’s grace intervenes

Covering with peace

Wiping burdens clean

His Word restores trust

Our Sustainer speaks

Changing hope’s outlook

Climbing righteous peaks

From Psalm 55:22: “Cast your burden on the Lord, and He will sustain you; He will never permit the righteous to be moved.”

Charles Stanley Quote

Posted on July 23, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

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Have you forgotten just how amazing our great God is? Spend time remembering today.

From Galatians 4:4-7: “But when the fullness of time had come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, in order to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as children. And because you are children, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, ‘Abba! Father!’ So you are no longer a slave but a child, and if a child then also an heir through God.“

Oswald Chambers Quote

Posted on July 19, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

God will give us touches of inspiration when He sees we are not in danger of being led away by them.

From 2 Corinthians 5:6-7: “So we are always confident, even though we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord—for we walk by faith, not by sight.“

Oswald Chambers (1874-1917) was a Scottish evangelist and Christian teacher. Following his death from an illness while in Egypt during World War I, his wife took on the task of transcribing the detailed notes she had written from his lectures and sermons. Gertrude Hobbs Chambers’ efforts resulted in the publication in 1924 of MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST. I frequently read from this devotional, and it has greatly deepened my faith and understanding of God’s Word.

Abundant Life

Posted on July 16, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

From Isaiah 55:3: “Incline your ear, and come to Me; listen, so that you may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant, My steadfast, sure love for David.”

Filled with thirst and hunger

Listen to God’s trusted Word

Promising to fulfill daily needs

Lifetime’s path no longer blurred

Raining from heavens

Spirit quenches every thirst

Living water flowing ever more

Sin’s darkest journey reversed

Sown with God’s mercy

Harvest of grace now ready

Bread of life feeds His new covenant

Life’s navigation steady

Praises poured with joy

Heavens bursting, full of song

Mountaintops joining valleys below

Abundant life comes along

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From Isaiah 55:10: “For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there until they have watered the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater.”

Charles Stanley Quote

Posted on July 12, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

Adversity is not only a bridge to a deeper relationship with God, but it’s also the path to freedom, healing, and maximum usefulness.

From Hebrews 12:11-13: “Now, discipline always seems painful rather than pleasant at the time, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed.“

Praising God’s Greatness

Posted on July 9, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

From Psalm 145:8: “The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.”

Blessing forever, God above

Kneeling, bending every knee

Praising His greatness, Amen!

Justice sown from righteous decrees

Breathing with hope’s newfound freedom

Witnessing God’s mighty moves

Praising daily in worship

Mercy arrives, His Son approves

Riding donkey, comes humble King

Tasting His merciful grace

Praising faith’s new covenant

Heaven’s goodness, let all embrace

Commanding nations, take notice

Setting every sinner free

Praising repeal of darkness

Throughout earth’s many lands and seas

Sounding faith’s endless trumpet

Protecting with blessed light

Praising God’s lasting greatness

Eternal daylight covers night

From Zechariah 9:16: “On that day the Lord their God will save them, for they are the flock of His people, for like the jewels of a crown they shall shine on His land.”

A. B. Simpson Quote

Posted on July 7, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

God is ever wanting to add to us, to develop us, to enlarge us, to teach us more and more.

From 1 Peter 5:10: “And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore, support, strengthen, and establish you.“

A. B. (Albert Benjamin) Simpson (1843-1919) was a Canadian-born pastor, theologian, and Christian author. He founded the Christian and Missionary Alliance.

Oswald Chambers Quote

Posted on July 3, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

Every time we have gone back in spiritual communion it has been because we have impertinently known better than Jesus Christ. We have allowed the cares of the world to come in, and have forgotten the “much more” of our Heavenly Father.

From Matthew 6:30: “But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you—you of little faith?”

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