His Proven Ways

From Deuteronomy 10:12:  “So now, O Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you?  Only to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.”

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Facing yet another day

Father’s mercy offers hand

Overcoming each challenge

Solid ground covers sinking sand

 

Trusting path of wisdom’s light

Father’s Word guides each step

Escaping evil’s darkness

Destined for Calvary’s doorstep

 

Looking back at long journey

Father’s love fills wayward heart

Trading pride with humbleness

Hope renewing from faith’s restart

 

Embracing His proven ways

Father’s grace shining ahead

Resisting darkest shadows

Filled with Son’s everlasting bread

 

Blessing Savior’s righteous road

Father’s sovereignty leads

Offering bridge to follow

Blood of Christ saves each tender reed

 

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From John 14:5-6:  “Thomas said to Him, ‘Lord, we do not know where You are going.  How can we know the way?’  Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life.  No one comes to the Father except through Me.'”

Charles Swindoll Quote

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God’s specialty is bringing renewal to our strength, not reminders of our weakness.  Take it by faith.

From Proverbs 3:1-2:  “My child, do not forget My teaching, but let your heart keep My commandments, for length of days and years of life and abundant welfare they will give you.”

Heart’s New Attitude

From Psalm 143:1:  “Hear my prayer, O Lord; give ear to my supplications in Your faithfulness; answer me in Your righteousness.”

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Enemy pursues

More darkness unfolds

Crushing every breath

Yet, Spirit remains bold

 

God’s light perseveres

Faith’s answers unfold

Sharing steadfast love

Deliverance foretold

 

Mercy shares His truth

Righteousness unfolds

Seeking out God’s will

His comforting hands mold

 

Heart’s new attitude

Brighter times unfold

Clutching God’s wisdom

Promises to behold

 

Safe in His refuge

Faithfulness unfolds

Hearing each prayer

Spirit’s blessings uphold

 

Dark times abating

Life’s new day unfolds

Waiting no longer

God’s connection takes hold

 

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From Psalm 143:9-10:  Save me, O Lord, from my enemies; I have fled to You for refuge. Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God.  Let Your good spirit lead me on a level path.”

Charles Stanley Quote

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God is constantly working in our hearts and circumstances to achieve His will in our lives.

From Psalm 143:10:  “Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God.  Let Your good spirit lead me on a level path.”

Charles Swindoll Quote

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Nothing makes us more uncertain and insecure than not being sure we are in the will of God.  And nothing is more encouraging than knowing for sure that we are.

From 1 John 2:17:  “And the world and its desire are passing away, but those who do the will of God abide forever.”

Our Creator’s Infinity

From Genesis 1:1-2:  “When God began to create the heavens and the earth, the earth was complete chaos, and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters.”

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Before mountains ever brought forth

Emptiness waits for its time

Then, Creator formed life at last

Dynamics endlessly rhyme

 

Nightly dance follows daily song

Morning’s sunrise shall renew

Creator’s everlasting time

Earth’s serenity in view

 

Delight in counting each minute

Time’s destiny in His hands

Creator’s faithful perfection

Ceaseless, unyielding commands

 

Dwelling place for generations

Harmony’s heavenly home

Creator’s time never stands still

Perpetual peace shall roam

 

Compassion breathes from time’s oneness

Love filling each endeavor

Our Creator’s Infinity

Forever joins forever

 

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From Psalm 90:2:  “Before the mountains were brought forth or ever You had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.”

John Calvin Quote

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There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make us rejoice.

From Colossians 1:16:  “For in Him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers—all things have been created through Him and for Him.”

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One Choice

Approaching

Faith’s crossroads

Forsaking enemy’s promises

Accepting Father’s heavenly truths

Peace

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Nourishing Hope

Powering

Toward Father

Rock of ages

Trusted love always defends

Faith

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Forever Victorious

Father’s

Blessed revelation

Eternal grace breathes

Risen from death’s tomb

Son

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Charles Hodge Quote

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Faith is not a blind, irrational conviction.  In order to believe, we must know what we believe, and the grounds on which our faith rests.

From 1 Corinthians 2:4-5:  “My speech and my proclamation were made not with persuasive words of wisdom but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith might rest not on human wisdom but on the power of God.”

Charles Hodge (1797-1878) was an American theologian and Christian teacher.

Charles Swindoll Quote

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God puts us in the wilderness to test us, to stretch our spiritual muscles.  Our earthly wilderness experiences are designed to develop us into men and women of faith.

From Deuteronomy 8:2:  “Remember the long way that the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, in order to humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.”