Big Sky Buckeye

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Cleansed Heart

Posted on April 27, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From Psalm 119:1-2: “Happy are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord. Happy are those who keep His decrees, who seek Him with their whole heart.”

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Faith’s steady journey

Walking in God’s way

Keeping His decrees

Spirit sings each day

Glories of God’s law

Marking path ahead

Embracing His Word

Faithful, daily bread

Righteousness leading

Grasping trusted rope

Fixing eyes on God

Faith seals promised hope

God remains steadfast

Sharing divine love

Treasuring His flock

Grace flows from above

Commandments followed

Running to God’s light

Forgiving man’s sin

Cleansed heart taking flight

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From Psalm 119:14-16: “I delight in the way of Your decrees as much as in all riches. I will meditate on Your precepts and fix my eyes on Your ways. I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.”

Filled with Grace

Posted on April 23, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From Psalm 119:105: “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”

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Early morning surroundings

Freshly brewed coffee now poured

Moments of light compounding

Conversation with faith’s Lord

Bible’s pages reopened

Study begins with God’s Word

Grace knocking, heart now opened

More than coffee being stirred

Gentle spirit settles in

Wisdom seeks receptive ear

Father finds trusted plug-in

Lessons become crystal clear

Coffee cup now filled with grace

Sunrise seals Savior’s snapshot

Rising in this humble place

Redemption forever bought

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From Ephesians 1:7: “In him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace.”

Howard Crosby Quote

Posted on April 16, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

Every path that leads to heaven is trodden by willing feet. No one is ever driven to paradise.

From Psalm 119:105: “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”

Howard Crosby (1826-1891) was an American pastor and academic professor.

Each Tomorrow

Posted on March 30, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From Hebrews 11:1-3: “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Indeed, by faith our ancestors received approval. By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was made from things that are not visible.”

Faith in future unseen

Trusting God’s divine Word

Tasting His every truth

Steps taken, hope conferred

Faith finds each tomorrow

Hearing Shepherd’s firm voice

Welcoming hope with love

Peace filling every choice

Faith follows righteous path

Holding hope’s precious grace

According to God’s plan

Enemy gives up chase

Faith moving beyond fear

Finding mercy’s new light

Grasping Savior’s fresh rope

Hope shines forever bright

Faith offers endless joy

Returning to God’s home

Praising as One Body

Destined hope freely roams

From Psalm 23:6: “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord my whole life long.”

Father’s Heart

Posted on March 26, 2025 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.”

Hear this, all who thirst

Come to these still waters

Blessed with Father’s grace

Every son and daughter

Hear this, leave darkness

Only this light to seek

Return to Father

Step beyond earthly creek

Hear this, feast awaits

Steadfast love to behold

Cling to Father’s Word

Leave wilderness, be bold

Hear this, come to Me

Lasting peace to embrace

Love in Father’s heart

Salvation’s truthful place

Hear this, Savior lives

Walk no longer in fear

Trust in Father’s plan

Heaven’s path becomes clear

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From 1 Corinthians 10:13: “No testing has overtaken you that is not common to everyone. God is faithful, and He will not let you be tested beyond your strength, but with the testing He will also provide the way out so that you may be able to endure it.”

Scripture’s Conversation (Elfchen Series #244)

Posted on March 21, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

Renewer

Faithfulness

In teaching

God’s Word deepens

Each fiber of understanding

Uplifted

Cultivator

Righteousness

In teaching

God’s Word nourishes

Grace fills another heart

Trusted

Pathfinder

Truthfulness

In teaching

God’s Word guides

Faith’s very next step

Witnessed

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David Jeremiah Quote

Posted on February 9, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

Personal Bible study is the best way to sink your roots deeply into the faith. You’ll be like a tree planted by rivers of water that brings forth its fruit in season.

From Psalm 1:2-3: “But their delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law they meditate day and night. They are like trees planted by streams of water, which yield their fruit in its season, and their leaves do not wither. In all that they do, they prosper.”

David Jeremiah (born 1941) is an American pastor and Christian author.

Charles Stanley Quote

Posted on February 7, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

If we trust in what the Scriptures reveal about God’s character and ways, we can endure affliction faithfully, whether or not He ever explains why.

From Job 23:9-11: “If I go forward, He is not there; or backward, I cannot perceive Him; on the left He hides, and I cannot behold Him; I turn to the right, but I cannot see Him. But He knows the way that I take; when He has tested me, I shall come out like gold.”

Charles Stanley (1932-2023) was an American pastor and Christian writer. He was dedicated to leading a teaching ministry.

Mercy’s Steadfast Rock

Posted on January 29, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From Nehemiah 8:9: “And Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, ‘This day is holy to the Lord your God; do not mourn or weep.’ For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.”

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Journey flowing with peace

Tasting God’s blessed Word

Faith’s truth shall never cease

Sending His grace, freshly stirred

Spirit lifts up God’s voice

Rising with morning sun

Trust’s blessed, hopeful choice

Delivering through His Son

Scripture filled with God’s law

Teaching with righteous breath

Hope grows, never withdraw

Bringing light, defeating death

Forgiveness floods each heart

Raising man’s salvation

Joy’s beloved restart

Praising faith’s new foundation

Unity found in Christ

Shepherding hope-filled flock

Debts paid, blood sacrificed

Grasping mercy’s steadfast rock

From Psalm 19:14: “Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.”

Father’s Truth

Posted on January 19, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From Psalm 68:4: “Sing to God; sing praises to His name; lift up a song to Him who rides upon the clouds—His name is the Lord—be exultant before Him.”

Singing with praises to Father above

Filling high heavens with jubilation

Forgiving every stumble through His love

Writing righteousness on heart of each nation

Leading His people toward mercy’s light

Forsaking darkness, hidden far below

Washing away sin, with snow very white

Living where river of peace always flows

Leaving wilderness for greener ridgetop

Quenching faith’s thirst with living water

Sowing His grace among each fertile crop

Blessing family, each son and daughter

Hearing Father’s truth, spoken through His Word

Raising up eternal hope, undeterred

From Psalm 68:35: “Awesome is God in His sanctuary, the God of Israel; He gives power and strength to His people.”

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Cultivator

Pathfinder

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