Fortitude
Solid rock
God with us
Assurance breathes with peace
Faith
Patience
Tested daily
Strengthened through endurance
Nurtured through better understanding
Faith
Guidance
Never doubting
Riding each wave
Flying with mercy’s wind
Faith
From Psalm 86:11: “Teach me Your way, O Lord, that I may walk in Your truth; give me an undivided heart to revere Your name.”
In perfect world
Always scoring
Tasting success
Every inning
Imperfect life
Trials crashing
Testing resolve
Emptiness reigns
Lessons in trust
Spirit nurtures
Kneeling at cross
Jesus teaches
Answers come forth
Faith’s walk deepens
Learning God’s ways
Grace enters heart
Battle strengthens
Darkness vanquished
Walking with Christ
Light victorious
God’s mercy flows
Just as He planned
Steady guidance
Growing each day
From Ecclesiastes 3:14: “I know that whatever God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it nor anything taken from it; God has done this so that all should stand in awe before Him.”
Every blow of the hammer is to fasten the nails of the building; so the preacher’s words are to fasten you the more to Christ; they weaken themselves to strengthen and settle you.
From Colossians 1:23: “Provided that you continue securely established and steadfast in the faith, without shifting from the hope promised by the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven. I, Paul, became a minister of this gospel.”
Thomas Watson (1620-1686) was an English Puritan preacher and Christian author.
Scaling
Mountain’s challenges
Faith’s promised cornerstone
Light delivers trusted grace
Overcoming
Navigating
Stormy seas
Light from above
Counting on faith’s compass
Reassuring
Traversing
Enemy’s darkness
Faith leading forward
Righteous light strengthens faith
Illuminating
From Isaiah 43:2: “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.”
Road ahead narrows
Stumbling with each step
Burdened with mistrust
Lack of faith, leads to missteps
Spirit joins each step
Uplifting at dawn
Life’s route flattens out
Mercy calling out, hang on
Tomorrow arrives
Trusting in God’s grace
River passing through
Each faithful step, keeping pace
Wilderness watered
Blossoming new leaves
Harvest steps forward
Deliverance, wrapped in sheaves
Eyes focused on Christ
Leading steps with love
Journey energized
Guided, by Spirit above
From Romans 8:27: “And God, who searches hearts, knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.”
From Galatians 5:25: “If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit.”
Life may look sweeter
Across every street
In another town
Avoiding comparisons
Success comes and goes
Stay focused ahead
Take Father’s high road
Counting life’s precious blessings
God’s only scoreboard
Looking from heaven
Called to accept Christ
Receiving His redemption
Walk with humbleness
Keep boasting at bay
Challenging oneself
Lifting others up with grace
Jesus restores faith
Spirit brings guidance
Give thanks to Father
From whom, all blessings flow
From Galatians 5:26: “Let us not become conceited, competing against one another, envying one another.”
From Luke 9:23: “Then He said to them all, ‘If any wish to come after Me, let them deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow Me.'”
Walking road of solitude
Every step heading somewhere
Today, meeting one stranger
“Come, follow me”—He declares
Hearing His witness of grace
Darkness transitions to light
Stranger’s Word sinking deeper
Rendezvous sealed with Spirit bright
Sharing His comfort of peace
Truth serving as Scripture’s guide
Stranger’s righteous heart affirms
Mercy’s breath comes alongside
Traveling as one each day
Faith’s journey follows high road
Stranger’s compass always true
Love unlocks atonement’s code
Seeing life’s purpose at last
Redemption at Heaven’s door
Stranger no more, Jesus Christ
Eternity comes ashore
From John 3:16: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him may not perish but may have eternal life.”
When we stay focused on Jesus, we can take comfort in knowing He’ll lead us through the hard places.
From Isaiah 41:10: “Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God; I will strengthen you; I will help you; I will uphold you with My victorious right hand.”
Offering
Wisdom’s enlightenment
God with us
Guiding toward tomorrow’s light
Hope
Pausing
Prayerful moment
Talking with God
Minutes filling with hope
Moving
Lost
Descending darkness
Hope calling out
Returning to Good Shepherd
Found
From 2 Timothy 13-14: “Hold to the standard of sound teaching that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. Guard the good deposit entrusted to you, with the help of the Holy Spirit living in us.”
Grateful to Father
Clear conscience worships free
Prayers seek encouragement
Always knowing thee
Heart filling with joy
Trust growing, day by day
God’s Word leading each journey
Molding us like clay
Surrounded by truth
Self-discipline stands fast
Spirit of resolve and love
Lord’s grace built to last
Saved by Christ’s mercy
Hallowed be His power
Called to always follow Him
With each passing hour
Light conquers darkness
Faith in Christ, living free
Guided by Holy Spirit
Always knowing thee
From the words of American pastor and Christian teacher, Charles Stanley: “The Bible is our protection against deception.”
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