Big Sky Buckeye

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Hope Kept Alive

Posted on November 6, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

From Isaiah 12:2: “Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and will not be afraid, for the Lord is my strength and my might; He has become my salvation.”

Resurrection revives

Eternal light reigns

Hope kept alive

God ordains

Holy Spirit active

Righteousness ahead

Faith proactive

Hope now fed

Love of Jesus rising

His power so high

Grace devising

Hope’s bright sky

God’s message never fails

Peace descends with hope

Journey’ trusted trail

Grasp His rope

Redemption’s light arrives

Promised by God’s Word

Hope kept alive

Faith’s password

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From Romans 15:13: “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”

A. B. Simpson Quote

Posted on November 4, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

God is preparing His heroes; and when the opportunity comes, He can fit them into their places in a moment, and the world will wonder where they come from.

From James 1:17: “Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.”

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

Mercy Delivers

Posted on October 27, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

From Psalm 107:1-2: “O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, for His steadfast love endures forever. Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, those He redeemed from trouble.”

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Facing journey’s many troubles

Wilderness darkness creeping in

Praying to heavens high above

God’s unshaken love, faith’s linchpin

Praising God for enduring grace

Thirsty hunger, now quenched and fed

Sharing thanks for every sunrise

Faith nourished with His daily bread

Witnessing God’s benevolence

His wondrous works shall never end

Turning deserts into rivers

Faithful courage shall now defend

Breaking free from sin’s chains of gloom

Salvation descends from heavens

Shattering enemy’s falsehoods

Taste of freedom, blessed with leaven

Redeeming from journey’s troubles

God’s mercy delivers His light

Covering landscape with His peace

Darkness gives up her final fight

From Psalm 107:8-9: “Let them thank the Lord for His steadfast love, for His wonderful works to humankind. For He satisfies the thirsty, and the hungry He fills with good things.”

Always at Work

Posted on October 16, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

From Job 12:13: “With God are wisdom and strength; He has counsel and understanding.”

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Creator’s morning scene

Always at work, His hands

Shaping, each masterpiece

All following, God’s command

Tranquility breathing

Always at work, God’s plan

Designing, each journey

All inviting, with each scan

God’s wisdom shadows truth

Always at work, strength speaks

Teaching, with every breath

All scaling, each mountain peak

Tomorrow’s story waits

Always at work, God’s script

Sketching, every new page

All leading, faith’s fresh transcript

Creator’s morning scene

Always at work, His light

Witnessing, darkness fades

All praising, Savior’s birthright

From the words of American pastor and Christian author, Charles Swindoll: “Mark it down in permanent ink: God is always at work.”

Charles Stanley Quote

Posted on October 13, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

The Bible is a bottomless source of nourishment for becoming like Christ.

From Ephesians 5:8-9: “For once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light. Walk as children of light, for the fruit of the light is found in all that is good and right and true.”

Faith’s Cornerstone

Posted on October 9, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

From Isaiah 30:15: “For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.”

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Father looks upon His design

His perfection draws each detail

Filling darkness with trusted light

Faith now strengthens, no longer frail

Father molds mercy’s truth to shine

His promises to be fulfilled

Sending Shepherd, care for His flock

Faith’s cornerstone, set to rebuild

Father plans enemy’s demise

His victory shall bring glory

Witnessing Teacher’s lesson plans

Faith refreshed with every story

Father pulls strings of righteousness

His forgiving love offers hope

Wiping away sin’s endless debt

Faith grips Savior’s eternal rope

Father calls out from Calvary

His boldness breathes with quiet might

Offering life through Jesus Christ

Faith’s peace, rising on heaven’s flight

From Isaiah 30:20-21: “Though the Lord may give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your Teacher will not hide Himself any longer, but your eyes shall see your Teacher. And when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left, your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, ‘This is the way; walk in it.'”

Faith Coming Alive

Posted on October 6, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

From John 11:25-26: “Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in Me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?'”

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Overwhelming with darkness

Tomorrow’s vision unseen

Out of life’s impossible

Wondering what faith will mean

Calvary’s light beams ahead

Today offers blessed place

Possible waiting in view

Powering toward Christ’s grace

Prince of Peace offers his hand

Hour of hope at last arrives

Redemption shall be fulfilled

Seeing faith coming alive

Bitter sorrow fades away

In Christ, mercy filled with love

Answers to prayer’s journey

Touching Spirit high above

From John 10:9-10: “I am the gate. Whoever enters by Me will be saved and will come in and go out and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.”

Messiah’s Light

Posted on September 29, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

From Isaiah 53:9: “They made his grave with the wicked and his tomb with the rich, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth.”

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Born before light breathes

God’s master blueprint

Only darkness exists

Waiting, His Son’s footprint

Sin breathes at Eden

Perfect light shattered

Tomorrow’s harsh darkness

Righteousness now scattered

From garden’s shadows

Bloody cross awaits

Savior’s light journeys on

From heaven’s open gate

God’s people wander

Darkness covers world

Divine plan’s fulfillment

Messiah’s light unfurled

Light moves against sin

Nailed to rugged tree

Every transgression paid

Saving grace sets man free

From Isaiah 53:10: “Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him with affliction. When you make his life an offering for sin, he shall see his offspring and shall prolong his days; through him the will of the Lord shall prosper.”

Charles Stanley Quote

Posted on September 16, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

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While we cannot escape our dark society, God has provided everything we need to live in the light of our all-sufficient Savior, Jesus Christ.

From Ephesians 5:8-9: “For once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light. Walk as children of light, for the fruit of the light is found in all that is good and right and true.”

John Greenleaf Whittier Quote

Posted on September 15, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

Thine to work as well as pray, clearing thorny wrongs away; plucking up the weeds of sin, letting heaven’s warm sunshine in.

From Isaiah 61:11: “For as the earth brings forth its shoots and as a garden causes what is sown in it to spring up, so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.”

John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) was an American poet. His Quaker background entrusted him to advocate for the abolition of slavery in the United States.

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