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Charles Stanley Quote

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Since God has rescued us from the bondage to sin, forgiven us, and brought us into His family, grateful obedience should be our response.

From Acts 5:17-21:  “ Then the high priest took action; he and all who were with him (that is, the sect of the Sadducees), being filled with jealousy, arrested the apostles and put them in the public prison.  But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors, brought them out, and said, ‘Go, stand in the temple and tell the people the whole message about this life.’  When they heard this, they entered the temple at daybreak and went on with their teaching.”

Martin Luther Quote

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A Christian is a perfectly dutiful servant of all, subject all.

From Romans 14:11-12:  “For it is written, ‘As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall give praise to God.’  So then, each one of us will be held accountable.”

A. W. Tozer Quote

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Faith, as Paul saw it, was a living, flaming thing leading to surrender and obedience to the commandments of Christ.

From 1 John 2:3:  “Now by this we know that we have come to know Him, if we obey His commandments.”

Charles Swindoll Quote

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Being obedient to the truth means that we don’t have to look at others through the distorted lens of our own biases.  We can see them as God sees them and love them as He loves them.

From 1 Peter 1:22-23:  “Now that you have purified your souls by your obedience to the truth so that you have genuine mutual affection, love one another deeply from the heart.  You have been born anew, not of perishable but of imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.”

Transforming Journey (Elfchen Series #126)

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Unburdened

Merciful

Steadfast love

Restoring heart’s spirit

Christ’s blood cleansing sin

Redemption

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Unruffled

Enduring

Human trials

Believing in God

Trusting always without fear

Obedience

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Untroubled

Worshipping

With gladness

Praising Spirit’s goodness

Tasting genuine, faithful love

Peace

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This series of poems (written in the German-inspired style of Elfchen or Elevenie) shares a total of eleven words in each poem, with a sequence by line of one, two, three, four, and one words.

Walter J. Chantry Quote

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Saddest of all God’s creatures in the world is the religious person who has disciplined himself to outward obedience, but who has no inward love to God.

From John 14:23-24:  “Jesus answered him, ‘Those who love me will keep my word, and my Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.  Whoever does not love me does not keep my words, and the word that you hear is not mine but is from the Father who sent me.'”

Walter J. Chantry (born 1938) served for 39 years as pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.  He has also been a prolific Christian writer and editor.

Origen of Alexandria Quote

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What good does it do me if Christ was born in Bethlehem once if He is not born again in my heart through faith.

From 1 Peter 1:  22-24:  “Now that you have purified your souls by your obedience to the truth so that you have genuine mutual affection, love one another deeply from the heart.  You have been born anew, not of perishable but of imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.  For all flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass.  The grass withers, and the flower falls.”

Origen of Alexandria (c. 185 – c. 253) was also known as Origen Adamantius.  He was a Christian scholar and theologian who spent the first half of his life in Alexandria (Egypt).

Woodrow Kroll Quote

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Immediate, glad obedience to God sets our course on the sea of happiness.

From Isaiah 1:19-20:  “If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land, but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured by the sword, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”

Woodrow Kroll (born 1944) is an American pastor, Christian author, and radio host.  He has written over 50 books on the Bible and Christian living.

Walking in Faith (Elfchen Series #115)

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Worthy Journey

Accepting

God’s plan

Setting aside worries

Walking with His blessings

Obedience

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Transcending Grace

Revealing

Our weaknesses

Relationship with Jesus

Transforming each into strength

Healing

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Steady Anchor

Beholding

Faithful lifeline

With heavenly Father

Anytime, anywhere  . . . He’s there!

Prayer

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Faith’s Adventure

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From the words of American pastor and Christian teacher, Charles Stanley:  “Obeying God’s will in our lives should not be a burden but a thrilling adventure that we walk through with Him each day.”

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Believer’s obedience

Thrilling adventure

Filled with Father’s blessed grace

Divine, joint venture

 

Trusting with patience of Job

Faith’s foundation grows

Living upon Father’s rock

His way always knows

 

One step follows another

Smallest matters count

Daily walk of faith matures

Father’s blessings mount

 

Escaping from sin’s darkness

Mercy marks life’s route

Repenting for transgressions

Father’s grace takes sprout

 

Obedience grows with love

Leading back to God

Life’s choices, Father rewards

His glory’s tripod

 

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From Psalm 40:6-8:  “Sacrifice and offering you do not desire, but you have given me an open ear.  Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required.  Then I said, ‘Here I am; in the scroll of the book it is written of me.  I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart.'”