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Monday Memories: Praying for Deliverance

Posted on September 4, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

From Psalm 31:24: “Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord.”

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Immense weight of the world

Resting on our shoulders

Crying out to our Lord

Pebbles fall like boulders

Darkest thoughts undermine

Harshest mental torment

Hidden physical foes

Hopeless, stuck in cement

Our Lord hearing, He cares

Listening to whole hearts

Filling with confidence

Piercing conflict, like a dart

Forever with our Lord

His refuge, without fuss

His righteousness delivers

Strong fortress, saving us

Cities under fearful siege

Virus shadows each street

Lord, lead us and guide us

Your goodness won’t retreat

Our Father’s steadfast love

Covers our affliction

Blessed be our Lord God

Faith, hope . . . our conviction

Trusting in the Father

Facing vicious disease

Your face shines upon us

We pray upon our knees

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From Psalm 3:8: “Deliverance belongs to the Lord; may your blessings be on your people.”

Originally published April, 2020.

Charles Swindoll Quote

Posted on September 4, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

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There is someone who fully knows what lurks in our hearts. Our God, alone knows. He sympathizes with our weaknesses and forgives all our transgressions. To Him there are no secret struggles or silent cries. He hears. He sees. He stays near.

From Psalm 145:18: “The Lord is near to all who call on Him, to all who call on Him in truth.”

Daily Steps Forward

Posted on June 28, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

From Lamentations 3:22-23: “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.”

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Rising up every morning

Forgetting life’s messy side

Praying for much brighter day

God’s grace reverses high tide

Believing in God’s goodness

Guiding life’s vessel shoreward

Conversing with Lord Jesus

Blessed daily steps forward

Spending one more hour with God

Finding tomorrow’s new hope

Feeling seed of faith growing

Life discovers ways to cope

Walking away from dark past

Accepting changes through God

Witnessing grateful mercy

Life no longer feeling flawed

From James 1:17-18: “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. In fulfillment of His own purpose He gave birth to us by the word of truth, so that we would become a kind of first fruits of His creatures.

Charles Stanley Quote

Posted on June 12, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

When fear begins to sink in, I pray harder, study longer, and read my Bible more closely. God wants to cast out the fear and doubt in your life.

From Psalm 27:1: “The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?”

Heavenly Witness (Elfchen Series #156)

Posted on June 9, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

Affirming

Nourishing

Inner self

Unconditional love received

Running toward sustaining light

Grace

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Defining

Precious

Daily moments

Prayer sharpens focus

Faith connects with Scripture

Journey

Rising

Challenges

Weaknesses transformed

Trust strengthens endurance

Heart overflows with joy

Overcome

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Bold Journey

Posted on June 7, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

From 2 Timothy 1:7: “For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline.”

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Showing gratitude, filled with praise

Daily worship focuses mind

Setting aside time for prayer

Bold journey’s mercy, never blind

Sharing devout faith with others

Treasured gift from Holy God’s hands

Serving with kindness, filled with joy

Bold journey follows His commands

Witnessing morning, Lord alive!

Death abolished, new life begins

Revealing eternity’s road

Bold journey sheds dark life of sin

Dying with Christ, now born again

Redemption drinks from blessed well

Enduring faithfulness shines bright

Bold journey freed from chains of hell

Teaching others from Lord’s Gospel

Strength received from His daily grace

Suffering shared, soldiers of Christ

Bold journey meets in Heaven’s place

From 2 Timothy 2:11-13: “The saying is sure: If we have died with Him, we will also live with Him; if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He will also deny us; if we are faithless, He remains faithful—He cannot deny himself.”

Messages of Hope (Elfchen Series #153)

Posted on May 19, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

Righteousness

Offering

Wisdom’s enlightenment

God with us

Guiding toward tomorrow’s light

Hope

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Peacefulness

Pausing

Prayerful moment

Talking with God

Minutes filling with hope

Moving

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Preciousness

Lost

Descending darkness

Hope calling out

Returning to Good Shepherd

Found

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Daily Presence (Elfchen Series #152)

Posted on May 12, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

Breaking Through

Life’s

Impenetrable walls

Love-filled kindness

Discovering smallest of cracks

Angels

At Our Side

Everlasting

God’s perfection

Illustrating another scene

Navigating life’s imperfect journey

Peace

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Exiting Fast Lane

Slowing

Life’s pace

Conversing with Father

Sensing His uncompromising grace

Shifting

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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.

Father’s Love (Elfchen Series #149)

Posted on April 21, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

Revealing

Lost

Darkest wilderness

Focusing on Light

Mercy shall be waiting

Found

Confiding

Believing

Never forsaken

Conversation with God

Faithful trust connects daily

Prayer

Heartening

Discouraged

Frozen outlook

Spirit’s warming presence

Gentle rain of grace

Encouraged

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.

God’s Quiet Place

Posted on April 19, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

From Luke 6:12: “Now during those days He went out to the mountain to pray, and He spent the night in prayer to God.”

Needing to rest awhile

Overwhelmed, countless thoughts

Looking for special place

Mind bound in endless knots

Seeking time for prayer

Faced with fleeting choices

Searching for quiet place

Away from past voices

Hiking to mountaintop

Filled with Spirit’s insight

Trusting every new step

God welcomes with His light

Being alone with God

Bottled up words speak out

Praying for hours on end

Life’s course now comes about

Hearing from God’s wisdom

Blessed words offer grace

Quelling battle within

Always, God’s quiet place

From Luke 5:16: “Meanwhile, He would slip away to deserted places and pray.”

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Affirming

Defining

Rising

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Righteousness

Peacefulness

Preciousness

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Breaking Through

At Our Side

Exiting Fast Lane

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Revealing

Confiding

Heartening

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