Entrusting
Holy Father
Repenting for transgressions
Life’s new page turns
Righteousness
Accepting
Father’s guidance
Follow with obedience
Walking life’s new season
Faithfulness
Desiring
Father’s world
Honoring His covenant
Grace breathes new life
Deliverance
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.
A healthy fear of God will do much to deter us from sin. When we have a proper fear of the living Lord, we live a cleaner life.
From 1 John 2:4-6: “Whoever says, ‘I have come to know him,’ but does not obey His commandments, is a liar, and in such a person the truth does not exist; but whoever obeys His word, truly in this person the love of God has reached perfection. By this we may be sure that we are in Him: whoever says, ‘I abide in him,’ ought to walk just as He walked.”
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What is so special about simple rain?
Have you truly witnessed God’s gift of rain?
Everywhere, anticipation of rain
Withering crops crave God’s rainfall today
Farmers wait faithfully for rains to come
Without rain, hearts and plants start to decay
The farmland depends on these vital rains
Last year, little rain arrives to help out
Sunny skies chase away clouds too often
“Next year” cries out from thirsty lands of drought
Farmers sow their spring crops on faith alone
Waiting for nature to moisten the ground
Praying to the Lord, asking for His rain
Rain arrives, new life rising skyward bound
God sends righteousness, in the form of rain
Fulfilling prayers, easing farmers’ pain
From Isaiah 45:8: “Shower, O heavens, from above, and let the skies rain down righteousness; let the earth open, that salvation may spring up, and let it cause righteousness to sprout up also; I the Lord have created it.”
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The single most important element in any human relationship is honesty–with oneself, with God, and with others.
From Ephesians 4:24: “And to clothe yourselves with the new self, created according to the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.”
From the words of American pastor and Christian teacher, Charles Stanley: “God understands our struggle to resist temptation and choose righteousness, and He has sent His Holy Spirit to help us live with integrity.”
Walking blamelessly
Speaking truth from heart
Holding back thy tongue
Integrity starts
Drafting one’s beliefs
Adopting God’s Word
Standing by His oath
Integrity heard
Living in God’s light
Honoring Him here
Accepting His grace
Integrity steers
Submitting to God
Following His lead
Choosing righteousness
Integrity feeds
Carrying thy cross
Standing on God’s rock
Forsaking evil
Integrity walks
From Psalm 15:1-5: “O Lord, who may abide in your tent? Who may dwell on your holy hill? Those who walk blamelessly, and do what is right, and speak the truth from their heart; who do not slander with their tongue, and do no evil to their friends, nor take up a reproach against their neighbors; in whose eyes the wicked are despised, but who honor those who fear the Lord; who stand by their oath even to their hurt; who do not lend money at interest, and do not take a bribe against the innocent. Those who do these things shall never be moved.”
A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.
From Amos 5:23-24: “Take away from me the noise of your songs; I will not listen to the melody of your harps. But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.”
What our Lord wants us to present to Him is not goodness, nor honesty, nor endeavor, but real solid sin; that is all He can take from us. And what does He give in exchange for our sin? Real solid righteousness.
From Galatians 2:20: “And it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.”
Nourishment
God’s Word
Bread of Life
Fortified with faithful grace
Righteousness
Believe
God’s divinity
Coming to earth
Jesus walking among us
Faithfulness
Engulfed
Darkest storms
Lost and alone
Holy grace faithfully flows
Deliverance
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.
From Jeremiah 29:11-12: “For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope. Then when you call upon me and come and pray to me, I will hear you.”
Fulfilling His promises
Creating from His design
Cherishing every life
In God’s hands, futures shall shine
Calling upon our Father
Hearing our daily prayers
Listening with faithfulness
Blueprints, He lovingly shares
Restoring life’s direction
Gathering each of His flock
Distributing peacefulness
Spirit works around the clock
Teaching life’s daily lessons
Noting yesterday’s hardships
Offering timeless blessings
Tomorrow, we trust God’s script
Believing with faithful trust
Accepting our Father’s grace
Spending time with Gospel’s Word
Righteous living, life’s new base
From the words of American pastor and Christian teacher, Charles Stanley: “If we want to discover the Lord’s best for our life, we must trust that His way is better than our plans and desires.”
Carrying
Life’s transgressions
Savior’s mercy saves
Jesus bearing our debts
Cross
Witness
Solid rock
Faith’s living cornerstone
Savior’s righteousness and blessing
Jesus
Seeking
Holy Messiah
Accepting His grace
Faithfully walking with Jesus
Eternity
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