The battle of the tongue is won not in the mouth, but in the heart.
From James 1:19-20: “You must understand this, my beloved brothers and sisters: let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger, for human anger does not produce God’s righteousness.”
Annie Chapman is an American Christian author and musician.
From Habakkuk 2:4: “Look at the proud! Their spirit is not right in them, but the righteous live by their faithfulness.”
Coming to worship
God inviting all
Praising Son above
Each saint finds landfall
Praying in earnest
God hears every Word
Lasting grace comes forth
Truth’s faithful password
Walking righteous path
God light’s trusted way
Raising up His Son
Faith nourished each day
Singing every psalm
God opens each door
Welcoming with peace
Hope ready to soar
Loving with each breath
God’s will never fails
Blessing at sunrise
Spirit set to sail
From 1 Corinthians 13:4-8: “Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable; it keeps no record of wrongs; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends.”
From James 1:5-6: “If any of you is lacking in wisdom, ask God, who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and it will be given you. But ask in faith, never doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind.”
Journey faces trials
Faith tested by each
Producing endurance
God shall faithfully teach
Wisdom found in God’s Word
Daily lessons speak
Granting transforming grace
Never doubt what He tweaks
Gracious God offers hope
Truth’s new direction
Walking on mercy’s path
Filled with Christ’s perfection
Taste Heaven’s purity
Spirit bringing forth
Trusting in risen Christ
Compass setting, true north
Harvest of righteousness
Sown with seeds to cope
Rising from Calvary
Spirit filled with Christ’s hope
From James 3:13: “Who is wise and knowledgeable among you? Show by your good life that your works are done with gentleness born of wisdom.”
God has the right to be trusted; to be believed that He means what He says; and that His love is dependable.
From Proverbs 3:5-6: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make straight your paths.”
A. J. (Arthur John) Gossip (1873-1954) was a Scottish-born pastor and Christian teacher.
If light be pleasant to our eyes, how pleasant is the light of life springing from the Sun of righteousness.
From Malachi 4:2: “But for you who revere My name the sun of righteousness shall rise, with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.”
John Flavel (c. 1627-1691) was an English Puritan pastor and Christian author.
Our culture says, “Don’t let anyone push you around,” but Jesus teaches that it is the merciful, the weak, and the peacemakers who are successful in God’s Kingdom.
From Matthew 5:5-9: “Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.”
Charles Stanley (1932-2023) was an American pastor and Christian writer. He was dedicated to leading a teaching ministry.
Embracing
Journey ahead
Trusting Father’s input
Spirit’s faithful, guiding light
Wisdom
Gathering
Precious seeds
Father’s wisdom sown
Harvesting His timely grace
Truth
Savoring
Positive outlook
Taking righteous steps
Empowered with Father’s wisdom
Contentment
From 1 Samuel 17:48-49: “When the Philistine drew nearer to meet David, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet the Philistine. David put his hand in his bag, took out a stone, slung it, and struck the Philistine on his forehead; the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell face down on the ground.”
Within Father’s intentions
Seeding His daily grace
Overflowing with love
Faith’s harvest to embrace
David carries trusted sling
Sowing faith with hope’s trust
Harboring Father’s strength
Goliath’s armor rusts
Moses discards royal roots
Seeking God’s righteous hand
Leading all to freedom
His staff reaps hope as planned
Dorcas, disciple of Jesus
Planting works, full of love
Dying, then breathing free
Alive through grace above
Son of God, born in manger
Raising Gospel’s design
Leading man’s every step
Redemption’s finish line
Faith’s fruits transformed to greatness
Tasting hope from God’s Word
Empowering each seed
Harvest’s vision unblurred
From Acts 9:39-40: “So Peter got up and went with them, and when he arrived, they took him to the room upstairs. All the widows stood beside him, weeping and showing tunics and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was with them. Peter put all of them outside, and then he knelt down and prayed. He turned to the body and said, ‘Tabitha, get up.’ Then she opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up.”
From Psalm 119:1-2: “Happy are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord. Happy are those who keep His decrees, who seek Him with their whole heart.”
Faith’s steady journey
Walking in God’s way
Keeping His decrees
Spirit sings each day
Glories of God’s law
Marking path ahead
Embracing His Word
Faithful, daily bread
Righteousness leading
Grasping trusted rope
Fixing eyes on God
Faith seals promised hope
God remains steadfast
Sharing divine love
Treasuring His flock
Grace flows from above
Commandments followed
Running to God’s light
Forgiving man’s sin
Cleansed heart taking flight
From Psalm 119:14-16: “I delight in the way of Your decrees as much as in all riches. I will meditate on Your precepts and fix my eyes on Your ways. I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.”
From Isaiah 43:19: “I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth; do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.”
Be prepared to be surprised
Promises shall be fulfilled
God honors His divine Word
From wilderness, truth rebuilds
Faith’s path to mighty waters
Savior’s life rising from death
Light’s mercy conquers darkness
Resurrection’s living breath
Deliverance from sin’s death
Salvation wipes away tears
Harvest of grace bearing joy
Witness Jesus, He appears
Flesh left at Calvary’s cross
Righteousness offers new road
Christ buys freedom with His blood
Gather love from seeds He sowed
Courage found in Savior’s steps
Invitation to see ahead
Holy Spirit left to guide
Nourished with God’s daily bread
From Psalm 126:5-6: “May those who sow in tears reap with shouts of joy. Those who go out weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy, carrying their sheaves.”
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