Heaven’s Gate

From Psalm 118:19:  “Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the Lord.”

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Glorious morning light

Blessings from Father’s heart

Angelic voices praise

Calling out faith’s fresh start

 

Tomb forever empty

Raising Messiah’s love

Hallelujah’s sing out

Praising heavens above

 

Risen Savior conquers

Draining river of sin

New covenant flowing

Uplifting quest begins

 

Divine plans now fulfilled

Spreading faith’s greatest news

Darkness vanquished at last

Breathing from mercy’s view

 

Bridge built to Heaven’s gate

Fulfilling gift of grace

Good Shepherd holds its key

Seeing at last, His face

 

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From John 10:9:  “[Jesus speaking] I am the gate.  Whoever enters by Me will be saved and will come in and go out and find pasture.”

Charles Swindoll Quote

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Heaven is something we inherit.  We are undeserving, therefore we do not earn heaven; it is a gift provided by the One who went before us.

From Psalm 145:13:  “Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Your dominion endures throughout all generations.  The Lord is faithful in all His words and gracious in all His deeds.”

Day After Day

From Psalm 17:5:  “My steps have held fast to Your paths; my feet have not slipped.”

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Day after day

Another journey waits

Absorbing Savior’s Word

Keeping our righteous path straight

 

Day after day

Enemy surrounds thee

Witnessing Savior’s love

Grasping His truth, always free

 

Day after day

Darkness shames life of sin

Rising, Savior confronts

Locking faith’s righteous linchpin

 

Day after day

Blindness in faith creeps in

Praying for Savior’s grace

Casting His light from within

 

Day after day

Hope finds security

Blessing from Savior’s heart

Bestowing His purity

 

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From Matthew 5:8:  “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.”

Growing in Christ (Elfchen Series #193)

Trusted

Praises

Forever grateful

Faith’s resolute cornerstone

Resurrection’s truth rings out

Jesus

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Loved

Jesus

Contentment found

In Savior’s grace

No greater peace felt

Faith

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Saved

Faith

Eternal light

Bethlehem to Calvary

Victory over sin’s darkness

Redemption

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Promised Ticket

From Mark 13:11:  When they bring you to trial and hand you over, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say, but say whatever is given you at that time, for it is not you who speak but the Holy Spirit.”

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From every corner

Darkness forecasting light

Voices filled with emptiness

Now standing firm, God’s faith airtight

 

One promised ticket

Risen from empty tomb

False prophets flee every scene

Now Savior breathes, faithful hope blooms

 

Suffering no more

Calvary’s blood-stained cross

Foundation of Father’s grace

Now sin flees, no longer faith’s boss

 

Mercy from heaven

Angels stir from above

Called to gather Shepherd’s flock

Now faith’s destiny, filled with love

 

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From Mark 13:26-27:  “Then they will see ‘the Son of Man coming in clouds’ with great power and glory.  Then He will send out the angels and gather the  elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.”

Charles Stanley Quote

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Because He is gracious, God saves us on the basis of faith in His Son.  Then He gives us a new nature empowered by the Holy Spirit who comes to live within each Christian.

From 1 Peter 1:3-5:  “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!  By His great mercy He has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who are being protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.”

Max Lucado Quote

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The God who spoke still speaks.  He comes into our world.  He comes into your world.  He comes to do what you can’t.

From Isaiah 46:4:  “Even to your old age I am He; even when you turn gray I will carry you.  I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.”

Oswald Chambers Quote

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Keep your soul fit to manifest the life of the Son of God.  Never live on memories; let the Word of God be always living and active in you.

From 2 Corinthians 4:11:  “For we who are living are always being handed over to death for Jesus’s sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our mortal flesh.”

Oswald Chambers (1874-1917) was a Scottish evangelist and Christian teacher.  Following his death from an illness while in Egypt during World War I, his wife took on the task of transcribing the detailed notes she had written from his lectures and sermons.  Gertrude Hobbs Chambers’ efforts resulted in the publication in 1924 of MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST.  I frequently read from this devotional, and it has greatly deepened my faith and understanding of God’s Word.

Oswald Chambers Quote

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Remember what you are saved for–that the Son of God might be manifested in your mortal flesh.

From Ephesians 1:18:  “So that, with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you may perceive what is the hope to which He has called you, what are the riches of His glorious inheritance among the saints.”

Oswald Chambers (1874-1917) was a Scottish evangelist and Christian teacher.  Following his death from an illness while in Egypt during World War I, his wife took on the task of transcribing the detailed notes she had written from his lectures and sermons.  Gertrude Hobbs Chambers’ efforts resulted in the publication in 1924 of MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST.  I frequently read from this devotional, and it has greatly deepened my faith and understanding of God’s Word.

Before God (Elfchen Series #186)

Journey’s Invitation

Discipleship

Trusting student

Growing in enthusiasm

Faithfully following heavenly Master

Serving

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Reverent Voice

Temptation

Darkness inviting

Righteousness guiding heart

Father’s perfect law speaks

Conscience

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Savior’s Love

Judgment

Before Father

Living Redeemer’s sacrifice

Witnessing His nail-pierced hands

Salvation

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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.