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Leonard Ravenhill Quote

Posted on August 12, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

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Prayer does not condition God; prayer conditions us. Prayer does not win God to our view; it reveals God’s view to us.

From Colossians 4:2-4: “Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving. At the same time, pray for us as well, that God will open to us a door for the word, that we may declare the mystery of Christ, for which I am in prison, so that I may reveal it clearly, as I should.“

Leonard Ravenhill (1907-1994) was a British Christian author. Many of his chosen themes focused on prayer and revival.

New Life in Christ

Posted on August 10, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From Colossians 3:1-2: “So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on the things that are above, not on the things that are on earth.”

Resurrection’s breath

Eternal truth above

Joining hands with Savior

His light calls out with love

Good Shepherd’s clear voice

Every lamb follows Him

Praising new life in Christ

Journey no longer grim

Today’s stumbling steps

Faith’s imperfect avenue

Revealing Christ’s mercy

Spirit carries one through

Clothed in righteousness

Forgiven of one’s sins

Accepting Savior’s grace

Heaven’s joy, hope shall win

Trust welcomes Christ’s Word

Darkness leaving each heart

Tasting His peace at last

Eternity’s fresh start

From Colossians 3:17: “And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.”

Fire Always Bright

Posted on August 6, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

Darkness masks life’s landscape

Hiding sin’s heartless shame

Trying to flee past hurts

Shadows always aflame

Trials sometimes arise

Shrouding foundation’s cracks

Concealing hell’s façade

Tomorrow painted black

Misery breathes as one

Filling with cold despair

Seeing nothing beyond

Jesus descends with care

Dependence upon grace

Acknowledging past sins

Kneeling at Calvary

Forgiveness calling in

Redemption comes through Christ

Extending mercy’s light

Transforming soul’s battles

Spirit’s fire always bright

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Richard J. Foster Quote

Posted on August 4, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

When we genuinely believe that inner transformation is God’s work and not ours, we can put to rest our passion to set others straight.

From Isaiah 55:8-9: “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”

Richard J. Foster (born 1942) is an American author and Christian theologian.

Joy’s Heavenly Place

Posted on June 29, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From Philippians 3:14: “I press on toward the goal, toward the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus.”

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Journey through darkness

Consumed by fire of sin

Filled with desires of flesh

Bound for hell’s tailspin

Enemy’s false words

Promises unfulfilled

Confidence now waning

Whisper of hope killed

Shepherd’s gate opens

Calvary’s light beholds

Kneel now, accept His grace

Heaven’s path unfolds

Flesh left in darkness

Repentance of past ways

Leaving sin’s wilderness

Faith in Christ each day

Lord’s grace accepted

Covered with Father’s love

Savoring hope’s reward

Glory from above

Holding fast in trust

Faithful, transforming pace

Redemption forever

Joy’s heavenly place

From Philippians 3:20: “But our citizenship is in heaven, and it is from there that we are expecting a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.”

Shrinking Darkness (Elfchen Series #258)

Posted on June 27, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

Always Forward

Father

Witnessing transformations

Smallest of steps

Raising faith’s enduring foundation

Rejoicing

Mercy Received

Precious

Harvest gathered

Filled with destiny

From smallest of seeds

Possibilities

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Peace as One

Daily

Hope embraced

From Savior’s light

Smallest voice sharing grace

Beginnings

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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.

James H. Aughey Quote

Posted on June 20, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

Holiness consists of three things: separation from sin, dedication to God, transformation into Christ’s image.

From 1 Peter 1:15-16: “Like obedient children, do not be conformed to the desires that you formerly had in ignorance. Instead, as He who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in all your conduct, for it is written, ‘You shall be holy, for I am holy.'”

James H. Aughey (1828-1911) was an American minister. During the Civil War, he was imprisoned and scheduled to be executed for his anti-Secession and pro-Union beliefs. Fortunately, he was able to escape from his Confederate captors and reached the lines of the Union army.

Monday Memories: Keep It Simple

Posted on June 16, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

From Proverbs 15:15: “All the days of the poor are hard, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.”

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Life draining, more exhausted each day

Skies and mind, filling with darkest gray

Feet feeling locked, stuck in deepest mud

Fear turns on its spigot, now a flood

Advice shouts from all comers, all sides

Inner soul overwhelmed, faith divides

Daily walk, no longer stunning bright

Chaos reigns, becoming lasting night

Seasoned man, parked at Main Street’s corner

Life hits pause, who is this foreigner?

His thoughts and words, simple in their task

Holy Spirit reaches, to unmask

Keep it simple, fill your life with love

God’s peace, bringing comfort from above

In an instant, the wise sage departs

Night transforms to day, love fills this heart

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From 1 John 5:3-4: “For the love of God is this, that we obey His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome, for whatever is born of God conquers the world. And this is the victory that conquers the world, our faith.”

Originally published November, 2020.

Harvest of Righteousness

Posted on May 28, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

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.”

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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.”

Catherine Marshall Quote

Posted on April 2, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

Sometimes, we need a housecleaning of the heart.

From Ezekiel 36:26: “A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you, and I will remove from your body the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.”

Catherine Marshall (1914-1983) was an American author who wrote about Christian inspiration as well as other nonfiction and fiction works.

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Always Forward

Mercy Received

Peace as One

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