With each new dawn there is delivered to your door a fresh, new package called “today.” All the grace we need will be supplied by Him as we live out that day.
From Psalm 9:10: “And those who know Your name put their trust in You, for You, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.”
To have a faith, therefore, or a trust in anything, where God hath not promised, is plain idolatry, and a worshipping of thine own imagination instead of God.
From Deuteronomy 5:8: “You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above or that is on the earth beneath or that is in the water under the earth.”
William Tyndale (c. 1494 – c.1536) was an English Biblical scholar and linguist. He became a leading figure in the Protestant Reformation, and his writings were influenced by the thoughts shared from fellow reformer Martin Luther.
Lost
Darkest wilderness
Focusing on Light
Mercy shall be waiting
Found
Believing
Never forsaken
Conversation with God
Faithful trust connects daily
Prayer
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.
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.”
What you can’t go through on your own, God will help you fly over.
From Isaiah 40:31: “But those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”
Woodrow Kroll (born 1944) is an American pastor, Christian author, and radio host. He has written over 50 books on the Bible and Christian living.
When affliction strips away every crutch, one has only the Lord to depend upon. Though some people are destroyed by that kind of situation, others are built into undaunted believers.
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.”
From Psalm 46:1: “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”
Imperfect life’s darkness
One more faltering step
Defeat again knocking
Discouragement’s doorstep
Observing faithful light
Glowing with lasting hope
Strength in adversity
Grasping mercy’s firm rope
Hearing Father, trust grows
Transforming future days
Faith journey maturing
Receiving grace, let’s pray
Evil’s message scuttled
Healing from Father’s hand
Peace brings lasting comfort
Affirming His commands
Beholding mighty works
Melting away concerns
Impossible vanquished
Trusting Father’s U-turn
From the words of English-born preacher Charles Inwood: “When God is going to do a wonderful thing, He begins with a difficulty. When He is going to do a very wonderful thing, He begins with an impossibility.”
From Psalm 23:1-3: “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside still waters; He restores my soul. He leads me in right paths for His name’s sake.”
Through life’s foggy mist
God’s mercy filled
With eternal peace
Feeling trust build
Darkness to light
God’s spirit flowing
Faith’s quiet brook
Leading and knowing
Greenest meadow calls
God’s deepest love
Creation’s wings stir
Flying above
No greater warmth
God’s grace melts away
Life’s icy outlook
Kneeling now, let’s pray
One heart transformed
God shall never rest
New day’s promise
Seeking another quest
From 1 Chronicles 29:12-13: “Riches and honor come from You, and You rule over all. In Your hand are power and might, and it is in Your hand to make great and to give strength to all. And now, our God, we give thanks to You and praise Your glorious name.”
From Micah 6:1-2: “Hear what the Lord says: Rise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice. Hear, you mountains, the case of the Lord, and you enduring foundations of the earth, for the Lord has a case against His people, and He will contend with Israel.”
Speaking to His wayward flock
God issues new covenant
Echoing across valleys
Scaling each lofty mountain
Hearing God’s divine message
Called, accepting His challenge
Following with trust, grace speaks
Stepping from darkness to light
Watching from heaven above
God’s righteousness brings justice
Sowing seeds of repentance
Turning man away from sin
Praying for God’s forgiveness
His Rock, man shall climb in faith
Seeing empty tomb’s mercy
Walking every day with Christ
From Micah 6:8: “He has told you, O mortal, what is good, and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice and to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God?”
When we view life from God’s perspective, every hardship becomes an opportunity to trust His good purpose, fully depend on Him, and respond in a manner that glorifies and exalts Christ.
From Philippians 1:27-28: “Only, live your life in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that, whether I come and see you or am absent and hear about you, I will know that you are standing firm in one spirit, striving side by side with one mind for the faith of the gospel and in no way frightened by those opposing you. For them, this is evidence of their destruction but of your salvation. And this is God’s doing.”
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