Sustaining Fortitude (Elfchen Series #215)

Following Jesus

Fulfilled

With confidence

Walking by faith

Light of righteousness leads

Trust

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Renewing Spirit

Encouraged

With assurance

Faith’s trusted steps

Perseverance carries hope forward

Endurance

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Reaching Mountaintop

Overwhelmed

With adversity

Grace transforms darkness

Faithful outlook trusts Jesus

Triumphant

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Daniell Koepke Quotes

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Quiet the voice telling you to do more and be more, and trust that in this moment, who you are, where you are at, and what you are doing is enough.

You get to decide what you accept and what you let go.  You get to choose how to honor yourself, and how to protect your heart.

Daniell Koepke is an American writer.

Trustworthy Threesome (Elfchen Series #212)

Father

Courageously

Standing tall

Trusting the Almighty

Strengthening through His benevolence

Hopeful

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Son

Faithfully

Accepting Savior

Teaching with truth

Standing on firmest Rock

Righteousness

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Spirit

Glory’s

Renewing faith

Uniting presence’s breath

Fulfilling with hope’s peace

Witness

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Gayle Sayers Quote

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The Lord is first, my friends are second, and I am third.

From Proverbs 3:6:  “In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make straight your paths.”

Gayle Sayers (1943-2020) was an American professional football player.  Nicknamed the “Kansas Comet,” Sayers was gracious with receiving his many football honors.  Most of all, his life’s philosophy was reflected in this quote.

Faith’s Tomorrow

From Psalm 142:3-4:  “When my spirit is faint, You know my way.  In the path where I walk, they have hidden a trap for me.  Look on my right hand and see:  there is no one who takes notice of me; no refuge remains to me; no one cares for me.”

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Floundering at life’s darkest end

Feeling trust in patience sinking

Plunging ever deeper . . . deeper

Faith’s emptiness never shrinking

 

Wandering away from Shepherd

Seeing only darkness ahead

Feeling last breath of hope fading

Faith missing blessed, daily bread

 

Following one more false promise

Running into final dead end

Finding lost anchor’s solid rock

Faith at last, refuses to bend

 

Rising with hope’s trusted beacon

Lighting way on Emmaus Road

Praying without ceasing to God

Faith’s living water, overflowed

 

Worshipping in Gospel’s safe place

Facing each new day without fear

Tracking to follow Shepherd’s voice

Faith’s tomorrow, forever clear

 

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From Psalm 23:1-2:  “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.  He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside still waters.”

Oswald Chambers Quote

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So we are to live and move and have our being in God, to look at everything in relation to God, because the abiding consciousness of God pushes itself to the front all the time.

From Psalm 25:12:  “Who are they who fear the Lord?  He will teach them the way that they should choose.”

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.

Monday Memories: Redeeming Spirit

From Isaiah 12:2:  “Surely God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid, for the Lord God is my strength and my might; He has become my salvation.”

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To a world filling with harsh darkness

Our Heavenly Father wakens trust

God’s love conquers, crushing this starkness

Sending our Redeemer, always just

 

Jesus, the Messiah, walks the land

His Spirit deepens our mind and soul

We experience God, close at hand

Blood shed on a Cross, paying our toll

 

With every footprint Jesus makes

Walking forward, His bright light beckons

We follow with faith, make no mistake

Through our adversity, faith checks in

 

Enemy lurks, bringing temptation

Walking with Jesus, freed like a bird

In alignment with Him . . . Salvation!

Faithful “doers” of God’s Holy Word

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From Psalm 3:3-4:  “But you, O Lord are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.  I cry aloud to the Lord, and He answers me from His Holy hill.”

Originally posted March, 2020.

Charles Swindoll Quote

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Pride, fear, resentment, and habit are all tough evidences of the flesh.  But those who are being shaped into the image of Christ do not go the way of the flesh.

From 1 Timothy 4:7-8:  “Train yourself in godliness, for, while physical training is of some value, godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.”

Oswald Chambers Quote

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“God is our Refuge”–nothing can come through that shelter.

From Psalm 31:3-4:  “You are indeed my rock and my fortress; for Your name’s sake lead me and guide me; take me out of the net that is hidden for me, for You are my refuge.”

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.

Charles Stanley Quote

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On our own, we can accomplish nothing.  But with God, we have access to power beyond our comprehension.

From John 15:4-5:  “Abide in Me as I abide in you.  Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in Me.  I am the vine; you are the branches.  Those who abide in Me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from Me you can do nothing.”