Faith’s Foundation (Elfchen Series #235)

Transcended

Witnessing

Empty tomb

Victory, Jesus lives

Hope’s darkness forever vanquished

Light

Promised

Impossible

Calvary’s cross

Crucifixion, death, burial

Meeting along Emmaus Road

Possible

Fulfilled

Believing

Messiah’s Resurrection

Chains forever broken

Enemy’s false assurances shattered

Redemption

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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.

J. C. Ryle Quote

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Obedience . . . is faith visible, faith acting, and faith manifest.  It is the test of real discipleship among the Lord’s people.

From Deuteronomy 30:2-3:  “Return to the Lord your God, and you and your children obey Him with all your heart and with all your soul, just as I am commanding you today, then the Lord your God will return you from your captivity and have compassion on you, gathering you again from all the peoples among whom the Lord your God has scattered you.”

John Charles (J. C.) Ryle (1816-1900) was an Anglican bishop in the United Kingdom.

Charles Swindoll Quote

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Stop and think.  We’ve no clue as to what will happen one minute from now . . . But our invisible God in His providence, is continually, constantly, and confidently at work.

From Revelation 17:14:  “They will wage war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with Him are called and chosen and faithful.”

Charles Swindoll (born 1934) is an American pastor and Christian author.

Robert Collyer Quote

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Faith makes the discords of the present the harmonies of the future.

From Jeremiah 29:11:  “For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.”

Robert Collyer (1823-1912) was an English-born pastor.  Early in his adult life, he emigrated to the United States and would later resuming preaching after having done so in England.

Called to Discipleship

From Psalm 92:12-13:  The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.  They are planted in the house of the Lord; they flourish in the courts of our God.”

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Witnessing early morning’s light of peace

Feeling Father’s presence, always nearby

Descending tranquility, never cease

Wiping away tears from yesterday’s cry

 

Harvesting faith’s sustaining, living bread

Accepting Savior’s forgiveness, now freed

Receiving Father’s grace, hope shall be fed

Thriving with righteousness, sowing her seeds

 

Praying with thanks, praising Father most high

Sharing eternity’s light, nourished with love

Sending Spirit, among bluest of sky

Scaling merciful path, heavens above

 

Called to discipleship, with Jesus Christ

Purchased at Calvary, blood sacrificed

 

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From Psalm 92:1-2:  “It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to Your name, O Most High, to declare Your steadfast love in the morning and Your faithfulness by night.”

David Jeremiah Quote

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God resides in our hearts, steering us toward an ever-fixed mark.

From Proverbs 16:9:  “The human mind plans the way, but the Lord directs the steps.”

David Jeremiah (born 1941) is an American pastor and Christian author.

William Carey Jones Quote

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The joy of brightening other lives, bearing each other’s burden, easing others’ loads and supplanting empty hearts and lives with generous gifts becomes for us the magic of Christmas.

From John 1:14:  “And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen His glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth.”

William Carey Jones (1855-1927) was an American Congressman from the state of Washington.

 

Lionel Hampton Quotes

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Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind.

Seemed to me that drumming was the best way to get close to God.

Lionel Hampton (1908-2002) was an American jazz vibraphonist, percussionist, and bandleader.  As a composer and arranger, he wrote more than 200 works.

Light of Christ (Elfchen Series #229)

With Us

Witnessing

“Follow Me”

“Come and see”

God descends upon man

Emmanuel

Believe Always

Hearing

Of Nazarene

Disciples now believe

Turning water into wine

Messiah

Faith’s Road

Following

Righteous steps

Glory’s light ahead

Path to eternal home

Savior

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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.