You’re here to be LIGHT . . . Shine! Be generous with your lives.
From Matthew 5:16: “In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.”
Eugene Peterson (1932-2018) was an American pastor, theologian, and Christian author.
Witnessing
God’s truth
Feeding faith’s hunger
Mercy saving another soul
Jesus
Hope’s
Emptiness fading
Nourished with mercy
Living Water quenches thirst
Jesus
Father’s
Righteous expectations
Swallowed by sin
Mercy arrives at Calvary
Jesus
Dear Lord
Make me a man
Of fervent prayer
God’s Holy Word
Commands me to pray
Without ceasing
Encourage me
To bring everything
To you my Lord
When discouraged
Let me pray
You are my refuge
When joyful
Let me offer
Prayers of thanksgiving
In all things
Great and small
At all times
Whether happy or sad
Let me seek
Your wisdom and grace
Amen
Today, may God bring you the courage to ask him for guidance. Ask Him to lead you to a “right” place.
Originally published on June, 2019.
Summer’s radiant warmth fills the morning air
Playing children scamper, filling simple cares
Park trees arising with lively hues, bounty of dreams
Dancing shadows flowing beneath, moving like streams
People come and go, some stay for more
Singing above, summer birds fly and soar
Empty benches welcome many, resting a spell
Inviting a gray-haired man to sit now and dwell
Images scurry around him, some only in his mind
Remembering yesteryears, when all felt defined
Career, money, and power once meeting his needs
Sitting all alone now, like ancient dried-up reeds
One detail has been missing in his life
Leaving God has wounded like a knife
Alone, feeling forsaken, helpless at times
Living a life, nothing richer than springtime
Laughing and carefree, small children bring him joy
Filling his empty heart, much like a brand new toy
At God’s chosen bench, now sharing with a stranger
Smiling, a lady shares about a stable’s Holy manger
She notices him here quite often, sitting all alone
Inspired by God’s love, now enters his quiet zone
This visit and chat create sweet treasures
Sharing God’s Word, true by any measure
Jesus’ message of Salvation brings honest light
Kneeling, the old man accepts his Holy might
This worn bench brings God to a lonely heart
Allowing this man, a fresh and bold restart
Her assignment being fulfilled, now time to travel on
Replenishing this man’s heart with Grace and a song
Many others arrive at this park every day
Missing out on what this angel has to say
Disciples
Following Christ
Hands and feet
Commissioned in His name
Serving
Disciples
Gospel messengers
Christ’s saving grace
Sowing seeds of faith
Serving
Disciples
Transforming witnesses
Walking with Jesus
Breathing with Good News
Serving
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.
The preaching that this world needs most is sermons in shoes that are walking with Jesus Christ.
From Romans 6:4: “Therefore we were buried with Him by baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.”
D. L. Moody (1837-1899), also known as Dwight Lyman Moody, was an American evangelist and Christian teacher. He is frequently credited with inspiring modern mass revivalism.
From Psalm 25:4-5: “Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths. Lead me in your truth, and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all day long.”
Looking to God above
Reading His Holy Book
Holding us together
Opening life’s guidebook
Witnessing Father’s hands
Creating and molding
Holding us together
Seeing lives unfolding
Abiding in Lord’s faith
Building each step with trust
Holding us together
Escaping evil’s lust
Searching for God’s footprints
Discovering His love
Holding us together
Finding mercy above
Praying to our Father
Knowing He always hears
Holding us together
Overcoming heart’s fears
Following Lord’s teachings
Accepting divine grace
Holding us together
Leading to heaven’s place
From Psalm 25:20-21: “O guard my life, and deliver me; do not let me be put to shame, for I take refuge in you. May integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you.”
From 1 Corinthians 6:11: “And this is what some of you used to be. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.”
Witnessing renewing birth
Receiving Gospel’s new hope
Living through Christ on this earth
Grace flows down slippery slope
Leaving former sinful ways
Washing us clean with new hope
Walking in God’s trust each day
Resurrection’s firm tightrope
Raising up Christ, sin’s payoff
Blessings of faith fill new hope
Anchoring light, hell casts off
Holy Spirit, life’s tow rope
Sharing His goodness and grace
Sensing Christ fueling new hope
Grasping life’s new, righteous place
God justifies Glory’s scope
From 1 Peter 1:3: “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.”
The town wakes up to a new day. It doesn’t quite seem like any other day. A tranquil, peaceful night has given way to a quiet sunrise.
Few have heard of the overnight excitement at a nearby stable. A babe lies wrapped in bands of cloth, and he sleeps in a simple livestock feed box.
Outside of the sleepy town, shepherds watch over their flocks at night. However, with the rising sun there awakens a buzz among them. A handful of them have returned from a most magnificent and blessed sight.
Directed by an angelic, heavenly host, these simple men were invited to witness the good news of great joy for all of God’s people. An angel of the Lord proclaims, “To you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is the Messiah, the Lord.”
With haste, the band of shepherds swiftly journey into the town. Their quick pace is filled with overwhelming wonder.
In arriving at a simple scene, filled with livestock, a husband and wife, and a newborn baby, the shepherds pay their respects to this Prince of Peace . . . Wonderful, Counselor, King of Kings. Only a loving Father in Heaven could orchestrate such a joyous and lasting moment for the birth of His Son.
God has heard the distressed cries of His people. In this eternal moment, He forever reminds mankind that He fulfills His promises.
Later in the morning, a young shepherd boy wonders. While he didn’t have the opportunity to see the baby in the manger, he has heard all of the other shepherds talking about their amazing experience while they praise God.
Thinking to himself, the boy quietly asks a couple of questions. Perhaps God will answer them in his lifetime.
He feels astounded and kneels to pray. As he talks to the Lord, he is in awe of all that he has heard this day.
The outstanding characteristic of a Christian is this unveiled frankness before God so that the life becomes a mirror for other lives.
From 2 Corinthians 3:18: “And all of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord, the Spirit.”
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