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Oswald Chambers Quote

Posted on January 19, 2025 by bigskybuckeye

If you will give God your right to yourself, He will make a holy experiment out of you. God’s experiments always succeed.

From Romans 12:1-2: “I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, on the basis of God’s mercy, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your reasonable act of worship. Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect.”

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.

Thankfulness Sings

Posted on November 27, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

From Psalm 9:1-2: “I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds. I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.”

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Another harvest finished

Bushels filled with Father’s grace

Spirit of thankfulness sings

Chorus of voices embrace

Gifted with bounty’s surplus

Every homestead offers praise

Spirit of Messiah sings

Mercy’s light always ablaze

Humbleness in daily walk

Morning’s sunrise praises all

Spirit of risen Lord sings

Cherished rewards come each fall

Community now gathers

Worship fills this tiny church

Spirit of faithfulness sings

Hope filling tomorrow’s search

Another spring shall arrive

Father’s glory in each seed

Spirit of thankfulness sings

Savior’s love forever freed

From Psalm 100:4-5: “Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him; bless His name. For the Lord is good; His steadfast love endures forever and His faithfulness to all generations.”

Fellowship’s Refreshment (Elfchen Series #224)

Posted on November 1, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

Peace

Singing

Worship hymns

Praising Father above

In His Holy name

Gathering

Love

Gathering

Congregation’s joy

Honoring Father’s Word

Faith nourished with grace

Blessing

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Faith

Blessing

One Body

Father’s welcoming place

Uniting voices with hope

Togetherness

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Charles Kingsley Quote

Posted on November 1, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

Music has been called the speech of the angels; I will go farther and call it the speech of God himself.

From Psalm 29:3-4: “The voice of the Lord is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the Lord, over mighty waters. The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.”

Charles Kingsley (1819-1875) was an English-born pastor who also shared his thoughts and actions as a historian, poet, novelist, and social reformer.

Devoted Praise

Posted on August 18, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

From Psalm 106:1: “Praise the Lord! O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, for His steadfast love endures forever.”

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Never enough time

Life’s constant demands

Making moments for God

Pausing to hold His hand

Devoted praise speaks

For what God has done

Stopping life’s busy train

Praying beside His Son

Love for God endures

Goodness offers grace

Rejoicing in His peace

Feeling blessed embrace

God’s mighty doings

Quiet moments fill

Singing with heartfelt thanks

Feeling time standing still

From Psalm 106:48: “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. And let all the people say, ‘Amen.’ Praise the Lord!”

Elmer L. Towns Quote

Posted on August 12, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

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Just as my mother reminded me to live up to the reputation of my family name, we all need to be reminded to live up to the reputation of of the name of Jesus.

From Philippians 2:9-10: “Therefore God exalted Him even more highly and gave Him the name that is above every other name, so that at the name given to Jesus every knee should bend, in heaven and on earth and under the earth.”

Elmer L. Towns (born 1932) is an American pastor and Christian writer. Along with Jerry Falwell, he co-founded Liberty University in 1971.

Together as One

Posted on June 16, 2024 by bigskybuckeye

From Deuteronomy 5:12-14: “Observe the Sabbath day and keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you. Six days you shall labor and do all your work. But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work.”

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Keeping His Sabbath Holy

Cherishing God’s blessed day

Strengthening our faith journey

Worshipping Commandments’ way

Submitting to Father’s way

Following His righteous road

Rescuing us from darkness

Relieving our burden’s load

Supplanting with mercy’s load

Praising Resurrection’s flight

Proclaiming Jesus as Lord

Allowing in grace-filled light

Trusting faith’s heavenly light

Walking daily with God’s Son

Shining His mercy upon

Stepping boldly now as one

Joining together as one

Sowing forgiveness of sin

Healing our relationships

Hearing Christ’s spirit within

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From 2 Corinthians 4:5-6: “For we do not proclaim ourselves; we proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus’s sake. For it is the God who said, ‘Light will shine out of darkness,’ who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.”

John Gibson Paton Quote

Posted on September 8, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

I shall never taste a deeper bliss, till I gaze on the glorified face of Jesus himself.

From Revelation 22:3-4: “Nothing accursed will be found there any more. But the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His servants will worship Him; they will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.”

John Gibson Paton (1824-1907) was a Scottish-born Christian missionary who lived and served the Lord in the South Pacific.

Praising God’s Greatness

Posted on July 9, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

From Psalm 145:8: “The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.”

Blessing forever, God above

Kneeling, bending every knee

Praising His greatness, Amen!

Justice sown from righteous decrees

Breathing with hope’s newfound freedom

Witnessing God’s mighty moves

Praising daily in worship

Mercy arrives, His Son approves

Riding donkey, comes humble King

Tasting His merciful grace

Praising faith’s new covenant

Heaven’s goodness, let all embrace

Commanding nations, take notice

Setting every sinner free

Praising repeal of darkness

Throughout earth’s many lands and seas

Sounding faith’s endless trumpet

Protecting with blessed light

Praising God’s lasting greatness

Eternal daylight covers night

From Zechariah 9:16: “On that day the Lord their God will save them, for they are the flock of His people, for like the jewels of a crown they shall shine on His land.”

Bold Journey

Posted on June 7, 2023 by bigskybuckeye

From 2 Timothy 1:7: “For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline.”

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Showing gratitude, filled with praise

Daily worship focuses mind

Setting aside time for prayer

Bold journey’s mercy, never blind

Sharing devout faith with others

Treasured gift from Holy God’s hands

Serving with kindness, filled with joy

Bold journey follows His commands

Witnessing morning, Lord alive!

Death abolished, new life begins

Revealing eternity’s road

Bold journey sheds dark life of sin

Dying with Christ, now born again

Redemption drinks from blessed well

Enduring faithfulness shines bright

Bold journey freed from chains of hell

Teaching others from Lord’s Gospel

Strength received from His daily grace

Suffering shared, soldiers of Christ

Bold journey meets in Heaven’s place

From 2 Timothy 2:11-13: “The saying is sure: If we have died with Him, we will also live with Him; if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He will also deny us; if we are faithless, He remains faithful—He cannot deny himself.”

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