October 8 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Matthew 17-18
Key Verse – Matthew 17:7 And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid.
PRAISE BE TO GOD FOR TOUCHING US,
TELLING US NOT TO BE AFRAID
Praise be to God for touching us,
telling us not to be afraid with His:
Words so precious
Ways surely pleasing
Works steadfastly perfect
Warnings strongly profitable
Wisdom Scripturally powerful
Matthew 17:15 Praise be to the Lord
for being merciful unto us:
Calming our fears
Charging our faith-fervency
Correcting us from faithlessness
Clearing out our concentration-focus
Cleansing us against filthiness of feverish fainting
Matthew 18:35 Praise be to the Saviour
for forgiving us with His:
Grace and mercy
Gentleness so mighty
Goodness midst miracles
Grants of generous magnificence
Guidance toward ministry-marvels. Amen!
October 8, 2024
Categories:
scripturally, bible, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Alliteration
July 19 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Proverbs 22-23
Key Verse – Proverbs 22:4 By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.
PRAISE BE TO GOD FOR INSTRUCTING US TO BE HUMBLE
Praise be to God for instructing us to be humble making us:
Spirit-filled
Scripturally framed
Salvation, fully founded
Satisfaction, festively flourishing
Sanctification-fueled, faith-furnished
Proverbs 22:19 Praise be to the Lord for
bracing us to trust against:
Attacks of apathy
Afflictive addiction
Abusive accusing authorities
Apprehensions of accursed appeal
Anxieties arising from arrogant affairs
Proverbs 23:17 Praise be to the Saviour for
warning not to envy sinners, but to:
Rest in His grace
Rejoice in His goodness
Repent from greediness-gain
Remember His generosity’s glow
Rely on His great governance and guidance. Amen!
July 19, 2024
Categories:
scripturally, bible, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Alliteration
April 13 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on 1Kings 5-7
Key Verse – 1Kings 5:4 But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent.
PRAISE BE TO GOD WHO GIVES US REST
Praise be to God for giving us rest:
Refreshing us with His optimistic peacefulness
Restrengthening us midst occurring problems
Reenergizing us against opportunistic plans
Relieving us along His offered provisions
Reinforcing us optimum persistence
1Kings 6:11-12 Praise be to the Lord Who
performs His Word with us:
Steadfastly along His might
Sturdily upon His moves
Spiritedly by His mercy
Scripturally midst His miracles
Skillfully through His magnificence
1Kings 7:51 Praise be to the Saviour for enabling us
to enjoy the treasures of His house, since we are His:
Dedicated servants
Diligent stewards
Determined soulwinners
Disciplined soldiers
Duty-bound salvation-seed sowers. Amen!
April 13, 2024
Categories:
scripturally, bible, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Alliteration
Friends I admit this is true,
"Good News" in the Bible read.
Though its blessings rarely explained,
News worldwide, Christ said ... spread.
News of God's Heavenly Government,
Christ commanded, we preach!
"God's Kingdom come, God's will be done
on Earth" this truth said, ... "teach."
Kingdom's God's form of government,
scripturally hope folks know.
For God's rulership been praying,
God's will on Earth ... to flow.
How? Psalm 37, Wicked destroyed,
Satan too, gone is he.
No longer ruin the Earth, our lives,
Meek promised ... Paradise they'll see.
"The former things" ... pain, death dying,
gone from cleansed Earth comes true.
Christ miracles, as Earth's new King,
read he did ... here soon do.
God's "original" purpose, Earth's
"Paradise," restored by Son.
Glad we're generation soon to see,
God's will on Earth ... be done.
Categories:
scripturally, devotion, earth, faith, future,
Form: Rhyme
God be praised and thanked for Sis. Vita de Leon's testimony.
Vitality of life everlasting, verily vibrant
Indeed God's gift freely received and imparted
Thankful to optimize gladly, sharing with triumph
Affirming assurance of the Lord, praise-filled always.
Devoted servant* of Christ, trusting Him Daily
Eager to fulfill the Master's will by His enabling
Loving wife, mother, sister, teacher...virtuous lady
Enthusiastic through the Holy Spirit's empowerment
Obedient to the Almighty midst stewardship opportunities
Nurturing along faith-ministry roles, Scripturally nourished.
*Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.
Dear Ate Vita,
A very blessed birthday to you. We thank the Lord for your life.
June 15, 2022
Categories:
scripturally, appreciation, birthday, blessing, christian,
Form: Acrostic
There's no neutral position at all
in the spiritual battle forward and back
that's the only two positions that exist
so Peter tells us how to keep on track
If you're going forward that's good
for then you're not going back
but if you're going in reverse
you're letting yourself go off track
Peter the apostle speaks clearly
giving an exhortation to grow
in the grace and knowledge of our Lord
Jesus Christ the saviour the one we know
Being instructed in what Jesus taught
is the source to be scripturally mature
moving on praying in Jesus name
to your heavenly father for your cure
Filled with God's Holy Spirit
fellowshipping with His own ransomed crew
continually putting sin to death
showing marks of holiness and humility to name a few
This indeed is what God requires
from His blood-bought ones
for to Him, glory will they bring
showing they are real true sons
AUTHOR NOTES: 'But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.' 2 Peter 3 v. 18(ESV)
Categories:
scripturally, bible, growth, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
Triumphant in God* midst challenges, grievously dominant
Vibrant will-power prevails in being spiritually jubilant
Radiant is my faith, brightened by truth, scripturally elegant…
Arrogant heart is smitten by meekness, vanquishing the termagant
Vigilant soul keeps me reaching-out as Christ’s prayerful striving servant.**
*2Corinthians 2:14 Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
**1Corinthians 7:22 For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant.
August 27, 2019
7th place, "Writing Challenge 3, August 2019- Five Lines"
Sponsored by Dear Heart - Wiishkobi Ode; judged on 8/28/2019.
Categories:
scripturally, christian, devotion, faith, god,
Form: Monorhyme
We live in a day of glorifying man
all the questions are always earthbound
looking at what results their preaching did
God looking down sees an earthly sound
God almighty has higher standards than man
the proclamation of the gospel is His crown
He looks to His glory and only to that alone
so the gospel's purity sings along heavens sound
What indeed makes the gospel pure?
the gospel must be scripturally full
the preacher must magnify Christ
for its purity makes it a sparkling jewel
Today's church lives at a very low level
it needs lifting to look at Christ's sufficiency
for it's enough God doesn't ask for any more
Christ the saviour is sufficient absolutely
We're not saved by our giving
but by God giving His son
who's finished the salvation work
His father gave him to do, Jesus won
(We live in a day where numbers are all important in Gospel evangelism forgetting that the purity of the gospel is what God is concerned with for His own glory.)
Categories:
scripturally, christian, gospel, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
Prayer-pleas of best wishes’ are requests of my earnest heart...
May You, my dear Lord, grant, as for Your sake I do my utmost part
Becoming a blessing to others by the grace and mercy You impart
While in Your perfect will* I abide, thru Your strength – never to depart!
Enable me, my God, to love with Your compassion zeal...
Guard my soul against selfishness of arrogance-appeal
Pardon my hypocrisy in the guise of servanthood’s deal
Keep me submissive to Your control while in sincerity I kneel.
I beseech likewise for a praise-driven spirit, gratefully triumphant...
Led by Your wisdom along Your truth that can free the ignorant
For me to teach what’s right midst the scripturally vigilant
Sharing the faith that honours You ... worshipfully jubilant!
*Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
October 26, 2018
1st place, "STANDARD CONTEST 140" Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Brian Strand; judged on 11/27/2018.
Categories:
scripturally, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form: Rhyme
Why does stepping into another's well-told story
fade away my own?
Until I glance away from screen
or page
or exterior speaking voice?
What if my unmediated life,
unwritten and unplayed
with untold anonymity,
were the entirety of my actual spiritual journey?
While all I have read
and watched on screen
of others' creation and destruction stories
are sacred scripture,
divinely inspired
as humanely perspired,
alternative paths and ways
of speaking to and for my own shared resonant voices,
light and more darkly fearsome.
What if biography
were ecological history
of natural,
yet also spiritual,
sacred development?
Written scripturally small,
speaking in still small eisegetical voices
of inspired natural resonance,
fire with water,
ExegetingEarth with revolving,
absorbing,
creolizing enlightenment.
Why does stepping into another species' creation and destruction story
fade away our sacred ownership?
Categories:
scripturally, art, environment, health, integrity,
Form: Prose Poetry