Abraham Lincoln's
Favorite Devotionals
January 23
Lives a Life of Consecration
to God
“Christian
brothers, I ask you from
My heart to
give your bodies to God
Because of
His loving-kindness to us.
Let your
bodies be a living and holy
Gift given
to God. He is pleased with
This kind of
gift. This is the true
Worship that
you should give Him.”
Romans 12:1
NLV
Thine, wholly thine,
I want to be;
The sacrifice receive:
Made, and preserved,
And saved by thee,
To thee myself I give.
- Bagster
I’m Leaning on Jesus…
Cast all your care on Him,
He careth for you;
His promise is given,
His Word it is true;
He clothed the lilies,
The sparrows He feeds,
So tell Him your
Burdens and needs.
I’m leaning on Jesus,
He walks with me
Over life’s road.
I’m leaning on Jesus,
He carries my load.
- John R. Rice
A friend drops their plans
When you’re in trouble,
Shares joy in your
Accomplishments,
Feels sad when you’re
In pain.
A friend encourages
Your dreams and offers
Advice…
But when you don’t follow
It, they still respect
And love you.
- Doris
W. Helmering
A constant friend
Is a thing rare
And hard to find.
- Plutarch
Friends are people
Who help you be
More yourself,
More the person
You are intended
To be.
- Merle Shain
The
Hope Downstream…
Travelers
in the Sea of Life,
being guided by worry and strife,
floating rudderless toward desperate straights,
drifting aimlessly towards whatever awaits,
are tossed about on stormy waves,
awaiting departure to bottomless graves.
Oh, if only we could leave this ship
and loosen the chains and its horrible grip
of the burdens and sorrows that come with our plight
that's as deep as the ocean and dark as the night.
Who, if any, can save us now?
What can take hold on this vessel and turn its bow?
I
hear the waves crashing from side to side,
no place to run to, nowhere to hide
from the fate that lies before us and the
Turbulent
wake behind.
These
conditions are causing me to lose my mind.
I hear my heart pounding like an orchestra's drum;
my fears have a power I can't escape from.
Lost, tossed, battered, and beaten,
I lowered my head and prayed for a beacon,
a small light in the night,
something
to guide this floundering wreck
towards calmer seas, dry land or a speck
of hope in a place where hardly is found
a glimmer of peace, only happiness drowned.
But wait! Can it be?
Is that the lamp of a lighthouse I see,
flickering dimly on this churning water?
Could we actually break free from certain slaughter?
I looked closely at the dim lit light
shining like a small diamond in this hellish night.
I had almost given up without a fight,
given in to the fears of the troubles that might
take away my peace and end my life
cut apart my soul as though with a knife
and bury my hope in darkness and doubt,
sending me into a spiraling spiritual blackout.
Lord, help me remember when all seems lost,
when my ship is battered, shattered, and tossed,
to look for a Light in the stormy sea
and hold tightly to whatever it might be
in the distance, as small as it may seem
and never let go of the hope downstream.
-
John Raines
Hope is the anchor or the
soul
And those without it are
adrift
Upon a troubled sea
- James E. Gibbons
“God gave
these two things that cannot
Be changed
and God cannot lie.
We who have
turned to Him can have
Great
comfort knowing that He will do
What He has
promised.
“This hope
is a safe anchor for our souls.
It will
never move. This hope goes into
The Holiest
Place of All behind the
Curtain of
heaven.”
Hebrews
6:18-19
If you live without God,
You will die without God
(And without hope).
- James E. Gibbons
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