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"So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal." 2 Cor. 4:18 (NIV)

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  • Imagery to help us remember that earthly suffering is temporary: a scale and a timeline; 1 Corinthians 4:17-18

    I’m going to write today about some imagery we can use in our meditation time to remind us that any suffering we experience on earth is temporary. Yesterday I was writing about the imagery of carrying your cross and following Jesus. It is comforting to remember that we only carry our cross through this life…

    lisaw2021

    February 2, 2026
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    1 Corinthians 4:17-18, Amazing Grace, Balance, Crown After Cross, Scale, Timeline
  • “Bring Your Vessels Not a Few” by Mrs. C. H. Morris

    “Bring Your Vessels Not a Few” by Mrs. C. H. Morris

    Hymnal Page Scan: Bring Your Vessels Keyboard Recording: Voice Note with words to 1st verse: 1 Are you looking for the fullnessof the blessing of the LordIn your heart and life today?Claim the promise of your Father,come according to His word,in the blessed old time way. Chorus:He will fill your heart today to overflowing,As the…

    lisaw2021

    February 1, 2026
    Hymns, Voice Notes
    Mrs. C. H. Morris
  • Imagery of Carrying your cross while following Jesus; Matthew 16:24

    I think it was Thomas Manton, an English Puritan preacher who lived in the 1600s, who said in one of his sermons that the Christian life is “a following after God”…so the Christian life is a journey through this world where you are following after God. We’ve been learning about that with the imagery of…

    lisaw2021

    February 1, 2026
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    Carrying your cross, Matthew 16:24, Thomas Manton
  • “Footprints of Jesus” by Lucie E. Campbell

    Hymnal Page Scan: The New National Baptist Hymnal (21st Century Edition) 230. They led to Bethany, there’s where He stayed | Hymnary.org Keyboard Recording: Voice Note with words to 4th verse: Refrain:Footprints of Jesus, leading the way,Footprints of Jesus, by night and by day;Sure if I follow, life will be sweet!Saved by the prints of…

    lisaw2021

    February 1, 2026
    Hymns
    Lucie E. Campbell
  • “Take Up Thy Cross” by William Everest

    “Take Up Thy Cross” by William Everest

    Hymnal Page Scan: Take Up Thy Cross, the Savior Said | Hymnary.org Keyboard Recording: 1 “Take up thy cross,” the Savior said,“if thou wouldst my disciple be;deny thyself, the world forsake,and humbly follow after Me.” 2 Take up thy cross, let not its weightfill thy weak spirit with alarm;His strength shall bear thy spirit up,and…

    lisaw2021

    February 1, 2026
    Hymns
    Cross, Take Up Thy Cross and Follow Me, William Everest
  • Learning how to conform to God’s will: journaling exercise and imagery of walking hand in hand with God on His pathway

    In my previous voice note I talked about some imagery you can use in your meditation time to help with learning to submit to God’s will. Well, it’s imagery and a journaling exercise. Journaling the events of the day can help you process your day. And then in this exercise, if you write out 2…

    lisaw2021

    January 31, 2026
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    Conforming to God’s Will, John Owen, Journaling, Walking hand in hand with God on His pathway
  • Voice Note: Influx and Reflux, Imagery of conforming to God’s will, Imagery of our moments as gemstones, Imagery of the Holy Spirit hovering over the waters at creation

    Voice Note: Transcript: [00:00] Okay, so I’m still having this flare-up of E-O-E and I still don’t have my voice, so…I’m still trying to get breakthroughs. The other day when I was talking about, I think I was talking about how my brain takes in information. I used the word influx. And, it made me…

    lisaw2021

    January 28, 2026
    Voice Notes
    Conforming to God’s Will, Frances Havergal, Have Thine Own Way Lord, Holy Spirit hovering over the waters at creation, Influx and Reflux, John Ball, Our moments as gemstones, Spiritual Milk, Take My Life and Let It Be Consecrated Lord to Thee, William Gurnall
  • Voice Note: Imagery of riding with Jesus in a royal carriage and imagery from 1 Peter 2:4-5 of living stones

    Voice Note: Transcript: [00:00] Hi. Okay, thank you for listening today I was going to talk about some imagery that we can use in our meditation time. It helps us to learn about, in terms of processing our environment, it helps us to have this imagery of where we are and what’s going on. And…

    lisaw2021

    January 28, 2026
    Voice Notes
    1 Peter 2:4-5, Blessed Assurance, John Gill, Living Stones, Royal Carriage, Wilderness
  • Voice Note: What is faith? Ellicott and Matthew Poole Commentaries on Hebrews 11:1; Imagery of light shining into our understanding

    Voice Note: Links: Hebrews 11 Matthew Poole’s Commentary Hebrews 11 Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers The imagery from today’s voice note is that of a light shining into our understandings, illuminating them and giving us an awareness of that spiritual world that we cannot see with our eyes. So when you are meditating, think about…

    lisaw2021

    January 27, 2026
    Voice Notes
    Ellicott, Hebrews 11:1, Light, Matthew Poole
  • “A Debtor to Mercy Alone” by Augustus Toplady

    Hymnal Page Scan: Faith Triumphing | Hymnary.org Piano Recording: Voice Note with Explanation of A Debtor to Mercy Alone: Voice Note with Words to hymn: (The words to the hymn are posted after the transcript of the voice note) Transcript of Voice Note: Okay, so this hymn is called A Debtor to Mercy Alone. It…

    lisaw2021

    January 26, 2026
    Hymns, Voice Notes
    Augustus Toplady, The Perseverance of the Saints, The Righteousness of Christ
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