Counting CHRIST!

Romans 8:25 “But if we hope for what we do not see, with perseverance we wait eagerly for it.” — We wait for HIM! Counting CHRIST! The KING is coming, yet many still slumber. HE comes as HE promised! But several choose Sleep. YESHUA! Our SAVIOUR shall greet those — expectant whose lives reflect “Watching!”. […]

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Just by Looking Up!

Isaiah 40:28 “Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting GOD, the CREATOR of the ends of the earth. HE does not faint or grow weary; HIS understanding is unsearchable!”  Just by Looking Up! Since the sun, moon and stars follow patterns distinctly, we know that no random creator was […]

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Comparative Exercise!

James 1:3 “For you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness!” Comparative Exercise! If one’s heart for CHRIST will not mirror HIS own, then their path known as Fellowship…plagued.  For every partial surrender — filled with Lip’s service — cannot bring them close to HIS side. So whenever we sing, anthems raised, when […]

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Leaf- Blown Longings!

Revelation 14:12 “Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of GOD and their faith in JESUS!”  Leaf-Blown Longings! Various leaves were within the grass resting. From the tree, their umbilical cords long had been severed. Thus green-colored faces had deepened to Tan…as they’d long been released into […]

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Reminders in Red!

2 Thessalonians 3:3 “But the LORD is faithful. HE will establish you and guard you against the evil one!” Reminders in Red! As an empty vessel with fractured frame, it’s still common to find Hesitation within. Such unwilling to carry whatever remains since the bulk has been lost of HIS blessings once held. Or so […]

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Discarding Camouflage!

1 John 1:9 “If we confess our sins, HE is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” Discarding Camouflage! Whose name is confessed, yours or another’s, when Blames’s finger points to your bloodied, red hands? Which subset is guilty, your sisters’ or brothers’, when one assumes fault […]

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The Lost’s Leader!

Luke 19:10 “For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” The Lost’s Leader! (And ours too!) LORD, guide and direct me through challenges daily; those meant to protect where YOUR hands are well seen. Through those just as well; anointed, correcting…  which draw me to safety in each step I […]

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The Witness of Words!

John 6:63 “It is the SPIRIT WHO gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life!” The Witness of Words! While knowing our backgrounds, this Foreground is present; Reality’s face in the midst of the midst of such storms.  But one’s background points others to […]

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Laid beside HIS Still Waters!

2 Corinthians 5:21 “HE made CHRIST WHO knew no sin to [judicially] be sin on our behalf, so that in HIM we would become the righteousness of GOD [that is, we would be made acceptable to HIM and placed in a right relationship with HIM by HIS gracious lovingkindness]!” Laid beside HIS Still Waters! The […]

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The Turning Over!

Matthew 18:16 “But if he will not hear, take with you one or two more, that by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.” The Turning Over! Withdrawn from the corners of Darkness and spared from the Shadows of Sin; so again and again we find Grace within HIM! The […]

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The Fool’s Boundary!

Proverbs 18:2 “A fool does not delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own mind.” The Fool’s Boundary! You are — ones’ folly — brandished when displaying Whimsy’s heights. At times thus found light-hearted yet quite blind in Suffering’s light. As such, some call you — careless — for your heart appears unfeeling. Every […]

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Prayer’s Pausing

Psalm 119:147 “I rise before dawn and cry for help; I hope in YOUR words!” Prayer’s Pausing  This time upon CHRIST — grant Surrender. Yield ye equally bent of both spirit and soul.  Kneeling wholly prostrate,  found face down conceding; HIS words find us then well attending HIS WORD. Hear — in silence — HIS […]

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THAT Moment!

1 John 3:2 “Beloved, we are GOD’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when HE appears we shall be like HIM, because we shall see HIM as HE is.” THAT Moment! Death has no hold on the CHRISTian for from Glory to Glory we pass!  One […]

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Preaching under Water!

John 7:37 “Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink!” Preaching under Water! Come to the Well, there lower your heart. Soak beneath living water; whilst drinking HIM in. There find The LORD; there drench […]

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Love’s Guarantee!

John 14:1 “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in GOD, believe also in ME!” Love’s Guarantee! If not for HIS calling uniquely — these vessels…then none could share Faith for quite deaf would we be. If not for GOD’s writing; HIS WORD known as Scripture…then none would know Hope. Rather, lifeless we’d seem. […]

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1 Thread, 1,000 Cloths!

Ecclesiastes 4:12 “Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.” 1 Thread: 1,000 Cloths! A prayer cloth which has been visibly used bears the blessing of GOD through whom blessing has flowed.  Stained countless of times by the tears of the saints, so such […]

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Looking Past this Present Storm!

Proverbs 4:25 “Let your eyes look straight ahead, And your eyelids look right before you!” Looking Past this Present Storm!  There’s a storm before the Calm which must rage – anticipating. Then follows Heaven’s peaceful- ness as Night precedes the Day. There’s a hurricane ahead after which shall Stillness – reigning then consume hell’s darkened […]

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Paired — Perfect!

To my Sherry… Paired — Perfect! What a wonderful pairing; no Tandem exceeds us! In CHRIST, we’re HIS image, here graciously bound. My weakness, your strength; together — completed.  Reflecting HIS goodness to each other’s heart. Thus my thanks has no measure this soul — so indebted! As such, you’re the Breath and the Love […]

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Refusal’s Rejection!

Psalms 14:1 “The fool says in his heart, “There is no GOD.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds; there is none who does good.” Refusal’s Rejection! Dissension’s Disease is a formidable illness found killing those stubbornly telling GOD “No!” Ignoring our LORD’s endless love so they languish… as fools found discarding HIS gift for […]

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Hear Creation’s Cry!

Psalms 66:4 “All the earth worships YOU and sings praises toYOU; they sing praises to YOUR NAME!  Selah.” Hear Creation’s Cry! Reeling and tossing like storm driven waves, the Earth is convulsing as YHWH draws near. Creation – expectant then watching and waiting, becomes more intense with its movements — pulsating.  It’s voices thus echo, […]

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Our Soon Unveiling!

1 Corinthians 13:12 “For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known!” Our Soon Unveiling! “Through the glass darkly” our view in this life; till that blessed appointment  when CHRIST lifts our veil! When face-to-face […]

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Shaking the Comatose!

Proverbs 20:4 “The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.” Shaking the Comatose! Overwhelmed by the worship-filled chorus of bagpipes so was she who danced with Joy’s teardrops still streaming. Thus spinning they flew, as her arms swirled about her; this woman of worship whose name CHRIST […]

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Clear ye the Way!

Proverbs 15:33 “The fear of the LORD is the instruction for wisdom, and before honor comes humility.” Clear ye the Way! Without Goodness or Rightness, Self’s pride is defenseless with sword made of plastic and shield — cardboard pressed. Without Righteousness leading, our egos expanding, drawn are we to war — unequipped and ill-fated. So […]

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Investing in Red!

Luke 19:10 “For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the Lost.” Investing in Red! Heaven’s currency, invisibly printed, is always exchanged through the heart. Transfers unseen, sovereignly made, are felt then by each soul involved.  How rich then the saints; how wealthy CHRIST’s children… whose price (paid in blood) means redeemed […]

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Revelation!

Psalms 18:6a “In my distress I called to the LORD; I cried to my GOD for help.” Revelation! Abigal, whispering through her exhaustion, conveyed fervent instructions to the prisoner in front of her. Moving then with both furtive glances and visible tremors, so the other woman proceeded slowly and deeper into the shadows…followed closely by […]

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The Perfect Positive!

Acts 4:12 “And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” Yes, JESUS! The Perfect Positive! CHRIST’s blood needs no marker or naming convention. No label, no name tag nor title — unmentioned. For HE is WHO HE is; […]

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HIS “Stone Soup” Creations!

Matthew 18:20 “For where two or three are gathered in MY NAME, there am I among them.” HIS “Stone Soup” Creations! Soup often hosts all manner of gardens joining vegetables, grains and meat. Thus creating… …such flavors, aromas and excellent tastes which unite in each kettle on cast iron stoves.  Or whatever container that cooks […]

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The “No Return!” Line

James 5:8 “You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the LORD is at hand.” The “No Return!” Line With the last breath of physical Life in our lungs, so our very next inhale is titled — Eternal.  Regardless of thought; with far less than a choice…will each soul cross to where […]

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HIS Spoken Arms — Uplifting!

Romans 10:17 “So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the WORD of CHRIST!” HIS Spoken Arms — Uplifting! Their eyes scanned each page;desperate for the right wordswhich were already printed —though still bound within. Locked inside of hearts fracturedyet searched they — relentless.Expectant for phrases both soothing…and healing. Through scars being formedwhich were clouding […]

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The Second Hand’s Moment!

Isaiah 40:1 “Comfort, yes, comfort MY people!” says your GOD!” The Second Hand’s Moment! In the clutches of Anguish, in Sorrowful’s chains, here again comes our voice bound with Yesterday’s tears. As before and once more Sufferings’ pressures assailing, yet Despair has no Victory! Defeat is not yours! For HIS transforming hands have not left […]

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