To See JESUS CHRIST!
Philippians 1:21 “For to me, to live is CHRIST, and to die is gain!“ Torn Between! We want YOU, LORD with less of “me” with each step taken. Yea, as we breathe! For how much angst with longing weighs us to see YOUR face! Oh come, LORD JESUS! Thus unfulfilled, leave not our frames; our […]
Read More Torn Between!Luke 9:23 “And HE said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow ME.” Yet Closer Still! LORD, Help us to live more fully for THEE without waver or doubt nor a “less than” belief. Grant us YOUR strength to shout louder each […]
Read More Yet Closer Still!2 Timothy 4:7 “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” Racing Home! (In loving memory of Chris Burkhart 7/4/25) From the morning hour,his pace was brisk!From birth — we knowhis story goes. “Things to do!” withpaces kept that fewcould match, andfewer chose. So, in service, Chrisdrove […]
Read More Racing Home!Luke 6:38 “Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.” Waste Not, Store Not! Waste is a preference,not a need whichneeds filled. Excess is the samewhich […]
Read More Waste Not, Store Not!Ephesians 6:10 “Finally, be strong in the LORD and in the strength of HIS might.” Lesser Forces! More and more forces greet me with each dawning. These senses of mine find them growing with age. Increasingly painful have mornings become with stiffness in joints and aches in my bones. Though slower this frame finally moves […]
Read More Lesser Forces!Isaiah 41:10 “Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your GOD; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with MY righteous right hand.” Staying With! Being “so far gone” suggests a distance out of range. Such “road positions”, thus implied, lay past the reach […]
Read More Staying With!Jeremiah 17:14 “Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed; Save me and I will be saved, for YOU are my praise!” Gap Restorations! Broken bones tell of forced separation while fractures, as well, speak of not being whole. What then of the CHRISTian whose heart weeps with pain for such cracks which cause […]
Read More Gap Restorations!1 Corinthians 15:57 “But thanks be to GOD, WHO gives us the victory through our LORD JESUS CHRIST.” We’ve Already Won! But what of the battles of Faith we feel pressing? Yea, what of the struggles we face every day? We start by confessing the LORD is our SAVIOR, found bowing the lowest with face […]
Read More We’ve Already Won!Matthew 26:40 “And HE came to the disciples and found them sleeping. And HE said to Peter, “So, could you not watch with ME one hour?” GOD’s “Carry your cross!” Calling! Often kneeling at Calvary, we pick up our crosses. Each morning such action should surely be seen. Without fail nor delay so it waits […]
Read More GOD’s “Carry your cross!” Calling!Isaiah 26:4 “Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD GOD is an everlasting ROCK.” Our ROCK of Ages! Our foundation is found in the heights of surrender; To CHRIST bowing down, gaining Faith’s elevation. Oh what increase with GOD WHO secures every CHRISTian… …in the palms of HIS hands and the depths of HIS […]
Read More Our ROCK of Ages!Colossians 3:4 “When CHRIST WHO is your life appears, then you also will appear with HIM in glory.” At Rapture’s End! Always lean on the LORD and cling to HIS side ever asking for more of HIS steps as your guide. Ever cast from your frame every stain and its sin always filtering thoughts with […]
Read More At Rapture’s End!1 Peter 2:21 “For to this you have been called, because CHRIST also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in HIS steps.” In Step, On Course! If we follow our own steps, then we’re walking in circles. Only pacing around, Looking just at the ground, simply seeing the very […]
Read More In Step, On Course!Luke 15:32 “It was fitting to celebrate and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.’” Gathering Together…Everywhere! Let us seek the face of GOD WHOSE NAME is penned on Scripture’s pages… …while confessing Self as ”Servant” and proclaiming HIM as LORD! For the fields are […]
Read More Gathering Together…Everywhere!John 8:36 “So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed!” The Tears of Freedom! We, searching for Mercy whose partner is Peace, who are oft feeling ”lost” though HE calls us “the found”… …are CHRISTians in truth who still struggle at times. Yea, who daily wage war as the Body of […]
Read More The Tears of Freedom!We’re in part two of this four week study on 2 Kings Chapter 4. Join us at 7pm on my Facebook page! 🙏🙏
Read More Sermon Tonight!1 Peter 2:21 “For you have been called for this purpose, since CHRIST also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in HIS steps…” While In Route! Self injuring blows we often apply without weighing the costs to our lives. “Shooting ourselves in the foot” then becomes a truth that repeats […]
Read More While In Route!1 Corinthians 3:4-6 “Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the Truth.” With Uncompromised Truth and Love! What child is this who […]
Read More With Uncompromised Truth and Love!Psalm 100:1 “A Psalm for giving thanks. Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth!” Stretching our Vocal Chords! Let us close our eyes and praise the LORD; let us open our mouths and praise HIM more! May our worship in love be unbridled with Zeal; may we shout with great noise all […]
Read More Stretching our Vocal Chords!James 4:7 “Submit yourselves therefore to GOD. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.“ With Total Resistance! Reject all returns to Egypt and deny any steps back to prison. Stay true to the LORD in each sense of the phrase and give way to HIS words filled with Wisdom! For the time is […]
Read More With Total Resistance!Romans 8:38-39 “ For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 NOR HEIGHT NOR DEPTH, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of GOD in CHRIST JESUS our LORD!” No Height nor […]
Read More No Height nor Depth!Psalm 32:8 “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.” The Best Alterations! To be crushed by GOD is far better than to be set free by oneself. To be broken by HIS holy hand is greater than left whole […]
Read More The Best Alterations!Proverbs 3:6 “In all your ways acknowledge HIM, and HE will make straight your paths.” Straight Forward! “Weak and without self control!” is the claim which so many believers hear echo within. Struggling with stepswherein Compromise hides, so such souls battle daily with oft disguised sin. Within footprints found which lead through darkened shadows, so […]
Read More Straight Forward!Titus 2:11 “For the all saving grace of GOD has been revealed to all…” Grace Given! Who hasn’t sinned and short — fallen with words far off course. With actions off track and thoughts breeding remorse. There is none, no not one, and of such I’m the worst. But!! HE’s always been JESUS to me! […]
Read More Grace Given!Psalm 73:28 “But for me it is good to be near GOD; I have made the LORD GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all YOUR works.” Closer Encounters! We compare ourselves in the mirror and with others. Our tendency then is critically set… …against any image which makes us “look bad”. With such […]
Read More Closer Encounters!Hebrews 13:15 “Through HIM then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to GOD, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge HIS NAME!” To: Everyone! Great is HIS NAME and greatly to be praised. Of all honor — worthy — WHO sets hearts ablaze. Whole deserving of worship is CHRIST WHO gives […]
Read More To: Everyone!Psalms 37:23 “The steps of a man are rightly ordered by the LORD: and he will take pleasure in his way.“ In HIS Order! The Soul questioned Discipline. “Where did you go? HIS WORD is spelled out, HIS footprints — well known.” The reply soon was heard. “Friend, I’ve always been here…like CHRIST. So my […]
Read More In HIS Order!Romans 12:11: “Do not be slothful in zeal, but be fervent in spirit. Serve the LORD!” Measuring with the MASTER! How great is this hour; How wondrous each second! There’s no grave to fear for we’re bound in HIS presence! Never leaving nor ever forsaking our souls, so give praise to the ONE WHO bears […]
Read More Measuring with the MASTER!Hebrews 12:2 “Looking unto JESUS the Author and Finisher of our faith; WHO for the joy that was set before HIM endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of GOD.” Sacrificially Following! When will YOU come reaching down for our souls which we uplift to […]
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