To See JESUS CHRIST!
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!John 3:11 “Truly, truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, and yet you people do not accept our testimony.” “You People!” A different “kind”, a separate “group”, Another “faith” — all together. Yet next beside, (in church residing) do not relent from Law’s pursuit! […]
Read More “You People!”Ephesians 6:17 “Take (put on!) the helmet of salvation and the sword of the SPIRIT, which is the WORD of GOD.” Helmet Wearing, Battle Ready! Who fights with savage zeal against the wickedness of Thought… where demonic interruptions teach what isn’t taught by GOD. Who musters every strength to stem that tide of darkened shadows? […]
Read More Helmet Wearing, Battle Ready!1 Peter 2:21 “For to this you were called, because CHRIST also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in HIS footsteps…” ONE’s Directions! GOD leads us through valleys and lifts us up mountains. HE makes us lie down by HIS waterfall fountains. How blessed are we then for HIS promises […]
Read More ONE’s Directions!Acts 10:43 “To HIM all the prophets bear witness that everyone who believes in HIM receives forgiveness of sins through HIS NAME.” Intentionally Off-Course! Wastelands of blocks where injustice is valued speak volumes to each viewer. Observing the chaos while leaders claim “Progress!” proves only that Flesh surely fails. But GOD! HE has readied our […]
Read More Intentionally Off-Course!Psalm 31:14-15 “But I trust in YOU, O LORD; I say, “YOU are my GOD!” The U-Turn! HE leads us through each darkened valley we’ve chosen and those thrust upon us which we did not want. HE guides and directs when eyes become blinded and still stands by our sides when HIS WORD we forget. […]
Read More The U-Turn!Psalm 3:3 “But you, O LORD, are a Shield about me, my Glory, and the Lifter of my head!” Getting Air! For us to be found in right standing with GOD means we cannot be outside HIS footprints. For us to have Joy without equal requires we’re just in HIS presence without one exception. So […]
Read More Getting Air!Matthew 24:14 “And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.” HIS Criss-Crossed Shout! Criss-crossed eclipses foreshadow HIS warning. HIS order of things cannot not will be dismissed. The sign of HIS coming and time for repentance are both […]
Read More HIS Criss-Crossed Shout!Psalm 32:8 “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with MY eye upon you.” Turning T’wards Home! Turn again Home Child…turn again Home. When your ship runs aground out at sea, so I pray! Just turn again, turn …t’wards Home. For all other waters save […]
Read More Turning T’wards Home!Matthew 15:18a “But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart…” With Full Faith Expressions! We are HIS creation, uniquely selected…Called out, set apart as HIS chosen — yea, separate. Out of all in existence, none other is like HIM. None bear the LORD’s image save us…as HIS children. As outward reflections with […]
Read More With Full Faith Expressions!Proverbs 22:9 “Whoever has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.” Drawn to these Crossroads! Help us occupy wholly,relentlessly even,though troublessurrounding distractand dismay. Yea, LORD! Grant usassistance to keepstretching outwardsinstead of retreatingtill Faith stumbles too. For the needs now aregreater; with criesgrowing louder.Intercede through usthen…in power and love! […]
Read More Drawn to these Crossroads!1 Peter 4:8 “Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.” Following HIS LIGHT! Humility’s display is intrinsic…or not;thus adopted and foreign or natively known. Love’s depths mirror also this “Either/Or” stance with Care planted deep…or yet unsown. Thus humbled Affection surrendered to CHRIST will express HIS heart’s message […]
Read More Following HIS LIGHT!Psalm 139:14 “I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.” Purposed and Sent! What it takes a warrior to do means another might not. What HIS preachers can share, some others cannot. Where a servant is sent then depends onGOD’s gifting, HIS sovereign […]
Read More Purposed and Sent!Micah 6:8 “HE has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly WITH your GOD?” Still Walking! Error recovery trumps Failure avoidance where we stray from HIS Rest trying best in our strength. So “getting back […]
Read More Still Walking!Psalm 34:14 “The LORD is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.” Broken for HIS Service! Whose hands and whose feet does the LORD use for service? What mind and which soul bends its will to HIS ways? Yea, those who were broken yet now has HE mended!! AND! Others in process […]
Read More Broken for HIS Service!John 17:6a “I have revealed YOUR NAME to those YOU have given ME out of the world.” In, Never Of! Separate ingredients sometimes co-exist. Others immediately conflict, ignite or dissolve into one. But such oppositions aren’t worthless or always meant to be avoided. For instance, if fuel was never sparked, no combustion would take place. […]
Read More In, Never Of!Psalm 32:8 “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you. Following HIS Directions! Going back to Egypt wasn’t in GOD’s plans. But the demonic used human voices to claim that it was. CHRIST fulfilled all the law at Calvary but satan still […]
Read More Following HIS Directions!Matthew 16:23 “But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind ME, satan! You are an offense to ME, for you are not mindful of the things of GOD, but the things of men.” Abandoning Avatars! With Reality buffered by compromised Sight, an alternative view has arisen. Unlike CHRIST in all ways, so this errant […]
Read More Abandoning Avatars!Isaiah 44:3 “For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour MY SPIRIT upon your offspring, and MY blessing on your descendants!” Flood Waves! The heart’s outpouring flows every direction. With GOD’s presence pressing, HIS current upholds us. Sustaining our hopes and fulfilling our prayers, one […]
Read More Flood Waves!Psalm 25:12 “Who is the man who fears the LORD? HE will instruct him in the way he should choose.” Walking within HIS Lines! Teach us to treasure YOUR ways and to number our days. Yea, keep training our hearts to — in step with you — stay. Grant us Wisdom and Knowledge to understand […]
Read More Walking within HIS Lines!Psalm 19: 1: The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.” Naturally Drawn! Dry rain and wet sunshine, soft rocks and hard flowers would be contrasts imagined. Unnatural thoughts. So too are our sins when compared to HIS ways which HE solely assigned us. The footprints of GOD! […]
Read More Naturally Drawn!Psalm 103:10 “HE does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities.” So! Soon… No soul deserves CHRISTbecause Sin’s disservicehas earned them the grave. Thus none could be saveddespite all their efforts ifnot for HIS grace. Yea, gifted with Faith tocling to our SAVIOUR,so know we such Love. […]
Read More So! Soon…Psalm 39:3 “My heart became hot within me. As I mused, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue…” Fanning HIS Fire! Going back to the beginning must mean our CREATOR…to WHOM, as our AUTHOR, we owe everything. Yes returned to our starting line breaths are we found…no more lost in the crowds of […]
Read More Fanning HIS Fire!Jeremiah 10:23 “I know, O LORD, that the way of man is not in himself, that it is not in man who walks…to direct his steps.” Beside or Behind! Retiring ChiefJustice positionsmust we of thesetitles assumed…which GOD neverappointed to us. Like “independent”,“self-made” or as “king”,so these labels nevergave HE. At least not tothose of HIS […]
Read More Beside or Behind!1 Peter 5:7 “Cast all your anxiety on HIM because HE cares for you.” — Hallelujah! Callbacks to CHRIST! When godless goals and worthless desires meet hopelessly broken results… When selfish paths paved over others are chosen and faith in the LORD has great gaps… Then know that HE’s drawing your walk to HIM — […]
Read More Callbacks to CHRIST!Philippians 1:6 “And I am sure of this, that HE WHO began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of JESUS CHRIST.” The Heart of Reflection! Glory to GOD in the highest with every intention and great expectation! Without waver, all glory is HIS…so freed from exceptions, HIS praises […]
Read More The Heart of Reflection!Matthew 26:40 “Then HE came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “What! Could you not watch with ME one hour?” Called out of Neutral! Unlike a truck backing up to atrailer, so CHRIST’s soon returndiffers greatly. Coming again is HE for thoseexpectant, whose vessels livevisibly — vibrant! By pressing towards […]
Read More Called out of Neutral!2 Corinthians 3:18 “And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the LORD, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the LORD WHO is the SPIRIT.” CHRIST Changing Convictions! Through Sincerity’stears comesconfessions of sinwhose convictions lastlonger than hourglass sand. Internal assessments,with Honesty […]
Read More CHRIST Changing Convictions!Philippians 4:13 “I can do all things through CHRIST WHO strengthens me!” Our Limitless LORD! To be pulled far beyondReality’s boundariesis their goal for us,drawn by the Darkness…to wait till we break beneathweights of Excess. Ever gaining but neverretaining GOD’s peaceso surpass we “that range”HE intended……till broken our framesthen need mended again. So whose voice […]
Read More Our Limitless LORD!Song of Solomon 2:1 “I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.” “Standing” with HIS Roses! Two viewing a flower bouquet. Two claim very different perspectives. One sees every petal’s most brilliant display while the other scene is less descriptive. So where one’s sight centers is crucial indeed. Else “beholding the […]
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