To See JESUS CHRIST!
Romans 8:18 “I consider that our present sufferings are not comparable to the glory that will be revealed in us!” Glory! Presence Greater than Pain! “Complacent with Pain”means one’s numb to surroundingswith divergent, un-urgent,discouraging words. “Adjacent to Shame”then describes that connectionof someone unfeeling,unnervingly plain. Disturbingly foundfar too often than “never”,are those of the Body —in […]
Read More Presence Greater than Pain!John 1:1-2 “In the beginning was the WORD, and the WORD was with GOD, and the WORD was GOD.HE was in the beginning with GOD.” Following Through, Following Truth! What soul would continue in red lettered footprints if only they led to the Cross and no further? What heart would keep beating in tune with […]
Read More Following Through, Following Truth!John 12:46 “I have come into the world as Light, so that whoever believes in ME may not remain in darkness.” Reflective Evidence! Sow and unsown;Weave and unwoven.Broke and unbrokenlike Night follows Day. Two polar positionsas opposites — poisedhope Action will join themand choose to remain. So be seen, not unseenwith Choice’s selectionand Wisdom’s electionto […]
Read More Reflective Evidence!Proverbs 19:11 “A person’s wisdom yields patience; it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.” Let Faith Revive! Insults, InjusticeOffense and Contemptbattle Fairness and Goodnesswith GOD’s Compliments. But! HIS Love conquers;GOD’s got the last wordthus each onslaught of Evilreceives its own curse. So turning both cheeksthough oft gaining Pain…finds our souls lookingupwards because all […]
Read More Let Faith Revive!1 Thessalonians 5:22 “Abstain from every form of evil!” Escaping Sin’s Quagmire! Sin’s ultimate consequenceis no match for Sovereign love.The grave thus has no hold on me!Eternal freedom mine…as such! CHRIST‘s touch shall then bringRaptures’ height What rescue, HIS redemption…WHOSE blood has set this captivefree with spotless intervention! Let no one try to “out-sin” Gracenor […]
Read More Escaping Sin’s Quagmire!Psalm 77:12 “I will reflect on all YOU have done and meditate on YOUR actions!” Memories don’t negotiate.What happened can’t be changed.History’s threads — already woven —there remain. So whether brightly coloredthese reflections are…or nay,they cannot be reimagined— nor erased. Yet living in this present, thenlet us sew with Light…so when past these actions are,they’ll […]
Read More Our Path’s Pre-Reflections!Romans 12:10 “Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor!” Sovereign Straw Selections! For Comparison’s sake, take a handful of straw. Weigh each piece as if equal…for so they appear. But how we address this mass measurement matters since some seem quite weighty whilst others feel light. So CHRIST’s Light makes […]
Read More Sovereign Straw Selections!Job 34:21 “For HIS eyes are on the ways of a man, and HE sees all his steps!” With Sight Above! Man rattles his sabres;Flesh boasts of its powerwhile discarding the truththat this hour is GOD’s. YESHUA our SAVIOURcompleted HIS blueprintsbefore the first momentof Time had receded! Thus just as HE’s writtenso let us be […]
Read More With Sight ABOVE!1 Corinthians 16:13 “Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong!” For This Last Mile! With the last ounceof Effort’s — allturns from liquidinto a gas… …where it’s burned asfuel — fully firedthen are we spentwholly for HIM. Up till that Timewe must press on —though pressures riseand pains increase. For […]
Read More For This Last Mile!Proverbs 11:25 “The generous soul will be made rich, and those who water will be watered as well.” HIS Hospital Staff! My cry is “Be JESUS!” when wounded souls cry to remind me which course of reaction be mine… …because of the ropes that great sacrifice ties! So may we each follow HIS footprints! For […]
Read More HIS Hospital Staff!Proverbs 30:7 “Two things I request of YOU (Deprive me not before I die): Two First Requests! How many souls withDeception — begin?Instead of with facts, theymove off-ward with Sin… Till, by Dark, consumed!As such, they pretendwhile fooling themselvesand…those who listen. So likewise — Treasure!Grant me just my lotfor soley YOUR willshall suffice, oh my […]
Read More Two First Requests!Psalm 107:20a “HE sent HIS WORD and healed them…” HIS Healing Infusions! Medicines “left behind” create questions. At times, since their value may worthless now seem. When those who once took them — now with HIM; so what further use is there for their prescriptions? But! Such benefits still can bring health to our souls […]
Read More HIS Healing Infusions!1 Chronicles 16:11 “Seek the LORD and HIS strength; seek HIS presence continually!” At Dawn’s First Light! Beginning the day,whether late or on schedule,requires proactive submission. First coming to CHRIST,with hearts which are listening,is far more important than speaking. Before requests making,Grade every petition with silencefirst pondering glory! For GOD’s story assignedneeds no words than […]
Read More At Dawn’s First Light!Psalm 95:1 “Oh come, let us sing to the LORD; let us make a joyful noise to the ROCK of our salvation!” Elbowing Ahead! What encouragement those arein CHRIST;The Body who speaks of HIS NAMEwith great reverence! Whether knee or a hand makes no difference, no mattersince their voice is lifting the LORD’s…with great praise! […]
Read More Elbowing Ahead!1 Peter 4:10 “As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of GOD’s varied grace…” Sent Other-ward! Royalty’s Heightsacrificedfor our lives…Hallalujah! Love’s load wearingCross bearingGrace sharingSAVIOUR… is CHRIST soley!Ours — onlyanswer toprayer! So live holygive fully,love wholly —others! As HIServant surely sent in your service, Whitney Devotional: Matthew […]
Read More Sent Other-ward!Exodus 8:32 “But Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also; neither would he let the people go.” Changing the Same! Are we intolerant of the lessons Pain teaches? Is it’s presence shunned quickly — no matter the hour? What of those warnings GOD sends as Discomfort— proposed? Are such moments defined just the same? […]
Read More Changing the Same!James 1:19 “Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger…” Preemptive Communications! With one hand covering overmy mouth — intervening…So no speech nor one word canbe heard without speaking. Yet! Such little involvementis frequently witnessed…whenSelf first says these thoughtsand rejects wiser thinking. Save for all […]
Read More Preemptive Communications!1 John 4:19 “We love because HE first loved us!” Sharing Love First…with SIght! When you look in the eyes ofsomeone who’s silentwho can’t speak of their grief norwhy Pain fills their heart…then there’s draining of Hope.Both of theirs and your own…for you cannot share Comfort’s embrace. Thus our gaze in return feels bothhollow and […]
Read More Sharing Love First…with SIght!Ephesians 3:12 “In WHOM we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in HIM!” Reflect the Breath of GOD! Giving upwards, arms stretching, DEFEATS Thought’s surrender…where “giving up” means hopeless Forfeit. Where greatest Loss joins to add burdens — unbridled. But GOD!HIS ways lift us…till soaring! So this offering raised applauds Victory — […]
Read More Reflect the Breath of GOD!Ephesians 1:13 “In HIM you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the HOLY SPIRIT of promise…” The Clout of Faith! HIS righteous compellinghas brought us deliverance.What “Sealed to the Dayof Redemption!” is ours! GOD’s SPIRIT — mostHOLY — […]
Read More The Clout of Faith!Proverbs 29:23 “One’s pride will bring him low, but he who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor.” With One Another… Being told to cut loose one’s heart attitude should — at the most — bea one-time request. If not selfless in prayer, believing in GOD…then shall others in contrast — still press. For Pride […]
Read More With One Another!Proverbs 19:21 “Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the LORD that will stand.” Don’t Touch that Dial! Those knobs and each switchwhich he’d thought controlledLife…turned out later to movenothing more than themselves. Though spinning and flippingand pushing such buttons…no Peace held his heart nordid rest […]
Read More Don’t Touch that Dial!Psalm 103:1 “Bless the LORD, O my soul; all that is within me, bless HIS HOLY NAME!” Doing This! Who can exhale and inhale within the same breath, even at the same time? Oh sing praise! Hallelujah! It is only those souls thanking GOD for the gift of HIS CHRIST! As a roar! From the […]
Read More Doing This!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.” Posthaste! Known foreverTransforming soulsSo long awaitedEmbraced each day(Forgotten too)Our Risen SAVIOUR! Thus redeemingthose crimson boundwith Resurrection.So Calvary’s tombstill empty lays.What Truth! HE reigns! Though satan fight;though flesh […]
Read More Posthaste!Psalm 119:36 “Bend my heart toward YOUR instructions and not toward selfish gain!” Till Then! Bend the knee,Bend the back,Bend your will;Make the latterthe first toserve CHRIST! Choose to turn,Choose to bow,Choose HIM now;Make HIM LORDof your heart,soul and life! Run then set free,Run quickly, Friend!Run just in HIS steps!Chase the NAMEabove all NAMES…till then! […]
Read More Till Then!James 4:7 “Surrender yourselves then to GOD. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you!” HIS Open Doors! Oh LORD, show us doors for escaping.Yea, open our eyes;Yea, help us realizethat each path filled with Error…has exits! For so it is written in Scripture.Flee evil each hour;flee steps which devouryour faith when Temptation arises! […]
Read More HIS Open Doors!Matthew 18:20 “For where two or three have gathered together in MY NAME, I am there in their midst!” Bent Together! Our knees bear the scars of compliance enforced Thus are they calloused in completely in tandem. Where the LORD paused each journey HIServants were on to align them with HIS Way…again. Oh, the Joy […]
Read More Bent Together!Colossians 1:27 “To them GOD willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is CHRIST in you, the hope of glory!” Wholly Sacrificing! When CHRIST chose the Cross,no one physically joined HIM.The thieves had their ownand each one – hung on one. Yet! Just one […]
Read More Wholly Sacrificing!1 Corinthians 16:13-14 “Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. Let all that you do be done with love.” And Having Done All…STAND!! YOU came as Savior for those withoutworth at least in ourselves — brokendown by the cursed.Yea, YOU came as Savior for flesh undeserved — where our best isa rag […]
Read More And Having Done All…Stand!2 Timothy 2:1 “You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in CHRIST JESUS…” Grace like Rain! Sanctuary, Sanctuary;GOD, grant us Refugefrom Sin and from Selfwhich attack us within. Restraint yet Constraining;GOD, grant us “chains”to stay on THY paths whichattract us with Grace! For we never want freedfrom these bonds sewn byHAND, […]
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