To See JESUS CHRIST!
Philippians 1:29-30 For it has been granted to you on behalf of CHRIST not only to believe in HIM, but also to suffer for HIM, 30 since you are encountering the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have.” The Grant of GOD! A blessing, a privilege and wholly a […]
Read More The Grant of GOD!1 Thessalonians 4:18 “Therefore encourage one another with these words!” Waiting for Five! A gathering of numbers, of such kindred souls, with reunions of hearts once again… What blessed embrace as each greets one another…on streetsmade gold…found in Heaven! So three went ahead by our SAVIOUR’s recall to serve HIMin HIS presence — rejoicing! With […]
Read More Waiting for Five!1 Chronicles 16:11 “Seek the LORD and HIS strength; seek HIS presence continually! Doubling Down! Sin without remorse betrays wickedness – embraced…while repentance for errors engages HIS Grace. Stay the course… Stay the course… Stand with The LORD! Conviction — when heeded — then blesses hearts quickly…but stubborn behaviors find wisdom yet missing. Stay the […]
Read More Doubling Down!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!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!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? Walking Humbly With… Souls require GOD’s drawing to reach Heaven’s threshold. No Self effort added; no matter one’s longing. Forever us […]
Read More Walking Humbly With…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.” Increasing…IN HIS Steps! Winning with JESUS; LOSING with satan. Yet the steps of the flesh fit closest with darkness. Only with GOD’s discernment can we stay on […]
Read More Increasing…IN HIS Steps!James 4:8a “Draw near to GOD, and HE will draw near to you.” Nearer…till Then! LORD show us the “When?” of YOUR way leading home. Compel us with sight found from “reading” YOU close.” Oh the wisdom we learn from YOUR WORD! What embrace! Oh the joy of YOUR peace, endless mercy and grace! So […]
Read More Nearer…till Then!Mark 12:30 “And you shall love the LORD your GOD with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.” Without Prodding! Self opts for sin, so freely it choosing. instead of CHRIST’s gift of Salvation… …although already knowing the price which HE paid to redeem […]
Read More Without Prodding!Psalm 68:19 “Blessed be the LORD, WHO daily bears our burden, the GOD of our salvation. Selah!” The Worthy Overcomer! Be faithful, not fainting Surrendering wholly, With boldness go forward; with Haste never fading! For Now’s Dawn appearing may seem as a mountain. Yet press through again with HIS power — supporting! Yea, open your […]
Read More The Worthy Overcomer!Luke 19:38 “Saying, “Blessed is the KING WHO comes in the name of the LORD! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” Unfading Glory! How close do we hold “cotton candy” possessions? How firm is our grasp on such things which just fade? Do we cling to what’s temporal or all that’s eternal? Will […]
Read More Unfading Glory!Ephesians 6:10 “Finally, be strong in the LORD and in the strength of HIS might.“ Cross Winds! What oft do we face as card carrying members of HIS chosen Body? In one word…Rejection. Even amongst zealous fellow believers, the battle still rages with fires — relentless. Even in service for those who feel worthless, at […]
Read More Cross Winds!James 1:12 “Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial, because when they have stood the test, they will receive the crown of life that GOD has promised to those who love HIM.” Salvation’s Struggles and SAVIOUR! What privilege to know HIM WHO knows all our troubles! Our struggles and heartaches, each pain and all […]
Read More Salvation’s Struggles and SAVIOUR!John 8:12 “Again JESUS spoke to them, saying, “I AM the light of the world. Whoever follows ME will not walk in darkness, but will have the Light of Life.” One Path, True Love! True love for another births death in oneself. Else two separate lives would proceed. True love — sacrificial binds closer than […]
Read More One Path, True Love!Psalm 143:8 “Let me hear in the morning of YOUR steadfast love, for in YOU I trust. Make me know the way I should go,for to YOU I lift up my soul.” More like THEE! Say something different which still doesn’t pain me. Preach with Insistence of things which won’t change me. Then I’ll fill […]
Read More More like THEE!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.” NOW More than Ever! How little we know though compiling details. Some facts with some fiction yet all incomplete. So how can we give HIM the lesser […]
Read More NOW More than Ever!Ephesians 4:1 “I therefore, a prisoner for the LORD, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called…” Measuring our Broken Steps! Let’s be “downed” by spiritual accountings which honestly finds us assessing our depths. Let such measurements bind our attentions to treasure the good and abandon […]
Read More Measuring our Broken Steps!1 John 2:6 “Whoever says he abides in HIM ought to walk in the same way in which HE walked.” With Face Time Faith! May Self’s face time bewithout excess exceptreflecting CHRIST. May each mirror showthe LORD in us to everypasserby. May we “leave” thisworld ahead of Time bycasting flesh behind us. Yea, may all […]
Read More With Face Time Faith!James 4:8a “Draw near to GOD, and HE will draw near to you.” Our Closest Encounters! We are favored together through all kinds of weather; one flesh bound forever in CHRIST. We’ve been paired to be single, by HIS fires kindled, to flee what is sinful…always. So! Join seamlessly with HIM through humbled position where […]
Read More Our Closest Encounters!Psalm 145:18 “The LORD is near to all who call on HIM, to all who call on HIM in truth.” Nearer, my GOD! As opposed to one foot in front of the other; “two steps behind” meets with Sin. One progresses, two decline so when following GOD, we must keep our pace just with HIS. […]
Read More Nearer, my GOD!Colossians 2:10 “Youare complete in HIM,WHO is the Head of allprincipality and power.” Complete ONLY in THEE! Promises broken,Commitments unmet;Endzones uncrossedand letters unsent. Finish lines missed,deadlines long past;Journey’s none tookleaving souls in the gap. Where we often lookare things incompletein our hands and inothers where limitsincrease. But GOD has a planwherein there is noLack! No […]
Read More Complete ONLY in THEE!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 55:6 “I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest.” Transitioning Steps! Protect our steps as we press forward daily; Grant YOUR rest to those who stretch towards… …that coming Hour when Faith no longer needed! Yes when face to face we join THEE, dearest […]
Read More Transitioning Steps!Revelation 1:5: “And from JESUS CHRIST, the faithful Witness, the Firstborn of the dead, and the Ruler of the kings of the earth. To HIM WHO loves us and has released us from our sins by HIS blood!” HIS Apostrophe’s Power! How can our vessels be stained and impure yet found spotless? How is it […]
Read MoreJohn 12:26 “Whoever serves ME must follow ME; and where I am, MY servant also will be. MY FATHER will honor the one who serves ME.” Two Birds, One Step! Step forward once more, this morning, this hour…with prayer from the heart on your lips. Step backwards always from the sins of our flesh, while […]
Read More Two Birds, One Step!Philippians 3:13b “Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what (even WHO) is ahead…” All Behind! Take HIS WORD which we have heard and trust in HIM WHO took our sin… …because designed were we for saving! HE aligned us then at Calvary! How unworthy these, HIS vessels, yet HE chose to label “blessed”… …because […]
Read More All Behind!Psalm 119:10 “With all my heart I have sought YOU; do not let me stray from YOUR commandments!” Binding Instruments! Oh to be bound just to CHRIST…where no other chains limit our walk. Oh to be by HIM constrained without any exception…just GOD! No failing of Flesh nor a single misstep…oh to be found just […]
Read More Binding Instruments!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!Psalms 86:11 “Teach me your way, LORD, that I may rely on YOUR faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear YOUR NAME!” Just…in HIS Direction! Relent from pursuing the sins of the flesh. Reject such backslidden and deviant paths. Instead reaching upwards, grasp Zeal with your heart and repeat every movement with […]
Read More Just…in HIS Direction!
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