Serving with Distinction!
The world has honors and spotlights and money to applaud those serving its purposes.
But GOD has rewards for all who selflessly serve HIM distinctively…with zeal!
Read More Serving with Distinction!Category: Giving!
Awaiting our Final Surrender!
Oh the crowns that await us which we give back to HIM for the eternal Joy which awaits us!
Read More Awaiting our Final Surrender!Transparently Serving!
Matthew 6:1 “Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your FATHER in Heaven.” Transparently Serving! Humanity’s Hero hasalready come! As HIS handsand HIS feet, Who shall stand?Who will run? For standing makes stableyet won’t reach the shadows.Such […]
Read More Transparently Serving!The Greatest Gain of Surrender!
Psalm 37:5: “Commit your way tothe LORD; trust in HIM, and HEwill act.” The Greatest Gain of Surrender! To lay down one’s life forCHRIST is a singular matter.To first offer up Pride isentirely different. One’s all, sacrificed, isa permanent gesture,while a temporal offeringof Self is far less. Unless by HIS words onelives wholly surrendered,then there […]
Read More The Greatest Gain of Surrender!The Grant of GOD!
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!Carry On!
Galatians 6:2 “Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of CHRIST.” Carry On! When significant weightis removed from one’sshoulders;catching them so offguard with suchsudden release… Then the freedom itsabsence creates iso’erwhelming;Soon tears beginflowing with joyousIncrease! In this hour foundscarred but now helpedwith our burdens;may each wearied soulembrace CHRIST’slightened load! […]
Read More Carry On!Happy Thanks-Making Day!
Proverbs 11:20 “Whoever brings blessing will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered. Happy Thanks-Making Day! Today is HIS day giving thanks, lifting praise. Every dawn brings us this gift to give back. So Thanks-Making is our commission assigned! Therefore water those round you until HE returns! As HIServant bent on fulfilling […]
Read More Happy Thanks-Making Day!Heaven’s Heart Deliveries!
Mark 16:15 “And HE said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.” Heaven’s Heart Deliveries! Let us assert HIS priceless worth; “CHRIST came to Earth with purpose!” Let us present gifts Heaven sent to all GOD meant receive them. Not just to those, as some suppose, “deserving […]
Read More Heaven’s Heart Deliveries!Waste Not, Store Not!
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!Giving as Given!
Matthew 10:8 “Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.” Giving as Given! Given graceYet lacking Careare souls founderrant still. Whose wayward pathshave chosen stepsrepeated by…unbroken wills. Without remorsenor transformationso remain those— error bound… who won’t reflectCHRIST’s perfect love!Within them then —no mercy found. So […]
Read More Giving as Given!Light Sowing Joy!
Psalm 97:11 “Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart. Light Sowing Joy! HE moved, is moving and shall for Eternity. With seed HE sows all that is precious and good… …for the souls and the sakes of every believer! HE is light, gives life and sows both every hour. […]
Read More Light Sowing Joy!The Barrel’s Blessed Base!
Philippians 2:17 “Even if I am to be poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all”. The Barrel’s Blessed Base! Grant Hope to those seeking its feeling within. Show CHRIST and HIS light to those darkened by Sin. Give life without price […]
Read More The Barrel’s Blessed Base!IN HIS Love!
John 7:38 “Whoever believes in ME, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.” IN HIS Love! The more HIS wavesdraw us under to safety,the greater our Joygrows — exceeding. The longer we staybeneath HIS Mercy’sflood then the fuller wesense Grace increasing! So know CHRIST at thedeepest of levels inFaith; […]
Read More IN HIS Love!Sacred Relief!
Ephesians 6:18 “Pray in the SPIRIT at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.” Sacred Relief! Spiritual hand-to-hand combat iswhat this hour feels like;armed just with the WORD and HIS armor. Ever grappling with those forces which Flesh […]
Read More Sacred Relief!Hope…Displayed!
Philippians 2:13 “…for it is GOD WHO is at work in you, both to will and to work for HIS good pleasure.” Hope…Displayed! Blessed are the “mended” GOD heals… for they have been broken before. They know of great pain and its losses…and wear all its scarsfrom the past. Yes, favored are we whose repairing […]
Read More Hope…Displayed!Returning to SENDER!
1 Peter 2:25 “For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the SHEPHERD and OVERSEER of your souls.” Returning to SENDER! Journey back home, precious Pilgrim;Travel safely returning to ME. Leave behind each regret and all baggage — distressed. Turn around, dearest child; come to ME. Choose Faith and such Zeal; run […]
Read More Returning to SENDER!With each New Day!
Romans 13:11 “And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we (first) believed.” With each New Day! To some, each new year holds no happy refrains. No songs of great Joy nor of Peace. To others, the date means […]
Read More With each New Day!Treasure Sharing!
Matthew 5:8 “Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great…” Treasure Sharing! Spiritual emeralds with sovereignty’s diamonds are both gemstones of GOD. Not measured like gold nor as silver in worth; so CHRIST’s surpass all earthly values. What gain then those treasures which HIS heart creates: How priceless each gift HE gives! […]
Read More Treasure Sharing!All Behind!
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!Broken for HIS Service!
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!By Chainless Example!
1 Peter 1:15-16 “Just as HE WHO called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: “Be holy, because I AM holy.” By Chainless Example! We are bound to these bodies of death till HE transforms our vessels of flesh. Till then we remain to do as HE said […]
Read More By Chainless Example!Flood Waves!
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!Cross-stitched, Sovereignly!
2 Corinthians 5:20 “Therefore, we are ambassadors for CHRIST, GOD making HIS appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of CHRIST, be reconciled to GOD!” Cross-stitched, Sovereignly! Meeting someone “by chance” presupposes no GOD… …as if every step takenis done without thought. So hear this reminder, I musttell us all. Every soul we encounter […]
Read More Cross-stitched, Sovereignly!“Painting” with Grace!
Colossians 4:6 “Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.” “Painting” with Grace! Restaining attempts have two flaws where someone feels their new sins must be given more crimson. As if a fresh coat of paint does the trick! But CHRIST’s finished […]
Read More “Painting” with Grace!From Repentance to Revival!
Ephesians 4:32 “Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as GOD in CHRIST forgave you.” From Repentance to Revival! Who will forgive the greaterinfraction while souls sin againstone another? Isn’t the stain of rejecting HISNAME far beyond any crimehere uncovered? Through Forgiveness’ gift to ourselves and those wounded, we shall reconcile with our […]
Read More From Repentance to Revival!With HIS Blood Bought Purpose!
Acts 5:29 “Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey GOD rather than men.” With HIS Blood Bought Purpose! We have no strengthto turn this time, butGOD! BUT GOD —through CHRIST… …finds us longing forour risen LORD,expectantly awaiting! Yea! Our RighteousKING returning,WHOSE power —(evil spurning) …stems its tidalwaves! So JESUS’NAME […]
Read More With HIS Blood Bought Purpose!The “Cost” of Connection!
1 Corinthians 12:7 “A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other.” The “Cost” of Connection! There are gains that our sensesprefer over others;for Fellowship’s Favor whichour SAVIOUR leads.For to draw nearest CHRISTin the midst of the Bodymeans we must reflect HIMwithout one restraint. Yea, without holding back, sowe […]
Read More The “Cost” of Connection!From Broken to Blessed!
Psalm 34:8 “O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusts in HIM!” From Broken to Blessed 2X! A broken heart’sburden cannot belifted by hands… …as shattered hopesremain fractured whenall has been lost. So the only solution ISCHRIST as our SAVIORof WHOM we sing“Love lifted me!” Without human hands,Heaven’s […]
Read More From Broken to Blessed!Internal Strengthening, External Building!
Romans 14:19 “So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.” Internal Strengthening, External Building! Home but not yetso HIS SPIRIT within…both shelters andkeeps us till then. Hope’s expectationmeets JESUS, as suchwhile we wait for HISwinds of Redemption! So by GOD’s righteousgusts we are carried:by CHRIST’s finishedwork we are housed… …in […]
Read More Internal Strengthening, External Building!Sacrificially Fueled!
Ephesians 4:32 “Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as GOD in CHRIST forgave you.” Sacrificially Fueled! May selfish Ambitionwith Unforgivenessbe daily extinguishedtill absent of flames. May all worldly fuelswhich propel thisflawed pairing thenquickly expire beforeevery Dawn! Then comesSurrender and Forfeitreplacing those twodarkened forces thatPride always feeds. Most assuredly then!Both Relief andRelease shall […]
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