To See JESUS CHRIST!
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!John 19:30 “When JESUS had received the sour wine, HE said, ‘It is finished,’ and HE bowed HIS head and gave up HIS SPIRIT.” Multiplied Meanings! Willingly dying for unworthy friends and lifting us up from the depth of these sins… …so CHRIST sacrificed HIS own life to save ours! Hallelu, Hallelujah…HE rose! Living to […]
Read More Multiplied Meanings!1 Thessalonians 5:13“See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone.” Transitioning from Crime! “Crimes against humanity” are all our blame to bear. Flesh attacks the flesh with selfish wills, which will not rest. Yet worst of all our “evidence” was seen to […]
Read More Transitioning from Crime!John 8:36 “So if the SON sets you free, you SHALL be free indeed!” Daily Cleansing Reminders! CHRIST has cleansed us from our shame and brought Salvation through HIS NAME. So why the backwards glance to debts HE’s fully paid already? It’s a matter then of Focus bent on progress with HIS power; Existing for […]
Read More Daily Cleansing Reminders!Hebrews 10:23 “Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for HE WHO promised is faithful.” Love’s Second Scale! In a vision, a scribe of twelve thousand thoughts written carried each ink-filled page with him to Heaven. Expectantly certain, when weighed on the scales…of exceeding GOD’s number assigned for good works. But […]
Read More Love’s Second Scale!Hosea 6:6 “For I will have mercy rather than sacrifice, and the knowledge of GOD rather than whole-burnt-offerings.” First Extensions! To love mercy exceeds Self’s compassion; to relish Release far beyond daily Judgment. To truly respond with Grace — passing over the faults of another since CHRIST took our stripes. For some have been constant […]
Read More First Extensions!Philippians 2:5 “Let this mind be in you which was also in CHRIST JESUS…” Picking Up the Pace! Forgive the Forgive-less withforgiveness instead. Give grace to the Gracelesswith most gracious steps. Yea, make way for the LORD asour Waymaker KING… by surrendering good to themjust as HE did! As HIServants re-forfeiting our own reactions to […]
Read More Picking Up the Pace!John 10:9 “I AM the door. If anyone enters by ME, they will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.” HIS Open Door! Entertaining Angels unaware versus engaging any demon. Living for the LORD our GOD as opposed for our pet sins. For soon the door of Grace will shut while […]
Read More HIS Open Door!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!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!Hebrews 13:8 “JESUS CHRIST is the same yesterday and today and forever.” Love, Uncompromising! Help us, FATHER…not to earn correction. Assist our hearts to YOURS alone reflect. Guide these steps to walk with Grace — uncompromising…so YOUR truth remains always on full display. Extend us Wisdom then with Knowledge too…till Understanding’s skill has been retained. […]
Read More Love, Uncompromising!1 John 3:2 “Beloved, we are GOD’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when HE appears we shall be like HIM, because we shall see HIM as HE is!” Fabric Transitions! When Heaven’s setfocus with Thought’stidal waves floodsone’s brain, then…won’t words flowin tandem? When withoutinterruption, CHRIST’sgaze […]
Read More Fabric Transitions!Proverbs 27:2 “Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; A stranger, and not your own lips.” Me < Second Fiddle! Without standing here“indignant”, brashlyclaiming “unstained!”status; As the farthest onesfrom perfect; still wehave THE NAMEwhich matters! But what blessing willthat give us if CHRIST’splace we try to take? Where we give ourname the […]
Read More Me < Second Fiddle!Proverbs 13:10 ”Where there is strife, there is pride, but Wisdom is found in those who take advice.” Pride’s Un-dwelling Unconvinced by sin’s memories which insistently press,so we’re NOT our past scars sinceour wounds CHRIST dispensed. Cleansing souls upon Calvary, as such, we are flawless!Stained solely by crimson so…. HIS verdict is “Faultless!” Then no […]
Read More Pride’s Un-dwellingLuke 10:31 “Now by chance a certain priest came down that road. And when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.” Subtraction signs arepathways whileAddition’s look likebridges… One’s a street withseparate linescompared to crossingroads — connecting. To intersecting Iives,instead of passingby each other… …are we called asHE commissioned;sharing grace, asHIS additions. So […]
Read More HIS Great Subtraction!Ezekiel 34:16a “I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak…” Called Out! Leaves who live life to its fullest are greatest at work once they fall to the ground. Not “decaying” but feeding the soil with self so […]
Read More Called Out!Psalm 103:10 “HE does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities!” Our Unmerited Key! Since each is a sinner with stainsWith “rap sheets” foundadded to — dailyso the thoughts of one’sfreedom escapes us…because those intentions of Self— we know best. Why then would the LORD diefor me…WHO […]
Read More Our Unmerited Key!Hebrews 4:10 “For he who has entered HIS rest has himself also ceased from his works as GOD did from HIS.” Self’s Stoppage! Being worthy of Death and having earned Judgement…with even the slightest of sins… though uncounted our faults and unmeasured the guilt still we spotlessly stand in HIS Crimson! Give thee place for […]
Read More Self’s Stoppage!Ephesians 4:15 “Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into HIM WHO is the Head, into CHRIST…” Simply Starting, Pressing Deeply! Simplicity’s wordsboth brief and conciseare valuable toolsfor those learning. HIS message does notbring “baggage”, as such,nor for harsh repetitionwith Pride. So “simple” is best whenbeginning to trainyet […]
Read More Simply Starting, Pressing Deeply!James 1:22 “But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.” With “Do-ing!” Faith Behold! Here we stand ineffectually speaking to those in our camp and to every observer. Inattentively listening, yet such fill the pews, every car and each home where they’re acting— with fervor! In work places too, thus surrounding […]
Read More With “Do-ing!” FaithProverbs 15:1 “A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” Surrendering into “First!” When “being right” becomes wrongfor our lives — without question;where the scars on our heartsare still waiting to heal… When “the win” we assumed wouldcome with our expressions,in fact, brings no blessing norgrander appeal… Then our wounds […]
Read More Surrendering into “First!”Luke 23:34 “FATHER, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” Forgiving the Scorn-caster! Scorn-casters mirror theStorm-chasers zeal in howquickly they rush to theCenter’s attention. Ever notice their speedto find fault-filled darkclouds and spew outtheir opinions on allwho “should” listen? Create they such weatherthen blame others for it;Such cycles they churnwhile acting […]
Read More Forgiving the Scorn-caster!James 1:6 “But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind.” Healing Skeptics! The skeptics of CHRIST, in the lives of believers, skip over the works whichHE does through such hearts… …who reassure others that HE shall […]
Read More Healing Skeptics!Titus 3:9 “But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels about the law, for they are unprofitable and worthless.” Avoiding Dispassionate Debates! What’s Love got to do with “religious compassion” for how can “transactional care” replace CHRIST’s? How might “going through motions” achieve HIS affection? The Answer? They can’t…and they won’t. Despite this hard truth, […]
Read More Avoiding Dispassionate Debates!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!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!1 John 1:7 “But if we walk in the light, as HE is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of JESUS HIS SON cleanses us from all sin.” Love’s Perfect Exchange! Extend hearts of fleshfor those yet fueled by stone…so the life of anothermight transform their own. Change “set […]
Read More Love’s Perfect Exchange!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!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, […]
Read More Grace like Rain!Ephesians 1:7 “In HIM we have redemption through HIS blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of HIS grace…” Even w/ Edits & Deletes! When one’s thoughts drift to “paper” where each letter is inked on a “page” where erasing, one just hits “delete”… …so the screen that is used displays what […]
Read More Even w/ Edits & Deletes!
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