To See JESUS CHRIST!
Ephesians 1:5-6 “HE predestined us for adoption to HIMSELF as sons through JESUS CHRIST, according to the purpose of HIS will, 6 to the praise of HIS GLORIOUS GRACE, with which HE blessed us in the Beloved.” Grace > “fate”! Whenever Fate “twists”, who calls it — amazing? Is it more so than Grace from […]
Read More Grace > “fate”!Psalm 123:1 “A Song of Ascents. To YOU I lift up my eyes, O YOU WHO are enthroned in the heavens!” In the Instant BEFORE… Around the midnight hour, so a man with weathered clothes and calloused hands stood silently…as statuesque as the rustic, cottage church in the background. As well, in the full glow […]
Read More In the Instant BEFORE…Jeremiah 29:13 “You will seek ME and find ME when you seek ME with all your heart!” Priceless Treasures! Priceless memories are always delivered both hand-sewn and Hope -crafted. With each embrace exceeding one’s expectations, so they remain constant and everlasting. Outlasting its’ pairing with Value and Time, so such reflections are indeed treasured…even our […]
Read More Priceless Treasures!John 10:10 “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly!” Resting’s Repayments! Some steal Rest from the Body as if such was treasure; as though it were gold. They restlessly crave it each hour and thirst for those peaceful to quickly devour. […]
Read More Resting’s Repayments!Proverbs 4:25 “Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you!” Abandoning Yesterday’s Battles! Are we not sinners restaining our face with the sins of the past which no flesh can erase? Isn’t every day’s battle a constant reminder of being our own worst reflection? This — hell’s hosts — keep on […]
Read More Abandoning Yesterday’s Battles!Jeremiah 30:17 “For I will restore health to you, and your wounds I will heal, declares the LORD…” On HIS Waves of Restoration! Found missing at sea as a mystery, without secured bindings or crew; so the captain-less vessel for decades adrift bore damage from weathering storms. Through the harshest of elements cast, through brutal […]
Read More On HIS Waves of Restoration!Matthew 4:19 “Come, follow ME,” JESUS said, “and I will make you fishers of men.” THE Fisherman’s Few! Unschooled by Man’s textbooks the Worthy were gathered; heart-picked by CHRIST‘s yet unscarred hands. With rough edges, thus raw, were they drawn by design. as HIS Called! Yea, the righteously chosen. Sent out amongst wolves to the […]
Read More THE Fisherman’s Few!Psalm 61:4 “I will make YOUR tent my resting-place for ever: I will keep myself under the cover of YOUR wings! Selah.” Our Resting Place! Selah! CHRIST’s sacrifice cleansed our faces. Thus spared Shame’s disgraces, Compassion excels. Without Self’s exception, HE mends all the Broken! So are we, by sovereign affections, made well! For Eternity’s […]
Read More Our Resting Place! Selah!Philippians 2:3 “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.” For: Given Grace! Does knocking one down make another stand stand taller? Shall such sabotaged actions unhindered — prevail? Do their “Victories” proclaimed ever fade — overusing deplorable tactics? Please tell me they fail! So […]
Read More For: Given Grace!Matthew 26:41 “Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.” Engaging THIS Hour! At the end of a session, a meeting or test, where presented are curtains, the door or some exit, understood are such closings then as that last line… which […]
Read More Engaging THIS Hour!2 Corinthians 4:6 “For GOD, WHO said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made HIS light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of GOD in the face of JESUS CHRIST.” Free Will Offerings! Preaching CHRIST is not a sales pitch as some perceive HIS message. It’s […]
Read More Free Will Offerings!John 3:30 “HE must increase; I must decrease!” More and Less! Engaging Faith, disabling Want… save more of CHRIST and less of self. Simplistic thoughts beyond profound… yet gained can be with no one else! Then More and Less combine for Peace… where HE inclines as Pride retreats. Thus Blessings rain as CHRIST — increasing […]
Read More More and Less!Ephesians 1:7 “In HIM we have redemption through HIS blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of HIS grace.” Upon HIS Emerald Balance! We borrow against tomorrow using sins we choose today with deep debits against credits which get redder by the day. Such Interests then diminish all our efforts — inconsistently […]
Read MoreHebrews 10:9 “Then HE added, “Behold, I have come to do YOUR will.” HE does away (has fulfilled) with the first (covenant) in order to establish the second. CHRIST’s Crimson Keys! Red Righteousness robed yet whiter than snowflakes and lighter than each pardoned soul once in Debt. No more chained to Death, released to serve […]
Read More CHRIST’s Crimson Keys!Psalms 100:3 “Know that the LORD is God. It is HE WHO made us, and we are HIS; we are HIS people, the sheep of HIS pasture!” Into HIS Everlasting Arms! The lamb quickly bounded beyond outstretched arms. Yet with base, detached thought, it knew not their intent. They seemed bent on capture; restraining all […]
Read More Into HIS Everlasting Arms!Mark 1:15 “The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of GOD has come near. Repent and believe the Gospel!” When Time Runs Out… No more doubting remains that our LORD’s return is no farther away than this hour, should HE choose. For Peace seems most surely a fleeting facade where, like weeds, offense breeds […]
Read More When Time Runs Out…1 John 3:2 “Beloved, now we are children of GOD, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when HE appears, we will be like HIM, because we will see HIM just as HE is!” For: Given Grace! When beneath Love’s open hand rebuked, bow surely. To rise above […]
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