To See JESUS CHRIST!
Hebrews 13:2 “Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.” “As Angels”! GOD sends HIS angels daily to watch over simple sheep. We HE calls to live with boldness as assigned and as released. Entwined with GOD’s provision to both preach and serve — thereby… …by HIS SON […]
Read More “As Angels!”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!Proverbs 22:6 “Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.” Transforming Lack! Sincere Lack attracts blessing, compassion and Favor. Complete loss leaves a soul with just upwards to soar! Thanking GOD then for crushing my pride beyond measure… …till now found embracing […]
Read More Transforming Lack!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!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!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!Nahum 1:7 “The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; HE knows those who take refuge in HIM.” And…HE WILL! Our Heavenly FATHER knows flesh often frail…fails more than one wants to. Ask Paul! So how great compassion HE showers on those who acknowledge their personal faults! No hidden agenda, no camouflaged […]
Read More And…HE WILL!Luke 7:47 “Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven — for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little, loves little.” With Stripes into Wholeness! Silent painsare both unheardand unvetted. Yet HE hears eachunspoken andheartbroken cry. Just to know thisis bliss; such bringsJoy to the soul. So to CHRIST giveyour […]
Read More With Stripes into Wholeness!1 Peter 2:20 “For what credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure it with patience? But if when you do what is right and suffer for it you patiently endure it, this finds favor with GOD.” These Worthy Pains! When the stripes of pain fall faster than raindrops and […]
Read More These Worthy Pains!Psalm 119:63 “I am a companion of all who fear YOU, of those who keep YOUR precepts!” Eternity’s Eagle! What bliss found in fellowship with like believers! Such souls outpour balm of refreshing from HIM. On the contrary, those whose communion is bitter…bring painful exchanges and self-serving sins. So let us gauge wisely each “bird […]
Read More Eternity’s Eagle!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!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 […]
Read More Sacrificially Fueled!Luke 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!Psalm 82:4 “Rescue the weak and needy; Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked!” “…And then some!” None need to wearsinful burdens ofwhich they’verepented and turnedaway from. None must bearweights from whichthey relented sinceCHRIST bottles theirtears…and then some! So no matter Fault-Finders’ — reminding,CHRIST alone holdsthe last word ofJustice. “For all those whohave […]
Read More “…And then some!”Matthew 20:28 “Even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give HIS life as a ransom for many.” Through CHRIST, Crossing Over! Confessing Sin withoutits focus,Never dwelling on suchfeatures…is a slippery slopewhere we invoke HIS NAMEto get beyond it. On Guilt’s terrain we loseour footingwhen attempting solocrossings.Often […]
Read More Through CHRIST, Crossing Over!Matthew 10:7 “And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand!” “Hide or Seek?” A vault is a leap or a stronghold;a certain move forwardor bound within place.Yet without any context, noneknow the intentsave whoever made this word mentioned. Then people took note once such detailwas further explained. Yet they still“picked […]
Read More “Hide or Seek?”Proverbs 11:25 “Whoever brings blessing will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered.” Both Receive and Return! On those re-giving Self, shower reign drops of Mercy. Where seen is Surrender, grant Grace all the more. Thus I pray for my brothers and sisters who struggle; whose troubles are real yet who come […]
Read More Both Receive and Return!James 1:22 “But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.” Faith’s Sweetened Lemonade! What if — unsqueezed — a lemon is left?Where no juice is expressed from the pressures outside?Can it aid in producing a lemonade beverage if never its peel revealswhat’s inside? Yea, Faith is the same when we shelter.When […]
Read More Faith’s Sweetened Lemonade!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!Habakuk 2:2 “Then the LORD answered me and said, “Write down the vision and inscribe it clearly on tablets, so that one who reads it may run.” Delivery Confirmation! Passing Heresay is one thing. Passing messages along by “word of mouth” does not ensure delivery, let alone impact. But writing, editing, rehearsing and GIVING a […]
Read More Delivery Confirmation!Psalm 139:5 “YOU have enclosed me behind and before, and laid YOUR hand upon me.” Best Bound, Well Surrounded! LORD, leave this thorn within mewith this flesh of mine — still plagued;Lest forgetting — I continue in thoseways where Flesh has led! Oh GOD! Permit me thishaving “course-less” gone too oftenwithout YOUR guiding hand or […]
Read More Best Bound, Well Surrounded!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!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 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!Psalm 121:1-2 “I will lift up my eyes to the hills — from whence comes my help? My help comes from the LORD, WHO made heaven and earth.” From The Hills! The mountainous landscape slowly and lazily stretched out towards her. By its clover-covered arms and flowing strands of edelweiss hair, so fixated her eyes […]
Read More From the Hills!Ephesians 4:11 “And HE Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastorsand teachers…” Saint Equipment! Saint Equipping, a patronfelt burdened with Purpose.To preach expectations whichCHRIST gave to man. Saint Equipping, most zealous,then studied — inspired —to teach souls to wearHeaven’s armor of GOD. For this Hour, so pressing,matched up with […]
Read More Saint Equipment!Isaiah 26:3 “YOU will keep (those) in perfect peace, whose minds are stayed on YOU, because they trust in YOU!” With Such Peace! When Peace like a Riverattends to our souls andflows through our valleyswhere darkness may linger; by such revelations ofGOD am I strengthened!And why? ‘Tis since CHRISTis its AUTHOR…and mine! So HE offers […]
Read More With Such Peace!Romans 15:13 “May the GOD of Hope FILL you with all Joy and Peace as you trust in HIM, so that you may overflow with Hope by the power of the HOLY SPIRIT!” Re-Emptied’s Refilling! More “Less of me!”will increase withDevotion till “Lostwithin HIM!” is thissoul finally Found! Thus less “Less ofme” is just out […]
Read More Re-Emptied’s Refilling!Matthew 20:26 “But among you it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant.” The Light in the Shadows! Leading by Kneeling till standing —prostrate…is HIS counter-intuitive way of progressing. Through thus comes HIS SPIRIT’s compelling as such! Breathed through humbled and contrite believers — with blessing! But […]
Read More The Light in the Shadows!Ephesians 6:18 “And pray in the SPIRIT on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the LORD’s people.” Adding Volume! The prayers of saints are to GOD — sweet aromas. How savory they are to one’s ears — healing wounds… […]
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