Discarding Camouflage!

1 John 1:9 “If we confess our sins, HE is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” Discarding Camouflage! Whose name is confessed, yours or another’s, when Blames’s finger points to your bloodied, red hands? Which subset is guilty, your sisters’ or brothers’, when one assumes fault […]

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The Turning Over!

Matthew 18:16 “But if he will not hear, take with you one or two more, that by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.” The Turning Over! Withdrawn from the corners of Darkness and spared from the Shadows of Sin; so again and again we find Grace within HIM! The […]

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Prayer’s Pausing

Psalm 119:147 “I rise before dawn and cry for help; I hope in YOUR words!” Prayer’s Pausing  This time upon CHRIST — grant Surrender. Yield ye equally bent of both spirit and soul.  Kneeling wholly prostrate,  found face down conceding; HIS words find us then well attending HIS WORD. Hear — in silence — HIS […]

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THAT Moment!

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.” THAT Moment! Death has no hold on the CHRISTian for from Glory to Glory we pass!  One […]

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CHRIST’s Present Peace!

John 14:27 “Peace I leave with you, MY peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” CHRIST’s Present Peace! Basking before HIM means those in the light of WHO CHRIST is…are at rest. Reclining in HIS presence, […]

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From the Heart of our KING!

John 16:33 “These things I have spoken unto you, that in ME you might have peace. In the world you shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world!” From the Heart of our KING! Redemptive versus Unforgiven; Sin’s status with two sides. Though dead to it, as Scripture states, we […]

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Once Again — Heaven!

Jeremiah 1:5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you…” Once Again — Heaven! We shall sing of YOUR excellent greatness; with our words filled exalting YOUR NAME!  YOUR praise will be heard from our lips with each breath as before THEE our songs have […]

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This Waiting Moment!

Matthew 24:44 “Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.” The second hand hurries! The minute hand flies; the hour hand points to this moment… …where second hand thoughts and minutia abound; yet our focus must center on Time. For now we do well […]

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Oh! The Love of JESUS!

1 John 4:16 “And we have known and believed the love that GOD has to us. GOD is love; and they that dwell in love dwell in GOD, and GOD in them.” Oh! The Love of JESUS! How can I wonder if GOD’s hand supports me when breath fills these lungs and my heart beats […]

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Freely Bound!

1 Peter 2:16 “Act as free men, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as bondslaves of GOD.” Freely Bound! Holding fast onto CHRIST makes one loosed from this world. In HIS chains we find freedom as children of GOD. In the bonds of HIS service, our hearts […]

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First of All!

Psalm 55:17 “Evening and morning and at noon I will pray, and cry aloud, and HE shall hear my voice.”  First of All! Grievance has lately been forcefully changed. Once a clear definition — has altered — become. So our prayers must follow its footprints for those whose needs are the “greater than”those which we’ve […]

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Spotless Threads, Sovereign Robes!

Isaiah 61:10 “I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my GOD; For HE has clothed me with garments of salvation, HE has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.” Spotless Threads, Sovereign Robes! […]

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Back Then…and NOW!

Philippians 2:13 – For it is GOD WHO workS in you both to will and to do of HIS good pleasure.” Back Then —- and NOW! The reign of JESUS remains! Uninterrupted, HE moves per HIS schedule. Thus no “suddenly” happens “surprising”HIS steps. Yea, all things have transpiredas HE knew — before Time. So those […]

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Sovereignly Assigned Paintbrushes!

Romans 1:12 “That is, that I may be encouraged together with you by the mutual faith, both of you and me. Sovereignly Assigned Paintbrushes! As the strands of HIS fabric uniquely resewn, so become we combined with vast numbers of lives.  Within every cross-section HE joins us with purpose… enhancing so many  soul portraits each […]

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THE Sign for Some!

Luke 21:28 “ Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near!” THE Sign for Some! As the signs of HIS comingmerge with speed into oneand the great divide growseven greater; …then am I assured thatour SAVIOUR approacheswith rapture eternal…yetonly for some. Yes! The LORD […]

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Red-Handed Redemption!

Hebrews 9:14 “How much more shall the blood of CHRIST, WHO through the eternal SPIRIT offered HIMSELF without spot to GOD, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living GOD?” Red-Handed Redemption! With blood stains on blood stains yet covering our hands, from yesterday’s acts and this morning’s first thoughts… …so has calloused […]

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Step by Step Surrender!

Matthew 16:24 “Then JESUS said to HIS disciples, “If anyone wishes to come after ME, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow ME.” Step by Step Surrender! Whenever Self chooses the path of Destruction, the debris field harms so much more than themselves. Thus whenever, without Reservation, one moves…the impact on […]

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By HIS Breath Indwelling

Psalms 36:9 “For with YOU is the fountain of life; In YOUR light we see light!” By HIS Breath Indwelling First witnessing birth, then aninfant expressions…with Sounds softly rising, thus drawnthese heartstrings. Bending low with Compassion filledwith Love’s reflections…so am I found speechless by Joy mysight brings. Now beholding Creation’s initialexhale, so the cry of […]

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Mountain Top Manna!

Isaiah 25:6 “The LORD of hosts will prepare a lavish banquet for all peoples on this mountain; A banquet of aged wine, choice pieces with marrow, and refined, aged wine.” Mountain Top Manna! Tasting Grace is Faith’s greatest of mountain top senses. At the height of CHRIST’s peak one’s own striving shall cease.  Surely blessed […]

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Those “Waves”!

Ephesians 3:20 “Now to HIM WHO is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to HIS power that is at work within us…” Those “Waves”! When the rivers of Grace flood over us fully, then the bridge-like connections of human design…are raised — even drawn — till their endpoints praise […]

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Decreasing Before!

John 3:30 “HE must increase, but I must decrease…” Decreasing Before! Presupposing our portion be “greater” than “less” pretends that HIS part is dependent on ours. Thus flawed this assumption joins gravest of errors because it claims “Increase!” when “Decrease!” we must! Thus returning at present to kneel in HIS presence; then wholly surrendered we’ll […]

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Non-Working Devices!

1 John 1:9 “If we confess our sins, HE is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness!” Non-Working Devices! Do not let me fail THEEnor grant these desires;which favor my prideyet betray perfect Love. Do not let Self’s errorbe found — entertained;Do not permit this fools’requests then […]

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HIS Silent Voice

Psalm 83:1 “Song, a Psalm of Asaph. O GOD, do not remain quiet; Do not be silent and, O GOD, do not be still.” HIS Silent Voice Silence is…neither golden nor absent for it is a void as well as a substance.  Even so, we more often experience it as the latter. Examination follows our […]

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Clear Blue Reflections!

Exodus 24:10 “And they saw the GOD of Israel; and under HIS feet there appeared to be a pavement of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself.” Clear Blue Reflections! The “blue beyond skyscape” reminds usof water. The clouds then as whitecaps windblown crest each wave.But unlike such sapphire liquid in motion…there are no reflections […]

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By My FATHER’s Faith!

Ephesians 6:16 “Above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one.” By My FATHER’s Faith! My Shield of Faith and prized possession — where fiery darts meet their demise; shall quench each blaze which hell creates! Extinguished there are satans’ lies. […]

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1400 Hours!

The measure of one heart is not composed with physical numbers. Its score isn’t tallied by pencil and paper. Neither parchment nor screen can display its full sum. Exponentially blessed by LORD’s sovereign love, so the greatest of these often hide in plain sight.  Desiring no spotlight nor ranking, such reservoirs gift others without Thought’s […]

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The Impossible Con!

Jeremiah 32:17 “Ah, LORD GOD! It is YOU WHO have made the heavens and the earth by YOUR great power and by YOUR outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for YOU!” The Impossible Con! When protection against otherforces — mislabeled,Deception then reigns withIntentions — misguided.How favorable thus one’s desired resultswhen their goal is — misstated?What […]

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By CHRIST Alone!

Zechariah 4:6 “So he answered and said to me: “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by MY SPIRIT,’ says the LORD of Hosts.” By CHRIST Alone! No favor of flesh can take one’s faith furthest; No earthly progresion will measure “Enough!” No earthly extension can […]

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Grace > “fate”!

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 […]

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Exclusively Forged!

Isaiah 64:8 “But now, O LORD, YOU are our FATHER; we are the clay, and YOU are our POTTER; we are all the work of YOUR hand.” Exclusively Forged! When the Faith of past saints seems by GOD’s Grace — regifted…remember HIS words! We’re uniquely defined! Thus Solomon’s wisdom and king David’s boldness was — […]

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