To See JESUS CHRIST!
2 Thessalonians 3:3 “But the LORD is faithful. HE will establish you and guard you against the evil one!” Reminders in Red! As an empty vessel with fractured frame, it’s still common to find Hesitation within. Such unwilling to carry whatever remains since the bulk has been lost of HIS blessings once held. Or so […]
Read More Reminders in Red!2 Corinthians 5:21 “HE made CHRIST WHO knew no sin to [judicially] be sin on our behalf, so that in HIM we would become the righteousness of GOD [that is, we would be made acceptable to HIM and placed in a right relationship with HIM by HIS gracious lovingkindness]!” Laid beside HIS Still Waters! The […]
Read More Laid beside HIS Still Waters!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 […]
Read More THAT Moment!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 […]
Read More From the Heart of our KING!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 […]
Read More Once Again — Heaven!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 […]
Read More This Waiting Moment!Proverbs 8:13 “To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.” HIS Choice Chains! How Pride so entangles our lives with great ease! Its’ web lets none free save surrendering souls… …whose choice leaves behind what the Flesh holds so dear. Yet the “unchained” were not freed […]
Read More HIS Choice Chains!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 […]
Read More Freely Bound!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! […]
Read More Spotless Threads, Sovereign Robes!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 […]
Read More Back Then…and NOW!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 […]
Read More Sovereignly Assigned Paintbrushes!Hebrews 11:1 “Now Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen!” Secondary Sight! Do not forget the Fear of the LORD for the height of your Faith comes from greatest Remembrance. From souls which are wholly surrendered then comes the strength to soar highest…when Sight isn’t sought! So long […]
Read More Secondary Sight!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 […]
Read More THE Sign for Some!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 […]
Read More Red-Handed Redemption!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.” Un-Comparative Crimson! The battle within against sin isn’t any small skirmish. Appearing on one hand as endless, still IN another, it’s an […]
Read More Uncomparative Crimson!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 […]
Read More Those “Waves”!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 […]
Read More Non-Working Devices!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 […]
Read More HIS Silent VoiceJohn 9:36 “Who is HE, Sir?” he replied. “Tell me so that I may believe in HIM.” Hastening the Hour! When we’re honest with self, HIS heart transforms ours… Till these tools of blunt force become feather pens. Therefore written upon, so we write within till CHRIST’s message of Grace is felt by the Blind. […]
Read More Hastening the Hour!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 […]
Read More The Impossible Con!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”!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!1 Peter 4:10 “As good stewards of GOD’s grace in its various forms, serve one another with the gift each of you has received.” Healing’s Greatest Instant! The Body of CHRIST being thread as a blanket, aligned as Heav’ns fabric, with infinite lines… …combine then to cove the pains of each other with Zeal’s intercession […]
Read More Healing’s Greatest Instant!2 Corinthians 3:18 “But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the LORD, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the SPIRIT of the LORD.” Priceless Pressures! The tighter the screws turn the space inbetween is found ever decreasing till ground to a […]
Read More Priceless Pressures!Genesis 1:27 “So GOD created man in HIS own image, in the image of GOD HE created him; male and female HE created them.” Rest Wholly!! The Carpenter finished our temples by completing redemption on Calvary‘s cross; By rising again onto newness of life so we would be saved; no more labeled as lost. Yet […]
Read MoreMatthew 11:28 “Come to ME, all l you who are weary and heavy burdened, and I will give you rest! And I will give you Rest! The greatest addition to HIS finished work is Rest — thus perfected by CHRIST! The greatest “subtraction” is what our flesh adds to HIS cross…as if we had been […]
Read More And I will give you Rest!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!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 MoreJohn 16:33 “I have told you these things so that in ME you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!” The Cry of HIS Own! What content might HE hear that hasn’t been already shared?, said my weary soul confessing to the mirror’s empty […]
Read More The Cry of HIS Own!Isaiah 49:16a “See, I have engraved you on the palms of MY hands…” By HIS Scars! At rest in HIS hands though embattled be! So kneel we with Faith, both awake and asleep. When gone is the tide and absent the sun; with breath nearly failed and when Hope has run. In tandem when Grace […]
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