To See JESUS CHRIST!
We live this life often with our eyes just on the Present. The challenge is such views are looking backwards at past mistakes.
Time is both lost and wasted through such gazes. So! This devotional is encouragement to look forward and upward!
Daily in JESUS!
Read More With Finish Line Praises!Proverbs 11:2 “When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom.” Casting Up Glory! One might bolster Self’s pride when having obtained greater knowledge than that of their peers. Insincerely applying their heightened awareness, so Trust fades and soon…disappears. “Don’t be hard on yourself!” so the Shadows suggest. What you’ve learned shines […]
Read More Casting Up Glory!1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 “Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is GOD’s will for you in CHRIST JESUS.” With Paired Pursuit! Bring HIS prayer song with each morning and HIS praise with each evening. Lift CHRIST’s NAME with the Dawn and keep singing — believing! For with the sunrise and each […]
Read More With Paired Pursuit!Isaiah 42:8 “I am the LORD; that is MY NAME; MY glory I give to no other, nor MY praise to carved idols.” Lifting and Living Up! Often we’re found making names for ourselves in the flesh. With such temporal titles then Self takes the spotlight in Error. So! Thank GOD for the banner of […]
Read More Lifting and Living Up!James 4:6 “But HE gives more grace! Therefore it says, “GOD opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” With Pride Ending Praises! Single us out, LORD… from Pride’s congregation. Remove all our steps from such selfish communion. Till in great silence of Prayer most fervent, we only see YOU…just ahead all through Life. […]
Read More With Pride Ending Praises!Romans 5:9 “Since, therefore, we have now been justified by HIS blood, much more shall we be saved by HIM from the wrath of GOD.” Thanks Giving Praise! None can save themselves from the devilish pit which the flesh itself keeps digging. But praise be to GOD for the gift of HIS SON WHOSE redeeming […]
Read More Thanks Giving Praise!Hebrews 13:15 “Through HIM then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to GOD, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge HIS NAME.” Answering with Praise! WHO is this KING of Glory? WHO are HIS children — blood bought? See! HIS voice read through Scriptureproclaims CHRIST is GOD! Yea! Our three-in-ONE conquering […]
Read More Answering with Praise!Psalm 145:21 “My mouth will speak the praise of the LORD, and all flesh will bless HIS holy NAME forever and ever.” Return Songs to SENDER! None translated into HIS heavens above will have words other than praise for CHRIST’s NAME. No Pride nor Self spotlight will join us ascending…instead only zealous heart songs lifting […]
Read More Return Songs to SENDER!Colossians 3:16 “Let the word of CHRIST dwell in you richly, teaching and directly one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to GOD!” Her Endless Melody! While bicycling through a bustling town, the gaze of a thirty-some woman was gently captured by an elderly couple. […]
Read More Her Endless MelodyPsalm 75:1 “We praise YOU, GOD, we praise YOU, for YOUR NAME is near; people tell of YOUR wonderful deeds.” With Loudest Praise! Oh Church! Hear HIS cry for your soul to draw near! Not with thousands of others but truly — one voice. Let each elevate praise to the LORD without ceasing! Yea! A […]
Read More With Loudest Praise!Psalm 100:1 “A Psalm for giving thanks. Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth!” Stretching our Vocal Chords! Let us close our eyes and praise the LORD; let us open our mouths and praise HIM more! May our worship in love be unbridled with Zeal; may we shout with great noise all […]
Read More Stretching our Vocal Chords!Hebrews 13:15 “Through HIM then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to GOD, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge HIS NAME!” To: Everyone! Great is HIS NAME and greatly to be praised. Of all honor — worthy — WHO sets hearts ablaze. Whole deserving of worship is CHRIST WHO gives […]
Read More To: Everyone!“In GOD alone my soul finds rest; my salvation comes from HIM. 2 HE alone is my ROCK and my Salvation. HE is my fortress;I will never be shaken!”
Read More Psalm 61:1-2Jeremiah 17:5 “Thus says the LORD: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the LORD.” Nail-Scarred Security! Locks, ties and tethered straps; ropes, cords and chains…are what we all assume will secure all of our things. Therefore what exists to fully grasp our […]
Read More Nail-Scarred Security!Psalm. 103:1 “Praise the LORD, oh my soul; all my inmost being, praise HIS holy NAME!” Praise-Purposed Breaths! Rejoice, rejoice, all Creation! Sing praise! Lift your hearts to our MAKER WHOSE hands formed your substance. Glory, glory! All life…give HIM Glory! Give GOD all your gratitude, WHO sovereignly loves us! Righteous, Righteous; Our CREATOR is […]
Read More Praise-Purposed Breaths!Psalm 145:2 “Every day I will bless YOU, and I will praise YOUR NAME forever and ever.” Praise Exclamation Points! Shout to the LORD GOD JEHOVAH; Lift HIS praise with the volume of trumpets! Sing of HIS greatness, HIS p’wer and protection; exalt HIM as Guide and your Compass! For The NAME above all calls […]
Read More Praise Exclamation Points!Psalm 68:19 “Blessed be the LORD, WHO daily bears our burden, the GOD of our salvation. Selah!” The Worthy Overcomer! Be faithful, not fainting Surrendering wholly, With boldness go forward; with Haste never fading! For Now’s Dawn appearing may seem as a mountain. Yet press through again with HIS power — supporting! Yea, open your […]
Read More The Worthy Overcomer!Romans 4:20 “Yet he (Abraham) did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of GOD, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory (great praise) to GOD…” Praise Predecessors! Praise the GOD of Abraham, Isaac, and his son… …with Zeal beyond measure and Faith — most extreme. Give the LORD all the glory which […]
Read More Praise Predecessors!1 Chronicles 16:29: “Ascribe (Give) to the LORD the glory and honor due HIS NAME!” Accurately Applying! Glory given flesh means that much from CHRIST is stolen. Yea, when less to CHRIST is lifted, burdens gain more weight within. So a soul shall lighter feel when no praise misplaced remains… …in our thoughts nor any […]
Read More Accurately Applying!Genesis 1:16 “And GOD made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night…HE made the stars also.” More than the Stars! The night skies adorned with shimmering starlight boast boldly of GOD’s sovereign hand. HIS fingers thus dotted the Heaven with lights which give worshipful […]
Read More More than the Stars!Psalm 71:23 “My lips will shout for joy when I sing praise to YOU — I whom YOU have delivered.” With Notes Transforming! Overcome now through CHRIST WHO strengthens our lives; enlightens our eyesand secures us. Without measure so give as provision permits from a heartwhich takes less…than expected. Yea do this with Haste for the […]
Read More With Notes Transforming!Hebrews 13:15 “Through JESUS, therefore, let us continually offer to GOD a sacrifice of praise — the fruit of lips that openly profess HIS NAME.” With Unending Praise! One second slower then two steps behind. Yet Time runs faster than thoughts in my mind. Things slipping away then vanish they all! Good memories more often […]
Read More With Unending Praise!2 Corinthians 3:17 “Now the LORD is that SPIRIT: and where the SPIRIT of the LORD is, there is liberty!” In This Moment! May our sins far shorter — not longer — be found. May our spans of attention before HIM grow greater. Sing praise revelations then lost in HIS presence while letting our feet […]
Read More In This Moment!Matthew 18:20 “For where two or three are gathered in MY NAME, there am I among them.” Lost AND Found…IN HIM! Listening to Worship;propelled into HIS presence…with hearts focused above, so we praise. Abandoning Time;lift your voices in tandem…letting zeal overflow every soul! Yes! Sing with the saints; Faith infused bysuch music…till both “lost” AND ”re-found” we become! […]
Read More Lost AND Found…IN HIM!Psalm 71:8 “My mouth is filled with YOUR praise, and with YOUR glory all the day.” With Tandem Praise! “Rejoice with ME for what’s lost has been found!” So says CHRIST aloud when the wayward return! For their humbled concession , rejoice with ME, child…just as others did when I spoke to your soul!” Rejoice […]
Read More With Tandem Praise!Psalm 145:19 “My mouth will speak in praise of the LORD. Let every creature praise HIS holy NAME for ever and ever.” Praise Pairings! The Harp is a kindred, stringed instrument; well known for its soul-felt expressions. Notes of Sorrow and Praise have flowed through it and Time; thus outpouring emotions once kept deep within. […]
Read More Praise Pairings!John 3:16 “For GOD so loved the world, that HE gave HIS only SON, that whoever BELIEVES in HIM should not perish but have eternal life.” With Shared Heart Songs! Conversations’ varied threads weave a tale of two “believers”; One whose faith resides with Self rebuking Two whose heart fears GOD. Countless fabrics have been […]
Read More With Shared Heart Songs!1 Chronicles 16:23 “Sing to theLORD, all the earth. ProclaimHIS salvation day after day!” The Song of the Saints! The structure andwords of all languagesdiffer. With patternsand placements —each purposedreplacement — carries then othermeanings…so often. Both uniquely andcultured so writtenare they. Taught by GOD toeach childwho can learnto define what HIS NAME isas referenced inCHRIST! […]
Read More The Song of the Saints!Psalm 145:1 “A Psalm of praise. Of David. I will exalt YOU, my GOD and KING; I will bless YOUR NAME forever and ever!” With Ever-Present, Highest Praise! All glory to GOD WHO inhabits our praises. Yea, hosanna in the highest to HIM WHO is worthy! Hallelujah to the LAMB WHO is risen indeed… …and […]
Read More With Ever-Present, Highest Praise!Ephesians 5:25-26 “ Husbands, love your wives, as CHRIST loved the church and gave HIMSELF up for her, that HE might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the WORD.” HIS Cleansing Road Home! Wash away, wash away, wash away all. Sin and shame’s weight; Guilts’ stains and Remorse! Cast away, […]
Read More HIS Cleansing Road Home!
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