To See JESUS CHRIST!
Philippians 2:13 “For it is GOD WHO works in you, both to will and to work for HIS good pleasure.” Through it All…with CHRIST! When even the need Obligations require is too heavy a burden — increasing each week… …when even the air which our lungs would inhale is too heavy a weight without any […]
Read More Through it All…with CHRIST!Job 4:4 “YOUR words have steadied those who stumbled; YOU have braced the knees that were buckling.” Un-Automating Stumbling! The works of the flesh and the deviloften coincide in the same steps. Where our flesh tends to go, so the devil will make such paths those of “least resistance”. Add in the tools of the […]
Read More Un-Automating Stumbling!1 John 2:6 “Whoever says they abide in HIM should (even must!) walk in the same way in which HE walked.” IN Steps! As Heaven’s witnessto all we walk through,so HE sees those thingswhich birth Prayer. Then lifting to Heavenboth trials and painsso joined are our criesby HIS care. IN steps HE purposedthere felt is […]
Read More IN Steps!Psalm 32:8 “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you. Following HIS Directions! Going back to Egypt wasn’t in GOD’s plans. But the demonic used human voices to claim that it was. CHRIST fulfilled all the law at Calvary but satan still […]
Read More Following HIS Directions!1 Samuel 2:2 “There is none holy like the LORD: for there is none besides you; there is no rock like our GOD!” ROCK Building Materials! What says the soul who expects others’ Silence while rambling on about inward reliance… …as though ten percent of the LORD is sufficient! What fool would boast of false […]
Read More ROCK Building Materials!Psalm 145:3 “Great is the LORD and most worthy of praise; HIS greatness no one can fathom!” Miraculous Praise Levels! How many times must a miracle happen before one admits there’s a Sovereign above? Before it dawns on them that CHRIST is the Answer and such things occur by the power of HIS Blood? So […]
Read More Miraculous Praise Levels!Ephesians 4:16 “From HIM the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love through the work of each individual part.” Heaven’s Fabric! “Nothing to no one” is nobody’s title…because of GOD’s endless compassions. Since HE breathes and reweaves us though Life’s vibrant fabrics, so we are […]
Read More Heaven’s Fabric!Nehemiah 8:10c “…for the joy of the LORD is your strength!” Power Reading! Having spent a lifetime sinning of less and greater numbers, our muscles then are disciplined by depths of soul devotion… Or the lack thereof wherein is shallowness discovered! Such levels thus depend on pressing into no one other… …than the LORD! So […]
Read More Power Reading!1 Peter 5:9 “Resist him, (satan) firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world.” GOD’s Written Anti-Venom! Disengaged from Study’s rigors;pulled away by Pain’s increase, So Tragedy (in Christian lives) weighs down those bound by Grief. But with haste — re-intersecting, feeding on […]
Read More GOD’s Written Anti-Venom!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!Jeremiah 10:23 “I know, O LORD, that the way of man is not in himself, that it is not in man who walks…to direct his steps.” Beside or Behind! Retiring ChiefJustice positionsmust we of thesetitles assumed…which GOD neverappointed to us. Like “independent”,“self-made” or as “king”,so these labels nevergave HE. At least not tothose of HIS […]
Read More Beside or Behind!Philippians 1:6 “For I am confident of this very thing, that HE who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of CHRIST JESUS.” The Greatest Comfort! Respites are relief whichone prays will continue.Too often, however,they don’t. GOD’s interventionsinstead choose to stop…what seems to beour comfort. But HE isn’t wrong noruncaring […]
Read More The Greatest Comfort!Heavenly FATHER, YOUR breath fills our lungs, YOUR will guides our steps. We are vessels of clay meant for transporting Purpose. With Provision and Blessing, Correction and Care…so we travel each day with Assignments. Yet misread and unheard are so many such orders. Even some are impatiently thrown to the side. So they are by […]
Read More With Carrying Faith!Hebrews 11:1 “Now Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” Pressing through to Faith’s Heights! When Faith’s bottom barrel is reached, it is not so random a pained intersection. Meaning: When all seems lost, it’s not absent of purpose nor is it devoid of direction. For HE is […]
Read More Pressing through to Faith’s Heights!Psalm 107:9 “For HE satisfies the thirsty and FILLS the hungry with good things.” At the Banqueting Table! Come to GOD’s WORD though crippled you feel; Sit in the seat of HIS favor. A prodigal who cannot run any more; yea! Linger with HIM in HIS love. Yes, wait at this banqueting table! Then be […]
Read More At the Banqueting Table!Psalm 32:8 “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with MY eye upon you.” Following HIS Heart! “Affectionate worship” versus “loving to worry” are much different passions. One is freely released whilst the other brings increase to bondage. Both are displayed and can also inspire; […]
Read More Following HIS Heart!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.” The Heart of Reflection! Glory to GOD in the highest with every intention and great expectation! Without waver, all glory is HIS…so freed from exceptions, HIS praises […]
Read More The Heart of Reflection!Psalm 113:2 “Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and forever!” With Endless Gratitude! While Unequal Gratitude some might choose to give… it must not be for praising HIM; WHO’s due our souls’ Thanksgiving! Instead it then be Flesh with sins — embellished… … whose thoughts exalt themselves to turn the […]
Read More With Endless Gratitude!Matthew 26:40 “Then HE came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “What! Could you not watch with ME one hour?” Called out of Neutral! Unlike a truck backing up to atrailer, so CHRIST’s soon returndiffers greatly. Coming again is HE for thoseexpectant, whose vessels livevisibly — vibrant! By pressing towards […]
Read More Called out of Neutral!Hebrews 12:1a “Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses…” Heaven’s Roar! To HIM lift yourvoices; give JESUSall praise…Without Self’saddition…HIS NAMEcalling out! For HIS power comesfrom those cheeringus on;who’ve long gonebefore us…who ledwith such shouts! Hear then theroaring of Heaven —resurgent…encouraging us topress on withoutDoubt! As HIServant hearing the […]
Read More Heaven’s Roar!1 Corinthians 12:7 “A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other.” The “Cost” of Connection! There are gains that our sensesprefer over others;for Fellowship’s Favor whichour SAVIOUR leads.For to draw nearest CHRISTin the midst of the Bodymeans we must reflect HIMwithout one restraint. Yea, without holding back, sowe […]
Read More The “Cost” of Connection!Romans 8:28 “And we know that for those who love GOD all things work (are woven) together for good, for those who are the Called… according to HIS purpose.” (KJV) Well Woven! HE owns the livestock, all life and each hill. By HIS will and control, HIS designs become fabric! For HE threads and HE […]
Read More Well Woven!Proverbs 4:25 “Let your eyes look straight ahead, And your eyelids look right before you!” Directly Drawn! A “race to the endzone is futile” whenever one runs empty handed.The finish line — fruitless — when someone’s direction is opposite of course completion. Yet countless, excessively erring, decide to remain in the darkness.Spinning their wheels; running […]
Read More Directly Drawn!1 Peter 5:5b “and all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for GOD is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” Broken Progress! There’s a point where Progression — doesn’t. It’s an intersection called “Complete Brokenness.” But once having passed through it, Forward Movement begins again. Spiritually then, our […]
Read More Broken Progress!Luke 1:37 “For no word from GOD will ever fail.” CHRISTmas Daily! When all of theornaments, tinseland presentsare left in storewindows still taggedwith Indifference… …then such are thethings for which nobuyer came. Though“marked Up andmarked Down”, withoutInterest they lay. Then attentions bestgiven are centeredin HIM whose greatstorehouse of Wisdomis ours…without price! So this CHRISTmasbuy nothing…and […]
Read More CHRISTmas Daily!Ephesians 5:8 “For at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the LORD. Walk as children of light!” Leather-Bound Lights! The antique nightlantern still shinesthrough these storms.Though these windsfeel relentless, thoughtempest each gust. Though the stingingof sleet seems topierce through ourbodies…Still! HE is ourRefuge and Beacon. Our paths filled byLIGHT, lead […]
Read More Leather-Bound Lights!Psalms 107:29 “HE stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea were hushed.” With Storm Chasing Praises! (Happy Thanksgiving!) Giving thanks isdirected specificallyhighest… …to HIM WHO alonesits enthroned in theHeavens. Praising GOD and HISCHRIST is our callingand privilege… …so which delayswarrant our mutesubstitutions? Far too often graveSilence is used toreplace it. …and […]
Read More With Storm Chasing Praises! (Happy Thanksgiving!)Acts 22:15 “You will be HIS witness to all men of what you have seen and heard.” Legacy-leaving Levels! Leaves disconnectedresemble faint echoswhere Life flourishedonce yet now appearfaded. Without vibrant stems,so its greens becomegray. Decay quicklycomes to transformwhat seems waste. It’s GOD’s given truthsince each liferecycled will birth thenext seedling! Thusblessed are thesecircles. Refresh your […]
Read More Legacy-leaving Levels!Matthew 28:20b “And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Swirling Upwards! Every drain swirls by cascading downwards with liquid flows surging; their currents — increasing. In some such is found never stopping nor slowing…whose anchor is missing or worse yet, abandoned. So tug on your line, weary Traveler, […]
Read More Swirling Upwards!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 […]
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