To See JESUS CHRIST!
2 Timothy 4:2 “Preach The WORD; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage — with great patience and careful instruction.” Serving Through the Storm! Set your affections on WHO reigns above and those here yet remaining who’ve not met HIM yet. Yes! Displaying our love for The LORD is best […]
Read More Serving Through the Storm!Matthew 11:30 “For MY yoke is easy and MY burden is light.” This Blessed Burden! While bicycling, an older soul with a near empty backpack, saw three small crosses off the side of a country road. Though in the distance, they stood with obvious reference to Calvary. And upon drawing closer, these plain wooden markers […]
Read More This Blessed Burden!Isaiah 26:4 “Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD GOD is an everlasting ROCK.” Our ROCK of Ages! Our foundation is found in the heights of surrender; To CHRIST bowing down, gaining Faith’s elevation. Oh what increase with GOD WHO secures every CHRISTian… …in the palms of HIS hands and the depths of HIS […]
Read More Our ROCK of Ages!Romans 12:11: “Do not be slothful in zeal, but be fervent in spirit. Serve the LORD!” Measuring with the MASTER! How great is this hour; How wondrous each second! There’s no grave to fear for we’re bound in HIS presence! Never leaving nor ever forsaking our souls, so give praise to the ONE WHO bears […]
Read More Measuring with the MASTER!Psalm 34:4 “I sought the LORD, and HE answered me and delivered me from all my fears!” Fear Not! What unknown is there yet to be feared since our LORD has already confirmed what’s ahead? What uncertainty lingers when all has been written beforehand with comfort — instead? So fear not, oh Children, not one […]
Read More Fear Not!Ephesians 6:13 “So take up the whole armor of GOD, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand!” Standing in Place! Though we’ve asked for release, YOUR silence says “Stay.” Though Discomfort attacks, YOUR WORD says, “Remain”. Though Angst fuels Life’s fires, YOUR waters have quenched […]
Read More Standing in Place!Psalm 46:1 “For the choirmaster. Of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A song! GOD is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble!” Our ENFORCER! Our sins are great; GOD’s grace is greatest… compellingly drawing us forward. Our flesh is weak; HIS mercy — strongest… relentlessly giving support! Our Hope […]
Read More Our ENFORCER!Romans 12:11 “Do not be lacking in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the LORD!” With Exclusive Reflections! Mountainous seas of humanity surge through the valleys; From darkness and night, drawn by GOD’s sovereign light, to the heights of Redemption’s rejoicing… WHEN our vessels reflecting HIS glorious presence… touch those yet rejecting HIS merciful blessings… […]
Read More With Exclusive Reflections!Ephesians 6:17 “Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the SPIRIT, which is the WORD of GOD!” The Sharpest Sword! Watching the smiths of both metal and stone sculpt a sword over time, ever zealous. I sat mesmerized by their fervent intent to keep edging this object …to make the blade sharper! Though […]
Read More The Sharpest Sword!James 1:4 “And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.” HIS Steadfast Command! These trials seem brutal, incessant and growing when “locked-in” every step with the LORD. While dark unrelenting and shadows still beckon, our souls must fight through this “short” battle. Because in the end […]
Read More HIS Steadfast Command!Psalm 147:5 “Great is our LORD, and abundant in power; HIS understanding is beyond measure!” In HIS Power! The pressure of kings; the compulsion of saints. ONE’s sacrifice made drawing ours. The essence of things; with discussions of faith as HIS face we await in this hour. What privilege! What stirring! What steps we must […]
Read More In HIS Power!Romans 15:4 “For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we would have Hope!” First, Foremost and Far Above! Roadmaps for the Lost; Instructions for the Wandering… …and Hope on the highways for those of The Faith… …are all found in […]
Read More First, Foremost and Far Above!Psalm 125:1 “Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.” On HIS Unshakable WORD! Draw me JESUS,back to YOU…away from stumblingdoubts anew. Remove me from Self’schosen paths ofcountless Fears andDoubtful’s grasp. For YOUR resolve hasleft us not; THY WORDspeaks truth that THOUart GOD! What further proofbeyond […]
Read More On HIS Unshakable WORD!James 1:12 “Blessed is the one who remains steadfast under trial, for when they have stood the test, they will receive the crown of life, which GOD has promised to those who love HIM.” Action Verbs, Active Words! Have you tried todescribe CHRIST in“your own words”? Meaning: Does yoursoul speak of HISglorious presence? Well! Our […]
Read More Action Verbs, Active Words!1 Corinthians 3:11 “For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is JESUS CHRIST.” Our Foundational Filter! What Flesh thinks and assumes is not Gospel truth. Yet its pride speaks as if GOD HIMSELF would agree. But HE is not mocked! Thus our hearts must be humble before HIM WHO reigns. Yea, […]
Read More Our Foundational Filter!Isaiah 30:21 “…and your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, ‘This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.’” In Between HIS lines! Who drew the lines in the sand which we cross? Who measured their length and the depth […]
Read More In Between HIS lines!Psalm 96:13a “Let all creation rejoice before the LORD…” Singing with the Rocks! “And all Creation sings!”, Scripturetells us. All the angels join as well in Holy chorus. The plants, the trees and every living thing…together praising our CREATOR GOD and KING! So question they all those made in HIS image! “Will you praise HIM […]
Read More Singing with the Rocks!2 Peter 3:13 “But in keeping with GOD’s promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.” Land Ho! “Land Ho!” cries the watchman through spiritual eyes; and each soul — most expectant — for Paradise Found. Though a gap still exists before reaching those shores, such believers […]
Read More Land Ho!Psalm 144:1 “Blessed be the LORD, my ROCK, WHO trains my hands for war and my fingers for battle.” Prepared…as Instructed! When the tempest clouds swirl inward with wind-whipped waves surging… …when such darkness surrounds you, may — this — be in hand. Even more so, in heart and in mind — memorized — be […]
Read More Prepared…as Instructed!John 12:26 “Whoever serves ME must follow ME; and where I am, MY servant also will be. MY FATHER will honor the one who serves ME.” Two Birds, One Step! Step forward once more, this morning, this hour…with prayer from the heart on your lips. Step backwards always from the sins of our flesh, while […]
Read More Two Birds, One Step!1 Corinthians 15:57 “But thanks be to GOD WHO gives us the victory through our LORD JESUS CHRIST!” WIN Walking! Daily victory walks through HIS WORD, within footprint verses, grant us the most steadfast of steps. Following along while reading exceeds uninvolved listening. Such are those then yet standing still. To personally win requires engagement […]
Read More WIN Walking!Isaiah 9:7c “The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this!” With HIS Zeal! GOD’s steps for you are not meant for another. HIS footprints lead onward; uniquely and sovereign. In truth, so specific is each that HE planned them before there was you…and ahead of all Time. Thus stand still at this moment; […]
Read More With HIS Zeal!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!Matthew 16:23 “But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind ME, satan! You are an offense to ME, for you are not mindful of the things of GOD, but the things of men.” Abandoning Avatars! With Reality buffered by compromised Sight, an alternative view has arisen. Unlike CHRIST in all ways, so this errant […]
Read More Abandoning Avatars!Psalm 25:4 “Make me to know YOUR ways, O LORD; teach me YOUR paths!” Red Ink Imprints! Far more than the past, her present steps lingered. Not for Fear hesitating…but rather reflecting. Not imprisoned by Doubt nor Worry’s weak bonds, still she prayed, “Yea, I wait on THEE, LORD.” “Though trials yet assail and foes […]
Read More Red Ink Imprints!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!Revelation 22:13 “I AM the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End!” Resting in HIS Final WORD! Silencing Truth doesn’t change it. Suppressing GOD’s WORD cannot alter HIS promise. Yet for such a Time as this is, so does Evil… …just “as it is written!” Yea, as CHRIST […]
Read More Resting in HIS Final WORD!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!John 17:17 “Sanctify them in the truth; YOUR WORD is truth.” Sand Failures! Gazing at screens,Hearing recordings;Deceived by traditions,Ignoring GOD’s warnings. So are those soulspreferring this life…whose bend is bentbackwards, without sacrificing. Consequently…”replace”they GOD’s truths withthe wants of this world whichHIS zeal — excludes. John 1:14 “And the WORD became flesh and dwelt among us, […]
Read More Sand Failures!Isaiah 35:4 “Say to those with fearful hearts, “Be strong, do not fear; your GOD will come, HE will come with vengeance; with divine retribution HE will come to save you.” Extraneous Exercise! Relaxation and Restrequires the soulsurrender to stand,even perfectly still; Curtailing those movementscalled “mental gymnastics”,and settling down till HISfootprints they fill. So this […]
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