The Greatest Gain of Surrender!

Psalm 37:5: “Commit your way tothe LORD; trust in HIM, and HEwill act.” The Greatest Gain of Surrender! To lay down one’s life forCHRIST is a singular matter.To first offer up Pride isentirely different. One’s all, sacrificed, isa permanent gesture,while a temporal offeringof Self is far less. Unless by HIS words onelives wholly surrendered,then there […]

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Nearer…till Then!

James 4:8a “Draw near to GOD, and HE will draw near to you.” Nearer…till Then! LORD show us the “When?” of YOUR way leading home. Compel us with sight found from “reading” YOU close.” Oh the wisdom we learn from YOUR WORD! What embrace! Oh the joy of YOUR peace, endless mercy and grace! So […]

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Our SHEPHERD’s Presence!

Ezekiel 34:11 “For thus says the LORD GOD: Behold, I, I MYSELF will search for MY sheep and will seek them out.” Our SHEPHERD’s Presence! HIS bridge and crossfor us as sheepmight simple seemour path to follow. But from HIS narrowroad we stray, a feattoo soon gainedeach Tomorrow. For without pow’r tolead ourselves,nor get our […]

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Broken for HIS Service!

Psalm 34:14 “The LORD is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.” Broken for HIS Service! Whose hands and whose feet does the LORD use for service? What mind and which soul bends its will to HIS ways? Yea, those who were broken yet now has HE mended!! AND! Others in process […]

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Without Sugar Substitutes!

Galatians 1:10 “For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of GOD? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of CHRIST.” Without Sugar Substitutes! Loving one unto repentance isn’t coated with substances, sweet. HIS compassionate truths then are sharp […]

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Converting Thieves!

Psalms 90:12 “Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” Converting Thieves! Like the rustlers of old, “out West” bandits long gone, so those set upon stealing through life… …take the most from themselves. Robbing then what most matters, a life spent surrendered to CHRIST. So examine your heart […]

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Living Context!

James 1:22 “But be doers of The WORD, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.” Living Context! Our lives lack larger context IF — for us — we take each breath.  Yea, since all that is seen cannot be all one needs; so Escape can’t be met through one’s death.  And! Context lacks in life WHEN […]

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Sacrificial Praise Definitions!

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!” Sacrificial Praise Definitions! Alleluia, Hallelujah; Give HIM praise — lifted highest! Forfeit all Pride till is heard your Thanksgiving. For ratios other than sacrificewholly…equate to a partialSurrender of Face. […]

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Building Up By!

1 Thessalonians 5:11 “Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.” Building Up By! Since CHRIST lifts up, our flesh must shut down…every thought of contempt and self loathing. Both outwardly focused and that of ourselves…so repentance frees all from such “clothing.” For HIS righteousness solely is threaded in […]

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Broken Progress!

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 […]

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Me < Second Fiddle!

Proverbs 27:2 “Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; A stranger, and not your own lips.” Me < Second Fiddle! Without standing here“indignant”, brashlyclaiming “unstained!”status; As the farthest onesfrom perfect; still wehave THE NAMEwhich matters! But what blessing willthat give us if CHRIST’splace we try to take? Where we give ourname the […]

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