To See JESUS CHRIST!
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.” With Truth’s Vision! Faith’s sight and Sight’s faith are opposing perspectives. Uncommon threads, daily transposed, confusion creates to some souls. Sight rests in Self bu Faith within CHRIST! Thus Disappointment reigns […]
Read More With Truth’s Vision!2 Corinthians 13:5 “Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or…do you not realize this about yourselves, that JESUS CHRIST is in you…unless indeed you fail to meet the test!” Church Hopping? We sit in the pewsof a number of churcheswhich all claim the NAMEof our SAVIOR and LORD. But […]
Read More Church Hopping?Proverbs 19:5 “A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will not escape.” Crushing Newspaper Waves! To look past the articles of newspapers posted which burst at the seams with more fiction that fact; To value such content’s distractions above what GOD’s WORD says in print…proves such thoughts are off […]
Read More Crushing Newspaper Waves!Job 31:4 “Does not HE see my ways and number all my steps?” The First Measure! (Excessive) cautious steps versus boldness displayed, which choice is more often selected? Is our trust in the LORD or the work of our hands? Do we move through this life… “self-directed”? OR! Have we surrendered our ways to The […]
Read More The First Measure!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!Ephesians 5:6 “Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of GOD comes upon the sons of disobedience.” By Rightly Discerning! Let us stand for what’s right and ignite fires within…to do truly what’s right without compromise. Let us bow without Pride and surrender inside to display solely […]
Read More By Rightly Discerning!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!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!Romans 12:11 “Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the LORD.” Willingly Inconveniencing! What depth of soul should we be for all others; stretched at her thinly for moments at most? Or rather so deeply engaged with just one that the rest feel no touch of HIS Love? Nay, rather than […]
Read More Willingly Inconveniencing!Matthew 24:14 “And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.” HIS Criss-Crossed Shout! Criss-crossed eclipses foreshadow HIS warning. HIS order of things cannot not will be dismissed. The sign of HIS coming and time for repentance are both […]
Read More HIS Criss-Crossed Shout!Proverbs 4:25 “Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you.” With Stirring Focus! Can one’s future self bring rescue to the present or the past? Or is there power in this moment to move forward…or shrink back? Glory! Here and now, in JESUS’ NAME is where we’re set in motion! […]
Read More With Stirring Focus!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 55:6 “I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest.” Transitioning Steps! Protect our steps as we press forward daily; Grant YOUR rest to those who stretch towards… …that coming Hour when Faith no longer needed! Yes when face to face we join THEE, dearest […]
Read More Transitioning Steps!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.” Turning T’wards Home! Turn again Home Child…turn again Home. When your ship runs aground out at sea, so I pray! Just turn again, turn …t’wards Home. For all other waters save […]
Read More Turning T’wards Home!3 John 3 “For I was overjoyed when the brothers came and testified about your devotion to The Truth, in which you continue to walk.” Un-Virtually HIS! Honest appraisals.Factual statements.Called “As it is!” SoReality speaks. But! Camouflaged lies.Untrustworthy words.Deceptive replies.Such is “virtual” speech. For though these, the latter,seem real…they’ve nosubstance worth everrepeating. Although true “appearing”aloud, […]
Read More Un-Virtually HIS!Psalm 145:13b “The LORD is faithful in all HIS words…and kind in all HIS actions.” Exceeding Loyalty’s Measures! GOD’s loyalty is a blessed weight exceeding that of mountains and stretching longer than any measure. Being anchored in the ROCK of all ages, CHRIST JESUS, so we learn just how strong is this bond. Because! We […]
Read More Exceeding Loyalty’s Measures!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!Hebrews 5:14 “But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.” Meat over Minutia! Do you go to church just to hear HIS WORD — broken? Do you press through trials, as such, each LORD’s day? To reach its front […]
Read More Meat over Minutia!John 17:3 “And this is eternal life, that they know YOU, the only true GOD, and JESUS CHRIST WHOM YOU have sent!” The Soul Answer! May the soul with no answers save CHRIST remain humbled for such knowledge surely — through valleys — is gained. Where all other theories have soundly been crushed and with […]
Read More The Soul Answer!Micah 6:8 “HE has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly WITH your GOD?” Still Walking! Error recovery trumps Failure avoidance where we stray from HIS Rest trying best in our strength. So “getting back […]
Read More Still Walking!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!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!Matthew 24:31 “And HE will send out HIS angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather HIS elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.” “Why was I…” If tomorrow arrives and my neighbor is gone, then who will go searching for who? If they’re asking this question […]
Read More “Why was I…”Psalm 19: 1: The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.” Naturally Drawn! Dry rain and wet sunshine, soft rocks and hard flowers would be contrasts imagined. Unnatural thoughts. So too are our sins when compared to HIS ways which HE solely assigned us. The footprints of GOD! […]
Read More Naturally Drawn!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 […]
Read More Without Sugar Substitutes!Psalm 18:28 “For it is YOU WHO light my lamp; the LORD my GOD lightens my darkness!” As Faithful Displays! The Faith of some mirrorsthe ONE WHO is LORD. Steadfast and resilient;yes, JESUS by name. Our SAVIOUR, REDEEMER,yea! KING of all kings! Yet “others” reflect oftenother than CHRIST! Worse still, they displayonly Self and not […]
Read More As Faithful Displays!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!Romans 4:21 “And being fully persuaded that, what HE had promised, HE was able also to perform.” Wholly Reflecting HIS Commitment! With sovereign uniqueness…transformed by design, we were drawn in HIS outline and made in HIS image. Then daily progressing…in footprints so deep, we can stand on our feet since HE is within us! Whether […]
Read More Wholly Reflecting HIS Commitment!John 17:17 “Sanctify them by the truth; YOUR WORD is truth!” Entirely Non- Fiction! “Based on a true story” never means that the book is just truth. Just because man’s foundations appear accurate, doesn’t mean they’ll continue building accurately. So regardless that the beginning holds true to the original account, it’s all about consistency. Meaning: […]
Read More Entirely Non- Fiction!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 […]
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