To See JESUS CHRIST!
Psalm 119:147 “I rise before dawn and cry for help; I hope in YOUR words!” Prayer’s Pausing This time upon CHRIST — grant Surrender. Yield ye equally bent of both spirit and soul. Kneeling wholly prostrate, found face down conceding; HIS words find us then well attending HIS WORD. Hear — in silence — HIS […]
Read More Prayer’s Pausing1 John 3:2 “Beloved, we are GOD’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when HE appears we shall be like HIM, because we shall see HIM as HE is.” THAT Moment! Death has no hold on the CHRISTian for from Glory to Glory we pass! One […]
Read More THAT Moment!John 16:33 “These things I have spoken unto you, that in ME you might have peace. In the world you shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world!” From the Heart of our KING! Redemptive versus Unforgiven; Sin’s status with two sides. Though dead to it, as Scripture states, we […]
Read More From the Heart of our KING!Proverbs 10:12 “Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs.” Haste without Hate! As rubber bands stretching in Noon-Day’s extremes where Hate’s heat melts Love’s kindness, disfiguring hearts… …this dream of mine surges; Still! Onward — extending — expectant through all…as HE purposed us be! So though Life’s compassion seems waning — devolving; […]
Read More Haste without Hate!Psalm 43:3 “Send out YOUR Light and YOUR Truth; let Them lead me; let Them bring me to YOUR holy hill and to YOUR dwelling!” Shining Beautifully Brighter! Though often fades Beauty, one’s faith must not follow since the LORD shall return for those souls keeping watch. To find us observant! For where Sovereignty reigns, […]
Read More Shining Beautifully Brighter!Isaiah 61:10 “I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my GOD; For HE has clothed me with garments of salvation, HE has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.” Spotless Threads, Sovereign Robes! […]
Read More Spotless Threads, Sovereign Robes!John 8:32 “And you will know The Truth, and The Truth will set you free.” Hallelujah! Truth’s Transfusion! Getting poison removed from the body requires intentional focus and diligent Zeal. For when sin enters in, it takes root if unmoved. Thus this cycle repeated when Flesh often fails and the toxin — returned — beside […]
Read More Truth’s Transfusion!Hebrews 9:14 “How much more shall the blood of CHRIST, WHO through the eternal SPIRIT offered HIMSELF without spot to GOD, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living GOD?” Red-Handed Redemption! With blood stains on blood stains yet covering our hands, from yesterday’s acts and this morning’s first thoughts… …so has calloused […]
Read More Red-Handed Redemption!Matthew 11:28 “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” On Freedom’s Wings! Forgiveness begins by extending HIS pardon to Self’s own reflection. For without that debt paid, then one can’t mrror CHRIST WHOSE redemption forgave even me. So we each must start inward redeeming the […]
Read More On Freedom’s Wings!John 1:7 “But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.” Un-Comparative Crimson! The battle within against sin isn’t any small skirmish. Appearing on one hand as endless, still IN another, it’s an […]
Read More Uncomparative Crimson!Ephesians 3:20 “Now to HIM WHO is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to HIS power that is at work within us…” Those “Waves”! When the rivers of Grace flood over us fully, then the bridge-like connections of human design…are raised — even drawn — till their endpoints praise […]
Read More Those “Waves”!John 3:30 “HE must increase, but I must decrease…” Decreasing Before! Presupposing our portion be “greater” than “less” pretends that HIS part is dependent on ours. Thus flawed this assumption joins gravest of errors because it claims “Increase!” when “Decrease!” we must! Thus returning at present to kneel in HIS presence; then wholly surrendered we’ll […]
Read More Decreasing Before!1 John 1:9 “If we confess our sins, HE is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness!” Non-Working Devices! Do not let me fail THEEnor grant these desires;which favor my prideyet betray perfect Love. Do not let Self’s errorbe found — entertained;Do not permit this fools’requests then […]
Read More Non-Working Devices!Psalm 83:1 “Song, a Psalm of Asaph. O GOD, do not remain quiet; Do not be silent and, O GOD, do not be still.” HIS Silent Voice Silence is…neither golden nor absent for it is a void as well as a substance. Even so, we more often experience it as the latter. Examination follows our […]
Read More HIS Silent VoiceExodus 24:10 “And they saw the GOD of Israel; and under HIS feet there appeared to be a pavement of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself.” Clear Blue Reflections! The “blue beyond skyscape” reminds usof water. The clouds then as whitecaps windblown crest each wave.But unlike such sapphire liquid in motion…there are no reflections […]
Read More Clear Blue Reflections!1 Corinthians 3:11 “For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is JESUS CHRIST.” Red ROCK Redemption! Red rose petals felled from the head of this flower; drifting down upon stones that lay scattered about… …seem reflections of blood drops my SAVIOUR had shed when this world (with its words) […]
Read More Red ROCK Redemption!Psalm 123:1 “A Song of Ascents. To YOU I lift up my eyes, O YOU WHO are enthroned in the heavens!” In the Instant BEFORE… Around the midnight hour, so a man with weathered clothes and calloused hands stood silently…as statuesque as the rustic, cottage church in the background. As well, in the full glow […]
Read More In the Instant BEFORE…1 Timothy 2:1 “First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone…” In Active Prayer With hands clasped together, found fervent — in prayer, well aware one becomes that their movements have paused. Restraining such actions, thus stopping Self’s efforts; so only in stillness is their “progress” — […]
Read More In Active Prayer!Zephaniah 3:17 “The LORD your GOD is in your midst, a victorious warrior. HE will exult over you with joy, HE will be quiet in HIS love, HE will rejoice over you with shouts of joy!” With Both Hands and Whole Heart! The “Forsaking all others!” command filters Dross… the extras, the demons, those little […]
Read More With Both Hands and Whole Heart!John 16:33 “I have told you these things so that in ME you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!” The Eternal Overcomer! One does not escape Depression by dragging others into it…nor can Worry be vanquished without HIS WORD in their heart. And […]
Read More The Eternal Overcomer!Psalm 130:5 I wait patiently for the LORD, my soul expectantly waits, and in HIS WORD do I hope!” The Endless Consuming! As sinners whose stains have been cleansed by CHRIST JESUS; so are we reborn, wholly changed and transformed! Even nothing like we were before! With reflections now different than every past picture; so […]
Read More The Endless Consuming!Colossians 1:13-14 “For HE rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of HIS beloved SON, in WHOM we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins!” Sweet Redemption! The stone — still rolled away — shows our sins are cleansed — now vanished! Calvary‘s cross yet empty stands thus reminding Death […]
Read More Sweet Redemption!Psalm 105:2 “Sing to HIM, sing praise to HIM; tell of all HIS wonderful acts!” With Praise Songs Preceding! With “Thank YOU, LORD!” lifted, (my hands as companions), these eyes rose to Heaven; all meeting with CHRIST! For this days’ unveiling had brought with it — blessings! Thus speechless this voice was… rejoining bent knees! […]
Read More With Praise Songs Preceding!Matthew 21:9 “Then the multitudes who went before and those who followed cried out, saying: “Hosanna to the Son of David! ‘Blessed is HE who comes in the name of the LORD!’ Hosanna in the highest!”” With Unfollowed Praise! Great praise comes from graciousness, flowing from vessels whose frames made of clay for HIS […]
Read More With Unfollowed Praise!Proverbs 15:30 “The Light in the eyes [of him whose heart is joyful] rejoices the hearts of others, and Good News nourishes the bones.” As HIS Life-Bringing Lights! Beaming messengers, transferring HIS glow; make beacons from tinder and diamonds from coal. Igniting with Love, and fanned by great faith, so our Source creates more […]
Read More As HIS Life-Bringing Lights!Proverbs 4:25 “Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you!” Abandoning Yesterday’s Battles! Are we not sinners restaining our face with the sins of the past which no flesh can erase? Isn’t every day’s battle a constant reminder of being our own worst reflection? This — hell’s hosts — keep on […]
Read More Abandoning Yesterday’s Battles!Jeremiah 30:17 “For I will restore health to you, and your wounds I will heal, declares the LORD…” On HIS Waves of Restoration! Found missing at sea as a mystery, without secured bindings or crew; so the captain-less vessel for decades adrift bore damage from weathering storms. Through the harshest of elements cast, through brutal […]
Read More On HIS Waves of Restoration!Philippians 4:13 “I can do all things through CHRIST WHO strengthens me.” With CHRIST, the Solid ROCK! “Be weary!” each attacker cries with vain remarks — degrading. Ever tripping, clipping, fighting every step I take — with CHRIST. “Now stay down!” their shouts keep rising, “No one’s coming for your soul!” “Your Faith is worthlessly […]
Read More With CHRIST, the Solid ROCK!Psalm 105:4 “Seek the LORD and HIS strength; Seek HIS face continually!” By the Light of HIS Face! The powers of darkness slither through symbols, entwining themselves as though centers of Life. As the snake on the staff was uplifted by Moses, its usage — prolonged — then became idolized. Such icons and images steal […]
Read More By the Light of HIS Face!1 Thessalonians 4:16 “For the LORD HIMSELF will descend from Heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of GOD, and the dead in CHRIST will rise first.” Faith: Meet CHRIST! Like lightspeed, the darkness is being unveiled from its camouflaged corners of chaos. With rapid attacks bursting through […]
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