To See JESUS CHRIST!
1 John 2:6 “The one who says he resides in GOD should himself walk just as JESUS walked.” With HIS Blessed Alignment! Every thought we wish captured and wholly aligned on the Crossroad of Faith — Calvary’s tree. Till our only desire is CHRIST’s emptied cross reminding HE’s risen and “living in me!” With what […]
Read More With HIS Blessed Alignment!Galatians 6:3 “For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.” With Sovereign Assessments! The efforts we author and offers as “CHRIST-like” cannot be thus measured by our own perceptions. The path of our MASTER thus matters completely, comparing these steps to HIS given before us. May YOUR presence then. […]
Read More With Sovereign Assessments!Mark 13:5 “And JESUS began to tell them, ‘Be careful and watchful that no one misleads you!’” All Ready — Expectant! The upper barn doors sat contrasting each other. Both faded and worn yet one open, one closed. Its equally weathered gray structure, still silent, sat patiently waiting through decades of storms. Somehow this forgotten […]
Read More All Ready — Expectant!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!Matthew 11:28 “Come to ME, all l you who are weary and heavy burdened, and I will give you rest! And I will give you Rest! The greatest addition to HIS finished work is Rest — thus perfected by CHRIST! The greatest “subtraction” is what our flesh adds to HIS cross…as if we had been […]
Read More And I will give you Rest!Hebrews 12:2 “Let us fix our eyes on JESUS, the Author and Perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before HIM endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of GOD.” Decisively Forward! Embrace the comparison of who you are now with who HE called […]
Read More Decisively Forward!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!Revelation 3:20 “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears MY voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with ME.” Else: Standing By! Opened doors cannot be shut when GOD’s will compels them solely… and closed doors cannot remain when HIS voice proclaims “Come […]
Read More Else: Standing By!Isaiah 60:1 “Arise, shine; for your light has come, And the glory of the LORD has risen upon you.” Sovereignly Blazing! A spiraling star to Heaven — unveiled found shooting upwards without slowing down. Within youthful eyes so those are on fire for CHRIST in this Hour. So lead them to Life! As HIServant reminding […]
Read More Sovereignly Blazing!Matthew 4:19 “Come, follow ME,” JESUS said, “and I will make you fishers of men.” THE Fisherman’s Few! Unschooled by Man’s textbooks the Worthy were gathered; heart-picked by CHRIST‘s yet unscarred hands. With rough edges, thus raw, were they drawn by design. as HIS Called! Yea, the righteously chosen. Sent out amongst wolves to the […]
Read More THE Fisherman’s Few!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!Philippians 3:12 “Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because CHRIST JESUS has made me HIS own!” Future Facing Faith! Faith never blows in from the seashore though it does come from trails — wind swept. From invisible paths which GOD often […]
Read More Future Facing Faith!Romans 13:11 “Do this, knowing the time, that it is already the hour for you to awaken from sleep; for now salvation is nearer to us than when we believed!” Uncompromisingly Faithful! A lone horse with empty saddlebags is like this generation. All supplies are spent on self without allegiance given CHRIST. With no want […]
Read More Uncompromisingly Faithful!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 […]
Read More Faith: Meet CHRIST!Acts 2:38 “Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the NAME of JESUS CHRIST for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the HOLY SPIRIT!” The Urgent Hour! Their sharpened fangs — long waiting — were unmuzzled then for war. Stabbing Darkness into Light’s triumphant presence, […]
Read More The Urgent Hour!Job 33:4 “The SPIRIT of GOD has made me, and the breath of the ALMIGHTY gives me life. Catching HIS Breaths! With a final lunge forward, still his sword met with steel. An opponent — his equal in Zeal and of strength. With each thrust and each parry, strategically balanced, yet all had been thwarted. […]
Read More Catching HIS Breaths!Matthew 6:33 “But seek ye first the kingdom of GOD, and HIS righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” Healing Ostriches! When the house is burning, In the coldest of winters Open doors “wasting heat” do not trouble those fleeing. When the flood waters rage In the rainiest seasons, none care for […]
Read More Healing Ostriches!Proverbs 16:11 “A just weight and balance are the LORD’S: all the weights of the bag are HIS work.” “Unevenly” Balanced! On the odd chance that Balance unevenly meets in hearts yet divided; between great extremes. On this road most unlikely in contrast, as such, does one find such achievement through sacrificed Love. Where wholeheartedly […]
Read More “Unevenly” Balanced!Psalms 27:13 “I would have lost heart, unless I had believed That I would see the goodness of the LORD In the land of the living! Equal Expectations! Walking up the steps confronting — every fire of faithless Fear, bound solely for the WORD of GOD WHOSE NAME their souls revered; so those chosen for […]
Read More Equal Expectations!2 Corinthians 4:6 “For GOD, WHO said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made HIS light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of GOD in the face of JESUS CHRIST.” Free Will Offerings! Preaching CHRIST is not a sales pitch as some perceive HIS message. It’s […]
Read More Free Will Offerings!Philippians 3:14 “I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of GOD in CHRIST JESUS!” Lower Deck Redemption! The aged schooner lay at anchor, buoyed by its long, wooden hull. Wallowing anxiously in place, it lumbered next to a large yet crumbling wood dock. There this weathered, two-masted vessel sat […]
Read More Lower Deck Redemption!Ephesians 1:7 “In HIM we have redemption through HIS blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of HIS grace.” Upon HIS Emerald Balance! We borrow against tomorrow using sins we choose today with deep debits against credits which get redder by the day. Such Interests then diminish all our efforts — inconsistently […]
Read MoreActs 13:52 “And the disciples were continually filled with joy and with the HOLY SPIRIT!” Upping Our Intake! (For More of YOUR SPIRIT!) Longing for more of YOUR SPIRIT, oh LORD; We are craving Outpouring‘s o’erflowing. Expectant beyond what this life has to offer…for Good without Fearful’s foreboding. So rekindle Faith’s flames by YOUR NAME […]
Read More Upping Our Intake!Romans 12:11 “Do not lack diligence in zeal; be fervent in the SPIRIT, serve the LORD!” The Forte’ of the Gentiles! Surging power propelled through his veins. Servant ink, then outpoured, filled these pages. With praise overflowing from him who bowed — broken, such Truths thus were penned — for the Ages. By the Ancient […]
Read More The Forte’ of the Gentiles!Psalm 56:9 ”Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call; This I know, that GOD is for me!” Safe and Secured! Even diamonds can be broken. All possess a “breaking point”.No matter what our earthly hedges are, they melt before the LORD. Why possess such substitutions; why then seek those temporal […]
Read More Safe and Secured!Colossians 1:13 “HE has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of HIS beloved SON!” For The KING WHO is Coming! We shall “get through” because sovereign blood passed before us! On Calvary’s hill, there ‘twas shed in our place. Now resounds all our voices with Heavenly praises with […]
Read More For The KING WHO is Coming!Isaiah 49:16a “See, I have engraved you on the palms of MY hands…” By HIS Scars! At rest in HIS hands though embattled be! So kneel we with Faith, both awake and asleep. When gone is the tide and absent the sun; with breath nearly failed and when Hope has run. In tandem when Grace […]
Read More By HIS Scars!1 John 3:2 “Beloved, now we are children of GOD, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when HE appears, we will be like HIM, because we will see HIM just as HE is!” For: Given Grace! When beneath Love’s open hand rebuked, bow surely. To rise above […]
Read More For: Given Grace!Revelation 21:23 “And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of GOD gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb!” Heaven’s Transparencies Building with blocks made of Heavenly light, transparently shining in tandem as gems; thus fueled by HIS presence refilled is my sight on […]
Read More Heaven’s Transparencies!Reading HIS WORD and responding with Humility and the fear of the LORD are inseparably entwined together!
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