“Getting Lost”…in The LORD!

James 4:8a “Draw near to GOD, and HE will draw near to you…” “Getting Lost”…in The LORD! Being found withCHRIST is “Lost well”in HIM…where deepestHIS Love neither endsnor begins. Since HE is eternal, sowe are secured…endlessly yearningand serving —relentless. By GOD’s compelling,“get lost” even furthestfrom all that HE’s not…to be closest to HIM! As HIServant […]

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With Unsharpened Branches!

Colossians 4:6 “Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.” With Unsharpened Branches! Razor blade arrows are often so crippling when satan deploys evil spirits against us. Even greater when known are they by human hearts which unconsciously slip to speak things […]

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FAR More Often!

Psalm 34:1 “I will bless the LORD at all times; HIS praise shall continually be in my mouth!” FAR More Often! One speaks of work and another of  Health. A third of the  weather and then of  themselves.  Still others complaining bring  Shame with their  actions…and join with  the countless whose  speech is lukewarm. Even […]

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The Warning Track!

Psalm 19:11 “Moreover, by them YOUR servant is warned; in keeping them there is great reward.” The Warning Track! Understepping Sin’s  boundaries means  avoiding “The Line”   which separates evil  and good. Yes! GOD’s “set  demarcation”,  eternal and sovereign, which HE meant our  souls to flee from! Ne’er intended for  “walking” nor drawing  the closest; yet […]

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With Perpetual Motion!

Titus 2:13 “Waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great GOD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST…” With Perpetual Motion! So many are asking,“Just when will HEcome for me? “ And HIS WORD replies,“Just when will you runTO ME? “ By engaging so manydistractions, the eyesof the heart then turnfrom pursuit. By […]

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Choosing by Doing!

Ephesians 5:16 “Making the best use of the time, because the days are evil!” Choosing by Doing! What’s free rarelycarries great valuelike a handful of gravelthat’s “gifted”. It’s meaningless,uselessand absent of wantunless there was aneed which existed. So measure bothgiving and taking;calculate costs foryour efforts and Time. Noting mostly howmuch is taken for Selfversus given […]

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Rock Garden Reviews!

Ezekiel 36:26 “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh!” Rock Garden Reviews! A manicured gardenof flowers withkaleidoscope petals…is always a visual Joyto behold. GOD’s sun lights theirfaces each morningand they drink fromHIS raindrops. Howperfectly […]

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Selectively Speaking!

Proverbs 12:18 “There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.” Selectively Speaking! Worthless words spoken are those misdirected. They point others backwards or sideways at best. Such phrases — off target — then “miss the mark” wholly till spiritually errant, their end is a wreck. […]

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Victoriously Shed!

Ephesians 1:7 “In HIM we have redemption through HIS blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of HIS grace!” Victoriously Shed! Diluting paint meansits coverage —diminished withEffectivenesslessened, undoneand unfinished. Would you then mixred ink into CHRIST’sperfect blood…as if it cleansed thesame as HIS crimsonstained love?! Shout “NO!” everyTime and with Zealrepresent…JESUSCHRIST WHO bledVictory […]

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Accomplishment’s Anchor!

Psalms 55:4 “Behold, GOD is my helper; the LORD is the upholder of my life!” Accomplishment’s Anchor! With HIS SPIRIT’sempowered presenceindwelling eachsurrendered soul… …then divinelypurposed actionsare “impossiblyaccomplished”. For greatest HEresides in me; withstrength beyond thisearthly realm. Far past the limitsFlesh employs, isCHRIST in me…theHope of Glory! So quit all “selfsufficient” talk;Stop every phraseexcluding HIM! Cease […]

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For Child-like Rest!

Psalm 62:5 “Rest in GOD alone, my soul, for my hope comes from HIM!” For Child-like Rest! Truth be told, theselast few years,she’d been lookingfor the first…back when Chaos hadno breath and herFaith was newlybirthed. To “when” as justa child, she’d relinquished“serving Self”…kneelingdown with Urgencyto give her lifeto “someone else”. Yea, to CHRIST WHOknew her […]

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By Love’s Fires, Ignited!

Hebrews 12:29 “For our GOD is a consuming fire!” By Love’s Fires, Ignited! Taking HIM at HIS WORD, forgiving ourselves for all Doubt;All the while watching HISSovereign advance…so standwe in Faith — given Sight. But when in the Darkness,summoned to fully Faithful be…even called to be steadfast through trials…so plant we our feet in HIS […]

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Coming to Terms!

Matthew 5:37 “But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ For whatever is more than these is from the evil one.” Coming to Terms! “Politically Correct”comes with Prideand Contemptwhich attempt tocontain raging fires. With pretentious conceitfan they flames of Deceitwhich bring no one relieffrom each blaze. So! Cast off Definitionswhich burn as descriptionsof […]

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With the CONDUCTOR!

1 Chronicles 16:11 “Seek the LORD and HIS strength; seek HIS presence continually!” With the CONDUCTOR! Confess The Blood,Accept HIS cleansing…Dependent! Preach all the WORD;Praying and fasting…Surrendered! Marching in Faith;Uncompromising…Resilient! Soaring with CHRIST;Transformed spotlessly…Brilliant! As HIServant ever pressing onward until “wholly changed” on THAT Day by HIS Presence, Whitney Devotional: Hebrews 1:3a “HE is the […]

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“Over and Out” LIGHT!

1 John 5:4 “For everyone born of GOD overcomes the world. This is the Victory that has overcome the world, even our faith!” “Over and Out” LIGHT! “Out-weathering” storm clouds and all which they hold…where thunderous Lightning and Rain touch our souls… …stand those wide awake and aware in this Season; expecting these skies to […]

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Choosing WORDS!

Matthew 24:35 “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but MY WORDS shall not pass away!” Why, more than CHRIST, are our scribblings believed? Why is HIS WORD discounted while man’s is uplifted? Writing with flaws which given errant perspectives, how then, as Creation, can we author Truth?  Only HIS SPIRIT, most holy — inscripting… inks […]

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Serving your Time!

Hebrews 13:16 “But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices GOD is well pleased.” Serving your Time! A service with perfectlyparalleled lines,“starts” and “stops” looking like seamless, manicured signsthen suggest it’s a business conformed to mankind….as an organization GOD-less. For how shall HIS SPIRITjust “stop on a dime”…when HIS […]

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So! Spiritually Then…

Matthew 16:25 “For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for MY sake will find it!” So! Spiritually Then… The value of verse, of biblical blessings, comes through vessels remaining on the “verge of collapse”. Where Self’s surrender is daily and certain; just permitting the slightest of “non-sovereign” speeches. […]

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With Tunnel Vision!

Isaiah 26:3 “YOU keep them in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on YOU, because they trust in YOU.” With Tunnel Vision! There’s still splendor in HIS presence gained when Life’s in disarray;In those moments where theChaos rises long before the day. There’s still heights of Heaven’s rapture in the midst of every stormHow much […]

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Awaiting Hope’s Height!

Psalm 39:7 “And now, O LORD, for what do I wait? my hope is in YOU!” Awaiting Hope’s Height! Deepest emotion flows from broken wells. From fragmented cisterns and reservoirs — fractured. Else all is contained in one’s battle-scarred heart with unreleased depths yet unharmed and un-raptured. Therefore — together GOD has allied us; till […]

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Thoughtlessly Blessed!

Lamentations 3:25 “The LORD is good to those who wait for HIM, to the soul who seeks HIM!” Thoughtlessly Blessed! “Not thinking” at times has a jarring effect. Not that flawed are such steps but when “Silence is deafening”… …then felt is GOD’s presence in no way compared to this earthly dimension. Instead… we’re consumed! […]

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The Gaze of GOD!

Psalm 33:18 “Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear HIM, on those who hope in HIS steadfast love…” The Gaze of GOD! Unable to see throughLife’s telescope’s cap,so absence of visionattends us. Escaped then the sight whichHIS lens would have brought,had we taken ourselves“out of view”. Thus urgently pressingis this present […]

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HIS Presence Answers!

Psalm 34:4 “I sought the LORD, and HE answered me; HE delivered mefrom all my fears.” HIS Presence Answers! Present prayer asks forYOUR SPIRIT’srestocking;refilling our vesselsbefore the Dawn breaks. Present prayer insiststhat our knees be bent low…prostrate for HIS SPIRIT’srestoring of oil. As such, present prayeris doubtlessly answeredeach morning when sunrisefinds us…in YOUR WORD! As […]

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Contritions’ “Empty-Handed” Gifts!

Romans 12:12 “Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.” Contritions’ “Empty-Handed” Gifts! Begin each fervent prayer on behalfof one another with Intercessions’ zealous presence…with Compassionfrom the LORD. Start humbly with Intention and with brokenness of spirit.Use Contritions’ “empty-handed”gifts to bless HIServants ‘round you. Therefore rise upon your knees; lift your face […]

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Contently Continue!

Isaiah 48:17 “Thus says the LORD, your REDEEMER, the HOLY ONE of Israel, “I am the LORD your GOD, WHO teaches you to profit, WHO leads you in the way you should go.” Contently Continue! Foolishly jealousof greener grass sides,Not knowing their spannor what each must suffer; …still go several souls,abandoning fieldsin which GOD placed […]

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RE-lentless & RE-Silent!

Matthew 6:3 “But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing…” RE-lentless & RE-Silent! Good works and greatdeeds, no matter theirdepths and regardlessthe needs… …must yet remain silent.Clothed quietly — all —without praise, accoladesor recalls. For such are GOD’s giftsfor us to walk in […]

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In the “Here!” and “Now!”

Isaiah 43:18 “Do not call to mind the former things; pay no attention to the things of old.” In the “Here!” and “Now!” Past pastures are voidswhich are barren.“Things of old” are suchplaces, inactive of Life…Unless someonechooses to build onsuch landscapes.Then there one’s existencewill meet with Demise. For “things former” are for lessonslearned but not […]

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