To See JESUS CHRIST!
Proverbs 16:24 “Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.” Word Mapping! Language choices andchanges we make;as our preference to“dummy things down”. With shortcuts and slang,with words and withblanks, so altered ourspeeches are found. Both elders and youthdisagreeing;as to which verbiage ismost preferred. So Meaning getsdropped, Understandingis lost […]
Read More Word Mapping!2 Timothy 4:2 – “Preach the WORD; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.” Dually Purposed! GODly repentance leads unto sorrow yet Calvary’s remembrance brings Joy. So leading one into Confession’s remorse comes before a soul knows HIM as LORD! Though hurt and offense often comes with […]
Read More Dually Purposed!Proverbs 4:26 “Give careful thought to the paths for your feet…and be steadfast in all your ways. Releasing Obedience! Take every thought captive in obedience to CHRIST WHOSE command bids our hearts…ahead of sacrifices. With so fervent a filter then serve we the LORD…obeying HIM without Delay’s compromises. For we are HIServants called higher — […]
Read More Releasing Obedience!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?Philippians 4:6 “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests (and those of others) be made known to GOD.” With Prayer Intervening! As just one voice added to so many others…without any spotlight, attention nor praise; So we of the Body — in unison joining […]
Read More With Prayer Intervening!Romans 12:11: “Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the LORD.” Humbled and Zealous Till Then! When the wreckage of life is beyond our repair and the signs HE displays lead us solely to where …HIS presence transforms us, in heavenly air. Then! With Rapture’s Redemption we’ll rise! Still do not shrink […]
Read More Humbled and Zealous Till Then!Do these read “the same” to you? Proverbs 11:30 KJV “The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.” Proverbs 11:30 SEPTUAGINT “Out of the fruit of righteousness grows a tree of life; but the souls of transgressors are cut off before their time.” Always study and […]
Read More What Does It Say?Mark 16:15 “And HE said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.” HIS Crimson Talent! Invest then HIS talent bestowed for your life. Pricelessly offered and paid in advance…. by HIS sacrifice, both eternal and full! Yea, CHRIST our REDEEMER with scarred, callous hands! So gather great […]
Read More HIS Crimson Talent!Proverbs 19:2 “Even zeal isn’t good without knowledge, and he who hurries his footsteps misses the mark.” Avoiding the Gold Rush! What storehouses teem with things “shiny” yet worthless? Whose owners keep gathering more with such haste? What then when the time comes to audit its value and what was thought “priceless” is counterfeit […]
Read More Avoiding the Gold Rush!1 Thessalonians 5:22 “Abstain from every form of evil.” Self Prevention! By HIS stripes on the road from Damascus, we walk within Wisdom and bask in HIS Grace. With robes of HIS right- eousness so HE has clothed us…anointed with oil for Faith. What blessed steps take we AWAY from Self interest…now changed by HIS […]
Read More Self Prevention!1 Peter 2:21 “For to this you have been called, because CHRIST also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in HIS steps.” In Step, On Course! If we follow our own steps, then we’re walking in circles. Only pacing around, Looking just at the ground, simply seeing the very […]
Read More In Step, On Course!Proverbs 3:6 “In all your ways acknowledge HIM, and HE will make straight your paths.” Straight Forward! “Weak and without self control!” is the claim which so many believers hear echo within. Struggling with stepswherein Compromise hides, so such souls battle daily with oft disguised sin. Within footprints found which lead through darkened shadows, so […]
Read More Straight Forward!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!1 Timothy 1:15 “The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that CHRIST JESUS came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.” The Broken Role! To claim chief “of the good guys” is worse than “of sinners”… as one viewpoint is pride while the other — surrender. Thus confession of […]
Read More The Broken Role!Colossians 3:2: “Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.” With Un-Distracting Devotion! Headphones, EarPods VR Distractions… Elevations, suppressions by chemical means. These are a few of our favorite things so says those hosts driven — demonic. Mechanically neutral, misused by Intention; so transformed such are for deceiving.. Misleading the soul with another […]
Read More With Un-Distracting Devotion!Philippians 3:20 “But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the LORD JESUS CHRIST…” Following Line of Sight! Do we focus most on our sins than on CHRIST… as though darker these stains than HIS soul cleansing crimson? How dim does one think that HIS light seems around us… when […]
Read More Following Line of Sight!Philippians 4:7 “And the peace of GOD, which surpasses all understanding, will guard (and GUIDE) your hearts and your minds in CHRIST JESUS.” HIS Peace-Filled Directions! To all my disappointments, hear this acceptance bound in writing… …and! It’s sad to add the greatest gap was mine. When I‘ve failed to follow forward HIM in faith […]
Read More HIS Peace-Filled Directions!Titus 2:11-12 “For the grace of GOD has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to LIVE self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the PRESENT age…” Present not Pretend! Great actor, Wayward scripts; Accomplished actress Worthless words. What value then whose actions follow on paths off course… […]
Read More Present not Pretend!Isaiah 26:3 “YOU will keep in perfect peace all who trust in YOU, all whose thoughts are fixed on YOU!“ With Fixation’s Focus! An obsession is not an addiction. Rather said, it’s a chosen compulsion. The latter seems formed by surrendering will to some chemically skewed alteration. BUT GOD (to this fool) is both — […]
Read More With Fixation’s Focus!Ephesians 6:10 “Finally, be strong in the LORD and in the strength of HIS might.” Post Haste! Is sin truly dealt with or do we brush thinly a film of white wash over each of our stains? Do we rest in HIS crimson or flail in our missions without faith in CHRIST’s finished work which […]
Read More Post Haste!John 6:44 “No one can come to ME unless the FATHER WHO sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day!” Relentless Drawing! Well increased is HIS drawing for things set above; now my longing exceeds every Yesterday’s measure! The future as such is much brighter each day as HIS […]
Read More Relentless Drawing!Psalm 139:16 “YOUR eyes saw my unformed substance; in YOUR book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.” Prior to Birth! To define a Life only as “some clump of cells” shows rejection of GOD’s sovereign plans. To choose to extinguish […]
Read More Prior to Birth!Psalm 139:6 “Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it.“ The Highest Knowledge! No greater scope of knowing life can stand apart from GOD. HE solely has each last detail and surely knows our thoughts! Far above the very Heavens yet inside our hearts HE listens… Always nearest to […]
Read More The Highest Knowledge!Isaiah 55:9 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are MY ways higher than your ways and MY thoughts than your thoughts.” Highest Thoughts! Oh to be settled in thought without Worry; Yea, to have wrestled with Fear and o’ercome! With scars and great Wisdom, on wings of HIS Peace…such is this […]
Read More Highest Thoughts!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!Psalms 28:7 “The LORD is my Strength and my Shield; in HIM my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to HIM.” Sightless Standing! Hey Friend. Are you believing? Are you leaning to the LORD or yet conceding to your Doubts? That’s right. Well, what about […]
Read More Sightless Standing!Isaiah 66:2 “All these things MY hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares the LORD. But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at MY WORD.” With Offtrack Redirections! The heart which accuses with Discomfort’s intention …acts no […]
Read More With Offtrack Redirections!Psalm 37:3 “Trust in the LORD, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.“ Just Trusting GOD! Thank GOD above WHOSE limitless love proves more than enough! Our REDEEMER! Giver of Grace and Increaser of Faith is JESUS WHO loves each believer! So just rest in HIS hands though we don’t understand all […]
Read More Just Trusting GOD!Ephesians 6:12 “For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places.” Those who Whisper! Those who whisper most within our ears have vocal chords unlike ours. Still they fight against each […]
Read More Those who Whisper!Revelation 1:8 ““I AM the ALPHA and the OMEGA,” says the LORD GOD, “WHO is and WHO was and WHO is to come, the ALMIGHTY!” Past Perception! Oh LORD, our GOD… the scene has changed somewhat with light. Dark patches have begun to fade as Justice stands upright. And yet our eyes must stay on […]
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