To See JESUS CHRIST!
1 Peter 4:8 “Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.” Following HIS LIGHT! Humility’s display is intrinsic…or not;thus adopted and foreign or natively known. Love’s depths mirror also this “Either/Or” stance with Care planted deep…or yet unsown. Thus humbled Affection surrendered to CHRIST will express HIS heart’s message […]
Read More Following HIS LIGHT!John 10:27 “MY sheep hear MY voice, and I know them, and they follow ME.” Just Left! A ready CHRIST follower, by definition, admits that they cannot lead themselves. In contrast, a slumbering memberof the Faith…tries to. Those closest to CHRIST then are steadfastly watching HIM, from behind or beside HIS presence. So those errantly […]
Read More Just Left!Psalm 139:14 “I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.” Purposed and Sent! What it takes a warrior to do means another might not. What HIS preachers can share, some others cannot. Where a servant is sent then depends onGOD’s gifting, HIS sovereign […]
Read More Purposed and Sent!Isaiah 25:1 “LORD, you are my GOD; I will exalt YOU and praise YOUR NAME, for in perfect faithfulness YOU have done wonderful things, things planned long ago.” The Day of Faith! It’s just as GOD said through HIS WORD and the prophets. It’s just as HE wrote through HIS scribes for today. HE gave […]
Read More The Day of Faith!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!Psalm 34:14 “The LORD is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.” Broken for HIS Service! Whose hands and whose feet does the LORD use for service? What mind and which soul bends its will to HIS ways? Yea, those who were broken yet now has HE mended!! AND! Others in process […]
Read More Broken for HIS Service!John 16:33 “I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world!” This Greatest Jubilee! With great jubilee and rejoicing, so HIS enemies “think” they’re now winning. But just like before at the Flood and the […]
Read More This Greatest Jubilee!Proverbs 28:14 “Blessed is the one who fears the LORD always, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into calamity.” Beyond Every Layer! All testing, failure, healing and experience grant us armor which serves as Life’s buffer. Calloused layers of lessons we’ve learned serve this purpose; protecting our hearts as footprints continue. So! Take all […]
Read More Beyond Every Layer!Job 4:4 “YOUR words have steadied those who stumbled; YOU have braced the knees that were buckling.” Un-Automating Stumbling! The works of the flesh and the deviloften coincide in the same steps. Where our flesh tends to go, so the devil will make such paths those of “least resistance”. Add in the tools of the […]
Read More Un-Automating Stumbling!1 John 2:6 “Whoever says they abide in HIM should (even must!) walk in the same way in which HE walked.” IN Steps! As Heaven’s witnessto all we walk through,so HE sees those thingswhich birth Prayer. Then lifting to Heavenboth trials and painsso joined are our criesby HIS care. IN steps HE purposedthere felt is […]
Read More IN Steps!1 Timothy 2:5 “For there is ONE GOD, and there is one mediator between GOD and men, the man CHRIST JESUS.” Pointing ONE Way! The “round-about way” when one answers… paints a picture of wandering thoughts. As randomized paths which have countless, “blind turns” thus misled are such souls from our GOD. So let your […]
Read More Pointing ONE Way!Philippians 2:5 “Let this mind be in you which was also in CHRIST JESUS…” Picking Up the Pace! Forgive the Forgive-less withforgiveness instead. Give grace to the Gracelesswith most gracious steps. Yea, make way for the LORD asour Waymaker KING… by surrendering good to themjust as HE did! As HIServants re-forfeiting our own reactions to […]
Read More Picking Up the Pace!Ephesians 4:24 “And to put on the new self, created after the likeness of GOD in true righteousness and holiness.” Reflections in Heaven! Oh Anticipation! Your excitement soon shall meet its joyous end. In this earthly life, your longings to see CHRIST will be surely filled! Eternally satisfied, even overwhelmed, so our journey shall be […]
Read More Reflections in Heaven!John 17:6a “I have revealed YOUR NAME to those YOU have given ME out of the world.” In, Never Of! Separate ingredients sometimes co-exist. Others immediately conflict, ignite or dissolve into one. But such oppositions aren’t worthless or always meant to be avoided. For instance, if fuel was never sparked, no combustion would take place. […]
Read More In, Never Of!1 Timothy 2:1 “First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people…” HIS Pilgrim’s Prayers! Those “pressing in” prayer often weep for the Body with such tears as pre-requisite Faith. A cost then of sacrifice (which isn’t small) thus combines to produce such outpourings. So let none […]
Read More HIS Pilgrim’s Prayers!Exodus 9:16 “But for this purpose I have raised you up, to show you MY power, so that MY NAME may be proclaimed in all the earth.” Meant Two! We follow HIM WHO knew no sin; whose grace alone sufficient… …WHO took our blame upon HIS NAME; each stain and act — malicious. So keep […]
Read More Meant Two!Psalm 32:8 “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you. Following HIS Directions! Going back to Egypt wasn’t in GOD’s plans. But the demonic used human voices to claim that it was. CHRIST fulfilled all the law at Calvary but satan still […]
Read More Following HIS Directions!Psalm 37:39 “The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; HE is their stronghold in the time of trouble.” HIS Coming Rescue! May our hearts CHRIST first follow so these steps will align with each footprint HE left…both behind and before. To remind us of rescue in past times as well as HIS promise […]
Read More HIS Coming Rescue!John 16:4a “But I have told you these things so that when their hour comes, you will remember that I told you about them.” The Security of Scripture! You have every hold on me; the mystery of YOUR grace unfolding. So these hands I lift with trust in THEE…WHOSE promises — unfailing! Now insect infestations […]
Read More The Security of Scripture!Jeremiah 15:16 “YOUR words were found, and I ate them, and YOUR words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by YOUR NAME, O LORD, GOD of hosts.” Re-Guarding the Stable Door! Herding sacred cows is most needed at present…as the unfounded views of most CHRISTians run […]
Read More Re-Guarding the Stable Door!Psalm 25:4 “Make me to know YOUR ways, O LORD; teach me YOUR paths!” Red Ink Imprints! Far more than the past, her present steps lingered. Not for Fear hesitating…but rather reflecting. Not imprisoned by Doubt nor Worry’s weak bonds, still she prayed, “Yea, I wait on THEE, LORD.” “Though trials yet assail and foes […]
Read More Red Ink Imprints!1 Corinthians 3:11 “For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is JESUS CHRIST.” Banning Building Permits! LORD, help us break free from these chains we keep making; where create we each bond and forge every link. Grant us the strength to cease building beforehand so in no captive […]
Read More Banning Building Permits!Psalm 146:8 “The LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD lifts up those who are bowed down; the LORD loves the righteous!” Faith-filling Sight! Let’s believe for those moments which needn’t be witnessed where Faith’s exercise surely peaks! Let’s concede what we see cannot equal HIS power and bend both our hearts and […]
Read More Faith-filling Sight!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 25:12 “Who is the man who fears the LORD? HE will instruct him in the way he should choose.” Walking within HIS Lines! Teach us to treasure YOUR ways and to number our days. Yea, keep training our hearts to — in step with you — stay. Grant us Wisdom and Knowledge to understand […]
Read More Walking within HIS Lines!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!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!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 […]
Read More GOD’s Written Anti-Venom!John 7:38 “Whoever believes in ME, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water!” Free Water! What delight has a fish at the beach out of water? What Joy fills a bird that’s been caged since its birth? What breath or what freedom then have those still lost..who […]
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