Tag: End Times
With the Heart of a Child!
1 John 3:1a “See what great love the FATHER has lavished on us, that we should be called children of GOD! And that is what we are!“ With the Heart of a Child! A visitor to the Jonathan Griffith house was a common occurrence. In the small home with 3 children, so it became routine […]
Read More With the Heart of a Child!Uncovering the Wick!
Matthew 5:16 “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your FATHER WHO is in heaven.” Uncovering the Wick! Does your soul prefer sin to pursue HIM — “Whenever!” ? Is HIS call from The WORD yet unanswered? Do others discover you lukewarm in church or in […]
Read More Uncovering the Wick!A “Just” Reminder!
Revelation 22:12 “And behold, I am coming quickly, and MY REWARD is with ME, to give to every one according to their work.“ A “Just” Reminder! The measure of oursins comes withconsequences —earned and thesepains we often feelare self-inflictedand deserved. But CHRIST’s bloodsacrifice remainsour cleansingwithout fail! Sowe look ahead toJESUS disregardingerrant trails. Thus “Forward!” boundwith […]
Read More A “Just” Reminder!Avoiding the Gold Rush!
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!Doubling Down!
1 Chronicles 16:11 “Seek the LORD and HIS strength; seek HIS presence continually! Doubling Down! Sin without remorse betrays wickedness – embraced…while repentance for errors engages HIS Grace. Stay the course… Stay the course… Stand with The LORD! Conviction — when heeded — then blesses hearts quickly…but stubborn behaviors find wisdom yet missing. Stay the […]
Read More Doubling Down!1 Corinthians 15:58 “Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the LORD, knowing that in the LORD your labor is not in vain.” The Measure of one’s Heart! One point passed a goal is known as Success while one marker short of it is Failure. In some efforts, the […]
Read MoreA Shared Time!
On a large movie screen, two people were seen deep in discussion. With all eyes riveted on the moving picture before them, they heard: “What if…(one of them said earnestly), when you looked across a crowd and saw faces…you also saw numbers? What if each soul had a four digit display, portraying the scope of […]
Read More A Shared Time!Led From!
Colossians 1:13 “HE has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of HIS beloved SON…” Led From! Thank YOU for breaking me Yet unforsakenly staying beside me while rendering Justice. Teaching, transforming and always restoring; adorning my soul with YOUR robe of Redemption. By which I am bettered, unchained […]
Read More Led From!Self Prevention!
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!Leaving the Past Behind!
2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore, if anyone is in CHRIST, they are a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” Leaving the Past Behind! Do we extend HIS resurrection power to the past or present things?Do we gaze with “dry bone Faith” on those possessing broken wings? Or are we looking […]
Read More Leaving the Past Behind!Torn Between!
Philippians 1:21 “For to me, to live is CHRIST, and to die is gain!“ Torn Between! We want YOU, LORD with less of “me” with each step taken. Yea, as we breathe! For how much angst with longing weighs us to see YOUR face! Oh come, LORD JESUS! Thus unfulfilled, leave not our frames; our […]
Read More Torn Between!Yet Closer Still!
Luke 9:23 “And HE said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow ME.” Yet Closer Still! LORD, Help us to live more fully for THEE without waver or doubt nor a “less than” belief. Grant us YOUR strength to shout louder each […]
Read More Yet Closer Still!Racing Home!
2 Timothy 4:7 “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” Racing Home! (In loving memory of Chris Burkhart 7/4/25) From the morning hour,his pace was brisk!From birth — we knowhis story goes. “Things to do!” withpaces kept that fewcould match, andfewer chose. So, in service, Chrisdrove […]
Read More Racing Home!Lesser Forces!
Ephesians 6:10 “Finally, be strong in the LORD and in the strength of HIS might.” Lesser Forces! More and more forces greet me with each dawning. These senses of mine find them growing with age. Increasingly painful have mornings become with stiffness in joints and aches in my bones. Though slower this frame finally moves […]
Read More Lesser Forces!Staying With!
Isaiah 41:10 “Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your GOD; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with MY righteous right hand.” Staying With! Being “so far gone” suggests a distance out of range. Such “road positions”, thus implied, lay past the reach […]
Read More Staying With!GOD’s “Carry your cross!” Calling!
Matthew 26:40 “And HE came to the disciples and found them sleeping. And HE said to Peter, “So, could you not watch with ME one hour?” GOD’s “Carry your cross!” Calling! Often kneeling at Calvary, we pick up our crosses. Each morning such action should surely be seen. Without fail nor delay so it waits […]
Read More GOD’s “Carry your cross!” Calling!Our ROCK of Ages!
Isaiah 26:4 “Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD GOD is an everlasting ROCK.” Our ROCK of Ages! Our foundation is found in the heights of surrender; To CHRIST bowing down, gaining Faith’s elevation. Oh what increase with GOD WHO secures every CHRISTian… …in the palms of HIS hands and the depths of HIS […]
Read More Our ROCK of Ages!At Rapture’s End!
Colossians 3:4 “When CHRIST WHO is your life appears, then you also will appear with HIM in glory.” At Rapture’s End! Always lean on the LORD and cling to HIS side ever asking for more of HIS steps as your guide. Ever cast from your frame every stain and its sin always filtering thoughts with […]
Read More At Rapture’s End!In Step, On Course!
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!Sermon Tonight!
We’re in part two of this four week study on 2 Kings Chapter 4. Join us at 7pm on my Facebook page! 🙏🙏
Read More Sermon Tonight!While In Route!
1 Peter 2:21 “For you have been called for this purpose, since CHRIST also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in HIS steps…” While In Route! Self injuring blows we often apply without weighing the costs to our lives. “Shooting ourselves in the foot” then becomes a truth that repeats […]
Read More While In Route!With Uncompromised Truth and Love!
1 Corinthians 3:4-6 “Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the Truth.” With Uncompromised Truth and Love! What child is this who […]
Read More With Uncompromised Truth and Love!With Total Resistance!
James 4:7 “Submit yourselves therefore to GOD. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.“ With Total Resistance! Reject all returns to Egypt and deny any steps back to prison. Stay true to the LORD in each sense of the phrase and give way to HIS words filled with Wisdom! For the time is […]
Read More With Total Resistance!No Height nor Depth!
Romans 8:38-39 “ For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 NOR HEIGHT NOR DEPTH, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of GOD in CHRIST JESUS our LORD!” No Height nor […]
Read More No Height nor Depth!The Best Alterations!
Psalm 32:8 “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.” The Best Alterations! To be crushed by GOD is far better than to be set free by oneself. To be broken by HIS holy hand is greater than left whole […]
Read More The Best Alterations!Straight Forward!
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!Closer Encounters!
Psalm 73:28 “But for me it is good to be near GOD; I have made the LORD GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all YOUR works.” Closer Encounters! We compare ourselves in the mirror and with others. Our tendency then is critically set… …against any image which makes us “look bad”. With such […]
Read More Closer Encounters!In HIS Order!
Psalms 37:23 “The steps of a man are rightly ordered by the LORD: and he will take pleasure in his way.“ In HIS Order! The Soul questioned Discipline. “Where did you go? HIS WORD is spelled out, HIS footprints — well known.” The reply soon was heard. “Friend, I’ve always been here…like CHRIST. So my […]
Read More In HIS Order!Measuring with the MASTER!
Romans 12:11: “Do not be slothful in zeal, but be fervent in spirit. Serve the LORD!” Measuring with the MASTER! How great is this hour; How wondrous each second! There’s no grave to fear for we’re bound in HIS presence! Never leaving nor ever forsaking our souls, so give praise to the ONE WHO bears […]
Read More Measuring with the MASTER!
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