To See JESUS CHRIST!
Philippians 2:5 “In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as CHRIST JESUS.” For Peer Review! Be careful of every available doorway. Use caution before any portal or gate. For though your faith’s height would protect you from evil, those following closely might not be as strong. So watch with Intent who you’re […]
Read More For Peer Review!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!Psalm 150:6 “Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Praise the LORD!” With Our Final Breath! Which experiences transform us most? Are they mental or physically changing? Or is there another encounter more worthy, converting us past breaths remaining? There is only one, dear Beloved of GOD! It’s when HE bends down from the […]
Read More With Our Final Breath!Luke 19:38 “Saying, “Blessed is the KING WHO comes in the name of the LORD! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” Unfading Glory! How close do we hold “cotton candy” possessions? How firm is our grasp on such things which just fade? Do we cling to what’s temporal or all that’s eternal? Will […]
Read More Unfading Glory!Isaiah 14:24 “The LORD of hosts has sworn: “As I have planned, so shall it be, and as I have purposed, so shall it stand.” The Whole Truth! There’s a dime for every dozen souls proclaiming “gospel truth”. With divided tongues deceitfully such errant speech they choose. Though entwining light with shadows, still produced are […]
Read More The Whole Truth!Genesis 1:1 “In the beginning, GOD created the heavens and the earth!” Our Origin Song! To GOD WHO loves these broken souls, we offer praise profusely. Abundant with such cries of thanks, our hearts continue singing. “YESHUA come! LORD JESUS reign! Break through the clouds with rescue! Yea, gather us till “Whole!” and “Home!” we […]
Read More Our Origin Song!Ephesians 6:10 “Finally, be strong in the LORD and in the strength of HIS might.“ Cross Winds! What oft do we face as card carrying members of HIS chosen Body? In one word…Rejection. Even amongst zealous fellow believers, the battle still rages with fires — relentless. Even in service for those who feel worthless, at […]
Read More Cross Winds!Proverbs 8:17 “I love those who love ME, (JESUS) and those who seek ME diligently find ME.” With Every Sense! The beauty of GOD isn’t gained just through eyesight. Rather! HIS glory-filled grandeur exceeds all our senses. This is because HIS perfect presence prevails! So draw nearest CHRIST’s life by the light of HIS WORD. […]
Read More With Every Sense!1 Chronicles 16:29: “Ascribe (Give) to the LORD the glory and honor due HIS NAME!” Accurately Applying! Glory given flesh means that much from CHRIST is stolen. Yea, when less to CHRIST is lifted, burdens gain more weight within. So a soul shall lighter feel when no praise misplaced remains… …in our thoughts nor any […]
Read More Accurately Applying!Ephesians 4:1 “I therefore, a prisoner for the LORD, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called…” Perfectly Assigned! As sinners GOD saved and saints HE corrects, so we are HIS children of purpose. Learning from errors to walk more direct, so THE WORD leads us forth in […]
Read More Perfectly Assigned!Job 23:10 “But HE knows the way that I take; when HE has tried me, I shall come out as gold.” Uniquely Less Traveled! A slippery slope, a hard way to go. A garden whose crops are just weeds. Unenviable places to walk through at best then hold steps to which none should concede. But […]
Read More Uniquely Less Traveled!John 3:11 “Truly, truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, and yet you people do not accept our testimony.” “You People!” A different “kind”, a separate “group”, Another “faith” — all together. Yet next beside, (in church residing) do not relent from Law’s pursuit! […]
Read More “You People!”Revelation 3:7b “…‘The words of the HOLY ONE, the true ONE, WHO has the key of David, WHO opens and no one will shut, WHO shuts and no one opens.” Key Disposals! A set of keys from long ago which opened doors the LORD has closed presents me with this thought’s crossroads: “Why are these […]
Read More Key Disposals!Isaiah 66:2 “These are the ones I look on with favor: those who are humble and contrite in spirit, and who tremble at MY WORD”. Broken Openings! HE’s JESUS, our leader of heav’nly behaviors WHOSE written WORD giv’n exceeds every treasure. HE is WHO redeemed us, our LORD and sole SAVIOUR WHOSE spoken words gifted […]
Read More Broken Openings!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 63:7 “For YOU have been my Help. I will rejoice in the shadow of YOUR wings!” Serenity’s Wings! Does Peace stand still or is it active? Does it have “range of motion” to be known as such? Or is it immobile as titles imply which “rests” from Reality’s pressure-filled touch? Without knee-jerk reactions to […]
Read More Serenity’s Wings!Romans 12:11 “Do not be lacking in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the LORD!” With Exclusive Reflections! Mountainous seas of humanity surge through the valleys; From darkness and night, drawn by GOD’s sovereign light, to the heights of Redemption’s rejoicing… WHEN our vessels reflecting HIS glorious presence… touch those yet rejecting HIS merciful blessings… […]
Read More With Exclusive Reflections!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!Ephesians 6:17 “Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the SPIRIT, which is the WORD of GOD!” The Sharpest Sword! Watching the smiths of both metal and stone sculpt a sword over time, ever zealous. I sat mesmerized by their fervent intent to keep edging this object …to make the blade sharper! Though […]
Read More The Sharpest Sword!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!Colossians 3:2 “Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.” Priority Screening! As the screen before the veil, so is this life in view before the next. What then happens in the forefront shall bind with the “Hereafter”. Plainly what we do for Self or CHRIST points to which view we’ve taken. So […]
Read More Priority Screening!James 1:4 “And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.” HIS Steadfast Command! These trials seem brutal, incessant and growing when “locked-in” every step with the LORD. While dark unrelenting and shadows still beckon, our souls must fight through this “short” battle. Because in the end […]
Read More HIS Steadfast Command!Psalm 113:3 “From the rising of the sun to its setting, the name of the LORD is to be praised!” Rising Together! Another day dawning, another night’s close. A separate exhaling till inhaling Hope. For come the next morning, HIS light shall appear! With prayers most zealous, our hearts HE’ll draw nearer! So watch for […]
Read More Rising Together!Lamentations 3:25 “The LORD is good to those who wait for HIM, to the soul who seeks HIM!” HIS Arms Within! Leaning in HIS healing hands and leaving every weight with HIM, so we are changed by Worship’s stance. Given every sovereign chance to there remain apart from Sin, well blessed are those in HIS […]
Read More HIS Arms Within!Mark 16:15 “Then HE said to them, “Go the whole world over, and proclaim the Good News to all mankind!” Extending HIS Purchase! I exchange all my stains for HIS grace shed so freely…for the shame every sin had engraved deep within me. With purpose and meaning, completely cleansed whole….so I call on HIS NAME […]
Read More Extending HIS Purchase!Psalm 86:11 “Teach me YOUR way, O LORD, that I may walk in YOUR truth; unite my heart to fear YOUR NAME.” HIS Way, Less Traveled! Would we take the greater blessing if invisible HE stayed… though we pray to see HIM moving in our lives — before our faces? Would we choose the greater […]
Read More HIS Way, Less Traveled!Luke 21:28 “Now when these things begin to take place, straighten up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.” To the Top of the Funnel! The law of the funneling effect is displayed all over the world at this chaotic hour. The windows and doors GOD is opening seem less…than those which […]
Read More To the Top of the Funnel!
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