To See JESUS CHRIST!
Psalm 32:8 “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with MY eye upon you.” Turning T’wards Home! Turn again Home Child…turn again Home. When your ship runs aground out at sea, so I pray! Just turn again, turn …t’wards Home. For all other waters save […]
Read More Turning T’wards Home!1 Corinthians 13:3 “If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.” Completely…for CHRIST! Insincere gifts are as half-hearted cries; Insufficient at best and at worst, worthless lies. So too is one’s Faith if “for show” it is shared; Thus […]
Read More Completely…for CHRIST!2 Peter 3:13 “But in keeping with GOD’s promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.” Land Ho! “Land Ho!” cries the watchman through spiritual eyes; and each soul — most expectant — for Paradise Found. Though a gap still exists before reaching those shores, such believers […]
Read More Land Ho!John 3:30 “HE must increase; I must decrease.” Invisibly Standing! Put to death every“thing” of the flesh.Do not coddle norentertain darkness. Cast off such glancesfound backwardsbehind you and liveby displaying HISlikeness. For the closer we drawunto GOD, then withgreater transparencyshining… …the shadows of sin will fleefaster than Wind. So for HIM!Let’s “invisibly” stand! As HIServant […]
Read More Invisibly Standing!1 John 3:1a “See what kind of love the FATHER has given to us, that we should be called children of GOD; and so we are!” With Soul Transparency! There worketh no good thing within us save our GOD’s sovereign deposits; Yes! by gifts of grace indwelling do HIS talents give us profit. Shown then […]
Read More With Soul Transparency!Philippians 2:13 “…for it is GOD WHO is at work in you, both to will and to work for HIS good pleasure.” Hope…Displayed! Blessed are the “mended” GOD heals… for they have been broken before. They know of great pain and its losses…and wear all its scarsfrom the past. Yes, favored are we whose repairing […]
Read More Hope…Displayed!Matthew 15:18a “But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart…” With Full Faith Expressions! We are HIS creation, uniquely selected…Called out, set apart as HIS chosen — yea, separate. Out of all in existence, none other is like HIM. None bear the LORD’s image save us…as HIS children. As outward reflections with […]
Read More With Full Faith Expressions!Psalm 144:1 “Blessed be the LORD, my ROCK, WHO trains my hands for war and my fingers for battle.” Prepared…as Instructed! When the tempest clouds swirl inward with wind-whipped waves surging… …when such darkness surrounds you, may — this — be in hand. Even more so, in heart and in mind — memorized — be […]
Read More Prepared…as Instructed!1 Peter 2:25 “For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the SHEPHERD and OVERSEER of your souls.” Returning to SENDER! Journey back home, precious Pilgrim;Travel safely returning to ME. Leave behind each regret and all baggage — distressed. Turn around, dearest child; come to ME. Choose Faith and such Zeal; run […]
Read More Returning to SENDER!Psalm 27:13 “I believe that I shall see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living!” Foregoing Physical Sight! Upon the everlasting arms are we leaning ever breathing…. …as those souls bent low believing — in HIS healing yet unseen. Yet within our present struggles, we’re still heading to HIS Wedding… …lifting […]
Read More Foregoing Physical Sight!Romans 13:11 “And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we (first) believed.” With each New Day! To some, each new year holds no happy refrains. No songs of great Joy nor of Peace. To others, the date means […]
Read More With each New Day!Isaiah 9:2 “The people who walk in darkness will see a great LIGHT; Those who live in a dark land, The LIGHT will shine on them!” Commonly Called, Sovereignly Sewn! Separate missions and varied paths are different strands within HIS hands. Uneven lengths and diverse colors with unlike strengths called “other than”. So we are […]
Read More Commonly Called, Sovereignly Sewn!3 John 3 “For I was overjoyed when the brothers came and testified about your devotion to The Truth, in which you continue to walk.” Un-Virtually HIS! Honest appraisals.Factual statements.Called “As it is!” SoReality speaks. But! Camouflaged lies.Untrustworthy words.Deceptive replies.Such is “virtual” speech. For though these, the latter,seem real…they’ve nosubstance worth everrepeating. Although true “appearing”aloud, […]
Read More Un-Virtually HIS!Psalm 34:2 “I will glory in the LORD; let the afflicted hear and rejoice!” HIS Provisions of Praise! Deep within lay such reservoirs — teeming — with HIS thanksgiving praise to be shared. Rivers of worship found boundlessly gathered thus wait for release through the air! So shout to the LORD WHO prepared us for […]
Read More HIS Provisions of Praise!John 12:26 “Whoever serves ME must follow ME; and where I am, MY servant also will be. MY FATHER will honor the one who serves ME.” Two Birds, One Step! Step forward once more, this morning, this hour…with prayer from the heart on your lips. Step backwards always from the sins of our flesh, while […]
Read More Two Birds, One Step!Hebrews 5:14 “But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.” Meat over Minutia! Do you go to church just to hear HIS WORD — broken? Do you press through trials, as such, each LORD’s day? To reach its front […]
Read More Meat over Minutia!1 Corinthians 15:57 “But thanks be to GOD WHO gives us the victory through our LORD JESUS CHRIST!” WIN Walking! Daily victory walks through HIS WORD, within footprint verses, grant us the most steadfast of steps. Following along while reading exceeds uninvolved listening. Such are those then yet standing still. To personally win requires engagement […]
Read More WIN Walking!Psalm 19:14 “Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O LORD, my ROCK and my REDEEMER.” Prayer Reviews! Intently listening to conversations, sifting through each strand of speech… …are those whose learning bend transforms the words they choose. Not simply waiting to respond but trying […]
Read More Prayer Reviews!Romans 12:11 “Do not let (the fire of) your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the LORD!”. Torch Transfers! All glory be given to GOD; all praise be exhaled from our hearts. Though battle fatigued and wearied our soul; even so! Speak as HIS witness… and spark. Then igniting the Lost and rekindling those […]
Read More Torch Transfers!Philippians 1:6 ״And I am sure of this, that HE WHO began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of JESUS CHRIST.” Growing Pages! Each disordered inscription and disheveled writing could point to a mind which was absent of focus. Rambling and unfinished sentences might also be deemed as […]
Read More Growing Pages!Psalm 18:32 “HE made my feet like the feet of a deer and set me secure on the heights.” Stretch Highest! Going where seems no footholds: ascending where few choose to fly… …are both actions of Faith performed for THE NAME. So rise, fellow pilgrim, yea! Climb! Amen and amen!
Read More Stretch Highest!Psalm 119:10 “With all my heart I have sought YOU; do not let me stray from YOUR commandments!” Binding Instruments! Oh to be bound just to CHRIST…where no other chains limit our walk. Oh to be by HIM constrained without any exception…just GOD! No failing of Flesh nor a single misstep…oh to be found just […]
Read More Binding Instruments!Isaiah 9:7c “The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this!” With HIS Zeal! GOD’s steps for you are not meant for another. HIS footprints lead onward; uniquely and sovereign. In truth, so specific is each that HE planned them before there was you…and ahead of all Time. Thus stand still at this moment; […]
Read More With HIS Zeal!Psalm 34:5 “Those who look to HIM are radiant with joy; their faces shall never be ashamed.” As Beacons Brightly! Light does not appear when the Darkness increases yet shadows seem greater the brighter the day. So if GOD was absent, there would be no contrast. A “nothingness void” would be all that remained. But […]
Read More As Beacons Brightly!Proverbs 22:9 “Whoever has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.” Drawn to these Crossroads! Help us occupy wholly,relentlessly even,though troublessurrounding distractand dismay. Yea, LORD! Grant usassistance to keepstretching outwardsinstead of retreatingtill Faith stumbles too. For the needs now aregreater; with criesgrowing louder.Intercede through usthen…in power and love! […]
Read More Drawn to these Crossroads!Luke 24:45 “Then HE opened their minds to understand the Scriptures…” The Un-Puzzling! The hardest puzzles are those where each piece looks quite similar. Both in shape and in color, so choosing each correctly requires study of the edges and the part of the picture that’s on it. In like manner, many think the Bible […]
Read More The Un-Puzzling!Hebrews 12:6 ““For whomever THE LORD JEHOVAH loves, HE instructs, and draws aside HIS children with whom HE is pleased.” The Provision of HIS Presence! What do blessings feel like which HE calls “overflowing”? Is it health or abundance of wealth? Maybe both? Are those valued highest (as measured by CHRIST)… …on a yardstick which […]
Read More The Provision of HIS Presence!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 17:3 “And this is eternal life, that they know YOU, the only true GOD, and JESUS CHRIST WHOM YOU have sent!” The Soul Answer! May the soul with no answers save CHRIST remain humbled for such knowledge surely — through valleys — is gained. Where all other theories have soundly been crushed and with […]
Read More The Soul Answer!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 […]
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