To See JESUS CHRIST!
The Day of the LORD: This is for our encouragement! 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 VIP Verse 8! I have provided the section in its entirety below for context. 8 “But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of […]
Read More Faith, Hope and What?Luke 12:37 “Blessed are those servants whom the MASTER finds awake when HE comes. Surging Forward! As the LORD draweth closer, give heed to HIS words heard speaking through scripture…with Power. Watch then most expectant like Gideon‘s men…serving faithfully, daily, each reverent hour! Yea! Let’s sing till the End with the strongest of praises…our MASTER, […]
Read More Surging Forward!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!Matthew 7:6 ““Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.” CHRIST Pearls and Poems! Oh to be freed! Yea, released from this flesh and found soaring through spaces designed for our souls! Back home to the Heavens where […]
Read More CHRIST Pearls and Poems!Matthew 25:6 “But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Here is The Bridegroom. Come out to meet HIM!” Distinguishing Lights! As HIS mirrors sent into Life’s shadows; drawn to The LIGHT for reflection each hour, …then why we are called to not tolerate sin is so greatest we’ll shine by HIS power. Now remove every […]
Read More Distinguishing Lights!John 14:26 “But the Advocate, the HOLY SPIRIT, WHOM the Father will send in MY NAME, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.” With HIS SPIRIT’s Spark! The character of souls isn’t birthed by their actions. Their words even aren’t the switch for ignition. Rather the […]
Read More With HIS SPIRIT’s Spark!Psalm 75:1 “We praise YOU, GOD, we praise YOU, for YOUR NAME is near; people tell of YOUR wonderful deeds.” With Loudest Praise! Oh Church! Hear HIS cry for your soul to draw near! Not with thousands of others but truly — one voice. Let each elevate praise to the LORD without ceasing! Yea! A […]
Read More With Loudest Praise!Romans 1:12 “…that is, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith, both yours and mine.” Most Often! What if we couldn’t remember our pasts? Lessons learned then would soon be forgotten. Doomed to repeat and relearn endless trials would be ours if we walk without caution. So write down each training, log […]
Read More Most Often!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!James 4:10 “Humble yourselves before the LORD, and HE willexalt you.” Humbly Submitted! Unfortunately choosing the path of resistance, though bound in the Body as brothers and sisters, so found — by themselves — are those sharing their studies yet bearing rebuke given Envy’s existence. Why then such dismissals with prejudice seen? No corner on […]
Read More Humbly Submitted!2 Timothy 3:16 “All Scripture is breathed out by GOD and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, Plumb Line Assessments! What is the impact of sin on your mission? Does Complaceny’s weight drag your footprints off course? Does a tolerant heart of a wayward transaction cause Doubt to distract […]
Read More Plumb Line Assessments!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!Matthew 11:30 “For MY yoke is easy and MY burden is light.” This Blessed Burden! While bicycling, an older soul with a near empty backpack, saw three small crosses off the side of a country road. Though in the distance, they stood with obvious reference to Calvary. And upon drawing closer, these plain wooden markers […]
Read More This Blessed Burden!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 MoreOn 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!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!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!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!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!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!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!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!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!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!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!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!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!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 […]
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