To See JESUS CHRIST!
Matthew 5:16 “In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your FATHER in heaven!” Turning Nays into Yeas! Shall naysayers turnupon their ownor scoffers mockthemselves as well… With fist-clenched,shaking cursescrowding pathwaysinto hell? With their darkenedwords dispersed byforce; such verbalshadows castingforth… Can light ignite thesedampened […]
Read More Turning Nays into Yeas!Psalm 119:59 “I considered my ways and turned my feet to YOUR testimonies!” Accepting HIS Directions! Would we know whatwe’ve been savedfrom if no crossroadever came… …where the path wetook was all we knewwith every stepunchanged? So on simple thoughtwaves sailing do we“find” our waysseem best. Without “contradicting”voices thus still “lost”our souls progress. Consequences then,by […]
Read More Accepting HIS Directions!Ezekiel 34:16a “I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak…” Called Out! Leaves who live life to its fullest are greatest at work once they fall to the ground. Not “decaying” but feeding the soil with self so […]
Read More Called Out!Matthew 4:4 “But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of GOD.’” Through The Bible! When first reading scripture, just after conversion…the pages were daunting. The big picture only was all we could capture…on top of YOUR mountain. But as the […]
Read More Through The Bible!1 Corinthians 13:12a “For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face…” On the Following Night! As kin to the bride, betrothed for almost one year, so Sarah, neared completion of her own bridesmaid’s dress. “It will be beautiful!”, she envisioned happily. For the merchants passing through had brought such a […]
Read More On the Following Night!Luke 19:10 “…for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.” Priority: One! Place no faith in numbers whichmanipulate flesh…whether likings or lovings nor all of the rest. For such tests are to try us, to spurnus to action which often conflicts with GOD’s purpose. For the one […]
Read More Priority: One!Isaiah 55:11 “So shall MY WORD be that goes out from MY mouth; it shall not return to ME empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.” Without Extras! YOU are my Provision when Flesh has failed and even more so, when it […]
Read More Without Extras!Romans 10:4: “CHRIST is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes!” Eternally Right-eous! This offense isn’t shared or assisted. So “I’m sorry; Forgive me; the blame is all mine.” The sum of these then bears Confession’s remorse without framing someone for my crimes. So no pointing of […]
Read More Eternally Right-eous!James 4:8a “Draw near to GOD, and HE will draw near to you…” “Getting Lost”…in The LORD! Being found withCHRIST is “Lost well”in HIM…where deepestHIS Love neither endsnor begins. Since HE is eternal, sowe are secured…endlessly yearningand serving —relentless. By GOD’s compelling,“get lost” even furthestfrom all that HE’s not…to be closest to HIM! As HIServant […]
Read More “Getting Lost”…in The LORD!John 10:4 “And when HE brings out HIS own sheep, HE goes before them; and the sheep follow HIM, for they know HIS voice.” Two “States”, ONE King! Watching Scripture unfold as Israel is stumbling, accepting a two state division from Hell… …so also reminded are we of positions. Two sides with one — “Well!” […]
Read More Two “States”, ONE King!Proverbs 8:20 “I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice…” Footprint Paths! Uncertainty reignswhen “one” foot’s inthe gravest of places. Where “Two” incontrast in HISfootprint seemssteadfastly standing. On uneven ground.both unstable soonfall down — defeated. Direct then your feetJUST on pathwaysthat JESUS created! As HIServants walking on holy, even and purposed […]
Read More Footprint Paths!Luke 9:62 “JESUS replied, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of GOD.” The Chosen View! Are we not sinners sentenced to be slain…saved by grace from the grave? Aren’t we one — and the same? Once guilty now free this is the […]
Read More The Chosen View!1 Corinthians 3:6 “I have planted, Apollos watered; but GOD gave the increase!” Abandoning “the chase”! We’re nobody’s king andeveryone’s servant…for The MAKER of Heavenand CREATOR of Earth. Preaching CHRIST boldlyas Life’s only answer…so none look t’wards othersto gift them Salvation. And! That includes Self!So relent from “the chase”if your “tail” is leading…till alone you […]
Read More Abandoning “the chase”!Psalm 63:8 “My soul clings to YOU; YOUR right hand upholds me.” Put Your Hand in The HAND! The LORD is overhead;ever dancing.HIS presence fills our rooms;HIS strengthalone consumes…every enemy within us.Oh! What Joy! But soon this dance shall change,finally joining…our plans with HIS WHO leads.Yes, our hands in CHRIST’s— The KING!So shall we ever […]
Read More Put Your Hand in The HAND!Hosea 6:3 “Let us know; let us press on to know the LORD; HIS going out is sure as the Dawn; HE will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth!” Healing Rain! Whenever “dry cracks”our hearts notice…then for Rains’restoration we pray. For more than the mistswhich HE sends […]
Read More Healing Rain!Matthew 16:25 “For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for MY sake will find it!” So! Spiritually Then… The value of verse, of biblical blessings, comes through vessels remaining on the “verge of collapse”. Where Self’s surrender is daily and certain; just permitting the slightest of “non-sovereign” speeches. […]
Read More So! Spiritually Then…Philippians 1:6 “Being confident of this very thing, that HE WHO has begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of JESUS CHRIST…” In Mid Sentence! Before the ink dries,In advance of its setting;Ere the song is completed,HE still moves. Stopped in mid Sentenceincompletely remainingeven paused in HIS footprints,yet! HE moves! […]
Read More In Mid Sentence!Isaiah 26:3 “YOU keep them in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on YOU, because they trust in YOU.” With Tunnel Vision! There’s still splendor in HIS presence gained when Life’s in disarray;In those moments where theChaos rises long before the day. There’s still heights of Heaven’s rapture in the midst of every stormHow much […]
Read More With Tunnel Vision!Proverbs 16:16 “How much better to get wisdom than gold! To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver!” Paying the Fool! The World’s value of things, contradicting, creates greater chaos when some entertain… …said labels as “Worthy” in contrast to CHRIST! “The saved” — its claws then — feel ripped ‘cross their chest. […]
Read More Paying the Fool!1 John 1:8 “If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.” Without Footprints of Pretense! No concept of right canbe held by those left;those absent of scarswhich the LORD aloneheals. Though parrotinglanguage CHRISTspoke as if theirs;…though acting as ifin their steps JESUSwalked. Those who take everywound […]
Read More Without Footprints of Pretense!Psalm 25:9 “HE leads the humble in doing right, teaching them HIS Way.” “Way” Discernment! There are land mines one plants and then steps on. There are mind games one plays; always losing. Yet day after day some keep choosing “these ways” which inflict Self’s most judgemental sanctions. With such self-imposed actions, degrading; we must […]
Read More “Way” Discernment!Psalm 33:18 “Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear HIM, on those who hope in HIS steadfast love…” The Gaze of GOD! Unable to see throughLife’s telescope’s cap,so absence of visionattends us. Escaped then the sight whichHIS lens would have brought,had we taken ourselves“out of view”. Thus urgently pressingis this present […]
Read More The Gaze of GOD!Isaiah 60:1 “Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD has risen upon you!” LIGHT Expectancy! As the Dew covered each new blade of grass, those which sprung up with the Dawn… …so she was reminded of newness in life because of CHRIST. Every morning she’d awaken and rise from […]
Read More LIGHT Expectancy!Ephesians 6:10 “Finally, be strong in the LORD and in the strength of HIS might!” Mountain Climbing, ROCK Standing Preaching by exampleand living by Faith;Interchangeable partsof this whole known asLife. The walk of each CHRISTianis made up of stepswhether echoing HISor found off course —straying. But to mirror HIS ways,both preaching andliving is done by […]
Read More Mountain Climbing, ROCK StandingPsalm 34:4 “I sought the LORD, and HE answered me; HE delivered mefrom all my fears.” HIS Presence Answers! Present prayer asks forYOUR SPIRIT’srestocking;refilling our vesselsbefore the Dawn breaks. Present prayer insiststhat our knees be bent low…prostrate for HIS SPIRIT’srestoring of oil. As such, present prayeris doubtlessly answeredeach morning when sunrisefinds us…in YOUR WORD! As […]
Read More HIS Presence Answers!Psalm 25:9 “The humble HE guides in justice, and the humble HE teaches HIS way.” The Psalmists’ Path! Correction over comfortIs a need exceedingly wantSince none desire training whentheir easy street becomes… …a road that’s turning rough as an “comfort zone” — decayed. Redirection isn’t painless so some stay rightwhere they lay. Remaining in “lesser […]
Read More The Psalmists’ PathActs 13:9 “Then Saul, who also is called Paul, filled with the HOLY SPIRIT, looked intently at him.” The Reclaiming! Apprehended for service as opposed to suggested is surely what happened to Pharisee Saul. Even fractured till broken as opposed to deep bruising was his introduction to Almighty GOD. Thus this breaking far greater than […]
Read More The Reclaiming!Lamentations 3:40 “Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the LORD!” Drawn by THE LIGHT! Competitive failures,spiritually speakingboth reject CHRIST. Thus errors which strivefor one’s attentionsare equally wrong. Time wasted thenmost certainlyis their review! Prioritizing thencasts off all sinsto focus on GOD… …and HIM solely! As HIServant judging my own timeto be […]
Read More Drawn by THE LIGHT!John 14:3 “And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with ME that you also may be where I am.” Remembering HIS Promises! As a wretch scarred by Leaven yet destined for heaven; un-enviably broken more times than remembered, Still HIS mercies are clearest, […]
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