To See JESUS CHRIST!
2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore, if anyone is in CHRIST, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come!” The Battle Worth Losing! A most timely Demise is the death of oneself. Without any delay nor with Pride’s hesitation. Where wholesale surrender unveils the soul as one’s stance becomes prostrate… […]
Read More The Battle Worth Losing!11/4/25 Devotional: A Wretch set Free! Do you recall Romans 7:24? “O wretched man that I am: who shall deliver me from the body of this death?” The Roman custom for a murderers’ punishment was to chain the dead body to the murderer until both were dead. What a horrific visual and experience that was […]
Read More Do you recall Romans 7:24?Hebrews 4:12a “For the WORD of GOD is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword…” Choosing Both! HIS WORD is complete yet ongoing still in regards to this life. The Bible keeps telling us what happens next yet some leave it closed. Since HIS Scripture is (both) living and active then choose…to be also! […]
Read More Choosing Both!Mark 16:15 “And HE said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.” Heaven’s Heart Deliveries! Let us assert HIS priceless worth; “CHRIST came to Earth with purpose!” Let us present gifts Heaven sent to all GOD meant receive them. Not just to those, as some suppose, “deserving […]
Read More Heaven’s Heart Deliveries!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!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!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!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!Luke 6:38 “Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.” Waste Not, Store Not! Waste is a preference,not a need whichneeds filled. Excess is the samewhich […]
Read More Waste Not, Store Not!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!Hebrews 12:2 “Looking unto JESUS the Author and Finisher of our faith; WHO for the joy that was set before HIM endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of GOD.” Sacrificially Following! When will YOU come reaching down for our souls which we uplift to […]
Read More Sacrificially Following!Galatians 6:9 “Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” Full Service Balance! Glory to GOD; yea, hallow HIS NAME. Be quick to speak up, every servant! So cast off complaints; replace them with praise and fill the air ‘round you […]
Read More Full Service Balance!1 Timothy 1:15 “The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that CHRIST JESUS came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.” The Broken Role! To claim chief “of the good guys” is worse than “of sinners”… as one viewpoint is pride while the other — surrender. Thus confession of […]
Read More The Broken Role!Matthew 10:8 “Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.” Giving as Given! Given graceYet lacking Careare souls founderrant still. Whose wayward pathshave chosen stepsrepeated by…unbroken wills. Without remorsenor transformationso remain those— error bound… who won’t reflectCHRIST’s perfect love!Within them then —no mercy found. So […]
Read More Giving as Given!Matthew 5:7 “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.“ Mercy…me! Though dark our sins and stains defacing, still greatest CHRIST — WHOSE blood erased them! Replacing guilt and shame with grace, so praise HIS NAME — YESHUA! Again this truth addressed to me! GOD’s hands uplift, extend and free! With HIS mercy thus […]
Read More Mercy…me!Hebrews 13:2 “Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.” “As Angels”! GOD sends HIS angels daily to watch over simple sheep. We HE calls to live with boldness as assigned and as released. Entwined with GOD’s provision to both preach and serve — thereby… …by HIS SON […]
Read More “As Angels!”Mark 16:15: “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation.” The Loudest Town Crier!” Oh GOD, LORD GOD: How great YOUR NAME is! This soul craves more, my lips proclaim this! “Surrender all; make HIM your Sacred!” Yes — go and tell the world! CHRIST’s message then must be repeated […]
Read More The Loudest Town Crier!”1 John 2:20 “But you have been anointed by the HOLY ONE, and you all have knowledge!” HIS Anointed Waterfalls! Love defined supernaturally: CHRIST! Our LORD WHOSE affections have given us life. As a waterfall soaking from heights set on high, so HIS outpouring floods through this soul! It’s power is endless, HIS depths — […]
Read More HIS Anointed Waterfalls!Philippians 3:1 “Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the LORD. To write the same things to you is no trouble to me and is safe for you.” The Rest of Repetition! Those shadowy hosts which court darkness continue to tell every CHRISTian, “Be silent!” Such spirits rail constantly, spewing rejection since they cannot stand to hear […]
Read More The Rest of Repetition!Philippians 2:25 “I have thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, and your messenger and minister to my need…” Five Titles! We call upon others with names or with titles. Even “family” or “friend” can be one and the same. Thus we beckon to each with […]
Read More Five Titles!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!Psalm 97:11 “Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart. Light Sowing Joy! HE moved, is moving and shall for Eternity. With seed HE sows all that is precious and good… …for the souls and the sakes of every believer! HE is light, gives life and sows both every hour. […]
Read More Light Sowing Joy!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!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!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!Hebrews 11:1: “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” With Faith Forward! Faith isn’t stagnant. It’s zeal isn’t stale…within every soul who exhibits its heart. For to solely display just its face would prove Folly and stop well before it can start. Temporal at best then begs […]
Read More With Faith Forward!Luke 19:10 “For the SON of MAN came to seek and to save the lost.” To See Your Face Again! Oh GOD! Hear our voice as these souls fall asleep, knelt weeping for joy as we stand in YOUR keep. Unmerited favor; what grace without end! Thus each heart still cries out to come Home. […]
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