Keeping Sharp Sticks!

Acts 26:14 “And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’“ Keeping Sharp Sticks! When the sting of Sin’s swordno more gains one’s reaction…When the soul barely […]

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Still Counting!

Psalm 95:2 “Let us come before HIM with thanksgiving and praise HIM with music and song!” Still Counting! How many times haveYOU sent us an angelto spare our frail fleshfrom yet one moreattack? How often have webeen rescued fromdanger after ourFaith fell short,demonstrating whatlacked? Oh the number exceedscomprehensible terms;Every measure equatesto a changing conclusion! So […]

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Reviving Stagnant Waters!

Psalm 63:1b “My soul thirsts for YOU; my flesh faints for YOU, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.” Reviving Stagnant Waters! When the flow of HIS  living water is blocked by our walls  of denial… When the flood of  GOD’s SPIRIT is  channeled away to the point that it  […]

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The Cross Between!

Colossians 2:14 “And HE has blotted out, by HIS authority, the bill of our debts which were against us and HE took it from our midst and nailed it to HIS cross!” The Cross Between! There’s a cross betweenNight and The Lightwhere Gray exists,and even surges… …at an intersectionwhere the middleground holds partsof both. Though […]

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Casting Up Glory!

Proverbs 11:2 “When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom.” Casting Up Glory! One might bolster Self’s pride when having obtained greater knowledge than that of their peers. Insincerely applying their heightened awareness, so Trust fades and soon…disappears. “Don’t be hard on yourself!” so the Shadows suggest. What you’ve learned shines […]

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Of Everlasting Value!

Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of GOD is eternal life in CHRIST JESUS our LORD.” Of Everlasting Value! Almost all they’dgathered as valuable“someday”…differedvastly depending onTime. What was new becameold. Thus “worthkeeping” — debated.Yet how great theircollection kept growing! As such. things whichfaded much faster “stillstayed”…adding ontoeach other as […]

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The Consistency of HIS Love!

Romans 5:8 “But GOD shows HIS love for us in that while wewere still sinners, CHRIST died for us.” The Consistency of HIS Love! Many blatant attacksagainst decent behaviorare led by those who wouldsoon act as if saints. Then! For the cameras playingas though they’re the victims,such fools display hearts filledwith darkened contempt. So hard […]

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Lifting and Living Up!

Isaiah 42:8 “I am the LORD; that is MY NAME; MY glory I give to no other, nor MY praise to carved idols.” Lifting and Living Up! Often we’re found making names for ourselves in the flesh.  With such temporal titles then Self takes the spotlight in Error. So! Thank GOD for the banner of […]

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Serving Through the Storm!

2 Timothy 4:2 “Preach The WORD; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage — with great patience and careful instruction.” Serving Through the Storm! Set your affections on WHO reigns above and those here yet remaining who’ve not met HIM yet. Yes! Displaying our love for The LORD is best […]

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Choosing the Right Keys!

Proverbs 25:28 “A soul without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.” Choosing the Right Keys! Found often driven are  matchbox collections  in which we travel  distances great.  Like using Emotional  transports each day,  so we make different  vehicle choices. Thus the keys to our  Laughter and Sadness  are varied… just […]

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The Grant of GOD!

Philippians 1:29-30 For it has been granted to you on behalf of CHRIST not only to believe in HIM, but also to suffer for HIM,  30 since you are encountering the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have.” The Grant of GOD! A blessing, a privilege  and wholly a […]

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What Death to Self Births!

Ephesians 6:24 “Grace to all who love our LORD JESUS CHRIST with an undying love.” What Death to Self Births! What love is CHRIST’s which bought our souls; What grace HE brings our journey! What Hope – GOD’s guarantee – now ours to grow in with HIS Mercy! Thus all begins where Death precedes; with […]

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Choosing Both!

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!  […]

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The Greatest Concession!

1 John 3:16 “By this we know love, that HE laid down HIS life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for others.” The Greatest Concession! So let us choose forfeit, Full surrender’s advance, To dance with our SAVIOUR — HIM leading. WHO swirls around us at present with Love while surrounding […]

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Church Hopping?

2 Corinthians 13:5 “Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or…do you not realize this about yourselves, that JESUS CHRIST is in you…unless indeed you fail to meet the test!” Church Hopping? We sit in the pewsof a number of churcheswhich all claim the NAMEof our SAVIOR and LORD. But […]

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Most Sovereignly Defined!

Proverbs 16:24 “Gracious words are a honeycomb sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.” Most Sovereignly Defined! Share “Faith is”with thosewho do not knowits meaning:whose knowndefinitions arelacking! Give “Grace is”reminders to thosewho’ve forgotten…whose faces —impatient — keepcracking! Yea! Show “Loveis” displaysto each soul whosits empty whilepointing to HIMwith your life! Then HE WHO […]

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Heaven’s Heart Deliveries!

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 […]

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Faith, Hope and What?

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 […]

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Answering with Praise!

Hebrews 13:15 “Through HIM then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to GOD, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge HIS NAME.” Answering with Praise! WHO is this KING of Glory? WHO are HIS children — blood bought? See! HIS voice read through Scriptureproclaims CHRIST is GOD! Yea! Our three-in-ONE conquering […]

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Humbled and Zealous Till Then!

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 […]

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Distinguishing Lights!

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 […]

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With HIS SPIRIT’s Spark!

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 […]

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Humbly Submitted!

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 […]

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Staying With!

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 […]

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With Total Resistance!

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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Sacrificially Following!

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 […]

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Full Service Balance!

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 […]

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Giving as Given!

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 […]

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