To See JESUS CHRIST!
Proverbs 16:3 “Commit your works to the LORD and your plans will be established.” Discarding “Comfort”; Embracing CHRIST! The resistance which CHRISTians apply to their missions is rather confusing. Perplexing — at least. Why choosing a level called “surface” for study of GOD’s holy words is “head scratching” at best. Know this then that HIS […]
Read More Discarding “Comfort”; Embracing CHRIST!Philippians 2:15 “That you may be blameless and innocent, children of GOD without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, amongst whom you shine as lights in the world…” Seed Stretching! Lush green meadows hide their root structures beneath a vast, soil cover. Being fertile and fruitful so grows it’s expanse given […]
Read More Seed Stretching!Jeremiah 1:5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you…” Once Again — Heaven! We shall sing of YOUR excellent greatness; with our words filled exalting YOUR NAME! YOUR praise will be heard from our lips with each breath as before THEE our songs have […]
Read More Once Again — Heaven!Matthew 24:44 “Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.” The second hand hurries! The minute hand flies; the hour hand points to this moment… …where second hand thoughts and minutia abound; yet our focus must center on Time. For now we do well […]
Read More This Waiting Moment!1 John 4:16 “And we have known and believed the love that GOD has to us. GOD is love; and they that dwell in love dwell in GOD, and GOD in them.” Oh! The Love of JESUS! How can I wonder if GOD’s hand supports me when breath fills these lungs and my heart beats […]
Read More Oh! The Love of JESUS!1 Peter 2:16 “Act as free men, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as bondslaves of GOD.” Freely Bound! Holding fast onto CHRIST makes one loosed from this world. In HIS chains we find freedom as children of GOD. In the bonds of HIS service, our hearts […]
Read More Freely Bound!1 John 4:7 “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from GOD, and whoever loves has been born of GOD and knows GOD.” With Faith into The Wind… Initial petitions; by those who do pray are those “Ready!” found…in all seasons. Not waiting for something nor someone to move…so they press in with […]
Read More With Faith into the Wind…Judges 10:16 “So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD.. And HIS soul could no longer endure the misery of Israel.” WHOSE Soul! None other can purchase redemption for no one is righteous — not one. Besides! CHRIST our SAVIOUR and SHEPHERD we know because HE changed our hearts […]
Read More WHOSE Soul!1 Peter 1:13 “Therefore, prepare your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of JESUS CHRIST!” Birthing Preparations! HIS nail scarred hands, the empty tomb. Birthed HE for us new life which we soon shall embrace! These proving grounds, a […]
Read More Birthing Preparations!Deuteronomy 31:6 “Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the LORD your GOD WHO goes with you. HE will not leave you or forsake you.” Endlessly Present, Eternally Secure! Rejoice with the LORD WHOSE presence is here. From eternity past through the Future, HE is. As […]
Read MoreRomans 10:17 “So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of CHRIST.” Upcoming Attractions! Yes LORD! I confess LORD…Pride’s cords are self centric. Yes LORD, I digress LORD…steps t’wards THEE have strayed. Yet LORD, my soul, LORD…yearns for YOU — most zealous.Thus “No!” must I say, LORD…to those — never called! Although my […]
Read More Upcoming Attractions!Romans 5:10 “For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to GOD by the death of HIS SON, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by HIS life.” “Am I,” the sinner… A statement — unquestioned reminds what is known though it goes without mention. Thus! “I AM”, the VICTOR […]
Read More “Am I”, the Sinner…Isaiah 45:22 “Turn to ME and be saved, all the ends of the earth; For I AM GOD, and there is no other.” The Turning T’wards! Who loathes their love for any sin which turns their heart away? Who hates the harm it causes to the point they cling to Grace? Only those so broken […]
Read More The Turning T’wards!Luke 12:8 “Also I say to you, whoever confesses ME before men, him the Son of Man also will confess before the angels of GOD.” The Greatest Confession! Confession is separate from sin but by only a margin of Time. Then connected they are at the moment Offense meets Regret in the heart which committed […]
Read More The Greatest Confession!Ephesians 4:32 “Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as GOD in CHRIST also has forgiven you.” Preceding Confession, Proactively Loved! Confession precedes Forgiveness in the way which our brains comprehend. Else, why would one grant such compassionate grace when — remorseless — “the other” pretends? So why should GOD grant such […]
Read More Preceding Confession, Proactively Loved!Hosea 10:12 “Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the LORD, until HE comes and showers HIS righteousness on you!” Dew Driven JESUS, JESUS! Relenting of sin… are we found in tandem. To HIM, lifting praise! Repenting through Grace which […]
Read More Dew Driven!Isaiah 61:10 “For HE has clothed me with the garments of salvation, HE has covered me with the robe of (HIS) righteousness!” Uniquely Fit, Perfectly Fitted! Trust in the LORDand with Joy, weep aloud…clinging thus to HIS feetfor HE comes in the clouds! Yet Future, near Presentso shout now HIS praisefor HIS face we shall […]
Read More Uniquely Fit, PerfectlyFitted!2 Corinthians 10:17 “But, “Let the one who boasts boast in the LORD.” The Pride of CHRIST! Pride is a coin double sided, two – faced. With Self esteem, it looks up yet with Greed it looks down. When humbled, it blesses; When not, it’s greed filled. When Godly, it’s gracious but unchecked, it’s loveless. […]
Read More The Pride of CHRIST!Galatians 5:1 “Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith CHRIST has made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage!” Because Faith Creates Freedom! Since gifts are given blessings, Faith’s presence isn’t the result of self-creation. Belief, then, is the followup to this favorable outpouring from GOD. But what if, like […]
Read More Because Faith Creates Freedom!1 Corinthians 15:51 “Listen, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we will all be changed…” Forever’s Changing! Committing ones life back to CHRIST requires behaviors intrinsically changed. Transformed from the inside but not by Self’s strengths…. for The SOURCE is far greater than any known flesh! Yea, a verbal commitment […]
Read More Forever’s Changing!Colossians 1:13-14 “For HE rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of HIS beloved SON, in WHOM we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins!” Sweet Redemption! The stone — still rolled away — shows our sins are cleansed — now vanished! Calvary‘s cross yet empty stands thus reminding Death […]
Read More Sweet Redemption!Galatians 6:3 “For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.” With Sovereign Assessments! The efforts we author and offers as “CHRIST-like” cannot be thus measured by our own perceptions. The path of our MASTER thus matters completely, comparing these steps to HIS given before us. May YOUR presence then. […]
Read More With Sovereign Assessments!Proverbs 4:25 “Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you!” Abandoning Yesterday’s Battles! Are we not sinners restaining our face with the sins of the past which no flesh can erase? Isn’t every day’s battle a constant reminder of being our own worst reflection? This — hell’s hosts — keep on […]
Read More Abandoning Yesterday’s Battles!Philippians 2:3 “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.” For: Given Grace! Does knocking one down make another stand stand taller? Shall such sabotaged actions unhindered — prevail? Do their “Victories” proclaimed ever fade — overusing deplorable tactics? Please tell me they fail! So […]
Read More For: Given Grace!Matthew 6:33 “But seek ye first the kingdom of GOD, and HIS righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” Healing Ostriches! When the house is burning, In the coldest of winters Open doors “wasting heat” do not trouble those fleeing. When the flood waters rage In the rainiest seasons, none care for […]
Read More Healing Ostriches!Revelation 22:12 “Look, I am coming soon! MY reward is with ME, and I will give to each person according to what they have done.” Come Quickly, LORD! There’s a day coming soon when all failing flesh will crumble. There’s an hour soon arriving where this Life pays its due. There’s an instant nearly now […]
Read More Come Quickly, LORD!Proverbs 22.6 “Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.” Hallmarks of Faith! Brought to the LORD as a vessel devoid of both Wisdom and age: lacking learned Understanding. Taught on the knees of my mother and father, there Knowledge was born […]
Read More Hallmarks of Faith!Hebrews 10:9 “Then HE added, “Behold, I have come to do YOUR will.” HE does away (has fulfilled) with the first (covenant) in order to establish the second. CHRIST’s Crimson Keys! Red Righteousness robed yet whiter than snowflakes and lighter than each pardoned soul once in Debt. No more chained to Death, released to serve […]
Read More CHRIST’s Crimson Keys!Psalms 100:3 “Know that the LORD is God. It is HE WHO made us, and we are HIS; we are HIS people, the sheep of HIS pasture!” Into HIS Everlasting Arms! The lamb quickly bounded beyond outstretched arms. Yet with base, detached thought, it knew not their intent. They seemed bent on capture; restraining all […]
Read More Into HIS Everlasting Arms!Jeremiah 29:13 “You will seek ME and find ME WHEN you seek ME with all your heart.” Surrendering our Divided Hearts! The investments of Time with the heights of Attention must marry together where CHRIST is concerned. In addition, HIS zeal is wholly required so that every second we breathe…bears HIS praise. Thus displayed is […]
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