To See JESUS CHRIST!
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 “Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is GOD’s will for you in CHRIST JESUS.” With Paired Pursuit! Bring HIS prayer song with each morning and HIS praise with each evening. Lift CHRIST’s NAME with the Dawn and keep singing — believing! For with the sunrise and each […]
Read More With Paired Pursuit!Psalm 59:16: “But I will sing of YOUR strength; in the morning I will sing aloud of YOUR steadfast love.” Renewal’s Refueling! What’s resurgent and new;what repeats till refreshed….is HIS SPIRIT’s indwellingour souls. What Folly befalls uswhen quench we HIS movements!By Stagnation’s restraints then…we’re slowed. But with all who remainwhose spiritual footstepskeep pressed in HIS […]
Read More Renewal’s Refueling!Psalm 74:16 “The day is YOURS, and also the night; YOU established the moon and the sun.” Trusting the TimeKeeper! What a difference a day makes in wonderful ways when a soul depends solely on GOD WHO is Holy; relying on HIM by obeying. For our sum of perspective at best displays Lack as our […]
Read More Trusting the TimeKeeper!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 […]
Read More What Death to Self Births!2 Corinthians 5:20 “Therefore, we are ambassadors for CHRIST, GOD making HIS appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of CHRIST,, be reconciled to GOD!” Keep Climbing! With gladness of soul to see life in another who struggles to breathe over Evil’s oppression… …so Joy fills my heart as a witness of healing which […]
Read More Keep Climbing!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.’” Faith’s Food Critics! Feed not the flesh, just the SPIRIT for by grace are we saved through Faith. Which is not birthed by Self but from GOD WHO compels […]
Read More Faith’s Food Critics!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!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 […]
Read More Church Hopping?Philippians 3:20 “But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a SAVIOUR from there, the LORD JESUS CHRIST!” Gathering GODly Supplies! Serve then the LORD with your joyous refrains; uplift effort-filled praises with reverent displays! By accomplishing such without any delays, so our lives will soar far from “lukewarm”. Found building with gold […]
Read More Gathering GODly Supplies!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!Proverbs 4:23 “Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life!” Victoriously Watching! None can defend against enemies already “inside”… who’ve been nurtured and coddled, protected as well, in dark corners of hearts and of minds. None can pretend they’re in power nor having control… when their gates are wide open […]
Read More Victoriously Watching!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!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!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!Psalm 32:8 “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.” The Best Alterations! To be crushed by GOD is far better than to be set free by oneself. To be broken by HIS holy hand is greater than left whole […]
Read More The Best Alterations!Psalm 73:28 “But for me it is good to be near GOD; I have made the LORD GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all YOUR works.” Closer Encounters! We compare ourselves in the mirror and with others. Our tendency then is critically set… …against any image which makes us “look bad”. With such […]
Read More Closer Encounters!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.” Increasing…IN HIS Steps! Winning with JESUS; LOSING with satan. Yet the steps of the flesh fit closest with darkness. Only with GOD’s discernment can we stay on […]
Read More Increasing…IN HIS Steps!Psalm 63:1 “O GOD, YOU are my GOD; earnestly I seek YOU; my soul thirsts for YOU; my flesh faints for YOU, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.” With Zealous Pursuit! What if the blind man had not asked for Sight? What if Content rested just to have hearing? […]
Read More With Zealous Pursuit!Luke 19:38 “Saying, “Blessed is the KING WHO comes in the name of the LORD! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” Unfading Glory! How close do we hold “cotton candy” possessions? How firm is our grasp on such things which just fade? Do we cling to what’s temporal or all that’s eternal? Will […]
Read More Unfading Glory!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!James 1:4 “And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.” HIS Steadfast Command! These trials seem brutal, incessant and growing when “locked-in” every step with the LORD. While dark unrelenting and shadows still beckon, our souls must fight through this “short” battle. Because in the end […]
Read More HIS Steadfast Command!Matthew 7:24 “Everyone then who hears these words of MINE and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the ROCK.” ROCK Building! Confessions in order will supersede borders which harbor Disorder to walk closer still… …with the GOD of Creation WHOSE CHRIST died to save us! WHO lives as […]
Read More ROCK Building!Isaiah 64:4 “From of old no one has heard or perceived by the ear, no eye has seen a god besides YOU, WHO acts for those who wait for HIM.” With Faithful Believing! The world says, Make a name for yourself.” The LORD says, “Lift MINE!” The devil would have us promote only self…while we […]
Read More With Faithful Believing!Ephesians 4:15 “Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into CHRIST HSRLF, WHO is the Head.“ Approaching HIS Level! Who longs to be wrong about lingering longer… thus praying HIS sooner return will become… …the hour at Present? Are not these our thoughts as we’re watching for GOD to […]
Read More Approaching HIS Level!Matthew 5:16 “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your FATHER WHO is in heaven.” Making Faith’s Footprints! Days dawning and fading while life presses onward… …remind of our “blade of grass” lives being temporal. Thus with moments in time to give GOD every breath… …let […]
Read More Making Faith’s Footprints!Isaiah 9:2 “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone.” Changing the Un-Scenery! Dark visions confront us with peace-stealing views…repeatedly showing us things in black light. Such sights court Distress; even fearful Impressions and those who embrace such […]
Read More Changing the Un-Scenery!Psalms 25:4 “Make me to know YOUR ways, O LORD; teach me YOUR paths.” With Ever Honest Appraisals! To progressively align with HIS image requires daily transformation. To look more like CHRIST most necessitates feedback then from others…on the same journey. Often those without faith will assign observations and sometimes they’re valid. But none who […]
Read More With Ever Honest Appraisals!Titus 2:13 “Waiting for our Blessed Hope, the appearing of the glory of our great GOD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST…” When HE Intervenes! Weak Flesh, weaker wills,and false Hope ridewith Doubt. On its uncertain waves,each progresses to steal. As such, in the lives ofthose drowning inFear… these appear to takeall one’s attentionfrom JESUS. But look […]
Read More When HE Intervenes!Psalm 145:18 “The LORD is near to all who call on HIM, to all who call on HIM in truth.” Nearer, my GOD! As opposed to one foot in front of the other; “two steps behind” meets with Sin. One progresses, two decline so when following GOD, we must keep our pace just with HIS. […]
Read More Nearer, my GOD!Psalm 145:19 “My mouth will speak in praise of the LORD. Let every creature praise HIS holy NAME for ever and ever.” Praise Pairings! The Harp is a kindred, stringed instrument; well known for its soul-felt expressions. Notes of Sorrow and Praise have flowed through it and Time; thus outpouring emotions once kept deep within. […]
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