To See JESUS CHRIST!
Philippians 2:13 “…for it is GOD WHO is at work in you, both to will and to work for HIS good pleasure.” Hope…Displayed! Blessed are the “mended” GOD heals… for they have been broken before. They know of great pain and its losses…and wear all its scarsfrom the past. Yes, favored are we whose repairing […]
Read More Hope…Displayed!Matthew 15:18a “But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart…” With Full Faith Expressions! We are HIS creation, uniquely selected…Called out, set apart as HIS chosen — yea, separate. Out of all in existence, none other is like HIM. None bear the LORD’s image save us…as HIS children. As outward reflections with […]
Read More With Full Faith Expressions!Revelation 1:5: “And from JESUS CHRIST, the faithful Witness, the Firstborn of the dead, and the Ruler of the kings of the earth. To HIM WHO loves us and has released us from our sins by HIS blood!” HIS Apostrophe’s Power! How can our vessels be stained and impure yet found spotless? How is it […]
Read MorePsalm 144:1 “Blessed be the LORD, my ROCK, WHO trains my hands for war and my fingers for battle.” Prepared…as Instructed! When the tempest clouds swirl inward with wind-whipped waves surging… …when such darkness surrounds you, may — this — be in hand. Even more so, in heart and in mind — memorized — be […]
Read More Prepared…as Instructed!1 Peter 2:25 “For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the SHEPHERD and OVERSEER of your souls.” Returning to SENDER! Journey back home, precious Pilgrim;Travel safely returning to ME. Leave behind each regret and all baggage — distressed. Turn around, dearest child; come to ME. Choose Faith and such Zeal; run […]
Read More Returning to SENDER!Psalm 27:13 “I believe that I shall see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living!” Foregoing Physical Sight! Upon the everlasting arms are we leaning ever breathing…. …as those souls bent low believing — in HIS healing yet unseen. Yet within our present struggles, we’re still heading to HIS Wedding… …lifting […]
Read More Foregoing Physical Sight!Romans 13:11 “And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we (first) believed.” With each New Day! To some, each new year holds no happy refrains. No songs of great Joy nor of Peace. To others, the date means […]
Read More With each New Day!1 Corinthians 3:11 “For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is JESUS CHRIST!” Building Day! This ship called Relation is most blessed a structure. Designed by the LORD, so it’s perfectly built. On HIS side, that is…from HIS heart’s perspective. Thus calls HE each day, “Build your life […]
Read More Building Day!Isaiah 9:2 “The people who walk in darkness will see a great LIGHT; Those who live in a dark land, The LIGHT will shine on them!” Commonly Called, Sovereignly Sewn! Separate missions and varied paths are different strands within HIS hands. Uneven lengths and diverse colors with unlike strengths called “other than”. So we are […]
Read More Commonly Called, Sovereignly Sewn!Ezekiel 34:11 “For thus says the LORD GOD: Behold, I, I MYSELF will search for MY sheep and will seek them out.” Our SHEPHERD’s Presence! HIS bridge and crossfor us as sheepmight simple seemour path to follow. But from HIS narrowroad we stray, a feattoo soon gainedeach Tomorrow. For without pow’r tolead ourselves,nor get our […]
Read More Our SHEPHERD’s Presence!3 John 3 “For I was overjoyed when the brothers came and testified about your devotion to The Truth, in which you continue to walk.” Un-Virtually HIS! Honest appraisals.Factual statements.Called “As it is!” SoReality speaks. But! Camouflaged lies.Untrustworthy words.Deceptive replies.Such is “virtual” speech. For though these, the latter,seem real…they’ve nosubstance worth everrepeating. Although true “appearing”aloud, […]
Read More Un-Virtually HIS!Psalm 145:13b “The LORD is faithful in all HIS words…and kind in all HIS actions.” Exceeding Loyalty’s Measures! GOD’s loyalty is a blessed weight exceeding that of mountains and stretching longer than any measure. Being anchored in the ROCK of all ages, CHRIST JESUS, so we learn just how strong is this bond. Because! We […]
Read More Exceeding Loyalty’s Measures!Acts 4:12 “And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved!” The HERO’s Effort! It took a hero without sin WHOSE sacrificed life bought this wretchfrom depths of Self staining. Only ONE matched that role which CHRIST filled without […]
Read More The HERO’s Effort!Titus 2:14 “HE gave HIMSELF for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for HIMSELF a people for HIS OWN possession, zealous for good deeds.” CHRISTmas…Daily! Our efforts, HE watches;each heart is examined…not for earning HIS favorbut measuring Zeal. To see if our hands areserving utmost…or tolevels — much lesser— bent down. […]
Read More CHRISTmas…Daily!John 12:26 “Whoever serves ME must follow ME; and where I am, MY servant also will be. MY FATHER will honor the one who serves ME.” Two Birds, One Step! Step forward once more, this morning, this hour…with prayer from the heart on your lips. Step backwards always from the sins of our flesh, while […]
Read More Two Birds, One Step!Hebrews 5:14 “But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.” Meat over Minutia! Do you go to church just to hear HIS WORD — broken? Do you press through trials, as such, each LORD’s day? To reach its front […]
Read More Meat over Minutia!Ephesians 6:10 “Finally, be strong in the LORD and in the strength of HIS might.” (And LIGHT!” Surges of LIGHT! LORD GOD, this soul courses with YOUR Light. YOUR glowing blood surges and changes my life. Here standing at windows and doors am I watching; with heart pressed against any glass, also waiting! Now resting […]
Read More Surges of LIGHT!Isaiah 9:7c “The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this!” With HIS Zeal! GOD’s steps for you are not meant for another. HIS footprints lead onward; uniquely and sovereign. In truth, so specific is each that HE planned them before there was you…and ahead of all Time. Thus stand still at this moment; […]
Read More With HIS Zeal!Luke 24:45 “Then HE opened their minds to understand the Scriptures…” The Un-Puzzling! The hardest puzzles are those where each piece looks quite similar. Both in shape and in color, so choosing each correctly requires study of the edges and the part of the picture that’s on it. In like manner, many think the Bible […]
Read More The Un-Puzzling!Hebrews 12:6 ““For whomever THE LORD JEHOVAH loves, HE instructs, and draws aside HIS children with whom HE is pleased.” The Provision of HIS Presence! What do blessings feel like which HE calls “overflowing”? Is it health or abundance of wealth? Maybe both? Are those valued highest (as measured by CHRIST)… …on a yardstick which […]
Read More The Provision of HIS Presence!John 17:3 “And this is eternal life, that they know YOU, the only true GOD, and JESUS CHRIST WHOM YOU have sent!” The Soul Answer! May the soul with no answers save CHRIST remain humbled for such knowledge surely — through valleys — is gained. Where all other theories have soundly been crushed and with […]
Read More The Soul Answer!John 12:32 “And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all unto MYSELF.” Drawn to The Answer! What love is expressed which cannot be measured? Whose heart keeps expanding our own with Compassion? Where can such be found and WHO will bring such care? Oh, sing out just the NAME of […]
Read More Drawn to The Answer!Hosea 6:6 “For I will have mercy rather than sacrifice, and the knowledge of GOD rather than whole-burnt-offerings.” First Extensions! To love mercy exceeds Self’s compassion; to relish Release far beyond daily Judgment. To truly respond with Grace — passing over the faults of another since CHRIST took our stripes. For some have been constant […]
Read More First Extensions!Isaiah 25:1 “LORD, you are my GOD; I will exalt YOU and praise YOUR NAME, for in perfect faithfulness YOU have done wonderful things, things planned long ago.” The Day of Faith! It’s just as GOD said through HIS WORD and the prophets. It’s just as HE wrote through HIS scribes for today. HE gave […]
Read More The Day of Faith!Psalms 86:11 “Teach me your way, LORD, that I may rely on YOUR faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear YOUR NAME!” Just…in HIS Direction! Relent from pursuing the sins of the flesh. Reject such backslidden and deviant paths. Instead reaching upwards, grasp Zeal with your heart and repeat every movement with […]
Read More Just…in HIS Direction!Micah 6:8 “HE has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly WITH your GOD?” Still Walking! Error recovery trumps Failure avoidance where we stray from HIS Rest trying best in our strength. So “getting back […]
Read More Still Walking!John 16:33 “I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world!” This Greatest Jubilee! With great jubilee and rejoicing, so HIS enemies “think” they’re now winning. But just like before at the Flood and the […]
Read More This Greatest Jubilee!Job 4:4 “YOUR words have steadied those who stumbled; YOU have braced the knees that were buckling.” Un-Automating Stumbling! The works of the flesh and the deviloften coincide in the same steps. Where our flesh tends to go, so the devil will make such paths those of “least resistance”. Add in the tools of the […]
Read More Un-Automating Stumbling!1 John 2:6 “Whoever says they abide in HIM should (even must!) walk in the same way in which HE walked.” IN Steps! As Heaven’s witnessto all we walk through,so HE sees those thingswhich birth Prayer. Then lifting to Heavenboth trials and painsso joined are our criesby HIS care. IN steps HE purposedthere felt is […]
Read More IN Steps!Ephesians 5:1-2 “Therefore be imitators of GOD, as beloved children. And walk in love, as CHRIST loved us and gave HIMSELF up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to GOD.” HIS Promised Signs! When a personal rainbow reflects down from Heaven, a soul MUST take notice. Yet not just with the passing of glances… […]
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