To See JESUS CHRIST!
Psalm 113:2 “Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and forever!” With Endless Gratitude! While Unequal Gratitude some might choose to give… it must not be for praising HIM; WHO’s due our souls’ Thanksgiving! Instead it then be Flesh with sins — embellished… … whose thoughts exalt themselves to turn the […]
Read More With Endless Gratitude!2 Peter 3:18 “But grow in the grace and knowledge of our LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. To HIM be the glory both now and forever. Amen!” With Soul Comparison! Comparing sin is a relative task.By each of its hosts, observationsare made. Sadly, “better than you” is the default assessment which thoughtlessly — some apply […]
Read More With Soul Comparison!Hebrews 13:8 “JESUS CHRIST is the same yesterday and today and forever.” Love, Uncompromising! Help us, FATHER…not to earn correction. Assist our hearts to YOURS alone reflect. Guide these steps to walk with Grace — uncompromising…so YOUR truth remains always on full display. Extend us Wisdom then with Knowledge too…till Understanding’s skill has been retained. […]
Read More Love, Uncompromising!Song of Solomon 3:4 “I have found the one whom my soul loves!” As HIS Tandem Torch! This soul clings toCHRIST as my heartbreathes with hersm. Through both trialand valley, HEbrings us. Awaiting The ONEWHO createdour path so we walknow…expectantly watching. Ignited our zeal hasbeen by HIS Light. Thus the road yet aheadbears few shadows! […]
Read More As HIS Tandem Torch!Acts 5:29 “Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey GOD rather than men.” With HIS Blood Bought Purpose! We have no strengthto turn this time, butGOD! BUT GOD —through CHRIST… …finds us longing forour risen LORD,expectantly awaiting! Yea! Our RighteousKING returning,WHOSE power —(evil spurning) …stems its tidalwaves! So JESUS’NAME […]
Read More With HIS Blood Bought Purpose!Song of Solomon 2:1 “I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.” “Standing” with HIS Roses! Two viewing a flower bouquet. Two claim very different perspectives. One sees every petal’s most brilliant display while the other scene is less descriptive. So where one’s sight centers is crucial indeed. Else “beholding the […]
Read More “Standing” with HIS Roses!James 4:7 “Submit yourselves therefore to GOD. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” Living Likewise! Let us trust in the LORD and not onour souls… till relinquished the grasp on this flesh which we hold. Let us quickly submitthat our best is yet flawed… by exalting the NAME of our KING and […]
Read More Living Likewise!1 Corinthians 12:7 “A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other.” The “Cost” of Connection! There are gains that our sensesprefer over others;for Fellowship’s Favor whichour SAVIOUR leads.For to draw nearest CHRISTin the midst of the Bodymeans we must reflect HIMwithout one restraint. Yea, without holding back, sowe […]
Read More The “Cost” of Connection!Psalm 121:8 “The LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore!” Waiting Up! Quietly sitting before the fire, the older woman slowly picked up an aged, cast iron poker and proceeded to stoke the coals nearly asleep before her. Sparks, startled by the sudden movement, then quickly rose up. As an […]
Read More Waiting Up!Psalm 66:17 “I cried out to HIM with my mouth; HIS praise was on my tongue!” “Close” Calls! The closest one feels to their CREATOR is at those junctions where HE intercedes. Where failed are steps which Flesh has authored. Then! Glory to GOD, HE moves with HIS grace! Saving the broken and humbly contrite, […]
Read More “Close” Calls!Psalm 34:8 “O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusts in HIM!” From Broken to Blessed 2X! A broken heart’sburden cannot belifted by hands… …as shattered hopesremain fractured whenall has been lost. So the only solution ISCHRIST as our SAVIORof WHOM we sing“Love lifted me!” Without human hands,Heaven’s […]
Read More From Broken to Blessed!Matthew 11:15 “Whoever has an ear to hear, let him hear!” Personal Playlist Priorities! “Joy to the World!” is a gift few extend who are bound by the things of this Life. Rather! “Joy WITH the World!” is their echoing song louder heard than their worship of CHRIST. So let’s take off our headphones and […]
Read More Personal Playlist Priorities!Proverbs 4:25 “Let your eyes look straight ahead, And your eyelids look right before you!” Directly Drawn! A “race to the endzone is futile” whenever one runs empty handed.The finish line — fruitless — when someone’s direction is opposite of course completion. Yet countless, excessively erring, decide to remain in the darkness.Spinning their wheels; running […]
Read More Directly Drawn!Matthew 27:66 “So they went and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone and setting a guard.” An “Every Day Calendar CHRISTmas!” “Merry CHRISTmas” is constant;it’s for every season; …each month full of days and thehours going with them! Yet! To the world, it’s compressedas one span… …of just 24 hours and then:Nothing more! […]
Read More An “Every Day Calendar CHRISTmas!”Romans 14:19 “So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.” Internal Strengthening, External Building! Home but not yetso HIS SPIRIT within…both shelters andkeeps us till then. Hope’s expectationmeets JESUS, as suchwhile we wait for HISwinds of Redemption! So by GOD’s righteousgusts we are carried:by CHRIST’s finishedwork we are housed… …in […]
Read More Internal Strengthening, External Building!Proverbs 21:30 “There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD!”. Abandoning our “Tug of War!” CHRIST draws us to HIMyet the Flesh…many timeswill reverse this blessed course. Rejecting the disciplined walkthat HE taught so backwardswe press…into “lukewarm dross”. Given this Truth, then Surrender…to CHRIST as the wisest of choices. For the battle […]
Read More Abandoning our “Tug of War!”Isaiah 66:13: “As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you.” “& Mother!” Honoring parents may notalways seem easy. As children,our views, often skewedwere from Truth. So with immature eyes,we assumed what is right…though Experience had notyet taught us. As such, someinstructions from GODwere still pending…since youth was ourbadge and Time’shands not yet […]
Read More “& Mother!”Proverbs 8:34 “Blessed are those who listen to ME, watching daily at MY doors, waiting at MY doorway.” The Great Uplifting! The Cross, oh lost soul— searching still, is atLove’s intersection…where bound is Doubt,Confusion and theplans of man’sIntentions. Yes there is where FirstLight was seen whenthese blind eyes HEopened. Oh howdivine are YOURdesigns as signs […]
Read More The Great Uplifting!2 Timothy 2:15 “Study to shew yourself approved unto GOD, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing THE WORD of Truth.” THE WORD is Truth! Past confessionsof camouflagedWeakness and Pride…urge Death’s signaturestories be broughtback to Life… …WHEN recited arethings which rekindledead sins. Thenthose troubles againplague our senses. By words weighingas burdens, so […]
Read More THE WORD is Truth!Psalm 69:30 “I will praise the NAME of GOD with a song; I will magnify HIM…with thanksgiving!” The Perfect Pronoun! Confessing sins of pronouns Pride…(of Me, Myself and stubborn I) is not some simple exercise that’s done with selfish greed. Instead let’s trust the ONE WHOSE NAME took all our wretched, guilty shame! Let us […]
Read More The Perfect Pronoun!Ephesians 5:8 “For at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the LORD. Walk as children of light!” With Uncompromised Comparison! Why the compromisedMost plague the Manyof CHRIST is becauseof comparisons made. Often takingexceptions whenshown their reflections…where HE isn’t seenin their face. Without heart nor withsoul still they fight Selfcontrol in […]
Read More With Uncompromised Comparison!Hebrews 4:11 “Let us therefore strive to enter that rest (GOD’s rest), so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience.” The Reminder: Forward! Praise andadoration be…to CHRIST the LAMB,our risen KING.“Glory!” so weshout and sing,“Our Victory is won!” Then! Whoremains entrustingall their Faith inMan’s injustice?Yea, whose strengthlays — gravely rusted?Who chooses […]
Read More The Reminder: Forward!Psalm 95:3 For the LORD is a great GOD and a great KING above all gods…” How Great is HE! How firm aconnectionwhose powerhas lessenedto greatestdepend onthe SOURCEof all Life! How wise andsurrenderedthose brokenyet mendedwhose hopes —apprehendedhave been byThe CHRIST! How strong GOD’sfoundationon which HIScreation; Yes,we havebased on…secured tothis day! How great thenour GOD WHOby […]
Read More How Great is HE!Hosea 12:6 “Therefore, return to your GOD, observe kindness and justice, and wait for your GOD continually.” HIS Compass Reminders! With signs of the pastconfronting theseeyes; with sins whichhave passedre-remembered… …no casual thoughtsshould enter ourminds when, byour LORD GOD,we’re corrected. With these reflections,Truth reigniting,relearning lessons…so are we — again. Thus with eachmemory, respond —humbly bent…because […]
Read More HIS Compass Reminders!Matthew 5:6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied!” Next Stepping! Crawling, then walking;running, then soaring:sequential and linearpoints. Shown without shortcutor skipping a “step”…sofollows our spiritual growth. For thus HE designedour souls to progress…if just by that “step”every day. So! Forward movement,with eyes set onCHRIST; is the onlyacceptable […]
Read More Next Stepping!Colossians 4:2 “Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving!” Our CONDUCTOR’s Cry! (“The Battle IS won!) When the echo returning comes not from our voices… nor are the words shared what we’d say as word choices; Then heard is Heav’ns Fabric! Yes calling upon HIM… as we stand in the gap so […]
Read More Our CONDUCTOR’s Cry! (“The Battle IS won!)2 Corinthians 6:17 “Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the LORD…” Drawn Out! Glory to GOD, ever Highest;Glory to HIM — beyondevery compare!History points to HIS WORDto confirm it, as such…Lift GOD’s glory and praisewith your prayers! Yes! HE is coming as promised,bringing saints whom HE drewhome before us.Reunited […]
Read More Drawn Out!Psalm 107:43 “Whoever is wise, let him heed these things and consider the great love of the LORD.” Choice Wisdom! Wisdom gotten versusgained could meanthrough study orthrough pains. One carries foresightwhile the other —fools embrace. Seeking Understandingthen comes best fromGOD instead of men. Yet! Often Flesh picksSelf again…to follow. BUT GOD WHOSEwisdom formed ussaved our […]
Read More Choice Wisdom!1 John 3:2 “Beloved, we are GOD’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when HE appears we shall be like HIM, because we shall see HIM as HE is!” Fabric Transitions! When Heaven’s setfocus with Thought’stidal waves floodsone’s brain, then…won’t words flowin tandem? When withoutinterruption, CHRIST’sgaze […]
Read More Fabric Transitions!Acts 22:15 “You will be HIS witness to all men of what you have seen and heard.” Legacy-leaving Levels! Leaves disconnectedresemble faint echoswhere Life flourishedonce yet now appearfaded. Without vibrant stems,so its greens becomegray. Decay quicklycomes to transformwhat seems waste. It’s GOD’s given truthsince each liferecycled will birth thenext seedling! Thusblessed are thesecircles. Refresh your […]
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