To See JESUS 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 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!Luke 21:28 “ Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near!” THE Sign for Some! As the signs of HIS comingmerge with speed into oneand the great divide growseven greater; …then am I assured thatour SAVIOUR approacheswith rapture eternal…yetonly for some. Yes! The LORD […]
Read More THE Sign for Some!2 Samuel 7:28 “Now, O LORD GOD, YOU are GOD, and YOUR words are truth, and YOU have promised this good thing to YOUR servant.” Unquestionably Then! Why have Answers — so vague — met with Questions — direct? Why is Truth now cast down and replaced by Deceit? Where has Justice been banished and […]
Read More Unquestionably Then!Matthew 11:28 “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” On Freedom’s Wings! Forgiveness begins by extending HIS pardon to Self’s own reflection. For without that debt paid, then one can’t mrror CHRIST WHOSE redemption forgave even me. So we each must start inward redeeming the […]
Read More On Freedom’s Wings!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!Psalms 36:9 “For with YOU is the fountain of life; In YOUR light we see light!” By HIS Breath Indwelling First witnessing birth, then aninfant expressions…with Sounds softly rising, thus drawnthese heartstrings. Bending low with Compassion filledwith Love’s reflections…so am I found speechless by Joy mysight brings. Now beholding Creation’s initialexhale, so the cry of […]
Read More By HIS Breath IndwellingRomans 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!Galatians 5:1 “For freedom CHRIST has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery!” With Threads of Red, White and Blue! The American flag was born through extreme Adversity. Its’ woven beginnings are found rooted in unwanted conflict because Good was downtrodden and Justice was compromised. It’s […]
Read More With Threads of Red, White and Blue!Luke 6:45b “For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.” The WORD’s Warning… People whose heart-filled abundance speaks Slaughter are blind to the blood stains found covering their frame. Due to Pride, they are blunt with the cuts their words cause and devoid of compassion; thus deaf to one’s pain. So beware, […]
Read More The WORD’s Warnings…Psalm 34:15 “The eyes of the LORD are toward the righteous and HIS ears toward…their cry!” Faith’s Rallying Cry! (For this Hour!) “Surrendered strength” happensif craved — Sin’s embraces;where compromised stepscreate Weaklings — so Faithless. Beneath camouflage then…such souls surge — pretentious.Deceived and deceiving,with hatred — near endless. Yet stand strong, oh Church;rediscover your FATHERWHOSE […]
Read More Faith’s Rallying Cry!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!2 Peter 1:1 “Simon Peter, a bondservant and apostle of JESUS CHRIST, to those who have received like precious faith with us by the righteousness of our GOD and Savior JESUS CHRIST:” Of Like Faith! Memory’s stains, within sinners, are often refreshed by Belief’s weakest side where Self’s doubtsare unleashed… …where Deceit’s errant darknessattempts to […]
Read More Of Like Faith!1 Corinthians 12:18 “But now [as things really are], GOD has placed and arranged the parts in the Body, each one of them, just as HE willed and saw FIT [with the best balance of function].” Fit In! When seeds grow togetherSide by side — entwined closelytheir sprouts will unite— becoming one stock. But when […]
Read More “Fit In!”Psalm 143:6 “I stretch out my hands to YOU; My soul longs for YOU, as a parched land! Selah.” Heaven’s Peak! When Moses climbed Mt Nebo, his view of Promised Land awaited. Yet Life’s breath would soon elude him when GOD’s Hour Glass expired. When the final grain of sand did fall as one, completely […]
Read More Heaven’s Peak!Psalm 73:28 “But as for me, the nearness of GOD is my good…” I have made the LORD GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all YOUR works! Closer than Yesterday! Let YOUR NAME consume what remains of Self Till “Hid with CHRIST” — between crimson letters. Consume me then with YOUR sovereign truth […]
Read More Closer than Yesterday!Mark 10:28 “Peter began to say to HIM, “Behold, we have left everything and followed YOU!” The WHEN Exchange! When exchanging our emptiness for CHRIST’s whole indwelling; when donning HIS robes of pure righteousness — woven… then Faith rises up! But when focusing downward, retaining our Lack as if Worth; when shunning Surrender as though […]
Read More The WHEN Exchange!“If you should hear a teardropfall from any one in view…then run to catch it so the next timeone will come and comfort you!” Selfless service! Give the heart of CHRIST!
Read More Many years ago The LORD GOD gave me this…John 12:25 “He that loves his life shall lose it; and he that hates his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.” With the Beginning in Mind! Release your grip, oh Pilgrim; Release your grasp, oh self. Cast off all of Want’s attentions which are bound to “Here and Now”. For CHRIST’s […]
Read More With the Beginning in Mind!Proverbs 3:6 “In all your ways acknowledge HIM, and HE will make your paths straight!” LEFT: To our Own devices The direction is such to those rightly corrected; divided from Truth and abandoned fo Self… Whose face turned to straying from HIS — disobeying till wholly betraying HIS words, written — red. Yet how blatant […]
Read More LEFT: To our Own devices!Ecclesiastes 5:20 “They seldom reflect on the days of their life, because GOD keeps them occupied with gladness of heart.” Disrobing Regret! Regret is a well worn and drenched blanket…with huge holes in it. On only the coldest of proverbial winter nights it is pulled out…and then thrown atop a most grieving soul. Thread bare […]
Read More Disrobing Regret!Psalm 91:7-8 “A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it shall not come near you. Only with your eyes shall you look, and see the reward of the wicked.” When Justice Stands! In Justice, we find the payment for crimes. Injustice we see often happens instead. So […]
Read More When Justice Stands!Psalm 34;18 “The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves such as have a contrite spirit!” 2CJC! / Individual Renewals “To see JESUS CHRIST” requires an open heart, open ears and eyes, and an expectancy which draws one to seek HIM with daily zeal. “To see JESUS CHRIST” is an […]
Read More Individual Renewals!Matthew 25:23 “His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master!” Divinely Distracted! LORD JESUS, our prayers are lifted this hour, before YOU our praise comes entwined! In the midst of Life’s madness, […]
Read More Divinely Distracted!Psalm 18:28 “For it is YOU WHO light my lamp; the LORD my GOD lightens my darkness!” Those Souls! The beauty of the LORD is to darkness — repulsive. HIS grace filled aroma — a stench — to its senses. So those clothed with shadows: who loathe HIS glow’s presence… find — foul — every […]
Read More Those Souls!2 Timothy 1:7 “For GOD has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” With Fear’s Enemy & Doubt’s Foe! The spirit of this world rages against both vessels of clay. Yet men and women alike sometimes hold it captive within…as though a captor enjoying […]
Read More With Fear’s Enemy & Doubt’s Foe!Job 14:5 “Since his (man’s) days are determined (set), and the number of his months is with YOU, and YOU have appointed his limits that he cannot pass…” Unwavering Truth! No weapon formed against us can get past HIS armor; No arrow nor sword shall pierce through to our souls! By Love’s WORD defense, have […]
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