To See JESUS CHRIST!
1 Thessalonians 5:22 “Abstain from every form of evil.” Self Prevention! By HIS stripes on the road from Damascus, we walk within Wisdom and bask in HIS Grace. With robes of HIS right- eousness so HE has clothed us…anointed with oil for Faith. What blessed steps take we AWAY from Self interest…now changed by HIS […]
Read More Self Prevention!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!Philippians 1:21 “For to me, to live is CHRIST, and to die is gain!“ Torn Between! We want YOU, LORD with less of “me” with each step taken. Yea, as we breathe! For how much angst with longing weighs us to see YOUR face! Oh come, LORD JESUS! Thus unfulfilled, leave not our frames; our […]
Read More Torn Between!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!2 Timothy 4:7 “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” Racing Home! (In loving memory of Chris Burkhart 7/4/25) From the morning hour,his pace was brisk!From birth — we knowhis story goes. “Things to do!” withpaces kept that fewcould match, andfewer chose. So, in service, Chrisdrove […]
Read More Racing Home!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!1 Peter 2:21 “For you have been called for this purpose, since CHRIST also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in HIS steps…” While In Route! Self injuring blows we often apply without weighing the costs to our lives. “Shooting ourselves in the foot” then becomes a truth that repeats […]
Read More While In Route!James 4:7 “Submit yourselves therefore to GOD. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.“ With Total Resistance! Reject all returns to Egypt and deny any steps back to prison. Stay true to the LORD in each sense of the phrase and give way to HIS words filled with Wisdom! For the time is […]
Read More With Total Resistance!Proverbs 3:6 “In all your ways acknowledge HIM, and HE will make straight your paths.” Straight Forward! “Weak and without self control!” is the claim which so many believers hear echo within. Struggling with stepswherein Compromise hides, so such souls battle daily with oft disguised sin. Within footprints found which lead through darkened shadows, so […]
Read More Straight Forward!Romans 1:17 “For in it the righteousness of GOD is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.” With Timeless Faith! When the hourglass empties to silence, when no fanfare follows its sands to the bottom… …then we hesitate not to stand quickly once mor….for HE WHO is […]
Read More With Timeless Faith!Galatians 6:9 “Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” Full Service Balance! Glory to GOD; yea, hallow HIS NAME. Be quick to speak up, every servant! So cast off complaints; replace them with praise and fill the air ‘round you […]
Read More Full Service Balance!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? Walking Humbly With… Souls require GOD’s drawing to reach Heaven’s threshold. No Self effort added; no matter one’s longing. Forever us […]
Read More Walking Humbly With…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!James 4:8a “Draw near to GOD, and HE will draw near to you.” Nearer…till Then! LORD show us the “When?” of YOUR way leading home. Compel us with sight found from “reading” YOU close.” Oh the wisdom we learn from YOUR WORD! What embrace! Oh the joy of YOUR peace, endless mercy and grace! So […]
Read More Nearer…till Then!Philippians 4:7 “And the peace of GOD, which surpasses all understanding, will guard (and GUIDE) your hearts and your minds in CHRIST JESUS.” HIS Peace-Filled Directions! To all my disappointments, hear this acceptance bound in writing… …and! It’s sad to add the greatest gap was mine. When I‘ve failed to follow forward HIM in faith […]
Read More HIS Peace-Filled Directions!Hebrews 13:2 “Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.” “As Angels”! GOD sends HIS angels daily to watch over simple sheep. We HE calls to live with boldness as assigned and as released. Entwined with GOD’s provision to both preach and serve — thereby… …by HIS SON […]
Read More “As Angels!”Proverbs 16:4: “The LORD has made everything for its purpose.” Built for Battle! Let us cast our crowns at the feet of CHRIST… with every pearl of great price which we hold. Let us spend our lives in pursuit of HIS NAME for the grace HE’s abundantly, endlessly shown! Let’s always go forth, without false […]
Read More Built for Battle!Philippians 2:25 “I have thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, and your messenger and minister to my need…” Five Titles! We call upon others with names or with titles. Even “family” or “friend” can be one and the same. Thus we beckon to each with […]
Read More Five Titles!Philippians 2:5 “In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as CHRIST JESUS.” For Peer Review! Be careful of every available doorway. Use caution before any portal or gate. For though your faith’s height would protect you from evil, those following closely might not be as strong. So watch with Intent who you’re […]
Read More For Peer Review!Job 23:10 “But HE knows the way that I take; when HE has tried me, I shall come out as gold.” Uniquely Less Traveled! A slippery slope, a hard way to go. A garden whose crops are just weeds. Unenviable places to walk through at best then hold steps to which none should concede. But […]
Read More Uniquely Less Traveled!John 6:44 “No one can come to ME unless the FATHER WHO sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day!” Relentless Drawing! Well increased is HIS drawing for things set above; now my longing exceeds every Yesterday’s measure! The future as such is much brighter each day as HIS […]
Read More Relentless Drawing!Romans 12:11 “Do not be lacking in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the LORD!” With Exclusive Reflections! Mountainous seas of humanity surge through the valleys; From darkness and night, drawn by GOD’s sovereign light, to the heights of Redemption’s rejoicing… WHEN our vessels reflecting HIS glorious presence… touch those yet rejecting HIS merciful blessings… […]
Read More With Exclusive Reflections!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!Romans 12:11 “Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the LORD.” Full Volume Service! By YESHUA’s spoken will have we been chosen! Oh, give praise! Drawn by sovereign staff into HIS fold, so we partake of Grace. Why then are you downcast, my soul? HIS reign above is endless. None can […]
Read More Full Volume Service!Hebrews 11:1: “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” With Faith Forward! Faith isn’t stagnant. It’s zeal isn’t stale…within every soul who exhibits its heart. For to solely display just its face would prove Folly and stop well before it can start. Temporal at best then begs […]
Read More With Faith Forward!2 Thessalonians 3:5 “May the LORD direct your hearts into GOD’s love and CHRIST‘s perseverance.” To Do Likewise! The stressors of life are at times like a pot which is sealed, full of water,lp beginning to boil. The steam cannot rise any more nor decline since the fires still rage as our own strength recoils! […]
Read More To Do Likewise!Psalms 32:8 “I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go; I will counsel you with MY eye upon you!” With GOD’s Guidance! An inadvertent step. A “chance” occurrence. An errant thread. Yet! All have Purpose! For HE WHO directs and guides our lives is sovereign o’er all and is […]
Read More With GOD’s Guidance!2 Chronicles 15:7: “But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded”. Persevering Past! Enduring to the end; persevering past the finish line. So called are we to press into the storm. Completing every course; never lingering nor stepping back save when HE redirects us for a time. So […]
Read More Persevering Past!Hebrews 12:11 “For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant… …but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.” Service Scars! Who seeks HIM through tears are the often times broken, who crave for HIS presence with faith, without “hoping”. Repeatedly tested and tried yet […]
Read More Service Scars!Philippians 1:6 “And I am sure of this, that HE WHO began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of JESUS CHRIST.” The Purpose of Now! Through Life the LORD equips us to grow closer to HIM. We’re given experiences to gain faith and more to share with others. […]
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