To See JESUS CHRIST!
1 Thessalonians 4:18 “Therefore encourage one another with these words!” Waiting for Five! A gathering of numbers, of such kindred souls, with reunions of hearts once again… What blessed embrace as each greets one another…on streetsmade gold…found in Heaven! So three went ahead by our SAVIOUR’s recall to serve HIMin HIS presence — rejoicing! With […]
Read More Waiting for Five!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!Psalm 27:14 “Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.” By HIS Sovereign Call! In Tragedy’s “accident” which had occurredin my life as a very young man…there a soul was transferred into Heaven…and in doing so left me behind. Having written a number of memoriesand reviewed every one several […]
Read More By HIS Sovereign Call!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!Luke 12:37 “Blessed are those servants whom the MASTER finds awake when HE comes. Surging Forward! As the LORD draweth closer, give heed to HIS words heard speaking through scripture…with Power. Watch then most expectant like Gideon‘s men…serving faithfully, daily, each reverent hour! Yea! Let’s sing till the End with the strongest of praises…our MASTER, […]
Read More Surging Forward!Matthew 7:6 ““Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.” CHRIST Pearls and Poems! Oh to be freed! Yea, released from this flesh and found soaring through spaces designed for our souls! Back home to the Heavens where […]
Read More CHRIST Pearls and Poems!Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” HIS Opening Door! Expectantly watch for our Joy WHO is coming; WHOSE presence brings wholeness — most full. Await and adore HIM with oft proven Zeal even breathlessly surging with Love. And that not your own for such […]
Read More HIS Opening Door!Mark 16:15 “And HE said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.” HIS Crimson Talent! Invest then HIS talent bestowed for your life. Pricelessly offered and paid in advance…. by HIS sacrifice, both eternal and full! Yea, CHRIST our REDEEMER with scarred, callous hands! So gather great […]
Read More HIS Crimson Talent!2 Timothy 3:16 “All Scripture is breathed out by GOD and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, Plumb Line Assessments! What is the impact of sin on your mission? Does Complaceny’s weight drag your footprints off course? Does a tolerant heart of a wayward transaction cause Doubt to distract […]
Read More Plumb Line Assessments!1 John 3:1a “See what great love the FATHER has lavished on us, that we should be called children of GOD! And that is what we are!“ With the Heart of a Child! A visitor to the Jonathan Griffith house was a common occurrence. In the small home with 3 children, so it became routine […]
Read More With the Heart of a Child!1 Chronicles 16:11 “Seek the LORD and HIS strength; seek HIS presence continually! Doubling Down! Sin without remorse betrays wickedness – embraced…while repentance for errors engages HIS Grace. Stay the course… Stay the course… Stand with The LORD! Conviction — when heeded — then blesses hearts quickly…but stubborn behaviors find wisdom yet missing. Stay the […]
Read More Doubling Down!1 Corinthians 15:58 “Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the LORD, knowing that in the LORD your labor is not in vain.” The Measure of one’s Heart! One point passed a goal is known as Success while one marker short of it is Failure. In some efforts, the […]
Read More1 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 […]
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