To See JESUS CHRIST!
Ephesians 3:14 “For this reason I bow my knees before the FATHER…” Falling Freely! Fall at HIS feet,fall at HIS feet.When trials meet you,just fall at HIS feet. Resist Self’s dependence,resist Independence!When trials attack you,just fall at HIS feet. For the faster we bend,there are blessings HEsends! So when the fighthits you, just fall at […]
Read More Falling Freely!Psalm 143:8 “Cause me to hear YOUR mercy in the morning; for I have hoped in THEE; make known to me, O LORD, the way wherein I should walk; for I have lifted up my soul to THEE!” THROUGH! Walking briskly on cobblestone sidewalks, so a tall figure moved in a hurried fashion. As he […]
Read More THROUGH!Proverbs 4:25 “Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you.” With Stirring Focus! Can one’s future self bring rescue to the present or the past? Or is there power in this moment to move forward…or shrink back? Glory! Here and now, in JESUS’ NAME is where we’re set in motion! […]
Read More With Stirring Focus!Psalm 55:6 “I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest.” Transitioning Steps! Protect our steps as we press forward daily; Grant YOUR rest to those who stretch towards… …that coming Hour when Faith no longer needed! Yes when face to face we join THEE, dearest […]
Read More Transitioning Steps!Psalm 32:8 “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with MY eye upon you.” Turning T’wards Home! Turn again Home Child…turn again Home. When your ship runs aground out at sea, so I pray! Just turn again, turn …t’wards Home. For all other waters save […]
Read More Turning T’wards Home!2 Peter 3:13 “But in keeping with GOD’s promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.” Land Ho! “Land Ho!” cries the watchman through spiritual eyes; and each soul — most expectant — for Paradise Found. Though a gap still exists before reaching those shores, such believers […]
Read More Land Ho!John 3:30 “HE must increase; I must decrease.” Invisibly Standing! Put to death every“thing” of the flesh.Do not coddle norentertain darkness. Cast off such glancesfound backwardsbehind you and liveby displaying HISlikeness. For the closer we drawunto GOD, then withgreater transparencyshining… …the shadows of sin will fleefaster than Wind. So for HIM!Let’s “invisibly” stand! As HIServant […]
Read More Invisibly Standing!1 John 3:1a “See what kind of love the FATHER has given to us, that we should be called children of GOD; and so we are!” With Soul Transparency! There worketh no good thing within us save our GOD’s sovereign deposits; Yes! by gifts of grace indwelling do HIS talents give us profit. Shown then […]
Read More With Soul Transparency!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!Psalm 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!Hebrews 13:8 “JESUS CHRIST is the same yesterday and today and forever.” Ever Present Tense! More memories are birthed the greater we age. But the older we get, more visuals just add to collections which often…become cobwebs. But GOD! Though recollection fades; though eyesight dims greatly, HIS never does! With Eternity’s records each constantly present, […]
Read More Ever Present Tense!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!Hebrews 10:23 “Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for HE WHO promised is faithful.” Love’s Second Scale! In a vision, a scribe of twelve thousand thoughts written carried each ink-filled page with him to Heaven. Expectantly certain, when weighed on the scales…of exceeding GOD’s number assigned for good works. But […]
Read More Love’s Second Scale!1 Timothy 6:12 “Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses.” Striving Skyward! Whatever your hand finds to do in HIS service, prioritize such without boasting. Do not draw attention beyond divine tasks as our enemy […]
Read More Striving Skyward!2 Corinthians 7:10 “GODly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret…” Except in the Ashes! From memory, LORD…please cleanse Past’s half hour. Remove I pray, every remembrance. Its record, oh GOD…please erase from review till none recall any detail. Yes! Purge all last minutes and seconds combining…as if those spans never […]
Read More Except in the Ashes!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!Romans 12:11 “Do not let (the fire of) your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the LORD!”. Torch Transfers! All glory be given to GOD; all praise be exhaled from our hearts. Though battle fatigued and wearied our soul; even so! Speak as HIS witness… and spark. Then igniting the Lost and rekindling those […]
Read More Torch Transfers!Philippians 3:13b “Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what (even WHO) is ahead…” All Behind! Take HIS WORD which we have heard and trust in HIM WHO took our sin… …because designed were we for saving! HE aligned us then at Calvary! How unworthy these, HIS vessels, yet HE chose to label “blessed”… …because […]
Read More All Behind!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.” Growing Pages! Each disordered inscription and disheveled writing could point to a mind which was absent of focus. Rambling and unfinished sentences might also be deemed as […]
Read More Growing Pages!Psalm 18:32 “HE made my feet like the feet of a deer and set me secure on the heights.” Stretch Highest! Going where seems no footholds: ascending where few choose to fly… …are both actions of Faith performed for THE NAME. So rise, fellow pilgrim, yea! Climb! Amen and amen!
Read More Stretch Highest!Psalm 119:10 “With all my heart I have sought YOU; do not let me stray from YOUR commandments!” Binding Instruments! Oh to be bound just to CHRIST…where no other chains limit our walk. Oh to be by HIM constrained without any exception…just GOD! No failing of Flesh nor a single misstep…oh to be found just […]
Read More Binding Instruments!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!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!1 Peter 4:8 “Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.” Following HIS LIGHT! Humility’s display is intrinsic…or not;thus adopted and foreign or natively known. Love’s depths mirror also this “Either/Or” stance with Care planted deep…or yet unsown. Thus humbled Affection surrendered to CHRIST will express HIS heart’s message […]
Read More Following HIS LIGHT!John 10:27 “MY sheep hear MY voice, and I know them, and they follow ME.” Just Left! A ready CHRIST follower, by definition, admits that they cannot lead themselves. In contrast, a slumbering memberof the Faith…tries to. Those closest to CHRIST then are steadfastly watching HIM, from behind or beside HIS presence. So those errantly […]
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