To See JESUS CHRIST!
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!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!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!Romans 12:11: “Do not be slothful in zeal, but be fervent in spirit. Serve the LORD!” Measuring with the MASTER! How great is this hour; How wondrous each second! There’s no grave to fear for we’re bound in HIS presence! Never leaving nor ever forsaking our souls, so give praise to the ONE WHO bears […]
Read More Measuring with the MASTER!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!1 Timothy 1:15 “The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that CHRIST JESUS came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.” The Broken Role! To claim chief “of the good guys” is worse than “of sinners”… as one viewpoint is pride while the other — surrender. Thus confession of […]
Read More The Broken Role!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!”Job 31:4 “Does not HE see my ways and number all my steps?” The First Measure! (Excessive) cautious steps versus boldness displayed, which choice is more often selected? Is our trust in the LORD or the work of our hands? Do we move through this life… “self-directed”? OR! Have we surrendered our ways to The […]
Read More The First Measure!1 Peter 1:7 “These (trials) have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when JESUS CHRIST is revealed. Faith Stretching Fabric! We walk through this life wearing clothing which fades. It wears and it tears being […]
Read More Faith Stretching Fabric!1 John 2:20 “But you have been anointed by the HOLY ONE, and you all have knowledge!” HIS Anointed Waterfalls! Love defined supernaturally: CHRIST! Our LORD WHOSE affections have given us life. As a waterfall soaking from heights set on high, so HIS outpouring floods through this soul! It’s power is endless, HIS depths — […]
Read More HIS Anointed Waterfalls!Philippians 3:1 “Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the LORD. To write the same things to you is no trouble to me and is safe for you.” The Rest of Repetition! Those shadowy hosts which court darkness continue to tell every CHRISTian, “Be silent!” Such spirits rail constantly, spewing rejection since they cannot stand to hear […]
Read More The Rest of Repetition!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!Psalm 150:6 “Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Praise the LORD!” With Our Final Breath! Which experiences transform us most? Are they mental or physically changing? Or is there another encounter more worthy, converting us past breaths remaining? There is only one, dear Beloved of GOD! It’s when HE bends down from the […]
Read More With Our Final Breath!Psalm 97:11 “Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart. Light Sowing Joy! HE moved, is moving and shall for Eternity. With seed HE sows all that is precious and good… …for the souls and the sakes of every believer! HE is light, gives life and sows both every hour. […]
Read More Light Sowing Joy!Ephesians 4:1 “I therefore, a prisoner for the LORD, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called…” Perfectly Assigned! As sinners GOD saved and saints HE corrects, so we are HIS children of purpose. Learning from errors to walk more direct, so THE WORD leads us forth in […]
Read More Perfectly Assigned!John 3:11 “Truly, truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, and yet you people do not accept our testimony.” “You People!” A different “kind”, a separate “group”, Another “faith” — all together. Yet next beside, (in church residing) do not relent from Law’s pursuit! […]
Read More “You People!”Isaiah 66:2 “These are the ones I look on with favor: those who are humble and contrite in spirit, and who tremble at MY WORD”. Broken Openings! HE’s JESUS, our leader of heav’nly behaviors WHOSE written WORD giv’n exceeds every treasure. HE is WHO redeemed us, our LORD and sole SAVIOUR WHOSE spoken words gifted […]
Read More Broken Openings!Colossians 3:2 “Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.” Priority Screening! As the screen before the veil, so is this life in view before the next. What then happens in the forefront shall bind with the “Hereafter”. Plainly what we do for Self or CHRIST points to which view we’ve taken. So […]
Read More Priority Screening!Mark 16:15 “Then HE said to them, “Go the whole world over, and proclaim the Good News to all mankind!” Extending HIS Purchase! I exchange all my stains for HIS grace shed so freely…for the shame every sin had engraved deep within me. With purpose and meaning, completely cleansed whole….so I call on HIS NAME […]
Read More Extending HIS Purchase!Matthew 4:4 “But HE answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every WORD that comes from the mouth of GOD.’” “Feeding” CHRIST! Every great craving for physical food proves drastically less than their hunger for CHRIST. Heart displayed every day by both action and speech in HIS face as […]
Read More “Feeding” CHRIST!2nd Corinthians 3:17 “Now the LORD is the SPIRIT, and where the SPIRIT of the LORD is, there is freedom.” Our Morning Prayer! LORD, pour YOUR oil out; Drench us anew we pray. May every garments edge be soaked and ever so remain! LORD, guide us with THY hand; correcting every stray! Breathe quickly through […]
Read More Our Morning Prayer!Matthew 5:12 “Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.“ As Zealots Called! There’s none else worth craving than CHRIST WHOSE blood saving shall one day — us raising — bring Rapture to bear. Yet who found among us has shed blood […]
Read More As Zealots Called!Psalm 71:23 “My lips will shout for joy when I sing praise to YOU — I whom YOU have delivered.” With Notes Transforming! Overcome now through CHRIST WHO strengthens our lives; enlightens our eyesand secures us. Without measure so give as provision permits from a heartwhich takes less…than expected. Yea do this with Haste for the […]
Read More With Notes Transforming!Luke 19:10 “For the SON of MAN came to seek and to save the lost.” To See Your Face Again! Oh GOD! Hear our voice as these souls fall asleep, knelt weeping for joy as we stand in YOUR keep. Unmerited favor; what grace without end! Thus each heart still cries out to come Home. […]
Read More To See Your Face Again!Philippians 2:17 “Even if I am to be poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all”. The Barrel’s Blessed Base! Grant Hope to those seeking its feeling within. Show CHRIST and HIS light to those darkened by Sin. Give life without price […]
Read More The Barrel’s Blessed Base!Isaiah 66:2 “All these things MY hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares the LORD. But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at MY WORD.” With Offtrack Redirections! The heart which accuses with Discomfort’s intention …acts no […]
Read More With Offtrack Redirections!Matthew 4:16 “The people living in darkness have seen a great LIGHT; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a LIGHT has dawned!” Lost LIGHTING! Let none be “dying for the ending” but rather ”living in the present.” Let none neglect the hungry soul and quickly share The Gospel message! For! […]
Read More Lost LIGHTING!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.” NOW More than Ever! How little we know though compiling details. Some facts with some fiction yet all incomplete. So how can we give HIM the lesser […]
Read More NOW More than Ever!Jeremiah 23:29 “Behold, are not MY words as fire? says the LORD; and as an axe cutting the rock? Love-Lighting, Fire-Starting! For GOD make most obvious this day — separations…HIS thoughts from our thoughts and HIS ways from our own. For HE blatantly shows us, the sheep of HIS pasture that we must be readied […]
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