To See JESUS CHRIST!
1 Timothy 2:1 “First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people…” HIS Pilgrim’s Prayers! Those “pressing in” prayer often weep for the Body with such tears as pre-requisite Faith. A cost then of sacrifice (which isn’t small) thus combines to produce such outpourings. So let none […]
Read More HIS Pilgrim’s Prayers!Exodus 9:16 “But for this purpose I have raised you up, to show you MY power, so that MY NAME may be proclaimed in all the earth.” Meant Two! We follow HIM WHO knew no sin; whose grace alone sufficient… …WHO took our blame upon HIS NAME; each stain and act — malicious. So keep […]
Read More Meant Two!1 Peter 1:15-16 “Just as HE WHO called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: “Be holy, because I AM holy.” By Chainless Example! We are bound to these bodies of death till HE transforms our vessels of flesh. Till then we remain to do as HE said […]
Read More By Chainless Example!Galatians 5:1 For freedom CHRIST has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.” Unshackled! The reduction of weight creates uplifted souls. Chains which once held us bound fall downward… in pieces. When we decrease the those bonds which the world has forged…then HIS yoke by default, […]
Read More Unshackled!Isaiah 44:3 “For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour MY SPIRIT upon your offspring, and MY blessing on your descendants!” Flood Waves! The heart’s outpouring flows every direction. With GOD’s presence pressing, HIS current upholds us. Sustaining our hopes and fulfilling our prayers, one […]
Read More Flood Waves!Matthew 24:31 “And HE will send out HIS angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather HIS elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.” “Why was I…” If tomorrow arrives and my neighbor is gone, then who will go searching for who? If they’re asking this question […]
Read More “Why was I…”Psalm 25:12 “Who is the man who fears the LORD? HE will instruct him in the way he should choose.” Walking within HIS Lines! Teach us to treasure YOUR ways and to number our days. Yea, keep training our hearts to — in step with you — stay. Grant us Wisdom and Knowledge to understand […]
Read More Walking within HIS Lines!Luke 12:15 “And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of their possessions.” Our “Empty-Handed” Treasure! Surrendering Will and the wants of this Flesh, are the most blest of losses to have. Like a gain which increases, so too […]
Read More Our “Empty-Handed” Treasure!Psalm 63:3-4 “Because YOUR love is better than life, my lips will glorify YOU! I will praise YOU as long as I live, and in YOUR NAME I will lift up my hands!” Praise Persevering! Praise ye the LORD from each mountaintop high and when stumbling through shadows in valleys below. Praise ye the ONE […]
Read More Praise Persevering!2 Corinthians 5:20 “Therefore, we are ambassadors for CHRIST, GOD making HIS appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of CHRIST, be reconciled to GOD!” Cross-stitched, Sovereignly! Meeting someone “by chance” presupposes no GOD… …as if every step takenis done without thought. So hear this reminder, I musttell us all. Every soul we encounter […]
Read More Cross-stitched, Sovereignly!Ephesians 4:16 “From HIM the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love through the work of each individual part.” Heaven’s Fabric! “Nothing to no one” is nobody’s title…because of GOD’s endless compassions. Since HE breathes and reweaves us though Life’s vibrant fabrics, so we are […]
Read More Heaven’s Fabric!1 Peter 2:20 “For what credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure it with patience? But if when you do what is right and suffer for it you patiently endure it, this finds favor with GOD.” These Worthy Pains! When the stripes of pain fall faster than raindrops and […]
Read More These Worthy Pains!Psalm 39:3 “My heart became hot within me. As I mused, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue…” Fanning HIS Fire! Going back to the beginning must mean our CREATOR…to WHOM, as our AUTHOR, we owe everything. Yes returned to our starting line breaths are we found…no more lost in the crowds of […]
Read More Fanning HIS Fire!Psalm 119:63 “I am a companion of all who fear YOU, of those who keep YOUR precepts!” Eternity’s Eagle! What bliss found in fellowship with like believers! Such souls outpour balm of refreshing from HIM. On the contrary, those whose communion is bitter…bring painful exchanges and self-serving sins. So let us gauge wisely each “bird […]
Read More Eternity’s Eagle!Isaiah 60:1, “Arise, shine, for your LIGHT has come, and the glory of the LORD has risen upon you!” Heart Light Reflections! As night-lights guide scared children to the bedrooms of their parents… so CHRIST’s glowing WORD enlightens us to be HIS Light’s reflection. Then when a child of GOD despairs, in need of HIS […]
Read More Heart Light Reflections!2 Timothy 2:2 “And what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.” Three for the Crossroads! In summary, HE knows of all of our needs: HE threads them together with sovereign solutions. Priority given is then to those pressing…according […]
Read More Three for the Crossroads!** This is a short story that I pray blesses you as it has me to write it! ** Romans 8:28 “And we know that in all things GOD works for the good of those who love HIM, who have been called according to HIS purpose!” Called…by GOD! As he pulled into the driveway, the […]
Read More Called…by GOD!Proverbs 27:19 “As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man reflects the man.” Exclusively Loving! Correct without vengeance and want without lust. Sacrifically give with a heart after GOD. Choose HIS wisdom only and to HIM submit. Solely love as our SAVIOUR and walk as HE did. THEN! Seek we HIS face […]
Read More Exclusively Loving!Colossians 4:6 “Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.” “Painting” with Grace! Restaining attempts have two flaws where someone feels their new sins must be given more crimson. As if a fresh coat of paint does the trick! But CHRIST’s finished […]
Read More “Painting” with Grace!Jeremiah 10:23 “I know, O LORD, that the way of man is not in himself, that it is not in man who walks…to direct his steps.” Beside or Behind! Retiring ChiefJustice positionsmust we of thesetitles assumed…which GOD neverappointed to us. Like “independent”,“self-made” or as “king”,so these labels nevergave HE. At least not tothose of HIS […]
Read More Beside or Behind!Heavenly FATHER, YOUR breath fills our lungs, YOUR will guides our steps. We are vessels of clay meant for transporting Purpose. With Provision and Blessing, Correction and Care…so we travel each day with Assignments. Yet misread and unheard are so many such orders. Even some are impatiently thrown to the side. So they are by […]
Read More With Carrying Faith!Psalms 90:12 “Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” Converting Thieves! Like the rustlers of old, “out West” bandits long gone, so those set upon stealing through life… …take the most from themselves. Robbing then what most matters, a life spent surrendered to CHRIST. So examine your heart […]
Read More Converting Thieves!Galatians 6:2 “Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of CHRIST.” Oxygen Transports! From accidents rescuedand illnesses healed…From Hopelessness sparedas Defeat meets our foes; So we glory in Victory ateach intersection.YOUR Love intervening hassaved these — our souls! So walk then, Believer, inVictory, unending. Stepbackwards no more whenoppressed; do not grieve… For HE’s […]
Read More Oxygen Transports!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!” From ONE’s Point of View! There’s a view from the shadows and another from Light. One’s stance then determines their gaze. For when light is far off then in […]
Read More From ONE’s Point of View!1 Samuel 12:24 “Only fear the LORD and serve HIM faithfully with all your heart. For consider what great things HE has done for you.” “Regardless!” Service These bodies which house our souls are fatigued by bumps and bruises. Some have breaks yet also blessings for our rest in YOUR embrace! For! YOU devour every […]
Read More “Regardless!” ServiceJames 1:22 “But be doers of The WORD, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.” Living Context! Our lives lack larger context IF — for us — we take each breath. Yea, since all that is seen cannot be all one needs; so Escape can’t be met through one’s death. And! Context lacks in life WHEN […]
Read More Living Context!Isaiah 45:12 “I made the earth and created man on it; it was MY hands that stretched out the heavens, and I commanded all their host.” Righteously Revolving With orbits and lifespans: two sides to one zipper…so GOD’s perfect timing is sewn into both. Combining such pairs and aligning their movements…so some’s set durations are […]
Read More Righteously RevolvingHebrews 13:8 “JESUS CHRIST is the same yesterday and today and forever.” Love, Uncompromising! Help us, FATHER…not to earn correction. Assist our hearts to YOURS alone reflect. Guide these steps to walk with Grace — uncompromising…so YOUR truth remains always on full display. Extend us Wisdom then with Knowledge too…till Understanding’s skill has been retained. […]
Read More Love, Uncompromising!Acts 5:29 “Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey GOD rather than men.” With HIS Blood Bought Purpose! We have no strengthto turn this time, butGOD! BUT GOD —through CHRIST… …finds us longing forour risen LORD,expectantly awaiting! Yea! Our RighteousKING returning,WHOSE power —(evil spurning) …stems its tidalwaves! So JESUS’NAME […]
Read More With HIS Blood Bought Purpose!2 Corinthians 3:17 “Now the LORD is the SPIRIT, and where the SPIRIT of the LORD is, there is freedom! Freed by what’s Finished! By confessions to theNth degree will soulsso burdened —struggle. There weighted down,each guilty phrasebetrays them likenone other. Thus satan’s useof words we usedmake worse thosethings we’ve uttered. Reminding of pastindiscretions…untilwe begin […]
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