To See JESUS CHRIST!
1 Corinthians 15:58 “Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the LORD, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the LORD!” The Red Lens! Oh that the mercy of CHRIST felt extended…for days which seem graceless at best. Oh that HIS hands of compassion were present; embracing […]
Read More HIS Red Lens!Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen!” Undoubtedly Joining! Doubt is like a shadow cast yet which has no light source. It clings both to the ground and the soul with a darkened ferocity…unyielding even to others, just as shaded. As a low hanging mist, […]
Read More Undoubtedly Joining!Mark 13:29 “Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that it is near, right at the door.” Rounding Third… When is “Now!” present tense and great urgency — pressing? When “watching and praying” gives way to HIS face? Isn’t this span the same as all others before it? Won’t Breathe just continue […]
Read More Rounding Third…Genesis 1:27 “So GOD created man in HIS own image, in the image of GOD HE created him; male and female HE created them.” Rest Wholly!! The Carpenter finished our temples by completing redemption on Calvary‘s cross; By rising again onto newness of life so we would be saved; no more labeled as lost. Yet […]
Read MoreColossians 1:13-14 “For HE rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of HIS beloved SON, in WHOM we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins!” Sweet Redemption! The stone — still rolled away — shows our sins are cleansed — now vanished! Calvary‘s cross yet empty stands thus reminding Death […]
Read More Sweet Redemption!John 8:12 “Then JESUS again spoke to them, saying, “I AM the Light of the world; he who follows ME will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life!” CHRIST Lines! Where I have rewritten those roads which were authored, and stepped over the boundaries YOU perfectly drew; then this prayer […]
Read More CHRIST Lines!1 Corinthians 15:57 “But thanks be to GOD, WHO gives us the victory through our LORD JESUS CHRIST!” Disabling your Storm Fronts! (Hourly Emptied!) In the midst of CHRIST’s favor, withdrawing our hearts from this life of such darkened oppression; so find we the strength to fight without fail for our LORD leads the battle […]
Read More Disabling your Storm Fronts! (Hourly Emptied!)Galatians 6:3 “For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.” With Sovereign Assessments! The efforts we author and offers as “CHRIST-like” cannot be thus measured by our own perceptions. The path of our MASTER thus matters completely, comparing these steps to HIS given before us. May YOUR presence then. […]
Read More With Sovereign Assessments!Mark 13:5 “And JESUS began to tell them, ‘Be careful and watchful that no one misleads you!’” All Ready — Expectant! The upper barn doors sat contrasting each other. Both faded and worn yet one open, one closed. Its equally weathered gray structure, still silent, sat patiently waiting through decades of storms. Somehow this forgotten […]
Read More All Ready — Expectant!Proverbs 15:30 “The Light in the eyes [of him whose heart is joyful] rejoices the hearts of others, and Good News nourishes the bones.” As HIS Life-Bringing Lights! Beaming messengers, transferring HIS glow; make beacons from tinder and diamonds from coal. Igniting with Love, and fanned by great faith, so our Source creates more […]
Read More As HIS Life-Bringing Lights!Hebrews 12:2 “Let us fix our eyes on JESUS, the Author and Perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before HIM endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of GOD.” Decisively Forward! Embrace the comparison of who you are now with who HE called […]
Read More Decisively Forward!Proverbs 4:25 “Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you!” Abandoning Yesterday’s Battles! Are we not sinners restaining our face with the sins of the past which no flesh can erase? Isn’t every day’s battle a constant reminder of being our own worst reflection? This — hell’s hosts — keep on […]
Read More Abandoning Yesterday’s Battles!Matthew 6:33 “But seek ye first the kingdom of GOD, and HIS righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you!” Come LORD JESUS! The wicked deceptions surrounding our senses grow greater the closer HIS presence draws near. Delusions man-made,manufactured as lies, are like nets in our skies to hide what was once clear. […]
Read More Come LORD JESUS!Revelation 3:20 “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears MY voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with ME.” Else: Standing By! Opened doors cannot be shut when GOD’s will compels them solely… and closed doors cannot remain when HIS voice proclaims “Come […]
Read More Else: Standing By!Isaiah 60:1 “Arise, shine; for your light has come, And the glory of the LORD has risen upon you.” Sovereignly Blazing! A spiraling star to Heaven — unveiled found shooting upwards without slowing down. Within youthful eyes so those are on fire for CHRIST in this Hour. So lead them to Life! As HIServant reminding […]
Read More Sovereignly Blazing!Matthew 4:19 “Come, follow ME,” JESUS said, “and I will make you fishers of men.” THE Fisherman’s Few! Unschooled by Man’s textbooks the Worthy were gathered; heart-picked by CHRIST‘s yet unscarred hands. With rough edges, thus raw, were they drawn by design. as HIS Called! Yea, the righteously chosen. Sent out amongst wolves to the […]
Read More THE Fisherman’s Few!Psalm 61:4 “I will make YOUR tent my resting-place for ever: I will keep myself under the cover of YOUR wings! Selah.” Our Resting Place! Selah! CHRIST’s sacrifice cleansed our faces. Thus spared Shame’s disgraces, Compassion excels. Without Self’s exception, HE mends all the Broken! So are we, by sovereign affections, made well! For Eternity’s […]
Read More Our Resting Place! Selah!Philippians 2:3 “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.” For: Given Grace! Does knocking one down make another stand stand taller? Shall such sabotaged actions unhindered — prevail? Do their “Victories” proclaimed ever fade — overusing deplorable tactics? Please tell me they fail! So […]
Read More For: Given Grace!Psalm 105:4 “Seek the LORD and HIS strength; Seek HIS face continually!” By the Light of HIS Face! The powers of darkness slither through symbols, entwining themselves as though centers of Life. As the snake on the staff was uplifted by Moses, its usage — prolonged — then became idolized. Such icons and images steal […]
Read More By the Light of HIS Face!Job 33:4 “The SPIRIT of GOD has made me, and the breath of the ALMIGHTY gives me life. Catching HIS Breaths! With a final lunge forward, still his sword met with steel. An opponent — his equal in Zeal and of strength. With each thrust and each parry, strategically balanced, yet all had been thwarted. […]
Read More Catching HIS Breaths!1 Corinthians 3:11 “For no man can lay a foundation other than the ONE which is laid, which is JESUS CHRIST!” Our “Net” Foundation! WIth another closed door which seemed hopelessly shut later proved to locked for our good. While losing the comforts of compromised living, there we learned to rely on our Base. Love’s […]
Read More Our “Net” Foundation!1 John 5:21 “Little children, guard yourselves from idols.” As Broken Bereans! Idolized heroes even those of the Faith drag down countless souls from looking to CHRIST. Well meaning intentions still end with confusion by pointing above and then back to themselves. As such, Idol worship creates idle hands unwilling to turn Scriptures pages themselves. […]
Read More As Broken Bereans!Proverbs 16:11 “A just weight and balance are the LORD’S: all the weights of the bag are HIS work.” “Unevenly” Balanced! On the odd chance that Balance unevenly meets in hearts yet divided; between great extremes. On this road most unlikely in contrast, as such, does one find such achievement through sacrificed Love. Where wholeheartedly […]
Read More “Unevenly” Balanced!Matthew 26:41 “Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.” Engaging THIS Hour! At the end of a session, a meeting or test, where presented are curtains, the door or some exit, understood are such closings then as that last line… which […]
Read More Engaging THIS Hour!1 Peter 2:21 “For to this you were called, because CHRIST also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in HIS footsteps…” Power (of GOD) Walking! Hell’s poisonous serpent shall poison us surely IF we be asleep — apathetically found. IF stagnant — unwary — uncaringly lukewarm; IF walking on fence […]
Read More Power (of GOD) Walking!Revelation 22:12 “Look, I am coming soon! MY reward is with ME, and I will give to each person according to what they have done.” Come Quickly, LORD! There’s a day coming soon when all failing flesh will crumble. There’s an hour soon arriving where this Life pays its due. There’s an instant nearly now […]
Read More Come Quickly, LORD!James 1:21 “Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.” The Engrafted WORD! To the unlearned and simple resembling, through grace is extended HIS knowledge so broad. To understand mysteries which once had been hidden; To be made as […]
Read More The Engrafted WORD!John 15:9 “Just as the FATHER has loved ME, I have also loved you; abide in MY love!” THE Root of Love! Without eternal love, few develop such within. Apart from gracious hearts, none can learn what isn’t given. With daily life untrained, one can’t taste graceful measures. Absent of Compassion then none know of […]
Read More THE Root of Love!John 3:30 “HE must increase; I must decrease!” More and Less! Engaging Faith, disabling Want… save more of CHRIST and less of self. Simplistic thoughts beyond profound… yet gained can be with no one else! Then More and Less combine for Peace… where HE inclines as Pride retreats. Thus Blessings rain as CHRIST — increasing […]
Read More More and Less!Acts 13:52 “And the disciples were continually filled with joy and with the HOLY SPIRIT!” Upping Our Intake! (For More of YOUR SPIRIT!) Longing for more of YOUR SPIRIT, oh LORD; We are craving Outpouring‘s o’erflowing. Expectant beyond what this life has to offer…for Good without Fearful’s foreboding. So rekindle Faith’s flames by YOUR NAME […]
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