To See JESUS CHRIST!
Isaiah 42:8 “I am the LORD; that is MY NAME; MY glory I give to no other, nor MY praise to carved idols.” Lifting and Living Up! Often we’re found making names for ourselves in the flesh. With such temporal titles then Self takes the spotlight in Error. So! Thank GOD for the banner of […]
Read More Lifting and Living Up!2 Corinthians 3:5 “Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from GOD…” Staying Hidden! What’s the best a soul can liftwithout hands and just their heart?Where’s the rest someone can gainwhile standing still? It’s HIS praise with Zeal’s heightsfor their peace inside whichCHRIST gives […]
Read More Staying Hidden!Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of GOD,” Supernaturally Gained! The gap between “Highest!”and just “one step down” ismuch further than rulerscan measure. Such space though appearingas nearest and next is, in fact,beyond distant and pastlesser pressure. So! Those reaching the top havea disciplined manner. They’vepracticed through everyfatigue and […]
Read More Supernaturally Gained!Psalm 74:16 “The day is YOURS, and also the night; YOU established the moon and the sun.” Trusting the TimeKeeper! What a difference a day makes in wonderful ways when a soul depends solely on GOD WHO is Holy; relying on HIM by obeying. For our sum of perspective at best displays Lack as our […]
Read More Trusting the TimeKeeper!Psalm 37:5: “Commit your way tothe LORD; trust in HIM, and HEwill act.” The Greatest Gain of Surrender! To lay down one’s life forCHRIST is a singular matter.To first offer up Pride isentirely different. One’s all, sacrificed, isa permanent gesture,while a temporal offeringof Self is far less. Unless by HIS words onelives wholly surrendered,then there […]
Read More The Greatest Gain of Surrender!Proverbs 25:28 “A soul without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.” Choosing the Right Keys! Found often driven are matchbox collections in which we travel distances great. Like using Emotional transports each day, so we make different vehicle choices. Thus the keys to our Laughter and Sadness are varied… just […]
Read More Choosing the Right Keys!Ephesians 6:24 “Grace to all who love our LORD JESUS CHRIST with an undying love.” What Death to Self Births! What love is CHRIST’s which bought our souls; What grace HE brings our journey! What Hope – GOD’s guarantee – now ours to grow in with HIS Mercy! Thus all begins where Death precedes; with […]
Read More What Death to Self Births!Proverbs 11:20 “Whoever brings blessing will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered. Happy Thanks-Making Day! Today is HIS day giving thanks, lifting praise. Every dawn brings us this gift to give back. So Thanks-Making is our commission assigned! Therefore water those round you until HE returns! As HIServant bent on fulfilling […]
Read More Happy Thanks-Making Day!James 4:6 “But HE gives more grace! Therefore it says, “GOD opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” With Pride Ending Praises! Single us out, LORD… from Pride’s congregation. Remove all our steps from such selfish communion. Till in great silence of Prayer most fervent, we only see YOU…just ahead all through Life. […]
Read More With Pride Ending Praises!John 13:15 “For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you!” Cross Walk Transparencies! To stay consistent, to stay the course; To keep one’s composure…takes drive. Disciplined Zeal and purposed Intent are then both required …through Life. But what of those torches who’ve faded to […]
Read More Cross Walk Transparencies!John 1:13 “Who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of GOD.” That Chosen Hill! On a hill far away Yet closer than home stood a Cross on which HE chose to save. When nearest was Death with its fractured unrest, there I […]
Read More That Chosen Hill!Galatians 4:1 “What I am saying is that as long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, although he is the owner of everything.” Promotion Day! This training ground time is book-ended for learning; To know “whose we are”, such knowledge — securing. Growing in Wisdom, GODly purposed for […]
Read More Promotion Day!Proverbs 4:26 “Give careful thought to the paths for your feet…and be steadfast in all your ways. Releasing Obedience! Take every thought captive in obedience to CHRIST WHOSE command bids our hearts…ahead of sacrifices. With so fervent a filter then serve we the LORD…obeying HIM without Delay’s compromises. For we are HIServants called higher — […]
Read More Releasing Obedience!2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore, if anyone is in CHRIST, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come!” The Battle Worth Losing! A most timely Demise is the death of oneself. Without any delay nor with Pride’s hesitation. Where wholesale surrender unveils the soul as one’s stance becomes prostrate… […]
Read More The Battle Worth Losing!11/4/25 Devotional: A Wretch set Free! Do you recall Romans 7:24? “O wretched man that I am: who shall deliver me from the body of this death?” The Roman custom for a murderers’ punishment was to chain the dead body to the murderer until both were dead. What a horrific visual and experience that was […]
Read More Do you recall Romans 7:24?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!Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” Hope Secured! Anticipating, while watching and waiting, debating my steps, weighing each in HIS scales. Thus contemplating whose footprints I’m chasing, so now am I bowed before CHRIST without pride. For having learning HE exceeds Life’s every need […]
Read More Hope Secured!Revelation 7:9 “After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could count, …from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the LAMB, …clothed in WHITE ROBES, and palm branches were in their hands.” Given HIS Robe! Naked came we into this world […]
Read More Given HIS Robe!1 John 3:16 “By this we know love, that HE laid down HIS life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for others.” The Greatest Concession! So let us choose forfeit, Full surrender’s advance, To dance with our SAVIOUR — HIM leading. WHO swirls around us at present with Love while surrounding […]
Read More The Greatest Concession!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?Matthew 6:21 “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Laying Up Treasures! “Paradise lost” marks the end of this life and begins greatest joy found with GOD. “Heaven regained” shall our souls shout with rapture where “HIS Promise fulfilled!” fills our souls! So look no more downward to passing attractions! Such […]
Read More Laying Up Treasures!Romans 10:9 – “That if you will confess with your mouth the LORD JESUS, and shall believe in your heart that GOD raised HIM from the dead, you shall be saved!” Saved by The ANSWER! Who gets the answerthen works their ways backwardsTo half truths and proofswhich prove – partial? Who hears HIS solutionbut blinds […]
Read More Saved by The ANSWER!2 Samuel 22:29 “For YOU are my Lamp, O LORD, and my GOD lightens my darkness.” Surrendering Steps! Decadent shame brings daily disgust while disciplined Fear births Devotion’s increase. Reverent praise creates Joy in the soul while blatant indifference births Moral decrease. So make now your choice as HIServant, dividing your Self from each darkening […]
Read More Surrendering Steps!Romans 12:11: “Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the LORD.” Humbled and Zealous Till Then! When the wreckage of life is beyond our repair and the signs HE displays lead us solely to where …HIS presence transforms us, in heavenly air. Then! With Rapture’s Redemption we’ll rise! Still do not shrink […]
Read More Humbled and Zealous Till Then!1 Peter 3:8 “Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.” Designed Specifically, Timed Perfectly! The last chapter in Life’s book often differs in numbers for its pages may be more or less than another’s. The content as well isn’tcopied for all because GOD didn’t […]
Read More Designed Specifically, Timed Perfectly!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!” Ready and Reconciled! Paths often altered by Pain’s redirections bring us to HIS throne room with prayers uplifted. Yet those without such — proceeding unhindered oft lead to the […]
Read More Ready and Reconciled!Matthew 5:16 “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your FATHER WHO is in heaven.” Uncovering the Wick! Does your soul prefer sin to pursue HIM — “Whenever!” ? Is HIS call from The WORD yet unanswered? Do others discover you lukewarm in church or in […]
Read More Uncovering the Wick!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!Colossians 1:13 “HE has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of HIS beloved SON…” Led From! Thank YOU for breaking me Yet unforsakenly staying beside me while rendering Justice. Teaching, transforming and always restoring; adorning my soul with YOUR robe of Redemption. By which I am bettered, unchained […]
Read More Led From!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 […]
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