To See JESUS CHRIST!
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!Titus 2:14 “HE gave HIMSELF for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for HIMSELF a people for HIS OWN possession, zealous for good deeds.” CHRISTmas…Daily! Our efforts, HE watches;each heart is examined…not for earning HIS favorbut measuring Zeal. To see if our hands areserving utmost…or tolevels — much lesser— bent down. […]
Read More CHRISTmas…Daily!Hebrews 5:14 “But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.” Meat over Minutia! Do you go to church just to hear HIS WORD — broken? Do you press through trials, as such, each LORD’s day? To reach its front […]
Read More Meat over Minutia!1 Corinthians 15:57 “But thanks be to GOD WHO gives us the victory through our LORD JESUS CHRIST!” WIN Walking! Daily victory walks through HIS WORD, within footprint verses, grant us the most steadfast of steps. Following along while reading exceeds uninvolved listening. Such are those then yet standing still. To personally win requires engagement […]
Read More WIN Walking!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!Luke 24:45 “Then HE opened their minds to understand the Scriptures…” The Un-Puzzling! The hardest puzzles are those where each piece looks quite similar. Both in shape and in color, so choosing each correctly requires study of the edges and the part of the picture that’s on it. In like manner, many think the Bible […]
Read More The Un-Puzzling!John 17:3 “And this is eternal life, that they know YOU, the only true GOD, and JESUS CHRIST WHOM YOU have sent!” The Soul Answer! May the soul with no answers save CHRIST remain humbled for such knowledge surely — through valleys — is gained. Where all other theories have soundly been crushed and with […]
Read More The Soul Answer!Hosea 6:6 “For I will have mercy rather than sacrifice, and the knowledge of GOD rather than whole-burnt-offerings.” First Extensions! To love mercy exceeds Self’s compassion; to relish Release far beyond daily Judgment. To truly respond with Grace — passing over the faults of another since CHRIST took our stripes. For some have been constant […]
Read More First Extensions!Psalms 23:2 “HE makes me to lie down in green pastures; HE leads me beside the still waters.” Redemption’s Rest! How glorious GOD’s power; how great are HIS comforts! Still! True heavenly rest begins only in Glory. So all earthly kingdoms — FROM HIS — stand apart; all pleasures in life pale at best next […]
Read More Redemption’s Rest!Micah 6:8 “HE has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly WITH your GOD?” Still Walking! Error recovery trumps Failure avoidance where we stray from HIS Rest trying best in our strength. So “getting back […]
Read More Still Walking!Job 4:4 “YOUR words have steadied those who stumbled; YOU have braced the knees that were buckling.” Un-Automating Stumbling! The works of the flesh and the deviloften coincide in the same steps. Where our flesh tends to go, so the devil will make such paths those of “least resistance”. Add in the tools of the […]
Read More Un-Automating Stumbling!1 John 2:6 “Whoever says they abide in HIM should (even must!) walk in the same way in which HE walked.” IN Steps! As Heaven’s witnessto all we walk through,so HE sees those thingswhich birth Prayer. Then lifting to Heavenboth trials and painsso joined are our criesby HIS care. IN steps HE purposedthere felt is […]
Read More IN Steps!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!Ephesians 6:18 “And pray in the SPIRIT on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the LORD’s people.” With Fervent Prayer! We trust in JESUS though battles surround us. We cling to HIS robes as our clothes have been torn. […]
Read More With Fervent Prayer!John 8:32;36 “And you will know the Truth, and the Truth will set you free.” “So if the SON sets you free, you will be free indeed!” JUST…because! We are JUST because HE made us so! We are righteous in HIS spotless robes. We are blessed beyond the curse of sin…blood bought and Glory bound. […]
Read More JUST…because!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…”Revelation 22:13 “I AM the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End!” Resting in HIS Final WORD! Silencing Truth doesn’t change it. Suppressing GOD’s WORD cannot alter HIS promise. Yet for such a Time as this is, so does Evil… …just “as it is written!” Yea, as CHRIST […]
Read More Resting in HIS Final WORD!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 19: 1: The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.” Naturally Drawn! Dry rain and wet sunshine, soft rocks and hard flowers would be contrasts imagined. Unnatural thoughts. So too are our sins when compared to HIS ways which HE solely assigned us. The footprints of GOD! […]
Read More Naturally Drawn!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!Galatians 1:10 “For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of GOD? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of CHRIST.” Without Sugar Substitutes! Loving one unto repentance isn’t coated with substances, sweet. HIS compassionate truths then are sharp […]
Read More Without Sugar Substitutes!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!Nehemiah 8:10c “…for the joy of the LORD is your strength!” Power Reading! Having spent a lifetime sinning of less and greater numbers, our muscles then are disciplined by depths of soul devotion… Or the lack thereof wherein is shallowness discovered! Such levels thus depend on pressing into no one other… …than the LORD! So […]
Read More Power Reading!Romans 4:21 “And being fully persuaded that, what HE had promised, HE was able also to perform.” Wholly Reflecting HIS Commitment! With sovereign uniqueness…transformed by design, we were drawn in HIS outline and made in HIS image. Then daily progressing…in footprints so deep, we can stand on our feet since HE is within us! Whether […]
Read More Wholly Reflecting HIS Commitment!John 17:17 “Sanctify them by the truth; YOUR WORD is truth!” Entirely Non- Fiction! “Based on a true story” never means that the book is just truth. Just because man’s foundations appear accurate, doesn’t mean they’ll continue building accurately. So regardless that the beginning holds true to the original account, it’s all about consistency. Meaning: […]
Read More Entirely Non- Fiction!1 Peter 5:9 “Resist him, (satan) firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world.” GOD’s Written Anti-Venom! Disengaged from Study’s rigors;pulled away by Pain’s increase, So Tragedy (in Christian lives) weighs down those bound by Grief. But with haste — re-intersecting, feeding on […]
Read More GOD’s Written Anti-Venom!John 7:38 “Whoever believes in ME, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water!” Free Water! What delight has a fish at the beach out of water? What Joy fills a bird that’s been caged since its birth? What breath or what freedom then have those still lost..who […]
Read More Free Water!1 John 4:11 “Dear friends, since GOD so loved us, we also ought to love one another.” Authentic Affection! Why is the definition of “loving JESUS” so often redefined by church goers? When the Bible says to love HIM with all our heart, mind, body and soul…so why then is Zeal deemed — excessive? It’s […]
Read More Authentic Affection!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 […]
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