To See JESUS CHRIST!
Isaiah 30:21 “…and your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, ‘This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.’” In Between HIS lines! Who drew the lines in the sand which we cross? Who measured their length and the depth […]
Read More In Between HIS lines!Psalm 96:13a “Let all creation rejoice before the LORD…” Singing with the Rocks! “And all Creation sings!”, Scripturetells us. All the angels join as well in Holy chorus. The plants, the trees and every living thing…together praising our CREATOR GOD and KING! So question they all those made in HIS image! “Will you praise HIM […]
Read More Singing with the Rocks!Psalms 33:20 “Our soul waits for the LORD; HE is our Help and our Shield.” HIS Bulletproof Ways! Dodging bulletsassumes someoneelse shot the gun.Else the distance —too short — to avoidthem. Regardless it isn’t a wiseexercise because manydie from such spans— shortened. So saying the phrase,“Oh! Some left us too soon!”surely misses this truth;“GOD is […]
Read More HIS Bulletproof Ways!1 Corinthians 16:13 “Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, (be courageous) be strong!” JUST JESUS! There are many events that we hope for in life; there are countless of dreams which we long to come true. And though these occasions are hopes most exceeding…HIS voice I hear calling within my own […]
Read More JUST JESUS!2 Peter 3:13 “But in keeping with GOD’s promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.” Land Ho! “Land Ho!” cries the watchman through spiritual eyes; and each soul — most expectant — for Paradise Found. Though a gap still exists before reaching those shores, such believers […]
Read More Land Ho!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!” With Soul Transparency! There worketh no good thing within us save our GOD’s sovereign deposits; Yes! by gifts of grace indwelling do HIS talents give us profit. Shown then […]
Read More With Soul Transparency!Philippians 2:13 “…for it is GOD WHO is at work in you, both to will and to work for HIS good pleasure.” Hope…Displayed! Blessed are the “mended” GOD heals… for they have been broken before. They know of great pain and its losses…and wear all its scarsfrom the past. Yes, favored are we whose repairing […]
Read More Hope…Displayed!Revelation 1:5: “And from JESUS CHRIST, the faithful Witness, the Firstborn of the dead, and the Ruler of the kings of the earth. To HIM WHO loves us and has released us from our sins by HIS blood!” HIS Apostrophe’s Power! How can our vessels be stained and impure yet found spotless? How is it […]
Read MorePsalm 144:1 “Blessed be the LORD, my ROCK, WHO trains my hands for war and my fingers for battle.” Prepared…as Instructed! When the tempest clouds swirl inward with wind-whipped waves surging… …when such darkness surrounds you, may — this — be in hand. Even more so, in heart and in mind — memorized — be […]
Read More Prepared…as Instructed!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 […]
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