To See JESUS CHRIST!
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!John 3:30 “HE must increase; I must decrease.” Invisibly Standing! Put to death every“thing” of the flesh.Do not coddle norentertain darkness. Cast off such glancesfound backwardsbehind you and liveby displaying HISlikeness. For the closer we drawunto GOD, then withgreater transparencyshining… …the shadows of sin will fleefaster than Wind. So for HIM!Let’s “invisibly” stand! As HIServant […]
Read More Invisibly Standing!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!Matthew 15:18a “But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart…” With Full Faith Expressions! We are HIS creation, uniquely selected…Called out, set apart as HIS chosen — yea, separate. Out of all in existence, none other is like HIM. None bear the LORD’s image save us…as HIS children. As outward reflections with […]
Read More With Full Faith Expressions!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!Romans 13:11 “And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we (first) believed.” With each New Day! To some, each new year holds no happy refrains. No songs of great Joy nor of Peace. To others, the date means […]
Read More With each New Day!Isaiah 9:2 “The people who walk in darkness will see a great LIGHT; Those who live in a dark land, The LIGHT will shine on them!” Commonly Called, Sovereignly Sewn! Separate missions and varied paths are different strands within HIS hands. Uneven lengths and diverse colors with unlike strengths called “other than”. So we are […]
Read More Commonly Called, Sovereignly Sewn!3 John 3 “For I was overjoyed when the brothers came and testified about your devotion to The Truth, in which you continue to walk.” Un-Virtually HIS! Honest appraisals.Factual statements.Called “As it is!” SoReality speaks. But! Camouflaged lies.Untrustworthy words.Deceptive replies.Such is “virtual” speech. For though these, the latter,seem real…they’ve nosubstance worth everrepeating. Although true “appearing”aloud, […]
Read More Un-Virtually HIS!Exodus 3:5 “Then HE said, “Do not come near; take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.” Gaining Holy Ground! How shortened isthe distance in betweenour given missions… …and have weagreed to listen;moving closeras HE calls? How importantto keep watch;to mark bothprogress andour loss… to yet […]
Read More Gaining Holy Ground!2 Corinthians 7:10 “GODly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret…” Except in the Ashes! From memory, LORD…please cleanse Past’s half hour. Remove I pray, every remembrance. Its record, oh GOD…please erase from review till none recall any detail. Yes! Purge all last minutes and seconds combining…as if those spans never […]
Read More Except in the Ashes!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!Matthew 5:8 “Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great…” Treasure Sharing! Spiritual emeralds with sovereignty’s diamonds are both gemstones of GOD. Not measured like gold nor as silver in worth; so CHRIST’s surpass all earthly values. What gain then those treasures which HIS heart creates: How priceless each gift HE gives! […]
Read More Treasure Sharing!Ephesians 6:10 “Finally, be strong in the LORD and in the strength of HIS might.” (And LIGHT!” Surges of LIGHT! LORD GOD, this soul courses with YOUR Light. YOUR glowing blood surges and changes my life. Here standing at windows and doors am I watching; with heart pressed against any glass, also waiting! Now resting […]
Read More Surges of LIGHT!Philippians 1:6 ״And I am sure of this, that HE WHO began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of JESUS CHRIST.” Growing Pages! Each disordered inscription and disheveled writing could point to a mind which was absent of focus. Rambling and unfinished sentences might also be deemed as […]
Read More Growing Pages!Psalm 119:10 “With all my heart I have sought YOU; do not let me stray from YOUR commandments!” Binding Instruments! Oh to be bound just to CHRIST…where no other chains limit our walk. Oh to be by HIM constrained without any exception…just GOD! No failing of Flesh nor a single misstep…oh to be found just […]
Read More Binding Instruments!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!1 Peter 4:8 “Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.” Following HIS LIGHT! Humility’s display is intrinsic…or not;thus adopted and foreign or natively known. Love’s depths mirror also this “Either/Or” stance with Care planted deep…or yet unsown. Thus humbled Affection surrendered to CHRIST will express HIS heart’s message […]
Read More Following HIS LIGHT!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!Isaiah 25:1 “LORD, you are my GOD; I will exalt YOU and praise YOUR NAME, for in perfect faithfulness YOU have done wonderful things, things planned long ago.” The Day of Faith! It’s just as GOD said through HIS WORD and the prophets. It’s just as HE wrote through HIS scribes for today. HE gave […]
Read More The Day of Faith!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!Psalm 34:14 “The LORD is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.” Broken for HIS Service! Whose hands and whose feet does the LORD use for service? What mind and which soul bends its will to HIS ways? Yea, those who were broken yet now has HE mended!! AND! Others in process […]
Read More Broken for HIS Service!Proverbs 28:14 “Blessed is the one who fears the LORD always, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into calamity.” Beyond Every Layer! All testing, failure, healing and experience grant us armor which serves as Life’s buffer. Calloused layers of lessons we’ve learned serve this purpose; protecting our hearts as footprints continue. So! Take all […]
Read More Beyond Every Layer!Psalm 82:3 “Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute!” Attending to Life! Are we still found faithful in small things after larger ones fill our lives? For instance, would we minimize the life of a tiny, baby animal that’s injured just to make sure we […]
Read More Attending to Life!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 2:5 “For there is ONE GOD, and there is one mediator between GOD and men, the man CHRIST JESUS.” Pointing ONE Way! The “round-about way” when one answers… paints a picture of wandering thoughts. As randomized paths which have countless, “blind turns” thus misled are such souls from our GOD. So let your […]
Read More Pointing ONE Way!Philippians 2:5 “Let this mind be in you which was also in CHRIST JESUS…” Picking Up the Pace! Forgive the Forgive-less withforgiveness instead. Give grace to the Gracelesswith most gracious steps. Yea, make way for the LORD asour Waymaker KING… by surrendering good to themjust as HE did! As HIServants re-forfeiting our own reactions to […]
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