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!Romans 5:1-2 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with GOD through our LORD JESUS CHRIST. Through HIM we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of GOD.” One and Two! When a spouse quickly passes,a void […]
Read More One and Two!Matthew 8:27 “And the men marveled, saying, “What sort of man is this, that even winds and sea obey HIM? HIS Prevailing Winds! What a glorious dawn this newDay now brings…though trialsyet press; although Painstill confronts Life! How great is our GOD,Therefore! Lift HIS praise…For this morning has shownHE brings Light to our eyes! Our […]
Read More HIS Prevailing Winds!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!Romans 12:11: “Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the LORD!” When Aligned with HIS Zeal! How often are motions “gone through” while expanding one’s smile as though seeming to care? How subtle Deception is often “upfront” so that few see beyond it to find any truth! Reality then requires our […]
Read More When Aligned with HIS Zeal!Matthew 16:24 “Then JESUS told HIS disciples, “If anyone would come after ME, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow ME.” Before, then After! Please do not relieve those whose future potential will intersect such who believe in what’s false. Yea LORD! May it be their lives reach full extension to […]
Read More Before, then After!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!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?Psalm 27:14 “Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.” By HIS Sovereign Call! In Tragedy’s “accident” which had occurredin my life as a very young man…there a soul was transferred into Heaven…and in doing so left me behind. Having written a number of memoriesand reviewed every one several […]
Read More By HIS Sovereign Call!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!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 5:9 “Since, therefore, we have now been justified by HIS blood, much more shall we be saved by HIM from the wrath of GOD.” Thanks Giving Praise! None can save themselves from the devilish pit which the flesh itself keeps digging. But praise be to GOD for the gift of HIS SON WHOSE redeeming […]
Read More Thanks Giving Praise!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!Luke 12:37 “Blessed are those servants whom the MASTER finds awake when HE comes. Surging Forward! As the LORD draweth closer, give heed to HIS words heard speaking through scripture…with Power. Watch then most expectant like Gideon‘s men…serving faithfully, daily, each reverent hour! Yea! Let’s sing till the End with the strongest of praises…our MASTER, […]
Read More Surging Forward!Romans 6:10 “For the death HE died HE died to sin, once for all, but the life HE lives HE lives to GOD.” One and Done! Who can forgive the repeat offender of self when it comes to deep wounds which they have inflicted… …since addictions of sin — both refreshed and rebirthed — still […]
Read More One and Done!John 3:16 “For GOD so loved the world, that HE gave HIS only SON, that whoever believes in HIM should not perish but have eternal life.” A Substantial Reminder! We tell ourselves so often that we’re “nothing “ worth dying for… …while the destructive demons shout this with every mistake we make. But GOD! HE […]
Read More A Substantial Reminder!Mark 16:15 “And HE said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.” HIS Crimson Talent! Invest then HIS talent bestowed for your life. Pricelessly offered and paid in advance…. by HIS sacrifice, both eternal and full! Yea, CHRIST our REDEEMER with scarred, callous hands! So gather great […]
Read More HIS Crimson Talent!2 Timothy 3:16 “All Scripture is breathed out by GOD and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, Plumb Line Assessments! What is the impact of sin on your mission? Does Complaceny’s weight drag your footprints off course? Does a tolerant heart of a wayward transaction cause Doubt to distract […]
Read More Plumb Line Assessments!1 John 3:1a “See what great love the FATHER has lavished on us, that we should be called children of GOD! And that is what we are!“ With the Heart of a Child! A visitor to the Jonathan Griffith house was a common occurrence. In the small home with 3 children, so it became routine […]
Read More With the Heart of a Child!Revelation 22:12 “And behold, I am coming quickly, and MY REWARD is with ME, to give to every one according to their work.“ A “Just” Reminder! The measure of oursins comes withconsequences —earned and thesepains we often feelare self-inflictedand deserved. But CHRIST’s bloodsacrifice remainsour cleansingwithout fail! Sowe look ahead toJESUS disregardingerrant trails. Thus “Forward!” boundwith […]
Read More A “Just” Reminder!1 Corinthians 15:58 “Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the LORD, knowing that in the LORD your labor is not in vain.” The Measure of one’s Heart! One point passed a goal is known as Success while one marker short of it is Failure. In some efforts, the […]
Read MorePhilippians 1:21 “For to me, to live is CHRIST, and to die is gain!“ Torn Between! We want YOU, LORD with less of “me” with each step taken. Yea, as we breathe! For how much angst with longing weighs us to see YOUR face! Oh come, LORD JESUS! Thus unfulfilled, leave not our frames; our […]
Read More Torn Between!2 Timothy 4:7 “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” Racing Home! (In loving memory of Chris Burkhart 7/4/25) From the morning hour,his pace was brisk!From birth — we knowhis story goes. “Things to do!” withpaces kept that fewcould match, andfewer chose. So, in service, Chrisdrove […]
Read More Racing Home!Ephesians 6:10 “Finally, be strong in the LORD and in the strength of HIS might.” Lesser Forces! More and more forces greet me with each dawning. These senses of mine find them growing with age. Increasingly painful have mornings become with stiffness in joints and aches in my bones. Though slower this frame finally moves […]
Read More Lesser Forces!1 Corinthians 15:57 “But thanks be to GOD, WHO gives us the victory through our LORD JESUS CHRIST.” We’ve Already Won! But what of the battles of Faith we feel pressing? Yea, what of the struggles we face every day? We start by confessing the LORD is our SAVIOR, found bowing the lowest with face […]
Read More We’ve Already Won!James 4:7 “Submit yourselves therefore to GOD. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.“ With Total Resistance! Reject all returns to Egypt and deny any steps back to prison. Stay true to the LORD in each sense of the phrase and give way to HIS words filled with Wisdom! For the time is […]
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