Be as The WORD!
To be like CHRIST, we must walk and talk like HE did. We must mean what we say and be truthful. HE has promised us good if we’ll seek first the kingdom of GOD, amen?
Read More Be as The WORD!To See JESUS CHRIST!
To be like CHRIST, we must walk and talk like HE did. We must mean what we say and be truthful. HE has promised us good if we’ll seek first the kingdom of GOD, amen?
Read More Be as The WORD!We all start at the beginning with birth and we all finish when HE calls us home.
But HE has a perfect plan and race designed for us to do HIS will!
So we don’t compete against others but against unseen powers which would delay us from doing work for JESUS.
Read More Our Race for The ONE!Hebrews 4:12 “For the WORD of GOD is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.” With HIS Whetsone WORD! What if one’s point of view is so dulled that nothing feels […]
Read More With HIS Whetsone WORD!Matthew 6:1 “Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your FATHER in Heaven.” Transparently Serving! Humanity’s Hero hasalready come! As HIS handsand HIS feet, Who shall stand?Who will run? For standing makes stableyet won’t reach the shadows.Such […]
Read More Transparently Serving!1 John 2:5 “But if anyone keeps HIS WORD, the love of GOD has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in HIM.” Perfectly in Tune! I know you, I know you. MY Child, you are MINE so look up through MY eyes See? I know you! I hear you, […]
Read More Perfectly in Tune!Acts 26:14 “And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’“ Keeping Sharp Sticks! When the sting of Sin’s swordno more gains one’s reaction…When the soul barely […]
Read More Keeping Sharp Sticks!Proverbs 30:5-6 “Every word of GOD proves true; HE is a shield to those who take refuge in HIM. Do not add to HIS words, lest HE rebuke you and you be found a liar.” Sticking to the WORD! When jokes told forty years agoare now defined “offensive”… When simple humors are malignedand further deemed […]
Read More Sticking to the WORD!Ephesians 6:10 “Finally, be strong in the LORD and in the strength of HIS might!” By HIS Power! What sword when it’s magnified looks even sharper; No matter how close to its edge one becomes. Or what rope grows much stronger the more it is stretched without worry of fraying or breaking? In like manner […]
Read More By HIS Power!Micah 7:7 “But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the GOD of my salvation; my GOD SHALL hear me!” Soul Watching, Sole Waiting! When shall the feet of the LORD touch the floor of our skies up above? Tell me — When? Oh when will our Faith become […]
Read More Soul Watching, Sole Waiting!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!Hebrews 6:10 “For GOD is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for HIS NAME in serving the saints, as you still do!” Soon and Very Soon! Relenting and rejecting,birthed by Confession.Just as we’re instructed,reminded and drawn. Watching and waiting,then revelation! Just asasked for, told, as waswritten […]
Read More Soon and Very Soon!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!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!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!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!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?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 More1 Thessalonians 5:22 “Abstain from every form of evil.” Self Prevention! By HIS stripes on the road from Damascus, we walk within Wisdom and bask in HIS Grace. With robes of HIS right- eousness so HE has clothed us…anointed with oil for Faith. What blessed steps take we AWAY from Self interest…now changed by HIS […]
Read More Self Prevention!2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore, if anyone is in CHRIST, they are a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” Leaving the Past Behind! Do we extend HIS resurrection power to the past or present things?Do we gaze with “dry bone Faith” on those possessing broken wings? Or are we looking […]
Read More Leaving the Past Behind!Philippians 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!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 […]
Read More Yet Closer Still!Isaiah 41:10 “Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your GOD; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with MY righteous right hand.” Staying With! Being “so far gone” suggests a distance out of range. Such “road positions”, thus implied, lay past the reach […]
Read More Staying With!1 Peter 2:21 “For to this you have been called, because CHRIST also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in HIS steps.” In Step, On Course! If we follow our own steps, then we’re walking in circles. Only pacing around, Looking just at the ground, simply seeing the very […]
Read More In Step, On Course!1 Peter 2:21 “For you have been called for this purpose, since CHRIST also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in HIS steps…” While In Route! Self injuring blows we often apply without weighing the costs to our lives. “Shooting ourselves in the foot” then becomes a truth that repeats […]
Read More While In Route!1 Corinthians 3:4-6 “Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the Truth.” With Uncompromised Truth and Love! What child is this who […]
Read More With Uncompromised Truth and Love!Psalm 73:28 “But for me it is good to be near GOD; I have made the LORD GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all YOUR works.” Closer Encounters! We compare ourselves in the mirror and with others. Our tendency then is critically set… …against any image which makes us “look bad”. With such […]
Read More Closer Encounters!Romans 12:11: “Do not be slothful in zeal, but be fervent in spirit. Serve the LORD!” Measuring with the MASTER! How great is this hour; How wondrous each second! There’s no grave to fear for we’re bound in HIS presence! Never leaving nor ever forsaking our souls, so give praise to the ONE WHO bears […]
Read More Measuring with the MASTER!Hebrews 12:2 “Looking unto JESUS the Author and Finisher of our faith; WHO for the joy that was set before HIM endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of GOD.” Sacrificially Following! When will YOU come reaching down for our souls which we uplift to […]
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