To See JESUS CHRIST!
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 […]
Read More Sacrificially Following!Galatians 6:9 “Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” Full Service Balance! Glory to GOD; yea, hallow HIS NAME. Be quick to speak up, every servant! So cast off complaints; replace them with praise and fill the air ‘round you […]
Read More Full Service Balance!Colossians 3:2: “Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.” With Un-Distracting Devotion! Headphones, EarPods VR Distractions… Elevations, suppressions by chemical means. These are a few of our favorite things so says those hosts driven — demonic. Mechanically neutral, misused by Intention; so transformed such are for deceiving.. Misleading the soul with another […]
Read More With Un-Distracting Devotion!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? Walking Humbly With… Souls require GOD’s drawing to reach Heaven’s threshold. No Self effort added; no matter one’s longing. Forever us […]
Read More Walking Humbly With…1 Corinthians 15:57 “But thanks be to GOD, WHO gives us the victory through our LORD JESUS CHRIST!” Our Victorious Surrender! The cross of CHRIST exceeds each compassion ever shown. HIS display is our example to reflect upon the world. GOD’s height of sacrifice? Calvary’s gift without a peer! No greater love exists nor equal […]
Read More Our Victorious Surrender!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.” Increasing…IN HIS Steps! Winning with JESUS; LOSING with satan. Yet the steps of the flesh fit closest with darkness. Only with GOD’s discernment can we stay on […]
Read More Increasing…IN HIS Steps!James 4:8a “Draw near to GOD, and HE will draw near to you.” Nearer…till Then! LORD show us the “When?” of YOUR way leading home. Compel us with sight found from “reading” YOU close.” Oh the wisdom we learn from YOUR WORD! What embrace! Oh the joy of YOUR peace, endless mercy and grace! So […]
Read More Nearer…till Then!Philippians 4:7 “And the peace of GOD, which surpasses all understanding, will guard (and GUIDE) your hearts and your minds in CHRIST JESUS.” HIS Peace-Filled Directions! To all my disappointments, hear this acceptance bound in writing… …and! It’s sad to add the greatest gap was mine. When I‘ve failed to follow forward HIM in faith […]
Read More HIS Peace-Filled Directions!Hebrews 13:2 “Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.” “As Angels”! GOD sends HIS angels daily to watch over simple sheep. We HE calls to live with boldness as assigned and as released. Entwined with GOD’s provision to both preach and serve — thereby… …by HIS SON […]
Read More “As Angels!”Job 31:4 “Does not HE see my ways and number all my steps?” The First Measure! (Excessive) cautious steps versus boldness displayed, which choice is more often selected? Is our trust in the LORD or the work of our hands? Do we move through this life… “self-directed”? OR! Have we surrendered our ways to The […]
Read More The First Measure!1 Peter 1:7 “These (trials) have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when JESUS CHRIST is revealed. Faith Stretching Fabric! We walk through this life wearing clothing which fades. It wears and it tears being […]
Read More Faith Stretching Fabric!Philippians 2:5 “In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as CHRIST JESUS.” For Peer Review! Be careful of every available doorway. Use caution before any portal or gate. For though your faith’s height would protect you from evil, those following closely might not be as strong. So watch with Intent who you’re […]
Read More For Peer Review!Isaiah 26:3 “YOU will keep in perfect peace all who trust in YOU, all whose thoughts are fixed on YOU!“ With Fixation’s Focus! An obsession is not an addiction. Rather said, it’s a chosen compulsion. The latter seems formed by surrendering will to some chemically skewed alteration. BUT GOD (to this fool) is both — […]
Read More With Fixation’s Focus!Luke 19:38 “Saying, “Blessed is the KING WHO comes in the name of the LORD! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” Unfading Glory! How close do we hold “cotton candy” possessions? How firm is our grasp on such things which just fade? Do we cling to what’s temporal or all that’s eternal? Will […]
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