To See JESUS CHRIST!
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 […]
Read More Unfading Glory!John 6:44 “No one can come to ME unless the FATHER WHO sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day!” Relentless Drawing! Well increased is HIS drawing for things set above; now my longing exceeds every Yesterday’s measure! The future as such is much brighter each day as HIS […]
Read More Relentless Drawing!James 1:4 “And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.” HIS Steadfast Command! These trials seem brutal, incessant and growing when “locked-in” every step with the LORD. While dark unrelenting and shadows still beckon, our souls must fight through this “short” battle. Because in the end […]
Read More HIS Steadfast Command!Hebrews 11:1: “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” With Faith Forward! Faith isn’t stagnant. It’s zeal isn’t stale…within every soul who exhibits its heart. For to solely display just its face would prove Folly and stop well before it can start. Temporal at best then begs […]
Read More With Faith Forward!Ephesians 2:10 “For we are GOD’s handiwork, created in CHRIST JESUS to do good works, which GOD prepared in advance for us to do.” VIN Verifications! To verify something or someone requires our senses. All measure with facts and combine for the Truth. Yet Sight holds the highest of values amongst them. So living without […]
Read More VIN Verifications!2 Thessalonians 3:5 “May the LORD direct your hearts into GOD’s love and CHRIST‘s perseverance.” To Do Likewise! The stressors of life are at times like a pot which is sealed, full of water,lp beginning to boil. The steam cannot rise any more nor decline since the fires still rage as our own strength recoils! […]
Read More To Do Likewise!Ezekiel 22:30 “I looked for someone among them who would build up the wall and stand before ME in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found no one.” Gap-Standing In! Those who live unaware of life’s spiritual warfare fight only part time and without […]
Read More Gap-Standing In!Psalms 32:8 “I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go; I will counsel you with MY eye upon you!” With GOD’s Guidance! An inadvertent step. A “chance” occurrence. An errant thread. Yet! All have Purpose! For HE WHO directs and guides our lives is sovereign o’er all and is […]
Read More With GOD’s Guidance!Matthew 5:12 “Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.“ As Zealots Called! There’s none else worth craving than CHRIST WHOSE blood saving shall one day — us raising — bring Rapture to bear. Yet who found among us has shed blood […]
Read More As Zealots Called!Hebrews 12:11 “For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant… …but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.” Service Scars! Who seeks HIM through tears are the often times broken, who crave for HIS presence with faith, without “hoping”. Repeatedly tested and tried yet […]
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