To See JESUS CHRIST!
1st Peter 3:15a “But in your hearts honor CHRIST the LORD as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the Hope that is in you…” Air JESUS! When one longs most for CHRIST then their language reflects HIM; a soul hungered for GOD — the […]
Read More Air JESUS!1 Corinthians 3:11 “For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is JESUS CHRIST.” Our Foundational Filter! What Flesh thinks and assumes is not Gospel truth. Yet its pride speaks as if GOD HIMSELF would agree. But HE is not mocked! Thus our hearts must be humble before HIM WHO reigns. Yea, […]
Read More Our Foundational Filter!Isaiah 55:6 “Seek the LORD while HE may be found; call on HIM while HE is near!” Before The Finish Line! In Hell, there’s no repentance; in Heaven, there’s only praise. Yet here while Life continues, the height of both remains. For HIS Joy comes through this pairing; giving all through whole surrender! So repent […]
Read More Before The Finish Line!Revelation 3:20 “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears MY voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with ME.” The Open Door! Depraved, Decayed and Diseased are demons who follow the sins of their father when Tomorrow finds them at your door. There standing and knocking, […]
Read More The Open Door!Isaiah 12:2 “GOD is indeed my Salvation; I will trust HIM — unafraid!” Faith Following! Standing against storm winds and tempest waves crashing takes more than “just effort.” With prayers continued and fasting unceasing WHILE nothing seems different…well! Such requires Faith! Yes, at levels increasing which overtake shadows, such pace must we keep…as HE leads. […]
Read More Faith Following!1 Corinthians 9:26 “Therefore I do not run without a definite goal; I do not flail around like one beating the air [just shadow boxing]. With Racing Perspective! It’s a “finish” or “dead” line, depending on perspective. Either way it’s the same symbol marking the ground. What then do you see? Does one grasp your […]
Read More With Racing Perspective!Psalm 25:2 “My GOD, I trust you. Don’t let me be put to shame nor let my enemies rejoice over me!” HIS Always Reminder! “Trust ME.” HIS whispers keep waking my thoughts. Daily speaks HE through Scripture, my LORD and my GOD. “Trust ME!” HIS echoes keep coming in waves. Still I daily near drowning […]
Read More HIS Always Reminder!Job 33:4 “The SPIRIT of GOD has made me, and the breath of the ALMIGHTY gives me life!” Breathing Life! For the drought that dries our bones we cry to THEE, our risen SAVIOUR! For YOUR favored touch our voices rise for Healing’s taste — most savory. Without wavering so YOUR children come to feel […]
Read More Breathing Life!Colossians 3:13 “Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the LORD has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.” Living Freedom! Please forgive those sent — attacking whose bends align with “devils work”; They who follow darkened steps to drag us down to… if they could. […]
Read More Living Freedom!Exodus 23:20 “Behold, I send an angel before you to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place that I have prepared.” Purposed Points! Setbacks are setups as the world defines them. They claim such retreats have no purpose nor point. “These are losses from which none can ever be freed!” […]
Read More Purposed Points!Ephesians 3:14 “For this reason I bow my knees before the FATHER…” Falling Freely! Fall at HIS feet,fall at HIS feet.When trials meet you,just fall at HIS feet. Resist Self’s dependence,resist Independence!When trials attack you,just fall at HIS feet. For the faster we bend,there are blessings HEsends! So when the fighthits you, just fall at […]
Read More Falling Freely!Psalm 143:8 “Cause me to hear YOUR mercy in the morning; for I have hoped in THEE; make known to me, O LORD, the way wherein I should walk; for I have lifted up my soul to THEE!” THROUGH! Walking briskly on cobblestone sidewalks, so a tall figure moved in a hurried fashion. As he […]
Read More THROUGH!Proverbs 4:25 “Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you.” With Stirring Focus! Can one’s future self bring rescue to the present or the past? Or is there power in this moment to move forward…or shrink back? Glory! Here and now, in JESUS’ NAME is where we’re set in motion! […]
Read More With Stirring Focus!Psalm 55:6 “I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest.” Transitioning Steps! Protect our steps as we press forward daily; Grant YOUR rest to those who stretch towards… …that coming Hour when Faith no longer needed! Yes when face to face we join THEE, dearest […]
Read More Transitioning Steps!Psalm 32:8 “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with MY eye upon you.” Turning T’wards Home! Turn again Home Child…turn again Home. When your ship runs aground out at sea, so I pray! Just turn again, turn …t’wards Home. For all other waters save […]
Read More Turning T’wards Home!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!1 John 3:1a “See what kind of love the FATHER has given to us, that we should be called children of GOD; and so we are!” With Soul Transparency! There worketh no good thing within us save our GOD’s sovereign deposits; Yes! by gifts of grace indwelling do HIS talents give us profit. Shown then […]
Read More With Soul Transparency!1 Peter 2:25 “For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the SHEPHERD and OVERSEER of your souls.” Returning to SENDER! Journey back home, precious Pilgrim;Travel safely returning to ME. Leave behind each regret and all baggage — distressed. Turn around, dearest child; come to ME. Choose Faith and such Zeal; run […]
Read More Returning to SENDER!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!Ezekiel 34:11 “For thus says the LORD GOD: Behold, I, I MYSELF will search for MY sheep and will seek them out.” Our SHEPHERD’s Presence! HIS bridge and crossfor us as sheepmight simple seemour path to follow. But from HIS narrowroad we stray, a feattoo soon gainedeach Tomorrow. For without pow’r tolead ourselves,nor get our […]
Read More Our SHEPHERD’s Presence!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!Matthew 16:15 “But what about you?” JESUS asked. “Who do you say I am?” Listening to Others! Those who breathe in the vapors of pressing Injustice often choke on the exhale of others. From both culprit as well as those falsely accusing, so victims — for oxygen — regularly struggle. So woe to those solely […]
Read More Listening to Others!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!John 12:26 “Whoever serves ME must follow ME; and where I am, MY servant also will be. MY FATHER will honor the one who serves ME.” Two Birds, One Step! Step forward once more, this morning, this hour…with prayer from the heart on your lips. Step backwards always from the sins of our flesh, while […]
Read More Two Birds, One Step!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!Philippians 3:13b “Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what (even WHO) is ahead…” All Behind! Take HIS WORD which we have heard and trust in HIM WHO took our sin… …because designed were we for saving! HE aligned us then at Calvary! How unworthy these, HIS vessels, yet HE chose to label “blessed”… …because […]
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