To See JESUS CHRIST!
Proverbs 16:3 “Commit your works to the LORD and your plans will be established.” Discarding “Comfort”; Embracing CHRIST! The resistance which CHRISTians apply to their missions is rather confusing. Perplexing — at least. Why choosing a level called “surface” for study of GOD’s holy words is “head scratching” at best. Know this then that HIS […]
Read More Discarding “Comfort”; Embracing CHRIST!Proverbs 10:12 “Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs.” Haste without Hate! As rubber bands stretching in Noon-Day’s extremes where Hate’s heat melts Love’s kindness, disfiguring hearts… …this dream of mine surges; Still! Onward — extending — expectant through all…as HE purposed us be! So though Life’s compassion seems waning — devolving; […]
Read More Haste without Hate!Philippians 2:15 “That you may be blameless and innocent, children of GOD without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, amongst whom you shine as lights in the world…” Seed Stretching! Lush green meadows hide their root structures beneath a vast, soil cover. Being fertile and fruitful so grows it’s expanse given […]
Read More Seed Stretching!Jeremiah 1:5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you…” Once Again — Heaven! We shall sing of YOUR excellent greatness; with our words filled exalting YOUR NAME! YOUR praise will be heard from our lips with each breath as before THEE our songs have […]
Read More Once Again — Heaven!Matthew 24:44 “Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.” The second hand hurries! The minute hand flies; the hour hand points to this moment… …where second hand thoughts and minutia abound; yet our focus must center on Time. For now we do well […]
Read More This Waiting Moment!1 Peter 2:16 “Act as free men, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as bondslaves of GOD.” Freely Bound! Holding fast onto CHRIST makes one loosed from this world. In HIS chains we find freedom as children of GOD. In the bonds of HIS service, our hearts […]
Read More Freely Bound!Judges 10:16 “So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD.. And HIS soul could no longer endure the misery of Israel.” WHOSE Soul! None other can purchase redemption for no one is righteous — not one. Besides! CHRIST our SAVIOUR and SHEPHERD we know because HE changed our hearts […]
Read More WHOSE Soul!Luke 6:45b “For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.” The WORD’s Warning… People whose heart-filled abundance speaks Slaughter are blind to the blood stains found covering their frame. Due to Pride, they are blunt with the cuts their words cause and devoid of compassion; thus deaf to one’s pain. So beware, […]
Read More The WORD’s Warnings…Zephaniah 3:17 “The LORD your GOD is in your midst, a victorious warrior. HE will exult over you with joy, HE will be quiet in HIS love, HE will rejoice over you with shouts of joy!” With Both Hands and Whole Heart! The “Forsaking all others!” command filters Dross… the extras, the demons, those little […]
Read More With Both Hands and Whole Heart!Deuteronomy 31:8 “The LORD is the ONE WHO goes ahead of you; HE will be with you. HE will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed!” Inseparably Sided! While the eternal light beckons, so too does the darkness…while there is still Time and moments keep passing. While HIS call keeps […]
Read More Inseparably Sided!Philippians 3:20 “But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a SAVIOUR from there, the LORD JESUS CHRIST…” Saint Elsewhere! Would you save a page of music over sparing the life of its author? Would you favor receiving the LORD’s grace alone…without sharing it also with others? Would you cling to chains of […]
Read More Saint Elsewhere!Matthew 6:21 “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” The Great Unpacking! “Are you ready to meet Jesus?” was HIServant’s outcry, “…because I see your suitcases filled with this life.” “To the last bag, o’erwhelming, so are your possessions found stuffed in like gold which you hoard as obsessions.” And such […]
Read More The Great Unpacking!Romans 5:10 “For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to GOD by the death of HIS SON, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by HIS life.” “Am I,” the sinner… A statement — unquestioned reminds what is known though it goes without mention. Thus! “I AM”, the VICTOR […]
Read More “Am I”, the Sinner…Hosea 4: 6 “MY people perish from a lack of knowledge.” THE Only WAY! Indifference is “sameness” as though one of a dozen; As if “template stamped cookies” which mirror each other. Thus Difference IS contrast: Unique and Uncopied! As such, YHWH’s plans can’t — by darkness — be changed! Now choose ye HIS WORD […]
Read More THE Only WAY!1 Corinthians 12:18 “But now [as things really are], GOD has placed and arranged the parts in the Body, each one of them, just as HE willed and saw FIT [with the best balance of function].” Fit In! When seeds grow togetherSide by side — entwined closelytheir sprouts will unite— becoming one stock. But when […]
Read More “Fit In!”Psalms 27:13 “I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living!” (Let Freedom Ring!) Let TRUTH be Told! This tale of Truth compares sides of a coin… by measuring pow’r and endurance. Retelling HIS story, eternally perfect, so are we reminded of WHOSE power reigns. […]
Read MorePsalm 143:6 “I stretch out my hands to YOU; My soul longs for YOU, as a parched land! Selah.” Heaven’s Peak! When Moses climbed Mt Nebo, his view of Promised Land awaited. Yet Life’s breath would soon elude him when GOD’s Hour Glass expired. When the final grain of sand did fall as one, completely […]
Read More Heaven’s Peak!Psalm 73:28 “But as for me, the nearness of GOD is my good…” I have made the LORD GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all YOUR works! Closer than Yesterday! Let YOUR NAME consume what remains of Self Till “Hid with CHRIST” — between crimson letters. Consume me then with YOUR sovereign truth […]
Read More Closer than Yesterday!Deuteronomy 31:8 “And the LORD, HE is the ONE WHO goes before you. HE will be with you, HE will not leave you nor forsake you; do not fear nor be dismayed!” For the LORD goes before you! The worst hero is onewho isn’t equipped.Unprepared for the battle,retreat these with Doubt. Then imagine they lightcast […]
Read More For the LORD goes before you!Psalm 61:4 “Let me dwell in YOUR tent forever; Let me take refuge in the shelter of YOUR wings! Selah.” HIS Breath, HIS Wings! Whenever the breeze gently strollsthrough the house,when its “Oh so refreshing!” floatsthrough every window;then reminded of HIS Holy SPIRIT’sindwelling, so am I an eagle aloft who continues… …to rest on HIS […]
Read More HIS Breath, HIS Wings!1 Corinthians 13:7 “Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” Leaving the Ledge! Sin’s horrors should cause us to quickly recoil from its clutches. Yet! Many are found who still linger. At the edge of a cliff looking downward in darkness, they stand. Yet! Not steadfast! Hence, unstable ground! […]
Read More Leaving The Ledge!Proverbs 3:6 “In all your ways acknowledge HIM, and HE will make your paths straight!” LEFT: To our Own devices The direction is such to those rightly corrected; divided from Truth and abandoned fo Self… Whose face turned to straying from HIS — disobeying till wholly betraying HIS words, written — red. Yet how blatant […]
Read More LEFT: To our Own devices!Ecclesiastes 5:20 “They seldom reflect on the days of their life, because GOD keeps them occupied with gladness of heart.” Disrobing Regret! Regret is a well worn and drenched blanket…with huge holes in it. On only the coldest of proverbial winter nights it is pulled out…and then thrown atop a most grieving soul. Thread bare […]
Read More Disrobing Regret!Revelation 19:16 “HE was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and HIS NAME is called The WORD of GOD! Wearing HIS WORD! With papers in hand so are soldiers commissioned: instructions for battle with acts to perform. With tasks “checking off” as their list grows no shorter, so does such assignments become part of […]
Read More Wearing HIS WORD!Psalm 91:7-8 “A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it shall not come near you. Only with your eyes shall you look, and see the reward of the wicked.” When Justice Stands! In Justice, we find the payment for crimes. Injustice we see often happens instead. So […]
Read More When Justice Stands!Matthew 10:38 “And whoever does not take their cross and follow ME is not worthy of ME.” The Whole of CHRIST! Meet me where the Crossonce stood upon Golgotha:the rock which bore HIS spotlessblood and all our weight of sin. Hanging there within our place,HE was a nailed note.HIS story rings aloud each hour!JESUS died […]
Read More The Whole of CHRIST!Within the flowing fields of Terra…Endless stretching – ranged HIS steeds.Before ordained to take HIS message to the masses.Thus mare and stallion, young and old,with every breed known and untoldcomprised HIS stable which at present…filled these grasses. All appeared as vibrant trottersGrouped together as one bodyWith every heart empowered to carry out HIS missionThus gazing […]
Read More The Master’s Stable!1 Peter 5:10 “But may the GOD of all grace, who called us to HIS eternal glory by CHRIST JESUS, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and…settle you.” The “Broken” Discovery What a wonderful gift being broken becomes when one “runs” to LORD’s outstretched hands; from the valley of Death with all […]
Read More The “Broken” Discovery!Matthew 28:19a “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations…” HIS Footprints Fill! There but for the grace of GOD go I! ‘Cross shadowed plain and valley deep, so in HIS steps go mine. Through passage rough, to mountain high, thus on such paths ahead go I. And “Why?” your question follows me as if […]
Read More HIS Footprints Fill!Psalm 145:14 “The LORD sustains all who fall and raises up all who are bowed down.” The Finished Line Stretching to Heaven yet coming up short; Pressing in zealous yet grasping thin air. So feels Self’s resolve: past zero — restrained… when Strength stood within but not in The LORD. When on knees — fallen: […]
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