HEAVENLY INCLINED...: EASTER IS MORE THAN A HOLY DAY, IT IS A WAY OF LIFE!!!

Thanksgiving for the LORD's Favor

Psalms 138 (A Psalm of David)
1/ I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.
2/ I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy loving-kindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
3/ In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.
4/ All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth.
5/ Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the glory of the LORD.
6/ Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
7/ Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.
8/ The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me:
thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands... AMEN!!!

One CANNOT earn GRACE, it is HIS own ESSENCE; a gift, still, IF one claims to be IN HIS GRACE, we ARE to, or, OUGHT to, be reflections of that GRACE! 2 CORINTHIANS 6:1, tells us not to take HIS GRACE in vain! This means, living in LOVE, morality, ethics, virtue, righteousness, and, spiritual improvement, TOWARDS, spiritual maturity, WHILE, visibly BEING as LIGHTS, beaming OF *GOD*, beckoning the world, TO THE LIGHT! Righteousness MEANS, conduct in conformity with *GOD'S* WILL, and, "Be HOLY because I AM HOLY!", therefore, indicating that knowledge, wisdom, and, effort, DO, apply TO the righteous!!! NEVER forget, we were grafted in, and, if we do not bear fruit, as a dead branch, we will be pruned out, just as were, the natural branches!!!

We are not saved by works, instead, works PROVE HIM in us: they identify HIS own...

IF I claim ONENESS with *GOD*, through CHRIST JESUS, I am DEAD TO THE WORLD, THUS, LIVING as HIM, which is, hopefully, witnessed IN, and, THROUGH, my every thought, action, and, reaction; MEANING, I am, THROUGH CONSCIOUS application OF THE WORD, HIS COMMANDS, HIS WILL, REFLECTING righteousness, not, merely, FAITH! I become, the TRULY FRUITFUL branch, of THE VINE, the TRUE member of THE BODY/THE CHURCH, CHRIST JESUS, and, TESTIFY, then, GLORIFY, BOLDLY, BY my thoughts, actions, and, reactions, HIS name, because, HE IS WORTHY, and, IN HIS LOVE, has SHOWN me, how I OUGHT to exist, to which, I eagerly, adapt, and, comply!!!

MATTHEW 5:48...
So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect

1 PETER 1:14-16...
14/ Like obedient children, do not act in compliance with the desires of your former ignorance
15/ but, as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in every aspect of your conduct,
16/ for it is written, "Be holy because I (am) holy."

ROMANS 12:2...
Do not conform yourselves to this age but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and pleasing and perfect.

Conduct, in conformity to *GOD'S* WILL, marks the righteous; it is NOT because of guilt, or, ancient Laws, but, because of LOVE; LOVE for *GOD*, self, then, others! CHRIST JESUS gave us Commandments to live by, of which, the first is to LOVE *GOD*, with all of your mind, heart, and, soul; the second is, to LOVE one another!

LOVE COMPELS us to LIVE IN HIM, through conduct which conforms to *GOD*; in other words, morality, ethics, doing good, and, being good, and, ever striving to improve the spirit! It is about REFLECTING THE TRUTH, for ALL to bear witness to, FOR, and, TO HIS GLORY, RADIANTLY SHINING OF HIS POWER, GRACE, and, MERCIES!!!

It IS ALL ABOUT LOVE, baby, all about LOVE!!!

MATTHEW 4: 17...From that time on, Jesus began to preach and say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."

JOHN 14:15..."If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

NOTE: I do not intend to preach, rather to reach; to stir up, awaken, to inspire, and, bring forth, in discussion, that which is, perhaps, dormantly existing in the heart of hearts, thus, little, or, no, sugar coatings, just THE WORD of *GOD*, the TRUTH, along with some of my thoughts. And truth is, I am reminding myself always, as I practice these reminders, in the best of my abilities, and capacities, while RELYING on THE LORD to lead me on that narrow PATH---> MATTHEW 7: 14: "For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it... TO *GOD* BE ALL GLORY...

EASTER IS MORE THAN A HOLY DAY, IT IS A WAY OF LIFE!!!

As CHRIST Ascended, so has my spirit, that I am dead to the world! By example of HOLY testament shall I live for this GIFT!!!

Easter is the HOLIEST of all HOLIDAYS to me, as, it is when the GIFT of *GOD'S* LOVE, CHRIST JESUS, gave up HIS BLESSED, SACRED life for our sins! To me, this is the MOST amazing act of LOVE! How GLORIOUS is our *GOD* that HE, BEFORE the foundations of life were CREATED, already had in place, the SAVING of HIS people, through our LORD, and, SAVIOUR, CHRIST JESUS? How wonderfully touching is the measure of a LOVE which, in advance, foresaw the need to save us from ourselves/the world???

Never a greater example of LOVE has, or, will, exist! In this awesome example of LOVE, from CREATION until that fateful day, LOTS has been involved in the GIFT itself! People had to sin, temptation had to rule, ignorance had to mislead, carnal instinct had to be prevalent OVER *GOD*, and, so much more, all that *GOD* in HIS GRACIOUS, MERCIFUL LOVE, could, as ONLY HE could, grant us an escape route from all which binds us, and, removes us from HIM!!!

Still, no matter what *GOD* has done to inspire, or, call out to HIS CREATION, mankind, there has always been defiant non-compliance to HIS WAYS, or, HIS WILL! Which doesn't matter much, for we shall soon be gone forever, but, HE shall exist eternally, EXCEPT for one fact; HE LOVES US! HE LOVES us SO much that HE KNEW that we would be weakened to the point of NEEDING rescue! HE KNEW that we would falter so much we would NEED HIM to lift us up, and, set us on the right path! HE KNEW that, despite HIS evidence, few would, actually, regard HIS GIFT of LOVE, let alone, HIS imminent presence in their lives! HE IS ALL KNOWING, EVER PRESENT, and, ETERNAL IN EXISTENCE, and, in LOVE! HE IS 'THE' *GOD* of ALL, and, EVERYTHING!!!

We celebrate Easter, but, do we REALLY celebrate THE GIFT? Do we HONOUR, COMPLY, BE OBEDIENT, LIVE IN LOVE, or, REGARD HIS PRECEPTS, in the name of LOVE, and, the GIFT OF JESUS???

Easter is MORE than a HOLY DAY, it IS A WAY of LIFE, both in the NOW, and, FOREVERMORE, TO which we SHOULD align, adhere to, and, become ONE with, that we, each one whom receives this SACRED GIFT, IS A LIVING TESTAMENT OF GLORY UNTO our LORD, *GOD*!!!

HOLY DAYS come, they go, and, with them, goes many people's commitment to HIM! We are yet bound by the throes of the world, even though we have been grafted into the VINE of life! We fail repeatedly, daily, even hourly, to BE the LIGHT'S reflection, BY EXAMPLE, for all the world to bear witness to! We MUST recall the COVENANT of LOVE, daily, that we are reminded of the facts that as the CHOSEN heirs of *GOD*, we ARE to conduct ourselves in the MOST HOLY WAY(S) we can muster, that THIS GIFT IS GLORIFIED, and, PROVES to the world, that what is OF the world is perishable, but, what is of *GOD* is EVERLASTING! AMEN!!!

Salvation is a GIFT which keeps on giving, therefore, in HONOUR of the GIFT, we also, must be DELIBERATE in our attempts to SHINE of this GIFT, in WHOLESOME GOODNESS, without dissension, falter, or, uneven appearances, for this GIFT IS WORTHY OF CONSTANT PRAISE, and, EVIDENCE THROUGH the EXAMPLE of the BEST we can muster, BASED ON LOVE, and, the WISE KNOWLEDGE OF *GOD'S* WAYS, and, WILL!!! AMEN!!!

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