HEAVENLY INCLINED...: SUNDAY'S SACRED SCRIPTURES...

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...

SUNDAY'S SACRED SCRIPTURES...

EXODUS 20:1 & 3...
1/ I AM THE LORD, your *GOD*,
3/ you shall have no other gods before me!!!

MATTHEW 22:37-40...
37/ He said to him, "You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.
38/ This is the greatest and the first commandment.
39/ The second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
40/ The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments."

*GOD* IS LOVE; self-explanitory, and, an opening TO THE TRUTHS of life!!!

LOVE IS THE SACRED FORMULA, to ALL in existence, and, is especially, IMPERATIVE to our relationship with *GOD*, and, our lives! LOVE is without beginning, or end, and, IS the sustainment OF CREATION! LOVE PROVIDES in ALL matters, and, IS the infinity of ATTRIBUTION! LOVE covers a multitude of sin, and, LEADS us to righteousness, while, enriching, enabling, endowing, empowering, and, encouraging our lives, and, spirals forward, from each being, to others, whether, received, or not!!!

In LOVE, is the power, the gist, the answers, the antidote, the whole, the continuum, the health, the happiness, the optimization, the completion of what IS CREATED!!!

IF we can grasp, embrace, understand, and, utilize LOVE; what IS HOLY, comes to us, readily, and, we live as intended, AND, our err lessens, notably! There IS DIVINELY GREAT purpose in *GOD'S* COMMANDS for us to learn, and, live, in LOVE!!!

BECAUSE of the SELFISHNESS, or, self-inclination, of the egocentric being, along with deception, delusion, and, the arsenal of the evil one, LOVE, while, EVER prevailing, has been contained, perverted, altered, stymied, stagnated, misunderstood, misused, and, forth the hindrances go!!!

Thus, THE WORD, and, an aligned ATTACHMENT TO *GOD*, IS necessary, to instruct us, to teach us, to enlighten us, and, to IGNITE what IS REAL, that, it burns ever stronger, while, diminishing the effects of the world, mainly, egocentricity! You see, without self, there is no err, for self is the entrance for the deceiver, whom, does his thing, effectively, deliberately, and, extensively! Once the deception is initiated, then, accepted by the egocentric being, the sub-conscious, feeds us all sorts of lies, delusions, and, competently, messes up our mentalities, then, our emotions, which, we, after listening to the constant, sub-conscious chatter, believe, even if, we are aware, that negative only exists, if we allow it to! See, the sub-conscious tells us we are not good enough, strong enough, and, we are well within our rights, to do things, which, are against *GOD*! IF we LIVE, fully, IN LOVE, we are not concerned about self, as, *GOD*, and, others, are primary, and, we KNOW, we are taken care of, IN THAT LOVE!!!

VERY SOUND ARE THE SACRED SCRIPTURES, and, LOVE of *GOD*, and, LOVE of others, IS KEY to life, in the now, and, ever after! We only need to STUDY, LEARN, EMBRACE, UNDERSTAND, and, UTILIZE LOVE, FROM *GOD'S* WORD, that, it begins to become as one with us, as is the flesh of the spirit, we TRULY are!!!

AMAZINGLY AWESOME IS the SPIRIT, *GOD*! And, it becomes MORE SO, WHEN LOVE becomes as vital as is our breath!!!

PRAISE THE LORD, for HE, ALONE, IS WORTHY! AMEN!!!

REV. LWINSOR © 2012
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