HEAVENLY INCLINED...: LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER...

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...

LORD HEAR OUR PRAYER...

It is a day to remember, yet, it is not a day to relive, nor to further fan the flames of dissension, as there, already, exists far too much of this! All through the world people are suffering for their very existence, and everything but LOVE is brewing...

Those who were lost are in a much better place, PRAY to *GOD*, and their LOVED ones have lived this day ever since! This is a day of PRAYER, of honouring the memories of those who perished, along with their Families, and other LOVED ones! This is a day of invoking *GOD*, NOT more of the same...

I receive bulletins of the latest acts of violence, and acts against humanity all the time, in which case, there is a LOT of people perishing this day, and every day, for one reason or another, all because LOVE is NOT woven into the tapestry of society, all because people cannot seem to embrace the POSITIVES which ARE ever with us, but are rarely grasped...

This is a day to reckon with the harsh reality that few seem to be willing to move forward, in the maturity of LOVE, and to take note of how EASILY incited are the masses of the world, even if the incitement is brought on by nothing more than words! This is a day to remember what hatred has created, and to show that it MUST be curtailed, and redirected towards what is right, just, and good!!!

These times are SHOWING us in SO many ways, the mistakes of our perceptions, the dangers of judging, of condemning, and many other behaviours, actions, and reactions which are NOT *GODLY*! We are being TAUGHT by the evil of this world, the NEED for what is good, right, just, for what is of *GOD*! We are at a point in time when these lessons SHOULD matter, as all enmity is being stoked for less than plausible reasons...

HOW can HONOUR accompany this day of remembrance, when hate is the central theme? HOW can ANYONE claim they are right when wrong is what is spewing forth???

It is time to REALLY THINK about the far reaching, and destructive forces of hate, which exist EVERYWHERE, and to CONSIDER THAT *GOD* OFFERS A FAR BETTER solution! Hate has always begat hate, but LOVE CONQUERS ALL! LOVE HAS POWERS to erase from the face of this Earth, and the hearts of it's citizens, the poisonous, and deadly traces of hate, which, comes by way of the enemy of humanity, the enemy of *GOD*!!!

Today, let us begin to take on a new, improved state of existence, beginning with allegiance to *GOD* OVER all else, and move forward in the LOVE HE HAS given us! Let us PRAY, and PETITION in this mindset, and let us leave hate to rot away, without the food it needs to thrive...

Let us PRAY for ALL who have perished in this world, and for those who can't grow past what will cause more of the same! *GOD* BE WITH US ALL! LET LOVE RULE, that we CAN discover the BOUNTIFUL BLESSINGS therein; the POSITIVE healthiness therein: LORD, hear our PRAYER!!!

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