HEAVENLY INCLINED...: TUESDAY'S THOUGHTS: THE BLAZING HEART OF LOVE...

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...

TUESDAY'S THOUGHTS: THE BLAZING HEART OF LOVE...

One thing LOVE prepares us for is fidelity to endure hardship, trials, tribulations and sufferings to the very end when CHRIST JESUS, our LORD, and SAVIOUR shall return...

It is written in MATTHEW 24: 12...
and because of the increase of evildoing, the love of many will grow cold.

When LOVE grows, or waxes cold, HOPE is gone, and the frantic search for it begins, which finds many relying not on *GOD*, instead what appeals to them, what appeases them at the moment, regardless if this is the farthest thing from the TRUTH, regardless if it is THE WORD of *GOD*, regardless if it is of human understanding, and doctrines, as they want to feel something, anything, that provides comfort! When LOVE grows cold, protection against what is of the world is distanced to say the least, and those allowing their LOVE to grow cold, are weakened, vulnerable, and thus, easily carried away...

This verse has special instruction for the Churches, although we are EACH what comprises THE BODY of THE CHURCH, and so...

Throughout history, Mankind has hardened their hearts towards DIVINE intervention, direction, and all that *GOD* does offer us! When the heart is hardened towards HIM, there is a natural occurrence of falling away, and so: Perseverance in faith is the best evidence of the sincerity of our faith. Hearing the word often is a means of salvation, yet, if not hearkened to, it will expose more to the Divine wrath. The happiness of being partakers of Christ and his complete salvation, and the fear of God's wrath and eternal misery, should stir us up to persevere in the life of obedient faith.

LOVE is a stronghold, it is a safety net, it is a rope, it is a way past what is to be, and the very substance of our FAITH, and FAITHFULNESS! LOVE undeveloped, LOVE complacent, and LOVE left to the winds of time is not strong enough to LIFT us in the times ahead! A TRUE Christian will NOT forsake the LOVE they hold, they will not allow it to wax cold, they will guard it, build on it, increase it, and spread it forth like a raging fire, that it might reach others...

TWO COMMANDMENTS cover ALL instruction; LOVE; BECAUSE LOVE KEEPS us IN THE WAY, strong, courageous, inspiring, and SHINING OF HIS GLORY, that as the lawlessness of the world increases, LOVE remains a beacon of HOPE for those who are perishing!!!

I believe that ALL generations have a part in the end times, in that, our lives ARE, or not, the evidence of our LOVE of *GOD*, and others, and of our allegiance to HIM, or to world, and so on! We haven't another life to come close to HIM, and to prepare THE WAY of THE LORD! And so, TODAY IS THE DAY to make straight THE WAY of THE LORD; this lifetime IS that timeline which determines our eternal dwelling! This time IS the time to INCREASE THE LOVE OF THE LORD, and to spiral that LOVE forward for those after us...

LOVE WILL EXIST ETERNALLY, with or without us, yet *GOD* URGES us to share in HIS LOVE forever, for THIS IS the TRUTH in which we were CREATED, and which the spirit, our TRUE self is longing for!!!

Based on what we see, and hear in these times, LOVE is waxing cold, and it's effects are evident, HOWEVER, those OF THE LORD, those of THE FAITH, those who KNOW HIS LOVE, and HOW to exist in this LOVE, ARE as beacons for as many as is feasible, to LIFT them from the coldness, from the decline, from the inevitable wrath which is to come against those who FORSOOK THE LORD, and HIS LOVE!!!

IF our LOVE remains TRUE, we will NOT grow weary, we will NOT falter, we will NOT be shaken out of what CHRIST has taught us, nor out of our *GODLY*, *GOD*-fearing senses! LOVE IS SO IMPERATIVE, as it covers ALL grounds to HEAVEN, let us stoke continually, the fire in the heart ignited by *GOD'S* own SPIRIT, for HIS GLORY, and the good of others!!!

REV. LWINSOR © 2014
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