HEAVENLY INCLINED...: CHOICES, CHANGES, CHANCES...

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...

CHOICES, CHANGES, CHANCES...

I know a Man who doesn't want to give up his promiscuity,
He defends his right to live for the pleasure of his body!
I know a Woman who is addicted to alcohol, drugs, and vanity,
She feels the need to fit in, and compete with society!
We all know many people who just can't find the strength they need,
To move past the flesh, and it's greed;
And I have to ask, what then, does it mean to be one with THE LORD,
Have they ever really, studied, and absorbed HIS WORD?
HE LOVES us as we are, but see, WHO we are is way different than we think, for we are spirit, not flesh,
THIS is what *GOD* knows as our TRUTH, the rest is being caught up in the enemy's net of mesh!
How wonderful it is to discover the being beneath the world, the one CREATED in *GOD'S own heart,
The more this being is revealed, the easier from earthliness, it is to depart!
It won't happen overnight, that we shed the hardened shroud of deception we find here,
But that we desire to, makes our choice crystal clear,
As it shines of our decision to FOLLOW HIM through the shadows of death in this valley, to our rightful place,
While invoking HIM to accompany us in HIS LOVING, MERCIFUL GRACE!
FAITH is imperative, but FAITHFULNESS evidences FAITH in HIM,
Void of caving in to every human whim!
It is written, "You cannot serve two masters, for you will love one, and hate the other",
This has profoundly DIVINE WISDOM, my Sister, and Brother!
"For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?",
How difficult is it to understand that we MUST grasp onto, self-control?
We don't exist for folly, for our own gain, we exist for *GOD* ALONE,
Of all messages, this one should be the most well known,
Because it points to the FACT that our yearnings, like this planet, and all on it, will fade away,
But, we have the option through choice, to allow the soul to with THE LORD, LIVE, forever, and a day!
HE says, "See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, and death and adversity",
Marking, the alternatives before us, PRISTINELY!
Our LORD IS PATIENT, and HE GIVES many chances for us to distinguish, and realize,
What is absolutely authentic by HIS AUTHORITY, or what by evil, is mountains of lies!
HE is waiting for HIS own; while there is yet this time, let us CONSIDER what we know,
Will we RISE to THE KINGDOM, or fall, headstrong, and headlong, into the pit below???

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