HEAVENLY INCLINED...: CHRISTMAS IS THE GIFT OF LOVE WHICH 'COULD' MAKE IT CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY!!!

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...

CHRISTMAS IS THE GIFT OF LOVE WHICH 'COULD' MAKE IT CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY!!!

CHRISTmas is about LOVE; that LOVE which fills the universe, and powers all within it...

Just as *GOD* gave HIS only begotten SON from HIS heart of LOVE, the greatest GIFT ever known, we also, should strive to GIVE LOVE, not only in this season, but all the hours of the days of our lives, no matter how much LOVE is resisted, refuted, or refused, for LOVE IS that which regifts, all the way to it's very source!!!

WHY do we have such difficulty with LOVE? The only answer which could speak of the problematic, and obstinate lack of it in this world is that the enemy has been effective in his work of keeping us from TRUTH! LOVE is SO beautiful, and SO compelling, and SO right here with us, that it is unlikely that many actually choose with understanding, NOT to become one with it!!!

That the LOVE of *GOD* would care to SAVE us, MUST be one of the most truly humbling facts from which people RUN, for various reasons; for instance, insecurity in receiving it, or fear, and so on. Also, there is probably misunderstandings concerning HOW to live in LOVE, for instance, we might feel that we have to exhibit it in BIG ways...

LOVE WILL change the person, it should FILL the person, but it doesn't have to be evident in dramatic ways, in fact, when it becomes one with us, it is subtle, yet impacting. In other words, we don't have to make a show of LOVE, instead, LOVE HAS to flow forth of itself, and those whom house it, simply share of it! LOVE has components, factors, and characteristics which begin to blossom within us, and while we are changed, it is relative to the wholesomeness of LOVE, NOT to the pomp of grandeur! When people LOVE as THE LORD COMMANDS of us, that LOVE simply, but more than adequately, works SUPERNATURALLY FOR HIS GLORY, and the greater good of all!!!

When we are IN CHRIST JESUS, LOVE rules! It rules our thoughts, our emotions, our actions, and our reactions, ACCORDING TO HIS WILL, which thus, means we are sharing what is GOOD, what is RIGHT, what is JUST, even when we are not aware of it, for LOVE SHINES outwardly in this dark world, granting the LIGHT of HOPE, PEACE, JOY, and whatever is necessary to each persons encounter with it! When we give the self over to CHRIST, we give the self to LOVE!!!!!

There is NOTHING in this world we can give to one another that could measure up to LOVE! Consider that *GOD'S* LOVE has the POWER to change hearts of stone into hearts of flesh, which then beat FOR HIM! Consider that ALL which LOVE invokes IS POSITIVELY designated, and where LOVE has touched, GOODNESS REMAINS in it's wake!!!

Forget about comparing the LOVE *GOD* COMMANDS with human LOVE, save for the fact that we are humans stepping into LOVE, because our LOVE has in general, wrong tendencies, in that it can be, fickle, conditional, and conditioned, as well as ever changing, whereas the LOVE *GOD* TEACHES, is SOLID, STRONG, and EVER working even the slightest miracles!!!

THE LORD *GOD* would NOT ask us to do anything we are incapable of, and LOVE IS the first and the last of HIS instructions, therefore, it IS imperative to our relationship, and walk with HIM, and CERTAINLY with our journey through this darkened valley TO our intended home! We ARE more than capable, with intrinsic capacities to LOVE, BY, and THROUGH THE LORD, therefore, our lack of it IS by choice!!!

In this HOLY season, as we celebrate HIS GIFT OF LOVE, HIS LOVE INCARNATE, FOR HIS GLORY, and our LIFE, let us take time to consider this LOVE HE HAS COMMANDED of us, to study its workings, and may it OVERTAKE us, FILL us, and FLOW FORTH of us! LOVE RULES, because *GOD* IS LOVE, and HE IS SOVEREIGN RULER OVER ALL, and EVERYTHING, and LOVE IS what holds it all together!!!

Let us exist IN HIM, and HIS LOVE, that HIS LOVE spreads rapidly through the world, and allows CHRISTmas to be celebrated every single, *GOD* given day!!!

REV. LWINSOR © 2014

BLESS THE LORD! PRAISE HIM ALWAYS! WORSHIP HIS HOLINESS! REJOICE IN HIS LOVING care for us! HONOUR HIM BY BEING the REFLECTION OF HIS LOVE! MERRY CHRISTMAS today, and always, with all my LOVE!!!