SLOW down, take it EASY, read THE WORD with intent, and diligence; give it time to meld into the being; it IS imperative TO allow it to seep into the heart, the spirit, the being!!!

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.

MAY PEACE BE WITH YOU, ALWAYS!!!
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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...

EVERYBODY PRAISE THE LORD: LINCOLN BREWSTER

TRULY ACCEPTING *GOD'S* GREATEST GIFT...

ALL, and EVERYTHING IN CREATION, exists FOR THE WILL OF *GOD*...

And nothing in CREATION resists their purpose in HIS WILL, save for some fallen angels, and Mankind; EACH, and EVERYTHING else IN HIS CREATION DOES what they were created for!!!

Do we REALLY think we exist in HIS WILL for the sole purpose of satiating ourselves? What sense does that make given the magnitude of HIS HOLINESS, HIS WILL, and HIS PLAN, in which we have a ROYAL inheritance? HOW could it be that HE orchestrated a PLAN to bring us into HIS KINGDOM, which is one of SUBSTANCE, PURITY, and in which NOTHING adverse to HIM shall be, only that we live for a while in this realm thinking, saying, and doing whatever we want, though such is against HIM, HIS WILL, and HIS WAYS???
Those very beings of HEAVEN whom resisted HIS SOVEREIGNTY,  and HIS POWERS, were cast away from HIM, so, WHERE does the notion that we can act in the same ways as them, without recourse, derive from???

Ah, this is where it gets tricky! The enemy itself, HAS gone to great lengths to shroud our perception, that we are inclined to WRONGLY assume that WE, like enmity to *GOD*, ARE superior, and thus, worthy enough to exist as WE please, NOT as would please our LORD! We IMAGINE, as do they, that we CAN be contrary to HOLINESS, because we were created OF LOVE, and LOVE would not eradicate what it had created! Empty theory, because the TRUTH of LOVE IS that IN IT, there is NOTHING contrary to it's GOODNESS! LOVE IS RIGHT, JUST, GOOD, and POSITIVELY geared towards the same! It is NOT INCLINED to adversity against *GOD*, nor anyone, nor anything else!!!

The enemy of THE LORD is intelligent, knowing, cunning, and hell bent on keeping us from our TRUTH, and rights; he will stop at nothing to take us down with him! Such is NO match for THE LORD, for HE IS the MASTER of ALL and EVERYTHING in existence BECAUSE HE MADE ALL and EVERYTHING, THEREFORE, there is NOTHING about what HE has CREATED that HE does not know about it, understand about it, or cannot control! See? But the enemy is SO self-assured as to TRY to disprove the very POWERS OF THE LORD *GOD* ALMIGHTY, and spares no energy in dragging us into his senselessness...
Sure, *GOD* KNEW what we would be up against, and how bad it is here, thus THE PLAN to rescue us, and to reconcile us to HIMSELF, but which is a COVENANT, which IS an agreement between two or more parties, in which EACH MUST HONOUR their end, otherwise it is empty, thus nullified!!!

From early on, the love of self pre-empted the LOVE of *GOD*, in that, humanity, under the influence of enmity, has struggled to HONOUR ANY COVENANT, ANY LAW, ANY DECREE, ANY ORDINANCE, ANY INSTRUCTION placed before us BY THE LORD, FOR OUR OWN GOOD, and SAFETY...

Hence, *GOD* GAVE HIS ONLY begotten SON; HIMSELF in the flesh, as a SACRIFICIAL atonement, which ALSO, has been twisted, and distorted! YES, HIS GIFT means eternal LIFE for the soul of the FAITHFUL, but here is what has been twisted, and distorted! FAITHFUL means more than belief, it means conformation TO *GOD*, and HIS WILL, OVER the world, and its ways! FAITHFUL means ALLEGIANCE TO *GOD*, and HIS WILL OVER ALL else! FAITHFUL means HONOURING THE LORD OVER EVERYTHING! FAITHFUL means FULFILLMENT of our end of the COVENANT! FAITHFUL means KNOWLEDGE OF HIS WILL, and COMPLIANCE accordingly!!!
We are NOT the flesh, we ARE the spirit, the soul, which HAS rights to THE KINGDOM, IF we have awakened to this TRUTH, and have stepped onto THE PATH, which CHRIST JESUS paved with water, with HIS blood, with HIS SPIRIT! IF we LOVE HIM, we FOLLOW HIM, and if we follow HIM, we FULFILL HIS WILL, as HE HAS bid us to do, FOR our own good, safety, and inheritance, and FOR HIS GLORY! IF we are IN CHRIST, we are dead to the world, and its ways, and are OF LIGHT, FOCUSED UPON LIGHT, and thus, EXUDE LIGHT ourselves! Children of LIGHT, SHINE as reflections of their FATHER, WHO IS PURE LIGHT!!!

Erring is to be expected, and is natural to GROWTH, HOWEVER, habitual, or chosen erring IS the evidence of self-inclination, which IS pride, vanity, and all which IS against THE LORD, therefore IS enmity to HIM, which DOES lead to dissolution of ANY PROMISES! CHRIST JESUS CAME to us to TEACH us, and to SHOW us that it IS possible to exist IN HIM on Earth, WHILE being tried, tested, and tempted! HE EXPERIENCED as we do, and therefore, KNOWS EXACTLY, our dilemma, though also, HE KNOWS we ARE able to resist, and to grow, after all, we ARE OF HIM, IF we so CHOOSE to be!!!
Until we understand 'THY WILL BE DONE', OVER my will be done, we will struggle! HE LIVES FOREVER, but we, in the flesh, are here today, gone tomorrow, though the soul HAS the invitation to join HIM in FOREVER, IF we, in the now, FOLLOW HIM...

It is a most HOLY season, therefore it is good to remind ourselves of our role in HIS PLAN, as we ask HIM to continue to guide us on THE PATH of RIGHTEOUSNESS, while strengthening us, fortifying us, enlightening us, enabling us, endowing us, empowering us, and encouraging us along THE WAY! Let us STUDY HIM in HIS BLESSED, and BEAUTIFUL nature, then imitate HIM in the best of our understanding, and capacities, that HIS GIFT INCREASES IN GLORY, and therefore, is paid forward that others SEE HIM through the shroud!!!

BLESS THE LORD *GOD* ALMIGHTY for HIS GIFT to Mankind! PRAISE HIM all the hours of the day! WORSHIP HIS HOLINESS with gladness, for it IS THE LIGHT the dark, dark world needs! REJOICE IN HIS LOVING care for us, in every way! HONOUR HIM BY HONOURING THE COVENANT, as Children who KNOW their FATHER, and whom TRUST HIM enough to RELY ON HIS WISDOM, HIS WILL, HIS WAYS! THANK HIM, be GRATEFUL, and APPRECIATE what HE HAS DONE, and IS DOING for us, because without HIM, the darkness would destroy us all!!!

REV. LWINSOR © 2014

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Lynda said...

ONCE again I have to remind us that living in spirit, and doing the WILL of *GOD* IS the evidence of HIM working in us, and is NOT the earning of HIS GRACE, and MERCY, INSTEAD it is the proof of HIM in us! It is an agreement to let HIM SHINE through us, FOR HIS GLORY, and for the greater good of those lost in the darkness; it DOES have GREAT purpose in HIS WILL; we are AS HIS hands, feet, and heart!!!

Those OF CHRIST are 'different' than others, in various ways, evident by our 'FRUITS'...

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MALACHI 2:7-8...
7/ "For the lips of a priest ought to preserve knowledge, and from his mouth men should seek instruction—because he is the messenger of the LORD Almighty.
8/ But you have turned from the way and by your teaching have caused many to stumble; you have violated the covenant with Levi," says the LORD Almighty...
When you GIVE HOPE, you find HOPE, and, any time you find HOPE, be sure to GIVE it to someone else!!!

By FAITH we sleep, by FAITH we live, by FAITH we keep...lw'12

HOSEA 6:6...
For it is love that I desire, not sacrifice, and knowledge of God rather than holocausts.

(MATTHEW 9:13 & MATTHEW 12)

The world over, needs prayers, day in, day out! LET US PRAY WITHOUT CEASING! Let LOVE be the voice we lift UP to *GOD*! May HE BLESS us, and, may we allow HIM to show us THE WAY!!! PRAISE HIS MIGHTY name, and, GLORIFY HIM in thought, action, and, reaction!!!
The messengers of PEACE, in the heart of LOVE, have been handpicked by the Creator *GOD*, from the ranks of life, for HE knows the effectiveness of using those who have survived the worst, and now understand the best. In this way, the warriors of PEACE & LOVE are empowered, with strength, fortitude, longwithstanding, therefore, enabled to create ripples in the minds, & lives of mankind...

No GREATER LOVE exists:

No GREATER LOVE exists:
as CHRIST JESUS died for me, I, also die in HIM, and, ONLY IN HIM, do I find LIFE...

LOVE ONE ANOTHER---DAN LUEDERS

MAJESTY OF HIS GRACE RENEWED BY MORNING

MAJESTY OF HIS GRACE RENEWED BY MORNING