HEAVENLY INCLINED...: GET OVER YOUR SKIN COLOUR!!!

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...

GET OVER YOUR SKIN COLOUR!!!

Ah, the endless negativity over skin colours! It is especially bad when people USE the colour of their skin in disadvantageous ways---

Get over your own skin colour! IF you are a Child of *GOD*, you are NO longer of the flesh, you are of spirit, and from this vantage point, there ain't no colour distinction!!!

There are those who feel superior in their skin colour; there are those who feel inferior by theirs; there are those of us who DON'T consider our skin colour to have much to do with anything, other than *GOD'S* own purpose, and maybe HIS LOVE of colours; HIS artistic expression, perhaps! We DON'T know why HE deemed to colour the skin for sure, but I am POSITIVE HE did NOT do it for hate, and other negatives to take over our sensibilities!!!

Some people deem their skin colour as the core of all their power, or the cause of all their sorrows! This is ludicrous, in my opinion! ALL people have power, and ALL people have sorrows, SO where is the distinction besides the ones we create for ourselves???

We CAN'T change the colour we are, and so, we FIRST must be comfortable with what *GOD* has GIVEN us! IF we are more comfortable with ourselves, others will be able to do so as well!!!

Christians are born anew INTO THE LORD, and have LEFT the old person behind! We have taken on the spirit, and left the flesh behind, and so, WHY is there SO much emphasis on the colour of the skin? DON'T we SEE that if we cling to such matters we are yet existing in the flesh, and therefore NOT the spirit???

I am TIRED of the problems tied to the colour of one's skin; which has gone on, and on, and on with NO solutions, BECAUSE no one is willing to just BE whom and what they are! Your skin is NOT you, it is the housing of the spirit which IS the REAL you CREATED IN *GOD'S* image! The body is NOT what is CREATED in HIS image, the spirit is, BECAUSE when we are finished in this realm, the spirit is ALL which remains, and SO, the body besides being useful for the duration of this journey through this valley, is NOT the point!!!

WASTED IS the time people spend on the significance of their skin, their flesh! People OF THE LORD OUGHT to KNOW BETTER! GREAT division exists IN THE BODY OF THE CHURCH because of this carnal trouble, and it HAS to be stopped! Particular Churches, because their leaders can't see past their own skin, are contributing to more and more people living away from TRUTH, as the matter of skin is taught, seemingly, more important than growing, and developing the spirit! HOW can a leader who KNOWS *GOD* encourage what is of the flesh? WHERE IS the connection to CHRIST JESUS in all this fussing, and WHAT is being solved???

When we fixate on anything, it then, affixes to us! ANY time we try to exist in the world, and handle things on our own, we have stepped away from *GOD*, and well, there you go...

SO what; I am pinkish! SO what; you are olive! SO what; you are brownish! SO what; you are ebony! SO WHAT DOES this have to do with anything other than what we have ALLOWED it to? CAN'T we SEE the enemy's hand in all this dissension? It SURELY is NOT of THE LORD, and so, we MUST be able to see beyond our skin colour, and concentrate on the spirit, as in the end, that IS all which *GOD* will keep, or cast into the fiery pit! LIKE THE LORD we must examine the heart, and NOT the physical, in ourselves, then in others!!!

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