HEAVENLY INCLINED...: WE ARE ON A HIGHWAY TO HELL: STILL THERE IS HOPE & IT IS A BEAUTIFUL DAY!!!

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...

WE ARE ON A HIGHWAY TO HELL: STILL THERE IS HOPE & IT IS A BEAUTIFUL DAY!!!

It is beauuuuuuuuutiful today; I thank THE LORD *GOD* for this day! I revere HIM, and HIS many 'gifts' unto us! All is NOT wonderful, yet HE HAS put beauty into the hours of this time, and HAS SHOWN us what would make it better, even perfect---

At this moment, we ARE on the highway to hell! There is more wrong than right, and WAY more adversity than not! There is crime, corruption, depravity, abomination, viciousness, hatred, violence galore, disrespect, disregard, and oh, SO much more, which MANY today, consider common, and FAR too many are as complacent as can be about all this; or they turn away from it, and ignore it...

MOST people want to be told that everything is alright, and that we are safe! What we WANT to hear is NOT TRUTH, but a temporal remedy for itching ears, and needy spirits! LOVE INSISTS TRUTH be told, and inspired! In that LOVE IS a HARD STANCE of DISCIPLINE; one which IS necessary, and beneficial; OTHERWISE, we WILL continue to stray beyond the point of no return! Standards, and principles ARE in place FOR OUR GOOD, and for the continuance of time on this planet! These PROVIDE the ability to co-exist, to grow, to flourish, and to thrive! When we denounce them, deny them, and defy them, well, we have chaos, danger, and never a second of PEACE, let alone REAL happiness!!!

NOW we are IMBALANCED BY the negativity, hostility, animosity, and disdain in which we are existing, AND the scale IS tilting farther, and farther to work against us; not to mention the damage being done, which some of is irreversible, and has LONG lasting consequences! We ARE NOT created to live this way, regardless of the tendency to do so! This IS WHY we HAVE guidelines by which to exist! WITHOUT them, we are lost, and we are nefarious!!!

The anxiety, fear, stress, uncertainty, and other effects of existing outside of TRUTH, ARE poisons to the ENTIRE being, and WILL SURELY ruin societies, now, and future! WHO WANTS to be constantly affected by what is UGLY, WRONG, and UNPRODUCTIVE? It is a boring, exhausting, and endless cycle, and NEVER gets better, UNTIL some decide CHANGE IS needed!!!

WITHOUT *GOD*, things WILL get worse, as HE WILL make HIMSELF KNOWN, and WILL DISCIPLINE in a variety of ways, BELIEVE IT, as LOVE COMMANDS LOVE, and ALL which is RIGHT, JUST, and GOOD! Rebellion ALWAYS comes back down upon the rebellious, OH YAH, IT DOES! So, not only is there what we have CAUSED backfiring on us, THE LORD IS raining down HIS anger, and disapproval, FOR our own good; THAT we SEE, and 'GET' TRUTH, and what makes for a wholesome, productive, and joyful existence!!!

We NEED to CONSIDER the rocky road we are on, and the hardships we are putting on ourselves in our discordant ways! IT IS TIME TO GET REAL, and to address OUR ROLE in all of this! WE HAVE the power to make things better, and TO STOP all this RIDICULOUSNESS! There is NO gain from where we are, and are headed; only disaster, destruction, and despair, NONE of which has to be, nor is profitable in ANY way!!!

There IS a slippery slope on which a VERY LONG, LONG, LONG line is formed, and WILL be cast down into, perhaps sooner than expected, AS more and more ARE inclined to follow the crowds, the mobs, and the contrary dissidents of this time!!!

What we face in these hours of this beauuuuuuuuuutiful day IS SENSELESS, DANGEROUS, and TOTALLY works AGAINST us! There is NOTHING good to come from existing in such; the price IS heavier than imagined, and WILL be rued far too late!!!

MORALS MATTER! VIRTUE MATTERS! ETHICS MATTER! INTEGRITY MATTERS! RIGHTEOUSNESS MATTERS! LOVE, COMPASSION, KINDNESS, UNDERSTANDING, FORGIVENESS, TOLERANCE, GENTLENESS, PEACE, and well, THE GOOD MATTERS! Consider the stark difference between what is right, and what is wrong; not only for yourself, but for ALL humanity!!!

WE NEED *GOD*, we TRULY DO; we are NOT able to manage this realm on our own, as there ARE boundless enemies, and enmity that is RELENTLESS in the quest to take us down!!!

SURE, EVERYONE WANTS to be told everything is alright, and to hear of PEACE, but you know what?, IF we were existing AS WE COULD, OR SHOULD, there would be NO REASON for that want, BECAUSE ALL WOULD BE WELL!!!

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THANK YOU LORD for this beautiful day, AND for the FAITH, and strength to deal with what intends to rob the day of it's beauty! ALL PRAISE, WORSHIP, and GLORY BE UNTO THEE!!!