HEAVENLY INCLINED...: WHERE THERE IS *GOD*, THERE 'IS' LOVE!!!

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...

WHERE THERE IS GOD, THERE 'IS' LOVE!!!

I say LOVE, someone thinks of romance, someone thinks of sex, someone thinks of Family, someone thinks of Friends, someone thinks that LOVE is hard to come by, someone thinks that LOVE hurts, someone thinks that LOVE is a joke, and on it goes...

Romance is an action, or component of LOVE, just as are Familial, and Friendship ties! LOVE is NOT hard to come by, it is preeminent, it ONLY hurts when it is abused, there is NOTHING funny about LOVE, and LOVE SHALL EVER BE!!!

Sure, to those that don't know THE LORD, *GOD*, LOVE is probably, unnatural for them, and found only in the human plane, which IS faulty, and disappointing, because HE is NOT present! I have received many embittered responses in my time to my proclamations of LOVE, and generally, these people do not know *GOD*, or, have been hurt so many times by humans, they do not believe in *GOD*. Sad...

Listen, LOVE EXISTS IN EACH of us, and IS GOOD! While, in the natural, carnal realm, it tends to be misused for self gain, and then too, FIDELITY, and HONESTY MUST be understood, and maintained! In the DIVINE realm of spirit, it is as food for the being, and IS innately woven into the WHOLE of existence! *GOD* IS LOVE, thus, IF we are one with HIM, we KNOW LOVE, and experience LOVE, and GROW in LOVE!!!

IF we totally, devour, and digest THE WORD, we are NOURISHED BY LOVE, and begin to flourish IN this LOVE! The more we devour, and digest, the more we thrive, increase, and prosper FROM LOVE! We only LEARN LOVE through HIM, who IS LOVE; thus, the more we KNOW HIM, the more we KNOW LOVE, and the more they are synonymous in our lives, the more we blossom, producing the worthy fruits HE COMMANDS of us!!!

It IS all before us, though we have to retrain the egocentric being as much as is feasible, to step outside the SELF, into the REAL being, the spirit, in order for LOVE to work it's SUPERNATURAL powers within us, through us, and all around us! We HAVE to understand that LOVE IS SELFLESS, and exists for the GOOD of ALL in CREATION, as a mechanism of inspiration, empowerment, and POSITIVITY!!!

LOVE is HOLY GENIUS, RIGHTEOUS INTELLIGENCE, HEALTHY STABILITY, and MUCH more! LOVE is that which WILL, and DOES lead us through the crazy, twisted maze of the world, to LIFE, and HOME! LOVE IS WHAT HOLDS EVERYTHING IN CREATION, TOGETHER! NOTHING IN CREATION RESISTS LOVE, save for humanity; everything else exists IN LOVE, PLEASED, and WILLINGLY FOR THE GLORY OF THE LORD, *GOD*!!!

WE abuse the one thing we NEED more than anything else, because of lack of understanding, knowledge, and willingness to align: *GOD* HAS SHOWN us, and GIVEN us ALL HIS LOVE, as well as THE WAY, TRUTH, and LIGHT OF LOVE, the rest is up to us...

REV. LWINSOR © 2013