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

MEANINGFUL MONDAY'S...

It is Monday, the 2ND day of a new week, in the middle of the month, THANKS BE to THE LORD! We have been GIVEN time, time which COUNTS, and so, let us, whom claim THE LORD, MAKE this time SPEAK of HIM---

QUALITY MATTERS, in EVERY area of life! *GOD* CREATED us TO BE, or better yet, TO BECOME QUALITY exemplifications of HIS QUALITIES, WHICH ARE PURE, HOLY, SOUND, PRINCIPLED, SURE, TRIED, and TESTED!!!

The world today, is forsaking Quality in diverse ways! Quality is lacking all over the board, but what matters most is the diminishing QUALITY of GOODNESS from the human realm, which then, affects all else, how could it not?! Even Quality time is ignored!!!

When GOOD human qualities diminish, all that comes of us, is lacking in quality as well, ranging from honesty, to fidelity, all the way through harvest, materials, products, and integrity of sales. EVERYTHING suffers when QUALITY is forsaken!!!
The QUALITIES of the *GODLY* are NOT sub-standard, they are SUPERNATURAL-standard! As we dig deeper into HIS WORD, AFTER HIS PROMISE of salvation, acceptance of CHRIST JESUS as THE LORD, and the bid for us to repent, throughout, we are TAUGHT the need for becoming people of QUALITY...

THE LORD requires QUALITY in HIS people, as HIS KINGDOM is without less than the BEST; it is untainted, incorruptible, and without any wrong! The thing is, we WERE CREATED IN QUALITY, and it DOES exist within, but like all things, is affected by free will, for alas, we have the choice to improve what is *GOD* given, or to deny, and defy it...

HE bids us to have Quality of character, quality in behaviours, in thought, in actions, and reactions! Quality is about LOVE, compassion, kindness, integrity, honesty, goodness, paying it forward, and ALL which is right, just, and good, according TO HIS WILL! Quality is OPTIMAL for society, optimal for Marriage, optimal for advancements, optimal for obtainment, and on it goes! When quality lessens in society, things begin to deteriorate, and get worse before they get better. Regardless if we want to be quality people or not, the way it is, without quality in our lives, we will learn some harsh lessons, which WILL turn our minds, hearts, spirits, and actions right back to quality, because life is really ugly without it, and those whom belong to *GOD*, somewhere along the line ARE brought into their reality...
Let's take a look into this for a moment---
2 PETER 1: 3-11... 
3/ seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence. 
4/ For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust.
5/ Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge, 
6/ and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness,  
7/ and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love. 
8/ For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 
9/ For he who lacks these qualities is blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins.  
10/ Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choosing you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never stumble; 
11/ for in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be abundantly supplied to you. 
2 PETER 3: 10-18... 
10/ But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up. 
11/ Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, 
12/ looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the elements will melt with intense heat!  
13/ But according to His promise we are looking for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells. 

14/ Therefore, beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless, 
15/ and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you,  
16/ as also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which the untaught and unstable distort, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction. 
17/ You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, be on your guard so that you are not carried away by the error of unprincipled men and fall from your own steadfastness,  
18/ but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
When we are UNITED to *GOD* by CHRIST, and THE HOLY SPIRIT, FAITH works *GODLINESS* within! We are TRANSFORMED via the QUALITIES of GRACE, which then, becomes as our own nature! Submission to HIS WILL PROVIDES QUALITY in endless ways, such as the will to endure, persevere, be content, grateful, thankful, rejoicing, and on it goes; EXEMPLIFYING HIS MIGHTY PRESENCE in us! It is being Sanctified, and Consecrated; set apart for LOFTY, for HOLY use!!!

We think differently, we act differently, we react differently, because we are FREED from the bonds of oppressive forces which have misled us, and kept us in the murkiness of negativity, despair, deception, and all which inhibits the very QUALITIES which we hold because we ARE OF THE LORD! The enemy KNOWS our QUALITIES, but aspires to blind us from them, and to keep them from encouraging others in the world. The enemy is jealous of our *GOD* GIVEN QUALITIES, and our ABILITIES TO ARISE from what is of this world, after all, said enemy has put ALL of his effort into OBSCURING *GOD*, and QUALITY from us!!!
We ARE to imitate CHRIST JESUS, and to improve our beings premised upon HIS NATURE of PURE QUALITY! When QUALITY increases, we KNOW we are ON THE PATH, for there is no other way to measure our progress than to step UP into that which defines, and boosts the POWER OF GRACE working within us! QUALITY becomes second nature for us, even if it is denied by the world, and IS PLEASING TO THE LORD, for it PROVES our hearts, and PROVIDES OPTIMAL results of GOODNESS in our wake, for others to be inspired by, and FOR HIS GLORY!!!

Let us EVER seek QUALITY, and BE QUALITY people! Let us leave QUALITY behind in our footsteps, and by example teach QUALITY to the world, that ALL which is rooted in QUALITY, begins to thrive, and flourish, for the GOOD of ALL, and THE GLORY OF *GOD*!!!

BLESS THE LORD, PRAISE HIM ALWAYS, WORSHIP HIS HOLINESS, REJOICE IN HIS PRESENCE, and LOVING CARE for us, BE THANKFUL, and GRATEFUL, HONOUR HIM BY willing submission to HIS WILL, and BY SHINING OF HIM, EXALT HIM, LOVE AS HE HAS LOVED, and PRAY, PRAY, PRAY!!!

REV. LWINSOR © 2014
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