HEAVENLY INCLINED...: MONDAY: THE MIGHT OF MENTALITY...

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...

MONDAY: THE MIGHT OF MENTALITY...

February, the month of LOVE, opens up to the season of the TRUTH, and GREATEST act of LOVE, Easter---

*GOD* has GIVEN us a new week, one which SHOULD be full of HOPE, and all things good, IF we exist in HIS LOVE! LOVE PRODUCES in endless ways; it is where HOPE, FAITH, and RIGHTEOUSNESS are to be found, and stepped into, initially, that PEACE accompanies us as we maneuver this world!!!

THE LORD is to be PRAISED, and WORSHIPED, for HIS LOVE, and HIS PRESENCE in this time, and ALWAYS! We ARE BLESSED by HIM in SO many ways we don't even stop to consider! It's the work of the enemy which keeps us from embracing the vast TRUTHS of the GOOD THE LORD IS, and does for us! When our minds are busy with matters of this world, it is then that our appreciation for the FULLNESS of HIS PRESENCE is obscured!!!

Monday's are not a favorite day, yet, it IS a day THE LORD HAS MADE, and GIVEN, therefore, it IS worthy of celebration, in HIS name! I know I say it frequently, but MENTALITY has MUCH to do with any hour of any *GOD* GIVEN day! We can CHOOSE HOW we accept what is of this day, and HOW we move through this day! We can EITHER get lost in what is of the world, or abound in what is OF THE LORD!!!

Back to LOVE! LOVE SEES us in THE LIGHT, and therein, THINKING, ACTING, and REACTING according to THE GOODNESS which flows freely, and proficiently from HIM, and HIS LOVE! LOVE IS POSITIVELY designed FOR goodness, for health, for well-being extraordinaire! LOVE IS A LIFESTYLE of FAITH, HOPE, PEACE, and RIGHTEOUSNESS, WHICH keeps us elevated above what intends to take us down, to make us suffer, to cause confusion, delusion, deception, and all which enmity places before us...

Let us, within THE WILL OF *GOD*, BE LOVE personified! Let us move forward, and UPWARD in the SPIRIT OF LOVE, and let us check ourselves as we navigate THE PATH! LOVE IS a fortress enabling, and empowering, and THANK THE LORD THAT HE LOVES us ENOUGH to SHARE LOVE with us, and that HE TEACHES us to meld into HIS LOVE, because without HIM, or LOVE, well, the world would more than have it's way with us...

Have a BLESSED week FULL OF LOVE, and ALL which is of THE LORD, LOVE! KEEP the sights on HIM ABOVE, and be FREE from the shackles of this world! REJOICE, for *GOD* SO LOVES us that HE HAS SHOWN US THE WAY!!!

REV. LWINSOR © 2015

EVERYTHING in this GIVEN day IS to be FOR HIS GLORY! Let us, HIS people SHINE OF HIS GLORY in the hours of this day, as we LOVE as HE HAS LOVED; in the BEST of our understanding, abilities, and capacities, which ARE increased BY THE HOLY SPIRIT! Let us LIVE in HIS WILL, AS HIS peculiar, and CHOSEN people, FOR the GOOD of ALL, and HIS GLORY!!!