HEAVENLY INCLINED...: MY LIFE FOR THE PRAISE OF HIS GLORY, AMEN!!!

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...

MY LIFE FOR THE PRAISE OF HIS GLORY, AMEN!!!

At this very moment, I want to PRAISE THE LORD *GOD* for all HE IS, and DOES, and has led me through!!!

HE HAS taken this tattered being, and regenerated it in HIS own WILL, and WAYS, and HAS set me ABOVE the chains of the gate HE found me at, and I AM EVER indebted, ever grateful, ever thankful, and ever appreciative for not only LIFTING me, but for SHOWING me what I was blinded by, and deafened to! I am HERE in this moment because HE CHOSE me to be, FOR HIS WILL, and purposes, which I may understand in part, but the whole remains in HIM!!!

My heart is FILLED with HIM; I cannot explain this in full, I only KNOW that it is because of HIM that it is so, and sometimes it overwhelms me with the need to EXALT HIM! HE FLOWS through me with such intensity, and regularity, that I am SURE it is how it meant to be when we have an honest, sincere, and open relationship WITH HIM; that is HOW THE SPIRIT works in us, I believe...

I WAS SO LOST before HE LIFTED me, and I didn't even know it; after all, I was spiritual, just not committed! I didn't realize just how lost I was until I was able, by HIS GRACE, and MERCY, to SEE! I WAS at the gates, and THANK YOU LORD for rescuing me, YOUR LOVE IS AMAZING, and IS RENEWING, this I TESTIFY to FREELY, and EXUBERANTLY, no matter what!!!

To think that I COULD have perished while being lost is humbling! I mean really, I was saved from death many times, so far, and COULD have ended this time in void of my SAVIOUR! LORD I shudder to think of my soul fate IF, in HIS LOVE, HE did not ELEVATE me TO TRUTH!!!

We DON'T know when we will vanish from this plane; ONLY THE LORD knows, and so, EACH day IS THE DAY THE KINGDOM IS AT HAND! This message is SO difficult to drive home if there is no regard for the soul, which IS our TRUE being, and which BELONGS to *GOD*, but which IS endangered by ignorance, and inconsideration of THE FACT that REAL LIFE awaits those who CHOOSE HIM! The physical realm is iffy, the spiritual is AUTHORIZED, and AUTHORITATIVE! The body IS wasting away, the soul IS what remains, and IS what WILL exist, whether IN THE KINGDOM, or not! Humbling, indeed!!!

YES, THE LORD HIMSELF took me to my knees, then HEIGHTENED my being, and I SHALL NEVER relent in AWE of HIS doing so! I, like many others, AM so unworthy of HIS LOVE, and CARE, and yet, HE CHOSE me; HOW WONDROUSLY INVIGORATING THIS IS to my entire being, and existence! HIS reasons for doing so, I am not privy to, yet I KNOW that it is founded, and secured ON LOVE!!!

LOVE remade me, molded me, shaped me, and formed me into HIS handiwork, and while it is not yet complete, IT IS coming along optimally! I am giddy at times to SEE the renewal of my being, and ALWAYS so grateful!!!

THANK YOU LORD FOR LOVING me, a sinner, a broken, marred, scarred, damaged vessel, left in a heap at the gates of no return! I PRAISE YOU, and WORSHIP YOUR HOLINESS! I REJOICE in YOUR endless CARE of me, and I PRAY I might HONOUR YOU in the rest of my days, in all my ways, in the best of my abilities, and capacities, which YOU HAVE enabled me with, and HAVE SHOWN me how to utilize! BLESS THE LORD, OH my grateful soul, INDEED!!!

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