HEAVENLY INCLINED...: PRAY IN TRUTH & SPIRIT: THERE IS POWER IN PRAYER, INDEED!!!

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...

PRAY IN TRUTH & SPIRIT: THERE IS POWER IN PRAYER, INDEED!!!

There IS POWER in PRAYER! MATTHEW 18: 20 says, For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.” It is National Prayer Day, and I can't imagine a time when PRAYER is needed more---

PSALM 33: 12: Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage!

UPON such WISDOM WAS this country founded, and built! Times have changed, oh how they have changed, but this TRUTH SHALL PREVAIL!!!

A nation is NOTHING without THE LORD *GOD*, and the same goes for EACH individual! All the human precepts, and falsehoods of the world CANNOT lessen, or eradicate TRUTH, as like THE LORD *GOD*, IT IS ETERNAL, and SOUND!!!

DESPITE the reign of corruption in this world; it WAS CREATED BY THE LORD *GOD*, and BELONGS TO HIM! We tend to forget this, all of us! This is like a testing ground; where the TRUE ARE SHOWN...

Yah, we ARE in times when there is GREAT denial of THE LORD, and even greater defiance of HIS SOVEREIGNTY, and HIS instructions, HOWEVER, that means those who KNOW HIM, and LOVE HIM, PRAY all the more, and with increased intent FOR HIS WILL, and the good of all! The opposition IS obvious, and our country IS suffering in various ways, and more often; THIS indicates we MUST PRAY, and seek to BE HIS LIGHT, THAT we might bring more TO HIM; TO TRUTH!!!

One day ISN'T enough, though it just MIGHT open the hearts of some to go the distance; not only for their country, but for others, and HIS GLORY! Christianity IS MORE than a proclamation, it IS THE WAY; filled with duties, work, effort, and diligence TO PRODUCING IN HIS NAME; FOR HIS GLORY, and the BETTERMENT OF ALL, in which case, PRAYER IS TO BE CONSTANT, and FERVENT, and above all, INTERCESSORY!!!

THE POWER OF *GOD* IS AWESOME, and IS WITH those who seek HIM; thus PRAYER IS POWERFUL, and mandatory; NOT just occasionally, but ALWAYS! Of course, along with PRAYER, it IS necessary to be FAITHFUL IN FAITH, and exist accordingly!!!

Right now, the eyes of MANY hearts NEED to be opened TO HIM, and TO TRUTH, else our sufferings will get worse, as the trappings of wickedness, of evil, of lies, of strangeness, trip many into the pits of delusion! You see, as THE WORD became less imperative in societies, DISTORTION based upon evil, AND the human condition became the 'norm', and HAS led to these days when there is an outcry against *GOD*, and TRUTH! These people believe in their own powers OVER HIS, AND they IMAGINE that THIS time IS ALL THERE IS, thus, they exist according to their own desires, convictions, and so forth; hence, we SEE the effects as lawlessness, anger, hostility, violence, hatred, and ALL the negative aspects of the human surface more, more, and more! IF we sit idle, and ALLOW this trend to advance, well, it will be uglier than we can fathom...

PRAY for the leaders, PRAY for those under them, PRAY for EVERYONE, and EVERYTHING! It ISN'T like there is lack of need for PRAYERS...

People OF *GOD*, STRENGTHEN IN FAITH, IN FIDELITY, IN HONOURING HIM, and IN PRAYER! NOW IS THE PERFECT TIME TO DO what separates us! This we do FOR the souls who MIGHT be reached, the good of our land(s), and FOR HIS GLORY! This we do FOR THE KINGDOM, FOR LOVE, FOR PEACE, FOR HOPE, and FOR ALL WHICH IS RIGHT, JUST, and GOOD!!!

PRAY, PRAY, PRAY; not only on designated days, or times, but FOREVER, IN THE NAME OF CHRIST JESUS, PRAY! HE IS WITH US, as long as we ARE WITH HIM! REMAIN IN HIM, and HE WILL REMAIN IN YOU!!!

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