HEAVENLY INCLINED...: 2021: ADVENT: LIGHT, LOVE, HOPE, PEACE, JOY!!!

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...

2021: ADVENT: LIGHT, LOVE, HOPE, PEACE, JOY!!!

Advent! A time to prepare for the birth/coming of CHRIST JESUS into a world which is perhaps, darker than ever before, and lacking in grace, mercy, and LOVE---

We are far removed from THE LORD *GOD* in these times, and what is HOLY; even those who are more knowledgeable than some, or most, as complacency, and tolerance for what opposes HIM, and HIS WILL has taken us to the edge...

As we enter the CHRISTmas season, it is my PRAYER, and my greatest wish that HIS people return to HIM, and that those who know HIM not, seek HIM, find HIM, and FOLLOW HIM, because NOTHING is more imperative to these days, nor what lies ahead! IN HIM is found HOPE, PEACE, LOVE, JOY, and ALL which is beneficial, and substantial, as well as TRUE LIFE, liberty, and eternal bliss!!!

THE LIGHT MUST SHINE; IT WILL SHINE regardless of the bleakness of the dark bearing down upon us, for LIGHT IS THE LORD, and HE ALONE, IS ALL POWERFUL, ALL GIVING, ALL RIGHTEOUSNESS, ALL GOOD, and ALL there is FOREVER without end!!!

The ways of the Earth are PROVING nothing more than evil; in these ways exists the wrongs, dangers, snares, and death which *GOD* ALMIGHTY HAS warned us of, and HAS TAUGHT us to avoid, resist, and deny, but alas, the majority has been bamboozled, and duped thanks to their pride, and self allowed weaknesses, and few are even conscious of the web into which they are caught, though it won't be long before they become aware, yet unable to escape the trap into which they willingly, did step into!!!

We have ONE OPTION; THE LORD *GOD* ALMIGHTY who WILL LEAD us, PROTECT us, and SAVE us from ourselves, and the wicked forces of this realm! Everything else is as an illusion; here, then gone!!!

In this Advent season we aim to renew our ONENESS WITH HIM, to HONOUR HIM, and to regenerate according to HIS WILL, and PLAN, THAT we might withstand, overcome, and be victorious in this battle which is NOT ours, but which we are IN, and abused by as HIS enemy, our enemy, uses endless tactics to make sure we are deceived, distracted, and distanced from HIM, and TRUTH! In these weeks we dedicate ourselves TO HIM, and what HE has bid of us! We ready ourselves for THE KING OF THE WORLD; THE KING OF ALL CREATION; THE KING OF ETERNITY, AND we do so with every sight trained UPON HIM!!!

Did you light a candle today to HONOUR THE LIGHT which PIERCES the darkness, and did you PRAY for HIM to come and free us from this mess? Did you laud HIS NAME? Did you WORSHIP and PRAISE HIM for ALL HE IS, and EVERMORE SHALL BE???

Let us HONESTLY consider what is happening, and HOW HIS IMMINENCE IS CRUCIAL to us, and may we thank HIM, and BLESS HIM ALWAYS in our ways, as we, minor lights SHINE OF HIM FOR HIS GLORY, and the good of others...

O COME, O COME EMMANUEL!!!

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