Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Psalm 16:11
In your presence, in your flow, in your depths, my heart cries out. Who is the Lord but our God. Though the nations are in turmoil, and though the peoples do not see, you alone are God, and you reign forever in the heavens.
But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore.
Psalm 92:8
But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
Galatians 6:14
The freedom from this life is the freedom from all of its desires, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. Yet, this is not asceticism, or the simply turning away from the things of the world, as if to nothing, but it is turning to a greater thing, a thing of true worth, and a thing of lasting enjoyment.
Now a man came up to Jesus and asked, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life?”
Matthew 19:16
The man came to the Master, asking for Eternal life. Jesus, the truth, never told any lies, or exaggerated anything, but told Him the honest answer. He had to sell everything.
We know, of course, the Teacher never was interested in our possessions, per se, but rather, our hearts. Obviously, the man had issues in his heart, for he valued the treasures of this world above that of the world. But, these were Jesus’ words, that the man might be perfect.
One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
Psalm 27:4
Eyes fixed, heart steadfast, on you, oh Lord. Read more…
Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
1 Peter 1:8
Him who is unseen, yet known. Him whom we love.
In Him we believe, in Him we trust, and delight with joy.
Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
Romans 6:16
When the eye is single, the whole body is full of light… When I come upon Him, with nothing else to gain, I stand forever in His Glory.
His is the one I am after; He is the one I adore. There is no other, there is no better, there is none greater.
For all else in the heavens are as nothing, and all else upon the Earth are dust.
Where is the secret of your presence, that I might come, and abide, and stay. Read more…
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
1 Peter 1:22
To love each other from the heart, to this we were called.
So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
Matthew 18:35
To forgive each other from the heart, of this we are required.
The Kingdom consists of that which is from the heart, and from love. This is the substance of our Grace, the flavor of our abundant life (John 10:10), and the essence of our existence.
Yet, it is where we, for the most part, do not find ourselves always living.
For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 5:20
The flesh profits nothing, it is the Spirit that gives life. For there is no work, no deed, nor anything else that God would regard as righteous, but only such as those that come from Himself. For, there is none that is righteous, that is, in their flesh in themselves, that could ever perform any good thing, for all have turned aside and gone after their own way.
What righteousness could we do? We can hear, we can obey, and we can follow. Those good works that God has prepared in advance for us to do, we do, and because it is by faith, God counts it as righteousness.
They are pure works, so long as they are in, by, and only of Him. Though they are performed by our hands, they are His deeds, and therefore, so long as they are fully surrendered to Him, those parts of the deeds are flawless.
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And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;
Luke 2:34
For His name was Immanuel, and He was God. He was with us. And He was here.
There is nothing hidden that shall not be revealed, and nothing concealed that will not be disclosed.
For, it pleased the Father to crush Him, and by His stripes we were healed.
This man, this all bright one, this delight of all our heart, it is He that set the nations, it is He that formed the Earth.
A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.
Matthew 16:4
No sign given but the sign of the prophet Jonah, for man demanded a sign, but God gave them his heart. His prize, His first, His possession, His own, He gave, and in giving, gave all.
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Philippians 1:21
Who cares what this life will bring? Why do we involve ourselves with what will come in this life?
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
1 John 2:16
For surely, whether I live, I live for the Lord, and whether I die, I die for the Lord.
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