“Give unto the Lord, O ye kindreds of the people,
give unto the Lord glory and strength.
Give unto the Lord the glory due unto His Name:
bring an offering, and come into His courts.
O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness:
fear before Him, all the earth.”
Psalm 96:7-9
Love’s greatest joy is to expend itself on the object of its desire.
“For where your treasure is,
there will your heart be also.”
Matthew 6:21
“The measure of a life, after all,
is not its duration, but its donation.”
is not its duration, but its donation.”
Corrie Ten Boom
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BT
Beloved Brother Brian, I much appreciate your deep devotion to our forever First Love and all-magnificent Obsession, Christ Jesus.
Matthew 25:34-40 AMP
34 “Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father [you favored of God, appointed to eternal salvation], inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 35 For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in; 36 I was naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me [with help and ministering care]; I was in prison, and you came to Me [ignoring personal danger].’ 37 Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You something to drink? 38 And when did we see You as a stranger, and invite You in, or naked, and clothe You? 39 And when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ 40 The King will answer and say to them, ‘I assure you and most solemnly say to you, to the extent that you did it for one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it for Me.’
Beloved Brother Brian, I much appreciate your deep devotion to our forever First Love and all-magnificent Obsession, Christ Jesus.
Matthew 25:34-40 AMP
34 “Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father [you favored of God, appointed to eternal salvation], inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 35 For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in; 36 I was naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me [with help and ministering care]; I was in prison, and you came to Me [ignoring personal danger].’ 37 Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You something to drink? 38 And when did we see You as a stranger, and invite You in, or naked, and clothe You? 39 And when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ 40 The King will answer and say to them, ‘I assure you and most solemnly say to you, to the extent that you did it for one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it for Me.’
Thank you my brother for the kind words. How are you doing these days?
Blessings
BT
Will be holding you up and may He keep you under the shadow of His wings.
Keep me posted!
Blessings
BT
Thank you, Brian. A fifth person was present during the emergency helicopter lift from one hospital to another. They were the pilot, two paramedics, myself, and infinitely best of all, the inimitable, indispensable, intimately involved Holy Spirit.
I have before walked through the valley of the shadow of death on more than one occasion, and only by the grace of God can I say that truly I feared no evil whatsoever. What I did fear in bodily health crises was the excruciating physical pain and suffocation.
That I continue experiencing no pain, ache, or soreness in my body, I am grateful to our attentive, ardently affectionate Abba Almighty. Also, I thank Him that I am mobile and that I continue to enjoy walking outdoors. Everywhere, wondrously, I see Him in His creation (Romans 1). Too, I thank Him that my respiration usually is not uncomfortable.
Very, very much I look forward to going home to heaven, and from my circumscribed perspective, the sooner, the better. Statistically, my physical being should have expired years ago. When our usefulness in this world has reached completion by our ineffably glorious God, we will be with Him in the absolute perfection of undiminishing but eternally expanding effulgence of that glory, the loving intimacy and celestial communion of which we presently know is, by comparison, merely an inkling, an intimation of experience in eternity.
Grace be to you, and peace multiplied from the God of all grace and His Prince of peace.
These days I know experientially our Savior King, our perfectly pure and passionately prevailing Priest ever more in holy intimacy.
Having two heart conditions medically deemed chronic, I believe I am presently on the Way out of this world. I seem to sense this in my spirit.
Paul tells us in Philippians 1 that to be absent from the body is to be present with our Lover Lord, our marvelous, magnificent Master which is far better, and that for him to live is Christ and to die is gain.
The last time I called 911 I was air lifted by emergency helicopter an hour and a half across the province from one hospital to another.
Presently, I have an internet connection but no telephone connection. Please pray the latter shall be quickly restored.
Burning blessings of Jesus’ beauty in your being, Brian, and to all your readers, and intimate blessings of loving affection from His holy heart as Lord of history and King of heaven.