Authority and anointing in a believer's life are the fruit of purity and authenticity before God ... none of which can be bought, manufactured, or faked. Psalm 105:4 exhorts us to "Seek the LORD and his strength; seek his presence continually!" ... an encouragement to live in emotional proximity to God.

† other referenced scriptures †

• 1 Thessalonians 3:11-18
• 1 Thessalonians 4:15-18
• Isaiah 2:22
• Isaiah 5:12 " Stop regarding man in whose nostrils is breath, for of what account is he?"
• Galatians 1:10
• 2 Corinthians 2:17 "For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God's word, but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ."
• Ephesians 1:1-14

~ Patient endurance is what we need now. Take heart. ~

Life is not a burden, but a gift. Time is so much less about the sequence of events or living through things in alignment with our whims or cultural convention, but that we experience the things at all. Our lives are a collection of interconnected moments, and more like rain or water drops; we are colored like paint on the canvas of God's creation.

Referenced Scriptures ~

John 3:30 « He must increase, but I must decrease.
Mark 1
John chapters 1-3
Luke 1
Hebrews 11
Matthew chapters 11, 14, 25
Ecclesiastes 3 {really, the whole book}

Ecclesiastes 5:19-20, YLT « Every man also to whom God hath given wealth and riches, and hath given him power to eat of it, and to accept his portion, and to rejoice in his labour, this is a gift of God. For he doth not much remember the days of his life, for God is answering through the joy of his heart.

Bothered « click here to hear the song I wrote about Jesus' cousin, John.

~ Patient endurance is what we need now. Take heart. ~

ok, so I was actually overcorrecting the episode count, ha.
welcome to episode 60 of Color & Emotion ... a contemporary application of a timeless parable, and an encouragement for us to be more engaged with God than we are with "content".

Matthew chapter 25
Acts chapters 14, 17

Bible Translations I mentioned ::
English Standard Version (ESV)
New Living Translation (NLT)
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
King James Version (KJV)
New King James Version (NKJV)
Amplified Bible (AMP)

~ Patient endurance is what we need now. Take heart. ~