Posted by: Pure Glory | 03/03/2026

Character Develops Over Time

by Apostle Gabriel Cross


Character is the only gift that can’t be given, it must be grown and developed over time. Many have the Gifting to go here and there, temporarily but few have the character to go along with the gift to keep them here and there, permanently.

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Posted by: Pure Glory | 03/02/2026

God Is With You Through The Storm

by Hazel Straub

Many times, when we are in a narrow tight place, we cry out for rescuing from our situation. We think, “If only God would quickly change our circumstances, everything would be fine.” Instead, God does not deliver us out of our difficulty but walks with us, through our predicament.

God is always with us, so we will not fear. It is on the journey with him, that our character is refined, we are humbled and become more like Christ. Also, hardship teaches us to focus on Yahweh, who is present with us, not on the water that seeks to overwhelm us or the flames that leap at us. He has promised that we will not drown nor will the fire burn or scorch us. He is our help and strength, in the midst of trials. He will make us a powerful testimony of overcoming, with the help of Yahweh God, to many who do not know him yet.

Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. For I am the LORD, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. (Isaiah 43:1(b)-3(a) NIV)

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Posted by: Pure Glory | 03/01/2026

Double Provision

by Apostle Gabriel Cross

In lieu of being double crossed, you are double promised, double blessed, doubly guarded by heaven, double Portion, double covenant, Yahweh will Never forget you nor forsake you. For everything you need, or have lost, YOU WILL HAVE DOUBLE. You will have twice what you had before. DOUBLE PROVISION IN EVERY AREA OF YOUR LIFE!

Am I seeing double? The Lord says, “Yes, for I am doubling what you’ve lost, doubling what you’ve gained, and I’m doubling your vision, so you can see beyond limitations. I am doubling in quality, doubling in return (what you’ve given out), and doubling in great measure, your portions, your life.

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Posted by: Pure Glory | 02/28/2026

Salt Of The Earth

by Hazel Straub

Jesus said believers in him, were the salt of the earth. Salt preserves food and keeps it from spoiling. It enhances the flavor of the food. Additionally, salt can make one thirsty. Salt in biblical times was precious and used to pay wages (salary).

When Christians, walk close with Yahweh (the covenant keeping God, who is always with them), their presence preserves society. Believers add flavor, as they show Yahweh’s love, compassion, and mercy. Their peace, while walking through the storms of life, make others thirsty to know God. Their caring presence is valuable. However, when they merely go through the motions, have no relationship with Yahweh, they have lost their salty flavor and the ability to preserve their community.

Lord, I thirst for more of you, today. Make me salty, with your presence.

You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its flavor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled on by people. (Matthew 5:13 NET)

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Posted by: Pure Glory | 02/27/2026

No Defeat

by Apostle Gabriel Cross

Quit accepting defeat. You are anointed for this and this was not designed to break you, but to make you more like Christ Jesus…Selah

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Posted by: Pure Glory | 02/26/2026

Love Extravagantly

by Apostle Paul

1 Corinthians 13 (MSG)

If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but don’t love, I’m nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate. If I speak God’s Word with power, revealing all his mysteries and making everything plain as day, and if I have faith that says to a mountain, “Jump,” and it jumps, but I don’t love, I’m nothing. If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but I don’t love, I’ve gotten nowhere. So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I’m bankrupt without love. Love never gives up. Love cares more for others than for self. Love doesn’t want what it doesn’t have. Love doesn’t strut, Doesn’t have a swelled head, Doesn’t force itself on others, Isn’t always “me first,” Doesn’t fly off the handle, Doesn’t keep score of the sins of others, Doesn’t revel when others grovel, Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth, Puts up with anything, Trusts God always, Always looks for the best, Never looks back, But keeps going to the end. Love never dies. Inspired speech will be over some day; praying in tongues will end; understanding will reach its limit. We know only a portion of the truth, and what we say about God is always incomplete. But when the Complete arrives, our incompletes will be canceled. When I was an infant at my mother’s breast, I gurgled and cooed like any infant. When I grew up, I left those infant ways for good. We don’t yet see things clearly. We’re squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. But it won’t be long before the weather clears and the sun shines bright! We’ll see it all then, see it all as clearly as God sees us, knowing him directly just as he knows us! But for right now, until that completeness, we have three things to do to lead us toward that consummation: Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly. And the best of the three is love.

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Posted by: Pure Glory | 02/25/2026

Yahweh Our Strength And Rock

by Hazel Straub

No matter how the enemy tries to discourage and defeat us, when we cry to Yahweh (God in our present), for help, he rescues us. He hears and answers us.  His love never fails and he never gives up on us. Praise his name!

I love you, O Yahweh, my strength.
Yahweh is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,
my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge,
my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
I call upon Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised,
and I am saved from my enemies. (Psalm 18:1-3 ESV)

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Posted by: Pure Glory | 02/24/2026

The Lord Is Blessing You

by Apostle Gabriel Cross

When God says something, it’s really not a suggestion, he said:

“NOW (in Haran) the Lord said to Abram, Go for yourself (for your own advantage) away from your country, from your relatives and your father’s house, to the land that I will show (AS YOU MOVE GOD WILL UNVEIL AND REVEAL THINGS to you.) (Hebrews 11:8-10) (YOUR FAITH AND OBEDIENCE ATTRACTS THE FAVOR AND ACTIVATES THE BLESSING OF GOD!)

And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you (with abundant increase of favors] and make your name famous and distinguished, and you will be a blessing (dispensing good to others.) (Genesis 12:2) (YOU ARE GREAT! YOU ARE GREATER THAN YOU EVER WERE AND THE GREATEST YOU’VE EVER BEEN! YOU ARE FAVORED TO EXTEND THE SCEPTER OF FAVOR TO OTHERS.)

And I will bless those who bless you (who confer prosperity or happiness upon you) and curse him who curses or uses insolent language toward you; in you will all the families and kindred of the earth be blessed (and by you they will bless themselves.) Galatians 3:8) (Genesis 12:1-3)

YOU ARE GOD’S GLORY DISTRIBUTION CENTER, BLESSED TO BE A BLESSING DISPENSER, BLESSED BEYOND THE CURSE TO BE A CURSE BREAKER! The Lord is blessing you, RIGHT NOW!

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Posted by: Pure Glory | 02/23/2026

God Delights To Give Good Gifts

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by Hazel Straub

God delights to give good gifts to his children, especially when they look to him, as their source. The wounded are healed and delivered from oppression. God’s love surrounds the fearful and fear departs. There is no need to fear lack, for anyone rooted in Christ has living water. These will always bear fruit no matter, if there is a water shortage and it hasn’t rained for years. Their source is the River of Life.

God hears the cries of his children, who depend on him. Put your trust in him and he will transform your life!

But blessed is the one who trusts in Me alone;
the Eternal will be his confidence.
He is like a tree planted by water,
sending out its roots beside the stream.
It does not fear the heat or even drought.
Its leaves stay green and its fruit is dependable. (Jeremiah 17:7-8 VOICE)

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