Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Oh, For A Teachable Spirit! - A Prayer

Oh To Be Teachable!
Oh, To Be Meek!
Oh, To Be Willing To Be Instructed
And
Christ's Faith To Boldly Seek!


Unto Thee, Lord
I Lift Up My Eyes
To Gaze Upon Your Majesty
Even As Sin
I Decry
For
I Desire Your Blessing

And
 My Sin I'm Confessing!

I Desire In The Everlasting Kingdom
My Own Promised Place
So, Please
Father
In Mercy
Let Me Not Hanker After Things
That Tend To My Disgrace!


I Subscribe Not
To Wants Many!
I Acknowledge Of Needs
Few!
I Long For The White Robe
Of Christ's Righteousness
And
I Plead Lord
Let Me Not Lean
To My Own Understanding
So That Satan
Can't Cause Me
From Your Truth
To Be Askew!


I Am Your Child, Lord
And
I Accept Your Offer Of Salvation
Which Puts You
Under Obligation
To Teach Me
Lead Me
Guide Me
Correct
Feed Me
Get Me Safely Home
For I Commit To You
My Will
My Way
Praying Ever
In Holy Faith
To See You
With My Own Eyes
In The Day
When Faith
Becomes Face!


I've Been To The River
And
I Have Been Baptisted!
Please Pour Out Your Spirit
Upon Me
And
Don't Let Me
Prophesy
Smooth Things
Nor
Comfortable Lies!


I Am Leaning On You, Lord!
Let Me Your Ways Learn!
Let Me Be A Faithful Witness
And
Not Your Truth Spurn!


I Desire To Hear
"Faithful Servant!
Welcome!
Well Done!"
And
Pray That My Jesus
In Great Glory
Will Soon Come!
In Jesus Christ's Name
I Humbly Plead
And
In Confidence Stand!
AMEN.




Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Looking Back ...!

Sin Tried To Kill Me!
I Cried Out In Despair
AND
Salvation Intervened
AND
Love Aka Life
Poured Out
Grace And Mercy
AND
Made Me Alive!

Jesus Christ Saved Me!

I Had To Take Medication!
It Was The Bitter Pill!
It Drew Out The Offal In My Life
AND
Confession
AND
Repentance
I Did Spill!

I Had Walked Right
In My Own Sight!
For Correction
I Gave Neither A Ripe
Nor
A Green Fig!
I Lived For The Dance!
The Party!
The Prance!
AND
If You'd Looked Closely
You Would've Seen Me
Doing The Jig!

That's An Old Word ...!!

... And It Suitably Describes 
My Old Life!
I Did The Hop
The Skip
AND
The Jump
AND
I Did The Bossa Nova
AND
I Energetically Shook My Rump
AND
I Ignored
Family
Friends
AND
Dear Faith
AND
As For The Lord Christ
If I Had Been A Smoking Person Then
I Would Have Blown Smoke Right In "His Face!"

Goodness!?!

You May As Well Say
"Gracious!"
For That Is What Christ Is
For
When My Fun-Bubble Broke
He Did Not Leave Me
On The Disbursed Rubber
To Choke!

Lord, Have Mercy!

Oh, Yes!
God Did Have Mercy
In The Person Of
The Lord Christ
Who
In Love
AND
With Great Compassion
Disclosed
The Way I Was Walking
AND
Revealed
The Working Of Sin
That Satanic Device!

Only Jesus ...!

... Only Jesus
Could Save Me From Self ...!

... That False God!

Only Jesus Could Save Me
From Receiving
My Share In The Devil's Reward
For
I Was Bent On Destruction!
I Was In Self-Destruct Mode!
I Was Moving Full Speed Ahead
I Was Heading For
The Mother Lode
Condemnation
Damnation
Lake Of Fire
Eternal Separation
From GOD ...!

But ... GOD?!

But, God
Placed
Before My Very Face
Answers
To Questions
I Wouldn't Articulate!

Don't You Mean Couldn't?!

No, I Don't!
If I Had Asked "The Questions!"
I Would Have Had To Stop
Playing
With The Devil
But, Man
That Party Was Hip!
That Party Was A Hit!
That Party Is Hot!

There I Was Spinning Like A Top!

Oh, My!

Oh, My Life Was In Toilet!
I Was In The Personal Stall!
I Was Handling My Business
AND
I Was Brooking No Intervention
At All
Until
The Results Wouldn't Flush
AND
The Engineer Of Life
Came In
AND
I Had To Regurgitate
The Refuse Of My Life!

Believe Me
When I Tell You That
My Head
My Heart
My Hands
Even My Heels
By Then
Were Seriously Hurting
BUT
The Engineer
Was Not Unkind!

He Offered Me Hope!

He Said I Was Amongst
The Blessed
That My Cup Had Not Overflowed
Else
When I Flushed
I
AND

My Mess
Would Have Gone Down
Into The Pool Called Cess!

Dear Lord!!

The Dear Lord
Who Is The Father
Of My Kind
Forgave Me Of My Seriously Foolish
AND
Grossly Complacent Ways!
He Reclothed Me
In My Rightful Mind
AND
I
- Now In His Service -
A Purer Life Did Find
AND
In His Presence
I Offer Deep Praise!

Gloryyy!

Glory Be
To The Father
And To The Son
And To The Holy Ghost
Which Spirit
Fell Upon Me!

I Am Satisfied With Jesus!
I Have Little
BUT, GOD!Is In It!

I Recognize
That There Was One
Who Was Willing
To Die
In MY Stead
So That I
So Unworthy
Might Live ...!

... Nailed To The Cross!

My Sins Are Nailed
To His Cross
AND
He Fills Me Now!

I've Got Joy!
I've Got Peace!
I've Got My Jesus
Since From Sinning
I've Been Released
For Jesus Came Into My Heart!

I Trust Him
For
He Throws Out ...

... THE LIFE LINE!

Amen, Amen, Amen!!


Be Still My Soul
The Lord Is On Your Side!





Monday, May 29, 2017

Conversation For Two!

I Want To Sing A Song
For My Jesus!
In It Will Be My Heart
Not Theatrics
No Flights Of Fancy
Just Love And Appreciation
Thankfulness
Gratitude
From A Saved Soul's Heart!

I Want A Personal Talk
With My Jesus!
Just A Conversation For Two!
I Will Tell Him All
That I Have Holding In My Heart
But
My Heart Will Be Listening, Too!

I Want To Hold The Hand
Of My Jesus
The Very Hand That For Me Was
On A Rugged Cross Pierced
The Very Hand That Knocked
At My Wayward Heart's Door
The Hand That Did Not Strike Me
Out
When I Did Not Walk In The Straight Way
Preferring At Times
To Walk The Broadway
Alone
Doing My Do
AND
Not What My Lord Did Indeed Say!

I Love My Lord!
How I Love Him
BUT
He Had Loved Me First!
He Is The One
Who Said To My Soul:


Come Unto Me!
Drink!
Quench Your Thirst!

In Love
My Heart Could Just Burst!

I Am Satisfied
With My Jesus!
In Green Pastures
He Leads Me Along The Way
While All Who Choose 
His Name To Deny
Are Falling Away
Stricken
Having Chosen
The Devil's Grand Game
To Play!
I Am Aiming For That Grand Home
Way Beyond The Blue Sky!

I Have Been Foolish!
Own-Way!
Selfish!
Follow-Pattern!
A Listener To Lies!
I Did At Times
The Holy God Defy
BUT
Grateful Heart That I Have
I Can Tell You
Of A Truth
Only The Loving God
Could Save A Wayward Youth!

I Am Thankful
For The Grace!
The Mercy!
The Love!
The Salvation!
The Forgiveness!
The Body Stricken
For Me
Condescending
Because His Love
Was The Only Love 
That Could Me Save!
The Love That Conquered
Hell, Death, Sin!
The Love That Took Me
Out
Of Condemnations Sealed Grave!

I Love The Lord
He Heard My Gutwrenching Cry
AND
Pitying Me
He Showed Me Truth
Exposing The Devil's Gross Lie
AND
All Because Of This
With Confession
AND
Repentance
I, Too
In The Great Day
Will Wing My Way
To The Heavenly Home
Where Repentant Hearts
Forgiven
Have A Permanent Life
AND
An Eternal Home
Because
They Are For Eternity
Saved
For They Took The Offer
AND
Were No More Sin's
Slaves!

Brethren,
My Conversation Starts ...!
My Conversation Is A ...



PRAYER:

Father,
I Love You ...!
My Day Was ...!
My Hope Is ...!
Please Come For Me ... Soon!

Yes, I Understand ...!

Indeed, Yes!
Confession Is Good For The Soul!

But What About The Other Children?

Yes, I Will Prayer For Them
And
Yes, I Will Leave Them In Your Care!

Sometimes, I Get So Weary ...!

Yes, Father!
I Understand!
Now Is Not The Time To Give Up
Now That I Am So Close
To The Promised Land!

Father,
Please Hold Me!
My Heart Is Heavy Today!

I'm Sorry For Doubting!

Sometimes I Can't Feel You Near
And
That Is When The Doubts Appear!

Yes, Father!
Thank You For The Reminder!
I Shall Proceed With Faith
Not Feeling
So That The Devil
Can't
With False Emotionalism
Cause Me To Fall Away!

I Love You!
How I Love!
I Want To Get Home!
Help Me To Be Faithful!

Yes, Lord!
I'll Remember
That I Don't Ever Walk Alone!
Thank You For Your Grace!

AMEN.




Sunday, May 28, 2017

Don't Trouble Trouble!

Having Grown Up
Upon An Island
I Know Of A Surety That:

"Bare Foot Don't Kick Hard Rock!"


I Also Know
That If You Kick An Embedded Rock
Juuuust Hard Enough
Eventually
You Will Root It Up!


I Also Know
- Again -
With Surety
That Under A Rock
Is Always A Surprise
AND
That Is Why The Elders
Always Said:

"Leave Well Alone!"


AND

"Hurt Skin Make Bright Eyes Cry!"

The Point Of My Point Is ...

Duck Worm Was Under One Rock!
Cockroach Was Under Rock Two!
AND
Under Rock Three Was The Centipede
Which No Could Place On A Leash!
None Was In Anticipation
Not Even Pinchus
The Village Gully Bore
AND
When He Moved That Rock
With His Red-Skin Fat Hand
That Centipede Lashed Him
- HARRRDD -
So That He Peed His Pants
AND
Ran Home Hollering In Agony
Calling Out For Help To His Gran!

Long Story Short ...

Don't Trouble Trouble
'Til
Trouble Troubles You!

Don't Share Out Inheritance
While You Still Have Need
For A Place To Put Your Head
AND
To Rest Your Dirty Shoes!

Don't Be A Mouth Giant
When A Paper Tiger Will Scare You
AND
Don't Stir Up A Hornets Nest
When There Is No Safety Net Covering You!

Still Waters Run Deep
AND
Running Water Does Smooth Rough Rock!
Icing Covers The Smell Of Ginger Bread
BUT
Soap Can't Wash Away Sin
From Off Your Skin
Nor Out Of Your Mouth!

Your Mouth Can Write A Check
That Your Backside Can't Cash
BUT
Jesus Christ Will Raise Your Head
If
You Are Among The Faithful Dead!

Be Kind!
Be Faithful!
Be Hopeful!
Be Mindful!
Be Careful!
Be Cautious!
Be Friendly!
Be Thankful!
God Owns Us!

God Does All
For Our Good
AND
For His Glory
So
Our Raising Hell
"Praying Up Duppies!"
"Calling Down Gabriel!"
AND
"Swearing By Jesus!"
To Get This
That
The Other
AND
That Thing Over Yonder
That Your Best Friend's
Cousin Brother Aunt Sister Has
AND
To Bring Back Yesterday
To Bring Forth Unsure Tomorrow
For
For Certain Sure Maybe Probably Next Week
To Make Rain Rain Backward
Is Not
- No Way No How Never -
Ever Going To Get Us To Glory!
God's Way IS The Way!

So ...

Be Kind To The Evil
AND
Don't Do Evil To The Good
For The Eternal Record Keeper
Keeps Good Records
Even Of The Evil You Did
AND
The Evil You By Christ's Faith Withstood!
Be Careful What YOU Put In Your File!

Confess And Repent Of The Evil
AND
Work On Doing Good
For
If You Do Good
Good Will Attend You
AND
See That You Do Right
Even If You Suffer A Despite!

Honor God
Who Lifts Up The Fallen
AND
Laud Christ
Who For Us
Conquered Death
Hell
AND
Satan
AND
Redeemed US To The Father
Removing Us
From Sin's Blight!

Got A Problem?
Got Troubles?
Get Help Now!

Call: 1-800-Call God 
Extension: PRAYER
Code: Lord, Help Me Now!
Jesus Is Already On The Main Line
And
He Is Bigger Than Your Bother!



Saturday, May 27, 2017

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Thou God Seest Me!?! + Prayer






I Face A Great Dilemma
For It Is Known
AND
I Truly Believe That:

"Thou God Seest Me!"

The God Of All Graces
The Eternal King Upon His Throne
Is Ever Beside Me -
I Do Not Walk This Life Alone!

Amazing As It May Seem
I Have Walked Through Life
Knowing This
BUT
- Surprisingly -
Truly Oblivious
Of What This Theme
This Truth Means
For
Had I Been Truly Cognizant
Of What This Word Means
I Would Never Have Wittingly Considered
Spoken
Or Done
Anything Called
Wrong
AND
Unclean!

Be Ye Holy
For Your Father Is Holy!
Your Father Is God
AND
A Consuming Fire!
You Do Not Want To Face His Ire!

Your Father God Is The Accountant -
He Keeps Error-Free Books!
Everything You Do Is Recorded -
One Day You Must Give Account
For Your Father Balances His Books!

When You Make A Mistake
Go To The Father
- Right Away -
In Prayer
Using The Name Of The Only Savior
Repenting And Confessing
For
Into The Sea Of His Forgetfulness
He'll Cast Your Confessed Sin Away!

Lean Not Unto Your Own Understanding -
Approach Your Heavenly Father
In Godly, Reverential, Prayer!
Commit Your Way To Your Father
AND
That Tempting Devil
From You
Will Flee Away!

Ask The Father To Teach You His Ways
AND
To Help You To Walk In Them!
Ask The Dear Lord To Order Your Steps
AND
To Help You To Shun Evil Companions
AND
Bad Language To Disdain
For
You Do Not Want To Hold A Part
In Their Shameful Acclaim!

Let Us Ask Our Father To Hide His Truth
In Our Inward Parts
AND
Let Us Plead With Him
To Help Us
The Ways Of The World To Depart!

Let Us Ask Our Father
To Lead Us Along Life's Way
To Guard Us
To Guide Us
To Lead Us
AND
To Feed Us
AND
To Help Us Not To Indulge
In Presumptuous-Sin
AND
To Walk In The Path Own-Way!

PRAYER:

Father,
You Are Truth
Light Life
Health Cure
Faith Love
The Open Door!

Teach Us
And
Correct Us, Lord
Ever Always With Your Love
So That Our Lives May Stand The Inspection
On Earth Called White Glove
But
In The Realm Of Your Majesty
The Judgment
So That We May
By The Appointment
Receive
Christ's White Robe Of Righteousness
As The Realm Of Flesh
With Finality
We
- No Looking Back -
Leave!

Help Us, Lord
To Live Right
In The Knowledge
Of Your Active Presence
So That All That We Do And Say
Will Be Flavored With Salt
So That Banality
Bitterness
Hatred
Indifference
Strife
Self-Abuse
Wickedness
And
All Abominable Practices
May Be Cast Away!

Help Us To Speak Your Truth
In Righteousness
Keeping Ever Before Us
That
A Soft Answer Turns Away Wrath!

Thank You, Lord
For All Your Blessings
Even As We Take Hold
Of Your Offerings Of
Salvation, Grace And Faith!
Lead Us, Kindly Light
For
In The Beloved
And
Blessed Name Of The Holy Jesus
With Hearts Broken And Contrite
We Plead!
AMEN!

Heaven Is Not Folk-Lore!
IF
Man Considered
The Almighty
Seeing All
Knowing All
Being In All
Always Present God
To Be God
Meaning
He Made Us
AND
He Sustains Us
AND
He Can Take Us Out
According To His Own Will
We Would Watch Where We Walk
What It Is That We Talk
Where It Is That We Go
AND
The Things That Through Our Minds Go
AND
We Would Think Carefully
How We Handle Our Fellow Man
AND
Seek To Valiantly Ignore
The Pit-Digging Grand Stand!

Furthermore ...

The Phrase
"The Common Good!"
Would Not Be Of Specious Intent
AND
Our Increase Would Not Be Spent
On Buying Sand In The Desert
Or Ice In The Artic
For We Will Have Withstood
That Wicked Devil's Antics!

We Would
- As A Norm -
Lift Up The Fallen
Heal The Sick
Help The Poor
Clothe The Naked
Fill The Empty Belly
Visit The Shut In
AND
The Locked Away
Ever Ministering Salvation
To Those Who Do Not The Name Of 
The Giving God Know
AND
Will Always Be Ever Ready
To Give The Reason For 
Our Obvious Hope
AND
Inviting The Hopeless
To Become Hopeful
In The Great And Glorious God
For We Do Not Kiss The Fraud!

It Is Amazing
When We Think On The Almighty God
In The Right Light
What Real Illumination Follows
As With The Revelation
We Walk Wholly With
The Holy God!

Let Us Turn Away
From Our Known Idols!
Let Us Dethrone The Fallen Men
Living High
Lifted Up
Carried
Venerated
As On The Earth
For-Real-But-Bathroom-Visiting Gods
AND
Return The Only Living God
The Creator
The Sustainer
The Provider
Our Only Help
The Feeder
The Sealer
The Judge
The Jury
The Executioner
Our True King
Our Salvation
Our Only Hope
Our Everything
To His Throne
In Our Eyes
Our Hearts
Our Heads
So That We
- Clean -
On That Great Day
By His Own Hand
At His Own Table
In His Own House
In His Own Kingdom
May Be Fed
AND
Not To Final Damnation
Be Ignominiously Led!

The Almighty God
Is For Us
So
No Matter Who
Or
What 
Is Against Us
Let Us Live
In The Light
AND
The Knowledge
That
The Living God Does Indeed Us See
AND
Choose
To Let Him
In Our Lives
Ever Present
Ever Active
Ever Leading
Ever Chiding
Ever Deciding
Will-To-God
Be
For I (Don't You?)
Want To
My Jesus
In Peace And Joy
See!

I Am Changing My Attitude!

Will You?



EARTH-BOUND IMMORTALITY!?!


The Notion
Of
The Immortal Sinner
Was Shot Down
In The Garden Of Eden
But Satan
Is Still Trying ...!



The "Powers That Be"
Say
The Earth Is Overpopulated!
IF
The Earth IS Overpopulated
Why, Then
Do These Same Powers
Want
Man-Generated Immortality?

My King James Bible
Says
There Is Only One Immortal
The God Of All
The Creator Of Humanity
AND
So, I Say
To Those Who Want Human Immortality
Get Thee Hence
Unto The Sustainer Of Life!
Accept Ye His Sacrifice
Made
On The Cross Of Calvary
AND
You Shall Receive
True - Holy God Given -
Non-Recycling
Ungarbagable
Immortality!

Paradoxical!
Oxymoronic!
AND
Confused Of Face
Are Expressions Well Applied
To Fallen
Presumptuous
Sinful
Wicked Man
AND
That Is Why
- Man's Plans To The Contrary -
Proferred Earth-Bound Immortality
Is Nothing But
A Devil-Driven
God-Despising Scam
AND
A Smelling-To-High-Heaven
Bold Lie!

I Desire
God Through Jesus Christ's
Promised To All Who Believe
Immortality
AND
Incorruption
On The Given Day
For Those Who Have Kept
The Faith Of The Lord Jesus Christ
AND
From The Devil
Sin And Sinning
In Truth
Have
- With Alacrity AND In Righteousness -
Kept Away!

Lies!
Lies!
Man-Designed
Devil-Inspired Immortality
Is A Nothing But A Lie
So
From The Damned Devil
Please Turn
Run Away!

You Cannot Against
The Living God Win
So Don't Accept
The Technicolor Word Of
The Doctor Of Spin
AND
Do Not The Living Holy God Defy -
You Are Hanging On To A Dry-Rotted
Hollow
Broken Tree Limb!

The Godless
Earth-Tied
Rainbow Coalition
Color The Colorless
By Painting With Lies
Hoping And Hoping
Seemingly Coping
But All They're Daily Doing
Is
Their Stricken Minds Doping!

Accept The Truth!
It Needs Not Color Nor Spin!
Accept The World's Savior!
You Will Not Be Forsaken!

Accept The One Who Died
On The Cross Of Calvary
AND
In The Day Of Redemption
You Will Be The Recipient Of
The Eternal God's Gift Of
Jesus Christ-Tied
Bought And Paid For
Immortality!

Deny The Liar False
And
Accept The Truth Real!
Accept The Redeemer
And
Tell The Devil That
His Satanic Mission Failed!