Showing posts with label Charity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Charity. Show all posts

Sunday, November 1, 2020

PRAYER:: Help Us, Lord, To Love Others Even As We Love Ourselves!

 



Charity 
Is 
Love ... Pure And Simple
Undefiled 
By Me, Myself And I! 

PRAYER:

Heavenly Father, 
We Give You Heartfelt Thanks
And
Unfeigned Praise
For Your Love
Holy, Sacrificial, Kind
Faithful, Blessing
And
Ever True! 

We Thank You For Knowing Us 
While We Are Sinners 
In The Wilderness Of Sin 
And
Bless You In Jesus Christ's Holy Name 
For Calling Us To Your Side
And
To Reside In The House Of Love
The Home Of The Forever Blessed!

Forgive Us Our Sin
And
Cleanse Us From All Unrighteousness!
We Sincerely Repent! 

Please, Lord
We Beseech You
To Grant Us The Grace 
To Accept The Commission
To Love Others 
Even As We Love Ourselves 
And
To Do Unto Others
As We Desire Them
To Do To And For Us! 

Please Remember, Dear Lord
The Physically, Mentally, Emotionally
And
Spiritually Ill Amongst Us 
And
Help Them To Experience Your Peace
In All Its Fullness
According To Your Will
And
In Your Holy Way! 

Please Also Remember Those Amongst Us
Who Are In The House Of Mourning
And
Those Who Anticipate A Mourning To Come!
Please Comfort Them With Your Sweet Spirit! 

Father, 
On Our Own, We Are Weak
And
In Acknowledging Our Weakness
Our Need To Be Strengthened
We Approach Your Great Throne Of Grace 
With Holy Boldness 
And
Plead For The Blessings
That We So Desperately Need! 

Please Pity Us For We Will Not Survive 
Without Your Holy Hand
Of
Help And Healing
Provision And Protection
Sustenance And Salvation! 

Have Mercy And Lift Us Up 
So That We May Lift You Up! 
Be Gracious And Guide Us! 
Be Our Comfort And Carry Us! 
Bless Us And With Us Abide! 

In Your Eternal Wisdom
Please Turn Our Messes Into Messages 
Telling The Dying World
Of
Your Goodness, Grace 
And
Soon Return
For Your People Prepared To Meet You
In Perfect Peace
In Jesus Christ's Matchless Name We Pray 
And
Humbly Plead! 
Please Come For Us Soon!
AMEN! 





Friday, June 26, 2020

HAPPY SABBATH +CHARITY: Love And Truth Intertwined!


Happy Sabbath – rest | Immanuel Temple




Talk Is Cheap When You Don't Have To Pay Taxes On Your Words
But
Cheap Talk Will Prove To Be Very Expensive
When ... Before The Judge Of All Flesh
We Must Give A Detailed Accounting For
All Our Useless Words! 

I May Say That I Love You! 
I May Give You A Charitable Donation
But
I Am Only Doing It To Get The Tax Deduction
The Press Coverage 
And
Man's Applause
Which ... Combined
Is
A Totally Wasted, Therefore Useless, Transaction
In The Holy God's All-Seeing 
All-Knowing, Ever-Present Holy Eyes
My "Love" Doesn't Bear Load 
And
It Doesn't Excrete Sweat:
It Doesn't Cost Me Anything!

Think On This Thing ... 

Charity Is Love
And
Love Speaks Truth! 
Love And Truth Are Intertwined
- Irretrievably Wrapped Up In Each Other - 
And 
Walk Amongst Men As One! 

Sadly, Many Of Us Act As Though 
Love And Truth Are To Be Prostituted For Pleasure
Sacrificed For Societal Elevation
And
Extended And Withdrawn 
As And How The Winds Of Change Do Blow!

Beloved, 

Love ... Heavenly, Abiding, Love
Is 
On The Job
Has One Job
And 
Performs That Job Always And Unfailingly!
Jesus Christ's Love For Us Produced Blood And Water:
He Gave His All For The Love Of Us All! 

The Word Works ... 

We Represent Heavenly Love
Salt
And 
Light On This Earth 
And 
We Are To Love Others Even As Jesus Loves Us:
Jesus Didn't ... Doesn't ... Give Us Any Short Rations! 

Let Us All In Christian Charity
- In Love And With Love For Our Lord Christ - 
Pray For The Holy Spirit's Outpouring 
And
Indwelling 
To Be On And In Us 
Empowering Us To Love All Our Brethren
Even The Unlovely
The Unlovable
The Unkind 
And 
The Ungrateful 
- As We Once Were - 
And 
Bless Us To Look Beyond Their Faults 
And 
Recognize Their Unvoiced Need 
And
Fill It ... As The Sweet Spirit Of Truth Impresses
Without The Theatrical Presentations
The Media Coverage
The Quid Pro Quo Aka Something For Something Show

We Are Christians
- Christ's Followers-  
With A Published Work To Do
So Let's Set Aside Self 
And 
Fervently Pray
And 
Do A Work Of Love ... Today! 
Let's Please The Lord Christ ... Today! 
Let's Love In Truth ... Today!



Pin on King James Bible Verses




Sunday, February 17, 2019

PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE: One Opportunity ...!

The Family Of The Living God 
Is 
A Loving Community
Made Up Of All The Various Nations' People
So That There Is Complete Diversity
And
All Who Will To Be Forever Therein
Must Learn To Live Together ... Now
With Unyielding Felicity!

You Are Unique!
You Have God-Given Individuality
So Do Not With The World Be In Conformity!
Do Not With The Worldly Indulge Adaptability
Because
For Soul's Salvation
You Only Have One Life
That Is, One Opportunity!

Practice Purity ... Not Vanity
And
In Your Study Of The Living Word
Do Not Indulge Laxity!
Practice Christian Charity
And
Let Your Words Be Few: Speak With Brevity!

If Daily Against Satan You Practice Hostility
And
Make The Lord Christ Your Soul's Priority
You Will Have Eternal Prosperity
And
Shall Inherit Incorruptibility
And
Immortality!

Practice Hospitality!
Become Known For Reliability!
Live Your Belief That Standing With 
And 
Living For Christ
Is Not
A Liability
And
You Shall Know Of A Surety
That The Eternal God's Mercy 
And Grace To You
Most Assuredly Holds Elasticity!

Deal With Your Brethren With Amity!
Treat Not The Downtrodden With Severity!
Do Not Crave Worldly Publicity!
Speak Truth Always With Verity
And
Set Aside Sin And Self 
If 
It Is Your Desire
To Enter The Eternal City!

Trust The Living God In Your Necessity!
Bless The Giving God In Your Prosperity!
Faithfully Approach The Holy God Thankfully
And
With Unfeigned Humility
And
With The Adversary, Satan
You Shall Never Know Unity!

The Holy City
Is
Our Eternal Home!




Saturday, April 15, 2017

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: FALSE ACCUSATIONS : Overcoming

In The Face Of Accusation
It Is Normal
Even Expected
That The Human Heart Should Fear
BUT
A Christian
Accused Wrongly For Right-Doing
Should
- In Gladness -
Cheer!

Was Not Jesus The Christ
Falsely Accused?

Yes, He Was! So We Are In Good Company!

The Day Is Here
When Wrong Is Right
When Evil Is Good
When Darkness Is Light
When In The Streets
Truth
Is Cruelly Cast Down
AND
Evil Surmising's Patina
Is On Fleek!

Lord, Have Mercy On Your Children Meek!

Dear Child Of The Father
Listen Unto Me!
Be Not Dismayed
At What Your Blind Eyes Doth See!
Your Body May Feel Real Pain
Your Heart May Hurt
But, Be Assured
Because
In The Eyes Of The Heavenly Father
You Are Smelling Daisies
Not Covered
Buried
In Sin's Light-Quenching Dirt!

So ...

Let Us Trust In Our Father's Provision!
Let Us Bask Beautifully In The Father's Care!
Let Us Rest Assured Of The Great Rejoicing
When 
With New Name In Hand
We Shall Celebrate In The Father's House!
In Anticipation, Let's All Say:

Hip! Hip! Hooray!

The Devil Is The Liar!
Evil Men Do His Dirty Work
BUT
Believing Ones Who
In God's Grace - By Mercy -
Do Firm Stand
Shall
In The Glad Day
With The Eternal Jesus Present
Glorify God
AND
To Heights Unknown Rise
Passing Over What We Now Call Skies!

Earth's Treats Are Sin-Battered Bitter
BUT
The Eternal God's Heavenly Treats
Are
Truly Beautifully
Salvation Sweet!

With God's Grace
Shining On Your Face
There Is Nothing
That The Devil Can Do
From God's Love
You To Displace!

Child Of God
Take Your Torments
Accept Your Lumps
AND
Bear Your Cross
In The Name Of Jesus
AND
With His Faith
You -  As An Overcomer -
Shall Bow Your Head
To Accept
Salvation's Gold Crown!

Charity Suffereth Long
AND
Is Kind!
Be Calm And Considerate
For
Your God Is Divine!
Misrepresentations Of The Faithful
Are His To Unravel
AND
False Accusers
- Always Guilty -
Will Feel
The Reverberation Of His
"You Are Guilty!"
Banging Gavel!

Rabid Sinners Gain All Now
To Lose All Later!
Obedient Saints Lose All Now
To Gain All Later!

Jesus Christ Saves
Fed-Up-With-Sin Sinners
Not
Self-Satisfied
Pretending-To-Be-Saints Saints!




Sunday, August 21, 2016

THANKS GIVING: How Would You Feel...?!







Dear Ones,

The Reason That There Are So MANY VERSES In The Bible 
Regarding Asking For Gifts 
AND 
Thanksgiving For Benefits Received
Is
To Remind Us 
To Remember 
Our Manners!

Think For Yourself:

How Would You Feel About A Child 
Whose Voice Only Extended To Cover Two Things :


"Give Me ...!"

AND


"I Want ...!"


How Would You Feel About A Child 
Who Ignores Your Rules 
AND
Directions 
But
ALWAYS 
Has A Hand In Your Wallet Or Pocket!

How Would You Feel About A Child 
Who Never 
Humbly Asked 
For Anything 
BUT
Always Aggressively 
Presumptuously 
DEMANDS
That You Provide For Him Her
BUT
Is NEVER Willing 
To Go On Even The Smallest Errand For You!

How Would You Feel About 
Your Child 
Who Never Blesses Your Faithful Giving 
BUT
Who Curses You 
For Not Giving Into Their Very Often 
Foolish 
AND
Dangerous
Wants?

How Would You Really Feel About 
The God Who Gives His Children
Only 
Party Food And Favors 
BUT
Never Life-Sustaining Food?

How Would You Honestly Feel About 
The God Who Would Give 
A Growing Child 
A Homestead In Candy Land 
With The Stipulation That 
That Child Never Go To 
Vegetable Village
Nor To 
Wise Water-Ways
Nor To 
Heaven-Sent Glades?

Think On This:

The Very God Who Desires
To Hear Our Humble Prayers 
AND 
Petitions
IS
The Very Same God
Who Desires To Hear
Our Glorious Praise 
AND
Joyful Words Of Thanksgiving 
Before
When 
AND
After 
He Blesses Us
With The Desires Of Our Hearts!

Almighty God
Is Also
The Same God
Who Desires To Hear Us Say:

"Thank You, Father!"

For His Saving Grace
Protecting Us
From Making The Biggest Mistakes
Of Our Lives
By His Withholding
That Which Was Not
To Our Blessing!

When We Request A Favor
From A Friend
Do We Not Say:


"Thanks ... In Advance!"

Is Not The Living God
Worth Much More
Than This!


Lest We Forget ...

In Highest Gratitude
We Should Also "Throw In!" 
A Little Something Extra Each
For The Blessings Of:

  • Food
  • Shelter
  • Clothing
  • Life
  • Love
  • Health
  • Wealth
  • Friends
  • Family
  • Trees
  • Grass
  • Air
  • Sunshine
  • Rain
  • Exercise
  • Peace
  • Rest
  • Belief
  • Blessing
  • Faith
  • Living Hope
  • Hope For Glory
  • Etc., etc..
Saying "Thank You!" 
To Our Holy God 
AND
Praising Him 
For His Blessings Toward Us 
CANNOT 
Diminish Us 
In Neither 
Our Eyes Nor His! 

Praise Costs Us Nothing 
AND
Blesses Us Mightily 
In The Realm Of The Great Unknown!


Heaven's 
Unspeakable Glories 
Await!

Let Us Practice 
Our Praising
The Almighty God
For His Glorious Bounties
To Us
From 
All Like NOW!!








Saturday, September 27, 2014

Missionary Volunteers


Greetings, Dear Ones!

HAPPY SABBATH!

How is the weather in your neck of the woods?

Have your feet been hiding out in socks and under blankets like mine have been these last few days? Fall weather has arrived and it is surely making its presence felt!

Today I want to talk about doing mission work - the purpose of this blog - and missionaries ... for Jesus. Isn't that what we are called to be? (Go ye into all the world ...! Mark 16:15)

Many of us, myself included, wanted to be missionaries when we heard the mission stories from exotic and far-flung destinations; when we heard about the Lord's mighty hand moving amongst native tribes in these various destinations, and the many miracles experienced by those in the mission field. That was the life!

Then we grew up, life interrupted, and we forgot the dream until one day we, you, me, felt, saw, heard, or smelt something ... .

Our offering today is about the pull  one feels when  "I Want to be a Missionary!"

Enjoy, and don't forget to share!

Be well, and be gloriously blessed,

BJ


I Want to be A Missionary



I want to be a missionary
But … I don't want to have to go abroad
Because … I have neighbors and even family
Who don't know – or believe – in God!


I want to be a missionary
But … I don't want to pack a bag
Or get a shot, or even a passport
I know that my parents will be glad!



My mission field … will be in my township
My passport … will be the Holy Word
My shot … is the Spirit of the Lord, and
My bag … is showing care, and fellowship!


Don't worry … about traveling abroad, Friend
Charity … begins at home!
Just grow … where you have been planted

And God … you He will defend! **BJC**

Sunday, September 7, 2014

New Page "Prayer for a Terminally-ill Friend" added

Greetings, Dear Ones!

     I hope that you are all well, and that you had an opportunity to get out and enjoy the beautiful weather we had today!

     On a somber note, I know that many of us, myself included, have had family and friends cut down in the prime of life due to the ravages of cancer, and for this reason, I have added a new page with a prayer entitled Prayer for a Terminally-ill Friend.

    It is not easy watching loved ones slip away, and I pray that this prayer will benefit someone.

    Let us bless the Lord all times, especially during the trying times where terminal illness is involved, and keep "pressing on the upward way!"

Be well, and be gloriously blessed,


BJ