Showing posts with label Faithlessness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Faithlessness. Show all posts

Monday, September 2, 2019

Problems Abase Debase Abound: Only Jesus Christ Saves!





Problems Abase Debase Abound!
From Sin To Salvation
Man, Fallen, Must Bound!
Satan Is The Liar!
Publish The Glad Sound:
Jesus Christ Is Lord And God
And
All Who Diligently Seek Him
By Him Shall Surely Be Found!

Guns, Knives, Swords
Poison Pen, Poison Pill
Human Trafficking
And
Unholy Sex 
Gives The Perverted, Corrupted Mind Myriad Thrills
And
It All Points
To The Unregenerate Heart
Which ... From The Law Of Love
Light ... Life
Many, Longing ... Seeking Self
Did, Indeed, Depart!

No Holy God:
No Love ... No Light ... No Life!
No Holy God: Look Out!
Intense Becomes The Mortal Strife!
No Holy God
And
Desperate Becomes The Need
To Destroy Self And Others
And 
Upon This Dark, Dread, Damnable, Desire
Satan Does Enjoyably Feed!

Light In The Darkness Points The Straight Way!
Darkness Covering Light
And
Men Needing Christ The Lord
Become
Uncontrollable Strays
With Black Hearts
Dark Thoughts
Seeing No Possible Escape
And
Choosing To Go With The Flow
Their Heads With Consuming Evil They Drape
And
On Hate And Destruction

They Energetically Vape!

Measure The Man!
Map The Seeking-Truth Mind!
Mind The Kind Master
And
Holy Heaven, You Shall Surely Find!

Do Not With Known Sin Consort! 
Do Not Choose On The Low Road To Recline! 
The Lord Of Life Is Calling Man To Repent:
Choose To Live
To Love
And
Wittingly Decide Your Life In Light Is To Be Spent
Because
Jesus Christ Willingly Forgives Confessed 
And 
Repented-Of Sin
And
Know And Accept That 
His Love For Us Can Never Be Consumed
Never Over-Spent! 

Enduringly, Obediently, Trust The Lord Christ
Day In ... Day Out
And 
You Will Raise The Vault Of Heaven
When With The Redeemed Of All The Ages
At The Welcome Home Banquet
In Victory You Shall Shout! 

Pass Along The Sure Word ...

Jesus Christ Always, Always, Saves! 
Believe Him At His Blood-Penned Word
And 
You Shall Be Eternally Blessed
Because
On The Accursed Cross On Mount Calvary
He Gave His Eternal Word! 

I Beseech You, Brethren 
Please Do Not Join The Doubting, Gainsaying
Disbelieving, Disobedient, Faithless, Goat Herd!

Those Who Shall Live Forever
Belong ... Not To A Lost Herd
But To The Obedient Sheep Flock
Which Resides In The Only Safe Fold!


The Lord Christ 
Is
The Only Good Shepherd
The Shepherd Of Rest!





Thursday, March 22, 2018

Grasshoppers And Giants + PRAYER: Lead Me Gently Home, Father!

I Don't Know About You
But
The Problems Of This World
Seem To Take Me For A Grasshopper
AND
Are Trying To Make Me Out To Be
A Grasshopper In My Own Eyes
BUT
Praise Jesus
I've Got Me That Little Ration Of
Daily Faith
AND
I Don't Intend to Let
Any Lying Goliath
Turn Me Into A Faithless Disgrace!

I Believe The Word Of God
That:

  • The Living Word IS Sharper Than Any Two-Edged Sword
  • The Living God IS The Same Yesterday Today AND Forever
  • All Who Go To The Eternal God MUST Believe That He IS AND That He IS A Rewarder Of Them That Diligently Seek Him
  • All Things Are Possible To Him Who Believes
  • Faith Without Works IS Dead
  • My Faith In Christ The Lord Will Make Me Whole
  • Almighty God's Grace Is Always Sufficient ... For Me
  • The Race Is Not To The Swift NOR The Battle To The Strong, And
  • He Who Endures To The End Shall Be ... Saved!


PRAYER:

Lord,
I'm Being Tempted

But Not Beyond Endurance! 
I'm Being Sorely Tested

But Your Grace Is Sufficient! 
I'm Being Severely Tried

But
In The Name Of Christ Jesus
I Will Never Your Being Deny!
  
I Beseech You Also, Father
In The Name Of The Holy Jesus
To Help Me Never Ever
My Love
My Worship
My Faith
My Service
To You
To Deny!


Lord, 
I Deny The Liar
And
His Workmen
Doubt And Despair
Impatience And Self-Will
And
Living Without Godly Fear!


Oh, Lord, 
My Father In Heaven
My Beginning
My End
Please, I Beseech You

- Who Is My Daily Support -
Against The Wiles Of The Devil
My Soul, Defend!


Forgive Me My Trespasses! 
Teach Me Your Ways! 
Correct My Wayward Walking! 
Remake Me So That
For My Own Sin
I Will Not Have To Pay!


I Pledge Allegiance To The Lamb!
On The Rock Of My Salvation
I Humbly Stand!
Shelter Me Under Your Mighty Wings
For 
I Am Your Child To Lead
And 
Your Loyal Servant To Instruct!


I Give Unto You
Your Honor As My Heavenly Father! 
I Give Unto You
My Fear: You Are Almighty God!
I Accept Your Sovereignty
Over My Life
And
I Look Toward The Last Day

And
The Coming Of The Glorious King
And
No More Mortal Strife!


Lead Me Gently Home 
To The Haven Of Rest
And
Bless Me
In My Living
Your Holy Name Ever To Laud
Ever To Bless
For
I Desire Your Best Blessing!


Let Not The Hollow Giants Of This World
Be Anything Over Which I Shall Stress Myself

And
Grant Unto Me
Your Grace
Your Peace
Your Rest
So That At Your Holy Hand, Lord
I Shall Always
Be Royally Blessed
For
I Ask All In Faith
And
In The Glorious Name Of
The Holy Jesus!
I Love You, Lord! 
AMEN!




Saturday, August 19, 2017

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Brothers By And In Sin!

Balaam And Judas
Were Neither Brothers
Nor Twins
But They Surely Were
For They Are Connected
By The Same Sin!

They Both Knew God!
They Both Had In Their Hand
Great Light
AND
By Greed For Gain
- Spiritual Dishonesty -
They Suffered The Same Fate
- Separation From Life -
By Ignominious Death
AND
Eternal Separation To Come
In The Great Day
Because
Cherished Sin
In Their Hearts
In Their Lives
Caused Satan The Arch-Fiend
To Overmaster Them!

They Walked Not Uprightly!
They Worked Not Righteousness!
They Spoke Not Truth In Their Own Hearts
AND
They Did Not The Living God Bless
This Must Be Confessed!

They Did Evil To Their Neighbor!
They Took Reward Against The Innocent!
They Did Not Fear The Eternal God!
They Loved Riches
AND
They Did Not Get Repair Stitches
For Their Bodies Have Long Since
In Their Graves Been Cold!
Old!

They Swore Not To Their Own Hurt!
They Chose To Hurt Others!
They Changed
How They Changed
Choosing Temporal Prosperity
Unto To Which To Cling
Forgetting That
Temporal Life Is Temporary
AND
That Man Cannot Thwart God
AND
Forgetting
That The Wages Of Sin Is Death
That Sin Is Its Own Reward
Compliments Of The Known Fraud!

Balaam ... Known Prophet Of God
Judas ... Known Close Disciple Of The Lord Christ
So Near To God
Yet So Very Far
Had The Bone In Their Hand
BUT
Released It
For The Larger Shadow
Magnified
By The Lens Of Evil
Held
By The Hand Of Satan
Motivated
By Pure Malice
Laid Out
On A Silvered Chalice!

Greed
For Gain
Always Ever Brings Pain
Preceded By Shame
AND 

Leaves The Greedy One
Perfectly Slain!

Gain! 
Shame!
Pain! 
Slain!
Be Ye Warned, Brother And Sisters
Do Not By Greed
The Innocent Disclaim
Nor The Name 
Of The God Of Heaven And Earth Profane
For
In So Doing
You Shall Never, Ever, Ever
The Heights Of Heaven Gain
AND
That Will Be
The 
- Your -
Eternal Shame!




Saturday, May 13, 2017

Knowing What We Have In Christ!

For Me
- To Me -
The King James Bible
- God's Preserved Word -
Stands Out
And Up
On Three Points
Redeeming Love
Saving Grace

And
- As The Proverbial Broken Record
Which Lands On
And Repeats A Phrase -

"Be Faithful!
Do Not Be Unfaithful!"

There Are More
But
These Three Hold Sway
Today!

If We Would Take A Careful Look
At Jeremiah's Lament
Ezekiel's Son Of Man Visions
AND
Hosea's "Disgrace"
We Will See
Hear
Feel
Know
Redeeming Love
Saving Grace
AND
The Call Away From
Faithlessness
AND
Unto Faithfulness
Out Of The Holy Heart
Which Knows Love
Gives Love
Feels Real Hurt And Pain
AND
Cries Out
To The Faithless Love
That He Wants To Redeem Her (Us)
From Eternal Death
AND
Pleading With Her
To Give Up Her Whorish
Fornicating
Backsliding-Heifer
Idolatrous
Faithless Ways
To Return Home
To The Ever-Faithful God
Who Will Accept Her
Clean Her
New Dress Her
Feed Her
Comfort
Elevate Her
Love Her Unto Death
- His Death -
For Her Redemption
And Then
After His Resurrection
- For He Laid His Life Down
AND
Had The Power To Reclaim It - 
Her Sure Redemption ... Forever!

We, Humans
Know Not What We Have
In
The Love Of The Living God
In
The Person Of The Holy Jesus
Under
The Working Of The Holy Spirit
With
The Protection Of The Holy Angels!

The Almighty God Does Not NEED Man
So That He (God) Can Live!
The Living God IS Self-Existent!
The Eternal God IS Love!

God's Love Of Man
God's Hatred Of Sin
God's Willingness To Save Man
Know No Boundary
For
The Father God
Sent His Son God To Die
To Save Us!
He Permitted His Son To Die
And Then
He Called His Son Home
To Intercede
His Death
For Man's
So That We
- Fallen -
- Cursed -
- Sentenced -
- Condemned -
- Repentant -
- Accepting Of The Salvation -
- Forgiven -
May Arise
AND
Rise Up
In The Day
To Be Caught Up
To Walk On The Glorious Way
In The Presence Of Him Who Died
Because
Wicked Satan Lied
AND
Man's Distress Cried
Out
To The Only Holy
Helpful Healing
Living Loving
Redeeming Restoring
Glorious Glorifying
Crowning
New-Naming Not Past-Shaming
Cleansing Clothing
Everlasting God
Who Gives Good Gifts
Who Grant's Great Grace
Who Redeems
Who Prepares
For The Faithful-To-Him Heart
An Assured Resting Place
Aka
Freedom
From Sin's Nest
In The Consuming Dark!

Someone Loves Us!
His Name Is Jesus The Christ!
Let Us Return That Love!

I Have Committed
AND
I Am Committing My Love
My Self
My Will
My Way
My Walk
My Faith
To The Lover Of
My Soul!

Won't You?



Saturday, August 6, 2016

No Luck, Good Luck, Blessings: Perspectives + PRAYER: Lord, Save Me!






I Have No Luck!

Whaaatt?!

I SAID That I Have No Luck!
Without Me, Bad Luck Would Have No Name!
Because Of Me, Good Luck Walks Around Chained
In Shame!

What Rubbish!

How Can You Say That?!

I Can Say That Because I Have Jesus Christ!

Wow! De Liddle Quistian Got The Big JC!
Whoopty Doo!
He Ain't No Way Never Done Nothing For Me
Which Is Why
As I Have Already Said
I Have No Luck!

Oookay. That's Your Perspective!


A Little While Later
And
In A Different Location ...


I Trust God On The Big Box Items
BUT
Fickle Christian That I Am
I Mistrust God On The Details Of Life
AND
End Up
Falling For Satan's Rubbish And Scams!

Woe, Is Me!
Lord God Almighty
What's To Become Of Me?!


And Still Later
And Down The Road A Piece 
There Is A Trembling Christian
Fervently Praying ...



Lord, You Have Nothing To Prove To Me!
You Have Been Faithful All The While!
Help Me To Stop Doubting You 
In The Miscellaneous Aisle
And To Trust You
Fervently
In The Life Trucking Isle!

You Are The God Of My Hope!
You Are Glorious!
You Provide Me With Blessings All The Day!
You Provide Blessings In
Spring Summer
Winter And Fall
Even When I
Your Beloved Name
Don't Call!

Oh, Father
Forgive Me My Sin Called Doubt!
Help Me To Keep Your Holy Spirit Within
For The Eternal Win
For You Are The Holy God 
Of Pure And Certain Things!

Please, Lord!
You Are Mine!
My Heart To You Is Inclined!
Lift Me Up
And Help Me To Lift You Up
For
You Are My Battle Ensign!

I Love You, Lord!
Save Me!
AMEN

*********


How Are YOU Standing?!




Monday, June 27, 2016

Where's Your Faith?!






I Was Given A Great Gift!
It Was A Measure Of Faith!
I Touched It!
I Kissed It!
I Tried It Out Once
AND, THEN
I Put It High Up
On The Treasured Items Shelf!

One Day
I Had An Experience!
That Experience Called Into Question My Faith!
I Said To My Self:

"Hey! We Have Faith!"

BUT
Then I Remembered, And Said:

"Ohhh! But It Is At Home
On The Treasured Items Shelf!"

I Got Over That Experience!
Or So I Thought!

Time Passed

And Then ...

Astoundingly
One Experience
AND
Another Experience
Boldly Showed Up
This Time
Right Inside My Front Door!

The Nerve Of These Experiences!

Shocked
Dismayed
Shaken
AND
Nerves Frayed
I Reached For My Gift Of Faith
Only To Realize
Belatedly
That I Had Securely Tucked It Away!

"Oh, Faith!
Where Are You?
I Need You Right Now!
Wherever You Are Hiding
I Command You
To Come Out Right Now!
I'm Having A Conniption
A Calf
AND
A Cow!
Oh, Lord!
Please Help Me!
Lord, Help Me!
I Vow
To Keep Faith With You!
To Keep My Faith
On With Me
Starting ...
Starting ...
Starting ... RIGHT NOW!

I Learned A Hard Lesson!
Faith Is Not For Show!
Faith Is For Exercise!
One Must Let Faith Grow
For
Faith Unused
Is Faith That Is Dead
AND
Unused Faith
Is As Useful As
A Feather Made Of Lead!

From That Day Till This Day
I Have Bound My Faith
To My Life!
I Have To Daily Exercise My Faith
For
Living
In This Life
Is Constant Constant Strife!

I Say My Prayers
To My Father
Humbly 
In Jesus Christ' Name
Exercising The Faith
That He Gave Me
Vowing Daily
To Use This God-Given Measure of Faith
Until I Enter The Day I Enter The Grave!

I Have Needs!



Without Faith
In Jesus Christ

My Faith Is Fruitless

My Striving Is Useless

AND

Salvation For This Sinner Saved
Is Profitless

AND

Waiting For The Trumpet Call Of God
Is Pointless!





Thursday, January 7, 2016

The Land Of The Story: Truth vs. Lie!




In The Land Of The Story You Tell Your Side and

I Tell My Side!
BUT ... Who Will Tell The Truth?

In The Land Of The Story You Will Make You Look Good!
I Will Make Me Look Good!
BUT ... Who Will Make Truth Look Good?

In The Land Of The Story
You Will Lie a Little!
You Will Say I Lie A Lot!
I Will Lie a Little!
I Will Say You Lie A Lot!
BUT ... Who Will Say Truth Lies Not?

My Story = The Mystery!

History = Winner's Tale!
Your Story = Drama Unfolds!

Truth = The Real Story
and
God's Holy Stamp Bears!

The Truth Is Not The Dare
and
Is Good for The Riven Soul!

The Truth Is The Truth
As Truth Herself Will Declare!
It Needs No Color
and
It Needs No Spin
Such As That Which Valiantly Comes
From 
The Liar's Comfy Old Rocking Chair!

*******

Look Around!

Turn Around!
Truth Is Life -
Simple Yet Profound!
Don't Be Foolish!
Don't Act The Clown!
Truth Has The Knife's Edge
and
It Cuts Cleans
and
Keeps The Soul Sound!




Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Prayer: Father, Keep Me





Father,
I come as a Child both Wayward and Stubborn
 I have a Temper, Dear Lord, which I must Learn to Govern
 I Trust You and Love You
Dear Lord, Help Me this day
Always before You True Humility to Display.
Let Me not My Poor Self Beguile
Keep Me Always Loving, with a Genuine Smile
Remove from Me Faithlessness and Worldly Regrets
And let Me Present Myself
Willing and Ready
With a Heart that is to Your Coming Kingdom Set.
Amen.