Showing posts with label Fire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fire. Show all posts

Thursday, October 27, 2022

Speak What You Would Gladly Eat!




When Something Is Running The Course Of Nature
It Means That There Is No Interference Or Intervention 
By External Sources Or Forces! 

Sooo, If The Tongue Of Man
- Which Indulges In Iniquity Aka Planned Sinning -
Sets On Fire The Course Of Nature
We May Safely Say: 


"Lord, Please Pity Us
And
Have Mercy Upon Us!" 

Beloved, 

It Is The Lord Himself Who Says That 
The Tongue Is A Defiling Implement Aka A Tool, A Weapon
And 
Is A Fire 
And
Is Set On Fire Of Hell! 

Dare To Imagine This Planet On Fire! 

Dear Ones, 

Scripture Clearly Tells Us That 
Hell's Fire Will Not Be By Hands Put Out 
But 
Will Consume Until There Is Nothing Left To Be Consumed! 

Why, Then, In The Name Of The Blessed Jesus
Would Any Of Us Not Desire To Ask Our Beloved Creator 
To Bridle Our Tongue!?! 

Words Into The Wind
Even Words Spoken Without Malicious Intent 
Can Never Be Recalled
Far Less Words Which Were Deliberately Designed 
And 
Assigned To Burn
Hurt, Cut,  Denigrate, And Destroy! 

Please, I Beseech Us All
Pay Attention To Your Heart! 
Ask Yourself If It Is In The Holy Faith
And 
Plead With The Lord Jesus To Bridle Your Tongue 
And 
Help It To Speak Good And Kind Words 
And
To Keep You Under His Wings! 

Our Own Fiery Words 
Will Boomerang On Us To Devastating Effect 
So Choose To Speak What You Would Gladly Eat! 

Peace! 


















Sunday, July 10, 2022

New Life In Christ!




Sin Makes You Blind To The Truth! 
Being Blind To The Truth Puts You In A Bind 
And
Being In This Bind 
From Which You Cannot Extricate Yourself By Yourself
Sin Efficiently And Effectively Causes You To Be Marked 
As One To Be Placed In The Garbage Bin 
To Be Burned At The Behest Of Almighty God 
In The Appointed Hour! 

Beloved, 

The Song-Writer
In Agreeing With The Living Word Of The Eternal God, Says: 

"Sin Will Take You Farther Than You Want To Go!" 

Believe It! 

Sin, Like Fire
Does Not Have It In Its Make-Up 
To Just Be Contented With A Lil' Bit
Or A Goodly Portion! 

Sin, Like Fire, Wants All, Everything
And
Will Take It All, No Limits
Unless The Creator ... The Life-Giver
The Bread Of Life
The Water Of Life
The Sustainer Of Life
The Re-Creator Of Life
Puts A Decided Stop To Sin Aka The Raging Fire In Our Life 
With Our Permission ... At Our Request 
Through Our Acceptance Of His Free-To-All Salvation! 

Dear Ones, 

Ask For Help!
Accept The Assistance!
Allow The Holy Spirit To Work In Your Life
And 
Appreciate The Gift Of New Life In Jesus Christ 
- Whom We All Adore - 
In Order To Ascend To Glory To Live With Him Eternally! 

Deny Satan The Father Of Lies
And With Joy 
Accept Jesus Christ The Father Of Lights!

Peace!















Thursday, October 14, 2021

The Living Word Works!








Do You Really Believe That You, A Mere Mortal
Can ... In Your Own Strength
Win A Battle Of Fisticuffs 
With A Malevolent Spirit Whose Sworn Assignment 
Is 
To Ensure Your Eternal Demise 
By Any And All Means Necessary 
Up To And Including Turning Your Husband, Wife
Parents, Children, Brothers, Sisters
Friends And Associates Against You!?! 

Do You Believe You Can Survive Having No Earthly Support!?! 

Do You Know Your Jesus!?! 

Beloved, 

Jesus Christ Came To Earth 
Having Laid Down All His Divine Power 
And 
He Battled Our Accuser, That Old Serpent, Satan, The Dragon
By Repairing To Prayer, Fasting
And 
The Matchless Weapon Of Our Warfare 
"Thus Saith The Lord!" 

The Living Word Cuts Like A Two-Edged Sword
Going In And Coming Out! 
Can We Do Less And Hope To Survive!?! 

Lucifer-Turned-Satan Hates His Maker 
And
That Means That He Hates You Whom Jesus Christ Loves! 

Be Wise ... As The Serpent
And
Harmless ... As The Dove Of Peace! 

When Satan Knocks At Your Heart's Door
Please Invite Jesus To Answer! 

When Nasty Words From The Devil 
Are Itching To Escape Your Lips
Remember That Our Awesome God, The Almighty
Is 
Your Refuge And Strength! 

When People Hate You
Live Like, In, And For Jesus Christ 
And 
Look Beyond Their Base Faults 
And 
Find Their Basic Needs
And 
In Jesus' Holy Name
Minister To It When, Where
And 
If Possible! 

Fighting Fire With Fire Causes Both To Burn Out! 
You Need To Live: 
Be As The Bread, The Salt, The Water
And 
The Light Of Life! 

Lift Up The Word And Make It Plain
And 
Cause Your Enemies, Spirit And Flesh
To Retreat In Abject Shame! 

Jesus Christ Is The Living Word: 
The Living Word Works 
And
Bless God Almighty
It Always Saves! 

Peace! 





Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Christians Commissioned To Care For Others!








Just Because You Live In A Dog-Eat-Dog World 
It Does Not Mean That 
You Have To Raise The Dog 
Or 
Be The Dog
The Dog Catcher
The Dog Killer
The Dog-Meat Seller 
Or 
The Dog-Meat Eater! 

The World Will Change! 
Men's Minds, Tastes And Desires Will Change 
And
Truth May Become Subjectively Objective 
But
Our Loving Creator Savior Provider Redeemer-God 
Remains The Same 
And
So Should His Children Who Gladly Adopt 
And 
Embrace His Ways 
And
 Serve Him Faithfully 
And
In Righteousness! 


Subjects
... You, Me, We, People ...
Have Feelings!
Objects
... Truth, Light, Good, Evil ...
Are Observable, Measurable!

Remember, Remember
Don't Ever Forget ...

Truth And Eternity Belong To Almighty God! 

Man ... A Notorious Liar
Operates In Tenuous Time
And
He Is Playing Always With Fire! 

A Liar 
Is 
Like A Leopard
Who Cannot Change His Own Spots! 
Man's Character Will Not Change 
Unless And Until 
The Holy Spirit ... Invited ... His Uncleanness Blots Out! 
On This Matter Let There Be No Doubt!

Beloved,   

We Are Christians ... Called And Committed
Cooperating With The Lord
And
Commissioned To Care For Others
So Let Us Dare To Always Do Right
 - In Jesus Christ's Holy Name -
Forswearing Lies And Deceits
And
Nipping At Fingers
Biting Off Heads
And
Chewing On One Another's Seats! 


Peace With The Father
Always Attends
His Faithful Children
And
Causes Their Enemies
To Be At Peace With Them!





Friday, March 29, 2019

HAPPY SABBATH + PRAISE: What's In Your Life's Permanent File!?!






Fidelity!
Integrity!
Love!
Unkind Words!
Ungodly Deeds!
Doubt!
Hope For Heaven!
Grateful Praise!
Thanksgiving!
Gainsaying!
Distrust!
Joy In Jesus!
Sacrifice!
Working Faith!
Commitment To Christ!
Presumptuous Playing With The Demonic Device!
What's In Your Life's Permanent File!?!
Is There Godly Fear!?!
Good Things!?!
Bad Things!?!
Do You Even Care!?!

You Work For The Master!
You Stand On The Solid Rock!
You Bless God For His Blessings
But
His Praise You Hold Back!

You Believe That You Are So Wise!
You Know The Inside Track
But
You Are Playing The Dry Stick
With Bold Adversary Satan
And
Self-Deception And Temptation
Are Lit Matches!


Did Someone Just Yell:
"FIRE!?!"

You Praise Self For Almighty God's Blessings!
You Praise Others Who Also Receive The Heavenly Gifts
But
You Think Not To Praise The Heavenly Provider
Even Though You Know Your Blessings
Come From No Other!

Self Is The Sinner!
Ingratitude Is The Curse!
Ignorance Is No Off-Shoot
And
Heads-Up:

Blessings That Bless
- Left Unacknowledged, Unappreciated -
Can Turn Around
And
Also Curse!


Humble Yourself!
Lower Your Height!
Give The Living God His Glory
And
Praise
And
By Practiced Obedience
Enjoy Length Of Days!

Praise Is Comely!
Don't Permit It To Be A Phase!
Inhale!
Let Your Tongue And Your Teeth Have Words
And
With Gratitude Being Your Wind
Give The Good Lord Great Praise!
It Will Never Be A Waste!






Saturday, September 20, 2014

Through the Fire




THROUGH THE FIRE


Genesis 1: 26 - Let us make man in our own image and in our likeness.

Genesis 2:19 - Lord God formed all the birds of the air and the beasts of the field and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.


On any given day, Hilda, Carmen and Sybil could be heard preaching the Bible to any and all who would listen, and to even those who couldn’t be bothered to listen.
They could be heard boisterously uttering phrases like “Too blessed to be stressed!” “Thank God for Grace!” and “I’m glory bound!” and “Bless Jesus, I’m saved!”
You could hear them singing:
Pass Me Not, Oh Gentle Savior; Open my Eyes That I May See; I’m Climbing Jacob’s Ladder; Onward Christian Soldiers; and I am Delivered, Praise the Lord!
But, there was something not quite real about any of them.
If you passed by Sybil’s house on laundry day, you could hear her singing:
I don’t like work, and work don’t like me, and that is the reason that I’m so hungry. Hallelujah, I’m a bum. Hallelujah, a bum again. Hallelujah, give me a hand out to revive me again!”
If you passed by when Carmen’s husband had gotten drunk and beat and curse her and the children, you would know that she had completely forgotten all about the catch phrases that she loved to quote to people when she was on her “Jesus Juice!”
You could hear Carmen asking the Lord to let the day come when she would ask Him to give her five minutes to “out that cretin’s lights” permanently. And that was after she had used enough technicolor phrases to make even a sailor blush!
As for Hilda, when she left off her preaching stint every Wednesday morning outside Dolphus' Shop, she stepped inside for the requisite flask bottle of Cockspur Rum which she said was for when “King Arthur kicking in me old tail!”
Of course, after she had taken a liberal dose of her “medicine,” she set about doing her Christian duty to, as she said, “The poor, morally bankrupt and lost souls.”
Everybody knew that was Hilda-speak for “I am going to give and get the juiciest gossip on everybody in this neighborhood!”
And, of course, there was Ms. Daisy. The most devout of the neighborhood Christians.
Daisy could hardly walk during the week, and needed help to do even the most basic things to keep herself comfortable. But, when Church day came along, Daisy could outwalk and outrun everybody, rain or shine, to be the first one in the Sanctuary. She was the one to speak to if you wanted to know the 411 on “them deceitful people in this church!”
These women had forgotten their examples from the Bible: Noah, Shem, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Joshua, Samuel, Job, King David, Nehemiah, Paul, Dorcas, and on and on.

The Christian’s Lot
The lot of a Christian is hard, often bitter, and contentious. There is no minimizing that.
Look at the Master. He didn’t do anything wrong. He did all that was right in the sight of God and man, and yet, ultimately, he was brutally scourged and finally murdered.
However, with Christ as the only binding example of the Christian walk, we Christians are called upon
1. To be WISE, beyond education, training, situation or circumstance. We must remember that our current situation is NOT our final destination, and we must look beyond what is to what is possible.
2. To be temperate. We must do all things in moderation, including eat, sleep and work and play.
3. To seek to find our innate gifts. Think back to Genesis 2:19. God gives each of us gifts — we only have to seek for, recognize, accept and use, better yet, exploit them. If you want more gifts, remember, first, to use the ones with which you have been blessed.
4. To be our brother, and sister’s keeper. If your neighbor, your husband, or wife, mother, father, brother or sister hurts you, and you can help, even if he or she may have despitefully used you, you are required to assist that person. For, you are to heap coals upon that person’s head and let the Lord take vengeance, which He says is His, and which He will repay.
5. To surround ourselves with positive people, and to set a positive example for those who are otherwise. We must live up to our calling and project a sense of self that is worthy of our Christian calling.
6. To be rounded, a pie, if you will. A bible-thumper does not a Christian make, nor a slice a whole pie. We are to find the things that bring us and others joy, and stop sucking the air out of the atmosphere with our sour looks and pious expressions which only cover very shallow and one dimension beings.
         By way of analogy, I give you Life as told by the Rose:
Rose, that I am, while beautiful to behold and fragrant to the nose, is sheathed in protective thorns to keep at bay those who would mishandle or abuse me.

          As it relates to life, we are to observe, and enjoy, and handle said life wisely, or else the thorns

that are life’s prods to growth with tear us to pieces.
          I also give to you the analogy of the Redwood tree. That giant in nature which grows in community and toward heaven in all majesty.
A Redwood tree will never grow in isolation. It will never reach its potential if left to its own devices. At 1,000 plus feet of height, it needs the community of the brotherhood as support for its growth toward grace, as it cannot grow alone and be called by its real name.
           I also give to you the analogy of the Waterlily. The most fragrant and beautiful salve to the weary and wandering soul who gets life, and attains its regal stature and poise from growing where it is planted, in the dirtiest, dankest, smelliest, swamp imaginable.
In short, that Waterlily has learnt to “grow where it has been planted!” It has found its purpose in life and it lives above its surroundings while being a beacon to the lost, the weary and lone.
Finally, I want us to consider Samuel 16:7 - ... The Lord looketh on the heart.
We must not minimize people just because they are not like us in face, body, clothing, speech, education, living accommodation, financial acumen, bible mastery, or even in smell.
As Christians, we are to be as the Shepherd David:
David took his HARP and played for the soothing of his enemy King Saul’s soul.
David also played ,and sang unto his God of the desires of his heart and his personal observations of the Lord’s creation. David gave thanks and praise while seeing to the welfare of his parents, the displaced of the community; his followers; his army and the stranger within his gate.
David was not arrogant because of his elevation from the sheepfold. He accepted his chastisement when he was convicted of doing wrong in the sight of God and man, and he repented and became that beloved “Man after God’s own heart!”
David always sang of his faith in His Creator and TESTIFIED of His Creator’s saving grace and power.
David, that wise singer, songwriter, harpist, conqueror, builder, and King, after having found his purpose, and after having confessed and was forgiven of his sin, behaved himself wisely in all his ways, and the Lord, God, was always with him. **BJC**