Showing posts with label Home. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Home. Show all posts

Saturday, September 2, 2023

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: PRAYER For Help!











PRAYER:



Oh, Heavenly Father, 
Please Have Mercy On Us Who Are Distressed
Walking In Darkness, Deceived
Doubting The Deliverance Paid For And Promised 
And Provided To Whosoever Sees Their Need
And Is Willing To Reach For The Extended Hand Of Him
Who Is Our Hope, Bringing Help And Healing
And Is The One Door To The Heavenly Home! 

Please Help Us To Not Yield To The Taunts And Temptations Of 
The Naysayers, The Scorners, The Liars
The Licentious, The Proud, The Perverse
And The Affluent And Boldly Willing Sinners 
Who Are Unafraid And Unashamed
And Are Vociferously Calling Others 
To Follow Them To Satan's Planned And Man-Purveyed Ruin! 

Please Unstop Our Ears So That We May Truly Hear Your Truth! 

Please Apply The Heavenly Eye-Salve
So That Our Eyes May Be Healed 
And We Will Truly See The Light Which Leads To Everlasting Life! 

Oh, That A Coal From The Altar In Heaven May Be Applied To Our Lips 
So That We May Be Cleansed Of Our Iniquities
And Purged Of Our Sin! 

Oh, Father, 
Let It Be That We, Willing To Be Saved, Will Say: 
"Without Our Lord Jesus, We Cannot Do Anything!" 
And, In Faith, Nothing Wavering
Commit To Our Lord
And To Taking The Way Of The Cross Which Leads Home! 

Hear Our Earnest Prayer 
And Answer Us According To Your Will 
And In Your Way 
For We Ask These Blessings In Jesus Christ's Holy Name! 
AMEN! 











Wednesday, January 19, 2022

SECOND-GUESSING ALMIGHTY GOD: "No!" Is A Complete Sentence!




To See Our Lord Jesus Christ In Perfect Peace
We Must Understand, Accept
And 
Operate Under The Knowledge That "No!" 
Is 
A Complete Sentence 
Bearing Full Instructions Incapable Of 
Being Misconstrued, Misapplied
Mistaken, Mismanaged
Or Misinterpreted! 

Beloved, 

I Don't Know About You
But 
It Always Cracks Me Up To Hear One Person Say To Another: 

"Which Part Of "No!" Didn't You Understand: 
The N Or The O!?!" 

"No!" Stands For No Options! 

The Idea Of A One-Word Sentence 
Should Not Be Strange To Christians! 

We Have Jesus, Mercy, Grace
Help, Love, Heaven, Peace
Believe, Repent
Liar, Babylon, Hell, Satan! 

Each Of These One-Word Sentences 
Should Instantly Write A Story 
And 
Paint An Unmistakeable Picture In Our Minds! 

Dear One, 

How Do You Feel About Being Told "No!?!" 
Does Your Internal Translator 
Automatically Substitute "Yes!" In Its Place!?! 

Are You One Given To The Idea That 
"No!" Means Let The Negotiations Begin!?! 

Do You Believe That 
Second-Guessing The Lord For Denying You Your Heart's Desire 
Is 
Going To Make Like A Bird And Fly!?! 

We Are Growing In Grace 
          Through Faith 
                     Which Works By Love! 

Refusing The Direct Command Of 
The Lord Will Not Get You The New Life
The New Name
The White Robe
The Gold Harp
Or The Gold Crown! 

What We Practice We Perfect! 

Let's Set About Perfecting Our Praise 
And 
Accepting The Good Lord's "No!" Of Love By Faith 
So That By Patient Endurance We Will Hear 

"Welcome!" 

                      "Enter!" 

                                    "Home!" 

                                                     "Peace!" 












Wednesday, February 20, 2019

HAPPINESS IS THE LORD'S + PRAYER: Father, My Hope For An Eternal Home Is In Christ Jesus!

NEEDFUL THINGS

It Has Been Said To Man:

You Have A Need!

How Can I Have A Need
If My Self Does Not Know It?
Further, Still
How Can I Have A Need
If I Do Not Recognize Same As Such?

Having A Need
And 
Not Knowing It
Is 
An Awful Shame!
I Must Needs Catch Up!

We Have Wants!
There Are Many That We Say Are Our Needs
And
We Have Needs Which Are Few
Which Turn Into Wants Upon The Right Cue!

The Thing Is, Though
Needful Things Are Necessary
Like Light
Love
Water Shelter Clothing And Food
But 
The Biggest Necessary
On This Here Planet
Is 
For Jesus Christ
And Not As - To Some - A Useful Tool!

MONEY

The Truth Is That Having Money
Does Not Make A Man Happy
And
Having No Money
Does Not Make A Man Sad!

Happiness
Is 
In The Hand Of The Almighty
And 
It Is He That Makes Our Hearts Glad!

RELEVANCE

I Have No Desire To Be
- By Man -
Made Relevant!

I Desire The Love Of My God!
I Can Wait For My Riches
And
I Will Receive Them As Gold
From The Hand Of My God!

I Am Thankful
For Sleep That Brings Rest!
For The Rest That Brings Peace!
For The Hope That Helps Me Cope
And
For The Love Of God That Is No Joke!


PRAYER:

Thank You, Dear Father

For My Blessings Today

And That 
Because Of The Blood Of Jesus
I Can Call Upon You Without Fear!

Bless Me To Be Faithful
Trusting Loving And Obedient, True
So That At The End Of My Journey
And
At The Appointed Time
I Will Go Home To Live Forever With You!


Please Help Me Not To Dwell

Upon The Sorrows And Slights Of The Day!

Help Me To Grateful
For The Day
And
For The Ability To You To Pray!

Bless Me To Hold On To Hope
For Faith
Cherishing The Promises Given
And
Daring To Walk Wisely In Belief
Because I Know
You Are Good Kind Loving
Ever Faithful
And
That In You I Shall Always Find Relief!
Thank You For The Blessings!


Father,
I Can Sing With The Saints Of The Ages

"What A Friend I Have In Jesus

All My Sins And Griefs He Bears!
What A Privilege I Have To Be Able To Carry
Everything
To My God In Humble Prayer!"


Please, Father
Let Not Pride Have A Hold Within Me!

Let Not Arrogance Mar My Face!

Let No Selfish Desire Hold Me Captive
Nor The Love Of This World
Cause Me To Be Marked
For The Consuming Fire
And
Become Known Forever
As A Cast-Off Disgrace!


I Am Available To You, My Father

And

I Pray In The Love Of The Lord
Who To Save Me
Left The Glory At Your Right Side!
Lead Me!
Guide Me!
Teach Me!
Chide Me
And
Until The Great Day
And Then Forever
With Me, I Beseech You
Please Abide!


Please Pour Out Of Your Holy Spirit Upon Me

Granting Me Spiritual Discernment

So That By Your Great Grace
In My Journey To Eternal Life
I May Defeat And Expose Satan
The Accuser Of The Brethren
The Adversary Of Souls
The One Who
- Against The Truth - 
Daily
Does Lie!
Help Me Ever To You
For Help To Cry!


Thank You, Dear Father
For Hearing And For Answering My Prayer
For I Ask All 
In The Name Of The Holy Jesus
In Whom I 
Have A Hope

And

I Have A Prepared Home! 

AMEN.






Tuesday, December 5, 2017

PRAYER: Lord, Make My Heart Your Home!


Father, 
I Come
Pleading For Mercy
Thankful For Grace
Hopeful Of Blessing
Known Sin Confessing!


I Offer Unto You
My Worship
Unfeigned Praise
Prayers In Belief
Service And Fealty
Sorrows Pains And Griefs!


I Lay At Your Feet, Lord
My Soul
Sorrowing For Sin
And
My Heart
As A Home
For The Holy Spirit To Dwell In!


I Give Myself Freely
And
Ask That You Clean Me Up
And
Make Me Anew
So That In The Glad Day
I Shall To Heaven Go Up!


Please Remove From Me Arrogance
Pride
Selfishness Greed
Presumption
And
Iniquity
That Planned Sinning
The Likes Of Which I Have No Need!


Father,
Forgive Me My Ingratitude
My Infrequent Saying Unto You
"Lord, Thanks!"
My Not Taking Time
Not Making Time
To Just Sit With You
Talking
Listening
Learning
Hopeful In The Assurance Of
Heavenly Things Sublime!


I Own No Other Master!
I Own No Other God!
I Claim Jesus Christ As Savior
And
Strenuously Deny Satan
That Always Seeking
Ever Ready
Raging Ravening Wily Fraud!


Father,
I Give Unto You My Will!
Please Mark Thou My Way
And
Protect Me And Keep Me
For
For Own Sin
I Have No Desire To Indulge
The Plan Self-Pay!


I Desire To Live With You, Lord
To See Your Dear Face
And I Ask You Blessed Father 
To Bathe Me With Grace
So That In The Appointed Hour
Having Done All
I Shall Stand Among The Redeemed
And
Enter Glory Land!


I Bless You!
I Praise You!
I Worship You, My God 
So, Please
Bless Me And Lift Me Up
To Tell The Good News Of The Living
And
Returning
Jesus Christ The Lord
In Whose Holy Name
I Humbly Pray And Plead! 
AMEN.




Sunday, December 11, 2016

Trust God ... And Walk! + PRAYER: Father, We Want To Go Home!


Acquisition Of The Bounties Of Life
Did Not Make Me Happy
BUT
Having A Derth Of Life's Bounties
Did Not Make Me Sad
For
I Recognized
It Is A Matter Of Priorities
AND
I Am Thankful
That I Am With The Faith Of Jesus Christ Clad!

I Enjoy A Good Book!
Needles, Hooks And Thread I Will Not Overlook
AND
Making A Meal For Another Brings Joy!
I Have Reached The Stage In My Life
Where It Is Not Things I Want
BUT
Jesus Christ
AND
I Am Striving Through His Faith
For Eternal Life!

Money Rusts 
Rots
Gets Eatern
AND
Loses Value!
Clothing Decays
AND
Fast Friends Walk Away
AND
Love ... Even Love
Dear Love
Can Disappear
BUT
I Am Determined
At My Holy God
To Ever Look
AND
I Pray For Mercy
That I Do Not Fall For The Scams
Of The Eternal Life-Crook
AND
So I Seek For Christ's Righteousness
AND
The Comfort Of The Comforter 
Spoken Of
In Almighty God's Own Holy Book!

I Pray
AND
I Walk
AND
With God's Holy Spirit
I Talk (Commune)
Willing To Led
Taught
Corrected
AND
Comforted
Along The Lonely Narrow Way!

I Indulge In No Ritualized Pray
AND
I Do Not Care What Others Say
When Even Over My Lunch
I Say My Prayers
For
I Am Into Pleasing None Other Than
Jesus Christ My Lord
In Whose Name
I Approach The Father
When E'er Prayers I Committedly Say!

Every Man Has His Own Soul
- Not A Soul Is Second Hand -
AND
He Has For Himself
To Determine
Future Life Goals
AND
Not Be Concerned About Fleeting
Fluttery Things!
I Am Determined 
To Trust The Word Of The Holy God
AND
Not The Machinated Words Of The Willy Fraud
AND
By God's Grace
"I SHALL OVERCOME!"
AND
I Shall Win
In Jesus' Name
The Way To Eternal Life Walking Race!

So, Brethren ...

Think For Yourself
AND
Do
All That The Lord Places Before You
For
There Is No Place That He Sends
That He Will Not Provide The Means
To Achieve The Goal!
Remember!
He Promised In Blood
To Take Care Of You!
... And Me, Too!

Look Not At The Challenge Ahead!
Look At The Lord
Who For Your Victory Over Sin
Rose From The Dead
AND
Take The Brakes Off Your Feet
AND
With The Faith That Works
Because Of Love For Our Lord
Hit The Accelerator Of Your Heart
With Convincing Lead
AND
Strive For The Prize Given
By Our Lord Christ
Who Is Alive!
Alive!

Trust
 AND
Walk!
Trust! - Don't Balk!
There Is Work To Be Done
So Get At It
So That The End Of Time
May Quickly Come
AND
Eternal Life In Peace May Start
With Our Knowing That From It 
We Shall Never Depart!


Even So, Lord Jesus, Come!

*********

PRAYER:

Father,
We Want To Go Home!
We Want To Live
In Peace
With Your Beloved Son
Who Is Interceding For Us
In Heaven's Most Holy Place!
Haste The Day, Dear Father!
We Desire To Depart 
This Cruel, Wicked, Place
And
Dwell In The Light 
Of
Our God's Holy Face!
May Your Grace
Be Always Sufficient
In Jesus' Name!
AMEN.




Thursday, July 30, 2015

I Met God


One day, I met God - The Creator
I said: "Hello!"
And walked on ...

Then I met God - The Preacher
I said: "How ...?"
And walked on ...

Then I met God - The Teacher
I said: "Why ...?"
And walked on ...

Then ...

I Met GOD

The Creator
The Savior
The Redeemer
The Friend
The Faithful
The Helper
The Healer
The Comforter
The Carrier
The Provider
The Sustainer
The Heart's Desire
My Soul's Salvation
My Master
My Lord
My God
My Beginning
My End
The Truth
My Light
My Way
To Life
And further
The Father
My Father

I said: "Thank YOU!"

He said: "BLESS YOU!"

And WE, now together - FOREVER - Walk On ...
















Wednesday, December 10, 2014

HOME - An Acrostic




Going Home!




HOME – An Acrostic


H eaven at any cost is to be preferred

O ver hell for free! We choose to share in the Son of

M an's sacrifice for in it we lose earthly gain to gain

E ternity with Him!



Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Lord, Prepare Me

Father, Have mercy on me,  a sinner.  
Father, I am digging into Your Holy Word seeking after knowledge, and I ask You to help me to see Your truth, 
and not the truth that evil men would have me 
believe for their gain as I search through the many and various study materials to aid my understanding of Your Word.  
I ask You to shield my eyes, my ears, and my heart from the personal interpretations, outright lies, and carefully 
crafted deceits of the enemy of my soul, and help me, Lord, 
to keep my eye on the prize, Home. 
Oh, how my heart longs for Home. Home with Jesus. 
You have promised in Your Holy Word that You 
will have a people prepared and ready to meet the King. 
Please, I beseech You, help me, under the agency of 
Your Holy Spirit, to be ready, possessing all 
the fruit of Your Spirit, and living as only a 
Child of the King, can. I love You, Lord. 
Please come soon. AMEN

Thursday, August 21, 2014

In Faith - a Little Ditty just for YOU!!

Greetings, Friends!

     I hope that all is well with each and every one of you!

    The following is a little ditty that I wrote as a means of celebrating my faith in The Holy Lord.

    If anyone would like to put this to music, please feel free to do so, and, PLEASE, share same with the rest of us if you do!



In Faith

In Faith I see The City,
That Jesus calls my home.
On earth I have not plenty,
In Heaven I'll not know want.
By faith, I'll hold the promise,
Of land to call my own,
In a beautiful, wonderful City,
From where I'll never roam! 

Enjoy, and be gloriously blessed!

BJC

Thursday, July 31, 2014

Why me? and Rescue Workers!


Hello, Again, Dear Friends!

     I hope all is well with you and yours!

    I have a question. How often have you heard sirens passing around your home, or place of work, or when you were out shopping, and it never dawned on you to think of the rescue workers as those who are in need of our prayers?

     Well, there was a time when I heard sirens going by, that they were just that. Sirens going by.

     It was like that for me until just over a year ago when it suddenly entered my consciousness that those sirens were on vehicles carrying sons, daughters, husbands, wives, fathers and mothers, and it gave me pause.

     Now, whenever I hear a siren, I find myself praying for these men and women in the rescue services and, today, I am sharing one of those prayers with you all.

     And then, there is the poem, I Never Asked: Why ME!?  which came about as a result of all the times I wanted to know why me? when things were not going so well, but NEVER when things were going swimmingly. It surely made me think!

     I hope you enjoy these new offering and, don't forget to share them!

Be well, and be gloriously blessed,

BJC