Showing posts with label King Solomon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label King Solomon. Show all posts

Friday, November 4, 2022

HAPPY SABBATH: Oh, To Have A Discerning Heart!










 
Discernment, A Discerning Heart Aka Mind 
Is 
The Gift That Almighty God Gave To King Solomon 
At Solomon's Request! 

Request Your Own! 

Discernment 
Is 
The Ability To Wisely Judge
To Clearly See The Difference Between Good And Bad Things 
Using Godly Wisdom 
And 
That Beautiful Hand-Maiden, Understanding
To Make A Good And Sound Judgment Call! 

Beloved, 

Everybody Is A Judge
A Critic
An Expert 
And
Everybody Is Wrong ... Dead Wrong
Unless Jesus Christ ... By His Holy Spirit
Has Got The Wheel 
And
Is In Control! 

Dear Ones, 

Let Us Cease From Being Everybody 
And 
Dare, With Humility, To Be Somebody
Aka Someone Whom The Lord May Use In His Service 
To Bless Others 
And
In So Doing, Bless Ourselves! 

Let Us Not Just Use Our Heads To Wear Hats
Or Only Use Our Eyes To Just Oogle The Pretties! 

May The Great God Of Heaven And Earth 
Enliven Our Lives 
And 
Enlighten Our Minds And Eyes 
So That We May See, Love, Live, And Share The Truth 

And

Deny And Defy The Father Of Lies
Despising His Lies And His Way Of Life


And

Let Us Dare To Show Others The Lord Of Life 
And
His Known Holy
Ever Good
Always Glorious Way! 

Spiritual Discernment ... 

Detect
Differentiate
And 
Discriminate 
In Favor Of The Divine Lord! 

Peace!


















Sunday, September 11, 2022

There Is No Death In Righteousness!



The Way Is Jesus Christ: 
He Is The One Righteous! 
The Pathway Is That Marked By Jesus Christ Himself! 

The Pathway Of Righteousness 
Is 
That Path For One's Feet 
Where It Is Impossible For One To Go Astray 
When One Moment-By-Moment Chooses 
To Faithfully Follow In The Footsteps Of Our Savior 
Doing What He Did
Speaking As He Spoke
Loving As He Loves
And 
Choosing To Let Your Conscience 
As Directed By The Holy Spirit Who Leads One Into All Truth 
Be The Sole Guide For Your Life In This Vale Of Tears! 

Beloved, 

Please Do Not Expect To Hear The Still Small Voice Of God 
In The Whirlwind
In The Earthquake
In The Fire
Or In The Multitudinous Voices Of The Self-Serving Sort! 

Dear Ones, 

When We Long For The Sights And Sounds Of 
Those Seeking Distraction From Sorry Self And Sordid Sin
The Clamor They Make Gives One The Impression That All Is Well! 

These Dear Souls
Purchased At Infinite Price With The Innocent Blood
Find No Peace In Quietness 
And As Such
See No Point To Being Still! 

Please, I Beseech Us All
Learn As King Solomon Learnt That 
A Life Lived By The Senses 
Is 
No Life At All 
But 
Vanity And A Vexation Of One's Spirit! 

Learn From The Prophet Elijah That 
It Is In The Stillness That 
We Will Hear The Lord  Speak! 

There Is No Life In Unrighteousness
And
There Is No Death In Righteousness! 

The Life Lived For Christ Has No End! 
Let's Live For King Jesus! 

Peace!


















Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Prayer For Ukraine

 

PRAYER:


Heavenly Father, 
We Thank You For The Gift Of 
Unfailing, Unshrinking, Faith That 
Removes The Spectre Of Doubt That 
Fogs Our Minds And Clouds Our Judgment 
In The Face Of War And The Clutches Of Cruel Death! 

In These Uncertain Times, Lord
In This Hour Of Trial
We Come With Hope, Believing The Word Of Truth
And Plead For Your Hand Of Healing 
Which Turns Bitterness Into Sweetness
Darkness Into Light
Ashes Into Beauty
And
The Certain Hope Into Glory! 

Lord, 
King Solomon Said That He Was A Child 
Not Knowing How To Go Out Or To Come In: 
We Join In This Sentiment 
And
Humbly Ask You To Take Control! 

Please Lead Us, Feed Us
Guard, Guide And Protect Us, Dear Lord
As We Faithfully, Enduringly
Follow After You Who Knows The Perfect Way 
And
Our End From Our Beginning! 

We Trust You, Lord
Because We Believe Your Word That Says 
All Things Work For Our Good! 

We Know That There Isn't Anything That
Happens To Us 
Which Will Surprise You
And
For This Reason, Father
We Ask That You Will Comfort Us
In All Our Present Distresses
And
Help Us To Rest, Strengthened, And Unafraid In You 
Even Though We're Perplexed And Tempest-Tossed! 

Please Speak Peace! 

Please Help Us To Remember That
Your Strength Is Made Perfect
In Our Weakness
And
Help Us To Let Go
And
Let You Take The Wheel!
Lord, Pity Us!

Please Help Us To Trust You And Believe
Hold Hope 
And
Heed The Counsels Against Doubt! 

Please Help Us To Not Be Double-Minded Because 
You Have Said That You Have Nothing 
To Give Anyone So Unstable, Like The Sea
Driven, And Tossed About! 

Thank You For The Shelter That Is 
The Arms Of The Eternal God! 

Please Help Us To Glory In The Cross Of Christ 
Which Bought Us New Life! 

We Confess And Repent Of Our Sins 
And Plead For The Promised Cleansing And Pardon 
As We Desire To Live With You In Paradise! 
Please Deliver Us, Lord, By Your Saving Grace! 
In Jesus Christ's Holy Name 
We Pray And, In Need, Humbly Plead! 
AMEN.










Friday, January 28, 2022

HAPPY SABBATH + STOP LOOKING FOR LOVE IN UNPROFITABLE PLACES: Keep Your Eyes!






There Is No Opportunity To Love Unwisely 
When We Love The Lord Jesus Christ In Whom Is No Variableness 
And 
No Specter Of The Demonic Device! 

Beloved, 

If We Are Truthful As All Christians Should Ever Be
We Will Admit To Having Loved And Lost
And
Have Felt Like The Recipient Of An Angry Horse's Brutal Kick! 

It Is Time That We Learn Once And For All Time That 
Love Is Not A Chemical Given To Reaction 
To Be Turned Up, Down And Off 
Depending On When And How The Recipient Of Our Affection 
Cooperates With Our Then-Current Emotion! 

Love 
Is 
A Decision That Does Not Depend On Atmosphere
Entertainment, Cash, Credit
Grief
Presence, Presents, Or Loss! 

Let's Stop Looking For Love In Unprofitable Places 
And 
Choose To Take The Lord At His Word: 

Put The Lord, First, Last, And Always
Depend Upon His Word
Follow After His Will
Walk In His Way
And
Wait Upon The Lord 
After You Have Asked Him To Provide Your Blessed Companion! 

Samson Loved The Pagan Delilah 
That Lying Money-Grubber Who Took His Eyes! 

King Solomon Loved Many Pagan Women 
Who Turned His Heart Away From The Lord! 

King Herod Loved The Vile, Blood-Thirsty Herodias 
Who Took Fore-Runner John's Head! 

Brethren, Beloved

Character Counts When Companions Call! 

Remember, Remember
Don't Ever Forget ... 

Your Life's Companion 
Will Either Help You To Get Home To Glory 
Or Book You A Free Ticket To Hell!

Samson And King Solomon Came To Their Senses: 
King Herod Did Not! 

Learn From The Errors Of Others 
And
Be Wise! 

Love Sees: 
Keep Your Eyes! 

Peace! 










Monday, January 17, 2022

One Disorder, Three Lives, Three Outcomes!









If I Knock On Your Forehead
Will You Cheerfully Answer The Front Door!?! 

If The Answer Is Not An Emphatic "Yes!" 
What, May I Ask, Is Eating You!?! 

The Frontal Lobe Of The Brain Deals With 
Our Spirituality Aka Our Need To Worship
Our Morality Aka Our Chosen Behavior
And 
Our Will Aka To Do Or Not To Do Right, Wrong, Dicey Or Disgusting! 

The Holy Word Says That 
In The Presence Of Two Or Three Witnesses
A Matter Should Be Established: 
King Saul, King Solomon, And Prophet Elijah Were All Depressed
Suffering From Stinking Thinking! 

Instead Of Being Obedient And Walking With The Spirit Of Truth
King Saul Went Rogue 
And 
Ended Up Playing Footsie With That Lying Spirit, Satan
And 
Effectively, Efficiently, Offed Himself! 

King Solomon Disobediently Went After Many Pagan Wives And Concubines 
And 
Also Did What Many Of Us Are Doing Today 
Aka He Tried Every "Pleasure" Until Pleasure Was Pain! 

He Hated His Life 
And
Called Everything Vanity And Vexation Of Spirit! 

King Solomon Eventually Came To His Senses 
And 
Was Converted 
But 
Took The Scars With Him To His Grave! 

Elijah ... Almighty God's Faithful Prophet
Was Hunted Down Like A Wild Dog 
By The Blood-Thirsty Pagan Queen Jezebel: 
He Ran From Her 
And 
He Wanted To Die! 

The Lord Gave Prophet Elijah  A Work To Do 
And
At Its Completion 
He Was Picked Up In A Fiery Chariot 
And 
Carried To Heaven: 
He Never Tasted Death! 

One Disorder
         Three Lives
                Three Outcomes! 

Dear Ones,

Depressed Or Not
We Have Our Sacrosanct Will With Which To Bless God: 
Please Let Him Take Control Aka Have Master-Control
And 
You Shall Know, Enjoy, Experience His Perfect Peace! 







Thursday, February 18, 2021

PRECIOUS: The Lord God Almighty Doesn't Save Junk!






As Christians ... True Christ-Followers
We Are To Be Circumspect Aka Thoughtful, Cautious
In All That We Say And Do 
Because 
We Have The Desire To Avoid Mistakes, Missteps
And
Their Consequences! 
Remember, Confession And Repentance Cleanse From Sin 
But 
It Never Relieves Us Of Sins' Consequences! 

Beloved, 

King Solomon Has Warned Us Of 
The Fool Being Hasty In Speech And Action
Well-Given To "Fetching Up His Guts!" 
And 
Being Uncaring Of The Consequences!

This Is Not The Way Of The Child Of God 
Who Is Taught Of God 
And
Who Is The Beneficiary Of The Gift Of Wisdom From God 
And
Is Able To Use Understanding
To Apply Real Knowledge For True Profit! 

The Lord Christ Redeemed Us
Aka Bought Us Back, From Sin
Death, The Grave And Hell 
And
We, Faithful Christians
Are To Redeem, Buy-Back ... Take-Back 
Our Finite, Short, Time From Lawlessness
Carelessness, Uselessness
Wickedness, Deceitfulness
Indifference, Foolishness 
And 
All Such Unprofitable Behaviors! 

Every One Of Us Is Unique, Special ... Irreplaceable! 
If You Are Lost To The Kingdom Of God
Jesus Christ Is Irretrievably Harmed 
Because 
There Is No One Who Can Or Will Replace You! 
He Gave His Life To Save Our Lives! 

Let's Dare, By Working Faith, To Live Up To The Value That 
The Lord Jesus Christ Has Placed On Each One Of Us! 

Remember ...

The Lord ... Our Lord ... Doesn't Save Junk! 
Our Lord Christ Who Is God Almighty 
Saves That Which Is Precious:
That's You ... And Me, Too! 

Value Your Value To The Lord!





Friday, April 6, 2018

HAPPY SABBATH + Damn The Devil!





Yesterday, I Learned
Men Can Really Behave As Fools
AND
Women Can Be Enormously Wicked!

AND

Women Talk Too Much
AND
Are Too Concerned With The Wrong Things
AND
Men Need To Stand Up For The Right
AND
Say "NO!"  To The Wrong
AND
Mean It!

The Adam And Eve Scenario Rides Again ... And Again!

The Truth Is ...

Having A Pocket Book
Does Not Make A Woman A Bank!
Having A Pen
Does Not Make A Man A Scribe!
Having A Heart
Does Not Make A Woman A Home
AND
Having A Heart
Should Never Force A Man
For A Woman's Maliciously Egregious Behavior 
To Atone!

Men Need To Learn That
If
Eating A Gourmet Catered Meal
Will 
Cost Your Life
It Is Time 
To Eat Dry Bread And Rancid Butter
AND
Live ... Free!

Women Need To Learn
That Modern Adam
- Just Like Adam Of Old Had -
Has
More Ribs To Spare
AND
The Creator God Still Has Creative Power

AND
Powerful Skills!

Almighty God
Does Not Like Ugly

Foolish
Wicked
Unkind
Hateful
Nor Evil Behavior!

AND

There Is Neither Fool
Foolish Heart
Nor Wicked Person

Nor Wicked Hand
Going Heaven
So Man And Woman
Wise Up!

An Ugly Mind In A Pretty Face
Does Not Make One Beautiful!
AND
A Foolish Heart In A Buff Body
Does Not Make One Smart!
Wise Up!

The Wisdom Of The Wise
Does Not Folly Disguise
AND
The Wiles Of The Wicked
Do Not Lead Supposed Saints
To Gloriously Heaven!

Remember These Things ...

  • Adam Didn't Want To Lose Eve's Companionship So He Willfully Sinned To Keep It
  • Solomon Loved Many Idolatrous Women Who Caused Him Against The Living God To Knowingly Sin
  • Samson Knowingly Consorted With A Prostitute And Wittingly Gave Up His Blessing To Gain Supposed Peace From That Whining Idolatrous Woman
  • King Herod Foolishly Promised And By Weakness Executed And Salvered John The Baptist's Head Because His Unmentionable Portion Was, By The Gyrations Of A Nubile Dancer, Inordinately Pleased
AND

If These Things
Do Not Teach Us Anything
Satan Will Continue Damnation's Song
- Enthusiastically - 
To Sing
Against Those Who Lust
AND
Indulge The Fleshy Fling!

We Should Be Aware By Now, That ...

Misery Likes Company!
Sin Hates Salvation!
Truth Always Survives Darkness!
Hate - Like Lies - Despises Light!
Men Need To Ever Speak 
AND
Stand In The Truth
For
They Are The Family Priests!
Women Need To Constantly Spread Heavenly Light
For
They Are Our Children's Teachers!

Man And Woman
- In Salubrious Combination -
Walking With The Lord
AND
Departing The Ways Of The Fraud
Are A Blessing
In The Society Of Man
AND THEY
Seeking Peace 
Through Faithfulness
AND
Doing Right
Having Their Steps Ordered
AND
Living Orderly In Christ For Christ's Sake
Shall 

At The Appointed Time
Live With The Lord Christ
In Eternal Peace In Paradise!

Brethren,
Let's Put Jesus First
AND
Take A Firm And Committed Step To The Christ
AND
Thereby
Damn The Devil
AND
His Demonic Devices!


A Spine Is A Terrible Thing To Waste!



Monday, February 2, 2015

Wants 'n Reliefs






I want my neighbor’s possessions!
My neighbor wants my peace!
Each wants what the other has
And neither want brings us any relief!

Lord, help us each to find comfort
In what You've provide for us
Help us learn to be contented
And stop running after what’s in the bush!

What more can any man ask for
What more can any man need
Than to know the love of Jesus
And daily His Word of Hope read?

For, in the Words of the Master
Each child is daily fed
The God of the Jerusalem Temple
Provides to each his needed daily bread!

So, if peace, my friend, not possession
Is Gods’s kind gift to you
Be thankful you don't have to learn like Solomon
That things don't make a comfortable bed!

Be contented with the Lord as your portion
You are blessed for He carries you along
Give praise that your stomach/heart is not empty
And sing! - for to Christ you belong!