Showing posts with label Matthew 11:28. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Matthew 11:28. Show all posts

Saturday, September 30, 2017

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: FACING LIFE: Lean On Jesus!

For All The Brethren
Facing ... Life's Storms!




Bow Your Head In Faith!
Say A Prayer With Hope!
With Our Beloved Lord 
Jesus Christ
Who Is Our Peace
We Shall Weather The Storm
For
His Word Stills The Winds
Calms The Seas
AND
Comforts Hearts Forlorn!

Yes! The Storm Is Raging!
Yes! The Day Seems Bleak!
Yes! Your Heart Is Troubled
BUT
Listen!
King Jesus Speaks:

Oh, Weary One
Cease Your Fretting!
I Created The Wind!

Oh, Fearful One
Cease Your Murmuring
I Gave You The Voice
With Which You're Speaking!


My Ways Are Not Your Ways
Neither Are Your Thoughts Mine!
I AM God!


Be It Storm Of Wind
Flood Fire
Test Tempest

I Made It All!
I AM God!


Trust Me!
The Battle Is Mine!
Hold On To Your Hope In Me!
Lean On My Love For You!
I AM The Lord!
You Get The Good!
I Get The Glory!
In Me Is Your Bliss!


Gold Is Tried In Fire!
Clay Must Be Molded To Shape!
Rocks Are Piled On Each Other 
Before A Sturdy Wall May Take Shape!


Cloth Must Be Cut To Make A Garment!
Beans Must Be Boiled To Make A Stew!
New Wine Must Be Poured In New Bottles
And For You To Live With Me
I Must Make You Anew!


Change Is Never Easy
Never Comfortable! 
A Shoe Will Pinch
Before It Wears Well! 
Sugar Salt Leavening
Must Be Used Judiciously
Or One Will Not Have
Good Eating Bread!


You Are Being Prepared
For Your New Life! 
These Things Are In My Counsel
I AM God!
Take Not The Shortcut To Glory
As The Devil
And Soon
You Shall See Your Great Reward!


By Faith
With Humility
See To Your Labors! 
Pray! Call On Me! 
I AM Here!
Trust Not Your Feelings
Your Eyes
Your Eyesight! 
Trust Me! 
I AM Your Light!
I Will Heal You Of Your Fears!
Cast Upon Me Your Cares!


Take My Peace!
I Give It!
It Passes Human Understanding!
Take My Hand!
Let Me Lead You Home!
Take Daily Grace
For Each Day's Journeying
And You Won't Have To Live
With Remorse

As You Through This Life Doth Course!

Mercy For You Is A Given!
Call On Me!
I AM With You All The Way!
You Are Not Alone!
I Give Unto You Of My Spirit!
Listen!
Heed The Teaching!
The Chastening!
Listen And Follow!
I AM Leading!
I Make For You The Sure Way!


Humble Yourself
Under My Hand!
I AM Mighty
And
Mighty To Save!
I Know All
Am In All
I See All
Believe In Me!
Heed The Salvation Call!


Walk By Faith! 
You May Stumble
But Trust In Me

For
I Shall Not Let You Fall!


Your Way To Eternal Life
Is Not A Smooth Walk
For, Beloved
You Are Climbing To Zion Hill!
You Need Foot Holds
Hand Holds
And
Clefts In The Rock For Shelter!
On A Smooth And Sheer Face
You Have Nothing
Upon Which Your Foot
Your Hand 

Your Body
To Place!

You Have The Choice!
Climb Rough With Me 

And
Enduring All
 Live
Or Try Ascending

By Walking Smooth With Sin
And Assuredly 
Fall!

Beloved,
Please See Yourself
As An Evergreen Tree
As A Deep-Rooting Desert Palm! 
Send Down Your Roots Into Me
The Living Giving Water
And Live
For
The Water Of Life
For Life

From Me
Is Flowing Free!


The Desert Wind
Blowing Sun-Heated Sand
May Sting You!
Scorpions In Your Roots
May Make A Nest!
Give Unto Me Your Vexations
And Soon
- Overcoming - 
Settled In Spirit
By My Grace
You Shall Rest
And By Me
You Shall Surely Be Blessed!


Take Heed!
The Angels Are Watching Over You!
Let Them Influence You 
For Your Eternal Good! 
Trust In The Lord!
Walk In Faith
With Your Heavenly Companions
And
You Shall Reach Home
The Haven Of Rest
Forever Blessed Of Your Lord!


Lean Not On Your Own Understanding!
Lean On Me!
I AM The Eternal!
The One Holy!
The Living God!





Wednesday, February 15, 2017

SINNERS : Willing And Sorry



In The Corporeal Realm
Of Mortal Man
Double-Dealing
Double-Mindedness
AND
Double-Dipping
Are All Nasty
AND
Dangerous
AND
Should Be Diligently Avoided
If You
- Being Esteemed Honorable -
Want To Healthy And Safe
Stand!

Having To Indulge
In Fancy Footwork
To Keep Your House Upright
Shows Plainly
That Yours Is Not A Foundation Firm
AND
That You Have Not
The Great Lessons Learned!

Fickle Minds
In Feeble Men
Make For Feckless Friends
AND
Friends Reckless Prove Luckless
In The Coming Not-Distant End!

Walk Upright In This Life
Even If You Walk Alone
For
Inappropriate Associations
Are
Around Your Neck
Nothing But
A Great Millstone!

Life Is A Highway
A Pathway
A Race Way!

Life Is A Byway
A Bad Word
A Good Word
A Gasp!
"They" Say!

Life Is A Rugged Mountain
A Valley
A Great Plain
A Spinning Top
A Bouncing Ball!
Life Is What You Make Of It
When Upon The Blessed One
You Infinitely Call!

Life Can Be Full
Of Parrots Which Parrot
Pigeons Which Poop
Prayers Which Praise
Psalms Which Search
Songs Which Expose Hurts
Cries That Cure
Walks That Heal
Runs That Steal
Talks That Appeal
AND
Actions That Seal
AND
It Also Contains
A Broadway That Leads To Hell
AND
A Narrow Way That Leads To Heaven!

We Can
- As Sorry Sinners -
Go To The Savior For Our Soul Salvation
OR
We Can
- As Willing Sinners -
Go To The Devil
For Deliverance To Damnation!

A Decision Is Ours To Make
AND
Even If We Make No Decision
We Make Decision
For

  • We Cannot Run
  • The Race For Life
  • By Straddling The Spiked Fence
  • Voting For AND Against
  • Painting With Black AND White
  • Playing A Harp AND A Cymbal
  • Being A Hurt Bunny Cuddling With Wild Dogs
  • Shouting For Silence
  • Dancing Rock-n-Roll To A Waltz
  • Picking Your Teeth With A Long Sword
  • Polishing Your Shoes With Mud
  • Syphoning Gasoline With A Burning Match In Your Hand

OR

  • Walking Into A Tornado Calling Yourself The Man!


Take A Piece Of Advice ...

Be Bold!
Heaven Isn't In A Wall A Hole
So
Damn The Devil
AND
Call On
AND
Bless Christ
For
Righteous Living Is Better Than Nice
AND
It Rewards
With Eternal Life!


Who Will You Be From Today?



Friday, November 13, 2015

HAPPY SABBATH + I Like God!







I Like God!
He is My Friend
On Whom I Can Depend!
I Like God!

Seriously, I Really Like God!

"Strange Expression, don't you Think!?!"

No! No! Not at all!

Think about this:

The people with whom I choose to associate are the people I really like, respect, trust, find companiable, comforting, helpful, comfortable, resourceful, loving, funny, smart, and trustworthy. 

We are the same things to each other, and we love each other enough to like being in each other's company ... all the time!

And ... we are all-around good people, with character and faith in The True and Living God. 

Look at God:


  • Faithful
  • Merciful
  • Helpful
  • Caring
  • Gracious
  • Resourceful
  • Creative
  • Artistic
  • Comforting
  • Comfortable
  • Trustworthy
  • Loving
  • Just
  • Companiable
  • Wise, and 
  • Funny and 
  • Serious and 
  • True, and
  • Truthful 


God Knows The Best Ways for Me to Walk, all The Best Places where I May Lay My Head, Sets The Best Table, Guards Against Enemy Attacks, and knows where The Living Waters Flow, AND He Gives Me Life!

Best of All, because He does not Pry, and Waits to be called, and is Always Available on Demand, I share things with Him that I will not Share with Another Living Soul, knowing full well that He will not "Desert Me" by Reason of my Weaknesses, and Bad Temper, and Lying, and Cheating and Stealing and Daily Fornications and Adulteries! 

God Listens and He Counsels, but there have been times when He put His foot down and Chastised Me, and stated clearly: "Don't Do That! That is Not The Way for You!"

He doesn't leave Me to "Figure it out!" for Myself!

He Teaches Me The Right Way, and Helps Me to Walk in it!

We have had a few dust-ups over the years, though and, believe me, things were pretty bad for a while!

You see, I wanted to do something that God - Repeatedly - told me not to do, and I got on my high horse, and called Him a few unflattering descriptives and went on my merry way and did my own thing and paid ... BIG TIME!!

I was totally ticked off at God after that Debacle!

"How could You let me do that?!
How could You let that happen to me?!
Why didn't You stop Me?!
I thought you were My Friend!"

Want to hear what He said:

"Beloved, you have Free Will and Free Choice!
I will Never Force you to do The Right Thing!
I will Chastise, and Plead, and Love, and Call you BUT I will let you Decide AND whatever The Decision is that you make, I will be here Waiting for you when you call!"

His Answer totally took The Wind out of my Overblown Sails!

One day, I told Him that I gave Him Permission to yank Me back when He sees me going Astray and, do you know what? 

He has taken that request to His Heart, and He sticks closer to me that even my brother can!

It is Amazing!

On another occasion, we were Talking, and I Wondered how He could be Satisfied to be Always Giving Me Blessings for which I could Never Repay Him?!

Do you know what He said!

"I Love You! 
It is Enough that you Desire to be with Me, and are always Talking Intimately with Me, willing to Follow My Lead, and that you Trust Me, and are Walking - Faithfully ... Steadfastly - on The Highway To Heaven, as you Learn and Grow from Following The Way as Set Forth in My Family Book of Gifts that I Gave to you!"

My Heart Leaped!

*******

God makes me Laugh - often!
God makes me Think - all the time!

In God, My Life is Complete
By God, I Stand Firmly on My Feet
With God, Bitter Tastes Sweet
For God Has Made Heaven The Prize
To Those who Faithfully Compete!

I Like God
He Is Wise
Uses No Lies
Plans No Way-out Strategies
Wisdom Is His Eye
I Can On Him Rely
By His Grace I Can Satan Defy
With His Mercy
In The Great By and By
I Will Live Forever
Winging To Worlds
Which Imaginings Can't Prophesy!

I Like God!
This Is Not About Obligatory Love
This Is Friendship ... And Beyond
He Called Himself My Friend - Unto The End
And Sought Me Out When I Faced Harm
He Looks Out For Me - Day and Night
He Fights For Me - Dissolving The Blight
He Died For Me - To Give Me His Light
He Carries Me - When Cares Benight
He Comforts Me - When I Take A Fright
He Watches Me - I Am Ever In His Eyesight
And Because Of His Sacrificial Love
I Shall Gain The Winner's Wreath At The End Of The Fight!
I Really, Really, Like God!




Friday, August 21, 2015

Happy Sabbath + God Gave Me His Blessed Assurance + Prayer: Thank You, Lord





God Gave Me His Assurance
He said He'd always be Mine
My Heart is now Overflowing
Because He is Ever Loving, Faithful and Kind!

God Wrote Out For Me His Promise
He signed it in Jesus' Blood
He sends Me Showers of Blessings
Which flow ever like a rushing Great Flood!

God Gave Me His Assurance
That Sin has a waiting Just Fate
And if I walk in Christ's Righteousness
I won't Suffer The Bold Sinner's Fate!

I am to Do Good to All Men
I must Continually Pray and Give Praise
I must Trust in God's Goodness
And never His Holy Name denigrate!

I Trust in God's Blessed Assurance
And I took Me The Great Plunge
Into The Watery Grave of Baptism
And I Emerged Thoroughly Cleansed by The Blood!

Holy Spirit has Taken Up Residence
And is Guarding My Heart's Gate
I now walk Me in The Right Way
For with Heaven I have a Going Into The House Date!


Thank You, Lord, for Hearing
Thank You, Lord, for Healing
Thank You, Lord, for The Helping Hand
That is Guiding my footsteps to My New Home
On The Holy Hill of Zion
Where Peace and Rest are Declared
Where Love and Life are Eternal
Where Fear and Night cannot appear
Where Death and Hell have no standing
Where The Holy God is Commanding
And You are in My Eyesight clear.
Amen







Friday, March 6, 2015

HAPPY SABBATH!! Prayer: Father, Thank You!







Heavenly Father,
Thank You for my spared life!
Help me to remember
that I will always need You!
Help me to never forget that
since I have no reason to regret that!
You, Lord, are Good, and You are Faithful.
Help me to never allow my eyes
to dictate what I shall be fed, and help me
to be contented with Your walking speed.
I ask You to help me to trust You as a
blessed child of a Beloved Father.
Thank You for the blessings and the
bounties You provide to me each and 
every day, and I ask You to keep me
steadfast, and don't let me ever again stray.
I love You, Lord, for You alone, are worthy.
AMEN.


Friday, February 20, 2015

Happy Sabbath Happy Rest!




Happy Sabbath!
Happy Rest !
God invites each one
To come and be blessed
To set all work aside
To give a relieved sigh
And abide
In King Jesus!

Happy Sabbath!
Happy Rest!
All our work has been done
We worked unto rest
And we have been blessed
For our hope is here placed
In Him who won the Race
On King Jesus!

Happy Sabbath!
Happy Rest!
So gracious
How blessed
Calls us to desist
From care, work and stress
To turn our hearts and our eyes
To God who sanctifies
With truth from on high
To Our Father!

Come now, please draw nigh
Lift your voice to the sky
Praise Him who can't die
And on whom we rely
Praise King Jesus!