Showing posts with label Pride Of Life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pride Of Life. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Pride, Lust, Sin ... Loss!








The Living God ... Alone
Determines
What
Is
Sin!


Sin ... Depending Upon Your "Personal" Perspective
Is 
Either Decidedly Appealing 
Or Perfectly Appalling! 

Lust, Specifically
Is 
The "Most Delicious Aphrodisiac" Known To Mankind 
And
That Is Why Satan Always, Always, ALWAYS
Strikes At Us Through The Lust Of Our Eyes
The Lust Of Our Flesh
And 
That Unchained Bug-Bear
The Pride Of Life! 

There Is No Lust Without Pride 
And 
There Is No Pride Without Lust! 

Beloved, 

Any Overwhelming Desire 
To Have What Is Not Yours To Have And To Hold 
Is 
Sinful 
Because 
It Separates You From The Living God 
And 
Makes You A False God 
Because
Like Lucifer-Now-Satan The Damned
You Become Willing To Destroy Another's Character 
And
Ultimately Their Life 
To Have What That Person, By Right, Possesses! 

What Is Ruling You!?! 

What Is Driving You To Distraction!?! 

Are You Willing To Lose Eternal Salvation 
To Gratify Temporary Satisfaction 
Which You Already Know 
Is 
Pushing You To Disaster!?! 

Are You, Self-Deceived, Saying 
"If I Could Just See, Taste
Touch, Smell, Feel, And Enjoy 'It' Just Once
I Will Die Happy!?!" 

Back-Up Off That Delusion
And 
Dare To Remember That 
A Mouthful Ain't A Meal 
And
One Scratch Doesn't Satisfy A Deep-Seated Itch! 

Lust Always Leads To Loss 
So Please Remember That 
Only Jesus Christ The Righteous
Satisfies Our Needs! 

Straighten Up ... By Available And Saving Grace
And 
Take Your Burdens To The Lord Of Life
And
Leave Them There! 

Peace!





Sunday, April 25, 2021

CANAAN OR SODOM: Riches Don't Make You Rich Or Righteous!







All That Glitters Is Not Gold 
And 
Profit Ain't Profitable 
If 
It Costs Your Purchased-From-Sin Soul! 

Abraham And His Nephew, Lot, Were Both Believers! 
Abraham Chose To Stay In The Gift Of The Lord, Canaan
The Land Flowing With Milk And Honey
Where Blessings Abided And Abounded 
And 
Honest Labor Ended The Day In Peaceful Sleep 
As Rest For The Weary! 

Lot Chose To Be Led By The Lust Of His Eyes 
Toward The Pride Of Life 
Where Idleness
Fullness Of Bread 
And 
Abominable Sin 
Were Altogether The Way Of Life! 

Lot Leisurely Entered Sodom Aka Sin City, Rich 
In The Faith Of God 
And 
In The Abundance Of Worldly Goods! 

Lot Hurriedly Left Sodom With His Faith And His Life! 

Being Rich Doesn't Make You Blessed 
And 
Being Poor Doesn't Make You Cursed! 

Beloved, 

Let Us This Day Choose To Remain 
Within The Boundaries Of The Goodly Land
The Blessed Land Of Almighty God
Even Though It Appears Devoid Of The Noise, Activity 
And 
Fun 
And 
Frolic Of Worldly Prosperity 
Because 
It Is Also Free From All That Defiles Us
Body, Mind And Spirit! 

Almighty God's People Are Rich In Faith 
And 
Blessed With Grace And Mercy 
So Let's Stay Where We Will Be Blessed Of The Lord!

There Is No Do-Over
So Dare, Today, To Life For Jesus Christ The Lord! 

Peace!





Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Precious Pearl OR Picayune Pawn!?!






He Who Truly Loves You
Created You
Saves You 
And 
Redeems You! 

He Who Truly Hates You
Uses Your Self Against You 
Via Pride 
And 
Greed! 

The One Whom You Choose To Obey 
Is 
The One Whom You Serve: 
You Cannot Serve Them Both! 

Both Of Them Desire You In Their Kingdom! 

Only One  Kingdom 
Is 
Eternal 
And 
Those Who Enter The Eternal Kingdom 
Live By Faith ... Never Sight
Because 
They Are In A Reasoning, Loving 
Knowing ... Always Growing
Grace-Filled, Mercy-Abounding
Enduring Love-Relationship With Their Master! 

Those In The Temporary Kingdom 
Are ... By Fierce Temptation
Enticed Into Its Unfruitful Halls! 
They Are Tempted By The Ever-Bold And Wandering Lust Of The Eye
The Always Excitedly-Hissing Serpent Lust Of The Flesh
And 
That Insatiable, Irrepressible Behemoth
The Pride Of Life! 

Beloved, 

We Have To Choose Between 
Grace And Greed
Lust And Love
Truth And Trickery
Blessing And Blight! 

Jesus Christ 
Is 
Creator Savior!

Satan 
Is 
Accuser Destroyer! 

To Jesus Christ ... The Righteous King
The Shepherd Of Rest
The King Of Love
The Hope Of Every Man
The Lover Of Your Soul 
The Strong Tower
Our Refuge And Strength
Our Ever-Present Help
The Joy Of Man's Desiring
The Word Of God
Food Indeed
Drink Indeed
And
The Light Of Life
You Are The Precious Pearl: 
He Loves You! 

To Satan ... The Damned
The Adversary Of Souls
The Accuser Of The Brethren
The Piercing Serpent
The Father Of Lies
The Murderer Supreme
And
The Wannabe God
You Are A Picayune Pawn: 
He Hates You! 

If You Say You Love Jesus
Please Keep Yourself Only Unto Him! 
Only Jesus Saves: 
Please Choose Life! 

As A Saint Of God And Christ
Solely Serve The Savior! 

Peace
Is Like
The River Glorious!





Sunday, January 21, 2018

SELF CONTROL: The Muscle Tussle!

Self Control
Is A Road
A Vehicle On A Road
A Seat In A Vehicle On A Road!

Self Control
In A Man
Is A Steering Wheel
In The Hand Of The Man
In A Vehicle
On The Road Called Life!

Self-Deceit
Sin
AND
Disaster
Are Deep Ruts In The Road Of Life
When Man
- Any Human -
Has No Self Control!

This Man's Vehicle Is Vanity
Intemperance ... His Wheels
AND
His Fuel Is Dirt Cheap
Because
He Buys It 
At Mobile Gas Station I-Feels!

Who  ...  But A Fool
Drives A Vehicle With No Engine
Or Sits In A Vehicle
That Has No Seat Cushion
AND
Whose Brake Line Has No Fluid
AND
Of Direction Has ... No Notion?!

Who ... But A Fool
Will Deign To Have A Feast
In A Speeding Vehicle
Possessing Neither Wind Shields
No Doors?!

Can You Drive A Vehicle
That Has No Spark Plug?!

Who ... But A Fool
Blindfolded
Inebriated
AND
Going The Wrong Way
Gets On The Expressway Of Life
Racing A Vehicle With A Broken Axle?!

Let's Get Real ...

The Man
The Woman
The Child
Without Self Control
Is A Weapon Of Mass Destruction
Stuck
In Self Destruct Mode
Wise
In Its Own Eyes
Confident
In Its Own Prowess
Sure
That Its Cause Is Just
Ignorant
That It Is Being Purposefully Driven
By Lust Of Its Own Eye
AND
Lust In Its Own Flesh
For That That Is
The Pride Of Its Own Life!

Let This Be Made Known ...

Self Control
Is As A Coal
From The Altar
In The Temple Of The Living God
Retrieved By The Good-Influence Angel
AND
Carried With Tongs
AND
Placed With Due Care
On The Tongue Of The Blessed
The Sanctified One!

Self Control
IS
The Gift Of God!

Self Control Is The Great Reminder!

DO NOT ACT LIKE:

KING SAUL
  
  • Grieving Away The Holy Spirit
GENERAL MOSES
  • Striking The Rock At The Waters Of Strife
NADAB And ABIHU
  • Placing Strange Fire On The Holy Altar Of Almighty God
ACHAN
  • Stealing The Dedicated Things
KING DAVID
  • Fornicating With Bathsheba
  • Murdering Uriah

KING SOLOMON
  • With 700 Wives And 300 Concubines Out Of Known Idolatry
JUDAS ISCARIOT 
  • Betraying His Master, Jesus Christ


WARNING:

When You Do Not Control ... Self
Self ... Controls You
And
In The Darkened Eyes Of Satan
THAT
Makes You
- Against Jesus Christ AND To Him -
The Perfectly Useful Usable Disposable Tool!


Exercise Your Self ... Control!
Through The Holy Spirit
Get For It Muscles
Because
If The Known Wicked Spirit
Controls Your Self For You
Against Sin
You Will Lose The For-The-Victory Tussle!




Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Recipe For Disaster!




... I Had Left The World In Practice
AND
Not Too Long After
My Spirit Followed
BUT
You Must Understand That
It Was A Fight
For My Spirit ... For A Time
Still Basked
In The Things-Of-The Wicked-World Glow!
I Still Wanted To Go With The Flow!

That's The Truth!
I Know!

I Had Thought Nothing Of It
For
I Was Done With The Allurements Of The World
Until The Day I Heard The Trumpet Calling
AND
My Hair Started To Curl!

Shocked ... I Cried Out:

Lord,
What Meanest This?!
I've Forsaken The World
So Why Is My Spirit
Desiring A Worldly Twirl?!


I Got Out The Old Bible
And Had Me A Look Through
AND
Then The Story Of Lot And His Family
Was Under My Review!

I Read It!
I Pondered It!
I Read It ... Again
AND
Knew
That The Key To My Problem
Laid In The Person Of Lot's Wife Who
Loved Life In The Flesh Pot
More Than The God Who
Staved Off Sure Destruction
So That Through The Gate To Salvation
She Could
- With Alacrity -
Walk Through!

The Things That One Loves
Are The Things That Hold Dominion
Over Body And Spirit
AND
You Can Be Sure 
That - With Wisdom - They'll Never Attend
The Faith-In-God's-Word Cotillion!

Control Of The Spirit
Must Be Given Over To The Savior
Or Else
Spirit Will Encourage Carnal-Minded Body
To Indulge In Known Unseemly Behavior!

Lot's Wife Loved Her Things
More Than She Loved Her Life
AND
Her Love Of Her Perishable Things
Cost Her ... Her Unregainable Life!

Living In The Flesh
Is Looking For 
Embracing Death
AND
Death Is Disguised
As Looking Good At Living Life
Until Death Is Unmasked
After You - Lost - Die!

Come On!
How Is Unmasked Death Profitable
To The One Who Dies?!

It Isn't!
It's A Cautionary Tale
For The Living
Teaching Them Not To Despise
The Blessings Of Heaven
AND
Not To Be Ruled
By The Devil's Leaven!

"Do What Thou Wilt!"
Is The Recipe For Disaster
AND
Many Are They
Who Stoke The Damned Devil's Laughter
By Not Committing
Body AND Spirit
To The Care Of The Lord
AND
Walking, Walking Talking
In Inharmonious Profession
In The Face Of The World
In The Sight Of The Eternal God!

What, May I Ask You
Is An Inharmonious Profession?!

That's When Your Walk And Your Talk 
Don't Comport aka Align aka Line Up!

Exactly!

Yeah! They Talk Turkey And Walk Duck!

What I Still Don't Understand
Is The Correlation Between You And Lot's Wife?!

Lot Ran A Godly Operation
AND
It Is Assumed ...!

... Careful Wielding That Assume Thingy!
It's A Side-Winder!

Will Do!
We Take For Granted
That Lot's Wife Was A Godly Person
BUT
If You Look Closely
You Will Plainly See 
That In The Hour Of Her Trial
Her Love Of Her Possessions 
AND
Apparent Status
Rendered Her A Woman Starkly Ungodly
- Plainly Idolatrous -
For Her Things Obtained Her Worship
AND
In The Day Of Escape
Her Spirit Was Behind Her
- She Seemingly Felt That God Had Dealt Harshly With Her -
Esconced In The Damned City
AND SOHer Quivering Flesh
Concerned Fearful
For Its Welfare
Wittingly
Wilfully
- Slighting The Eternal God's Grace -
Did Look Back ...!

... And Death Attacked!

That's A Shame ... A Disgrace!

I Get It! I Get It!
Her Spirit Led Her Eyes
So She Looked Back ... Twice!
Her Heart Was In The Doomed City
So Her Body Wanted
Yearned
To Be There
And, So
Her Eyes Thereto Turned!

How True!
Your Spirit Controls Your Body
Unless AND Until
You Turn Over Self
- Completely -
To The Lord Of Life
- Totally -
To Make The Way For You
In The Carnal Strife!

Well Put!
God In - Self Out!
Self In - God Out!

Man Cannot Serve Two Master
For
One Will Be The King
And The Other  Will Be As Broken Plaster
And Therein Will Lie
Sure And Real Disaster!

Man Needs To Learn This Lesson For Life Faster
So That The Lord Of Life
Will Be Their Only Master!

Amen!





Thursday, September 7, 2017

GODLINESS: Real Gain! + PRAYER: Father, Cleanse Us!





Look Around You!
Take The Tour!
God Is Truly Blessing Us
And That's For Sure!

Come On, Letsy!
Surely You Don't Believe
What You Just Said?!

Sure, I Do!
Pastor Says That Visible Prosperity
You Know
Houses, Land, Toys, Trips
Discretionary Cash, Nice Clothes
Beautiful Furnishings
Are All A Mark Of God's Favor!

Okay. Okay.
Nothing Wrong
With What "The Pastor Said!"
BUT
Can You Tell Us
- Me And You -
What Almighty God
- In His Living Word -
Says?!

Well, It Is Like This ...!
The Lord Said ... Says ...!
I Am Sure That The Lord Said ...!
Wait A Minute ... What DID The Lord Say?!
Mercy Me!
I Don't Even Know What The Lord Said!

You Should Hold Your Head Down ... In Shame!
Don't You Read Your Bible?!

Not Really!
There's No Need!

You Can't Be Serious! Why Not?!

Pastor Says ...!

STOP! JUST STOP!!
You Can Tell Me
What "Pastor" Says
But You Don't Know What
The Eternal God
The Savior Of Your Own Soul Says?!

Dear Lord!
This Is Eden All Over Again!
The Creature's Words Have Power
But The Creator's Word
Is A Mere Squeak!
Pity Us, Father!


Who Is Your Pastor Working For?!
Himself Or The Living God?
Or
Is It Possible
That He Is Working
For That Wannabe God
King Fraud?!

Shut Your Mouth!!

I Will Not!
You And I
Are Going To Have
A Coming-To-Jesus Meeting
For
You Have Surely Lost Your Way
And Are Babylonian Sweet Cakes Eating!

Yum! I Like Sweet Cakes!

Yes! I Can See That
But I Am Sure
That You Will Not Like
These Babylonian Sweet Cakes!
Their Leavening Ain't From
The Lord God Holy And Divine
Friend Of Mine!

You're Serious?!

Yes, I'm Serious!
All This Stuff Piled Up
And Your Wayward
Pastor-Inspired Erroneous Thinking
Has The Sulphurous Stench Of Satan
Reeking From It!

Come On!
That's Melodramatic!
It Can't Be That Bad!

It's Worse!
Gain Is Not Godliness
BUT
Godliness ... WITH CONTENTMENT
Is Great Gain!

From The Look Of This Place
And Your Rabid Spending
You Are Not Inhabiting
A Contented State! 

What You Are You Doing Later?!

I'm Doing A Mall Hop!
I'm Going ShoppingI
I Want To Buy ...!
Ohhh, Dear!

Yes ... Oh, Dear, Dearie!
Have you Ever Seen
A U-Haul At The Cemetery Gate
Carrying The Deceased One's Beloved Possessions?!
Or Have You Ever Heard
A Dead Man Speak About
Refitting His House
Or
His Going On Vacation?!

Girl, You Are On 
A Build A Bigger Barn Shopping Spree
AND
It's Not Going To End Well!

How Dare You?!
You're Just Jealous!

If You Say So.
Things Are Here To Make Us Comfortable!
We Are Not To Get Comfortable With Things
For
Things Are Just That ... Things!
No Heart - No Soul
Inanimate - Cold!
Just Like Belly Fat
They Don't Love You
AND
Just Like Belly Fat
The Rush To Grasp Things Will Kill You
Just Like A Cat Will Kill A Rat!

Only Problem, Though
The Inordinate Desire For Things
Will Ultimately Kill You Twice!
It's A Satanic Device!

But Having Things Is Such Fun!
They Are So Shiny!
That New Merchanchise Smell Is Sooo Delicious
And Best Of All
It Makes Me Feel So Very  Prosperous!
Ahhhhh!
The Thrill Of Acquisition!

Lord, Have Mercy
On Your People Today
Who Erroneously Believe That Feelings
And Things Possessed
Will Cause Them To Enter Heaven
On The Great Day!


Letsy ...
How Did You Get Here?!
You Used To Unfailingly Trust God!
How Did You Arrive At This Cross Road
Between King Jesus
And Satan
That Murderous Fraud?!

I Don't Know!
Maybe I Just Got Tired Of Being Poor
And Always Wanting
... Never Having Anything Beautiful ... !

... So You Listened!

Listened!?
Listened To What?!

The Siren's Song!

What Are You Talking About?!

RiCaP!

What Are We Recapping?!

Not That Kind Of Recap!
RiCaP -
Riches!
Cares!
Pleasures!
The Big Three
That Satan Uses
In Playing The Game Of Life
Where The Holy Grail Prize
IS
The Human Soul!

Don't Say That!
You're Scaring Me!

Good!
If You Were Not Being Scared
Then
All Hope Would Have Been Lost
BUT
Your Being Scared Says
You Can Find Comfort
At The Foot Of Christ's Cross!

Mirrie? Can I Tell You A Secret?!

You Know You Can!

Well ...
It's Like This!
Someone Across The Quad
Reported Me To The Co-op Board
And I Received A Warning Letter
That If I Don't Get Rid Of All This Stuff ...!

... Well, It Is Piled To The Ceiling
And It Is A Fire Trap!

... They're Threatening To Evict Me!
Please Help Me!

Tears Followed!
Hugs Pursued!
Prayers Were Sent Up
AND
Comfort Ensued!

Things Are For Comfort!
Things Should Not Comfort Our Souls
For In That Instance
Things - Not The Living God
Get The Worship
Not The Maker Of The Soul!

Look At The People Around You!
Look At The Things
For Which They Do Care!
Look At How And What For
They Acquire Riches!
Look At What They Take Pleasure
In From And For
Each And Every Day
AND
Consider
- For Just A Moment -
Where Jesus Christ Is
In Their Fraught Lives
AND
Decide For Your Own Soul
- Your Own Self -
With Whom
For What
Where
Your Soul's Salvation Lies
ANDIn The Name Of Jesus
Quote
Live In
Live For
Jesus!

Your Pastor Needs Jesus, Too
For 
He Can't Save His Own Soul
Far Less Save Yours
No Matter How Much
In The Great Day
You Boo Hoo!

Now ... About These Shoes
Pots Pans
Dresses Utensils
Glassware Cutlery
Coats Electronics
Lamps Hat Boxes
Boots ...!!

... They've Got To Go!

Do You Wear Any Of These Things
Or Use Any Of These Gadgets?!

Not Really!

Then ...!

... Why Did I Buy Them?!

Yes!

Lust Of The Eye!Check!

Lust Of The Flesh! Check, Check!!

AND ...

Drum Roll!!!

THE PRIDE OF LIFE!!!

You Know What?!

What?!

Confession Is Good For This Soul ...!

... But It Won't Help Us
Figure Out How
To Get Rid Of These Things
This ... This Stuff!

Time To Start Writing The List!!

PRAYER:

Father, 
Forgive Us
For Putting Possessions Before Praise
For Letting Things
Take The Place Of Thankfulness
For
Not Taking Our Cares
To The Ancient Of Days!


Father, 
You Are Our God
And
We Confess Our Sin
And
We Repent Of Our Folly
In Not Studying The Living Word
For Our Own Selves
And
For Letting Our Faith Be Misspent!


Grant To Us
The Outpouring Of The Holy Spirit
Whom You Have Promised
Will Lead Us Into All Truth
And
Grant Us Spiritual Ears
To Hear That Still Small Voice
And
Help Us, Father
To Make The Lord Christ
Our Eternal Choice!


Cleanse Us From All Unrighteousness
And
Grant Us Blessed Mercy
And
Dear Grace
So That
- In Peace - 
We Shall Our Lord's Face
In Whose Name
We Make The Contrite Heart's Plea! 
AMEN.






Monday, August 10, 2015

My Eye Lead Me!

I once let My Eye Lead Me
Down The Primrose Garden Path
And when The Journey was all over
I had purchased for Myself a Golden Calf!

My Eye had an annoying habit
Of buying what did My stomach overfill
And it always left me feeling
Like I was a trussed-up chicken waiting 
For the Butcher to come and kill!

You would think that I would acquire some Commonsense
But you would be wrong on that very score
I again let My Eye make another purchase
And Hell came knocking trying to break down My front door!


Lord, if ever I needed You
Today would be The Day
Please Help Me for
Devil Dog and You Ate Bought It
Are playing "We Got A Covetous Pup To Make Pay!"

Lord, I know that I have been Seriously Lawless
But I finally have had My Fill
Lust of This Flesh
Lust of My Eye
Pride of This Life
Have been holding sway
But if You would condescend to help a Foolish One
I promise to live My Life evermore as You Command
Help Me, for I'm about to be undone!


"Child, rescuing You is No Condescension
When Lifting You up is My Sacrificial Goal
Repent, turn away, walk on in My Light
And soon You Will Walk on The Eternal Shore.

Turn, turn, away from The Dead Things
The Dying Joys of The World
Come to Me - I AM Your Savior
With Me Life Ends in Great Reward!"


From That Day until This Day 
On which we are conversing
I have put My Shoulder to the Gospel Plow
And by God's Grace and a Living Faith
I'm Walking Straight and Behaving like 
Chubby, The Contented Cow!


This World No Longer Fills These Eyes of Mine!