Showing posts with label Psalm 139:17-18. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Psalm 139:17-18. Show all posts

Thursday, February 3, 2022

Think On Jesus Christ!








Burdens Were Lifted At Mount Calvary 
So That All Of Our Needs Could Be Met
 At The King Of Love's Throne Of Sufficient Grace 
Where Those Of Us Who See Our Soul's Bankruptcy 
May, By Faith, Humbly Approach Boldly To Request A Filling 
From Almighty God's Storehouse Of Great Good And Plenty! 

Pride In Appearance
Confidence In Accomplishments
Contentment In The Praise Of Men
And 
All-Around Self-Satisfaction And Self-Aggrandizement 
Are No Balm To The Soul Seeking The Savior 
And
A Place Near To The Heart Of God 
Where All Is Joy, Peace, Rest, Refreshing, 
And 
True Safety! 

Beloved, 

Being Rich In The Earth's Bounties 
Is 
No Guarantee Of Happy Now
And 
Joy In Jesus Hereafter! 

We Need To Look Beyond What Now Is Evident 
To Clearly See What Shall Be Hereafter! 

Dear Ones, 

Please Remember That Satan 
And 
All The Wicked Who Love And Live In His Ways 
According To His Damned Will In Finite Time
Play The Long Game ... And They Play For Keeps! 

Let Us, Therefore, Who Serve The Lord Jesus In Spirit And In Truth 
Daily Choose To Hold To His Unchanging Hand 
Because 
He Loves Us 
And
Inhabits Eternity! 

Neither Satan, Sin, Self, Nor Selfishness 
Can Enter Eternity! 

Please Do The Committed Christian's Mathematical Exercises 
In The Book Which Can Only Be Written Upon 
With The Pencil Of Truth 
Wielded By The Hand Of Faith 
And
Know That Your Answers In And For Jesus 
Equate To That Blood-Bought Ticket To Surpassing Glory 
For The Saints Of God And Christ! 

Think On Jesus Christ! 

Peace!






Thursday, February 25, 2016

GOD'S JUSTICE & MERCY: Calls For Confession & Repentance





Truth to Tell - I was in a Bit of a Pickle
I Committed Sin
I was Headed for Hell
No "If..."
No "And..."
No "But ..."
My Life was Straight-Up
Living in Duck's Guts!

God Has Very Specific Sentencing Guidelines:

You Sin! - You Die!

I Didn't Know How
To Extricate Myself!
I Knew - For A Fact
That I was Going To Die
For The God of Heaven
Does Not Cannot Tell Lies!

I Tried To See If
I Could Give God A Little "Berry!"

You Know:

A Little Quid Pro Quo
(Something for Something)

I Should have Known Better
That This God Was The God Of The Letter
And That His Answer Would Be To Me A Plain:

 "NO!"

I Had Been Around Town
A Time or Two
And So I Knew One or Two People, Too!
I Explained My Plight
I Even Got Into A Fight
AND
Thereafter
I Found Myself Facing 
My 
Darkest 
Night!

I Don't Know
From Whence The Thought Came
But I Uttered A Prayer
Learned From Me Old Gran' Mummy:

"Lord, I Know You Up There
I'm Living In Sin Down Here
Have Mercy - Send Me Some
Even If It's Worth 
Only An Old Bent Penny!"

Now, If I Remember True
Old Gran' Always Tell Trut'
And I Know That She Never Led Me Astray!

I Chose My Own Lot
And Look At What I Got
Fears
Tears
A Runny Nose
And A Stomach Full of Leaden 
Butterfly Knots!

Lord,
Talk To Me!
I'm Finally Ready To Listen -
Hear My Plea!
I Have Nothing Else To Lose
No One Else To Whom I May Turn!
My Ball Ran Out of String
My Bees Lack Honey -
All They Have Left Is Bare Sting
And My Mind Is A Whirl
And Even My Hair
Straight and Curly Got Tight-up Curls!

People Must Understand 
That My Situation Was Desperate
And I Would Have Done Anything
To Get The God To Cooperate
BUT
Almighty God That He Is
Was Having None Of My Fizz!
He Wanted Me
AND
He Was Finally Getting Me -
I Was Down On My Knees!

Now That I Had God's Attention
God Had My Full Attention
God's Truth Came Flooding Into My Soul:

God Is The God Of Justice!
God's Justice Demands Payment For Sin!
Sin Is The Transgression Of God's Law!
God Is The God Of Mercy!
(Sparing Me From Receiving What I Deserve!!)

God's Only Beloved Begotten Son Died ... TO PAY
For My Sin ...!
God's Mercy Gives Me Grace!
(Gifting Me With What I Don't Deserve!)

God Loves Me - A Raw-Mouthed Sinner!
(The Stench and Mark Of Sin Are Upon Me)

God Hates Sin!
(The Line That Separates The Holy and The Human!
(The Thing That Makes Us Profane!)

AND ...

All I Need To Do
To Be Accepted Into Fellowship With The Living God
IS
To Confess My Sin
To Repent For Having Committed My Sin 
AND
Have A CHANGE!
SUBMIT!
SUBMIT 
To A Change Of 
HEART!



PRAYER:

Father, 
I am Sorry!
I am Sorry For What I Did Today Yesterday!
I am Sorry for The Way I Walked
And
For My Associating With The Bad Company
With Whom I Happily Played!

Lord,
I Repent of The Past
My Actions
My Words
And
My Deeds
And, Lord
If You Would Please Heal Me
I Will Serve You
In Whatever Capacity You Need Me!
Make Me Anew
I am Beseeching You, Lord
Clean Me
Renew!

Father, 
I am Through Talking "I Love You!"
I am Through Walking "The Modern Christian" Way
I am Ready, Lord
To Walk In The Way Of Christ
I am Now Really, Really, Listening To You!

Preserve My Soul, Lord
I am - Finally - Truly - Honestly -
With Your Constant Help
Denying All Associations 
With King Fraud!

Lord God Almighty,
I Am Yours
And
By Your Grace
In Jesus' Faith
I Know I Will Fly 
At The End
If I Endure To The End
With King Jesus
And
All The Redeemed Ones
Up Above The Clouds
To Dwell You On High!

I Love You, Lord
Forgive and Bless
In Jesus' Holy Name I Plead
AMEN.