Showing posts with label Revelation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Revelation. Show all posts

Sunday, December 27, 2020

REVIVAL AND REFORMATION: Things Go Better With Jesus Christ The Lord!






There's The Saying: 
"Seldom Comes A Better!" 
And 
"Yuh Know Wha' Yuh Got! 
Yuh Ain't Know Wha' Yuh Goin' Get!" 

Beloved, 

These Sayings Are According To Those Of 
The Carnal, Earthly, Bent 
Not Given To Belief In 
The Things On The Higher, Heavenly, Ground! 

Our Lord Jesus 
Is 
The God Of Love, Revelation, Truth
And 
Unimaginable Blessings 
And 
He Calls Us To Come Up ... Higher! 

He Calls Us All To Revival 
And 
Reformation! 
We Must Change How We Think
And
We Must Change Our Behavior! 
We Must Dare To Constantly Improve 
And 
Choose To Stop Roving From Pillar To Post! 

Let Us Dare To Courageously Say To Ourselves: 

"I'm To Improve My Condition! 
I Must Prove Jesus Christ For Myself
So That My Walk With Him Through This Life 
Will Lead To My Spiritual Improvement
And
Elevation To Christ's Eternal Life In Glory!"

These Are Not Idle Words Uttered To A Useless Idol! 
These Are Profitable Words Petitioning The Creator God
All-Knowing, All-Seeing
And 
With Us, Everyone, Ever-Present! 

Our Lord Doesn't Stutter 
And 
For Certain Sure
He Can And Does Back Up His Promises 
With Products And Provision From Paradise! 

Beloved, 

Let's Choose To Improve To Avoid Constant Reproof! 
Look Up
And 
Get Up To Go Up ... Higher! 

The Way Of The Lord Of Life
The Shepherd Of Rest
The God Of Mercy And Grace
Is 
Blessed 
And Better 
And Best 
In Every Way Every Day: 
Jesus Christ, Alone, Saves Sinners!



In Jesus Christ
Is
Perfect Peace! 




Sunday, February 10, 2019

Seven Steps To The Eternal God!

The Steps Are Plain:

Determination ... Set The Mind Toward Knowing God
And
Preparation ... Get Ready To Meet God
Isolation ... Spend Alone-Time With God
Expectation ... Look Always For A Blessing
Adoration ... Worship The Lord In The Beauty Of Holiness
Revelation ... Learn God By Letting Him Reveal Himself
Mediation ... Think To Bless Others
Transformation ... Acquire Christ's Character


The Holy God
Knows The End From The Beginning!
He, It Is, That Sustains Us ... In Between
And
All Who Would See Jesus Christ In Peace
Should
With Doing The Will Of Almighty God
Be Enormously Pleased!

Walking With The Eternal God
Requires
Personal Determination
To Get To Know ... Intimately
The Great I AM
And
To Set Aside All Noisome Distractions
And
Those Things Which Do Not Edify!

In Getting To Know The Creator God
One Must Indulge In Preparation
Aka Setting Aside Self
And 
Things Of The Carnal Sort
Because
Personal Sacrifice Is A Desirable Attribute
Which ... Avidly Pursued
Leads One ... Living Only For Christ Jesus
Unto The Great Reward!

Making Time For The Savior God
Requires 
Isolation
Quiet Time
Communion With The Holy Spirit
The Great Teacher
Who Leads Into All Truth
Teaching Guiding Chiding
All In Perfect Love
So That Our Hearts Are Not Lifted Up In Pride
But 
That In The Great God
We May Abide
And
Confidently Confide!

In Walking With The Redeemer God
One Must Have Great Expectations
For
The Blessings Of The Great God Are Never Small!
After All
He Did Make Heaven, Earth And Things All! 

We Must Believe That The Blessing God's Gifts To Us
Are Out Of His Abundant Riches
And
Not Fall For The Sophistries Of Satan
The Wily Dragon
The Benighting Fraud!

What Point Is Our Association
If We Do Not Adore The True God!?! 

It Is A Decided Blessing To Lift Up
The Living God
So, Let's Not Skimp On Praying
Praising
And
Petitioning The Everlasting God
Because
This Is A Precursor
To Our Hallelujah Days!
Let Not This Step Be Just A Momentary Phase! 

As We Walk The Steps To The Kingdom Of Light
Let Us Permit The Holy Spirit
The Lord's Character To Truly Reveal! 
Let Us Not Be Dabblers
But
Become Specialists On Him Who Is
Light Life
Love And Salvation
And
We Shall Not Be Among Those
Who Honor Self
Lift Up Sin
And
Are Walking Toward Sure Damnation!
He Is The God Who Heals! 

And ... 

In The Process Of Our Own Journey
Let Not Forget Our Brethren
By Blood
By Faith
By Affection! 
Let Us Not Forget The Stranger In The Way! 
Let Us ... For The Love Of The Lord Christ
Generously Mediate for Others!
We Are All One Blood! 
We Are Sisters And Brothers! 

Brethren, Beloved
I Tell You The Truth:
We Will Be Transformed! 
We Will Not Be Left Untouched
Unaffected
By Our Relationship With The Lord Christ! 
We, Converted
Regenerated
Shall Be As He Is! 
We Shall Be Like Him! 
With His Character, We Shall Be Adorned
And
We Shall Truly Know
Why, For Us
He Wore That Cruel Cutting Crown Of Thorns!

Please Do Not Let Christ's Sacrifice For Us
Become The Thing Call Waste! 
Let Us Be Vigilant
And
Let The Spirit Of The Living God
The Sin Character In Us ... Today 
Totally Efface!

Be Ye Transformed By The Renewing Of Your Mind! 
Set Your Affections On Things Above! 
Desire The Gift That Only God Through Jesus Christ Gives
And
At The Appointed Time
We Shall To The Promised Land
Beulah Land Of Gold
Triumphantly
Go To Eternally Live! 

To Satan ... 

The Words:
"Get Thee Behind Me!"
With Finality
Boldly Give! 




Thursday, November 15, 2018

... Following The Kind Master!

In The School Of Trial
Which We Often Call The School Of Hard Knocks
The Lord Jesus Christ Teaches

You, Me, Us!

We Learn Life Through Self-Denial 
And 
Disappointment

And ...


Through Bitter Personal Experience
We Learn The Evil Of Sin
The Power Of Sin
The Guilt Inflicted By Sin
And
The Great Woes Perpetrated Because Of Sin


And ...


We Learn To Love 

And 
Obediently Follow
The Leading Of The Kind Master!


Obedience Doesn't Come Naturally!

We Learn To Hate Sin
And
We Long For Jesus Christ's Free Salvation!


Self Occasionally Rears Up Its Ugly Head
But
Through The Patient Discipline Of Undying Love
And
The Real Desire Our Dear And Blessed Lord To Please
We Come Around To The Way Of The Cross
And
We Learn To Walk As Those Wise
Those Who Will Not To Sin Be Lost!


And For Our Faithfulness ...

Bitter Opposition
Hatred Most Vile
And
Character Assassination
Doggedly Follow 

And
Fall Upon Us
When We Will Not Against The Lord's Truth Lie!


Lest We Forget ...

The Way Of The Cross Leads Us  To The Eternal Home
But
The Journey Is Marked With Tears

The Setting Aside Of SelfCast Off Doubts
Disbeliefs
Terrors
Troubles
Songs Of Gladness For Battles Won
Pleadings For Revelation
Songs Setting Forth Trials Overcome

And
Songs Of Victory Over Besetting Sin!


Make Up Your Mind ...

Jesus Christ The Righteous
Is 
Our Savior
And
We Will Not Be Moved!



Faith And Grace
Are
Our Only-For-The-Present-Day "Vitamins"
And
The Holy Spirit Of Living Truth
Is
Our Constant Companion
Guiding Chiding Directing Teaching Us
So That The Accuser Of The Brethren
Cannot Cause Us
Our Love For Our Lord
To Cut Loose!



Thursday, January 26, 2017

Two Weighty Questions And ... A Heartfelt Prayer!








How Many Of Us
Who Call Ourselves Christians
Have Previously Gone
To The Fleshpots Of The Earth
AND
Have Found
(Real Or Imagined):

The Food ... A Gastronomic Delight
The Company ... Amenable
The Atmosphere ... Salubrious
The Light ... Suitably Dark
The Mood ... Indulgently Mellow
The Conversation ... Enrapturing ... Enthralling
The Drink ... Such That Intoxicated A Soul
AND
The Honor And Majesty
Of The Glorious Holy God
Turned Into A Plush Mat For Testy Feet
A Floor Runner
A Soiled Sheet?

How Many Of Us
Have Committed Sin Vile
AND
Thought:

I Cannot Go Home To God!
I Did His Holy Name Revile
Forgetting
Misremembering
Been Misinformed
Been Misguided
On The Fact That God
Our God
Our Father
Our Shepherd
Our Savior
Our Redeemer
Our Friend To Life's End
Says:

Return Unto Me  ...!
Come Unto Me ...!
Come Let Us Reason Together ...!
Follow Me  ...!
Take My Yolk  ...!
Learn Of Me  ...!
Trust In The Lord  ...!
Believe On The Lord
AND
Be Saved
... Though Your Sins Be as Scarlet
... Though Your Sins Be Red Like Crimson
... They Shall Be Whiter Than Snow
... They Shall Be As Wool!?!

Sin Stains
BUT
Jesus Christ's Blood
Is The Only Blood That 
WASHES
AND
CLEANS COMPLETELY!

Sooo ...

Go To Jesus
Now ... TODAY
AND
Honestly
AND
With Contriteness Of Heart
AND
Brokenness Of Spirit
Unreservedly
AND
In Your Own Way
Say:



PRAYER:

Father,
Forgive Me
I Knew What I Was Doing!
The World Of Sin Delighted My Senses
And
I Knew What-Upon I Was Chewing!

I Sniffed The Pleasant Fragrance!
I Tasted The Bountifully Spread Food!
I Drank Deep Of Hell's Libation
But
With The Passage Of Time
Hell's Angels To Me
Were Shown Maliciously Cruel!
Living In Sin Is Not Cool!

They Upped The Ante
And
I Knew The Score
But
Overconfidence
On One Great Can't-Lose Play
Had Me Prostrate
Bent
Unto Broken!
Breathing For Life
Became A Mere Token
Until
Fully Aware
- Finally -
I Can Hear
What It Is The Holy Spirit Is Speaking
Had Spoken
And Now ...
Now!
I Am Here
Ready To Made Clean
Anxious For A Clean Scene
Willing Now
To Do What You Say
No Longer Eager
For My Own Sins
To Pay!
Forgive Me, I Pray!

Father,
My Father,
Thank You For Plain Revelation
That Shows Clearly
That Satan Is A Total Liar
A Biting Fraud
A Destructive Devil
The Opposer Of The Holy
The Living
The Eternal God
Who Takes Pleasure
In Rack And Ruin
And
Joys In Man's Disgrace
Uplifting Self-Gratification
And
Belligerently
Goading Weakened Ones
To Dismiss
Shameness Of Face!

Father,
Please Forgive Me!
I Acknowledge All That I Did!
I Humbly Confess
And
Repent
In Jesus' Name!
Please Reform Me
And
Remake Me
For I
- Now Truly Broken -
Desire
With My Whole Heart
To Take Up My Ignored Cross
And
Daily
Follow After You!

Please, Lord
Teach Me New Music
A New Traveling Song
A New And Healthful Diet
With No Intoxicating Mixed Beverages
To Cast Me Prostrate
On The Wide Street Long!

Lead Me, Lord
Along The Straight And Narrow Path
For
Walking On The Broadway
Encourages My Indulgence In Gross Greed
And
My Dependence
Upon Practicing Craft
And
Using It For Fast Steed!

Help Me, Lord
To Secure Godly Companions
To Encourage Me
- And I, Them -
To Cheer Me On
Along The Holy Way
And
Help Me, Lord
Not To Pick Of The Wild-Fruit Fruit Trees
Amply Spread Out
And
Disgracing
The High And Holy Way!

Oh, Lord
Let Not Self-Satisfaction Beguile Me!
Let Not Own-Way Control Me!
And
Let Not Tomorrow-Can-Wait
Stone Me
For
Arrival And Residence  
In The Holy Kingdom
Now Motivates Me!

I Now Am Thine!
You Are Holy And Divine!
In Your Loving Arms, Lord
Please Confine Me
And
Help Me Thereby
In The Great Day
To Cross The Separating Line!

Draw Me Nearer
And
Haste The Glorious Day
For This, Lord
Is My Heartfelt Prayer!
I Believe!
Help Thou My Unbelief!
In Jesus Christ's Holy Name, I Plead!
AMEN.