Showing posts with label Saints. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Saints. Show all posts

Saturday, December 24, 2022

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Open Our Eyes, Lord!




Beauty Is Within The Eye Of The Beholder!

The Eye Is The Window Of The Soul
And 
The Window Opens And Closes! 
The Window Opens To Receive Messages
And 
Closes To Reject Messages! 

Beloved, 

It Stands To Clear Reason That 
The Messages Are Going Somewhere
And 
As A Result Of Known Storing
The Heart Of The Living Soul 
Sends Messages Around And About 
To The Father, The Son, And Holy Ghost
To Holy Angels, To Men
And 
To Fallen Angels Bold! 

We Send Messages For Good Or For Ill
Messages To Draw Near
Messages To Repel
Messages For The Soul To Keep
Messages From Friends To Retreat
Messages To Grate
Messages To Gratify
Messages Of Hate
Messages Suitable For A Child's Lullaby
Messages With Weight
Messages Of The Sweet By And By
Messages That Taint
Messages That Say Heaven Is Click-Bait
Messages Of Truth And Right
Messages That God-Defy
Messages That Make The Savior Cry
Messages That Render Hope A Lie
Messages That Exalt The Liar
And 
Messages That Tell The Sinner Beware: 
That Act Will Land You In Consuming Fire! 

Dear Ones, 

What Messages Are You Sending Through Your Diet Of Beholding!?! 

Will Your Eyes Behold Our Returning Savior In Peace
Or
Will Your Message Cause Another 
To Consider The Love Of Our Holy God The Least!?! 

Are You Changing For The Good!?! 
Are You Encouraging Another To The Right!?! 
Are You Blessing The Lamb Or The Liar!?! 

Are You, And By Your Living, Climbing
And 
Encouraging Others To Reach Heights Higher And Higher!?!

Are You Beholding The Precious Lamb Of God
The Prince Of Peace
The Good Shepherd Of Rest, Life, And Living 
Who Does The Body Good
And 
Keeps Us Body And Soul From Entering The Lake 
Burning With Brimstone And Fire!?! 

Whatcha Lookin' At!?! 
Who Is Watching You!?! 
Are You Watching And Working
Or Are You Twerking To The Burning!?! 

Beloved, 

Our Lord Jesus Christ Is Seeing You! 

Will You See Your Personal Record With Joy
Or Will That Record 
Cause What Should Be Your Day Of Joy And Gladness 
To Be Destroyed!?! 

Warning ...

Be Careful Little Eyes What You See 
So That The Signals That You Send 
Do Not Corrupt Your Soul
And 
Snowball In Your Heart
And 
Cause Your Eyes Wide
Heart Cold
Hope Lost
Faith Failed
To Staunchly, Deftly, Corrupt Others! 

Remember, Remember
Don't Ever Forget ... 

You May Look At Self And Sin
And 
Like Satan Become A Sinner
Or 
You May Look At The Savior Offering Salvation 
And 
Satisfy Your Hungering Soul
And 
Become A Saved Saint! 

Dear Ones, 

The Choice, As Always, Is Yours ... Alone! 
Choose Wisely! 

Peace!


Do Good!
Be Good!
Fear God!
Fare Well! 




















Monday, June 13, 2022

The Lure Of The Devil!




It Must Be A Terrible Burden To Own
Possess ... Have Several Houses 
And 
Not Be Able To Call Any Of Them Home! 

Beloved, 

Such Is The Lot Of All Who Choose 
To Be More And Other Than Who The Lord Created Them To Be 
Without The Lord, Our Creator, Being Actively Involved! 

We Cannot Be Saints 
Without Having The Blessings Of The Savior! 

We Cannot Be Helpless ... And Be Helped 
Without Having The Helper 
Who Is The Holy Spirit Who Leads Us Into All Truth 
Helping, Holding, And Healing Us! 

We Cannot Be Safe 
Walking Down The Lonesome Road 
Where Known Predators, Deceitful Snakes
Roaring Lions And Snarling Dragons Are Stalking 
Without The Unfailing Protection Of 
Holy Angels Excelling In Strength! 

Dear Ones, 

The Lure Of The Devil 
Is 
To Have Us Believe That 
We Do Not Need The Saving Grace Of The Living God 
And That 
We Have No Need Of A Meddling Absentee Landlord For A Father 
Who Has Too Many Rules For Us To Live By! 

Look Around!?! 

How Is The Life Without Rules Working Out 
For Our Myriad Straying Brethren!?! 

Law-Less, Rule-Less
Clue-Less, Direction-Less
Careless, Anchor-Less
Indisciplined, Unprincipled, Unfeeling
And 
Spiritually And Morally Bankrupt 
Make For A Fully-Loaded Plate Of Unremitting Sorrow! 

Help Us, Lord! 

Dear Ones, 

Dare To Have A Faith And Prayer Life 
If 
You Desire A Pointed, Peace-Filled Life! 

Jesus Christ, The King Of Love, Makes Life Liveable! 

Peace!


Heaven
With Jesus Christ Our Lord
Is
Home!













Thursday, March 31, 2022

Air Of Entitlement!?!





 







The Air Of Entitlement 
Should Be A Gut-Wrenchingly Awful Stench 
In The Nostrils Of The Committed-To-Christ Christian! 

Beloved, 

If You Work For A Paycheck, Expect It! 
If You Pay For An Item Or A Service, Expect It! 
If You Have Neither Worked For 
Nor Paid For The Things That You Desire
Get Wise
And 
Get To Stepping Correctly! 

The Old Expression 
"Take What You Want And Pay For It!" 
Should Be Front And Center 
In The Minds Of Sinners And Saints Alike! 

Jesus Christ Calls All Sinners To His Free-To-All Salvation: 
All Who Accept Will See Trial, Tribulation, Temptation
Peace, Joy, Love, And Blessing
Be Hated Without A Cause
And 
At The Regeneration 
Enjoy Eternal Life! 

Satan Offers To All Sinners
Especially Those Of The Unrepentant Class
His Free-To-All Damnation: 
All Who Accept Will See Fun, Frolic
Thrills, Spills
Trials, Terrors, Toys
Rejection By Both Satan And The Savior
And 
The One-Way Trip To Burning-Bath! 

Dear Ones, 

Anything Worth Having, Costs! 

Think And Take Jesus Christ: 
He Paid All Of Your Costs! 

We Are Not Entitled To Receive Blessings: 
They Are Gifts Graciously Given By Our God! 
Believe And Receive! 

Peace!






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!






Friday, December 3, 2021

HAPPY SABBATH + Our Lord Christ Has Everlasting Arms!







 




Satan Is A Downward-Spiral Pony: 
He Drags Down And Never Lifts Up! 
He Is An Off-The-Scale Hurricane: 
Deadly Destructive! 

And Then ... 

We Have The King Of Love
The Lord Of Life
The Everlasting Father
The Eternal God Mighty To Save
Our Refuge And Strength
Who, Infallible, Says What He Means 
And 
Does What He Clearly Says! 

Beloved, 

Our Lord And Savior Jesus Christ 
Lovingly Calls Us To His Riven Side 
Where No One Can Separate Us From His Love
His Life
Where There Are Pleasures Forevermore! 

Yes, There Will Be Trials 
But 
When You Choose To Believe 
And 
Trust The Lord Who 
From Everlasting To Everlasting 
Aka Eternity Past To Eternity Future 
Is 
Almighty God
No Self-Confessed Wicked Human
No Damned Devil
No One Of The Known-Demonic Class 
Has The Power Or Ability 
To Tear The Lord's Everlasting Arms Out From Under You! 

The Lord Has Promised To Destroy His Enemies 
Who Are Also Our Enemies: 
When You, In Love, Walk Obediently With The Lord
You're An Offense To Satan And Sinners! 

If You Obey Satan The Damned
And 
Obviously Live Wickedly
You're An Offense, An Adversary
To The Blessed Savior And His Saints! 

There Is Heaven For Saints 
And 
There Is Hell For Unrepentant Sinners! 
There Is The All-Knowing, Everlasting, Savior 
And 
There Is The Known Short-Time-Left Satan! 

Choose Your Leader
Join A Team By Your Free-Will 
And 
Remember That It Is Jesus Christ Who Saves
Who Is The Winner 
When The Dust Of War Settles! 

Please, I Beseech Us All 
Hold To Jesus Christ's Unchanging Hands
His Unfailing Favor
Because 
Across The Bridge
Beyond The Separating Line
Is
No More Sorrow! 
Keep The Holy Faith! 

Peace!






Thursday, November 18, 2021

Hell Ain't A Town In Texas!




 


Two Kinds Of Spirits Walk The Earth 
And 
We Are Free To Choose To Accept Their Impressions 
And 
Consciously Follow Them! 

We, However, Cannot Follow Them Both 
And 
We Cannot Be Fence Jockeys And Say We Are Neutral! 

Are You Eager To Sin 
And 
Ready Die For The Lost Cause 
Or 
Are You Eager To Do Right 
And 
Live To Live With Living Light!?! 

Beloved, 

Diplomatic Relations Between Sin And Salvation
Good And Evil
Satan And Our Savior
Won't Ever Be A Thing! 
There Is No Common Ground 
Between Light And Darkness! 

Our Lord Jesus Asks Us To Place Him First In Our Affections 
And 
When We Do This 
It Is Certain That We Will Always Choose To Do Right 
Because 
We Love Him Who Loved Us First: 
He Is Good: 
He Is God! 

Think! 
You, Being A Little Good 
And 
Knocking Boots With Known Sin
Will Become The Bold Sinner 
Because 
Sin Is An Aphrodisiac 
Aka A Come-To-Me! 

If You, A Tired-Of-Sin Sinner
Walk Away From Sin Through Faith 
By Almighty God's Saving Grace
You Become A Saint Of God And Christ! 

Everything We Do
Good Or Evil
For Salvation Or Damnation
Requires Our Free-Will Choice 
And
The Exercise Of Our Personal Efforts! 

Let Us Choose To Be Good To Ourselves 
And 
To Each Other 
From This Moment On! 

Please Choose To Come All The Way Out 
From Among The Evil-Doers 
And 
Be Amongst The Living-For-Jesus Saints! 

Heaven Is Not Pie In The Sky By And By 
And
Hell Ain't A Town In Texas! 

Love Wisely: 
Do Right! 

Peace! 





 

Wednesday, January 20, 2021

ADAPTED MINDS BECOME ADEPT: Jaw And Chew This Nugget For A Spell!







For All Amongst Us 
Who Dare And Say That 
They Can Think And Do Whatever They Want 
And
Be Left Unscathed By Sin
Please Jaw And Chew On This Nugget For A Spell: 
Your Mind Adapts To Whatever It Dwells Upon 
And
You Become An Adept At Performing It! 

Sin A Little A Lot
And 
You Shall Sin A Lot A Lot! 

Bottom Line ... 

You Are What You Eat
And
You Get Fleas From Where You Sleep! 

A Repentant Sinner 
Obedient And Enduringly Faithful
Is
A Saint Of God And Christ!

An Unrepentant Sinner
Is
A Sinner Bold ... Heart For Christ Cold
And
Ready Fodder For The Fire That
Shall Satan's Carcass Hold!

Beloved, 
Men, Women And Children Always Follow "Food!" 
The Food They Regularly Ingest 
Is 
The Food They Readily Crave
And 
We Who Call Ourselves Christians 
And 
Boldly Say And Declare 
With The Arrogance Of Self-Confidence Declare That 
We Love The Lord Christ 
And 
Lovingly Read And Swallow The Truth That 
Is 
The Holy Word 
And 
Avidly Live According To Its Precepts And Its Promises 
Should Be Moment-By-Moment Classing Up Our Operations 
As We Travel Undeterred To Hill Zion 
And 
Beautiful Beulah Land! 
Let The Lord Christ Hold Your Hand
And
Perfectly Direct Your Life!



Confidence In Christ
Is 
The Reality
Of
The Forever-Blessed! 


Brethren, Beloved, 

When We Eat Junk As Regular Food
We Get Fat! 

Remember, Remember 
Don't Ever Forget ... 

Fat Is Synonymous With Sin
And 
All Fat ... All Sin
Is 
To Be Willingly Surrendered To Christ Jesus! 

We Must Be Transformed By The Renewing Of Our Minds 
Which Reforms The Thoughts We Have
Which Removes Our Desires For The Unholy And Profane 
So That We No Longer Desire 
To Touch The Unclean Things! 

By Almighty God's Great Grace
With Faith For The Victory
Choose To Remove 
And 
Drop As Dung
Satan's Nasty Nose Rings!

Be Ye Clean Ye Which Bear 
And 
Are The Vessels Of The Lord! 



Peace With Jesus Christ
Is
Paradise!





Tuesday, September 1, 2020

Moths And Cockroaches




John 3:19-32 KJV - And this is the condemnation, that light is come into  the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds  were evil.


Look In The Mirror!
    Look At Your Self!
        Look At Your Life!
Now I Ask You Quite Plain: 

Who Are You!?!
Who Are You Planning To Be!?!
Is Your Practice
Following The Master's Plan!?!
Are You A Child Of The Day!?!
Who Will You Be
On The Day That Has No Night!?!


When The Lord Christ Shall Come
There Will Only Be Two Types Of Persons On This Planet: 
Condemned Unbelieving Cockroaches 
And
Commended Believing Moths! 

Jesus Christ Is The Light Of Life
The Light Of The World 
And
The Enduring Faithful
The Saints Of God And Christ 
- The Moths Who Love And Gravitate Towards Light -
Will Ascend To His Glorious Side! 

By Contrast
Those Willing Sinners Who, Like Cockroaches, Despise Light
And 
Especially Adore The Darkness 
Because 
The Darkness Covers Up Their Nefarious Deeds
Will Run Away From The Lord To The Rocks And Hills 
Pleading For Shelter 
To Hide Them From His Disclosing-Deeds Light: 
It Ain't Gonna Work! 

Beloved, 

We Must Be Born Again! 
We Must Put Away  All 
Habits
Inclination
Deeds
Desires
Entanglements
And 
Nocturnal Practices 
That Shall Surely Cause The Great King To Say To Us:


"Depart From Me! 
I Never Knew You!" 

Beloved, 

Be Sure Of This One Thing: 
What Is Done In The Darkness Will Come To Light! 

All Hidden Sins Will Be Found Out
So, Please, I Beseech Us All
Stop Rubbing Cockroach Legs In The Darkness 
And
Choose To Flutter A Moth's Wings In The Light Of Jesus Christ 
Who Is Soon Coming For His Faithful Children! 



No Jesus: No Peace!
Know Jesus: Know Peace!




Monday, May 25, 2020

KNOWING: Heaven With Jesus Christ Is Our Home!



Psalm 39:4 LORD, make me to know my end, and the measure of my ...


We Who Hold The Almighty God In Godly Fear ... In Awe
Trust The Unerring, Infallible, Word Of 
This Great And Glorious, Giving, Blessing, Holy God 
Whose Ways Are Perfect 
And 
Whose Promises Cannot Fail To Be Performed! 

In This God ... Our Jesus Christ
We Have The Lively Promise Of A Known End: 
Heaven With Him When The Last Trumpet Shall Sound
Plus Immortality ... We Shall Live Forever
And 
Incorruptibility ... We Can't Die Or Ever Sin Again! 

In The Realm Of The Flesh, We Die And We Sin: 
In The Realm Of The Spirit Of The Holy God
We Have The Good Life To Look Forward To 
And 
We May Taste This Future Life Now 
By Living With Active Faith
Cherishing Willing Obedience
And 
Walking Wise In The Certain Knowledge That 
Our Jesus Has A Home For Each One Of Us Personally! 

Beloved, 

It Is Appointed, Once, For Man To Die
But
The One Who Dies Having Lived In The Holy Faith 
Given To The Saints Of God And Christ
Will Die Secure In The Knowledge Of 
The Gift Of Eternal Life With Christ! 

Heaven Is Home: 
Let No Created Being ... Fallen Angel Or Wicked Human
Kill Your Hope Tree! 

Brethren,

Live Like You Intend To Inhabit 
Your God-Built House And Eternal Home!
I Pray To See You All In The Beautiful City!

The Lord Knows That I'm Trying!

The Lord Knows That I Often Fail Miserably 
But I'm Never Gonna Stop Or Give Up!

We Are Made of Dust 
With The Breath Of The Living God Added
Which Makes Us Living Souls! 
We All Are Born In Sin
And
We All Have Sinful Natures
But
The Word Of The Lord Nurtures Us
To Do The Good And The Right
So That We, Willing, May All Be Saved!

Please Refuse To Look At Your Mistakes
After You Have Willingly Confessed 
And 
Sincerely Repented Of Them To Our Loving Lord!

Choose, Instead
To Look At Jesus Christ Through The Lens Of The Living Word
And 
Choose To Believe That 
The Good Work That Jesus Christ Has Started In You
He Is Utterly Going To Finish! 

Our God ... Your God
Is 
Bigger Than Your Sin
So Please Keep Your Faith Fixed 
And 
Your Eyes Focused On Christ Jesus! 

We Are All Sinners!
Those Who Choose To Believe The Word
Like Us ... Like You
Are Sinners ... Saved!
Jesus Christ Is Your Personal Savior:
Believe It And Live With Joy In Jesus! 

Remember ...

Almighty God See Our Tears
Hears Our Prayers
And
Is Never Indifferent To Our Pains, Fears Or Uncertainties!
Keep Praying!
Keep Trusting
And
Keep Maintaining Your Focus On The Lord Christ
And
His Gift To Us Of Eternal Life!
Jesus Christ, Alone, Saves!

AMEN!!!




Monday, April 6, 2020

Pride Can't Wear The Lord Christ's Crown

Too Worldly-Wise To Need The Win Over Sin
To Mighty To Be Mindful Of Wrong-Way Walking
And
Too Illuminated To Be By Truth Teachable
Don't Bow Before The King:
They Are Wearing Pearls
And
"The Emperor's New Clothes"
And
Are Willingly Wallowing In The Muck And Mire With The Swine! 
They Refuse Jesus Christ's Offer Of The New Birth! 

To Get To The Father's Glory
One Must Go Through Jesus Christ
The Lowly, Beloved Only Son! 
To Get The Righteous Man's Crown
One Must Be A Participant In The Good News Gospel Story! 
To Be Served At The Welcome Home Table
One Must Have First Served The Lord And His Fellowman
And
To Be Lifted Up To The Lord's Glory
One Must Be Faithful To The Always-Faithful King
Who Is, For His Beloved, Enduringly-Faithful Saints
Personal Places Preparing! 

Faithfulness To The Lord Christ
Is Its Own Reward ...



1 CORINTHIANS 1:9 KJV "God [is] faithful, by whom ye were called ...



We Are Called To Fellowship ... Communion
Feasting And Celebration
To Live Forevermore
With The Faithful God Who Is The I AM! 

While We Live, We Are Present! 
When We Die, We Are Passed From Time Into Eternity 
And Yet
Through It All
The Lord Christ Is Ever-Present 
Being Our Rock Of Refuge
Our Strong Tower Of Defence
Our Shelter In Calm And In Storm
Our Hope
Our Help
Our Salvation
Our Shepherd Of Rest
And
Our Only Hope For The Glory Unto Which We Are Called! 

Our Great God Cannot Lie! 
His Hands Are Not Short That 
He Cannot Perform His Promises
And 
His Ear Is Not Deaf To Our Cries 
Because 
He Is Touched By The Feelings Of Our Infirmities
By All That Concerns Us! 

Our God Is The Promise-Keeping God Who IS ... Here 
To Bless, Save, Reveal Truth
Revive And Reform Us
And 
Seal Us Against The Wrath To Come! 

Brethren, Beloved,

Jesus Christ Cannot Fail You 
So Be Faithful To Him: Believe Him
Receive Him
And 
Be Blessed To Live With Him Forevermore! 
He Personally Loves YOU
And
He Daily Gives Unto You A Daily Ration Of His Faith
To Use To Each Day To Get Home To Him!

You Are Not Called To Believe The Impossible! 
You Are Called To Set Aside Self
To Humble Your Willful Yourself
To Use Your Gift To Bless The Lord
Bless Yourself
And
Bless Others Each Day
As You Walk With Lord
To The Land Called Glory! 

Beloved, 

Self Is A Willing Sinner! 
Christ's Sure Salvation Makes The Confessed 
And 
Repentant Sinner
A Saint Of Almighty And Jesus The Christ! 

Victory ... Over Sin, Self, Satan, Hell
And
The Last Enemy, Death
Was Purchased For Us By Our Savior-King
And Is
Guaranteed To Be Achieved By Us
Through The Faith That He Gives Unto Us
Which, Used, Cannot Ever Fail! 

Please Look Up To Jesus, Our Lord Christ
And
By His Loving Care
Your Needy Soul Abundantly Feed! 
Give Him Your Will To Control!
Let No One
No Habit
No Sin
Steal Either Your Joy In Jesus
Nor Your Purchased-At-Infinite-Cost Crown! 

Peace!

Pride Will Never With Faith Treat
Because
Pride Is The Presumptuous Sinner's
Precarious Perch
From Which He Refuses To Descend
Because That Would Mean
His Unprofitable High-Mindedness
And
Gross Disobedience Must End!