Showing posts with label Self-Sufficiency. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Self-Sufficiency. Show all posts

Friday, March 4, 2022

HAPPY SABBATH + Don't Die Twice Today Over Living Tomorrow!








The Trials Of Life 
Either Make Us Bitter Or Better! 
We, Each, Have Option And Opportunity 
To Make The Blessed Choice! 

Trials Help Us To Either Live For The Lord Christ 
Or Be Consumed By The Crisis! 
We Either Live In Hope Or Dine In  Hell! 
Or ... They Will Strengthen Us In Our Gift Of Faith 
Or Strangle Our Desire To Exercise Faith 
Because
By Elevating Doubt, We Can't, In Hope
"See" Jesus Inside The Great Pearl Gates! 

Beloved, 

Please Don't Be Self-Sufficient 
Because 
In Matters Of Faith 
It Is Your Worst Enemy! 

Please Cast Your Burden Upon The Lord Christ 
And
Permit Him To Be Your Sufficiency! 

Letting Go ... Of Personal Control
And 
Letting Our Jesus Christ Take Over Control 
Requires A Leap Of Faith 
No "Safety Net" Available! 

Can You Do It!?! 
Will You Do It!?! 
Or Will You By Seeking To Impress Others With 
Your Able Capabilities Which Aren't Worth A Hill Of Beans 
Fail At Working Your Gift Of Unfailing Faith!?! 

"Worry" About What You Can Change 
And 
If You Change "It" 
Then There Is No Need To Die Twice Today 
Over Living Tomorrow 
Which Is Not Promised To Any Living Soul! 

The Point Is That Our Jesus 
Is 
Jehovah Jireh Aka The God Who Provides! 

Please Let Us Endeavor Today 
To Hold On To Him Who Holds Tomorrow In His Holy Hand 
Where The Forever-Blessed Gift Of Grace ... Of Power
Is 
Sufficient For The Day! 

Be At Peace In The Living God: 
Evil Cannot Survive In His Hallowed Presence! 

Peace!












Wednesday, January 8, 2020

FAITH AND HOPE: Self-Exaltation Versus Self-Examination + PRAYER: Remind Us To Always Pray, Dear Father!



It Came To Pass On A Certain Day 
In The Midst Of The Congregation That
Self-Examination Was Attacked By Self-Exaltation
Who Had Self-Sufficiency
And
Self-Indulgence 
Both Standing Close By
One On The Left Hand And The Other At His Right Hand!

For His Part ... In His Right Hand
Self-Examination Was Gently Holding 
Constant, Heartfelt, Prayer!

It Was An Uneven Match-Up From The Get-Go
And
Know-It-All Self-Exaltation
Did Not Fear ... Nor Neglect
To Tell Self-Examination So!

You Can't Even Think For Yourself!
You Are A Loser!
Look At Those Cheap Shoes On Your Feet! 
You're A Loser Always Having To "The Savior" To Creep! 

Self-Examination
In The Quiet Of His Heart
Said To Himself:
There But For Your Grace, My Lord, I Go! 
Help Me, Dear Father
My-Wise-In-His-Own-Eyes Brother To Reach! 
Please Lay On My Heart Words Of Consideration
So That I Do Not Get Into A Tongue And Teeth Collision
And Send Him Off, Indignant, To The Wily King Fraud! 


To Self-Exaltation
Self-Examination Calmly, Carefully, Deliberately, Said:

Self-Exaltation, 
I'm Sorry That You Feel That Way
But I Creep To My Lord And Savior Boldly 
So That I Do Not Indulge In Own-Sin Self-Pay! 
I Accept The Lord's Checks And Balances
And I Pray Constantly As Protection Against The Known Foe
And I Invite You To Get To Know Him Personally
So That Of Willing Sinning
You Will Choose To Let Go! 

I Was Born A Sinner
But In Sin, I Shall Not Die
Because Jesus Christ My Savior ... For Me, Personally 
On Mount Calvary Did Die! 

We Walk Together Because With Him I Do Agree
And I Choose To Humble Myself Before Him
Instead Of Exalting My Self
And Pretending To The World At Large
That I'm What, Without Him, I Can Never Be! 

I'm A Child, A Student
A Servant And A Saint! 
I've Taken Jesus Christ As My Captain
So That In The Road To Mount Zion
I Shall Not Hunger, Get Lost
Or Under The Buffeting Of The Adversary
Ignominiously Faint!

The Lord Is My Shepherd
My Rock And My Sure Refuge
And By My Following Him Faithfully
Enduringly
I Have Heaven To Gain 
And The Burning Hell To Refuse!

Every One Of Us
Be Ye Self-Exalting
Or Self-Examining
Will Have An Account To Settle
Which Will Clearly Show Our Mettle!

Your Works Will Either Stand And Prosper
Or They Will Fall To The Ground And Perish
And I Tell You Truly
The Reward Of All You Self-Indulgent Ones
Is Not Something That I Would Relish Or Cherish!

I Pray For You With All Sincerity!
I Speak To With Love ... In Christian Charity 
And Beg You, Please
Reform Your Ways Because Before Very Long
We Shall Stand Before The Lord, The King
The Ancient Of Days
Who Knows, Who Sees, Who Feels
And Is In All Things!
We Created Beings ... His Creatures
Cannot Hide From Him
A Single, Solitary Thing!

I Examine Myself
To Know My Every Weakness
And I Repair Unto Him
Who Strengthens Me To Be Like He Is!

I Cannot Be Like You
For I Choose To Be Like
Who Is The Author And Finisher Of My Faith
And The Very One Who Forgives My Sin
And Who Showers Me With Unmerited Favor 
Which Is His Gift Of Moment By Moment
Free Grace!

Remember This, My Misguided Friend 
When You Love The Lord Of Life
You Truly Love Your Self! 
When You Put Your Self 
Before The Lord Of Life 
You Are Your Own God 
And You Earn For Your Own Self
The False God's Reward! 
Worship The Living, Holy, God! 
Humble Your Self
And Stop Being Proud! 

Satan Is Proud! 
Satan Loves Self! 
Satan Is The Father Of Lies! 
Get Him Out Of Your Bosom 
And Get Off Of His Reserved-For-Damnation Shelf! 
Reach For The Extended Hand Of Hope
And Stop Letting Satan Choke You
With Your Own Self-Made Cherished-Sin Rope!

Self-Exaltation Could Not Utter
A Single, Solitary, Note! 

To Strike While The Iron Was Still Hot
Self-Examination Then Said:



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Self-Exaltation,
Please Take Comfort In The Lord Jesus Christ
The Lord Of Life And Light 
Who Promises Us His Fatness ... His Abundant Blessings 
Both Now And Forevermore! 

To The Gathered Brethren, He Said:
 
Brethren,

What We See With Our Blind Eyes 
Is 
Narrow And Finite 
So Let Us By The Strength Of Faith 
And 
The Courage Of The Blessed Hope
Take Jesus At His Living Word 
So That We Will Enjoy All That Is In 
His River Of Pleasure! 

Trust, Obey, Pray
Give Praise
Do Good
Endure Through The Fight Of Faith
Be Faithful
Learn All Things From The Lord Jesus
And
We Can All Be Sure That We Will Be Gloriously Blessed! 
Eternity Awaits Us!

PRAYER:

Dear Father,
Please Grant Me
The Strength Of Faith
And
The Courage Of Hope!!
Increase Our Love For Our Lord Jesus
And
Bless Us To Be Tied Up
In Salvation
So That The Life's Work
That Is Sanctification
Does Not Become For Us
A Wink And A Nod
Popular Conversational Trope!

Remind Us Always, Father
That Men Should Pray
And
Not Faint
And
Keep Us In Your Holy Care!

Please Bless Us To Continually Hear
The Sweet Spirit Of Truth
And
To Obey The Gospel Call
So That We Shall Indeed Be Blessed
For It Is In Jesus Christ's Holy Name
That We Sincerely Pray And Humbly Plead!
Please Come For Us Soon!
AMEN!
 





Thursday, May 23, 2019

When "Dust-Bunnies" Get Bold!?!





Stop Misapplying The Word Of God!
Stop Being A Soldier For Satan The God-Fraud!
Stop Looking Inward!
The Inside Of Self Is Not Cute!
Look Unto Christ Jesus
Our Savior, Lord And Awesome God
And
The Adversary's Challenges Boldly, Coldly, Refute!

Bold Lee Self-Sufficient
Was Suffering
- According To Everybody Else And 'e Brother -
From Wild Self-Confidence
And
It Was Making Him Behave Like 
The Southern End Of A North-Bound Donkey!

It Was Not A Good Sight To Behold
In The Worldly Wise
And
It Was Truly Shameful To See This In A Professed Christian!

His Not-Lauded-In-The-Good-Book Behavior
Was Causing Ripples
And
The Sound-Bites Were Reverberating
In A Noxious Supply
To The Point Where It Was Causing
Even The Previously Stable To Stumble!

Badda Bing And Fadda Boom
Had Gotten So Hung Up On 
Bold Lee Self-Sufficient's 
Stretched-Out Self-Confidence That
Like A Choreography
They Had Both Led Common-Sense Unto A Fumble
And
Lo, And Behold
All Two Both Of Them
Had Taken A Tumble!

They Went Down Haaard!

He Who Is Self-Confident 
In His Own Self-Sufficiency
Has Himself
- A Fool -
For His Own God!

Foolishness Ain't No Kinda Sense ...

Fools Always Got Maybe Kinda
Sorta Probably Friends
Who Are Always On The Look-Out For An Easy Thrill!
A Cheap Laugh
And
Bold Lee Was One Such
Who Talked About The Lord
But
Always Denied His Power! 

Everybody Who Was His "Friend"
Was Waiting, Waiting ... And Watching
For ... The Fall!

Bold Lee Self-Sufficient Felt That He Personally Knew
What Was Best For Himself
And
Saw No Reason To Permit The Absentee Landlord
- He Was Very Disrespectful -
To Dictate His Pace
When He, Himself, Was On Ground Zero! 

He Constantly Behaved Like
And 
Told All Who Would Hear Him
That He Was His Own Hero!

Do You Know How To Spell Zero!?!

Boldly Self-Sufficient!

All Good Things Come To An End ...

Inevitably,
One Blessed Day
- If You're Alive The Day Is Blessed -
Bold Lee Went Too Far
And Stepped In It!

Wha' Sweet'n Goat Mout'
Does Bu'n 'e 'n 'e Tail!

Brethren,
You Can't Tempt The Almighty God
Twist An Uncaged Tiger's Tail
Knock An In-Residence Hornets Nest
Walk Nonchalantly Through Highway Traffic
And
Dare The Devil To Damn You
And
Actually Believe That Just Because
You Know The Words
Pay The Tithe
Sing The Songs
Give Alms
And
Visit The Sick
That The Lord Will Welcome You
Succor You In Your Sin Of Presumption
And
- Being Hard-Up For A Servant
A Follower, A Child - 
Save You From Your Self
And
Your Own Self-Manufactured Disaster!

Think Again!

Idiocy Does Not Become 
A Converted-To-Christ Christian:

There Are No Fools Going To Heaven!


Fact Check ...

Self-Confident, Self-Sufficient Lucifer
Started War In Heaven!
Self-Confident Satan Unleased Sin On The Earth!
Self-Confident Peter Denied Christ!
Self-Confident Judas Betrayed Christ!
Self-Confident Satan Killed The Lord Christ
And
We All Surely Know 
How That Worked Out For That Prince Of Darkness!

Since Self-Sufficient Self-Confidence
Did Not Work For The One Who Was Fourth
In The Chain Of Command In Heaven
I Really Can't Figure Out 
Why It Would Work For A Dust-Bunny Called Fallen Man!?!
Can You!?!

Think Carefully ...

Plainly Put
A Self-Sufficient, Self-Confident Christian
Is
A Bold Sinner
Because
Self Is A Sinner
And
No Sinner Shall Enter The Gates Of
The Living God's Eternal Home!

Self-Sufficient, Self-Confident Souls
Have No Need For A Savior
Their Known Sins To Bear
So
Let's Look At Ourselves
And
Once And For All Time Decide
Who Truly Cares For And Carries Us
And
Who It Is That We Should Hold In Godly Fear!


Take Your Place
And
Humble Yourself!
The Living God
Will Not His Throne
- Nor His Glory -
Share
And
You're Not Big Enough
To Make Him Do It!




Saturday, February 25, 2017

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: PRAYER: Lord, I Am Sure!

Lord,
I Have Been Foolish!
I Asked You
Often
To Talk To My Hand
Not To My Heart
When I Was Indulging In 
"Self-sufficient Me!" Time
Ignoring The Fact
That
You Are Gloriously Divine!
Please Forgive Me!


Lord,
Like A Giddy-Headed Teenager
I Vowed
Not To Give Away My Whole Heart
To You
So That If Our Relationship Foundered
I Would Not Be Totally Devasted
When You
Tired Of Me
Should Depart!
I Bow My Head In Shame!
Please Raise Me Up!


Lord, Forgive Me
For I Treated You
As If You Are Mere Man
Temperamental
Testy
Of Attention Short-Spanned
Fickle
Unregenerate
Given To Ignoble Deeds
And
Quick
To Kick The Can!

I Repent Of My Folly!

I Disremembered
That You Are Holy
Faithful
Kind
Eternally Loving
Unfailingly True!
I Forgot
That You Are Friend
Soul-Lover
Holy God
Sustainer
Savior
Shepherd
And
Provider So True!

Help Me Ever Remember The Living Truth!

Lord,
I Want Us To Start Over!
I Want To Belong To Only You!
I Can See Your Hand
Being Held Out!
I Can Hear Your Gentle Voice Calling
Which
I Do Remember
Never - Ever -  Shouts!

I Can See Your Face
Tear Stained
Sorrowing
Over My Straying Ways
And
I Feel So Empty
Because
We Have Not Connected
Truly Connected
In These Recent Days!

My Praying Has Been So Shallow, Lord
And I Beseech You Help Me, Please
To Get Out From Under This New Low!


The Things
That I Should Do
Are The Things
That I Don't Do
And The Things I Don't Want To
Are The Very Things Walking About
Wearing My Dress Shoes!
Lift Me Up, Lord
For You Are Able
Not Fable!


Lord,
I Don't Want To Live
Like This Anymore!
I Desire Constant Communion With You
Before I Move A Finger
Before I Walk Though A Door
Before I Make A Decision
Before I Utter To Another
Even A Single Word!


I Desire You
To Be My First Thought
My First Word
My Every Breath
Spent
In Denial Of The Goat Leader
And His Boastful Herd!


I Desire With You
Oneness
My Will Wrapped Up In Yours
And
Your Word
My Every Desire
For
I Yearn
For My Voice
In Heaven's Grand Choir
One Day Soon
To Be Joyfully Heard!

I Am Pouring Out My Heart
To You, Lord
For
I Know That You Care!


I Know That You
To Death
Loved Me
And To Life Will Raise Me
And This Is Why
As A Little Child
I Approach You
Drawing Nigh
Without Fear!


Father,
Fix My Shortcomings
My Backslidings
My Willfulness
My Selfishness 
And

Waywardness
For
My Heart
For You
Is Longing
And I Am Begging ... Please?!


I Love You!
I Desire To Live In Your House!
Help Me To Walk Through Your Open Door!
I Am Ready, Lord
And
Now
I Am Sure!
Oh, Lord, Forgive!
Oh, Lord, Hear And Do!
In The Name Of Jesus Christ The Righteous
I Stand And Plead!
AMEN.