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Tuesday, January 22, 2019

You Know How To Pray ...! + PRAYER: Father, Make Me A Fit Vessel!

You Know How To Pray!

Pray Without Ceasing!
When And Where Are Irrelevant
Since
Praying Without Ceasing
Takes Away Our Opportunity
To Become Ambivalent!

Self-Care Involves Prayer
Not For Things
But 
For The New Heart
Hope
Help
Healing
Grace
Faith
Surrender
Forgiveness
Blessing
Peace
Truth
Ability To Trust
And
Rest!

When You Pray
You Are Talking To Your Best Friend!
See To It That You Lay Bare You Soul!
Don't Hide Behind Clothes
Labels
Opinions
Attitudes

And
The Deceitful Desire To Hold Back!

Unlock Your Heart!
Open Your Mind's Purse!
Unclasp Your Hands!
Let The Lord Christ See Your Eyes!
Extend Your Hand!
Don't Hold Back Your Tears!
Don't Hide Your Fears!
Be Angry!
Be Happy!
Be Sad!
Be Truthful!
Be Free!
Be Open!

Peace ...

Rest In The Lover Of Your Purchased Soul
Seeking The Benefits Of That Holy Heart
Never Cold

Who For Your Peace
For Thirty Pieces Of Silver Was Sold!

Hold On For Dear Life!
Plead For Life Everlasting
And
Do Not Let Go
No Matter What Distraction In Your Life
Is 
Intrusively Persistently Knocking!

The Lord Of Life Is Ever Faithful!
Satan, At Our Cock-ups, Is Always Mocking
But
Salvation Is The Free Gift Of The Eternal God
Never, Ever, To Be Found In A Decorated Stocking!

Beloved,

Be Wise
And
Pray ... Confessing And Repenting Of Known Sin
Pleading For Forgiveness
And
Pray On For Available Grace
And
Learn To Be A Sheep
- Getting Rid Of Your Goat Parts 
Under The Agency Of The Holy Spirit -
And
By Jesus' Holy Faith
Become A Member Of The Safe Flock
And
Enduring All Things
For The Love Of The Master
Put Your Promised Home In Heaven On Lock!



PRAYER:

Father, 
I Believe!
Please Hear And Answer My Prayer!
I Love You:
My Heart For My Lord's Residence
Please Cleanse And Prepare!
Make Me A Fit Vessel
A Welcoming Residence
A Jewel Most Precious
And
Bless Me With All Blessing
So That I Do Not Fall 
For
Fleetings Things Specious!
In Jesus Christ's Matchless Name
I Humbly Pray And Plead!
Please Come Soon!
AMEN.






Monday, November 26, 2018

HIRELING SHEPHERDS: Dereliction Of Duty ...!

When I Was A Child
We Sang:

While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night
All Seated On The Ground
The Angel Of The Lord Came Down
And Said:
"Those Flocks Are Mine!"

It Is Only Now That I Realize That Instead Of Jesting
We Actually Spoke The Truth!
There Was The Bigger Picture
The Weightier Truth Being Revealed
And
We Didn't Then Understand It!
Jesus Christ Paid For Us Sheep Of The Flock!

There Are Many Flocks Being Cared For
And
All Who Remain Faithful Are Headed To The One Fold
Belonging To The Good Shepherd!

Problem Is ...

There Is A Problem With The Hireling Shepherds
Who Are Faithless
Spineless
Deceitful
Lazy
Self-Serving
Greedy For Gain
And
Serving Two Masters!

I Have A Question!

Go Ahead! Ask Away!

If You Cannot See Your Employer
Does It Mean Your Employer Can't See You!?!
If You Are Paying Yourself
Feeding Yourself
Fattening Yourself
And Starving Your Charges
Some Of Them Even To Death
And Without Presently Facing Any Consequences
Does That Mean That Your Employer
The Kind Master
That Good Over-Shepherd
Is Unaware Or Is ... Dead!?!

That's Two Questions ... But I'll Allow The Freebie!

That's Generous Of You ... And I Thank You!

Seriously, Though
Both Jesus Christ And The Apostle Paul
Treated To This Very Issue
Which We, Ourselves, Are Seeing Played Out Today!

The All-Seeing 
All-Knowing
Ever-Present 
Feeling-All Things Holy God
Is 
Not Mocked
Cannot Be Fooled
Keeps Perfect Records
And
Is No Fool!

He Doesn't Sleep
Doesn't Wear Dark Glasses
Doesn't Own Pajamas
Has No Grandchildren Godchildren
Step-Children Nor Bastard Children
Knows Every Last One Of His Children By Name
And
Every Employee In His Service
And
Every Student In The School Of Jesus Christ!

Meticulous Aka Perfect Records Are Kept
And
The Hireling Shepherd Who Doesn't Spare The Flock
And, Instead
Teaches Smooth Things So As Not To Offend Their Sponsors
And
Propagates Fanciful Theories
To Make Personal Disciples Out Of The Lord's Called Children
Is 
Facing A World Of Hurt
Come Reconciliation Of Accounts 
Aka Pay Day Aka The Day Of Reward!

Keeping Two Sets Of Books Won't Help!
Having An Accounting Service Won't Help!
Crying Lack Of Knowledge Won't Help!
Accusing The Lord Won't Help!
And
Making An Excuse Of The Fraud Won't Help!

It's Face The Music Time
And
All The Previously Undisclosed To Public View
Blood On Their Hands
Will Be Shining Like A Beacon!

I Guess That The Phrase
"Do All To The Glory Of God!"Is Lost Upon Such As Those Underlings!

Their Favorite Song Is ... Obviously

Self Before The Savior!
Sinner Before Saint!
I Want Now The Fruits Of My Labor
Because
Future Glory Cannot Compare
To Being Presently Great!


Bite Your Tongue!

Truth Is Truth!
You Don't Have To Like It!
You Must Speak It!
You Must Believe It!
You Must Live It!
Almighty God
The Shepherd Of Rest
Our Hope For Glory To Share
Demands It Of His Faithful Children
But
He Will Never Coerce It
And
That Is Why Deceitful Workers
And
Those Who Call The Lord, Father
But
Are Willful Wayward Children 
Will Be Without Excuse
As Regards The Revealed Will
And
Disclosed Ways Of The Eternal God!

I Suppose That Holding The Fort
Until The Master Appears
Is Considered A Light Thing To Them!

Utterly Disgraceful Behavior Is What I Say!

Bottom Line ...

There Is No Real Profit Gained
By Playing Footsie With The Fraud
And
We Will Do Well To Remember That
All That We Do For The Lord Christ
Is
Exponentially Rewarded!

In That Light
Take What You Want ... And Pay For It
Takes On A Whole New Meaning!

Diligence And Economy 
Must Be The Watch Words Of All Who Labor For The Lord!

As Paul Says:

"... Covet No Man's Silver, Gold Or Apparel!"

Jehovah, Hallelujah! 

The Lord Does Provide!

Final Word ...

Jesus Christ Cares!
Jesus Christ Saves
And 
Jesus Christ Pays!





Tuesday, November 21, 2017

PRAYER... Of Faith, Hope And Love!

Hand Of Mercy! 

Hand Of Love! 
You Who Dwell In Heaven Above
Have Mercy
On Us Who In Faith Pray
And
Bless Us To Walk Ever
On The Straight And Narrow Way!


Bless Us, Lord

And
Help Our Faith To Work
And
Constrain Us
So That From Our Station Of Duty
We Do Not As Doubters Desert!


Father, 

Let Your Grace
Be Sufficient For Us Today
And
Help Us To Guard Our Hearts
So That Unto Fables
We Do Not Turn Away!


Have Mercy On Those Who

By Foisted Deception
Before The Graven Images
And
The Popular Idols Fall! 

Please Open Their Eyes
Let The Occluding Scales Fall! 
Grant Unto Them Wisdom
The Lie And The Liar To Detect
And
Help Them And Protect Them

As By Your Blessed Call
From The Ways Of Damnation
They Defect!


Help Us

Who Call Jesus Christ
Sovereign Lord And Holy God! 
Save Us
So That We May In Him
By Him
With Him
Ascend
To The Great Reward!

Let No One
- Man Pretending He Is God
Nor
Devil Demanding Worship As God - 
Cause Us In Fear
To Turn Aside
And Keep Us
Ever At Your Side! 
Let Us In You Abide!


Time Is Short
And

The Path To Glory Seems Long
But
Eternal God
Our Father
Please Help Us
To Keep Singing
A Zion Happy Song!


Father, 

Let No One Kill
Our Hope-In-God Tree! 
Help Us
In Our Fight For Soul Salvation
To
In Christ Jesus
Valiant Be!

Help Us To Walk Worthy
Redeeming The Time
And
Bless Us To Be Found
Good Stewards Working
E'er Death Claim Us
Before The End Of Man's 
End Of Earth's
End Of Sin's 
Time!



Help The Brethren

Near And Far
To Awaken From Sleep!
Succor Those Who Are Struggling
Help Them To Stand On Steady Feet!


Let Your Most Holy Word Be

Foundation
Anchor
Pillar
Shade
And Food
And
Should We Sin Against Thee
Help Us To Avail Ourselves
Of Your Forgiveness
Expensively Purchased
And 
For The Asking
Offered Unto Us
Free!


Help Us

In You
To Rest Easy
Being Instant Constant
In Prayer
Living As Victors
For We Know
How
The Story Ends!
We Know The King
We Know What The Good Book Says!


Father, 

I Love You! 
Please Accept My Offering Of Pray
And Bless Me In Your Service
To Continue Each Day! 
Let Not Faith Fail
Let Not Planned Sin
Upon Me Creep
And
Help Me To Live In Your Love
That Says
The Loving Shepherd
Keeps Safe His Sheep!

Blessed Assurance! 

The Lord Jesus Is Mine! 
Come Soon, Loving Father
You Who Are Ever Kind! 
Let Your Divine Majesty
Burst On Our Sight
Thrilling Us With Rapture
For It Is Our Will
- To You Surrendered -
To Take Our Much Anticipated Flight! 
AMEN.




Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Time For A Think ...!



You Are A God-Fearing Christian!

Have You Considered
The Difference Between
The Worldly ...
"Things Happen!"AND
The Biblical ...
"All Things Work Together For Good...!?"

Have You Considered
The Difference Between
A Life Consecrated To Christ
AND
The Christless Life Dedicated To Vice?

Have You Considered
The Difference Between
A Heart For God
AND

The Heart That Is Its Own God?

Have You Considered
The Difference Between
The Lord Of Life
AND
The Life Of The Lordly?

Have You Considered
The Difference Between
"Go Ye Into All The World And Preach The Gospel ...!"
AND

"Go Around The World And Eat!?"

Have You Really Considered
- Truly Contemplated -
The Difference Between

  • Satan And The Savior
  • Truth And Error
  • Fact And Fiction
  • Angels And Demons
AND

  • Faith And Doubt?

Do You Realize Or Recognize
That You Been Touched By Grace
AND
Held In The Arms Of Mercy?

What Do Think About ...

Standing In Truth Versus Dying In Error?
Living To Love
Versus
Loving To Live
Versus
Living For Loving
Versus
Loving Living?

Have You Ever Really Thought On:

God Is Good All The Time!
AND
All The Time God Is Good!?
Do We Even Appreciate What Is Good About God
AND
God's Goodness To A Fallen Race
Now Filled With Beyond Wise Ingrates?

Stop For A Moment
And Think On ...

Come Unto Me All Ye That Labor
And Are Heavy Laden
And I Shall Give You Rest!
... Take My Yoke Upon You
And Learn Of Me
And Ye Shall Find Rest
... Unto Your Souls!

Receive Rest For The Body
AND
Find Rest For The Soul!

How Is It Possible
To Get Rest By Carrying A Yoke?

Have You Thought On The Fact
That Learning Of Christ
The Meek And Lowly One In Heart
Causes One To Find ... Rest?!

Have You Thought
Even For A Mere Moment
On The Statements:

"The Lord Jesus Thinks On Me!"

"I Go To Prepare A Place For You ...
I Will Come Again And Receive You Unto Myself
That Where I Am There Ye May Be Also?!

And ...

What Of:

They That Wait Upon The Lord
Shall Renew Their Strength ...
Mount Up With Wings As Eagles ...
Run And Not Be Weary ... Walk And Not Faint?!
AND
I Waited For The Lord And He Inclined Unto Me?!

No Justice - No Peace
AND
The Peace Of God Passes Understanding
AND
Lean Not To Your Own Understanding?!

Have You Considered
What It Means When Christ Said:

 



AND

When Man Says:


He Who Has The Most Toys Win?!

How Do YouLive In The World
AND
Not Be Of The World
IF

You Are In Christ?!

What Is The Difference Between:

Giving Thanks With A Grateful Heart
AND
Politely Saying: "Thanks!"

Fear God!
AND
Do Not Fear!

How Does One Yield To God?


Can Yielding To God
Be Likened To Yielding The Right Of Way
In A Traffic Situation?

Who Is Driving Your Life?

How Is One A Slave To Whom He Obeys
When Jesus Sets The Captive Free
AND
Says:


Obedience Is Better Than Sacrifice! 

AND


Disobedience Is As The Sin Of Witchcraft! 


AND


IF You Love Me
Keep My Commandments?


AND


 



Consider That ...

A Worldly Mind Has Objections 
To Every Statement
Every Saying
Every Commandment Of God
For
Being Given Over To A Carnal Mind
He Has No Insight
Into The Things Of God!

Carnal Things
Are Understood Carnally!
Spiritual Things
Are Discerned Spiritually
FOR
The Proof Of This
Is In The Statement Of God:

Come ... Let Us Reason Together!

Which Statement Is Not An Attribute Of The Fraud!

Satan Is Free
To Freely Lie ... Faithfully!


Jesus Christ
- The Living God -
Is Faithful
AND
Offers Eternal Life Free To All
Freely!

Truth Cannot Be Bent
Be Turned
Be Covered
Or
Be Colored!
Truth Stands Up On Its Own Merits! 

Truth Cannot
- By Man Nor Satan -
Be Lowered!

Truth
May Will
Be Cast Down In The Street
BUT
What Does That Change
When He That Is The Truth
Is High And Lifted Up
Settled
Reigning

ANDEnthroned
In Heaven?

What Does It Profit A Man
To Gain The Whole World
AND YET

Lose His Own Soul
When
For A:

"Lord, Save Me!"

He Can Leave Satan 
AND
His Like
To The Good Offices Of Christ Jesus 

The Eternal God!

Why Do We Trust
The Marked-For-Death Dying
When We Can Trust Wholly On Him
Who Conquered Sin And Death
By
- Of His Own Self -
From Death Arising
AND
Rising Up
Glorified
To Receive The Kingdom's Throne
AND
Not Accept The Words Of Those
Who Can't For Their Own Sins
Hope To Atone?

Why Do We Worry When
We Can Wait On Almighty God?


It Must Be Said ...

I Look Forward To The Day
When I Shall
- In Peace -
See My Lord Christ
When
Touch Me!
Handle Me! 
AND
Let Us Break Bread Together!
Will No Longer Be A Hope
BUT

The Thing Faith-To-Face Nice!

I Look To The Day
When Hope Is Realized
When All Self-Denials
Will Be Proved To Have Been Worth
All Of Life's Trials
When With My Own Eyes
In My Own Perfected, Immortalized, Flesh
I Shall Jesus

Who
- For My Salvation -
Took On Man-Death
To Get Me And My Kind
The Christ-Life
Which Is
The Way Back To The Eternal God
AND
Out Of The Decimating Clutches
Of The Evil One
Who Thought That He Could Kill ... God!
Oh, Foolish, Wicked, Satan.

Brethren, Beloved
We Know Of A Surety
That The Eternal God Is Not Mocked
So ...With Faithful Consideration
- By Contemplation -
Answer The Questions!


Do The Comparisons
AND
Of Your Own Life
- For Your Own Soul's Sake -
Take Stock
AND
Take Your Salvation
- Your Gift -
Free From The Living God
AND
Turn Your Eyes
- Fixedly -
Upon Christ Jesus
Who Paid Dearly
- How Much We Shall Never Know -
To Get You Me Us
Out
From Under
Satan, The Fraud!

Jesus Saves ... To The Uttermost!
Come To Jesus Now
AND
In The Great Day
- That Appointed Time -
Join
AND
Be 

A Forever Part Of 
The Heavenly Host!

It Must Also Be Said ...

IF
The God You Presently Serve
Requires You
- For Him It Her Them -
To Be Eyes, Ears, Mouth, Feet
Sustainer
AND
Provider
It Is Time To Trade Up
To The Living Loving God
Who Does Not Sleep
BUT
Loves To Count
AND
Account For
AND
Care For His Sheep!
He Does Them Safely Keep!

I Am ONE Of Them!
Won't You Join Me?!

Praise God!

Bless God!
Deny The Fraud

AND

Accept
The Righteous Man's Reward!



Saturday, March 11, 2017

Legion-Heir's Disease: Jesus Saves!

Brethren,
Have You Considered
- Even For A Moment -
What A Third Of Heaven's Angels
- Fallen -
Traversing The Earth
- At Will -
Means To Mankind
Who Are Created
A Little Less Than They Are?

Brethren,
Have You Considered
- Even For A Moment -
The Difference Between
Two Men
- Brothers -
Two Sisters
- Twins -
One Of Each ... Evil
One Of Each ... Kind
Same Opportunities
Parents Of Like Mind?

Have You Considered
- Even For A Moment -
These Two Biblical Examples
Of Men Demon-Possessed
One In The Church
- The Then Temple Of God -
The Other In The World
- Living Amongst The Tombs
Residing With Dead Men's Bones -
One By A Demon
AND
One By A Legion ... By Name
AND
Thought On What
One Devil
- Alone -
Can Do

AND
What Possession
By A Legion Of Demons
Means For Mere Men
Like Me

AND
Like You?!

Do You Remember How One Good Angel Killed 185,000 Men?!
Well, Demons Are Fallen Angels
AND
That Should Make You Think!

A Legion
In Then Roman Army Parlance
Held Anywhere From 3000 - 6000 Men!

In Biblical Parlance
By Legion
A Great Number Is Meant

AND
In The Case
Of The Gadarene Demoniac
One Can Safety
Extrapolate
From The Number Of  Pigs Drowned
In The Watery Date
That There Were At Least
2,000 Demons
In Residence
Destroying That Poor Man's Mind
As They Evilly Ate

BEFORE
Christ Our Lord Sent Them
To Their Temporary Fate!

Pharoah
Herod
Nero
The Dark Ages Popes And Church-Men
Mussolini
Chairman Mao
Hitler
Idi Amin

AND
All Men And Women And Children
Of That Ilk
Beg The Question:

By What Number
AND
Manner Of Demons
Were These Humans Filled?

AND ...

What Of Today?
What Of
ISIS!
Boko Haran!
Al Qaeda!
The Home Grown Terrorist!
The Killer Next Door!
The Son With His Mother's Head In His Hand!
AND
The Young Mother Placing Her Baby On The Highway

AND
Setting It Alight
AND
Burning It Alive!?

Let Us Not Be Naive
Giving In Always To Psychiatry's Chemical Fix
When
To All In The Know
Demons Are Parading Around
Their Heinous Mind Tricks!

Brethren,
I Put It To You
That
The Closer It Gets To Jesus Christ's Return
- Based On The Signs Of The Times
AND
Not Time Setting -
Demonic Activity
Is Going To Be Off The Chain
AND
On A Seriously Steep Incline
AND
The Administration Of The Psychiatrist's "Candy"
Is Going To Be Studiously Vain
Even Unto 
Just Plain Asinine
That Is Quite Plain!

Jesus Christ IS Real!
Heaven Is Real!

Satan IS Real, Too!
Hell Is Real, Too!
AND
Demons Are Real, Too!

Satan Hates Jesus!
AND
Demons Hate Jesus

AND
Destroying Humans
AND
Particularly Christians
- Christ's Faithful Followers -
Is The Fat
That Demons Love Avidly To Chew!

And, So ...

I Charge You:

Get Ye Unto Jesus!
Salvation Is In Him ... ALONE!

Sin Is Fat
So
Let Jesus Christ Give Your Heart
The Trim
So That Demons Rampaging Around
Have No Part In You
To Stand Upon!

Sin
Guilt
Soul Sickness

AND
Demon Possession
Seem To Hold Hands
So
Give Christ Jesus Your Hands
To Hold

AND
To Control
AND
Satan And His Minions
Will
Their Cards Have To Fold!

Jesus Christ Saves
The Sinner
Body AND Soul!

Holy Spirit-Indwelt Christians
Cannot Be Demon Possessed!

So ...

Get Your House In Order!

A "Clean" House
Unoccupied By Jesus Christ
Is Just A House Cleaned
Awaiting Those Unclean!
Those Demons!

Give Jesus Christ
Ownership
Of Your Heart

AND
Sin
Satan
Soul-Sickness
Desolation

AND
Despair
AND
Heart-Seeking Demons
Will Have No Place
To Prey
AND
Play!

I Beseech You, Therefore, Brethren
Fill Up On The Word
AND
The Word's Word

AND
You Won't Be A Part Of
Satan's Goat Herd!


The Good Shepherd Leads The Sheep!
Capricious Goats Run Wild!
So ...
Get Ye Hence
Unto The Great God -
The Loving Shepherd Of The Sheep
Because
Salvation Awaits
And, Thereby
You Won't Suffer Satan
And
All Demons
And
The Unrepentant Sinners'
- The Big Goat Herder And His Goats -
Just Fate!

Heaven Awaits!

**--**--**--**

If You Are
Indwelt
By The Holy Spirit
You Can't Be
Possessed
By Demons!




Saturday, August 8, 2015

Contented!

Through the Longing Eyes of My Faith
I See The City of The Holy God
And recognize that My Lot is More Blessed
Than Living Richly and Sinning Greatly like the
World-Loving
Self-Confessed
Satan-Oppressed
I-Am-God-Myself-Obsessed
Holy God Denying
Flagrant Sin-Wasted Outlaw.

I no longer Whine about My Lack of Life's Accoutrements!
I am Contented with Food and Shelter, and Shoes upon My Feet!
I feel Heaven-Blessed Knowing that in The Day of Redemption
The Worldly Rich will be Bleating like Lost Goats
But - Redeemed Sinner that I am -
I will be Baa-ing like a 
Blessed
Obedient 
Faithful
Immortal 
White-dressed 
#JesusChrist-Approved 
Spirit-Comforted Sheep.