Giving Is Not About Getting!

Do You Do Good Deeds To Get Publicity In The Press 

Or 

Do You Press Yourself To Do Good Deeds Knowing That 

Your Publicity Is In The Hands Of The Lord!?! 

Beloved, 

Giving Is Not About Getting! 

Getting Is So That We May Give! 

Giving To The Least Of The Lord's Dear Ones 

Puts Our Prosperity In The Hands Of Almighty God! 

The Living God Whom We Serve Has Made It Quite Plain That 

Publicity Hounds Will Not Get Gain From Him 

Since They Choose To Be Their Own Herald 

By Refusing To Let Him Be: 

Deceptive Man-Praise Shall Be Their Reward ... Obviously! 

The Hypocrites Of Bible Fame 

Took Pleasure In Giving Alms, Gifts, To The Poor 

And 

Had A Crier Going Before Them 

So That The Populace Would See Them Outdoors: 

Dying-Man Praise Was Their Only Reward! 

Let Us Quietly, Privately, Do Today 

For Whomever We Can 

As And When We Can 

And

Dare To Let The Lord Reward Us Publicly 

As Only He Can ... In The Time Of His Appointing! 

The Lord's Rewards Are Perfect, Precious, Priceless 

And 

Generates For Us Sweet Peace

Even For Those Called The Least!

Give To The Lord

With Your Head

Your Heart

And Please

With Both Hands! 

Peace!

Holy Sabbath Day Prayer and Blessing

Another six days' work is done

Another Sabbath is begun

Around our table take our seat

And to our Lord we sing a treat

Accept our sorrowing for sin

Accept our offering of  prayer

Accept our offering of praise

Accept our souls to You we raise

Again, Dear Lord, we meekly seek

Another blessing, another week

Always in worship, we with love

Before Your Throne, we here bow down

Heavenly Father, we, Your believing children, thank You for Your watch-care through the week that is now passed from time into eternity.

We thank You for our food, our shelter, our clothing, eyes that can still see The Book, ears that can still hear The Word through which our faith comes, hands, Lord, that can still do a good work for The Kingdom, and feet that are still able to go on missions of mercy.

Father, we ask You to shore up our reserves of strength for the battle still ahead. We beseech You to cement Your Holy Word deep into our hearts where only that two-edged sword wielded by Our Master can divide, and grant us Your continued Grace, and Sweet Peace.

We ask, Father, for the surrounding and protection of the Holy Angels, and the blessing of the sleep of the Just.

Hear and answer our prayer, in the matchless name of Jesus, and for His sake. Lord, we love You. AMEN.