Showing posts with label True Worship. Show all posts
Showing posts with label True Worship. Show all posts

Thursday, June 17, 2021

PRAYER: Pity Us This Day, Dear Lord!









PRAYER:

Please Help Us To Remember, Dear Father
That 
You Are Our Shepherd
Our Refuge And Strength
And That
When We Dwell In The Secret Place Of
The Most High
It Is Under  The Truth That We Safely Abide! 

We Love And Trust You
And
Even Though We May Not Be Always Able 
Your Hand Of Love To Trace
We Are Able To Rest In Peaceful Confidence 
Because
Faith For The Day Is Present 
Which, Trustingly Used, We Can Never Disgrace! 

Oh, How We Seek You
Who Is Ever Able To Be Found 
When We Diligently Seek After You 
In Whose Presence Is Holy Ground! 

Father, 
The Idolaters Are Raging
And
The People Are Imagining Vain Things
So Please Help Us 
Who Are Totally Committed
To The Cause Of Jesus Christ 
Not To Be Lured
By The Known Demonic Device! 

The Heavens Declare Your Glory
And
The Earth Shows Your Handiwork
So Please Help Us Ever To Your Side To Flee 
As We Sit, Stand, Recline, And Kneel
And
For Our Safe Arrival 
On The Great And Glorious Day To Plead! 

You Heal And Don't Hurt! 
You Save And You Seal! 
You Touch And You Teach 
And So With Faith First
It Is For Your Holy Hand That
We Humbly Reach! 

Please Grant Saving Grace
And
Available Mercy Free
And
Please Bless Us With All Blessing 
As In Total Obedience
We Gratefully, Thankfully
Serve And Worship Thee! 

Please Pity Us This Day
For It Is In Jesus Christ's Holy Name That
We, As Beggars, Pray
And
With Blessed Confidence
Earnestly, Untiringly, Plead! 
AMEN!!!






Saturday, April 10, 2021

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: PRAYER: Looking Beyond My Brethren's Faults!







PRAYER:

Lord,
I Love You
And
I Come In Working Faith, Nothing Wavering
Knowing That You Will Never Turn Me Away Empty-Handed!
I Praise You And Worship And Adore You!

In Your Loving And Holy Presence
I Take Myself To Task Today
And
Humbly, Gratefully, Remind Myself That
You, By Grace And Mercy Free
Looked Beyond My Faults
And
Saw My Needs
And
Have Done All That Is Possible
To Make The Way Plain For Me To Escape Self
And
Depart From Sin
And
Walk Safely Into Salvation!

I Give Unto You Heartfelt Thanks And Praise
And
Ask You To Help Me, In Christian Charity
In Christ-Like Love
To Daily Deal Likewise With My Brethren
As I  ... By Right ... Desire To Enter That Special Gate
In The Glorious Kingdom Above
For The Character-Flaw Of Which
I Shall Be Known An Overcomer!

Please Help Me To Take To Heart
The Lesson You Taught Which States That
Peace-Makers Are Blessed
And
Are Called The Children Of God!

Please Help Me, Dear Father
To Remember Whose I Am
And
The Prize For Which I Am Striving
And
Bless Me To Keep Jesus Christ In My Heart
Zion In My Eyesight
And
A Civil Word On My Tongue
As The Holy Angels Influence Me
To Do What Is Good And Right
While The Holy Spirit Leads Me Into All Truth
And
Gently Corrects Me
When I Stray From The Straight And Narrow Way
To Everlasting Life!

Please Help Me To Bear Good Fruit Unto Righteousness
In Jesus Christ's Holy Name
I Humbly Pray And In Need Plead!
Please Come For Us Soon!
AMEN! 




Thursday, April 8, 2021

Happy, Helped And Hopeful!







Happy ... Helped ... Hopeful: 
This Is The Living Legacy Of 
Almighty God's Love Toward Us Collectively 
And 
Personally Individually! 

Beloved, 

We Who Love The Lord Christ 
And 
Choose To Truly Worship Him By Our Willing Obedience 
Are Blessed Over 
And 
Above Those Who Know Not The Lord! 

Our Happiness 
Is 
From The Lord Of Life! 

Our Help 
Is 
From Him Who Is Our Shepherd, Refuge And Strength
Our Very Present Help 
In Our Times Of Sure-To-Come Trouble! 

Our Hope 
Is 
In Our Savior, Redeemer, Forever Faithful Friend 
Who Knows Our Names, Present And Future
 And
Remembers Our Frame:
He Does Not Forget That We Are Dust! 

In Jesus Christ, We Live And Breathe: 
Without The Breath Of Life From Him
We Most Assuredly Die! 

He Is Real ...

Our Lord's Hands, Feet, Ears And Mouth 
Are Fully Functioning 
And 
I Beseech Us All To Remember That 
With His Hands, He Made Us! 

With His Mouth 
He Called All That We Behold Into Being! 

With His Ears 
He Hears Our Prayers
And 
On Determined Feet He Walked To Calvary 
To Restore Us Who Are Obedient Sheep! 

Trust The Living Word Of Truth ...

Be Happy In Jesus 
The Only One Whose Help Gives Us A Myriad Reasons 
To Have Abundant Hope In The God Who Gives And Forgives
Feeds And Frees
Succors And Sanctifies
And 
Breaks Bounds 
And
Bountifully Blesses The Brave Believer 
Bound For Beautiful Beulah Land! 

Be Joyful In Jesus Christ The King Of Love:
In Him Is Our Perfect Peace!





Friday, October 12, 2018

HAPPY SABBATH: Stay On Topic, People Of The Living God! + PRAYER: Bless Us To Do Right, Lord!




Blessings Reward Obedience!
Judgments Follow Transgression!
Herein, Brethren
Is The Outcome For The Christian One
And 
For He Who Holds The Hypocrite's Position
Never Winning The Race
Always Being In Position No. 2!

Fact:There Are No Hypocrites In Heaven!
There Are No Silver Medalists!
There Is No One Called Also-Ran
And
In Hell There Is No Air-Conditioner
Nor Personal Cooling Fans!

You Say You Are Running The Race For The Win
So
Run With Commitment
And
Stop Playing With Pet Sin!

Stop Taking Your Pet-Sin To Snuggle With You In Bed!
Stop Putting Cute Costumes On Your Pet-Sin
So That Can Say
"This Ain't No Sin: I Should Know!"

Stop Taking Your Pet-Sin To Work
On Bring Your Pet To Work Day
And
Stop Arranging Pet-Sin Play-Dates
As Though You Don't Know Sin's Final Fate!

Do You Remember The Pet Rock Craze!?!

We Sure Do!

Pray Tell Me
What Did That Do For You!?!

Everybody Who Was Anybody Had A Pet Rock
So I Got Me A Pet Rock, Too!

What About You, Peter!?!

It Was A Rock!
I Had Many In My Yard
So I Saw No Good Reason
To Purchase Pure Folly
With The Money I Work For So Hard!

Maaaan, You Were So Square!
You Probably Used To Call Ice Hard Water!

I Did!
... And It Is!

Let Me Guess, Adrian
You Bought Canned Dehydrated Water
And ...

... Unicorn Meat!

Stay On Topic, People!
As Christians
We Must Keep Our Appetites And Lusts
In Control
And
We Must Accept That
The Only Way To Salvation
Is 
Through The Lord Christ
And
We Must Stop Allowing Ourselves To Be Diverted
By Trivialities Aka The Demonic Device!

Come On!
People Just Want To Have A Little Fun!

So, Let Me Ask You:
Which Part Of Willfully Playing With Known Sin
Would You Call "Having A Little Fun!?!"

Which Part Of "Depart From Me, Ye Workers Of Iniquity!" 
Sounds Like "Fun" To Any Of You!?!

Which Part Of Your Standing Outside Of
The Gates Of New Jerusalem
Decrepit In Body
And 
Damned Just Like Satan
For All Eternity
- By Your Own Willing Personal Choice -
And 
Seeing The Glorified Immortalized Youthful Saints Of The Lord Christ
Happy And Blessed
And
Gowned And Crowned
And 
Forever Saved And Safe Inside
Would You Call "Having A Little Fun!?!

Brethren,The Time For Fun And Games Is Over!
The Prophetic Clock ... Always Correct
And 
Always To Time
Is Smartly Chugging Along!
One Nation Wants All Its People To Worship The Sun!
The Same Nation Says You Do Not Have 
Exclusive Right To Your Own Body!
Sunday Laws Are Being Passed Amongst The Nations!
Creation Is Groaning!
Religion Is Being State Sponsored!
The Church Dictating To The State Is Being Heralded!
The Animals Are Being Withdrawn As Prophesied!
Calamities Are Increasing In Frequency And Magnitude!
Men's Hearts Are Grown Cold ...!
 
... Men's Hearts Are Failing Them For Fear Of
The Things Which Are To Befall Mankind ...!

... The Nations Are Angry!

Brethren,Salvation Is Available ... And Free!
Mercy Is Available ... And Free!
Grace Is Free And Available ... And Sufficient!

Jesus Christ's Faith Is ...

... The Gift That Takes A Licking
And Still Stands Firm ...!

We Need That Faith
That Can Take Disappointment
Deprivation
Delay
That Is Not Swayed By The Wily Foe
That Looks Up To The Lord Jesus Christ
That Is Comforted By The Holy Spirit
That Is Protected By The Holy Angels
And
Patiently Enduring Holds To Almighty God's Unchanging Hands
Knowing
Believing 
That The Great Day Will Arrive
When He That Promised Will Come
And
Shall Not Be Silent!

When You Put It Like That
We Really Need The Lord Jesus!

PRAYER:

Father Of The Faithful,
Sovereign Lord Of The Universe
We, Your Believing Children
Seek Your Favor
To Help Us To Get Out From Under Sin's Curse!

Loving Father,
King And True
Grant Unto Us The Portion Of Daily Faith
Sufficient For The Day
Promised To All Who Will To Believe
To Love
To Trust
To Honor
To Worship
And
To Obey
The Word Made Flesh
Who Dwelt Among Us!

Oh, Father,
Please Grant Us Your Free-To-All Grace!
Please Help Us To Stand Firm
To Accept The Word Of Truth
From Whomever Will Deliver It
And
To Deny The Liar
Whether He Be Dressed As Priest
Prophet Pope Prince Preacher
Pastor Parent President
Or Dear Friend!

Oh, Lord,
The Days Are Getting Darker!
The Foe Seems Oh, So Strong
But We
Who Trust And Love Our Lord
Stand On The Promise
That The Great Day Of Small
 Things
Will Be Here E'er Long!
Please Help Us To Hold On!

Please Bless Us To Do Right
To Live Right
To Tell The Old Story
To Ever Speak The Truth
And
Hold High The Converted-To-Christ
Christian Banner
And
To Encourage The Young And The Old
And
The Hurting Youth!

Thank You For The Grace!
Thank You For Ever-Increasing Faith!
Thank You For Our Forgiveness!
Thank You For The Certain Hope
And
Thank You For The Most Gift Of The Lord Jesus
By Whose Willing Sacrifice
Unto Your Holy Throne
We May Humbly Approach!

Please Grant Us These Few Petitions
For 
We Ask In Faith
Nothing Wavering
And
In The Holy Name Of The Beloved
Our Lord And Savior
Jesus Christ!

We Love You, Lord!
Please Come Soon!
AMEN.






Sunday, February 11, 2018

The Prayer-Hearing God Answers ... Prayers!

I Serve A Prayer-Hearing
Prayer-Answering God!
I Praise The All-Seeing
All-Knowing
Ever-Present God
- Not That Known Fraud!

I Honor The Mighty God
The Creator Of Heaven And Earth
The Sovereign King
And
I Present Myself Before Him
Because He Is My Everything!


I Love You, Lord
For You Are True!
You Say As You Will
And
You Do That Which Is Right And Best
For Mankind
Be He Faithful Unfaithful
Good Evil
Kind Unkind
Believer Or Doubter
Or Faithless And Clueless, Too!

I Bow Before You In Worship, Lord!
I Sing Your Power As Praise!
I Bless You For You Are The Holy God
And
I Accept Your Blessing On My Life
Giving Me Length Of Days!


How Can I Despise Your Great Salvation?
How Can I Deny Your Great Grace?
How Can I Reject Your Unfailing Mercy
And Still Call Myself A Believer
And Not End Up In Damnation's Conflagratory Blaze?

Lord,
By Your Word
I Will Answer My Own Questions:

I Can't Despise Your Bounty And Be Blessed!
I Can't Despise Your Grace And Get Gifts!
I Can't Despise The Merciful Power
By Whose  Breath I Live
And, So
Dear Lord
Thou Blessing Faithful God

I Take My Stand With The Righteous
And I Shall Mourn And Cry
For The Abominations In The Land!

I Shall Bow My Head
Break My Stony Heart
Bend My Knee
Wash My Sick Of Sin Eyes
Permit My Ears To Be Unstopped
And
Shop In Heaven's Storehouse
For A New Man Like Unto My Lord Christ
And
Call For And Accept The Leading
The Direction
The Correction
The Teaching Of
Your Holy Spirit
And
Accept The Influence And Protection Of Your Holy Angels
And
I Shall Worship
Pray
Plead
Petition
Praise
And
Place My All On The Altar Of Sacrifice
AND
I Shall Declare:

The Lord Is My Shepherd!
I Have Everything That I Need!
The Lord Is My Rock!
My Soul Is Anchored!
Faith Is My Steed!
The Lord Is My Strong Tower!
The Stone I Stand On Cannot Fall!
The Lord Is My Shield
That That Satan Cannot To Me Pass Beyond!
I Shall Not Live On The I-Feels!

Lord,
I Come!
Clean Me!
Make Me To You As One Holy!
Render Me As One Undefiled!

Bless Me, I Beseech You!
To You, My Stubborn Will I Humbly Give!
To You, My Way I Surrender!
To You, My Life I Give!

Oh, Lord
Your Word Is My Light!
You Are My Salvation!
You Are Food, Shelter, Rest!
You Are Peace, Comfort!
I Am The One Blessed!

Jesus Christ Is My Captain
My Ship
My Sea
My Wind
My Current
My Eyes That The Real World I May See!

Mold Me, Lord
Break Me
Make Me After Your Sovereign Will
For
I, Here, Now, Am Waiting
Father,
I Yield!
In Your Presence
I Am Still!

I Love You, Lord
And
You Are My Portion
For 
You Loved Me First
And So
I Ask All My Blessings
And Give Utterance To All My Prayers
And My Praise
In Jesus Christ's Holy Name!
AMEN.




Friday, February 10, 2017

HAPPY SABBATH + PRAYER: A Hope To Hold!










Father,
I Truly Love Your Artistry
Displayed In The Amazing
Simply Awesome
Soul-Stirring
Works Of Your Hand!

I Remember
Even As A Child
Gazing Upward
And Seeing A Cloud Drawing
And Becoming Hopelessly
Awestruck And Inspired
And Calling Out To All:

Did You See What I Just Saw!

I Saw Over There An Elephant
Over Yonder A Floppy-Eared Puppy Dog
To My Right A Racing Dragon
Dead Ahead A Shoal Of Fishes Floating
And
Even To My Then Child's Mind
Child-Sized Angels Floating, Floating!
Father!
You Do Thrilling Work
And I Am Blessed!

But, Then, Lord
I Grew Up
And Stopped Looking Up
And Started Looking In
And Gazing Instead
Around And Down
And Became So Obsessively Consumed
With Man's Vain Work
And
Striving For Daily Bread
That I Practically Forgot
That Life Is Not All Work!
I Forgot To Commune!
I Forgot To Stop And Just Breathe!
I Forgot To Sincerely Worship!

I Just Did That With Which I Was Pleased!
Forgive Me!

Life Changed ... Again
And, Then
I Finally Realized That
You Did Not Stop Painting
Drawing Or Coloring!
It Was I Who Stopped Gazing
And
In A Starkly Clear Awareness
A Benevolent Act Of The Will
I Could Again See
And
I Again Started Looking Up To The Sky
Blue 
Grey
Cloudy
Stormy
Starry
Cloudless
And Also Looking 
- Even If Only At Second-Hand Pictures -
And Enjoying Again
The Bounty From The Hand Of The Master
The Creator Of All
The Sustainer Of All
Who
For My Personal Upliftment
Paints Pastoral Scenes
Sea Scapes
Mountain Ranges
Raging Storms
Windswept Plains
Portraits Of
A Child New Born
A Rugged Face Of A Weary Worker
A Gnarled Old Hand
A Warm Embrace
A Dewey Eye
A Racing Tear
A Smiling Face
A Serene Display
Not Every Picture In The Distance
Some ... Up Close
Some Pictures ... A Scent
A Noise
A Touch
A Hope
From Love ... Everlasting
My Blessed Hope
A Hope To Have
To Hold
From This Day Onward
Until I Shall Die
Or
You Shall Come
And, Then
For All Eternity
My Hope Realized
With My Own Eyes ... To Behold!

Thank You, Father!
Your Gift To Me
It Does Not Float
For It Is Anchored
In My Heart ... So Solidly
That I Look Up
And I See The Distant Shore
Just Within Sight
So Far ... Yet So Near!

I Can See The Lightning!
I Can Hear And Feel The Thunder!
I Can Hear The Trumpet!
I Can Hear ... I Can Hear ...!
My Lord ... Is Oh, So, Near ...!
That Which Is Now Distant
Is Coming For Me ... Right Here!

Thank You For The Works Of Heart
For Through Them
I Know That I Have Nothing
From This Life To Fear
Because ... Because
My Father Is Still Sitting Upon His Throne
Sending Me Messages
Holding My Hand
Telling Me Clearly
That He Is Still In Command!

I Love You, Lord!
Please Come Soon!
AMEN.





Sunday, October 9, 2016

Put God First!

Honor! Love!
Trust! Worship!
AND
Obey!
Mark The Way To Walk In Fellowship
If We Say God Is Our Lord
When We Pray!

If We Love God
We Will His Commandments Keep!
If We Trust God
We Will Walk In His Ways
No Matter The Way Steep!
If We Honor God
We'll Give
The First Fruits Of Our Increase 
To Help Further The Work Of The Kingdom To Come
AND
If We Worship God
It Will Be With More Than Just Our Tongues
Which In Our Mouths Live!

When We Obey God
God Repays Us
- As Only The Holy God Will Do -
With Treasures Of Peace And Rest Here
AND
Unimaginable Treasures
In The Blessed Kingdom Fair
It Is Promised That We Will Share!
We Will Have No Reason
To Doubt The Payment Of Rewards
For All Will Reap Of His Own Labor
Including The Wicked Fraud!

Honor! Love!
Trust! Worship!
AND
Obey!
Are Not Highminded Concepts
Like Those With Which
The Illuminated Intelligentsia Plays!
These Concepts
These Ideals
Are The Currency Of The Kingdom Not Made With Hands
AND
Are Eternal
Just Like The Godhead
Grand!

Talk Is Cheap!
It Requires No Sweat!
Lying Is Expensive
AND
Gets Us Caught
In Satan's Net Wide And Deep 
BUT
If We Call
The Father
The Son
AND
The Holy Spirit
Almighty God
We Will Do These First Works
To Claim The Reward
Payable At The Coming Of Him Who
Will Claim His Peculiar Treasure
At The Sounding Of The Trumpet Of the Holy God!

Add Endurance
To The Ideals
In The Trial Of Our Faith
For With The Grace Of God
Mercy Shows Its Lovely Face
AND
God's Great Love
Being Ever In Place
We Will Have Nothing To Fear
When God's Justice
Is Executed Against The Wilful Wicked
AND
The Unbelieving
For Whom In Glorious Heaven
There Is No Prepared Place!

Why Would You Choose To Die?

Believe In The Lord Christ
AND
Live!

Keep God's Commandments!
Setting Aside The Lusts Of Carnality
AND
Fear God
Which Together
Is The Whole Duty
Of Humanity!



Keep A Song In Your Heart
And
In Jesus Christ
Be Strong
As You Go On God's Errands!

*********

A Glorious Home In Heaven Awaits!