CHRISTIANS PRAY: Just Because ... !

The Bird Does Not Sing

Because She Has Something To Say!

The Bird Sings

Because ... She Must!

I Do Not Pray

Just Because I Have A Request!

I Pray

Because ... I Must!

The Christian That I Call Myself

Has Prayer At His Disposal

To Use However He Must

But  ... The Christian 

Who Only Prays Because of

Problems and Things 

That Cause Fuss

Is A Christian Devoid

Of Jesus Christ's Faith

and

A Living Trust!

Pray for Power!

Pray For Faith!

Pray For Grace!

Pray Against Lust!

Pray When Happy!

Pray When Sad!

Pray Because Of The Hope

Found 

At End Of Personal Strength To Cope!

Jesus Christ Said:

 "Pray!"

"Pray Without Ceasing!"

Pray!

Pray!

Each and Every Day!

Pray 

As If Your Life Is On The Line!

Pray 

Because Your Father

Is Almighty God and Divine

Providing Power

and 

Pasture

Peace 

and 

Sweet Rest

Provision and Position

In The Mansions of The Blessed!

Comfort and Caring

Compassion ... Just Because

Our Lord and Dear Master

Our God Holds Dear

The Ransomed Who Was Once Lost!

Pray is Protection!

Pray is The Way!

Pray is The Air

That The Christian Needs

To Breathe 

All Through The Day

So ....

Don't Starve Your Self of Your Necessity!

Pray!

Breathe!

Pray!

Breathe!

and

Clear The Airways

The Air Waves

The Ear Ways

PRAY!

BREATHE! 

BREATHE!

Help From Heaven

IS

Always Just A Breath Of Prayer

AWAY!!

The Forever Word Of The Lord!

I Walked in  Pretty Meadow
Peaceful
Green
Serene ...

(Tap! Tap!)

Huh?!

You said: "... Serene!"

Well,  I Though it was Serene
Until a Cool Breeze Blew
And I Heard A Voice or
More Probably, Two, say:

"The Word Of The Lord!"

"Man Is As Grass!"

Come On!

Serious!

Okay, So You "Heard" a Couple Voices!
So, Who Were They?

That's Just It!! I Don't Know!
Anyway, I Continued Walking, Thinking My Mind Was Playing Tricks On Me When I Heard:

"Lasts Forever! "

I Paused ...

And Then I Heard:

" Withers and Dies! "

Okay ...

I Stopped to Listen But I Could See No One Soul About!
Then I Heard It Again ...  PLAINLY!!

Okay ...

I Refused To Go Any Further,  And That Is When I Heard It Plainly:

"The Word of The Lord 

Lasts Forever!"

And,  Then ...

"Man Is As Grass 

Which Withers and Dies!"

So, Who Said Those Words?

That's Just It!  I Still Don't Know!!
Anyway, I Finally Roused Moved, And I Returned Home.

That Evening, I Kept Hearing Those Words Being Constantly Repeated In My Mind.

Those Words Struck A Cord, and I Had To Search Them Out, And I Found Them In Isaiah Chapter 40!

I Read That Chapter, and I Thought On The Significance Of Those Words:

Man Is Minute!
God IS Mighty!
Man Will Pass Away
But God Has No Need Of A Nightie!

Grass Is Green!
Healthy It Seems
Until The Sun Blasts
And Bakes It Dry As Dried Beans!

Man Is As That Grass and
Cannot Do For Himself!
Deny Him The Water Of The Spirit, and
He Becomes Dry and Dead

BUT ...

If The Grass Has The Dew Of Refreshing
AND 
The Water Of The Word
For Cleansing And Washing
The Dirt Of The Sin Life Is Carried Away
AND 
The Hot Sun Of Chastisement Won't Cause The Lush Grass 
To Dry Off and Disappear!

The Word Of The Lord
Which Lasts Forever
Is Food For The Man
Who Alone Can Stand Never!

Man Must Set Aside Self!
All Alone He Ultimately Returns To Dust
BUT
Having Ingested and Expressed The Eternal Word
He Can Call Satan's Bluff
AND 
At The End
Be Made New
AND 
Not Be Made Into Added Fuel
In The Fire With The Devil and His Crew!

Trust

The Word 

of 

The Living God

and

The Living God

IS

Trustworthy

To Deliver Both Me and YOU!

Applied Grace!

I Follow Christ for Love -  Not Fear!
I Follow Christ in Hope -  Not Because of a Dare!
I Follow Christ
Because His Love for Me IS On Perpetual Display
And Not Because
It's The Fashion
Worn By Friends and Family on Special Days!

My Love For Christ Is Real
And Right 
And Is Revealing
My Answer Back
To Him Who Loves Me First!

I Feed On Him
Who Daily Tends and Feeds Me
Who - By My Life -
Had Dearly Cost Him His
After He Had Left His Home
My Sin -  and All Man's -  to Atone
So That We In The Fullness of Time
Could Face The Father 
In The Eternal Home!

I Love The Lord Christ
Today,  Tomorrow,  Forever
For I Have Proven Him 
Able, Honest and True!

His Mercies To Me
Are Daily and
Always Ever New
AND
By Faith
With Hope
Applied Grace 
AND
Constant, Constant Mercy
I Shall One Day
Receive The Blessing of 
The Refreshing Dew!

NO GROUP THINKS: Walking With God!

I Had a Good Think
And Birthed a Great Thought:

"As a Child of The Creator

Who By His Own Blood

Me Bought

Everlasting Life in Eternity

He Must Me Have Truly Sought

Else Why The Great Sacrifice?

Why The Pre-Creation Plan

To Save Me

To Bring Me

Into The Household of The Son Of Man?!"

We Are Not Nice!
Every Where Is Real Sin and Real Vice
And Forays Into Madness
Like Growing Human Ears on The Backs of Mice
Like Choosing To Elect to Leave Earth
Early
Under Man-made "Steam"
Over The Possibility of Nuclear Rain
After Oxygen Depletion
Before Universal Starvation
Through Greed Graft and Gross Gullibility
Not Considering That God IS In Control
And All Man's Actions Are Vain!

In Faithless Performance
We Give Lying Leaders of Men Top Props
Denigrating God To The Position
Of Creator Of Life's Flops
When God IS The Life-Giver
The God Who Provides Grain
Sun Moon and Stars and
The Infallible Indicators Called
Conscience
Sense
Commonsense
Faith, and
Pain
To Tell When We Are In A Wrong Not Right
Not Pleasant
Not Safe
Not Tasty
Perilous Even Deadly
Good Bad True
Loving Lying Healthy
Risky Satisfying State Place
BUT
We Are So Brilliant
So Knowledgeable
So Right and
So True
That We Give God Finger-Indicators
And Proceed To Make Life Rhyme With Shoe!

I Looked To God!
I Looked At Life and Science Leaders!
I Looked At "Faith" Leaders
AND
I Looked To God,  Again
AND
I Got Out The Scale
That Balance Called Truth
I Placed The One God and His Way On One Side
AND ... Then I
Placed All The Strata of Human Leadership 
Through The Ages Such As
The Scientific
The Economic
The Financial
The Religious,  and
The Political on
The Opposing Scale Pan!

The One God Got All The Glory
AND
All Man's Endeavors
Anointings 
Appointings 
Machinations and
Methodologies
Burst 
Into Gigantic Minute Flames
Consumed 
By Arrogance
Idiocy
Presumption, and
Plain Lies
Thus, Rightly Disclosing That

THE PURPOSES 

OF GOD 

CANNOT

BE DENIED!

We May Say Vile Words!
We May Herd Righteous Believers Like Sheep!
We May Even Extinguish Right
BUT 
Heaven's Light Can't Be Beat!

SO ...

I Made The Decision
To Walk In The Light Way
AND 
Come Hell Or High-water
I Am Going With God
All The Way
Home
On The King's Highway!

Game To Genesis! + PRAYER: Please Do Not Forsake Us, Lord!

I Acquired A New Word for My Vocabulary!
Its Medical
Technological
Biological
AND
Immoral
Unethical 
AND
Grossly Nonsensical!

Gametogenisis!
Pretentious Indeed
Providing Possibility
For A Child To Have
32 Daddies
To Change Its Single 
Itty Bitty Nappy!

It Also Provides For Same Sex Couples
To Have Children
Biologically Related To Parents Both
When We Know That That's Not How 
Almighty God Made Provision for 
Humanity's Prosperity and Growth!

Gametogenesis!
Game To Genesis!
Play The Game
AND
Get To A Beginning
FOR
You Don't Need The Living God
To Provide for You 
One Earthly Thing!

If, By Now, We Are Not Aware
That Mankind Is Doomed
We Are Existing In Brain Fog
Caused By Doing Magic Mushrooms!

Please Pray and Petition
For The Eternal God
Creator Of Heaven and Earth
To Make Haste and Hurry Up
And Tek Ba'k 'E Earth!

Man's Foolishness Knows No Bounds!
Respect For The Creator Is At An All-time Low
AND 
At The Rate That We Are Going
We Know Hell On Earth Is Putting On
A Spectacular Show
Save For The Fireworks
Preceding The Coming Of The Lord
Doing All That It Can
To Boost The Army Of The Fraud!

PRAYER:

Lord, Please Do Not Forsake Us!

Please, Come Soon and Take Us

Who Are To You Faithful

To The Great Reward!

Bless Us and Keep Us!

and

Cover Us and Protect Us

From Those Who 

- Vain In Their Deceits and Conceits -

Believe That They Can Will You 

Formally Totally Defeat!

Bless Us, Lord

Even As We Bless You With Unclean Lips

But With Hearts Set

To See and Be Like Christ

Our Only Open Door!

Come Soon, Lord!

In Jesus' Holy Name We Plead!

AMEN!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: The New Beginning!

I was In Distress and
I was a Royal Mess
So ... I Called On The Savior
And I Simply Confessed
To Walking In My Own Way
Ignoring The Signs
On The Path Of Destruction
On The Road Marked:

"My Life Is Mine!"


BUT ... Before THAT Moment

IT WAS LIKE THIS:

I Asked Myself ...


Why Should I Listen
To HIM
Whom My Eye Cannot See
When All Those Around Me
Were Happy and Hale
And Vainly Hearty!

The Voice Calling My Name
Wanted Me To Turn Around
To Walk On The Road Called "Denial!"
Where There Was No Bacchanal nor
Funny Fun Song Sounds!

I Liked Fun
And Funny
And Party
And Dance
And ... In A Pinch
I Wouldn't Have Minded A Little Trance
BUT ... NO!

He Said:

No!
You Must Not!
Know That's Not The Way
To The Land Of Redemption
Go Narrow!
Get Off The Broad Way!

I Hesitated ...

And He Said:


Narrow Is Rocky
Hilly
Tough and A Pain
BUT
Survive To The End
AND
There You Will Find Great Gain
BUT
If You Stay On Broad Way
Where All Is Bright Smooth
You'd Better Believe Me
Your Life You Will Lose
FOR
Broadway Has No Character
Upon Which To Build Good
For Broad Way Is Where
There Is No Saving Blood!
You Won't Your Spirit-Building Character
Exercise Or Good Feed
For Broad Way Is A Devil Horse
Noted For Deft Speed
To Perdition!

Yes!
Hellbent!
Twisted Out Of Good Shape
Re-Formed By The Master
Of Deception
The Great Devil
Old Satan The Liar
The Lease-Master Himself
Who Writes His Own Contracts
Always Only Benefiting Himself!

No Good Something For Something Else Good!
No Mutual Benefit!
No Assured Dividends!
Those Contracts from Satan
Have Only One Clear Marked Ending:

Death To The Promisor!
Death To The Promisee, Too!
Death To All Intended and Incidental Beneficiaries!

"Is That What You Really Want 
To Do and Be A Party To!?!"

I Still Hesitated
So ... He Gently Urged Me:

Walk With Me, My Dear Child!
Walk With Me In Truth!
Walk With Me - I AM Faithful!
Walk With Me for I AM Truth
Personified
Particular
Positive
Plain
Beginning and Ending
And Your Living In Me
Won't Ever Be In Vain!

Trust Me As Master!
Trust Me As Lord!
Trust Me To Carry You
Home To The Great Reward
Where All Who Are Faithful
To Me The Blessed Friend
Will Share All My Provisions
For All Eternity
With No End!

My Heart Leaped  
And It Was Then That I heard Him Say ...

Come Unto To Me

For 

I AM 

Your Savior

Protector

Provider

Redeemer

Loving Master

Gentle Shepherd

Almighty God

AND

Holy Lord!

AND ... That 
Is When I Arrived At ... The Beginning!

HAPPY SABBATH + The Real Jesus!

Jesus Christ 
Was Accused by His Own People
Who Refused His Blessing
AND
Abused and Misused Him
For They were Confused
By The Purpose Of His Earthly Mission!

His Abusers Hit Him 
AND

Spat on Him!

They Stripped Him of His Clothing
AND
They Whipped Him Without Compassion or Mercy!

Jesus Christ 
Viewed Them 
In Sorrow and Compassion
Not Hate - Never Hate -
For He Knew - That Without Him -
Their Fate Would Be The Same as
The Ingrate
The Liar
The Thief
The Murderer
The Arch Offender
Who  - Neither Loving Nor Tender -
Was Provoking Fallen Man
To Stand Grandly
AND
Grand-Stand
Against Heaven
AND
The Son Of Man
Who - Little Did They Know -
Was There Amongst Them
To Teach Them 
AND
To Show Them 
How To Make Peace

AND

To Be Reconciled
To Almighty God!

They'd Read The Prophets!
They'd Listened To The Priests!
The'd Heard The Words
BUT
They Didn't Understand In The Least
For They Wanted A Warrior
To Get Them Earthly Power
AND
Earthly Peace
AND
Provide For Them
The Ultimate In Roman Relief!

That Real Jesus 
WAS
The Real King 
The Real Redeemer
AND
The Real Christ
Who Brought The Real Blessing
AND
The  Real Sword
The True Word Of The Lord
To Teach The People
The Undefiled Way
BUT
Those Unbelieving
Instead They Did Say:

"Possessed of A Demon!"

"NO LOVE!"                 "Liar!"

"BEELZEBUB!"

     "NO LOVE!"           "Liar!"

            "SON OF GOD?! Really?!?"

       "Liar!"                  "NO LOVE"

                "NO LOVE!"    

"SABBATH-BREAKER!"                                                     "NO LOVE!" 

          "Liar!"           "BLASPHEMER!" 

"KILL HIM!"                 "Liar!"

"NO LOVE!"    "Liar!"    "NO LOVE!"

            "Liar!"

      "CRUCIFY HIM!"       "NO LOVE!"

"Liar!"     "NO LOVE"    "NO LOVE"

      "NO LOVE!"      "KILL HIM!" 

"Liar!"           "Liar!"            "Liar!"           "Liar!"            "NO LOVE!"

They Took Off Their Kid Gloves
AND
Using Roman Hammer
Roman Might
AND
Roman Spikes
Ushered 
The King Of Creation
Into Darkest Night!

BUT ...

The True Vine Was Not Ex-planted
AND
The Dead King Lives!

The Lion of Judah Roars
AND
The Son of David Reigns!

The Judgment Is Set
AND
The Lamb's Books Are All Open!

AND

For Real Life!
OR
For Real Death!
IS
The Decision 
Only Man Himself Can Make
No Matter The Manner
Of The Words Of The Fake!

THE SAVIOR

   

IS

STILL CALLING!

Will YOU His Offer Of Mercy Take?!

*******

The Lord Of Light

Made The Way 

Through The Darkness

To GIVE 

The Holy People

Eternal Life!

*******

The King Eternal 

IS 

RETURNING 

One Day!

NO MORE A HELPLESS BABY!

NO MORE BROKEN ON A CROSS!

THE KING TRIUMPHANT

IS

COMING 

GLORIOUSLY

VICTORIOUSLY

WITH 

ALL THE HOSTS OF HEAVEN

ON 

A HEAVENLY WHITE HORSE!!

*******

Are YOU Washed 

and 

Ready

So That For 

YOUR OWN SIN

YOU Won't Have The Bill To Pay?