Thursday, July 5, 2018

Influence: Blessing And Cursing + PRAYER: Lord, Lift Us Up!






... No Matter How Dull Of Hearing
How Tone Deaf You Become
You Will Hear 
The Still Small Voice Of Almighty God Calling!
There Is No Place From It
That You May Run!

You ... By Personal Choice
- Exercising Free Will -
May The Entreaty Of The Holy Spirit
Boldly Refuse
BUT
There Is No Way That You May
Unchallenged
Say:

I Did Not Get The Intent

Because The Words Partially Heard

Left My Spirit
Just A Mite Confused!


You May Abuse Your Own Soul
AND
Aggravate Your Own Spirit
BUT
The Only Way The Holy Spirit Of Truth
Will Not Your Name Call
Is

If You Grieve Away That Great Spirit
By Plain Words
Clear Actions
Bold Blaspheming
AND
On The Great Liar
Avidly Leaning!

To Trust Satan
Is
To Doubt Aka Disbelieve
Distrust
The Creator!
This Is Dangerous Territory
AND
He Who Causes A Brother To Fall
Will Have To Give The Accounting
Unto The Vengeful Judge!

Simply Put ...

Faith Is For Those Who Choose
To Hope In The Merits
Of
The Lord Christ!

Doubt Is ... For Those Who Choose 
Not To Give Credence
To The Hope Of Belief
In The Lord Christ

AND
It Must Be Recognised That
Both Are Ably
Energetically
Assuredly Propelled
By Their Companions Of Influence
Who Either Laud Or Denigrate
The Power Of The Living Holy God Who Is
- Even Now -
In This Earth's Late Hour
Still In The Eternal Life Gift-Giving Business
AND
Offering Free-To-All Grace
Readily-Available Mercy
Sure-And-Assured Salvation
Relief From Sinning
AND
The Cold Grave's Permanent Release!

The Power Of Influence ...

Influence Matters!
Be It Good Or Bad
Influence Has The Power
To Cause One To Do Good
Walk Holy
AND
To Choose Life
OR
To Imbibe Evil
Consume Despair
Spin One's Wheels
In The Tortured Sea Of Churning Doubt
AND
Lie Upon A Bed Of Why-Bother Lettuce
Covered In A Cheap There-Is-No-God Vinaigrette
Served By The Damned Hand Of Satan
The Fraud
The Wannabe God!

Doubt Is Addicting!

Likewise Is Hope!

Belief Is Addicting!

So Is Despair!
So Is Ungodly Fear!
So Is The Call:


Let Us Almighty God Willfully Disobey!

Sooo ... We Have A Great Problem!

No, We Don't!
We Have A Great God
Who Has Already Defeated The Adversary
AND
Who Has Already Made Provision
For Those Who Choose
To Trust And Obey The Lord Christ
AND
To Look Up To The Holy Hill
- The Mount Of Our God -
The Unshakeable Mount Zion
AND
Not At The Lost Cause That Is The Flesh Pots
The Pleasure Palaces Of
The Condemned Valley Of
Modern-Day Sodom And Gomorrah!

I Like How You Align That
For One Simple Reason:

A Hill
A Mount
Must Be By Choice
- By Willing Effort -
Climbed
But The Valleys
The Flat Plains
Have No Such Requirement!

Walk Your Walk
And You'll Arrive At A Destination
Just Fine And On Time!

Indeed!
Note You Said At "A" Destination
Which Is Not Necessarily "The" Destination
You Will Have Chosen!

If You Just Continue ... 


  • Doing You
  • Doing Business As Usual
  • Ignoring The Fact That Salvation Requires Personal Change
  • Depending On Carnal Eyes
AND
  • Slavishly Following Sinful Self
AND 

  • Committedly Imbibing The Unprofitable Traditions Of Fallen Man

It Only Serves To Condemn One's Self
To Never Touching
The High Holy Eternal Loving Giving
Blessing Savior's Helpful
Healing Hand!

Brother,
That Is A Thought That My Heart Cannot Stand!
I Am Following My Jesus
The Son Of God
The Savior Of Man
Because It Is My Soul's Desire
To Live Forever With Him
In The Heavenly Land!

Brother,
Let Me Shake Your Hand!

We Are Following The Lord Jesus All The Way Home!

That, Brethren Beloved
Is
The Best Plan!


PRAYER:

Heavenly Father,
Hear This Our Prayer!
Bless Us, We Beseech You
To Use Our Influence
To Gain Friends For Christ Jesus
And
By Your Holy Spirit's Moving
Residents For The Courts Above!

Help Us To Be True
To Be Faithful
To Be Kind
And
Help Us Not To Cause Others
To Choose Not To Walk
On The Straight And Narrow Path
Because Our Influence
Is
Not Of The Kingdom Holy
Not Of The Realm
Of
The God Gracious And Divine!

Teach Us Your Ways
And
Help Us To Daily Walk In Them
And
Bless Us To Lift Up Jesus Christ
So That Others May See
That He Is The Truth
The Light
And
The Only Way To Eternal Life!

Lift Us Up, Father
So That We May Lift Up Others
Is Our Heart's Plea
Even As We Ask These Few Mercies
In Jesus Christ's Holy Name!
AMEN.






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