HAPPY SABBATH + The Laodicean Spirit Is Real! + PRAYER: Father, We Ask A Blessing ...!

You Will Never Believe Who I Saw Today
With My Own Eyes
And
Heard Speaking ... With My Own Two Ears?!

Who Would That Be, Pray Tell?!

I Saw And I Heard 

An Honest To Goodness Laodicean Today!

You're Joking!

I'm Very Serious!

I Thought A Laodicean Was Just Like Them There Umicorms?!

Unicorn! You Mean Unicorn!

That's What I Said!

If You Say So!

How Could You See And Hear A Symbol Speak?!

That Man Was No Symbol!
He Even Uttered The Self Same Words
From Revelation 3!

You Don't Say!

I Do Say!

He Said, In Response To A Younger Minister
Who Had Requested Funding Assistance
From His Rich Ministry:

I'm Glad To Be 80 Year Old Man
With The Means To Do Anything I Want
Whenever I Want!

You Could See The Gloat Of The Goat All Over His Face!

The Younger Minister Looked Like
Almighty God Had Given Him
The Gold Keys To The Living Kingdom

And

He Was So Very Proud To Have Old Money Bags On His Team!

Mr. Big-Money Bags Was Proudly Pushing
The "I Have Need Of Nothing!"
"I Am Rich!"
"I Am Increased With Goods!" Narrative
And ... ObviouslyDid Not Realize
Or Refused To Acknowledge That
He Is Wretched Miserable
Poor Blind
And
Butt Naked!

He Ain't The Only One!

Word!

Probably Didn't Reach That Teaching Yet!

Or The One About The Camel Going Through The Eye Of A Needle
Before A Rich Man Can Get Into Almighty God's Heaven!

It's Sad That The People Of God
Foolishly Believe That Temporal Prosperity 

Is

Eternal Prosperity

And
That The Rich Church ... Complacent

Is 

Avidly Approved Of By Almighty God!

Sad Indeed!

I Guess They Don't Know The Part Of The Bible
Which Says:

Buy Of Almighty God ... Gold
Tried In The Fire!

Indeed! Imperishable Gold
Drawn From The Furnace Of Affliction!

Their Actions Say That They Feel That It Is Too Much Work!

They Like The Golf And Country Club Life

Because

Self-Denial To Them Is Hard-Line Strife
Surgery - No Anesthetic -
With A Hot Knife!

It's A Pity That They Don't Realize That

All That Money Can Do Is Buy Things And Toys

And

All Power Is From The Great God Who Never Changes!

They Need To Trust The Living God

And 

Stop Trusting In Fallen Men

With Loads Of Testifying Money!

Testifying Money!?!

Oh, Yes!

They Question Will Be Asked

And Must Be Answered

As Regards What They Have Done To Bless

The Lord Christ!

Know The Truth ...

A Blessing Unused For Almighty God

Ain't Nothing But A Curse!

A Cursed Soul Repentant

And
Turned Over To The Eternal God
To Be Used Of The Omnipotent God
Is 

Twice Blessed!

Do The Math!

Yes, Indeed, Brethren!

We Need To Do The Math And Check Our Calculations

And
Stop Being Sinfully Presumptuous

And
Refrain From Putting The Living God To The Test!

Indeed!

What We Really Need To Do

Is

Test The Spirits!

PRAYER:

Father, Most Holy

Good, Kind And True

We, Your Believing Children

Come, Blessed

Ever Waiting To Hear The Good Word

The Words Of Life

From You!

Father,

We Ask A Blessing!

Please, Help Us

Because In You We Do Trust!

Help Us To Not Follow The World

And

In Things

Not Find Our Soul's Delight!

Lead Us, Lord!
You Are Our Father!

Guide Us, Lord!

You Are Our Shepherd Every Day!

Chide Us, Lord!

You Are Our School Master!

Bless Us, Lord!

You Are Our God Almighty

And

It Is Your Will

That We Seek To Do 

Every Moment Of Every Day!

Help Us Not To Turn Away To Folly!

Help Us Not To Run With The Bold Sinful Crowd!

Help Us, In Your Presence, To Be Still

Knowing That You Are The God Of All Grace

Because

We Love You

And

It Is Our Heart's Desire

In Peace

To Behold Your Radiant Face!

We Plead, Lord

For Strength For Our Journeyings

Courage For The Narrow Way

On Which We Choose To Walk

Grace And Faith For The Day

And

Ever Increasing Love

For The Lord Jesus Christ

In Whose Holy Name

We Humbly, Humbly, Pray

And

Ask These Few Petitions!

Come Soon, Lord!

AMEN.