VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: The Giving Hand Is Never Empty!

I Don't Know About You

But 

I Consider My Day To Be Just Perfect 

When I Receive Extras:

A Pregnant Plantain! 

A Bag Full Of Coupled-Up Cherries 

And 

A Gift Of Goodies That I Would Normally Buy 

But

The Good Lord Supplied 

By The Willing-To-Share Hands Of 

Friends And Family! 

Beloved, 

Are You A Practicing Grateful Person!?! 

Are You Thankful For The Lil' Treats That 

Our Dear Lord Provides To Us Each Day 

Or

Are You Embracing The Ungrateful Heart Of 

The Unreasonable Soul Who Looks For Trouble 

But

Not Blessings!?! 

Never Forget Aka Always Remember That 

Our Attitude Determines Our Altitude! 

The Lord Gives New Mercies, New Blessings, Every Day 

But

Many Of The Visible Ones We Will Never Get To Enjoy 

Because 

We Do Not Choose To Appreciate That 

Little Is Much When God Is In It! 

The Thankful Heart 

Is 

Always Filled 

And

The Giving Hand 

Is 

Never Empty! 

All Of Our Great God's Gifts Are Good, Very Good

But, Alas

We See What We Look For 

And

We Get As We Give! 

I Challenge You To Choose To Be Thankful 

Because 

You Are Blessed To Bless To Be Blessed! 

Pray To Our Father! 

Expect A Blessing! 

Look Up To The Hills! 

Reach Out To The Brethren! 

In-Gather God's Good Gifts! 

Share Your Blessing

And 

Faithfully Repeat! 

The Lord In Zion Reigns

And

He Forgets Not His Own! 

Peace! 

HAPPY SABBATH + FREEDOM IN CHRIST JESUS: How Are You Using Your Gift!?!

Free! 

Freedom! 

Freely! 

Free-Will! 

Good Words! 

Costly Words! 

Bottom Line, Beloved, 

Free Ain't Cheap! 

For Us Free People 

To Have The Freedom 

To Exercise Our Free-Will 

To Live Freely

It Cost Jesus Christ His Blood 

To Purchase Our Freedom! 

The Glorious  Innocent 

Paid For The Cast-Out Guilty! 

Let's Ask Ourselves The Hard Question: 

"Am I Wasting My Freedom ... So Dearly Purchased 

To Live Like A Trussed-Up Aka Hog-Tied Slave To Sin 

Because I Do Not Recognize The True Value Of

The Great Salvation Acquired For Me Personally!?!" 

The Expression 

"There Is None So Blind 

As He Who Will Not See ... The Truth!"

Is 

Of Great Relevance To Us 

Who Call Jesus Christ, Lord And God!

We All Love To Receive Gifts

But

Who Determines The Value Of The Gift Given 

The Value Of The Gift Received!?! 

Is The Value Of The Gift Received 

Diminished Or Elevated 

Based Upon The Receiver's Attitude

Be It Bad Or Good!?! 

Our Father  ... Who Is In Heaven

Required The Perfect Sacrifice Of Innocent Blood 

To Pay The Full Price For Our Awful Sin: 

Jesus Christ The Righteous Willingly Paid It All! 

You Are Personally Given A Receipt For Sin Marked 

"PAID IN FULL!" 

To Some People Among Us

The Paid Receipt 

Is 

Just A Beautifully Engraved Card 

Artistically, Tastefully, Stamped With Real Red Ink! 

To The Saints Of God And Christ

It Is The Title Deed To Eternity 

Sealed With Living Blood! 

What Is It To You!?! 

Do You Even Care!?! 

Think About It ... 

Peace With The Omnipotent God Is Free! 

Peace With The Omniscient God Is Freeing

And

No Surprise At All

Peace With The Omnipresent God Is Freedom! 

Blessings Be Upon You:

Freedom In Christ Jesus Is Forever! 

The Shed Blood Of Jesus Christ

Is

The Love Of Almighty God!

Praying Raises You Up To Almighty God!

Pray ... Without Ceasing 

Aka Boldly Bombard The Throne Of Grace 

With Pleas For Loving Favor For Yourself 

And

For Others 

And 

Always Remember To Give Thanks! 

Beloved, 

You, Me, We Have An Open Invitation 

To Approach The King

Our God Holy

Our Creator Forever Blessed

To Ask For Blessings 

Any Second, Minute, Hour, Day, Week, Month, And Year 

No Middle-Men ... No Intermediary ... Required! 

Do You Trust The Lord!?! 

Do You Believe The Invitation!?! 

Do You Believe The Promises!?!

 

Are You, By The Gift Of Faith, Willing To Step Up

Step Out

And 

Show Your Trust In Your Lord!?! 

Faith ... Without Work ... Without Exercise

Is 

DOA Aka Dead On Arrival! 

Think! 

Praying Raises You Up To Almighty God! 

The Lord Christ Lovingly Asks Us 

To Show Our Unwavering Trust In Him 

By Choosing To Be An "Annoying Child" 

So That He May Say ... At The Appointed Time

Apple Of My Eye

Here Is Your Heart's Desire Now, Today

When You Are Truly Ready

To Step Up A Little Higher! 

By Making My Will For Your Life

Your Heart's Sole Desire

You Are Walking Right In Holy Light

And

Growing Up In My Grace 

And

You Are Being Blessed

To Also Bless Others!

Pray, Dear Ones! 

Align Your Desires With The Known Will Of Almighty God 

As Written In The Living Word

And 

Walk Wisely, Confidently, Into The Beautiful City 

At The Time Of His Appointing! 

Remember, Remember

Don't Ever Forget ...

The Ways Of Our Beautiful Savior Are Perfect!

Peace!

Manipulators Abound!

If You've Ever Had To Endure 

The "Tender Mercies" Of A Manipulative Parent

Husband, Wife

Child, Brother, Sister, Employer

Or Like Jesus Christ

A Creature Aka Lucifer 

And 

A Bosom Friend Aka Judas Iscariot 

You Are In Good Company! 

Beloved, 

Manipulators Abound Left And Right 

Behind And Before

Above And Beneath! 

Being Poor Doesn't Stop Them 

And 

Being Rich Doesn't Gentle Them!

Those Who Seek To Manipulate You Will Always Say 

It Was For Your Own Good

Or They Had To Do It To Open Your Eyes

Or They Did It 

Because 

(Be Still My Beating Heart!)

They Love You! 

Get Real Already! 

Love Does Not Cause Fear, Pain

Distress And Death! 

Manipulators ... By Definition And Declaration

Are Agents Of That Eternally-Damned Satan 

And

They Take Perverse Pleasure In Hurting People 

So That They May Feel Good About 

Their God-Denying, Miserable, Selves!

Lucifer ... Through Greed And Covetousness

And 

With Concentrated Lies

Caused The Fall Of One-Third Of The Angels

Caused Adam And Eve To Sin

Caused Cain To Kill Abel

And

Caused The World-Wide Flood

The Egyptian Bondage

The Death Of Our Dear Jesus

And 

The "Impossible To Happen" Misery That 

You Have Endured 

And 

Are Likely Now Enduring! 

Please Don't Mock Almighty God 

And

Please Don't Join The Enemy 

To Do Satan's Dirty Work! 

Payback Is A Female Dog 

And

"Why Me!?!" 

Is 

A Broken Record! 

Go Around Comes Around! 

Live For The Lord Of Life

And

Not For The Death-Dealing God-Fraud! 

Peace!

SAFE Aka Safely Abiding In The Father's Establishment!

Safe At Home! 

What A Wonderful Expression! 

What A Heart-Felt Need! 

Are You Safe At Home!?! 

Are You Feeling The Need!?! 

Alas, Beloved, There Is Safe 

And 

Then There Is SAFE

Aka Securely Abiding In The Father's Establishment! 

This World Is Not Our Home 

So Safe In The Spiritual Sense Tells Us Clearly That 

We Should Not Feel Too Comfortable Here 

Or Dare To Rest Without Our Dear Savior Near! 

Lest We Forget ... Or Neglect To Remember

We Are In Enemy Territory 

And 

We Will Do Well To Remember 

The Old Saying That You Should 

"Sleep With One Eye Open 

And Your Hand On Your Trigger!" 

Our Eyes Must Be On Our Captain-Commander 

And 

Our Hearts Must Be Always Set To Pray! 

Are You A Praying Person 

On The Side Of The Lord Christ 

Or 

Are You An Agent Of Chaos

A Deceitful Bow Bent Straight And True 

But

Pulling To The Left 

And

Determined To Give Others Stress!?! 

Stop! 

Look At Yourself! 

Determine Who Is Your True Leader! 

Understand The Truth About The Home 

To Which You Are Being Led 

And

Ask Yourself The Penetrating Question: 

"Will I Be Safe In That Space!?!"

Aka "Is That House A Good Home!?!" 

Are You Headed Toward The Perpetual

The Infinite

The Everlasting Safety Of 

The Heavenly Home!?! 

Are You Holding On To Our Dear Lord's Unchanging Hand!?! 

Are You Resting Under The Everlasting Arms 

Where None May Steal Your Joy 

Or Make You Afraid!?! 

There Is No Safety In Or With Man In Control! 

Think On These Things! 

Salvation Is Safety: Jesus Christ ... Alone ... Saves! 

Peace! 

RESISTANCE IS NOT FUTILE: No Need To Fear The Feisty Fiend!

The Lord Jesus Christ Has Not Given To Us 

The Malevolent Spirit Of Fear  

So, Therefore

It Must Be A Putrid Package From The Damned Devil! 

Ungodly Fear Is A Demonic Device: 

The Perfect Love Of The Holy God 

Casts Out Ungodly Fear! 

Ungodly Fear Causes Hope To Decamp: 

Saving Faith Uses Hope As A Lamp 

To Light The Way To The Path That 

Keeps One Within The Borders Of 

The Camp Of Jesus Christ The Lord! 

Beloved, 

There Is A Spiritual Battle Being Waged For Ownership

Aka Possession Of

Aka Control Of

Your Free-To-Choose Mind! 

Jesus Christ The Righteous

Daily, Graciously, Gives To Each Of Us 

A Measure Of His Unfailing Faith 

To Be Aggressively Worked 

To Get Us Through That Day ... Alone! 

Are You Being Evilly Inspired 

To Do Wrong Through Satanic Fear 

Or

Are You Using Your God-Given

Lovingly-Provided  Equipment 

To Do The Good And The Right!?! 

We Cannot Serve Two Masters! 

We Must Not Use Faith Fretfully! 

We Must ... Through Fervent Prayer

Choose To Use Our Daily Gift Of Daily Faith 

To Force Fear To Flee From Us! 

Resistance Is Not Futile! 

Since Resisting The Devil 

By The Word Of God

Through The Grace Of God

Makes Him Flee

Resisting His Instrument Of Torture 

By Using Your Shield Of Faith 

Should Make Ungodly Fear Likewise Flee! 

Brethren, Greatly Beloved

Please Have Godly Fear For The Gracious Father

And 

Most Assuredly Know That

All Will Be Well! 

Peace!

Stop Tekkin' De Short-Cut Bus!

It Is Impossible To Trust The Word Of Almighty God 

And

Diligently Follow His Wise Counsels 

And 

Sure Guidance 

And

"Somehow" End Up In Hell

The Place Prepared For Satan And His Fallen Angels! 

Beloved, 

Almighty God Is Good! 

Jesus Christ The Good Shepherd Always Saves! 

The Holy Spirit Leads Us Into All Truth 

And

The Holy Angels Influence Us To Do The Good 

And 

The Right 

So It Plainly Stands To Reason That 

When We Go Wrong It Is Because 

We Have Chosen To Take The Short-Cut Bus 

To The Long-Road Straight-Path High School 

In Glory For Me By Me! 

Think! 

The Lawless And The Careless 

Who Love To Party In Care-Free

Arrogantly Ask 

"What Does The Ever-Present God See!?!" 

And Snidely Wonder 

"What Does The All-Seeing God Know!?!" 

About Their Dark Of Night Departures 

From Decency And Deliverance! 

There Is No Folly In Following Godly Wisdom 

So Let's Not Slap Skin 

Aka Desire To Companionably Walk Unwisely

- Lawlessly -

With The Workers Of Iniquity 

Aka Planned, Known, Sin! 

Remember, Remember

Don't Ever Forget ... 

Sin Pays In The Currency Called Death 

But

The King Of Love Gives The Gift Of Eternal Life 

To His Free-Will-Submitted

Enduring-All

Faithful

Trusting Followers! 

There Are No Shortcuts To Glory 

And

There Will Be No Long-Haul, Faithful, Christians In Hell! 

Be Captivated By Christ 

Or 

Be Cat-Spraddled By Satan! 

Life 

Is 

About Choice 

So Choose Wisely! 

Peace!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: CHARACTER: Night-Shade Or Morning Glory!??

Is The Fragrance That You Are Known To Wear 

Of The Night-Shade Variety 

Or Of The Morning Glory Variety!?! 

Is Your Favorite Song Of The Bacchanal Variety 

Or An Encouraging Song Of Zion!?! 

Are You Kind And Helpful To All 

Or Only To Those Who Can Benefit You!?! 

Do You Know That A Negligent Christian 

Is 

As Bad As A Careful Sinner!?! 

Do You Know That You're Responsible 

For The Truth That You Could Have Known 

When You Refuse To Know The Truth That 

Is 

Available To Be Known!?! 

Do You Know That 

You Will Have To Buy All That You Need 

When You Selfishly Choose To Sell All That You Have!?! 

Beloved, 

When You Look Down You See Dirt! 

When You Look Around You See People! 

When You Look Up You See The Lord In Glory! 

The Cross Of Christ Was Planted In Dirt! 

The Outstretched Hands Of Christ 

     On The Accursed Cross Of Calvary 

          Encircled All People! 

When We Look Up To Jesus We Are Healed! 

How Are You Thinking, Walking, Talking, Doing!?! 

Are Your Thoughts Of Self Only 

And 

Your Endeavors To Profit You Wholly And Solely!?! 

If You Desire Blessings Abundant

Please Cheerfully Extend Your Hand To Give! 

If You Prefer To Be Amongst The Cursed

Keep Your Purse Zipped

Your Cupboard Locked

And 

Your Hands Closed: 

Fists Cannot Receive Of The Goodness Of 

The Lord Of Love, Light, And Life! 

Life Is Made For Changing

And 

Living For Jesus Christ The Lord Requires Change! 

Will You Be Amongst The Brave!?! 

Peace Be Upon You!

 

Thought For The Week Ahead:

Never Give Up The Truth!

Never Tolerate Lies!

Never Embrace Wickedness

And 

Always Stand Up With Conviction 

For Our Lord Jesus Christ! 

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Pray Without Ceasing! 

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Jesus Christ The King

Is 

Personally Calling You 

So With Godly Fear 

And 

Needful Pleasure

Quickly Open Your Heart's Door!

 

HAPPY SABBATH: What's Affecting Your Eternal Bottom Line!?!

 

How Is It Possible To Willingly

And

Slavishly Adhere To 

The "Unbreakable" Rules And Regulations Of 

"Social" Organizations 

Which Operate More Like Crime Syndicates 

Which Add Nothing To Our Eternal Bottom-Like 

But

Act Doubtfully, Dismissively, Disrespectfully

And 

Denigratingly Towards The Laws

Commandments And Statutes Of Almighty God 

Who Keeps Us Alive Now 

And

Promises Us Eternal Life Hereafter!?!

Beloved, 

People Pay To Belong To Social Organizations 

And 

Pay Even More To Obtain Their "Free" Perks 

And Yet 

Fall Down The Ladder Or Are Dismissed 

When They Lose Income, Status 

And 

Power-Broker Access! 

The Living Kingdom Of God, Praise Jesus

Is 

Not So! 

The Lord Paid Our Outside Aka Sin Debt

Paid Our Admission Fee

Places Us In Positions Of Responsibility

Provides Us With The Appropriate Wardrobe

Coaches Us To Raise Us Up

Corrects Our Behavior And Speech

Protects Us From Predators

Provides Us With The Elite Teacher 

To Groom Us To Perfection

And 

Guarantees Us Access ... On-Demand ... 

To The Throne Of The King 

And 

Answers Our Every Call 

Even As He Provides For Our Every Need! 

Something 

Is 

Seriously Wrong With This Picture! 

Where Is Our Godly Wisdom 

And 

Understanding 

To Use Available Knowledge Aright!?! 

Think About It! 

Beware, Beware!

Don't Sell Eternal Gold ... Eternal God

To Purchase Rusting, Burnable, Silver

Which Will Testify Against You!

Peace!

DANGEROUS GROUND: Tread Carefully Before The Lord Of Life!

A Total Stranger Told Me That 

They Had Spent Three Months In The Hospital With Cancer

That Their Name Meant Servant Of God

That Satan Was, Is, Almighty God's Son

That The Holy Bible Was Not The Book

And 

That Nature Is The Book That 

Speaks The Best About Almighty God

And 

That He Had No Use 

For The Holy Men Inspired By Almighty God 

Who Allegedly Wrote The Holy Bible 

Because

The Inspired, Holy, Men Of God 

Are The Modern Day Pastors And Preachers 

Who Abuse And Rape Children!

Beloved, 

The Word Of Almighty God 

Cannot Be Separated From The Person Of Almighty God 

And

Accepting Only The Book Of Nature 

As Your Sole Source Of Belief 

Is 

Treading On Dangerous Ground!

Elevating Aka Worshipping Nature Aka The Creation

Instead Of Worshipping The Creator 

Is 

Idolatry 

Which Is Sin! 

Lucifer Now Satan

Is

A Created Being!

The True Servant Of God 

Is 

Obedient To The Preserved Word Of God 

And 

Does Not Choose To Raise Up An Altar To Folly 

Because 

Folly Makes Him Or Her Feel Good 

In The Crowd Of Disobedient Unbelievers!

Satan Is The Liar

Aka

The Father Of Lies!

Like It Or Not

The Word Of God Will Witness For Or Against Us 

According To Our Chosen Path To Glory! 

Making Car Noises 

And 

Standing In A Garage 

Does Not Make You A Car! 

Being Called A Servant Of God 

And 

Spreading Satan's Propaganda 

Will Not See You Among The Blessed 

And 

Forever Saved! 

Jesus Christ The Righteous

The King Of Glory

The King Of Love

The Light Of Life

The Life Of Every Man

Is

The Truth

The Creator God

The Word Of God

The Word Made Flesh

Who Surely Dwelt Among Us

Is

The Only Way Home

To The Father's House!

Tread Carefully: 

There Is No Knowledge Of Jesus Christ The Lord 

Without The Preserved Word Of God 

Which Testifies About Him! 

The Holy Spirit Of Almighty God

The Spirit That Leads Into All Truth

Inspired Holy Men Of God

To Write Down The Holy Word Of God! 

The Living God Is Not A Liar

And

We Need To Stop Confusing

Those Who Were And Are Called By The Lord Himself

With Those Who Call Themselves! 

Tares And Wheat Will Grow Together

Until The Day Of The Great Harvest! 

Peace! 

Trust Ye In The Lord Forever!

 

 

I Don't Know About You 

But 

If Anyone Tells Me That 

I Should Come To Them If I Am Labored And Weighed Down 

And 

I Will Find Rest In Them 

And Then 

Turn Around And Tell Me To Take Their Yoke Upon Me 

And 

Learn About Them

To Get The Rest That They Give

I Will Seriously Wonder What It Is That 

They Are Smoking Or Drinking

Because 

They Cannot Be Playing With A Full Deck Of Cards! 

Oh, The Beauty Of Being With 

And

Being Cared For By Christ Jesus!

Beloved, 

The Christ Who Calls Us 

Is 

The Kind, Caring, Giving King Of Love

The Shepherd Of Rest

The Righteous One In Whom Is No Darkness

No Deceit ... At All! 

Our Lord Christ Maintains 

And

Sustains What He Created 

And 

Cherishes What He Has Bought! 

Our Lord Christ Is No Mouth-Giant 

Aka No Goliath, Who Is All Front And No Backs! 

He See, Knows, Feels 

And 

Is In All 

And

His Ears Are Not Deaf

Nor His Hands Short! 

What Our Precious Lord Jesus Says He Will Do

He Will Do 

Because

He Is Not A Man Who Tells Lies For A Conversation 

Or Speaks To Hear His Own Voice! 

He Loves You, Personally, With An Everlasting Love

And 

His Budget For Gifts For You 

Is

Infinite! 

From Personal Experience

I Encourage You To Believe, Love, Trust

Honor, Worship, Praise 

And 

Confidently And Consistently Obey Him!

He Is Always Here For You! 

Please Try King Jesus! 

Peace!

Pride, Lust, Sin ... Loss!

The Living God ... Alone

Determines

What

Is

Sin!

Sin ... Depending Upon Your "Personal" Perspective

Is 

Either Decidedly Appealing 

Or Perfectly Appalling! 

Lust, Specifically

Is 

The "Most Delicious Aphrodisiac" Known To Mankind 

And

That Is Why Satan Always, Always, ALWAYS

Strikes At Us Through The Lust Of Our Eyes

The Lust Of Our Flesh

And 

That Unchained Bug-Bear

The Pride Of Life! 

There Is No Lust Without Pride 

And 

There Is No Pride Without Lust! 

Beloved, 

Any Overwhelming Desire 

To Have What Is Not Yours To Have And To Hold 

Is 

Sinful 

Because 

It Separates You From The Living God 

And 

Makes You A False God 

Because

Like Lucifer-Now-Satan The Damned

You Become Willing To Destroy Another's Character 

And

Ultimately Their Life 

To Have What That Person, By Right, Possesses! 

What Is Ruling You!?! 

What Is Driving You To Distraction!?! 

Are You Willing To Lose Eternal Salvation 

To Gratify Temporary Satisfaction 

Which You Already Know 

Is 

Pushing You To Disaster!?! 

Are You, Self-Deceived, Saying 

"If I Could Just See, Taste

Touch, Smell, Feel, And Enjoy 'It' Just Once

I Will Die Happy!?!" 

Back-Up Off That Delusion

And 

Dare To Remember That 

A Mouthful Ain't A Meal 

And

One Scratch Doesn't Satisfy A Deep-Seated Itch! 

Lust Always Leads To Loss 

So Please Remember That 

Only Jesus Christ The Righteous

Satisfies Our Needs! 

Straighten Up ... By Available And Saving Grace

And 

Take Your Burdens To The Lord Of Life

And

Leave Them There! 

Peace!