VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: We Are Not Alone! Thank You, Lord Jesus!

Why Would We, As Committed To Christ Christians, Go To Our God

The Living Holy God

The Creator-God

And 

Ask Him To Chase Down, Arrest, And Destroy The Storms In Our Lives 

When They Are Permanent Subjects Of 

And 

Entirely Answerable To Him Always!?! 

Aren't They  Always In His Sight And Ever In His Presence!?! 

Beloved, 

Do You Believe, Honor, Trust, Worship, And Obey The Lord 

Or

Do You Disparage, Doubt, Disbelieve, And Disclaim The Lord!?! 

Hint, Hint ... 

We Cannot Straddle The Fence 

And 

Believe  ... And Doubt

And 

Honor  ... And Disparage The Lord! 

Remember, Remember

Don't Ever Forget ...

We Cannot Get Sweet Water ... And Bitter Water 

From The Same Source! 

Dear Ones, 

Being A Christian Is Both Simple And Profound: 

Accept The Gift

Take Your Position

And 

Hold The Line 

Because

The Life Lived For And In And With The Lord Christ 

Cannot Fail! 

The Storm That The Lord Brings You To 

Is

The Storm That By Your Exercised Faith In Him

In His Word

And 

Through His Love For You

He Will Successfully Carry You Through! 

Beloved, 

The Lord Is Not A Loser 

And 

His Love Can't Lie: 

Abide In The Lord Of Life 

And

Live Your Life For The Lord 

So That You Will Enjoy Eternal Life With The Lord! 

Take This To Heart ...

Storms Always Die 

And

Our Savior Ever Lives! 

Peace! 

HAPPY SABBATH + The Position Of Strength!

Iffy, Sniffy, And Since Belonged To The Same Family! 

Even Though They Had Been Brought Up 

With The Same Rights And Privileges, Opportunities, And Access

Their Chosen Paths To Glory Were Divergent! 

Iffy Had Aligned Himself With Heel-Biter

That Snake In The Grass Who Unapologetically, Unashamedly

And 

Unafraid To Break Voice 

Silkily Demanded That Savior Dear Prove That 

He Was His Father's Child! 

Sniffy, Now, With The Parfumer's Nose 

And 

The Delicate Skin Of Princess And Pea Fame

Put Doubting Thomas To Rout 

By Baselessly Elevating Her Level Of Doubt Over Divine Dignities 

Even Though The Truth Bit Her On Her Perky Perfectly Positioned 

Current-Direction Indicator Smell-All Pointer: 

Hail The Nose! 

Since Since Is A Saint Of God And Christ 

- Forgiven And Cleansed -

Who Stands Sincerely, Safely, And Securely On The Word That Works 

And 

Tells Of The Faith In Christ That Cannot Fail

You Should Know That 

He Is Treated Like A Plague Rat By His Brethren 

But 

Is Blessed And Beloved By His God: 

Jesus Reigns And Rules In His Life! 

Dear Ones, 

Understand This: 

The Lord

Doesn't Save Families

Groups

Cliques

Nor Societies!

 

The Lord Saves Individuals As A Result Of 

Their Desire For Him

Their Journey To Him

And 

Their Walk With Him! 

Exercised Faith

Willing Obedience

And 

Patient Endurance 

Will See Individuals Wearing The Crown Of Life 

From Jesus Christ ... The Lord Of Life! 

Who Are You!?! 

Trust In God! 

How Are You!?! 

Guard Your Heart! 

Keep The Holy Faith! 

Jesus Christ The King Of Earth And Glory 

Is 

Soon Coming Again! 

Peace!

AMAZING WORDS: Who Can You Turn On!?!

Words Are Amazing! 

Look At This ...

Who Can You Turn On!?! 

This Sentence Has Multiple Meanings 

And

Depending On Context, Occasion, Or Association

We Will Know How To Behave! 

Let's Set Aside The Sensual 

And 

Look At The Anger Caused By Betrayal! 

What Is Your Response When You Feel Betrayed!?! 

Is Your Response Christian Or Criminal!?! 

Moving Along Briskly, Please Consider 

Who Can You Turn On ... To The Lord Jesus, Our Savior And King!?! 

Dear Ones, 

Have You Considered That The Lord God Almighty

In The Person Of Our Blessed Jesus Christ 

Is 

Worthy Of Our Excited Proclamation Of His Goodness And Grace 

Because 

He ... Being Love And Light

Only Ever Commands Us To Do What Is Right 

And

Always Ever Makes Promises To Us Of What Is True!?! 

Do You Know That Doubting And Distrusting The Lord 

Is 

Unbelief And Disobedience!?! 

Since The Lord Is True ... And The Truth

And 

His Word Is The Truth

Our Having The Double-Mindedness Of The Doubter 

Who Is Unstable In All His Ways 

Is 

Causing Us To Tread On Dangerous Ground 

And

We Are Become As Satan

As Adversaries Of The Living Holy God

As Betrayers Of Truth And Righteousness! 

In This View, We Are As Deceitful Bows

Which Look Right And Pull Left! 

Words Are Amazingly Powerful! 

How Are You Using Your Words!?! 

Who Benefits When Your Mouth Opens And A Story Jumps Out!?! 

Words Work And Words War! 

Please War Against Sin 

And 

Work As An Ambassador For Christ Today! 

Peace!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: The Sharp Turn Around!

One-Eighty And Three-Sixty Were Running Through The Town! 

Repentance Took One-Eighty And

Three-Sixty Valiantly Tried To Get Repentance 

To Do A Hard Rebound!

Three-Sixty Loved Anything Circular!

He Loved Anything Fat And Round

But 

He Sincerely Hated That One-Eighty 

Who Had A Knack For Making All Sinners With Repentance

Do A Sharp Turn-Around! 

Three-Sixty Loved The Status Quo! 

He Loved No Need To Change! 

He Worked For Beelzebub, That Dragon

Who Loved To Keep Born Sinners In Locked And Heavy Chains! 

You May Well Ask Yourself The Question:

One-Eighty Or Three-Sixty, Who Cares!?! 

So Let Me Tell Me You What Love-Dove Peace Told Me 

And 

You May Decide If It Does Anything Explain! 

Sinners Are By Nature Born

But When They Seek And Find The Lord Christ 

They Cannot Willing-Sinners Remain! 

Encountering Christ Convicts Of Sin 

And Causes The Desire To Change! 

That Change Is Called Repentance, My Friend, 

Which Means That One Must Wheel And Come Again! 

Repentance Is A You-Turn Even On The Crooked Road Straight! 

A You-Turn Is A One-Eighty, You See

But 

Beelzebub Has People Convinced That 

Repentance Is A Full Three-Sixty! 

Lord, Have 'is Mercy! 

I U-sed To Think That The Three-Sixty Was The Deal 

But I Is Now Understand That 

That Three-Sixty Does Lef' Me In The Round-About Land 

Without The Off-Ramp! 

Bingo, Beloved! 

You Done Got De Thing! 

Doing That Three-Sixty 

Does Left We With De Bull-Cow Brass Nose Ring 

With Beelzebub, That Satan, That Deceiver, Bearing The Hook 

And Dragging We Helter Skelter 

As He Waiting Fuh We Goose To Get Cooked! 

You Speak Truth, My Friend! 

I Know The Real Friend 

Who Encourages Us To Embrace Real Repentance 

So That We May Rightfully Enter The House Of 

The Dear One Who Was Born To Be The Everlasting King! 

His Name Is Truth! 

His Way Is Peace! 

He Gives Wisdom And Understanding

And 

As Regards Our Shackles

It Is He Who Does Our Chains And Locks Release! 

I Like That One-Eighty Repentance! 

Three-Sixty Is Free To Go To Hell! 

I Will Trust The Truth That Matters 

And Depart From The Lies That Splatter! 

The Final Word ... Perfect Love Gives Free Grace 

But 

Strict Justice Terminates Available Mercy! 

Please Think Of These In Real-World Terms

And 

You Will Not Your Pick For Heaven 

Carelessly, Callously, Spurn! 

Peace! 

HAPPY SABBATH + EVERLASTING LOVE: What A Friend ... And Lover!

Think About The Fact, Beloved, That 

Someone Loves You With A Sacrifice-Of-Themselves Love 

Which Will Not Let You Go 

But

Leaves You Free 

To Walk Away And Associate With Another So Unworthy 

Who Is Basely Encouraging You 

Into Damnation, Into Oblivion, To Go! 

The Someone Who Loves You 

Is 

Your Forever Friend

The Kind Of Friend Who Sees You Clearly 

And 

Lovingly Corrects You When You Are Being Self-Destructive 

And 

Acting To Others Rudely, Crudely

Unfairly, Unkindly, And Even Inhumanely! 

This Someone Who Loves You Without Hope Of Return

Walks With You,  And Talks With You 

Even Though His Overtures Of Love You Treat As Trivialities ... And Spurn! 

I Cannot Condemn You 

Because 

To Him I Did The Same Thing 

Until The Day I Heard Him Cry 

As He Beseeched Me Sin And Self To Deny! 

What Really Caused My Cold Heart To Break 

Was When I Heard Him Call My Name In Prayer! 

He Pleaded With The Father To Let Him Try Another Year! 

He Said That He Would Water Me With His Tears

Feed Me With The Truth 

And 

Cause The Sunlight Of His Righteousness 

To Fall Upon Me In Radiant Array! 

He Pledged To Dig Around My Roots 

To Extract The Stones

To Remove Weeds, The Accumulated Rubbish Of Daily Life

And 

Get Rid Of The Trash Of The Past That 

Over Me A Long Shadow Had Cast! 

I Looked, Really Looked At Him

And 

Was Repulsed When I, In Turn, Really Looked At Me! 

I, Then, In Shame, In Self-Hatred

And 

In That Raging Desire For True Relationship

Reached For His Gentle Hand That 

Had Long Been Extended To Me In Heavenly Love! 

I Now Wear My Love For Him Boldly 

Even Though It Causes Me To Be Coldly Received By Others 

Who Cruelly Say That I'm In Love With And Loving An Illusion 

Which, On My Rush To "Entertainment" Is An Unwanted Intrusion! 

I May Not Physically See The One Whom I Love

The One Who I Know Loves Me First

But 

I Know That He Is Ever-Present

Hears My Call

And 

Answers My Prayers! 

Sometimes He Says "No!" 

And 

Sometimes He Says "Wait!" 

Sometimes He Says "Endure!"

So That I Above This Life May Elevate! 

He Says That In This Way I Exercise

Aka Work His Daily Gift To Me Of Faith 

By Which I Learn Patience 

Which Is Doing A Perfect Work! 

I Tell You The Truth: I Now Love Him As My Forever Friend 

And 

More Importantly

As The Lover Of My Soul ... Who I Am 

And 

I Finally See, Understand

And 

Accept His Word ... It's Alive ... That 

By Constant Communion, Communication

I Will Become Like Him! 

His Spirit Known Holy Comforts, Corrects, Teaches 

And 

Guides Me In The Way That I Should Go 

And 

I Am Glad 

Because 

His Father Has Consented That He Is To Bring Me Into His Home

The Gloriously Lit House In The Eternal City 

Where He, His Name Is Love And Peace, Lives, Reigns

And 

Rules! 

He Is Rich Beyond All Imagining And I Don't Even Care: 

I Just Desire To Be With Him

To Be Forever In His Presence 

Even Though He Is Giving Me My Own Home! 

For The First Time In My Life

I Have Found A Lover Whose Love Gives 

And 

Does Not Expect To Receive! 

If You Have Doubts Believing That He Is Really Real

Look At His Brow

And 

Gently, By Faith, And With Love

Touch The Palms Of His Hands, His Feet, And His Side! 

You, Me, We Did That To Him 

And 

He Still Wants Us Near To His Heart! 

He Is Almighty God, Creator, Savior, Redeemer! 

He Is The King Of Glory! 

He Is The Righteous Judge! 

His Name Is Jesus! 

What A Friend! 

Peace!

The Second Most Important Commandment! + PRAYER: Father, Please Help Me To Love Myself ...!

By

George McD. Greenidge

Guest Writer

The Second Most Important Commandment Says: 

"Thou Shalt Love Thy Neighbor

As Thyself!"

Mark 12:31.

As Strange As It May Sound

The Most Important Relationship You Have 

Is The One That You Have With Yourself! 

Hear Me Out! 

Too Many People Don't Like Who They Are

And They Focus On Their Faults, Weaknesses, And Failures! 

They Wish They Were Taller

Had A Better Personality ... And Looked Like Someone Else 

Instead Of Accepting Themselves 

As The Workmanship Of Almighty God ... A Masterpiece

Made In The Image Of The Eternal Holy God!

As If That Isn't Bad Enough

They Then Wonder Why They Are Not Happy 

And Don't Have Good Relationships 

With Our Heavenly Father, Their Family And Friends

Food, Their Feelings, And Their Finances! 

If You Don't Get Along With You, Then It Stands To Reason That

You Are Not Going To Get Along With Other People 

And Most Certainly Not With The Holy God!

Brethren, You Can't Love Others 

If You Don't First Love Yourself  ... In A Goodly, Godly, Way! 

Please Note That The Word Is Not To Be "In Love With Yourself!" 

With This In Mind, The Best Thing You Can Do

- I Include Myself - 

Is To Be Good To Yourself

Be Kind To Yourself

Be Merciful To Yourself

And Bless God For His Faithfulness To His Word To Us!

PRAYER: 

Father God, 

Thank You For Making Me In Your Image 

With Gifts, Talents, And Abilities To Enjoy Life

While Accomplishing Your Will

And

Also Blessing Others! 

Please Help Me To Love Myself

Despite All Of My Weaknesses And Shortcomings

Which I know I May Give Wholly To You

For You To Change Me

To Be Who You Created Me To Be

In Your Loving Hands!

I Love You! 

Father,

In The Humility Of Faith

I Know And Can Say That

I Am Happy To Be Who You Made Me To Be!

Thank You For Hearing And Answering Prayers

For I Pray In Jesus Christ's Holy Name! 

Amen! 

 

Is Your Presence A Beautiful Present!?!

Is Your Presence A Beautiful Present 

Or Is It A Funeral Pyre!?! 

Is Your Presence A Gift Of God 

Or A Thorn Branch From King Fraud!?! 

Beloved, 

Have You Ever Heard These Expressions Spoken About Anyone 

Or, I Hope Not, Have Ever Heard Them Spoken About Yourself: 

He Could Make A Rock Cry! 

She Could Suck The Air Out Of A Room! 

She Always Looks Like She Bit Into A Lemon! 

Or, He Brings His Own Weather With Him!?! 

Dear Ones, 

There Is Also The Expression Which Says That 

When You Laugh, The World Laughs With You

But When You Cry, You Cry Alone! 

The Question Is: 

How Do We, Or How Are We To Stand In All Of This!?! 

Let's Go Back To The Point Of Beginning And Remember That 

We Are Called The Children Of God 

And, As Such

We Should Be Light And Salt 

Aka The Gift Of God To Mankind! 

We Are Not To Walk Around Grinning Inanely 

Like We've Lost Our Minds 

Nor Are We To Walk Around Like We Have No Hope 

And Are Trying To Make Others To Be As We Have Become! 

Beloved, 

Jesus Christ Has, In Mercy, Given Us Hope, Help, And Healing Now, 

And Then 

Heaven At The Last Trumpet To Look Forward To! 

Please Let Us Endeavor From This Day Forward 

To Remember Whose We Are

Why We Are Here

What We Are To Accomplish

And 

Where We Are Headed! 

Plan Your Work And Work Your Plan 

As, When, Where, And How The Lord Leads You! 

You Are Not Alone! 

Look Up To Jesus Now! 

Peace!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Satan Says: "Plant What You Want To Grow!"

 

The Lord Says: "Always Obey!" 

Satan Says: "Obedience Is A Crutch!" 

The Lord Says: "Always Walk In Truth!" 

Satan: "Truth Is A Clown's Hat!" 

The Lord Says: "Grow Where You Are Planted!" 

Satan Says: "Plant What You Want To Grow!" 

The Lord Says: "By Faith, Endure!" 

Satan Says: "If You Can't See, That's A Big "No!" 

Brethren, Beloved, 

I Hope And Pray That You See That 

The One Who Loves You Is Looking Out For Thee! 

The Adversary Of Your Soul Is He, The Father Of Lies

And 

He Desires Your Destruction

Hence His Urging You To Live Through Your Eyes! 

Satan Desires You To Break-Off Communication 

With The Lord Who Gives You Life 

So That He, Himself, Can Break-Through 

And 

Have Total Control Of Your Life! 

No One Whose Life Is In Satan's Control 

Will Ever See The Breaking Of The Great Day In Peace 

And 

Break Bread In The Glorious Feast 

Where Our Dear Lord Is The Head! 

A Bre'k-Down Merchant Is In Misery

So He Eagerly Desires To Have Company

So Satan ... Of That Ilk

Desires To Take Your Honey And Your Milk 

And, Thereby, Beloved

Out Of The Happy Eternity 

He Seeks To Have You Bilked! 

The Lord Says: "Pray!"

Satan Says: "Prey!" 

The Lord Says: "Care!"

Satan Says: "Crave!" 

The Lord Says: "Love!" 

Satan Says: "Lure!"

The Lord Says: "Learn!"

Satan Says: "Spurn!" 

Beloved, 

Be Wise! 

Be Faithful! 

Be Clean! 

Be Useful! 

Be Helpful

And 

On The Lord Of Life Lean 

For Blessing

For Favor

For Peace And For Rest

And 

Deny That Liar, Satan

If You Desire To Be The Spiritual And Forever Blessed

Glory-Bound Success! 

Obedience To Jesus Christ Is A Necessity 

In Order To Live In The Redeemed Saints And Holy Angels' 

Heavenly Paradise Community! 

Satan Won't Be There 

So Do Not His Bombast, Roaring, Raging, And Snarling Fear! 

Keep The Lord Christ In Your Manager And Director's Chair! 

For Going To Almighty God's Glory 

Get Ready, Get Ready, Get Ready ... Prepare! 

Peace! 

HAPPY SABBATH + B.Y.O.G Aka Build Your Own God!?! + PRAYER: Dear Lord, Please Disappoint The Evil-Doers!

The Sign On The Glass Door Just Barely Caught My Eye 

But 

It Was Enough To Stop Me Dead In My Tracks As I Said Aloud: 

"What The Hell!?!" 

This Was Too Big For The Euphemistic 

"What The Heck!?!" 

I Turned Back And Whipped Out My Phone And Took Two Photos! 

I Was Stunned! 

Not Even 100 Yards From A Very Large Church, And On The Diagonal

A Local Art Space Was Having An Exhibition! 

The Sign Said: 

"B.Y.O.G. Build Your Own God

And

Other Ideas For A Kinder World!" 

The Picture On It Had The Face Of 

One Of Those Egyptian-Type Animal Gods With The Wolf Face! 

Talk About Bold-Face Daring! 

The Artist's Bio States That 

She Will Be Making More And New Gods And Goddesses! 

Excuse Me!?! 

Where, I Ask, Is The Fear Of The Living God!?! 

Do Not These People Crack Open The Holy Bible!?! 

Do They Not Know The First Commandment!?! 

Have They No Shame Concerning Encouraging People 

To Sin Against Their Own Creator 

By Encouraging Them To Worship 

Lifeless Objects Out Of Their Imaginations 

Which Are Totally Useless 

Because 

They Have Eyes But Can't See

Have Ears But Can't Hear

Have Feet But Must Be Carried

And 

Hands But Can't Comfort! 

Where Is This Artist's Love For Saving Truth!?! 

Why Would This Artist Want To Maliciously Send 

Patrons Of Her Poison-Plate To Christless Graves!?! 

I Wondered How Much She Was Being Paid 

To Get Followers For Satan's Camp For The Damned!?! 

Does She Even Care That She's Doing Satan's Dirty Work!?! 

Does She Not Know That There Is Nothing Kind About Idolatry!?!

PRAYER:

Dear Lord, 

In Mercy, Please Disappoint The Evil-Doers

And

May Their Diabolical Plans Come To Naught 

And

Fall Back On Their Own Heads! 

Oh, How I Pray That It Is Not Too Late

For Their Darkened Eyes To Be Enlightened

And

Their Stone-Cold Hearts To Be Enlivened 

So That They Will Have Opportunity, Strength, And Courage 

To Confess And Repent Of Their Known Sin

So That They, Being Willing, May Take Jesus Christ

As Their Everlasting Portion! 

I Also Pray For Their Beguiled Patrons

And

Petition You, Father, For Help For Them

So That They May Be Turned

Toward The Path Of Righteousness! 

May Your Holy Spirit Abide With Your Faithful People

And

The Holy Angels Excelling In Strength Protect Us

And

Also Influence Us To Do What Is Good And Right

And, Therefore

Pleasing In Your Holy Sight! 

Oh, Lord, Let Your Name Be Ever Glorified

And

Jesus Christ Be Continually Lovingly Praised

In Whose Precious And Holy Name

I Humbly And Sorrowingly Plead!

AMEN!!!

  

"I Will Go With My Jesus All The Way ... Home!"

Any Person, Any Christian To Be Exact, Who Is Heading Toward 

Hill Zion ... To Sweet Beulah Land

Must Recognize, Understand, And Accept That 

All The Footsteps Taken Will Be Our Very Own Footsteps 

But 

The Pathway ... The Only Way To Get There Safely

Is 

The Way Marked By Our Blessed Jesus ... Alone! 

Dear Ones, 

Be Not Dismayed, Nor Amazed

By Those Who Choose To Walk In Ways Contrary 

To What Says The Lord! 

Lustful Hearts

Itching Ears

Willful Blindness

And 

Deliberate Disobedience By The Self-Willed

The Gurus And The Gainsayers 

Will Always Have Appeal For The Like-Minded! 

Beloved, 

The Lord Jesus Did Not Create Clones 

Nor Does He Shepherd Goats 

Who Go According To Their Own Inclination! 

When We Humbly, Meekly, Follow Our Good Shepherd

The Path Which He Takes Us Along 

Will Always Be The Safe, Best, Most Beneficial, Blessed Path 

And 

We May Whole-Heartedly Commit Our Way To His Leading 

And

Say With The Saints Of All The Ages 

"I Will Go With My Jesus All The Way ... Home!" 

 

Don't Forget That 

Over-Heated Furnaces Become Pleasant Places

Hungry Lions Become Purring Pussy Cats

And 

Boiling Oil Is Rendered Stone Cold! 

We Are Safe In The Arms Of Our Lord Jesus 

And 

Will Enjoy Glorious Feasts In The Presence Of Our Enemies! 

Let Us Give Almighty God His Glory 

And 

Utter Heartfelt Thanks To Him 

For Being A Refuge For Us From The Raging Enemy Of Our Souls! 

Remember, Beloved, That 

Our Dear Savior Ever Shepherds His Saints On Solid Ground! 

Dare And Keep The Holy Faith! 

Peace!