God Ain't No Black Bat

People seem to be taking up position
For - or against - Almighty God
Their actions often seem haphazard
And their thinking appears mightily flawed!

Some people don’t believe in God
Some people behave like they are god
Some people insist believing doesn’t matter
Some people say The Bible's God is a fraud!

Half believe that God IS
Half believe that God ISN’T
Half believe that if they could believe He might prove real, and
Half believe that if they do He mightn’t!

No riddle me this, no riddle me that
God is real - He ain’t no black bat
Call upon Jesus - faithful is He
Call Him! He’s real! Call Him and you’ll see!

My God is real
We talk every day
He is on the mainline
There is no cell signal decay
You may trust me - I speak truth
I gain nothing by a lie
But if you don’t believe in God
Believe me! You ARE going to die!

Great Deception in the atmosphere
Great Deception in the governing chair
Great Deception in the church of God
But, my people, I am here to declare:

Jesus Christ IS God’s Son

And He is God, too

Along with Holy Spirit

Also God too, it is true

These three be One God

Which looks out for man

So ignore Deceiving Old Satan 

Who tried to alter God’s Plan

Come to the Altar

Believe, and say a prayer!

There is singing in heaven

When a sinner declares

That God is His Father

Jesus is Redeemer, Savior, Friend

Holy Spirit is the Comforter

How Heaven erupts with “Amen!”

And how it cheers so abundantly

And cheers aloud in victory, for

Jesus Christ - the Conqueror, He

Has set another sinner ... FREE!

WON'T YOU:

 BELIEVE - IN JESUS CHRIST AND

ACCEPT - THAT HE PAID YOUR PRICE AND

RECEIVE - THE DEED TO ETERNAL LIFE BY

REPENTING - OF UNBELIEF, CRIME, LIES, AND VICE?

CALL HIM!

CALL HIM RIGHT NOW!

HE ACCEPTS ALL CALLERS!

AND

HE IS EXPECTING A CALL FROM ... YOU!!

Blessed Assurance

Blessed assurance!

God’s faithfulness is great!

Think of His Kingdom!

Hurry! Time’s late!

Redeemed is the proclamation!

His joy is mine!

Ready your white garments, and

Leave sin’s suitcase behind!

Calvary lifted burdens!

Holy hands bore cruel nails!

Victory in Jesus -

My eyes have no more scales!

Yon pilgrim, there a stranger

They have traveled so long

To reach the Home of the Faithful

To acquire white robe and gold crown!

Jesus Christ is leading

The Holy Spirit's pleading

God made He the Way, so

Stand up for Jesus - He slept in your cold grave!

And because of His great victory

You’re no longer a slave

So pick you up your sword now

And in glorious battle engage!

No retreat! No quarter!

No rabble on the Line!

No fainting! Hey! No falling!

We are covered! Don’t look behind!

With eyes ever fixed forward

Christ’s heart on open display

Christ’s blood is our armor-all

We will not cease nor give way

To that enemy of our own souls

To that foul fiend of the night

Whose stratagems are ignominious

Ignoble, and a right fright!

Sound you off the song number

Call the time and the tune

Mark you step, and step deftly

Board Fair Zion’s galloon!

We will not be becalm-ed

We will not be o’erblown

We will not be torpedoed

Jesus Christ is manning the ‘phones!

So stiffen your spine with your praying

Steady your heart with the Promises

No more time to be wasted -

You’re no more earth-bounded

For you have a date with Destiny

With the King of Love, oh, so Divine

The Table is set - Banquet Hall is bedecked

With such great displays it’ll take Eternity to inspect!

Remember you your manners!

Follow you your guide!

The King! At last! He is coming!

So let your joyous praise rise!

A joyful hallelujah!

A resoundingly great anthem!

Thank you, God, for this - the victory!

No sin again! Hallelujah!

Never see sin again! AMEN!

VESPERS at The End Of The Sabbath: You Can't Change God's Mind!

Thank You

Father

for the Blessed Sabbath Rest!

Our Call To Remembrance:

God is The Lord and He loves us, and
You can’t change His Mind!

God sacrificed His Son to save us, and
Nothing you would do could change His Mind!

God loves to bless us, and
You can’t change His Mind!

God loves us sinners, and
You can’t change His Mind!

God is The Lord, and He hates sin, and
Changing its name won’t change His Mind!

God’s  Holy Spirit chides and comforts us, and
You can’t change His Mind!

God is coming for His Children, and
Satan can’t change His Mind!

God will punish the evil-doers, and
They can’t change His Mind!

God is kind, and makes daily provision for us, and
New World Orders can't change His Mind!

God has made a home in Pleasant Pastures for us, and
You can’t change His Mind, for
We - who love Him - are nestled in the Heart of the Divine!

and,

please - I beseech you of the Household of Faith -

Don't let

Love, life, nor living
Loss nor cross
Situation nor circumstance
Father nor Mother
Brother nor Sister
Predator nor President
King nor culture

Close your mind off from, or cause you to forget, the fact that:

God Almighty is coming for His Children, and
Not one will be left behind, for
God is The Lord, and He loves us, and
He can't change His Mind!

Heavenly Father,

We thank You for the Sabbath

for we have been bountifully blessed,

 and gloriously refreshed! 

And now we ask You, Father, 

to bless and keep us during the coming new week 

until we come again before You 

to worship and bow down in humility and gladness. 

We thank You for Your Grace and Hand of Provision, 

and Your Mercy towards us,

 and we offer You our praise. 

We love You, Lord, 

and we look with hope and assurance 

to that Great Day 

when we shall see You, 

face to face. 

Amen.

Rambling: Because of Sin

Because of Sin

Because of sin these old bones are a-creaking
Because of sin these eyes just don’t quite see fine
Because of sin I covet, I steal, and cheat the tax collector
And pretend to all that my life here is sublime!

I need a God - the one that can hear me
I need a God that can answer my prayers
I need a God who is always at the ready
The God in whose hands I have been stained!

I’m not into divas for they are  just idols
The only goddess I recognize is potty porcelain
The only God I believe in is the Almighty
For everything else is just plainly profane!

I am sick and tired of being sick, and being tired
I am sick and tired of sin’s humongous cost to me
I am sick and tired of this old world and where it’s headed
And can’t wait for Jesus to come and rescue me!

All around me nothing is what it appears to be
All around me is death, dying and decay
All around me there seems to be no hope for
Mouth giants without substance are holding sway!

Oh Lord, You know that this heart is feeble
Oh Lord, You know that my courage is ready to fail
Oh Lord, help me to stand up on Your Word, and
Give me Your strength to help me to hold strain!

Father, I bless You and, yes, I do reverence You!
Father, I bless You for Jesus taking the blame
For, Father, without Him, without His sacrifice, His dying
I would live my life as though sinning is something really game!

But ... because Jesus Christ took on the form of a servant
But ... because Jesus Christ took off His divinity
Because His heart hurt so badly for humanity
Because He suffered, bled, died and resurrected to Glory
Father, I can come freely unto to thee!

Thank God for Jesus!

Father, please keep us faithful, and ever in an attitude of readiness, for The Day is hastening toward us! Amen.

Heavenly Father, Hear My Prayer

Heavenly Father, hear my prayer!

 My prayer is humble simple

If not, Holy Spirit make clear.

I need to be with my Jesus

Help me to Him draw closer, and
May Your Holy Angels hover near!

AMEN

Bold Sinners

They sin by day, they sin by night

They see no reason not to fight

The Holy Spirit is calling them

To repentance – but He has no hold on them?!

Or so they say!

They please no man, they please no friend

On Jesus Christ they don't depend

They want to know what good for them God has ever done

And proudly walk away seeking more mischief to run!

Against people they believe defenseless!

And when they've filled their cups to overflowing

Almighty God checks their balances to see their owings

And when they see the price to be paid

They think that He has some great mistake made!

God doesn't use accountants! God has Recording Angels!

O fickle fate! A fateful fit

Is what they have, when they receive the initial hit

But proudest sinners that they be

See no reason to bow down to the King, whoever he!?

The King of Love!

So, then, for their pride, their intentional arrogance

The humbling hand of God upon them is felt

Until they acknowledge that God Almighty o'er all rules

The choice is theirs – bow, bend or break – they get to choose!

You love God - Bow before Him!

You know you are a sinner - Bend to His Will!

You are your own god ... Break ... Good night.

Dear Ones: 

Let us be careful how we walk about this earth. All of our decisions have consequences - not just for now, but as it pertains to New Earth. So, I beg you, please answer the Savior when He calls you, while His hand of chastening is light, and while you've got an opportunity your life to renew! We are assuredly running out of "play" time!

HUMBLE YOURSELF BEFORE GOD

FOR

YOU DID NOT MAKE YOURSELF!

The Minister of Music's Ministry

The Minister of Music
He is a giant of man
He sets the tone for worship
And manipulates us till we can’t stand!

How is this even possible
In the great church of God
For the singing of the gospel
To turn into real bacchanal?

One day I stopped and watched as
The worship tone was set
And without a pause for reflection
It was jump up and wave as you sweat!

It was then that Barry Manilow’s
"I write the song that makes the whole world sing"
Stood up in front of me
For those words were the words of Satan
Yukking it up ever so gleefully!

Making Christians rely on their emotions
Will greatly make Satan’s day
When, appearing as an angel of light
He’ll get us not written down to disobey!

It is all a great deception
Priming  Christians for the fall
When they shall run into the desert
Looking for the King of All - not Jesus!

The deception is really quite simple
Set your reason aside and just feel
How wonderful it is to bow down
And worship the one who fulfills your felt needs!

Reason, my friend, is the key that
Our God stipulated that we use
When it comes to living in this life
And not trust tingling sensations that confuse!

Yon minister does not work for King Jesus
His boss is Lucifer DeVil
The arch enemy, deceiver, Old Satan
Who wants to see us all dead and in hell

Jump up and wave - feel the spirit
Not the one that Almighty God sends down
But the one being sold by the Devil
To confound, lead astray, and break you down

Fire that Minister of Music
His music comes with hell's strings attached
To the agenda as written down by Satan
To cost you your robe and your gold crown!

Our God is not a god of disorder!
Our God is not a liar  nor a thief!
Our God is not willing that any should perish
That’s you and me, friend, let’s seek relief!

Let’s seek relief from our Jesus - He’s faithful
Let’s turn to Jesus - He makes the Way
Let us invite God’s Holy Spirit
To lead us and guide us - lest we stray!

Reject the hot and sweaty emotion!
Reject the need to feel fire when you pray!
Reject the urge to empty yourself with a mantra
By repeating the same phrase ad nauseum every day!

Don’t let that Music Minister fool you
Into emptying yourself so he can prey
Upon the unwitting and the unwary
So keep your head on, watch unto pray!

That fallen angel who ministered in heaven
Hates us and has a despite
Against any that makes a claim upon Jesus
And has pledged to cost us our flight!

Believe the God of the Bible
He will guide you and hallow your prayers
Remember it’s the Almighty you are serving
Reject feeling, walk by faith -  not in blind sight nor in fear!

Psalm 100 King James Version (KJV)

100 Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.

2 Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing.

3 Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

5 For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

Music Moves Minds

Music Can Mix-Up Minds

Music Can Mess Up Minds

   and 

Music Affects Attitude!

Music, therefore, is NEVER Neutral!

Be Vigilant to Consume a Healthful Musical Diet!

Prayer: Father, Help Me!

Draw Me Nearer / I Need Thee

Father, please help me!

Help me to not denigrate Your holiness as I elevate my humanity to be like Christ, under the agency of Your Holy Spirit, for You are God.

Father, help me to express godly sorrow and show true repentance when the Holy Spirit convinces and convicts me of sin and error.

Help me to be constant in my acceptance that You are true in Your Word when You say that You have cast my confessed sins into the sea of Your forgetfulness, and help not to allow Satan to make me trot out confessed sin, wearing it as a hair-shirt and indulging in self-flagellation and thereby displaying my total lack of faith in Your faithfulness.

Father, you have forgiven my sins time and again, and I am asking You to help me to forgive those who seemingly relish their sin against me as they gleefully pay me the lip service that is their repentance, and help me to measure their repentance by Your yardstick, and not my own, for my hands are not clean nor is my heart pure, and I am truly fearful of what I would do without Your help and leading.

Father, it is really very hard to be kind to the unkind, to love the unlovely in spirit, to not denigrate the disparaging, and to be a blessing to the hateful so I am asking you, Lord, to help me look beyond their faults to find their need, and to be willing to provide that needed and necessary assistance as Your Holy Spirit leads.

Help me to stop being judgmental.

Help me to stop procrastinating with the tasks You have laid before me.

Help to stop speaking with a forked tongue.

Help to not be arrogant in my conviction of my rightness but at all times to display a Christ-like spirit in my interactions.

Help me to display humble boldness in my defense of  truth, for truth does not require color, nor spin, nor explanation by a sharp and arrogant tongue.

 Help me, Father, to find it in my heart to feel pity for those who do not care to pity themselves nor their circumstance nor situation, and to remember that, were it not for my acceptance of Your free grace I, too, would be in their condition.

Help me to show Your love by my willingness to do for my fellow pilgrims on the journey that is this life.

Help me also, Father, to stop acting as though I can save the world, or anyone, and help me to give all my burdens to You, for You are able to save, to help, and to heal.

Father, help me to be like the Apostle Paul to, in all things, and at all times, hungry or full, in want or in abundance, give thanks.

And, Father, help me to so live my life, that Your name may always be glorified.

I ask these mercies in the name of Prince Immanuel, and thank You for hearing and answering my prayers.

I love You, Lord.

AMEN

Recall of the Fall + Repentance; and some Musical Refreshment

Recall of The Fall

+

Repentance

I recently sat and did recall

All the things that I've done as a result of the fall

I've lied and cheated, stolen and compromised

Walked in my own way, and often reviled!

I've ignored wise counsel and

Crucified Christ time and again!

I've raised up myself higher than my Creator

And oft' ended up less than I was created!

There's been fornication, adultery, gambling,

Warmongering, hating and despising

Grasping and backbiting!

I've realized that one wrong to do was as good as any other!

No skin off my back

For they were all as light as the proverbial feather!

But then one dry day, reality set in

And nary a dry spot was found under my wet chin!

The conscience that I had long successfully ignored

Soon cast me, without preamble, upon the hard floor

Where revulsion and remonstrance vied

For prominence e'en pre-eminence

Oh, how I blubbered!

How sorrowfully I cried!

Alas, this poor soul

A lot like Cain and Esau

Cried out – not in repentance – but because

I – guilty – was brought to great shame!

Now, I must eat crow!

A dish most unpleasant, or so I've been told

But eat it without seasoning I must

Not even a drop to be left in the bowl!

It was then that I heard Old Ishbel's choice words –

"If you are truly sorry, repent!

If not, don't relent, for

To do otherwise

Is to minimize

Who you've offended, and yourself!"

It was then that I chose to get rid of all the hems and haws,

And get down to the real business of asking the Lord

For the character of gold in the fire of life tried

Righteous clothing made of linen clean and white, and

the anointing of the Salve

To heal my world-scarred eyes.

He said to me:

“Come as you are!

Repent, and be renewed!”

And

“Walk thou in the straight and narrow for

The Spirit will help you!”

So, hear me, I tell you:

“Don't believe your own publicity!”

“Acknowledge your Savior

And He will direct you!”

I endeavored from that day

That for me there would be

No more broad nor illicit high way!

I am trusting The Promising

I am basking in The Comforting

I am treasuring The Holy Word, and

From here on in, you see

Straight will be The Pathway to

Blessing for Me!

Create In Me a Clean Heart

Psalm 51

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.

1 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy loving-kindness:
according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity,
and cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I acknowledge my transgressions:
and my sin is ever before me.

4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned,
and done this evil in thy sight:
that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest,
and be clear when thou judgest.
5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity;
and in sin did my mother conceive me.
6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts:
and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean:
wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
8 Make me to hear joy and gladness;
that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
9 Hide thy face from my sins,
and blot out all mine iniquities.
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God;
and renew a right spirit within me.
11 Cast me not away from thy presence;
and take not thy holy spirit from me.
12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation;
and uphold me with thy free spirit.
13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways;
and sinners shall be converted unto thee.

14 Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation:
and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
15 O Lord, open thou my lips;
and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it:
thou delightest not in burnt offering.
17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit:
a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

Day By Day

Prayer for The Fruits of the Spirit

Heavenly Father,

Have mercy on me because I am not happy.

Father, I am not happy because I just found out that I not only look like my daddy, 

but I also have his character.  

I lie, cheat, steal, and I bear false witness against my neighbors.

I am selfish and disobedient, and often walk in my own way.

I totally lack self-control and am often faithless to those in charity with me.

I may not like making a noise but, oh, how I enjoy causing a good riot.

I am not a nice person and I am asking You, my Heavenly Father

to make me like You!

I ask You, in the name of Jesus Christ the Righteous to

give me Your DNA, Your character. I want, no, I need the fruits of Your Spirit.

Grant me love, joy, peace, gentleness, goodness, kindness, forbearance, 

Self-control, and faithfulness. 

Lord, I really need the self-control and

I am pleading for the working of Your Holy Spirit to

help me to will and to do of Your good pleasure.

I don't want to be like my daddy anymore.

I need to become like You, my Father.

Have mercy, and bless.

AMEN.

Alphabet for Christians and Seekers after Jesus Christ

Greetings, Dear Ones!

     As Christians, we all know that Jesus loves us, and that He is forever ready, willing, and able to save us.

     We also know that under the agency of the Holy Spirit He is calling us to life everlasting.

     But, have we ever really thought about all the things the Jesus Christ does for His children – and those who are seeking Him – each and every day of their lives?

     Well, if you haven't, I have put together an alphabet to help us all see and understand what our Lord does to, and for, and about us without fail.

     As our Creator, Deliverer, Friend, Redeemer, Savior, Sustainer, He KNOWS us, and IS everything to, and DOES everything for us. Let's endeavor to make Him FIRST in our lives.

     I pray that this effort will in some small way help us to “see” Him a little more clearly.

     Enjoy!

BJ

Alphabet

for Christians and Seekers

after Jesus Christ

JESUS CHRIST:

A    Aids, Answers, Anoints, Appeals, Appoints, Assures

B    Beckons, Bears Our Burdens, Binds Our Wounds, Blesses, Breaks Idols

C    Comforts, Cares, Carries Us Along, Covers, Closes Doors, Chastises

D    Defends, Delivers, Died, Discerns, Deals Fairly, Disappoints For Our Good

E    Edifies, Endured Our Cross

F    Fills, Faithful, Finds

G    Gives Good Gifts, Gives Grace

H    Heals, Helps, Holds, Hears

I     Implores, Imputes, Intercedes

J    Justifies, Jealous

K   Knocks at our Heart's Door, Knows Our Needs

L   Leads, Loves, Liberates, Listens to Our Prayers

M   Mediates, Manifests, Merciful

N   Never Forsakes His Own

O  Orders the Way of the Just, Opens Doors

P   Pleads, Prepares, Prompts, Protects, Purifies, Punishes, Purchased Our Pardon,

         Pardons, Purges

Q   Quiets our Fears

R   Restores, Reveals Himself, Refuge, Rewards

S   Sanctifies, Saves, Seals, Sends, Shades, Strengthens, Stills Our Storms, Sustains

T   Teaches, Testifies, Talks, Tests

U   Understands, Unites, Uses

V   Values Us, Values Virtues

W  Walks With Us, Weeps For Us, Wipes Away Our Tears, Washes, Way-Maker

X    -out Satan

Y    Yearns After Us

Z    Zealous For Our Love

Sabbath Prayer and Blessing

Heavenly Father,

We thank you for another opportunity to come into Your presence on Your Holy Sabbath Day, and to be able to offer You thanks, and give You praise for keeping us through the week now past.

Thank you, Father, for the blessings you have bestowed upon us, for those seen and unseen, known and unknown and for the protection You provided against perils that we never even considered or imagined.

Father, we thank You for the Gift of Calvary which allows us to come to You personally, without fear or trembling, to present our petitions.

We ask you, Father, to help us not to be so contented with the things of this life that we forget You. Help us to not be so concerned with our trials and tribulations that we forget the bounties You bestow each and every day, and the wonders un-imagined that are in store for us when, with the aid and indwelling of Your Holy Spirit, and our hope in the Lord Jesus Christ, we ascend to heights unknown.

Father, we ask a special blessing upon Your children  around the planet whether sick, suffering, dying persecuted or prosecuted for their faith in Our Lord Jesus Christ, in war zones, and in the midst of drought and famine. We ask You to provide for each according to his or her need for food, for shelter, clean water, warm and clean clothing, a kindly word, a thoughtful deed, care, comfort, help and healing.

Father, have mercy on the leaders of our nations, and the leaders of Your flock. Help these men and women not to stray from the straight and narrow path and to do right in Your sight. Help our ministers to teach and preach the undiluted Word and to seek You Face in all their works and deeds.

Father, we invite You to come and abide with us during these Sabbath hours as we take our rest in You.

Oh, Lord, bless, and pour out Your Holy Spirit upon us that we may bear good fruit to Your honor and glory.

We  ask these mercies in the name of Jesus Christ the Righteous, and thank You for hearing and answering our prayer. We love You, Lord.

AMEN

Have Faith in GOD!

Have Faith in GOD!

Have faith in God

He is your great Creator

Have faith in God

He made the earth, the seas

Have faith in God

His love for you is infinite

Have Faith, Dear Ones, in God!

Have faith in God

The Father – He is Holy!

Have faith in God

The Son – He is your Savior and Friend!

Have faith in God

The Holy Spirit – the Comforter!

Have faith, Dear Ones, in God!

Have faith in God

He made the Plan of Redemption

Have faith in God

His Son, our Sacrifice

He lived and died

And rose again to glory

Have faith in God

The King is coming soon!

Fret no yourself

O'er Satan's wily deceits, friend

Love you your Lord

His Precepts you must live

Offer your prayers and praise

Each passing day, friend

Reach out your hands

The Savior He will guide!

Give Him your burdens

You know that He can bear them

Live for His Kingdom coming very soon

To take us Home with Loved Ones gone before, friend

The battle's won!

And, yes, indeed, we know it!

Keep your faith, Dear Ones, in GOD! **BJC**

WE WIN!!