TLC FOR THE LORD CHRIST: Dare To Care!

We All Love To Talk About Giving And Getting 

A Lil' TLC Aka Tender Loving Care: 

Our Giving Can Be A Bit On The "Iffy" Side! 

We Get Guaranteed Tender Loving Care In Spades

From Our Heavenly Father 

But

How Many Of Us Ever Consider That 

In Gratitude For Abundant Grace And Mercy 

And

The Blessings Of Provision, Protection And Perfect Peace 

And

Great Patience When We Slip And Walk Contrary To Truth

Faith And Common-Sense

We Ought To Bless Our Dear Savior 

With A Lil' TLC Aka Trust, Loyalty And Caring 

Just Because We Love And Cherish Him 

And

Are Desirous Of Pleasing Him In All That We Say And Do 

And

Think And Display!?! 

Beloved, 

Talk Is Cheap: 

Action Takes Effort! 

For Us To Get All Of The Promised Blessings Of Our Dear Lord

We Must Express Belief! 

For Us To Truly Receive The Benefits 

From Our Gifting The Lord With Our Trust, Loyalty And Caring

We Must Follow Him Where He Leads

Do As He Says

Pray Always 

And

Depart From The Cherished Pet Sins That 

Render Us Self-Made Slaves! 

Brethren, Beloved 

Dare To Care: 

Go All In For And With Jesus! 

Trusting

Being Loyal To 

And

Caring About The Things Of Almighty God 

Is

Applying Tender Loving Care 

     Our Own Hands 

          To Our Own Soul! 

Think About It! 

Peace

Is

The River Glorious!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: PRIDE - D.O.A! + PRAYER: We Are Committed To Christ, Dear Father!

... The Eye Is The Window To The Soul
And
Your Tone Of Voice Speaks To Your Ultimate Goal!

A Soft Answer Turns Away Wrath

But
Unsurprisingly
Truth, Plainly, Compassionately, Spoken
-  Considered By Many To Be Egregious Words -
Often Leads To A Blood Bath!

So, Brethren, What Acronym Shall We Use
So That The Congregation Is Not Confused!?!

B. S. T. S.
Better Safe Than Sorry!

D. O. A...!

... Dead On Arrival!?!
Have A Heart, Man!

Oh, No!
You Misunderstand!
It Means Devils Offer Apples!
It Means: Don't Obfuscate - Ameliorate!

I'll Say That It Means
Delightful Opportunities Await
The Darlings Of The Lord
But Woe Betide The Deceived Followers Of
Satan, The Bold God-Fraud!

And I Say That Dead On Arrival Is Appropriate
To Describe Those Who Arrive At Judgment Day
With Their Known-Sin Unconfessed
Souls Unrepentant!
The Living-Sinner Shall Die!

The Prior-Dead Sinner
And
The Then-Dead Sinner
Shall 1,000 Years Hence Rise To Die Again ... Forever
Because
In And At The Love Of Almighty God
They Did Find Offence!

This Is Really Quite Amazing, Actually!
How Does A Created Being
Find Something ... Anything
In The Love Of The Living God 
To Ridicule
To Be Offended Thereby!?!

I Dare Say That In This We See The Hand Of Satan
- The Agent Of Shame -
That Fallen Angel Cruel
Who Thought To Denounce
Deny ... Defy

Dispute ... Denigrate

Bedevil

And

Destroy
His Own Creator
All The While Refusing To Recognize That
In That Stance Lay ... Abject Failure!

Brethren,

Let Nobody Fool You!
Pride Is Costly Array!
It Makes One Skin Cuffings
To Get The Cloth
The Sewing Of Which Requires One 
To Have Personal Currency
- No Discount -
With Which The Bill To Pay!

Let's Call Pride Exactly What It Is!
It's Bill Of Short Goods!

It Is A Sin Against Divinity!

Pride Is A Wide-Awake Delusion!
It's A Can't-Awake-From Illusion
Promoting Confusion
Adjuring Collusion
And

Leading Adherents To A Fiery Final Conclusion!

PRAYER:

Heavenly Father, 

Please Hear Our Prayer!

We Are Committed To Performing

All Your Commandments:

Please Help Us Not To Permit Pride

Over Us To Hold Sway!

Satan Is The Bold Liar

Selling Man Upon Things 

That Should Never Be Sought

And

Failing Abjectly

To Tell The Truth

By Which He, In His Sin, Was Caught!

Jesus Christ Is Righteous

Is Lord, God And King!

Jesus Christ Is Our Master

And

He Is Acknowledged Creator Of 

Man And Everything!

Please Help Us, Dear Father

To Do Exactly As Our Jesus Did:

Help Us To Pray Without Ceasing

To Commune Constantly With You

To Seek You Ever For The Infilling Of

The Sweet Holy Spirit Of Truth

And

For Strengthening By The Holy Angels

The Personal Guardians Of

The Children Of Faith

Who Also Influence Us

To Do The Good And The Right!

Father,

This Battle Is Yours

And

We Are Soldiers In Your Great Army!

Please Help Us To Remain Faithful

Enduringly Faithful

Having No Place In Our Surrendered Hearts

For The Sham

The Shame That Is Called Pride!

Please Help Us In Your Holy Love, Lord

Confidently To Confide And Abide!

The Signs Of The Times Are Everywhere!

Men's Hearts Are Failing Them From Fear

Of Those Things Which Shall Befall The Earth

And

Still More Men Have And Are Taking

The Path Of Least Resistance

Doing Anything And Everything

That Pleases Their Flesh

That Fills Their Eyes

That Speaks To Their Pride In Their Lives

And

The People Of The Living Word

The People Of The Book Of The Eternal God

Are Being Persecuted, Prosecuted

Condemned, Denied

Defiled, Displaced

And Dispatched ... No Grace!

Please, Father

Remember Your Promise To Abraham

Isaac And Jacob-Israel!

Remember Your Promises

As Spoken By Your Own Beloved Son

Our Savior, Jesus

That The Meek Shall Inherit The Earth

That No Child Of Faith Is Ever Alone

Forgotten

Nor Unforgiven For Repented-Of Sin

That All Things Work For Our Good

That There Is A Place Prepared For Us

In Your Many Mansions

That Jesus Is Coming Again, Soon

To Redeem Us Unto Himself!

We Believe You!

Please Bless And Keep Us

In Your Holy Care!

Remember Us, Lord!

Let Your Pitying Love Fall Upon Us, We Pray

For It Is By Holy Faith

That We Are Walking On The Strait Way

Headed To The Hill Zion!

Please, Father

Grant Us These Few Petitions

And

Hasten The Great And Glorious Day

For It Is In Jesus Christ's Holy Name

That We Humbly Pray

And

Importunately Plead!

We Love You, Lord!

Please Come Soon!

AMEN.

Please Express Gratitude

G Is For Gratitude

G Is For Gift

G Is For Grace

G Is For Goodness

G Is For Godly Gain

G Is For Glory

And

G Is For God Almighty

In Whom We Live And Breathe

And

Have Any Being

So

Please Let Us Express Our Great Gratitude To 

The Gracious God
Who Generously Gives Us His Good Gifts:

Truth And Light
Hope Help Healing
Peace And Rest
Righteousness And Life

Mercy And Forgiveness

That Is

Grace, Now

And

If Enduring All For Christ To The End
Glory, Later!

Please Let Your Soul Bless The Lord ...

He Forgives All Your Iniquities:
Your Willful, Planned, Sins!

He Heals All Your Diseases:
Even The Incurable Ones!

He Redeems Your Life From Destruction:
Think About That Second Death From Which
There Is No Return!

He Crowns You With Loving Kindness
And
Tender Mercy:
All Day, All Night, Angels Watch Over You!

He Satisfies Your Mouth With Good Things
And 

Renews Your Youth:
He'll Make You Forever Young!

What Wondrous Love Is This 

Expressed To Us

By The Holy God!
He Gives By Daily Blessing
And

In The Day To Come
The Refreshing! 

Should Not We Trust This Great God
And
Not Through This Life
- Over Trivial Acquisitions -
Be Inordinately Stressing!?!

Think About It ...

All Bases Are Covered!
There Are No Nooks Or Crannies 

Where Things Can Hide From Your View!
Everything That The Lord Says That
He Will Do For You
Is 

In The Open
And
On Full Display!

The One Thing That We Are Not Given To Know
- Yet -
Is 

The Depth, Breadth, Height Of
The Glories He Has Prepared For His Beloved People
But
We Can All Rest Assured That
All Will Be Glorious
And
That ... Exponentially Multiplied
So, We, As True And Faithful Believers
Should Follow After Him ... Gladly
Gratefully
Unfailingly, Wisely, Wittingly, Willingly!

Think About It ...

Do You Realize That Sin Is A Sickness
That Also Makes Us Physically Ill
And
That Is Why Very Often We Read That 

The Master Told The One Ill
Seeking Bodily Healing:

Thy Sin Is Forgiven Thee!

Go And Sin No More

Lest ... Something Worse Befall Thee!?!

Do You Remember That Old Tongue Twister:

How Much Wood Would A Wood-Chuck Chuck

If A Wood-Chuck Would Chuck Wood!?!

How's This Question For A Change:

How Much Sorrow Would A Sinner Save 

If A Sinner Sacrificed Self To The Savior Always!?!

If Only We Knew
That Is, Really, Truly, Believed

That Our Mercy Free Is Freely Available
Easily Accessible
And
Alluringly Attainable!

Man Has A SICKNESS!
His Sickness Is SIN!
He SINS Because He's A Sinner
And
He Will Find Himself In The CESS!
He Involves His KIN In His Sin
Uncaring If They SINK
Into The Depths Of Degradation
Offering Love's KISS To The Devil
And
Away From Free Mercy Walking!

So Much For The Question Oft' Ask:

"What Sin!?!"

But, Thank God

There Is The Savior!

Be Grateful, Brethren ...

There Is The Savior Who Blesses

Who Saves

Who Forgives 

Who Heals

Who Seals

Who Leads

Who Reveals

If, We

- Seeing Our Need -

Will Confess And Repent To The Father

- In Jesus Christ's Holy Name -

All Our Known Sin!

It's Time To Get Out Of Our Messes!

So, Look Up With Love's Eyes!

Lift Up The Weary Hands!
Plod On On Strong Legs!
Jesus Christ Is The Son Of Man
For You ... He Died And Rose Again

And

For You

- Willing Sinner-Saved -

He's Coming To This Earth Again! 

Ooooh, The Unspeakable Gift ...

The Gift Given To Man

Is 

Eternity Wide
Eternity Long

And 

Eternity High
And
All It Costs For You To Achieve It
Is

"I Desire You, Lord! 

Here's My Heart: 

Come Inside And Abide!

I Desire To Walk About Zion

Ever At Your Holy Side!"

**--**--**--**--**

The Acceptance Of The Gift

Changes

The Tide Of The Sinner's Life!

**--**--**--**--**

In The Lord Of Life

Please Confide

And

For The Glorious Gift

Express Gratitude!

Change The Tide!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: FACING LIFE: Lean On Jesus!

For All The Brethren

Facing ... Life's Storms!

Bow Your Head In Faith!
Say A Prayer With Hope!
With Our Beloved Lord Jesus Christ

Who Is Our Peace
We Shall Weather The Storm
For
His Word Stills The Winds
Calms The Seas
AND
Comforts Hearts Forlorn!

Yes! The Storm Is Raging!
Yes! The Day Seems Bleak!
Yes! Your Heart Is Troubled
BUT
Listen!
King Jesus Speaks:

Oh, Weary One

Cease Your Fretting!

I Created The Wind!

Oh, Fearful One

Cease Your Murmuring

I Gave You The Voice

With Which You're Speaking!

My Ways Are Not Your Ways

Neither Are Your Thoughts Mine!

I AM God!

Be It Storm Of Wind

Flood Fire

Test Tempest

I Made It All!

I AM God!

Trust Me!

The Battle Is Mine!

Hold On To Your Hope In Me!

Lean On My Love For You!

I AM The Lord!

You Get The Good!

I Get The Glory!

In Me Is Your Bliss!

Gold Is Tried In Fire!

Clay Must Be Molded To Shape!

Rocks Are Piled On Each Other 

Before A Sturdy Wall May Take Shape!

Cloth Must Be Cut To Make A Garment!

Beans Must Be Boiled To Make A Stew!

New Wine Must Be Poured In New Bottles

And For You To Live With Me

I Must Make You Anew!

Change Is Never Easy

Never Comfortable! 

A Shoe Will Pinch

Before It Wears Well! 

Sugar Salt Leavening

Must Be Used Judiciously

Or One Will Not Have

Good Eating Bread!

You Are Being Prepared

For Your New Life! 

These Things Are In My Counsel

I AM God!

Take Not The Shortcut To Glory

As The Devil

And Soon

You Shall See Your Great Reward!

By Faith

With Humility

See To Your Labors! 

Pray! Call On Me! 

I AM Here!

Trust Not Your Feelings

Your Eyes

Your Eyesight! 

Trust Me! 

I AM Your Light!

I Will Heal You Of Your Fears!

Cast Upon Me Your Cares!

Take My Peace!

I Give It!

It Passes Human Understanding!

Take My Hand!

Let Me Lead You Home!

Take Daily Grace

For Each Day's Journeying

And You Won't Have To Live

With Remorse

As You Through This Life Doth Course!

Mercy For You Is A Given!

Call On Me!

I AM With You All The Way!

You Are Not Alone!

I Give Unto You Of My Spirit!

Listen!

Heed The Teaching!

The Chastening!

Listen And Follow!

I AM Leading!

I Make For You The Sure Way!

Humble Yourself

Under My Hand!

I AM Mighty

And

Mighty To Save!

I Know All

Am In All

I See All

Believe In Me!

Heed The Salvation Call!

Walk By Faith! 

You May Stumble

But Trust In Me

For

I Shall Not Let You Fall!

Your Way To Eternal Life

Is Not A Smooth Walk

For, Beloved

You Are Climbing To Zion Hill!

You Need Foot Holds

Hand Holds

And

Clefts In The Rock For Shelter!

On A Smooth And Sheer Face

You Have Nothing

Upon Which Your Foot

Your Hand 

Your Body

To Place!

You Have The Choice!

Climb Rough With Me 

And

Enduring All

 Live

Or Try Ascending

By Walking Smooth With Sin

And Assuredly 

Fall!

Beloved,

Please See Yourself

As An Evergreen Tree

As A Deep-Rooting Desert Palm! 

Send Down Your Roots Into Me

The Living Giving Water

And Live

For

The Water Of Life

For Life

From Me

Is Flowing Free!

The Desert Wind

Blowing Sun-Heated Sand

May Sting You!

Scorpions In Your Roots

May Make A Nest!

Give Unto Me Your Vexations

And Soon

- Overcoming - 

Settled In Spirit

By My Grace

You Shall Rest

And By Me

You Shall Surely Be Blessed!

Take Heed!

The Angels Are Watching Over You!

Let Them Influence You 

For Your Eternal Good! 

Trust In The Lord!

Walk In Faith

With Your Heavenly Companions

And

You Shall Reach Home

The Haven Of Rest

Forever Blessed Of Your Lord!

Lean Not On Your Own Understanding!

Lean On Me!

I AM The Eternal!

The One Holy!

The Living God!

PRAYER : Help Us, Lord, To Grow!

Father,

I Love You

And

Because You Are

The Giving Holy Faithful God

I Pray For Daily Grace

And

I Ask You, Please 

Help Me To Keep My Faith!

Father,

I Pray For Faith

Enough To Accept The Mercy

Freely Available To Me

For

I Am Thankful For The Word Of Truth

The Light Given By The Gospel Story!

Bless You, Lord!

Father,

I Will Speak The Truth

- For Between Us

That Is The Only Way -

And Say

I Am Grateful

That You Called

And By Your Spirit

I Answer

For Now I Have Hindsight

To See Where I Walked Wrong

And Recognize

That I Am In Receipt Of Foresight

To See

To Know

To Believe

The Word Of The Holy God

And

To Know To Whom I Belong!

Lord, I Give You Praise!

My Spirit Is Troubled Within Me

And So

I  Repair, Lord

Unto You

The Only True God

And

The God

That Is Life

That Is Love

That Gives Hope

And

Provides Ready Answers

To All That Perplexes

And

Benights

The Human Life

And

Who Shines Light On All

That Blesses And Graces

The Human Existence!

Lord,

Where Would I Be 

If I Did Not Know That You Truly Love

And

Daily Care For Me?!

Father,

I Listen 

I Read

I Study

I Learn

I Write

And I Look And See Those Who Doubt

And

Who Deny

The Very Existence Of The Lord Christ

And

I Wonder

Why ...?

Why Do I Believe?

Why Do They Doubt?

Why Should I Care

When For Their Own Souls

They Do Not For Peace With God Shout?

I Care, Lord

And

It Troubles Me Greatly

When People Boldly

- Often Aggressively -

Vocalize Their Doubts

And

Heap Disdain

Upon The Worthy Name

And I Cringe

And Am Appalled

At Their Apparently Sincere Lack Of Shame

And

I Want At Them To Shout!

Father,

Help Us - We Need You

For Your Word Is Potent

And

Is Daily Proven True!

Men Women Children

The Young The Old

The Bold And The Restless

All Their Hearts Are Grown Cold

And Desire Is For Self

To Self

To Only Be True

Even If It Means Destroying Another

For They "Know"

That There Is Nothing

To Them

That You Can Do!

They Speak With The Confidence

Of The King ... Liar, That Is!

Pity Them, Lord

And Open Their Eyes

And Unstop Their Ears

And Grant Them Wisdom's Understanding 

That They May Repent

And From The Unclean Spirit

Turn Away

And Turn To The Light

And Live!

Please, Lord

Grant Unto The Willing 

Grace

For The Glorious Day!

Lord,

Today I Say

With The Conviction Of Faith

That I Am Glad 

That I Am What The Enlightened World Calls

An Out And Out Coward

A Traitor To Myself

A Sell Out To A Slave-Holding God

A Servant To An Invisible Being

Obviously Too Ugly

To Let The People See

Whom It Is That They Are Blindly Serving! 

Father,

I Beseech You

Let Me Not Become So Confident

In My Finite Sphere

That I Can Boldly Accept

The Gifts Of The Living God

But His Power And Name Disdain

And

At The Same Time

Supposedly Enjoy

Praise And Market

The Offscourings Of Satan The Damned

And

Tell All The World 

That I Know What I'm Doing ... With Calm!

Pity Us In Our Folly!

Forgive Our Sins

And

Cleanse Us From All Unrighteousness!

Father,

This Is The Day

That You Have Made

And

I Am Rejoicing

For I Am Alive In It!

Please Teach Me Your Ways!

Light Thou My Path!

Please Quench Thou My Thirst

And

Feed Me The Bread Of Heaven

For

I Desire To Live With You

In Your Eternity Vast!

I Am Praying, Lord

For The Kingdom To Come

For

I Know Of A Truth

That Until Shiloh Come

There Shall Never

On This Earth Be Peace

Because The Lord Of Dung

- Satan -

The Progenitor Of Sin

Is Celebrated With Pagentry

And

Due-To-The-Living-God Praise

Worship And Song

And I Ask You

- Child To Loving, Loved, Father -

Father,

How Long

E'er We Hear The Glad Song?!

I Love You, Lord!

Please Hear My Cry!

Preserve Me!

Protect Me Through The Strife

And

- As Promised -

Mark My Grave

Should I

- Before The Great Day -

Die!

Please Remember In Mercy

The Beloved Brethren

- Near And Far -

And

Our Friends

Our Families

The Well-Wishers

And

The Naysayers

And

Those Who Are In Other Flocks

Those Who Shall Be Called Out

To Salvation

For You Have Clearly Stated

That It Is Not Your Wish

That Any Should Die

But That All

Should Come To Repentance Come!

Remember All Who Dwell Under The Sun

The Grateful

And

Those Who Are Ungrateful

And

Provide For Each

According To His Need

For You Are God And Gracious!

Please Pour Out Your Spirit

On All Flesh!

Teach Us

And

Help Us

The Living Truth To Accept

And

Digest!

Help Us To Grow In The Truth!

Bitter Or Sweet, Lord

Let Your Word Stand

For

We Will To See Jesus

The Holy Son Of Man

The Great I AM

In Whose Dear Name

We Pray And Plead. 

AMEN.