Showing posts with label 1 Peter 5:6-7. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1 Peter 5:6-7. Show all posts

Monday, March 22, 2021

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!





Saturday, August 10, 2019

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.





Monday, March 25, 2019

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!




Saturday, September 30, 2017

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!





Sunday, July 16, 2017

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.