PRAYER : Oh, Lord, You Are My God!

Father,

I Have No Other God But You!

I Come Before You Because

It Is Your Love

And
Blessing

That I Humbly Seek!

I Am Weak -  You Are Strength!

I Am Blind - You Are Sight!

I Am Hungry - You Are The Daily Bread

Without Which

I Choose Not To The Table To Be Led!

I Have Mortal Needs - You Are Supply!

I Have Jesus' Faith

So Protect Me

E'er I Die!

I Hope!

Lord, Please Help!

Satan Is Setting Up His Roadblocks

But

I Know You Already Gained For Me

The Victory

Against That Wicked Whelp!

I Trust In You For Provision

For Sustenance

For Salvation

For Sanity

And

I Lean On You

Great God Of All That You Survey

And

I Plead, Dear Lord

That You Help Me

Never Again To Stray

From The Holy Pathway!

My Eyes Have Not Seen

Neither Have My Ears

Nor Yet Has My Being Experienced

What You Have For Your Beloved Prepared!
I Long To See!
I Long To Be!
I Long, Lord, To Live With Thee!

Lord,

Please Grant Unto Me

The Earthly Experience

That Positions Me

To Grasp
And
To Hold
All That Is Heavenly

When

After Enduring

My Tests And My Trials

I Shall My Loving

Redeeming Savior

In All His Glory

Behold!

Let Not Pride Fall Me!

Let Not Faith Fail Me!

Let Not Mine Heart

Become Entangled

With The Things That Cost

But Let Me

Be Cleansed Of All Things

Feelings

Desires
Hopes

That Are Nothing But Burdening Dross!
Lord, I Willingly, Daily, Bear My Cross
For I Have No Desire To Suffer
Eternal Loss!

You Are My God!

I Praise And Worship You!

You Are My Song

And
Today And Forever

From This Moment On

I Shall Sing

As Unto You I - Committed - Cling!

I Love You, Lord!

And I Lift My Voice...!

Amen.

PRAYER ... For A Quiet And Gentle Spirit!

Father,

I Give To You My Praise

And

My Worship!

Please Help Me Daily To Surrender Unto You

My Will!

Help Me Ever To Call Sin

By Its Rightful Name

And

I Beseech You

To Kill Any Desire Within Me To Want

With That Wicked Satan To Chill!

Father,

I Am A Sinner By Nature!

Help Me Not To Nurture

Sinful Ways!

Please Help Me To Stand Firm

In Your Faith And Belief

Though I

By Friends And Family

May Suffer

Untold Grief!

Father,

I Desire To Walk The Way Holy!

I Desire To Walk The Path Straight

And I Desire 

With All That's In The Humble Believer's Heart

To Enter The Gate To The Heavenly City

Never To Suffer

Satan's Everlastingly Just Fate!

Father,

Man Looks At My Outward Appearance

But You

The All Seeing

All Knowing

Ever Present

Almighty God

Sees Plainly My Longing-To-See-Christ Heart!

Oh, Lord

Cultivate In This Willing Soul

A Character

Which Is Patterned After

Jesus Christ's Faithful

Loving

And

Holy Heart!

Father,

I Have No Desire

For Riches

Neither For Power

Never For Fame!

The Desire Of My Heart

Is For A Quiet

And

Gentle Spirit

Against Which

No Law

In Any Kingdom Of This Dying Earth

May Make A Valid Claim!

Give Unto Me, Dear Father

What I Need For My Daily Bread!

Help Me Never To Yield Up

A Holy Spirit-Taught Conscience

Just To Acquire That Which

A Heaven-bound Soul

Can't Honestly Use

And Should

By Living Faith

Refuse!

I Plead,  Lord

For Faith For The Day

Courage For The Way

Strength

And

Strength Of Character

To Do Thy Will!

And When I Must Make Decisions

Be They Ever Be 

For My Soul's Eternal Good

Never Doubting

The Power Of Jesus Christ My Lord

Who

By The Living Word

The Damned Satan

Withstood!

Help Me To Do The Good I Can

And

Make Me A Good Servant

Of The Son Of Man!

Grant Unto Me Daily

The Measure Of Jesus' Faith

That Is Mine

And

Let Grace To Help

In Time Of Need

Be Mine Ever

And

Always

As You Promised

Never Declined!

Father, You Are Faithful!

Father, You Are Ever Kind!

Let This Humble Servant

Bow In Supplication

And Worship

Before You

Giving Unto You

Your Due

For You Are The Living God

Holy

Divine

Ever To Your Precious Promises

True!

I Love You!

I Bless You!

I Give You My Worshipful Praise!

Receive My Humble Petition

Offered In Jesus Christ's Name

And

Lead Thou Me Forward

Unto The Coming Kingdom

For Which I Daily Pray!

AMEN.

RUBBISHING THE WORD: Gainsayers Gainsaying God!

They Hated The Message
AND
They Hated The Messenger
AND
They Hated The Record Book
For They Loved Living By Lies!

The Messages Disturbed Their Peace
FOR
The Messenger Dashed Their False Hopes
AND
The Book Bore Record Against Them
AND
For This Right Reason
Got From Them No "Up-Votes!"

These Were The Church Doctors
The Personages Who Wielded The Devil's Dope
As Life-saving Hope-Rope!
These Are Our Modern Sellers Of
Religious Memorabilia
Who Regularly The Good Book
- With Malice -
Daily Misquote!

These Are They 
Who Have Great Privilege
AND
Who
Lacking No Want
Bring Unto The People
Greed-For-Gain The Disease
Because They Envy The Lives
These Leaders Brazenly Flaunt!

These Are They
Who
Just Because It Is Something
Controversial To Do
Bring To The Seeking People
Discontent At God's Way As Fashion
Just Because ... That Is How The Devil Plays
Every Day!

Let's Take A Short Journey ...

Turn Your Eyes To Old Jerusalem!
Look At The Teachers Of The Law
Those Self-Righteous Pharisees!
Look At The Unending Stream Of Rituals Set 
For A Longing-For-Truth People
AND
Designed
To Make The People
Disbelieve God
AND
Trust Men For Favor
BY
Ever Always Dragging
Begging
AND
Living Below Par!

Jesus Christ Called These Wretched Teachers
Servants!
Servants To Sin!
Jesus Christ Called Them
Children Of Their Father The Devil
AND
Charged
That They Knew Not The Father God
Who 
- To Them For Love Unto Salvation -
Had Sacrificially Sent Him!

Jesus Christ Had Plainly Stated That 
He Could Free Them
BUT
With Hardness Of Heart
AND
Terminal Love Of Living
In High-Life Parks
These Elevated Ones
Rejected Their Savior
AND SO ...
Ultimately Perished
In The Self-Imposed Dark!

Man Is Not Punished
For What He Does Not Know
Has No Way To Know!
In Times Of Our Ignorance God Winks!
BUT
God's Rod Of Correction Is Laid Out For Those
Who Believe
God Is Their Good Golf Buddy
Whom They Regularly Cheat On The Links!

God Is Not Blind!
God Wears No Fashion Glasses!
AND
God Has No Favorite Children
Because Of Station On The Earth
AND
All Who Lead Astray God's People
In Word And By Action
Will 
At The Last
Be Amongst The Cast Out Of The Earth
Those Of The Rebel Faction!

You Who Are God's People

You Who Know And Love God's Name

You Who Choose To Believe In God's Eternal Word

P L E A S E

Cherish The Eternal Word Of Your Father In Heaven

A N D

Be A Guided Sheep

A N D

Forget Following The Wilful Wicked In The World!

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Truth IS Settled In Heaven!

Truth Frees Men From Sinning On The Earth!

There Is A Cross Through The "I" in PAIN!

All I Saw Was The Line
Which Said
"Pain Changes People!"
And Immediately
I Had To Write For I Could Relate!
Pain Has Been My Constant Companion
And,  At Times
It Appears That Pain And I Are On
An Acrimonious Date!

But ... I Digress!

Pain Changes People!
It Causes A Person To Do
One Of  Two Things:
Bow The Head In Supplication
Or
Raise The Fist In God Condemnation
Holler And Curse At God
And
Hide Between The Sheets!

Oops! That Was Actually Four Things!

One Person Holds The "Pity Me" Party!
Another Person Chooses Abandonment Of The  Word Of Truth!
Or,  Like Me
One Chooses
Resignation With Praise
Saying With Faith-Full Confidence:
"God Does Not Own A Lounger Call Chaise!"

There Is Ignore The Facts Of The Matter!
There Is Face The Facts And Relax!
There Is Swallow Every Pill In Town and Run Around
Or, Like Me
Swallow The Scheduled Pill 
AND
Turn To God For Succor!

There Is Put Pills With Alcohol
Spin The Bottle
AND
Hope To Sod Off

OR ...

Like Me
- With Time -
Realize That In That Pain 
There Is A Testimony
AND
In This A Period Of Time Out
AND 
Take The Time To Take Stock
AND 
Regroup
AND
Not Let Pain Be The Rabid Lion On The Loose
With God Sitting Like Scaredy Cat
Up On Your Crumbling Roof!

I Choose To Bow My Head!
I Choose To Talk To My God!
I Choose To Deny The Liar
That Ecumenical Fraud!
I Chose To Take The Medication Prescribed!
I Prayed!
I Even Cried
But ...
I Never Ever
The Living Holy God Denied!

In My Life With Pain
Is An Open Secret Called Truth
Of The Fact That
The Pain Was My Blessing For
The Alternative Was The Death Curse!

By God's Great Grace
AND
Having Had The Decision Made For Me
I Am Thankful For The Life I Lead
For Otherwise
I Would Be Stone Cold Dead
AND
Rotten
AND
Forgotten
Indeed!

Pain Says
Something Is Wrong!
Pain Says:
That Soul Can Barely Get Along!
Pain Says:
Go To Your Father
He Can Fix You
Make You Strong

Unless ...

Your Life Is To Be A Witness
That Grace Is Ever Sufficient
AND
Show That 
God Is The Author
Of The Believing Child's
"I Trust God!" Love Song!

Pain Can Change
From A Problem
Into A Calamity
From Physical
To Emotional
To Spiritual
IF 
There Is No Time Called Devotional!

Pain Changes People
For Good Or For Ill!
Pain Changes People!
Like It Or Not
When In Pain
You Cannot Be Still!
Pain Changes People
Whether Or Not
They've Had Their Fill
AND
The Creator
Healer
Sealer
Is There For Our Help
If We Choose
Through Our Pain
To Be Constant In Faith
AND
Ever Trust Him Still!

Pain Is A Posy
A Passion
A Prayer!
Pain Is Friend
AND
Enemy
AND
It Holds Our Stare!
Pain Is
Can Be 
Addicting
Benumbing -  It Is True
AND
Downright Evil To Boot
AND
It Is Up To Us To Decide
If Pain Is Going To Rob Us Also
Of Our Daily
Heavenly
Necessary Food!

I Choose To Trust The Lord
By Living Faith
Not Dying Eyesight!
I Choose To Bless The Lord
AND
By Grace
Daily Fight!
I Choose To Believe
That Pain
Is The Price We Pay For Living
But ...
I Refuse To Give Pain
A Blind Red Cent
For His Joy-killing Act Of Shilling For The Devil!

Pain Is A Thief!
The Father Desires Our Relief!
Jesus Christ Is The God Police Chief!
The Holy Spirit Is The Elite Comfort Force
AND
The Angels Minister Strength In The Bitter Discourse!

Pain Carried Me

• Chased Me
• Compelled Me To Get To
• To Get Closer To
• To Stick With
• To Hang On For Dear Life

To My Jesus!

I Have Jesus For Joy
AND
Pain Has No Authority
To Play Me Like A Puppy's Chew Toy!

My Pain IS My Blessing!
It Drove Me To Home
AND
That Is Where I Intend To Stay
In The Arms Of My Jesus
Until The Closing Of My Day
Where The Song Sung
- After The Life Story -
Will Be

"This Soul Experienced A Life Of Pain

AND

Still Gave Its God His Eternal Glory!"

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Which Book

Is Ordering YOUR Reaction 

To THAT Pain?!

The Life In Christ Book

OR

The Science Falsely So Called Book!?

The Song Writer Said:

"I've Got Confidence

God Is Going To See Me Through

No Matter What The Case May Be

I KNOW
That God Is Going To Fix It For Me!"

*********

Embrace Jesus' Peace 

Even Though Enduring Earthly Pain Now

And

Enjoy Immortal Life 

In God's Eternal Paradise Later!

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Joy In The Lord Now!

Enjoy Everlasting Joy In The Lord Later!

*********

Let Us Consider Our Pain As Our Crucible

For The Refinement Of Our Character

To Be Made Fit To Become A Jewel

In The Coming King's Glorious Crown!

*********

As Hard As It Is To Say

This Life Is Not About Me!

It Is About Uplifting Him 

Who Loves Me!!

I Get To Glory In Glory

AND

God Gets The Prayers

AND

The Praise!