HAPPY SABBATH + Wisdom Builds The House!

The Fear Of The Lord IS
The Beginning Of Wisdom
AND
The Foundation Of All True Prosperity
AND
All Who Choose To Depart Therefrom
By Their Own Self-Willed Decision
Will Be Recipients Of God's Wrath
Without Mercy
To Temper Its Severity!

Wisdom Builds The House!
Folly Tears It Down!
Sloth Never Gets The Foundation Started!

Double-Mindedness Does A To-Build Not-To-Build Consider
AND
Vanity Starts Building
Before The House Plan Has Any Character!

Those Who Would Fear The Lord God
Know
To Count The Cost

AND
To Reason With Their Maker!
They Know That The Wise Use Of Knowledge
Gives Them Power
To Fill The Rooms Of Their House
With Precious And Pleasant Things
- Those Blessings Of The Holy God -
AND
Not The Minutiae Of Lustful Acquisition
Compliments Of The Roaring And Wily Fraud!

Consider This ...

All Things Work Together
For Our Good
AND
Nothing Can Separate Us
From The Living God's Love
When We Love The Lord
When God Is Our Portion Forever
When We Are The Called According To His Purpose
When The Lord Is Our Shepherd
When His Word Is Both Lamp And Light
When We Seek Wisdom
AND
Choose To Get Understanding
When We Forsake Sin
AND
Self
When We Humble Ourselves
UNDER
The Mighty Hand Of God
When We Walk Holy
When We Walk By Faith
AND
Consider The Lilies
When We Say:

Though He Slay Me

YET

Will I Trust Him!

When We Remember That
God Will Bring Every Work Into Judgment
WITH
Every Secret Thing
Be It Good Or Evil
When We Accept That
Only The Fool Says
IN
His Heart
That Is Deceitfully Wicked
That There Is No God
When We Recognize
That The People Imagine Vain Things
When We Trust God's Grace
When We Believe That
God Is Merciful
When We Accept
With Loving Heart
That
The Lord Will Provide
When We Cast Our Every Care On Him
When We Choose To Believe God
AND
Look Up
To Live!

When We Stand On The Word That
Says:

I Know That My Redeemer Lives

AND

Lives To Make Intercession For Me!

When We Say In The Confidence Of
Tried Faith:

What Can Man Do Unto Me?!

When We Say
Of A Surety:

There Is A Time For Everything

Under The Sun!

When We Bless God
AND
Walk In The Way To Life
When We Pray Without Ceasing
When Our Words Are Seasoned
With The Salt That Is Truth

When We Recognize
That Our Maker 

AND

Healer Redeemer Is God

When The Holy Jesus Is Our Only Answer
When We Bless God And Grow

When We Work
KNOWING That Night Is Coming
When We Put Away Childish Things
When We Accept That
We Can Do All Things Through Christ
Who Strengthens Us
When We Believe The Word That Says
Tomorrow Is NOT Promised
When We Celebrate That
Victory Over Sin
IS
In Christ Jesus
When We Believe That
Satan Has No Portion
In The Child Of God
When We Love Not The Things Of The World
When We Command Satan
In Jesus Christ's Name
To Get Himself Behind Us
When We Believe That
Jesus Paid It All For Our Sin
When We Do Not Doubt
When We Do The Will Of Him
Who Sends Us Into The World
To Preach The Gospel
Believing That
He Who Saves Souls Is Wise
When We Keep The Faith
To Finish Our Course
So That We May Hear:

Well Done, Good And Faithful Servant! 

Enter In To The Joy Of Thy Lord!

After
This Mortal Puts On Immortality
When The Trumpet Shall Sound
AND
The Dead Who Now Know Nothing 

Are Raised Up
To Rise Up

AND 

We Join Them
AND
Meet The Lord
In The Air
On The Great Getting Up Morning
To Be Forever
With The Lord!

Isn't It Amazing
What A Little Fear
A Godly Fear Of The Almighty God
Will Do
For A Child Of The Dust
Who Stands Up For Jesus Christ
Even Unto Death
By Redeeming The Time

AND
Accepting That The Days Are Very Evil
AND
Believes That
Only Jesus Christ ... Saves?!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Enduring Faith Will Be Rewarded + PRAYER!

One Day
My Faith Will Be Rewarded
IF
By Trust Obedience And Love
With Endurance
I ... To The Promises Of The Eternal God
Hold On!

The Promises Are Written
AND
They Shall Be Performed
For The Blood Of The Guarantor Was Ink
AND
The Paper Was The Life Of The Son
The Spotless Lamb Of God!

The Words Of The Promises
Spell Out The Character Of God
As Eternal
Pure
Loving
Kind Faithful
Merciful
Grace-Filled
Spotless
Divine
Truthful
Saving
Healing
Life-Giving
AND
Light-Bearing!
My Heart Is To Him Decidedly Inclined!

Believing In The Word
Is Food
Which Brings Health To My Bones
AND
Anchors My Soul
To The Only One
Who Knows My Unknowns
The Only One
Who Safe-Guards My Soul
The Only One From Whom
I Can Purchase Imperishable Gold!

The God
- The Living God -
On Whom I Fix My Mind Daily
Daily
Offers Me A Faith-Bolstering Glimpse
Of The Life
That Shall Be Mine!

It Is 
Glorious
Immortal
Eternal
Wonderful
Joy-Filled
Wrapped In Righteousness
AND
I Shall Be Singing True Praise
AND
Worshipping Prayerfully
Before Him!

For Him

I Can Step Out On Any Limb! 

By My Faith
With Believing Hopeful Trust
On The Great Day Of Appointment
I Shall In Peace Behold Him
For Whom I Give Up Carnal Lusts
AND
I Shall See
- Even As I Am Seen -
Him Who My Soul Desires
Him Who Made Me
Out Of Earth's Dust!

I Hope!
I Pray!
I Love!
I Share!

AND
I Am Daily Developing The Character
That Holds The Lord
In Godly Fear
AND
As Long As I Walk In Faith

Foreswearing Blind Eyesight
I Shall Live In The Land Where
There Is No Night! 

PRAYER:

Father,

I Believe That You Are God!

Without You, Lord

I Am But Fodder

For The Vile Fraud!

I Love You!

I Trust You!

I Worship Your Name!

Help Me, I Beseech You

To Despise That That Is Unholy

That That This Profane

And

Bless Me, Lord,  Bless Me

Of Your Word

Never, Ever

To Be Ashamed!

To You, My Master

To You, My King

I Owe My Life

My Everything!

Lift Me Up - I'll Sing Your Praises!

Hold Me Up - I'll Declare Your Grace!

Guide Me - I'll Follow Your Leading

Teach Me - I'll Humbly Walk In Your Ways!

I'll Praise You - My Blessings Flow!

I'll Praise You - I'm A Creature On The Earth Below!

I'll Praise You

Father!

Son!

Holy Ghost!

For

My Heart For You

Beats

With Hope-Filled Love!

In Jesus' Name, I Humbly Pray!

AMEN. 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Stubborn Heart

Carnal Heart Despises Light
AND
He Is Very Stubborn
So He Is Also Known
In The Kingdom Of The Light
As Stubborn Heart -
He Loves The Dark Night!

Today Is A Beautiful Day!
AND
Much Light Is Shining
AND
Stubborn Heart Is In His Castle's Kitchen Garden!

He Has Laid Out
A Good And Large Vegetable Patch!

He Is Energetically Planting
Rebellion Peas
Neglect Beans
AND
Resistance To Truth Collard Greens
AND

He Ceremoniously Waters Them With
Change-Leader-At-Will
AND
Afterward
Calmly
Confidently
Walks The Path To Comeuppance
Where Free Mercy Has No Skill!

Time Seemingly Slowly Passes ...

He Just Pulled Up The Weeds Called
Rebuking Sin!
Power To Resist!
Eyes Turned To Truth!
AND
Open To Conviction!
AND, THEN 
He Generously Manured His Precious Seedlings
With
Gross Affections Vile
AND
Sin's Open Door
AND
Being Also Very Greedy
AND
Ever Avidly Seeking To Get
The Bumper Crop For Self
He Drip-Irrigates With Yield To Temptation
AND
Has Constructed A New And Wide Barn
For He Knows He Is Going To Have Extra Produce
To Others To Cheaply Sell!
He Tells No Lie On This And That Is Certain Sure!

On The Day Before Harvest
All Walk Ways Are Meticulously Cleaned!
The Path Marked Sinful Indulgence
Bisects The Path Called Molded Character
AND
Not A Shred Of Mercy's Light Can Be Seen
For
Stubborn Heart
Is Become Hardened Heart
A Character
Now Well And Truly Unclean!

Harvest Celebration ...?!

The Eagerly Anticipated Harvest Celebration
Was Changed The Next Day, When
At The First Turn Of The Reaping
Hell And Damnation
Were Unceremoniously Displayed
AND
With A Great Howling
A Fearful Mourning
AND
A Useless Appeal
The Seeds Of Destruction
Their Whirl-Wind Did Yield!

No! 

Not This!

This Is Not My Fruit! 

This Is Gross And Grandly Egregious!

Where Now Is My Hope?!

How Can I With This Fearful Mess Cope?!

Said The Voice Of Justice
Now Untempered With Mercy:

You Cast Your Confidence Away!
You Walked In Your Own Will!
You Put Mercy In Jail
AND THIS ...
This Is Your Harvest!

The Bitter, Bitter Pill!

It Can't Be Undone

For

You Willingly Walked In Your Own Way
Stubborn
Disobedient
AND
To Purchased Comeuppance
You Have Assuredly Come!

You Reap What You Sow!
You Eat What You Grow
AND
You Alone Know The Seeds Sown
Which At This Harvest
You Will Not
You Cannot
Disown!

You Were Weighed In The Balances!
You Are Declared By Truth Wanting!
Your Kingdom Is Finished
AND
There Is No Good Kingdom For You
To Give To Another!

You Hated The Light!
You Despised The Truth!
You Denied Correction!
You Preferred Running Wild 
Unchecked
And Loose!

You Filled Up Your Own Cup!
Meticulous You Were!
You Thought To Switch Sides
At Your Own Will
And, Now
You Are Drinking
The Folly Of That Swill!

If You Had Never Known Truth
Mercy Might Have Intervened
But
You Despised Light's Dignity
AND
Now
You Are Left To Contemplate
The Wretched Wrecked Scene!

No Mercy! No Mercy!
No Hope For A Chance!
You Denied The Crier
AND
You Accepted The Liar
AND
You Made Your Own Bed
By Denying The One
By Whom Your Life Is Daily Fed!

Stubbornness

AND
Disobedience
Are All Part
Of Witchcraft's Stew
AND
There Is Always White Glove Table Service
When Eating At Comeuppance Broth And Brew!

You Are One Special!
He Who Ever Is
Died
To Save You
BUT
You Chose Your Own Voice
To Which To Listen
AND
Now You Are Set For Immersion
In The Accursed One's Fire Lake Damnation!

Mercy Ever Always Calls
Upon The Soul That Listens
Extending A Fair Hand
To Keep That One
In The Straight Way
BUT
The Soul
That Despises
Heavenly Dominion
Will Eventually Find Self
From The Source Of Life
Cut Away

For

On The Way
To Eternal Life
Self-Made Pathways
Ever Always
Give Way!

Lean On The One
Who Is Life, Light And Way
AND
He Will See To It
That To Heaven
You Will Safely
Arrive There!

Oh, That Men

Would PraiseThe Lord

For His Goodness

His Mercy

Toward

The Children Of Men!

Brethren,

A Self-Made Man
Is A Man Damned
For Sinful Flesh Cannot Come Nigh
To The Holy God
- The Consuming Fire -
For It Is Instantly Consumed
Even Before One Can Yell:
"Fire!" 

Want To Save Yourself?!

Get Free Fire Insurance!

Get Christ Jesus

For

He Freely Gives Out

Unburnable

Righteous

Clean

White

Linen Robes
To Those Repentant Ones
Who Ask!

HAPPY SABBATH + Benighted Or Blessed?!

IF
All Things Work Together
For Good
To Them That Love The Lord
AND
Are Called
According To HIS Purpose
THEN
It Stands To Reason
That All Things Work Together
For Ill aka Bad
To Them That Hate The LordAND
Are Used
According To Satan's Purpose!

IFRighteous Faithful
Men Women And Children
Are Sighing And Crying
Over The Abominations
Being Practiced In The Land
Then It Stands To Reason
That The Man With The Writer's Inkhorn
Is Marking God's PeopleAND
Those Men With Their Slaughtering Weapons
Are Soon To Follow!

It Stands To Reason
That
IF
Truth Is Cast Down In The Street
THEN
It Must Mean That
Good Is Become Evil

AND
Evil Is Become Good
Light Is Become Darkness

AND
Darkness is Become LightAND
In No Small Order
We Have Exchanged
Beauty
To Acquire... Ashes?!
We Are Benighted By Blight!

Ashes To Ashes!
Dust To Dust!
It Is Impossible
For The Human Soul To Rust!

Rest Is For The Weary
Not For Those Who Choose To Party On!
Judgment Day Is ComingAND
Soon
Sin, Death
Hell

AND

Satan
Will Be Forever Gone!

God Is Not Gone!
God Is No Fraud!
Fraud Is From Satan
Liar
Who Aspires To Be Lord God!

God Eternal
Is On Heaven's Throne

AND
Heaven's Throne
Communicates Not With Cellular Phones!

Man-Made Cell Phones 

Need A Man-Made Satellite Power

For A Feed
BUT
Almighty God
The Consuming Fire
Is Power
That None Can
Deconstruct
Restrict
Fire
Nor
Retire!

Please Take Heed!

Those Who Are Sick Of Sin

AND
From Committing Sin
By God's Grace
Retire!
Those Who Would
See Jesus In Peace
Have Faith In Their Bellies
Burning
Like A Fire!

The Lake Of Fire
Is Not The Place
Where They Will
Retire
For They Will Know
No DisgraceAND

Will In Triumph
Ascend
To Heights
Higher And Higher!

The Higher Satan Climbs
The More His "Tail" Is ExposedAND
The More He Is Exposed
The More We See
That He Is Neither True

Nor

A King 

For He Possesses No Right-Living Clothes!

Clothes
Are A Symbol For Character

AND
Of One's Integrity
BUT
Satan Has None
For His Character
Is One Of
Consistent
Persistent
Pride-Filled 

Infidelity!

To Whom Do You Pray?

Who In Your Heart Holds Sway?

If God Is God

Serve Him

For

You Can't Pray To God

And

With The Devil, Himself, Play!

Blood is Still Blood!

All who would to The Savior flee
Listen, now -
Let Me speak to thee!
The Holy Word
Quite plainly cries
Woe unto them who
The Living Word profane!

Good can never be Evil!
Evil can never be Good!
Renaming can't change that for -
Without God -
Blood is still Blood!

Glitter does not make Good Character
But Character can make shame!
Keep good companions
Act ever always from Sweet Love!

Look to King Jesus -
Not the Lord of The Dung Flies
Who is ever deceptive
Who on Holy Love lies!

#TrustGodToDeliver!
Trust God time and again!
Evil Sin is The Enemy!
My cry to You, Dear One:
"Refrain! Refrain!"

WISDOM: KNOW What You ... GROW!

WHATEVER you plant will ... grow!
You will not know where it will go
But you can be assured - God knows
Be careful what you sow.

I planted me a little - and rare - seed
I watered it - it grew
It picked up speed
And before I knew it
It had grown leaves
And beautiful buds of its own ... with seeds.

The birds of the air
Took up seats in the leaf chairs
They picked on the seeds - it was their caviar
And before I knew it
My grand-seeds were deposited - near and far.

One day, I said a verse!
It was really a curse!
I thought nothing of it!
I'd often repeated it!
It was just words
Said in anger and oft in jest!
I thought nothing of It ... until I heard it used to ... "bless!?"

I uttered a prayer!
A beautiful prayer!
Calling on Jesus
To fix Me and to undo
The damage I caused by my callous mien!
He said to Me:
"Once done, Sin cannot be undone."

I learned a hard lesson on that day!
Oh, how I repented! - I still had to pay!
Forgiveness is sweet!
Remembrance is bitter - sharp knives cut swift and clean and deep!

I sought from then
To carefully sow
Seeds of Gladness
Hope, Love, and to show
All that behold My Garden - how it grows
That good seed can't produce corrupt fruit
No, that does not flow!
Good seed - Good Fruit
Good fruit - Good seed ... and so it goes!

You can't plant Guinea Corn and from it Indian Corn reap!
What goes in comes out!
Do I need to repeat?

Jesus IN! = Jesus OUT!
Satan IN! = Satan OUT!
Garbage IN! = Garbage OUT!

The Problem ... again
The Solution ... again
Know what You Sow!
It Grows!

Prayer to Receive a Mustard Seed Faith

Father, have mercy on me.

With every passing day of my life

I realize more and more that I lack faith.

I talk all the time about how much faith I have in You

And how I know that You will never fail me nor forsake me.

Problem is, Father, it is a very shallow faith because it works

As long as things go how I want them to go. 

Father, I am sorry for this good time faith that I have been practicing 

Whereby I have been looking at my situation, and not at You,

And I ask You, in mercy, to give me enduring faith. 

I am pleading, Lord, for the faith, the mustard seed faith

Of which the Master spoke. I need that faith which

lets me sit, or rest, in quiet and enduring confidence, 

Unshaken at the convulsions taking place around me. 

Help me to forget what tomorrow holds and, instead,

Remember Who holds tomorrow.

Help me to submit my will, and my way, to You and help me 

To accept, without murmur or complaint,

That all my trials are for the perfecting of my character.

Grant me, Lord, faith as big as a mustard seed

So that I can not just say that I have faith,

But that I will be unwavering in my belief that I truly have 

The faith which orders my life, so that my life, and living, will be an

Exemplar of Your faith, and faithfulness, working in me.

I ask this mercy in the matchless name of Christ, the King,

And I thank You for the gift that is today.

AMEN

Oh, For a Faith That Will Not Shrink

by Morgan State University Alumni Choir

Revelation 3:19 Whom He Loves He Chastens

Revelation 3:19 (KJV)

As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: 

be zealous therefore, and repent.

Dear Ones,

I sincerely hope that this note finds all of you in good spirits, and doing well.

I am currently doing a write-up on two of the seven church ages, and the verse above became one of my memory verses.

With this verse in mind, I am encouraged to remind us to remember that our Almighty God loves us better than any human parent can.

Jesus Christ gave His best, His life, so that we can have eternal life.

His sacrifice was not happenstance! It was a plannedstance! He created us, and put contingency plans in place for us weak creatures of the sod. He left not one thing to chance!

Jesus loves us, and because He loves us, He rebukes us AND chastises us, not in the manner to make us afraid of Him, but in a manner which clearly says:

   "Child of mine, I love you

So hearken to what I say

Walk on the straight and narrow, and

Don't let sin carry you away!

Your heart is willing to obey

But your flesh gets in the way

So when you step off the path of right

I'll call you to straighten up right away!

Please don't be dismayed when I rebuke you

Please don't think I'm casting you away

Please don't murmur about your chastisement

Please accept it, repent, and pray!

I rebuke you, My child, because I love you

I chastise you so you will know that I care

About your soul's salvation, and

Perfecting your character for the Courts Above!

I'm coming soon, so prepare me a welcome

Keep your lamp filled with oil and always prepared

Let your light be shed abroad -- be My Ambassador

Let nothing keep you from welcoming your Lord!

So, My child, keep your eyes focused on Me

Study My Word, My Love Letter to you

Keep My commandments and a song in your heart, child

Go on my errands for, indeed, My coming is very near! **BJC**

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