Persistently Pray For Power To Press On!

Jesus Christ The King Of Glory

The Only Begotten Son Of 

The True And Living, Holy And Eternal God

 Is

The Messiah

The Anointed One After Whom Christians Are Named 

And

The One Who Calls Us To Faithfully Follow Him 

Up To The Loving Father's Peaceful House! 

We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder As We Follow Our Dear Savior 

But

There Is A Raptor ... A Flying Predator 

Aka Satan, The Piercing Serpent, The Dragon

Who Will Do All To Focus Our Rapt Attention 

Away From The Holy One Who, Alone, Saves! 

We Can't Allow Ourselves To Be Diverted 

By The Myriad Images, Real Or Imagined

In The Rafters Above Our Heads! 

We, By Faith, Must Choose 

To Disembark Our Flimsy Raft Called Temporary-Thing 

And 

Get On Board The Solid And Secure Old Ship Of Zion 

Which Goes In One Direction 

To Its Only Port Of Call 

On Its Only Voyage! 

The Old Ship Of Zion 

Will Always Stop To Pick Up Passengers! 

Some Passengers Who Have Not Found Their Strength In Jesus 

Will Jump Ship 

Or Disembark The Old Ship 

Because 

There Is No Earthly Entertainment 

And 

The Atmosphere Is Clean ... Too Clean

Bereft Of Those Things 

Which Take The Heart Away From The Lord Christ! 

Beloved, 

We Can Neither Safely Love A Lie 

Nor Live A Lie! 

Only The Truth Will Bless The Spirit 

And 

Satisfy You Aka The Living Soul

The Soul In Its Search For Sure And Secure Salvation! 

Please Persistently Pray For Power To Press On! 

Peace! 

DIFFERENT MUSCLES: I Hurt, I Hate, I Have, I Give!

I Hurt, I Hate, I Have, And I Give 

All Use Different Muscles! 

Beloved, 

You May Be Hurt

But 

It Doesn't Give You Leave To Hurt Others! 

Because You Have

It Does Give You The Means To Help Others! 

Because You Hate Your Life

It Doesn't Mean You Should Make Others Hate Their Lives! 

Because You Have The Ability To "Give" 

Instead Of Giving Others Hell On Your Altar Of Self-Indulgence

How About Giving Them A Kind Word

And 

Teaching Them To Hate Sin

And

Encouraging Them To Have Hope In Jesus' Finished Work On Calvary

And 

Reminding Them That Continuance In Sin Hurts Our Savior 

And

Crucifies Him Afresh!?! 

As Lovers Of Almighty God And Living Truth

How About Choosing To Always Do What Is Right 

Even At Personal Expense!?! 

We Live In A Society Which Applauds 

Ungodly Displays Of I, Me, Mine, Myself Aka 

"I Hate It When Someone Has What I Don't Have 

And It Hurts Me Not To Be Number One 

So I Must Have A Grudge Against Them 

And Must Give Them Hell 

So That They Will Know That 

Life Is Easier For Them When I Have It All!" 

How Positively Satanic! 

Self-Denial Is An Elevator! 

Our Dear Savior Served Others 

And 

In So Doing He Lifted Up Almighty God 

And 

The Living Kingdom! 

Brethren Beloved, 

Jesus Christ Was The Teacher

The Master

The Savior! 

Let Us, Therefore, Accept What He Graciously Taught

Master Our Base Instincts

And 

Allow The Purchased Salvation To Be Perfected In Us!?! 

We Have One Chance Called Life 

To Make Our Eternal Decision: 

Please Don't Waste It On That Rabid Sinner Self! 

Please Raise Your Gaze So That You May Step Up Higher 

To Climb Jacob's Ladder To Everlasting Life! 

Peace!

Sitting On The Ladder!?

I Was Climbing The Ladder
Up To The Kingdom Of God!
Each Rung Was Equidistant!
Each Rung Anchored By The Word!

Each Day I Learned A New Lesson!
Each Week I Gleaned New Rewards
For
I Was Doing Right In The Name Of The Master
AND
I Wasn't Playing Games With The Fraud!

Some Days Were Filled With Laughter!
Some Days Were Filled With Tears!
Some Days There Were Disappointments
AND
Some Days Were Filled With Cheers

AND ...

Through It All
My Heart Was Rested 
Contented
FOR
I Was Totally Dependent 
Upon The Lord

UNTIL ...

The Day
I Started  Resting More
AND
Climbing Less!

I Really Felt Like A Champion
For
My Cheering Squad
Was Carrying Me

So ... I Felt

There Was No Reason To Walk 
On My Own Feet
When
In Jesus Christ
I Was Blessed And Replete!

This Continued For A While
Until I Noticed Something Strange
I Was On Jacob's Ladder
BUT
I Was Feeling The Heat
From Beelzebub's Flames!

I Had Forgotten
That Faith Without Work Is Dead
Just Like A Body Without A Spirit
Is Nothing More Than Lead!

I Stopped!
I Really Really Stopped
And Took Inventory Of My Self
AND
I Realized
That Instead Of The Ladder
I Was On A Shelf
Surrounded By
Sin Shame
Self Blame
Defection Dejection
Base Hoards
AND
Binding Chains!

My Eyes Flared!
My Heart Raced!
My Voice Croaked!
My Will Waned
AND
I Was In Peril
For I Had Wandered Away
From My God
AND
I Had Become The Perfect Magnet
For
The Decimating Lord!

I Cried!
I Confessed!
I Repented
AND
I Left The Shelf
By The Grace Of The Living God
AND
I Am Again Moving
Toward
The Home Of The Blessed!

I Acknowledge
AND
I Accept
That
In The Service Of The Lord
One Must Keep Moving
Oiled By The Spirit
OR
Like Old Iron
Get Rusty ... But In The Chest!

Iron Needs Lubricating
To Maintain Its Efficacy!
The Worker For The Master
Must Make Him Their Spirit Soul Body-Buddy!
No Connection - No Warmth!
No Heart - Soul Cold!
No Love - Great Lost!
Self-Reassigned To The Goat Host!

If I Should Climb Higher
I Must Keep Away From The Fire!
I Must Keep Looking To The Son
AND
Set Aside That Which Is Modernity's 
Treats And Pleasures
Popularly Called Fun!

No Man Can Serve Two Masters!
A Body Cannot Straddle A Fence
For
A Single Slip
Cuts One Down The Middle
AND
Someone Soon Plays "Taps!"
On The Mourner's Fiddle!

By Pleasing God
I Am Pleased With Myself!
It Will Offend The Other
BUT
I Will Gain The Heavenly Reward
From The Holy One Who Matters!!

Saints Don't Sit!

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There Is No Sitting On The Ladder

For

Ladders Are Made For Climbing
So

Get Moving With Jesus

AND

By Faith

Climb!

CLIMB!

CLIMB!!