Don't Be At Odds With Almighty God!

How Does One Pray For A Presumptuous Person 

Who Knowingly, Maliciously, Energetically

Aggressively Indulges In Evil-Doing 

While They Gloatingly Say That This Is Who They Are 

And

That They Can't Change!?! 

Only The Living God

May Say:

I AM That I AM!

The First Thing To Note Is That 

The Only Being That Cannot Change 

Is 

Almighty God 

So That Must Mean That That Person Is Almighty God! 

The Problem With That Assumption, Though

Is 

That Almighty God Does Not Do Evil 

So Whoever This Cannot-Change Person Is

They Are A Fraud ... A False God 

And As Such 

They Are Putting Themselves At Odds With The Eternal God 

Who Has Clearly Stated That 

We Should Have No Others Gods But The Lord! 

Beloved, 

We Must Tread Softly Before The Living God! 

When The Ark Of God Almighty Was Placed In The Temple Of 

The Philistine Fish-God, Dagon

It Came To A Destructive End With It Being Toppled Over 

And 

With Its Head And Hands Severed! 

Who Can Live Without A Head!?! 

How Do We Pray For "Motivated" Evil-Doers!?! 

By The Grace Of The Eternal God

We Pray For Their Deliverance From Destruction And Death 

By Them Humbly Giving 

Their Own Willing Confession And Repentance Of Their Known Sin! 

We Pray That They Will Cooperate With Christ 

By Letting The Holy Spirit Do His Necessary Work In Their Life! 

I Pray To Almighty God That 

None Of Us Are Counted Amongst The Unrepentant 

In The Day Of The Settlement Of Accounts 

With Jesus Christ The Lord! 

Dear Lord, 

Please Help Us To Yield To You

And

Be Wholly Thine! 

AMEN!!! 

Peace Be Upon You!

There Is No Reason For Sin!

We Would All Do Well 

To Understand, Accept

And 

Remember That 

There Is No Little Sin, Big Sin, Or Trivial Sin! 

We Will Bless Ourselves By Confession And Repentance 

Aka Forsaking Sin When We Take To Heart The Fact That 

The Lord Our Righteousness Despises Both Hereditary Sins 

Aka Born-With Tendencies To Particular Sins 

And

Cultivated Sin Aka Sin Practiced By Willful Desire! 

Neither Birth 

Nor Lustful, Hateful Desires

Need ... Nor Want 

Are Excuses For Indulging In Known Sin! 

Beloved, 

Let Us All Be Cautioned And Reminded That 

There Is No Reason To Sin 

And

There Is No Excuse For Sin! 

The Act Of Sinning Aka The Transgressing Of 

The Law Of Almighty God 

Is 

Straight-up Lawlessness! 

When We Indulge In Lawlessness 

Which Is Much The Same As Saying Like The Fool That 

There Is No God

We, In Willful Defiance Of The First Commandment

Make Ourselves God 

And 

"Give" Ourselves Life And Death Power 

Over Our Brethren And Companions In This Life! 

We All Have One Life To Live

One Hell To Avoid 

And

One Heaven To Gain! 

Tread Softly In The Presence Of The Living God 

By And Through Whom You Live 

And 

Breathe 

And 

Are Permitted To Live Each Day! 

If You Are Able To Keep Yourself Alive 

And 

Will Enter Heaven Under Your Own Steam

Do As You Please! 

If You Need Jesus Christ To Save You

Humble Yourself 

And

Daily Choose To Do What Is Good And Right: 

Bountiful Blessings Await You! 

Peace!

The Promises Of God Are Not Comforts For Fools!

KJV Luke 15:10

10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

 

Anyone Who Does Not Hold Our Almighty God In Godly Fear 

Is 

Fair Game To Satan And His Fallen Angels 

Who Will Work Diligently To Help Them Accumulate Enough Sin 

To Acquire The Fare For The One-Way Ticket 

To Hell 'N Damnation! 

All Of Us Already Have Enough Sin

But

The Committed-To-Christ Child Of God 

Being In Awe ... Godly Fear ... Of His Maker

And 

Believing The Word Of Promise

Will Choose To Daily Confess 

And 

Repent ... Turn Away From ... Known Sin! 

Time For A Think-Think ... 

Let Us Consider The Invitation To Confess ... And Repent

The Promise To Forgive ... And To Cleanse

The Decision To Follow Christ ... And Live By Faith That Cannot Fail Us

And 

The Blessed Hope Aka Christ In Us Our Hope For Glory! 

We Have Reason For Our Blessed Hope! 

Beloved, 

The Promises Of God Are Not Comforts For Fools! 

They Are "Yes, Lord!" And "Amen!" 

For All The Saints Of God And Christ 

Who Have Resolved To Live For The Lord Of Life

Who Exchanged His Life For Ours 

So That We Have The Opportunity 

To Transact A One-For-One Fair Exchange Of

Our Sinful Life For His Holy Life

Our Mortality For His Immortality

And 

Our Perishing Planet For His Perfect Paradise! 

Brethren, Beloved,

Please Let The Holy Spirit Guide You Into All Truth: 

Dare To Strive For The Crown That Doesn't Tarnish! 

Let Heaven Rejoice Over You Today! 

Truth And Peace

Are One!

THE ECONOMY OF GOD: Pray Every Need!

Repent Every Sin!

Pray Every Need!

Never Turn Back!

Repentance 
Is 
A Requirement ... A Necessity 

In The Economy Of God

And

All Who Will To See Jesus Christ In Perfect Peace

Must Humble Self

And

Cry Out In Surrender

To The Forgiving, Blessing, Holy, Just God!

Forgiveness Benefits Only Those

Who See Their Need Of Repentance 

Because 
Of Their Kown Great Sin

And

Who Refuse To Be As The Damned-For-Eternity Ingrate

Who Will Be Glad To See Our Repentance Come Too Late

And

Have Us Join Him And Others

Outside The Holy City's Closed-To-Unrepentant-Sinners

Beautiful Pearl Gates!

Repentance And Presumption

Cannot

Communicate!

Confession And Pride

Will Not

Cohabitate!

Wisdom And Folly

Will Not Fornicate

And

Christ And Satan Do Not Cooperate!

So, Therefore

To The Child Of God

The One Who Sincerely Desires The Promised Reward

The Only "Game" Worth Expending Effort Over Is:

Repentance

Confession

Wisdom

And

The Lord Christ

With Whom The Longing Heart Of Faith

Desires Ever To Abide!

Brethren, 

Two Things To Consider:

The Proffered Lie Of Instant Answers To Our Prayers

And

The Necessity Of Praying About Our Wayward Thoughts

Which Are Easier To Get Rid Of Than Having To Do Recompense

With Skin

And 
In Prayer

For Performing Unconscionable, Ungodly, Deeds! 

The Answers To Prayers Of Faith

Are "Yes!" "No!" "Wait!"

And

"My Grace Is Sufficient For Thee!"

Jesus Christ Prayed The Same Prayer Three Times! 

And 
He Sweated Blood In The Endeavor!

The Lord God Almighty

Answers All His Faithful Children's Prayers

So Pray Until Something Happens! 

In The Anguish Of Your Soul 
From The Trials Of Life 
And 
The Bitter Oppressions Of Your Human Enemies
And 
Satan ... The Enemy Of Your Purchased Soul
Cry Unto The Lord! 

The Answer To Your Prayer That

The God Of Grace Gives Unto You

Is Always The One That Is

For Your Best Good

And For His Glory!

Never Doubt His Love For You!

Pray Like There Is No Tomorrow! 
Pray Like Yours Is The Only Voice That Our Lord Can Hear
And 
Deliver Up Your Petitions With The Full Expectation Of 
A Ready Response From The Holy One 
Who Sacrificially Loves You, Hears You,
And 
To You Draws Near! 

Do Not Indulge Ungodly Fear!

There Is No Profit In Pretty Talk! 
As The Old Folk Used To Say: 

Spill Your Guts To Get The Glory! 

Give All That Is In Your Heart To Jesus Christ The King
Because
He Gave His All For You! 

Depend Upon The Profit

Ever Derived From Praying

And

Pray

Like Your Life Depends On It:

The Lord Of Glory

Requires Us

To Instantly, Constantly, Do It!

 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: PRAYING: The Way To Life

Preparing For Duty

And

Marked For Trial

- Being Informed Of The Dire Necessity Of Prayer -

Sought Assistance At Divine Support

A Subsidiary Of Amazing Grace Now

And

Surpassing Glory To Come! 

Wanting To Become Aka To Be Transformed Into 

Braced For Duty

And

Prepared For Trial

These Two Humbled Themselves

Watching And Praying

Praying Without Ceasing

And

In All Things By Prayer And Supplication

They Made Their Requests Unto

The True And Living God

In Their Lord Christ's Holy Name!

They Wanted The Benefits Of 
The Close, Personal, Relationship With Savior Of Man 

So They Adhered To 
And 
Met The Conditions Publicly Enumerated

And

With Working Faith

And

Living Hope 

They Fully Expect To Reap 
The Promised Immeasurable, Known-Eternal, Benefits!

Truth Be Told ... 

The Road Is Long, Narrow, Strait Aka Difficult

But

Glory Be To Jesus

That Same Road Is Straight

Because

The Map-Maker Is True, Faithful, Kind, Blessing, Giving

And

Forgiving!

He Is The All-Knowing One

And

He Is The Forever Friend

Who Heals Hurts

And

Mends Hearts And Lives!

With Him, They Choose To Abide!

Abide ... That's A Pretty Strong Word!

Indeed!

It's The Perfect Word!

To Abide, To Rest, To Be Safe

Sheltered, Protected, Provided For!

I Like It!

Along The Way, They Met Pray So Little

And

So Little Faith!

It Did Not Go Well!
They Refused To Let Prideful Self Get In Their Way
Of Moving From Certain Hope
To Assured Glory!
They Preferred Profitable Prayer To Unprofitable Pride!
They Understood ... Understand That 
To Live With Pride
Is 
To Live A Bold
And
Their Faith In Lord Christ Was Not Having It!

Amazing, Isn't It

When We Want What The Lord Has To Give

But Have No Pressing Desire

To Humbly Pray So That We May Receive 

The Available-For-The-Asking Blessing!

Don't Forget Being Stuck On Self The Sinner ...!

... And Don't Forget The Attitude Of

It'll Be There If ... Or When ... I Need It!

Been There, Done That, Foolish Indeed!

All I'm Saying Is That

We All Could Learn A Thing Or Three

From Good King David! 

I Hear That! 

He Knew How To Pray And ...! 

... He Also Knew How To Confess And Repent 
And 
To Give His God His Due And Necessary Praise! 

Listen To This:

King David Knew His Prayers Were Accepted
Because 

He Knew He Met The Conditions
And
In Gratitude, For Faith, In Need
And
To Give Worshipful Praise

He Prayed Continually! 

Brethren, 

Praying Is Not A Panic Button 

To Be Used Only In Cases Of Emergency! 

To The Committed-To-Christ Christian

Praying Is To Be The Reason For Living

The Way To Life

The Umbilical Cord That Connects Us To Our Lord

Our Creator-God, Our Redeemer, Our Provider

And 

Is To Be A Constant

Our Go-To ... Our Default Position

In All Things In Our Sojourn In This Life! 

Pray Without Ceasing 
Is Not 
A Challenge: It Is A Command! 

Pray, Beloved! 

Roundly Reject Sin! 

Utter Honest Praise! 

Give Heartfelt Thanks

And 

Be Truly Grateful! 

To Remember How To Pray To Our Father In Heaven

Remember The ACTS: 

Adoration

Confession

Thanksgiving

Supplication Aka Ask For What You Need

And 

Do All In Jesus Christ's Holy Name! 
Our Almighty God Is The God Holy:
Take Your Faith To The Throne!

SINNER MAN: Standing In The Need Of Prayer + PRAYER: Father, I Have An Adversary ...!

One By One They Knocked At

And 
Gained Entrance To 
Sinner Man's Abode:

Faith For Today

     Humble Yourself

          Necessity Of Prayer

               Confession Of Sin

                    Repentance For Sin, And

Abandonment Of Sin

For Perfection
Sinner Man Made The Seventh Man!

Willing Sinning ... His Mercurial Common-Law Wife

Snarkily Commented:

How Nice And Cute!

The Gang's All Here

Probably Wanting To Have With You

A Comfort The Guilty-Soul Affair!

Let's Cheer: Yeaaaaaah!

Sinner Man Was Not Amus-Ed!

He Was Hungering After Christ's Righteousness

And

He Was Desirous Of Being Fed The Bread Of Heaven

And

Willing Sinning Was Doing Her Best Imitation Of A Pig-Head

And

Truth Be Told

He Is Starting To See That Willing Sinning's Heart

To Saving Truth Has Wantonly Grown Cold

And

He Is Finally Getting The Impression That

His Relationship With Her

Is Not 
Going To Be Permitted To Prosper

And

They, Together, To Grow Old!

Said Sinner Man ... Thoughtfully
To His Dying-To-The-World Self:

I Believe The Word!

I Trust The Source!

Willing Sinning Does Not My Life Profit

And I Am Not One Of A Twin

Soooo, I Guess

I Know That As Regards This Dead-End Relationship

It Is Time For Me To Put The Big Chop Upon It!

Said Sinner Man ... Confidently
To Willing Sinning:

I Dearly Loved You Once

But I Do Not Love You Now!

You Are A Lost Cause

So Do Yourself A Nice Favor

And Get To Stepping Out Of My House!

Right Now!

You Entered Empty-Handed

But With Lots Of Pretty Words

And Now I Sincerely Encourage You

To Fill Your Hands With All Your Stuff And Nonsense:

Go Back To Your Family

Those Members Of The Lost-Goat Herd!

Willing Sinning Promptly Went Ballistic!

She Got On Like A Popped Kite!
She Paraded Like A Light Skirt In A High Wind!

She Dug In Her Heels

And 
Sought To Give Sinner Man

A Really Special ... Soul-Rocking
Nose-For-Sin

Sense-Overloading Delight

When, Suddenly

She Turned White As A Sheet

As She Heard Sinner Man Aggressively Say:

Get Thee Behind Me, Satan!

You Have No More A Part In Me!

Jesus Christ The Righteous Is My Savior

And

By His Great Grace

I Am Following After Him Gladly!

To Willing Sinning's Consternation
Sinner Man Had Foolishly Done

What He Had Lovingly Promised Her That
He Would Never, Ever, Ever, Do:

He Had ... In An Instant

Changed His Name To 

Repentant Sinner Man

And

Even Now ... In Her Presence

Was Strapping On 
Blood-Covered Way-Of-The-Cross Shoes!

As Willing Sinning Proudly Strode To The Door

She Spared Him A Wickedly Vindictive Word

Proving That Their Past Relationship 

Was A Lie ... A Lying Convenience
And 
Not About Love:

I'd Have Preferred That 

You Had Experienced 

A Lethal Heart Attack And A Stroke!

We Shall Meet Again ... Yoke Or No Yoke!

You're Nothing But A Joke!

Faith For Today Enveloped Repentant Sinner Man

In His Comfortable Arms

Even As Instant Constant Prayer 
Entered The Room As Willing Sinning Stepped Away!

For Repentant Sinner Man

The Sun Somehow Shone Brighter That Day!

PRAYER:

Father,

You Chose Me And I Chose You!

I Desire Your Blessing

And Ever To Please You!

Blessing Me To Be Prayerful

Joyful, Hopeful

Ever Heeding

For I Have An Adversary

Against Whom I Sincerely Need Your Leading!

Pity Me, Dear Father

And Bless Me To Honor You

To Worship You As You Say

And Always Obey

And Help Me To Have Enduring Faith

Faith That Grows With Each Passing Day!

Thank You For Freedom!

Thank You For Hope!

Thank You For Victory Over Willing Sinning

And

Thank You, Dear Lord

For The Holy Spirit's Teaching

So That With The Vagaries Of This Life

I, By Grace, Will Cope!

I Love You, Lord

And

I Thank You For Hearing And Answering Prayer!

Please Help Me To Humble Myself Before You

For It Is In Jesus Christ's Holy Name

That I Pray And With Living Hope, Plead!

AMEN!

Constant Praying Is A Necessity + PRAYER: Father, Make Me To Be Like You!

Every Man, Woman, Child Has An Adversary

The Bold Enemy

Who Wants To Pounce On Us

When We Don't Say Grace Before And After Meals

When We Go To Bed

When We Arise From Sleep

When We Receive A Blessing 

When We Desire A Blessing 

When We Are In Fear

When We Have Overwhelming Care

When We Desire Leading

When We Are Saved From A Distress 

When We Have Sin To Confess

When We Need To Bless God For His Dear Grace

When We Receive The Daily Gift Of Faith ...!

... Yes, Yes, Yes, I Hear All That!

What's Your Point!?!

The Point Is That Satan Is Ready, Willing
And
Well Able To Destroy Anyone One Of Us

Who Thinks ... Believes ... That

He Can Walk This World Alone

Without Certain Comfort ... Aid 

From Him Who Lovingly Made Us!

Oh. 

Is That All You're Going To Say!?!

Yes. 

come On Now!
What's Wrong With You!?!

Everything. 

Why Do You Say That!

Dunno. 

Huh!?!

Sorry! I Don't Know!

I Feel Off-Center!

Have You Been Doing Your

Forgetting That Without Christ Jesus

There's No You For You To Do!?!

Yes. 

Having You Been Praying!?!

For Yourself!?!

Sometimes.

Have You Lost Your Mind!?!

Probably. 

Well You'd Better Hurry Up

And 
Find It Real Fast!

Why?

No Christian Can Or Will 
Survive The Mortal Strife

The Warfare For Eternal Life

If 
They Do Not Have A Private, Personal, Prayer Life! 

Your Prayer Life Must Also Include You

And

Must Not Just Be For Others!

Without Constant, Personal, Prayer-Communication

With The Lord Christ 

We Are Nothing But Cannon Fodder

For Satan's Big Guns To Destroy!

I Don't Feel Good Always Begging God For Things!

Really!?!

If You Don't Go To The Father

In Jesus Christ's Holy Name

Who Do You Believe 

Is Going To Provide For You

Protect You

Direct You 

Correct You On The Pilgrim's Way!? 

No One!

How Often Do You Say

"Thank You, Father!" 

For The Daily Gifts Of Love That 
You Unfailingly Receive!?! 

Honest Answer Or Diplomatic!?! 

Diplomacy 
Is 
Not A Tactic Recognized In The Realm Of Prayer! 

Then The Truth Is Not Often Enough! 

We Could All Say "Thank You, Father!" 
More Often! 

You Know, 

We Don't Know How To Pray As We Ought!
The Bible Says That
And 

It Also Says That The Holy Spirit 
Interprets Our Prayers

With Groanings Which Cannot Be Uttered! 

Jesus Christ Presents Our Prayers To The Father

Perfumed By His Merit 

As Though The Prayer Is His Own! 

We Are Blessed!

Indeed!

Did Not Jesus Ask Us 

To Cast Our Every Care On Him

To Be Instant And Constant In Prayer

To Pray Without Ceasing

To Boldly Approach The Throne Of Grace

To Pray In His Name To The Father 

In Faith ... Nothing Wavering

To Believe He Is Able To Give Us What We Desire

To Have Faith

To Trust Him At His Word 

To Enduringly Obey!?! 

A Thousand Times, "Yes!"

Even Though Jesus Christ 
Is 
The Only Begotten Son Of The Eternal God
In His Human Incarnation

He Deeply Felt The Need To Pray 
To Constantly Communicate With His Father! 

Need!?! 

Need As In I Can't Stand By Myself And Prosper! 

Need As In I Feel Strong When You Are Near! 

Need As In You Are My Salvation! 

Wow! I Didn't Consider That! 

Most People Don't Either! 

Jesus Prayed For Strength

For The Bitter Cup
Separation From The Father
To Be Removed 

And

He Also Prayed For The Father's Will 
To Be Done By His Willing Obedience 

Even Unto Death

The Cruel Death On Calvary's Rugged Cross! 

He Also Prayed For Us, You And Me! 

Lacey, We Show Faith In

And

Reliance Upon The Lord

When We Step Out In Our Gift Of Daily Faith

Accepting The Blood Stained, Personal, Invitation

To Make Our Supplications ... With Thanksgiving

Known 

Unto God Almighty! 

Trust The Promises Given
And
Know That We Cannot Wear Out The Lord! 

We Can't Stop The Living God From Giving

- Blessing, Healing, Sealing
Leading, Feeding, Revealing -

His Good And Perfect Gifts! 

You Are Not Bigger Than Your Creator

So, Humble Yourself ... And Pray 

Plead, Beseech, Supplicate ... Beg! 

The Eternal God Doesn't Sleep

Doesn't Play Favorites 

And

His Storehouses Can Never Run Out Of Stock!
You Are Always First In Line! 

Bend ... Humble Yourself

And

He Will Lift You Up Mightily! 
Willingly Express Your Need For His Favor!

Thank ... Thank You For Your Kindness! 

I've Been Exceedingly Foolish! 

The Lord Loves Me More Than I Love Myself

And He Promises Never To Leave Me

Nor Forsake Me
And I Do Know That
Everything About Me Concerns Him! 

Indeed! 

PRAYER:

Father, 

I Am Sorry! 

Forgive Me, I Pray! 

I Have Been Very Foolish

Giving Satan Room In My Life

Unopposed To Play! 

I Have No Excuse, Lord! 

I Cannot Say I Was Not Thinking! 

I Have Been Skimping On Praying

And My Security Blanket

Has Been Slowly Tearing!

I Have Been Depriving Myself

Of 

Your Comfort

Your Leading

Your Blessing In My Life

And

In Repentance

I Come Confessing My Sin

So Please Forgive Me

And

Fix Me

And

Guide Me Safely Unto Your Eternal Life! 

I Need You, Dear Lord! 

Please Help Me So That The Longing For You

In My Heart Never Diminishes

But Exponentially Increases! 

Make Me To Be Like You! 

My Heart Is Pleading! 

I Love You! 

AMEN.