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Okay! Okay! Now Tell Me How Much Time You Daily Spend Indulging, Learning, Growing, Sharing Advancing Your Hobby!
I Spend Hours On End!
I Spend Four To Five Hours A Day, Every Day!
When I'm Off Work, My Hobby Is All That I Do!I Spend Every Spare Hour I Can!
Alright! Do You Feel Blessed To Have Your Hobby!
I Know I Am Blessed! It Helps Me Destress!
It Keeps Me Sane!
It's My Quiet Time!
It Gives Me Pleasure!
'Evening, Everybody! Sorry To Be Late! What's Our Topic This Evening!?!
'Evening Macy! Hobbies And Praying!
Fair Enough!
What's Your Hobby, Macy!?!
Carpentry! I Build Bird Houses!
Does Your Hobby Bring You Closer To Jesus!?!
It Sure Does! As I Work, I Think On Jesus And When I Do, I Enter Into Prayer! I Like This Alone Time! I Can Set Aside Self And In Jesus, I Rest!
How Long Do Spend Communicating With The Creator The Source Of Our Strength!?!
I Can Spend Hours And I Do Not Feel The Time Pass! I Am Happy In The Lord And Have No Time For The Fraud!
I Can Tell You, True Praying Is My Real Hobby ...!
... Gracious! Not You, Too!
Why Do You Say That!?!
Marvay, Here, Says Praying Should Be A Hobby!
I Will Agree With Him! I Say That He's Right! Praying Is A Blessing A Gift From The Master And In Its Indulgence We Should Take Special Delight!
Praying Lifts Us Up To The Throne Room Of Heaven! Praying Takes Us To That Most Holy Place Where We Cannot In Flesh Hope To Enter But Where We, By Praying Can Rid Ourselves Of Our Defilements Our Disgrace
And
Make Petition For Favor
And
Tell The Lord Of Our Hopes And Our Joys!!
I Pray For Rain
And I Pray For Power To Lower My Self And Lift Up The Lord!
I Pray For Others My Friends, My Brethren! I Pray Constantly For The People Of The Holy God!
I Pray For The Children The Old, The Lost, The Lonely! I Pray Even For My Enemies In My Way!
I Pray For The Leaders Of The Church The Family And The Government! I Pray For Peace And For The Coming Of The Lord Soon On His Way!
I Pray For The Outpouring
And For The Indwelling Of The Holy Spirit! I Pray For My Complete Conversion And That Of All The Brethren!
I Pray That I Can Hold Fast To The Hand Of The Holy Jesus And I Pray To Rise Up To Glory When The Last Trumpet Shall Blast!
Oh, My!
I Never Considered This Side Of Praying! This Is, Indeed, Something That Is Good!
If Praying ... The Gift
Is Acknowledged As The True Blessing It Is
And
Becomes Known As" The Soul-Healing Hobby"
- The Strength Never Weak - We Could Neuter Satan So That His Arm Against Us Would Always List!
Here's A Thought ...
People Are Happiest Indulging Their Hobbies Always Wanting Just Five Minutes More So If We Numbered Praying As The Hobby Desirable You Can Be Sure People Will Readily Equip Themselves Readily To Talk With The Holy God!
The Lord Already Told Us That!?!
Yes, Indeed, He Did!
He Gave Us A Model Prayer! He Said Pray ... Without Ceasing! He Encourages Us ... In All All Things By Prayer And Supplication With Thanksgiving To Make Our Requests Known Unto God!
I Love It! Let's Pass This Thought All Along The Line!
Too Self-Sufficient And Humble Teachable Spirit Are Christians And Pastors Who Live Their Appellations
As They Work For Jesus Christ The Lord!
They Share A Congregation!
Too Self-Sufficient
Is The Charismatic Fast-Talking Junior Pastor Whose Philosophy For Soul-Winning Is:
The Ends Justify The Means!
Humble Teachable Spirit
Stands On The Living Word Of
The Word Who Is Jesus Christ The Holy Lord!
One Of Them Is, Indeed, A Learner Willing To Submit Himself To The Molding Of The Great Teacher!
The Other Is A Great Hindrance To The Furtherance Of The Gospel Whilst At One And The Same Time He Is The Great Favorite - Some Call Him A Pet - Of Faithful Souls Congregation!
Humble Teachable Spirit Is As Unlike Too Self-Sufficient As Chalk Is From Cheese! Humble Teachable Spirit Has A Heart Totally Submitted To Almighty God And Under No Circumstance Does He Seek To Enlarge His Stature By Lowering The Stature Of The Lord Christ!
By Great Contrast Too Self-Sufficient - Completely Satisfied With His Vast And Cerebral Knowledge Of Christ's Christianity - Seeks At Every Turn To Insinuate Himself Between Men's Souls And Their Savior!
He Is A Whirling Dervish Who Acts Like A Circus Clown Speaks Like A United Nation's Diplomat Reasons Like A Wall Street Banker-Broker And Commiserates Like The Old-Time Family Physician!
He Thinks He Can Make Satan - Like A Tame Dog - Happily Lie Down!
He Is A Peacock
Who Lives The Reverse-Robin Hood Life
With Himself Being On The Receiving End Of
The Congregation's Loving Largesse!
Humble Teachable Spirit Often Offends - Often Greatly Offends The Congregation - Because His Simple, Always Available To The Lord Attitude Indicts Them For Their Wayward Delighted-By-The-World Willfulness!
He Is The Burr Under Their Saddle The Pebble In Their Shoe The Blister On Their Toe The Stye On Their Eye The Questioner Who Causes The Lump
To Form In Their Throats The One Who Makes Them Question
The Professed Reason For Their Hope!
In Short
He Makes Them Uncomfortable In Their Own Skin While Too Self-Sufficient - Who Feels He Is The Second-Coming -
Causes Them To Believe He Is Sufficient
To Gratify Their Carnal Lusts And Itching Ears!
The Setup Was A Recipe For Sure Disaster!
Did You Know That Disaster
Is Always Preceded By
The Doubter's Raucous Laughter!?!
It Must Be Said ...
When A Man Sees Self He Cannot See The Savior And If You Can't See The Savior You Cannot See Your Sin!
A Self-Sufficient Pastor Is Easy Prey For The Raging Lion And Too Self-Sufficient - The Worldly-Wise Hireling Shepherd - Was Playing Par For The Course When He Had With His Thought-Dead Conscience A Muy Uncomfortable Discourse!
He Had Been Playing Fast And Loose
With Jesus Christ's Faith!
He Had Just Finished Fluffing His Bank Book When Inquiry Was Made By His Spirit And He - Not Easily Spooked By, In His Thinking, A Phantasm - Was Having None Of It!
Where Is Your Shame!?!
What, Really, Is Your Life's Work!?!
Weren't You Called To Serve The Savior!?!
Why Do You With The Devil Flirt!?!
You Can't Serve Almighty God And Mammon!
You Can't Belong To Heaven And To Hell!
You Can't Feed The People Self, Sin And Salvation
And
Believe That For You Things Will Go Well!
Spooked, He Shook Himself Roundly! Afraid, He Sought Relief By Counting The Days To His Next Payday But, ConscienceActivated By The Holy Spirit Was Through Being A Patsy A Companion In The Game Of Life For Fleeting Profit!
His Conscience Was Shook And His Self - Normally Winsomely Wayward - Was Suddenly On Fire And Ever So Brightly Lit!
There Was No Rest For The Wicked! His Home Was No Haven Of Rest
And His Prepared Sermon Was Taunting Him As Was The Music Playing On His Heirloom Gramophone!
Stuff And Nonsense! Stuff And Nonsense! My Minds Is Playing Tricks On Me Is What I Say!
I am Lord Of My Own Life! I Am Rich In Goods! There Is Nothing Else That I Need! The Bible Is The Tool Of My Trade So When I Put It Down I Can Do What I Want
And From This Guilty Conscience
I Will Walk Away!
Bedroom Living Room Bathroom Car Inside Outside Self And Guilty Conscience
Did Viciously Spar!
Man Can Run Man Can Even Hide From His Problems But Man Cannot From A Guilty Conscience Hide!
It Must Be Said ...
If A Man's Conscience Can Still Disturb His Peace It Is Because There Is Still Hope For Him
That From The Ways Of Sinning
By God's Grace
He Will Assuredly Leave!
Too Self-Sufficient's Conscience
Had Not Yet Become Seared With A Hot Iron!
Brethren,
Please, I Beseech When Your Conscience Awakes You To Matters Of Gravitas Pay Attention Give Thanks To The Living God And Get To Fixing What Ails Your Soul!
The Truth Must Be Spoken ...
The Spirit Of The Living God Convinces Men Of Sin Convinces Men Of Salvation And Convinces Men Of Judgment!
If You Do Not Stifle Your Conscience The Spirit Of The Living God - The Comforter - Can Do A Good Work In And With You!
Too Self-Sufficient Was About To Have A "When Thou Art Converted Help The Brethren!" Moment!
All I Can Tell You About That Moment Is That The Next Time Too Self-Sufficient Appeared Before
The Faithful Souls Congregation He Was A Changed Man:
He Had Shock Of White Hair At The Front Of His Head! There Was Fire In His Eye! There Was Thunder In His Voice! There Was Real Purpose In His Walk!
He Is A Changed Man On A Grave Mission And As He Said
He Was Not Ever Again Going To Be Diverted!
Hear Him Speak:
Brethren Beloved, I Owe You An Apology And I Give It From My Heart Newly Broken For My Jesus!
I Am Newly Out From Walking In The Dark!
I Had An Encounter With The Lord Of Life!
Brethren, I Had To Make The Decision: Walk With The Lord Of Life Solely And In His Living Light Or Dance With The Devil Wholly And Become A Gross Creature Of The Night!
I Used To Try To Do Both And By So Doing I Was Endangering Not Just My Soul - My Bought And Paid For Soul - But Your Precious Souls Also!
The Loving Forgiving Just And Holy Faithful God Of Heaven Was Not Well-Pleased With Me Because
My Careless Thoughtless Willful Wayward Utterly Selfish Actions Were Crucifying The Lord Christ Afresh!
The "I" In Christ Was My Eye! Eye Had Seen Self And Satisfaction Success And Security Power And Prestige Access And Ascension!
I Was A Pulpit Pimp And A Temporal Prosperity Purveyor And Purchaser!
I Did Not See The True Pearl Of Great Price!
I Saw The Rich Religious-Pie And I Whole-Heartedly Desired More Than One Slice!
To My Great Shame
I Looked Lovingly At You Spoke Kindly To You And Cherished Your Association Because You Made My Bank Balance Look Real Nice!
I Have Confessed My Known Sin And I Have Given My Soul's Sincere Repentance
To The Eternal God And I Have Asked With Many Tears Of Contrition For His Forgiveness And My Own Soul's Needed Cleansing And I Sincerely Apologize To You And Ask For Your Forgiveness And A Second Chance To Right My Wrongs And To Do The Good That The Lord Called Me To Do!
I Have Seen The Light Of Life! I Believe The Truth That Is The Gospel
And There Is A New And Heavy Burden In My Heart For The Souls Of Lost Men And, I
- Renewed, Remade, Regenerated Converted To The Lord Christ And The Way Of Salvation - Am Eager To Work To Tell You About The Real God The Great Controversy And The Fight For Eternal Life And Help To Get Us And Keep Us All On The Strait And Narrow Path That Will Lead Us All To The Realm Of The Blessed Where There Is Eternal Peace And Sweet Rest!
The Soul Convicted Needs To Walk To Conversion But The Journey Is Not One Called Easy! The Soul Unconverted Likes Things Easy Because Then He Could Do As He Was Well Pleased! ... Sorta! The One Convicted Knows That Something In His Life Was Wrong! The One Convicted Knows That With Conversion He Would Against Sin Be Bold And Strong But The Struggling Convicted Does Not Want To Cross The Bar Because Then He Would Have To Close Willing Willful Sin's Door Which, For Him Had Always Hung Kindly And Welcomingly Ajar! ... Supposedly! Nobody Has To Walk Through Known Sin's Door! I'll Go Further And Say That Nobody Has To Eat Confusion Out Of Babel's Shiny Glass Jar! Nobody Has To Stay In A Pickle Drunk At Do What Thou Wilt's Grill And Bar Because, Then The Sacrifice Of Jesus Christ Will Be For That Poor Soul A Sacrifice ... Wasted! Ah, The Fruits Of Salvation That He Could Have Tasted! Truth Be Told ... Conversion Is A Corner Where Decisions Must Be Made! Conversion Is A Bed Where A New Birth Will Take Place! Conversion, Friends Is A New Life With Disgrace Removed From The Saved Child's Face! As You Well Know ... Giving Birth Ain't Easy! Labor And Pain Are Involved! Giving Birth Ain't Easy And It's Messy! You Are Praying ... A Lot And Crying ... Real Hard And Sweating ... Copiously Is Always Involved! Sometimes Even The Inappropriate Bad Word, Bad Word For Some People Is Decidedly Involved! Like It Or Not ... You Can't Keep In The Baby So You Might As Well Give Birth! If You Accept That Jesus Christ Is Calling You Might As Well Accept That There Is The New Birth! The Brand New Life! Indeed! It Is A Necessity For The Issue Of The Rancidness And Rapacity Of Sin And The Efficacy Of The Delicacy That Is Salvation Must - Once And For All Time - Be Resolved! A Man Can't Eat Rancid! I Don't Want To Be Unfair-Sin's Prey! With That Said Living In Conversion Would Obviously Be In Order, Right!?! Sure Looks That Way! But De Pain! De Pain! The Growth In Grace! Narrow Roads On Hard Shoes! Gospel Of Truth Make Hard Shoes Loose! Deprivation And Denial! For Your Sins Jesus Christ The Righteous Suffered At An Unfair Trial! Better Conversion Than The Eternal God's Wrath In Golden Vials! Repent, Brethren And Thereby Negate Your Base Denials! Be Baptised And Walk In The Newness Of Life Even Though There Will Be Personal Trials! From Conviction To Conversion What A Walk To Life That Is! From Conviction To Conversion From Death To Life - Eternal Life - The Life With Christ Is Worth The Struggle For, Then Your Heart With The Lord Christ's Heart Will ... Forever Snuggle! I'll Be Forever Out From Under Satan's Death-Grip Muzzle! The Love Of Christ Will Have Changed My Deceitful Heart And I Will, By Grace The Plan's Of Wily Devil Well And Truly Scuttled! Let's Not Be Stubble! Who's Ready Rumble!?! I'm In! All The Way In! Let's Pray In Jesus Christ's Name For The Victory For Which He Has Already Paid! The Victory For Us Already Won! Let's Each Pray For Our Personal Sure Win! I Second That! Brethren, We Are In Agreement! No More Visiting The Doctor Of Spin!
PRAYER:
I Humble Myself
Under Your Mighty Hand, Lord
Because
It Is My Desire
To Attain Unto The Great Reward! Save Me!
Please Help Me, I Beseech You
To Be Truly Converted
To The Lord Jesus Christ
And
To Depart The Ways Of Sin
To Get Out From Under
The Demonic Device! Seal Me!
I Believe The Word, Father!
I Trust In The Truth!
I Will To Walk With My Jesus!
I Desire Eternal Youth! Redeem Me!
I Thank You For The Love Given!
I Thank You For The Grace Bestowed!
I Thank You For The Mercies New
And
Beseech You
Help Me Moment By Moment
Daily! Help Me To Spiritually Grow! I Will Glorify Thee!
I Will To Reach Home
And
Live Forever At Peace With You
Is My Heart's Pitiful Plea! Hear, Oh, Lord And Bless In Jesus Christ's Holy Name I Pray! Let The Spirit Of The Lord Fall Upon Me!
Any Religion
That Permits Adherents To Indulge
In Selfish Or Sensual Gratification
Is As Pleasing To The Multitudes Today
As When The Israelites Were In The Desert
AND
There Are Many Pastors Working
Just Like Aaron Of Old
- Before He Was High Priest -
Weak-Willed
AND
Self-Serving
Who Pander To The Desires
Of The Unconverted
The Mixed-Multitude
Those Loud Ones
Bold
AND
Leads Them Blood Hot
Into Plain Sin Cold!
Loud Voices
Make No One Right
Just Because
They Are Willing
Someone Off The Face Of The Earth
To Wipe
AND
We Who Choose
To Stand In The Breaches
On The Word Of The Lord
Should Be Ready To Do Battle
IF
We Will To Walk With God
In Accord!
Really?!
You Should Know Better
Than To Encourage
The People Of God
To Indulge In Physical Battle!
I Never Said Anything About Physical Battle!
But You Said:
" ... Ready To Do Battle!"
And That, My Friend
Means Fight!
Come Onnnnn!
Now YOU Should Know Better
For
The Weapons Of Our Warfare
Are Spiritual
Not Physical
AND
Those Who Rise Up
With Arms In Hand
Are Unconverted
Unchristian
Unusual!
Don't You Remember...
Not By Might
Nor By Power
BUT
By My Spirit
Says The Lord Of Hosts?!
And What About ...
Those Who Go On The Great Commission
Should Be Men Of Integrity
Willing Able And Capable
To Issue The Stern Rebuke
Unmindful Of The Backlash
The Fallout
The Friend Spurn
AND
Trusting The Word Of God
Should Not
To The Left
Nor To The Right
Turn!
God's Justice Is Sure
Even Though It Is Often Not Swift
AND
Even In This
Man - By Choice -
Out Of The Dust Of Degradation
His Own Soul May Uplift
By Acknowledging The Sin
By Going To God In Contrition
To Repent
AND
Thereby
The Sure Hand Of Justice
From Undiluted Vengeance
Through Mercy
From The Death Decree
Shall Relent!
God's Promises Are True!
God's Ways Are All Right!
AND The End Of God's Return On Your Investment
Is
Eternally Out Of Sight!
Tasks To Be Performed
May Be Unpleasant
BUT
Lest Ye Forget
They May Be There To Test You
So
Think Always Of The Crucible
AND
Do Exactly
What The Good Lord
Gently Asks Of You!
I Bid You Think Of The Before-Conversion Aaron
Ever Willing To Please
BUT
Man-Pleaser That He Was
Caused The Death Of 3,000 Persons
Who Were Cut Down Like Trees
AND
Though In This Day
The Death Toll Is Not In An Apparent Instant
The Outcome Will Be The Same
So
Pastors
Preachers
Teachers Priests
Look To Yourselves
AND
Ask God
For A Converted Heart
I Beseech You
On Bended Knees!
There Is A Contentious Matter In Christendom Regarding Conversion Reconversion AND Real Christian Christianity Which Causes Christians To Behave Un-Christian AND Causes Non-Christians To Curse Called-Christians' Un-Christlike Christianity!
Wow! That's A Mouthful!
And ... True!
Look At Sin! Sin Transgresses God's Law! All Men Sin Ergo All Men Are Sinners!
Sinners Need Forgiveness! Forgiveness Comes From God AND
You Need Christ To Get To God! Christ IS The Bridge The Stairway To Reach God!
How Do You Get To Jesus!?
Hear The Word!
Faith Comes By Hearing The Word Of The Lord!
The Word Says We Need A Savior AND The Holy Spirit Calls Us!
Our Savior Is Jesus Christ!
We Must Believe That He Is Who He Says That He Is! We Must Believe He Can Do What He Says He Will Do!
You Gotta Acknowledge Your Sin
And Repent And Confess!
What Has That Got To Do With Conversion And Reconversion?!
How Does One Get From Being Converted To Being In Need Of Reconversion?!
We Have A Couple Of Things Going On Here:
A Convert Who Was Never Truly Heart Converted AND A True Convert Who Became Complacent AND "Lapsed" Into Sin! Planned Sin aka Iniquity Which Is A Real Problem Because One Can Turn Away From The Obvious!
Let's Start With Be Careful Ye That Think Ye Stand ... Lest Ye Fall
AND
Work Out Your Own Salvation With Fear And Trembling!
Question: Who Was A Shepherd Warrior Psalmist King Sweet Singer Prophet Man After God's Own Heart?
David, Son Of Jesse!
Question:
Who BecameA Lying Fornicating Adulterer Murderer Who Indulged The Poisoned Pen To Kill A Mighty Man Who Had Been His Faithful Friend?!
King David, Son Of Jesse!
Did David Love God? Was David - From His Youth - A Valiant Warrior Zealous For God's Name?
Yes!
King David Poured Out His Whole Heart In Praise And Adoration Of His God And He Had Even Put His Life On The Line With That Giant - Goliath Of Gath - As His Proof Of Love His Lord!
So You Would Say That David Believed In
Submitted Himself To
AND Loved Trusted Obeyed Worshipped Praised Glorified Preached AND Taught Of God So That Made Him A "Converted Christian!?"
Yes, I Would!
So, Pray Tell ... How You Would Explain Shepherd David Going From The Joyful Confidence Of Psalm 23 To The Sorrow Of Repentance Of King David In Psalm 51 To The Jubilation Of Restoration Found In Psalm 32?! He ...! Well ...! I Don't Know!
Let Me Help You: Shepherd David Met God In Nature In The Hills Of Judah! He Humbly Sought After His God!
King David Met Satan
On The Rooftop Of A Palace In Jerusalem! He Revelled In His Fleshy Powers And Prowess!
King David Reacquainted Himself With His God In The Agony Of Repentance
On His Face Before God
- After The Death Of Two Innocents - As A Consequence Of His Blighted Actions!
Bottom Line ... King David Truly Loved God BUT ... The Wandering Lust In His Eye Motivated By The Puffed-Up Pride In His Life Lubricated By The Biting Lust Of His Flesh Blinded Him To The Light Of Life AND He Blinked AND Lost His Link To Redeeming Love!
Thankfully, Though ...
Upon Being Severely Chastised AND Being Made Aware Of His Sure Punishment King David's Godly Sorrow For Sin ANDConfession Of Error AND Repentance For Wrongdoing - With Real Tears Of Contrition - Caused The Cleansing His Eyes AND The Restoration Of His Sight So That - Again - He Could See The Light Of Life! AND He Held On - Never Again To Let Go - To His Soul's Savior The Very Savior That Christians Today Are Interpreting Reinterpreting Reinventing Remolding Recasting AND Casting Out Of Christ's Christianity!
There Is One Living God! One Redeeming Christ! One Chiding, Comforting Holy Spirit! One Way To The Everlasting Father AND One Constant Call To Sure Salvation While Mercy's Door Is Still Open For Business!
Since We Need Mercy That Obviously Means That There Is Justice! Since There Is Justice That Obviously Means There Is Sin (Crime)! Sin Transgresses God's Law BUT The God Of Love IS Also The God Of Mercy AND Sorrowful Repentance - Not Excuses - Not Small Man-Made Plasters On Festering Wounds Will Bring Us Reconciliation To The Almighty All-Knowing Always Present Can't-Be-Surprised King Of Glory!
The Problem, Though ...
Modern Christianity Does Not Hold With Acknowledging Sin Unto Confession Unto Repentance Unto Reconciliation Unto Promised AND Sure Salvation By Righteousness Aka Right Living AND Walking With God By Faith AND That Is Why Conversion Reconversion Is An Issue For Today AND Why So Many Christians Contentedly Say:
Many Men!
Many Minds!
Let's Be Kind
And
Lift Up The Common Good
Because
Our God Who Made Us
Has Always
Our Mere Men Ways
Understood!
It's All Good!
May The Only True God Save Us From Our Sinful Selves! Every Individual Needs A Committed AND Personal Relationship With The Only Living Holy Saving Redeeming God Who Can Remake Us In His Own Holy Image Despite What The Doctors Of The Church Adhering To The Traditions Of Men Now Say!!
