True Friend ... With Real Benefits!

I Have A Friend And The Benefits Are To Die For! 

Are You Out Of Your Tiny Mind!?! 

Oh, Yes, I Am And I'm Loving It! 

Somebody Call 911!

Gracilla Done Gone And Lost Her Mind! 

Oh, No, She Hasn't! 

She Has Made The Best Decision Ever ...!

... You've Lost Your Mind, Too! 

You'd Do Well To Lose Yours And Join Us! 

Excuse Me!?! 

Why Would I Join You Heathens In Committing Known Sin!?! 

You Would Join Us, Too, If You Know Who The Friend Is! 

I Sincerely Doubt That

And I Rebuke You All In Jesus Christ's Holy Name! 

Wait, I Thought She Said, I Distinctly Heard Her Say That

She Doesn't Want Any Friend With Benefits

So Why Is She Calling His Name!?! 

What Are You Talking About!?! 

Dear Chantelle ...! 

... Call Her CINO Aka Christian In Name Only!

She's Not Going To Like That At All! 

Life's Hard! 

She'll Get Over It ... Eventually! 

If She Doesn't, She'll Never Get Over The Separating Line! 

Since You Put It Like That ...!

Dear CINO, 

We Are Talking About You

Who Claim The Name Of Jesus Christ

But

You Eat Your Own Bread

And

You Wear Your Own Clothing!

You, Dear Heart, Are Depriving Yourself Of

The Rich And Royal Benefits That

He Has And Gives Freely

To Us To Whom He Is The One True Friend! 

Oh, Dear Lord!
I Think I Need To Sit Down! 

Sweet Girl, You Are Sitting Down! 

What You Need To Do Is Stand Up

And

Humbly Claim Your Relationship

With The True Friend ... Jesus Christ The Lord

With Real Benefits ... Which Lead To The Heavenly Reward! 

I, I, I ...! 

... Close Your Mouth! 

You Look Like A Guppy! 

Yeah! 

Close Your Mouth And Open Your Heart

And Feel The Love! 

For All The Days When You Think That No One Loves You
And 
No Cares For Your Personal Well-Being
Remember That There Is God The Savior
Jesus Christ The Lord
Who Knows Your Name
And 
Personally ... With Mercy Because Of Love
Provides For You
And 
You Don't Even Have To Beg! 

Urgently Call On Him!
Eagerly Share Your Heart!
Lovingly Touch The Holy Hand Of Help
And 
Peacefully Rest Under His Sheltering Wings 
Where It Is Always Safe To Abide! 
Waiting For You, Beloved
Is 
The Open Treasury Filled With Innumerable Blessings 
Of Which Forgiveness ... That Ever Heals
Is 
Foremost! 

Jesus Christ ... The One True Friend
The Divine Friend
Who Provides Innumerable Blessings And Bounties
And
Benefits Which Always Include Our Daily Bread
Sacrificially Loves You And Me: 
Touch The Holy God Gracious Who Is Near And Dear
And 
Know His Perfect Peace!
He Forever Lives And ... He Unstintingly Gives!

Come To Jesus Christ

Because

He Loves You

And

Gives The Best Blessings And Benefits

And Then

Stay In The Relationship

Because

You Realize That You, Indeed

Eagerly Return His Love

And

Would Stay With Him Forever

Even If He Gave You Nothing More!

PRAYER: My Soul Is Quiet, Lord, And To Thee I Come!

Lord,

In All The Clamour Around Me

There Are Times When You Seem Far Away

And I Can't Seem To Feel Your Presence: 

It Makes Life Feel Awful Drear!

Father,

I Believe The Living Word

That You Are Always Present

So

When All The Voices Of Daily Life Are Far Away

In The Silence That My Soul Hears

I Am Waiting Listening

Hopeful

Needing The Help That Only The Holy God

The Creator Of Us All

The God Of The Ages

My Very Present Help

My Salvation

Can Give!

Lord,

I Worship You!

I Love You!

I Trust You!

I Need You, Now

Today!

I Ask For Help For Today

Because

The Word Says

Sufficient Unto The Day Is The Evil Thereof

Tomorrow Will Take Care Of Itself

For Tomorrow Is Not Promised To Any Man!

Lord,

You Said Come And Rest!

You Said To Bring My Burdens

And Leave Them With You!

You Said Cast My Every Care On You!

You Said Look Up And Live!

You Said Trust And Obey! 

You Said Take Your Yoke Upon Me

And Learn Of You!

You Said I Will Find Rest In You

For My Soul

Because You Are A Very Present Help!

You Said Come And Reason With You

And

Lord,

I Am Here!

Help Me!

Bless Me!

Use Me!

Lead Me!

Guide And Direct Me! 

Heal Me! 

Comfort My Soul! 

Help Me To Rest In You

Even In The Midst Of The Raging Sea

That Is Mankind

Many Of Whom Know Not Christ

Nor Seek After His Righteousness!

Father, 

I Am Listening

Help Me To Hear! 

I Am Available To You!

Please Draw Me Near! 

Help Me To Be Like Jesus

Seeking Your Face

Your Will

Setting Aside Self

And

Ever Ready To Your Will

Even Though It Hurts

For

The Day Is Coming 

When I, Like Jesus, 

Will See That For Which I Labor 

And

I Will Be Satisfied 

For I Will Have Awakened With His Likeness!

Please Keep Me In Your Care!

Help To Make Jesus Christ In My Life

The Treasure Most Dear! 

Help Me Not To Run After the World's Dross 

And

Help Me Never To Think That 

Anything Of The World Which I Willingly Give Up

Is A Thing To Be Counted As A Loss!

Father, 

I Have Chosen Jesus Christ As My Portion! 

I Desire Heaven As My City Of Eternal Residence

And

I Avidly Embrace The Knowledge That 

There Is A Personal Home Being Prepared For Me!

  

I Desire To Receive The Holy Inheritance

So, Please 

Send The Holy Angel To Protect 

And To Influence Me For My Eternal Good

And, Please 

I Beseech You

Keep Your Promise 

To Pour Out Of Your Spirit Upon Me 

And Upon My Brethren

So That We May Bless Our Savior 

Our Lord

And

Our King!

Please Keep Us Faithful!

Please Keep Us On The Straight And Narrow Path! 

Please Help Us Not To Turn Aside To Fables

And

Not To Go After That Which Does Not

The Soul Satisfy!

Please Give Unto Us This Day Our Daily Bread!

Please Protect Us From The Evil One

And

Keep Our Hearts Fixed On The Lord Christ

When We Are In The Valley Of Temptation

And

E'er We Die

Mark Our Graves

And

Raise Us Up To Glory

In The Last Day

At The Last Trumpet

So That There Will Be Glory For Us!

We Desire To Sing The Song Of Jubilee!

You Are Holy, Lord

And

I Desire To Worship You

In Spirit And In Truth! 

Take My Hand!

I Am Following After You! 

Lead Me Safely Home

For I Am In Your Care

And Do Not Walk Alone!

I Ask These Few Mercies

In The Matchless Name Of The Beloved Son

Jesus Christ The Righteous!  

AMEN.

The Lord Is My Shepherd!?!

The Choir With The Attending Soloist
Had Sung ... Beautifully:

The Lord Is My Shepherd

I Shall Not Want!

Many Hearts Were Blessed
But
One Young Person
Laughing Out Loudly
Commented:

The Lord Is Not My Shepherd For I Am Not A Sheep!
Five Others Agreed With Him!

One Other Person Said:

The Lord Is My Shepherd
I Shall Not Lack Health Nor Wealth ... Hallelujah!
Three Others Agreed With Her!

A Third Person Said:

Let's Pray That The Lord Bless
Those Who Believe
And Those Who Do Not Believe!

Interestingly Enough
I Was Ready To Take On The Third Person
Because
I Wondered Why The Holy God Would Want To Bless
The Unbeliever Who Does Not Want To Know Him

Or Refuses To Believe In Him

Or His Goodness!?!

This Desire Was So Until 
I Stopped And Did A Think!
Soon Thereafter,
I Blinked
For
I Understood, Truly Understood
Gospel Truth!

We, As True Believers
Should Always Desire That 
The Good Lord Bless The Unbeliever
With Sight
Insight
And
Foresight
So That In Hindsight
He May Recognize The Truth That His Walk
Is Sincerely Driving Him
To The Blackness Of Darkest Night!

With The Lord So Doing
The Rabid Unbeliever Will Recognize His Plight
And
Being Honest 
Would Cry Out To The Holy God
The Lord Of Light
For Help To Fight The Battle
That Is Presently Seeking
His Purchased Soul To Permanently Blight!

My Thought Became As A Kite
In The Wind Of Spring
And
Being Borne Aloft
Pointed Itself Upward
To Heights Not Previously
Known Or Recognized!

Truth Be Told ...

It Is Imperative
That The Child Of The King
Pray For Blessings On The Unbeliever
Because 
He, Too
Was Once One Of The Lost
Labelled A Deceiver
And
A Greedy Receiver
Who Saw No Fun
In Being A Giver Of Praise And Worship
To The Only One Holy
Who Can 
Who Will
Give To Obedient Enduring Man
The Ability To Become
An Eternal Liver!

Brethren, 

We Must Pray For The Unbelieving

And

Give Them A Good Word

And

Prayerfully Desire Their Salvation

So That They Will Depart

The Wild Goat Herd! 

Final Destinations ...

Heaven Is The Believer's Promised Home! 

Hell Is The Place Of Unrepentant Sinners' Destruction

And

We Who Believe In The Living God

And

Walk With Teachable Spirits

And

Delight In The Lord Christ

Have A Blessed Opportunity

To Show To The Unbeliever That 
Jesus Christ 
Is 
The Light Of Life! 

Please Be Kind And Loving ...

Bless A Brother Sister With Glorious Truth

Be They Little Old Or Youth! 

Truth Is Sweet

The Light That Gives Light

And

Presents The Soul To Almighty God

As Something In Which He May Delight! 

Let This Gift Of Love

To Our Holy God

Be Our Life's Goal! 

Of The Delights Awaiting The Faithful

The Half Has Not Been Told!

Let's Seek To Get Lost Souls

To Make The Decision That Will See Them 

Saving Their Own Souls!

Let Us For The Lord Christ

Be Bold!

Heaven At The Last Trumpet

Is

The Most Precious Goal! 

May The Lord God Holy Divine
Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread
And
Food From Heaven
By Which All Savior-Seeking Souls Sincere
May Be Wonderfully And Fully Fed
And
By The Good Shepherd
Be Safely To The Heavenly Home Led!

PRAYER: Shelter Us, Lord!

Father,

My Heart Is Grateful!

Grateful That The Holy God

Condescends To Hear The Prayers

Of A Mere Mortal

A Child Of The Dust

Like Me!

Lord,

I Listen And Hear

The Voices Of Those Who Long

For The Peace

The Quiet Rest

And The Treasures Of The World

Even As They Are Blessed

Of The Bounties Of The Earth

And 

Though Wearied With The Weight

Of Wanting More And More

Are Discontented To Their Very Core!

I Listen, Lord

To Those Who Are Called Poor

Many Of Whom Envy The Rich

Their Obvious Blessings

Wishing That They, Too

Could Have What The Other Has

And Not Realizing That

Having All Is Not In Or Of Itself

A True Blessing!

Father,

I Look At The Apostle Paul

And

I Have Realized Something About Myself!

Whether I Have Little Or Much

I Am Thankful

Blessed

Hopeful

Peaceful

And 

I Am At Rest!

Oh, How I Pray That My Brethren

Will Realize The Blessing

Of Peace And Rest In The Lord Christ!

Father,

Help Me

Help Us

To Not Set Our Hopes On The Things

That Pass Away

But To Place Our Hope

On The Blessed Hope

Christ In Us

Our Hope For Glory!

Lord,

You Have Made A Promise

And

In Childlike Trust

I Am Trusting You

For All My Provision!

You Have Stated In The Living Word

That

The Righteous Will Never Be Forsaken

Nor His Seed Be Out Begging For Bread -

Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread

Bless And Keep Us In Your Care

And

Shelter Us In Your Safe Fold

Where Blessed Sheep Are Led!

Lord,

Grant Us Your Grace

Favor Us With Your Rest

Bind Us Up In Your Blessing

And

Lead Us

Lord, Lead Us

Unto The Heavenly Realm

In The Day When The Righteous Dead

Will

From Sleep

Lift Up Their Heads!

Lord,

I Love You

I Bless You

I Need You!

Teach Me

Lead Me

Guide Me

Guard Me

Correct Me

Renew Me

Remake Me

Return For Me!

I Am Looking Up 

Believing!

Please, Lord

Keep Me Faithful

And

Let No One Kill My Hope Tree

But

Cause It To Bear Fruit

Precious Fruit

Suitable

For The Heavenly Table

Of My Glorious King!

Grant Me Faithful Endurance

For

The Footrace To See The King!

In Jesus' Holy Name, I Plead!

Let Heavenly Love Abide In Me!

Haste The Day, Lord!

Come Soon

And With Speed!

AMEN.

PRAYER: Lord, Help Me To Remember You

Father,

When Substance Is Substantial

Seeking After Your Blessings 

Somehow Seems Somewhat Abnormal

So

Please Place A Little Need In My Basket

So That I Won't Stop 

Calling Upon You

Or

Ever Forget About You!

I Thank You, Lord, For My Food Today!

I Thank You, Lord, For The Benefits

So Fittingly Displayed!

I Bless You, Lord

For The Loving Heart That For Me Cares

And

Thank You For Your Faithfulness

In Hearing My Daily Prayers!

AMEN.