VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: IED's And LED's

I Had The Right To Do It!
I Was Justified!

Hold Up, Baby Girl!
Just So You Know
You See That Justified Business
It Has An IED At The End!

Who Cares!?!
IED, LED, Whatever!

You May Want To Rethink That, Luv!

Why Should I!?!

Do You Even Know What An IED Is!?!

Don't Know, Don't Care!

Hmmm!
Would You Care To Sit With Me For A Moment!?!

If You Insist!

I Do!

Very Well!

Sweet Girl,
An IED Is An Improvised Explosive Device
And
When It Is Triggered
Anything And Everything
In Its Proximity Gets Ripped Apart
Destroyed
So You May Not Want To Indulge Being Self JustifIED!

You Can't Carry It Before The Lord!
The Holy Spirit Does Not Entertain It!
It Has No Excuse For Its Position
In Your Life
So, Please, Please, Please Discard It!

Self Justification
Like Self-Righteousness
Makes You Your Own Surety
Your Own Security
Your Own Lamb
Your Own Shepherd
Your Own High Priest
Your Own Lord
Your Own God
Your Own Provider
Your Own Sustainer
Your Own Help
Your Own Savior
Your Own Redeemer ...!

... Stop!
Enough Already!
Why Did You Have To Say All That!?!
I Was Enjoying Myself
Lording It Over That, That, Person
Who Done Wronged Me
And Whom I Enjoyed Fixing ... For Sure
And You Just Blew A Hole In My Balloon!
I Really, Really, Reallllly Want To Hate You!

Your Funeral!

But Wait A Minute!
You Talked About The IED!
What About The LED!?!

Ah, LED!
The "Let Envy Destroy" Me Light!
You Don't Want That Either!
IED Aka Inappropriate Anger
And
LED Aka Envy 
Are Satan's "Sweet" Treats
Disguised As Necessary Emotions
To Get Us Across Life's Ocean
Where People Won't Cooperate With Us
Have What We Deserve

Refuse To Give In To Our Desires

And

Just Plain Refuse To Let Us 
Lord It Over Them Like We Are Strong Towers!

Oh, My!

Nice Expression!

"My" Anger, "My" Envy

Won't Get Me On "My" Knees!

"My" Envy, "My" Anger

Places Me In Spiritual 
And 
Physical Danger!

Oh, Dear!

Nice Expression ... Again!
How About

Oh, Dear Lord

Have Mercy On Me!

Help Me To Do Right

Even If I Am Not With It Comfy!

Be Warned ... 

There Is No Reason ... Ever ... For Envy

Because

Jesus Christ The Righteous

Our Lord And Our God

- Not A Respecter Of Persons -

Provides Amply For Us All!

Anger Without A Just Cause Is Folly

Be It Found In Prince Or Paper Boy!

Anger Without A Just Cause

Leads To Hate

Leads To Murder

And 
We All Know That No Murderer

- No Wrath-Filled Person -

Shall Enter ... Shall Enjoy

The Lord's Great Reward!

So, When Would It Be Good To Be Angry

Or Better Yet
Over What Should I Get Angry!?!

Easy Question!

Sweet Girl, Get Good And Righteously Indignant

Aka Get Angry Over ... Sin!

Don't Be Patient With It!

Don't Be Considerate Over It!
Don't Make Excuses For It!

Be Angry Over Sin

And

Get Thee Unto The King

Concerning All Things Which Would See You Being 

An Unredeemed Recipient Of The Curse Of The Fall! 

Thanks Kindly For The Correction: I Needed It!
Satan Earned His Reward
But I Shall Take Heed To Be Repentant And Wise
And I'll Be Waiting ... In Faith ... With Peace
When Jesus Christ Comes Back To This Blue Ball!

That's Great, Beloved!
Let Us With The Gentle Jesus Stand Tall!
Unrestrained, Unfocused, Anger
Over Anything That Is Not Known Sin
Creates Nothing But Bitter Gall! 
It Is Not Sweet
And
It Only Leads To Poor Health
And
Spiritual Defeat!

From That Position 
I Shall Beat A Hasty Retreat!!

Thank You, Lord!

HAPPY SABBATH + Sin Shall Not Have Dominion Over You!

Great Peace

Have They Which Love Thy Law

And

Nothing Shall Offend Them:

The Perfect Law Of The Lord

Converts The Soul

And

Makes Simple Men Wise!

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Sin 
Is 
Not A Light Thing
To Be Trivialized
And
Neither Should It In Our Lives Loom Large!

The Lord Of Life, Light And Glory
Came And Showed ... Gave Us The Living Way

Sin, From Our Lives, To Boldly Discard!
Don't Board The Doubting Man's Doomed Barge!

Open Your Eyes ...

Temptation Will Come To All Men!

Jesus Christ Resisted By The Living Word
And
Overcame
And
Even Now He Is Readily Available

- By His Holy Spirit Of Truth -
To Help Us To Resist Self, Sin And Satan:

Let's Read The Holy Word To See How:

Resist The Devil 

And 

He Will Flee From You!
Depart From Evil ... It Has No Dominion Over You!

Put On The Whole Armor Of God

And 

You Shall Be Able To Stand 

Against The Wiles Of The Devil!

All Temptation Is Common To Man:

Come Boldly To The Throne Of Grace
And 

You Will Find Grace 

To Help You In Your Time Of Need!
Your Lord Is The Holy Son Of God
The Beloved Son Of Man!

The Name Of The Lord
Is
The Strong Tower:
The Righteous Run To It 

And 

Are Saved
Blessed, Strengthened, Comforted
Protected, Fed ... Loved!

Love ... Does ...

When You Love The Lord With Your Whole Heart
Sin Will Never Have Dominion Over You!

Mortal Men Make Myriad Mistakes
But
Mistakes ... In The Life Of 

The Committed, Consecrated-To-Christ, Christian
Are Never Fatal
Because
Like King David
He Has A Contrite Heart Which Embraces Grace

And
Heeds The Call To Confess And Repent
As And When Sin In The Life Is Pointed Out!

To Repent Is To Turn Away From That Sin!
To Confess Is To Acknowledge The Known Wrong!
To Have A Contrite Heart
Is 

To Be Sincerely Repentant For The Offense 

In The First Place
And
Desire Never To Commit It Ever Again!

Cherish This: The Lord Will Help You!

Brethren, 

We Sinners Come To The Lord 

Dirty, Dirty ... Real Unclean
Knowing Our Condition
And
Clearly Seeing Our Need Of The Lord Christ
The Son Of David
And
His Free Gift Of Sure And Secure Salvation!

Dirty You Came To The Lord
But
Dirty You Cannot Remain!

Childlike You May Come
But
Childish You May Not Remain!
You, Me, We Must Grow In Grace
To Attain Unto The Fullness Of 

The Stature Of Jesus Christ
Aka We Must Become Like Christ! 

We Have The Promise ...

We Don't Know What We Shall Be
But
We Shall Be Like Him
For We Shall See The Lord
As He Is ... Really!!

The Almighty God Said So!

This Promise Is A Glorious Gift To Cherish
And
Eagerly Look Forward To Receiving
In The Day Of Appointment!

We've Got That Enemy ...

Do Not Permit Satan 

To Construct Your Cage Of Disappointment!

Be Wise Unto Salvation ...

Your Commission
If
You Choose To Accept It
Is
To Disappoint The Deceiver
Who Dares To Try And Cause You
To Be Disinherited By The Lord Christ!

Don't Fall For The Demonic Device! 

Truth Is Always Perfect
Always Good
Always Nice And Plain
And
Always, Always, Cuts Straight And Clean
No Matter Who Wields The Knife!

Want To Buy A Slice Of Truth!?!

The Preserved Word Of God 

Is 

Truth

And

It Is Always Free!

PSALM 3: The Choice To Believe There Is Security In Almighty God Is Mine!

Today
The Lord Opened My Eyes
AND
I Acquired Sight
AND
Knew Of A Truth
That Psalm Three Is True
For I Had Personally Lived It
Through Many Dark Days And Nights!

Consider ...

  

Consider Also ...

I Remember
Vividly
Sleeping With
And Cuddling A Physical Demon
To My Bosom!

I Remember
Church Members Asking Me
How I Was Dealing With The Evil!

Yup!
The Word Was ... Out There!!

I Remember
Telling All Who Would Listen That:

I Believed In The Living God!
Not A Plaster Saint!
Not A Paper Saint!
That My God Did Not Sleep!
That He Did Not Have Any God-children
Grandchildren
Nor Stepchildren!
That I Said My Prayers!
That I Accepted The Word Of The Lord
Which Said:

Stand Still ... And See Your Salvation!

For I Had Heard
The Spirit Of God Saying That To Me!

I Told Them That The Living God Reminded Me:

To Look ...
Not Towards That Evil One's Faults
But ... Towards His Needs!
AND
To Pray For Those That Dispitefully Use You
And Abuse You
No Matter How They Do It!

I Chose
By Faith
To Give God All The Glory
All The Honor
All The Praise
All My Trust

AND ...

I Prayed Faithfully
AND
I Gave My Back
To That Devil In Man's Skin
AND
In Jesus' Dear Name
- Under The Protection Of The Holy Angels -
I Slept The Sleep Of The Just!

I Did Not In My Heart
Know Or Cherish 
Physical Fear!

In My Mind
I Recognized
AND
Then Spoke About The Fact That
If God Through Jesus Christ Did Not Love Me
If I Was Not One Of His Favorite Children
Satan - Through His Willing Operative -
Would Not Have Been Rabidly Opposing Me
Seeking To Physically Destroy Me!

A Song Was In My Heart
For  

My God Was 
AND
Is To Me 
Ever Available!
I Am His Sheep
AND
I Am By Him
Daily
With Good Things Fed!

It Takes Two To War
AND
My Side Of The War
My Army
Was Headed By King Jesus
For
The Enemy Was Raging Like A Flood
And I Knew I Battled Not With Flesh And Blood!


Evil Agilely Cursed My Head
But ... Jesus!
Amen?
AMEN!

Don't Get Me Wrong!
There Were Days
When I Totally Forgot Whose Child I Am
AND
Behaved In Abominable Fashion
But
There Were Many More Days
That I Surrendered My Soul To God
- Jesus Christ Be Praised -
AND
My Little Light Shone!

My Victory Was By Jesus!

Demons May Rage At Us
But
They Cower At The Name Of Jesus Christ!
So

Take Courage, Dear Brethren:

Hope Thou In God

For He Is Ever Faithful!

Hope Thou In God

For He Is The Blessed Friend!

Hope Thou In God!

The God Of All Creation

For

He Is The Open Door

And

His Promises Are Sure!

Sin Is The Curse

And

Jesus Christ The Cure

Hope, Dear Brethren
In God!

I Did!
I Do!
AND
I Am Winning
For
The Lover Of My Soul
Is
God's Only Begotten
Sacrificed-for-Me Dear Son
Who Has A Peaceful Pasture
For The Children Of The Faith
Waiting
On The Distant Shore!

Let No One Steal Your Hope Tree!