VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: The Choice Morsel!

 

Simply Put, Psalm 119 Verse 112

In King David's Own Words, Is 

"I Have Decided To Obey Your Laws Until The Day I Die!" 

Beloved, 

If We Remember The Words Of Prophet Samuel 

To The Disobedient King Saul

We Hear The Plain Talk: 

"To Obey Is Better Than To Sacrifice!" 

Obedience Is The Hallmark Of The Christian Experience! 

The Law Of The Lord Is Perfect 

So There Is No Need To Fear 

When We Do All That The Lord Asks Of Us! 

Dear Ones, 

Having A Life In And With Our Lord Jesus Christ 

Is 

Our Personal, Uncoerced, Unforced

Unenticed, Free-Will Decision! 

And Then

There Is The Biggie Aka "Until The Day ... I Die!" 

Your Clock, My Clock, Stops At The Moment Of Death! 

The Record Book In Heaven "Slams" Closed 

In The Day Of Your Death! 

Nothing Can Be Added By You 

And 

Nothing Can Be Erased By The Lord 

After You Close Your Eyes In Death! 

Beloved, 

Psalm 119 Verse 112 Is The Covenant Of A Person 

After The Eternal God's Own Heart

A Man Convicted Of Sin 

And 

Convinced Of Righteousness 

Who Is Determined To Meet His Lord And His King In Perfect Peace 

No Matter Who Or What

When Or Where

Why Or How The Vagaries Of Life Try To Have Him Change Course 

From The Plain: 

"Thus Saith The Lord!" 

Dear Ones, 

Please Never Forget That 

What You See, Hear, And Feel Are Natural Liars! 

If These Three Regular Employees Of Satan 

Cannot Stand Up To A Clear: 

"Thus Saith The Lord!" 

Please, I Beseech Us All, Have Them Act Like 

The Dishonorable Priest And The Indifferent Levite

- Who Both Lacked Charity Aka Love -

And 

Pass You By On The Other Side Of The Dusty Road! 

The Lord Is Always Near 

So Stand Like The Brave 

And 

Be Very Courageous! 

You Are Not Alone: 

The Lord Jesus Will Never Forget One Of His Own! 

Peace! 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Give All Your Anxiety To Christ Jesus!

 

Worry Is A Waster! 

Worry Is A Fraud! 

Worry Is A Lie Of The Devil To Place A Stout Curtain 

Between Me And Jesus Christ My Lord! 

Worry Is A Wanderer! 

Worry Is A Cheat! 

Worry Is Vehicle Willing To Transport Me 

To Avidly Suckle Anxiety's Ample Teats! 

Brethren Beloved, 

Please Listen Carefully To Me! 

We Are Not To Take The Path Of Least Resistance 

And 

Rock Back And Forth 

And 

Suck On Our Thumbs

Foregoing Rinse

But 

Lauding Repeat! 

Let's Get To The Altar Of Grace And Praise! 

Let's Access The Mercy Seat 

And 

Hallow The Ancient Of Days! 

Things May Look Hard 

And You May Be Hurting A Lot 

But Know For A Fact That Hurt-A-Lot Is Preferrable 

To Suffering The No-Eternal Life Blot! 

Trust The Lord Whom You Know To Be True! 

Resist The Devil And He Will Flee From You! 

Lean On The Lord 

And 

Away From The God-Fraud 

And 

By Going Through The Fiery Trials Of This Life 

With Intact Faith And Trust 

In Our Forever Faithful, Promise-Keeping Friend

You, Me, We, Will Arrive Safely 

To Spend Eternity With Jesus Christ The Lord Our God

The Word That Performs

The Truth That Saves! 

Peace! 

Happy Sabbath + Exhortation!

Exhorted! 

          Commanded! 

                       Encouraged!

The Pointy Stick! 

The Hammer! 

The Embrace! 

How Often, Beloved, Have You Read The Bible

Or Heard A Sermon From A Faithful Steward

And 

Felt That The Exhortation Was Nothing More Than A Burden

A Pointy Poking Stick That 

Commanded Your Attention So Roughly That 

It Was As Though It Was Being Hammered Into You 

And 

Pounding Soft And Delicate You Into Mush Or Mash!?! 

How Long Did It Take Before You Realized That 

That Charged Word Known Truthful, Necessary

Was Encouragement, An Embrace, From The Heart Of Our God Eternal 

Who Makes Wrong Things Right

And 

Makes Broken Things Whole

And 

Causes The Dead To Live Again!?! 

What Made The Difference!?! 

Was It When You Realized That 

The Love Of God Was To And For You 

And

For You Made Bitter Herbs Sweet

The Winding Path Straight

The Rough Places Smooth

The Impossible Possible

And 

The Hellish Existence The Road To Glory 

Because 

Jesus Christ's Love To You Was Home Calling You Home!?! 

Dear Ones, 

The Love Of God

- The Sacrificial Love Of The Just One - 

Was Made For All 

And

Whosoever Is Willing To Be Saved Will Reap Its Sweets! 

Will You Accept The Charge That Is From That Account That 

Is 

Always Free And Fully Funded 

By Our Forever Faithful Friend And Forgiving Father!?! 

Listen Again With Love For The Lover Of Your Soul 

And 

Let Him Lovingly Lead You To His Eternal Life! 

The Word Of Life Fashions Us

Feeds Us

And 

Fills Us Up Forever! 

Peace! 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH + THE TRUTH: The First, Last, And Only Dollar Bill!

Brethren, 

Let Us Not Deceive Ourselves, Nor Others

And 

Let No One Deceive Us: 

The Lord Jesus Gave Us Himself Aka The Truth! 

Since Mankind Needs Money To Survive

Jesus Christ The Lord 

Is 

Our First, Last, And Only Dollar Bill

- Our Only Hope -

Which Will Save, Satisfy, And Sanctify Us

And 

Preserve, Provide For, And Protect Us 

As Long As We Don't Lose Sight Of Or Lose Touch With It

And

Dare To Keep It Ever In Our Head, Heart, And Hand

No Matter How Hungry And Thirsty We Are 

For This, That, And The Other

Or How Boisterously, Angrily, Aggressively

And 

Contemptuously 

We Are Ragged Upon And Railed At To Give It Up

Give It Away

Or Cast It Away From Us 

So That We May Align With Or Belong To 

The "Access-Everything Crowd!" 

Neither Jump Up And Wave

Lie Down And Sleep

Bacchanal

Nor Narcissus 

Will Emerge As Victors

In The Battle For Eternal Life!

 

Only Those Who Have Jesus Christ 

Aka The One Dollar Bill Which Also Provides Hope

Can Fight And Win Battles 

And

Overcome Sin And Self

And

Endure To The End

And

Possess The Crown Of Life 

And

Live In The Heavenly Land! 

Dear Ones, 

There Will Always Be Someone 

Who Will Offer You Something Better, Brighter, Bolder

And 

Allegedly More Beautiful! 

Ignore Them! 

They Will Offer You Something More!

More Elaborate, Elevating, Enticing, And Epicurious! 

Ignore Them! 

They Will Offer You 

Delicious

Exciting

Actualizing

Tasty

Handy 

Instead, Choose What Is 

Liberty

Innocency

Faithfulness

Ennobling 

Choose Life ... In Christ! 

The One Dollar Bill ... The Truth

Is 

Priceless! 

As Long As You Have It

You Will Never Have To Spend A Red Cent On Lies! 

Peace! 

HAPPY SABBATH + Gain The Whole World!?!

If You Knew Without A Doubt That Pursuing And Achieving Worldly Success 

Would Cause You To Forget Almighty God And Goodness

Would You Go After Worldly Success!?! 

If You Knew That Depending On The Lord Christ For Every Need Of 

This Short And Eventful Life 

Would Surely See You Saved At The Last Trumpet's Call

Would You Choose To Live On The Love Of The Glorious God 

Or Would You Opt For The Liberty Of License 

And 

Do Whatever You Want To 

Because 

You Have Free-Will  ... And Freedom To Choose!?! 

Choices And Chances

Graces And Paces!

Beloved, 

How Will You Stand In The Presence Of The Judge Of All Flesh

- The King Of Every Human -

In The Appointed Hour!?! 

Dear Ones, 

Look To Jesus Christ And Live 

Is 

The Command Of Almighty God To Fallen, Finite Man!

Despising Everlasting Gifts To Enjoy Pea-Soup That 

Disappears At The Potty Bar 

Is 

Not A Decision To Be Taken Lightly ... Or At All! 

The Question Needs To Be Honestly Answered: 

"What Does It Profit A Man

To Gain The Whole World

And

Lose His Own Soul!?!" 

Have You Got The Answer!?! 

Please, Right Now, Today, Talk To The Lord Jesus

The Word Who Gives The Words Of Life: 

You Have Eternal Life To Gain! 

Peace!

HAPPY SABBATH + Life Ain't Fair!?!

 

We Like To Say That Life Is Unfair! We Also Like To Say That 

Life Is What You Make It! 

We Also Seem To Forget That Jesus Christ The Creator-God 

Is 

The Way, The Truth, And The Life! 

No Jesus, No Life! 

Should Not We Therefore Realize That 

It Is The Life Lived Without Jesus Christ, The Life-Giver 

And

The Light Of The World

That Causes People To Behave Inappropriately 

And 

Thereby Cause Still Other People To Accuse Life Aka The Lord Jesus!?! 

Dear Ones, 

We, As Committed To Christ Christians

Are Asked To Live In Peace With All People ... Where Possible! 

We May Choose To Let People Embitter Our Lives 

Or

We May Choose To Live For And In Jesus Christ ... Our Peac

Who Freely Gives Unto Us His Peace 

Which Passes Human Understanding! 

Beloved, 

Have You Not Realized That 

It Is Man's Unregenerate Heart 

Aka Man's Heart Unimproved By Grace That 

Causes Us The Problems Which We Say Cause Life To Be Unfair!?! 

Dear Ones, 

Let Us From This Day Forward 

Choose To Be Part Of The Solution 

And 

Not The Cause Of The Problems In Other People's Lives 

And 

Our Own! 

When We Let The Light Of Almighty God's Truth 

Be The Center Of Our Lives

It Is Guaranteed That The Devil Aka Our Adversary 

And 

His Minions 

Will Have No Part In Us! 

Be Encouraged ...

Our Relief Is Jesus! 

Our Release Is From Jesus! 

Our Refuge Is Jesus! 

Dare To Rest In Christ Jesus 

And

Be Relieved: 

Eternal Life Is Peaceful! 

Jesus Christ Saves! 

Peace!

Done De War: Flee Youthful Lusts!

 

It Is Easy-Peasy Pumpkin Squeezy To Tell Somebody To "Be Wise!" 

It Is Easy For Us To Be Wise 

When We Ask Our Lord Jesus To Grant Us 

Wisdom, Insight, Strength, And Endurance 

As We Go Through This Journey Called The Earthly Life 

As We Strive To Reach That Heavenly Land Called Eternal Life! 

Beloved, 

Let Us Never Forget That 

There Is Much That We May Receive Of The Lord 

But

Will Not Receive 

Because 

We Do Not Ask 

And

If We Do Ask

It Is With Wrong Motives 

As In Asking With Lust! 

Dear Ones, 

Lust Is A Four-Letter Dirty Word 

Best Kept Out Of The Mind And Mouth Of A Christian! 

Lust "Elevates" The Thing Lusted After 

To The Denigrated State Of Impurity 

And

Willfully Dishonors The Holy God Who Gives Us Grace 

And

Grants Us The Opportunity To Be Raised Up 

To Share In His Eternal Glory! 

Think About It Like Lusting After The Flesh Of Someone 

Just To Put A Notch On A Bed-Head ... No Marriage Covenant! 

Beloved, 

In The Name Of Our  Lord Jesus

I Sincerely Pray For Each One Of Us 

The Choice Blessing Of The Unseared, Rigorously Active

Secularly Much Despised Guilty Conscience 

Which Is For The Sole Use Of The Holy Spirit 

Who Leads Us Into All Saving Truth! 

Consider Yourself A Vehicle

And 

Consider Your Conscience As Maintained By The Holy Spirit 

Your Brakes And Back-Bone And Back-Brace

And

Consider The Holy Spirit Your Perfect Driver 

If

The Lord Jesus Is Your Everlasting Portion! 

Be Wise For Your Own Self 

And 

Don't Make Any Further Use Of 

The Dead Weight That Is Youthful Lust! 

Done De War! 

Peace!

Praying ... In Love

My Heartfelt Prayer For Us All Today Is: 

Heavenly Father, 

Please Continue To Grant Us

Our Daily Gift Of Unfailing Faith

To Help Us To Stand Rooted And Grounded In The Truth! 

Please Grant Us Strength To Walk Away

From Things Which Cannot Spiritually Profit Us

And

From People Who Curse The Name Of The Lord

And

Choose Not To Hear Of Or Know About Him

Or To Walk In His Ways! 

Please Grant Us The Needed Courage 

To Endure The Barbs And Reject The Dishonest Doings Of

Those Who Have Chosen To Walk In Darkness

Despising The Light That Leads To Eternal Life!

Oh, Father, 

Please Supply Us With The Love We Need To Have Hope

Because

We Have Chosen To Hope In The King Of Love

The Shepherd Who Leads Us To Eternal Rest! 

Please Help Us In Our Desire To Do All That You Ask Of Us

As We Willingly Choose To Do

What Is Good And Right And Holy! 

Finally, Dear Father,

Please Provide To Us, Out Of Your Riches In Glory

The Innumerable Blessings Needed

To Continually Pursue The Promise Of

A Place In Your House

In The Paradise Of God

Which Includes Immortality, Incorruptibility

Fruit From The Tree Of Life

And

Water From The River Of The Water Of Life

Which Flows By The Throne Of God! 

Thank You For The Unspeakable Gift! 

In Love, We Ask For All These Things 

And

Bless You

In Jesus Christ's Holy And Matchless Great Name! 

AMEN!!!

With Confidence And In Humility, Depend On The Lord!

Beloved, 

Despite The Challenges We Daily Face

Let Us Approach Our Great God In Prayer 

With Humility, Confidence, And Dependence! 

In Humility 

Because 

You Are In The Holy Presence Of The Eternal And Sovereign God! 

In Confidence 

Because 

You Know That Your God Is Real 

And 

Is Well Able To Provide 

For He Is Our Creator And Our Re-Creator

And 

Our Redeemer-God

Our Deliverer

The Lord Of Life! 

In Dependence 

Because 

We Know That He Knows That We Need Him Who Made Us

And 

We Know That He Loves Us Personally, Sacrificially, Eternally

And 

Desires Our Salvation

Our Healing

Our Cleansing

And 

We Truly Believe That 

He Will Do All That He Has Promised To Do For Us 

By His Death, Burial, Resurrection

And 

Ascension To His Father's House As The Conquering King! 

Dear Ones, 

The Only Guarantees Of 

Goodness And Grace And Glory In This Life 

Are In The Word Of Christ The King Who Gives Us Liberty! 

Let Us This Day Bow Before The Lord With Love

In Humility

Expressing Need, Gratitude, Giving Thanks, And Praise

Believing And Trusting Almighty God 

In The Name Of Our Blessed Jesus

And 

Finish It All With A Glad 

"AMEN! - So Let It Be!" 

Our King Is Coming: 

Get Ready 

And

Stay Vigilant Against Deceitful Snakes

Roaring Lions

And 

Fearsome Dragons! 

Look To Jesus Christ 

The Living, Holy, Light Of Life That 

Leads To Eternal Life! 

Peace!

What Comes Out Of Us Is What Is Already In Us!

How Stunning!

Being Polite 

And 

Treating People How You Desire To Be Treated 

Is 

Now Considered Unbelievable, Amazing

A Pleasure To Behold! 

How Can This Be Possible 

If We, As Committed Christians, Are Walking In The Light That 

Leads To Eternal Life!?! 

Beloved, 

Is It Possible To Discern From Your Words And Your Deeds That 

You Are A Member Of The Pilgrim Band 

On The Narrow Way On The King's Highway 

In This Vale Of Tears!?! 

Harsh Words

Faces Rendered Ugly By Internal Conflict

Rage, Envy, Hatred

Greed, Insincerity, Unkindness

And 

Other Ungodly Thoughts 

Are Causing Our Conversations And Actions 

To Be Harsh, Cruel, And Unprofitable! 

Dear Ones, 

Remember, Remember, Don't Ever Forget That 

What Comes Out Of Us 

Is 

What Is Already In Us 

And

It Is What Comes Out Of Us That Defiles Us! 

Again, There Is No Law That 

Is 

Able To Stand Against A Meek And Gentle Spirit! 

Please, I Beseech Us All

Choose To Be Soft-Spoken 

When Loud And Aggressive Persons Berate You! 

Choose To Be Soft-Spoken, Gentle, Kind

And

Loving To Whomever, Whenever, And Wherever 

Because 

You Do Not Know If Your Voice 

Is 

Going To Be The Last Kind And Tender Voice That 

Some Dear Soul May Hear Before They Depart This Life! 

Kindness Is Not Weakness! 

Kindness Always, Always, Pays Dividends! 

Set-Aside Self: 

Please Be Kind! 

Peace!

HAPPY SABBATH: Sliding Up The Glass Mountain!?!

Sweet Life Don't Last! 

People Are Always Looking For A Fat Paycheck

A Cushy Job

A Broad Way

No Taxes Or Traffic

A Carefree Existence

And 

Smooth Sailing! 

Perhaps They Should Add Sliding Up A Glass Mountain 

So That The Fairy Tale Existence Will Not Involve 

Deep Breathing, Scraped Knees, Callused Hands

Gray Hair, Wrinkled Skin, Furrowed Brow

And

Sweat! 

That's A "Nice" Gig In Lala Land! 

Beloved, 

Be Real! 

Anything Worth Having 

Is 

Worth Striving For 

Because 

The Word Of Truth Plainly Shows That 

Idleness, Fullness Of Bread, Pride

And 

No Appreciation For What The Blessing Of 

Work, Labor, Striving, And Exertion Provides

Is 

The Curse

The Bane Of Our Lives! 

We Have To Walk To Work 

And 

We Have To Walk To Get Inside Our Homes! 

We Turn On The Stove To Hot A Pot! 

We Have To Lift Up Our Hand To Eat

And 

We Push A Broom To Sweep! 

Dear Ones, 

We Have A Heart For The Devil 

If We Would A Dear Friend Betray: 

That's Wicked Work! 

Don't Stretch Out Your Hands

To Be A Judas Iscariot!

We Must Have A Heart For The Lord Of Life 

If We Will Say Humble Prayers: 

That's Blessed Work! 

Dare To Be Like The Prophet Daniel!

The Point Here Is Profitable Effort! 

To Eat The Good Of The Land 

And

To Get From Where We Are 

To Where The Lord Christ Calls Us To Be

We Must Work While It Is Yet Day 

Because 

The Night Is Coming When No Man Can Work! 

Let's Be Wise 

And

Work To Show That We Believe On The Lord Christ 

For His Gift To Us Of Eternal Life

The Life That Truly Lasts! 

Peace! 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: COO Right!

I Heard It Spoken By Elders

I Read It As Written By Youngsters

And 

I'm Certain That I've Said It Myself More Than A Time Or Two 

And

I've Come To The Conclusion, On Godly Evidence

That This One Statement 

Is 

Patently False And Positively True! 

"Okie Dokie, Smokie! 

Would You Like To Wheel And Come Again!?!" 

Beloved, 

The Statement

"What's Going To Happen Has To Happen!" 

Is 

Both True And False ... With A Proviso! 

If You Commit Sin

You Are Going To Die! 

If You Commit Sin 

And

Become Sorry, Confess, And Sincerely Repent

And 

Choose To Live In And For Christ

While You May Die The Once-To-Every-Man Death

You Will Sleep To Rise ... And Live Eternally! 

Unrepentant Sinners Die Once

To Die Twice

Never To Live Again! 

We Do Not Have To Sin! 

Sinning Is A Choice 

So Willing Sinning Causes "What Has To Happen, To Happen!" 

Aka What Must Must, Must Must! 

We Don't Have To Be Saints Of God And Christ 

But

If We Are

Our Redemption From Death Is Guaranteed! 

What Has To Happen, Will Happen! 

The Bottom Line ... 

We Have To COO Right Because Our 

Choice To Perform 

Opportunity To Shine Or Be Shamed, And To Receive The Appended

Outcome 

Is 

In Our Hearts And Hands! 

Don't Be Cuckoo: 

Be Wise! 

Peace!