Oh, How He Loves You And Me!

When We Truly ... Actively ... Intimately Know The Lord 

- Whom We All Say That We Love -

We Can With Uncompromising, Unshakeable, Faith 

And 

Conviction 

Live So As To Be Able To Tell Another Who He Is

Why We Serve Him

What He Says And Does For All Of Us

- And Is Doing For Each Of Us Personally -

Where He Can Be Found

How To Personally Get To Him 

And 

How To Get To Know Him For Oneself

And 
Oh, So Much More! 

We Speak Continually Of The Things 
And 
The People Whom We Love! 

We Touch Them Constantly! 

We Speak Of Them Excitedly! 

We Go To Sleep With Them In Our Thoughts! 

We Awaken With Their Name On Our Tongues! 

Some People Of Our Association May Even Ask 
If We Cannot Speak About Anything Else! 

Some May Even Say That We Have That Person Or Thing On The Brain

And

Unsurprised
Unoffended
Unashamed
We Smile With Pleasure ... Real Pleasure ... At The Thought 

And 

Proceed To Either Talk About

Work For

Or Do Something With Or For Our Love 
Whom We Totally Cherish 

And 

Adore 

And 

Can't Live Without! 

Beloved, 

Let Us Fix Our Affections

- Just As King David Did - 

On The Lord Jesus 

So That We May Be Rooted 

And 

Grounded In Him Who Is

The Rock Of Refuge

The Shepherd Of Rest

The Joy Of Every Man 

And

Joyfully Tell It Lovingly To A Brother, A Sister

Who Needs To Personally Know Him Now! 

Oh, How He Loves You And Me ... 

Our Love For Our Jesus Christ

Should Be Bubbling Over

And

Into Every Facet Of Lives

Because

We Should Be Actively In The Process Of

Being Consumed By The Heavenly Love Of

The Lover Of Our Purchased Souls
Our Creator
The God Who Makes Dead Men Live
To Live Again ... And Forever! 

Perfect Peace For Us Is In Him!

Jesus Christ

Our High Priest

Our Savior

Our Redeemer

Our Forever Friend

The Lover Of Our Souls

Is In Heaven

Interceding For Each One Of Us!

But, God! + The Truth!

 

Beloved, 

We Who Choose To Accept Jesus Christ 
At His Living Word 
Always Have An "Ace In The Hole" 
When Dealing With The Changing Scenes Of Life 
And 
Its Attending Difficulties! 

We Are People ... Humans
And 
We Daily Deal With People ... Humans
Who ... Like Us ... Have Problems 
But 
We Believing The Word
Ever Have The Ready Solution 
If
We Are Willing To ... Or Remember To ... Use It! 

"But, God ...!" 

But, God Will Supply Our Need 
Not 
According To Our Need 
But
According To His Riches ... In Glory! 
Never, Ever, Forget This Truth! 

We Are Given Daily Faith! 
We Have Direct Access
By Humble, Heartfelt Prayer
To The Throne Of Grace! 
We Have Trust To Spend On Jesus! 
We Have Obedience To Deliver To Jesus! 
We Have Free Will And Free Choice
And 
We Have Love
The Holy Love Of The Living God 
Which Can Never Fail! 

Soooo ...

With All That's Been Said
Let Us Remember That 
Our Problems Are Finite And Temporal
Our God Is Infinite And Eternal
The Sun Is Always Shining Somewhere
And 
Our Faith Reposed In Jesus Christ 
Will Always Bless Our Lives With Sun ... Sonshine! 

When Life Butts You, Remember 
"But, God ...!" 
And 
Acting According To The Gift Of Faith
And
The Strength Of The Living Word Of Truth
In Jesus Christ's Matchless Name
Give Your Back To That Liar, Satan 
And 
His Minions Aka The Agents Of King Fraud! 

Be Encouraged!
Always Honor 
And 
Praise The Living God 
Who Has The Final Say! 
Peace!

The Truth:

The Devil Is The Liar!

His Words Will Always Curse!

See That You Take Nothing

From His Blighted Hand

Or The Lord's Sacrifice For Sin

To Reverse The Curse On All Mankind

And

Personally In Your Life

Will Never, Ever, Be Reversed! 

Any Lift Given By Satan Is In A Hearse! 

Any Gift Received From Satan Is A Curse! 

Any Drift Occasioned By Satan

Will Entangle You In The Mortal Strife

And

 Any Sift Used By Satan To Help You

Is

To Sever You From Christ's Eternal Life!

Sowers Always Reap What They Sowed!

Despite What Is Widely Published
In The Galleria Of The Mall Of Sin
What A Person Sows
Is
Exactly What The Person Will Reap!
We've Got Bible For That
And
Bible Don't  ... Can't ... Lie!

Brethren,

There Are Only Two Paths In This Life:
The Way Of The Ungodly
And
The Way Of The Righteous
And
We Who Call Ourselves Christians
Should Be On The Only Path That
Leads To Eternal Life!

Preach It, Brother!

Bitter Water And Sweet Water
Can't Come From The Same Spring
And
There Ain't No Sinner Unrepentant That
Shall Ever, Ever
Immortality And Eternal Life Be Reaping!

AMEN!!!

You Tell Them, Brother Berry!

Hold Up, Master Cuddy!
You Might Be ... Nay ... You Are Laboring
Under A Clear Misapprehension!

How So, Brother B.!?!

Simple!
The Message Is Not For "Them!"
The Message Is For You, Me ... For Us All!

But ...!?!

... Halt Your Butting Right There!
If You Will Permit Me To Be Tad Childish:
When You Are Pointing At Another Person
With Your Pointed-Accusing Index Finger
How Many Of Your Own Fingers
Are Pointing Back At You!?!

Oh, Dear!

Uh, huh!

Beloved, 

We Have Been Warned: 
Just As A Man Thinks, So Is He! 

We Have Been Cautioned: Guard Your Heart 
Because 
You Go Where It Sends You! 

We Are Encouraged: 
Do Good And Good Will Attend You! 

We Have The Sure Promise: 
The Blessings Of The Lord Make Us Rich 
And 
He Adds No Sorrow To Them! 

We Are Called To Build A House ... A Sure House
Where Righteousness Dwells 
Because 
To Be Righteous
To Have The Hand Of The Lord Upon Your Life
Moving You
Motivating You By The Holy Spirit Of Truth 
To Speak 
And 
To Do According To His Holy Will 
And 
In His Blessed Way
Is 
To Bless Your Own Soul 
Out Of The Bounty In The Storehouses Of Heaven! 

Remember ...

You Can't Input Garbage Into Your Heart 
And 
Produce Gold: 
GIGO ... Garbage In/Garbage Out! 
Our Computers "Know" This: Shouldn't We!?! 

Let Us Endeavor ... Today
To Live The Righteous Life So That 
We May, Indeed, Enjoy The Fruit
The Blessed Outcome Of Our Doings 
Aka A Home In Glory With Almighty God
With Jesus Christ Our Blessed Lord! 

Please Let The Desire 
To Hear The "Well Done!" From Our Jesus 
Motivate Our Thoughts And Deeds Today! 
If We Don't We Will Never See Him In Peace!

HAPPY SABBATH + OASIS IN LIFE FOR LIFE: Of Good ... And For Blessings!

Our Oasis 
Is 
Notable For Always Having Fresh, Clean, Sweet Water

And

Sure And Ample Shade

To Comfort The Soul Of The Traveller

To Give His Strength To Prevail ... To Plod On

On The Road To Victory Over Sin, Self, Satan, Hell

Death And The Cold Grave

Giving The Shout Of Triumph

Thanking God Almighty

In The Person Of Jesus Christ The Righteous

Who, Alone

Has The Power To Succour All Of Us!

The Good Book That Tells Of Christ Jesus

The Word Of Truth

The Word Of God

The Pardoner Holy Just And True

Is

Our Oasis In Life's Desert Of Sin

Calling Us To Soul Salvation

Giving Us Ample Reason

To Our Purchased Victory To March On!
Let Us Be Faithful!
Let Us Not To The Adversary Give In! 

Now Hear The Word Of The Lord
To Me, To You:

Brethren,

We Will Never Arrive At The Heavenly Home
Under Our Own Steam
And
Like It Or Not ... To Get There Safely
We, All, Must Make Some Hard Acknowledgements: 

• I'm A Sinner 
• I Must Ignore Temporal Glory
• I Must Turn Away From The Scenes Of Life That Humbled Me To Shame
• I Must Be Of A Meek And Gentle Spirit
• I Must Walk In The Footsteps Of My King In The Way That He, Personally, Has Marked For My Feet

The Lord Can Teach A Meek Soul 
And
He Can Save The Acknowledged Sinner
But

The Lord Can Do Nothing For The Person Whose Lust For 
Temporal Aka Earthly Glory 

Is 

More Than His Love For His Lord 

And 

His Desire To Be Eternally Saved

Nor For The Person Who Believes That His Sin ... His Shame

Is 

Bigger Than The Lord's Capacity To Forgive 

And

To Cleanse! 

Beloved, 

Everything That We Do Involves Thought ... Decision-Making

And

We Must Decide To Believe That The Word Of God Is True

And

That As Repentant Sinners Aka Sinners Saved

The Lord God Of Grace For Us Now

And

Glory For Us To Come

Will Guard, Guide, Lead, Feed, Chide Aka Correct

Abide With Us

Deliver Us From Sin And Death

And 

Physically Reclaim Us On The Great Day! 

The Word Of God
Is 
The Transcript Of God's Character!
The Word Of God Is Living
And By It 
We Know That We Have Eternal Life!

Read The Living, Holy, Word

And

Remind Yourself ... Daily

That You Have A Future

And

An Expected End -

The Gift Of The Eternal God!

The Word Of God, Again, Is Our Oasis!
This Oasis Means Life To Us Who Are In The Desert ... Of Sin!
Please Consider ... Carefully ... This Fact:

An Oasis ... A Known Blessing To Travellers
Is 
Profitable To The Man Who Finds It
And
Greedily, Gratefully, Avails Himself Of Its Benefits!

The Man Who Blithely Walks Past
The Only Oasis In The Desert
While Declaring That Such A Way-Station
Is 
For Weaklings And Cowards
Will Slowly Die A Painful Death
When His Bravado And His Earthly Supplies Are Depleted
And
There Is No Other Known Stop For Body And Soul Refreshing!

Make The Decision ...

We Thoughtfully Don't Leave Home Without "Our" Cell Phone! 

How About Let Us Thoughtfully Decide 
Not To Leave Home Without "Our" Lord

- Who Is Infinitely More Profitable - 

In Our Hearts!?! 
The Living Word Works Full-Time!

Remember ...

All Good And Perfect Gifts ... Blessings
Come From "Our" Lord Christ
In Whom Is "Our" Life!
Accept The Blessed Provisions From The Hand Of Our Lord
And
Live!

COUNTING COUP: Counting Costs

The Lord Chose Me

So I Choose The Lord

And

By His Great Grace

I Shall No More Associate With The God-Fraud!

Jesus Christ Made Sacrifices

To Make It Possible For Me ... For Us

To Appear Before The Throne Of Grace

But

Before That Will Benefit Us

We Must Give Up Everything

That Engenders Our Disgrace!

Everybody Loves To Prate About Winning

About Their Counting Coup

But

I Suggest To Us, Dear Brethren

That Counting Costs 

Would Be Better For Me, For You!

Sacrifice Is A Bad, Bad, Word

According To Those Who Know Not Christ

And

These Are The Very Ones Who Reject Introspection 

And

Fall For The Always Charming

Demonic Device!

What Is Counting Coup!?! 

Good Question! 

Counting Coup Is Tallying One's Victories Over A Personal Enemy

At The Risk Of Injury Or Death! 

Problem Is That Many In The Mortal Strife 

Believe That That Works With Satan!

They "Play" His Game 
And 
Don't See Visible Injury Or Suffer Immediate Death 

So They Dare To Think That They Have Won Something! 

Self-Deceived Is The Worst Kind Of Deception! 

Willful Ignorance Leads To The Lasting Curse!

Jesus Christ Had To Die To Save All Mankind

So What Makes Us Think That 
We Wouldn't Have To Definitely Die To Self 
And 
Decidedly Die To Sin

If We Are To Enter The Living Kingdom!?! 

Brethren, 

Jesus Christ 
And 
Personal Sacrifice Are Synonymous! 
We Are Regenerated Christians
And

The Regenerated Christian 
And 
Personal Sacrifice Should Also Be The Same! 

That Is A Hard Saying: Who Can Bear It!?! 

Since You Ask
Jesus Christ Is Blunt About It:

Travelling To Heaven 

Is Not 

Cheap Or Easy! 

Costs Are Incurred 
And 
Expenses Must Be Paid

But 

Not With Man-Generated Currency! 

We Who Faithfully Follow The Lord Christ 

Must Choose To Endure All Things

And

Give Up Everything

If 

We Will Enter The Holy City! 

Everything!?! 

Everything!
Every Single Solitary Thing As In

Possessions, Position, Property
Privileges, Passions, Pursuits
Progenitors ... And Progeny!

It Has All Got To Be Given The Kibosh! 

We've Got To Let It All Go! 

Jesus Christ ... Our Jesus Christ

Gave Up Glory

The Loving Community Of His Father 
And 
The Heartfelt, Constant, Adoration Of The Holy Angels

His Crown

His Throne

And

His Very Life's Blood

To Purchase For Us The Pardon That Leads To Eternal Life

And 

There Will Be No Doubters
No Fence Jockey 
Nor Wafflers In Heaven! 

Beloved,

Turning Back, For Us, Is Not An Option: Heaven Is Home! 

We Have Joys Forevermore To Enjoy 
So Giving Up What Will Burn Is Necessary:
We Can't Have Both! 

We Must Commit Wholly To Christ Jesus 

To Be Eternally Blessed! 

Without This, We Will Not Know Everlasting Peace! 
To Gain The Hereafter
The Fleetings Thing Of The Here And Now Must Be Released!
From Sin And Self, We Must Cease!

Faith, Beloved
Is 
The Victory Which Overcometh The World!
Your Daily Gift Of Daily Faith ... Utilized
Pays The Daily Operating Costs 
For Heaven To Be Realized!
Work Your Faith
And
Your Faith Will Work!
Think About It ... And Decisively Act
And
Don't Look Back!

Lil' Bits Grow A Lot!

A Little Fault

A Little Sin

A Little Lie

A Little Error

A Little Hate

A Little Presumption: Reject This Tidy Terror!

A Little Love

A Little Light

A Little Truth

A Little Grace

A Little Faith

A Little Mercy: Take A Grateful Taste!

It's A Treasure! 

A Lot Of Problems In The Human Life

Stand On The Shoulders Of A Little Presumption

Because

Instead Of Taking Thought To Do And To Live Right

To Seek The Good Lord For Foresight

To Gain Insight

And

The Loving Savior To Delight

We Run And Board The Big Bus 
To The City Dump Called Assumption!

To Assume Makes A Fool Of You

And

A Bare-Back Donkey Out Of Me

With Neither Of Us Arriving At The Correct Destination!

We List To Port

And

We List To Starboard

And

We Never Make Land At Known-Safe Harbor!

Calvary Is A Fact ...

Mercy Is The Gift Most Free

The Blessing Of The Living God

To All Possessing The Human Body!

Mercy, For Us, Was Purchased At Great Expense

And

All Who Are Wise Unto Salvation

Grab Hold Hard Of The Container

The Lord ... The Christ

Who For Our Redemption

Was Bruised, Punctured

Despised, Discarded, Forsaken

But

In Glorious Triumph ... Denying Death

From Our Appointed Grave

He Did Massively Awaken! 

No Need To Assume:

Mercy For All Is Available

And Free!

A Little Mercy Makes The Way To Life Plain! 

A Little Mercy Relieves The Profane Of Their Shame! 

A Little Mercy To Us

From The Lord Who Gives Life

Acts As Our Catalyst

Giving Us The Best And Blessed Reason 

To Seek Jesus Christ's Eternal Life! 

Don't Get It Twisted ...

Presumption Knows Not Mercy

And

Mercy Has No Part In Presumption! 

Presumption Is A Gateway ... Drug

And
Presumption Itself Is Sin

And

Presumption Leads To The Pandora's Velvet-Lined Box

Where The Lot Of Little Sins

Are Comfortably Residing ... Abiding!

It Is Time That In The Lord Christ

You Sincerely Start Confiding!

Know The Facts ...

Little Things With Life Always Grow

And

Always Take One Of Two Directional Channels:

Send Down Roots

Grow Up Into A Lush Tree

And

Bear Abundant Good Fruit! 

Good Fruit Trees Get Pruned!

Or

Send Down Roots

Grow Up Into A Lush Tree

And

Bear Inedible Fruit! 

Bad Fruit Trees Get Purged!

Know The Right ...

The Tree Watered With Mercy 

Bears The Harvest Of Good Fruit

Fit For The Barns Of The Good King! 

The Tree Watered With Presumption

Bears The Harvest Of Inedible Fruit

And

The Tree Is Cut Down

And 
Made Into Wood For Burning

And

Cast Into The Hot Ovens Of The King! 

A Little Goes A Long Way! 

Is Your Little Something-Something

Leading You Tame To Salvation

Or Leading You Wildly To Damnation!?! 

Is Your Little Bit Good!?!

Is Your Little Bit Bad!?!

Is Your Little Bit A Treasure

Or Something From Which

To Save Your Life

You Must, With Prejudice, Be Severed!?! 

The Way To Eternal Life 
Just Requires One Little Step

One Constant Little Step

One Repeated Little Step

One Faithful Little Step

One Obedient Little Step

One Little Step ... Of Endurance! 

Whoever Endures To The End

Shall Be Saved!

The Master Is Here!

The Master Is Near!

The Master Is Walking With Us, Dear One!
We Should Roundly Cheer!

Let's Be Wise Unto Soul Salvation!
Let's Take A Little Step ... A Little Walk With Our Lord

And

Ascend Hill Zion That Beulah Land

Where There Is Joy, Peace ... No Fear! 

All There, Beloved, Is Bountiful Blessings
And
Loving Accord!
Let's Choose Eternal Life
And
The Great Reward!
Soon Comes The Long-Awaited Day!

THE REAL CHRISTIAN LIFE

The Real Christian 
Is 
Rooted And Grounded

And

He Sends Down Roots

As He Reaches For The Son

- The Sun Of Righteousness

Who Saves, Seals, Heals, And Feeds - 

The Son Of God Who Our Every Sorrow Feels!

The Truth ...

No Christian Can Grow In Grace

Who Lovingly Looks At Self

Whose Sin Holds The Holy Place

The Throne

The Heart

Wearing The Crown Of The King
Refusing To Bow

And
To Relinquish Known Sin!

Things Happen ...

Today I Met Christian

Who Of The Savior Sang

Who Spoke Of His Master

To Whom His Heart Did Belong

And

He Spoke Of His Travels

And 
The Terrors ... The Trials 

Of The Myriad Christians Called Other

Who Rejected Self-Denial!

When You Are Rooted In The Word

And

Grounded In The Rock

Where Your Rock Is Christ Jesus

- The Shepherd Of The Flock -

You Will Grow In Grace

Having Mercy At Your Side

With Truth In Your Heart

Where The Love Of God Does Abide

But

When You Look At Self

Admiring The World 

Looking For The Life Easy

Following The Wild Goat Herd

You Cannot Find Peace

For You Will Not For Known-Sin Seek Pardon

Because
Your Heart Is In The Present World

And

Not In The World To Come

Wherein Resides The Ever-Blessed!
It's Time To Hit The Bottom Marked "Sin Release!"

Living For The Present World 

Is 
To Live A Life Constrained, Restrained, By Time!

Living For The World To Come

Living For Christ The Lord Of Life

Blesses Us Through Our Carnal Strife

And

Decidedly Blunts The Edge Of Satan's Sharp Knife!

Don't Live Your Life On "Yes!" And "No!" 

And 
"Maybe So!" 

Live For Sure On The "Thus Saith The Lord!" 

And

At The Appointed Time

You Shall Arrive At The Golden Shore

With Our King Jesus

Who Is The Key And The Door!

Rooted And Grounded In Jesus The Christ

Leads Us Who Believe 

Who Take Him At His Living Word 

Into His Eternal Life

When Ends The Carnal Strife!

Remember, Brethren

Jesus Christ Paid It All For All Our Sin

With His Holy And Most Precious Life

Giving Unto Us Mercy And Grace

And

Pardon And Peace ... Just For Our Asking

So Choose To Be Wise

Choose To Defy The Lies

Choose To Deny The Liar 

And

Choose To Choose Jesus Christ's Eternal Life!

In Him Is No Vice

And

You Will Not Have To Die Twice
And
Be Forever Separated From The Living God! 

Brethren, 

We Bless Ourselves
And 
Are Most Assuredly Blessed Of The Eternal God
When We Patiently, Faithfully, Enduringly Work 
And 
Watch 
As We Wait On The Lord For Guidance, Provision
And 
His Soon Coming! 

The Night Is Coming 
So Let's Fill Our Minds With The Word Of God 
And 
Plead For The Outpouring 
And 
The Indwelling Of The Holy Spirit Of Truth 
By Whom We Are Sealed 
Against The Wrath Of Almighty God 
In The Judgment! 

Jesus Christ Loves You: Trust Him! 
He Knows The Beginning, The Middle 
And 
The End Of All That Concerns You, Personally: 
Wait On Him With Faith That Works By Love
And 
You Shall Be Eternally Blessed! 
Peace Be Upon You: Glory Awaits The Faithful!