Air Of Entitlement!?!

 

The Air Of Entitlement 

Should Be A Gut-Wrenchingly Awful Stench 

In The Nostrils Of The Committed-To-Christ Christian! 

Beloved, 

If You Work For A Paycheck, Expect It! 

If You Pay For An Item Or A Service, Expect It! 

If You Have Neither Worked For 

Nor Paid For The Things That You Desire

Get Wise

And 

Get To Stepping Correctly! 

The Old Expression 

"Take What You Want And Pay For It!" 

Should Be Front And Center 

In The Minds Of Sinners And Saints Alike! 

Jesus Christ Calls All Sinners To His Free-To-All Salvation: 

All Who Accept Will See Trial, Tribulation, Temptation

Peace, Joy, Love, And Blessing

Be Hated Without A Cause

And 

At The Regeneration 

Enjoy Eternal Life! 

Satan Offers To All Sinners

Especially Those Of The Unrepentant Class

His Free-To-All Damnation: 

All Who Accept Will See Fun, Frolic

Thrills, Spills

Trials, Terrors, Toys

Rejection By Both Satan And The Savior

And 

The One-Way Trip To Burning-Bath! 

Dear Ones, 

Anything Worth Having, Costs! 

Think And Take Jesus Christ: 

He Paid All Of Your Costs! 

We Are Not Entitled To Receive Blessings: 

They Are Gifts Graciously Given By Our God! 

Believe And Receive! 

Peace!

Need Is Like A Mosquito!

The Day That We Realize That Jesus Christ 

Is 

The Only One Who Can Or Will Have Mercy On Us 

Is 

The Day That We Truly See Our Need Of Our Savior! 

Think Of It As The Difference Between Knowing About Jesus 

And 

Personally Knowing Jesus

And 

The Difference Between A Passing Acquaintance 

And 

Having An Intimate Relationship With The Forever Friend 

Who Is The Creator-God Who Knows Everything About You 

Physically, Emotionally, Mentally, Spiritually

Down To The Atomic Level! 

Beloved, 

We May Pretend That We Do Not Need Anyone 

And That

We Are Able To Do And Be Everything To Our Own Self 

Until Reality ... Bites! 

Reality Doesn't Care If You Are Rich, Poor, Young, Old

Educated, Illiterate, Free, Enslaved, Sick, Well

Prince, Politician, Or Preacher! 

Reality's Weight, Teeth, Talons, Tentacles, And Heels 

Are Always Set To "Hurt!"

But 

The Head, Heart, Hands, And Heels Of Jesus Christ 

Are Always Set To Help And Heal Humans! 

Satan Uses Reality To Harass Us 

And 

Wreak Havok In Our Lives

But 

Our Savior Uses Reality To Bring Us Home To Eternal Life 

And

He Does It With Love, Compassion, Mercy, And Grace 

Which Include Helping Us To Recognize Our Great Need Of 

His Direction, Protection, Correction

Provision, Peace, And Power! 

Remember This ... 

Need Is Like A Mosquito:

You Never Know What It Can Do Until It Hits You! 

Dear Ones, 

We Will Never Know 

What Jesus Christ Can And Will Do For Us Personally 

Until We Recognize, Accept

And 

Act Upon Our Desperate Need Of Him! 

Please Pray About Your Need Now! 

Peace!

REGRET: The One-Way Trip In The Entrance-Only Conveyance!

Am I Become Your Enemy For Telling You The Truth

For Asking You To Rid Yourself Of Habits 

Which Will Rob You Of The Gift Of Eternal Youth!?! 

Beloved, 

This Question Should Hit Us All Hard 

As We Sojourn On This Earth! 

Are We Treating God's Gifts As Games Of Trivial Pursuit 

And 

The Rush To Our Pleasures As Special Treasures!?! 

The Lord Jesus Christ

For His Lived Life And His Loving Words Of Truth

Was Executed At The Request Of His Own People 

Because 

His Holy Way Accused Them Of Their Evil Ways! 

The Apostle Paul Ultimately Suffered The Same Fate 

For Telling The Truth That Saves! 

John The Baptist ... Jesus Christ's Fore-Runner

Died For Speaking Truth To Power! 

Let's Get Real Here! 

As Committed Christians Walking In The Light That 

Leads To Eternal Life

We Must Live Lives Above Reproach

And We

If We Love Our Brethren By Blood, By Faith

Or By Warmest Affection

Must Speak Up When We See Them Going In The Wrong Direction! 

Regret 

Is 

An Ugly Place To Visit 

Especially When You Have To See The Cold Form Of 

A Lost Loved One 

Making The One-Way Trip 

To Dusty Bed At Long-Home 

In The Entrance-Only Conveyance! 

Sin Is For A Season! 

The New Life In Christ Lasts For The Ceaseless Ages Of Eternity! 

Please Snatch Someone Out Of The Fire: 

The Lord Will Bless You In The City Of Everlasting Day! 

Do Right ... No Matter The Earthly Cost! 

Heaven At Any Cost Is Dirt Cheap: 

Bless Someone With The Knowledge Which Will Help Them

By Almighty God's Amazing Grace

To Safely Arrive There!

Peace!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Walk In The Light ... Of Life!

Jesus Christ The King

Is 

The Light Of The World 

And 

We ... With Understanding ... As His Children

Must Walk Wisely In Him Unto His Eternal Life! 

Beloved, 

As Greatly-Beloved Children Of The Heavenly King 

In Whom There Is No Darkness

No Deceit

No Wickedness At All

We Must Never, Ever, Choose To Be A Part Of 

Or Party To The Dark-Night Doings Of 

The Assembly Of The Wicked 

Who Have No Desire To Be In The Light 

Or

To Have Respect For Us Who Choose To Operate 

Under The Gaze Of Him Whose Eyes Never Close 

And 

Whose Ears Always Hear! 

Whether We Choose To Acknowledge 

The All-Knowing, Ever-Present God Or Not 

Is 

Irrelevant 

Because 

He Knows All Things

Sees All Things

And 

Records All Things! 

Please Let Us This Day Remember Him 

To Whom We Have To Give An Accounting Of 

Our Earthly Sojourn 

Considering That Our Lord Never Sleeps 

Owns No Dark Glasses

And 

Is A Consuming Fire 

Such That Unrepentant, Unredeemed, Sinners 

Cannot See Him And Live! 

May The Holy Spirit Answer 

Your Free-Will, Honest, Call For His Abiding Presence 

And 

Lead You Gently 

And

Correct You Compassionately

As He Teaches You The Way That You Should Humbly Walk 

To Reach The Father's House Safely!

Please Stay In The Light: 

Hold On To Christ Jesus 

And 

Be At Peace! 

The Valley Of Decision!

At The Border Between Decision And Death

I Sincerely Pray For Us All That 

We Will Reach Out To Jesus Christ 

And 

Choose Life! 

A No-Decision Is A Decision

And 

A Not-Now Decision Decides That 

We Will Not With Our Dear Savior

Eternally Abide! 

Wait And See 

Is 

As Good As Continue And Do ... Wrong ... 

While Forgetting That 

Tomorrow Is Not Promised To Either Me Or You! 

We Must Live With Awareness 

Consciously Doing What Is Right

Never Engaging Auto-Pilot To Walk Wild 

On The Dark Side! 

Beloved, 

Today Is The Day Of Salvation

Not For A Family

A Group

Or A Church

But 

For Each One Of Us Individually: 

Let Truth, Righteousness, And Faith Be Your Perch! 

Please Let No One Detain You To Indulge In A Lil' Fun 

Because 

The Very One Who Encourages You In Wrong-Doing 

Is 

A Payee Of 

Satan's Do-You Ruin-A-Friend And Another Fund! 

Think For Yourself! 

Walk Alone If You Must! 

Jesus Christ Bore The Cross Of Shame 

All Of Our Sin To Atone ... To Pay For ... Alone! 

We Have One Shot At Jesus Christ's Glory! 

There Is No Do-Over Of Life! 

In The Valley Of Decision, Dear One, 

Please Choose Christ's Eternal Life! 

Don't Look Back At What Was! 

Look Up To What Shall Be 

And 

Think Of The Welcome Home Table 

Where Christ, Himself, Shall Serve You And Me! 

Think About Our Eternal Home! 

Peace!

THE DEVIL'S FOUR D's: Guard Your Heart!

Guard Your Heart! 

Satan Aka The Devil ... The Adversary Of Our Souls

Uses Four Little "D's" 

Against Those Of Us Who Have Chosen 

To Walk Softly Before The Lord Of Life! 

Doubt ... The Opposite Of Faith

Discontentment ... Which Encourages Us To Indulge Envy

Discouragement ... Which Promotes Lack Of Trust In God

And 

Disregard ... For The Word Of Our God Eternal 

Which, Left Unchecked

Will Surely Lead To Destruction And Damnation! 

Beloved, 

Know This: 

Satan Is The Father Of Lies 

So Anything That He Throws At You 

Has Not A Strand Of Truth's DNA In It! 

Doubt Decimates: 

Embrace Your Daily Gift Of Faith! 

A Contented Heart Can Eat Grass And Still Get Fat: 

The Lord Always Supplies Our Needs 

Out Of His Riches In Glory! 

Discouragement 

Is 

A Cheap Screen To Obscure The Light Of Truth 

Who Is Love And Peace 

And

Your Only Way To Enjoy Eternal Life! 

Please, I Beseech Us All

Never, Ever, Choose To Disrespect The Creator God

By Disregarding His Holy Word

His "Thus Saith The Lord!" 

Words Have Weight

Power 

Content

And 

Intent Aka Intention! 

The Word Of Almighty God Is Truth

Aka Saving Truth

And

Truth Stands Eternal! 

Faith Cannot Fail: 

Be Strong In The Lord!

Diligently Work Your Faith 

And 

Be Eternally Blessed! 

Peace!

 

Incline Your Heart To Jesus Christ Our Lord!

Every True Believer In The Lord Jesus Christ As 

The Word Of God

The Truth That Saves

The Only Way To Get Home To Our Father In Heaven 

And

The Life Of Every Man

Completely Trusts Him 

To Light The Way To The Promised Land! 

Beloved, 

Trusting The Lord 

Is Not 

A Sometime

Maybe Here

Perhaps There Proposition! 

We Are Called To Walk By Unfailing, Unwearied

Unfaltering Faith 

And 

Not Lying Eyesight! 

We Are Not To Permit The Circumstances Of Life 

To Stop Us From Leaning Upon 

And

Solely, Wholly, Trusting Almighty God 

When We Just Want To Lash Out Or Give Up! 

Trials And Temptations Come And Go 

But

The  Word Of God

Jesus Christ The King

Stands Victorious Forever! 

Let Us, Therefore, Remember That 

Goodness, Light, And Truth 

Can Never Be Extinguished! 

Let Us Choose To Be Amongst Those 

Who Will Stand Up For Jesus Christ

Always Speak The Truth In Love

And

Unflinchingly Do Good! 

Truth Spreads Light 

And

Light Shines Out Of Goodness 

And 

Marks The Way Home! 

We Belong To The King Of Love

The Shepherd Of Rest

So Do Not Fear Your Lived Life 

Because 

Our Almighty God Known Faithful

Is 

He Who Has Promised Us His Eternal Life

The Life Which Mortal Life Cannot Touch Or Eclipse! 

Please Choose To Endure ... By Saving Grace

What You Cannot Cure! 

The Best Days Are Just Ahead! 

Brethren, Beloved

Believe, Trust, Honor

Worship, Praise

And 

Faithfully Obey The Lord Christ 

And 

Soon To Highest Heaven 

You Shall Surely Soar! 

No Matter The Matter

No Matter The Pain Or Shame

The Loss Or Supposed Gain

Incline Your Heart To Jesus Christ The Lord 

And 

Not To The Life Of Wickedness

Where The Name Of Almighty God Is Profaned! 

Peace!

DARKNESS CONDEMNS: Walk Peacefully ... Into The Light Of Life!

The Elders Always Used To Tell Us That 

You Could And Buy Land 

But 

You Can't Hide And Reap It: 

They Stood On The Solid Ground Of Living Truth! 

Beloved, 

Walking In The Light Of Almighty God's Truth

- The Light Of Life -

Is 

Our Sure Defence Against Those Who Seek 

To Unleash The Winds Of Strife 

Against Those Of Us Who They Disdain, Envy

Fear Or Just Plain Hate! 

Let Us Have Pity Upon Such Persons 

For They Do Not Realize That When You Sow The Wind 

You Shall Surely Reap The Whirlwind Aka The Judgment 

Which Destroys Everything In Its Path 

Be It Human, Animal, Plant, Or Building! 

Let Us Daily Remind Ourselves 

Never To Follow Friend, Family Or The Surging Crowds 

To Indulge In Activities Which Our Lord Christ Cannot 

And 

Will Not Bless 

No Matter How Much We Say "Lord, Lord!" 

And 

Sing Psalms, Hymns, And Spiritual Songs 

And 

Do Great Works Of Charity! 

If You Haven't Made A Human

Please See To It, By God's Great Grace, That 

You Do Not Raise Up Either Your Hand Or Your Voice 

To Destroy One! 

Do Not Dig Graves To Bury Others 

And 

Do Not Create Slippery Slopes 

The Likes Of Which You Shall Surely Fall Upon! 

Keep Your Eyes So That They Reflect The Light Of Glory 

And 

Keep Your Heart Fixed On Jesus Christ The Righteous

Who, Alone, Saves ... The Willing! 

Do Not Permit The Contrary Whispers In Your Ears 

To Egg You On To Do Evil! 

Dare To Walk Wisely 

And 

Humbly In The Light That Leads To Eternal Life: 

Darkness Condemns And Damns! 

Choose, Always, To Be At Peace With Almighty God! 

Your Sin Cannot Determine The Depth Of Christ's Love For You!

 

The Size Of Our Sin Does Not 

And

Will Never Determine The Depth Or Breadth Of 

Jesus Christ's Love For Any One Of Us 

And

By This Token

None Of Us Should Ever Choose 

To Not Take Our Burden Of Sin To The Lord 

By The Heartfelt, Humble, Prayer Of Faith! 

Unrepented Sin 

Is 

Like A Foot Callus Willfully 

And 

Unwisely Left Unattended!

 

Systematically Ignored 

That Callus Causes You To Walk Funny From Pointed Pain 

And 

With The Constant Pressure Of Use ... And Abuse

A Soft Spot Develops Under It 

Which Becomes An Ulcer 

Which, Left Unattended, Will Jeopardize 

The Health Of Your Foot

Then Your Leg

And 

Ultimately Your Life! 

A Callused Aka Hardened Heart 

Overwhelmed By The Pressure Of Sin 

Is 

The Devil's Playground: 

Such A Burdened, Heavy,  Heart 

Respects Neither The Divinity Of The Living God 

Nor The Sanctity Of Human Life! 

Beloved, 

Not One Of Us Needs To Walk Such A Path 

To Eternal Destruction! 

We Are Graciously Called To Life

To Lay Our Burden Of Sin At The Feet Of The Sin Bearer

Who Is Our Very Own Great Physician

Jesus Christ The Lord Of Life! 

He Intimately Knows You Personally!

Please Reach For The Extended Hand That Helps 

And 

Heals 

And

Dare To Choose To Live In The Light That Leads To Life! 

Our Jesus Has A Place For You That Can Only Be Filled By You! 

Dare To Be Healed: 

Draw Near To Christ Without Fear Or Trembling

And

Be Forever Blessed! 

You, Dear Loved, Are Not Alone!

Peace!

Be Not Deceived:

Happy To Live In Sin

Is

The Sophisticated Lie

Of

Satan The Damned!

HAPPY SABBATH + The Gift Of An Expected End!

 

For Every Good Gift That The Good Lord Gives To Us

Satan The Damned Has A Counterfeit! 

Beloved, 

We Must Walk Humbly Before The Lord Of Life To Be Safe!

Pride 

Is 

A Counterfeit! 

We Cannot Afford The Luxury Of Pride 

And

If We Do Not Reject It In Ourselves 

And

Recognize It In Others 

To Avoid Its Ever-Reaching Tentacles

We Will Find Ourselves In The No-Return-From Pit! 

Humility In Christians 

Should Not Be Of The Faux Persuasion 

But 

Should Be Our Staple

Our Standard

Our Way Of Life 

And

We Should Never Be In The Family-Business Of Satan 

Taking Pleasure In Condemning Others 

And 

Castigating Them 

Or Denouncing Them For Partaking In

"Thus Saith The Lord!" 

Be Ye Warned ... 

Proud Humility 

And 

Humble Pride Are Twins: 

Disown Them! 

The Lord ... In Mercy ... Is Clear: 

He Makes And Knows 

And 

Guides Our Way ... The Way To Life ... Plainly 

Because 

He Is Guaranteeing Us The End That 

He Is Providing To Us 

Because Of 

Christ's Sacrifice For Us! 

Please, I Beseech Us All

Do Not Permit Those Who Cannot Give You A Biscuit 

To Take Bread ... The Bread Of Life

- The Life Of Christ The King Of Glory - 

From Your Head, Heart Or Hand! 

Be Wise And Know ... 

Satan's Gifts Are Rentals

But

Almighty God's Gifts To Us ... We Own! 

Be Fulfilled ...

Please Choose The Humble, Holy, Life Of Christ

And

Expect To Joyfully Enjoy

The Eternal God's Gift To Us Of An Expected End:

Everlasting Peace

Everlasting Joy

Everlasting Life ... At Home ... In The Father's House

With Jesus Christ Our Creator

Savior

Redeemer

Recreator

Lord, God 

And 

Kind King

Giver Of All Good And Perfect Gifts!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: STOP DECEIVING YOURSELF: I Commend You To Jesus Christ The Lord!

I Thought I Was Doing The Lord A Favor

By Permitting Him To Bless Me!

I Said A Prayer According To Need, Want

Wish, Desire, Out Of Covetousness

Greed, Discontent And, Again, Need

And 

Waited For The Lord To Deliver For Me Right Away

Because

I Wanted What I Wanted When I Wanted It!

Truth Is

Of More Guts Than Sense, I Surely Had Me A Lot!

I Was Like A Pig On Speed In Slop! 

Feed My Need Was My Screed! 

I Mean, After All

He, The Lord, Owns The Cattle On A Thousand Hills!

He Says The Earth Is His!

He Says That He Is The Shepherd

And That I Should Not Want!

He Said That If He Were Hungry He Wouldn't Tell Me

So That Means He Doesn't Need Anything From Me, Personally

Because 

He Has Told Me To Ask Him For What I Want

And 

He Will Give It To Me Because ... As He Says

He Loves Me ... Sacrificially!

He Said To Trust Him

Because 

He Is My Refuge And Strength!

He Said Test Him Love

And 

See That He Will Do Abundantly More

Than I Can Think Or Ask For

So That's What I Did!

What I Did Not Do Very Often

Or, If At All, With Any Gratitude 

Was To Say:

"Thank You, Lord!

I Love You, Lord!

I Love Being In Your Presence, Lord!

Lord, Please Draw Me Nearer!

Lord, Please Draw Nigh!"

One Day, I Looked In My Big Mirror

And 

What Did I See!?!

Nothing But A Big Wriggly Blood-Sucking Leech!

I Had Religiously Taken 

My Access To The Lord Of Life For Granted!

I Took Sustenance But Gave None In Return

And Suddenly

I Realized An Uncomfortably Inconvenient Truth

That Made My Heart Lurch

And

My Life's Blood To Run Ice Cold:

If The Lord ... The King Of Love

Removed Me From The Source Of My Life

From My Prosperity In Him

I Shall Become ... Dust

Which ... With Even A Light Wind

Just Blows Away ... Away ... Away ...!

In Shame, 

I Turned To The Gift Given

The Blessed Gift Called Healing Prayer!

Comeuppance Led Me From Self

To Aggressively, Drastically, Turn Away!

I Heard

Give ... And It Will Come Back To You

Good Measure

Pressed Down

And Running Over!

I Heard

Lean Not On Your Own Understanding!

I Understood

Everything That I Do For Christ Prospers

Because 

It Is Blessed!

I Finally Learnt That 

It Is More Blessed To Give Than To Receive

And

I Felt Relief

And

Experienced Release

Because

At Long Last I Knew ... I Know ... That

I Am Allowing The Holy Spirit Of Truth 

To Do A Good Work In Me

And

I Am Awaiting The Great Day When

The Lord Will Finish What He Has Started In Me!

I Am Blessed 

And 

I, At Long Last, Truly Know It! 

Brethren, Beloved,

I Serve The Risen Savior Who Provides For Me Every Day! 

No Matter My Position, I May Approach Unto Him By Prayer! 

He Encourages My Promotion To Hill Zion

The Blessed City Of The Eternal God 

And 

By The Protection Of The Holy Angels Excelling In Strength

He, Moment By Moment, Protects Me From The Wiles

Deceits And Gross Machinations Of Satan

The Devil

The Piercing Serpent

The Condemned And Damned God-Fraud! 

I Encourage You To Follow My Master, My Savior

My God, My Redeemer And My King

And 

You Shall Find Out For Yourself, My Dear One, That 

His Sacrificial Love For You Knows No End! 

I Commend You To Jesus Christ Our Lord 

Who Personally Loves You 

And 

Offers You The Position In His Heart 

Which Provides You Life ... Eternal Life

The Life Of Love And Peace That 

Has Nothing Called ... The End! 

 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: DESPISE THE PIERCING SERPENT: Give Almighty God Your Gift Of Praise!

Loving And Knowing 

The Lord And The Living Word Of The Lord 

Is Not 

A Maybe Or A Perhaps! 

It Is An Imperative ... A Must

If We Are Not To Fall Prey To The Adversary

That Roaring Lion

That Piercing Serpent

Who Is Roaming About 

And 

Seeking For Those Whom He May Devour! 

In A World Full Of Busy Work

Cookie-Cutter Seeing, Doing, And Being

We Each Need To Know 

And

Love Truth For Our Own Selves 

So That We Do Not Make Shipwreck Of 

The Holy Faith Given To The Brethren

The Saints Of God And Christ!

Beloved, 

Dare To Walk In The Light Of Life! 

Stand Up For Truth

Speak Peace 

And 

Endure All That The Adversary Throws In Your Berry Patch! 

Remember Whose Child You Are 

And 

Never Forget That 

You Don't Walk In The Vale Of Tears Alone 

To Be Molested By Whosoever Wills! 

You Are Blessed: 

Remain Faithful! 

You Are Loved: 

Love The Lord, Love The Word, Above All Else! 

The Gift Of Salvation Is Free! 

Let Your Light Shine In The World For A Witness That 

You Know The Word 

And 

Are Personally Known By The Word Of God Who Is God 

And Is 

Life ... Life Everlasting! 

Choose To 

And 

Gratefully Give Almighty God Your Gift Of Praise! 

Peace! 

Look At Jesus Christ The Lord!

In Order For Our Lord To Show Us Great And Mighty Things
We Must Be With Him
Looking At His Dear And Lovely Face
Walking With Him
Listening To Him
Understanding What He Says
And 
Looking At What He Is Willingly Showing ... Revealing ... To Us! 

The Problem Is That We Indulge Inattention
Lack Of Focus
And 
Resistance To Knowing 
Because 
Receipt Of Divine Knowledge Brings With It 
The Burden Of Required Action
To Change Our Thoughts, Our Words
And 
Our Deeds! 

Knowing Demands Corrective Action 
But 
The Heart Finely Tuned To Self-Will
Self-Service
Self-Aggrandizement 
And 
That Bad 'Un Self-Pitying Selfishness 
- With A Double-Order Of Deadly Pride -
Refuses To Take Even A Single Look At Jesus! 

Jesus Christ
Is
The Way To Glory
The Truth That Is Our Ticket To Walk On The Way
The Light That Guides Our Footsteps 
And
The Life That We Must Live 
If 
We Will Secure Our Hold On Eternal Life! 

Beloved, 

By Beholding, We Become Changed! 

Behold The Man
The Son Of Man
The Son Of God
God In The Flesh
Jesus Christ The Only One Righteous
The Lord
The King ... All-Seeing, All-Knowing, Ever-Present
The God Of Grace Who Is Touched 
With The Feeling Of All That Touches Our Short But Eventful Lives! 

Please Lovingly Look Longingly Upon The Lord 
And 
Live Loyally! 

Peace

Has Been Purchased

For You

Personally!

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