HOW DO YOU STAND: Standing On OR Standing Up On ... The Promises Of Almighty God!?!

What Is The Point Of Being Given A Promise 

And 

Not Being Bold Enough To Remind The Person Of Their Exact Words 

At The Time When The Receipt Of The Benefits Of Said Promise 

Will Immensely Profit You!?! 

Dear Ones, 

We Have Been Given An Open Invitation 

To Appear Boldly At The Throne Of Grace 

To Obtain Mercy 

And

Grace To Help Us In Our Time Of Need! 

Should We Not Appear Before The Lord's Magnificent Throne 

And 

Awe-Inspiring Glory 

With The Lord's "Yea!" And "Amen!" Promise For The Moment 

Securely Held And Ready To Be Offered Up To The Promise-Keeping God 

Whom We Say And Believe Is Our Everlasting Portion!?! 

Beloved, 

The Promises Of God Given To Us For Our Blessing 

Are Only Of Benefit To Us As We Believe That 

The Giver Is Faithful And True! 

The Promises Given Will Profit Us 

When We Present Them For Settlement 

Like A Check Or A Bearer Bond! 

Be Warned, Though

Don't Ask For A Promise To Be Kept By The Lord Jesus 

When You Are Deliberately Living Contrary To The Will Of Almighty God! 

The Lord Jesus Will Never Fatten You For Satan To Feast Upon Because 

Our God, Holy

Is 

Neither Deceitful ... Nor A Liar! 

Choose To Believe The Lord's Word 

And 

Dare To Present It To Him! 

Bring Your Dirt, Your Trouble

Your Trial

And 

Your Test Or Torment! 

Let Your Request Be Known ... By Faith! 

Believe You Will Receive Your Request 

According To The Father's Will And Way 

And

Pray Without Ceasing! 

The Character Of Christ Is Our Guarantee: 

"Cash In" Your Promise Today! 

Peace!

Don't Tempt The Living God!

Beloved, 

Be Very Careful About Who ... And What 

You Permit To Become The "Light" 

The Be All-End All Of Your Life And Living! 

Dear Ones, 

The Lord Has Made It Abundantly Clear That 

He Owns Everything! 

He Has Also Made It Clear That 

He Will Give Us Everything ... Everlasting! 

Did He Not Give Us His Only Begotten Son 

To Be Our Everlasting Portion!?! 

If We Look At The Lives Of 

Prophet Balaam, King Saul, And King Ahab

We Will See And Know 

Understand And Accept That 

Foolishness Isn't Sense

Being Self-Willed Is Silly

Disobedience Is Disastrous

And 

Playing Dead To Right Living Aka Righteousness

In The Presence Of The Life-Giver

To See What Kind Of Funeral You Are Going To Receive 

Is 

Seriously Asinine! 

Just As We Know That Holy Angels Minister 

To Us Who Are To Be Inheritors Of Jesus Christ's Free To All Salvation

There Are Fallen Angels, Evil Spirits, Demons

Who Take Malicious Pride In Encouraging The Disobedient 

To Buy Materials And "Aiding" Them In Constructing 

The Last Comfortable Couch They Will Ever Lie Upon 

Not That They Will Know It! 

Beloved, 

Be Wise For Your Own Self! 

Don't Tempt The Living God 

Who Can Destroy You Body And Soul In Hell! 

The Lord Has Promised Us Things That 

Man's Eyes Have Never Seen

Nor Man's Ears Have Ever Heard Spoken About 

So Let Us Not Seek Our Own Way

Walk In Our Own Will

Or Satisfy Ourselves Through Sin 

By Willful, Knowing, Disobedience! 

Please Give Your All To And For Christ Jesus: 

Obedience Truly Pays! 

Peace!

EMERGENCY SIREN: Nobody Wakes Up Dead!

 

For Every Siren That We Hear

There Is A Living Soul In Mortal Distress: 

Neither The Coroner Nor The Mortuary Van

Has Need Of Urgent Progress! 

Beloved, 

None Of Us Knows The Day Or The Hour 

When We Shall Close Our Eyes For The Long Sleep 

From Which No Man's Fabricated Alarm May Awaken Us 

And

For This Reason 

I Bid Us All To Keep Current Accounts With Our Lord Jesus! 

At The Siren's Sound

Please Raise Up Your Heart To The Holy God 

And 

Pray For Our Brethren That 

Our Blessed Lord Will Have Mercy 

And 

Grant Them Strength, Courage, And The Opportunity 

To Confess And Repent Of Known Sin 

And Take Jesus Christ As Their Everlasting Portion 

So That They May Be Blessed 

And 

Saved Into The Living Kingdom

According To Their Will! 

Dear Ones, 

We Who Know And Love The Lord

Please Do Not Relax And Act Carelessly About Your Salvation! 

We Sin By Thought, Word And Deed ... Daily

So Let Us, As We Realize Our Errors

And 

As A Matter Of Habit

Confess And Repent Of All Known Sin ... Every Day! 

Nobody Wakes Up Dead 

But

Everybody Awakens To Face The King Of Glory

The Judge Of All Flesh Who Will Have His Rewards With Him! 

I Sincerely Pray For Us All That 

When The Time Comes

That We All Will Arise From Our Long Home 

To See Our Jesus In All His Glory

In Perfect Peace! 

Dear Lord Jesus, 

We Adore You! 

Please Bless Us

As We Confidently

Raise Our Hearts To You

In Heartfelt Prayer! 

AMEN!

Know The Truth Aka Know The Lord Jesus Christ!

There Is No Faithfulness Without Truth! 

Truth Is Good And Has No Lie In It! 

Lie Has In Truth But Has No Good In It! 

How, Then, Does One Reckon With "The Fact" That 

"Whispy Told A Good Lie!" 

And 

"Bordes Plainly Told The Truth But It Is Simply Unbelievable!?!" 

And 

What About 

"Maisie Is Such A Convincing Liar That 

She Could Make Anybody Believe That Grass Is Blue!?!" 

Beloved, 

No Matter How Convincing The Liar And The Lie May Be

The Truth-Speaker And The Truth 

Will Stand Vindicated In Front Of Everybody! 

Study The Truth Aka Study The Lord Jesus Christ! 

Know The Truth Aka Personally Know The Lord Jesus Christ! 

Own The Truth Aka "Own" The Lord Jesus Christ 

As Your Everlasting Portion 

And 

Sell It Not Aka Do Not Betray The Lord 

So That When The Liar A-Calling Comes

You Aware, Will Give Him A Firm Set-Down Aka 

"Away With You, Thou Stranger To The Truth!" 

Dare To Really Study The Truth In All Of Its Beauty 

To Truly Recognize The Dastardly Lie 

In Its Shameful Ugliness! 

Please Remember That 

All Of Our Blessings Come With Our Faithfulness To The Truth 

And

It Is The Truth Alone That Sets The Sinner Free! 

The Plain Truth Yields Perfect Peace 

So Choose To Speak 

And 

Walk With And In The Truth Today! 

Peace!

Win At Salvation By Failing At Sin!

Obedience, Trust, And Surrender 

Are Three Of The Hardest Concepts For Us To Wrap Our Minds Around 

And

Put Into Action On A Consistent Basis 

To Make A Real, Visible, Difference In Our Lives! 

Beloved, 

To Obey Our Lord Christ

We Must First Trust Him 

And

In Order To Trust Him And Obey

We Must Surrender Ourselves 

And

Our Sin 

Before 

We Are Willing To Walk In His Holy Way! 

We Often Hear That "Hallelujah!" 

Is 

The Highest Praise! 

Well, Obedience 

Is 

The Highest Form Of Worship! 

We Often Hear That Imitation 

Is 

The Highest Form Of Flattery! 

Well, Living For And Like Jesus Christ 

Is 

Letting The Whole World Know That 

We Are On The Lord's Side 

And That 

We Have Taken Him For Our Everlasting Portion! 

This Is Love ... Not Flattery! 

Be Warned! 

There Is No Everlasting Portion For 

Disobedient, Distrustful

Battling-Against-Truth Sinners! 

Please Do Not Be Fooled 

By The Antics And Rhetoric Of The Worldly-Wise! 

Surrendering Sin And Self To The Savior 

Is Not 

The Sweet Treat For Sappy Saints Seeking Salvation! 

Surrendering To Jesus Christ 

Is 

The Boldest, Most Courageous

Most Beneficial Act Of Winning Warfare That 

Any Of Us Will Ever Perform On This Side Of Glory! 

People Who Think That They Are Important 

May Call You Sottish Aka Foolish: 

Let Them! 

Please Choose To Surrender, Obey

And 

Unerringly, Enduringly Trust The Lord 

And

Be Perfectly Sure That 

You Will Spend The Eternity Of Bliss In The Great Reward 

With Jesus Christ The King! 

The Trusting, Faithful, Obedient, Enduring

Surrendered Saints 

Win At Salvation By Failing At Sin! 

Peace!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Free-Will And Freedom Of Choice Are Treasures!

Freedom To Exercise Faith By Free-Will 

Is 

To Be Treasured! 

We, All, Need To Realize That 

Our Creator Gave Us Total Control Of 

Our Own Free-Will That 

No One May Usurp, Hijack Or Take Away! 

Along With Our Free-Will 

Is 

Accountability For Our Choices! 

Along With Accountability 

Is 

The Certain Knowledge That 

There Is Only One Way 

To Have Someone Else Take Responsibility 

And

Accept Punishment For Our Personal Sin! 

We Must, By Free-Will, Freely Choose 

To Give Our Free-Will Back To The Lord 

Through Confession Of And Repentance For Sin 

And

Willingly Choosing Our Creator, Jesus Christ The Lord

As Our Everlasting Portion

And

We Must Daily Choose 

To Walk In Willing

          Faith-First

                    Enduring 

                              Obedience Before Him! 

Sinners Are Born! 

Repentance Comes From Confessing Sinners! 

Confessing 

And 

Repenting Sinners Are Free-Will-Exercising Saints 

Who, By Free Choice, Have And Are Tasting 

And 

Seeing That The Lord Is Good 

And

Are Deliberately Turned From Sin Unto Salvation! 

Brethren, Beloved

Jesus Christ Won't Ever Force You To Be A Saint 

And

Satan Can't Ever Force You To Be A Sinner! 

Remember, Remember

Don't Ever Forget ...

Working Faith

Free-Will

Freedom To Choose

And

Love For The Lord 

Lovingly Abide Together ... By Our Personal Choice! 

Free-Will Without Freedom To Choose 

Is 

A Lie: 

The Lord Of Life Can't Lie 

So Dare And Exercise Faith In His Living Word Today! 

Peace! 

Follow The Lamb That Blesses Sheep!

Which Statement Will You Ultimately Utter!?! 

"I Am Glad That I Had Daily Taken The Lord Christ 

For My Hope, Help, And Salvation

My Everlasting Portion!" 

Or 

"I Bitterly Regret That 

I Did Not Take Jesus Christ 

As My Savior, Lord, And God!?!" 

Are You An Obedient Sheep 

Willingly Following Where The Good Shepherd Safely Leads 

And Confidently Feeds You 

With Food Good For Every Personally Known 

And Individually Named Member Of His Flock 

Who Recognizes And Only Answers The Call Of His Voice

 

Or

Are You A Wayward, Wandering, Constantly Straying Goat 

Who The Shepherd Repeatedly Has To Chase After 

When You Follow Fads, Fashions, And Follies!?! 

Beloved, 

The Willing To Be Saved 

Walk Wisely In The Blessed Ways Of 

The Master Of The Wind Who Stills Storms

Casts Out Demons

Heals The Lame

Gives Sight To Blind Eyes

Unstops Deaf Ears

Seals Against The Wrath To Come

And 

Raises The Dead In Christ 

To Life Everlasting With Jesus Christ The Righteous Judge

The King Of Love 

And 

The King Of Glory Who Loves Us With An Everlasting Love! 

Please Remember That 

Obedient, Saved, Sheep Eat Green Grass 

And 

Drink Pure Water 

And

Have Coats Of Wool As White As Snow 

Because 

They Are Washed In The Blood Of The Lamb 

Who Is The Shepherd Leading Them To Eternal Peace 

And 

Perfect Rest! 

Sheep Safely Graze 

And 

Tranquilly Rest:

Find Your Peace In Jesus Christ The Lord!

The Everlasting Portion!

What Our Eyes See, Our Heart Wants! 

If We Longingly Look At The Things Of The World

We Will Desire Those Things! 

When We Lovingly Look Fixedly Upon The Lord Christ 

And

By Faith View Heavenly Things Constantly

We Shall Truly Long For Christ 

And

Desire To Behold Him In His Glory ... In Our Flesh

With Our Own Eyes And Not The Eyes Of Another! 

Beloved, 

Jesus Christ Must Become Everything To Us 

Or Else Our Loyalty ... Divided Between Here And Heaven 

Will Most Assuredly Cause Us To Lose Out 

On Receiving Our Everlasting Portion 

And 

To Take Personal Possession Of Our Land Lot 

Granted To Us By Right For Loving Our Jesus 

And

Having Overcome Sin! 

No Other Human Is You! 

No Other Human Can Love The Lord Christ As You Do: 

You Are Unique, Special! 

No Other Human May Overcome Sin In Your Behalf

And 

No Other Human May Own Your Lot! 

So, If You Choose To Liberally Indulge 

Your Desire For Temporal Aka Earthly Things 

And

Conservatively "Love" The Things Of God

Please Know ... Of A Surety That 

You Shall Not Hold Either! 

Dare To Let

"Jesus First! 

        Jesus Last! 

              Jesus Always!" 

Be Your Daily Call To Work

To Walk

And 

To Acquire The Wisdom Of The Wise 

Who Walked ... Are Walking ... On The Way Of The Cross!

I Beseech Us All

Please Seek  ... And Find ... The Savior 

And

Know That All Of Grace's Good Things 

Will Be Abundantly Added Unto You!

The Everlasting Portion

Is

The Portion That Lasts

And

Lasts

And

Lasts

And

It Is Specifically For Those

Who

For Jesus Christ The King

Their Lot In Life Have Cast!

THE BLESSED HOPE: The Way To Everlasting Life!

The Man ... The Sin

The Mirror ... The Law

The Blood ... The Savior

The Help ... The Salvation

The Hope

Is

Life With The Lord Jesus Christ

And

The Savior's Glory Forevermore To Share! 

Those Who Expect Things

Have The Expectation That Shall Surely Perish

For Things Are Temporal

For Only A Time

And

Shall Not Reach The Land That Is Eternal

Where Life Is Sublime! 

Those Who Do Not Trust In The Living, Holy, God

Have No Everlasting Portion

For Here And Now 
Is 
All That They, Blinded, See

And

Here Is Where Their True Expectations 
Are Revealed To Be Defiled, Dust, Dirt ... Damned! 

They Shall See Their Vaunted Treasures

Become Useless, Rusty And Cankered! 

Gladly Accusing Their Owners

These Things Shall Surely Be! 

The Way To Life ... 

We Who Have Hope In The True And Living God

Have Hope That Shall Be Realized 

In All Its Particulars! 

Our God Is Eternal, Faithful

Capable And Able

And 

Our Every Response To His Words Of Promise 

Which Cause Us To Trust

To Have Faith

And 

To Hope Shall Be

"Yes, Lord! 

And 

"Amen!" Aka
"So Let It Be, My Father! 

You Have Given Me A Sure Word And I Believe It
And I Shall Wait Upon You!
Grant Me The Grace To Wait With Patient Hope 
For You Are Almighty God Who Cannot Lie!" 

Beloved, 

Our God Is

And 

Because He Is, We Are! 

We Are His ... The Sheep Of His Pasture

And 

Our Faith, Our Hopes, Shall Be Satisfied

If 

We Are Steadfast, Enduring, Faithful! 

Nobody Can Make

The Decision For You

And Nobody Can Stop You

From Making Your Own Decision!

I Beseech Us All, Brethren

Please Hold On To Jesus Christ The Lord 

Who Is Real, Righteous

And 

Soon Returning! 

Heaven's Glories Await Those Of Us
Who Obediently Choose To Keep The Faith
Make The Enduring Commitment
And
Send Prayerful Confirmation Of 
The Longed-For Date
By Thought, Word And Deed! 

The Lord Christ

Is Either

Your King Or Your Judge

And You, Alone

Make That Judgment Call!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: FUZZY WORMS TURN INTO BUTTERFLIES: Sinners To Saints!

Will-Alignment Is A Daily Doing!

What Will!?!
You Ain't Nothing But A ... A ... A Worm!

Pardon Me, But You Need To A Put A Handle On That!

Oh, Really!?!

Yes, Really!
For Your Information, I Am A Caterpillar
And, Soon, Very Soon
The God Of Heaven And Earth
The King Of Creation
Is 
Going To Make Me Anew!
My Change Is Gonna Come
And 
I Shall Fly!
Will You!?!

Oh, My! How Special!

Oh, Yes, Indeed!
It Is Special!
By My Cooperating With His Will
I, Resting And Believing In His Word
And
Having Let Go Of Self
- And Willingly Going And Doing All That He Wills -
My Will Will Be Perfectly Aligned
With The Perfect Will Of The  Lord Of Life
And
At The Appointed Time
Thereafter Unchangeable
Praise Be To Jesus
I Shall Be Changed ... To Be Like Him!

My Garment Shall Be Praise-Worthy!
My Taste Shall Be To The Sweet Things Of Glory!
My Mode Of Transport Shall Be Strong, Beautiful, Wings!
My Every-day Legs Shall Be Elegant
Well-Suited To My Purpose!
My Heart Shall Be Set Always To Home ... With Jesus!
My Life Shall Be A Story For The Ages!
My Eyes Shall Be Special Always Beholding
Heavenly Light
And
In The Lord's Eyes
I Shall Be His Delight!

I Shall Go Where He Sends Me!
I Shall Always Do What He Says!
I Will Be Always His To Command
And
Praise Be To Jesus
Heaven Will Be My Pasture-Land!

But, But, You Are A Man!

Didn't You Just Call Me A Worm!?!

I Did, But ...!?!
I Don't Understand!
Are We Even Talking About The Same Thing!?!

You, Friend, Were Speaking As A Carnal Man!
You Thought To Insult Me
But
I Am Speaking To You ... Spiritually!

I'm Sorry For Being Rude!
What You Said Is Intriguing!
Please Say More  ... I Am Listening!

Very Well!
When You Called Me A Worm
You Called Me What I Am!
You Cannot See What The Lord God Of Hosts
Intends That I Shall Be!

I Was Not Insulted
When You Called Me A Worm
Because
The Lord God Almighty Himself
Declared That That Is What I Am!

But ...

He Who Made Me
Has Promised To Remake Me
Into His Image
When I Choose Him ... By My Free Will
To Be My Everlasting Portion!

That's All Well And Good For You
But What About Me!?!

The Promise Given To Me
Is 
The Promise Given To Every Man
Who Wills
Who Desires
Who Loves
Who Trusts
Who Honors
Who Worships
And
Who Wittingly, Wisely, Wantonly
His Every Word Obeys!

Small Word, Big Meaning!

What's That!?!

Obey!

Ah, Yes!
The Big Stick That Beats The Doubter!

Think About This ...

If A Caterpillar Indulged In Doubt
Would He Ever Acquire His Wings!

Not Likely!

So, Here's What Truly That Says 
About That Worm, The Caterpillar:

The Caterpillar Is A Wise One!
He Believes That His Creator To Him Is Ever True!
He Aligns Himself With The Plan Of The Lord
And
Cooperates Fully 
- Nothing Wavering -
No Thought In Doubtful Discord!

I Wish I Was That Caterpillar!

Friend, You Can Be!

Since You Say That, Tell Me How!

That's Easy!
Trust ... And Obey!
Seek After The Lord ... And Pray
And
Walk Wise ... And Endure
Because
Faith ... For The Sinner Repentant
Is
The Life-Changing Cure!

Faith And Trust Go Hand In Hand
And
The Hand Of The Majesty Of Heaven
Is 
Working Upon Us
- Only By Our Consent -
To Rid Us Of Sin's Leaven!

We Must Believe
And 
Accept The Proffered Blessing
Otherwise ... If We Are Doubters
We Will By That Wicked Satan
Ever, Always, Be Deceived!

You Know What!?!

What!?!

I Shall From Henceforth
Honestly Give Obedience
The Faithful Christian's Try!
I Desire To Be Changed!
I Want To Fly!
I Will, With The Lord's Wishes
Seek To Comply!

What That Attitude, My Brother
And
Cooperating With The Holy Spirit
And
Accepting Available Grace
One Day ... Soon
You Shall Surely Fly!
The Word Of The Living God Holy
Cannot, Will Not, Lie!

Let's Praise God For That Gift!

I Hear You
And
I Sincerely Concur!