VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Rally Around The Lord Christ's Cross!

Brethren, 

I Don't Know About You

But 

I Have Noticed That Active, Willing, Sinning 

Is 

Now "The Thing!" 

There Is The Apparent And Obvious Trend 

Toward Letting Your Flag Of Personal Desire Aka Choice Sin 

Be Joyfully Waved And Flown High! 

Dear Ones, 

This Thing Should Alarm Us All 

And 

Should Also Cause All Of Us 

- Who Have Chosen Jesus Christ As Our Everlasting Portion -

To Be Humble And Hopeful Outliers 

- Not Out And Proud Liars - 

Who Distinctively Sound The Battle Cry Of Salvation 

And

The Invitation To The Welcome Home Feast For Christ's Faithful! 

Let Us Sow Seeds For Salvation With Our Lord And Savior 

Instead Of Scattering Seeds Of Self And Sin 

With And For That Serpent, Satan! 

Please Remember, Dear Ones, That 

Jesus Christ Creates 

But 

Satan The Damned Destroys 

And

Dare To Help Our Listing Brethren 

To See What Accepting The Gospel Of Grace 

Gains For Them In Almighty God's Glory! 

We May Cry Now In This Dark Night Of Sin 

But

All Of Christ's Faithful Will Eternally Enjoy Joy In His Presence 

In The Everlasting Morning In His Kingdom Of Light 

Because 

There Is No Night There! 

Be Wise For Yourself: 

Do Not Make Peace With Sin! 

Let Us Valiantly Choose To Make Peace With Peace! 

Peace Be Upon You Aka Jesus Christ Be With You! 

 

  

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Second Spring!?!

 

Surprise And Shock! 

The "Strange" Variableness Of The Weather Has Permitted Us To See Something Stunning: 

The Spring Bloom Bloomed In Spring 

And

The Trees Blossomed And Budded And Bloomed All Over Again 

In July ... In Summer-Time! 

The Trees Are Absolutely Gorgeous! 

In The Old Days

When A Family Had Already Raised Their Children To Adulthood 

And 

The Wife Found Herself In The Family-Way

People Talked About The Second Spring! 

It Was Amazing! 

Beloved, 

Let Us Think About This And Grow Rich 

In, By, And Through The Saving Grace Of Our Blessed Jesus! 

We, Believing, Connected, Grounded

Enduring, Trusting, And Faithful 

Shall See And Be Participant In The Second Spring

The Renewal

The Redemption Of Our Vile Bodies 

To Be Renewed To Edenic Splendor 

With A Glow-Up Grow-Up To Immortality And Incorruptibility! 

We Shall Be Like Our One Benefactor 

And

We Shall Be Like Him 

Because 

We Shall See Him As He Is! 

Dear Ones, 

Please Let Us Not Become Complacent 

With Our Dearly Purchased Salvation! 

Let Us Remember That Spring-Time Is Renewal 

And 

The Marker For New Life! 

Our New Life Is In And Of Jesus Christ! 

Catch The Vision! 

Toe The Line! 

Hold The Fort

And 

Ride The Gospel Train To Glory! 

Grow Where You Are Planted, God's People! 

Grow! 

Peace! 

Walk Worthy Of Your High Calling To The Glorious Kingdom!

 

Dare To Be Kind! 

Valiantly Choose To Be Loving! 

You Are Freely Given Everything From The Lord 

So Gratefully Give A Lil' Something To Somebody 

Just Because You Want To And Can! 

You Have Been Forgiven Much By The Lord 

So Generously Be Forgiving! 

Be Faithful Until Death: 

The Life-Giver Will Awaken You! 

Be Hopeful All Day Every Day! 

Bless The Holy God Who Infinitely Blesses You! 

Humbly, Gladly, Give Praise To The Lord 

Because 

He Deserves It! 

Praise Is What We Do!

Bless Yourself By Praying To The Almighty God 

Who Desires Communion And Communication With You 

Because 

Of Heavenly Love! 

Walk Worthy Of Your High Calling To The Glorious Kingdom! 

Endure All Things For The Lord Jesus 

Who Endured All Things To Gain For You 

The Right To Become A Son, A Daughter, Of Our Father God, The Almighty

And 

To Sit At The Table At The Feast For The Forever Blessed ... By Right! 

Beloved, 

Almighty God's Love ... Jesus Christ The Lord

Is 

Our Own For The Taking! 

Open Your Arms And Freely Enjoy The One Gift That 

All The Wealth Of The World 

Is 

Not Enough To Initiate The Sale 

Or Finalize The Purchase! 

Sing "Hallelujah!" 

Our God Is Good And Faithful! 

Amen! 

Peace!

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!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: PRAYER: Father, We Take Our Humble Position In Your Holy Presence!

PRAYER:

Father, 

Sorrows Are Abounding

And

Our Hearts Are Seemingly Floundering

On The Temptuous Sea Of Circumstance 

Like A Leaking Vessel Overloaded And Tormented 

By The Angry And Cruel Waves Of Regret

If Only, Why Me, And Where Are You, Lord!?! 

We Take Our Humble Position In Your Holy Presence 

As Members Of The Household Of Faith

Faithful, Obedient, Enduring, Hoping

And

Ever Remembering What You Did For Us Yesterday

What You Are Doing Today

- Most Of Which We Will Never Know About In This Life -

And

We Lean, Strong In Your Word

On Your Blood-Bought Promises Of

A Grand And Glorious Tomorrow 

As We Choose By Saving Grace To Trust You

Our Creator, Savior, Sustainer, Maintainer, Redeemer

Lord, God, Kind King, And Forever Faithful Friend! 

Please Help Us To Remain Steadfast, Strong

And

Very Courageous

Knowing That Your Blessings Cannot Fail

That You Are The Good Shepherd Always On Duty And Vigilant

That Your Refuge For Us Is Guarded By Your Holy Angels Invincible

And

Knowing That We Are Safe In Your Secret Place Of Prayer 

Where All Is Well

And

Will Be Well With Our Purchased-From-Sin Souls! 

Please Help Us To Faithfully See To

The Care And Keeping Our Own Souls 

So That We Will Be Overcomers Of Self And Sin

And

Hear You Say In The Glad Day:

"Welcome Home, My Child

My Good And Faithful Servant!" 

Please Speak Peace Over Us, Lord

Because

We Love And Worship You!

AMEN!!!

DOUBT DESTROYS: Look Up To Jesus Christ With Hope ... And Live!

We Love To Sing "All The Way My Savior Leads Me!" 

But

In The Midst Of Daily Trial And Constant Temptation

Necessary Test And Internal Torment 

We Suddenly Forget Who Is The One We Call Savior

And 

The Prophesied And Blood-Promised Destination 

To Which We Are Being Led! 

Beloved, 

Satan The Adversary Is The Liar: 

Jesus Christ Our Savior, Our Creator

The Holy God

The Only Wise God

Is 

The Truth! 

We, Even When We Have Been Unfaithful To The Faithful One

And 

Have Gone A-Whoring After 

The Truthless And Useless Things Of This Life

Have Abundantly Seen The Providences

The Wonderful Provision And Saving Graces Of 

Our Blessed Jesus! 

This Present Time, Dear Ones

Is 

Not The Time To Become Faint-Hearted

Denying

And 

Doubtful About The Goodness Of Our God! 

I Pray That We Will Stand With The Brave 

Knowing Jesus 

And 

Telling The World That It Is He, Alone

Who Always Saves! 

Doubt Destroys! 

Look Up To Jesus With Hope ... And Live!

Superfluity Of Naughtiness And The Engrafted Word!

When Something Is Called Superfluous

It Is Not Necessary Or Beneficial! 

When Something Is Grafted

It Is Done For The Life-Giving Properties Of 

The Host Which It Absorbs: 

It Is Strengthened And Changed By The Host 

Which Gives It Life! 

Naughtiness Is Not About The Modern-Day Cutesy 

"Oh, How Precious!" 

Ridiculous Declaration 

Over Small Children's Bad Behavior! 

Naughtiness Speaks To Vile, Wicked

Reprehensible, Knowing Sinfulness! 

Filthiness Is Dirty, Stinky, Corrupting 

And 

The Filthy Person Needs A Quick And Beneficial Trip st,

To The Laundromat Of Salvation For A Washing In The Word That 

Is 

Well Able To Save Our Souls! 

Beloved, 

Fore-Warned Is Fore-Armed! 

Please Don't Be A Follower Of Foolishness 

To Feel That You Belong 

Or Are Wanted, Needed, By Those  Who Believe That 

They Are "All That!" Aka Important And Special

And 

With A Cherry On Top! 

Let's Be Truly Special 

And

Step Briskly To The Throne Of Grace 

And 

Be Humble Before The Lord Of Life

The King Of Glory

He In Whom We Find Our Needed Peace And Rest! 

Let Us Not Go Along To Get Along With Willing Sinners

Or Acquire The Useless 

To Inspire Jealousy In The Rootless

Or Denigrate Ourselves 

To Demonstrate Our Willingness 

To Deny Our King 

To Impress Our Enemies 

Who Refuse To Acknowledge Their Spiritual Uncleanness! 

Be Clean Now Before The All-Seeing Eyes Of The Lord Christ 

To Be Able To Physically Stand Glorified In His Fiery Presence 

At The Appointed Hour! 

Look At And Live Up To Jesus 

And 

Live With Heavenly Love! 

Peace! 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Prayer Of Faith

 

PRAYER:

Thank You, Lord

For Your Grace That Is Sufficient

Your Mercy Ever Free

And That

The Fact Remains That

The Prayer Of Faith Will Always Reach Thee! 

Please Help Us To Ever Remember That 

The Devil Is The Liar

And

His Words Are Truth Reversed

And That 

His Mission Is To Have Us Continue To Live

Under The Wretched Conditions That 

Initiated The Curse!

Please Help Us To Be Wise

Unto Our Own Soul's Salvation! 

Please Help Us To Ever Trust You 

And

Walk In The Light Of The Truth! 

Please Help Us To Uplift Your Holy Name 

And

Bless Ourselves By Worshiping You 

Through Faithful, Enduring, Obedience

Which Will See Us Ascending With You One Glad Day

To Enter Your Blessed Rest

In The Land Of No Night

The Land Of Eternal Youth!

Please Open Our Eyes

Unstop Our Ears

And

Help Us To Not Only Hear And Embrace The Truth

But To Act Decisively

On Your Living, Holy, Word Which Works! 

Father,

You Have Promised That 

Your Word Will Not Return Unto You Void, Empty

But Will Accomplish The Mission Of 

Getting Us Who Are Willing

Back Into Your House Of Love 

Which Has Room For All Who Will Look Up

To Jesus Christ, The King 

To Be Saved And To Eternally Live! 

Please Accept Our Heartfelt Confession And Repentance

And

Forgive And Cleanse Us As You Promised

And

Welcome Us Into The Fold Of Safely

For It Is In Jesus Christ's Holy Name That

We Humbly Pray And In Dire Need Plead!

AMEN!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Light And Truth Versus Dust And Lies!?!

 

The Lord Is Light And Man Is Dust! 

The Lord Is The Truth And All Men Are Liars! 

The Lord Is The Light Of Truth Which Is Not Hidden! 

Man Is Lying Dust Aka A Dusty Liar: 

He Cannot Hide From Light 

And 

His Only Life Is In The Truth! 

Beloved, 

The Lord Jesus Christ Has Told Us Plainly That 

We Shall Know The Truth 

And 

The Truth Shall Make Us Aka Set Us Free! 

Since Light Reveals Truth 

And 

Truth Sets Man Free

What Possible Use Could Man, As A Known Christ-Follower

Have For That Impurity Called Lies, Lying, And Liars!?! 

Liars Limp And Lose 

Because 

Their Lies And Their Lying Leach-Away Their Lives! 

Pure Truth 

Is 

Both Sword And Shield

Scaffold And Elevator

Bed And Blanket

Tooth And Nail! 

Pure Truth Is Love And Life!

Departing From The Purity Of Truth 

And 

Stepping Away From The Light 

Causes Us To Walk In Deep Darkness! 

There Is No Darkness In The Lord 

And

None Of Us Who Choose To Obediently, Faithfully

Enduringly Walk With The Lord

By The Pure Word

Can Live In The Post-Truth Aka Stranger To The Truth 

Aka I-Feel And My-Truth Environment! 

Pontius Pilate Wanted To Know What Is Truth! 

The Hollywood Movie Said We Can't Handle The Truth! 

Please, I Beseech Us All

Let The Word Dwell In You Richly: 

Jesus Christ Aka The Word Of God

Is 

The Way, The Truth, And The Life: 

There Are No Questions! 

Peace! 

HAPPY SABBATH + Faith ... Tested ... Tried!

It Is So Very Easy To Profess Being A Christian 

And 

Even Easier To Declare That We Have Faith! 

Professors Become Professional Teachers 

Who ... More Often Than Not ... Spout Theory

And 

Very Often Do Not Have The Practical, Working, Experience Of 

A Devoted Christian With Tried And Tested Faith 

Upon Which To Fall Back 

When Life Gets Testy 

And 

Trials Pile Up Angrily! 

Beloved, 

It Is With Good Reason That 

The Words Of Apostle James Are Preserved 

For Our Warning, Consideration

And 

Action! 

A Christian Without An Experience Portfolio 

Can't Honestly Claim The Title 

Because 

A Christian Works, Labors, Has A Job That 

He Or She Diligently, Practically, Lovingly Performs

As A Faithful Steward! 

Faith Without Works Is Dead! 

An Untested Faith Has No Street Credibility 

Or Christian Longevity 

Because 

It Has No Spine! 

A Spineless Christian ... An Oxymoron

Is 

A Danger To Themselves 

And

To Others

And 

Ultimately The Cause Of Christ! 

Dear Ones, 

We Are Daily Given 

A Portion Of Jesus Christ's Holy Faith To Use That Day 

To Be Faithful To Him 

As We Labor Through And For Him! 

Please Let Us Use Our Blessed Daily Gift Of 

Unfailing Faith 

To Become Christians By Name 

And

By Nature! 

Let's Walk The Talk 

And 

Do Not At Life's Necessary Tests And Trials Balk! 

Jesus Christ The Lord, Our God

Is 

With Us! 

Dare To Work Today's Faith To A Nubbin: 

New Faith Will Be Ours Tomorrow 

If

By Saving And Available Grace Known Free

We Open Our Eyes! 

Be Strong! 

Peace!

Pride Is Poison + PRAYER: Father, Please Help Us To Humble Ourselves!

It Is Significant To See Righteousness And Unrighteousness

Faithfulness And Faithlessness 

And 

Pride And Humility 

So Starkly Compared And Contrasted! 

Beloved, 

We Are To Live By Faith 

While Lovingly Humbling Ourselves Before The Lord Christ 

Who Will Lift Us Up In His Day Of Appointment 

Just As He Lifted Up Jacob, Joseph, Job, And Moses! 

We Are Not To Lift Up Ourselves 

In Pride And With Arrogance Like Lucifer: 

It Didn't Work Out For Him 

And

It Will Not Work Out For Us! 

We Love To Say With The Worldly-Wise That 

Man Appoints And God Disappoints 

But 

If We Look Closer

We Will Clearly See What Manner Of Defeat, Disaster

Destruction, And Deviltry Exists 

When Man Appoints Man

And 

Man Anoints Self! 

The Humble, Faithful, Servant Of God

Is

Always A Blessing To Mankind!

Pride Is Poison 

And 

Self-Aggrandizement Is Terminal Disease 

And

Neither Has A Place In The Heart Of 

The Committed-To- Christ Christian! 

Dear Ones, 

The Only Lifting Up We Should Be Doing 

Is 

Lifting Up Our Souls To The Lord

Lifting Up Our Hands In Worship And Praise

Lifting Up Our Brethren

And 

Lifting Up Our Bibles And Our Spoons 

As They Convey To Our Bodies 

Our Very Necessary Daily Food! 

Pride Decimates! 

Faith Elevates 

And 

Humility Opens The Flood-Gates Of Blessing! 

PRAYER:

Heavenly Father, 

Please Help Us Today

To Humble Ourselves Before You On Earth

Your Footstool

So That You Will Lift Us Up To Heaven

Your Throne

On The Glad Day That You Have Set! 

Amen!!! 

Be Wise To Rise To Glory!

What Have You Done For The Master!?! 

Are You Doubting What The Master Has Done

Is Doing Or Will Do For You!?! 

Are You Contemplating 

Why The Lord Needs You To Do Anything For Him 

When He Has Everything At His Disposal 

And 

Owns Everything Seen And Unseen, Known And Unknown!?! 

Beloved, 

You, Personally, Are Precious, Special, To Our Dear Savior! 

No Person Living, Dead, Dying, Denying, Defying

Rigid, Rude, Recalcitrant, Or Ruthless 

Is 

Able To Change Almighty God's Love For 

And 

Desire To Have Us Accept The Gifts Given

And 

Perform Our Assignments To Gather With Him 

As We Tell The Good News Of Free-To-All Salvation

The Living God's Love, Grace, Mercy, Truth, Faithfulness 

And 

Loving-Kindness 

Which Will Never Fail Us! 

You, Personally, Are The Apple Of Our Lord's Eye

The One For Whom He Poured Out His Innocent Blood 

So That You, Cleansed Thereby And Forgiven

And 

Willingly, Enduringly, Obediently Cooperating With Him

May Have His Everlasting Life! 

Please Allow The Naysayers To Swear

And 

The Gainsayers To Bray 

But

See To It, For Love Divine, That 

You Hold To Our God's Unchanging Hand 

Unphased By Opposition 

As You Love Yourself By Loving Your Savior 

By Thought, Word, And Deed! 

Obey: Don't Stray! 

Pray: Don't Run Away! 

Be Wise: Rise To Stand Before The Throne Of God 

As The Obedient Child Of The King

The Diligent Student Of The School Of Christ

And 

The Trustworthy Servant Of The Eternal God! 

Peace!

No Clones: No Lemmings!

There Will Not Be Any Clones Or Lemmings 

In The City Of God 

So It Is Amazing To See The Professed Children Of The Heavenly Father 

So Caught Up In The Ways Of The World That 

There Is No Obvious, Apparent, Difference Between 

A Christian And A Worldling! 

Beloved, 

How Do You See Yourself!?! 

How Does The World See You!?! 

How Do You See Yourself In Christ Jesus!?! 

Do You Know Who You Are In The Lord!?! 

Do You Even Care!?! 

Christians Are Heads, Not Tails

Light, Not Darkness

Salt, Not Brackish

And

Individuals

Not Carbon Copies, Book-Ends

Nor Mass-Produced Worn-Edged Copies Of

An Over-Used Mold For Under-Performing Cups, Buckets And Bowls! 

Be Warned! 

Following The Multitude Does Not Exempt Us 

From Being Personally Held Responsible For 

And 

Paying The Price For All That We Do In The Flesh! 

Please Choose To Remember Who You Are In 

And

With 

And

For Christ Jesus 

And

Dare To Walk According To His Will And In His Way 

Even If You Walk Alone On This Earth! 

The Crowd Is Never Right: 

Follow The Lord Christ!

Please Don't Foolishly Follow Fast-Fashion 

On The One-Way Junket To The Fury Of 

The Flames Of Hell! 

Please Choose To Be Who The Lord Jesus Called You To Be 

And

Start Using What Gifts And Skills You Have Been Blessed With 

In His Holy Service! 

You Are An Unique Individual: 

Live As One Precious In The Sight Of The Eternal God! 

Peace! 

Enmity And Adultery!

For Us To Be Accused Of Committing Adultery Means That 

We Are In A Binding, Legally-Ordained, Marriage 

And

We Have Been Caught Walking Wild! 

To Be Told That The Worldly "Friendship" That 

We Are Indulging In 

Outside Of Our Marriage To The Lord 

Turns Us Into His Enemies Through Enmity 

Should Shock Us Into Wakefulness 

From Our Napping In Enemy Territory! 

When The Lord Pronounced The Curse On The Serpent, A Name For Satan

He Said That He Was Putting Enemity Aka Bitter Hatred 

Between The Seed Of The Woman 

And 

The Seed Of The Serpent! 

The Serpent's Offspring Are Rabid, Unrepentant, Sinners 

Who Are Heel-Biters Aka Snakes In The Grass 

Who Were Going To Get Their Heads Whacked! 

Jesus, The Seed Of The Woman, Would Be Injured In The Heel 

But 

Would Emerge Victorious From Death, The Grave, And Hell! 

Beloved, 

Be Wise Before Bending To, And Canoodling With, Beelzebub 

Aka Satan Aka The Serpent! 

The Lord Can Save Us When We Become Satan's Enemies! 

Problem: 

We Can't Survive Being The Enemy Of The Eternal God! 

Sugar And Sin Taste Good 

But

Will Put You In The Burying Ground! 

Vegetable Soup And Salvation Taste Good 

And

Will Make You Healthy And Strong

And 

Get You ... Redeemed

Into The Living Kingdom Before Long! 

Some Friendships In This Life Are Not Worth Cultivating 

Or Keeping! 

Please Don't Let Divorce Be The Option! 

Keep Your Marriage Vows: 

Remain Faithful And Loyal To Your Lord! 

Peace!