Giving Thanks! For All Things!?! + Prayer

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

It Is A Good And Wonderful Thing To Be Thankful

To Bless Almighty God In Jesus Christ's Holy Name

For All The Bounties We Receive

The Most Of Which Our Minds Didn't Think 

The Request To Conceive! 

We Give Thanks For The Pleasures

The Treasures

The Good Days

The Days Great 

But

Brethren Beloved,

Let Us Dare Today 

To Give Thanks For The Challenges

The Tests

The Trials That By The Worldly-Wise 

We Are Told That We Should Hate! 

PRAYER:

Dear Lord, 

We Humbly Thank You For The Difficulties We Face 

Which We Know Are For The Perfecting Of

Our Christian Character 

Which Will Have Us Ready To Meet You

In Perfect Peace! 

We Are Thankful Always

For Food, Family, And Friendship

And

Even The Few Foes

Who Drive Us To The Throne Of Grace

Into The Hands Of Him Who

Our Every Need Knows! 

Please Remember Our Brethren

By Blood, Faith, And Affection

And

Keep Us All In Your Holy Care 

As We Await The Glad Day Of Our Elevation 

To The Land Of The Blest 

Where We Shall No More Be Reckoned 

As Being Among The Least! 

Thank You For This Blessed Day's Feast! 

Please Bless Us To Be Humble, Faithful

Giving, Kind, And Ever True

As We Diligently Seek

To Become More And More Like You! 

Thank You, Lord

For Always Being So Very Good To Us! 

We Love You! 

Please Come For Us Soon! 

AMEN!!!

HAPPY SABBATH + WORLDLY CHALLENGES: You'd Better Think!

Why Are Christians So All-Fired Fast To Follow The World 

By Participating In Every Challenge Cast 

But 

Find It Exceedingly Hard To Answer 

The Simple Call To Serve Their Dear Savior 

Who Is The First And The Last!?! 

The Lord Doesn't Ask Us To Act The Part Of The Fool 

Because 

There Will Be None In His Kingdom 

Since They Don't Believe That Over Them He Can Rule! 

We Are Called To Obedience, Faithfulness

And 

Endurance

And 

To Have Faith In His Trust-Worthiness! 

We Are Called To Walk Wise

To Be Salt And Light

And 

We Are Called To Not Be 

As The Denizens Of The Night! 

Beloved, 

Think Carefully ... And Long

And

Seriously Ask Yourself The Question 

Why Worldly Challenges Never Ask One 

To Choose To Walk Right On The Living-Holy Way 

Or 

To Stand Firm On The Ever-Present Rock Of Ages 

Instead Of Acting Like A Loose-Screw Scrooge 

Or Being Any One Of The Silly Celluloid-Famous Stooges!?! 

Is Your Life So Empty 

And 

Your Need For Imaginary Friends So Deep That 

You'd Choose Fake Over Real 

And 

Cement-Shoes Over Wings Of Eagles 

By Which To World's Now Unknown 

You Shall Eventually Customarily Sail!?! 

There Is A Time For Everything 

Even For Satan To Parade 

But 

Please Choose To Remember 

And 

Don't Ever Forget That The Day Is Coming 

When That Flying Snake Will, By Fire And Brimstone

To Fine Dust Be Totally Baked! 

Worldly Challenges Are Useless 

Because

Lacking Love-Of-God Substance

And

Just Looking For Subscribers And Likes

They Are Simply Just Fake! 

Brethren, Beloved

To The Great Lord Of Glory 

Your Every Burden Take 

And 

Let Him Your Nagging, Deep, Thirst 

Willingly, Lovingly, Most Truly Slake! 

Challenge Yourself, Dear One

To Be Faithful And True

For It Is Jesus Christ ... The King Righteous

Who Is Calling Unto You! 

Peace! 

 

All Expenses Paid, Attire Provided Trip!

Satan Is Not Your Friend! 

He Passionately Hates You

Because 

Jesus Christ Loves You 

And

Because You Have An All Expenses Paid Ticket

Attire-Provided Trip To The Realm Of 

The Forever-Blessed! 

Satan Poisonously Hates You 

Because 

He Knows That If You Remain True 

And 

Faithful To The Lord Christ

You Shall Surely Get To Enter 

Where He Can Never Trespass Again 

And

You Will Assuredly Experience Joys Forevermore 

Which He Cast Away As Cheap And Useless Things! 

Beloved, 

Our Enemy Cannot Hurt Us 

When We Choose To Be Humble And Faithful: 

He Can Hurt Us When We Are Proud And Doubtful! 

We Damage Satan 

When We Obediently Choose To Rest In The Lord Christ

And

When We Find Our Greatest Fulfillment In Serving Our Savior 

By Loving And Caring For Our Brethren!

 

Jesus Christ Is The Rock Of Our Salvation

Our Refuge And Strength

The Anchor For Our Souls 

And

The Only Way Satan Can Effectively Hurt Us 

Is 

If We Do As Satan Did When He Was Lucifer, The Light Bearer:

Satan Saw Himself Instead Of His Maker 

And

He Saw Himself In The Position Of The Almighty God! 

Mirrors Are Amazing 

For Disclosing How Good We Look In Glad Rags

And 

How Silly We Look With A Wardrobe Malfunction

Dirty Eyes, Snotty Nose, And Crusty Lips 

But

They Are Truly Lousy At Disclosing A Black Heart! 

If You Want To See The Condition Of Your Heart Today

Take A Look In The Good Book 

And 

Proceed To The Throne Of Grace In Humble Prayer! 

Remember, Remember 

Don't Ever Forget ... 

Jesus Christ ... Our Lord

Loves You More Than Satan ... Our Adversary

Can Ever Hate You! 

Please Avail Yourself Of Christ's Sacrificial Love That 

Eternally Lives 

And 

Infinitely Gives! 

Peace!

DOING AS YOU PLEASE: Don't Tempt The Lord!

 

Think About These Things ...

Water Over A Low Flame Simmers! 

And

You May Blissfully Play The Annoying Game 

"I'm Not Touching You!" 

Until The Offended Party Slaps The Snot Out Of You! 

Beloved, 

There Is An Old Saying About Poking A Dog With A Stick! 

Poke The Dog One Time Too Many 

And 

You Will Rue The Day You Walked Without Wisdom! 

You May Be Able To Destroy The Animal Afterward 

But

Surprise, Surprise, No Shock

No One Can Destroy The Creator God

Who Has The Final Say In Everything! 

Answer If You Dare ...

How Long Can We Offend The Lord 

Before He Rocks Our World!?! 

Do Not Tempt The Lord! 

Look Around And See! 

Turn Around And Hear! 

Look Out And Weep For The Multitudes Of People

Young, Old

Rich, Poor

Free And Imprisoned 

Who Believed That 

They Could Control Almighty God's Sweet Tomorrow! 

We Are Promised One Day Of Life 

And 

That Is Today:

Our Today Actions Decide Our Tomorrow Outcomes! 

The Fact Is ... 

If Tomorrow's Sun Rises For Us

The Day Will Be Called Today

So Please Let Us Use Today

This Moment

This Minute

This Hour

This Day

To Accept The Leading Of The Lord 

So That By His Slow Anger Aka His Saving Grace 

We May Rise Above The Morass Of Sin 

And

Walk Unto Sure Salvation! 

Wise Up ... 

Indulging In Folly 

Is Not 

Common-Sense! 

Do The Will Of The Eternal God! 

Walk In The Holy Way That Leads To Everlasting Life

And 

Choose To Accept Mercy ... Available And Free

Because

The Day Of Our Redemption 

Is 

Drawing Near

And

Only Those Of The Household Of Unfailing Faith

- Enduringly Faithful, Obedient, Loving, And Kind To End -

Will Be Redeemed! 

Please .. I Beseech Us All 

Willingly Obey The Lord While It Is Still Today

And 

Be Gloriously Blessed! 

Peace!

Doing As You Please

Does Not Stretch Far Enough

To Allow You To Do "It"

As Long As You Please!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Misalignment From The Majority!

Committed Christians Are Pilgrims In A Strange Land! 

We Attract Attention 

Because 

Our Walking, Talking, Eating

Our Doing And Being Habits

Are An Affront To The Natural Citizens Of 

The Land Through Which We Are Passing! 

Beloved,

This Is As It Should Be! 

We Should Be Sticking Out Like Sore Thumbs 

Because 

Our Characters Misalign From That Of The Majority! 

Let's Truly Consider For A Moment

How Different Our Lord Was From Those Around Him!

His Name Caused A Stir! 

His Very Presence Caused A Stir Wherever He Went! 

He Attracted Some 

And 

Repulsed Others Of Those Whom Met Him! 

Those Who Saw Their Need For What He Shared Were Drawn To Him! 

Those Who Saw Him As A Meddler In Other People's Matters 

And

A Muddier Of The Waters Of Tradition 

And

An Affront To The Status Quo 

Were Repulsed By Him! 

Those Who Saw Immanuel

"Almighty God With Us" 

Were Lovingly, Gratefully, Graciously, Attracted To Him! 

Those Self-Deceived Ones

Who Saw Themselves As Gods Among Men 

Were Repulsed By The Drawing Fragrance From 

The Heart Of God Wafting Off Him! 

Brethren, Beloved,

Do Not Fool Yourself

Or Permit Yourselves To Be Fooled By Others!

By Almighty God's Great Grace

You Are The Salt Of The Earth!

You Are The Light Of The Earth

And

Living, Holy, Light Shakes Foundations!

Are You Living For The Lord!?! 

Is The World Seeing Jesus Christ The Lord In You!?! 

Will The Lord Of Earth And Glory Call You His Own!?! 

Are You An Enduring, True 

And 

Faithful Witness Of God's Love Towards Man!?! 

Prayerfully Think About It Now

While It Is Still Day

While It Is Possible For Man 

To Work Out His Own Salvation

With Fervent Prayer And Trembling! 

Peace! 

Set Your "Radio" Dial To B.B.C!

The Elders, At Home, At School, And At Church 

Always Stressed To Us That 

We Should Finish What We Started! 

It Was Good Advice Then 

And 

It Is Good Advice Now! 

We Have The Promise Of Our Maker

The Eternal God 

And 

The Everlasting King That 

He Will See Us Safely To Our Forever Home! 

That Sure Promise Was Confirmed 

With Jesus Christ's Innocent Blood 

Being Visibly Spilt On Calvary's Hill! 

We Are Loved With An Everlasting Love!

Beloved, 

As Committed And Motivated Christians

We Need To Finish All That We Have Started For 

And 

In The Name Of Our Lord Jesus Christ

The Righteous Judge Of All Flesh! 

We Need To Set Our "Radio" Dial To Station BBC: 

Be Aware! 

Believe! 

Commit! 

We Need To Be Aware Of Time

- Which Is Short - 

And 

Let Go Of The Past 

And

By Saving Grace

Walk Confidently With Our Lord Christ 

To The Land Of Pure Delight! 

We Need To Whole-Heartedly Believe That 

The Lord Loves Us Sacrificially

And

Will Never Forsake Us 

And

Is Guiding Us On The Path Of Purity! 

We Need To Commit Our Lives To Him 

Through Whom We Live 

And 

Breathe 

And 

Have Our Very Being! 

Be Wise For Your Own Self ... 

Now Is Not The Time To Play Amateur Christian! 

Now Is The Time To Go PRO! 

Now Is The Time To Be 

Patient In Our Trials

Responsive To The Call To Salvation 

And

Obedient To Almighty God's Will 

As We Grow Where We Are Planted 

To Serve The Lord Faithfully! 

Be Brave: 

Angels Are Watching Over You!

Believe ... In The Lord Christ! 

Believe ... The Living, Holy Word Of Truth

And 

Be Gloriously Blessed! 

Peace!

HAPPY SABBATH: Be Strong In ... And For ... The Lord Jesus Christ!

The Living Word Of God Does Not Say That 

"I Can Do All Things 

Including Breaking Every One Of The Laws Of God 

Written With The Finger Of God 

Through Christ That Strengthens Me!" 

The Word Does Not Say That 

The Lord Will Strengthen Us To Call Him A Liar 

As We Indulge In Presumptuous Aka Planned Sin! 

The Lord, The Word, Does Not Give Us Strength 

To Make 

And 

Worship False Gods! 

Beloved, 

Let Us Endeavor To Walk Very Softly 

In The Presence Of The Eternal God! 

Let's Stop Interpreting The Living Word 

According To Our Varied Lusts 

And 

Vile Inclinations 

To Grant Ourselves Permission 

To Indulge In Perhaps, Maybe

Possible, If, But And And 

When The Lord Jesus Christ ... The Creator God

Plainly Says "Don't!"

We Are Not To Christen Pork And Call It Beef: 

We Cannot Bless Sin 

And 

Call It Satisfaction! 

The Lord Strengthens Us To Serve Him Willingly! 

We Are Strengthened To Rid Ourselves Of 

Sin And Self ... Selfish Desires

So That We May Enter The Father's Glorious Presence 

Forgiven, Cleansed, Unafraid 

And 

Unashamed! 

Be Ye Warned ... 

The Biggest Lies Told Are The Ones That 

We Tell Ourselves 

To Comfort Ourselves: Stop It! 

Be Gloriously Blessed ... 

Choose To Comfort Yourself Today With 

The Saving Truth! 

The Lord Will Strengthen You 

To Bear Up Under The Blinding Light That 

Blesses And Saves! 

Open Your Eyes! 

Perfect Peace With Almighty God Is Free!

Think About It ... 

Jesus Christ The Lord Of Earth And Glory

He Who, Alone Is Faithful 

Has Promised Never To Leave Us Nor Forsake Us! 

He Gives Us The Whole Armor Of God Of Which Prayer 

Is 

A Heavenly Piece Called Peace! 

If We Have Armor We Are In A War: 

We Have To Pray In A Warfare! 

War Is Hellish!

He Provides The Army Of Angels Excelling In Strength To Protect Us! 

He Has Given His Holy Spirit To Comfort, Guide And Correct Us 

And 

He, Himself

Is 

The Captain Of Our Salvation! 

We Are Not Alone:

God, Almighty God, Is With Us! 

Let Us, Therefore, Ever Choose 

Always To Be At Peace With And In Him! 

Jesus Christ Saves! 

Tending To Life: Bearing Good Fruit!

There's A Celebrated Expression That Says That 

When Someone Shows You Who They Are

You Should Believe Them! 

The Living Word Of The Eternal God Said It First 

And

Better ... With Fewer Words: 

"You Shall Know Them

By Their Fruits!" 

The Living Word Also Says Plainly That 

You Can't Get Sweet Water 

And 

Bitter Water From The Same Source 

And

You Can't Gather Grapes From Thorn-Bushes! 

If We Still Don't Want To Buy The Free Clue

The Living And Good Unchanging Faithful 

Infallible Word Of Truth Everlasting 

Makes It Perfectly Clear That

"Good Trees Bring Forth Good Fruit!" 

Or Put Another Way

A Corrupt Tree Cannot Bring Forth Good Fruit! 

Beloved, 

Wearing A White Gown To Cover A Black Heart

Singing Sweetly In The Church Choir 

And 

Slithering And Hissing 

Like An Ever Ready To Strike Poisonous Snake 

At All Other Times 

And

Getting "Patients" For Your "Therapy" Business 

By Making People Ill 

Makes You A Servant Of Satan

An Enemy Of Almighty God

And 

The Adversary Of All 

Who Choose Daily To Do What Is Good, Right 

And 

Blessed Forever 

In The Eternal God's Holy Sight! 

A Pig In Pearls Is Still A Pig 

And

An Unrepentant Sinner Singing Psalms 

And 

Preaching Peace 

Is 

Still Lost! 

Dare To Walk In The Ways Of The Lord Jesus Christ

Who Speaks Peace 

And Is

Loving And Kind!

Let Righteousness Be The Hill That 

You Choose, By Faith, To Climb! 

PROSTITUTION: The Loving Relationship!

The Lasting Relationship 

Is 

Built On Comfort

Companionship 

And 

Dependability! 

We Have A Relationship With Almighty God! 

He Provides Us With The Comfort Of The Holy Spirit! 

We Have The Company Of Holy Angels! 

And 

We Are Unerringly Able To Depend On Jesus Christ The Lord 

Whom The Father Has Given To Us For All Eternity! 

All Of The Heavenly Intelligences Are Committed To Our Salvation 

And 

Will Be Coming To Greet Us When ... In The Great Day

Our Redeemer Calls Us Up To Go Home To Glory! 

There Is, However, A Substantial Problem! 

We, Humans, Are Careless 

And 

Non-Committal 

And 

We Operate Under The Attitude That 

Almighty God Is Good 

As Long As He Is Giving To Us Whatever We Call For 

When We Call For It! 

Beloved, 

That ... For Want Of A Nicer Expression

Is 

Prostitution! 

We Can And Should Be Better Than This! 

Love

The Loving Relationship

The Committed, Loving, Lasting, Relationship 

Is 

Built On All Parties Being Present

Actively Involved

Faithfully Enduring

And 

Giving Selflessly! 

Our God Almighty Is Holy 

So He Is Ever-Forgiving

Granting Unto Us Unfailing Grace

Even Though We Are Often Ungrateful! 

We, Weak Wanderers

Need To Go All In 

And 

Trust The Lord's Everlasting Love! 

Please Don't Let Doubt Destroy What It Can't Build! 

Give Your All To Him Who Gave His All To Prosper You! 

Reach Up To Rise Up! 

Wholly Love The Eternal Holy Saving Blessing Giving God! 

Peace!

Relationships Are Not Vacations!

A Lasting Relationship

Is

An All-Day

Every Day

Labor Of Love!

Christians Commissioned To Care For Others!

Just Because You Live In A Dog-Eat-Dog World 

It Does Not Mean That 

You Have To Raise The Dog 

Or 

Be The Dog

The Dog Catcher

The Dog Killer

The Dog-Meat Seller 

Or 

The Dog-Meat Eater! 

The World Will Change! 

Men's Minds, Tastes And Desires Will Change 

And

Truth May Become Subjectively Objective 

But

Our Loving Creator Savior Provider Redeemer-God 

Remains The Same 

And

So Should His Children Who Gladly Adopt 

And 

Embrace His Ways 

And

 Serve Him Faithfully 

And

In Righteousness! 

Subjects

... You, Me, We, People ...

Have Feelings!

Objects

... Truth, Light, Good, Evil ...

Are Observable, Measurable!

Remember, Remember

Don't Ever Forget ...

Truth And Eternity Belong To Almighty God! 

Man ... A Notorious Liar

Operates In Tenuous Time

And

He Is Playing Always With Fire! 

A Liar 

Is 

Like A Leopard

Who Cannot Change His Own Spots! 

Man's Character Will Not Change 

Unless And Until 

The Holy Spirit ... Invited ... His Uncleanness Blots Out! 

On This Matter Let There Be No Doubt!

Beloved,   

We Are Christians ... Called And Committed

Cooperating With The Lord

And

Commissioned To Care For Others

So Let Us Dare To Always Do Right

 - In Jesus Christ's Holy Name -

Forswearing Lies And Deceits

And

Nipping At Fingers

Biting Off Heads

And

Chewing On One Another's Seats! 

Peace With The Father

Always Attends

His Faithful Children

And

Causes Their Enemies

To Be At Peace With Them!

Go Around Comes Around!

Are You Casting Away Funds, Food

Friends, Family

Your Future

Or 

Forever In The Faithful Father's Family!?! 

We Often Say, And Regularly Hear, That 

We Don't Have Tomorrow Put Down 

Or Tomorrow Is Not Promised! 

These Statements Are True 

And

We Need To Consider That What We Do Today

By Praying, Planning, Plotting Or Even Passively

Greatly Affects Our Prospect ..., Our Hopes

For A Beautiful Tomorrow 

In The Land Of The Forever Blessed! 

Beloved, 

No Man Is An Island 

And

No Man Stands Alone: 

Everything That You Say And Do 

Impacts Your Self And Others! 

Be Aware ...

What You Toss Into The Trash 

Is 

Another Man's Treasure! 

What You Ignore, Someone Else Embraces 

And

What You Despise, Someone Else Loves! 

Search Your Self ...

Are You Like Judas Iscariot

Selling Imperishable Gold 

And

Ill-Advisedly Buying Burnable Silver!?! 

Are You Refusing The Father's Feast Of Good And Plenty 

And 

Are Looking Longingly At The Husks That The Swine Eats!?! 

What Thoughts Are Filling Your Head!?! 

Who Is Making Your Heart Their Home!?! 

What Is In That Hand That You're Extending!?! 

Are You A Peace-Speaking Warmonger 

Or A Peace-Seeking Peace-Keeper!?! 

Do You Care!?! 

By Almighty God's Great Gift Of Grace

With A Willing Spirit

And

With Patient Endurance

Fix Your Face

Fix Your Feelings 

And 

Fix Your Future: 

Go Around Comes Around!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Are You Bearing Fruit!?!

Fig Trees Are Known To Bear Fruit Twice A Year

Offer Great Shade

And

Speak To Us Of Peace And Prosperity!

Be Not, I Pray Thee, A Leafy, Fruitless, Fig Tree 

For Such A One As This Did Jesus Christ Curse 

For Having No Fruit To Still His Hunger! 

To Have ... To Be ... A Fruitful Tree 

Is 

A Blessing Beyond Measure!

 

A Laden Fig Tree 

Aka A Working, Watching, Waiting Servant 

Aka Saint Of God And Christ 

Is 

A Treasure Sheltered, Protected, Blessed 

And

Honored By The Lord, Our Master

The Kind King

The Judge Of All Flesh! 

Are You At Your Post Of Duty Doing Willing Service 

Or Are You A Show-Pony Shaking Your Tail-Feathers

High-Stepping 

And 

Flinging Your Head Around To The Intoxicating Sounds Of 

The Bewitching Siren Of Sin 

Who Encourages The Careless

The Listless

The Loose And The Lawless

To Use Their Liberty As License To Disregard Duty!?! 

Beloved, 

We Have One Duty ... One Work ... To Perform: 

Serve The King 

And

Bear Fruit Unto Righteousness! 

Are You At Your Post!?! 

Will You Be Found Faithful!?! 

Our Master Is Coming 

And

He Is Hungry! 

He Sees Your Leafy Branches: 

Will He Find Fruit So That He Will Honor You 

And

Be Glad Of His Investment In Your Life!?! 

Please Pray About It! 

Don't Sell Out

The Savior For Silver! 

Don't Give Away

The God Of Grace For Gold! 

Don't Discard

What You Can't Buy Back

And

Don't Let Your Heart For Christ

Grow Cold!

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Peace ... Not Pride ... Is Precious!