Problems Abase Debase Abound: Only Jesus Christ Saves!

Problems Abase Debase Abound!
From Sin To Salvation
Man, Fallen, Must Bound!
Satan Is The Liar!
Publish The Glad Sound:
Jesus Christ Is Lord And God
And
All Who Diligently Seek Him
By Him Shall Surely Be Found!

Guns, Knives, Swords
Poison Pen, Poison Pill
Human Trafficking

And
Unholy Sex 

Gives The Perverted, Corrupted Mind Myriad Thrills
And
It All Points
To The Unregenerate Heart
Which ... From The Law Of Love
Light ... Life
Many, Longing ... Seeking Self
Did, Indeed, Depart!

No Holy God:
No Love ... No Light ... No Life!
No Holy God: Look Out!
Intense Becomes The Mortal Strife!
No Holy God
And
Desperate Becomes The Need
To Destroy Self And Others
And 

Upon This Dark, Dread, Damnable, Desire
Satan Does Enjoyably Feed!

Light In The Darkness Points The Straight Way!
Darkness Covering Light
And
Men Needing Christ The Lord
Become
Uncontrollable Strays
With Black Hearts
Dark Thoughts
Seeing No Possible Escape
And
Choosing To Go With The Flow
Their Heads With Consuming Evil They Drape
And
On Hate And Destruction
They Energetically Vape!

Measure The Man!
Map The Seeking-Truth Mind!
Mind The Kind Master
And
Holy Heaven, You Shall Surely Find!

Do Not With Known Sin Consort! 

Do Not Choose On The Low Road To Recline! 

The Lord Of Life Is Calling Man To Repent:

Choose To Live

To Love
And

Wittingly Decide Your Life In Light Is To Be Spent
Because

Jesus Christ Willingly Forgives Confessed 
And 
Repented-Of Sin
And
Know And Accept That 
His Love For Us Can Never Be Consumed

Never Over-Spent! 

Enduringly, Obediently, Trust The Lord Christ

Day In ... Day Out

And 

You Will Raise The Vault Of Heaven

When With The Redeemed Of All The Ages

At The Welcome Home Banquet

In Victory You Shall Shout! 

Pass Along The Sure Word ...

Jesus Christ Always, Always, Saves! 

Believe Him At His Blood-Penned Word

And 

You Shall Be Eternally Blessed
Because
On The Accursed Cross On Mount Calvary

He Gave His Eternal Word! 

I Beseech You, Brethren 

Please Do Not Join The Doubting, Gainsaying

Disbelieving, Disobedient, Faithless, Goat Herd!

Those Who Shall Live Forever
Belong ... Not To A Lost Herd
But To The Obedient Sheep Flock
Which Resides In The Only Safe Fold!

The Lord Christ 

Is

The Only Good Shepherd

The Shepherd Of Rest!

Grasshoppers And Giants + PRAYER: Lead Me Gently Home, Father!

I Don't Know About You
But
The Problems Of This World
Seem To Take Me For A Grasshopper
AND
Are Trying To Make Me Out To Be
A Grasshopper In My Own Eyes
BUT
Praise Jesus
I've Got Me That Little Ration Of
Daily Faith
AND
I Don't Intend to Let
Any Lying Goliath
Turn Me Into A Faithless Disgrace!

I Believe The Word Of God
That:

• The Living Word IS Sharper Than Any Two-Edged Sword
• The Living God IS The Same Yesterday Today AND Forever
• All Who Go To The Eternal God MUST Believe That He IS AND That He IS A Rewarder Of Them That Diligently Seek Him
• All Things Are Possible To Him Who Believes
• Faith Without Works IS Dead
• My Faith In Christ The Lord Will Make Me Whole
• Almighty God's Grace Is Always Sufficient ... For Me
• The Race Is Not To The Swift NOR The Battle To The Strong, And
• He Who Endures To The End Shall Be ... Saved!

PRAYER:

Lord,

I'm Being Tempted

But Not Beyond Endurance! 

I'm Being Sorely Tested

But Your Grace Is Sufficient! 

I'm Being Severely Tried

But

In The Name Of Christ Jesus

I Will Never Your Being Deny!

  

I Beseech You Also, Father

In The Name Of The Holy Jesus

To Help Me Never Ever

My Love

My Worship

My Faith

My Service

To You

To Deny!

Lord, 

I Deny The Liar

And

His Workmen

Doubt And Despair

Impatience And Self-Will

And

Living Without Godly Fear!

Oh, Lord, 

My Father In Heaven

My Beginning

My End

Please, I Beseech You

- Who Is My Daily Support -

Against The Wiles Of The Devil

My Soul, Defend!

Forgive Me My Trespasses! 

Teach Me Your Ways! 

Correct My Wayward Walking! 

Remake Me So That

For My Own Sin

I Will Not Have To Pay!

I Pledge Allegiance To The Lamb!

On The Rock Of My Salvation

I Humbly Stand!

Shelter Me Under Your Mighty Wings

For 

I Am Your Child To Lead

And 

Your Loyal Servant To Instruct!

I Give Unto You

Your Honor As My Heavenly Father! 

I Give Unto You

My Fear: You Are Almighty God!

I Accept Your Sovereignty

Over My Life

And

I Look Toward The Last Day

And

The Coming Of The Glorious King

And

No More Mortal Strife!

Lead Me Gently Home 

To The Haven Of Rest

And

Bless Me

In My Living

Your Holy Name Ever To Laud

Ever To Bless

For

I Desire Your Best Blessing!

Let Not The Hollow Giants Of This World

Be Anything Over Which I Shall Stress Myself

And

Grant Unto Me

Your Grace

Your Peace

Your Rest

So That At Your Holy Hand, Lord

I Shall Always

Be Royally Blessed

For

I Ask All In Faith

And

In The Glorious Name Of

The Holy Jesus!

I Love You, Lord! 

AMEN!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Brothers By And In Sin!

Balaam And Judas
Were Neither Brothers
Nor Twins
But They Surely Were
For They Are Connected
By The Same Sin!

They Both Knew God!
They Both Had In Their Hand
Great Light
AND
By Greed For Gain
- Spiritual Dishonesty -
They Suffered The Same Fate
- Separation From Life -
By Ignominious Death
AND
Eternal Separation To Come
In The Great Day
Because
Cherished Sin
In Their Hearts
In Their Lives
Caused Satan The Arch-Fiend
To Overmaster Them!

They Walked Not Uprightly!
They Worked Not Righteousness!
They Spoke Not Truth In Their Own Hearts
AND
They Did Not The Living God Bless

This Must Be Confessed!

They Did Evil To Their Neighbor!
They Took Reward Against The Innocent!
They Did Not Fear The Eternal God!
They Loved Riches
AND

They Did Not Get Repair Stitches
For Their Bodies Have Long Since
In Their Graves Been Cold!
Old!

They Swore Not To Their Own Hurt!
They Chose To Hurt Others!
They Changed
How They Changed
Choosing Temporal Prosperity
Unto To Which To Cling
Forgetting That
Temporal Life Is Temporary
AND
That Man Cannot Thwart God

AND
Forgetting
That The Wages Of Sin Is Death
That Sin Is Its Own Reward
Compliments Of The Known Fraud!

Balaam ... Known Prophet Of God
Judas ... Known Close Disciple Of The Lord Christ
So Near To God
Yet So Very Far
Had The Bone In Their Hand
BUT
Released It
For The Larger Shadow
Magnified
By The Lens Of Evil
Held
By The Hand Of Satan
Motivated
By Pure Malice
Laid Out
On A Silvered Chalice!

Greed
For Gain
Always Ever Brings Pain
Preceded By Shame
AND 
Leaves The Greedy One
Perfectly Slain!

Gain! 

Shame!
Pain! 

Slain!
Be Ye Warned, Brother And Sisters
Do Not By Greed
The Innocent Disclaim
Nor The Name 

Of The God Of Heaven And Earth Profane
For
In So Doing
You Shall Never, Ever, Ever
The Heights Of Heaven Gain
AND

That Will Be
The 

- Your -

Eternal Shame!

Knowing What We Have In Christ!

For Me
- To Me -
The King James Bible
- God's Preserved Word -
Stands Out
And Up
On Three Points
Redeeming Love
Saving Grace
And
- As The Proverbial Broken Record
Which Lands On
And Repeats A Phrase -

"Be Faithful!
Do Not Be Unfaithful!"

There Are More

But

These Three Hold Sway

Today!

If We Would Take A Careful Look
At Jeremiah's Lament

Ezekiel's Son Of Man Visions

AND
Hosea's "Disgrace"

We Will See
Hear
Feel
Know
Redeeming Love
Saving Grace
AND
The Call Away From
Faithlessness
AND
Unto Faithfulness
Out Of The Holy Heart
Which Knows Love
Gives Love
Feels Real Hurt And Pain
AND
Cries Out
To The Faithless Love
That He Wants To Redeem Her (Us)
From Eternal Death

AND

Pleading With Her
To Give Up Her Whorish
Fornicating
Backsliding-Heifer
Idolatrous
Faithless Ways
To Return Home
To The Ever-Faithful God
Who Will Accept Her
Clean Her
New Dress Her
Feed Her
Comfort
Elevate Her
Love Her Unto Death
- His Death -
For Her Redemption
And Then
After His Resurrection
- For He Laid His Life Down
AND

Had The Power To Reclaim It - 

Her Sure Redemption ... Forever!

We, Humans
Know Not What We Have
In

The Love Of The Living God
In

The Person Of The Holy Jesus
Under

The Working Of The Holy Spirit
With

The Protection Of The Holy Angels!

The Almighty God Does Not NEED Man
So That He (God) Can Live!
The Living God IS Self-Existent!

The Eternal God IS Love!

God's Love Of Man
God's Hatred Of Sin
God's Willingness To Save Man
Know No Boundary
For
The Father God

Sent His Son God To Die

To Save Us!

He Permitted His Son To Die

And Then
He Called His Son Home
To Intercede
His Death
For Man's
So That We
- Fallen -

- Cursed -

- Sentenced -

- Condemned -

- Repentant -

- Accepting Of The Salvation -

- Forgiven -
May Arise
AND
Rise Up
In The Day
To Be Caught Up
To Walk On The Glorious Way
In The Presence Of Him Who Died
Because
Wicked Satan Lied
AND
Man's Distress Cried
Out
To The Only Holy
Helpful Healing
Living Loving
Redeeming Restoring
Glorious Glorifying
Crowning
New-Naming Not Past-Shaming
Cleansing Clothing

Everlasting God
Who Gives Good Gifts
Who Grant's Great Grace
Who Redeems
Who Prepares
For The Faithful-To-Him Heart
An Assured Resting Place

Aka
Freedom
From Sin's Nest
In The Consuming Dark!

Someone Loves Us!

His Name Is Jesus The Christ!

Let Us Return That Love!

I Have Committed

AND

I Am Committing My Love

My Self

My Will

My Way

My Walk

My Faith

To The Lover Of

My Soul!

Won't You?

No Luck, Good Luck, Blessings: Perspectives + PRAYER: Lord, Save Me!

I Have No Luck!

Whaaatt?!

I SAID That I Have No Luck!
Without Me, Bad Luck Would Have No Name!
Because Of Me, Good Luck Walks Around Chained
In Shame!

What Rubbish!

How Can You Say That?!

I Can Say That Because I Have Jesus Christ!

Wow! De Liddle Quistian Got The Big JC!
Whoopty Doo!
He Ain't No Way Never Done Nothing For Me
Which Is Why
As I Have Already Said
I Have No Luck!

Oookay. That's Your Perspective!


A Little While Later
And
In A Different Location ...


I Trust God On The Big Box Items
BUT
Fickle Christian That I Am
I Mistrust God On The Details Of Life
AND
End Up
Falling For Satan's Rubbish And Scams!

Woe, Is Me!
Lord God Almighty
What's To Become Of Me?!


And Still Later
And Down The Road A Piece 
There Is A Trembling Christian
Fervently Praying ...

Lord, You Have Nothing To Prove To Me!

You Have Been Faithful All The While!

Help Me To Stop Doubting You 

In The Miscellaneous Aisle

And To Trust You

Fervently

In The Life Trucking Isle!

You Are The God Of My Hope!

You Are Glorious!

You Provide Me With Blessings All The Day!

You Provide Blessings In

Spring Summer

Winter And Fall

Even When I

Your Beloved Name

Don't Call!

Oh, Father

Forgive Me My Sin Called Doubt!

Help Me To Keep Your Holy Spirit Within

For The Eternal Win

For You Are The Holy God 

Of Pure And Certain Things!

Please, Lord!

You Are Mine!

My Heart To You Is Inclined!

Lift Me Up

And Help Me To Lift You Up

For

You Are My Battle Ensign!

I Love You, Lord!

Save Me!

AMEN

*********


How Are YOU Standing?!

Where's Your Faith?!

I Was Given A Great Gift!
It Was A Measure Of Faith!
I Touched It!
I Kissed It!
I Tried It Out Once
AND, THEN
I Put It High Up
On The Treasured Items Shelf!

One Day
I Had An Experience!
That Experience Called Into Question My Faith!
I Said To My Self:

"Hey! We Have Faith!"

BUT
Then I Remembered, And Said:

"Ohhh! But It Is At Home
On The Treasured Items Shelf!"

I Got Over That Experience!
Or So I Thought!

Time Passed

And Then ...

Astoundingly
One Experience
AND
Another Experience
Boldly Showed Up
This Time
Right Inside My Front Door!

The Nerve Of These Experiences!

Shocked
Dismayed
Shaken
AND
Nerves Frayed
I Reached For My Gift Of Faith
Only To Realize
Belatedly
That I Had Securely Tucked It Away!

"Oh, Faith!
Where Are You?
I Need You Right Now!
Wherever You Are Hiding
I Command You
To Come Out Right Now!
I'm Having A Conniption
A Calf
AND
A Cow!
Oh, Lord!
Please Help Me!
Lord, Help Me!
I Vow
To Keep Faith With You!
To Keep My Faith
On With Me
Starting ...
Starting ...
Starting ... RIGHT NOW!

I Learned A Hard Lesson!
Faith Is Not For Show!
Faith Is For Exercise!
One Must Let Faith Grow
For
Faith Unused
Is Faith That Is Dead
AND
Unused Faith
Is As Useful As
A Feather Made Of Lead!

From That Day Till This Day
I Have Bound My Faith
To My Life!
I Have To Daily Exercise My Faith
For
Living
In This Life
Is Constant Constant Strife!

I Say My Prayers
To My Father
Humbly 
In Jesus Christ' Name
Exercising The Faith
That He Gave Me
Vowing Daily
To Use This God-Given Measure of Faith
Until I Enter The Day I Enter The Grave!

I Have Needs!

Without Faith

In Jesus Christ

My Faith Is Fruitless

My Striving Is Useless

AND

Salvation For This Sinner Saved

Is Profitless

AND

Waiting For The Trumpet Call Of God

Is Pointless!

The Land Of The Story: Truth vs. Lie!

In The Land Of The Story You Tell Your Side and
I Tell My Side!
BUT ... Who Will Tell The Truth?

In The Land Of The Story You Will Make You Look Good!
I Will Make Me Look Good!
BUT ... Who Will Make Truth Look Good?

In The Land Of The Story
You Will Lie a Little!
You Will Say I Lie A Lot!
I Will Lie a Little!
I Will Say You Lie A Lot!
BUT ... Who Will Say Truth Lies Not?

My Story = The Mystery!
History = Winner's Tale!
Your Story = Drama Unfolds!

Truth = The Real Story

and

God's Holy Stamp Bears!

The Truth Is Not The Dare

and

Is Good for The Riven Soul!

The Truth Is The Truth

As Truth Herself Will Declare!

It Needs No Color

and

It Needs No Spin

Such As That Which Valiantly Comes

From 

The Liar's Comfy Old Rocking Chair!

*******

Look Around!

Turn Around!

Truth Is Life -

Simple Yet Profound!

Don't Be Foolish!

Don't Act The Clown!

Truth Has The Knife's Edge

and

It Cuts Cleans

and

Keeps The Soul Sound!

Prayer: Father, Keep Me

Father,

I come as a Child both Wayward and Stubborn

 I have a Temper, Dear Lord, which I must Learn to Govern

 I Trust You and Love You

Dear Lord, Help Me this day

Always before You True Humility to Display.

Let Me not My Poor Self Beguile

Keep Me Always Loving, with a Genuine Smile

Remove from Me Faithlessness and Worldly Regrets

And let Me Present Myself

Willing and Ready

With a Heart that is to Your Coming Kingdom Set.

Amen.