Being With Jesus Christ The Lord ... All The Way ... Every Day!

When We Realize That Our Desire 

Is 

To Be With Our Lord Jesus Christ

We Should, Effectively, Have The Overwhelming Need 

To Change Everything About Our Then Present Lives! 

Beloved, 

When The Leaders Of The Temple 

Had  Conflict With The Disciples

They Observed The Change In Them

And 

Made Note That They Had Been With Jesus  ... The Messiah! 

Judas And The Rich Young Ruler 

Are Two Persons Who Had Been Near To The Lord 

But 

Were Left Unmoved And Unchanged 

Because 

They Wanted Things Changed To Please Them

Including The Lord Jesus! 

Dear Ones, 

The Popular "Fake It Till You Make It!" 

Will Never Work In The Life Of One 

Who Is With Jesus ... All The Way! 

We Will Make Mistakes 

But

We Have An Advocate With Our Father To Intercede For Us 

Because 

He Is For Us! 

Pretending Christians Are Avowed Sinners 

As There Can Be No Fakery In The Family Called Faithful! 

Pretense, Fakery, Deceit, And Deviltry 

Are All In The Realm Of Satan! 

Truth, Right,  Holiness, And Helpfulness 

Are In The Realm Of The Holy One! 

We Don't Change Dirty Clothing, Sin

By Putting Clean Clothing, Salvation, Over The Dirty! 

We Change By Getting Rid Of The Dirty Clothing

Washing Ourselves In The Word Of Truth

And 

Donning The Garment Of Righteousness 

Which The Lord Himself Provides! 

Let Us Dare And Truly Identify With Christ Today 

In Thought, Word, And Deed: 

Physical Change Is Going To Come ... Soon! 

Peace!

PRAYER: Lord, Help Me To Run Life's Race For The Win!

Heavenly Father,

I Come As A Child

A Servant

A Willing Learner

A Follower Dedicated To Christ

A Soul Consecrated To The Eternal God

Indwelt By The Holy Spirit

And

Ever Watched Over

By God-Appointed Angels

And

Beseech You

In The Only Name That Matters

- Jesus Christ My Lord -

To Help Me To Let Go

- Willingly Let Go -

Of Those Things

Which I Cannot Keep

And

To Hold On

To Those Things Given By You

Which - If Enduringly Faithful -

I Cannot Lose!

Help Me, Lord

To Run The Race For Life

So That I May Behold My Jesus In Peace

And

Achieve The Laurel Of Glory

The Garment Of Righteousness

The Glorious Crown

The New Name In Glory

And

The Mansion Of The Blessed!

I Desire The Eternal Rest!

Do For Me, Lord

What Only The Holy God Can Do

Is My Heartfelt Plea!

AMEN.

PRAYER: Father, You Are Not Keeping To The Agreement!?!

Father, we have an Agreement, and

It is not working, and I am not happy!

You are supposed to wink at my foolishness!

Yesterday You didn't and now 

I feel hurt and sad

And angry and dismayed

And foolish and fearful!

What am I doing, or did

That was, or is, sooo wrong?!
Why is this happening to me!
Why meee!?!

"Beloved, I Love You and Will Always Care for You 
Even when You are Disobedient and Self-willed.
But #LivingLifeOnYourOwnTermsHasConsequences.

In My Holy Word, it states that in times of Man's Ignorance -
OF WHO I AM - God winks!

But that ignorance is when You Do Not Know Right From Wrong, Truth From Error, are Lacking Knowledge, and are Fallen In (not into) Idolatry.

Beloved, You know better, and You should have Prayed and Asked for Help to help You do and be better than your Situation. You did not.

I heard You say in Your Heart that You Did Not Care What Was Said
Or Done, that You were going to Have Your Own Way.

You did, and, hence, Your Sadness and Fear now.

My Child, Because of Love, I Will Not Permit You 
To Indulge in the Sin of Presumption and then say
"Thank God, I'm a Christian!"

Your saying You are a Christian does not give You an ESCAPE FREE card.
Assuredly, it will Guarantee You Punishment.

My Judgment begins in My House, and I Love You too much
To let You live a Slack and Reprobate Life.

You Daily give Me Your Will, and You Beseech Me 
To Guide Your Way and, so
You have My Response
For You Acted with Malice and
You Deliberately Chose Disobedience Over Deprivation
Of what could not, and, assuredly, did not 
Your Heart satisfy.

You say I am Your Father.
You say You Trust Me.
You say You will Obey My Commands and Follow My Ways
But You Honor Me in Your Words and not in Your Actions.

I accepted Your Request to Lead You to Green Pastures and
To Restore Your Soul.

Well, as Human, You know of and have seen Restoration Work in action.
It is messy, noisy, and painful and expensive, but The End thereof is Beauty Over Total Destruction.

So, Dear Child, is The Way of Your Restoration.

It is going to be Messy - to get rid of the Rot and the Rust and the Corrosion that is now Manifest in Your Character.

It is going to be Noisy - for You are going to cry because of the Tearing Down of Strongholds.

It is Painful - when the Waste of the Past and Current Bad Behaviors are being removed.

It is Expensive - because You have to Pay the Costs for Restoring the Old Bad to New Good, and

You will feel Bereft of the Familiar, and Naked without Old Bad Comforts.

I Am Holy.
You must be Holy, too.

You must Remember My Charge:

#ObedienceIsBetterThanSacrifice

and

Disobedience is as the Sin of Witchcraft

and 

I will not share My Glory with idols who have eyes and see not
Who have ears and hear not
Who have hands and feet, and accomplish nothing.

I Provide for Your ... Needs
I Protect You from ... Harm
I Guard Your ... Abode
I Guide Your ... Footsteps
I Teach You ... My Way
I Chide You ... for Your Willfulness
I Chastise You ... for Your Back-slidings
I Comfort You ... in Sorrow and Distress
I Love ... You ... with An Everlasting Love
I Abide ... in You
I Hide You ... in the Shelter of My Wings
I Help You ... to Reach Home
I Heal ... You ... in Your Hurts and in Your Heart ... to Your Very Soul
I Hold You ... Marked ... in My Body

I Will Never Leave You ... nor Forsake You.

I, however, will not Permit You to Go Astray while You are Humbling Yourself Before Me in Godly and Saintly Fear.

I will not Force You to Obey - You have Will.

I will not Force My Way Upon You - You have Choice.

I will Encourage You, and Keep You by My Holy Spirit
As Long as You Desire Me to be Your Father, Your Lord, Your God, Your Savior, Your Comfort, Your Redeemer, Your Commander, and Your Friend.

My Child, Seek My Will for Your Life in Whatever You do, and
Do Not Follow the Mixed Multitudes - therein is Corruption, and Death.

Walk Upright!
Do Right!
Live Right!
Stay in My Light and
Receive My #GarmentOfRighteousness - I will not accept yours.

Despite Your Setbacks 

You will, again, know Joy Now, and Then
Joy Everlasting in the Day To Come
If You Stay The Course, and 
Let My Light Guide You Safely Home.

My Child, I Have Not Forsaken You.
Had I done so, Feelings of Sadness would be
The Least of Your Problems.

You Are My Child, Greatly Beloved -
Walk On in The Son."

Father, I'm Sorry!

Please Forgive Me!

Help Me to Do Better Today...

I Love You.

Amen.