VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Open Our Eyes, Lord!

 

The Lord Jesus Christ Is Trying To Help Us 

To Abundantly Live In Him Now

And 

Then Eternally With Him! 

We Must Choose To Cooperate With Him 

Through The Holy Spirit 

Who Leads Us Into All Truth! 

Brethren, 

All That He Is Asking Of Us 

Is 

That We Accept The Draught From Heaven's Bottle Of 

Easily Digestible Loving Kindness, Blessing, And Grace! 

Truth Being Always Told

We Are Choosing, Instead, To Self-Cure

Self-Comfort And Self-Control 

By Ill-Advisedly Imbibing From The Rancid Cask Of 

Do-Me Willful Human Blindness 

Which Carries No Spiritual Nourishment 

But 

Is Filled To Overflowing With The Empty Calories Of Lawlessness ... Of Sin

Which Makes Us Fat And Easy To Overcome 

By Our Adversary, The Devil, Satan The Damned! 

Beloved, 

There Will Be No Fools

Aka No One Who Says That There Is No God

In The Lord's Living Kingdom Of Light! 

Since We Actively Say To All That We Believe That 

The Lord Can Do A Great Thing For Us Here And Now

Should We Not, Here And Now, Show Our Faith And Trust 

By Willingly Doing What The Lord Is Asking Us To Do 

To Truly Help Ourselves!?! 

Dear Ones, 

The One-Mile Walk To Surpassing Glory 

Starts With Our First Step Toward Jesus Christ, Our Only Savior! 

Salvation Is Free 

But

All Potential Recipients 

Must Willingly Accept The Package 

And

Eagerly Open It 

And

Wisely Use The Gift: 

This Is Self-Service Only! 

Brethren Beloved, 

Please Remember 

And

Never Forget That Man-Wrought Salvation 

Is 

The Devil's Only Delight 

Because 

It Leads To Man's Sure Damnation! 

Please Let Jesus Christ Aka The Great Physician

The Prince Of Peace

Fix And Heal You By His Saving Grace! 

Pray Fervently ... And Touch Your King 

Who Was Touched To Save You! 

Peace! 

HAPPY SABBATH: Which God Is Your Benefactor!?!

No Matter What Satan Is   Promising You To Trust Him 

And 

Doubt Almighty God

Stop Working For That Devil For Feed, Free, Or Fee 

Because 

It Will Not Profit, Now Or Ever! 

At Any Given Moment

On Any Given Day

Each And Every One Of Us Supposedly ... Allegedly

Receives A Gift From God! 

The Problem 

Is 

To Know Which God Is Your Benefactor! 

Beloved, 

The Living Word Tells Us That 

Every Good And Perfect Gift 

Comes From The Father Of Lights 

Whose Gifts Lead  The Believing, Enduring, Saints 

To Everlasting Life! 

The False God, Satan

The Lord Of Dung

The Father Of Lies

Gives "Gifts"  Sure To Lead To Damnation

To Eternal Separation From The God Of Glory

The King Of Love

The Lord Of Life! 

Dear Ones, 

We Live In The Days Of Deceit, Deviltry, Delusion

And 

Deliberate Destruction

And 

Anyone Who Chooses To Accept The Liar's Time-Bound "Gifts" 

Which Cannot Cross The Separating Line To Enter Eternity 

Is 

Doing Fair-Promise Work For The  Damned Snake 

Who Is Our Adversary And Accuser

And 

Whose Crushed Head And Vile Presence 

Will Soon Be Eternally Obliterated! 

Let's Not Waste Our Time With What-Ifs And Maybes: 

They Won't Bear Peaceable Fruit! 

Let's Get On The Son's Side Of Life 

Where Faith, Endurance, And Obedience Repose

And

Wing Our Way Through Grace And Mercy To Glory 

To Enter The Holy City ... By Right ... At The Appointed Time!  

Desire The Deliverer, Jesus Christ The Lord

And 

The Delights Of Heavenly Love! 

Hold The Living God In Awe! 

Peace!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Envy Who For What!?!

Unhappy People Seek To Make Happy People Unhappy! 

And 

Envious People Seek To Make Contented People Envious! 

Envy Is To Lie 

What Contentment Is To Truth 

And

We, As Bible-Believing, Christ-Following Christians

Must Guard Our Hearts Against The Pin-Pricks Of Satan 

Which Cause Slow-Leaks In Our Balloon Of Blessing 

Which Will Never Burst 

If

We Ever Choose To Trust In The Truth Of God

Walk In The Wisdom Of The Wise

And 

Let Unfailing Faith Free Us 

From The Folly Of Fretting Over The Finite! 

Beloved, 

When Your Father Is The Living God

And

The Streets Of His City Are Known Paved With Gold

And 

The Twelve Foundations Of That City 

Are Known To Be Precious Stones

Our Having To Temporarily Walk On Streets Of Dirt 

To Experience Deprivation 

And 

Acquire A Ram-Rod Backbone 

Through Our Experiences In Our "Year Abroad" 

Should Strengthen Us 

And 

Delight Us At One And The Same Time! 

Dear Ones, 

We Have A Date With Destiny, With Divinity

And 

The Outcome Of That Date 

Is 

By Our Own Devising! 

Almighty God Gives Good Gifts 

So Let Us Not Be Self-Indulgent

And 

Prideful

And 

Reject The Training Of The Lord! 

We Receive What The Lord Desires Us To Have

For Our Never-Sorry Blessing! 

Envy Serves No Good Purpose: 

Ask Lucifer The Light-Bearer Who Became, By Envious Choice

Satan The Adversary Of The Living God 

And 

All That Is Good! 

Let's Be Satisfied In And With The Savior 

And 

Be Calmly Contented In Christ! 

God Is! 

Peace! 

HAPPY SABBATH: Oh, To Have A Discerning Heart!

 

Discernment, A Discerning Heart Aka Mind 

Is 

The Gift That Almighty God Gave To King Solomon 

At Solomon's Request! 

Request Your Own! 

Discernment 

Is 

The Ability To Wisely Judge

To Clearly See The Difference Between Good And Bad Things 

Using Godly Wisdom 

And 

That Beautiful Hand-Maiden, Understanding

To Make A Good And Sound Judgment Call! 

Beloved, 

Everybody Is A Judge

A Critic

An Expert 

And

Everybody Is Wrong ... Dead Wrong

Unless Jesus Christ ... By His Holy Spirit

Has Got The Wheel 

And

Is In Control! 

Dear Ones, 

Let Us Cease From Being Everybody 

And 

Dare, With Humility, To Be Somebody

Aka Someone Whom The Lord May Use In His Service 

To Bless Others 

And

In So Doing, Bless Ourselves! 

Let Us Not Just Use Our Heads To Wear Hats

Or Only Use Our Eyes To Just Oogle The Pretties! 

May The Great God Of Heaven And Earth 

Enliven Our Lives 

And 

Enlighten Our Minds And Eyes 

So That We May See, Love, Live, And Share The Truth 

And

Deny And Defy The Father Of Lies

Despising His Lies And His Way Of Life

And

Let Us Dare To Show Others The Lord Of Life 

And

His Known Holy

Ever Good

Always Glorious Way! 

Spiritual Discernment ... 

Detect

Differentiate

And 

Discriminate 

In Favor Of The Divine Lord! 

Peace!

HAPPY SABBATH + Don't Join Satan's Circus!

Your Father Is The King Of Glory! 

You Are Away, On His Footstool, To Attend School! 

Your Teacher At The School Of Hard Knocks Academy 

Gives You A Supply List 

Which Requires You To Bring Extras! 

Your Father The King, The God Alone Who Is Wise

Gives You Custom-Made Everything 

Which Has Your Name 

And 

The Deep Impress Of His Character On Your Supplies 

For Your Use! 

Your "Teacher" At Hard-Knocks Assured Academy, MeSa Tan

Writes A Nasty-Gram 

After Having Dragged You Over The Coals For Being Selfish 

And 

Wanting Everything To Be About You! 

Your Good Stuff Would Have Gone Into A Pool 

To Be "Redistributed" To Other Class-Members 

Guaranteeing That You Would Never Get

What Your Father Provided For Your Personal Use! 

You Would Then Have To Be "Satisfied" With Cheap Knock-Offs 

And 

"Officially Sanctioned" Dupes 

Which Would Never Stand Up During The Testing Time 

Or The Final Examination! 

Beloved, 

Be Wise! 

Never, Ever, Permit The Gifts That Your Father Has Given To You 

To Leave Your Hands To Gain The Approval Of 

"The Everybody Gets A Participation Trophy 

For Being Present Even When They Choose To Do Wrong 

By Refusing To Do Right 

Because 

No One Should Feel Bad About Feeling Bad For Doing Badly Confederacy!" 

Dear Ones, 

Keep What Your Father Gave You 

No Matter The Pressure Applied 

And

Choose To Tell Others 

How To Get Adopted By Your Father 

To Get Their Own Supply Of What You've Got! 

Don't Join Satan's Circus 

And 

Don't Be Satan's Clown! 

Peace!

The Word Works: The Truth Satisfies!

We Daily Need The Nourishment Of Food 

To Physically Stay Alive And Well! 

We Daily Need The Nourishment That

Is

The Living, Holy, Word, The Truth

If The Soul Is To Prosper 

And 

Have Spiritual Health And Well-Being! 

Beloved, 

While Picky Eating May Work In The Realm Of The Flesh 

And 

A Person May Survive On Biscuits While Ignoring 

The Extensive Array Of Good And Healthful Eats 

At The Daily Benefit The Body Buffet

We Cannot ... As Committed Christians 

Pick And Choose The Parts Of The Word Of God That We Like

Discard What We Disapprove

And 

Dismiss That With Which We Disagree! 

The Word Of God 

Is 

The Famine-Proof Assurance Of A Future Life Of Bliss Food 

For Whosoever Freely, Willingly, Eats With Love And Gratitude 

From The Lord's Glorious Gift Of Said Food Known Good For Us 

At Every Age, Stage, And Station Of Life! 

We May Not Always Immediately Love Or Enjoy Certain Calls

Claims, Corrections 

Commissions Or Charges We See In Or Hear Of In The Word 

But

If We Truly Love The Lord Jesus Christ, Our Savior Dear

Whom We Know Loves Us Each Sacrificially

We Will Accept The Living Word 

Knowing That It Comes From The Lord Of Life 

Who Will Never Hurt Or Deceive Us! 

The Living, Holy, Word Works 

So Let It, By The Holy Spirit Who Leads Us Into All Truth

Have Its Blessed Way Aka Do Its Appointed Work In Your Life! 

I Beseech Us All 

To Allow Ourselves To Acquire The Taste, The Desire,l

For The Eternal Things Of Almighty God Today! 

Never Ever Forget That Only The Truth Satisfies The Soul! 

Peace!

HAPPY SABBATH + Truth AND Faith ... Irretrievably Intertwined!

When You Hear The Truth

And 

Understand What The Truth Means To And For You

If 

There Is In Any Honesty Within Your Heart

You Have No Choice But To Act Judiciously 

Aka With Common-Sense! 

Truth Sets All Sinners Free 

But 

The Only Way To Prove The Truth 

Is 

To Step Out In The Daily-Received Gift Of 

Faith For The Day! 

Beloved, 

Faith And Truth ... Truth And Faith

Are Inextricably Intertwined 

And 

One Without The Other 

Will Not Lead To The Glorious Life Sublime! 

Please Repeat With Nauseating Frequency: 

"There Is No Self In Faith And Truth 

Because

Self Is A Liar 

And

Doubt Is Self's Wisdom Tooth!" 

True Wisdom 

Is 

A Gift From The Lord Of Life 

And

That Wisdom Requires Us 

To Separate Ourselves From Sin, Self

And 

Debilitating, Decimating, Strife! 

Let Us Endeavor Today 

To Give Our Lord Jesus All The Glory 

For His Saving Grace 

And 

Let Us Dare To Work Our Faith 

As We Embrace His Truth 

So That We Will Be Blessed And Saved 

As We Walk With Him 

On The Living, Holy, Strait, Straight Way! 

Truth Lives In Glory: 

Faith Gets You Safely There! 

Peace!

HAPPY SABBATH + SHIP-WRECK OF FAITH: The Broken Moral Compass

At The Ship-Wreck Of Faith Store

One Is Able To Locate The Broken Moral Compass 

And 

The Husk Of The Unruly Human 

Who Bluntly Refused To Take Ahold Of 

The Master Of The Winds' Outstretched, Holy

And 

Strong Arm Of Unfailing Guidance! 

This State Of Affairs Should Never Be! 

Beloved, 

Don't You Dare Lie! 

You Have A Moral Compass

So Don't Think The Saving Truth To Deny! 

Is Your Moral Compass Working!?! 

Is Your Moral Compass Calibrated Correctly!?! 

Are You Using Your Own Moral Compass 

Or 

Are You Permitting Some Bre'k-Down Merchant 

To Cause You To Follow The Contrary Winds Of 

Doubt, Disbelief, Disobedience

And 

Dastardly Deeds 

Which Lead One To Destruction's Damned Doorway!?! 

Do You Think Before You Do 

Or 

Do You Feel And Fume 

And 

On Some Unfortunate Soul's Only Loaf Of Bread 

Rabidly Chew!?! 

Bread Is The Staff Of Life!

How Are You Benefitted!?! 

Who Are You Benefitting By Your Despicable Deeds 

Which The Lord Jesus Cannot Approve Or Bless!?! 

Think A Thought ...

A Good Moral Compass Guides One Safely 

To The Fore-Known Safe Harbor 

Where Eagerly Anticipated 

And 

Expected Blessings 

Await The Child Who Is Honest, Faithful, Truthful, Kind 

And

Enduringly Obedient To The Master's Ways 

And

Holy Will! 

Beware ... 

Our Greatest Enemy 

Is 

The Pampered Enemy Within

So Please Give All That Concerns You To Christ Jesus 

And

Live To Live With Him ... Forevermore! 

Self Is A Confident Sinner!

Remember, Remember

Don't Ever Forget ...

No Matter How The Gainsayers Sway

And

No Matter What The Naysayers Bray

Good Morals ... Almighty God's Gift To His People

Are Not A Burden! 

Peace!

HAPPY SABBATH + Is Praise What You Do!?!

 

Is Praise What You Do!?! 

Or 

Do You Accept The Gifts Of The Creator God 

As Your Personal Due 

And

Dare To Ask ... Even As A Fleeting Thought: 

"Lord, What Took You So Long!?!" 

Or 

"Wow! 

Is This Really The Best That 

You Can Do For Me!?!" 

Ingratitude ... And Greed 

Along With Envy ... And Hatred 

Are Unholy Traits Of Character 

Which Must Be Purged From The Heart 

If 

We Will See Our Lord Jesus In Peace! 

Beloved, 

There Is Nothing Wrong With Wanting Good Gifts 

But 

Everything 

Is 

Wrong 

With Walking Around With The Attitude That 

The Lord ... Or Anybody

Has To Give You Anything 

And 

Everything That Your Heart Desires

Even Though It Is Known That Such A Gift 

Is 

Neither Good Nor Beneficial! 

Let Us Be Wise Enough 

To Be Grateful To Our God 

For What We Do Receive 

From His Holy Hand Of Love 

And 

Blessing 

And

Cease From Insulting Our Maker, God And King 

By Walking Around With The Air Of Entitlement! 

"Thank You!

Bless You!

I Love My Present-Gift! 

You're Wonderful!

I Appreciate You!" 

Is

The Cheapest

Most Expensive

Most Appreciated Gift

That

We Can Give: 

Extravagantly Give It!

The Lord Of Glory Doesn't Owe Us Anything! 

We ... To The Contrary

Owe Our Savior, Sustainer, Provider, Redeemer 

And 

Forever Friend

Absolutely Everything! 

Our Lives Are In His Hands!

Choose To Be Grateful, Thankful ...

Lift Your Heart To Heaven

And 

Praise God ... Just Because 

And Because 

It Is A Blessed Privilege 

And

Thoroughly Good For Us: 

It Is The Lover Of Our Purchased Souls'  Due! 

Beloved,

Get Thee Hence To The Altar Of Praise

And

Give Almighty God ... Father, Son And Holy Spirit ... His Praise:

Put Your Whole Being Into It

And

Be Glad

And

Be Gloriously Blessed ... Again ... And Again!

HOPE-LESS: Hope-Field, Hope-Well

Life Being Happy And Beautiful 
Or
Sad And Ugly 
Mightily Depends On Accepting 
And 
Liberally Using That 
Free-To-All Gift From Our Almighty God Called 
Hope! 

Are You Living With Hope!?!

People Are Quick To Talk About Hope-Field
Hope-Well
Hope-Less 
And 
What-Hope
And
Completely Miss The Certain Hope That 
Is 
In Jesus Christ! 

Hope 
Is 
A Field Of Ever-Blooming Flowers 
Near The Hope Well Of Sweet Water Of Truth That 
Instructs Us 
To Hope Less In The Weak Arm That Is Man 
And 
Hope More In The Strong 
And 
Unfailing Arm Of Our Great And Eternal 
Helpful God Of Hope 
Who Sacrificially Loves Each Of Us
Personally And Intimately! 

A Life Lived Without Hope ... Without Christ
Is 
A Personally-Engineered Train-Wreck 
On A Self-Sabotaged Train-Track 
With Satan As The Repair Line-Man! 
Hopeless ... Is Such A Life! 

All Good Gifts 
Are Given By Our Savior Who Says To All: 
Ask ... And Receive! 

Remember, Remember
Don't Ever Forget ...

An Unopened Gift
Is 
Useless! 
An Improperly-Used Gift 
Is 
An Accident Waiting To Happen 
And
The Gift Not Picked Up 
Is 
Not Yours 
And Is 
Forfeited! 

Beloved,

A True Christian Of The Book 
Lives A Hope-Filled Life 
Because 
We Know How The Story 
And
This Life Ends! 

Hope 
Is 
A Living Tree: 

Hope In God 
And 
Live With Joy Everlasting! 

Jesus Christ's Peace

Is 

Perfect And Precious!!!

Jesus Christ Knows Your Every Need

As Children 
We Often Went To A Parent With A Questioning 
"Mummy!?!" 

"Daddy!?!" 

Only To Hear Them Reply 

"Yes!" 

Not To Their Name Being Called 

But 

In Answer To Our As Yet Unasked Question! 

We Responded With A 

"But I Didn't Ask For Anything Yet!" 

To Which They Replied 

"I Know What You Need 
And The Answer Is Still 'Yes!'" 

We Then Shed A Happy Tear And Squealed For Pure Joy! 

Our Parents Knew Certain Things! 

Our Heavenly Father 

Who Loves Us Better Than Our Parents Ever Can ... Or Will

Knows Absolutely, Positively, Unerringly, Without Limit

Ever Last Iota About Us ... Before We Do 

And 

Because He Knows All

Sees All

Is In All 

And 

Feels All That Concerns Us

He Is Able To Do All Things 

To Bless, Keep 

And 

Prosper Us All The Days Of Our Lives! 

Beloved, 

Dare To Lean On Jesus Christ 

The Lord Of Life

The Shepherd Of Rest

The God Of Grace

The King Of Love Who Does All Things Well 

And 

Knows Everything That 
Is 
On The Dash Between Our Day Of Birth 

And 

Our Day Of Death ... And Beyond! 

Think Of

Pray To 

And 

Lean On The Lord 

Who Knows Before

Who Acts Before

Who Answers Before 

We Can Even Verbalize Our Requests! 

Our Lord Jesus Is Not A Useless Idol! 

Our Lord Jesus Can Deliver! 

He Can Delay

And 

He Can Destroy

But

He Will Be Derelict

And

He Will Never Desert Us! 

Our Beloved Jesus Is Holy: 

Worship Him Alone! 

Remember ... 

Peace 
Is 
A Personal Gift To Us From The Eternal God!

Choose To Believe The Lord

And

Be Forever Blessed!