The Devil Didn't Make Me Do It! + PRAYER: Father, I ... Sinned Against Thee!

I Had The Decided Privilege
To Be Born In The Era
Where One Was Responsible
For
One's Own Actions!

I Now Live In The Era
Where It Is Acceptable Reasoning
To Accuse Another
For
Causing The Bad Behavior
That I, Myself 
- Unpaid
Unforced
Unaided -
Perpetrate!

God Help Us!

It Is Time That Man From Sin
Gets Himself An Acrimonious Divorce!

If The Living God
In His Living Word Says

How In The Name Of All That Is Holy
Could Another Be The Cause Of What I
- In Exercise Of My Own 
FREE
Will And Choice -
Have Done?

Note Whose SIN ... IT ... IS!!

If We Will But Look ... Closely
We Will See ... Plainly
The Very Hand Of Satan The Arch-Deceiver
In This Very Posturing!

Satan Has Pretty Much Accused
The Almighty God
For Causing Sin In The World
Because The Almighty God
Did Not Allow Satan Into His Private Counsels
AND
In Essence
For Not Allowing Satan To Be
Almighty God!
Ergo ... Almighty God Caused
AND
Causes Sin!

You Go And Kill Somebody
Because Somebody
Had Something That You Wanted
AND
Because That Somebody
Would Not Give Unto You
Their Personal Property
They Caused You To Kill Them
By Not Giving Unto You
What Was Not Yours To Own
But Theirs!

Here Is The Phrase:

Idiocy ... Thy Name Is Human!

If Personal Ownership Of Sin
Was Not The Right Thing
In God's Sight
Then There Was No Need
For A Savior
NOR
A Need For Confession Of Sin
NOR
For The Living God
To Be Faithful ... And Just
To Forgive Us Our Sin
AND
To Cleanse Of All Unrighteousness!

When Are We
- As So Called Free-Thinkers -
Illuminated
Men And Women Of Vision And Wisdom
Going To Buy A Penny Clue
AND
Become Men And Women
Of Truth And Honest Integrity!

You Commit Murder
You Steal
You Bear False Witness
You Covet
You Worship Idols
You Dishonor Your Parents
You Commit Adultery
You Take God's Name In Vain
You Break The Sabbath
You Have Your Own Selves As God
AND
You Blame Others?!?!

No! No!
A Thousand Times ... NO!!

PRAYER:

Heavenly Father,

I Am A Sinner!

I Committed The Sin!

I Knew What I Was Doing!

I Was The Way To Life Forsaking!

I Bow My Head In Abject Shame!

My Heart Burns In Me In Sorrow!

I Dishonored My Holy God

And

Without Christ For My Savior

I Know That I Should Burn

But

You Are The God Holy

You Are The God True

And

I ... I Forsake The Way Of Damnation

And

Lay My Soul Down In Sacrifice

Before You!

Forgive Me, Father!

The Sin Is My Own!

I Acted Alone!

Please Accept My Sorrow

For My Sin

And

The Great Sacrifice

For My Forgiveness

As Paid For

By Your Beloved Son

Jesus Christ The Lord

Who Did For My Sin

Did - Alone - Atone!

I Love You, Lord!

Have Mercy And Bless

And

Cleanse Me

From All Unrighteousness!

In Jesus Christ's Name

I Pray And Plead
Help Me To Walk
In Christ-Like Integrity!

AMEN.

HAPPY SABBATH: Reality Bites! + Prayer: Father, Forgive Me!

Today I feel like an Idiot!
Yesterday I acted The Fool!
I gave in to Inclination
And became one of Old Satan's Tools!

How often have I said I Trust in The Lord Jesus?
How often have I asked The Father to Grant Me Grace?
How often have I prayed The Prayer of Faith
Only to have it fall back as Spit in my clearly exposed Face?

I Should Know Better for
Faith Without Works is Dead!
I Should Do Better for
Work Without Confidence is Rotten Thread, and
A Christian Without Character is Said To Be as 
The Barren Fig Tree Jesus Christ Cursed Dead!

So ...

Father, Forgive me

For not Trusting You Enough!

Father, Forgive Me

For using My Faith like Snuff!

Trusting You, Lord

On Demand

Leaves Me No Legs on which to Stand, so

Please Forgive, Father
This Weak and Frail Human, and

Lift Me Up as I Pray 
For I Come To You
As Only a Sinner Saved by Grace can!

Lord, I Need You!
Have Mercy and Bless!

AMEN.


Pencils Have:
 Erasers To Clear The Way 
To Right Wrongs

and

Christians Have:
 Confession
Repentance, and
Pray!

Kinda Sorta Maybe Probably Assuredly Christian?!?!

I was kinda sorta maybe perhaps Happy

I was kinda sorta probably maybe Sad

I was kinda sorta  probably distinctly Miserable

But I was definitely distinctly assuredly positively Bad!

I was kinda sorta maybe probably serving Jesus

I was kinda sorta probably definitely serving The Fraud

I was kinda sorta probably assuredly definitely fooling Myself

For I was definitely decidedly distinctly not fooling God!

I kinda think I maybe probably honestly knew where this life would lead me

But I definitely assuredly knew The Day I truly faced The Cross

And that is when I definitely assuredly positively knew I needed a cleansing

And that is when lying to Myself out the window flew!

My Cleansing definitely brought me serious intense soul-searching

My Healing assuredly came with myriad tears

My Ascension to The Roll of True Believer

Assuredly positively came when I honestly willingly wisely accepted 

The Gift of Eternal Life that Jesus Christ gave!

I am positive I am Changed

I am assured that Jesus Forgave

And live, or die, neither Sin nor Death 

Can keep Me from gaining The Life of The Saved!

I am 

Sincerely

Positively

Assuredly Convinced 

that

Jesus Christ 

IS

My Lord and Savior

for

The I AM Saved Me ... by His Grace!