PRAYER: Lord, I Give You My Praise!

My Lord!

My God!

You Have Not Forsaken Me!

You Are Always Near To Help Me!

You Open These Eyes 

At The Break Of The Morning!

You Close These Eyes In Rest 

At The Closing Of The Day!

You Provide The Grain 

With Which I Make My Bread!

You Provide The Shelter 

Where'er I Lay My Head!

You Send The Water

To Soothe My Parched Tongue!

You Send The Wind 

To Cool My Furrowed Brow!

I Walk, and I Eat!

I Rest Easy, and I Sleep

and 

I Have Your Protection

Wherever I Place My Feet!

Lord, I Give You My Praise!

I Shall Pray To You 

Unto The End Of My Days!

I Will Honor You

Until The Glory Days Blaze

And, Then

Forever, and Always!

I Love You,  Lord!

AMEN.

Jehovah, Hallelujah!

The Lord Does Provide!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: God Personally Contends for His People's Loyalty!

A Young Prophet
As Called Of God
Had Youthful Strength and Agility
BUT
Lacked The Experience and Authority
Which Came With The Passing Of the Years!

Time Travels On ...

This Prophet - As One Faithful
Lived An Honorable Life
BUT 
Often Fell Into Dishonor
For Calling "The Good Life" A Lie!

Said Prophet Fell Into Disfavor
With The Lofty and Lowly Alike
For Delivering The Message
That The Living God Has Eternal Sight!

Our Faithful True Prophet
Had - with His God - A Good Report
BUT
With The "Good" People
Who Choose Willful Ignorance
AND 
The Comfort Of The Ostrich's Head
Gave The Poor Prophet
A Very Bad Report Instead!

All Messengers and Ministers Of God
MUST
Maintain Their Personal Godly Integrity
FOR
God Personally Contends for His People's Loyalty!
Man - At This Time - Falls into The Hands of God
AND
With Continued Disobedience 
AND
Dismissal Of God's Word
The Living God Allows Us
To Fall into The Hands of Men
Who Become The Rod Of God!

REMEMBER THIS TRUTH:

The Rod of God Enforces

What The Word of God Explains!

And

The Holy Spirit Opens The Ear and Heart 

To 

Accept Instruction and Correction!

God Did Nothing Without Telling His Servants
Those Worthy Prophets of Old
Who Cried Lamented and Pleaded
For God's People to Remain With God 
Who Graciously Provided for Those who
His Precious Word Straightly Heeded!

Prosperity is No Indication of God's Favor!
Poverty is No Indication of God's Curse!
Problem is Like So Many Others
Man Believes Quite The Lying Reverse!

Have We Not Seen Oh, So Often
Outer Beauty Hiding An Internal Rotten Putrid Dead Core?
Have We Not Seen Runny Icing on Hot Ginger Bread
AND 
Bright Gold Covering Dead Lead?

So ... 

It Is Today With God's People!
Sumptuous Prosperity
Covering An Inner Dead Core!
Praise So Polluted It's Mind-boggling
AND
"Worship" Dressed-Up Like An Blousy Common Street Whore!

Have We Not Learnt Anything from Hosea?
Have We Not Been Counseled by Jeremiah's Lament?
Are The Only Lessons Relevant Those of Isaiah's Immanuel,  and
Ezekiel's Chariots with Wheels Not By Human Hands Bent?

Will We Not See?
Will We Not Hear?
Will We Not Learn
From Jesus Christ 
That The Holy God Cares
About His People
AND
That They Holy Remain
So That In The Coming Judgment
They Won't Go Down In Flames?!

THINK ON THIS TRUTH:

A Pig In A Palace

A Pig Still Remains!

A Pig In Pearls and Bouncy Curls

IS Still

A Pig which Always Returns to his Hole

To Wallow and To Rut

To Root and To Grunt Squeal!

Do The Wrong Thing 

AND

Pig's Wrath

You Will Surely Intensely Feel!

The Point Here is Simple:

• Dressing As A Woman Doesn't Change A Man Into A WoMan! (Truth IS Truth)
• Following Another Gospel Won't Make You A Christian Saved! (Lie IS Lie)
• Christianity Based On Felt Needs Will Not Lift Jesus Up (Flavor IS Feisty)
• Baubles and Beads Will Not To God Lift You Up! (You Lie AND You Die)

If You Call Yourself A Child Of God

Cut Off The Pair

And

Bow To God's Sovereign Will

And

He Will Your Lowly Life Fill!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Contentment

Greed for Money Makes Men Mad

Madness for Money Makes Men Mean

Money Meanest Makes Men Murderous

Enough to Pick a Cold Corpse Clean!

The Bible States it Well that

Love for Money is The Root

Of All Evil that Can Be Seen!

So Use Money for Its Intended Purpose

And Men Will Not be Ravening Locusts!

Little With Contentment is Our Goal

Those of Us who Call Jesus Christ, Lord!

Our Little with God's Contentment 

Makes Bitter Herbs Preferable

To Great Strife with Much Meat!

Please Learn This and Daily Repeat!

"The Futile Task!"

In this, My Annual Day of Introspection
I have decided to embark on "The Futile Task!"
Of figuring out what is Good in My Life
That I have received without ... gasp!! ... Almighty God!

Provision                                  Provider's Name

Planet Earth to Live On                           Almighty God
Air to Breathe                                          Almighty God
Clean Water                                             Almighty God
Food to Eat and to Share                        Almighty God
Ears to Hear                                            Almighty God
Strength to Forebear                              Almighty God
A Place to Call Home                               Almighty God
Family                                                      Almighty God
Faith for The Day                                     Almighty God
Friends                                                     Almighty God
Help in Adversity                                     Almighty God
Healing Diversity                                     Almighty God
Eyesight                                                   Almighty God
Insight                                                     Almighty God
Glory by Hope                                          Almighty God
Wisdom                                                    Almighty God
Reasons to Cope                                      Almighty God
Understanding                                         Almighty God
Battles to Fight                                        Almighty God
Peaceful Rest at Night                             Almighty God
Bible to Beat Blight                                  Almighty God
Correction                                                 Almighty God
Direction                                                   Almighty God
Love                                                          Almighty God
Affection                                                   Almighty God
Protection                                                 Almighty God
Work                                                         Almighty God
Wonders                                                   Almighty God
Help e'er I Flounder                                 Almighty God
Truths to Ponder                                      Almighty God
Longing for Heaven Over Yonder            Almighty God
Faith to Share                                          Almighty God
Heart to Care                                           Almighty God
Blessings to Bear                                     Almighty God
His People to Draw Near                         Almighty God 
Jesus' Love Right Here                            Almighty God  

I Get 

All of The Above Blessings

BECAUSE of BLOVE!

Spilt Blood + Love  = Blove

Also, in this My Annual Day of Introspection, I shall remind Myself, perhaps while pontificating, that there is ONE THING, that I can do in My Life, for Myself, for which I do not need God's Help, or Blessing:

I Gain Hell

and

Lose Heaven

by 

Believing The Liar

and

Denying The Savior!

But, By God's Grace

I Stand Firm in Jesus' Faith

and

 If Hell is a Gain

Give Me The Loss!

*****

Give Me ... JESUS!

Nobody but JESUS!

You can have This Old World

With its Tarnished Silver 

and Fool's Gold

False Prophets and

Giant-sized Horned-Goat Fold

Just Give Me ... JESUS!!

Satisfied!

I am Satisfied with Little!

I am Satisfied with Much!

I am Grateful to have Something

Even if it is only Water for Lunch!

I do not Covet what I don't have

I don't Seek After Things only to then Regret

I am Satisfied with God's Provision

I have Sufficient - My Daily Needs Are Met!

Oh, that Men would Praise The Lord!

Jehovah-Jireh

Father, You provide my daily bread

You give me somewhere to lay my head

Let me never Your Way depart and

Keep the Love of Jesus ever in my heart. 

AMEN