HAPPY SABBATH + PRIDE: Humble Yourself!

There Is Nothing More Silly To Behold Than 
Seeing A Person Who Obviously Needs Help From Almighty God

- Via The Hand Of Man - 

Pontificating That 
They Don't Need Help From Anybody ... At All

While Telling Others That 
They Are The Ones In Need Of Heavenly Help!

There Is None So Blind

As He Who Willfully Refuses

The Plain Truth To See! 

There Is The Savior 
The Redeemer
The Provider
The Forever-Friend ...

The Lord God Almighty Has Asked Us To Humbly Approach Him 

And 

Reason With Him

And 

Also Ask For What We Need! 

There's Always Something ...

The Problem Is That

Many Of Us Are Too Arrogant 

And 

Filled With Satanic Pride 

To Bow Before The Lord

To Ask For What We Need

To Hear What He Has To Say

And 

To Permit Him To Feed Us With Food That 

Is 

Good For Us 

According To Where We Are In Our Journey To Zion! 

Heads Up ... 

We Can't Learn When We Don't Listen

And

We Won't Learn When We Already Know Everything! 

Everybody Ought To Know ... 

Pride

- The Cause Of Lucifer's Fall - 

Is Now His ... As Satan ...

Most Used Weapon Of Mass Destruction 

For Picking Many Of Us Off The Path Of Purity

Productiveness

True Profit 

And 

Perfect Peace! 

Vrooom, Vroom ... 

Hearing 
Is 
An Automatic Car! 

Listening 
Is 
A Manual Car! 

Listen To The Lamb ... 

Walking In Disobedience 
Is 
Natural

But

Living In Obedience 
Is 
A Personal Choice! 

Beloved, 

To Hear The Lord Speak

We Need To Kill Pride

Humbly Acknowledge Our Need

Ask For Help

Close Our Mouths

And Then

Patiently Listen To Hear What The Lord Shall Say! 

When A Person Is Hungry

And

Food Is Made Available

They Eagerly Eat Until They Are Well Satisfied

So, Please, I Beseech Us All

Don't Let Pride Cause You To Starve 
While You Are In Front Of A Plate Of Good Food 
From The Hand Of The Great God!

Remember, Remember
Don't Ever Forget ...

Peace With The Father Is Free! 

Naked And Ashamed

And

Cast Out Into Outer Darkness

Is

The Final Stop

For The Proud

And

The Unrepentant:

Don't Be Among Them!

Hear ... To See!

Are There Any Questions!?!
You May Ask About Anything!

Yes, I Have One ... It's Kinda Probing ...!

Have No Fear! Ask Away!

I Listen Very Carefully To Your Prayers
And Have Noticed That You Always
Seem To Include One Particular Request!

And What Is That Constant Request!?!

You Always Ask The Lord Open Our Eyes
To Grant Us Sight
To Help Us To See Jesus As He Is
Through The Eye Of Faith ...!

... You Also Always Ask The Lord
To Give Us Strength To Call Upon His Name 

So That We May Be Blessed And Saved!

We Are Not Blind, Neither Are We Weak
So Why Do You Make These Petitions In Our Behalf!?!

I Shall Now Ask You A Question:

Have You Ever Gone Shopping
In Your Favorite Department Store
Or Giant Supermarket
For One Item
And Have Found Yourself Overwhelmed 

By The Massive Number Of Options
For One Thing ...!?!

... You Must Have Seen The Cereal Aisle 

In Our Big-Big Supermarket!

Okay! Let's Talk Cereal
And
Let's Call The Variety Of Cereals, Sin
And
Let's Call The Varieties Of Sin
Lust Of The Eye
Lust Of The Flesh
And
The Pride Of Life

And

Let's Also Look At The Varying Iterations Of Sin:

• Original
• New And Improved
• Reintroduced
• Seasonal
• Variations On A Theme
• Generic
• Store Brand (Family Favorite)!

Wow! You Have Seriously Paying Attention
To What's Going On!

Are We Not Called To Vigilant
Because
We Have A Known Cruel Raging Enemy!?!

Indeed!

Now To The Point Of Our Discussion:

Request For Sight

Request For Strength

How Many Times Have You Gone Shopping
For One Single Necessary Item
And
Returned Home With A Bag 

Filled To Overflowing With Non-Essentials
And
Even Downright Rubbish
Not Useful For Yourself 

Nor Anyone In Your Family
Nor Anyone You Know
Anytime Soon ... !?!

... Or Ever! 

Been There, Done That
Got The Receipts
Not Happy ...!

... But You Will Very Likely
Do It Again, And Again ...!

... Ad Nauseum!

I Know This Story Very Well!

So What Do You See As The Problem!?!

I Know, I Know:
Self, Greed, No Will-Power ...!

... Emulation, No Insight ...!

... No Eye-Sight ...!

....No Character ... Strength!

May I Say That You Seem To Be
Catching On!

Good Gracious! You Are Right!

In The Land Of Eye-Sight
Fore-Sight Is King!

And

Training And Experience
Determine Performance
And
Final Outcomes!

Wow!
This Is Deep ...!

... And True ...!

... And Truly Disturbing!

Now That We Know All Of This
How Do We Make It Work To Our Advantage!?!

With That Question Asked

We Have Returned To The Point Of Beginnings!

The Prayer Request For Eye-Sight
- Spiritual Eye-Sight -
And
Strength ... From The Throne Of Grace!

The Facts Are Fixed ...

Little Is Much When God Is In It
And
Almighty God's Strength Is Perfected
When We Acknowledge That
We Are Weak And Easily Overcome
When We Are Outside Of His Will!

I Have The Perfect Text:
Philippians 4:13

I Can Do All Things Through Christ ...!

... Who Strengthens Me!

I Have One As Well:

With That Said, Brethren

I Shall Say For Us All:

Open Our Eyes, Lord! 

Help Us To Listen ...!

... Whoa! 

Did You Guys Hear That!?!

What!?! What  Do You Mean!?!

Open Our Eyes!
Help Us To Listen!
We Can Hear Through Our Eyes!!

Brother, I Believe You Are Right!

I Don't Understand!

Look At It This Way:

When You See A Drunk Splayed In The Gutter
Covered In His Own Filth
What Does It Tell You!??

Ohhh, I Get It:
What We See, Speaks
Telling A Story
Which We Obviously Hear
- I'm Adding Spiritual Ears For Hearing Truth -
Hence, We Hear Through Our Eyes ...!

... And In Basis Of Deduction
We Also See Through Our Ears!

Lord, Help Us!

You're Right!

I'm Glad You Asked That Question, Merline!

You're Telling Me!

Now I Don't Have To Live In Hindsight
Because I Now Have Insight
Which Gives Me Foresight
Which Leads Me To The Lord Christ, The Light
Who Is My Strength!

That Sounds Very Much Like A Prayer!
A Benediction!
So What Do We Say!?!

AMEN!!!

The Lord Be Praised!