From Sacrifice To Higher Ground + PRAYER: Lord, Grant Me The Victory Over Sin!

From Sacrifice To Celebration
From Punishment To Prosperity
From Petition To Power
From Faith To Sight
From Hope To Help
From Sin To Salvation
From The Mire To The Ground Higher
Is The Life Of The Sinner Repentant
Now Saint
Walking Circumspectly
Working Diligently
Waiting Patiently
Watching Vigilantly
Warning Others
Denying The Liar
Willing To Be
What The Lord Christ Wants Him To Be

AND
Conforming To The Pattern Of Excellence
As Seen In The One True
Who Is Way
Light
Life
Coming Back To Earth

To Claim His Own With Usury
For
He Who Goes To The Great Reward
Will Take The Profit Of His Labor With Him
To Be Revealed On The Great Day Of
God's Settlement Of Accounts!

PRAYER:

Father Of The Faithful,

Most Holy God 

Who By Personal Blood Sacrifice

Destroyed Death Hell And The Fraud

We Believing Christians

Captured By Pure Love

Approach Unto You

And

Diligently Pray

In This

Mercy's Closing Hour

For The Power 

That Is Readily Available

And

Provided To Us

For Us To Escape The Foul Ground

Being Held Out To Us As Hallowed

By Those Workers Of Iniquity

Who Judiciously Plead 

Against

Keeping The Law Of God

Reading The Living Word

Loving The Lord Of Life

And

Seeking The Kingdom Of God 

Calling It All

A Thing To Be Held Light  ... Not Laud!

You Created Us, Lord! 

You Didn't Have To!

You Provide For Us, Lord!

You Don't Have To!

You Protect Us, Lord! 

You Don't Have To!

You Sustain Us, Lord! 

You Don't Have To!

You Sacrificed Your Best

So That We Are Blessed

When We Repent And Confess

Our Lord Jesus Christ

And Acknowledge

And Accept 

That Life In Jesus Christ

Is Our Only Way

To Spiritual Success

And Convicted

And Converted

Walk On In His Light

Which Leads Away From Eternal Night!

Lord, 

We Acknowledge 

And

Accept Your Love! 

We Hallow The Tears You Shed Over Us

And

We Repent That We Are The Ones 

Who Caused And Still Are Causing You 

Great Pain And Shame

By Our Very Apparent Unwillingness

To Turn Away From The Unclean Thing

Because

We Seem Not To Be Able To Recognize

What Is Holy

From What Is Profane

What Is Salvation 

From What Is Eternal Shame

What Is Truth

From What Is A Snake-Skin Beauty

What Is Sure Hell

From What Is Known Glory

Nor

Who Is God 

From Who Is The Fraud!

Lord, 

We Are As Deaf Adders

Unwilling To Be Charmed! 

We Are Wretched Poor

Miserable Blind

And Assuredly

Naked! 

We Are Clouds Without Rain!

We Are Barren Fruit Trees!

We Are Unproductive Land!

We Are Salt With No Savor! 

We Are Lights Under Bushels! 

We Are Unprofitable Servants

Who Show Up For Work

But Refuse To Labor!

Oh, Lord

Help Us

For

We Are But Men

Mere Children Thinking Foolish Things

And

Not Recognizing That There Is A Time

For Everything Under The Sun!

We Read The Signs Of The Weather

But Are Unable To Discern

The Signs Of The Times!

We Have Taken Your Labor, Lord

And Have Wasted It

In Riotous Living

And, Now

Now, Lord

That There Is A Creeping Famine

For The True Words Of Life

We Are Willing To Eat Pig's Food

To Stay Alive - Pity Us!

Pity Us, Lord

And

Open Our Understanding!

Let Wisdom Enter In

So That Our True Condition

May Be Revealed

And, We ... Broken

May Remember

That The Servants In Your House

Are Fed In Abundance

And Then Individually Say

With A Broken And Contrite Heart:

Father, 

I Have Sinned Against Thee

And Against Heaven! 

I Cast Myself On Your Free Mercy! 

Please Forgive Me

Renew Me

Take Me Back Into The Safe Fold

Bless Me

And

Protect Me

For I Know Truly

That In You

I Am Made Whole! 

Forgive My Myriad Backslidings!

Forgive My Walks In Own Way!

Forgive My Poor Attempts At Self-Regulation

And

Accept This Old Sinner's Prayer

For I See My Need

And

I Accept That I Cannot

My Self

Nor My Own Soul Save!

You Are My Lord

My Savior 

My Redeemer

My King 

So

Help Me, Lord

Help Me

To The Edge Of Your Garment

To Cling

So That I May Be Forever Healed

And

In The Coming Day Sealed

So That When Your Glory Shall Be Revealed

I Shall Not Be As Those Who Will Keen!

Jesus Died That I May Have Life! 

Jesus Arose 

So That I May Tear Off Sin's Clothes!

Jesus Ascended

So That I To The Father May Draw Close

And

As My Advocate With Father

Making My Pardon Sure

I Shall

From His Hand

In The Day Of Atonement 

Receive And Wear

Righteous White Robes!

Oh, Lord

Grant Unto Me

My Victory Over Sin

For I Give Unto My Will

For You To Carry Me

In The Upward Way

Straight Narrow

Hard But True

For

I Desire To Dwell

Forever

With You!

I Love You, Lord! 

Have Mercy And Bless

For In Jesus Christ's Holy Name

I Pray

And Humbly Plead! 

AMEN.