Showing posts with label Heavenly Blessings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Heavenly Blessings. Show all posts

Thursday, December 2, 2021

Blessed In Sin!?! Really!?!

 




"If" 
Is 
A Condition Of Performance
So Let No One Fool You: 
The Blessings Of The Lord Are Conditional Upon 
Our Willing Obedience To His Word Which States His Will 
And 
Encourages Us To Walk In His Ways! 

Adam And Eve's Residence In The Garden Of Eden 
Was Maintained By Their Obedience To The Word 
Not To Eat Of The Tree Of The Knowledge Of Good And Evil! 

They, Instead, Took The Word Of A Lying Snake
Behaved In A Satanic Way
And 
Were Chased Out Of Eden 
Never Again To Walk Peacefully In The Cool Of The Day 
With Their Creator, Lord, God, And Glorious King! 

Beloved, 

The Sin Of Disobedience Brings With It Deflection 
Aka The Ready Willingness To Blame Others For Our Cockups: 
The Devil Can't Make You Do Anything! 

There Is This Rubbish Statement That 
Is 
Uttered To Impress The Impressionable 
And 
The Untaught, The Unlearned, In The Ways Of The Living God: 

"Look At Me! 
Envy Me! 
I Have Lots Of Stuff! 
I Am Truly Blessed By The Lord!" 

Know This ...

Holiday Turkeys Have Lots Of Stuff In Them 
And 
They Get Eaten! 

Fancy Stores Have Expensive Stuff In Them 
And 
They Get Robbed 

... And ... 

Having Lots Of Stuff In Your House 
And 
No Peace With Almighty God 
And 
No Love For Others In Your Heart 
Is 
A Curse! 

May Jesus Christ Bless Us All With Humility, Wisdom
And 
Understanding To Rightly Use Available Knowledge 
To Gain The True Heavenly Blessings! 

Peace!

Earthly Stuff Cannot Enter
The Eternal City!





Monday, April 27, 2020

TRUST JESUS CHRIST: Follow The Way-Maker!

I Have A Ruler And A Compass!
I Have A Plate, A Fork, A Spoon And A Knife!
I Have A Map 
And 
I Have Been Befriended By The Map-Maker
Who Pledges To Lead And Direct Me Through Life!

I Have Peculiar Problems!
I Am Loved By And Love The Problem-Solver God!
I Have A Raging Enemy Cruel
And
I Have The Holy Defender As My Master And My Lord!

As Long As I Use My Ruler
Who Has Called Me To His Side
My Plate Will Always Have Food 
My Fork Will Dig Out The Worms Of Sin
My Spoon Will Scoop Up The Soup That Is Returned To Me
For Having Cast My Blessed Bread Upon The Waters 
And 
My Knife, My Sword
The Word
Will Separate Me From The Sin That Kills From Within!

My Map 
Is 
Upon Stone Engraved
By The One Who Who Could Not Be Held Captive By The Grave
The Very One Who Is The Map-Maker Supreme
The One Who Says To Me:

Be Thou Clean!

I Have A Charge To Keep
A Way To Walk
A Destination To Arrive At Safely
Because
I Willingly Chose The Right Fork
In The Glory Road
The Strait And Narrow Way
To Commendation Hall
And Not To
Condemnation Falls!

My Ruler 
Is 
My Wise Companion For My Walk Through This Mortal Life
And
My Master To Direct Me 
My Servant To Feed Me As I Serve Him
My King To Crown My Life As I Honor Him
The One Upon Whom I May Safely Call
For All
For Everything! 

I Learnt To Trust My Ruler
- The Mark-Maker ... The Way-Maker -
And
I Am Daily Trusting My Ruler 
In All Facets Of My Life
And
I Am Blessed! 

Think About It ...


PPT - Matthew Chapter 18 PowerPoint Presentation, free download ...




Children Are Amazing! 
Watching A Young Child Trusting A Beloved, Caring, Parent 
Makes Your Heart Glad As You Watch Them Ask To Be Lifted Up
To Be Caused To Fly As You Play Airplane
To Be Tossed Higher And Higher
Seemingly Blissfully Unaware That One Wrong Move, One Slip
Could Cause Serious Injury ... Or Worse! 

All That Child Seems To Know Is That Mommy, Daddy
Is 
Flying The Airplane
That With Them In Control All Is Well
That Nothing Can Harm Them In Their Parent's Care
That The Love They See, Feel, Experience And Know 
Is 
Real, True, Present, Accounted For And 
That Nothing Can Steal Their Joy From Them! 

Beloved, 

We, As Christians, Need To Be Converted 
From The Ways Of The World That 
Peddle Doubt, Distrust, Disbelief
And 
Disobedience 
And 
Be As The Little Child 
When We Commit Our Ways, Our Lives, Our Time
To The Lord Jesus Christ 
Because 
We Know That The Sacrificial Love He Has For Us 
Is 
The Love That Will Never Let Us Go To Hell In A Hand-Basket 
As A Result Of His Failure To Care, Share, Prepare And Provide! 

Close Your Eyes To Sinning 
And 
Open Your Heart And Hands For Your Blessing: 
Jesus Christ Saves! 



Jesus Christ The Righteous
Is
Our Ruler
Our King
Our Map-Maker
And
Our Way-Maker
Who Works Unceasingly
For Our Salvation:
Give Him Glory, Honor And Praise!




Monday, July 29, 2019

Self-Indulgence ... Undisturbed!?!

Prideful Indulgence
Pleasurable Self-Indulgence
And
Undisturbed Self-Indulgence
Cared Not One Wit For Soul-Care Nor Self-Denial
And
They Valiantly Strove To Forget The True And Living God!

To Put It Quite Plainly
These Three Set The Bar Real High When It Came To 
Indulging Self-indulgence ... Undisturbed!

They Epitomised Self-Delusion
And
They Were Pleased To See Some Folk Following Them
Some Other Folk Desiring To Follow Them
And
All Blindly Emulating Their Light Grasp 
On Things Which Vigilant Christians 
Ought To Take To The Lord Christ
In Prayer
Or Prayer And Fasting!

Misguided Thinking ...

These Moojins 
- Certain People Even Called Them Moon-Donkeys -
Considered Life To Be "Just For Living!"
AndThe Non-Stop Party
For Having The Good Old Blast!

On The Issue Of Jesus Christ's Gift Of Faith
And
Increasing Faith
They Had No Time Nor Thoughts As Regards
Talking About Faith
Living In Faith
Or Working Their Faith
So Increasing Faith Was Not Even A Blip On Their Radar!

As Was Inevitable
A. Preacher Mann Came Into Town
And
At The Revival Time Crusade
- Which Everybody Seemed To Be Attending -
He Gave Them The Length Of His Tongue
Telling Them About Unchecked Self
Ignored Brother
And
Can't Be Bothered With Other
Soul Lover
And
Salvation Cover!

Preacher Mann ... A Real Preacher Of Righteousness
Had A Brief From The Eternal
The One God Holy, Just, Kind And True
And
He Was Laying It All On The Line
- No Holds Barred -
But
With Compassionate Kindness
Having Recognized And Accepted
And 
Believing That
But For The Grace Of The Living God
There He Walked, Too!

Thinking Deep Thoughts ...

You Know
When Self And Indulgence Contemplate
Communicate 
And
Commiserate
It Is Inevitable That They Will Become One
And 
Through The Short Span Of Mortal Life
- Which They Disavow -
They Will Seek To Transit ... Undisturbed
By Working, Watching, Waiting, Faith Now
And
Awesome, Dreadful, Sight Later!

Thought Patterns Are Juiced ...

Spirituality Was For Saps!
Right-Doing Was A Rip-Off!
Truth Was A Tear-Head!
Blessings Were Bought!
Belief Was Blighted, Benighted
And
The Name Of Christ Was Bandied About Like A Curse!

Cleansed Eyesight ...

For The Tripping Trio
Blinding Awareness Of Purchased Soul-Condition
Put All O' Their Behavior Into Instant Focus
And
Finding Help
Became Their Operating Locus!

Suddenly
Truth And Righteousness Were No Longer Hocus Pocus!

Light Was Shining In Dark Places
And
They Could See Of Sordid Past ... Innumerable Traces 

Truth Is Often Stranger Than Fiction
And
Without Blinking
They Rapidly Made The Decision That
Base And Brutish Were Their Known And Practiced Predilections!

They Availed Themselves
After A Brief Battle With Fallen Angel
Evil Spirit
And 
Damned Demon
They Gracelessly, Fearlessly, Embraced
Soul-Searching
Confession Of Known Sin
Repentance Toward The Father
And
Hungered For
And
Embraced The Daily Gift Of The Faith Of Christ Jesus!
They Finally Recognized
And
Avidly Appreciated
The Unmerited Favor Aka Grace Of The Eternal God!
They Finally Saw Through 
The Machinations Of King Fraud!

The True Light ...

Finally, Actually, Really Seeing Through New Eyes
They Indulged No More Random Acts Of Rejecting Truth
No More Living Like A Louse
No More Neglecting The Soul House
No More Operating With Vengeful Spirits 
And
Indulging The Gainsaying Joust!

The Cross Of Christ Became Their Crest
And
Accepting That There Is Eternal Life With Christ
They Chose Water Baptism
Aka Full Body Immersion!

They Chose The Life Of Light!
They Boldly Changed Sides
And
Wittingly Walked The Strait And Narrow Way
Unto Eternal Life! 

Broadway No Longer Held Any Appeal
And
They Chose To Indulge In Destroying
The Known-Demonic Device!

Christ's Love Became Their Life
And
Effectively
They Participated Actively
- Against Satan, The One Base -
In The Mortal Strife! 

They Desire The Glorified Life
And
They Learned To Pray!





Brethren,
As Committed Christ-Followers
We Are Called To Pray Without Ceasing!
We Are To Go To The Lord ... In Faith
- No Doubting -
Consistently, Persistently,
To The Point That, If God Were A Man
And
Able To Be Wearied By Our Constant Cries For Aid
He Would Say, 

"Enough Already! Take This!"

Almighty God Is Not A Man
And 
Our Prayers Are Not A Bother!

Our Persistence Says,

"Lord, I Believe! 
Please Help Me! 
From You, A Gift I Desire To Receive!"


Bless Yourself By Praying With Passion!
God Hears With Love And Compassion!
Pray According To God's Will For You
And 
You Will Be Gloriously Blessed!
That's A Memorialized Promise Of God!

Never Forget, Though ...

Known Sin Must Be Confessed!

Self Is A Bold Sinner
And
Self Brings Shame! 
Praying Proves That We Are Dependent
Upon The Omnipotent God
For Comfort And Aid!

**--**--**--**--**

Bow Your Heart
And
Be Eternally Blessed!














Wednesday, August 17, 2016

PRAYER: Father, Help Me To Look Up To You





Have Mercy, Dear Father
And 
Forgive Me
For All The Times
I Have Raised My Self
Above
My Creator
My Healer
My Helper
My Provider
My Defender
My Protector
My Perfector
My Savior
My Sealer
My Friend To The End
My Lord
And 
My God!

Help Me, Father
To Look Away From Self
And 
Look Up To You
To Step Outside Of Self
And
Step Up To Glory In You
To Give Up Self
And 
Give In To You
To Walk Holy
And 
To Live Wholly For You
In Whom My Hope Rests!

I Pray, Lord
For The Indwelling
The Chiding
And 
The Direction 
Of The Blessed Holy Spirit!

I Also Pray, Lord
That In The Day
That I Must Need Be Chastised
That You, In Mercy
Will Help Me To Accept Graciously
The Reproof 
As A Blessed Child
Of A Loving And Holy Father!

I Also Beseech You, Dear Father
To Help Me
- No Matter The Earthly Reward -
Not To Grieve The Holy Spirit Away!

I Love You, Lord
And 
I Thank You For The Many Blessings
And 
For Hearing 
And 
Answering Prayers
Even With The Unwanted 
Yet Often Necessary
Fatherly "NO!"
In Jesus' Holy Name 
I Come
I Stand
And 
Plead!
AMEN.