Showing posts with label Hebrews 13:5. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hebrews 13:5. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

Never Alone!







No One Stands Alone! 

Physically Being By Yourself  Says That 
You Are Alone! 

To Other People Observing You
They May Say That You Are Alone 
And
Lonely! 
If Only They Knew The Truth! 

As Committed Christians
We Often Stand Aside From The Crowd 
But
We Are Not Alone! 

There Are Times When You Will Be 
The Center Of Unwanted Attention 
And 
You Feel Cut-off From The Comfort Of 
Like-Minded Companionship: 
You Are Not Alone! 

Beloved, 

From The Moment Of Your Birth
Holy Angels Were On Assignment: 
How Many, Dear Ones, Is Not For Us To Opine! 

As We Walk With The Lord
These Holy Ones Influence Us 
To Do The Good And The Right
And 
They Abide With Us In Our Rest 
As And After We Bid Day-Time "Good Night!" 

Alas, And Alack
I Would Be Remiss If I Do Not Warn You That 
There Are Unholy Aka Fallen Angels Around You 
Ready
          Eagerly Willing 
                   And         
                Truly Able To Harm You! 

Be Sober 
And
Please Choose To Trust The Living Word Of 
The Lord Who Gives Life That 
He Will Never Leave You Or Forsake You 
And
Has Provided His Holy Spirit To Comfort 
And 
Correct You
All Day And All Night! 

Please Know And Accept The Good Counsel 
And 
You Will Reject The Bad 
As Long As You Remember That 
The World's Idea Of Aloneness Is Not Yours 
Because 
Your Loving Father 
Is 
Almighty God ... The King Of Grace And Glory! 

Please Spend Alone-Time With The Lord: 
Pray ... Pursue The Ever-Present God Patiently! 
Look Up! 

Peace!







Thursday, April 29, 2021

Contented ... in Christ Jesus!






Are You Contented Aka Pleased 
With What You Already Have!?! 

Are You Contented With 
And 
In The Lord Christ!?! 

It Is One Thing To Be Contented
And
Quite Another To Think That 
You Did "It" All By Yourself
And
Vainly Glory In Your Accomplishments!

Beloved, 

No Committed Christian 
Should So Depart From The Righteous Way 
And
Become So Proud Of Themselves 
To Dare Take The Glory Of The Lord Unto Themselves 
So That The Lord Must Humble Them 
And
Cause Them To Be Contented To Eat Grass For A Season 
In Order For Them To See The Light Of Saving Truth! 

Arrogant, Proud 
And
Pompously Foolish King Nebuchadnezzar Of Babylon 
Learned This Lesson The Hard Way! 

There Is Contentment 
And
There Is Contentment In Christ! 

There Is Having Satisfaction With Myself 
And
There Is Satisfaction In Ridding Me Of Self! 

Little With Contentment 
Is 
Of Great Gain When We Acknowledge That 
It Is The Living God Who Ever So Graciously Provides 
Every Last Thing That We Call Our Own! 

Like Everything Else In The Christian
We Have The Authority
The Freewill
The Freedom 
To Daily Decide ... By Almighty God's Great Grace
To Be Contented With What The Lord  ... In Love 
Has Graciously Provided
Be It Little Or Much! 

There Is No Profit In Baseless Pride!

Let Us From This Moment On Say 
"Thank You, Lord!" 
And
Glory In The Lord Of Life
Even As We Determine To Be Contented
With What The Lord Daily Provides For Us 
Since Our Provider 
Is 
Our Maker ... The Creator! 

Our Provider Is Also Our Hope, Help, And Salvation
Redeemer
Judge, Lord, God
And 
Forever Faithful Friend ... The Kind King: 
Rest Where The Lord Our Shepherd Gently Leads! 


To Be Contented In Christ
Is
To Have Perfect Peace!






Friday, February 12, 2021

HAPPY SABBATH + Covetous Or Contented!?!









We, Each, Have The Opportunity 
To Fill The Garden Of Our Mind With Goodness 
Or With Gripes And Griefs! 

We May Choose To Be Disinterested In The Things Of God 
And 
Also Totally Ungrateful For The Myriad Blessings That 
We Continually Receive 
Or We May Be Thankful For Grace 
And
Grateful That There Is Glory To Share ... To Come! 

We May Covet The Blessings Which Others Receive 
And
Despise The Great Gifts That The Good Lord Bestows Upon Us 
Or We May Boisterously Bless God 
And 
Grow Up Gracefully! 

Beloved, 

The Lord Who Bids Us To Faithfully Serve Him 
Provides For And Protects Us
Comforts And Corrects Us
And
Teaches And Tests Us
But 
He Never Tempts Us!

Our Dear Lord Leads And Loves Us
But
He Never Lures Us Into Folly 
Or Lulls Us Into A False Sense Of Security: 
We Can Openly Trust His Kind And Giving Heart! 

It's A Fact ... 

We Have No Viable Reason 
To Doubt The Pure And Holy Love Of The Lord Christ
So Dare To Remember Where He Has Brought You From 
And
Never Forget What He Has Done
Is Doing 
And
Will Do For You ... Personally! 

Choices, Chances, Changes ...

Dare To Dig Up The Plantings Of Gripes And Griefs 
And 
Dare To Plant Love, Joy, Hope
Faith, Purity, Peace
Temperance
And 
Goodness! 

Remember, Remember 
Don't Ever Forget ... 

We Eat What We Grow 
And 
We Are What We Eat! 

Do You Know What's Eating You!?! 

Be Wise Unto Your Own Soul's Salvation:
Choose To Grow Only What 
Is 
Everlastingly Beneficial! 
Peace Be Unto You!





Sunday, October 13, 2019

COVETOUSNESS: Guard Your Heart!

Eye Onde Prize
Covetousness
Greed
And
Malicious Intent!
The Big Guns!
The Warriors Who For A Nickel
Are Willing To Have Their Desires Bent!

Sorry To Tell You
But
I Believe It Is In Your Best Interest To Know
That When Your Eyes Are Looking Down
And
Around
Your Heart For Things Abundant
Will Always, Always, Grow 
In The Strange Manner Called Profound!

It Always Starts In The Heart:
Eye Onde Prize Is The Upstart!
When He Is In Charge
You May Be Sure That Greed ... For Ungodly Gain
Will Always Follow
And
If Greed ... For Ungodly Gain ... Is Let Loose
You Can Rest Assured That
Monsieur Le Covetousness
He Who Likes To Ooh, La La
Is
Going To Go To Bat
To Get That Which He has No Right To Want 
To Place In His Cavernous Back-Pack!

Wanting Is Good ... Within The Proper Channels!
Coveting Good Things Is Good
For That Is How We Climb Up Higher
But
When Your Wanting Steps Outside The Boundaries Marked
And
You Invite That Heathen ... Malicious Intent
To Do A Do In The Dark
You Have Overstepped The Mark
And
You Are In Danger Of Getting Upon Your Character
The Mark Of The Devil
Him Who Did And Does His Dirty Deeds
Under Cover Of Dark ... ness!
To This Day
He Has Not Yet His Perfidy Confessed
And
He Believes That All His Machinations
Are Truly A Stellar Success!
People,
The Self-Delusion Is Real!

Malicious Intent Is A Notorious Gully-Boar
Who Believes With All His Being That
His Forays With Speed Into Greed
Are His By Right
Because
Of The Little Thing Called I-Need
Aka I-Want!

You Own It: He Wants It!
You Won't Surrender It: He Will Take It Away!
He Gives You A Choice:
Give Me ... Willingly
Or I Will Take it Forcefully
Or
If It Is Your Desire To Aggressively Protest
He Is Willing To Snuff Out Your Life
Sacrosanct In The Eyes Of The Lord
But 
A Thing Of Nought
In The Eyes Of His Boss-Man
Satan, The God-Fraud!

Ungodly Actions Have Consequences! 
Need An Example!?!

Prophet Balaam Wanted To Curse Israel 
To Get Himself King Balak's Coins!
The Lord God Almighty Told The Greedy Prophet "No!"
Ungodly Covetousness Told The Prophet "Get!" 
Ungodly Covetousness Won
And Anon
Balaam Ended Up Showing Balak
How To Make Israel Sin 
And
To Incur The Wrath Of The Living God!
Thousands In Israel Died
And
As To Be Expected
Greedy, Covetousness-Laden, Balaam 
Also Paid With His Life:
By His Receipt Of The King's Coins
His Covetous Life Was Not Extended!
Sin Really Makes Man Blind!

King Ahab Was A Petulant Child When Crossed!
He Wanted Naboth's Vineyard
And
The "No!" Answer Made His Cross!
He Went Off His Food!
He Sulked Like A Toddler
And
His Wife Being A Heathen
Thought Nothing Of Having An Innocent Man Murdered!
Ahab Got Naboth's Vineyard By Fraud
And
Dogs Licked Up King Ahab's Blood
And
Dogs Ate Queen Jezebel, His Viciously Cruel Wife!
Covetousness Is A Butcher Knife! 

King David Knew Better
But
His Eyes Made Him Believe That
The More Beautiful Bathsheba Was Much Better For Him
And
Covetousness Turned To Adultery
And
Adultery Turned To The Murder Of A Best Friend
And
Death Was Visited Upon The Innocent Child
His Ill-Conceived Seed! 

The Harvest Of Known Sin
And
Blood Never Left King David's Household
For As Long As He Did Live!
He Loved The Lord!
He Repented Of His Sin!
He Was Forgiven Of His Sin
But
That Did Not Mean That
The Grapes Of Wrath That He Had Planted
Were Not Going To Be Harvested!

Four Of His Sons Died ... Three Cruelly:

Bathsheba's First Born Son ... Unnamed:
The Lord Took Him! 

Amnon ... Covetousness, Lust, Greed, Gone Wild:
Raped His Sister
And His Brother, Absalom, Had Him Murdered! 

Absalom ... Who Coveted King David's Throne:
Slept With His Father's Concubines
Started Civil War
And Was Executed By General Joab

And

Adonijah ... Who Coveted King Solomon's Throne ... Twice
Thought To Get The Throne ... The Second Time
By Asking His Brother For His Father's Widow
His Body-Warmer, Virgin-Wife, Abishag!
King Solomon Had Him Executed!
Deceit's Profits Are A Demonic Device!

Judas Iscariot Coveted Power
And
Actually Thought He Could Circumvent
The Sovereign Will Of The Eternal Holy God!
He Made A Pact With Death
Made A Deal With Priestly Powers
Sold Gold To Buy Silver
And
Spilt His Guts Over A Roman Road
For All Of His Troubles!

Judas Received What He Would Never Spend
And
He Shall Never Ascend The Heights Of Him
Whom He Believed He Could Manipulate
And
Who For 30 Silver Pieces
To Wicked Men He Sold!

Sin Is Called Sin For A Reason!
Sin Only Profits For A Season!
The Reasons For The Season
Is Called By Many ... Legion
But
That Legion Is The Legion Of Doom
Which Shall Never Reign
But
Is Eternally Condemned
And
Consumed!

Covetousness Starts In The Heart!
Unchecked
Covetousness Will Never Depart
Until It Has Sliced, Diced And Spliced
And
Delivered Up Its Host
Unto The Damned One
Who Shall Soon Be As The Dust Of
Burnt, Burnt, Toast!

Covetousness Does Not Profit
And
None Who Indulge In This Dastardly Disease
Shall Ever Get To Sit In Heaven
Or
Bow Before The King Of Love
In Perfect Peace!
Don't Give In To This Known Gross Sin, Please!








Saturday, September 24, 2016

The Point ... Of The Word!



The Word
Along The Narrow Road Today
Is
Love
Trust
Honor
Obey
AND
Almighty God Follow
For
Anything Less
I Am Sorry To Say
Will Have Us Following Satan
The Very Odd 
AND Wicked
Disputing-God Fellow!

God Is Real
AND
Denial Of His Sovereign Will
Will Cause Us All
In Life
AND
At Life To Fail!

God Is Love
BUT
He Is Also The God Of Justice
AND
Mercy, Too!
His Word Is His Character
AND
His Character Is Sacrosanct
AND
Playing The Part Of The Devil's Advocate
Will Get Us Off The List 
Of 
The Citizens Of Heaven
Well And Truly Yanked!

God's Word Is Law
AND
It Contains No Flaw!
So, Please
Give God His Glory
AND
Obey His Law
With Godly Fear And Trembling
AND
Don't Be Like Satan
An Unregenerate Scofflaw!

Let Not Your Eye
Cause You To Walk Wild!
Let Not Your Flesh
Cause You To Evil Surmise!
Let Not The Pride Of Life
Cause You
Like Satan
To Oppose The Giver Of Life
AND THUS 
By Greed
In Dissatisfaction
Cause You
For Eternal Life
To Be Denied!





Monday, July 18, 2016

Prosperous! Really?!





I Had Been Invited To The Meeting!
The Meeting Of The Prosperous Folks!
You Know?!
The Meeting Of The Prosperous Folks
Where They Advise
People With Potential
How To Become Prosperous
AND
Get Away From Being Broke!

The Venue Reeked Of Position Prosperous!
The Set Up Was Prosperously Outlined!
The Attendants Were From Prosperous Is!
The Motto Is The Prosperous Do
AND
Every Participant Was Given A New Pair Of Shoes
Size Not Customized
BUT
Manufactured By
Prosperity Idealized
From A Design By
Prosperity Idolized!

Everyone Was Raging In Raptures!

Suddenly ...

There Was A Mighty Hush
ALL OVAH
As HE Walked Into The Room!
Those Who Saw That God
Squealed 
Screamed
Uproariously
In Pleasure
BUT
My God-Given Common-Sense Screamed
'Tis Devilish!
How Profane!

The Glitter!
The Flash!
The Cash!
Impressive Words
All About The Stash
Had Those Around Me
In Ecstasy
AND
I Feared For Their Emotional Crash!

The More That The Event Unfolded
The More My Spirit Cried Insane
As Every Body Put On
Their New Shoes
That Don't  Can't Won't Fit
BUT
Looked To Be Prosperity Personified
AND
That's When For Me
It All Clicked!

By Any Means!
By Any Available Means!
By Any Means Necessary
Get What Your Heart Desires
AND
Gluttonously Indulge
BUT
See To It That You Keep
Wipe
Your Mouth Clean!

The Call To Prosperity
Is Enshrined In The Model:

Walk In The Ill-fitting Shoes
For
The Obvious Impress
Imprint
Cannot Connect Back 
To The Prosperous You
AND
By Every Available Means
Let Other People's Money
Be
To You
The Delicious Candy Chew!



The Whole Operation Is Sliiicckk!

They Even Provided Sample Candy
Ready To
Blow UP!!

I Get Up To Leave!
I Am Stopped!
I Protest!
He Rises
AND
DEMANDS
That I Speak Up
Out!

He Demands:
What Have You Got Against Prosperity?

I Said:
I Am Already Prosperous!

He Said:
You Don't Look It!

I Said:
My Prosperity Is Inside!
It Comes From The Spirit 
Sent From Christ Jesus
Who In My Heart Does Abide!

There Is A Shocked Silence!

I Say:
My Prosperity Is My Peace!
My Shoes Are Shod For The Gospel Of Peace!
My Faith In God Lubricates My Hope And Belief!
God's Grace Lines The Path I Walk!
God's Mercy Sets My Soul Free!
The Justice Of God Keeps Me Walking Light
AND
Right
AND
Out Of Your Hands
You Wicked Devil!
You Who Is The Consummate Fraud!

Pandemonium Ensues!
AND
I Depart
Not Having Indulged Myself
With
Fleeting Prosperity's
Deceptive
AND
Sickeningly Sweet
Candy Chews!






I Am Standing Firm
In The Good News
AND
Want Nothing To Do With
The Wanton Destruction Of Souls
The Raping Of Widows And Orphans
AND
Those Testifying "Precious" Metals
Which Condemn
Rich Men
Before The Conquering King
The Righteous Judge
The Returning Son Of Man
The Great I AM!








Saturday, January 16, 2016

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Greedy-for-Gain: Jealous Envy! + PRAYER






One Day ... I Had An Epiphany!
It Seems I Had A Dose of The I-Wants
So That I Could Say That I-Have!
BUT
What Was Peculiar About This Condition Was
What I Wanted
I Didn't Even Like
AND
To Make Matters Worse
I Would Have To Say I-Have
About What I-Already-Got!

This Smelled of Covetousness
Covered Up In Greedy-for-Gain
For A Lifestyle Not Able To Be Sustained
But Promoted by The People On The Power-Train
Who Lived Lives Useless and
Not-a-Little Brittle and 
Awfully, Awfully, Awfully Vain!

Was I Exhibiting Jealousy
Or, Perhaps ... Envy?!

With This In Mind
I Repaired To The Lord Divine!

The Answer, Dear Ones
Was NOT To Me Kind
BUT
Take It I Must
If I Wanted Ultimately
To Heaven Climb!

The Lord's Name IS Jealous
AND
He IS Jealous for What is His!

My Life
My Love
My Worship
My Prayers
My Praise
Are All His
AND
Jealousy IS Permitted Over WHAT Is Your Own!

BUT ...

Here Is The Kicker!

I Was Indulging In Envy!

Envy Is Longing For What Belongs To ... Another
AND
Envy IS Sin - A Deadly Sin -
AND
It Was The Very Sin That
PRECIPITATED
Lucifer's
Devolution Into Satan
AND
His Unceremonious Departure From
The Heavenly Home!

People!
I Was In Serious Trouble!







Father, 
Forgive Me!

I Knew What I Was Doing!
I Wanted What The Others Have
Because 
It Would Make Me Appear
Highfalutin!

Father,
I Do Not Need The Excess!
I Just Need Enough!
Enough For Myself 
and 
To Share With Another!
I Do Not Need Things to Store Up
Making My Home Miserable
and
Collecting Dust!


Father, 
Please Clean Out My Cobwebs

and 
The Dusty Thoughts of Glories Past!
Help Me to Solely Lean 
on 
The Rock Of All Ages
So That I May Soar Through 
Unimaginable Heavenly Places!


Give Me Blind Eyes to Worldly Thrills!

Give Me Deaf Ears to Worldly Fears!
Let My Heart to You Repair
and
Keep Me Ever 
In Your Holy Care!
I Love You, Lord!
AMEN.

*******


Create In Me, Lord

A Burning Jealousy 
for 
My Home
In The Eternal 
-  not Magical - 
Kingdom!