Showing posts with label Holy City. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Holy City. Show all posts

Saturday, November 12, 2022

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Envy Who For What!?!




Unhappy People Seek To Make Happy People Unhappy! 

And 

Envious People Seek To Make Contented People Envious! 

Envy Is To Lie 
What Contentment Is To Truth 
And
We, As Bible-Believing, Christ-Following Christians
Must Guard Our Hearts Against The Pin-Pricks Of Satan 
Which Cause Slow-Leaks In Our Balloon Of Blessing 
Which Will Never Burst 
If
We Ever Choose To Trust In The Truth Of God
Walk In The Wisdom Of The Wise
And 
Let Unfailing Faith Free Us 
From The Folly Of Fretting Over The Finite! 

Beloved, 

When Your Father Is The Living God
And
The Streets Of His City Are Known Paved With Gold
And 
The Twelve Foundations Of That City 
Are Known To Be Precious Stones
Our Having To Temporarily Walk On Streets Of Dirt 
To Experience Deprivation 
And 
Acquire A Ram-Rod Backbone 
Through Our Experiences In Our "Year Abroad" 
Should Strengthen Us 
And 
Delight Us At One And The Same Time! 

Dear Ones, 

We Have A Date With Destiny, With Divinity
And 
The Outcome Of That Date 
Is 
By Our Own Devising! 

Almighty God Gives Good Gifts 
So Let Us Not Be Self-Indulgent
And 
Prideful
And 
Reject The Training Of The Lord! 

We Receive What The Lord Desires Us To Have
For Our Never-Sorry Blessing! 

Envy Serves No Good Purpose: 
Ask Lucifer The Light-Bearer Who Became, By Envious Choice
Satan The Adversary Of The Living God 
And 
All That Is Good! 

Let's Be Satisfied In And With The Savior 
And 
Be Calmly Contented In Christ! 

God Is! 

Peace! 


















Saturday, April 10, 2021

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: PRAYER: Looking Beyond My Brethren's Faults!







PRAYER:

Lord,
I Love You
And
I Come In Working Faith, Nothing Wavering
Knowing That You Will Never Turn Me Away Empty-Handed!
I Praise You And Worship And Adore You!

In Your Loving And Holy Presence
I Take Myself To Task Today
And
Humbly, Gratefully, Remind Myself That
You, By Grace And Mercy Free
Looked Beyond My Faults
And
Saw My Needs
And
Have Done All That Is Possible
To Make The Way Plain For Me To Escape Self
And
Depart From Sin
And
Walk Safely Into Salvation!

I Give Unto You Heartfelt Thanks And Praise
And
Ask You To Help Me, In Christian Charity
In Christ-Like Love
To Daily Deal Likewise With My Brethren
As I  ... By Right ... Desire To Enter That Special Gate
In The Glorious Kingdom Above
For The Character-Flaw Of Which
I Shall Be Known An Overcomer!

Please Help Me To Take To Heart
The Lesson You Taught Which States That
Peace-Makers Are Blessed
And
Are Called The Children Of God!

Please Help Me, Dear Father
To Remember Whose I Am
And
The Prize For Which I Am Striving
And
Bless Me To Keep Jesus Christ In My Heart
Zion In My Eyesight
And
A Civil Word On My Tongue
As The Holy Angels Influence Me
To Do What Is Good And Right
While The Holy Spirit Leads Me Into All Truth
And
Gently Corrects Me
When I Stray From The Straight And Narrow Way
To Everlasting Life!

Please Help Me To Bear Good Fruit Unto Righteousness
In Jesus Christ's Holy Name
I Humbly Pray And In Need Plead!
Please Come For Us Soon!
AMEN! 




Thursday, February 20, 2020

The S.E.W. Club

It Was The Day Of The Grand Opening Of The S.E.W Club
And
All The Mekkers, Sewists, Seamstresses, Tailors
Botchers And Wannabe's
Pattern-Makers, Fashion Manipulators
The Curious 
And 
The Downright Creepy Who Attend Every Cat-Fight
Were Buzz, Buzz, Buzzing
And
Well Before The Scheduled Time
They Were All At The Entrance
Eagerly Awaiting The Red Door's Opening! 

Everybody Wanted To Be First Through That Door
Because
Based Upon The News From The Print
Social And Electronic Media
And
The Always Profitable 
Though Not Always Accurate  Word Of Mouth
About  The Popular Sewing Clubs In Other Places
A Free And Fancy Education
Plus A Big, Beautiful, Sewing Bible
A 24/7 On-Call Counsellor
Strong Influencers To Get You Where You Were Going
And
Personal, Private, Guaranteed Access 
To The Grand Designer, Himself
Were Perfect Perks Offered ... And Positively Available
To All Participants! 

Some Doubting Thomas In The Midst Of Those Gathered
Wanted To Know What Was The Catch!?! 
Why All The Freeness!?! 

And

What's In It For This So-Called Great Designer
That No One Has Ever Seen In Person
Nor For Whom Is There  A Memorialized Image 
On The Nosy Public Record!?! 

Well, Let Me Tell You Something! 

Marcelina Levi Jump In That 
Loose-Lipped Lackey's Skin Rough, Rough
- Her Words, Not Mine -
And
Called Him A Judas-Goat
And Other Things Unimaginable And Improbable
And Questioned His Origins 
And Told Him His Likely Destination
For Wanting To Deny Poor People
A Very Good And Costly 
Free And Freely Available Opportunity
To Better Themselves And Their Families
And 
Their Needy Communities! 

That Disabused Devil Soon Slunk Away
With His Non-Existent Tail Between His Legs! 

Anyway ...

While That Great Mass Of People Waited
You Could Hear Snippets Of The Various Conversations
One Of Which Was Repeated 
And 
Prominent For Its Call To Greed! 

Everybody Was Talking About All The Free Things 
Needles, Threads, Embellishments
Patterns, Expert Instruction
And
The Premium, Exclusive, One Of Its Kind
Private Label, Bespoke Garment 
That Is To Be Issued To Each Person ... Personally
Who Successfully Completed The Course! 

Well ... The Door Opened!
The People Rushed To Enter!
They Took Their Seats!
The Teacher Spoke
And
The Grabbits And The Gottits Got Up And Walked Out
When It Was Revealed That The S.E.W Club
Had Not One Single Solitary Thing To Do With Sewing
But
Was Everything To Do With
The Soul's Eternal Welfare! 

As Never-Idle Time Passed
The Rootless
The Groundless
The Easily Pricked
Fell Out Along The Way

And Soon

Only Those Expressing Genuine Need
Those Who Trusted The Teacher
Those Who Had Faith In The Process
Those Who Persevered Though Tired And Often Weak
Those Who Endured And Overcame All The Challenges
And
The Good Influencers Who Helped Them To Success
Remained At The End Of The Course! 

The Overcomers
Have An Engraved Pass
To Enter By Right
The Great Designers Glorious Home
When He Calls For Them
On The Day Of His Appointing! 


Food For Thought:




There Is No Other Name Among Men 
Whereby We May Be Saved 
Except For The Great And Wonderful Name Of Christ Jesus! 

We All ... Who Will To Be Truly Saved
Must Take The Plunge 
And 
Wash In The Blood Of Jesus 
If 
We Will Be Called Up To His Side In The Great Day 
And 
Ultimately Drink Of The Water Of The River Of Life 
And 
Eat From The Tree Of Life 
In The Presence Of Him 
Who Is The Lord 
And 
The Sure Light Of Life!

Only Jesus Christ Saves 
From Deadly Sin
From Deceitful Self
From Destructive Satan
And 
From Death And Damnation! 

The Hand Of Hope, Help And Healing 
Is 
Lovingly Extended To Us
The Offer Of Sure Salvation Is Available To Us
And 
The Still, Small, Voice Of The Sweet Spirit Of Truth 
Is 
Tenderly Calling Unto Us! 

Please Answer "Yes, Lord!" 
And 
Accept The Holy Hand! 
Peace In Paradise 
Is 
Guaranteed ... And Eternal!

Except We Are Connected To Christ Jesus 
We Are But Living Deads! 

Indeed ... And I Am Sure That You Know 
And 
Can See That Those Living Deads 
Are Aggressively Walking And Working Among Us
And 
Are Willfully, Maliciously
Leaving The Stench Of Their Vile Lives 
To Taint The Air 
And 
Poison The Minds Of People Everywhere!

They Are Even Willing To Kill
To Have Their Benighted Lusts Satisfied! 

Jesus Loves Us Unconditionally 
But 
He Will Never Accept Us Choosing Sin Over Salvation! 

We Who Are The True Believers
Have To Cut Up The Sin Charge Card 
And 
Close That Account Permanently
And 
Get ... As In Open ... The Master's Card Account 
Which Gives Us A Permanent Visa 
To The Eternal World Of Discovery! 
It's A Citizen's Express Card
And
No Past Sinner-Current Saint
Can Get Into The Eternal City Without It! 

Brethren, 

What's In Your Wallet Aka Your Heart!?! 
Will It Hold You Fast To Jesus Christ!?! 
Will It Help You To Stand Strong In The Holy Faith!?! 
Please Make Sure That You Know  ... For Sure
That Your's Is The Master's Card
Before You Bid This Dark World Good Night!




Monday, June 26, 2017

A New Song To Sing!

One Day
I Heard A Sweet Voice Singing
Saying:
I Am Mercy!
Mercy For Thee!

I Accepted The Offer!
For I Had Been Crying:
Lord, Lord!
Have Mercy!
I Truly Need Thee!

I Walked Along The Lonely Road
And I Met Faith!
Faith For The Day!
We Walked In Communing Silence
For Grace
Sweet Grace
Was Paving The Way!

I Looked Up!
I Saw My Jesus
In The Most Holy Place
In The Heavenly Home!
He Was Adding His Petitions
To My Humble Prayers!

I Heard The Great Father Say:

I Accept It!
You Paid The Full Price!
Bless Our Little Children!
We'll Preserve Them!
They Shall Survive Satan's Strife!

In Between My Walking
And My Talking
I Was Praying Constantly!
I Was Communing Oh, So Sweetly
Sweetly With My Lord Jesus Christ!

He Extended His Hand Of Mercy
And Cupped Me To His Heart Of Love
And, Now
I Am On An Onward
Upward Trajectory
Because I Believe Him
And
I Have Hope In His Love!

Grace And Mercy Found Me
And Undying Love Lifted Me Up!
I Am Walking Onward
Ever Upward
To The Realms Above!

Jesus Christ Is My Master
My Lord!
My God!
My King!
And
I Am Going To The Holy City
Wherein Abides Love!
My Lord's Redeeming Love!




Thursday, December 24, 2015

THE HOLY CITY: Bogus "Tickets" On Sale!






"... Going To The City
Every and Anybody Is Welcome ...
As Long As You Know "The Name!"

Whose Name!?!

His Name!
Do You Have Your Ticket?!

Sure Do!!
Actually I Have Two Tickets!

Two Tickets??!!??
Lord, Have Mercy!

No!
No!
I have One Marked
"Justice!" and One Marked 
"Grace!"

Which One Are You Going To Use?

I'll Just Travel Along For A While and See Which Tickets Others Are Using!

Oh,  Dear,  Oh,  Dear!
Not Good,  Not Good!

What Do You Mean?!

Didn't You Read The Commitment Letter?!

What Commitment Letter?!

The One That Enclosed The Tickets!

These Tickets Had No Letter Attached!

Impossible!!

Seriously!!
I Bought These Tickets From A Scalper On The Corner of Broadway &  Sweet-life!

Lord, Have Mercy!
Oh, Lord, Have Mercy!

Why Are You Saying That?!

Because The Tickets Are Free For All Who Will Accept Them
AND
They Are Available By Open Invitation
AND
Upon Request!

You're Kidding, Right?!?

No! No!
I Am Serious!

Look, I Had Some Extra Money and I Heard There Was A Big Exclusive Party at Kingdom Come Coming Up but That Tickets Were Scarce and Going at a Premium!

I Wanted In, So I Went To The Man With The Fast Van Who Can Get A Man ...  ANYTHING!!! ...  For The Right Price!!

I Really, Really, Wanted In!

I was Willing to Pay Top Dollar but It Cost Me Much More Than I Anticipated! Nevertheless, I Got The Goods!

Oh,  Dear,  Oh,  Dear!

What's Wrong With You?!

You Can't Go Into The City!

Why Not!?!?

What Is The Name of The City?

City Of Heve!

Sweet Jesus!!

What Is The Name Of The Prince Who Is Being Celebrated?

The Scalper Told Me To Use The Code Name Manny and That Will Open Doors!

Doors To Damnation!

Wait A Minute!
Why Did You Say That?

Did Van Man Tell You Of The Clothing Restrictions?

What Restrictions?!?

I Paid For My Ticket and I Will Wear What I Want!
It's Not As Though We Are Going To See The King,  You Know!

Oh, Dear,  Oh, Fear! 

Whaaat?!? 

Not Good! Not Good! 

Listen To Me, Please! 
You Still Have Time
Until The Day Of Appointment
To Meet The King Divine! 

What Are You Saying?! 

The "Party" You Wanted In On
Is Permanent!
All Identification Is Personally Checked In The Lamb's Book
You Must R.S.V.P.
YOU Must Commit To The Way for
THAT IS The Only Method
If You Don't Want to Personally Pay! 

Personally Pay For What?! 

I Personally Paid For My Own Ticket! 
I Personally Paid My Own Entrance Fee
Maybe Not On The Prescribed Channel
But That's How It's Done
By Trippers,  Rockers and Rollers Like Me! 

Not The Way!  
Not The Way! 
Therein Is Sin
AND
Gross Decay! 

Come On! 
It's Just A Party! 
You Get Your Mark
On Your Head or Your Hand, and
You Dance and You Drink
And See At The End Where You Land!! 

Partay,  Dude! 

No!  No! No! 
This One Won't Go
To The Over-comers Banquet 
After The Opening
Of The Twelve Gates
Won't Sit At The Welcome Table
Won't Get To Stroll Gold Street
Won't Drink Of Crystal Waters
From The River Of Life
Won't Glorious Angels Meet
From The Twelve-Fruit Tree Won't Eat
Won't See The Twelve-Jewel Building Foundation 
Won't The Saved Of All Earth Meet
Won't See The King Of Creation 
That King Melchizedek
Nor King Solomon 
King David
Elijah The Prophet
Jacob
Joshua
Nebuchadnezzar
Ezekiel
Moses
Definitely Won't Touch The King Of Love's Feet! 
Won't Get A Gold Harp
Nor A New Name
Won't Get The Saints Over-comers' Gold Crown
Won't Get To Be Made Immortal
Won't Get To Sing The Redemption Song 
Won't Get To See God As He Sees Us!!
Won't Get To Live In Heaven
ONE THOUSAND YEARS
AND
Won't Get To See
Heaven and Earth Made New!

Stop! 
Stop! 
JUST STOP!! 

Why?! 

I'm Just Reciting What My PERSONAL INVITATION LETTER Says I Will Receive But YOU Won't! 

No Fair!! 

Know Fear!! 

Yes,  I Know ... I Am Feeling ... 
Something Ain't Right Here! 

You're Right! 

But ...

But, What?! 

My Tickets ... 

Did You Read The Plain Print ... 

You Mean The Fine Print!! 

Hmmm ...
But ...  But! 

Stop Butting,  and Brace Yourself!! 


But It's Just Hot Tickets For The Underground Rave!  

Wrong!  Wrong! 
Dead Wrong! 

Dead?!? Wrong!!??

No Return! 
No Wake Up! 
Never See Son Light!
Never Get Wings! 
Never Attend Worship! 
Never Pray Before The Eternal King! 
Never Talk To The Redeemed Of All Ages! 
Never Have The Glorious King For A Personal Guide! 
Never Wing To Worlds Unknown, Friend! 
Never Know What Is Peace That Abides! 
Never Rest!
Never Rest In Peace And Safety
Protected From Sin, Death and Decay!
Never Knowing What It Cost The Host 
Of The Biggest Celebration in The Eternal Kingdom
To Provide Everlasting Life
For Those Who Caused Him To Die!! 

Enough Already!!! 
I Ain't Never Killed Nobody Farless A King! 

You Did! 

Wait  Minute ... Just A Minute ... 
I Am Confused!! 

All I WANTED Was To Go To A Hot Party
But What You Are Describing Is ... 
Seriously Is ... 
... Different
Like in Life And ... 

DEATH! 
Eternal Death 
For All Those Without Life Tickets
Written In Blood
Blessed By Truth
Stamped By The Word
Sealed In The Promises Of God
Delivered By Hope
Accepted In Faith!! 

Help Me. 

Lord Jesus, Help Me!

Salvation Has Been Brought Down! 

AMEN! 







Saturday, September 12, 2015

Prayer: Thank You, Lord



Thank You, Lord
For The Blessings Today!
Thank You, Lord
For Provision in All Ways!
Thank You, Lord
For Saving My Soul!
Thank You, Lord
I Don't Have To Set Dates
For By Jesus' Faith
I Will Have Right To Walk Through
Your Holy City's Bright Gates!
I Love You, Lord!
Amen.