There Is No Oliver Twist Seated At The Table Of The Lord!

Nobody Seated At The Lord's Table 

Will Ever Have To Do An Oliver Twist 

And 

With Hunger Pangs

In The Shocked Hearing Of 

The Assembled Multitudes Of Likewise Famished, Ask: 

"Please, May I Have Some More!?!" 

Beloved, 

Our Blessed Benefactor With No Equal

Who Owns The Cattle On A Thousand Hills 

And 

Every Last Thing In All Creation

Has No Need To Issue Short Rations To Save Costs 

And

At The Same Time 

Line His Deep Pockets By Fraud! 

Dear Ones, 

Use Your Access 

And 

Your Humble Words Of Hope, Trust, And Faith! 

Boldly Ask "Bigly" For Your Blessings Known Bountiful! 

Just Remember, Though, That 

You Can't Ask The Lord For What Won't Bless You 

And

Glorify His Dear Name! 

Check The Living Word Which Is A Transcript Of 

The Holy God's Unchanging, Unchangeable, Character! 

The Word Works! 

Peace!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Prayer: Father, I Choose To Boast Of My Lord Christ!

PRAYER:

Heavenly Father, 

I Come To You As A Child

Trusting You At Your Sovereign Word That 

You Will Train Me Up In The Way That I Should Go 

So That I Will Put Away Childish Things

And

Grow Up In Your Saving Grace 

So That Nothing That The Adversary Of My Soul Does

To Try And Turn Me Away From

The Path Of Righteousness 

Will Entice Me To Depart From The Light That 

Leads To Your Everlasting Life! 

I Come To You As An Eager Student

In The Eternity School Of My Lord Jesus 

Who, Alone, Saves 

And

I Ask You For The Eraser

To Clean The Tablet That Is My Heart

Of All Useless, Unprofitable, Ungodly Things 

Which Would Stunt My Growth

As A Child Of The Everlasting Father

The Prince Of Peace! 

In Saving Faith, Father 

I Beseech You For Your Writing Instrument That 

Will Burn The Truth Into My Heart Permanently 

So That My Thoughts Are Ever With You

And

My Words To My Brethren

Will Be The Wonderful Words Of Life! 

Father, I Choose To Boast Of My Lord Christ 

And

So I Come To You As A Willing Worker 

Desiring To Utilize A Space As A Worker In The Fields 

Which The Master Said Are Ripe For Harvest 

But For Which The Workers Are Few 

To Reap His White Wheat 

And

Bring That Goodly Harvest Home To His Barn! 

Father, My Hope Is In The Lord 

And

I Plead With You To Teach And Feed Me

Lead And Guide Me

Direct And Correct Me

Protect And Provide For Me

And

Commission And Accompany Me 

As I Seek To Do Your Holy Bidding

For It Is In Jesus Christ's Holy Name That 

I, Poor And Needy, Humbly Plead! 

AMEN! 

You Can't Take Off Your HAT!?!

Brethren, Beloved, 

How Well Are You Wearing Your HAT!?! 

I Do Not Wear A Hat! 

If You Knew What Almighty God Knows

You Would Wear Your HAT Humbly And Thankfully

Giving God His Praise For What He Is Accomplishing In Your Life! 

I Don't Wear A Hat!

You're A Christian Aren't You!?! 

Yes, I Am! 

Then You're Wearing A HAT ... A Customized HAT! 

What Are You Talking About!?!

I Am Talking About HAT 

Aka Hardships, Adversities, And Temptations! 

Every Committed-To-Christ Christian Has That HAT! 

I Wish Someone Had Told Me This Earlier! 

Why!?! 

So That I Could Just Take It Off And Be Free! 

Oh, Dear!?! 

What Do You Mean By "Oh, Dear!?!" 

I Mean That You Can't Take Off Your HAT! 

Your HAT Is Necessary For Your Everlasting Salvation

Your Present Peace

Your Hope

And 

For The Anchor That Secures You To The Rock Of Our Salvation 

In These Times 

Living With This Untoward Generation! 

Oops! 

It's My Turn To Say: "Oh, Dear!" 

You're Welcome! 

Thank You Kindly! 

Please Remember That Your Custom-Made HAT 

Is 

Removed By Your Master-Maker

Healer-Sealer

Hope-Help

And 

Savior-Sanctifier

The One You Trust Who Is The Truth: 

Draw Near To Him! 

Peace!

The Truth Raises The Dead!

If Jesus Christ Is Our Known Forever-Friend 

And

Satan Is Our Unrelenting Enemy With An Expiration Date

Why, Then, Are We, Through Ungodly Practices

Treating Satan The Adversary As A Bosom Friend 

And 

Jesus Christ The Lord As Our Bitterest Enemy!?! 

If The Truth Of The Lord Jesus Christ 

Is 

Our Hope, Help, And Salvation

And 

The Lies Of  Satan Are For Our Destruction And Damnation

Why, Then, Are We Treating Known-Truth Like Lies 

And 

Known-Lies As The Truth!?! 

Beloved, 

Beware, Be Aware, Be Wary When Those 

Who Are Called To Be Under-Shepherds Of 

The Heritage Of The Living, Holy, God 

Are Asking You To Accept Their Ruminations

Speculations, Suppositions, And Heresies 

As Fact Upon Which To Build 

"A Future Of Bliss" 

On The Earth Which Is Scheduled By The Lord Of Life

The Creator God ... The Judge Of All Flesh 

For An Everlasting Burning 

Aka A Burning Which Will Not Be Put Out By Any Hand

A Burning Which Must Extinguish Itself 

Because 

There Is Nothing Left Within It 

Upon Which The Fire Of God May Feed!?! 

Dear Ones, 

The Truth Is Not Always Palatable, Tolerable

Easily Swallowed, Willingly Accepted

Or Gratefully Embraced 

But

It Will Always Be True, Right, Worthy ... Saving! 

Please Let Us Not Worry About Who Calls Us Straight-Laced 

Via Technicolor Words Oft Used By Sailors And The Like-Minded! 

The Truth Raises The Dead 

And

Lies Bury The Living! 

Think About It! 

Peace!

Happiness Is To Know King Jesus!

What "Makes" You Happy!?! 

Are You Happy!?! 

If Something Or Someone Could Make You Happy

What Or Who Would It Be!?! 

Beloved, 

Unhappy People Don't Like Happy People! 

Angry People Don't Like Calm People! 

Proud People Don't Like Humble People

And

Sinners Don't Like Practicing Christians 

And Yet

All Claim To Be Happy In Their Present Condition: 

Who Is Right!?! 

NEWS FLASH: --

Happiness Via Acquiring Things 

And Using Things To Draw People To Your Side 

Is Not Happiness! 

Just Doing Things To Be Happy

Mouthing Affirmations To Feel Happy

And 

Doing Service Projects To Show That We Are Happy 

Cannot And Will Not Make Us Happy 

When All Of Our Outward Acts To Fill An Inward Need 

Are Stripped Away! 

Think About It ...

Could You ... An Innocent Person

Be "Happy" Locked Away In A Dank, Dismal, Dirty Dungeon 

When All Of Your Sayings, Doables, 

And 

Feelings Of Happiness 

Are Stripped Away!?! 

Dear Ones, 

There Is No True And Lasting Happiness 

And

Contentment 

Outside Of Or Without Being Contented In Christ 

Or Happy In Jesus! 

When Your Roof Flies Off

The Engine Drops Out Of Your Conveyance

And 

Your Withdrawals Ain't Got No Deposits 

But

You're Standing On The Promises Knowing That 

Almighty God Will Provide 

Because

You Have Decided To Follow Jesus ... No Turning Back

You Can Sleep On Rocks 

And 

Eat Grass

And 

Smile Peacefully 

Because 

Jesus Christ The King Has You Sheltered Under His Wings! 

Lashes, Lies, And Loss Have No Leverage 

Against One Who Lovingly Trusts 

The Lord Of Life, Our Creator! 

Wisdom Helps Us To Decide To Be Happy ... In Jesus!  

Peace!

HAPPY SABBATH + Hope Brings Us Joy And Peace!

A Person Without Hope 

Is 

Like A Boat That Won't-Can't Float: 

Both Are Going Down! 

Beloved, 

Look At The Shooting Star! 

Where Is It Going!?! 

Is It Able To Go Back To The Once Appointed Place 

And 

Continue On Its Formerly Appointed Track!?! 

No! 

Can Water Hope To Fall ... Up!?! 

Uhhh, Nope! 

If We Choose To Take Up Our Appointment With The Lord Of Life

We Have Every Reason To Get Up And Git 

Aka Go About Our Master's Business Knowing That 

He Has Already Handled Ours! 

Dear Ones, 

When Our Lives Are In The Master's Hands

We Have ... We Know ... We Do ... We Are ... We Grow 

And

It Shows This Rude, Wild, And Wicked World 

What The Lord Jesus Christ ... The Author Of Hope

Does In The Life Of One Who Calls Him, Creator, Lord, God

King, Redeemer, Friend

Hope

Help 

And

Sure Salvation! 

Jesus Christ Cannot Save What Is Destroyed: 

What Is Destroyed Needs No Savior! 

Remember The Great Flood In Noah's Time!

Remember Sodom And Gomorrah!

Remember, Remember 

Don't Ever Forget ... 

People Will Be Destroyed For Lack Of Knowledge! 

We, As Faithful Christians, Know The Word 

So Let Us Live The Life Of The One Who Calls Us 

To Hope In Him! 

Never, Ever, Forget That 

Hope Brings Us Joy And Peace! 

Jesus Christ ... The Only One Righteous

Is 

Peace ... Our Perfect Peace!

Peace!

Hope In God And

     Obey The Word And

 Pray For Faith To

                    Endure The Testing Time! 

The Guardian ... Our Guide ... Is Our God Alive!

When Your Greatest Enemy 

Is 

Both Deceiver And Destroyer

You Have Real Problems! 

When Your God 

Is 

Real And Alive

And 

He Is Both Savior And Sanctifier

And 

Is Known To Be The Shepherd Of Rest 

And 

Shield Of Defence

And 

Is The Only And True Redeemer Of Fallen Man 

And 

Can't Lose A Faithful Servant

Your Greatest Enemy Has Effectively Lost His Prey

And 

Now Has Himself An Enemy He Can't Shift

And 

A War That He Can't Win

At A Time That He Can't Determine

At The Cost Which He Must Pay

For A Prize That He Doesn't Want 

And

Which He Cannot Refuse! 

Beloved, 

Remember Why You Are Whose You Are 

And 

Use Your Gift Of Faith

Your Willing Obedience

And 

Your Voice In Song 

To Cheer You On The Way To Hill Zion! 

Please Remind Yourself That Jesus Christ 

Is 

Your Guardian And Your Guide 

To And Through Life 

And

Unwaveringly Trust Him To Take You Safely Home!

Please Do Not Be A Candle Under A Basket 

Nor A Candle In The Wind:

Boldly, Faithfully, Patiently, And Enduringly

Abide In The Lord 

And 

Be Forever Blessed! 

Peace!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Oh, The Pain!

Sin Is A Sexy Siren

Singing A Scintillating Song

Sure To Send The Sinful Skyward

Satisfied With Skirting Around Salvation

Sure To Have Scheming Satan

Salivating That 

Another Soul Would Be His Before Long! 

Desire Is Deceiving

Drawing One Into The Dragon's Dark Domain

Where Deceit, Discord, And Destruction

Are The Deceived One's Reward

His Long-Desired Gain! 

Greed Is A Grip Guaranteed 

To Grind The Glutton

Into Gruel

So That The Gainsayer Satan

Can Joyfully Flush Him Away! 

Beware! Beware! 

Regret Is That Vision Most Cruel! 

"I Feel Your Pain!" 

"No, You Don't! 

"I've Been There!"

"Oh, Please! Get Real! 

Unless We Share The Same Body

You Have No Idea What I've Been Going Through 

So Don't You Dare Tell Me That My Pain Is Nothing

To Deal With It

And With It Get Through!" 

Beloved,

Could You Imagine Telling The Lord That 

His Pain For You Was Nothing 

Compared To What You're Feeling For Yourself!?! 

Can You Imagine Taking Morphine For Your Personally-Felt Pain 

While Minimizing What Our Savior Felt Cold Turkey 

When For Each One Of Us Personally

He Died The First 

And

The Second Death 

To Give Each One Of Us Personally And Individually

The Blessed Gift Of His Everlasting Life!?! 

Pain ... Like Life And Death

Has A Subject And An Object! 

Pain Points To A Problem In You

Which Is A Problem For You

Which Must Be Fixed For You 

Or

In Your Behalf! 

Pain Is A Symptom Of Sin 

Which Corrupted, Corrupts, Mortal Life! 

A Life Of And In Sin Results In Death! 

Jesus Christ Conquered Death To Give Us Life! 

A Life Lived In And For Jesus Christ

Shall See Everlasting Life 

Without Pain, Sin, And Death

So Please Take Our Blessed Jesus All Day, Every Day

And 

Sin Will Not Have Power Over You 

And

Neither Will The Second Death!

Physical Pain Is A Part Of Life! 

How Are You Feeling Today!?! 

Have You Been To Jesus!?! 

Peace! 

Joy Comes In The Morning!

Beloved, 

We Cannot Hope To Escape The Fiery Trials Of This Life 

If 

We Fix Our Gaze Upon Our Troubles 

And 

Refuse To Fix Our Mind ... And Our Hope 

Upon The Unfailing Promises Of The True And Living God! 

When We Focus On The Ground, We See Dirt! 

However, If We Cast Even Our Crying Eyes Heavenward

And 

Happen To See A Cloudy Or Stormy Sky

We Know Of A Surety That It Won't Rain Always

That The Sun Will Come Out Eventually

And 

If It Is Night, Joy Will Come In The Morning! 

Did Not Our Lord Christ Place His Rainbow Of Promise In The Sky 

Guaranteeing Us That 

He Will Keep His Word Never Again To Permit A Flood 

To "Wash-Out Our Play!" Aka Destroy The World!?! 

We Must Build Our Hope On Christ 

And 

His Unfailing Righteousness! 

May The Dear Lord Help Us Today To Not Look At What Is 

But 

To Fix Our Hopes On Him 

And 

All That He Would Have Our Lives To Be! 

Please Wittingly Stand On The Promises Of Almighty God!  

Please Dare To Hold To Almighty God's Unchanging Hand! 

Please Unwaveringly Choose To Trust The Heavenly Love Of 

The Living God Of Grace Who Inhabits Glory 

And 

Feels What You Feel

And 

Cries Over You! 

Peace!

Touch The Lord Christ Who Is Touching You!

No Matter What The Loud And Aggressive

The Rich And The Well-Regarded

And 

The Proud And Profane Persons Of This World May Say To You

You Always, Always, Always Have The One Choice 

To Refuse To Lean On Your Own Corrupted Understanding 

And Instead 

Choose To Lean 

Upon The Bosom Of Jesus Christ Our Lord God Almighty 

And 

Deeply Draw Upon His Life ... His Love

And

His Wisdom Which Cannot Ever Fail! 

Beloved, 

When We Choose To Lean Upon Something Or Someone

It Is Because We Are "Comfortable" In Our Belief That 

They Are And It Is Strong, Secure

And 

Sure! 

The Problem, However, Is That 

We Ill-Advisedly Place Our Trust On Shaky Foundations

Tottering Walls

And 

Leaning Towers: 

So Much For Strength, Security, And Surety! 

Dear Ones, 

We Have Unfailing Grace 

To Bless Us To Repose Our Hopes, Trust, Faith, And Future 

On The "Thus Saith The Lord!" Who Created Us

Saves Us, Sustains Us

Leads, Feeds, Corrects, Comforts, And Carries Us

And 

Is Committed To Our Salvation, Sanctification

And 

Ultimate Redemption On The Great Day! 

By The Way

The Fact That The Nugget About The Disciple John 

Leaning On The Bosom Of Jesus Christ Who Loved Him 

Is 

Preserved In The Living Word 

Should Be A Special, Intimate, Infinite Comfort 

To Every One Of Us Believers Individually ... Personally: 

Whoever We Are Physically Touching 

Is 

Also Physically Touching Us! 

Dare To Lean On Aka Touch Jesus Christ Today! 

You Will Not Regret It! 

Peace!

A White-Robed Devil Is Still Evil!

The Character Of Christians As We Purport To Emulate 

And

Represent Our Lord Jesus 

Calls Our Credibility Into Question! 

Beloved, 

We Who Claim Christ As King And Lord Of Our Lives

The Captain Of Our Salvation

And 

Our Hope For Surpassing Glory 

Must Be Vigilant As Regards How We Walk, Talk, And Act 

So That The Messages That We Send To Our Observers

- Christian And Non-Christian - 

Do Not Cause Them To Be Put Off Desiring 

Our Lord Jesus Christ! 

Never, Ever, Forget That 

By Our Words, We Are Justified 

And

By Our Words, We Are Condemned! 

Strangely Stunning 

And 

Devastatingly Important 

Is 

The Fact That Our Actions Loudly And Clearly 

Speak The Truth About Who Is Our Guardian 

Our Life-Guide

And 

Our Stay Aka The One Who Keeps Us In The Way That 

We Personally Desire To Walk! 

A White-Robed Devil Is Still Evil! 

The Christ That We Emulate 

Was The Same Morning, Evening, Noon, And Night! 

He Was Loving, Gentle, Kind, And Caring! 

He Was Prayerful, Useful, Blessing, Giving, And Forgiving! 

He Inspired Hope And Provided Help And Healing 

And

Most Of All

His Loving-Kindness

His Words Of Wisdom Giving Direction 

And

Correction 

Inspired Positive Change In Those Who Genuinely Sought After 

The True And Living God! 

Dear Ones, 

Our Character Is Either A Knife Or A Spoon! 

By Almighty God's Great Grace

Let Us Be Spoons And Feed Someone With Food That 

Is 

Good For Them Today! 

Please Put On 

And

Live For The Lord Jesus Christ! 

Peace! 

Prayer For Ukraine

 

PRAYER:

Heavenly Father, 

We Thank You For The Gift Of 

Unfailing, Unshrinking, Faith That 

Removes The Spectre Of Doubt That 

Fogs Our Minds And Clouds Our Judgment 

In The Face Of War And The Clutches Of Cruel Death! 

In These Uncertain Times, Lord

In This Hour Of Trial

We Come With Hope, Believing The Word Of Truth

And Plead For Your Hand Of Healing 

Which Turns Bitterness Into Sweetness

Darkness Into Light

Ashes Into Beauty

And

The Certain Hope Into Glory! 

Lord, 

King Solomon Said That He Was A Child 

Not Knowing How To Go Out Or To Come In: 

We Join In This Sentiment 

And

Humbly Ask You To Take Control! 

Please Lead Us, Feed Us

Guard, Guide And Protect Us, Dear Lord

As We Faithfully, Enduringly

Follow After You Who Knows The Perfect Way 

And

Our End From Our Beginning! 

We Trust You, Lord

Because We Believe Your Word That Says 

All Things Work For Our Good! 

We Know That There Isn't Anything That

Happens To Us 

Which Will Surprise You

And

For This Reason, Father

We Ask That You Will Comfort Us

In All Our Present Distresses

And

Help Us To Rest, Strengthened, And Unafraid In You 

Even Though We're Perplexed And Tempest-Tossed! 

Please Speak Peace! 

Please Help Us To Remember That

Your Strength Is Made Perfect

In Our Weakness

And

Help Us To Let Go

And

Let You Take The Wheel!

Lord, Pity Us!

Please Help Us To Trust You And Believe

Hold Hope 

And

Heed The Counsels Against Doubt! 

Please Help Us To Not Be Double-Minded Because 

You Have Said That You Have Nothing 

To Give Anyone So Unstable, Like The Sea

Driven, And Tossed About! 

Thank You For The Shelter That Is 

The Arms Of The Eternal God! 

Please Help Us To Glory In The Cross Of Christ 

Which Bought Us New Life! 

We Confess And Repent Of Our Sins 

And Plead For The Promised Cleansing And Pardon 

As We Desire To Live With You In Paradise! 

Please Deliver Us, Lord, By Your Saving Grace! 

In Jesus Christ's Holy Name 

We Pray And, In Need, Humbly Plead! 

AMEN.

MONEY CAN'T BUY SALVATION: Soap And Water Can't Clean Sin!

Money Can Buy A Lot Of Things In This Life

But

It Can't Buy Class

A Conscience

Nor The Lord Christ! 

We Used To Sing A Song In Young People's Meeting 

Which Contained The Words: 

"If Salvation Was A Thing That Money Could Buy

The Rich Would Live But The Poor Would Die!" 

Thankfully, The Living God Is Not Impressed 

With Our Big Bucks

Or Our Intellect

Or Our Accomplishments 

And, Therefore

He Calls All Of Us Sinners 

And

Invites Us All To Come To Him For Cleansing

For Salvation

By His Saving Grace Known Full And Free! 

Big Or Little, Rich Or Poor, Free Or Slave

All Of Us, Everyone

Is 

Free To Approach The Throne Of Grace Humbly 

In Acceptance Of What Cannot Be Bought, Begged, Or Bartered!

Salvation Can't Be Bought: It's Not For Sale!

Salvation Can't Be Begged: It Is A Gift Of Undying Love!

Salvation Can's Be Bartered: We Have Nothing To Barter With!

What A Mighty And Good God We Serve! 

Beloved, 

Neither Dirty Clothing, Dirty Mind, Nor Prior Dirty Intentions 

Exclude Us From Reaching Out 

To Touch That Holy Hand Of Hope Offering Help And Healing! 

Please, I Beseech Us All

Do Not Permit Pride, Dirt, Or Present Shame For Past Events 

To Stop You From Accepting The Free Gift Of Life Everlasting 

In The Presence Of God Eternal! 

Soap And Water Is Able To Wash Away Everything But Sin 

So Get Thee Hence To Him Whose Innocent Blood 

Cleanses Us Of Every Sin Post Haste! 

You Will Not Be Rejected!

Peace!

Repentance Aka The U-Turn Of Life!

Repentance ... Just Like A U-Turn

Is 

Progressive! 

It Is A Change Of Mind 

Caused By A Change Of The Heart 

Which Leads To A Change Of Action Aka Direction! 

Beloved, 

There Was Once A Time When We Would Say That 

A Repentant Sinner Did A 360° Turn! 

This Was Until Wisdom Prevailed 

And 

Understanding Dawned 

And 

Knowledge Spoke Up And Noted That 

A 360° Turn Is A Circle 

Which Meant Doing As One Always Did 

But That 

A 180° Turn Resulted In A Complete Change Of Direction! 

Hallelujah, Wisdom! 

Thank You, Lord, For The Cautionary Tale Which Says: 

In All Your Getting

 Get Understanding! 

We Are Grateful, Lord

For The Knowledge Which Increases! 

Dear Ones, 

Turning Around ... Changing Direction

Without Having Your Chosen Life-Style Turned Upside-Down 

Changes Absolutely Nothing! 

Genuine Repentance Aka Repentance Of The Godly Sort

Means That Friends, Associates, Relationships

Tastes, Likes, Dislikes

And 

Our Reservation For Our Final Port Of Call 

Must Change! 

We Can No Longer Call Upon Christ 

And 

Do Like The Devil! 

Calling Upon Christ For Saving Truth 

And

Deliberately Acting Upon It 

Changes Our Life

Our Life-Style

And 

Our Character! 

Jesus Christ The Lord

Is 

The Truth 

And 

Living By And In The Truth 

Means Living For Our King Jesus! 

Let's Think About It! 

Let's Earnestly Pray About It

And

Let's Wisely Act Upon It 

Because 

Our Personal Future Depends Upon It! 

Peace!

Living For Jesus Christ Now

Is

Living A Life

That

Has Only Just Begun!