Humility Is A Sword And A Shield!

Humility ... Like Faith

Is 

A Shield Of Protection 

And

A Sword Of Defence For The People Of God! 

Beloved, 

If  The Lord Jesus Christ

The Only Begotten Son Of The True And Living God

Humbled Himself Before The Very Ones That He Created 

So That By His Actions 

We All Could Be Blessed And Saved

What In The Name Of All That Is  Holy 

Is Wrong With Us Mere Mortals That 

We Cannot Humble Ourselves And Pray

And Turn From Our Wicked Ways 

So That The Lord Will Hear Our Prayers 

And Forgive Our Sin And Heal Us!?! 

When We Seek The Lord

It Is Guaranteed That We Will Find Him 

If 

We Seek Him With Whole And Humble Hearts! 

What Will We Gain If We Go Before The Lord Of Life 

With A Chip On Our Shoulder 

Or With The Attitude Like High Priest Eli 

Saying, In Essence, That 

The Lord Will Do What He Will Do!?! 

Humble-Pride Is Not A Thing! 

When You Know That You Are In Error

Choose To Bow Your Head  In Humility

Admit Your Guilt

Repent

And

 With Contrite Heart

Make Your Request For Forgiveness 

And 

Receive The Attendant Cleansing! 

Learn From Others  ...

Satan Wouldn't Bow In Humility: 

He Is Guaranteed To Burn With His Foolish Pride Intact! 

With Wisdom 

And 

In True Humility

Let Us Renounce Sin! 

Do Not Be Lifted Up In Pride:

Lift Up The Lord Jesus Christ! 

Peace!  

Pride Is Poison + PRAYER: Father, Please Help Us To Humble Ourselves!

It Is Significant To See Righteousness And Unrighteousness

Faithfulness And Faithlessness 

And 

Pride And Humility 

So Starkly Compared And Contrasted! 

Beloved, 

We Are To Live By Faith 

While Lovingly Humbling Ourselves Before The Lord Christ 

Who Will Lift Us Up In His Day Of Appointment 

Just As He Lifted Up Jacob, Joseph, Job, And Moses! 

We Are Not To Lift Up Ourselves 

In Pride And With Arrogance Like Lucifer: 

It Didn't Work Out For Him 

And

It Will Not Work Out For Us! 

We Love To Say With The Worldly-Wise That 

Man Appoints And God Disappoints 

But 

If We Look Closer

We Will Clearly See What Manner Of Defeat, Disaster

Destruction, And Deviltry Exists 

When Man Appoints Man

And 

Man Anoints Self! 

The Humble, Faithful, Servant Of God

Is

Always A Blessing To Mankind!

Pride Is Poison 

And 

Self-Aggrandizement Is Terminal Disease 

And

Neither Has A Place In The Heart Of 

The Committed-To- Christ Christian! 

Dear Ones, 

The Only Lifting Up We Should Be Doing 

Is 

Lifting Up Our Souls To The Lord

Lifting Up Our Hands In Worship And Praise

Lifting Up Our Brethren

And 

Lifting Up Our Bibles And Our Spoons 

As They Convey To Our Bodies 

Our Very Necessary Daily Food! 

Pride Decimates! 

Faith Elevates 

And 

Humility Opens The Flood-Gates Of Blessing! 

PRAYER:

Heavenly Father, 

Please Help Us Today

To Humble Ourselves Before You On Earth

Your Footstool

So That You Will Lift Us Up To Heaven

Your Throne

On The Glad Day That You Have Set! 

Amen!!! 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Mercy Is Free For Me And Thee!

How Often Have We Wanted, Needed, Desired Something 

But 

Didn't Receive It 

Because 

We Didn't Choose To Humble Ourselves Enough To Ask For It!?! 

Too Often, I Dare Say! 

Beloved, 

We Are Instructed 

To Approach Boldly The Throne Of Grace That 

We May Obtain The Available Mercy! 

If We Don't Ask For Almighty God's Mercy

Then We Will Not Find His Free-To-All Grace

That Unmerited Favor

The Divine Power To Help Us In Our Time Of Need 

Which Is Every Day That Live And Breathe! 

If You're Proud, Humble Yourself! 

If Your Dumb, Speak In Your Heart

Write A Note

Talk Your Talk To The Lord! 

Remember That We Don't Pray As We Ought To 

So, In Mercy, The Holy Spirit Intercedes For Us 

With Groanings Which Cannot Be Uttered! 

Our Joy 

Is 

To Ask 

And 

Almighty God's Love Always Answers With What Is Best For Us 

And

Delivers More And Better Than We Could Have Ever Asked

Anticipated Or Expected! 

Mercy Is A Truly Beautiful Word, Concept, Construct, That 

We Should Gladly Accept 

And

Generously Apply! 

Mercy: 

Meeting 

Each 

Request With 

Compassion For Every 

Yearning Soul

There Is Forgiveness, Benevolence

And 

Kindness Within The Lord's Mercy 

So Big-Up Yourself By Showing Yourself Small

Helpless, Sinful

Needy

Repentant, Reconciled, Redeemed

Blessed! 

Please Put Arrogance And Pride Out Of Your Heart-House 

And 

Actively Seek Kindness From Jesus Christ The Lord! 

May The Blessings Of The Lord Make You Rich Today 

And 

Forever! 

Peace! 

Don't Be At Odds With Almighty God!

How Does One Pray For A Presumptuous Person 

Who Knowingly, Maliciously, Energetically

Aggressively Indulges In Evil-Doing 

While They Gloatingly Say That This Is Who They Are 

And

That They Can't Change!?! 

Only The Living God

May Say:

I AM That I AM!

The First Thing To Note Is That 

The Only Being That Cannot Change 

Is 

Almighty God 

So That Must Mean That That Person Is Almighty God! 

The Problem With That Assumption, Though

Is 

That Almighty God Does Not Do Evil 

So Whoever This Cannot-Change Person Is

They Are A Fraud ... A False God 

And As Such 

They Are Putting Themselves At Odds With The Eternal God 

Who Has Clearly Stated That 

We Should Have No Others Gods But The Lord! 

Beloved, 

We Must Tread Softly Before The Living God! 

When The Ark Of God Almighty Was Placed In The Temple Of 

The Philistine Fish-God, Dagon

It Came To A Destructive End With It Being Toppled Over 

And 

With Its Head And Hands Severed! 

Who Can Live Without A Head!?! 

How Do We Pray For "Motivated" Evil-Doers!?! 

By The Grace Of The Eternal God

We Pray For Their Deliverance From Destruction And Death 

By Them Humbly Giving 

Their Own Willing Confession And Repentance Of Their Known Sin! 

We Pray That They Will Cooperate With Christ 

By Letting The Holy Spirit Do His Necessary Work In Their Life! 

I Pray To Almighty God That 

None Of Us Are Counted Amongst The Unrepentant 

In The Day Of The Settlement Of Accounts 

With Jesus Christ The Lord! 

Dear Lord, 

Please Help Us To Yield To You

And

Be Wholly Thine! 

AMEN!!! 

Peace Be Upon You!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Sorry-Not Sorry Ain't Christian!

We Ask The Lord For Pardon 

By Saying That We Are Sorry 

But

There Will Be No Pardon For Us 

If 

Our Sorry ... Our Penitence

Contains No Corresponding Humility! 

Beloved, 

Why Would You Say: 

"I Am Sorry!" 

When In Truth And Fact You Are Not!?! 

You Insult The One To Whom You Apologize 

And

Show That Your Credibility 

Is 

Definitely Not In Stock! 

Why Dimish Yourself In This Way Vulgar 

By Using Your Voice In The Manner Crude 

Including Going So Far As To Repent To Almighty God

Using The Faith And Name Of Christ Jesus

When You Know That You're Nothing But A Snot-Nose Fraud!?! 

I Am Genuinely Sorry To Use Such Strong Language 

But

This Behavior Cannot Go Unremarked 

Because

You Place Yourself In The Unenviable Position Of 

Having The Lord Cause You To Be Thrown Into The Outer Darkness! 

Jesus Christ Was Always Humble

Not Given To The Airs And Graces Of Putrid Pride

And

There Is No Way I Tell You Plain And Straight That 

Within The Pearly Gates You Will Abide 

With That Unregenerate Attitude Cozied Up On Your Insides! 

If You're Sorry, Be Sorry

But 

If You're Not, You're Not

So Don't Add Insult To Injury By Adding Perjury 

Because

In So Doing

By The Lord God Almighty

You Shall Surely Be Denied! 

Be Wise! 

Sorry-Not Sorry 

Is Not 

A Part Of The Christian's Bonafides! 

Let An Actively Working Conscience 

Be Your Choice Constant Companion 

And 

On-Board, On-Duty, Faithfully-Enduring Guide! 

Against Satan

And 

In Jesus' Christ Holy Name

Turn Deceit And Destruction's Rip Tide! 

Peace! 

HAPPY SABBATH + At The Border Of Change!

Walking To The Border Of Change In The Valley Of Decision 

Is Not 

A Journey For The Self-Sufficient 

Or For Those Who Know Not How To Be Humble, Meek! 

Living Wisdom Says: 

He Who Knows Not

And

Knows Not He Knows Not

He Is Fool: 

Shun Him!

He Who Knows Not

And

Knows He Knows Not

He Is A Child: 

Teach Him!

 

He Who Knows

And

Knows He Knows

He Is A Wise Man: 

Follow Him! 

Our God Eternal Is All-Knowing

So Let Us, As Believers, Adopt The Persona Of A Child 

And

Permit Our Father To Teach Us All That We Need To Know 

So That We Will Have The Sense 

To Follow His Leading At The Border Of Change 

So That We Will Cross The Valley Of Decision Safely 

And 

Reach The Promised Land Unscathed! 

Beloved, 

A Self-Sufficient Person 

Will Never Court Humility Or Meekness 

In Order To Ask For Much Needed Help! 

Since We Are Warned Against 

Leaning On Our Own Understanding

And 

Doubting That The Lord Himself Is Able To Help Us

It Stands To Reason That Anyone Smelling Of Self 

Will Have No Need Of The Savior! 

Please Don't Fall Into Satan's Well-Set Trap Of Pride! 

We Need The Lord Jesus Christ

And

We Need To Be Rid Of 

The Deadly Influence Of Satan, King Fraud! 

Meekness And Gentleness

- The Opposite Of Pride -

Were Good Enough For Our Dear Jesus 

In His Earthy Sojourn

So They Must Be Good Enough For Us! 

Please Exercise Your Daily Gift Of Faith For The Day

Or You Will Not The Great Gates Of Pearl Enter In! 

Change Must Come: 

Dump Self 

And 

Dump Sin For The Eternal Win! 

Be Your Heavenly Father's Well-Beloved

Obedient, Trusting, Child! 

Peace!

HAPPY SABBATH + Hold Hope In Christ Or Handle Hell With Satan!

A Humble, Praying, Saint 

Makes Proud Satan's Knees Weak! 

Beloved, 

We Must Go Through Present Peril 

To Get To Everlasting Peace! 

We Must Overcome Sinning 

To Arrive At Sanctification! 

We Must Overcome Ungodly Fear 

To Enjoy Freedom In Christ! 

We Must, By Grace, Conquer Our Heart 

If We Will Rule Our Head! 

We Must Hold Hope In Christ 

Or We Will Handle Hell With Satan! 

We Must Deny Ungodly Passion 

Or Die In Satanic Pride! 

We Cannot Seek The Savior 

And 

Also Serve Self! 

When We Mind The Master 

We Will Master Our Mind! 

When We Trust The Lord Aka The Truth 

We Will Be Truthful In Our Trusting! 

We Are Blessed With Daily Faith 

And 

Our Faithfulness Blesses Us Daily! 

Dear Ones, 

Our Blessed Savior Has Done The Hard Work For Us 

And

By Enduring Faith Which Works By Love

We Will Reap The "Sweets" Of Sure Salvation!

We Must Do Our Part

And

Trust And Obey! 

Please Remember, However, That 

Almighty God's Saving Grace 

Does Not Cover 

Unrepentant Man's Unconfessed Greed 

And 

Presumptuousness! 

Do Not Tempt The Lord! 

There Is No Balancing Act 

Or Fence Riding 

In Christ's Christianity: 

It's All In Or All Out! 

Earthly Riches Are Not A Safety Net: 

Jesus Christ Is! 

Therefore, Let Your Motto Be: 

It Is Best To Wear Out In The Service Of The Savior 

Than To Burn Up Through Being Served By Satan! 

Be Wise For Your Own Self: 

We Are Overcomers In Christ Jesus ... Alone! 

Peace! 

YOUR OPEN INVITATION: Ask The Lord Christ ...!

Strict Obedience! 

     Working Faith! 

           Ready Willingness! 

Complete Trust! 

      Unfeigned Worship! 

          Joy-Filled Praise! 

Heartfelt Prayer! 

     Unwavering Endurance! 

Do You Have These Attributes!?! 

Have Lost Some And Gained Others!?! 

Do You Desire Them All To Use Them

In The Service Of Him Who Is Our All And All!?! 

Beloved, 

Our Attitude Will Either Bless Or Blight! 

When We Look Down Despairingly At Dirt 

And 

Look Around Wonderingly At The Disgusting

We Tend To Despondently Look Inward 

Instead Of Hopefully Looking Upward To The Lord! 

When We Are Not Grateful About The Hurdles That 

We Have Overcome By The Lord's Ever-Sufficient Grace

We Deal In Man-Feelings 

And 

Not In The God-Facts Aka Truths In The Living Word! 

Babies Are Amazing As They Learn To Walk! 

They Crawl, Stand, Step

Fall

Get Up, Stand Up, Step Off

Fall Over

Yelp In Frustration

Set Their Hearts With Conviction

Stand Up With Determination

Ignore Possible Humiliation

And Suddenly

Walk With Jubilation! 

We, As Parents, Teach Our Babies These Necessary Skills: 

Physicians!?! 

Let's Heal Ourselves! 

If You Are Able To Teach A Clean-Slate Mind

You Are Well Able To Utilize What You, Yourself, Already Know 

For Your Own Blessing 

By Our Lord's Gifts Of Unfailing, Momentary, Grace 

And

Daily Faith! 

If You Lack Wisdom

Ask The Lord For His Liberal Blessing 

Knowing That You Will Not Be Chastised! 

Boldly, Humbly ... Prayerfully 

Make Your Requests Known Unto God: 

You Have The Open Invitation! 

Peace!

Resilience!

In Primary School

We Were Rigorously Taught: 

"If At First You Don't Succeed

Try, Try, Again!" 

These Are Good Words To Live By 

And

Surprise, No Surprise

This Sentiment Is Plainly Expressed 

In The Living Word Of Truth! 

Beloved, 

A Baby Doesn't Learn To Walk In A Day

A Toddler Is Neither Potty-Trained Nor Speaks Plainly 

In An Hour

And 

Neither Does A Kindergartener Learn To Write Fluidly 

In Five Minutes! 

We Are Justified ... Made Right With Our God

In The Instant That We Humbly

Truthfully

Accept Jesus Christ As Savior, Lord, God, And King 

But

Being Sanctified

Set-Apart For Holy Use

Attaining Unto The Mind Of Christ

Being Regenerated In The Image Of God

Is 

The Solid Work Of A Lifetime! 

We Are Prone To Sinning By Nature 

But

We Are Nurtured To Holiness By The Holy Spirit 

Moment By Moment Of Each Day

As And When We Choose To Completely Cooperate 

With Our Lord Christ! 

Please, I Beseech Us All

Choose Endurance

Resilience

Stick-To-Itiveness

If You Desire To See Jesus Christ In Perfect Peace! 

Pray, Plead, And Plod On! 

By Saving Grace

Try To Reach Higher Heights Daily

Trust The Savior Wholly And Solely

And 

Live By Truth Absolutely! 

Get Up From Setbacks 

And

Get On With Living For Jesus! 

Peace! 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Control Is Cream For The Proud And Greedy!

Pride And Greed Go Together 

And 

They Are Poor Substitutes For Love: 

They Lead To Planned Sin! 

The More Pride We Display

The Less Love We Enjoy! 

The More Greed We Incubate

The More Pride We Activate! 

Beloved, 

All Who Take Pleasure In Pride And Greed 

Will Ultimately Utilize Pressure And Force 

To Get Their Own Way

To Inflict Their Will Upon Others! 

Think! 

Our Dear Savior Saves! 

He Made The Way For Us To Be Saved 

But 

He Cannot Save Us Until We Acknowledge That 

We See Our Obvious Danger

And In Godly Fear

Recognize That He, Alone, Is Able To Save Us

And In Faith

Call On Him For His Saving Grace, His Saving Power

And In Need

Humbly Reach For His Outstretched Hand Of Help And Healing! 

Jesus Christ Aka Love 

Is 

Not Proud

And 

He Is Not Greedy For Converts! 

He Knows All Who Are His Very Own! 

Our Dear Jesus Invites Us To His Side 

So He Has No Need To Use Force 

To Bring, Bend, And Bind Us To Him

And Thereby 

Usurp Our Free-Will 

And 

Freedom To Choose To Accept His Will Or Not! 

Our Jesus Has Manners: Satan And His Kind Do Not! 

Present Comfort

Does Not Equal Future Peace ...

Even In The Face Of Unchained Unkindness

Never Permit Anyone To Force Your Will 

And 

Never Give In To Wickedness 

To Receive A "Little Comfort" Now For Your Body! 

The Wickedness Of Pride And Greed 

Is 

Never Satisfied With A Little Bit

Since Control Is Their Cream! 

Brethren, Beloved

Please Accept Jesus Christ's Perfect Gift Of Love 

And 

Let Satan's Pride And Greed Be What They Are ... Damned!

Peace! 

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!

Giving Thanks! For All Things!?! + Prayer

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

It Is A Good And Wonderful Thing To Be Thankful

To Bless Almighty God In Jesus Christ's Holy Name

For All The Bounties We Receive

The Most Of Which Our Minds Didn't Think 

The Request To Conceive! 

We Give Thanks For The Pleasures

The Treasures

The Good Days

The Days Great 

But

Brethren Beloved,

Let Us Dare Today 

To Give Thanks For The Challenges

The Tests

The Trials That By The Worldly-Wise 

We Are Told That We Should Hate! 

PRAYER:

Dear Lord, 

We Humbly Thank You For The Difficulties We Face 

Which We Know Are For The Perfecting Of

Our Christian Character 

Which Will Have Us Ready To Meet You

In Perfect Peace! 

We Are Thankful Always

For Food, Family, And Friendship

And

Even The Few Foes

Who Drive Us To The Throne Of Grace

Into The Hands Of Him Who

Our Every Need Knows! 

Please Remember Our Brethren

By Blood, Faith, And Affection

And

Keep Us All In Your Holy Care 

As We Await The Glad Day Of Our Elevation 

To The Land Of The Blest 

Where We Shall No More Be Reckoned 

As Being Among The Least! 

Thank You For This Blessed Day's Feast! 

Please Bless Us To Be Humble, Faithful

Giving, Kind, And Ever True

As We Diligently Seek

To Become More And More Like You! 

Thank You, Lord

For Always Being So Very Good To Us! 

We Love You! 

Please Come For Us Soon! 

AMEN!!!

SELF: You Can't Fool Me Again!

Dear Me Looking Back At Me In The Mirror, 

I Am Ashamed Of You 

For Boldly Lying To Me 

By Telling Me That I Have No Sin 

And, Therefore

No Possible Reason To Make Daily Use Of 

The Confession And Repentance Requirement 

For Soul Salvation! 

How Could You!?! 

Your Rank Behavior Smells Decidedly Sulphurous 

And I Want No Part Of It! 

I Believe The Living Word Of The Eternal God 

As It Is Written 

And I Understand And Accept That 

I Sin Daily By Thought, Word, And Deed! 

You Are Not Fooling Me Again! 

By Almighty God's Word And My Personal Experience

I Know For Sure That He Is Not A Liar 

And That It Is In My Best Interests 

To Keep Short Accounts With The Court In Heaven! 

You Need To Die Daily! 

For This Reason

I Will Appreciate Your Keeping Your Mouth Closed 

And Permit The Word Of God To Speak Truth, Peace

Love, Joy, Life, Obedience

Wisdom And Patient Endurance

Through The Knowledge That 

The Dear Savior Has Made Available 

For My Education And Elevation! 

You Say That You Are "Me" 

But I Know That You Are Self-Serving Self: 

Do Me A Favor And Pass Me Like A Full Bus! 

Jesus Christ Is My Lord, My God And My King: 

You Work For Satan, King Fraud

And I Rebuke You In Jesus Christ's Holy Name! 

Please Take Pride Out Of Your Stony Heart

Bend Your Knee

Humbly Look Up To Jesus Christ 

Confess, Repent

And Pray To Live In The Light Of Life! 

Jesus Christ Saves Sinners: 

Make Peace With Almighty God! 

Raise Your Gaze:

I Choose To Bless My Own Soul 

And Trust In Jesus Christ My Lord!