HAPPY SABBATH + Praying Is Not About I-Want And I-Feel! + PRAYER: Remember, Lord ...!

Beloved, 

Someone Is Praying For You! 

Our Dear Savior ... Just Prior To Walking The Way To Calvary

Fervently Prayed For His Disciples 

And 

For All Of Us Who Would Eventually Believe Upon His Name! 

Our Savior Cares And Still Prays! 

Our Savior Cried, Died

And

Ascended On High

And 

His Gospel Is Known Not To Be Pie In The Sky By And By! 

We Are Called To Willing Service 

And 

Praying In Faith For Self And For Others 

Is 

Part Of Our Service For Our Lord 

And 

Part Of Our Caring For Our Own Souls! 

Let Us Remember That 

Praying Is Not A Shopping List Of I-Wants And I-Feels 

Nor Is It A Laundry List Of I-Know But ... 

Why Can't I Even Though ... 

If You Will I Won't ... 

And 

Gimme Now And I'll Never Ask Again! 

Let Us Ardently Say As We Pray: 

Thank You, Father!

Bless You, Lord!

Praise Your Name!

Draw Me Nearer!

Help Me Never To Profane Your Name

And 

Remember The Brethren Near And Far

Brother, Sis-Sis, Mami, Papi 

And 

Uncle Sam And Old Aunt Jane

The Prisoner

The Patient In Bed

And 

The Impatient In Spirit! 

Remember, Lord, Those Who Over Us Rule! 

Bless, Guide, And Teach Them 

So That They Won't Act The Fool 

Or Be Satan's Cheap, Disposable, Tool! 

Remember The Ministers Of The Gospel

Guarding The Flock 

And 

Help Them Not To Love Money 

So That They Won't Sell Out The Saints 

So That They May Buy Bonds And Stocks! 

We Pray Also For The Outpouring

And

Indwelling Of The Holy Spirit

The Protection Of The Holy Angels

The Salvation Of Lost Souls

And 

The Soon Return Of Our Savior! 

Please Help Us To Pray Without Ceasing!

Father, 

We Pray For Peace! 

We Pray For Knowledge Increase

And

With Hearts Filled To Overflowing With Love

We Pray For Safe Passage

To The Kingdom Of Light Above! 

AMEN!!! 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: The Prayer Of Faith Is A Moving Elevator!

If Man Shall Not Live By Bread Alone 

But By Every Word That Comes From God

And

Jesus Christ Is The Word Of God Who Taught Us To Say: 

"Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread" 

And

Requested Us To Pray Without Ceasing

And

To Pray And Not Faint

And

Prayer Is As Our Necessary Food 

And

We Must Eat Every Day

Does It Not Stand To Reason That 

We Should Pray Every Day For The Outpouring 

And 

Indwelling Of The Holy Spirit Of Truth!?! 

Beloved, 

Praying Does Not Bring Almighty God Down To Us 

But

Lifts Us Up To Almighty God 

And 

Changes Us As We Await 

The Change Of Our Then Circumstance! 

Humble, Heartfelt Prayer Is An Elevator! 

Humble, Heartfelt Praying Is A Moving Elevator

And

A Mood Elevator! 

The Helper Is Here ...

The Holy Spirit Takes Our Less Than Perfect Mouthings 

- Uttered With Unclean Lips Via The Heart Of Faith - 

And

Transcribes Them With Groanings Which Cannot Be Uttered 

And 

Makes Them Suitable For The Ear Of The Holy God! 

We Need Jesus Christ Who ... For Love

Gave Us The Holy Spirit ... Of Truth

And

The Power To Pray

And

The Faith To Make The Transaction! 

Praying Without Faith

Is

A Noisy Abomination!

Remember, Remember 

Don't Ever Forget ... 

You Can't Beat The Omnipresent God's Loving Giving 

And 

You Can't Wear Out His Ability 

To Give You Good And Perfect Gifts!

 

Seek The Lord Of Love And Life 

In Unwearied, Faithful, Praying! 

Endeavor ... By Saving Grace

With Mercy Available And Free

To Tirelessly Knock At His Door Of Plenty 

And 

Persistently Ask For What You Need! 

Don't Seek To Feed Your Greed: 

Let The Holy Spirit Lead! 

Pray For Holy Spirit Power Today! 

Pray Now! 

Peace! 

Faith Without Praying

Is

A Lie

And Is As

A Slow And Painful Death!

THE COMFORTER HAS COME: Humble Yourself In The Sight Of The Lord!

Without The Abiding Presence Of 

The Holy Spirit Of Truth Attending Us

Comforting Us

Teaching Us

And 

Feeding Us The Truth That Saves

Not One Of Us Will Know Aka Experience 

A Peaceful Existence! 

The Lord Jesus Said At His Departure

- After His First Advent -

That He Would Send Us Another Comforter! 

We Would Only Need Another Comforter 

If 

The First One Departed From Being With Us! 

We Would Only Need A Comforter 

If 

We Have Sorrow, Hurt, Shame

A Need That The Comforter ... Alone

Can And Does Heal! 

Beloved, 

Whatever Is Your Need

We Have The Power 

The Leave 

The Permission Of Our Maker

To Ask The Lord 

To Pour Out Of His Sweet Spirit ... By Measure ... Upon Us 

And 

Indwell Us Individually, Personally ... Intimately! 

Please, I Beseech Us All

Do Not Permit Tiny Terrors

Big Bills

Lost Loves

Failing Finances

Acute Anger

Lurching Loneliness

Worrying Weariness

Or Creeping Compromise 

And 

Gross Greed 

To Stay Your Heart From Humbling Yourself 

Before The Lord Of Love And Life 

To Ask Forgiveness

To Receive Cleansing 

And 

Experience Needed Comfort 

Without Which We Are Just Like Animals 

Awaiting Approaching Death! 

Dare To Choose Peace! 

Call Out And Pray For The Holy Spirit 

And 

Be Comforted

Be At Rest

Because

The Living God Glorious 

Is 

Waiting ... Willing ... Able ... Ready ...  To Help Thee! 

Peace With Almighty God

Is

To This Very Day

Still Free!

Greed For Gain!?!

The Message You Are About To Receive Is True!
No Names Have Been Changed
For No Guilty Human Is Innocent!

In AD-31 Jesus Christ
At The Order Of The High Priest
Was Betrayed By Judas Iscariot
His Friend And Companion
- Who Ate His Bread -
For A Measly 30 Pieces Of Silver!

At Today's Money Value
That's $3,000+/-

And

The Sale All Started With The Expedient:

"It Is Preferable That One Man Die ...!"

Imagine Heaven's Sorrow!

Caiaphas Did Prophesy
And 
With Greed For Gain As The Sin Stain
Eternal Motions 
Were Put In Irreversible Train!

AD-2019 ...

A Man's Soul ... For A Vote
Is 

Sold To The Highest Bidder
For What Is ... In Essence
A Mere ... A Measly ... Groat!

At Today's Money Value
That's $0.03 aka Three Cents!

Imagine Heaven's Horror!

Jesus Christ Died
To Save Mankind Defiled
So That ... Upon His Merit
Fallen Man Could Before The Father Appear
And That 
Without Trembling Fear!

The Shame Of It All

Is
That The Eternal God
Came To Reposition Man
To Appear Before The God Of All
Set Apart
Justified
Whether Man Believes It Or Not!

Blessed Is The Man Who Believes
And

Does Not Jesus Christ's Sacrifice Deny!

Problem Is ...

Faith Comes By Hearing
And
Hearing By The Word of The Lord
But
How Can Man Know Jesus Christ
When The Powers That Be ... Say
Personal Knowledge Of Christ
Is 

A Wicked Device
And
That Knowing Christ Is Not Necessary
To Get To Our Father God For Life
When To The Contrary
Jesus Christ Himself Said
That The Only Way To Get To His Father
Is 
To Go To The Father Through Him
And
In His Name!?!

Don't Borrow Sorrow!

Don't Reject Everlasting Life

And At The Revealing Reel In Horror!

People Need To Walk Wise!

People Need To Trust And Obey! 

True, True

But 

Many Christians Eat At Cafe Cut And Swallow

Bistro See And Feel

Cucina Name It And Claim It

And 

Refuse To Go To 

The Mega-Supermarket Buy, Cook, Sit, Eat And Enjoy Truth! 

Facing Facts ...

There is a Veritable Feast At The Table Of The Lord

Where Chewing Is A Requirement
But

Few Enjoy The Good Food 

Because 

Their Taste Buds Are Thoroughly Corrupted By Sin 

And

They Don't Want To Have Them Reconditioned 

By The One Who Is The Way 

And

Who Is Truth And Light

Leading To Eternal Life! 

I Hear That!
Change Is Necessary!

Here Is Love ...

We Are Not Left On Our Own To Die In Our Sin!

A Blind Baby Knows  
His Mother's Voice, Touch, Smell, And Feel! 
He Senses Her Love And Responds To Her Emotions
And 
He Knows That She Is Beautiful 
Because 
She Loves Him! 

We Should Always Be Willingly Responding To The Lord!

The Lord Loves Us More Than Our Mothers Do! 
He Cannot Forget Or Ignore Us 
Whose Gift Of The Indwelling Holy Spirit 
Blesses Us With A Continual "Look" At His Face! 

Even Blinded By Sin
We Know The Love Of Almighty God 
And 
Can See His Face ... Through Faith
In The Person Of Jesus Christ! 
Love For Our God 
Will Help Us Keep His Commandments!

Greed For Worldly Gain Is A Known-Demonic Device!

Yes, Indeed
So Do Not Permit Unprofitable Gain
To Deny You That Which 
Places You ... Perfected ... In Paradise!

HAPPY SABBATH + Wither The Holy Spirit!?!

Let Us Consider This Statement:

When The Lord God Removes
The Comfort Of His Holy Spirit
From The Human Vessel
Strange Things Happen
And 
The Human Heart
Becomes Vile And Very Cruel!

King Saul Comes To Mind!
Herod The Great!

There's Also The Situation With Samson The Strong

Who Became Samson The Weak! 

Good Point Indeed! 

Now ... Wouldn't The Reverse Be Also True
As In When The Lord Pours Out His Spirit?!

Take For Examples Such Saul-Apostle Paul
Ruth
Joseph
Jacob-Israel

Gideon

Jephtha

Samuel

Interesting!

With The Spirit Of The Living, Loving, Holy God

Men ...! 

.... And Women And Children, Too!!

Point Taken! 

With The Spirit Of The Living God

Men Women Children

All Who Will To Believe

Love Trust Honor Worship And Obey

Have ... Given Into Their "Hands" 

Power

To Walk Right And Live Holy Lives

On The Glorious King's Highway! 

Now, Let's Go Forward One More Step:

Have You Ever Thought About
What It Means To Quench Something!?!

I Quench My Thirst With Ice Cold Water On A Hot Day!
It's Totally Refreshing!

If You Quench A Fire
A Candle
A Coal
What Does That Mean!?!

To My Understanding
It Means That You Kill The Flame
Extinguish The Fire
Turn Off The Light
Get Rid Of The Heat
Make It As though It Has Not Been
Send It Into Nothingness!

So Does That Not Mean That 
Quenching The Holy Spirit Of Almighty God
Putting Out The Light
Excluding Him ... By Whom We Are Sealed
Against The Great Day Of God's Vengeance
Is
To All Intents And Purposes
Cutting Ourselves Off From Truth
Light Life Hope Help Healing
Direction Correction Protection
Grace Faith
Forgiveness
Salvation Redemption
Blessing
Peace And Rest!?!

That's A Mighty Long List
And From Where I Stand
There's Nothing On It That 
We Can Afford To Give Up

Under Any Circumstance!

Well Said!

Let's Go For A Walk ...

I Wonder How Many Of Us Realize That
The Holy Spirit In Us
Is
The Actual Power 
And 
The Actual Presence Of Almighty God
And
That That Is Why It Is The Unpardonable Sin
To Blaspheme The Holy Spirit Of Truth
And
Why There Is No Forgiveness For This Sin!?!

We Are Treading On Dangerous Ground
When We Self-Indulgently Ignore 
The Promptings Of The Holy Spirit!

We Are Treading On Exceedingly Dangerous Ground
When We Chase Away The Holy Spirit From Our Lives
By Wittingly Choosing To Listen To Satan!

We Can Take For Our Examples Balaam And King Saul
Disciple Judas
Korah And The Princes Of Israel
And
Achan ... The First Child Born In The Desert

I Have Often Wondered Why Jesus Said
All Manner Of Blasphemies May Be Forgiven
But Never, Ever, Blasphemy Against The Holy Spirit!
Now I Have The Reason!

I Had Never Thought About It Like That
But Now I Truly Understand That:

"I Have The Power!"

I Truly Have Almighty God In My Heart
And I Can Withstand The Wiles Of The Devil
Because
Almighty God With Me Makes The Majority!

We Really, Truly, Have An Amazing Blessing
And We Do Not Appreciate How Great It Is!

Imagine ...

Almighty God
In The Person Of His Holy Spirit
Is 
Available To Me
A Child Of The Dust
A Repentant Sinner
A Child Of The King
A Servant Of The Father
A Student Of Christ
A Traveler To Zion
Because
I Believe
I Love
I Trust
I Have Faith
I Walk With Hope
I Pray
I Give Praise
I Honor Him
And
I Obey!

I Can Endure Anything At All
Because
I Can Say With The Saints

Live Out Thy Light Within Me

Thou, Jesus, King Of Kings!

You Are Indeed The Answer

To All My Questionings!

I Just Now Made The Connection

To Jesus Christ Saying To His Disciples

And The People ...

Good Catch!
It's Good To Know That Even Now
We Can Still Learn Something From The Word
And
Not Become Complacently Inured To Its Treasure Store!
Get Used To It
Because
We Will Be Learning For All Eternity!

We Are Blessed ... And Don't Even Know It!
We Are Loved ... And Don't Even Show It!
We Are Growing ... And Don't Even Seem To Know It
So
How About We Let Us Grow Up To Show Up
In The Kingdom Of Glory
So That We Don't By The Laziness Of Unbelief
Blow It!

It Is Time For A New Page!

It's Time To Write A New Chapter
- With Real Understanding -
Showing ... For Real
That We Believe That

We Are The Temple Of The Living God

That We Are Bought Without Silver Or Gold

That We Have Hope

That We Have A Home

That Jesus Christ Truly Belongs To Us

That We Are, Indeed

Part Of The Family Of God!

Indeed!

We Have To Be Family
Because
There Is No One In Their Right Mind
Who Will Willingly Choose 
To Live With Strangers!

We Are God's Family
And
It Is Time That We Start Acting That Way!

Lord, Help Us!

He Will Help Us
But
We Need To Step Up To The Always Blessed Plate
And
Take A Satisfyingly Big Bite Of 
The Always Good-For-You Food!

You Know, Brethren
The One Take-Away We Should All Have From This
Is 
That Faith Places God Almighty In Us
- Our Hope For Glory -
And
We Can Defeat Any And Every Enemy
If
We Act With Holy Boldness
In The Faith Received Of
Our Lord Christ!

Perhaps This Is Why So Many Of The Martyrs
- Burned At The Stake -
Went To Their Graves ... Singing!

Brethren,
They Had The Power
And 
They Used It!