VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Bold And Daring Confidence!?!

KJV Psalms 19:7, 11

7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.

11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.

Oh, How We As Faithful Christians Love To Talk About 

Encourage Yourself 

... But ... 

We Seem To Have A Great Reluctance To Do 

A Deep Dive Into Examine Yourself! 

Come On! 

'Fess Up! 

Guilty Or Not Guilty!?! 

Alright, Alright! 

I Am Guilty As Charged! 

Beloved, 

Think On This Thing: 

Do You Have A Bold And Daring Confidence 

In The Goodness And Grace Of Our Lord And God 

But 

Are Playing Fast And Real Loose With Your Required Obedience 

To His Immutable Aka Unchanging As In Fixed For All Eternity Laws!?! 

Been There, Done That! 

I've Got The Scars And The Tee-Shirtsss As Memorial Proof! 

Dear Ones, 

In This Light, Should We Not Think Of 

The Biblical Characters Who, Brazenly Contemptuous Of The Love Of God

Threw Away The Eternal Life Of Peace 

To Hold A Sensual Piece Of 

Fading, Dying, Temporal Aka Earthly Life!?! 

Remember Achan, Prophet Balaam

King Saul

Nabal

King Ahab And Queen Jezebel

King Herod

And

Ananias And Sapphira! 

And 

Lest We Forget To Remember

Even Those Whose Sin Was Covered Because Of Their Heartfelt Repentance

The Consequence Of Their Confessed Sin Remained In Place 

And

Was Executed 

And 

Had Far-Reaching Impacts On Themselves

Their Families 

And 

Their Nations! 

King David, King Solomon

And 

King Manasseh 

Readily Come To Mind! 

Please, I Beseech Us All

Do Not Live As A Wizard Of ID 

Aka Wizard Of Intentionality And Deliberation 

To Commit Known Sin Willfully 

In The Presence Of The Eternal God! 

The Promise To Pay 

Aka Check Cashing And Check Kiting 

Are In The Domain Of King Fraud 

And 

Are Not Part Of The Law Of The Lord! 

Trust Dead And Bad-Pay Killed Him 

So Be Prepared With Cash 

Aka Skin To Bray Aka To Pay 

When Indulging In Deliberate Sinning 

Because 

You Shall Surely Not Be Winning! 

Brethren, 

Please Slow Yuh Roll

Freely Choose By Faith To Ignore The Wicked Bold 

And

With Wise Ways

Enduringly Follow The Lord Jesus Obediently 

To Receive Your Inheritance 

In The Kingdom Where The Streets Are Pure Gold! 

The King's Law Is Love! 

Peace! 

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HAPPY SABBATH: Oh, To Have A Discerning Heart!

 

Discernment, A Discerning Heart Aka Mind 

Is 

The Gift That Almighty God Gave To King Solomon 

At Solomon's Request! 

Request Your Own! 

Discernment 

Is 

The Ability To Wisely Judge

To Clearly See The Difference Between Good And Bad Things 

Using Godly Wisdom 

And 

That Beautiful Hand-Maiden, Understanding

To Make A Good And Sound Judgment Call! 

Beloved, 

Everybody Is A Judge

A Critic

An Expert 

And

Everybody Is Wrong ... Dead Wrong

Unless Jesus Christ ... By His Holy Spirit

Has Got The Wheel 

And

Is In Control! 

Dear Ones, 

Let Us Cease From Being Everybody 

And 

Dare, With Humility, To Be Somebody

Aka Someone Whom The Lord May Use In His Service 

To Bless Others 

And

In So Doing, Bless Ourselves! 

Let Us Not Just Use Our Heads To Wear Hats

Or Only Use Our Eyes To Just Oogle The Pretties! 

May The Great God Of Heaven And Earth 

Enliven Our Lives 

And 

Enlighten Our Minds And Eyes 

So That We May See, Love, Live, And Share The Truth 

And

Deny And Defy The Father Of Lies

Despising His Lies And His Way Of Life

And

Let Us Dare To Show Others The Lord Of Life 

And

His Known Holy

Ever Good

Always Glorious Way! 

Spiritual Discernment ... 

Detect

Differentiate

And 

Discriminate 

In Favor Of The Divine Lord! 

Peace!

There Is No Death In Righteousness!

The Way Is Jesus Christ: 

He Is The One Righteous! 

The Pathway Is That Marked By Jesus Christ Himself! 

The Pathway Of Righteousness 

Is 

That Path For One's Feet 

Where It Is Impossible For One To Go Astray 

When One Moment-By-Moment Chooses 

To Faithfully Follow In The Footsteps Of Our Savior 

Doing What He Did

Speaking As He Spoke

Loving As He Loves

And 

Choosing To Let Your Conscience 

As Directed By The Holy Spirit Who Leads One Into All Truth 

Be The Sole Guide For Your Life In This Vale Of Tears! 

Beloved, 

Please Do Not Expect To Hear The Still Small Voice Of God 

In The Whirlwind

In The Earthquake

In The Fire

Or In The Multitudinous Voices Of The Self-Serving Sort! 

Dear Ones, 

When We Long For The Sights And Sounds Of 

Those Seeking Distraction From Sorry Self And Sordid Sin

The Clamor They Make Gives One The Impression That All Is Well! 

These Dear Souls

Purchased At Infinite Price With The Innocent Blood

Find No Peace In Quietness 

And As Such

See No Point To Being Still! 

Please, I Beseech Us All

Learn As King Solomon Learnt That 

A Life Lived By The Senses 

Is 

No Life At All 

But 

Vanity And A Vexation Of One's Spirit! 

Learn From The Prophet Elijah That 

It Is In The Stillness That 

We Will Hear The Lord  Speak! 

There Is No Life In Unrighteousness

And

There Is No Death In Righteousness! 

The Life Lived For Christ Has No End! 

Let's Live For King Jesus! 

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.

HAPPY SABBATH + STOP LOOKING FOR LOVE IN UNPROFITABLE PLACES: Keep Your Eyes!

There Is No Opportunity To Love Unwisely 

When We Love The Lord Jesus Christ In Whom Is No Variableness 

And 

No Specter Of The Demonic Device! 

Beloved, 

If We Are Truthful As All Christians Should Ever Be

We Will Admit To Having Loved And Lost

And

Have Felt Like The Recipient Of An Angry Horse's Brutal Kick! 

It Is Time That We Learn Once And For All Time That 

Love Is Not A Chemical Given To Reaction 

To Be Turned Up, Down And Off 

Depending On When And How The Recipient Of Our Affection 

Cooperates With Our Then-Current Emotion! 

Love 

Is 

A Decision That Does Not Depend On Atmosphere

Entertainment, Cash, Credit

Grief

Presence, Presents, Or Loss! 

Let's Stop Looking For Love In Unprofitable Places 

And 

Choose To Take The Lord At His Word: 

Put The Lord, First, Last, And Always

Depend Upon His Word

Follow After His Will

Walk In His Way

And

Wait Upon The Lord 

After You Have Asked Him To Provide Your Blessed Companion! 

Samson Loved The Pagan Delilah 

That Lying Money-Grubber Who Took His Eyes! 

King Solomon Loved Many Pagan Women 

Who Turned His Heart Away From The Lord! 

King Herod Loved The Vile, Blood-Thirsty Herodias 

Who Took Fore-Runner John's Head! 

Brethren, Beloved

Character Counts When Companions Call! 

Remember, Remember

Don't Ever Forget ... 

Your Life's Companion 

Will Either Help You To Get Home To Glory 

Or Book You A Free Ticket To Hell!

Samson And King Solomon Came To Their Senses: 

King Herod Did Not! 

Learn From The Errors Of Others 

And

Be Wise! 

Love Sees: 

Keep Your Eyes! 

Peace! 

One Disorder, Three Lives, Three Outcomes!

If I Knock On Your Forehead

Will You Cheerfully Answer The Front Door!?! 

If The Answer Is Not An Emphatic "Yes!" 

What, May I Ask, Is Eating You!?! 

The Frontal Lobe Of The Brain Deals With 

Our Spirituality Aka Our Need To Worship

Our Morality Aka Our Chosen Behavior

And 

Our Will Aka To Do Or Not To Do Right, Wrong, Dicey Or Disgusting! 

The Holy Word Says That 

In The Presence Of Two Or Three Witnesses

A Matter Should Be Established: 

King Saul, King Solomon, And Prophet Elijah Were All Depressed

Suffering From Stinking Thinking! 

Instead Of Being Obedient And Walking With The Spirit Of Truth

King Saul Went Rogue 

And 

Ended Up Playing Footsie With That Lying Spirit, Satan

And 

Effectively, Efficiently, Offed Himself! 

King Solomon Disobediently Went After Many Pagan Wives And Concubines 

And 

Also Did What Many Of Us Are Doing Today 

Aka He Tried Every "Pleasure" Until Pleasure Was Pain! 

He Hated His Life 

And

Called Everything Vanity And Vexation Of Spirit! 

King Solomon Eventually Came To His Senses 

And 

Was Converted 

But 

Took The Scars With Him To His Grave! 

Elijah ... Almighty God's Faithful Prophet

Was Hunted Down Like A Wild Dog 

By The Blood-Thirsty Pagan Queen Jezebel: 

He Ran From Her 

And 

He Wanted To Die! 

The Lord Gave Prophet Elijah  A Work To Do 

And

At Its Completion 

He Was Picked Up In A Fiery Chariot 

And 

Carried To Heaven: 

He Never Tasted Death! 

One Disorder

         Three Lives

                Three Outcomes! 

Dear Ones,

Depressed Or Not

We Have Our Sacrosanct Will With Which To Bless God: 

Please Let Him Take Control Aka Have Master-Control

And 

You Shall Know, Enjoy, Experience His Perfect Peace! 

PRECIOUS: The Lord God Almighty Doesn't Save Junk!

As Christians ... True Christ-Followers

We Are To Be Circumspect Aka Thoughtful, Cautious

In All That We Say And Do 

Because 

We Have The Desire To Avoid Mistakes, Missteps

And

Their Consequences! 

Remember, Confession And Repentance Cleanse From Sin 

But 

It Never Relieves Us Of Sins' Consequences! 

Beloved, 

King Solomon Has Warned Us Of 

The Fool Being Hasty In Speech And Action

Well-Given To "Fetching Up His Guts!" 

And 

Being Uncaring Of The Consequences!

This Is Not The Way Of The Child Of God 

Who Is Taught Of God 

And

Who Is The Beneficiary Of The Gift Of Wisdom From God 

And

Is Able To Use Understanding

To Apply Real Knowledge For True Profit! 

The Lord Christ Redeemed Us

Aka Bought Us Back, From Sin

Death, The Grave And Hell 

And

We, Faithful Christians

Are To Redeem, Buy-Back ... Take-Back 

Our Finite, Short, Time From Lawlessness

Carelessness, Uselessness

Wickedness, Deceitfulness

Indifference, Foolishness 

And 

All Such Unprofitable Behaviors! 

Every One Of Us Is Unique, Special ... Irreplaceable! 

If You Are Lost To The Kingdom Of God

Jesus Christ Is Irretrievably Harmed 

Because 

There Is No One Who Can Or Will Replace You! 

He Gave His Life To Save Our Lives! 

Let's Dare, By Working Faith, To Live Up To The Value That 

The Lord Jesus Christ Has Placed On Each One Of Us! 

Remember ...

The Lord ... Our Lord ... Doesn't Save Junk! 

Our Lord Christ Who Is God Almighty 

Saves That Which Is Precious:

That's You ... And Me, Too! 

Value Your Value To The Lord!

HAPPY SABBATH + Damn The Devil!

Yesterday, I Learned
Men Can Really Behave As Fools
AND
Women Can Be Enormously Wicked!

AND

Women Talk Too Much

AND

Are Too Concerned With The Wrong Things

AND
Men Need To Stand Up For The Right

AND

Say "NO!"  To The Wrong

AND

Mean It!

The Adam And Eve Scenario Rides Again ... And Again!

The Truth Is ...

Having A Pocket Book
Does Not Make A Woman A Bank!
Having A Pen
Does Not Make A Man A Scribe!
Having A Heart
Does Not Make A Woman A Home

AND
Having A Heart
Should Never Force A Man
For A Woman's Maliciously Egregious Behavior 

To Atone!

Men Need To Learn That
If

Eating A Gourmet Catered Meal
Will 

Cost Your Life
It Is Time 

To Eat Dry Bread And Rancid Butter

AND

Live ... Free!

Women Need To Learn
That Modern Adam
- Just Like Adam Of Old Had -
Has
More Ribs To Spare
AND
The Creator God Still Has Creative Power
AND
Powerful Skills!

Almighty God
Does Not Like Ugly
Foolish
Wicked
Unkind
Hateful
Nor Evil Behavior!

AND

There Is Neither Fool
Foolish Heart
Nor Wicked Person
Nor Wicked Hand
Going Heaven
So Man And Woman
Wise Up!

An Ugly Mind In A Pretty Face
Does Not Make One Beautiful!

AND
A Foolish Heart In A Buff Body
Does Not Make One Smart!
Wise Up!

The Wisdom Of The Wise
Does Not Folly Disguise
AND

The Wiles Of The Wicked
Do Not Lead Supposed Saints

To Gloriously Heaven!

Remember These Things ...

• Adam Didn't Want To Lose Eve's Companionship So He Willfully Sinned To Keep It
• Solomon Loved Many Idolatrous Women Who Caused Him Against The Living God To Knowingly Sin
• Samson Knowingly Consorted With A Prostitute And Wittingly Gave Up His Blessing To Gain Supposed Peace From That Whining Idolatrous Woman
• King Herod Foolishly Promised And By Weakness Executed And Salvered John The Baptist's Head Because His Unmentionable Portion Was, By The Gyrations Of A Nubile Dancer, Inordinately Pleased

AND

If These Things
Do Not Teach Us Anything
Satan Will Continue Damnation's Song
- Enthusiastically - 

To Sing
Against Those Who Lust
AND
Indulge The Fleshy Fling!

We Should Be Aware By Now, That ...

Misery Likes Company!
Sin Hates Salvation!
Truth Always Survives Darkness!
Hate - Like Lies - Despises Light!

Men Need To Ever Speak 
AND
Stand In The Truth

For
They Are The Family Priests!
Women Need To Constantly Spread Heavenly Light

For
They Are Our Children's Teachers!

Man And Woman
- In Salubrious Combination -
Walking With The Lord
AND
Departing The Ways Of The Fraud
Are A Blessing
In The Society Of Man
AND THEY
Seeking Peace Through Faithfulness
AND
Doing Right
Having Their Steps Ordered
AND
Living Orderly In Christ For Christ's Sake
Shall 
At The Appointed Time
Live With The Lord Christ
In Eternal Peace In Paradise!

Brethren,

Let's Put Jesus First
AND
Take A Firm And Committed Step To The Christ
AND
Thereby

Damn The Devil
AND

His Demonic Devices!

A Spine Is A Terrible Thing To Waste!

Wants 'n Reliefs

I want my neighbor’s possessions!

My neighbor wants my peace!

Each wants what the other has

And neither want brings us any relief!

Lord, help us each to find comfort

In what You've provide for us

Help us learn to be contented

And stop running after what’s in the bush!

What more can any man ask for

What more can any man need

Than to know the love of Jesus

And daily His Word of Hope read?

For, in the Words of the Master

Each child is daily fed

The God of the Jerusalem Temple

Provides to each his needed daily bread!

So, if peace, my friend, not possession

Is Gods’s kind gift to you

Be thankful you don't have to learn like Solomon

That things don't make a comfortable bed!

Be contented with the Lord as your portion

You are blessed for He carries you along

Give praise that your stomach/heart is not empty

And sing! - for to Christ you belong!