Attitude Is Everything!

Attitude Is Everything! 

It Determines Our Actions 

And 

Dictates Our Altitude! 

We Can Murmur And Complain 

Or Pray And Plod On! 

We Can Curse The Darkness 

Or Turn To The Light Of Life! 

We Can Embrace Truth 

Or Be Tangled Up With Lies! 

Decisions, Decisions ...

We Have Choices To Make: 

Step Into The Water That Cleanses Us From Sin 

Or Stay In The Desert Of Sin 

And 

Die Of Thirst 

Because 

Walking Against The Driving Sin-Sand Storm 

Is 

Hard 

And 

It Hurts 

And 

It Shows Everybody That You Are Different 

Because 

You Are No Longer Going With The Flow! 

Beloved, 

We Are Soldiers Of The Cross

Children Of The Father

Students In The School Of Jesus

Willing Workers For The King 

And 

We ... In Humility ... In Gratitude For Grace

For The Love That Won't Discard Us 

No Matter How Many Cock-Ups We Have

Must Not Conform To Worldly Norms 

Or Behave Like Step-Children Who Have No Hope Of 

Inheriting The Family Jewels! 

Remember, Remember

Don't Ever Forget ...

There Are No Step-Children

God-Children

Grandchildren

Nor Bastard Children 

In Almighty God's Family! 

You, Me, We, Answered 

And

Are Daily Answering Jesus Christ' Call 

To Our Own Soul's Salvation 

So Let Us Each Dare To 

And 

Live Boldly Like 

The Beloved Child Of The King Of The Universe! 

Down Is Dirt: 

Look Up To Rise Up! 

Boldly Reach For The Son!

Where Our Jesus Christ Is

Is

Our Place Of Peace For Rest!!

Look At Jesus Christ The Lord!

In Order For Our Lord To Show Us Great And Mighty Things
We Must Be With Him
Looking At His Dear And Lovely Face
Walking With Him
Listening To Him
Understanding What He Says
And 
Looking At What He Is Willingly Showing ... Revealing ... To Us! 

The Problem Is That We Indulge Inattention
Lack Of Focus
And 
Resistance To Knowing 
Because 
Receipt Of Divine Knowledge Brings With It 
The Burden Of Required Action
To Change Our Thoughts, Our Words
And 
Our Deeds! 

Knowing Demands Corrective Action 
But 
The Heart Finely Tuned To Self-Will
Self-Service
Self-Aggrandizement 
And 
That Bad 'Un Self-Pitying Selfishness 
- With A Double-Order Of Deadly Pride -
Refuses To Take Even A Single Look At Jesus! 

Jesus Christ
Is
The Way To Glory
The Truth That Is Our Ticket To Walk On The Way
The Light That Guides Our Footsteps 
And
The Life That We Must Live 
If 
We Will Secure Our Hold On Eternal Life! 

Beloved, 

By Beholding, We Become Changed! 

Behold The Man
The Son Of Man
The Son Of God
God In The Flesh
Jesus Christ The Only One Righteous
The Lord
The King ... All-Seeing, All-Knowing, Ever-Present
The God Of Grace Who Is Touched 
With The Feeling Of All That Touches Our Short But Eventful Lives! 

Please Lovingly Look Longingly Upon The Lord 
And 
Live Loyally! 

Peace

Has Been Purchased

For You

Personally!

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Be Transformed!

 

Pride Goes Before The Ignominious Fall ... From Grace
And 
The Unpleasantly Painful Broken Butt-Bone! 

Pride 

Is 

The Uniform Worn By All Who Choose To Be In 
The Satan Brigade

Keeping A Lot Of Ungodly Noise

And 

Celebrating The Party Line That Says

"We Do What We Want

And

We Belong Together!" 

Beloved, 

The Word Of God Is Truth! 

Truth Brings Light! 

Light Is Life 

And 

There Is No Life
No Light
And
No Truth In Anyone Who Walks In Pride

And 

Is Conformed To The Ways Of This Dying World! 

As Christians Committed To The Lord Christ

It Is Our Loving Duty To See To It

- By The Guidance 
And 
Correction Of The Holy Spirit 
Who Leads Us Into All Truth -

That We Permit The Light 
- The Word, Of The Living, Holy God -

To Change Us Into New Creatures 
With Gentle Speech - No Bitter Words
Kindly Deeds - No Public Broadcasting
Helping Hands - No Reminding People Of What We've Done For Them 

And

Living A Life That Says To The World That 

"Christ The King

Is

In Residence Here!" 

Thoughts Lead To Words!

Words Lead To Actions!

Actions Lead To A Character 

And

The Chosen Character 
Leads To The Personally-Chosen Final Destination! 

Brethren,

Let Us Permit Godly Thoughts To Lead Us 
To The King Of Glory 

Who Will Lead Us 
Through The Gates Of Heaven ... Our Real Home! 

Be Wary Of The Clamoring World 

And 

Be Wise Unto Salvation! 

Remember ...

Jesus Christ 
Is 
Our Only And True Peace!

The Wonder Of It All!

We Are Made In The Image Of The Eternal God 

And

We Have Been Purchased At Infinite Cost 

By Our Creator Who Knows Everything 
And 

Does All Things Well: He Does Not Make Mistakes! 

We Are The Lord's Own ... Twice
By Creation And Redemption

And

It Is Time That We Recognize And Accept 
And 
Appreciate The Value The Lord Has Placed Upon Our Persons 

And 

Start Living Like The Children Of 
The Great And Glorious King That We Are Called To Be! 

We Were Born In Sin And Shaped In Iniquity 

But

We Are Called To Acknowledge That 

Our Past Does Not Determine Our Future Estate

To Recognize The Wonder That Is Our Creation

To Believe The Love That Bought Us

To Grasp The Hope That Calls Us

And

To Walk In The Light That Shows Us The Way Home 

So That We Shall ... Revived And Reformed

Enter Into The Joy Of Our Lord And Our God! 

Beloved, 

In The Confidence Of The Love That 
Will Not Let You Fail Or Fall Or Let You Go

Straighten Your Knees

Suck In Your Gut

Stick Out Your Chest

Stiffen Your Spine

And

Put Your Tail Bone In The Air 

And 

Humbly Walk Wise Before Your God

And 

Be A Working Prince Or Princess Watching For 

And 

Waiting Upon Your King! 

We, Each, Are Given A Daily Measure Of 
The Faith Of Jesus Christ Which Cannot Fail! 

We Are Asked To Trust The Giver Of This Gift

To Believe The Living Word Holy

And

To Exercise The Gift That Appreciably Grows! 

Brethren,

Let Us Let The Wonder Of Our Existence

The Magnitude Of Our Salvation

And

The Eternal Extent Of Our Redemption

Encourage Us To Stand Up 
And 
Be Counted

Marked Forever ... For Life! 

We Belong To The King! 

You, Personally

Are Valuable To Jesus Christ: 

Live Like You Know It 

And 

Are Glad For It!

HAVING HOPE AND FINDING JOY: Seeking After Christ Jesus!

What's There To Be Happy About

When There Is Much About Which To Sad!?! 

What's There To Have Hope About 

When We See Nothing About Which To Be Glad!?! 

My Dear Friend

You Are Way Too Young To Be So Cynical ... So Jaded

And

Have Too Much To Look Forward To

To Have The Doings Of The Wicked World
The Happenings In This Vale Of Tears 

To Cause The Light In Your Life To Become Muted ... Faded! 

When We Look In

Look Around

Look About 

And

To The Ground Stare Down

We Neglect To See

The Bright Shining Light Of Holy Life

Who Is Even Now Calling 

Beckoning

To You And To Me! 

Our Lord Has Said:

Look Up! Your Redemption Draws Nigh!

He Has Also Said:

Trust Ye In The Lord Forever!

Buy The Truth And Sell It Now!

Don't Worry!

Don't Doubt!

Believe The "Thus Saith The Lord!

Your Redemption Is Coming Down!

Do You Believe Him

His Word

His Promises!?! 

Yes, I Do But ...! 

... Stop Yourself Right There! 

Butting Is For Own-Way, Hard-Ears, Goats!

You Are An Obedient Sheep ... Yes!?!

Yes ... Yes! I Am Being ... Striving To Be Obedient!

If That Is Indeed The Case
Please Hold Fast To The Cross Of Christ

And

Listen Very, Very, Carefully

As I Share Psalm 119 Verses 49 And 50:

We Have The Promise From The Lord That
He Will Never Forget Us
So Do Not Fear ... Do Not Indulge In Ungodly Fear!

Beloved, 

We Do Not Walk Alone

Nor Are Left Alone

To Strive And Survive On Our Own!

If We Were Truly Left On Our Own
We Would Be Left To Trust Clouded, Lying, Carnal Eyesight
But

We Have An Infinite God With Eternal Sight
And
We Have An Anchor, A Hope, For Our Souls

In Jesus Christ ... The Rock Of Ages! 

Please Consider That The Person Who Has No Hope 
Will Willingly Destroy Others ... And Themselves 

But 

We Who Choose To Believe The Living Word Of 
Jesus Christ The Righteous

- The Lord Of Earth And Glory - 

Have Our Patient Waiting Embossed With

And 

Embalmed By

Truth That Preserves The Believing Soul From Despair 

And 

Hopelessness! 

Beloved, You Are Greatly Beloved
And
Because Of The Sacrificial Love Poured Out On Us

We Wait On Our Lord Christ With Hope 
Because 

We Believe That He Is A Truth-Speaking

Promise-Keeping

Heart-Cleansing

Life-Preserving

Future-Holding

God Of Love Granting Grace 

Who Has Mercy For Each One Of Us Personally! 

Do You Believe This!?! 

Yes, I Do!

Do You Believe It In Your Head 

Or Your Heart!?!

Do You Believe It Intellectually, Emotionally
Philosophically 

Or Aspirationally For Love Of Our Lord!?! 

I ... I ... I Never Really Thought Deeply About It ...!

... And That, My Dear Friend, Is Where Trouble Starts!

Faith In Jesus Christ

Walks A Straight Line!

We, As Christians, Cannot Permit Man's Philosophising
And
Crass Emotionalism
And
Intellectual Gymnastics
To Dictate How We Feel Our The Living God!
Everything To With Our Holy God
Is
By Faith Which Comes From Trusting The Holy Word
Which Is A Transcript Of 
The Character Of The Eternal God Whom We Worship
And
By Our Choosing To Experience The Lord
According To The Preserved Word!

The Lord: The Same

Yesterday, Today And Forever!

By Jesus Christ ... Alone
We Live And Breathe 
And 

Have Our Being! 
Please Remember Whose Child You Are
And
Look Up!

Please Keep Hope For Health And Heaven Alive
By Keeping Your Heart Fixed On Christ Jesus 

Who Alone Heals, Saves, And Seals
And
Always Reveals His Way To His Believing Children!

Keep Your Holy Faith Bolstered: Pray On! 

HAPPY SABBATH + Have Faith ... In Jesus Christ The King, Our Lord!

Without Faith

It Is Impossible To Please Almighty God! 

Without Faith

We Cannot Be At Peace With God! 
Without The Hearing Of The Word Of God

We Cannot Have Faith! 

Jesus Christ 

Is 

The Holy Word Made Flesh 

And 

He Being The Giver Of Every Good Gift
Gives Unto Each Man, Woman And Child

A Daily Ration Of Faith To Use Each Day 

With No Carrying Forward! 

Faith Is For The Day! 

Strength Is For The Way That

You Are Called Upon To Walk! 

Faith 
Is 
A Wrapped Gift! 

To Know What Is The Content Of 
Our Personal Gift Of Faith 

We Must Dare To Unwrap That Daily Gift ... Daily!

You Know What Faith Is

But You Need To Use Your Faith

To Know What It Is That

Your Exercised Faith In Christ Can Do! 

Brethren,

Great Blessings Await The Trusting

And

We Must Choose To Use Our Faith 

If 

We Are To Gain The Blessings Generously Promised 

And 

Abundantly Provided! 

Faith ... Utilized Faith 

Is 

The Victory Which Overcomes This Sinful World

So Let's Energetically Take Our Faith ... For Today

With Head, Heart, Hand, Body, Mind, And Spirit 

And 

Work It To Death! 

Let Us Cast Caution, Aka Doubt, To The Curb 

And 

Let Us Whole-heartedly Trust ... Have Faith ... In God 

For All Our Needs! 

Beloved, 

I Implore Us All To Remember 
To Pray According To The Will Of God 

As Enumerated In The Holy Word 

And 

To Know That By So Doing
That All Will Be Well! 

Neither God Nor His Word Can Change

So Follow The Word ... Follow Christ Jesus

And 

Walk In Faith

And 

Be At Peace!

The Master Says

To Not Be Anxious

For Anything!

He Who Promises Is Faithful To His Word

And

His Word Makes It Plain That

He Will Never Leave Us Nor Forsake Us! 

Please Walk With Christ Jesus

For He Is Light! 

Let Us Choose To Reject Lying Eyesight! 

Let Us Choose To Exercise Holy Faith Which Cannot Fail

And

Let Us Choose To Live In The Light That 
Blesses The Believing Child Of The Father

And

Illuminates The Way To Everlasting Life! 

Yesterday Is History!

Today Is A Gift

And

Tomorrow Is Not Promised

So Choose Life ... Today!

Remember, Beloved

Jesus Christ Alone Saves! 

Jesus Doesn't Ask Every Person To Manufacture His Own Faith! 

He, Being The Giving God Holy, Faithful And Ever True
Gives Unto Each One Of Us 
A Measure Of His Illimitable Supply

And

He Asks 
And 
He Expects 
His Believing Children

To Step Up To The Trial Of Faith

And

Stand Up

Walk On

And

Rest In

His Unfailing Gift! 

Jesus Christ Is Not A Mortal Man Who Lies! 

Jesus Christ 
Is 
The Eternal One

The Almighty God

The Lord Who Blesses

The Master Who Serves

The Shepherd Of Rest

The Prince Of Peace

Our Hope, Our Help

And

Our Only Salvation! 

He Is Our Relief And Our Release! 

He Is Our Soon-Returning King! 

Believe On Him By Working Your Gift Of Faith

And

Be Forever Blessed!

Someone Is Praying For You! 

HIDDEN FROM MAN: Open To Almighty God!

Too Doubtful To Dare Have Faith!
Too Faithless To Will To Endure!
Too Worried To Have Trust In God
But
Oh, So Willing
To Embrace The Willful Ways Of
The Fraud Who Wants The Worship
Due To The Eternal God!

Too Proud To Be Humble!
Too Vain To Be Wise
And
Too Wayward And Willful To See 
How Wicked Are Satan's Base And Bold Lies!

Too Sharp-Tongued To Consider
That Man Must Account For His Words!
Too Angry To Consider That
Unchecked Emotions Sharpens Swords!

Too Wasteful To Even Wonder
What Want Is To Those Who Have None!
Too Callous-Minded To Wonder
If Contemplated Actions Are Whispers From
The Evil Mind Of That Devil, Satan!

Too Wild To Exercise Will-Power!
Too Weak-Willed To Deny Self!
Too Selfish To Think Of Others
But
Wantonly Demanding The Satisfaction Of Personal Desire
Even While Knowing That That Desire
Always Leads To Torment's Blazing Fire!

But ... 

There Is A But That Puts A Period To Known Sin
And
All Who Choose To Follow Self
And
Walk In The Shadows ... In The Darkness 
With Him Who Dishonored Almighty God
And
Denigrated And Demeaned
Tormented And Murdered
The Father's Only Begotten Son
And
Sowed The Seeds Of Discontent
Disobedience, Destruction And Death
Jealousy, Envy, Greed, Hate
Murden, Mendacity, Mediocrity
Hedonism, Idolatry
False Oaths, False Witness
Sorrow And Pain
Shall Never Know Jesus Christ's Salvation
Which, Always, Is Eternal Gain!

Rich ... In Trespasses ...

Think And Do ... Wrong!
Do Wrong And Be ... Damned
Damned To Eternal Separation
Permanent Darkness ... Nothingness
Never, Ever, Seeing The Eternal Goodness
The Eternal Light
The Light That Heals And Seals!

Rich ... In Jesus Christ The Lord ...

Think ... And Pray ... And Do ... Right!
Do Right And Be ... Blessed
Blessed To Live For Eternal Ages
Glorified, Immortalized
In Eternal Peace 
With The Holy One Who Is Our Peace
Who Gives Us His Peace
In This Present Evil Age
A Peace That Passes Human Understanding
So That We Do Not With Satan Rage
Disgracing The Holy Name
The Name Above All Names
That Does Not, Cannot, Will Not
Ever Cause The Believer ... The Faithful Saint
To Know Or Feel Ashamed!

Think About The Lord Christ ...

There's Sunlight, Daylight
Twilight, Moonlight 
And 
Electric Light And More
But 
There Is No Light More Necessary 
To The Life Of Man Than The Light Of Life
The Sun Of Righteousness
The Son Of The Living God
Jesus Christ The Lord
The Life Of Every Man! 

Jesus Christ The Righteous
- Into Whose Hands Is Given All Things -
Sees, Knows, And Feels All Things

And 

Is In Everything 

And 

There Is Nothing That We Hide From Man 
That Is Not Known To Him! 

You May Hide And Buy Land

But You Can't Hide And Reap It!

If What You're Doing Must Be Hidden From Man

Then It Is Time To Stop Doing It! 
Jesus Christ Is Our Judge 

And 

He Knows The Answers To All The Questions
That You Will Have To Answer
So You Can't Lie To Him! 

I Beseech You, Brethren,

Do The Good 
And The Right 
And Walk In The Son's Light 
To Be Saved And Blessed! 

Humble Yourself
And 
Live Abundantly ... Now
To Live Gloriously ... Later
And
Forever! 

If Someone Cannot Give You True Bread

Do Not Permit Them To Take

Your Known, Tried And Tested Biscuit

From Almighty God

Out Of Your Needy Mouth!

A Little Bit

Gratefully Received

 From The True And Living God

And

By Faith Eaten ... Utilized

In The True Light

*** With Contentment ***

Is

Pure Gold

When Compared To

The Mountains Of Pyrite

- Fool's Gold -

- The Dust Of Disobedience -

Used To Indulge Sin

Received From The Accursed Hand

Of

Satan The Damned

Who Cannot Create

And

Who Only Destroys!

GO: The Marching Order!

Dear Christian Had Received A Plain Instruction:

Grow!

Grow In Grace!

Grow In Faith!

Acquire A Greater Appreciation

Of

The Love Of God

And

Acquire A Greater Knowledge Of 

The Will Of The Eternal God!

He Is To Watch Carefully 

Those With Whom He Will Form Associations:

Only Those Who Agree Walk Together!

He Is to Draw Nearer To The Stature Of

One Who Is Abiding In The Lord Christ!

He Is To Set Aside Self!
He Is To Exercise His Mind 

Upon The Things Of The Eternal God
And
Studiedly Leave Behind Those Things
Which Will Unprofitably Embroil Him In Carnal Strife!

After All ... He's Striving Diligently For Eternal Life!

The Pain ...

He Knows From Personal Experience That
Indulging In Sin Always Cuts Like A Sharp Knife!

The Marching Order ...

Walk Committedly to Zion Even If You Walk Alone!
Indulge Constant Communication With The King:
He Inhabits Heaven's Great White Throne!

Look Out For Others!
Let The Light In You Shine
And
Do Not Set Up Any False God Shrine!

Be Ready For Action:

There Is A Raging, Condemned, Enemy!

Study To Show Yourself Approved:

Dig Deep In The Living Word! The Word Of God Is A Sharp Sword!

Put Truth In The Inward Parts:
Share The Good News With Others!

Live For The Lord Of Life ... Alone
AndSurvive The Carnal Strife!

It Pays To Serve Jesus ...

Dear Christian Knew He Had To Be Bold
Forthright ... Not Unkind
Impartial
The Heart Of The King To Delight!

No Favors For The Rich!
No Lest Counting The Poor:
Jesus Christ Is To All The Savior
The Presently Wide Open Door!

Dear Christian Could Identify The Weather
But
More Importantly
He Must Be Able To Discern The Signs Of The Times
And
Since It Is His Desire
On Mount Zion Forever To Live
He Must, He Must
He Must Sincerely Worship The Lord God Holy
Just, Faithful, True And Ever Kind!

Dear Christian Understood The Marching Order!

Dear Christian Acknowledged The Clear Instruction:

He Was Walking, Watching, Working, Waiting
By Faith ... Through Grace
For The Great Day
Because
He Had No Intention ... Ever
For His Own Sin To Have To Pay!

His Lord Could Come Any Day
And
He Desperately Wants To Hear Him Say:

Well Done, Good And Faithful Servant!

Enter Into The Joy Of Thy Lord!

Dear Christian 

Is 

Looking With Love Of Him Who Paid His Price
To The Great Day Of Award!

Moment By Moment

Hour By Hour

Day By Day

- He Has No Hold On Tomorrow -

He Is Walking With His Lord ... In Accord!

He Has No Truck With The Damned Fraud!

He Genuinely Loves His Lord!