Let Us Not Be High-Minded, Hard-Mout' Goats!

We Need To Do Better! 

Consider That 

The Lord Jesus Did Not Use Goat Parts 

To Create Man! 

The Lord Took The Dust Of The Earth 

Which He, Himself, Created 

And 

Formed Man 

And

He, Himself, Blew The Breath Of Life From Himself 

Into Adam's Nostrils 

And 

Caused Him To Be ... Able! 

We Need To Know Our Value 

Through The Eyes Of Almighty God 

And 

Stop Living Like Incendiary Devices 

Always Ready, Willing, And Able To Explode 

And 

Do Damage To Whomever, Whenever

With Or Without Provocation Or Perks! 

Beloved, 

The Lord Is Our Shepherd 

And 

We Are The Sheep Of His Pasture: 

He Leads Us! 

If For Some Unknown Reason ... Or Just Because

You Decide That You Are Better Than Your Creator 

Who Has Life And Death Control Over Your Existence

Consider This: 

You, By Your Own Will

And Exercising Your God-Given Choice

Have Decided That You Are A Goat ... Your Own Leader

And 

He Who Owns You Will Have To Follow Where You Lead! 

Satan Loves This Attitude 

And

 Is Glad To Follow You

Encouraging You To Go To 

The Spiritually-Dead And Eternally-Done End 

To End Existence! 

Jesus Christ Doesn't Make Mistakes: 

We Are To Go To Him To Correct Our Mistakes! 

Let Us Not Be High-Minded, Hard-Mout' Goats 

But 

Be Gentle, Humble, Sheep 

Who Faithfully Follow The Shepherd 

Who Will Restore Our Souls! 

Look To Jesus Christ The Lord 

And 

Be Saved! 

Peace! 

Choose Life ... And Blessings!

Provocations And Enticements Aside

We Always Have A Free-Will Choice! 

By The Word Of Man You Would Be Dead! 

By The Will Of Almighty God You Are Alive! 

The Word Of God Creates! 

The Will Of Man Decimates! 

The Word Of God Illuminates! 

The Word Of Man Enervates! 

The Word Of God Satiates! 

The Word Of Man Obfuscates! 

The Will And Way Of God Elevates! 

The Will And Ways Of Man Tittilate! 

With Whom, And For What, Will You Stand!?! 

Beloved, 

We Have This Choice: 

Exercise Faith In The Living Word Of The Eternal God 

Or Indulge Doubt Concerning 

The Eternal God's Ability To "Back-Up His Mouth!" 

Aka Do Exactly As He Has Promised! 

With Regard To Ourselves

Are We Being Faithful To Our Promises To Our Dear Savior!?! 

Do You Understand And Accept That 

Giving Your Word To The Lord 

And

Standing Upon This Word 

Through The Gift Of Faith Daily Given To You To Help You 

Is

Your Only Safeguard Against Descending Into Doubt And Despair 

Which Are Lively Tools Of Satan!?! 

We Will Make Mistakes 

But

We Have An High Priest Who Feels 

And 

Understands What We Go Through 

And

Provides Help To Us In The Person Of The Holy Spirit 

Who Comforts, Guides, And Corrects Us 

And

Sets Us On Straight Paths! 

You Need Help!?! 

Ask For Help 

And

Reach For The Hand That Brings Hope, Help 

And 

Healing! 

You Need Rest!?! 

Reach For Shiloh

The Prince Of Peace

Jesus Christ The King

In Whom Is Rest And Refreshing! 

Choose Love! 

Choose Life! 

Choose The Lord! 

Peace! 

OUT WITH THE OLD: Pursue Peace!

Jesus Christ 

Is 

The Light Of Life

The Light Of The World

The Hope Of Every Man, Woman, And Child! 

Beloved, 

The Old Year 

Is 

In The Departure Lounge Leaving Time

And

Is Headed For Eternity

Never To Pass This Way Again!

 

What Has Been Done Can't Be Undone 

But

By Almighty God's Great Grace 

And

With Spared Lives

- By Confession And True Heart Repentance - 

Mistakes And Missteps Can Be Corrected: 

Fix Them! 

What Unkind And Hurtful Words Have Been Spoken 

Cannot Be Unsaid 

But

Like Any Bad Laws Of A Country

They Can Be Amended: 

Apologize

And 

Don't Repeat Them! 

Choose To Change Your Thoughts 

And Thereby

Change Your Words 

And 

Your Actions! 

The New Year Is Drawing Nigh! 

Let's Not Indulge In The Ineffective 

"New Year, New Rules" Last A Week Nonsense! 

Let's Get Serious About Living The Life Of Christ 

Aka Living Our Lives For Christ 

Which Shall Surely Overflow 

Into How We Live With Our Fellowmen! 

Do To And For Others

What You Personally Desire 

To Have Done To You

And 

For Yourself! 

Pray! 

Talk Is Cheap! 

Whiskey Is Expensive! 

Truth Is Free! 

Pray Without Ceasing! 

Choose To Be Kind! 

Share Your Faith! 

Pursue Peace! 

Exercise Your Faith! 

Pray With Passion!

Pray For Power!

Jesus Christ

Is 

Our Answer: 

Jesus Christ, Alone, Saves! 

Peace Be Upon You All! 

DISOBEDIENCE DOESN'T PAY: Almighty God's Gonna Laugh!?!

Do You All Remember When We Were Small
Knee-High To A Grasshopper
And Mama Used To Tell Us:

"Don't Do That Thing Because ...
And If You Fall And Hurt Yourself
I'm Going To Spank You ...
And If You Cry After Disobeying Me
And Falling And Hurting Yourself
I Am Going To Spank You ...!

... And She Did!

Did She Ever!

I Remember That The Punishment
Felt Worst Than The Actual Disobedience ...!

Didn't You Ever Wonder ... After We Grew Up
Where She Got That Idea From!?!

I Sure Did! 
It Was Brutal 
And It Was Effective
And We All Learnt Never To Disobey Her Again!

Well, Today Is Our Lucky Day!
We Are Going To See The Road-Map
That Mama Followed!

Listen To This!

These Words Are Amongst Some Of 
The Most Frightening Statements 
Uttered Against Humans 
And 
Should Be Taken Heart 
By All Of Us Who Desire To See Jesus Christ The King 
- The Judge Of All Flesh -
In Perfect Peace! 

Beloved, 

Willful Disobedience 
Is 
Man Committing A Crime ... Punishable By Death
Against His Own Soul 
And 
We Would All Do Well To Take Stock Of Our Thoughts
Our Words 
And 
Our Deeds 
So That In The Great Day Of Small Things 
We Are Not With Those Humans Who Had Goat Parts 
And 
Thought They Could Out-Thin
Out-Run
Out-Maneuver
Outlaw
And 
Outlast The Eternal God 
Who Means What He Says
Does What He Says
And
Delivers On His Promises Be They Gifts Or ... Punishments! 

Almighty God's Word Shall Stand 
And 
We Would All Do Well To Choose To Hear
Understand, Accept 
And
Act Upon On All Things Which Say: 
"Thus Saith THE LORD OF LIFE!" 
Who Doesn't Stutter 
Or Gamble
Or Make Mistakes!

Let Us Be Amongst The Truly Wise: 
Embrace The Truth 
And 
Dare To Live In Total Obedience 
So That The Lake Of Fire 
Does Not Greedily Embrace You! 

Please Heed The Law Of Life 
From The Giver Of Life 
And 
You Shall Surely Enjoy ... For Eternity
Everlasting Life! 

Obedience Always, Always, Always, Profitably Pays! 
Let This Word To The Wise Be Sufficient For Me And For You: 
Live In One Accord With The Lord!
In Him Is Our Only And True Peace!

Contrary To Popular Belief

Disobedience Can't

And

Doesn't Pay

And

We Have The Word Of God On It

As Proof!

HAPPY SABBATH + Sin Shall Not Have Dominion Over You!

Great Peace

Have They Which Love Thy Law

And

Nothing Shall Offend Them:

The Perfect Law Of The Lord

Converts The Soul

And

Makes Simple Men Wise!

**--**--*--**--**

Sin 
Is 
Not A Light Thing
To Be Trivialized
And
Neither Should It In Our Lives Loom Large!

The Lord Of Life, Light And Glory
Came And Showed ... Gave Us The Living Way

Sin, From Our Lives, To Boldly Discard!
Don't Board The Doubting Man's Doomed Barge!

Open Your Eyes ...

Temptation Will Come To All Men!

Jesus Christ Resisted By The Living Word
And
Overcame
And
Even Now He Is Readily Available

- By His Holy Spirit Of Truth -
To Help Us To Resist Self, Sin And Satan:

Let's Read The Holy Word To See How:

Resist The Devil 

And 

He Will Flee From You!
Depart From Evil ... It Has No Dominion Over You!

Put On The Whole Armor Of God

And 

You Shall Be Able To Stand 

Against The Wiles Of The Devil!

All Temptation Is Common To Man:

Come Boldly To The Throne Of Grace
And 

You Will Find Grace 

To Help You In Your Time Of Need!
Your Lord Is The Holy Son Of God
The Beloved Son Of Man!

The Name Of The Lord
Is
The Strong Tower:
The Righteous Run To It 

And 

Are Saved
Blessed, Strengthened, Comforted
Protected, Fed ... Loved!

Love ... Does ...

When You Love The Lord With Your Whole Heart
Sin Will Never Have Dominion Over You!

Mortal Men Make Myriad Mistakes
But
Mistakes ... In The Life Of 

The Committed, Consecrated-To-Christ, Christian
Are Never Fatal
Because
Like King David
He Has A Contrite Heart Which Embraces Grace

And
Heeds The Call To Confess And Repent
As And When Sin In The Life Is Pointed Out!

To Repent Is To Turn Away From That Sin!
To Confess Is To Acknowledge The Known Wrong!
To Have A Contrite Heart
Is 

To Be Sincerely Repentant For The Offense 

In The First Place
And
Desire Never To Commit It Ever Again!

Cherish This: The Lord Will Help You!

Brethren, 

We Sinners Come To The Lord 

Dirty, Dirty ... Real Unclean
Knowing Our Condition
And
Clearly Seeing Our Need Of The Lord Christ
The Son Of David
And
His Free Gift Of Sure And Secure Salvation!

Dirty You Came To The Lord
But
Dirty You Cannot Remain!

Childlike You May Come
But
Childish You May Not Remain!
You, Me, We Must Grow In Grace
To Attain Unto The Fullness Of 

The Stature Of Jesus Christ
Aka We Must Become Like Christ! 

We Have The Promise ...

We Don't Know What We Shall Be
But
We Shall Be Like Him
For We Shall See The Lord
As He Is ... Really!!

The Almighty God Said So!

This Promise Is A Glorious Gift To Cherish
And
Eagerly Look Forward To Receiving
In The Day Of Appointment!

We've Got That Enemy ...

Do Not Permit Satan 

To Construct Your Cage Of Disappointment!

Be Wise Unto Salvation ...

Your Commission
If
You Choose To Accept It
Is
To Disappoint The Deceiver
Who Dares To Try And Cause You
To Be Disinherited By The Lord Christ!

Don't Fall For The Demonic Device! 

Truth Is Always Perfect
Always Good
Always Nice And Plain
And
Always, Always, Cuts Straight And Clean
No Matter Who Wields The Knife!

Want To Buy A Slice Of Truth!?!

The Preserved Word Of God 

Is 

Truth

And

It Is Always Free!

A Prayer Inside Of A Prayer!

Dear Father In Heaven,
I Come To You Today
Burdened By A Spirit Troubled
By Sugary-Snack Prayers!

Father,
I Am Troubled By The Prayers That Say:

"Thank You, Lord, For The Blessing!"

As Though The Blessing Has No Name
And

The Giver Has No Part In My Rejoicing!

I Am Troubled, Lord
By The Form Of Prayer
Constant
Today
And

Every Day ...

"Thank You For The Roof Over My Head
For Health
For Strength
For Friends
For Family!"

Father,
I Am Thankful
For All These Things
But
Please Help Me To Think Deeply
For I Am Truly Thankful For Your Grace
So That I
- In My Praying -
Do Not Issue Just A Laundry List Of Wants
Nor
A Grocery List Of Needs

And

Mere-Form "Thank You's!"

I Desire My Gratitude To Shine Through!

I Desire My Great Love For You To Show!

I Desire, Lord
In All The Honesty
That A Wicked Human Heart Can Muster
To Be Able To Pray
To My Holy God
And

Truthfully Say:

Father,

Today

I Do Not Desire Anything

For Nor From The Corporeal Realm!

I Desire To Bless You, Lord

Upon My From Sleep Waking!

I Desire, Lord

To Give You Gifts

Never As Grand As You Give Men

But

I Desire To Gift You, Lord

With My Life

By The Exercise Of My Faith

And

My Walking Before You In Humility!

Added To That, Lord

Please Accept My Willingness

To Help Finish The Living Gospel Work

And

My Desire To Ease The Burden

Of A Brother Sister ... In Your Name

And

My Desire To Honor You, Father

By Daily, Willingly, Doing

All

That You Ask Me To Do!

Help Me Not To Think Of Costs

For, Therein

I Know I Will Be Lost!

Father,

I Know I Will Make Mistakes

And

I Also Know That You Are Just To Forgive My Sin

So I Am Beseeching You

To Help Me Ever To Come To You

Ever Unwilling To Hide

Ever Shielded From Pride

Ever Open To Correction

And

Ever Willing For You To Everlastingly Be My Guide!

Father,

I Look To The Great Day

When

I Shall Be What Jesus Christ Is

And

Beseech You, Loving Father

To Help Me To Give To You

All The Useless Things

In My Life

That Would Tend To My Damnation

And

I Ask You, Please

To Help Me, Please

Not To Despise

Your Gracious, Precious Gift To Me

Of My Soul's Eternal Salvation!

Father,

I Love You!

I Am Your Child

And

I Ask You To Bless Me

To Honor

Bless

Worship

And

Praise You

With My Willing Obedience

No Matter The Consequences!

Please Lead Me Gently ... Home

For I Know Of A Surety

That You Are The Holy God

In Whom I Live And Breathe

And

From Whom My Hope For Glory Comes!

Remember, Lord

Your Promises

To The Household Of Faith

In Jesus Christ's Holy Name, I Plead!

AMEN.

Yesterday

Greetings, Dear Ones!

     I pray that all is well with you and your loved ones!

     How often have you found yourself wishing - like in your childhood games - for a "do-over?" Often? Seldom? Never?

     Have you wished you could, and have then been glad you can't?  

     Well, today's poem, short and to the point, treats exactly to that issue! And while we are at it, let us not forget that Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever! (Hebrews 13:8).

     Enjoy!

Yesterday

When I think of yesterday

There’s not much I can do,

But learn from any mistakes I’ve made

And see what better I can do!

And if yesterday has no regrets

Of things that can’t be undone

I gaze upon my triumphs

And tell myself: “Yes! Well done!”

Yes, I know thoughts of yesterday

All in all can go two ways

But thankfully in the Master’s Plan

I’ve a chance for a brand new day!

And since I can’t erase the past,

I will not dwell on it, 

My yesterdays, though a part of me

Now dwell in eternity!

YESTERDAY is HISTORY!

TODAY is a GIFT!

TOMORROW is a MYSTERY!