Dig For Hidden Treasure!

Ponder This ... 

Have You Ever Received 

A Big, Sumptuously Wrapped, And Bow-Decorated Gift Box

And Lifted It Up To Check The Weight

Shaken It To Hear If It Rattled

Checked The Gift Card To See From Whom It Came 

Because 

You May Have Some Cheapskate Friends, Relations, And Acquaintances

And 

Recognizing That It Is From The Generous Benefactor 

Who Always Gives Good And Perfect Gifts

Proceeded To Place That Good Gift 

In A Highly Visible And Well Lighted Corner 

Without Opening It 

Because 

You're Going To Save It For A Rainy Day 

Which Only Comes Twice A Year 

Since You Live In A Desert!?! 

Beloved, 

Salvation Full And Free

Is

The Open And Still Wrapped Gift 

With The Name Of Our Lord Jesus 

Prominently Displayed On The Name Tag 

But

With An Appetizingly-Thick Love Letter Attached Saying: 

"Open Immediately

And

Dig For Hid Treasure

Pearls Of Wisdom

Tried Gold

Healing Balm

Eye Salve

And

A White Robe Of Righteousness

An Over-Comer's Crown

And

Your New Name And Life

In And With Me!" 

Today Is The Day Of Salvation! 

The Book Of Love 

Is 

Given To You To Explore And Experience! 

Open The Gifted, Sure Word Of Almighty God

And 

Line Memory's Hall 

With The Found Treasures Of Goodness 

Harvested From Your Excavations! 

Peace! 

"It" Only Takes One ...!

Faith
Is 
A Gift Given To Every Person ... Every Day 
For That Day's Use 
But
There Is No Point To Our Saying That 
We Have Faith In Jesus Christ The Lord 
When Our Very Plain Actions Sharply Say That 
We Don't Totally Trust Him! 

Consider For A Moment
General Moses In The Hebrew Exodus 
From The House Of Bondage In Egypt 
And 
The Roadblock Called The Red Sea That They Encountered! 

Moses Had Faith In God 
And 
Trusted The Lord To Deliver On His Promises 
To His Chosen People! 

The Lord Told Moses 
To Hold Up His Shepherd's Staff 
And 
Part The Red Sea ... NBD Aka No Big Deal! 

Moses, Human
Just Like Us Prone To Sin And Doubt By Nature
Chose To Exercise His Daily Gift Of Faith 
By Standing Decimating-Doubt 
And 
Dread Disbelief On Their Brittle Heads! 

And 

... No Abracadabra Mumbo Jumbo ... 

Human Trust By Faith
Aided 
By The Holy Power Of Omnipotence
Caused 
The Red Sea To Part 
Making Dry Ground 
For The Freed People To Walk Upon 
To The Promised Land! 

Beloved, 

Lift Up Your Faith
Extend Your Heart In Trust
Look To The Lord For Your Victories 
Already Purchased And Provided
And 
Walk With Confidence
 Into The Heavenly Promised Land! 

Please Don't Let Your Lack Of Trust Call God A Liar! 
Faith Requires Only One Step: Take It And Be Forever Blessed!

THINK ON THESE THINGS:

One Step Leads To Salvation

One Step Leads To Damnation

One Step Leads To Trust By Faith

And

One Step Leads To Doubt And Disgrace!

One Taste Led Man To Knowingly Sin

One Urge Led Man The Lord To Defy

One Urge Led Peter The Lord To Deny

One Man's Sin Led Jesus Christ For Man To Die!

Beloved, 

Do Not Doubt The Power Of One

One Lie

One Act Of Disobedience

One Walk In Presumption

One Foray Into Folly
And

One Lapse In Judgment

Can Lead Any And All

Into The One Appointment With Death

Which No Man Can Reject Or Reschedule!

Soooo ...

Let Each One Of Us

Be Wise Unto The One Sure Salvation

Standing With And For

The One Who Alone Saves

So That We May Walk Through

The One Gate That Speaks To Our Overcoming 

And

Stand Before The One

Who Did Our Punishment Take!

There Is The One Sweet Spirit Of Truth That 
Leads Into Righteousness

Whether We Are Middling, Old Or Youth!

Let Us With One Voice

Raise The Song Of Jubilee

As We Follow The One Word That 
Comes From The Holy God Who Is The Truth!

One Lord

One Faith

One Baptism

One Love

One Grace

One Heaven To Gain

One Hell To Refuse

One Peace That Passes Human Understanding

One River Of The Water Of Life

One Tree Of Life

One Crown Of Life

One Harp Of Gold

One New Name

One Holy Desire The Best Blessing To Claim!

Beloved, Believer

  Brethren Blessed, 

Hold On To Your One Hope

And

Your One Sin Rapidly Confess!

All Sin We Commit

Is 
Sin Against The One Holy God

So Believe The Living Holy Word

And

Depart The Deceitful
Destructive, Damnable Ways Of 
The One Known God-Fraud

Satan, Our Adversary

The One Who Wants Us To Deny

Defy

Denigrate

Disrespect

Dismiss

The One Who

Gives Us Our One Life To Live For Him!

Be At One With Jesus Christ The Lord!

He Is The One Way To The Father's House 
Our One Forever Home! 

MARKED: All Outcasts Are Welcome In His House!

I Am A Sinner ... Marked For Death

And The Only Way Of Escape

Is

To Confess And Repent Of Known Sin

And Take The Love Of Christ Jesus

Into My Trembling Heart

And

By Him Be Blessed!

I Could Be Presumptuous And Arrogantly Foolish ... If I Wanted To! 

I Can Choose To Dare The Lord!

I Can Choose To Persist In Walking With The Prince Of Darkness 

And

Also Wittingly Choose To Receive Of His Promised Reward

But

I Am Convinced Of The Need For Righteousness! 

I Am Convicted Of My Known

And Dearly Held Inherited And Cultivated Tendencies And Sins

And

Because I Finally See And Recognize My Need

I Choose To Humble Myself

And 
Not Walk Fearlessly 
On The Broken, Rotted, Branch That Is Sin

Condemned Sin In The Flesh!

I Desire The Win

That Sees Me Gaining Victory Over Sin!

I Desire The Gold Crown

That Says I Am Not Under The Righteous Judge's Frown!

I Desire The New Name

That Says That Christ's Righteousness Is Mine

And

I Have A Successful Claim

And

I Desire Immortality And Incorruptibility

That Says That Jesus Christ Saves

And

I, His Child

Have No Stain Of Which To Be Ashamed!

I Bear The Name!

I Am Christian ... By Name And By Nature!

I Carry My Father's Great Name With Humility

And

I Am Bound For Hill Zion

Where The Family Will Sing Praise

Offer Willing Worship

And

Glorify That Amazing Name ... Jesus Christ

The King ... The Lord

Who Died For The Sin That Wasn't His

To Give Us The Glorious Life That Isn't Ours!

Thank You, Dear Jesus

For The Infinite Gift Of Love

That Is Now Mine

That Is Now Ours!

Shouldn't We All Say:

"Take My Hand, Lord!?!

Brethren, 

Please Think On This:

Even By Worldly Standards
Sinner's Are "Marked," Hungry, And Thirsty! 
We Have All Sinned Against And Forsaken The Lord
And
We Need To Get Back To The Basics!
We Need To Return Home To Our Loving, Gracious, Father!

The Samaritan Woman At The Well Was A Notable Sinner

And

An Outcast ... Twice! 

As A Samaritan

She Was Despised By The Jewish Brethren

And

To Her Samaritan Brethren 

She Was A House-Wrecker: 
She'd Had Five Husbands Which Were Not Her Own! 

She Had A Great Need! 

Jesus Christ, The Lord Of Life

The Author And Finisher Of Our Faith
Offered Her His Gift Of Water ... His Eternal Life

And 

He Offers Us The Same, Too! 

Jesus Christ ... Touched By The Feeling Of Our Infirmities

Looks Beyond Our Condition 

And 

Offers To Us A Place 

At His Position As King Of Glory, Giver Of Grace! 

You, Personally

Are Valuable And Loved, Desired, By Lord! 
Please Accept His Free Gift Of Salvation!
He Is Calling You Home!
Say "Yes!" And Be Blessed!

I Say "Yes!" To Everlasting Life! 

And I Thank God For His Grace And Mercy!

His Grace And Mercy Are Infinitely Great Towards Us! 

We Are Blessed So Let Us Never Forget It! 

The Message Is So Very Clear! 

People Need To Take Heed! 

We Need To Pray For Them To Truly Hear

And

Explicitly Heed That Still And Sweet Small Voice

Instead Of Running After The Loud And Aggressively Obnoxious Voices

Who Are Card-Carrying Members Of The NATO Alliance

Aka No Action Talk Only Alliance

Currently Known To Be Naturally Bad For The Seeking Sinner's Soul!

Thank Almighty God That 
Our Jesus Christ Can Do And Does

Exactly What He Says He Will Do For Us

Who Take Him At His Living, Known-Holy, Word! 

AMEN!!! 

I Desire The New Name! + PRAYER: Remember Us Who Pray!

My Life Was Hard
Because 
I Knew Not God
And
I Ran Wild
With The Wily Fraud!

My Life Now Is Hard
Because
I Walk With God
And
Have Run Afoul Of The Willful Fraud!

My Life Will Continue To Be Hard
Because
I Have Determined
And
I Am Determined
By Almighty God's Great Grace
That I Will Walk Faithful
To My God
No Matter The Consequence
Nor Man's Prod Called Reward
For My God Is My Shepherd
And
In Him
I Know No Want
Because
He Lovingly Provides For My Real Daily Needs
And 
Not As The Devil Did
Catering
To My Wasting-Life-Wants Masquerading As 
Felt Aka Can't-Do-Without-It-Or-I-Shall-Die, Needs!

My God
The Living God
The God Of Creation
Is True
And
Every Morning
His Mercies Are True
Blessing And Comforting
My Fragile Heart To Renew!

By His Own Grace
And
For Love
I Trust My God At All Times

And I Pray ...

Lord,

Please Let My Love For You

Be Ever True

For

I Desire A New Name

And

A Reserved Place

At Your Welcome Home Table!

Oh, Lord

I Desire A Forever Home

In Highest Heaven

Eternally Abiding With You

So, Please

In Jesus Christ's Holy Name I Pray

Keep Me Faithful

Keep Me Walking In The Light

Keep Me Moving Forward

On The Straight And Narrow Path

Where Dwells Things Good And Right

And

Bless Me To Stay The Course

Even If Family, Friends

Brethren

Viciously Sue Me For Divorce!

Lord,

I Bless You!

I Worship You!

I Give You Unfeigned Praise

And

It Is My Heart's Desire

To Ever Always Obey You

In What You Say

Because

I Know Of A Surety

That You Will Never Ever

Lead A Child Of The One Who Is Truth

Astray!

I Pray, Lord

For The Promised Victory Over Sin

And

The Right To Walk Through

Heaven's Pearly Gates

And

Into The Eternal City!

Remember Us Who Pray

Remember Us Who Look For

The Great Day

And

Bless Us Out Of Your Riches In Glory

In Jesus' Name!

AMEN.