VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: During The Between!?!

Yup, Yup! That's It! "During The Between!" I Like It!!! 

Perhaps, Maury, If You Told Us What "During The Between!" Means We Would Like It, Too! 

Oh, Sorry, Corrie, I Was Thinking Out Loud For A Moment But Since You Heard Me, Have You Considered The Events, Happenings, Occasions, The Goings-On That Occur In The Interval From One's Sunrise To One's Sunset To Give It A Suitable Appellation!?! 

Maury, Must You Always Be Such A High-Flyer!?! Couldn't You Just Have Asked Us To Give It A Name; And No, I Did Not! 

What About You, Dingus!?! 

Truth Be Told, I Saw Something That Is Going To Make Me Say Something That Will Challenge And Yet Align Perfectly With Your "During The Between!" ... If You Are Or Become A Christian!

 Father-Managed Natural Regeneration! 

Our Father In Heaven, Jesus Christ The Lord, Is To Manage Our Lives As We Follow Him Faithfully For Love During That Time Between Sunrise And Sunset! 

Hammie, I Like Where This Is Going! 

You Ain't Lying, Louie! 

Now, Brethren, Don't Miss This Point! 

Say On, Maury! 

Brethren, If We Are Faithful, Patient ... Enduring, The Obvious Outcome At The Appointed Hour That None But Our Father Knows, Is, Naturally, Regeneration ... By The Word Of His Mouth ... When He Calls His Saints To Rise Up To Meet Him In The Air On That Glad And Glorious Day That Is His Second Coming! 

Beloved, Doesn't That Dash Between Dates, That "During The Between!" Time Take On A Whole New Meaning Aka Acquire A Whole Different Gravitas!?! 

Couldn't Help Yourself, Could You, Maury!?! 

Nope, Norrie! 

Gravitas Somehow Seemed More Apropos, You Know, Fitting, Pertinent, For Such A Solemn Season! 

Maury, We Understand, And Yes, We Accept That It Is Fitting! 

You Know, We Should Be Thinking To Make Our Dash, Our "During The Between!" Our Moment By The Grace Of Our Heavenly Father, Truly Father-Managed So That, Naturally, We Will Experience The Regeneration, For We Will Have Been Sealed By The Holy Spirit Who Led Us Into All Truth For Our Faithfulness ... To The End! 

Live ... To Live Again! Let The Father Lead You Along! 

Dear Ones, It Is My Sincere Prayer For All Of Us That It Will Be Said Of All Of Us That "During The Between!" We Stood Up For Him Who Laid Down His Life For Us! 

AMEN!!! 

Peace! 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: You Personally Matter To The Master!

 

I Matter! 

Of Course, You Matter, Marsha! 

I Matter To The One Who Matters! 

And Who, Pray Tell, Would That Be, Marsha Mann! 

Since You Gave Me My Name, Devory Manwaur, I, Marsha Mann, Matter To The Master! There Ain't Nobody Higher Nor Bigger Than He Is, And There Ain't Nobody To Overrule, Nor Undermine, Sidestep, Or Countermand His Commands, Nor Teach Him Knowledge, Nor To Correct His Errors Because He Doesn't Make Errors Because He Is Perfect! 

He Is The God Who Alone Is Wise! I Belong To Him: He Is My Lord And My King! 

I Can Touch The Hand Of God Because I'm In The Heart Of God! I Rest In God Because I Trust In God, And I Have Peace! You May Want To Check Him Out! 

Oh, And By The Way, If You Have A Problem With Me, Please Feel Totally Free To Take It Up With Him: You Will Need To Pray! 

Ooopsies, I Forgot! Praying Won't Work For You Because, Per You, "Praying Is Stupid And Is A Crutch For Weak-Minded People Who Are Afraid To Belly-Up To The Trough Of Life To Get And Take Their Portion Of The Feed For All!" 

Oh, My, Whatever Will Our Dear Manwaur Do! 

Manwaur, We All Get One Shot To Make A Good Impression: There Are No Second-Firsts! Take This Shot To Get Out Of "Hell's Kitchen!" 

Come Out, Manwaur! I Got Out! 

Jesus Christ Saves! 

Prayer Changes Things! Have A Conversation With The King, No Appointment Needed, No Security Buffering, No Nosy Assistants, No Clocks, No Leakers Of Your Past Misdeeds, No Judgment, No Suspicion, No Rejection! 

Look, Marsha, I've Never Heard About A God Who Doesn't Want, Doesn't Demand And Require Constant Gifts And Sacrifices From Its Adherents, Its Followers, To Gain And Retain Their Favor! Why Would Your Sky God Be Any Different!?! 

Mr. Manwaur, I Am Going To Rock Your World Right Now! 

The Sky God, As You Call Him, Is God Almighty, The For-Real God, Not An Impostor! He Lives Above The Sky And Is Holding It Up Even As He Walks With Us Under It! 

He Sacrificed His Life For Us To Give Us The Gift Of Access To Himself! He Daily Gives Us Gifts ... And Our Mercies Are Ever New! 

We May Storm His Throne-Room Whenever We Want, For Whatever Reason, Without Getting Ourselves Tackled, Or Being Left Without Body Heat! 

He Answers Our Hard Questions With Answers Easy To Grasp! Manwaur, He Comforts Me Because He Cares! I May Not Always Be Able To Feel His Presence But ...! 

... You're Kidding, Right!?! You Don't Feel God, You See God! 

My Poor Deluded Manwaur! Every Manufactured God Is A Fiction Of Satan The Damned, And They Are Fronts To Cause People To Worship Demons! 

My Jesus Speaks, Loves, Hears, Touches, Carries, Comforts, Walks, Prays For His People ... He Is Praying For Me! 

He Promised Never To Leave Me Nor Forsake Me, And That Is Why I Can Confidently Say That When I Can't Feel His Presence, I Can Trust His Heart: His Word Is The Truth: He Can't Lie: His Word Is Who He Is! 

Uh, Ummm, That Is Quite A Recommendation, And It Seems That I May Have Been Operating Under A Delusion, If You Will, Marsha! 

You Have, Manwaur, And It Is Time To Correct The Record! 

Dear Marsha, If You Will Walk With Me, I Sincerely Believe That I Will Do The Necessary! I Will Correct The Record! 

Hallelujah! Another Brand Plucked From The Fire! The Holy God Be Praised! 

AMEN!!! 

Peace! 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: We Have No Help But HIM!!!

If You Have No Help But The Living God, Why Would You Treat Him Like Your Last Class "Friend" Called Convenience Good For The Assist At The Usual Place Known To All Living As The Tight Spot Between Pinch And Bind And In A Crunch!?! 

Since You Know Without A Doubt That He Has Never Failed You Not Even One Time, Because He Always Does What Is Best For You, Since He Is The Only Wise God And Can See Around The Bends In Your Life That Would Either Tie You Into Knots, Even A Gordian Knot, Or Break You Into Bits And Pieces Leaving You Dull In Mind And Sharp-Tongued With A Flaming Temper With No Self-Editing Feature, Why Would You Ignore His Kind Counsel And Guidance On His Pleasant Plans For Your Perfect Life In, For, And With Him!?! 

Brethren, Let Me Tell Us All Something Real Bright! 

The Always Available Goodie Train Called Daddy Lord Jesus Is Soon Going To Come To A Screeching Halt! 

Has He Been For You Conveniently Good For The Direly Needed "Solid" For A Bind, A Pinch, A Crunch, Or Is He, Has He, All Along Been Your Hope, Your Help, Your Hiding Place!?! 

Beloved, All Relationships, Just Like Motors, Must Be Lubricated! Rivers Dry Up Without In-Flows! Love Relationships Need Energy To Glow-Up! Friendships Dry Down And Out From A Lack Of Share! Relationships Fall Apart And Die Off Because Of "Give Me To Show Me That You Care!" 

This Is Not The Way That We Should Be Treating Our Maker, God, And Soon Returning King! 

We Serve The God Who First Loved Us And Shows Us Daily What He Has Done, Is Doing, And Will Do For Us! 

We Ought To Love Him For Love Alone! 

He Asks Us To Come To Him ... Voluntarily ... For Love ... To Enter His Forever Home! 

Dear Ones, Let's Not Be Bread And Fish Christians Wanting Only The Goodies But Not The Grind In The Dark Valleys Of Life, Expecting Him To Foot The Bills, Open The Doors, Lift The Weight, Carry The Water, Bake And Serve The Bread, Wash Our Feet And The Dishes, Carry The Conversation, Smooth The Rough Paths, Sail The Ship, Find The Port And Dock Alone, Pay The Fees, Ferry The Luggage, Find And Turn Down The Bed, Fluff The Pillow, And Always Ever Provide The Sweet! 

Ask Yourself The Boss Question: 

What's In This Boondoggle Of

"I Don't Want No Part Of This For Myself!"

That I Would Want For The Lord Jesus!?! 

If You Knew That Your Cherished Love Was Boldly, Brazenly, Publicly "Loving" You Like That, Would You Continue The Relationship ... Sooo Called!?! 

Brethren, I Am Seriously Looking At Myself! Shouldn't You!?! 

Our Lord Jesus Is Giving And Forgiving, Merciful And Gracious, And To His Living Word, Ever True! 

Let Us With Joyful Hearts, Praise The Lord Because We Truly Know That He Is Kind, And Then Bid Him With Broken And Contrite Hearts To Help Us Get Off The Path Of Sure Destruction And On To The Path Of His Perfection!

Please Let Us Reach For His Hand Of Help Which Brings Hope And Healing, And His Glorious Heaven Ever Near! 

Let's Ask Him For The Purge, The Clean Out, And The Renew! 

He, God, Is Waiting On You, And Me, Too! 

All Now, He Is Sprinkling Upon Us Unasked Blessings Numbered Not A Few! Please, I Beseech Us All, To Him Be True! 

Peace! 

 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Thoughts From My Mount Of Blessing!

 

Brethren, 

I Desire For Us All To Think On This Thing: 

The Lord Jesus Desires Us To Rise Up! 

To Do This, He Has Given Us The Elevator And The Electricity To Make That Elevator Go ...! 

Our Job Is To Believe On The Lord, And Trust Him At His Word! 

Our Elevator Is Not Placed In The Back Of Beyond, But Is Securely Fixed And Is The Show-Piece Of The Household Of Faith! 

That Elevator Will Never, Ever, Malfunction And Free-Fall With The Ability To "Done You!" 

As For You, You Are Constructed From The Dust Of The Earth And Are Fearfully And Wonderfully Made By The Great God Who Does Not Make Mistakes: 

He Breathed Into Your Nostrils

The Breath Of Life From Himself

And

You Became A Living Soul Imbued With Free Will

And

Freedom To Choose

The Life You Desire For Yourself! 

This Great God, Who Alone Is Wise, Gave Unto Us The Blue-Print For Life: It Contains The Only Paths Of Life For Living!

Those Paths As He Delineated Them Are The Way Of Blessing Walking To Him And The Way Of Cursing Walking Away From Him: Whichever Path You Choose, You Will Never Be Able To Say That The Eternal God, Finite Man, Nor The Damned Devil Made Your Decision For You! 

Please Ever Bear In Your Mind The Fact That With Every Day That Your Eyes Are Open, You Receive A Deposit Of Electricity, An Infusion Of Faith For That Day Alone, To Operate That Elevator, Your Elevator, That None But You May Cause To Function! 

You Are The Blessed Recipient Of Strength For Your Day And Courage For The Way That You Walk In The Great Creator's Will!

Your Assignment, If You Choose To Take It, Is To Press That Elevator Button Which Is Always In Your Line Of Sight!

Your Ability To Press That "Go On Up!" That "Let Me Rise!" Button Hinges On Your Utilization Of The Prayer Of Faith!

The Great God, The Creator-God, The Kind King Who Is The King Of Love, Gives You Everything That You Need To Trust Him To Do All That He Says That He Will Do: He Is Not A Liar But You Are, Being Human, A Man, As The Word Says: Let God Be True And Every Man A Liar! 

I Ask Us All This Question: Will You Trust In Our Great God And Use His Gift To You To Believe In Him, To Press Your Personalized Button, To Lift Yourself Up ... In, Through, And By Him!?!

You Can Will Yourself To Do Of His Good Pleasure: All Of His Gifts Are Good And Perfect And Contain No Sorrow!

There Is A Caution On Your Elevator: Do Not Look At What Others Do, What They Have, Where They Go, And Those With Whom They Associate!

Be They Sinner Or Saint, Every Person's Elevator, Used Or Ignored, Is Unique To That Person: Keep Your Eyes On The Great God, The Great Physician, The Prince Of Your Peace!

You Will Have Tribulations: Be Of Good Courage For He Has Overcome The World, And You Can Do Likewise Through Him Who Loves You Personally, Intimately, With The Everlasting Love Which Will Not Let You Go!

Believe And Live!

Your Maker, Your God, Your King, Bids You "Peace!" 

Brethren, 

We Do Not Need Fingers Or Noses To Operate, To Elevate, Our Elevator: Pray ... Without Ceasing!

Listen To The Lord And Live! 

Hear The Word And Do What It Says: The New City, The New Jerusalem, Is Over The Next Rise! 

Keep Walking Straight, On Strait Street, And On The Appointed Day, You Will Walk Straight In Through The Pearl Gate Signifying The Character Flaw That You By Grace, Through Faith, Overcame! 

Please Press The Blessed Button! 

I Pray To See You And You See Me When We Safely Arrive At Our Forever Home! 

Dear Lord, 

Grant Grace! 

Peace! 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Problumps!?!

 

Yes, Dingus, I Said Problumps! 

But What Is It And What Does It Mean, Lorimer!?! 

It Simply Means, Dingus, That If You Do Not Fix Your Problem Early, Then You Will Have To Take Your Lumps, Hence Problumps! 

Oh, Lorimer, We All Know About Them Problumps As You Call Them! I Even Got One Yesterday Once Removed! 

Come On, Dingus! Couldn't You Just Say Two Days Ago!?! 

I Could Not Say That, Marcy, Because I Did Not Want To Dignify That Stretch Of Time By Calling It A Day! 

Just Ignore Him, Marcy! He's Having Himself A Moment! 

Bowman, My Friend, I Can't Ignore Him Because He Is Forgetting One Itty Bitty Thing From The Scripture Of Truth! 

And What Would That Be, Marcy!?! 

The Day That He Is Despising, Bowman, Is The Day That The Lord Of Glory Gave Him To Rejoice Over, To Get His Wrong Things Right, To Carry His Problems Aka His Perplexities And Anxieties To The Throne Of Grace So That He Would Not Have To Bear His Problems Alone And End Up Getting A Few Lumps In His Feelings, And On His Hard Noggin, Because He Is Not Grateful To Have His Life! 

Oh, Dear Dingus, Marcy Has Got You There And With Bible Proof! 

No, She Does Not, Bowman! She Only Gave One Proof! She Must Have At Least Two Witnesses For A Matter To Be Established! 

Dingus, I Believe That I Am Able To Help You With That Second Proof! 

Okay, Bowman, Prove On! 

Dear Deluded Dingus, Did You By Any Chance Have A Meal Or Three Yesterday Once Removed!?! 

Of Course, I Did, And I Had Two Snacks Besides! It Was A Wonderful Day! 

Dingus, Don't You Know That You Shouldn't Eat Between Meals!?! 

No, I Do Not, Bowman! I Eat Between Teeth! 

Big Whoo Who, Dingus! Let's Stick To The Matter At Hand, And Let Me Remind You That You Didn't Want To Dignify That Space Of Time By Calling It A Day Even Though You Were Blessed With Three Meals Plus Snacks! 

My Bad, Bowman! 

Now, Dingus, What Is The "Give" Asked Of The Father In The Lord's Prayer!?! 

That's Easy, Bowman! That's Matthew 6 Verse 11: "Give Us This Day Our ... Daily Bread ... !" 

Close Your Mouth, Dingus! You Look Like A Guppy! How Are You Feeling Now!?! 

I, Uh, Ahh ...! 

I Thought So! You Despised The Day That The Lord Gave You, And You Said Your Prayers Asking For Your Daily Gift Of Food, Which You Received, Plus Extras, And You Didn't Have The Decency To Bless The Lord For Another Day Of Life! 

You Should Give The Lord Thanks For That Day Because We Could Have Been Singing "The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended!" Over Your Head ... Not That You Would Have Known The Difference! 

I Am So Very Sorry, Lorimer, Marcy, Bowman, For My Base, My Ungrateful, My Unthankful Attitude! I Asked For Proofs, And I Surely Received Them! Thank You All For Caring About Me: I Have Been Rebuked! 

Heavenly Father, Please Forgive Me For Not Giving You Heartfelt Thanks And Praise In Jesus Christ's Holy Name For Your Manifold Blessings Daily Showered Upon Me! AMEN!!!

 Peace! 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Stick To The Lord!

Commune Is A Place! 

Communion Is A Sacrament! 

Communicate Is A Conversation! 

Communication Is A Transfer Of Information By Any Means! 

Yet, We Commune With The Lord, Our God, In The Person Of Jesus Christ The Righteous, By Our Prayers And Praises! 

We Remember The Lord Jesus By Celebrating The Last Supper, Having A Communion Service Which Is Also Called The Ordinance Of Humility Aka Foot-Washing, And Breaking Of Unleavened Bread And Drinking Of Grape Juice! 

We Communicate With The Lord By The Reading Of The Preserved Word Of God, The King James Bible, The Lord's Love Letter To The Purchased Possession, His People, And Also With Our Prayers And By Our Praise AND The Giving Of Heartfelt Thanks! 

Our Communication With Our Lord Jesus Is Truly Two-Way Because We Not Only Have An Open Invitation To Come Boldly To The Throne Of Grace To Obtain Mercy And Grace To Help Us In Our Time Of Need, But The Invitation, Another Open Invitation, Is Issued To Us To Come And Reason With The King Of Glory! 

Brethren, We Do Not Have To Imagine And Hope, We Need To Accept And Dare To Act Upon Our Heaven-Granted Access To The I AM, The Creator Of All Things Visible And Invisible, Seen And Unseen, Who Condescends Aka Lowers Himself Aka Came Down To Our Level To Make Himself Known, Knowable! 

Dear Ones, Greatly Beloved Of The Infinite, Let Us Not Sell Ourselves Short By Buying Into The Sophistries, The Decorated Untruths Of The Father Of Lies, Satan, The Devil, The Roaring Lion, The Piercing Serpent, Beelzebub, The Lord Of Dung! 

Dung Is Waste Matter! 

The Roar Of That Lion Which Would Make You Pee Yourself, Is Coming From A Serpent Who Goes For Your Extremities! With Your Heart Guarded, Filled With The Love Of Almighty God And The Word Of Truth, You Can Rest Assured Of Christ's Free To You Salvation When You Realize, Recognize, That That Piercing Serpent's Venom Is Beelzebub's, The Lord Of Dung, Dung: It Has No Power Over The Lord's People Who Follow Him Wherever He Goes! 

Brethren, Stick To The Lord Jesus Who Stuck To The Cross For The Love Of You! 

The Lord Jesus, The Great I AM, IS, But Satan Is A Shape Shifter! 

Character Matters! 

Remember, Beloved, Nothing Can Separate You From The Love Of Jesus Because, Hell Or Heaven, Wherever You Are, He Is! 

In Sickness Or Health, In Little Or Much, Before The Kingly Powers Or The Ratchets Rising Aka Those With No Morals Who Take No Responsibility For Their Destructive Ways, Your Beliefs Aka Your Stance For Jesus, Your Standing In Jesus, Will Save Your Soul! 

Satan Is A Defeated Foe! 

Please Give Your All For The Lord Jesus Who Gave His All, His Life, For You! 

Dare To Resist Unto Blood Under The Blood-Stained Banner Of Prince Immanuel, The Prince Of Peace, Our Very Own Jesus Christ, The King Of Glory! 

Think Of Hearing His Voice Uttering The "Welcome Home, Children!" 

Again: Satan Is A Defeated Foe! 

Be At Peace With Almighty God: Pray, Read The Word, Give Praise, Give Thanks, Pray The Promises Of God! 

Walk Humbly Before Our God! 

Look Up: Our King Is Coming! 

Jehovah Shalom! The Lord Is Peace! 

 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Whence Comes Your Fear, Your Hope!?!

Fear And Hope, By Virtue Of Their Cause Of Generation, Inherently Have Absolute Power Over One's Thoughts, Words, And Actions! 

Under Which Circumstance Would This Be A Good Thing!?! How About A Bad Thing!?! 

Here's Your Scenario: A Story Is Being Spread That Has Its Basis In Biblical Juris Prudence! Those Who Stand With The Brave In The Faith That Cannot Fail Are Passing The Word Along! Multitudes, Convicted And Convinced, Are Joining With Them! Those Who Are Taking The Adversarial Role Fear That The Word As Given Is True And Hope That It Is Not, And Rabidly Seek To Suppress And Scrub The Good And Saving Word From Existence, And Destroy The Character And Standing Of The Believers! Jesus Christ Is Coming Again ... And Soon! Seek The Truth, And Speak ...! 

Will It Be For The Life-Giver Or For The Liar!?! 

Yes, Reenie!?! 

I Fear God ... After The Godly Sort, In Awe At His Majesty, And I Give Glory To Him! I Hope, By Faith, To See My Lord Jesus In Perfect Peace So I Choose, Of My Free Will, To Practice What His Preserved, Perfect Word Teaches So That I May Wear His Robe Of Righteousness ... Right Living, Doing, Saying, Thinking, Being, Believing! 

Nicely Said, Reenie! 

Yes, Breezy!?!

Fear, Schmeer! Hope, Rope! Look, Look Off, Live! Fear Traps, And Hope Hangs! I Have No Use For Either Or Neither! That's A Rather Blasé Attitude To Have As A Christian, Breezy! 

Who Said That I Was A Christian, Candy Kane!?! 

The Room Went Silent! 

Loyal Mann Was The First To Recover! 

Breezy ... If You Are Not A Christian, Or Trying To Become A Christian, Why Are You Constantly Here Amongst The Lord's Faithful, Being So Helpful, And Contributing So Generously To All The Programs We Sponsor In Our Community And In The Church Family!?! 

Well, Foolish Mann ... 

The Brethren Gasped ... 

Since You Are Bold And Asking Plainly, I Am Here To Do A Yoeman's Service! 

I Watch You To Obstruct You! I Learn From You To Spurn You! I Feed Off You To Fan Fury Against You, And I Commiserate With You To Eventually Help To Obliterate You And Obfuscate Your Work! 

I Feed Your Fears And Choke Your Hope! I Down Your Ups And Up Your Downs! 

You Know, You All Are Not Very Smart! 

You Open Your Hand And Your Heart To Any And Everybody! 

You Forget That Your Biggest Enemy Is The Enemy Within! 

You Believe That Anybody Can Be Saved By Your Jesus! 

You Fail To Accept That Not Everybody Desires, Even Cares About Wanting To Or Being Saved! 

I'll Answer The Question About Fear And Hope ... Again! 

My Kind Does Not Want Your Brand Of Hope Spreading So We Choose To Use Our Kind Of Fear, The Fear Of Being Outside Of The Majority, Being Contrary To Consensus, To Taint Your Talent Pool That Is Awaiting Their Call Up To Duty! 

I'll Give You A Freebee As I Exit! 

We Fear The Freedom Of Your Expected Future So We Choose To Poison The Peace From The Prince Of Your Present! 

The Prayer Meeting Took On A Whole New Meaning After He Left! 

Lord Jesus, Have Mercy Upon Us Even As We Trust In You! AMEN!!! 

Brethren, We Have Been Roughly Warned! Let's Beseech Our Loving Lord For Discernment, Wisdom, Understanding, Obedience, And, Lord, Help Us ... Time And Again ... Faithful Endurance! Help Us Always To Pray And Not Faint! Help Us To Keep Our Eyes And Hearts Focused And Fixed Upon You! Keep Us In The Holy Way, And Never Turning Aside To Fads And Fables! 

Help Us To Stay Committed ... Carry Us, Lord, And Keep Us Sheltered, Protected, Under The Covert Of Your Wings, Is Our Hearts' Plea! Help Us To Keep Hope Alive And Not To Fear The Battle! AMEN!!! 

Brethren, The Devil Is The Liar, And Jesus Christ Is The Truth For Today And Our Light To Banish The Darkness Of Error And Death, And Our Only Way To The Eternal Life! 

Let's Not Be Distracted! Let's Make Sure To Keep Seekers For Truth Impacted By Our Good Works For The Eternal God So That They May Glorify Him Who Reigns In Heaven! The Truth Sets The Sinner Free! Fear Him Who Can Destroy You Body And Soul In Hell! Hear, Hear!!! AMEN!!! AMEN!!! AMEN!!! 

Brethren, Set Your Faces Like Flint, Like An Adamant Stone, Against The Enemy Of Souls! 

By God's Love, We Will!! 

AMEN!!! 

The Lord's Our Battle Ax ...! 

... And He's Never Dull! 

Hallelujah, Jesus!!! 

Jesus Is Our Peace! 

AMEN!!! 

 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: I Know What I Want, No, Uh, Need!?!

 

I Know What I Want, But I Need What The Lord Jesus Has For Me! Which Desire Shall Win The Lord Already Knows, But I Need To Find Out And Designate It! Lord, Help!

Come On, Saira, You Know Right From Wrong, Truth From Error, Need From Want, AND, Most Importantly, You Well Know That Any Gift Given To You From Our Lord Jesus Is Best And Blessed, No Sorrow To Follow!

That Is True, Gabby, But I ...!

... Stop Right There, Saira! There Is No "But" When It Comes To Our Trusting The Lord For And In All That Concerns Us And Our Well-Being!

I Know, Gabby, But ...! 

... There You Go Again Butting! Are You A Goat Of The Hard-Head Persuasion!?!

No, Gabby, It Is Just That ...! 

... Father, Preserve Us! 

Saira, Pick One: Apple, Orange, Or Banana!

Do You Have Granny Smith, MacIntosh, Or Red Delicious Apples!?!

They Are MacIntosh Apples!

Are The Oranges Blood, Juice, Bitter, Or Navel!?!

Are You For Real!?!

Yes, I Am! I Have Standards, You Know!

Okay, They Are Navel Oranges! 

Are The Bananas Lady Finger, Apple Banana, Or Big Mike Bananas!?!

They Are Apple Bananas!

I Do Not Like Any Of Those Choices So I Can't Make A Decision! 

Lord, Save Us! 

Brethren, This ... This Is A Classic Example Which Demonstrates Why Most Of Us Will Never Get To Enter The Land Where We Won't Cast Shadows! 

Would You Like To Explain That Remark, Gabby!

Gladly, Saira! 

The Lord Jesus, Our Very Creator, The Life Giver, Offers And Makes Available, And Easily Accessible, Free-To-All Salvation, And Most Of Us, Like Our Saira, For Example, Instead Of Accepting The Gift Without Price Or Equal From The Only Wise God, Proceed To Have "Standards" And Offer The Lord Their "Specifications" While Failing Or Neglecting To Realize ...! 

... You Mean Pridefully Fronting With Nothing, Gabby!

I Was Trying To Be Delicate, Delia! 

Well, You Failed! 

Okay, Moving On Smartly! 

We Fall Short Of The Lord's Glory, Have Nothing To Offer To Save Ourselves, And, Yet, We Have Demands, Non-Negotiables, And Red Lines For The Lord ... He Who Gives The Breath Of Life! Would Somebody Make This Make Sense!?!

You're Asking For The Impossible, Gabby! 

Do You Have Anything To Say Besides "Sorry, Lord!" Saira!?! 

Hearing How You've  Laid It Out, Gabby, Makes Me Sound And Feel Like A Real Ingrate!

We All Need To Accept That Charge, Saira, Because That Is Exactly How We All Behave, Or Have Behaved, Before We Acknowledged Our Bankrupt Behavior And Confessed Our Sin With A Heartfelt Repentance To Our Father In The Name Of His Son, Our Savior, Jesus! Scripture Speaks Truly About Us!

How So, Sue!?!

It Asks, "What Can A Man Pay To Redeem His Soul!?!" 

You Know That It Takes A Truly Weighty Pair Of Brasses To Tell The Lord, The Judge Of All Flesh, The Creator, That His Gift Has Gaps, And That His Glory Ain't All That! 

Lord, Forgive Our Foolishness Even As You, In Mercy, Remember Our Frame!

 AMEN!!!

Whatever The Lord Has For Us Is Perfectly Perfect! 

That's Not True, Trent! 

What Do You Mean, Manny!?! 

Perfectly Perfect Suggests The Possibility That lt Could Have Been Perfectly Imperfect: Both Are Made-Man Constructs! 

Let Us Use The Lord's Words To Us About His Gifts For Us! Almighty God's Gifts To Us Are Good And ... Perfect ... No Qualification! 

Gabby!?! 

Yes, Saira!?! 

I Will Take An Apple, A Banana, And An Orange! 

Greedy, Much!?! 

The Lord Giveth Grandly And I Accepteth Gladly! 

AMEN!!! 

Peace, People! 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Mimicking Or Mirroring The Master!?!

 

Be Like Jesus! Love One Another! When The Character Of Christ Is Perfected In Us, Jesus Will Come To Claim Us Who Are His Own! 

Does That Mean That We Will Look Like Jesus Or Act Like Jesus Or Both!?! How Can I Know!?! 

Are We To Mimick The Lord!?! Anybody Got A Mirror! 

Funny You Mention Mimick AND Mirror, Macy-May! 

Ain't Nothing Funny About That, Gracy-Faye! Whenever, Wherever There Is Anything Spoken Or Done Or To Be Done For Or In The Name Of Our Jesus, It Is Guaranteed That There Will Be Mimics And Mirrors On The Back-Hand Side Because Of That Side-Winder, Satan The Damned! 

True That! Our Jesus Is Perfect, And He Says, "Be Ye Perfect Even As Your Father In Heaven Is Perfect!" 

And What Do We Often See On Show!?! 

Yes, Dingus!?! 

That's An Easy Answer, Macy-May! We See Parodies Parading Prominently! We See Mincing Mimicks And ...! 

... We See Mirror Madness! 

What's This Mirror Madness, Milo!?! Ahhh, Mirror Madness! That, My Friends, Is One Of Beelzebub's Baleful Bests ... With A Branch! 

Do Share, Mon Frere! 

When We View The Lord, What We See Is What We Receive! When We Faithfully Follow The Lamb, There Ain't No Goat Parts Passing, People! 

Very True! 

So What If I Tell You That Beelzebub The Bold And Brazen Displays A True Mirror Of Our Beautiful Savior On A Branch Of A Goodly Tree!!?! 

Just As You Reach The Branch Of A Tree Before You May Touch The Tree, The Source Of Its Life, We See Satan's "Good" Mirror On The Extended Branch Of His Goodly Tree, And We Stand Still, Looking Real Fine, And Preen, Pose, And Present Our Position When, Suddenly, The Branch Is The Tree And The Tree Is The Mirror Is Become A House Of Mirrors ... Circus Mirrors! 

Merciful Powers! 

Good Call, Calley! 

I Remember Those Circus Mirrors From My Ill-Spent Youth! Those Things Would Give A Person Nightmares After Making You Want To Upchuck Your Fairground Eats! 

That Sounds Positively Vile ... Evil! 

There! You Said It, Cravitz! Bait And Switch! Exchange Gold To Get Pyrite! Throw Away Beauty And Glow-Up With ... Ashes!?! 

Brethren, This Is Where The Rubber Meets The Road! In The Compromise With Sin, The Caricature Becomes The Keeper, The Kept, And, Ultimately, When Christ Comes, The Cast Off, The Cast Out! 

Wow! Do I Hear Upcoming Wailing And Gnashing Of Teeth!?! 

You Better Believe It! Jesus Is Right, Light, Pure, Perfect, No Derivatives, No Shadows, No Mirrors! 

We Are Not To Be Merchandise, To Be Manipulated, Packaged, Branded, Sold Out! 

We Are Bought With A Price Not Known To Be Silver Or Gold! 

We Walk In Light, In Love, By Faith, Through Grace, In Truth! 

Brethren, Those Are Real, Bold, Plain Statements Of Fact, No Wavering, No Waffling, No Buffering, No Sick-Inducing Parodies! Jesus Saves Souls From Sin! 

These Parodies, These Mimicks, Encourage People To, With Comfort, Play In And With Sin ...  To Conform To The Classes Of This World ... And Not To Be Transformed By The Renewing Of Their Minds Through Christ Who Strengthens Them! 

Do You Know What's The Difference Between The Mirror Of The Word Of God And Satan's Circus Mirror!?! 

Yes, Calley! 

The Mirror Of The Lord's Word Will Only Show You What's Wrong Whilst Satan's Shining Sifter Shimmeringly Shifts Us Through The Stages Of The Changes Of A Life That Blasts Us And Benefits Him! 

Wow, Calley! Color Me Surprised! Not! He's The Father Of Lies, Ain't He!?! 

Look, Let's Just Settle This! Give Me Jesus Because With Him, I'll Rise!

AMEN!!! 

Brethren, Constant Effort Must Be Put Forth If We Are To Stay True To Truth In The Light Of Life! 

As We Started, Let Us End: Be Like Jesus! Let It Be Your Song ... Your Reasonable Service! 

AMEN!!! 

Peace!

 

 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Imagine This ... If You Dare!

 

I Double-Dog Dare You Miserable Wretches ...! 

... Wait, Who She Calling Miserable Wretches!?! 

Cloris Is Calling Us, Her Dear Friends, By That Appellation, Norbert! 

I Ain't Neither Miserable Nor A Wretch, Nancy! 

You're Wrong Twice, Norbie! 

Explain Yourself, Nancy! 

I Surely Will, My Friend! We Belong To The Laodicean Church So We Are Miserable: Our Jesus Said So In Revelation Chapter Three! 

The Apostle Paul Said In Romans 7:24: “O Wretched Man that I Am! Who Shall Deliver Me From The Body Of This Death?” 

You See, The Romans Had A Thoroughly Nasty Penchant For Attaching A Dead Body To Someone Who They In Turn Wanted To Dispatch With Prejudice, So He Was Painting A Picture For His Audience Which They Would Understand While Showing That We Were In Dying Bodies Ourselves Because Of Our Sinful Condition By Nature, And Nurture Aka Our Training And Practice! 

I Am Sure That That Ghastly Practice Was Inspired By Demons, Norbie! 

And I Agree With You, Nancy! But Why Was Cloris Speaking Like That!?! 

She Is Angry, And So Should We Be, Because The Lord Is Good To And For Us, And Instead Of Us Being Grateful And Thankful, We Crucify Him Afresh, Sabotage His Work, And Bring Him To An Open Shame! 

Do You Know What The Lord Does Instead Of Destroying Us Or Helping Us To Destroy Ourselves For Our Base Ingratitude!?! 

Tell Me, Norbie! Tell Me What I Should Already Know! 

Willie-Sue, Our Lord Jesus Made, Makes A Way, Shows, Offers, Invites Us To Apply To Be A Part Of His Team - No Tricks, No Traps - By His Holy Spirit Who Will Surely Lead Us Into All Truth! 

So What Is The Problem With That, Norbie!?! 

The Problem, Clammy-Cherry, Is That We Are So Caught Up In Appearances, And Titles, And Compensation Potential That We Reject What Lasts Forever For That Which Can't Last No Matter How It Is Framed And Funneled! 

Do You Remember That Expression Which Says: "Beauty Fades But Ugly Lasts Forever!?!" 

Of Course, Nancy! 

You Do Know That It's A Lie When Spiritually Applied! 

How So!?! 

The Ugliness Of Sin Cannot Last Forever Because Sin Will Not Arise A Second Time In The Earth Made New! 

Secondly, The Beautiful Gospel Of Truth Which Speaks Of The Beautiful Savior Lasts Forever Because Our Jesus, Our Savior, Died Once For All Mankind, His Body Never Saw Corruption, And He Now Lives Forever! 

His Beauty Will Grow More Beautiful To Us During The Ceaseless Years Of Eternity Because We Who Believe To The End, And Are Rewarded With Everlasting Life At The Last Trumpet, Will Look Upon Him Through Truly Seeing Eyes Of Cumulative Holy Love! 

I Like That Word-Picture, Norbie! 

Cloris, I Agree With You And Have One Thing To Add For All Of Us! 

Let Us Not Permit Pride To Cause Us To Try To Purchase Pre-Paid Free-To-Anyone Tickets On The Day After The Request-Accept-By Date! 

There Shall Be Wailing And Gnashing Of Teeth ... With Fierce Regret! 

Oh, That Land Of Regret Where Everyone Stands Alone! 

Cloris, It's Time To Talk To Jesus:  I Am A Miserable Wretch And Only The Lord Jesus Can Fix Me! 

I'm With You, Willie-Sue! 

Regret And Salvation Are One-On-One Encounters So Let Us Permit Our Now-Present, Positively Actionable Regret Over Our Known Sin Pilot Us To Salvation-From-Sin Purchased For Us By Our Dear Savior's Sacrifice!

AMEN!!! 

I Love It, Love It, Love It: Let Regret Serve The Higher Purpose ... When It Matters! 

Peace! 

 

 

Stop Telling Me How I Should Pray!

I Don't Know About You, But I Am Heartily Sick And Really Tired Of People Telling Me How I Should Pray To Make The Living God Answer My Prayers And Give Me What I Want, How I Want It, And When I Want It! 

What Do You Think Is The Purpose Of The Holy Spirit Who Interprets Our Prayers!?! 

If I Can "Make" The Lord, The God Of Glory, Answer My Prayers, I Am God, And I Don't Need That Living God, And I, Therefore, Have No Need To Pray! 

Do You See The Stupidity That Is Masquerading As So-Called Good Theology!?! 

Did You Hear The One About The Lord Using Only Those Persons With A Particular Birthdate!?! 

Either People's Brains Burping On The Regular, Or The Clowns Running The Circus! 

Or Mice In The Good Seed, Bats In The Belfry ...! 

... Or We Are Lazy, Becoming Lazy, Or Are Choosing To Let Others Plant, Raise, Harvest, And Serve Us Our Food Already Masticated Aka Already Chewed, Ready To Swallow! 

Hell And Damnation!?! 

Right In One! 

But Getting Back To This Perfect Prayer That The Lord Can't Refuse: Isn't That The Prayer Of Faith!?! 

Yes, It Is, BUT Even Then The Lord, In Infinite Wisdom And Mercy For Love Toward Us, Sometimes Says "No!" To Our Faith-Filled Petitions! 

But, Grannum, What Is Being Revealed Is That That Malevolent Spirit Is At Work And Working Overtime And Gaining Staff! 

Yes, Pinks, He Is, But It Is Also Exposing And Reinforcing The Eden Conspiracy! 

I Can't Say That I've Ever Heard That Expression, Grannum! 

Well, Pinks, Remember Eve Believing The Stranger, Not Her God, And Accepting That The Forbidden Fruit, Easy On The Eye, Could Make Her Wise And God-Like! 

Consider These Prayer Coaches  Guaranteeing The Year Of The Lord's Favor: What's The Difference Between Them And Satan And His Fallen Angels!?! 

None! 

The Lord Gave Us A Framework For Prayer: Use It! 

He Said: Pray And Plead With Thanksgiving For Everything! He Said Believe! He Said Pray Without Ceasing! What He Did Not Say Is Let Someone Who Is Not You Pray As You For What You Want, Need, With Formulaic Intensity! 

You Are An Individual With A Direct Line To The Heart Of God ...! 

... Sorry To Cross You, But I Just Remembered About The One That Says That You Can't Pray Lying On Your Bed! 

Alright, Already, Thompie! Color Me Ridiculous! Are We Really Going To Accept This Rubbish And Believe That The Good God In Heaven Will Reject The Prayers Of The Bed-Ridden, The Invalided, The Hospitalized, Those Languishing Prostrate On Beds Of Torture, Because They Cannot Stand Up Or Kneel Before His Exalted Self, Because He Is "Fragile" And Will Not Be Disrespected By An Unbended Knee!?! 

Sounds Right ... Per Them! 

Is This What We Have Come To!?! Isn't Our God Gracious, Long-Suffering, Gentle, Kind, Loving ... Understanding ... Seeing Other Than We See, Remembering That We Are Dust, Knowing Our Frame!?! 

"Yes!" On All Points! So, Who Is Signing Pay-Checks For These  Charlatans!?! 

Somebody Satan-Adjacent! 

You Ain't Lying, Lucy! 

Father, In The Name Of Our Blessed Jesus, Grant Us Your Grace, Your Strength, And Keep Us Strong In And By The Word Of Truth To Withstand The Slithering Evil Masquerading As A "Thus Saith The Lord!" 

AMEN!!! 

Brethren, Be Wise For Your Own Self And Unto Salvation! 

AMEN!!! 

Peace!