Why Should I ... When God Is ... ?! + PRAYER: Lord, Let My Faith Shine!

Why

Should I Walk In The Sight
Of These
My Blind 

AND

Dying Eyes
When
I Can Walk In  The Faith Of Him
Who Is My Soul's Delight?

Why

Should I Trust To Luck
Of Spurious Pedigree
When

I May Walk In The Blessing Of Him
Who

On Calvary
Cruelly Died To Save Me?

Why

Should I Cast Away My Confidence
When

Great Recompense
Is Nigh At The Door
To Try Treats That Cannot Last
AND

That Only Serve To Be The Leading Reins
To The Realm Of The Outcast?

I Have Waited This Long

So
I Can Wait
- One Moment More -
For 

HIM

Because He 

- Who Has Promised To Be True To Me -

IS

The God Of All Graces
NOT

The Lord Of The Con Men

With Back To Front Sideways Faces!

PRAYER:

Lord, 

I Love You!

I Honor You True!

I Am A Humble Servant

Working Faithfully For You!

Teach Me, Lord!

Feed Me!

Guide Me In The Right

And

Help Me Ever To Do Right

Even When Wrong Doing

Fantastically Pays!

Help Me To Completely Trust You, Lord

My Beloved Father In Heaven

Especially In Those Times When

The Carnal Man In Me Says "No!"

And

Help Me To Tell

In Faith

- With Compassion -

The Good News Story To Others

My Unknown Friends

And

Not Yet Met

And

Soon To Be - In The Lord -

Sisters

And

Brothers!

Lord, Let My Faith Shine!

Help Me To Walk True

Even If I Walk Alone

And

I Beseech You

To Remember Me

When You Come To Take The Saints

To Their Forever Home!

I Love You, Lord!

Please Let These Words Be True

For

My Sins I Confess

And

I Do Repent Of All My Wrong Doing

Because I Desire To Live

With You

Who Loves Me True!

Please Restore Me

Unto The Joy

Which - In You -

Is Without Alloy!

Teach Me, Lord

To Know My End

And

Show Me The Measure Of My Days

For I Am Frail

And

Without You

I Shall Not Stand!

Upon You, Lord

I Totally Depend!

Pity Me, Lord

And

Hear

And

Answer

And

Show Mercy

For In Jesus Christ's Holy Name I Plead!

AMEN.

For What Do You Pray?

We Just Don't Know Of The Many Blessings
That Keep Us From Doing  
The Unholy One's Behest!

We Just Don't Know Of The Many Blessings
That Bring Us To The Lord 
So That We May Our Sin Confess!

We Just Don't Know Of The Many Blessings
Which Cause Us To Turn Away
From Falling Into Mortal Distress
So ...
Let's Give Our Praise And Thanks
Trust And Obedience To The Living God
So That Heaven Will Continue
Our Hearts And Hands To Bless!

Our Loving Savior
Says That We Must Come To Him
To Be Fed
BUT
Before We Can Go To Him
We Must Recognize
That We Have A Need
For The Bread Of Heaven
AND
Life's Living Water Pure
AND
Believe That God Can Will Feed Us
AND
ONLY THEN
Will Our Food Be Sure
AND
Secured!

Let No Man Deceive You!
The Living God Is Not Mocked!
Let Not Self Deceive You
To Believe
That Going To God Is There To Give You
Ample Temporal Stock
For
Life Is More Than Food And Raiment
Houses And Land
Possessions And Processions
Following Fashion
AND
Always Having The Winning Game Hand!

Coming To Jesus
Will Get You
The Father
AND
The Son!
Not Coming To Jesus
Will Make You
A Sure Lost
An Also Ran!

The Heavenly Father Won't Know You!
The Eternal Gifts For You
By You Will Be Cast Away
AND
In The Great Day's Dawning
Your Wailing Teeth-Gnashing
AND
Christ-Confessing Self
Will Receive Its Justly Earned
Jesus-Awarded
Fully Compensated
No Deductions
For Nor By Mercy Sanctioned
Eternal Gross Pay!

NOW Is The Accepted Time Of Salvation!
NOW Is The Time - Don't You Delay
For The Lord Is Willing
With You To Reason
No Matter What Your Life's Season!

He Will Listen To What You Have To Say
AND
If You Have Questions
Know For A Surety
That He Will Answer All
For
He Is The Creator God
Of Everything
Great And Small
On Under
Above The Blue Ball!

Please Know
Without Fear And Failing
That Jesus Christ
Is The Answer
Whereby You Can Reclaim
ALL
That Was Lost To Us
Because Of Man's
Satan-Inspired
Ignoble Fall!

Trust In The Lord!
Call On His Name!
Believe In His Promises!
Walk In His Way!
Live In His Light!
Take From That Holy Hand The Offered Blessing!
From Cherished Sin Walk Away
AND
By Jesus Christ The Righteous
Enter
The Land Bright With Everlasting Day!

Psst! I Pray To God!

PRAY is:

P utting Earthly
R ealities
A side and
Y ielding to The Holy Spirit's Leading!

I PRAY
Because I Believe In The

P romises
R eserved and Stored in The
A lmighty God's Hand to be
Y ielded Up At The Glorious Awakening!

I PRAY
And
My Heart Feels Full -
Even Though My Pocket is Empty and
My Cupboard is Bare
And
I am Lost under Care
And
I have No Earthly Soul with whom My Burden to Share -
And
By so doing, Life does not Me Scare!

I Believe
That God Can ...!!

God IS No Liar Like Fallen Man
He Says He Will
And
He Can
And
He Does
And
On His Holy Word 
I Stand!

If God is a Liar 
Then
I am Deceived
AND
My Life is a Pyre 
AND
Satan's Lot is Relieved!

BUT ...

I Choose To Believe
On a Faith I Cannot Count
In a Love I Cannot See
But 
Is a Love 
That Works Out
That Lifts Up
That Carries Onward
That Pulls Through
And
Prods Production
That Waits
And
Doesn't Worry
Never Screams
Nor Talks About!

I PRAY 
To The God
That I See Through
The Holy Spirit's Eyes!
I Trust in The God That
The Holy Spirit Knows - No Lies!!

By Faith in What I Cannot See
I Accept The Word of Him who Created Me
And
I Choose to Believe in Him
And
I Expect to Receive from Him
Rather Than to Believe that He Isn't
And 
Find Out - Too Late - That
He Is
And
Could My Sin Have Relieved!

I Ask My God to Help Me 
To Always Accept Truth
No Matter The Messenger
No Matter If It is Tied Pug-Ugly and Loose!
To Always Let Me
Recognize Error, Lies and Deceits
No Matter if The Messenger
Is Wrapped Up in Light and White Robes!
To Let Me Trust The Word of The Word on
The Direction
And
The Path
That Leads to Glorification
At the Trumpet's Last Blast
And
To let Me Walk The Talk
And 
Talk The Walk
In Bright and Glorious Truth
Even if It Causes Me To Be Cut Off
While I'm as Yet a Mere Youth!

I Will PRAY! - By Faith!
I Will Plead for More Grace
AND
I Will Petition for Provision
To Get Me To That Place
Where
By The Love of The Father
I Will See Sweet Jesus' Face!

To Me, To PRAY is to:

P lead
R igorously for the
A bility to
Y ield My Spirit to Yoke with God's!

I Am PRAYING!

What About YOU!?!

Almost Thou Persuadest Me ...!?!

I listened and
I heard oft' repeated The Word
ALMOST ... and
My hair got curled!

ALMOST ... in Christianity is
What an "F-Bomb" is to Right-thinkers
Of The World ... but I digress!

This is how The Story goes:

The Almost Rich
Is Almost Happy!

The Almost Married
Was Almost Pregnant! 

The Almost Believing
Was Almost Persuaded!

The Almost Reconciled to Almighty God
His Sin Almost Recognized!

The Decidedly Human believes
He is Almost God!

He who Almost Heard The Word
Thought God was Almost Great!

 He who was Almost Faithful was
Almost Helped and
Almost Healed but for the Fact
In Jesus Christ he
Almost Believed!

The Almost Christian
Whose Life was Almost Holy 
Cried because in God his Life was
Almost Perfect!

The Almost Famous thought
He and God were
Almost Friends!

Almost Persuaded said he could
Almost Say that there is God but
Since he had not personally met God
He will say that he could Almost Believe
In a Real God!

He who was
Almost Ready to Change
Almost Listened to The Gospel
And said it is Almost Too Hard to understand!

What is wrong with this "story?"

"... Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian!"

Acts 26:28

What is The Expected End to such a position IF Our Very Real, and Almighty God should come right this very minute?

What would your expression be if He God said to you right this very minute:

"I Almost Saved You 

When You Almost Believed in Me!

But, since You only Almost Trusted Me

I will definitely tell You that You are Assuredly Lost?"

In the Realm of Heaven, there is not one thing that falls into the category of Almost:

We are Saved by Grace Through Faith.

We are Redeemed by The Blood of The Lamb.

We are Reconciled unto God by Jesus Christ's Merits.

We have Homes in Glory.

We will have Golden Crowns.

We will have Stars in our Crowns.

We will Freely Access The River of The Water of Life.

We will see Jesus Christ as He sees us.

We will have Eternal Life.

We will have Immortal Bodies.

We shall never Grow Old.

We shall Never Die for

We shall have been Changed.

ALMOST is just about The Most Egregious Word that a Christian can use EXCEPT right here, and right now, when he Cheers himself by saying:

"I am ALMOST HOME!"

as he Struggles under The Burden of a Living Faith while Appealing To, Working For, and Looking Toward, Heaven!

Otherwise, ALMOST is a Self-Prescribed Death Sentence!

If you Need Jesus

If you Need New Life

If you Need Manna -

Trust God in The Strife!

If you will be Ready

To Walk The Pathway to Eternal Life

Put your Back to The Plow

Bless The True and Living God

And ... 
Come What May

In All Ways

Day by Day
Read The Holy Word
and

Pray, Pray, PRAY!!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Reacting To Life! + Prayer

"How do you stand it!?!"

"Why are you so calm!?!"

"I've paid a heavy price for My Faith but
You know what? Jesus is now running My Show!
You see, I made up My Mind
For He said that He Is Divine, so
I Decided to Trust Him, and
Now My Worry is in Decline!
What about y'all?'


"Knee! - I Pray"

"Jerk! - I React!"

"Knee-Jerk! I Pray AND React!"


"Wow! I know whatcha mean!
Been There!
Done That!
Misery was My Companion and
I was ready for the Tin-foil Hat!"



Sitting out there upon "The Shelf" Is 
The Problem with Christian-By-Self:

#CallingOnJesus!

Depending on Self!

Reacting to The World!

Destroying Soul Health!

Trust Jesus! - Jesus is The Shepherd!
Lean On The Spirit! - The Spirit is for Help in Prayer!
Read The Holy Bible! - It's The Captain's Word!
Depend on Him! - Our God Truly Provides Care!

********

Father, I know what I was without You

A sinner without You who anything would do

But, You met Me in The Way

You said: "Child, There you cannot stay!"

And I from that world walked away!

I do not brag but

I thank You, Lord, for casting that Bag Full of My Sin

Into Your Forgetfulness Sea -

You promised it shall not to Your Memory return and

You promised You will not me spurn

So, please, keep Teaching this Child, Lord

For I need Your Lessons for Gaining Eternal Life to daily learn.

AMEN

BENEDICTION:

May Your Rest Be Sweet

May Your Peace Be Complete

May Your Spirit Soar

As Jesus Knocks at Your Trembling Heart's Door

May Your Night Be As Bright As The Noon-day Light

And May You Awaken To The Son's Sweet Light For 

Our God IS Nigh.

AMEN.

If Only

If Only

If only are the saddest words,

Ever uttered by a man,

Because they speak of the broken dreams,

Of someone who now needs a hand!

If only is a feeling

Brought on by sad regrets

Of things we should have done differently

And now wish we could correct!

If only — broken promises,

Hopes buried, unspoken words,

All the things we never accomplished,

But, you know, there’s ever the Lord!

So don’t worry about unchangeable things

Get down on your knees and pray

To live life according to His will

And “If only” won't ever come your way! **BJC**

Today I am Counting ... BLESSINGS!

Greetings, Dear Ones!

Today, I am

Counting Blessings!

I awoke this morning and thought

“What a blessing!”

I looked at the sunrise and thought

“What a blessing!”

And then as I started my busy day,

It dawned on me and I thought to myself

“I’ve got a lot to be thankful for so I know I should 

be counting blessings!”

I sat down for a little while and did a short review

Yes, of course, there were blessings to count

And more than just a few!

Blessing No. 1 - I’d awakened today

Blessing No. 2 - I was healthy

Blessing No. 3 - inside the cupboard door

Blessing No. 4 - I was wealthy

I cast around inside my life

Looking for blessings to count

And as I concentrated on this

The blessings started to mount!

Blessing No. 5 - is hands that could work

Blessing No. 6 - seeing eyes

Blessing No. 7 - is ears to hear

Blessing No. 8 - I’m alive!

I thought some more and realized

So far I’d thought just of me

I’d not even touched on family and friends

Counting blessings could take at least a week!

I knew I’d never complete the task

Of counting the blessings that I had received

So I just gave up this impossible task

And instead thanked God on my knees!

As I got up from giving thanks

I vowed to count blessings each day

Even though the blessings are infinite

At least I can say “Thank YOU!” when I pray!**BJC**