Humble Service And Sound Sleep Are Synonymous!

We Are Not Born For Worldly Greatness 

Nor Placed On This Earth To Be Served! 

Did Not Our Lord Jesus Say That 

He Did Not Come To Be Served But To Serve!?! 

Beloved, 

If The Creator God

The King Of Earth And Glory

Our Savior, Redeemer, And Forever Friend

He Who Causes Us To Be Because He Is

Humbly Served His Own  Creation During His Earthly Sojourn 

And

Is Even Now In The Most Holy Place Of The Heavenly Sanctuary 

Working

Making Intercession For Us 

So That We, Cleansed

May Return To The Father's House Of Amazing Love

Why, Why, Why Are We Becoming So Self-Centered 

And 

Self-Serving To Demand That 

Others Serve Us Like They Are Napkins 

Good Only For Using And Refusing!?! 

Dear Ones, 

Never, Ever, Mistake 

Willing Service In The King's Camp 

For Forced Servitude In The Devil's Dungeon! 

The Lord Of Life Asks:

"Whom Shall We Send And Who Will Go For Us!?!" 

Will You Answer The Call To Service 

Or Will You Insist On Being Served 

To The Detriment Of Your Own Soul!?! 

The Proud Are Never Satisfied With What They Are Served! 

Humble Service 

Is 

Ground For Sound Sleep! 

Let's Joyfully Serve Our King Jesus! 

Peace!

Touch The Lord Christ Who Is Touching You!

No Matter What The Loud And Aggressive

The Rich And The Well-Regarded

And 

The Proud And Profane Persons Of This World May Say To You

You Always, Always, Always Have The One Choice 

To Refuse To Lean On Your Own Corrupted Understanding 

And Instead 

Choose To Lean 

Upon The Bosom Of Jesus Christ Our Lord God Almighty 

And 

Deeply Draw Upon His Life ... His Love

And

His Wisdom Which Cannot Ever Fail! 

Beloved, 

When We Choose To Lean Upon Something Or Someone

It Is Because We Are "Comfortable" In Our Belief That 

They Are And It Is Strong, Secure

And 

Sure! 

The Problem, However, Is That 

We Ill-Advisedly Place Our Trust On Shaky Foundations

Tottering Walls

And 

Leaning Towers: 

So Much For Strength, Security, And Surety! 

Dear Ones, 

We Have Unfailing Grace 

To Bless Us To Repose Our Hopes, Trust, Faith, And Future 

On The "Thus Saith The Lord!" Who Created Us

Saves Us, Sustains Us

Leads, Feeds, Corrects, Comforts, And Carries Us

And 

Is Committed To Our Salvation, Sanctification

And 

Ultimate Redemption On The Great Day! 

By The Way

The Fact That The Nugget About The Disciple John 

Leaning On The Bosom Of Jesus Christ Who Loved Him 

Is 

Preserved In The Living Word 

Should Be A Special, Intimate, Infinite Comfort 

To Every One Of Us Believers Individually ... Personally: 

Whoever We Are Physically Touching 

Is 

Also Physically Touching Us! 

Dare To Lean On Aka Touch Jesus Christ Today! 

You Will Not Regret It! 

Peace!

Pride Is Poison + PRAYER: Father, Please Help Us To Humble Ourselves!

It Is Significant To See Righteousness And Unrighteousness

Faithfulness And Faithlessness 

And 

Pride And Humility 

So Starkly Compared And Contrasted! 

Beloved, 

We Are To Live By Faith 

While Lovingly Humbling Ourselves Before The Lord Christ 

Who Will Lift Us Up In His Day Of Appointment 

Just As He Lifted Up Jacob, Joseph, Job, And Moses! 

We Are Not To Lift Up Ourselves 

In Pride And With Arrogance Like Lucifer: 

It Didn't Work Out For Him 

And

It Will Not Work Out For Us! 

We Love To Say With The Worldly-Wise That 

Man Appoints And God Disappoints 

But 

If We Look Closer

We Will Clearly See What Manner Of Defeat, Disaster

Destruction, And Deviltry Exists 

When Man Appoints Man

And 

Man Anoints Self! 

The Humble, Faithful, Servant Of God

Is

Always A Blessing To Mankind!

Pride Is Poison 

And 

Self-Aggrandizement Is Terminal Disease 

And

Neither Has A Place In The Heart Of 

The Committed-To- Christ Christian! 

Dear Ones, 

The Only Lifting Up We Should Be Doing 

Is 

Lifting Up Our Souls To The Lord

Lifting Up Our Hands In Worship And Praise

Lifting Up Our Brethren

And 

Lifting Up Our Bibles And Our Spoons 

As They Convey To Our Bodies 

Our Very Necessary Daily Food! 

Pride Decimates! 

Faith Elevates 

And 

Humility Opens The Flood-Gates Of Blessing! 

PRAYER:

Heavenly Father, 

Please Help Us Today

To Humble Ourselves Before You On Earth

Your Footstool

So That You Will Lift Us Up To Heaven

Your Throne

On The Glad Day That You Have Set! 

Amen!!! 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Let Us Not Boast About Our Basement-Level Behavior!

When You Measure Yourself By Yourself 

And Compare Yourself To Yourself 

What Are You!?! 

A Fool! 

When A Man Defies, Denies, The Living God 

And Calls Himself God 

And Acts As Though He Is God 

But Does Not Have The Power Of God 

And Cannot Keep Himself Alive 

What Is He!?! 

An Idolatrous, Lying, Fool! 

The Fool Hath Said In His Heart That There Is No God! 

The Fool, Therefore, Is Unwise, Untutored

Unschooled In The Wise Ways Of The Holy God

And 

Suggesting That The Fool Has His Own Sense 

Is 

Oxymoronic In The Extreme! 

Denying Your Own Maker Is Devilish! 

Making Yourself God Is Satanic! 

Encouraging Others To Indulge In 

Heaven-Daring Lawlessness For Kicks, For Thrills 

Is 

Willful Wickedness Writ Large 

And 

Left Unconfessed And Unrepented

Will Be Punished Without The Blessed Benefit Of

Mercy Of The Eternal God! 

Be Ye Wise ...

The Only Measuring Stick Worth Using In This Life 

Is 

The Character Of The Lord Jesus Christ! 

Without Our Lord's Intervention

We Will Walk Around Pridefully 

Showing How Holy We Are When We Are Not: 

Let Us Not Boast About Our Basement-Level Behavior! 

The Prophet Isaiah Believed He Was Holy 

Until He Saw The Lord In His Glory! 

He Became Aware Of His Uncleanness 

And 

His Unworthiness To Be The Servant Of God 

When He Saw Himself In The Light Of Almighty God's Glory! 

Beloved, 

Our God ... The Living God ... Is Compassionate

And 

In The Moment Of Our Truly Seeing Him ... By Faith 

And

Acknowledging That We Are Less Than He Requires 

And

Need All That Our Lord Christ Has To Give Us 

Is

The Time That The Lord Can Work In And On Us To Bless Us 

And

Through Us To Bless Others! 

Self-Praise Is No Praise! 

The Praise Of Man Is A Trap 

And 

Unless We Let Go Of Pride 

And 

Give Our Self Over To The Lord For Him To Do His Saving Work

We Will Pridefully, Arrogantly, Ignorantly

Contentedly Continue Travelling Through Shadows-With-Troubles 

Where The Citizens Measure Themselves By Themselves 

Until We Arrive At Inescapable Torment! 

Please, I Beseech Us All

Let Us Permit The Holy Spirit To Do A Good Work In Us 

By Allowing Him To Work On Us While It Is Yet Day, Today

The Day Of Salvation! 

Let Us Let The Lord Remove Our Iniquity From Us 

And 

Purge Us Of Our Sin 

So That He May Use Us In His Service 

To Bless Others With The Good News That He, Alone, Saves! 

Let Us Really Work For The Lord: 

Untold Blessings Are Guaranteed! 

Peace! 

Consider Your Ways ... And Please The Lord!

Let No Human Or Malevolent Spirit Fool You: 

Attitude About 

And

Behavior Towards The Lord Are Everything! 

Our Blessings And Our Prosperity 

Depend Upon Our Total Obedience 

To The Word And The Will Of Our Almighty God! 

Partial Obedience Is Disobedience ... Which Is Dangerous 

And

Willful Disobedience Is  Deadly! 

Just Ask Nadab, Abihu, Achan

Hophni, Phineas, Balaam, And King Saul! 

Disobedience Comes Of The PEG

Aka Pride, Envy, And Greed

Which Is In The Devil's Domain! 

Nothing Good Ever Came Or Will Come From 

The Hand Of Satan! 

Beloved, 

See Sin With Your Eyes 

But 

Don't Ever Choose To Romance It 

No Matter How Beautiful

Mouth-Watering

Or Potentially Profitable Its Appearance! 

The Lord Asks Us To Consider Our Ways 

Because 

Our Unsancitified Ways Obviously Do Not Please Him 

Even As They Do Not Bless Us! 

Folly Is Not Common-Sense! 

Let Us, Therefore, Choose To Follow Uncommon Sense

Aka Faith

And 

Bless Almighty God With Our Willing, Ready, Obedience! 

When Our Ways Please The Lord

He Causes Our Enemies To Be At Peace With Us! 

Best Of All, Though

When We Seek The Kingdom Of God 

And 

Make It First In Our Affections

The Necessities Of Life Will Always Be Provided To Us 

And

We Shall Surely Reach The Heavenly Home! 

Peace!

PRAYER:

Father, 

Please Help Us To Be Wise Unto Salvation 

So That Our Ways Will Please You Today! 

AMEN.

 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Mercy Is Free For Me And Thee!

How Often Have We Wanted, Needed, Desired Something 

But 

Didn't Receive It 

Because 

We Didn't Choose To Humble Ourselves Enough To Ask For It!?! 

Too Often, I Dare Say! 

Beloved, 

We Are Instructed 

To Approach Boldly The Throne Of Grace That 

We May Obtain The Available Mercy! 

If We Don't Ask For Almighty God's Mercy

Then We Will Not Find His Free-To-All Grace

That Unmerited Favor

The Divine Power To Help Us In Our Time Of Need 

Which Is Every Day That Live And Breathe! 

If You're Proud, Humble Yourself! 

If Your Dumb, Speak In Your Heart

Write A Note

Talk Your Talk To The Lord! 

Remember That We Don't Pray As We Ought To 

So, In Mercy, The Holy Spirit Intercedes For Us 

With Groanings Which Cannot Be Uttered! 

Our Joy 

Is 

To Ask 

And 

Almighty God's Love Always Answers With What Is Best For Us 

And

Delivers More And Better Than We Could Have Ever Asked

Anticipated Or Expected! 

Mercy Is A Truly Beautiful Word, Concept, Construct, That 

We Should Gladly Accept 

And

Generously Apply! 

Mercy: 

Meeting 

Each 

Request With 

Compassion For Every 

Yearning Soul

There Is Forgiveness, Benevolence

And 

Kindness Within The Lord's Mercy 

So Big-Up Yourself By Showing Yourself Small

Helpless, Sinful

Needy

Repentant, Reconciled, Redeemed

Blessed! 

Please Put Arrogance And Pride Out Of Your Heart-House 

And 

Actively Seek Kindness From Jesus Christ The Lord! 

May The Blessings Of The Lord Make You Rich Today 

And 

Forever! 

Peace! 

MONEY CAN'T BUY SALVATION: Soap And Water Can't Clean Sin!

Money Can Buy A Lot Of Things In This Life

But

It Can't Buy Class

A Conscience

Nor The Lord Christ! 

We Used To Sing A Song In Young People's Meeting 

Which Contained The Words: 

"If Salvation Was A Thing That Money Could Buy

The Rich Would Live But The Poor Would Die!" 

Thankfully, The Living God Is Not Impressed 

With Our Big Bucks

Or Our Intellect

Or Our Accomplishments 

And, Therefore

He Calls All Of Us Sinners 

And

Invites Us All To Come To Him For Cleansing

For Salvation

By His Saving Grace Known Full And Free! 

Big Or Little, Rich Or Poor, Free Or Slave

All Of Us, Everyone

Is 

Free To Approach The Throne Of Grace Humbly 

In Acceptance Of What Cannot Be Bought, Begged, Or Bartered!

Salvation Can't Be Bought: It's Not For Sale!

Salvation Can't Be Begged: It Is A Gift Of Undying Love!

Salvation Can's Be Bartered: We Have Nothing To Barter With!

What A Mighty And Good God We Serve! 

Beloved, 

Neither Dirty Clothing, Dirty Mind, Nor Prior Dirty Intentions 

Exclude Us From Reaching Out 

To Touch That Holy Hand Of Hope Offering Help And Healing! 

Please, I Beseech Us All

Do Not Permit Pride, Dirt, Or Present Shame For Past Events 

To Stop You From Accepting The Free Gift Of Life Everlasting 

In The Presence Of God Eternal! 

Soap And Water Is Able To Wash Away Everything But Sin 

So Get Thee Hence To Him Whose Innocent Blood 

Cleanses Us Of Every Sin Post Haste! 

You Will Not Be Rejected!

Peace!

Think On Jesus Christ!

Burdens Were Lifted At Mount Calvary 

So That All Of Our Needs Could Be Met

 At The King Of Love's Throne Of Sufficient Grace 

Where Those Of Us Who See Our Soul's Bankruptcy 

May, By Faith, Humbly Approach Boldly To Request A Filling 

From Almighty God's Storehouse Of Great Good And Plenty! 

Pride In Appearance

Confidence In Accomplishments

Contentment In The Praise Of Men

And 

All-Around Self-Satisfaction And Self-Aggrandizement 

Are No Balm To The Soul Seeking The Savior 

And

A Place Near To The Heart Of God 

Where All Is Joy, Peace, Rest, Refreshing, 

And 

True Safety! 

Beloved, 

Being Rich In The Earth's Bounties 

Is 

No Guarantee Of Happy Now

And 

Joy In Jesus Hereafter! 

We Need To Look Beyond What Now Is Evident 

To Clearly See What Shall Be Hereafter! 

Dear Ones, 

Please Remember That Satan 

And 

All The Wicked Who Love And Live In His Ways 

According To His Damned Will In Finite Time

Play The Long Game ... And They Play For Keeps! 

Let Us, Therefore, Who Serve The Lord Jesus In Spirit And In Truth 

Daily Choose To Hold To His Unchanging Hand 

Because 

He Loves Us 

And

Inhabits Eternity! 

Neither Satan, Sin, Self, Nor Selfishness 

Can Enter Eternity! 

Please Do The Committed Christian's Mathematical Exercises 

In The Book Which Can Only Be Written Upon 

With The Pencil Of Truth 

Wielded By The Hand Of Faith 

And

Know That Your Answers In And For Jesus 

Equate To That Blood-Bought Ticket To Surpassing Glory 

For The Saints Of God And Christ! 

Think On Jesus Christ! 

Peace!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Sorry-Not Sorry Ain't Christian!

We Ask The Lord For Pardon 

By Saying That We Are Sorry 

But

There Will Be No Pardon For Us 

If 

Our Sorry ... Our Penitence

Contains No Corresponding Humility! 

Beloved, 

Why Would You Say: 

"I Am Sorry!" 

When In Truth And Fact You Are Not!?! 

You Insult The One To Whom You Apologize 

And

Show That Your Credibility 

Is 

Definitely Not In Stock! 

Why Dimish Yourself In This Way Vulgar 

By Using Your Voice In The Manner Crude 

Including Going So Far As To Repent To Almighty God

Using The Faith And Name Of Christ Jesus

When You Know That You're Nothing But A Snot-Nose Fraud!?! 

I Am Genuinely Sorry To Use Such Strong Language 

But

This Behavior Cannot Go Unremarked 

Because

You Place Yourself In The Unenviable Position Of 

Having The Lord Cause You To Be Thrown Into The Outer Darkness! 

Jesus Christ Was Always Humble

Not Given To The Airs And Graces Of Putrid Pride

And

There Is No Way I Tell You Plain And Straight That 

Within The Pearly Gates You Will Abide 

With That Unregenerate Attitude Cozied Up On Your Insides! 

If You're Sorry, Be Sorry

But 

If You're Not, You're Not

So Don't Add Insult To Injury By Adding Perjury 

Because

In So Doing

By The Lord God Almighty

You Shall Surely Be Denied! 

Be Wise! 

Sorry-Not Sorry 

Is Not 

A Part Of The Christian's Bonafides! 

Let An Actively Working Conscience 

Be Your Choice Constant Companion 

And 

On-Board, On-Duty, Faithfully-Enduring Guide! 

Against Satan

And 

In Jesus' Christ Holy Name

Turn Deceit And Destruction's Rip Tide! 

Peace! 

Medicine After Death!?!

 

It Is Normal To Receive Medicine When One Is Ill 

But 

Who Has Ever Heard Of Taking Medicine After Death!? 

When You Know Right

Do Right!

Beloved, 

We Have A Very Nasty Habit Of 

Afterward 

Wanting To Meticulously Do The Thing 

Which We Should Have Done 

Before 

We Were Punished For Negligence, Disobedience

And 

Presumption! 

When Will We Learn!?! 

Negligence Contains Malice! 

Disobedience Contains Willfulness 

And

Presumption Contains Pride! 

So Much For Being Innocent! 

The Lord Our God Plainly Says: 

"To Obey

Is

Better Than Sacrifice!" 

Isn't It Better To Lay Out Our Pride At The Feet Of Jesus 

In A Bold Act Of Humility 

Than To Have It Knocked Out Of Us 

As Punishment For Gross Vanity!?! 

There's The Old Expression About Taking The Horse To Water 

But 

Being Unable To Make Him Take A Drink! 

The Remainder Of That Expression States: 

But You Can Put Salt In His Mash

Aka His Food! 

Salt Makes One Thirsty 

And 

That Horse Will Run To The Water To Quench His Thirst 

Without Asking Himself WHY He Is Now Soooo Thirsty! 

We Are Not Horses! 

Think! 

Acting In Haste Results In Repentance At Leisure 

So Stop Wasting Resources On What You Can't Afford! 

Disobedience Costs

Obedience Pays

And 

Repentance Is The Longest Day Of Our Lives! 

Let Us Do All That The Lord Asks As 

And

When Required 

And 

We Will Not Be Put On The Prepared-For-Satan Funeral Pyre! 

Choose To Be Satan's F.O.E: 

Utilize Faith

                       Obedience, And 

                                   Endurance In Your Warfare! 

Use 

Faith In Almighty God

Obedience To His Will, And 

Endurance On The Walk To The Father's House Of Love! 

You Will Arrive Home Safely! 

Peace!

SELFLESSNESS: I-Statements From The Lord Jesus Christ!

There Is A Stark Difference Between 

The I-Statements Uttered Here By Our God Almighty 

And 

Those Uttered By Lucifer 

Prior To His Being Expelled, For Cause, From Heaven's Portals! 

Beloved, 

Our Dear Jesus Has Here Uttered Five I-Statements 

Which All Pertain To His Blessings Given For Our Benefit! 

All Of Lucifer's I-Statements Were To Himself

Benefiting Himself 

And 

For The Destruction Of The Almighty! 

Lucifer Took Then

And 

Now As Satan, The Adversary, Still Takes 

But

No Surprise

It Has Not Accrued To His Benefit! 

It Pays To Know Your Maker 

And

Profits To Live By His Will 

And 

According To His Ways! 

Our Dear Savior Gave

Is Giving

And 

Will Continue Giving To Us For All Eternity! 

Dear Ones, 

There Is A Magnificent Lesson To Be Learnt

If 

We Are Willing To Learn It:

 

Love, Goodness

Kindness, Giving

Selflessness

And 

Practicing Peace Over Passion And Pride 

Will Always Be Their Own Reward! 

As We Daily Choose To Blissfully Live 

By Grace Through Faith

In The Blessed Light Of The Truth 

Which Leads To Everlasting Life 

We Will Be Changing Into The Likeness Of Him 

Who Is The King Of Love!  

Love Gives! 

We Are Headed Home Where Satan Cannot Trespass: 

Don't Let Him Derail Your Journey To Joy! 

Let Us Wisely Follow Our Lord's Commands 

To Not Be Fearful Or Be Dismayed

And 

Gratefully Claim His Promises Given! 

Doubting Decimates: 

The Obedience Of Faith Frees! 

The Lord Is The Strength Of Our Lives: 

Trust Him And Believe! 

Peace!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Little Bits Matter In The Service Of The Lord!

The Feeding Of The Five Thousand Men 

Plus The Women And The Children 

Is Not 

Just About The Lord Jesus Performing A Great Miracle 

And 

Making Empty Bellies Warm And Filled! 

This Signal Miracle Of The Lord 

Speaks To Something Much Deeper 

Aka Giving The Lord The Best As In All That We Have 

And

Allowing Him To Make Our Best Better 

Even Unto The Best That It Can Ever Be 

And

Providing For Many And More 

And

Leaving Something More Beside ... Which Will Not Be Wasted! 

The Story Of The Widow's Mite Amplifies This Miracle 

Showing That The Willing Giving Of Our Little Bits 

In Service Of The Living God We Love 

Is 

Worth Even More Than What Is Given Out Of Our Abundance 

Via Pride 

And

For Public Display! 

Beloved, 

A Poor And Kind-Hearted Person 

Missing A Left Arm And A Right Leg 

And

Doing Willing Service 

Is 

Worth More To The Lord Than The Service Of A Rich

Able-Bodied, Self-Centered, Unwilling Person 

Who Suffers From WIIFM Aka What's In It For Me! 

Let Us ... Today

Look At The Stories Of Jesus Christ With New Eyes 

And 

With Hearts Activated By His Love 

And

For His Service! 

Let Us Choose To Be Used Of Him 

Who Is Able To Turn Our Lives

- Our Coals Of Sin - 

Into Diamonds Of The First Water 

Aka Priceless Jewels For The Kind King's Crown! 

All Things Are Possible With Almighty God: 

Let Us Be Pleased To Cooperate With Christ Always

In All Ways! 

Peace!

With Jesus Christ

Earthly Loss Is Heavenly Gain

And

Little Is Much

Because

The Lord Our God Is In It! 

 

Soooo, You're Determined ...! ?!

What Are You Determined To Accomplish 

If

As Our Elders Used To Say

It Is The Last Thing That You Ever Do 

Before Joining The Underground Staff 

Aka The Society Of The Dead!?! 

Will Almighty God Bless You In Your Striving!?! 

Will It Get You One Step Closer To Heaven Or 

Will It Autograph Your Account In The Books Of Heaven: 

"Outcast! Condemned! Damned!?!" 

Beloved, 

Determination 

Is 

A Good Attribute To Possess 

When It Comes To The Things Of God 

Aka Goodness, Meekness, Gentleness

Kindness, Self-Control, Temperance, Long-Suffering

Faithfulness, And The Like! 

Determination That Is Brought On By Pride

Self-Centeredness, Envy, Greed, Hatred

The Desire For Self-Promotion

And 

The Callous Disregard For The Rights

Freedoms, And Feelings Of Others 

Is 

Of The Devil! 

Anything That We Have To Hide And Buy 

Or Sneak To Do 

Cannot Stand Up To The Sniff-Test Of Righteousness 

And

Our Determination To Gain From God-Declared Loss 

Will Ensure That We Are Counted As Lost To  All That 

Is 

Godly Gain! 

Dear Ones, 

We Are Called To Seek Christ 

And 

His Righteousness 

Through Faith And Determined Effort! 

To Be Determined To Mine Jewels 

In The Fields Of Wickedness 

Is 

To Water And Feed Sin 

And

Wantonly Starve Your Own Soul Of 

Sure And Secure Salvation! 

Please, I Beseech Us All

Do Not Be As Was Lucifer

Achan, Prophet Balaam

King Saul Or Judas Iscariot! 

Plead For Direction 

And

Accept Correction 

Before You Are Damned By Wrong Determination! 

Jesus Christ Is Our Peace: 

Follow Him!