Do You Smell That!?!

 

Do You Smell That!?! 

I Cannot Understand 

Why People Who Do  Little To Nothing For Anyone 

Boldly Expect A Lot To Be Done For Them 

By Others Whom They Hold With Scant Respect! 

Beloved, 

I Sincerely Pray That 

None Of Us Walks Around Polluting The Atmosphere 

With The Stench Of That Aromatic Called 

Air Of Entitlement 

And

If We Do

I Again Sincerely Pray That 

We Will Rid Ourselves Of It 

As We Would Get Rid Of The Stink Sprayed By A Skunk! 

Dear Ones, 

The Lord Jesus Has Provided Innumerable Gifts To Us 

With The Prime One Being The Gift Of Salvation! 

Let Us By Grace Recognize And Accept That 

The Gift Is Given 

But

We Must "Dirty" Our Hands To Open, Appreciate

And 

Lovingly, Daringly, Gratefully Utilize It! 

Again, I Sincerely Pray For Us All That 

We Will Not Be So Drunk As To Believe That 

We May Accept The Savior's Unspeakable Gift

Live Like Pigs In Slop

And Then On Judgment Day 

"Accuse And Castigate" The Lord Christ 

For Not Letting Us Into Heaven 

When He Had The Moral Duty To Do For Us 

What He Had Given Us 

The Strength And Wherewithal To Do For Ourselves 

With His Blessing Of Grace And Mercy 

Which Gave Us Place, Position, Provision, And Protection! 

We Are Definitely Entitled To Destruction, Death, And Damnation 

So The Attitude Of Gratitude Adjustment 

Is 

Decidedly In Order! 

Don't Let The Devil Turn You Around!

Peace!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Follow The Lord's Instructions!

When The Living God

The God Of Saving Grace Who Inhabits Glory

Asks Us To Call Upon Him By Prayer And Supplication

It Is Because He Knows Things That We Can't Possibly Know 

And

It Is Also Because He, Our Creator, Savior, Redeemer

And 

One True And Everlasting Friend

Is 

Willing, Ready, And Able To Reveal 

The Unknowns Of This Life To Us 

To Better Our Present Ungodly, Unholy, Unprofitable Condition! 

Beloved, 

Did You Think To Pray Today Even If It Was Only: 

"Lord, Have Mercy!?!" 

There Is Nothing Worse In This Life Than Being A Created Being 

And

"Knowing Everything About Everything 

And Needing No One For Anything!" 

Talk About Being Delusional! 

Dear Ones, 

If There Is An Instruction Given In The Living Word

Follow The Instruction 

Because 

Our Instructor Knows What Is Best For Us 

At All Ages And Stages Of Our Transitory 

Aka Bound To Change Life! 

We Need The Lord Who Sees Our Plight 

And 

Cares Enough To Bless Us! 

We Are Growing Children Who Need Direction

Correction, Protection, And Provision: 

Our God Known Holy Has It All

And 

It Is Free To Us All ... Today! 

Please Remember That If No Call Aka No Prayer Is Offered

Then No Answer Will Be Provided! 

Please, I Beseech Us All, Humble Yourself 

And 

Urgently Call On The Lord Jesus Christ Who Feels For You: 

Pray In Saving Faith ... And Obey! 

Blessings Are On The Wing! 

Peace! 

Prayer For Ukraine

 

PRAYER:

Heavenly Father, 

We Thank You For The Gift Of 

Unfailing, Unshrinking, Faith That 

Removes The Spectre Of Doubt That 

Fogs Our Minds And Clouds Our Judgment 

In The Face Of War And The Clutches Of Cruel Death! 

In These Uncertain Times, Lord

In This Hour Of Trial

We Come With Hope, Believing The Word Of Truth

And Plead For Your Hand Of Healing 

Which Turns Bitterness Into Sweetness

Darkness Into Light

Ashes Into Beauty

And

The Certain Hope Into Glory! 

Lord, 

King Solomon Said That He Was A Child 

Not Knowing How To Go Out Or To Come In: 

We Join In This Sentiment 

And

Humbly Ask You To Take Control! 

Please Lead Us, Feed Us

Guard, Guide And Protect Us, Dear Lord

As We Faithfully, Enduringly

Follow After You Who Knows The Perfect Way 

And

Our End From Our Beginning! 

We Trust You, Lord

Because We Believe Your Word That Says 

All Things Work For Our Good! 

We Know That There Isn't Anything That

Happens To Us 

Which Will Surprise You

And

For This Reason, Father

We Ask That You Will Comfort Us

In All Our Present Distresses

And

Help Us To Rest, Strengthened, And Unafraid In You 

Even Though We're Perplexed And Tempest-Tossed! 

Please Speak Peace! 

Please Help Us To Remember That

Your Strength Is Made Perfect

In Our Weakness

And

Help Us To Let Go

And

Let You Take The Wheel!

Lord, Pity Us!

Please Help Us To Trust You And Believe

Hold Hope 

And

Heed The Counsels Against Doubt! 

Please Help Us To Not Be Double-Minded Because 

You Have Said That You Have Nothing 

To Give Anyone So Unstable, Like The Sea

Driven, And Tossed About! 

Thank You For The Shelter That Is 

The Arms Of The Eternal God! 

Please Help Us To Glory In The Cross Of Christ 

Which Bought Us New Life! 

We Confess And Repent Of Our Sins 

And Plead For The Promised Cleansing And Pardon 

As We Desire To Live With You In Paradise! 

Please Deliver Us, Lord, By Your Saving Grace! 

In Jesus Christ's Holy Name 

We Pray And, In Need, Humbly Plead! 

AMEN.

Choose The Good Part!

The Lord In Zion Does Not Sleep Nor Wear Dark Glasses: 

He Sees Us All Always! 

No Matter What Is Happening In Your Life

No Matter How Close To You Your Adversary Is

- Be It By Blood, Affection, Faith Or Affiliation -

Please Do Not Indulge In Their Tactics Aka Fighting Fire With Fire! 

Remember Always Whose Child You Are 

And 

Always Remember That The Weapons Of Our Warfare 

Against The Published And Private Agents Of Satan 

Are Spiritual ... Not Carnal

And

Choose To Fight Fire With The Faith Of Jesus Which Cannot Fail

 And

The Key In The Hand Of Faith ... Called Prayer

Which Unlocks Heaven's Storehouses 

Wherein Is The Abundance That Almighty God

- Through Jesus Christ Our Lord - 

Makes Available To His People 

By Request For Patience, Provision, Protection, Purity

And

Peace! 

Beloved, 

Satan Is The Condemned And Damned Liar

The Murderer Of Lives, Loves, Hopes And Dreams 

And 

All Who Walk In Charity With Him Doing His Dread Bidding

Shall Join Him 

In The One-Way, No-Escape Lake Burning With Fire And Brimstone! 

Remember, Remember 

Don't Ever Forget ... 

Evil Does Not Go Unpunished 

No Matter Who Is Doing It

And 

Good Does Not Go Unrewarded

No Matter Who Is Performing It! 

Use Your Free Will

And

Your Right To Choose

To Always Choose The Good Part Of This Life

So That The Lord's Best Blessings

Will Fall Abundantly Upon You! 

Look Up To 

And

Embrace The Lord Of Light, Love, Grace And Glory: 

Walk In Wise Ways ... Not Damnable Folly!

There Is No Heavenly Profit For Sinning!

Trust The Lord Always

Because

He Is Our Refuge

And

Our Strength!

 

Chosen, Purchased, Wooed ... And Won!

 

 

Never Doubt Almighty God's Personal Love For You 

And 

Never Be Doubtful As to Whom You Belong! 

Beloved, 

We Are Loved By 

And 

Belong To The Lord Of Life 

Because 

We Were Chosen By His Heart

Purchased By His Blood

And 

Wooed By That Holy Love Which Will Not Let Us Go 

To be Lost To Sin! 

Jesus Christ Ever Willing

The Holy Spirit Ever Working

The Holy Angels Ever Protecting 

And

We ... Seeing Our Need 

And

Realizing Our Personal Peril Outside Of His Safe Fold 

And

Desiring His Love In Our Own Hearts

Our Hands In His

Our Rest In His House

Our Wealth In His Storehouses In Glory

Our Peace In Himself

Our Rest Where He Is

Our Faith Made Sight

And

Our Blessings Made Eternal

Let Us Choose To Cooperate With Christ

- With His Love Divine -

To Be Won To Be Eternally Blessed

And 

Saved! 

Let Us Daily Choose To Wear Our Ownership

Our Belonging

Our Relationship To Our God 

Privately

And 

Publicly 

And 

Passionately! 

Beloved, 

Claim ... And Relish 

The Love That Works At Loving You 

And 

Let No Created Being

Seen Or Unseen

Spirit Or Flesh

Steal Your Joy In Your Lord ... Your Love

The Soon-Coming King! 

Daringly War Against Known Sin: 

Fight The Good Fight Of Faith! 

Pursue Peace With Shiloh, The Prince Of Peace!

Thou, Lord, Seest Me! + PRAYER ... For The Sick!

Beloved, 

We Have The God Of Grace 
And 
The God Of Glory As Our Holy God 
Who Helps, Heals 
And Restores
And Lifts Up 
And Elevates 
All Who Are Willing To Love 
And 
Trust, Worship, Obey
And 
Totally Depend Upon Him For Saving Grace! 

The Only Way That We May Fail To Receive Help
From The Lord Of Life
Is
When We Permit Working Faith
To Dissolve Into Decimating Doubt
And
We Turn Away From Lively Truth
And
Distrust Him Who Created, Preserves 
And
Provides For
And
Protects Us
And
Saves Us
And 
Ultimately Redeems Us To Himself!

Brethren,

Please Never Forget That
We Have The God Who Feels Whatever We Feel
Who Needs No One To Carry Him!
Our God Loves Us Each Personally And Sacrificially
And
No Created Being
No Circumstance
Can Separate Us From His Abiding Love!

PRAYER:

Father,

Today, I Bring Vannie, Lynn

Carey, Emmanuel, Doris

And

My Own Son, Galen

Before Your Throne Of Grace

And

Plead In The Name Of Our Jesus

Your Beloved Only Son

For The Healing That You, Alone

Can Provide! 

You Are Holy And Faithful

And

You Bless And You Save!

Please, Lord

According To Your Will

And

In Your Loving Way

For Their Good

And

For Your Glory

Please Grant Healing! 

Please Let The Test Playing Out Now

Become

The Personal Testimony In Each Life

That Will Tell Others The Good News That

Jesus Christ

The King Of Love

The Shepherd Of Rest

The Hope Of Every Man

Saves ... To The Uttermost!

Father,

We Bow Before Your Holiness

Knowing That You Have Granted Us

A Blessed Privilege

And, Indeed

A Matchless Gift Of Your Heavenly Love! 

Thank You, Lord

For Coming Down To Our Level

To Raise Us Up To Yours!

Pity Us, Lord

And

Pour Out Of Your Sweet Spirit

On Us Who Believe

The Blood-Bought Promises

And

Bless Us To Ever Praise Jesus

And

Glorify Your Great Name!

Please Let The Holy Angels Attend Us

And

Please Grant Us Your Peace

For We Ask These Mercies

In Jesus Christ's Holy Name

The Name That Is Above Every Name!

AMEN!

ROBBING THE SOUL: Praying On OR Preyed Upon!?!

Brethren,

Whatever Is Happening In Your Life, Pray!
Pray First, Last And Always
And
See To It That 
You Do Not Covet Anything That Anybody Has!

Do Not Be Jealous Of What Others Have To Pridefully Display 
Or To Whom They Have Apparent Access! 
You Don't Know What Deal They Made With Satan! 

Please See That You ... In Faith
Make A Covenant With The Lord Christ 
So That You Will Be Blessed 
And 
Saved Into The Eternal Kingdom! 

Remember That Everything On Earth 
Will Be Destroyed By The Lord Christ 
So Choose Life In Him
And 
Walk On Streets Of Gold! 
Having A Surfeit Of Gold In Your Pocket 
Is 
Pedestrian And Pointless
And
It Will Testify Against You
In The Great Day Of Small Things! 

Get Your Gold From Almighty God 
Who Created Gold
And  
Not From Man Who Digs For Gold! 
Covet Life With Christ! 

To Prove The Point About Profit And Loss
And
The True Blessing Found In Praying
Let Us Consider The Following Case:

First, And Foremost
No Created Being Is To Be Prayed Unto!
Man Is Not God
And
He Is Not Worthy To Praised Or Worshipped!

Worship The Creator

Not His Creation!

Secondly,
No Human Can Survive 
And 
Spiritually Prosper 
- Not Even For One Day Far Less For Thirty Days -
Without Sending Up ... By Employed And Working Faith
Their Petitions ... Requests
Their Prayers To Almighty God
In The Matchless Name Of Jesus Christ
Because
The Roaring Lion, Satan 
And 
His Demons Will Eat Them Alive
No. Salt. Required! 

If Man Will Not Pray To The Living God

He Is Prey For Satan

And

Waits To Become His Provender!

Prophet Daniel Prayed Three Times A Day 
And 
Chose To Obey Almighty God Rather Than Man
And 
Almighty God Honored The Prophet
In His Time Of Desperate Need! 

We Need To Pray To The Living God 
Like Our Lives Depend On It
Because
They Do! 

The Outcome Of Praying

Locks Lions' Mouths

And

Unlocks Prison Doors

And

The Lives Of Faithful Saints

Most Assuredly Secure!

Believe And Be Blessed ...

Praying In Child-Like Faith 
Is 
Power 
And 
Powerful!
All Of Our Strength Comes From Jesus Christ The Lord 
Who Commands Us To Pray
So In The Moment Of Your Need
Be Instantly And Constantly In Prayer
And
Pray Without Ceasing! 

Jesus Christ Keenly Felt The Need

To Be In Constant Communion

With His Father In Heaven!

Shouldn't You!?!

A Praying Saint Of Almighty God And Christ
Is 
The One Thing On This Earth That Satan
The Accuser Of The Brethren
The Adversary Of Souls ... In Desperation
Strenuously Hates
Because
He Knows His Soon-Coming Fate!

Let's Weaken Satan Today: Pray, Pray, Pray! 

Our Holy And Eternal God Hears And Cares!

Exercise Your Daily Gift

Of

Daily Faith!!

GROWTH FACTOR: The Seed!

A Living Seed Is Dead!
It Has No Way To Breed Life
But
When That Seed, Planted, Dies
It Becomes Alive
And
It Shall Bear Much Fruit
Out Of Its "Head!"

When That Seed Dies
It Cannot Live Again As That Seed
Because
It Goes Through The Transformation
With The Creator God Holding The Lead!

Do Not Think This Thing Strange!
Nothing Has Life In Or If Itself!
If The Lord Decides That Nothing Shall Grow
There Is No Created Being
Who Can Open That Closed Door!

We Would Do Well
As The Servants Of The Lord
To Ever Look To Him
For Direction, Correction And Protection
Because
It Does Us No Good
Like The Babel-Tower Babylonians
To Side-Step The Will Of God
To Protect Our Own Selves
From The Possibility Of Another Flood!

When We Walk According To The Will Of The Holy God
We Cannot Ever Be Manipulated
By The Wiles Of Our Adversary, King Fraud
Who Sought His Own Way
Refusing To Grow Where He Was Planted
And
Ended Up Being Uprooted
And
From Highest Heaven Being Transplanted!

A Seed Planted
Fulfilling The Will, Will Grow
And
Any Not Submissive To The Will Won't Grow
And
Their Lot Is To Be Consumed
The End Of Which They Won't Know!

Bow, Don't Burn!
Live, And Grow!
Produce Fruit Fit For The Garners Of The King
And
In The Day Of Harvest Celebration
Over You
The King, Welcoming
Shall Royally Sing!
To The Majesty Of Heaven, Brethren
For Dear Life, Cling!

Do You Desire To Ascend To The Heights Of Glory?

Easy!

Die To Self ... Daily!

HAPPY SABBATH + ALMIGHTY GOD IS: Be Still!!

... Everything Was Going Wrong
And She Asked Him About Help
About What To Do
And He Told Her
RSS3H-S!

That Didn't Go Over Very
And She Was Totally Ticked Off!

She Blew Up And Behaved Like

A Boiling Whistling Kettle!

Wait, A Minute!
Why Would She Be Angry!?!
What Was Wrong About What He Said!

She Knew What He Meant
But
She Did Not Want To Believe That 

She Only Had To Lean On Jesus

And

Step Out In Faith
So, Being Convicted Of Her Sin
And 

In A Last-Ditch Effort At Saving Face
She Lashed Out! 

She Had Forgotten That Faith, Works!

She Was, Well, Let's Just Say
Impolitely Mean!

But What About That Code He Gave Her!?!
What About RSS3H-S!?!
What Does It Mean!?!

Brethren, Beloved

Ye Children Of The Holy God!
Fret Not Thyself Over Trials And Troubles!
We Serve The One Living God
And
He's Not A Fraud!

We Are Not To Be Comforted By Cunningly-Devised Fables!
We Are Not To Find Comfort In Fallen Man!
We Are Not To Be Afraid Of That Dealer In Death And Destruction
Because
We Depend On The Creator
The Savior
The Redeemer
The Forever Friend
The Holy Son Of Almighty God
The Faithful Son Of Man!

We Have Omniscience On Our Side!
On Omnipotence, We Rely!
Omnipresence Is Here ... Don't Fear!
Look Up To Hill Zion!
Keep Climbing Jacob's Ladder
And
Rest In The Knowledge That
Our Father Feels Everything We Feel
And
For Us All
He Does Sacrificially, Lovingly, Totally, Take Care!

Almighty God Is
So, Be Still!
Almighty God Can Help
And 

He Does!
He Is The Sure Refuge For Us Children Made Of Dust!
He Placed The Breath Of Life Within Us!
We Live Because He Does
So, Fear Not!
Worry Not!
Trust His Care!
Believe His Love!

Brethren, Beloved

Almighty God Is
So, In This Trying Hour
Hold On To Him Who - For You - Died 
And, YetIs Alive!

Trust His Heart
And
Not Your Ears, Your Feelings
Nor Your Eyes
And
Trust And Praise 

- Not The Man-Made "Gods" Of Paper, Plaster, Plastic

Wood, Metal, Stone, Nor The God-Fraud, Nor The Man-gods -
But

The Living God Of Heaven

Who Can Never, Ever, Lie
And
Be Still ...!

... But What About The Code!?!

Jesus Christ Is RSS3H-S!

For All Of Us Who Will Believe

Jesus Christ

Is
R efuge ... In - Not From - The Storms Of Life
S hield ... Against The Known Enemy
S trong-Tower ... He Protects His Own
H aven ... For True Peace And Rest
H ope ... When Earthly Hope Is Gone
H elp ... That Is Always Sufficient, And
S alvation ... He, Alone, Utterly Saves

Gracious!

RSS3H-S Really Is Jesus Christ The Lord!

I Like It!

Don't Just Like It!

Remember To Remember It ... Always!

Jesus Christ Saves!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Why Me, Lord!?! AND Points To Ponder

If All Things Work For Good
For Lord-Lovers
How Can We Say
In The Sorrow Of The Soul
Why Did God Do "THIS" To Me?!?!

Stop For A Moment And Think ...

The Word Of God Says 
He Has A Thousand Ways To Provide For aka
Save His Children
So, Since The Promises Are Sure
And 
The Living God Opens And Closes Doors
Please ... Trust Him 
Who Is Love And Life 
And
Who Is Also Health And Cure!!

A Word To The Wise
From The One Wise
Is 
Enough To Keep Us Moving Ever Forward
Never Looking Back
Because 
To Look Back Is To Blight
To Turn One Into A Salt Lick
And
We Know A Salt Lick Is Consumed
Because
It Has Nothing In Itself To Protect Itself
And Cannot Against Salt-Lickers
And
Salt-Lick Kickers, Fight!

  

Have We Ever Well And Truly Considered
The Real Differences Between
Lamp And Light?

A Lit Lamp Carries The Light!
The Light Provides Sight!
Sight Signals The Way Clear
And
We Walk Unto Jesus
Who Does Our Sin Bear!

Walking In The Light Makes The Way Clear

And

Light Keeps At Bay All The Predators

Who Would For Life And Limb

Make Us Tremble In Fear!

Truth Is ...

A Lamp Without Oil

Is 
A Decorative Piece!

A Lamp Containing Oil, When Lit

Brings The Traveller

The Reader

The Searcher

The Seeker

Illumination ... By Darkness Relief!

A Broken Lamp

Is 
Not A Help But A Hindrance

Because

Its Broken Pieces Do Cut The Flesh Of The Unwary

Giving Us Wounds That 
Only The Great Physician

Can Bind Up

Seal

Heal Up!

Please Do Not Break Your Lamp

Neither By Accident Nor On Purpose

By Deliberately, Contemptuously

From The Oil Well Eternal Walking Away!

Accidentally On Purpose

Breaking Your Lamp

Says Clearly Callously

That You Are Are Walking On The Path Called

Own Way!

Own Way Has Self-Pay

Life And Fire And Accident Insurance

With
An Accidental Death And Dismemberment Rider

Which Has

The Eternal Consequence Deductible!

Where Does One That Premium Pay?!

In Your Head

In Your Heart

In Your Hand

Wherever You Elevate Self

And

Denigrate The Holy Son Of Man!

Man Cannot Keep Himself Alive

Nor Can He Ransom Himself

By Purchasing Useless Indulgences

Sold As Grounded On Earth

Bound Up In Heaven

Rainbow Pot Of Gold

Building God's Kingdom Treats

But Are Actually 

Satan-Inspired

Encouraging Men To Be Careless Of
Their Soul's Salvation

Lies!

Lamps And Light Are No Small Matter!

Lamp-Light

Is

Life-Light Illumination

To Keep Repentant Sinners

Out Of The Fire And Brimstone Lake Of Fire

Aka The Self-Lit

I Prefer Eternal Death Funeral-Bier

Pyre!

Light Your Lamp

And

Catch The Son's Rays!

Open The Preserved Word

Walk In Its Light

And

With Assurance Dismiss The Malicious Goat-Herder

And
The Menacing Goat-Herd!

CONSIDER THIS:

Almighty God Is Too Wise To Err

And

Too Good To Withhold From Us

Those Things That Are For Our Good

And

Do Not Forget That If It For Our Good

It Will Be To God's Glory!

Of Course, We Must Be Walking Uprightly

According To The Promise! 

Brethren,

Whatever We Do

Let Us Pray In Faith

Trusting The Eternal God In Hope

Walking Not By Sight

Nor

Leaning Upon Our Own Understanding!

Let Us Not Be Double Minded

Indulging In

I Think He Will!

I Know He Won't!

Probably He Will!

Perhaps He Won't!

You Will Get Nothing From The Living God

With That Mindset

Because

Doubt Has Its Own Stream Of Reward!

Please Hold Firmly The Sacred Word 

And

Stand Faithfully Upon The Word's Word

Knowing

That If We Faint Not

Our Unfailing Trust Will Be Gloriously Rewarded!

Eyes = Lies

Ears = Fear

Trembling = Doubt

Hope = Faith

Work = Love

And

We Know Of A Surety That

The God Of Love

Reigns

Rightly And Righteously

In Glorious Heaven Above!