Rejoice In The Lord ... Always!

Almighty God Gives!
Almighty God Takes Away!
Blessed Is The Name Of The Lord!

Father,

We Beseech You

Please Let Your Holy Spirit

Our Crying Souls Fill

So That In Victory

- Over Sin Death And Hell -

In The Great Day Of Abundance

- Glorying In Your Majesty -

Our Then Immortal Spirits

Shall Forever Thrill!

AMEN.

Brethren,

Let's Talk About Joy And Rejoicing

AND

How To Rejoice 
AND
Be Joyful In The Lord Jesus!

First Step:

Be Dissatisfied Living In Sin

AND

Find Contentment In Christ!

Step Two:

Choose Jesus Christ For Joy!

Step Three:

Be Joyful In The Lord!

It Is A Commandment: Obey It!

But How Can I Possibly Rejoice

When I Don't Feel Happy?! 

What Is There To Rejoice Over?! 

Death, Destruction, Carnage 
And Chaos Are Everywhere!

Are You Christians?!

Sure Are, And Glad Of It! 

So What's With The Gloomy Gus Routine?!

How Can We Be Happy

When All The World Is Boldly Wicked Yet ... Sad?!

How Can We Be Joyful

When Satan For Sinners Is Gold

And The Living God Is As A Garment

Useless, Rejected And Old?!

Indulge Me For A Moment

As I Tell You A Truth!

Your "Feelings" About The Situation

Are Not Important!

Is Not Your Faith Anchored In The Holy God?!

We Love The Lord, But ...! 

Let Me Stop You Right There!

"We Love The Lord, But ..."

Is Goat Herd Talk!

How About Saying
With Conviction
"God Loves Us, And ...!?!"

Have You Forgotten:

Rejoice Evermore!

Heaven Is The Storehouse!

Heaven Is Real!

The Lord Will Rejoice Over Us With Singing!

The Lord Has A Thousand Ways To Save ...! 

... I Only Need One!

How Does One Rejoice

When One's Heart Is Breaking?!

How Does One Rejoice

When Peace Of Mind Has The Soul Forsaken?!

Do Christians Live On Fact Or Feeling?!

Is Jesus Christ Real?! 

Shouldn't His Word Supercede What Has You Feeling?!

Do You Trust Truth?!

Are You Living Lie

Or Will You Let The Lord Of Life

Be Your Anchor

AND

In His Eternal Love 
AND
Sure Provision

Be Ever Moored And Satisfied?! 

Let's Get Real Here, Brethren!
The Clock Is Ticking!
Satan Knows It Is Almost Time
For His Final Licking
So He Is Working Overtime
To Turn The Lord's People Into Chickens!

Is He Ever!

Come On, Brethren!
It Is Time To Stiffen Our Spines
In Faith
AND
For Faith 
- Our Living Faith -
In Christ Jesus
Let's Just Set Self Aside
AND

Put The Savior In Front 
Where He Belongs

AND

Look Up

AND

Choose 
- By Working Faith -
To Obey The Written Commands:

• Rejoice Evermore!
• Pray Without Ceasing!
• Bless The Lord! 
• Love One Another! 
• Be Joyful In The Lord!
• Cast Your Cares On The Lord! 
• Lean Not On Your Own Understanding!
• Walk Not In The Counsel Of The Ungodly!
• Deny Self!
• Resist The Devil!
• Trust In The Lord With All Your Strength!
• Wait On The Lord!
• Lean Not To Temptation!
• Rejoice With Those Who Rejoice

AND

While We're At It ...

... Sing A New Song?!

Yes!!
And Remember That
ThatThe Lord Of Creation
Is Our Shepherd
AND
He Saves ... To The Uttermost!

Praise God From Whom all Blessing Flow!

You Know
I Had Gotten Side-Tracked There For A Moment!

Me, Too!

We Must Keep Our Eyes On Our Jesus!

He's Able And Available!

AMEN!!!

NEWS FLASH: Mankind Is Unremittingly Wicked!!

As This Thesis will have You to Know
The Wickedness of Man
Did Exponentially Grow
From as Far Back as The Time of Noah!
Mankind is Unremittingly Evil, and
His Every Action This Very Clearly Shows!

Covetousness is The Lively Steed
Stealing a Man's Life
Profiting By Greed
And 
If Poison Herbs
Your Neighbor's Flocks You Must Feed
What Is The Problem
When You His Pasture Needs!?

Lust Loved A Woman!
Lust Loved A Man!
Lust Loved Lusting
After Uncle Mary and Aunt Dan!
Lust is for Living
Even if it Means Associating
With Goats and Rams
And Even Destroying
Fluffy Little Innocent Trusting Helpless Lambs!

Man is Evil!
Look to Today!
Kill Your Mother and
Massage Her Heart
As You Pray
Unto Old Satan
Murderer-Deceiver Extraordinaire!
It is No Loss for 
Allegiance Dues 
To Satan 
Must Be Paid!

BUT ...

There Is A Remnant
Always Was
ALWAYS Will Be
Who, To THAT Old Satan
Will Never Bow Nor Kneel!
The Faithful
The Righteous
The Honest
Those Poor who
With Much Patience
Wait 
For Christ - The Open Door
To Make His Grand Entrance
Not as a Babe
Nor as a Sacrifice but
As Everlasting King
With All The Host of Heaven who
On White Horses Ride!

Jesus Christ The King Comes 
To Claim Reward The Hopeful
To Punish Reward Those Who Denied
That Jesus Christ IS - Himself - God
The Shepherd
The Creator
The Lord of The Blessed
The Destroyer of The Craven
The Restorer Of Fallen Man, and
The Builder of The Eternal Home
Who Lovingly Provides for
All Who Will Be His Own!

Man is Straight-up Evil!
Jesus IS Returning and
He Ain't No Way Going to be Late!
Get Your House in Order
Get Your Affairs Straight
Good Bad or Indifferent
Every Man Has His Own Personally Decided Fate!

Turn Away From Sin!

Turn To The True and Living Eternal God!