CELEBRATING 1,000 POSTS! Once Deluded BUT NOW Delivered!

REJOICE WITH ME

AND

LET US PRAISE

OUR AMAZING

HOLY, ETERNAL, FAITHFUL GOD

FOR THE MYRIAD BENEFITS 

HE DOES DAILY BESTOW!!!

Many Of The Foolish Things
That I Did In My Life
Were Done
Not Because I Did Not Trust God
But Because
I Just Didn't  Stop
To Think
That I Truly Could!

It Wasn't Because Of Disbelief!
It Was Because
I Did Not Stop
To Think ... On God
That I Got Entangled
With The Salvation Thief!

Out Of Sight
Is Really Out Of Mind!
I Looked At
AND
Acknowledged Who I Saw
What I Saw
What I Felt
What I Felt That I Needed
Not Recognizing That
The Love Of God
Does Not Come 
Equipped
With A Fully Functioning
Working
Shark's Sharp-Toothed Jaw!

Gentle And Kind!
Faithful And True!
Holy 
AND
Wholly Available
God Has Made Blessed Provision 
For Me
AND
For You!

Look Not At What Is!
Look At What God Says It Can Be!
Keep The Living Word
The Oracles Of God
Ever Before You!
Keep Those Ever-Working Words 
Nestled Deep
Within Your Heart!
Remove Your Blinded Eyes 
From Your Visible Circumstance
AND
Let The Everlasting Love Of 
The Eternal God
Fill Your Wounded Heart
As He Gently Guides You
Into The Safety Of His Unsinkable Ark!

Faith Is New Each Day!
Grace Is Graceful!
Supreme ... In All Ways
For
Our God Does Not Suffer From Guile
AND
His Will
To Us
Is
With Us
In Us
Evermore To Abide!

There Was A Time 
That I Remember And Know
That I Trusted God Completely
AND
Because God Cooperated 
Per His Word
I Became Complacent!
I Became Conceited!
I Became Careless!
Then Casual!
AND
My Commitment Became
Incomplete
AND
As To Be Expected
I Was Soon Sitting At Satan's Feet
Deluded
Then ... Desperate
Then ... Despairing
Then
Of A Surety
Disgraced
Until
- Totally Defiled -
I Recognized My Dilemma
AND
After Deliberate Digging
AND
Remembrance Of The Good Days
I Wittingly Decided:

'Tis Better To Grovel

And

Know

And

Benefit

From God's Grace

Than To Die An Unrepentant Sinner

Cast Into Outer Darkness

An Eternal Disgrace!

I Neglected Jesus!
Jesus Christ 
Lovingly
Kept Calling Me
AND-BUT
It Took One Of Life's Broken Windows
For God To Finally Convict
AND
Convince Me
I Pray For Once 
AND
For All Time
That:

God's Ways Are Perfect!

God's Truths Are Right!

Obedience Is Better Than Sacrifice

For

If You Play With Dogs

The Rabid Fleas Of This Life

Will Surely Bite!

Confession And Repentance Was Good For Me
AND
Is Good For All Souls!
AND
Talking To The Lord Always
Should Ever Be 
Our Stated
Practiced
Goal
For
Those Who Encourage Us In Wrong Doing
Are The Very Ones
Who Will Drag Us Down
Leaving Us Exposed
AND
To Sheol
Fallen Down!

I Now Keep My Own Counsel!
I Talk Ever Always To My Lord
Endeavoring Always To Listen
- Not Yet Perfect But Trying -
To Keep In Tune
With Heaven's Song!

Put God Always As The First!
Never Place Him In Your Life The Last!
Trust Him Always!
AND
Guard Your Heart!

Trust God And ... Obey
To Truly Satan Outlive
AND
To Walk Blessed Upon
God's Eternal
Shining 
Sea Of Glass!

I Have Cast My Lot Upon Jesus Christ!

Upon Whom Is Your Lot Cast?!

GEMS: Satan Has Stones! + Children Of The Father

Hath God Said?!

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Satan Has

Gem Stones

Jagged Gem Stones

With Which He Seeks To Ensure

He Won't Be Facing Damnation

All Alone

AND

He Uses His Stones

To Tear

AND

To Cut

As He Valiantly Tries

To Create An Army

Of Sinners

Which Will Bathe

In The Fire And Brimstone Lake

From Which There Is No Coming Back!

Satan's Stones

Are:

Higher Criticism

Of The Holy Word

AND

Reconstructing Events

For A Cause

So That God's Word Cannot Be

Honestly Appreciated

As Read AND Heard

AND

Galvanizing Doubt

AND

Thereby

Denying A Seeking Soul

The Opportunity

To His Creator To Learn About!

Second Is Evolution

Stressing That There Is No Creator God

Just Some Primordial Soup

Out Of Which

Man Was Given The Boot

AND

Encouraging Man

To Think

He Has To The Stars

Reach Out!

Third Is

Spiritualism

Where Nothing Is What It Seems

AND

The Living God Is Not Worthy

To Be Known

For Talking To Dead Men

Is Practicable

AND

Makes Our Wisdom Keen!

Fourth Is

Atheism

That Says There Is No God

AND

Puffing Up

The Fool In  His Folly

From Whence

In The Time Of Unveiling

No-God God Will Be Revealed

AND

The Fool Will Be Heard Crying:

"Oh, Lord!

Thou Art God!

That Satan Was A Fraud!"

Fifth

Is Pantheism

Where Everything Is God

With No Separation

Between The Holy And Profane

AND

Thereby

One Lives A Life

Where Everything

By Man's Vaunted Wisdom

Can Easily

Dare I Say, Readily

Be Explained!

And, Then

There Is Theosophy

The Personal Path

To Enlightenment

AND

Salvation!

Salvation By Self!

Enlightenment

By Man's Purveyed Education

Engendering A Gross Refusal

To Give

The Creator God

A Glance

A Full Look!

Children Of The Heavenly Father,

I Say Unto You

That

We Need To Trust

The Word Of God

By Not Trusting A Man

To Unabashedly Tell Us

What Somebody Else

With A Personal Agenda

Said

Is What God

Is Supposed To Have Said

AND

Thereby

Permitting Them

To Interpret

The Preserved Word Of God For Us

Because We Mere Mortals

Are Incapable Of Understanding

What God Has Personally

Distinctly

Understandably

To Each Man Said!

Think Garden Of Eden

AND

The Serpent And Eve

AND

The Resultant

Continuing Horror

Of Doubt AND Unbelief!

The Holy Spirit Is Our Teacher

AND

Of Him

There Is No Need To Be Afraid!

We Are Called To Use The 

Here A Little

There A Little

Precept Upon Precept

Line Upon Line

Method Of Interpretation

aka

Let The Bible Explain Itself

AND

Thereby

Deny The Devil An Opportunity

To Laugh At Us

While Acting All Benign!

When Proffered Gems

Won't Shine With Holy Light

Or

Shine Like Swollen Dog Stones

We Need To Leave

Those Puppies Alone

And

Head To God's Always Welcoming Throne!

Satan Is The Liar!

He Created That Gem Called

Bait AND Switch

AND

He Leads One Down A Pretty Garden Path

Situated Over

A Quick-Sand Death-Ditch!

Satan Stresses:

"Forward Ever!"

Satan Lauds:

"I've Got Your Back!"

When All He's Really Doing

Is Dealing From The Bottom

Of The Visible Card Deck

That He - Himself

With Perfect Malice

Personally

Deliberately Stacked!

Please ...

Let Us Trust Our Almighty God

AND

The Living Holy - As Stated - Word

AND

Give Satan

The Backs Of Our Fronts

AND

Live

With The Blessed Hope

The Hope Of Glory

Achieved By

Christ Living In Me And You

If It Is Our Desire

To Achieve

Eternity

For A Permanent View!

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Give God His Glory

In Jesus' Name!

Expectations And Ends

What Is The Difference Between A Christian And Satan?

Satan 

Believes In, Loves, And Lives For 

The "I" aka Self!

But

The Christian 

Believes In, Loves, And Lives For

The "I AM!" aka The Living God

The God Of All Above And Below The Sky!

That Difference Is As Real As Life And Death!

Soon ...

Hey, Dependent!

Who You Calling Dependent?
I Am An Independent Personage
I Would Have You To Know!
I Depend On No One!
I Set My Clock To Wake Me Up Each Day!
I Put On My Glasses
On My Own Two Eyes
AND
I Know Where I Am Going!

I Put On My Own Self-Bought And Paid For Shoes
On My Own Two Feet
AND
I Go Where I Please!

I Sit Down How I Like
AND
Where I Like!

I Lie Down As AND When I Choose!

I Come AND Go As I See Fit!

I Chose What I Wanted For A Career
AND
I Chose Where I Wanted To Work!

Earth Is My Oyster 
AND
I Pick My Own Pearls!

I Am Independent!
I Need Nothing From Nobody
Or
Put Another Way
I DO NOT Need Anything
From Anybody
So, I, Therefore
Am Independent I Tell You!
IN - DE - PEN - DENT!

Wow!
No Need To Bus' A Gut!
You Seen To Be Seriously Suffering From i-Itis!
AND ...
I Still Say
You Are DEPENDENT!

Grrrrrr!!
I Am Not ...!

Save It!!

Who Sustains Your Life?
God.

Who Created The Earth?
God.

Which Planet Do You Live Upon?
Earth.

Who Created The Vegetation On The Earth?
God.

What Is Your Favorite Vegetable?
Yeah For Carrots!

Who Created Carrots!
God.

Who Sends The Water And Causes The Sun To Shine
That Makes Your Favorite Carrots To Grow?
God.

Are You Still Independent?
Ahhmmm ...!

Is There A Problem?!
Ahhmmm ...!

Cat Got Your Tongue?!

One Last Question ...
Do You Enjoy Human Interaction And Companionship?

Of Course! Who Doesn't?!
I Love Talking To My Best Friend
And 
My Sweetie Pie And I 
Go Out To The
Parks
And
I Am
Blessed By
What G ...OD ...!

I Rest My Case! 

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Beloved,
Even If We Live In Ivory Towers
In Rarified Environments
We Are Dependent Upon
Some Body For Some Thing
AND
Assuredly
Upon Almighty God
For Every Conceivable Inconceivable
Possible Impossible
Imaginable Unimaginable Thing!

We Are Only Independent

When Each One Of Us Has Created

Our Own Selves

Our Own Planet

Our Own Atmosphere

And

Can Readily Self-Sustain 

Our Own Self-Made Lives!

Let Us Not Be Unwise!
Let Stop Following The Illuminated
Self-Deceived Ones
AND
Become Wise Unto Salvation
AND
Give Unto The Only Self-Existent
Eternal Living Holy God
His Glory!

Let Us Think 

Seriously 

About Our Own Constructed End

AND

Reconcile It To God's Words:

And Heed The Fact That

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH : PRAYER: Never Alone

Father,  You Inspire Me

So That The World's Wisdom Can't Confuse Me!

Father,  You Teach Me

So That The Vile Word Of Man Cannot Me Distress!

Father,  I Know That You Love Me

And

You Cannot Love Me More

For Love Of Me Brought You Distress

And It Is For Love Of Me

That At The Cross

Satan Did His Hatred

With Excess Express!

Father,

Help Me To Pray More

In And Out The Door!

Help Me To Pray More

Never Viewng Any Task For You A Chore!

Help Me To Use My Faith More

And My Worry Muscles Less!

Help Me,  Dear Lord

This Day

Ever And Always

My Love Of You

And The Truth Of The Gospel

To Confidently Confess!

Lord, Yes!

The Way Of The Cross Leads Home

And By Following The Cross

I Know I Am Not Alone!

Let My Heart Beat True

Lift Up My Head

Draw Me Closer To You

And

Give Me The Courage

To Do All

A Faithful Servant Will Lovingly Do

Of Your Word

Right And True!

I Love You, Lord!

Bless Me With

A Consuming Hope For Heaven

An Overwhelming Love For Christ

Eagle Eyes Fixed And Focused On The Prize

Constant Hands On The Gospel Plow

A Head That Won't Bow To Idols

Feet Grooved For The Narrow Way

Ears That Hear Only What You Say

A Straight Tongue To Ever Confess Jesus Christ

In A Mouth Unfitted To Speaking Lies

For The Building Of Satan's Throne

And,  Lord

If You Please

And For My Soul's Sweet Pleasure

Grant Me The Sound Of A Bell From Heaven

In My Ear Constant Ringing:

Home!  Home!

Your God Is In Residence

And Waiting For You!

Your God Is At Home

On Heaven's Glorious Throne!

Soon You Will Be Coming Home!

The Living God Sits On His Eternal Throne!

You Are Never Alone!

In Jesus' Name I Make This Plea

Bless Me,  Dear Lord

For

I Gladly Follow Thee!

AMEN

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Mark Marked, Remarked!

MAN
Born Marked!
Born Marked For Destruction
Living A Destructive Life!
Born Marked For Destruction!
Who Will Help Cause The Mortal Soul 
To Survive and To Thrive?

JESUS CHRIST
Born Marked!
Born Marked For Destruction!
Living The Life - Yet Without Sin!
Born Marked For Destruction!
Destroyed For Me And You!
Destroyed?!
Yes! Destroyed!
And Right On Cue!

Fully God And Fully Man
Teaching The Holy Way
Tempted But Never Sinned
Sacrificed For The Willing Sheep Flock
AND
Even For The Stubborn Goat Herd
Even Though They Refuse
To Let Him Be Heard!

The Willing Sacrifice
Got What He Did Not Deserve
To Spare All Sinners 
That Thing They Truly Do Deserve!

But ... He Is Right Now, Alive!!

Even Though Mortal Man
Is Born Marked For Death
ONCE
By His Acceptance Of 
The Sacrifice For Sin
He Negates
The Mark "Marked For Destruction!"
TWICE

BUT ...

All Who Choose
For Their Own Sin To Pay
Rejecting The Sacrifice
Of Him
Who Once For All
Did For Sin Pay
Have A Fixed Appointment
On That Soon Coming Day
When Once Dead
Will Be Twice Dead 
Completely Destroyed, and
Sin 
Forever Burned Away!

AND ...

The Believing
One-time Marked For Death
BUT
Rewarded By The Life
With Eternal Life
Will Live 
Free
Immortal
Glorified
Blessed
AND
Beloved
With Their Savior
Who Absolved Redeemed Them
- Because of Enduring Faith -
From
Destruction's Unquenchable Consuming Fire!

Each Man 

Chooses

His Own Destination:

Hell

and

Its Unquenchable Fire

Or

Heaven

and

Its Glorious Attire!

Just Remember ...

There Is No Second Second Chance

AND

There Is No 

1,000 Years Of Peace On Earth

and then

Evil-Life Re-Do!

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God's Unquenchable Fire

No Hand Can Put Out

AND

All Who Enter There

Will Be Consumed

Until They Burn Out!

THE END OF THE STORY!

I Choose Jesus Christ

FOR