VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: God's Truth Uplifts Us + PRAYER: Lord, Help Us To Look Beyond ...!

Almighty God's Grace Blesses!
Almighty God's Mercy Saves
AND
Almighty God's Truth Uplifts Us
Removing Us From 

A Life Of Being Sin's Slaves!

Almighty God's Love Encircles!
Almighty God's Faith Gives Our Hearts Rest
AND
Almighty God's Holy Spirit Comforts Us
Giving Us Strength To Do Our Best!

PRAYER:

Oh, Lord

Help Us Not To Despise

Our Bountiful Blessings! 

Help Us Not To Turn Aside

To Things False! 

Help Us To Look Up

And

To See Beyond

The Kinds Of Things

Over Which The Carnal Mind Fawns!

Help Us Your Holy Name To Exalt!

Please, Lord

Heal Our Minds

Our Bodies

Our Spirits

And

Bless Us To Do All

According To Your Will! 

Help Us, Lord

For We Cannot Help Ourselves

Even Though We, Bold

Treat You, Living God Holy

Like The Useless Manmade Figurine

On The Dust-Catcher Display Shelf!

Pity Us, Lord

For You Alone Are Able!

Be Merciful, Lord

For You Alone, Save

And, Please

Let Your Grace Grant Unto Us

One More Opportunity

To Accept

To Bravely Take Secure Hold Of

Your Free Offer Of Sure Salvation

So That In The Fullness Of Time

We May Walk On Zion's Streets

Of Everlasting Gold!

We Love You, Lord!

Please Hear Our Prayer

And

Do For Us

What None But The Holy God

Can Do!

In Jesus Christ's Matchless Name 

We Pray This Prayer Of Faith

And

With Humble Hearts Plead

For It Is On That Living Word

On Which We Daily Feed! 

AMEN.

GUIDES & LIES: Self-Deception!

I met Truth!
I met Lie!
One was Old and Decrepit!
One was Pretty and Fly!

I Thought to Myself:

"Old is Outmoded!
Pretty must be Power!"

Sooo ...

I Ditched The Old Broom
AND
I Started Playing with Fire!

"Come On!
That Makes No Sense!
How are YOU Equating Fire and an Old Broom?!

I Will Explain!
I will Tell You
How I was Mushroomed!

The Old Broom -  God's Truth
Swept The Cobwebbed Corners Right Clean!
It knew The Corners of This Old House, and
It Keep The Whole
Honest Pure Clean and Serene!

I Lived To The Standard!
I Walked In The Way!
I had No Thoughts of Worry
Not of Sin, and
Definitely not Decay!

I Should Have Been Satisfied!

But ... NO!

The Hip Salesman Came Out
Selling New Better Modern and Real Fresh!
His Banter was Appealing
AND
His Demonstration Delish!

His Recommendations were Abundant!
Glowingly Spectacular The Prose
AND
Before I Knew What Had Hit Me
I had The Big Liar Ring in My Little Nose!

For a While Things Were Okay!
Not Spectacular!
Not Grand!
Just Comfortable 
UNTIL
Small
Deceits
Started
Filling Up My Barn!

I Pushed Them Into Corners
Dark,  Dusty -  Even Dank
AND 
I Walked About All Pious
Yet Smelling ... Like The Goat -
Rank Rank!

At First, The Aroma was Mild!
Then ... The Smell Lifted It's Head!
Then ... The Stench of Self-Deception 
Raised
His Rotten-to-the-Core 
Dead Head!

I Tried -  VAINLY -  to Ignore The Flies
Until The Vultures Did Descend
And That Is When ... In Desperation
I Called on The Savior of All Men:

Oh,  Master!  

Dear Master!

I've Acted The Fool

And now, For My Efforts

I am like a Plump Chicken

Waiting to be Food

For The Buzzards and The Rats! 

Father, I am as Carrion

Even Manure for The Open Field!

Lord Jesus, I Am Sorry!

Please, Help Me 

for

Satan is My Very Soul Trying to Steal!

*******

Dear Child,  

I AM Here For You!

You Called Me - You Are Blessed!

Your Confession and Repentance

Removes You from

The Unholy Mess!

I Forgive You

AND 

I Receive You -

Know That The World Will Not!

Fear Not!

I AM With You Always 

AND

The Mark In My Book Against You Is

NOUGHT!

*******

Jesus Offers Eternal Salvation By and By!

Satan Offers Earthly Bounty and Cute Buys!

Jesus Guides!

Satan Lies!

Jesus Advocates!

Satan Incriminates!

NEVER 

SECOND GUESS GOD

NOR

HIS WORD OF TRUTH!!