REVIVAL AND REFORMATION: Things Go Better With Jesus Christ The Lord!

There's The Saying: 

"Seldom Comes A Better!" 

And 

"Yuh Know Wha' Yuh Got! 

Yuh Ain't Know Wha' Yuh Goin' Get!" 

Beloved, 

These Sayings Are According To Those Of 

The Carnal, Earthly, Bent 

Not Given To Belief In 

The Things On The Higher, Heavenly, Ground! 

Our Lord Jesus 

Is 

The God Of Love, Revelation, Truth

And 

Unimaginable Blessings 

And 

He Calls Us To Come Up ... Higher! 

He Calls Us All To Revival 

And 

Reformation! 

We Must Change How We Think

And

We Must Change Our Behavior! 

We Must Dare To Constantly Improve 

And 

Choose To Stop Roving From Pillar To Post! 

Let Us Dare To Courageously Say To Ourselves: 

"I'm To Improve My Condition! 

I Must Prove Jesus Christ For Myself

So That My Walk With Him Through This Life 

Will Lead To My Spiritual Improvement

And

Elevation To Christ's Eternal Life In Glory!"

These Are Not Idle Words Uttered To A Useless Idol! 

These Are Profitable Words Petitioning The Creator God

All-Knowing, All-Seeing

And 

With Us, Everyone, Ever-Present! 

Our Lord Doesn't Stutter 

And 

For Certain Sure

He Can And Does Back Up His Promises 

With Products And Provision From Paradise! 

Beloved, 

Let's Choose To Improve To Avoid Constant Reproof! 

Look Up

And 

Get Up To Go Up ... Higher! 

The Way Of The Lord Of Life

The Shepherd Of Rest

The God Of Mercy And Grace

Is 

Blessed 

And Better 

And Best 

In Every Way Every Day: 

Jesus Christ, Alone, Saves Sinners!

In Jesus Christ

Is

Perfect Peace! 

Seven Steps To The Eternal God!

The Steps Are Plain:

Determination ... Set The Mind Toward Knowing God
And

Preparation ... Get Ready To Meet God

Isolation ... Spend Alone-Time With God

Expectation ... Look Always For A Blessing

Adoration ... Worship The Lord In The Beauty Of Holiness

Revelation ... Learn God By Letting Him Reveal Himself

Mediation ... Think To Bless Others

Transformation ... Acquire Christ's Character

The Holy God

Knows The End From The Beginning!
He, It Is, That Sustains Us ... In Between
And
All Who Would See Jesus Christ In Peace
Should
With Doing The Will Of Almighty God
Be Enormously Pleased!

Walking With The Eternal God
Requires
Personal Determination
To Get To Know ... Intimately
The Great I AM
And
To Set Aside All Noisome Distractions
And
Those Things Which Do Not Edify!

In Getting To Know The Creator God
One Must Indulge In Preparation
Aka Setting Aside Self
And 

Things Of The Carnal Sort
Because
Personal Sacrifice Is A Desirable Attribute
Which ... Avidly Pursued
Leads One ... Living Only For Christ Jesus
Unto The Great Reward!

Making Time For The Savior God
Requires 
Isolation
Quiet Time
Communion With The Holy Spirit
The Great Teacher
Who Leads Into All Truth
Teaching Guiding Chiding
All In Perfect Love
So That Our Hearts Are Not Lifted Up In Pride
But 

That In The Great God
We May Abide
And
Confidently Confide!

In Walking With The Redeemer God
One Must Have Great Expectations
For
The Blessings Of The Great God Are Never Small!
After All
He Did Make Heaven, Earth And Things All! 

We Must Believe That The Blessing God's Gifts To Us
Are Out Of His Abundant Riches
And
Not Fall For The Sophistries Of Satan
The Wily Dragon
The Benighting Fraud!

What Point Is Our Association

If We Do Not Adore The True God!?! 

It Is A Decided Blessing To Lift Up
The Living God
So, Let's Not Skimp On Praying

Praising
And
Petitioning The Everlasting God
Because
This Is A Precursor
To Our Hallelujah Days!

Let Not This Step Be Just A Momentary Phase! 

As We Walk The Steps To The Kingdom Of Light

Let Us Permit The Holy Spirit

The Lord's Character To Truly Reveal! 

Let Us Not Be Dabblers

But

Become Specialists On Him Who Is

Light Life

Love And Salvation

And

We Shall Not Be Among Those

Who Honor Self

Lift Up Sin

And

Are Walking Toward Sure Damnation!

He Is The God Who Heals! 

And ... 

In The Process Of Our Own Journey

Let Not Forget Our Brethren

By Blood

By Faith

By Affection! 

Let Us Not Forget The Stranger In The Way! 

Let Us ... For The Love Of The Lord Christ

Generously Mediate for Others!

We Are All One Blood! 

We Are Sisters And Brothers! 

Brethren, Beloved

I Tell You The Truth:

We Will Be Transformed! 

We Will Not Be Left Untouched

Unaffected

By Our Relationship With The Lord Christ! 

We, Converted

Regenerated

Shall Be As He Is! 

We Shall Be Like Him! 

With His Character, We Shall Be Adorned

And

We Shall Truly Know

Why, For Us

He Wore That Cruel Cutting Crown Of Thorns!

Please Do Not Let Christ's Sacrifice For Us

Become The Thing Call Waste! 

Let Us Be Vigilant

And

Let The Spirit Of The Living God

The Sin Character In Us ... Today 

Totally Efface!

Be Ye Transformed By The Renewing Of Your Mind! 

Set Your Affections On Things Above! 

Desire The Gift That Only God Through Jesus Christ Gives

And

At The Appointed Time

We Shall To The Promised Land

Beulah Land Of Gold

Triumphantly

Go To Eternally Live! 

To Satan ... 

The Words:

"Get Thee Behind Me!"

With Finality

Boldly Give! 

... Following The Kind Master!

In The School Of Trial
Which We Often Call The School Of Hard Knocks
The Lord Jesus Christ Teaches
You, Me, Us!

We Learn Life Through Self-Denial 

And 

Disappointment

And ...

Through Bitter Personal Experience
We Learn The Evil Of Sin
The Power Of Sin
The Guilt Inflicted By Sin
And
The Great Woes Perpetrated Because Of Sin

And ...

We Learn To Love 
And 
Obediently Follow
The Leading Of The Kind Master!

Obedience Doesn't Come Naturally!

We Learn To Hate Sin
And
We Long For Jesus Christ's Free Salvation!

Self Occasionally Rears Up Its Ugly Head
But
Through The Patient Discipline Of Undying Love
And
The Real Desire Our Dear And Blessed Lord To Please
We Come Around To The Way Of The Cross
And
We Learn To Walk As Those Wise
Those Who Will Not To Sin Be Lost!

And For Our Faithfulness ...

Bitter Opposition
Hatred Most Vile
And
Character Assassination
Doggedly Follow 
And
Fall Upon Us
When We Will Not Against The Lord's Truth Lie!

Lest We Forget ...

The Way Of The Cross Leads Us  To The Eternal Home
But
The Journey Is Marked With Tears
The Setting Aside Of SelfCast Off Doubts
Disbeliefs
Terrors
Troubles
Songs Of Gladness For Battles Won
Pleadings For Revelation
Songs Setting Forth Trials Overcome
And
Songs Of Victory Over Besetting Sin!

Make Up Your Mind ...

Jesus Christ The Righteous
Is 
Our Savior
And
We Will Not Be Moved!

Faith And Grace

Are

Our Only-For-The-Present-Day "Vitamins"

And

The Holy Spirit Of Living Truth

Is

Our Constant Companion

Guiding Chiding Directing Teaching Us

So That The Accuser Of The Brethren

Cannot Cause Us

Our Love For Our Lord

To Cut Loose!

Two Weighty Questions And ... A Heartfelt Prayer!

How Many Of Us
Who Call Ourselves Christians
Have Previously Gone
To The Fleshpots Of The Earth
AND
Have Found
(Real Or Imagined):

The Food ... A Gastronomic Delight
The Company ... Amenable
The Atmosphere ... Salubrious
The Light ... Suitably Dark
The Mood ... Indulgently Mellow
The Conversation ... Enrapturing ... Enthralling
The Drink ... Such That Intoxicated A Soul
AND
The Honor And Majesty
Of The Glorious Holy God
Turned Into A Plush Mat For Testy Feet
A Floor Runner
A Soiled Sheet?

How Many Of Us
Have Committed Sin Vile
AND
Thought:

I Cannot Go Home To God!
I Did His Holy Name Revile
Forgetting
Misremembering
Been Misinformed
Been Misguided
On The Fact That God
Our God
Our Father
Our Shepherd
Our Savior
Our Redeemer
Our Friend To Life's End
Says:

Return Unto Me  ...!
Come Unto Me ...!
Come Let Us Reason Together ...!
Follow Me  ...!
Take My Yolk  ...!
Learn Of Me  ...!
Trust In The Lord  ...!
Believe On The Lord
AND
Be Saved
... Though Your Sins Be as Scarlet
... Though Your Sins Be Red Like Crimson
... They Shall Be Whiter Than Snow
... They Shall Be As Wool!?!

Sin Stains
BUT
Jesus Christ's Blood
Is The Only Blood That 
WASHES
AND
CLEANS COMPLETELY!

Sooo ...

Go To Jesus
Now ... TODAY
AND
Honestly
AND
With Contriteness Of Heart
AND
Brokenness Of Spirit
Unreservedly
AND
In Your Own Way
Say:

PRAYER:

Father,

Forgive Me

I Knew What I Was Doing!

The World Of Sin Delighted My Senses

And

I Knew What-Upon I Was Chewing!

I Sniffed The Pleasant Fragrance!

I Tasted The Bountifully Spread Food!

I Drank Deep Of Hell's Libation

But

With The Passage Of Time

Hell's Angels To Me

Were Shown Maliciously Cruel!

Living In Sin Is Not Cool!

They Upped The Ante

And

I Knew The Score

But

Overconfidence

On One Great Can't-Lose Play

Had Me Prostrate

Bent

Unto Broken!

Breathing For Life

Became A Mere Token

Until

Fully Aware

- Finally -

I Can Hear

What It Is The Holy Spirit Is Speaking

Had Spoken

And Now ...

Now!

I Am Here

Ready To Made Clean

Anxious For A Clean Scene

Willing Now

To Do What You Say

No Longer Eager

For My Own Sins

To Pay!

Forgive Me, I Pray!

Father,

My Father,

Thank You For Plain Revelation

That Shows Clearly

That Satan Is A Total Liar

A Biting Fraud

A Destructive Devil

The Opposer Of The Holy

The Living

The Eternal God

Who Takes Pleasure

In Rack And Ruin

And

Joys In Man's Disgrace

Uplifting Self-Gratification

And

Belligerently

Goading Weakened Ones

To Dismiss

Shameness Of Face!

Father,

Please Forgive Me!

I Acknowledge All That I Did!

I Humbly Confess

And

Repent

In Jesus' Name!

Please Reform Me

And

Remake Me

For I

- Now Truly Broken -

Desire

With My Whole Heart

To Take Up My Ignored Cross

And

Daily

Follow After You!

Please, Lord

Teach Me New Music

A New Traveling Song

A New And Healthful Diet

With No Intoxicating Mixed Beverages

To Cast Me Prostrate

On The Wide Street Long!

Lead Me, Lord

Along The Straight And Narrow Path

For

Walking On The Broadway

Encourages My Indulgence In Gross Greed

And

My Dependence

Upon Practicing Craft

And

Using It For Fast Steed!

Help Me, Lord

To Secure Godly Companions

To Encourage Me

- And I, Them -

To Cheer Me On

Along The Holy Way

And

Help Me, Lord

Not To Pick Of The Wild-Fruit Fruit Trees

Amply Spread Out

And

Disgracing

The High And Holy Way!

Oh, Lord

Let Not Self-Satisfaction Beguile Me!

Let Not Own-Way Control Me!

And

Let Not Tomorrow-Can-Wait

Stone Me

For

Arrival And Residence  

In The Holy Kingdom

Now Motivates Me!

I Now Am Thine!

You Are Holy And Divine!

In Your Loving Arms, Lord

Please Confine Me

And

Help Me Thereby

In The Great Day

To Cross The Separating Line!

Draw Me Nearer

And

Haste The Glorious Day

For This, Lord

Is My Heartfelt Prayer!

I Believe!

Help Thou My Unbelief!

In Jesus Christ's Holy Name, I Plead!

AMEN.