HAPPY SABBATH + PRAYER: Lord, Grant Me Faith

Dear Lord,
I Come To You This Day
Willing To Be Clay
In The Only Hands
That Can A Soul Repair!

Help Me, Lord,
To Trust You At Your Words Of Love
 To Listen To Your Words Of Warnings
And
To Heed Your Loving Chastisements!
Help Me, Dear Father
To Be A Tree Fruitful Indeed!

Lord, Grant Me Faith 
To Let You My Burdens Bear!

Lord, Grant Me Faith To Dare Ever
To You In Prayer To Repair!

Lord, Grant Me Faith

To Share The Everlasting Word

That The Eternal God Is Love!

Lord, Grant Me Love To Hope!

Lord, Grant Me Hope To Cope!

Lord, Grant Me Hope Enough In You

To Tell The Devil:

Nope! I'm Not Missing Heaven 

By Playing With Your Death-dealing Dope!

Lord, Grant Me Grace Upon The Rock To Stand!

Lord, Grant Me Grace Temptations To Withstand!

Lord, Grant Me Grace

For The Battles I Must Face

So That

At The End

I'll Not Be Turned Away From Your Sight

Marked An Eternal Disgrace!

I Love You, Lord

And I Pray This Hour
For Heaven-sent Power

So That My Thoughts And Actions

Will With Your Sovereign Will

Be In One Accord

And Not Aligned
With The Ways Of The Fraud!
In Jesus' Holy Name I Stand And Plead!

AMEN.

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: God Personally Contends for His People's Loyalty!

A Young Prophet
As Called Of God
Had Youthful Strength and Agility
BUT
Lacked The Experience and Authority
Which Came With The Passing Of the Years!

Time Travels On ...

This Prophet - As One Faithful
Lived An Honorable Life
BUT 
Often Fell Into Dishonor
For Calling "The Good Life" A Lie!

Said Prophet Fell Into Disfavor
With The Lofty and Lowly Alike
For Delivering The Message
That The Living God Has Eternal Sight!

Our Faithful True Prophet
Had - with His God - A Good Report
BUT
With The "Good" People
Who Choose Willful Ignorance
AND 
The Comfort Of The Ostrich's Head
Gave The Poor Prophet
A Very Bad Report Instead!

All Messengers and Ministers Of God
MUST
Maintain Their Personal Godly Integrity
FOR
God Personally Contends for His People's Loyalty!
Man - At This Time - Falls into The Hands of God
AND
With Continued Disobedience 
AND
Dismissal Of God's Word
The Living God Allows Us
To Fall into The Hands of Men
Who Become The Rod Of God!

REMEMBER THIS TRUTH:

The Rod of God Enforces

What The Word of God Explains!

And

The Holy Spirit Opens The Ear and Heart 

To 

Accept Instruction and Correction!

God Did Nothing Without Telling His Servants
Those Worthy Prophets of Old
Who Cried Lamented and Pleaded
For God's People to Remain With God 
Who Graciously Provided for Those who
His Precious Word Straightly Heeded!

Prosperity is No Indication of God's Favor!
Poverty is No Indication of God's Curse!
Problem is Like So Many Others
Man Believes Quite The Lying Reverse!

Have We Not Seen Oh, So Often
Outer Beauty Hiding An Internal Rotten Putrid Dead Core?
Have We Not Seen Runny Icing on Hot Ginger Bread
AND 
Bright Gold Covering Dead Lead?

So ... 

It Is Today With God's People!
Sumptuous Prosperity
Covering An Inner Dead Core!
Praise So Polluted It's Mind-boggling
AND
"Worship" Dressed-Up Like An Blousy Common Street Whore!

Have We Not Learnt Anything from Hosea?
Have We Not Been Counseled by Jeremiah's Lament?
Are The Only Lessons Relevant Those of Isaiah's Immanuel,  and
Ezekiel's Chariots with Wheels Not By Human Hands Bent?

Will We Not See?
Will We Not Hear?
Will We Not Learn
From Jesus Christ 
That The Holy God Cares
About His People
AND
That They Holy Remain
So That In The Coming Judgment
They Won't Go Down In Flames?!

THINK ON THIS TRUTH:

A Pig In A Palace

A Pig Still Remains!

A Pig In Pearls and Bouncy Curls

IS Still

A Pig which Always Returns to his Hole

To Wallow and To Rut

To Root and To Grunt Squeal!

Do The Wrong Thing 

AND

Pig's Wrath

You Will Surely Intensely Feel!

The Point Here is Simple:

• Dressing As A Woman Doesn't Change A Man Into A WoMan! (Truth IS Truth)
• Following Another Gospel Won't Make You A Christian Saved! (Lie IS Lie)
• Christianity Based On Felt Needs Will Not Lift Jesus Up (Flavor IS Feisty)
• Baubles and Beads Will Not To God Lift You Up! (You Lie AND You Die)

If You Call Yourself A Child Of God

Cut Off The Pair

And

Bow To God's Sovereign Will

And

He Will Your Lowly Life Fill!