PRAYING: Living Life When Christ Is All!

When We Have Elected 

To Take Jesus Christ As Our Everlasting Portion 

And

Have Decided To Make Him Our Only Choice

Our Day Sounds Something Like This: 

"Good Morning, Lord! 

Thank You For My Spared Life 

And For Clothing Me In My Right Mind! 

I Give You Me 

And Ask You To Make Me A Blessing To Someone Today! 

I Love You, Lord! 

The Devil Is A Liar! 

I'm Glad, Lord, That You Are God! 

Save Me, Jesus! 

Lord, Have Mercy! 

Thank You, Lord! 

I AM A Child Of The King! 

The Lord Is My Shepherd! 

I Need You, Lord! 

I Trusted You, Lord! 

I Am Trusting You, Lord! 

Oh, Lord, Please Help Me To Trust You! 

Father, 

I Feel Weak But I Know That In You I Am Made Strong: 

Help Me To Keep My Hand In Yours! 

What Can Man Do To Me: 

I Fear The Living God! 

Lord, 

I Feel So Tired But I Can't Give Up 

And By Your Grace, I Won't Give In! 

Bless You, Lord! 

Thank You, Jesus! 

Lord, 

Please Help Me To Keep My Promises To You! 

There, But For Your Grace, Dear Lord, I Go! 

Lord, 

I Desire To Get Home To Glory 

And I Give You Permission To Get Me There 

By Any Means Necessary! 

Lord Jesus, 

How Did We Get Here!?! 

So Much Sorrow, Lord! 

Grant Them Travelling Mercies, Lord! 

Be With That Dear Soul In Mortal Danger: 

Please Grant Them Strength, Courage 

And An Opportunity To Confess And Repent Of Known Sin 

And Be Saved! 

Lord, 

I Repent: 

Please Forgive Me! 

For What I Am About To Receive, Lord

Let My Heart Be Truly Thankful! 

Heavenly Father, 

Please Grant Me A Peaceful Night's Sleep 

Where I May Put Away The Trials And Tribulations Of The Day 

And Rest Calmly Under Your Sheltering Wings! 

AMEN!!!"

Be Grateful Aka Thankful!

Gratitude Aka Thankfulness 

Is 

A Grace ... A Gift Given! 

Are You Grateful For What You Have 

Or Are You Looking At The "Good Stuff" 

The Expensive Toys 

Which Are In The Possession Of Other People 

And

Are Making Yourself Miserable About Your Own Life 

Because 

You Refuse To See The Obvious!?!

You Are Greatly Beloved

And

Truly Blessed!

Beloved, 

The Blind One Envies The One Who Wears Glasses! 

The Man Who Wears Cheap Shoes 

Envies The Man Who Wears Expensive Shoes 

But 

Surprise, Surprise, No Shock

They Are Both Envied By The Man Who Has No Feet

The Man Who Has Legs But Can't Walk

And 

The Man Who Has No Legs At All! 

We Need To Be Truly Grateful 

For Almighty God's Many Gifts Of Unmerited Favor 

And

Stop Being Lip Servants

Saying That You're Blessed

While Envy Is Consuming Your Heart! 

We Have Food In Abundance 

Which Gives Us Choices As To What We May Eat 

When And Where! 

We Have Clothing In Abundance 

To The Point That We Can Say 

"I Am Not Wearing That Because It's So Last Year!" 

Or 

"I Wore That Twice!" 

In Base Pridefulness! 

Oh, That We Would Realize That 

The Things We Despise 

Are The Very Things Others Would 

Literally Kill To Possess! 

Food, Shelter, Clothing

Care, Comfort

Peace With God ... And Our Brethren

And 

Good Health 

Are Treasures Beyond Measure! 

Please Honestly Look At The Person In Smelly Rags

Barefooted And Dirt-Encased

Eating Out Of The Garbage

And 

Living On The Street 

And

In Heartfelt Gratitude Say: 

"There, But For The Grace Of God, Go I!" 

Our Gifts Are Many

Our Blessing Are Innumerable

So Please Do Not Consider Them

As Cheap Things Consumable! 

Peace!

HAPPY SABBATH + Sing Praises To God ... Here And Now!

As Pathfinders

It Was Drilled Into Us, In Part, That We Should 

"Walk Softly In The Sanctuary

Keep A Song In Our Hearts

And Go On God's Errands!" 

Beloved, 

Dead Men Can't Walk

They Can't Keep

They Surely Can't Taste Anything

And

It Is Certain That They Can't Go On God's Errands! 

Think ... 

We Are Alive By The Saving Grace 

And 

Constant Care Of The Eternal God: 

We Should Always Be Grateful For Grace 

And 

Supremely Thankful For Mercy! 

The Songs Of Zion Are A Defensive Weapon 

To Keep Us In Hope 

For Our God's Sweet Tomorrow! 

The Songs Of Zion Are An Offensive Weapon 

To Keep Doubt, Fear, Discouragement, And Distress 

Aka The Legion Of Doom At Bay! 

And

Best Of All

These Sung Songs Of Zion 

Are Blessed Worship Of Our Great God 

And 

They Will Not Be Denied Or Discouraged! 

How Interesting ...

We All Love To Talk About 

Singing Before The Throne Of God 

When We Get To Heaven! 

Caution ... 

If You're Not Singing Praises Here And Now

You Will Not Be Singing Praises There And Then! 

Let Us All Please Remember That 

The Songs Of Zion Are Written Out Of 

Going Through An Experience

     Overcoming A Trial

          Being Thankful For Grace And Mercy

    Loving And Knowing The Dear Savior

And 

Just Wanting To Sing Of Our Precious Redeemer! 

What Song Will You Sing To Our King 

Who Is Love ... And Lovely

Now, Today!?! 

"I Know That My Redeemer Liveth!" 

Is 

My Song! 

Peace!

Do You Love Your Gifts More Than You Love The Giver!?!

 

How Grateful Are You!?! 

How Thankful Are You!?! 

When You Are The Recipient Of A Gift

- Be It Expensive Or Economy Class - 

Do You Hold Tightly The Gift Or The Giver!?! 

Do You Consider The Price Of The Gift 

Or The Love That The Giver Has For You 

Because 

They Thought Of You And Your Need

Or 

That Because Of Their Love For You

They Gave You A Gift According To Their Love 

And

The Depth Of Their Pocket ... Just Because! 

Beloved, 

Jesus Christ Thinks Of Us ... His Lost Lambs And Sheep 

Who Have Strayed From The Fold Of Safety

And 

Because He Loves Us With An Everlasting Love

He Gives Us Gifts Seen And Unseen

Known And Unknown

Unexpected

And 

Unappreciated 

But 

Always Needed

Out Of His Amazing Love

To Bless

To Save

To Convince

To Convict

To Comfort

And 

To Convey His Love For Us 

And 

To Carry Us Willing

Back To The Heavenly Home!

 

All Of Jesus Christ's Gifts To Us 

Are Out Of His Riches In Glory! 

All Of Jesus' Gifts To You ... Personally

Are Out Of The Heart Of Love That 

Will Not Let You Go Poor, Wretched, Miserable

Blind, Hungry, Naked

And 

Ignorant 

To Eternal Ruin 

Without Having Made It Possible 

For You To Be Rich, Happy, Comforted

Healthy, Seeing, Clothed

And 

Blessed Forever! 

Brethren, Beloved

You Are Loved Without Measure!

You Are Loved Without Limit: 

Dare To Love The Gift-Giver 

Whose Gifts To You Are Always Good And Perfect! 

Peace

With Jesus Christ The Lord

Is

The Precious Panacea!

Ebenezer

When We Look At What Is Happening In Other People's Lives 

And

When We Observe The Hash, The Mess, That 

Some People Are Making Of Their Own Lives

We Would All Do Well To Humbly Say: 

"There ... But For The Grace

Of 

The Living God

I Go!" 

It Is Quite Easy For Us To Go "Tsk, Tsk!" 

And 

Be All High-Minded 

And 

Top-Lofty 

When We Are Looking Down On Others 

But

We Need To Seriously, Thankfully, Consider 

And

Be Grateful For Jesus Christ The Lord 

Who Is Looking Down Upon Us All ... In Love ... All Of The Time! 

Beloved, 

A Saint Of God And Christ

Is 

A Reforming Sinner 

Walking As One Being Sanctified ... Set Apart

Rising Up Higher And Higher 

As He Or She

Is 

Headed Toward Beautiful Beulah Land! 

Let Us All Remember That 

The Journey Is Not For The Swift

The Battle Is Not To The Strong

And 

The Crown Is Not For The Worldly-Wise And Wealthy: 

Life Eternal 

Is 

For The Over-Comer

The Saint Whose Life 

Is 

Lived By, For, And In Jesus Christ! 

Let Us Not Be Proud And Arrogant: 

Be Humble And Wise! 

Let Us Humble Ourselves Under The Mighty Hand Of God 

So That He Will Lift Us Up ... At The Appointed Time! 

Let Us, By Almighty God's Great Grace

Give A Helping Hand To Others 

Even As The Hand Of God 

Is 

Moment By Moment Helping Us! 

We Have Hope, Help, Health, Healing 

And 

A Home In Heaven 

In Him Who Hears And Cares For Us: 

Let Us Pray And Plead

And

Hear And Obey

And

Endure All Things For Christ Jesus ... Until The End 

As We Believe In The Promises That Cannot Fail! 

Let Us Walk In His Light ... The Light Of Life

As He Leads Us To The Land Of No Night! 

Peace Be Upon You

As You Rest In Christ Jesus! 

HAPPY SABBATH + GOD WITH US: God In Us!

Without Jesus Christ ... Immanuel

- God With Us -

We Have No Celebration 

Or Anything To Celebrate 

But

Because Jesus Christ Is, Indeed, With Us

And 

We Have His Holy Spirit In Us 

As A Gift

A Blessing

A Benefit

And 

The Holy Angels Around Us Protecting Us 

As They  Protected Him In His Earthly Sojourn

Let Us In Gratitude For Gifts Already Received 

And

Gifts Still On The Foot

On The Wing

And

On The Way

Dare To Bless Ourselves

Bless Others

And 

Bless Almighty God 

By Thoroughly Becoming Like Our Gracious King

Known Loving, Good, Kind

Giving And Forgiving! 

Let Our Celebrating Be Our Testimony 

Declaring True Thankfulness 

For The Greatest Gift That 

Man Has Ever Received

Or Will Ever Receive! 

Let's Celebrate Almighty God In Us

Our Hope For Glory

As We Pay Our Vows Of Obedience

Faithfulness, Gratitude 

And 

Thankfulness! 

Let's Really Celebrate Jesus Christ 

The Lord Who Is Truly Doing A Good Work In Us 

By His Gift To Us Of His Sweet And Holy Spirit! 

Let's Open Almighty God's Good And Perfect Gifts 

And

Thoroughly Use Them Daily 

To Show Our Dear And Celebrated Savior That 

Our Love For Him Is Not Just For Once A Year

Or Once A Day

But 

Is For All Day

Every Day

And

All Year Long! 

Welcome, Dear Redeemer 

Into Our Lives Committed Solely To Doing Your Will 

And 

Walking In Your Holy Way

This Day And Forever! 

Jesus

... Peace ...

Is

With Us!

THE LORD CHRIST CANNOT LIE + PRAYER: Please Help Us, Father, To Make The Binding-To-Christ Decision!

The Man, Woman, Or Child 

Who Chooses Jesus Christ The Lord 
For His Portion In This Life 

Stands As The Majority In Any Battle

In Any War Against Known Sin! 

We Are Never Alone Who Believe, Love

Trust, Obey, Worship 

And 

Diligently Follow The Lord In Faithfulness 

And 

By Humble, Earnest, Prayer! 

The Lord Cannot Lie

And 

He Will Not Fail Us Who Stand Firmly 
In His Personal, Daily, Gift To Us Of Daily Faith

So Let's Faithfully Choose 
To Believe Him At His Holy Word! 

For Our Steadfast And Faithful Endurance 

We Will Be Eternally Blessed! 

PRAYER:

I Trust You, Lord!

I Must Trust You, Lord!

I Am Trusting You, Lord!

I Will Continue To Trust You!

Please Help Me To Trust You

All Day And In All Ways

Because

I Cannot Help Myself!

I Cannot Make Myself Taller!

My Hair Is What You Ordained!

I Cannot Add To The Length Of My Days

So, Please Help Me, Dear Father

From Your Side Not To Stray!

Father, 

I Fully Accept And Truly Believe That

Walking With The Lord Jesus

Is

A Lifelong Journey

And

Not An Escape

Or An Escapade For Thrill-Seekers

But

Is A Lifestyle Change

A Mind Reset

A Paradigm Shift

To Living Simply, Carefully, Caringly

In The Upside-Down Kingdom

Where True Power Is Shown

By Willing Service

And

Love For Others!

In Working Faith

I Willingly Sign Up For Service!

The Longer I Live

The Better I Realize And Know That

Being Rich And Connected

In This Carnal Realm

Is Most Often Not A Blessing

And I Plead, Dear Father

For Love Of The Lord Christ

That You Help Me

To Maintain A Thankful Heart

Not Jealous

Not Covetous

Not Envious Of Any Person's Raiment

Or Any Person's Silver Or Gold:

I Do Not Know With Whose Wings They Fly

Nor Am I Desirous

Their Carnal Urges And Experiences To Try!

Father, 

Little With A Contented Spirit

And

With Your Blessing Because I Please You

Is Supremely Of Great Gain

And

I Am Grateful

For The Privilege Of Knowing You

And

Having You Know My Name:

Please Help Me So That I Do Not

Your Blessed Holy Name Profane!

Father,

In The Living Word You Say That

It Is Not Your Desire That Any Should Perish

But

That All Should Come To Repentance

So Please Help Us, Me And My Brethren

To Number Our Days

To See Our Need Of Salvation

To Recognize Our Own Dear Savior

And

To Make The Binding-To-Christ Decision

That Will See Us At The Last Trumpet Blast

Being Raised Up

And

Going Up Glorified

Immortalized, Incorruptible

Inheritors Of Everlasting Life!

I Need My Jesus!

Help Me To Need Him More Each Day!

Help Me To Reliably In His Holy Name To Pray

For Health, For Strength

For Friends And Family

For Well-Wishers

For Naysayers

And

The Holy People

Of

The Great And Glorious God!

Help Us Not To Perish From Folly!

Help Us To Choose Life!

In Jesus Christ's Holy Name

I Humbly Pray And Plead!

I Love You, Lord!

Please Come For Us Soon!

AMEN!

Ingrates Are Never Anonymous!

Vertical And Ventilating
Was Conversing With
Horizontal And Belly-Aching
Who Always, Always, Always
Has A Reason To Explain Away
His Perpetual Vegetating!

Vertical And Ventilating
Loves, Loves, Loves
To Give Thanks And Praise
To His Maker, His God
And
Absolutely Refuses To Act The Ingrate
Like The Adversary Of Souls ... Satan
The Known God-Fraud!

Verti Has Much For Which To Be Thankful!

Apparently, Fluffy-Belly Does Not!

Imagine This ...

The Family Of Man ... Created By Almighty God
Lives On Earth ... Created And Maintained By Almighty God
Enjoys The Lord's Bounty ... Created And Provided By Almighty God
And Yet
Most Of Its Members Are Card-Carrying

Practicing, Unapologetic, Ingrates!

Lord,

Please Spare Us The Ingrate's Fate!

Let's Hear Truth ... For Today!

Thanksgiving 

Is 

Very Thin On The Ground 

Where We, Humans, Are Concerned! 

We Ask For

And

We Receive Our Petitions Of The Lord

And 

In A Revolting Display Of Ingratitude

We Dine And Dash

We Grab 'N Go

And

We "Forget" That 

We Are Surely Going To Need His Help Again! 

We Behave Like We Are Doing The Lord A Favor 

By Accepting His Gifts Of Love 

When, In Fact, He Owes Us Nothing! 

We Owe Him Everything!

And Then ...

There's That Phrase:

"... And Call Upon Me In The Day Of Trouble...!"

How Do You Feel Calling Upon The Holy God

Whom You Have Roundly Disrespected

Ignored 

Taken For Granted

Gainsaid

Doubted

Denigrated

When You Are In Sure-To-Come Trouble!?!

Do You Experience Any Pangs Of Remorse 

For Your Oversight

For Your Past Lack Of Thankfulness

For All The Good And Perfect Gifts

That The Loving God Holy Has Lovingly Given Unto Us!?!

Brethren, Beloved,

Gratitude, Thankfulness, And Appreciation 

Are Graces To Be Cultivated Carefully 

And 

Offered Up Joyfully 

No Matter Where We Are 

Or Who Is Watching! 

We Have A Debt

Which We Can Never Repay

But

We Surely Can Show True Appreciation

Express Heartfelt Gratitude

And

Give Joyful Thanks Now 

And 

Always

In All Ways!

Give Almighty God His Praise!

AN APPRECIATION: The Lord IS My Light!

The Lord Is The Voice For Me

Look Smell

Taste

See Hear!

Know Him!

The Lord Is The Sight For Me

Hope Help

Blessing

The Heart That For Me Cares!

Follow Him!

The Lord Is The Way For Me

Coming Going

Working

Praying

The One Who With Me Forebears!

Obey Him!

The Lord IS My Music

My Song

My Word

The Rhyme

The One God Of Heaven

Holy True

Faithful Eternal

Divine

AND I

A Mere Child

A Servant

Have Willingly Answered

His

Knock! Knock! Knock!

On My Heart's Broken Door

AND I

Blessed Forever

Shall Ascend The Heights

AND

Walk

- By Purchased Right -

Through His Heavenly Home's

Everlasting Door!

The Lord IS My Light! 

My Life!

My Rock!

My Shepherd

AND

Praise The Heavenly Father

The Beloved Son

And

The Comforting Holy Ghost

My Known And Only Salvation!

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When I Am Distressed, Dear Father

Remind Me Of How I Am Blessed

And

When I Consider My Blessing

Help Me To Consider Also

And

With Unfailing Gratitude

That I Lost Nothing

But

Gained Everything

When My Known Sin

In Jesus Christ's Name

To You

I Did Confess!

Thank You For My Daily Blessing

Be It The One Seen Or Unseen

The One Known Or Unknown

Even The One Unappreciated

Unrequested

Unanticipated!

Thank You, Lord

For

In You

I Do Not Walk This World Alone!