VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Records Are Being Kept!

There Is A Record Being Kept In Heaven Of Our Words

Our Actions 

And

Our Influence ... Good Or Bad ... Over Others! 

Dig Deep ... 

If You Could See ... In Real Time Over The Long Haul

What It Is That You Cause To Happen In The Lives Of Others

Would You Continue Living The Life That You Now Lead!?! 

What Would You Change, By God's Grace, About Yourself!?! 

Beloved, 

We Have A Loving Heavenly Father 

Who, By Jesus Christ, Has Modeled For Us 

The Perfect Way To Speak, Walk 

And

Act Unto All People! 

Too Often, Though

In Total Rejection Of The Living Way

We Behave As Though Our Heavenly Father Hates Us

Or Is Trying To Make Our Lives Miserable 

With His Do's And Don'ts

And 

His Perfect Way! 

Open Your Eyes ... 

Please Recognize That Our Bad Behavior 

Is 

Not Going To Make Almighty God Lower His Standards 

Nor Is It Going To Cause Him 

To Love Us Less Than When Jesus Died On Calvary! 

Brethren, Beloved 

We Need To Recognize That Almighty God Is All

And

That We Have Nothing To Give Our Lord

Save Our Trust And Obedience

 

And

By His Saving Grace

We Must Come To Realize That 

Our Best Behavior Is Blessed Behavior!

We Are Nearing Home

So Let's Raise Our Standards! 

Let's Live Right 

And

Do Good Always 

And 

In All Ways Even Though There 

Is 

No Earthly Profit Or Apparent Benefit! 

Our Heavenly Father

Sees All

Knows All

And

Is In All

And

He, Alone

Blesses Us All! 

Dare To Hate ... Sin!

The Only Time That A Christian Should Be Called A Hater
Or Should Indulge In Hatred
Is 
When It Applies To Hating Sin! 

Any Other Usage For Hate
- Which Always Leads To The Desire To Hurt
To Physically Harm Others
Is 
Satanic
And 
Is Severely Condemned By The Lord! 

Hate Leads To Murder 
And 
No Unrepentant Murderer 
Shall Enter The City Of God!

Look Around And See The Lives Ruined 
By Misdirected, Misapplied, Misused Hatred 
And 
Tremble Knowing That But For The Grace Of God 
You Could Be Rotting In Prison 
Because 
You Hated Someone And Committed Murder
Or You Could Be Rotten And Forgotten In A Cold Grave 
Because 
Someone Hated And Killed You! 

Beloved, 

Please Don't Give Satan Power To Control You 
By Indulging In Hatred Misapplied!

Hate Sin!
Hate Satan!
Hate The Lusts That Would Cause You 
To Sin Against Jesus Christ 
And 
Your Own Soul 
But 
Do Not Play In Satan's Workshop 
By Hating Those For Whom The Lord Christ Died! 

Misused Hatred 
Is 
A Convenient "Devil-Delicious" 
Maliciously-Wrapped
And 
Malevolently-Distributed Candy-Bomb
And
If You Have Such "Candy" In Your Heart
Please Dial 1-800-Call-Jesus Aka Pray Without Ceasing
And 
Bare Your Soul To The King Who Is Always Available!

Remember ...

His Holy Spirit ... The Holy Spirit Of Truth
- By Whom We Are Sealed Against The Day Of Judgment -
Defuses And Destroys All Of Satan's Weapons!

In Jesus Christ's Holy Name
Dare To Speak Peace ... And Do Love!

Self, Sin And Satan

Are An Unholy Triumvirate:

Self Leads To Sin

And

Satan Encourages People

To Indulge Self

And

To Practice Sin!

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Jesus Christ ... Our Savior

Died

To Save All Of Us

From Self, Sin And Satan:

Choose To Be Saved!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Greedy-for-Gain: Jealous Envy! + PRAYER

One Day ... I Had An Epiphany!
It Seems I Had A Dose of The I-Wants
So That I Could Say That I-Have!
BUT
What Was Peculiar About This Condition Was
What I Wanted
I Didn't Even Like
AND
To Make Matters Worse
I Would Have To Say I-Have
About What I-Already-Got!

This Smelled of Covetousness
Covered Up In Greedy-for-Gain
For A Lifestyle Not Able To Be Sustained
But Promoted by The People On The Power-Train
Who Lived Lives Useless and
Not-a-Little Brittle and 
Awfully, Awfully, Awfully Vain!

Was I Exhibiting Jealousy
Or, Perhaps ... Envy?!

With This In Mind
I Repaired To The Lord Divine!

The Answer, Dear Ones
Was NOT To Me Kind
BUT
Take It I Must
If I Wanted Ultimately
To Heaven Climb!

The Lord's Name IS Jealous
AND
He IS Jealous for What is His!

My Life
My Love
My Worship
My Prayers
My Praise
Are All His
AND
Jealousy IS Permitted Over WHAT Is Your Own!

BUT ...

Here Is The Kicker!

I Was Indulging In Envy!

Envy Is Longing For What Belongs To ... Another
AND
Envy IS Sin - A Deadly Sin -
AND
It Was The Very Sin That
PRECIPITATED
Lucifer's
Devolution Into Satan
AND
His Unceremonious Departure From
The Heavenly Home!

People!
I Was In Serious Trouble!

Father, 

Forgive Me!

I Knew What I Was Doing!

I Wanted What The Others Have

Because 

It Would Make Me Appear

Highfalutin!

Father,

I Do Not Need The Excess!

I Just Need Enough!

Enough For Myself 

and 

To Share With Another!

I Do Not Need Things to Store Up

Making My Home Miserable

and

Collecting Dust!

Father, 

Please Clean Out My Cobwebs

and 

The Dusty Thoughts of Glories Past!

Help Me to Solely Lean 

on 

The Rock Of All Ages

So That I May Soar Through 

Unimaginable Heavenly Places!

Give Me Blind Eyes to Worldly Thrills!

Give Me Deaf Ears to Worldly Fears!

Let My Heart to You Repair

and

Keep Me Ever 

In Your Holy Care!

I Love You, Lord!

AMEN.

*******

Create In Me, Lord

A Burning Jealousy 

for 

My Home

In The Eternal 

-  not Magical - 

Kingdom!