Faith Ain't Stuff And Grace Ain't Nonsense!

People Don't Sleep 

Because 

Many Ravenously Desire

- And Some Have Got -

Silver, Gold, Houses, Lands 

And

A Boatload Of Stuff And Nonsense 

To Occupy Their Minds, Hands And Time: 

They Are All Rich In Sin And Trespasses! 

Beloved, 

When We Come To Realize That 

We Are Wretched, Miserable, Poor, Blind And Naked

And 

Recognize That We Can't Help Ourselves 

And

Need The Thoughtful, Loving, Kind

Providential Care Of Our Creator-God 

And

Cry Out To Him In Our Distress

It Is Then That The Lord God Almighty

Mighty To Save

And

Strong To Bless

Is 

Able To Do A Good Work In Our Lives

Intimately, Individually And Personally! 

Please, I Beseech Us All

Do Not Allow Silver And Gold To Testify Against You

In The Great Day Of Accounts!

Do Not Permit Covetousness, Pride And Greed 

To Stop You From Taking All That Concerns Your Life

Your Physical, Spiritual

And 

Emotional Well-Being 

To Almighty God In Heartfelt Prayer

Day By Day 

And 

Moment By Moment!

No Surprise ...

A Drowning Man 

Will Clutch At A Straw To Save Himself 

But

We Who Go To Jesus Christ To Be Saved 

Will Find That We Are Holding On To 

The Eternal Rock Of Ages 

Who Is Firmly Holding Us Securely! 

May The God Of Grace Help Us This Day 

To Get Our Priorities In Order 

By Our Humbly Placing Jesus Christ First 

In Everything That We Think, Say And Do 

So That We Are No Longer Rich In Sins And Trespasses 

But 

Humble And Faithful Before His Holiness! 

Never, Ever, Forget That God's Great Grace 

Is 

Always Sufficient For Us

And

For You ... Personally! 

Peace Be Unto You! 

Our Gifts Of Faith

And

Free Grace

Cost Our Father In Heaven

Everything That He Held Dear:

His Only Begotten Son!!

Forgive Us, Lord, As We Forgive Others!?!

Everybody Loves The Lord's Prayer

And 

Blithely Repeat It 

Without Pausing To Think About The Words 

"Forgive Us ... As We Forgive ...!" 

We Love To Talk About 

"Do Fuh Do!" 

When We Are The Doer 

And 

Foolishly Forget That 

We Are In Debt To Almighty God

Because 

We Have Trespassed 

Aka Gone Where We Should Not 

Aka Committed Sin Against His Holiness! 

We, All, Are Treading On Dangerous Ground 

When We Pray For Forgiveness 

And

Walk Around Holding Grudges Against People

- Be They Friends, Family Or Foes - 

While Daringly Saying: 

"I Will Never Forgive Them!" 

Beloved, 

Are You The True And Living Holy God Of Grace And Mercy!?! 

Do You Hold Life And Eternity In Your Hand!?! 

If Your Answer Is 

"No!" 

I Beseech Us All To Back-Back To Go Forward! 

The Lord Jesus Christ

Immediately After Teaching His Disciples 

How To Pray 

Then Warned Them Graphically 

About The Content Of Their Prayers 

And 

Their Attitude! 

To Err Is Human: 

To Forgive Is Divine! 

We Who Desire The Lord's Forgiveness 

For Our Sins Against Him 

Must First

Forgive Those 

"Who Done Did Us Wrong!" 

Let Us, Therefore

Be Obedient So That 

We Shall Be Blessed Of Our God! 

By Faith

In Truth

For The Love Of God

Dare To Extend Your Hand In Fellowship

Even If It Figuratively Gets Chopped Off! 

The Lord Of Earth And Glory 

Reads Hearts 

And

He Promises New Life And New Bodies! 

Do Right! 

Eternal Blessings Await The Obedient Enduring Faithful!

Peace

Is

Like The River Glorious!

Sin ... And Forgiveness!

Think Deeply About This ...

He Who Had No Sin Became Sin ... For Us!

He Who Is Alive Forever

Died To Give Life To Us

Who Are Dead In Sin And Trespasses!

The Question Is:

How Do We Make The Connection 
To Make The Transaction Real!?! 

Jesus Christ Make The Infinite Deposit

In The Bank Of Eternity: 

We Are Mortal Men, Sinners, Who Live In Time! 

How Are We Going To Make The Needful Withdrawal

So That We May Have Our Necessary Food

And

Directions
Travelling Mercies

Transportation Expenses

Shelter
Protection! 

How Do We Get From Present Living For Hell

To Living To Arrive At The Future Heavenly Home

When There Is Gulf Fixed Betwixt The Two!?!

Lest We Tremble And Fear In Despair 

Let's Remember Jacob's Ladder

The Bridge Between Earth And Glory

The Cross-Bar On The Cross Of Christ

The Benediction Aka It Is Finished

Which Capped The Upper Room Prayer Of Consecration:

Where I Am

There Shall Also My Servants Be! 

Brethren,

We Have A Job Of Work To Do

So Let's Get To Stepping
Because
There Is No Sinner Going To Be Where Jesus Christ Is!
We've Got A House-Cleaning To Accomplish!

All Lawlessness Is Sin! 

All Humans Are Sinners! 

Some Sins Are Natural 
Because 
We Are Born With The Inclination To Sin! 
Some Sins Are Cultivated! 

Some Sins Are Marked As 
Going Where You Shouldn't Go Aka Transgressions

And 

Other Sins Are Called iniquity Aka Planned Sins! 

All Sins Are Forgiven 

... If We Confess ... 

Except For The Sin Of Blasphemy 
Against The Holy Spirit Of Truth 

By Whom We Are Sealed Against The Second Death! 

Forgiveness Is Free!

The Only Person 
Who Doesn't Need Forgiveness For Known Sin 
Is 
Almighty God! 

The Sins That We Do Not Confess Cannot Be Forgiven 

And 

Stay On The Books Of Remembrance In Heaven! 

The Sins That We Humbly Confess 
And 

Repent Aka Turn Away From

Are Cast Into The Sea Of God's Forgetfulness
Never To Be Recalled!

Make The Days Of Your Life Count!

 

Beloved,

We Cannot Climb The Ladder

Cross The Bridge

Escape Time

Or Enter Eternity With The Stench Of 
The Load Of Sin Attached To Our Persons! 

No Escaping The Facts ... 

We Sin By Thought, Word And Deed Daily

So Let's Make It A Habit 
To Confess Are Repent Of Our Sins Daily 

Because 

Tomorrow Is Not Promised To Any Of Us

Our Name Is Not Jesus Christ

And 

Our Tongues Are Not Bibles 
Aka The Preserved Word Of The Eternal God! 

Let's Believe The Living Word

Accept And Gratefully Use Our Gift Of Forgiveness

And 

Be At Peace With And In Our Savior 
And 

Coming King

Jesus Christ The Lord!
Soon, Very Soon, The Last Trumpet Will Sound!

Dead Men

Can't Praise Almighty God

And

Can't Ask

For Forgiveness!

PRAYER: In This Quiet Hour ...!

Lord,

I Am Thankful For Your Grace

And

For The Fact 

That You Look Not On My Outward Appearance

And

I Ask You In This Quiet Hour 

To Look Upon My Heart

And

If There Be Any Wickedness

Or Willfulness Or Selfishness

Hiding Within Me

Please, I Beseech You

Cause It From Me To Depart!

Lord,

I Am A Child In Many Ways

And

Often Do Rightly Called Childish Things

But, Lord

I Believe You

And

I Am Willing To Listen 

And

To Be Brought Up

In Your Fear And Admonition

And

I Beseech You

Please Teach Me

Lead Me

Guide Me

So That I May Wise Up

And

From Childish Oft' Foolish Ways

Grow Apart!

Father, 

I Am A Servant Willing

Desiring To Become A Faithful Steward

For My Master And My God

And

I Beseech You

With All That Is Within Me

To Fit Me

And Equip Me

And Send Me Off

According To Your Will

And In Your Way

To Do Your Bidding

For The Eternal Kingdom

Always Faithful And Hopeful

And

Never From The Ways Of Righteousness

Ever To Depart!

Root Me, Lord

Ground Me

And

Raise Me Up

To Be A Polished And Beautiful Pillar

In The Temple Of My God

For

My Heart Trusts The Word

Of The Living God Of The Few Faithful

And

I Desire To See With My Own Eyes

- And In Peace -

The Eternal God

Whose Broken Heart

Gave New Life

To My Brethren And Me!

Father,

Please Help Me To Keep Hope Alive

No Matter What Evil

Against Which I Must Strive

So That In The Fullness Of Time

I May Ascend To Eternal Life!

Please Forgive Me My Trespasses

Against Your Holy Name

As I Confess And Repent 

For

I Love You, Lord

And

Desire In Your Sight To Be Obedient!
Let Your Mercy Continue Freely To Flow!

In The Name Of The Holy Jesus

I Humbly Pray, And Plead!

AMEN.

 

ALMIGHTY GOD: No Convenience! + PRAYER: I Honor You, Lord!

I Go To God For Blessings!
I Go To God For Comfort 
AND
Peace Sweet
AND
I Also Go To God
Because
Without Him
I Am In This Life 
Dreadfully Incomplete!

I Seek Not To Mold God
In My Image!
I Have No Power
To Humble God
At My Feet
BUT
I Do Thank God
That I Know
That He IS God
AND
Sovereign Lord
AND
I Honor Him
For His Love
For Me
Is Blessedly Sweet!

Why Should The Living God
Be To Me
An After-Thought?
Why Should Almighty God
Be To Me
A Mere Bank?
Why Should The Saving God
Be To Me
An Escape Route
When
By Having Him
As My All And All
I Can Be Reformed
Regenerated
Wholly Loved
AND
Made Clean
To Live Forever

In The Day Coming

AND
Because Of Him
Among The Stars
- At Will -
I May Shoot!

God Through Jesus Christ
Is NOT My Convenience!
God IS
My Shepherd
My Very Best Friend!
God IS My First
My Last
My Beginning
AND
My End
AND
By Loving Him
Living For Him
Exercising Jesus' Faith
- Through Work Because Of Returned Love -
I Can Hope
For Things
That I See No Evidence Of!

PRAYER:

Father,

In Heaven

I Beseech You

To Bless Me Again

With Things, Thoughts

And

Insights

That Only A Holy God

Will Freely Share!

I Bless You, Lord

 For Yesterday!

I Thank You For Today's Blessing

And

For The Grace

That Gives Me Hope

For Tomorrow

All Because

It Is To You

The Holy, Loving, God

To Whom I Say My Prayers!

Teach Me, Lord,

To Love You More!

Teach Me, Lord,

To Seek You More

And

Draw Me, Lord

To That Open Door

So That I May Enter

By Perfected Right

To Live

In Bright Mansions

On The Peaceful Shore!

I Love You, Lord!

Bless Me!

I Trust You, Lord!

Lead!

I Am Your Child!

Comfort Me!

I Honor You, Lord!

Please, Speak!

Comfort Me With Your Holy Spirit

And

Let Holy Angels

Protect Me

As I This Day

Come And Go

And

Please Forgive Me

For My Trespasses

Against You

For You Are The God Holy True!

I Ask My Petitions

In The Matchless Name Of Jesus

From Whom All Blessings Flow!

AMEN.