Knowing What We Have In Christ!

For Me
- To Me -
The King James Bible
- God's Preserved Word -
Stands Out
And Up
On Three Points
Redeeming Love
Saving Grace
And
- As The Proverbial Broken Record
Which Lands On
And Repeats A Phrase -

"Be Faithful!
Do Not Be Unfaithful!"

There Are More

But

These Three Hold Sway

Today!

If We Would Take A Careful Look
At Jeremiah's Lament

Ezekiel's Son Of Man Visions

AND
Hosea's "Disgrace"

We Will See
Hear
Feel
Know
Redeeming Love
Saving Grace
AND
The Call Away From
Faithlessness
AND
Unto Faithfulness
Out Of The Holy Heart
Which Knows Love
Gives Love
Feels Real Hurt And Pain
AND
Cries Out
To The Faithless Love
That He Wants To Redeem Her (Us)
From Eternal Death

AND

Pleading With Her
To Give Up Her Whorish
Fornicating
Backsliding-Heifer
Idolatrous
Faithless Ways
To Return Home
To The Ever-Faithful God
Who Will Accept Her
Clean Her
New Dress Her
Feed Her
Comfort
Elevate Her
Love Her Unto Death
- His Death -
For Her Redemption
And Then
After His Resurrection
- For He Laid His Life Down
AND

Had The Power To Reclaim It - 

Her Sure Redemption ... Forever!

We, Humans
Know Not What We Have
In

The Love Of The Living God
In

The Person Of The Holy Jesus
Under

The Working Of The Holy Spirit
With

The Protection Of The Holy Angels!

The Almighty God Does Not NEED Man
So That He (God) Can Live!
The Living God IS Self-Existent!

The Eternal God IS Love!

God's Love Of Man
God's Hatred Of Sin
God's Willingness To Save Man
Know No Boundary
For
The Father God

Sent His Son God To Die

To Save Us!

He Permitted His Son To Die

And Then
He Called His Son Home
To Intercede
His Death
For Man's
So That We
- Fallen -

- Cursed -

- Sentenced -

- Condemned -

- Repentant -

- Accepting Of The Salvation -

- Forgiven -
May Arise
AND
Rise Up
In The Day
To Be Caught Up
To Walk On The Glorious Way
In The Presence Of Him Who Died
Because
Wicked Satan Lied
AND
Man's Distress Cried
Out
To The Only Holy
Helpful Healing
Living Loving
Redeeming Restoring
Glorious Glorifying
Crowning
New-Naming Not Past-Shaming
Cleansing Clothing

Everlasting God
Who Gives Good Gifts
Who Grant's Great Grace
Who Redeems
Who Prepares
For The Faithful-To-Him Heart
An Assured Resting Place

Aka
Freedom
From Sin's Nest
In The Consuming Dark!

Someone Loves Us!

His Name Is Jesus The Christ!

Let Us Return That Love!

I Have Committed

AND

I Am Committing My Love

My Self

My Will

My Way

My Walk

My Faith

To The Lover Of

My Soul!

Won't You?

A Prayer Inside Of A Prayer!

Dear Father In Heaven,
I Come To You Today
Burdened By A Spirit Troubled
By Sugary-Snack Prayers!

Father,
I Am Troubled By The Prayers That Say:

"Thank You, Lord, For The Blessing!"

As Though The Blessing Has No Name
And

The Giver Has No Part In My Rejoicing!

I Am Troubled, Lord
By The Form Of Prayer
Constant
Today
And

Every Day ...

"Thank You For The Roof Over My Head
For Health
For Strength
For Friends
For Family!"

Father,
I Am Thankful
For All These Things
But
Please Help Me To Think Deeply
For I Am Truly Thankful For Your Grace
So That I
- In My Praying -
Do Not Issue Just A Laundry List Of Wants
Nor
A Grocery List Of Needs

And

Mere-Form "Thank You's!"

I Desire My Gratitude To Shine Through!

I Desire My Great Love For You To Show!

I Desire, Lord
In All The Honesty
That A Wicked Human Heart Can Muster
To Be Able To Pray
To My Holy God
And

Truthfully Say:

Father,

Today

I Do Not Desire Anything

For Nor From The Corporeal Realm!

I Desire To Bless You, Lord

Upon My From Sleep Waking!

I Desire, Lord

To Give You Gifts

Never As Grand As You Give Men

But

I Desire To Gift You, Lord

With My Life

By The Exercise Of My Faith

And

My Walking Before You In Humility!

Added To That, Lord

Please Accept My Willingness

To Help Finish The Living Gospel Work

And

My Desire To Ease The Burden

Of A Brother Sister ... In Your Name

And

My Desire To Honor You, Father

By Daily, Willingly, Doing

All

That You Ask Me To Do!

Help Me Not To Think Of Costs

For, Therein

I Know I Will Be Lost!

Father,

I Know I Will Make Mistakes

And

I Also Know That You Are Just To Forgive My Sin

So I Am Beseeching You

To Help Me Ever To Come To You

Ever Unwilling To Hide

Ever Shielded From Pride

Ever Open To Correction

And

Ever Willing For You To Everlastingly Be My Guide!

Father,

I Look To The Great Day

When

I Shall Be What Jesus Christ Is

And

Beseech You, Loving Father

To Help Me To Give To You

All The Useless Things

In My Life

That Would Tend To My Damnation

And

I Ask You, Please

To Help Me, Please

Not To Despise

Your Gracious, Precious Gift To Me

Of My Soul's Eternal Salvation!

Father,

I Love You!

I Am Your Child

And

I Ask You To Bless Me

To Honor

Bless

Worship

And

Praise You

With My Willing Obedience

No Matter The Consequences!

Please Lead Me Gently ... Home

For I Know Of A Surety

That You Are The Holy God

In Whom I Live And Breathe

And

From Whom My Hope For Glory Comes!

Remember, Lord

Your Promises

To The Household Of Faith

In Jesus Christ's Holy Name, I Plead!

AMEN.

Give (Of) Your Self To The Master!

In Plain Language
King David Said: (Psalm 28:7)

The LORD IS My Strength

And My Shield!

Curiously
He Then Says:

My Heart TRUSTED In Him

(Past)

And I AM HELPED

(Present / Ongoing)!

What, Brethren, Can We Infer From This Statement?

To Me
David Gave Of Himself
- Via His Trust -
Completely  ... To His God!

His Trust Was Not Fickle
Depending On Rewards!
His Trust Was His Standard
For
Living-God Worship
And, Thereby 
He Followed After
The Eternal Holy God!

To Be Called
A Man After God's Own Heart
Is Not Hollywood Hubris
But The Designation
Laid
By The Holy God
Upon A Man
Whose Soul ... Tried
Was To Him
Tied
AND
Fully Invested!

To Really Know God
Is To Really Love God
Is To
- With Full Assurance Of Ultimate Victory -
With No Shadow Of Turning Aside
To Fables And Flatteries
Trust God ... And Go!
AND
Be!
AND
Do!

Look At The Time
When The Child Of David's Sin Was Languid!

Failing Fast!

Ready To Go To His Long Sleep!

David Prayed!
David Fasted!
The Child Died!
David Got Up
Cleansed Himself
AND ... Ate?!

Look At When, In Vanity
Against Common Sense
Against Wise Counsel
David Numbered The People
Because Satan Had Risen Up Against God's People!

He Was Given A Choice Of
Three Terrors:

Three Years Of Famine

Three Months Running From Evil Men

Three Days Of Plague From The Hand Of God!

David Chose Time
Under The Hand Of God
BECAUSE
He Personally Knew
The God Of Mercy
AND
He Lovingly Trusted
In The Almighty God's Mercy
To Remember
That He Was A Mere Man
Weak
Dying Daily
AND
This Is Why He Could Say
To That Same God:

Show The Measure Of My Days

That I May Know

How Frail I Am!

Only A Man
With An Intimate Knowledge
Of This Personal God
Could Ask So Bold A Question!

Do You Know The God Of Heaven
Really Personally
Or
Is He To You
A Passing Acquaintance?

I Have Always Laughed
At The American Penchant
For Calling A Person
A Personal Friend!

Isn't Friendship
- By Designation -
Personal?!

What Is The Difference Between
A Friend
AND
A Personal Friend?

Which Type "Friend"
Is That Friend We Call By Name
Jesus Christ?
Take A Moment
To Know Your Truth!
AND
God's

AND THEN

Let's God's Truth

Reign

Rule

Guide

AND

Bless Your Life!!

Give Of Yourself To Our Master

And

Satan Can't Fool You

With Another Jesus

Nor

With Another Truth!

Give Of Yourself To Our Master

And

Live

- After Death -

In Eternal Youth!

HARVEST CELEBRATION: The Sower Of Bad Seed!

The Devil Is A Sower
The Known Sower Of Bad Seed
The Harvest Is The World At Large
AND
The Reapers Are God's Angels
Gloriously Bright And Clean!

Among The Seed Of God's Delight
Satan Scattered
Envy Hate
Strife And Fight
Mischief Meddle
Obfuscate And Backbite
Urging With False Words
A Growing Explosion
Enough To Seemingly Cover The Truth
AND
Enough To Make Many Men From God
To Stand Oh, So Rigidly Aloof!

The Reapers
Those Angels From Heaven's Realm
Are Waiting For The Word From God
To Begin Harvesting
For
God Himself
Compassionately
Lets Each Man
By His Own Free Will
Grow Up To Be
The Kind Of Grain Stalk
He Desires To Be!

God Sends His Rain For Growth
On The Just
AND
The Unjust
AND
Permits All To Grow
Until It Is Harvest Time
AND
Harvest The Grain He Must!

In The Day Of Harvest
The Angel-Reapers Dig In Deep
First Removing The Unbelieving Darnell For Burning
Piling Up The Bundles Neat
But
The Good Grain For God's Granaries
Are Therein Gently Laid
Until The Harvest Celebration
Where The Full Tally Is Beautifully Displayed!

The Bonfire For The Darnel
That Unfruitful Strain
Will Have No One Holding Pointing Sticks
Nor Bringing Potatoes For Baking 
For It Is A Bad Business
That Causes God No Happiness To Express
Nor Show!

God Desires That None Should Perish!
God Did Everything
To Make Man's Destruction
A No Show
But ... Man
Dismissing God
For A Few Dying Honors
Choose Not God's Guerdon
That Is
To God's Reward To Yearningly Aspire!

Be Wise, Dear Ones!
Don't Devalue The Cost
Of Your Own Souls Salvation!
Don't Devalue What The Son's Death
Cost Our Heavenly Father God
AND
Don't Permit That Sinner-Most-Foul
A Moment's Celebration
By Being A Dog Dumpling
In The Here And The Now!

Bless God
AND
Be Blessed!
Bless God
AND
Relieve Your Stress!
Bless God
AND
His Holy Name Confess!
Bless God
For In Him Is 
Your Assurance Of Eternal Bliss!

Call A Spade A Spade!

Satan Is The Liar

AND

The Father Of Lies!

He Hates What God Loves

Hence

God's Truth He Does Categorize

AND

The Creator Of Life

AND

He Seeks To Demonize

The Sanctity Of Eternal Life!

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The Man 

Standing In His Right Mind

In Jesus' Faith

Before The Eternal God

Is A Direct Challenge 

To Satan's Power!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Benighted Shepherds + PRAYER: Lord, Lift Us Up!

The Day Is Now Here

When Men Shall Have No Fear

Of Lying To The Lord's Flock

By Tickling Them In The Ear!

I Give To You 

A Word Of Caution

I Tell You

Do Not Them Fear

They Are Of Their Master The Devil

AND

God Has A Place

For Them All Prepared!

Unrighteousness

May Prosper For A Season

Wickedness

May Last A Long Night

BUT

Jesus Christ

Who Cursed The Fig Tree

AND

The Jerusalem Temple

Keeps Very Good Records

Of Those Who Do

His People's Prosperity

Blight!

PRAYER:

Oh, Lord,

Hear My Lament

For In Sorrow

My Heart I Rent!

How, Lord

Can I Lift Holy Hands To You

In A Congregation

That Pays Homage

To You Know Who

Giving The Gift Of Praise

And Worship

To Him Who

Has Nothing

With You

To Do?

Lord,

Why Should True Believers

On The Faith Of Our Lord Christ

Give Our Pennies And Dollars

To Support The Work Of The Fraud?

Should We Not Be

Good Stewards Of Our Increase

And Stop Letting Charlatans

Our Little Pockets Fleece?

Lord,

How

In Good Conscience

Can We Come Before Your Face

Praying And Praising

Led By Men And Women

Whose Living Is A Christian Disgrace?

Who Sow To Their Souls Pleasure

Who Please Their Bodies -  Not Their Lord

Who Live By The Eye -  Not By God To Live And To Die

Who Give Love To The Self

Who Measure Prosperity

By The Many Toys On Their Shelves

Who Live For New Money

Who Cry:

"My Money!  Please, Give Me More! "

Who Have No Desire 

To Reach The Blissful Shore

For

Their Shore Is Their Checkbook

Their Diamond Black Charge Card

The Invitation To Majestic Palaces

To Honor Man As God

Who Have No Love For The Sin-Sick

Who Sickness And Acknowledging Sin Do Utterly Bore

And Who

For Want Of Another Bauble

Will Send A Seeking Soul

Through Satan's Wide-open

And Majestic Front Door!?

Oh, Lord

I Beseech You

Have Mercy

On This Remnant Flock In The Open Field

Who Need To Be Led By The True Shepherd

And Not By Crooks And Charlatans

Liars And False Prophets

Outright Thieves

And

Demons Called Miracle-working Men

Calling: 

"Depend On Us! Depend!

God Did Us To You Send!"

Lord,

You Promised My King Jesus

Our Beloved Captain

And Commander

In This Spiritual War

That He Would Not Lose A Soul 

That You To Him Gave!

Lord, I Believe What You Say

And For This Reason

I'll Be Brave 

- I Mean No Disrespect -

And Make Here A Demand

That You Live Up To The Word - Holy - 

That Through Inspiration

You - The Living God -

As Blessed Comfort To A Fallen Race

Gave!

Lord,

Lift Us Up!

We Want To See ... Jesus!

We Give You Our Humble Praise!

Oh, Lord, We Adore You!

So, Save Us, Lord! Save!

AMEN!

I Go To God + PRAYER: Claiming What God Says Is Mine!

I Live

In A Dying Body!

I Talk

In Prayer

To The Lord Of Life!

My Attitude

Before Him

Is One Of Reverence

Hoping Ever To Let Self

Bow Out

In Deference!

I Go To God

My Case To Plead!

I Tell God Everything

As Before Him

My Heart Bows

And

My Will Yields!

I Take No Pleasure

In Speaking

About My Sinful Disgrace

But

I Go To God Knowing

That In His House

He Holds For Me

A Beautiful Place!

PRAYER:

Lord,

I Place My Lowly Hand In Thine

And 

Willingly Acknowledge

That Thou Art Divine!

I Thank You, Lord

For Your Sacrifice

That Allows Me

By Grace 

To Grow Up

And

I Thank You For The Mercy

That Permits My Repentance

When

For Grace

By My Falling

In The Sad Day

I Fail To Show Up!

Forgive Me!

Father,

I Come To You Humbly

Knowing

That You Are Kind

And

I Claim

With Confidence

What You Have For Me

And 

In The Name Of The Blessed Jesus

I Accept It As Mine!

I Love You, LORD!

AMEN.

TRUTH: Warning: Men Will Cry!

... For God

Hmmm ...

So Loved The World

Yawnnnnn ...

That He Gave

Stretchhhhhhh ...

His Only Begotten Son

Cough! Cough!

That Whosoever Believeth In Him

Steupse!

Should Not Perish

Eye Roll!

But Have Everlasting Life!

Snoooooooooooore!


AND ...?!

Here We Have
A Fallen Man
Unconcerned With His Soul's Salvation
Uncaring Of Salvation's Plan
And The Sweet By And By
Just Enjoying
A Tired Slumber
Not Mindful
That There Is Something
That He Must
Ponder
Remember!

** He Who Is **

Dismissive Of 

Unmindful Of 

Unconcerned About 

Will Cry When

Erases The Separating Line!

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Please

Do Not Let

This Story

Be Your Swan Song!