VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Envy Who For What!?!

Unhappy People Seek To Make Happy People Unhappy! 

And 

Envious People Seek To Make Contented People Envious! 

Envy Is To Lie 

What Contentment Is To Truth 

And

We, As Bible-Believing, Christ-Following Christians

Must Guard Our Hearts Against The Pin-Pricks Of Satan 

Which Cause Slow-Leaks In Our Balloon Of Blessing 

Which Will Never Burst 

If

We Ever Choose To Trust In The Truth Of God

Walk In The Wisdom Of The Wise

And 

Let Unfailing Faith Free Us 

From The Folly Of Fretting Over The Finite! 

Beloved, 

When Your Father Is The Living God

And

The Streets Of His City Are Known Paved With Gold

And 

The Twelve Foundations Of That City 

Are Known To Be Precious Stones

Our Having To Temporarily Walk On Streets Of Dirt 

To Experience Deprivation 

And 

Acquire A Ram-Rod Backbone 

Through Our Experiences In Our "Year Abroad" 

Should Strengthen Us 

And 

Delight Us At One And The Same Time! 

Dear Ones, 

We Have A Date With Destiny, With Divinity

And 

The Outcome Of That Date 

Is 

By Our Own Devising! 

Almighty God Gives Good Gifts 

So Let Us Not Be Self-Indulgent

And 

Prideful

And 

Reject The Training Of The Lord! 

We Receive What The Lord Desires Us To Have

For Our Never-Sorry Blessing! 

Envy Serves No Good Purpose: 

Ask Lucifer The Light-Bearer Who Became, By Envious Choice

Satan The Adversary Of The Living God 

And 

All That Is Good! 

Let's Be Satisfied In And With The Savior 

And 

Be Calmly Contented In Christ! 

God Is! 

Peace! 

Praying ... In Love

My Heartfelt Prayer For Us All Today Is: 

Heavenly Father, 

Please Continue To Grant Us

Our Daily Gift Of Unfailing Faith

To Help Us To Stand Rooted And Grounded In The Truth! 

Please Grant Us Strength To Walk Away

From Things Which Cannot Spiritually Profit Us

And

From People Who Curse The Name Of The Lord

And

Choose Not To Hear Of Or Know About Him

Or To Walk In His Ways! 

Please Grant Us The Needed Courage 

To Endure The Barbs And Reject The Dishonest Doings Of

Those Who Have Chosen To Walk In Darkness

Despising The Light That Leads To Eternal Life!

Oh, Father, 

Please Supply Us With The Love We Need To Have Hope

Because

We Have Chosen To Hope In The King Of Love

The Shepherd Who Leads Us To Eternal Rest! 

Please Help Us In Our Desire To Do All That You Ask Of Us

As We Willingly Choose To Do

What Is Good And Right And Holy! 

Finally, Dear Father,

Please Provide To Us, Out Of Your Riches In Glory

The Innumerable Blessings Needed

To Continually Pursue The Promise Of

A Place In Your House

In The Paradise Of God

Which Includes Immortality, Incorruptibility

Fruit From The Tree Of Life

And

Water From The River Of The Water Of Life

Which Flows By The Throne Of God! 

Thank You For The Unspeakable Gift! 

In Love, We Ask For All These Things 

And

Bless You

In Jesus Christ's Holy And Matchless Great Name! 

AMEN!!!

Prayer For Ukraine

 

PRAYER:

Heavenly Father, 

We Thank You For The Gift Of 

Unfailing, Unshrinking, Faith That 

Removes The Spectre Of Doubt That 

Fogs Our Minds And Clouds Our Judgment 

In The Face Of War And The Clutches Of Cruel Death! 

In These Uncertain Times, Lord

In This Hour Of Trial

We Come With Hope, Believing The Word Of Truth

And Plead For Your Hand Of Healing 

Which Turns Bitterness Into Sweetness

Darkness Into Light

Ashes Into Beauty

And

The Certain Hope Into Glory! 

Lord, 

King Solomon Said That He Was A Child 

Not Knowing How To Go Out Or To Come In: 

We Join In This Sentiment 

And

Humbly Ask You To Take Control! 

Please Lead Us, Feed Us

Guard, Guide And Protect Us, Dear Lord

As We Faithfully, Enduringly

Follow After You Who Knows The Perfect Way 

And

Our End From Our Beginning! 

We Trust You, Lord

Because We Believe Your Word That Says 

All Things Work For Our Good! 

We Know That There Isn't Anything That

Happens To Us 

Which Will Surprise You

And

For This Reason, Father

We Ask That You Will Comfort Us

In All Our Present Distresses

And

Help Us To Rest, Strengthened, And Unafraid In You 

Even Though We're Perplexed And Tempest-Tossed! 

Please Speak Peace! 

Please Help Us To Remember That

Your Strength Is Made Perfect

In Our Weakness

And

Help Us To Let Go

And

Let You Take The Wheel!

Lord, Pity Us!

Please Help Us To Trust You And Believe

Hold Hope 

And

Heed The Counsels Against Doubt! 

Please Help Us To Not Be Double-Minded Because 

You Have Said That You Have Nothing 

To Give Anyone So Unstable, Like The Sea

Driven, And Tossed About! 

Thank You For The Shelter That Is 

The Arms Of The Eternal God! 

Please Help Us To Glory In The Cross Of Christ 

Which Bought Us New Life! 

We Confess And Repent Of Our Sins 

And Plead For The Promised Cleansing And Pardon 

As We Desire To Live With You In Paradise! 

Please Deliver Us, Lord, By Your Saving Grace! 

In Jesus Christ's Holy Name 

We Pray And, In Need, Humbly Plead! 

AMEN.

Walk The Lonesome Road With Faith!

There Is Faith That Knowledge Brings 

And

There Is Knowledge That Faith Brings! 

With The Unfailing Faith Of Jesus Christ

We Are Able To Take The Knowledge 

In The Preserved Word Of God

And

With The Confidence Gained From The Truth

Dare To Burn All Known Bridges To Sin 

Without Doubt And Fear 

And

Walk On The Strait, Straight, And Narrow Path To Glory 

As Marked For Us By Our Blessed Jesus! 

Beloved, 

Though Weary

Be Wary Of Those Who Tell You That 

Following The Unseen God 

Is 

As Tilting At Windmills Aka Foolishness 

Because 

There Is No Visible Man-Profit! 

If The Tilters And The Cheap-Talkers 

Knew The Living God 

Who Created The Wind 

Which Pushes The Windmill 

Which Produces The Energy That 

Man Needs To Grind His Grain 

To Make His Bread 

To Feed His Body 

And 

Make Him Strong To Serve His Creator

And 

Make A Living To Meet His Needs

They Would Know Who To Fight

Who To Follow

And 

Who To Forget! 

Knowing How To Use Knowledge 

Is 

Real Power! 

Brethren, Beloved

When Satan Cracks His Whip In Your Life

Crack A Smile

Say A Prayer

And

Crack Open The Living Word Of Truth 

And

Then Humbly Walk Wisely On The Lonesome Road To Glory 

With Jesus Christ The King Of Glory 

Who, Alone, Saves! 

Peace!  

THERE'S ONLY ONE KIND OF CHRISTIAN: Committed!

Strange, Isn't It!?! 

We Boldly Sin Like Sinners 

But

Roundly Despise Being Called Sinners! 

We Desire To Be Christians 

But

Don't Want To Live Like Or Be Called Christians In Public!

 

People, Please Pick A Position 

And 

Publicly In Your Place Participate!

Beloved, 

We Must  Positively, Passionately, Live As Believers Privately 

And

Publicly! 

There's Only One Kind Of Christian: 

Committed! 

We Pray Before We Eat:

If That Offends Your "Friends" 

They Can Find Another To Be As They Are! 

We Talk About Jesus Christ 

And

His Grace And Mercy Towards Us 

And

How Blessed We Are To Not Be What We Once Were! 

If That Offends Our Traveling Companions

Then They Are Not The Company 

With Whom We Should Be Spending Time! 

If Your Choosing To Live By The Faith Which Cannot Fail

Depending Upon The God You Cannot See 

But

Who Sees You Always ... In All Ways

Is

A Cause For Laughter Even Unto Derision

Insult

And 

Bold Acts Of Cruelty

So Let It Be: 

Jesus Christ Saves! 

Jesus Christ The Lord, The King, The Judge

Is 

The Author And The Finisher Of Our Faith 

Aka The High-Performance Vehicle Which He Built

Builds

And 

Is Building Special For Each Of Us Drivers 

Aka Committed Christians 

As We Daily Grow In His Saving Grace 

Aka His Mechanic Shop 

Aka His Saints Development Academy! 

Here's An Open Secret ... 

Jesus Christ Is My Boss: 

He Is Loving, Kind, Good

True, Faithful, Giving, And Forgiving! 

He Loves Me 

And 

I Love Him! 

If This Bothers You, That Is Just Too Bad 

Because 

It Infinitely Pleases Me! 

I'm Moving Into His Father's House Of Many Mansions 

So That We Can Be Together Forever 

In A Custom-Built Place That 

He Is Preparing Just For Me! 

Please Join Us: 

He Always Has Room For One More Person! 

Be Firm In Your Faith! 

(Flint Breaks But It Always Leaves A Mark!) 

Your Body May Break But Your Lived-Life In Christ 

Is

The Open Bible That Someone Always Reads!

Embrace Your Blessed Privilege!

Peace!