VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: WAS:TE!

 

Waste Is Not A Word That Any Student 

In The School Of Jesus Christ 

Should Toss About Willy Nilly Or Take Lightly! 

Waste Has Eternal Implications! 

Waste Is A Warning! 

For Our Purposes Here

WAS:TE Means 

We Are Students: Test Everything! 

Beloved, 

Be Warned! 

Be Watchful! 

Be Working! 

Be Wise! 

Be Waiting! 

Our Blessed Jesus Asks Us To Test The Spirits 

To Find Out If They Are From The Lord 

By Using The Word Of Truth 

Which Our Unfailing, Always Fulfilling, Filling Word 

From The Eternal God Known Holy, Just, True, Giving, And Forgiving 

Is

Sure To Ascertain! 

Dear Ones, 

We Are Nearing Home! 

Please Let Us Not Fall Short Of The Mark 

At The Border Of The Promised Land 

Because Of 

The Kingly Powers And Known Prophets Of God 

As Represented In The Scripture Of Truth 

By The Likes Of King Balak And Prophet Balaam! 

Every Party Thrown For You Does Not Celebrate You

And

Not Every Prophet Saying "Lord, Lord!" 

Is 

From The Lord Of Life! 

The Lord Of The Dung Flies, Satan The Damned

Has Minions Everywhere! 

Remember, Dear Ones, And Don't Ever Forget That 

We Are Students And Should Test Everything

- Including This Missive - 

Against The Immutable, Infallible Word! 

The Living Word Works! 

Peace! 

HAPPY SABBATH + Good Is Good As Long As It Stays Good!

It's Absolutely Mind-Bogglingly Amazing! 

You, Me, We Have A Reputation For Let's Say

Being Punctual To Work

On Time To Complete Assignments

And 

Ever On Task Aka No Tomfoolery Indulged! 

With This Solidly Intact Reputation

You, Me, We Decide That We Are Going To Do Some "Things" 

And 

Get Away With Them 

Because

Well, The Reputation Speaks For Itself 

And 

Wrong-Doing Ain't Your Way

Until You Get Caught And Fuzzed Out Like A Cheap Carpet! 

Now Picture, If You Will

The Committed To Christ, Psalm-Singing, Tithe-Returning

Righteous Person 

Whose Once Stellar Reputation Gives Way To A Stink-Ball Of 

Almighty God Knows Me 

Because 

I'm His Person No Matter What I Do Self-Righteousness 

Which, Most Definitely, Is Not The Righteousness Of Our Lord Christ! 

Beloved, 

The Lord Does Not Stutter

Does Not Take Bribes

And 

Does Not Play Favorites! 

Good Is Good As Long As It Stays Good! 

Good Turned Bad 

And 

Relying On Yesterday's Good To Earn Tomorrow's Paycheck 

Is Not Going To Fly You To Glory! 

Remember The Old Adage ...

"Good, Better, Best

Never Let It Rest

Till The Good Is Better

And The Better Best!" 

Please Stay On The Path That Is Lit By The Living, Holy, Word Of Truth 

And 

Do Not Permit The Adversary Of Souls To Convince You That 

Receiving His Fool's Gold "Participation Trophy" 

Is 

As Good As Receiving The Crown Of Life From The Lord Of Life

The King Of Earth And Glory! 

Stay On The Son's Side Of Life 

And 

Be Enduringly Good To The End ... By Grace Through Unfailing Faith! 

Peace! 

Being With Jesus Christ The Lord ... All The Way ... Every Day!

When We Realize That Our Desire 

Is 

To Be With Our Lord Jesus Christ

We Should, Effectively, Have The Overwhelming Need 

To Change Everything About Our Then Present Lives! 

Beloved, 

When The Leaders Of The Temple 

Had  Conflict With The Disciples

They Observed The Change In Them

And 

Made Note That They Had Been With Jesus  ... The Messiah! 

Judas And The Rich Young Ruler 

Are Two Persons Who Had Been Near To The Lord 

But 

Were Left Unmoved And Unchanged 

Because 

They Wanted Things Changed To Please Them

Including The Lord Jesus! 

Dear Ones, 

The Popular "Fake It Till You Make It!" 

Will Never Work In The Life Of One 

Who Is With Jesus ... All The Way! 

We Will Make Mistakes 

But

We Have An Advocate With Our Father To Intercede For Us 

Because 

He Is For Us! 

Pretending Christians Are Avowed Sinners 

As There Can Be No Fakery In The Family Called Faithful! 

Pretense, Fakery, Deceit, And Deviltry 

Are All In The Realm Of Satan! 

Truth, Right,  Holiness, And Helpfulness 

Are In The Realm Of The Holy One! 

We Don't Change Dirty Clothing, Sin

By Putting Clean Clothing, Salvation, Over The Dirty! 

We Change By Getting Rid Of The Dirty Clothing

Washing Ourselves In The Word Of Truth

And 

Donning The Garment Of Righteousness 

Which The Lord Himself Provides! 

Let Us Dare And Truly Identify With Christ Today 

In Thought, Word, And Deed: 

Physical Change Is Going To Come ... Soon! 

Peace!

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.

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: PRAYER: I, By Grace, Make Jesus Christ My Choice!

Heavenly Father,

I Humbly Yield My Will To You

As I, By Grace, Make Jesus Christ My Choice!

I Thank You For The Gift Of Faith That

Cannot Fail! 

Please Help Me Not To Fool Myself

With Fleeting And Known-False Feelings!

Help Me To Stand On The Living, Holy, Word Of Truth! 

I Thank You For The Love That

Will Not Let Me Go! 

Please Help Me Not To Line My Life With Lies That 

Cannot Lift Me Up To You Who Are Divine! 

I Thank You For The Truth That Speaks Of Eternity

Even As It Teaches Me To Live Right

And

Do Good Today! 

Please Help Me Not To Cast Truth To Ground

When It Says Things That 

I Find Hard To Swallow

And

Inconvenient To Follow! 

I Thank You For The Right

And

The Privilege Of Praying! 

Please Help Me To Not Only Actively Tell You

What Is In My Heart

But To Also Quietly Listen To Hear

And

Understand What Is In Your Heart

To Ever Bless Me

And

All The Beloved Brethren! 

I Thank You For The Peace That

Passes Human Understanding

Which Causes Me To Find My Rest In You!

Please Help Me, Dear Lord

To Be A Peace Keeper, A Peace Seeker

And

A Catalyst For Peace 

Because

I Know That I Can Do All Things That

Are Good And Right

Through Jesus Christ My Lord And King

Who Daily Strengthens Me! 

Please Remember Us Who Pray

Who Look For The Coming Great Day 

And

Provide For Us According To Our Need

For Food, Shelter, Clothing, Care, Comfort

Help, Hope, Healing

And

Protection

According To Your Loving Kindness

For It Is In Jesus Christ's Holy Name That

I Humbly Pray

And

Ever In Need, Plead! 

I Love You!

Please Come For Us Soon! 

AMEN!!! 

TEMPTATION: You Know The Devil's Devices!

There Is No Sin In Being Tempted

But

There Is A Problem With 

Being Regularly Tempted By The Same Sin!

Falling Into Divers Aka Different Temptations 

Suggests Onward, Upward, Mobility In Our Christian Growth! 

All Christians Must Grow Up In Grace!

Beloved, 

Nobody Plans To Fall! 

Falling Happens When One Is Unaware Of A Pitfall

Is Careless About One's Surroundings 

Or One Just Loses One's Balance! 

We Are Warned Of The Devil's Devices 

And

We Know 

And 

Should Be Within The Hedge Of Protection That 

The Lord Provides For His People! 

When We Find Ourselves Being Tempted By 

And

Giving Into The Same Temptation 

And

Committing The Same Sin Repeatedly

We Need To Take Stock Of Our Thoughts

Look At Those With Whom We Are Walking

And

Reevaluate Our Commitment To Christ 

And

Our Growth In His Grace! 

The Temptation

That Is Not

Forcefully Resisted

The First Time That It Appears

Comes Back Harder And Harder To Resist

Each Time That We Fail To Overcome It!

Think Carefully ...

A Healthy And Fit Person Crawling Like A Baby 

Has A Problem Which Must Be Patiently Corrected 

And

Likewise The Christian Who Is Not Forcefully

Patiently, Prayerfully

Daily Conquering The Minor Temptations 

To Grow Strong Spiritual Muscles 

To Deal With The Major Temptations Known Up Ahead! 

Be Wise ... 

Don't Play With Temptation! 

Chop Off Temptation's Head By The Word Of Truth

And

Stay Constantly In Prayer:

Take Your Burden To The Lord

Pray For The Outpouring Of The Holy Spirit

Take The Living God At His Holy Word

And

Dare To Walk ... Enduringly ... In Unfailing Faith!

Jesus Christ ... Alone ... Saves!

Your Temptation

Is

Dressed To Thrill You!

Have A "Thus Saith The Lord"

At The Ready To Decimate It!

HEAVENLY MEANING: Living In Luxury

 

Carnal Minds Say Humble Living Means Being 

Hungry, Thin, Poor ... And Miserable 

And 

Luxurious Living Means Being 

Satisfied, Fat, Rich And ... Happy! 

This Is A Lofty Lie Of The Father Of Lies! 

Strange As It May Seem

But 

In Accordance With The Word Of Truth

Riches Of The Worldly Sort 

Do Not Make For A Peaceful 

Or Even A Happy Existence 

So Let's Not Hunger And Thirst For What Cannot Satisfy! 

But ... You Say

We Need Money To Live! 

And 

The Word Says We Need Almighty God

- The Breath Of Almighty God - 

To Live 

And 

The Grace Of God To Truly Prosper! 

Beloved, 

The Choice Is Easy ... And Hard ... And Easy: 

Humble Yourself Under The Mighty Hand Of God 

And 

He Will Lift You Up 

To Walk On Streets Of Gold 

And 

Wear A Gold Crown ... Every Day 

As Part Of Your Normal Attire! 

The Question 

Is

Will You Humbly Wait For Your Eternal Riches 

Or 

Will You Strive ... Even Against God ... Now

To Get Ungodly Gain 

And 

Live With ... And In 

The Unremitting Sorrows That  Inevitably Come 

To Those Who Know Not The Living God!?! 

Remember ... 

The Sorrows 

And 

Trials That Come To The Obedient

Faithful, Trusting-God

Enduring-All-Things-For-Christ Christian 

Are Allowed By Our Lord Jesus Christ

And 

Are The Means By Which We Are Made Fit To Wear A Crown 

Aka Live Forever 

In His Hallowed Presence: 

The Humble And Holy 

Luxuriate In The Living Light Of The Lamb! 

Brethren, Beloved

Dare To Look For The Hand Of The Eternal God 

In Your Personal Life ... Daily

And 

Learn The Heavenly Meaning Of 

Truly Living In Joy-Filled Luxury! 

Peace And Joy

Are Gifts

From

Jesus Christ The Righteous

Our Loving God

The Lord Of Life!

Toothless-Lion Language

Hearing The Unvarnished Truth Of
The Gospel Of Jesus Christ
Should Never Cause A Regenerated Christian
At His Brethren
With Impolite Language To Swear
And
If Such Should Be The Response
To The Cutting Truth
One Must Need Honestly Revisit His Doctrine
To See Where The Joining Screw Has Come Loose!

The Word Of God Will Stand Up To Scrutiny!
The Carnal Doctrine Of Fallen Man Will Not
And
All Those Who Choose 

The Perfidious Doctrine Of Man
Over The Plain Truth Of The Son Of God
The Savior Of Man
Will Indeed Experience
Damnation's Fiery Blot!

Aren't You Being A Bit Melodramatic!?!

No, I Am Not!
The Word Of God Is Powerful 

And Sharper Than Any Two-Edged Sword

And The One Who Resists That Word
That Separates Truth From Error
And Can Discern The Thoughts
And Intents Of Man's Deceitful Heart
Is 

The Man Wickedly Willful
Who Chooses Self Over Salvation
And Who Sits As God On Almighty God's Throne
Saying To His Own Creator:
"I Have And Shall
For My Own Sins Atone!"

Nobody Could Possibly Be That Ignorant!

The Own-Sin Self-Payer 

Is As The Lawyer Who Defends Himself!

Wait Up! What Does That Mean!

It Means That The Lawyer Who Has Himself For A Client
Is A Fool
And Own-Sin Self-Pay Renders The Person 

Surely Damned!

However You Slice It
Both Persons Will Be Destroyed
Because, As Usual
Pride ... Goes  Before Destruction!

No One Will Be Vindicated Before The Lord
With Pride Still Resident In Their Heart!

Pride Started Lucifer's Fall

And 

Pride Is At The Root Of Man's Every Sin!

Cherished Pride In The Sinner
Will Never Open The Door Of The Heart
To Let The Lowly Jesus Enter In!

Let Me Paint A Picture ...

Pride Is Like A Plump Sausage Wearing High Heels

Sporting Dark Glasses
Clothed In Skin-Tight Leather Pants
With Vanity's Nail-Studded Broad Belt 

Tightly Cinched At The Waist
Desperately Needing To Sit And Rest
But
Vainly Refusing To Give Up Outward Appearance
For Inward Comfort
Because
Surrender To Obvious Truth
Marks One ... Publicly
Not 

As A Roaring Lion
But 

A Plush Brushed Kitty!

I'd Rather Be A Kitty In The Kingdom
Than A Condemned Toothless Lion Outside The Wall!

Indeed, And AMEN!

Denying The Power Of God
Disregarding The Efficacy Of His Word
And
Deliberately Casting Truth Down
In The Street
Undeniably Says Plainly
That That Person
Is
A Proud Member Of
The Damned Goat Herd!

A Docile Sheep Am I!
I Look Forward To Flying Through The Sky!
My Lord Is Master Of The Wind
And It Is His Direction That I Am Taking

For I Desire Residence In Beulah Land

With My Forever Friend!

Preach, Brother! Preach!

The Word You Uttered Ain't Faking!

Brethren,

Let Us Be Wise Unto Salvation

Because

The Lord God Almighty

In The Word Of Truth

Has Asked Us, Each And Every One

To Work Our Own Soul's Salvation

With Fear And Trembling!

When You Fear The Lord

And 

Tremble At His Mighty Power

You Will Never Bow Before Idols

Nor 

Give In To Satan

And His Known Unholy Ways

Nor 

At His Raging Lion Routine

Ever Cower!