Divine Communion vs Pleasures Of Sense

Solomon The Wise King

Sought To Know :

Wisdom
Madness
Folly

AND

Pleasure

AND

This Is His Finding:

• The Search Is A Vexation To The Spirit! 
• Much Wisdom Equals Much Grief 
• Increased Knowledge Increases Sorrow
• Knowledge Without God Is Foolishness
• Abundance Without Temperance Is Gluttony
• Pleasure Without Principle Is Sin-Making
• High Honor Without Humility Is Self-Raising
• A Life Without Limits Is Lost
• Living Without God Does The Soul Cost
• Paying Homage To Other Than The Lord Who Gives Life Makes One A Horse Pasture For The Wild Steed Name Strife!
• Honor And Glory Are God's
• Praise And Thanksgiving Are The Lord's
• Comfort And Rest Are The Spirit's Domain

AND

• All True Blessings Accrue To Those Who Do Not The Great Name Profane

Solomon The Wise Fool Repentant 

Also Found Out That ...

The Spirit Of The Living God
Abides With Those
Who Diligently Seek After The Holy God
With Whom Is Profit
Presently Real

AND

Also Waiting To Be Fully Realized
In The Dreadful Awful Day
When The Light Of Life
Breaks
The Eastern Sky!

Sin Has No Profit

AND
Neither Does Monetary Gain
When The Gain Gives The Willful Self
Over To That Lying Murdering Satan
-  The Not-A-Comic-Book Elf -
Who Takes Perverse Pleasure In Perversion
Who Lifts Up Unrighteousness As A Great Grace

AND
Who Torments Tickles

AND
Tantalizes
All Who Will Not Take
- Nor Stand In -
Their God-Given Place!

Wine Is A Mocker!
Strong Drink Rages Around!
A Fool Is Not Wise
AND
A Man Wise

Standing Firmly Grounded In God's Truth
Cannot Be Kept Down!

Know God And Do Good!
Love Your Creator!

For Your Fellow Man Care!
Seek God's Holy Spirit
AND
The Words Of Life Share!

Know This ...

Angels Shall Attend Thee

As In Christ's Faith You Walk
AND
They Will Influence Thee For Good
So That You Lift Not Your Head In Pride!

Therefore  ...

Live By Humble Dependence

On God's Free Mercy

AND

Daily Grace

AND

That Damned Satan 

Is 

By Jesus' Holy Name

Ably

Firmly Withstood!

Self Leads To Sin

And

Satan Rejoices!

Grace Is The Gift Of God

And

Our Gratitude

Is

Own-Soul Minding!

AND

Truth Is ... 

Trust In Jesus Christ

Causes Us To Be Able

To Daily

Prayerfully

Say

"Thanks Be To God!"

As On To Zion Hill

We Are Faithfully Climbing!

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Let Us Seek After

The Living God!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: God's Truth Uplifts Us + PRAYER: Lord, Help Us To Look Beyond ...!

Almighty God's Grace Blesses!
Almighty God's Mercy Saves
AND
Almighty God's Truth Uplifts Us
Removing Us From 

A Life Of Being Sin's Slaves!

Almighty God's Love Encircles!
Almighty God's Faith Gives Our Hearts Rest
AND
Almighty God's Holy Spirit Comforts Us
Giving Us Strength To Do Our Best!

PRAYER:

Oh, Lord

Help Us Not To Despise

Our Bountiful Blessings! 

Help Us Not To Turn Aside

To Things False! 

Help Us To Look Up

And

To See Beyond

The Kinds Of Things

Over Which The Carnal Mind Fawns!

Help Us Your Holy Name To Exalt!

Please, Lord

Heal Our Minds

Our Bodies

Our Spirits

And

Bless Us To Do All

According To Your Will! 

Help Us, Lord

For We Cannot Help Ourselves

Even Though We, Bold

Treat You, Living God Holy

Like The Useless Manmade Figurine

On The Dust-Catcher Display Shelf!

Pity Us, Lord

For You Alone Are Able!

Be Merciful, Lord

For You Alone, Save

And, Please

Let Your Grace Grant Unto Us

One More Opportunity

To Accept

To Bravely Take Secure Hold Of

Your Free Offer Of Sure Salvation

So That In The Fullness Of Time

We May Walk On Zion's Streets

Of Everlasting Gold!

We Love You, Lord!

Please Hear Our Prayer

And

Do For Us

What None But The Holy God

Can Do!

In Jesus Christ's Matchless Name 

We Pray This Prayer Of Faith

And

With Humble Hearts Plead

For It Is On That Living Word

On Which We Daily Feed! 

AMEN.

My God Is The Rock!

The Troublers Of My Soul Are Many
So
In Godly Fear
I Cried Unto The Lord!
He Heard Me
From His Home In Zion
AND
I No Longer Had Anything To Fear
From That Seeking Roaring Ravening Lion!

I Laid Me Down!
I Slept ... In Peace
AND
I Awakened - What Sweet Relief
AND
Now, Sustained
By The Love Of Him
Who, To Me, Is All Gain
I Shall Not Be Afraid
Of Those Chain-Rattling Profane!

My God Is The Rock ... In The Weary Land!
My God Is The Shepherd
Who Guides And Comforts Me
With That Loving Gentle Hand!
My God Is The Life-Giver
Who Gives Me Food For Both Body And Soul
AND
My God Is Preparing Me The Perfect Place
The Taking Up Of Residence In Which
Motivates My Life
For It Is My Goal!

My God Is The Lover Of My Soul!
My God Bought Me A Second-Death Pardon
AND
I Can Approach Unto Him Bold
AND
In The Name Of Christ The Redeemer
I Can
I Do
I Will
Make My Requests Known Unto Him
AND
Today
My Request, Lord, Is:

Make Me Unto You, A Delight!

My God!
My Hope!
My Help!
My Salvation!
Even So ... Come, Lord Jesus
For

I Desire To Be With You

In The Forever Home!

HAPPY SABBATH + Believe The Word Of The Lord!

The Almighty God Moves 
In Mysterious Ways
His Wonders To Perform
AND
I Am A Human Being
A Creature Of Flesh
So
I Will Not Walk Through This Life
Behaving Like
A Whirling, Swirling, Dervish!
I, With Christ, Take My Stand!

With This Vile Human Heart
I Believe That
The Word Of God Is True!
I Believe That 
The Lord Can Use Every Human
AND
That Includes Me And You!

Because I Disagree A Person
Or Care Not For One's Stance
Or Actions
In The World
Why Would I
Why Should I 
Wish
For That Person's Demise
When
I Can Pray To God Almighty
AND ASK
That That Human
Permit Themselves
By God's Will
To Be Utilized
AND
Some Other Poor Souls Bless?!

Why Would I 
Why Should I
Pray
For A Human Being's Life To Be A Failure
When
I Could Pray For That Soul
AND ASK
The Almighty God
To Make A Plain Way
So That That Person Will Ask
For The Lord Christ
To Become 
Said Person's Personal Savior
AND
Thereby Bless What Was A Dark Life
With Heaven's Holy Favor?!

The Lord
Does Not Hear
The Evil Prayers That Men Utter
AND
Neither Does He Uphold Men
In The Evil That They Utilize Like 
Premium Creamery Butter!

So ...

With That Being Said
Let Us Behave Like Christ's Christians Would
Remembering The Story Of Queen Esther
AND
Faithful Mordecai
AND
Evil Haman
Who Believed That He Was By The Throne 
Blindly Blessed
Even Unto Extreme Excess!

The Unexpected Me
The Unthought Of You
Are Perhaps Called
For A Time Such As This
To Save Some Innocent
From Some Evil
About Which
Onlookers Had Never Considered
Or Even Spared A Thought!

Perhaps There Is A Gallows
Prepared For An Innocent Soul
In Advance
AND
By God's Providence
That Same Gallows
Will Run
For The Perpetrator Perchance!

Remember ...

That It Says In God's Word
That When You Dig A Grave For Another
You May As Well Dig Two
For The Grave That You Dig For Your Brother
Is The Grave That Will Perfectly Fit
YOU!

God Rules
In The Affairs Of Men!
Like It Or Not
Without God
No Human Can Do Anything
Stand Sit Nor Call!
So
With This In Mind
Trust The Almighty God
To Do His Do
AND
By The Grace Of God
And Earth-Annihilating Rain
Ordered Not To Fall
We Can Plainly See That All
In The Realm Of Man
Is Strutting Along Nicely
According To The Prophetic Clock's Call!

The Lord In Zion Reigneth

So

Let Your Heart Be Calm

And

Let The Peace Of God

Abide In You Richly

And

In Jesus Christ's Faith

Rejoice!

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Jesus Christ The Righteous

The Prince Of Peace

IS

Coming Soon!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: The Hopscotch Board

When I Was A Child
Beneath The Age Of Consent
Running Hopscotch
Was A Thing
Where Much Time Was Spent!
Mommies And Daddies
Would Join In On Moonlight Nights
AND
Soon Everybody On The Street
Was Playing!
Oh, What A Delight!

The Goal
Was To Get From The Bottom No. 1
To The Top No. 9
AND
Return
Without Losing One's Balance
AND
Falling
For
The Master Of The Board
Was The One Who Could Reach
The Highest Number
For The Start
AND
Return
AND
Dismount From Your Number Start
Again Without
On Your Face
Falling
AND
Giving Everybody Else Observing
Playing
Something To Laugh And Shout About!

It Was Easy!
It Was Hard
AND
It Was Fun
But The Passage Of Time
Soon Made The Game A Discard!

UNTIL ...

In Adulthood
In Life
AND
In Faith
Hopscotch Returned
Forcefully
AND
Placed Me
In A Rather Peculiar Place!

If You Look
At The Hopscotch Board
You Will Note
That There Are Two Places Where
A Person Is Straddling
Two Numbers For Sure
BUT
You Will Also Notice
That
As You Start
So Do You End
In Singular Position
With No Hope
For Straddling
Even If Is You
Who
The Board Drew!

Straddling May Give Time For Rest!
Straddling May Give Time To Reflect!
Straddling Does Not Make
A Way Of Life
For
For
OR
Against
One Must A Firm 
And Upright Position
Realize!

So In Faith!
So In Belief!
Man Cannot Have Faith In Jesus Christ
AND
Expect
AND
Believe 
A Dying Mortal Man Like Himself Can
Our Life's Stresses Relieve!

Take A Good Look 
At The Fence To Be Straddled
AND
Look At Your Position 
Relative To Same
AND
Think Hard About The Position
In Which You Will Fall
When The Earthquake In Your Life
Causes You
- With Malice -
Aggressively To Fall!

If God Is God
Serve The Loving Lord Jesus Christ!
If The Devil Is God
Serve Satan Of Demonic Device
For
You Can't Wholeheartedly Embrace The Holy One
AND
Wholeheartedly Embrace The Evil One, Too
AND
Then Run Happily 
Contentedly
With All Two
For The King James Says:

Decisions Must Be Made!
BUT
Coined Heads Or Tails Cannot Be Played!
Being Wise Unto Salvation
With Mortal Head In Jesus Christ's Firm Faith 
Held High 
Above Firmly Set Shoulders
PLUS
Abiding
Obedient Love 
For Him Who Is In Everlasting Command
Is The Only Way To Reach Zion
To Forever Reside With
The Glorious Son Of Man!

Our Faith
Must Join Our Belief
AND
Educated Consumers We Must Be
OR ELSE
In The Great Shaking
- No Faking -
A-quaking
We Will Be!

So, Remember ...

Like A Game Of Hopscotch
Every Human Life Has An End
So
Be Sure Of Your Position
AND
With Wise Ways
Make Firm Provision
For Where You Will
Eternity 
Spend!

God Made!

God Gave!

God Gives!

God Forgives!

and

God Receives!

So Don't Be A Laodicean!

Go Humbly To God 

... And Truly Live!