Using The L.O.D.E: Changing Hurry Into Hurray!

When Man-Generated Hope Is Gone

Christ-Gifted Holy Faith Working 

And

Enduring 

Allows Us To Change 

"Please Hurry, Lord!" 

To "Thank You, Lord! Hurray!" 

Beloved, 

Our Depending Upon Self In Matters Of Faith 

Is 

Akin To Running Behind A Fuel-Less, Driver-Less

Engine-Less, Moth-Balled Vehicle! 

It Ain't Going Nowhere And Neither Are We! 

Our God Alive, The Lord Jesus Christ

Is 

The True Strong-Hold

Our Impenetrable Shelter

Our Perfect Refuge 

And

He Gives To Each Of Us 

A Measure Of His Faith Each And Every Day 

To Use To Trust Him At His Eternal Aka Can't-Fail Word! 

Dear Ones, 

The Day That We Truly Understand That Self 

Is 

A Willing Sinner 

And

Accept With Unadulterated Joy That 

Jesus Christ The King 

Is 

Our Only Savior 

Is

The Day That There Shall Be Our Joyful Celebration 

In Recognition Of The Fact That 

It Is Indeed The Mighty God That We Serve! 

All Of Us Who Choose To Trust The Lord 

And

Wait Upon Him 

Shall Surely Renew Our Strength! 

We Will Be Like Those Who

- With Prayer And Supplication With Thanksgiving - 

Will Light The Fire

And 

Place A Pot Of Water On To Simmer 

With The Full Expectation That 

Soon The Ingredients Necessary To Cook A Substantial Meal 

Which Will Do A Body Good 

Shall Surely Appear! 

Remember, Remember

Don't Ever Forget ...

Sinful-Self Is Destructively Used By Satan

But

The Faith-Fuelled Saint Aka Sinner-Saved 

Willingly, Wisely, Serves The Eternal God 

Lovingly, Obediently, Devotedly, And  Enduringly! 

Let Us Daringly Endeavor Today 

To Fully Let Jesus Christ's Gift Of Unfailing Faith 

Lubricate Our Lives! 

Peace!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Make Jesus First!

There Is No Wealth In Wickedness

There Is No Comfort In Crime

There Is No Peace In Perverseness

But

There Is Security In The Salvation

Which Comes From Our Savior Divine!

Love Is Like The River Glorious

Peace In Christ Is A Promise With No Shame

Hope Is The Haven Where Rest Is

And Righteousness Is The Life That Is Not In Vain!

Mercy Is Free And Available

Grace Is Our Sufficiency

Power Is Ours From The Hand Of Our Master

Who Is Truth And Will Bless You And Me!

Be Humble And Keep A Loving, Giving Spirit

Be Bold And Walk Wise By The Word 

Be Strong, Your God Is King Of Glory

And 

By His Will

We Will Go Up To Him Before Long! 

Be Strong! 

Peace! 

HAPPY SABBATH + Don't Die Twice Today Over Living Tomorrow!

The Trials Of Life 

Either Make Us Bitter Or Better! 

We, Each, Have Option And Opportunity 

To Make The Blessed Choice! 

Trials Help Us To Either Live For The Lord Christ 

Or Be Consumed By The Crisis! 

We Either Live In Hope Or Dine In  Hell! 

Or ... They Will Strengthen Us In Our Gift Of Faith 

Or Strangle Our Desire To Exercise Faith 

Because

By Elevating Doubt, We Can't, In Hope

"See" Jesus Inside The Great Pearl Gates! 

Beloved, 

Please Don't Be Self-Sufficient 

Because 

In Matters Of Faith 

It Is Your Worst Enemy! 

Please Cast Your Burden Upon The Lord Christ 

And

Permit Him To Be Your Sufficiency! 

Letting Go ... Of Personal Control

And 

Letting Our Jesus Christ Take Over Control 

Requires A Leap Of Faith 

No "Safety Net" Available! 

Can You Do It!?! 

Will You Do It!?! 

Or Will You By Seeking To Impress Others With 

Your Able Capabilities Which Aren't Worth A Hill Of Beans 

Fail At Working Your Gift Of Unfailing Faith!?! 

"Worry" About What You Can Change 

And 

If You Change "It" 

Then There Is No Need To Die Twice Today 

Over Living Tomorrow 

Which Is Not Promised To Any Living Soul! 

The Point Is That Our Jesus 

Is 

Jehovah Jireh Aka The God Who Provides! 

Please Let Us Endeavor Today 

To Hold On To Him Who Holds Tomorrow In His Holy Hand 

Where The Forever-Blessed Gift Of Grace ... Of Power

Is 

Sufficient For The Day! 

Be At Peace In The Living God: 

Evil Cannot Survive In His Hallowed Presence! 

Peace!

Consider Your Ways ... And Please The Lord!

Let No Human Or Malevolent Spirit Fool You: 

Attitude About 

And

Behavior Towards The Lord Are Everything! 

Our Blessings And Our Prosperity 

Depend Upon Our Total Obedience 

To The Word And The Will Of Our Almighty God! 

Partial Obedience Is Disobedience ... Which Is Dangerous 

And

Willful Disobedience Is  Deadly! 

Just Ask Nadab, Abihu, Achan

Hophni, Phineas, Balaam, And King Saul! 

Disobedience Comes Of The PEG

Aka Pride, Envy, And Greed

Which Is In The Devil's Domain! 

Nothing Good Ever Came Or Will Come From 

The Hand Of Satan! 

Beloved, 

See Sin With Your Eyes 

But 

Don't Ever Choose To Romance It 

No Matter How Beautiful

Mouth-Watering

Or Potentially Profitable Its Appearance! 

The Lord Asks Us To Consider Our Ways 

Because 

Our Unsancitified Ways Obviously Do Not Please Him 

Even As They Do Not Bless Us! 

Folly Is Not Common-Sense! 

Let Us, Therefore, Choose To Follow Uncommon Sense

Aka Faith

And 

Bless Almighty God With Our Willing, Ready, Obedience! 

When Our Ways Please The Lord

He Causes Our Enemies To Be At Peace With Us! 

Best Of All, Though

When We Seek The Kingdom Of God 

And 

Make It First In Our Affections

The Necessities Of Life Will Always Be Provided To Us 

And

We Shall Surely Reach The Heavenly Home! 

Peace!

PRAYER:

Father, 

Please Help Us To Be Wise Unto Salvation 

So That Our Ways Will Please You Today! 

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.

Believe The Blessed One!

In The Realm Of Flesh

There Is The Daily, Moment-By-Moment, Struggle 

Between I-See And I-Trust

And 

Between I-Know And I-Feel! 

Be As Those Who Stand In Faith

And Confidently Say:

"I Know And I Trust My Lord Jesus Christ!"

Beloved, 

There Are Two Leaders: 

Satan The Damned 

And 

The Savior Blessed! 

There Are Two Peoples Out Of The Stock Called Sinner 

Aka Obedient And Disobedient

Aka Faithful And Doubtful! 

Only One Group 

Is 

Striving To Be Saints Of God And Christ

And 

Have Chosen Service And Endurance As Their Way Of Life 

In The Quest To Reach The Heavenly Home! 

Who Are You 

And 

Under Which Leader 

Are You Choosing To Energetically Serve!?! 

Do You Know Your Assignment 

And 

Are You Operating To Your Potential 

As Seen Through The Eyes Of The Lord Christ 

Or Are You Allowing The Accuser Of The Brethren

Satan The Base, Known Bold And Brazen 

To Forcefully Remind You Of What You Once Were 

While Trying To Convince You That 

You Are Not Nor Ever Will Be 

Worthy To Ascend To The Heights Unknown 

To Dwell With The Holy Go

d Who Is A Consuming Fire 

To All Who Do Not Renounce Their Sin 

And 

Accept The Free-To-All Salvation!?! 

Our Lord Jesus 

Is 

The Promise-Keeping God 

Who Invites You To Dine At His Table 

On The Good Food That He Constantly Provides 

From The Heart Filled With Love And Caring 

For You  ... Personally! 

To Coin The Old Phrase

"Let Us Wash Out Our Guts" 

And

As Members Of The Clean-Plate Club

Decidedly Sit Down At The Lord's Table 

And 

Eat Like There Is No Tomorrow: 

All Contented-In-Christ Eaters Win The Crown Of Life! 

You Are Greatly Beloved: 

Believe The Blessed One ... Not Beelzebub! 

Peace!

Need Is Like A Mosquito!

The Day That We Realize That Jesus Christ 

Is 

The Only One Who Can Or Will Have Mercy On Us 

Is 

The Day That We Truly See Our Need Of Our Savior! 

Think Of It As The Difference Between Knowing About Jesus 

And 

Personally Knowing Jesus

And 

The Difference Between A Passing Acquaintance 

And 

Having An Intimate Relationship With The Forever Friend 

Who Is The Creator-God Who Knows Everything About You 

Physically, Emotionally, Mentally, Spiritually

Down To The Atomic Level! 

Beloved, 

We May Pretend That We Do Not Need Anyone 

And That

We Are Able To Do And Be Everything To Our Own Self 

Until Reality ... Bites! 

Reality Doesn't Care If You Are Rich, Poor, Young, Old

Educated, Illiterate, Free, Enslaved, Sick, Well

Prince, Politician, Or Preacher! 

Reality's Weight, Teeth, Talons, Tentacles, And Heels 

Are Always Set To "Hurt!"

But 

The Head, Heart, Hands, And Heels Of Jesus Christ 

Are Always Set To Help And Heal Humans! 

Satan Uses Reality To Harass Us 

And 

Wreak Havok In Our Lives

But 

Our Savior Uses Reality To Bring Us Home To Eternal Life 

And

He Does It With Love, Compassion, Mercy, And Grace 

Which Include Helping Us To Recognize Our Great Need Of 

His Direction, Protection, Correction

Provision, Peace, And Power! 

Remember This ... 

Need Is Like A Mosquito:

You Never Know What It Can Do Until It Hits You! 

Dear Ones, 

We Will Never Know 

What Jesus Christ Can And Will Do For Us Personally 

Until We Recognize, Accept

And 

Act Upon Our Desperate Need Of Him! 

Please Pray About Your Need Now! 

Peace!

The Word Works: The Truth Satisfies!

We Daily Need The Nourishment Of Food 

To Physically Stay Alive And Well! 

We Daily Need The Nourishment That

Is

The Living, Holy, Word, The Truth

If The Soul Is To Prosper 

And 

Have Spiritual Health And Well-Being! 

Beloved, 

While Picky Eating May Work In The Realm Of The Flesh 

And 

A Person May Survive On Biscuits While Ignoring 

The Extensive Array Of Good And Healthful Eats 

At The Daily Benefit The Body Buffet

We Cannot ... As Committed Christians 

Pick And Choose The Parts Of The Word Of God That We Like

Discard What We Disapprove

And 

Dismiss That With Which We Disagree! 

The Word Of God 

Is 

The Famine-Proof Assurance Of A Future Life Of Bliss Food 

For Whosoever Freely, Willingly, Eats With Love And Gratitude 

From The Lord's Glorious Gift Of Said Food Known Good For Us 

At Every Age, Stage, And Station Of Life! 

We May Not Always Immediately Love Or Enjoy Certain Calls

Claims, Corrections 

Commissions Or Charges We See In Or Hear Of In The Word 

But

If We Truly Love The Lord Jesus Christ, Our Savior Dear

Whom We Know Loves Us Each Sacrificially

We Will Accept The Living Word 

Knowing That It Comes From The Lord Of Life 

Who Will Never Hurt Or Deceive Us! 

The Living, Holy, Word Works 

So Let It, By The Holy Spirit Who Leads Us Into All Truth

Have Its Blessed Way Aka Do Its Appointed Work In Your Life! 

I Beseech Us All 

To Allow Ourselves To Acquire The Taste, The Desire,l

For The Eternal Things Of Almighty God Today! 

Never Ever Forget That Only The Truth Satisfies The Soul! 

Peace!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Every Christian Has A Way To Walk!

Witness, Walk, Worship, Work: 

One Took A Day Off! 

One Decided To Twerk! 

All Called The Master's Name 

And

All Held The Living Word 

But

Between Reading And Interpretation

One Eschewed The Good Word He Had Heard! 

Every Christian Has A Way To Walk! 

Every Christian Has A Work To Do! 

Every Christian Is Called To Witness 

And

Every Christian Must On The Mission Given 

Sincerely Follow Through! 

The Way Is Plain! 

The Work Is Hard! 

The Worship Is Wonderful 

And 

The Witnessing Is Not About Leaving A Calling Card! 

Our Life Is A Witness Whether We Believe It Or Not! 

Our Work Is A Witness

A Way To Help To Keep Us From Receiving The Blot! 

Our Walk Is A Witness To Others On Or Seeking The Holy Way

And 

Our Mapped Way From The Master 

Points Us To The Master 

From Whom We Should Never Stray!  

Our Attitude About Our Mission Tells Others 

Aka Witnesses To The Truth Of What

Of How

And 

What We Really Think About Our Master 

And 

Our Lives On The Ground! 

Work, Witness, Walk, Worship Tell A Story 

And

Reveal A Life

So Dare To Be Bold 

And 

Walk To Worship On The Way To Work! 

Christian!?! 

Walk Like One! 

Worship The Son! 

Stay On The Way 

And 

Your Witness Shall Be That For Personal Sin, 

You, Most Assuredly, Shall Not Personally Pay 

Because 

You Walk Under The Banner Of 

Almighty God's Blessed-Forever Only Son! 

Beloved, 

Pray! 

Live For Jesus Christ Today And Always!

Peace! 

HAPPY SABBATH + Almighty God's Silence Is Not Consent To Sin!

There Is An Old Expression Which States: 

"Don't Take My Kindness For Weakness!" 

There Is Also The Warning Which States: 

"Just Because I Have Not Challenged You

It Does Not Mean That I Do Not Know What You Are Doing!" 

Beloved, 

Both Of These Statements Are Based On Scripture 

And 

Should Make Us Think Carefully 

And 

Act Differently 

If

We Are Living Lives That Cause Offense! 

Just Because Comment Is Not Immediate 

Or Punishment Swift For Aggregious Behavior

It Does Not Mean That Others Are As We Are 

And 

We All Walk Together In Unity! 

The Lord Jesus Christ 

Is 

Long-Suffering Toward Us 

As It Is Not His Desire That Anyone Should Perish! 

Think Of It As Giving Us Time 

To Make All Wrong Things Right! 

The Lord Has Clearly Told Us That 

Our Thoughts And Our Ways 

Are Not His Thoughts Or His Ways: 

One Thing To Be Taken From This 

Is 

That Almighty God Sees And Knows Everything

His Judgment Is Sure

And

His Punishment For Wrong-Doing 

Is 

Guaranteed To Be Executed On The Day Appointed ... By Him! 

Dear Ones, 

Self-Inspection Through God's Magnifying Glass 

Which Is The Living, Holy, Word 

Is

An Unimpeachable Disclosing Agent 

But

We Need To Cooperate With Christ Through The Holy Spirit 

To Redirect Our Footsteps 

To The Path Of Purity, Goodness, Kindness, Truth, And Light 

If

We Desire To Avoid The Wrath To Come! 

Let Us Bless The Living God 

And 

Do Right 

Because 

It Is Right! 

And

Let Us Daringly Check Ourselves 

Before We Wreck Ourselves: 

There Is No Do-Over After Death! 

Live For The Lord Jesus Christ! 

Peace!

 

PRAYING: Living Life When Christ Is All!

When We Have Elected 

To Take Jesus Christ As Our Everlasting Portion 

And

Have Decided To Make Him Our Only Choice

Our Day Sounds Something Like This: 

"Good Morning, Lord! 

Thank You For My Spared Life 

And For Clothing Me In My Right Mind! 

I Give You Me 

And Ask You To Make Me A Blessing To Someone Today! 

I Love You, Lord! 

The Devil Is A Liar! 

I'm Glad, Lord, That You Are God! 

Save Me, Jesus! 

Lord, Have Mercy! 

Thank You, Lord! 

I AM A Child Of The King! 

The Lord Is My Shepherd! 

I Need You, Lord! 

I Trusted You, Lord! 

I Am Trusting You, Lord! 

Oh, Lord, Please Help Me To Trust You! 

Father, 

I Feel Weak But I Know That In You I Am Made Strong: 

Help Me To Keep My Hand In Yours! 

What Can Man Do To Me: 

I Fear The Living God! 

Lord, 

I Feel So Tired But I Can't Give Up 

And By Your Grace, I Won't Give In! 

Bless You, Lord! 

Thank You, Jesus! 

Lord, 

Please Help Me To Keep My Promises To You! 

There, But For Your Grace, Dear Lord, I Go! 

Lord, 

I Desire To Get Home To Glory 

And I Give You Permission To Get Me There 

By Any Means Necessary! 

Lord Jesus, 

How Did We Get Here!?! 

So Much Sorrow, Lord! 

Grant Them Travelling Mercies, Lord! 

Be With That Dear Soul In Mortal Danger: 

Please Grant Them Strength, Courage 

And An Opportunity To Confess And Repent Of Known Sin 

And Be Saved! 

Lord, 

I Repent: 

Please Forgive Me! 

For What I Am About To Receive, Lord

Let My Heart Be Truly Thankful! 

Heavenly Father, 

Please Grant Me A Peaceful Night's Sleep 

Where I May Put Away The Trials And Tribulations Of The Day 

And Rest Calmly Under Your Sheltering Wings! 

AMEN!!!"

There Is No Win With Presumptuous Sin!

The 19th Division Of The Psalms Starts With: 

"The Heavens Declare The Glory Of God ...!"

And 

Ends With: 

"Let The Words Of My Mouth 

And The Meditations Of My Heart Be Acceptable ...!" 

Both Heaven And Man Speak! 

Heaven Speaks Aka Declares God's Glory From The Position Of 

The Strength Of The Unimpeachable Truth 

And

We  Ask Or Should Ask, The Lord 

To Help Us To Operate In Such A Fashion That It Will Please 

Aka Bring Pleasure To His Eyes Which See All Things Always! 

Beloved, 

Be Warned! 

There Is Absolutely Nothing About Presumptuous Sin That Is 

Or Can Ever Be Pleasing In The Sight Of The Holy God 

Because 

It Is Sin Against Knowledge

An Act Of Idolatry

A Heaven-Daring Crime! 

There Is No Win In Presumptuous Sin! 

When You Know What You Are Doing Is Wrong, Wicked, Evil 

And 

You Choose To Do It Anyhow

You Are On Satan's Enchanted Ground 

And

In His Benighted Control! 

Almighty God Will Not Share His Glory ... 

Our Savior Jesus And That Devil Satan 

Cannot 

Nor Will Ever Share A Meal

A House

A Bill-Board 

Or A Soul! 

If Satan Is Your God

Deny, Disown And Discard Him With Alacrity! 

If Jesus Christ Is Your God

Please Serve Him As He Asks 

And

Expects ... As Your Reasonable Service!

Please Speak And Act To Profit Your Purchased Soul

And

Dare And Let Self-Will Be Damned 

As You Daily Choose To Turn Your Stubborn Will Over 

To The Ministration Of The Holy Spirit Of Almighty God 

By Whom We Are Sealed Against The Wrath To Come! 

Peace! 

Be Wise Unto Salvation!

Only In Jesus Christ 

Can Illness Illuminate The Darkness That Accompanies Sin

Turn A Test Into A Testimony To Bless Self And Others

And 

Transform A Mess Into A Message That 

Blesses Any And Everyone! 

Beloved, 

A Committed-To-Christ Christian 

Is Not 

A CINO Aka A Christian In Name Only! 

We Are Called 

To Be Wise Unto Salvation

To Recognize That We Are Weak 

When We Walk Outside The Wonderful Ways Of The Only Wise God

To Understand That Without Truth Our Living 

Is 

Terror, Test, Trial

Mistakes, Messes, Danger

Darkness And Despair 

And

All Without Hope Or Expectation Of The Eternity Of Peace 

With The Great God Of Glory! 

Dear Ones, 

A Life Lived Without The Light Of Life 

Ultimately Leads To The Darkness Of The Second Death! 

Let Us Be Wise For Our Own Selves 

And 

Recognize That Sin In All Of Its Manifestations 

Aka Sinful Nature, Cultivated Sin

Cherished Sin, Presumptuous Sin

And 

The Sin That So Easily Besets 

Are All Illness Needing The Healing Touch Of The Great Physician

The God Who Knows, Sees, Feels 

And 

Is Ever Present! 

I Beseech Us All Today To Humble Ourselves ... And Pray

And 

Diligently Seek The Lord's Face

And 

Turn From All Of Our Known Wicked Ways 

So That Our God Will Not Shut Up Heaven Against Us

But 

Will Hear Us As We, In Need, Pray

And 

Will Forgive Us Of Our Sin, Transgressions

And 

Our Trespasses Against His Holiness 

And

Heal Us, Heal Our Land! 

Please Do Not Permit Willful Sin To Separate You 

From Jesus Christ Our Lord

The God Who, Alone, Saves! 

Praying In Faith ... In Childlike Trust

Is 

Powerful! 

Peace!