THE EXCHANGE AND THE ELEVATOR: Cherish Your Neck!

 

There's The Expression: 

"Ef De Head Bad

De Whole Body Bad!" 

If We Indulge In Stinking Thinking

It Stands To Reason That The Body

- Permanently Fixed To The Head -

Goes Where The Head Leads! 

In Between The Head And The Body

Is 

The Long, Short

Fat Or Thin Neck That We Shall Call 

The Exchange 

And 

The Elevator! 

If We Remove The Head From The Neck

The Body Dies! 

If We Remove The Body From The Neck

The Body Dies! 

Beloved, 

To The Committed Christian

Jesus Christ, The Creator

Is 

The Head Attached To The Body 

By The Neck Called Grace! 

To Jesus Christ

The Body Is Us ... His Church

Connected To Him By The Neck Called Faith! 

Grace Coming Down The Neck 

Is 

Expansive, Wide, Deep

To Cover All Of Us 

- Each One Personally - 

In Every Need! 

Faith Going Up To Jesus 

Is 

A Narrow Beam 

And 

Does Not Allow For Vain Philosophy

Wayward Thinking

Disobedience

Willful Sins

Unbelief

Disbelief

Doubt Or Gainsaying! 

Guard Your Heart: Save Your Faith! 

Brethren, Beloved

Our Jesus Christ 

Is 

In His Glory 

And 

It Is Only By His Grace 

Through The Exercise Of 

His Gift To Us Of His Faith ... To Get To Glory

That We Shall Get To Glory!

Cherish Your Neck! 

Greedily Grab And Hold Grace 

And 

Boldly Use Aka Exercise Faith! 

By Working Faith

Endure All Things In Order To Reach 

The Golden Shore! 

REVIVAL AND REFORMATION: Things Go Better With Jesus Christ The Lord!

There's The Saying: 

"Seldom Comes A Better!" 

And 

"Yuh Know Wha' Yuh Got! 

Yuh Ain't Know Wha' Yuh Goin' Get!" 

Beloved, 

These Sayings Are According To Those Of 

The Carnal, Earthly, Bent 

Not Given To Belief In 

The Things On The Higher, Heavenly, Ground! 

Our Lord Jesus 

Is 

The God Of Love, Revelation, Truth

And 

Unimaginable Blessings 

And 

He Calls Us To Come Up ... Higher! 

He Calls Us All To Revival 

And 

Reformation! 

We Must Change How We Think

And

We Must Change Our Behavior! 

We Must Dare To Constantly Improve 

And 

Choose To Stop Roving From Pillar To Post! 

Let Us Dare To Courageously Say To Ourselves: 

"I'm To Improve My Condition! 

I Must Prove Jesus Christ For Myself

So That My Walk With Him Through This Life 

Will Lead To My Spiritual Improvement

And

Elevation To Christ's Eternal Life In Glory!"

These Are Not Idle Words Uttered To A Useless Idol! 

These Are Profitable Words Petitioning The Creator God

All-Knowing, All-Seeing

And 

With Us, Everyone, Ever-Present! 

Our Lord Doesn't Stutter 

And 

For Certain Sure

He Can And Does Back Up His Promises 

With Products And Provision From Paradise! 

Beloved, 

Let's Choose To Improve To Avoid Constant Reproof! 

Look Up

And 

Get Up To Go Up ... Higher! 

The Way Of The Lord Of Life

The Shepherd Of Rest

The God Of Mercy And Grace

Is 

Blessed 

And Better 

And Best 

In Every Way Every Day: 

Jesus Christ, Alone, Saves Sinners!

In Jesus Christ

Is

Perfect Peace! 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: I-KNOW: Children Of The Light!

 

We Are Charged By The Lord Of Love 

To Live Good And Upright Lives 

Motivated By Justice, Mercy 

And 

Humility 

Because 

No One Can Escape The Consequence Of Sin 

Even If We Have Confessed 

And 

Repented Of That Sin! 

We Are Warned 

To Honestly Do To Others 

What We Personally ... Truthfully

Want Done Unto Us! 

Beloved, 

When The Lord Cautions Us 

For Or Against A Thing

It Will Do Us Well 

To Take Earnest Heed! 

We ... For Our Own Safety's Sake

Need To Practice Unrestrained Obedience

While Totally Disregarding Damnable Doubt

And

Deadly Defiance 

If 

It Is Our Whole Heart's Desire 

To See Our Savior In Perfect Peace! 

Let's Cease From The I-Feel 

And 

Hold To The I-Know 

Which Comes From The Sure And Secure 

"Thus Saith The Lord Of Life!" 

In Whom Is No Shadow Of Turning

Instability Or Deceit! 

Let Us Choose The Meek, Humble

Teachable

Enduringly-Faithful Spirit Of The Child Of God 

Truly Bound For Glory! 

By Almighty God's Great, Matchless, Grace

Let Us Allow The Holy Spirit To Do His Saving Work 

To Help Us Change Our Wayward Thoughts 

And By Extension

Our Untoward Actions 

So That Our Lord Will Find Good Pleasure 

In Us Who Are His Truly Blessed Children Of The Light! 

Peace Be Upon You! 

May The Bountiful Blessings Of The Lord Jesus Christ

Make You Rich Indeed!

HAPPY SABBATH + GOD WITH US: God In Us!

Without Jesus Christ ... Immanuel

- God With Us -

We Have No Celebration 

Or Anything To Celebrate 

But

Because Jesus Christ Is, Indeed, With Us

And 

We Have His Holy Spirit In Us 

As A Gift

A Blessing

A Benefit

And 

The Holy Angels Around Us Protecting Us 

As They  Protected Him In His Earthly Sojourn

Let Us In Gratitude For Gifts Already Received 

And

Gifts Still On The Foot

On The Wing

And

On The Way

Dare To Bless Ourselves

Bless Others

And 

Bless Almighty God 

By Thoroughly Becoming Like Our Gracious King

Known Loving, Good, Kind

Giving And Forgiving! 

Let Our Celebrating Be Our Testimony 

Declaring True Thankfulness 

For The Greatest Gift That 

Man Has Ever Received

Or Will Ever Receive! 

Let's Celebrate Almighty God In Us

Our Hope For Glory

As We Pay Our Vows Of Obedience

Faithfulness, Gratitude 

And 

Thankfulness! 

Let's Really Celebrate Jesus Christ 

The Lord Who Is Truly Doing A Good Work In Us 

By His Gift To Us Of His Sweet And Holy Spirit! 

Let's Open Almighty God's Good And Perfect Gifts 

And

Thoroughly Use Them Daily 

To Show Our Dear And Celebrated Savior That 

Our Love For Him Is Not Just For Once A Year

Or Once A Day

But 

Is For All Day

Every Day

And

All Year Long! 

Welcome, Dear Redeemer 

Into Our Lives Committed Solely To Doing Your Will 

And 

Walking In Your Holy Way

This Day And Forever! 

Jesus

... Peace ...

Is

With Us!

BE ENCOURAGED: You Are Not Alone!

All Throughout Holy Writ 

Is 

The Constant Refrain 

"Be Strong! 

Be Of Good Courage! 

Do Not Fear!" 

The Lord Jesus Says To Us: 

"Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled

Neither Let It Be Afraid!" 

And

We Are Encouraged To 

"Trust In The Lord With All Thy Strength! 

Pray Without Ceasing! 

Let Your Requests Be Made Known Unto God!" 

Beloved, 

All Who Wait Upon The Lord Our God

Shall Have Their Strength Renewed! 

We Who Wait Upon The Lord Of Glory

Shall Be Like Mount Zion

Unshakeable

Unmovable! 

Let Us Prayerfully Meditate On The Fact That 

Too Often We Faithfully Wait On The Lord 

Until 

We Reach The Border Of The Promised Land! 

We Forget Who Has Brought Us 

"Safely Thus Far!" 

And 

We Start To Trust Our Own Lying Sight

And 

Self-Deceived Understanding! 

We Forget That The Lord Says 

"Walk In Faith!" 

We Forget That The Wisdom Of Man 

Is 

Foolishness To Almighty God! 

We Forget Whose We Are 

And

Who It Is That Goes Before Us 

And

We Turn Back To The Desert Of Sin 

When The Lord Would Have Parted The Waters

- Even The Waters Of Strife - 

And

Made Dry Ground For Us 

To Enter The Goodly Land Of Total Peace 

And

Perfect Rest! 

Our God Is Just And Faithful

So Forsake Not His Ways: 

Walk Holy

- According To His Sovereign Holy Will - 

And 

Be Daily Blessed 

And 

Eternally Saved! 

There Is No Peace

For

The Willing Sin-Slave!

EXPERIENCING ALMIGHTY GOD: Do The Work!

It Is Impossible To Know Aka Experience Almighty God 

Through Experimenting, Touching, Seeing

And 

Being Personally With Jesus Christ 

Without Being Changed

Without Having Our Attitudes, Actions

And 

Words Being Changed! 

When We, Committed

Are Faithfully, Obediently, Walking With The Lord

Our Personality

Our Character

And 

Our Desires

Radically Change! 

Beloved, 

It Is With Good Reason That Jesus Christ Warns Us 

Against Being Amongst Those Who Say 

"Lord, Lord!" 

But 

Are Daringly Disobedient To The Will 

And 

Ways Of God! 

Seriously Think About It... 

We Go To School To Learn

To Know Specific Material 

By Interacting With It! 

When We Know The Diligently Studied Material

We Are Changed 

Because 

Pathways In Our Minds Are Created

And 

We Are Able To Be Tested

And 

We Are Able To Pass The Test 

To Prove Our Acquisition

Our Knowing Of The Subject Matter! 

Knowing Almighty God 

Through Jesus Christ The Lord

By The Holy Spirit Who Leads Us Into All Truth 

Is 

No Different! 

We Are All Going To Be Severely Tested!

Be Warned, Beloved! 

No Talking-Head "Christian" 

Shall Ever Enter The Eternal City! 

Only Those Committed Christians Who Live The Word

Who Walk The Talk

Who Are Transformed By The Renewing Of Their Minds 

As They Search The Scriptures 

And

Do The Lab-Of-Life Experiments 

Along With The Challenges Therein Outlined 

For The Saving Of Their Purchased Souls 

Shall Enter The City Of God! 

The Lord Means Exactly What He Says! 

Don't Just Hear The Word: 

Do The Work! 

Peace

Is

Profoundly Peaceful!

USE YOUR PERMANENT ERASER: Be A Humble, Praying, Saint!

There Was A Time When Correction Tape

Liquid Paper 

And 

Typewriter Erasers Were A "Thing!" 

We Were Mightily Glad For The Blessing Of 

Removing Errors 

Without Having To Start Over Again! 

Beloved, 

There Is A Time ... Now

When We Have The Marvellous Benefit Of Faith

Grace

Prayer

And

Confession And Repentance 

To Rid Ourselves Of Natural

Cultivated Sin

Pet Sin

And 

Besetting Aka Persistent, Attacking, Sin

While The Door Of Mercy 

Is 

Open To Whosoever Will Aka You! 

We Say That We Love Others 

And 

We Love God! 

We BoldlyLie To Others

But 

We Cannot ... Ever ... Lie To Almighty God! 

If We Truly Love Jesus Christ

We Will Not Lie To Ourselves About 

Our Burden Of Sin! 

We Will To Make Good 

And 

Productive Use Of That Incredible Eraser 

From The House Of Grace Called Prayer Of Faith 

Which Activates Genuine Confession And Repentance 

By The Ministration Of The Holy Spirit Of Truth-Eternal 

Which Deftly Unlocks The Master-Controlled 

Permanent-Eraser Called Mercy-Free 

Which Leaves No Trace Or Residue Of

Confessed And Repented Of Sin! 

Don't Lie To Your Self!

Stop Lying To Yourself!

Look To Jesus Christ The Righteous

And 

Boldly Speak Truth In Righteousness! 

Use Your Eraser Allowance 

And

Set Yourself Free 

To Truly Love The Lord Who Cannot Lie 

And

To Also Love Others Who Do Lie! 

Love ... And Share ... Truth

And 

Erase Sinful Self And Seducing Sin: 

Be A Humble Praying Saint!

 

The Peace Of Almighty God

Ain't Piece-Meal!

STOP SHOWING YOUR GOAT-PARTS: Don't Compromise Truth!

Why Settle For Cheap, Temporary Infatuation 

When You Can Bask, Bathe, In Everlasting Love

Blessed, Proved, Sure, Secure!?!

Why Accept A Pound Of Gold 

When You Can Have Streets Of Gold

A Home Built On Twelve Foundations Of Stones Most Precious 

And 

The Love Of The Pure And Holy Heart Of Him Who Died 

To Give Us His Everlasting Life!?! 

Beloved, 

Be Honest And Believe That You Are Personally Blessed! 

Be Faithful 

And 

Remember All The Times When Hope Was Gone

Despair Was Raging 

And 

All That Was Left In Your Head Was The Word Of Love:

"The Lord Is My Shepherd

A Stronghold In Time Of Trouble

My Hope, Help And Salvation 

My Refuge And My Strength!"

 

You Heard The Voice Of Jesus Saying:

"Come Unto Me And Rest!" 

And 

You Did! 

You Rested 

And 

You Were Refreshed! 

You Touched Love

Felt Love 

And

Returned Love

And

Embraced Perfect Peace! 

Jesus Christ, Alone, Saves: 

Don't Cheat! 

Jesus Christ Loves You

Individually, Personally ... Passionately: 

Don't Compromise Truth

And

Stop Showing Your Goat Parts! 

Stop Butting! 

Stop Bleating About 

But, Can't

If, Why

When, Where And How 

And

Start Enjoying ... Really Enjoying

The Perfect Love That Won't Let You Go 

And 

The Loving-Kindness That Won't Fail You ... Ever!

 

There Is No Peace

Without

Christ Jesus!

Stop "Helping" Almighty God Do His Work!

 

Stop Helping Almighty God Do His Work: 

He Is In Control! 

Stop Neglecting Doing Your Work: 

You Are Called To Obedience! 

Beloved, 

Too, Too Often, We Spend Time Trying Really, Really Hard 

To Be God's Traffic Director 

Arranging The Traffic Pattern In Our Lives 

And 

The Lives Of Those We Love, Despise Or Disregard: 

Stop It! 

If You Knew What The Good God Knows 

You Would Do What God Does 

So Humbly Get With The Sure Plan Of Salvation 

And

Take Care Of The Living God's Business 

Which Takes Care Of Your Own! 

Let Us Choose To Humble Ourselves 

Under The Mighty Hand Of God 

Who Is Mighty To Save 

And

Strong To Deliver! 

Let Us Not Follow The Fad 

Which Sees Us Always Having A "Word From God" 

Which Sees Us Meddling With Things 

Way Above Our Pay Grade! 

The Eternal God Speaks: 

Listen ... And Do! 

You Are Human: 

Obey The Written Word ... And Be Blessed! 

The Holy Spirit Of The All-Knowing God 

Will Never Contradict 

The Immutable Word Of The Ever-Present God 

And 

Neither Should We Finite, Frail, Fallible Creatures! 

Remember, Remember 

Don't Ever Forget ... 

Evil And Lies Can't Prosper 

And

Good And Truth Can't Perish! 

Do The Math 

And

Get To Stepping ... To Hill Zion! 

Be At Peace

With All People

Where Possible!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Self-Denial Does Not Fork!

Self-Denial 

Is 

The Strait, Hard, Road Upon Which 

Every Christ-Follower Must Enduringly Walk! 

It Is The Pathway To Hill Zion 

And

It Does Not Fork! 

Self-Denial Has The Tarmac Called Truth 

And 

For Illumination

It Has The Light Of Life

And 

All Who Are Determined, By Heavenly Grace, To Stay Thereon

Have Holy Angels Excelling In Strength For Personal Protection 

And

Encouragement 

Until Life Shall End! 

Beloved, 

When We Walk With Jesus Christ The Lord

We Cannot Play Footsie With Satan, King Fraud 

Because 

Who Is Not Working With Jesus Christ 

Is 

Striving ... Working ... Against Him 

And

That State Of Affairs 

Shall Have No Blessed-Forever Beautiful Ending! 

Please Do Not Let Your Carnal Self Cause You To Sin 

By Doing What You Truthfully Know Is The Wrong Thing: 

Wrong Is Never Right 

And 

Right Is Never Wrong 

And

Re-Mixing Them To Suit Your Desire 

Is 

Going To Get You A Berth In The Lake Of Fire Pyre! 

There Is No Excuse For Sin

And 

The Devil Didn't Make You Do It! 

Check Your Words, Thoughts And Actions 

And

Cease Living By And For 

Chemical, Emotional, Reactions! 

Faithfully Walk In Accord 

With Jesus Christ The Lord Our King! 

 

Positively ... Passionately

Pursue Peace

With The Prince Of Peace! 

HAPPY SABBATH + HAVE FAITH IN GOD: "Pastor Said!" Ain't The Word Of God!

Have Faith In God

Father Son And Holy Spirit! 

Have Faith In God: 

The Race Is Not For The Swift 

But For Those Running To Win It! 

Have Faith In God: 

He Gives Unto You His Holy Faith

So Use It! 

Have Faith, Dear Ones, In God! 

Many Are The Urgent Calls To Idol-Worship

To Live By "Personal-Truth" 

And 

To Rise By Self-Elevation 

But

These All Lead To Disillusionment

Disappointment

Sorrow And Despair

And 

Cause The Straying One To Hesitate

And

Look Back 

When One Should Ever Look Unto Jesus Christ 

And 

Sue For Peace 

And 

To Receive His Gift Of New Life! 

Beloved, 

Peace Is Precious!

Faith Is Free!

Grace Is Available 

And 

Mercy Washes Over Me And Thee! 

Please Don't Be Complacent

Proud Or Don't Care-ish 

And

Don't Follow The Multitude 

Looking To Three-Step Plans 

To Get Miracles In Your Sleep 

Or Depend On What "Pastor Said" 

When It Is Jesus Christ, Alone

Who Causes Your Heart Constantly To Beat! 

Pride Goes Before The Fall! 

Hate Turns You Into A Murderer! 

Jesus Christ's Truth 

Sets Men Women And Children Free 

And

It Is Our Duty

For Love

Because 

Of Certain Hope That 

We Should Walk Before Him Softly ... Humbly! 

From Sin And Sinning

Beat A Hasty Retreat! 

SATAN ASSAILS: Jesus Christ, Alone, Saves!

 

Jesus Christ 

Is 

Our Guardian And Defender

Provider, Protector

Creator, Savior

Forever Friend

Lord And Holy God! 

Satan 

Is 

Man's Deceiver And Accuser

The Murderer Most Foul Who Hates Jesus Christ 

The Righteous Judge And Everlasting King

The Good Book Of Blessings

And 

You, Personally

The Beneficiary Of The Eternal God's Love 

And 

Great Favor! 

You, Beloved, Are Between Them! 

You Must Make Known Your Choice! 

Neither One Will Force Your Hand

And

Your Free-Will Decision 

Determines Whether You Will Bitterly Cry 

Or  Forever Happily Rejoice! 

Jesus Saves! 

Satan Assails! 

Jesus Bathes Us! 

Satan Blames Us! 

Jesus Loves Us! 

Satan Lies To Us! 

Jesus Blesses Us! 

Satan Bewitches Us! 

Jesus Calls Us! 

Satan Claws Us! 

Jesus Carries Us! 

Satan Careens Us! 

Beloved, 

The Facts Are Unchanged: 

Choose Jesus Christ

And 

Be Eternally Blessed And Saved! 

Choose Satan 

And 

Be Gamed And Chained And Eternally Damned! 

Pay Attention ...

We Can Be Guarded About Accepting Jesus Christ

And 

Be Roundly Defeated By Satan!

 

We Can Be Loyal To Satan 

And 

Be The Enemy Of Our Lord 

Or

We May Choose To Take Jesus Christ At His Living, Holy, Word 

And 

Aggressively Deny The Liar, Satan

And 

Humbly Take Up Your Cross 

And 

Follow Our Dear Lord To The Great Reward! 

Please Don't Fall For The Sophistries 

The Lies

The Lures Of Satan, King Fraud

The Wannabe God! 

Please Stand Up For Jesus Christ,

The True And Living Holy God! 

Peace!

Jesus Christ

Could Make Us Serve Him

But

He Won't! 

Satan

Would Make Us Serve Him

But

He Can't! 

Stand Up For Christ Jesus!