Enjoy In The Lord!

This Same Jesus

The Lord Of Earth And Glory

The King Of Love

The Shepherd Of Rest

Our Refuge And Strength

The Hope Of Every Man

The Joy Of Living

The Reason That We Are Alive 

And 

Able To Either Accept Or Reject His Love

His Easy Leadership

And 

His Everlasting Life

Speaks The Same Words Of Truth To Us Today! 

Jesus Christ Still Says: 

"Come Unto Me And I Will Give You Rest! 

Follow Me And Be Blessed! 

Oh, Taste And See That The Lord Is Good! 

Honor Me And I Will Honor You! 

Seek Me And You Will Find Me 

When You Seek Me With All Of Your Heart! 

Come Let Us Reason Together! 

Be Thou Clean! 

Thy Faith Hath Thee Whole! 

Be Thou Perfect As You Father In Heaven Is Perfect! 

Ask, And It Shall Be Given! 

Take My Yoke Upon You And Learn Of Me!"

And

" Pray Without Ceasing!" 

This Same Jesus Also Says: 

"Come Boldly To The Throne Of Grace

To Obtain Mercy! 

Resist The Devil! 

Walk In The Light!"

And

"Call Unto Me And I Will Answer Thee 

And Show The Great And Mighty Things 

Which Thou Knowest Not! 

Hold Fast What Thou Hast That No Man May Take Thy Crown!" 

And

"I Am The Way, The Truth, And The Life!" 

Beloved, 

Trust Ye In The Lord Forever 

For In The Lord Jehovah Is Everlasting Strength! 

I Encourage Us All Today To Believe The Word Of The Lord 

And

Be Eternally Blessed 

Because

Great Is His Faithfulness! 

Be Strong As You Find Your Joy In 

And

Enjoy The Lord! 

Peace!  

IT IS WRITTEN: The Living Word Works!

 

You Are A Spectator In A Battle For Which You Are Not Prepared! 

You Cannot Win In A Spiritual War 

If You Don't Know Your Savior

     His Character

          What He Does

                How He Will Do It

And 

                      Your Status In Him! 

Beloved, 

Would You Go To Do Battle In A Flooded Field 

Wearing Dress Clothes

Using Ball-Room Manners

And 

Holding A Butter-Knife When Your Enemy 

Indulges Guerrilla Warfare 

And 

Isn't Afraid To Stick You With A Long Blade 

Like You're A Pig At The Back-Yard Butcher 

Who Knows Running Blood Is Ready Money!?! 

As Believers, We Are People Of The Book

Learners Of The Word

And 

Good And Faithful Stewards Standing On The Promises Of God

Living For Jesus

Led By The Holy Spirit

Influenced By Holy Angels

Ready To Hear And Obey

Despisers Of Doubt

And 

Embracers Of Enduring Faith! 

We Stand Firm On 

"God Said It! I Believe It 

And That Settles All Questions For Me!" 

How Can We Be Settled In 

And

Live On The Word Of God When We Don't Know What It Says!?! 

Jesus Christ Won In His Battle With Satan 

In The Wilderness Of Temptation 

By Wielding The Weapon Of The Word 

And 

Declaring 

"It Is Written ...!" 

He Could Do That 

Because 

He Intimately Knew The Word

And 

Understood And Accepted As Fact That 

The Living Word Works

The Living Word Wars

And 

That He Could Win His Warfare 

With The Wonderful Words Of Life! 

It Is My Prayer That 

We Will Each Come To A Saving Knowledge Of 

The Word Of God That Speaks 

Everlasting Life! 

May The Holy Spirit Touch You Mightily 

As You Lovingly Touch The Word Of Truth Today! 

Peace!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Mercy Is Free For Me And Thee!

How Often Have We Wanted, Needed, Desired Something 

But 

Didn't Receive It 

Because 

We Didn't Choose To Humble Ourselves Enough To Ask For It!?! 

Too Often, I Dare Say! 

Beloved, 

We Are Instructed 

To Approach Boldly The Throne Of Grace That 

We May Obtain The Available Mercy! 

If We Don't Ask For Almighty God's Mercy

Then We Will Not Find His Free-To-All Grace

That Unmerited Favor

The Divine Power To Help Us In Our Time Of Need 

Which Is Every Day That Live And Breathe! 

If You're Proud, Humble Yourself! 

If Your Dumb, Speak In Your Heart

Write A Note

Talk Your Talk To The Lord! 

Remember That We Don't Pray As We Ought To 

So, In Mercy, The Holy Spirit Intercedes For Us 

With Groanings Which Cannot Be Uttered! 

Our Joy 

Is 

To Ask 

And 

Almighty God's Love Always Answers With What Is Best For Us 

And

Delivers More And Better Than We Could Have Ever Asked

Anticipated Or Expected! 

Mercy Is A Truly Beautiful Word, Concept, Construct, That 

We Should Gladly Accept 

And

Generously Apply! 

Mercy: 

Meeting 

Each 

Request With 

Compassion For Every 

Yearning Soul

There Is Forgiveness, Benevolence

And 

Kindness Within The Lord's Mercy 

So Big-Up Yourself By Showing Yourself Small

Helpless, Sinful

Needy

Repentant, Reconciled, Redeemed

Blessed! 

Please Put Arrogance And Pride Out Of Your Heart-House 

And 

Actively Seek Kindness From Jesus Christ The Lord! 

May The Blessings Of The Lord Make You Rich Today 

And 

Forever! 

Peace! 

HAPPY SABBATH + Don't Bre'k A Short Crop!

When We Were Growing Up

The Elders Had An Expression Used Against Those 

Who Despised Correction 

And 

Were Disrespectful Of Authority 

Which Should Give Us Pause, Especially Today! 

"You Ain't Raised Up, Yuh Dragged Up 

And Yuh Gine Bre'k A Short Crop!" 

Aka You Have Raised Yourself 

And 

You Will Not Amount To Anything! 

Talk About Leaving Yourself With No Remedy! 

Whoa! 

Beloved, 

These Are Seriously Damning Words 

And 

As People Of The Book

We Should Seriously Look At Ourselves

And Those Whom We Love

And Those For Whom We Care 

And

Choose The Good Part 

And 

Get Off Broadway And Easy Street

And Keep Right On This Is The Way, Walk Ye In It

And Hold Strain On It's Not An Easy Road

And Tighten Your Belt On His Yoke Is Easy

And Replenish Your Supplies On Shepherd's Bush

And Put Your Hand In The Hand Of The God-Man On Revive Us Again

And 

Fix Your Mind On No More Night! 

Consider This ... 

Easy Ain't Always Healthy 

And 

Hard Ain't Automatically Deadly! 

Remember, Dear Ones, That 

Children Of The Faithful Father

Earnest, Cooperative, Obedient

Willing To Learn

Willing To Try

Trusting

And 

Intent On Doing The Will 

And 

Walking Wisely In Way Marked For Their Feet

Are Blessed, Protected, Comforted, Carried

Held, Helped, Healed

And

Happy! 

Be Ye Warned ... 

Disobedience Pays Negative Wages: 

Obedience Pays Dividends! 

Remember, Remember 

Don't Ever Forget ... 

A Harvested Crop Cannot Bear Fruit A Second Time 

So Grow In All You Can 

While You Can 

In The Garden Of Grace! 

Keep On The Sunny Side Of Life! 

Peace!

Blessed Are They That Do His Commandments!

If Loving The  Lord Is Keeping His Commandments Aka Obedience

Then Being Thankful To Him

Being Grateful For His Love

Is 

Giving Him Free-Will, Heartfelt, Worship 

And 

Total Praise! 

If Knowing Your End Keeps You From Sinning

Then Knowing Your Beginning

Honoring Your Creator

Embracing Wisdom

Shall Keep You In The Faith That Cannot Fail! 

If The Lord Honors Those Who Honor Him

It Is Obvious Then That He Will Lift You Up 

In The Time Appointed! 

If You Hide The Word Of The Lord

- The Truth That Saves - 

In Your Heart To Be A Lamp For Your Feet 

And

The Light On The Way Home To Glory

Then Those Who Cast The Truth To The Ground 

Walk In Darkness 

And 

Shall Go To Hell!  

If The Lord Is Our Gentle Shepherd

Then We Are His Blessed Sheep 

On Lush Ever-Green Pastures 

Near Still Waters Sweet

And 

We Know That Our Restored Souls 

He Lovingly, Faithfully, Keeps! 

Beloved, 

Let No One Persuade You 

Our Holy God Faithful To Spurn 

So That From The Path Of Truth And Duty

From Wise Discernment

Unto Fables And Idols 

You, Totally Deceived, Turn! 

Please Dare To Let Faith Be First: 

Give Doubt No Hold! 

Please Choose To Let Trust Be First: 

Heaven Is The Only Goal! 

Please Courageously Let Truth Be First: 

Jesus Christ Is The Keeper Of Your Soul! 

Please Stand Up For The Lord Christ

- Our True And Only King - 

And 

In This Matter, Be Very, Very, Bold! 

Ever Remember To Walk Onward 

And 

Upward Into Truth! 

Peace!

Don't Be At Odds With Almighty God!

How Does One Pray For A Presumptuous Person 

Who Knowingly, Maliciously, Energetically

Aggressively Indulges In Evil-Doing 

While They Gloatingly Say That This Is Who They Are 

And

That They Can't Change!?! 

Only The Living God

May Say:

I AM That I AM!

The First Thing To Note Is That 

The Only Being That Cannot Change 

Is 

Almighty God 

So That Must Mean That That Person Is Almighty God! 

The Problem With That Assumption, Though

Is 

That Almighty God Does Not Do Evil 

So Whoever This Cannot-Change Person Is

They Are A Fraud ... A False God 

And As Such 

They Are Putting Themselves At Odds With The Eternal God 

Who Has Clearly Stated That 

We Should Have No Others Gods But The Lord! 

Beloved, 

We Must Tread Softly Before The Living God! 

When The Ark Of God Almighty Was Placed In The Temple Of 

The Philistine Fish-God, Dagon

It Came To A Destructive End With It Being Toppled Over 

And 

With Its Head And Hands Severed! 

Who Can Live Without A Head!?! 

How Do We Pray For "Motivated" Evil-Doers!?! 

By The Grace Of The Eternal God

We Pray For Their Deliverance From Destruction And Death 

By Them Humbly Giving 

Their Own Willing Confession And Repentance Of Their Known Sin! 

We Pray That They Will Cooperate With Christ 

By Letting The Holy Spirit Do His Necessary Work In Their Life! 

I Pray To Almighty God That 

None Of Us Are Counted Amongst The Unrepentant 

In The Day Of The Settlement Of Accounts 

With Jesus Christ The Lord! 

Dear Lord, 

Please Help Us To Yield To You

And

Be Wholly Thine! 

AMEN!!! 

Peace Be Upon You!

Ask And Receive!

The Lord God Almighty Gives Good Gifts To Those 

Who Humbly Wait Upon Him Patiently! 

Let Us Enduringly Wait Upon Him To Receive 

The Gift Unimaginable

The Gift With No Sorrow

The Gift That Keeps Giving

The Gift That Blesses Us 

And

Blesses Us To Substantially Bless Others! 

Beloved, 

Let Us Be Like The Excited Child In The Car 

On A Long Journey To Expected Joy 

Asking The Question: 

"Are We There Yet!?!" 

Aka 

"Is My Blessing Ready Yet!?! 

May I Have My Blessing Now!?!" 

... And Let Us Repeat Ad Nauseum: 

"I Need A Blessing Now! 

My God Has A Blessing For Me And How! 

I Will Be Blessed And Saved! 

For Me, Jesus Christ My King Got Up From The Grave! 

I Am Waiting On My Gracious Lord Who Saves! 

Soon, Soon, All Will Be Glory Days! 

I Am Waiting On My Lord Because I Know That He Utterly Saves! 

He Is God Almighty And He Cannot, Ever, My Love Fail 

Because His Heart Is Inclined Toward Me Always!" 

Dear Ones, 

None Of This Is Possible Without Childlike Faith! 

We Diligently Pray: 

"Our Father, Who Art In Heaven!" 

Since Our Father Is In Heaven

Then We Are His Children! 

Will You, Therefore, Release Your Contrary Adult 

And 

Be Cleansed To Be The Loving, Obedient, Child Of God Today!?! 

There Will Be No Impatient, Uncultured, Ungovernable

Discontented, Angry Adults In Heaven! 

Think About It! 

Peace!

"Hate Evil!"

We Have A Direct Command Of Almighty God: 

"Hate Evil!" 

Beloved, 

We Will Hate Evil 

Because 

We Love The Lord! 

We Serve The Creator Who Is The Holy God Known Alive

The Savior Dear

The Good Shepherd

The Forever Friend

The Returning Redeemer

The Kind King

The Incorruptible Judge

Our Blessed Hope! 

Our Lord Jesus Provides For Us Before We Express Our Need! 

He Has A Thousand Ways To Save Us 

Even Though We Need Only One 

And

When We Are Instructed ... Commanded

To Do Something For Our Good

We Always, Always, Always Have A Blessing Of 

Infinite Magnitude Attached! 

We Have The Preserving And Delivering Hand Of 

Our Omnipotent, Omniscient, Omni-Present God Attending Us

Protecting Us

And 

Providing For All Of Our Needs 

And

Our Enduring Faithful Obedience 

Ensures That 

We Will Not Be Overcome By Evil! 

Please Take Note ... 

Satan Aka His Evilness Was Distinctly Told How Far He Could Go 

To Wreak Havok In Job's Life 

So Let Us Correct The Error Which Says That 

Evil-Doers May Do Whatever They Want! 

Evil-Doers  Cannot Do More Than What The Lord Says 

Is 

Permissible! 

Never Forget That 

The Promise Is Given For Our Deliverance

So Shout "Hosanna!" 

Shout "Save Now!" To Our Lord Christ 

Even As You Hate Evil Like You Would Hate Rat Poison! 

Rejoice! 

The Lord Is King! 

Our Deliverance Is On The Wing! 

Stand Strong! 

Peace!

Win At Salvation By Failing At Sin!

Obedience, Trust, And Surrender 

Are Three Of The Hardest Concepts For Us To Wrap Our Minds Around 

And

Put Into Action On A Consistent Basis 

To Make A Real, Visible, Difference In Our Lives! 

Beloved, 

To Obey Our Lord Christ

We Must First Trust Him 

And

In Order To Trust Him And Obey

We Must Surrender Ourselves 

And

Our Sin 

Before 

We Are Willing To Walk In His Holy Way! 

We Often Hear That "Hallelujah!" 

Is 

The Highest Praise! 

Well, Obedience 

Is 

The Highest Form Of Worship! 

We Often Hear That Imitation 

Is 

The Highest Form Of Flattery! 

Well, Living For And Like Jesus Christ 

Is 

Letting The Whole World Know That 

We Are On The Lord's Side 

And That 

We Have Taken Him For Our Everlasting Portion! 

This Is Love ... Not Flattery! 

Be Warned! 

There Is No Everlasting Portion For 

Disobedient, Distrustful

Battling-Against-Truth Sinners! 

Please Do Not Be Fooled 

By The Antics And Rhetoric Of The Worldly-Wise! 

Surrendering Sin And Self To The Savior 

Is Not 

The Sweet Treat For Sappy Saints Seeking Salvation! 

Surrendering To Jesus Christ 

Is 

The Boldest, Most Courageous

Most Beneficial Act Of Winning Warfare That 

Any Of Us Will Ever Perform On This Side Of Glory! 

People Who Think That They Are Important 

May Call You Sottish Aka Foolish: 

Let Them! 

Please Choose To Surrender, Obey

And 

Unerringly, Enduringly Trust The Lord 

And

Be Perfectly Sure That 

You Will Spend The Eternity Of Bliss In The Great Reward 

With Jesus Christ The King! 

The Trusting, Faithful, Obedient, Enduring

Surrendered Saints 

Win At Salvation By Failing At Sin! 

Peace!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: The Over-Promising Under-Deliverer!

In The Realm Of Business, We Often Hear The Words: 

"Under-Promise And Over-Deliver!" 

Aka Deliver The Unexpected! 

In The Realm Of Deceitful Sin

The Nauseating Word 

Is 

"Over-Promise!" 

How Alluring: You Can Have It All! 

How Deadly: You Can Do It All! 

The Reality Is That 

Nothing Is Ever Delivered 

And 

All That Is Left 

Is 

Destroyed Innocence

Rejected Ideals

Corrupted Taste-Buds

A Ruined Present 

And

No Happy Ever-After 

Because 

Our Cherished And "Sweet" Sin Separates Us From Our Savior 

Which Then Leads To The Second Death! 

Beloved, 

Accept That You Are A Sinner 

But That 

You Don't Have To Sin: 

Run After The Savior! 

Acknowledge Your Sin: 

Call It By Its Birth-Name! 

Recognize That You Need Forgiveness ... And Cleansing: 

Approach The Throne Of Grace Boldly 

And 

Repent To Almighty God In Jesus Christ's Holy Name! 

Roundly Reject Sin: 

Your Sin Is No Match For Your Savior! 

Live By The Word Of God: 

The God Of The Word Gives Life! 

Please Remember That 

Comfort In Sin Makes You A Slave ... A Casualty: 

Don't Give Gifts To Satan! 

Seek The Savior's Hand: 

Settle Your Hand In The Savior's! 

ABU Aka Anger, Bitterness And Unforgiveness 

Is 

Sin 

And 

Sin Is Addictive 

So Please Pray For The Spirit Of Revulsion 

And 

Escape Into The Storehouse Of The Word 

And 

Dig For Hidden Treasure Which Elevates Your Soul! 

Don't Be A Slave: 

Be A Saint! 

Peace! 

HAPPY SABBATH + Bad Choices ... Bad Results!

Bad Choices Equal Bad Results! 

Righteousness 

Is 

Like The Peacefully Cooing Dove 

And

Self-Righteousness 

Is 

Like The Splendidly-Showy Strutting, Screaming Peacock! 

Each Is A Chosen Way Of Life! 

Beloved, 

The Fact Of "Choice" States Clearly That 

You, Me, We Allowed Ourselves To Indulge Thought 

Which Speaks To Our Detailed Analysis Of 

The Pros And The Cons Of A Proposed Action! 

With This In Mind

It Is Clear That Whatever Decision We Thoughtfully Make

Whatever We Choose To Do

The Outcome, Good Or Bad

Cheap Or Expensive 

Or

Life Or Death

Is 

All On Our Own Head! 

Remember Your Creator-Given

Free-Will And Free Choice!

If We Take This Further

We Will Understand That "Choice" 

Is 

Why Not One Of Us 

Will Be Able To Stand Before The Judge Of All Flesh

The Savior Of Every Man

And Say

"I Didn't Know Right From Wrong!" 

Or 

"The Devil, My Brother, Sister, Neighbor

Mother, Father, Friend, Enemy

Made Me Do 'It!'" 

That Boat Ain't Gonna Float! 

We Are Called To Be Wise For Our Own Selves 

So Let Us Understand That 

We Have One Chance To Make The Right Choice 

To Avoid The "Why Me!?!" Consequence Of 

Departing From The Path Of Purity, Truth ... Righteousness! 

Brethren, Beloved

Please Let Us Dare Today 

To Do The Deeds To Plant The Seeds Of The Fruit That 

We Really Desire To Eat! 

Choose To Do Right 

And 

Walk Right In Living Light! 

Peace!

We Have The Word Of The God Who Is The Truth!

Ask In Saving Faith 

And 

It Shall Be Given! 

Seek With Enduring Faith 

And 

It Will Be Found! 

Knock On The Door In Child-Like Trust Aka Unfailing Faith 

And 

It Shall Surely Be Opened Unto You! 

Beloved, 

Would You Give Up Promised, Sure And Secure 

But

Presently Unseen Everlasting Riches And The Weight Of Glory Divine 

For Seen And Unsecure, Unprofitable Riches Of Unrighteousness 

Because Of 

Your Unwarranted Envy Of Those Who Are Rich, Rude, Ruthless

Ungovernable

Unafraid Of The Frowning Judge And The Wrath To Come

And 

Unshamed Of Their Ungodly Deeds 

Which Grant Them The Life Of Ease And Excess Because Of Access!?! 

Brethren, Beloved 

We Have The Word Of Him Who Is The Truth 

Who Cannot Lie 

And

Did Not Lie To Save His Own Skin 

But

Told The Truth To Save Our Lives 

And 

Lost His Own! 

We Have A Guarantee, In Blood, Of A Life Of Bliss

Beauty, Benefits, And Brotherhood 

If

We Will Choose To Believe It 

And

Hold The Given Promise In Our Hearts 

As We Hold Our Lord Jesus Christ's Unchanging Hand! 

Think, Dear Ones! 

No Earthly Portion Or Profit Or Peace Is Everlasting! 

When We Choose, By Faith, To Make Jesus Our Choice

Our Life In Time ... Though Often Bitter

Is 

Made Better, Sweeter

Because 

The Best Of Almighty God's Great Gifts To Us 

Is 

Just Up Ahead, Around Bend, And Across The River! 

We, With Patient Faith, Rest In Peace In The Gospel Truth

The Living Truth

So Choose To Trust In

And 

Look Up To Almighty God To Go Up ... To Glory! 

Peace! 

MONEY CAN'T BUY SALVATION: Soap And Water Can't Clean Sin!

Money Can Buy A Lot Of Things In This Life

But

It Can't Buy Class

A Conscience

Nor The Lord Christ! 

We Used To Sing A Song In Young People's Meeting 

Which Contained The Words: 

"If Salvation Was A Thing That Money Could Buy

The Rich Would Live But The Poor Would Die!" 

Thankfully, The Living God Is Not Impressed 

With Our Big Bucks

Or Our Intellect

Or Our Accomplishments 

And, Therefore

He Calls All Of Us Sinners 

And

Invites Us All To Come To Him For Cleansing

For Salvation

By His Saving Grace Known Full And Free! 

Big Or Little, Rich Or Poor, Free Or Slave

All Of Us, Everyone

Is 

Free To Approach The Throne Of Grace Humbly 

In Acceptance Of What Cannot Be Bought, Begged, Or Bartered!

Salvation Can't Be Bought: It's Not For Sale!

Salvation Can't Be Begged: It Is A Gift Of Undying Love!

Salvation Can's Be Bartered: We Have Nothing To Barter With!

What A Mighty And Good God We Serve! 

Beloved, 

Neither Dirty Clothing, Dirty Mind, Nor Prior Dirty Intentions 

Exclude Us From Reaching Out 

To Touch That Holy Hand Of Hope Offering Help And Healing! 

Please, I Beseech Us All

Do Not Permit Pride, Dirt, Or Present Shame For Past Events 

To Stop You From Accepting The Free Gift Of Life Everlasting 

In The Presence Of God Eternal! 

Soap And Water Is Able To Wash Away Everything But Sin 

So Get Thee Hence To Him Whose Innocent Blood 

Cleanses Us Of Every Sin Post Haste! 

You Will Not Be Rejected!

Peace!