VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Converging Or Diverging!?! + PRAYER: Please Help Us To Pray Always!

 

Are You A Diverging From 

Or A Converging With The World Christian 

Aka Are You Different From The Worldly-Wise 

Or Are You As The Worldly-Wise!?! 

Dear Ones, 

If You Were In "The Line-Up" 

Would Anybody Say In Your Regard, As A Swear-Word: 

"This Person Is Not Like The Others!" 

Are You Standing Apart, Walking, Talking, Dressing, Behaving

As One Belonging To The Master Of The Wind 

Or As One Who Is Being Mastered By The Changing Winds Of 

This God-Forsaking World!?! 

The Lord Jesus Knows! 

Do You!?! 

Do I!?! 

Let's Seriously Think About It 

Because 

Our Being Possessors Of The Eternity Of Peace 

Depends Upon Our Answer! 

Peace! 

Prayer:

Heavenly Father,

We Come As Children Of Faith

And

With Pitiful Cry Ask You To Help Us

To Obediently, Enduringingly, Follow

The Living, Holy, Word Of Saving Truth

So That We May Know Of A Surety

Our Eternal Standing 

In Jesus Christ Our Glorious Lord!

Please Help Us To Pray Always

And

Not Faint At The Barbs

And

Threatenings Of The Evil One

But To Standing As The Faithful

Rooted And Grounded

Sheltered And Protected

Unmoved And Unafraid

Because

We Know That Our God Is Real And Returning

And

His Promises To Us Ever Sure

And

Only Require Our "Yes, Lord!" And "AMEN!"

In Jesus Christ's Holy Name

We Humbly Pray And Plead!

AMEN.

HAPPY SABBATH + Let The Lord Lead You With His Love!

Beloved, 

How Well Are You Able To Handle Disappointment 

Or, More Particularly

Are You Able To Handle Disappointment!?! 

We Live In A Fast-Paced World 

Which Accepts Neither Denial, Disappointment

Disapproval, Nor Deprivation 

And Yet

As Committed To Christ Christians

We Must Be Able To Accept All These With Grace 

Because 

Our Heavenly Father Always Knows Best 

And

Ever Does Right For And By Us! 

Let's Let Him Lead Us Today 

Because 

It Is Done With Abiding Love Which Does Not Suffer Loss! 

Peace!

PRAYER: Help, Me Lord, To Live So That I Let Nothing Be Wasted!

PRAYER:

Father, 

With The Heart Of A Grateful Penitent

I Give You Thanks And Praise For All Your Blessings 

- Seen And Unseen, Known And Unknown

Unexpected, And Unacknowledged - 

Lavishly Bestowed Upon Me This Day 

And, For Sure

Every Day Of My Life! 

I Love You, Lord

And

It Is Not Just For The Bread And Two Fishes That 

In Your Hand Will Always Feed The Multitude 

And

Leave Behind Food For Many More! 

Please Help Me To Live With The Mindset That 

Nothing Should Be Wasted

And

A Heart Filled With Compassion For Others

An

Hands Ready To Share To Others 

Out Of The Bounty That You Generously Provide To Me! 

Father, I May Not Always Like The Way That Life Goes

But

I Ask You To Help Me To Ever Remember That

If I Knew What You Know

I Would Wish To Be Led, Fed, Directed And Corrected

As You Ordain! 

Please Help Me To Never Embrace Pride

And

The Top-Lofty Spirit

Which Causes Us To Act As Though You Owe Us Something 

And

We Are Entitled To All That We Receive

And

More Beside! 

Please Help Me To Never Forget That

I Owe All That I Am And All That I Have

To Your Willing Sacrifice And Unending Love

In The Person Of Jesus Christ My Lord! 

Please Pour Out Of Your Spirit Upon Me

And

Bless Me To Follow My Shepherd

The Good Shepherd

To Your Haven Of Rest For The Eternally Blessed! 

AMEN! 

There Is Mileage In Exercising God-Guided Sense!

Even On This Very Day

The Drama Of The Garden Of Eden 

Is

Still Being Aggressively Played Out! 

The Lord Said: 

"Don't Do!" 

Satan Said: 

"Do You!" 

You Say: 

"I Have The Right To Do As I Please

Because It Gives Me The Feels!" 

When You Have Done As You Darn-Well Please

And

Your Feels Gets Felt As Self-Condemnation

Godly Rebuke

And 

The Hold Yuh Belly Skin-Burn

And

The Longing For The Good Olde Days Stomach-Churn

Suddenly The Lord Of Life Becomes Responsible 

For Not Forcibly Stopping You From Indulging 

In Disrespectful Disobedience And Ignoble Idolatry 

As Promulgated By That Spectre Of The Snake-Hiss Class 

Who Devilishly Desires Companions In The Corrupt-Yourself Cast 

Destined For Damnation's Destruction! 

Dear Ones, 

Honor Your Master-Maker By Making His Mission Your Meal! 

Accept That Almighty God's Word 

Is

The Eternal God's Love Personified 

And

Our Re-Orienting The Letters In "NO!" 

Will Never Cause Them To Mean "Game: ON!" 

In The Infinite Sight Of The Glorious God 

And

Force Him To Bless 

What He Has Commanded To Be Constructively Cursed! 

Satan's Poison Will Never Change Its Nature 

And

Neither Will The Blessings Or Curses Of The Holy God! 

Please Let Us Remember This Day, Dear Ones

That There Is Nothing Profitable In Employing Sin 

To Manufacture Your Need To Be Felt Sensation! 

There Is Mileage In Exercising God-Guided Sense! 

Our Savior Sees! 

Peace!

Strobe Lights In The Darkness!

In The Field Called Earth

There Are Two Camps, Namely

Camp Sin Run By The Adversary Of Souls, Satan The Damned

And

Camp Salvation Run By The Savior Of Souls

Jesus Christ The King

The Hope Of Every Man! 

Everybody Entering The Field Called Earth

Is 

Born Into Camp Sin And Is By Nature Known To Be 

And

Is Called A Sinner! 

Nobody Has To Stay A Sinner 

Because 

With Birth Came Free-Will And Freedom To Choose 

And 

The Right To Decamp Camp Sin 

And 

Encamp With Camp Salvation 

Through The Gift Of Faith

Which Blesses One With The Unforced Opportunity 

To Became A Saint Of God And Christ 

As All In Camp Salvation Are Called! 

Beloved, 

Remember The Garden Of Eden! 

There Is An Undercover Lover Who ... Hates You! 

In Camp Sin

Everything Is On The Down-Low 

While Appearing To Be On The Up 'n Up High! 

Everything In Camp Salvation 

Is 

In The Open, On Display

And 

Available To Be Known 

Because 

It Is For Your Salvation! 

The Way Of Camp Sin 

Is 

Subterfuge Aka Deceit

Smoke And Mirrors

Strobe Lights In Darkness

And 

The Diet That Double-Destroys! 

The Way Of Camp Salvation 

Is 

Truth And Right-Doing

Light, Beauty

Clean Water And Untainted Air

Teaching That Feeds

Feeding That Heals

And 

Healing That Leads To Sealing! 

Neither Camp May Force Enlistment 

But 

Each Camp May Enlist Camp-Changers! 

Dear Ones, 

Satan Is Your Enemy: 

Choose You This Day Whom You Will Serve: 

Jesus Christ Knows Your Name And Your Frame! 

Peace! 

Love Provides A Harvest!

Beloved, 

Never Ever Be Ashamed, Afraid, Or Adverse 

Towards Telling Those Whom Love And Care For, Or About

That You Love And Care For And About Them! 

Dear Ones, 

However Many Times We Must Touch Upon The Subject

Let Us Never Fear To Remind Ourselves That

Taking Up Residence In The Land Of Regret 

For Something That Could And Should Have Been Avoided 

Is

For Something That Can And Should Be Avoided By Us 

At All Costs! 

Dear Ones, 

Pride, That Putrid-Colored, Vile To Embrace Emotion

Has Caused More Wars

Destroyed More Homes And Relationships

And 

Separated Many Brethren From The Love Of God 

Than We May Ever Know, Understand, Accept, Or Believe! 

Let Us Today Remember That 

It Is Easy To Avoid The Big Elephant Coming Toward Us 

But 

Awfully Hard To Avoid An Ant, A Mosquito, A Louse, And A Tick 

Whose Presence Is Usually Announced By Their Effects! 

May Almighty God Through Jesus Christ Our Lord 

Grant Us The Ability To See The Not-Obvious 

And 

Recognize The Not-Apparent As We Yield Our Lives 

And 

Our Will Over To His Safe-Keeping! 

Love Knows!

Love Shows

And 

In The Matchless Name Of 

The Blessed-Forever Name Of The King Of Love

Jesus Christ Our Lord

Love ... Which Provides A Harvest ... Grows! 

Think On These Things! 

Peace! 

Despising Our Own Splotchy Patch Of Almighty God's Goodness For ... Plastic Turf!?!

Beloved, 

Oh, How I Pray For Us All That 

We Will Take Heed To The Living Word That 

Calls Us To Trust In And Walk By Faith With Our God Almighty 

And 

Stop Trusting And Believing In Fables And Get Rich Quick Schemes! 

Dear Ones, 

The Elders Always Quoted This  Word: 

"The Grass Is Always Greener On The Other Side!" 

Which Contains Truth, Fact, Warning, And Encouragement! 

We May See Lush Green Grass On Someone's Side Of The Fence 

And 

Covet Same 

While Despising Our Own Splotchy Patch Of Our God's Goodness 

Until We Realize ... By Bitter Experience ... That 

Our Neighbor's Luxury Yard Of Green Goodness 

Ain't Nothing But Plastic Turf 

Or Real Green Grass Acquired At Mind-Numbing Cost 

Through Unconscionable Sacrifice 

And 

With Inordinate Expense To Maintain 

Plus 

Their Designer-Cupboard Is Bare! 

Dear Ones, 

Our Great God Is The One Creator 

Who Is Our Soul's Sole Provider 

And

He Is Not A Man That He Should Lie

Nor The Son Of Man That He Should Change 

Because 

He Is Having A Bad Day! 

Almighty God Is

And 

Because He Is

We Are ... Able To Trust Him 

If 

We Are Ready And Willing To Believe That 

He Can Do All That He Has Promised 

By The Shedding Of His Own Precious 

And 

Known-Innocent Can Never Be Guilty, Blood! 

The Lord Jesus Christ 

Is 

The  Strength Of Our Lives 

And 

Because He Lives

We May Rest In His Love And Saving Grace 

And 

Be Strengthened To Face 

Whatever Tomorrows He Permits Us To Face 

Under The Shelter Of His Wings! 

Beloved, 

Be Encouraged For You Are Greatly Blessed: 

Trust In The Lord Jesus With All Your Strength! 

Peace! 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Prayer: Father, I Choose To Boast Of My Lord Christ!

PRAYER:

Heavenly Father, 

I Come To You As A Child

Trusting You At Your Sovereign Word That 

You Will Train Me Up In The Way That I Should Go 

So That I Will Put Away Childish Things

And

Grow Up In Your Saving Grace 

So That Nothing That The Adversary Of My Soul Does

To Try And Turn Me Away From

The Path Of Righteousness 

Will Entice Me To Depart From The Light That 

Leads To Your Everlasting Life! 

I Come To You As An Eager Student

In The Eternity School Of My Lord Jesus 

Who, Alone, Saves 

And

I Ask You For The Eraser

To Clean The Tablet That Is My Heart

Of All Useless, Unprofitable, Ungodly Things 

Which Would Stunt My Growth

As A Child Of The Everlasting Father

The Prince Of Peace! 

In Saving Faith, Father 

I Beseech You For Your Writing Instrument That 

Will Burn The Truth Into My Heart Permanently 

So That My Thoughts Are Ever With You

And

My Words To My Brethren

Will Be The Wonderful Words Of Life! 

Father, I Choose To Boast Of My Lord Christ 

And

So I Come To You As A Willing Worker 

Desiring To Utilize A Space As A Worker In The Fields 

Which The Master Said Are Ripe For Harvest 

But For Which The Workers Are Few 

To Reap His White Wheat 

And

Bring That Goodly Harvest Home To His Barn! 

Father, My Hope Is In The Lord 

And

I Plead With You To Teach And Feed Me

Lead And Guide Me

Direct And Correct Me

Protect And Provide For Me

And

Commission And Accompany Me 

As I Seek To Do Your Holy Bidding

For It Is In Jesus Christ's Holy Name That 

I, Poor And Needy, Humbly Plead! 

AMEN! 

HAPPY SABBATH + Let The Perfect Law Of The Lord Convert You!

If We Perfect What We Practice

Does It Not Stand To Reason That 

If We Choose To Practice Committing Our Favorite Sin That 

We Will Become Adept, Proficient

Really Good At Committing That Sin!?! 

Does It Not Also Stand To Reason That 

If We Practice, By Almighty God's Great Grace

To Be Obedient To Him Even Unto Death

To Have A Meek And Gentle Spirit Against Which There Is No Law

And 

To Honor, Worship, And Praise Him From Whom All Our Blessings Flow

That We Shall Become His Perfected Saints!?! 

Beloved, 

It Is As The Old Saying Goes: 

"If You Have Two Dogs

The Dog You Feed Is The Dog Which Will Grow!" 

I Sincerely Pray That 

The Great School-Master Who Leads Us Into All Truth 

Will Cause Us To Understand And Accept That 

The Holy God Will Never Help Us To Be Perfect 

To Sin Again His Holiness, His Holy Name! 

The "Perfect Sinner" Will Be Utterly Destroyed 

With The Perfect Destruction! 

Please Let Us, By Free-Will, Choose To Be Perfect 

Even As Our Father In Heaven Is Perfect 

So That We May Abide In His Holy And Fiery Presence 

In His Perfect Peace! 

Let The Perfect Law Of The Lord Convert You 

To Be Like Jesus Today! 

Peace!

A Boatload Of Hogwash!

In The Old Days

Much Talk Was Heard About The Sweet-Skin Bucky

Who Just Also Happened To Be A Silver-Tongued Snake 

And 

A Lily-Livered Coward! 

How Is That For A Warning By Description Of 

A Gentleman-Caller To Roundly Refuse!?! 

Beloved, 

In Our Journey To Joy

To Hill Zion 

Where Pleasures Forevermore Do Not Cloy 

As In Make You Sick To Your Very Stomach

You Will Be Accosted By That Certain Glib Someone 

Whom You Have Never Met 

But Who, With Dulcet Tones, Will Tell You 

All There Is To Know About What You Surely Need

Where You Are Headed 

But Where You Should Boldly Go Instead

Whom It Is That You Have Unforgivably Offended

And 

Why You Should Turn Away From The Light 

That Allegedly Leads To Everlasting Life 

- Which You Can Never Attain - 

And, Instead 

"Follow De Leader, Leader, Leader

Follow De Leader!" 

And 

Just Let "It" All Hang Out 

Because 

Tomorrow Ye Die! 

Dear Ones, 

That Is A Boatload Of Hogwash 

Coming Out Of The Fire-Hose Powered By Satan The Damned 

Who Is Known To Appear As An Angel Of Light! 

Satan Tried To "Sell This Tee-Shirt" To Our Blessed Jesus 

And 

Was Roundly Rebuffed With The Perfect For All Problems 

"Thus Saith The Lord!" 

Please Let Us Choose To Follow The Way, Ways

And 

Will Of Our Blessed Jesus 

And

Allow Satan ... That Silver-Tongued Snake

To Head To Hell By Himself! 

The Devil's Deceits Destroy! 

Jesus Christ Saves: 

Walk In His Holy Light! 

Peace! 

You Can't Take Off Your HAT!?!

Brethren, Beloved, 

How Well Are You Wearing Your HAT!?! 

I Do Not Wear A Hat! 

If You Knew What Almighty God Knows

You Would Wear Your HAT Humbly And Thankfully

Giving God His Praise For What He Is Accomplishing In Your Life! 

I Don't Wear A Hat!

You're A Christian Aren't You!?! 

Yes, I Am! 

Then You're Wearing A HAT ... A Customized HAT! 

What Are You Talking About!?!

I Am Talking About HAT 

Aka Hardships, Adversities, And Temptations! 

Every Committed-To-Christ Christian Has That HAT! 

I Wish Someone Had Told Me This Earlier! 

Why!?! 

So That I Could Just Take It Off And Be Free! 

Oh, Dear!?! 

What Do You Mean By "Oh, Dear!?!" 

I Mean That You Can't Take Off Your HAT! 

Your HAT Is Necessary For Your Everlasting Salvation

Your Present Peace

Your Hope

And 

For The Anchor That Secures You To The Rock Of Our Salvation 

In These Times 

Living With This Untoward Generation! 

Oops! 

It's My Turn To Say: "Oh, Dear!" 

You're Welcome! 

Thank You Kindly! 

Please Remember That Your Custom-Made HAT 

Is 

Removed By Your Master-Maker

Healer-Sealer

Hope-Help

And 

Savior-Sanctifier

The One You Trust Who Is The Truth: 

Draw Near To Him! 

Peace!

Persistently Pray For Power To Press On!

Jesus Christ The King Of Glory

The Only Begotten Son Of 

The True And Living, Holy And Eternal God

 Is

The Messiah

The Anointed One After Whom Christians Are Named 

And

The One Who Calls Us To Faithfully Follow Him 

Up To The Loving Father's Peaceful House! 

We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder As We Follow Our Dear Savior 

But

There Is A Raptor ... A Flying Predator 

Aka Satan, The Piercing Serpent, The Dragon

Who Will Do All To Focus Our Rapt Attention 

Away From The Holy One Who, Alone, Saves! 

We Can't Allow Ourselves To Be Diverted 

By The Myriad Images, Real Or Imagined

In The Rafters Above Our Heads! 

We, By Faith, Must Choose 

To Disembark Our Flimsy Raft Called Temporary-Thing 

And 

Get On Board The Solid And Secure Old Ship Of Zion 

Which Goes In One Direction 

To Its Only Port Of Call 

On Its Only Voyage! 

The Old Ship Of Zion 

Will Always Stop To Pick Up Passengers! 

Some Passengers Who Have Not Found Their Strength In Jesus 

Will Jump Ship 

Or Disembark The Old Ship 

Because 

There Is No Earthly Entertainment 

And 

The Atmosphere Is Clean ... Too Clean

Bereft Of Those Things 

Which Take The Heart Away From The Lord Christ! 

Beloved, 

We Can Neither Safely Love A Lie 

Nor Live A Lie! 

Only The Truth Will Bless The Spirit 

And 

Satisfy You Aka The Living Soul

The Soul In Its Search For Sure And Secure Salvation! 

Please Persistently Pray For Power To Press On! 

Peace! 

Red-Rag In Round House!

Let's Consider The Roaring Red Rag That 

Resides In That Round-House Called A Mouth! 

What Has It  Done To You 

And

For You Lately!?! 

Have You Considered Training Your Tongue 

So That It Will Readily Speak Of The Goodness Of 

The Eternal God Instead Of Lauding Satan Whose Behavior 

Is 

Worse Than An Alms-House Louse!?! 

Beloved, 

The Old Folk Used To Tell Us: 

"Mout' Open: Story Jump Out!" 

That's A Caution To Hold Dear! 

We Are Not Guppies To Just Open Our Mouths 

To Catch Whatever Is Passing! 

Please Note That We Were Not Told That 

The Truth Would Issue Forth Which Plainly Told Us That 

Whatever Story Would Fit The Occasion

Be It Bold Lie 

"White" Lie

Or Technicolor Fantasy

Some Story Is Going To Be Told 

Even If It Is Not The Strict 

And

Gospel Truth! 

Dear Ones, 

Do You Know 

And

Live By Almighty God's Truth

No Matter The Cost!?! 

Please Let Us  Remember That 

The Unbaptized-By-Grace Red Rag Called A Tongue 

Has No Conscience

No Friend

And 

No Tether! 

Please, With The Wisdom Of The Wise

Wisely Call On The Lord 

And

Let Him Put His Living Word Into Your Mouth 

To Bless Yourself And Others! 

Truth Can't Die! 

Peace!

New Life In Christ!

Sin Makes You Blind To The Truth! 

Being Blind To The Truth Puts You In A Bind 

And

Being In This Bind 

From Which You Cannot Extricate Yourself By Yourself

Sin Efficiently And Effectively Causes You To Be Marked 

As One To Be Placed In The Garbage Bin 

To Be Burned At The Behest Of Almighty God 

In The Appointed Hour! 

Beloved, 

The Song-Writer

In Agreeing With The Living Word Of The Eternal God, Says: 

"Sin Will Take You Farther Than You Want To Go!" 

Believe It! 

Sin, Like Fire

Does Not Have It In Its Make-Up 

To Just Be Contented With A Lil' Bit

Or A Goodly Portion! 

Sin, Like Fire, Wants All, Everything

And

Will Take It All, No Limits

Unless The Creator ... The Life-Giver

The Bread Of Life

The Water Of Life

The Sustainer Of Life

The Re-Creator Of Life

Puts A Decided Stop To Sin Aka The Raging Fire In Our Life 

With Our Permission ... At Our Request 

Through Our Acceptance Of His Free-To-All Salvation! 

Dear Ones, 

Ask For Help!

Accept The Assistance!

Allow The Holy Spirit To Work In Your Life

And 

Appreciate The Gift Of New Life In Jesus Christ 

- Whom We All Adore - 

In Order To Ascend To Glory To Live With Him Eternally! 

Deny Satan The Father Of Lies

And With Joy 

Accept Jesus Christ The Father Of Lights!

Peace!