The Sabbath Is A Blessing! + PRAYER: Open Our Eyes, Lord

The Sabbath Is A Blessing!

It Gives To All

Quiet Time

To Spend In Worship of 

The Holy God!

The Living God!

The Divine!

Let Us Honor God With Our Worship!

Let Us Honor God By Our Rest!

Let Us Honor God

With Our Quietness

As We Rest In God And De-stress!

God Promised A Special Blessing 

For Resting On His Sabbath Day!

God Promised To Bless Those 

Who Will His Voice Humbly Obey!

God Promised!

God's Word Is Faithful

So

Let Us Be Faithful

For We Will Be Doubly Blessed

On The Holy Sabbath Day Of Rest!

PRAYER:

Lord,

When Will We Accept

That We Are Weak?

When Will We Accept

That You Are Strong?

When Will We Accept

That We Are Blind?

When Will We Believe

That You -  God -  All Things See?

Have Mercy On Us

In Our Folly And Disbelief

And

Grant Us New Insight

As We Face Our Various

Losses and Calamities

To Truly See

And

Accept

That You Are Holy

Wholly Divinity!

Father,

Help Us To Ever Humbly Bow 

To Your Sovereign Will

For You Heal 

And 

Seal

All Of The Faithful Believing of

Teeming Humanity

By Your Love

Through Your Grace

And

In Your Mercy!

Open Our Eyes, Lord

And

Help Us To Call You ...

Our Almighty God!

Have Mercy And Bless

In Jesus' Holy Name!

AMEN.

HAPPY SABBATH + The Righteous Man

E.  Great
Tha' Goodman, And
D. Pillar
Were The Noteworthy Notables in 
The High-Worth Note Church.

To Hear It Told
These Personages were
Personable
Precious Planks 
AND
Popular Pilgrims 
ON 
The Pathway of Purity!

They were
Dependable
Faithful
Approachable
Generous
Kindly
Helpful
Hopeful
Full of Good Works
AND
Keen To Keep 
The Christians
Constant and Consistent 
In their Ways and Walk 
With The True and Living 
Holy Eternal 
Faithful God in Glory -  Bless His Holy Name!

BUT ...

Lord help you if they have to Correct 
The Wayward Soul who has 
Tripped and Fallen and 
Seems Unable to Get Back Up Again!

You will Hear about 
Their Strength of Character and 
Force of Will and 
Knowledge of Right and Truth and 
The Inward Counsel that has Made Them 
Worthy Soldiers for Christ 
AND 
Able Protectors of The Holy Faith!

They are so, so
So Very Good and 
Saintly and 
Self-Satisfied and 
Serenely Holy and 
Supremely Righteous 
That it made your Skin - at least it made mine - Crawl!

I Didn't Understand 
Why This Should Be The Case for 
They would do Anything for Anybody, and 
Were ... Indeed
Really Good and 
Giving 
Holy People!

They were So Good and 
So Righteous that
Around Them
All Others Were Just 
Raw-boned Sinners!


Wait, them don't go to the toilet like reg'lar humans?!?


You must be meaning that them people Self-righteous!


Hmmmmm ....

Good Righteous People.

THAT is what is Nagging at Me!


I thought that Jesus Christ - Himself - said that Only God IS Good?!


Didn't Jesus also say that Our Righteousness must EXCEED that of The Scribes and The Pharisees?


Isn't it also stated that OUR Righteousness IS AS Filthy Rags?


Why you don't go and tell THAT to THEM People?!


Would you Believe that they have all Stated that IF and WHEN they die that their Epitaphs should all read:

"Here Lies A Righteous Man."

Lord, Help Us!

Didn't God's Word Say that we 
MUST 
Acquire Christ's Righteousness? ##

*******

The Righteous Men

Within The Church
Treated Jesus
Like He Was Lurch
Hunch-backed
Unlovely
Course and 
Rough
And
They Lifted Up Themselves
And In(EX)haled
.... Their Righteousness ....
Brown Snuff!

They Inhaled
They Cleared Their Throats
Hawked Up Phlegm
AND 
Expectorated A Groat
That Was Ugly
Putrid 
Nasty To Behold
As They - High and Mighty
Uttered
"Tin Gold!"

In All Their Ruminations
Treatises
AND
Lofty Utterances
Nary A Word
Of Almighty God 
Jesus Christ or
The Holy Spirit
Escaped 
Fell Out
Spilled Out nor
Was Cast Abroad
For These Sincere Men
Highly Esteemed
Were Of Their Selves
Righteous!
By God!
They Were CLEAN!

They Didn't Need God!
He Was Pedestrian!
He Had Given Them The Word
Now He Must Follow Their Plan
For They Are Leading The Clan!

These White-washed Tombs
Were Select
Elected
Men Of The Holy Cloth
Who Had Drunk In The Book
And, Sadly
Were Selling 
Watered Broth and
Special Occasion Froth!

Beloved!
BELOVED!
Don't Buy What They Sell
For That Purchase
Will Only Land You 
With Satan In Hell!

We MUST Give Up 
Our Own Righteousness
AND
We MUST Seek After 
Jesus Christ's Own
AND
We MUST Not Follow After
Those Who Communicate
Via The Dial-A-Devil Date Phone!

Jesus Christ Died
For Our Sins To Atone
So ...
Get Away From Those
Lying 
Lawless
Deceitful Hireling Shepherds
Who Worship At Self-Lover-Satan
See-Myself-As-God's Throne!

THE RELIGION OF THE STATE: Commit Your Soul Unto God

There is A Day Soon Coming
When There Will Be The Religion of The State
When Acceptance or Denial of Such
Will Determine Our Eternal Fate!

The State Religion Will Be Such
That Other Gods Will Have Preeminence
AND
The Living Holy God
Will Be The Legislated Irrelevance!

Our Conscience Will Be Put Up For Sale
For Barter
Even Exchange
For We Will Be Required To Make The Choice
That Will Make Godly Living
To The Satan In-dwelt Man-God
A Truly Vile Act
HIDEOUSLY PROFANE!

It Is In That Day That Believers
In The True And Living Holy God
Must Stand Up And Be Counted
OR
Be Counted As One With King Fraud!

Just Remember That The God Of Heaven
Has Made Provision For His Children
So While Salvation Is Available 
TODAY
Accept It 
NOW
So That You Will Not Hear:

"He That Is Unjust
Let Him Be Unjust Still
AND
He That Is Filthy
Let Him Be Filthy Still!"
(Revelation 22:11 In Pertinent Part)

REMEMBER THE TRAINER'S JOKE:

The Chicken Participated

BUT

The Pig Committed!

With The True And Living Holy God
Total Trust and Complete Commitment IS Key!

A Little Bit Committed To God Is Like Being A Little Bit Dead!

It Is An Impossibility!

Judgment Will Begin At The House Of God

So ...

Be Sure 
TODAY
To Confess Your Sins 
AND
Repent!

Repent Of Your Evil Ways
AND
Your Wayward Acts
AND
Permit God To Remake You
And Give You The King's Righteous Garments
And Proceed To Walk
And Continue Walking ...
Faithfully!

AND ... 

Please, Please, PLEASE
 Do Not Permit Yourself 
To Fall Into Satan's Trap Of
"Once Saved Always Saved! "

God's Word Specifically Says:

The Definition Of Endurance Involves:

Effort,  Pain,  Suffering
Faith, Faithfulness
Belief, Focus
Trust In The Training Received From The Trainer,  and 
Doing and Completing The Job 
Despite The Challenges
Real or Imagined!

Trust God's Word!
Live For Jesus Christ!
Be Comforted In His Care!
Let The Holy Spirit Lead!
Receive The Protection Of The Holy Angels!
Be Faithful Unto Mortal Death!
AND
When Jesus Christ The King Shall From His Glorious Home Descend
Be Raised 
Immortal 
Unto Eternal Glory!

Choose The God Of This World

AND

Lose Eternity

OR

Choose The Eternal God 

AND 

Save Your Own Soul

AND

Gain Eternity!

TRUTH: What Do YOU Know?

Let Us Therefore Confess Our Sins
AND
Repent
AND
Be Baptized
For
Reconciliation and
Regeneration are
Requirements
Before The Soul
Can Make The Grand Appearing
As
The Saint Saved 
In
The Eternal God!

IF
We Believe
That We Are In Christ
The Old US 
Performs
The Act of Disappearing
AND
The Man Made New
By The Earnest Hope of Trust In The Lord
Becomes The New Man
By Faith
With 
The Advent of The Holy Spirit's Indwelling!

The Faithful Walk By Spirit Faith
Not By Carnal Seeing Eyesight
And He Trusts
That By His Having Reasoned With God
That Jesus Christ Holds Him
- Not That Deceitful Old Fraud -
And He Walks In The Light
From The Light of Love
Who Gives Life 
AND
Confidence In The Coming Day of Rewarding!

Believers -
You Dear Brethren
Who Trust In The Lord -
Look Not At Your Situation
Created by King Fraud!
Look To Jesus
The Author Finisher Of Our Living Faith
AND
Boldly Tell Old Satan:

"You Have No Part In Us!

Our Jesus Already Won For Us This Race!

We Are Wholly Saved By The Living Eternal God!"

Believers In Jesus Christ
Do Your Soul A Favor
And Paint This Little Picture In Your Mind:

Since Christ Has Already Won US Our Crowns
Satan Is - In Essence -
Trying To Run-and-Board Us 
Such As Would A Left-sided Two-legged Dog 
Against An Arabian Stallion 
In An Uphill Climb!

It Ain't Going To Happen!

The Point Is: 

If 

We Trust Jesus Christ's Sacrifice 

and 

His Holy Words of Promised Blessings 

and 

Redemption 
and
Continue Walking Faithfully

-  in The Fullness of God's Time - 

We Can't Lose, and Satan Can't Win!

BELIEVE 

1/2 of What You Hear 

and 

0/0 of What You See!


*******

Men Lie!

and

Eyes Deceive!

*******

Trust God!
and
Trust In God!!

When Blessings Curse! + PRAYER: Make Me Chaste!

Elisha  Was To Gehazi A Blessing
But He Turned 
And Did Gehazi Mortally Curse!

This Situation Is Not Peculiar
AND
It Is Not To Mankind A Pioneering First!

David Had The Lord's Blessing
But His Eye Caused His Blessing 
To Work For Him A Curse!

BUT ...

The Man After God's Own Heart
Repented of His Sin
After Lusting After and Laying With What Was Not His!

David Lied 
AND
An Innocent Man Was Murdered
AND
An Innocent Child Died
BUT
By His Deep Shame and Remorse
His Blessing-Turned-To-Curse
Was By The Blessing-God
Reversed!

A Blessing Is Not To Be Taken Lightly!
One Must Examine From Whence It To One Came!

A Lightly-Esteemed Blessing From God
Will Be Besmirched By The Fraud
When Our Consuming Greed 
Insists
That We Are Entitled To Have More
Because: 

"We Are Truly Blessed Of Almighty God!"

and

"We're Too Blessed To Be Stressed!"

God Blesses!
God Curses!
God Blesses and Curses
AND
God Has Set Before Man
The Blessing
AND
The Curse!

So ....

Don't Play The Arrogant and Entitled Fool!
Don't Let Yourself Be To Satan A Ready Tool
For
God's Wrath Will Leave
You Bothered And Hot
AND
That,  My Friend
Is Really, Really, Not Pleasant
Nor Close To Being Cool!

NOTE TO SELF:

Receiving 

A "Blessing" 

From An Accursed Source

Is Not A Blessing!

Its Receipt Will Cause You, Too, To Be Accursed!

Look Upon Those 

Who Have Been "Blessed" By

"Lady Luck"

and

Have Received 

Reams and Streams of Big Bucks

Only To Find Themselves

Holding A Pack of Inedible Nuts!

The Living God's Blessings 

Appear Trivial

and

Insignificant

To This Dying World!

Ignore The World's Baleful Benedictions!

Hold On To God!

God's Blessings

On The Faithful 

are

Beneficial

and

Infinite!

N.B.: What The World Means To Us For A Curse

Becomes A Blessing In The Hands Of The Child Of God!

PRAYER:

Father,

Make Me Chaste

and

Cleanse This Life

Of The Gross Greed Within!

Bless Me, Lord

For I Have The Need

and

I Beseech You

To Help Me

To Keep My Hand In Yours

So That In The Great Day

You Will Take Me Safely Home

To 

Heaven's Blissful

Peaceful Shores!

I Love You, Lord!

AMEN

PRAYER: Lord, What Is The Use...!?!

Lord, What Use An Earthly Crown

When With It The Heart Has No Song?

What Use Is The Palatial Home

When All Who There Abide

From It Ever Roam?

What Use Is The Classic Ride

When With It Is No Trustworthy Guide?

What Use The Big Show

When The Eye Has No Heavenly Glow?

Father,

I Love You!

I Honor You Today

Tomorrow and

FOREVER

No Matter What The Detractors Say!

I Have Proved Your Worth To Me!

I Know, Dear Lord, That You Are Real!

Let Me Not Be Discomfited

By Those, Lord,

Who Are Vindictive, Vulgar and Mean-spirited!

Father, I Lay My Burdens At Your Feet!

Please Grant Me A Blessing

and

Let My Rest At Night Be Sweet!

Let Me, By Your Mercy

Cling To You

BUT 

Not Out Of Fear!

Let Me Cling To My Soul's Lover

And Not, Lord, To The Lying Other!

When You Kingdom, Lord, Shall Come

Remember Me, Lord

AND

Of Your Glory

No Matter How Little

Grant Me Some!

AMEN.