Thursday, January 25, 2018

PRAYER: Lord, Please Haste The Glad Day!

Lord,
I Cannot Help But Love You!
You Are To Me The God Holy Faithful Ever True!
You Are My Hope
My Blessing
And
I Want To Live Forever With You!

I Am But A Child
So Please Teach Me
To Walk In the Way Called Truth
And
Please Bless Me With Wisdom's Understanding
So That I Will Be A Blessing To Others
Old And Youth!

Father,
The Ways Of The World Are Most Distressing
Even Though They Are Held Up As So Much Fun
And
Great Play
But I Don't Find It All Amusing
And
I Beseech You
To Help Me Keep It That Way!

Often, Lord
I See A Wandering Brother
Sister
Caught In The Straight Betwixt Two
And
My Heart Goes Out To Them, Father
Because I Know For Sure
That They Are Looking For You!

Bless Me, Lord
With A Blessed Though
Bringing To Promised Remembrance
The Living Word Of Hope Help Healing
That I Have Read And Heard
So That I May Share
With The Longing Soul Caught
In The Wild Goat Herd!

Father,
Satan Is, Indeed, Raging
And
Doing His Dread Work
Enticing The Unwary
To Ultimately Do Upon Them
His Destroying Work
And
I Beg You
I Beseech You
In Jesus Christ's Name
To Make Me An Instrument
For Your Blessed Kingdom
To Point The Way To Salvation
So That Your Holy Spirit
Will Get Another Soul Away
From That Lying One Who Profanes
The Holy Name!

Remember Us, Lord, In Mercy!
Pour Out Upon Us Your Grace
And
Bless Us With Spiritual Ears
To Hear The Holy Spirit Calling Our Name!

Bless Us Also With Hearts Of Flesh
For The Lord Christ To Enter In
And
Sit Down To Sup With Us
As We In Joy
Sup With Him!

Help Us To Ask In Faith For The Outpouring
And
The Indwelling Of The Holy Spirit
And
Help Us Not To Fall, Dear Lord
To The Belief
That Living Faith Has No Work In It!

Teach Us Your Way
And
Help Us To Walk In It!
Lead Us To Green Pasture
With Living Water Running Through It! 

Anoint Our Heads With Oil
And
Let Our Cup Of Blessing Overflow
And
Keep Us Until The Great Day
When Our Redeemer
We Shall Face To Face Know!

Bless You, Lord
We Love You!
Bless You, Lord
We Give You All Adoration And Praise!
Bless You, Lord
For Our Souls' Salvation!
Please Haste The Glad Day
For
In Jesus Christ's Holy Name
We Offer Up Our Worship And Our Humble Prayers!
AMEN.



Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Our God - The Living God - Is Forgiving!





Clear Light And Bright Rays
Are Identical Twin Offspring Of
Living Faith
AND
Godly Example! 
They All Work Diligently
In The Dear Master's Vineyard!

Blessing
AND
Power
Greatly Attend Their Efforts
To Do A Good Work For Their Lord!

I Can Tell You Though ... 

There Had Been A Time
When That Could Not Be Said Of The Parents
Because
Real Selfishness
Great Inward Wickedness
AND
Outward Spiritual Precision
Attended Aka Dogged
Their Way!

They Looked Real Good
BUT
They Weren't!
Their Walk And Their Talk ...!
It Was Just Plain Sad.

For Them
Doing Right Had Simply Been 
An Obscure Blip On A News Reel!
Being Right Was Good For Reward
AND
Living Right Was Not As Important As
Living In The Gardens
The Closes
The Terraces
AND
The Heights
For Close Communion
With The Way Agents Of King Fraud!

They Knew A Lot About The Living God!
They Spoke A Lot About The Eternal God!
BUT
They Did Not Know The Faithful God
Until
One Fine Morning
After Breakfast
AND
Before Lunch
AND
In A Cross Between
Balaam's Ass Speaks
AND
Saul-Paul's Blinding Experience
They Willingly Gave Up
Their Hearts
- Heretofore Unsubdued By Daily Grace -
AND
- Truly Repentant Of Their Past -
Accepted The Great Commission
AND
Started Walking
In The Wise One's Ways!

There Was No Overnight Success!
There Was No Instant Sensation Of Supreme Satisfaction!
There Was No Great And Glorious Public Applause
BUT
There Was Much Humble Praising
AND
Praying From Them
AND
Rejoicing In Heaven
For
The Sinners Returning To The Father's House
Their True Home!

They Had Heard
THE True Word
AND
Had Seen THE Living Light
AND
Had Caught The ONLY Train To Glory
By Getting Off
The Wave Of Sin
Once Upon A Time
A Thing Sure To Delight!

Their New Life Is Neither Accident
Nor Happenstance!
Their New Life Is The Result Of
A Deliberate Decision
To Step Off Of Doing Wrong
AND
Get On To Doing Right
In The Holy One's Sight!

To The Devil Dogs, However
They Had Committed High Treason
By Walking Away From The Pleasures Of Sin
That Only Last A Season! 

To The Prince Of Peace
They Were
They Are
 The Reason That
He Had Given His Life!

To The Eternal Kingdom
The Kingdom Of Light
They Are The Prize
That Was Worth Shiloh's Life
AND
Praise God
His Soul Is Satisfied
For
They Are Now Faithfully Doing ... The Will!

Brethren, 

What Is
Cannot Forever Continue!
The Press Of What Was
Will Be Felt Again Until 
- Repentant -
We See The Light!
What Shall Be
For The Faithful
Is In The Hands Of The God Eternal 
AND
He Desires To Share It
With You And With Me!

Will You Accept The Call
AND
Change Your Ways
So That
- By The Grace Of The Living God -
You Will Be Redeemed
Glorified
Immortalized
So That At The End Of The 1,000 Years
In The Heavenly Realm
You Will See The New Heaven
AND
The New Earth
AND
Live The Glorious Life
That Will Never End?!

Just Say:

Yes, Lord!

AND TODAY
Right This Very Moment
Really Start Living
Because
Our God
IS
The Holy God
Just
True
Faithful
AND
Forgiving!


I Am Walking
By Faith
On The King's Highway!

Please Come And Join Me!



Tuesday, January 23, 2018

ONE: The Power Of One ...!


One Sin
Any One Sin ... Cherished
Is Sufficient
AND
Has Sufficient Power
To Degrade The Character Of Man
AND
Is Strong Enough To Cause Self
AND
Encourage Others
To Walk Boldly With The Wily Fraud
AND
Despise The Holy God!

All That Any Man Has Or Needs
In This Life
Always Starts With  ONE!

The Thing That Nobody Wants
In This Life
Always Starts With ... ONE! 

How Do YOU Look At ... ONE?! 

One Drop Of Poison
One Bullet From A Gun
One Cruel Wave Of The Sea
One Wrong Answer To The Right Question!
ONE And ... You're Done!

One White Lie
One Black Tale
One Occluding Net
One Broken Sail!
ONE And ... You Fail!

One Bee Sting
One Hornet's Nest
One Venomous Snake Bite
One Broken Headlight!
ONE And ... It's A For-Life-Fight!

One Rejection Letter
One Broken Heart
One Banana Peel
One Peel Of Derisive Laughter!
ONE ... Devious Crafter Of Disaster!

One Don't!
One Run!
One Bun In The Oven
One Mishap
One Miss
ONE ... Mistake!

I Am Sooo Tired Of This ONE!

On The Good Side ...

One God
One Savior
One Comforter
One Heaven
One Salvation
One Hope
One Helper
One Provider
One Teacher
One Great Physician
One Way To The Eternal Home
One Faith
One Baptism
One Right Way
One Narrow Way
One Seasoning Called Salt
One Soon Coming Of Our King
One God To Exalt! 

One Is A Champion
Depending On Right Use ...

A Whip
A Weapon
A Holey Shoe
A Clown Hat
A Riotous Clapback
OR 
A Soft Answer

One Rule Of Righteousness
One Right
One Left
One Top
One Bottom
One Back
One Front
One Son Of God Begotten
OR
One Wicked Satan Rotten

One Decision
- Good Or Ill - 
Life With God
OR
Lake Of Fire
No Chaser To Chill!


How Will You Eternity Fill?!
Will YOU Look
To The ONLY ONE
Who Will Make Life
In His Eternity
For His Children
An Everlasting Thrill?!





Monday, January 22, 2018

Honest Policy!?!





The Age-Old Adage
"Honesty Is The Best Policy!"
ISQuite Frankly
A Straight-up Lie!!

Man, From The Looks Of You
You Drank What You Should Have Anointed Yourself With
Because It Is Running Out Your Mouth
As Bare Ignorance!

Not So Fast, Slow-Poke!
He Is Right!

YOU Have Obviously Had Some Of HIS Libation!

Not At All!
Just Give Us A Hearing!

Simply Put
Honesty
ISYes!
ANDNo!

Policy
Simply Put
IS
Maybe Yes!
Maybe No!
AND
Maybe So!
Probably!
Likely!
Possibility!
To Our Understanding!
By Reason Of ...!
Our Interpretation Is ...!
As A Matter Of Convenience!
Etc. Etc. Etc.

Policy Statements Are Full Of Loop-Holes
Available Only To The Issuer
And Always Leave Room ...!
... For "Improvement!"
... For Escape!

Honesty Do Not Contain Wiggle Room!

Honesty As A Policy Has No Wings
Because
Policy Lacks Honesty
AND
Has Hidden Arrows That Sting!

If Your Honesty Needs A Policy
To Give Your Words Strength
THEN
You, My Brother
My Sister
Will See Almighty God As Your Judge
At Length!

Policy Is All About Craft
Expediency!
Convenience!

Honesty Is Not About Convenience!
Honesty Is Not A Convenience!
Honesty
- Truth -
IS!

So ...

What Do We Really Know?!

We Know That Any "Honest Policy" That Changes
According To Time
Circumstance
Personnel
Administration
Prevailing Conditions
Is A Shifting-Sand Lie!

Honesty Aka Truth
Needs No Color Nor Spin
AND
Policy Masquerading As Honesty
Will Never Get For One
The Everlasting Win!

Remember The Word Of God!
This Is An Honest - Truthful - Statement:


The Lord: The Same Yesterday
Today 
AND 
Forever!


You Should Check Out
The Ten Commandments ...!

... And The Beatitudes!
John 3:16
1 John 1:9
Psalm 23
Psalm 46
Isaiah 55:6-7

And, Then ...

For An "Honest" Comparison
Take A Look At, Oh
I Don't Know ... 

... A Policy Of Insurance!
A Credit Card Agreement
The Tax Code
Your Refrigerator Warranty
Or ...

... The Patient Information Pamphlet 
Distributed With Medicine 
When The Pharmacist "Forgets" To Remove It!

Oh, Dear ...!

When You Put It That Way ... I ... I!

Look At It Like This:

Honesty AND Policy
Can Never
- Will Never -
Cooperate
So 
By Careful Consideration
With Godly Fear
AND
With Jesus Christ As Your Example
Let Strict Honesty
Be The Guide Of Your Life!

Policy
Is
A Convenient Conveyance!

***

Honesty
Is
Precious
Soul-Saving Cargo!

**--**--**--**--**



What Does YOUR Life Say
About How YOU Are Living?!





Sunday, January 21, 2018

SELF CONTROL: The Muscle Tussle!

Self Control
Is A Road
A Vehicle On A Road
A Seat In A Vehicle On A Road!

Self Control
In A Man
Is A Steering Wheel
In The Hand Of The Man
In A Vehicle
On The Road Called Life!

Self-Deceit
Sin
AND
Disaster
Are Deep Ruts In The Road Of Life
When Man
- Any Human -
Has No Self Control!

This Man's Vehicle Is Vanity
Intemperance ... His Wheels
AND
His Fuel Is Dirt Cheap
Because
He Buys It 
At Mobile Gas Station I-Feels!

Who  ...  But A Fool
Drives A Vehicle With No Engine
Or Sits In A Vehicle
That Has No Seat Cushion
AND
Whose Brake Line Has No Fluid
AND
Of Direction Has ... No Notion?!

Who ... But A Fool
Will Deign To Have A Feast
In A Speeding Vehicle
Possessing Neither Wind Shields
No Doors?!

Can You Drive A Vehicle
That Has No Spark Plug?!

Who ... But A Fool
Blindfolded
Inebriated
AND
Going The Wrong Way
Gets On The Expressway Of Life
Racing A Vehicle With A Broken Axle?!

Let's Get Real ...

The Man
The Woman
The Child
Without Self Control
Is A Weapon Of Mass Destruction
Stuck
In Self Destruct Mode
Wise
In Its Own Eyes
Confident
In Its Own Prowess
Sure
That Its Cause Is Just
Ignorant
That It Is Being Purposefully Driven
By Lust Of Its Own Eye
AND
Lust In Its Own Flesh
For That That Is
The Pride Of Its Own Life!

Let This Be Made Known ...

Self Control
Is As A Coal
From The Altar
In The Temple Of The Living God
Retrieved By The Good-Influence Angel
AND
Carried With Tongs
AND
Placed With Due Care
On The Tongue Of The Blessed
The Sanctified One!

Self Control
IS
The Gift Of God!

Self Control Is The Great Reminder!

DO NOT ACT LIKE:

KING SAUL
  
  • Grieving Away The Holy Spirit
GENERAL MOSES
  • Striking The Rock At The Waters Of Strife
NADAB And ABIHU
  • Placing Strange Fire On The Holy Altar Of Almighty God
ACHAN
  • Stealing The Dedicated Things
KING DAVID
  • Fornicating With Bathsheba
  • Murdering Uriah

KING SOLOMON
  • With 700 Wives And 300 Concubines Out Of Known Idolatry
JUDAS ISCARIOT 
  • Betraying His Master, Jesus Christ


WARNING:

When You Do Not Control ... Self
Self ... Controls You
And
In The Darkened Eyes Of Satan
THAT
Makes You
- Against Jesus Christ AND To Him -
The Perfectly Useful Usable Disposable Tool!


Exercise Your Self ... Control!
Through The Holy Spirit
Get For It Muscles
Because
If The Known Wicked Spirit
Controls Your Self For You
Against Sin
You Will Lose The For-The-Victory Tussle!




Saturday, January 20, 2018

PRAYER: Lord, Keep My Conscience ...!


Dear Lord,
Grant Unto Me A Conscience
That Is Controlled By the Holy Spirit Of Truth!
Bless Me To Do Your Will
So That I May Spend Eternity With You!


I Do Not A Desire An Overworked Conscience
That Is Ever Feeling Guilty ... Just Because! 
I Desire A Conscience That Feels Guilty
When By Sin 
I Have Broken Your Holy Laws!


Help Me Not To Ignore The Pinpricks Of
My At-Work Conscience
So That I Can Go Off And Be Free
To Sin And Do Wrong With Impunity!
Lord,
Help Me To Ever See My Jesus
As He Paid For My Sin
On That Cruel Cross On Mount Calvary!


Help Me, Lord
Not To Rely On My Feelings
Because Feelings Can Be Convinced
To Anything Do!
Help Me Ever To Accept 
The "Thus Saith The Lord!"
Help Me Not To Make Shipwreck Of My Faith!
I Do Not Want To Be To You A Disgrace!


Remember My Brethren
All The World Around! 
Help Those Who Are Calling! 
Help Them To See Light
So That Before The Dark Night 

You May Be Found!

Bless The Brethren To Bank Their Faith

In Jesus Christ The Lord
And
Help Us All Not To Grieve Away The Holy Spirit
By Ignoring Truth
And
Walking Blind In The Ways Of The Fraud!


Take Our Hands! 
We Are Reaching Out! 
Take Our Hearts! 
They Are Calling Out! 
Take Our Eyes! 
Take The Beam Out
And
Make Sweet Our Voices
As Over Sin
By Doing The Right
We Gladly Your Praises
Shout Out!


Let Not Sin Have Dominion Over Us! 
Let Peace Reign In Our Hearts! 
Let Not The Light Of Truth
From About Us
From In Us
Ever, Ever, Depart

For
We Love You, Lord 
And
In Jesus Christ's Holy Name 
We Pray
And Humbly Plead
For Your Great Mercies
Of Which We Stand In Dire Need!
AMEN.




VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: SATISFACTION IN SIN: Balaam Beor

Balaam Beor
Was A Fraud
AND
A Prophet
For Whom Satisfaction Came
Only From Profit!

Balaam
Son Of Beor
Beat His Faithful Ass
Until The Lord Gave It A Voice
Which Caused
The Profit-Driven Prophet
To Answer It
As Though It Were Human!
He Didn't Have A Choice!

Balaam
Knew God's Truth
BUT
Being Of Deceitful Ilk
Petitioned The Eternal
- Not In Innocence -
To See If God
Would Think As He Thought
So That He Could Get His Grubby Hands
On King Balak's Coinage
That Would
In His Loving Hands
- By His Ecstatic Rejoicing -
Gloriously Clink!

Balaam Sold Out His Soul To The Devil
Because
Greed
In His Soul's Armor
Was A Really, Really
Really Big Chink!
It Was A Big Hole!

So Big Was That Hole
That A Whole Satan
Walked Comfortably Through
Never Touching The Edges
So That Balaam Thought
- Wrongly -
That
He Was Doing His Own Do
Never Realizing
- I Conjecture -
That Practice
Wears A Nun Robe
AND
Did Not Recognize
That Against The Living God
He Had Become
A Raw Sinner
Another Adversary
- Pretend Friendly -
AND
Studiedly Bold!

A Little Sin
- Cherished -
Becomes
A Lot Of Sin
- Relished -
AND
You Can't Control It
For
It
- Triumphing -
Controls You!
Your Life Becomes Hellish!

The Story Of Balaam
Is
A Cautionary Tale
A Tale With A Tail
That Does Constant Flail
At This Time Of The End
When Men's Hearts Do Wax Cold
Where Love For The Other
Is Something To Be Sold
When Profiteering Is Laudable
Where Faith In God Is Laughable
Where Truth Has No Beauty
AND
Love For The Living God Is A Nasty Cootee!

I Ask You, Brethren
To Sincerely Search Self
For The Chink In Your Character
For That Lesson In Your Book Of Life
For Which You Always Score An "F"
Because
That Is The Lesson
Which Will Continue To Be Your Test
Ever Getting Harder As It Pertains To Jesus Christ
AND
Ever Easier As It Pertains
To The Base Perpetrator Of Wickedness And Vice!

Think On This ... Carefully:

Just As An Innocent Oyster
Is Impregnated
In Under A Minute
- So As Not To Immediately Kill It -
With A Grain Of Sand
To Make It Produce A Precious Pearl
So, Too, Are We ... But In An Instant!

The Difference 
Is Who Is Doing The Impregnating
AND
For What Purpose
AND
Do We With It Agree!

Oysters Have No Say
In Their Impregnation
AND
They Also Have No Say
In What Color Pearl
What Size Pearl
What Iridescence
It Shall Produce
BUT
We Do!

Balaam Beor
Was Known
To Be A Prophet Of God
Known To Work Enchantments
Known To Utter Curses
Knew The Ways Of God
Had Great Light From God
BUT
Willfully
Wickedly
Knowingly
Treacherously
Greedily
Disobediently
Used It All
For The Glory Of Satan
The Base Fraud!

Satan Is A Thief
A State-Line Robber
A Murderer
Who Impregnates
To Kill Twice
BUT
Jesus Christ
By His Holy Spirit
Indwells
To Give Us
Abundant Life Now
AND
Eternal Life Later!

What Is In Your Soul?
Is It The Light Of Life
The Glow Of Heaven
ORIs It The Seed Of The Serpent
The Bloat Of Corrupting Leaven?!

When You Know WHAT In You Grows
You Will Know WHO Causes It To Grow!
What Are You Raising
For Your Harvest?!

Balaam Son Of Beor
Got The Sword Of Damnation
In His Chest
Because
Those Who Willfully Cause Others To Sin
Get The Same Punishment
As Those Committing The Sin!

Think, Dear Ones
On These Things
AND
Convicted
AND
Convinced
Let Jesus Christ
Of Your Whole Life
Be
The Crowned And Reigning
Laboring King And Captain
To Direct Your Life
AND
Fight
All Your Battles
Against The Adversary Of Souls
Who Cherishes The Night!

Look Unto Jesus The Christ
AND
Keep Heaven
In Your Eye Sight
For
Night Comes
AND, THEN
The Getting Up Morning!
Judgement Morning!




Friday, January 19, 2018

HAPPY SABBATH + CHOICE: Profit Or Loss!




What Is The Point Of Earthly Gain
When There Is No Heavenly Profit?!
Where Is The Blessing
In Reaching The Success Pinnacle
Holding The Bank In Your Hand
Grasping The Grapes Grown By Felt Need
AND
Having No Access To Eternity
Because The Creator God
- Our Savior Redeemer Friend -
You Despised 
In Your Overarching Greed?!

In Your Hour Of Trial
Will Your False God Plead For You?!

Is Your Seen God
Your Refuge And Strength?!

Is Your Touched God
Your Shepherd Who Will Your Life Defend?!

Does Your Perishable Bounty
Come Without Sorrow?!

Is Your Blessing Today
Going To Bless You In God's Sweet Tomorrow?!

Does Your God Made
Give Unto You Peace And Rest
Or
Does Your God Only Heap Upon Your Weary Head
That That Gives Stress?!

Brother! Sister!
Hear Me Well:

All That You Have Will Perish!
That Is The Promise Of God
For
Man Brought Nothing Into This World
AND
He Will Nothing Take Out
Save A Name:
Saint!
Sinner!
Blessing!
Curse!

What Will Be Your Legacy?!

Know This ...

It Is Not Yet Too Late!
This Way To Destruction
- By You -
May Be Reversed
When You Give Your All
To The King Of Life
The Master Of The Winds And Waves
The Only One Through Whom
A Repentant Sinner's Life
May Be Preserved!

It Takes Just One Step
To Come To King Jesus!
It Just Takes One Step
From Sin To Turn Away!
It Just Takes One Step
To Have A New Beginning!
It Just Takes One Step
From Hell And Damnation
To Walk Away!


Are You Willing
To Reach For Salvation?!
Are You Willing
To Walk On The Path To Life ?!
Are You Willing
To Deny The Lie And The Liar?!
Are You Willing
To Accept The Free Offer Of
Eternal Life With The Lord Christ?!

Brethren,
When Here And Now
Is In Your Heart
Hereafter With Jesus
Will Never A Start
So
Look Beyond What Is
Unto That, That Is Promised
Believing That The Word Is Sure
AND
The Spilt Blood Of The Beloved Jesus
Is
- For Our Sin -
The Known
AND
Only
Cure!

Be Wise Unto Salvation!