PRAYER: Help Us, Father, To See Jesus Christ As He Is!

Father,
I Thank You!
I Bless You!
I Praise Your Holy Name!
Please Bless Me, I Beseech You
So That I Do Not Your Great Name Profane!

Father,
All Around Me
I See People Hedging Bets
Betting On Self To Win By Walking With Jesus Christ

And
Betting On Self To Win By Walking Wise In The World
So That There Will Be A Pay Day

- Allegedly -
Whether They Win Or Lose!

I've Thought Fleetingly About This, Dear Father
And
My Decision Is Mine:

I'm Putting My Mortal Life 

On Your Holy, Everlasting, And Divine Line!

I Am Reaching For And Holding Your Hand

And

I'm Going To Continue To Hold Your Hand
Which Means You're Actually Holding Mine!

Thank You For The Life-Line!

I Lean On You

And

I'm Going To Continue To Lean On You
Which Means Your Strength Is More Than Mine!

I Trust You

And

I'm Going To Continue To Trust You
Trust Your Word
Trust Your Heart
Which Makes You My God
Which Means I Do Not Walk In The Dark

So That I Have No Need To Go Off On A Lark!

I Obey You

And

I'm Going To Continue To Obey You
Which Means That You're In Control!

I Am A Sheep In The Safe Fold!

I Follow You

And

I'm Going To Faithfully Continue

To Follow Where You Lead
Which Means That Heaven With The Lord Christ 

Is My Heart's True Goal!

I Talk To You

And

I'm Going To Continue Talking To You

And

I Am Going To Talk With You Constantly
Which Means You Are My Bosom-Friend
Which Means I Tell You My Secrets
- You've Already Openly Shared With Me Your Heart -
Which Means Each Other's Honor
The Other Will Defend!

I'm A Repentant Sinner!
Help Me To Stand Always For Truth!

I Worship You
And
I Will Continue To Worship You
In Spirit And In Truth
Which Means That Whether It Is Convenient Or Not
Popular Or Not
Fashionable Or Not 

Or
Safe Or Not
Not Giving You Your Due
Will Never Be An Option For Me!

I Am A Child Of The Dust
But
I Will Not Use It As An Excuse To Indulge Folly!
Help Me To Stand On The Promise Of 

Eternal Life With My Lord Christ!

I Am The Child Of The Great King
But
I Will Not Use It As An Excuse For False Pride

Because I Know Of A Surety

Pride Will Never In Your Holy Presence

Have A Place To Abide!

I Am A Beneficiary Of Available Grace
And
I Will Use That As The Ready Reason
To Approach Unto You For My Help!
Let This Grace Be Always Sufficient For Me!

I Am A Grateful Recipient Of Your Blessed Forgiveness!
Help Me To Tell Others The Truth Of
What Your Forgiveness Of The Sinful Soul Will Do!
Help Me Never To Sell Heavenly Gold To Buy Base Brass!

I Will Sing Praise Unto You, Father

And
I Will Say Prayers To Share Hope
To Seek Help
To Just Say, Hello! I Love You! I Need You!
To Bless God
And
Just To Be With You
Until My Life Shall End!

I Have Thought Further, My Father
And
Based Upon Readily Available Evidence
I Can Speak The Truth:

I Know Of A Surety That 

I Don't Have To Hedge Bets
In My Relationship With You!

I Am Going All In!
I'm Giving My All To You!
Present Life!
Future Prospects!
Present Prospects!
Future Life!
All Are Yours!
I Give Them To You
Because
What I Give Up
What I Lose In This Mortal Strife
Can Never Be Compared To What I Gain With You
When, By Faith
By Faithful Obedience
By Enduring Faithfulness
I Enter Eternal Life!

Please Pity Me!
Please Pity The Brethren Everywhere!
Please Open Our Eyes
And
Help Us To See Our Lord Jesus As He Is
And
Give Into Our Hands The Strength
To Call Upon That Worthy Name
Daily Confessing And Repenting Of Our Sins

And
Actually Turning Away From The Sin Life
So That We May Be Saved And Forever Blessed
For It Is In His Matchless Name
That We Humbly Plead!

Please Come Soon!

We Need You!
AMEN.

Blessed Are They...!

The Beatitudes 
Is Not Just A Set Of Blessings 
But 
Is Actually A Blessing 
On The True Experience Of 
The True Christian On The Path To Glory!

Only Those Who Have 
And
Endure The Full Experience 
Will Make It To Heaven!

Blessed Are Those Who Recognise That 
They Have The Need For The Holy Spirit 
To Perform A Good Work In Their Lives 
So That They May Attain 
The Promised Kingdom of Heaven!

For This Reason
They Mourn To The Holy God 
Trusting Him To Comfort Them
And, Ultimately
To Lead Them Safely Home!

These, Then, Become Meek 
With The Indwelling Holy Spirit
And 
Our Almighty God Has Promised That 
They Shall, As A Result
Inherit The Earth!

Inspired By The Working Of The Holy Spirit
They Hunger And Thirst 
To Live Right Before Almighty God 
And
For This Very Reason
Their Eternal God Will Satisfyingly Fill Them!

Because They Have Obtained 
The Omnipotent God's Mercy
They, Themselves, Are Merciful To All Men 
Willing To Forgive 
And 
Completely Forget 
The Wrongs Daily Done Against Them!

These Believers In The True And Living God
Living A Christ-Like Life
Are Pure of Heart And Action
And 
For So Doing
They Shall See The Great God 
In Whom They Have Bestowed Their Trust!

How Blessed Are The Peacemakers: 

They Shall Be Called The Children Of God!

These Children Of The Omnipresent God
Exemplify The God Of Their Hope
And
Because Of Their Walk
They Will Be Persecuted For Living Right 
But
They Shall Inherit The Kingdom Of Heaven!

At The Unfolding  Climax Of The Journey 
To The Kingdom Of Light
These Lovers Of The Omnipotent God 
Will Be Reviled 
And 
Persecuted 
And
 Vile Men 
Will Falsely Say All Manner Of Evil Against Them!

Nevertheless, Our God Holy
Just, Faithful 
Kind, Loving
Blessing 
And 
Ever True, Says:

Brethren,
Be Pleased To Destroy The Mirror
That Gives You Of Life The Rear View!
Be Pleased, I Beseech You
To Keep Heaven in The Eastern View!
Keep Holding The Leading Hand of Jesus Christ!
Keep The Communication 
- Between Your Self And The Holy Spirit -
Alive And Constant, Too!
Keep The Word Of Almighty God Ever Before You 
And
Walk Faithfully On The Upward Way!
The Heaven That Is In The Heart 
Will ... Soon ... Be Our Home!
Be Faithful!
Our God Glorious Will Have It No Other Way!

SABBATH: Just Another Day!?!

What's The Big Deal!?!

It's Just Another Day!

Just Another Day!?!

The Sabbath Is Not

Neither Can It Ever Be

Just Another Day!

Whatever!

Just A Moment, Young Lady!

You And I Are Going To Have

A Coming-To-Jesus Meeting!

You Have A Very Rude Attitude

And

I Really Don't Care For

Your Sarcastic Tone Of Voice!

Sit Down!

Yes, Mam!

You Know Better!

You Know That The Seventh Day

Is

The Sabbath Of The Lord!

It's Neither My Day Nor Your Day!

You Well Know That

The Seventh-Day Sabbath

Aka Saturday

Is 

The Day Of Rest

The Day Of Joy And Gladness

And

Not A Day For Going To The Mall

For Going Partying

For Cleaning Your Room

For Prepping And Cooking Large Meals

Nor For Doing Those Things That 

Take Your Mind Away From 

Communing With The Lord Christ!

You Know Very Well That

The Sabbath 

Is 

The Memorial Of Creation

A Time For Us To Think On

And

Worship

And

Bless

And

Praise The Lord God Almighty

For His Unspeakable Gifts!

When I Give You Something

What Do You Say!?!

I Say, "Thank You For Your Kindness!"

And "I Love You!"

So Do You Not Think That

The One Day The Lord Asks Us

To Remember Him 

And 

His Moment-By-Moment Blessings Upon Us

Should Be The Day We Look Forward To

And

Should Be The Easiest Thing For Us To Acknowledge

And

Accept

And

Do As He Asks

And

To Say To Our Maker

Our God

Our King

Our Hope

Our Help

Our Provider

Our Sustainer

Our Peace

Our Rest

Our Shepherd

Our Teacher

Our Salvation

Our Judge

Our Redeemer

Our One True Friend

"I Love You, Lord!"

I Dearly Remember And Think On You!

I Bless You For Your Blessings Showered Upon Me!

I Am Drawing Near To You Today With Pleasure!

I Offer You My Prayers And My Praise Willingly!

I Worship You Who Gives Unto Me

Unfeigned Love 

Untold Blessing ... Seen And Unseen

Known And Unknown

And

Length Of Days ... Protected

In Your Safe And Sheltered Fold!?!"

I, Ah, Umm, ...!

What's The Problem!?!
You Were Very Chatty Before!
Cat Got Your Tongue!?!

Mum, It's Like, Well, This:
My Friends Say ...!

... Your "Friends" Say!?!
Are You Trying To Tell Me That
You Fear Your Friends' Word
Over The Living Word Of The Eternal God!?!

No, Ma'am!

That's Good
Because I'm Sure You Know The Proverb:

Yes, Ma'am!

Can Your Friends Keep You Alive!?!
Can Your Friends Feed You!?!
Can They Protect You From Satan And His Minions!?!
Can They Bless You With Everlasting Life!?!
Can They Give You Perfect Peace!?!
Can They Cause You To Rest Easy
In The Midst Of Daily Trials!?!

Mum, Those People At Church
Are A Bunch Of Hypocrites!

There's Always Room For One More!
Listen To Me Young Lady:

The Church Is An Hospital!
It Is A Place For People
- Damaged People -
To Congregate
To Study 
To Be Taught
To Praise And Worship
To Learn To Get Along With Those 
We Hope To Spend Eternity With
And
Get To Know More About
Him Who Is Our Only Salvation!

Vanessa, Do You Really Understand

What It Means To Fear God!?!

No, Not Really! 

It Does Not Mean To Be Afraid
But 
To Honor And Reverence Him
And
Give Him His Due 
His Praise
His Worship
Our Obedience
And
Our Trust
With Awe
With Respect And Willingness!
He Is Worthy Of Our Praise!

I Remember Well 
When You Were Younger
How Involved You Were In The Activities
And 
How You Used To Behave In Church!
Worshipping The Lord Was Important To You!
I Pray That It Still Is!

Oh, Mum!
I Really Used To Enjoy Going To Service
And Worshiping, Exalting, The Lord!

Do You Know That
Obedience Is The Highest Form Of Worship!

Do You Remember At The Start Of Divine Service
How Every One Stood Up
And
With Real Joy In The Lord
Recited The Fourth Commandment!?!

Yes, Mam!
It Was Really, Truly, Lovely!
I Guess, I Just Forgot ...!

... Aren't You Supposed To Remember!?!

I Love You, Sweetheart
And I Sincerely Pray That
You Will Take This Burden You Are Carrying
To Our Lord In Prayer!

Remember, Sweetie!
I Love You 
But
The Lord Loves You Best!
He Cares Sacrificially For You!

Thank You, Mum!
I Love You!
I Guess I Really Needed To Hear That ... Today!

Let Not Your Prayers

And

Your Worship

Become An Abomination

Before The Almighty God

Because

You Offered Them Begrudgingly

And

Selfishly!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: It Took A Miracle ...!

Buying Grace
And
Selling Salvation
Turned Up ... Uninvited
In The Town Called ... It Took A Miracle!
They Did Not Find A Warm

Nor Embracing Welcome! Welcome!

There Was A Reason ... 

The Ever Humble And Upright Godly Example

Had Preceded Them There

And

That Model Of Grace-Filled Living

Had Been Having The Most Amazing Effect

On The Citizenry

Who, Formerly

Had Been Filled With Sins

Drowning In Trespasses

And

Transported By Transgressions!

Of Course

This Is Not To Say That Godly Example

Had Received A "Come Hither!" Welcome

At His Dignified Appearance

In It Took A Miracle!

The Fact Of This Matter Is ... 

Comfort In Cold Water

Makes Warm Water Hot

And

Comfort In Sinful Living 

Causes Godly Living To Go Begging ... A Lot!

Truth Must Be Told ... 

As Opposed To The Sermon 
Preached By A Righteous Life Lived

When A Harsh Condemnatory Sermon Is Preached

- Devoid Of Christ's Love And Care 

And Not Built Upon Walking The Talk 

And Talking The Walk - 

You May Be Assured That

There Is Not Going To Be 
A Conversion To The Right Way

By Any Of Your Observers!

It Was Like This ...

Godly Example's Excellent Example

Was ... Is

Like The Wind

But 
In Reverse!

You Don't See The Wind

But

You Feel 
You Experience What The Wind Does!

Everybody Saw How Godly Example Lived

But 
Were Not At First

Aware Of Or Expecting

The Changes In Lives Wrought!

Like Abel The Obedient

Godly Example Spoke

And

Still Speaks

Without Superfluous Studied Words!

He Leads His Neighbors To The Lord Christ

By His Godly Example!

Many Lives Were Changed! 

Environments Were Upgraded! 

Conversations Became Circumspect! 

Attitudes Became Gentler! 

Considerations For Others Became Rife

And

Godly Living Became The Spice Of Life!

And

That Spice 
Is Not Measured By Scofield Units Of Heat

And

Love To God

And

Love For Others 

Became

The Language Of The Regenerated Heart!

To The Point ... 

Buying Grace

And

Selling Salvation

Had Been Seeking To Upend That Change

Because

Their Always-In-The-Shadows Boss, Curry Favor

- Who Coined Himself

Every Sentient Man's Liberator -

Had Lost Some Of His Best Customers

Because Of Godly Example's Godly Example

And

He, Offended 

Had Sent Them To Goose The Bull

Had Sent Them To "Muddy" The Water!

See, Here, There Is Always A Reason ... 

This Had To Be Done

Since He Is An ... Unclean Spirit

In The Employ

In The Council

Of The Big Cheese Himself

The Accuser Of The Brethren

The Snake In The Grass

The Dragon Ever At Work

Fka Lucifer 

Nka Satan

Aka The Wannabe God

Liar-Man The Bold

Fallen Angel With Heart Known Cold!

Hear The Right ... 

That Very Satan

The Lord Of Dung

Had

Has 

A Deeply Vested Interest

In Stopping People From Hooking Up

With Godly Example

And

For Seeing To It That They Continued Down

The Garden Path

Indulging In Own-Sin Self-Pay

And

Never Ever Ever Reaching Spiritual Perfection

By Living For 
And 
In The Faith Of The Lord Christ!

Satan

Being Grossly Prideful

Vengeful

Hateful

Evil

Lying

Murderous

Deceitful ... And So Much More

Had Lost The Battle Of Attrition

And

The Policy War Of The Great Controversy

That Dark Day In Mount Calvary!

He Had Lost His Praying Prey! 

He Had Lost His Stolen Kingdom 

And

The Only Other Thing Left To Be Lost

Is 
His Miserable Life

And

He Has No Intention Of Going Out Quietly

Or Docilely Alone!

He Fully Intends

To Go Out With Myriad Trophies 

And

In A Torrid Blaze Of "Glory" 

Denying The Lord Of Life

The Creator

The Redeemer

The Friend

As Many Of Those

As He Could Wrest Away

And

All For A Truly, Truly
Simple, Simple
Base-Minded Reason:

Those Who Rejected

Those Who Will Reject

The Expensively Purchased

So Great Salvation

Retained Their Own Sins

And

Will Pay The Cost ... For Themselves

With Their Own Lives

For That Unrepented Of

Unforgiven By Almighty God

Known-Sin! 

What Must-Must Must-Must ... 

Those Free-Willed Ingrates' Sins

Cannot Be Reckoned To Satan's Account!

How "Happy" 
That Makes Him ...  Considering The Circumstances!

Know Your Enemy ...

Satan 
Is 
Evil, Wicked

Not Stupid

And

He Is Lowering His Heat Score

In The Most Diabolic Fashion! 

On The Other, That Is
The Right, Hand ...

All Those Persons

Who Took ... Who Take 
The Lord God Almighty At His Holy Word

And

Accepted ... Accepts

The Unspeakable Gift

Had ... Have

All Of Their Known 
And 
Confessed Sins

Irrevocably Deposited

Lodged 
Dropped Off

Reposed 
Docketed On Satan's Account

Never Ever, Ever, Ever To Be Remitted

Waived

Removed 

Taken Away

Positively Disposed!

This Does Not Make Satan Happy

And

For This Seeming Besmirchment

He Is Intent Upon Making Believers Fall Away 
From Truth To Folly

From Light To Darkness
And

From The Commandments Of The Living Loving God

To The Doctrines Of Damned Devils

So That They, Too

If It Were Possible

Can Be Condemned 

Damned

And, Ultimately

Forever Destroyed! 

It Is His Final Effort

At "Disrupting" The Lord's Plans!

Tsk, Tsk, Tsk ...

He Keeps Skipping Over Hebrews 11:6!

He Is Ignoring The Directs Words Of The Lord Jesus ... 

Beloved, 

If You Thought It Possible, STOP:

No Created Being

Can Surprise

The Omnipotent

Omniscient

Omnipresent 

Creator

Sustainer God!

And

With That Said

I Sincerely Charge You:

Seek The Lord, Now

While The Door Of Mercy 

Is

Still Open 

And

The Lord's Spirit Is Still Near To

And

Calling Unto Us!

Blessings Myriad Await

The Faithful, Enduring, Believer!

Peace Be Upon You ... Today And Forever!