AVOCATION: Praying! + PRAYER: Father, We Bless You For This Day!

I Paint!

I Solve Puzzles!

I Build Miniatures!

In Baking, I Delight!

What About You, Marvay!?!
What Is Your Hobby!?!

I Pray!

Come On!
Praying Is Not A Hobby!

Well, It Should Be!

Oh!?!
Why Do You Say That!?!

Let Me Ask You A Question!

Okay! Ask Away!

How Much Time Do You Daily Spend In Praying!?!

Answer Honestly!

Five Minutes!

Half An Hour!

Fifteen Minutes!

Sometimes I Forget!

Okay! Okay!
Now Tell Me How Much Time You Daily Spend
Indulging, Learning, Growing, Sharing
Advancing Your Hobby!

I Spend Hours On End!

I Spend Four To Five Hours A Day, Every Day!

When I'm Off Work, My Hobby Is All That I Do!I Spend Every Spare Hour I Can!

Alright!
Do You Feel Blessed To Have Your Hobby!

I Know I Am Blessed! It Helps Me Destress!

It Keeps Me Sane!

It's My Quiet Time!

It Gives Me Pleasure!

'Evening, Everybody!
Sorry To Be Late!
What's Our Topic This Evening!?!

'Evening Macy!
Hobbies And Praying!

Fair Enough!

What's Your Hobby, Macy!?!

Carpentry!
I Build Bird Houses!

Does Your Hobby Bring You Closer To Jesus!?!

It Sure Does!
As I Work, I Think On Jesus
And When I Do, I Enter Into Prayer!
I Like This Alone Time!
I Can Set Aside Self
And
In Jesus, I Rest!

How Long Do Spend Communicating With The Creator
The Source Of Our Strength!?!

I Can Spend Hours
And
I Do Not Feel The Time Pass!
I Am Happy In The Lord
And
Have No Time For The Fraud!

I Can Tell You, True
Praying Is My Real Hobby ...!

... Gracious!
Not You, Too!

Why Do You Say That!?!

Marvay, Here, Says Praying Should Be A Hobby!

I Will Agree With Him!
I Say That He's Right!
Praying Is A Blessing
A Gift From The Master
And
In Its Indulgence
We Should Take Special Delight!

Praying Lifts Us Up
To The Throne Room Of Heaven!
Praying Takes Us To That Most Holy Place
Where We Cannot In Flesh Hope To Enter
But
Where We, By Praying
Can Rid Ourselves Of Our Defilements
Our Disgrace

And

Make Petition For Favor

And

Tell The Lord Of Our Hopes And Our Joys!!

I Pray For Rain

And
I Pray For Power
To Lower My Self And Lift Up The Lord!

I Pray For Others
My Friends, My Brethren!
I Pray Constantly
For The People Of The Holy God!

I Pray For The Children
The Old, The Lost, The Lonely!
I Pray Even For My Enemies In My Way!

I Pray For The Leaders Of The Church
The Family And The Government!
I Pray For Peace
And
For The Coming Of The Lord
Soon On His Way!

I Pray For The Outpouring

And
For The Indwelling Of The Holy Spirit!
I Pray For My Complete Conversion
And
That Of All The Brethren!

I Pray That I Can Hold Fast
To The Hand Of The Holy Jesus
And
I Pray To Rise Up To Glory
When The Last Trumpet Shall Blast!

Oh, My! 

I Never Considered This Side Of Praying!
This Is, Indeed, Something That Is Good!

If Praying ... The Gift

Is Acknowledged As The True Blessing It Is

And

Becomes Known As" The Soul-Healing Hobby"

- The Strength Never Weak -
We Could Neuter Satan
So That His Arm Against Us Would Always List!

Here's A Thought ...

People Are Happiest Indulging Their Hobbies
Always Wanting Just Five Minutes More
So If We Numbered Praying As The Hobby Desirable
You Can Be Sure
People Will Readily Equip Themselves Readily
To Talk With The Holy God!

The Lord Already Told Us That!?!

Yes, Indeed, He Did!

He Gave Us A Model Prayer!
He Said Pray ... Without Ceasing!
He Encourages Us ... In All All Things
By Prayer And Supplication
With Thanksgiving
To Make Our Requests Known Unto God!

I Love It! Let's Pass This Thought All Along The Line!

Brethren,
I Am Indeed So Inclined!

PRAYER:

Father,

We Love You!

We Bless You For This Day!

We Thank You For All Our Blessings!

Please Accept Our Gift Of Prayer!

We Come To You Expectant!

We Come To You In Faith!

We Come To You Believing!

We Trust You And Your Holy Word We Share!

Have Mercy Upon Us Who Pray

And

Grant Us Our Few Petitions

For

We Ask All In The Matchless Name Of

The Holy Jesus

Our Maker, Our God

And

Soon Coming King!

AMEN.

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Do Fuh Do: The Quadruplets!

Levi, Live, Vile And Evil Are Quadruplets!
They Are As Different As 

Chalk Is From Cheese
Happy Is From Sad
Wrong Is From Right
And
Good Is From Bad!

When They Were Born
It Was Realized That There Were Actually
Two Sets Of Twins In The Four-Pack:
Levi And Evil
And
Live And Vile!

As They Grew Up
It Became Clear That Vile And Evil
Were Kindred Spirits
Inseparable, Devoted
Determined
And
Often Decidedly Diabolical In Their Mischief!

The Years Went By In A Blur Of
Pretend Mischief And Real Mayhem With Those Two!

However
In The Case Of Live and Levi 
Life Was Extraordinary ... And Different And Unusual!

Live Preached Life!
Levi Prayed About The Life!

Live Sung About Lost Souls!
Levi Sought To Save Lost Souls!

Live Built Up The Body And Thrilled The Soul
And
Levi Brought Hope And Bought Food For 

The Helpless And Hapless

And This Was So Until One Infamous Day
Evil and Vile Played One Of Their "Nice Nasties"
And
Live And Levi Joined Forces!

Listen Up ...

The Song-Writer Had Stated
"Life Is To Be Lived!"
But Not Stating The "Why!?!"
Or The "How!?!"
Or Whether One Had To Take The Pill
So
Evil And Vile
Had Taken It Upon Themselves
To Add A "Little Spice"
And 

An Ounce Or Three Of "Spine Chill!"
To Local Life!

Evil Took Vile's Penchant
For The Execrable, Iniquitous And Crude
And
With His Flair For The Fabulous
Set The "Hell-Hounds" Loose On
Poor, Unassuming, Kindly and Generous
Wilhelmina Ermintha Gertrude
The Only Decent Person In
The Town Of Craven
City Of Coward's Nest!
Population: 192 + One Eagle

Craven Was A Perfect Compliment To Coward's Nest!

I Could Say More But ... Why Bother!?!

Brazen N. Evil And His Sister
Vacuous Lee Vile
Considered Coward's Nest Their Oyster
And
Craven To Be Their Perfect Pearl
And
They Were Not Well Pleased That
Wilhelmina Ermintha Gertrude
- That Miserable Do-Gooder -
Was Into Their Illicit Profits
Creating A Dent!

They Became Seriously Bent!

How Dare She!?!

It's Like This ...

Everybody Knows That Do-Gooders
- Those Just Like Jesus ... The One Called Christ -
Had A "Nasty" Penchant For Causing
The Down-Trodden
The Disgraced
The Hapless
The Hopeless
The Helpless
From Degradation
To Do An About-Face
And
Those Two Harpies Brazen N. Evil And Vacuous Lee Vile
Were So Incensed By The Lights
Slowly And Intently Turning On And Brightly Beaming
That Their Mouths Were Dripping Bile!

End Result ...

They Sicced Their Tame Dogs At 

The Bureau Of Public Records
The Department Of Sanitation
Noise Abatement
Traffic Violations
The Health Department
The Internal Revenue Service
And
Building Code Violations
Upon Wilhelmina Ermintha Gertrude
With All To Show Up On The Same Day
For Non-Compliance
After They Had Seen Fit
To Make Truth And Light And Right
Turn Sharp Corners!

Their Actions Were The Devil's Delight!

Computers Are Programmable! 

Garbage In!?! Garbage Out!

And

Money Can Buy Toys
And
For Satan's Great Pleasure
It Can Purchase Extreme Joy!

Wilhelmina Ermintha Gertrude
Suddenly Owned Cars She Had Never Purchased
Buildings She Did Not Possess
Businesses She Hadn't Registered

And
She Had Unpaid Taxes For Profits She Had Not Made
Moving Violations
Parking Violations
Environmental Control Board Violations
Unpaid Parking Tickets
Tax Evasion Cases
Landlord And Tenant Court Cases
Building Code Violations
Etc., Etc. Etc.!!

Somebody Was Trying
And
Apparently Succeeding
At Tying Up And Burying W. E. Gertrude In Litigation!

It Was Also Being Bandied About Craven
That They Were Going To Take Old Willy Down
- Way Down -
On Racketeering And Corrupt Influence Charges
And
Evil And Vile Publicly Stated To All Who Would Listen That
"Only Almighty God Can Save Her!"

I Don't Know About You
But ... To Me
That Sounded Like A Bold Challenge!

Old Willy ...

Was Doing Her Usual In The Night Season
Praying And Praising
Thanking God For Jesus Christ
Blessing God For Her Blessings
And
Taking Her Burdens To The Lord
In The Faith Of Jesus Christ Her Savior Lord
Hope And Help
Healer And Sealer
Provider And Sustainer
And
Leaving Them There!

The Lord Is The Saint's Defence ...

Live And Levi ... Received The Urgent Call
And
With Alacrity, Answered!

Investigation Revealed Finger Prints!
Finger Prints Revealed Names!
Names Disclosed Identities!
Identities Identified Instigators

And
The Instigators Had Blood Ties!

Investigators And Instigators Had Blood Ties
But
This Time
This Time
Blood Ties Were Not Going To Suffice!

The Statement ...

"Be Sure Your Sins Will Find You Out!"

Comes To Mind Right About Now

And

"What Is For Our Good 

Is Always For The Eternal God's Glory!"

Was About To Be Shouted Out!

Evil And Vile Were Certain, Sure
- In Their Vernacular -
That They Had Wilhemina Ermintha Gertrude
By "The Fine Hairs!"
And
Between A Rock And A Hard Place
Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
Between Living Hell And Soul Damnation
And
They Were With Their Handiwork
Very Well Pleased
Until ...

The Deep Ditch They Had Dug To Swallow
Even Bury Old Willy
Had Somehow Trapped Them
And
Was Holding Them In Its Coldly Warm Embrace!

"Do Unto Others As You 

Would That They Should Do Unto You!"

Suddenly Comes To Mind!

Evil And Vile Cried Foul!
They Called People Skunks

And
Turkeys
And
Promised Vengeance
And
That Is When
They Saw Their Former Womb-Mates
Their Look-Alike Siblings
Live And Levi!

Give A Listen ...

What You Planned For Evil, Evil
To Leave In One's Mouth The Taste Vile, Vile
Is 

Now Fallen Upon You
As You So Richly Deserve!
You Have Been Served!

You Cannot Plant Guinea Corn And Reap Indian Corn!
Sweet Water Cannot Proceed From The Bitter Water Brook!

Truth Does Not Come From The Liar
And
The Lord Will Not Leave His Faithful  Children
In The Hands Of Those
Who Are Not By Truth Fed
Who Are By Satan Led!

What The Wicked Stores Up By Unfair
Even Evil Machination
Is Revealed To Be That Which Shall Be
To The Blessing Of The Children Of God
And
All That Is Marked
Earmarked
To Be For The Destruction Of The People Of God
Is That Which Shall Destroy His Minions
AndThe Wily Satan
The Known King Fraud!

Brethren,

The Devil Is The Liar!
His Minions Are Likewise!
Do Not Go Where They Are Leading You
For
They Are Adept At Spinning
Known Half-Truths And Bold Whole Lies!

Never Give Up
When So-Called "Life" Is Messing You Up!
Pray ... And Look Up!
Plead For Salvation

And

Do Not Give Up
Because
The Lord To Whom You Look Up
The God You Faithfully Raise Up
Is 

The Same Lord And God
Who ... In His Time
Is 

Going To Lift You Up!

Remember! Remember!
Don't Ever Forget ...

Liars Do Not Thrive

But

Truth And The Truthful

Will Always Survive!

Almighty God

On His Great White Throne

Is

Very Much Alive!

Bless Almighty God In All Things

And

At The Appointed Time

You Shall In Highest Heaven

Safely Arrive!

HAPPY SABBATH + Resting In The Love Of The Lord Christ! + PRAYER: It Is Our Desire To Bless You, Father!

He Is Dressed To The Nines

Yet Naked And Afraid!
Afraid And Alone

Alone ... In The Sights Of The Devil
Who Is Plotting 

And 

Instigating What Evil
To That Soul Can Be Done!
He's Having Fun And Then Some

In The Company Of The Popular 

The Illuminated 

The Rich And Connected Ones!

Look At Him ...

He Is Jumping At Shadows

Afraid Of And Loving The Dark

Angry At Disappointment

Lurching From Sorrow To Sorrow

Always Worried About Tomorrow

Yet Loving The Coarse And Bright Broadway

But

Disdaining The Way Straight And Narrow!

 Here's Someone Different ...

She Is Simply Clothed In Christ's Righteousness
A Repentant Sinner

Believing In The Word Of Truth

Bowing Humbly Before

And 

Importunately Praying
To The Heavenly Father
- In The Name Of The Son -
Unafraid To Live Her Life In Christ

And IsBy Circumstance Undeterred

Because
She Is Resting In The Love Of The Lord Jesus
Who Died ... A Curse
To Save Us All, Everyone!

Look At Her ...

Walking With Jesus
Refusing
To Ever Again Run Wild In Sin
Standing
On The Promises Of God
Knowing
That With Faithful Endurance
By Right
Heaven's Gate She Shall Enter In
Nevermore To Be Touched By Evil Surmising!
She's Faithful In Her Daily Striving!

Don't You Know ...

It Is Better To Be Pure, Poor And Humble
With Jesus Christ The Lord
Than To Be
Tainted, Rich And Proud With The Fraud

Because

Pure, Poor And Humble
Stays Pure
Becomes Rich
And
Is Elevated In Christ's Purity To Eternity

But

The Tainted, Rich And Proud
Stay Tainted
Become Irretrievably Poor
And
Their Pride 

Is 

Humbled Unto Destruction
Along With Their Instigator, Satan
Who Encouraged Them
The Lord Of Life
The Truth For All Ages
The King Of Love
The Light Of Life
To Egregiously Denigrate, Defy And Deny
BecauseOf Their Engrossing Love Of 

The Comfortable Lie!

Think About It ...

Two Lives
Two Thoughts
Two Characters
Two Masters
Two Distinctly Different Ways Of Life
One Judgment
Two Vastly Different Outcomes
Because
One Chooses 

By Belief, Faith 

And 

Practiced Obedience 

To Forever Live

And

The Other Chooses 

By Doubt, Disbelief 

And 

Practiced Disobedience 

To Forever Die!

Brethren, Beloved

Upon Whom For Comfort Do You Rely!?!
Unto Whom In Your Need Do You Cry!?!
Do You Pay Homage 

To The Master Of The Winds And The Waves
OrDo You Cavort With The Master Of Disaster!?!

Are You Heeding The Broad Call To Self
Or
Will You Join Me
And
Heed The Narrow Call To Salvation
And
In Your Own Life
Reverse The Cause Of Man's Fall!?!

You Know The Whole Of The Story!
You Know Who It Is That Sacrificially Loves You!
You, Alone, Must Make For Everlasting Life 

The Decision
Because
Neither The Lord Christ
Nor The Damned Devil
Can Force Their Will Upon You!

FYI:

At The End Of The Conflict
Only The Tried Tested 

And 

True Saints Of Almighty God And Christ
Will Be Standing Tall
Glorified
Incorruptible
Immortalized!

PRAYER:

Father,

I Come To You

Because I Believe That

You Are The God Holy!

I See My Need For The Savior

So Help Me, Please

- As An Obedient Sheep -

At His Hand To Feed!

Lord,

I Repent Of My Known Sin!

Please Help Me Not To Sin Again!

Help Me Not To Turn Again To Fables

And

Bless Me To Walk As The Wise

And

Not Become A Part Of Satan's Stable!

Father,

I Pray For My Brethren

Those Near And Those Far

Those Who Are Among The Called-Out

Those Who Are Seeking

No More To Be Among

The Itchy-Earred Walk-Abouts!

Please Bless Them To Take Hold Of

The Holy Hand

That Is Reaching Out To Them

And

Bless Them To Ever Hear The Still Voice Of

The Loving Heart

Who, To Us

Desires To Draw Near!

Help Us To Respond With Godly Fear!

Please Grant Unto Us Daily Grace

Daily Faith

Strength For Our Journeying

And

Courage For The Way We Must Walk

And

Please Provide For Us

All That You Have Promised

For

We Love You

And

We Worship

And

It Is Our Desire To Bless You

Who Always Blesses Us

Without Our Having To Ask!

Please, Father

Remember Those Who Mourn

Those Who Anticipate A Mourning

The Childless

The Motherless And The Fatherless

The Poor And The Downtrodden

The Lost And The Lonely

The Demon-Possessed

The Demon-Oppressed

And

Those Who Have No Safe Place To Call Home

- Physically Or Spiritually -

And

Have Mercy On Those Who Do Not Yet Know

That The Lord Jesus Christ

- The Creator God

The Savior, The Redeemer

The Forever Friend -

For Their Personal, Public And Private Sin

Did Completely Atone!

Please Grant Unto Us These Few Petitions, Father

For We Ask All In The Matchless Name Of

The Holy Jesus

Your Beloved And Only Begotten Son

Our Returning King!

Please Come For Us Soon!

AMEN.

LIVING LIFE: Progression!

Why Are You Always So Chirpy!?!

Why Are You Always So Snide!?!

Okay, You Two!
That's Enough!

Listen To Me Closely
And 
I Will Tell You True
How TAHC "Tablets"
Decide ... For You
How, In This Life, You Will Walk Through!

I Don't Take TAHC Tablets!
Lacy, Do You!?!

No, Lucy!
At Least I Don't Think So!

What Do You Mean, Bro. Purdy!?!

Lucy And Lacy
And
All Of You Here
Every Human Being Has TAHC "Tablets"
That They Each Take Every Day!

Some People Take TAHC
And
Walk On The Negative Side!
Some People Take TAHC
And
BOOM!
Positive Ride!

What On Earth Is TAHC!?!

Would You Agree With Me That
Every Human Thinks!?!

Yes, Of Course!

Would You Agree With Me That
Every Human Performs Actions!?!

Of Course! That's Natural!

Would You Agree With Me That
Every Human
Big Or Small, Old Or Young
Wise Or Simple, Rich Or Poor
Prince Or Pauper
Priest, Pastor, Pope, President
Prime Minister, Politician, Performer
All Have Habits!?!

That's For Certain Sure ...!

... And Sometimes Very Bad Ones At That!

Would You Agree With Me That
Each On Of Us On This Planet
- Seen And Unseen -
Has A Character!?!

Sure Do, And Some Very Bad Ones Exist!

Very True!

But, Bro. Purdy
You Haven't Said What TAHC Actually Is!

Oh, But I Just Did!
Weren't You Paying Attention!

Come On!
You Did Not Such Thing!

Jaden!?!

Yes, Bro. P!?!

Did I Not Just Indicate To You
What TAHC Is!?!

Yes, Sir!

Would You Care To Recap For Your Brethren
What It Is That You Heard!?!

I Sure Would, Bro. P!

Guys,
Bro. P Just Told Us Plainly That
All Humans Have
A. Thoughts, Perform
B. Actions, Create
C. Habits, And Build
D. Characters!

Come On!
All He Asked Was A Bunch Of Questions!
At Least That Is What I Gathered!

That's Shallow Thinking
And A Lack Of An Enquiring Mind!

Be Nice, Hailey!

Sorry!

Okay! Let's Go Deep!

We All Think So We Have ... THOUGHTS!
All Of Our Thoughts Lead To ... ACTIONS!
Actions Repeated Turn To ... HABITS!

And

Habits Form ... CHARACTER!

Now Please Listen Carefully ...

The Jump From Thoughts To Character
Is
A Very Short One
But
It Leads To Life-Altering Consequences!

You Are What You Eat!
You Are What You Think!
Your Life Is Created By Your Thoughts!

Remember 
What The Word Of Truth Says ...

 

What You Let In
Is
What You Will Live Out!

GIGO!!
Garbage In!
Garbage Out!
Nicely Said!

Now ...

Let's Talk Lucifer!

Oh, Dear!
This Is Not Going To Be Good!
I Can Feel It Already!

Thoughts BECOME Matter
Because
Thoughts ... MATTER!

Lucifer ... Thought!
Lucifer's Thoughts Mattered ... To Him

And

Lucifer

- Making A Mess Of His Matters -

Temporarily Wrecked The Peace Of Heaven

And

Permanently Destroyed 
The Once Peaceful Lives Of Numerous Angels

And

Then Proceeded To Leave The Life Of Man In Tatters

Because

He Wanted Mightily To Matter The Most
To All The Lord's Hosts!

When You Start Badly

You End Up Doing Badly

Because

Your Thoughts Are Skewed

Your Actions Are Deranged

Your Habits Are Defiling

And

Your Character 
Is Not 
One That Is Bright And Righteously Shining!

Sad! That's Really Sad! 

True! True! 

I Have A Simple Question

That I Want You To Uncomplicate

And

When You Have Your Answer

Please Feel Free To Explicate:

Do You Have An Unsubdued Heart

Where Selfishness And Willfulness Rule

Using You Like An Unsharp Tool!?! 

Find Out ...

How Much Does A Thought Weigh!?! 

How Much Is An Action Worth!?!

How Far Should A Habit Go

And

Why Your Character Should Be Sterling

Built Up From The Sin-Cure!

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

Brethren,

A Thought Holds The Weight Of The Intended Action!

An Action Is Worth The Input Necessary

To Make It Second Nature Aka A Habit
And

A Habit Is Integral To The Forming Of

The Anticipated Character

Which, To The Possessor

Is

Good Or Bad

Right Or Wrong

Profitable Or A Loss-Leader

Praise-Worthy Or Shameful

And

All Depends Upon Who

Is

The Key-Holder Of

Your Eternal Reward! 

So, I Ask You Plainly:
Upon Whose Name Do You Call!?! 
Do You Get Your TAHC From Satan, The Bold 
The Wicked Drug Dealer

Or

From Jesus Christ

The Great Physician

The True And Faithful Mighty Healer!?! 

Remember, Brethren 
Satan Always, Always, Enslaves
But
Jesus Christ The Righteous
Always, Always, To The Uttermost ... Saves!