Thursday, December 5, 2019

Do You Pray!?! + PRAYER: Father, I Know That You Are True!

Why should the sons and daughters of God be reluctant to pray, when prayer is the key in the hand of faith to unlock heaven’s storehouse, where are treasured the boundless resources of Omnipotence?—(Steps to Christ, 94.) 

I Can Pray!
You Can Pray!
We Can Pray!
Do We Pray ... Enough!?!

We Pray!
You Pray!
They Pray
For A Lot Of ... Stuff!

I Am Selfish!
You Are Selfish!
We Are Selfish!
Do We Blush!?!

Sorry To Say
We Do Not Blush Close To Enough
Because
We See Through The Eye Of I, Me, Mine And Myself 
And
Forget That There Are Others
That We Could ... By Unselfish Effort 
Bless Most Generously!

We, You, They
Better Every Day!
I, Me, Mine
Needs To Be Held At Bay
Because
It Is Better To Give Than To Receive
Is 
What Jesus Christ The Lord Plainly Says!

Pray For Rain
To Be Blessed To Be A Blessing!

Pray With Passion 
And 
Not Because It Is In Fashion!

Pray For Peace
Not For Piece O' This
And
Some O' That!

Pray For Direction
And 
Not To The Mall
Or Some Raucous Scene Of Action!

Pray ... Just Because 
There Is The Holy God Who Loves You!
Pray Because You Have The Savior-Friend!
Pray Because Your God Is The God Of Creation
Who Has Promised You A Heavenly Home With Him
If You Walk Faithfully, Enduringly, With Him
Until He Returns While You Yet Live
Or Your Appointed Years Of Life
Shall Come To Mortal Man's End!

Pray
Because 
Jesus Christ Is Holy, Eternal
Your Hope, Help, And Salvation
And
He Is Your Only God
And
Known Never To Be A Fraud
And Because
Sticking Close To The Lord Christ By Prayer
Leads A Sinner Turned Saint
To The Eternal Reward!

Pray That With The Lord Christ
You Will Enduringly Walk In Accord! 

PRAYER:

Dear Father,
You Are In Heaven, Your Throne!
I Am On Earth, Your Footstool!

I Come To You Because I Know That You Are True!
I Am Calling Upon You
Because You Invited Me, By Open Invitation
To Come Boldly To Your Throne Of Grace
Where I May Ever Find Help In My Time Of Need!

I See My Need, Father!
It Is Constant And Pressing ... Very Urgent!
I Need My Jesus, My Lord, My Master, My King
My Hope
My Constant Help
My Very Salvation!
I Need The Beloved
Who Will Never Permit A Beggar
A Suppliant
A Penitent Soul
To Go Away Without The Need Fulfilling!

I Come To You Because You Love Me
And I, In Gratitude
Return Your Love By Exercising My Gift Of Daily Faith
And Bowing Not Just My Knee
But My Heart Before You In True Humility!

I Pray, Lord, For Hearing, For Sight
For Help And Healing!
I Beseech You, Lord, For Healing
From The Crown Of My Head
To The Very Sole Of My Feet
And I Sincerely Pray For Spiritual Healing
So That Your Holy Name, I Do Not Disgrace!

I Pray For The Brethren Near And Far
Known And Unknown
Seen And Unseen
Those Coming To Faith
Those In The Faith Of Jesus
And
Those Struggling With The Gift Of Faith
Wondering If They Dare To Trust It!
Help Them, Help Us, To See The Lord Clearly!

Father,
You Are Holy, Just, Kind, Loving And True
And I Beseech You In Behalf Of Us All
Help Us To See You Clearly
Help Us To Follow You Loyally
Looking Ever At The Sacrifice 
Paid For Us To Be Able To Come Boldly To Your Throne
Without Godly Fear And Holy Trembling
Knowing, Expecting, Believing The Promises
And Waiting Patiently For The Performance!
You Are Faithful!

You Are The Holy God Who Cannot Lie!
Jesus Christ Came And Showed Us The Way
How We May Courageously Satan And His Angels Defy!
Help Us To Hold On To Our Hope
And Walk Wise Unto Our Soul's Salvation
So That In The Appointed Day
We Shall Indeed Enjoy The Joyous Celebration!

Thank You For Hearing And Answering Prayer
For We Ask All In Jesus Christ's Matchless Name!
We Love You, Father!
Have Mercy And Bless
And
Please Come For Us Soon!
AMEN.




Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Practice Peace!

I Wonder How Many Of Us Would Survive
If The Lord Jesus Indulged In Fault Find
If Our Dear Jesus Was A Nit-Picker
Who Holds A Grudge
And
Takes Great Pains To Exercise His Right
As Man's One And Only Judge!?! 

What's With The "Survive" Bit You Pushing!?! 
We'd Be All Lost And Twice-Dead Men! 

You May Want To Correct The Twice-Dead Bit! 
If The Lord Ruled Us Just Like We Live And Interact
Our First Offense Would Be Our Last Offense 
As In ... Per Present-Day Speak:


You People Are Too Bougie!
You're To Stupid To Live In Your Skin!
You're A Waste Of Breath!
You're Taking Up Space!
You Don't Know To Come In Out Of The Rain!
You Can't Even Recognize You're Playing In Traffic!

And That Known Truly Vicious And Distinct Nasty 
Thrown Into Some People's Faces:

Your Mother Should Have Put You In Her Knee ...! 

... "Put You In Your Knee!?!" 
I Don't Know That Expression! 

I'm Sorry! 
I Forgot We Were In Mixed Company! 
That's A Bajanism For Performing An Abortion! 

Dear God, Help Us! 
Why Would Anyone Say That To Another Human!?! 

Sweetie, That's How The World Turns ... Your Stomach! 

Satan Real Busy! 

Indeed! 
But Let's Get Back To Our Original Topic!

Extend Grace And Show Mercy! 

Offer Love And Extend Patience! 

Offer Hope And Provide Help 
And Practice Healing! 

Let's Encapsulate It And Say:

Be At Peace
Because
We Are Saved By Grace 
As We Pursue Peace
With Our Holy God 
And 
Our Fellow Man! 

Let's Look At Apostle Paul's Letter To The Hebrews:






Brethren, 

Bite Your Tongue! 
Learn To Bridle Your Mouth ...! 

... Put A Sock In It! 

Indeed! 

We Don't Live For Ourselves: 
We Are To Live For Christ Jesus! 
If We Are Living For Self
We Are Playing Satan's Game!

No Human Will Ever Survive That Game!

Time To Put Self Out To Pasture, Permanently!

Hear, Hear!

We Don't Live By Ourselves: 
We Live Amongst Many "Men" With Many Minds
And
As Children Of The Living God
And 
Considering That But For His Great Grace 
We Could Be Doing What All Willful Sinners Do!

It's Past Time To Get Right With The Lord!

Let's Look Beyond Others' Faults To Their Needs 
And 
Choose To Bless Them By Our Thoughts To God About Them
And 
Our Words And Actions Toward Them! 

When We Choose To Really, Critically, Think About It
Our Lives May Be The Only Bible ... The Only Good News
They Will Ever Read
So Let's Practice Peace
Because
A Soft Answer Turns Away Wrath
And
Sweet Honey Catches More Flies Than 
Acidic Vinegar Ever Will ...!

... And Also Because The Lord Asks Us To Do So! 

The Texts Says
No Peace
No Holiness 
No Seeing The Lord
And
That's A Really Interesting 
And 
Critical Point To Make, To Understand, To Accept! 

I Don't Get You!?! 

Look At It This Way:

When The Lord Comes
In All His Glory 
The Glory Of The Father
And
The Glory Of His Angels
The Brightness Of His Coming 
Is 
Going Destroy All Evil-Doers ...! 

... Because Our God Is A Consuming Fire ...!

... And Evil Cannot Stand In His Presence! 

This Is Another Perfect Reason To Trust The Lord
And Get Saved Into His Kingdom Of Light! 

The Bottom Line ...

Be A Peace-Speaker
And
Be A Peace-Keeper
- Don't Be A Fake -
And
Walk In The Light That Is Jesus Christ's Life
Doing The Peaceable Works Of Righteousness
And
Shine Your Light In The Darkness
For That Old Devil, Our Enemy, To See! 
Don't Give Him Any Ground In The Battle!

Do Good ... And Be Kind!

Love Righteousness
And
Be Merciful!

The Lord's Mercies Shown To Us Acknowledged Sinners
Are New Every Morning!

Great Is His Faithfulness!

AMEN!!!



Peace-Makers
Are
The Children Of Almighty God
And
With All The Blessed
They Will Inherit The Earth!




Tuesday, December 3, 2019

NEW BIRTH: Without The Lord Christ!?!




Choosing To Live Life
Without The Lord Christ In It
Is Like Being Alive
Without Having The Breath Of Life!

Brethren,

Please Do Not Say Nothing!
Just Listen To This Remark
And
Ponder It Deep In Your Heart
And
Plead With The Almighty God
For The Leading Of His Holy Spirit
To Guide You Into All, Aka Absolute, Truth!
Let The Word Of God Dwell Within You Richly
If
It Is Your Desire To Have A Peaceful, Contented, Life!

She Said She Needed A New Birth
So She Went To The Plastic Surgeon
And Had Him Apply
His Devilish Artistry
To Give Her The Facsimile Of
The Well-Publicized Face
Of
A Celebrity!

Serious Soul Searching ...

How Often Have We Forgotten
Where Our Daily Blessings Come From!?!
How Often Have We Forgotten To Remember
That Without The Lord Christ
Our Blessings Would Number None!?!

Ingratitude 
Is 
Not A Good Look Upon A Christian
Neither Offering Thanks To The World
When It Belongs To The Lord
So Let Us This Day Effect An Attitude Adjustment
And
Deny The Liar Who Wants What Is Not His To Receive
And
Lift Up The Lord 
Without Whom We Wouldn't Be Able Even To Sneeze!

All Good Gifts ... All Blessings
Come From Our Eternal God!
Nothing Good That We Receive
Will Ever Come From The World
Nor  From The God-Fraud
So When We're Considering
To Whom To Give Glory, Honor And Praise
Look Only Unto Jesus Christ The Righteous
The Holy God Whom We Should Graciously Laud
And 
A Loving Song Of Rejoicing To His Name
For His Gifts Of Grace
-  Unmerited Favor Showered Upon Us -
Generously, Lovingly, Joyfully, Thankfully, Humbly, Raise!


Stop Following The Goat Herd:
Read And Digest
Perform And Promulgate ... Share
The Living, Holy, Saving, Word
Of
Jesus Christ The King
Our Soon-Returning Savior And Lord
The Judge Of All Flesh!




Monday, December 2, 2019

STEPPING OUT ... IN FAITH: Jesus Christ Saves!




There's A Notorious, Demonic
Counterfeit Of Faith That Many Of Us Practice 
And 
Don't Even Know It! 

It's Presumption 
And 
It Can Lead To Deadly Consequences! 
Adam And Eve 
Presumed Upon Their Creator's Great Love For Them
To Save Them From Their Great Disobedience: 
It Didn't 
And 
We Are Living Out The Results Of Their Sin! 

Our Faith Claims God's Promises 
And 
Obeys His Word 
And 
Does His Will! 

Our Presumption Claims The Promises
Expects The Gifts
And 
Deliberately Disobeys God 
Daring Him To Protect Us From Our Own Folly!

We Should Not Tempt Almighty God! 

We Need To Be Faithful To Be Blessed! 

Let's Think Straight
To Be Wise ...

If Stepping Out In Faith
Is 
To Step Into The Unknown
And
You Are Sacrificially Loved And Blessed By
And
Personally Know 
And
Are Personally Known By 
The One God Holy Who Makes The Unknown, Known
And
Who Has Promised In His Own Blood
To Never Leave You Nor Forsake You
How Can Your Stepping Out In Faith 
Be Stepping Into The Unknown!?!

He Has Said Via The Inspired Word:





As Christians, We Are Asked, Called
To Live By Faith ... Not By Presumptuous Sight!
We Are Called To Trust 
In The Unseen, Holy, Eternal
Faithful, Just, Kind, Merciful
Giving, Forgiving
Saving, Healing
Sealing, Revealing
Blessing ... All-Knowing
All-Seeing, Ever-Present
All-Feeling Creator, Redeemer, Friend-To-The-End
God Of Grace
Our Provider And Sustainer!

Since Our God Is
And
Is Real
Having Been To See Us
And
To Show Us The Way To Live To Be Blessed
And
Revealed The Right Way To Pray
And
Having Died To Save Us
Still Lives
And
Is Presently Interceding
In The Most Holy Place Of The Heavenly Sanctuary
And
Is Soon To Return ... He Promised
For A People ... His People
Prepared And Ready To Go To His Home
Where He Has, Is Preparing, Places For Them
Why Would We Choose ... It Is A Choice
To Doubt Him At His Living And Preserved Word
Which Is A Transcript Of 
His Holy, Unchanging, Character!?!

His Mercies Showered Upon Us
Are New Every Morning!

The Lord God Almighty
Cares For All Of His Creatures
But
We Are Special:

We Are The Only Ones
Who Are Made In His Image
After His Likeness
And
We Are The Only Ones
Who Have Sinned Against His Holy Name
And
We Are The Only Ones
The Only Created Beings
For Whom ... In Sacrificial Love
He Willingly Bled 
And
Died To Save
Because
His Holy Love
Could Not ... Cannot ... Let Us Go To Damnation!

Soooo, What's With The Doubt Thingie!?!

You Just Made My Point! 

Huh!?! How!?! 

You Clearly Said: "Doubt Thingie! "
That's Like Thingamabob, Thingamajig, A Whatever
Not Worthy Of Its True Handle
It's Real Name! 

I Didn't Mean Anything By It! 
It's Just An Expression! 

Oh, Really!?!
How's About We Don't Call Sin
By Its First And Last Name
And Just Call It Cheese Danish
Chocolate Eclair
Apple Butter!?! 

You Can't Do That! 

And Why Not, Pray Tell!?! 

That Would Be Denigrating
The Holy Word Of God
And Giving Sinners Needing The Savior 
The Foolish Belief That Sin Ain't No Big Deal! 
Just Eat It ... And Get On About
Your Own Business! 
It Ain't No Biggie! 

That's Sliding Down A Slippery Slope! 

Yeah! 
One Gentle Push
And Off To Hell You Go! 

Oh, Dear! 

We Should Be Ashamed Of Ourselves!

We Need To Confess And Repent Of Our Sin!
We Need To Have Contrite Hearts
And
We Need, Now, Today
From Known Sin To Aggressively Depart!
Doubting Damns So From Doubting We Must Depart!

Jesus Christ Saves ... To The Uttermost!


Know The Right ...


By Faith
No Sin Is Too Low To Confess
No Sorrow Too Great For His Comfort!
No Need Is Too Broad For Satisfaction
And
No Hope Is Too Far-Fetched To Fulfil
According To His Will
Because
Jesus Christ Says That
We Are His Own By Creation
And
By Redemption
And
That We Do Not Travel In This Dark World Alone!

Jesus Christ The King Calls!

Jesus Christ The Righteous Answers!
Jesus Christ The Redeemer ... Saves!
The Holy Spirit Guides And Chides And Comforts
And
The Holy Angels Surround And Protect
And
Influence Us To Do The Good And The Right! 

We Should Dare To Be Bold
On This Pilgrim Journey! 
Our God Is Real, Reigning, And Returning! 
Our Savior Is Righteous And Redeeming! 
Our Redeemer Is Revealing And Sealing! 
Our Creator Is Providing And Sustaining! 
Our Shepherd Is Leading And Feeding! 
The Lord Christ ... Prince Shiloh
Is 
Our Perfect Peace! 

Brethren,

Salvation By Faith Is Personal
So I Speak For Myself
And 
With The Attitude Of The Saints
Who Have Gone To Their Rest:

My God Is Real! 
Though He Slay Me, Yet Will I Trust Him! 
I Know That My Redeemer Lives
And 
If Almighty God Is For Me
Who Could Be Against Me!?! 

Before His Glorious Throne Of Grace

Let Us, In Working, Waiting, Watching, Faith
Humbly, Expectantly, Enduringly
Kneel Before Our Maker And Our God Eternal!

Jesus Christ Promised Me A Home In His Father's House
And
By His Grace
I Intend To Collect My Deed! 

We Have Choices To Make:

Feed On Foolishness From The Fiend And Fry

Or

Eat From The Hand Of The Shepherd Of Rest
And
In The Appointed Day ... With Him Leading
To Hill Zion Fly! 

Believe And Live! 

Doubt And Die! 

I'm Heading To The Sweet By And By! 




Sunday, December 1, 2019

OXYMORON: Oh, Foolish Christian!?!


The Fool:
Says There Is No God!
The Christian:
Follows Jesus Christ The Lord!

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Oh, Foolish Christian
Why Do You Emulate The World In Its Vanities!?!
The Lord, Your God, Points The Way!
Oh, Turn! 
Return!
Please Don't Continue To Stray!
Please Don't, From Saving Truth, Fall Away!

What Can The World ... So Full Of Sin
Teach A Child Of God That He May Live
In Godly Fear
Honor And Right 
That God Almighty Wouldn't Put Him Out Of His Sight!?! 

No Matter How Often Almighty God Called, Calls, The World
They Saw, See, No Reason To Conform
To Live Upright In The Gospel's Bright Light
But Choose To Walk ... Not In Faith
But In Carnal Eyesight! 

Oh, Child Of The Living God
Listen Well:
Fall Not Under This World's Bewitching Spell
Of Siren's Song, Baubles, Shows And Expos! 
There Is More To Life 
Than What Is Seen Here Below! 

You Are A Precious Tool For The Good Lord To Use!
So Don't Be Silly And Play The Fool! 
You Were Created! 
You Didn't Make Yourself! 
Give The Eternal God His Glory! 
Confess Your Known Sin And Repent
And
He ... Just And Faithful
Able To Cleanse
Will Assuredly, Immediately, Forgive You
And
Me, Too! 


Let's Be Wise Unto Our Own Soul's Salvation:
All Of Our Help, Comfort, Aid, Rescue
Provision, Sustenance
Maintenance ... And So Much More
All Come By The Holy Hand Of Jesus Christ The Lord! 

Let's Boldly Cut Out 
The Useless, Worldly, Middle-Man Class
And 
Reach For The Lord Of Life
- Who Is Ever Willing, Ready
And Able To Provide For And Protect Us - 
By Prayers, Praise, Glory, Honor
And 
Willing, Heartfelt, Worship! 


The Lord's Love For Us
Has
No Known Limits!
Believe, Trust
And
Obey Always 
And 
Be Eternally Blessed!