Our Free Gifts Cost Innocent Blood!

 

In The Realm Of The Flesh

The Song Is Sung: 

"Yuh Know Wha' Yuh Got! 

Yuh Ain' Know Wha' Yuh Goin' Get!" 

This Is Often The Lie 

For There Are Things Received That 

Even With The Passage Of Years

They Do Not Tell The Truth 

Until Someone Gets Tired

And 

Someone Gets Hurt! 

Beloved, 

The Love Of God

In The Word Of God

Is

The Open Book Of Blessings!

In The Economy Of The Living God

And 

In His Dealings With This Mortal Flesh

Our God Announces 

And 

Memorializes 

What He Did

Is Doing 

And 

Will Do For Us ... Individually And Collectively 

And 

We Need To "Belly Up To The Trough"

And 

Ask The Lord Of Life To Help Us Lay Hold Of His Blessed Gifts 

With A Death Grip 

And Also

Help Us To Cease From Permitting Satan 

To Get Between Us And Our Good Gifts 

And 

Our God Holy

Who Gives Us These Great Gifts Of Infinite Love! 

Be Wise ... 

Don't Be Proud! 

Don't Doubt The Giver! 

Don't Trivialize The Gift! 

Don't Underestimate Your Enemy! 

Don't Overestimate Your Strength! 

Don't Ever Forget To Pray! 

And 

Don't Doubt Satan's Hatred For Whom Almighty God Loves! 

Choose Life With Amazing Love ... 

Believe In The Love Of God 

And 

Boldly Let Your Requests For Power

Provision 

And 

Protection Be Known To The Life-Giver! 

Remember, Remember

Don't Ever Forget ... 

Our Gifts Cost Innocent Blood! 

Let's Dare ... As Children Of The Living God

- Homeward Bound -

To Hold Our Purchased

And

Forever Blessed Gifts

With Working, Enduring, Faith! 

Without Faith

It Is Impossible To Please

The Eternal God Of Glory!

We Shall Walk Through The Valley

In Perfect Peace!

Chosen, Purchased, Wooed ... And Won!

 

 

Never Doubt Almighty God's Personal Love For You 

And 

Never Be Doubtful As to Whom You Belong! 

Beloved, 

We Are Loved By 

And 

Belong To The Lord Of Life 

Because 

We Were Chosen By His Heart

Purchased By His Blood

And 

Wooed By That Holy Love Which Will Not Let Us Go 

To be Lost To Sin! 

Jesus Christ Ever Willing

The Holy Spirit Ever Working

The Holy Angels Ever Protecting 

And

We ... Seeing Our Need 

And

Realizing Our Personal Peril Outside Of His Safe Fold 

And

Desiring His Love In Our Own Hearts

Our Hands In His

Our Rest In His House

Our Wealth In His Storehouses In Glory

Our Peace In Himself

Our Rest Where He Is

Our Faith Made Sight

And

Our Blessings Made Eternal

Let Us Choose To Cooperate With Christ

- With His Love Divine -

To Be Won To Be Eternally Blessed

And 

Saved! 

Let Us Daily Choose To Wear Our Ownership

Our Belonging

Our Relationship To Our God 

Privately

And 

Publicly 

And 

Passionately! 

Beloved, 

Claim ... And Relish 

The Love That Works At Loving You 

And 

Let No Created Being

Seen Or Unseen

Spirit Or Flesh

Steal Your Joy In Your Lord ... Your Love

The Soon-Coming King! 

Daringly War Against Known Sin: 

Fight The Good Fight Of Faith! 

Pursue Peace With Shiloh, The Prince Of Peace!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: The Valley Of Sorek + PRAYER: Pity Us, Lord, In Our Wretched Condition!

You, Beloved, Are In The Valley Of Sorek 

Aka Valley Of The Choice! 

You Must Choose Between Good And Evil

Right And Wrong

War And Peace

Faith And Doubt

Honor And Deceit

Jesus Christ And Satan 

And

Heaven And Hell! 

Will You Trust The Truth

Believe The Promise

And

Walk In The Light Of Life 

Or

Wearing Putrid Pride 

By That Designer To The Fallen Stars, Snatch deJoy

Turn Left On Tek-A-Chance

And 

Dance Indelicately On Broadway And Blight 

For New Nickels 

And 

Old Pyrite Nuggets Aka Fool's Gold  

Redeemable Only At What-If, If-Only

And

Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda ... Did Not!?! 

Open Your Eyes! 

Regret ... Repentance

Is 

An Horrible Thing 

When Viewed Through Once-Deliberately-Closed Eyes

And 

Even Worse When Hope 

Is 

Dead 

And 

Mercy Is Departed! 

We Are Called To Be Wise Unto Salvation 

And Not

Self-Satisfaction! 

Dare To And Be Different! 

Dare To Walk Humbly Before The Lord Of Life

And

Invite The Spirit Of Truth 

To Be Your Soul's Sole Companion 

And 

Forever-Faithful Guide! 

Choose Love, Light, Faith

Truth, Peace, Heaven ... Jesus Christ: 

The Spirit Says "Come!" 

PRAYER:

We Desire Above All Else

To Get Home Safely

And

In Jesus Christ's Holy Name, Father

We Humbly Plead 

Remembering That We Are Dust 

And

That It Is By Your Sovereign Will That

We Live And Breathe

And

Have Any Being! 

Pity Us, Lord, In Our Wretched Condition! 

Open Our Eyes, Ears, Our Hearts!

Cleanse Our Tongues! 

Heal Us From All Unrighteousness 

And

Bless Us To Serve You

To Praise Jesus 

And

To Glorify Your Great Name! 

We Need Help, Dear Father

And

We Plead Our Poverty! 

Please Make The Way Plain 

An

 Help Us To Walk Boldly

Bravely And Unashamedly Upon It! 

You Are God ... Alone: 

We Worship You! 

Have Mercy And Bless Us

Because You Are Love!

Let The Spirit Fall Upon Us

And

Rise Up Mightily In Us

To Bless Us To Willingly Do Your Will!

Please Come For Us Soon!

We Need You!

AMEN! 

HAPPY SABBATH + Jesus Christ Always Saves So .... Always Pray!

  

I Had A Good Feeling: 

It Was A Lie!

I Had Listened To My Deceitful Heart: 

It Made Me Cry!

In Agony Of Despair

I Turned Back To The Word That Always Saves

And

Then I Listened As Jesus Christ Spoke

And

Afterwards, I Sincerely Prayed:

PRAYER:

Our Father In Heaven,

King Of Glory Supreme

Pity Me A Poor Student

A Lazy Worker

A Child Who Away From Your Holy Hand

Did Lawlessly Lean!

Please Forgive Me And Clean Me

Clothe Me

Dress Me

And

Bless Me

For I Confess My Sin Of Presumption

And

Accept With Contrite Heart

That In Your Presence I Am The Least! 

I Repent, Lord, For Greedily Indulging

In The Disobedience Feast!

Feelings Do Not My Soul Sanctify

And

Walking As One Self-Willed

Always Makes Me Cry

So, In The Name Of My Jesus

Who Lowered Himself

To Lift Me Up To You

Forgive Me, I Beseech

And

Make Me Anew!

I Need You, Father

And

I Am Glad!

Please Help Me To Remain Faithful

For Sinning Makes Me Miserable

And

Makes My Dear Savior So Very Sad!

 

I Desire To Be Like My Jesus

So I Plead For The Holy Spirit

To Descend Upon Me And Indwell Me

For Truly, Father, I Yield My Will:

May The Sweet Spirit Who Leads Into All Truth

My Longing, Aching, Hungry, Heart

Truly, Thoroughly, In Time

And

For Eternity

Please Fill!

Thank You For Hearing

And

Answering Prayer

For It Is In Jesus Christ's Holy Name, I Plead! 

AMEN!

NEW LIFE: Dare To Be Faithful!

Is Your Faith Full 

Or Is Your Faith Faltering!?! 

Is Your Trust In Jesus Christ Tremendous 

Or Is Your Trust Timid!?! 

Is The Book Of Truth That You're Avidly Reading 

The Preserved Word Of The Eternal God 

Or Is It The Reader's Digest Abridged Version 

Catering To Your Willful Sinful Self 

And 

Bearing A Version Of The Truth That 

Does Not Disturb You When You Go Shopping 

In The Massive Mall Of Daring Disobedience!?! 

Beloved, 

Let's Get Real Here! 

When The Lord Calls And You Answer:

"Yes, Lord!

I Am Willing!" 

You Mean Willing To Obey

To Endure

To Learn

To Change

To Grow

And 

To Follow Him Faithfully ... With Integrity, Honesty! 

There Is No Provision Made For Wearing Your Own Clothes 

Aka Your Own Righteousness 

Or Eating Your Own Bread 

Aka Manufacturing, Following 

... LiViNg ... 

Your Own Truth

And 

Remaining In The Same Condition 

As When You Eagerly Met The Lord Of New Life Abundant! 

We Come To Jesus Christ As We Are ... Sinners

But 

It Is Impossible To Remain A Sinner 

And 

Live Eternally! 

Brethren,

Please Dare To Let The Holy Spirit Change You 

From The Inside Out!

Dare To And Give The World No Other Choice 

But

To Call You A True Child Of The Great King! 

Grow ... By Grace, For Faith! 

Remember, Remember,

Don't Ever Forget ...

The Lord Of Life

The King Of Glory

Our Creator, Redeemer, Friend

Always, Always, Always

Equips Those Who Are The Called

Soooo ... Be Joyful! 

Jesus Christ's Peace

Passes

Human Understanding!

SURE SHELTER: The Everlasting Arms Last ... Forever!

No Matter How Strong The Enemy

No Matter How Fierce The Conflict 

And 

No Matter Who Is Our Enemy

Where They Come From 

Or How High, Low, Connected 

And 

Supposedly Unbeatable 

They Say Or Indicate That They Are

Our Jesus Christ

Our Eternal God Glorious

Mighty To And Able To Save Us

Will Thrust Them Out 

Aka Get Them Out Of Our Lives 

And 

Totally Destroy Them! 

Pray: Don't Faint!

Our Exercised Faith Will Work

- Will Move The Hand Of Our Omnipotent God - 

To Deliberately Move Our Unconquerable Mountains 

And 

Set Us Free ... And Save Us 

Only

As We Choose To Believe That He Is The Almighty God 

Who Rewards Those Who Diligently Seek Him!

Trust: Don't Fuss! 

Beloved, 

Let Us By Our Gift Of Faith For Today 

Look For Our Jesus Through Our Habit

- Our Constant Action -

Of  Praying ... Until Something Happens

And 

Reading Of The Living Word 

Until Our Minds ... Our Hearts

Are Stretched

Edified, Taught

Fortified, Strengthened

Preserved, Kept

Maintained

By This Unfailing, Always Current, Holy Word That 

Makes Us Frail, Weak, Needy Travellers Wise 

For Ourselves 

And

For Our Own Soul's Sure 

And 

Secure Salvation! 

I Beseech You, Therefore, Brethren

Please Make The Everlasting Arms Your Dwelling-Place

Your Forever Home! 

Lean On King Jesus 

And 

Live Forever! 

Without Peace With Our God Holy

All That Is Left To Us

Is

Justice From The Holy God!

 

Jesus Christ, The King Of Love, Loves You Best!

All Who Choose

To Walk Under The Banner Of Jesus Christ The Lord 

Will Face Three Adversaries: 

The Enemy Within Aka Your Self

The Enemy Within The Household

And 

The Enemies Outside The Household 

And

All Three Enemies 

Are Agents Of Or Are Used By Satan 

With The Sole Purpose Of

Severing Our Connection With Our Maker 

And Thereby

Render Us Unfit To Enter The Glorious Kingdom! 

Beloved, 

Guard Your Heart! 

Jealously Guard The Time You Spend With The Lord 

Whether It Is Singing

Praying

Enjoying A Companionable Silence

Listening To The Still Small Voice Of The Holy Spirit

Asking For Blessing

Exercising Faith For The Earthly-Impossible

Trusting The Lord 

Because 

He Is The Almighty God

Or 

Just Waiting On The Lord With Faithful Endurance! 

Please Let Us Remember Always That

The Lord Is For His People

And 

Never, Ever, Forget That Whatever Trial 

Or Setback

Or Temptation We Face

The Lord Whom We Follow 

Will Lead Us Safely To The Expected End That 

He ... In His Infinite Wisdom ... Has Determined! 

Please Let The Lord Lead! 

Please Follow Faithfully Where The Lord Leads 

And 

Dare ...By Faith

To Leave The Outcome In His Loving Arms! 

The Truth Is ... 

Someone May Say They Love You 

But 

The Lord Of Life

Our Jesus Blessed Forever

Eternally Loves You The Absolute Best: 

Do Not Ever Doubt His Personal Holy Love For You! 

Peace With The King Of Love

Is

Forever Free!

Hope Trusts Truth

The Lord God Almighty 

Is 

Good All The Time! 

He Is Our Ever-Present Help In Times Of Trouble

And

When We Are At Peace

When We Are Stressed By Life's Fluctuations

When We Are Distressed Over Finances, Love, Work, Health

When We Are Oppressed By That Vile Satan

When We Repress Our Emotions

When We Need To Confess Known Sin

When We  Assess Our Walk With Jesus Christ

And 

When We Need To Reassess The Work That 

We Are Doing To Lift Up The Life Of Christ To A World That 

Is 

In Constant Turmoil! 

Beloved, 

The Lord Truly Knows ... Personally

Every One Of Us Who Trust Him At His Holy Word! 

Face Facts ...

We Say That We "Trust The Lord BUT ...!"

Listen-Up Traveller ...

There Can Be No "But" In Trusting The Lord Of Life 

Unless 

It Is To BUTTTT Aka Bring Up Things, Thoughts, Tests, Terrors 

To His All-Knowing Attention 

To Get The Help That We Desperately Need! 

The Lord ... Our Good Shepherd

Our Refuge

Our Shelter

Our Hope

Our Salvation

Our Redeemer

And 

Our Forever-Faithful Friend

Has A Thousand Ways To Save Us 

And 

He Knows What We Need Before We Need It!

Our God, Known Holy, Feels What We Feel 

And

Will Always Do For Us What Is Best For Us: 

We Get Heavenly Gain 

And 

Almighty God Gets His Glory! 

Please Learn From

Lean Upon

And 

Look Up To The Lord Of Life

- The King Of Love -

Who Knows Every Hair On Your Head! 

Let's Boldly 

And Aggressively 

And Enduringly Dare To Trust Our God 

And 

At The Time Appointed ... By Right

Go Home To Share His Great Glory! 

Remember ...

Hope Trusts Truth! 

Truth Begets Faith!

Dare To And Live With Hope:

Follow Truth

Experience Hope

And

Watch Your Faith Become Sight! 

Trust The Lord ... And Obey!

Hope In Jesus Christ

Brings Peace From Jesus Christ

That

Passes Human Understanding!

Anything Done Outside Of Faith Is Presumption!

 

None Of Us Called Christians

Living According To The Word

In The Will Of Almighty God

And 

Following Jesus Christ The King On The Holy Way 

Is 

Going Anywhere Near The Eternal City 

Without The Silken Cords Of Salvation

Grace

And 

Mercy 

Securely Tied Together Around And About Us

And 

With Faith In Us 

Being Vigorously, Enduringly

Continuously

Willingly Working Each And Every Day! 

We Can Sing

Pray

Utter Heartfelt Praise

Return Tithes

Give Offerings

Do The Necessary Work To Bless Others

Preach The Good News

Listen To The Good News

And 

Read The Bible Daily 

But

That Is All For A Goose Egg 

If 

We Permit Decimating Doubt 

To Put Our Gift Of Faith On The Skids!

Every Blessing We Receive 

Is 

A Gift From God! 

Every Counterfeit 

Is 

From Satan The God-Fraud: 

We Need To Be Able To Recognize What Is Real 

And 

What Is Not! 

Beloved, 

Anything That Is Done Outside Of Faith

Is 

Presumption! 

Anything That Places Your Desires 

Above The Will Of The Eternal Holy God 

Makes You "God"

Which Makes You A Liar

An Idolater

An Agent Of Satan

And

An Adversary Of The True And Living God

Whose Name Is Jealous

And

Who Will Not Share His Glory With Another!

Any Word That Says That 

You Have Your Own Truth

- Your Own Way To God - 

Is 

False! 

The Lord Can't Lie 

And

We Won't Prosper 

When The Will Of God We Defy! 

Without Faith

Salvation, Grace 

And 

Mercy 

Are Useless! 

Think About It Very, Very, Carefully

And

Choose The Good Part

The Eternal Gift That Gives Eternally! 

Truth Is A Sword! 

Be At Peace

With

Jesus Christ The Lord!!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Speaking From Idle Hall!?!

 

The Lord ... God Almighty

Means Exactly What He Says! 

Like It Or Not 

We Are Going To Have To Take Ownership Of 

Everything That Comes Out Of Our Mouths! 

If We Accepted This As A True And Faithful Word 

From Him Who Is The Truth

We Would Think Mightily About The Flavor

Fragrance And Essence Of 

The Words We So Lightly Esteem When We Utter Them! 

Beloved, 

Our Words Do Not Have The Honor Of Built-in Deniability: 

The Lord Has Our Record Books 

And 

We Don't Have The Erase Code! 

Please Let Us Choose To Taste 

And 

Chew Our Words 

Before 

We Prettily ... Yet Spitefully ... Plate Them 

For Someone Else To Eat 

Because 

We Are Going To Have To Explain That Plate

 ... In Graphic Detail ... 

One Glad Day 

If

We Don't Confess 

And 

Repent Of Our Unprofitable Words 

And 

Unkind Behaviors! 

Idle Words Eagerly Work At Being Cruel! 

Let's Work Aggressively ... By The Living God's Grace

At Being Uplifting 

And 

Kind To All People 

No Matter If We Are Provoked

Pained 

Or In A Pickle! 

Let's Speak Words Of Love And Life 

As We Remember That The Recording Angel 

Is 

Always Present

Ready For Duty

And 

Able To Perform Undeterred! 

Control Your Red Rag Aka Tongue! 

Satan ... The Devil

The Adversary Of Souls

The Accuser Of The Brethren

Finds Work For Idle Hands

And

An Idle Mind

Is

His Well-Equipped Workshop!

HAPPY SABBATH + Ungodly Influences Abound

No Matter How Educated

Esteemed, Rich

Religious Or Powerful Any Human Is

We Must Not Allow Them 

To Influence Us Away From The Plain

"Thus Saith The Lord!" 

Beloved, 

Look Around You 

And 

Notice The Carnage Being Wrought In Their Lives 

And 

The Lives Of Others 

By The Unholy Influence Of Social Media

Political, Sports, Social Justice

Entertainment

And 

Religious Influencers 

Who Are Spreading Their Baleful Influence 

Like The Miasma Of A Plague Around Them! 

Discontent, Distrust

Disorderly Conduct

Dastardly Doings

And 

Diabolical Diatribe 

Is 

Everywhere Because Of Ungodly Influences

And 

It Is Leading To Death

Physical And Spiritual!

The Lord God Almighty

His Living Holy Word

The Working Of The Holy Spirit Of Truth

And 

The Good Influence Of The Holy Angels 

- Who Excel In Strength -

Calls 

And

Lovingly Leads Us ... Who Are Willing

To Abundant Life Now 

And 

Eternal Life Later! 

The Word Of The Life-Giver Speaks Life 

And 

It Shall Stand Forever 

After All The Lies 

And 

The Lives Of The Not-Gods 

- Human And Fallen Angel -

Have Perished In Fiery Conflagration! 

Let Us Be Wise Unto Our Own Soul's Salvation

And 

Permit Ourselves To Be Cared For

Comforted 

And 

Carried Unto Glory By The Eternal God 

Whose Character

- Written Of And Personally Experienced -

Identifies 

And 

Demonstrates That He 

- The King Love

The Shepherd Of Rest

The Prince Of Peace

The Judge Of All Flesh -

Is 

Wholly Holy! 

Trust The Wonderful Word Of The Word Of God! 

Jesus Christ ... Alone ... Saves! 

Seek Peace 

And 

Pursue It!