VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: STOP DECEIVING YOURSELF: I Commend You To Jesus Christ The Lord!

I Thought I Was Doing The Lord A Favor

By Permitting Him To Bless Me!

I Said A Prayer According To Need, Want

Wish, Desire, Out Of Covetousness

Greed, Discontent And, Again, Need

And 

Waited For The Lord To Deliver For Me Right Away

Because

I Wanted What I Wanted When I Wanted It!

Truth Is

Of More Guts Than Sense, I Surely Had Me A Lot!

I Was Like A Pig On Speed In Slop! 

Feed My Need Was My Screed! 

I Mean, After All

He, The Lord, Owns The Cattle On A Thousand Hills!

He Says The Earth Is His!

He Says That He Is The Shepherd

And That I Should Not Want!

He Said That If He Were Hungry He Wouldn't Tell Me

So That Means He Doesn't Need Anything From Me, Personally

Because 

He Has Told Me To Ask Him For What I Want

And 

He Will Give It To Me Because ... As He Says

He Loves Me ... Sacrificially!

He Said To Trust Him

Because 

He Is My Refuge And Strength!

He Said Test Him Love

And 

See That He Will Do Abundantly More

Than I Can Think Or Ask For

So That's What I Did!

What I Did Not Do Very Often

Or, If At All, With Any Gratitude 

Was To Say:

"Thank You, Lord!

I Love You, Lord!

I Love Being In Your Presence, Lord!

Lord, Please Draw Me Nearer!

Lord, Please Draw Nigh!"

One Day, I Looked In My Big Mirror

And 

What Did I See!?!

Nothing But A Big Wriggly Blood-Sucking Leech!

I Had Religiously Taken 

My Access To The Lord Of Life For Granted!

I Took Sustenance But Gave None In Return

And Suddenly

I Realized An Uncomfortably Inconvenient Truth

That Made My Heart Lurch

And

My Life's Blood To Run Ice Cold:

If The Lord ... The King Of Love

Removed Me From The Source Of My Life

From My Prosperity In Him

I Shall Become ... Dust

Which ... With Even A Light Wind

Just Blows Away ... Away ... Away ...!

In Shame, 

I Turned To The Gift Given

The Blessed Gift Called Healing Prayer!

Comeuppance Led Me From Self

To Aggressively, Drastically, Turn Away!

I Heard

Give ... And It Will Come Back To You

Good Measure

Pressed Down

And Running Over!

I Heard

Lean Not On Your Own Understanding!

I Understood

Everything That I Do For Christ Prospers

Because 

It Is Blessed!

I Finally Learnt That 

It Is More Blessed To Give Than To Receive

And

I Felt Relief

And

Experienced Release

Because

At Long Last I Knew ... I Know ... That

I Am Allowing The Holy Spirit Of Truth 

To Do A Good Work In Me

And

I Am Awaiting The Great Day When

The Lord Will Finish What He Has Started In Me!

I Am Blessed 

And 

I, At Long Last, Truly Know It! 

Brethren, Beloved,

I Serve The Risen Savior Who Provides For Me Every Day! 

No Matter My Position, I May Approach Unto Him By Prayer! 

He Encourages My Promotion To Hill Zion

The Blessed City Of The Eternal God 

And 

By The Protection Of The Holy Angels Excelling In Strength

He, Moment By Moment, Protects Me From The Wiles

Deceits And Gross Machinations Of Satan

The Devil

The Piercing Serpent

The Condemned And Damned God-Fraud! 

I Encourage You To Follow My Master, My Savior

My God, My Redeemer And My King

And 

You Shall Find Out For Yourself, My Dear One, That 

His Sacrificial Love For You Knows No End! 

I Commend You To Jesus Christ Our Lord 

Who Personally Loves You 

And 

Offers You The Position In His Heart 

Which Provides You Life ... Eternal Life

The Life Of Love And Peace That 

Has Nothing Called ... The End! 

 

HAPPY SABBATH + Faith Must Work!

Are You Faithful Faithful!?! 

Is The Practicing Of Your Faithfulness 

The Direct Fruit Of Your Profession Of Your Faith In Jesus!?!

 

Are You Doing Right In The Light 

But Are Dirty In The Dark Night!?! 

Would You ... Could You ... Honestly Say That 

If You Joined The Underground Staff Tomorrow 

The Next Sound You Would Hear From The Lord Is: 

"Come Forth And Come Up Hither!?!"

Beloved, 

Faith Without Corresponding Works ... Actions

Is 

A Dead Faith! 

Faith Must Act! 

A Cheapened Faith Requires Nothing Of Its Owner 

Save The Payment Of Useless Words That 

Cannot Hold Up Under The Strain Of 

The Test Which We Must All Meet 

And 

Pass 

If 

We Are To Enter The Heavenly Promised Land! 

We Must Acquire Holy Characters 

Like That Of Our Dear Savior 

Who ... In The Midst Of His Stormy Time Of Testing 

Stood Firmly On The 

"Thus Saith The Lord!" 

Let Us, Therefore, Remember Always That 

The Lord Is Faithful

The Gifts Given Are Good And Perfect 

And

The Promises Given Are Sure And Secure! 

Be Faithful, Not Fearful! 

Be Trusting And Truthful! 

Do Love And Walk Right 

And

Ever Remember That 

You Are A Child Of The Day And Not Of The Night! 

The Lord Equips His Called:  

Obey The Will

And

Humbly Answer The Call

And 

Do Not With Your Purchased And Sure Salvation 

Unwisely, Unwisely, Play! 

Let Your Faith Work As Faith Must! 

Remember, Remember

Don't Ever Forget ...

Wherever The Good Lord Sends You

Rest Assured That He, Himself, Is With You!

Walk In Faith

And

Work With Endurance

As You Abide In Eternal Truth!

Peace With Prince Shiloh

Is

The Heavenly-Paradise Special!

OUT OF DARKNESS INTO LIGHT: The Lord Knows ...!

Beloved, 

It Will Do Us All Good To Remember Well This Text 

And 

Live Our Daily Lives In The Knowledge That 

Whatever We Do In The Darkness 

Shall Surely Come To Light! 

Mankind May Hide His Dark And Terrible Deeds 

From His Brethren

But 

They Can't Ever Be Hidden From The All-Seeing Eye Of 

The Ever-Present, All-Knowing, Eternal God! 

Adam And Eve Tried 

And 

Failed At Hiding From God: 

They Lost Their Paradise Home 

And 

We Are Still Suffering The Effects Of That Lost! 

Adam And Eve's Son, Cain 

Tried To Hide The Innocent Blood Of Abel

- His Righteous Brother -

But 

The Earth ... Holding No Secrets For Any Man

Revealed The Blood! 

Cain Lost His Home 

And 

The Hope Of Redemption 

Because 

He Chose Self Over His Savior: 

He Lost The War In The Battlefield Of The Mind! 

I Beseech Us All

Please Do Not Think That We Can 

Over-Power Sin And Satan

Outlast Time

Or

Outwit Almighty God! 

We Are Mere Men ... Mortal

Given To Malice And Misdeeds! 

God Is Mighty

And 

Merciful

And 

Means Exactly What He Says!

Let Us, Therefore

By Grace ... Through Our Gift Of Daily Faith 

Make Wrong Things Right 

So That In The Day Of Accounts

Our Record Of Sin Shall Say: 

"PAID IN FULL!" 

Let's Choose To Repent Now 

To Avoid The Rush To Regret Later! 

Dare To Do Right! 

Peace

Is

Presently Possible

With The Lord Our God

The Prince Of Peace

Prince Shiloh!

DON'T PREY: Pray!

 

Being A Committed Christian Is Hard 

But 

Also Quite Satisfying

Because 

We Walk Under The Banner Of The Prince Of Peace 

Who Gives Us Oh His Peace That 

Passes Human Understanding! 

Our God Does Not Sleep 

For He Walks Too And Fro Among His People 

Over Whom Holy Angels Excelling In Strength Keep Watch 

As They Protect Them From The Schemes Of The Devil! 

Fret Not Thyself Because Of The Evil-Doers! 

Our God Keeps Detailed Records 

And 

No Wrong Done Against The Lord's Faithful 

Shall Go Unpunished! 

Beloved,

Please Keep Your Eye On The Heavenly Prize! 

Keep Your Hand On The Gospel Plow! 

Keep A Song Of Zion In Your Heart 

And 

On Your Tongue 

And 

Let Your Life Read Like 

The Living Truth That You Treasure! 

Let's Ever Remember That 

There Is No Law Against A Meek And Gentle Spirit

The Very Spirit That Our Lord Manifested 

On His Earthly Sojourn! 

Please Let The Holy Spirit Teach, Guide 

And 

Comfort You On This Pilgrim Journey! 

Judgment Day 

Is 

Coming For All Unrepentant Evil-Doers 

So By Grace ... Through Faith

Please Make Sure That You Are Not Among Them! 

Choose To Speak Peace 

And

Committed To The Cause Of Christ

Confidently ... Diligently

Go Faithfully On Our God's Errands! 

Truth Wins! 

Don't Prey: Pray! 

YOU OWN IT: Give The Lord Real Praise!

If We Look Closely

We See In This Text Ownership! 

Peace Belongs To The Lord: 

He Gives To Us A Gift Of His Peace! 

Praise Is Ours To Freely Gift To The Lord! 

Interesting Thing, Though

All That We Call Ours Comes To Us As Gifts From Our God 

So, In Truth And In Fact

What We Are Substantially Giving Back To Our Lord 

Is 

Gratitude! 

What The Lord Gives 

Is 

Given For Good! 

How We Choose To Use It ... By Our Free Will

Says An Awful Lot About What We Have Learned

- And Are Practicing - 

From This God Who Only Gives Good And Perfect Gifts 

To Bless Us! 

Giving Our God Praises Blesses Our God 

And

Blesses Us 

Because

By So Doing

We Are Rising Up Higher And Higher! 

Beloved, 

We Can't Fool The Lord! 

Feint, False, Praise 

Is 

An Abomination 

Because 

It Minimizes The Recipient 

And 

Brands Us As Deceitful 

And 

Untrustworthy

And 

Stagnant In Our Growing In Grace 

As Recipients Of Unmerited Favor! 

We Can't Earn The Lord's Favor 

And

We Can't Buy The Lord's Gifts 

And For Sure

We Can't Exchange The Lord's Good And Perfect Gifts 

To Receive Better From Another More Profitable Source! 

There Ain't None! 

Please Let Us Endeavor Today 

To Abundantly Lavish Praise Upon Our Lord And God

Savior, Redeemer 

And 

Forever Friend 

Like It Is Going Out Of Production 

And 

You Desire To Be The Last Giver Of Praise 

Left Standing At Power Down! 

Giving Praise To Our God Brings Peace!

Being Ashamed Of Sin Is A Good Thing!

Shame 

Is 

The Teacher Not To Be Ignored

Because

The Ability To Feel Shame

Is

A Gift Of The Eternal God Our Lord

To Cause Us To Walk In Repentance

And

Help Us To Confess And Make Wrong Things Right

So That We May Be Cleansed And Forgiven

For Sinning Against The Holy God! 

Shame 

Is 

Synonymous With Sin And Guilt 

And 

If We Refuse To Express Shame 

For Our Having Committed Known Sin

For Which We Are Known Guilty

We Make Our Maker, God, King 

And 

Judge 

A White-Mouthed Liar! 

We Then Become God 

Because 

We Have Determined That 

We Know More Than He Who Made Us!

We Did Not Make Ourselves! 

Beloved, 

The Living God In Glory

Through The Innocent Blood Jesus Christ 

- Shed For Us At Calvary -

Willingly Offers 

And 

Graciously Gives Of His Free Grace 

To Us Who Choose

- By Faith In The Eternal Word 

And

The Finished Work Of Jesus - 

To Experience ... Express

The Necessary Shame For Our Trespasses 

Against His Holiness! 

Let Us, Therefore, 

Cease From Our Arrogance 

And 

Humble Ourselves Before The Great God 

And 

Display Real Shame

True Sorrow

Biting Regret

And 

Heart-Felt Repentance 

For Crucifying Our Lord Christ

Time And Again! 

Be Ye Warned ... 

Satan Refused 

To Feel Ashamed For His Known-Sinful Pride

Greed, Arrogance, Selfishness, Lies 

And

Treachery Against His Maker 

And

By So Doing

Sealed His Own Destruction 

And 

That Of The One-Third Of Heaven's Angels 

He Willfully, Maliciouslyly, Cruelly Deceived! 

Being Ashamed Of Sin 

Is 

A Very Good Thing: 

Let It Make You, Help You

And 

Guide You 

To Walk The Straight And Narrow Way To Heaven!

 

Sue For Peace

With

The Eternal God!

Choose The Good Part!

The Lord In Zion Does Not Sleep Nor Wear Dark Glasses: 

He Sees Us All Always! 

No Matter What Is Happening In Your Life

No Matter How Close To You Your Adversary Is

- Be It By Blood, Affection, Faith Or Affiliation -

Please Do Not Indulge In Their Tactics Aka Fighting Fire With Fire! 

Remember Always Whose Child You Are 

And 

Always Remember That The Weapons Of Our Warfare 

Against The Published And Private Agents Of Satan 

Are Spiritual ... Not Carnal

And

Choose To Fight Fire With The Faith Of Jesus Which Cannot Fail

 And

The Key In The Hand Of Faith ... Called Prayer

Which Unlocks Heaven's Storehouses 

Wherein Is The Abundance That Almighty God

- Through Jesus Christ Our Lord - 

Makes Available To His People 

By Request For Patience, Provision, Protection, Purity

And

Peace! 

Beloved, 

Satan Is The Condemned And Damned Liar

The Murderer Of Lives, Loves, Hopes And Dreams 

And 

All Who Walk In Charity With Him Doing His Dread Bidding

Shall Join Him 

In The One-Way, No-Escape Lake Burning With Fire And Brimstone! 

Remember, Remember 

Don't Ever Forget ... 

Evil Does Not Go Unpunished 

No Matter Who Is Doing It

And 

Good Does Not Go Unrewarded

No Matter Who Is Performing It! 

Use Your Free Will

And

Your Right To Choose

To Always Choose The Good Part Of This Life

So That The Lord's Best Blessings

Will Fall Abundantly Upon You! 

Look Up To 

And

Embrace The Lord Of Light, Love, Grace And Glory: 

Walk In Wise Ways ... Not Damnable Folly!

There Is No Heavenly Profit For Sinning!

Trust The Lord Always

Because

He Is Our Refuge

And

Our Strength!

 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Pssst!?! You Are Being Tested!

 

 

There Is No Cheap, Sentimental

Frou-Frou Salvation For Christ's Followers 

In The Eternal Economy Of Almighty God 

So Anyone Who Believes That 

Trial, Test, And Tribulation Are For "Other People" 

Wheel And Come Again! 

Jesus Christ Was Severely Tested, Tried

And 

Tormented 

And 

All Who Call Him Lord 

Shall Be Tried Just As He Was! 

For Carnal Gold To Be Refined

The Dross, The Waste ... The Useless Stuff 

Is 

Purged Away 

And 

If We Are To Emerge As Gold

Fit For The Palace Of The King

We Must Be Tried! 

Beloved, 

What We Eat, We Speak 

And

What We Live, We Give 

And 

If We Desire To Meet Jesus Christ In Perfect Peace 

And 

Arrive Safely At The Heavenly Land 

To Enjoy Blessings That Never Cease

We Must Eat And Speak Truth 

And 

Live In And Give Love Of The Godly Sort To All People

Even The Unlovely In Spirit

The Unkind Actors

And 

Even Those Sorry Souls 

Who Test Our Resolve To Walk In The Truth Of God That 

Saves Our Souls! 

Please Remember That What The Lord Brings  Us To

He Will Carry Us Through 

If

We Remain Faithful ... And Endure! 

Be A "Fool" For Christ! 

Cry Out! 

Pray On 

And 

Walk Onward In Jesus Christ

- The Truth That Is God - 

Who Will Never Leave You Nor Forsake You! 

Choose Life: 

All Tests Come To An End! 

Innocent Blood

Purchased

Your Perfect Peace:

Let No Created Being

Steal Your Joy In Christ Jesus! 

HAPPY SABBATH + Scrubbing Brushes, Chisels, Hammers, Cross-Cut And Rip-Cut Saws And Sand-Paper!

The Lord Our God 

Does Not Make Idle Promises About 

Neither Sin Nor Salvation

Blessing Nor Rebuke

Heaven Nor Hell

And 

We Of The Household Of Faith 

Must Not Minimize Or Place A Gloss Over 

The Plain Word That 

Proceeds From The Mouth Of The Almighty God 

By Indulging Doubt, Disbelief 

And 

Disobedience! 

Let's Consider A Baby! 

A Baby Knows The Voice

The Taste

The Touch

The Smell 

And 

The Rhythm Of The Heart Of Its Mother

And 

In The Chaos Of The Noisy World 

Or Its Own Household

Baby Will Seek For 

And 

Find Care, Comfort, Rest

Refreshing 

And 

Peace 

In Its Mother's Arms! 

So, With That Said

What's Our Problem!?! 

The Lord Our God 

Is 

Our Creator 

Aka Father And Mother 

Who Cannot Forget Us 

Because 

Of The Richness Of His Infinite Grace

And 

Eternal Love! 

Jesus Christ's Innocent, Precious, Blood 

Purchased Our Redemption 

And 

We Are Called To Saving Faith 

- By His Daily Gift To Each Of Us Of 

A Measure Of His Faith -

By The Plain Truth 

To Willingly, Eagerly, Wholly,  Trust 

The Holy God Of Grace 

To Get Us Safely Home To Unending Glory! 

This World 

Is Not 

Our Forever Home

And

Our Problems Are But Scrubbing Brushes

Chisels, Hammers

Cross-Cut And Rip-Cut Saws And Sand-Paper:

We Must Be Clean And Righteous Before Our Lord ... The Judge!

Beloved, 

We Have Free Will And Free Choice

So Let Us ... As Children Of The Great King

Choose To Walk In Enduring Faith 

And 

By Almighty God's Great Grace

Do Not Deny His Personally-Shown

Perfect Love For You!

The Lord Cannot Forget

His Very Own

Greatly-Beloved Children!

Book-It ...

 

Walking In The Truth Brings Peace: 

Be Comforted In Christ Jesus

Shiloh

The Prince Of Peace

Who Is Our Haven Of Rest!

Rejoice In The Lord ... Of Life!

Every Day Is Thanksgiving Day! + PRAYER: Thank You, Father, For The Workmen Of Life!

 

Every Day 

Is 

Thanksgiving Day! 

Every Day Is The Day To Pray 

And 

Give Praise And Thanks 

For The Gifts Of Perfect Love That 

We Constantly Receive

And 

To Be Grateful For Heavenly Grace 

From The God Who Sacrificially Loves Us 

Even Though We Often Live Lives 

Which Merit Us Being Among 

The Cast-Out Disgraced! 

Beloved, 

No Matter How Perceived-Small The Gift

No Matter How Allegedly-Late Its Receipt

No Matter That The Gift Received 

Is Not 

The Gift That Your Carnal Heart Desired

Let Us Ever Remember That 

All Good And Perfect Gifts Are From The Holy Hand Of 

Jesus Christ The Righteous

Our Maker And Savior

Redeemer And Forever Friend

The King Of Glory! 

Let Us Cultivate The Habit Of Saying 

"Thank You, Dear Lord!" 

And 

Even More So Now In This Time Where Disease 

Is 

Deftly Trying To Take Our Loved Ones Away! 

Brethren, Beloved

Let Us Use This Day Of Giving Thanks 

To Draw Closer To Our Creator

Our Friends And Family

And 

Let Our Foes Help Us To Lean Thankfully 

On The Love That Will Never Let Us Go! 

Give Thanks With A Grateful Heart 

And 

Decide This Day That From Righteous Living 

Never, Ever, To Depart! 

PRAYER:

Thank You, Father

For Your Myriad Blessings

On Us Children!

Thank You For Giving Unto Us

Our Beloved Savior

Your Only Begotten Son

Jesus Christ The Lord!

Father,

Please Forgive Us

For The Many Times That

We Act As Those Ungrateful

And

Use Language That Is

Utterly Thankless

And

Truly Tasteless!

We Thank You, Dear Father

For The Fellowship Of The Holy Spirit

The Protection Of The Holy Angels

Our Spared Lives

The Roofs Still Over Our Heads

And

The Sumptuous And Daily Food

Liberally Provided For Our Tables!

Though We Do Not Desire

To Feel Pressured

Or Experience Problems

Or To Be Ill

Or Financially Embarrassed

Lord,

Even For These Few Trials

We Give You Grateful Thanks

And

Heartfelt, Unfeigned, Praise

Because

These Workmen Cause Us To Hasten

To Your Throne Of Grace

Where We Will Find

Unmerited Favor

From Your Holy Hand

To Help Us In Our Time Of Need!

Oh, Love, That Will Not Let Us Go

We Are Grateful And Thankful That

You Are The Holy God Known Faithful

And

We Ask You, Please

To Help Us To Rest Our Weary Souls

Our Daily Dying Bodies

Our Unbearable Burdens

Our Terrible Tests And Trial

Upon Your Strong, Loving, Unfailing, Arms!

Please Help Us

Even As We Pray

To Not Just Share Burdens And Trials

But

To Share Our Joys

And

To Rest And Abide In Your Love

To Be Refreshed

For The Sure Battles Ahead!

Thank You, Lord

For The Unspeakable Gifts

Most Of Which

We Don't Even Know That 

We Have Received:

We Bow In Worshipful Adoration!

Please, Dear Lord

Help Us To Draw Closer To You

To Live For You

And

If We Are So Called

To Die For You:

You Have Promised

To Raise Up Your Faithful Children

In The Glad Day Of Reunion!

We Trust You At Your Holy Word!

Please Take Our Hands

Please Hold Our Hearts

Please Bless Our Lives

And

Please Give Unto Us

Time And Time Again

More Reasons

To Give You Our Willing Praise

And

Grateful Thanks

In Jesus Christ's Holy Name

We Humbly Pray And Plead! 

We Love You!

AMEN.