PRAYER: Lord, I Need You And I'm Neither Afraid, Ashamed Nor Sorrowful Over That Fact!

PRAYER:

Help Me, Dear Lord

To Exercise Faith

Instead Of Petting Doubt!

Help Me, Please, I Beseech You

To Sing Your Praise

Instead Of About Self To Pout!

Help Me To Live In Your Love

Instead Of Licking Up Lies

Which Say That You Are An Absentee Landlord

A Licensed King

Without Affection Or Ties!

I Love You, Lord!

You Love Me True!

You've Been By My Side My Whole Life Through

And 

By Your Gift Of Grace For Today 

Strength For The Way

Truth That Doesn't Stray

Faith That Pays

Blessings That Stay

Living Light Always

Holy Companions That Care

Hope For Glory To Share

The Holy Spirit Everywhere

Jesus Christ Interceding In Heaven Up There

And

The School Of Jesus

Correcting My Character Here

And

Living Markers Showing Your Love

The World Around

Makes Loving You ... Trusting You

Viable, Good, Right, Best

The Thing That Takes Me To Your Side

Where, Truly, I Belong!

I Am Blessed, Lord

To Know That You Care Enough

To Tell Me About My Sinful, Whorish, Behavior

Where I Say I Love You The Holy God

And Yet

In Fits Of Utter Madness

Short-Sightedness

Wild Abandonment Of Your Awesome Majesty

I Recklessly Go After 

The Unholy And Profane Gods That 

Can't Even Carry Themselves! 

I Repent! 

Please Forgive Me! 

When I Think On You, Lord

Your Word, Your Character

I Am Amazed And Ashamed

To Have Exercised Love And License

Faith And Doubt

Unbelief And Disbelief 

In Our Relationship! 

Please Forgive Me ... I Repent!

You Provide Food And Shelter

Things For Beauty And For Glory

Fragrances To Tickle My Mind, My Senses

Things To Tantalize My Tastebuds

Things To Tingle My Ears

Things To Thrill This Soul With Peace 

Power

And

Pointing To Your Preserving Love And Care

And

That Sabbath Rest That Restores My Soul

For Having Spent Time

In Your Quickening Presence! 

Forgive Me For Being As That Fool

Who, Lying, Says

And

Behaves

As If There Is No God Almighty

No Judge Of Human Flesh

And

Fallen Angels Damned! 

I Hear Your Voice, Lord! 

Please Never Stop Talking To Me! 

I Need You

And

I Am Neither Afraid

Ashamed

Nor Sorrowful Over That Fact!

 

I Desire To Be Close To You:

Please Draw Close To Me!

 

I Am Willing To Your Faithful Servant:

Please Commission And Equip Me!

 

Please Hold My Hand

Correct, Direct, Protect 

Lead, Feed

And

Use Me According To Your Sovereign Will

And 

Ever In Your Holy Way! 

I Am Willing, Lord!

I Make Myself Available To You, Father

For You Are My God!

You Know My Name, My Nature

The Length Of My Days

And

By Your Grace Upon Me

Through Your Gift Of Faith To Me

I Choose To Strive To Be An Overcomer Of Sin

A Diligent Servant Of My King

A Child Who Humbly Walks Before You, My God

For Holy Love That Does

And

Not For The Promised Rewards! 

Thank You For Your Abiding Love That Eternally Lasts! 

I Am Grateful For The Knowledge That Proves That

Godly Obedience Delivers

And

Love To God Elevates! 

Thank You For Hearing And Answering Prayer

For It Is In Jesus Christ's Holy Name That

I Humbly Pray And Plead!

Please Come For Us Soon!

AMEN!!!

Zion ... Or Oblivion !?!

 

Gun Powder

The Printing Press 

And 

Magnets 

Irretrievably Changed The Life Of Man ... Forever!

Jesus Christ ... By His Life

Death And Resurrection

Changed The Life For Man ... Forever! 

Jesus Christ 

Is 

Changing Our Lives Now 

Because 

He ... Our High Priest

Is 

In Heaven ... For Us ... Interceding! 

Almighty God's Truth

Grace 

And 

Mercy 

Gives Us 

J ustification ... Rightness With Him

E levation ... Raises Us Up To God The Father

S atisfaction ... Relief From Sin And Self

U nification ... Re-Entry Into The Family Of Almighty God

    And 

S anctification ... Readiness For Eternal Life

Forever!

Sin Costs:

Jesus Christ Paid! 

Salvation Costs: 

Free Mercy Paid! 

We Sinned: 

Our Blessed Savior Paid! 

Repentance Costs: 

Almighty God's Unfailing Forgiveness Pays! 

A Changed Life ... By The Holy Spirit Power Of God

Involves Change

Decay 

And 

Reformation! 

Are You Acknowledging The Word Of God 

But

Denying The Power Of The Living God 

To Personally Change You!?! 

Are You Living In Sin 

And

Denying Its Impacts 

And 

Unchangeable ... Inescapable ... Consequences!?!

How Is Your Forward Motion!?! 

Are You Crab-Walking

Slug-Crawling

Or Snake Winding 

Or

Are You Embracing Truth And Life 

As You Walk In The Light Of Life!?! 

Are You Headed To Zion 

Or

Oblivion

Aka Eternal Separation From Almighty God!?! 

We Are Nearing Home!

The Handwriting Is On The Wall!

Truth 

Is 

Trustworthy

And

Now Is Not The Time 

To Play Jeopardy Or Blue's Clues! 

Dare To Personally Know ... And Fervently Love

And

Willing Obey 

And

Serve

And

Worship

And 

Honor

And

Praise The Lord 

And

At The Time Of Appointing ... As An Overcomer

Receive His Blessed Reward!

Dare To Hold Our Almighty God

- In The Person Of Jesus Christ Our Lord ... And King - 

In Godly Fear ... Awe At His Majesty

And

Be In Perfect Peace 

In, By, And Through His Perfect - Personal - Love

For You ... For Me ... For Us!

 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: SABBATH + Occupy Until Christ Comes!

The Lord Christ Has Told Us To Occupy Ourselves 

Until He Comes To Escort Us Home 

To His Father's House Of Everlasting Joy: 

The Damned Devil Finds Wicked Work 

For Idle Minds And Hands! 

Beloved, 

A Person, Man, Woman, Child, Rich, Poor

Free Or Slave

Healthy Or No

Who Believes He Has No Reason To Live

No Expected End Like Jesus Has Promised Us 

Who Choose To Believe The Holy Word Of Truth

Will Do Anything

To Anybody

For Whatever Reason

Just So That They May "Feel" Something 

If Even For A Moment! 

We Are Christians 

And

Through The Holy Faith Which Cannot Falter Or Fail

We Have Jesus Christ For The Anchor Of Our Souls

And

We Have That Faith Of Jesus New-Supplied Every Day 

As The Lubricant For Our Minds

As Oil For Our Hearts

And 

As Energy For Our Motoring Along 

The Highways And Byways Of Life! 

Are You Ill!?! 

Pray, Confess, Repent 

And 

Accept Forgiveness Of Sin 

And

Rest In Jesus! 

Are You Happy!?! 

Sing Songs Of Gladness! 

Are You Nervous, Needy!?! 

Reach For The Extended Hand Of Help, Hope 

And 

Healing! 

Do You Need A Friend!?! 

Be A Friend! 

Reach Out And Touch Someone With A Kind Word

A Thoughtful Deed

A Cheerful Smile! 

Remember, Remember 

Don't Ever Forget ... 

We Are Not Alone! 

You Are Not Your Own! 

Lean On Jesus The King Of Love: 

You Are Greatly Beloved!

HAPPY SABBATH + Prayer For When Hearts Are Burdened 2

 

PRAYER:

Father, Forgive Me!

I Have Gone From Pillar To Post

Seeking A Home For My Heart

Forgetting

Perhaps Not Even Realizing That

My Heart Is Your Home!

Open My Eyes, Lord, And Help Me To See 

Those Fair And Holy Glimpses Of Truth That

You Have Waiting For And Available To Me

In The Volume Of That Book That 

Tells Me Of You And Your Holy Love For Me ... Personally!

Oh, How Often, Dear Father

Has My Heart Been Troubled Within Me

At My Seeming Lack Of Growth

At The Wayward Paths Being Used

By The Children Of Faith

At The Unholy Alliances, Even Confederacies, Being Formed

Between The Children Of The Day

And

The Denizens Of The Night

And

I Cringe!

You Promised In The Living Word

That Not One Jot Or One Tittle

A Dot Or A Dash In The Word Would Fail

Until All Be Fulfilled!

I Know That You Cannot Lie

So I Put My Trust In You

To Accomplish All You Word

For You Have Promised That 

It Shall Not Return Unto You Void, Empty

But Shall Do All That You Ordain!

Father, 

Remember Me, In Mercy, I Beseech You!

As King Solomon Said:

I Am But A Child

Not Knowing How To Go Out

Or To Come In!

Please Grant Unto Me 

Your Wisdom And Understanding

To Use Your Knowledge Aright!

You Promised Not To Upbraid Me

For Asking For Wisdom:

I, In The Working Faith Gifted To Me

Choose To Accept Your Word

As Written And Preserved! 

I Trust You! 

I Am Trusting You! 

Please Help Me To Trust You

Always And In All Ways! 

Please Help Me To Hide Your Word Within My Heart!

Please Help Me To Know My End

The Length Of My Days

So That I Will Know How Frail I Am

And Will Not Sin Against Thee Again!

Father, 

I And My People

Have Broken All Ten Of Your Commandments

Wittingly

Unwisely

Boldly

Even Arrogantly

Uncaring That Actions Have Consequences

Unmindful Of The Reality That

Even When We Come To Our Senses

And Repent Of Our Known Sin

And You Forgive Us Our Sin

And Cleanse Us From All Unrighteousness

That The Consequence 

The Fall Out Remains

The Unintended Consequence Stands

Reminding Us That There Is No Profit

In Bold Sin And Defiant Disobedience! 

Please Help Us To Humble Ourselves

So That You Will Lift Us Up

At The Time Appointed! 

Draw Me Nearer, Lord! 

Keep Me Safe By Your Dear Side! 

Open My Eyes, Lord

To See You And Emulate You

In The Beauty Of Holiness! 

Father, I Would See Jesus! 

I Will Behold His Face In Righteousness! 

I Will Be Satisfied When I Awake With His Likeness:

I Know That My Redeemer Lives

And

That He Is Interceding For Me! 

Please Help Me To Value Myself

At The Price That Was Paid To Grant Me

Your Free-To-All Salvation! 

Save Me, Lord! 

Keep Me Rooted And Grounded

Attached To The Rock That Fills The Whole Earth

In Jesus Christ's Holy And Matchless Name 

I Humbly Pray, And In Need, Plead! 

I Love You, Lord! 

Please Come For Us Soon! 

AMEN!!! 

Judge Yourself: Soul Search!

We Need To Stop Comparing Ourselves To Others 

And

Aggressively Start Looking At Ourselves

- Judging Ourselves - 

Our Behaviors ... Beliefs

By What Does Say The Word Of Our God! 

We Are Known By The Company We Keep! 

The Behavior, Attitudes, Ideas

And 

Ideals Of Our Companions 

Instruct 

And

Impact Our Own

Such That We Have The Word Of Almighty God Saying: 

"Ye Shall Know Them By Their Fruits!" 

Aka By What They Cause To See The Light Of Day! 

Beloved, 

Anything 

And

Everything That We Think, Say 

And

Do In The Darkness

Believing It Hidden From The Prying Eyes 

Which Would Say To Us 

"Nay! Guh Back! Run Away!" 

Are Open ... On Display

And

On Permanent Record 

In The Courts Of Heaven 

And

Available To Condemn 

And

Damn 

Any And All Of Us Who Maliciously Choose 

To Live Lying And Corrupt Lives 

To Corrupt, Physically Hurt 

And

Spiritually Harm Others! 

Let Us, Therefore, Choose To Walk 

With Shame-Faced Humility 

And

Soberness Before Jesus Christ

Who Chose Death Before Dishonor For Us

So That We May Stand Sanctified

Purified

To Be Glorified In The Great Day Of Accounts! 

Do A Deep Dive Into The Truth That Saves

The Word That Will Judge Us All

From The Heart Of Him Who Is The Judge Of Us All

And

Ask Yourself The Hard Question:

With What Spirit Are You By Your Daily Actions 

Affecting Or Afflicting Others!?! 

Soul Search!

ADAPTED MINDS BECOME ADEPT: Jaw And Chew This Nugget For A Spell!

For All Amongst Us 

Who Dare And Say That 

They Can Think And Do Whatever They Want 

And

Be Left Unscathed By Sin

Please Jaw And Chew On This Nugget For A Spell: 

Your Mind Adapts To Whatever It Dwells Upon 

And

You Become An Adept At Performing It! 

Sin A Little A Lot

And 

You Shall Sin A Lot A Lot! 

Bottom Line ... 

You Are What You Eat

And

You Get Fleas From Where You Sleep! 

A Repentant Sinner 

Obedient And Enduringly Faithful

Is

A Saint Of God And Christ!

An Unrepentant Sinner

Is

A Sinner Bold ... Heart For Christ Cold

And

Ready Fodder For The Fire That

Shall Satan's Carcass Hold!

Beloved, 

Men, Women And Children Always Follow "Food!" 

The Food They Regularly Ingest 

Is 

The Food They Readily Crave

And 

We Who Call Ourselves Christians 

And 

Boldly Say And Declare 

With The Arrogance Of Self-Confidence Declare That 

We Love The Lord Christ 

And 

Lovingly Read And Swallow The Truth That 

Is 

The Holy Word 

And 

Avidly Live According To Its Precepts And Its Promises 

Should Be Moment-By-Moment Classing Up Our Operations 

As We Travel Undeterred To Hill Zion 

And 

Beautiful Beulah Land! 

Let The Lord Christ Hold Your Hand

And

Perfectly Direct Your Life!

Confidence In Christ

Is 

The Reality

Of

The Forever-Blessed! 

Brethren, Beloved, 

When We Eat Junk As Regular Food

We Get Fat! 

Remember, Remember 

Don't Ever Forget ... 

Fat Is Synonymous With Sin

And 

All Fat ... All Sin

Is 

To Be Willingly Surrendered To Christ Jesus! 

We Must Be Transformed By The Renewing Of Our Minds 

Which Reforms The Thoughts We Have

Which Removes Our Desires For The Unholy And Profane 

So That We No Longer Desire 

To Touch The Unclean Things! 

By Almighty God's Great Grace

With Faith For The Victory

Choose To Remove 

And 

Drop As Dung

Satan's Nasty Nose Rings!

Be Ye Clean Ye Which Bear 

And 

Are The Vessels Of The Lord! 

Peace With Jesus Christ

Is

Paradise!

PRAYER ... For The Sick!

Faith ... And Prayer! 

Praying ... And Faithfulness! 

You've Trusted The Lord Before! 

Trust Him Now! 

He Is Faithful! 

Trust Him No Matter Whatever May Happen: 

Our Faithful God 

Is 

Available And Able! 

Please Trust Our Lord Christ for Available Grace:

He Said To Approach His Throne Boldly

And

We Will Find Grace, Favor, To Help Us! 

Please Read Psalm 1

Psalm 23

Psalm 46

Psalm 91

And 

1 John 1:9 

And 

Dare To Trust in The Lord Forever

For In Our Lord Jehovah 

Is

Everlasting Strength! 💖🌹

PRAYER:

Heavenly Father, 

You Are The God Of Grace

Good And Faithful

Ever Worthy Of Our Praise: 

We Humbly  Give Our Praise! 

We Thank You For Our Spared Lives

For The Roofs Still Over Our Heads

For Health

For Strength

For Friends And Family

And 

Even Though We Curse The Darkness 

Instead Of Turning On

Turning To  The Light Of Life That 

Chases Away Doubts And Despair

And

Make Bearable The Tests And Terrors Of

The Unknown That Try Our Bodies

Minds And Spirits In These Times

Please Have Mercy On Us

Forgive Our Often Lack Of Faith

And

Draw Us Ever Nearer To You! 

Father, 

There Are Those Among Us

Who Are In This Hour Desperately Ill 

And 

In Need Of A Touch Of Our Master's Hand! 

We Need A Blessing

And

In The Name Of Our Savior

Jesus Christ The Lord

I Confess And Repent

For Our Having Broken

All Of Your Ten Commandments That 

Are An Hedge Of Safety About Us!

Forgive Us! 

I Humbly Pray For A Blessing

For Each Of Us Today

Confirming And Cementing Our Faith

In The Finished Work Of Christ On Calvary

Showing That You Are Able Always To Save,

Heal, Provide, Protect

And

Help And Hold Us Close To You

And

Leaving Us Mere Mortals

With The Only Option Of Saying: 

"This Is The Lord's Doing

And, Bless God

It Is Marvellous In Our Eyes! 

We Love You, Lord

And

Worship Your Holy Name!" 

May The Holy Angels Surround Us

Protect Us

And

Influence Us To Do The Good And The Right!

Please Come

And

Fall Upon Us

And

Abide In Us, Holy Spirit!

Please Heal Us

Body, Mind And Spirit!

Please Feed Us With Food Good For Us Today!

Please Lift Us Up, Heavenly Father

So That We May Lift You Up

And

Bless Us To Praise Our Dear Lord Jesus

And

Glorify You Great Name

For It Is The Name That Is Above All Names

Jesus Christ The Righteous King

That We Humbly, Fervently Pray And Plead!

Have Mercy And Bless Us!

We Love You And Need You!

Please Come For Us Soon! 

AMEN!

SINFUL SELF: Leeches Have No Future!

Jesus Christ 

Is 

Our Good Shepherd

Our Peace, Rest, Light, Way 

And 

Life 

And

All Who Love, Trust, Honor

Worship 

And

Faithfully, Enduringly, Obey Him 

Shall Be Called Up To Live With Him On High! 

In Between Us 

And 

Our Lord, God, Savior, Redeemer

Healer, Sealer 

And 

Forever Friend

Separating Us From Sweet Fellowship

Is

A Blood/Life-Sucking Leech Called Sinful-Self 

Who Needlessly Suffers From Willful Blindness 

And 

Tunnel Vision

The Free Gifts From Satan The Damned

Our Adversary-Accuser

The Piercing Serpent

The Leech Writ Large! 

Beloved, 

Leeches Do Not Have A Future! 

Left Unchecked

They Drain Away The Life Of 

Whomever They're Feeding Upon 

And

When Their Host Miserably Dies 

For Lack Of Wisdom, Knowledge And Understanding 

And

The Health And Cure Offered 

By Our Great Physician, Jesus, 

The Leech Dies Forever As Well! 

Brethren, Beloved

Be Ye Wise Unto Your Own Soul's Salvation!

Dare To Cut Out The Chaos:  

Come Straight To Christ!

 

Choose Life: 

Apply Humble, Earnest, Prayer! 

Exercise Faith: 

Receive Grace And Mercy!

 

Trust Truth: 

Deny The Liar! 

Don't Be Willful: 

Do Right! 

Come Out Of Darkness: 

Jesus Christ Is Living Light ... Consuming Fire

Which Kills All Leeches! 

Our Great Physician Is On Call! 

Reach For Peace!

Dare To Be Different ... In Jesus Christ's Holy Name!

 

Are You Walking With The World 

Setting Your Affections On Worldly Themes

Choosing Your Pleasures From Its Foul And Free Buffet

And 

Worshipping After Their Standards

Just So That You're Not Called And Classed 

Different Or Strange!?! 

Are You Aligning Your Future To The World's Fortunes 

For Present Personal Peace 

And 

Presumed Profit?! 

Be Ye Warned ...

Anyone Who Is A Friend Of The World 

Is 

The Enemy Of God: 

Jesus Christ Said So! 

Beloved, 

We Have Choice And Chance

Freedom And Free-Will

Opportunity And Occasion

And 

Heaven And Hell:

Tread Softly ... Carefully!

 

Please, I Beseech Us All

Do Not Choose To Walk On 

Broadway And Cast-Into-Hell 

Just To Enjoy An "Easy" But Lying Life Now! 

Please, By Faith

For Love 

With Hope For The Expected End 

Promised By The Lord Of Life

Dare To Walk On Strait, Straight And Narrow 

At Not-I-But-Christ 

And 

Live Now In Truth To Duty 

And Then 

To Enjoy True And Everlasting Beauty 

And 

Boundless Beautiful Blessings From The Hand Of Christ

The Forever Faithful Friend 

Who Sticks Closer Than A Brother! 

Jesus ... Our Jesus Christ

The Shepherd Of Our Rest

Is 

God Almighty

Mighty To Save ... And To Bless

Is 

King Forever: 

His Word To Us Is Settled And Sealed In Heaven! 

Stand Up For Jesus! 

Peace Witih Jesus Christ

Is

Promised!

Peace With Jesus Christ Is Precious!

Peace From Jesus Christ Is Perfect!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: "Living" Behind Almighty God's Back!?!

There's An Old Expression About 

Living So Far From Town-Life

- From All The "Action"  - 

As To Be Living Behind Almighty God's Back! 

In Truth, Brethren

We Don't Ever Want To Reside In That Neighborhood 

Because 

It Is A Place Of Consuming Contempt

The Place Where Almighty God

The Lord Of Life 

- The Judge Of All Flesh - 

Puts Those Things Not Worthy Of His Remembrance

Namely Our Confessed 

And 

Humbly Repented Sins! 

Beloved, 

If You Are Living Behind The All-Knowing God's Back

It Means That Your Known Sin 

Is 

In His Face 

Which Means That Your Obvious Sin 

Is 

Decidedly Chargeable To Your Personal Account! 

In That Vicinity Of Residence ... Of Operation 

You're Boldly Declaring That 

Jesus Christ The Savior ... The Redeemer ... The Forever Friend

Didn't Personally Die For You ... The Condemned Sinner

And

You ... Being False-God-Level Rich

Are Indulging In Own-Sin Self-Pay: 

You've Rejected Free And Available Grace 

And 

The Dearly-Purchased Sure And Secure

Free-To-All Aka Whosoever Will Salvation! 

Be Wise Unto Salvation ... 

Get Smart! 

Reject  Pride! 

Raze The Foundation Of Your Foolish-Man-Built House 

And

Build Yourself A Sure House 

In The Light Of The Shining Face Of The Eternal God 

Who Is Willing To Be Gracious Unto You 

And 

Give You A Piece Of His Personal Peace 

As A Repentant Sinner Of The Contrite-Heart Clan 

Called Committed Christian Clothed In Christ! 

Sin ... A Stain

Is 

A Reproach: 

Righteousness Exalts! 

Live In The Glorious Light Of Life: 

Wear Righteous-Man White In Almighty God's Holy Sight! 

Blessings Immeasurable

Abundantly Await

The Cleaned And Redeemed

Faithful Saints

Of

God And Christ!