HAPPY SABBATH + C.L.O.E Christian

Are You A Sometime

A Part-Time 

Or A Committed Full-Time Christian!?! 

Are You A Full-Time Christian 

Who Does Full-Time Worship 

In The Presence Of Christians Called And Committed 

But

Behaves Contrary To The Call To Glory 

In The Presence Of Your Non-Christian Friends 

Because 

You "Want To Fit In And Not Make Waves 

Or Be A Square Peg In A Round Hole!?!" 

Is Your Walk With The Lord 

Built Upon The Holy Faith Which Is 

Confidence In Christ

 Love

Obedience 

   And 

Endurance!?! 

Beloved, 

Where Would You Be

What Would You Aka Could You Do

How Would You Feel, Survive

And 

Prosper 

If

Jesus Christ, Your Only Hope

Had Been The Part-Time Creator 

And 

Is Now Your Part-Time Savior

Redeemer

Great Physician

Friend

Provider, Sustainer,

Justifier, Sanctifier

Healer, Teacher

Shepherd, Defender

Lover Of Your Soul

And

Glorifier To Be!?! 

Stand Firm ...

Being An Uncomfortable-With-Sin Christian 

Is

Going To Light You Up 

And

Cut You Off From Friend And Family 

And

Make You A Target Of All The Foes Of Jesus Christ 

But

It Will Brand You As Favored

Blessed

And 

Protected By The Living, Holy

All-Knowing

Ever-Present

All-Seeing God Of Grace And Glory! 

Take Heed ... 

You Cannot Serve Two Masters: 

Part-Timers Don't Get Full Benefits! 

Please Commit To Humbly, Enduringly

Faithfully Carrying The Cross Of Shame 

So That You Will ... Immortalized

Incorruptibly Wear 

The Crown Of Life Aka Glory! 

Perfect Peace With Christ ... Is!

GRACE: SomeEnoughSufficient!

We Are All Well Aware Of The Statement 

Where Our God Known Real And Holy Says That 

His Grace Is Sufficient For Us! 

There Are Some Of Us Who Love To Say That 

We Live Under The Grace Of God 

And 

Not The Law Of God 

When Corrected For Whatever Reason! 

But Do We Ever Consider 

What Is Meant By Or Wrapped Up In 

Almighty God's Grace!?! 

Grace ... Like True Love

Feels ... And Works! 

Grace ... Unmerited Favor

Gives Unto Each One Of Us

- Deserving Or Not -

Favor Aka Loving Kindness 

And

Favors Aka Gifts For Love's Sake! 

Beloved, 

Have You Considered That 

You May Be Personally Depriving Yourself Of 

The Lord's Choicest Gifts 

Because 

You Are Not Drawing Close To Him 

In The Loving Intimacy Of Knowing!?! 

In The Biblical Knowing

Two People Become One 

In A Committed Love Relationship! 

When We Ultimately Become One With Christ

We Shall Be Like Him 

And

We Shall See Him As He Is 

Because

We Shall See Him Face To Face

But

For Us To Get To That Date

We Must Be Communing With Him Today! 

Grace 

Is 

Only Sufficient 

When We Have Had Some Of It In Its Fullness 

To Then Be Able To Say Enough 

For It To Be Sufficient ... For Our Then Need! 

We Need The Experience! 

To Truly Love The Lord Christ

We Must Start With Willing Obedience: 

Boldly Approach The Throne Of Grace 

Where Mercy Is Free For Me And Thee! 

Peace Is The River Glorious! 

Jesus Christ Will See Us Through ... It All!

Are You Anxious, Depressed, Fearful ... Guilty!?! 

Will You Admit It!?! 

Beloved, 

The Lord's Our Rock

And 

It Is In Him That We Should Confide

Hide 

And 

Abide! 

It Is Because Of Our Lord Christ's Love That 

We Are Able To Say That 

Our Creator God Has Not Given Us A Spirit Of Fear

But 

A Spirit Of Love 

And 

A Sound Mind! 

We Can Also Comfort Ourselves With The Knowledge That 

We Are Not Our Own

And 

Do Not Walk Alone 

And

We Can Still Give Praise 

Because

The Lord Is Our Shepherd 

And

Is The Shepherd Of Our Rest 

From All That Weighs Us Down! 

Hope In Jesus Christ The Lord!

Let Us For Love

With Faith 

And 

Blessed Endurance

Choose To Unceasingly Call Upon The Lord 

Who, Alone, Is Worthy To Be Praised 

To Save Us From The Enemy Called Doubt

- A Servant Of Satan - 

Which Is A Known Blood-Suckling Leech! 

The Satan Aka The Accuser

The Devil

The Piercing Serpent

The Dragon

Beelzebub Aka Lord Of Dung

Is

The Liar ... The Father Of Lies! 

Don't Believe Anything That He Or His Servants Say! 

Our Life 

Is 

In Our Blood 

So Refuse To Give In To Doubt 

And

Choose, Instead 

To Call

Persistently Pray

Plead

Beseech

And 

Petition Our Creator ... The Life-Giver

Jesus Christ The Lord

Who Shed His Innocent Blood 

So That We ... Guilty Of Sin

Don't Have To Spill Ours! 

Please, I Beseech Us All 

Pray For The Outpouring 

And 

Indwelling Of The Holy Spirit 

And

Choose To Keep Your Eyes Fixed 

And 

Focused On The King Who Is Love

Who Unreservedly Loves 

And 

Cares For You Individually 

And 

Personally! 

Please Heartily Hope Hungrily For Christ Jesus: 

He Is Your Peace! 

Be Confident In Christ!

Within The Love Of Almighty God!

Within The Love Of Almighty God To Fallen Man 

Is 

Correction, Direction, Protection 

And 

Provision! 

Our God ... With Our Willing Cooperation

Corrects The Wayward Thoughts In Our Heads

Directs Our Footsteps To And On Straight Paths

Protects Our Bodies Within The Hedge Of Love That 

Is 

The Holy Law

And 

Provides Provisions For Our Every Need

Including The Ones That We Have Not Even Considered! 

Beloved, 

We Have The One-Stop For All Good And Perfect Gifts 

In The Almighty God, Father, Son, And Holy Spirit 

Who See, Hear, Feel 

And 

Know All Things About All Of Us At All Times! 

We Have ... As Our Very Own Helper And Healer

The Holy God Who Cries Us

And 

Rejoices Over Us: 

He Is Touched With The Feelings Of Our Infirmities

Our Short-Comings

Our Sorrows, Joys, Pains

And

Griefs! 

Our God Hates The Sin That 

So Easily Besets All Of Us 

But

Oh, How He Loves You And Me! 

Just So You Know ...

We Can't Disappoint The All-Knowing God

And 

We Can't Surprise The All-Seeing God 

But

We Are Well Able To Hurt Him

And

Shame Him! 

Don't You Think That Given All That He Has Done

Is Doing

And 

Will Do For Us That 

We Should Change Our Wrong Thoughts

Give Up Speaking Unkind Words 

And 

Stop Doing Evil Actions

And Instead

Show Favor To Our Ever-Present God 

By Doing What He Asks Us To Do Today!?! 

Be Obedient!

Be Kind!

Be Loving!

Be Giving!

Be Forgiving

And 

Be Enduring! 

By Faith, It Isn't Hard To Do! 

Remember That You Are Already Blessed! 

THE INWARD LOOK: Spiritual Stock-Taking

What Are You Saying!?! 

Are You Aware Of What It Is That You Are Saying!?! 

Do You Understand That Your Mouth Speaks That 

Which Has Found A Home In Your Heart!?! 

Beloved, 

Be Careful! 

We Should All Be In The Season Of Stock-Taking 

And 

We Seriously Need To Personally Take Stock 

Take Knowledge Of What Things Are In 

The Various Departments Of The Storeroom That 

Is 

Our Heart! 

Where Is Love!?! 

Love For Christ!?! 

Love For Others!?! 

Have You Discarded Hate For Your Fellowman!?! 

Are You Indulging Hatred For Sin!?! 

Are You Cultivating Kindness, Caring

And 

Willing Service!?! 

Have You Discarded Spite, Malice, Greed

And 

Envy!?! 

Is Your Supply Of Saving Truth Daily Growing!?! 

Have You Discarded Lying, Innuendo, Half-Truth 

And 

Raging Deceit!?! 

Have You Ordered An Abundance Of Hope!?! 

Are You Actively Working Faith For Today!?! 

Are You Cultivating Prayer, Gratitude, Thankfulness 

And 

Willing Obedience!?! 

The Inward Look ... 

Please Take A Good Look At Your Heart! 

Open Every Department And Compartment 

And

Get Out The Gospel Hose 

And By Grace

Set The Pressure To New Heart 

And

Do The Necessary 

No Matter How Much It Hurts: 

Jesus Christ Heals Hurts! 

Remember, Remember 

Don't Ever Forget ... 

Wrong Words

Just Like Spent Arrows 

And 

Lost Opportunities

Cannot Be Recalled 

But

You Can Start A New Thought 

And

Have A Godly Conversation 

The Likes Of Which Will Please Our Dear Lord! 

Kind Words Aid Sleep! 

Choose The Peace Of God!

Set Your "Radio" Dial To B.B.C!

The Elders, At Home, At School, And At Church 

Always Stressed To Us That 

We Should Finish What We Started! 

It Was Good Advice Then 

And 

It Is Good Advice Now! 

We Have The Promise Of Our Maker

The Eternal God 

And 

The Everlasting King That 

He Will See Us Safely To Our Forever Home! 

That Sure Promise Was Confirmed 

With Jesus Christ's Innocent Blood 

Being Visibly Spilt On Calvary's Hill! 

We Are Loved With An Everlasting Love!

Beloved, 

As Committed And Motivated Christians

We Need To Finish All That We Have Started For 

And 

In The Name Of Our Lord Jesus Christ

The Righteous Judge Of All Flesh! 

We Need To Set Our "Radio" Dial To Station BBC: 

Be Aware! 

Believe! 

Commit! 

We Need To Be Aware Of Time

- Which Is Short - 

And 

Let Go Of The Past 

And

By Saving Grace

Walk Confidently With Our Lord Christ 

To The Land Of Pure Delight! 

We Need To Whole-Heartedly Believe That 

The Lord Loves Us Sacrificially

And

Will Never Forsake Us 

And

Is Guiding Us On The Path Of Purity! 

We Need To Commit Our Lives To Him 

Through Whom We Live 

And 

Breathe 

And 

Have Our Very Being! 

Be Wise For Your Own Self ... 

Now Is Not The Time To Play Amateur Christian! 

Now Is The Time To Go PRO! 

Now Is The Time To Be 

Patient In Our Trials

Responsive To The Call To Salvation 

And

Obedient To Almighty God's Will 

As We Grow Where We Are Planted 

To Serve The Lord Faithfully! 

Be Brave: 

Angels Are Watching Over You!

Believe ... In The Lord Christ! 

Believe ... The Living, Holy Word Of Truth

And 

Be Gloriously Blessed! 

Peace!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Grace And Sincerity!

Grace And Sincerity Are Two Words That 

We Truly Need To Pay Attention To 

As We Travel To Hill Zion! 

We, Humans, Were Created, Chosen, By Almighty God 

To Be Like Him

To Do A Special Work For Him

And 

Those Of Us Who Take The Calling Seriously

And 

Have Chosen By The Daily Gift Of Faith 

To Walk Under The Blood-Stained Banner Of 

Jesus Christ The Lord 

Will Make It Safely Home! 

We Will Do This By Choosing To Court, Seek, Grace 

Aka Almighty God's Favor That 

Is 

Sufficient For Our Every Need 

And

Walking Wisely With Sincerity 

Aka Total Devotion 

Aka Undying Love! 

We, Committed Christians, Cannot Live Like Worldlings 

Where Favor Is For A Fee 

And 

Undying Love Lasts As Long As It Is Comfortable 

And

Convenient! 

We Can't Buy The Eternal God's Favor 

And

We Have Nothing In Ourselves 

To Give To The Omnipotent God As A Favor! 

Think! 

The Creator God Desires You

Your Undying Love

And 

Your Willing Service 

And

Daily Equips You To Get To Him

Love Him 

And 

Serve Him 

If

It Is Your Will To Desire Him

And 

Be With Him In All Ways 

And

Always And Forevermore! 

Beloved, 

You Say That You Want Peace 

And 

Love

So, With The Confidence Of The Holy Faith

I Sincerely Point You To Jesus Christ The Lord

The Prince Of Peace

The God Who Is Love! 

Jesus Christ The King Knows Your Name 

And 

Your Every Need!

He Died ... And Lives ... For You!

Please Choose To Live For And Love Him

And

Dare To Give Him Your All: 

Eternity Is Almost Here! 

HAPPY SABBATH + Stop Swallowing Satan's Sprats!

There's The Age-old Expression 

"Throw A Sprat To Catch A Whale!" 

Which Is Pertinent To Us 

Who Choose To Enduringly Walk Faithfully 

With The Lord Christ! 

Our Adversary, Satan The Damned

Is 

Playing A Long Game 

And 

He Is Notorious For "Giving Gifts" 

To Men, Women And Children 

For Them To Work Their Own Ruin

Both Temporal And Eternal! 

Do Not Be Deceived! 

Satan's "Gifts" To The Gullible

The Unwary 

And 

Those Honestly Lacking Knowledge Of His Devices

Are The Juicy Sprats! 

Those Persons Who Accept Satan's "Gifts" Are The Whales 

And 

This Scenario Makes Satan A Real False Fisherman! 

Satan 

Is 

Fishing For The Soul's Of Men As A Whole

And

For Your Life In Particular 

Aka Almighty God's Purchased Possession! 

Beloved, 

Be Wise! 

Don't Be Licorish Aka Greedy For Gain

For What Can't 

And 

Won't Last

Because

Any "Gift" Gotten From Satan

Is

Manufactured With Smoke And Mirrors! 

When Our Eyes

Our Tongues 

And 

Our Bellies Are Ruling Our Heads

It Is Then That Satan Can "Buy" Us Cheap 

And 

Give Us Over To Sure Damnation! 

It Doesn't Have To Be This Way!

Choose To Practice Temperance

And

Self-Denial

And

With Faith Working

Boldly, By Grace, Reject The Lying Murderer! 

The Lord Christ's Good Gifts To Us Make Us Rich 

And

Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow

They Add No Breath Of Sin, Shame, Sorrow

Death, Decay Or Damnation To Our Lives! 

Just As When We Are Warned To Be Wary Of 

Greeks Bearing Gifts

Let Us Remember Whose We Are

And

What Our Mission Is 

And

Choose To Look Forward ... By The True Gift Of Faith

To Beholding What Eyes Have Not Seen 

Nor Ears Heard Of What Jesus Christ Has Promised 

To Those Who Love, Trust, Worship 

And 

Willingly Obey Him! 

Please Dare To Strive For The Imperishable Gold 

And 

Not For The Fool's Gold Known Worthless! 

Moment-By-Moment

Actively Choose To Walk In The Light Of Life!

 

Peace On Earth

Is

The Gift Of The Almighty God!

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Humility

Faith

Trust

Obedience

And

Endurance

Will, Together

See Us Arrive Safely In Heaven

With Our Lord Jesus Christ

And

Evermore ... In Peace ... Abide! 

Contented ... in Christ Jesus!

Are You Contented Aka Pleased 

With What You Already Have!?! 

Are You Contented With 

And 

In The Lord Christ!?! 

It Is One Thing To Be Contented

And

Quite Another To Think That 

You Did "It" All By Yourself

And

Vainly Glory In Your Accomplishments!

Beloved, 

No Committed Christian 

Should So Depart From The Righteous Way 

And

Become So Proud Of Themselves 

To Dare Take The Glory Of The Lord Unto Themselves 

So That The Lord Must Humble Them 

And

Cause Them To Be Contented To Eat Grass For A Season 

In Order For Them To See The Light Of Saving Truth! 

Arrogant, Proud 

And

Pompously Foolish King Nebuchadnezzar Of Babylon 

Learned This Lesson The Hard Way! 

There Is Contentment 

And

There Is Contentment In Christ! 

There Is Having Satisfaction With Myself 

And

There Is Satisfaction In Ridding Me Of Self! 

Little With Contentment 

Is 

Of Great Gain When We Acknowledge That 

It Is The Living God Who Ever So Graciously Provides 

Every Last Thing That We Call Our Own! 

Like Everything Else In The Christian

We Have The Authority

The Freewill

The Freedom 

To Daily Decide ... By Almighty God's Great Grace

To Be Contented With What The Lord  ... In Love 

Has Graciously Provided

Be It Little Or Much! 

There Is No Profit In Baseless Pride!

Let Us From This Moment On Say 

"Thank You, Lord!" 

And

Glory In The Lord Of Life

Even As We Determine To Be Contented

With What The Lord Daily Provides For Us 

Since Our Provider 

Is 

Our Maker ... The Creator! 

Our Provider Is Also Our Hope, Help, And Salvation

Redeemer

Judge, Lord, God

And 

Forever Faithful Friend ... The Kind King: 

Rest Where The Lord Our Shepherd Gently Leads! 

To Be Contented In Christ

Is

To Have Perfect Peace!

Is Your Faith Exercising Trust In Jesus Christ The Lord!?!

Is Your Exercised Faith In Jesus Christ Fixed 

Or Is Your Faith Dependent Upon 

Your Every Prayer Being Answered 

Just As You Have Asked 

And

In The Time-Frame That You, A Mere Mortal, Has Specified 

To The Creator God 

Who Is All-Knowing, Almighty, And Eternal!?! 

Are You Mixing Faith With Sight!?! 

Are You Mixing Faith With Feelings!?! 

Does Your "Faith" Have You Reeling!?! 

Beloved, 

We Who Are Committed To The Lord Christ 

And 

The Way Of The Cross That Leads To The Heavenly Home

Cannot Afford The "Luxury" Of A Fair-Weather Faith 

With A Side Of Flitting Butterflies 

And 

A Generous Helping Of Thorn-Less, Perfectly Scented, Roses! 

The Children Of The Household Of Faith 

Must Stand Or Fall By The Word Of The Lord 

Which Clearly States Plainly That 

All Things Work

-  Answered Prayer Or Not - 

For The Good Of Us Who Are The Called 

According To The Purposes Of God!

We Must Be Able To Say

- Like Job And The Three Hebrew Worthies - 

"Live Or Die

I'm Trusting My Lord With My Life

And

All That Concerns Me!" 

We Who Are Headed To Hill Zion 

Must Be Able To Bear Disappointment 

Aka The Denial Of Even Godly Desires! 

We Must Be Able To Hold Strain 

Even When We Just Want To Curl Up And Die! 

We Must Trust The Living Word 

And Not The Lies Of The Devil! 

Jesus Christ Always Saves! 

Brethren, Beloved

Please ... By Grace Through Faith

Daily Choose To Moment-By-Moment Trust 

The Lord's Heavenly Love For You 

Even When You Can't Trace His Holy Hand 

Holding 

And 

Helping You! 

Peace!

DARKNESS CONDEMNS: Walk Peacefully ... Into The Light Of Life!

The Elders Always Used To Tell Us That 

You Could And Buy Land 

But 

You Can't Hide And Reap It: 

They Stood On The Solid Ground Of Living Truth! 

Beloved, 

Walking In The Light Of Almighty God's Truth

- The Light Of Life -

Is 

Our Sure Defence Against Those Who Seek 

To Unleash The Winds Of Strife 

Against Those Of Us Who They Disdain, Envy

Fear Or Just Plain Hate! 

Let Us Have Pity Upon Such Persons 

For They Do Not Realize That When You Sow The Wind 

You Shall Surely Reap The Whirlwind Aka The Judgment 

Which Destroys Everything In Its Path 

Be It Human, Animal, Plant, Or Building! 

Let Us Daily Remind Ourselves 

Never To Follow Friend, Family Or The Surging Crowds 

To Indulge In Activities Which Our Lord Christ Cannot 

And 

Will Not Bless 

No Matter How Much We Say "Lord, Lord!" 

And 

Sing Psalms, Hymns, And Spiritual Songs 

And 

Do Great Works Of Charity! 

If You Haven't Made A Human

Please See To It, By God's Great Grace, That 

You Do Not Raise Up Either Your Hand Or Your Voice 

To Destroy One! 

Do Not Dig Graves To Bury Others 

And 

Do Not Create Slippery Slopes 

The Likes Of Which You Shall Surely Fall Upon! 

Keep Your Eyes So That They Reflect The Light Of Glory 

And 

Keep Your Heart Fixed On Jesus Christ The Righteous

Who, Alone, Saves ... The Willing! 

Do Not Permit The Contrary Whispers In Your Ears 

To Egg You On To Do Evil! 

Dare To Walk Wisely 

And 

Humbly In The Light That Leads To Eternal Life: 

Darkness Condemns And Damns! 

Choose, Always, To Be At Peace With Almighty God! 

My Heart Wants What It Wants!?!

No Committed Christian

- Having Confessed And Repented Of Known Sin

And 

Having Taken Jesus Christ As Their Everlasting Portion -

Should Ever Allow The Words 

"My Heart Wants What It Wants!" 

To Pass Their Lips With Regard To The Lust 

For Some Unholy, Fleeting, Fleshly Desire! 

The Lord Jesus ... Our Own Savior ... In The Living Word

Has Warned Us That 

The Heart Of Man Is Desperately Wicked 

And 

Beyond All Knowing! 

Beloved, 

Without The Reviving 

And 

Reforming Regenerative Power Of 

The Indwelling Holy Spirit Of Truth 

To Make The Living, Holy, Way Plain 

To Each One Of Us Individually ... And Personally

We Will Never See The Unclouded Day That 

Is 

Life In The Presence Of The Eternal God! 

The Human Heart

- Minus Christ In Us Our Hope For Glory - 

Is 

A Licensed Liar And Deceiver 

Even Deceiving Its Own Host! 

Are You Living Your Life 

Following The Hum And Hush Of 

Your Heart's Lustful Desires!?! 

Stop It! 

The Lord Our God Daily Gives Unto Each One Of Us

A Measure Of Enduring Faith 

And 

Encourages Us To Reason With Him 

And

Not With Ourselves! 

Self Is A Sinner! 

A Lustful Heart Is In The Sinner

And

Only Christ Can Remove Self From Us

And 

Give To Us The New Heart That 

Truly Beats For The Living God: 

Ask For It With Your Gift Of Enduring Faith 

And 

Lovingly Receive The Unfettered Blessing! 

Peace!