Joy Comes In The Morning!

Beloved, 

We Cannot Hope To Escape The Fiery Trials Of This Life 

If 

We Fix Our Gaze Upon Our Troubles 

And 

Refuse To Fix Our Mind ... And Our Hope 

Upon The Unfailing Promises Of The True And Living God! 

When We Focus On The Ground, We See Dirt! 

However, If We Cast Even Our Crying Eyes Heavenward

And 

Happen To See A Cloudy Or Stormy Sky

We Know Of A Surety That It Won't Rain Always

That The Sun Will Come Out Eventually

And 

If It Is Night, Joy Will Come In The Morning! 

Did Not Our Lord Christ Place His Rainbow Of Promise In The Sky 

Guaranteeing Us That 

He Will Keep His Word Never Again To Permit A Flood 

To "Wash-Out Our Play!" Aka Destroy The World!?! 

We Must Build Our Hope On Christ 

And 

His Unfailing Righteousness! 

May The Dear Lord Help Us Today To Not Look At What Is 

But 

To Fix Our Hopes On Him 

And 

All That He Would Have Our Lives To Be! 

Please Wittingly Stand On The Promises Of Almighty God!  

Please Dare To Hold To Almighty God's Unchanging Hand! 

Please Unwaveringly Choose To Trust The Heavenly Love Of 

The Living God Of Grace Who Inhabits Glory 

And 

Feels What You Feel

And 

Cries Over You! 

Peace!

Cry Aloud ... And Say "NO!" To Sin And Folly!

Problems!?! 

Use Common-Sense! 

Weigh The Pros And Cons! 

Exercise Caution! 

Repair To Prayer! 

Lift Up The Lord! 

Beloved, 

According To The Vaunted Murphy's Law

Anything That Can Go Wrong Will Go Wrong! 

According To The Word Of Truth

We Are Not To Lean Aka Rely On Our Own Understanding 

But 

We Are To Boldly Go To The Throne Of Grace 

Where People Of Faith And Prayer 

Are Encouraged To Appear To Receive Help 

Be It For Healing

Protection, Provision

Comfort And Care

Direction, Correction

And

Encouragement! 

Dear Ones, 

The First Act Of Will That A Little Child Exercises 

And 

Utilizes With Understanding 

Is 

Saying "No!"  

And 

There Is Much That We May Learn From This Act! 

The World And His Brother 

Seem To Always Encourage Us 

To Do The Worst Possible Things 

And 

Act In The Most Foolish Ways! 

Think Of Job's Wife Encouraging Him 

To Cast Away His Publicly-Known Integrity 

And 

"Curse God And Die!" 

Knowing To Say "No!" 

And 

Boldly Saying "No!" To Folly And Sin, Self, And Satan 

Is 

The Gift Of God

And

Our Saving Grace! 

Let Us Remember That We Are In Profit 

When Murphy's Law Unfailingly Sends Us 

Into The Presence Of Our Savior Jesus 

Who Is Lord And God Of All: 

Murphy's Law Is Subject To The Lord's Sovereign Will! 

Babies Cry For Help: 

Christians Cry For Help By Praying! 

In All Things, Please Say 

"Yes, Lord! Thy Will Be Done!" 

And 

"No!" To Beelzebub Aka Satan 

And 

His Machinations 

Because 

Over You, He Wants To Gloat! 

Again, Beloved, 

"No!" Is A Complete Answer: 

Use It Right ... And With Might

And 

Live In Eternal Light! 

Earnestly, Fervently, Pray ... And Press On! 

Peace!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Light And Truth Versus Dust And Lies!?!

 

The Lord Is Light And Man Is Dust! 

The Lord Is The Truth And All Men Are Liars! 

The Lord Is The Light Of Truth Which Is Not Hidden! 

Man Is Lying Dust Aka A Dusty Liar: 

He Cannot Hide From Light 

And 

His Only Life Is In The Truth! 

Beloved, 

The Lord Jesus Christ Has Told Us Plainly That 

We Shall Know The Truth 

And 

The Truth Shall Make Us Aka Set Us Free! 

Since Light Reveals Truth 

And 

Truth Sets Man Free

What Possible Use Could Man, As A Known Christ-Follower

Have For That Impurity Called Lies, Lying, And Liars!?! 

Liars Limp And Lose 

Because 

Their Lies And Their Lying Leach-Away Their Lives! 

Pure Truth 

Is 

Both Sword And Shield

Scaffold And Elevator

Bed And Blanket

Tooth And Nail! 

Pure Truth Is Love And Life!

Departing From The Purity Of Truth 

And 

Stepping Away From The Light 

Causes Us To Walk In Deep Darkness! 

There Is No Darkness In The Lord 

And

None Of Us Who Choose To Obediently, Faithfully

Enduringly Walk With The Lord

By The Pure Word

Can Live In The Post-Truth Aka Stranger To The Truth 

Aka I-Feel And My-Truth Environment! 

Pontius Pilate Wanted To Know What Is Truth! 

The Hollywood Movie Said We Can't Handle The Truth! 

Please, I Beseech Us All

Let The Word Dwell In You Richly: 

Jesus Christ Aka The Word Of God

Is 

The Way, The Truth, And The Life: 

There Are No Questions! 

Peace! 

HAPPY SABBATH + Faith ... Tested ... Tried!

It Is So Very Easy To Profess Being A Christian 

And 

Even Easier To Declare That We Have Faith! 

Professors Become Professional Teachers 

Who ... More Often Than Not ... Spout Theory

And 

Very Often Do Not Have The Practical, Working, Experience Of 

A Devoted Christian With Tried And Tested Faith 

Upon Which To Fall Back 

When Life Gets Testy 

And 

Trials Pile Up Angrily! 

Beloved, 

It Is With Good Reason That 

The Words Of Apostle James Are Preserved 

For Our Warning, Consideration

And 

Action! 

A Christian Without An Experience Portfolio 

Can't Honestly Claim The Title 

Because 

A Christian Works, Labors, Has A Job That 

He Or She Diligently, Practically, Lovingly Performs

As A Faithful Steward! 

Faith Without Works Is Dead! 

An Untested Faith Has No Street Credibility 

Or Christian Longevity 

Because 

It Has No Spine! 

A Spineless Christian ... An Oxymoron

Is 

A Danger To Themselves 

And

To Others

And 

Ultimately The Cause Of Christ! 

Dear Ones, 

We Are Daily Given 

A Portion Of Jesus Christ's Holy Faith To Use That Day 

To Be Faithful To Him 

As We Labor Through And For Him! 

Please Let Us Use Our Blessed Daily Gift Of 

Unfailing Faith 

To Become Christians By Name 

And

By Nature! 

Let's Walk The Talk 

And 

Do Not At Life's Necessary Tests And Trials Balk! 

Jesus Christ The Lord, Our God

Is 

With Us! 

Dare To Work Today's Faith To A Nubbin: 

New Faith Will Be Ours Tomorrow 

If

By Saving And Available Grace Known Free

We Open Our Eyes! 

Be Strong! 

Peace!

The Judge Of All Flesh Cares How You Fare!

She Was Speaking Rather Loudly 

As She Firmly Said To Her Companion: 

"I Am Being Judged! 

Who Is Judging Me Is Kind To Me! 

They Give Me Whatever I Need 

And I Don't Even Have To Ask!" 

Beloved, 

The Young Lady Was Speaking About A Human 

But 

I Tell You That Her Words Form 

The Best Description I Have Ever Heard Of 

Who Our Lord Jesus Christ Is 

And 

What He Does For Us! 

People Are Judged Based On What They Have Done 

Or Should Have Done, By Published Requirement, In The Flesh! 

Yet, The Judge Of All Flesh

The Lord Of Life

The King Of Love ... Our Redeemer

Is 

Infinitely Kind To Us Careless

Often Callous-Minded, Cantankerous Ones! 

Jesus Christ Gives Us The Perpetual Blessings Of Our Needs 

Without Our Ever Having To Say: 

"Please, May I Have ...!?!" 

This Is Truly Amazing! 

A Loving, Giving, Forgiving, Kind

Provider, Sustainer Judge 

Is 

Our Lord Jesus Christ! 

This Says Something Profound About Our King: 

He Has Compassion, Foresight

Available Resources

And 

He Cares About How We Feel 

And

How We Fare On The Rugged Road Of Life! 

Dear Ones, 

This Is The Holy One 

Whom We Should Hold In Godly Fear Aka Awe 

With Love And Amazed Devotion 

Because 

He Is Good ... And Gracious! 

Our God Is All-Powerful 

And

He Can Destroy Us 

But

He Chooses Deliverance For Us! 

What A Mighty God We Serve: 

Give Him Praise! 

Peace!

Have You Ever Seen A Half-Donkey Carrying A Load!?!

Lukewarm Is To Indifferent 

What Hot Or Cold Is To Enthusiastic! 

Beloved, 

Would You Want To Be In A Relationship, A Friendship, Or A Job 

Where Your Presence Is Considered "Meh!" Aka Unimpressive!?! 

Would You Pay Top Dollar For Almost Ice-Cream!?! 

Would You Worship The God Who Almost Created A Moving You

Who Balked At Staying On The Cross To Save You

Who On-Again, Off-Again Contemplates Redeeming You

And 

Ever Tells You To Eat All You Want 

But 

Never Unlocks The Storehouse Of Good And Plenty!?! 

Since We Serve The God Who Can And Does

Who Gave His All To Give You His Best

Why Would You Ever Think That Jesus Christ The Lord Of Life 

Will Ever, Ever, Accept Anything Less Than 

Skin In The Game

Heart-Felt

God Is My All Worship, Praise

And 

Obedience From Any One Of Us!?! 

Jesus Christ Went All-In For Us: 

He Sweated Blood

And

He, Innocent, Gave Up His Life For Us Known Guilty! 

Can We In Truthfulness Do Less 

And 

Still Be Called Committed Christians!?! 

Have You Ever Seen A Half-Donkey Carrying A Load!?! 

If You Can Picture It

Then You Know What An Unenthusiastic

Uncommitted

Unconverted Christian Looks Like! 

It Ain't Pretty

Ain't Serving No Purpose

And 

Ain't Going Nowhere!

Total Commitment To Christ Is Job One! 

The Alternative Is To Be Abhorred! 

Any Questions!?! 

Peace!

Intimately Connect With The Lord Jesus Christ!

In The Realm Of Marriage And Relationships

People Are Advised To Cooperate

Communicate

Connect

And 

Negotiate 

If 

They Don't Want Said Relationships 

To Deteriorate And Disintegrate! 

Beloved, 

In The Marriage Relationship With The Lord Christ

Things Are Seriously Different 

On One Exceedingly Significant Point! 

Going Into The Relationship With Our Lord Jesus

We Know Up Front What To Expect 

Because 

He Has Provided A Fact-Book 

Aka The Preserved Word Aka The Holy Bible 

Which Tells Who He Is

What He Has Done

What He Is Doing

And 

What He Will Do For Each Of Us Individually 

And 

Personally! 

If We Will Read The Book

Then We Will Know Him

His Love And Personal Sacrifice For Us

His Desires

Our Rights

And 

Our Benefits Aka Abundant Blessings Current And Future

- Most Of Which Are Unimaginable - 

So That There Is Absolutely Nothing 

To Be Discontented About Or Negotiate Over! 

Where Our Relationship With The Lord 

Will Deteriorate And Disintegrate 

Is 

If We Neglect To Willingly Cooperate

Deeply Communicate

And 

Intimately Connect With Him ... Moment By Moment! 

We Cannot Out-Love

Out-Live

Out-Give

Or Out-Do The Lord 

So Let's Fervently Pray

Widely Share 

And 

Unashamedly Care 

And 

Cover All Of Our Bases Through Working Faith

Unflinching Trust

Complete Obedience

Pray-Propelled Endurance

And 

Humble Worship And Heartfelt Praise!

Peace!  

The Lord Jesus Christ

Is

The Strength Of Our Lives!

 

Touch The Lord Christ Who Is Touching You!

No Matter What The Loud And Aggressive

The Rich And The Well-Regarded

And 

The Proud And Profane Persons Of This World May Say To You

You Always, Always, Always Have The One Choice 

To Refuse To Lean On Your Own Corrupted Understanding 

And Instead 

Choose To Lean 

Upon The Bosom Of Jesus Christ Our Lord God Almighty 

And 

Deeply Draw Upon His Life ... His Love

And

His Wisdom Which Cannot Ever Fail! 

Beloved, 

When We Choose To Lean Upon Something Or Someone

It Is Because We Are "Comfortable" In Our Belief That 

They Are And It Is Strong, Secure

And 

Sure! 

The Problem, However, Is That 

We Ill-Advisedly Place Our Trust On Shaky Foundations

Tottering Walls

And 

Leaning Towers: 

So Much For Strength, Security, And Surety! 

Dear Ones, 

We Have Unfailing Grace 

To Bless Us To Repose Our Hopes, Trust, Faith, And Future 

On The "Thus Saith The Lord!" Who Created Us

Saves Us, Sustains Us

Leads, Feeds, Corrects, Comforts, And Carries Us

And 

Is Committed To Our Salvation, Sanctification

And 

Ultimate Redemption On The Great Day! 

By The Way

The Fact That The Nugget About The Disciple John 

Leaning On The Bosom Of Jesus Christ Who Loved Him 

Is 

Preserved In The Living Word 

Should Be A Special, Intimate, Infinite Comfort 

To Every One Of Us Believers Individually ... Personally: 

Whoever We Are Physically Touching 

Is 

Also Physically Touching Us! 

Dare To Lean On Aka Touch Jesus Christ Today! 

You Will Not Regret It! 

Peace!

Pride Is Poison + PRAYER: Father, Please Help Us To Humble Ourselves!

It Is Significant To See Righteousness And Unrighteousness

Faithfulness And Faithlessness 

And 

Pride And Humility 

So Starkly Compared And Contrasted! 

Beloved, 

We Are To Live By Faith 

While Lovingly Humbling Ourselves Before The Lord Christ 

Who Will Lift Us Up In His Day Of Appointment 

Just As He Lifted Up Jacob, Joseph, Job, And Moses! 

We Are Not To Lift Up Ourselves 

In Pride And With Arrogance Like Lucifer: 

It Didn't Work Out For Him 

And

It Will Not Work Out For Us! 

We Love To Say With The Worldly-Wise That 

Man Appoints And God Disappoints 

But 

If We Look Closer

We Will Clearly See What Manner Of Defeat, Disaster

Destruction, And Deviltry Exists 

When Man Appoints Man

And 

Man Anoints Self! 

The Humble, Faithful, Servant Of God

Is

Always A Blessing To Mankind!

Pride Is Poison 

And 

Self-Aggrandizement Is Terminal Disease 

And

Neither Has A Place In The Heart Of 

The Committed-To- Christ Christian! 

Dear Ones, 

The Only Lifting Up We Should Be Doing 

Is 

Lifting Up Our Souls To The Lord

Lifting Up Our Hands In Worship And Praise

Lifting Up Our Brethren

And 

Lifting Up Our Bibles And Our Spoons 

As They Convey To Our Bodies 

Our Very Necessary Daily Food! 

Pride Decimates! 

Faith Elevates 

And 

Humility Opens The Flood-Gates Of Blessing! 

PRAYER:

Heavenly Father, 

Please Help Us Today

To Humble Ourselves Before You On Earth

Your Footstool

So That You Will Lift Us Up To Heaven

Your Throne

On The Glad Day That You Have Set! 

Amen!!! 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Let Us Not Boast About Our Basement-Level Behavior!

When You Measure Yourself By Yourself 

And Compare Yourself To Yourself 

What Are You!?! 

A Fool! 

When A Man Defies, Denies, The Living God 

And Calls Himself God 

And Acts As Though He Is God 

But Does Not Have The Power Of God 

And Cannot Keep Himself Alive 

What Is He!?! 

An Idolatrous, Lying, Fool! 

The Fool Hath Said In His Heart That There Is No God! 

The Fool, Therefore, Is Unwise, Untutored

Unschooled In The Wise Ways Of The Holy God

And 

Suggesting That The Fool Has His Own Sense 

Is 

Oxymoronic In The Extreme! 

Denying Your Own Maker Is Devilish! 

Making Yourself God Is Satanic! 

Encouraging Others To Indulge In 

Heaven-Daring Lawlessness For Kicks, For Thrills 

Is 

Willful Wickedness Writ Large 

And 

Left Unconfessed And Unrepented

Will Be Punished Without The Blessed Benefit Of

Mercy Of The Eternal God! 

Be Ye Wise ...

The Only Measuring Stick Worth Using In This Life 

Is 

The Character Of The Lord Jesus Christ! 

Without Our Lord's Intervention

We Will Walk Around Pridefully 

Showing How Holy We Are When We Are Not: 

Let Us Not Boast About Our Basement-Level Behavior! 

The Prophet Isaiah Believed He Was Holy 

Until He Saw The Lord In His Glory! 

He Became Aware Of His Uncleanness 

And 

His Unworthiness To Be The Servant Of God 

When He Saw Himself In The Light Of Almighty God's Glory! 

Beloved, 

Our God ... The Living God ... Is Compassionate

And 

In The Moment Of Our Truly Seeing Him ... By Faith 

And

Acknowledging That We Are Less Than He Requires 

And

Need All That Our Lord Christ Has To Give Us 

Is

The Time That The Lord Can Work In And On Us To Bless Us 

And

Through Us To Bless Others! 

Self-Praise Is No Praise! 

The Praise Of Man Is A Trap 

And 

Unless We Let Go Of Pride 

And 

Give Our Self Over To The Lord For Him To Do His Saving Work

We Will Pridefully, Arrogantly, Ignorantly

Contentedly Continue Travelling Through Shadows-With-Troubles 

Where The Citizens Measure Themselves By Themselves 

Until We Arrive At Inescapable Torment! 

Please, I Beseech Us All

Let Us Permit The Holy Spirit To Do A Good Work In Us 

By Allowing Him To Work On Us While It Is Yet Day, Today

The Day Of Salvation! 

Let Us Let The Lord Remove Our Iniquity From Us 

And 

Purge Us Of Our Sin 

So That He May Use Us In His Service 

To Bless Others With The Good News That He, Alone, Saves! 

Let Us Really Work For The Lord: 

Untold Blessings Are Guaranteed! 

Peace! 

HAPPY SABBATH + Go For The Lord Christ ... And Honestly Complete Your Assignment!

The Lord Our God Almighty Asks For Volunteers 

And 

When We Raise Our Hand And Our Voice To Accept The  Assignment

We Are  Obligated To Dot The I's And Cross The T's 

To Ensure That The Job Of Work 

Is 

Completed To Time 

And 

According To Specification 

Utilizing The Equipment 

Aka The Gifts, Skills, Abilities, And Opportunities Provided 

According To The Providences And Mercies Of The Lord! 

Let Your Word Be Your Bond!

Beloved, 

Beware! 

When The Lord Sends Us Out

- Whether We're Called Or Volunteering -

He Is Meticulous With His Instructions: 

Please Don't Add To

       Subtract From

               Or Ignore Them! 

The Lord Himself Sends You 

And 

You Are Duty-Bound To Report Back To The Lord Alone

And 

Not Permit Some Wretch To Meet You In The Way Saying That 

An Angel Or The Lord Himself Told Them To Tell You 

To Break Faith With God! 

Disobedience Is Deadly! 

In The Work World

Employees Who Step Out On Their Assigned Work 

Are Considered Disrespectful, Deceitful

And

Disloyal

And 

Will Find Themselves Done And Dusted Aka Dismissed! 

The Prophet Jonah Was Swallowed By A Whale For His Disobedience! 

Three Days Repenting In The Smelly Belly Of A Living Submarine 

Saw Him Finally Going Where He Was Sent 

And 

Finishing The Work! 

The Unnamed Prophet Did The Assigned Work 

But 

Permitted A Lying Prophet To Entice Him To Disobey 

A Direct Command Of The Lord 

Not To Eat Or Drink Anything On The Job Site! 

His Disobedience Cost Him His Life By The Teeth Of Lions! 

Obedience Is Better Than Sacrificing!

I Beseech Us All To Be Wise 

And 

Give To Our Lord Christ Our Perfect  Obedience! 

Dare To Go Where You're Sent 

And 

Wisdom Working

Diligently Finish Your Assignment! 

Peace!

A White-Robed Devil Is Still Evil!

The Character Of Christians As We Purport To Emulate 

And

Represent Our Lord Jesus 

Calls Our Credibility Into Question! 

Beloved, 

We Who Claim Christ As King And Lord Of Our Lives

The Captain Of Our Salvation

And 

Our Hope For Surpassing Glory 

Must Be Vigilant As Regards How We Walk, Talk, And Act 

So That The Messages That We Send To Our Observers

- Christian And Non-Christian - 

Do Not Cause Them To Be Put Off Desiring 

Our Lord Jesus Christ! 

Never, Ever, Forget That 

By Our Words, We Are Justified 

And

By Our Words, We Are Condemned! 

Strangely Stunning 

And 

Devastatingly Important 

Is 

The Fact That Our Actions Loudly And Clearly 

Speak The Truth About Who Is Our Guardian 

Our Life-Guide

And 

Our Stay Aka The One Who Keeps Us In The Way That 

We Personally Desire To Walk! 

A White-Robed Devil Is Still Evil! 

The Christ That We Emulate 

Was The Same Morning, Evening, Noon, And Night! 

He Was Loving, Gentle, Kind, And Caring! 

He Was Prayerful, Useful, Blessing, Giving, And Forgiving! 

He Inspired Hope And Provided Help And Healing 

And

Most Of All

His Loving-Kindness

His Words Of Wisdom Giving Direction 

And

Correction 

Inspired Positive Change In Those Who Genuinely Sought After 

The True And Living God! 

Dear Ones, 

Our Character Is Either A Knife Or A Spoon! 

By Almighty God's Great Grace

Let Us Be Spoons And Feed Someone With Food That 

Is 

Good For Them Today! 

Please Put On 

And

Live For The Lord Jesus Christ! 

Peace! 

DON'T BE A REPROBATE: Choose The Life-Giver!

To Love The Lord Jesus

To Be Kind In His Holy Name

To Do Right Because It Is Good

To Trust The Living Word And Not Fear The Word Of Man

To Speak Truth In Righteousness

To Walk Wise And Not Act The Fool

And 

To Lift Up The Lord 

And

Never Instigate Evil 

Are All Personal Choices To Be Constantly 

And 

Consistently Made By Us 

As Christians Committed To The Cause Of Our Lord Jesus Christ! 

Beloved, 

Praying Without Ceasing 

And 

Exercising Faith First, Last, And Always 

Is 

A Personal Choice That Eternally Profits! 

Doubting The Word Of God 

While Calling On The Name Of The Lord 

Reaps Us No Reward Or Benefit 

And

That, Too, Is Our Personal Choice! 

Please Never Forget That 

We Reap What We Sow 

And

We Eat What We Grow 

And

We Walk Where Our Mind Wanders! 

If We Choose To Longingly Follow After Christ

We Will ... By Faith ... Permit Our Minds To Be With Him 

In The Most Holy Place Of The Heavenly Sanctuary! 

If Jesus Is In Us By The Holy Spirit Of Truth

Then We Will Not Wonder About Sin

And 

Wander Into Transgression 

And 

Hang A Hard Left Into Iniquity 

And 

End Up As Reprobates 

To Be Cast Into Outer Darkness 

By Our Own Choosing! 

Let Us This Day Choose To Make Wise 

And 

Eternally Profitable Choices 

No Matter Who By Or For What 

We May Be Cursed At And Ridiculed! 

May It Be Your Choice Today To Smile With Hope 

And

Let The Light Of The Life-Giver 

Gloriously Shine Into Every Dark Area Of Your Life! 

Peace!