HAPPY SABBATH + Contented In Christ!

 

There Is Nothing More Satisfying In This Life After Coming To Christ 

Than Coming To That Way-Marker Scribed As 

"Contented In Christ!" 

Hallelujah, Jesus! 

Beloved, 

Being Contented Is A Choice! 

Being Contented In Christ 

Is

A Choice 

And 

A Grace

An Unmerited Favor

A Super Power That Comes Of 

Having Made The Decision To Believe God

To Walk In The Word

To Trust The Way-Maker

To Listen And Learn 

Aka Harken And Do The Will Of

The One Who Heals And Seals

Teaches And Reveals

And 

Let The Comforter Carry, Lift, Comfort

And 

Elevate Us As We Press On To The Mark Of 

The High Calling In Christ Jesus! 

Dear Ones, 

There Are No Super-Christians! 

There Are No MDs, PhDs, Professors Emeritus

Or Honorary Saints Of God And Christ! 

We Are Christians Called 

Who Choose To Stand Up 

And

Having Counted The Cost

Have Cast Our Lot, Our Fortunes

In With Him Whom We Have Found Faithful And Just

Honest And True

Light And Life

Savior, Redeemer, And Forever-Faithful Friend 

Who Is Lord, God, And King! 

Let Us Sincerely Love Our Lord Jesus

Whole-Heartedly Look Up To Him

And 

Truly Live To Live ... Eternally! 

Peace!

Listen To The Lord Of Life!

 

Our Lord Christ Invites Us To Come To Him 

And 

Participate In A Reasoning Conversation! 

Satan, The Master Of Distraction

Tries To Insinuate Himself Between Us And Our Life-Giver And Savior 

By Saying That The Conversation Is A Con 

Because 

The Lord Jesus Is Trying To Make Converts To Himself 

By Bypassing Our Free-Will And Our Freedom To Choose How To Live 

And 

When And Where To Die! 

Are You Hearing

Truly Listening  ... And Understanding 

What Is Really Happening Here!?! 

Beloved, 

Jesus Christ Is Our Creator-God 

And 

He Has No Need Or Desire To Make Us Do Anything: 

There Is No Force In Love! 

Dear Ones, 

Satan, The Adversary Of Our Souls

The Roaring Lion

The Piercing Serpent

Is 

The Scorched-Earth "Builder" 

Aka The Destroyer

The Bait And Switch Con Artist Who Is The Father Of Lies 

Who Will Say Anything 

To Get Anyone To Have A "Productive" Conversation With Him 

In The Hope That It Will Convert Someone 

To His Wicked, Evil, Destructive Way

And 

Take Them Away From The Lord Christ

Almighty God In The Flesh! 

Please, I Beseech Us All

Reject Interactions With Glib-Tongued Found-Friend Strangers 

Who Can Show You Newer, Brighter, Shinier, Better 

Minus Truth, Light, Love, Grace, Peace, Goodness

And 

Access To The Heavenly Home 

And

Everlasting Life! 

Love The Lord Jesus Christ

And

Lose All Links To The Liar! 

Peace!

Of Hearts And Treasures!

When The Worldly-Wise Hear True-To-The-Class Christians Say That 

There Is Treasure Laid Up For Us In Heaven

They Look At Us As Though We Have Sprouted Extra Heads! 

Beloved, 

There Is Nothing Wrong With Being Rich 

Unless You Forget The Living God 

And 

Your Wealth Becomes Your God! 

There is Something Wrong With Us And Our Wealth 

If 

It Is Gotten By Fraud And Through Robbing The Poor! 

Dear Ones, 

We, As Practicing Christians, Should Tremble 

And 

Be In Fear Aka In Awe Of The Lord 

When We Read The Scripture Warning Us That 

Our Hearts Follow Our Treasures! 

We Should Remember The Story Of 

The Rich Young Ruler Who Knew The Scriptures

Obeyed The Law Of The Lord

But 

Chose His Numerous Visible Things Over His Lord Christ 

Who Offered Him Treasure Unknown And Unimaginable

In The Future Day Of God's Appointing! 

We Should Also Consider Abraham, Job, And Jacob 

Who Looked Forward To The Better Treasure 

While Being Liberal With What They Possessed! 

We May Also Learn Harsh Lessons From The Lives Of 

Prophet Balaam

Disciple Judas Iscariot

And 

Ananias And His Wife Sapphira 

Whose Hearts Were Totally Corrupted! 

They Lost Their Lives Twice 

Since They Will Not Be Participants In The Receipt Of 

The Gift Of Everlasting Life! 

Is Your Heart Right With God!?! 

Do You Recognize That Treasure Aka Wealth 

Is 

Just A Purpose-Built Tool 

Which Carves Out A Living 

But 

Cannot Give, Retain, Or Restore Life!?! 

Is Jesus Christ Really Your Everlasting Portion!?! 

Think About It! 

Peace! 

There Is No Death In Righteousness!

The Way Is Jesus Christ: 

He Is The One Righteous! 

The Pathway Is That Marked By Jesus Christ Himself! 

The Pathway Of Righteousness 

Is 

That Path For One's Feet 

Where It Is Impossible For One To Go Astray 

When One Moment-By-Moment Chooses 

To Faithfully Follow In The Footsteps Of Our Savior 

Doing What He Did

Speaking As He Spoke

Loving As He Loves

And 

Choosing To Let Your Conscience 

As Directed By The Holy Spirit Who Leads One Into All Truth 

Be The Sole Guide For Your Life In This Vale Of Tears! 

Beloved, 

Please Do Not Expect To Hear The Still Small Voice Of God 

In The Whirlwind

In The Earthquake

In The Fire

Or In The Multitudinous Voices Of The Self-Serving Sort! 

Dear Ones, 

When We Long For The Sights And Sounds Of 

Those Seeking Distraction From Sorry Self And Sordid Sin

The Clamor They Make Gives One The Impression That All Is Well! 

These Dear Souls

Purchased At Infinite Price With The Innocent Blood

Find No Peace In Quietness 

And As Such

See No Point To Being Still! 

Please, I Beseech Us All

Learn As King Solomon Learnt That 

A Life Lived By The Senses 

Is 

No Life At All 

But 

Vanity And A Vexation Of One's Spirit! 

Learn From The Prophet Elijah That 

It Is In The Stillness That 

We Will Hear The Lord  Speak! 

There Is No Life In Unrighteousness

And

There Is No Death In Righteousness! 

The Life Lived For Christ Has No End! 

Let's Live For King Jesus! 

Peace!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: No Excuse For Sin!?!

Do You Make Excuses!?! 

Are You Making Excuses!?! 

Do You Desire To Be Excused For Having Done 

That Thing You Know That You Shouldn't Be Doing

That You Have No Right Doing 

Because 

It Is Wrong 

And 

Displeases Your Lord Jesus 

But

Makes You Feel Like A Champion

Invincible, Loved, Lovable, Visible, Powerful

Like The Cat's Meow

But 

Will Cause You To Be Excluded From 

The Camp Of The Courageous Ones 

Who Have Wisely Chosen To Have Themselves 

Permanently Excised 

From The Camp Of The Crazed, Craven, Corrupt, Carefree, Cruel

And 

The Contemptuous Of The Lord Christ!?! 

Beloved, 

There Is No Excuse For Sin 

Because 

There Is No Reason For Sin! 

Whatever Is Going On In Our Lives

We Must Arrive At That Bend In The Road 

Where Bright Hope For Tomorrow Meets Pale Glory Now! 

Dear Ones, 

Let Us Make The Decision To Quit Making Excuses Cold-Turkey 

Aka Without Holding Anything Back 

And 

Without Glass Crutches! 

Let's Turn On The Spotlight Of Truth 

And

Dare To Walk In The Light 

Following After Him Who Is The Way To Surpassing Glory That 

Cannot Ever Fade Or Be Fouled By Folly! 

Jesus Saves! 

Salvation Is Free To Me And Thee! 

Acceptance Of The Unspeakable Gift Is Optional: 

Excuses Are Rejected! 

From Sinning Be Forever Set Free! 

Peace! 

HAPPY SABBATH + Prayer: Neither Ashamed Nor Afraid To Pray ...!

PRAYER:

Heavenly Father, Kind And True

I Choose To Take You At Your Holy Word Because

It Needs No Reminders About Follow-Up And Follow Through! 

You Are The Living God, Holy, Faithful, Loving

The Ever Blessing God Who Is Not A Liar! 

I Give You Thanks And Praise! 

Lord, I Have Made Up My Mind That

I Want, Need, Desire, And Must Have All

Every Last Gift, Benefit, And Blessing That

You Have Promised Me In The Word Of Truth 

And

Through The Innocent Blood Spilt Because Of Me

And

For Me

On That Dark And Dread Day On Mount Calvary! 

Father, Without You, I Am Nothing

And

Can't Do Anything!

With You As My Guardian, My Guide

The One Who Causes Me To Live

And

Breathe And Just Be

And

By Your Gift To Me Of Free-Will

And

Freedom To Choose What I Want To Be And Do

I, This Day, Choose To Be What You Said That I Can Be

Which Is To Be Like My Blessed Savior

Jesus Christ The Lord! 

I Choose To Go Where You Send Me 

And

To Do What You Ask Me To Do! 

Lord, Please Help Me Not To Be Presumptuous

By Overstepping The Boundaries You Have Clearly Defined! 

Please Help Me, By Saving Grace

To Stay Under The Banner Of Prince Immanuel

And

Inside Of Your Hedge Of Protection That Is

Your Ten Commandments

The Keeping Of Which Is

The Key To A Happy And Peace-Filled Life!

I Need You, Father

And

I Am Neither Ashamed Nor Afraid To Pray That

I Will Come To Need You More And More Each And Every Day!

I Love You And I Come In Faith In Jesus' Holy Name:

Please Bless Me In My Need And Indeed!

AMEN! 

No Malice: No Mercy

When The Wrath Of The Living God 

Is 

Poured Out On The Sinful

Neither Malice Nor Mercy Shall Issue 

From His Holy Hand! 

"How Is Such A Thing Possible!" 

The Terrified Soul Exclaims

Suddenly Recognizing That The Very Savior He Roundly Scorned 

And 

Rejected 

Is 

The King, Lord, And Judge Of All Flesh

Who Had Called And Beseeched Him 

To Take The Extended Hand 

Which Would See Him To Heaven Elected

And

By The Life's Work Of Sanctification

Well And Truly Perfected! 

To Those Who Showed Man No Mercy

To Those Who Considered Malice To Be As Soda Pop

To Be Guzzled And Spewed Upon The Ones That 

They Called Religious Fools And Nuts

The Very Idea That They Would Be Recipients Of 

Turn-About Being Fair Play 

Left Them With Eyeballs Sweating 

And 

Their Tongues Hanging! 

Brethren, Beloved, 

This State Of Affairs Does Not Need To Be 

Because 

He Who Calls Us All To Salvation

Provides Grace Sufficient And Mercy Freely! 

We Are Called To Do Good 

And 

To Ever Live Right

And 

If We Make A Mistake It Is Not Fatal 

Because 

To Lead Us In The Path Of Righteousness 

Is 

His Sincere Delight! 

Confess Known Sin! 

Repent With Humility! 

Trust The Lord ... And Obey

And 

Work The Gift ... Your Gift ... Of Faith 

Moment By Moment, Day By Day! 

Dear Ones, 

Our Great God Does Not Indulge Malice 

Because 

It Is A Satanic Construct 

But

The Withdrawal Of His Mercy To The Unrepentant 

Is 

At Their Request 

As They Saw No Reason To Get Their Decimating Sin Off Their Chest 

By Giving It To The Kind King

Jesus Christ The Lord! 

Sin Issues A Paycheck To All Who Do Its Dirty Work 

So If You Do Not Want To Cash The Check

- Non-Returnable After Mercy Takes Her Rest -

Dare, By Prayer And Petition, To Permit The Holy Spirit Of Truth 

In Your Sin-Scarred Heart To Take His Seat! 

Please Be Kind To Yourself

And 

Always To Others 

Because 

At The Funeral Of The Malicious And Unmerciful Unrepentant Ones

There Will Be No Burial And For Sure 

No Live Token-Flowers! 

Be Wise For Your Own Self:

Choose Life In Christ! 

Peace! 

Park Your Faith On First Foremost And Forward!

There Is No Fear In Faith 

And

There Is No Faith In Doubt! 

Beloved, 

We Serve The Holy God

The God Who Sees, Hears, Feels, Cares

And 

Loves Us With The Love That Went To 

And 

Conquered Death 

And 

Is Still Alive And Loving Us

And 

Is Working All Now 

To Save Us Who Are Willing And Eager To Be Saved! 

When Our Eyes Open Each Day

We Are Already Equipped With Faith 

For That Day Alone

To Trust In The Lord Christ Alone

And 

To Live For Him Alone! 

We Do Not Have To Go On A Dangerous Expedition 

To Find Faith To Trust Our God! 

All We Have To Do 

Is 

Decide

Make The Call

And 

Start Walking! 

The Decision To Trust Our Lord Jesus 

Puts The "Amen!" After The Deed To Be Completed 

Before 

It Is Even Started! 

Dear Ones, 

Please Remember That Simple Faith

The Gift Of The Eternal God 

To Finite Man Made In His Image, And After His Likeness

Mooooves Mountains Great, Middling, Or Small

And

Levels The Annoying Molehills 

Sure To Pop Up In Our Daily Lives! 

Please, I Beseech Us All

Reach For The Extended Hand Of Help And Healing 

And

By Your Gift Of Daily Faith Received

Dare To View The Promised Land! 

Almighty God Is Ever Near! 

Please Do Not Allow Anybody 

To Steal Your Joy In Our Christ Jesus: 

Park  Your Faith On First, Foremost And Forward! 

Peace!

Spirit Or Flesh, Liars Lie!

The Devil And His Henchmen ... Both Witting And Deceived

Would Have Us To Believe That We Live In This World Alone 

And

That From Sin, Self, Sorrow, And Shame 

We Will Never Be Free! 

The Devil Is The Liar ... The Father Of Lies

And 

Sin ... With Its Accessories 

Is 

The Condition That Can Only Be Cured By The Kind King

Jesus Christ Our Lord! 

Dear Ones, 

I Beseech Us All:

Do Not Into Doubt, Disbelief, And Deviltry 

Be Deceptively Lured By Satan

The Prince Damned For All Eternity 

And 

Famous For Suffering From A Fatal Case Of "Self And I!" 

Please Be Wise 

And 

Choose To Set Aside Self 

And 

Seriously Seek The Savior! 

Beloved, 

The Walk Of Faith Is Not Easy 

But

The Free Gift Of Faith 

Is 

Freedom To Be Free In 

And

Walk With Jesus Christ 

And

To Walk With Him And Not Be Weary! 

Our Father Is In Heaven 

And 

He Watches Over Me And Thee! 

Wait Upon The Lord 

And 

Humbly, Faithfully, Enduringly Do His Bidding

And 

From Sin's Mastery Be Free! 

Willingly ... Wisely

Give Your Free Will To The Lord Jesus Today! 

Peace!

 

HARD THINGS BREAK: Stubbornness Is Like Idolatry!

 

Today Is The Day 

To Give Solid Thought To Destroying 

Our Stubborn Will 

And 

Giving Our All, Body, Mind, And Spirit 

To Our Lord Jesus Christ! 

Beloved, 

If You Were A Stubborn Child

Or Had, Or Presently Have A Stubborn Child In Your Household

You Would Know That This Blessed Child Would Rather Die 

Before They Would Accept Or Acknowledge Defeat 

For Any Reason! 

They Do Not Fear Parent Or Any Adult Authority Figure

And 

Have Boldly, Proudly, Chosen Death With The Foolish  

Than To Humbly Accept The Living Wisdom Of The Wise-Alive! 

Dear Ones, 

Be Not Proud Like Lucifer-Satan! 

Godly Fear Is A Criterion For All 

Who Will Stand Without Shame Or Terror

In The Presence Of Our Jehovah God! 

We Must Come To The Knowledge That 

It Is Better To Suck Salt With Our Savior 

And

Be Eternally Blessed

Than To Sup Deada Aka Eat Unclean Meat 

With The Boldly Wicked

Those Who Walk Wise In Their Own Blind Eyes! 

Stubbornness Can Be Equated With Idolatry 

Because 

One Is Saying That They Only Answer To Themselves

Hence ... They Are A False God! 

Brethren Beloved,

We Did Not Create Ourselves

Cannot Keep Ourselves Alive

Or Provide Food For Ourselves 

... And ... 

It Is Ordained That 

We Each Must Give Account To Our King Jesus

Almighty God

The Judge Of All Flesh

For Everything That We Do In Our Flesh! 

Almighty God Doesn't Answer To Anyone

Nor Will He Share His Glory With Another! 

Remember That The Humble Bow Now 

And 

The Stubbornly Proud Will Burn Then

In The Day Appointed! 

Hard Things Break 

So Let's Not Be Wrong And Strong 

To Save Face With The Crowd! 

Please Walk Wise With The Meek: 

Fear God! 

Peace!

OUR "PAC" IS CHRIST-LED: Trust Ye In The Lord Forever!

Politicians Benefit From Having A PAC 

Aka A Political Action Committee! 

All Spirit-Led Christians Have  Something Infinitely Better 

Because 

Our "PAC" Stands For Primacy, Attention, And Control

And 

Is Simple: 

Our Relationship With Jesus Christ Our Lord 

Holds Prime Position All Day Every Day! 

The Lord Christ Is The Good Shepherd 

And 

We Are The Obedient Known-Humble Sheep Of His Pasture! 

Our Attention Is Set To Growing In Grace

In The Fear And Admonition Of The Lord

As We Choose To Let Him Lead Us On Our Way Home! 

Since We Are Willingly Committed To The Cause Of Christ

We Are Committed To Having His Holy Spirit 

- The Spirit Who Leads Us Into All Truth 

And Is The Great School Master - 

Control And Gently Correct Us

And 

Teach Us The Way In Which We Must Walk! 

Dear Ones, 

A Politician's Political Action Committee 

Is 

Set Up To Glean For Them The Means 

To Possibly Acquire An Earthly Prize 

With An Uncertain Shelf-Life! 

Our PAC Is Christ-Led

Christ-Centered

And 

Christ-Propelled

And 

Secures For Us Our Soul's Salvation

Our Sanctification

Our Ticket Home To Our Father's House Of Love! 

Please Do Not Accept Any Input That 

Does Not Contain The Blood-Stained 

"Thus Saith The Lord!" 

As Written In The Preserved Word Of God 

Which Bears No Stench Of Another Gospel 

Or Another Jesus! 

Corruption And Deceit Are Everywhere! 

Know Your Lord Jesus 

To Be Able To Recognize The Damned Devil 

Even Though He Comes Disguised As An Angel Of Light! 

Don't Worry: 

Be Wary! 

Peace!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: TRUST TRUTH: Be Willingly Obedient!

Serving The Lord 

Is 

All About Our Attitude! 

The Lord, Your God And King, Sent You On A Mission 

And

You Have Thoughts! 

You Behave Like Prophet Jonah 

And 

You Refuse To Go On The Mission 

Until A Whale Convinced You 

And

You Still Had Words For The Lord! 

You Behave Like Prophet Balaam 

And 

You Go On A Side Mission Against The Will Of God 

And

A Talking Ass Had To Give You The Heads-Up! 

You Willingly Go On The Mission 

Like General Moses And Apostle Paul 

And

All Is Well With Your Soul! 

Attitude Determines Outcome! 

Beloved, 

Is The Holy Spirit Running Your Life 

Or Are You The Controller!?! 

Is Jesus Christ Your Lord And God 

Or Are You A False God!?! 

Be Wise For Your Self ... 

Trust Truth! 

Follow Faith! 

Faithfully Trust Truth 

And

Trustingly Follow Truth Faithfully! 

Dear Ones, 

Obedience Is The Highest Form Of Worship: 

Who Are You Worshipping!?! 

Who Are You Obeying!?! 

Jesus Christ Saves The Willing

The Obedient

The Faithful

The Trusting

And 

The Truthful 

So Dare And Do The Required Calculations 

To Plainly Show Yourself 

Who Shall Enter The Heavenly Kingdom

The Eternal Home Of The Forever Blessed! 

Do You Need An Attitude Adjustment!?! 

Why!?! 

What Kindness Will Encourage You To Stop Straying From 

The Father's Safe Fold!?! 

Please, I Beseech Us All

Choose To Go To Our Father 

And 

Humbly Ask For Your Known-Available Help! 

If You Don't Ask

You Will Never Know

What The Lord Can Do For You!

Peace! 

HAPPY SABBATH + Don't Join Satan's Circus!

Your Father Is The King Of Glory! 

You Are Away, On His Footstool, To Attend School! 

Your Teacher At The School Of Hard Knocks Academy 

Gives You A Supply List 

Which Requires You To Bring Extras! 

Your Father The King, The God Alone Who Is Wise

Gives You Custom-Made Everything 

Which Has Your Name 

And 

The Deep Impress Of His Character On Your Supplies 

For Your Use! 

Your "Teacher" At Hard-Knocks Assured Academy, MeSa Tan

Writes A Nasty-Gram 

After Having Dragged You Over The Coals For Being Selfish 

And 

Wanting Everything To Be About You! 

Your Good Stuff Would Have Gone Into A Pool 

To Be "Redistributed" To Other Class-Members 

Guaranteeing That You Would Never Get

What Your Father Provided For Your Personal Use! 

You Would Then Have To Be "Satisfied" With Cheap Knock-Offs 

And 

"Officially Sanctioned" Dupes 

Which Would Never Stand Up During The Testing Time 

Or The Final Examination! 

Beloved, 

Be Wise! 

Never, Ever, Permit The Gifts That Your Father Has Given To You 

To Leave Your Hands To Gain The Approval Of 

"The Everybody Gets A Participation Trophy 

For Being Present Even When They Choose To Do Wrong 

By Refusing To Do Right 

Because 

No One Should Feel Bad About Feeling Bad For Doing Badly Confederacy!" 

Dear Ones, 

Keep What Your Father Gave You 

No Matter The Pressure Applied 

And

Choose To Tell Others 

How To Get Adopted By Your Father 

To Get Their Own Supply Of What You've Got! 

Don't Join Satan's Circus 

And 

Don't Be Satan's Clown! 

Peace!