VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: The Sharp Turn Around!

One-Eighty And Three-Sixty Were Running Through The Town! 

Repentance Took One-Eighty And

Three-Sixty Valiantly Tried To Get Repentance 

To Do A Hard Rebound!

Three-Sixty Loved Anything Circular!

He Loved Anything Fat And Round

But 

He Sincerely Hated That One-Eighty 

Who Had A Knack For Making All Sinners With Repentance

Do A Sharp Turn-Around! 

Three-Sixty Loved The Status Quo! 

He Loved No Need To Change! 

He Worked For Beelzebub, That Dragon

Who Loved To Keep Born Sinners In Locked And Heavy Chains! 

You May Well Ask Yourself The Question:

One-Eighty Or Three-Sixty, Who Cares!?! 

So Let Me Tell Me You What Love-Dove Peace Told Me 

And 

You May Decide If It Does Anything Explain! 

Sinners Are By Nature Born

But When They Seek And Find The Lord Christ 

They Cannot Willing-Sinners Remain! 

Encountering Christ Convicts Of Sin 

And Causes The Desire To Change! 

That Change Is Called Repentance, My Friend, 

Which Means That One Must Wheel And Come Again! 

Repentance Is A You-Turn Even On The Crooked Road Straight! 

A You-Turn Is A One-Eighty, You See

But 

Beelzebub Has People Convinced That 

Repentance Is A Full Three-Sixty! 

Lord, Have 'is Mercy! 

I U-sed To Think That The Three-Sixty Was The Deal 

But I Is Now Understand That 

That Three-Sixty Does Lef' Me In The Round-About Land 

Without The Off-Ramp! 

Bingo, Beloved! 

You Done Got De Thing! 

Doing That Three-Sixty 

Does Left We With De Bull-Cow Brass Nose Ring 

With Beelzebub, That Satan, That Deceiver, Bearing The Hook 

And Dragging We Helter Skelter 

As He Waiting Fuh We Goose To Get Cooked! 

You Speak Truth, My Friend! 

I Know The Real Friend 

Who Encourages Us To Embrace Real Repentance 

So That We May Rightfully Enter The House Of 

The Dear One Who Was Born To Be The Everlasting King! 

His Name Is Truth! 

His Way Is Peace! 

He Gives Wisdom And Understanding

And 

As Regards Our Shackles

It Is He Who Does Our Chains And Locks Release! 

I Like That One-Eighty Repentance! 

Three-Sixty Is Free To Go To Hell! 

I Will Trust The Truth That Matters 

And Depart From The Lies That Splatter! 

The Final Word ... Perfect Love Gives Free Grace 

But 

Strict Justice Terminates Available Mercy! 

Please Think Of These In Real-World Terms

And 

You Will Not Your Pick For Heaven 

Carelessly, Callously, Spurn! 

Peace! 

HAPPY SABBATH + EVERLASTING LOVE: What A Friend ... And Lover!

Think About The Fact, Beloved, That 

Someone Loves You With A Sacrifice-Of-Themselves Love 

Which Will Not Let You Go 

But

Leaves You Free 

To Walk Away And Associate With Another So Unworthy 

Who Is Basely Encouraging You 

Into Damnation, Into Oblivion, To Go! 

The Someone Who Loves You 

Is 

Your Forever Friend

The Kind Of Friend Who Sees You Clearly 

And 

Lovingly Corrects You When You Are Being Self-Destructive 

And 

Acting To Others Rudely, Crudely

Unfairly, Unkindly, And Even Inhumanely! 

This Someone Who Loves You Without Hope Of Return

Walks With You,  And Talks With You 

Even Though His Overtures Of Love You Treat As Trivialities ... And Spurn! 

I Cannot Condemn You 

Because 

To Him I Did The Same Thing 

Until The Day I Heard Him Cry 

As He Beseeched Me Sin And Self To Deny! 

What Really Caused My Cold Heart To Break 

Was When I Heard Him Call My Name In Prayer! 

He Pleaded With The Father To Let Him Try Another Year! 

He Said That He Would Water Me With His Tears

Feed Me With The Truth 

And 

Cause The Sunlight Of His Righteousness 

To Fall Upon Me In Radiant Array! 

He Pledged To Dig Around My Roots 

To Extract The Stones

To Remove Weeds, The Accumulated Rubbish Of Daily Life

And 

Get Rid Of The Trash Of The Past That 

Over Me A Long Shadow Had Cast! 

I Looked, Really Looked At Him

And 

Was Repulsed When I, In Turn, Really Looked At Me! 

I, Then, In Shame, In Self-Hatred

And 

In That Raging Desire For True Relationship

Reached For His Gentle Hand That 

Had Long Been Extended To Me In Heavenly Love! 

I Now Wear My Love For Him Boldly 

Even Though It Causes Me To Be Coldly Received By Others 

Who Cruelly Say That I'm In Love With And Loving An Illusion 

Which, On My Rush To "Entertainment" Is An Unwanted Intrusion! 

I May Not Physically See The One Whom I Love

The One Who I Know Loves Me First

But 

I Know That He Is Ever-Present

Hears My Call

And 

Answers My Prayers! 

Sometimes He Says "No!" 

And 

Sometimes He Says "Wait!" 

Sometimes He Says "Endure!"

So That I Above This Life May Elevate! 

He Says That In This Way I Exercise

Aka Work His Daily Gift To Me Of Faith 

By Which I Learn Patience 

Which Is Doing A Perfect Work! 

I Tell You The Truth: I Now Love Him As My Forever Friend 

And 

More Importantly

As The Lover Of My Soul ... Who I Am 

And 

I Finally See, Understand

And 

Accept His Word ... It's Alive ... That 

By Constant Communion, Communication

I Will Become Like Him! 

His Spirit Known Holy Comforts, Corrects, Teaches 

And 

Guides Me In The Way That I Should Go 

And 

I Am Glad 

Because 

His Father Has Consented That He Is To Bring Me Into His Home

The Gloriously Lit House In The Eternal City 

Where He, His Name Is Love And Peace, Lives, Reigns

And 

Rules! 

He Is Rich Beyond All Imagining And I Don't Even Care: 

I Just Desire To Be With Him

To Be Forever In His Presence 

Even Though He Is Giving Me My Own Home! 

For The First Time In My Life

I Have Found A Lover Whose Love Gives 

And 

Does Not Expect To Receive! 

If You Have Doubts Believing That He Is Really Real

Look At His Brow

And 

Gently, By Faith, And With Love

Touch The Palms Of His Hands, His Feet, And His Side! 

You, Me, We Did That To Him 

And 

He Still Wants Us Near To His Heart! 

He Is Almighty God, Creator, Savior, Redeemer! 

He Is The King Of Glory! 

He Is The Righteous Judge! 

His Name Is Jesus! 

What A Friend! 

Peace!

The Second Most Important Commandment! + PRAYER: Father, Please Help Me To Love Myself ...!

By

George McD. Greenidge

Guest Writer

The Second Most Important Commandment Says: 

"Thou Shalt Love Thy Neighbor

As Thyself!"

Mark 12:31.

As Strange As It May Sound

The Most Important Relationship You Have 

Is The One That You Have With Yourself! 

Hear Me Out! 

Too Many People Don't Like Who They Are

And They Focus On Their Faults, Weaknesses, And Failures! 

They Wish They Were Taller

Had A Better Personality ... And Looked Like Someone Else 

Instead Of Accepting Themselves 

As The Workmanship Of Almighty God ... A Masterpiece

Made In The Image Of The Eternal Holy God!

As If That Isn't Bad Enough

They Then Wonder Why They Are Not Happy 

And Don't Have Good Relationships 

With Our Heavenly Father, Their Family And Friends

Food, Their Feelings, And Their Finances! 

If You Don't Get Along With You, Then It Stands To Reason That

You Are Not Going To Get Along With Other People 

And Most Certainly Not With The Holy God!

Brethren, You Can't Love Others 

If You Don't First Love Yourself  ... In A Goodly, Godly, Way! 

Please Note That The Word Is Not To Be "In Love With Yourself!" 

With This In Mind, The Best Thing You Can Do

- I Include Myself - 

Is To Be Good To Yourself

Be Kind To Yourself

Be Merciful To Yourself

And Bless God For His Faithfulness To His Word To Us!

PRAYER: 

Father God, 

Thank You For Making Me In Your Image 

With Gifts, Talents, And Abilities To Enjoy Life

While Accomplishing Your Will

And

Also Blessing Others! 

Please Help Me To Love Myself

Despite All Of My Weaknesses And Shortcomings

Which I know I May Give Wholly To You

For You To Change Me

To Be Who You Created Me To Be

In Your Loving Hands!

I Love You! 

Father,

In The Humility Of Faith

I Know And Can Say That

I Am Happy To Be Who You Made Me To Be!

Thank You For Hearing And Answering Prayers

For I Pray In Jesus Christ's Holy Name! 

Amen! 

 

Is Your Presence A Beautiful Present!?!

Is Your Presence A Beautiful Present 

Or Is It A Funeral Pyre!?! 

Is Your Presence A Gift Of God 

Or A Thorn Branch From King Fraud!?! 

Beloved, 

Have You Ever Heard These Expressions Spoken About Anyone 

Or, I Hope Not, Have Ever Heard Them Spoken About Yourself: 

He Could Make A Rock Cry! 

She Could Suck The Air Out Of A Room! 

She Always Looks Like She Bit Into A Lemon! 

Or, He Brings His Own Weather With Him!?! 

Dear Ones, 

There Is Also The Expression Which Says That 

When You Laugh, The World Laughs With You

But When You Cry, You Cry Alone! 

The Question Is: 

How Do We, Or How Are We To Stand In All Of This!?! 

Let's Go Back To The Point Of Beginning And Remember That 

We Are Called The Children Of God 

And, As Such

We Should Be Light And Salt 

Aka The Gift Of God To Mankind! 

We Are Not To Walk Around Grinning Inanely 

Like We've Lost Our Minds 

Nor Are We To Walk Around Like We Have No Hope 

And Are Trying To Make Others To Be As We Have Become! 

Beloved, 

Jesus Christ Has, In Mercy, Given Us Hope, Help, And Healing Now, 

And Then 

Heaven At The Last Trumpet To Look Forward To! 

Please Let Us Endeavor From This Day Forward 

To Remember Whose We Are

Why We Are Here

What We Are To Accomplish

And 

Where We Are Headed! 

Plan Your Work And Work Your Plan 

As, When, Where, And How The Lord Leads You! 

You Are Not Alone! 

Look Up To Jesus Now! 

Peace!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Satan Says: "Plant What You Want To Grow!"

 

The Lord Says: "Always Obey!" 

Satan Says: "Obedience Is A Crutch!" 

The Lord Says: "Always Walk In Truth!" 

Satan: "Truth Is A Clown's Hat!" 

The Lord Says: "Grow Where You Are Planted!" 

Satan Says: "Plant What You Want To Grow!" 

The Lord Says: "By Faith, Endure!" 

Satan Says: "If You Can't See, That's A Big "No!" 

Brethren, Beloved, 

I Hope And Pray That You See That 

The One Who Loves You Is Looking Out For Thee! 

The Adversary Of Your Soul Is He, The Father Of Lies

And 

He Desires Your Destruction

Hence His Urging You To Live Through Your Eyes! 

Satan Desires You To Break-Off Communication 

With The Lord Who Gives You Life 

So That He, Himself, Can Break-Through 

And 

Have Total Control Of Your Life! 

No One Whose Life Is In Satan's Control 

Will Ever See The Breaking Of The Great Day In Peace 

And 

Break Bread In The Glorious Feast 

Where Our Dear Lord Is The Head! 

A Bre'k-Down Merchant Is In Misery

So He Eagerly Desires To Have Company

So Satan ... Of That Ilk

Desires To Take Your Honey And Your Milk 

And, Thereby, Beloved

Out Of The Happy Eternity 

He Seeks To Have You Bilked! 

The Lord Says: "Pray!"

Satan Says: "Prey!" 

The Lord Says: "Care!"

Satan Says: "Crave!" 

The Lord Says: "Love!" 

Satan Says: "Lure!"

The Lord Says: "Learn!"

Satan Says: "Spurn!" 

Beloved, 

Be Wise! 

Be Faithful! 

Be Clean! 

Be Useful! 

Be Helpful

And 

On The Lord Of Life Lean 

For Blessing

For Favor

For Peace And For Rest

And 

Deny That Liar, Satan

If You Desire To Be The Spiritual And Forever Blessed

Glory-Bound Success! 

Obedience To Jesus Christ Is A Necessity 

In Order To Live In The Redeemed Saints And Holy Angels' 

Heavenly Paradise Community! 

Satan Won't Be There 

So Do Not His Bombast, Roaring, Raging, And Snarling Fear! 

Keep The Lord Christ In Your Manager And Director's Chair! 

For Going To Almighty God's Glory 

Get Ready, Get Ready, Get Ready ... Prepare! 

Peace! 

HAPPY SABBATH + B.Y.O.G Aka Build Your Own God!?! + PRAYER: Dear Lord, Please Disappoint The Evil-Doers!

The Sign On The Glass Door Just Barely Caught My Eye 

But 

It Was Enough To Stop Me Dead In My Tracks As I Said Aloud: 

"What The Hell!?!" 

This Was Too Big For The Euphemistic 

"What The Heck!?!" 

I Turned Back And Whipped Out My Phone And Took Two Photos! 

I Was Stunned! 

Not Even 100 Yards From A Very Large Church, And On The Diagonal

A Local Art Space Was Having An Exhibition! 

The Sign Said: 

"B.Y.O.G. Build Your Own God

And

Other Ideas For A Kinder World!" 

The Picture On It Had The Face Of 

One Of Those Egyptian-Type Animal Gods With The Wolf Face! 

Talk About Bold-Face Daring! 

The Artist's Bio States That 

She Will Be Making More And New Gods And Goddesses! 

Excuse Me!?! 

Where, I Ask, Is The Fear Of The Living God!?! 

Do Not These People Crack Open The Holy Bible!?! 

Do They Not Know The First Commandment!?! 

Have They No Shame Concerning Encouraging People 

To Sin Against Their Own Creator 

By Encouraging Them To Worship 

Lifeless Objects Out Of Their Imaginations 

Which Are Totally Useless 

Because 

They Have Eyes But Can't See

Have Ears But Can't Hear

Have Feet But Must Be Carried

And 

Hands But Can't Comfort! 

Where Is This Artist's Love For Saving Truth!?! 

Why Would This Artist Want To Maliciously Send 

Patrons Of Her Poison-Plate To Christless Graves!?! 

I Wondered How Much She Was Being Paid 

To Get Followers For Satan's Camp For The Damned!?! 

Does She Even Care That She's Doing Satan's Dirty Work!?! 

Does She Not Know That There Is Nothing Kind About Idolatry!?!

PRAYER:

Dear Lord, 

In Mercy, Please Disappoint The Evil-Doers

And

May Their Diabolical Plans Come To Naught 

And

Fall Back On Their Own Heads! 

Oh, How I Pray That It Is Not Too Late

For Their Darkened Eyes To Be Enlightened

And

Their Stone-Cold Hearts To Be Enlivened 

So That They Will Have Opportunity, Strength, And Courage 

To Confess And Repent Of Their Known Sin

So That They, Being Willing, May Take Jesus Christ

As Their Everlasting Portion! 

I Also Pray For Their Beguiled Patrons

And

Petition You, Father, For Help For Them

So That They May Be Turned

Toward The Path Of Righteousness! 

May Your Holy Spirit Abide With Your Faithful People

And

The Holy Angels Excelling In Strength Protect Us

And

Also Influence Us To Do What Is Good And Right

And, Therefore

Pleasing In Your Holy Sight! 

Oh, Lord, Let Your Name Be Ever Glorified

And

Jesus Christ Be Continually Lovingly Praised

In Whose Precious And Holy Name

I Humbly And Sorrowingly Plead!

AMEN!!!

  

"I Will Go With My Jesus All The Way ... Home!"

Any Person, Any Christian To Be Exact, Who Is Heading Toward 

Hill Zion ... To Sweet Beulah Land

Must Recognize, Understand, And Accept That 

All The Footsteps Taken Will Be Our Very Own Footsteps 

But 

The Pathway ... The Only Way To Get There Safely

Is 

The Way Marked By Our Blessed Jesus ... Alone! 

Dear Ones, 

Be Not Dismayed, Nor Amazed

By Those Who Choose To Walk In Ways Contrary 

To What Says The Lord! 

Lustful Hearts

Itching Ears

Willful Blindness

And 

Deliberate Disobedience By The Self-Willed

The Gurus And The Gainsayers 

Will Always Have Appeal For The Like-Minded! 

Beloved, 

The Lord Jesus Did Not Create Clones 

Nor Does He Shepherd Goats 

Who Go According To Their Own Inclination! 

When We Humbly, Meekly, Follow Our Good Shepherd

The Path Which He Takes Us Along 

Will Always Be The Safe, Best, Most Beneficial, Blessed Path 

And 

We May Whole-Heartedly Commit Our Way To His Leading 

And

Say With The Saints Of All The Ages 

"I Will Go With My Jesus All The Way ... Home!" 

 

Don't Forget That 

Over-Heated Furnaces Become Pleasant Places

Hungry Lions Become Purring Pussy Cats

And 

Boiling Oil Is Rendered Stone Cold! 

We Are Safe In The Arms Of Our Lord Jesus 

And 

Will Enjoy Glorious Feasts In The Presence Of Our Enemies! 

Let Us Give Almighty God His Glory 

And 

Utter Heartfelt Thanks To Him 

For Being A Refuge For Us From The Raging Enemy Of Our Souls! 

Remember, Beloved, That 

Our Dear Savior Ever Shepherds His Saints On Solid Ground! 

Dare And Keep The Holy Faith! 

Peace!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: What Are You Celebrating!?!

 

What Is There About Your Life That 

Has You "Celebrating!?!" 

Are You A Humble Saint Of God And Christ 

Celebrating "Christ In Me My Hope For Glory!" 

Or 

Are You An Unrepentant Sinner Indulging Willful Blindness

Excited About "Pastor, Priest, And Pope Said ...!" That 

There Is No Victory Over Sin 

And 

We Will Be Sinning Until Christ Comes 

And 

God Is Going To Save Everybody In The Great Day!?! 

Beloved, 

Does Not The Preserved Word Of God

The "Thus Saith The Lord" Count 

When We Decide What To Celebrate About Our Lives And Living!?! 

Dear Ones, 

The Willful Wandering World 

Celebrates The Sensual, The Sinister, And The Sinful! 

The Saints Of God Celebrate Salvation

Sanctification

And 

The Sinless Estate 

Because 

We Are Called To Do So By Prince Shiloh, Our Only Savior! 

Shouldn't We Daily Celebrate The Life Of Christ

Our Lives In Christ

And 

Our Hoped-For Future Lives With Christ!?! 

Beloved, 

Any Celebration Of The Human Condition That 

Is Not 

Prefixed By "By God's Great Grace!" 

And 

Wrapped Up In His Manifold Blessings 

Is 

A Celebration Best Set Aside! 

Please, I Beseech Us All

Let Us Who Choose To Make Jesus First, Last, And Always

Choose To Look Up And Press On To Glory 

Celebrating Our Daily Victories Over Sin, Self, And Satan! 

Almighty God Is With Us! 

Peace! 

HAPPY SABBATH + Life Ain't Fair!?!

 

We Like To Say That Life Is Unfair! We Also Like To Say That 

Life Is What You Make It! 

We Also Seem To Forget That Jesus Christ The Creator-God 

Is 

The Way, The Truth, And The Life! 

No Jesus, No Life! 

Should Not We Therefore Realize That 

It Is The Life Lived Without Jesus Christ, The Life-Giver 

And

The Light Of The World

That Causes People To Behave Inappropriately 

And 

Thereby Cause Still Other People To Accuse Life Aka The Lord Jesus!?! 

Dear Ones, 

We, As Committed To Christ Christians

Are Asked To Live In Peace With All People ... Where Possible! 

We May Choose To Let People Embitter Our Lives 

Or

We May Choose To Live For And In Jesus Christ ... Our Peac

Who Freely Gives Unto Us His Peace 

Which Passes Human Understanding! 

Beloved, 

Have You Not Realized That 

It Is Man's Unregenerate Heart 

Aka Man's Heart Unimproved By Grace That 

Causes Us The Problems Which We Say Cause Life To Be Unfair!?! 

Dear Ones, 

Let Us From This Day Forward 

Choose To Be Part Of The Solution 

And 

Not The Cause Of The Problems In Other People's Lives 

And 

Our Own! 

When We Let The Light Of Almighty God's Truth 

Be The Center Of Our Lives

It Is Guaranteed That The Devil Aka Our Adversary 

And 

His Minions 

Will Have No Part In Us! 

Be Encouraged ...

Our Relief Is Jesus! 

Our Release Is From Jesus! 

Our Refuge Is Jesus! 

Dare To Rest In Christ Jesus 

And

Be Relieved: 

Eternal Life Is Peaceful! 

Jesus Christ Saves! 

Peace!

There Is No Wrong In Right Living!

 

Beloved, 

Rejoice! 

The Fact That The Creator, Our Savior And Redeemer

Is 

Willing To Try Us, To Test Us

To See If We Are Worthy To Be Forever Members Of 

The Family Of Almighty God 

Should Cause Our Joy In Jesus To Bubble Up And Over-Flow! 

Dear Ones, 

When You Think Of The Tests Of This Life 

As You Would A Car Being Test-Driven 

To See If It Checks All Of The Boxes On Your Deal-Breaker List

You Will Lovingly Understand 

Totally Appreciate

And 

Willingly Accept That The Way Of The Lord Is Perfect 

And

Is An Infinite Blessing Upon You! 

The Lord Knows That Righteousness ... Right Living

Exalts Aka Lifts Us Up ... To Him

And 

Only Those Who Humbly Accept The Call To Rise Up Higher 

To Meet His Known And Unchangeable Standard Of 

Holiness Unto God 

Shall Enter The Holy City Of God! 

Beloved, 

Let's Understand And Never Forget That 

Jesus Christ Died To Save Us From Our Sins 

And 

No One Choosing A Life Of Wickedness And Violence 

Will See Him In Peace! 

Almighty God's Law Is Immutable

His Love For Us Is Everlasting

His Hatred Of All Sin Is Inviolable

And 

His Desire To See Us, His Children, Enter His Haven Of Rest Is Infinite! 

By The Way, Our God, The Almighty God

Equips Us To Accomplish All That He Asks Of Us! 

We Are Not Alone! 

Keep Pressing On! 

Peace! 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Don't Be Blind To The Light Or Deaf To The Message!

 

Since Light, Physical Or Spiritual, Is There ... Is Here

To Show Us The Safe Way To Walk

Why Would We Choose To Be Blind To The Light 

And 

Prefer To Walk In Darkness That Leads To Death!?! 

Since The Lord Jesus Has Given Us His Living, Holy Word 

As A Message Of Salvation With Its Attending Call To Repentance

Why Would We Choose To Ignore, Reject, Reinterpret

Or 

Refuse That Message Which Is Truth That Saves!?! 

Beloved, 

Our Blessed Jesus 

Is 

Our Only Savior And Our Only Healer

And 

The Onus, Duty, Responsibility ... Burden ... Is Upon Us 

To Choose To Accept The Unspeakable Gift That 

Is 

Laid Out Before Us From The Hand Of Him Who Is Our Provider! 

Dear Ones, 

When The Lord Of Life Says To Do "It" 

Do It! 

When The Lord Of Love Says "Go!" 

Get To Stepping! 

When The Lord Calls Your Name

He Is Personally Calling You So Answer! 

Our Salvation Is Free And Available 

And

Our Healing Is Free And Efficacious! 

The Lord Is Not Deceitful 

And 

Neither Should We Be 

When We Accept His Healing And His Salvation

Nor When We Offer Up Our Praises For His Bountiful Blessings! 

The Lord Jesus, The Truth

Is 

Our Light And Our Salvation

And 

Our Only Way Home To Our Father's Home On High! 

Please, Beloved, Accept And Act On The Message

And 

Walk In The Living Light That Leads To Everlasting Life

And

Joyfully Praise Almighty God 

From Whom All Of Our Blessings Continually Flow! 

Peace!