PRAYER: Father, Bless Your People Unto The Great Day!

Without You, Lord

I Am Lost!

Ignoring You, Lord

Lays Against Me

Great Costs

And Thereby

Makes A Lie

Of Your Sacrifice

On Calvary's Cross

Because

My Self-help Says That

Of My Life

I Am The Best Boss!

Oh, God Most Merciful

Have Pity

And

Be Merciful Unto Me

And

Renew This Old Heart

So That For Thee

It Beats With Constancy!

Let This Old Heart Be Made Anew!

Let My Love For Thee

Not Be Askew

And

Let My Hatred For Sin 

And

For That Damned Devil

Keep Me Daily

Applying To The Throne Of Dear Grace

For

Daily Blessings From You!

Lord,

I Am Reaching For The Hand

That Holds The World

Secure

Safe

Knowing That That Hand

Holds Me Also

For That Hand's Heart

Holds For Me A Fit Place

To Run To

For Rescue

For Help

In Hope

For Provision

And

For Salvation

And

The Means Whereby

Against The Wiles Of The Destroyer

I Can Cope!

Oh, Lord

I Trust You!

I Believe On And In You

And

Behind You, I Walk

Ever Trusting In The Golden Promise

That Heaven Is No Cruel Joke!

Father,

Please Keep Me Faithful!

Please Keep My Peace In You Serene!

Please Make My Willingness To Follow You

A Bath To Keep Me Clean

Sloughed

Of The Love Of The Things Of The Earth

Shucked Of Christ-Denying Greed

And

Toweled In Your Holy Spirit

And

Powdered In Faith

That Will To You Ever Appeal!

Help Me, Lord

Not To Be Weary In Well-Doing

And

Let Not Lack Of Resources

Shorten My Hand

Nor Make Me Glum

Unwilling In The Word Of Truth To Stand!

Please Help Me To Ever Look

To The Living God Of All

And

Claim The Covenanted Promises

And 

Accept

That With God All Things Are Possible

Knowing That He Who

Sees And Knows All

And

Is In All

Will Provide For My Need

That Thing That Is Called Some!

I Believe In You, Lord

Please Help My Unbelief

And

Please Protect Me

From That Wicked One

Who

Of My Salvation

Wills Himself To Be The Malicious Thief!

Help Me, Lord

To Listen!

Please Still My Soul

And

Help Me To Hear

And

To Obey

And

To Walk Surrendered

Toward The Life Of Life

From Whence My Help Comes!

I Love You

And

Into Your Hands, Lord

I Commend My Spirit

For I Know That No Man

Or Spirit Being

On This Earth

Has The Means To Redeem My Soul

From Neither Death Nor Hell -

Save Me!

Save Your Faithful Holy People

And

Bless Us Unto The Great Day

Of Vengence and Redemption

In Jesus' Blessed Name, I Plead!

AMEN.

APPROACHES TO LIFE: Fall-Back vs. Call Upon

SATAN IS THE LIAR!!

The Difference Between
A Committed Christian
AND
An Unbeliever
IS
The Unbeliever Has
A Fall-Back Position
BUT
The Committed Christian
Has A Call-Upon Savior
Gloriously Named
The Prince Of Peace
Jesus Christ The Lord!

My Spirit Is Very Troubled Within Me
Reading Hearing
About All The Teenage Suicides
AND
The Reasons Why
AND
I WONDER
Lord Knows ... I Wonder
In Whose Ears
Did These Poor Unfortunate
Desperate Souls
Cry?

What Have We Done?

What Are We Doing
By "Freeing Up" Society
From The "Interfering-In-Our-Pleasure" God
AND
Giving That Fraud Satan
Complete Access
To Destroy People's Minds
AND
Lives
Through Seeking Man-Public Social Media Approbation
Commendation
AND
Direction
Instead Of
Taking One's Hurting Heart
To 
THE ETERNAL
ALL SEEING
All KNOWING
EVER PRESENT

ALWAYS AVAILABLE
ALMIGHTY GOD?!

Modern Man
Baby Boomers
Gen-X Y Z
The Snow Flakes
Act Like Sharks
When They Smell
A Single Drop Of Blood
In The Water
AND
All Seem
To Take Perverse Pleasure
In Destroying
What One Poor Soul Calls Treasure!

It's Amazing How We Joyously Kill People
BUT
Save 

Cats Puppies
Wales Bees And Trees!

What Ever Happened To ...

Kind Word
Thoughtful Deed
Extending A Helping Hand
To A Broken
Bothered
Bewildered
Trembling
Brother Sister
Daddy Mommy
Friend?

What Ever Happened To
Let Me Pray With
For
You?
Let's Talk!?
You Speak - I Listen!?

Let's Go To Our Eternal God
Who For Us
- With Spilt Blood -
Intimately Cares?

Why Are We Celebrating

AND

Elevating

Suicide!?

Why Have We Cast Away
The Holy God
In Whom
- From Whom -
We Get The Peace
Where With
We Can This Life Abide!?

People, We Have A Savior
Who ... For Us
Cried!
Died!
AND YET
IS NOW
Interceding For Us
 ... In God's Heaven ...
Where He Resides!

Are We So Intelligent
That We Can't See
That
Without The Next Generation
That It's The End For 
Me
AND
Thee aka Humanity?!

Oops!
I Forgot  ...
That THAT IS The Plan!

Satan's Bold Plan!
Destroy Who God Loves
AND
Jesus Christ's Sacrifice
Will Have Been
Premature!?!
AND
Stunningly ... UNSUCCESSFUL!?!

Yuk It Up!
The Laugh's On Jesus!
There'll Be No One To Call The Throne!!?
BUT
Hello! Dick Tracy
Jesus Christ IS Still
The King
AND
The Lord Of Everything
A Shelter In The Time Of Storm
A Covert
From The Roaring Lion
Of Destructive Fame -
The Accursed One!

Jesus Christ
IS STILL
The Everlasting Father
The Rock Of Our Salvation
Our Redeemer
Our Sealer
The Conqueror
The Great Physician
AND
The Healer Of Hearts
Hurting!

Jesus Saves!

Don't Run To The Grave!
Wait ... Patiently
With Endurance
In Faithful Prayer
For Your Call
To Rest
In
The Lord!

Please ... Let Us Stop Killing

What

Can Be Cured!

AND ...

What Can't Be Cured

Is To Be Endured

By Grace

Through Faith

In The Lord Jesus Christ!

Satan Is A Hot Knife

BUT

In Jesus Christ Is  Eternal Life!

For The Price Of Our Sin

We (But Not All)

Will Eventually Die In This Flesh

BUT

If We Have Been Faithful

To The Eternal God

We Shall Live Again ... It Is Promised!

Please Do Not Turn A Faithful Promise

Into A Gross Lie!

Please Do Not Hasten Away To Die!

Without Christ Ideation

Man Will Forever Die!

With Christ

Man Shall Eternally Fly!

Wait ... On The Lord!

My God Can!

My Life-Guard Walks On Water!

My God Breaks Water Out Of SRock!

My Lord Is The Rock Of My Salvation

AND

My Salvation Is Of Jesus Christ

The One Called The Solid Rock!

My Rock Is My Refuge!

My Refuge Is My God!

My God Is Eternal

AND

Eternally The Same

For Which I Am Thankful

For

I Know That He Is Not The God Lame!

My God Is The Same

Yesterday

Today

AND

Forever

AND

Forever

Is Where

I Shall - With Him - Spend

That Which Cannot Be Called Time!

It's Called Eternity!

Eternity Knows Not Time

AND

In The Realm Of Sin

Time Is A Constantly Decreasing Line

AND

Is Not Mine

To Extend

Hold

Or

To Stop

So

I Lift Mine Eyes Unto The Hills

Knowing Full Well

That My God Is Divine

AND

In Him

Through Him

Eternity Will Be Mine!

I Shall Cross

The Separating Line!

Human Life

Is Often By Mere Men Called

A Divine Tragedy

BUT

I ... A Christ Follower

Led By The Spirit Of God

Know ... Of A Surety

That All Divinity Dwells

Within The Holy Eternal

All-Seeing

All-Knowing

Ever-Present

Soon Returning God

AND NOT

Satan aka Beelzebub

That Facing Feisty Benighting Old Fraud!

My God

Is

The Shepherd

Leading Sheep That Speak

Of Him Who Died

To Give Us Eternal Life Bona Fide!

The Lord Wept

AND

In The Grave He Slept

BUT

That Grave Could Not Him Have Kept

AND

He Is Coming Again

To Claim Those Who

His Holy Law

Have Faithfully Kept!

Almighty God Is ... The Strength Of My Life!

Almighty God Is ... Faithful, Just And True!

AND

Almighty God Is ... Calling Out To Me

 AND

To You!

Our Almighty God Is Living

Gracious

Giving

Loving

AND

Those Who Trust In Him

Will

In The Fullness Of Time ... See

Unimaginable

Unanticipated

Unexpected

Unbelievable

Holy

Exciting

Real, Real, Living

From Him Who Is The Truth

AND

Oh, So Forgiving!

Bow To Him And See!

In The Past

My God Set A Table In The Desert

AND

Washed The Desert Sands

With His Dew

AND

Rained Down Angel Bread

For Strength-Giving

Good Food!

Today

He Prepares A Table

For Me

In The Presence Of My Enemies

AND

Tomorrow

If We - You, Too - Have

His Holy Word Trusted

AND

Believed

He Will Set A Place

Just For Us

At His Welcome Table

In His Father's House

Where We Will Never Want To Leave!

My God Can Do

AND

Will Do All

For Those Who Trust In His Word!

Trust Him!

He Cannot Fail!

Calling The Prince Of Peace Who Is Calling!

I Walked Gingerly Between

The World's
How Terrible!
AND
That's Awful!
Oh, Hell!
Hot Damn!
AND
You're Screwed!
AND
Knew That
No Way Was I Going To Escape
Unmarked
Unscathed
Unless
The Prince Of Peace
Carried Me Safely Through!

I Just Knew That To Be True!

I Passed A Neighbor-In-Trial
Facing Tribulation
AND
I Asked:

Did You See The Prince Of Peace
On The Way Today?!

He said:

I Really Couldn't Tell You
For
I Was Too Tired
Too Distraught
To Think Straight

To Summon Him
By Persistent, Heartfelt, Prayer!

I Grabbed At That Straw 

That My Neighbor Had So Casually Tossed Me  ...

Summon The Prince Of Peace!

AND

I Said A Prayer
Ever So Softly  ...

Creator Of The Universe
Maker Of Man
I Am In The Cross Road
Would You Please Hold My Hand
For
Life's Traffic Is On Fire
And
That Big Roaring Lion Does Fiercely Roar
And
My Head Is Fair Spinning
And My Hair Is Developing
A Straight Curl!

The Woes! The Woes!

Dear Child  ...

I Looked Toward That Voice
Gently Hailing Me
AND
I Knew Instant Relief From Stress
AND
Distress!

Things Were No Longer Askew
For
Here Was The God Of All!
The Master Of the Sea!
The Soul's Savior!
The Salvation Of Those Who Wanted To Be Saved
AND
Would Be!
The Voice Of The Giver Of Grace!
The Dispenser Of Faith!
The Mediator!
The Man Of Mercy!

AND
The Christ
Who Hell Tried But Couldn't Displace!

I Started Singing
Fit To Beat It
Had There Been A Band
For My Heart Was Soaring
Because He
The Prince Of Peace Is
Securely Holding
My No-Longer-Trembling Hand!

When He Who Is Peace Steps In
Satan Runs Out
So Don't Make Any Sudden Moves -
Always Give Him The First Shout-Out!

In All Endeavors
- To Almighty God -
In The Name Of The Prince Of Peace
Say Your Prayers
For
Comfort
Protection
Provision
Rescue
Thanksgiving
Lamentation
Sorrows
Praise
Worship
Whatever Have You!
Say Your Prayers!
Sing Your Praise!

Get For Your Own Soul
A Secure Hold On
Always Available
Mercy-On-Me
I Sincerely Tell You
AND
Give The Eternal God Glory
Who Giveth Unto The Devil

Your Dog-Biscuits-Of-Sin
AND

Trust In The God Of Heaven
For
Your Unto-Eternity Rescue

For
Eternal Blessings Await!
He Awaits The Call From You!

I Am Calling Him Now!

Won't You Do It, Too?!

The Prince Of Peace Is Calling You!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Customized Gods!

The Line In The Comment Said:

"Baal  ... the customizable "god!"

And I Said:

I Gotta Write!

For

This Line Was Just Too Delicious
To Pass Up!

Baal Is The god-Customizable
For All The "Worshippers"
Bend-Pliable
Because
The Eternal God
Unbendingly-unchangeable
Requires Truth
In The Inward Parts
Of All Who
Will Feast At His Welcome Table!

Truth
Purity
Love Of Another
AND
Holy God Charity
Are Not Things Necessary 

To Baal
For Customization
Places Adherents Squarely
In Baal's ThrallAND
If One Is Not Careful
One Will End Up In A Stall
Tied Up In Tight Knots
Unable To Change Position
Even Though
One Has Got The Trots!

The Customizable God
Is A God To One
Free For One

Free-For-All
Which
When The Creator Of All
On The Day Of Vengeance
Stands Above The Ball
Will Show To All And Sundry
Who In Fairy Tales Did Trust

AND

Believe
That
He Wasn't Anything At All!

He Will Show To All

That He Was As Effective As
A Bottle Of Blowing Breeze!

But ...

It Must Be Stated

That This Is As It Should Be
For
A Customizable God
IS Nothing But
Dog Turds
AND
Horse Pasture Patties
Fit To Be But Poor Decoration
As Useful As Cake Flour In The Wind
As Priceless As Salt With No Savor
AND
As Tasty As Egg White
AND
As Beautiful As Crop Blight!

Our God
- The Creator Of All -
Is The God Who Sustains Life Now
AND
Promises ... With Proof
That He Will Give To His Faithful
Eternal Life Later!

For This Reason ...

I Beseeching You, Brethren
Not To Buy A Bill Of Goods
For The Living God Already Proved
That Baal Cannot
The Power Of The Eternal God Withstand
For God
In Baal's Own Grand
Temple
Did Cast Him To The Ground
AND
His Adherents
Putting Him Back On His Stand
Found Him Next Day
Head Severed
Hands Cast Away ...
To Plainly Say That
Baal Is Useless!
He Can't See Hear Nor Speak!
He Can't Hold On To His Own Head!
He Can't Battle For

NOR

Against Anyone Anything
For
He Has Not Got
Working Feet!

A Customizable God
IS
A Not-God Which
It Is Fearful To Declare
Captures Men's Minds By The Satanic Power

Of The Prince Of The Power Of The Air!

This Tells Me Something
AND
Likewise Should Tell You
That The Customizable God
Is A God Of Refuse
For The "Power" He "Holds"
Is From The Lord Of Dung Flies
Who Builds Castles Out Of Crappies
AND
Beautifully Paints Them
With Bold Lies
For He Knows His Time Is Short
AND
His Time Of Terror Is Almost O'er
For The God Of Heaven And Earth
Is Returning
AND
Is Even At The Door!

Don't Collect

The Pay-Check For The Army
That Gives Tissues Of Lies
To Its Blinded Recruits!

Join The Army Of The Majesty Of Heaven
The God Who Does Not Bake Bread

With Pharisee Leaven
The God Who Despises Babylonian Wine
The God Holy, Faithful And True
The God Of Grace And Mercy, Too
The God Who Breathes
Who Sees
Who Cries
The God Of All Creation
Who Paints The Rainbow Of Promise
In The Canopy We Call Sky
The God Who Soon Will Come
To Forever Destroy The Buy-Baal Sellers
AND
Buyers
AND
Take To His Eternal Kingdom
Those
Who Bought The Truth
AND
Sold It Not

Nor His Holy Ways Forgot!

Get Yourself The Real God!
Get The God Who Laid Down His Own Life
For Me

AND

For You
AND
Picked It Up Again
So That You And I
Against It
Can Make Upholdable Claim!

Get Jesus!
Get Almighty God!
Get Jesus Christ
AND
Forever
Get Rid Of That Fraud Satan
AND
His Front-Man Baal
That Totally Customizable
AND
Totally Useful-For-Nothing
Dust-Catcher

Soul-Benighting

Have-No-Hope-To Be-God

Fraud!