Thursday, April 27, 2017

Don't Blink ... THINK! - Church Service

Have You Ever Been In A "Church" Service
Or
Viewed One
That Made Your Skin Crawl
Or
Made You Feel
- For Lack Of More Fitting Descriptives -
Contaminated
Unclean
Dirty?!


In Said Service
Did You Think To Ask Yourself:


Soul, Who Are They Worshipping?!

Did You Hear Things Said
AND
Wondered:

Why Is No One Objecting?!

AND
Did You Hear
AND
Observe
The Monotonous
Frenzied Repetition
Of Words Phrases
That Sent People Into Raptures
Uncaring
Unknowing
Unmindful
Of What It Is That They Are Doing?!


What Reason
- If Any -
Are You Aware Of
That Requires A Christian Called
To Repeat The Name


"Emmanuel!"


Or Even


"Jesus!"


For Ten (10) Solid Minutes?!


Is Not This Vain Repetition?
Is There A Purpose That Is Being Served?
Is Someone Being Instructed?
Is The Name Being Uttered With Understanding
AND

With Ever New Emotion?
Or
- As Is The Norm With The Heathen -
Is The Utterance A Decided Means
To Achieve A Particular 

AND
Perhaps Even

A Malicious
Nigh Unto
A Malevolent End?

Please Ask Yourself ...

What Is That Unclean Spirit
That Is Being Openly Invited In
AND
Welcomed Into
The Church Of God
AND
Why Is No One Objecting?


God Himself
Calls Us To Reason With Him
Our Maker
Sustainer
Provider
Healer Helper
Our Salvation
Our King
AND
Where Necessary
Our Judge!


So ... 


Why Are We
Intelligent Creatures
Permitting
Unregenerate
Priests Pastors Teachers
To Give The Keys 

To The Hearts Of The People Of God
Into The Hands Of That Vile One

Satan?

Satan Is A Church Goer
Willing
Bona Fide!
He Has No Need To Go 

To Dancing Hells
When Who He Wants
Is Wearing Church Clothes

AND
Styling
Stepping High!


Lazy Thinking In A Christian
Is An Attribute To Be Despised
For It Permits
Unfettered Wickedness
To Bloom
Grow
AND
God Forbid
Thrive!


Know What It Is You Are Doing
AND

Why
- In God's Name -
It Is Being Done
AND
If The Answer
Contains Not A 


"Thus Saith The Lord!"

People!
Be Smart!
Cut And Run!

Don't - To Your Self - Lie!

No Idiot Children Will Be In Heaven!
All There Will Have Said:


Satan, Nay!

Jesus, Yeah!



Having Made The Bold Decision Freely
AND
Not By Coerced Descent
Into A Hypnotized Frenzy!


Watch Where You Pray!
Watch With Whom You Play?!

AND
Be Mindful Of What You Say
When You Go
To God In Prayer!


You Cannot Come To God
AND
Tell Him That
You Want
Desire
To Bear His Blessed Name

AND
Stress To Him That
You Will Provide
Your Own Food
(Your Own "Holy" Word)

AND
Your Own Clothing
(Your Own Character)

AND
Think
That You Shall Escape
The Lake Of Fire!


The Way Is Clear
Either - Or
Broad Way
Or
Straight Way Narrow Path!
There Is No Good Way Marked:


"Way Of Man!"


Aka Way Of Perishable Cloth
For That Way Is Always
Always
The Broad Way Of The Lost!


Get A Grip On The Holy God
Through Jesus The Christ
On
The Way Of The Cross
AND
Give Man's Traditional Emotionalism
The "Not-For-Me" Toss!



Worship The Almighty God
In Spirit
And
In Truth!





Wednesday, April 26, 2017

PRAYER: Remember Us, Lord!

Father,
In Faith, I Come
And
Ask You To Remember The Holy People
Who Shall Cry Today
And
Those Who Shall Enter Into Rest!
Mark Well Their Dusty Beds
As You Have Promised, Lord
And
In The Promised Day
Lift Up To Glory Their Heads!

Remember, Lord
Your Promise To Comfort
Those Who To You Do Mourn!
Remember As Well
Those Who Suffer
Under The Dominion Of Sin
And
Help Them
In Mercy
To Call Upon The Great Name Of
Jesus Christ
The Savior
Our Soon Returning King
He Who Has For Us
Prepared The Perfect Home!

Remember The Children, Lord
Whose Parents Are
Physically
Spiritually
Mentally
By Chance
By Choice
Gone Wild
Ignoring The Charge
To Raise Treasure For The Lord
Choosing Instead
To Walk In The Ways Of The Fraud!

I Pray, Lord
That You Will Raise Up For These Children
Mothers Fathers
Brothers Sisters
Friends
The Blessed Of Zion
So That These Dear Ones
Are Not Ultimately
Devoured
By That Roaring Lion!

Remember Your Promise, Lord
That Your Rain Shall Fall
On The Just
And
The Unjust
And
That Forgiveness
Is Free Given
To All That Truly Repentant Be!

Grant Us, Lord
Faith For The Way
Grace For The Day
Mercy
Love
Comfort
And
Joy
From Above
And
Bless All Who Believe
To Stand In The Breach
Calling To The Captives
To Return Home
For The Lord Pleads With Them
To Stop Running
And
No More To Roam
For The Lamb Has Been Sacrificed
So That We All May Have
A Personal Home
In The Heavenly Place
Where
- Finally -
We Shall All See
Our Holy God's Dear Face!

Remember Us, Father
For
In Humility 
And
In Jesus Christ's Holy Name We Plead!
We Love You, Lord!
AMEN!







Tuesday, April 25, 2017

PRAYER: Bless You, Lord!

Father,
It Is A Blessedness

To Come Before You
In Truth
Giving Praise
Honor And Glory
To The One God
Who Can Save Our Souls
Because He Loves Us
And
Will Take Us To His Eternal Homeland
Immortalized
If We For The Lowly Jesus
Take The Determined
Enduring-All-Things
Decided Stand!
Grant Us The Victory!


Father,
I Thank You

And
Bless You
For Ever Being
A Part Of My Life
Ever Preparing The Way
Even When I Did Not Know
That I Needed A Way
And
Even When I Did Know
And
I Did Not Care!
Thank You For The Blessing!
Forgive Me My Gross Folly!


Father,
I Am Grateful

Truly Grateful
For The Certainty
That You Are A Forgiving God
And
I Thank You For The Gifts
The Enumerated
And
The Untold
And
Unappreciated Blessings
Received
That Encourage Me Daily
To Stay Safe
Within Your Sheltered Sheep Fold!
I Bless The Good Shepherd!


Lord,
Please Keep Me Faithful
And
Help Me Never Again

From You To Stray!
Help Me To Never Again
Pay You Lip Service
And
Help Me To Stay Constant In Prayer!
I Value The Peace Found There!


Help Me, Father
That As I Hear It

That I Really Make The Effort
To Truly Listen To
And
With Alacrity
To Heed
The Still Small Voice Of God
- Your Holy Spirit
Wisdom Itself -
Without Which
We Mere Men Are All Cursed
So That - In Me -
The Curse Of Sin
And
The Known Wages Of Sin
Are In My Life
Remitted!


Thank You, Lord
For Your Sacrifice
And
I Ask You, Please
To Bless Me
To Truly Appreciate Its Enormity

And
What It Truly Means
To Serve The Forever-Living
Once-Dead Lamb
Yet Alive
Interceding High Priest
Who Had
Who Felt
Who Conquered
All My Infirmities
And
Is Pleading His Blood
To Cover My Sin
So That I May Be
At One
With The Eternal God
And
With Jesus Christ
My King!


Oh, Lord
Let Your Grace
Be Ever Sufficient For Me!

Let Your Love Hold Me
Oh, So Gently!
Let Your Mercy
Against My Death Penalty
Because Of My Working-For-Love Faith
Say: "No!"
And 
Help Me To Share My Faith
With My Brethren!
Let Your Light In Me
Show And Grow!


Lord,
Help Me To With Holy Boldness

Give You All The Honor
The Praise
The Worship
And
The Glory That You Deserve
And
I Beseech You
In Your All-Encompassing Love
To Remember The Striving
And
Holy People
In Mercy!
Please Meet Them Where They Stand
And
Bless Them To Continue On
In Jesus' Faith
Which Cannot Shrink!
In The Matchless Holy Name
Of Jesus Christ
The Returning
Conquering King, I Plead!
I Love You, Lord!
AMEN. 





Monday, April 24, 2017

PATHS: Wrong And Right

I Was Walking 
Down The Wrong Path
BUT
What A Pretty Path It Was!
It Had Every Thing
That My Carnal Flesh Loved
AND
It Fitted My Feet Like
Hand In Custom Glove!

I Saw
The Right Path
BUT
How Plain It Was To Me!
Everything So Straight-Laced
It Was Anathema
To My Self
AND
What Self Wanted Me To Be!

I Came Up To
The Cross Roads
AND
I Had To Sit On A Rock
AND
Do A Think
To Know Which Way Should I
For A Good Life Travel
WHEN
I Smelled 
Heard
An Unholy Stink!

Self Be Glorified!
Self To Body Is Tied!
Do What Thou Wilt!
Let Not Self Be Denied!


The Stench Of The Stink
Was Making My Skin Crawl
For
The Skunk That Stunk
Was
None Other Than
Lying Satan
The Decimating Fraud
Who
For Want Of Companions
To Accompany Him
To His Prepared Hell
Was
Agitating
AND
Proselytizing
AND
He Was Clearly Out
To Encourage Me
To Get Into His
No-Hope-Of-Salvation Bed!

Suddenly
I Softly Heard ...

I Cried!
I Died!
I Rose To Life
To Save You!
Please, I Beseech You
Come Home With Me
For
I Through Shed Blood 
With Godly Love
Dearly
Faithfully Love You!

Satan Screeched!
I Laughed!
I Cried!
I Shouted:

Thank You, Jesus!

As Heaven
In The Distance
- At The End Of The Right Way -
I Distinctly
Espied!

The Wrong Way
Was Smooth As Glass
Or So It Appeared To Me
BUT
The Right Way
Was Narrow And Rocky
Sometimes Difficult
Often Times Hard
BUT
With The Passage Of Time
I Found That
It Truly Suited
AND
Was The Best Path For Me!

I Grew In God's Grace
For
I Was Striving For Heaven
Where
Prepared For Me
Was
A Holy Peace-At-Home 
Resting
AND
Beholding My Jesus
Face-To-Face
Place!

I Daily Thank Jesus
For
His Intervention That Day
AND
I Am Glad To Say
That I Gave My Character To Jesus
For
It Was For That
That He Had His Life Paid!

I Have Given Up
On Old Things
Old Friends
Old Habits
Old Character Clothes
AND
I Am Blessed
To Say To You, Dear Folks
That
It Is The Best Decision
I Have Ever Made
AND
That
Is Not Some Jacked-Up Comedian's
Poor Joke!

Jesus Saves!!



Sunday, April 23, 2017

Rejoicing In Heaven! + PRAYER: Father, We Give You All ...!

There Is Rejoicing Up In Heaven
When A Sinner
From The Darkness
Returns Home
When A Lost Sheep
Of The Lord's Flock
Resigns From Sin
AND
Puts Jesus Christ
On Lock
AND
Inclines His Heart
Toward
The Holy God's Eternal Throne
AND THERE
His Soul Docks!


PRAYER:

Thank You, God
For The Mercy!
Thank You, God
For The Grace!
Thank You, God
For The Wonderful Blessing
That Nothing On The Earth
Can Efface!

Lord,
Help Us To Continue To Trust The Master
Even When His Hand
We Cannot See
And
Help Us To Continue
Believing In
The Word Of Truth
That Neither Death Nor Hell
Can Seize!

Dear Lord,
We Bless And Love You
For Your Great Sacrifice
And
Ask You To Help Us
To Continue Looking
With Gladness
Unto The Great Day
When
We Pass
Forever
From Life's Death
Unto
Christ's Eternal Life!

We Give You All
The Glory
Praise
And
Honor
And
Thank You For Your Hand
Of Provision
And
Blessing
In Jesus Christ's Holy Name!
AMEN.





Saturday, April 22, 2017

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: OUTSIDE CEREMONY: Inside Tombs







In The Church Of The Living God
It Is Truly An Amazing Thing
To See The Pomp And Circumstance
Employed In Conducting
The Fast!
Problem Though
It All Leaves The Living God
In The Lurch!

We Worship
AND
Supposedly
Bow Down
Before The Holy God
BUT
Outward Ceremony
Is All That We Show
Displaying Not A Wit
To The World
That We 
In The Grace Of The Redeeming God
Do Daily Grow!

Think Pharisee!
Think Publican
AND
Think
Of Christ Jesus

AND
His Blessed Effect On
The Soul That Trusts
In His Mighty
Unchanging
Unfailing
Hand
AND
Decide
For Yourself
Where In Christ You DO Stand

AND
Ask God For The Outpouring Of His Spirit
So That You
- In This Time Of The End -
May
- By Unshakable Faith -
In The Coming King
Stand!

Do You Humble Your Heart
To God
Or
Are You Filled
With Bitterness
AND
Envy
AND
Indulging In Strife 
AND
Selfishness
AND
Displaying Self-Righteousness
As Your Putrid Birth-Right? 
Are You Holding The Chalice Of Malice?
Has Your Mind Become Calloused?

Is Your Head Bowed
In Pretended Humility
While Your Heart Is Beating
With Gross Covetousness
In An Inflated Chest
Full Of Inordinately High Self-Esteem

AND
Self-Importance
In Ravening Excess?

Is Your Displayed Spirit
Oppressive
Even Exacting

AND
Painful-To-Behold Proud
Performing The Part Of
The Child Of The Devil
Or
Are You Set Apart
- Sanctified-
Knowing Your Need
Justified By Jesus Christ
Pleading With God
To Lift You Up
As You In Godly Fear
Do Not To Heaven Look Up?
Are You Living To Rise Up?

Are You
Am I
Are We
Glorifying Self
Instead Of Patiently Waiting
AND
Working By Faith
For Love Of Our Lord
Or
Are We Rewarding
Awarding
Self
AND
Like-Minded Friends

AND
Puffed Up Pals
With Crystal Vases

AND
Fancy Plaques
Expensive Dinners
Leisure Cruises
Holy Land Tours

AND
Not For A Miaow-Moment
At The Holy Jesus
Looking Back?

Do We Truly Understand
That Only Those Who Glorify
The Lord Christ
Will Be The Ones Glorified 
By Christ The King
AND
To Him
Caught Up?

Are We Christians
True Christ Followers
Or
Are We Members Of The Mixed Multitude
Playing With God

AND
Pleading With The Devil
AND
Rendering The Almighty God As The Fraud

AND
Launching That Damned Devil
As The One Holy
High

AND
Lifted Up

AND
Celebrated

AND
Lauded
As ... The True Eternal Holy God?!
Perish The Thought
For
It Is With Damnation's Eternal Consequences 
Fraught!


There Is No Reason
For Us
To Foolishly Tempt God
And
To Walk In Darkness!
Jesus Christ Is Knocking - He Is The Light!
Open The Door!
Let Him Connect The Current
And
Holy Light Will Flood Your Being
Unto Its Very Core!



IN HIS MAJESTY'S SERVICE: Uniform Shoes





In The Service Of The King
All Willing Workers
In Their Hearts Do Sing
Grateful
To The Holy God
For Dear Deliverance
From Satan
The Decimating Fraud!

A Heart For God
Is A Heart Happy
AND
Truly Grateful For Grace!
It May Seem To Others
To Be Acting Sappy
But
If We Could Look Inside
We Would See That Therein
The Holy Spirit Of Almighty God
Lovingly Abides
AND
We Will Know
That The Heart Is Not Just For Show
BUT
Is A Heart
That In Jesus Christ's Faith Thrives
AND
Does Daily Grow!

Feet Not Shod
For
The Delivering
Of The Gospel Of Peace
Are Feet
Ready Willing And Able
Ever
To Run To Deliver Words Of Deceit
Compliments Of The Cheat!

Which Shoes Are You Wearing?
What Message Are You Declaring?
Are You The Holy God Fearing
Or
Are You The Holy Precepts Jeering?



Almighty God

Is Ever Near To Those


Who Live With

Godly Fear

So ...

Let It Show!



Friday, April 21, 2017

HAPPY SABBATH + The Words!




Harsh And Hasty
Helping
AND
Healing
Are
The Words!

Their Clan
Is Voluble
AND
Vociferous
AND
Truth Be Told
Without A Pinch
The Clan Does Wax Vicious!
They Often Behave Like Voles!

Be Warned ...

Those Words
Can Wax Poetic
As
When
AND
IF
It Suits Their Purposes!
But ... I Digress!

Even Though They Are Of The Same Clan
Harsh Words
AND
Hasty Words
ARE ALWAYSIn Conflict With
- Of All The Words -
Helping Words
AND
Healing Words!
I Would Never Have
Thought, Eh, Thunk It!

Helping
AND
Healing Are
- In The Whole Clan -
Amongst The Best Words
To Be Found!
These Two Are Out Of The Branch
Of The Family
That Came Out Of 
Grace
AND
Favor
AND
Out Of 
TrueAND
Beautiful Words
AND
Out Of The Grand Dam
Trust N. D. Living Word!
These Are All The Good Words!




If
I Use The Good Words
AND
Say
That I Set The Lord
Always Before Me
I Will Not
- I Cannot -
Mete Out Injustice
To Gain Personal Advantage!

I Must Not
I Cannot
Use Words As Weapons
Or Goads
To Elevate Self
AND
Denigrate A Man
A Human
Being
Doing
Seeing Feeling Knowing
Hoping
AND
Call Him An Elf
AND
Stick Him On The Forgotten Things
What-Not Shelf!

Many Are The Harsh 
AND
Hasty Words
That Cut A Man's Swallow Pipe!
Many Are The Words
Speaking Strife
Encouraging Man's Participation
In A Dark-Night Fight!

Just Like Music
Words Are Not Neutral
AND
Can Cause
Can Create 
The Atmosphere Of
Bliss And Blight
Consternation And Confusion
Anger And Amity
AND
Favor
OR
Cause One
To Avidly Indulge 
In To-The-Death Fights!
You Know That That's Not Right!

HarshAND
Hasty Words
Work For
The Destroyer
The Grand Musician
The Lying Fraud
The Instigator Of Blood Feuds
The Roaring Lion
Looking
For Necessary
Undeserved
Food!
We Are In A Cruel Duel!

Helping
AND
Healing Words
Are In The Service
Of The Master
The Teacher
The Healer
The Helper
The Savior
The Friend
The Mediator
The Prince Of Peace
The King Of Love
The Shepherd Of The Sheep
The Lord Of Life
Who Does All Mankind Keep!
People Need The Words Of The Lord!
They Tend Toward Sweet Sleep!


Take The High Road
And
Daily Meet With The Holy God
And
You Will Never Have A Cause
To Be In A Fire-Fight With The Fraud!

**--**--**--**--**

Satan Enjoys Lighting Fires!
Jesus Christ Is The Giver Of The Water Of Life!

Satan Is The Benighted Fraud!
Jesus Christ Is The Holy God!

**--**--**--**--**

Water Extinguishes Fire!
Get On Board With Jesus Christ
And
You Will Always Have A Fire Hose!
Wet Your Soul 
And
Your Clothes!