HAPPY SABBATH + Popular ... Convenient + PRAYER: Fix Our Faith!

It Is Gloriously Popular To Be Unkind!
It Is Enormously Convenient To Be Cruel!
It Is Sincerely Expedient To Sacrifice Another
BUT
It Is Not Considered Practical To Believe That
Jesus Christ Saves
Nor That Loving Trusting
Worshiping And Obeying
The Living Holy God
Will Cause A Brother Sister
To Be In The Eternal Kingdom
A Precious, Precious, Jewel!

It Is Considered Hopelessness
To Find Faith In The Creator God Helpful!
It Is Considered Foolishness
To Believe In The Invisible God

Who Is Higher Than Oneself And Any Earthy Other!
It Is Considered Weakness
To Acknowledge Need Of A Forgiving Savior
BUT
Indulging
Free-Basting
In Rampant Wickedness
Marks One An Emulatable Success!?!

The Exchanges ...

Laud Ashes And Call Them Beautiful!
Indulge Ungodly Fears But Don't Shed Repentant Tears!
Wallow In Base Lies And Hurriedly Bury Truth!

AND

Walk Pleasurably In Darkness 

AND

Hide Living Light

From Our Struggling Youth!

Robbery Is Fair Exchange!
Murder Is A Saving Grace For The Earth!
Idolatry Is The Vehicle For Financial Blessing
AND
True Truth Is An Inconvenience
To Be Fixed
As One Would A Root Canal
For An Exposed Nerve In A Troublesome Tooth!

Will You Answer ...

How Did We Get Here?!
Why Are We So Proud?!
Will We Ever Learn Our Lessons?!
Or
Will Edification Only ... Finally ... Come
When Christ The King
Suddenly
- As The Thief -
Appears In The Eastern Sky
Riding Upon The Cloud?!

Now Raise Your Voice In ...

PRAYER:

Father,

Eternal God In Heaven

Blessings Come Only From You

Pity This People

Made By Your Hand Of Creation

And

Help Us

For We Really Truly

Urgently

Need You!

Up Is Down!

The Priests Call Black, White!

The Curse Is Considered Causeless

And

The Known, Bold, Sinner

Is Believed Faultless

So, Please

Help Us, Dear Father

By Lifting The Occluding Cloud

And

Shining The Light Of Truth

In The Felt Darkness!

Help Us Our Known Sin To Confess!

Renew Our Minds!

Grant Unto Us The Promised New Hearts!

Unstop Our Dull-Of-Hearing Ears!

Place A Cleansing Coal

From Heaven's Altar

On Our Glibly Lying Tongues

And

Wash Our Obviously Blind Eyes

With Your Healing Tears!

Help Us, Lord

To Run To

And

With Alacrity Enter

The Safe

The Sheltered

The Protected

Sheep Fold!

Let Not Fear Of Unmighty Man

Who Cannot Destroy Our Souls In Hell

Cause Our Trembling Hearts To Grow Cold

And

Help Us Not To Sell Eternal Gold

To Get A Few Coins Of Burnable Silver

And

Questionable Earthy Power!

Help Us To Deny The Gross Liar Bold!

Father, 

We See Our Need

And

We Have The Need To Know You Intimately

And

We Acknowledge

That You Are The One Alone 

Who Feeds Heals

And

Mankind Seals!

Give Us This Day Our Necessary Food

For

We Consent To Be By Still Wates Lead!

We Know With Assurance

That You Alone Save

And

We Bow, Now

In Contrition

Before Time Is Over

Or

We, Uncooperative

Visit The Long-Home Grave!

Help Us

For We Have No Desire

Ever Again To Be Sin's Slaves!

Lord,

We, Few

Do Not Use Our Liberty For License! 

We, Few

Choose To Walk The Path Of Righteousness! 

We, Few

Know That You Alone Are The God Able

And

Choose

To Honor And Glorify You!

In This Make Us Valiantly Bold!

Please, Lord

In Your Mercy

With Your Grace

Because Of Your Known Sacrificial Love

Fix Our Faith

Anchor Our Souls

And

Ready Our Mansions

For, We Few 

Choose The Unpopular Path

And

Have Heaven For Our Soul's Only Goal!

Hear Our Prayer, Oh, Lord

For We Pray All

In The Worthy Name Of 

Jesus Christ The Righteous!

AMEN.

PRAYER : Keep Me, Lord!

Teach Me!

Lead Me!

Guide Me!

And

Please Carry Me, Lord

As I Navigate This World Of Sin's Fjord!

Help Me Not From You Turn Away

Nor From The Way Of Truth Stray

Is My Humble Pray This Blessed Day!

Keep Me, Lord

By Thy Dear Side!

Let Me In Your Love Abide

And

When Trials And Strife Appear

Comfort Me

For To My Heart

You Are Most Precious!

To Me

You Are Most Dear!

Help Me Not To Charge You Foolishly

When The Terrors That Bring Doubt Abuse Me!

Please Help Me To Say

With A Heart Of Love:

"My God Is In Control

He Cares For Me

He Is Keeping Me Safe

I Shall Dwell In The Courts Above!"

And When Naysayers

Gainsayers

And Unbelievers Seek

My Righteous Soul To Torment

Help Me Not Take The Path

Of Least Resistance

And

In The Ways Of The World

Give Vent!

 

Father,

Help Me Stand Tall

In The Hedge Of Protection

With Those Faithful Few

Who Have Accepted The Way To Life Call

And

Speak Peace

Speak Life

And Thereby

Remove The Vile Wind

From The Sails

Of

The Sailors Of The Denier

Of 

My Lord Jesus Christ!

I Love You, Lord!

You Daily

Moment By Moment

Enormously Bless Me

And

I Thank You For The Mercy

The Love

The Grace

And

Oh, How I Thank You, Lord

For My Share

Of 

Christ's Enduring Faith!

Please Keep Me Grace-Filled

And

Faithful

Even Unto To Death

For I Desire To See In Peace

My Lord Wonderful

In Whom

From Whom

By Whom

Is My Forgiveness

My Salvation

My Rest

My Peace

My Hope And My Reward

He Who Is

My Redeemer

My God

Jesus The Christ

Him By Whom

I Am Overcoming

And Shall

With Finality

Overcome Satan The Fraud!

Harken And Do For Me

What Only You

The Holy God Can Do

For I Worship You, Lord!

May The Holy Angels Surround

And

The Holy Spirit Indwell

For

In Jesus' Mighty Name

I Pray And Sincerely Plead!

AMEN.

PRAYER : I Love You, Lord!

Father, 

You Are My Lord

My God

My Very Best Friend

You Are The One That I Trust

To See Me Through To Life's End! 

Tomorrow Is Not Promised

All I Have Is Today 

Please, I Beseech You

Keep Me

And

Don't Let Me From You Ever Stray Away!

Discontent In The World

Is Embittering Men's Lives

For All Are Being Influenced

By The Accuser Of The Brethren

And

The Adversary's Lies

Which Are Tinted In Rainbow Hue

And Packaged In

Must Needs

Must Have's

So That Myriads Are Wanting To Be

More Than You Created Them

And

Ending With A Lot Less

Than They Should Be

Should Have!

Pity Us, Lord!

I Am Thankful For My Peace

My Rest

And

The Chastisements That Bless

And

The Grace

The Mercy

And

The Hope For Glory

That Causes Me

With The Reality Of This Life To Cope!

Lord, I Do My Sin Confess!

I Am Blessed, Lord

That On You

I Can Cast All Of My Cares

Knowing That You Are The God Able

And

Will My Burdens Bear!

Help Me Not To Cower

Before Wickedness In Ungodly Fear!

I Am By Myself Weak

But

In You, Dear Lord

I'm Valiantly Strong

So, Please

Do Not Let Me Leave

The Straight Path

By Listening To The Serpent's Song

And

Deviating To The Path Wrong!

Please, Come E'er Long!

Please Bless Me With Spiritual Eyes

Spiritual Ears

And

Heavenly Thoughts

And

Let Me Never Forget

That It Was With Jesus Christ's Blood

That My Free Salvation Was Bought!

Please Remember The Brethren

Wherever They May Be

And

Provide For Each

According As Their Need Shall Be!

I Love You

And

I Worship You, Lord

And

I Humbly Ask These Blessings

In The Name Of The Beloved Jesus! 

AMEN.

PRAYER: Lord, Make My Heart Your Home!

Father, 

I Come

Pleading For Mercy

Thankful For Grace

Hopeful Of Blessing

Known Sin Confessing!

I Offer Unto You

My Worship

Unfeigned Praise

Prayers In Belief

Service And Fealty

Sorrows Pains And Griefs!

I Lay At Your Feet, Lord

My Soul

Sorrowing For Sin

And

My Heart

As A Home

For The Holy Spirit To Dwell In!

I Give Myself Freely

And

Ask That You Clean Me Up

And

Make Me Anew

So That In The Glad Day

I Shall To Heaven Go Up!

Please Remove From Me Arrogance

Pride

Selfishness Greed

Presumption

And

Iniquity

That Planned Sinning

The Likes Of Which I Have No Need!

Father,

Forgive Me My Ingratitude

My Infrequent Saying Unto You

"Lord, Thanks!"

My Not Taking Time

Not Making Time

To Just Sit With You

Talking

Listening

Learning

Hopeful In The Assurance Of

Heavenly Things Sublime!

I Own No Other Master!

I Own No Other God!

I Claim Jesus Christ As Savior

And

Strenuously Deny Satan

That Always Seeking

Ever Ready

Raging Ravening Wily Fraud!

Father,

I Give Unto You My Will!

Please Mark Thou My Way

And

Protect Me And Keep Me

For

For Own Sin

I Have No Desire To Indulge

The Plan Self-Pay!

I Desire To Live With You, Lord

To See Your Dear Face

And I Ask You Blessed Father 

To Bathe Me With Grace

So That In The Appointed Hour

Having Done All

I Shall Stand Among The Redeemed

And

Enter Glory Land!

I Bless You!

I Praise You!

I Worship You, My God 

So, Please

Bless Me And Lift Me Up

To Tell The Good News Of The Living

And

Returning

Jesus Christ The Lord

In Whose Holy Name

I Humbly Pray And Plead! 

AMEN.

Lightning Response: Text Message vs. Prayer!

I Wrote The Text Message!
I Hit The Send Arrow
AND
Instantly
I Saw ...

Sending
Sent
Delivered
Read

AND

Just As Fast
The Response Came Back

AND

I Thought ... Lovingly
Of My Heavenly Father
AND
My Offering To Him Of
My Faithful Prayers!

The Difference Between
The Text Message
AND
My Prayer To My Father
Is As the Difference Between
Pouring Cold Molasses
AND
Seeing A Raging Flood!

Before I Say My Prayer
My Father Already Knows My Need
AND
Before I Hit The Button Called "AMEN!"
The Answer Was Already There
Before I Born
From The God Who Inhabits Eternity
Who Knows The End From The Beginning
Who Sees All
Who Knows All
Who Is In All
Who Provides For All
Who Sustains All
Who Is The Judge Of All
AND
The King Of Many!

In My Heart

There Rings A Melody

Jesus Is My All And All

And

Because He Died To Save Me

I Shall Ever

On His Sweet Name Call!

Jesus Is My Answer
My Beginning
My End
My Hope
My Assurance
My Victory Over Sin!

And ...

Though I May Fail Him
He Will Never Fail Me

So ...

Dear Father, 

Loving Father, 

I Am Wholly Yours! 

Please Make My Heart

In This Moment

This Very Hour

This Day

Your Holy Sanctuary

As I Await Your Return

While Time May Seem To Tarry!

I Love You

And

In Jesus' Name, I Plead!  

AMEN.

From Sacrifice To Higher Ground + PRAYER: Lord, Grant Me The Victory Over Sin!

From Sacrifice To Celebration
From Punishment To Prosperity
From Petition To Power
From Faith To Sight
From Hope To Help
From Sin To Salvation
From The Mire To The Ground Higher
Is The Life Of The Sinner Repentant
Now Saint
Walking Circumspectly
Working Diligently
Waiting Patiently
Watching Vigilantly
Warning Others
Denying The Liar
Willing To Be
What The Lord Christ Wants Him To Be

AND
Conforming To The Pattern Of Excellence
As Seen In The One True
Who Is Way
Light
Life
Coming Back To Earth

To Claim His Own With Usury
For
He Who Goes To The Great Reward
Will Take The Profit Of His Labor With Him
To Be Revealed On The Great Day Of
God's Settlement Of Accounts!

PRAYER:

Father Of The Faithful,

Most Holy God 

Who By Personal Blood Sacrifice

Destroyed Death Hell And The Fraud

We Believing Christians

Captured By Pure Love

Approach Unto You

And

Diligently Pray

In This

Mercy's Closing Hour

For The Power 

That Is Readily Available

And

Provided To Us

For Us To Escape The Foul Ground

Being Held Out To Us As Hallowed

By Those Workers Of Iniquity

Who Judiciously Plead 

Against

Keeping The Law Of God

Reading The Living Word

Loving The Lord Of Life

And

Seeking The Kingdom Of God 

Calling It All

A Thing To Be Held Light  ... Not Laud!

You Created Us, Lord! 

You Didn't Have To!

You Provide For Us, Lord!

You Don't Have To!

You Protect Us, Lord! 

You Don't Have To!

You Sustain Us, Lord! 

You Don't Have To!

You Sacrificed Your Best

So That We Are Blessed

When We Repent And Confess

Our Lord Jesus Christ

And Acknowledge

And Accept 

That Life In Jesus Christ

Is Our Only Way

To Spiritual Success

And Convicted

And Converted

Walk On In His Light

Which Leads Away From Eternal Night!

Lord, 

We Acknowledge 

And

Accept Your Love! 

We Hallow The Tears You Shed Over Us

And

We Repent That We Are The Ones 

Who Caused And Still Are Causing You 

Great Pain And Shame

By Our Very Apparent Unwillingness

To Turn Away From The Unclean Thing

Because

We Seem Not To Be Able To Recognize

What Is Holy

From What Is Profane

What Is Salvation 

From What Is Eternal Shame

What Is Truth

From What Is A Snake-Skin Beauty

What Is Sure Hell

From What Is Known Glory

Nor

Who Is God 

From Who Is The Fraud!

Lord, 

We Are As Deaf Adders

Unwilling To Be Charmed! 

We Are Wretched Poor

Miserable Blind

And Assuredly

Naked! 

We Are Clouds Without Rain!

We Are Barren Fruit Trees!

We Are Unproductive Land!

We Are Salt With No Savor! 

We Are Lights Under Bushels! 

We Are Unprofitable Servants

Who Show Up For Work

But Refuse To Labor!

Oh, Lord

Help Us

For

We Are But Men

Mere Children Thinking Foolish Things

And

Not Recognizing That There Is A Time

For Everything Under The Sun!

We Read The Signs Of The Weather

But Are Unable To Discern

The Signs Of The Times!

We Have Taken Your Labor, Lord

And Have Wasted It

In Riotous Living

And, Now

Now, Lord

That There Is A Creeping Famine

For The True Words Of Life

We Are Willing To Eat Pig's Food

To Stay Alive - Pity Us!

Pity Us, Lord

And

Open Our Understanding!

Let Wisdom Enter In

So That Our True Condition

May Be Revealed

And, We ... Broken

May Remember

That The Servants In Your House

Are Fed In Abundance

And Then Individually Say

With A Broken And Contrite Heart:

Father, 

I Have Sinned Against Thee

And Against Heaven! 

I Cast Myself On Your Free Mercy! 

Please Forgive Me

Renew Me

Take Me Back Into The Safe Fold

Bless Me

And

Protect Me

For I Know Truly

That In You

I Am Made Whole! 

Forgive My Myriad Backslidings!

Forgive My Walks In Own Way!

Forgive My Poor Attempts At Self-Regulation

And

Accept This Old Sinner's Prayer

For I See My Need

And

I Accept That I Cannot

My Self

Nor My Own Soul Save!

You Are My Lord

My Savior 

My Redeemer

My King 

So

Help Me, Lord

Help Me

To The Edge Of Your Garment

To Cling

So That I May Be Forever Healed

And

In The Coming Day Sealed

So That When Your Glory Shall Be Revealed

I Shall Not Be As Those Who Will Keen!

Jesus Died That I May Have Life! 

Jesus Arose 

So That I May Tear Off Sin's Clothes!

Jesus Ascended

So That I To The Father May Draw Close

And

As My Advocate With Father

Making My Pardon Sure

I Shall

From His Hand

In The Day Of Atonement 

Receive And Wear

Righteous White Robes!

Oh, Lord

Grant Unto Me

My Victory Over Sin

For I Give Unto My Will

For You To Carry Me

In The Upward Way

Straight Narrow

Hard But True

For

I Desire To Dwell

Forever

With You!

I Love You, Lord! 

Have Mercy And Bless

For In Jesus Christ's Holy Name

I Pray

And Humbly Plead! 

AMEN.