The Living God Is Not Into Fashion Nor Trends + PRAYER: Father, I See My Need!

The Word Of The Lord
Is
Sealed And Settled In Heaven
So I See No Good Reason Why I Shouldn't
Take The Word Of The Living God Literally!

You Must Be Mad!

Times Change!
People Change ...!

... But The Living God Is The Same
Yesterday
Today And Forever!

The Eternal God 
Is Not 
A Man That He Should Lie
Or Be Fickle
Or Be Driven And Tossed 
According To The Winds Of Change
On A Stormy Sea!

Whatever!
You Need To Wise Up
And Get With The Program! 

Physician!

Heal Thyself! 

The Eternal Word Says In Luke 4:4

And

In Luke 8:11, It Says 

Seeds Can't Change!
An Apple Is An Apple
A Pear Is A Pear
An Ackee Is An Ackee
A Hog Plum Is a Hog Plum! 

Yada, Yada! 

You're Obviously Not Keeping Up With The Times!
I Have A Code Word For You: Genetic Engineering!
Everything ... Including Seeds
Can Be "Fixed"
To Do More
Change Self
Improve Others! 

I'm Very Sorry For You!
Who Needs A Chameleon For A God!?!
Who Needs Fruit Punch For The Gospel!?!

You're Worshipping At The Altar Of Change And Decay

But
We Of The Household Of Faith

Know And Accept That

Change And Decay

Sin And Sinners

And

The Master Chameleon Himself

Are Headed For The Lake Of Fire! 

Simply Put

You Have An Unsettled Mind

And

An Unsettled Mind Is Dangerous To Self And Others
And
The Need For Constant Change
Instant Gratification
Thrills
And
Never Ending Feels
Places You Squarely In Satan's Domain
Primed And Packaged
And
Tied Up In Shiny Chains!

You Say That You Believe
But, Then 

You Model The Fact That
You Have Not Come To
The Conclusion Of The Whole Matter!

If You Truly Believed Almighty God's Living Word
You Would Know Not To Mess With It
Adding And Subtracting From It
To Appease Your Carnal Monster!

You'd Know That There Is A Curse Attached 

To Adding And Subtracting From The Word!

Look, Bayley!

I'm Not Here To Give You A Hard Time!

I Just Wish That You'd Recognize

What A Friend We Have In Jesus

Who Does Our Griefs And Burdens Bear!

I Sincerely Wish That You Will Come To Know

What A Privilege We Have

Because

We Can Take Our Burdens

Our Sins

Our Sorrows

Our Hurts

Our Shame

With Just A Humble Offering

To The Living Lord ... In Prayer!

How Dare You Say That I'm Proud!?!

What!?! 

Excuse Me!?!

All I Said To You Was

Take A Humble Offering Of Prayer To God!

Oh, Never Mind!

Bayley, Pride Got Satan Cast Out Of Heaven! 

Please Don't Let Pride Keep You Out Of Heaven! 

I'm Not Proud! 

I'm Not ... PROUD! 

I Don't Have To Tell You That You're Proud! 

You Know Of A Surety That You're Proud

But

I Am Beseeching You

To Humble Yourself Under The Mighty Hand Of God

So That He Will Lift You Up

In His Time

In His Way

According To His Sovereign Will For You!

There Is No Blessing

- Just A Hard Fall -

For Those With A Proud And Haughty Spirit!

You Know That Our Creator Humbled Himself

Giving Up His Glory

His Honor

His Praise

To Come Down To Our Level

- Your Level - 

To Raise Us Up To His Level
And

We Should Be Able To Humble Ourselves Before Him

Because Of His Sacrifice

And 
Reach Out And Take The Extended Hand

Which Did All The Work

So That We May Reap The Rapturous Sweets!

I Like Sweet Things!

Jesus Christ Is Offering Us 
The Best Kind That We're Told Off

And

Greatest Of All

He Has A Myriad Precious And Sweet Blessings 
Prepared For Us That

Man's Eyes Have Not Yet Seen

Nor Has Man's Ears Ever Heard The Story!

I Like New Things And Different Experiences!

Girl, Let Me Tell You Something! 

If You Truly Want New ... And Exclusive Things

And

Different ... Extraordinary

Life-Changing

Mind-Expanding

Spirit-Ennobling Experiences

Which Lead To That Place Where The Eternal God Resides

- Who Created Us And Painted The Rainbow

Which Stands Above His Throne

In The Land Where Glory Rolls

And

The Streets Are Paved With Purest Gold

And

Gold Crowns Are Every-Day Wear

Where Care Cannot Live There

And

Mansions Are In The Father's House

Where, For Us Who Will Jesus' Joy Share

Are Being Prepared - 

I Implore You To Try Jesus Christ

The Joy Of Living

The Richest And Most Loving Caring

Giving Blessing Friend

You Can Ever Know!

It Will Cost You
But
The Return On The Investment Is Immeasurable!

He Sees Everything! 

He Feels Everything! 

He Knows Everything

And

He's Always Available

Always Present!

I Need A Friend Like That!

So Did I

And

I Found Him

And

So Can You!

Give Him A Call! 

Utter A ... 

... Humble Prayer ...! 

PRAYER:

Father,

I Now Truly See My Need!

I Need You! 

Please Help Me To Humble Myself

So That I May Arrive At That Place

Where I Am Never Alone

Where I Am Blessed And Loved

Where I Am Daily Face To Face

With Christ ... My Savior

In Whose Name

Because Of Present And Available Grace

And

Always Free Mercy

I ... Now Humble ... Do Gladly Plead! 

AMEN. 

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: If Sinners Only Knew What Saints Of God Know

When He Was Born
He Was Seen To Be A Beautiful Child
And
When He Was Dedicated To The Lord
He Was Given A Beautifully Simple Name
Easy To Remember
A Breeze To Spell
Replete With Meaning:

Reach After God By Faith

As He Went Through The Early Life Stages
And
Grew Into His Majority
That Is ... Reached The Age Of Consent
The One Thing He Had Daily Heard From His Loving Parents

Marvellous Grace

And

Merciful Powers 

Was

Expect Great Things From God!

Reach After God By Faith
Having Always Lived To Expect Great Things From God
Became A Man Of Faith
And
Set Up His Own Household With The Very Homely Looking
But
Oh, So Kind Lady

Grace Is Free

Odd Arrangements Call Forth Comment ...

The Proud And Pretty Girls
And
The Available Painted Ladies
Were Not Well Pleased
And
The Whole Village Knew It!

Faith And Grace, For Short

Were Contented In The Lord
Because
Jesus Christ Was In The Family
And
They Had A Happy, Happy, Home!

I Should Tell You Here That
The Adversary Of Souls
Hated Everything And Everybody
Associated With
Called By
Attached To
Or
Smelling Of Jesus Christ's Faith And Grace
And
With An Unmitigated Hatred
He Hated, Hated, Hated
Reach After God By Faith
And
His Wife, Grace Is Free!

Lil' Things Started Happening!

At First
The Occurrences Were Considered Happenstance!

This Is Life: Things Happen!
No Biggie!

But ...

As We All Know
- Having Previously Recognized The Hand Of Satan
As He Tormented The Lord Christ
From The Cradle To The Grave -
Evil-Doing ... Just Like Hatred ... Escalates
Because, Well
More Is More
And
More Is Always Better!

Soon ...

What Had Been Petty Annoyances
Started Shaping Up To Be Real Problems
At Least In The Eyes Of The Unbelieving Onlookers!

When You Know Truth

You Can Always Recognize Lie!

When You Live Love

You Can Always Recognize Hate!

When You Don't Have A Savior

Satan Satisfies!

When You Don't Have Salvation

You Just Live Like One Living Just To Die!

Fancy Ladies ... Dishabille

- Those Felonious Minions Of The Fraud -

Took To Following Faith Around His Property
At His Work
At Church
When He Was With Grace

And
When He Walked Alone
And

A Proud And Pretty Girl Got Him Fired From His Job!

A Tree Fell On The Roof Of Their Bedroom!
Three Mortgage Payments ... Already Paid
Were Suddenly Missing!
The Sewer Line Burst!
A Truck Ran Into The Corner Of The House!

Grace Is Free Then Lost Her Job 
- For Cause -
For Absenteeism And Bad Attitude
The Day After Winning
The Employee Of The Year Award For
Perfect Attendance
Product Knowledge
Customer Service
Willingness To Serve
Best Attitude
And
On-Time Performance!

A Painted Lady Got Faith Arrested For Doing A Thing
Something
Anything
Nothing!

You See
Their Problems Came About 

Because

They Were Not Into The Secular And The Worldly

But

Into The Sacred And The Heavenly!

Faith And Grace
Were In Thought, Word, And Deed

Friends Of The True, Holy, Living, Eternal, Faithful God!

They Were Friends Of Satan's Enemy

And

In The Warped Mind Of The Arch-Fiend

This Betrayal Could Not Be Allowed To Go Unchallenged!

This Betrayal Must On All Counts Be Answered

And

The Destroyer Was Well On His Way

To Accomplishing His Nefarious Goals

Or

So. He. Thought!

Servants Of The Lord ...

When You Live A Life Of Love

Trusting In The Faithful God Of Love Above

Enduring All Things Against You As Badges Of Honor

You Do Not Before The Damned One

Bow Down 
And 
In Fright ... Cower!

You Stand Up For Jesus!

You Live For The King!

You Follow The Shepherd

And

Trust In Him Moment By Moment

Day By Day

Hour By Hour!

The World
- That Is The Neighbors -

Was Watching ... Wondering

Amazed At The Strength

The Character

The Faithfulness

The Endurance

The Joy

The Peace

Exhibited By These Two Pillars Of 
The Great And Coming King!

The Proper Use Of Knowledge Is Power ...

If Only They Knew That

Great Expectation Is Not Just A Book Or A Song!

If Only They Knew That

Grace Is Free Is A Promise Of Almighty God

And

Not An Access To A Free-Sinning Bong!

Truth Be Told ...

Reach After God By Faith
Lived Out His Name
And
Inculcated Into His Life The Anthem 
- Expect Great Things From God -
Daily Sung To Him By Both His Parents
From His Birth Even Until Now!

Faith Leaned On Available Grace
Which Is Always Free
And
Available Grace Held Unto Free Mercy!

The Lesson Taught
The Lesson Learnt ...

Reach After God By Faith
And
Grace Is Free
Knew Truth And Understood That
As Faithful Followers Of The Lord Christ That
Followers Follow ... AFTER ... The Shepherd Faithfully!
Sheep Who Are Known Followers
Do Not Lead The Shepherd Who Is The Leader!

Reach After God By Faith
And
Grace Is Free
Showed To All Observing Them That
Grace Is Indeed Free When By Faith
Believers
Reach After God To Accept The Hand Of Hope
The Hand Of Help
To Accept The Gift Of Love
The Gift Of Life
From The Lord Of Life
The Giver Of Salvation!

Brethren,

Satan Only Goes After Those Who Are Not His
Or More Properly Stated
Those Who 
- By Word And Deed -
Belong To The Lord Christ!

When We Accept That Jesus Christ The Righteous
Is
Our Only Answer
Our Only Hope
Our Only Help
Our God
Our Lord
Our King
Our Savior
Our Redeemer
Our Shepherd
Our Peace
Our Rest
The Only One By Whom The Believer 
Is 
Truly Blessed
Satan Cannot
- Will Not - 
Win In The War That He, Roaring
Is 
Angrily, Aggressively, Waging
Against The One That The Lord Christ
By Innocent Spilt Blood 
Is 
Saving!

Trust Jesus Christ To Deliver
Because
He Has By His Death, Burial, Resurrection
Ascension
And
Intercession For You
Has Already Delivered You!
All You Need To Do Is Open Your Eyes
And
Your Heart
To Recognize That Fact!

Jesus Christ Saves!

HAPPY SABBATH + The Coat Slash Hat Rack + PRAYER: I Am Sorry, Dear Father ...!

I Had A Coat Slash Hat Rack
Upon Which To Hang My Threads!
What I Did Not Realize Was That
I Should Have Been In Shame
Hanging My Head!

One Day I Hung A Little Doubt!
Another Day I Hung A Little Despair
And Before I Knew It
I Was Hanging On To Fears!

There's Always A Reason!

A Reason For What!?!

Hanging On To Doubt And Fear!
And There's Always A Reason To Have ... Faith!

Well, That's Only What YOU Say!

I Say So
And
The Word Of The Lord Says So!

Well, I Shall Defer To The Word!

Jesus Christ, Himself, Said: 
Fear Not!
The Word Of The Lord Says: 
Fear Not!
Jesus, Himself, Says: 
Oh, Ye Of Little Faith! Why Do You Doubt?!
The Word Of God Says: 
Have Faith!

The Word Says Cast Your Care On Him
That Is, The Lord!

Stepping Out Of Doubt
And
Walking By Faith
Requires Trust ... In The Lord!

I Trust The Trustworthy One!

Very Good Shout
But
Do You Have The Faith Of The Lord Jesus Christ
When
Your Back Is Against The Wall
All Your Fears Are Roaring Mad
All Your "Little Doubts" Are Large Monsters
And
You Haven't A Voice With Which Simple A Prayer To Shout?!

I Know I Do!

How Come, Then
You Are Hanging A Little Doubt
On The Coat Slash Hat Rack
In Your Heart!?!

Oh, Ah, Ummmm ...!

Uh Huh!

I Hope You Know That You Can Expect
N O T H I N G
From The Lord
When You Cherish That "Little Doubt"
In Your Heart!

The Eternal Word Says:

And

Sooo, With That Said
What Should Your Response Be?!

And You Should Do This
Because
The Word Of Truth Says ...

Oh, Dear!

Is That All You Can Say!?!

No! Not Really!
I'm So Ashamed Of Myself!

Unbelief  Disbelief  Doubt
However You Want To Coin It
Is
Sin!
Plain And Simple!

You Don't Have To Tell Me That!
I Know!!

Well, Since You Know That
What Do You Think Your Next Move Should Be!?!

Ask For Forgiveness ?!?!

You Said It!

PRAYER:

Father,

I Come Before You

Confessing Today My Sin!

I Have Allowed External Influences

To Cause Me Damning Doubt To Walk In!

I Am Sorry, Dear Father

For Doubting Your Word Today

And

I Beseech You, Lord, I Ask You

Please Forgive Me Of My Sin

Even As I To You Do Pray!

Father,

I Have No Reason To Doubt Your Word!

I Have No Reason To Ignore Your Will!

I Have No Reason To Trust Neither False Gods

Nor False Prophets

Because

I Know Of A Surety That

There Is No Lasting Profit To Be Gained

By Foolishly Doing It!

Help Me, Dear Father

To Trust You More!

Help Me, Dear Lord

To Let You In Always

Through My Heart's Door!

Help Me To Ignore The Known Devices Of

The Known Enemy

And

Bless Me To Walk Faithfully With Him

Who Paid The Incalculable Price

That It Cost To Save My Kind And Me!

Forgive Me Trespasses, Lord

For Going Where I Had No Right To Go

Because I Claim The Lord Christ

For My Very Own

And

Bless Me, Please

To Turn Away

From What Is Known And Damning Folly!

I Love You, Lord!

I Worship You Humbly

And

I Thank For Hearing My Prayer

And

I Ask You To Accept My Repentance

For

I Ask All In The Worthy Name

The Matchless Name Of

Jesus Christ The Righteous

The Only Begotten Son

Who Is Worthy To Receive

All Worship, Glory, Honor And Praise!

AMEN.

 

NO CAKE AND CONSOMME CHRISTIANITY: Building Character In The Lord Christ!

Dare I Say That
Almighty God Through Jesus Christ The Righteous

Is A Buffet Table

And Some People Are ... By Personal Choice

Either Soup Bowl And Soup Spoon ... No Bread

Or Cake Plate And Dessert Fork ... No Meat!?!

You May
And
I Will Say That Those Regenerated Christians
Those Few Souls Who Are Truly Committed To Christ
- I'll Use Your Food Service Analogy -
Consider The Lord Christ
- Almighty God In Flesh -
A Catered Sit-Down Meal With All The Trimmings
Plus Free Dinner-Wear

Transportation 

And 

Pre-Paid Prayer Charge Card
No Long Spoon Required:

• They Know The Venue
• They Know The Reservation Number
• They Know The Kindly Chef-Host Owner-Operator
• They Know The Opening Hours
• They Intimately Know The Extensive Life-Saving Menu
• They Know The Friendly Servers
• They Know Their Companions For The Meal - They Know The Reputation And The Base Methods Of Marketing Of The Condemned Competition - 
• They Know That Reservations Up Until The 11th Hour Are Required, And
• They Know Of The Season Called The Closing Time!

Okay, Okay!

There Are Two, Even Three Different Kinds Of People ... Now
But
We Know That At The End Of Time
There Will Be Two Classes Only:

Those Who Choose The Catered Meal

• Who Are Committed To Christ
• Who Allow Him To Serve Them As They Work For, With, And Willingly Serve Him ... For Love, Not Counting The Personal Costs While Accepting On Faith The Hope That There Will Be Eternal Gain If They Stay With Him Learning And Growing In Grace, Enduring The Seasons Of Change And Decay

And

Those Who Don't Can't Won't
Aka Refuse To!

It's Sad, You Know
When A Person Goes To The All You Should Eat Restaurant
And 

Consumes Only The Consomme
Because 

The Variety Is Too Overwhelming
And 

Too Pricey!

I Thought All You Can Eat Was Price Fixe!?!

It Is!

But ...!

... That's What Happens When You Don't Read The Whole Book ... Menu!

I Think It's Just As Sad
When The Smart Worldly-Wise Epicurean
Chooses Only The Cake ...!

... Ahhhh! The Cake! 

The Good Time Charlie's:

Sunshine ... No Rain
Icing ... No Ginger Bread
Roses ... No Thorns
Sweet ... Nothing Bitter, Nothing Sour

Light ... Nothing Hard

Bright ... Nothing Dark

School ... No Lessons

Vacations ... No Work

Time ... No Tests

And

Gold Participation Trophies For All

Ignoring The Suffering Of The Beloved Son

Who Paid The Great Price

To Save Man From The Results Of The Fall!

Brethren,

As Far As I Know

Jesus Christ Died To Show Us 

How In The Light Of Life To Live

How To Labor In Faith For Love

How To Give Because We Receive Grace From Above

How To Pray Unceasingly Even Though We Desire

The Bitter Cup Of Life From Us To Pass

How To Care Even Though Wrongly Accused

How To Lift Up Our Cross And With Him Be In Solidarity

And

How To Live The Life Of Loving Charity!

He Died So That We May Live Abundantly Now

To Live Gloriously Later!

He Desires Us ... Upon Him ... Our Burden To Cast!

He Desires That We Trust Him

Even Though His Face We Cannot Now See

And

To Believe The Word Of Truth

And

Daily Practice Walking In Faith

So That At The Trumpet Called Last

We Shall See Him In Peace

And

Not Be Amongst Those Called The Least!

Bottom Line ...

Jesus Christ Promised Us A Home In Glory Land

But

We Must Build Characters Fit For Heaven ... Here

And

As Far As I Am Aware

You Don't Build Character Drinking Watery Soup

And

Eating Sweet Cake

Each And Every Day!

That's For Sure!

And You Don't Build Muscle

Walking ... Gently ... On Flat Road!

Character Is Contentment In Christ

Through Christ

For Christ

With Christ

No Matter Where And How

The Road Leads!

 

PRAYER: Forgive Me, Father, For Causing My Savior Pain...!

Father Of The Faithful,
Shepherd Of The Blessed
I Come Now Before You, Lord
Willingly
My Known Sins To Confess!

I Do Not Seek To Make Excuse
Because
Father, I Have None!
I Come Before You With A Contrite Heart
Penitent, Sorrowing
Knowing That There Is Nothing About Sinning
That I Or My Brethren Can Ever Call Fun!

Forgive Me, Lord
My Trespasses!
My Transgressions!
My Iniquities!
Forgive Me For Causing My Savior Pain
And
Help Me Never To Do These Things Again!

Father,
I Desire To Be A Good Student
In The School Of The Lord Christ
So That I May Gain The Eternal Education
As I Learn To Recognize And Walk Away From
That That Is The Demonic Device!

Father,
I Desire To Be A Good Servant
Willing
Able
Ready To Do Your Blessed Will!
Help Me, Lord, In My Labor Of Love
Your Holy Will In My Life To Fulfill!

Father,
I Desire To Be A Good Child
Listening
Honoring
Loving
Obeying
Ever Ready To Harken To Your Still Voice!
Help, Lord, Please Help Me To Give Back To You
My Free Will
And
My Free Choice!

Today Is The Day, Father
That You Have Made!
Please Help Me To Use It Wisely
Until The Day That The Breath In Me
With Finality Fades!

I Give You, Lord, My Worship!
I Give You, Father, My Praise!
I Give You All The Glory And Honor
And That
Without Deceitful Display!

Remember The Children Of The Kingdom
Those Near And Those Far Away
And
Bless Them With All Blessing
So That They Will Stand Firmly
In The Son Of Righteousness
So That They Will Not With 
Their Souls' Salvation For A Mess Of Pottage
Make The Faithless Play!

Thank For You For Your Available Grace!
Thank For The Mercy That Is Always Free!
Thank For Your Sacrifice Of Pure Love
Which Gives Us All Who Are Willing
A Permanent Home In The Celestial Home Above!

May The Holy Angels Protect Us!
May The Holy Spirit Guide, Chide And Indwell
And
May We All With Hearts For The Lord Christ
Cooperate Willingly, Fully, And Prayerfully
As We Look With Faith To Mount Zion
To Behold The Lamb Of God
Tribe Judah's Conquering Lion!

Please Accept My Prayer, Father Beloved
Because
I Offer It Up In The Name Of The Holy One
In The Most Holy Place Of The Heavenly Sanctuary
Interceding
For All Who In Him Do Believe!
I Love You, Lord!
Have Mercy And Bless!
AMEN.