KNOWING JESUS CHRIST: We Can't Outlive Almighty God's Goodness!

We Are Going To Talk About Our Lord
And
We Are Going To Keep Talking About Him
Until We All Understand Who He Is
What He Does
What He Is Doing
And
Will Be Doing For Each And Every One Of Us ... Personally
If
We Are Willing To Obey And Cooperate With Him!

Today We Are Review Psalm 18 Verse 2
And
We Are Going To Take Time To Understand!
We All Can Read
But
True Understanding For Everyone Of Us
Can Be A Mite Sketchy At Times
So By God's Great Grace
And
The Holy Spirit's Guidance
We Are Going To Unpack This Great Verse Of Scripture!

Always Pray For Illumination

And

The Outpouring Of The Holy Spirit

And

Dare To Be Quiet

And

Shut Out The World's Opinions

And

Listen To The Still Small Voice Of God!

Simply Put, 
The Lord Jesus Christ 
Is 
Our Firm Foundation
Our Impregnable Shield
Our Unassailable Champion
Our Bed, Bath, And Beyond
Our Plate, Cup, Knife
Fork And Spoon ... Not That Abomination Called A Spork
Our Big-Picture Station
Our Storehouse Of Plenty Good Food 
For Our Body, Our Beliefs And Our Laborings
And 
Our Forever Home 
Opened To Accept Whosoever Will 
From Wheresoever You May Come! 

Our Lord Is A Known Quantity
Always The Same
Not Given To Fickleness
Unchanging ... Unchangeable
Our Faithful Pastor
Our Perfect Parent
And
Our Very Much Needed Great Physician! 

Beloved, 

There Aren't, Nor Ever Will Be, Any Immortal Sinners
And
We Will Never Live Long Enough 
- Be It In Time Or In Eternity - 
To Find Out All That Jesus Christ Is Doing
Has Done
And 
Will Do For Us Personally! 

Our Lord Christ 
Is 
The Big God Filling The Immensity Of Eternity
And
He Is Real And Righteous 
And 
Returning For Those Who Choose Him 
As Their Sun, Moon And Stars
Hope, Help And Sure Salvation! 

Please Be Reminded, Beloved, That
We Can Do All Things Through Christ 
Because 
He Is The One, The God, Who Strengthens Us! 
There Is No Us Without Him!

Dare To Know ...
Dare To Believe ...
Dare To Accept ...
Dare To Repeat ...
Dare To Live In The Knowledge That ...

We Are Everything To Our God 
And 
When He Is Everything To Us 
We Are The Majority Against The Wily Foe! 

We Are Fearfully And Wonderfully Made 
In The Image Of Almighty God: 
Studiously Lift Up The Lord Always
And 
Without Fail
Be Infinitely, Eternally, Blessed! 

May His Perfect Peace Be Ours Today ...!

... And Forever!

AMEN!!!

If You Are Always Asking God

For Things

Your Mouth Is Always Open

And

You Cannot Hear

What He Is Saying To You

To Bless You:

Choose To Be Quiet At Times!!!

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Be Still ...

And Know ...

That

He Is Almighty God Glorious!

COMMITTED TO CHRIST: The "As For Me ..." Moment

Every Committed Christian Has An "As For Me!" Moment 
When Against The Backdrop Of 
Common Sense, Temporal Prosperity
Familial Opposition
And 
Occupational Security 
They Will Say With The Conviction Of Working Faith
And 
Concrete Trust: 

"The Lord Is My Shepherd

My Portion, My Peace! 

I Will Walk In His Ways! 

Whatever Befalls Me

I Shall Ever Give Him

My True And Heartfelt Praise! 

I Do Not Pray To A False God! 

I Pray To The King Of Kings! 

I Lean On The God Eternal 

And

It Is By His Grace Available

His Mercy Free

That I Choose His Blessed Way

Through This Life 

To Enduringly Go Walking!" 

Beloved, 

I Pray For Us Strength For Our Journey
And 
Courage For The Way On Which We Must Travel! 

Only The Lord Christ 
Can Cause Us To Arrive Safely At The Heavenly Home 
So Choose To Behold Him Now ... In His Word
And
Be Satisfied With His Provision And Protection Now 
And
Having Declared Your Commitment To Him And His Cause
Embrace His Righteousness 
Through His Daily Gift To You Of Faith For The Day
Whilst Being Ever Obedient To Live Companionably With Truth 
And
Know Of A Surety That You Shall Rise Up 
To Go Up To His Glory 
Bearing His Likeness In Your Then-Glorified Body! 

Please, I Beseech Us All
Stand Up For The Lord Jesus
Even If It Means That
You Stand Alone For Him! 
His Great Glory Awaits His Faithful Children!

Point To Ponder:

To Smell The Wonderful Scent Of The Beautiful Rose
One Risks Being Stung By A Honey Bee
Nestled In Its Velvety-Soft Folds!

To Cut And Possess One Fragrant And Beautiful Bloom
One Risks Being Scratched By Or Hooked Upon A Thorn:
We Take The Risk ... For The Known Reward!

There Is Risk With A Rose:
There Is No Risk Involved In Trusting The Lord Jesus!

The Lord Tells Us In His Word
What He Has Done For Us!
What He Is Doing For Us
And
What He Will Be Doing For Us!

We Have Full Disclosure
And
The Guarantee Of Performance
Is
Written With Innocent Blood
So That We May Safely Walk Courageously
Encouraged By The Faith That He Daily Gives Us
Until The Great Day Dawns
And
Our Tested Mortal Faith Becomes Approved Immortal Eyesight!

Faith In Jesus Christ

Is

Its Own Reward!

SANCTIFICATION: The Life-Long Work ... And Personal Lots Of Land

We Are Dearly Loved By Our Creator-God

And

All The Heavenly Intelligences

And

We Are Devilishly Hated By The Satan ... The Adversary

And

All Of His Fallen-Angel Demonic Force! 

We Need To Know With Whom It Is That We Cast Our Lot

Aka Gain Our Fortune! 

Indeed, Beloved!

Look No Further Than The Word Of Good King David

- Who Made His Calling And Election Sure -
To See How It Is Done! 
He Knew His God
And
He Made His Public Declaration!

The Day Is Soon Coming 
When We All Must Make Public Our Own Declaration
Stating Clearly That It Is With The Lord Christ That 
We Faithfully Choose To Stand Up
And
To Be Counted For His Living Kingdom!

Hear, Hear!
The Handwriting Is Already On "The Wall!"

Brethren,

When You Know Who Is Your Savior
You Will Surely Recognize Who Is Your Adversary!

Satan Is The Liar

The Thief

And 

The Destroyer-Murderer! 

Jesus Christ Is The Truth,

The Provider

And 

The Life Giver-Sustainer! 

Let's Learn The Difference

And 

Act Accordingly! 

Please Remember This ... 

All Who Turn From Satan Unto The Lord 

With Humble Confession Of Sin

And 

With Repentance

Have Forgiveness For Sin 

And 

Cleansing From Unrighteousness! 

We Who Are Forgiven 
Have A Sure Inheritance In The Land Of The Blessed

A Lot ... A Personal Parcel Of Ground

As Is Promised To Those Who Are Sanctified

Aka Set Apart For The Lord's Holy Use! 

Beloved, 

Please Do Not Be Fooled! 
Don't Fool Yourself
And
Don't Let Anyone Fool You!

Sanctification 

Is 

A Life-Long Work

And 

Only Those Who Endure All Things For The Lord

Until The Day Of Death 

Or The Lord Christ Comes For His Children

Shall Possess The Land ... Their Inheritance! 

Talking About Being Sanctified 
Is 
Cheap And Easy

And 

Doesn't Cost Anything! 

Living In Obedience

And 

With Enduring Faith, However

Is 

Going To Be Expensive  ... Hard 

And 

Painful: Do Not Fear! 

Jesus Christ Belongs To Us
And
We Belong To Him!
Our Jesus Christ 
Is 
The Great Physician 

And

He Owns Everything In The Cosmos

So We've Got Means! 

Please Confidently Place Your Life In Jesus' Holy Hands

And 

Please Hold Out Your Cup For His Blessings 

By Exercising Your Daily Gift Of Faith! 

Please Choose To Believe The Word Of The Lord

And 

Confidently Choose To Trust The Lord's Sacrificial Love For You

And 

Dare To Be Eternally Blessed! 

Peace Be Upon Us All
In The Holy Name Of The Lord Jesus Christ
As He Blesses Us All ... By His Sweet Spirit
The Holy Spirit Of Truth
As We Make Our Pilgrim Journey!

Let's Think About ... Home!

AMEN!!!

WAITING, WATCHING, WORKING, WISE: Who You Be!?!

Roll Call Was On Tap!

The Groups Were Being Set!

Every Person Had A Designated Spot

To Which They Were Called To Step:

• Worriers
• Warriors
• Waiters
• Watchers
• Workers
• Wise
• Waiting, Watching, Working, Wise

All Were Designated

And 
Boy Howdy

It Showed A Significant Surprise!

Named Warriors Were Many!

Willing Workers Were Few!

Watchers Were Myriad!

Wise Were One Or Two!

Worriers Were Legion
And

Waiters Were No Big Deal

Because

They Included Me And You!

When The Dust Had Quite Settled

The Group Designated

Waiting, Watching, Working, Wise

Were The Willing Warriors

Who Sought To Emulate Lord Christ 
By Their Lived Lives!

These Take The Word Of The Master To Heart!

These Have Cast Their Burden On The Lord
And

These Have Chosen Not To Let The Deceiver Cause Them

To Make A Liar Of Their Lord!

They Are Not Anxious For Anything!

They Pray Humbly And Without Ceasing!

They Choose To Trust The Lord Each Day For Grace

And

They Willingly Exercise Their Daily Gift Of Daily Faith!

These Do Not Puff Up Themselves With Useless Titles!

The Only Title They Cherish 
Is

Faithful Child, Eager Student
Willing Servant Of The Eternal God

And

Because They Keep Their Eyes Fixed Upon Christ Jesus

They Have And Are Stirring Up The Enmity Of

Satan, The Piercing Serpent

Beelzebub The Bold

Leviathan The Gross Liar

Behemoth The Wannabe God 

The Damned-For-Eternity Fraud!

When They Were Asked What Makes Them Strong In Faith

When Everyone Knows That They Are Weak In Flesh

They, With One Voice, Spoke The Word

And

Made A Heartfelt Plea Where Their Words Could Be Heard:

Think About It ...

Those Who Walk Together, Agree! 
Those Who Extend Their Right Arms To Each Other

Clasp Them In Greeting

For Joy

In Fellowship

In Agreement

And 

To Seal A Covenant! 

Beloved, 

At The Right Hand Of The Lord 
Is 
Fullness Of Joy ... Joy Unspeakable! 

The Question Is

How Can You Have Jesus Christ At Your Right Side

And 

Be At His Right Side At The Same Time

To Make You Unmovable In Your Struggle 
Against Self, Sin And Satan

And 

To Be Able To Experience Joys Forevermore!?! 

Won't We Have To Be Beholding Him

Looking At Him 

Seeing Him In All His Beauty!?! 

To Clasp Right Hands

We Must See Each Other 

And 

Be Desirous  To Touch ... Each Other! 

Remember ... 

Touching In Agreement 

Is 

A Cooperative Act

And 

To Enjoy The Joys At The Right Hand Of The Lord 

Requires Reciprocated Love! 

Do You Love The Lord!?! 

Are You Touching The Lord!?! 

Are You Seeing The Lord!?! 

Are You At The Lord's Right Hand
The Right Hand Of Almighty Power!?! 

Please, Brethren, 

Check Yourselves 

And 

Dare To Get Right With The Lord Today

For Peace ... And Joy!

Please Be Wise Unto Soul Salvation
And
Watch, Work, And Humbly Wait 
As A True Warrior For The Holy Faith
Until He Shall Come To Claim Us
Who Are Known To Be His Very Own:

His Glory Awaits His Children Faithful!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: BOUNTIFUL BLESSINGS: Give God Thanks!

Give God Thanks

With A Grateful Heart!!

We Are Blessed
And
We All Know It
And 
We Should Live Like We Do Believe That This Is So!

We Are Blessed 

Because 

Our God ... The Lord Jesus Christ 
Does, Indeed, Deal To Us Bountifully Aka Liberally

Willingly And Readily Out Of His Property

- His Storehouses Of Goodness -
Each And Every Moment Of Each And Every Day! 

Our God ... The Living, Holy, Eternal
All-Seeing, All-Knowing, Ever-Present God
Who Feels All That We Feel

Is 

The Giving, Blessing Spirit 

Who Gives Out Of Who He Is 
- He Is Good And Gracious -

To Provide For Us What We Need

And 

We Don't Even Have To Ask 

Because 

He Knows Our Every Need

And 

Sacrificially, Lovingly, Intimately Cares

For Each One Of Us Personally

And 

Desires To Bless Us Bountifully ... Liberally! 

Beloved, 

Let Us Look To Ourselves

And 

Let Us Choose To Be As Our Lord Is

First, 

To Give Him His Due ... Our Liberal, Heartfelt

Thankful, Grateful Prayers And Praise

And Secondly, 

To Be Liberal ... Generous
In Our Giving To Bless Those Who Are Less Fortunate

Those Who Do Not Yet Understand That Our Lord God 

Is 

Jehovah Jireh

Our True And Only Provider! 

Remember ... 

We Have ... Because He Gives! 

We Are ... Because He Is! 

May The Lord ... In Mercy

Deal Bountifully With You And Yours Today
And 
In The Days Ahead!! 

PRAYER:

Heavenly Father,

I Willingly Offer To You

Grateful Thanks And Praise

For All That You Do For Me

Each And Every Day!

Father,

I Do Not Own Anything That

You Have Not Provided

And

I Sincerely Pray

In Jesus Christ's Precious Name That

Ingratitude Will Never In My Heart For You

Find A Place To Go Ahiding!

There Is Nothing That I Can Do, Lord

That I Can Do Without You And Your Blessing!

Without Your Breath Of Life In Me

I Would Be The Known-Cold Grave Filling!

Thank You For My Life!

I Love You, Lord

And I Bless Your Holy Name

And I Pray With All My Heart

For The Great Day

When With You I Shall Be To Heaven Winging!

Please Keep Me Faithful

For I Know That I Am Blessed

And

Please Help Me To Be

A Rooted And Grounded In The Lord Christ

Spiritual Success!

Please Have Mercy

And

Continue To Bless

According To Your Sovereign Will

And

In Your Holy Way

Because

It is In Jesus Christ's Name That

I Pray And Humbly Plead!

AMEN!!!

Don't Indulge Ingratitude!

Ingratitude

Is Not

A Virtue!

HAPPY SABBATH + Faith, Experience, Patience, Endurance And Prayer!

 

... She's Got To Have It:

F aith

E xperience

P atience

E ndurance 

P rayer

I Say That She Needs

S trength ... She's Weak

C ourage  ... She's Frightened, And 

O pportunity ... She Needs To Seize The Moment! 

There's No Time Like This Time!
It's All That We Have!

Now Is The Day Of Salvation!

Brethren, 

Let's Just Cut To The Chase 

And 

Acknowledge That This Is The To-Life Race

That We're Also Talking About Ourselves

And 

Greatest Of All

We All Need Jesus Christ Now ... Today

Every Moment Of Every Day Aka 24/7!

What's Interesting And Terrifying

Is That

We Already Say That We Know Jesus Christ

But

It Isn't Who We Know!

It's Whether He Knows Us

Because 

If He Doesn't Know Us

He Will Say At Crunch Time ...!

... Depart From Me ...!

... I Never Knew You! 

But ...! 

... Don't Be A Goat: Don't But! 

Words And Flesh Don't Have The Same Weight

Unless You're Almighty God! 

Maisme, You May Want To Explain That Remark

For The Benefit Of The Brethren! 

I'd Be Glad To, Bro. Brande! 

It's Simple, Friends! 

John 1 Explains It All! 

In The Beginning Was The Word

The Word Was God

The Word Became Flesh

And Dwelt Among Us! 

The Word Of God 

Is A Transcript Of God's Character! 

God Cannot Be Separated From His Character! 

Jesus Is God!

Jesus Is The Word!

Father God Gave His Son, Jesus God, To Us! 

Divinity Was Clothed In Humanity! 

Humanity Is Flesh! 

Divinity Is Spirit! 

Word And Flesh Are Mated ... Inextricably Joined

In Time ... And For Eternity! 

The Word Of God Who Is God

And The Flesh Of Jesus Who Is God

Have The Same Weight 

Can't Be Separated

Can't Be Ignored

Can't Be Destroy

Will Stand Forever! 

He, Jesus, Came Down To Our Level

To Take Us Up To His Level! 

We Have To Have Him Personally Know Our Name Intimately

And The Only Way For That To Happen 

Is To Use What We Have Received ... From His Hand 

As Personal Gifts Every Day Of Our Lives! 

F.E.P.E.P
Aka  Faith, Experience, Patience, Endurance And Prayer
And S.C.O. 
Aka Strength, Courage And Opportunity

And Surprise, Surprise ... No Surprise

We Get All Through That Most Excellent 

Most Maligned

Most Underrated

Most Misunderstood

Most Underappreciated Gift Called Faith ... Holy Faith!

All That We Need To Cause Us To Know Jesus God The Lord

He Gifts, Gives, To Us Every Day! 

All We Have To Do For The Lord God To Know Us

Is To Exercise Faith ... And Constantly Pray! 

If I Don't Talk, Converse, Communicate With You

We Are Not Friends!

We Don't Know Each Other! 

We Know Of, About, Each Other! 

Friends ... Whom I Know

Brethren ... Who Know Me

The Same Is True Where Jesus Is Concerned:

I, We, Know About Jesus

Because We Read The Good Book That Speaks Of Jesus! 

We Know Jesus When We Willingly, Avidly, Continually 

Continuously

Constantly

Comradely Communicate Conscientiously With Him

For Care

For Comfort

For Communion ... For The Cause! 

The Cause ... Our Cause Is

To Breach The Veil

To Cross Time

To Enter Eternity 

To Be Forever With Him

Whom We Intimately Know

And Who Intimately Knows Us! 

If We Don't Come Up To Scratch

We Will Not Hear The Grand And Glorious Commendation:

Well Done

Good And Faithful Servant! 

Enter Into The Joy

Of

Thy Lord! 

The Day Of Judgment Is Fast Approaching
And We Need To Get Our Spiritual Houses In Order!
May I Continue, Bro. Brande!?!

Please, By My Guest!
What You've Shared So Far Is Very Interesting, Indeed!

Brethren,

Let's Look At Psalm 9 Verses 7 And 8
Which Has Great Bearing For Us 
Who Are Of The End-Time Church
The Laodicean Church!

If I May Interject Here
Laodicea Means "The Judging Of The People!"

Thank You, Kindly, Bro. Brande!

It's A Terrible Thing When You Can't Trust Your Own Attorney 
Nor The Judge Before Whom Your Case Is Set! 
The Outcome, In That Case
Is Your Swift Condemnation And Damnation 
Be It By Fine Or Confinement! 
This Is Not So In The Household Of Faith
In The Realm Of The Forever Blessed! 

Our Attorney, Advocate, Intercessor
Is Jesus Christ The High Priest-King! 

Our Judge, Jury And Executioner 
- If We Refuse His Word
His Advocacy In Our Behalf -
Is Jesus Christ The Lord Of Life
The King Of Love! 

Our Fee To Retain The Services Of The True Advocate
The Servant-King ... Our Attorney Of Record
Is Exercised Faith
All Day, Every Day
For Every Matter Great Or Small
Be It Physical, Spiritual, Mental
Emotional ... Or Just Because! 
We Receive A New Gift Of Faith 
For Each Day That We Are Alive!

Thank God For Grace!

Beloved,

As Long As You Are Humble Under His Mighty Hand
And Enduringly Obedient
And Faithful To Truth
And Willing To Confess And Repent Of 
The Known-Wrong Aka Sin Aka Lawlessness
And Do Not Doubt His Prowess, Power
And Ability To Save And Bless You
You'll Be Good, Blessed, To Go Home With Him: 
You Shall Be Wearing The Gold Crown Of Eternal Life! 
You Shall Be Free, Indeed! 
Jesus Christ, Alone, Saves: Get Close To And Know Him! 

I Bid Us All His Peace 
As We Run This Race To His Eternal Life!

AMEN!!!