VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Are You Bearing Fruit!?!

Fig Trees Are Known To Bear Fruit Twice A Year

Offer Great Shade

And

Speak To Us Of Peace And Prosperity!

Be Not, I Pray Thee, A Leafy, Fruitless, Fig Tree 

For Such A One As This Did Jesus Christ Curse 

For Having No Fruit To Still His Hunger! 

To Have ... To Be ... A Fruitful Tree 

Is 

A Blessing Beyond Measure!

 

A Laden Fig Tree 

Aka A Working, Watching, Waiting Servant 

Aka Saint Of God And Christ 

Is 

A Treasure Sheltered, Protected, Blessed 

And

Honored By The Lord, Our Master

The Kind King

The Judge Of All Flesh! 

Are You At Your Post Of Duty Doing Willing Service 

Or Are You A Show-Pony Shaking Your Tail-Feathers

High-Stepping 

And 

Flinging Your Head Around To The Intoxicating Sounds Of 

The Bewitching Siren Of Sin 

Who Encourages The Careless

The Listless

The Loose And The Lawless

To Use Their Liberty As License To Disregard Duty!?! 

Beloved, 

We Have One Duty ... One Work ... To Perform: 

Serve The King 

And

Bear Fruit Unto Righteousness! 

Are You At Your Post!?! 

Will You Be Found Faithful!?! 

Our Master Is Coming 

And

He Is Hungry! 

He Sees Your Leafy Branches: 

Will He Find Fruit So That He Will Honor You 

And

Be Glad Of His Investment In Your Life!?! 

Please Pray About It! 

Don't Sell Out

The Savior For Silver! 

Don't Give Away

The God Of Grace For Gold! 

Don't Discard

What You Can't Buy Back

And

Don't Let Your Heart For Christ

Grow Cold!

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Peace ... Not Pride ... Is Precious! 

HAPPY SABBATH + Make Wrong Things Right!

We Are Children Twice: 

Children Of The Living God By Creation 

And 

Redemption 

And

Birthed Children Of Our Earthly Parents! 

Our Parents Lovingly Desire What Is Best For Us! 

The One Thing That Our Parents Teach Us 

And 

Truly Desire That We Display 

And

We Should Of Our Own Free Will 

And

By Choice Practice 

Is

A Grateful, Thankful, Heart! 

Beloved, 

Our Heavenly Father ... In His Eternal Wisdom

Has Asked Us To Give Thanks In Everything 

Aka For Everything 

Aka Through Everything 

Aka Despite Certain Things! 

Are You A Practicing Thankful Person!?! 

Are You Remembering Your Home Training 

Where You Were Taught To Say 

"Please!" 

"Thank You!" 

"May I ....!"

"How Are You!?!"

Or

 

Are You Departed From The Good Way 

And

Are Living With The Attitude Of 

"Gimme This!" 

"I Deserve That!" 

"Why Didn't I Get The Biggest 

Best Most Expensive 

Prettiest Thingie Out There!?!" 

The Training By Our Earthly Parents Was For A Short Season 

But

The Training Received Of Our Lord Christ 

- Through The Ministrations Of The Holy Spirit Of Truth - 

Lasts For Our Lifetime! 

Are You Present In Class!?! 

Are You Taking In The Training!?! 

Are You Cementing Your Learning By Doing As You Are Taught!?! 

Are You A Teacher's Pet 

Or 

Are You Indulging Self 

And 

Shaming Yourself ... And Your Parents!?!

Dare To Truthfully Answer! 

Living Life

Is

An Opportunity

To Make Wrong Things Right:

Cooperate With The Lord Jesus Christ! 

Stop Re-Arranging The Facts!

Speech Belongs To Almighty God! 

Respect Is Due To A Dog! 

Rules Are Not Made To Be Broken 

And

Rearranging The Facts Of A Matter 

Does Not Turn A Bold, Base, Lie Into The Truth! 

Beloved, 

We May Do What We Want 

But

We May Not Do It To Whomever As Long As We Want 

Because 

The Judge Of All Flesh Reigns ... And Rules 

In The Living, Glorious, Kingdom! 

All Too Often 

In The Mistaken Belief That The Sun Rises 

And 

Sets At Our Personal Behest

We Do Unconscionable Things To Others 

In Order To Feel Good About Ourselves! 

Just Stop Already! 

External "Thrills" Will Never Satisfy A Spiritual Desire 

So Let's Take All Of Our Burdens To Our God In Prayer! 

Just In Case You Are Doubtful

Look At The Published Record Of All Those 

Whom Satan And His Lost Legion Have Goaded

Inspired

And 

Tempted To Indulge Gross Folly 

To The Point Of Hospital Bed

Wheel-Chair

Prison Cell

Or Death! 

Let's Not Be Lawless! 

Let's Remember That 

Our Lord Has Promised Never To Leave Us

Nor Forsake Us 

And

Let's Dare To Pray Without Ceasing 

Even When We Don't Feel Like It 

Or Just Don't Know What To Say! 

We Do Not Know How To Pray As We Ought!

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The Holy Spirit Interprets Our Prayers!

Be Careful, Though! 

Praying Only Works For Those Who Believe That 

The Promises Of Almighty God 

- Through Jesus Christ The Lord - 

Are True 

And That 

He Is Real, Able And Available 

And

Willing And Ready To Deliver Us

And

Deliver For Us! 

Do Right ... And Prosper!

Love Others: Vanquish Evil!

We Cannot Touch Love 

But 

We Are Touched By Love! 

We Cannot Measure Love 

But 

We Are Measured By Our Love For One Another! 

We Cannot See Love 

But 

Love Can Be Seen Through Us! 

We Cannot Weigh Love 

But 

The Weight Of Love Can Be Felt By Us Enough 

To Make Even The Most Oppressive Existence 

Feel As Light As Air! 

Beloved, 

We Cannot Go To The Mall Or The Corner Store 

And 

Purchase A Pound, A Penny Or A Pinch Of Love 

But

We May Go To A Friend

A Family Member

A Stranger 

And

Even Our Favorite Enemy 

And

Minister To Their Need Compliments Of Love

The Everlasting Love Of The Eternal God 

And

Be Made More, Not Less, For The Experience! 

Expressing Love Is Not A Sign Of Weakness: 

It Is Strength! 

Expressing Love To The Unlovable Is Not Folly: 

It Is Faith! 

Loving Others 

Is 

A Part Of Our Work To Bless Others 

In Jesus Christ's Holy Name! 

Love Others: Vanquish Evil! 

Brethren, Beloved 

Never Forget That Almighty God Is Love 

And 

When We Love

We Are "Using" Almighty God 

As We Are Led By God The Holy Spirit! 

To Be Loving

Is 

To Have An Amazing Gift, Talent, Blessing, Privilege: 

Don't Squander It By Neglect, Misuse

Disbelief Or Doubt! 

Dare To Minister Grace

- The Living God's Everlasting Love -

To Some Dear Soul Today!

 

Find Your Peace In Love!

SEXUAL SIN: Superfluous Naughtiness!?!

There Is Nothing Cute About Naughtiness 

Since It Is Attached To Filthiness

Uncleanness

And 

Lewdness 

Which All Refer To Sexual Sin! 

Sexual Sin 

Is 

Always Against Your Self! 

Anything That Is Superfluous 

Is 

Unnecessary

Does Not Serve Any Good Purpose 

And

Should Be Avoided At All Costs! 

Sad To Say ...

In These Times In Which We Live

Naughty Is Nice

Superfluous Is A Necessity 

And

Filthiness Is De Rigueur Aka Fashionable! 

Beloved, 

We Have At Our Fingertips 

The Sure Word Of Almighty God Known Able To Save Us 

If And When

It Is Engrafted Aka Cut Into

- Made A Part Of Our Lives -

To Make Us Sweeter, Stronger

And

Act And Live Better

To Profit Us Eternally! 

You Are Not Alone ...

We Are Encouraged To Meekly Seek The Eternal God 

By Righteousness Aka Right-Doing

Inner Humility ... Not The Public Kind For Praise

And

Patience! 

What You Put In

Is

What You Get Out!

Let's Permit Patience To Do Her Perfect Work In Us 

To Thoroughly Prepare Us 

To Meet Our Lord, God And King

The Final Judge Of All Flesh! 

Be Wise ...

No One Can Force You To Be Naughty 

And

No One Can Force You To  Be Nice! 

We Are Free-Will Agents 

With Freedom To Choose To Do Right ... Or Not! 

We Who Choose To Be Free In Jesus Christ 

Will ... By Saving Grace

Separate Ourselves From Sexual Sin 

Even If We Are Called Prudes And Killjoys! 

Jesus Christ Paid For Our Peace:

Don't Squander It!

Double-Minded Christian!?!

Just In Case We Conveniently Forgot The Fact

Neither Love And Hate

Good And Evil

Truth And Error

Light And Darkness

Friend And Foe

Faith And Doubt

Cowardice And Courage

Nor Bitter And Sweet 

Can Exist In Or Proceed From 

The Same Source At The Same Time: 

These Things Cancel Out Each Other! 

We Cannot Bless And Honor 

And

Curse And Humiliate A Person In The Same Breath 

And

It Is Certain That We Cannot Praise God 

And

Pet Satan At One And The Same Time! 

Beloved, 

A Double-Minded Aka Two-Faced 

Aka Deceitful Christian 

Has To Be Most Miserable, Unhappy

Dangerous Traveler Under The Sun: 

We Cannot Live Like That And Rise Up To Glory! 

Wittingly Building Our Dream House On Sinking Sand 

Marks Us As Devoid Aka Empty Of Wisdom 

And 

Her Understanding 

And

Patently Shows Us To Be Incapable 

Aka Unable To Use Received Knowledge For Profit: 

This State Of Affairs Should Not Exist 

Because 

There Are No Fools In The Kingdom Of God! 

We Cannot Go Forward By Walking Backward 

And

We Cannot Show Love By Serving Hate! 

Jesus Christ The Lord ... The King ... The Judge

Is 

Truth, Love, Light, Life 

And

The Only Way Home To The Father's House!

Remember, Remember

Don't Ever Forget ...

We Are Jesus Christ's Followers

The Salt Of The Earth 

And 

Light Of The World 

And 

We Are Being Blessed To Become Like Him 

So Dare To Firmly Fix Your Focus On Your Father 

Who Is The Same Yesterday, Today And Forever!

Digging Down Is Death: 

Look Up

Build Up

And

Live To Rise Up To The Heavenly Glory Of Our Lord!

Christians Committed To Christ

Do Not Scatter What He Has Sown

But

Faithfully, Diligently

Sow Good Seeds With Him

With The Hope For An Abundant Harvest!

TEMPTATION: You Know The Devil's Devices!

There Is No Sin In Being Tempted

But

There Is A Problem With 

Being Regularly Tempted By The Same Sin!

Falling Into Divers Aka Different Temptations 

Suggests Onward, Upward, Mobility In Our Christian Growth! 

All Christians Must Grow Up In Grace!

Beloved, 

Nobody Plans To Fall! 

Falling Happens When One Is Unaware Of A Pitfall

Is Careless About One's Surroundings 

Or One Just Loses One's Balance! 

We Are Warned Of The Devil's Devices 

And

We Know 

And 

Should Be Within The Hedge Of Protection That 

The Lord Provides For His People! 

When We Find Ourselves Being Tempted By 

And

Giving Into The Same Temptation 

And

Committing The Same Sin Repeatedly

We Need To Take Stock Of Our Thoughts

Look At Those With Whom We Are Walking

And

Reevaluate Our Commitment To Christ 

And

Our Growth In His Grace! 

The Temptation

That Is Not

Forcefully Resisted

The First Time That It Appears

Comes Back Harder And Harder To Resist

Each Time That We Fail To Overcome It!

Think Carefully ...

A Healthy And Fit Person Crawling Like A Baby 

Has A Problem Which Must Be Patiently Corrected 

And

Likewise The Christian Who Is Not Forcefully

Patiently, Prayerfully

Daily Conquering The Minor Temptations 

To Grow Strong Spiritual Muscles 

To Deal With The Major Temptations Known Up Ahead! 

Be Wise ... 

Don't Play With Temptation! 

Chop Off Temptation's Head By The Word Of Truth

And

Stay Constantly In Prayer:

Take Your Burden To The Lord

Pray For The Outpouring Of The Holy Spirit

Take The Living God At His Holy Word

And

Dare To Walk ... Enduringly ... In Unfailing Faith!

Jesus Christ ... Alone ... Saves!

Your Temptation

Is

Dressed To Thrill You!

Have A "Thus Saith The Lord"

At The Ready To Decimate It!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: The Best Doctors Are Free Today!

We Are Told That 

The Six Best Doctors For Good Physical Health Are 

Sunlight, Water, Rest, Air

Exercise And Diet! 

By The Word Of The Lord

And

For A Healthy Spiritual Life

We Need Truth, Faith, Peace

Love, Trust And Prayer! 

The Truth Of Almighty God 

Is 

The Light Of Life That 

Guides The Soul To Eternal Life! 

Faith In The Living God 

Is 

The Water Of Life That 

Cleans And Calms The Soul! 

Peace With The All-Seeing God 

Is 

The Rest That Restores The Soul! 

The Love Of The All-Knowing God 

And

Our Love For Ever-Present God 

Is

The Pure, Clean, Air 

Without Which We Will Surely Die! 

Trust In The God Of Grace And Glory

Is 

Targeted, Vigorous, Exercise 

For Mind, Spirit 

And 

Bodily Strength For The Strenuous Journey 

To Our Forever Home In Zion! 

Heartfelt Prayer To The Giving And Forgiving God 

Is 

Food To Make Us Alive 

For It Takes Us Up To The Lord Of Life 

Who Gives Us Abundant Life Now

And

Promises Us Eternal Life Hereafter! 

A Christian Who Doesn't Pray

Is Easy Prey Aka Cheap Meat

For Satan The Damned!

Beloved, 

The Six Best Doctors ... Medical And Spiritual

All Work In Tandem Aka Together 

To Keep Us In Optimal Aka Good Health! 

If You Neglect One Doctor

He Will Not Complain 

But

You Will Feel The Lack And The Loss 

And 

You Will Become Unbalanced In Your Experience: 

Don't Be Like The Prettified, Over-Stuffed, Three-Legged Chair! 

The Chair You Can't Sit Upon

And

The Tree That Will Not Fruit

Are Both Utterly Useless!

Let's Be Wise 

And 

Bless The Lord Who Blesses Us With Perfect Doctors 

Whose Services Are Free-Free 

To Me And Thee ... Today 

And 

Today! 

Tomorrow's Sun Will Never Rise!

HAPPY SABBATH + MERCY AND GRACE ARE KISSING: Wait On The Lord!

We Who Wait Upon The Lord 

Shall Renew Our Strength! 

We Who Diligently Seek After The Lord 

Shall Surely Find Him! 

Beloved, 

When You Choose To Wait Upon The Lord

It Is Because You Know, Believe, That 

You Will Receive Some Desired Blessing From His Holy Hand: 

You're Waiting Patiently 

On Him Who Is Faithful To His Word! 

When We Seek After The Lord 

It Is Because We Desire To Know 

And

To Be Known 

By Him Who Already Knows Everything About Us! 

The Difference There, Then

Is 

That There Is Give And Take

Hear And Listen

Rest And Refreshment

Direction And Correction

Provision And Protection 

And 

All Because We Choose To Have Communion

Communication

A Committed Relationship With Him Who Calls Us

Is 

Able To Help Us

Has Bought Aka Redeemed Us 

And

Is Waiting To Reform

Regenerate

Recreate Us In His Image

In His Likeness 

So That We May Dwell In Peace With Him Forever! 

Waiting On The Lord Christ 

Is 

Not Laziness 

But Is 

A Time Of Preparedness! 

Get Ready ... And Stay Ready

And

Don't Fall The 

"Nothing Has Changed Since The Fathers Died!"

Crock O' Snot That Willful Minds Employ

To Ignore Correcting Bad Habits

To Reject Pursuing Truth

And

To Dismiss Doing What's Right In The Living God's Holy Sight!

Be Ye Warned And Blessed ...

The Door Of Mercy 

Is 

Open For Business Now: 

Use The Door! 

Reach For And Touch The Hand Of Mercy 

Until The Connection Is Dynamic! 

The Day Is Coming When Mercy Will Demit 

Aka Get Up From The Throne Of God 

And 

Man Will Have No Intercessor:

It Isn't That No One Is Interceding!

It Is That There Is No One To Intercede

And

There Is No One To Intercede For

And

All That Is Left Is Dread Judgment!

Confess And Repent Of Known Sins Now!

Take Christ As Your Eternal Portion!

Be Humble

And

Hold To God's Unchanging Hand Of Grace

- The Bringer Of Mercy -

Which Has Hope, Help And Healing

Available For Whosoever Desires

To Believe The Word

And

Receive The Abundant And Infinite Blessings!

Brethren, Beloved

Dare To Seek For 

And 

Wait On The Savior  ... Now

While Grace And Mercy Are Kissing!

CHRISTIANS: Peculiar Privileged People

The Word On Everybody's Tongue Today 

Is 

Privilege! 

We Are Being Asked To Check, As In Arrest, Our Privilege 

As Though Privilege 

Is 

A Bad Thing!

All Privileges Are Not Created Equal!

Beloved, 

We Are Christians ... Christ's Followers

And

By Virtue Of Our Faithful Association

We Have Access, Reach, Grasp And Hold!

We Are Peculiarly Privileged

So I Encourage Us All To Embrace 

The High And Holy Privilege That 

We Each Have Been Accorded By The Lord Of Life

The Creator-God

The Joy Of Every Man! 

Consider That We Are The Apple Of The Eternal God's Eye 

Even As He Holds The World In His Hand 

And 

He ... Personally Invited

Lives In Each Of Our Hearts! 

Think On These Things ...

We Have The Free And Open Invitation 

To, At-Will, Boldly Approach The Throne Of Grace 

In The Heavenly Sanctuary! 

We Are Encouraged To Reason With Our Maker! 

We Are Asked To Let Our Requests 

Be Made Known Unto The Living God! 

We Are Given Freedom

Free Will 

And 

The Choice To Worship Him

- Or Not Worship Him - 

Who Could Easily Deprive Us Of Life: 

No Force Is Employed! 

If These Things Are Not Privileges

We Will Never Ever Know 

What Makes Something A Real Privilege! 

Our God Is Holy, Kind, Loving

Giving, Forgiving

The Mighty Healer

The Sealer Of Souls

The Revealer Of Truths That Never Die!

We Are Invited To Enter His Courts ... Without Fear

So Let's Dare ... Today

To Ignore The World 

And

Choose To Embrace The Privilege 

Personally Given To Each Of Us 

To Become A Son Or Daughter Of The God Of Love 

Who Inhabits Eternity 

And

Has A Personal Place Prepared For Each Of Us 

In His Heavenly House Of Peace And Joys Forevermore! 

Remember, Remember 

Don't Ever Forget ... 

Earthly Privileges Are Ours To Enjoy

If

We Please ... Or Are Of A Benefit To ... The Giver

But

Heavenly Privileges Are Ours 

To Accept Or RejectUse Or Ignore!

No One Can Force Us To Use Our God-Given Privileges

And

No One ... Human Or Spirit

Can Force Us Not To Use Our Privileges! 

The Lord God Almighty Calls Us To His Side

And

To Be Like Him

By Taking Hold And Fully Utilizing 

The Privileges He Lovingly Accords Us! 

We ... Taught Of God And Faithful ... Know Who He Is! 

We Know Who We Are Because Of Sin! 

We Know Who We Will Be By, In, And Through Him

Through His Free-To-All Salvation! 

The Final Outcome ... Our Final Outcome

Will Always Be According To Our Exercised Sovereign Will! 

Brethren, Beloved

Please Choose Your Final Port Of Call Wisely!

 

Having ... And Being In ... Perfect Peace With 

The Eternal God Of Grace And Glory

Is

The Blessed And Sacred Privilege Of

The Saints Of Almighty God And Jesus Christ The Lord!

TINY TERRORS: Jesus Christ Is The Joy Of Living!

Answer The Door! 

"But There's No One Knocking!" 

Listen Again, Beloved! 

Jesus Christ The Lord Is Softly Knocking! 

He Wants To Be With You

But

He Is A Gentleman 

And 

He Will Never Barge Into Your Life! 

Think About It ... 

Things, Mostly Good, Happen In Our Lives 

And 

We Walk Around Glad, Grateful, That 

We Are Blessed Of The Lord! 

But, Then, Other Things Happen 

Which Are Often Hurtful

Sometimes Harsh

Many Times Downright Cruel 

And 

We Cry Foul, Asking The Lord 

"Why Me!" 

Without Realizing Or Even Understanding That 

These Events Are Actually Knocks At Our Door 

Encouraging Us To Invite Dear Jesus Into Our Homes

Into Our Hearts

And

Into Our Confidence 

And

To Appeal To Him To Be The Kindly Light That 

Will Lead Us Safely, Gently, To His Heavenly Home 

Despite The Tiny Terrors

Gruelling Griefs

And 

Sorry Situations Of Daily Living! 

Dear Ones, 

When The Storms Of Life Are Shaking Your Lemon Tree 

And 

You Have An Unexpected And Bountiful Crop Of Lemons

Open Your Mind

Your Heart

Your Hand 

And 

Your Home To Jesus 

And

Bid Him To Take Control Of

And

Sweeten Your Life! 

Storms Don't Control Our Lives: 

Jesus Christ The Lord, The King Of Love, Does 

And

Since He, The Lord Of Life, Gives Us Life

Let's Let Him Be In Total Control Of Our Living! 

He Is Our Creator And Re-Creator!

Jesus Christ The Righteous Judge

And

The Kind And Faithful King

Is 

The Joy Of Living 

So Choose To Bless Yourself Today

By His High, Holy, Helpful And Healing Hand!

He Thinks On You Personally!

Open The Door 

And 

Enjoy Peaceful Living For Sure!