Contented ... in Christ Jesus!

Are You Contented Aka Pleased 

With What You Already Have!?! 

Are You Contented With 

And 

In The Lord Christ!?! 

It Is One Thing To Be Contented

And

Quite Another To Think That 

You Did "It" All By Yourself

And

Vainly Glory In Your Accomplishments!

Beloved, 

No Committed Christian 

Should So Depart From The Righteous Way 

And

Become So Proud Of Themselves 

To Dare Take The Glory Of The Lord Unto Themselves 

So That The Lord Must Humble Them 

And

Cause Them To Be Contented To Eat Grass For A Season 

In Order For Them To See The Light Of Saving Truth! 

Arrogant, Proud 

And

Pompously Foolish King Nebuchadnezzar Of Babylon 

Learned This Lesson The Hard Way! 

There Is Contentment 

And

There Is Contentment In Christ! 

There Is Having Satisfaction With Myself 

And

There Is Satisfaction In Ridding Me Of Self! 

Little With Contentment 

Is 

Of Great Gain When We Acknowledge That 

It Is The Living God Who Ever So Graciously Provides 

Every Last Thing That We Call Our Own! 

Like Everything Else In The Christian

We Have The Authority

The Freewill

The Freedom 

To Daily Decide ... By Almighty God's Great Grace

To Be Contented With What The Lord  ... In Love 

Has Graciously Provided

Be It Little Or Much! 

There Is No Profit In Baseless Pride!

Let Us From This Moment On Say 

"Thank You, Lord!" 

And

Glory In The Lord Of Life

Even As We Determine To Be Contented

With What The Lord Daily Provides For Us 

Since Our Provider 

Is 

Our Maker ... The Creator! 

Our Provider Is Also Our Hope, Help, And Salvation

Redeemer

Judge, Lord, God

And 

Forever Faithful Friend ... The Kind King: 

Rest Where The Lord Our Shepherd Gently Leads! 

To Be Contented In Christ

Is

To Have Perfect Peace!

Is Your Faith Exercising Trust In Jesus Christ The Lord!?!

Is Your Exercised Faith In Jesus Christ Fixed 

Or Is Your Faith Dependent Upon 

Your Every Prayer Being Answered 

Just As You Have Asked 

And

In The Time-Frame That You, A Mere Mortal, Has Specified 

To The Creator God 

Who Is All-Knowing, Almighty, And Eternal!?! 

Are You Mixing Faith With Sight!?! 

Are You Mixing Faith With Feelings!?! 

Does Your "Faith" Have You Reeling!?! 

Beloved, 

We Who Are Committed To The Lord Christ 

And 

The Way Of The Cross That Leads To The Heavenly Home

Cannot Afford The "Luxury" Of A Fair-Weather Faith 

With A Side Of Flitting Butterflies 

And 

A Generous Helping Of Thorn-Less, Perfectly Scented, Roses! 

The Children Of The Household Of Faith 

Must Stand Or Fall By The Word Of The Lord 

Which Clearly States Plainly That 

All Things Work

-  Answered Prayer Or Not - 

For The Good Of Us Who Are The Called 

According To The Purposes Of God!

We Must Be Able To Say

- Like Job And The Three Hebrew Worthies - 

"Live Or Die

I'm Trusting My Lord With My Life

And

All That Concerns Me!" 

We Who Are Headed To Hill Zion 

Must Be Able To Bear Disappointment 

Aka The Denial Of Even Godly Desires! 

We Must Be Able To Hold Strain 

Even When We Just Want To Curl Up And Die! 

We Must Trust The Living Word 

And Not The Lies Of The Devil! 

Jesus Christ Always Saves! 

Brethren, Beloved

Please ... By Grace Through Faith

Daily Choose To Moment-By-Moment Trust 

The Lord's Heavenly Love For You 

Even When You Can't Trace His Holy Hand 

Holding 

And 

Helping You! 

Peace!

DARKNESS CONDEMNS: Walk Peacefully ... Into The Light Of Life!

The Elders Always Used To Tell Us That 

You Could And Buy Land 

But 

You Can't Hide And Reap It: 

They Stood On The Solid Ground Of Living Truth! 

Beloved, 

Walking In The Light Of Almighty God's Truth

- The Light Of Life -

Is 

Our Sure Defence Against Those Who Seek 

To Unleash The Winds Of Strife 

Against Those Of Us Who They Disdain, Envy

Fear Or Just Plain Hate! 

Let Us Have Pity Upon Such Persons 

For They Do Not Realize That When You Sow The Wind 

You Shall Surely Reap The Whirlwind Aka The Judgment 

Which Destroys Everything In Its Path 

Be It Human, Animal, Plant, Or Building! 

Let Us Daily Remind Ourselves 

Never To Follow Friend, Family Or The Surging Crowds 

To Indulge In Activities Which Our Lord Christ Cannot 

And 

Will Not Bless 

No Matter How Much We Say "Lord, Lord!" 

And 

Sing Psalms, Hymns, And Spiritual Songs 

And 

Do Great Works Of Charity! 

If You Haven't Made A Human

Please See To It, By God's Great Grace, That 

You Do Not Raise Up Either Your Hand Or Your Voice 

To Destroy One! 

Do Not Dig Graves To Bury Others 

And 

Do Not Create Slippery Slopes 

The Likes Of Which You Shall Surely Fall Upon! 

Keep Your Eyes So That They Reflect The Light Of Glory 

And 

Keep Your Heart Fixed On Jesus Christ The Righteous

Who, Alone, Saves ... The Willing! 

Do Not Permit The Contrary Whispers In Your Ears 

To Egg You On To Do Evil! 

Dare To Walk Wisely 

And 

Humbly In The Light That Leads To Eternal Life: 

Darkness Condemns And Damns! 

Choose, Always, To Be At Peace With Almighty God! 

My Heart Wants What It Wants!?!

No Committed Christian

- Having Confessed And Repented Of Known Sin

And 

Having Taken Jesus Christ As Their Everlasting Portion -

Should Ever Allow The Words 

"My Heart Wants What It Wants!" 

To Pass Their Lips With Regard To The Lust 

For Some Unholy, Fleeting, Fleshly Desire! 

The Lord Jesus ... Our Own Savior ... In The Living Word

Has Warned Us That 

The Heart Of Man Is Desperately Wicked 

And 

Beyond All Knowing! 

Beloved, 

Without The Reviving 

And 

Reforming Regenerative Power Of 

The Indwelling Holy Spirit Of Truth 

To Make The Living, Holy, Way Plain 

To Each One Of Us Individually ... And Personally

We Will Never See The Unclouded Day That 

Is 

Life In The Presence Of The Eternal God! 

The Human Heart

- Minus Christ In Us Our Hope For Glory - 

Is 

A Licensed Liar And Deceiver 

Even Deceiving Its Own Host! 

Are You Living Your Life 

Following The Hum And Hush Of 

Your Heart's Lustful Desires!?! 

Stop It! 

The Lord Our God Daily Gives Unto Each One Of Us

A Measure Of Enduring Faith 

And 

Encourages Us To Reason With Him 

And

Not With Ourselves! 

Self Is A Sinner! 

A Lustful Heart Is In The Sinner

And

Only Christ Can Remove Self From Us

And 

Give To Us The New Heart That 

Truly Beats For The Living God: 

Ask For It With Your Gift Of Enduring Faith 

And 

Lovingly Receive The Unfettered Blessing! 

Peace! 

CANAAN OR SODOM: Riches Don't Make You Rich Or Righteous!

All That Glitters Is Not Gold 

And 

Profit Ain't Profitable 

If 

It Costs Your Purchased-From-Sin Soul! 

Abraham And His Nephew, Lot, Were Both Believers! 

Abraham Chose To Stay In The Gift Of The Lord, Canaan

The Land Flowing With Milk And Honey

Where Blessings Abided And Abounded 

And 

Honest Labor Ended The Day In Peaceful Sleep 

As Rest For The Weary! 

Lot Chose To Be Led By The Lust Of His Eyes 

Toward The Pride Of Life 

Where Idleness

Fullness Of Bread 

And 

Abominable Sin 

Were Altogether The Way Of Life! 

Lot Leisurely Entered Sodom Aka Sin City, Rich 

In The Faith Of God 

And 

In The Abundance Of Worldly Goods! 

Lot Hurriedly Left Sodom With His Faith And His Life! 

Being Rich Doesn't Make You Blessed 

And 

Being Poor Doesn't Make You Cursed! 

Beloved, 

Let Us This Day Choose To Remain 

Within The Boundaries Of The Goodly Land

The Blessed Land Of Almighty God

Even Though It Appears Devoid Of The Noise, Activity 

And 

Fun 

And 

Frolic Of Worldly Prosperity 

Because 

It Is Also Free From All That Defiles Us

Body, Mind And Spirit! 

Almighty God's People Are Rich In Faith 

And 

Blessed With Grace And Mercy 

So Let's Stay Where We Will Be Blessed Of The Lord!

There Is No Do-Over

So Dare, Today, To Life For Jesus Christ The Lord! 

Peace!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: The Prayer Of Faith Is A Moving Elevator!

If Man Shall Not Live By Bread Alone 

But By Every Word That Comes From God

And

Jesus Christ Is The Word Of God Who Taught Us To Say: 

"Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread" 

And

Requested Us To Pray Without Ceasing

And

To Pray And Not Faint

And

Prayer Is As Our Necessary Food 

And

We Must Eat Every Day

Does It Not Stand To Reason That 

We Should Pray Every Day For The Outpouring 

And 

Indwelling Of The Holy Spirit Of Truth!?! 

Beloved, 

Praying Does Not Bring Almighty God Down To Us 

But

Lifts Us Up To Almighty God 

And 

Changes Us As We Await 

The Change Of Our Then Circumstance! 

Humble, Heartfelt Prayer Is An Elevator! 

Humble, Heartfelt Praying Is A Moving Elevator

And

A Mood Elevator! 

The Helper Is Here ...

The Holy Spirit Takes Our Less Than Perfect Mouthings 

- Uttered With Unclean Lips Via The Heart Of Faith - 

And

Transcribes Them With Groanings Which Cannot Be Uttered 

And 

Makes Them Suitable For The Ear Of The Holy God! 

We Need Jesus Christ Who ... For Love

Gave Us The Holy Spirit ... Of Truth

And

The Power To Pray

And

The Faith To Make The Transaction! 

Praying Without Faith

Is

A Noisy Abomination!

Remember, Remember 

Don't Ever Forget ... 

You Can't Beat The Omnipresent God's Loving Giving 

And 

You Can't Wear Out His Ability 

To Give You Good And Perfect Gifts!

 

Seek The Lord Of Love And Life 

In Unwearied, Faithful, Praying! 

Endeavor ... By Saving Grace

With Mercy Available And Free

To Tirelessly Knock At His Door Of Plenty 

And 

Persistently Ask For What You Need! 

Don't Seek To Feed Your Greed: 

Let The Holy Spirit Lead! 

Pray For Holy Spirit Power Today! 

Pray Now! 

Peace! 

Faith Without Praying

Is

A Lie

And Is As

A Slow And Painful Death!

HAPPY SABBATH + Filthy Rags!?!

When We Truly Realize 

And

Fully Accept That All That We Personally Call Our Righteousness 

Is 

As Filthy Rags To Our Maker

We Will Give The Eternal God His Glory

- Which He Will Not Share With Another - 

And

Resolutely Praise Him Who ... Alone

Is 

Righteous 

According To The Living God's Own Righteousness! 

Beloved, 

The Self-Righteous Person

Cannot Stand Before The Lord Christ In The Judgment 

To Plead His Own Cause! 

Self Is A Sinner 

And 

Sinners Without Christ Covering Their Confessed 

And 

Repented Of Sin 

Die In The Presence Of The Holy God! 

Let's Get Real! 

Let's Get Practical! 

We Are Clean Before The Lord 

When We Take The Lord As Shelter

Savior

Shepherd

And

Sanctifier! 

If We Are Not Wise Enough To Be Humble

It Is Sure Enough That 

Anything That We Present Before Almighty God 

Is 

A Dud, Dirty

Distinctly Defiling

Decidedly Dangerous

And 

Definitely Damning! 

We Are Required To Humble Ourselves 

Under The Mighty Hand Of God 

And

When We Do This With A Contrite Heart

- Sorrowing Over Sin - 

We Will Honor Our Maker 

According To How He Determines That 

We Should Come Before His Holy Presence! 

Please Don't Be Bold, Brazen

To Present Bitter Fruit To The Lord Of Love 

Who Has Shown 

And 

Is Daily Showing Us 

How We May Be Blessed And Saved!

Do Right 

Because 

"Thus Saith The Lord!" 

Obedience Pays! 

Peace With Almighty God

Is

Perfectly Precious! 

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Righteousness Exacts A Nation!

Loving God And Loving Each Other!

  

Without The Love Of God In Our Hearts

The Words We Speak

The Spirit Under Which We Operate

The Sincerity We Display

And 

The Devotion To The Lord That We Communicate 

All Mean Bupkis, Nothing, Nada, Zilch 

And

We Will Not Enter Into The Eternal Rest That 

Is 

The Heritage Of The Blessed People Of Almighty God! 

Beloved, 

A Performing Aka Acting Christian 

Is 

Not The Same As A Humble, Obedient

Working, Loving Christian! 

The Priests, Scribes 

And 

The Pharisees Of Old Were Adept Performers! 

They Were In Costume

And

In Character

And

Knew Their Lines 

And

Were Looking Forward To Their Paycheck Aka Sweet Words 

From The Beguiled 

And

Good Coin From Their Unholy Enterprises! 

Ill-Gotten Gain Gave Them Goosies

Aka Goosebumps Of Ecstasy! 

They Sang The Songs Of Zion For Show! 

They Did Acts Of Charity For Show! 

They Prayed Long Prayers For Show! 

They Preached The Word To Show Their Grasp Of The Material 

And 

Show Off Their Vocabulary! 

Their Devotion To Almighty God 

Held No Love For Almighty God

And 

Their Worship Was Vain, Hollow ... Loveless! 

Brethren, Beloved 

There Is No Faking Christianity 

Until You "Become" A Christian!

We Accept The Lord Jesus Christ As Savior, Lord, And God

And

Confess And Repent Of All Of Our Known Sin

And

We Become Christians

Striving Daily For The Mastery Of Self

And

Victory Over Every Sin That So Easily Besets Us!

We Live For Christ Jesus: 

We Are Called By His Holy Name!

We Are Called To Life Everlasting

So Let Us, By The Holy Spirit, Love Our Dear Jesus 

By Thought, Word, And Deed 

As We Love Our Brethren 

As We Love Ourselves! 

True Love Works!

Remember, Remember

Don't Ever Forget ...

We Are Saved By Grace Through Faith

But

We Are Judged By Our Work!

Think Carefully About What You Are Doing Today!

Self-Utilized Backbone Required!

The Newest Growing Trend In Popular Culture 

Is 

To Place The Onus, The Duty, Upon Others 

To Be Your Personal Backbone 

To Stop You 

From Giving In To The Unbridled Lusts Of Your Flesh 

By Depriving Others Of Their Own Rights Of 

Self-Determination! 

Beloved, 

Being Temperate Aka Having Personal Self-Control

Knowing When Enough Is Sufficient 

And

Accepting "Thus Saith The Lord!" 

All Make For The Perfect Deterrent 

No Matter What "Difficulty" We May Face! 

Think About It ...

 Sin Abounds! 

The Moral Law 

And 

The Health Laws Are Available 

And 

We Are Encouraged To Make Good Use Of Them!

 

The Lord Jesus Could Have Removed Sin 

And

Temptation From Our Presence: He Didn't! 

Jesus Christ ... The Righteous Judge ... Simply Says

 

Exercise My Gift To You Of Daily Faith 

And

Use My Commandments For You 

As Your Sure Hedge Of Protection 

And

You Won't Choose To Sin! 

See! 

Self-Utilized Backbone Is Required! 

To Willfully Commit Sin Is Not An Accident!

Living By Sinning Is A Personal Choice!

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Being Tempted Is Not A Sin!

Yielding To Temptation Is Sin!

Life Is Amazing! 

Self-Deception Is Mind-Boggling! 

Refusing To Take Responsibility 

For Your Own Self-Willed Actions 

Is 

The Mark Of A Lazy Mind In A Self-Absorbed Person! 

Remember, Remember

Don't Ever Forget ...

You Alone 

Stand Alone 

Before Christ Alone 

To Answer For Your Own Life 

In The One Judgment! 

One Life To Live Is Your Lot: 

Deal With It! 

Use Your Gift-From-God Tools!

Find Your Peace In The Lord!

Your Sin Cannot Determine The Depth Of Christ's Love For You!

 

The Size Of Our Sin Does Not 

And

Will Never Determine The Depth Or Breadth Of 

Jesus Christ's Love For Any One Of Us 

And

By This Token

None Of Us Should Ever Choose 

To Not Take Our Burden Of Sin To The Lord 

By The Heartfelt, Humble, Prayer Of Faith! 

Unrepented Sin 

Is 

Like A Foot Callus Willfully 

And 

Unwisely Left Unattended!

 

Systematically Ignored 

That Callus Causes You To Walk Funny From Pointed Pain 

And 

With The Constant Pressure Of Use ... And Abuse

A Soft Spot Develops Under It 

Which Becomes An Ulcer 

Which, Left Unattended, Will Jeopardize 

The Health Of Your Foot

Then Your Leg

And 

Ultimately Your Life! 

A Callused Aka Hardened Heart 

Overwhelmed By The Pressure Of Sin 

Is 

The Devil's Playground: 

Such A Burdened, Heavy,  Heart 

Respects Neither The Divinity Of The Living God 

Nor The Sanctity Of Human Life! 

Beloved, 

Not One Of Us Needs To Walk Such A Path 

To Eternal Destruction! 

We Are Graciously Called To Life

To Lay Our Burden Of Sin At The Feet Of The Sin Bearer

Who Is Our Very Own Great Physician

Jesus Christ The Lord Of Life! 

He Intimately Knows You Personally!

Please Reach For The Extended Hand That Helps 

And 

Heals 

And

Dare To Choose To Live In The Light That Leads To Life! 

Our Jesus Has A Place For You That Can Only Be Filled By You! 

Dare To Be Healed: 

Draw Near To Christ Without Fear Or Trembling

And

Be Forever Blessed! 

You, Dear Loved, Are Not Alone!

Peace!

Be Not Deceived:

Happy To Live In Sin

Is

The Sophisticated Lie

Of

Satan The Damned!

EARNEST OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: The Heavenly Down-Payment!

In The World Of Commerce

Putting Up ... Down ... Earnest Money Means That

You Have Made A Binding Commitment To Do A Deal: 

You Are All In! 

You See The Path To Profit Aka Benefit Aka Blessings 

And 

You Are Aware Totally Of The Risks

And

Nothing Is Going To Change Your Mind!

In Your Eyes, The Rewards Outweigh The Risks! 

Our Heavenly Father ... By Jesus Christ

Committed To Our Salvation! 

Jesus' Blood Was Shed! 

He Laid Down His Life! 

He Got Up From The Grave! 

He Rose Up, The Conqueror, To Glory

And

At His World Of Plain Truth 

That He Would Return For His Beloved

He Sent His Holy Spirit ...  A Huge Down-Payment 

To Cover Our Known And Anticipated Travelling Costs 

To Get Us Back Into His Father's House Of The Forever Blessed! 

Jesus Christ Did Not Roll Dice! 

His All-Seeing Eye Looked Down The Stream Of Time 

And 

He Saw All Those Who Would Be Blessed 

And 

Saved By His Investment ... His Sacrifice

And 

He Was Happy To Embrace The Risk On The Table! 

The Profit Of Our Saved Souls 

Outweighed The Real Cost Of His Infinite Suffering! 

Beloved,

You Are Loved Beyond Measure! 

Your Ticket Is Purchased! 

Your Clothing Is Provided! 

Your Food Is Assured! 

Your Protection Excels In Strength 

And 

Is Wholly Holy

And

All Of Your Needs Are Anticipated! 

Please Do Not Let Doubt Derail Your Divine Deliverance! 

Get To Stepping: 

With The Holy Spirit Leading

Humbly Head For The Heavenly Home! 

Peace With The Father Is One Of Your Provisions!

The Blood-Washed Band!

We Love To Sing, With Deep Emotion, That Dear Song Of Zion: 

"What Can Wash Away My Sin!?! 

Nothing But The Blood Of Jesus!" 

Have You Considered That Even As In The Natural World

The Scent Of Blood 

Sends The Predators Of The Spirit World Into A Frenzy!?! 

Beloved, 

The Blood-Washed, Committed, Saint Of God And Christ 

Has A Distinctive, Very Powerful Scent

Speech, Walk, Will And Way Of Being That 

Is

A Distinct Affront 

And 

Threat To The Demon Class 

And 

To Those Who Are Possessed 

And 

Activated By These Condemned And Damned Beings! 

Simply Put, All Of Us Who Willingly Repented 

And

Humbly Confessed Our Sin

And 

Have Turned Away From Sinful Self

And 

Are By The Gift Of Faith

Daily Taking Jesus Christ As Our Everlasting Portion

And 

Are Being Changed By The Working Of The Holy Spirit Of Truth 

Because 

We Are Born-Again Christians

Are Threats 

And 

Prey! 

Being Born Is A Bloody Business 

And 

Being Born-Again Is No Less So! 

Pray Without Ceasing! 

We May Be The Allegedly Weak Prey To The Damned 

But

Our Heartfelt Prayers Of Faith Work Mightily

Because 

He By Whom We Are Cleansed 

And

In Whose Image We Are Daily Being Remade

Takes Loving Care Of His Own Precious People! 

Satan Is The Father Of Lies! 

He Can't Go Back Home To Glory! 

He Has Already Been Overcome

And

He Is Damned For Eternity!

He Hates And Envies Christ With His Whole Being

And

He Hates You Because You Are Christ's! 

Jesus Christ Our Lord And Eternal God

Is 

Our Dear, Loving And Beloved Savior

And

By Almighty God's Available And Saving Grace 

And

With Mercy Free

We, Ever Obedient And Faithful And True

Are Headed Home To Glory

So Please Let Us Wise For Ourselves

- Through Our Love For The Lover Of 

Our Purchased-With-Innocent-Blood Souls -

And

Remain In The Blood-Washed Band 

Where We Are Protected ... Blessed! 

Choose Always To Be At Peace With God!