INVESTMENTS HAVE COSTS: Our Lives Are What Our Thoughts Make It!

 

Wicked Thoughts Have Sturdy Wings 

And 

A Long Shelf-Life! 

Unless Forcibly Held On To

Good Thoughts Disappear In The Blink Of An Eye! 

Evil Thoughts Are Like Weeds 

Which Just Grow Naturally ... No Effort Required! 

Good Thoughts Are Like Wheat 

Which Must Be Cultivated, Tended

Harvested, Stored

And 

Kept For Future Beneficial Use! 

Which Kind Of Thoughts 

Are Constantly In Your Possession!?! 

Beloved, 

Have You Considered That Thoughts

Good Or Bad

Happy Or Sad

Tender Or Terrible

Are Like Exhibition Animals!?! 

The Favored Animal That 

You Constantly Feed, Groom, Cuddle 

And 

Exercise 

Is 

The One That Prospers, Grows

And 

Shows To Advantage 

And

Is The One That Wins 

Your Self-Financed Best-In-Show Award

Ribbon, Cup, And Cash! 

Problem Is

Every Investment Has Costs! 

Are Your Thoughts 

Raising You Up To Heaven 

Or Casting You Down To Hell!?! 

Are Your Thoughts Cherries Or Carrion

Fine China Or Garbage Cans

Blessings Or Curses

Truth Or Lies!?! 

Believe It ...

Just As A Man, Woman, Or Child Thinks

So Are They! 

What Are You Tenderly Thinking About 

And 

Savoring Right Now!?! 

Is The Lord Christ Pleased!?! 

Critically Think Carefully About It! 

Peace!

Guard Your Heart!

Never Help Your Enemy To Destroy You!

An Unoccupied Aka Unemployed-In-The-Work Christian 

Is 

A Lie! 

Calling Ourselves Christian 

And 

Only Looking The Part 

Is 

Cheap Talk! 

How About Some Worth-While Actions 

Displaying The Love We Have For The Eternal God 

Whom We Say We Are Serving!?! 

A Rule-Breaking, Disrespectful, Lazy

Antagonistic Christian 

Is 

A Disgrace 

And

Is A High-Quality Walking Bill-Board 

For The Purveyor Of Disobedience, Doubt, And Death! 

Such Behavior ... Left Unchecked

Unconfessed

And 

Unrepented

Will Lead To A Christless-Grave 

And 

Eternal Destruction 

On The Great Day Of Small Things! 

Beloved, 

Our Idea Of Christ-Like Behavior 

And

Hands Occupied 

Is 

Not Left To Our Personal Interpretation 

Or Our "Woke" Idea Of Truth Today! 

Idle Minds 

And 

Idle Hands 

Are Free Work-Shop Space For Satan 

And 

His Demonic Horde 

To Gleefully Occupy And Fully Utilize

To Their Black Hearts' Content!

Thankfully, Our Lord Jesus Gave To Us 

The Great Commission 

To Go And Preach, Teach, Feed, And Heal 

And

That Does Not Just Mean Ministers!

It Means All Of Us Doing Something For Jesus Christ 

Be It To Cook A Meal

Share A Kind Word

Bake A Cake Or Cookies

Give A Care Package

Do A Kindly Deed

Listening

Or 

Just Being Loving! 

Let's Choose This Day

To Gladly Give Of Our Very Best For Our Creator

Master, Savior, Redeemer

Forever-Friend

Lord, God

And 

Soon-Returning Kind King! 

Peace!

Never Help Your Enemy

To

Destroy You

By

Despising The Corrections

And

Directions

Of

The Only One

Who Loves You

To Death And Back

And

Through The Ceaseless Ages

Of

Eternity! 

THE EVERLASTING PORTION: One Life To Live!

 

What Is The Point To Having Lived The Perfectly Good Life

Not Having Made The Mistakes Of Rebellious Youth

Having The Good Marriage

The Good Children

The Good Career

The Good Portfolio

Held The Good Position In Church 

Mentored Young Folks To Be Good 

Maintained A Good Conscience Toward Almighty God ... And Man

But

In The Day When Your Conscience 

Is 

Tested For Jesus Christ The Lord 

And

Your Freedom 

Is 

Threatened For Allegiance To The Lord Of Life

You Make Like A Water-Bird And Duck 

And

Act Like Leaves In The Autumn 

And 

Fall Under Pressure!?! 

Beloved, 

We Are Called To Die Daily To Self! 

We Are Required To Stand In The Faith That Cannot Fail: 

We Must Trust In The Lord Forever 

Because

In Him Alone

Is 

Everlasting Strength! 

Would You Give Up Walking On Streets Of Gold 

To Save A Brick House And A Cement Driveway

Or

Miss Out On Having The Wings Of An Eagle 

And 

Ranging Across The Universe 

To Instead Buy A Ticket 

And 

Have Someone Else Fly You To Nowheresville 

On A Metal Wing 

And 

The Unbeliever's Prayer!?! 

Are You Strong In The Lord Who 

Is 

Mighty To Save You!?! 

Is The All-Knowing God Your Everlasting Strength 

Or

Is Your Finite, Failing, Strength Your False God!?! 

Will Your Present Idea Of Safety And Security 

Secure 

And 

Save You ... Eternally!?!

Please Thoroughly Trust The Lord 

And 

Truly Think About Your Future Truthfully! 

You Only Get One Life To Live

To Accept Jesus Christ The King

As Your Everlasting Portion! 

Peace!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: The Obedience In Godly Love Pays!

Every Parent Knows The Signs! 

"Mum, I Love You! 

Dad, What Can I Do To Help You Today!?! 

Mum And Dad, You Know That I Love You!" 

These Are All Coded Phrasing For 

"I Need ...!

May I Have ...!?!

Will You Buy ...!?!

And 

If I Don't Get This, That Or The Other

I'm Going To Just Die!" 

When In The Past I Heard

"Mummy, You Know That I Love You!" 

My Response Was

"What Do You Want Now!?!" 

Or 

"What's It Going To Cost Me!?!" 

It Was Par For The Course! 

Beloved, 

We Treat Our Dear Lord The Same Way 

But

There Is Wrinkle Releaser 

On The Creased Linen Of Our Lives! 

Jesus Christ Knows Our Every Need! 

Jesus Christ ... The Lamb Of God 

Already Paid The Bill For All Of Our Bad Behavior 

And 

Jesus Christ The Lord Of Life Has Already Told Us Plainly

"If You Love Me

Keep My Commandments!" 

Ancient Knowledge Clearly Advises: 

The Proof Of The Pudding Is In The Eating 

Aka Walk Yuh Talk: 

Cheap Talk Ain't Nuh Load! 

Telling The Lord You Love Him 

Is 

Cheap Talk 

Until 

The Burden Of The Load Of Obedience 

Is 

Radically Applied! 

We Sin By Thought, Word, And Deed! 

Dare To Drop The Sinning 

And 

Choose To Love The Lord Our God 

By Good Thoughts

Wise Words

And 

Godly Deeds! 

Love Is Not Politics, Theatre Or Sport: 

24/7 Love Works 7/24! 

Love, With Willingness, Serves

And

The Obedience In Godly Love, Saves!

Peace! 

HAPPY SABBATH + "I AM SORRY!" WORKS: Get Rid Of The Blame Game!

There's A Major Difference Between 

Forgiving Someone Who Hurt You 

And

Taking Responsibility For Someone Hurting You 

Because

Well, You Were There In The Relationship 

And

Available To Be Hurt 

So, Tough Luck, You Were Hurt!

You Are In A Relationship With Christ Jesus:

Is He Responsible For Your Deliberately Defiant

"I Will Say He Was Present And 'Helped' Me To Sin!"

After He Already Paid For All Your Sin

On The Cross Of Calvary

And

Gave You The Daily Gift Of Faith For The Day

Free-Will and Freedom To Choose

The Will To Do His Good Pleasure

And

The Longing To Do The Good And The  Right!?! 

Isn't It Amazing How The Holy Word Of God Gets Twisted 

To Absolve Disobedient People From Taking Responsibility 

For Their Own Wicked Behavior!?! 

Beloved, 

Jesus Christ The Righteous 

Our Creator, Savior, Redeemer 

Took The Blame For Our Personal Sins

- Which He Did Not Commit - 

So That By His Innocence Taking Our Guilt 

We May Be Justified Aka Made Right

- With Confession And Repentance - 

When We Are Convicted Of Sin And Of Righteousness

And

Over A Lifetime Of Obedience, Trust

And 

Enduring Faithfulness

Be Sanctified Aka Set Apart 

For Holy Use By Our God! 

What Is Your Heartfelt Confession

And

Repentance For Known Sin Worth!?!

Did You Lie When You Took Jesus Christ

As Your Personal Savior, Lord, God, And King!?!

Lucifer Blamed Almighty God 

For Not Allowing Him Into The Counsels Of 

The Father, The Son, And The Holy Spirit 

And Thus 

Causing The War In Heaven 

And 

The Death Of His Son, Jesus! 

Satan Is Still Using This Nasty Trick Against Us Today 

And 

He Is More Often Than Not Winning This High Stakes Game! 

Please Don't Fall For Folly!

We Serve The God Who Sees Everything

The God Who Knows Everything

The God Who Feels Everything

The God Who Is Always Present

The God Who Is Eternal

The God Who Is Not Mocked

The God Who Is Not A Liar

The God Who Is Righteous

The God Who Pays

What

Each

Person

Is

Owed

For The Work He Diligently Performed!

 

We Are Each Responsible For Our Own Wickedness 

So Don't Even Blame Satan: 

He Can't Make You Do Anything! 

And

Don't Blame The Living God: 

Jesus Christ Already Paid Your Bill 

So Take The Gift! 

Do Right! 

If You Don't Confess

And

If You Don't Repent

You Are On Your Own

Before The Judge Of All Flesh!

Our Lying Lusting 

Is 

Like A Locked Vice-Grip: 

Lose The Lust 

And 

Get Rid Of The Blame Game! 

Peace!

Jesus Christ Saves: 

"I Am Sorry!"

Works 24/7! 

 

 

 

Work-Horses Bear Their Cross While Show-Ponies Wear Their Cross

Users ... Loving Self And No Other 

Take From 

And

Abuse ... And Hate ... Willing Givers! 

Willing Givers Honor The Lord 

And

Humbly Serve Others 

And Yet

Are Savagely Abused By Users! 

Where Is The Love!?! 

Users Demand Sacrifice From Those They Joyfully Abuse:

Users, Abusers, And Haters Work For Satan

The Teacher Of The Master-Class 

On Misusing, Abusing And Hating Others ... Just Because! 

Willing Givers Emulate 

And

Serve The Great Example Who Modeled A Life Of Love

And 

Willing Giving

Humble Service 

And 

Heart-Felt Caring! 

Beloved, 

We Have A Choice To Make 

And

The Chance To Make It! 

Be Wise! 

On Good Evidence

Please Choose To Be An Humble Work-Horse 

For Jesus Christ The Lord: 

Don't Be A High-Stepping Show-Pony 

For Satan The Damned

The God-Fraud! 

High-Steppers Can Bear No Load 

Or Burden Of Care! 

Work-Horses Carry No More Than God-Appointed Weight 

And 

Relief From The Dear One's Burden 

Is 

By His Master's Design 

And Not

By Liar-Man Satan's Known-Idolatrous

Good-For-Nothing Fate! 

Please Serve Your Savior 

And 

Not Your Self-Serving, Self-Satisfying, Senses!

Peace With The Lord Is Precious: 

Purposefully Pursue Peace 

With The Prince Of Peace 

With Passionate Persistence 

Through Godly Power! 

Be Well, And Be Gloriously Blessed! 

Raise Your Gaze!

The Lord Our God Will Never Force Us

To See The Light Of Life: 

He Gives Unto Each Of Us A Daily Gift Of Faith! 

The Lord Marks The Path To Life Everlasting

Paints The Sky

Sets The Orbs In The Firmament 

And 

Speaks The Truth! 

Our Lord Christ Lovingly Invites Us 

To Choose To Believe Him At His Living Word 

And 

He Gives Us The Will To Obey 

And

The Wisdom 

To Act Upon Sure And Secure Knowledge 

To Bless Ourselves And Others 

On The Path Pointing Us Toward Home

Aka The Heavenly Home! 

No Surprise ...

Disobedience 

Is 

All Our Own Choice! 

Hope, Help, And Healing

Obedience And Endurance

Trust, Grace, And Mercy

Protection, Provision

And 

Peace And Rest 

Are Bountiful Baskets Of Plenty 

Readily Available To The Willing To Be Wise 

Unto Their Own Soul's Purchased Precious Salvation! 

Just So You'll Know ...

Half Faith And Half Doubt 

Is 

Full Doubt! 

Half Truth And Half Error 

Is 

Total Error! 

This Is The Truth ... 

Believe ... And Be Blessed! 

Trust God ... And Obey! 

Do Right ... And Live In Light! 

Follow The Lord Christ 

And 

Live Free In The Land Of Purest Delight 

And 

No Night With Things That Scar And Scare! 

Please, I Beseech Us All

Do Not Allow Your Intellect

Your Pride

Or 

Man's Deceitfully Glorified Knowledge 

To Rob You Of Your God-Given Birth-Right! 

Please Don't Sell Heaven 

To Buy A Bowl Of Red-Bean Stew That 

Fattens The Waist Line 

And 

Exits The Waste Line! 

Raise Your Gaze! 

Peace!

Almighty God Doesn't Threaten You: Don't Compromise With Dressed-Up Evil!

The Lowly Jesus 

Is 

Our Beautiful Savior! 

The Good Shepherd 

Is 

Our Glorious King! 

The Itinerant Teacher From Nazareth

Is 

The Living God Most High! 

The Perfect Lamb Of God 

Is 

The Lord Of Life

Our Rock Of Refuge

Our Shelter In The Time Of Our Sure-To-Come Storms 

And

He Who Was Despised And Rejected By Men 

Is 

Immanuel ... Almighty God With Us! 

You, Beloved, Are Infinitely Blessed: 

Are You Living Like You Know It 

And 

Believe It With Every Fiber Of Your Being!?! 

We Serve The Holy God Who Never Threatens Us: 

He Invites Us To Appear Before Him 

And 

Reason With Him! 

Our Almighty God 

Is Not 

One Of The Manufactured Class Who By Unholy Rollers

- Who Have No Rule Over Their Own Spirits - 

Declare And Decree: 

"Let Me Rule Over You Or I Will Ruin You!" 

Our Eternal God 

Is 

Good, Gracious, Giving

And 

Forgiving 

And

Because He Is All-Seeing, All-Knowing 

And

Ever-Present 

And

Is Touched By All The Things That We Feel

He Has Given Us Full Disclosure 

And

The Free-Will 

And 

The Freedom To Freely Walk In Our Own Way 

Whether It Leads Us To Heaven 

Or Sends UsTo Hell! 

Oh, The Shame ...

Jesus Christ The Lord Created And Saves Us: 

We Disobey And Dishonor Him! 

Oh, The Horror ...

Evil Men Confuse And Seduce Us To Destroy Us: 

We, As The Fool, Obey And Honor Them! 

This Picture Is Ugly: 

Please Redraw, Repaint, And Reframe It!

Peace!

This Is The Gospel Truth:

You Are Precious In The Lord's Sight! 

You Were Bought Back From Death

By The Innocent Blood

Of

The Holy Lamb

The Only Begotten Son Of God: 

Don't Compromise With Dressed-Up Evil! 

Stop Helping Satan The Damned Feel Good!

Many Of Us Are Not Wise! 

Have You Considered That 

Our Dear Lord Tells Us To Do Good 

And 

Good Will Attend Us 

And 

To Consider Our Ways ... And ... Be Wise

For A Reason!?! 

Beloved, 

If Doing Good Causes Good To Attend Us Aka Take Care Of Us

Then It Stands To Reason That 

When We Do Bad, Down-Right Corrupt Evil Things

Then Bad, Down-Right Corrupt Evil Things 

Will Assuredly Take Up Residence 

In Our Comfy Chair And Nice Bed 

To Make Sure That We Reap What We Sow 

And

With Bitterness And Sorrow

Eat What We Maliciously Caused To Abundantly Grow! 

Think ... 

Would You Enjoy Manufacturing A Weapon That You Know 

Is 

Definitely Going To Be Used To Execute You!?! 

Obviously, The Answer Is A Resounding "No!" 

Since This Is So

Then Why Are We Who Know Right From Wrong 

And

Good From Evil

Indulging In Idiocy To Help Satan The Damned 

Feel Good About His Day's Work 

Against Our Striving For The Lord Of Glory's 

"Well Done, Good And Faithful Servant!" 

Priceless Commendation!?! 

The Plain Truth ...

Satan Can't Go Back Home To Heaven! 

We, By Enduring Faith And Obedience, Can! 

Please, I Beseech Us All 

Let Us Examine Ourselves 

And 

Discover Aka Expose Our Rank Motives 

For Indulging In Lawlessness Aka Sin! 

Let Us Choose To Daily Die To Sin And Selfishness 

So That We Will Live For Salvation 

And

With Charity Aka Love For All Mankind!

Remember, Remember

Don't Ever Forget ...

Unimpeachable, Indestructible, Records Are Being Kept!

Be Wise For Your Own Self 

And 

Boldly Decide To Ever Do What Is Good And Right! 

Peace!

Committing Sin Is Natural:

No Effort Is Required! 

Doing What Is Good And Right

Requires

A Free-Will

Firm

Faithful To The Lord Christ

Bold 

Conscious Decision! 

There Are Consequences To Either Act:

Choose Wisely! 

Sippy-Cup Christianity

 

Would You Squeeze Through A Wide-Open Door!?! 

Would You Only Eat One Grape A Day 

When You Have Unrestricted Access 

To A Flourishing, Abundantly Productive, Vineyard!?! 

Would You Drink From A Sippy-Cup 

When You Live Next To A Spring Of Sweet, Ice-Cold, Water!?! 

If You Answer 

"No, Not A Chance!" 

Then Why In The Name Of All That 

Is 

Holy, Just, And Good 

Are You, Me, We Visiting With The Lord Christ 

Only When We Are In Dire Straits 

And 

Not Doing So As A Habit, A Practice, A Way Of Life!?! 

Jesus Christ Spreads A Table Before Us!

 

Jesus Christ Is The Creator God

The King Of Love

The Good Shepherd

The King Of The Universe 

And

Any Table That He Spreads Before Us 

And

In The Presence Of Our Enemies 

Is 

Going To Be Beautifully Appointed

Infinitely Long

And 

Abundantly Laid 

So That We May Feast Now 

And

Eternally! 

PRAYER:

Dear Lord, 

We Have A Problem! 

We Are Looking Through Finite Eyes

With Fraught Feelings 

At The Table Spread By The Infinite God! 

Please Help Us To Look Up Higher

See Clearer

Smell Deeper

And 

Taste The Unimaginably Good, Good

Very Good Things That

Come From Your Giving Heart And Hands! 

Please Cleanse, Refine

And

Re-Educate Our Taste-Buds 

So That We Will Ever Choose

With Knowledge, Wisdom, And Understanding 

To Eat And Drink Deeply Of

Your Goodness Always! 

AMEN!!!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: The Giving Hand Is Never Empty!

I Don't Know About You

But 

I Consider My Day To Be Just Perfect 

When I Receive Extras:

A Pregnant Plantain! 

A Bag Full Of Coupled-Up Cherries 

And 

A Gift Of Goodies That I Would Normally Buy 

But

The Good Lord Supplied 

By The Willing-To-Share Hands Of 

Friends And Family! 

Beloved, 

Are You A Practicing Grateful Person!?! 

Are You Thankful For The Lil' Treats That 

Our Dear Lord Provides To Us Each Day 

Or

Are You Embracing The Ungrateful Heart Of 

The Unreasonable Soul Who Looks For Trouble 

But

Not Blessings!?! 

Never Forget Aka Always Remember That 

Our Attitude Determines Our Altitude! 

The Lord Gives New Mercies, New Blessings, Every Day 

But

Many Of The Visible Ones We Will Never Get To Enjoy 

Because 

We Do Not Choose To Appreciate That 

Little Is Much When God Is In It! 

The Thankful Heart 

Is 

Always Filled 

And

The Giving Hand 

Is 

Never Empty! 

All Of Our Great God's Gifts Are Good, Very Good

But, Alas

We See What We Look For 

And

We Get As We Give! 

I Challenge You To Choose To Be Thankful 

Because 

You Are Blessed To Bless To Be Blessed! 

Pray To Our Father! 

Expect A Blessing! 

Look Up To The Hills! 

Reach Out To The Brethren! 

In-Gather God's Good Gifts! 

Share Your Blessing

And 

Faithfully Repeat! 

The Lord In Zion Reigns

And

He Forgets Not His Own! 

Peace!