VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Order Our Steps, Lord! + Prayer: Lord Almighty, Lead Us ...!

If I Would To God Be Honest
AND
Tell God's Honest Truth
I Would To The World
Acknowledge Without Fear
That's God's Hand Has Been Upon Me
AND
I Could Recognize It
For It Has Been
Since I Was A Youth!

I Would Tell Of
Spills And Chills
Fun And Frolic
Sadness And Quietness, Too
BUT
No Matter
Sunshine Or Squall
My Heavenly Father
Ever Directing
- Saving Me From Myself -
Was In The Midst Of It All!

Today, As Any Other Day
I Had Not To Ask If I Was Alive!
I Awakened!
I Got Up!
There Was Light In My Eyes!
I Could Hear!
I Could Feel!
I Know That I Know!
I Could Sneeze
AND
Thank God For Grace And Glory
I Had Not Done My Sleeping
In The Elements With Dogs
Avidly Acquiring Biting Fleas!

And, So ...
Here I Pray ...

Father,

In Holy Heaven

I Thank You Today

For The Blessings Innumerable

You Give

No Matter If I Say

"Thank You!"

In Gratitude

Or Just Accept Them

As I Would My Received Pay!

Please Forgive Me

My Bad Manners

My Bad Attitude
For Behaving As Though

I Am Receiving Something

That You To Me Owe!

I Hang My Head In Shame

Because I Know Better!

Lord God, I Beseech You

Help Me

In Blessed Grace To Grow!

I Remember

When I Was A Child Growing Up

Hearing My Old Grandfather Say His Prayers!

We Would Hear Him Say

To The Lord:

"Father, Same As Yesterday!"

We Never Knew What Yesterday's Prayer Was

But It Seemed To Work For Him

But

I Am Plainly Saying To You, Father

Today

What It Is

For What I Am Asking -

I Shall Clearly Enunciate My Prayers 

Day By Day!
Help Me Also To Listen Quietly
For What You Have To Say!

Please, Lord

Bless The Holy People!

Bless Those Who Are Seeking After You!

Have Pity On Our Leaders Of Government!

Father, Open Their Eyes And Hearts!

Help Us, And Them, To Honor You!

Remember Our Mothers And Fathers

Brothers And Sisters

Children, Grandchildren

In-Laws, Friends

And Other Relations, Too!

Visit Each And Everyone, Dear Lord

And Provide 
- According To Your Wisdom -

The Need For Which They Are Asking!

Bless The Church Fellowship

And

Help The Ministers Of The Gospel

To Call Sin By Its True Name

And

Ever In Faithfulness

Speak Your Life-Giving Truth

So That They Will Appropriate 

None Of Your Prerogatives To Themselves

Giving Glory Always To You!

Help Them To Live For Jesus Christ

And

Not For The Praise Of Men

Not For Filthy Lucre

And

Not By Lying Prophesying!

Soften Hard Hearts!

Make Choice The Barren Land!

Provide For The People All
Water

Food

Clothing And Shelter

And

A Plain, Loving, Touch From 

A Holy Spirit-Inspired Kind Hand!
Let There Be Peace In Our Hearts
Even If There Is None In Our Lands
And
Help Us, Lord, Help Us
To Bow In Heartfelt Devotion
To The Holy Son Of Man!

And, Father

If For Some Reason

Some Soul Is Treading The Water Of Doubt

Whisper A Word To Us

Giving Us A Heads-Up

So That A Word Of Truth

May Be Fitly Spoken

So That The Brethren

Would Not From The Coming Kingdom

Be Cut Loose!
Lord, Let Our Prayers Of Faith Rise Up To You!

Lord Almighty,

Order Our Steps!

Pave Our Path!

Lead Us As Promised

With The Shepherd's Staff!

Teach Us Your Ways!

Help Us To Number Our Days

So That We Will Not Be Counted Foolish

Believing 

That We Are Holding Control

On The Reins Of This Life!

Show Us That We Are Mere Men

Who Can't Genuinely Change Our Hair Color

Nor

Extend Our Height

And

Humble Us To Stand Up

To Be In Jesus Christ's Faith Bold

Making Heavenly Salvation
Our One And Only Goal!

Father,

Help To Trust And Obey

To Give Freely Out
Of Our Blessings Each Day

To Walk As Those Wise

Not As Those Who Evil Devise!

Help Us To Watch And To Ever Pray!

Help Us To Look Up

For Heaven Is On The Way!

Help Us To Accept And Hold Firm

To Our Soul's Freely Offered Salvation

Never Accepting

Satan's Gifts

Which Surely Eternally Cost

But Can Never Eternally Pay!

I Love You, Lord

And

I Honor, Bless And Worship You

For

I Know And Accept That

To Live

There Is No Other Profitable Way!

Please Accept These My Petitions

From A Lowly, Trembling Heart

For

In Jesus' Name I Make My Plea

And Stand!

AMEN!

HAPPY SABBATH + Berries From Heaven + PRAYER: Lord, You Are Most Precious To Me!

I Have No Desire For That Status 
Held Aloft By Those
Who Ardently Work For The Fraud!
I Desire To Gain Stature
In The Eyes Of The Lord!

My Desired Stature
Is Not That That Is Wrought By My Own Hand
BUT
The Stature Of One Faithful
Molded
Nurtured
By The Son Of God
The Maker Of Man
Who Can Make True Gold
- With Judicious Use Of Grace's Correcting Rod -
Out Of Just Plain Old Sod!

I Desire To Walk With Humility
Compliments Of Dear Grace!
I Desire Attire Called Joy
To Be Worn
With The Love Of God
Shining Upon My Face!

I Desire Hands, Head, Heart
Ears, Eyes And Feet
Useful Solely
By The King Of Love
For
I Have No Desire
To Be Culled
From God's Eternal Fold 
Because I Walked Against My Brethren
Wielding
A Devil-made 
AND
Sold
Grudge
Just Because Life Gave Them
Temporal Prosperity's Nudge
Even Though I Am Not A Drudge!

Lord, Spare Me From That Deceit!
Lord, Spare Me From That Conceit!

I Desire To Maintain 
In Trustworthy Possession
Faith!
Hope!
Truth!
Light!
Those Wondrous Berries From Heaven
That Make A Beverage
Which Gives The Believing One Holy Might
Nourishing To The Soul
Providing Strength
Against Darkness To Fight!

AND ...

I Desire To Make Faithful Use Of
Helps!
Compassion!
AND
Care!
Glorious Blessings
From My Master
All Mine To Share
Blessings From Heaven
Appreciated More And More
With Each Passing Day!

PRAYER:

Thank You, Lord

For Calling Unto Me!

Thank You, Lord

For Giving Me The Strength

And

Courage To Say:

Father! Yes, Please!

Thank You, Lord

From Sin

Setting My Soul Free!

Thanks For The Blessings

With More To Come

I Aver!

Thank You, Lord!

Thank You

For

To My Lowly Heart

You Are Most Precious!

Holy!

Dear!

AMEN.

ARGUMENTS: Concluding The Matter + PRAYER: Lord, Make Me Whole!

Stop It!
You Stop It!

You Are Deaf!
And Your Heart Is Blind!

What Did You Just Say?!

I Did Not Stutter!
I Plainly Said:
"Your Heart Is BLIND!!

How Can A Heart Be Blind?!?

A Heart Is Blind 
If It Can't See
The Revealed Heart That Loves It Best
AND
It Refuses To Acknowledge 
The Voice
That Is Calling It Home To Safety
And Rest!

It Is Blind
When It Refuses To See The Truth
Trusting Instead
In Lusty Fables
Seeing Only Self-Portraits
That Lie
As It Writes
Self-Encouragement
To Hell
Pretending
It's A Letter To A Horse Stable!

There Is Really No Need
For You To Be So All-Fired Rude!

He Really Loves You!
Who Are You Talking About?!

He Gave You An Open Invitation
To Go And Live In His House!
Who ... What Are You Talking About?!

He Saved You Last Night!
Who ... Where Did You Hear That?!
Why Did He Do That?!
I Don't Understand Him!

I Thought You Didn't Know Who He Is?!
Well ...! Ah hmm ...!

He's Coming Back ...!
When?! Where?! Why?!

Oh, Never Mind!
It Doesn't Really Matter To You!
Forget I Said Anything ...!

No, I Can't!
I Feel Foolish!
I Am Confused!
So Many Differing Opinions
That Are For Or Against Him
And I Can't Seem To Choose!

I'm Tired Of Lying To Myself!
I'm Tired Of Doctrine This
And Doctrine That
Learned Opinion This
And Educated Opinion That!
I Need To Know The Real-Real Man ... God
For I'm Tired Of Two-Stepping
With Yonder Satan The Fraud!

Okay. Okay!
You've Stated The Problem
AND
You've Named All The Parties Involved
BUT
Do You Know Who To Go To - And How -
To Receive Your Solution?
I Think So!

Will You Call Him By His Name?
I Believe So! Yes! I Will!

How Will You Approach Him?
Humbly. Respectfully. Prayerfully.
With Hope. In Faith. Utilizing Trust!

Wow!
So Why Were We Arguing If You Know All This?!
Oooh! Forget That!

Okay! Soooo, When Will You Approach Him?
Maybe Later ... When I Get Home .. ! Or Tomorrow!
I Don't Knowwww!

How About Right Now?!
Right Now?!

He Is Here!
Where?!
How Did He ...?!

Talk To Him!
He Loves You!
Tell Him The Truth!
He Will Take Care Of You!

NO, HE ... can't ...!
I Can't ...!
I Feel ... So ... Ashamed!

Come On!
You Can Do This!
Let Him Into Your Heart!
He Will Take Care Of The Rest!
Go Ahead ...!

Okay!
Okay!
Here Goes Nothing! ... Everything!
I Am Going To Do It!

PRAYER:

Come Into My Heart, Lord Jesus!

Bless It And Make It Your Home!

Come Into My Heart, Lord Jesus

And

Depose Satan From His Stolen Throne!

I Am Tired - My Sins I Confess!

My Soul Is Sorrowing -

Satan In My Life Is A Constant Pest!

Please Heal Me, Lord, Of My Distress!

I Repent! I Repent!

Help Me, Oh God, Not Again To Relent!

My Youth, Oh, Lord

Has Been Truly Misspent

And Now

Like My Pocket

My Soul Is Out To Let!

Help Me, Lord!

Heal Me!

Guide Me!

Show Me The Right Way

And

With Your Promised Grace

Take Me To That Heavenly Place!

I Need To Be Whole!

Help Me To Walk Right
Into Your Sheep Fold!

Please Give Me Back
That Which That Wicken Satan Stole!

Fix Me, Lord Jesus!

Make Me, In You, Whole
For Out In The World
All I Felt Was Burdened
Cold!
Draw Me Into Your Warmth
Remove The Chill From My Soul
For I Desire To Be Yours Only
Save My Soul, Lord!
Save My Soul!

AMEN.

Amen! Amen! Amen!

My Heavenly Father Watches Over Me!

The Biggest Failure
Of My Life
Was Doubting 
The Good Faithfulness Of God
Who
Made A Blessing For Me
Out Of A Boldly Malicious Deceit Of The Fraud!

I Have Often Wondered
How Is It Possible
To Tell The Living God
Years Later
One Is Sorry For One's Long Ago Sin

When

The Product Of Your Sin
Saves Your Life -
It's Beyond My Understanding!

This Issue "Tormented"
My Spirit For Years -

Father, How Can I Be Sorry
For A Wrong
When
Months Later
By Its Advent
In Dire Distress
I Was Made Strong -
How IS This Possible?
Open My Eyes Lord!
I Have No Desire To Face The Unconfessed
Unrepentant Sinner's Frown!

And,  Then ...

With The Inevitable Passage Of Time
AND
A Willingness
To Let The Lord Christ
To Me
Be The One Divine
Ever So Often
I Would Talk To God On This Matter!

What I Did
Was Upright Sin
BUT
My God Had Not Me Forsaken
AND
Out Of A Prompted Evil
In Mercy For Me
Almighty God
Over-Rode The Desire Of The Devil
AND
Made A Way
That He For Good
Could Make A Use Of Me!

Sexual Sin
Is Sin Against One's Very Soul!
Thievery
Is Sin Against Someone's Property Or Cash Cold!
Willful Destruction Of A Man's Character
Is A Sin Which Makes The Man Poor
But Doesn't Make Us Rich
AND
Blasphemy
Is Proud Sin
Bold Sin 
Against The Holy God
Who Sits On Heaven's Throne
Which Will Get Us Into Hot Hell
By God's Vengeance
Served Cold!

But I Digress.

It Took Time ... But I Learned
God Is Faithful!
Even Though His Love We Spurn
God Forgives
AND
He Has A Thousand Ways  To Save
That We Not Of!

Sin Has Its Own Reward
But
Out Of Evil
Cometh Good
BECAUSE
God Said:
It's A Promise ...

ALL THINGS WORK
TOGETHER FOR GOOD
To THEM THAT LOVE God
AND ARE CALLED
According To HIS PURPOSE!

BUT ... Be Ye Warned

All Sin Takes A Toll On The Soul
AND
Presumptuous Sin
Is Amongst The Worst
For That Type Sin
Always Births Running Foals
AND
Left Unchecked
Before The Living God
Is Going To Cost The Sinner His Soul!

I Went Before The Lord!
I Explained My Predicament!
I Said With My Mouth
That I Was Sorry
AND
Then Humbly Asked:

Father,  
How Do I
Of This Sin Honestly
With A Contrite Heart
Truly Repent?

The Reply Is Simple
Yet
Profound:

Against Me

Against Me Only

Hast Thou This Sin Done!

I Am Your Father!

I Said To You In My Commandments

Don't Do It

But

You Permitted The Devil

Against Me

To Turn You Around!

Your Sin Is Not In Choosing To Believe

The Lie Of Satan

But In Not Choosing To Believe 

The Truth Of Your God

And For This

You've Borne Many Sorrows

That By Obedience You Could Have Avoided

And Lived In Tranquility

Your Life Long!

Remember Eve And Adam!

The Person With So-Called

 Life And Death Power

And

Food And Shelter

Peace And Security

Even Love

Which Often At Man's Hands

Turn Into Hate Power

Has No Real Power

Nor Control Over You!

I Gave Unto You Free Will

A Measure Of Faith

Grace To Find Help

And Grace For Each Day

And

Against Every Temptation

A Sure Way Of Escape!

All Sin Must Be Repented

No Matter If For God

You Are Doing A Good Work

For

You May Work To Save Others

But

For Yourself

You May Find Your Own Salvation

An Unutilized Heaven-Given Perk!

All Sin Is Against The God Of Heaven
And Is Against
- Over Us -
His Sovereignty
AND
By Giving Place To The Devil
We Are Likening Him
To Heaven's Own Royalty!

I Finally Understood
As
Before The God Of Heaven
One Day I Stood:

Every Check Mark

Has To Have Against It

A Corresponding Balance -

By Repentance Paid ... Sin Erased

BUT

By Unrepentance Left Unpaid ... Against My Name

The Sin Stayed!

If Sin Is Left Unrepented
In The Day Of Fierce Judgment
My Subsequent Righteousness
That Is ... My Subsequent Right Living
Will Not The Death Angel's Hand Stay!

A Christian Has No Excuse
For Sin To Remain Unrepented Of
BECAUSE
Under The Agency
The Prompting
Of The Holy Spirit
- As King David Said -
The Sin Is Ever Before You!

For Many, Many Years
Every Single Night
I Would Say:

Create In A Clean Heart,  Oh,  God ...!
Cast Me Not Away From Your Presence ...!
Take Not Your Holy Spirit From Me ...!
Return Unto Me The Joy ...!
Uphold Me ...!

Until
I Finally Understood Why:

The Sin Was/Is Sinful!
The Blessing Was/Is Real!
God IS The Father
AND
His Ways Never Fail!

Then I
With My Heart In My Throat
AND
Truly Repentant
Repented To My God
In The Name Of My Jesus
AND
I Am  ...  Forgiven!

Satan Cannot Outwit God!

What Was Meant

For My Eternal Destruction

Was Overridden

In The Court Of Heaven!

God Knows Our Hearts!

*********

When We Choose

To Work With

And

For God

God Mercifully Works On Us

To Remove From Our Person

The Putrifying Sores

From The Fraud

To Gain For Us

His Eternal Blessings!

*********

Trust God!

He Restores!

*********

Beloved . . .

Is There Something

Anything

That You Need To Place

On The Altar

Of Sacrifice . . . TODAY?!

The Great Commission + PRAYER: Lord, I Crave Your Blessing

God Gave Me Seeds To Sow!
Someone Else Will My Seeds Water!
The Holy Spirit Will Give The Increase
So That My Seeds Will Have
Sons And Daughters!

My Seed-Children
Will Have Seed-Children Of Their Own!
Some May Die A-borning!
Some Will Land On Fertile Soil
Letting All Upon The Earth Know
That The Kingdom Of God
Is Hell's Gates
A-Storming!

I Do Not Know
How Many Generations Of Seed-Children
I Will Beget
For
That Is In The Hands Of God Almighty
Against Whose Power No One Can Bet!
My Task Is To Believe
AND
Do The Work I Receive
So That God Gets All The Glory
For His Will
Will Be Achieved!

God Has Given Precious Promises Unto Man
AND
I Choose To Believe Them
For
These Promises Came
At The Cost Of The Life
Of The Beloved Christ
King Jesus Sweet
So That The Obedient
The Trusting
The Faithful
The Enduring
Will Leave This Earth Forever
In The Chariots Of God
That Don't Rely On Running Feet!

PRAYER:

Father,

I Crave Your Blessing

Upon The Work You Ordained

That I Should Do!

Help Me To Do It Faithfully

Giving Honor

Praise And Glory

Unto You!

Help Me

Not To Rely On Man's Approbation

To Dictate What To Do

What To Write

What To Say!

Let My Will Into Your Will

Be Enfolded

So That I

Willingly

May Be Instructed

Directed

Ordered

By Only You

Each And Every Day!

Let My Faith

In My Jesus

Be Set Firmly!

Let My Courage Not Waffle

In The Winds Of Strife

And

Let Not Sin Beset!

Let My Destination

The Heavenly Home

Be The Breath That I Breathe

And

Let Your Holy Spirit

Be

The Only Spirit

Unto Whom I Will Cleave!

Father,

May Your Holy Angels Ever Surround!

Let Not Disappointments

Cause Me To Frown!

Let Faith

Grace

AND

Mercy Attend My Way!

Let Hope Hold My Heart!

Let The Light Of The Coming Christ

Shine

Even If It Is In A Prison Cell

Or A Forest Retreat

Where I Must At Night Sleep!

Lead Me Home

In The Name Of Jesus Who Saves!

Oh, Lord

Lead Thou Me

Victoriously

On!

AMEN.

*********

I Will Walk

In Wisdom

Come What May

Trusting In My Jesus Every Day!

Heaven Is My Home

And

Thank God

I Don't Walk Alone

For An Angel Guard Surrounds Me

And I Pray!