Believe ... AND?! + PRAYER: Father, Please Hold Me!

Salvation
Is Not For A Country
A City
A Community
A Family
Nor
A Church!
Salvation Is For A Seeking Soul
The One Who Sees The Need 
For Jesus Christ
The Savior
The Redeemer
The Living God
Who For His People Works!

Salvation Cannot
Be Begged
Bought
Nor Bartered!
It Is Not Something For Which We Can Work!
It Is Not Something About Which We Can Boast Over
It Is A Gift
Freely Offered To All Men
Something That No Creature Can Pervert!

Believe
On The Lord Jesus Christ 
AND ...
The Small Word
With Eternal Implications For Mankind
Is Followed By
Thou Shalt Be Saved
Which Is A Call 
To Action
Followed By 
A Promise
Guaranteed 
By Shed Blood
To Be Fulfilled
On Almighty God's Very Own
Never Early
Can't Be Late
Specified
Known Only To Himself 
Date!

We Must Believe!
Believing Entails Effort On Our Part
AND
We Must Act According To Our Belief
Living True To The Promissor
Trusting The Word
AND
Believing That Our Belief
Our Faith
To Receive The Blessing
Is One Cost That 
We Can Truly Afford!

Does Your Faith Have Belief?
Does Your Belief Have Trust
That You Will The Promise Receive?
Do You Live As Though The Transaction Is A Done Deal?
Do You Share The Word Of The Blessed Hope
Or
Does Doubt
Cause You Still With Sin To Grope
Butting Around Life
From Pillar To Post
Unfulfilled
Uncaring
Unaware
That Living With Godly Fear
Moves One Out Of Sin's Darkness
Into God's Eternal Light Of Life
Glory To Share?

A Mother Performs As One!
A Teacher Teaches!
An Actor Acts!
BUT ...
What Of The Saved Soul?

Are You Holding Jesus Christ's Hand?
Are You Walking
- With Faith - 
Toward The Heavenly Land
Trusting
In The Eternal Word
Following
The Gentle Shepherd
As A Named 
AND
Hearing Sheep
AND
Not Longing To Run 
With The Disobedient Goats Who Bleat?

Believing Hope Trusts Faith!

Loving The Lord Jesus

Causes Our Love To Love Others!

That Love Lifts Us Up
As Well As It Lifts Up Others!
That Love Looks Up In Hope
Trusting The Word Of The Word
Even Though There Is No Visible Rope To Hold
AND
We
Being Lead
- By The Greatest Lover -
Lead Others To The Knowledge
Of The Living Water 
Well-Knowing
That Living In Hope
Is Better Than Living As One Hopeless
Practically Dead 
Ever Consumed 
By Raging Doubt
Seriously Touched
In The Head!

What

- And By Whom -

Are You Being Fed?

Where

- And By Whom -

Are You Being Lead?

Is Your Leader-Feeder

 The Great Master

The Loving Lord

Almighty God

Or

Is It Some Strange One

For Whom

Getting Your Soul

To Be Lost

Is A Great Reward?

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Just As You Are Cautious

Of What

Goes Into Your Stomach

Be

Holy Spirit-Led Cautious

Of What

Goes Into Your Mind!

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PRAYER:

Heavenly Father,

Please Guard My Mind!

Help Me Not To Be Consumed

By Those Things Carnal

That The World Calls Divine!

Cleanse My Palate!

Craft Me A New Heart!

Wash My Eyes

And

Unstop My Ears

So That I May Hear

The Heavenly Harps!

Lord,

I Trust You!

I Believe

I Worship

And

I Praise

Only You!

Please Hold Me

In Your Loving Arms

For

This Child Of Faith

Dearly Loves You!

I Pray These Petitions

In Jesus' Precious Name!

AMEN.

Peace AND Security?! + PRAYER: Father, I Expect To See My Jesus!

Worldwide Widespread Discontent
Gross Greed
Individual And State-Sponsored Violence
Universal Justified Distrust Of 
Financial
Spiritual And Political Leaders
AND
Spiritual Apathy
Are Eating Out The Hearts Of  All The Nations
AND
People Are Harkening To The Call
Of Peace
AND
Security
For All
Not Realizing
That Everything That Is Happening
Is Motivated
By The Wily Beelzebub
The Founder Of Man's Great Fall!
It's A Bait AND Switch Pitch!

The Nations Are Uniting
Under One Government
Just As They Were United
At The Time Of The Advent Called First!
AND
They Are Speaking The Same Language
- Climate Change -
- I Wish They Would Read Job Chapter 1 -
AND
As Can Be Readily Seen
They Are Ripe As Wine Grapes
For The Second Coming
Of The Lord!

There Is 
No Thing New Under The Sun!
There Is 
No Bell That Has Not Already Been Rung!
What Is 
Is What Has Been
AND
What Has Been 
Is What Shall Be!
Is The Song That Should
In Truth
Be Sung!

National Israel
Longed To Be Freed
From The Roman Yoke
AND
Spiritual Israel
The Israel Of God
Will Be Freed
From Rome
AND
That Ain't No Joke!

Don't Be Deceived
By Ecumenism!
The Roman Emperor 
Constantine The Great Did That First!
AND
Don't Be Amazed By A Roman
Calling Himself
Lord God Divine
For
The Roman Emperor Domitian 81-96 AD
Already Did That, Too!
I Tell You All This Is True!

Blood Will Flow!
Peace Will Be Like Snow
Under
Burning Hot Sun
AND
Believing Men
- At Bodily Peril -
Will Surely Call
Jesus Christ The Great God
AND
The god On The Earth
Used By
AND
Openly Working For
Satan
Will Send Many Men
To A Martyr's Fate!

BUT ...

Be Ye ENCOURAGED!

Faithfully Trust
The King Of Kings
The Lord Of Lords
The God Of Heaven
Who Has Already Ransomed Us
Out Of 
The Hands Of The Cruel Fraud!

Truth Cannot Be Changed!
AND
Jesus Christ's Return
Cannot Be Stayed!
So 
Stand Up
In The Love Of God
In The Name Of Jesus Christ The Lord
AND
Give The Back Of Your Front
To That Fraud
Beelzebub
Who Is Already Crushed
Already Damned By 
The Holy And Almighty God!

Faith's Victory 

Is In

Christ Jesus!

Use It OR Lose It!

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PRAYER:

Dear Father,

Up In Heaven

I Have A Shopping List For Today

But

First

I Praise And Thank You

For

Your Providence For Yesterday

Wherein I Saw Not

Hunger Nor Thirst!

In Faith

I Ask For More Faith

Faith That Is Tested And Tried

And

I Desire The Experience Of

Knowing That Christ Jesus

Is Ever At My Side!

Lord,

I May Not Know What It Is

For Which I Am Truly Asking

But

I Believe That You Do

And

For This I Am Thankful

For

I Depend Wholly On You!

Teach Me Your Way

And

Help Me To Walk In It!

Guide My Footsteps!

Help Me To Keep Clean Lips!

And

Grant Unto Me A New Heart

Compassion To Use It

And

The Gentle Hand

To Prove It!

I Love You, Lord!

I Am Your Child

Your Servant

And

A Glad Member

Of

The Household Of Faith

And

I Fully Expect To See My Jesus

In Whose Name I Make My Plea

On

His Great And Glorious Day!

Even So

Come Soon, Lord Jesus!

AMEN.

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: FOUNDATIONS: Cornerstones

I Had Been Teaching 
A Favored Subject Of Mine!
The Question Was Put
AND
I Provided The Answer -
Teaching Subject Matter
Should Not Put One On A Congo Line
Doing Contortions
Displaying Acrobatic Skill!
Teaching Is Simple!
The One Taught Should Be Filled
AND
The Method Still True ... Is:

I Am Going To Tell You
What It Is
That I Am Going To Tell You!
- The Only Way To Get To Father God!

I Am Telling You
What It IS That I Said
I WAS Going To Tell You
 - The Only Way To Father God ...
Is Through His Only Begotten Son!

I Am Telling You
What It Is That I Said
I Was Going To Tell You
That I Told You
I Was Going To Tell
AND
I Told You!
- The Only Way To Father God...
Is Through His Only Begotten Son, Jesus Christ ...
Under The Agency
- The Working -
Of God's Holy Spirit!

I Am Telling You
What I Told You
That I Told You
And I Told You
AND
I Am Telling You!
Do You Understand?
What Did I Just Tell You?

Lay A Foundation!
Raise A Brick!
Add A Foundation!
(Just Look At The Twelve Foundations Of 
The Holy City!)
... And Ask A Question!
Answer A Question!
Explain Everything!
... And A Story Never Hurts!
(It's What Jesus Did!)

Every Building
That Will Strong Stand
Must Have A Corner Stone!
Every Foundational Truth Has For Its Corner
The Holy Son Of God!
The Blessed Son Of Man!

The Stone That The Earthly City Builders Rejected
Is Of The Corner
The Chief
Holding All Together
Rebuffing Roundly
The Known Salvation Thief!

That Corner Stone
Is The Solid Rock!
The Rock Of Offense!
The Burdensome Stone!
The One That Makes Wicked Men Tremble!
The One That A Repentant One Can Fall Upon
AND
Be Broken
To Be Made Truly Whole
OR
The One That Will Fall Upon
The Unrepentant One
AND
Crush Him Into
Fly-Away Dust
Making His Soul's Salvation
An Eternal Bust!

Jesus Christ Is
To Us
What We Want Him To Be
(It Doesn't Mean It Is Right!)
BUT
We Will Never Be To Jesus Christ
What We Want To Be
For
God's Will Is Sovereign!
His Love Is Our Light!
God's Word Is True!
He Is The Corner Stone
AND
From Him
All Stones Are Laid Out
Straight
Through And Through
Built Up
Solid
Worthy Of Praise
Fitly Put Together
Raising Up A True Church
Fittingly Attired
As A White-Dressed Bride
For
The Coming Christ's
Glorious Day
Which
Is Already
On The Way Here!

Now ...

I Ask You
What Did I Just Say?

The King Is Coming!

Are You Washed And Ready?

The Foundations Are Laid!

Upon What Do You Stand?

Will You Be Among
The Believing Ones
To Be Caught Away?

HAPPY SABBATH: BUTTONS : Self! ... Self-Destruct! + PRAYER: Father, Grant Us Your Grace!

Self
Selfish
Self-Willed
Self-Serving
Self-Satisfied
AND
Self-Deceived
Are One!
One Family!
One Mistake!
One Matter!
One Mission
Pointing
That One Someone
To Mate
With The Master Of Disaster
To End Up Either
Dead Now
AND
Permanently Dead Later
Eternally Separated From The Holy God
OR
Now
In Traction
Humiliated
Jailed
Disgraced
Shamefaced
Despairing
OR
Legs Or Arms Broken
Encased In Plaster
Spirit Broken
Love Lost
Hope Lost
A Token Of What Is A Lost Life!
It's A Crap Shoot!

All This
Is Caused
Because
Satan Is The Liar
AND
He Loves To Expose Man's Flaws
By Having Them Denigrate God's Laws
AND
He Knows That There Is No Better Way To Do It
Than To Cause Man
To Lift Up Self 
With Satan's Own Original Song:

I Will Be Like ...!

I Will Elevate My ...!

I Will Sit Upon ...!

I Will Ascend ...!

I Will Ascend Also ...!

You Will Note ...

That Nowhere
In This Putrid Soliloquy
Is Ever Uttered Words Like:

"If God Allows ...!"

For The Simple Reason That

Self
Is Its Own God
AND
To That Known
AND
Exposed Fraud Satan
- The Self-Serving One -
Jesus Christ
- The ONLY Begotten Son Of Almighty God -
Was The Usurper!
The Fraud!
This Is Self-Deception At Its Known Best!

I Charge You Today
To Know And Understand That
Self 
Writes Post-Dated Checks
AND
Also Indulges In
Check Kiting!

Self Also Always Borrows
AND
Always Expects
The Human To Pay
Saying Unconcernedly:

"Man's Gotta Pay For His Play!"

Self's Selfish Desires
AND
Self-Centeredness
Lack Self-Control
AND
Lavishly Indulge In
Self-Righteousness
While
Feigning Self-Respect
AND
Ignoring Self-Reflect
All The While Well Knowing
That It Is Best
For Self 
To Destroy
The Self-Made-Man Mirror
AND
Look Toward Man's Maker
While Determinedly Dismissing
Satan
The Benighting Faker!
Don't Deal With Bad Fruit!
Cut Down The Tree!
Destroy The Root!

But ...

Vanity Of Vanities
Self
- Utilizing Lies As Self-Confidence's Working Device
While Its Self-Assurance Is Lacking True Self-Assessment -
Sells
Self
Self-Service On
Choice Bread
Cut Up Like Sliced!
Life May Just Happen!
Choice Does Not!

To Live For Self
By Self
Through Self
In Self
With Self
Because Of Self
Is Silly Unto Sordid
AND
Leads To
Leaving One In
Satanic Captivity!

So ...

STOP
Looking In!
STOP
Looking At!
STOP
Looking Around!
AND
Look Up!
Unto Jesus
Our Author
Our Finisher
The Lord Of All Creation
The Holder Of Man's Shaking Hand
The Sacrificed Lamb
Of
The Save-Man Salvation Plan!

I Beseech You, Dear Ones
Please
Drop Your Plans
AND
Follow God's Plan
AND
Know
Trust 
AND
BELIEVE
That At The Day Appointed
You Will Be
- By Almighty God -
Eternally Elevated
Eternally Saved
Eternally Safe In Heaven
Nevermore To Self A Slave!
Will You Stand Up For Jesus?

If We Are In

God's Service

We Cannot Use The Words

"I Always Put Myself First!"

AND

"God Must Save Me!"

To Make A Good Sentence!

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Self-Service

And

Self-Destruct

Always Start

With Self!

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Self-Denial Is Elevating!

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PRAYER:

Father,

Please Rid Us Of Self

Today

And

Help Us

Ever To Say:

Father,

It Will Always Be You First

Every Single Day!

Help To Look To You

For All That We Need

And

Kill In Us

The Desire

To Float With Flounderers

Since We Know

That We Can Have

The Wings Of Angels

And

Fly Around The Universe

In Your Appointed Way

On Your Appointed Day!

Grant Us Your Grace!

Lift Up Our Faith!

Help Us To Trust

In Your Provision

Living Our Lives

By The Light

That By You

Has Been Given!

Father,

Please Remember The Brethren

The Children

The Friends

The Naysayers

And

Yes, Lord

Even Wicked Men!

Remember In Mercy

Those Who Work In Your Vineyard

And

Those Who Are Awaiting

Their Call-Up To Serve!

Bless Those Who Bless Us!

Pity Those Who Curse!

Lift Up The Fallen

And

Help Us Never To Your Living Word

To Be Adverse!

You Are God Holy!
You Are God True!

We Are The Believing Brethren

And

Lord,

We Thank, Praise, Worship

And

Bless You!

In Jesus Holy Name We Pray!

AMEN.

Since What Who Where If Why Not?!

Since Jesus Christ Is Mankind's Savior
Then What Is He To You?
Is He A Friend?
A Savior?
A Mere Acquaintance?
A Talking Point
Among The Religious Men
OR
Someone By Whom All Living Take Offense?

Since Jesus Died
To Save Men
Then Who Is He To You?
Lord?
God?
King?
Real Fraud
OR
Him In Whom Reposes
Eternal Rewards?

Since Jesus Christ's Death
Bought For Man
Eternal Life
AND
His Resurrection
AND
Ascension
Places Him On Heaven's Throne
Where Does That Place You?
In The Realm Of
Doubt?
AND
Disbelief?
OR
Faith?
AND
Trust
Willing To Receive
OR
Languishing In The Land Of
I Don't Know!
AND
I Don't Care!
So, Please Shut Up
AND
Pass The Beer!?

Since Jesus Christ Is Alive
AND
Returning To Earth
To Pick Up His Faithful, Believing People
- Collectively Called His Bride -
Where Will That Place You?
Waiting With Hope For The Lord?
Running To And Fro With Sin
AND
The Fraud?
OR
Digging A Hiding Place
Scoping Out Rocks
OR
Saving Up For A Ticket To Mars
On A Deep SpaceX Saving Mankind Escape Plane
Which Is Bare Bullocks?

Jesus Christ IS The King
The Judge!
The Executioner!
Man's Paymaster!
He Is Redeemer!
Shepherd!
Savior!
Provider!
Sustainer!
Intercessor!
AND
Man's Only True Friend!

Jesus Christ 
Soothes Brows!
Holds Hands!
Heals Hearts!
Nurtures!
Calms!
AND
He Is The Son Of The Father!
AND
The Son Of Man
Having Couched His Divinity
With Humanity
To Execute Salvation's Plan
AND
Inflict The Death Blow
Upon Satan
The Originator Of Sin
The Constant Accuser Of All Humans!

If You Know Truth
Then Why Not Believe
Without Reservation
In The One
Who Caused You To Be Conceived?
Why Not Cast Out The Disbelieving Heart
AND
Take Up The New Heart God Offers To Impart
AND
Trust Him Who Is The Way
The Truth
AND
The Life
The Light
In Your Life
To Hold Sway?

Doubts Are By Him Dispelled!
Truth Is Upheld!
Believe!
Satan Is Already Felled!
Trust And Obey!
Have Faith And Pray!
Jesus Is Coming!
- Ignore The Naysayers -
It Can Happen Any Day
AND
When He Comes
It Will Be A Glorious Day!

Are You Walking

In A

Committed Love Relationship

With The Lord?