PRAYER: Remember Us, Lord!

Father,

In Faith, I Come

And

Ask You To Remember The Holy People
Who Shall Cry Today
And

Those Who Shall Enter Into Rest!
Mark Well Their Dusty Beds
As You Have Promised, Lord
And
In The Promised Day
Lift Up To Glory Their Heads!

Remember, Lord
Your Promise To Comfort
Those Who To You Do Mourn!
Remember As Well
Those Who Suffer
Under The Dominion Of Sin
And

Help Them
In Mercy
To Call Upon The Great Name Of
Jesus Christ
The Savior
Our Soon Returning King

He Who Has For Us

Prepared The Perfect Home!

Remember The Children, Lord
Whose Parents Are

Physically
Spiritually
Mentally
By Chance
By Choice
Gone Wild
Ignoring The Charge
To Raise Treasure For The Lord
Choosing Instead
To Walk In The Ways Of The Fraud!

I Pray, Lord

That You Will Raise Up For These Children
Mothers Fathers
Brothers Sisters
Friends
The Blessed Of Zion
So That These Dear Ones
Are Not Ultimately
Devoured
By That Roaring Lion!

Remember Your Promise, Lord
That Your Rain Shall Fall
On The Just
And
The Unjust

And
That Forgiveness
Is Free Given
To All That Truly Repentant Be!

Grant Us, Lord
Faith For The Way
Grace For The Day
Mercy
Love
Comfort

And
Joy
From Above
And
Bless All Who Believe
To Stand In The Breach
Calling To The Captives
To Return Home
For The Lord Pleads With Them
To Stop Running

And
No More To Roam
For The Lamb Has Been Sacrificed
So That We All May Have
A Personal Home
In The Heavenly Place
Where
- Finally -
We Shall All See
Our Holy God's Dear Face!

Remember Us, Father
For
In Humility 

And

In Jesus Christ's Holy Name We Plead!
We Love You, Lord!
AMEN!

PRAYER: Bless You, Lord!

Father,

It Is A Blessedness

To Come Before You

In Truth

Giving Praise

Honor And Glory

To The One God

Who Can Save Our Souls

Because He Loves Us

And

Will Take Us To His Eternal Homeland

Immortalized

If We For The Lowly Jesus

Take The Determined

Enduring-All-Things

Decided Stand!

Grant Us The Victory!

Father,

I Thank You

And

Bless You

For Ever Being

A Part Of My Life

Ever Preparing The Way

Even When I Did Not Know

That I Needed A Way

And

Even When I Did Know

And

I Did Not Care!

Thank You For The Blessing!

Forgive Me My Gross Folly!

Father,

I Am Grateful

Truly Grateful

For The Certainty

That You Are A Forgiving God

And

I Thank You For The Gifts

The Enumerated

And

The Untold

And

Unappreciated Blessings

Received

That Encourage Me Daily

To Stay Safe

Within Your Sheltered Sheep Fold!

I Bless The Good Shepherd!

Lord,
Please Keep Me Faithful
And

Help Me Never Again

From You To Stray!

Help Me To Never Again
Pay You Lip Service
And

Help Me To Stay Constant In Prayer!
I Value The Peace Found There!

Help Me, Father

That As I Hear It

That I Really Make The Effort
To Truly Listen To
And
With Alacrity
To Heed

The Still Small Voice Of God

- Your Holy Spirit

Wisdom Itself -

Without Which

We Mere Men Are All Cursed

So That - In Me -

The Curse Of Sin

And

The Known Wages Of Sin

Are In My Life

Remitted!

Thank You, Lord
For Your Sacrifice
And
I Ask You, Please
To Bless Me

To Truly Appreciate Its Enormity

And

What It Truly Means

To Serve The Forever-Living

Once-Dead Lamb

Yet Alive

Interceding High Priest

Who Had

Who Felt

Who Conquered

All My Infirmities

And

Is Pleading His Blood

To Cover My Sin

So That I May Be

At One

With The Eternal God
And

With Jesus Christ

My King!

Oh, Lord

Let Your Grace
Be Ever Sufficient For Me!

Let Your Love Hold Me

Oh, So Gently!

Let Your Mercy

Against My Death Penalty

Because Of My Working-For-Love Faith

Say: "No!"

And 

Help Me To Share My Faith

With My Brethren!

Let Your Light In Me

Show And Grow!

Lord,

Help Me To With Holy Boldness

Give You All The Honor

The Praise

The Worship
And

The Glory That You Deserve

And

I Beseech You
In Your All-Encompassing Love

To Remember The Striving
And

Holy People
In Mercy!

Please Meet Them Where They Stand

And

Bless Them To Continue On

In Jesus' Faith

Which Cannot Shrink!

In The Matchless Holy Name

Of Jesus Christ
The Returning

Conquering King, I Plead!

I Love You, Lord!

AMEN. 

PATHS: Wrong And Right

I Was Walking 
Down The Wrong Path
BUT
What A Pretty Path It Was!
It Had Every Thing
That My Carnal Flesh Loved
AND
It Fitted My Feet Like
Hand In Custom Glove!

I Saw
The Right Path
BUT
How Plain It Was To Me!
Everything So Straight-Laced
It Was Anathema
To My Self
AND
What Self Wanted Me To Be!

I Came Up To
The Cross Roads
AND
I Had To Sit On A Rock
AND
Do A Think
To Know Which Way Should I
For A Good Life Travel
WHEN
I Smelled 
Heard
An Unholy Stink!

Self Be Glorified!

Self To Body Is Tied!

Do What Thou Wilt!

Let Not Self Be Denied!

The Stench Of The Stink
Was Making My Skin Crawl
For
The Skunk That Stunk
Was
None Other Than
Lying Satan
The Decimating Fraud
Who
For Want Of Companions
To Accompany Him
To His Prepared Hell
Was
Agitating
AND
Proselytizing
AND
He Was Clearly Out
To Encourage Me
To Get Into His
No-Hope-Of-Salvation Bed!

Suddenly
I Softly Heard ...

I Cried!

I Died!

I Rose To Life

To Save You!

Please, I Beseech You

Come Home With Me

For

I Through Shed Blood 

With Godly Love

Dearly

Faithfully Love You!

Satan Screeched!
I Laughed!
I Cried!
I Shouted:

Thank You, Jesus!

As Heaven
In The Distance
- At The End Of The Right Way -
I Distinctly
Espied!

The Wrong Way
Was Smooth As Glass
Or So It Appeared To Me
BUT
The Right Way
Was Narrow And Rocky
Sometimes Difficult
Often Times Hard
BUT
With The Passage Of Time
I Found That
It Truly Suited
AND
Was The Best Path For Me!

I Grew In God's Grace
For
I Was Striving For Heaven
Where
Prepared For Me
Was
A Holy Peace-At-Home 
Resting
AND
Beholding My Jesus
Face-To-Face
Place!

I Daily Thank Jesus
For
His Intervention That Day
AND
I Am Glad To Say
That I Gave My Character To Jesus
For
It Was For That
That He Had His Life Paid!

I Have Given Up
On Old Things
Old Friends
Old Habits
Old Character Clothes
AND
I Am Blessed
To Say To You, Dear Folks
That
It Is The Best Decision
I Have Ever Made
AND
That
Is Not Some Jacked-Up Comedian's
Poor Joke!

Jesus Saves!!

Rejoicing In Heaven! + PRAYER: Father, We Give You All ...!

There Is Rejoicing Up In Heaven
When A Sinner
From The Darkness
Returns Home
When A Lost Sheep
Of The Lord's Flock
Resigns From Sin
AND
Puts Jesus Christ
On Lock
AND
Inclines His Heart
Toward
The Holy God's Eternal Throne
AND THERE
His Soul Docks!

PRAYER:

Thank You, God

For The Mercy!

Thank You, God

For The Grace!

Thank You, God

For The Wonderful Blessing

That Nothing On The Earth

Can Efface!

Lord,

Help Us To Continue To Trust The Master

Even When His Hand

We Cannot See

And

Help Us To Continue

Believing In

The Word Of Truth

That Neither Death Nor Hell

Can Seize!

Dear Lord,

We Bless And Love You

For Your Great Sacrifice

And

Ask You To Help Us

To Continue Looking

With Gladness

Unto The Great Day

When

We Pass

Forever

From Life's Death

Unto

Christ's Eternal Life!

We Give You All

The Glory

Praise

And

Honor

And

Thank You For Your Hand

Of Provision

And

Blessing

In Jesus Christ's Holy Name!

AMEN.

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: OUTSIDE CEREMONY: Inside Tombs

In The Church Of The Living God

It Is Truly An Amazing Thing
To See The Pomp And Circumstance
Employed In Conducting
The Fast!
Problem Though
It All Leaves The Living God
In The Lurch!

We Worship
AND
Supposedly
Bow Down
Before The Holy God
BUT
Outward Ceremony
Is All That We Show
Displaying Not A Wit
To The World
That We 

In The Grace Of The Redeeming God
Do Daily Grow!

Think Pharisee!
Think Publican
AND
Think
Of Christ Jesus
AND
His Blessed Effect On
The Soul That Trusts
In His Mighty

Unchanging

Unfailing

Hand
AND
Decide
For Yourself
Where In Christ You DO Stand
AND
Ask God For The Outpouring Of His Spirit
So That You
- In This Time Of The End -
May
- By Unshakable Faith -
In The Coming King
Stand!

Do You Humble Your Heart
To God
Or
Are You Filled
With Bitterness

AND

Envy

AND
Indulging In Strife 

AND

Selfishness

AND
Displaying Self-Righteousness
As Your Putrid Birth-Right? 

Are You Holding The Chalice Of Malice?

Has Your Mind Become Calloused?

Is Your Head Bowed
In Pretended Humility
While Your Heart Is Beating
With Gross Covetousness

In An Inflated Chest
Full Of Inordinately High Self-Esteem
AND
Self-Importance
In Ravening Excess?

Is Your Displayed Spirit
Oppressive
Even Exacting
AND
Painful-To-Behold Proud
Performing The Part Of
The Child Of The Devil
Or
Are You Set Apart
- Sanctified-
Knowing Your Need
Justified By Jesus Christ
Pleading With God
To Lift You Up
As You In Godly Fear
Do Not To Heaven Look Up?

Are You Living To Rise Up?

Are You
Am I
Are We
Glorifying Self
Instead Of Patiently Waiting

AND
Working By Faith
For Love Of Our Lord
Or
Are We Rewarding
Awarding
SelfAND
Like-Minded Friends
AND
Puffed Up Pals
With Crystal Vases
AND
Fancy Plaques
Expensive Dinners
Leisure Cruises
Holy Land Tours
AND
Not For A Miaow-Moment
At The Holy Jesus
Looking Back?

Do We Truly Understand

That Only Those Who Glorify

The Lord Christ

Will Be The Ones Glorified 

By Christ The King

AND

To Him

Caught Up?

Are We Christians
True Christ Followers
Or
Are We Members Of The Mixed Multitude
Playing With God
AND
Pleading With The Devil

AND
Rendering The Almighty God As The Fraud
AND
Launching That Damned Devil
As The One Holy
High
AND
Lifted Up
AND
Celebrated
AND
Lauded
As ... The True Eternal Holy God?!
Perish The Thought

For

It Is With Damnation's Eternal Consequences 

Fraught!

There Is No Reason

For Us

To Foolishly Tempt God

And

To Walk In Darkness!

Jesus Christ Is Knocking - He Is The Light!

Open The Door!

Let Him Connect The Current

And

Holy Light Will Flood Your Being

Unto Its Very Core!

IN HIS MAJESTY'S SERVICE: Uniform Shoes

In The Service Of The King
All Willing Workers
In Their Hearts Do Sing
Grateful
To The Holy God
For Dear Deliverance
From Satan
The Decimating Fraud!

A Heart For God
Is A Heart Happy
AND
Truly Grateful For Grace!
It May Seem To Others
To Be Acting Sappy
But
If We Could Look Inside
We Would See That Therein
The Holy Spirit Of Almighty God
Lovingly Abides
AND
We Will Know
That The Heart Is Not Just For Show
BUT
Is A Heart
That In Jesus Christ's Faith Thrives
AND
Does Daily Grow!

Feet Not Shod
For
The Delivering
Of The Gospel Of Peace
Are Feet
Ready Willing And Able
Ever
To Run To Deliver Words Of Deceit
Compliments Of The Cheat!

Which Shoes Are You Wearing?
What Message Are You Declaring?
Are You The Holy God Fearing
Or
Are You The Holy Precepts Jeering?

Almighty God

Is Ever Near To Those

Who Live With

Godly Fear

So ...

Let It Show!

HAPPY SABBATH + The Words!

Harsh And Hasty
Helping
AND
Healing
Are

The Words!

Their Clan
Is Voluble

AND
VociferousAND
Truth Be Told
Without A Pinch
The Clan Does Wax Vicious!
They Often Behave Like Voles!

Be Warned ...

Those Words
Can Wax Poetic
As
When
AND
IF
It Suits Their Purposes!
But ... I Digress!

Even Though They Are Of The Same Clan
Harsh Words
AND
Hasty Words
ARE ALWAYSIn Conflict With
- Of All The Words -
Helping Words
AND
Healing Words!

I Would Never Have
Thought, Eh, Thunk It!

Helping
AND
Healing Are
- In The Whole Clan -
Amongst The Best Words
To Be Found!

These Two Are Out Of The Branch
Of The Family
That Came Out Of 

Grace

AND

Favor

AND
Out Of 

TrueAND
Beautiful Words

AND
Out Of The Grand Dam
Trust N. D. Living Word!

These Are All The Good Words!

If
I Use The Good Words
AND
Say
That I Set The Lord
Always Before Me
I Will Not
- I Cannot -
Mete Out Injustice
To Gain Personal Advantage!

I Must Not
I Cannot
Use Words As Weapons
Or Goads
To Elevate SelfAND

Denigrate A Man
A Human

Being
Doing

Seeing Feeling Knowing
HopingAND
Call Him An Elf

AND

Stick Him On The Forgotten Things

What-Not Shelf!

Many Are The Harsh 

AND

Hasty Words
That Cut A Man's Swallow Pipe!
Many Are The Words
Speaking Strife
Encouraging Man's Participation
In A Dark-Night Fight!

Just Like Music
Words Are Not NeutralAND
Can Cause

Can Create 

The Atmosphere Of
Bliss And Blight
Consternation And Confusion
Anger And Amity

AND
FavorOR
Cause One

To Avidly Indulge 

In To-The-Death Fights!

You Know That That's Not Right!

HarshAND
Hasty Words
Work For
The Destroyer
The Grand Musician
The Lying Fraud
The Instigator Of Blood Feuds
The Roaring Lion
Looking
For Necessary
Undeserved
Food!
We Are In A Cruel Duel!

Helping

AND

Healing Words

Are In The Service

Of The Master

The Teacher

The Healer

The Helper

The Savior

The Friend

The Mediator

The Prince Of Peace

The King Of Love

The Shepherd Of The Sheep

The Lord Of Life

Who Does All Mankind Keep!

People Need The Words Of The Lord!

They Tend Toward Sweet Sleep!

Take The High Road

And

Daily Meet With The Holy God

And

You Will Never Have A Cause

To Be In A Fire-Fight With The Fraud!

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Satan Enjoys Lighting Fires!

Jesus Christ Is The Giver Of The Water Of Life!

Satan Is The Benighted Fraud!

Jesus Christ Is The Holy God!

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Water Extinguishes Fire!

Get On Board With Jesus Christ

And

You Will Always Have A Fire Hose!

Wet Your Soul 

And

Your Clothes!

Thinking Ahead For ... Excuses?!

I Was "Involved"
In A Bitter Altercation
Between
Always-Has-An-Excuse
AND
Searching-The-Mines-Of-Truth!

You Could Call It "Almost Comical"
The Way Ms. Excuse Was Carrying On
AND

Say

That Searching-The-Mines-Of-Truth
Indulged Itself
In Rabid Bad Pay!

You Will Be Forgiven
For Not Understanding

The Acrimony In The Exchange
If You Do Not Know That
Ms. Excuse Is First Cousin
Almost A Twin By Another Mother 

To That Wretch
I'm-A Lie!

Today ...

Ms. Excuse Crossed
Her Own Red Line
AND
Indulged Herself
In A Colorful White Lie!

Hold Up! Hold Up! Hold On!
You Just Lied Yourself!

How So?!

Think, My Brotha ... A Colorful White Lie?!

'Twas No Lie!

'Tis The Truth!

Ms. Excuse Did Not Incline Her Ear To Wisdom
Nor Her Heart To Understanding
But Resorted To Human Instinct
AND
Satan - Rejoicing -
Shouted Out:

"Goal!

I Got Me A New Soul!"

Man, You Need To Explain Yourself!

It Is Like This ...

Wait! What's Your Name?

You Know My Name!

Humor Me!

My Name Is Thinka Head!

I Don't Mean To Be Rude
BUT
Is Your Name Your Nature?

Do You Think Ahead?!

I Always Think Ahead
Because
n This Life

It Is Easy To Mislead
AND
Even Easier To Be Misled!

Okay.
How About You Try This On For Size ...

Search In The Mines Of Truth

And

Pick Up The Gems Of Wisdom

And

Pearls Of Truth Found There!

Stick To The Truth

And

You Will Never, Ever

Have To "Think Ahead"

To Avoid Misleading

Or

Being Misled

Because

By The Loving Master

The Word Of God

Truth Personified

You Are Daily Led

And

Daily Fed!

Sounds Reasonable
BUT
What Has This Got To Do
With The Argument And Ms. Excuse?!

Think, My Friend! THINK!!

Ms. Excuse Got That Name

Because

She Is Known For

Always Having An Excuse

AND

It Should Be Noted That

When You Look For Excuse
You Will Surely Find One
Which Becomes
Two Three And Four
AND
Before You Recognize It
You Have Become Apprenticed To
The Liar Hard Core!

If We Would Determine
To Walk Straight
No Bending
No Lifting
AND
No Contortions By Indulging In Truth-Test
We Will Have
No Excuse To Use Excuses
AND
Our Christ Jesus Will Have No Reason
Us To Rebuke
AND
We Will Have No Sin To Confess!

Making Excuses 

Places Us On The Slippery Slope Of
The Mountain Called Lies!
Which Is Tied To The Devil
The One Who Did God Defy
AND
Against Whom
To God
We Constantly
For Relief
Cry!

Excuses Are As Quicksand
Hidden Under Seemingly Solid Ground
Even Adorned With Growing Things
Even A Lily Or Two
AND THAT
Should
Should Not

Surprise You!

Plants
- Like People -
Grow Where They Are Nurtured
AND
Fed
AND
Quicksand
Is A Bed
For The Unweary
- Now Dead -
Who Stepped Out
- In Self-Confidence -
AND
Walked In Self-Will
Ignoring The Warnings
Cautions

AND
By-Passing Help

AND
Embracing That In Which
Man's Unregenerated Carnal Mind
Thrills!

The Mines Of Truth
Are
The Living Oracles Of God
Wherein Is Hid Treasure
To Be Found Of Those
Who CHOOSE
To Be Called
The Sons And Daughters Of
The Eternal God!

Please ...

Be Aware That All Mankind
Has Some Treasure To Find
The Difference Being
The Hidden Treasures Of Earth
Or
The Hid Treasures Of The Almighty God
Glorious
Eternal
Divine!

Earthen Treasures Called Temporal
Do Not
Cannot
Will Not Survive
The Close Of Time
So
I Put To You, Beloved

Brother
Sister

Friend
To Go
AND

Get
King Eternal's
Treasure-Eternal
Which Is The Only Treasure
That Can
That Will 

Survive
The Saved By Grace
Blessed With Mercy
Enduring Faith
Fashioned In God's Crucible
Man Down
Man Lifted Up
Man Glory Bound
This Ain't No Bedtime Story
Story!

God Gave!

Jesus Saves!

Satan Way-Lays!

Believing Man Prays!

Mind On Coming Glory Stays!

AND

In The Fulness Of Time

The Trumpet Of God Plays

AND

Justified

Sanctified Man

Glorified

Heads

Toward The Everlasting Days

In A Blaze!!

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Forget The Tinged-In-Lie Excuse

AND

Stick To The Truth!

Blessings Await!!