Monday, September 18, 2017

PRAYER : Standing On The Promises... Of God!



Father, 
I Accept The Love That Will Not Let Me Go
And
I Accept The Grace That By Faith Will Permit Me To Grow!


Lord, 
I Accept The Salvation That Mercy Purchased For Me
And
I Accept The Love That Calvary Shines On Me!


I Accept The Truth That Jesus Christ Is Love
And
I Bank My Trust In The One 
Who Paid For My Entrance Into The Courts Above!


I Accept The Gift Of Forgiveness
For I Repent Of My Sin
And
I Give To You The Allegiance Of My Repentant Heart -

Please Forgive Me For The Youth I Misspent!

Father, 
I Have Before Walked
A Meandering Path
But Now I Choose
The Straight And Narrow Way
And
I Bless You For The Faith
That Convinces Me With Certainty To Say:

Come Soon, Lord Jesus!
I Want To Spend With You
The Never-Ending Day!


Lord, 
I Am Standing On The Promises
So Dearly Bought!
I Living On The Promises
That Faith Has Caught!
I Standing On The Promises
That Truth Has Taught
And
I Am Standing On Your Promises
For
You're My God!


In This Moment, Lord
I Do Not Know Why You Love Me!
In This Moment I'm Just Glad That You Do!
In The Moment
I'm Glad That You Are The God Holy
And
I Am Glad, Lord
That I Have Spent This Moment 
- By Heart -
With You
And
I Look By Faith To That Promised Glorious Moment
When I Shall Come
Face To Face With You!


I Love You, Lord
And
I Lift My Voice
In Worshipful Praise By Prayer
In Jesus Christ's Holy Name!
AMEN.




Sunday, September 17, 2017

PRAYER ... For Unlimited Confidence In The Eternal Holy God!





Oh, Lord Most Holy,
Healer Of The Helpless
Helper Of The Hopeless
Lifter-Up Of The Fallen
Forgiver Of The Sinful
Sealer Of The Saints
Redeemer Of The Righteous
And
Giver Of All Good Gifts
- I Thank You -
I Come Before You
Ever As A Blessed Child
And
Always As A Beloved
And
Faithful Servant
And
Ask That You Please Help Me 
To Educate Myself 
To Have Unlimited 

Unbounded
Confidence In You
The Faithful God!

Help Me To Look Up To 

The Lord Of My Life
- That Great God Of Creation -
With Ever Increasing Faith
So That I May Safely Pass Through
The Testing Carnal Strife!


Help Me, Lord
To Stand Firm In The Faith Of Jesus

And
Ever Trust The Living Word
So That I Don't Make My Life 

A Despising-Grace Disgrace!

Help Me To Trust My Master
In All Things  ... Through And Through
So That At The Appointed Time
I May Go Home And Live Forever
With You
And
The Faithful Brethren True!


Father,
I Ask The Favor
That You Help Me To Offer Prayers
And
Praise
With Real Understanding
So That I Am Not As Those 
Who Offer What Is Your Due
To Satan
That Wannabe-god
Highjacking-Almighty-God's-Worship Fraud!

Remember Me, Lord, In Mercy!
Pity Me, Lord, By Grace!
Bless Me, Lord, By Your Faithfulness
And
Keep Me In Your Care
So That I May Worship Before You
In Peace
In That Great And Awful Day!

Grant Me The Victory Over Sin
And
Enduring Faith
For
I Love You, Lord
And
I Bless You
And
I Say All In That Worthy Name
The Name Of The Beloved Christ Jesus!
AMEN.



Saturday, September 16, 2017

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Encumbering The Ground!? + PRAYER: Lord, Please Do Not Cast Me Out!






I Came Upon A Tree One Day
In The Beautiful Garden Of God!
It Was Lush And Large
For It Had Been There For A Great While
AND
I Thought To Linger There
To Contemplate The Word
AND
To Pray To The Living God
The One Who Gave Me My Smile!

I Sat Contented
BUT THENI Noted Something Strange!
All The Other Trees Bore Fruit
Save The One Under Which I Sat
AND
Truth Be Told
That Made Me Rock Back ...!

An Unfruitful Tree?!
In The Garden Of God?!
That Is An Impossibility! 
Could This Be
An Encumberer Of The Ground?!


I Got Up From There Quickly
All The While Talking With The Lord
Within Myself
AND
Trusting The Word Of The Living Book Of Life
Took Thought Of What I
- For The Kingdom -
Was Doing Myself
To Redeem The Time
AND
Recognize That The Days Were Evil
AND
That I Worked For The Divine!

I Was Pulled Up
- Real Short -
By A Sharp Jabbing Pain
That Afflicted My Heart
AND
Made Me In Exclamation
Pray:

Father,
Forgive Me!
Please Give Me Another Chance!
Please Till My Soil
And Manure Me
And
Let Me ... Cherished
Grow In Grace
Just For A Little While
So That In The Harvest
I Shall Bear Good Fruit
Perhaps 30 Fold
60 
Even 100 Fold! 


You, Lord
Know The Truth!

I Am Willing - Work On Me! 
I Am Willing - Pass Me The Crucible Through! 
Keep Me Faithful - I Am Pleading! 
Bless Me, Lord God Almighty
So That I May Bless The Living Kingdom
By Laboring To Bless Others
And
Bless You!


Forgive Me, Lord
For Celebrating
All The Wrong That I Did Not Commit
All The While As I Was Neglecting
Doing The Good Required Of Me - 
I Should Have Been Laboring
As One Truly Faithful
Provisioned By Your Grace!


Please, Lord
Do Not Dismiss Me
Casting Me Out
As An Emcumberer Of The Ground! 
Please Fit Me For Your Service
For
I Desire In The Living Kingdom
To Be Found!


I Love You, Lord!
I Need You!
I Seek You, Lord
In Godly Fear!
I Desire To Be Your Fruitful Tree
So
Prepare My Heart, Lord
For
For Your Faithful People
I Do Dearly Care!

I Yield Myself, Lord
 To Your Heavenly Care!


The Heavenly Gardener
Turned The Sod At My Feet!
The Son Shone Light In My Heart!
The Holy Spirit Rained Down Upon Me
AND
The Angels Kept The Sin-Bugs Away
AND
Soon
Soon I Knew
That In Me
There Was Good Fruit A-Growing
For
I Could Feel Those Blossoms Poking Through!
Ouch!            Ouch!            Oww!

Time Flies ...

The Day Of Harvest
Is Mere Moments Away
AND
Only Then Will I Know
My Tally Of Production
BUT
Whatever It Is
Of A Surety I Know
That I Am Not A Tree
Marked
For Damnation's Destruction!

Take Heed To Yourselves
All Ye That Are Trees
In The Beautiful Garden Of God!
God Almighty Expects A Good Harvest
From One And From All
AND
It Is He That Knows Of Each Tree The Amount
So
Heed The Call
ANDDo Your Duty
AND
Bear Good Fruit
AND
Leave It To The Living God
To Declare In The Harvest Celebration
Your Just 
AND
True 
Good Produce Count!

Get Your Strength
From
Jesus Christ
The One Righteous
The Blessed Blessing Fount!



DUD and FOB!

D oubt!
U nbelief!
D isobedience!

The Unholy Triumvirate
Are Poised
Dressed 
Positioned
AND
Practiced Past-Masters
At Sending The Seeking Sinner Man
To The Not-Necessary Fate!

F aith!
O bedience!
B elief!
 

The Holy Triumvirate
Stand Pristine
Alert
Urging Mankind
To Take The Path Of The Truly Blessed
For Known Godly Success!

DUD And FOB 
Are 
Two Three-Legged Stools
Two Paths
AND
Two Thought Schools
With
One Successfully Leading The Unrepentant Sinner 
To Damnation
AND
One Successfully Leading The Repentant Sinner 
To Salvation!

One Is Led By The Holy!
One Is Driven By The Profane!
One Lifts Up The Fallen!
One Ties The Fallen With Chains!

One Blinds The Eye To Truth!
One Lightens The Eye Through Truth!
One Runs Wild
AND
One Stands From Sin Aloof!

Look And See ...

Two Three-Legged Stools
Two Deliberate Sitters-Down
One Sits And Falls
AND
In His Own Filth He Crawls! 

The Other One Sits ... Having Believed Trust's Call
AND
Is Succored
By The Maker Of Us All
The Creator Of The Blue Ball
AND
Is Renewed Day By Day
Urged On By The Holy 
No More With Sin To Play!

Behold Two Three-Legged Stools
ABND
Observe That One Two-Legged Man
Standing Betwixt Two Thoughts
In The One Valley Of Decision
Listening
Because He Hears
Thinking
Because He Has Real Fears
AND WATCH

As He Deliberately Makes His Choice
Because He Harkens To The One True-To-Him Voice!

    Which Voice?!
                          Which Voice?!            

Is It DUD?!                                     Was It FOB?!

He Chose The Choice
Where His Freight Is Off-Boarded
Where
Doubt Unbelief Disobedience
Are Egregiously Expelled
AND
The Still Viable Expressive Faith Of The Fathers
Is Wittingly Willfully
Wisely Expressed
Not To Impress Doubting Shouters
But So That The Soul
Is By The Holy God
Blessed!

But ... What Of The Other ...

The Other
That DUD
Was Steamrollered
By The Bold Beelzebub
Who Takes Pleasure
In Acts Of Unrighteousness
Who Encourages Hard-hearted Men
Against The Living God
To Be Continuing-Sinners
With
Love-Of-God Cold
Waivering ... Ever Waivering
Like A Wave Of The Sea Tossed
Until
Until Time Runs Out
Because
The Cup Of Iniquity Is Filled Up
AND
The Soul ... Most Precious
Is
For Eternity ... Lost
Because
- Unlike The Convicted Converted Thief -
He Did Not Trust 
The Evidence Of The Lamb Of God
On Calvary's Cross!

I Choose To Be A FOB 
In The Not-A-Pocket
Of
The Eternal God!

How Now Choose You?



Friday, September 15, 2017

HAPPY SABBATH + THE DOOR: Jesus Christ ... The Way!





Hope In Jesus Christ For The Best!
Know That Satan Is The Worst!
So 

Shun The Devil
AND
Look For The Lord
For
Heaven At The Last
Is Our Great Reward!

Walk In Wisdom!
Foreswear Doubt!
Look Upward
Onward
Do Not Turn About!

Behind Is Damnation!
Ahead ... Glory Awaits!
Do Not By Faith's Waivering
Suffer The Devil's Known Fate!

Truth Is Our Banner!
Faith Is Our Shield!
Jesus Christ IS The Savior!
In Humility Of Repentance
To Him Willingly Yield!

One With God Is A Majority Victory!
Two With The Devil Are Totally Lost!
Reason With God Our Father
And Trust The Living Word
AND
With Right-Thinking Decision Made
Remember That Christ Died For You The Cross!

Day Is Dying In The West!
Repent Of Known Sin
AND
In The Name Of  King Jesus
To The Holy God Confess!

Our Father Will Forgive You!
Our Forgiveness Is Sure!
Look Upward To Jesus
He Is The Way!
He Is
- To Heaven -
Our Sure Open Door!





Thursday, September 14, 2017

INTIMATE CONVERSATION: Prayer





Since Prayer Is The Opening Of The Heart To God
As To A Friend
Then
Our Communion With Our Almighty God
Should Be An Intimate Conversation
Special
ONLY TO TWO
Between Two
About The Two
For One Outcome!

Satisfied With The Communion
The Seeking Heart Rests
Content
Pleased
Thankful
For The Soul's Resting Upon
AND
In The God Holy
Where The Forever-Friend
- The Companion - 
Is Heart-True
AND
The Conclusion Is Hallowed
Sanctified
Blessed
Causing The Mortal Heart
To Break Into Singing
A Joyful Song Of Praise
Knowing
That Its Confidante
Does Not Turn Eternity's Wheels
By The Whim Of Chance
Nor By The Frail Constancy Of 
Fretful Desire For Difference
Called Necessary Change!

Our God Is The Constant Companion!
Our God Is The Faithful One True!
Our God Is The Living God Of The Ages
Who Leads Willing Children
Gently Along Life's Ever-Changing Stages!

He Does Not Indulge In Fitful Rages!
We Can Trust Our God Without Fearing
That Failure Is On The Way Waiting
Today
AND
If We Are Likewise Constant
Enduring All
Obedient To The Call
AND
Faithful
We Will Be Victorious
Against The One
Whose Eye On Us
Is Baleful!

My Brother
My Sister
Take Heed Today
AND
Offer Up Your Heart's Secrets
When The Throne Of Grace You Approach
As You Bow Before The Glorious Majesty In Prayer
Knowing Of A Surety
That Your God Holy
For Your Soul 
Does Indeed Care!

Our God Sticks Closer Than A Brother
For He
By Personal Invitation
Into Our Own Heart
Does Lovingly Abide!
In Him IS Our Being
So
From Him
We Can Never Hide!
Confide In Him, Brethren!
Confide!

The Living Holy Eternal God Of Grace
IS
Ever Faithful!!



Wednesday, September 13, 2017

The Devil Didn't Make Me Do It! + PRAYER: Father, I ... Sinned Against Thee!




I Had The Decided Privilege
To Be Born In The Era
Where One Was Responsible
For
One's Own Actions!

I Now Live In The Era
Where It Is Acceptable Reasoning
To Accuse Another
For
Causing The Bad Behavior
That I, Myself 
- Unpaid
Unforced
Unaided -
Perpetrate!

God Help Us!

It Is Time That Man From Sin
Gets Himself An Acrimonious Divorce!

If The Living God
In His Living Word Says





How In The Name Of All That Is Holy
Could Another Be The Cause Of What I
- In Exercise Of My Own 
FREE
Will And Choice -
Have Done?




Note Whose SIN ... IT ... IS!!




If We Will But Look ... Closely
We Will See ... Plainly
The Very Hand Of Satan The Arch-Deceiver
In This Very Posturing!

Satan Has Pretty Much Accused
The Almighty God
For Causing Sin In The World
Because The Almighty God
Did Not Allow Satan Into His Private Counsels
AND
In Essence
For Not Allowing Satan To Be
Almighty God!
Ergo ... Almighty God Caused
AND
Causes Sin!

You Go And Kill Somebody
Because Somebody
Had Something That You Wanted
AND
Because That Somebody
Would Not Give Unto You
Their Personal Property
They Caused You To Kill Them
By Not Giving Unto You
What Was Not Yours To Own
But Theirs!

Here Is The Phrase:

Idiocy ... Thy Name Is Human!



If Personal Ownership Of Sin
Was Not The Right Thing
In God's Sight
Then There Was No Need
For A Savior
NOR
A Need For Confession Of Sin
NOR
For The Living God
To Be Faithful ... And Just
To Forgive Us Our Sin
AND
To Cleanse Of All Unrighteousness!

When Are We
- As So Called Free-Thinkers -
Illuminated
Men And Women Of Vision And Wisdom
Going To Buy A Penny Clue
AND
Become Men And Women
Of Truth And Honest Integrity!

You Commit Murder
You Steal
You Bear False Witness
You Covet
You Worship Idols
You Dishonor Your Parents
You Commit Adultery
You Take God's Name In Vain
You Break The Sabbath
You Have Your Own Selves As God
AND
You Blame Others?!?!

No! No!
A Thousand Times ... NO!!


PRAYER:

Heavenly Father,
I Am A Sinner!
I Committed The Sin!
I Knew What I Was Doing!
I Was The Way To Life Forsaking!

I Bow My Head In Abject Shame!
My Heart Burns In Me In Sorrow!
I Dishonored My Holy God
And
Without Christ For My Savior
I Know That I Should Burn
But
You Are The God Holy
You Are The God True
And
I ... I Forsake The Way Of Damnation
And
Lay My Soul Down In Sacrifice
Before You!

Forgive Me, Father!
The Sin Is My Own!
I Acted Alone!
Please Accept My Sorrow
For My Sin
And
The Great Sacrifice
For My Forgiveness
As Paid For
By Your Beloved Son
Jesus Christ The Lord
Who Did For My Sin
Did - Alone - Atone!

I Love You, Lord!
Have Mercy And Bless
And
Cleanse Me
From All Unrighteousness!
In Jesus Christ's Name
I Pray And Plead
Help Me To Walk
In Christ-Like Integrity!
AMEN.





Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Consecrated ... Dedicated!





Consecrated To God
AND
Dedicated To Self
Were Raised By The Same Parents
AND
Lived In The Same Household
BUT
Attended Two Different Schools
Of Higher Education
AND
Sung Different Tunes
AND
Walked Different Walks
AND
Kept Different Friends
AND
Spoke Different Languages
AND
Allegedly Served The Same God
BUT
With A Twist And A Diss!

The Twist Was That
Consecrated To God
Was
Dedicated To God
In All That He Did
Said
AND
Thought
AND
The Diss Is That
Dedicated To Self
Had Consecrated Himself
To Disobeying
The Laws Of The Holy God
AND
Has Acquired A Following
Much Like That Of The Fallen-Angel Fraud
AND
Is Working Diligently
To Get Men
Great And Small
Rich And Poor
Free And Bond
To Worship At His Extensive Table Of
Goodies
Pretties
Baubles
Benefits
Benefactors
Beliefs
Belly Bands
Bows
If's
Then's
But's
Why's
Whatfor's
Wherefore's
Therefore's
Because's
Wishcraft's
Witchcraft's
AND
Whynot's!

His Solely-Self Business
Was Booming
AND
His Personal Grooming And Perfuming
Was Luminously Luscious
Replete With Rare Aromatics
Dedicated To Tickle The Nose
AND
The Fancy Of Those
Who Throve On Hot
Heady
AND
Patently Popular!
He Was A Hot Shot ... Snot!

Well  ...
As You May Have
Probably Likely Figured Out
Guessed
Consecrated To God
Being Consecrated To God
Was Hardly Getting Any Play
Around The Town!

Epithets Like

"Too Fastidious!"
"Holy Roller!"
"Boring!"
"You Suck Always!"
"Buzz Killer!"

AND

"Lousy Loser!"

Were Continually
Continuously
Conscientiously
Tossed At That Consecrated
BUT
- Strangely Enough -
He Seemed Unmooooved!

He Was As Happy As A Clam!
He Was As Busy As A Bee!
He Was As Quiet As A Church-Mouse
AND
He Walked With
AND
Unto
The Living God
Conscientiously
AND
He Visibly
Vocally
Confidently
AND
For All Men
Carefully Cared!
He Chose To Not By Satan Be Snared!
He Diligently God's Saving Truth Shared!
He Held The Highest In Godly Fear!

These Two Brethren
Were A Textbook Study Of Contrasts
With Nothing With Which
Their Conduct And Characters
Could Be Compared!

One Had Character!
One Was Characterless!
One Was Resolute!
One Was Running Baseless!
One Was Honorable!
One Was Vile And Careless
BUT
Both Sang
In The Sanctuary Choir
AND
That Dedicated To Self
Was The Head Of Personal Ministries
AND
Leader Of The Festival Choir!
His Passion Was On Fire!

Brethren ...

Be Thou Ever Grateful
That Day Runs Until Night Catches It
That Onion Makes Exposed Eyes Tear
AND
That The Mighty God
Makes Profligate Willful Sinners
- At Their Own Will's Choosing 
No Matter How Late To Watchers It May Be -
Humble Themselves
In Godly Fear!

One Glad Morning
At The Break Of The Dawning
Dedicated To Self
Dedicated Himself
In The Mirror
That
- To Gross Even Grand Effect -
Honorably To Complete Satisfaction
Displays His Beloved  ...god!


Dedicated To Self Was Pleased With His Prayers!
He Had Given The Requisite
Three Cheers!!!
ANDTurning ... Just So
To Gain The Full Effect Of The Vanity Flood Light
Seemingly
Positively
Practically
Turned To Stone
Paralyzed
Unable Even To Reach
For The Customized Cell Telephone
Whose Ring Tone Said:

I Am That I Am! 
I Am! 
I Am ... That I Am!


For Three Whole Hold-Him Days
He Was There ... Alone!
For Three Whole Scold-Him Days
His Thoughts Were His Alone!
For Three Whole Unfolding Days
He Had To Hear His Telephone
Snarkily Saying
Singing:

I Am That I Am! 
I Am! 
I Am ... That I Am!


His Eyes Ran!
His Nose Leaked!
His Ears Itched!
He Had Butter On His Teeth
AND
He Did Not Care
For  ... Now
The Eternal God
Had The Full Attention
Of His Head
His Heart
AND
All Two Ears
AND
He Could
- No Longer Wilfully Blind -
Could Could See
With Unclouded Eyes
That His Life Thus Far Was Foolish
AND
His Base Acts Against Great Grace
Through Malice
Were Totally Asinine!

He Held The Chalice!
He Almost Almost  Almost Wished
To Be Physically Blind
For Then He Would Not
Be Able To See
What He Had Caused To Be Written
In God's Remembrance Book
Immortalized
Against The Great Day
When Men
- Unrepentant -
Will For Their Own Sin
Thoroughly
- Without Benefit Of Dear Mercy -
Have To Have To Pay!

When He Came To Himself
He Was Strongly Heard Saying:

"Idiocy ... Thy Name Is Man!
So Much For That Plan!
Down With Catch As Catch Can!
You Must Honor
The Glorious One
The Son Of God
The Savior Of Fallen Man!"


His Lesson Learned
Dedicated To Self
Started To Teach!
His Profane Goal Was Summarily Set Aside
For Self
He No Longer Did Reach!

His Clothes Had Done Been Scrubbed
Washed
In Salvation Bleach!
He Had Learned
That Foolishness Is Not Sense
AND
A Wasted Life
Is A Life Not Securely Spent!

Dedicated To Self
- Reformed -
Became One Consecrated To God
AND
That
My Beloved Dear Ones
Is One Less Soul
For
The Lost-Man Army
Of The Great Fraud
So
Let That Be Your Soul's Goal!

Dedicated To Self
Now Consecrated To Saving The Soul From 
Sin And Self
Acknowledged
That He Was Not Lucky
BUT
Blessed
For
In Hind Sight
His Cup Had Been
Half A Knuckle
Away From Full
AND
Not Being
- By God -
Allowed To Breach The Brim
Knew Of A Surety
That His Next Step
Would Have Been
- At The Appointed Time -
Naked Lake Of Fire And Brimstone Swimming!

Grace And Mercy
Met And ... Kissed
AND
Dedicated-Consecrated To God
Is
With 
AND
Unto The Living God
Now Diligently Walking!