THE U.S. NATIONAL ANTHEM: Nebuchadnezzar's Statue Sorta Kinda Like!

The Present Kurfuffle Going On
Over The Courtesies Paid
At The Singing Of The United States National Anthem
Is
- To Me -
A Cautionary Tale
That All Christians
- Truly All Peoples -
Would Do Well To Watch 
AND
Think About
With Total Care!

Know The Difference Between

Respect

And

Worship!

This Protest 
- Again ... To Me -
Is One Of Those Things
Whereby Those Who Would Be God
Will See How Far They Can Go
Before The Bough Breaks
AND
Just As Nebuchadnezzar Appointed
The Prized Elevated Golden Object Of Worship
We Should See The Modern Parallels Presented Here
AND
Take Special Note!

Each Side Has Points In Their Favor!
Each Side Has Points That Detract!
BUT
Those Of Us Who See With Eyes
On The Living Word
AND
The Prophetic Clock
Will Nod Our Heads
AND
Say:

These Things Cannot Help But Be So!

Nebuchadnezzar
King Of Babylon
Ordered His People
To Worship The Glittering Golden Image
At The Sound Of The Myriad Instruments' Music
Under Penalty!
(Listen To The U.S. National Anthem 
And Be Thrilled By The Extraordinary Emotion It Evokes!
Music Is Not Neutral And There Is Ever A Reason For Its Use!)

Those Among The Babylonians
Still Faithful To The Living God
Refused
AND
They Were Reported To The Authorities
Not Only For Not Bowing Down To The New Idol
BUT
Also For Not Worshiping Nebuchadnezzar's Many gods
AND
In His Blind Fury
Nebuchadnezzar Raged
At The Four Hebrew Worthies:

I Urge The People Of God
To Take Note Of This
AND
Lean On The Promises Of God!

What Is Happening
Is Not A Coincidence!
Nothing That Happens In This Vale Of Tears
Is Coincidental!
It All Has A Purpose
- Usually For Man's Ill At Satan's Hand -
BUT ALMIGHTY GOD
Will Ultimately Use Even This
For His Own Glory!

Let Us Choose Our Battles Carefully
For
There Are No Fools In God's Eternal Kingdom!

The Final Movements On The Prophetic Clock
Are Stated To Be Rapid Ones
So
Let Us Watch Unto Prayer
AND
Be Faithful Unto Death!

Nothing

- On Its Face -

Is What It Appears To Be!

It Should Be Noted ...

All Bets Are Off
Come October 31, 2017
When The Final Nail
In The Coffin Of Protestantism
Is Hammered In With Finality
As The Final Documents Are Signed For Its Abolition
Saying Boldly
That The Protest Against Abominable Worship Practices
Which Should Have Lasted Until Jesus Christ Comes
Is No More
AND
In Effect 
That All Religions Are One
AND
All gods Are One And The Same
Equal To The Creator-God
AND
The One Eternal Holy Almighty Creator-God
Is Nothing
Nada
Zilch
Bupkis
Caput
Finished!

Brethren,
Stay Instant And Constant In Pray!
Stay Faithful To The Living God Until Death!
Stay Hopeful Of The Blessed Assurance!
Stay Trusting In The Promises Of God!
Stay Believing That Our God Is Who He Says He Is!
Stay Obedient To God's Will!
Stay In Your King James Bible The Preserved Word Of God
AND
Lean, Lean, Lean
On The Holy Jesus!

The Warfare
The Little Time Of Jacob's Trouble
Is Close At Hand!
AND
So Is Jesus Christ's Return!

Anything

Worshiped Like Unto God

Is God!

- Enter The Dragon!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: PRAYER ... Living By Jesus Christ's Faith!

Thank You, Lord
For My Spared Life
For A Roof Over My Head
For Health, Strength
For Friends And Family
And
The Blessed Assurance
That My Lord Christ 
Who Is The One To Come
Will Come
And Shall Not Be Silent!

Father,
I Am Thankful For The Saving Grace
That Assures Of A Place
In The Eternal City
And
I Am Immeasurably Grateful
For The Sacrifice
In The Person Of The Beloved
The Holy Jesus
That Makes It Possible
And
Permits Me The Faith
To Say With Conviction:

Father,
I Believe - Cure Me Of Any Unbelief!
I Trust - Cut Off My Access
To Satan's Best Weapon
Called Rightly Debilitating Doubt!

I Hope - Help Me To Stand Firm
In The Faith Of Jesus
So That The Rising Clamour Of The Rabble
Cannot Cause My Tree To Bear Wild Fruit!

I Love - Help Me To Love In Truth And Purity
And Not Look Back At What Was
Nor Look Down At What Is
But
To Look Up And Forward
To Him Who Is On The Way
Perfectly Patient
Permitting Patience To Do Her Work
Via The Fiery Trials
That All The World Must Face
And That All The Persevering Faithful
Will Willingly Endure
So That We Will Be Saved Forevermore!

Father,
Forgive Me My Folly
And Help Me
For I Believed I Was Rich
And Had The World By The Tail!
I Had Plenty And Needed Nothing
But All That I Was
Was To Sin 

A Regulation Slave! 

I Gratefully Acknowledge My Weakness
So That I May Claim Your Strength!

Father,
My Eyesight Is Poor - Apply Unsparingly
The Heavenly Eyesalve!
My Money Is Rusting And Cankered -
I Don't Want It To Testify Against Me
On The Great Day Of Vengeance
So I Apply To You
For A Share Of Heaven's Gold!

Lord,
Have Mercy!
Sin Made Me Fair To Naked
So Please Give To Me Your Garment Of Righteousness
That Linen Robe Clean And White
So That The Shame
My Shame
Be Not To The World Exposed!

Dear Lord,
I See My Need
For My Soul's Savior
For My Soul To Be Reconciled
To My Father
To My Maker
And
I Reach For The Hand
That Is Help
My Hope
My Salvation
And
I Bow My Head
In Convicted-Of-Sin Worship
And
Ask For The Holy Spirit's Working
So That I Am Truly Converted
To The Way Of Cross
As I Walk Renewed
Protected
Sheltered
On The Narrow Way To Surpassing Glory!

I Claim Jesus Christ As Mine!
Grant Unto Me The Character Of The One Divine
And
Bless Me To Arrive Safely
By Your Grace
In The Land Called Sublime!

I Worship You, Lord
For I Honor
Trust And Love You
And Bless You With Unfeigned Lips!

Hear My Prayer

For You Are My God

And I Hold You In Godly Fear!

Please Show Me Again

That For Me You Do Care!

In Jesus Christ's Holy Name

I Pray, And Humbly Plead!

AMEN.

The Morning Of Bliss Is In Our View!

The Surrogates For Satan
Are In The Operational Mode Earth Conservancy
Never Considering
Totally Ignoring
Desperately Despising
The Eternal God's Sovereignty
AND
Corralling People Into Small Spaces
Igniting Firestorms Of Evil In Their Midst
AND
Encouraging Them To Kill Each Other
So That "The Once Dying Now Man-Saved Earth" 
Will Give The Celebrated
Illuminated
An Image Of  Perfection And Bliss!

God Destroyed The Earth Before With Water!
This Go Around It Is Reserved For Fire
AND
There Is Nothing That The Devil And His Imps Can Do
- By Themselves
Nor By Man's Hand -
That Will Cause The Earth
Early To Expire!

The Lord Made A Promise To His People
A Promise  Signed Off On In Innocent Blood
That He Is Coming For His Elect
- At God's Perfectly Known And Appointed Time -
To Take Them Us To His Home
In Heaven Above!
God Is Faithful!
He, To Us, Is Love!

Just As When The Lord Was In Mount Sinai
AND
The Earth Shook And Convulsed
In His Presence
The Closer That The World Gets
To The Lord's Second Return
All Nature Convulsing
Is What We Can Expect!

The Lord In Zion Reigneth!

Oh, Let His People Rejoice!

Acknowledge

The Sure And Plain Signs

Of

His Soon Coming

And

Don't Let Doubters Stay

Your Rejoicing Voice!

Sing Of God's Grace!
Christ Is Coming In Glory!
Sing Of The Homeward Bound Train!
Sing A Joyful Hallelujah!
Sing It, Brethren Faithful!
Sing It!
Again, And Again!

Rejoice! The Lord Is King!

The Devil's Days Are Numbered Few!

Our Sorrow Has Had Its Night Of Weeping

But, Praise God

The Morning Of Bliss

Is In Our Upward View!

Bless The Lord, Oh, My Soul
With All Your Being!
Salvation Is Coming On The Wing!
The Hosts Of Heaven Are Coming
AND
We Shall Be Celebrating Our Victory
With Our Glorious King!

Sin Death Hell And Satan
Are Already Defeated
So
Walk Firmly As One Taking The Victory Lap!
Walk Boldly As One Beckoned
To The Glorious King's Presence
ACKNOWLEDGING
That Our Victory Is Of The Holy God!

Give Nothing To Satan

That Condemned

And

Damned

Prosperity-Benighting

Fraud!

HAPPY SABBATH + Measuring The Almighty God!?

I Got Out My Tape Measure
For
I Was Going To Measure The Living God!
I Was Going To Make Him A Strait-Jacket
As Ordered 
By ... King Fraud!

I Did Not Know What I Had Let Myself In For
BUT
I Believed That I Was Up To The Task
Until 
I Looked Up And Unto God
AND
Recognized That The Length Of His Hand
Was Eternity Long
AND
The Girth Was Everlastingly Vast!

I Complained To Him Who
Had Requested My Services
Saying That My Tape Measure
Was Not Long Enough
AND
Y'all Should Have Heard
His Scornful Devilishly Derisive Laughing Reply:

I Requested You

To Make God A Suit!

I Never Said You Should

Or Could

Measure HIM!

... And He Proudly Turned
AND
Walked Aw... Disappeared!

Flummoxed!
Dismayed!
Bewildered!
Perplexed!
Moved ... But Unmoving
I Assayed To Try Prayer
AND
That Is When I Heard The Voice:

Come, Child!

Lean On The Everlasting Arm!

Cooperate With The Living God

And

Let Him Create From His Measure

Your Coat Of Rejoicing!

My Head Whipped Up!
My Hand Reached Out!
My Heart Was Fair To Thumping!

I Knew That Voice!
I Needed That Choice!
AND
I Desired That Coat Of Rejoicing
For
I Was Tired
- Plum Tired -
Of Sin On My Own Self
Always Foisting!

Father,
I Need You!
Have Mercy On Me!
I Attempted The Impossible!
I Wanted To Attire You
In My Idea Of A Thing Of Beauty!

I Wanted To Measure You
But
Your Arm Was Too Long
Too Wide
And
My Tape Too Short
For It Would Not Your Arm Go Around!

Where Did I Go Wrong!?!

Beloved,

First You Doubted!

Second You Elevated Self!

You Lowered My Dignity

And

You Placed Satan - With Primacy -

On Your Love-Only-The-Living-God Shelf!

I Am Your Maker

Redeemer

Sealer Savior Friend!

You Cooperate With Me!

I

Sinful Hearts

Change

And

New Garments Commend!

One Man Cannot

Two Masters Serve

So

Choose Me And Live

And

You Shall Forever Grow!

In Me

You Shall Ever Thrive

If You

The Devil Overthrow!

Bless The Lord

With Your Soul

And

With All That Is In You

The Holy Name Bless

And

Trust Me

For Your Own Soul's Salvation

And

Come Out From Sinning

And

Into Salvation's Warmth Go

From Decimating-Sin's Cold!

Enter

- By Faith -

The Safe Fold!

Truth Won The Day!

I Held The Eternal In My Heart
From That Day
AND
I Am Telling All Who Will Listen:

The Devil's A Liar!

Don't Play His

HeAloneKnowsThePunchLine Joke

For

He Will The Word Of Truth 

Out Of You Choke!!

Almighty God Already Condescended
To Come Down To Our Level
So
It Is Our Turn
To Reach Up To Him!

Be Not Conformed To The Ways
Of This World
BUT
Be Renewed By The Transforming
Of Your Heart-For-God Mind!

Custom-Tailored

Man-Made Suits

For

The Eternal God

Are

Oxymoronic!

Eschew It!

Satan's Task + PRAYER: Lord, I Come To Thee!

Now Is Not The Time For Faith To Fail!
We Are Nearing Home!
This Is Not The Time
To Permit Doubt To Assail

As The Heaven-Bound Train Is About To Set Sail
AND

To Get On Board
You Don't Want To Fail
For
We Are Truly Nearing Home!

Don't You Know
That It's At The Border Of The Promised Land
That The Enemy Attacks
AND

Your Hopeful Harvest Try To Sack?!

Don't You Recognize That Satan
AND

His Vile Progeny
Will Promise You The World In Three Wishes
Just Like A Fairy Tale Genie
- Which Is One Of His Mesmers -
To Befuddle The Mind
To Make Tawdry The Senses
To Have You Fail At Being Of Jesus Christ's Line
Bought
Paid For
Forgiven
Set Apart
For It Is His Sworn Task to Ensure
That To the Shepherd Of The Sheep
You Do Not Hark
So That Beguiled
You Shall 

- With His Lost Self -
Walk In The Oppressive Dark Of Disobedience
AND
Self Sell?!

Satan's

T russ Up
A ll Men
S eeking Christ's
K ingdom!

I Know ...!
I Understand What You Are Saying
But My Mind Is Playing Tricks
Trying

To Make Me Believe
That My Faith Is As A Cascading Domino Slick Trick!

I Know I Should Be ... Strong ...
... All I Am Feeling Is Weak ...!

Then It Is ...

... Time!

Time To Boast Of My Infirmities
Taking My Strength From The Lord
The One Perfect
The One Eternal

The God Strong!

PRAYER:

Oh, Lord

Thou Art Holy

And

As A Weak Child

Needing Your Strength

I Come To You Today

Pleading, Beseeching, Begging

Please

For Me Make The Way To Life

Abundantly Clear!

Lord,

I Can't

I Won't Walk This Mortal Life Alone - 

Please Hold My Hand 

And Help Me

Safely To Arrive

In The Heavenly Home!

Please Guide My Footsteps! 

Please Have Mercy On Me

And

Please Do Not Permit Satan

From You

Me To Cleave!

I Trust You! 

I Honor You! 

I Worship You, Lord

And

I Humbly

Your Word Do Obey

So, Please

In This Trying Hour

Let Me Not Turn Away To Fables

And

Falsehoods

And

Before The Raging Adversary

Of This Poor Servant's Soul

Cower!

Lord,

I Am Not Alone! 

Many Are They

Who Are Troubled In Their Minds

And

We Beseech You, Father

To Help Us

To You 

To Be Steadfastly Inclined!

Protect Us From The Fairweather Friend

Mean Man

And

False-Hearted

Double-Minded Brethren

And

Bless Us To See

-In Peace - 

The Lord Of Our Life

In Whom

There Is No Offense!

Father,

I Desire The Oil Of Gladness!

Help Me To Lean Upon Jesus For Joy

And

Grant Me The Indwelling

Of

The Precious Holy Spirit

And

Let The Holy Angels Ever Attend

For

I Will To Be True To Only You!

I Give You  Praise - No Alloy!

Help Me

On The Bread Of Heaven To Fill Up

So That In The Glad Day

With The Faithful Brethren

I Shall Rise Up

And

To Heaven Go Up

Glorified

Immortalized

And 

Arrived In The Holy City

On The Water Of Life

To Forever Freely Fill Up!

Bless Me, Lord

By Your Saving Grace

For

I Truly Love You!

In Jesus Holy Name, I Pray And Plead!

AMEN!

CREEPING DOUBT : A Push-In Robbery! + PRAYER: I Need You, Lord!

I Thought I Was Opening The Door
To Faith For Today
BUT
Creeping Doubt
- Doing A Push-In Robbery
Just Like A Gully-Bore -
Entered My Living Space
Shaking Me
To My Core!

I Cried Out In Consternation
Fear
Ever Horror
AND
Called Unto My God:

Lord Jesus, Save Me!

Send Help Before 

In The Face Of Creeping Doubt

I, Paralyzed

Cower!

Instant!
Constant!
Is Our God!
Faithful!
Helpful!
Not Like The Fraud!
AND
In The Moment Of
My Trust-In-God Lament
The In-Flowing Holy Spirit
Had My Bowed Shoulder
Unbent!

With Renewed Faith

I Firmly Exclaimed:

Get Thee Hence, Satan
You And Your Messenger Of Doom!
I Do Not Live In The Sight Of My Eyes!
I Live In The Love Of The Lord Christ
My God And My King
Who Is Returning To The Earth Soon!

I Trust God For Deliverance!
Angels Surround!
I Trust God For Healing

AND
The Great Physician's Balm Is Poured Out!

I Trust God For Shelter!
The Rock Of My Defense Is For Me Cleft!
I Trust In The Grace Of God
AND
Mercy-For-Me
Has Not My House Left!

And In Distinct Gratitude

I, To My God, Prayed:

Dear Lord, Most Holy

You Are My God!

Please Protect And Preserve My Faith

And

Rid Me Of Doubt

That Messenger Of King Fraud!

I Bless You, Lord!

I Believe Your Word!

Break My Stony Heart Before You, Lord

And Give Me

The Promised Heart Of Flesh

For

In The Faith Of My Jesus

I Will - By You - To Be Eternally Blessed!

I Am Walking On The Narrow Way -

Let My Speech

By Truth

Be Straight!

Let My Footsteps Gently Fall

As I Share The Gospel Of Peace

To Everybody

One ... And All!

Blest Me To Hear The Joy And Laughter

Tinged With Heavenly Melody!

Bless Me Not To Make Shipwreck

Of My Faith

So That In The Great Day

I Will Not Be Participant

In The Damnation Disaster!

I Bless You, Lord!

I Fear Thy Name!

With My Confession And Repentance

Please Remove From Me

The Guilt Of Sin

The Fallen Man's Stench Of Shame

And 

Raise Me Up

Raise Me Up

To Glory Untold

In The Great Day

When With Glorified Sight

I Shall My Lord

My King

My Savior

My Redeemer

In Peace With You ... Behold!

I Need You, Lord! 

Have Mercy And Bless Me

In Jesus' Name

For

Convicted Of Sin

And

Converted To Faith

And

Awaiting Sure Redemption

As A Recipient Of Blood-Bought Salvation

I Plead ... I Plead! 

AMEN.

Recipe For Disaster!

... I Had Left The World In Practice
AND
Not Too Long After
My Spirit Followed
BUT
You Must Understand That
It Was A Fight
For My Spirit ... For A Time

Still Basked
In The Things-Of-The Wicked-World Glow!

I Still Wanted To Go With The Flow!

That's The Truth!
I Know!

I Had Thought Nothing Of It
For
I Was Done With The Allurements Of The World
Until The Day I Heard The Trumpet Calling
AND
My Hair Started To Curl!

Shocked ... I Cried Out:

Lord,

What Meanest This?!

I've Forsaken The World

So Why Is My Spirit

Desiring A Worldly Twirl?!

I Got Out The Old Bible
And Had Me A Look Through
AND
Then The Story Of Lot And His Family
Was Under My Review!

I Read It!
I Pondered It!
I Read It ... Again

AND

Knew
That The Key To My Problem
Laid In The Person Of Lot's Wife Who
Loved Life In The Flesh Pot
More Than The God Who
Staved Off Sure Destruction
So That Through The Gate To Salvation
She Could
- With Alacrity -
Walk Through!

The Things That One Loves
Are The Things That Hold Dominion
Over Body And Spirit
AND
You Can Be Sure 

That - With Wisdom - They'll Never Attend
The Faith-In-God's-Word Cotillion!

Control Of The Spirit
Must Be Given Over To The Savior
Or Else
Spirit Will Encourage Carnal-Minded Body
To Indulge In Known Unseemly Behavior!

Lot's Wife Loved Her Things
More Than She Loved Her Life
AND
Her Love Of Her Perishable Things
Cost Her ... Her Unregainable Life!

Living In The Flesh
Is Looking For 

Embracing Death
AND
Death Is Disguised
As Looking Good At Living Life
Until Death Is Unmasked
After You - Lost - Die!

Come On!

How Is Unmasked Death Profitable
To The One Who Dies?!

It Isn't!
It's A Cautionary Tale
For The Living
Teaching Them Not To Despise
The Blessings Of Heaven
AND
Not To Be Ruled
By The Devil's Leaven!

"Do What Thou Wilt!"

Is The Recipe For Disaster
AND
Many Are They
Who Stoke The Damned Devil's Laughter
By Not Committing
Body AND Spirit
To The Care Of The Lord
AND
Walking, Walking Talking
In Inharmonious Profession
In The Face Of The World
In The Sight Of The Eternal God!

What, May I Ask You
Is An Inharmonious Profession?!

That's When Your Walk And Your Talk 

Don't Comport aka Align aka Line Up!

Exactly!

Yeah! They Talk Turkey And Walk Duck!

What I Still Don't Understand
Is The Correlation Between You And Lot's Wife?!

Lot Ran A Godly Operation
AND
It Is Assumed ...!

... Careful Wielding That Assume Thingy!

It's A Side-Winder!

Will Do!
We Take For Granted
That Lot's Wife Was A Godly Person
BUT
If You Look Closely
You Will Plainly See 

That In The Hour Of Her Trial
Her Love Of Her Possessions 

AND

Apparent Status
Rendered Her A Woman Starkly Ungodly
- Plainly Idolatrous -
For Her Things Obtained Her Worship
AND
In The Day Of Escape
Her Spirit Was Behind Her

- She Seemingly Felt That God Had Dealt Harshly With Her -
Esconced In The Damned City
AND SOHer Quivering Flesh
Concerned Fearful
For Its Welfare
Wittingly
Wilfully
- Slighting The Eternal God's Grace -
Did Look Back ...!

... And Death Attacked!

That's A Shame ... A Disgrace!

I Get It! I Get It!
Her Spirit Led Her Eyes
So She Looked Back ... Twice!
Her Heart Was In The Doomed City
So Her Body Wanted
Yearned
To Be There
And, So
Her Eyes Thereto Turned!

How True!
Your Spirit Controls Your Body
Unless AND Until
You Turn Over Self
- Completely -
To The Lord Of Life
- Totally -
To Make The Way For You
In The Carnal Strife!

Well Put!
God In - Self Out!
Self In - God Out!

Man Cannot Serve Two Master
For
One Will Be The King
And The Other  Will Be As Broken Plaster
And Therein Will Lie
Sure And Real Disaster!

Man Needs To Learn This Lesson For Life Faster
So That The Lord Of Life
Will Be Their Only Master!

Amen!