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!

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.

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.

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?

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!

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!!

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.