Wednesday, December 13, 2017

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Serve Me Salt!

Father Most Faithful,
I Come Unto Thee
Asking For Salt Unmeasured
Your Grace
That Is Ever Sufficient For Me!


By Your Grace
Help Me To Walk Wise!
By Your Wisdom
Grant Me Discernment
To Detect Satan's Lies
And
By The Blood Of The Innocent
Make Thou Me Clean
So That In The Day Soon Dawning
Fear Of Condemnation
Will Not Cause It To Be To Me
The Thing To Hide From
The Thing Best Not Seen!


Riches Bring Cares Insurmountable
That Poor Men
Ignorant
Wish That They Could Have
But, Lord
I Beseech You
Have Mercy On Me
And
Bless Me With
The Spirit Of Contentment
For What I Have
And
Spare Me The Curse
Of Lusting After Things
That In Your Wisdom
Are Not Things That Will Bless Me

And
Cause Me To Achieve
Your Personal Gift Of Immortality
And
Eternal Wings!

Father,
Your Word Says That
The Poor Is Better Than The Liar
So Keep Me From Lies! 
Your Word Says Get Wisdom
That Principal Thing
So, Please
Grant Me Wisdom
And Understanding
That Only Comes From You
So That The Knowledge
That I Daily Gain
Will Be A Blessing To Me
And
- In The Sharing Thereof - 
The Children Of The Kingdom True!


Father,
Please Let Patience In Me
Do A Perfect Work
So That I Am Complete
And
Perfect
Just As Is My God
And
Keep Me, Lord
Keep Me In Your Blessed Care
And
Away
Far Away
From The Shiny Beads And Baubles Of Unbelief
Distrust
Disobedience
Denial
And
Self
That Are Liberally Distributed By
The One Damned
Satan The Fraud

Who Is Vainly Trying To God!

I Love You, Lord
And
I Worship You Alone
And Not Giving Your Glory To The False Other! 
Please Accept These Few Petitions 
And
Make Me A Fit Vessel
For Your Heavenly Use! 
In Jesus Christ's Holy Name
I Fervently Pray And Humbly Plea!
AMEN.



Tuesday, December 12, 2017

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT: SELF ... Daring Almighty God?!



... The Questions Are Simple:

Why Should Your Personal Choice Affect My Free Will?!
Why Should Your Freedom To Make Foolish
Even Egregiously Bad Decisions
Cost Me My Life?!
AND, FURTHERMORE Have You Even Considered
How Each Person's Free Will
Each Person's Free AND Personal Choice
AND
"No Man Knows The Day Nor The Hour 
WHEN The Son Of Man Cometh!"Intersect?!

I Once Heard A Pastor Say
That Because He Is So Certain
Of His Soul's Sure And Promised Salvation
That He Would Not Defend Himself
Against An Intruder
A Bandit
Even If It Cost Him His Life
Because
It Could Lead To
- AFTER 
His Demise -
That Bold And Ravening Sinner
Repenting Of Known Sin
AND
Coming To Jesus
AND
Being Saved For Eternity!

Maybe He Was Thinking Of What Jesus Said:

Greater Love Hath No Man
But He That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends!


And I Would Say
That He Is Wrong?!

I Agree!
Work Out Your Own Soul's Salvation!

Jesus Christ's Life
Is The Only Life
That Was 
That Is 
The Suitable Sacrifice For Sin!

Everybody Knows Right From Wrong!
God's Law Is Written On Every Man's Heart
So That They Are Without Excuse!

But What Of Innocent Blood As Seed?!

Indeed ...!

So We Come To The Crux Of The Matter ...

Tomorrow Is Not Promised!
Now Is The Acceptable Time!
Now ... Is The Day Of Salvation!

What Of The Martyrs?!

What About
If We Confess Our Sin
He Is Faithful And Just
To Forgive Us Our Sin
And Cleanse Us From ALL Unrighteousness?!

What About
If Any Man Hear My Voice
And Answer?!

What About Harden Not Your Heart?!

What Of 
Get Wisdom!
Get Understanding?!

What Of
Let Us Hear The Conclusion Of
THE WHOLE MATTERFear God
And Keep His Commandments
For The Living God IS Judge?!

What Of 
My Reward Is With Me
To Give Everyman According As
His Personal Work Shall Be?!

Harden Not Your Hearts!

Be Ye Holy As Your Father Is Holy!

Blood As Seed Works
While God's Mercy Is Still Working!
It Won't Work
When Man's Probation Is Finished!

This, Somehow 
- To Me -
Smacks Of A Certain Level Of Presumption ...!

... Just Like Death Bed Confessions
And
Death Bed Repentances!

Too, True!
Man Looks At The Outward Appearance!
Almighty God Looks At The Man's Heart!

Think About This:

You Stab A Man In His Heart ... Deliberately
AND THENPlead With Him Not To Die
... As You Try To Save Him From Dying!

That's Presumptuous!

We Need To Confess Our Known Sin
And Repent To God Every Day
In Jesus Christ's Name
For
No Man Knows The Day
Nor The Hour
WHEN
The Son Of Man Cometh
Is All That I'm Going To Say!

Be Careful
Ye That Think Ye Stand
Lest Ye Fall!

No Man Should Take A Stance Like That Pastor!
We Daily Sin
By Thought Word And Deed
AND
We Need To Remember The Word:




Every Man Has The Same Opportunity
AND
We Should Remember That
The Soul That Sins
It Shall Die
AND
Unconfessed Sin Is Sin ... Unforgiven!

Any Final Thoughts ...

By Thy Word, Thou Art Justified!
By Thy Word, Thou Art Condemned!

I Sincerely Believe That That Pastor's Idea
Is Heaven-Daring Arrogance!

Nowhere In Scripture
Will You Find A Saint Of God
Presuming Upon God's Mercy
In Such An Unseemly Manner!

We Are To Give Up Fleeting Things For Christ
And For The Sake Of The Gospel!

We Do Not ... In My Personal Opinion
Have The Right
Nor The Power
To Decide That Our Life Is God's Seed
And Be Hopeful Of Something
That In All Likelihood
May Never Happen!

No Criminal Ever Said
Or Will Ever Say: 

I Shall Go And Kill Me A Good Christian Man
A Man Sure Of His Soul's Salvation
A Heaven-Bound Saint
And God ... 
The Living Eternal God Of All Grace
Who Pays All
BUT
Is Paid By The Wilful Desire Of The Christian
To Be A Human Christ
AND
Who Knows The Thoughts
AND
Intents Of The Desperately Wicked Human Heart
Is Going To
- In Servile Cooperation 
For This "Once Saved Always Saved" Man's Willing Sacrifice - 
Convert Me
And Save My Soul
From The Second Death
Even Though I Am Wilfully Sinning
AND
Have Repeatedly, Flagrantly, Scorned His Free Grace
AND
Have Purposefully Chosen
The Way Wherein Lies
Death!


You Ain't Lie!

Wouldn't It Be Easier
For The Christian
In Faith
For Faith
To Pray:

God Have Mercy!
Save Me!


And Then Say
To That Wilful Sinner:

In The Name Of Jesus Christ The Righteous 
Stop!?


The Apostle Paul Consented To Murder
AND
By His Zealous Wrong-Headed Efforts
Caused Many Christians To Perish!
 
Jesus Christ, Himself
Met The Then-Called Saul
- On His Way To Harm More Christians -
AND
Asked Him Why He Was Persecuting
Not The Christians
But Christ, Indeed
AND
Blinded Him
AND
Cast Down His Vain Imaginings
AND
Caused Him To Walk In Physical Blindness
For Three Days
- The Same Time That Christ Had Lain In A Sinner's Grave -
To Ultimately Give Him Spiritual Eyesight!

He Repented
AND
Was Converted
AND
Physical Scales
- At The Appointed Time -
Fell From His Eyes
AND
He Became 
The Ultimate Warrior For Christ!

Paul Was Humbled
AND
He Humbled Himself!

Not Once Did He Say:

I Shall Let Them
- The Adversaries -
Kill Me
So That They
- By My Personal Sacrifice -
WILL
Be Saved!

Paul Did All To Preserve His Life! 

Paul Did Not Indulge
In Heaven-Daring Arrogance
Because He Had
"An In ... An Inside Track To God!"

That Faithful Apostle
At His Life's End
Said:






Paul Trusted The Lord
AND
The Word Of The Lord
AND
He Chose To LIVE
For His Jesus
AND ... WORK ARDENTLYFor The Salvation Of Dying-In-Sin
Dying-Through-Sin
Men's Souls!

The Point Here Is ...

As Jesus Christ Asked The Murmuring Pharisees:

Which Is Easier?
To Say
Son, Thy Sins Be Forgiven Thee! 
OR
Take Up Thy Bed And Walk!?!


Which In This Case, Is
Dare To Die For The Sinner 
Who Will Perhaps Not Be Saved
AND
You, Yourself, Are Probably Also Lost
Because We Sin Daily By Thought Word Deed
OR
Dial-Up Yourself Your Saving Jesus
By Fervent Prayer
AND
Request The Angel Guard
While Also Requesting
That The Holy Spirit
Meet The Evil-Doer
Face To Face!

Brethren,
If You Say
You Trust Believe Worship Praise
Obey Honor
AND
Glorify Almighty God
In Your Person
Do It All Day
Every Day
In Every Way
In Every Situation!

There Ain't No Back-Door To Heaven!
There Ain't No Special Pass-By-Here For Saints!

The Door To Heaven Is Jesus Christ The Lord!
AND
The Key To The Door Is Living Faith! 

The Way IS Straight And Narrow
For We Must Live By Christ
- The Way The Truth And The Life -
AND
We Are Not To Do Anything
That Will Cause Us To Lose Our Crown
AND
That Free ... To All REPENTANT SINNERS
Eternal Life!

Brethren,

I Caution You
AND
Myself
I Am Certainly Including:

Check Yourself
Before You Wreck Yourself!

Let Us Ever Seek Out The Will Of Almighty God
For Our Lives!! 

Be Faithful ... Unto Death!
Don't Call Death Unto You!

What Is Our Watch-Word?!

Jesus Saves ... To The Uttermost!

Please Do All
To Grow In Daily Grace
Through Your Working Faith
For, Soon
- Very Soon -
We Shall See Jesus Christ
Face To Face!


Monday, December 11, 2017

PRAYER : I Acknowledge My Need, Lord!

In Times Like These, Dear Father
I Desperately Need My Daily Share Of Faith
And
I Ask You, Lord
To Help Me
Not To Think Of You As A Gift Horse
To Be Inspected To Meet My Standard
And
End Up A Dying Disgrace!

Father,
Help Me To Repair Unto You
Moment By Moment
Day In And Day Out
- Not Given To Turnabout -
And
Thereby Building A Known
Grounded
Experienced
Relationship
Filled With Daily Spiritual Overcomings
That To The Brethren
For Their Edifying
I May Talk, Sing
And
Thankfully Prayer About!

Help Me, Lord
And My Brethren, Likewise
To Make The Sweet Psalmist's
Beautiful Words
The Comfort For Our Souls
By Believing
And Trusting
And Repeatedly Saying:

The Lord Is My Shepherd
My Refuge And Strength
And
I Will Not Fret Over Evil-Doers!


I Will Lift Up My Eyes Unto The Hills
And Sing Praise 
For I Know My Help Comes From The Lord
Whose Blood For Me Was Shed!


My Flesh And My Heart Are Failing
But God Is My Portion Forever!

I Put My Trust In You, Lord! 
I Will Stand On Thy Word 
For I Know I Will Behold Your Face 
In Righteousness 
In The Day That I Awake With Your Likeness!

Help Me, Lord 
For I Desire To Declare
With The Heavens 
Your Glorious Works!


Lord, 
I Am Waiting Patiently Upon You
For I Know You Hear My Cries
And
Are Calling Me!

Please Keep Me Humble
And
In The Secret Place
That Secret Place Of Prayer
Where Heavenly Love
Faith Grace Mercy
Confession Repentance Forgiveness
Blessing Peace Rest
Hope Help Healing
And
Salvation Justification And Sanctification 
Reside
For I Desire Glorification 
So That At The Day Of Appointing
I Will Forever
With You Abide!


Shelter Me Under Your Wings
And
Protect Me From The Snares Of The Fowler
Who Seeks My Life To Destroy!


Keep Me By Thy Great Power
For
I Accept That Your Blessings
Make Me Rich Indeed
For You Add No Sorrow To Them!


Though The Heavens Fall, Lord
Keep Me Faithful!
Though The Armies Of The Destroyer
Surround Me And Strong, Call
Hold Me
Help Me
Save Me
Seal Me
For I
Upon The Rock Of My Salvation
Fall!


Father, 
You Are My Lamp
My Light
My Way Home 
My Truth
My Life!

I Am Your Obedient Child
Your Humble Servant
And
Your Hands
Your Feet
Your Voice
In The World
So
Teach Me
Lead Me
Guide Me
Show Me Your Ways
And
Bless Me To Do Your Bidding
Is My Fervent Prayer!


I Have No Other Confidant!
I Own No Other God!
I Indulge No Other Worship! 
I Deny The Liar
And
Choose Not To Walk
In The Ways Of The Fraud!


Correct Me
And
Direct Me, 
Lord
Today
And
Bless Me
And
Bind Me To Thyself
For
I Have No Desire 
For My Own Sin To Pay!


Though Trials Come!
Though Comforts Cease!
Though Earthly Hopes Cease
Hope For Heaven
In My Heart
Is Surging
So, Please
Do Me The Great Favor
And Let Sin From My Life
Be Continually Purging!


I Give You Me, Lord! 
I Accept Your Gifts
The
Glorious
Impossible Moving Me 
From
The Gross Grasp Of Yielding
To 
Temptation 
To
Salvation From Sin!


I Need You, Lord
So 
Help Me With You To Walk
Ever In Accord! 

Let Your Holy Spirit Fall Upon Me! 
Let The Holy Angels Surround Me
And
Influence And Protect Me 
And
Let Your Name Be Glorified
And
Jesus Christ Praised
In Whose Matchless Name
I Pray And Plead!

I Love You, Lord! 
Have Mercy And Ever Always
According To Will
And
In Your Way
Bless! 
AMEN.


**==**==**==**



Earthly Success 
Without
Jesus Christ The Lord 
Measures
Marks
And
Makes One
An Eternal Mess
Is
A Clear Message!



Sunday, December 10, 2017

Moral Icebergs!?!



Sooo ... What Are You Really Saying?!

Yeah! Bottom Line It For Us Plainly!

Very Well, Then!
We - Myself Included -
Have Been Behaving Like
Moral Icebergs!

Huh?!

Come Again?!

How, Pray Tell
Do You Have Moral And Iceberg
In The Same Sentence?!

What Is An Iceberg?!

A "Hill" Of Ice
With A Mountain Of Ice Underneath!

Who Are We?!

Christians Aka Christ Followers
Showing The World The Transforming Grace Of God
By Our Changed Lives
Gentle Speech
Cooperative Manners
Kindly Attitude
Helping Hands
And Moral Living!

We Talk The Walk The Talk!
We "Look" Like Christians!
We Use All The Buzz Words
BUT ...We Are
- As I Said Before -
Moral Icebergs!

Our Tops And Bottoms Don't Match!
Neither Do Ours Outs And Ins!
We Are Living A Lie!

Our To-Be Bright Lights Are Giving A Dim Glow
Because The Fuel Is Running Real Low
Because We Don't Visit The Fuel Station
To Get Real Gain To Go
And Tell The World
All About The Love Of Jesus
That We Personally Know!

So?!

How Do You Mean ... So?!?!

I Mean ...
What Do You Want Us To Do?!

I Don't Want YOU To Do Anything!

Oh, Dear!

Now You've Gone And Done It!

3 2 1
Lift Off!

Jesus Christ Gave Us Clear Words
Showed Clear Ways For Us
In Christian Growth
To Prosper
But, We
Saying That We Will Walk In The World
To Convert The World To The Church
Are 
Instead Being Converted To The World!
Oooh! I Could Hurl!

Please Don't! 

We Understand You!
We Agree With All That You Say
For
The Evidence Is All Around Us
And We Know That We Can No Longer
Conduct God's Business 
In This Unseemly Way!

Know This ...

Judgment Begins At The House Of God
AND
With Truth As My Light
I Shall - With God's Blessing -
Correct My Shortcomings
Before My Lord Christ Comes
As The Unexpected Thief In The Night!

It Is Time To Rid Ourselves Of The Blight!
Let Us Be True
AND
STOP
TELLING Others That We Are True
AND
START LETTING Our Faith In
AND
Obedience To The Eternal God 
Be Daily Renewed
So That All Observing Us Will Know
That Our Words And Our Actions Are Tuned
By The Spirit Of The Holy God
AND
They  ... Inspired
Will Desire
With The Lord Jesus Christ
Also To Commune!

Remember ...

We Are Seeking After Eternal Rewards!

I Don't Know About Anybody Else
But  ... I Am With You!

AMEN!




Saturday, December 9, 2017

Follower Of Christ!



Ephesians 5:1-3King James Version (KJV)

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

I Am Not A Jesus Fanatic!
I Am Not A Jesus Freak!
I Am A Follower Of Jesus
AND
That Is Something About Which
I Do Not Need To Tweet!

It Is No Special Action!
It Is No Special Occasion!
It Is No Prize Event!
It Is A Statement Of Just Fact
AND
About Which
- God Always Willing -
I Shall Not Relent!

Fans And Freaks
Get Leased 
AND
Unleashed!
Followers Of Christ
Faithful
Walk Steady And Sure
AND
That, My Brother Sister
Is Something Quite Notable
For
All Committed
Obedient
Trusting
Worshiping
Enduring Followers
Will Follow Christ Jesus
- Rights Granted -
Right Through Heaven's Gate Door!

Any More Questions?!

No, No!

Are You Sure?!


 


VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: The CHOICE Is Yours!

Creature
On One Bright And Shining Day
Took Total Leave Of His Senses
AND
Said ... Boldly
Coldly:


I AM
And There Is None Else!
I Will Do What I Will Do!

I WAS Created ... BUT

I AM
Evolved!

I Have No Need Of A Master

Nor That Creator God
For
I AM 
My OWN Captain
I Shall Be AS God!

Creature Grew Gross
Vile
Contemptible
Usurping The Power Of The One God
AND
Notably Earning The Exclamation Appellations:

"Deceiver!"            

            "Liar!" 
                 "Fraud!"
                              "Wannabe God!"

Creature Threw His Weight Around!
He Wielded The Power Of The Air
AND
He Promulgated Potent Deceptions
AND
Caused Many Unsuspecting
To Call The True And Living
Eternal Creator Forgiving God
Mean-Spirited
Unkind
AND
Gratuitously Unfair
AND
He Did It All With Great Gusto And Flair!

Creature Made A Serious Miscalculation
Which Came About 
As A Result Of His Not Having
Omnipotent
Omniscient
Omnipresent
Eternal Sight!

He Killed The Son Of God
Who Willingly Laid Down His Precious Life
AND
Readily Took It Back Up
AND
Is ALIVE ... Forevermore!

Creature Also Indulges In Scorched-Earth War
Against The Apple Of God's Eye
AND
He Takes Perverse Pleasure
In Seeing How Many Others
He Can Cause
Their Purchased Salvation To Wilfully Deny!

However You Dice And Slice It ...

The Day Is Coming
When Creature
- That Musician Profound -
Will Face Comeuppance
BECAUSE
Creature Neglected To Accept
Understand
Believe
That THE Creator
IS
The Everlasting Father
AND
Has The FINAL Say
AND
By His Own Counsel
In His Own Time
Will Distribute To All
That Are Known To Be
That Are Called Creature
Their Earned
AND
Sure To Be Paid
Final Rewards!

A Creature
Is Not

Will Not
Can Not Be
God!

Brethren,

Be Not A Foolish Creature
Indulging In
"I Don't Care!"

AND
Despising Your Creator
For
Soon Comes
Company Closed
Final Check Pay Day!

Ignorance Is Not Bliss!
AND
Foolishness Is Not Sense!
AND
Trusting In Your Own Self For Salvation
Is Sure To Place You
In That Lake Of Fire "Ants' Nest!"

Jesus Christ Saves!
The Living God Blesses!
AND
If You Will Turn Away From Walking Wrong
AND
With Broken 
AND
Contrite Heart
Your Sin Confess
Jesus Christ Will Save You
AND
You Will Be Forever Blessed!

Life Is Not A Fashion Show

But Is

A Commended Or Condemned

Choice-Is-Yours
Great Test!