Saturday, December 16, 2017

Love, Like, And Appreciate!

We Love Because
The Living God Is Love
AND
We Are Called To That Purpose!

We Are Instructed
To Love Our Neighbor
As We Love Ourselves
AND
Brethren
This Is Quite Instructive!

They Are People That We Love
BUT
Do Not Necessarily Like
Even Though In Our Hearts We Hold Them, Dear
For Their Conversation
Their Behaviors
Their Interests Are Not Ours
AND
Constant Lounging In Their Presence
- Physically Or Orally -
Is Not Something For Which We Do Care!

Remember ...
Only Those Who Agree
Walk Together!

Pleases Me!
Brings Me Pleasure ...

There Are Those Persons Whom We Love
AND
Whom We Like
AND
Whom We Sincerely Appreciate
Those For Whom Gratitude Is A Banner We Bear
AND
It Only Takes
A Simple Action On Their Part
For Recognition In Us To Dawn
AND
For Us To Know
That They Are Keepers
AND
We Desire That From Us
They Never Depart!
This Is The Person
That Is Friend!

We Previously Called Them Friend 
Unconsciously
BUT
Something Happens
AND
We
- By An Act Of Will -
Recognize
That Friend Is What They Really Are
AND
Then We
- With Finite Understanding -
Understand
The Words Of Our Lord:

... There Is A Friend
That Sticketh
Closer Than A Brother!


What A Friend We Have
In Jesus
A Friend With Whom We
Our Burdens Share
- Joys, Hopes, And Pleasures Too -
A Friend To Comfort
Guide Feed And Lead Us
The Friend
That From Us
Will Never Turn Away!

He Is The Friend
The Soul's Life-Giver
The Friend
In Whose Blood
Our Sins Are Washed Away
The Friend
From Whom Grace Comes
AND
Mercy
AND
Sure Salvation
The Friend
Whose Love For Us
Knows No Bounds
The Friend On Whom
We Can Ever Depend! 

Jesus Christ 
The One Righteous
IS
The Friend
Who Gives Unto His Faithful Friends
Abundant Life
AND
Immortality
That Is
Life Everlasting
Life  ... Without End!

Jesus Christ Is My Friend!
Will You Make Him Yours?!




VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH : I Deny Satan + PRAYER : Lord, Help Me To Be Like Christ

Why Would I
Why Should I
Sell Gold
To Buy Silver?!

Why Would I Sell Gain
To Get Loss?!

Why Would I Forego
The Water Of The River Of Life
To Get Brimstone From The Lake Of Fire
That Not Even The Hand Of Mercy
From It
Will Me Take?!

Am I To Be So Consumed
With Buying And Selling
To Get Unprofitable Gain
That I Would Keep Sin's Stain
AND
Ignore Christ's Pain
So That I May Live
A Life Profane
Dancing With The Devil
Completely Wrapped Up In HIS Chains?!

No! No!
A Thousand Times: "NO!"

I Believe The Words Of The Master!
I Am Bathed In The Innocent One's Blood
AND
I Choose To Accept The Gift Promised Before
AND
Unveiled
Realized
On This Side of The Flood!

I Deny Satan
The Liar Supreme!
I Accept Soul Salvation
For On Faith
Jesus Christ's Blood
Washes Me Clean!

By God's Great Grace
I Accept The Conditions:
Faith
Belief
Love
Trust
Obedience
Confession
Repentance
Baptism
Hope
Endurance
No Doubt
Never To Fables Turning Aside
Walking
Watching
Working
In The Secret Place Of Prayer Do I Abide
As I Wait ... Patiently
For My Faith To Become Sight
For My Test To Be My Testimony
For My Heart Of Flesh
For The Good Work In Me To Be Completed
For My Soul To Be Anchored In The Lord
For My Change To Come
For My Crown Made Of Heaven's Pure Gold!


PRAYER:

Most Gracious Lord, 

Thou Knowest All Things!
Thou Knowest I Love Thee
Bless Me With The Blessing
That Binds Me Ever
For Eternity
Unto Only Thee
For 
In Thee
I Am ... Free!
Free Indeed!

Help Me To Not Turn Aside To Fables! 

Help Me To Daily Come To The Decision
That Thine IS The Only Word!
Help To Not Lean To Temptation
AND
In Truth
To Share The Blessed Word!

Help Me To Be Like Christ

In Thought Word And Deed
And
Clean Me And Heal Me
And
Bless Me, Lord
With Spiritual Eyes And Ears
A Clean Tongue
And
A Pure Heart 
And
To Ever Know And Accept Truth
So That I Will Not Fall
For The Beautiful Babylonian Garments
That Are Nothing More Than
Demonic Device!


You Are The Almighty God

Faithful
Eternal Holy Just
Forgiving Welcoming
Blessing Providing Sustaining
And
Ever True
And
With Humility
I Longingly
Hopefully 
Bow Before You!


May Your Grace

Be Ever Sufficient For Me
For I Desire To Reside In
My Own By-Love-Prepared Place! 

I Love You, Lord
And
I Desire
- In Peace -
To See My Jesus' Face
The Very Jesus
In Whose Matchless Name
I Humbly Plead
The Very Jesus
Who Took To Himself
My Shame And Disgrace!
AMEN.












Friday, December 15, 2017

HAPPY SABBATH + SIN: A Light Thing?! + PRAYER: Bless Us To Do Thy Will, Lord!






Treating Sin As A Light Thing
Is An Attitude Quite Foolish
For
Only Great Evil Comes Of It
As Things Thought Light
Will
- With Passage Of Time -
Become In The Soul
A Gross
A Damnable ... Habit
Leading One
Unto The Darkness Of The Blackest Night!

The Worst Thing A Parent
Can Do To A Child
Is To Treat Early Wrongdoing As Cute
As A Flower
That Will Soon Pass Away
For
What Was Considered Cute In The Precocious
The One Learning Wrong ... Young
Becomes A Thing To Be Despised
As That Soul Grows
AND
Egregiously
Gets Bold!

The Act Of Constant Sinning
Creates Muscle Memory In Man
AND
It Is Added To Man's Already Sinful
Natural Inclination
So, Please
I Beseech You
Teach The Young Ones To Do Right
So That Satan And His Minions
Cannot Deceive Them
Encouraging Them
To Be Creatures Of The Night!

There Is No Eternal Profit In Sinning
Though One May Seemingly Enjoy 
Temporal Gain! 
There Is No Harvest Celebration
When Damnation Is The Result Of Sin's Shame!
There Is But A Fearful Anticipation
Of The Fruits Of Wrongdoing
When The Judge Of All Men
- That Paymaster Supreme -
Issues Your Earned Paycheck
As Promised
For The Displeasing Work
That You, In Unrighteousness
Greatly Enjoyed Doing!

Little Sinners Unchallenged
Unchanged
Become
Iniquitous Reprobates
Left To Their Own Devices
Abandoned
To Their Own Self-Prescribed
- But Prophesied -
Fate
So, Please
Do A Body Good
AND
Teach The Children Right
AND
By Your Own Good Example
Lead Them On The Straight And Narrow Way
AND
In This Manner
There Won't Be Any
Own-Sin Self-Pay
For They Will Be Living In The Light
AND
Not Be Upon Mankind A Scourge
A Blight!

PRAYER:

Dear Father,
Help Us Not To Consider Sin
A Light Thing!
Help Us To Call Sin By Its Right Name!
Help Us To Do Right
And
Walk Right
In The Will Of The Lord
So That In The Dark Day
We Shall Not Be The Inheritors Of
Condemnation's Damnation
And
Face The Lake Of Fire
Cast Out
From Eternal Life With Jesus Christ
Our Only God And Master!

Bless Us To Do Thy Will
As We Fill Our Hearts And Minds
With Truth
From The Book Of The Good News
So That We May
Ever Always
Satan's Base Entreaties
Vigorously Refuse!

We Love You, Lord!
Have Mercy On Us
And Bless
For You Are The Holy God
And
Able!
In Jesus Christ's Name
We Humbly Pray And Plead!
AMEN.


 **--**--**--**--**

Every Human Being Knows
That Sin Is Wrong!
Every Willful Sinner
Believes
That He Can Truth
In The Street
Cast Down!
So ...
Be Not Presumptuous!
And
Be Not As The One Profane!
But
Accept The Truth Of The Gospel
And
Get Off Of Satan's
Way To Damnation
Fast Lane!



Thursday, December 14, 2017

PRAYER: Father, Our Strength Is Little!

I Come To You, Father!
I Call You Lord And God!
I Bless You For The Blessings
And
I Am Grateful For The Grace
And
I Am So Thankful To Know
That To Me
You Will Never Act The Fraud!


I See You Now
Through A Glass
Dimly
But In Faith
I Look To The Great Day
When I Shall See My Jesus
In Peace
And
Face To Face!


Until That Day, Father
Be My Guardian And My Guide
And
Bless Me To Do Your Bidding
As I, In Your Love

In Hope And By Faith
- Striving For The Mastery
That Is Victory Over Sin -
Do Abide!


Help Me to Wait, Lord
Ever Always On You
For You Know All
See All
Are In All
And
You Are My All And All
And
By Your Grace-Filled Blessing
I Seek Ever To Answer:


"Yes, Lord! I Am Listening!"


When I Hear Your Soft And Sweet Voice
Call!


Remember My Brethren 
Near And Far
Known And Known
Those Already In The Ark Of Safety
And
Those Now Headed To The Door Still Ajar!


Bid The Children Draw Nigh
For
Night Is Falling Fast
And
Help Us Walk Straight
And
With Endurance
For
It Is The One God Eternal
Upon whom
Our Soul's Lot Is Cast!


Help Us To Pray Without Ceasing!!
Help Us To Not Love Sleep!
Help Us To Keep Oil In Our Trimmed Lamps
And, Please
Let Peace
The Carrying Of the Peace Of The Good News
The Gospel
Be The Never Worn-Out Shoes
On Our Feet!


Let The Angels Surround Us!
Let The Holy Spirit Indwell
For We Await Our Returning Christ Jesus
Upon Whom Our Thoughts Constant
Dwell!


Our Strength Is Little
But You
Lord God Almighty
Are Eternity-Wide Strong
And We
The Willing Faithful
With You
Will
In Truth
Walk Humbly Along!


Have Mercy, Lord
On Us

For We Hold You
In Godly Fear!

In The Name Of Jesus
We Pray And ... Humbled
Plead!

We Love You, Lord!
AMEN.




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!