Do You Pray!?! + PRAYER: Father, I Know That You Are True!

Why should the sons and daughters of God be reluctant to pray, when prayer is the key in the hand of faith to unlock heaven’s storehouse, where are treasured the boundless resources of Omnipotence?—(Steps to Christ, 94.) 

I Can Pray!

You Can Pray!

We Can Pray!

Do We Pray ... Enough!?!

We Pray!

You Pray!

They Pray

For A Lot Of ... Stuff!

I Am Selfish!

You Are Selfish!

We Are Selfish!

Do We Blush!?!

Sorry To Say

We Do Not Blush Close To Enough

Because

We See Through The Eye Of I, Me, Mine And Myself 

And

Forget That There Are Others

That We Could ... By Unselfish Effort 

Bless Most Generously!

We, You, They

Better Every Day!

I, Me, Mine

Needs To Be Held At Bay

Because

It Is Better To Give Than To Receive

Is 
What Jesus Christ The Lord Plainly Says!

Pray For Rain

To Be Blessed To Be A Blessing!

Pray With Passion 

And 
Not Because It Is In Fashion!

Pray For Peace

Not For Piece O' This

And

Some O' That!

Pray For Direction

And 
Not To The Mall

Or Some Raucous Scene Of Action!

Pray ... Just Because 

There Is The Holy God Who Loves You!

Pray Because You Have The Savior-Friend!

Pray Because Your God Is The God Of Creation

Who Has Promised You A Heavenly Home With Him

If You Walk Faithfully, Enduringly, With Him

Until He Returns While You Yet Live

Or Your Appointed Years Of Life

Shall Come To Mortal Man's End!

Pray

Because 
Jesus Christ Is Holy, Eternal

Your Hope, Help, And Salvation

And

He Is Your Only God

And

Known Never To Be A Fraud
And Because

Sticking Close To The Lord Christ By Prayer

Leads A Sinner Turned Saint

To The Eternal Reward!

Pray That With The Lord Christ

You Will Enduringly Walk In Accord! 

PRAYER:

Dear Father,

You Are In Heaven, Your Throne!

I Am On Earth, Your Footstool!

I Come To You Because I Know That You Are True!

I Am Calling Upon You

Because You Invited Me, By Open Invitation

To Come Boldly To Your Throne Of Grace

Where I May Ever Find Help In My Time Of Need!

I See My Need, Father!

It Is Constant And Pressing ... Very Urgent!

I Need My Jesus, My Lord, My Master, My King

My Hope

My Constant Help

My Very Salvation!

I Need The Beloved

Who Will Never Permit A Beggar

A Suppliant

A Penitent Soul

To Go Away Without The Need Fulfilling!

I Come To You Because You Love Me

And I, In Gratitude

Return Your Love By Exercising My Gift Of Daily Faith

And Bowing Not Just My Knee

But My Heart Before You In True Humility!

I Pray, Lord, For Hearing, For Sight

For Help And Healing!

I Beseech You, Lord, For Healing

From The Crown Of My Head

To The Very Sole Of My Feet

And I Sincerely Pray For Spiritual Healing

So That Your Holy Name, I Do Not Disgrace!

I Pray For The Brethren Near And Far

Known And Unknown

Seen And Unseen

Those Coming To Faith

Those In The Faith Of Jesus

And

Those Struggling With The Gift Of Faith

Wondering If They Dare To Trust It!

Help Them, Help Us, To See The Lord Clearly!

Father,

You Are Holy, Just, Kind, Loving And True

And I Beseech You In Behalf Of Us All

Help Us To See You Clearly

Help Us To Follow You Loyally

Looking Ever At The Sacrifice 

Paid For Us To Be Able To Come Boldly To Your Throne

Without Godly Fear And Holy Trembling

Knowing, Expecting, Believing The Promises

And Waiting Patiently For The Performance!

You Are Faithful!

You Are The Holy God Who Cannot Lie!

Jesus Christ Came And Showed Us The Way

How We May Courageously Satan And His Angels Defy!

Help Us To Hold On To Our Hope

And Walk Wise Unto Our Soul's Salvation

So That In The Appointed Day

We Shall Indeed Enjoy The Joyous Celebration!

Thank You For Hearing And Answering Prayer

For We Ask All In Jesus Christ's Matchless Name!

We Love You, Father!

Have Mercy And Bless

And

Please Come For Us Soon!

AMEN.

Practice Peace!

I Wonder How Many Of Us Would Survive

If The Lord Jesus Indulged In Fault Find

If Our Dear Jesus Was A Nit-Picker

Who Holds A Grudge

And

Takes Great Pains To Exercise His Right

As Man's One And Only Judge!?! 

What's With The "Survive" Bit You Pushing!?! 

We'd Be All Lost And Twice-Dead Men! 

You May Want To Correct The Twice-Dead Bit! 

If The Lord Ruled Us Just Like We Live And Interact

Our First Offense Would Be Our Last Offense 

As In ... Per Present-Day Speak:

You People Are Too Bougie!

You're To Stupid To Live In Your Skin!

You're A Waste Of Breath!

You're Taking Up Space!

You Don't Know To Come In Out Of The Rain!

You Can't Even Recognize You're Playing In Traffic!

And That Known Truly Vicious And Distinct Nasty 

Thrown Into Some People's Faces:

Your Mother Should Have Put You In Her Knee ...! 

... "Put You In Your Knee!?!" 

I Don't Know That Expression! 

I'm Sorry! 

I Forgot We Were In Mixed Company! 

That's A Bajanism For Performing An Abortion! 

Dear God, Help Us! 

Why Would Anyone Say That To Another Human!?! 

Sweetie, That's How The World Turns ... Your Stomach! 

Satan Real Busy! 

Indeed! 

But Let's Get Back To Our Original Topic!

Extend Grace And Show Mercy! 

Offer Love And Extend Patience! 

Offer Hope And Provide Help 
And Practice Healing! 

Let's Encapsulate It And Say:

Be At Peace
Because
We Are Saved By Grace 
As We Pursue Peace

With Our Holy God 
And 
Our Fellow Man! 

Let's Look At Apostle Paul's Letter To The Hebrews:

Brethren, 

Bite Your Tongue! 

Learn To Bridle Your Mouth ...! 

... Put A Sock In It! 

Indeed! 

We Don't Live For Ourselves: 
We Are To Live For Christ Jesus! 
If We Are Living For Self
We Are Playing Satan's Game!

No Human Will Ever Survive That Game!

Time To Put Self Out To Pasture, Permanently!

Hear, Hear!

We Don't Live By Ourselves: 
We Live Amongst Many "Men" With Many Minds
And

As Children Of The Living God

And 

Considering That But For His Great Grace 
We Could Be Doing What All Willful Sinners Do!

It's Past Time To Get Right With The Lord!

Let's Look Beyond Others' Faults To Their Needs 

And 

Choose To Bless Them By Our Thoughts To God About Them

And 

Our Words And Actions Toward Them! 

When We Choose To Really, Critically, Think About It
Our Lives May Be The Only Bible ... The Only Good News

They Will Ever Read

So Let's Practice Peace

Because

A Soft Answer Turns Away Wrath

And

Sweet Honey Catches More Flies Than 
Acidic Vinegar Ever Will ...!

... And Also Because The Lord Asks Us To Do So! 

The Texts Says

No Peace

No Holiness 

No Seeing The Lord
And

That's A Really Interesting 
And 
Critical Point To Make, To Understand, To Accept! 

I Don't Get You!?! 

Look At It This Way:

When The Lord Comes

In All His Glory 
The Glory Of The Father

And

The Glory Of His Angels

The Brightness Of His Coming 

Is 
Going Destroy All Evil-Doers ...! 

... Because Our God Is A Consuming Fire ...!

... And Evil Cannot Stand In His Presence! 

This Is Another Perfect Reason To Trust The Lord

And Get Saved Into His Kingdom Of Light! 

The Bottom Line ...

Be A Peace-Speaker
And
Be A Peace-Keeper
- Don't Be A Fake -
And
Walk In The Light That Is Jesus Christ's Life
Doing The Peaceable Works Of Righteousness

And

Shine Your Light In The Darkness

For That Old Devil, Our Enemy, To See! 
Don't Give Him Any Ground In The Battle!

Do Good ... And Be Kind!

Love Righteousness
And
Be Merciful!

The Lord's Mercies Shown To Us Acknowledged Sinners
Are New Every Morning!

Great Is His Faithfulness!

AMEN!!!

Peace-Makers
Are
The Children Of Almighty God
And
With All The Blessed
They Will Inherit The Earth!

NEW BIRTH: Without The Lord Christ!?!

Choosing To Live Life

Without The Lord Christ In It

Is Like Being Alive

Without Having The Breath Of Life!

Brethren,

Please Do Not Say Nothing!
Just Listen To This Remark
And
Ponder It Deep In Your Heart
And
Plead With The Almighty God
For The Leading Of His Holy Spirit
To Guide You Into All, Aka Absolute, Truth!
Let The Word Of God Dwell Within You Richly
If
It Is Your Desire To Have A Peaceful, Contented, Life!

She Said She Needed A New Birth

So She Went To The Plastic Surgeon

And Had Him Apply

His Devilish Artistry

To Give Her The Facsimile Of

The Well-Publicized Face

Of

A Celebrity!

Serious Soul Searching ...

How Often Have We Forgotten
Where Our Daily Blessings Come From!?!
How Often Have We Forgotten To Remember
That Without The Lord Christ
Our Blessings Would Number None!?!

Ingratitude 
Is 
Not A Good Look Upon A Christian
Neither Offering Thanks To The World
When It Belongs To The Lord
So Let Us This Day Effect An Attitude Adjustment
And
Deny The Liar Who Wants What Is Not His To Receive
And
Lift Up The Lord 
Without Whom We Wouldn't Be Able Even To Sneeze!

All Good Gifts ... All Blessings
Come From Our Eternal God!
Nothing Good That We Receive
Will Ever Come From The World
Nor  From The God-Fraud
So When We're Considering
To Whom To Give Glory, Honor And Praise
Look Only Unto Jesus Christ The Righteous
The Holy God Whom We Should Graciously Laud
And 
A Loving Song Of Rejoicing To His Name
For His Gifts Of Grace
-  Unmerited Favor Showered Upon Us -
Generously, Lovingly, Joyfully, Thankfully, Humbly, Raise!

Stop Following The Goat Herd:

Read And Digest

Perform And Promulgate ... Share

The Living, Holy, Saving, Word

Of

Jesus Christ The King

Our Soon-Returning Savior And Lord

The Judge Of All Flesh!

STEPPING OUT ... IN FAITH: Jesus Christ Saves!

There's A Notorious, Demonic
Counterfeit Of Faith That Many Of Us Practice 
And 
Don't Even Know It! 

It's Presumption 
And 
It Can Lead To Deadly Consequences! 
Adam And Eve 
Presumed Upon Their Creator's Great Love For Them
To Save Them From Their Great Disobedience: 
It Didn't 
And 
We Are Living Out The Results Of Their Sin! 

Our Faith Claims God's Promises 
And 
Obeys His Word 
And 
Does His Will! 

Our Presumption Claims The Promises
Expects The Gifts
And 
Deliberately Disobeys God 
Daring Him To Protect Us From Our Own Folly!

We Should Not Tempt Almighty God! 

We Need To Be Faithful To Be Blessed! 

Let's Think Straight
To Be Wise ...

If Stepping Out In Faith
Is 
To Step Into The Unknown
And
You Are Sacrificially Loved And Blessed By
And
Personally Know 
And
Are Personally Known By 
The One God Holy Who Makes The Unknown, Known
And
Who Has Promised In His Own Blood
To Never Leave You Nor Forsake You
How Can Your Stepping Out In Faith 
Be Stepping Into The Unknown!?!

He Has Said Via The Inspired Word:

As Christians, We Are Asked, Called
To Live By Faith ... Not By Presumptuous Sight!
We Are Called To Trust 
In The Unseen, Holy, Eternal
Faithful, Just, Kind, Merciful
Giving, Forgiving
Saving, Healing
Sealing, Revealing
Blessing ... All-Knowing
All-Seeing, Ever-Present
All-Feeling Creator, Redeemer, Friend-To-The-End
God Of Grace
Our Provider And Sustainer!

Since Our God Is
And
Is Real
Having Been To See Us
And
To Show Us The Way To Live To Be Blessed
And
Revealed The Right Way To Pray
And
Having Died To Save Us
Still Lives
And
Is Presently Interceding
In The Most Holy Place Of The Heavenly Sanctuary
And
Is Soon To Return ... He Promised
For A People ... His People
Prepared And Ready To Go To His Home
Where He Has, Is Preparing, Places For Them
Why Would We Choose ... It Is A Choice
To Doubt Him At His Living And Preserved Word
Which Is A Transcript Of 
His Holy, Unchanging, Character!?!

His Mercies Showered Upon Us
Are New Every Morning!

The Lord God Almighty
Cares For All Of His Creatures
But
We Are Special:

We Are The Only Ones
Who Are Made In His Image
After His Likeness
And
We Are The Only Ones
Who Have Sinned Against His Holy Name
And
We Are The Only Ones
The Only Created Beings
For Whom ... In Sacrificial Love
He Willingly Bled 
And
Died To Save
Because
His Holy Love
Could Not ... Cannot ... Let Us Go To Damnation!

Soooo, What's With The Doubt Thingie!?!

You Just Made My Point! 

Huh!?! How!?! 

You Clearly Said: "Doubt Thingie! "

That's Like Thingamabob, Thingamajig, A Whatever

Not Worthy Of Its True Handle

It's Real Name! 

I Didn't Mean Anything By It! 

It's Just An Expression! 

Oh, Really!?!

How's About We Don't Call Sin

By Its First And Last Name

And Just Call It Cheese Danish

Chocolate Eclair

Apple Butter!?! 

You Can't Do That! 

And Why Not, Pray Tell!?! 

That Would Be Denigrating

The Holy Word Of God

And Giving Sinners Needing The Savior 
The Foolish Belief That Sin Ain't No Big Deal! 

Just Eat It ... And Get On About

Your Own Business! 

It Ain't No Biggie! 

That's Sliding Down A Slippery Slope! 

Yeah! 

One Gentle Push

And Off To Hell You Go! 

Oh, Dear! 

We Should Be Ashamed Of Ourselves!
We Need To Confess And Repent Of Our Sin!
We Need To Have Contrite Hearts
And
We Need, Now, Today
From Known Sin To Aggressively Depart!
Doubting Damns So From Doubting We Must Depart!

Jesus Christ Saves ... To The Uttermost!

Know The Right ...

By Faith
No Sin Is Too Low To Confess
No Sorrow Too Great For His Comfort!
No Need Is Too Broad For Satisfaction
And
No Hope Is Too Far-Fetched To Fulfil
According To His Will

Because

Jesus Christ Says That

We Are His Own By Creation

And

By Redemption

And

That We Do Not Travel In This Dark World Alone!

Jesus Christ The King Calls!
Jesus Christ The Righteous Answers!
Jesus Christ The Redeemer ... Saves!

The Holy Spirit Guides And Chides And Comforts

And

The Holy Angels Surround And Protect

And

Influence Us To Do The Good And The Right! 

We Should Dare To Be Bold

On This Pilgrim Journey! 

Our God Is Real, Reigning, And Returning! 

Our Savior Is Righteous And Redeeming! 

Our Redeemer Is Revealing And Sealing! 

Our Creator Is Providing And Sustaining! 

Our Shepherd Is Leading And Feeding! 

The Lord Christ ... Prince Shiloh

Is 

Our Perfect Peace! 

Brethren,

Salvation By Faith Is Personal
So I Speak For Myself

And 
With The Attitude Of The Saints

Who Have Gone To Their Rest:

My God Is Real! 

Though He Slay Me, Yet Will I Trust Him! 

I Know That My Redeemer Lives

And 

If Almighty God Is For Me

Who Could Be Against Me!?! 

Before His Glorious Throne Of Grace
Let Us, In Working, Waiting, Watching, Faith
Humbly, Expectantly, Enduringly
Kneel Before Our Maker And Our God Eternal!

Jesus Christ Promised Me A Home In His Father's House

And

By His Grace

I Intend To Collect My Deed! 

We Have Choices To Make:

Feed On Foolishness From The Fiend And Fry

Or

Eat From The Hand Of The Shepherd Of Rest

And

In The Appointed Day ... With Him Leading

To Hill Zion Fly! 

Believe And Live! 

Doubt And Die! 

I'm Heading To The Sweet By And By! 

OXYMORON: Oh, Foolish Christian!?!

The Fool:

Says There Is No God!

The Christian:

Follows Jesus Christ The Lord!

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Oh, Foolish Christian

Why Do You Emulate The World In Its Vanities!?!

The Lord, Your God, Points The Way!

Oh, Turn! 

Return!

Please Don't Continue To Stray!
Please Don't, From Saving Truth, Fall Away!

What Can The World ... So Full Of Sin

Teach A Child Of God That He May Live

In Godly Fear

Honor And Right 

That God Almighty Wouldn't Put Him Out Of His Sight!?! 

No Matter How Often Almighty God Called, Calls, The World

They Saw, See, No Reason To Conform

To Live Upright In The Gospel's Bright Light

But Choose To Walk ... Not In Faith

But In Carnal Eyesight! 

Oh, Child Of The Living God

Listen Well:

Fall Not Under This World's Bewitching Spell

Of Siren's Song, Baubles, Shows And Expos! 

There Is More To Life 

Than What Is Seen Here Below! 

You Are A Precious Tool For The Good Lord To Use!

So Don't Be Silly And Play The Fool! 

You Were Created! 

You Didn't Make Yourself! 

Give The Eternal God His Glory! 

Confess Your Known Sin And Repent

And

He ... Just And Faithful

Able To Cleanse

Will Assuredly, Immediately, Forgive You
And
Me, Too! 

Let's Be Wise Unto Our Own Soul's Salvation:

All Of Our Help, Comfort, Aid, Rescue
Provision, Sustenance

Maintenance ... And So Much More

All Come By The Holy Hand Of Jesus Christ The Lord! 

Let's Boldly Cut Out 
The Useless, Worldly, Middle-Man Class

And 

Reach For The Lord Of Life

- Who Is Ever Willing, Ready

And Able To Provide For And Protect Us - 

By Prayers, Praise, Glory, Honor

And 

Willing, Heartfelt, Worship! 

The Lord's Love For Us

Has

No Known Limits!

Believe, Trust

And

Obey Always 

And 

Be Eternally Blessed!