VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Make Peace, Sue For For Peace: Live In Peace!

The Truth Sets Mankind Free!

Beloved, 

We Have The Choice To Make: 

Yield To The Prompting Of The Holy Spirit Of Truth 

And 

Let Our Our Path ... Our Steps Through Life

Be Designed, Ordered 

And 

Directed By The Lord Of Life Who Loves Us 

So That We Can Make Peace With The Past

Be At Peace In The Present

And 

Live Eternally At Peace With That Faithful Lord Of Life 

In The Certain Future 

OR 

We Can Continue To Be Willfully Unwise 

And 

Bungle Our Way Through Life 

And

Be Perpetually Miserable ... Having No Hope! 

With Our Future Estate Determined By Our Present Actions

Let's Realize That We Are Weak 

And 

Need Help From The Only One 

Who Sacrificially, Infinitely
Unswervingly Loves Us Personally 

And 

Intimately! 

Denounce Pride ...

Let's Humble Ourselves 

And 

Call On The Maker

Our Master, Lord, God And King 

Who Hears Our Pitiful Cries

Cares For Us

And 

Always Answers Our Prayers! 

"No!" Is An Answer:
If We Received Every Last Thing We Asked For
We Would Be Miserable Indeed!

Subjugate Arrogancy ...

Our Days ... Our Years

Are In Almighty God's Holy, Blessed
Preserving, Providing
Ever-Faithful Hands
So Let Us Never Forget
- Let Us Ever Remember -
That We Have The Blessed Hope!

You Need Help: Ask For It!

Pray A Prayer ...

Jesus Christ Saves! 
Let's Run To Him!
Let's Walk With Him
And 
Let's Work Diligently 
And 
Faithfully For Him

And
Rest Assured That

We Will Be Blessed Today And Forever! 

Peace Be Upon You! 

HAPPY SABBATH + Do Fuh Do Ain't Obeah!

... Let's Heed The Master's Call
And
Choose To Walk In The Holy Way!

Put Another Way
This Living Word Says 
What You Desire To Do Unto Others 
Should Be Done Unto You: 
Let That Really Sink In! 

How Many Of Us Are Truly Willing 
Or Eager To Follow This Sage Advice!?! 

How Many Of Us Would Actually Enjoy ... Or Embrace 
The Results Which Come From Following This Advice 
Without Crying 

"Oh, Woe Is Me! 

What Did I Do To Deserve This! 

Why Me, Lord!?!" 

Beloved, 

Life Is Already Hard 
So Why Make It Harder By Being Uncharitable!?! 

We Sin Daily By Thought, Word And Deed! 
We Indulge In Presumptuous Sin ... Daily 
By The Deliberate, Well-Thought Out 
Acts Of Unkindness That We Commit Against Others! 
Enough Already!
Just Stop It! 

We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder To Glory! 
We Are Soldiers Of The Cross! 
We Are Children Of The King! 
We Are Acquiring The Character Of Christ 
And 
We Will Do Well To Recognize 
And 
Understand 
And 
Appreciate That
Our Lord Was Never
And
Is Never Malicious In His Actions! 

Malice Is Satan's Domain!

Our God Is Love!
Love Sent Him To The Cross Of Calvary!
Love Laid Him Out In The Grave!
Love Got Him Out Of The Grave!
Love Saw Him Rising Up To Glory!
Love Has Him In The Most Holy Place Of
The Heavenly Sanctuary
Interceding For You And For Me!
Love Will See Him Come To Earth Again
To Receive Unto Himself His Very Own Children
Regenerated In His Very Own Holy Image ... Undefiled!
Think ... Meditate ... Chew On This Truth!

Those Of Us Desiring To Enter The Eternal City
Can No Longer Conduct The Business Of Daily Living
As Is Usual ... Customary ... Blighted ... Benighted
That That Is Truly Unacceptable For A Child Of The Great King!

Pull Yourself Together ...

Changes ... Great Changes ... Must Be Made
Or Else Instead Of Seeing Our Loving King
We Shall Be Confronted By The Frowning Judge!
Please Do Not Permit False Pride To Rob You Of
The Robe Of Christ's Righteousness
Your New Name
Your Gold Crown
Your Future
Your Hope
Your Home
Your Help
Your Only Means Of Salvation!

Brethren,

I Challenge Us All Now ... Today
To Think Of The Worst Thing We've Ever Done To Another
And 
Remember Their First Response To Our Cruelty 
And Then
Imagine ... In 3-D
How Well We Would Enjoy Being On 
The Receiving End Of Such Not-Tender Mercies! 

Remember ... 

Dish-Out Feels Really Good 
But 
Pay-Back Is A Female Dog! 
It's Time, Dear Ones, To Class-Up Our Acts! 
Heaven Awaits Almighty God's Loving Saints!

Do Right

And

May The Perfect Peace Of Prince Immanuel

The Shepherd Of Rest

The Rock Of Ages

Our Hope, Help And Sure Salvation

Rest Mightily Upon You!

The Bald Question!

The Banner Of The Lord Over His People 
Is 
Love ... The Holy Love Of The Eternal God: 
Love Prospers In Truth! 

The Question That Needs To Be Baldly Asked 
And 
Honestly Answered Is: 

Are We ... As Committed Christians

Living In Perfect Love 

And

Absolute Truth

As They Proceed

From The Heart Of Our God 

Who, Himself, Is Love And Truth!?! 

Will You Take Your Personal Stand For Living Truth 
And Live By, Stand On, And Die For Perfect Love!?! 

Is Your Love Situational ... Conditional!?! 

Is Truth, For You, Transactional ... Negotiable!?!

Will Your Life Stand "The Sniff Test" Before The Judge Of All Flesh!?! 

Beloved, 

Let's Think Long And Hard 
Not About What We Must Give Up 
But 
About What We Need To Hold Near And Dear 
If 
Our Heart's Desire 
Is 
Heaven At The Last Trumpet! 

There Is No Love Without Truth 
So Let Us Know It
Tell It
Live It
Share It
Walk In It 
And, Yes
If Needs Be
Die For The Truth! 

Jesus Christ 
Is
The Truth 
And
The Love Of Almighty God Exemplified 
Aka Personified ... Made Real 
And 
No One Gets Into The Father's House Without Jesus 
... The Character Of Jesus ... 
Without The Love Of God
Without The Truth! 

Heaven! 
Hell! 
Where Are You Headed!?! 

How Much Preferred Stock

Do You Have In Saving Truth 

And 

Heavenly Love!?! 

Create In Me ...!

As The Songwriter Says

"Creation Shows The Power Of God: 
There's Glory All Around: 

Miracles Abound!" 

Beloved, 

We Who Believe In 

And 

Trust The Lord Of Life

The Creator God

Jesus Christ The Lord

Know That The Godhead Three 
Were All Present At Creation 

And That The Holy Spirit Moved

And 

Brought Forth Light To Illuminate The Darkness

Added Substance To Nothingness

Gave Form To Formlessness 

And 

Made The Emptiness To Teem With Abundance 
And 
Lush Life

And 

The Eternal God Made Man The Crowning Glory Of
Almighty God's Creation! 

With A Clean Heart ... For God

And 

A Right Spirit ... To Embrace 

And Love And Live 
The Saving Truth Of God Who Loves Us 

And 

Died 

And 

Yet Lives To Save Us To Enter The Heavenly Home

We Are Blessed ... Infinitely Blessed
Prepared, Willing, Ready

And

Able To Enjoy Our Assigned 

And 

Pleasant Work From 

And 

For The Lord Christ! 

Brethren, 

Every One Of Us Headed To The Heavenly Land 

Promised, Purchased 

And 

Provided By Our Prince Immanuel

- Our God Who Lives With Us - 

Should Make "Create In Me ...!" 

A Matter Of Daily Prayer 

And 

See It As A Constant Call To Cooperation With Our King

Our High Priest

Our Perfect Peace

Our Holy Power

The Object Of Our Worship

The Beneficiary Of Our Constant Praise! 

I Humbly Beseech Us All

To Please Faithfully, Enduringly 

Obediently Work At It: 

Wearing The Crown Of Life Depends On It! 

Peace!

The Savior Is Knocking

And

Waiting On Your Answer:

Open The Door

And

Enthusiastically Invite Him In! 

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We Are Hungry

And

The Good Lord Has Blessed Food:

Request The Promised Share

And

Enjoy The Feast!

THE HEART OF MAN: Wickedness!

The Heart Of Man
- Unchanged By The Holy Spirit Of The Eternal God
Is 
In All Aspects Amazingly Vile 
Never Desiring To Do What Is Good And Right! 

Beloved, 

We Are Wicked 
And 
Marked For Death, Twice
When We Don't Have The Love Of God In Our Hearts! 

Wickedness Is Of The Genus "I Plan This!" 
It Is Out Of The Pot "Devilish Doings!" 
And 
It Destroys All Who Are The Bold, Unrepentant, Sinners 
Asking "What God!?!" 

Consider This ...

Wickedness 
Is 
Like Avidly Licking An Uncut Ghost Pepper 
And Saying 
"Wow! This Is Nothing!
I Could Eat This All Day Every Day! 
I Love It!" 

And Then

You Nonchalantly Start Biting It
And Chewing It 
And Can't Swallow It 
And Can't Spit It Out
And You Want Your Mommy 
And Your Daddy
Your Doctor
Your Lawyer
And
The Hated Undertaker ... When All Hope Is Known Lost

And Then ... Remembering

You Call On The Name Of The Lord Who Saves Sinners
Who Then ... On Your Earned Paycheck 
For The Wages Of Sin, Says: 

"Depart From Me! 

I Never Knew You!" 

Brethren,

Burning Mout'
Burning Belly 
And 
Burning Body In The Burning Lake Of Fire 
Ain't Worth It
Ain't Worth Being Wicked
Ain't Worth Being A Willing Sinner
Ain't Worth Being An Unrepentant Sinner
Ain't Worth Paying For A Crime That's Already Paid For! 

In All Humility
I Beseech Us All To Stick With Jesus Christ 
Our Lord The King
And 
Choose To Live Right! 
Innumerable Blessings Await The Righteous! 

Find Your Peace

In The Lord Of Life

Who Is Coming To Take Us To

Our Forever Home!

Mercy ... For Me And Thee!

The First Facet Of Almighty God's Character 
As Revealed To Moses
As He Abode Safely In The Cleft Of The Rock 
Secured By God's Own Hand
Was Mercy! 

Just So You Know
Mercy Includes Loving-Kindness
Grace, Compassion
And 
Forgiveness
And 
No Human Born Of A Woman Has Any Right 
To The Great And Known-Immense
Known-Infinite Mercy Of The Eternal God! 

Mercy 
Is 
A Gift Freely Given To Us Bold, Brash Sinners 
Who Deserve God's Justice! 

Beloved, 

Think On This: 
We Cry Out To The Lord To Hear Our Prayers 
And 
We Ask Him To Also Have Mercy On Us! 

Also Is Interesting In That It Means That 
We Have Hope ... Expectation ... That 
This Great God Will Add The Blessing Sought 
Because 
He Is Well Able! 

Be Wise ...

There Is The Day Coming 
When All Who Refuse The Free Gift Of Mercy-Now 
Will Plead For Mercy-Then 
But
Almighty God's Justice
Unmixed With Almighty God's Mercy
Will Be Thoroughly Poured Out! 

Soooo ...

Let's Not Be Amongst Those 
Who Know Not The Lord Christ ... The Truth,
Who Made Peace With The Father For Us 
So That We May Enter His Gates With Thanksgiving 
And 
His Courts With Joy-Filled Praise! 

Mercy 
Is 
A Rare Quality Which 
Is 
Found Only In Our God Almighty
Mighty To Save Us! 

Be Ye Armed And Thrilled ...

Humble Yourself And Pray
And 
Also Plead For The Forgiving God's Free Mercy 
To Bountifully Rest Upon You Today!  
Peace With Almighty God Is Free!

The Green Olive Tree

 

To Be A Green Olive Tree 

Is 

To Be Something Precious ... Beautiful

Bearing Good Fruit

Abundantly Fruitful

And 

Immensely Useful! 

Such Is The Lot

The Call

The Mission

The Duty Of All Who Will To Be Evergreen Christians 

In The House Of The Lord Of Life! 

The Lord Prunes Those Whom He Uses! 

Those Whom He Uses 
Are Equipped By The Lord ... Himself

To Do The Work That 
He Has Ordained To Be Accomplished! 

Those Whom The Lord Uses 
Unfailingly Put Their Trust In Him 

And 

Rest Under The Shadow Of His Wings 
Until The Terrors Of Life Are Passed 
And We

In The Fullness Of God's Timing

Stand In The Open

In The Glorious Kingdom

In His Glorious Presence ... Forevermore! 

Beloved, 

We Have A Work To Do For Our Lord Christ 

And 

Faith, Trust

And 

Enduring Obedience Are Required! 

Let's Take As The Lord Feeds Us By His Holy Spirit 

And 

Let Us Feed The World 
Known Hungry For Saving Truth! 

Let's Feed Others 
From Our Plate Of Good Food From God 

So That We May Receive 
More Good Food From God! 

The Lord Feeds The Green Olive Tree 
And 

The Green Olive Tree Feeds The World With The Golden Olive Oil

The Holy Spirit, Within! 

Talk Is Cheap: 

Get Up And Do A Good Work For Almighty God! 

Heaven At Any Personal Cost 
Is 
Cheap! 

Peace!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH : Whom Should He Send!?!

Is Your Faith

** Anchored **

In The Lord Of Life!?!

Know The Facts ...

The Obedient Child Of God 

Who Faithfully Goes Where He Is Sent

Always Comes Back Seeing! 

They Receive Eye-Sight

Acquire Insight

Benefit By Foresight

And 

Are Profited By Hindsight! 

Such An One Will Never Be Lost 

Or Suffer Lost 

Or Be Made To Pay Personal Costs 

No Matter Much The Personal Expense

Because 

He Who Sends Us Has Already Paid The Bill In Full! 

Know The Lord ...

Short Hands

Deaf Ears 

And 

A Cold Heart 

Are Not Part Of The Lord's Priceless Portfolio 

Because 

He Is Loving, Kind, Just, Faithful And True 

And, So

Going Where He Sends Is Best 

And, Therefore

Beautifully Beneficial! 

The Lord Of Life Is Asking: 

"Whom Shall I Send!?! 

Who Will Go For Us!?!" 

Beloved, 

It Is Always Polite
To Honestly Answer The Direct Question Posed
So Let's Ask Ourselves Whether We Really Want To Be 
Blessed By Him Whose Blessings Add No Sorrow To Our Lives 

And

Being Truly Satisfied That Our Creator, Savior, Redeemer
Is Also
Our One True Friend Who Offers Eternal Benefits
Let Us Gladly, Boldly, Say To Our Lord, God 
And 
Soon-Returning King 

Who Can Never Fail Of Blessing Us:

"Here Am I, Dear Lord! 

I Am Available To You! 

Commission Me

And

Equip Me For Your Service! 

I Am Willing, Lord! 

Send Me!" 

Remember ... 

He Who Sends You Goes With You 

And

His Holy Angels Are Watching Over You! 

Go In Peace 

And Love 

And Serve 
The Lord Of Life With Humility! 

The Commendation
"Well Done, Good And Faithful Servant!" 
Awaits You! 

Keep Your Spirits High

With Thoughts Of The Truth

That Is No Pie In The Sky:

Anywhere With Jesus

I Can Safely Go!!

HAPPY SABBATH + COMPLETELY FORGIVEN: Holy Gladness ... Holy Boldness!

The Works Of The Lord Are Infinite! 

The Blessings Of The Lord Are Infinite! 
The Love Of The Lord Is Infinite
And

We Are The Crowning Work Of The Creations Of The Lord

Infinitely Blessed 

And 

Infinitely Loved! 

We Are Made In The Image Of The Lord! 

We Sinned Against His Holiness 

And

He Chose To Die To Save Us

Because 
He Is Love Divine
And
Has Infinite Love For Each And Every One Of Us! 

We Are Precious In His Holy Sight
And

We Have His Guaranteed Gift Of Forgiveness 
Available ... Just For The Asking! 

Beloved, 

Since We Are Forgiven By Asking

Shouldn't We ... Completely Forgiven

Be Living With Holy Gladness 
Impossible To Be Destroyed By Time, Terror
Situation Or Circumstance!?! 

Shouldn't We ... Forgiven

And

Cleansed

Approach The Lord's Throne Of Grace With Holy Boldness 
To Make Our Requests Known Unto Almighty God 
Who Gives Every Good 
And 
Perfect Gift!?! 

Our God Is For Us! 
He Died For Us! 
He Lives For Us! 
He Provides For Us
And 
He Is Preparing A Heavenly Place For Us
So Let's Live In Holy Awe 
And 
With Grateful Thanks 
For The Amazing And Good Working Of Our Lord Christ
- Through The Holy Spirit - 
In Our Lives! 

Remember, Remember
Don't Ever Forget ...

Our God Is The Good God: 
Talk To Him 
And
Talk About Him! 

Let's Praise Him From Whom All Our Blessings Flow! 
Peace! 

The Love Of God

Of Jesus Christ The Lord

Is Not
Delivered On A Curve
According To How Few Sins
We Daily Commit!

Jesus Christ Loves Us Each

As If We Are
The Only Human Alive
That
He Sacrificially Desires
To Personally Save!

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Remember Your Value!

You Are Valuable

Because

The King Of Love

The Good Shepherd

The Shepherd Of Rest

The Savior Of Every Man

The Redeemer Of Mankind

The God Of Grace

The God Of Glory

The Creator God
God Almighty ... Mighty To Save

All-Seeing

All-Knowing

Ever-Present

All-Feeling

Says

You Are Valuable!
Live Like You Know And Believe It!

THE LORD OF LIFE: He Forgets Not His Own!

No Matter What We Need
No Matter What Sorrow We Bear
No Matter What Trial We Face
Let Us All Choose To Remember 
And 
To Boldly Declare 

"The Lord

... My Lord The King ...

In Zion Reigneth 

And

I Belong To This King 

Whose Ear Is Not Deaf That

He Cannot Hear My Pleas 

Nor His Hand Short That

He Cannot Help Me!" 

Beloved, 

Our King Glorious 

Is 

Seated On The Throne Of His Majesty 
And 

He Reigns 
And 
He Rules! 

Our King Is No Absentee Landlord
Nor Is He Hiding Behind A Surrogate!

He Is Not A King In Exile! 

He Is Not A False God With Useless Head, Hands And Feet! 

He Has No Need Of Rest And Refreshing 

And 

Praise His Holy Name

He Has No Need Of Lying Advisors

Ego-Massage Therapists

Corrupt Bankers 

And 

Greedy Fixers 

To Guide, Help And Coddle Him Day By Day! 

Our God Is The God Almighty
Mighty To Save

And 

He Is Able!
He Forgets Not His Own! 

Our God Loves Us 

And 

He Encourages Us 
To Acquaint Him With All That Concerns Us 

Not Because 
He Doesn't Already Know Our Situation 
But Because 

He Desires To Build In Us

Our Faith, Trust, Hope And Obedience Capacity 

... Building Our Love Relationship ... 
Joining Our Hearts To His Heart

Joining Us To Him Who, Himself,

Is 

Our Hope

Our Home

Our Own! 
To Know Our Lord The King
Is 
To Love Our Lord The King
The God Of Grace
The God Of Glory!

Let's Be Bold!
Let's Be Brave!
Let's Believe To Be Blessed
And
Let's Worship Our Lord God The King 
With Our Prayers 

And 

Our Praise

Today And Always! 

To Know Him 
Is
To Have Perfect Peace! 

Dare To Trust

In

Jesus Christ The Lord ... Of Life!