PRAYER: Father, Please Feed Us With The Food That You Know That We Need!

 

Heavenly Father, 
We Come In Faith All Doubts Discarded! 

Please Help Us To Remember That 
We Are Your Greatly-Beloved Possession 
By Creation And By Sacrifice
And That We Have Been Purchased From The Last Enemy, Death
With Innocent Blood And Not Silver Or Gold! 

Please Help Us To See And Express Our Need 
For Jesus' Gift Of Salvation 
And, In Mercy
Please Grant To Each Of Us The Strength To Look Up
The Courage To Call Out
And The Opportunity To Confess And Repent Of Our Known Sin 
And Take Our Jesus For Our Everlasting Portion! 

Father, 
Please Feed Us With The Food That You Know That We Need
That Is Fit For The Age And Stage Of Our Journey To Hill Zion
And Continue To Bless Us 
With Your Daily Gift Of Faith That Cannot Fail
And Courage For The Journey That We Must Make 
To Reach Eternal Life! 

Please Help Us To Call Sin By Its Rightful Name 
And To Stop Making Concessions To It Or Excuses For It!
We Need Your Help, Lord
As Delivered Unto Us By That Sweet Spirit
The Holy Spirit That Leads Us Into All Truth!
Please Pity Us And Pour Out Of Your Spirit
For We Are Calling In Hope! 

Remember, Dear Father
The Physically, Mentally, Spiritually
And Emotionally Ill Amongst Us 
And Grant Sufficient Grace 
That Is Known Accessible And Available! 

Please Help Us 
To Be Kind To Ourselves And Each Other
And To Hold On To Our Blessed Hope 
For Our Jesus Is Surely Coming! 

May Our Love For You Grow 
As Your Love For Us Daily Shows Up And Pours Out!
We Love You And We Thank You For The Myriad Blessings
That We Moment By Moment Receive Of Your Holy Hand!

With Grateful Hearts In Known-Blessed Lives
We Thank You For Hearing And Answering Our Prayers
And With All Humility
We Ask That You Please Grant Unto Us These Few Petitions
For We Ask All In The Matchless Name Of
Jesus Christ The King
Your Only Begotten Son
Our Savior, Lord And God!
AMEN.

PRIDE: Wearing The Helmet Of Salvation

They All Attended The Banquet!

They All Were Eating The Fare

And

All Of Them Were Choking

And

It Wasn't A Game Of Truth ... Or Dare!

Pride Was On The Floor!

Pride Was On The Chair!

Pride Was On The Balcony 

And

They All Heard When Humility Declared:

Pride ... Inordinate Pride 

Goes Before The Fall

Which For You All

Is

Now Here Present!

Enjoy What You're Eating Now

For, Soon,

You Shall Surely Have No More Desire 

To Eat Liarman's Dressed Pheasant!

You Have Nothing To Boast About 

Unless Your Boast Is In The Lord Christ

Who Lived And Died

So That You May Die To Sin And Self

And

Renewed

Live Again

Nevermore To Know

What Foolish Pride Is Again! 

Those Who Ride Vehicles 
Which Have No Protective Cages Around Them 
Wear Helmets To Protect Their Heads 
From Traumatic, Even Fatal, Injury
Unless They Refuse To Wear Them
Because
They Are Heaven-Daring ... Presumptuously Bold
And
Too Proud To Be Wise! 

We Are Mortal ...

We Are In A Warfare 
And 
As Fragile Beings 
Coming Up Against A Malevolent Enemy 
Who Is Working Rabidly 
To Secure Our Eternal Destruction
The Lord Jesus Christ Has Paid For 
And 
Provided To All Mankind
His Can't-Fail Helmet Of Salvation!
Don't Be Contrariwise!

Beloved, 

Possessing The Helmet 
Is 
A Good Thing 
But
Believing It Works 
And
Utilizing It For Safety And Security 
Is 
The Perfect Way To Survive 
And 
Prosper In The Fight For Eternal Life!
Save Your Own Life! 

You Are Not Wrestling

With Flesh And Blood!

Let's Be Wise ...

Jesus Christ Can Save Us All 
But 
He Will Only Save Those Of Us 
Who Are Obedient To His Living Word 
Which Calls Us To His Side 
For Protection 
And 
Eternal Security! 

Please Don't Be Prideful 
And 
Decorate Your Helmet With The Badges Of The World! 

Be Humble And Obedient
Trust Your Maker
And 
Enduringly Wear Your Helmet Of Salvation 
Even If It Is Uncomfortable
Spoils Your Public Image
And 
Ruins Your Hair-Do! 

Man-Made Helmets Save Lives Which End Anyhow 
But
The Helmet Of Salvation 
Leads To Christ's Eternal Life Of Which There Is No End! 
Obey The Word ... And Sleep In Your Helmet! 

WHICH ONE WORKS FOR YOU: Pastor Said OR Thus Saith The Lord Of Life!?!

... Our People Need To Wise Up!

Only The Lord Knows 
How Many Millions Of His Purchased Possession
Have Gone Down To Christless Graves 
Because Of 
The Known Lies And Well-Published Deceits Of 
Faithless, Gainsaying
Money-Grubbing Popes, Priests, Pastors And Evangelists 
Who Preach For Personal Profit And Temporal Prestige! 

The Lord ... In His Mercy
Has Made Available To His People His Preserved Word
In The Languages Of The Masses
And Yet 
People Are Being Grossly Led Astray ... Deceived
By Another Jesus And Another Gospel 
Because 
They Accept "Pastor Said!" 
And 
Roundly Reject "Thus Saith The Lord!" 

Beloved, 

The Lord Is The God Of Order
Love, Truth, Grace, Mercy, Righteousness
And 
Justice 
For Rich, Poor, Free, Slave, Aka All Mankind! 

When You Know Right 
And 
Reject It To Do Evil
Rest Assured That 
The Same Way God Gives The Promised Blessings
He Will Deliver The Promised Punishments! 

Please Pray For Wisdom And Understanding 
- The Lord Will Give It To You Liberally
And Will Not Upbraid You For Obeying His Call To Ask -
And
To Be Led Into All Truth By The Holy Spirit Of Truth
And 
Read Your Bible For Yourself! 

"Thus Saith The Lord!" 
Saves Our Souls From Self, Sin, Satan 
And 
Damnation! 
Place Your Living Trust In Jesus Christ Alone! 

May The Lord Take Our Minds
To A New Place Filled With The Promise Of Life
- His Life -
Where We May Rest With Great Dreams Of
His Living Kingdom And Of New Joys ... Forevermore!

That Is Truly Beautiful ...!

... And A Very Good Note 
Upon Which To Rest Peacefully This Night
In The Watch-Care Of The Great God Of Grace! 

AMEN!!!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Count The Stars!

Whether We Desire To Believe It
Or Choose To Accept It
Into Every Human Life A Little Rain Will Fall!

Brethren,

When We Are Expecting Rain Showers
What Is That Thing That We Do Automatically!?!

Close The Windows!

Get Out The Umbrella, Raincoat And Galoshes!

Pick Up Any Clothing That's Outside On The Line!

In Short, We Get Our Priorities In Order!

So, With That Said

When You Are In Difficulty 

And 

Those Around You Who Have No Intimate Knowledge 

Or Personal Experience Of The Known Goodness Of Almighty God 

Encourage You, Like Job's Wife Did, To Curse God And Die

Please Look Away From Those Agents Of Satan 

And 

Look Up 

And 

Count The Stars ... You Can't 
And 
Remember That Our God Holy Calls Them All By Name

And That 

He Holds This World In The Palm Of His Hand! 

Your Name Is Engraved On Jesus Christ's Holy Hand!
He Knows You Personally

Provides For You Infinitely

And 

Loves You Sacrificially 

And 

Eternally!
Think On Him Constantly!
Call On Him Ad Infinitum! 

Beloved, 

Almighty God's Good Grace And Great Mercy Are Available 
And 
Free To Me And Thee
So, No Matter The Sorrow
The Horror
The Shock
The Shame
The Problem
The Pain
Let All That Fills Your Hurting Heart
Be The Holy Loving-You Jesus!

Remember ... 

Jesus Christ Feels What We Feel
And

Nothing Can Happen To Any Of Us Unless He Permits It: 

You Do Not Walk Alone When You Trust In The Eternal God! 

Dare To And Boldly Use Your Gift Of Holy Faith Now: 

Hold On To Jesus Christ The Righteous King
And 
Be Eternally Blessed ... Saved Forever! 

Nothing Is Impossible 
To Those Who Believe The Lord Christ 

And 

Trust Him And His Living Word!

AMEN!!!

It's Good To Get A Reminder Of What Should Be Obvious!

You're So Right!
I Sometimes Forget And Attend The Free Pity Party
At Sorry For Me!

I Recently Had A Turn Around Why Me!?! Mall!

We Can Laugh At This Now
But 
We Should Remember That 
We Do Ourselves A Great Disservice 
And 
We Dishonor Our Lord Christ!

Let Us Endeavor ... By God's Grace
And
The Guidance And Leading Of The Holy Spirit
Never To Minimize His Love For Us Ever Again!

Remember, Beloved

Look Up ...!

... And Count The Stars!

HAPPY SABBATH + THE CONSUMING FIRE: Keep Yourself From Idols!

... We Have Bible For That!

There Is No Profit In Sin!

The Good Book Does Not Lie!

Brethren,

Let's Look To Ourselves!
Just Because The World At Large
And 
Our Nation's People Near And Dear
Have Decided To Brazenly Tempt The Living God
That Does Not Mean That 
We Should Be Participant In Flagrant Disobedience!

The Second Commandment Of The Decalogue
Expressly Forbids Making Idols ... Images ... Of Anything
And 
Bowing Before Them In Worship
And 
Daring To Serve Them
Because 
It Makes The Lord Jealous: 
Jealous Is Also His Name! 

Beloved, 

In This Modern Time
We Think Only Those Are Idolaters 
Who Fall Before Statues, Icons, Monuments
Shrines To The Dead, The Never-Living
And
The Insensate 
But 
We Would Be Very Wrong! 

Idolatry ... Idol Worship
Is 
Anything That Takes Our Affections Away 
From The True And Living Holy God 
And 
That Includes Idolizing Movie And Sports Stars
Singers And Dances
Writers And Artists
Priests, Popes, Pastors, Parents, Public Figures
Houses, Husbands
Wives, Work
Money, Merchandise, Media Personalities
Children, Causes, Cars
Friends
And 
Even Good And Necessary Food! 

Idolatry ... False Worship
Is 
The Pet Child Of Satan 
Designed To Cause Our Destruction 
By Our Provoking The Lord's Righteous Anger 
And 
Concluding With His Justified Wrath! 

Self-Worship Is Also Idolatry
And
Just So You Will Know
When The Lord Says He Is Jealous, He Means It
And 
When He Says He Is A Consuming Fire, Believe It! 

Idolatry 
Is 
An Abominable Sin 
And 
No Idolater Shall Enter The Kingdom Of God! 

Remember ...

The Lord Has Made It Quite Clear
That All Who Serve Idols Are Just As They Are
And
We Would All Also Do Well To Remember That
All Who Worship Idols 
Are Giving The Worship Which Rightfully Belongs To God
To Fallen Angels ... Demons
Who Kept Not Their Holy Estate
And
Are Reserved Until Their Prophesied Burning End!

Please Get Rid Of Your Personal Idols: 
The Lord's Jealousy Is The Consuming Fire! 

Make No Pact With Death: Keep Yourself From Idols! 
Worship The Eternal God! 

WARNING:

Idolatry May "Pay" In Temporal Time

But

It Costs The Idolater Everything

That Would Have Been Theirs

In Eternity!

DON'T YIELD: Temptation Is Common To Man!

Satan Can't Make Us Do Anything
So Please Remember These Four Words: 

• Common Temptation
• Faithful God
• Ability To Endure, And 
• Way Of Escape

We Are Encouraged By The Living Word 
To Believe The Living Word: Temptation Will Come 

But

Please Don't Sin By Accepting The Temptation As A Fait Accompli 

Because 

Our God ... Unfailingly Trustworthy

And

Willingly Trusted By Us

Will Provide A Way Out For Us! 
Innocent Blood Paid For Our Saving Grace!

We Hope In God: Hope Involves Patience

And

Patience Has A Perfect Work To Do In Us 

So That We Will Show No Lack In The Judgment! 

Pay Attention ... 

Yielding To Common, Pedestrian, Known Temptation 

Is 

Sin! 

Temptation Is A Parasite! 

Parasites Are Common 

And 

Prayer And The Living Word 

Are The Known And Obvious Cure! 

Beloved, 

We Will Be Tempted ... And Tried 

As Was Our Lord Jesus 

And

Just As He Did

We Must Emerge As Gold 

Fittingly Dressed To Go Home To Our Father's House! 

The Lord Has A Thousand Ways To Save Us 

But 

In The Hour Of Temptation

We Only Need One:

Please Let The Eternal Word Save You! 

Remember ... 

Strong Holy Angels Surround Us! 

The Holy Spirit Guides Us Who Are Willing To Be Guided 

And

"Lord, Save Me!" 

Is 

A Prayer: Don't Ever Forget It! 

Thank God For Jesus!
With Our Hand In His Hand, We Will Not Go Wrong! 

Indeed! 

He Is The Good, Kind, Faithful

Blessing, Giving 

And 

Forgiving God: 

We Are Covered In And By His Sacrificial Love! 

Blessed Be The Sovereign God!

AMEN!!!

Dare To Hate ... Sin!

The Only Time That A Christian Should Be Called A Hater
Or Should Indulge In Hatred
Is 
When It Applies To Hating Sin! 

Any Other Usage For Hate
- Which Always Leads To The Desire To Hurt
To Physically Harm Others
Is 
Satanic
And 
Is Severely Condemned By The Lord! 

Hate Leads To Murder 
And 
No Unrepentant Murderer 
Shall Enter The City Of God!

Look Around And See The Lives Ruined 
By Misdirected, Misapplied, Misused Hatred 
And 
Tremble Knowing That But For The Grace Of God 
You Could Be Rotting In Prison 
Because 
You Hated Someone And Committed Murder
Or You Could Be Rotten And Forgotten In A Cold Grave 
Because 
Someone Hated And Killed You! 

Beloved, 

Please Don't Give Satan Power To Control You 
By Indulging In Hatred Misapplied!

Hate Sin!
Hate Satan!
Hate The Lusts That Would Cause You 
To Sin Against Jesus Christ 
And 
Your Own Soul 
But 
Do Not Play In Satan's Workshop 
By Hating Those For Whom The Lord Christ Died! 

Misused Hatred 
Is 
A Convenient "Devil-Delicious" 
Maliciously-Wrapped
And 
Malevolently-Distributed Candy-Bomb
And
If You Have Such "Candy" In Your Heart
Please Dial 1-800-Call-Jesus Aka Pray Without Ceasing
And 
Bare Your Soul To The King Who Is Always Available!

Remember ...

His Holy Spirit ... The Holy Spirit Of Truth
- By Whom We Are Sealed Against The Day Of Judgment -
Defuses And Destroys All Of Satan's Weapons!

In Jesus Christ's Holy Name
Dare To Speak Peace ... And Do Love!

Self, Sin And Satan

Are An Unholy Triumvirate:

Self Leads To Sin

And

Satan Encourages People

To Indulge Self

And

To Practice Sin!

**--**--**--**--**

Jesus Christ ... Our Savior

Died

To Save All Of Us

From Self, Sin And Satan:

Choose To Be Saved!

They Walk Like Christians ... But ...! + PRAYER: Help Me, Lord, To Walk Softly Before You!

Let's See: 
They Walk Like Christians 
And 
Speak Fluent Christianity 
So Everybody Expects That They Are Christians 

But ... 

They'd Be Dead Wrong 
Considering That All Who Intimately Know Them 
Call Them Predators
Ravening, Hungry, Rogue Wolves 
Whose Acts Are Practiced, Polished Wickedness! 

Beloved, 

This Condition Should Never Be Found 
In The Character Of The Child Of The Eternal God 
And 
Any Of Us Who Are Living This Lie 
Should Look In The Mirror Of Truth 
And 
Be Roundly Rebuked Thereby! 

Nobody Married Is Half-Married! 
Nobody Pregnant Is A Lil' Bit With Child
And 
For Sure Nobody Has Ever Seen A Dead Body 
And 
Said That It's Almost, Almost Alive! 

Pay Attention ...

When We Accept Jesus Christ
He Calls Us His Own
And 
We Call Ourselves Christians! 
We Are Not Chris' Nor Tians But Christians 
So Let Us "Eat The Whole Sheep" 
And 
Behave Like Our Lord Christ 
Whose Obedient Children, Servants And Students We Are
At Least According To Our Published Profession! 

Remember ...

If We Accept 
And 
Learn From The Rebuke In The Holy Word
We Will Never Have To Hear The Condemnation 
Or Feel The Damnation Of The Holy God! 

Be Wise: 
We Can't Fool The Lord Christ In Whom Is Our Peace! 

PRAYER:

Without You, Lord

To Lead Me, Guide Me

Teach Me, Feed Me

Save Me

And

Bless Me

I'm Anchorless, Rudderless

Shiftless, Useless

Careless, Conscienceless

Heartless

Boundaryless

Steeped In Idleness And Wickedness 

Purveying Viciousness

Lacking Hopefulness

And

Truly Futureless! 

Have Mercy, Lord, On Me! 

Father, 

Jesus Christ Has My Name Engraved On His Hand:

Please Help Me To Engrave His Love Upon My Heart! 

I Look Around Me, My Father

And I See The World 

Lost And Listless

Wantonly Following Satan

That Churl Who Is Hate, Destruction And Death

And

My Heart Is Saddened Thereby!

Have Mercy On This People, Lord! 

I Call Upon You, Father

Who Gave Your All For Me

And

Ask You To Help Me

To Be True, Kind, Helpful, And Careful

To Be Enduringly Faithful

And

To Walk Before You Softly! 

Please Help Me To Know My End

The Length Of My Days

So That I Will Never

Maliciously Sin Against You Or My Fellowman 

And

Have No Future

Save The Blackness Of Darkness

The Nothingness Grave! 

I Confess My Sin, Father 

And

I Sincerely Repent

And

I Beg And Beseech You

To Help Me To Stay Under Your Blessed Tent

Next To The Still Waters

In The Beautiful Pastures So Green

Where You Will Anoint My Head With Oil

And

Nourish Me With Good Food From The Uncursed Soil! 

I Need You, Lord! 

I Love You! 

Please Help Me In My Daily Life To Do Better

So That On The Golden Shore

Eternal Praises To You

I Shall Surely Utter! 

My Heart Is Yours, Lord

In Jesus Christ's Holy Name I Pray! 

AMEN!!!

Watching ... Unto Prayer!

Anybody Can Watch!
Anybody Can Pray!

But

Not Everybody Will Watch With Purpose
Or
Pray With The Power Provided By Faith!

Are You Just Praying Just For Stuff And Nonsense
Or
Are You Praying For Things That Last!?!
Are You Praying For Things Perishable
Or 
Are You Praying For Things Eternal!?!

Many Are They Of Us In The Household Of Faith 
Who Are Watching For The Lord's Coming 
Just Like They Sit In Front Of The Idiot Box Aka Their TV: 
They Are Asleep Until Someone Turns The TV Off! 

Upon Awakening
They Say: "I'm Watching That Show!" 
And 
Don't Even Know That The "Watched" Show Is Finished! 

Beloved, 

We Are To Be Clothed In Christ's Character
And 
We Are To Watch Unto Prayer
Praying Without Ceasing To Be Cleansed
Strengthened In The Inner Man
And
Rendered Obedient 
And 
Enduringly Faithful
Fit To Sit With The King! 

Jesus Christ 
Was 
The Suffering Servant
Is
The Eternal King
And Is Waiting For Us 
To Make It Possible For Him 
To Serve Us At His Table In His Father's House 
In The Realm Of The Forever Blessed! 

Jesus Served His Disciples On Earth 
By Washing Their Feet
And
Marking Them As His Own: Don't Be A Judas! 

Brethren,

Watch For The Lord 
With The Gift Of Wisdom From On High
Given To Everyone Who Asks In Faith
- Nothing Wavering ... No Doubting -
Knowing That They Will Not Be Upbraided For Asking!

Please Think On And About Jesus Christ
And
Be Humble
And
Get Dressed In His Provided-To-You Attire ... His Righteousness
And
Light And Keep Oil In And For Your Lamp
And 
Listen For The Grand Call 
To Get Up And Go In ... To His Great Glory! 

Remember ...

You Have One Life ... And No Do-Overs 
So Get Ready 
And 
Stay Ready: Salvation Is Free To Me And Thee!
Watch And Prayer Always! 

The Prayer Of Faith

Is

A Watching Conversation:

A Blessing Always Arrives!