HAPPY SABBATH + Lead Us Gently, Dear Savior! + PRAYER: Help Us To Walk Wisely!

We Sing With Relish 

"Savior, Like A Shepherd Lead Us 

Much We Need Thy Tenderest Care ...!" 

Are The Words Real In Our Hearts 

Or 

Are They Just Ink Stains On Nice Paper!?! 

Singing For Singing's Sake

Does Nothing For The Traveller On His Journey Home:

We Are Pilgrims And Strangers In A Strange Land!

We Are To Confidently Sing What We Believe 

And 

We Should Gratefully Give Praise And Thanks That 

Our Dear Savior Marks The Path 

And 

Makes It Plain For Us To Faithfully Follow After Him 

Without Fear 

And 

With Loving Fervor! 

By Contrast

Satan The Damned Slitheringly Follows After Us

Aka Dogs Our Steps 

Wherever We Are Disobediently Going!

 

Goat-Herders Follow 

Aka Chase After Disobedient, Known Own-Way, Goats 

Who Of Themselves Decide 

Where Their Shepherd Will Faithfully Follow After Them! 

Beloved, 

Jesus Christ ... The Only One Righteous

Is 

Our Shepherd Of Rest! 

Our Blessed Jesus ... Out-Front And Purposeful

Absolutely Knows Where He Is Leading His People

The Blessed Sheep Of His Verdant Pasture! 

Our Beloved Jesus

Is Not 

A Day's-Man Aka A Rent-A-Shepherd 

Who Bails On His Charges When Troubles Come! 

He Makes The Sure Way Safe 

And 

The Safe Way Sure! 

He Forgets Not His Own

Who Follow After Him By Choice!

No Paper Maps With Uncertain Marks Are Needed 

And 

The Every-Which-Way GPS System Of Fallen Man

Is 

Effectively Useless! 

The Only Way Is The Lord's Way To Surpassing Glory!

Our Jesus Christ 

Is 

The Loving Shepherd Who Also Created His Sheep

And

The Perfectly Positive Path For Our Feet

And 

The Perfect Place For Our Eternal Rest

And

We Can Never Go Astray

With Him Leading Us Gently On Our Way! 

PRAYER:

Lead Us, Heavenly Father

For

We Come In Faith, Nothing Wavering!

We Need Your Perfect Peace

And

Restorative Rest 

Your Sure Direction

Your Ready Provision

Your Able Protection

And 

Your Saving Correction! 

We Need You Now, Today!

You, Dear Lord

Are The Living Light That

Leads All Of Us Willing

To Eternal Life 

So, Please

For Undying Love

For Love Which Will Not Let Us Go

Help Us To Walk Wisely

In The Perfect Way

Which Will Never Lead Us

To Commit Sin And Be Made Ashamed!

Please Lead Us, Kindly Light

For Earth's Day Is Darkening Fast

And

We Need To Safely Reach Home

The Abode Of The Forever Blessed

Where Love Ever Lasts!

Of Our Known Sins, Father

Natural, Cultivated, And Besetting 

With The Humility Of True Repentance

With Contrite Hearts

We Confess!

Father,

We See Our Need

Of

Your Sure Salvation

And

In Jesus Christ's Holy Name

We, Bankrupt, Plead!

Please Forgive Us

And

Bless Us

And

Come For Us Soon!

We Love You!

AMEN!!! 

Working Wings And Staying Power!

There Is Not A Single Human Being 

Who Does Not Desire A Carefree 

Painless

Joy-Filled

Comfortable Existence! 

Problem Is That 

Desire And Reality Don't Walk The Same Line! 

Even In The Household Of Faith 

Where The Members Are Heading Toward

 The Realm Of The Forever-Blessed

Trouble Is On Every Side 

But

With A Significant Difference! 

Beloved, 

As A Child Of The Great King

Trouble For Us Places Us In The Arena Of 

Growth In Grace 

Where Mercy For Me And Thee 

Is 

Ever In Attendance Doing Yeoman Service! 

Absolutely Nothing Happens To The Child Of God

Without The Lord's Knowledge 

And 

Consent 

And

We Will All Do Ourselves A Favor 

To Remember And Accept 

That All Things Work For Our Good

That We Are Not Alone

That The Holy Spirit Is Our Comforter

That We Are Protected By Holy Angels Excelling In Strength 

And

Our Father Hears And Answers Our Prayers 

Even If The Answer 

Is 

"No! 

Don't Ask Again! 

My Grace Is Sufficient For Thee!"

Remember, Dear Ones, That 

You Must Go Through 

To Come Through! 

Put Another Way

Bread-Dough Risen Won't  Cook-Through 

And 

Hold Its Shape

And 

Be Appetizing Smelling

And 

Delicious Looking 

Without Being In The Hot Box! 

Emerging From Struggle Aka The Heat Of Affliction

Produces Working Wings 

And 

Staying, Lifting, Carrying Power! 

We Must Be Tried In The Fire Of Affliction 

To Be Able To Then Live With Our God Almighty 

Who Is Consuming Fire 

In Glory-Land! 

Hold On! 

Peace!

Run Your Race To Enter Christ's Glory Wherein Is Everlasting Life!

In The Competitive World

The Warning Constantly Given 

Is 

"Keep Your Eye On The Prize!" 

In The Spiritual Realm Of The Forever Blessed

We Are Encouraged To 

"Run Your Race To Receive The Crown 

Which Does Not Pass Away!" 

Beloved, 

These Two Statements Speak Volumes 

If

We Are Paying Attention! 

Keep Your Eye On The Prize Suggests That 

If You Even So Much As Blink

What You're Striving For Disappears!

Forever! 

Striving To Receive The Heavenly Prize 

Is 

Absolutely Achievable 

And

That Heavenly Prize Won 

Can Never Be Given To Another Person! 

Think On These Things ... 

Earthly Princes Are Princes Until They're Not! 

Titans Of Sport, Finance, And Entertainment 

Get Dethroned! 

Unholy Priests And Pastors Get Defrocked 

And

All Of This Happens 

Because 

What They Were Holding On To

Looking Greedily Upon

Broadcasting As Their Divine Right

Was Neither Right Nor Divine! 

Unimpeachable Facts ... 

Regular People Strive And Fail! 

Flavors Of The Month Get Canceled!

Rights-Givers Get Offended 

And

Prizes Given Get Rescinded! 

Blessedly, Our Almighty God Does Not Change: 

He Makes No Mistakes! 

If You Fail To "Win" The Great Salvation

None Other Will Gain Your Crown Or Your Land! 

Your Race ... For Eternal Life

Is 

Run Against Yourself Only 

And

Is Won Or Lost By You Alone! 

Brethren, Beloved

Please Do Not Let Sinful-Self 

Turn You Into A Condemned Loser! 

Please Be Very Courageous

And

Choose To Look Up To Christ Jesus 

And

Let Saving Faith Propel You To The Everlasting Prize! 

Peace With The Living God 

Is 

Perfect!

Run Your Daily Race

To Please The Eternal God

Not Fallen, Finite, Mankind!! 

Choosing To Be A Doorman In The House Of God!

To Be A Committed Christian 

Is 

To Be A Volunteer For 

And 

A Willing Servant Of Jesus Christ The King! 

You Know Upfront That 

Only The Obedient, Trusting, Faithful, Enduring Ones

With Skin In The War Against Self And Sin

Will Survive The Great Controversy 

The Battle Between Good And Evil! 

You Know That 

Your Greatest Enemies 

Will Be Those In Your Own Household! 

You Accept That 

Living For Jesus Means Dying To Self 

And 

Walking Wise On The Lonesome Road 

Without Benefit Of Earthly Support! 

You Learn To Expect Rabid Opposition! 

You Choose To Be A Doorman In The House Of God 

Than To Dwell In The Show Places Of 

Rampant Wickedness! 

You Choose, By Grace, To Be Humble 

And 

You Faithfully Practice Humility! 

You Turn Away From Pride 

And 

Showy Displays Of Excess! 

You Care About 

And 

Pray For The Many Lost And Hurting Souls 

Who Are Looking For  Part-Time Love With A High Price 

When Infinite Love 

Is 

Free And Accessible For All Mankind! 

You Rest And Are Refreshed 

In The Quiet Place Of Prayer 

And

You Are Confident In Christ 

Knowing, Expecting

And 

Grateful That 

You Are Never Alone 

Because 

You Are Walking In Unfailing Faith 

And 

Not Trusting Fickle, Deceitful, Blind Eyesight! 

Safe In The Arms Of Jesus 

Is 

Constant Comfort In Your Heart 

Because 

He Who Calls You Goes With You! 

Beloved, 

Please Keep Trusting Our Lord Christ!

Be Prayerful! 

Be Peaceful! 

Be Strong! 

And

Be Blessed! 

Go For The Living God!

Go With The Eternal God! 

Trust ... Don't Tempt ... The Lord!

It Is Amazingly Disappointing To See And To Know 

How Little We, As Christians

Truly Trust The Lord Of Life 

With Our Well-Being 

And 

Our Gifted-To-Us Lives! 

This Isn't Just Disappointing

It Is Down-Right Shameful 

And 

If It Is Not Repented Of And Corrected

It Shall Surely Lead To Our Eternal Demise! 

Beloved, 

The Lord Christ Asks Us To Faithfully ... Enduringly

Follow After Him 

On The Path Which He Has Marked

Walking In The Light That Is Himself

Holding To The Truth That Is His Name

- Which Is His Character - 

Which Is Just, Kind, Good

Giving And Forgiving! 

Jesus Christ Daily Proves To Us That 

He Is Provider, Protector

Helper, Healer

Savior, Sealer

Friend

Lord, God

Keeper

And 

King Glorious! 

Our Kind King Abundantly Gives 

All That We Need

Haven't Asked For

Or Ever Contemplated

And

All That He Asks In Return 

Is 

Child-Like Trust 

Which Will Never Be Abused

And

Never Be Wastefully Spent! 

The Facts ... 

Alarm Clocks Don't Wake Us! 

Farmers Don't Feed Us! 

Man-Armies Don't Protect Us! 

And

Science Falsely So Called Can't Heal Us! 

All That We Are And Have

Is 

Done Through The Loving Sacrifice Of Our Father 

Who Gave Us His Only Begotten Son 

Who Sent Us The Holy Spirit 

Who Sees To Our Needs Through The Holy Angels 

Who Minister To Us 

Who Shall Inherit Christ's Free Salvation! 

Be Wise For Your Own Self ... 

Please Choose Now ... Today

To Trust In The Lord Christ With All Of Your Being! 

None But He Can Save And Seal

Against The Coming Judgment! 

Peace!

Tender Thoughts Turn Tawdry On Your Tongue!

Thought, Word, And Deed: 

Simple Words! 

Dynamically Good 

Or 

Devastatingly Bad Impacts 

Are The Only Options Available To All Mankind 

As A Result Of Thoughts, Words, And Deeds! 

Beloved, 

Are You ... A Committed Christian

Living Your Values, Standards, And Morals 

According To The Many Good Words You Famously Utter 

Or 

Are They Just Thoughts Enlivened 

Which Came As A Result Of Something That 

Somebody Said To Someone Somewhere Special 

To Get Some Perk!?! 

Tender Thoughts Turn Tawdry On Your Tongue! 

Winsome Words Get Waylaid By Whine And Wine! 

And

Decent Deeds Turn Dicey And Disastrous 

Unless Done For Our Dear Lord! 

What Are You Doing 

When You Say What You Are Thinking!?! 

Are You A Loving Child Of Almighty God

A Faithful Ambassador For Christ

An Apt Student Of The School Of Jesus

And 

An Honest Servant Of The Savior!?! 

Is Your Lived Life A Guiding Light For A Traveller!?! 

Are You Dirty In The Dark!?! 

Are You An All-Rounder Given To Batting Left 

And 

Bowling Right To Get What You Want 

And 

Saving Faith Be Damned!?! 

Thoughts, Words, And Deeds! 

What Are Yours!?! 

Who Are You Truly!?! 

Whose Are You!?! 

Is Our Dear Jesus Profited By What You Think, Say 

And 

Daily Practice!?! 

Let's Pray For Rain

Look Up

And

Clean Out Our Head 'n Heart House As Indicated! 

Peace!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Temptation And Self-Deception!

Being Tempted Is Not Sin! 

Yielding To Temptation 

Is 

Sin! 

Think Carefully About This Difference! 

How Hungry Are You For Fame And Fortune!?! 

Would You Stoop Down Low 

To Hurt Someone You Dearly Love 

To Acquire Money, Power, Privilege, And Prestige!?! 

Would You Go As Far As Judas Iscariot!?! 

Would You Be So Self-Deceived As To Believe That 

You Could Twist The All-Knowing, Eternal, God's Hands 

To "Make" Him Do What You Want 

So That You Would Have 

Your Deceitful Heart's Rotten Desires!?! 

Beloved, 

A Barking Bird Is Not A Dog 

And 

Raising Up Your Own God 

Bearing The Name Self Or Other

Does Not Make You The Creator God!

Power Trips Fail

For

Lack Of Power!

Be Warned ... 

Be Not As The Betrayer 

Who Sold Thick Gold To Buy Thin Silver!

 

Please Do Not ... Under Any Circumstance 

Become Filled With The Sense That 

Being Close To Your Creator Makes You His Surrogate

- His Stand-In -

To Do As You Please! 

Self-Deception

Is

An Aphrodisiac!

The Truth Is That 

Temptations Are Normal 

Aka Common To Man

And

We ... Mortal Beings 

Are Called To Walk The Lonesome Road 

By Grace, Through Faith! 

We Are Not Alone! 

We Are Not Called 

To Build Castles In The Sand! 

We Are Called 

To Get Ourselves To The Rock Of Our Salvation

To Him Who Is The Way Home

The Truth That Points, Guides And Delivers Us Home

The Light That Clearly Shows The Path Of Righteousness

Our Shelter In The Times Of Storm! 

Remember, Remember

Don't Ever Forget ...

Riches Rot! 

Power Poisons! 

Prestige Withers Away 

But

Jesus Christ Stands Eternal! 

Brethren, Beloved

Please Do Not Confuse Living In A Rich House 

With Being In The Heavenly Home: 

Earth Is Not Heaven! 

Aggressively Guard Your Heart! 

Pray Without Ceasing! 

Stay On The Upward Way!

Peace! 

Live

For

Jesus Christ

Alone!

HAPPY SABBATH + Sing Praises To God ... Here And Now!

As Pathfinders

It Was Drilled Into Us, In Part, That We Should 

"Walk Softly In The Sanctuary

Keep A Song In Our Hearts

And Go On God's Errands!" 

Beloved, 

Dead Men Can't Walk

They Can't Keep

They Surely Can't Taste Anything

And

It Is Certain That They Can't Go On God's Errands! 

Think ... 

We Are Alive By The Saving Grace 

And 

Constant Care Of The Eternal God: 

We Should Always Be Grateful For Grace 

And 

Supremely Thankful For Mercy! 

The Songs Of Zion Are A Defensive Weapon 

To Keep Us In Hope 

For Our God's Sweet Tomorrow! 

The Songs Of Zion Are An Offensive Weapon 

To Keep Doubt, Fear, Discouragement, And Distress 

Aka The Legion Of Doom At Bay! 

And

Best Of All

These Sung Songs Of Zion 

Are Blessed Worship Of Our Great God 

And 

They Will Not Be Denied Or Discouraged! 

How Interesting ...

We All Love To Talk About 

Singing Before The Throne Of God 

When We Get To Heaven! 

Caution ... 

If You're Not Singing Praises Here And Now

You Will Not Be Singing Praises There And Then! 

Let Us All Please Remember That 

The Songs Of Zion Are Written Out Of 

Going Through An Experience

     Overcoming A Trial

          Being Thankful For Grace And Mercy

    Loving And Knowing The Dear Savior

And 

Just Wanting To Sing Of Our Precious Redeemer! 

What Song Will You Sing To Our King 

Who Is Love ... And Lovely

Now, Today!?! 

"I Know That My Redeemer Liveth!" 

Is 

My Song! 

Peace!

Tolerating Sin Interferes With Soul Salvation

Old Wisdom:

If Someone Can't Give You A Biscuit

Don't Let Them

Take Bread Out Of Your Mouth! 

Question! 

How Is It That Known Evil-Doers

Be They Priestly, Political

Entertainers, Sportsmen

Financiers And The Like

Are Permitted To Maintain 

And 

Broadcast 

And

Promote Their "Deeply Held" Wicked

Blasphemous

Idolatrous Beliefs And Practices 

But

Devoted-To-Christ Christians 

Are Castigated, Excoriated, Pilloried

Punished And Canceled 

For Telling The World And His Brother That 

Jesus Christ The King Saves 

And

That He Loves Us All ... Sinner And Saint

To Death And Back 

And

On Up To Glory!?! 

If We Christians Are Being "Made" To Accept 

And 

Tolerate Willing Sinners' Embracing Their Pet Sins

Why Aren't The Wrong-Doers Satisfied To Leave Us Alone 

To Embrace Our Lord Christ 

And

Enjoy Our Personal Serving Of His Free-To-All Salvation 

And

Not Attempt To Force Us To Give Up Our Saving Faith 

And 

Sure Salvation!?! 

Is It Because Clean Living Accuses Them!?! 

Beloved, 

Good Accuses Evil 

Because 

Evil Knows It Is Not, Nor Can Ever Be, Good! 

When Good No Longer Offends Evil

The Day Of Goodness Ceases 

And

All Hope For Help And Healing Is Lost! 

Please Be True To The Lord Christ

And

Do Not Allow Anyone

Poor, Powerful

Fat, Foolish

Wise, Weak

Thin Or Trifling 

To Turn You Away From The Light That 

Leads To Life Everlasting! 

Dare To Stand Firm: 

Saving Faith Can't Fail! 

Only Jesus Christ ... The Creator ... Saves! 

Remember, Remember 

Don't Ever Forget ... 

Only Jesus Christ Can Give To Mankind

The Non-Perishable Bread ... Of Life! 

Peace!

GOOD OR BAD: Everybody Sets An Example!

Growing Up

We Were Always Instructed To Set A Good Example

To Follow Good Examples

And 

To Never Be The Bad Example

The Means By Which Someone 

Is 

Led Astray To Do Evil! 

Surprise ... No Surprise

Anybody May Set An Example 

But

The Real Question Is

Are You Setting The Good Example 

Worthy For Others To Accept 

And ... With Wisdom

Follow!?! 

Beloved, 

Jesus Christ The Righteous Judge

The Kind King

The Hope Of Every Man

Is

Our Exemplar 

Aka Ensample 

Aka Perfect Example

The One Whom We Could "Close Our Eyes" 

And

Without Reservation

Dare To Follow Faithfully! 

We, However

Don't Follow The Lord Christ Blindly! 

We Follow Our Dear Savior 

Through Good Evidence

Faith That Cannot Fail

Trust That Will Never Be Abused 

And

With Love For The Holy Love 

Which Will Never See Us Being Made Ashamed! 

True Believers Aka Committed-To-Christ Christians

Are Not Ashamed Of The Truth 

And 

We Should Never Be Afraid 

Or Ashamed To Permit Others To See Us 

Walking In Full Agreement With The Truth 

In The Living Light Of The Good News Gospel That 

Leads All Who Are Willing To Be Saved 

To Eternal Life! 

A Bad Example Costs The Wicked Instructor 

And 

His Careless And Willful Imitators! 

The Good Example Rewards Both The Wise Teacher 

And 

His Diligent Students! 

Please Let Us Dare To Direct Someone 

To The Good And Holy Way Today 

And

Without Hesitation, Fear, Or Shame: 

Jesus Christ Made The Way Plain 

And

He Always Saves!