VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Prayer: Father, I Choose To Boast Of My Lord Christ!

PRAYER:

Heavenly Father, 

I Come To You As A Child

Trusting You At Your Sovereign Word That 

You Will Train Me Up In The Way That I Should Go 

So That I Will Put Away Childish Things

And

Grow Up In Your Saving Grace 

So That Nothing That The Adversary Of My Soul Does

To Try And Turn Me Away From

The Path Of Righteousness 

Will Entice Me To Depart From The Light That 

Leads To Your Everlasting Life! 

I Come To You As An Eager Student

In The Eternity School Of My Lord Jesus 

Who, Alone, Saves 

And

I Ask You For The Eraser

To Clean The Tablet That Is My Heart

Of All Useless, Unprofitable, Ungodly Things 

Which Would Stunt My Growth

As A Child Of The Everlasting Father

The Prince Of Peace! 

In Saving Faith, Father 

I Beseech You For Your Writing Instrument That 

Will Burn The Truth Into My Heart Permanently 

So That My Thoughts Are Ever With You

And

My Words To My Brethren

Will Be The Wonderful Words Of Life! 

Father, I Choose To Boast Of My Lord Christ 

And

So I Come To You As A Willing Worker 

Desiring To Utilize A Space As A Worker In The Fields 

Which The Master Said Are Ripe For Harvest 

But For Which The Workers Are Few 

To Reap His White Wheat 

And

Bring That Goodly Harvest Home To His Barn! 

Father, My Hope Is In The Lord 

And

I Plead With You To Teach And Feed Me

Lead And Guide Me

Direct And Correct Me

Protect And Provide For Me

And

Commission And Accompany Me 

As I Seek To Do Your Holy Bidding

For It Is In Jesus Christ's Holy Name That 

I, Poor And Needy, Humbly Plead! 

AMEN! 

HAPPY SABBATH + Let The Perfect Law Of The Lord Convert You!

If We Perfect What We Practice

Does It Not Stand To Reason That 

If We Choose To Practice Committing Our Favorite Sin That 

We Will Become Adept, Proficient

Really Good At Committing That Sin!?! 

Does It Not Also Stand To Reason That 

If We Practice, By Almighty God's Great Grace

To Be Obedient To Him Even Unto Death

To Have A Meek And Gentle Spirit Against Which There Is No Law

And 

To Honor, Worship, And Praise Him From Whom All Our Blessings Flow

That We Shall Become His Perfected Saints!?! 

Beloved, 

It Is As The Old Saying Goes: 

"If You Have Two Dogs

The Dog You Feed Is The Dog Which Will Grow!" 

I Sincerely Pray That 

The Great School-Master Who Leads Us Into All Truth 

Will Cause Us To Understand And Accept That 

The Holy God Will Never Help Us To Be Perfect 

To Sin Again His Holiness, His Holy Name! 

The "Perfect Sinner" Will Be Utterly Destroyed 

With The Perfect Destruction! 

Please Let Us, By Free-Will, Choose To Be Perfect 

Even As Our Father In Heaven Is Perfect 

So That We May Abide In His Holy And Fiery Presence 

In His Perfect Peace! 

Let The Perfect Law Of The Lord Convert You 

To Be Like Jesus Today! 

Peace!

A Boatload Of Hogwash!

In The Old Days

Much Talk Was Heard About The Sweet-Skin Bucky

Who Just Also Happened To Be A Silver-Tongued Snake 

And 

A Lily-Livered Coward! 

How Is That For A Warning By Description Of 

A Gentleman-Caller To Roundly Refuse!?! 

Beloved, 

In Our Journey To Joy

To Hill Zion 

Where Pleasures Forevermore Do Not Cloy 

As In Make You Sick To Your Very Stomach

You Will Be Accosted By That Certain Glib Someone 

Whom You Have Never Met 

But Who, With Dulcet Tones, Will Tell You 

All There Is To Know About What You Surely Need

Where You Are Headed 

But Where You Should Boldly Go Instead

Whom It Is That You Have Unforgivably Offended

And 

Why You Should Turn Away From The Light 

That Allegedly Leads To Everlasting Life 

- Which You Can Never Attain - 

And, Instead 

"Follow De Leader, Leader, Leader

Follow De Leader!" 

And 

Just Let "It" All Hang Out 

Because 

Tomorrow Ye Die! 

Dear Ones, 

That Is A Boatload Of Hogwash 

Coming Out Of The Fire-Hose Powered By Satan The Damned 

Who Is Known To Appear As An Angel Of Light! 

Satan Tried To "Sell This Tee-Shirt" To Our Blessed Jesus 

And 

Was Roundly Rebuffed With The Perfect For All Problems 

"Thus Saith The Lord!" 

Please Let Us Choose To Follow The Way, Ways

And 

Will Of Our Blessed Jesus 

And

Allow Satan ... That Silver-Tongued Snake

To Head To Hell By Himself! 

The Devil's Deceits Destroy! 

Jesus Christ Saves: 

Walk In His Holy Light! 

Peace! 

You Can't Take Off Your HAT!?!

Brethren, Beloved, 

How Well Are You Wearing Your HAT!?! 

I Do Not Wear A Hat! 

If You Knew What Almighty God Knows

You Would Wear Your HAT Humbly And Thankfully

Giving God His Praise For What He Is Accomplishing In Your Life! 

I Don't Wear A Hat!

You're A Christian Aren't You!?! 

Yes, I Am! 

Then You're Wearing A HAT ... A Customized HAT! 

What Are You Talking About!?!

I Am Talking About HAT 

Aka Hardships, Adversities, And Temptations! 

Every Committed-To-Christ Christian Has That HAT! 

I Wish Someone Had Told Me This Earlier! 

Why!?! 

So That I Could Just Take It Off And Be Free! 

Oh, Dear!?! 

What Do You Mean By "Oh, Dear!?!" 

I Mean That You Can't Take Off Your HAT! 

Your HAT Is Necessary For Your Everlasting Salvation

Your Present Peace

Your Hope

And 

For The Anchor That Secures You To The Rock Of Our Salvation 

In These Times 

Living With This Untoward Generation! 

Oops! 

It's My Turn To Say: "Oh, Dear!" 

You're Welcome! 

Thank You Kindly! 

Please Remember That Your Custom-Made HAT 

Is 

Removed By Your Master-Maker

Healer-Sealer

Hope-Help

And 

Savior-Sanctifier

The One You Trust Who Is The Truth: 

Draw Near To Him! 

Peace!

Persistently Pray For Power To Press On!

Jesus Christ The King Of Glory

The Only Begotten Son Of 

The True And Living, Holy And Eternal God

 Is

The Messiah

The Anointed One After Whom Christians Are Named 

And

The One Who Calls Us To Faithfully Follow Him 

Up To The Loving Father's Peaceful House! 

We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder As We Follow Our Dear Savior 

But

There Is A Raptor ... A Flying Predator 

Aka Satan, The Piercing Serpent, The Dragon

Who Will Do All To Focus Our Rapt Attention 

Away From The Holy One Who, Alone, Saves! 

We Can't Allow Ourselves To Be Diverted 

By The Myriad Images, Real Or Imagined

In The Rafters Above Our Heads! 

We, By Faith, Must Choose 

To Disembark Our Flimsy Raft Called Temporary-Thing 

And 

Get On Board The Solid And Secure Old Ship Of Zion 

Which Goes In One Direction 

To Its Only Port Of Call 

On Its Only Voyage! 

The Old Ship Of Zion 

Will Always Stop To Pick Up Passengers! 

Some Passengers Who Have Not Found Their Strength In Jesus 

Will Jump Ship 

Or Disembark The Old Ship 

Because 

There Is No Earthly Entertainment 

And 

The Atmosphere Is Clean ... Too Clean

Bereft Of Those Things 

Which Take The Heart Away From The Lord Christ! 

Beloved, 

We Can Neither Safely Love A Lie 

Nor Live A Lie! 

Only The Truth Will Bless The Spirit 

And 

Satisfy You Aka The Living Soul

The Soul In Its Search For Sure And Secure Salvation! 

Please Persistently Pray For Power To Press On! 

Peace! 

Red-Rag In Round House!

Let's Consider The Roaring Red Rag That 

Resides In That Round-House Called A Mouth! 

What Has It  Done To You 

And

For You Lately!?! 

Have You Considered Training Your Tongue 

So That It Will Readily Speak Of The Goodness Of 

The Eternal God Instead Of Lauding Satan Whose Behavior 

Is 

Worse Than An Alms-House Louse!?! 

Beloved, 

The Old Folk Used To Tell Us: 

"Mout' Open: Story Jump Out!" 

That's A Caution To Hold Dear! 

We Are Not Guppies To Just Open Our Mouths 

To Catch Whatever Is Passing! 

Please Note That We Were Not Told That 

The Truth Would Issue Forth Which Plainly Told Us That 

Whatever Story Would Fit The Occasion

Be It Bold Lie 

"White" Lie

Or Technicolor Fantasy

Some Story Is Going To Be Told 

Even If It Is Not The Strict 

And

Gospel Truth! 

Dear Ones, 

Do You Know 

And

Live By Almighty God's Truth

No Matter The Cost!?! 

Please Let Us  Remember That 

The Unbaptized-By-Grace Red Rag Called A Tongue 

Has No Conscience

No Friend

And 

No Tether! 

Please, With The Wisdom Of The Wise

Wisely Call On The Lord 

And

Let Him Put His Living Word Into Your Mouth 

To Bless Yourself And Others! 

Truth Can't Die! 

Peace!

New Life In Christ!

Sin Makes You Blind To The Truth! 

Being Blind To The Truth Puts You In A Bind 

And

Being In This Bind 

From Which You Cannot Extricate Yourself By Yourself

Sin Efficiently And Effectively Causes You To Be Marked 

As One To Be Placed In The Garbage Bin 

To Be Burned At The Behest Of Almighty God 

In The Appointed Hour! 

Beloved, 

The Song-Writer

In Agreeing With The Living Word Of The Eternal God, Says: 

"Sin Will Take You Farther Than You Want To Go!" 

Believe It! 

Sin, Like Fire

Does Not Have It In Its Make-Up 

To Just Be Contented With A Lil' Bit

Or A Goodly Portion! 

Sin, Like Fire, Wants All, Everything

And

Will Take It All, No Limits

Unless The Creator ... The Life-Giver

The Bread Of Life

The Water Of Life

The Sustainer Of Life

The Re-Creator Of Life

Puts A Decided Stop To Sin Aka The Raging Fire In Our Life 

With Our Permission ... At Our Request 

Through Our Acceptance Of His Free-To-All Salvation! 

Dear Ones, 

Ask For Help!

Accept The Assistance!

Allow The Holy Spirit To Work In Your Life

And 

Appreciate The Gift Of New Life In Jesus Christ 

- Whom We All Adore - 

In Order To Ascend To Glory To Live With Him Eternally! 

Deny Satan The Father Of Lies

And With Joy 

Accept Jesus Christ The Father Of Lights!

Peace!

VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: Would You Take 1,000 Carefree Days Now And ...!?!

Which Would You Prefer To Have By Your Side: 

A Dozen Bruised, Broke, Honest 

And 

Faithful Performing Christians

With The Meek And Gentle Spirit 

Against Which There Is No Law 

Or 

One Hundred Polished, Rich, Dishonest

And 

Unfaithful, Disrespectful Evil-Doers 

Who Can Purchase Man-Judgment 

But 

Cannot Buy-Off The Judge Of All Flesh!?! 

Beloved, 

Would You Put You Your Life 

In The Hands Of Men Who Pervert Justice And Judgment 

Or

Would You Bless Yourself 

And

Place Your Life And Times 

Into The Hands Of Him Who Gave You Life 

And 

Determines The Length Of Your Days Upon This Earth!?! 

Would You Take 1,000 Care-Free Days Now 

And 

Lose Eternity To Come 

Or

Would You Accept 1001 Days Of Joy And Sorrow Now 

And

Receive The Joys Of Everlasting Life 

On The Blood-Promised Tomorrow 

By Standing In And Exercising Jesus Christ's Gift To You Of 

A Portion Of His Unfailing Faith!?! 

Dear Ones, 

Please Be Wise And Recognize That 

Your Decision Now 

Is 

The Difference Between Short Time And Almost Sweet Things 

Whilst Headed For Damnation 

And

Eternity And Everlasting Joys 

In The Holy God's Sweet, Sweet, Tomorrow 

In The Heavenly Canaan! 

Let Us Dare To Actively And Aggressively Learn The Difference 

Between Sweet Things And Everlasting Joys 

Because

Only One Comes Without Sorrow! 

Jesus Successfully Saves! 

Peace! 

HAPPY SABBATH + THERE IS NO REASON FOR SIN: The Despairing Cry!

 

There Is No Excuse For Sin

Because

There Is No Reason For Sin! 

Beloved, 

Our God Almighty ... In Mercy Towards Us 

Provided Us With Our Only Savior, Jesus Christ The Lord Of Life 

- The Great Physician

The Shepherd Of Rest

Our Perfect Peace - 

Upon Whom We Have Every Reason To Call 

And

No Excuse For Not Calling His Name In Our Time Of Need 

Aka Every Moment Of Every Day! 

Dear Ones, 

If You Have Ever Heard A Person In A Doctor's Treatment Room 

Despairingly Crying In Pain From A Non-Life-Threatening Condition 

Utter The Words: 

"I Am So Tired!" 

And 

You Then Hear The Doctor Beseeching Them To Hold On

To Let Said Doctor Help Them

And 

To Permit The Doctor To Change Their Medication 

To Something That Will Surely Help Them 

To Be Comfortable At Home

You Will Truly Understand Our Wretched State 

When We Recognize Our Need Of Our Savior 

Because 

Of Our Sin! 

Remember This ...

In Our Agony

We Hear Our Great Physician Pleading With Us 

To Let Him Change Our Ways And Heal Our Hurts 

And

Trust Him To Feed Us The Medication Called Truth 

And Bind Up Our Wounds With The Balm Of Gilead

And Use The Good Food Called Faith 

To Believe Him On His Word To Bless Us To Walk Wisely 

While Standing Firmly On The Promises Of The Eternal God! 

Sin Is As Pain! 

Pain Is A Warning! 

Warnings Work For The Wise! 

The Wise Person Chooses The Best Portion Aka Life In Christ 

And

They Are Healed! 

Sin Kills: 

Salvation Gives Us New Life! 

Be Wise! 

Peace!

Winding Up As Two Nuts Short Of A Pack!?!

Handling Hardships With Almighty God's Gift Of Grace 

Makes One Hardy To Endure The Trials Of This Life! 

"Ohhh, Sure!" 

Says The One Who Desires To Live The Life Of Riley 

On Easy Street! 

Beloved, 

We All Know That There Is No Human 

Who Would Not Prefer Life On Easy Street! 

The Problem Is That The Introduction Of Sin 

Caused Our Maker, God, And King To Curse Humanity 

With Labor, Work, To Be Able To Eat His Daily Bread! 

Therefore, Anyone 

- From The Womb To The Tomb - 

Who Chooses To Work At Not-Working And Playing To Play

And In Essence

Choosing The Life Of The Hedonist

Constantly Seeking Pleasures Forevermore On This Earth

In This Vale Of Tears

Is 

Standing Up In His Self-Chosen Lot

Directly Against The Will Of Almighty God! 

How Do You Think That Is Going To End!?! 

How Often Have You Seen 

The Disasters Of Living The High Life 

When Its Practitioners Effectively And Efficiently 

Crash And Burn

Flame Out

Or Wind Up As Two Nuts Short Of A Pack!?! 

Dear Ones, 

Work ... As Ordained By The Holy God

Is 

For Our Blessing: 

Choosing To Live On The Party Boat Is Not! 

Choosing To Honor The Lord Is A Blessing: 

Choosing To Honor Ourselves Is Not! 

Idle Hands Are The Devil's Workshop! 

Be Wise And Work Now 

For Night Is Coming When No Man Can Work! 

Live With Love For The Lord 

And

Not For The Pride Of Life! 

Wha' Sweet'n Goat Mout' Does Bu'n 'e 'n 'e Tail! 

Take Heed! 

Jesus Christ Is Lord! 

Peace!

The Devil's Cherry!

Do You Have The Right To Do Wrong!?! 

Are You Letting A Nightshade Sing You A Love Song!?! 

Beloved, 

We Are Clearly Instructed By Our Lord Jesus 

Not To Let Anyone, Spirit Or Flesh, Deceive Us 

So "No!" None Of Us Has The Right To Do Wrong! 

In The Plant Realm

We Have Nightshade Vegetables 

Aka Tomatoes, Potatoes, Eggplant

And 

All Peppers, To Name A Few 

And Also 

The Deadly Nightshade 

Aka Belladonna 

Aka Devil's Cherry! 

Just Because We Like, Love, Salivate At The Word "Cherry" 

It Does Not Give Us The Right To Eat Of 

The Belladonna Plant 

Or To Give Of It To Anyone! 

Dear Ones, 

It Is Amazing To Know That 

There Is A Plant Named To Suit Satan's Character! 

How Sad, Ironic, To Know That His Name, Devil

Is 

Affixed, Prefixed, To A Fruit Aka Cherry! 

Another Forbidden Fruit! 

Our Lord Jesus Christ

Is Keeping The Night-Watch

So That We Do Not Have To Fear

That Nightshade Satan!

Dear Ones, 

Warning Labels Are Slapped On Things 

To Save Us From Ourselves! 

Children Have Parents To Guide Them Aright! 

Humans Have The Savior

The Word Of God

To Guide Us With Kindly Light! 

When Our Foolish Desires Supercede Wisdom And Understanding 

Because 

"I Breathe So Therefore I Am!" 

We Get Into The Realm Of Playing Russian Roulette 

Aka Taking Your Life Into Your Own Hands

For Kicks And Street Cred! 

We Do Not Have The Right 

To Willfully Do Wrong With The Lord's Property: 

We Are Not Our Own! 

Let Us Worship And Bow Before The Lord Our Maker! 

Peace!

Live So That Satan

Has No Part In You!

When Self Matters!

 

Here Are Three Times That 

The Word "Self" Should Freely Utter From Our Mouths: 

Selfless

Self-Surrendered

And 

Self-Controlled! 

Beloved, 

If You Have Surrendered Your Self To Your Savior

Then There Is Less Self 

And 

Definitely More Of The Savior

And 

Self-Control Becomes The "Savings-Card" 

Notably In Constant Use! 

Self-Consumed Dies

Self-Sufficiency Atrophies

Self-Serving Skips Town

And 

Self-Aggrandizement Runs Away From Home 

Because 

Nobody Loves It! 

As Committed-To-Christ Christians

We Must Live With That Hope Which Says: 

"My Change Is Going To Come!" 

This Is Possible 

Because 

The Lord Christ Has Purchased Us 

New Character And New Clothing 

Aka Internal Character And External Clothing 

Aka Christ-Like Character 

And 

The Robe Of Christ's Righteousness! 

This Is Big Doings 

And 

It Can Only Be Accomplished By 

Our Cooperating With Christ 

Through The Working Of The Holy Spirit 

Who Assuredly Leads Us Into All Truth! 

Dear Ones, 

This Is Not A Work For The Faint-Hearted

The Fickle

Or The Fool Who Says In His Heart That 

There Is No God! 

Let Us Not Settle For "Easy Living" 

And 

Leave The Family Of God! 

Anything Worth Having

Is Worth Laboring For!

Know This ...

The Stench Of Self 

Will Never Waft Through The Portals Of Glory 

But

The Heart For Christ Will Find Eternal Rest There! 

Understand This ...

It's Time To Turn Brown Things White Through Christ 

Since There's No Self-Cleaning For Christians! 

Get At It ...

Indulge In Self-Examination Through The Holy Word 

Aka The Lens Of The Lord! 

Peace!

It's A Blessing To Depend Upon Our Father God!

Remind Yourself ...

Independent ... And Still A Runt ... Weak! 

Stunted, Under-Developed ... And Still Fronting! 

How Often Have You Confidently Said That 

You Knew That You Could Depend On Someone To Pamper You 

So That You Could Pridefully Swan About

Aka Glide About Poised And Confident!?! 

Did You Reap The Expected Gain!?! 

Would You Do It Again!?! 

Do You  Understand That Your Gamble On Frail Flesh 

Is 

Always In Vain!?! 

Beloved, 

Remember The Proud Creature Who Thought That 

He Could Run His Life Better Than His Creator Could 

And

Determined That His Self-Serving System Of Governance 

Was Better Than The Unselfish One Set Forth By Almighty God! 

Dear Ones, 

Blinkers Are Placed On Beasts Of Burden 

To Stop Them From Being Distracted 

And 

To Keep Them Focused On Their Scheduled Work! 

We Are Not Beasts: 

Dare To See! 

For Whom

By What Means

And 

For What Purpose 

Have You Declared Your Independence From The Lord!?! 

What Have You Got To Show 

For Unwisely Walking As A Wastrel, A Prodigal

On The Wild Side Of Life!?! 

All Of Us Have ... At One Point Or Another 

Chosen To Be Professor And Student 

In The Self-Directed Program Called Self-Centeredness 

For Which An Honor's Degree In Hard Knocks Was Issued! 

Let's Wise Up Today 

And 

Return To Our Father's House Of Love 

Because 

We Finally Recognize That 

We Cannot Even Walk Without Him Holding Our Hand! 

It's A Blessing To Depend Upon Our Father! 

Please Don't Let Pride Rob You: 

Choose The Eternal Inheritance Over Temporary Independence! 

Peace!

EMERGENCY SIREN: Nobody Wakes Up Dead!

 

For Every Siren That We Hear

There Is A Living Soul In Mortal Distress: 

Neither The Coroner Nor The Mortuary Van

Has Need Of Urgent Progress! 

Beloved, 

None Of Us Knows The Day Or The Hour 

When We Shall Close Our Eyes For The Long Sleep 

From Which No Man's Fabricated Alarm May Awaken Us 

And

For This Reason 

I Bid Us All To Keep Current Accounts With Our Lord Jesus! 

At The Siren's Sound

Please Raise Up Your Heart To The Holy God 

And 

Pray For Our Brethren That 

Our Blessed Lord Will Have Mercy 

And 

Grant Them Strength, Courage, And The Opportunity 

To Confess And Repent Of Known Sin 

And Take Jesus Christ As Their Everlasting Portion 

So That They May Be Blessed 

And 

Saved Into The Living Kingdom

According To Their Will! 

Dear Ones, 

We Who Know And Love The Lord

Please Do Not Relax And Act Carelessly About Your Salvation! 

We Sin By Thought, Word And Deed ... Daily

So Let Us, As We Realize Our Errors

And 

As A Matter Of Habit

Confess And Repent Of All Known Sin ... Every Day! 

Nobody Wakes Up Dead 

But

Everybody Awakens To Face The King Of Glory

The Judge Of All Flesh Who Will Have His Rewards With Him! 

I Sincerely Pray For Us All That 

When The Time Comes

That We All Will Arise From Our Long Home 

To See Our Jesus In All His Glory

In Perfect Peace! 

Dear Lord Jesus, 

We Adore You! 

Please Bless Us

As We Confidently

Raise Our Hearts To You

In Heartfelt Prayer! 

AMEN!