Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah . . . has conquered . . . Revelation 5:5
But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ . . . Galatians 6:14
You have been very angry with your Anointed One. Psalm 89:38
For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. 1 Corinthians 2:2
Let the motto upon your whole ministry be - "Christ is All!" - Cotton Mather

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

"That's My King!" Who Moves Your Heart To Sing With The Most Exciting Ring To Him Alone We Cling From Whom All Joy Shall Spring!


Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

He's always worthy to be the most excited about!

Are you excited about good food? Be more excited about Jesus!

Are you excited about your job? Be more excited about Jesus!

Are you excited about that new toy? Be more excited about Jesus!

Are you excited about music? Be more excited about Jesus!

Are you excited about arts and culture? Be more excited about Jesus!

Are you excited about the beauty in this world? Be more excited about Jesus!

Are you excited about that new boyfriend or girlfriend? Be more excited about Jesus!

Are you excited about getting engaged? Be more excited about Jesus!

Are you excited about getting married? Be more excited about Jesus!

Are you excited about sex? Be more excited about Jesus!

Are you excited about that new little baby? Be more excited about Jesus!

Are you excited about that grade you got on that test? Be more excited about Jesus!

Are you excited about your greatest successes in this life? Be more excited about Jesus!

Are you excited about your vacation? Be more excited about Jesus!

Are you excited about friends and family? Be more excited about Jesus!

Are you excited about that party? Be more excited about Jesus!

Are you excited about that new TV, computer, house, car or any other thing? Be more excited about Jesus!

Are you excited about that book? Be more excited about Jesus!

Are you excited about that movie? Be more excited about Jesus!

Are you excited about sports? Be more excited about Jesus!

Are you excited about that hobby? Be more excited about Jesus!

Are you excited about the fruit of the Spirit evident in your life? Be more excited about Jesus!

Are you excited about leading sinners to Jesus? Be more excited about Jesus!

Are you excited when sinners repent and believe in Jesus? Be more excited about Jesus!

Are you excited about your future? Be more excited about Jesus!

Are you excited about your life? Be more excited about Jesus!

Are you excited about having a lot of money? Be more excited about Jesus!

Are you excited about yourself? Be more excited about Jesus!

Are you excited about being excited about Jesus? Be more excited about Jesus!

Are you excited about anything at all? Be more excited about Jesus!

Always be more excited about Jesus! Out rejoice everybody with joy in Jesus! He is worthy!

Oh Father, by the power of Your Holy Spirit, please grant us this joy in Jesus in our hearts!

For Jesus' sake! Amen!

Saturday, July 26, 2014

"That's My King!" Who's The Passover Lamb, The Substitute Ram, And The Great “I AM” So We Can Become Children Of Abraham!

We've been passed over
The Lamb has been slaughtered
Blood has been poured out
Sin has been atoned for
The wrath of God has been quenched
Because Jesus was not passed over

We've been passed over
Judgment upon sin has been executed
The curse of God has fallen
Hell's flames toward us have been extinguished
The Lamb of God has taken away the sin of the world
Because Jesus was not passed over

We've been passed over
Just like God's people in Egypt were passed over
The lamb without blemish was slain
The blood of lamb was put on the doorposts
Those in the house were saved, safe, and satisfied
While the first born child in every Egyptian house was destroyed
All the first born children of Israel were kept alive
The LORD and His destroyer passed over their homes
But Jesus was not passed over

We've been passed over
Even though we don't deserve to be passed over
Like undeserving Israel, we complain and murmur against God
We don't love Him as we ought
We don't trust Him as we ought
We don't delight in Him as we ought
We don't obey Him as we ought
We don't love our neighbors as ourselves as we ought
And we sin as we ought not
But oh don't you know – by the finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ it's all been taken care of forever
Because Jesus was not passed over!

We've been passed over
God's curse has passed over us
God's wrath has passed over us
God's judgment has passed over us
God's hell has passed over us
God's eternal and infinite condemnation has passed over us forever
Because Jesus was not passed over!

We've been passed over
But Jesus was wickedly turned over
Judas betrayed Him over
Pilate unjustly condemned Him over
Peter denied Him over and over and over
The soldiers mocked, beat, and spit on Him all over
Our sins were counted as His all over
Even His Father forsook Him as He cried out to Him over and over
And wicked men and the devil thought it was all over
Because Jesus was not passed over, But let me tell you something – it is not over!

We've been passed over
But let me tell you that when Jesus died on that cross it was not all over
Oh tell yourself this over and over – that's it's not over – it's never over because of Jesus our Passover!
Whatever good you think is over in your life – dead and hopeless and lifeless and over – it's not over because of Jesus our Passover!
Because He came to turn over what's over and make all things new over; He gives you a do-over; And can do the ultimate make-over that will leave you praising Him over and over!
For He has been raised up over all that seems over and rules over all with all authority over heaven and over earth!
Because Jesus was not passed over!

We've been passed over
Because Jesus rose up from the dead and rules as King over death!
He rules as King over sin!
He rules as King over the grave!
He rules as King over Satan!
He rules as King over the world!
He rules as King over our flesh!
He rules as King over all His and your enemies!
He rules as King over all as the Christ Who is all in all!
All because He was not passed over!

We've been passed over
So now we live to tell about Christ our Passover Who was not passed over!
The same Holy Spirit that raised Him from the dead to rule and reign over all is dwelling in you!
He grants you power over death!
He grants you power over sin!
He grants you power over the grave!
He grants you power over Satan!
He grants you power over the world and the flesh!
He grants you power over all of your enemies so that you are more than conqueror through Him Who loves you!
Oh you've been passed over because our God so loved you that He gave His only begotten Son so that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life!
Oh, yes – we've been passed over!
Because Jesus, our Passover, was not passed over!

Saturday, July 19, 2014

"That's My King!" Who's Worthy Of Extravagant Devotion With Greatest Emotion For He Swallowed God's Fury Ocean And Rose To The Extreme Promotion!

We waste a lot
We waste time
We waste money
We waste God-given gifts
We waste opportunities
We even get wasted
We waste certain years of our lives
You may even waste your whole life
But you can't waste anything on Jesus!

We waste a lot
The Scribes and Pharisees viciously wasted the very Messiah their Scriptures spoke about
Jesus' disciples wasted an opportunity to rejoice in the value of their Master
Judas Iscariot wasted the very Savior Who chose him to be a disciple for 30 pieces of silver
But they don't know that you can't waste anything on Jesus!

We waste a lot
We waste time worrying when God says be anxious for nothing
We waste time fearing when God says fear not
We waste time sinning when God says redeem the time for the days are evil
We waste time doubting when Jesus says only believe
We waste time desiring when Jesus is the Desire of all nations
Because you can't waste anything on Jesus!

We waste a lot
We waste money and aren't even as concerned about the poor as Jesus' disciples
We waste money on lottery tickets
We waste money on illegal drugs and alcohol to get drunk
We waste money on pornography and prostitutes
We waste money on ourselves
But you can't waste anything on Jesus!

We waste a lot
We waste our purity on promiscuity
We waste our energy on anger
We waste our desires on coveting and comparing ourselves with others
We waste our relationships on love for me, myself, and I
We waste our holiness on rebellion
But you can't waste anything on Jesus!

We waste a lot
But this woman who anointed Jesus didn't waste one drop
She gave the best to Jesus; Shall you give your best to Jesus?
She gave the most expensive to Jesus; Shall you give the most expensive to Jesus?
She gave it all to Jesus;  Shall you give your all to Jesus?
She gave it only to Jesus; Shall you give your all to Jesus only?
Because Jesus is worthy of the best
Jesus is worthy of the most expensive
Jesus is worthy of our all in all for He is the all in all
And you can't waste anything on Jesus!

We waste a lot
But Jesus never wasted anything
He redeemed every part of every second of every time most effectively for the glory of His Father to save us from all of our wasted time
He maximized the use of money even though His money manager was a master deceiver and denier
He glorified God perfectly with His greatest gifts by giving them all up on that cross
He made the absolute maximum most of every opportunity to love the LORD His God will all of His heart, mind, soul, and strength, and to love His neighbor as Himself so that we might be saved
He was totally left as waste and wounded for our transgressions and absorbed the wrath of God on that cross in our place so that we might be forgiven
He rose up from the dead to save us from all our waste and to turn our wastefulness into wonderful redemption
So that now, because of the great love with which He loved us:  where our waste abounds His grace abounds all the more
For this reason and many more, you can't waste anything on Jesus!

We wasted a lot
But Jesus' life was wasted on that cross so that we might live to never waste again
Now we live for Him, and you can't waste anything on Jesus
Basic Christianity is extravagant devotion to our King
You'll waste no time on Jesus!
You'll waste no money on Jesus!
You'll waste no love on Jesus!
You'll waste no desire on Jesus!
You'll waste no devotion on Jesus!
You'll waste no commitment on Jesus!
You'll waste no obedience on Jesus!
You'll waste no sacrifice on Jesus!
You'll waste no delight on Jesus!
You'll waste no worship on Jesus!
Spend it all!  Spend it all!  Spend it all! Oh Christian spend it all on Jesus Christ!
He alone can forgive!
He alone can heal!
He alone can save!
He alone can satisfy!
He alone can fulfill every hope and dream and longing you've ever had times 10 Billion times 10 Billion!
Come and taste and see that He is good!
Because you can't waste anything on Jesus!

Saturday, July 12, 2014

"That's My King!" Who Stayed Awake And Made Earth Quake When He Died To Break And Crush The Snake Then Rose New Life To Make And His People Take All For Love's Sake So Now For Him Alone We Ache!

We've fallen asleep
Sin has won
Death has come
The Devil has triumphed
But he didn't know that One would come Who would never fall asleep!
His name is Jesus, and He always stayed awake!

We've fallen asleep
Adam and Eve slept in the garden and ate the forbidden fruit
Nakedness became shameful
They tried to hide from God
They blamed everyone but themselves
We became totally depraved
The creation was all cursed
But it was cursed in hope of the Second Adam Who would never fall asleep!
His name is Jesus, and He always stayed awake!

We've fallen asleep
Noah got drunk
Abraham lied and had sex with Hagar
Jacob was a lying, deceiver
Judah was a whore-monger
David was a murderous adulterer
Israel committed adultery on her wedding night by making a golden calf
The whole history of Israel is one of rebellion and disobedience to God
But don't you know that the only true Israelite Who has ever crossed the horizon of this world never fell asleep!
His name is Jesus, and He always stayed awake!

We've fallen asleep
John the Baptist came preaching to try and wake us up
But the Pharisees kept sleeping and missed their own Messiah
The disciples couldn't stay awake in the Garden of Gethsemane
And they all fled and left Jesus alone in His greatest time of need
Judas kept sleeping and betrayed his only Savior
Peter kept sleeping and denied the Way, the Truth, and the Life
Pilate kept sleeping and unjustly condemned the Righteous One
Israel kept sinning and killed their own Messiah
But True Israel never fell asleep though He'd weep, suffer deep, die for His sheep, of evil make a clean sweep, then up from the grave He'd leap to all His people keep with a grace that's far from cheap!
And His name is Jesus, and He always stayed awake!

We've fallen asleep
But Jesus came to bear in His body on that tree all the sins that have resulted from our sleepiness
He stayed awake when He had no food for forty days
He stayed awake when Satan was tempting
He stayed awake when the Pharisees tried to kill Him
He stayed awake when Judas betrayed Him, Peter denied Him, and all His disciples left Him alone
He stayed awake when they spit on Him, beat Him, stripped Him naked, made fun of Him, and put a crown of thorns on His head – Oh He stayed awake!  He stayed awake for His Father's glory!  And He stayed awake for You!
He stayed awake when they nailed His hands and feet to that tree!
He stayed awake when He was all alone and naked and thirsting and dying and suffering on that cross!  He stayed awake!
He stayed awake when the Father crushed Him with the wrath, judgment, and curse that we deserve!
He stayed awake and cried:  "My God! My God! Why have You forsaken Me?!"
He stayed awake.  He stayed awake for you because He loves you.  And then He died.
His name is Jesus, and He always stayed awake!

We've fallen asleep
But He has awakened from the dead!  He is risen!  He is risen indeed!
He's alive to wake you up!  And wake you up forever!
And He lives awake forevermore to save all those who would turn from sin and trust in Him!
So that now we can fall asleep no more!
Because His name is Jesus, and He always stayed awake!

Now we stay awake
We believe in Him!
We trust in Him!
We delight in Him!
We treasure Him!
We follow Him!
We turn from sin and fight sin!
We die to self!
We seek to live faithfully and do whatever He calls us to do!
We seek to make disciples of all nations, teaching them to obey all that Jesus has commanded!
We are enabled and empowered by His Spirit to obey all that He has commanded us for the glory of God!
We are being conformed into the image of Christ day by day for the glory of our King!
And even now He stays awake and prays and intercedes for us according to the will of God!
Because His name is Jesus, and He always stayed awake!

Saturday, July 5, 2014

"That's My King!" Who Is The Highest Class His Beauty None Can E'er Surpass His Every Word Shall Come To Pass And In Him Joys We'll Amass!

Talk is cheap
Our words are a vapor
We say we will do but then we don't do
But what Jesus says happens and His Word stands forever!

Talk is cheap
We plan and speak our plans and then they don't go according to our plan
Our tongues are a fire and a world of unrighteousness
They are a restless evil, full of deadly poison and cannot be tamed
But Jesus can tame anything, anytime, anywhere all by Himself!
And what Jesus says happens and His Word stands forever!

Talk is cheap
Politicians are promising
TV commercials are conniving toward covetousness
The media is maneuvering and manipulating
Prosperity preachers are pilfering and profiting
But they don't know
That Jesus knows every secret motive and intent of their hearts and will make every secret known someday!
He always tells the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help Him – well – He is God!
He is the Truth incarnate!
And what Jesus says happens and His Word stands forever!

Talk is cheap
Our fathers let us down
Our mothers let us down
Our sisters and brothers let us down
Our best friends let us down
Our pastors let us down
But oh don't you know
That there is one Man – the God-Man – Who will never let us down, put us down, hold us down, or keep us down!
He's the Everlasting Father!
He gathers us together as a mother hen gathers her baby chicks under her wings to be saved, safe, and satisfied forever!
He's our great Elder Brother Who always speaks the truth, always loves, always comforts – perfectly!
He's the best friend this world has ever known Who displayed the greatest love this world has ever seen when He laid down His life for His friends on that cross!
He's the Pastor of pastors Who fearlessly feeds His flock the finest of food so they might be saved from the fierceness of His Father's fury forever!
Because what Jesus says happens and His Word stands forever!

Talk is cheap
Jehovah's witness are talking a false jesus
Mormons are talking a false bible
Muslims, Jews, Hindus, and Buddhists are talking false religions
Atheists are talking no god at all
But the truest, most amazing, most beautiful, most glorious talk that has ever been talked from any talker who has ever tracked across any terrain was talked by Jesus – the Word made flesh Who talked the talk and walked the walk like no one in the history of this universe!
Because what Jesus says happens and His Word stands forever!

Talk is cheap
But God made us to talk
And to talk expensively about the exhaustive expanse of His extravagant, excellent, efficacious, love!
We are to talk Jesus up!  Not that He needs to be talked up, for He's already as up as up can be up and more than anyone is up – He is up!
But everyone just doesn't know that He is the upest of the up!  So we must go and tell them and make disciples of all nations!
We must go and tell them that whatever they talk up is nothing compared to the King of UP!
We must tell them that He is the greatest and that He can take whatever is down in their lives and turn in right side up since He is the Up of ups!
His talk can turn the sexually immoral right side up!
His talk can turn the drunkards and drug addicts right side up!
His talk can turn the self-righteous church member right side up!
His talk can turn the most wrong side downest of the down person who has ever lived right side up to the up and up!
Because what Jesus says happens and His Word stands forever!

Talk is cheap
But let us talk about what is most expensive!
Let us talk about our LORD Jesus Christ Who is God the Son and Who is all in all!
Let us talk about the death of our Savior on that cross!
Let us talk about the resurrection of our Savior and His absolute conquering of sin, death, and hell!
Let us talk about His ruling and reigning right now over every square inch of this universe!
Let us talk about His return when He will make every wrong right and wipe away every tear from our eyes!
Let us talk about Him with passionate love in our hearts, faithful and diligent action in our wills, truth on fire in our minds – all for His glory, honor, and praise!
Because what Jesus says happens and His Word stands forever!