We remember all about Balaam, the oracle and his near miss with death upon a donkey.  What we don’t recall is that he was from the land east of the Dead Sea in Ammon, modern day Jordan.  This pagan man believed so completely in OUR GOD that he refused to disobey what the Lord had commanded him.  What an incredible act of faith on the part of an unbelieving pagan worshiper.  He was eventually killed for acts against the Israelites, but what a resume, bullet point to have received command from the God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob your enemies.  If God used a pagan, and sent him visions/dreams and insight, why do you think he won’t use you in greater fashion?

Satan’s (may the Lord Jesus rebuke him) strategy with the churches is working because we refuse to fight.  The first step to revolution/revival is create a “refreshed desire” in our own hearts to be obedient to the Lord’s Word.  Then we need to be honest about our own personal devotion, study, discipleship and prayer.  Do I really know the Bible?  Do I truly seek a relationship with this Creator, I call Father?  Do I communicate with Him continuously, seeking His will for my life?  Truth is tough to swallow when you will not take the action it indicates.  We need to know our Bibles, know our Lord, intercede in prayer for those who cannot be heard and tell the story of Christ’s Mighty work upon Calvary’s Cross.  Anything else is idol or idle worship.  Stop kidding yourselves and then maybe God will reveal something to you.

We don’t recall or find it important that Peter wrote his Holy Spirit inspired scripture while in Babylon.  We don’t study enough of history, in this country, to remember that Alexander the Great died in Babylon attempting to make it his capital.  We fail to remember that is where false worship began with the disobedience of Nimrod and Semiramis.  We don’t remember that Joseph served and died in Egypt, Ezekiel in Babylon and Daniel in Iran.  We are too interested in what ever intrigue is going on in Hollywood, Washington D.C., New York or Paris to investigate the fountain of living water in God’s word.  If you truly believe we are living in the end times then start acting like it and study His prophecy and its congruence with current circumstances.  Children of the Light remain in the light.

If Christians want to know God’s will for their lives here it is;  Develop a relationship with the Lord through the Holy Spirit in the name of Jesus the Messiah that becomes the most important thing in your life.  Then go and tell everyone you meet about Jesus and His coming Kingdom and teach them to obey all that He has commanded them.  Then in His timing you will receive discernment in your heart, mind and soul that will lead you to the works which God prepared for you to do before the beginning of time.

The time for us to remain in false comfort, complacency and ignorance has transpired.  The Bible and our current times call us to an understanding beyond the sphere of our customary flippancy.  If you feel I am being too rigid, take a few minutes and research that Jesus commanded us in the “imperative” tense to know about and be ready for the things which are yet to come.  He was not suggesting that we know the seasons, He was commanding us to be ready.   Be honest, get prepared, be prayerful and keep the lamps filled with oil.  May the Lord Jesus be praised.

The term “service” is ripe with meaning. It is one of those words which goes way back in antiquity, having deep connotations for the commoners.  It is a noun, a verb and an adjective dependent upon the Author’s intention.  Its original usage surrounded servitude or slavery but there are nearly 40 different facets to this morpheme gem.  How can a simple word be so deep?  It is as if there are certain terms that exceed the current dimensional characteristics of speech, providing a linguistic maze each passage expanding the labyrinth.

How could this word, which on the surface appears to be a simple explanatory concept, blossom in verbal perpetuity at each contemplation?  It is sufficient hint to the depth of God’s Word as the Holy Spirit continually utilizes concepts rife with depth and unfolding expression.  This is a meditating man’s dream, phrases so packed with potential significance that they breed a hunger for understanding, faith and relationship.  The crumbs that lead to the throne room, the clues tracing back to the designer, the path to the Maker.  If you haven’t thought of how wonderful our Almighty Father is do your own study on the following three words; righteousness, service and love.

Lord I am in awe at the breadth, depth, width and length of Your grace.  I look forward to sitting with You and understanding that which is currently beyond my reckoning.  It is a pleasure to be in service the Creator of the universe.  Praise You for all that You are.  In Jesus’ name.  Amen.

http://youtu.be/Xbudr7KoE2M  Know the season, know the times, be ready.  This is an intelligent conversation between a renowned Messianic, believing Jew and a renowned Christian Biblical Scholar.  This will answer many questions while provoking many more.

Daniel and Joseph were given specific understanding of the mysteries of God.  Why?  What commonality of men “set apart” these two men as prepared ground for the seed of the unknown?  How did they differ from most men?  What did they do with the insightful knowledge that they were given?  How were they spiritually conditioned to tap in to the direct understanding of the Almighty so that even in drastic circumstances they maintained faith, hope and comfort in the Lord’s ability to deliver?  They were both businessmen or administrators beyond reproach.  They were both challenged by the envious ambitions of worldly mongers.  They were separated from their brethren and put into environments that were foreign to the point of worshiping pagan gods.  They flourished in those places where most would be subjected to the miseries of the slavery to which they found themselves captive.  They were symbolic of the position in which each of us saints currently reside.  I will have to remain in meditative prayer for quite the time in order to even begin to grasp that spirit inspired symbolism.  Perhaps you will join me and together we will have fresh enlightenment into the mysteries of our Lord, the Father through the Son by the Holy Spirit.  In Jesus’ name, Amen.

The Persian (Iranian) nation will play a significant partnering role against Israel as indicated in prophecy.  The name Iran means Arian and was adopted by the nation in the early 20th century as they sided with the Nazi’s in their global attempts.  Our nation is currently reaching a tipping point with regard to actions surrounding this aggressive Middle Eastern Nation.  We as Christians must know what is going on and then take our knowledge in prayer to the Lord with regard to our actions considering the current global circumstances.  We have been chosen by the Lord to be alive during one of the few most important times in global history.  I will continue to provide links to current insightful information for your review, understanding and prayer.  I pray that you use these videos to enlighten yourself as to the current state of worldly affairs so that you see how closely they match promised signs in prophecy.  Be ready, be vigilant, be smart.  Praise Jesus, Amen  The following is a D.C. think tank’s review of the current situation.  This is what our Congressmen and Senators are tapping into to make their decisions.  I hope it is helpful to making it apparent where we find ourselves in scriptural occurrences.

http://csis.org/multimedia/us-strategic-competition-iran

Why is devotion so difficult?  Is it time that rules my actions or perhaps something more elusive?  Lord, why does this world have the ability to capture our focus to the point of redirecting our just wishes?  I fully understand Paul’s frustration in that he knew what was right, committed himself to doing only what was right and yet still did wrong.  It is an enigma to us how we could no longer be slaves to sin and still be compelled to do that which we hate.  Is that so we can learn to hate sin as You do, Lord?  Through being disgusted in review of our own participation we learn to hate that which You hate?  I await that day when I will be free of this weakness, this antithetical behavior, this sin.  Remake me in Your Holy likeness so that I forget what has gone and live in harmony with all that is pure, just and righteous.

You have forgiven, therefore I must forgive myself.  However, Father I cannot bring myself to condone even one iota of this fleshly complicity.  I will fight my captors just as a captured soldier, but understanding the message of Your mystery in the Book of Ephesians, I know that the battle is not fought in my own power and authority.  I will stand, being of good courage in full recognition that it is You, My Holy Lord who fights for me.  Armored with Your characteristics I will face the enemy victoriously as this is what You have promised.  My faith is in You and not in my own ability, understanding or will.  I am Yours, Forever.  Praise Your Light.  Amen.

http://www.oneplace.com/ministries/love-worth-finding/player/three-miracle-births-241044.html The Late Pastor Adrian Rogers— Three Miracle Births the why of Christianity

http://www.torahdec.org/Default.aspx  Biblical Declaration by 158 Rabbi’s today on God’s view of Homosexuality

I love you.  This requires that I refuse to say that which would tickle your ears.  Even at the price of your avoidance I do not come bearing more of that numbing salve to alleviate the sting.  If you are avoiding me then you must truly be going out of your way not to read the Bible.

Don’t be so serious, try to be tactful, don’t be so passionate, don’t thump the bible, love them and they will come around.  These are counterintelligence marketing lines fed to the faithful to distract their attention from what is really going on.

Folks if you haven’t taken a recent look at the standard state of affairs on Main Street, USA, I invite you to go spend an hour or two in your local town/city center.  If the common, openly-accepted use of profanity does not shock you then take another pill and return to that warm comfortable place you reside.  If the standard female practice of dressing like loose women does not radically effect your sensibilities then sin is ready to take you back as prisoner.  If the lack of Godly knowledge, the lack of smiles and the lack of kindness to your neighbors doesn’t stand out to your joy-filled countenance, then put the blinders back on and stay in the wagon ruts.

We are notably, self-proclaimed as the most Christian nation on the this planet.  If the state of affairs here is so worldly, how do you think it is in other nations?  If we are avoiding knowledge of and adherence to the Word of the Lord, who else is holding firm?  Recently, the pressure has been mounting, pleading with me to be more politically-correct and lenient as not everyone believes the same way that I do.  This is deception, for there is only one scripture, there is only one way to believe, only one path, only one God, only one way to a relationship with Him, only one baptism, only one church and only one perfect man who died for the sins of all upon the Cross of Calvary, Yeshua Hamashia.  The work He did is finished, He is not still upon the Cross as the Catholics depict Him, but seated at the right hand of the Father awaiting that coming moment of the Great Day of Our Lord.  He came as a lamb to atone for “all sin” but will return as a lion to judge people and nations for their belief and actions/non-action.  We better get it right in our minds, hearts and footsteps as to where we plan to stand when He comes back.

I care what you think, but I can neither decide for you nor join you if you choose incorrectly.  I can only decide for me.  I am doing what He has placed upon my heart to do within His will for my life.  I will be found doing this work when He returns.  Join me, condemn me or ignore me, the decision and results are entirely up to you.  Praise His Holy, Righteous Name.  Jesus the Messiah and King.

What are my worldly goals?  What are my heavenly goals?  Are they in harmony or conflict?  Am I naturally the same person twenty four hours a day or do I have to tell someone (including myself) the occasional lie to justify inconsistent behavior?  What will I tell Him on the day when “All” will be laid plain?  Do I love and seek accountability or use it as a membership card.  Am I including Men in my life who challenge me to be what the Lord intended or am I avoiding them to seek my own comfort?  Will I expose my own lie?

I still cannot believe that He chose to extend grace to me.  Yes I am saved and headed for eternity, but am I realizing the fullness of His blessing in “this” life?  What could possibly be of greater value than the things of God’s intended destiny, “His Will” for my life?  Fleeting vs. eternal, valuable vs. priceless, now vs. forever.  Lord reconfigure my thinking so that I may instantaneously make this valuation at all decision points in my life.  I want to maximize the potential for Your will in my life.  Let me achieve those things for which I will have “no” regret on that great day of our formal introduction.  Let me be at peace with my surroundings, my choices, my reputation and my history.  Increase my territories greatly and walk with me daily, keeping me from evil so that I cause no one harm (Jabez’s prayer)  Walk with me.  What a wonderful thought.  Praise His name.  Amen.

They will remember at the moment when the iron nearly touches skin, the joint socket nears hyper-extension, when the funnel cloud comes into view.  Being insensitive and standing by doing nothing are both damaging in their own methodology.  Crisis does not breed courage it reveals what lay within a man’s heart.  I have seen the heart of this country when provoked, when faced with wounded children or the suffering innocent.  They arise and give help.  They arise from seclusion and introspection to champion the cause of the vulnerable.  They recall, in crisis, their divine creation/resemblance and achieve glorious things in His name.

The coma has been too long upon us as a Judeo-Chrisitian civilization.  We have capitulated to the kind sounding, peace promising, achieve nothing philosophizers, hoping against dread that somehow this world could solve its problems collectively.  But, in the moment of crisis we are confronted with the stark foolishness of our perception.  The stage is being choreographed in divine perfection, so that at the moment of the Lord’s choosing the “entire” world will know that He is the One, the Almighty, Creator of the Universe.

For now we have mockers, feeling cocky, laughing at things that they do not understand.  God, family, the solidarity of the United States of America and its free people are open targets standing apparently unprotected to the cruel tongues of naysayers.  I say to them, “enjoy this moment of your fleeting glory, for it will be short lived”.  This country was made upon a sturdy foundation and although most claim that it is beyond hope they continue to err.  I give you the Lord Jesus, and for those who believe in Him all things are possible.  My faith is in the Lord, but I have always delighted in the courage, kindness and mercy of which His children are capable.

Just as Napoleon and Hitler made the same fatal strategic error upon entering Russia, our enemies have always made the same mistake of underestimating American heart and resolve.  When the fires are evident they will remember who they are.  Praise His mighty name.  We Christians celebrate this day to commemorate the birth of the Jewish Messiah, prophesied by the Lord and the Prophets, born to a virgin, walking among us, dying for our iniquities, taking up again His own life and seated in the Throne room of Heaven awaiting the time of His return to rule and reign, forever.  Won’t you join us in blessing the Mighty name of God.  Jesus Christ is King of Kings and Lord of Lords, Amen.

The most frequent prayer request that I receive from Christians is the following:  Pray that God reveal His purpose for my life and that I follow that purpose.  I have struggled with the discomfort that this request produces in my stomach.  Traditionally, people who make this request of me admittedly are not; reading their Bibles daily, praying in devotion frequently nor are they being obedient to the universal commissions to which the Lord has directed all of us.  This culminates in a Christian who wants revelation but is unwilling to walk “the way or the path” upon which enlightenment finds us.

Consequently, we have a bandwidth of Christians that remain in a “passive” mode, waiting for some type of miracle to occur somehow directing them to destiny.  This is entirely inconsistent with scripture.  I challenge any Christian to read the opening chapter of Ephesians and remain passive.  That would require a disobedient nature in which grace and subsequent revelation will forever be “absent”.  The Lord will give us discernment to understand the steps which must be taken to fulfill His will for our lives and for some of us the Lord has predestined us for “specific” works.

Do we trust Him enough to perform those works to which He has directed all of us and subsequently find ourselves at the moment when our specific purposes are revealed.  For example, if He has planned for me to accomplish some work for the Kingdom in Philadelphia and I ignore His prompting to go to Philadelphia preferring to reside in California, until supernaturally whisked to Philadelphia, then it is improbable, nigh impossible that I will ever fulfill that work to which He has predestined me.  Jonah is a fine example, Jonah would not go to Nineveh but he did “go”, just not in the direction God directed.  His disobedient action brought on God’s guiding action in the sea, leading Jonah to that which he was predestined.  God knew before the beginning of time those of us who would obey His prompting.  We have to be willing to be “active” in our walk and demonstrate the willingness to go out and find our destiny.  Are you willing to “Walk”(by its nature this implies faith is active) on the path and discover His will?  He will reveal to you, at the perfect time the works He has prepared for you.  Go out and find them.  Praise King Jesus, Almighty God, the Father, Son and Spirit.  Amen.

Cry out to the Lord for mercy upon our country.  We have legalized abominations and called them tolerance, liberal thinking or social justice.  We refuse to support missions, rather supporting our collective girth, worth and festivities.  We have forgotten the power of prayer for the underprivileged, persecuted and hungry.  We look away unless there is some personal glory or convenience.  This nation was constructed on principles which promise beneficence to the obedient but in our prosperity we have conveniently forgotten the equally important prophetic caution.  We can be grain or we can be grapes.  One is crushed now to separate it from unusable chaff, the other is crushed later by the wine-press of wrath.  For those who see our predicament I beg of you donate your first fruits of prayer toward beseeching the Lord’s mercy upon our beloved country.  The circumstances are evident.  Once the Lord writes it upon the wall we will have already been measured.  Now is the time for intercessory prayer.  Father have mercy on our sinful and willful disobedience to Your Word.  You are Right, Just and Fair.  Although, we deserve Your swift and final judgment I pray that You will somehow turn aside Your anger from our nation.  Make us anew.  Create in us a fresh hunger to obey Your Word and remain vigilant.  It is in Your precious Name that I pray Lord Jesus.  Amen.

http://www.pjtv.com/?cmd=mpg&mpid=472  What is a constitution, by Scott Ott

Wonderfully made.  Can a vessel hold both health and poison?  Am I capable of horrendous behavior while filled with the Holy Spirit of the Lord?  What is the appropriate balance of awful and excellent?  A painted, tainted-saint.  Is that like tarnished silver that just needs a good polishing to shine or is it perhaps beyond recovery?  I do not know the answers to these questions although the scripture appears clear on them.  How is such a thing possible?  How can question remain where effective answer has been provided?  I am left with a reality which I am not lithe to accept.  That it is me, who maintains a grasp upon residual wickedness.  I do not wish to see it go, as if it were some piece of memorabilia, independence or identity that held me to a glorious past.  The paradox of a man who wants eternity yet yearns for this world is a tragedy beyond comprehension.  The two cannot coexist, but perhaps for a time they can dwell together until one achieves dominance.  I am that resistant factor.  Father this truth strikes fear and awe to the heart.

Pondering why the husband carries the bride across the threshold?  This is the point of “new beginning”, a point where the husband joins his bride in a life “unachievable” alone.  The tipping point, the point of sufficient stimuli to produce change, the limen (conspicuously pronounced Lay-man) which means threshold.  To thresh – to separate the grains and seed by beating a plant with a flail or trampling.  I am sorry that definition gives me one of those epiphany moments that we can only get from a brief glimpse of the Almighty.

I get it Lord, this is not something that I can do myself.  Although I must first choose, just as any bride or groom, to entry the commitment of matrimony.  I have chosen Father.  Carry me across that threshold into my new life.  Separate the wheat from the chaff in my own life.  Bring forth my offering which may be acceptable in Your eyes.  Let all things previous pass away.  I yearn for that moment when this body becomes insufficient to contain the life within.  Praise Your Mighty Name, Lord Jesus.