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The apple of God’s Eye

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What would you do if you were God, and someone, even someone you once loved threatened your children, your pride and joy, with extinction, assassination and brutality?  What if even your children had forgotten about you, thinking themselves instead capable of producing their own prosperity, blessings, protection and eventual entry into the hereafter?  Would you allow this disdain, this threat, this monstrous intent to stand, doing nothing because your children maybe even deserved some of the things that were being said about their character?  What would you allow to threaten them, when you had promised that no one would ever snatch them from your hand and that you would never leave them even in the darkest moment?  Would you allow anyone to poke you in the eye by threatening the destruction of your beloved children, whom you alone hold the right to judge, discipline and correct?

Would you allow them to mock a nation of your beloved children, especially when they were speaking truth, asking those remaining righteous in the world for assistance with the nefarious encroaches?  Would you stand up against your own rulers, governors and kings to defend their right to speak the truth and receive assistance, even when it threatened your own prosperity or sanctity?  What if the opportunity stared you in the eye even as we speak, knowing fully that this is the day to which the Lord had referred where we all would get the opportunity to stand and be counted?  Will we bless them or shall we be cursed?  There is only one choice with two possible outcomes, for this scene does not include a wait and see or sit upon the fence option.  Would you go against all to which you have dedicated your life, wealth and growth if it in fact stood against God?

We apparently have abandoned reason and our logical functions of discernment and determination.  For this position is where we currently find ourselves entrenched, standing juxtaposed to the Will of God, making an adversary of those to whom He made eternal promise.  What shall be done for a once blessed nation who has forgotten God’s Hand and turned her face away to worship idols of many colors, shape, size and type?  What would you do if it were your decision to make, especially if you had warned them well before their misgiving?  Will we now stand for a nation who appears determined on provoking God’s Wrath, a nation who now believes it is no longer collectively under God but instead under the fickle will of man’s determination?  Have we entirely abandoned our faculties and faith or shall we speak when given the opportunity to address the public, beseeching a rapid and lasting return to consciousness and enlightenment?  What shall any man be named who stands bye and allows wrong to occur, turning back or blind eye to wickedness, assault or enslavement?  Will we repeat Adam’s mistake and allow what should never have been suggested, knowing fully the Will of God, yet standing idly in complacence?  Or shall we be like David and realize that we should never raise a hand to God’s anointed even if they are in the wrong, for it is with God we shall battle, not man?

I don’t know about anyone else, but this one is where I must draw a line.  Unlike our leader, I cannot acquiesce for there are some things worse then lost face.  God Bless and protect the Nation of Israel, from all who seek to do her harm.  I shall not curse her, because who am I to curse what God says shall always be blessed, the same thing He said to Peter about we gentiles.  We live or die by God’s hand, by His everlasting Will, Grace and Spirit we shall enter rest and peace.  Man may be frightening in his roaring madness and chaotic blood thirst, but I only fear God who can commit my soul to eternal damnation.  The time has come, rejoice for now we shall be asked and offered the opportunity to prove our faith and allegiance to Christ.  That moment when you are told to denounce or deny His name is when you shall truly know that you believed.  Stand and be of Good courage, knowing that it is for the Lord God you stand and that He shall ever be your Rock, your Salvation, your strong Tower of hope and faithfulness, even to and past the end of the Earth.

http://www.wnd.com/2015/02/why-god-allows-evil-and-suffering/  A little bit of Comfort

Authentic requires truth

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Do you believe to the point it forces you to act?  Do not hear my words and reflect upon their eloquence, sensitivity and representative kindness, look to my actions, when determining my character.  What am I doing to spread the Gospel?  What have I done to feed the Lord’s sheep?  To whom have I discipled, convincing, encouraging and supporting their edification by the Word of God, preparing them to prepare others?  What orphans have I comforted, widows have I supported, sickness have I tended to healing?  What sins have I repented, what changes have I undertaken through the Holy Spirit of God, what evidence of the fruits of the Spirit show clearly in my life, especially when I am unaware that others are looking?  How have I reached those who have become apathetic, unconvinced, callous to the hypocritical practices of church leaders intent upon putting butts in seats and paying large mortgages?  How have I deferred the blame placed upon God for the wrongs we as men have committed?  When have I stood for Jesus Christ, to the point where it cost me skin, money, station or reputation?  Would God be glorified by my life given as a Holy sacrifice for His Glory?  If not, why not?

There is only clarity, health and cleansing in the showering of Truth.  Nothing that is poisoned, filthy, deceptive or wicked may remain in the basking light of God’s sizzling Word.  Those that crawl and seek darkness for their festering reality shall never knowingly embrace the Light of Jesus.  We, therefore, must subject ourselves to this scrutiny, this cleansing Fire of Spirit, this life above reproach in order to truly represent God as ambassadors.  You say, “that is impossible”, “no one may live that way”.  I say to you, you are absolutely correct, with a caveat; there has only been one who lived that life, His name is Jesus.  We are called to emulate His majesty, purity, wisdom, care and glory.  Even though in your estimation this is beyond possibility, His Word also defeats that impossibility through Christ, “All things are possible through Christ who strengthens me”.  Now do you see the objective of preachers calling you to victory?  We may stand in the Truth of God and observers, fulfilling the impossible, through indwelling and revision by the Works of HIS Spirit, for that which is impossible to us has already been proven possible through HIS life.  Stand in the Light, Be washed by the Word, Walk in the Spirit, have a character that is already beyond conviction.  Follow Jesus, let Him have the victory through living your life, as He readily gave His own for you.

To love, regardless

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Habakkuk 2:18-19

“Of what value is an idol carved by a craftsman?
    Or an image that teaches lies?
For the one who makes it trusts in his own creation;
    he makes idols that cannot speak.
Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Come to life!’
    Or to lifeless stone, ‘Wake up!’
Can it give guidance?
    It is covered with gold and silver;
    there is no breath in it.”

It is not my job to judge the length, depth, width, value, impact or nature of your sin.  God’s Word elaborates from every possible angle how He feels about sin and what shall be done for those who will not repent of their sin, imploring God for forgiveness.  It is not my job to prove the existence of God nor to rationalize, pardon or punish sin.  He exists and provides a pathway to forgiveness and cleansing of sin for all time through belief and reliance upon Jesus Christ.  You have the same choice as me.  You can believe and worship, science, rocks, money, time, wind, evil, fallen angels or wood idols, but none of that will rid you of your sin neither give you access to God nor eternity with God.  It is incumbent to each man or woman to make their own decision about God, making it especially important that my opinion has very little to do with your decision.  I certainly pray for you, encourage you, hope that you will make a decision for Christ.  I will certainly be sad to hear that you have decided that you cannot accept the Truth of God or the Truth of the Gospel, but it will still remain your decision.  As well, I will rejoice at the knowledge you have heard, contemplated, prayed about and accepted Christ as your savior, knowing fully that we shall spend eternity together with God.

My job as a Christian man is to love you, encourage you, hope and pray for you, intercede for you with God through prayer and hopefully plant the seed of God’s Word in the soil of your life, so that it might take hold, grow, blossom and flourish.  I cannot alter God’s commandments, His perspective, His prophecy, nor may I dumb down, filter or soften His wrath against wickedness and sin.  The Bible says what it says about man’s attachment to sin and what God plans to and will do about it.  His judgment will be swift, fair and final.  The Bible clearly shows man how to avoid the condemnation of sin and be free from the chains of sin and death to live eternally with God in His Kingdom.  The Bible cautions against believing the words of any particular man, requiring each believer to take seriously their own study of the Word to find the Truth that is God, given to each and every person.  I may offer perspective, prayer, insight and counsel regarding your thoughts, questions and queries about God, but mine is simply a supporting role in your decision either For or Against God.  I hope that all men come to the knowledge of God through Christ Jesus, but I also know that the Bible says there will be many who will refuse God’s offer of peace, condemning themselves to eternal judgment.

What shall I do if you wish to argue the rationality of God, His existence or postulate on the superiority of another ideology, religion or social concept?  I will do my job as a Christian and love you, hoping with all my heart and strength that God chooses to show the vivid Truth in an unavoidable fashion.  We may discuss ideas, as long as you understand that it is not, nor has ever been, my job to convince you of some concept to which I must present the greatest argument.  It is not a competition between God and other concepts, it is a choice.

The Truth of God is known by every man, some will choose to deny it and turn away to their own decadence or self service.  Others will embrace the Truth, making it their focus, understanding their God given purpose and begin the walk of faith in service to the Lord God.  I will still love you if you choose otherwise, I will be sad for a time, but that sadness will soon give way to my rejoicing for those saved by God’s Grace and the excitement I will feel at the coming of His return.  I am sorry that you must hate me for my belief in Christ Jesus, but He said that you would, so I have expected such.  May you be delivered from the fury of His wrath in the knowledge of His forgiveness.  I hope that you have the courage to do the investigation yourself, read God’s Word, study it, ask the hard questions of people who know, then cry out to God, asking Him to stand by His promise to answer those who honesty seek Him.  I know God enough to say that He is trustworthy beyond yours or my understanding of the concept.  He will always show up after authentic inquiry.  Seeing as your faith and life long belief is the most important stance of your lifetime, I would hope that you would at least offer it equal weight and consideration as you would any other paramount decision.  If you seek you will find.

Lord God, forgive me for my shortcomings as a Husband, Father, Son and Friend.  Give me Your character so that none may use me as adequate excuse for dismissing Your Truth.  Forgive those who remain blind to the Truth.  Show them the way to Your Throne Father.  Set them free.  Forgive them for hating me, their eyes have been veiled to the truth of their own sin.  I pray that they accept Your gift of forgiveness and love so that we might spend eternity together in peace.  Thank You Lord Jesus for choosing me.

Inevitable

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It would probably benefit me most to remain silent, but not with respect to the economies of God.  What enhances me personally, making this life safe, may be in fact the exact opposite of God’s intention and will for this man’s life.  You see the Bible does not speak all, “warm and fuzzy” about the future of humanity.  Certainly it ends well for those who believe, but for those who refuse, deny or resist faith in God through Christ the end is horrific and final.  Additionally, I would like to say that believers and the nation of Israel are well treated, their faith delivering all from the disaster which must certainly come to all men.  But that is not what God’s Word reflects.  We are all to be delivered, saved, protected from death and Hades.  That does not mean we shall not suffer in this life on our journey to eternal life with God.  This more closely reflects the Truth of God’s Word.  War is coming, pestilence, famine, death, cataclysms beyond our wildest imagination, the type for which a man’s mind may not make proper preparation.  According to the Book of Revelation, Ezekiel, Isaiah and other Books of God’s Prophetic Word, Rome may indeed be set aflame, Damascus may become uninhabitable, Israel may defend its territory and expand to the original boundaries declared by God, but find themselves besieged by a much greater coalition led by Russia.  Glory be to God Almighty, that all this leads to the return of Christ to set this world right for all eternity.  Should I remain silent of this Truth, keeping myself convinced of my relatively safety?

Beloved, God’s Plan unfolds before us.  The lines of battle are being clearly declared.  There after all are only two sides, those for God and those against.  Our population has grown to the point where leaders will eventually think themselves altruistic by culling those without, the holders of lesser gene or circumstance, for this has always been the doctrine of the communal.  They will convince themselves of the nobility of their decisions to starve, kill, eradicate entire populations, based upon a self created fallacy.  A false king, false savior, indwelt by satan himself shall be provided in answer to our ungodly prayers for false salvation.  Our great need sponsored by war, pestilence, greed, fear and allegiance to worldly, sensory gratification, those against God Almighty will declare this spawn of the damned, king of this world.  He will hate the Jews and seek to obliterate their heritage after building, then violating their Holy places, through the desecration of abomination.  Our hope may only reside in one of two places, in God through Christ Jesus where men will find eternal salvation or in the fallen; angel, demon and man where all will be judged, punished and eternally separated from the Creator.

The church would have me play house, dispelling the truth that confronts humanity, contented in our fellowship halls, with swelling pride and larger bellies.  The world would have me silenced and afraid, fearing damage or loss of wealth and social station if I adhere to the Truth that resides in God’s Holy Word.  The enemy would have me petrified, paralyzed, convinced of my inadequacies or worse yet dedicated to the realization of my own will.  Oh, but for God’s Will I would be lost to one of these three palsied paths.  I am bound for glory, intent on telling everyone about Christ, standing in the face of certain tyranny, persecution and pressure.  This is not my home, it is the ground of my testing, the field of sanctification, preparation for my eternal station, in the presence of God.  The time of the gentiles is rapidly coming to close and soon God shall turn His face solely upon His beloved Israel, purifying, preparing and protecting her for eternity as He promised.  The time of our efficacy is NOW, praying, fasting, discipling, loving and caring for those who might be saved.  Pray for peace in Jerusalem, act in your neighborhood, dispelling the idea that somehow you must be a professional clergyman or missionary to tell people about Christ.  You don’t need money, you don’t need a degree, you don’t need public speaking prowess, you only need Jesus, Love and a Testimony built upon discernment gained from Bible study, prayer and fellowship with the Holy Spirit.  These things cost you nothing but faith and dedication where partnership with this world, requires everything.

We all know what must be done, Glory to God it is the free-will choice He has given us that will launch access to victory or defeat.  I pray that we all begin today, serving God with every ounce of our talent, time and treasure.  The stakes are high, the rewards everlasting.  Choose Christ, choose now, act upon the faith that calls your heart to prayer and fellowship with God.  In Jesus’ Holy Name.

Called out, not counted out

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The enemy wants us divided, on the sidelines, fearful, apathetic, defeated, our joy elusive if not eliminated.  The word for church in the Greek, which is a very specific language, means “called out from to”.  We as the church are called out from the world and called to relationship with the Lord.  The enemies of God are clever, crafty and talented at deception and subterfuge.  In the third century AD, the devil wisened up and made Christianity the state sponsored, inclusive religion, tolerant and accepting of all rituals, even those associated with Pagan worship.  This effectively neutered the church for well over a thousand years, until revival again called revisionists “out of the church to repentance and re-dedication to the Lord.  Unfortunately, God’s enemies outlive the short term lives of humans, so over time, this vigilance necessary to remaining a “called out body from the world to” allegiance and service to God has weakened.  The church has become infiltrated, tolerant, impure and poisoned by worldly beliefs, rituals, attitudes and unbelievers masquerading as the saved.  The question now becomes what shall be done about it?

For the short term, those who see this quenching of the Holy Spirit, this departure from the path to purity and accepted worldliness as a call to condemn church leaders.  This condemnation has done even more damage to unstable church foundations and ostracized, banished or rendered impotent those voices and energetic believers who would help heal and reinstate the church to its pure calling.  Again, the enemy is clever and plays to the natural weakness and blustery tempers of men, casting us in to the exact unresolvable conflicts that solidify our worldliness and infection.  What is truly needed now, and I hear this calling of the Holy Spirit within my own heart, is that those called out must become ambassadors themselves, imploring, praying and calling the remnant of the church to re-dedication to the Lord.  This is a difficult process, but logical and consistent with the Word of God, as we are called to loose those worldly characteristics of brawling, argument, discontent, condemnation, anger and critical spirits.  We must individually decrease if the Holy Spirit’s characteristic fruits are the increase.  The day will never be won with my own skills, attitudes, abilities and treasure.  The victory will be the Lord’s and I must dedicate myself to getting out the way, allowing God to rule and reign through the vessel of my worldly body.  I believe that those called out or admonished to a return to true Biblical Christianity, must now become the Diplomats required to awake the church for harvest work.

Many claims and few points for evidence require that I must make a better case for my supposition.  First, I see very few members of my church, or any church in our region, serving the poor, orphaned, sick, elderly and widowed.  Very few members of our church will venture outside to disciple to the lost, whether reaching them at home, public gatherings in neighborhood hot spots.  Complacence, solidarity and fellowship have become the mantra of the church, thinking itself comfortable, contented and Holy, residing within the segregated body of loving believers.  Daycare, basketball, camps and single day missions have replaced the true work of hospice care, healing, public heraldry for Christ and care for those who have not.  We have collectively become a worldly business that displays the name of Christ without the Holy Spirit in residence.  But this issues cannot and must not allow us to become divided, for the assets, the bodies, the workers remain within the body of Christ.  Leaders, must not become rebel and effectively eliminate their efficacy by simply becoming angry and unforgiving of the “church”, replacing the true enemy with our contempt and condemnation of the church.  Judgment is the Lord’s prerogative, we should remain aligned with the duty of love and leadership through encouragement.

Lord, give me the capacity to convince.  Allow me to exalt Your Holy Name, knowing that if it is your will the increase, the magnet, the people, the provision will be provided through Your Graces and, riches and Glory in Jesus.  Let me not be waylaid, led astray or deceived into prattling about the circumstances or details.  Give me an eye pent on eternity.  This is not our home, this is my workplace.  Let me do great work so that when I come home it is for rest alone.  Give me a heart for the lost, sick and dying, giving them a glimpse of Your Glory so that they may turn away from impending precipice.  Silence the enemy in my head, unless it is for Your good pleasure and my correction that You have allowed him access to my life.  Praise You Father, Bless You Father, protect Israel Lord, turn our hearts to You, allow us to see and crave humility in service to Your Glory.  In Jesus’ Name I pray.

Nothing but the Blood of Jesus

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A saint, by God through Christ, a saint.  Tarnished by walking in a dusty world, if one looks upon the outside of my cup.  That may be washed, but how shall I be cleansed internally if not by the Blood of Christ Almighty?  They say to me that we do not see the future through the trees, for no man can foretell his future.  It is not I who have seen what shall come to pass, but my faith in the words put there by God, reveal all this or any man need know about what shall surely transpire in the coming days, weeks and years.  Those who look for holes in the story of Christ or wish for some power quest to morph its perfection, I warn you right out, Do Not Mess With God’s Word.  For again it is not with a man you must reason, but with a Holy God who does not dicker about His demands or direction.  In the end I suspect you will wish that you had been dealing with frail and fickle men.

We, Christians and Jews, who call ourselves by the name of the Lord are entirely responsible for the state of current affairs.  God has written clearly that “WE” are to humble ourselves and pray and that He will hear our words in heaven and heal this land.  He did not call unbelievers, atheists and others to prayer but His ambassadors, His children, His nations.  There is no method by which man will resolve the dilemmas that certainly will eventually threaten the entire race.  For we are an infected lot, riddled and limited by our bravado, our inaction, our judgment, avarice, covetousness and love of self-serving power and continuous glorification.  Oh, you feel that was perhaps a gratuitous, lengthy statement?  Then how about the word you will not utter for its truth and logical gravity, our SIN.  Let us forget dependence upon mortal men to cure the ills of which we are infected.  What we need is a spiritual healing, one that only may be provided by the aforementioned, internal cleansing through the Blood of Christ.

Don’t lead people astray.  If you don’t know the Word then don’t misspeak, for it is not only your eternal soul with which you are wagering.  If you don’t believe in the Bible but are still willing to speak about Christ as if you know Him, then you are likely the most dangerous type of fool, one who thinks he understands but hasn’t the foggiest idea on how to get to heaven.  If you don’t believe then go about your business of not believing, don’t do your darnedest to take others with you down the pathway of misguided self hypnosis, doubt and despair.  For the Bible says that there is one absolute truth that every man knows, the truth of God.  We see Him around us in a thousand reflection per day.  One cannot live with open eyes and avoid the majesty of God Almighty encoded in His creation.  Do not be that person who in denying truth must propagate, prop up and propagandize a self created lie in order to manifest its existence.

In counter-aspect, if you know the truth and believe the Word, most certainly keeping it to yourself is the greatest of known travesties.  The rocks would be overjoyed if God selected them to spread the Truth of Salvation.  Do I look foolish when speaking prophecy written by the hands of God’s, Holy Spirit inspired scribes?  Look, I know what God’s Word says about what is shortly to come to pass.  I will not remain silent for to do so is disobedient to my calling, my faith, my God and my specific atomically, genetically encoded purpose.  This is what I was made for.  I will not be valueless gold or worthless diamond, to be so is a mockery of God’s intention for my creation.  My only value to others is the love I show them which came from God and my only value to God is the love I show Him through my discipling for Christ.  I am not saying that all in this life is moot or wasted time, but I am saying  that life is short and the real value in it is what we do for God.

We all know tough times are coming if they haven’t already arrived.  What would each of us do if our families were threatened by men who demanded they renounce their belief in Jesus or face death?  What if your little girls or your teenage sons were threatened with decapitation or tragic immolation?  Would you stand and wonder what you should do next or would you simply take action crying out to God for deliverance, mercy and intervention?  Jesus is the lamb of God taking away the sins of the world, but He was never weak in the face of injustice or cowered at the threats of wicked men.  He stood for truth, forgave His transgressors and He always took a stand, showing up for service, protection, guidance and provision.

Jesus is our leader, our Lord, our God.  Would He want us sitting on the sidelines criticizing some political leaders inability to face relevant threat or worse yet cowering in our basement hoping that it will just go away.  We are to PRAY for our leaders, hoping that God gives them the courage to do what is right for the people that they serve, when the opportunities arise.  He spoke to us about being strong, courageous and faithful, even when it appeared impossible to be so, because we are capable of all these things through our belief in His promise to show up.  No man fears me, but they all fear God.  Even those who shake their fists at Him in mockery, do so with their running shoes tightly tied.

Israel is being threatened by the “exact” adversaries listed, for our edification, in Biblical prophecy .  The world is rapidly disintegrating to chaos, hunger, drought, war, economic famine, weather and seismological anomaly.  Leaders are no longer capable of faithfully discharging the duties in service of the people.  Good nations are turning their backs on the foundational morals, beliefs and practices that brought them continued blessings.  God has been forgotten as the center of all that is Holy, Righteous and of worthwhile pursuit in this life, being replaced by a bevy of self actualization/aggrandizement goals and mantras.

But even all this is not beyond the Hand of God.  That is why all these difficulties must occur, in order that God’s Glory Might be made manifest for all creation to see.  He will rid us of the illness we cannot overcome, He will end the hunger, war and pestilence that threatens lives daily, He will set the laws of gravity and science back in balance.  We must do our part by humbling ourselves and crying out to God through prayer for we are almost there.  The Kingdom approaches, will you be found open eyed, prepared and marching out to meet Him with arms open wide?  Heal this nation and this world Lord.  Rid us of the residual rule of sin upon humanity.  Come Lord Jesus Come and if You should tarry, give us strength, courage, hope and abundance to do the work until harvest arrives.  God be praised in the Holy and Mighty name of the King of Kings, Christ the Lord.

No Doubt

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No one appears to wish to speak the truth because it will commit them to subsequent action, so we bob, weave, delay, obfuscate and banter, hoping that the obligation falls from our doorstep.  Men are not the difficulty here, but the spirits driving their blood thirstiness.  We as Christians must stand together in prayer and join the battle to intercede for the souls of men.  This war will not be won by men, nor by the realm of fallen spirits but by God as He gloriously appears as He promised.  Our job is clear,  to love, to disciple and to forgive those who trespass against us.  That does not mean we must be victims, though all martyrs will be avenged by God, we are being called to stand in this the most important hour of man’s existence, the time preceding the return of God to Earth.

I do not care that our administration refuses to declare the reality of our circumstances for I am not bound, nor limited by their inabilities.  Israel is rapidly approaching an hour of great trial and God demands that we bless them or suffer the implications of our cursing.  Christians, have been warned by Christ Himself that this world would hate us, it is our inheritance for resemblance to God.  None of this is in any manner a surprise.  We did not know which form the evil would assume in attempting to thwart God’s people, but we always knew these days would come.  I do not care if Muslims declare their culpability or deny their alignment with the current torrent of evil, for this is not the great commission.  I fear for them that they will be separated from God for eternity without coming to a saving knowledge of Christ.  Isn’t this our charge, to honor God, even in the moment of our potential doom, praying for mercy and forgiveness for their souls.  That is what Stephen, a layman did, that is what Paul an Apostle did, that is what the Lord Jesus demonstrated upon the cross as He died for all creation.  The time has come where we will need to be strong and courageous in our vigilance, relying upon faith in God for salvation, protection and judgment.

Things are out of kilter because of sin’s grip upon humanity.  It’s bonds are increasing as we collectively and culturally edge further from the foundation of the Rock of Ages, Almighty God.  It is not science which breaks down, it is not gravity’s power eroding, but the spiritual constraints which morally guide us as a nation.  We have become something other than the simple folks yearning to be free, trusting God to deliver us from tyranny.  Our guidance is weakening as we frequently turn to the insufficient wisdom of man to free us from travesty.  Yet, this in itself, is tantamount to sufficient evidence of God’s existence, as the further we travel from His shadow the greater the tears in our protective hedge and cultural fabric.  We are spiraling, in fear, flirting with economic disaster and courting despots because we refuse to return to the one solid foundation available in this chaotic universe.  To those who would harm the innocent, remember their blood cries out to God for vengeance.  When their blood is found on your hands, upon your soul, it is to God you shall answer.  Men may cower, refuse or lack diligence in dispensing the justice you seek, but Almighty God shall draw all men before Him where ever last line of history shall be justified.

If we do not fight evil it shall certainly progress, but it shall eventually be rooted out by God.  If we do not obey our calling, God’s Word will certainly be shouted by the rocks and trees for His plan will be executed regardless.  If we do not speak for truth, it shall not be tarnished by our cowardice, but remain pure, honest, righteous and true, even in defining our shame.  If we do not pray, the Lord will still bring every knee to bow and every tongue to confession.  If we will not shout the name of Jesus, His name shall be exalted by every created thing among us.  Our God has chosen us for service, it is an honor to be called the sons and daughters of God.  Stand and be of good courage, knowing beyond any whispered doubt that God shall fight for us and prevail over the hosts of enemy minions.  In the end I pray that we all be found with smiles upon our faces, knowing that we showed up and trusted God for the miracle, strength, courage and provision to win this, the greatest fight man has ever ventured.  Praise God in the Name of Jesus Christ the King

Don’t fear this

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The Lord did not give us the spirit of fear but of love, power and of a sound mind.  This buoys us to the overwhelming pressure of fear paralysis, inoculates our minds from imaginary energy sucks, drives or influences and inures us to the use of fear in bullying unbelievers to salvation.  Certainly our senses of danger may be properly employed to warn of us of impending harm, but this is not the spirit crippling fear that calls us to abandon ship or flee our posts in utter despair.  We were meant to see fear, name it for its origin and then overcome its oppressive influence through faith, prayer and trust in God.

Face it, our enemy is thoroughly capable of destroying, deceiving and devouring each of us.  If not for God’s Divine protection we would most certainly be consumed in the devil’s quest to steal our lives, joy and eternal blessings.  However, take joy in that fact for it is not me that the devil fears, but Christ who lives in me.  Although he may deceive into believing my own inadequacy, my own unworthiness and my own lack of power, potency and protection to overcome his legions, this is all subterfuge, as though these all be true none of them is truly important.  For it is Christ who is worthy, Christ who overcomes the power of the devil, death and Hades and also Christ who strengthens/protects me.  Praise be to God that I am not waylaid by the grand deception that it is my strength, worth or ability which sustains me to stand in battle.   I have the power of the Holy Spirit to guide, prepare, arm and sustain me to complete any task which God has allotted for His Good purpose.

Please don’t fear me and if you do please let it be God’s Holy Word of correction spoken through me as vessel to which you pay homage.  I am a man, crafted of dirt as Adam but remade in Christ to become something beyond my own capacity.  My job is love, not fear, hate nor conquest.  Yes, I pray to take back lands ceded to the enemy by our lack of vigilance, but the power to overcome this usurpation is always that of God.  His Word is true, so let mine also reflect that justice.  I seek to capture your heart through care, win your allegiance through prayer and effective modeling and serve you in  those moments of greatest need.  Christ showed us the way when He washed the Apostle’s feet, for ours is the pride of service in reverence to our King.

Folks in coming months and years the enemy would have us palsied in overwhelming fright.  Darkness seeks to expand its domination of this world, knowing fully that time is short and Christ’s return approaches.  We must prepare our minds and hearts for these weighty impacts, remembering God’s word regarding the origin of fear.  We are to be strong and courageous, ever vigilant in our memory of the God we serve.  Christ died on the cross for all mankind, but many will resist belief and be indwelt by the unholy spirits of fallen.  We must not fall pray to their deceptive recommendation or twisting doctrine.  They will always seek to pollute that which is divine, so learn the Word of God, repeat the Word of God, brandish the Mighty Double Edged Sword of God’s Holy Word and the enemy will flee, himself in fear of Christ and the eventual judgment to which all wickedness approaches.

God has already overcome fear.  Let it not enter my ear, my thoughts or infect my heart, for I was not made for such things.  Stand with me Brothers and Sisters, hand and hand, side by side, singing hymns and songs of God’s Glory, even as we pass through shadow.  Know God, fear Him who might damn souls to eternal fire, but pay no such heed to other created beings,whether angel, man or other.  We can do all things through Christ who strengthens us.  I prefer love, for fear is not within me.  Praise God in Jesus Mighty Name.

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The distance so great between me and nearest star, if God had meant us venture would they be so far?  If I cannot reach a place does that mean I should never try?  Just as God is beyond my thinking, He remains the object of my eye.  The will of evil men with atomic death devices, are likely to be utilized to fulfill their wicked vices.  Artificial intelligence, designer disease and altered genetic material may bring us to our knees, before painted fallen angels and their demons in a quest to find the keys, to a dungeon and burning lake created for their fate, as they unleash lasting anger, men targeted by their hate.  The powerful and the fattened, covet all the world’s wealth,  while children die in hunger and the poor languish lacking cash for good food and preventive health.  At some point not too distant a culling will be forced as man’s good will and their senses will voluntarily become divorced, the toughest part of justice is seeing it enforced, we all shall see the coming of Jesus, Lordly Horsed.

Take comfort in all intention, plan and scheduled hope, given by our God misunderstood by followers of a pope.  A one to one relation with no one in between, no governor, priest,  ambassador or even saintly queen.  This world must come to judgment most of it by our acts, check the population numbers, pollution, pandemics, war, the sum and reality of the facts.  We are headed toward a precipice whose bottom the abyss an unavoidable future an appointment none shall miss.  Man cannot solve these problems because he is after all just a man, susceptible to his own avarice, greed and the consumption of all that he can.  That is the reason God’s plan simply makes sense when reviewed and contemplated, nothing else stands up to reason every thought repeated or outdated.  Even Solomon in his splendor, his wisdom and his wealth could not escape man’s frailty with purchase, peace or stealth.  For death is looming, it comes to every man that is what makes this life so precious, the guiding promise of God’s Plan.  So put your faith in Jesus and look forward to eternal peace, until we see His coming this madness shall not cease.

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Ephesians 4:11-32

And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.  This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.  But ye have not so learned Christ; If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;  And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.  Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.  Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: Neither give place to the devil.  Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.  Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.  And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.  Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

Until the dawn, til the clouds part and our savior sets foot upon the Mount of Olives, for this we wait in patience.  Lord I see Your plan unfolding by the dark spirits that travel openly seeking to raise Your Creation.  Until Your Grace is withdrawn, they shall plunder, divide, diminish and deceive.  Until then Judgment will wait, but not for Your Glory, for it all points somehow providing insight to Your Majesty.  Until the sounds of battle, silence, I will stand with the shield of my faith, protecting my Brothers and Family as You have said that it would.  Until the sky is rolled up, falling stars littering the cosmos, I will gaze upon creation knowing it is but a clue to Your Sovereign Awesomeness.

What shall we wait upon if not for “until”.  For none of this is glory, but only tests, reflections, meanderings, diversions and wonders, set to capture our attention, while providing opportunities to rise above.  Until the moment we look into those fiery eyes and know that home for us is everlasting relationship.  Will I carry the cross made especially for me to wherever my God leads me?  I won’t know until I have succeeded.  What are we working toward, waiting upon, looking forward to?  What is that thing for you that makes you do whatever you must, stand what must be withstood, go where you should never be able?  Isn’t it simply “life” through Christ, with Christ, living in peace, contentment and service to each other to pleasure of Good Glory?  We humans crave this, paradise, this freedom, from the chaos, violence, wickedness, illness, poverty and pain of this existence.  Our disagreement and subsequently our purpose lie in the pathway to this paradise.  Where deceivers would have the bulk of humanity fooled by their own rebellion into believing that it can be collectively achieved by works, meditation, science, mysticism or cleverness, when there is but one path to Glory.

Jesus is the only way to God.  There is no tolerant way to speak the truth, for it cuts away obfuscation, deceit and flowery encumbrances.  We as Christians are left with only one stance.  It is not popular, just as warning of coming danger, whether fiscal, natural or war, our charge is to explain the need for salvation from coming judgment.  It is not my judgment, it is not up for discussion and this immovable truth, just as the commandments, leaves no room for wiggle.  God is waiting so that all who will come to salvation through belief in Jesus have had ample time to do so, for that is how much He loves us, all of us.  I cannot soften, water down, change, modify or adjust God’s Truth to make people feel better about its clarity.  That is beyond my station, my capacity or my will.  I do not want the ability to rewrite God’s Word, for it is already perfect in every way.  It demonstrates the love of the creator of every universe in that He would die for His own creation, so that we might be returned to good standing with Him.  It is man who allowed sin into the world, it is God who provided the way for us to be free, cleansed and removed from the power of our own sin.  It is therefore God who provides the door, the path, the avenue, the process.  That path is solely through trust in Jesus Christ, as God was named when He came to Earth.

I love people, I wish I had the ability to express how much I love people.  But in my humanity I want to scream at them for the things they consciously, daily and unabashedly do to each other, in the name of self service or preservation.  God’s Spirit, living within me bids me be eternally patient, understanding, kind, gentle and loving.  These are not my inherent qualities, but the characteristics of God He has grown within me.  For I often do not wish to forgive, yet I do, because God would have it so.  Until I become more like Him, I will not be able to understand the blind, irrational and frankly terminal behaviors of man.  Until I had a relationship with God, I was incapable of such compassionate understanding.  Lord, until You take me out of here or You come to set things right, I will be standing my ground, speaking Your Word, telling of Your Glorious Truth of salvation, judgment and coming Kingdom.  Give me all things that I will need to do the work you’ve set before me, until such my time is done.