Follow Him

Posted on December 27, 2014 by awrkhakhaya16

Had I tasted victory, despair would be too sour to capture my taste. Had I known peace through prayer, anger and the world’s molestation would own me not. Had I dreamed in a glimpse of eternity, the past and present would make sense as a parts in the sum of the whole. Had I known the truth, lies would have lost all adhesive quality in my heart. Had I seen love, then my kind whispers would chase hate and fear to the darkness of their origin. Had I seen the face of God, my joyous reward would be complete. How then does a hypocrite profit when none of these inspiring influences have overwhelmed such that all else becomes dim?

It is not about religion, it is about following Jesus in truth, serving God in love, obedience and purpose. It is not about the holiest man having been inserted between each of us and God for there are no barriers to majesty and no man who is free of sin but the Lord Jesus. It is not about emulating the deacons, pastors and princes for each of them struggle alone in the dark asking God for guidance and forgiveness. It is not about being alone because my vision of perfection somehow excludes those who are dirty, messy, poor, sick or confused. It is about Love and only Love. A Love so kind and deep that it overlooks imperfection, struggle and brokenness. It is about following Jesus Christ, calling upon the Holy Spirit in power to sanctify each of us making us more like Christ then when we began. It is about the walk, with purpose, truth and intention, demonstrating love for God as evidenced through action, not to win some prize but knowing the prize has already been given and works are a natural part of thankful joy.

I do not want to be like my pastor, I want follow God. I do not want God’s power, I want to use it to the Good Will of His Glory, Majesty and Love for mankind. I do not want to be congratulated for my prowess, gifts or faith, unless it is from the mouth of Jesus welcoming me home to His Presence. There is no defeat now but not loving as God has directed. I must have Love, the Love of God, nothing else matters. Forgive me Father for pursuing any side road that does not lead directly to Your Righteousness. May my heart, life and words always be true to my quest of following You.

Trumpets

Posted on December 26, 2014 by awrkhakhaya16

Repent and be baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ for forgiveness of sins and you will be given the Holy Spirit of God, sealing you for eternity and redeeming you to relationship with Almighty God.

http://www.oneplace.com/ministries/love-worth-finding/player/jesus-christ-the-son-of-god-and-god-the-son-437710.html This is one of those sermons all Christians should study.

So simple a thing so hard to accept. They will accept that extra-terrestrials seeded Earth or somehow brought about the great flood and that vampires/werewolves freely walk among us, but they refuse outright the evidence of Sovereign God. Is not God “extra” terrestrial, did He not reach His hand into humanity through fire, cloud, prophet, parted waters, brimstone and flood. The difficulty is not in accepting something that is too difficult to understand but in making ourselves of secondary importance for worship. I think therefore I am the center of the universe. Pride is a powerful narcotic.

If I acknowledge God then I have to disobey God because I cannot possibly obey His commands which are entirely inconsistent with my self actualization. Therefore I will do my best to deny His existence and persecute His people, thus nullify His authority and judgment. This is standard practice in today’s society, commit sin then simply act like it didn’t occur repeating a practiced lie as frequently/loudly as you possibly can to countermand justice. That certainly coincides with the definition of irrational thinking?

I cannot deny that my worldly Father exists to avoid the punishment he would most assuredly deliver for disobeying his house rules. Nor can I simply forgive, explain away or dismiss the repercussion of nefarious or criminal action just because I do not wish to acknowledge the authority of the law to judge my actions. This is man’s predicament with God. To forgo His offer of salvation is guaranteed damnation, self prescribed separation from our Creator for eternity. There is great danger in toying with the portents and purveyors of deception. Pride is hypnotic.

Why are men going hungry, because me and friends refuse to care enough to go and share our food? Why do children go orphaned when there are thousands of churches in each State, tasked by God to watch over them? Well most certainly it is because we think ourselves above that command or perhaps we feel that God meant for someone else to do it when He was pointing directly at you and me. Why do the lost go uneducated to things of God, having not known salvation because we are unwilling, too busy or frankly disinterested in sharing the Gospel message with which we have been entrusted? What Ambassador would ever expect to keep his job having not even attempted to establish productive relations with the host country. We are not citizens of the world, only ambassadors of God’s Kingdom sent to share invitation. Do we understand the difference between a request and an order, or perhaps between a piece of wood upon the wall and the Sovereign King of the Universe? Pride whispers, “he is not referring to me”.

I repent because I am bent, corrupted, poisoned and chained. I run because I am in fear, of death being near, so I steer my wagon away from the chasm, in spasm I drive directly toward the abyss from which God has just relieved me. Of what then is my courage made? Will it simply fade when time for price and passion is paid? Will my judgment be stayed, when my last breath is made and I haven’t done the work to make the grade? Can I afford to look into the fiery eyes of the Lord knowing I kept my gifts stored for a season or reason that never came? Is He then to blame for what I have ignored, forgotten or simply chosen to never do? I cannot abide my denied pride for it opens me wide to all manner of hateful and disobedient sin. Let’s be awake for majesty’s sake. Jesus Christ my savior and my King.

http://www.insight.org/resources/devotionals/god-doesnt-have-to-explain.html Chuck Swindoll on the sovereignty of God

Christ is Lord

Posted on December 25, 2014 by awrkhakhaya16

Almighty God, grant my prayers on this glorious day of our remembrance. Give us hope, a hope built upon the permanent foundation stone of the universe. Let us not waver in the winds and seas of this vacillating world, allow us a measure of your immutability. Father, we are faltering as a nation, having lost our way pursuing the deceptive means of our hearts rather than following after your light. Grant us humility, such that we may again seek Your face in petition, prayer and worship. Heal our hearts so that we might approach each parlay with loving perspective. Deliver us from the wiles of our flesh and the enemy. Let us think clearly, granted adequate discernment to forgo the deceptive sirens of worldly possession and senses. Father protect the innocent from those who would ravage them without Your security. Lead us to Your heart where we might never again wander from wisdom, prosperity and hope.

Father, there are so many suffering in this world, seemingly left to the effects of sinister, greedy or power hungry people, blind to their cries for mercy. But their cries reach Your ears Father. I understand that the perfect timing has not yet come for justice and judgment. When Lord will You take back this planet and avenge the torture of the weak, sick and poor? Your Wrath will be overwhelming and it will purify that which has become too corrupt to continue. Grant Your Church faith enough to call the cleansing fires from heaven. Father, open the eyes of Your faithful to that which must be done or can be done for the coming kingdom. Let us be fulfilled in our achievement of Your gracious will for mankind. Give us back the power of the spirit which has left the churches so that we might change this world for righteousness sake. Grant us honor in that we stood in the face of the impossible, fully knowing that You would win the day.

Praise You Lord for making a way that we might find our way back to Your Love. Let all who hear the story of Jesus Christ be stricken to the point of surrender. Let them choose hope and everlasting life found only through belief and faith in You. Thank you for blessing us with the flowers of life’s abundance, grace and mercy. These are the salves which make battle bearable. We love You and remember today what You did on our behalf. Praise Your Holy Name, Jesus Christ is Lord.

Why Christ Came to Earth

Posted on December 24, 2014 by awrkhakhaya16

Glory Hallelujah, The Lamb of God came to take away the sins of the world. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son so that whosoever believe in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life. He loves us that much.

Romans 1:16 through 2:16

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”

The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.

For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles.

Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.

Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.

Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done. They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; they have no understanding, no fidelity, no love, no mercy. Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.

You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge another, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things. Now we know that God’s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth. So when you, a mere human being, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment? Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?

But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed. God “will repay each person according to what they have done.” To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life. But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger. There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile; but glory, honor and peace for everyone who does good: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. For God does not show favoritism.

All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law. For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God’s sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous. (Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law. They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them.) This will take place on the day when God judges people’s secrets through Jesus Christ, as my gospel declares.

Emmanuel

Posted on December 24, 2014 by awrkhakhaya16

http://www.oneplace.com/ministries/love-worth-finding/player/jesus-christ-the-son-of-god-and-god-the-son-437710.html

Growing up, I didn’t quite understand the relationship of God to Jesus. The term Son of God, becoming flesh and being born of a woman never made that type of sense associated with an epiphany or resonating principle that I wrap my young mind around. Even now I feel for those who struggle with the idea surrounding the Trinity, one God made of several different entities, The Father the Son and the Holy Spirit, making man in “our” image. Although I have attenuated my understanding to the concepts with God’s Character that I am incapable of comprehending, I have found most of scripture relatively palpable to accept, believe and obey. It was not until somewhere along the path of my walk with Jesus, after studying Isaiah, that He allowed me to be comfortable, frankly delighted with the idea of God becoming a human. The idea of Emmanuel is why most men fear Jesus, because He is “God with us”.

My Catholic friends continue to struggle with this thought, as they wish to refer to Jesus as the Son of God, never fully comprehending the enormity of His visitation upon humanity. You see the Trinity is not just a convenient ideal to explain something that we have neither the language nor the brain matter to fully comprehend it expresses that eternal God “the Father”, eternal creator/ruler “the Son” and the eternal activating/administering power “the Spirit” have been and will always be God. And Isaiah put in such a manner that explained to everyone intent on understanding that God would become a man and be with us, Emmanuel-God with us. You see the Son was always God, but chose to subject Himself to enormous ridicule, pain and humiliation to step away from His royal position as Creator/Ruler of the entire universe so that we might again be reacquainted to God. Considering Him simply the Son of God does not place full gravity upon the idea that God was among us.

Do you think that if the Hebrew rulers knew Him as God they would have taken any chances at upsetting Him? Do you think that the Romans would have toyed with Him if they knew Him as God? Do you think that the common people would have chastised, mocked, followed and dishonored Him if they understood that He is God? Of course not, that it why it is pivotal for us to comprehend what “God among us” truly portends. The Sovereign Creator of the Universe gave a life that He can freely take up or give to defeat sin and death on our behalf, as we do not have this capacity to regain life or be born again in Spirit. It was a thing entirely of God, our corruption of what He had made perfect was beyond our ability to undo. They saw Him simply as a man, should we honesty make that same mistake and perish because of it? Jesus is God and He is offering us life, but we must make the choice to repent, obey and follow His most gracious gift. The entire Bible is the story of the plan for Jesus to do what He has completed, in freeing those whom He loves from the imminence of His judgment, which we certainly would have faced without salvation.

I don’t know when Jesus was born, as there is some discrepancy surrounding the exact date, but that doesn’t matter, for this December we will celebrate “God among us”. I have been without God before I accepted Jesus as my savior and there is nothing anyone can say or do that would entice me to want to return to that miserable, lost state from which I was set free. Where the enemy fell from Grace, God in Jesus, voluntarily put off Grace for a time to do what must be done to save those whom He loved. I don’t know about you but I fully understand that God was among us, offering an end to War with Him. The enormity of that idea overwhelms and humbles me. How fortunate the few who saw Him in the flesh and understood their blessing. How wonderful to be in the presence of Almighty God. Wait, I have His Spirit living in me and I have access to His throne room in prayer and I have a relationship with Jesus Christ the King. Oh praise God that He is, God with us.

Peaceful misunderstanding

Posted on December 22, 2014 by awrkhakhaya16

Peace on Earth and good will toward men. The sixties era analysts and new age self-servants have had a hay day with this line from the Bible, thinking it evidence that Christ’s birth produced no lasting peace. Even senior pastors of the faith continue to misconstrue the intention of “Peace on Earth” as delivered by the angels to shepherds on the night of Christ’s arrival. I do not wish to question the anointed of God but how does peace on Earth jive with the fact that there has been little peace throughout the history of mankind, especially during those years following the time of Jesus? This limited usage, or post-contextual usage of God’s Word lures the unbelieving world into a false sense of scriptural understanding. It also allows improper translation by those who have not fully studied the Word and gone to the Holy Spirit in prayer confirmation of its full meaning. Let us look at the scripture in question in the Gospel according to Luke.

Luke 2:13-14 – And suddenly there appeared with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace among men with whom He is pleased.”

In this instance there is a qualifying statement of “men with whom He (God) is pleased.” So it is also safe to conclude that for those with whom He is not pleased there will in fact be no peace among men. Therefore we must understand “with whom He is pleased”, in order to launch any investigation into Christ’s birth on lasting peace. These guidelines are answered in Hebrews 11:6 – And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. So, no one who is an unbeliever and possesses no faith can possibly please God and therefore will not know the peace and goodwill toward men associated with birth of Christ Jesus.

Additionally, what Peace did Christ’s birth bring into the world? The peace brought in to the world with Christ was an end to the War with God, not the communal understanding of man’s peace which will not come until Christ rules and reigns. Unbelievers are misled in their understanding of the Bible as they are approaching the birth of Christ with insufficient perspective as to the redemptive effect of Salvation ending our battle with God.

Just as in the line John 8, where we are given the context of “the truth setting us free”. This scripture may not be quoted out of context while producing the same intended meaning. The qualifying statement prior to this line of scripture Jesus sets the parameters for first learning the truth which closely defines the meaning of this passage.

John 8:31-32 – To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” vast proportion of believers fail to understand in the naivete of the Bible that there are several qualifying lines prior to being set free which set the requirements to achieve that end. Accordingly, the Peace on Earth was signification that through Christ’s sacrifice on the Cross that the War with God was over for them who believe. This is that we have peace with God, if we choose salvation and once again may be redeemed, reconnected and placed in relationship with Almighty God and His Good Will toward men.

To those who would challenge the Deity of Christ by pointing to the absence of peace and goodwill throughout humanity I understand and sympathize with your struggle to make sense of an apparent inconsistency of scripture. However, if you review the context of the entire passage with which you have an issue, I believe that you will find it in fact is sound, consistent and true, as is all of the Word of God. Do not be led astray by the perpetrators of falsehood, reach out to Christ Himself and He will answer those with authentic interrogative. For those who continue to utilize God’s word without the embedded context and dependent clauses necessary for complete understanding, you will never know the truth until you have become a disciple. I empathize with your circumstance and have the exact salve necessary for eliminating your itching frustration; His Name is Jesus Christ, King of Kings and Lord of Lords. If you will but open your heart and ask Him to come in a reside with You then and only then will you have knowledge of the truth which will set you free, indeed.

What If?

Posted on December 21, 2014 by awrkhakhaya16

What if this is perfect, this era, this political maelstrom, these events, wars, travesties and significant dilemma? If you believe that God is in control as the Omniscient, Omnipresent, Almighty ruler of eternity, then perhaps it is a perspective you should seriously consider. I am not saying that the horror and wickedness of man is perfect in its lust to bring forth and propagate every abnormal sin upon reality. What I am saying is that what if, this is the only way we will again see the face of God? What if our current administration is the exact embodiment of characters necessary to usher in the tragic sequences requisite to unveiling God’s Perfect Timing of Revelation. Perhaps are they necessary in signifying God’s perfect timing for the rapture, tribulation, a return of hearts to God in Israel, the seals, the vials the bowls, the deed to the Earth, martyrs who shall never deny Christ, The Glorious Appearing, judgment and Almighty Reign of God forever and ever?

What if this misery I feel about the current state of humanity’s rigor is actually the driving force to turning our desperate hearts to God in fealty, faith, truth and sanctification? What if the pain of our illness was never intended as punishment but as impetus to finding God? What if lost love reminds us much God hurts as He is separated from the children He greatly cherishes and loves? What if the compassion we feel at seeing the world’s suffering quickens us to God’s heart for humanity? What if this scene has been repeated ten trillion times and each time we must go through this ridiculous rebellion when we could have had paradise from the outset? What if we were meant to get it wrong because that is all we are ever capable of until we have suffered the terrible experience of having been so wicked, so polluted, demented and eventually saved by God Himself through Christ? What if it is in our nature to mock the righteous because we lack the understanding of something so pure, having forgotten our relationship to God? What if this Earth is the perfect learning ground to exercise our self-centered desire pursuance until we see our misshapen visage in the mirror of God’s law, and only then understand our plight?

I have to assume that since this is God’s unfolding plan, in God’s universe, with the Lord being the only being with foreknowledge outside of time, that this is the perfect way that we must be purified in order to live with God in eternity? Could Adam and Eve have been obedient and provided an orderly progression of eternal humans, who needn’t be ashamed in the presence of Almighty God? I don’t know, it seems odd and unlikely to my human understanding. That is not the case, so such introspection may in fact be useless for anything other than attempting to understand this Amazing God, Our Father, who knew everything about us before the beginning of the universe that He Created, yet still chose to make us after His Image. Can any of us say that if we knew beforehand the children that we eventually would rear would turn against our every tenet, that we would in fact choose to participate in the event of their conception? This is enough to create reverence in my heart for the Lord God, as I could not have children that I knew would disobey me fully.

So what if this is perfect? Shall I accept it and make the best of what I have been given in the light of my inadequacies, poverty, illness, stupidity or shame? Absolutely. Praise God for His Perfection and Infinite Glory and thank Him for loving us, which never ceases to amaze. Thank you Jesus.

The Words

Posted on December 19, 2014 by awrkhakhaya16

http://www.wnd.com/2014/12/official-russia-plotting-to-start-war-on-israel/ If you don’t know about Biblical prophecy concerning Russia’s involvement with Israel, then please take a few minutes to read Ezekiel 38 &39 and ask your pastor about Gog/Magog.

Having just crossed the point of no return we long for sight of shore, but still have not come to grips with meters truth. What then shall we tell our children of a tomorrow that does not exist within the scope of probability? We have denied, ignored and chuckled as each warning indicated future’s folly, our guiding light. What poor choices remain in the realm of suggestion, hoping desperately for the arrival of some charismatic leader to save us from a certain destiny, perhaps? What then does the Bible suggest will be given us, a proud generation, wicked, lacking reason, faith or miracle? Certainly, we shall be given exactly that for which we have rallied, cheered and demanded, independence from God, in the moment when we can least withstand His absence.

That which is yet to come for the purpose of fortifying our faith God has foretold. Would it puzzle you to see that I worry not for the future of humanity? To me there is no unknown, I am not at the mercy of that nebulous, chaotic realm of what is yet to come, to me God has made all things clear. You see we have been praying for so long, “Thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven”, without remembering in faith that God answers prayer. His will is what comes next, for we have through negligence, ignorance and disobedience forgotten to seek God’s wisdom and counsel and thus face a future full of earned consequence for self service. Yes, rejoice for the harvest approaches and the gathering of souls will be immeasurable, but also mourn for those whose time is shortly come in realizing eternal separation from God. Lord, I cannot imagine my mind ever being free of that painful thought of my friends and family alike having missed the opportunity to choose eternity. Forgive us Father, lead us to the protection of Your Righteous Shadow.

Jesus repeated that this wicked generation would be given no sign but that which was shown Jonah. In review what did Jonah know about the future? Jonah knew that God was going to judge a particular segment of humanity, a group of people that Jonah loathed, an undeserving nation, that God would see saved from His wrath. The only sign that Nineveh was given was the Word of God delivered by a reluctant prophet, bidding them repent immediately, fasting in humility and beg God for pardon or they would soon be judged.

How is our circumstance any different? Would the prophet Jonah look upon America with love and intercessory prayer or would he consider us a wicked, disobedient nation, guilty and deserved of God’s wrath? If we are honest in our analysis and evaluation we can come to no other conclusion than we are the people of Nineveh who have only one choice left, repent and seeks God’s face in humility and prayer or face certain, imminent, inevitable judgment forthwith. Toward the purpose of providing content amenable to those who do not count America’s behavior equivalent to Nineveh. I then must ask you to place yourself in Jonah’s sandals for one moment. Which country/nation do you abhor, for their wickedness, their unconscionable actions or their departure from Divine guidance? Which country do you dislike so much in your own judgment that you would disobey God’s direction to warn them of certain judgment? Then accept God’s command to go now and warn them for this is our charge as Christians.

For those who have ears to hear let them hear what the spirit says to the churches. For them who will hear, repent and pray there is forgiveness, salvation and everlasting life with God found only in the Name of Jesus Christ the King. We will be given no sign other than the Word that God gave to Jonah. I pray that we head those words right now for the future is certainly upon us.

Having set a course that leads to abandon, we can now only hang on to face the rogue waves of our certain future or immediately, authentically and humbly appeal to the mercies of God’s Grace. The choice remains, set adrift for eternity or attached to God, the Rock of Ages who does not waver, fail, fade or change. We ought not seek the face of a worldly charismatic leader to bring us out of our self-imposed spiral, for this world will be given just such a leader who is the spirit of antichrist. That foul, indwelt man will be given dominion over the Earth to usher in God’s judgment to produce nothing but the war, pestilence, famine and death reserved for the wicked. Oh but glory be to God on high, that in His everlasting mercy this Earth shall be delivered from this unholy spirit and returned to the Righteous Hand of a Holy, Almighty and Powerful God who will rule in justice, strength and Righteousness forever and forever, Amen. Come soon Lord Jesus, but if You may please tarry a bit, so that we might tell those who will hear of Your Glory, that they too might be saved.

The price

Posted on December 17, 2014 by awrkhakhaya16

What is worth the living? When we have turned our backs in despair to achievement of our dreams what then arises from the mist calling us to life? What small child, what imagined day, what hope of light beckons us live to the full? Is it freedom, an ideal, a family legacy spurning, burning, churning within the internal furnace driving you on to mercy, peace and pleasure? If not these then what oath brings you back up right each time you feel lost? What energy spurs you on through the thicket, or fire, fast and forest to reach what end?

How much is the blood and spirit of each person worth? Is any price worth the loss of one life for dream’s accomplished? Is not this life the only real thing I have to give though even that is often beyond our control? What then did God breathe life into each of us if not for the robust living? There is no waste in life, too many circles depending on systems fed by other economies, recycling the energies, compounds from waste product to living. How then could any of us be of little to no value when we are part of the grand dance called life? Partnered with some to challenge us onward, others to breed caution in our step, still more to funnel and fan the fires of our everlasting spirit. What then of love, when it comes and tears at our hearts knowing fully that this life is impermanent, so each of us loses at some point only to gain treasured memories?

Is not the eternal life of our families something worth striving toward? Are we to simply breed then chase then die all to naught but ash? Thinking in reason is the servitude of man, pestering us to analysis of the simplest emotion. Why then can we not comprehend the elegance, the Majesty, the Truth and the Relevance of Almighty God if not for veiling, shadowing, hidden memories and resistant senses? He has removed their capacity to understand and believe so that they may be turned over to the creation of their disjointed imagination with an internal urge to maintain persona by convincing everyone to play along. If I cannot uphold shadow then I must admit the light and truth, nakedness, infirmity is wholly revealed.

Dream and live this life to reach the ladder’s highest rung. Call out loudly to your Master for provision, protection, continued breath and hope. There are none of us born to unimportance, especially those lacking monetary accomplishment for they may possess troves of Spirit and Faith beyond reckoning. Live this life for something worthy of giving everything, then it will have been well lived. Choose and never lose. If I may pray for your encouragement, health, wisdom, joy and hope I would count it an honor to do so. This is life for me. Jesus be praised in all His Glory.

Bullet points from the Book of James

Posted on December 17, 2014 by awrkhakhaya16

Endurance through testing produces perfect qualities.
Ask for wisdom which is liberally given by God to them who ask in faith not in wavering doubt.
Enjoy the glory of being poor in finances for the prosperity of the rich passes as the life of a beautiful flower. Death makes all men equal. Receive the crown of life as evidence of your love for God by resisting the call of temptation.
God does not tempt, each man is tempted by his own lusts, which allowed to entice will become sin which brings forth death.
Be diligent and remember that all blessings come from God who does not change nor does He share in evil.
Control yourself for anger reflects not His righteousness.
Saved by the word we should put away our wicked ways.
Don’t deceive yourself in self-proclaimed piety for the doing of the Word indicates belief and subsequent blessing.
If self piety includes an uncontrolled tongue you have been doubly deceived.
A person will stay true if they take care of the widows and orphans while remaining free of worldly corruption.
Faith in God is the only wealth.
Love all equally, regardless of wealth or status to honor God and avoid sinful judgment.
Judgment is shown harshly to those who have not mercy.
The demons believe in one God, how different is your belief if you have no works as demonstration of your perfected faith?
Spirit fills the body with life, works give life to faith.
The teacher that stumbles endangers others, teaching ought not be undertaken lightly for fear of greater judgment.
The tongue tells the truth within ones heart. The tongue may not be controlled by the flesh for it possesses all manner of evil, yet is used to bless God.
Wisdom is demonstrated through gentle works steeped in its uses.
Jealousy and ambition are not Godly motivations.
The peacemaker will sow in righteousness those things born of the wisdom from heaven.
Wars and squabbles are born of our lusts.
We receive no blessing or answer to prayer because our requests are made in fulfillment of lusts.
Friends of the world are God’s enemies.
Grace is meant and freely given to the humble, while God resists the proud.
Obey God and resist the devil and you will be free of him.
Sinners should cleanse their hands and doubters purify their hearts.
Weep over your woeful position and in your humility God will lift you up.
Do not speak ill of Brothers for judgment is not our authority but God’s alone.
Do God’s will after consulting God.
Self aggrandizement is evil.
If you know God’s will and don’t do it this is sin.
The wicked have received their worldly pleasure that will fade, rust and be eaten by moths.
You have lived an easy life and in so doing participated in the condemnation and voluntary death of Christ upon the Cross.
Wait upon the coming of the Lord, do not lose heart in today’s despair.
The prophets endured through patience in God’s unfolding plan for humanity and we consider them blessed for doing so.
Don’t swear, say yes or no and mean it, thus avoid being counted among the hypocrites.
If you are ill ask the elders for anointed prayer for healing and/or forgiveness and it will be granted by God.
Confess to each other and pray.
A righteous man may accomplish much through fervent prayer.
Those who turn back sinners to truth from sin should know that they have saved a soul from death and covered many sins.

Father forgive me if I have improperly portrayed any of Your thoughts. Let me only speak that which is correct and right in Your eyes. Let us be healed through the knowledge of Your Word and the forgiveness of our sins. Thank you Lord Jesus.