Believing in God’s authority and plan is not “giving up”.  Just because this nation is beyond my salvation and must, it appears, go through a period of Godly discipline does not mean that it is outside of God’s authority to reprieve.  We just will not ask Him for intervention.  We sit still hoping that somehow, wicked and greedy men will make the noble decisions necessary to repairing a country gone astray.  How uninformed is that patience.  We cannot fix these problems that face us yet this world is so beguiled by the opportunity that when the anti Christ comes on the scene claiming that he can fix it all they will fall at his feet.  This is God’s intention from the outset.  He is waiting for the human race to exhaust all these false hopes so that it is painfully clear that there has only been one choice since the beginning, There is God and then everything else.

I am now hearing the desperate voices of violence.  Men have decided that there is no peaceable way to resolve our differences so they are stirring up the willingness for war.  God did not destroy the world through water because of wickedness, sexual sin and deceit all though they may have been contributing factors, He destroyed the world because of our violent hearts that were filled with nothing but violence all the time.  The enemy, satan is violent by nature, our leaders are ruthless with hearts filled of violence, even to the point where they will subject there own people to corporal punishments just to maintain authority.  We are a violent people prone to take that which we want instead of patiently working, waiting and praying.  This is the road of man that is why Christ’s Gospel stands in stark contrast to our own or that of the enemy.  The Lord is the rightful ruler and will eradicate violence from the heart of man then and only then can we have peace.

Praise you Holy Father in Your understanding and truth.

So much frustration, so much fear, so much running between there and here.

Our reasons don’t make rhyme and our rhymes do not make sense.

So quick to attack in advance of defense.  Our passion is to blame, it’s the game that we

must play to point our big fingers, saying, “it’s their fault things are this way”.  His Words

just said to love and when they hate to love again.  He even said not to grieve that the past

won’t come again.  You see this is a one way story coming near the end, it matters little

how we got here, more about the message that we defend.  This nation has forgotten who

and why it served, immersed in retribution, no more than we’ve deserved.  There is no

other method for saving all that is good and right, then to remember who fights for us and

stand your ground and let Him fight.

Praise be to Almighty God for His righteousness in defense of all that is good

and true.  His Will be done and may it quickly come to pass to the Glory of His Name.

Speaking that powerful name of Jesus I stand in Hope, Faith and Trust in Almighty God for

Justice and Peace.

A relationship with Christ has no “guess work” attached.  The path is clear the requirements understandable the promises guaranteed.  If you seek Him you will find Him.  Seemingly men wish to complicate the issue of having relationship with God.  They either wish to exclude the requirement of repentance so that they can be free to continue in a life of sin or they want to control the access to other sheep, for a fee, which sometimes is given in increased authority.  That is the message of the Pharisee and Sadducee, they either wish to add or remove requirements to God’s message for one of those two reasons.  This is the wicked nature of man and the delight of the enemy.

God’s Word is perfect, it may be hard to stomach as it illuminates our depravity, but it also catalogs the promises to which we may solidify our eternity.  Those who think themselves worthy of adding to or detracting from the Word should simply beware, for they have incurred the Wrath of God.  God is rational, and although I do not claim to understand His ways, it is clear that He set up some rules.  The first of which in order to comprehend what it means to be saved we must first understand “We are all sinners, none is righteous, no not one”.  Then we must make a conscious choice between relationship with God and the sin which defines us as sinners.  That is the moment of repentance, leading to a humble petition of God’s grace, to which He answers “come to me and I will set you free”.  This offer leads to gratefulness, belief and over time greater faith in the promises of God.

Jesus, although complex in His nature as God, is truly offering something simple.  He offers freedom from the pain and despair tended by this world in return for belief and trust in the promises of Almighty God.  There is no complexity just a need for obedience that seems to exacerbate our rebellion.  We plain and simply, being our own god, refuse to be obedient to the God who made us.  What vengeance do we offer against those under our care who refuse to obey our guiding principles?  God is just and we know it.  For those who continue to try and lead men astray by depicting God in a filtered fashion, I pray for you consciousness before the moment of your judgment.  And for those who would know the Lord, I pray you not be led astray by false teachers in this world.  Stick to the Bible, stay with believers who follow the Bible and go to the Bible to find your answers in prayer.  If you seek Him you will find Him.

Jesus Christ is prophecy.  All prophecy is about Him, regarding Him, leading to Him.  We needed heralds, speaking the Word that God would have them utter regarding His coming and the reshaping of the world to receive Him as King.  Why then now would we need another prophet to proclaim His coming if there in fact were not another coming intended?  I hear the desperate voices of Christians crying out to God for justice.  I understand the frustration from those who see our country fallen and wish for return to something that we forgot to defend and treasure.  I see a world of mouths to feed, pockets to fill and opinions ushering in the great move to collective consciousness.  Behold a world perfectly positioned in historical readiness for the coming seventieth week of Daniel.

There is nothing that has not yet been said.  Sure I may reorganize words in a humorous fashion giving the impression that I’ve created something uniquely mine, but in reality I am certain given time you will find what I have written in the tomes of days gone bye.  We as Americans know the fate to which we have aligned ourselves.  We fully understand the error of our ways, in morals, finances, freedoms and choices, but we hope that somehow the outcomes always associated with societies who have departed from their foundational beliefs and practices may be avoided.  It is the same experiment, with the same variables run once again in hope of a different outcome.  God’s Word told us what would happen as harvest of our plantings, but we think that this time it may be different.  God’s Word is eternal, and righteous and True.

There will be prophets to unwilling nations caught in the last death rolls of this world.  They will be young Paul’s, one hundred and forty four thousand strong, declaring the truth of God’s Word with a voice that will never be ignored or forgotten.  The winds will show God’s Glory, the wars the whisper of His wrath, the plagues reminder He holds the keys to Hades and death.  We could listen right now and escape, inescapable revelation of Jesus in His coming.  There is time to avoid war with God and be covered by His merciful grace.  It is a choice, a choice of which all of us have been told.  Why then so few?  Perhaps they are still searching for something new to save them from facing truth.

Jesus is coming, it has been told and it will unfold whether I tell you about it or not is entirely between me and God.

The experience was not real.  It was only just emotion.  Where was the obedience, honest faith or true devotion?  The notion of Almighty God intrigued even such as me.  I came to church expecting that I’d get a chance to see.  They stood and they sang, some even shout, I couldn’t understand what their tears were all about.  They seemed to feed on music and some upon the mood and I must admit it was nice to have some coffee and free food.  When the clock hit one passed noon they raced for the front door, packed up all the kids, blessed themselves, and pushed the pedal to the floor.  I wept for myself in a puddle of despair and now I was indifferent that they didn’t seem to care.  My quest to meet Creator, God ended there that day.  If he had not come after me I would have never found the way.

Churches doing only what they think is right, instead of keeping to His  Unchanging Word.  The things they do in public sight somehow seem quite absurd.  Forgiveness without repentance lives remaining bound to sin.  How could Jesus ever leave if you had never invited Him in?  I prayed and hoped that they would see the error of their ways.  But I truly think that they will face the wrath in the end of days.  That hurts me so as I look inside wondering what I could have done.  I tried and tried until the point I cried from dawn to setting sun.  But He has won though I have lost in my weakness as a man.  Because their tribulation sainthood had always been His plan.  Forgive me Lord for what I’ve done and more for what I have not.  I should have respected fully the blood with which I was bought.

So maybe little churches with Pastors old and gray are paid with grace and mercy instead of worldly pay.  They preach the Sword of Freedom, the double edged blade and the Word, the Light, My Jesus who spoke and we were made.  I pray for God’s extended mercy while people figure out that He is coming with a trumpet followed by a Mighty shout.  At that moment when they witness we have gone away, they’ll remember their indifference to everything we say.  I pray that God forgives them as they cry out in the night and He shields and protects from destruction as the world loses its last fight.

Praise God in all his glory with everything I’ve got may He remember to forgive me for all that I forgot.  Jesus, Holy Jesus, nothing but my praise, every moment in Your presence never ceases to amaze.

God gave us everything, good land, hope, work to be done and children.  We put His law behind us and departed from the way of righteousness only to find a path leading to decay.  The promised riches were short lived, the glory fading, the abundance perishing and our children, now rebelliously few.  What then have we gained if not our independence from God, Himself?  Wasn’t that our intention,to be left alone to serve and follow our own pursuits without God’s interference?  No surprise now that the mocking unbelievers taunt God for His lack of participation in our lives from which we extracted Him.  None of this is the fault of God but began that day when we listened to God’s righteous Words twisted by evil tongue, because our wicked hearts wished to believe we could prosper outside the Hand of God.

We have not prospered but spiraled from fury to chaos to glutenous orgy of food and flesh.  Our children happily consume everything in sight, expecting, craving and demanding, More!  They do not know God because we didn’t teach them and we have forgotten the rich words we learned in our youth.  We have soured to the things of righteousness; justice, truth, service and love.  How now can we blame any of this on God when we alone pursued this path, leaving behind any wisdom of which He warned us?

But Hope remains in the person of Jesus Christ.  A saving belief that purchases new life, everlasting in service of the One True King.  A life that comes with constant conviction, reminder and instruction to save us from those cravings leading to invariable sin.  A life of service to others, forgoing self as priority, knowing fully that service to be right and rewarding.  A life that refreshes, renews, revitalizes all the pain and worry of a past spent running from God.  This life is Christianity in a true form, not just practiced for perception’s sake.  A life of knowing instead of guessing, freedom instead of slavery, power in a world where weak cruelty often prevails.  Ask Jesus into your heart.  End this very day the battle that has raged against God since the dawn of man.  Beg Him for forgiveness and truth and He will give you so much more.  Jesus, took away the sins of the world.  Will you give Him yours so that He may rid you of this horrific burden.  Come to the cross and find rest and peace with God, by accepting the invitation from Jesus, King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

Do you fear losing something in your life that causes you to tolerate your own or somebody’s sin to avoid having to face the realization of what sponsors that fear?  Are you sleeping with someone because you are afraid of losing them, hiding drugs or alcohol use to protect someone else or even stealing because the economy is bad?  These are choices that will put us in the dangerous position of being disciplined by God, perhaps even forgoing blessings that He has planned for us because we refuse to repent of what we deem “necessary sin”.  Unfortunately the scriptures are pretty clear as to what happens to believers when they disobey the Words of warnings from God.

“And fear not them that kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul; but rather fear him who able to kill both body and soul in hell.”  Matthew 10:18  ” For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth and scourgeth every son whom he receivith.”  Hebrews 12:16

Fear is one of the enemy’s strengths. satan will use fear and threats of loss of treasure or relationship to draw you into violating God’s direction.  How about the loss of fellowship with God?  Each time I sin, I miss Him, because our fellowship is affected.  Especially those times, like with Adam where I consciously sinned knowing in advance that it was wrong.  Look there should be nothing more valuable to any Christian than the approval, love and fellowship with God through Jesus.  Anything that threatens achieving the fullness of that sustained relationship with God is of the enemy, in this case the enemy being whatever caused me to sin.  I don’t want to lose people, jobs or things because I refuse to violate the Holy Spirit’s conviction upon my life, but I must, because a man cannot serve two masters.  I serve God so anything that threatens that relationship or causes me to sway my behavior, thoughts or beliefs is an idol.

What fears keep you from obeying God’s calling upon your life?  I hope that the list is short but even if there is one thing on it the chances are that one thing is what God is calling you to forgo, sacrifice or repent of in order to open the door of blessing or come closer to you in fellowship.  I have to ask is it worth it?  Is he/she worth it?  Is the lie, treasure, job or pursuit worth losing close fellowship with Almighty God, risking His discipline in the balance?  If you think that you are the one Christian who will avoid the discipline of God, please think again.  Read the scripture and see that He will judge “all” sin and discipline those whom he loves.  Did you read the “chasteneth” and “scourgeth” words?  Those were about “every” son whom He receiveth, not just the disobedient ones.  Chasten to means to reprove, punish or correct through discipline and scourgeth we all know that refers to whips like those they used to rip the Lord’s skin.  If he is willing to do that to those whom He loves, who are obedient, what do you think He would do for those who are disobedient?

Lord God I pray that we put nothing before you but our bodies, pure and ready as holy sacrifice.  Cleanse us Father of all unrighteousness by the precious blood of Jesus I ask that we be sanctified in preparation of spending eternity with a Holy God.  If any of my Brothers or Sisters are holding on to some sin out of fear or any other pressured reason, I ask that you set them free from the grasp that binds them.  Fill them with an irresistible desire to be right with You, Lord, to spend each day walking with You in the Garden of Peace and fellowship of Almighty God.  Please hear my prayer Lord and forgive me the greatest sinner, for I know what is right and yet I still do not do right.  Thank you that Jesus Christ is my savior and king for ever and ever, otherwise I would have no hope of eternity.  Amen.

The reason for my sorrow is that I see a tomorrow filled with promise if we’d just embrace truth.  That’s it, sitting in the position of the believer can create building frustration that the nations will not heed the unavoidable reality of the Word of God’s direction.  I mourn for this nation for it has lifted its skirts up to its breast forgoing every ounce of decency in pursuit of perpetual sensual fulfillment.  We have become the nation of Israel in olden times.  Blessed and ungrateful, immoral without shame, wanton without limits, constantly worried, harangued, disquieted and quarreling, whilst the enemies stand at the gates waiting for darkness.

My hope is not in our ability to turn things around.  God has given us problems that we cannot collectively resolve, so that we must turn to Him for resolution, succor and peace.  I do believe that these problems will bring us together in an attempt to “reason” our way out of predicaments beyond our control, but that coalescing will be the beginning of God’s judgment upon mankind.  For we will not come together and cry out to him collectively, asking forgiveness and beseeching His healing hand.  We will instead cry out in pride, rage and blame, castigating Him for ever creating a paradise to which we could not once again find entry.  We will have reached the point of no return as a species, a time where grace is no longer necessary because we will no longer consider acceptance of grace a possibility.  We will have finally turned our faces from God in denial of the Holy Spirit, committing the unforgivable sin of denying God’s place in our lives.  Oh what a miserable period of time that will be for humanity.

But within this tragedy resides a Great and Glorious Morning Star, that at that moment of God’s unfolding rage, there will be millions who give their lives calling out to God and publicly declaring allegiance to King Jesus.  The harvest will be greater than any preceding season since the dawn of man.  Oh what a glorious time it will be when so many come to Christ as a result of the collective “consciousness” that He is, always Has been and always will be the One Sovereign God of this or any universe.  We will not evolve as the world dwellers would have us believe but we will be transformed into what we were meant to be.  My hope is in the salvation of nation of Israel, when they weep as they behold the truth of their Messiah, Jesus Christ the King.  My joy will be in untold millions dressed in white raiment living together as one in service of the Righteous and True King of Everything.  Praise His Will, may it be done soon on Earth and in Heaven to the Glory of God Himself.  Amen.

Worldly cares, sorted affairs, deep seated hues of purple and black.  The words you cannot take back once inclined upon attack, regrets and over shares.  Whispering names written up the arm and thigh of his gown, throwing down my crown, shouting praise with no more tears.  Through years of fears and water we’ve waded and waited to become belief beyond elated.  Fated to fight the night with might and sight, yearning while discerning, claiming victory, a convict of glory, held by chains of majesty and hope.  In love with the dove anointing the lamb’s bright glow, too young to know too old to grow, adept with seed and hoe.  No fear of where we might not go, tucked inside the palm of the Great I AM.

There is no other place for me but with God.  There is no hope but His plan.  For millennia we have held tightly to unsubstantiated insistence that somehow man will somehow manage to free himself from the strangling snares of sin and death.  When does a man let go of childish perspective and accept truth, life and accountability.  If there were some reasoning that made sense or some evidence of the things to which you cling I would humor you for a moment to make a plausible argument.  There is no bolder for your handhold, no footing for your purchase, only cloud and dust and wind.  Why does it worry you so to be a slave to righteousness.  Does it consume veraciously as does the insatiable maw of sin?  Will a call to goodness, purity, kindness, joy, humility and patience demand of you the price of your good freedom?  Does the lie burn so bright within your mind that you cannot see straight enough to wander from the blazing inferno that awaits?  God Loves and waits, you spurn Him, he loves and waits, you run from Him, He follows and waits, you sin against Him, He waits in love to forgive.

He is the culmination of all pursuits that are worthy of commitment.  He is that light at the end of the tunnel and the wind at your back pushing you onward when darkness threatens your constitution and thirst blanches your throat.  There is none like God.  Worthy of all praise.  Jesus Christ the King.

How does a man remain separated from the world yet venture into it in order to plant the seed of God?  That is my greatest struggle, getting close enough to those citizens of the world to tell them of salvation, without getting saturated in the dedications of an earthly man’s heart.  This is hard stuff, because the alternate, isolation on some mountain top is neither logical nor does it fulfill the great commission, but rather paralyzes the disciple.  Paraphrase from the word, “the man who isolates himself, serves himself.

Enticement is effective and will snatch away a believers thoughts, actions and allegiance if there is not a conscious, continuous, intentional effort to armor yourself with the things of God.  His righteousness, guarding your heart, His truth protecting your loins, His salvation covering your thoughts with eternal assurance, His peace leading you from trivial violence, His faithfulness protecting you from the blazing darts of the enemy and His Glorious Word scattering enemies as it separates soul from spirit.  Even then the Lord sees each of our footfalls and perhaps prayer may deliver each of us from the darkest inks of this world threatening to poison our souls.  Lord deliver us from sin and keep from the hour of our testing while we deliver the truth of Your Gospel.

I am not strong enough, good enough, smart enough to complete the Will of God.  His thoughts are above my understanding.  Sometimes He shows me hints and whispers but even then I am only given those things which are commensurate with the need of my current tasking.  I will overcome this world by believing in Jesus Christ as the Son of God.  That is my redeeming faith, that I have put my entire trust in one that is right and true.  This is my salvation that I have loved God and in so doing I have opened my heart and asked the Spirit of God to dwell with me and me with Him.  I have peace in a disastrous world because I dwell in a house unfettered by earthly chains.  This I know that I will dwell in the House of the Lord, forever.  Amen.  Praise Jesus for His Might and Grace.