For what do you pray?  Is wealth the answer to all which confronts you?  Does longevity bring closure to your worrisome heart?  Would you be pleased by position, power or fame, provided platform through which to change the world?  Is peace what you pray for, hoping that man will suddenly change course and care for his brother if not more than himself at least as much?  Perfect days, quiet nights, fun and contentment, what finds its way to the top of your requests to God?  What would make your life complete, worth-while, fulfilled?  Is it things, a state of living, an achievement, a prize, a person or a dream?  Or is it knowledge of the God who made you, understanding of your worldly purpose and completion of His Will For your life?

On this celebrated day, we were given the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ to end the war between God and man.  We were exposed to a plan beyond even the Angel’s comprehension.  Look they live with God and still they are amazed at the mystery of salvation.  An angel will never see salvation.  God loved us so much that He prepared a method, a path, a Way by which we may not just be returned to our original design but something greater still.  This is the thing of prayers yet oddly runs low on the list of mankind’s wants.  This is a glorious story which we raise to tell for one day, week or month each year yet nearly forget the rest of each year.  There is no other treasure which may even come close in valuation, all else rings tawdry on the spectrum of price when compared to God’s rescue of humanity from sin, death and damnation.

We have been told.  We have been instructed.  We have been warned, yet we fail to listen, even those of us who calls ourselves by His Name.  There is only one explanation for the tragedies which plague this nation, this region, this species and the Globe.  That is we continue to forget there is a God and He will not allow certain behaviors in His world.  Our experts point to all manner of logical sounding psychology, philosophy and science to offer causality for our suffering.  World leaders pronounce the failings of markets, politics and publicans for the demise of nations.  But the only heralds who hold the answer, historical understanding and pulpit by which to proclaim true, remain silent in comfortable fear.  We are suffering because we will not listen to God.  We are failing, as he foretold because we will not humble ourselves and beg His intervention.  And we are destitute because we will not learn what must be learned in order to understand what will soon come to pass and become subsequently driven to preparedness and right standing with Jesus Christ the Lord.  If you aren’t saying it then you are fake, false, naive, disobedient and self-serving.  It is after all not about our comfort but for those who have not yet heard His Word of Grace, Mercy, Salvation and Peace.  If you have received this glorious gift which amazes even the Angels and have not found the overwhelming compulsion to share it with those who have not, then you have never comprehended this gift yourself.  We are a nation that once believed and understood the requirements of Christian Faith, we have now been deceived, forgotten or just plain left our jobs to those who would do the work.

This gift is worthless unless passed on to the next person needful of salvation, abundance and life.  Do not allow it to sit upon the mantle above your comfortable fire, gathering dust.  Pass an ember on to those who have no light, no heat, no warmth.  Bring light to the darkness, bring hope to the lost, bring joy to the destitute.  The light shall prevail by dispelling darkness will you raise the torch to cast away shadow?  Repent of your personal sin and surrender to the Lord in your service to the Kingdom.  Praise Jesus the King in all His mercy Love and Grace.  Amen.

When real people, with joy in their hearts approach faith with true commitment it produces dynamic, life-modifying results.  As in any true pursuit there comes growth, improvement and maturity as each person challenges his/her individual walk.  Unlike worldly disciplines this process produces glimpses of God.  Each believer, submitting to the transforming grace, love and peace of the Holy Spirit becomes less like their former selves and more like Christ.  This sanctification process which may have taken careful observation and analysis at journey’s outset, astounds onlookers when faced with the supernatural modifications made in every, surrendered-believer’s life.

Let it shine, Sisters and Brothers as this is the greatest testimony you can give to the Glory of Almighty God.  Letting the world see just how little you are affected by circumstantial pressures or how willing you are to make choices that glorify Him instead of yourself, brings praise to His Name and plants fertile seed for future spiritual harvest.  I am honored to count myself family to so many wonderful people.  Especially those who have put aside self in exchange for letting Christ shine through all their worldly relationships, aspirations and works.  He is wonderful and you resemble Him and I adore you for it.  Praise Jesus, come quick Lord.  Amen.

Let us step away from the tragedy for a moment and find peace in God.  Together we may turn to the shelter of His wings to find patience, strength, health and courage.  Father we are here for Your will, this place is not our own and as we look forward to residing in our true home we find ourselves weeping, tired, uncomfortable and melancholy.  The brutal humanity of which we must participate has once again dumbfounded our resolve in its ruthlessness.  As we listen in our quiet discontent we can almost hear the blood of these innocents as it cries out to You for Justice, Father.  How long will this travesty be alllowed to transpire?  What remains into which we must righteously invest but Your Kingdom?  What passions must we pursue but those things that lead others to Your Forgiveness?  What calm can we foresee as the storms surround?  Our Path is not to You Lord, our path is You.

This world doesn’t threaten to restrain us from peace, but convince us that the Author of Peace does not reside in our bodies, His Holy Tabernacle. We are not going to Jesus, He has come to us.  We are not looking forward to a day where we may reside with our God, He lives through us and with us even now.  We are not downtrodden, despaired, harried and defeated.  Quite the contrary, we are victorious in the knowledge that we will be delivered from any captivity to the Throne Room of Righteousness by the Hand of Almighty God Himself.  Bars may not restrain the Spirit.  Darkness may not shut out Light.  Oppression only produces more densely-robust, elemental composition.  We do not need to run to the Lord, He is standing with us now.  If we are kneeling, do not mistake that it is defeat or bent knee in obeisance to the enemy but rather in thanks and praise to the Mighty God we serve.  Praise You Lord in all Your Glory, in the Righteous Name of Jesus our King.

The Lord, the God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob carefully orchestrated this global crescendo leading toward the point where He and His man will have face to face meeting.  The gravity of such a statement threatens to suck the air out of each pair of lungs and the wind from any conversation.  You mean to say that the Lord knew this would all come about and was able to even predict the steps of His enemies to the minutest detail, knowing fully the precise moment when He would to step into His creation?  Absolutely.

Even those rebellious agents, fighting throughout man’s entire history, with utmost fervor against the Holy Prophecy and Prediction of the Lord have not even changed the timing one nano-second.  You would think that would have dissuaded them a bit from belief in their triumphant future.  But that is the power of egotistical folly and blindness to Light’s entry to the world.  And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.  John 1:5   The enemy is a dangerous foe and must be respected, but it is written that even he serves the Lord God.  To think every victory that he believes he has gained throughout the millennia were only more bricks in the path toward an eternal outcome designed, foretold and promised by our God.

Where there is overwhelming source of light darkness cannot exist.  Sin cannot fester, wounds cannot remain hidden and falsehood is exposed by truth.  The ministers of darkness cannot withstand the light, they can only hope to forestall the Light’s Return.  It is sheer insanity to believe that somehow amassing people huddled in darkness will in anyway allow them to remain hidden when subjected to the most intense Light in this or any universe.  Yet they continue this infernal struggle even though eternal darkness is all that they will achieve.  My recommendation to the enemies of God is to surrender now, throwing themselves upon the Rock of Ages in the interest of salvation before that same Rock falls upon them.  For defeat is not just assured but certain, soon and timeless.  Do not let the voice of deception find purchase in your hearing.  Shake off the veil of falsehood which shields your mind from Truth.

Serving your own desires, needs and whims has some appeal.  But is paltry in comparison to an abundant life of joy, spent without fear, knowing fully that you will spend eternity with God.  There is no equivalency between emotive/sensory satisfaction and eternal peace, love, joy, understanding, forgiveness, patience, kindness, especially when these experiences come from relationship with the Maker of the Universe.  The choice is so inherently silly that it troubles people choosing the world to even discuss it.  They must, like the accuser, must continually create and recite illusionary mantras within their own minds in order to dispel logic, truth, evidence and fact.  They have had to concoct pipe-dreams, such as the theory of evolution to reinforce that illusion.  In the absence of a good lie the Truth is the only choice.

If there were any hope of victory for a worldly position I would implore you to fight on.  But this is a fool’s errand, pent on folly, reinforced by those desiring your ruin to provide them some form of revenge against the Most-High God.  Do you really want to give up eternity with God, so that you can be a pin to be put under God’s foot?  Don’t be used in that fashion.  You are too valuable to be coerced into service as cannon fodder.  Besides, when the Lord does step into creation, once again, He will dispatch the enemy and all his legion in less time then it took them to take up arms against Him.  Repent, ask mercy of the Lord God.  Believe on the redemptive work of the Lord Jesus Christ and be set free.  For His is the Kingdom the Glory and the Honor, Forever and Forever.  Amen.

The next great lie will be something akin to the fact that we cannot stage peaceful demonstrations against political persecution of Christianity to protect our own safety.  We will be told that for our own protection, men must give up their arms, to promote a new peaceful society.  These things have happened before and are always welcome on the heals of tragedy, when people are raw and have not taken time to consider rationally the deals to which they find themselves signatory.  We have already fallen pray to the falling shroud of deception perpetrated by the prince of the power of the air on those lacking judgment and the enemies of God.  Let us not repeatedly be taken in by the same posturing which have led to tyrannical despotism each time in history.

Let us have the real conversation, the real debate.  The one which divides this nation, hinders our prosperity and mars our reputation as a nation seeking, truth, justice and the American way.  The great dividing line which the enemy will avoid at all costs is Jesus.  For there is power in that name.  Any other subject is preferred.  No one wants to talk about Jesus.  The path and the accountability that the Christian life represents and the exclusivity which Jesus declared like it or not separate the world population into two parts, believers and unbelievers.  Jesus proclaiming Himself, as the only Door/Way/Path to God is a Truth impossible for the populace to endorse, accept, commit to and follow.  They must destroy, silence, condemn or demagogue any that proclaim this truth out loud.  For they want to pursue their own paths, in libertarian/liberal execution of freedom at any cost.  People God loves you and demands that I do as well but that does not change the fact that He is in charge and His rules are specific, clear and unavoidable whether or not I want you to like me.  There is eternal forgiveness for all who will call upon His name, repent of their sin and believe in the redemptive power of the life, death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ.

However there are some behaviors for which ALL historical societies has suffered the ultimate backlash of irrelevancy or disappearance, especially those empire states drunk upon their own pursuits.  None have escaped a penchant for violence, seeking gladiatorial conquest of all defenseless nations.  None have escaped sexual abandon, where all forms of lust are sanctioned, practiced and even endorsed by society.  None have escaped political corruption of elected officials, sponsored by coercive special interest and hypocritical “public” servants.  None have escaped pursuit of false faith.  None shall escape the Just desserts of such practices.  None in history has ever avoided the eventual demise of these sinful pursuits.  So it is entirely safe to say that no nation following these practices or turning a blind eye to their social acceptance will find themselves in solid standing when the dust rises on the next turn of worldly events.

Look upon the current state of world affairs and I see many following the same old failed postures of past tyrants and schemers.  For example, we have a political ally of Russia, Syria, in open civil war.  A nation which possesses some of the most dangerous and deadly chemical and conventional weaponry know to man, also provided by Russia and others.  A nation that cannot afford to release its dictatorial regime from power as the alternative to this terrible ruling family are a bunch of extremists pent on the destruction of Israel and the ascendancy of global Islam.   This is not a matter of wanting one party over the other, both are unacceptable and have or will lead to disaster greater than the current civil war facing this esteemed country.  We have seen these nations one after another dismiss their ruling tyrants only to adopt radical militants as their new leaders, men addicted to the eradication of the nation of Israel and the downfall of the West.  In Gaza, Iran, Egypt, Somalia, Libya and Sudan we have seen the repeated effects of democracy gone awry.  These people do not want peace.  Peace to them is a global caliphate of the sword.  We must not pursue meaningless peace sponsored by those who merely want to use this word to lure the unsuspecting to slaughter.

There is no way except by the Prophecy annotated in the Bible by which these circumstances will end in peaceful resolution.  Man as a species continues to show our dislike and lack of desire for global peace.  It is merely used as a political device by those who would see themselves in power.  And one of the next to use this tactic will be the most ruthless ruler that the world will ever know, but his days will be numbered to seven years at the end of which we will meet the God of the universe come to rule and reign for eternity, the Lord Jesus Christ.  King of Kings and Lord of Lords.  Praise His Holy, Mighty and Righteous Name and though He may tarry He shall come and Judge this World as it is His Right to do so.  Amen.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-plans-for-possibility-that-assad-could-lose-control-of-chemical-arms-cache/2012/12/16/f4912be2-4628-11e2-a685-c1fad0d6cd1f_story.html        For those who want to know.

The deceiver lurks, seeking those he may devour.  Are you one of “those”?  Is your faith rooted, washed, supported and sustained by the absolute truth of God’s Holy Scripture or are you susceptible, thinking yourself safe, without opening, seeking, meditating and proclaiming the Good News of God’s grace upon your heart?   Are you submitted to the ruling sovereignty, majesty and direction of the Holy Spirit of God or does this world capture your allegiance?  The battle has not only begun, it is raging and the enemy will try at all costs to convince you that there is nothing to worry about, that there is no struggle to which we must find ourselves righteously engaged.  He will “adjust”, minimize and rewrite God’s Word wherever possible a function which is completely impossible when a believer knows specifically what is said in the Bible.  Are you at risk?

Do you know what the Bible says or can you honestly say that you will be free from any supernatural deception which may be perpetrated upon an unsuspecting humanity by a powerful being who used to be an arch-angel.  DO NOT BE FOOLED OR WORSE YET FOOL YOURSELF.  In these times, which are evil, the enemy will work overtime to lead you away from God.  This is the time when you will achieve life efficacy or slumber and be caught unaware either by the wiles of a desperate and might enemy or by the imminent coming of the Lord Jesus Christ for His Church.

This all begins with humility and fear of the Lord our God.  If you do not respect Him reverently in His Majesty and Sovereignty then you will walk in the battle unarmed, unaware and insecure, possibly alone.  The following are specific definitions for humility, a subject which the enemy has diluted, obfuscated and diffused so that we cannot achieve the desired beginning state for a relationship and growth in the Lord.  Wikipedia states the following definitional characteristics for Christian humility;

1. Submitting to God and legitimate authority
2. Recognizing virtues and talents that others possess, particularly those that surpass one’s own, and giving due honor and, when required, obedience
3. Recognizing the limits of one’s talents, ability, or authority; and, not reaching for what is beyond one’s grasp

http://www.dictionary.com states the following as a Christian definition for humility; Taken from Easton’s Bible Dictionary.

Easton’s 1897 Bible Dictionary

So that you can clearly see the danger, falsehood, cleverness and nuance of the enemy, look upon these definitions and then match them to current social reflections upon humility.  Humility has been turned into a “less than favorable” pattern of life where people “empty” themselves of all thought for self in exchange for “enlightenment”.  Look at this statement and you will see the hand of the wicked one.  He craftily turns humility into something which serves yourself, as for self-deprecation you achieve the secular prize of “self actualization”, enlightenment or golden age understanding and oneness with the universe.  If you do not see the subtle attempts of the enemy to steer us away from God’s ideas of humility then you have already been deceived.  Seek the Lord with all your heart, mind and soul.  Be a Christian 24 hours a day not just one or two days a week.  Armor Up for the battle is nigh.  Stand together in faith, hope, knowledge and prayer, knowing that Christ’s return is near.  Praise Jesus Christ, Amen.  Lord please rebuke the enemy for all our sakes.

There are things that He would tell you.  Things He would have you know.  He has been waiting there with you in each room to which you passed threshold.  He has been bidding you rest your wearied eyes and raw heart every moment of your life where you could not bear the pains of life.  He has guided angels to lay walkways before you and nudge you the right direction each time you set out on sojourn.  He has sent people, storms, challenges, nightmares and love to stretch you in His quest for your freely decisive heart.  He has sheltered you from unseen trials, led you to unknown treasures and stayed with you when all had left.  His hand rests not upon just your shoulders but upon the entirety of your existence.  From inception to grave and beyond He has and will always be beside you.

There is no place I wish to go without Him, no place I wouldn’t go for Him, no place in my life I’ll keep from Him.  I did not create myself.  I am the progeny of a Mighty and Loving God.  It is to Him that I travel and from Him that I came and with Him I have gone.  There is no road that leads anywhere else for me.  All roads do not lead to God, some meander and some lead throngs of mighty men to hallowed halls while others lead to shadows of the deep.  Take the Good Shepherds path, the narrow lane that follows the way of the Lord into everlasting and passes through the Truth and Life.  He is there with you even now, waiting for your questions, prayers, tears, and laughter.  Know Him and find infinite peace.  Praise Jesus the King. Amen.

Do you feel the tectonic movement as if something in the undercurrent has switched polarity?  Have relationships changed, has there been introduced a new dialectic that challenges quite soundly the previously untested theories and policies of a history-changing minority?  Why have persecutions come to the United States a place where we overwhelmingly believe in a God that created, oversees and cares what happens within that conception?  Are the challenges and persecutions to be welcomed as they obviously produce character, purification, clarity and solidify faith?  Don’t we wish to be as immoveable as the early church, displaying adherence to faith even in the face of potential loss to property, reputation or life?

What has changed?  We must ask ourselves what has occurred to create such controversy?  What catalyst inspired such inquiry?  Why now, why not twenty years ago or hence?  Is it as palpable to all of you as it is for me?  I feel as if I can almost taste it on the wind, something has changed. The foretold signs are evident in the news, in the coffee houses, newspapers, churches and hearts.  But there is something more which struck me just today and that is a “gut feeling” that things will soon surpass mortal control.  I do not fear because the Lord God is in control of all that was, is and shortly will occur, but it’s as if humans suddenly became supporting cast in a play founded by titans, kings and the unseen hand of immortal agents.  Akin to looking at a digital display on an explosive device, which had previous stood silent only to notice that the timer had indeed started counting down toward zero.  We had best be prepared because our choice, safety and destination are soon to be beyond our control or decision.

I doubt anyone will ask me to explain this because each of us feels the same climate change.  Not just a weather anomaly or phenomena, rather that somehow the stakes had just been raised and things which previously were innocuous had been assigned new value and importance.  Love of a child, mother or wife, dedication to a noble undertaking, renewed concentration on things of Eternal perspective.  We all feel it, it is just that I have an insight through the Holy Spirit to put it into Words.  Prophecy is unfolding, if the scrolls have not been opened then Jesus’ fingers will soon be upon those seals He alone is worthy to loosen.  Have you lived like tomorrow is coming or abandoned all sense to soak up your last days of sunlight, sin and treasure?  Do you feel compelled to face the coming storm with your eyes welcoming the light or are you searching for a dark place to rest in a peace you somehow know will never come?  This world is about to change for all time, it is about to turn the corner toward eternity leaving behind man’s history as faint memory.  The Lord Jesus is seated at the right hand of the Father, but soon He will rise to come to sit on His Throne as The Rock Eternal on which all our hopes solidly rest.  Praise You Lord in all Your Ways.  Amen.

Will you permit me to love you in a way for which you feel undeserving but makes you feel special?  I cannot both understand the way which God has loved me unconditionally, for which I am overjoyed and then consistently fail to extend that same measure of love to my brother, neighbor, friend or enemy.  This is no game where we delight and keep score, but the most difficult surrender in the world to reward people with love regardless of their behavior.  This is not a weak man’s effort.  If you can love those who do not deserve love, namely yourself being the first recipient of said love then when faced with circumstantial impetus, you can overcome the reactions of your natural man.  Do you get that overcoming is doing what God said to do and finding that such behavior allows you victory over the rudimentary rules of this world?  Be Holy, be righteous, be the new creature God has shaped you to become.  You are free of the constraints, illusions and deceptions of the principalities and powers of this world.  Your God has set you free and if He will not condemn you, who then has the right and authority to do so?

We are free, we are not held in check by the limitations of a scarcity system.  We are fed, funded and fired by the fuel which knows no boundaries.  We will be given everything that we need and more to accomplish that for which we each have been individually and wonderfully crafted.  Triumph is assured through faith which transcends sight.  Not that what I conceive as a man can be achieved, but that for which God has designed me will be obtained if I depend on Him for its completion.  I love you people, even those of you who challenge me to do so, not because I can always find a reason to do so but because I serve a God who loves you so much that He gave a perfect son as ransom to bring you back to His Arms.  God Loves You, that you cannot escape.  My question is why would you try?  What could be esteemed as highly, valued on par with a God who loves you enough to die for you?  Praise Him in His Grace, completeness, understanding and forgiveness.  Amen.

If we pass this final barrier toward iniquity His retribution will be swift.  There is no mystery to what the Lord will not tolerate, and this national decision makes public our contempt for the Lord’s Sovereignty.  Man has never been able to venture this far from righteousness for long without the Lord first sending emissary to warn of pending judgement and then sending angels to execute that sentence.  We stand here arrogantly, speaking terms like “red line” yet we fail to head the warnings given by God with regard to our own transgressions.  Although I am specifically critical of this nation because we call ourselves by His name, the entire world has taken on a new policy of self-service at all cost.  We have lost all common sense.  Parents steal from their children, Legislators from their constituents, rulers from their subjects and believers from their God.  The road will become steeper now as the enemy delights in our derision.  Hang on, be Holy and cry out to the King of Glory for salvation.

How long I ask you Father will You allow this to continue?  Where abomination is the law of the land and people openly mock the Name of the Most High God?  How long will Israel’s enemies threaten Your chosen?  I love Your people Father but I tire of this world in its present state.  Victory is Yours and All Glory Belongs to You.  Lord Jesus, we see the cup of filth which You had to partake and our hearts melt.  Praise Your Mighty Name.  Amen.