I want to be stingy with my time, stingy with my talents, tight with my funds and unwilling to help those in obvious need.  I hide in the shadows when there is no personal reward.  Then comes a grand ballroom display, unmistakeable in its imagery, meant to conjure illusions of philanthropic foundations.  False, fake, fantastic and unreal.  That is the nature of deception it carries the allure, a seed of truth bating the trap, concealed to all but the discerning eye.  Remember the Lord gave evil the power to perform miracles so that we may be tested, so beware!!!  What an amazing world that the Lord has created, perfect in every way to entice us toward any direction except the one leading to the Lord’s intention.  This is a battle, it is unique, clever, relentless but I thank the Lord that its time is running lean.  Hang on for a bit more my Brothers, keep your eyes trained on the coming Lord for a while longer Sister for even now the world’s luster fades.  The dim is near and at its end Glory.

Everything that I crave, somehow contains in it the faintest flaw, the minutest corruption and repeatedly leaves me unfulfilled in it pursuits as I eventually see that contortion.  I have chased the most noble ideas only to find that they fed my own glory, pocket or passion.  There is nothing new, no grand idea that will somehow free men from this perpetual folly.  No matter how diligently I struggle to invent something pure from my own heart it eludes me.  Nothing lasts indefinitely except that which is constructed of elements divine.  Not by bonding agents in a novel fashion, but rather reverting to the timeless ageless cornerstones built upon a foundation preceding time itself.  Yes I have in me eternal componentry that may only be revealed and utilized by stripping away those factors constrained by birth and first death.  Splay me asunder Lord, peel away the obfuscations and camouflage, reveal You in me.

No more wandering, no more ill advised journeys seeking meaning and episodal harmony.  Lead and I will follow.  Reveal and I will splendor.  Create and I will steward.  Let me do what is right and true in Your Eyes.  My love for You grows each moment I grow nearer to Your Throne.  Praise You Lord because it is what You deserve.  Christ is King, Amen.

http://www.reuters.com/news/pictures/slideshow?articleId=USRTR3BBJ0#a=13  To those who for whatever reason refuse to look, learn and understand prophecy.  I give you Syria and Egypt as seen in one of God’s most prolific predictors, Isaiah 17-19.  Read it, meditate on it, ask the Holy Spirit for guidance upon it, but realize that it is happening whether or not you choose to remain indifferent or naive.  The Spirit of Prophecy is the Lord Jesus Christ.  Take Hope in His prophecy as it tells of His return which stands imminently before us.

http://www.wnd.com/2012/12/russia-arms-syria-with-powerful-ballistic-missiles/  The armies led by Gog (Ezekiel 38-39) are making their plans known to an apparently defenseless Israel.  Read, acknowledge, understand, pray and disciple.  There is no other righteous recourse.

Changed over time by the invisible Hand of God shaping and molding our lives to conformity in Christ.  Decisions made, urges abated, triumphs recounted until we find ourselves surrounded by truly, nice people that want to have a life with us.  Then the weariness, the caution, the difficulty begins as we are pulled to and fro by our whimsies.  How shall we plan for a future retirement which will apparently never come, as evidenced by the prophetic signs of the storm to come?  May I pursue this relationship Lord when to do so will take attention, energy, time and treasure away from concentration upon Your desires for my life?  How do I balance the education in my head with the discernment in my heart?

Father, I see it coming and even those agnostics, atheists and mockers are coming to us in search of satisfaction.  Those who claim not to believe demonstrate daily the overwhelming influence of the Absolute Truth of God.  We all know something is coming and though unbelievers don’t know what to do about it, it is obvious that they possess the seeds of inquiry.  I am finding it so hard to remain silent when those coming to us are almost pleading for answer, comfort, understanding or worse yet confirmation.  Father, don’t let them be confused Lord, please let them see Your Majesty, Glory, Patience and Might before it is too late.

We who have learned, listened to and practiced your word know what soon comes.  There is no hope for this nation as many religious leaders would have us promote.  We have turned a blind eye to God and forsaken his favor, warnings and blessing.  There will be no last minute donning of sack cloth, burying our faces in the dust and crying out in humility for God’s forgiveness.  That will only come after subjection to tragedy, reality and tribulation.  God is coming and each heart knows this to be truth.  He is not coming to thank us for the wonderful job that we have done with what we have been given nor to pal around with us in golden age fellowship, but to rule and reign as the God that He Is.  For those who have headed His heraldic call, turned away from sin and maintained belief in His saving grace there will be a much different end.  Father grant us peace, a lasting peace that will only come under Your Righteous Hand and Heart.  We Love You, and although we have love for things in this world we shall not befriend it and accept enmity with You in such exchange.  Poor with Jesus is Eternally more wealthy than prosperity in this world.  Praise Your Mighty Name Lord Jesus, Amen.

I accept that there are troubles, difficulties, enemies and tragedy in this world.  Granted the pressures that these influences place upon the psyche and personal constitution is sometimes overwhelming.  Let us not forget that this is the world and the day which God has made.  This place is exactly the way it should be and no amount of whining, lamenting or running is going to make it go away or change.  This world is intended to produce reaction, the type of action which sponsors decision based on helplessness or lack of control.  No amount of running, hiding, escaping or relenting is going to produce “real” security in this world.  The only hope for safety, security, lasting peace and salvation is under the protective covering of the Lord Jesus Christ.  When these staggering pressures or enemy assaults threaten to steal your breath, stability and footing then let them drive you to the arms of God as they were intended.

There are many directions to which a man may turn based upon earthly influences.  One may turn to escape, captured by the certain private euphoria sponsored by any particular drug designed to take away over-contemplation upon the circumstances.  We know that this creates a perpetual cycle, producing no real solution, but rather providing a modicum of relief for a prescribed period of time.  The fictional world initiated through this escape is a maze or a cage that often produces consequences worse then the agitator which encouraged the escape in the first place.

Shrouded in a lonely world of shadows, double lives and secrets and is not a good place for Christians.  The enemy goes about seeking to destroy and devour believers finding Christian snared in this type of personal cage is especially enticing.  satan finds those in this state weakened, unprotected as easy prey and delights in consuming those who call themselves by the Name of God.  We as sons and daughters of God must stand against the wiles of the enemy and the seemingly overwhelming pressures of this world and “know” that the Lord God will fight for and deliver us.  Although hope in God is something good to have, knowledge of God is true faith.  The peace which comes with knowing the promises of the Almighty and that He will never leave us nor forsake us is an impenetrable armor.

Another false sense of security may from time to time be produced through personal output, monetary gain, bodily prowess or increased academia.  These would be acceptable forms of safety if they in fact protected us from all adversarial influences.  However, we all know that work efforts are short lived, money requires constant attention, age eventually makes even the strongest frail or feeble and learning is relatively useless when it comes to the affairs of the heart or ruthlessness of tyrants.  These dalliances are temporary and offer no permanent resolution or peace and just as the walls of the city protect its citizens they must be maintained with vigilance to protect against enemy stealth and natural decay.  That is because all of these paths are self-maintaining or self-reliant and cannot be perfectly upheld, because we after all are human and we get sick, tired, hungry and sleepy.  These are a bit more deceptive attacks perpetrated by the enemy but no less effective than the escapist’s realm.  If I am depending on me for safety/security then I have decided upon a insufficient battle plan fraught with the weaknesses of man and destined for failure.  We must remember that our enemies are relentless, powerful and supernatural, they may only be defeated by God through the Word and the Spirit.

Finally, there are many who would turn to the enemy for solace.  These deserve the most empathy, prayer and compassion, for they have turned away from truth and been blinded to believe that the hungry lion will not devour them when no other prey is available.  They have lost from the outset, as false gods provide nothing but despair.  Revelry is short lived and those who celebrate tonight regret in the morning.  The consistent elixir of each sin  steals a bit more of life from the imbiber.  And when the storms or fury of war approach those dependent upon false gods find that they are quickly abandoned to the myth which claimed their fealty from the outset.  There is no other God than the Great I AM.  He is the only shelter from the storm.  Turn away from fear and learn to know your true Father.  He will stick closer than a friend and be there til the end and beyond.  In the Name of Jesus Christ the King of All, I pray.  Set them free Lord.

If we as believers, those of us who call ourselves by His Name, will not obediently respond to the prophecies and commands of Our God, how then can those that do not believe be expected to do the same?  True belief is demonstrated in responsive action.  Do we truly lack any Fear of the Lord and thus dispossess the commensurate wisdom?  If you are still in your seat at this moment in Christian History, then the answers to the proceeding questions are evident.  Are you here to serve or to be served, are you here to stand for Righteousness, Truth and all that is Holy or is your faith palsied bluster?  Tell someone about Jesus and then you will know where you stand, be silent and you will also know.  Jesus is God and He laid it out without obfuscation or deception.  If you believe you must then act, it is simple cause and effect.  Praise You Lord, call the willing to stand and be courageous in Your coming light.  Amen.

I want to read about love, sacrificial service, mercy and grace.  I want to extend the hand of kindness and share with the poor, orphaned, tired and alone.  I want to honor the glorious gift which I have been given in grace by offering all my efforts, time and tender to Kingdom Business.  The problem is no one wants to hear the Words that the Lord has for this nation.  Just like the ancient Jewish Nation, beloved of God, we are facing coming judgment for our wickedness, folly and down-right declaration of unwillingness to humble ourselves so that God would consider healing our nation.  The Word that the Lord continues to place in front of my eyes and in my heart are those of Jeremiah 6 and 7.  In this period of Bible History the Jews were determined to go their own road.  God, out of mercy and love sent Jeremiah to announce to them the coming price for their rebellion.  They would be swept away by a foreign nation and taken into slavery, many of them to die or never return to their homeland.

We stand in the same moment of decision.  What we do next will dictate the fate of this nation.  Although I, as well as many other Christians are praying for the people of this blessed nation to turn away from their sin and seek God through humility and supplication, it is painfully evident that we have passed the tipping point.  People love their sin, their riches, their lives, their false gods and their freedom more than they love the Lord.  People do not want to say it but we are just about to enter the “Fall of Our Beloved Nation”.  The most painful part of the entire circumstance is that it could be avoided if we would just humble ourselves, turn away from our sin and cry out to God.  But we are either too blind or too arrogant to humble ourselves in such a manner.  Besides the mainstream has convinced most folks that there is really nothing wrong in America.  Deception abounds, and wherever falsehood and illusion rules satan is present and seeking dramatic entrance toward command performance.  We are about to see such a time in this nation.  Our only hope is flee from the judgment to come straight to the waiting Arms of Jesus Christ the King.  He will not only set you free from your burden of sin and death, but you will become part of the Coming Kingdom which has no end.

It is after all about choice, why do you think the enemy banters that word around with impunity.  Choice is all that anyone has ever had.  He has set before us a choice, but there is rapidly coming a time when that “open enrollment” time will pass.  Please don’t find yourselves on the wrong side of history and eternity.  Choose salvation, choose Christ.  Father I pray that as a country we see the national travesty that we have created.  I pray that we turn away from our present course and set ourselves on a path toward Your glory.  I pray for our humility, and fervent cries for mercy and Your continued Hand of Blessing and Protection on what was once a dedicated family of believers yearning to do what was right and true.  Forgive us Father.  In the Exceptional Name of Christ.  Amen.

http://www.cbn.com/media/player/index.aspx?s=/Archive/News/Stakelbeck_Terror_112712_WS  We will not be humbled, think again.

Relied upon God and He took me there.  Dropped my pack in exhaustion at the foot of the rugged cross and He bore my burden then left me with peace in exchange.  Looked for old ways out or clever techniques to somehow stop the pain but the Lord stayed my mouth, and my feet.  Stand there, He said to me.  Feel it and remember how utterly unbearable it was at last examination.  Strong despite my self.  Weak enough to know that I could never do this alone.  You are my God.

Lord, failures seems to be my namesake.  Get up, fall down, get up, slip, go down again.  I know you would not allow me to lie there in defeat and I love that about You.  When I am spent, You are endless.  Father I will wait to see Your Hand, Your Path, Your Guidance.  And if I am to move then I pray that You give me speed and determination.  After all this is Your life that I have been allowed to live.  I am so thankful now that I don’t just spend time making a mess of it.  My goal of the furtherance of Your Coming Kingdom, is revealed a bit more each day.  You are my God.

When I count on me I am perpetrating deception sponsored by self.  It wants to say that it knows best, but history says otherwise.  Where I should be, for what should I strive, how should I spend the bulk of my time, with whom should I be aligned?  I don’t need these answers.  The questions are only pertinent when submitted through the humble inquiry of a man seeking guidance.  Otherwise these questions and the self-delivered answers are part and parcel of the same quest for self-fulfillment.  The Lord will provide answers and those answers alone have the power to fill me up.  Self actualization is a satan-inspired myth sold to humanity at large.  Nothing in this world can give me that realization of total life direction, where every ounce of spirit, spit, sweat and silver are expired in pursuance of a divinely designed purpose.  Nothing less is acceptable.  Please let me have no regrets when I first look into those Eyes.  All that is worthy about me came from You, please take it all.  You are my God.

Most Americans have never reflected upon what made this country rise above other nations in its character, prosperity and might.  Our schools no longer teach the foundational principles upon which a people fostered such a unique country.  Even worse the atheistic leaders who disagree with that history go further than simply not teaching those principles, they have revised history to redact those principles.  For a complete, layman’s understanding of the effects of such redaction one need merely review what Alexis De Tocqueville spoke insightfully about American ideals and how they would be circumvented.  Conspicuously, De Tocqueville made these observations/predictions about America in the early 19th Century, a period that saw the rise of the American Nation.  Additionally, Alexis died in 1859 the year in which Darwin published his “Theory of Evolution” as if somehow to add accent to his predictions of American downfall based upon diversion from God’s word as its foundation.

Coincidence is applicable solely when a solid prediction of coinciding events has not been clearly predicted by reliable sources.  This man was not an American, but he admired, researched and wrote about American ideals because we once were inspiration for all those “yearning to be free”.  Freedom from tyranny, freedom from thought police, freedom from unlawful taxation and the limits of social classification.  As surprising as Monsieur De Tocqueville’s observations were, they dwindle in comparison to the compendious array of clarity and truth available to any seeker within the historical pages of the Bible.  Wisdom is available to all who cry out to the Lord for access.  De Tocqueville knew that the greatness of America is directly correlated and proportional to the Public dissemination of the Good News of Jesus Christ.  Without it we are just another mediocre democracy captured and struggling against the pitfalls of republics led by imperfect men.  Ah, but with those principles we are blessed beyond comparison with insight, compassion, ingenuity, and willing self-sacrificial underpinnings capable of propelling us to greatness.

In a word De Tocqueville was right.  We have not fallen from some pinnacle of human experiment because of economic downturn, the lack of political leadership, poor weather, health or bad luck.  We have fallen from our blessed position as the obedient children of a generous God.  A God who always delivers on promises and promises what will consistency deliver individuals and nations from the ills which confront all men, kings and countries.  The youth inspiring, double-edge sword leading from our pulpits has been nullified, muffled and in many cases silenced for the sake of public approval.  There are the courageous few who will not be swayed, diverted or corrupted, refusing to preach a popular Christianity and they hold with them the only prayer of a recovered America.  Without the prayers, preaching and purposeful performance of those who would spend their lives to further God’s Kingdom, this nation is without hope of restitution to greatness.

For it is either within God’s Mighty Hands we will be lifted up or underneath His feet we will be trodden based upon our adherence, choice and loyalty to His direction.  America has ceased to be great.  The reality, cost and fearful future are as evident as the cause.  We have one chance, to humble ourselves, repent of our sins against God and cry out to Him for resuscitation.  Our current course arguably from which we will not depart leads directly to failure and perhaps Hades.  Ironically it is consciousness that will set us free, not as the Buddhists or New Age philosophers view it but as a removal of the veil set before our eyes blinding us to the truth of God’s Word and our subsequent downfall as reward for such oblivion.  America open our eyes and return to the practices that once made us a great nation.  Set God before us as guide, let His light and faith in Jesus be our salvation.  The alternative is obvious and inevitable if we choose otherwise.  Praise God in Jesus’ Name.

The whole entire thing is about Him.  From the outset, God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit were present before the beginning of this or “any” world.  God stood, the Word commanded and the Spirit oversaw.  All of the Bible is about Jesus, something for which the Jews remain blinded because they see history through the lens of themselves.  They do not take a step back and see themselves an integral component of the Historical narrative.  A Bible that is entirely about God and His love for all that He has created.  We as extensions of the Lord see in ourselves; creativity, thought, goodness, courage and other divine components reflective of our Maker.  However as created beings we also display the impurities of this creation, absent in the Creator.  We are burdened by the various lusts, distractions, iniquities, hate and self service that estrange us from our Perfect God.  He came here, to a planet full of disobedient children, to provide an escape plan, a purification system a road map by which we may find our way back to His nature.

We are not gods as some religious malefactors would have us believe, we will not become gods as many collective philosophers would have us contemplate but nor are we absent divinity.  All things created by a Master possess an imprint or some DNA of their Maker.  We must not attribute satan’s apparent creativity to that of actual creation.  The enemy’s power resides in taking what has been made and corrupting it until it is transmogrified.

In the case of man, Adam the man made from dirt and the Breath of God, was made without flaw.  Sin made him into something other than God intended.  Just as satan twisted the Lord’s, righteous words in order to corrupt Eve then Adam.  We became something twisted, unpure, revised, beings that now resembled our new master, satan and put us at odds with our true Father in Heaven.  Just as satan was created and became something other than God intended, so we became a vial and lesser representation of God’s original Adam.  Adam gave up His golden, divine purpose and dominion in exchange for fool’s gold and servitude to a cruel master.  Hallelujah and thanks to Almighty God, through belief in the Lord Jesus, His intervention into man’s history, His sacrificial death, resurrection and ascension.  Sin and death have been conquered once and for all.  Every man now has a path to re-acquaintance with the Father for eternity through confession, repentance and belief.

The enemy is no longer master of those who place their faith and belief upon the Lord of all.  The corruption has been forgotten and is being removed, replaced by the goodness, kindness, patience, self-control, mercy and love of our real creator.  We have been given back more than was taken from our disobedient ancestor’s Adam and Eve.  We now are indwelt by the Divine, the Holy Spirit lives within us.  Where Adam had God’s likeness and had been given extraordinary gifts to rule upon the Earth, we have been cleansed of all unrighteousness, and become joint heirs in the Kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ.  We have become princes and priests to serve the Lord and share in His Sovereign, Eternal Reign.

There is no greater gift then what we have been given.  It defies perception, it confounds contemplation, it surpasses the paltry claims of all who are falsely worshiped.  There is but one God and He deserves the praise of “all” creation.  Unfortunately though He gives us the choice to do what is right, there will be many that must be forced to offer confession.  Resist as they may there will come a day when every thing that lives or has ever lived upon this earth will bow knee and openly confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.  I pray for peace in Jerusalem and that all men bend their knee now to our Sovereign Lord, the God of all.  His name is Jesus, Jehovah, I Am, The Rock of Ages.  His name is Great, Worthy, Righteous and True and He loves us so much and awaits our decision.  I pray that all make the correct choice.  Amen.

Handshakes, smiles and kisses.  Laughter, long slow breaths of mountain air and kids having a great time just being kids.  Sights that bring gasp to the heart and tears to the eyes, sonnets, and bonnet-wearing African American Women with their kindness and strength.  How men will run in front of buses, trains, bullets and bad economies in defense of people that they barely even know.  Wishes, clean water and butter.  Mistakes to point me to growth, pain to make me grow up and character that makes me spit out the dirt, wipe off the debris and get back into the fight.  One True God who never changes and keeps everything including me suspended in space, time and glorious life.

Women to test us and keep us from thinking we have anything mastered.  Gifted with their unique hearts, minds, faces and fashions who desperately want justice and love peace.  Dogs that steal your spot whether it’s cool or hot.  Cats who go catatonic when you scratch that space right in front of their ear.  Nights that make the world slow down and days so bright that even ugly things seem washed in glory.  Words to construct things born in the mind, stored in the heart trying desperately to be set free.  Pats on the back, whispers of encouragement or correction, spoken solely for our benefit.  Men who love obediently and women who honor out of truth while kids listen intently and respectfully.  Cold, hot and spicy that seasons life and changes things up, especially while it rains like the sky opened up.

Lord God we are humbled by what You have freely given for us out of love.  Let us give back even a portion of that grace by loving each other in the same way.  We await Your arrival in faith, light and truth.  Let us light the way with Your reflection in our eyes.  Let our hearts open fences to free the forgotten, lost and faithless.  Give us just what we need in order to do what must be done, in Your Holy Name Lord God by all the riches and glory through Christ Jesus our King.  Amen.  Forgive us so that we may be unbridled to do the same for all.

Has the sham passed?  Are all the misconceptions of false hope for America/Globe achieving consciousness finally put to rest?  Do we comprehend that these countries are now playing with the use of nuclear weapons?  Does anyone really believe that countries such as North Korea, Iran, Pakistan, India, and others are going to stand bye their conventional weaponry when Israel is forced to use absolute means to protect her existence?  Do you believe that God will stand bye and allow this to happen to His planet without intercession?  Perhaps He will let us come close to destruction for instructional purposes.

Does anyone now see the academics, philosophers and diplomats capable of stopping the missiles mid launch?  No, this is what the Bible has always proclaimed would, should, will and is currently happening regardless of the well wishes of golden-agers.  Even they are divided between marching to utopian cadence and borrowing as much money as possible to go out in a tremendous bash if the Mayans were perchance correct.  They fight so hard to come up with an alternate explanation for their origin/eternity other than the one promised by God Himself that they will invent rabbit holes down which to disappear.

Forgive me for being flippant on such a serious topic.  I apologize for appearing to make fun, because folks this is no joke.  A large segment of the world’s population has fallen into trance, wavering to the false flute lulling everyone into the state of euphoria where somehow everything is going to “magically” turn out alright.  I think they have effectively convinced some that extra-terrestrials or outer-dimensional beings are going to show up just in time to deflect us from our eventual self-termination.  Even when all indications are that we are headed toward global catastrophe if not World War III.  Most hold some kind of faith in mankind’s yet undisplayed ability to avert calamity through pure-hearted motivation.

On the other hand you have survivalists preparing to wait out the worst.  Although this may provide a semblance of security for the coming tribulation, the Bible is clear that there will be nowhere to avoid the coming global tragedy.  Everyone will either run to the Shelter of the Lamb, throwing themselves upon His mercy or they will be mercilessly crushed by the Rock of Ages when they seek shelter from the Wrath of the Lamb.  Death itself will not even provide solace, there will be no eternal rest for the wicked.  Since their party ends at the climax of this lifetime they have to perpetuate the lie that it will go on forever through collective consciousness, voluntary economic equality or perpetual reincarnation.   There is a reason they are called “pipe” dreams.

This world is about to face the denouement of mankind’s history.  We have climaxed and are now cascading toward resolution that will separate one from the other.  The Middle East has now set fire and Israel must pursue military action against Iran to prohibit their realization of nuclear weapons capability.  The current projections are somewhere between six months and a year until Iran achieves this goal.  Do not let the media fool you nor the diplomatic attempts hypnotize you into false complacency, Biblical Moments of Truth have arrived.  The next steps surround the Arab nations wishing to take over Israel and having Jerusalem as the capital of their new islamic nation.  This will never happen despite their best attempts, or even due to overwhelming odds in their favor, because the Lord God shall give victory to the Jews.  Not because they deserve it for superior morality, good behavior or even intellectual ascendancy, but because He promised that He would protect them.  He after all is not finished with the Jewish Nation and although He may have turned His head away for them for an extended period, He shall never forget nor forsake His Covenant People.  God is after all Perfect Righteousness and Truth and it is against His nature to go back on a promise.  But lest we forget and paint Him with singular brushstrokes of Love, Kindness, Mercy and Grace.  He is all of these things but He is also Just and He hates “All Sin”.  He must and will deliver the Judgment, Justice and Punishment of “All Sin” for the entire mankind just as He promised.  Which side of history will you be found standing upon when the final curtain rises?  Choose Life, Choose God and find Him through the Forgiveness and Grace of Jesus Christ Our Lord.  Amen.