What wakes me at night?  It is not fear of demons but prayers for the innocent.  I do not linger for wish of plenty or agony of drought, but for broken-hearted failure to comply with the expectations of the real and complicity with the false.  This life is necessary but in irony a sham.  It promises acceptance, understanding and love but lacks ability to comprehend such treasure.  I strive to fulfill paradigms which continuously change in this fickle display of catharsis and coveting.  No, my nightmare goes on in the form of yearning to be shaken awake to my real life, finding that this ridiculousness was the dream.  Break my shackles of limited understanding for it is absolutely apparent that I cannot exceed the perceived expectations of this trial.  Let me die that in my place Your glory might live and light the way to abundant spirit, heart and deed.  Where I am doomed to sleeplessness in failure, You promise of peaceful, victorious slumber.  Let me awake no more until that day I face Your splendid love, knowledge and judgment.  In You I find my rest to face what must be endured.  All my heart, mind, Spirit, soul and love are Yours.  In Jesus’ Holy name, I pray.  Amen.

http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/hannity/2012/02/14/catholics-mocked-grammys-there-religious-double-standard  The Mockery continues

http://www.israelunitycoalition.org/news/?p=7770  CNN fires all Israeli Journalists, keeping only Muslims in Jerusalem division.

When we talk of types, heroes and villains in the old testament, it is often minus the caveat that they were not yet under the grace we enjoy and unceremoniously take for granted.  Wives, concubines, false idols, sacrifices and indiscretions were viewed in comparison to adherence with the law and the prophets.  How hopeless at times it would have seemed to fulfill the over six hundred requirements of the Pharisees and Sadducees, especially absent a solid human example by which to pattern one’s walk.  How amazing that there were men considered righteous in such exceptional times.  How painful the direct discipline exacted by the Father for collective disobedience.  How cautious they would have been to adhere to every facet of the impossible law, driving themselves nearly insane with a manner of religious OCD.  How tragic a history and glorious a future.

Romans 9:30-10:13 What then shall we say?  That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith, but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it.  Why not:  Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works.  They stumbled over the “stumbling stone.”  As it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone that causes men to stumble and a rock that makes them fall, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame.” 

Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved.  For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge.  Since they did not know the righteousness that comes from God sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.  Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.

Moses describes in this way the righteousness that is by the law: “The man who does these things will live by them.”  But the righteousness that is by faith says: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ “(that is, to bring Christ down) or ‘Who will descend into the deep? “(that is to bring Christ up form the dead).  But what does it say?  ” the word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming:  That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord, ” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.  For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.  As the Scripture says,  “Anyone who trusts in Him will never be put to shame.”  For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile–the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him,  for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved”

Paul trembled in fear at the reality of the Jew’s conscious naivete.  It must have been excruciating for those of the Jewish faith who understood prophecy’s fulfillment in Christ Jesus to see their Jewish brethren so poorly mis-comprehend God’s plan for the Nation of Israel.  How heartbreaking to see their brothers and sisters stumble over the Cornerstone of Zion, the Rock, their only way to redemption, freedom and salvation.

As Christians, perhaps we should share Paul’s apprehension and comprehensively value the grace we have been given .  We earned nothing, did nothing, attained nothing and were given everything.  How I cry for the Jewish people without whom we would never have been saved.  Pray for them in their coming hour of greatest need.  They are about to suffer tremendously for being God’s chosen people.  Since they denied their Messiah at His arrival, eventual recognition will cost them dearly.  Lord, have mercy on Your people.  Let them see You and proclaim Your glory in advance of Jacob’s great day of trial, so that they may escape the wrath to come.  How they will dance when they see Your face Lord Jesus, when all Your Majesty and Your plan is unveiled.  We love You Father, In Jesus’ name.  Amen.

http://www.oneplace.com/ministries/love-worth-finding/player/how-to-have-a-steadfast-hope-in-a-shaky-world-255678.html  Rest in the peace which surpasses worldly understanding.

http://www.oneplace.com/ministries/love-worth-finding/player/when-time-runs-out-255669.html  Time provides all the necessary evidence.

Time is not my enemy.  It is a simple device to measure the elasticity of my existence in this plane.  Any static equation changes when subjected to the effects of performance over time.  This is radical to some but standard operation for those practicing calculus to test the parameters of a particular function or process.  We were taught in youth that we live in a three dimensional space but this construct was obliterated by Einstein, his predecessors and descendents for its lack of the fourth dimensional variable, Time.  Does time confound you?  Are you in constant struggle to stay ahead of the game, to get everything done or to devote yourself to God’s will and relationship?  You must see this as an indication that there remains some resistance to surrender in your walk of faith.   Here’s why.

The Lord is a God of order, nothing in the universe, even in the principles of chaos, operates outside of an orderly procession.  Even random anomalies once perceived to be in flux and incongruity are now understood to fall directly within this orderly construct of God’s created universe.  Nothing falls outside of God’s rules and design for its process over time.  Therefore anything that operates outside of this orderly construct comes from our improper understanding of this orderly principle.

If your life is disjunctive and you don’t have time for devotion, it is directly correlated to serving another master.  If your work consumes your life, you are not in compliance with the Lord’s will for your life.  If you are faced with constant worry and anxiety it is in direct correlation to the time that you are spending walking in the Holy Spirit, spending time in prayer and remaining in the word.  If your family is a disaster it is because you have not become their spiritual leader, guiding them to an active, peaceful relationship with the Father through study, prayer and practice.  I believe that the Lord designed this calamity as a revelation of our synchronicity with His will for our lives.  A reminder that we are not in step with Him and therefore the workings are out of whack, so to say.  If you perceive calamity in this way, you will rapidly seek revision in your walk to get things back into balance with the Creator.  You will naturally subject those areas of your life which remain “imbalanced” to the Lord for transformation.  Trust me He will make the changes, your only responsibility and frankly your only option is to surrender wholeheartedly.  Nothing else will provide resolution to the disjunctive flow within your universe.  He is God and I am not.  He will make the necessary changes if I cooperate through surrender and subsequent obedience.

The Lord will give us trials, things will not always be comfortable and our thoughts filled with butterflies and flowers.  However, if your walk is close to the Lord when those trials come you will see them for what they are, “opportunities to demonstrate His glory” to this world gone astray.  If your life is out of control in any area, don’t trust me on this take that inquiry to the Holy Spirit and I can guarantee with certainty you will find your walk out of sync with God.  We were meant as victors, priests and kings.  And as the Lord has overcome all that is in this world there should be nothing that can consistently toss us for a loop.  Concentrate on the fruits of the spirit and test your self and those you come into contact with against the evidence this should provide of our salvation and inclusion in the Family of God.  Time is not my enemy but rather a simple measure of my life over distance and space.  It is a precious reminder of my remaining opportunity to do God’s work and brings me, each moment, a bit closer to my eternal life with Him.  Praise You Lord, in the name of Jesus, the King of Kings.

http://youtu.be/0bt5Dow4jRE  Epicenter video, Joel Rosenberg– Prophecy declared in His Holy Name

I don’t have much but what I do have cannot be taken away.  I’ve got the Love of a Father that will never dissolve, fade away or diminish and cannot be swept away by time or happenstance.  The Lord has provided me with opportunity after opportunity to tell people His Good News.  I know that there will be many people, whom I’ve never met, waiting for me in Heaven to tell me I had a part in their being saved.  I share priceless time with many Spirit-filled Christians through which I am often given the next piece to God’s unveiling mystery.  I see the smiling, giggling faces of children who are so close to God that they cannot help but overflow with mirth.  I am gaining worldly knowledge and experience, which cannot be taken from me often giving me the tools to better do the work which God has allocated to me.

I have daily bread, I have forgiveness of my sins and the ability to let the heavy water of resentment to quickly roll from my back.  I’ve got life in abundance, and although this one will pass away at some point, I have an eternity in a glorified body spent with my Loving Father and all of my family just beyond this plane.  I’ve got the opportunity to do some things to glorify His name on this Earth and childishly revel over the unfolding gift of His will in my life.

I’ve got irreplaceable relationships with people that have grown in breadth, depth, width and height, reflecting the four dimensions in which we now live.  I have the trans-formative power of the Blood of the Lamb cleansing me each day as the Holy Spirit guides me in preparation to meet Jesus in the clouds.  I’ve got the opportunity to live in a time when the world is pregnant with worry and desperately in need of Jesus, as His return draws nigh.  I have been selected to trumpet the Master’s return for His land and servants and see myself dressed in white welcoming Him as an expectant child waits for His Father’s return from travel.  I have love which cannot be overcome and surrounds me with power, authority and peace as I am sheltered under the wings of God.  Praise You Father in all Your Glory, Power and Majesty.  In Jesus’ name.

http://www.stonegateinstitute.org/2823/who-defames-the-prophet  Some Muslims speak for sanity in the midst of chaos.

He loves you too much to fight you for the reins or the steering wheel of your life.  He will wait patiently, like the Loving Father that He is, knowing that at some point you will have had enough pain, failure or self-inflicted injury to force your surrender.  He knows you so well, even to the amount of pressure it will take you to fracture, bend or break your will under increasing or tremendous pressure.

I was a glutton for punishment and forced Him to wait upon my stubbornness for a time when I had no strength left, no other recourse, no other outlet but to cry out for His help.  In agony I lay there of my own volition and after a single application of His loving kindness I was transformed.  It will take this lifetime to rid me of my fleshly weakness, but it only took an instant to free me from the pain of bondage.  I recommend giving in before, like me, you have to be brought to your knees in forced abdication.  He will win it is just a matter of time and tensile strength, not yours but His.  And that my friends is infinite and eternal.  Praise King Jesus in this hour of the worlds greatest need.  Amen.

http://youtu.be/7BEyf6pPdyc  Watch and be informed.

The sickle is being sharpened to cull the fields of grapes and grain.  What have I done to prep for, plant, water, fertilize, tend and protect the crops in preparation for the great harvest?  Will I be able to rest easy and not be forced to offer the Lord explanation for my inaction, lack of determination or disobedience?

Can I go to bed tonight holding tightly to the secure understanding of my readiness for the Lord’s return?  Do I know for certain that I will go in the rapture when it occurs?  Can I speak boldly about God’s glorious plan or do I harbor sin and UN-forgiveness inhibiting my witness and debilitating my dissemination of His message to this world?  If you doubt your salvation you are not sure?  If you are not certain of your readiness for rapture then you probably are not?  Must I be sure, do I need to see evidence of my salvation in order to be an effective disciple for the Kingdom?

Do we know for sure?  Can we know for sure?  Is there a process to becoming sure?  Is being sure even necessary to the Kingdom work set before me?  Is there some test I can subject my life to that will demonstrate my salvation?  Where does the surety come from regarding my readiness and salvation?  Are my words just over concentration on the importance of surety and readiness?  I am open to any all arguments for and against the consistency of this vein of God’s message.  If you don’t agree, let me know.  I believe that the proof is in the Word.

Be sure, be ready, love each other and keep your eyes skyward awaiting His inevitable and imminent return.  God bless you and may you be sheltered and lifted up by the mighty wings of God, in Jesus’ name.  Amen.

Free yourself from the muck and mire as the Lord lights the way to the surface.  Stand under the authority of Christ against all the wiles of the flesh and the enemy (The Lord rebuke him for his wickedness).  Make a note in your journal that this is the day where you accepted victory, not just thinking about a life that is full of righteousness, but turning your belief into faith.  Be transformed, capture your thoughts, accept the mind of Christ and expose the hidden areas of your life to the healing power and light of the Anointed One of God.  Show this world through action how much God loves them.  Assume victory because that is all that God can ever achieve.  He does not fail in any circumstance, situation or predicament.  Depend wholly and completely on the Lord for your sustenance, hope and peace and He will never let you down.  You belong to the God who balances the gravities and orbits of billions of twirling planets and stars yet knows how many hairs are upon each of our heads at every moment of our lives.  And He Loves You deeply.  Praise You Father, In Jesus’ name, Amen.

http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/air-force-removes-god-from-logo.html  The Work at Home begins, will we stand up for the Lord?

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/07/us-texas-abortion-idUSTRE81605220120207?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews  The blood of the innocent cries out to God for justice.

Observe any thing, or practice any discipline long enough and you would assume to achieve a level of understanding or mastery of that function.  What if you knew that through your own efforts, striving and performance, no matter how many hours you allocated to your profession or craft you could only obtain a level of fifty percent, potential proficiency or skill level?  Would it create in you a sadness in the knowledge that there would always be unrealized capacity for performance within your chosen craft?  Would you try to find ways around the reality of the logical function and statistics?  Would you try to buy your way into full adeptness?  Would you explain away the unrealized capacity through words of excuse and impossibility of performance?  Would you give up and stop trying to reach for that unrealized ability?

What if someone handed you a book that showed you how to fulfill max output, even promising performance beyond your personal individual possibilities?  How would you react if someone told you that in order to understand the unseen methods you would have to give up your original idea of personal performance and self-dependence?  Could you let go, knowing this to be your only way to ultimate comprehension or prowess?  Or would you remain in the confines and knowledge that no matter how hard you worked you could only arrive at X level of adroitness?  Could you ever truly be happy knowing all the time that you would never be all that you could become?  Could you conform to the limits that the world placed upon you although they remained inconsistent with that internal desire to reach for the heavens?

We have been given such a book.  We have the ability to request answer to the mysteries of God.  We possess the avenue and can walk freely down the narrow path to discernment and understanding above human justification.  It is there for the asking, available for the seeker, promised to the perspicacious.  Will we let go of our worldly knowledge, replacing it with the supernatural insight into the spaces between matter and energy?  I pray that you want not only the one hundred percent of your own capacity but that ability beyond your own potential output, the God capacity.  Reach for eternity, reach for the impossible and prepare to meet the Lord when you do.  In Jesus’ name I praise Your name Father.

http://www.oneplace.com/ministries/love-worth-finding/player/practicing-the-presence-of-god-247718.html  What is your calling?  Will you answer it?

All about me.  The clothes that I wear, the food that I eat the entertainment I crave.  Have I ever stopped for a moment and truly conceived of what grace goes into keeping me alive?  How valuable each breath, each thought, each moment I could have spent for God’s purposes.  I’m palsied, not by inaction, but by Wrong Action.  The things I crave, the things I must do for me are my impediments.  My self-spoiling behavior is what keeps me from the King.  Of all of the despicable actions that I have taken, being entirely consumed by what I want will always be the worst.  The absolute worst thing about all of it is when I get myself in trouble catering to my endless, self-service how I can justifiably call out the name of God for assistance.  I know that He will be there when I do, but man isn’t that the most grotesque way to use the Lord?  Will He ever be able to depend upon my words or my actions?  Or is He guaranteed in one thing, that I will always take the wrong action when the choice is between what I want and what He wants of me or for me?

Lord, I know that the answers to this issue are all painful.  Painful in seeing myself clearly each time that I cannot fill my endless desire to fulfill my wants.  Painful each time that I see the sin I have remaining internally that undermines my relationship with you and the things that I wish to accomplish in this life for Your Kingdom.  Painful when you discipline me, as You will, for going astray from You in my conceit and self worship.  Painful to those around me as I take from them to give to myself.  Painful in that seeing myself in truth is the only way to coming to You in contrition and begging You to remove this self-focused behavior.

I can barely look upon myself, seeing how selfish I remain although sometimes I feel that I have risen above.  Me and double me and then again me.  Teach me Father, it is obvious this is one I will not get by myself.  Left alone to my own direction and desires I am doomed to continuous, self-interest.  In panic I look around for Your face and all I behold is my own.  My thoughts, my lips and my hands are unclean.  Maybe some day I will be worthy of being in Your presence, but this is not that day.  Today, like many others I am saddened to say, I was not ready to meet the Lord in the air.  Praise Your Holy name, My God, My Savior, My Teacher, My Friend, My King.  I am reminded once again of the immeasurable gift of Your forgiveness for my sin and the price that You personally paid for my salvation.  I once again ask for mercy that I don’t deserve and grace that I should not possess and ask Your patience and understanding of my weakness.  Please grant me a day when I don’t think of myself but rather serve Your children, unselfishly, out of love for You.  In Jesus’ name.

http://www.wnd.com/2012/02/hottest-christian-book-in-the-land-gets-hotter/  Read this article, America’s greatest need is to have that 2Chronicles 7:14 moment and our leaders don’t even have the Biblical understanding to comprehend Isaiah’s warning.

I understand and respect those who continually ask me to turn down the volume or limit the passion in my preaching.  Please know this that I have prayed, meditated and considered your position and have never rejected it “right out” or ignored your arguments immediately.  Rather, I have carefully considered all your points and separated the salient from the trivial.  Then I took those realistic arguments to the Holy Spirit for testing as to spiritual origin and level of agreement with the Word and Truth.  Finally, I accept, respond to and actively adopt all direction I receive back from the Spirit of God.

It challenges many of you that the Lord’s Word or His prompting does not agree with your pleadings to revise the Word He has placed upon my heart.  I only serve one master and I love Him.  Therefore, although I respect the positions of many I care for I can only follow the guidance, orders or recommendations of my liege.  In fact, my flesh begs me to “get along” with everyone, to fit in and be harmonious with those in this world, but the Lord calls me to preach a message of repentance and His coming Kingdom which are wholly inconsistent with the world’s desires.  Secondly, the prompting He has given is getting more pronounced each day we come a bit closer to His return for His church and His wrath upon this disobedient world.  I wish that things were going to remain comfortable, peaceful and prosperous for every person on this planet, even those who call themselves my enemy.  However, the Lord’s Word clearly defines and accurately predicts with omniscient precision the events which will soon come upon all of us.  The urge to cry out and exalt His eternal message recently has begun waking me at night.  My heart knows that time is short.  The skeptic wants proof which I cannot provide for it is my faith that tells me these things are soon.

I love you and appreciate your discomfort.  None of us wants tribulation, even though most of us agree that the evidence demonstrates that the world is headed into it.  I pray that you take the words which I post to heart and test them against the Word and take them in prayer to the Holy Spirit.  Don’t believe me, believe Him.  Everything in my being tells me that this word is relevant, true and consistent with God’s message of salvation for those who believe in Christ and make themselves ready for His return.  Dismiss me if you find my pleas inconsistent.  Forget me if my word is found deceiving or false.  But if you believe and receive the message of truth then I urge you to ACT on behalf of God’s prompting in your life.  The time to perform will soon expire.  I pray that your pilot light is lit and soon turns to flame consuming you in service and lighting the way for those in your sphere that remain imprisoned in darkness.  Praise You Father,  in the name of Your Son Jesus.

http://www.oneplace.com/ministries/love-worth-finding/player/the-wings-of-faith-247751.html  Belief and Faith are different.  The late Pastor Adrian Rogers lays it out, clearly.