There yet?

Posted on December 11, 2014 by awrkhakhaya16

My sin earned me nothing but death. I coveted no lasting relationships, enhancements, allegiances, improvements or trust. Nothing good ever came from any of my sins, except that it made me eligible for Christ’s offer of forgiveness, redemption to God and eternal life. If by my acceptance of that forgiveness and pardon for my “sentence”, I agree to live an entirely different life, as a new man, what then are the implications if I continue on the same sinful path sans course correction? What then does it say about my belief in that sacrifice if I lack obedience to direction or evidence of belief? Does it diminish Christ’s surrender to God’s Hand of Judgment or perhaps does it nullify my access to aforementioned absolution? If I truly believe that my sin earned me a death sentence, and I truly believe that Christ sacrificed His perfect life as ransom for my crime, would I not demonstrate requisite evidence of said belief via transformation through my future actions? Have I determined to remain earning nothing for my continued sin, remaining in my original position? Or have I been transformed into a new man, freed of the sentence for which I received pardon? What is the price for backsliding, is it perhaps nil and only effectively mentioned to increase financial deposits or renewed vigor in service missions? These submissions remain inconsistent with the warnings of Jude, James, Paul and other Apostles as to the costs of falling away from faith.

Does my imagination count? Paul said that none of us can comprehend what awaits us through Grace in Glory. I imagine that Adam had significant authority as he was tasked with naming all the animals and tending God’s creation in the garden. My mind causes me to speculate if he even had the capacity to communicate and direct the animals. What then are we to do in our tasks for the Lord throughout eternity? Am I to be placed in charge of gardens on many planets, tending God’s creation as we were once originally intended? You see Paul’s comments sponsor this type of grand speculation. What does await us in eternity? The Lord has always had purpose and intention for each of our lives, shall eternity be different? In His plan I have always had a job to perform that fulfilled my spirit and utilized my specific talent for His Good Glory. What then shall be my purpose in God’s New Heaven and New Earth. I certainly do not wish to be sitting around strumming a harp, sitting on a cloud counting millennia, unless of course that is the job God has planned for me. What then am I living for in this short but important life? Am I looking forward to my place in eternity or am I attempting to capture legacy and glory on the practice field, before even entering the commencement of the “real” game?

Does what I do here in some measure limit the spectrum of options available throughout my place in eternity? I won’t comment on that but I believe you may find evidence to support this concept, crowns, mansions, contact with God, etc. I do not live for the accolades of glory but I know that we serve a God who loves us and remembers our fealty. Spending eternity with God is enough for me, but I also know that He has always had a plan for this life, I have to assume He has one for the next. Paraphrase from Proverbs; It is the nature of God to conceal a thing and the nature of kings to figure it out. I delight in what God has waiting for us in heaven, I rejoice in the comfort that I will spend eternity with the faithful, free of sin, intimately acquainted with God. That is what keeps me going through the storm, knowing that He has this all figured out and that somehow I am part of the winning team. Rejoice in God through salvation in Christ Jesus. Find joy and peace in kinship to Christ. We have won by His victory over sin and death on the cross. Rejoice, I say rejoice. Thank you Jesus.

Well lived, well loved.

Posted on December 10, 2014 by awrkhakhaya16

Former military members know that the enemy never tracks, attacks or reacts to assets that pose no threat. If you are being barraged, harassed or assaulted by enemy attacks you should count yourself fortunate. If you are a believer the enemy must have permission to attack you, without it you stand impervious under the protective hedge of God’s security. So, if enemy arrows are finding purchase in your life then God has allowed this either to alert you to enemy footholds in your life thereby strengthening your resistance or to chasten you so that you return to the Lord in humility requesting assistance. We are commanded to stand in the face of enemy attack, our feet firmly rooted in the courage and confidence upon the Lord’s Faithfulness. If I never receive any attacks then I will neither fully comprehend the Lord’s perpetual coverage over my life nor will my courage and resolve ever be sharpened, expanded and improved. Praise God He is faithful to complete the work He once began in my life.

This leads me to a frightening observation. If you aren’t receiving enemy attacks then there is cause for concern. Either, the enemy has no fear of the Holy Spirit working for His Glory through your life or you have quenched the sanctification of the Holy Spirit to the point where you are no longer being sharpened by the Lord’s Hand of discipline. Our churches should collectively be called to alert by the absence of enemy attacks upon its parishioners. Complacency is the greatest enemy of a willing saint. Satan has convinced humanity, including Christians that comfort, peace and lack of conflict in this lifetime is our greatest, achievable “success”.

All those out there who have experience serving in the military know this to be false. We understand that diligence requires constant training, for perfection is not a destination it is a process. I look at myself in the mirror and I still weep for the work left to be done in my own heart. How can I ever accept complacency when I know that I fall so short of God’s Glorious intention for my life? I am not saying that I prescribe to a doctrine of works for I fully understand that God looks at me and sees Christ’s righteousness, but I also know that I am still here in this short lifetime, therefore I clearly have not finished the work for which God created me.

His sanctification in my life will be done when I face those eyes of fire and have to give an accounting for this life, not before. As Paul stated we should run this race as if we intend to win, not just place or show. I am not perfect, but if my intention is to be like Jesus, then that is the plateau to which I am dedicated. Nothing short of His likeness should be acceptable for any of us, therefore I welcome suffering for Christ, with Christ and understand that the enemy’s presence in my life is indicative of God’s involvement in His process of my ongoing perfection. I am at peace and know that the Lord is my God and “all things are worked together for the good of God’s Will” for I love God and walk according to His purpose. God’s plan is Glorious is it not? Praise Him and welcome His chastisement for it is the only guarantee to a life well lived.

For those Brothers and Sisters who have resolved themselves to the comforts of God’s continued monetary bounty I say “tremble”, for the Lord is not a God of debauchery, laziness and contentment. The battle rages and even now we enter the greater fray. The time of harvest approaches and for those found doing the work when the master returns I say, thank you for your obedience and demonstrated Love of God. For those, and you know who you are, who sit in the pews, piously self-proclaiming your innocence I say “Awake” for the Kingdom is at hand. I pray for workers for the harvest and that all those who have tasted Grace remember the value that has been placed upon them. Live worthy of God’s sacrifice, stand and face the enemy in battle clothed with the armor of God. Praise God that He gave us His Son for our eternal salvation and redemption to God. Let us acknowledge the depth of such a gift with humility, surrender and service of our Righteous King.

Cautiously prepared

Posted on December 9, 2014 by awrkhakhaya16

A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed. Matthew 16:4

As the crowds increased, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It asks for a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah. Luke 11:29 NIV

But He answered and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation craves for a sign; and yet no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet; Matthew 12:39

http://lovestthoume.com/FeedMySheep/UntowardGeneration.html

http://www.sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=20547

Let us for a moment remember the circumstances and try to see through the eyes of Lot as he beheld the unrepentant wickedness of his friends in Sodom and Gomorrah. The Bible says that Lot was a righteous man, yet the angels were sent to sternly warn him of God’s coming judgment and that he must flee to save the lives of his family. What on earth could have caused Lot to remain, living in fellowship with pure wickedness? Do any of us believe that a righteous man could remain in the midst of wickedness and not be polluted, poisoned or effected? We want to be tolerant, we want to stay our judgment, hoping and praying that this world will find repentance and belief, but if we are also to remain in the wise counsel of God we must remain apart from that social tolerance and cohabitation with wickedness. Are we standing in Lot’s sandals right now?

The sermon’s links above, given by Greg Gordon are scathing are they not? Yet, they tell the truth of nations, generations and societal erosion leading to our current circumstance where wickedness deliberately seeks to corrupt or contort all innocence. The innocent are under attack by powers and principalities of wickedness. Youth, cannot escape salacious images while simply walking the halls of education. The pure are bombarded by the persistent cries of “tolerance” of every sinful act, while the simple pious acts of the pure are disallowed. We sit in our comfortable seats of hypocrisy not realizing that our cohabitation with the world has counted among the wicked in census. How is it possible, even in the slightest manner that we have become new creatures yet continue to commit the same sins that led us to repent in our first encounters with Christ?

Are we that wicked generation demanding a sign from God, calling us to purity? We shall not receive a sign, we only receive the words of prophets repeating Christ’s call to readiness of saints. Simple Question; why did Jesus repeat parables of readiness, demanding that “believer’s” have oil in the lamps unless there is an implied negative judgment for those who fail to listen to His multiple warnings? He was not telling these parables to unbelievers because He had already established that He used parables so that only those with ears to hear would understand. These warnings are for believers who know the truth but failed to obey that truth. My greatest fear for the Church is the same fear I have felt myself hearing those words from the Lord Jesus, “Depart from me you doers of iniquity, I know you not”.

Brothers and Sisters, we will not be given a sign, we all agree that we live in the “time of Noah” or the “time of Lot” as Jesus indicated would occur in the last days. If you feel safe and secure in your church walls yet you and your church families fail to do the work to prepare for harvest, then you should awake for the Kingdom of God is upon us. If you pass judgment on those around you then go home to commit wickedness and unrighteous acts in the eyes of God, then you should fear His wrath, for it is upon this wicked generation. If you are surrounded by wickedness, seeking to corrupt your children in its unholy desire to corrupt the innocent then flee for God’s judgment imminently follows. Do not expect that angels shall be sent to warn you of God’s impending wrath, for we shall not be given any other sign then the one of Jonah. Repent or face the wrath of God.

Holy Father, awake our hearts and minds to the truth of our era. Lead hearts to You with Your Holy Voice so that they might be saved a day and time of Your imminent wrath. Father let us not tolerate the corruption and corrosive voice of inclusive wickedness, preached by this wicked generation. Snatch us from the field of Your coming judgment. Awake Church, Body of Christ, Bride to the Bridegroom of Heaven, Christ Jesus, soon to return for the faithful. If you do not feel called to do the work that has been prepared for us since the beginning of time then you should be concerned for your eternal spirit, for “Many are called but few are chosen”. Matthew 22:14 In Jesus, Holy Name I thank you Lord for drawing us to a salvation we could not find on our own.

That seed

Posted on December 6, 2014 by awrkhakhaya16

A doubting man proclaimed to me that he couldn’t see inside the mystery as everything he’d heard of God made him stop and wonder why? He had listened with ears you see, but all the time he couldn’t see, the glory in the story when Jesus chose to die. This thinking man wracked his brain to the point of having mental pain but the depths of his analysis produced insufficient clues. He looked for evidence in science and fact, yet never thought of how to react to the simplicity implicit to the Gospel News.

It is just so hard to see the light when all you’ve known is darkest night, when everything you’ve learned on faith had to be bought or sold.

So hard to let go of pride when logic, passion and evidence collide, forcing you to rethink every thing you believed or had been told.

This young man looked me in the face as if I were born in outer space, I could see the moorings of his ship were floating free from dockside. His eyes were clear and he pretended to hear as the door to his dilemma suddenly flung open wide. He reached inside his reserve of words, all that escaped were bats and birds, leaving him no alternative but to run and hide. But he was caught as the truth was wrought and the universe revealed as I began to wield the Word of the Lord. His shoes were stuck and his mind was sparked, his resistance had been locked and parked as I told him everything about my God that I’ve adored.

I did my job as a hired hand and planted the seed there in the sand, knowing that the Father would sprout to growth and flower.

That young man has been set free by the Lord of Lords who chose to use me as the vessel of His loving kindness through everlasting power.

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/12/07/249256_suspected-israeli-war-jets-strike.html?sp=/99/117/&rh=1 Israel apparently has made good on their declared prohibition of the advanced Russian Missile System begin deployed in Damascus, Syria. Read Ezekiel 38 and 39 and Isaiah 17, be educated on how all of this fits into Bible Prophecy.

What kind of miracle?

Posted on December 4, 2014 by awrkhakhaya16

Faith. A belief that does not require proof, having accepted something as truth without demanding existing evidence. How did I know that my earthly Father loved me? I cannot prove it but I seldom questioned that fact. I just knew. It is the same way with God, though He has given much less reason to doubt His love than my earthly Dad. I trust, hope, believe in and “know” that God will show up in my life. Sure the first few times I trusted took all the faith that I could muster, but now I have “empirical evidence” based upon the thousands of times which God has shown up in my life. My faith is based on His trustworthiness not my own capacity to accept facts. I have faith in His Faithfulness, His Word, His Grace, His reliability and Consistency. My faith is increased each time that His Word washes over me as it is fortified, perfected and encouraged by Truth.

Mustard Seed. One to two millimeters in diameter, yet capable of producing one of the largest plantings in the garden, a tree in fact. This demonstrates the potency of even a smidgen of faith, that from the smallest spore a vast sustainable set of branches will eventually ensue. God had faith enough in me to offer His Life upon a cross with the hope/knowledge that I would someday accept that gift in humility and be filled by life eternal. I may not know that much about God, but I know Him, and what I do know of Him surrounds great “love”. A love that would never leave me alone to flounder, incapable, incapacitated, threatened by enemies who hate me for His sake. I have “faith” in that love to catch me when I jump, fall, stumble or reach for the everlasting in hope and trust. That seed that He chose to place in the soil of my spirit has grown, watered and fed by His Word and kept safe by the demonstration of His faithfulness. I wonder what can be done with a pumpkin seed of faith?

Trust. I don’t always know what God is up to in our lives, but I do know that it feels good to know that we are in relationship. I know that I am not always going to understand or appreciate the “goodness” of His disciplining Hand in my life, but I always eventually see that it was meant for the best. I have zero comprehension why He chose to offer me salvation , but I am overjoyed that He chose to do so. I trust that His Word is Truth and that His plan is the perfection of mankind, saving us from the self-evoked chaos to which we are otherwise committed. I simply accept His righteousness on “faith” and wait for the knowledge, justification and belief to show up at a later date. Trust in God is not chance but opportunity to sustain hope in something more dependable than the universe itself.

I love You Lord. Can I explain Love, certainly not, but I know that I love You. How is it that I am fortunate enough to accept factors with faith that I cannot explain or prove, accept and give Love, something I cannot explain or understand and share Hope with those around me with nothing but words/life actions to demonstrate its probability? He has made me another creature, a man who believes in things that he cannot explain, evidence or demonstrate. A man who walks a path that he cannot see yet maintains, with absolute surety that it leads to eternity. A man who weeps at the plight of humanity when by all means he should be disaffected, simply because God loves them so much. A man who believed in little else but self gratification now accepts the Truth that is God without question. What kind of miracle is that?

http://youtu.be/DSB_At4H8kA

Decided?

Posted on December 3, 2014 by awrkhakhaya16

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD. Joshua 24:15 KJV

Am I sold out for Christ or is there still question about what I believe and which side I serve? What are the names of the other gods to whom I pay homage? Is there a chance that the Lord God will look the other way as I pursue this worship of idols and false divinity? Am I committed to the people, the principles and the passions of God’s Kingdom or am I serving any interests that would steal from those potential investments? I do not enjoy seeing these truths about myself, but remaining ill-informed, ignorant or in denial about my actions with regard to service to God is potentially eternally foolish. This is a fool’s game to play with God, we should not trifle with the Lord.

Is my mind made? If so, then do my actions, my words, my life indicate alignment with service to God through Jesus? Am I creating disciples, studying the Word to show myself approved, caring in generosity for those who need help? Am I voluntarily opening all the cupboards, closets and compartments of my life to the changing Hand of the Holy Spirit, or am I resisting sanctification? Do I feel badly each time that I even think about sinning and does that “guilt” cause me to make decisions that align with God’s Will for my life? Does everyone that I know, “Whom it is that I serve”? Is there any question in the eyes of those who review my life that I am a Christian? If so, am I standing here in fear and trembling or am I simply determining to remain nonchalant about my salvation? What have I made more important in my life that my relationship and declaration of my eternal identity in Christ Jesus?

If the battle comes, there are many that will be left behind having not asked and answered these questions for themselves. This is a personal decision and cannot be made by my parents, my wife, my friends, my ancestors or public opinion. I will not get to heaven because everyone agrees that I have been “good enough” to be found worthy. On my own behalf I deserve death for the sins in my transgressions against Almighty God. So, let us dispatch finally the idea that any of us may earn, find or somehow produce enough good karma or works to be allowed passed the pearly gates of Heaven. I will only be found righteous as God sees Christ’s Righteousness covering me. I will only enter Heaven when God the Father sees in me evidence of indwelling of the Holy Spirit having baptized me and sealed me for eternity. For me there will be no judgment day as I have already been found innocent in the eyes of God by Christ’s payment for my guilt upon that cross, two thousand, some odd years ago. I have been redeemed, set free, reconnected with Almighty God through Christ. Do I behave that way or am I still living within the corrupted flesh of the man I once was? That question should frighten each of us and be a source of peace for them who can truly say that they are “alive in Christ”.

The God of Order

Posted on November 29, 2014 by awrkhakhaya16

There is order to the universe. There is gravity and erosion and molecular change throughout God’s creation, placed in perfect balance, effect and process. This order and our human desire toward averting or prohibiting chaos are reflections of the King who made us. This order is reflected throughout the Bible. His Word makes sense, even the perfect flowing design that effectively lays out the wonderment of God’s Plan for human kind. There is one place where this order is so clear that even the blind may see evidence of God’s reflection. We have but to look to the two commandments that Lord Jesus told us which all the law and the prophets depend, both regarding “love”. As with any other idea created by the Lord this rests on orderly principles for understanding.

Lord please allow me to say this in a manner that is both correct and appropriate for describing Your intention. We must first Love God with all our heart, mind, soul and strength, a love reserved for no one or no thing else. Through our understanding of just how much God loves us especially/even when we were lost, broken, shaken, alone and wicked we begin to grasp the concept of unconditional love. From this point we move to a similar understanding of self worth, based now entirely on the fact that if God loved us at our worst then we are in fact “worth” loving. Learning at this point to love ourselves, because it feels good to be of value, a value that has been entirely established by God’s view of our worth, we start to understanding “how each of us wants to be loved”. Having a solid grasp of this idea we can now see our way toward loving other people in such a manner, thus loving them as “we ourselves wish to be loved”.

All God’s teaching, demonstrates this same order and patience in “studying to show ourselves approved” or “rightly dividing the Word of God”. First we must read or hear a concept, spoken in God’s Word, this is the primmer for “Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God”. From that point it is entirely orderly to request more from God and seek answers, as is the nature of Kings, Proverbs. It is orderly to hear a thing, study a thing, determine and choose to believe a thing and then take actions in life based upon that established belief. We cannot believe what we first have not known. Now as with Peter, there are orderly exceptions, faith in God may make us privy to ideas beyond our realm or station, but this is the orderly process of God in His reward of true faith. If you seek Him You will find Him. You cannot get more orderly, straight forward or simplistic than that. Think on it, simple if-then statements are the most orderly formulaic concepts available in this world, if this then that.

I do not seek to serve God because I am odd, strange or simply hopeful of a different reality/universe. I serve and love God because He loved me enough to leave me direction, providing order even where there is chaos. Because of my relationship with God I am able to have PEACE in the midst of circumstances beyond any human control. God gives me a semblance of His order to dissolve the frantic and fearful parameters of circumstance, taking my fear and replacing it with courage and victorious understanding. Following Christ makes sense. No amount of scientific pontification, charismatic oral presentation or repeated media implication/indoctrination will reduce the impact of God’s Orderly presence in the life of each Christian. The enemy has been defeated in our lives, we have nothing to fear, even death has no hold upon our imminent future. We have been sent free for eternity, and you know what that makes a whole lot of sense to me. Choose Christ, choose order, receive life, forgiveness and freedom, a gift from the God of Order, Almighty God maker of both Heaven and Earth. The one God, God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob, holder of Truth, Justice, Righteousness and Faith. In Jesus’ Holy Name.

Witness

Posted on November 25, 2014 by awrkhakhaya16

Father hear my prayer. I am powerless to assist those whom I love the most. They fail, falling prey to the poisons of this world, their grimaces waking me at night, their moans worrying in the day. The drugs, taken to escape, age them rapidly, their bodies die, their minds fray and their spirits lay captured in the pits of mired despair. Save them Father, I cannot bear to be so powerless when I am the adopted son of the Most High God. The sick lay begging assistance and I have nothing to offer, the lame falter and I can only try to understand, the Fatherless remain unloved and I am impotent to call their abomination to the awareness of the Church. It is almost bearable now to be so incapable in my own life if only I were able to help them.

Father take me, show them Your Grace and Mercy. Raise them up from the pits of blackened despair. This world has gone astray and that alone is enough to break my spirit, but must it take so many innocents with it in its festering wake. I know that Your Plan, Will and Word are always fair, I just see so many suffering the destiny that should be reserved for the wicked. Father, we need you now. The shadow laughs at our folly. Their depression is beyond my reach and that shatters my heart. Is love and empathy meant to destroy or may my petitions send Your rescuing angels to deliver them from madness and destruction? Father, I call upon You now, asking humbly that You send us Your Holy Fire to cleanse this land of its inherent, wicked slumber. Let hearts be kindled to blaze so that the light drives darkness before its mighty outstretched fingers. Free them from the grasp of deception, despair and allegiance to the night. Wake them so that they may pray for harvest.

Am I meant to be this pitiful in my recourse? Must I sit here and simply record with these tear washed eyes, this broken heart, the loss of humanity’s struggle or shall I become the victorious witness You have meant me to become. Let me preach of Your redemption. Let me spread Your Truth and Hope to fill the dry lamps in the heart of men. Let me pray such a prayer that You may hear and answer my plea for humanity. Give them peace. Was I truly meant to care this much? The pain in Your heart must be unbearable Father as You have watched us wreck havoc upon each other throughout the ages. I cannot stand being an empathetic and sensitive man, I most certainly would never want to be God. I am thankful that You alone are God. I beseech You now to answer my prayer and give me hope, give me life abundantly, grant me courage to stand and let me speak the Power of Your Spirit into this bereft humanity. In Jesus Name.

Myths and experience

Posted on November 23, 2014 by awrkhakhaya16

http://www.jpost.com/International/Exclusive-Cornered-but-unbound-by-nuclear-pact-Israel-reconsiders-military-action-against-Iran-382541 Is there Biblical context to this portended strike by Israel upon Iran? What does the Word of God say about this potential issue?

My prayers are made manifest by footfalls of my walk with Jesus. This is crunch-time, the fourth quarter the denouement, the period where mystic, meets magic meets miracles of God. The prevalence and increased occurrence of coincidence in my life is validating my theory regarding the preciousness of our remaining moments in service to Christ Jesus. Each day, I am led into relationship with the exact people who by thought, meditation and prayer have been seeking the assets to evoke their perceived purpose for the Kingdom and their legacy. Kindred spirits are being gathered for the purpose of Harvest and if this is ignored, simply regarded as coincidence, then perhaps the value of Divine introductions will be lost in opportunity. Look around you, the birds have comfortably nested within the mustard tree, relegating most believers to powerless personal ministry. For those believers who have been aware, obedient and watchful, the opposite is obvious. Individual ministries are beginning to take shape. The fire of one ember, put to bellows and kindled by the fuel of Brothers is beginning to produce an inferno that will soon be beyond dismissal. Even this day there are millions who have never bent a knee to Baal. On that comfort and the hope in God’s inerrant Word I will build my house to warn all of the coming storm in the Earth’s tribulation, The GREAT DAY of OUR LORD and the time of Jacob’s trouble.

God Bless Israel, for her moment of testing approaches. God does not mince Words when speaking of His beloved. They are held to a standard that few of us, if any may understand. They will not be left in their moment of trial, but surrounded by the might, power and love of Almighty God. They must suffer for their wandering, but in the end they will be with God, as He promised. To those nations who threaten the Nation of Israel, I pray you heed God’s Warning. Bring no harm to her for you have poked your finger into the Eye of God. Regardless of your thinking, your correctness in pointing out her failures, for even though you speak some truth, God has proclaimed that those who bless her shall be blessed and those who curse her shall be cursed. It is not Israel that we should fear but God, for He has spoken of His undying faithfulness to His beloved nation, even in their adultery, God shall not abandon her even for a moment. Be advised, be educated, be warned. The nation of Israel shall only be judged by God, not by man’s quarrels.

I serve the Lord our God, I do not serve the adulteress actions of nations and men. The time of action is upon us and that action requires a Love for Humanity that surpasses our own capacity for forgiveness, hope and understanding. We must be fully dependent upon the Holy Spirit of God if we are ever to achieve that love for which we have been created, redeemed and filled by the indwelling of God’s Spirit. If you want purpose then it is known to all Christian’s, for Christ has defined and commanded each of as to His purpose. Go and make disciples of men, teaching them the Gospel so that all may come to the knowledge of God through Christ. That is a paraphrase of God’s Word on this issue, Lord please forgive me if I have indicated anything that is not consistent with Your intention. Let us be set aflame by the indwelling of Your Baptismal Spirit. Let us demonstrate the power of God through Christ to this world that is flooded in impotence. Bring us a healing hand, kind hearts and the courage to stand in the face of overwhelming odds, amassed enemy forces and storms. The time of trial approaches, let each of us look internally and make our hearts right with God for that moment when it will become paramount is assured.

Praise You Almighty Father, the one God of Heaven and Earth. Jesus forgive and deliver us from the evil that seemingly prevails, but which must be dispelled at Your return. Let Your return begin today in the hearts, words and walks of every Christian, let the enemy be scattered at the proclamation of our righteous and hopeful faith in YOU.

Tell the story

Posted on November 22, 2014 by awrkhakhaya16

Making tents so that no one may say that I have come to tap into their abundance. The Lord has given me two hands, a back and a decent mind, so that I may use the sweat of my own brow to provide for my family’s needs in continuance of our called ministry. Granted it is difficult to work in the world without becoming caught up in the world’s monetary lust and pursuit, but as Paul and others evidenced it is entirely possible. Where is my heart, what do I use as excuse to keep me from ministry? Do I mourn the lack of funds as the prohibitive reasoning behind my giving, or do I give and know “in faith” that God will provide for all my needs according to His riches and Glory in Christ Jesus? Look, I often use excuses, but the difficulty for me is that I eventually must admit to God and to myself that I have been ducking and dodging my responsibility. The only evidence of faith that I may provide is completed work for the Kingdom. Without action, life and faith are mere words.

If my life is Christ living, then it must be lived for others, as Christ has done. It is no longer about me, my wants, my wills, my gifts and my bills. What does God want of me today? Not what is God’s will for my life so that I might find purpose in understanding the entire script for my existence, but understanding what He commands me to do today for the Good of His Pleasure. He Loves them and wants that I remind them of that fact. It is after all that simple. Tell the story, forget the glory, unless of course it is for Him and the marvelous things that He does for all of us.

Lord give us understanding, purpose, reliance upon Your Word and a comprehensive imminence. Let us be fully aware that Your return, if it is to be as a thief in the night, will probably come today, because few of us are expecting that arrival. Give us a heart for service bringing droves of hungry hearts to the cross for cleansing salvation. Take from us the idle self worship which requires we make and covet excuses as to why we are not telling the greatest story we have ever heard. Scoop up the Holy Fire and throw it down upon us, igniting our hearts in passion, worship and praise for Your Glory. A fire that spreads to the hearts of mankind bringing them back to God in fealty and faith. Praise You Lord God for Your righteousness, patience and Truth. In Jesus Name.

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What kind of miracle?