Christ is Lord

Posted on December 25, 2014 by awrkhakhaya16

Almighty God, grant my prayers on this glorious day of our remembrance. Give us hope, a hope built upon the permanent foundation stone of the universe. Let us not waver in the winds and seas of this vacillating world, allow us a measure of your immutability. Father, we are faltering as a nation, having lost our way pursuing the deceptive means of our hearts rather than following after your light. Grant us humility, such that we may again seek Your face in petition, prayer and worship. Heal our hearts so that we might approach each parlay with loving perspective. Deliver us from the wiles of our flesh and the enemy. Let us think clearly, granted adequate discernment to forgo the deceptive sirens of worldly possession and senses. Father protect the innocent from those who would ravage them without Your security. Lead us to Your heart where we might never again wander from wisdom, prosperity and hope.

Father, there are so many suffering in this world, seemingly left to the effects of sinister, greedy or power hungry people, blind to their cries for mercy. But their cries reach Your ears Father. I understand that the perfect timing has not yet come for justice and judgment. When Lord will You take back this planet and avenge the torture of the weak, sick and poor? Your Wrath will be overwhelming and it will purify that which has become too corrupt to continue. Grant Your Church faith enough to call the cleansing fires from heaven. Father, open the eyes of Your faithful to that which must be done or can be done for the coming kingdom. Let us be fulfilled in our achievement of Your gracious will for mankind. Give us back the power of the spirit which has left the churches so that we might change this world for righteousness sake. Grant us honor in that we stood in the face of the impossible, fully knowing that You would win the day.

Praise You Lord for making a way that we might find our way back to Your Love. Let all who hear the story of Jesus Christ be stricken to the point of surrender. Let them choose hope and everlasting life found only through belief and faith in You. Thank you for blessing us with the flowers of life’s abundance, grace and mercy. These are the salves which make battle bearable. We love You and remember today what You did on our behalf. Praise Your Holy Name, Jesus Christ is Lord.

What If?

Posted on December 21, 2014 by awrkhakhaya16

What if this is perfect, this era, this political maelstrom, these events, wars, travesties and significant dilemma? If you believe that God is in control as the Omniscient, Omnipresent, Almighty ruler of eternity, then perhaps it is a perspective you should seriously consider. I am not saying that the horror and wickedness of man is perfect in its lust to bring forth and propagate every abnormal sin upon reality. What I am saying is that what if, this is the only way we will again see the face of God? What if our current administration is the exact embodiment of characters necessary to usher in the tragic sequences requisite to unveiling God’s Perfect Timing of Revelation. Perhaps are they necessary in signifying God’s perfect timing for the rapture, tribulation, a return of hearts to God in Israel, the seals, the vials the bowls, the deed to the Earth, martyrs who shall never deny Christ, The Glorious Appearing, judgment and Almighty Reign of God forever and ever?

What if this misery I feel about the current state of humanity’s rigor is actually the driving force to turning our desperate hearts to God in fealty, faith, truth and sanctification? What if the pain of our illness was never intended as punishment but as impetus to finding God? What if lost love reminds us much God hurts as He is separated from the children He greatly cherishes and loves? What if the compassion we feel at seeing the world’s suffering quickens us to God’s heart for humanity? What if this scene has been repeated ten trillion times and each time we must go through this ridiculous rebellion when we could have had paradise from the outset? What if we were meant to get it wrong because that is all we are ever capable of until we have suffered the terrible experience of having been so wicked, so polluted, demented and eventually saved by God Himself through Christ? What if it is in our nature to mock the righteous because we lack the understanding of something so pure, having forgotten our relationship to God? What if this Earth is the perfect learning ground to exercise our self-centered desire pursuance until we see our misshapen visage in the mirror of God’s law, and only then understand our plight?

I have to assume that since this is God’s unfolding plan, in God’s universe, with the Lord being the only being with foreknowledge outside of time, that this is the perfect way that we must be purified in order to live with God in eternity? Could Adam and Eve have been obedient and provided an orderly progression of eternal humans, who needn’t be ashamed in the presence of Almighty God? I don’t know, it seems odd and unlikely to my human understanding. That is not the case, so such introspection may in fact be useless for anything other than attempting to understand this Amazing God, Our Father, who knew everything about us before the beginning of the universe that He Created, yet still chose to make us after His Image. Can any of us say that if we knew beforehand the children that we eventually would rear would turn against our every tenet, that we would in fact choose to participate in the event of their conception? This is enough to create reverence in my heart for the Lord God, as I could not have children that I knew would disobey me fully.

So what if this is perfect? Shall I accept it and make the best of what I have been given in the light of my inadequacies, poverty, illness, stupidity or shame? Absolutely. Praise God for His Perfection and Infinite Glory and thank Him for loving us, which never ceases to amaze. Thank you Jesus.

The price

Posted on December 17, 2014 by awrkhakhaya16

What is worth the living? When we have turned our backs in despair to achievement of our dreams what then arises from the mist calling us to life? What small child, what imagined day, what hope of light beckons us live to the full? Is it freedom, an ideal, a family legacy spurning, burning, churning within the internal furnace driving you on to mercy, peace and pleasure? If not these then what oath brings you back up right each time you feel lost? What energy spurs you on through the thicket, or fire, fast and forest to reach what end?

How much is the blood and spirit of each person worth? Is any price worth the loss of one life for dream’s accomplished? Is not this life the only real thing I have to give though even that is often beyond our control? What then did God breathe life into each of us if not for the robust living? There is no waste in life, too many circles depending on systems fed by other economies, recycling the energies, compounds from waste product to living. How then could any of us be of little to no value when we are part of the grand dance called life? Partnered with some to challenge us onward, others to breed caution in our step, still more to funnel and fan the fires of our everlasting spirit. What then of love, when it comes and tears at our hearts knowing fully that this life is impermanent, so each of us loses at some point only to gain treasured memories?

Is not the eternal life of our families something worth striving toward? Are we to simply breed then chase then die all to naught but ash? Thinking in reason is the servitude of man, pestering us to analysis of the simplest emotion. Why then can we not comprehend the elegance, the Majesty, the Truth and the Relevance of Almighty God if not for veiling, shadowing, hidden memories and resistant senses? He has removed their capacity to understand and believe so that they may be turned over to the creation of their disjointed imagination with an internal urge to maintain persona by convincing everyone to play along. If I cannot uphold shadow then I must admit the light and truth, nakedness, infirmity is wholly revealed.

Dream and live this life to reach the ladder’s highest rung. Call out loudly to your Master for provision, protection, continued breath and hope. There are none of us born to unimportance, especially those lacking monetary accomplishment for they may possess troves of Spirit and Faith beyond reckoning. Live this life for something worthy of giving everything, then it will have been well lived. Choose and never lose. If I may pray for your encouragement, health, wisdom, joy and hope I would count it an honor to do so. This is life for me. Jesus be praised in all His Glory.

Simple

Posted on December 11, 2014 by awrkhakhaya16

Do I feel inadequate having not been chosen by God as a hero of Biblical proportions? Lacking eloquence, charisma, talent and treasure, do I feel diminished having been relegated to a position of “simply” telling the good news at every opportunity? Where is my self worth derived? Is it thinly designed, emerging from the impressions, passions and insubstantial dimensions of a worldly man? Do I truly crave attention enough to allow the enemy in conversation to convince me that being a disciple of Christ is anything less than glorious? In a discussion with several “elders” of the Mormon faith who came to my door, they were dumbfounded when I challenged their belief that we are all gods, by asking them, “what if I just want to be a simple man serving a righteous God”?, “what if I do not want to be God, does that eliminate me for consideration in your quest to reach heaven”?

I have a job for Christ, planting the seed of God’s Word into every bit of soil I encounter. I did not make the seed, invent the creativity of the seed, manufacture its capacity to produce life, and growth and harvest. I did not breathe my life into the seed, encoding its DNA with characteristics beyond statistical understanding. I did not allow myself, educate myself or prepare myself for planting, having earned documentation that certifies my “authority” to go on planting seeds. I simply listened, obeyed and improved my understanding of good farming techniques, carrying water and inviting colleagues in Christ to bring their fertilizer to support those seeds I have planted. Do I wish to be a hero of Biblical proportion? I have the same answer that I gave when confronted with the Mormon belief that we are gods. I do not want the responsibility that comes along with being a hero, I simply want to love people in such a way that they want to meet and form a relationship with God. That is my definition of success.

God knew before the beginning of creation that satan would rebel and yet He still chose to create him. What does that tell you about the God that we serve? Would you create an enemy to your divine purpose, having foreknowledge of the struggle, devastation and chaos that enemy would perpetrate? This is the God we serve, who has confidence in His own Glory, Grace and Love. The enemy has lost because principalities lack at their inception and intention that required measure to overcome, Love. I love bringing people to the Cross where they may meet Jesus and become acquainted with their Creator, being indwelt by His Spirit. I love the Lord for what He has done for each of us, that which by all rights He could have righteously foregone. I love people and continue to be surprised by their capacity to rise above this world through Christ and demonstrate our resemblance to God. Lord thank you for making me a simple man, following Your Plan, and allowing me to see immediate results of my efficacy for Your Kingdom.

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.

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.

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”.

Convenience

Posted on December 2, 2014 by awrkhakhaya16

The unifying theme of all religion is the method with which man deals with sin. Some pass it on to their ancestors, or claim that our sins and plight are the responsibility of reincarnated man. Many pay homage or ransom to this good cause or that social issue to rid themselves of the guilt associated with what we all know to be inappropriate life choices. Some boldly proclaim that sin is their mantra and age themselves rapidly, trying to gain that one last high from ill gotten gain, twisted morality of sensory affectation. Then others deny themselves even basic sustenance hoping to purify their bodies of sinful activity yet cannot free themselves of the awful thoughts that confront us all in our wakeful moments. Others try to ignore it, hoping to create agnosticism, and in so doing deny sins existence by claiming there is no God to hold them accountable for sin. Some proclaim themselves kings so that they may fulfill all their sinful desires at the expense of their subjects, justifying horrific acts in the name of their supposed, frail and temporary divinity. Others wish that aliens, who trace their lineage back to a created universe are the farmers of humanity, pondering that aliens must have rid themselves of sin’s encumbering grasp. Only Christianity deals with the issue of sin, head on, seeing its resolution through God activated by man’s choice of cleansing and redemption. We are all related in that we once were slaves to the wretched chains of sin and its partner in escrow, death.

What shall I do with sin, shall I ignore it as the psychologists claim is possible? Maybe it is merely an invention of my own mind and the customary guilt an illusion I need not feel but for a better manifestation? Perhaps I can thresh it from my wicked bones, seeking solace in pain and reminder of my own wickedness and impurity, turning from anything joyful as it must also be filled with sin? Maybe I can put it off on the lower cast, denying them food while I play with mega-toys, trying desperately to concentrate all my worldly attention on self gratification. Perchance I can repeat mantras, chants, jingles and prayers, dispelling the effect of my week spent in wickedness by putting coins in a bucket and whispering in the dark for several hours? Maybe if I investigate acceleration, black holes, vacuums and forces I can tame my own mind to forget the things I have done to my family and friends in the name of science? What shall I do with my self piety each time it is shattered by a thought I shan’t tell anyone for fear my perfect reputation will forever be soiled? The truth that binds us all is that we are sinners. We may not have created this label but we have all participated in its customary practices.

What greater may tie us together freeing us from the bondage of collective and personal sin? Why, Jesus Christ of course. God, incarnate, who came and lived our painful, sinful, foolish lives, without committing even one sin, then took the punishment which was deserved by all. He loved us enough to give His life to please His Father, and provide humanity, the opportunity to be cleansed of sin and find our rightful place at the footsteps of God. What shall be done with my sin? It has already been removed from me and taken as far as the East is from the West. Why, because I listened to God and accepted His eternal pardon through confession, repentance, belief and obedience to a King who deserves all I can give and more. I am sorry that we all have suffered or continue to suffer from sin, especially when the cure is evident to all mankind. I do not boast and hide under a false, white robe of purity, for I still walk this world and therefore I will continue to sin no matter how hard I try in my worldly skill, strength and struggle. Hallelujah that Jehovah has set me free and now His Spirit works within me to sanctify me for that great day when I will kneel at His feet in adoration. As awful the story of sin it is dwarfed by the Grace in the Will and Love of Almighty God.

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.

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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