Hello Guys and Gals,
Have you ever thought you had control of something only to realize that the control you thought you had wasn't actually there at all? I have!
I thought I had control of my anger despite my pain and all I have been through. Yet, last night, I lost my temper. I was in pain last night in an extreme way. I am not sure if it was related to the weather, something I had done, stress, being out of joint, or a combination of all the above. Yet I was not in a good way. And when talking with my friend last night a misunderstanding happened and I lost my temper.
As a result, I ended up increasing my pain to drive away my pain. Only those who are in great pain know how this works because when you cause pain to yourself, endorphins and adrenaline are released from your brain and distributed to your pain areas so that you might cope better with that pain. So I did this. Yet it is a short term relief and in the end you cause yourself greater pain that you will have to live with in the coming days.
On top of all that, I think I hurt the feelings of my friend. I cannot apologize enough to this man of great character. Seeing me lose my temper, he rightly scolded me for it and then sought to bring me relief in subtle ways that I cannot explain because I do not see how he does it. Yet, in talking with him, he got my mind off of my pain and got me to calm down. I am forever grateful for his understanding and patience and craft in the ability to bring peace to my soul. I know it is Jesus working through him, yet he somehow sees how to break through my pain and anger to find another subject or topic that distracts me or diverts me away from that which caused my anger.
I am thankful that Iron Sharpens Iron, and this man is one in which truly sharpens me and teaches me how to handle things in a crisis.
26 Be angry and do not sin. Don’t let the sun go down on your anger, 27and don’t give the Devil an opportunity. ~ Ephesians 4:26 (HCSB)
This speaks of when you are angry, be sure to not let the sun go down on your anger. In other words, seek to resolve and forgive and amend the problem so that you do not dwell upon it as you sleep. Go make it right immediately with the person to whom you are angry or with whom is angry with you! My friend was subtle, yet without guile, enough in his manner last night that when I became angry, he was able to divert me enough so that I did not go to sleep angry.
This is simply something to think upon today.
May God walk with you this day!
25 February 2014
21 February 2014
A Prophetic Warning!
Do you all truly think that what I am warning of is so that you can smirk at me as if it could never happen? Do you know that Obama has followed along Hitler's rise to power in perfect lockstep as his administration keeps trying to take away your rights?
I am not worried about me! I know I will be one of the very first ones hunted because of my stance against his agenda. Yet, no matter what happens to me, I have the Lord Jesus Christ who will fight my battles!
It is YOU who I am worried about! I do not want you all to suffer as I already have or will under any circumstance. I know mental pain! I know physical pain! I know social pain of stigma! I know what it means to be hunted!
Do you? Are you prepared? Do you have a plan in place if they should come for you when you least expect it? Because that is exactly what WILL happen!
I warned you all and have been warning you for over six years now! The time is coming when they will silence my voice!
Often it is said that people who can prophecy of future events do so because they have seen the past or studied it and are viewing a similar pattern in society! I have studied the past in detail that few of you can imagine. I know this pattern. It is one that has been used by every dictatorship that has existed in history. I am telling you a truth that any of you can go to the internet and compare with in the histories of mankind!
I am pleading with you to get your life straight! Get into a TRUE relationship with Jesus Christ where every word he uttered is upheld as true. For when you are persecuted, and then asked to spit on a bible or deny Jesus Christ, that is the very time you will need to say NEVER! Even if it means your death. And it probably will for this world is spiraling into darkness!
If you choose a survivor's mentality, then prepare yourself accordingly. Every day we hear of a new attack upon one of the foundations of our Constitution. When will you wake up and start preparing for the war that is coming? Start now and prepare now or you will find yourself behind enemy lines and/or living in a prison camp closely resembling Auschwitz or something similar!
I am praying for you! May your days be peaceful and God's light always illuminate your path! But if war should come, may He be ever at your side so that you are not caught unawares!
God bless you all this evening!
I am not worried about me! I know I will be one of the very first ones hunted because of my stance against his agenda. Yet, no matter what happens to me, I have the Lord Jesus Christ who will fight my battles!
It is YOU who I am worried about! I do not want you all to suffer as I already have or will under any circumstance. I know mental pain! I know physical pain! I know social pain of stigma! I know what it means to be hunted!
Do you? Are you prepared? Do you have a plan in place if they should come for you when you least expect it? Because that is exactly what WILL happen!
I warned you all and have been warning you for over six years now! The time is coming when they will silence my voice!
Often it is said that people who can prophecy of future events do so because they have seen the past or studied it and are viewing a similar pattern in society! I have studied the past in detail that few of you can imagine. I know this pattern. It is one that has been used by every dictatorship that has existed in history. I am telling you a truth that any of you can go to the internet and compare with in the histories of mankind!
I am pleading with you to get your life straight! Get into a TRUE relationship with Jesus Christ where every word he uttered is upheld as true. For when you are persecuted, and then asked to spit on a bible or deny Jesus Christ, that is the very time you will need to say NEVER! Even if it means your death. And it probably will for this world is spiraling into darkness!
If you choose a survivor's mentality, then prepare yourself accordingly. Every day we hear of a new attack upon one of the foundations of our Constitution. When will you wake up and start preparing for the war that is coming? Start now and prepare now or you will find yourself behind enemy lines and/or living in a prison camp closely resembling Auschwitz or something similar!
I am praying for you! May your days be peaceful and God's light always illuminate your path! But if war should come, may He be ever at your side so that you are not caught unawares!
God bless you all this evening!
20 February 2014
A Test Of Proper Focus And Obedience!
Hello Guys and Gals,
I recently had a test of obedience. Actually, I have had several. Yet I am speaking of one in specific. I was tested by God with my commitment to His way. Let me explain...
I have joined a dating site that is supposed to match you up in a way that other sites do not. I joined this site. And while being truthful with what I am looking for, a godly wife, there have been times where the truth within me has been challenged. I had a match of high probability writing me. Just before the real e-mail communication started, this lady wrote that she would probably lose me when she told me she was still pregnant with another man's child. She had joined a different dating site and met a Christian man who was a new Christian. And through their weakness, they both gave in and joined themselves to one another and had a coupling which produced a child. The man had a real crisis with it and so did she if truth be told. He did not commit to anything other than making sure the child is taken care of. And she saw this as a failure of him as a man as he did not take her to be his wife.
The challenge she issued me was whether or not I would cut off communication with her because of the child. I did not and I told her as such. So for two days I communicated with her and asked God for help with this particular problem. God showed something to me that many might not find politically correct, but I do not care about that as many of you now know. What I care about is revealing to you the truth of God's word as He has given it to us through the scripture! Let scripture be defined as the Holy Bible!
I came to the realization that this woman had joined herself to another man. Let me be clear as to how God views a physical coupling. When she willingly joined herself to this man in physical union, she bound herself to him in the eyes of God in marriage! That's right, she married this man and he married her when they had a physical coupling! Marriage has several symbolic meanings, yet one that often goes unnoticed is the symbolism of two people physically joining themselves together so that a relationship is seen through their choice of joining together.
The challenge she was asking of me is whether I would be accepting of her past (recent and not so recent) as I have often talked about not judging others for their sins. I did not judge her by this and I did accept her as a friend and was wondering if I could have a child by another man with whom I could care for as my own. I resolved that I could.
My challenge was not what she issued to me, but what would I do in this regard with another man's wife. I wrote to her to explain to her that I was shown this truth and that until she resolved her relationship with this man, as she was still with his child and would continue to have him in her life as a father to her child, let alone that it was clear that he is still struggling with commitment issues, that I would not be willing to enter in to a relationship with her until she resolved this relationship with the man whose child she is carrying. Whether they come together in marriage in the view of society, or they remain apart, she still needed to resolve this before seeking a relationship with another man. I also stated that if she needed prayer or counsel, I would be there and she had my phone number should she need to talk or pray!
See, the world is turning on it's head what we should be focusing upon. According to the view of society today, I should be accepting of other people's failed relationship consequences which they have not even dealt with yet. But should we focus instead on the biblical values, which means that these two were joined in marriage in the eyes of God, we are called intolerant and hypocrites. Yet, if any should call me that, I will remind you that I have resolved any relationship that I had with anyone and have been holding myself apart for my wife.
You may think that surely I have failed in this striving. I fully admit that I have failed in this striving, for I have often strayed in my mind and desired the fleshly world! For whether in sinning with my actions or sinning with my mind, both are sin in God's eyes! Also it would be just as big of a sin to have a relationship, or even lead another in the thought that a relationship would be possible between them and myself when they are still in a relationship with another.
This blog is about my walk and striving to keep my integrity in tact with Christ Jesus. I fail in that walk daily! Yet, somehow beyond my understanding, Jesus strengthens me and gives me wisdom, and through His strength and wisdom, He turns my failures into triumphs in my life!
As yet, I have not heard back from this lady. I feel she took the word God gave me to tell her that she should wait upon her husband to commit to her rather hard. I pray that the Lord guides her in her choices with that relationship!
My point is this: do we have the right focus on what we are being challenged with. As for me, I thought at first that the challenge was whether or not I would accept her past sins and be fine with it. Well I passed that challenge. Yet, that was not the real challenge. The real challenge was whether I would hold to God's principles on how I should treat my neighbor. I pray that I have passed that challenge as well for I did not enter into a relationship, other than a few communications, with another man's wife! This is where my focus should have been in the very first place. So do you have any challenges you are facing with the wrong focus? Has our society twisted our perceptions of what we should be focused upon? Have you asked yourself the question of whether your focus is correct in what you are facing right now?
If you haven't asked yourself, then have you asked God? Do you think it would be a good idea if you did?
May God the Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit come to you today and bless you in understanding and focus!
I recently had a test of obedience. Actually, I have had several. Yet I am speaking of one in specific. I was tested by God with my commitment to His way. Let me explain...
I have joined a dating site that is supposed to match you up in a way that other sites do not. I joined this site. And while being truthful with what I am looking for, a godly wife, there have been times where the truth within me has been challenged. I had a match of high probability writing me. Just before the real e-mail communication started, this lady wrote that she would probably lose me when she told me she was still pregnant with another man's child. She had joined a different dating site and met a Christian man who was a new Christian. And through their weakness, they both gave in and joined themselves to one another and had a coupling which produced a child. The man had a real crisis with it and so did she if truth be told. He did not commit to anything other than making sure the child is taken care of. And she saw this as a failure of him as a man as he did not take her to be his wife.
The challenge she issued me was whether or not I would cut off communication with her because of the child. I did not and I told her as such. So for two days I communicated with her and asked God for help with this particular problem. God showed something to me that many might not find politically correct, but I do not care about that as many of you now know. What I care about is revealing to you the truth of God's word as He has given it to us through the scripture! Let scripture be defined as the Holy Bible!
I came to the realization that this woman had joined herself to another man. Let me be clear as to how God views a physical coupling. When she willingly joined herself to this man in physical union, she bound herself to him in the eyes of God in marriage! That's right, she married this man and he married her when they had a physical coupling! Marriage has several symbolic meanings, yet one that often goes unnoticed is the symbolism of two people physically joining themselves together so that a relationship is seen through their choice of joining together.
The challenge she was asking of me is whether I would be accepting of her past (recent and not so recent) as I have often talked about not judging others for their sins. I did not judge her by this and I did accept her as a friend and was wondering if I could have a child by another man with whom I could care for as my own. I resolved that I could.
My challenge was not what she issued to me, but what would I do in this regard with another man's wife. I wrote to her to explain to her that I was shown this truth and that until she resolved her relationship with this man, as she was still with his child and would continue to have him in her life as a father to her child, let alone that it was clear that he is still struggling with commitment issues, that I would not be willing to enter in to a relationship with her until she resolved this relationship with the man whose child she is carrying. Whether they come together in marriage in the view of society, or they remain apart, she still needed to resolve this before seeking a relationship with another man. I also stated that if she needed prayer or counsel, I would be there and she had my phone number should she need to talk or pray!
See, the world is turning on it's head what we should be focusing upon. According to the view of society today, I should be accepting of other people's failed relationship consequences which they have not even dealt with yet. But should we focus instead on the biblical values, which means that these two were joined in marriage in the eyes of God, we are called intolerant and hypocrites. Yet, if any should call me that, I will remind you that I have resolved any relationship that I had with anyone and have been holding myself apart for my wife.
You may think that surely I have failed in this striving. I fully admit that I have failed in this striving, for I have often strayed in my mind and desired the fleshly world! For whether in sinning with my actions or sinning with my mind, both are sin in God's eyes! Also it would be just as big of a sin to have a relationship, or even lead another in the thought that a relationship would be possible between them and myself when they are still in a relationship with another.
This blog is about my walk and striving to keep my integrity in tact with Christ Jesus. I fail in that walk daily! Yet, somehow beyond my understanding, Jesus strengthens me and gives me wisdom, and through His strength and wisdom, He turns my failures into triumphs in my life!
As yet, I have not heard back from this lady. I feel she took the word God gave me to tell her that she should wait upon her husband to commit to her rather hard. I pray that the Lord guides her in her choices with that relationship!
My point is this: do we have the right focus on what we are being challenged with. As for me, I thought at first that the challenge was whether or not I would accept her past sins and be fine with it. Well I passed that challenge. Yet, that was not the real challenge. The real challenge was whether I would hold to God's principles on how I should treat my neighbor. I pray that I have passed that challenge as well for I did not enter into a relationship, other than a few communications, with another man's wife! This is where my focus should have been in the very first place. So do you have any challenges you are facing with the wrong focus? Has our society twisted our perceptions of what we should be focused upon? Have you asked yourself the question of whether your focus is correct in what you are facing right now?
If you haven't asked yourself, then have you asked God? Do you think it would be a good idea if you did?
May God the Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit come to you today and bless you in understanding and focus!
14 February 2014
Pride!
Hello Guys and Gals,
I am writing today because I have been convicted in my spirit of the sin of pride.
I have extreme pain. I have had it for 4 years now and I believe I have conquered it. Yet, there are still days and times during normal days in which I am overwhelmed with it. And even with all that, I stood tall in bragging about my pain to others who do not have as much pain as me, or maybe are just starting to cope with the pain they now have. I proclaimed it from every venue I could that I had this pain and I walk tall with it now. I pridefully boasted of nobody being able to cause me pain because I already have more than just about anyone else does, even full burn victims, for that is the level of my pain as where I am bone on bone, it transfers all that grinding into every part of my body and every joint to be at level 10 or better pain. I have bragged and boasted about this!
From everything that is within me, I sincerely apologize for this to all of you who are my friends!
A.W. Tozer says that a man must be fully conquered by God in order for God to fully bless the man. I thought I was conquered before. I was not. I am wondering how many more areas of my life He will conquer within me to bless me in the ways He wants to bless me. I am wondering how many more areas of my life that I am withholding from His rightful place of Lord over them. I am greatly fearful of what else lay in store for me. Yet, with that fear, I am fully filled with joy at the outcome of His conquering every part of me so that He may bless me with whatever He wants and that I may be spent fully for Him in bringing about His will to every part of His creation!
Once again, I apologize for my pride and I pray that you will forgive me!
May God bless you all with His presence as Lord of your life as well this day!
I am writing today because I have been convicted in my spirit of the sin of pride.
I have extreme pain. I have had it for 4 years now and I believe I have conquered it. Yet, there are still days and times during normal days in which I am overwhelmed with it. And even with all that, I stood tall in bragging about my pain to others who do not have as much pain as me, or maybe are just starting to cope with the pain they now have. I proclaimed it from every venue I could that I had this pain and I walk tall with it now. I pridefully boasted of nobody being able to cause me pain because I already have more than just about anyone else does, even full burn victims, for that is the level of my pain as where I am bone on bone, it transfers all that grinding into every part of my body and every joint to be at level 10 or better pain. I have bragged and boasted about this!
From everything that is within me, I sincerely apologize for this to all of you who are my friends!
A.W. Tozer says that a man must be fully conquered by God in order for God to fully bless the man. I thought I was conquered before. I was not. I am wondering how many more areas of my life He will conquer within me to bless me in the ways He wants to bless me. I am wondering how many more areas of my life that I am withholding from His rightful place of Lord over them. I am greatly fearful of what else lay in store for me. Yet, with that fear, I am fully filled with joy at the outcome of His conquering every part of me so that He may bless me with whatever He wants and that I may be spent fully for Him in bringing about His will to every part of His creation!
Once again, I apologize for my pride and I pray that you will forgive me!
May God bless you all with His presence as Lord of your life as well this day!
12 February 2014
Politics And Religion!
Hello Guys and Gals,
Have you ever heard that speaking about Politics and/or Religion should not be done in polite society? Or in public?
This is one of the biggest Progressive strategies for keeping us focused upon right behavior that they consistently, with great effect, on Conservatives who do not argue back because of the Political Correctness argument!
I like to ask those who say that whether they like living in the USA? To which they always reply with an affirmative.
I then ask why they like it here. They come back with the arguments of how America is a great nation with great laws and people of all persuasions can find equality of justice here as opposed to other countries where they can not.
I then ask how do they think those laws came into existence. They say that they were voted on by our legislature.
I ask how come a vote. They reply that it is because of the way our government is set up.
I ask how it got set up that way. They answer that it is built into the constitution.
I ask who wrote the constitution. They reply the founders of this nation.
I ask where did they get those ideas considering they never before existed under any other nation before the USA. They reply that our founders were all great thinkers.
I ask how did they become that way. They reply that they must have had great discussions and readings abnout it.
I do all of this to point out that the Founders, who wrote and adopted The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution of the United States of America discussed these great topics of Politics and Religion in every meeting house, public house, mead hall, tavern, dining establishment, and church gathering place at those times.
Let me be clear, it is only because Progressives have shoved this notion of not speaking about Politics and Religion in public down our throats due to political correctness doctrine which everyone has bought, hook, line and sinker, that we as a nation are now suffering under this Socialist Regime in which we can easily lose those very ideas of freedom and liberty which we still have, even if in a limited capacity!
If you value freedom and liberty at all, in any way, you will start talking about politics and religion everywhere you go and with everyone you can. And this does not mean that if they throw the PC argument at you that you back down. You say, No way will you put up with that socialist lie! You stand up for your right to freedom and liberty!
For if you do not, you might as well say goodbye to it! Because if Obama gets his way, all of us, and you as well, will soon be enslaved under his continued administration of this once great nation!
May God bless you all with true understanding today!
Have you ever heard that speaking about Politics and/or Religion should not be done in polite society? Or in public?
This is one of the biggest Progressive strategies for keeping us focused upon right behavior that they consistently, with great effect, on Conservatives who do not argue back because of the Political Correctness argument!
I like to ask those who say that whether they like living in the USA? To which they always reply with an affirmative.
I then ask why they like it here. They come back with the arguments of how America is a great nation with great laws and people of all persuasions can find equality of justice here as opposed to other countries where they can not.
I then ask how do they think those laws came into existence. They say that they were voted on by our legislature.
I ask how come a vote. They reply that it is because of the way our government is set up.
I ask how it got set up that way. They answer that it is built into the constitution.
I ask who wrote the constitution. They reply the founders of this nation.
I ask where did they get those ideas considering they never before existed under any other nation before the USA. They reply that our founders were all great thinkers.
I ask how did they become that way. They reply that they must have had great discussions and readings abnout it.
I do all of this to point out that the Founders, who wrote and adopted The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution of the United States of America discussed these great topics of Politics and Religion in every meeting house, public house, mead hall, tavern, dining establishment, and church gathering place at those times.
Let me be clear, it is only because Progressives have shoved this notion of not speaking about Politics and Religion in public down our throats due to political correctness doctrine which everyone has bought, hook, line and sinker, that we as a nation are now suffering under this Socialist Regime in which we can easily lose those very ideas of freedom and liberty which we still have, even if in a limited capacity!
If you value freedom and liberty at all, in any way, you will start talking about politics and religion everywhere you go and with everyone you can. And this does not mean that if they throw the PC argument at you that you back down. You say, No way will you put up with that socialist lie! You stand up for your right to freedom and liberty!
For if you do not, you might as well say goodbye to it! Because if Obama gets his way, all of us, and you as well, will soon be enslaved under his continued administration of this once great nation!
May God bless you all with true understanding today!
11 February 2014
An Abomination On The Throne Of America!
Hello Guys and Gals,
The Kingdom of God is at hand. The time is short. His anger is stirred against the one who is not in the presidency of America. Not only is God angry at this man, but He is angry also with those who support him. He is also angry at those who know to oppose this man, and yet they sit idle and not a word of anger proceeds from their mouth.
When are you going to get angry enough to be stirred against this unholy administration and stand up against it? I am talking to you who are called by His name, the name of Jesus Christ! I am talking to you who have given your heart to Jesus Christ and now sit silent when President Obama receives praise of little children who sing to him as if he were God! How can you sit idle and do not a thing against this unholy administration?
The Kingdom of God is at hand! Do not be one who is only lukewarm in your devotion to God, but instead be strong in the faith so that He does not spew you out of His mouth because you are only lukewarm! Stand up and be counted among those who will put their very lives at risk for the cause He as called us to, the defense of His Glory, His Majesty, His Name!
I pray that I am made strong, stronger than He has already made me to be, stronger than those who will come at me with their unholy machinations; so that I may willingly spend that strength in defense of His name, being tortured as I know will happen and be able to stand up for His name and never deny Him for He has given me the strength to do exactly that!
I WILL STAND!
Will you stand? Will you also be spent for His glory?
May God bless you with His love that He sees in you the very strength that He sees in me!
The Kingdom of God is at hand. The time is short. His anger is stirred against the one who is not in the presidency of America. Not only is God angry at this man, but He is angry also with those who support him. He is also angry at those who know to oppose this man, and yet they sit idle and not a word of anger proceeds from their mouth.
When are you going to get angry enough to be stirred against this unholy administration and stand up against it? I am talking to you who are called by His name, the name of Jesus Christ! I am talking to you who have given your heart to Jesus Christ and now sit silent when President Obama receives praise of little children who sing to him as if he were God! How can you sit idle and do not a thing against this unholy administration?
The Kingdom of God is at hand! Do not be one who is only lukewarm in your devotion to God, but instead be strong in the faith so that He does not spew you out of His mouth because you are only lukewarm! Stand up and be counted among those who will put their very lives at risk for the cause He as called us to, the defense of His Glory, His Majesty, His Name!
I pray that I am made strong, stronger than He has already made me to be, stronger than those who will come at me with their unholy machinations; so that I may willingly spend that strength in defense of His name, being tortured as I know will happen and be able to stand up for His name and never deny Him for He has given me the strength to do exactly that!
I WILL STAND!
Will you stand? Will you also be spent for His glory?
May God bless you with His love that He sees in you the very strength that He sees in me!
10 February 2014
A Sincere Heart Apologizes!
Hello Guys and Gals,
I probably sound arrogant at times to all of you. This is not my intent and if you have felt that of me, I apologize sincerely from the depths of my heart!
I do take a strong stand in my writing. I write so as to show you all the truth as I have learned it through all my studies. I believe each and every one of you can also have such truth in your life through study. I know that every single one of you has an incredible brain. I know that the only reasons why you all probably have not delved into the same studies that I have is probably because of family duties and priorities that I do not yet have.
So if I come off arrogant in my stand for truth, I apologize. I am certainly one who should not be arrogant about anything for I am nothing! What value I have, the only value I have, is the value which Jesus Christ has bestowed upon me and that value exists only because He saw fit to salvage this wretch of a human being that I was and remold me into what you now see and will see in this body I now submit to Christ with!
I have an ongoing principle which I strive to adhere to: if I am found in error in regards to what I am saying, I will, with sincere heart, apologize to you both publicly and, if possible, privately for my error!
Please forgive my arrogance in anything not of Jesus Christ if I have ever offended you with it!
May God bless you with the love of His Son, Jesus Christ, this day!
I probably sound arrogant at times to all of you. This is not my intent and if you have felt that of me, I apologize sincerely from the depths of my heart!
I do take a strong stand in my writing. I write so as to show you all the truth as I have learned it through all my studies. I believe each and every one of you can also have such truth in your life through study. I know that every single one of you has an incredible brain. I know that the only reasons why you all probably have not delved into the same studies that I have is probably because of family duties and priorities that I do not yet have.
So if I come off arrogant in my stand for truth, I apologize. I am certainly one who should not be arrogant about anything for I am nothing! What value I have, the only value I have, is the value which Jesus Christ has bestowed upon me and that value exists only because He saw fit to salvage this wretch of a human being that I was and remold me into what you now see and will see in this body I now submit to Christ with!
I have an ongoing principle which I strive to adhere to: if I am found in error in regards to what I am saying, I will, with sincere heart, apologize to you both publicly and, if possible, privately for my error!
Please forgive my arrogance in anything not of Jesus Christ if I have ever offended you with it!
May God bless you with the love of His Son, Jesus Christ, this day!
08 February 2014
Proud Of My Friend!
Hello Guys and Gals,
Have you ever challenged a professor? I have! I do not always try to do so, but if they conflict with knowledge I have, I try to seek out why the conflict exists. Inevitably, it usually ends in a bad grade for me!
I have a friend enrolled in law school right now. This friend is a very accomplished man. He has a BA and 2 masters degrees as well as a very accomplished career with the government. Yet, in law school, where he is taking classes on the weekend while still holding a very demanding full time job, he is being treated like he is nothing and when he seeks help, he is being treated badly.
Today, society is trying to say that the knowledge we grew up on is false. They are pushing the thought that the youth holds all the answers and that we should not depend upon the knowledge being passed down by those before us. Even in the church, there is a movement from The Emergent Church that says that we have been too strict, too demanding and not accepting enough of other doctrines. So The Emergent Church is saying that our foundation for the gospel, the Word of God, was only applicable back in the days of nomadic and tribal culture and has no application for a society as advanced as ours is now.
Do you know that in about 300 years, our knowledge has advanced so rapidly that we went from warfare of swords and bows, to nuclear warfare! Yet we have the audacity to say that we know better than our ancestors! How do you know that? Where is your evidence? Where is your original evidence? Do you even know what it is I am asking of you?
Do you know the story of the Tower of Babel? How do you know that they were not as advanced as us?
Do you know the story of Noah's Ark? How do you know that the society he came from was not as advanced as us?
Do you know the story of Tyre and Sidon? How do you know that the society they came from was not as advanced as us?
Do you realize that we have the ability to so utterly annihilate a region or nation so as to leave no evidence left but demolished metal structures? Do you know what eats metal over time? Ever heard of rust, that thing which turns even metal to dust? Do you know that it has been around 6,000 years since Noah and the Ark? Do you know that God has all the knowledge we have achieved so far and even far beyond it?
God does not change! He is known as the Great 'I AM'! That means he is unchanging and He is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. If He says this one thing is sin, then He has defined it for He is the Law Maker and if He does not change, His Law does not change. He does unveil further knowledge and relationship with him to us as time goes by. This is why the New Covenant is simply a further unveiling of the Old Covenant. The Old Testament exists simply to point to the New Testament and the answer to sin that the New Testament testifies of, that of Jesus Christ!
Let me now say why I am proud of my friend. He wrote the school and withdrew from it because of the hypocrisy being portrayed therein. He is now sleeping late for the first time in weeks and I am trying to stay as quiet as possible so that he may get the rest he so very much needs! He is a great guy, a pillar of strength in the Lord, and I am honored to call him my friend!
You should not honor a teacher who does not allow their student to challenge even their knowledge. The ones who get challenged and punish for it are not teaching anything but submission to their authority.
God desires us to challenge His knowledge so that He can show us the truth of it! He then rewards us for drawing closer to Him in that very challenge. But if we fail the challenge and start declaring His truth to be false, then comes the sting of the reins He uses to rein us in. Oh how I love the sting of His lash for it corrects my behavior and draws me closer to Him!
If any teacher does not urge you on to further your knowledge and teach you that even their knowledge should be challenged so that they can teach you how to dig even deeper into the knowledge they are teaching, then they are false teachers and the only thing they want from you is your enslavement!
Praise be to God that His lash urges us on to dig deeper into His truth as His truth is the only truth that matters for He is the Truth Definer and no truth exists outside of Him!
I pray that you feel the sting of God's reins as He corrects your behavior and urges you on to dig deeper into His truth!
May Jesus draw close to you this day and bless you with His lash of correction!
Have you ever challenged a professor? I have! I do not always try to do so, but if they conflict with knowledge I have, I try to seek out why the conflict exists. Inevitably, it usually ends in a bad grade for me!
I have a friend enrolled in law school right now. This friend is a very accomplished man. He has a BA and 2 masters degrees as well as a very accomplished career with the government. Yet, in law school, where he is taking classes on the weekend while still holding a very demanding full time job, he is being treated like he is nothing and when he seeks help, he is being treated badly.
Today, society is trying to say that the knowledge we grew up on is false. They are pushing the thought that the youth holds all the answers and that we should not depend upon the knowledge being passed down by those before us. Even in the church, there is a movement from The Emergent Church that says that we have been too strict, too demanding and not accepting enough of other doctrines. So The Emergent Church is saying that our foundation for the gospel, the Word of God, was only applicable back in the days of nomadic and tribal culture and has no application for a society as advanced as ours is now.
Do you know that in about 300 years, our knowledge has advanced so rapidly that we went from warfare of swords and bows, to nuclear warfare! Yet we have the audacity to say that we know better than our ancestors! How do you know that? Where is your evidence? Where is your original evidence? Do you even know what it is I am asking of you?
Do you know the story of the Tower of Babel? How do you know that they were not as advanced as us?
Do you know the story of Noah's Ark? How do you know that the society he came from was not as advanced as us?
Do you know the story of Tyre and Sidon? How do you know that the society they came from was not as advanced as us?
Do you realize that we have the ability to so utterly annihilate a region or nation so as to leave no evidence left but demolished metal structures? Do you know what eats metal over time? Ever heard of rust, that thing which turns even metal to dust? Do you know that it has been around 6,000 years since Noah and the Ark? Do you know that God has all the knowledge we have achieved so far and even far beyond it?
God does not change! He is known as the Great 'I AM'! That means he is unchanging and He is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. If He says this one thing is sin, then He has defined it for He is the Law Maker and if He does not change, His Law does not change. He does unveil further knowledge and relationship with him to us as time goes by. This is why the New Covenant is simply a further unveiling of the Old Covenant. The Old Testament exists simply to point to the New Testament and the answer to sin that the New Testament testifies of, that of Jesus Christ!
Let me now say why I am proud of my friend. He wrote the school and withdrew from it because of the hypocrisy being portrayed therein. He is now sleeping late for the first time in weeks and I am trying to stay as quiet as possible so that he may get the rest he so very much needs! He is a great guy, a pillar of strength in the Lord, and I am honored to call him my friend!
You should not honor a teacher who does not allow their student to challenge even their knowledge. The ones who get challenged and punish for it are not teaching anything but submission to their authority.
God desires us to challenge His knowledge so that He can show us the truth of it! He then rewards us for drawing closer to Him in that very challenge. But if we fail the challenge and start declaring His truth to be false, then comes the sting of the reins He uses to rein us in. Oh how I love the sting of His lash for it corrects my behavior and draws me closer to Him!
If any teacher does not urge you on to further your knowledge and teach you that even their knowledge should be challenged so that they can teach you how to dig even deeper into the knowledge they are teaching, then they are false teachers and the only thing they want from you is your enslavement!
Praise be to God that His lash urges us on to dig deeper into His truth as His truth is the only truth that matters for He is the Truth Definer and no truth exists outside of Him!
I pray that you feel the sting of God's reins as He corrects your behavior and urges you on to dig deeper into His truth!
May Jesus draw close to you this day and bless you with His lash of correction!
03 February 2014
An Amazing Day Of Grace!
Hello Guys and Gals!
God convicted me of one of my sins last night. I asked for His help with this sin.
This morning I heard an awesome sermon about being Men of Down, like that of feathers. In this sermon, Eric Ludy talks about how we are supposed to be Men of Steel when called for, yet there are times when we need to be soft and gentle for those who need this special touch. Yet, in doing this, we do not put up our swords, but only sheathe it for a time, keeping it ever ready for when we are instantly called to be Men of Steel. But in all things we are supposed to praise God and give him thanks. This means even in the midst of our adversity.
Two nights ago, my car died while pulling out of the store. We had it towed to a mechanic to check out and find out what it would cost to fix it. The mechanic called this morning saying that the repair would be $1900.00! It seems that the timing belt broke. And this car has one of them interrupt engines where, if the timing belt breaks, it gets interrupted and the rods and pistons all have to be replaced. On top of all that, I just had the alternator repaired and a full set of new tires put on it for $650.00! I also just paid off the loan I had on it with a title company thanks to how well the bank I have been with for 25 years thinks of me! So I was in some what of a pickle.
The car, being what it is, is not worth that much money. So I told my friend about it and then I told him I was going to pray about it. I prayed diligently about it and Praised God for giving me this trial and testing me in my faith in Him having it all under control in the midst of Satan's attack upon my faith. After praying, I picked up one of my pocket bibles and read the next Psalm, which happened to be Psalm 18. I read it aloud with all the emotion I was feeling in my heart for how I felt about how He always rescues me in my distress. (It is almost like he planned me being at that particular Psalm just for this specific time when I felt like I was being attacked.) I was in tears and overcome by His love for me by the time I finished reading. Thank you Lord Jesus!
So then I called up my bank and asked if I could apply for a car loan. I did apply and was told no! I asked if I could add to my signature loan and applied again that way. I was approved! Praise Jesus, My Lord, and King, and God!
There are two vehicles close by that have piqued my interest. Both of which get excellent gas mileage, front wheel drive, fully loaded, 5 speed standard transmission on both cars. Both are immaculate in appearance and both have had just 1 or 2 owners. Add to that, both use tire size 14 so I can put my new set of tires on which ever vehicle I end up buying.
I hate giving up my old car for it literally saved my life when I was driving it. Yet God is blessing me with something even better at an amazing price (on both vehicles)! Please pray that God tells me exactly which one to choose! I know either one will be a blessing, yet God will tell me exactly which one!
So I have been blessed beyond the measure of what I am worth in this world! Yet God sees such value in me that He is pouring out His blessings upon me and his treasure room is stocked full of much more than the whole of this world could ever provide!
Praise be to God, the Father, who gave us His Son, Jesus Christ, to provide us a way to renew our broken relationship with the Father through His atonement for our sins upon the cross and then rising from the grave, by His own power, imputed his righteousness to us and gave us the status of Heirs with Him, being the only Son of God, the Father, so that we could also be rescued from death that we all walk in because of our sin, if we only repent of our sins and accept His free gift of grace through faith by believing in Jesus Christ!
May God bless you all with the presence of His Son, Jesus Christ, this day!
God convicted me of one of my sins last night. I asked for His help with this sin.
This morning I heard an awesome sermon about being Men of Down, like that of feathers. In this sermon, Eric Ludy talks about how we are supposed to be Men of Steel when called for, yet there are times when we need to be soft and gentle for those who need this special touch. Yet, in doing this, we do not put up our swords, but only sheathe it for a time, keeping it ever ready for when we are instantly called to be Men of Steel. But in all things we are supposed to praise God and give him thanks. This means even in the midst of our adversity.
Two nights ago, my car died while pulling out of the store. We had it towed to a mechanic to check out and find out what it would cost to fix it. The mechanic called this morning saying that the repair would be $1900.00! It seems that the timing belt broke. And this car has one of them interrupt engines where, if the timing belt breaks, it gets interrupted and the rods and pistons all have to be replaced. On top of all that, I just had the alternator repaired and a full set of new tires put on it for $650.00! I also just paid off the loan I had on it with a title company thanks to how well the bank I have been with for 25 years thinks of me! So I was in some what of a pickle.
The car, being what it is, is not worth that much money. So I told my friend about it and then I told him I was going to pray about it. I prayed diligently about it and Praised God for giving me this trial and testing me in my faith in Him having it all under control in the midst of Satan's attack upon my faith. After praying, I picked up one of my pocket bibles and read the next Psalm, which happened to be Psalm 18. I read it aloud with all the emotion I was feeling in my heart for how I felt about how He always rescues me in my distress. (It is almost like he planned me being at that particular Psalm just for this specific time when I felt like I was being attacked.) I was in tears and overcome by His love for me by the time I finished reading. Thank you Lord Jesus!
So then I called up my bank and asked if I could apply for a car loan. I did apply and was told no! I asked if I could add to my signature loan and applied again that way. I was approved! Praise Jesus, My Lord, and King, and God!
There are two vehicles close by that have piqued my interest. Both of which get excellent gas mileage, front wheel drive, fully loaded, 5 speed standard transmission on both cars. Both are immaculate in appearance and both have had just 1 or 2 owners. Add to that, both use tire size 14 so I can put my new set of tires on which ever vehicle I end up buying.
I hate giving up my old car for it literally saved my life when I was driving it. Yet God is blessing me with something even better at an amazing price (on both vehicles)! Please pray that God tells me exactly which one to choose! I know either one will be a blessing, yet God will tell me exactly which one!
So I have been blessed beyond the measure of what I am worth in this world! Yet God sees such value in me that He is pouring out His blessings upon me and his treasure room is stocked full of much more than the whole of this world could ever provide!
Praise be to God, the Father, who gave us His Son, Jesus Christ, to provide us a way to renew our broken relationship with the Father through His atonement for our sins upon the cross and then rising from the grave, by His own power, imputed his righteousness to us and gave us the status of Heirs with Him, being the only Son of God, the Father, so that we could also be rescued from death that we all walk in because of our sin, if we only repent of our sins and accept His free gift of grace through faith by believing in Jesus Christ!
May God bless you all with the presence of His Son, Jesus Christ, this day!
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