Would You Call It - Fun?

 One of the most challenging things that happen to Christian's without them even being aware of it, is they lose their joy, not perhaps, totally; as in depression; but they lose their sense of being joyous over Jesus.  That first lovely fresh powerful feeling that we all remember when we finally gave up the pride, finally got the weight off our hearts, and owned up to one of the most mysterious things of all, we belong to God who made us.  When we asked Jesus to forgive us of our sins, when we knew that the cross was real, and Jesus did it, and we felt that overwhelming power of forgiveness - we felt real and powerful and lasting joy for the first time.  As we smiled to those around us, if they knew, or inwardly, to ourselves as we knew, that real joy, that smile was so awesome wasn't it?  My friends sometimes get that glow going, that's what I call it, the glow- know where I'm going with this one?  Yes indeed, Moses face comin' down off the mountain, what's the terms used, they say his face, "glowed."  Makes sense doesn't it, whenever you are in the presence of God Almighty, like right now, your face, glows.  You know it's real and so now, today, aren't we part of a much bigger picture that let's us get in on God making that experience real for someone else, know how that happens; with these feelings expressed through your soul:  "let's be friends again, I'm sorry that we had this misunderstanding, can you forgive me?"  Wow...what a powerful difference forgiving one another can make.


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Revelations and The Revelation of Christ

It is actually pretty funny when you think about it; what might happen, and what might not happen, and how many different people believe they have it figured out, and how many people figure they can't figure it out-and yet, there it is, in black and white; so to say.  Think about it, the playbook isn't hidden, it is "revealed," that's literally what the title says; only, guess what; in all the "revealing," have you got it straight- really?  It's also odd, in fact downright, strange; that in all the "revealing," seldom do you hear someone putting forth the idea that it's not gonna look like, note that, LOOK LIKE, folks are thinking it will.  Outlandish isn't it?  Which means, it's probably not going to happen like you think...now why would you suppose that might be?  My first input to you on this dear reader concerns the matter of what you will allow your head to get around, and what, out of just sheer being who you are, you won't.  Think about that for just a moment- O.K., got it, it's not a judgment, it's not calling you a sinner or not, it isn't anything except a flat out statement about who we all are, we will accpet some stuff, but other stuff, forget it, it's just not going to go in there.  NOW...here comes a kicker...you ready?  Why would you think John, who was the author that Jesus revealed Himself to; why would you think John, would be any different than any other human ever?  O.K., told you it was going to get into a place you haven't been to, too often; see, more and more as I study it, think about it, and dwell upon it, my heart keeps telling me, we're heading for stuff that could be headed off, but we're not paying attention to what John said about it.  We are, for lack of a better term, missing it, and it's to the point now, that my heart keeps telling me, it's gonna cost us.   See it's one thing to be told that trucks come down the street, and then to be handed a code which tells you it is every ten minutes; and it's quite another to mess up the interpretation of that code as "every minute" so you keep dashing off the street, cause you don't want to get hit, only no truck comes along...so eventually, nine minutes late, you see a truck, and you say, "well dang, I must've misunderstood what it said."  Keep that process up long enough and eventually you know what will happen?  Your neighbor will notice that the trucks keep coming every ten minutes, and they'll ask you why you are jumping out of the street every minute, and you'll say, "well I know it looks odd, but you know, this says, one is going to come every minute..."  The neighbor looks at it and laughs and says, "aw man, that's what they write like in Los Angeles, but here, brother, we're on Southern time!"  Now you really are confused, and so, what was intended as a very clear warning...a very clear message, in fact thats what it is known as, the revealing of Jesus, well now suddenly, it's just not as clear is it?  Jesus is coming back, that my friend is a fact.  When and how may be matters that we need to study and pray and consider faithfully, as to whether or not we have the issue figured out or not?  See any trucks comin'..?

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Good News That Is Really Good News

Is there a need in your life to have good news? By the time a person starts their morning with CNN or FOX or any of the morning news shows what they will have seen is despair, hopelessness and ruination on a massive scale and all before they begin their day. Am I saying to ignore the truth of the world, no, but what I am saying is to balance out that truth with a perspective that provides a difference. God does not guaranty a life without pain, but God does guaranty a life where pain is shared with Him, He promises that He won't step out, and He delivers on that promise. One of the finest examples of this that I've read is Corrie Ten Boom's story of the Holocaust expereince where God showed her constantly that He was present, that He loved her and the others and that He would not leave them alone. To such one must say, "that gives me hope," because truthfully when all else around you goes insanely off the scale, wrecks, war, earthquakes, volcanoes, global warming, politicians who aren't honest (imagine that one) - when everything else goes crazy and rotten in this world, God says "I will not leave my people alone in it, I will be with you, and I will redeem you." And He has, and He continues to- so today lets share the God who cares and loves and stays with us!

Jhn 14:18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

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When You Speak Of Destiny - Speak Softly

 A sense of time, a sense of place, and a sense of who you are; put those together and you have the dynamic for success that every Guru of success today is in love with making you want to buy into.  The toughest part of that is, they are feeding you a cultural pie designed to be digested without tasting the food itself; if you buy into their design on your life, you will run through it, achieve and achieve and achieve again; only to reach a point where you suddenly and quite climatically realize, you've not understood a thing of what you really were about, and what your life was really all about.  So when you speak of destiny, perhaps, have a little extra nuance of grace and; speak softly.

Isa 38:15

What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done [it]: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.

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After finishing a recent read, my week is five books a week, or more, and it's basically forced reading. Someone asked me once if I speed read, truthfully, no, wish I could get the hang of that, have tried, but just force myself to read; and so, absorb five books a week. My contention is that anyone who would force themselves to consume books, could easily do the same or more; and books are important. Someone mentioned once that the only things that count in a life are the people you know and the books you read? What do you think? Does that sound true? Would the Bible, do you think, have something to say about that (hint...in the Old Testament you'll see the word wisdom? Hmm) - anyway, we know if a subject is testable as to truth, we're gonna see it in the scripture. We've seen this time and again, subjects that people believe wouldn't be in the Bible, turn out to be in the Bible and be mentioned in a relevant way. It is not odd, it is sensible, given that this Holy Book is a guide to us, it is a superb guide, if we will only put it to use. That being said, here is the contest to win a fabulous book, a book you will love, and you will receive this if, you can post a comment with a challenging topic in it that the Bible covers and that people comment upon, if you are a person who uses Twitter, as we do, mention it in your twitter comment, maybe folks will follow and comment, after all, the one who gets the most follow on comments, wins. Folks you're gonna love this, it's a fantastic read full of vigor, wisdom and insight, so, let the comments fly, you might just win it!


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Outlandishly Scary

What it takes to win some folks to Jesus is a thorough examination of the painful fact of Hell- that's just a fact, outlandish as it might seem to some, Hell is in fact, a very real place; even though in our modern world we want to try and explain it away; sorry, all the "Kum-By-Yah" in the world won't help an unforgiven sinner who passes over, they will end up in Hell.  Hell is spoken of 54 times as translated in the King James Version of the Scriptures; and that's if you only credit the Christian or Jewish or Hebrew Holy Books, if you consider other books considered to be Holy, the Hell they present, is spoken of, numerous times.  A divide, a place where there is no rest, a place where there is no direction, a place of torment, a place where the fiery sense is that of heat so intense brimstone melts:
Rev 20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet [are], and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Jesus said that Hell is very much like the trash dump outside the walls of Jerusalem where the rot burns in on itself and creates its own degenerate heat- those who have seen a trash dump in summer time know that it is in fact, hot under all that rubble because the degrading matter burns within itself, and it stinks beyond that which we would want to smell, and that smell clings to you.  Hell is a very real after life possibililty, at this point, because until the judgment is final, you have hope, you have a way to achieve the opposite of Hell, which is a place of direction, a place where it is reasonable and seasonable and peaceful, a place where the divide is gone and all is out in the open; so that there isn't anything to hide, and, there never has been; God knows what we're about, you can trust that, agree with Him and you will find yourself relaxing a good bit about who and what you are, as outlandish as that might seem.  So there you have two opposites, now the question is, what must a person do to avoid the calamity of Hell, and what can a person do to achieve the wonder and glory of Heaven?  That's a great question, and if you really don't know the answer, write me please.

Mat 5:22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

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Are You Serious- Or, Just Being Outlandish?

Two of the greatest witnesses to Christ that I've ever known of, Jim Elliot,

and Corrie Ten Boom, weren't fading or lanquishing disciples, they were, near as I can tell; full blown, full throated, absolutely outlandish when it came to their devotion to their Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Where are the Jim Elliot's and the Corrie Ten Boom's today? My sense is Jim Denison is one, a man who devotedly studies, travels to the front lines of the East, to Israel, to Saudi land, and a man who prints out the truth of what he sees, speaks to large and small audiences about it, and lives his faith. My home church pastor, Tim Everett, who preaches fearlessly from the pulpit about the shameful loss of power that the church is allowing; the pastor of pastors Bro. Garth Collier, a man who literally dives into the midst of things, a man I've seen pray in hospital rooms with his flocks family, a man who fearleslly preaches against sin, a man who lives his faith every single day and a man who humbly does his dead level best to let me know he cares about me. My neighbor, bless her heart, who has been widowed now many years, who ceaselessly grooms God's garden in her yard, and faces her life with unswerving devoted attendance to her church. Our neighbors up the street who face decisions every single day that involve hundreds of people and often, millions of dollars, and yet, are just as humble and sweet a people as you could ask for. Where are the Jim Elliot's and the Corrie Ten Boom's; I think they are living out their faith right here, and as outlandish as that idea might seem to some, I think they represent the body of Christ much better than they themselves would admit to- but honestly, if you don't see the greatness of this kingdoms spirit in the love of the people who occupy it and make their lives every day count for something, I'm afraid you're missing some of the greatest blessings of this century- and they are right in front of your eyes - the lady who took her time last night to let me know that she liked our gospel groups web site, she didn't have to do that, she took her time to do so, that's what sweetness and love look like, so today, let's you and I do what we can to let others know we love them and are praying for them.

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Outlandish is Called For Folks...

The other day in a conversation my friend informed me that the Koran wasn't a holy book?  That the Bible is the only Holy Book- O.K., that's easy to take in, only guess what, it's not going to help convert those who believe the Koran is a holy book?  Paul said, very clearly, that he attempted to understand everybody around him, if they were poor, Paul got with them in being poor, if they were not well educated, Paul took his high level of knowledge down a peg, Paul said he would become everything to everybody in the hopes of saving some...if you've not read that...read it in the scripture pages for this entry...Paul as serious, do we need to read the Koran?  Most people would not know how, because they would erroneously believe that you can just pick it up and read it chronologically, when that isn't real, furthermore, they wouldn't understand that the Koran when it is understood, supports Christianity and God, supports the principle of peace and supports bringing about a peaceful resolve between Christianity and Islam; but first, one has to understand it; else when one is talking with someone who is Muslim, you won't be able to do as Paul directed.  Now please consider what Newt Gingrich is saying, for as many years as he's been writing about it, so have others including myself...

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Raging -or- Paging?

Mat 10:34 "Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword."  This has been quoted and unfortuantely used, as a justification for some pretty awful behavior; because the quotes are out of context.  Recently a friend asked me how I'd interpret Matthew 16:28, and, in the ensuing explanation my sense is, my friend, probably won't ask again.  It was pretty lengthly but boiled down to this, context is very hard when it comes to interpreting Matthew, because we who try to hold to a true sense of the history in the Bible and the Bible itself know that Matthew is likely an eyewitness to Jesus.  We also have come to believe that Matthew's gospel was written to make sense to those who were Jewish in their origin; that was likely his first audience.  Matthew is therefore hard to understand from a context sense as you have to feed in a lot of varialbes to get to the truth.  Was Matthew old?  Why would that matter?  Because people who are old don't think like people that are young.  You might say, "well so what, the Spirit inspired his writing..."  Sure this is true, but remember that inspiration is a sense of awe and urgency, a sense of place, it is a feeling; a book later, you can be sure that feeling changes.  So Matthew isn't easy to understand, now to the statement above...it you apply it to the local ministry of Christ at that time, you miss it, He is addressing the future?  If you apply it to any one nation, or set of belief's, you are missing it, it is general in scope.  So was Jesus a bringer of conflict- is He responsible for war- is that the sword?  Or was His meaning, something else?  If you look at the statement in context, guess what, His meaning was likely something else entirely...something you may have overlooked...here is what Jesus was actually talking about- folks were trying to make Jesus be something He wasn't.  There it is, simple, huh?  Only guess what, we're still trying to make Jesus be something He isn't, even today...can we today, try not to do that - but instead let Jesus be who Jesus actually is?  In order to do that, my suggestion is, we know who Jesus actually is, wouldn't you say?  And in order to know that, wouldn't you say, we'd need to speak with him more than for a few seconds a day?  We'd need to listen to him a bit more than ...a few moments out of a day? 

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Christ, Power and You

These days in America, the land of the yawning Christian, according to so many sources, Christian's in the U.S. are asleep at the wheel in terms of those coming to know Jesus, here are some facts: 

"There is a Fifth Great Awakening occurring in our world today. According to David Barrett, author of the World Christian Encyclopedia, 82,000 people become Christians every day. More are coming to Christ than at any time in Christian history. Today, 32,000 will become followers of Jesus in Africa, 25,000 in Asia, and 17,000 in Latin America.1


More Muslims are becoming Christians than at any time in the history of Islam. Thousands of Muslims are seeing visions and dreams of Jesus and coming to faith in him as their Lord.2

Saudi Arabian Muslim leader Sheikh Ahmad al-Qatanni recently reported on al-Jazeera television that every day, "16,000 Muslims convert to Christianity." He claimed that Islam was losing six million a year to Christian faith.3 While he could be inflating his numbers to incite Islamic reaction against Christianity, it is clear that a significant Christian movement is occurring in the Muslim world.4

However, of the 82,000 coming to Christ every day around the world, only 6,000 are in Europe and North America, combined. While much of the world is experiencing an explosion in Christian growth, we are living in a time of unprecedented skepticism in the Western world with regard to historic Christianity." [Center for Informed Faith]

As you read that let it sink in, Christianity isn't losing the battle, in North America, they aren't putting up a fight- and the real crux question is...why aren't they?  My hearts in the fight, your hearts in the fight, some of my friends are in the fracus as well, so, where's that statistic coming from? 

These are sobering figures, but as you let them sink in, realize, they have a meaning, an enormous meaning, and then look around at all the people that you know who want to convince you that they love Jesus- huh(?) wait a minute...when was the last time somebody spent some effort with you convincing you that they loved Jesus?  Oh oh...beginning to see the picture?  We're being distracted by issues of money, taxes, healthcare you name it, in the U.S. but also all over the world, Christian's are being distracted, but especially in the U.S. what is happening is reflected in Dr. Denison's research...folks...it's time for prayer- wouldn't you say? 


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The Body Needs You

One of the most fascinating things about fellow Christian's is the association and when they will be open and honest, the various ways that they have of looking at things.  While it is true that my approach to following Jesus demands sacrifice from me in certain areas, like, pridefulness, open heartedness, giving of resources and understanding who provides those resources to be given; so while its true that my outlook is very much Christ, the Cross and only the Cross; that doesn't make it right, and it certainly doesn't make it the only way.  Jesus is the only way, the writer of this blog is decidedly human; and so, with every breath and with every possible human, sinful erring way, my heart wants to reach and strive to follow Christ, the Cross and nothing but the Cross.  Most days my cross carrying isn't so hot, how about yours?  Making this even more sensible, imagine that a view slanted by such enthusiasm is almost too strong, it needs to be tempered down with love, with a viewpoint that understands heart and says so, this is the blessing of the body of Christ, one of many, but isn't it also, the way that the church, even from it's inception went about dealing with reality?  In our scripture references this week you will see where Peter and Paul and others had to settle disagreement, and it was done, through the body of Christ, in love; what about us today, can we make that happen?  Can we choose to say with the aspostles and others throughout history that these disagreements that we think matter, while they might be important to our ego, aren't important when we look at them through the shadow of the cross, for in that light, their shape changes into that of a body hanging, sacrificed; waiting for us to learn from that great, great sacrifice, what it means to love; and I believe that you dear reader, can do just that.

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As You Sojourn Here

One of my favorite authors actually was only a speaker, not sure that she wrote anything, it is certain that her words were written down. Sojourner Truth, she was a leader in the emancipation of women who eloquently defined what life as a woman really meant to her, and to others, in a famous speech "Ain't I a Woman?"  Why was the question even asked?  Well one can imagine you might check it out?  At any rate, one might put together something similar today and ask, "Ain't I a ..."  and you fill in the detail, you'll find it fits, because as hard as it is to believe, especially in America, we are fast becoming those who are yawning when they shouldn't be.  Please let me heartily encourage you to read Dr. James Denison's work on this subject because the fifth great awakening is happening in the world, and if you aren't careful, you're gonna miss it.  Dr. Denison has his work online at his excellent site Center for Informed Faith. One of the things that I've learned over the years is this, life as a Christian is going to be challenging, only to the degree that you allow it to be.  It is very much like an acquaintance who, you may know someone like this, is a liar, not only to others, but their own self; what they claim is to have a heart of forgiveness, what they don't understand is that you can't lie to yourself and others about your true feelings and in living that lie, be forgiving- it just doesn't happen.  Jesus will take your life and challenge that life only to the extent that you allow Him to, what He won't do is invade your ability to hold on to harshness and pride- that's your free will area of areas, and in that enormous area of "well I was certainly within my rights to do this," is where Satan will stop your witness dead in the water.  So the decision is very simple, get right with Christ about what your heart really feels, and quit lying to yourself and others about it, which is often so painful it's hard to believe, or, continue to be less as a Christian than you could be- remember, Jesus will only challenge your life to the degree that you will allow Him to.  By the way, someone who is apparently much smarter than I told me that my ideas were outlandish; they meant it as an insult, they being able to judge me, seeing as how they are, in fact, smarter than I; but what they might not realize is, outlandish to a person of my mental lack, is a compliment, not a put down as they meant it; I don't ever want to not be outlandish, in fact, I want to become more and more outlandish as I listen more and more carefully to Jesus who was considered way outlandish by the hypocritical Pharisees who really knew the law, what they forgot was how to have a forgiving heart!  So my thanks to my judge for the word- and the compliment, you bet, when it comes to Jesus, may I ever be outlandish.


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The View From There

It is hard to imagine what the view was like as 600,000 men got the message in gear, "tonight, it's tonight..." I'd never thought of it, how enormous it was that word got to them, word moved throughout the area, and somehow, we must really say it, miraculously, 600,000 homes, got the blood
of the sacrificed "Passover Lamb," sprinkled above the door. We have cell phones, television, internet, newscasts and public radio, and we can't get the word out to people to make it to a free concert. Moses had word of mouth, that's it, nothing else, and 600,000 homes were made safe, in one day. Go ahead and explain that one away; as we mentioned in Sunday School, if you can bring about doubt on this most spectacular of miracles in the Oldest Story of history, then you can begin to really crumble so many other aspects of the truth; and that is why, it is under attack today as at no other time in human history. You weren't aware of that, were you? That fact alone should tell you something? Jesus was talking to the disciples and they insisted that he start to clue them in on what the end of it all would be like; they had at least glimpsed a portion of the truth, Jesus did know, and they wanted to know...reading what Jesus said, it's hard to see past this present age...
Mat 24:12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

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Anti-love

There is no term in the language for this, but we believe we get it, this is when a person actively works against love; and how is this done, by not caring- by not caring, a person shows their true heart. Here is what it appears as; visits which don't get made, time together that doesn't happen, phone calls that don't take place, meetings that you miss without good cause, times you just aren't there to listen, when you used to be. Getting the picture, anti-love, is called apathy, which is a lack of caring, a lack of concern for the other person. Apathy may also be expressed as over concern for ones own existence without consideration to the existence of others. Ler's exemplify that with the scenario of the person who knows of a family which has need, a fire has taken their clothing; but, rather than go to them and provide soothing, they wrap the clothes into a bag and leave it on the porch. That action is more concerned with their comfort than the soothing they might provide to the people needing it. When this goes on and on, it's important to realize that this can creep into your life so quickly and in such a slippery manner that before you know it you aren't even thinking about the ills of others, nor how anyone else feels. This condition can also be helped along by overemphasis on items which have distant contact value, such as national level issues, over those which are personal and therefore have contact and involvment value, before you know it and realize it, you aren't having to do with others much at all- other than professionally; and so, your heart begins to harden as you move toward anti-love.

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"Lets Walk..."

Most people who have had jobs where security was involved, know the phrase, "lets walk," what it means is, "we want to talk privately, we can't do so in this office which is wired and taped, so, let's get out of here." That used to work, but today the world is actually, drastically changing, and it's important, for you as a Christian, to understand some of those changes as they affect you, and impact upon you. So lets walk...
This world that you work and function in is changing, for example, your economic ability to survive is now put to test over your ability to testify about your Jesus. It goes like this, you can do and say certain things, but if you do others, your job is in jeapordy. It is the latest and greatest method that evil has of getting away with being evil and covering the truth. You might doubt this, but I've experienced it first hand- going into corporate stores and asking to put up a sign about a gospel benefit - singing songs about Jesus, we were told the following: "we aren't allowed to put anything on the walls." That was a coporate decision, obviously, that no notices of any kind could be put up on the walls, it was a reduce the hassle decision, no doubt- the result of which is, silence. NOW- I want to remind you one more time- the danger that this great FREE world is in- it's not just America, it is the FREE world...here is the danger: "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." (Edmund Burke) As you read that and think "ah c'mon man..." put into your sifter the reality that you are in a spiritual war that you aren't even aware of, prior to reading this, how much thought had you given to being silenced? See here is the deal, you get silenced on lots of issues that have nothing to do with Jesus - but they come back around to it...get it. The last thing we'll say in this walk is this, if you don't know history very well, look back at Germany, look at WWI ending and prior to WWII, look at the economy and the price of food, look at (of all things, healthcare); look at what a rising young political star name Adolf promised people...not saying that as a slam on Germans at all, what it is - is- history, you need to read that portion of the world history, in order that you will understand what is being said here by Edmund Burke, see those German people were good people, as are you, and what happened to them is they got led down the primrose path by a very convincing leader named Adolf. Check it out and see if my interpretation on history is correct or not?

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You Can't See Motive...

 But God does see motive, which should, give us all pause.  God looks inside the human condition; God knows your heart, which should, give some of us pause; and all of us, a moment of reality concerning what we believe God doesn't know; which would be those portions of what we call our heart, that we think we have God fooled on.  We don't, God isn't, and, God knows why you do what you do.  This can be good, this can be, glorious, it can also be comforting, the person, for example, who under some false burden believed they had to confess their sin to God or He wouldn't know it, can now relax, God knows.  You can't see motive, but God does; so the act of confessing sin isn't in any way to inform God - it is agreeing with God about what God has known all along.  We can't see motive, but God does.  It is amazing how many people don't believe this truth; think they can continue to "fake it," and they'll be O.K., it is so strange because in just thinking that they have to fake it, they're admitting that they know of God; so why not learn to please God in your motives for living rather than scapegoat your life?  Why sacrifice your life on the altar of almost being faithful, when in just a matter of seconds you can put your life right with God, and begin to live in the glory of a relationship with someone who never turns on you as people do? Sure people do turn on you, friends who should be supportive, at critical moments, grow distant, even cold; friends who should stand with you when you are under attack, actually get so messed up in their thinking that they believe you deserve what is happening to you; after all, "you must have done something to deserve this happening to you." There are just oodles and oodles of reasons people use, even those who claim they love you, as they absolutely pull your heart out and rip it to shreds; it is in those moments when you feel you don't have a friend anywhere; that God will shine into your heart in a way that only God will do, it is then that you will know, like Corrie Ten Boom did with her sister, whom often Corrie couldn't find loving...oh my goodness, it is then, that you will know God never turns on you, not ever!

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Praying Without Arrogance - Part 2

There is a saying about brevity, it is better to be short; sometimes, however, brevity isn't possible; you have to detail a few things, part 1 of this discussion was not brief; but it was detailed. Part 2 on the other hand is an exercise in brevity, it goes like this, can you clear your mind of everything except God? One more time, can you clear your mind of everything except God, only focus on God? O.K., you may have some questions behind that, when it first was shown to me, questions came up, such as, God? What does it mean to clear your mind of everything except God- here is a hint- you can use the Bible verse of the day, you can use what your heart shows you is Christ, you can use; the cross; you will need something in the imagery category to begin the process. At some point what will happen is, all the clutter, all the noise of the day will be gone, it won't be gone for long, but once you hear that silence in your mind, you'll know it can be done. Clear your mind of all but God, that is focus, and when that is done; you will understand something about God who makes this Universe, which we now know is perhaps one of many, God who makes light travel at 186,000 miles per second; God who makes the Universe 473 million of the years that light traveling at that speed travels in one year, that God- is now, quietly, sitting with you. Quiet - quiet, still- and; powerful.

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Praying Without Arrogance

In our last posting we discussed the concept of arrogance, and really, we'd have to say that three times the arrogance extends to anybody, it isn't just about Christian's, anybody can be an egocentric, egomaniacal waste of humanity; it isn't just reserved unto Christian's, although my suspicion is, they are better at hiding their egos than regular non faker Christian's are. So let's get right into:

why you close your eyes when you pray...

ha ha, weren't expecting that one were you? If you don't close your eyes, and the real power of God shows through, what will happen to your eyes? Best to be safe? What happened to Peter, James and John on the Mount when Jesus was transfigured? Think they were momentarily stunned by His brilliance, seems like that might be the meaning of the "suddenly they looked round..." They had been stunned by the entire miracle, but now recovering their vision, Jesus, normalcy back in place was what they saw. Best to close our eyes when we pray? Oh I don't know, to me it seems like it might be, tradition? When the disciples were talking with Jesus,

wasn't that the same thing as prayer? 

The easy answer is, it must've been something like it, but how would we say anything else would be different?  When we pray, aren't we, on some level, communicating with Jesus?  Let's say that Jesus, you, and just for fun, a marvelous evangelist named Mary, are all in the same room, and you're talking to Mary about what you need in order to get the clothing to some children down the street from where you live.  Jesus in that He is there in the room, does He hear the conversation?  Why yes, He does, doesn't He?  Can He therefore act on what He has heard, why yes, He can, can't He, seeing as how, He knew, before you started talking with Mary, what you were going to ask about, anyway, right?

But isn't it more fun to pretend that if you don't talk directly and only to Jesus, He can't and won't hear?  Hmm...better keep your eyes closed, seems that makes Him hear you better, right?  It's a question folks, 'cause when it comes to prayer, does anybody really; 

get it right all the time?

The easy answer is, we know Jesus got prayer right, we see the answers to His praying in the results and miracles He accomplished (check the scripture reference page for this writing, and note how Jesus prayed to the Father before the miracle...etc. etc.).  This being the case, how then do we go about such?  Can we therefore, get prayer right?  Is there a right and a wrong when it comes to prayer?  Can an arrogant person have their prayers answered?  Should someone who is praying in arrogant disregard to God, expect their prayers to be answered?  When you pray, what is it that you are expecting, really?  See so often my teachers have told me, "well you know, sometimes with God the answer is no..."  Know why they say that?  Not that they say it, but why they say it?  Because they have lost their credible belief in miracles, their faith isn't strong when it comes to miracles, so they hop on board the "lets explain it away so that when it doesn't happen, we don't have to deal with...why!"  Yes my goodness we wouldn't want to have to deal with that, would we?  Do ya suppose that the woman who grabbed hold of Jesus garment, got it on the first grab?  Hmm...suppose she felt a bit peeved if she missed it?  Suppose she would've given up ...second or third time the crowd shoved her aside..the word grabbed there, is in there, because that's what the author was told by Peter (Mark we believe was told about Jesus by Peter...who, so many years later, surely did remember this remarkable event...).  So asking if God answers prayer is very much like asking if water is wet, if salt will season food and lose it's saltiness if it gets watered down, if a lost sheep needs a loving Shepard to go find it with great joy when he does, if a pearl lost is worth looking for, because it has a great price; does God answer prayer, maybe better to say, God is God!  Back to the questions of prayer...we won't get to cover them here, this is just to wet your appetite, but my challenge to you is to quit explaining away the actions of God, trust God, He doesn't need you to explain Him to folks- they get it.  God is God, He does, what God does, we humans need to get a grasp that at times, God is...and we can't understand God when He is.  It is enormously important, in my humble opinion to listen to Christ when He prays.  In His prayers we hear a person praying without arrogance, and you?

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Three Times the Arrogance

 God treats us splendidly, He actually is very sweet to us, for example, most who believe in God get that He doesn't devastate innocence; ergo babies under grace, people who have a heart ascent to His lordship, etc., are covered in gracious splendor. On the other hand, God does have a purpose in history; in you, and that will be accomplished if you follow Jesus, by the taking up of your cross, daily (Luke added to the synoptic recount the word daily). So we know that much of what we read in the New Testament isn't essential to your salvation, but may involve the salvation of others, in which you are supposed to take a part; so it is that the three times arrogance idea came to me in prayer, and I'm not sure it's been proposed much lately, if it has I apologize to the proponent I'm unaware of, not wanting to be arrogant. Here is therefore, the basic three times the arrogance stance:

Peter was crushed as he heard the Cock crow. 

The reason he was crushed is Peter believed in his heart he'd deserted his King in time of need. That wasn't honesty, it was arrogance, an egotistical defense of his "feelings," which was unrealistic- and here is why- Peter couldn't have done a thing to prevent Ciaphis and the murdering San Hedren from accomplishing what Jesus had forced them into- Christ had seen to His death on the cross- not just a death, but on the cross, nobody would strangle or stone Him, nobody would sword Him, nobody would bleed Him to death, before the cross; and that is what Jesus told Peter; who in first stage one arrogance, denied the truth told him. A friend had offered Peter a handle to reality; and he turned it down; it goes like this, "well Lord, since this is the truth, what would you have me to do after the cock crows?" That would have been a question from the love Peter really had, if he'd allowed his arrogance to step across it; level two; hanging on to ideas which are good feeling for you, but fail to note the reality of the knowledge of truth speaking with you. Third and most enlightening; Peter was already beginning to feel puffed up about the whole situation; so when the arresting soldiers came at them; right there in front of love, who said "they will, they must, take me;" what did Peter do; he tried to kill them. Third level of arrogance, action based on your lack of reason. All of this was preventable, except, were that to have occurred, do you think you and I would be reading it today? Three times the arrogance is perhaps something that you would examine in your own life; how surrendered to God are you, honestly? How much time do you really spend listening to Jesus, honestly? How willing are you to surrender to what He tells you to do, honestly? See the real problem with three times the arrogance is, it doesn't stop there...note all the things that are going to happen after Christ rises, which, had Peter had to it together, might've been far different, we had a lot of questions, not having to do with salvation, which might've been answered, had Peter asked them. So today what question do you think you might like to ask Jesus to teach you?  Or would you rather be...well, you get the point?

Three Times the Arrogance 

Level One - Denial of the truth explained to you.

Level Two - hanging on to ideas which feel good, 

                     rather than grasping truth.

Level Three - action based on your arrogance rather than truth.

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Giving

Most of the people who live in the United States experience some form of giving, some are on the end of the process where they contribute to someone else, some are on the receiving end of the process where they are given to. The United States has within it's culture a belief of being generous, world wide, the United States isn't viewed in that way, which strikes most Americans as odd seeing as how they are indeed huge contributors to life saving worthwhile causes. What causes this strange result, and what does it have to do with you today as a Christian? I think you're about to be shocked.

When someone receives a gift, they feel good about getting the gift, so long as, it is appropriate, it is in keeping with their expectations and the timing on the gift is appropriate. Imagine that, shocking isn't it, but the truth is, many times, gifts aren't actually appreciated, rather they aren't rudely ignored or unaccepted, but instead, the receiver simply moves to a mode where they tolerate getting the gift with a lame smile. Think about it and you will see life situations which have matched this, and you have seen that lame smile. Here comes the shocker - Satanic influences push that reaction to gifts, push that ingratitude because the forces of evil that Satan heads up are masters are delivering disappointment and victimization, which are the resultant feelings of the created ingratitude. Shocked yet, it gets better, as one person in a locale becomes vocal about the disappointment; they encourage folks to join them, and as they increase the number of people who agree with their discontent, the intensity of the ingratitude increases; exponentially- now, that is what is happening all over the world about the greatest giving nation in the history of humankind. We are being put to sleep, Christian's, are being put to sleep; about this warfare of the vocal of the spirit- it is from the overflow of the internal that the mouth expresses what is there. Today, do your part, to reverse this situation, as you begin to express good about your country, good about her giving nature, you will find the force of evil suddenly becoming alert to you, and you will have a conflict occur- don't take my word for it, get positive about the goodness of America and watch it happen, God Bless America.

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"Oh, I think you'll want to read this one..."

Many years ago a man sat doing what essentially I am doing, but he was very, very much more dedicated, and in my humble opinion, a much deeper spiritual man than myself. Why do I say that, because, he sat with his heart, and his Bible, and his knowledge and worked day in, day out, with little more than a pen, and in 1912 Dr. James Stalker, D.D.; wrote "The Life of St. Paul," Dr. Stalker didn't have my modern means of referencing; looking up data, finding historical records, or the nearly hundred years of Archeology to fall back on, which I have today; and I'd be willing to bet, he didn't write it from an air-conditioned room such as the one my three computers are housed in. Dr. Stalker worked with the American Tract Society, and wrote this master work, which God blessed me to find in a small Texas town; Jefferson Texas, some know it as the antique land of Texas; I don't know it except to say it's quaint, really wonderful in terms of antique finds, and loaded with books like this one; except this one, isn't an update, or a republication, it's a first rights copyrighted 1912 original. It's almost one hundred years old, and God blessed me to have it in my hands on that hot summer day when he directed my wife to take me "antiquing," whatever that is. "Oh c'mon Dana," she was wanting to go next door to the one with all the piano's in it, "lets go over there." But something, catch that, something told me..."wait, hold on, look closer." As I did, I saw this brown, faded paper book sitting there, and then I noticed in the faded binding "St. Paul," and that, did it. As I picked it up I said "ya know honey, I don't know if we can afford this one, but I'd sure like to try it." She noted to cost, frowned only a little and said, "oh I think you'll want to read this one..." On pages 142 and 143 of that work is one of the most eloquent renderings of the trial of Paul I've ever read,
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Everything that we have in our modern lives doesn't work for the spirit of God; what happens is just the opposite- our luxury makes us complacent, and right now, we're at a time when we have so much luxury in America that it's ridiculous how high up the quality of life scale we've moved; and how far down the quality of spiritual life scale we've managed to crawl. I dare say that men like Dr. Stalker knew Christ at a level and way that I've got to strive to reach, and every simplification of the process which isn't directly oriented to Jesus, doesn't bring me closer but more distant, and further at ease. We are asleep and unafraid, we should be wide awake on guard and scared - we think that we know what the revealing of God's love in Christ on Patmos to John is all about, but I'd be willing to bet, we're too comfortable to really see the truth of it; we're sleeping too soundly, eating too much, exercising too little and way too comfortable; we even think that God's impressed with us- oh God loves us, of that there is no doubt, but don't think for an instant that we have it ironed out, and that faith isn't grown by testing, else you've missed some of the real truths of following a savior who didn't spare His blood to save your soul, expect he less from us? Where are the sermons of discomfort from the Jonathan Edward's of our day warning us that it is a "fearful thing, to fall into the hands of a living God." (Hebrew 10:31)

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You Are Who You Are ...

And God is who God is - and you can try to fake it, you can try to act like it ain't so, you can try to ignore Him, you can try to believe that you are following Him as closely as you need to, you can play every silly, meaningless game that we people come up with to try and keep God from bursting into our hearts with His love, but you will fail, God is love. Selfishness and cold hearted legalism are just eating our churches up, worse than this false Christianity is the Godless conduct of putting self on the throne! People actually have come so far down that highway that they no longer acknowledge that they have what they have because it is granted unto them a blessing by God! Consider the ability to forgive- what is more righteous than to not wish ill toward a brother or sister in Christ, in your heart, what is more righteous than that- we are instructed to become experts at that, we are given actual teaching in the New Testament about how important it is to bring right a brother (or sister) who has fallen off the path. To do this you must have a heart that considers the hearts of others more important than your own. You have to have a heart which feels the God given blessing of compassion for their pain, ignoring your own. You have to, as Paul makes clear, wish them to be and do better than you, in every way supporting them. So how 'bout it- is that what you're doing? This recently came crashing home into my life as a lesson - basically my guts got handed to me on a platter after being carved out for me by people who say they love me- wow- it was, to say the least, a moment where, I called upon Christ- and in that moment He let me know something very interesting about the nature of love- love is revealed- ah hah, did you catch that, you see we want to teach about the types of love, we want to discuss love, but you know what, love isn't something that you intellectually do- love is what you must be in order to do Godly love- and Jesus let me in on a secret about that love, it is revealed. So when it's not there, what do you think a person should do?

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Assigned In Gods Time

Eternity, it is a long, long, existence never ending. Someone has used the example of oceans and thimbles, that eternity would be a person getting a thimbleful of water from the Pacific and taking it to the Atlantic until the Pacific was empty, and then taking it out of the Atlantic to the Pacific until the Atlantic were empty, and then, starting over again. Eternity is not a sense of time that makes sense to a person, so, when someone asks to be forgiven, and you say, "not now," you have in effect, stretched eternity, because, the only thing that matters to the family of God is your heart; and so long as one thimbleful of unforgiving is in it, it is as Christ said, "dark indeed." The wonder of God in my mind is that He is so forgiving, and as a result, when people aren't, it doesn't bother me like it used to. It used to really floor me when I'd ask someone to forgive me, if I'd wronged them, usually I hadn't but it was the only way they could get past themselves (that's a whole 'nother story as they say) anyway it used to really floor me that they wouldn't forgive me. I'm very quick to want to put any blocking issue of love behind and out of my way; apparently not everyone is like that, some folks like to hold a grudge, I just don't have the muscles. Anyway, it used to really floor me, now Jesus takes that load away, how? By asking me to realize that He is capable not only of going beyond that, but instilling mercy and grace and peace into the situation. It is truly wonderful as He works to make real in love that which is cold as ice, the heart of the person who can't even realize they are holding a grudge. Kind of makes you feel sorry for them, doesn't it, all that weight that they put on their muscles holding onto a perfectly useless set of feelings that will do neither them, nor anyone else any good. So today let's see how much we can do to pray that God will awaken Islam to the gospel, as we pray everyday for that, and, pray for the great fifth awakening which is being preached about and sermonized about by that great Christian leader, Dr. James Denison. Luk 11:34 The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when [thine eye] is evil, thy body also [is] full of darkness.

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What Is Important - To You

If it matters, it matters to you- and if it doesn't, it sticks out all over the place, not in big things- but in the small details of what life is all about. Take the following simple situation that happens all over the U.S. and all over the world, who, other than God knows, how many times a day. The woman in the relationship says she has to go somewhere, the man in the relationship says, "I heard that, but listen, let me know you got there safe, would you, I hate to worry." She says "you know I'm not gonna be able to do that because I'll forget because I'm busy." Message sent, message received, only, it's not the message she wanted to send- but the message is received. She says on another day, "hey call me and let's try to get together later." He says, "yeah I will." The day becomes busy, he doesn't get the call made, message sent, message received. Only, that isn't the message he wanted to send, but the message is received. Now while you're saying, "oh my God people grow up, before I throw up," stop and realize that what's taking place is FAST, really FAST, communication; which has meaning- and in times past, when behavioral memes we established (and if you don't know what a MEME is, don't feel bad, but it is sort of something you might want to know, check it out here)there was no instantaneous communications such as exist at present. So what do we do with what we have, because what is happening is messages are getting sent out, but the meanings need a better definition. For example, is it O.K. in a relationship to not give much credence to small matters of one day significance, while considering the much bigger and longer importance of the overall relationship? That is not the meme that we've been taught, we've been taught that you must not, if you don't mean it; and we try to stick to that, but I just wonder if we're not doing ourselves and our loved ones an enormous disservice by expecting perfection in communication and ideas when there is not time to think? Lets say that once more in closing, as we look at what the Bible really does say about this, let's ask ourselves that question, are we doing ourselves a tremendous disservice by expecting perfection in communication and ideas when there is no time to think? The saying on highways is, "Speed Kills," it was adopted by anti-drug forces, maybe we ought to think about it in terms of instant talk technology? Now to the Word of God on it:
NLT - Hbr 10:24 - "Think of ways to encourage one another to outbursts of love and good deeds."

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Moving Toward

At some time in your life you will reach a point where you wonder if what is going on is what you intended, or is it something else? This strange point usually occurs for men at about the age of 40 or older, although, with our present intellectual capacity, this introspective moment may occur in males at younger ages. For women this moment usually comes as they turn to face a home which had children and then teens in it, which now is, occupied by a husband who is sort of in the same place. This strange moment can occur for a person who was in an accident, they lived through it, and then, approximately a week later, they will ask themselves if their life is what they expected it to be. This introspection is a harsh part of all life; so far as we are able to determine, wildlife, does not go through this, humankind may be unique in this function. At this point in the process a person can go toward something, or, they lock into the place where they are. Yes that does sound weird but as you look at those around you, you will see some who aren't moving, in fact, they reject change at an amazing rate. So in that they reject change, they are functionally not progressing; they have, according to all we understand about faith, become, faithless. This lack of moving toward a new set of goals, or a new land, as the Bible called it; can create havoc, look at what happened to Lot, versus, Abraham, while Lot was busy living in the city, Abraham was busy fighting for it's right to continue to exist if only ten righteous people could be found in it. Small details of lives which make up enormous legacy in the overall of life. Which says that we need sometimes to establish whether we are an option to those around us, or, are we necessary? Sometimes we put ourselves in a position where we don't matter, but we think we do; that is a dangerous place to be, in such a circumstance, you are setting yourself up not to move toward a good goal, but to walk into disappointment at the end result. When you are an option to someone, don't let them be necessary to you, when such occurs, you aren't in control of the life God has rendered you, that worshipful walk has been changed. So are you moving toward a better future or not? Of course the real question is, what was Abraham displaying in his conversation with God, courage, trust, love, respect or all of those wrapped in the garment of, faith?
Gen 18:23 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?

Per Signum Crucsis (By The Sign of the Cross)
De Inimicsis Nostre (From our Enemies)
Libera Nos, Deus Noster (Deliver us, our God)
In Nomine Patris (In the name of the Father)
Et Filii (and of the Son)
Et Spiritus SAncti (and of the Holy Spirit)
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