The realness of real!

I talk with many people that would belong to the 20 and younger crowd. I hear from them that they don't get anything from church. I get that they have no idea what the preacher is talking about. It's all too common for me. These kids, and some my age and older are all telling the same story. They don't understand. They seek advice and the elect men and women (pastors elders, deacons, missionary evangelists, etc) all tell them things that they need a dictionary to understand. They don't look into it and then the next thing from these elect people, they're backsliders and heathens!

I had to gain a understanding of what was happening here. I had to test the water. I believe in seeking counsel and advice from my pastor and immediate family. They have the most insight on me and my situations. I ventured outside to see what all was the real issue. I received the same confusion these needy and thirsty received! That's a problem!

I'm not going to talk specifically to the saved and anointed, nor will i keep it from the unsaved and inquiring mind. If some comes to you with a problem, you must keep it real with them. You have to get on their level and make them understand where you are coming from! You can have all the credentials in the world and then some but how can you expect to explain something to someone that has no clue! The same thing happens when we don't want to be bothered. We place ourselves so far up on a pedestal and have ourselves together, sometimes we brush off everybody else! Not right!

You have to examine the fact that when people approach you for any thing at all, there is a reason! It's a cry out for help and attention. There's something that you have experienced and/or are knowledgeable about that you can provide assistance! Jesus kept it real for us, way back when! He came down and experienced life as we know it. He experienced hardships and was even beaten and tortured. He served as that light for us, why can't we shine our light amongst the few people we come in contact with? Matthew 5:16

We've got to remember that everyone is not going to be on the same level as we are. They may be above us and need us to remind is that we're the same. They may be below us and not have our level of understanding and seeking knowledge and clarity. Keep it real with them. You can help them through a great deal if you would just be honest. Get off of that high horse. take off that crown. Open up yourself to others that you may be a blessing to them!

Taking a Position

I want to express that everyone is born with a purpose. Everyone has a place to be at a certain time. I guess you could call that an appointment. You are placed with a purpose in this life. I think most would agree with that!

Introduce the problem:

Everybody thinks they should be doing the same thing! Looking at it from the natural view, everybody can't drive Bentleys! Everybody can't have the house on the hill! Everybody can't be making 8 figures a year! It is not for everybody and everybody can't handle it! From the spiritual side, everybody can't be the Pastor, everybody can't be a Minister, everyone cannot be an Elder! There are those who are called to be average and some that are called to be great! You can be just a regular person and have such a great purpose being as regular as you can be! You can be in charge of sweeping floors and have such an impact over someone's life!

From the Left Field:

You can be called to the position of anything but it does not have to be the season for this to transpire. You can be set up to have a stylish Lexus, but what might happen if you get it before it is time for you to get it? Things begin to go wrong. Unfortunate things begin to happen! Then the next question out our mouthes is "God Why"!

In whatever you do, make sure it's for you to do. It never hurts to check with God, and never hurts to check twice! There is a time and a place for everything. Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 In due season you will reap what will be yours if you faint not! Galatians 6:9 Just hold on to your prayer, hold on to your fasting, hold on to your faith and don't be discouraged. Take your position when it is time to take it!

I'm Going Through For You

I've heard time after time, and even said myself on occasion, people question why they go through the things they go through! I mean sickness, misfortune, and trials of every sort come and slap us square in our faces! Some even come to us in the most inconvenient of times. Then you ask someone why and the first thing from their mouths is that you have to trust in Jesus! The next thing to follow is that He'll work it out! I WANT TO KNOW WHY!!!

People have to realize that we are tested and tempted. The tempting comes from our surroundings and from our enemies, and can very well be ourselves! The tempting can lead us to the test. The test is what comes from God! The test tries our faith, tries our endurance, tries our long suffering, tries our happiness and our joy. It shakes our love and our peace. If you gather up all of your determination you can make it through! Surviving the test strengthens your relationship with God and gives you a testimony!

There are some situations that we go through, as individuals, that have nothing to do with us. They have to do with us using our experiences to strengthen somebody else's walk with Christ. In other words, there are some things that you go through that have nothing to do with you! The purpose of you going through, is so when you come out on the other side of your situation, you can share your experiences to help somebody else!

This is the good part. Some people just don't realize why they are going through. They simply cannot apply their testimony to them! Other than the fact they went through it! There will be someone that will cross your path you will need to share this testimony with. There is someone that needs to hear what you have to say! It could of been something that you came through years prior, you will have a use for it!

Just as Jesus went through it for us to look to him for help, we go through to be a help for someone else. Go through your test and endure through temptation with mindset of "I'm Going Through For You"

The Power to Change God's Mind

You can be great, or you can be just the regular guy or girl on the corner. Regardless of what you are, there are things that you must do. You still have to abide by the law of the Lord.

You have this great king, King Hezekiah. He built a great temple for God! He restored worship in the land. He tore down idols and rid them from the land. There were things that were not in order with him and his house. Scripture says that The lord spoke to a prophet to say to the King to "set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live." Isaiah 38:1 You have this great King that is supposed to be close to God, but he had to hear what thus saith the Lord from a prophet! Something was just not right!

The king turned to the wall and began to pray. Isaiah 38:2 Turning to the wall symbolized that it was him turning away from all distractions and problems and he placed himself before God. He was sickly and on his death bed and did not accept it. He pleaded with God. He prayed! Not the kind of prayer that you say what you want and its over, he placed him self in the presence of God and wept before him! The Bible says "O Lord, I beseech thee..." Isaiah 38:3 He made an urgent request of God and was very serious! He meant business! He wanted to hear from God!

The word then came to Isaiah to give word to the king that "I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years. AND I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city." Isaiah 38:5,6 God will let you know that he has heard you and what he will do. Not only did he promise that he would add years to his life and he would not die then, but he also promised deliverance! How Good is God?

We have the power to change God's mind! We have to power to go before him and make our requests know in faith! Matthew 21:22 says "all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive." You have to believe when you go before God! You have to bring all of your faith and some to let God know you mean business and you really expect a move from him!

Don't be fooled! Don't think you can be doing any thing that you want and decide to go before God and expect miracles. IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY! You have to have your house in order! You have to be living right! You have to be treating your brothers and sisters right! You need to be doing all that you can be doing to live a life just like the life of Jesus!

Be Blessed!

I feel like going on!

Though I do get discouraged from doing this blog because I do not see an immediate response to the posts. I placed a counter on the blog and it gets very few visitors. I had to open my eyes to realize that as long as there is one visitor, and as long as that count keeps growing I should be happy. The angels rejoice when one soul comes to Christ, I am content regardless of how many people come.

I am standing on my post, doing what I have been led to do. I have been placed with a purpose and I refuse to sit around on God. I have decided to step up and step out in faith. What are you supposed to doing for God? Let's get to it!

Power Struggle: A Daily Tug of War!

A power struggle would be two parties going back and forth in a tug of war. In an ordinary sense you would have person or team A, opposing person or team B, in an effort to win. The prize being anything on an endless list. There is never a tie in a tug of war. Even if you are equally matched with strength and power, ones perseverance and willpower will outlast the other. This defines the loser and the winner.

Let me open your eyes to something. Lets add a person or team C to the mix! There is so much tension going on in this tug of war. You now have the possibility for a unfair team going against one of the players or teams.

Lets give these teams some names. Team A will be God, Team B will be you and Team C will be the Devil.

Scenario 1: Say you decide to go it alone. Team B will do what Team B needs to do to make it! This is what will happen. You may be holding your own. You may not be losing, but you are far from winning. You are giving it your best effort. It's not enough. You may be trying to conquer a demon in your life, doing it alone may not be enough! You may need deliverance from a habit, but the harder you try by yourself the more tired you become. That healing that you are so badly wanting is not coming to pass because you simply do not have the power to do it alone! You may be missing out on a world and beyond of opportunities if you only reach out for help! Psalm 46:1

Scenario 2: You see how hard it can be so the devil is trying to convince you to join his team and they can beat God together! You need the help, so you join up with Team C. It may not be a out spoken choice or a declaration, but if you do not deny the devil it is like signing on that dotted line! Things may be better. Skies may even open up. The devil has you convinced that you've won and you did it without God! Guess what? A freak health accident or a wrongful turn of events occurs and your life has been taken. Where is your soul going? Who just won? You won't be spending eternity in paradise, you will be in the warm places of hell! It was all a deception. Ephesians 6:11 If you are not aware that the devil is out to get you, you will fall for every trick the Devil lays for you!

Scenario 3: Instead of leaning towards the ways of deception, you decided to hop onto Team A! You chose to lean to God's unchanging hand! We have to realize that God has all power! Matthew 28:18 He can do anything for us. We have to first choose to seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all of these things will be added unto you! Matthew 6:33 The answer was right in front of us the entire time. The only thing we have to do is reach out and embrace the power of God and all that He has for us!

God gave us a choice. He wants us to choose him but allows us to do otherwise. There will come a time when we all will need help, whether it be on a major scale or a minor one! We are in that power struggle. Won't you put your hand in the hand that is able to exceedingly do anything? He understands all of the problems that we go against. He knows everything about us. The sweet thing is that He has all power it will take for him to anything for us. All we have to do is follow him! Luke 9:23

How bad do you want it?

Smoking, drinking, sexing, fornicating, healing, deliverance, restoration and transformation. How bad do you want it? How familiar does this sound?

I'm going to quit smoking, only to see yourself with a cigarette on your lip a day later. The same thing goes for drinking! Sex is so energetic, satisfying and it feels good! It becomes addicting and just like a drug! A very hard habit to kick. Do you have the help of helping hand of Jesus, and the assistance of the Holy Spirit?

Healing, deliverance, restoration and transformation are all things that believers and sinners alike seek! There is nothing impossible for God! Luke 1:37 Your faith has to be there. but how bad do you want it? Zacchaeus sought the lord and wanted salvation so badly that in a crowd of people climbed a tree so that he could see Jesus. He wanted salvation and he got it! Luke 19:1-10 The woman with the issue of blood wanted to be healed! Her faith was in a place that she knew that all she had to do was touch the hem of the garments of Jesus and she would be made whole. Matthew 9:18-22

How bad do you want what you want from God? will displace yourself to place yourself in a position to be blessed? Some times you will need to throw off some things that you are holding so dear. You will need to leave some things behind in order to move forward. You have to change some things about yourself before you can expect a change from God! How bad do you want it? What lengths will you go to get what you want from God?

We Worship You... Right?

I love you, I love you, I love you Lord today. Because you cared for me in such a special way. And yes I praise you, I lift you up, and I magnify your name. That's why My heart is filled with praise. My heart, My mind, My soul belongs to you. You paid the price for me, way back on Calvary! And yes I praise you, I lift you up, and I magnify your name. That's why My heart is filled with praise.

A true worship must come from the inside. There has to be inner desire to push a worship out. I find that the words to that song will stir up a worship in me very easily.

Worship is an action word that is used to exalt the name of God. Why do we do it? It come from a spirit of gratitude. We have all been blessed in some way shape or form. Some perhaps blessed more than others. When you think of how good He is, how good He has been, and how good He will be, you should not need anyone to pull a "thank you" from your lips! When you think of God's awesome power and his greatness you have to give him a praise! Psalm 100:4-5 Hallelujah is the highest praise! It is so sweet in the ear of God when we utter it to him. "I love you", which is something that you should have toward God without question, should be voiced! It's one thing to show it, but as you probably know it is amazing and creates an indescribable feeling when you hear it!

We worship God out of respect. We worship God out of honor. We worship God out of love. Get into a spirit of worship.

On My Way...

A very close friend of mine shared this idea with me and it has stuck to me and remained in my spirit. It goes something like this, "I'm on the way to Heaven and I am enjoying the trip!" I took this phrase and I analyzed it a for a little while. I thought abd I said, when you're on the way to heaven, you get more problems and obstacles thrown at you. There seems to be more stumbling blocks ahead of you than it seemed to be when you were on your way to hell!

When God is not on your side, then the devil (Satan, Lucifer, or any other nickname you may have for him) doesn't have to mess with you. He has you. But when you cross over to God's side, and begin to live holy, The devil gets pissed. He's angry! He throws things at you to make you fall, discourage you, and speaks to you and influences you mess your own self up. He tries to sadden you and will do anything he can to bring down God's annointed!

You will experience hardship! You will experience heartache! You will be texted and tried! Despite all of that, remember you are on the way to heaven. You are more than a conqueror and you will get through it! Romans 8:35-37 Enjoy the fact that you are favored by God! Enjoy all of the blessings that God has given you and will give you! Enjoy that love that God has for you! Enjoy that change that has happened on the inside of you!

You are running down a road called life. Destination at the end of the road is called heaven. Lay aside the weights (life's situations, trials, problems and tests) and the sin (which is what will keep upi from seeing Heaven) and run with patience to the goal of eternal life! Hebrews 12:1,2 I am on the way to heaven! I may have some ups and some downs. I am focused an what God has promised me and I will appreciate all that God has, can and will do for me! I am on the way to heaven and I am going to enjoy my trip! How about you?

Fibs, White Lies, and Sin!

A white lie is something that may seem like it doesn't effect anyone. It is often told to spare one's feelings or for mutual benefit. Wife says, "How do I look hubby?" Hubby says, "You look fine dear!" What you didn't hear is how hubby truly dislikes how wifey is lookin! In his mind he spares himself a beat-down and argument while sparing his wife's feelings and boosts her ego! It is damaging and an untruth!

Fibs are lies that are lies told by kids. Usually to be manipulative and to get what they want. Kids will play parents against each other and promotes unhealthy behavior for later on in life.

Both of these seem so innocent and harmless but can have later effects that can be very hurtful and sometimes dangerous. It's something that may be argued is in human nature. Things just fly out of our mouths and so many actions and miscellaneous things we do involuntarily. Some may be intentionally on specific purpose! It all falls under the category of SIN. It is something we all do however. (please note "do" was used and not "did") Romans 3:23

What is sin? "All unrighteousness is sin!" 1 John 5:17. What constitutes unrighteousness? Not adhering to moral principles, practicing unjust or unfair behavior, being dishonest and deceiving, and doing things that are disrespectful to God.

The controversy lies in what is sin and what is not sin. What was a sin back then(biblical times), may not be considered a sin now. What may be a sin in one country may be a sin in another country. An easy way around all of the technicalities is to first develop a relationship with God. Being filled with the HOLY SPIRIT will help you recognize what is sin and what is not. He is the source of knowledge and truth. The Holy Spirit lets you know when you are about to do wrong and when you have done wrong. The Holy Spirit will lead you to the truth. John 14:16-17

God is not the author of confusion. 1 Corinthians 14:33. Go to him with sincerity asking and seeking clarity. Once we acknowledge our unrighteousness, ask for forgiveness with the mind to stay right, God is faithful and just in forgiving us! 1 John 1:9

Be strong and Keep the faith until the next time!