Month: September 2017

Living in This Present World

Living in This Present World

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Hey guys! Thank you for visiting today! Let me share with you why I titled this blog “Living in This Present World”. I want to first start with Titus 2:11-15 which states “For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.” It can be difficult living in this world as a believer when you have everything around you to tempt you to fall. There are others out there who sometimes feel like they are missing out on all the fun and entertainment that the world enjoys. Let me tell you something THAT USED TO BE ME. Do you know what happens when you start to think about the world and what you are missing? YOU BEGIN TO COMPROMISE! AND COMPROMISING IS A BIG NO NO. As the scripture says, OBEDIENCE IS BETTER THAN SACRIFICE (1 Samuel 15:22). If you start to feel that way you need to pray and REPENT for those thoughts that you KNOW are not godly. Don’t you know that being connected to and friends with the world makes you an ENEMY OF GOD (James 4:4)? Trust when I tell you ITS NOT WORTH IT. People will try to make you feel like you are being dramatic, too religious, ridiculous, holier than thou, and all sorts of things….but guess what LET THEM TRY. We are here to do Gods will and demonstrate His kingdom in the earth. It all starts with Matthew 6:33 “But seek he first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.” THAT IS THE MANDATE FOR EVERY BELIEVER. Any part of this world can pull you away from the things of God when he clearly gave the believers an assignment. Jesus first message when he began to preach was REPENT! THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND (Matthew 4:17). This is the same message we ought to be giving and saying to others. We are supposed to be presenting the Gospel of Jesus (His death, burial, and resurrection). We are supposed to be winning souls into the kingdom of God, preaching the kingdom of God, healing the sick and raising the dead, casting out demons (Matthew 10:7-8, Luke 9:1-2, Luke 10:9-11, Mark 3:14-15, Mark 16:17-18). We are supposed to be getting people to change their mindset and life around to go towards JESUS (repentance). Our focus is not the world and what they are doing, how they act, what they say, what they do, how they treat us, how they talk about us, mock us, laugh at us, ridicule us, shun us, hate on us, and so forth the list can go on and on. That’s going to happen. There are going to be people who don’t even want to hear you, listen to you, or even receive you! Some people will be looking for messages that appeal to them and want they want their desires. OH WELL! SHAKE THE DUST OFF AND KEEP IT MOVING TO THE NEXT SOUL. The scriptures that go with what I just said are here:
2 Timothy 3:1-5 “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.”

2 Timothy 4:2-5 “Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.”

Matthew 10:14 “And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.”

Mark 6:11-13 “And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city. And they went out, and preached that men should repent. And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.”

Luke 9:5-6 “And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them. And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the gospel, and healing every where.”

We are on an assignment people…..we don’t have time to act like Jesus is not returning. Let us do what we are called to do! Let us be doers of the word and not just hearers! We are not like everyone else we are PECULIAR (1 Peter 2:9, James 1:22)

It costs to walk with God, a lot of us don’t really understand all that it takes….but once you make that decision DO NOT LOOK BACK. IF you look back you are not fit for the Kingdom…. (Luke 9:62)
LET US DESIRE TO KNOW GOD, THE POWER OF HIS RESURRECTION, AND THE FELLOWSHIP OF HIS SUFFERINGS (PHILLIPIANS 3:10)

WE DON’T HAVE TIME TO LIVE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE IN THIS PRESENT WORLD! JESUS IS COMING BACK SOON AND WE HAVE WORK TO DO. LET US DO IT!

Rekindled Fire

Rekindled Fire

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Hey everyone! It has been a LONG TIME since I have been here. It has been 5 whole years since my last poem/blog. I asked myself “what happened?”, “why did I stop writing?”, “why did I wait so long to come back?” Well folks! Guess what? Life happens! At that time…life was REALLY happening to me. Can I be open and honest with you? I went through my phases of being mad at God for everything I had been through, all the mistakes I had made, and other things. I went through my phases of feeling ashamed and down about the decisions I had made during those five years and thought to myself “God don’t want to hear from me. Nobody will want to read my blogs or listen to me because of the decisions I made.” I became silent…I allowed the enemy in to warp my thinking. As time passed I realized “WAIT A MINUTE! IM GIVING THE ENEMY VICTORY OVER ME WHEN THE BATTLE HAS ALREADY BEEN WON!” I prayed to the Lord and thanked him for opening my eyes to SEE…REALLY SEE….i realized…I struggled because I did not have enough word on my situations and circumstances. I kept falling because I didn’t understand His love and grace for me. I began to confess all the scriptures I knew to get myself together. Here is the first one: Isaiah 53:5 “But he was pierced because of our rebellion, crushed because of our iniquities; punishment for our peace was on him, and we are healed by his wounds.” This was a scripture I prayed and confessed consistently!
Let’s look at some more word that helped me “shape up”:

Matthew 4:4 He answered, “It is written: Man must not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.” What does this mean? I WILL TELL YOU. It means that we are to stand on EVERY SINGLE WORD that God gives and says because it helps us to live in this present world with all that is going on.

James 1:8 “A person who has doubts is thinking about two different things at the same time and can’t make up his mind about anything.” The King James Version says it this way “A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways.” I made up in my mind that I did not want to be double minded in anything that I think or do…matter of fact I didn’t want to be double-minded in any way shape or form. God made it simple for me : “Either your going to serve me or your not.” Uh oh! We cannot play both sides! You know what that is called? BEING LUKEWARM…..What does God say to those who are lukewarm? Revelation 3:16 “But since you are lukewarm and not hot or cold, I’m going to spit you out of my mouth.” Woah! You think that is what God wants? No! So lets back up…. Revelation 3:15 “I know what you have done, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were cold or hot.” God wishes that we would all just choose a side either we are going to be hot and serve him with fire! Or we are going to walk away and stay with the world and be cold. I don’t choose to be cold but hot and on fire for the Lord!

This brings me to the last part of this post…….we have no one to blame for our fallen away but ourselves. The enemy does not have power over you unless you allow it (Ephesians 4:27)! Your sin does not control you unless you allow it (Romans 6:14)! We draw ourselves away by our own desires and lust, its not God’s fault, and one thing is for sure WE CAN ENDURE (James 1:12-15). God gives us a mandate (an order) and that is to seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteous KNOWING that everything is going to fall into place (Matthew 6:33).

I wrote this today to let you guys know THE FIRE IS BACK IN FULL EFFECT. Souls need saving, people need love and encouragement, people need to hear the word of the Lord, the Kingdom of God and will of God needs to be known and demonstrated through the body of Christ for the world to see and grab ahold of….

I am here to help you and others around (including myself). I have work to do! As the scripture says! Ephesians 4:29 “Don’t say anything that would hurt another person. Instead, speak only what is good so that you can give help wherever it is needed. That way, what you say will help those who hear you.”

I PRAY THIS BLESSES EVERYONE WHO READS THIS!