To good to not repeat a post.

Thoughts

Have you ever thought that God has told the enemy that He knows that you will stand in the face of adversity?

That is what I have felt like the past few weeks. There is an old saying...What don't kill you makes you stronger....well....what they didn't say is that you may feel like you are being killed. Some of the things that we go through are not our fault at all. Some of it is because the enemy wants to harm you.

Jesus wasn't spared from Satan tempting Him in the desert, so I wonder why we think we are better than Jesus. What makes us today, think that we are above being tempted? I can tell you why. It is because the majority of America who CLAIM to be Christians really are not. They have bought into the idea that there really ins't any evil in the world, only the evil that we humans make for ourselves.

People have turned away from the true teaching of the Word. It comes in all kinds of ways. Like the different religions. If you believe in Jesus Christ as the Son of God and that he has been crucified on Calvary, died, was buried, and then rose on the 3rd day, and believe that your sins are forgiven by His shed blood, you are saved. That is it. Nothing else will get you into heaven.

Paul says that we can't EARN our salvation. James tells us that Faith without works is dead. This may seem like a contradiction but it is not. We can't BUY our way into heaven. We can't WORK our way into heaven.  Jesus said that the only way to the Father is through Jesus. BUT once we accept the forgiveness of Jesus and want to live for Him, we will do the work of "preaching" the gospel. Sowing seed, watering the seed, and harvesting the seed. It may not be anyone thing we do. The works we do here will be our crowns we will receive in heaven.

If a religion tells you that you have to WORK to be one of the FEW people to get to heaven, you are being lied to. If a religion tells you that you can go to a man and tell him things, and he has the power to FORGIVE you, you are being lied to. If a religion tells you that you have to be baptized right away and that you will never loose your salvation no matter WHAT you do, you are being lied to. If a religion tells you that you have to be baptized into THAT church to be a member, you are being lied to.

This is what is wrong. People only want to hear what they WANT to hear. The Bible says that people will have tickling ears. They will only listen to what they want to hear. People don't want to feel the conviction that comes with hearing the Word when it is spoken with determination, and love.

God is not only a God of love like people want to believe. He is also a Jealous God. He don't want to  send anyone to hell, and in truth He isn't, you are. If you don't trust God and want to live for Him, you are sending yourself to hell. God wants ALL of our praise and love and service. He is jealous. He says so Himself. "Thou shall have no other gods before me for I am a jealous God." 

If God brings you to the troubling time, He will see you through the troubling time

2007 Poem I wrote.

A Poem

Far into the dark
Places of despair I go
Farther and farther

Downward I go fast
Until I can no longer
Stand on my own feet

Laying bloody and
Brusied, unrecognizable
From battles I fought

Protecting me from
An outright slaughter of faith
A light from above

Light piercing the dark
Growing brighter and brighter
helping me to stand

Angels surround me
With swords drawn at my defense
Giving me a hand.

Christ will not leave me
in the dark places alone
He will send angels

Heaven's warriors
Defending this child of God
Until I can stand

Trusting in Jesus
In face of persecution
Knowing He protects

Keeping me by faith,
The faith I was fighting for,
The Promise of Christ.

My future with Him
Is a surety of mine,
Praise the Lord, I'm free!

Kindle your Fire

When was the last time you kindled your fire? The fire you had when you were first saved? How do we rekindle the fire if it has grown cold?

Isaiah 50:11 says...

Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.

I don't want to talk about the last part of the verse. I want to talk about the first part. Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. 

Our fire should be burning so bright for the Lord that sparks fly through the air. You know like when you build a bond fire and the sparks flies off the large fire. THAT is how we should live our lives. My Grandmother has lived her life like this. People from all over know who she is. They know her life and the love she has for our Lord. They see the way she has worked for the past 40+ years to further the Kingdom of God. She WALKS in the sparks of the fire she tends to on a daily basis.

When you build a fire to warm your house you start with the kindling then you add to it. Your fire started when you asked the Lord to save your soul from Hell. Now it is your job to keep the fire going. How do we do that? We do that by reading the Word. By praying. By private worship  and public worship. By singing out loud. Even if you think you cannot sing, you have the DUTY to sing to the Lord. It is what He wants. If you don't then the very rocks will cry out. I don't know about you, but I do not want the rocks doing my job.

Ezekiel 24:10 

Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.

When was the last time you laid a big "night log" on your Spiritual life? Do you just have embers glowing? Take the time to build your fire up. I promise you that your life will be MORE. Heap on the wood, which is the prayer, Word and worship. People say that they want Revival yet they don't want to put in the time that it takes to spend with God. Jeremiah talks about the "fire, shut up in my bones" That Holy Ghost fire burning in your life.

Don't you want that? I know I do. If you do not have that, if you don't know Jesus as your personal Savior, I invite you to ask Him right now to forgive you of your sins, and to come into your life and clean you up. He will not let you down. .....Now...if you have done that, find a Bible believing church near you and go to service. You will need people of "like minded faith". Build up the fire that He has put into you. Now....if you have been a Christian for a long time but you have only embers glowing...you CAN build your fire up again. Lay on the kindling, then build up with the wood, It can be done.