Walk By Faith!!

For we walk by faith, not by sight.


Sometimes a Faith walk can be so very trying.
Standing in Faith is even harder.

Paul the Apostle said in
1 Corinthians 6:13
Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong.

When the storms come
and they will come to all men...
whether rich, poor, good or evil
the storms of life come.

Depending on the storm
where is your faith?

Is it a light sun shower?
Is it a nice thunderstorm that lasts about 20 minutes?
Is it a flash flood, blizzard,
hurricane or Severe storm with tornadoes.

The storm comes
BUT will you be able to stand?

Unless you have truly experienced a severe storm in your life
you don't truly know what it feels like.

Every ounce of you is wondering
WHERE IS MY SAVIOR?
or
LORD, I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT?

but I know you are
FAITHFUL!!

When I see some Christians living a life without serious stresses
I often wonder....are they walking by faith.

What is walking by faith?

I find some Christians can say they are
"walking by faith"
but are they?

Is it that maybe some save themselves before the Lord saves them personally?
Or does it depend on when and how the storm hits?

I have found myself in this dilemma:
Boy, do I want to save my self
Boy, do I want to call it quits
Boy do I want a detour
Boy, this road is quite bumpy and filled with pot holes

Sometimes I wonder:
Will I EVER get to the highway where the road is paved smoother and I can drive at a quicker speed.

The children of Israel complained and their hearts were filled with unbelief
The Lord had promised them the good of the Land....
But because of unbelief they went astray and quit

We can read, think and say....

hmmmm... those Israelites....why didn't they JUST believe God and stay on course.
What is wrong with them (rolling eyes in judgment)....

Be careful what comes forth from your mouth
because until we are in the midst of the
TRIAL or TEST...
we won't know how we would respond to the test

It might be an easy quiz
or
a more in depth and lengthy test like an
SAT
either way....God lets us use the book
are we prepared?

SO then PRAY:
That you will be able to stand and believe God for His Word
PRAY
that if a storm you never experienced comes to hit your town(life), you will know how to deal with it and trust God for His word
PRAY
that you don't look at another brother or sister in judgment thinking you are stronger than they
PRAY
that you will be able to stand the wiles of the enemy
Ephesians 6:11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

SO
If we drop out of the race
throw in the towel
call it quits
surrender to the enemy's wiles
or even save our selves by worldly solutions

Understand this:
God never failed you
It wasn't HIS will for you to quit fighting and praying
It wasn't His plan for your failure
It was your own CHOICE,
to throw in the towel or raise the white flag

Yes, He loves you and forgives you and always gives you another chance
But all in all
He is
ALWAYS
FAITHFUL
and wants you to wait
for His promises!!

And He WILL deliver...

HE ALWAYS DOES!!!!!!!


the
LORD
is ALWAYS
FAITHFUL!!

Do Not Be Deceived

Deception in the Church

Is making the body of Christ

weak!

What is this deception that has become as a cancer in the body of Christ?

The Blame Game!

But who are the Christians blaming.....I find more and more it isn't the devil anymore.....it is the Lord himself.

What?

How could this be?

How could we even possibly blame God for what is going on in our lives?

Yeah, many are!

Saying:

God is in Control of everything!

It was God's will to afflict a baby with a horrible disease and die at an early age.

It was God's will for a spouse to die of cancer.

It was God's will for a teenager to be murdered, raped, or killed in a tragic car accident.

It was God's will for some to lose everything in the earthquake in Haiti.

Oh no, but that was God's judgement!

Let me inform all my faithful readers.......God's judgement is coming but understand we are in a period of peace.

Remember what the Angels declared in Luke 2:14

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

Judgement is coming on THE DAY of judgment.

The Lord is so merciful and long suffering....He is waiting for all men to come to know Him. He desires that none should perish.

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.

Some underestimate the Love of God!

I often wonder why so many struggle with their walk with the Lord.

I believe it is because

they don't know Him or trust Him.

Why is this so?

The deception!

The deception that we can never know Him completely.

People saying:

"God works in mysterious ways."

or

"Our ways are not His."

Yeah, it was said in the Old testament....

But remember we are Holy Spirit filled believers that know all things because Jesus said in

John 14:26

But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

Many Christians are not willing to devote their whole lives to finding the truths that Jesus gave us 2000 years ago.

For example:

Why don't we receive our healing?

Because we don't receive it like we did our salvation.

We think that healing is something He wills to give if it be His will. But who's to know what His will is right?

We have the Holy Spirit!

And if we understand redemption, we can understand what belongs to us as believers of Christ and citizens of Heaven. Once we are born again here on earth we are then no longer citizens of this world but heaven.

So everything that is in heaven is ours.

Remember the Lord's prayer?

His Kingdom come, His will be done

On EARTH as it is in HEAVEN!

Jesus has said in

Matthew 4:17

From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

This means it is at hand.....IT IS HERE!

Today and forevermore!

Deception has leaked in to so many houses of worship that it is truly upsetting.

Christians don't even realize what belongs to them anymore

They are begging God to heal

to redeem their situation

to give them peace,

When Jesus already gave it to them!

This has become my foundation to my life and I have seen many lives transformed by understanding the

POWER OF HIS BLOOD

Religion has been taken over by Satan himself and He is laughing as many Christians

are being destroyed in this life, not ever experiencing the purpose God had in store for them. Yes they go to be with the Lord....but their lives cut short.

He is isn't just killing babies by abortion

He is killing the youth of america with lies that God is a God of Judgement and who knows He just might kill someone with

cancer

car accident

murder

HOW CAN WE BELIEVE THESE LIES!!

OH, MY HEART GRIEVES

The enemy is DEFEATED!

The truth needs to be preached

we need to understand

REDEMPTION

yet again!

Remember God's Heart of the matter is this. His promise to those who love and believe Him is this:

Deuteronomy 11:21

That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.

FREE IN CHRIST

Is God the Godfather?

A common belief in Christianity is that God allows the devil to "attack" us.   Let me say it in a way that will make you think twice.  Some believe that God allows evil to overtake us.  Did I just say this right?  Yep.  Some believe that God is somewhat like the Italian mobster character, "The Godfather".  Do you believe this or not?  I know you are thinking I am nuts.  So, if you don't believe what I am saying, then stop saying that God gives the devil permission to kill, steal, and destroy.  


In a sense those who say God is Sovereign and that He allows all things, good or bad are saying that God is the leader of the mafia.  I know, I'm still trying to understand why Christians believe this perverse thinking.  Actually, I had believed this also. 


In this doctrinal belief, it is common for people to say in a not so clear way, that God allows babies to die; good and bad people to be struck with illness and disease; for people to die in car accidents.  Wait....I thought God is Love and He is good so why is he acting like the Godfather?  Why is He sending His hit man the devil out to get us?  I am still searching for answers, but it just doesn't make sense that a Good God can be the hit man.  I don't believe it!!  Not one little bit.  


I challenge all of you who call on the name of the Lord, to come before Him and ask questions.  Ask Him to show you truths.  Here are some truths He has revealed to me:  


Jesus clearly says in John 10:10

¹⁰ The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. 

So why are we saying that God allowed these awful tragedies or sickness to come upon us or our loved ones.  We are quick to blame God with most of our biblical basis coming out of the Old Testament especially in the Book of Job.  We bring Job into the picture and say that God allowed these things to happen.  It says in Job 1:12...

¹² And the LORD said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your power; only do not lay a hand on his person.” 
So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.

Before Jesus came to die for our sins, the devil had great liberty to wreak havoc and accuse those before the throne room of God.  It says that Satan, the devil is the accuser of the brethren...Revelation 12:10 says:

 ¹⁰And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.

Psalm 74:10-12

 O God, how long will the adversary reproach?
         Will the enemy blaspheme Your name forever?
 ¹¹ Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand?
         Take it out of Your bosom and destroy them.
 ¹² For God is my King from of old,
         Working salvation in the midst of the earth.

Today, he still does try to accuse the brethren day and night.  Satan is still looking to see whom He can devour.  Those who believe and trust in Christ are covered by the blood and shouldn't even be touched by Satan.  So then why do some of our Christian brothers and sisters still suffer tragedies and sickness. And I am not talking about persecution here....There is a difference between suffering for the cross and getting a sickness or being killed in a car accident.  The sickness and accident cannot be of God.  Why would God want to take a person who is doing good for the kingdom, strike them down and kill them off?  Or how can a person who has suffered an illness be any good in the kingdom of God?  They are sitting at home sick and useless.  

Please understand my questioning.  I am not attacking a sick brother or sister saying they are useless.  But, I am saying that those who say they have a sickness because God allowed it are plain wrong.  Or saying that God has allowed this to happen to teach a lesson or there is a purpose to this tragedy.  I don't believe it!

When we open the door to sin in our lives be it anger, strife, adulteries, gossips, any sin etc... and even fear (yes fear is the opposite of faith).  We are allowing Satan, not God, to cause havoc in our lives.  When we are not dwelling in the presence of the Lord or putting Him first in our lives, then we are allowing Satan to come in and take over.  It says in Ephesians 6:10-13...

¹⁰ Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. ¹¹ Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. ¹² For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. ¹³ Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 

It clearly says that we wrestle with the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.  Satan is looking for who has opened the door because he rules in darkness.  When we live in darkness and allow sins to take over our lives whether we are aware of them or not, Satan will come in and try to kill, steal and destroy.  Jesus says in His prayer to the Father in John 17:14-16...

⁴ I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. ¹⁵ I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one. ¹⁶ They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 

Jesus asks the Father to keep us from the evil one or in other translations it says  "keep us from evil". 

When we dwell in the secret place of the most High we are sheltered from the wiles of Satan.  Yes, we still live in a fallen world and not free from his attacks but when we are close to the Lord, we then sin less which gives satan no power over our lives.  I know it can be difficult to keep from sinning at times.  There are many times we can loose our temper or maybe even bad mouth a neighbor but we need to be sensitive to hear Holy Spirit's conviction in our hearts so we are quick to repent and not give Satan a foothold.  It says in Luke 12:58

When you go with your adversary to the magistrate, make every effort along the way to settle with him, lest he drag you to the judge, the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.

Since Satan is the accuser of the brethren, he is quick to run with judgement and condemnation, first speaking his lies in our thoughts and then to the throne room.  Before Satan steps foot before God, we need to settle whatever he is bringing against us.  Settle it in your heart and do not take thought of his lies.  Know what Jesus has done for us and know we are clean before God.  Realize the power of forgiveness and His blood.  Jesus is our mediator.  He is standing in between the Father and us as a peacemaker or similiar to a lawyer, defending us!  

1 Timothy 2:5

  For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus

I am so thankful today for the Blood of Christ and what He did on the cross those 2000 years ago.  We have Him standing for us and not against us.  Praise the Lord. 

If you have never come forth and asked the Lord to reveal His goodness to you, I encourage you to be a person who asks many question and seek out the answers because He does want to reveal His goodness to you today!

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God is not the Enemy!!

The Gospel of Christ according to Romans 1:16 says:


¹⁶ For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.


It is a power that is not just to save us from hell, but it also a salvation from the wrath of God. 


If we have been saved through grace why do some Christians still think that God brings or allows wrath or in other words, judgement to come upon the children of God?  


 It clearly says in Romans 5:8-9 

⁸ But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. ⁹ Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. 


This means the unfortunate things which happen in our lives are not attributed to God's judgement, His will for our lives, or His wrath. 


Some also say that God allows these judgements and wraths to come on us through the devil.....making the devil a tool God uses to hurt and harm us and bring grief into our lives.  


What??  How can you possibly believe that God is evil.  You might say "No, I don't believe that God is evil.  I would never say any such thing!"  


Then why are you saying "I will accept whatever God has for us....even this tragedy" or "God has brought this on us"  or "God knows better; He knows what is best for us". 


How can we, being "evil" never ever desire any tradegy, death, sickness, murders, to come on them, but we are quick point a finger to the God of Love and say,"You just never know, what God has Planned". 


People, Christians of the World, how can we be so blinded to believe such atrocities.  How can we believe that God who is Love say He allows the Devil to bring grief and destructions and steal our babies from us.  HOW??


This angers me with a righteous anger!  This angers me because in our foolishness we are blaming the Lord for all things that happen in this world when it clearly says.  That God has brought peace on earth.  


When the announcement of Christ came in Luke 2:14


¹⁴ “ Glory to God in the highest,
      And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!”


Do you know what this means?  This clearly means that now Man has peace with the Father through Jesus Christ.  Jesus died to bring this peace between God and man.  No more will God bring judgment or wrath against us if we sin.  Not until the Great and dreadful Day of the Lord when all knees shall bow because they didn't accept Christ as their Saviour.  This is the sin we will be accountable for.  The sin that will decide our eternal salvation or condemnation. 


To give a bit of understanding, I will share this but more to come in later posts.  


When Adam and Eve chose to sin and handed the authority they once possesed to Satan; he now walks around until the end of the age bringing death and destruction to God's creation.  


God, through the Lord Jesus will never again bring wrath on the people of this earth, until the Judgement Day of God when He will judge those who never gave their lives to Jesus.  


Isaiah 54:9 says-- (Suggest you read the entire chapter)


⁹ “ For this is like the waters of Noah to Me;
      For as I have sworn
      That the waters of Noah would no longer cover the earth,
      So have I sworn
      That I would not be angry with you, nor rebuke you.
      
SO,  if something bad happens to you....PLEASE, OH PLEASE,  Don't blame HIM for what happened in your life.  You have to understand that God is NOT the ENEMY.