Earthquake In Hades

    The horrific sight of a man being crucified; the sight of the soldiers gambling for His clothes; the religious leaders making fun of Him.  How much humiliation can a man bear?  He did this for them and us but it seemingly goes unnoticed.  Rejection continues as men still refuse to see who He really was.
    The darkness that spread over the earth seems to resemble the hearts of man in this world.  The light of this world has seemed to be quenched by man’s unbelief.
    This scene takes on a supernatural slant when the man dying on the cross cries out in tones that echo “It is Finished” and then dies.  An earthquake ensues as He descends into Hell to
Take the keys of death from Satan.   He then led the dead  saints in a procession through the streets of Jerusalem on their way to Heaven.  Before this time, Satan had kept the righteous captive in Hades.  As victor over death and Hell  Jesus emerges from the grave with yet another earthquake that shows His mighty power.
    Satan is trying to get control of everyone again and as men reject Christ, he is succeeding.  The price has been paid  for our redemption, but men don’t care.  They want to be in control of their own lives, which will never happen.    The earth shattering experiences ultimately showed Jesus’ power and unless we have “heart shattering” experiences we can not see  His power in our lives.  These experiences were beneficial to the start of the church, but seemingly today we have lost sight of them.  We need to get focused, and stay focused on the Word of God.  Don’t let your culture dictate your belief of the Bible but rather let the Word of God dictate your culture.
We need to understand that we as humans do not control our own lives.  We are controlled  by either God or Satan.  I think of it like this:  we are on this giant Chess board as pawns and we need to rely on someone to affect our actions.  While it is best if God moves our piece He will not do so until He has our permission, on the other hand Satan loves to play both sides of the board, whether you want him to or not.  This is when God  prompts us to ask for help.
Once we learn Satan’s agenda is there any excuse?  Not unless you recognize your part in your mistakes.
If we think we can change the world by rules and uniformity, we have been deceived.  It has never worked before, why would it start now?  The heart needs to be The Word of God.  Don’t let your culture dictate your belief of the Bible but rather let the Word of God dictate your culture.  If we think we can change the world by rules and uniformity, we have been deceived.  It has never worked before, why would it start now?  The heart needs to be changed through a radical experience, and only then will we see true change.

Voices In My Head?

    Is God speaking or is what I hear just voices in my head?  I am not schizophrenic.  To understand what is going on we need to look into the spirit world and see what really happens.

    The spirits, both good and bad are in a fight for our souls, and each are speaking directly to us at various intervals trying to sway us toward their desired path.  In truth, God wants a personal relationship with each one of us, and would love to carry on a conversation with us.  In this epic battle for our minds, what would seem unnatural would become reality.  We can not ignore these voices for they are what give us the choices we have to choose from..

    God definitely has spoken to mankind in the past and will speak again.  Through the voice of God, we feel guilt for sin, forgiveness for sin, and acceptance as a child of God.

Speak Lord

For Thy

Servant

Hears!

The Church Goes On: The Devil Unleashed

The Church Goes On: The Devil Unleashed:    -2 Thessalonians 2:1-12     The spirit of the devils is alive and well.  Evil and darkness prevails over much of the land.  The devil...

Where's God?

   With the recent shooting in the school in Connecticut, many people are wondering where is God.  I ask you one question, are you refusing to recognize God and then when tragedy strikes question His existence?  You may wonder why God allows things like this to happen to people He loves.  As I sit here typing this I have to use my left hand because my normal hand is out of commission due to an accident.  We are in a fallen world and therefore things like these unpleasant circumstances occur.  It is up to us to respond in a manner that draw others to God and not turn them away from Him.
  We may not recognize God's hand in our circumstances but He is there none-the-less.  God is in control of our lives and that is what has kept evil in check as  much as it is.  God lifts His hand of protection slightly every now and then so we can see the effects of wickedness on the earth.  Let us stand with Him as He is already the victor over sin and Satan.
    The public school system and its teaching that mankind was not created in the image of God but rather is a piece of matter that evolved as a random process breeds the type of behavior we see in people's value of life going down.  If we can recognize that life is a gift from God, we will respect it and seek to preserve it.
    Does America face a mental crisis or is there something else going on?  I believe what is actually happening is Americans have given Satan a platform to stand on and every once in a while he begins to dance.  Jesus Christ is the only way to rid ourselves of this dilemma so ask Him to dwell in your heart today.
    God has created men with the desire for mastery and that is why we see wars, rapes, mountain climbing, white water rafting, etc...  When this desire for mastery is not under the direction of God we almost always see the kind of mastery that destroys life.  Let us seek to allow God to control our desire for mastery.

Black Friday

    The frenzy of shopping the day after Thanksgiving has become a day which is rapidly stealing a thankful heart and replacing it with a heart of GIVE ME (US).  While it may be a good idea to buy your children gifts the focus seems to be all wrong.  I hope if you do go shopping during this time that you do not get caught by the frenzied idolatry that seems to be increasing.

Jesus Christ is the greatest gift!

Please accept His 

Sacrifice

For Your soul!

Adultery And CIA Don't Mix

    David Petraeus recently came forward acknowledging his affair with his biographer, but as the story unfolds we are seeing a much bigger SCANDAL.  He is currently accused of lewd conversations with a family friend creating a sort of lust triangle.
    The reason any high profile job and adultery don't mix is, once you have CHEATED on your wife you have compromised your integrity (your honesty) and you will compromise it again unless you repent and forsake all such behavior.  The hope of maintaining a masquerade that covers it well enough to get by is non-exist.  People who hold jobs is such high rank should be held to a much higher level of integrity as an example to the rest of the nation.

Anti- Muslim Film?!

    What does an anti-Muslim film have to do with the violence going on in the mid-east?  Did it really give rise to the flared tempers that is causing the Embassy siege?  What humanity really needs is Jesus Christ who is God in the flesh that came to the earth to sacrifice Himself as a means of re-instating mankind's fellowship back to Himself.  The absence of this is what causes conflicts like the current one.  What this film really did was expose the nature of the beast that was lurking inside the individuals that carried and are carrying out the attacks.  Whether all Muslims are the same or not is beside the point, what we see is what we know; and what we saw was  beastly activity being carried out by a few individuals, not an entire group.
    We actually all have this potential because we all have a fallen beastly nature that comes from Satan residing in our hearts, causing us to do things that go against the principles of God that protect life.  That being said, I am hopeful that you too; will accept God's gift of love, as I have, and allow Him to penetrated deep into your soul causing a real transformation that will not just reform you but make you a new you!  The only way we can have hope for the future is to be transformed or changed from having the beast lurking in your soul to having God himself there, who fills you with things that laws cannot and will not be made.  Galatians 5:22-24
    This is yet another exhibit of the Hunger Games being played out in real life.  Man without God is hungry for mastery, power, and for blood which is why these types of movies sell, and why men seem driven to this.
They are driven but not by God, and that just leaves one other...Satan.  Live your life in a way that is driven by God and His values for that is the only way to live that is worth anything.