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.

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A CHRISTIAN VIEW: THEY BELIEVE THE BIBLE.....?
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     It is unfortunate that most people in authority have fallen into this religious exercise. The behind the scenes witchcraft that occurs results in further bondage.  Is it any wonder that we face the issues we face as a nation.

Violence?!

Violence is all over the news.  Man shoots people in theater, man shot person in New York on street; what gives with all this murderous nonsensical activity.  If you want to see more violence, check into another violent video game or TV show.  The more we as people watch/ play this type of stuff  we will see more of the same.  We have created an unrealistic environment by projecting these types of things.  Since man's heart is wicked it really is bent toward destruction and that is what we are seeing played out in real life.  When are we going to wake up and stop this type of nonsense.  We must get these types of shows and games out of the hands of  our fellowman.
     Whatever we feed into our soul is definitely what will come out and what we see coming out in our society is death so it is clear that is what society is feeding its minds.  God is not to be made fun of, whatever a man feeds on that he will do.  This is a set law that He has set over mankind.
    Hope is in Christ and in Christ alone.  We do not believe in just reforming our lives but giving it to God completely and allowing Him to change it.

The Sacrifice Of Prestige

    Prestige is based on what others think of you and is biased based on the value system of the world.  God has given each one of us a unique standpoint that will help Him to spread the good news of the Gospel.  The place we have  in society whether it be among our families or among the people we meet can set us in place to influence men, women, and children for the Lord.
    We must sacrifice the prestige we have among mankind for the kingdom of God's sake or we will hinder its growth.  If we are chasing after prestige we will gather ruin to ourselves.  Men who are seeking prestige are seeking power and influence.  God's kingdom is not about prestige and power but about servant-hood.  We are the servants of all mankind trying to do what we can to serve their spiritual needs as our King commands.

• Luke 4:5-7

    Satan was right in the middle of tempting Jesus to fall for prestige, power, and influence.  Since man had handed the power of the world over to Satan at the Garden of Eden through man's disobedience to God, Satan has worked hard to corrupt in every way possible.
    The idea of giving this power, and the prestige (glory) to Jesus was absurd because if He would have fallen for it, he would have had to worship Satan.
    Today Satan brings this same temptation to man.  He says, "I will give you prestige and power".  It is a lie, do not fall for it or Satan will have you.

Sacrificing Our Dreams

    All of us have dreams and most of our dreams come when we are still quite.  Our culture has this ingrained into each one of us and it culminates in "The American Dream".
    If you are pursuing your dreams they will result in selfish ambition.  "The American Dream" could well be named "The English Dream" or "The Chinese Dream" or any other nations dream.  Everyone desires to work themselves into a better position of finances and influence.
    Is it wrong to have influence or be financially set? No way!  If we are chasing it though, it has become our god and the Lord of all creation is being pushed away.  Satan has used this thing of dreaming big to destroy our spiritual lives.
    Sacrifice your dreams on the altar of worship and pick up God's dreams for Your life.