DATE: 07/17/2008 15:52:03 / MOOD: Edifying

 

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When I put this design together I was thinking of the scripture, "Seek ye first the Kingdom and his righteousness and all things shall be added unto you." Matthew 6:33

Do you know what is supposed to be added? The scripture above it refers to an answer to our spirit...he knows that we all have needs. So he says if you keep coming to me in all that you do...I will meet the need in expedience according to the journey. That means everything. Did you know that many of us would rather disobey God for our sexual needs than to obey and receive all things? Many of us will and have in the past disobeyed God for our instant monetary needs than obey to receive all things. Many of us refuse to tell spouses or people in relationships that we cannot do something to satisfy a idol with them and compromise ourselves to meet their standards. In as much, disobey God.  I ask the question, "did you know" because some people aren't even aware to the fact they do it let alone the reasons behind it. Did you know many of our disobediences to God is an attempt to please ourselves, someone else, so we can be accepted, or keep peace? Jesus said "I came not to bring peace, but a sword." I am not saying to fight or just be selfish, but the denial of this world draws the line of those of Christ and those who are children of hell. The integrity of holding your christian values resists the enemy from stripping away the strength of identity within them. If you can't say no the devil you give him room to do whatever. It's is better to be rejected for the name of Christ than anything else, infact Jesus said you're "Blessed" when it happens. -Well, there goes Dr.Phil

I was having a conversation with my wife one time and I explaining to her the differences between the lies of the world and the truth in Christ. I said, "It's hard trying to be accepted into a lie because; you would have to lie to yourself and change your identity to blend in with the lie, completely."I remember seeing many undercover cop movies, where they take on drug dealers to catch the bad guy. That's how most people are and some are called to be pastors, prophets, and teachers. Yet, they are not undercover to catch the enemy they are undercover doing the dirt and trying to avoid being spotted by the church, church members, and family. But, you can't fool God, Jonah. If you are a Christian, why lie and be at a club. Or is the club the truth about you and being a Christian is the lie? -I don't know what to say, yet the word of the Lord in these situations was this:1 Kings 19:20-- "Go back," Elijah replied. "What have I (God) done to you?"

Solomon, who was one of the richest and wisest man that ever lived called all that we can ever do under the sun, Vanity!. Watch this:Ecclesiastes 1:1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem 2 " Vanity of vanities," says the Preacher;       " Vanity of vanities, all is vanity."        3 What profit has a man from all his labor       In which he toils under the sun?        4 One generation passes away, and another generation comes;       But the earth abides forever.        5 The sun also rises, and the sun goes down,       And hastens to the place where it arose.        6 The wind goes toward the south,       And turns around to the north;       The wind whirls about continually,       And comes again on its circuit.        7 All the rivers run into the sea,       Yet the sea is not full;       To the place from which the rivers come,       There they return again.        8 All things are full of labor;       Man cannot express it.      The eye is not satisfied with seeing,       Nor the ear filled with hearing.        9 That which has been is what will be,       That which is done is what will be done,       And there is nothing new under the sun.        10 Is there anything of which it may be said,       " See, this is new"?       It has already been in ancient times before us.

Man cannot ever totally satisfy the needs of another person. The earth is not big enough to satisfy the greed of one man. Neither is time fast enough to bring to pass the wants of a rebellious and impatient person. So why try as if we are God to fulfill the expectations of all God's creation without God to help you fulfill your part with it it. The earth is not all to one person but to Christ and God, yet we share this entire Kingdom with all Christians as the body. Not specifically you. As a Christian, it's in my ability to pour out all the love God fills me with. Yet, if I keep pouring out without directing that person to the source(Jesus), or teach them how to get the source themselves through salvation and relationship. I'm trying to meet the need of a person from a human aspect of provision to the point I become the deity. That's not God. Furthermore, in the end I will sit in the judgment seat just like everyone else. So that mentality of trying to meet everyone's need outside of God is insane.

Well, what was added to Jesus? He denied his earthly riches; the book of first Corinthians says he did. He denied having an earthly wife, yet will receive the bride of church in the end. He denied sex; this is the life of abstinence and consecration. He never taught what he hadn't practiced so; he never even lusted after a woman with his eyes. In 33 yrs.He denied his own will, to fulfill the purpose he was appointed. How many different stories by so many so called theologians and authors about Jesus have we seen though? Some saying he was married. Some saying he had children. Some say he was Gay. I so disagree... let me try to explain it.

Do you remember what God said? "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son." (John 3:16) So if he so loved the world, he would give it all as a father would do to his kids. Right! So why would he deny us a way to come to him if he didn't love that in which he created? So if a son with the very image of God walked this earth yet, humbled himself in the flesh to give identity of the same struggles we face. In order to unveil the very image of him in us for us to understand we too can rise above in all. For what man means for evil God means for good and all love overcomes evil because, God is love (1 John 4:8). So if any love that exerts from us is Christ, then we overcome only by Christ. By the love and obedience to God we avail in all temptations and overcome just as Christ did.

All for the simple fact to discover how much we are loved by God when we our unveiled to our own perceptions of who we are in this world. And in the faithfulness of trusting him he unveils every wicked thing for you to say no and every good thing for you to become of. Then all of us by no means can ever deny the mercy of Christ in our ignorance nor the love of God in our rejections to his sovereignty. But submit our ambitions to the wisdom of his love and righteousness of his judgments. For Christ alone deserves all the glory, for a sinner such as us saved by grace.

So when people say he had this child. He was Gay, he was married. They still can't fathom the understanding of obeying authority for the love of someone else, the salvation of his father's children. God gave to us the testimony of a son who would deny all to seek his heart. He didn't have to fight, he didn't have to bite. He didn't go to divorce court....or sue someone in a quick rich scheme. He submitted to his fathers will in all things and in all things he was exalted above all. For all those who are looking for deliverance from the wicked one who chases after you with no regard for your life. Dont run. Dont fear. Submit to God, resist the devil...and he shall flee James 4:7. Seek the salvation of the lord whom shall set you free from all things.-RTW

In brotherly love,

R.Williams
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DATE: 07/14/2008 12:06:21 / MOOD: Edifying

In my time as a Christian I have seen many things that I love and some things I dislike for the better of change. Have you seen a Christian fall from grace? Or have you seen a church in poor conditions physically or spiritually? What did you do about it? I have often asked my self or commented "that's not right" or look at what this person did. I then get into a whole realm of disliking the person or place by opinion and judgment till I notice my whole being itself is ready for war. Am I right? In my anger, I speak at other people and get people to be on my side in opinion of the circumstances I have a case against. Still, am I right? This all depends on the topic for what I could be mad at. Well, according to this I have seen one of the biggest follies in accordance to the daily Christian life of brothers and sisters. That is: When it comes to the speech of another Christian or spiritual condition of a person or place our people resolve the issues in factions, words that put others down, and disputes that lead to broken fellowships than mending fellowships. You can go to churches, you can search the internet, the gossipers of the towns, on you-tube, and casual fellowship conversations with people and ask them the "what's going on" within the Body of Christ. More or less you will here words from Christians discouraging ministries, speaking horribly against pastors, and judging people and places by the "natural eye" utilizing the wisdom of man and personal opinions against God's people rather than the spirit of love, mercy, and life. The downside of what we do in pride, because I have been guilty, is to put down someone else in a resolution to disagreement or for position. This is the main tactics of politicians who battle for a position or for an influence among people.

In the book of Samuel, there is the testimony of the first king of Israel whose name was Saul. Saul was anointed to be king over Israel after a period of time of having no king at all. Israel had judges to rule over the land and judge the controversies that would come about within the people. This is where Samuel the prophet comes into play because he was an "overseer" for God in it's time period. Samuel is also the man appointed to anoint Saul, in accordance to the people request for a king. In his tenure, Saul is famously known for the disobedience to the Lord, and the tearing of the kingdom from him and giving it unto David. After that event, Saul was still king of Israel for a number of years. In as much, there are many situations where the King Saul did many horrible things before the sight of God which further justified God's judgment. During the testimony of Saul, his character and behavior to the anointing of David and his acts as the following king of Israel increasingly made him very unpopular. One of the most amazing things about David though was the fact that almost every time he was given the chance to strike back in vengeance upon Saul he never struck him or killed him. In the scriptures it says:

4 David's men said to him, Behold the day of which the Lord said to you, Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hands and you shall do to him as seems good to you. Then David arose [in the darkness] and stealthily cut off the skirt of Saul's robe.

5 Afterward, David's heart smote him because he had cut off Saul's skirt.

6 He said to his men, The Lord forbid that I should do this to my master, the Lord's anointed, to put my hand out against him, when he is the anointed of the Lord. (1 Samuel 24:4-6)

 

Furthermore,

7 So David and Abishai went to the army by night, and there Saul lay sleeping within the encampment with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the army lay round about him.

8 Then said Abishai to David, God has given your enemy into your hands this day. Now therefore let me smite him to the earth at once with one stroke of the spear, and I will not strike him twice.

9 David said to Abishai, Do not destroy him; for who can raise his hand against the Lord's anointed and be guiltless?

10 David said, As the Lord lives, [He] will smite him; or his day will come to die or he will go down in battle and perish.

11The Lord forbid that I should raise my hand against the Lord's anointed; but take now the spear that is at his head and the bottle of water, and let us go. ( 1 Samuel 26: 7-11)

In David's reaction to Saul having a chance to take revenge upon a person that was doing him wrong. He never took it into his own hands to judge Saul by death. It is, the Lord and the Lord only who has the power to raise and destroy people, kings, nations, and kingdoms. He did this through his holy prophets and those who walked according to his ordinances to placate this type of authority. By David's anointing this was given to him.

What is man on the other hand, to take matters into their hands according to their own judgments and the avoidance of the council of the Lord's might? The Bible says that, "God's mercies endure forever." The way of the world is I have to power to do all, which is false. Therefore we as Christians can by no means take matters into our own hands to reject, refuse, repudiate, decline, deny, rebuff, repel, renounce, discard, throw away, exclude, eliminate and jettison any other people of Christ out of order with what Jesus taught. This is not God; it is a Lucifer based approach in judgment, elitism, and isolation. It's speaking death more than life.

Through Saul disposition against his own son-in-law, David's respect for the man of God still was impeccable, though another of God's anointed was trying to kill him. The Lord did take severe judgment on Saul and it came by the death of him and his son Jonathan in war.  When the news was brought to David, he went into a period of weeping, fasting, and prayer. Why? Why, give a period of sorrow for a man who tried to kill him and his family. I could understand weeping for Jonathan, who was the son of Saul and help David escape death from his own father. That makes sense. However, I believe David wept, fasted, and prayed because of what was happening to Israel as a whole, including the king. That is an example of the heart of a King, from God. Did you know that further on David, who was still married to one of Saul's daughters, Micah, was despised by her for his worship to God? So, David gives us an example of behavior to toil and trouble against people or families that are of God and anointed as well. He regarded them still as of God's body.

7 When he looked behind him, he saw me and called to me. I answered, Here I am.

8 He (Saul) asked me, Who are you? I answered, An Amalekite.

9 He (Saul) said to me, Rise up against me and slay me; for terrible dizziness has come upon me, yet my life is still in me [and I will be taken alive].

10 So I stood up against him and slew him, because I was sure he could not live after he had fallen. So I took the crown on his head and the bracelet on his arm and have brought them here to my lord.^(A)

11 Then David grasped his own clothes and tore them; so did all the men with him.

12 They mourned and wept for Saul and Jonathan his son, and fasted until evening for the Lord's people and the house of Israel, because of their defeat in battle.

13 David said to the young man who told him, Where are you from? He answered, I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite.

14 David said to him, Why were you not afraid to stretch forth your hand to destroy the Lord's anointed? ....

15 David called one of the young men and said, Go near and fall upon him. And he smote him so that he died.

16 David said to [the fallen man], Your blood be upon your own head; for you have testified against yourself, saying, I have slain the Lord's anointed. ....

17 David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and Jonathan his son, (2 Samuel 1:7-17) 

David reacted totally different to the Amalekite than he did for Saul. In as much as his reaction was brute, he spoke of God's anointed people in a way of defense and reverence for whom God chooses and calls his, no matter what. This was the mark of God's King. There was another example of this type of zeal for the Lord from another King. This was Jesus in the dealing with the money changers.

12 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,

13 And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.

14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them. (Matthew 21:12-14)

What is the point? Love God enough to stand up for him in the midst of people and defend God's people because they are still our brothers and sisters. Do we always regard a sinner as a sinner with a legalistic hammer? Mary Magdalene and Paul would have never been who they were after. So, we have a calling in the New Testament and an impartation of the Holy Spirit to comfort, edify, and exhort the body of Christ. Yet we use our language, our intellect, and our conversation to put down other people, ministries, and churches that God allowed to be here. It takes so much pride to put down someone for the exaltation of you. Rather, it is much greater in the eyes of God to remark in the forgiveness of the mistakes of men and the mercies of God. This is the fruit of love.

   16 Consequently, from now on we estimate and regard no one from a [purely] human point of view [in terms of natural standards of value]. [No] even though we once did estimate Christ from a human viewpoint and as a man, yet now [we have such knowledge of Him that] we know Him no longer [in terms of the flesh]. ....

   17 Therefore if any person is [ingrafted] in Christ (the Messiah) he is a new creation (a new creature altogether); the old [previous moral and spiritual condition] has passed away. Behold, the fresh and new has come!( 2 Cor 5:16-17)....

Let's further address people in love, mercy, kindness and fruitfulness. Let's encourage the body of Christ to build more places that exalt God's manifestation here on Earth. Let's be Christians and fulfill what we are called to do and love our brother as we love ourselves. In conclusion, let's be careful of negative words that come from an evil heart of judging people instead of the fruit that manifests. Can we use healthier scriptural ways of being able to kick out the money changers and heal the people according to the word of God. Let's be life and not be death, especially in the same kingdom that we represent.

Your Brother in Christ, ....

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DATE: 06/16/2008 10:35:16 / MOOD: In love

 

The Gospel of Prosperity

2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

3 For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.

4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. 3 John 1:2-4

11 Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God. 3 John 1:11

In the world today are so many different elements of beliefs, philosophies, strategies, doctrines, denominations and train of thoughts. When there are only two roads that are in this world and it is very simple. One road is the road to death and the other road is everlasting life. It's like being on a road traveling through a city and as you're driving on the road to life the road encompasses signs that are easy to read. On this side of the street lines are easily visible and the path is always paved with smooth asphalt. On the other side the street there is a line for miles of traffic. If you look in your rear view you can see that the signs are not that clear to read, there is mud all over them. The street on the other side also has devastating cracks and huge holes that can tear a hole in a wheel. You're close enough by the cars to really get a clear view of the people in the other cars and see what's going on in the car. Some are: confused, arguing over doctrine, "casting out devils in the name of Jesus, Paul has preached on", haughtiness, unthankful, mockers, disbelievers, selfish, prideful people, those who speak of God with their mouths and not from their hearts. They are in the front seat. In the backseat are those who have no idea of the wrath to come and just refuse to look out the window and see. They have well rested upon the two T.V's with satellite capabilities. The music blasting blasphemies in their ears and the Xbox's playing video games that promote violence, sex, and death. You see them very clear now you.

What is this road that these people are on?

"There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death." Proverbs 14:12

"The end therof are the ways of death" is such a summary of this gem from Solomon. If we compare the many messages of prosperity both Christian and world perspective some of them are so close you would think they were twins. However, if we take each message against a mirror that held the standard of the spirit that Jesus and the saints of old boldly stood for. You will see a big difference. To detail the point of saying "Christian messages" because it is evident of the fruit from the trees that many people who pray to Jesus for themselves and not under the stipulations of "Thy (God) will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven." (Matthew 6:10)

In reverent fear of the Lord, I am not a person of heart ever to continuously put down churches or fellow brothers. We all need encouraging. We don't know when the Lord is coming neither the right to always say the church is a mockery. Because the church stewardship is left to those who carry the manual and mandate of the spirit they preach from just as the world was given to Adam. However, if the mandate is for fellowship that strengthens the bond of love between all people and it is not as pure with the people you talk to everyday, how can you always judge the pulpit?In perspective, people favor more of the prosperity gospel than the prosperity of the spirit. It is more of a watered-down modernized twist of a Pharisee. In other words, people who take of faith movements that God made back in Moses's time and believe upon it like the messiah never came. People who still dire for the "Blessing of Abraham," without reading what the blessings really were for. Abraham was "Blessed" externally because he was a friend of God who listened to what God said. He was given many things because of his relationship with God and never in his testimony do we hear that he was using it for himself.

This is where we can see the wisdom of the scripture:

22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just. Proverbs 13:22

In two examples of Abraham's wife being taken by different kings (Pharoah and Abimelech), God allowed judgment on both of their houses in which the spoil they "gave" Abraham was in atonement not only to him but the God he served. Through Abraham they had a visitation of the wrath of God. Not only were the spoils worthy but expedient for his servants as well because the area that they lived in was in the Middle East. These were places that if you traveled too far from a source of water and vegetation, in due times you would be in serious trouble. By a source of water you can have vegetation for food and feed for the animals. So God's provisions through the other king's expenses were expedient for the cause. This blessing was more of a gateway of creating an inheritance for the coming of the "promised seed." Of whom, that the descendents of Abraham would be established as God said, and Jesus who saves both me and you. Many people forget before they entered into slavery that the Hebrew (Jacob's lineage) were rich. That leaves me to understand that all blessings are always for the furthering of the Kingdom of God. It is not our own to just do with irrationally to puff up our own drawn away lusts, the very mindset of that is subject to judgment. Furthermore, there was Solomon who inherited many riches according to the heir ship of his father King David. Solomon was a man with a heart for the people. This is why in his earnest response back to God for God's gift for him to have whatever he asked. He said "wisdom." Then God tested him with the fight over two women and a baby and before his kingdom God affirmed him that he had the wisdom to lead. That by faith of what God said and what he (Solomon) manifested in works in the earth this is the reason we have the book of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes. His wealth massed into a person who had the heart to build a temple for the Lord to dwell in. To be righteous and do all for the Lord as his father did. Yet his own testimony after all he had received on this earth, fallen and being stripped of the glory that once compelled the throne in which he sat. Solomon states this:

2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever. Ecclesiastes 1:2-4 King James Version

Still, both these examples are of the "Old Testament." Now, let's go to the New Testament to how Jesus responded to wealth and riches. Let's begin with the peoples response of their justification in Abraham and the coming of Jesus. The scene is of John the Baptist who has emerged from the wilderness preparing the way for Jesus, he says:

7 " generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham." Luke 3:7-8

Pierced to the heart by the words of the John the Baptist, the people respond to the spirit of the Lord in John with the same words many of us use today as we speak unto the Lord.

10 And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then? Luke 3:10

John the Baptist says three things that can help us:

that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise." Luke 3:11

no more than that which is appointed you." Luke 3:13

Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages. Luke 3:14

Another man met the Lord himself and he said unto him:

16 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?

17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,

19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

20 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?

21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.

22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.

23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 19:16-23

Now, not to underestimate the fact that there were not rich disciples and the sovereignty of God cause he can use anyone. There was a rich disciple of Jesus. However, the difference between this disciple and the other man is that this man did not have the "Love of Money and Possessions" in his heart. He is Joseph of Armithea who after Jesus died asked for the body from Pontius Pilate and purchased the very tomb in which Jesus was buried and then he resurrected. He performed what God gave him the resources for and today his name is all over the world. Prosperity is not always the key to happiness. With great wealth comes great responsibility and with great responsibilities needs true integrity. There are too many millionaires in the world that can easily get on T.V and promote that the way to solve the same problems any common man has is: Divorce them, cheat on them, drink the problems away, do drugs, buy their love, or harm them to your will. The solutions to life's problems are not how much money and fame that you have to your name. If that was the case then the Kingdom of Heaven would be easier for an American than many other third world countries stricken with poverty. Do we say that they are not entitled to Jesus as well? Did not the gospel come to both Jew and Gentile? You can go to a dollar store and purchase the Bible that has the living word of God himself. Or get it from a church for free. In conclusion through scripture I would like to give you a visual of the smooth and worry free path that the light always shines on.

28 In the way of righteousness is life: and in the pathway thereof there is no death. Proverbs 12:28

6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. John 14:6

13 "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. Matthew 7:13

From these three scriptures I see that the path of life is putting Jesus on the road always before you. To enter into the Kingdom of Heaven and into everlasting life your car (life), your family, your testimony on the earth is to enter through the narrow gates of him. His life, his example, his view, his knowledge, his love not for himself but that all on earth is to give glory to God. We need gas to get to the places we need to go. We need food to live. Yet Jesus lived on the word of God and put not his faith in the donkey or horse. He put his faith in the Father and the Father never failed him. Not once at all. So where are you whom try to believe more in what you can do by ability than by him who gave you the ability? Be on the road that enters into his body, the true body of Christ, where we all will continue to love each other in his glorious light.

Your Brother in Christ,

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DATE: 06/11/2008 14:11:55 / MOOD: Full of life

 

1 John 2: 28

28 And now, little children, abide in Him, that when[a] He appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming. (New King James version)

28 And now, children, stay with Christ. Live deeply in Christ. Then we'll be ready for him when he appears, ready to receive him with open arms, with no cause for red-faced guilt or lame excuses when he arrives. (the Message version)

I think one of the greatest things in the world is to be encouraged by someone. Have you noticed that when we were children we were always praised for doing the right things. The things that we did right were so cute and adorable to our parents. When we first used the potty without our parents or we put our dishes away without mommy. We put away out toys without anyone asking. We just had an inner feeling if I do this I know my parent will be happy with me. Of course they were.

Some took pictures, some give prizes, and most of all our parents smiled unconditionally clapping before us. That type affirmation is one of the building blocks to making the right decisions in life. We will always do what right when we KNOW the rewards for the decisions we make. Wouldn you agree? Did you know that you have a crowd of witnesses around you at all times? Some who just look at you cross-eyed and then there are God's angels that we cannot see. Did you know that every time you do something God tells you it's like standing before a well of prizes he has been waiting to give you.
Really! It's not the new Hummer, the imperfect/perfect spouse of our dreams, the job that all you have to do is time in and time out. His prizes are the manifestations of these words the inner parts of our souls beg for: LOVE, SECURITY, JOY, and Peace.

With that said lets "examine ourselves in God's perspective" while no one is looking. Honestly, I think many of us can agree we have all made some pretty stupid decisions. I mean some decisions that you really are asking yourself "what in the world was I thinking?" I am talking of the decisions that don even back up the sensibility of the situation. Now, for the hard hearted it's not to leave the spouse that God gave you to nurture responsibly. Or to disown the child who won't listen to the dictator or the verbal/emotional/domestic abuser. I am talking about the decisions we use to help us function and learn everyday.

I have a proposition for you. What if I can tell you, that you can make really great decisions and in it's course not feel disappointed, humiliated, or confused in it's outcome. Not in some scheme where you feel in your gut something is wrong. I mean, really great decisions without the cost of your consciousness to the guilt afterwards.

That is letting go of your own wisdom and cleaving unto God's wisdom.I have personally learned that my wisdom no matter how many times I believe I am right or the source that I affirming it with. If it does not line up with what Jesus or the Apostles have said or did, I am eventually going to be kicking the dust. I say that because he(Jesus) is our example of how to handle all of our situations in life, through what he and his apostles said and did. He was perfect in all and even though his apostles were not but being perfected, they had the Holy Spirit to help them everyday to do what he did.

So we are faced with a bridge or trap everyday. Whether relational, financial, or spiritual we have to properly govern our thoughts to give not just a response, but a righteous intended response. Many of us fall into that trap every day because everyday we are all faced with a multitude of decisions. So in the pressure of giving an response to the situation at hand our decision making is factorized off of: our experiences, what our parents did, what we may have seen in a movie or song, what our friends say, and worse of all what we have manufactured in our own minds un-rationally. So when I say "righteous" the typical person "Oh, I'm trying to do the right thing" we have to put the gem of wisdom in the light to see if it is good.

Well dont feel bad. A majority of the testimonies of people that God used made some really bad decisions in efforts of trying to do the "right thing" in their own eyes.

Lot's wife didn't listen to God when he told them to leave Sodom and don't look back. She then turned around and was turned into a pillar of salt. His daughters then "thought" that to save their lineage lets sleep with our father.

 

Abraham was told by God to leave his father's house and he misinterpreted God's message. So Abraham, taking along with him his FATHER, his wife, and Lot in an effort to obey his father; who then died in another city and he fought with Lot later on, only to save him.

Sarah was told she was to have a son within a year. Because of her disbelief she got her maid servant (Hagar) to have her child for her. Who she then later was faced with animosity in the "that's my baby daddy syndrome" and jealousy. She (Hagar) was then ex-communicated from them but not from God.

Saul the King of Israel did not wipe out all the Amalekites when God told him to. Later on in history, one of the offspring became a ambassador for King Ahaerseus in the Book of Esther who wanted to wipe out all Hebrews. However, Esther was used by God to correct the situation.

In each one of these situations I highlighted three words that are our keys in why many of us make bad decisions and more or less miss God's guidance in what he wants best for us.

We can: 1) Not listen to God - only to suffer facing the consequences of disobedience
2) Misinterpret what God said - and endure through time as his love and mercy corrects it.
3) Disbelieve in God - then as a Father, he will let your wisdom take it's course so you can face the results.

In each of these testimonies, we cannot say that God is mean or doesn't love us. It is very clear that he wants the best for all of us and he always "says something" to those he loves to protect them. He always manifests it whether it is an instance or long distance he will show. The result of our wisdom is the same we may not see the result of it and sometimes it is years later. We have to remember our wisdom has little viewing range like a flashlight in a dark open field. God is all light and life within itself. So whether by inner voice, preacher, christ centered wisdom from friend or non-expected source, or just the Bible he (God, Jesus, Holy Spirit)  is always talking to us prompt to respond. 

 

Example: Just right now I am asking God:

What is the difference between Lot / his Wife / Hagar / Abraham / Sarah / Saul / in these situations that their consequences have different results?  

His answer to me is this:

Psalm 7:9O righteous God, who searches minds and hearts, bring to an end the violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure.

So with that said here we are faced with a multitude of decision making: How do I make my spouse pleased? How do I get by today financially and not be in a rut later?How do I get what I need?How do I know that what I am doing is right?How do I know if I can trust this person?How do I know I am secure with God?In all of these questions the best response for everyone is believe in God and learn how to hear more of his voice to instruct you.

Just like we can sit in a chair and lean back knowing the support will hold us. We then recline and get comfortable, then start taking off our shoes. This is exactly what happens when you study the word of God, start applying it to your life. You can always check on it and it will always work. I promise you it will never fall short and he through the written words will start talking to you more and more. What will happen is...

The more you trust the more you start seeing that your not as disappointed in your expectations.You will not be ashamed before people because of the decisions that you have made ignorantly.If you did make them ignorantly, you will be around people who love you enough to encourage you to lift your head.You will be more secure in yourself and insecurities will turn into "I know who has my back."You will not be confused and most of all....

You will come into the fullness of the love of God through Christ Jesus. Who is always standing there pleased with your trust in his wisdom. Who watches you go from the potty seat to a victorious life in his name. 

 

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DATE: 05/29/2008 17:34:38 / MOOD: Full of life

 

I titled it "Come and dine." The background behind "Come and Dine" comes from three different foundations that I believe God opened for relationship unto his people throughout the entire bible. To learn of his ways and be salvaged from a dying world by the eternal life that he now gives through his Son. If you have some time to read and or receive please by no means be shy.

In the beginning it was "Come and hear" what God is saying, has said, and what God was doing. If you turn to Genesis 3: 8-10 The spirit and voice of the Lord was heard by Adam and Eve after they had sinned in the Garden of Eden. The same voice was apparent all through Genesis as God spoke to many people through a audible voice from the sky to make communication with his people. Why? Some theologians call this period of life the "Age of Consciousness" these is where there was a conscious awareness of God. There was not a bible or written word of the inspiration of God. Nor were there many testimonies of man of the works that God did. Before Noah was sparred with the Ark there were many sons of God the bible calls that fell and slept with the daughters of men. (Genesis 6: 2) Who could visualize God? Therefore there are many areas where it says they did what they saw right in there own eyes. However, there weren many that by his word moved by faith as Abraham did. That is why he is called the father or faith.

Where does the "Come and See" relationship come from? Well let look further into history of what God did. As history recalls there were Egyptian kings that did not know of Joseph or the lineage of the Hebrews. Therefore they were soon enslaved by the Egyptians. The bible recalls that the Israelites were enslaved for 430 years and unto them came Moses, the deliverer. Thus we have a new message and communication of God unto his people. God appeared: unto Moses and the Israelites by the burning bush, the miracles of God (Split of Red Sea), the wraths of God (The killing of the First Born), the Ark of the covenant, God speaking to Moses on the mountain, and the Prophets of God. God then made his mark on the world in visual aspects. Thus he was able to have objects, people, environments, and other manifestations to show all people that he was real and he is a jealous God. This period called the "Age of the Law" whereas the commandments of God were given unto Moses and the establishment of the Levitical priesthood for men to usher sacrifices unto God for the atonement of their sins. This was the Old Testament approach of God from Moses all the way unto Malachi. He further used the prophets of God to be men and women that stood and boldly proclaim what God was saying. Others such as Elijah showed manifestation of God through the miracles that he and Elisha did. Why a come and see? Well I believe that the increase of sorceries and witchcrafts that were going on in that day. Even Abraham himself was pulled from the Chaldean tribes which in the Book of the Daniel the Chaldeans were known as the "Enchanters". How many times before Moses was able to breach the door the Israelites to be freed were some of the miracles duplicated by the magicians? People who erected their own God and called unto their names were making things physically manifest in the world. All through the Old Testament after the book of Genesis are stories of people who in their attempt to duplicate, reach or display a power of God used a demonically influenced method and in exchange of their thirst of fame and power seduced many men into deception.

This reference was more noticeable in the New Testament with the fulfillment of Jesus Christ. Jesus was the walking manifestation of the word of God. Many men came with the word of God in their mouths but none fulfilled it by not only God's intent but God's spirit. He was the son of the almighty God... All that Jesus was: from birth by the word in creation, promise, prophecy, and presentation was a visual to the world of the character of God in the flesh. He fulfilled all that was spoken of himself (John 12:49), he cherished all that his Father established, and he related unto the people a bridge to allow people to understand whom his Father really was. God, his father, was not someone always destroying everything or drowning the world, but he is a compassionate and merciful Father.

Why did people need to see this aspect of God?

Because of the many people who did not believe.

When Jesus resurrected from the dead there we have the where I believe God was speaking unto the people to "Come and Dine." When He (Jesus) first makes his appearance back to the disciples in the book of John we see a continuance of what he did before he was captured to be crucified. (John 21:12). They did not recognize him nor would they ever imagine the first words unto them would be "Children, have ye any meat?" (John 21:5) He tells them to come to the shore (They were fishing) to dine with him. This is such the life that we are now called to live. We are to come to the table of the Lord and dine with him upon his body. (Mark 14:51) What is this bread which and why Jesus called the Bread of Life? (John 6:22-40) It is Jesus. Jesus says those who "Come" to him shall never hunger and he who "Believes" shall never thirst. The partaking of his flesh and blood was the communion with God of the bread of life and the sanctifying blood of the new Covenant. This was established through Christ. This "coming and dining" is such an invitation to anyone God draws unto himself. He wants you to hear him, he wants you to love him, and most of all he wants to dwell in you to manifest his Glory through you. He is all that you will ever need...you just have to "Come and Dine" with him as a Child who fervently believes and loves with a pure heart.

What is the conclusion of it all. Because now we can hear and see and now dine with him. We have a perfect example of how we should live in this world. We have it through Jesus Christ. In your daily walk in life feed upon his bread to enrich your life so you can fulfill all that God has called you to fulfill and with power, purpose, and intent of honoring your spiritual father. It's nothing more fulfilling in life that to be of his fulfillments through you and to engage a level of love not by what you say or do. But how much of yourself you give in the name of Jesus.

 

R.Williams

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DATE: 04/29/2008 12:24:52 / MOOD: Edifying

His Promise
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This is so far one of my more enjoyable pieces to work on. The primary of it all is a message of holding on to God when we can't see through our circumstances. = When the Israelites fled from the Egyptians after being freed from slavery. They were first hand witnesses to the power of God, when he worked through Moses and split the Red Sea. The newly freed Israelites were hungry, tired, and completely lead in the dark as they followed their deliverer. They did not know of a land of "Milk and Honey", and their generations were not used to being a freed they were in 430 years of slavery. Being freed, they now had the ability to follow what they have held in thier hearts and their genealogy of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. However, it wasnt recorded of God doing the miracles that they saw and they were in fear/joy at the power and deliverance HE was now doing on Earth. Even upstage pharoah who they believed was very powerful. The same then is the same today. God's love, power, and affirmation lead us through all circumstances that are placed against us. Instead of it begin an 80 yr old deliverer we have our Lord who still lives and continually frees us and instructs us through the holy spirit. He delivers us from fear, frustration, and bad judgment. He delivers us from rejection, pain, and abandonment. Because he forever loves and forgives. It is he who we call the author and finisher of our faith. Christ is in front of you is the best focus to ever focus on. With him as a focal point of priority no person, ill advice, half-truth, or decption can confuse you because he does not want you to fall. You can walk through all of your circumstances and have a feeling in your heart of surety. That is Jesus and that is the exact impression of God.

You can stand on the mountains of frustration and the pits of failures and rejoice. Because you have a mighty God, through is son Jesus, who will pull you through everytime. All you need to do is call on him and stand on what he says. Grab your bible, get informed, and get loosed from bad attatchments -RTW

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DATE: 04/02/2008 12:08:36 / MOOD: Full of life

Desperate Housewives

Herodias and Salome the Prophet/Priest Killer

 

      If you were ever used to do something incredible what would you want to do?

Many of us would just imagine up our own heroic scenarios and plots that would just seem incredible to the natural man. This is so to the man that is the average day..watch your Superman or actors that play fictional heroes that save the day or the world from harm. However, there is not any person on the face of this earth that are greater than the people that God uses. If you did a statistic of every household in world they would broadly know three names: Jesus, Moses, and Elijah. If you went deeper into their knowledge of great people they would say Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. They would say: Esther, Deborah, David, Solomon, and Noah. Of all these names these were people who were used by God to change the dynamics of this entire planet. These people affected the lives of our entire world and they were all people who were used by God. Each testimony was not as easy as people imagined. Depending on the time, relationship with God, and social structure some of these people overcame enormous odds to bring a story of life to millions of people.

      John the Baptist, as Jesus referred was one of the greatest men to ever be born of a woman. He was the son of a Levite named Zacharias, whom was a priest who gave burned sacrifices unto the Lord. He was a pedigree young man being born from parents who were from the line of Aaron. An angel told his parents he was to be born, because before they were barren and could not have a child. Also, his parent were the first to here from God in a period of over 400 yrs ending with the prophet Malachi. So you would agree as well this young boy was special. It was known that thousands were be saved by John who baptized and preached on repentance. It was in his blood to be a man who spoke on the holiness of God and the requirements for obedience to God.  His family never ate catfish or pork chops anything that God called unclean. If he was unclean he would be outcast outside of his people until he was clean. When he grew up he couldn do the things that we could because of the Mosaic Law and his parents who were pedigrees.          

      Therefore the innate ability in John was to be against anything that was not of God. God gave him the ability to have the office of the prophet therefore he projected the justice of God and the vision of the oncoming messiah. So when he came among Herodias who divorced one of her uncles, Herod II, and married the other Uncle Herod Antipas. They were all under a Kingship. John the Baptist raised his voice against the incestry that was corrupting the land. Herod Antipas, who heard John's teaching and liked it knowing that the people around him knew John was a prophet and the people around him confirmed it. He threw him in Jail in fear of the people. The bible says that Herodias quarreled and threw fits because of the ruckus John caused and she wanted to kill john. However, she had no power to do it. So on one account of the gospel there came a time where she allowed her daughter to belly dance for her father. They did it for entertainment in their time. In fact I remember watching the movie 300 and saw it with King Ahaserseus. Today it would be the same thing as someone who was a stripper. Strippers are set up to give erotic pleasure to the senses. They dance in seductive ways, do stances, and alluring looks that evoke the audience to be entranced into the desire of sexual pleasure. Therefore people both men and women are subdued by the power of lust to give up their money for the entertainment that pleases their sexual desire. This was the case. Salome, the daughter, of Herodias and her husband danced for her father and because she pleased her father he vowed to give her anything she wanted. Even half of his own country...all because of the pleasure his daughter gave him from dancing. The twist of it is because the mind of this young girl was in favor for her mother. She gave unto her mother the power for anything she wanted from her father, unto her mother. With such, Herodias being already poised to strike like a rattlesnake in the field. Spoke to her husband that she wanted the head of John the Baptist. It was done, and the head of John the Baptist was brought unto them upon a platter.

      So at the expense of the pleasure and sin of a incestuous marriage, a daughter who was a stripper, and the sensual desire of her father. They killed one of the most powerful and chosen man of God before Jesus. And this is the case nowadays, we because of our sin because of our darkness. Turn upon the very ones who are for the justice and glory for our sovereign God.  This man who the bible says did no miracles, baptized Jesus himself, and was the son of a priest was put in jail and murdered. This is one of the horrible statistics of good men who are killed at the expense of corruption.

Whats the wisdom?

Be just in your relationships. Be married to one person and not cheating around with other women or men. Especially if it is in your own family! God, will send men of honor and people who stand for the truth and confront you on choices. Even if you are not confronted by people it is your own guilty consciousness that will kill you. Guilt is one of the footstools the enemy can have on a person. You don want your mind caged because you know you are wrong, you want to get free, but you powerless to do so. Say no. Run. Walk away. The bible says "Flee from youthful lusts."

Be careful of strippers and dancers. Nowadays it does not have to be in a whore house. Be careful of Women and men who are seductive and they can be in church. Why? Seduction is like magic. It has power over the will of a person. If you see women who are half naked who show you pictures just for you to think they are great. Push on. If you see men who show you all their muscles and bare chest and flaunt their material possessions rather than love for Jesus. Push on.

The enemy is so subtle yet smart and people who are pedigreed and chosen to be influencers in this world are bitten and swallowed by these serpents.

 

Be watchful and be not decieved.

By. R. Williams

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DATE: 03/27/2008 14:02:46 / MOOD: Enthusiastic

by Bro. R. Williams
inquiry@realisticimaginations.com
http://www.realisticimaginations.com/

When you look at yourself what do you see? What is it about what you see in the mirror that makes you happy? Is it the curve of your nose or the way God has finely crafted your eyes. I think if we take time to be encouraged by the special and unique way God has crafted all of us we can just smile. We come to understand that there is no one onthe face of this earth that is exactly like you. I am unique.

I believe many people are unhappy with who they are in life. If you look at T.V or magazines you see millions of people around the world who suffer from...I don like how God has made for me. I have a big nose. My eyebrows are too thick. My lips are too big. My butt is too small. I too Fat. I so skinny. All of these arrogant perceptions places us in a category of hating ourselves for the way we are and coveting an image that was not designed for us. You were designed in love, every last one of us. He has made each person according to purpose and position. Some are born to be football players: bulky and braun. Some are born scientists: inquisitive and loners. An example of a person that understands the uniqueness on which we were created was David. David states, "I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well." (Psalms 139:14)Looks does not gurantee you will get the job you always wanted. Looks does not guarantee that you will find the right husband/wife. Looks does not mean everything in your life will be joyful and easy to walk through. We have, as a world, come so far from the identities of success. There are third world countires who are happy to have refreshing water to drink. There are certain cultures that still have to boil their water over a fire for bathwater for their child. There are tons of economic hardships that have suffered for decades. Copmared to america, who is coined the most powerful country. Looks are for a picture however, they are not a continual testimony of where you are and where you are going.
Did you know that when Jesus was resurrected he still bore the same scars as he had before he died. Yet he conquered death and Hades. In Isaiah 53, it comments that he was not something we should desire. Not a comely form, at all. That the Apostle Paul, yet a powerful speaker and revelator, was a short man who did not have much hair on his head. His hands and body were scarred. Once bitten by a snake and his back bore scars from 39 lashes he received five times.
What was the travel like back in the day? During that time the feet of people back in the day were either worn or heavily callused. A majority of the distances they went to they traveled by foot, donkey, camel, or horse. There wasn a gas station every 2 miles. If they traveled by animal they had to feed and water it. The places they went to according to the animal they traveled upon had to have the correct resources to replenish it. The climate that they were in also affected the outcome of the distance as well. So a camel back in the past would be compared to a hybrid for us now. So even if you had a date or family. It not like it was plush seating with a visor mirror to make sure your make up was good. There were not heated seats and a defroster in case it was foggy in some areas. It was the back of a animal. There shoes were not Air max 920 with memory foam insoles. They wore scandals. They didn have Rocawear or Sean john. Levi or south pole jeans. The greatest prophet born of a woman wore camel skin and ate locusts (John the Baptist.) A decent meal for us would include: meat, vegetable, bread, desert, and drink. These people did according to what they had. However, they were content in what they were given to perform that in which they needed to do. No matter how they looked.
So does an image REALLY matter?

So what does matter? Looking like you have money - But being in debt!Having a lot in your possession but, not a lot paid for?Spending so much on your look - Yet, you a bitter and depressed person?Wasting your gift of love, purity, and commitment with someone that is not your wife/husband. Would you rather prefer an affirmation of your outer beauty or a respect for the inner person.This leads to a statement God tries to prove to us:
What really counts the most is who you are. You were born a child of God, therefore, your character must represent that of which you were born. Just as an elephant can jump in the air and fly. Neither can a person who is a heir of all life live in participation with darkness. (Internally or Externally.)
A child of God does not because he is not. Where does the division line draw within a person of whom is God or not? It not the skin that is the standard for requirement, it is what is in the heart.: (Galatians 5:19-21.)
Sexual Immorality - Sex outside or before marriage physically and mentally (Adultery by the eyes)
Impurity - a defiled heart, sinful thoughts
Depravity - Corrupted state of being
Idolatry - Any place, person, or object you believe in that not God
Sorcery - use of Magic or demons; manipulation, control, seduction
Hostilities - opposition or resistance to an idea, plan, project, etc. Acts of warfare
Strife - a quarrel, struggle, or clash: Competition or rivalry
Jealousy - resentment against a rival, a person enjoying success or advantage; suspicion
Outburst of Anger - Impatience, Pinned up
Frustration, Passivity, Arrogance, PrideSelfish rivalries - Competition; Pride
Dissensions - strong disagreement; a contention or quarrel; discord
Factions - Conflict within an organization or nation; internal ; minority within larger group
Envying - a feeling of discontent or covetousness with regard to another advantages, success, possessions, etc.
Murder - To kill someone
Drunkenness - intoxicated; drunk
Carousing - to drink deeply and frequently.
The spirit of the Lord, through Paul, gives us instruction that these things keep us from stability in our lives. Which is, the Lord Jesus Christ operating through us daily. Every time we give way to something on the list above. It is like we are throwing blankets, quilts, paint, and dust all over the brightness of his (Jesus) being inside of our hearts. Jesus can come out of you and do signs and wonders through you, if you don do the work to let him out of you. As Paul says "I die daily" (1 Corinthians 15:31). What does this mean? Every day in the ancient cities of Greece that we read about in history. Paul, a sent vessel of the Lord, had to deal with the issues and predicaments just like we do: Prostitutes, pimps, psychics, ignorance, prideful people, politicians, crooks, and just plain ol Satan. So what you go through in life daily. Is nothing new under the boat...predicaments weren specifically invented for you. It a cycle that all of God people must go through to overcome. Yet a world that presses against you from every side is not defeated by your natural anger, physical stregnth, or money. Its subjected by your peace, endurance, and love till it is under your dominion. This is the Jesus who conquered this world and resides in you...who overcame the world with his love. Therefore, it is no way we can become who we are called to be in God without taking off our costume to fit in with the world. The living world without God is death.

What is evidence in your life that Jesus operates through you in this dark world?

Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit ^{is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,} (23) gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

To further break it down to apply it to our lives.
Love - Knowledge and Application of God in our self, people, and environments.
Joy - a state of happiness or felicity.; Seeing the Lord moving and working in your life
Peace - a state of tranquility or serenity; Confidence and trust in God
Kindness - the state or quality of being kind; Exhorting mercy, compassion and God love
Goodness - the state or quality of being good; Being who Jesus was
Faithfulness - true to one word, promises, vows, etcGentleness - not severe, rough, or violent; mild
Self Control - control or restraint of oneself or one actions, feelings, etc

---When you begin to apply the grace and knowledge of Jesus in your life. You become as he was, a vessel of life and love to give. The fruit of the Spirit which encompasses you and becomes who you are makes you an over comer, and not defeated by daily battles. What people see from you is not a form that is fashioned by over priced clothes, cars, or makeup. They see a person with the state of love. They see a person with the true heart for people and a love for the most important person in life, God.

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DATE: 03/12/2008 14:08:17 / MOOD: Edifying

* Because of the formatting of the blog. I have taken out a lot of the apostrophes because they do not show up.

Who is my real father?

By Bro. R. Williams

inquiry@realisticimaginations.com

How many of us have had fathers in our homes growing up? How many have had the opportunity for that father figure to say "I love you" to. To have a father that will assure you in the paths that you take in life or the comfort in times of failure. To show you how you should do things or how you should treat someone else. Of all of these questions, the depths of many people cry out searching for the answer of "Who I really am?" People who are looking for the truth that stands the test of time without blanketed lies that inevitably fail. I personally am a victim of a single mother home, of not having a father figure in my life. My parents never got married and I was born out of wedlock. They never continued in relationship and I was left as a child of a single mother growing up. My earthly father never sought to build a relationship with me nor pass on to me the blessings God put in my earthly father to give to me. My promises as a child through my father would be security, wisdom, strength, identity, and love that would not fail. I would be groomed with an example of a man who loved Jesus and from him I would learn how to overcome lust, impatience, and this world itself. From my father I would learn how to remain faithful to his word and his family. To love everything that God has created and to be just in everything that he did. I didn get that inheritance passed on to me.

So as I grew up I went to church seldom but was not in a relationship with Jesus. That is the difference between the word in the mouth and the word in the heart. I believed it was alright to have as much sex that satisfied me. I did not believe so much into marriage and treated the opposite sex like they were mats. My word was like water, I didn watch after what I said, and I grew up with the mindset of a bastard child. I still believe that though God blessed me with a mom yet, I never felt complete without the element of my father. There was emptiness and somehow something picked at me that I was not designed to be that way. One who is abandoned to his own wisdom and intuition to grow up in a world filled with lies. I battled the temper of a flame thrower bottled inside a person who held things in till they erupted violently on everything around him. Wandering in life using people to get what I wanted to reach my goal, not caring about their livelihood and well-being. I grew up with the mindset of a bastard son.

Many people in this world now have come from or are living in matriarchal homes. Some have happened because of deaths in the families and some are from divorces as the reason of a single parent or no parent homes. Yet with all of them included, each generation has a chance to restore the inheritances that God designed to be bestowed upon us. Furthermore, we can recover what we lost unless it is revealed to us what we lost to recover. We were not as children designed to be abandoned to grow up all alone without any direction. God, the father of all creation, designed us to always be under "tutors and guardians to an appointed time." (Gal 4:2) So there has never been a point in our lives that we have ever been orphaned, abandoned, or alone he has always been there. His grace is sufficient enough to restore you into a proper alignment with him and restore you unto the generational blessing of the father unto the child.

The first step is to drive the bastard child out of you and regenerate the person that you truly are. What are some things the father tells us to help us understand as we grow up?

The first one is: Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. (Colossians 3:5)

The second one is: that we should seek marriage so that we might not sin and burn in our passions. (1 Corinthians 7:9)

That we may find the person that will become a life mate for us and join in marriage to that person.

The third one is: "What God has put together, let no man put asunder" (Mark 10:9)

The earthly nature seems like one of the hardest things to put off. Put your hand in front of you and noticed your skin is all over you. Most people believe that the skin (flesh) is the problem, or the devil is always the problem but, really the problem is what inside of the heart. (Galatians 5) There are tons of lustful situations that are around us at every hour every day. People were not designed to have sex with everything walking on this earth. It was designed for a person to meet one person and the blessings of sexual relationships were ordained for that marriage. Sex is a gift to a marriage. God designed your mind to only envision him and your spouse and not another. If the door to pornography or vain imagination is open the devil will start to use your thoughts to compare your spouse to another person you are not ordained to. If adultery masters you the end result is a lack of satisfaction with a gift God gave to you, your spouse. Sex is also the most intimate part of a relationship because no other person comes close to what God has authority over, to see your nakedness. If nakedness is covered by love and pre-marital sex exposes you to possible rejection, fear, guilt, and condemnation. Why do it? When you are married you are not battling rejection or fear of one night stands or I am not sure if this person is right. Well honestly, Sex is not the true indicator if that person is right for you. God sends someone that will no matter what love you for who you were made to be, it is for life and you are covered by love from an earthly vessel with the spirit of God in them. You are not burdened by a guilty conscience because you had sex before marriage; you have rest in marriage knowing that your love for another pleases him. To restore this inheritance we must stay undefiled by pornography and pre-marital sex so that we are able to give all to the person God has designed us to be with. It is their reward to receive.

Lust is not just about the opposite sex but anything that can take us away from being content in what God blesses us with. Anything in this life that you put before God is considered an idol. Some of us are so out of control with idols or what we believe will make our lives better we go all out till we addicted to it. God is better than star bucks, soul food, riches, and the painted perception of happiness. He is the reason behind a good spouse, a loving nature, and a fulfilling life.

The temple of God (Church) was not designed to be a fashion show nor was the temple (body) that God designed for you to house his holy spirit. It amazing these days that one-fourth of a persons check can go to the beautification of themselves rather than the giving to God. That is not just giving offering, but proper stewardship over the household he has given you. How can you put on a $130 pair of shoes or purse and your grass looks like a jungle? The paint job inside the house looks like the family hi-fived it for 3 years straight and the inside of your car is equivalent to a garbage bag: junky, disorganized, and full of trash. That is not proper stewardship. How have you allowed your mouth to talk about people, your eyes to wander around, and your thoughts to be filthy? That is not proper stewardship. This is sin. It is funny that the Catholic Church has passed over laws of the environment like it was never there in the bible. Furthermore, this is what God initially gave to Adam in the beginning of this world. Take care of what God has given to you. Children are not to be thrown off of bridges or sprayed with jet streamed hoses. Children are not supposed to be murdered or spouses killed. Jesus is the only person with power over and the keys of death. So who gives you the authority to take someone life away like you created it. We as parents shouldn even make a statement like that to our children. "I brought you in this world and I can take you out." That is a lie. God gave that child to you and God is in control in the timings of that child on this earth. Not you.

If God has given you grace to have the intimate relationship of a man, female, or family. It should not be taken lightly. You have to treat that person the way God designed you to treat them and that is with as much love as possible. You do not treat one of God children like vending machine food. Put in only what gets you what you desire then throw the wrappings away. We are all designed to be like a bank vault of love that is sowed in and reaped for someone else. God spirit through Jesus gives you the ability to edify all mankind through love. A relationship is an opportunity for you to show the love of Christ to the next person. Through your love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control that is the fruit of Jesus in you. God truly did give to the man one person to be with all of his life as he is married.

He will send to you a person that together you work together to become an image of Jesus as one person. Man and Woman joined together and becoming the co-heirs of the grace of life. (1 Peter 3:7) We should not fear marriage; it is the greatest thing in this world that God has ever given. If God does not give a spirit of Fear and protects you from all danger that is ahead of you who told you to fear something or someone he wants to bless you with. He is in control and all things from finances, communication, and sex he will have in control through you. He knows your needs and gives them to you you can return his fruit back to his people on this earth. One can put a thousand to flight, and two people of Christ love within them can put ten thousand to flight. Therefore, Paul says "I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them." (Romans 16:17)

So in conclusion, as we shed off layers of ourselves to reach the attainable goal that Jesus set. We inevitably become who Jesus was, a son and heir to all things of God. We do not fear, or spend 40 years of our lives running in a circle trying to figure out where God wants us. In our restoration and renewing of ourselves we must stay away from teachings that cause us not to mimic what Jesus said or did. Jesus said "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (John 14: 6) The Father, God, is the goal that we are all reaching for that person who will be there with us always. To complete the emptiness that makes us believe we are orphaned and forsaken. He transforms a girl into a woman and a boy into a Man. He will show your parts of love that no other earthly vessel could imagine. The love from Jesus is the truest of all truth. Through the example of Jesus we can model ourselves to become as he walked to lead ourselves, our families, and our testimony to people in the way it was designed to be.

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