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On the Scale of Right and Wrong, Where do You Weigh in?

When we look at a scale, its a way to measure weight of things. If it is good it will be Good or Right: suitable, fit, sound, whole, truth, well-founded. If its evil or wrong, it will cause wickedness, causing harm,  distress, threatening,iniquity;

The quest is on, to be the most beautiful, the moist intelligent, the one with the most Savoir-faire as the French would put it, or having a polished sureness in social behavior. In other words, knowing what to do in any situation. Are you that type of person? People want to be the one, that no matter what circumstance or situation they are in, they know how to avail themselves in that situation.

People today have taken the wrong road in human development. They’ve moved from wanting to connect to the creator Jesus, Yahweh, God, the creator with the real intelligence, and they are choosing, instead, to be connected to an artificial intelligence that is compiled programming man made language to simulate. It does what man tells it to do. They tell machines what they want them to do. People would rather be controlled by a computer program, than by the intellectual intelligent program of God which is KJV language. Look at the society we live in. Its changed so much that man wants to be in a machine, that they are implanting themselves with machines. There are millions of people around the world who have decided to implant a chip in their bodies. Trans-humanism. The chip makes everything “convenient” in everyday life. They are allowing chips to communicate with other computers to tell them how to live; what is best for them. People want to be trans-humanists so badly that they are allowing machines to coordinate their day. The world is pulling toward that so much, that its trying to teach our men to be accpetant of them. Our young men don’t know if they are men, and some girls don’t know if their girls. They want to confuse you of your identity so that you’ll be acceptant of what they want to place on you. Our President and society tells people that its ok to be that way, as to prepare them for what they will do to them. This is something God gave us common sense to know; nature even gives us common sense to know. Animals procreate with the opposite sex; they know better. What would happen if all the men went to men, and all the women went to women? We all would die out. Why does our government make laws that accept such a lifestyle? To fulfill a fleshly need. Our government made laws and ordinances to make the rest of society conform to this philosophy. To them that don’t comply will be prosecuted under law. In other words to force you to accept this way of thinking even when it goes against common sense of a species that God had ordained, to maintain life of its kind on this plant.

In this world, Christ has warned us in health, disasters around the world, famines, pestilence, earthquakes, and
an incredible increase in man’s inhumanity to man. As in kids violence to other kids in this country. God has been warning folks. When kids walk into their high schools displeased and kill their classmates. You can only protect yourself so far, because Satan doesn’t care if you are a king, chancellor; he will attack you. If Satan took Christ to the pinnacle to try to swindle Him, what and who are we?

This country, the United States, is now known as the new Babylon. When you change the moral fabric of a society to suite the minority and not the majority, then you have a problem. We have people who say its ok to seek revenge on people who dislike you. Its ok because you’re the underdog in society. If anyone comes after you and attacks you, we will make a law to protect you. There will come a time when those of the Church who are preaching the truth will be attacked. Everything done in Sodom and Gomorrah, they are doing in the United States today. Homosexuality, bestiality, genetic experimentation, cloning… If they are cloning animals, you think they’re cloning humans? But President Clinton made a law against such things. You know how many rules against humanity the government has broken? Do you want to live in a society that you don’t know whether you’re male or female, teaching our kids to dumb them down? Is there any creativity in schools today? This country has been warned by the hand of God, even as Belshazzar in the Bible was warned by the handwriting on the wall.

Daniel 5

Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.2 Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.3 Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them.4 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.5 In the same hour came forth fingers of a man’s hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king’s palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.6 Then the king’s countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.7 The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.8 Then came in all the king’s wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.9 Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied.

They have disrespected God and His temple. We have to wonder if we do the same things in our lives. Do we take the things of God in our lives and make them for our own? They were having a party and all of a sudden there is a hand, writing on the wall.

10 Now the queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed:11 There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;12 Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.13 Then was Daniel brought in before the king. And the king spake and said unto Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, which art of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Jewry?14 I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.15 And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing:16 And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.17 Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.18 O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:19 And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down.20 But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:21 And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;

Belshazzar is doing the exact same things his dad did. This great man of pride who looked down on evey one else, now everyone was looking down on him! Your pride comes before a great fall. Daniel first had to get this straight before he interpreted the writing on the wall.

23 But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:24 Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.25 And this is the writing that was written, Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin.26 This is the interpretation of the thing: Mene; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.27 Tekel; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.28 Peres; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.29 Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.30 In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.31 And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.

You who knows better, talking about you walking in the things of God, but in the world taking His things and using them for your personal use, you’re not far from being disciplined. Your arms are too short to box with God. Belshazzar knew better. Has your life been weighed on this scale? Has there been a hand writing occasion in your life. Its big to talk about Christ, but have you been living Christ? Talk is cheap? Why? Because there are no returns. You have to be able to walk the walk before you can tell someone else about the goodness of Jesus. Belshazzar got so big in his shoes, that he allowed himself to escape into mess. Are you doing what you should do in Christ as you should, or do you only just have good game? People who get rich and get money, they praise God, driving around in their BMW, but can’t help their brothers and sisters in need. They don’t share because they don’t want people to take advantage of you. You don’t hear this talk in Church, because these pay tithes. So those who have money aren’t preached to, but those who don’t are. Those who have money are allowed to sit in the respected places in the Church, while others without money are spoken to disrespectfully and told to sit in the back. Respect of persons.

In my conclusion: The word tell us “ were a man’s heart is there lies his treasure” Matthew 6:21. If you desire so much of this life of this earth and the people of this world plus the thoughts and hopes it brings, then your mind is weighed on the wrong evil side of this life!

Matthew 5:20
For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Where is your heart? Where is your heart? Where is your heart? What are your desires? Some of us talk God, but the world is beating us doing it. We can’t go out into the world and minister to the needy, because they might hurt us, and because we complain…they need something. Meanwhile, we have others who don’t give honor to God about doing things, but they are out there shoveling out all they have to the needy. I don’t want to share the Word of God with anyone, you know why? Because they might ask me a question that I don’t know. Can you do good to someone who does good to you? Easily. But can you do good to some one who uses you? Its hard. But in-spite of you, you must do good.

Proverbs 17:1-7

Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife. A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren. The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts. A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue. Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers. Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

A lie needs support, but the truth need only be spoken only once.

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I’ve Been there For You, Will You be there for Me?

Have you ever been in a situation where you knew you should have died? Have you ever had that type of situation? How about when you got in a heated conversation that was going good at first then all of a sudden it went bad quickly, and it became so surreal? In that when you look at that term surreal, it means an effect, or fantasy, unreal, unearthly, strange, freakish, dreamlike. Have you ever been in a situation like that, were it was unfolding before your face, it  start going that way fast and you couldn’t stop it? Then all of a sudden the Lord steps in and you don’t know it, but the situation changes, the atmosphere changes. Things started to calm down and goes back to a normal state. Have you ever been in a situation like that, which blew your mind? You know it should have gone somewhere else? At the end you looked at one another and said “Whoa, what just happened?” The Lord had to step in and squash yours and their temper, because Satan already threw his hand in and caused it to go out of wack. When it was all over, it seemed so surreal, unearthly.

Jesus has been intervening in our lives when we ask, for a long time. But we just equated it something normal, coincidence. There has always been something like that which has happened in our life, and you blow it off and make it seem lesser. Everyone around gets in trouble and you walk away unscathed. Have you ever been in that situation? Since Christ has been standing up for you and been there for you, can you do that for Him? Can you say in your heart, mind, and thoughts, with the different situations that have happened in your life, when He asks you, can you stand for Me, when everyone around you can’t or wont? Can you allow Jesus to work through you what he will for the time or the situation? Can you allow that? Do you remember when I was with you, when the circumstances seemed uncanny? Those moments that were close. Diving down the road, doing things, and all of a sudden a car comes another way in a split second where we know that we should have hit it.

The Lord loves His people. When you have a purpose in Christ, He makes sure that your life is different even when you don’t think it is. Everyone who comes around your life is blessed, and they don’t realize its the presence of God. Even you don’t know what blessings are bestowed upon you. The light Jesus is trying to shine through you, its not for the benefit of you, but others to see Christ in and through you. You don’t have a light. Its not you that He wants to shine, its Him that He wants to shine through you. Men will see you and give Him the glory. He’s been with you since you were a little child. Satan wants to destroy that in you so that he can win over God’s will for you. I say this to my daughter every time I see her “when you were a little child, you use to walk around the house, arms raised giving glory to God.” But Satan sifted your life, bringing people around you whose spirit was negative to defeat your walk, and defeat you even finding out who He is.” My daughter’s Grandmother always wanted to grab her and pull her to herself, and when my daughter would go to bed, she would lay down with her. But what is wrong with that, she was only her Grandmother? Satan will use whomever he will use. have you ever heard the phrase “transference of spirits?” That spirit will get on you because of touch or proximity. Satan brings people back from your past, and they are eager to hug you to be alone with you. Have you ever noticed when you leave an old friend who you always had problem with you feel like something had lifted, right? but when they came back in your life you felt very heavy and burden. My daughter had that spirit transfer onto her. She would start throwing tantrums, and quick to get a attitude about anything when she never had a tantrum before. She took on the ways and attitude of her grandmother, who had an attitude with people who wouldn’t do what she wanted them to do and she would curse them out. Transference of spirits its real people, It doesn’t matter if they’re family or friends. That negative spirit was transferred to my daughter, so what ever evil spirit is upon a person its will be transferred to the other person then they will begin take on that person mindset and attitude of the evil spirit have.

People rarely transfer positive things in your life, but they will tell you negative things in the form of gossips and that just jump off there lips to you. Have you ever found yourself walking into a situation, and coming out acting like it was your situation? Well you try to blow it off and say that it just who you are trying to take ownership of it, when you never behaved that way before until after that situation. No it isn’t you, its that situation that you just came out of. Satan is not trying to possess you, he wants to delay you. for example: What would happen to if you got to a train, or bus, or plane late? It would leave without you, right? Some people come into your life to delay your growth or walk in life, because they are under a evil or demonic influence that has delayed them. That is why your walk is a selfish walk. At the final judgment Who has to stand before Christ for you, you or the people who influenced you? You have to be concerned about you. But if your brother, sister in Christ Jesus is trying to get up, help them as best you can. But when their struggles has become a part of your struggles in life, you have to know when to cut bait, and run, in other word let there struggle go. Its not an easy thing to choose Jesus over family. but even in bible; Matt 10:37, luke 14:26 it reads, that you can’t love you mother, father, sister, brother, more than Him. Because they will cause you to turn away from Him. They know him or love him, and out of your love them you’ll wind up not loving Me base up on there will and understanding then you’ll wind up walking way from Me. Its a terrible things to look back over your life and say, what could have or what should happen if I had done this or that. Satan will bring back to your mind these type of though to condemn you, he will say thing s like, “You were doing good, You were on fire for Christ, you were in his will Now look at you now “! An for us human  we don’t want to be single out or accused and the finger is being pointed at us.

In this day and age the biggest problem in the world, is worrying about what other people will say or is say about you!. Why do we spend hours in front of a mirror doing our hair or putting our clothes on and …etc.? Even when you have your day off, you don’t stay in front of the mirror the same way. Why? Because you don’t really care about all that and you don’t have to pretend anymore, you can just be real. That mindset leaves you after you get a certain age. We’re so concerned about what people say about us that we put the fake smile on, when we feel rotten inside. If your life is so wrapped up in that type of mindset, you can never serve God fully. We need to be more concerned about our souls, because the outer appearance fades. But will your love for Christ fade? Does you salvation depend on how your outer appearance is?

Hebrews 13:1-9

Let brotherly love continue. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body. Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me. Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation. Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.

The Lord sends angels down to check up on us. Hebrew 13:5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

Mr. or Ms.  just got a brand new car, I need a brand new as well. Mr. and Mrs. just got a brand new house, I need that too. Mr. or Ms. just got a brand new cloths and shoes, I need that. Don’t talk about things that meet your vanity, your conversation should never be about that. What is content? Satisfied. When you’re satisfied with something are you concerned about someone else’s stuff? Oh Lord, they just got the latest MacBook Pro. If you’d never seen them, would you want a Mackbook Pro? Be content. Lord I don’t have what other people have, nor do I own what other people own. What is that saying? Doesn’t your Father know what you have need of? A lot of times we talk to the Lord like we’re ignorant. Lord I don’t have! You don’t have it because you don’t need it. We need to be content. Lord they’re going out and witnessing to 1000 people a day, I only witness to one person, be content its not the number he is looking for you might witness to over a 1000 people, and out of that 1000 only 2 people come to know Jesus, its about letting the word of Jesus be heard so that Christ sheep will hear his voice but a stranger want follow john10:1-27 .

When God tells you something today, will it be the same tomorrow? We think Jesus is like us. We change our minds everyday. But God is not like that. If He told you something in the Word, He won’t change it Malachi 3:6. If He did, He would be inconsistent. If the Word says today you shall not steal or lie, it won’t change tomorrow.

Philippians 4:4-8

Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice. Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

Even when there is disagreement between two people, you can agree to disagree. Then you move on and leave it alone. Kind words turns away wrath. Don’t sit there and fuss with someone. They don’t know, but Satan is using them to jack you up. People are not going to agree with everything you decide to do in your life. Why? They don’t know where they’re going, and they don’t want you to get yours before they get theirs. The Lord is telling you to walk on because its you that has to give an account of your life, not them. People don’t care about you. A lot of times people get jealous because you’re not riding along with them. When someone jumps out in front like they know where they’re going, then the others want to slow them down. This is how people react when you’re growing and they’re not. You don’t have time to worry about someone else problem. Because its someone else’s problem let them work and walk it out.

In conclusion, read Deuteronomy 31:1-6

And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel. And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: also the Lord hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan. The Lord thy God, he will go over before thee, and he will destroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt possess them: and Joshua, he shall go over before thee, as the Lord hath said. And the Lord shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed. And the Lord shall give them up before your face, that ye may do unto them according unto all the commandments which I have commanded you. Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

I’ve been there for you will you be there for Me? When you’re around others what manor or conversation do you have? When you’re in confrontation, how is your attitude in that? What is the result after that situation? Can you walk away with a good heart, and no angry feelings? Are the results to the point where God will be happy?

Don’t allow someones sinful nature to destroy your soul. People who are governed by sin or flesh, they want to bind you with their mess so that you can’t do the will of God in your walk!.

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Did You Ever Grow Up?

1 Corinthians 13:11-12

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

I was thinking about when I was child, I did some crazy things. Did you ever tempt fate? Tempt life and death? When you look back when you were in your teens and preteens; the peer group pressure? Do you remember things like selfishness; lies? It was easy to tell a lie when you were young, but you really didn’t know what a lie was. You remember being a thief? “Don’t mess with those cookies…don’t mess with this…” Your siblings told you “don’t bother that…don’t take it.” Though that seems small, its still thievery. I was with a company that I was a contractor at, and I was told I could go into the office supply cabinet. I looked in there and it was as though I made it to mecca! I had a pen fetish and they had all types of lead, ballpoint, felt tip point, roller ball point; All sorts of erasers, those like putty, the big white ones, the big brown ones. Post it notes, tape…they had all the goodies. Colored paper clips…you never know how bad you need a paper clip until you need it. I was told I could get whatever I needed. I got every pen and eraser that I could get…and it wasn’t going anywhere but back to my desk. I was doing work with them, but some of them never stayed at my desk, but went home, and rested there. Now because it didn’t come from management and came from one of the engineers on the floor, it wasn’t for me to take, but I took and took and took again. I don’t know if there is such a word as nice stealing, but I stole, often. I was justifying everything…taking 4 bottles of whiteout, just in case I may need it. But I was a thief.

How about cheating? Do you remember anger? How about faithlessness? As a teenager, we told other teenagers “are you going to be faithful,” yet we weren’t even faithful. We tell them “don’t cheat on that test,” yet we cheat on that test.

Lets look at our childhood. Have you ever been selfish in your childhood? You know there use to be a truck that came around and the driver was Mr. Liberty. He had popsicles, iced cold bazooka bubble gum, fudge sickles, freeze pops, eskimo pies, the ice cream bars with chocolate on the outside, and the neapolitan ice cream…He always carried the right stuff for the kids in the neighborhood. He came at the right time, and when he rang that bell, every kid on that street came running, hopping and skipping beside the truck. He tried to satisfy every child and teach us about our money too. We had a wonderful time waiting for him to come, and we use to promise each other that we’d help the kid who didn’t have money and get them something. But when that time came up, we didn’t want to share, even when you ate some of another kids iced cream before. Then you would order knowing you had no money, then you felt angry, disenchanted; let down because you couldn’t get the thing you wanted.

Do you remember something you took from your sibling or friend and never gave it back? Did you know that you can’t steal someone from another person? You saw one teen with a girl you wanted. So you went about trying to steal the girl from him? This happened to me. Pains and trials and let downs that I didn’t even know were there. Kids being talked about, being made fun of. Teenagers. Wanting to be accepted. “You don’t dress right. We don’t like you. You belong with the misfits.” The things was is the misfits were all straight A’s. These memories are still with me today. Sometimes memories are still there, but attached to those memories are a growth that you never grew beyond. What about when things didn’t go your way? Were you angry with the person, the situation or with yourself? What about when you didn’t get chosen to do a particular task? Some of us want to be chosen, others of us don’t because we don’t want to be called a teachers pet. You remember when your sibling or friend told a lie to your mom or dad? Think about those moments? Do we ever see some of the remnants of our past childhood come up in our life now…how we walk in Christ, how we choose our friends, how we do business? Yes we do. The Word of God says when I was a child, I thought as a child, spoke as a child…Some of the things we do today are still from our past as a child. Did our bodies grow up and our minds stay the same? What does it mean to become a man? Not looking at things from a child’s point of view, but looking sensibly and reasonably. I don’t need to smack you back because you smacked me. We need to realize one thing. We need to grow up.

You wonder why God can’t use us? Because we haven’t grown up. He can’t give a responsibility to someone who is still doing the same old childish things. Think about it. If a person still hasn’t grown up past the mindset of having a playful type mentality all the time, would you entrust them to manage your money? Would you entrust them to handle your business? Think about it. Just relate that with God. Will the Lord entrust you to deliver His word to a person who’s soul is aching, who’s heart is hurting if your still in a child’s mentality? We have a lot of immature Christians out there. Some of them have come into the understanding of what the being clear picture is about. But they begin to play around, and take it lightly. They don’t look at others pain, anguish or hurt, but they say rather it is kind of funny the way they look. When you were a child, some of the things you did carried over into your adulthood. If you grew up liking toy race cars, maybe you became a race car driver. You ever wonder what your life would have been like had you not chosen your profession? What would you have done, accomplished, succeeded in? Would I have known who Jesus is? Would I be in this state or this country? What would I have done?

A lot of times our faith or the lack of faith is due to something that is lingering over into our childhood, linger into our adulthood. We had faith in someone; they failed, so we saw that faith didn’t work, or we have less faith. It causes you to have a misunderstanding of faith. Lack of faith is usually equated to having an emotion disillusion. You have a relationship with someone and you know it would last, but they pull out for some reason. But they told you they had faith in the relationship, then that lessens your idea of faith. The delusion of it all is because of the attachment you had on others wasn’t strong enough to maintain the bond, your faith lessens. You ask, “what came out of me that caused their walking faith not to be strong? Did I cause them not to be faithful? Did they see a lack of faith in me so they became unfaithful to us?” Then you begin to test that faith on them and say “I will try this one more time.” Then when they do it again, you don’t trust them at all.

What does mature mean? Its being able to let things go that don’t make sense. Mature comes in when you’re able to look at something circumspectly, weigh it, not just accept it, but know the consequence behind it. Whereas a person who is younger will jump right in and do it and find out later that it was bad. Maturity will say I’m 72 years old, I don’t need to have a car note. Maturity makes sense. I’m not working anymore, why would I go and make a big bill? You can’t live off someone else. You say you did when you were younger, and think you can do it today. Making the same old mistakes you did when you were younger. “He’s cute, got nice hair and muscles. So he must have a brain.” That is the same thing you did when you were younger. You weren’t looking for intelligence, you were looking for looks. You still live the life of a teen and here you’re 62. You still turn out to be a teen and your 50, making the same old stupid mistakes you made when you were younger. When it says I let go of childish things…the way you talked and acted. You can’t do the same things you use to do when you were younger. You should have some wisdom. Have you grown up yet? Its not the shape or the color of the product. Its whats in there that matters. You don’t want a man who will be candy on your arms. You want someone who will enhance you and teach you something. Whatever God gives you, trust Him.

Don’t let the ways of your past control your future. Don’t make the same stupid mistakes; being giddy making your choices in life. Start looking at thing a bit more seriously.

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Follow Peace with All Men

Romans 12:18

If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.

People are watching us each and every day. They are use to people saying “I go to Church,” or my parents my mother, sister or father went to church.” That is fine but is the Church in you or are you in the Church? There are people who are in the Church, but He wants the Church to be in us. Its not a facility or edifice, the Church is the people of God, filled with the Holy Ghost, inside of us where the Holy of Holies resides. We are the example this world needs in this day, in this unconscious world of sin. People are doing things today with no retribution, not caring if it hurts others. We are doing things that are not conducive to being Children of God. We all say that we love the Lord. We sing songs of accolades and of love but we don’t mean them. People here us singing those songs, but then we walk out in violence. We are very negative. Do Christianity and negativity go together? No. So why are we so negative?

Y’all know when people get on your nerves and then they say they’re just playing. We can’t allow ourselves to fall in the traps of this world. People draw you in. Satan has been doing it for years. If he can’t get you physically he’ll get you financially, so you can’t do anything you want to do. You can’t even go out a buy a hot dog. I can’t go out and buy a bag of chips. You go around saying I can’t. Satan knows how to reach you by how you’re effected in your walk. In decisions. If you’re habitual. That is why some of us can’t take drugs. You shouldn’t take drugs in the first place. We can’t smoke weed because we’ll be hooked. They say it calms their nerves. We make up every excuse.

Live: To exist; to be; to aspire. To live through an amount of time.

You should exist peaceably. To exist to be understood. To exist to live in harmony with one’s self and ones God. To live to be; to exist to be. You think about the emotions; to be caught up in a quiet emotion. To look at the Hebrew word Shalom: completeness. You look at the word welfare. If you’ve ever been around Hebrews or Muslims they say Shalom. Peace be with you, and they return the peace back to you. To make peace and shalom; to be complete and sound; to be perfect. Is everyone perfect and complete? Is everyone’s heart where it should be? Are you all clear with your focus where it should be? Is it foggy or misty? The Lord tells us He keeps those in perfect peace whose mind is set on Him. If you are not focused on the things and situations in your life, then you won’t stay in peace, because these folks will drive you up the wall.

What do bill collectors do? They collect your money, caring nothing about the bills. Now think about this, when you make a bill with someone they ask for your name, address, phone number. Why? So if you’re negligent with your bill they can reach you. You can’t live in peace if someone is blowing up your phone about a missed payment every week. It doesn’t feel good when you miss a payment does it? Because they add up. You miss this month, then another month. You’re jacked up because you’re worried about what you will do next. Now your unstable because it has rattled your foundation of peace. All the while you are building up with stress. You’re not happy. Now you have family members that will bug you to no end. “Can you give me some money… can I come to your house?” If you have a relationship, they’re bugging you. Are we going out tomorrow…are we going to meet…because you said we were going to meet? You have the bill collector, your family, your spouse…they you say Lord deliver me. Its just too much on me I’m stressed. Then the Pastor says, I need you to go out and witness with this group today. Are you at peace? You’re mad with the people who keep calling you, then you’re mad with your cousin, you’re mad with your spouse, then you’re mad with the Pastor and they’ve done nothing. No one likes when someone else is coming after you. So people say they’ll turn it all over to God. But we don’t do that. We’re Indian givers; give things, then take them right back. This is the same thing we do to the Lord. “Lord take all my burdens, I surrender all,” we say. As soon as we give them to Him, we go back home, sit at the table and lament over our issues. We take them right back from the Lord. We ask the Lord to heal us. If we pray and the Lord doesn’t answer right away, we start going through saying it didn’t happen. Are you feeling at peace? We’re stressed as stressed can be. We can’t even think about helping anybody in the Lord when we are stressed.

The Lord wants us to know one thing, He’ll keep you in perfect peace, even when you cause mess in your life. How many people know that if something costs $900 and you only have $200 to your name, you don’t purchase it? You don’t go get a loan to make up the rest of it. Some of us haven’t learned that yet, knowing we get $200 a month, why make a $900 loan that will collect interest? It will take you how many months just to get $900? We should know better. Why should you buy a brand new car when you can’t even afford a used one? People stress you so you’ll make the wrong decision, but by that time you’re caught. Now we’re pressured, we make decisions, have relationships, make deals and bargains, out of stress, and in the process of it, peace is tip toeing out the door. We don’t realize it. When we enter into contracts or deals, makes sure its not of stress, not of duress, but rather looking at the future of that same thing.

We look at relationship. Being in relationships isn’t free, every time I pick them up, I have to spend money for gas. They’ve got to eat so I have to feed them. They’ll want a gift so I have to buy them something. You ever heard the term “we can live on love?” You can’t pay with love when you are trying to buy a happy meal at McDonald’s. It costs money. The Bible says that no one should take something upon themselves without counting the cost. How many can repair a car, or rocket engine, or electronics? So why would you buy a car that has a rocket engine or radio? So when it doesn’t work anymore, there it stays because you can’t fix it. What will it cost me to maintain something. You have to count the cost in your life. Its always good to understand if you want to succeed in something, count the cost first. Everyone is always saying go ahead and do what pleases you, and they don’t have a dime to help you keep it. You have all their weights on your life, tons and tons of weights on your life. Why are the bill collectors constantly calling? Because you wanted something that someone else had and you can’t afford it. You know there are some people who will buy a game system before they buy food or clothes? We’re stressed to the max, we can’t be at peace. When you are stressed are you peaceable with all men? No, you’re upset and you speak to them firmly.

We can’t walk peaceable with all men because of all the stress. We begin to act attitudinal with people. If we go back to the word Shalom. Peace. You go to some place and a person overcharged you and you don’t realize until 2 days later. You can’t go back because too much time has lapsed. Then you become stressed about that. Love of money is the root of all evil. Under stress in life is unnecessary. You don’t need the stress in your life. Follow peace.

When you allow your soul to be caught up with the thoughts and emotions of your physical man, there can be no peace of joy in the Holy Ghost in your life. Satan come to steal, kill and destroy you. Who cares about you better than you? When you get into a situation and your life is at stake, we think about our immediate things. When I was sick in the hospital, I was thinking about how I would pay the hospital bill. This society has groomed us to be worry warts. If you allow your soul to be caught up with what your flesh is doing, you cannot, you cannot live a holy life. It will keep you from finding out who Jesus is. Its not about you.

We get it confused saying that our lives are all about us and what we can get out of it. Our lives are about being available for God to use us.