Broken heart & Pain

The heartache and pain are real they cannot be denied.  They seem to suck the life right out of us. Being left with more questions than answers leaving us dazed and confused. Words of comfort come across empty and meaningless, we say to ourselves you just don't understand.  We try to smile through the pain as tears roll down our face.  In all we really want is for someone to share the pain a simple hug, a sincere expression upon your face setting with us with no words spoken. Burdens are made to be shared no one should go through lose alone. Rather it be a realationship gone bad, the lose of a loved one, a child, a baby or even they ones we never got to hold.  God's heart breaks with you, He understands your pain. He never said that He wouldn't give us more than we can handle, but rather He did say in our weaknesses we find strength in Jesus Christ. He did say He would never leave us or forsake us. We need to cry out to God telling Him we can't do this on our own. The pain is more than we can bare!  Allow Him to carry the burden, which He is more than willing to do. For it is written Cast your cares on Him, who cares for you. Allow your brethren to share the pain , don't turn them away for they are the hands and feet of Christ.

Tribulant times

We have fallen into a great sin in this nation! How long must we tempt God, taking his patience for granted? We shake our fist toward God daring Him to do something, mocking Him and His Word!  The blood of the innocent stains the ground, we proudly display and flaunt our Idols that we have set up! We seek things of the flesh, rejecting the things of God! How long must we provoke God? He has given us time to repent, he has made His word known! Yet in selfish desires, we have rejected Him as King, as Lord, as Savior!  In the hardness of our hearts, we deceive ourselves, believing we can live our lives as we please, stating God created me this way, or God wants me to be happy, or that I'm free to live as I see fit!  We justify our sin, refusing to acknowledge it for what it is!  Many great nations have fallen, for they turned against God failing to recognize Him as Lord!  What makes you think we are different? Our pride will be our downfall, just as it has been to those before us! God will humble the pridefull, those who left themselves high He will bring down low humbling them in shame!  There is still time though, if we repent God may just hold off His hand of wrath and judgement from us!  If we turn our faces to Him seek Him with all our heart He will be found!  His love, His mercy, His grace goes beyond all understanding it is for all that seek Him for those who put their trust in Him!   Today is the day of salvation, seek God while He can be found! Just like Nineveh repented at the preaching of Jonah, holding off the judgement that was looming. We too can change the course that we are headed for!  It is time for the people of God to stand up and proclaim all that God has done! Showing His love in that we do! I pray that I'm wrong, I fear that I'm not though for we already see God turning us over to our own desires for our rejection of Him! Good has become evil, and that which is evil is now considered good!  Tribulant times lay ahead, but us that persevere to the end shall be saved.  Remain strong in the Lord, trust in Him live out your faith, allways walking in the Spirit!  Amen!

Casting Stones

So much going on in both campaigns, neither HRC or Donald Trump are perfect, both are flawed! They both have said and done things that make people upset.  We pick and choose who we will attack or who we will support ignoring the things in the person we support.  We say this person is unfit to be POTUS, when in fact neither of the candidates that are running are!  However they both won their political party nomination to represent them in November.  Who ever God ordained will be the POTUS, it will be for His glory it will bring us blessings or it will bring us chastisement. Either way it will be so that we will acknowledge Him and Him alone as Lord and Savior!  It is ugly what is going on this election year, we as a nation are more divided than we have been in many years.  Till we see that God alone as our Lord as our King and that the POTUS is a servant of Him dictating His will upon the people of the United States. No leader has anymore power than that God has allowed him/her to have. We must except what ever is the outcome we are to look to God and Him alone for guidance and direction. Man will disappointment you, man will fail and fall. However God will never leave us or forsake us.
   What is going on is much like the woman brought to Christ who was caught in the act of adultery. The Pharisees and Sadducees the political leaders of that time said the law says we should stone  her, what say you? Christ replied he who is with out sin may cast the first stone. He then knelt down and began to draw in the dirt. One by one from the oldest to youngest dropped their stones and walked away. When they all had left Christ looked at the woman and said where are your accusers? No where she replied! Neither do I go and sin no more. 

Both parties are quick to point out flaws in each other quickly to cast the first stone for their own benifit in the process of rejecting ignoring their own flaws and evil deeds.  Neither of the candidates are worthy to be POTUS but they are the choices regardless.  When we go to the polls in November and we cast our vote we need to weigh  heavily what we know about each candidate not just what we dislike about one.

Not only Savior, but also Lord

Why do you call me Lord Lord and not do what I say Christ made this proclamation right after giving The Sermon on the Mount giving guidelines for the Christian Life.  Christ goes on later to say to "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.  This is the great and first commandment.  And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.  On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets."
We live in a selfish world people justify their sin people refuse to recognize Christ as Lord but considering Him as Savior only. True repentance is truly ever shown. It breaks my heart to see people who profess themselves as Christians but live and outward sinful life some in secret some in the open.  For it is written they honor me with their mouth but their hearts are far from me for it is also written if you love me you will keep my Commandments.  Many are in for shock when they stand before God and hear the words depart from me you workers of iniquity I never knew you!  People refuse to admit that they are sinner's in need of a Savior!  They believe they are good people because they don't commit no crime against man that they believe they live a good life. They give to charities then even helping those in need they may be pleasant and kind to everybody they meet. However these things will not get them to heaven. People refuse to acknowledge that God is not only holy and righteous but that He is also just!  That for Him being just His wrath will be poured out on those who refuse to acknowledge Him not only as Savior but also Lord!  Some believe that because we have freedom in Christ our sins don't matter.  Wake up! We are to be holy because He is holy! We don't have right to go on sinning taking the grace given to  us so lightly!  This grace came with a heavy price that no man could earn or pay, only Christ could bring this grace through His sacrificial blood that he poured out nailed to a tree for the world to see.  Don't you know that it is written that we are not our own that we are bought with a price that we're not to go on sinning!  The resentment that we hold towards our neighbor for harming us or offending us, is not justified!  We look to our own needs turning a blind eye to those around us that are in need! The things God has blessed you with are not yours, they are given to you entrusted to you to bless those around you.  We are to walk as Christ walked who gave all He had so that we could have Him for eternity!  My desire is to turn the world to Christ not only telling but showing Him to all that I meet.  Your sinful ways need to stop!  God will forgive if you turn to Him. True repentance is a broken and contrite heart. Your sin will break your heart it will shatter it it will crush it you will not be able to stand it you will have great remorse for you have sinned against a holy righteous God who died upon the cross for you, taking the burden of your sins so that you would not have to bear them. Knowing this how can you take your grace for granted and go on willfully sinning knowing of the price that was paid. As I come to a close on this examine your heart ask God to open it up and reveal to you your sinful ways your anxious thoughts the things that you do that dishonor Him. Be not only honest with God but with yourself, asking Him to take this Heart of Stone and make it a heart of Flesh! An then walk-in true repentance!

Sound Doctrine

I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed. For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.
Galatians 1:6‭-‬10 ESV

There are so many different beliefs doctrines and theology out there that many are lead astray.  Sound doctrine is rarely taught in todays church!  Many have been lead to believe false gospels, and deluded theology.  The world, the flesh and Satan  have blinded many to the truth.  They have turned themselves over to ear tingling messages the things that please him the things that don't bring them discomfort or conviction. They believe that the life should not be hard without discomfort without storms without tribulation that everything should go their way everything they want should be supplied and if they have enough faith nothing will work against them they believe God is there magic Genie to answer every request they have to their own will but not the will of God.  I'm here to tell you the Christian walk is not an easy life it is harder to do than most people realize. Picking up your cross and following me, you will face trials and tribulation, do not be surprised if this world hates you for it first hated me. None of these verses mention anything about a life of ease.  If not God did not love you, he would not allow these hard times to come upon your life so that your faith would be refined so that you would trust in Him!  Much like a father disciplines a child out of love correcting them of their misconduct,  God also chastises those He calls his own!  It is only through Christ that we can be saved it is nothing on our own it's not of our works it's not of our Good Deeds! We can not do enough good things to earn our salvation, as it is written our good deeds are as filthy rags! Nothing we can do can compare to the price that Christ paid upon his scourging and crucifixion the alienation he felt from friends, the momentary moment when God the Father looked away because he was bearing the sins of the world!  God who created the heavens and the Earth humbled himself came to Earth as a man live a perfect life keeping every aspect of the law and living without sin died a sinner's death paying the price that was meant for you and I!  Surrendering your life to our Lord and savior surrendering to his will and not your own. That means denying yourself and following him. Accepting his will for your life and denying your own well!