Thoughts ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZONPRTOFF dateof comment Look Inside Data Conditions:Order: 1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11|12|13|14|15|16| Dateof Comment 04/03/2024 Why is it when God tell us things that we have to butcher, add or twist things around. The tree of knowledge is a good One: Genesis 2:15 NLT 15 The Lord God placed the man in the Garden of Eden to tend and watch over it. 16 But the Lord God warned him, “You may freely eat the fruit of every tree in the garden— 17 except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. If you eat its fruit, you are sure to die.” Genesis 3:2 NLT 2 “Of course we may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,” the woman replied. 3 “It’s only the fruit from the tree in the middle of the garden that we are not allowed to eat. God said, ‘You must not eat it or even touch it; if you do, you will die.’” Eve said we will die if we touch it. That is not what God said and if it was true he would not have left that tip out. This is one they like to take the word "love" out of: 1 Timothy 6:10 For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. And some people, craving money, have wandered from the true faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows. This is one they always drop verse 2 so they do not have to stand against evil. Judgement is required in order to determine if someone is sinning: Matthew 7:1 NLT Do Not Judge Others “Do not judge others, and you will not be judged. Matthew 7:2 NLT For you will be treated as you treat others. The standard you use in judging is the standard by which you will be judged. This will definitely blow the bubble on the anti-judgers: 1 Corinthians 5:12-13 NLT 12 It isn’t my responsibility to judge outsiders, but it certainly is your responsibility to judge those inside the church who are sinning. 13 God will judge those on the outside; but as the Scriptures say, “You must remove the evil person from among you.” It is your responsibility to judge people in the church. Even though our constitution is not God's word, but I do know that a lot of praying went on when the document was being produced. This means the document is inspired by God. "Separation of church and state" is not actual written in the document as quoted but it says that government has no control or say in what occurs in the church. This was created by weak people who wanted no conflict in their life and created this crutch. If these people would read the OLD TESTEMANT they would understand that godly leaders bring blessing to the country. Demonic leaders bring curses to the country. It is an insult to God to accuse him of writing a provision in the constitution to keep the church apart from our leaders who also need Jesus Christ. Just remember this: if every man, woman and child become Christians and we continue putting demonic people in place to run our nation, we will be cursed. The key is getting godly people running the country. The rest will follow. On the final note, learn what things say in God's word and prevent the modifications. 04/02/2024 You and I are very fortunate to not know the entire plan that God has for us. Here is more proof on how much Jesus loved us because he on the other hand knew everything: Matthew 20: 17-19 (New Living Translation) As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside privately and told them what was going to happen to him. “Listen,” he said, “we’re going up to Jerusalem, where the Son of Man will be betrayed to the leading priests and the teachers of religious law. They will sentence him to die. Then they will hand him over to the Romans to be mocked, flogged with a whip, and crucified. But on the third day he will be raised from the dead.” Did Jesus know this from his great understanding of the Old Testament or was it revealed to him by the Father? I am not sure what I would do if I knew what Jesus did about his life was to unfold. Jesus told his disciples how everything was to unfold when he made this last trip to Jerusalem. When Jesus did rise from the dead everyone really did not believe it happened. It was like what Jesus said went in one ear and out the other. The spiritual world is entirely different than what this world says. The world can cloud our judgement of spiritual things. Gods Kingdom is spiritual, and it requires a different kind of thinking to understand the things of God. Other than what is in God's word, the rest has to be explained to our brains by the Holy Spirit himself. He wants to reveal everything to us if we just ask him. 03/31/2024 There is an island country south of the United States that consists of the Dominican Republic and Haiti. To the naked eye, the people seem to be the same no matter which side you are on. But you will find out that one country speaks predominantly French, and the other is predominantly Spanish. Now why is that? It is because what each country was exposed to. They were ruled by governments that was their native language. Their cultures were formed around their environments. The spiritual world is no different than what goes on in this nation. In the spirit world there is God's kingdom and there is Satan's kingdom. If you spend all your time in God's kingdom your views and what you think will be based upon God's Kingdom principles. On the other hand, if you spend all your time in Satan's kingdom you will begin to think and act like he does. One thing that people like about Satan's kingdom is the darkness. It is easy to hide our sins from others. We are given the illusion that we are actually getting away with it. There is a curse for trying it: Matthew 18:7 Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to stumble! Such things must come, but woe to the person through whom they come! Now on the other hand God's Kingdom represents light and: Romans 12:2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. It is extremely difficult to get away with things while the light is shining because we are so visible to everybody. I had one pastor who once said to me when he fell in love with his wife Vicki, he made a commitment to each other that they would only do things together out in public to alleviate the temptation. Another thing about God's Kingdom is the light itself. Because Jesus has asked us to bring his message to all the world. Our light that we are accustomed to will shine into Satan's kingdom: John 12:46 I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness. We will expose all the sin that is going under the cover of darkness. They will probably hate us for that: John 15:19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. God is fed up with us trying to live in both kingdoms. Some pretty stupid things occur when we live in both Kingdoms. Some of the ideas I have witnessed in the church is living together outside of marriage, homosexual pastors, Christians voting for demonic platforms, and too many other things to list. God is ready to burn the fence (which belongs to Satan). We better pick our side: Acts 17:30 New Living Translation 30 “God overlooked people’s ignorance about these things in earlier times, but now he commands everyone everywhere to repent of their sins and turn to him. The enemy tries to convince us his side is the best because God is boring. I have witnessed a beautiful relationship of gangs, homeless, hungry people in the ghetto, and law enforcement. All these people are better off today because my King asked me to do this. I love to increase people's relationship with God with the comments and humor videos. One thing you need to know about boring is that I hate writing with a passion. Only God can take something that is boring and make it into something enjoyable. By the power of the Holy Spirit, he has made something boring like writing into something that is exciting. He will do this for you also. There is no excuse for not enjoying God's side of the fence. 03/27/2024 In society we have those who are considered to be on the right and those who are considered to be on the left. What it should be said is that there are those on the right and then the rest are wrong. This is not everything but look at how many times that God talks about the right hand. Psalm 16:8 I keep my eyes always on the Lord. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken. Psalm 16:11 You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand. Psalm 17:7 Show me the wonders of your great love, you who save by your right hand those who take refuge in you from their foes. Psalm 18:35 You make your saving help my shield, and your right hand sustains me; your help has made me great. Psalm 20:6 Now this I know: The Lord gives victory to his anointed. He answers him from his heavenly sanctuary with the victorious power of his right hand. Psalm 110 Of David. A psalm. The Lord says to my lord: “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.” Psalm 110:5 The Lord is at your right hand; he will crush kings on the day of his wrath. Isaiah 41:10 So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Matthew 26:64 “You have said so,” Jesus replied. “But I say to all of you: From now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven. The only time the left is mentioned when you need a place to put goats. Matthew 25:31-33 NIV The Sheep and the Goats 31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. In my opinion God is not fond of what the left believes in at all. I am surprised on how much they are trying to push abortion legislation this coming election. Even more shocking is that old people are trying to get signatures for this mockery. When they ask me, I just say, "I serve a pro-life God. No way I would want to anger him by having this on the ballot." I hope this would make them think about what they are doing. You know if people would look for what God wants, they would not be doing all this dumb stuff. His word defines most everything you need to know. The Holy Spirit gives discernment on the rest. 03/24/2024 The sheiks of Saudi Arabia are interesting people. They have so much money that there is nothing that they cannot buy. They have the fanciest cars money can buy. They also can pay to have people build buildings that no one in any other part of the world can afford to have built. What I really liked is when the PGA extremists were going to not allow President Trumps golf courses to be part of it. Because the Saudi's, who love President Trump, had more money than they did, were going to destroy the PGA. The extremists stopped their nonsense immediately. This is one time I liked people who have lots of money and power. What would it be like though if the Saudis would put all that money and power aside and work and live with the people in their country. I know that you are saying that would never happen in a million years. But think about this, Jesus Christ actually did that for us. He gave all that up just because he loved us enough that he did not want any of us to go to hell. Paul talked about this in Colossians: Colossians 1:15-20 NIV The Supremacy of the Son of God 15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. 17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18 And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. 19 For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, 20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross. Verse 16 says, "all things have been created through him and for him". Satan is like the party in our government that taxes us to death then gives it back to us if we "worship" no scratch that "Vote" for them. He tried to give Jesus what he already owned: Matthew 4:8-10 NIV 8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. 9 “All this I will give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.” 10 Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.’ I liked how Jesus said, "it is written". That was like telling Satan you need to pay attention to what God declares and only a fool would challenge God's written word. Even though the word fool was not directed at Satan, he knew exactly what Jesus was talking about. Like the description says, "The Son is the image of the invisible God", it was like Satan asking God to worship him. I am sure that made him feel real stupid and even more mad. Wow! There is a lot to be said in the rest of the verse: "He is before all things, and in him all things hold together." It looks like our existence is in our Lords hands. "And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy." - After Jesus ascended to the father he set a whole bunch of things in motion. Even though he is with the Father he can easily be the head of the church. This means he is always nearby too. "For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, 20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross." - This what the Old Testament was talking about, and Jesus finished it. Just think about the phrase "making peace through his blood." This peace could never have been matched by animal sacrifices. For a final note: Romans 6:23 (New Living Translation) For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord. 03/18/2024 Paul was called to be a servant of many churches: Colossians 1:25 GNT 25 And I have been made a servant of the church by God, who gave me this task to perform for your good. It is the task of fully proclaiming his message, Paul said he was happy about his sufferings: Colossians 1:24 Good News Translation 24 And now I am happy about my sufferings for you, for by means of my physical sufferings I am helping to complete what still remains of Christ's sufferings on behalf of his body, the church. I said to myself that he would have to be a lunatic to like suffering. Even Jesus did not want it: Matthew 26:39 He went on a little farther and bowed with his face to the ground, praying, “My Father! If it is possible, let this cup of suffering be taken away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.” God then told me to dig deeper into the life of Paul. I do know that even Peter was amazed on how much Paul knew about the things of God and he had an awesome understanding of Jesus Christ. He learned to love people at a high level, and he also understood that whenever he would do what his King asked of him that the enemy would oppose him at every turn. The enemy will not mess with you if you are outside of the will of God. But look out for what he will try to do to you if you are doing his will. Suffering is the greatest tool the enemy uses to discourage us and make us quit. They say that persecution makes strong Christians because the weak ones will abandon ship. Paul saw how his suffering was growing the various churches he wrote letters to. He also knew how you handle suffering also strengthens the body. He was joyous about the results his suffering was having on the churches. We should all love people like Paul did in a way that we would use our suffering to grow the faith of our brother and sisters. I may be wrong on this, but Paul was a great part of this: Colossians 1:26-27 Good News Translation proclaiming his message, 26 which is the secret he hid through all past ages from all human beings but has now revealed to his people. 27 God's plan is to make known his secret to his people, this rich and glorious secret which he has for all peoples. And the secret is that Christ is in you, which means that you will share in the glory of God. Up to this time there is only the Old Testament. I think all this he is talking about is revealed in the yet to be created New Testament that will be added to God's Word. We definitely need this if we are going to be servants like Paul was: Colossians 3:12 (New International Version) Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. 03/15/2024 Developing our relationship with Jesus Christ is a lot like playing baseball. In God's baseball we are given the opportunity to hit the ball and run if we are willing to pick up the bat. He does not force us to do anything because he is giving us free will. When we hit that ball, it is like giving are heart to Jesus Christ for the first time. We are excited to be running to first base: 2 Timothy 1:9 (New Living Translation) For God saved us and called us to live a holy life. He did this, not because we deserved it, but because that was his plan from before the beginning of time—to show us his grace through Christ Jesus. Unlike real baseball many of us choose to stay at first base. When we see the enemy out there in the outfield and know the fact that first base is safe, we decide we don't want to take a chance to continue developing that relationship. God calls taking a chance "faith" and he wants us to complete the journey that he sets us on. As we begin to trust in our King, we are ready to try for second base. Oh, do not forget that we can bind the enemy. God will tie the enemy's feet together to make it difficult for him the mess up your journey. You have arrived at second base: 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 (New Living Translation) All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is our merciful Father and the source of all comfort. He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. When they are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us. We are now beginning to learn that God is there in our troubles. He is also preparing us to do the same for our brothers and sisters in Christ. Second base is even more spooky. Now there is a demon between second and third. The enemy is even stronger now. We are making the enemy more uncomfortable as we get closer to the end of our journey. Continue to bind the enemy as you continue your journey. The enemy also knows that we're growing stronger and hates it. But continue to take a risk of faith and we eventually will get to third base. Living for other people helps us get to third base quicker: 1 Peter 3:15 (New International Version) But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, God is looking for people to speak the truth of his word and want to share what Jesus is doing in your life today. Be careful what attitude you have when you speak to people because it may just turn them off. The enemy is really nervous now because it is beginning to look like you are going to score. He is going to try anyway possible to get us out. As we totally let go and let God run our lives, we are heading where God wants us to go: 2 Peter 1:5-8 (New Living Translation) In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God’s promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with patient endurance, and patient endurance with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love for everyone. The more you grow like this, the more productive and useful you will be in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. When we get this far, we score a victory for the church of Jesus Christ. This is what they mean by discovering the abundant life. One of the reasons things have gotten so bad today is that the church has spent too much time on first base. Even bound, the enemy will eventually catch enough balls that we hit. He will tag us while we are distracted. Now our team is out, and the score is zero. God will replace us with a team who wants to score and win the prize. Who knows he may even use the Jonah effect to wake the current team up. Three days in the belly of anything would sure do that. 03/13/2024 Have you ever asked yourself the question, "What does God think of what I'm doing." Especially after reading verses like this: Romans 3:23 For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. This verse was written more to prevent us from getting cocky and thinking that we're something special when we're not. It is designed to keep us humble. Jesus came because he knew we would never get it right. I like to listen to what the prophets have to say. Amos tells us that God does not do anything without talking to his prophets first. Amos 3:7 Indeed, the Sovereign Lord never does anything until he reveals his plans to his servants the prophets. Kent Christmas tries to run his church like the church in Acts. He asked the same question. God physically told him, "I am well pleased with what is going on in this church." Kent's reaction to what God said was in reverence to our King. His church is a house of prayer there strictly to glorify God and bring healing and the word to people. What God said also applies to the people that work in ministries that they are called into and are run the way God designed them to work. God calls all of us to do a ministry for him. Using God's gang and street ministry as an example, people are giving up their time, talents and money to ensure that we can continue to bring souls of the gangs and people on the street to Jesus Christ. Others are using their time and talents that God has given them too and are doing the same thing with the college students. If you are tithing like you should, God is also well pleased with you. This is encouraging knowing that God is pleased with us. Let's keep this going by continually living our lives for Jesus Christ and devoting our time and talents to what he wants. Another encouraging thing I heard from another prophet Hank Kuneman was relating to all the evil that is going on in America right now. In fact, it is going on across the whole world right now. Evil is being exposed but I feel they are like a child who is told not to do something, but they're not disciplined. They continue doing evil because they know they can get away with. Hank Kuneman had this dream that God told him to read 2 Samuel 5:20. He repeated this request seven times: 2 Samuel 5:20 New Living Translation 20 So David went to Baal-perazim and defeated the Philistines there. “The Lord did it!” David exclaimed. “He burst through my enemies like a raging flood!” So he named that place Baal-perazim (which means “the Lord who bursts through”). We know that 7 is the number that means completion. I think God is about to take all these people out and destroy him like they like he did for David. Instead of David, God is using Trump, who was also called by God to be where he is today. I firmly believe that he is the leader that is going to accomplish this with the help of the Holy Spirit. I think the time frame is imminent. If God was going write this verse today, it would go like this: 2 Samuel 5:20 20 So Trump went to Washington DC and defeated the elites there. “The Lord did it!” Trump exclaimed. “He burst through my enemies like a raging flood!” So he named that place MAGA (which means “the Lord who bursts through and makes America great again”). 03/11/2024 Look what happens when we continue to honor and love our King. Deuteronomy 7:9 (New International Version) Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments. God has never forgotten the covenant the pilgrims made back with him way back in the 1600's. That covenant is influencing what is happening in America today. I am just thankful there are many people in America who still serve God even though we're in a minority. God did not spare Sodom for Abraham. Without their covenant it would possibly be all over for us. God's word never expires. If I would come back a 1000 years from now, God would still honor what he spoke Isaiah confirms that: Isaiah 55:11 KJV So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it. Just watch what God is about to do in America. I was created just at the right time to be part of all of this. 03/09/2024 When you read scriptures, it is interesting how God has references to special numbers. The ones that we see in our ministry are three, seven and seventeen. Three is the coolest number because it represents the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. We should call them the Magnificent 3. There was an old Western that I liked to watch that was called the Magnificent 7. Even back then the number seven refers to completion. That was enough to get the job done back then. But we all know that the magnificent three will do much more for us than those guys ever did in that movie. The magnificent three are eternal and stick around even after the job is done. In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit definitely have a significant meaning in our ministry. What I thought of being cool is much more to our King then just cool. This is something our King always wanted to do. When we started the ghetto ministry, I was giving $140 per family. Nothing real special about fourteen. As inflation kept going, I stepped it up to a $150. I said to myself, 'You know 17 is one of God's cool numbers. Of course, $17 didn't buy many groceries so the decimal was moved one place. This is where I envisioned the three $50's to represent the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, but I had $20 left over. It did not take long to define the $20. So, it became "Here is another $20 for inflation." The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit as you lay the fifties down bring tears of joy and the laying of the twenty brings laughter. I am beginning to realize the power of "in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit" over the money. If you do a search the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit are mentioned only in: Matthew 28:19 NLT Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. This goes for all of us. It is not on a wish list but a command. One thing that happened right after we started anointing the money and laying it in their hands "in name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit" is family worship. The blessed families came together for the first time at the King Sooper to worship and glorify the name of our King. They continue to do that today. I know that John 14 talks a lot about the Holy Spirit. Read slowly verse 17 and especially 18: John 14:17-18 New Living Translation 17 He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. The world cannot receive him, because it isn’t looking for him and doesn’t recognize him. But you know him, because he lives with you now and later will be in you. 18 No, I will not abandon you as orphans—I will come to you. The God's children in the ghetto know and understand the Holy Spirit. Even though it looks like you are coming close to be thrown out in the street, verse 18 says, "No, I will not abandon you as orphans—I will come to you." God knows what we are thinking when we are in financial hardship that is beyond our control. That is why he starts out by saying "No". This is to remove that thought from your head. The rest is the plan he has for your life. Now this is encouraging, and it definitely will build your faith as it does those in the ghetto. In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit is going to change this community to the point where the enemy will want to go somewhere else where the Holy Spirit is less prevalent. As for me I am going to honor the Magnificent 3 until the ghetto is a community who only serves Jesus Christ. There are beautiful people who live there who only want to serve Jesus Christ. God also sees beautiful people there who want to serve him and that is why he sent me to help build his children's faith. Let the Magnificent 3 work power in your life! 03/07/2024 This is the man I want God to see: Isaiah 25:1 (New Living Translation) O Lord, I will honor and praise your name, for you are my God. You do such wonderful things! You planned them long ago, and now you have accomplished them. This is the man God sees: Psalm 139:23-24 (New International Version) Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. My prayer is to remove anything in my life that is offensive to my King. If I truly trust in God I will not be anxious in anything. If I have any bad habits not pleasing to you, we ask you to give us the strength to remove them. Our goal is to walk in such a manner that we are pleasing our Lord Jesus Christ. Even if I sidestep our Lord Jesus Christ, he is not wanting to abandon me in any way. Now, this is what love is all about. 03/06/2024 Have you ever thought about how amazing our brains are. If God gave us all photographic brains, we would remember everything that includes things like how many times I took a dump in 2023 and all the atrocities anybody did to me while I was growing up. I am glad that our brains do not retain everything. This can also have a small downside. For example, all of us probably know what a smartphone is and probably use one a lot. I still think android phones are better than the iPhone. I could not find anything in scriptures to prove me wrong. I use my smartphone to get research material from social media apps for my videos that I store on my phone. I then use an app to rename the files to identify a period of time. Then I upload them to Dropbox so that way they're on my computer when I go home. I'm getting so good at that I can almost do it my sleep now. But using that same smartphone, my wife wanted to get a video off of her phone and put it on mine, so that I can move it over to my Dropbox folder. Since I only did it one time in the past, it made me think of how I did it last time. I did remember that I did it through Bluetooth. I know that there are network options that would accomplish this, but I tried this first. After I had the phones connected, then I asked myself "Now what?" I normally would use a file manager to do that. Google said to use "share". I did that but the options presented did not make any sense. I looked closer and saw "see more options". After I clicked the link, there was the Bluetooth share option. Now I can download a movie on my wife's phone without any problems, because I've done it more than once. But as time passes will I forget this again. God knows this is a problem. That is the reason why he wrote this: Deuteronomy 6: 6-7 (New International Version) These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. God put this verse here because he knew that we always lose information that we do not access very often. That void in our brain will be replaced by whatever we deem as important. Just like a smartphone, it takes practice to be able to master God's word. So, we have to continually use it and tell other people about it. If you teach your kid about the things of God, it's also going to help you retain the information that you learned from the time you gave your heart to Jesus. The sad part is if this information was never placed in our brain in the first place. How can we speak the truth of Jesus Christ to others if we don't know what that truth is. Watch and you will see that those who understand and love God the most are constantly in his word and learn from others. They will test what others tell them to make sure it is not contrary to God's written word. If you could give 10 minutes a day to each sentence in Deuteronomy 6: 6-7 which translates into 50 minutes a day for God. Try it and see how much more you will know and retain about our King. 03/02/2024 We can be dedicated to standing against evil and serving our Lord, but we should never lose our enthusiasm for loving each other and for Jesus Christ who laid it all down for us. Revelations talks about when we just go through motions like a machine. Revelation 2:2-6 NLT 2 “I know all the things you do. I have seen your hard work and your patient endurance. I know you don’t tolerate evil people. You have examined the claims of those who say they are apostles but are not. You have discovered they are liars. 3 You have patiently suffered for me without quitting. 4 “But I have this complaint against you. You don’t love me or each other as you did at first! 5 Look how far you have fallen! Turn back to me and do the works you did at first. If you don’t repent, I will come and remove your lampstand from its place among the churches. 6 But this is in your favor: You hate the evil deeds of the Nicolaitans, just as I do. How can we prevent this from happening to us? 1st and probably the most important thing is to develop a relationship with Jesus like you would with your children our spouse. A good relationship with Jesus is energizing to the soul and strengthens your love for him and people. 2nd thing is to get together with other believers and talk about things God is doing. When you hear about the amazing things God is doing it will help you get on track. 3rd thing is that God has a ministry for all of us. That ministry can not only develop our love for people but develop the love of others. Before God had us go into the ghetto, there was not a real lot going on and it was so dangerous that everyone had to be inside before dark. Because of the presence of God, you now see people out after dark. The people whom God has blessed are meeting every Saturday morning giving Glory to God. I believe they love God more now than they ever did in the past. This is the way we should all be. The biggest drag on our enthusiasm is the cares and distractions of the world. The enemy has planned to use this against us, and we need to be aware of it. My buddy has told me how God's ministry has affected the lives of everyone we are around. I feel most everyone loves the Lord more today because of the witness they see in ministry God gave us. We can all change the world for Jesus Christ and keep our enthusiasm for him. 02/29/2024 I have learned that you need to read the entire chapter when someone sends you a verse. Many times, the whole chapter is too awesome to leave out. Psalm 46 is like that. Psalm 46 1 God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble. Jesus confirmed this: John 14:27 NLT I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid. 2 So we will not fear when earthquakes come and the mountains crumble into the sea. 3 Let the oceans roar and foam. Let the mountains tremble as the waters surge! I am on the platform "Telegram" and I monitor the disaster news group. I have seen everything described in these two verses 4 A river brings joy to the city of our God, the sacred home of the Most High. 5 God dwells in that city; it cannot be destroyed. From the very break of day, God will protect it. 6 The nations are in chaos, and their kingdoms crumble! God’s voice thunders, and the earth melts! These verses are accurate event today. They describe the movement of the Holy Spirit and the Glory of God. When he goes after those who have not heard about his son "Jesus", there will not be any nation who will be able to stand against his Glory. I have even heard from some of the prophets that God will make a sound that everyone will hear. 7 The Lord of Heaven’s Armies is here among us; the God of Israel is our fortress. Even though it looks like someone is trying to get us into a war. His angels are ready to strike for his children. 8 Come, see the glorious works of the Lord: See how he brings destruction upon the world. 9 He causes wars to end throughout the earth. He breaks the bow and snaps the spear; he burns the shields with fire. President Trump was sent by God to destroy anyone who messes with his little children. He did it while he was president, and he continues to fight for the little children now. Because of this he has had the greatest attempts on his life of any man. When Trump was in office there was zero wars. Now look at it. Don't worry, the prophets said that Trump will serve two terms. Like Arnold says, "I will be back". This will really shake things up. 10 Be still, and know that I am God! I will be honored by every nation. I will be honored throughout the world. If we wait on God plans to unfold, every nation will know God. Even atheists will know there is a God. As big as the Red Sea was, God is going to do something that is much bigger. It is about time that nations begin to honor God and his son Jesus 11 The Lord of Heaven’s Armies is here among us; the God of Israel is our fortress. This verse is the same as verse 7. God wants to make sure that we did not miss it the first time. Just imagine what it is like to have an entire army of God in your midst. God has us all covered: 2 Timothy 1:7 (New Living Translation) For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline. 02/27/2024 One of the things I like about President Trump is when he coined the phrase "Fake News". Today's news media will not even try to get it right. John also knew this about being "Fake" while we say we are serving Jesus. He asks us to prove it: 1 John 3:18 (New Living Translation) Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions. Our actions show the world who we really are. God does not like seeing his children struggle no matter where we are. Each week we get Cosco gift cards to help with gas needs. You would be surprised how many people are praying in today's Kaos to our King to get enough gas to complete their mission. It is tough out there. It really builds people's faith and gives glory to our King when giving gift cards to one of God's children in need. The first thing they thinks is "Wow, they have no idea who I am, but they were prepared with this card to bless me today." Think of the stories that will be told about what God is doing in their lives. Have you ever thought about God's reaction is when real "Not Fake" love is shown. God has given us free will to reject him. But when we strive to please him and git rid of the "Fake", it greatly honors him when we follow through with the things he asks of us. Another thing about loving people is the ability to shift hearts when they begin to realize that not everyone out there is trying to get me. 02/26/2024 I am amazed how many people in the last 100 years who read the end time section in Matthew 24. Jesus is discussing with his disciples about the end times. They blow off verse 14 completely: Matthew 24:5-15 NLT 5 for many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah.’ They will deceive many. 6 And you will hear of wars and threats of wars, but don’t panic. Yes, these things must take place, but the end won’t follow immediately. 7 Nation will go to war against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in many parts of the world. 8 But all this is only the first of the birth pains, with more to come. 9 “Then you will be arrested, persecuted, and killed. You will be hated all over the world because you are my followers. 10 And many will turn away from me and betray and hate each other. 11 And many false prophets will appear and will deceive many people. 12 Sin will be rampant everywhere, and the love of many will grow cold. 13 But the one who endures to the end will be saved. 14 And the Good News about the Kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world, so that all nations will hear it; and then the end will come. Jesus Christ is never coming back until verse 14 is fulfilled. The great commission was to spread the gospel to the entire world, and it still has failed as of this writing. The technology to reach the world has not existed until now. Jesus knows it exists in America and has pleaded with our Father to spare America from her deserved judgement. Between the covenant of the pilgrims made with God, those prayer warriors who got on their knees to save America and Jesus pleading for us. God is giving America a chance to fulfill his Sons's wish. The greatest battle is the nations who still persecute Christians. We are about to witness what God is about to do. Nothing in the past will compare to what he is about to do and no one in the future will witness the magnitude of what our God is about to do. Our God is getting ready to release his Glory in a manner that is going to encompass the whole earth at once. It may start in one location, but it will eventually consume the whole earth. This is what is going to happen to the nations who try to stop what God is about to do: Exodus 14:17-18 NLT 17 And I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they will charge in after the Israelites. My great glory will be displayed through Pharaoh and his troops, his chariots, and his charioteers. 18 When my glory is displayed through them, all Egypt will see my glory and know that I am the Lord!” Everyone, including the atheist, will know he is God. God wrote about this event that is coming in Joel: Joel 2:28-29 NLT The Lord’s Promise of His Spirit 28 “Then, after doing all those things, I will pour out my Spirit upon all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams, and your young men will see visions. 29 In those days I will pour out my Spirit even on servants—men and women alike. Have you ever thought about what the Glory of God might look like on this large of a scale. Exodus talks about God on the mountain: Exodus 19:18 NLT All of Mount Sinai was covered with smoke because the Lord had descended on it in the form of fire. The smoke billowed into the sky like smoke from a brick kiln, and the whole mountain shook violently. We all know that the Holy Spirit is going to be part of this: Acts 2:1-6 NLT The Holy Spirit Comes 2 On the day of Pentecost[a] all the believers were meeting together in one place. 2 Suddenly, there was a sound from heaven like the roaring of a mighty windstorm, and it filled the house where they were sitting. 3 Then, what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on each of them. 4 And everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in other languages, as the Holy Spirit gave them this ability. 5 At that time there were devout Jews from every nation living in Jerusalem. 6 When they heard the loud noise, everyone came running, and they were bewildered to hear their own languages being spoken by the believers. Could you envision verse 3 "Then, what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on each of them." If the Glory of God falls inside of a building, someone may call the fire department to put the spiritual fire out. No building will be able to contain God's coming Glory. What if God's Glory would fall on an entire city? We know that the devil runs when God's Glory is present. Every leader of this world would be like Pharoh not being able to stop the movement of God's Glory in their country. You should be glad that you were born in a period to witness God's Glory. There are millions who have died already who would love to be in your shoes now. God did not make a mistake with you being alive at this time. He has a plan for your life to intensify his Glory. Every one of us could be like Ester: Esther 4:13-14 NLT 13 Mordecai sent this reply to Esther: “Don’t think for a moment that because you’re in the palace you will escape when all other Jews are killed. 14 If you keep quiet at a time like this, deliverance and relief for the Jews will arise from some other place, but you and your relatives will die. Who knows if perhaps you were made queen for just such a time as this?” Gods sometimes hides us from the enemy until he is ready for us. Who knows if perhaps you were made for just such a time as this?” If you do not know, ask God to reveal it to you and go where he sends you. And this is who we are doing it for: Hebrews 1:3 The Son radiates God’s own glory and expresses the very character of God, and he sustains everything by the mighty power of his command. When he had cleansed us from our sins, he sat down in the place of honor at the right hand of the majestic God in heaven. God's coming Glory is going to wreak havoc on the enemies' plans. God's Glory is also necessary to complete the final harvest. Could you imagine how God's Glory would transform the church? Jesus is excited for it all to begin! 02/21/2024 I don't know about you, but I am sure getting tired of all the injustice in the land. I watch how President Trump is guilty of everything and everyone on the left is wanting to take him to court. Everything is always proven bogus, but they continue on while our judges go along with the charade. Then there is Joe Biden who has been caught taking money from China, his son is evolved in so many corrupt schemes and the election fraud. Yet not a single judge really cares enough to go against all of the corruption in our judicial system. As individuals they throw us into prison or censor us if we stand for the truth. I know that it is difficult to go through what is happening, but God has something to say about this: Isaiah 10 New Living Translation 10 What sorrow awaits the unjust judges and those who issue unfair laws. 2 They deprive the poor of justice and deny the rights of the needy among my people. They prey on widows and take advantage of orphans. 3 What will you do when I punish you, when I send disaster upon you from a distant land? To whom will you turn for help? Where will your treasures be safe? (Even in Isaiah's day the judges were being bribed as they are today) 4 You will stumble along as prisoners or lie among the dead. But even then the Lord’s anger will not be satisfied. His fist is still poised to strike. (This is what God is about to do today. I am like the disciples. "Lord, can we call fire down from heaven like Elijah did and consume them all." Of course, in the end of the story the disciples were rebuked.) Be careful when you say God is slow at fulfilling his word because he has been waiting for his people to humble themselves and pray for the destruction of evil in the land. 2 Chronicles 7:14 New Living Translation 14 Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land. Matthew 7:8 NLT For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. Could you imagine that one reason God may be slow is because no one was willing to ask him for a solution to the problem. I have heard this one from people who say America is so evil that we need to be judged by God. Remember when God was getting ready to destroy Sodom that he had a discussion with Abraham why he should not destroy the city. It would have worked except the whole city was corrupt. America is not as bad as Sodom yet and we need to ask God not to destroy her. Luckily for you and me there have been prayer warriors praying to change God's mind. He is going to change America for his Son so that America can help him reach the whole world to know Jesus Christ. America is still so involved with pleasure seeking that we have a difficult time seeing what evil is going on around us. It also easy to be selfish and we say, "Yep, it is not bothering me, so I am not going to make a stink about it." We then go on our merry way as things continue get worse. God is always looking for people who care enough that they will ask him what they can do to change the situation and let him take care of the rest. God does want us to change and get involved. God even wants our judges to repent. Peter commented on why things seem slow: 2 Peter 3:9 New Living Translation 9 The Lord isn’t really being slow about his promise, as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to be destroyed but wants everyone to repent. Prayer is still the answer. We all need to bring this word that Isaiah wrote down. And we pray to see his promise fulfilled. I believe that he is probably is doing this already. But he likes to know that we are interested in removing evil from the land. This verse from Isaiah is encouraging because it tells us that God is not going to let this go on forever. I am praying that God will bring up new judges and lawyers who are not afraid to live for Jesus Christ. Just imagine what our legal system would be like with judges and lawyers who loved Jesus Christ. Who knows this might be the end of lawyer jokes? 02/18/2024 This is the greatest love that was ever shown: John 3:16 New Living Translation 16 “For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. After Paul served God for many years, the disciples had to admit that he understood God and the Holy Spirit better than anyone. With what God has shown him, he also understood that nothing can get in the way of God's love. Paul lived a life apart from God before his encounter with Jesus and then stayed with God the rest of his life. In Romans he wrote: Romans 8:38-39 (New International Version) For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. This verse describes how awesome our God is and is meant to Glorify his name. But it also says while we may be under the influence of sin, he still loves us. Do not push God's love or you may experience this: Acts 5 New Living Translation Ananias and Sapphira 5 But there was a certain man named Ananias who, with his wife, Sapphira, sold some property. 2 He brought part of the money to the apostles, claiming it was the full amount. With his wife’s consent, he kept the rest. 3 Then Peter said, “Ananias, why have you let Satan fill your heart? You lied to the Holy Spirit, and you kept some of the money for yourself. 4 The property was yours to sell or not sell, as you wished. And after selling it, the money was also yours to give away. How could you do a thing like this? You weren’t lying to us but to God!” 5 As soon as Ananias heard these words, he fell to the floor and died. Everyone who heard about it was terrified. 6 Then some young men got up, wrapped him in a sheet, and took him out and buried him. 7 About three hours later his wife came in, not knowing what had happened. 8 Peter asked her, “Was this the price you and your husband received for your land?” “Yes,” she replied, “that was the price.” 9 And Peter said, “How could the two of you even think of conspiring to test the Spirit of the Lord like this? The young men who buried your husband are just outside the door, and they will carry you out, too.” 10 Instantly, she fell to the floor and died. When the young men came in and saw that she was dead, they carried her out and buried her beside her husband. 11 Great fear gripped the entire church and everyone else who heard what had happened. Instead, we should humble ourselves to the God that loves us that much that no force from anywhere cannot stop his love. His Son loves us just as much and came to represent the Father. If the pleasures and sins of the world are greater than serving Jesus, you will probably experience this: Matthew 10:33 But everyone who denies me here on earth, I will also deny before my Father in heaven. Paul was an amazing man, when he was about to be executed for serving Jesus, he was encouraging Timothy who was getting discouraged by the persecution going on in his church. Nothing was going to stop Paul from loving and being there for Timothy. If only we could all love like God does. I believe our love can grow but we have to use it just like Paul did. 02/15/2024 There are many places in the Old Testament that talks about the for coming of Jesus Christ. John 3:16 talks about how much God loves us: John 3:16 New Living Translation 16 For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. John brought up a good point about how awesome our God is in one of his letters. 1 John 4:10 (New International Version) This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. God sending his son was never based on a condition of our love. If we didn't loved God, he still would have sent Jesus no matter. This is what true love does. Just remember though Jesus paid a tremendous price for us, and God will not allow his Son to be mocked. Jesus holds the keys to heaven. Matthew 7:13-14 New Living Translation The Narrow Gate 13 You can enter God’s Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way. 14 But the gateway to life is very narrow and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find it. Jesus said only a few find the proper path. He also said why: John 14:6 NLT Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me. It looks like Jesus hold not only the keys to heaven but the keys to our life too: Matthew 11:29-30 New Living Translation 29 Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.” Who do you know who will do for you what Jesus wants to do for you? Do not expect Jesus to perform for you if you reject him. Without his protection you will be more vulnerable to the deceptions of the enemy to the point of possibly losing your salvation. I want my life to invest itself into heavenly real estate. The "Lake of Fire" is the only other real estate that "how you live your life" will invest in. Even the devil does not want that property. His life is sealed to live there but as long as you breath you can repent and become a follower of Jesus Christ again. This is another unearned gift that Jesus Christ gave us just because he loves us. 1 John 3:11 (New Living Translation) This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another. 02/14/2024 I just discovered that there are eleven commandments instead of ten. This is the eleventh commandment: John 13:34-35 (New Living Translation) So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.” Just by living this commandment you will discover it will be impossible to break nine of the original commandments dealing with people. The first commandment is: Exodus 34:14 NLT You must worship no other gods, for the Lord, whose very name is Jealous, is a God who is jealous about his relationship with you. I firmly believe that if we love people like Jesus wants us to that we will want to give Glory only to the true God. Instead of calling it a commandment we should call it an amendment to God's original law. It does make it more powerful. This is the goal Jesus is looking for: Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples. People need to know that we are real especially if we want to bring their souls into the Kingdom of God.
