LIVE LOVE

Turn your eyes upon Jesus! Everything else that is clouding your thinking will fade away. Do not look at your circumstances. Do not be swayed by uncertainties. Do not allow your decisions to be determined by the things you can feel and see. God's word is gravity, it will never change. Cling to it. Do not be afraid to go under. To be wrestled to the ground by struggles. God Himself defends you and takes up your cause. He is in the darkness of the cloud, he makes them his dwelling place. You are not alone. God has promised He will be the glory and the lifter of your head. You will rise. Let go even if you do not know where you are going. Do not be afraid. He holds the future. He alone knows all things. Rest in His love. Live the words of this song, "I need to be still and let God love me. I need to relax and let God take over." Onward. Do not look back. There is work to be done. So many that have never seen an example of a true man. A man that is only lead by the Spirit of ...

Wallstreet hit a wall and it's called '$elf.' The arm of the fle$h is blind as a bat and I promise that $treet is not u$er friendly or $afe to travel on. The wall is blocking the view to the outside, keeps people locked in, and confused in their minds. A promise of progre$$ leading to a destination that smells like $elfmade hell. Those who have departed from the Living God, mixed up in their priorities with visions of $ugar plum$ dancing in their heads are promised a piece of the American dream. The Land of the free and the home of the brave has become a material prison to some who imagine life to be about their own happiness. Many have become a slave to their possessions and images of success and are driven by philosophy, vain deceit, after the traditions of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. (Colossians 2:6-8) Others feel obligated that they "have to" work towards retirement, so they will have a safe cushion for their last years and som...

FORGET ME NOT is a brand of greeting cards, but it is also the instruction on how to FEAR GOD and DEPART FROM EVIL written over and over again in the book of Proverbs. A father encouraging his son to not forget what he says. To remember his words. To write them on his heart. Keep them ever before his eyes. Seek God and Live. BUT THE PATH OF THE JUST IS AS THE SHINING LIGHT, THAT SHINETH MORE AND MORE UNTO THE PERFECT DAY. MY SON, ATTEND TO MY WORDS; OPEN YOUR EARS TO WHAT I AM SAYING. LET THEM NOT DEPART FROM YOUR EYES; KEEP THEM IN THE VERY CENTER OF YOUR HEART. FOR THEY ARE LIFE UNTO THOSE THAT FIND THEM, AND HEALTH TO ALL THEIR FLESH. KEEP YOUR HEART WITH ALL DILIGENCE; FOR OUT OF IT ARE THE ISSUES OF LIFE. PUT AWAY FROM YOU A STUBBORN MOUTH, AND DISOBEDIENT LIPS PUT FAR AWAY FROM YOU. LET YOUR EYES LOOK RIGHT ON, AND LET YOUR EYELIDS LOOK STRAIGHT BEFORE YOU. Proverbs 4:18-25

"Turn my eyes away from worthless things. Renew my life according to your word." Psalm 119:37 Yikes! Do we approve of what God approves of? Or is our standard something other than the Word of God? Do we watch what everyone else is watching? What are we listening to? What fills the airwaves, what occupies the thoughts of our minds? Chance is it is ruling our life. Is our conversation pure and holy? What goes in will come out one way or another. "I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me." Psalm 101:3 "Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Those who practice sexual immorality, idolatry, adultery, male prostitution, homosexuality, greediness, thievery, drunkeness, slandery, or swindling will not inherit the Kingdom of God." I Corinthians 9:10 "The acts of the sinful nature is obvious; adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousne...

No doubt fear is an enemy to faith just as sure as sin leads to death. There is no in between or maybe. How can we possibly lead others in the way of truth if we ourselves live in doubt, unbelief, and sin? Faith comes by hearing the Word of God. It is impossible to please God without faith. Faith destroys doubt. Faith expresses itself through love. Matthew 28:17 "When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted." Mark 11:23 "I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him." James 1:6 "But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind." Romans 14:23 "But the man who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that does not come from faith is sin."

If I wanted to broadcast a message to the world...this would be it. Eternity is sooner than we think. Every hour of our life here on earth is opportunity to demonstrate the KINGDOM OF GOD by living love. "THERE IS NO GREATER LOVE THAN THIS, THAN A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIEND." John 13:15 How can you lay down your life? Forgive an offense. Forgive a debt. Overlook faults. Supply what is lacking. Serve all who who cross your path. Be selfless. Love well.

It matters not what you say you believe if the way you live your life is in direct disagreement with your proclamation. A friend and I were running through some of our thoughts the other night and both came to the same conclusion. A person is either "IN CHRIST" or they are "NOT IN CHRIST." Your life either proves God or it does not. If it does then God's word abides in you and you are 'abiding' and 'remaining' in Him. I am aware that there is much confusion about this because practically everyone you meet or run into professes to be a Christian or a follower of Jesus. God's Word is written to us so that we may discern the truth and understand reality. 1 John 2:15 "Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him." 1 John 3:14 "We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death...