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ROMANS 8; 12 - So then, brethren, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live accoring to the flesh.
When I read this, i instantly felt its freedom. When opportunities to sin, or when strong temptations come, i felt the strong urging of the Holy Spirit coming from this scripture, but the wording was slightly different. He said to me - you are under no obligation of the flesh. It hit me, hard! That I don't owe the flesh a darn thing. The mind of the flehs seeks that whitch satisfies the flesh, but the mind after the Spirit will seek that which pleases the Holy Spirit.
Its like the flesh needs to be satisfied, but you are not obligated to give it any such thing. The word tells us that we have the power to escape temptation, because God does not give us what we can't handle.
In this lesson i learn't to stand up against the flesh and cast my burdens onto Jesus alone. I am responsible for my temple to be pure before the LORD, and my goodness, it is liberating to know and to stand against sin, in victory, and say i am not obligated to the flesh, but to the pleasing of the Holy Spirit!!

Moses

I was thinking about Moses today, especially about his anger issue, which he never fully delt with. Its not a matter of being king and ruler over these charcter flaws, but its about God's ability to help you resist the temptation of "going there".

1 Corinthians 10;13 - No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.

Moses had an issue with shooting off, wich has it happens was the very thing that kept him from experiencing the fullness of God's promise to his people.
So don't allow yourself to let reacurring sins go under the rug, just as Moses did when he killed the Egyptian -

Exodus 3; 12 - So he (Moses) looked this way and that, and when he saw there was no-one around, he struck down the Egyptian and hit him in the sand.

Those flaws will find a way of coming back and back again and again. And if not delt with, it may come to you at the most inopportune time.

Book recomendations

Here are two books, allthough one is a translation of the new testement.



1 - Through new eyes - by James B. Jordan

2 - The New Testement in Modern English - by J.B Phillips

Holy Ghost

Annointing.

Write to your governor!! Part 2

So right now, where is the Largest church? Seoul, Korea. 1,000,000 members.
In Inida there is a turn over rate of people get born again, at 100%.
There is more people getting born again in China than any nation in the world.

What do these three countries have in common?
They are all under either communism or some kind of christian persecution.
Why do I mention this?

Because it seems that the church of Christ seems to grow in abundance when it is under persecutuion. Remember Israel in egypt. it says that they were slaves yet they multiplied and bore fruit under their opressive conditions.
the parable of the Kindgom in connection with the leaven in the dough of Bread. it starts off slow but it grows and grows, slowly yet steadily, untill it has completly taken over.
hypotheticly speaking; if it meant another 1,000,000 souls coming to Jesus in the US this year on top of the normal number; i would be the first to get the LORD's prayer out of school, i would be the first to give the Gays their marriage certificits. Because it has nothing to do with the externals. homosexuality is just another fruit of Sin; the godless school leaders are just fruits of sin, as are abortion clinics. but if we can touch their hearts and not take away their freedoms (like the dictators that we fled from to get to America) thn will have no need of all this political agenda's.
My last word to such people:
Grow up, and start loving these people as they are and see them as candidates for Salvation!!

Write To your Governor!! Part1

Well it seems that Christianity in America has resorted to going the political route in order to 'get ur done'. I remember catching one of my favorite preachers (nay) Mr. John Hagge on tv once talking about how in California and other 'liberal' states are trying to get the Lord's prayer out of Schools for good. JH stirred his congregation to political activism by 'writing to your commissioners, write to your governor, write to your local pta!' but not once did i hear this man of God ask or encourage his congregation to pray for a resolve.
I find a lot of these evangelical churches fight for many things that i have never seen asked of us in the bible. I don't remember Jesus tellinsg us to make sure proposition 8 doesnt go through (gay marriage). I never heard a single parable about keeping God in schools. The fact is that this type of Christianity is far more concerned about keeping the constitution alive and not bothering to deal with actual issues concerning waging peace in international lands, or fighting against civil wars. There is also a blind ignorance concerning the salvation and welfare of the Muslims and Arabs; which kind of sounds like racism.
Leave the political batton at home and fight for the will of God, however than pans out.

The Bachelor

After the drama and excitment of The Bachelor had come to a conclusion, a patterned truth revealed itself once again in the 'After The Rose' show. The bachelor Jason had asked Melissa to marry him, yet within the six weeks following the engagement he wants to break it off citing that the Chemistry had gone, or at least 'changed'.
Out of the 13 plus seasons of this show only one couple has managed to saty together long enough to actually go through with a wedding. Good for them.
I don't know if it the fact that Jason is a weak man or just another victim of a reality show that manipulates anything that we would consider true to life, or in fact Real.
Why am I talking about this? What kind of Spiritual application can we learn from this show?
It's simple, and anyone who has been married for more than a year will understand the term 'the honeymoon period'. When you get married you go on a vacation and you learn to be one together in a romantic, carefree environment for at least a week or two. And then life hits you hard! Reality set's in.
The contestants of the Bachelor have yet to posess the longevity of sight to see and expect that the utter elation of a fantasy world for a few weeks, and the sheer harshness of every day reality, are two very different worlds.
Christians some times have this kind of problem. I refer this as the mountain experience with the valley life.
We enjoy God and his presence as it manifests so powerfully, sometimes on a Sunday morning or in a praise meeting, and then find it hard the next day to live out our Christian walks in the 'valley' of life.
We all need to live in a natural slash supernatural life with moderation and balance; and also the maturity to know that we have to face our days sometimes without feeling his close touch in our lives.

High Lights Low Lights

I enjoyed the Grammy's last night, but it was split in the middle concerning the high lights and the low lights. I'm not talking about the winners and loosers because most of them were pretty obvious before hand. That part of the show is a non informative part for you and I. Its the live performances. They are the indicatprs to what is considered our main stream, popular music in various genre's.
One of my fav parts of the Grammy's is the collaborations and also the due's paid to all the great musicians who have contributed to both performance and production over the last 1000 years.
But because we live in an opinion-obsessed world on the internet, i am not one to shy away form giving mine.

HIGHT LIGHTS: Taylor Swift singing '15'. She is a great little song writer, the low part was Miley Cyrus' over the top duet that lost the subtlty of the song to self indulgent meandering, commonly known as 'harmony'.

Justin Timberlake, Al Green, and Boyz To Men singing Let's stick together. Just a good song personified by three very talanted artists.

Paul McCartney and Dave Foo Fighter playing a Beatles number. Random song choice, but after all its the beatles.

Radiohead and the USC marching band could have gone on for hours it was so intense, kind of wish that version was on in Rainbows. Allthough Thom Yorke freaked my wife out. Truly the alternative portion of the show. Never change Radiohead.

Adele (see also low Lights).

Estele and K. West. Kw looked liked M. Jackson, while Estele remained flawless and perfectly pitched throughout. She is awesome.

LOW LIGHTS: Carrie Underwood. The sound track to a slow death in a southern state. I dont think there was a hint of a melody in this brash dirge that made no sense form start to finish. Quit the biz Carrie, you suck.

Before Adele, there was Sugarland, who's lead singer looks like Kirstin Dundts older sister, but with wacky facial expressions and a voice that promotes suicidal acts. I wanted to rip my arms off listenning to it, praying it would end quickly.

All the Rap content was lame. not real hip hop, commercial hip hop. Its sad because i like a good portion of hip hop, but all of that was below par.

kenny Chesney? Why is he still around? "Kenny Chesney believes that all good things start with a good song" Well write one, and then we'll talk, you dull musician who has an incapability to write anything resembeling a melody.

the end.

2012

Well we had a good run, or not so good one, according the unusual gospel of Jack Van Impe. This man and his sometimes 'blonde' wife have sought the papers and the media of the world to find confirmation to what they read in the bible....so the latest headline form the desk of Jack van impe ministries is as follows:

CHRIST WILL RETURN IN 2012.

So i guess I will be seeing my grandparents sooner than i thought and my cat Hugo in just a little while.

See ya.

Lights

As a reader of the bible I have one practice that I partake in each time I open the word. It is always my task to find any text in relation to Jesus. He is the word, therefore I love to find him in the obvious and the not so obvious realms of the Logos word, and turning it into the Rhema word. My catchphrase; What's the word in the word.
Psalm 119; 105: Your WORD is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

The word of God lights up the pathways of our light. It guides us in all avenues we pursue in life It should be the one thing we should follow in our ventures at work, in family, in ministry. The word is the guide.
The word not only illuminates the path ahead but it lights up the feet walking it. The word helps shine on our feet, showing us how we are walking, keeping us from stumbling but also a teacher on how we are walking; a marker on how well we are doing in our walk with the LORD. God is good. he will show us the right way by his word, but he'll also help us get there by showing us how to embrace the path ahead.

Now put Jesus, or son in this passage and it rightfully takes on a greater meaning for us as Chrsitians today, without stepping on any theological toes, because john 1;1 clearly establishes that Jesus is the WORD of God, est. from the start.

'Your Son (Jesus) is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

The word is living and active it's a lamp that is on the inside of us, by his Spirit we have illumination on the condition of our hearts and the condition of our hearts.

The word really comes alive when we place the son of God at its center, where he has always been and should always remain.

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