Tuesday, May 26, 2009
"The Con Became the Norm"
The modern day church has figured out a way to Con God into getting the maximum results with the least amount of work (At least they think they are!). Whenever you attain these results, they are usually of low quality and won’t last long. A friend once told me a story of an imitation Louis Vuitton suitcase that he purchased because he did not want to pay the full cost for a real one, but desired the satisfaction of a fake one that looked real. Lo and behold, he said that the suitcase lasted a couple of months before it fell apart and he realized his money was wasted. Whereas had he paid the full cost for a genuine Louis Vuitton suitcase, he would still have the suitcase in his possession today. What’s even funnier is the real one most times has insurance if it ever malfunctions.
What kind of measuring stick do you measure holiness with? What is your motive behind telling people they don’t have to work for the rewards of God (False Hope)? We have come to the conclusion that in order for a doctor to have a job, he has to have sick people and they always administer the medicine that won’t cure it totally but just enough to keep them alive and coming back. The church has become this; a business, where the prescribed word being preached from the pulpit is given the people just enough to keep the people alive, but they are still sick and will keep on coming (hmmm). I don’t think you will get in trouble for trying to be as holy as you possibly can, in a manner in which you can carry out God’s Love and His plan for your life. As opposed to trying to be as lawless as you possibly can be while trying to maintain a form of godliness.
2 Timothy 3
1This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
6For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
7Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Are we teaching people to be irresponsible by not challenging them to rise up to the level of holiness that God needs in order to really manifest in the earth? My challenge to all the “Millennium Isrealites,” is this; can you still tell people to not worry about trying to live righteous because no one is perfect with the vision of their blood being on your hands if you are wrong!
Ezekiel 33:6:
6But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.
Are we trying to be liberal and make God liberal too when our lives are not our own? What was the initial way of life for a Christian? What has become the annex? So then, with these questions on the forefront we can identify that, whatever came in to bring the confusion is the root of the problem. Because we all know that the devil is the author of confusion (Right!).
1 Corinthians 14:33 (Whole Chapter)
For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
What happened to the reverential fear for God?
Proverbs 1:7 (Whole Chapter)
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction
Without this fear of God, the people of God act foolishly. Most modern day Christians have this mentality, “God give me the fire first and then I’ll throw in the wood.” It’s as if they don’t want to do the work of chopping the wood down or even preparing it to be burned. Everything is a microwave mentality. Even down to salvation, obedience and relationship with God. Everything has to be quick and easy.
This formula has been applied for too long, with minimal or no evidence of the power of God. The hunger for God’s power is still here and is not being satisfied; therefore the people are searching for the power in all the wrong places because the Church is powerless. Let’s step it up and do what it takes to get God’s dunimus power to manifest!
Always in Love,
Sunday, May 24, 2009
"I Don't Believe Anymore"
1 John 5:14-15:
14And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
15And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
We Don’t Believe Anymore; We Know! My Wife and I stopped believing a couple of days ago simply because of our knowledge of God’s awesome character. As we began studying on this phenomenon, (because we have not heard it taught yet); scriptures began to jump out at us. First, let us explain what the difference is between “Knowing” and “Believing” by stating the definition of each:
• Believe-to have confidence in the truth of something, although without absolute proof that one is right in doing so
• Know-to believe with absolute assurance
Through this understanding we have come to grasp that when you have belief in something, there is room for doubt because you don’t have the proof, whereas when you know something you have a firm foundation to stand your ground. To know something is a step above believing, just as being passionate is a step above crazy (LOL). What then is our proof that takes us from believing to knowing? Simple, the word of God.
Daniel 11:32 says “but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits."
Jesus knew God, He didn’t have to believe in Him and this is why He was able to set the standard for being the epitome of strength and performed miraculous exploits. Too, the bible reveals to us how we will follow God when we recognize His voice when comparing us to sheep and Himself as the “Good Shepard” in:
John 10:4-5 which states, “ 4And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. 5And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.”
You can tell if someone knows something by their actions. For example, Abraham knew that he and Isaac would return when he heeded to the voice of God to offer Isaac up as a sacrifice by telling the young men that he and the lad would be back (Gen. 22:5). He was able to take this action because of his knowing the promise that through Isaac he would be the father of many nations and his understanding that God is a covenant keeping God. A famous quote we live by: “What you do speaks so loud to the point that what you say no one can hear.” To take it a step further, when you know something, your level of authority surpasses all understanding. We reason to believe that this is what God has been waiting on; for the body of Christ to go from believing to knowing so that these greater works can take place. When you see people complaining to God or questioning His abilities they are simply magnifying the problem instead of the solution. This is a clear indication that they don’t know God. If someone called you by a different name, you probably would not respond; why? Because you know your name and will not be persuaded otherwise. Apply this to knowing the truths found in the bible. When you know the promises of God, no one or even your own self will be able to deter you from what is known.
The Only Way to Go From “Believing” to “Knowing” is Found in One Word: “RELATIONSHIP”
Deuteronomy 7:9:
9Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
Always in Love,
Saturday, May 23, 2009
"Get the World Out of the Church"
Yes Paul did say become all things to all men but he was not saying take the devils manipulated creations and make them Godly. That’s like saying in order for me to effectively witness to a gay person then I must become one or become a drug addict in order to understand them. Please don’t twist Paul’s words Pastors and people alike, for the sake of having a flesh fest. Paul also said that he became weak for the weak but did it not to please himself but to save many. Now the “Million Dollar” question is did God tell you to start a “Holy Hip Hop Dance or Holy Gangsters Group” and how many souls would it truly save versus utterly destroy forever. The majority of these avenues are “good ideas and not God Ideas,” and every secular person that I have questioned pertaining to “Holy Hip Hop” said “It is fake/ garbage and just another way to have one foot in the world and the other in Church (on a banana peal).” Renew your mind and shun the very presence of evil church folk; if the world is wondering why it is happening then that’s a clear indication that we might need to re-think our (M.O.). I have never seen God take something of the enemies and call it holy as a matter of fact I have always read where he has destroyed that very thing.
Joshua 7:24-25:
24And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.
25And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.
What the church is doing without notice is offering a substitution/ alternative to the God of the Bible and not the real “Solution” thus creating an almost never ending cycle or better yet, generation that does not look like God but definitely mirroring the world! But I have come to destroy the works of the devil!
Some Pastors and leaders will not admit when they are wrong or ignorant in certain areas simply because of pride and pig-headedness; the Bible is clear on this subject when it says:
Proverbs 16:18:
18Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
Some pastors without doing their home work would even speak against the very people that attempt to live a Holy lifestyle because most of them are Carnal anyway. There is a quote I read in a book called “ The Fuel and the Flame” on page 49 “ 8 out of 10 Pastors and leaders don’t walk with God,” when I read this I almost began to cry because it became more obvious to me as to how the people in these leadership positions are missing it. Some of these people have taken things out of the Bible and made it fit their own ideology and tossed away all of the important things that will save and teach the body of Christ to practice holiness and righteousness daily. Instead grace has been prostituted and a lot of money has been made off of her! Another recently discovered statistic is that most pastors and leaders spend no more than 15 minutes a day in the word or prayer; this is frightening and now it’s a no brain-er to me as to why the body is out of whack and it is due to the head not being in place. What’s scarier is to think about how much time the body is spending with God if the spiritual leaders are part-time saints and full-time “WORLD -kers.”
Always in Love,
Friday, May 22, 2009
"THE GOOD NEWS"
Here is the “Good News” since the word Gospel means this very word “Good News;” I’ve come to inform you that you have been tricked and the ”Bad News” is that many of you will reject this news and end up in hell! I am not here to plead and beg you to take heed because that would be stupid. It’s just the same as if I went into a village (that has no drinkable/Potable water) and brought with me 30,000 gallons of bottled water and began begging the people to drink the clean water (how dumb would I be). 80% of the Christian population are walking on the face of the earth, spiritually and mentally dead. Their brain dies somewhere around young adult hood due to all of the foolishness that goes in and comes out. The sad part is their bodies don’t go into the ground until a couple of decades later! People perish for a lack of knowledge Hosea 4:6 and if you continue to read the entire verse you will be amazed to find that your unwillingness to gain knowledge not only affects you but your children as well and we wonder what’s wrong with our kids today!
When a truth is revealed it should hold the same caliper of witnessing a miracle take place before your eyes. There is a story in the Bible where a King by the name of Josiah (2 Kings 22: 1-20) was minding his own business when two of his scribes brought to him a book that had been hidden for a long period of time. This King began to read it and become very angry because this book of truth was hidden from him for such a long period of his life. Never before reading this book King Josiah replaced every other god and doctrine with this book known as the Bible. King Josiah is part responsible for the Gospel being in existence even to this day (WOW).
Here I stand, with information that has the power to change even the coldest heart and yet no one is listening because most people have their own agenda on the front burners. The “devil” does not want the world; he wants the Church! This is why a very high percentage of “Pastors Kids” (PK’s) have gone wayward. Churches are now starting to embrace the world’s ideas to reach groups of people (i.e. young people) when the Bible does not tell us to “Reach” them but to “Preach” to them and not to ”Conform” to this world.
1 John 2:15-17:
15Love 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.
16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
17And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
Always in Love,
"What is All of This About"
Always in Love,
"Carol City Chiefs"
Thank You, Coach Walt Frazier, for coining this fraise. You have touched the lives of many warriors with the passionate deliverance of “It’s War Time”. Many will agree with me when I say “This phrase is empowering,” it sends volts of electricity through our spirit, mind and body all at once, switching Friday nights from “Game Night” to “War on the Field Night”. I can remember a story about the 1998 State Championship in Gainesville FL, Carol City Chiefs vs. Lake City Columbia High School and like every game he would walk very slowly in front of the line looking deeply into each player’s eyes to see if they were ready for “WAR” or ready to go “home;” but this time it was different because when he got to the end of the line and the last players eyes he looked into saw tears streaming from his eyes and all of a sudden a deep roar from the depths of Coach Frazier’ belly exploded “It’s War Time” and everyone else erupted and to be honest with you sometimes I couldn’t tell whether we were on a real battle field or a football stadium in those moments; sadly enough I have a bunch of other people that can agree with me as well. Now that I think about it; the other teams really didn’t have a clue as to the pressure that was headed their way and I kind of feel sorry for them because we played those four quarters just as if we were warriors on a battle field. I speak on behalf of every player that Coach Frazier has had contact with when I say “we value you as a man of strength, discipline and hard work.” Part of us still have those words burned in our hearts and will never let them go (we bleed orange black and white). This will only make sense to the ones that have experienced it!
Always in Love,
Thursday, May 21, 2009
"It's War Time" Part 2
• Spirit- is who you really are. It’s what will live forever.
• Soul- is your mind, will, intellect and emotions
• Body- your five senses
Understand this people of God. You are a spirit, you posses a soul and you live in a body.
These are “Military Terms” that will drive home and assist you in understanding what God is about to reveal in the blogs to come.
• Strategic (Spirit) - refers to the ultimate objective, to defeat the enemy and the overall plan or strategy to bring one into submission.
• Tactical (Soul) – means the specific battles necessary to achieve the ultimate objective.
• Logistical (Body) – is simply satisfying the physical needs of the army fighting the battle.
1. A good majority of Christians spot the enemy when he is on the Logistical grounds i.e. sick person in the hospital, or the person that loses their job. These are the most common.
2. A smaller percentage of Christians recognized or encounter the Tactical grounds; related to a specific engagement with the enemy i.e. the outcome of something that doesn’t go in the direction you have prayed and you know it should, which ultimately result in a person being controlled by emotions.
3. An even smaller group of people will identify the Strategic snares that focus on the ultimate objective; your spirit. This is the battle that God is really interested in. We must remember that we are in a spiritual warfare. We are engaging a defeated but still powerful enemy; satan, our unseen foe:
2 Timothy 2:26 (Whole Chapter)
And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will
Revelation 12:9 (Whole Chapter)
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Always in Love,
"It's War Time"
WAKE UP! Christians we are losing this spiritual war. The Bible says that: “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places Ephesians 6:12” which means that the enemy will not show up in the manifested form of a person and say lets fight but more on the contrary. I am really fed up with all of the pictures of the devil with two horns and a pitch fork I assure you he is keeping up with the times as well as we are. People of God please realize that it is easier to trick a human being than to force one to do something that they were not created to do (think about it; Adam and Eve were the first human candidates). If anyone is telling you anything other than prepare for war right now, then consider yourself officially warned and make this a great reason for you to start reading your own Bible now! In Ecclesiastes chapter 3 it says that “everything under the sun has a time and place including a time for war.” Why else would Paul write: “Put on the Whole Armor of God Ephesians 6: 10-17;” I don’t suppose he was saying this so we could join him in a cup of tea. Yes the Bible is clear when it says: “Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place, 2Corinthians 2:14” and this scripture is used out of context all the time; it does not say that we don’t have to show up and we will still be victorious but it does say God will CAUSE us to be triumphant which means (Huge Celebration/ Party after a Victory); this means we have to put forth some effort. This scripture, when used wrong (2 Peter 3:16, covers how people twist scripture) gives leeway to becoming an “Ambitiously Lazy” Christian and makes the enemy’s job a lot easier. Does anyone really know why King David fell into adultery with Bathsheba? Well, I will tell you; If you read 2 Samuel 11:1 The Bible says that King David was supposed to be out to battle because this was the season for war but instead he stayed in
Always in Love,