All or Nothing

My high school football coach did a phenomenal job of imparting long lasting life principles in each player; especially me. One day in practice I made a mistake, which was the only one I had ever made (just kidding). He didn’t get as mad as I thought he would and trust me he could do a pretty good job of it. Just as I began to think about why he didn’t get as mad as he usually does, he started explaining why. He said “The only reason I can excuse this mistake is because you were going 100mph which meant to me that you thought you were doing what was right and gave it your ALL but if you had made the same mistake going 5mph then that’s when I would have chewed your behind because it means you new what you were doing was wrong and yet still went through with it and that is un-acceptable” (Very Powerful).

God desires us to serve Him with ALL of our heart, mind and body.

Deuteronomy 6:4-5:
4Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
5And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with ALL thine heart, and with ALL thy soul, and with ALL thy might.


Certain things just makes sense to me, the same should apply to the entire universe but common sense is not common to everyone. The question I pose to the Christian and non-Christian is: What is the worst thing that could happen if you do ALL of what God commands in the Bible? My guess is; you will love and treat people right, be blessed beyond imagine and make it to Heaven (WOW Sounds like a deal to me).

Deuteronomy 28
1And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do ALL his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above ALL nations of the earth:
2And ALL these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.

The word “ALL” is an inclusive word, it means everything and has no partiality. If I asked someone for ALL of their possessions, does this mean give me some and they keep some “NO” it means everything they have. So why is it when the Word of God states to serve and obey with ALL, we only give a percentage of our life to God and reserve a portion for ourselves (hmmm). It’s amazing how God is such a cut and dry God; what you put in is what you get out and sometimes even more.

Keep in mind that God did not make us robots for a reason. There is no true pleasure receivable from an object that can’t make a decision on its own. God is pleased when His children obey and serve Him with every fiber of their being; wouldn’t you feel good if your child does exactly what was asked just to bless you!

It’s time to decide whose side you’re on. Many generals in the Bible had to chose; remember what the Three Hebrew Boys said before they went into the fiery furnace “ This day make sure it is known that we did not bow down to your false gods nor did we worship the gold image which you have set up.”

The flip side to this is you can choose a wrong side, like the angels that were cast out of Heaven with Lucifer (Rev 12:9)or Judas Iscariot who chose the side he was on for thirty pieces of silver.

“I would rather live like there is a God with ALL my might and die just to find out that there is no God than to live like there is no God and die to find out that there is a God”
Always in Love,

"The Ultimate Balanced Scale"

I recently had a conversation with a good friend of mine and we were on the subject of Jesus and how his personality was so important to fulfill the assignment from God. Everything in life must be balanced and by saying this I take for example: the “Rhema Word” balances the “Logos Word” or studying to show thyself approved is complimented by attending a local “Spirit-Filled” church. Balance is a healthy way to get the most out of life. Even nutritionist state how important it is to eat a balanced diet but how many of us tilt the scale when it comes to healthy food consumption and junk food intake.

Jesus’ assignment was two-fold. He was the “Lion of Judah and the “Lamb of God” (Revelation 5:5 & John 1:29). Both of which are on two ends of the spectrum but when placed together make a perfect leader of strength and sacrifice. Jesus on many occasions had to display the lion side of him (keep in mind I am not saying Jesus has the nature or even behaved like these animals) and turn tables over, correct the Scribes, Pharisees and his own Disciples.

Matthew 10:34:
34Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

The lamb side was more compassionate and instructed all to love each other as they love themselves, help your bretheren that are in need, and forgive your brother 70x7.

Matthew 18:22:
22Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.

Jesus was able to walk amongst Kings and still keep a common mans touch. If you think about the associated identity of a lion it is labeled the “King of the Jungle” and the lamb is always considered a pure and meek “Sacrifice” (something to think on...Jesus was also labeled "King of the Jews" and "The Perfect Sacrifice"). We are followers of Christ and the Bible says to let this mind be in you.

Philippians 2:5:
5Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

We are to correct and love like Christ did. Don’t be scared to offend people; the last time I checked, we don’t entertain emotions/ feelings because it is of the flesh. Think about the “Anointed One” and how he dealt with the rich and poor as well as the smart and not so smart people. Jesus did not handle every situation the same way and neither should we. If something deserved open rebuke then he did it, if someone required special attention he gave it but not too many situations were handled in the same manner.

Jesus is the ultimate balanced scale. Often times, we as followers of Christ are not totally balanced in our walk and we allow more “Lion” to be exhibited than “Lamb” or vice versa. On one side you can be considered too harsh and critical and the other could be deemed too passive and nice but anywhere in the middle is fine and don’t worry about people not liking you, just look at Jesus’ life and you will soon find yourself on the path he walked (very true)!

Always in Love,

Love Ignorant pt. 2

Love is a verb not a noun. A noun is the part of speech that is used to name a person, place, thing, quality, or action and can function as the subject. A verb is the function as the main elements of predicates, which typically express action, state, or a relation between two things, and that (when inflected), may be inflected for tense, aspect, voice, mood, and to show agreement with their subject.

Now all of this was stated to validate why Love can’t be descriptive toward inanimate objects but more so the result of a choice. I see and hear people use it wrong all the time especially toward vehicles, homes, clothes etc. and I ask the ones that I can; could the thing that you say you love, actually love you in return in the same manner you do toward it. Surprisingly enough the answer is always NO! This simply means that the worlds standard for love is beneath the word of GOD.

Matthew 6:19-21:
19Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
20But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
21For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Carefully look at verse 21 where is states “there will your heart be also”, well if you don’t know; your heart (Spirit) is who you really are and it is what is used to “Love” after being trained by the “Holy Spirit” of course! But if your heart is set on the standard of the world, it is corrupted and you may never know it. Good people pave they way to hell!

1 John 2:15:
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.


It hurts my inner man when Christians don’t Love the way God desires them to. We are too passive in our “Love Walk”; we turn blind eyes and pretend as if we don’t see certain things when Love is saying “SAY SOMETHING” before they get comfortable in their ways and die in that state. We think that by osmosis people are just going to get it but in this era of life I find more and more how much responsibility we have to inform and warn others so that they may live and live more abundantly. I can’t lie and tell someone that they have a blessing coming and their lifestyle is jacked up. I will tell someone that is at least trying to get it together and not wanting everyone to feel sorry for them, that God will bless them because this is our reasonable service.

Love does not do the same thing for every situation. In fact it is imperative that we don’t because this is where familiarity takes root (familiarity breeds contempt). Love requires us to use Gods better judgment. If a person makes a mistake, we can surely forgive them and move on down the road but if this same person continues to make the same mistake religiously and being aware of what they maybe doing then the next response is not going to be like the first one.

Love does not condemn but it sure does do a good job of convicting.
1 John 3:20-21:
20For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
21Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.

If you ever get convicted for anything, it simply means your spirit man is trying to warn you of something. So do not allow your flesh to get in the way and take offense/ condemnation.

Always in Love,

Love Ignorant

“Love Does” earlier this year a Minister/ Teacher by the name of Doug Jones blessed my church with what I deem to be the best definition for Love on this side of the earth.

• Love: joyfully chooses to take an action that promotes another persons well being; Love does the most beneficial thing for the recipient at that moment.

• The opposite of Love is (Selfishness) not (Hate): the unwillingness to inconvenience yourself for another persons well being.

With this being said; I believe the first question that should arise is how do we do the most beneficial thing for God? The answer is simple; the most beneficial thing one could do is obey the word of God.

John 14:15:
15If ye love me, keep my commandments.
John 14:21:
21He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

Secondly; how do we as the body apply this to our everyday activity? Once we understand that love is not a feeling or an emotion but a verb (action word), I know that clarity and application is inevitable.

1 John 5
1Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
2By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
3For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

Love has four faces
1. Love Gives
2. Love Protects
3. Love will believe in the recipient
4. Love will correct for the profit of the recipient

Hebrews 12:5-10:
5And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
6For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
7If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
8But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
9Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
10For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.

Lets make one thing very clear; 1 Corinthians 13: 1-8 is NOT the definition of love but the qualities found in each face will be accompanied by 1Corinthians 13. Love is Learned! We must learn how to walk in love like Christ did. We have to study how He loved over and over to love how He loved. More importantly we must not try to figure it out on our own.

Love is always the result of a choice and if you are “Love Ignorant” you will use the term “Love” as the world uses it! The worlds love is conditional; ours is unconditional.

Luke 6:27-36:
27But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
28Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.
29And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat also.
30Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.
31And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
32For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.
33And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same.
34And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
35But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
36Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

“Give to the undeserving what they do not deserve and God will see to it you get what you do not deserve” Rev. Doug Jones.

Stay tuned for Pt. 2…
Always in Love,