Thu, Jan 10th - 9:19PM
I'm just sharing what is on my heart today. I've been going through a trial in my life and it has been pretty ugly. I've learned how easy it is to lose grip on our walks with God. Get out of the Word, Prayer and even church. These things have certainly suffered in my life. I've found that God's grace is the strongest especially in times of trial and when we stray from God. God always waits for us to return to Him.
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Mon, Jan 7th - 7:45PM
Contend For The Faith
Time to rise up.
Draw a line in the sand.
Decide for whom we'll stand.
Declare war across this land.
The lion roams freely.
Without challenge.
Armed with laws.
Politicians as his pawns.
Where's the outrage?
The church of the Lamb?
One nation under God.
Or, so we thought.
Beyond the gates,
Forgotten prophets cry out.
The liberty you know,
Is not without cost.
A crown of thorns.
A blood soaked robe.
Feeling of abandonment.
Confession of victory.
This lesson has fallen through.
The shame is all ours.
Refusing to take a stand.
Contend for the faith.
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Mon, Jan 22nd - 12:24PM
Handicaps
Misguided point of views,
Tunnel vision that sees nothing.
Just people's faults.
Their appearance.
Skin color.
The way they dress.
Quick to magnify these.
With open ridicule.
Humiliation.
Passing judgment.
Discrimination.
We are people with vision.
Yet,we do not see.
What is in front of us.
The fault we have.
The board in our eyes.
Realizing no one is perfect.
Each has things that set us apart.
As humans in unique ways.
The things that makes each great.
With differences come gifts.
God's justice for the injustice.
Of being different.
Not fitting in.
Of being rejected by society.
It is truly humbling.
Our differences are gifts from God.
Not curses on mankind.
Excuses to cause harms.
Putting us on the seat of judgment.
Tearing down people's pride.
What Jesus spoke is still true.
The least among us are great.
Jesus feels their shame.
Let us view people Through His eyes.
Instead of the eyes of handicaps.
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Mon, Jan 15th - 10:45PM
Judgment Begins in The House Of The Lord
Judgement Begins In The House Of The Lord
It seems one can hardly watch the television anymore without being
bombarded by profanity, sexually explicit content, or barely clothed
women and that's just the commercials! The FCC just put out a report
calling Big Brother 5 the crudest show on television because of language
and sexual content.
How did our nation end up at this way? The answer, quite simply,
is slowly and steadily. It took decades. Each moral concession made
was barely noticed with the passage of time. Not to put too fine of a
point on it, however, the church for the most part has been surprisingly
silent.
Another factor is the failure of Christians to understand the implications of a
society that removes God. Even worse a society that is in open
rebellion against God. It is no longer a taboo subject. All one needs
to do is watch the news for a while. Every year the slaughter of the
unborn is condoned by a pro-choice stance.
Christians need to be informed of the issues involving candidates
and make our voices heard. This is true for national elections right
down to school district issues. Christians should be particularily
bothered by the anti-Christian views being spewed by the Democrats
and especially the Presidential candidate John Kerry who continues
say that religion doesn't belong or He won't use his faith in public
life as President Bush does. President Bush has violated the separation
of church and state.
Gephardt and Dean have refused to protect our Christian Values.
Gephardt in an interview stated he would only protect the public
display of the Ten Commandments if other religious documents
were displayed along side of it. Howard Dean stated that he would
spend time only on important issues.
Excluding God and guns.
While pledging to protect a woman's right to choose, they refuse to
protect a Christian's right to express faith in God. Many television
networks consider Christians the minority. Famous religious leaders
are slammed for speaking the truth. Franklin Graham was criticized
for saying that Islam is not a religion of peace. The same goes for
Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell.
A certain network aired a piece by John Hagee about Islam in Canada.
There was such an outcry by Muslims and others the network apologized.
John Hagee was basically called a liar. Our country has not just been guilty
of putting money before God however, denying God and being a mouthpiece
for a false god. Whenever there was opportunity to glorify God, we failed.
Remember the hooplah over President Bushs' Judicial
nominees? Many of them were hung out to dry over their stance
on abortion and Religion.The news repeatedly reported that Democrats
were worried about them bringing their positions to the bench.
Remember the hooplah over Bill Clinton?
Christians were always slammed for saying Adultery is a sin. Called
right wing conspirators out to get Clinton.
How dare we call adultery sin. Where did we get that idea?
The most revealing thing about our morals is the outcome of
Bill Clinton's impeachment trial. To steal a quote from the
news, " It's the economy stupid." I think God understood our
position perfectly. Adultery, lieing, bribery etc. None of these
things mattered.
Very recently, the RNC sent mailers out to people claiming the
Democrats intend on banning the Bible if they win in November.
The RNC has admitted to sending this letter out however, the
validity of the claim is unclear. We can take this as political
or take it to heart.
understanding how God views any nation with our moral problems will
open our eyes to just how much trouble we are in.
It can all be summed up with that verse that says God's wrath falls on the
children of disobedience.
There is another verse that says God's people are
destroyed from lack of knowledge. HOS 4:6 "my people
are destroyed from lack of knowledge." We can no longer use
a lack of knowledge as an excuse. We have to take
responsibility for our lack of information. If no one tells us,
we have to pursue it on our own.
At some point Christians have to step up to the plate and speak up. Or if
nothing else, pray it up. Are we so far in the political trap that we just ignore
the truth staring us in the face? even other countries view us
as a nation of heathens. Considering what fills our airways we are
dangerously close.
Another sign of a moral problem is the political atmosphere.
I have never heard the office of the Presidency degraded as
it is today. Hardly anyone respects our leaders. It's President
Bushs' fault. Bush stole the last election. Bush has ruined our
country. Bush knew about the 9/11 attacks. Where is the respect for
our leaders? We prey on them instead of praying for them.
Good grief !
What happened to our morals? They died the day we decided
to remove God from our schools and our public lives. Very little
public expression of our faith in God exists. It's
on our money however, it is just a matter of time before that changes.
We need to make up our minds to either serve God or go back and
serve our idols.
I think God has become ill from us walking the fence.
On one side serving Him and on the other, trying to be like the world.
Scripture has already passed judgement on nations that continue
in rebellion. By stating all such nations will be turned in to Hell
Our country is well on the way. Instead of talking about God, we
talk about terrorist threats. The whole country is paranoid and is
in total chaos. Spiritually, politically, and morally. Scandals are
breaking out shaking our confidence in stocks.
As Proverbs says, because we would not hear God's counsel, we will
eat the fruit of our ways and be turned over to our own devises. These
verses go on to say that when calamity strikes, God will laugh at us.
When we call on God, he will not hear us.
We have to take responsibility for the moral condition of our country.
We have to look back realizing the church messed up by keeping
silent however, today is a new day. Today is the day we decide to
speak up and stand up. The day we mobilize to change the course
of our nation.
This fear many churches have of losing their tax exempt status is
just unfounded. A Christian lawyer, Matt Staver, Stated that there
has never been a case where any church has lost its tax exempt status.
We can no longer be consumed by fears of getting involved.
Judgement must begin in the house of God.
I pray we see the time for change has come.
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Sat, Jan 13th - 10:28PM
Snakes On The Playground
This poem is about online predators. Online predators are a growing problem
especially for kids. My intention behind this poem is to warn kids.
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A disease in the mind.
Robbing of all reason.
Blinding me to all right.
Addiction of the worst kind.
Thoughts racing out of control.
Steal the heart of the innocent.
Wound the life of these little ones.
Slay their spirit with injustice.
I'm a predator in the shadows.
Hiding behind a keyboard.
Shielded by a phony name.
Words sweet as honey.
Don't be fooled, friend.
I'm poisonous as a snake.
Stay clear of my kind.
Once bitten, you too will be blind.
Swing on the swings.
Slide down the slides.
Be aware of the danger.
Snakes on the playground.
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