The Golden Compass, Time waits for No one, The Encouragement, Holy Hip Hop, Signs, Final Call, The Denial,
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For those of you who didn't see my original bulletin a few weeks back about this movie; here is a brief synopsis of that bulletin before getting into this one.
Author: Philip Pullman (proud atheist)
Books: His Dark materials which include "The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass"
Theme of books: To kill God
So I saw the movie and the first thing that jumped out at me was the fact that the "souls" of people walked next to them in the form of animals. And these animals were referred to as demons; if you killed this demon then the person would die. The lead actress' demon could change from creature to creature.
1) Demons- These can be referenced to demon possession.
2) Demons as animals- After doing some research I came across this "Demons are able to assume any shape, but in Africa they often are said to take the shape of crocodiles or leopards or other fierce creatures.
Some popular witches' familiars are the forms of cat and dog, hare and pig, birds (especially black ones such as the raven), etc.
Demons also inhabit the forms of bull and ox, lion and wolf, bats and other nocturnal creatures, and so on.
Borrowing from the satyrs of classical times perhaps, the more recent mythology related the goat to The Devil and in that form he was supposed to preside at the Sabbat."
The golden compass was known as a Alethiometer, it was used to see if a person was telling the truth.
Here on Philip Pullman's site directions are given on how to use one. Sounds alot like a ouija board and crystal ball combined.
1) Ouija Board- (often pronounced "wee-gee" or called weegee box) is any flat surface printed with letters, numbers, and other symbols, to which a planchette or movable indicator points, supposedly in answer to questions from people at a séance. The fingers of the participants are placed on the planchette that then moves about the board to spell out messages. In popular culture these boards are considered to be a spiritual gateway used to contact the dead.
2) Crystal Ball- is a crystal or glass ball believed to aid clairvoyance. Celtic tribes, known to exist in Britain as early as 2,000 B.C., were unified by a priesthood known as Druids. Druids are one of the earliest known peoples to have used crystals in divination. It's interesting to note that Druid religion had similarities to megalithic religion of an "earlier" Britain, thus it is possible the first use of crystal divination might have come from them.
Later, during central Europe's Medieval Period (500 – 1500 AD), seers, wizards, sorcerers, psychics, gypsies, fortune tellers, and all other types of diviners also used crystals to "see" into the past, present, or future.
I need not tell you that children have the most impressionable minds and these movies are presented in a format that is acceptable and desirable to them. These kinds of movies are being used to desensitize children to the occult and is making devil worship and association with the devil acceptable / appealing.
Another such lure aimed at Kid's is Harry Potter, which makes wizardry (witchcraft) look ever so cool.
Do you know what rat poison is? Rat poison is 99.99% bait and 0.01% poison. It's that 0.01% that does the killing. The devil doesn't have to come in all of his "glory" to invade and entrap us and our kids. He will come as an angel of light (2 Cor 11:14). In other words, he'll come in a way thats easier on the eyes and much more palatable to accept.
Let me give you a visual. Which version of satan would you easily accept?
Him?
or him?
Obviously the cute one, but it makes no difference whom you accept because poison will always be poison whether its placed in a container saying "warning contents hazardous" or placed in a cute my little pony flask.
Pass the word on! The minds of today forms the world of tomorrow. We can't have a distorted perception forming the new world!
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To all my peoples I want you to know that Time waits for no one. Whether you’re young, old, successful, trying to make it or just content with where you are. Time doesn’t care, its seconds to minutes and minutes to hours, every breath we take is a breath closer to death and we don’t know how many breaths we have left.
You breathing now but your next breath could find you in the ground. We get so busy and caught up on making it in this life, we get too busy chasing the dollars, we get too busy chasing the good life. Why you chasing it for? You can’t take anything with you when you die. There is no heaven for half steppers just fire and brimstone, when you were born you brought nothing and when you die you will take nothing. Your phat wallet can’t save you from hell. Can all the things you chasing after equal the value of your life? Yea your rims are Hot, yea your Gucci is Hot, Yea your crib is Hot, Yea the Hennessy and blunts is Hot, But HELL IS HOTTER. Yea you cute girl your body is banging, but how banging is it when it’s rotting in hell? Yea son you blazing, you fly dude, but your fade will fade and hell won’t fade. We have our priorities wrong.
Time waits for noone, use your breaths wisely. Use them while you still have them to get Jesus.
Ima pray for you cus you my peeps, Heavenly Father I come to you today on behalf of my peeps, Lord God you know sometimes in life we get so caught up on making it that we truly lose sight on making it. Lord God I ask you to open our eyes and let us truly see life as it is and help us to stay focused on you and the path you have laid out for us to truly make it. God everyone who may be in a situation that they cant seem to find a way out, and everyone who seems trapped in a circumstance, Lord I ask you to deliver them. Heavenly Father I ask you to not let anyone of them leave this earth without their boarding pass to Heaven. Your Son Jesus Christ. Jesus I ask you to wash us in your blood and make us pure and Holy before you. God I ask you to save us, Lord help us make it through the temporary “Hell-like” situations we go through so we don’t have to spend eternity in a real Hell. Nothing is too hard for you to do, prove yourself to someone today and make yourself REAL to them, and not just a Jesus they read about.
Thank You God,
Amen.
The Problem:
Eccl 2:17-23
17 So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. All of it is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
18 I hated all the things I had toiled for under the sun, because I must leave them to the one who comes after me.
19 And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have control over all the work into which I have poured my effort and skill under the sun. This too is meaningless.
20 So my heart began to despair over all my toilsome labor under the sun.
21 For a man may do his work with wisdom, knowledge and skill, and then he must leave all he owns to someone who has not worked for it. This too is meaningless and a great misfortune.
22 What does a man get for all the toil and anxious striving with which he labors under the sun?
23 All his days his work is pain and grief; even at night his mind does not rest. This too is meaningless.
The Solution:
Matt 6:19-21
19 "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.
21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
The Encouragement
This is to encourage all my peoples who have been let down, hurt, misused, ill treated, looked down upon and abused in every sense of the word physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually.
How is it that one day we are loved and embraced, treated with utmost respect and the next day we are treated like outcasts?
How is it that one day we mean the world to people; we are placed on a mantle for all to see and the next day we are the doormats at the backdoor?
That’s life, the Bible says the Armour of Flesh will fail (Psalm 146:3), in other words don’t put your full love, hope, expectation, reward, salvation, promotion etc. in man.
Why? Because men are fickle. Not everyone is what we perceive them to be, some people have issues within themselves and they don’t even know it.
Take for example a healthy person who eats right, exercises etc. but they get a heart attack. Why is that? They were doing everything right and on the outside everything looked great, but on the inside was where the problem was.
It’s always been the problem “The Heart”. The Bible says the heart is deceitfully wicked (Jer 17:9), so in other words we may be the best Christian possible but a big heart attack is on the way.
How do we overcome it? By doing what the scripture says, “Create in me a clean heart O God and renew the right spirit within me”. (Psalm 51:10)
We may be doing everything right to survive as a good Christian but we cant see what’s inside of us until it happens or until God reveals it to us and removes it.
This explains why people can treat us the way they do. They see us as insignificant and meaningless because we may not have anything to offer them “or so they perceive”.
A shepherd boy had nothing to offer King Saul but his allegiance and undaunted faith in God with 5 pebbles. This meaningless boy saved a nation from impending slavery, destruction and humiliation. What thanks did he get? His life was threatened because he was too good a helper. His one mistake was that he was too good at serving his King.
So his King became jealous and wanted to kill him. David was forced to live in the wilderness to save his life; isn’t that like us sometimes? We mean no harm, we bring nothing but our genuineness to help, restore, love, encourage, build up, prepare, sustain and fortify people. And in the end when they get what they want they abandon us, turn on us and nullify that we even helped them to get where they are.
They taunt us “I thought you said you were someone? I thought you were going somewhere?”
They wait on us to die; they say “Oh they won’t last long! It’s only a matter of time before they die off”
The sad part is, is that this behaviour is expected of Christians “The light of the world”. It’s becoming standard in this day and age.
So we the remnant are forced to be on our own, in the depths of the wilderness, at the top of the mountain alone and cold. Praying and fasting to God, seeking direction, strength and encouragement.
David was viewed as scum and pestilence but here is the twist in the plot. God was making him a kingdom and an army in the process. His army wasn’t made up of Christians; the Bible says that daily the rogues, vagabonds and criminals would join David. (1 Sam 22:2)(1 Chron 12:22) HAHAHAHHAHA
Isn’t that something, I can identify with this. My best friends aren’t Christians but the people who have a knowledge of God but are not necessarily living the life.
So it’s with this army of outcasts that God uses David to conquer the Philistines and other territory for him. You see its not people who fight for the same cause as you that bring success, but people who believe in the same cause as you. You can fight for something out of duty but not fight for it out of passion.
When you do something out of duty you can quit any day, but once you have that passion nothing can stop you.
Another example is how the city of Succoth did Gideon and his crew of 300 men. (Judges 8) Gideon was basically a punk! A scared, little no name punk from a no name city, in a no name village, in a no name tribe, in a no name family.
None the less! God called him to kill the enemies of Israel, the Midianites.
Gideon was in pursuit of them and he asked the city of Succoth to give his men some bread and water so they could eradicate their enemies. The City Officials at Succoth thought, this small band of men can’t possibly defeat the Midianites, so they taunted him by saying “I don’t see your enemies defeated why should we help you?” Gideon told them “Just for that when I defeat them I will whip you with desert thorns and briers”. Gideon traveled to the city of Peniel and made the same request, but he got the same reply. So he vowed to tear down their tower (their pride and accomplishments) when he returned in victory.
Now you may wonder how 1 man and 300 men can defeat the combination of two kingdoms with an army of approximately 135,000 men? Simple! Here’s the math, let me do it slowly so you can comprehend.
GOD + 0 = All the help you will EVER NEED
Still lost? Let me break it down like construction.
When you are in a war on paper, it’s good to have the artist on your side. Why? Because He has the eraser and can erase your problems. The Bible clearly states that God even created the destroyer, so getting rid of him is no problem. (Isaiah 54:16, 17)
God isn’t interested in numbers; the size of your enemies’ crew doesn’t matter. All Jesus needed was 12 men. And you see how they turned the world off its axis.
Gideon defeated his enemies and kept his word to the men at Succoth and Peniel.
So this is a letter of encouragement for all my Davids and Gideons out there, despite how people treat you, taunt you, ridicule you and use you. Take confidence that it was done to men whose names are in the Bible under honorable recommendation, and the only reason their enemies’ names are mentioned is for their shame. People usually reject what they don’t understand, I guess greatness can be hard to comprehend at times.
Much Love,
Daveion Lashley
The following is a response to snippets from an email I received from someone concerning Holy Hip Hop.
You Say: A crowd of young people dancing and partying to beats and raps does not signify a move of God. The truth lies in the fact that when the concert is over, do they throw away the world's music? Are demons cast out of these youth? Do they want to change their lifestyle and live according to the Word of God?
I say: That is true, lets not extend it to hip hop only, because that has been happening in the church for years. How many times have we seen Christians get caught up in the spirit to "church music" have a great time in God, but go home and still smoke, play their worldly music, and no demons are cast out of them? It’s not the music that’s the problem it’s the heart of man and the power of choice. God can bring you the cure, its up to the individual to take it. Music has many brackets and each bracket reaches a certain spectrum of people, much like medicine has many spectrums and each one can reach the sick accordingly. Hip Hop is a medium just as much as Jazz, R&B, etc are mediums of music. How we use them and respond to them is what determines their outcome and influence. Remember music originated in heaven, the devil just imitates and corrupts. If you still think I’m wrong and you are die hard to what you believe, then get rid of your Bible cus the Satanists use the Bible as well. They use it to curse and cast spells, BUT we use it for good. So after a satanist reads the Bible and still worships the Devil, does this mean the Bible is not of GOD because of the "evil" spirit that used it?
You Say: It's hard to even tell the difference between many of these Holy Hip Hoppers and the real Hip Hoppers. Most of them dress the same, promote the same spirits and even imitate the real Hip Hoppers while they are rapping.
I say: That’s true to a certain extent, Hip Hop is a culture and in a culture people dress, talk and carry themselves according to the maxims of that culture. It would be out of place to be in a Hip Hop culture and dressed like Donald Trump, it would be out of place to be in a hip hop culture and dressed like a punk rocker. And like I said before the enemy will get into a culture and pervert things, for example the way some ladies dress and the way some brothers carry themselves like thugs/pimps etc.
Just because a person dresses according to their culture doesn’t make it wrong. Lets extend it beyond hip hop. What about “regular” gospel singing? Many of the artists dress "classy" like those in the world, and even imitate their singing styles? Some even use lyrics from secular songs in their music. So lets not only point the finger at hip hop, point it at all music. Music has many sub cultures... it’s all a matter of how we use them. The culture itself is neutral; it’s the people who steer the culture's path that determine if it’s perceived as good or bad. Another example, Water is VERY GOOD... but it can also be VERY BAD !!!!! You can use it to water crops and supply to the thirsty, or you can use it to FLOOD a whole city and kill people.
You Say: Even Kanye West was able to bring 300 kids to the altar with his beats and lyrical style. Does that mean he was of God? Did the fruit remain? Was the Holy Ghost in operation?
I say: Just because someone speaks the truth and that TRUTH leads someone to GOD, it doesn’t mean that that person is of GOD or carries the standard of GOD. The truth is undeniable and the Bible says the TRUTH will set you free (John 8:32). The BIBLE says EVERY knee will bow and EVERY tongue will confess JESUS IS LORD. This means that the devil too will bow and confess (Romans 14:11). Because the devil confessed does that mean he was of God? NO. Wherever the truth is there will be Liberty. Remember GOD will use anyone and anything to get people's attention and draw people to Himself. God used a Donkey to talk and spare Balaam's life (Numbers 22:28); he then used Balaam (who was a FALSE prophet) to speak a blessing over Israel (Numbers 24:2-9), although he was hired to speak a curse. So Kanye can sing Jesus walks and it leads people to Christ, but it’s one thing to say it, you have to also live it.
You Say: If what the Holy Hip Hoppers are saying is true, then we should just allow P. Diddy, Kanye West and JayZ to start coming and ministering to our youth groups. After all, if Hip Hop is a tool, then anyone can use it for good or for bad right?
I say: Yes anyone can use the tool for good or bad, BUT NOT EVERYONE CAN MINISTER THROUGH HOLY HIP HOP. Why? Because the Bible has certain standards that qualifies a person to minister (2 Corinthians 6). Yes they may have a gift and the ability to rap "good" lyrics about GOD, but you have to live a Holy Ghost, sanctified life so you can rap "God" lyrics about GOD. Remember in the Bible (Acts 19:14–16) the 7 seven men who tried to imitate the Apostle Paul by casting out demons? They did and spoke the same things as Paul but what happened? They got beat down, even the demons said "Paul I know and Jesus I know, but who are you?" In other words the demons could see they had no power or authority. For example, it’s not enough to wear a police uniform; that means nothing! You have to be qualified and endowed with the authority that comes with the uniform. The Bible also says a house divided against itself cannot stand (Mark 3:25). So why would those rappers tell kids to live holy when they are blatantly living carnally.
At the end of the day we can deny the culture of Holy Hip Hop, but we can’t deny the Spirit of God that moves through it or the fruit that is produced by it. Jesus says " You will know they are mine by their fruits" (Matt 7:16).
The following is a response to a note I received, a young lady was having difficulty in believing there was a God and she wanted a sign from Him to know he was there.
Yea we all ask God for a sign to find out it He's there. Fact of the matter is we all believe in God, if we didn't we wouldn't ask for a sign. I too ask God for a sign because sometimes we wonder where He is.
But a relationship with God is based on faith, knowing that when we ask for forgiveness and pray that He hears us.
I can't see my liver but I know it's there working, what's the sign? The sign is that I'm alive. I can't see my brain but I know it's working. What's the sign? I am thinking and my body is working.
So God does show us signs that He is around, He just doesn't do it in the way we might ask. Maybe God's sign to you is this response. God is so diverse we can't limit Him to one form of response.
So just pray to God and have faith that He hears you and will help you.
Final Call
Ok peepz I know we have all heard the Gospel of Jesus, we are so used to it that it has become a part of us, NOT by relationship but by routine. To be honest just because you go to church doesn’t t mean you are going to heaven, or just because you sing in the Church Choir doesn’t t automatically give you passage into heaven. David says in Psalms, he saw the wicked going in and coming out the house of God, we may think it applies to sinners only, but alot of church people are WICKED. And we NEED to STOP IT. The fact is, I apologise on behalf of every hypocritical Christian, because I know you look at us to see if we are what we are professing and I know it turns you away when you see church people behaving wickedly, BUT that is no excuse for you to stay out of church. We are all accountable for ourselves and you shouldn’t let one man’s ignorant actions encourage you to spend Eternity in Hell. We were born alone and we will die alone, so don t let the fact that your friends or family may laugh at you or wont go to church with you, stop you. Don t be like Adam and push the blame on someone else; you are accountable for your soul. If you are tired of the "fake" Christians, then be different and become a REAL one so that people will see the Jesus in you.
Dear Heavenly Father I come before you today and I admit I am a sinner. I repent of my ways and ask you to forgive me for all my sins. I thank you that your son Jesus died for me on Calvary that I may have Eternal Life. Lord GOD wash me with the precious Blood of Jesus so that I can be pure in your sight. Lord I accept JESUS CHRIST in my Heart as my Lord and Saviour, In Jesus Name I pray. AMEN!
Matt 10:32-39- The Living Bible
32 "If anyone publicly acknowledges me as his friend, I will openly acknowledge him as my friend before my Father in heaven.
33 But if anyone publicly denies me, I will openly deny him before my Father in heaven.
34 "Don't imagine that I came to bring peace to the earth! No, rather, a sword.
35 I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law-
36 a man's worst enemies will be right in his own home!
37 If you love your father and mother more than you love me, you are not worthy of being mine; or if you love your son or daughter more than me, you are not worthy of being mine.
38 If you refuse to take up your cross and follow me, you are not worthy of being mine.
39 "If you cling to your life, you will lose it; but if you give it up for me, you will save it.
[If anyone publicly acknowledges me as his friend]
When Jesus speaks of confessing Him, He is not merely talking about us saying “I am a child of God” or us saying “I go to church”. That is not enough! when Jesus speaks of us confessing Him, He is talking about a 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365-366 days a year full confession. When I say full confession I am speaking of confessing Him in your speech, in your thoughts, in your actions before people and away from people and how you conduct your daily life. In other words, make it a LIFESTYLE !
We can’t say we represent Jesus and our lifestyle contradicts! For example, how is it going to look if people who are working for Burger King only sell McDonald products? Yea the sign may say Burger King, the staff attire may be the Burger King colours BUT what is being offered on the menu blatantly screams $1 menu from McDonalds. That is where the problem comes in. The denial….
[But if anyone publicly denies me, I will openly deny him before my Father in heaven.]
We have become used to too many choices and conveniences in today’s society. We can TIVO stuff and watch it when it’s convenient, we can microwave a full meal in 3 minutes, when it would usually take an hour to prepare. We can customize our shoes and our rides; we can mix and match our clothes to get that fly get up. BUT this is where the problem arises; we want to take this convenience over to Christianity. We acknowledge Jesus among certain friends and people; we act “Christian-like” when we are in church settings. We know what scriptures to quote and what clichés to say “God is good” “Amen” “Ain’t nobody do me like Jesus” but when it comes down to living this lifestyle DIEHARD 24/7 we cant do it.
Why? Because the lifestyle of Christ is uncompromisable and undeniable. This means that you can’t TIVO your salvation (put it on when it’s convenient) and you can’t tint your windows (hide your light). It’s CHRIST’S WAY or the DIE-WAY.
People will come with the excuse, God knows I’m human, He knows I make mistakes. Besides you can’t Judge me, ONLY GOD CAN JUDGE ME!!!! ßThe famous words of a person looking for a loophole in the head lock of conviction. Only God can Judge you huh? Well let’s fast forward to when GOD judges you.
Luke 13:24-27- And he replied, 24 "The door to heaven is narrow. Work hard to get in, for the truth is that many will try to enter but when the head of the house has locked the door, it will be too late. Then if you stand outside knocking, and pleading, 'Lord, open the door for us,' he will reply, 'I do not know you.' 26 "'But we ate with you, and you taught in our streets,' you will say. 27 "And he will reply, 'I tell you, I don't know you. You can't come in here, guilty as you are. Go away.'
OUCH !!!! dats like a smurf going for a lay up and getting rejected by SHAQ.
The door to heaven is narrow, that means when we put on the uncustomisable likeness of CHRIST, we are guaranteed to fit in. But if we get caught up in putting rims, sound systems and GPS navigation onto our Christianity for convenience, we are in danger of not being able to fit through that small space.
Yes God knows we are human and prone to mistakes, but don’t use that as a crutch to keep on sinning. I bet you know some people like this, how annoying is it when you want someone to help you do something they be like “Oh you know I can’t help you, I got a bad heart” or “I can’t do that, you know I got asthma”. But switch the topic “Aye Yo! Let’s go play some football or go for a run on the beach” they’re more ready to do it than you. Where did the asthma and heart condition go? It went nowhere, it was just used as an excuse of convenience to suit their purpose for the time being.
The Bible says in Rom 6:14-17- 14Sin need never again be your master, for now you are no longer tied to the law where sin enslaves you, but you are free under God's favor and mercy. 15 Does this mean that now we can go ahead and sin and not worry about it? (For our salvation does not depend on keeping the law but on receiving God's grace!) Of course not! 16 Don't you realize that you can choose your own master? You can choose sin (with death) or else obedience (with acquittal). The one to whom you offer yourself-he will take you and be your master, and you will be his slave.
Anyone who compromises Jesus is saying that the temporal things of the world are more important and more valuable than the Eternal Things of GOD. Point blank! if you don’t acknowledge Jesus 300% in EVERYTHINGGGGGGG you do. He won’t know you at the judgment seat. Which do you prefer? To have Jesus on your side as a lawyer and a witness or have Him opposing you as Judge and Jury?
["Don't imagine that I came to bring peace to the earth! No, rather, a sword…… a man's worst enemies will be right in his own home!”]
Now even though you may have made the choice to rep Jesus die-hard, no holds barred. That opens a new door of conflict. The homies, the blood, La Familia….the people who mean the most to you. The ones who are suppose to ride and die with and for you.
Please don’t make the mistake and think that because your family is against you, that maybe you are in the wrong. Nope! It’s as simple as this, some people have a bad heart, liver or kidney and a surgery is required to replace this bad organ with a new and better one.
The surgery is successful and the body seems to be doing fine. But on the inside there is a problem! The body was used to the bad organ, it grew up with that organ and functioned with that organ. And now there is a new one taking its place? No can do buddy !!!!! So what does the body do? It tries to reject the organ. In other words it is trying to kill the very thing that is saving its life.
Where does that leave us?
[If you love your father and mother more than you love me, you are not worthy of being mine]
You have to love Jesus more than blood relatives and friends, you have to love Jesus more even if it means being rejected by family and treated as the outcast.
They did it to Jesus, His own hometown didn’t even recognize Him as the Messiah Mark 6:2-6 The next Sabbath he went to the synagogue to teach, and the people were astonished at his wisdom and his miracles because he was just a local man like themselves. "He's no better than we are," they said. "He's just a carpenter, Mary's boy, and a brother of James and Joseph, Judas and Simon. And his sisters live right here among us." And they were offended! 4 Then Jesus told them, "A prophet is honored everywhere except in his hometown and among his relatives and by his own family." 5 And because of their unbelief he couldn't do any mighty miracles among them except to place his hands on a few sick people and heal them. 6 And he could hardly accept the fact that they wouldn't believe in him.
Home boy was surprised that His own people did Him like that. Because of their attitude towards Him, His potential there was limited. It didn’t stop Him from doing miracles, but the magnitude to which they could have been done was hindered. So Jesus had to step out from among them to do GOD’s work.
For you taking a step out may be literal. You may have to move out or you may have to step out, in the sense of not doing things with them like you usually did. For example, if you have a family reunion and they’re playing music that contradicts your Christian beliefs, you don’t dance. If they drinking, you sip on the red koolaid. If they passing the weed, you pass the Bible. If they having vulgar conversations, you either step out from it or interject Jesus into it. If they watching a movie that offends the spirit of Christ within you, just see your way out of the room.
Yes it’s going to be a SACRIFICE !!! It’s no fun being the one who stands out, it’s no fun always being alone. Quite frankly IT STINKS !!!!!! I am not only the President of the “alone” Club but I am a member as well.
But I have to remind myself that if I compromise to please people then I’m basically cheating on Jesus.
Jesus doesn’t like sharing His girlfriend. Matter of fact any sensible, moral person doesn’t like sharing his lover.
We are the Bride of Christ, either we love Him enough not to cheat on Him or we may as well stop wasting our time and His. Jesus said if you half stepping and creeping on Him, he doesn’t want anything to do with you
Rev 3:15-16 "I know you well-you are neither hot nor cold; I wish you were one or the other! 16 But since you are merely lukewarm, I will spit you out of my mouth!
In the original translations when He says “spit” it really means vomit. Simply put, the thought of you cheating on Jesus makes Him vomit.
[If you refuse to take up your cross and follow me, you are not worthy of being mine. "If you cling to your life, you will lose it; but if you give it up for me, you will save it.]
Everyone has a birthday and a death day, it’s inevitable. Here’s the thing, do you want to die like everyone else or do you want to die with honour? Everyday people don’t carry their cross, they live for their own interests and they live for the now, they get fun, success, their hearts desire and they are buried in the ground “hidden” from men and very soon forgotten.
Christians are made to carry their cross, whether its ridicule, insults, mistreatments and whatever injustices that are thrown at us, we are made to carry this cross until our death day. The world rejects us and spits on us, we are the butt of jokes and insults and no one cares about us or what happens to us. But here’s the thing, when you die. You get to die on the cross, you are “hung up” for everyone to see.
This isn’t done for you to be a spectacle, but for people to say “Dag! This dude/girl was uncompromising in what they believed, they died for it despite what people said and did, I gotta give them respect for that”
Mark 15:37-39 And Jesus uttered a loud cry, and breathed His last. 38 And the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. 39 When the centurion, who was standing right in front of Him, saw the way He breathed His last, he said, "Truly this man was the Son of God!"
Jesus died with an impact, this impact was so Great that the very people who spit on Him, beat Him, cursed Him, insulted Him, nailed Him to the cross etc. were the ones giving Him props in the end.
Everyone remembers Jesus’ death because He died on the cross, no one remembers the Soldier’s death because he was buried in the ground. Matter of fact, does anyone know his name?
[If you cling to your life, you will lose it; but if you give it up for me, you will save it.]
If you spend you whole life trying to find yourself through jobs, hobbies, success and wealth you have already lost your life. You are short sighted, you are only living life for the 9 to 5. You have to think beyond that. You have to think of the Ever after. Why would you want to spend your whole life balling now and living poor forever? Than live your life “poor” now and Ball forever.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying Christians are to be bored and poor. NEVER THAT !!!
I’m saying where your focus is, is where your heart and zeal to succeed is!
Matt 6:19-21"Don't store up treasures here on earth where they can erode away or may be stolen. 20 Store them in heaven where they will never lose their value and are safe from thieves. 21 If your profits are in heaven, your heart will be there too.
When you sacrifice all your wants and desires to pursue’s God’s, that’s the best investment you can ever make. Take for example, my homeboys Daniel and the Hebrew boys, as extreme as it was they were willing to lose their life for Jesus.
The law said to worship the Idol, the Hebrew boys said NO!
Dan 3:16-18 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied, "O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not worried about what will happen to us. 17 If we are thrown into the flaming furnace, our God is able to deliver us; and he will deliver us out of your hand, Your Majesty. 18 But if he doesn't, please understand, sir, that even then we will never under any circumstance serve your gods or worship the gold statue you have erected."
The law forbids Daniel to pray to God, but homeboy still did his thing.
Dan 6:7-10"All the commissioners of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the high officials and the governors have consulted together that the king should establish a statute and enforce an injunction that anyone who makes a petition to any god or man besides you, O king, for thirty days, shall be cast into the lions' den. 8 "Now, O king, establish the injunction and sign the document so that it may not be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which may not be revoked." 9 Therefore King Darius signed the document, that is, the injunction. 10 Now when Daniel knew that the document was signed, he entered his house (now in his roof chamber he had windows open toward Jerusalem); and he continued kneeling on his knees three times a day, praying and giving thanks before his God, as he had been doing previously.
What happened? The Hebrew boys were thrown in the furnace and Daniel was thrown in the lion’s den. The End? Nope!… remixxxxxx.............
The people who made the furnace to kill the Hebrew boys were killed and the Hebrew boys got the hook up.
Dan 3:19-21, 26-30Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with fury and his face became dark with anger at Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He commanded that the furnace be heated up seven times hotter than usual, 20 and called for some of the strongest men of his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and throw them into the fire. 21 So they bound them tight with ropes and threw them into the furnace, fully clothed. 22 And because the king, in his anger, had demanded such a hot fire in the furnace, the flames leaped out and killed the soldiers as they threw them in. 26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came as close as he could to the open door of the flaming furnace and yelled: "Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God! Come out! Come here!" So they stepped out of the fire. 27 Then the princes, governors, captains, and counselors crowded around them and saw that the fire hadn't touched them-not a hair of their heads was singed; their coats were unscorched, and they didn't even smell of smoke! 28 Then Nebuchadnezzar said, "Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, for he sent his angel to deliver his trusting servants when they defied the king's commandment and were willing to die rather than serve or worship any god except their own. 29 Therefore, I make this decree, that any person of any nation, language, or religion who speaks a word against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego shall be torn limb from limb and his house knocked into a heap of rubble. For no other God can do what this one does." 30 Then the king gave promotions to Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, so that they prospered greatly there in the province of Babylon.
The People who plotted against Daniel were thrown in the lion’s den and homeboy got the hook up as well.
Dan 6:20-28 The King called out in anguish, "O Daniel, servant of the Living God, was your God, whom you worship continually, able to deliver you from the lions?" 21 Then he heard a voice! "Your Majesty, live forever!" It was Daniel! 22 "My God has sent his angel," he said, "to shut the lions' mouths so that they can't touch me, for I am innocent before God; nor, sir, have I wronged you." 23 The king was beside himself with joy and ordered Daniel lifted from the den. And not a scratch was found on him because he believed in his God.
24 Then the king issued a command to bring the men who had accused Daniel and throw them into the den along with their children and wives, and the lions leaped upon them and tore them apart before they even hit the bottom of the den. 25 Afterward King Darius wrote this message addressed to everyone in his empire:
"Greetings! I decree that everyone shall tremble and fear before the God of Daniel in every part of my kingdom. For his God is the living, unchanging God whose kingdom shall never be destroyed and whose power shall never end. 27 He delivers his people, preserving them from harm; he does great miracles in heaven and earth; it is he who delivered Daniel from the power of the lions."
28 So Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
So all in all it’s really better to acknowledge Christ than to deny Him, cus even though we have a price to pay for doing it, the results are worth paying the price.
Finally:
Matt 10:28-31
Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell. 29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father. 30 And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 So don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
PEACE!!!
4 Tha ladies: Is it bees or flies?
I wanted to address an issue that has been going on way too long and needs to be set straight.
This one is for the ladies with all the sexy pics; i.e bikini, booty, boobies, provocative, licking lips, eye candy, etc. etc.
You think that you have to pose like that to get attention? Or maybe you're not doing it for attention, you're proud of yo body and want to show it off. Or maybe you just like being a tease or a flirt.
NEWS FLASH!!!! it's not attractive, matter of a fact its a disgusting turn off. Now I would be a straight up liar if I didnt admit that like any heterosexual male I appreciate a good female figure. But there is a time and place for that. And its not on the internet for every horny, lustful, pervert to see. I dont know if you think about it, but some dudes masturbate to your pics. Thats a lil disturbing if you think on it.
Now you may say thats not you, I dont know you, I cant judge you and whatever people do looking at yo pics thats on them. Truth be told I dont have to know you to form an opinion. First impressions count!
If the very first image i see off you is you in your thong bikini, seductively looking at me and sucking on a lollipop. Ima think this girl is a hoe, a pretty hoe I might add. But thats it, unlike most guys I wont try to get to know you. Why?
1. Because most guys want to get to know you to get in yo panties, cus thats the image you give off, they dont want a long term meaningful relationship. They looking for an orgasm.
2. Since I'm not like that, I wont definitely get to know you cus I'm looking for wifey material, and I wont spend my life with a woman who has a body that most men already know what it looks like.
I mean I may say hi, offer you Jesus and what not but nothing else serious will amount from it.
It all boils down to "tit for tat" you show some tit online and guys treat you like tat. If you want respect and a good guy to holla at you instead of the usual trash, then try changing the packaging.
They say dont judge a book by the cover, but how many respectable men will pick up a playboy in search of philosophical depth? Not me, I hit the encyclopedias. Ladies change the packaging. You can take classy pics and still be appealing. Its better to be classy than trashy.
So in conclusion what will it be?
Bees or flies? which will you attract? Bees are drawn to honey while flies are drawn to **** (dung to put it nicely)
Why is Homosexuality so Tenacious?
My home Girl "Officer Ruiz" shared this with me:
"The closest illustration we have on earth of the relationship that God has with the church is marriage, remember the Church is the Bride of Christ and of course Christ is the Groom. Homosexuality makes a mockery of this, cus there cant be a true marriage with two grooms or two brides. So it seeks to distort and destroy the image of one of the closest examples on earth, of what a union with GOD looks like. And should be like!"
I know we have all heard of "God didnt make Adam and Steve or Ada and Eve", and people can debate and argue it etc etc.
But let me make it even more simpler; 2 magnets of the same polarity push each other away. Even if you force um together, as soon as you let go, they push each other away! But when you have two magnets of different polarity, they IMMEDIATELY stick together. And you gotta put in some work to pull them apart. And if they're powerful magnets. You might as well forget it.
You may say I cant compare an object thats not alive to someone who is alive and has emotions and feelings. I can! why? because I'm illustrating a Law...A principle of how things were created to be and how they should be. If God made homosexuals, he would also give them the ability to make children through sexual intercourse.
Dont fool yoself playa, you werent born that way.. thats a spirit. Whether you believe it or not. Yea you can tell me it feels real and I cant deny that. Yea thats why its called bootleg, it looks and feels as close as possible to the real thing, but it will never be! Homosexuality is a knock off to Heterosexuality, much like a cubic zirconian to a diamond. Upgrade to the real deal!
Once you get a hit you wont quit and once you go straight you wont deviate!
This is Daveion, telling you what you NEED to hear and not what you wanna hear!
My Jesus is better than your jesus
Matt 24:4-5
For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many.
1. Any dude or woman who claim they’re Jesus is Wack!
2. Any dude or woman who claim they’re Jesus and making all their followers tell everyone is wack!
3. Any dude or woman who claim they’re Jesus and all this mess is still going on in the world is wack!
My Jesus is better than your Jesus! Why?
1) When Jesus come back eeryone going know! he aint gotta tell you, When He comes back He going make sure you know who He is! Cus we going see it LIVE worldwide !!!
Acts 1:9-11
9 After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.
10 They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them.
11 "Men of Galilee," they said, "why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven."
2) When Jesus comes back He dont need people to spread tha word, He going split the sky and role deep with His crew. He aint coming for a meet and greet He come to handle bizz.
Rev 19:11-16
11 I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and makes war.
12 His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself.
13 He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God.
14 The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean.
15 Out of his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. "He will rule them with an iron scepter." He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty.
16 On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written:
KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
3) Like I said HE going handle bizz! Aint no more room for deception and false jesus'.
Rev 19:19-21
19 Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to make war against the rider on the horse and his army.
20 But the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who had performed the miraculous signs on his behalf. With these signs he had deluded those who had received the mark of the beast and worshiped his image. The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
21 The rest of them were killed with the sword that came out of the mouth of the rider on the horse, and all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh.
So if you got beef wid me for spittin' tha truth. Remember my Jesus is better than yours and we can take this outside to tha yard and see who's Jesus going win!
1 Kings 18:22-39
22 Then Elijah said to them, "I am the only one of the LORD's prophets left, but Baal has four hundred and fifty prophets.
23 Get two bulls for us. Let them choose one for themselves, and let them cut it into pieces and put it on the wood but not set fire to it. I will prepare the other bull and put it on the wood but not set fire to it.
24 Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD. The god who answers by fire-he is God."
Then all the people said, "What you say is good."
25 Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, "Choose one of the bulls and prepare it first, since there are so many of you. Call on the name of your god, but do not light the fire."
26 So they took the bull given them and prepared it.
Then they called on the name of Baal from morning till noon. "O Baal, answer us!" they shouted. But there was no response; no one answered. And they danced around the altar they had made.
27 At noon Elijah began to taunt them. "Shout louder!" he said. "Surely he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or busy, or traveling. Maybe he is sleeping and must be awakened."
28 So they shouted louder and slashed themselves with swords and spears, as was their custom, until their blood flowed.
29 Midday passed, and they continued their frantic prophesying until the time for the evening sacrifice. But there was no response, no one answered, no one paid attention.
30 Then Elijah said to all the people, "Come here to me." They came to him, and he repaired the altar of the LORD, which was in ruins.
31 Elijah took twelve stones, one for each of the tribes descended from Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come, saying, "Your name shall be Israel."
32 With the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD, and he dug a trench around it large enough to hold two seahs of seed.
33 He arranged the wood, cut the bull into pieces and laid it on the wood. Then he said to them, "Fill four large jars with water and pour it on the offering and on the wood."
34 "Do it again," he said, and they did it again.
"Do it a third time," he ordered, and they did it the third time.
35 The water ran down around the altar and even filled the trench.
36 At the time of sacrifice, the prophet Elijah stepped forward and prayed: "O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command.
37 Answer me, O LORD, answer me, so these people will know that you, O LORD, are God, and that you are turning their hearts back again."
38 Then the fire of the LORD fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones and the soil, and also licked up the water in the trench.
39 When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, "The LORD-he is God! The LORD-he is God!"
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I possess the greatest power ever bestowed on mankind, the power of choice. Today, I choose to persist without exception. No longer will I live in a dimension of distraction, my focus blown hither and yon like a leaf on a blustery day. I know the outcome I desire. I hold fast to my dreams. I stay the course. I do not quit.
To achieve the results I desire, it is not even necessary that I enjoy the process. It is only necessary that I continue the process with my eyes focused on the outcome. An athlete does not enjoy the pain of training; an athlete enjoys the results of having trained.
A sailor who fearfully watches stormy seas lash his vessel will always steer an unproductive course. But a wise and experienced captain keeps his eye firmly fixed upon the lighthouse. He knows that by guiding his ship to a specific point, the time spent in discomfort is lessened. And by keeping his eye on the light, there never exists one second of discouragement. My light, My harbor, My future is within sight !
I will persist without exception. I am a person of Great Faith.
In Jeremiah, my Creator declares, “For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” From this day forward, I will claim faith in the certainty of my future. Too much of my life has been spent doubting my beliefs and believing my doubts. No More! I have faith in my future. I do not look left or right. I look forward. I can only persist.
For me, faith will always be a sounder guide than reason because reason can only go so far- faith has no limits. I will expect miracles in my life because faith produces them everyday. I will believe in the future that I do not see. That is faith. And the reward of this faith is to see the future that I believe.
I will continue despite exhaustion. I focus on results. I am a person of great faith.
I will persist without exception.
~ Andy Andrews
1. God won`t be looking for your medals, degrees or diplomas, He`ll be looking for your scars.
2. Give God what`s right, not what`s left!
3. Trade God your pieces for His peace.
4. When you get tired talking to your friend about God, talk to Godabout your friend.
5. Pray` is a four letter word that you can say anywhere, except in a public school.
6. When you slip into eternity will you be taking `smoking` or `non-smoking`?
7. Life is fragile, handle with prayer.
8. Man`s way leads to a hopeless end! God`s way leads to an endless hope!
9. He who kneels before God can stand before anyone!
10. To be almost saved, is to be totally lost!
11. Grace is not an excuse to sin, but it is the power not to!
12. Don`t put a question mark where God put a period.
13. Sorrow looks back, Worry looks around, Faith looks up!
14. Jesus became what we are so we can become like He is.
15. If you`re a Christian, earth is the only hell you`ll ever know!
16. WARNING: Exposure to the Son will prevent burning!
17. If you can`t sleep, don`t count sheep; talk to the Shepherd.
18. In this life it`s not WHAT you have, but WHO you have that counts!
19. There are many things in my life for which I am ashamed, but Jesus is NOT one of them.
20. Jesus declared the truth, He never gave opinions.
21. When was the last time you told God you love Him? He is still listening.
22. Feed your faith and your doubts will starve to death.
23. Christians aren`t perfect, they`re just forgiven.
24. Be an organ donor, give your heart to Jesus!
25. Jesus! don`t leave earth without Him!
26. Christ`s return is near, DONT MISS IT!
27. Be ye fishers of men, you catch them, He`ll clean them.
28. Seven days without prayer makes one weak.
29. Athiests, you`ve got a big surprise coming!
30. Read The Bible. It Will Scare The Hell Out Of You!
31. Every time thedevil reminds you of your past remind him of his future!
32. When someone gets you hot and bothered just turn on your "prayer conditioner"!
33. When Jesus is all we have, we realize Jesus is all we need.
34. If you stand for nothing you`ll fall for anything.
35. What doesn`t destroy me strengthens me.
36. Remember anything above your head IS STILL BELOW GOD`S FEET!
37. Too Blessed to be stressed,Too Empowered to be devoured, Too anointed to feel disappointed, Too much BL.IN.G to worry about a thing. (BL.IN.G= Believer In God)
38. In the Creation God made humans like Himself, but in the Redemption He made Himself like Humans.
39. To know the Character of the invisible God we can look at the example of His visible son.
40. God`s purpose of living was dying.
41. If we always had sunny days we would dry up.
42. Don`t ask how can I get out of this trouble, but what can I get out of this trouble.
43. Defeat is often a temporary condition, it is giving up that makes it permanent!
44. Some yall never rocked a thong until you heard the song, but still won`t accept Jesus although you heard Him your whole life long.
45. The strength of a man is not determined by how much he wins, but by how much he perseveres in the midst of "losing".
46. Thoughts = actions = habits = character = your destiny
47. The difference between `United`and `Untied` is where you put the" i ".
48. They call us Generation X because we take the focus off the FAMILY and replace it with SEX.
49. Don`t be distracted by criticism. Remember the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you.
50. A diamond always shines brighter when it has more cuts!
51. If the path of your life has no obstacles to overcome, its probably leading to nowhere.
52. You can`t have victory if you avoid the conflict.
53. People may think you are strange because you are different, You should think of them as strange for being the same.
54. The size of the tree isnot determined by the size of the seed, Greatness is often locked into menial beginnings.
55. Noone can make you feel inferior without your permission.
56. Its funny how some people push for the front of the line, when the Bible says the last gonna go first.
57. Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you`ll still land among the stars.
58. Never be afraid to take a leap of Faith. Remember, amateurs built the ark; professionals built the Titanic!
59. When you were born you were crying, while everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die, you`re smiling and everyone around you is crying.
60. Your Greatest supporters are your foes, they believe in you so much, thats why they oppose!
61. Look for someone complementary, not supplementary.
62. If you can`t find the poet, be the poem.
63. When Satan is knocking at your door, simply say, "Jesus could You please get that for me?"
64. Point Blank! At the end of the day the devil is going to burn forever, He wants to take you with him. How do you like your temptation now?
65. In it for the cause, not the applause.
66. They ain`t no maps to Heaven, there`s only 1 WAY!
67. You`re excuse is ONLY GOD CAN JUDGE YOU. Well if He judged you now, will you like the outcome?
68. Saying you got to get yo life in order b4 you come to Christ is like saying you gotta get well before you go to the doctor.
69. If you take a stab at your flesh everyday, eventually you`ll kill it.
70. Dont let yo dreams end when you wake up, LIVE THEM!
71. Dont kill yo dreams, execute them.
72. Just because a door is open doesnt mean you have to walk through it.
73. God has your Mr(s).RIGHT, dont settle for Mr(s).Whats LEFT.
74. Success isn't how many things you have and are about to acquire, success is fulfilling your destiny! If you have everything but your destiny; you're still broke as a joke!