The Time is Getting Close

What do you do when you are under fire from Satan?   I am not talking about everyday casual conflicts, that all Christians go through. I am talking several times in a day, and it has gotten so bad, that you can no longer make any sense of it. That is what is happening in my life right now, and I am not sure that I have the right answer. I would love to share with you what; I am doing about it right now.

The first thing that I am doing is that I am trying my best to keep todays madness, in the frame of today.  Jesus taught us that on the sermon, on the mount. Jesus is the greatest teacher that ever placed a foot on the earth.   How could He not be?                 I truly don’t understand why fairly intelligent people cannot see that He is God, and give Him the respect that our God deserves!! 

Matthew 6:34  Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Ain’t Jesus the smartest person ever?  Some folks will say that is just using common sense.   Have you ever considered where that common sense came from?  I find if I can simply keep todays craziness in this day, that my chances of success are much greater. I have found that our minds are really, a fragile instrument, and over-load comes quicker for some, than for others. 

Even though, I do have a small amount of opposition coming from man, I am compelled to believe that, most of my trouble is coming, from demonic activity. Even the small part that comes from man is fired off, by a demonic force.  The truth is that I am learning to engage in Spiritual warfare.  This is what ever Christian is called to do. We are to meet the dark forces head on, and face to face. We are to claim victory in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ!! 

There have been dark forces at work since the creation of Lucifer. He started his madness within the realm of Heaven. Most Christians can detect a form of urgency, from the demonic world, and that is because they know that their time is running short. This is a great thing that simply blows my mind. They still believe that they have a chance of defeating Jesus.

I know that this might hard for you to believe, but often we don’t realize the severity, of the war that we are in. I am speaking from recent experience. Satan had me all wrapped up, in a neat little package, before I ever realized what was really going. The Doctor had given a prognosis of six months left to life.  Not only did this remark throw me for a tailspin, it has caused me to re-think those things which are most important in my life.

I am talking about breaking everything down, to the most common denominator, in my life, then branching out. That was easier decision for me, than most people. The most common element, in my life is Christ Jesus. Jesus is everything that I have ever needed, and He has accomplished on my behalf, to return me into the presence of my Creator, who is Father God.

John 14:6  Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. 

We were born to battle, and it really don’t matter if we want to, or not, because that is just the way that it is. The great thing is the fact that, once we reach the age of accountability, we have the opportunity to choose, which side that we want to fight on. There used to be little time to play with this decision, but that luxury is running short. All the signs for the return, of Jesus Christ, have been laid out, and could happen at any time.

This world has gotten so silly, that adult men and women can’t look between their legs, and know what sex that they were born to be!! The men and women are so dissatisfied with the countries which that were born in, that there are joining the Islamic State movement. It is undeniable that the return of Jesus has to be intimately close. Although we don’t know the exact timer, or day, of His return; I feel that it would be a safe move to turn up the power of our witness.  

This is one of the things that I have done in my personal battle. I have friends, and family who are going to hell. It is worse than their blood being on my hands. I just don’t want the

m to miss the best opportunity that they will ever have to slip past them forever. 

Can I use a simple example?  If you walked into your mother house, and she was in the kitchen cooking. When you walked into the kitchen, you noticed that her dress was on fire on the backside. What would you do?   Would you say nothing, and watch the flames consume her?   I would hope not!!

Those that you know who have no relationship with Jesus are already burning with a hot fire that will not consume them ever!! I can’t understand that statement, and more than most of the Bible. I simply have to take them be faith, on the basis that Jesus can’t lie.    Ain’t Jesus Awesome!!

         …..Much Love

It Don't Mean.....

Just because I don’t write, doesn’t change the goodness of God. If I have a bad day doing battle, with cancer, and the devil, doesn’t change the goodness of God. Some people say to me; How can you say that, God is good, when often you feel so bad at times?            This life is not about me, and it’s not about you. It is totally about our Creator, and His Son Jesus. 

Many folks don’t like that a bit!! They feel that they should be the star, of the show, in their lives. They deny that there is a God, and yet, worship so many other god’s that it is ridiculous. They wonder around aimlessly hoping that something, in their lives will work out to their satisfaction, and give them true fulfillment. It will never happen, if we don’t get back to our Creator. We were created to have a relationship with the Father, and if we never realize that, then we are lost. 

I keep posting this verse, over, and, over again, and every time that I do, it has a stronger meaning. The Bible is very clear, on how that we make the transition, into the Kingdom of God.  There is not but one way, and nobody gets grandfathered in. Nobody is going because Mother, or Father, Sister, Brother, Aunt, Uncle, Cousin, or friend had a relationship with the Almighty One, that loves us dearly!!

John 14:6  Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. 

Who was Jesus talking to?  He is talking to us, You, Me, male female, child, or anybody with breath. He is desperately pleading, for all to come to Him, so that He can show us the way back, to the Father. Our prideful blindness, along with the satanic illusions that Satan keeps, before our eyes, is the only thing that, is keeping us in the dark.  The only way that I know that, we can break through this blindness is by, the Holy Spirit. 

Our God, our Creator, Our Father, Our Savior, Our Holy Spirt is One being. I don’t understand how He splits Himself in different ways, but I do believe that He does. I also understand that it is because of His love for those that He created, to draw us back into Him presence. Once we go to live with the Father, I can’t really say what it will be like, because no man knows. There is a lot about our future existence in the land of Heaven that is a blur. All that really don’t matter, because it will be there, and waiting on the Children of God to occupy.

The real jewel is the relationship that we can have with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, while we are still on the earth. We can talk with them, and get guidance, on how to live our lives. Once you get to know Who that they are, then you no longer worry about your future home.    James, get real!!    You are dying from cancer.     How can you say these things?     Because: I know the Father, and the Son, And Holy Spirit. My body is dying.     I am not!!      I will live forever, and my body will not cease to exist a moment before, the Lord scoops me up in His loving arms, and takes me home to be in the presence, of our Father forever.

The only thing is while I am waiting on the day is that I have a burden. Most of the people that, I live around, are going to hell. They don’t want to hear about Jesus. Most of the people in this city that I live in are going to Hell, and they seem content with that move.  If I didn’t realize that it takes the Holy Spirit to move them, I would pull what little hair that, I have left out!! Most seem to want to argue about everything, and I refuse to argue.

Please forgive my slackness this past month. It has been rough on me. Dealing with something that I never saw coming, and pleading with God, for more life, in my time. Then some junkie stole my pain medication, because the pain of their addiction was much greater, than the pain of the cancer killing me. I have been dealing with that one on several different levels, and forgiveness wasn’t an easy one.

I honestly pray that if you never come to the Saving grace of Jesus Christ that you don’t put it off another minute. May the good Lord keep you, and bless you!!     Ain’t Jesus Awesome?

                    ….Much Love

I Have Sinned

I have sinned.    We should know that by now that, any sin does not make the Lord pleased. Sometimes I flippantly don’t let my level of sin bother me. I consider some of my sins too small to worry about. The Father never sees my sin in that way. To the Father my sin requires a death to take place, and fortunately He has given me a choice.

I have sinned.  Like King David my sin is ever before me. I have failed to let Jesus, be who that He is, in my life.     We all go through the storms in our life. It has been said that either we are heading into a storm; in a storm, or coming-out, of a storm. I went at least six months or maybe longer, without the presence of a major storm in my life. I didn’t understand the reason for this. Now I can see a reason, but I am still not sure, that it is the true reason.

I have sinned. My storm started back in the month of April. I was spending way too much time lying in the bed with a sickness, which I couldn’t get a handle on. I finally went to the Emergency room, and in twelve hours they had determined, that I had cancer. In the days to follow more test confirmed the accuracy, of that report. 

I spent the next three days in bed just thinking about stuff. My life ending, and all the mistakes that I had made, and the facts that I did not under any conditions want to die!!!  This was totally unfair, because I really haven’t started enjoying my life until about four years ago. All this time I was talking to Jesus in a way that I don’t think that I had ever spoken to Him.

Can I be real frank with you about the disease of cancer?   That simple little word called cancer changes meaning when it is aimed at you personally. The word cancer is a strong word. It is capable of commanding total presence in your mind, because most things that are said after that are oblivious to the human ear. It makes me wonder why the Doctors keep speaking, at the point?

After those three days, I placed all this madness in the hands of my Savior. I praised Him for life, because he is the giver of life.  Something happened during the next three months. The Doctors report kept getting worse, and my focus was slipping away from the Great Physician. There was an operation to take place to remove the cancerous mass inside of my colon. All was left then was chemotherapy, and we all live happily every after. 

The operation was a no go, because once they could see inside my belly, the cancer had spread all crossed my lower abdomen. There was no need to cut anything out, besides some biopsy that was needed to tell where else that it has spread. I was told that I have six months left to live. These words stop every other word from planting in my brain. 

I don’t know what was happening in my mind, and in my heart. I slept very little, and if I ever slept when I would awaken; I would stretch, thank the Lord for another day of life, and remember that I am dying. Something broke inside of me. I think that it was my heart. I was experiencing a rush of sorrow heading straight for my eyes, and the floodgates of my sorrow were unleashed!! I actually can’t remember having that much pain since the death of my mother. 

I have sinned. Worry was eating me alive to the point that I simply couldn’t eat. I cried out to God that I didn’t want to die. I was telling Father How to do His job, concerning my life. I watched all these videos of people dying with cancer, all night long. I cried so much that I was using a whole roll of toilet paper to dry the tears. I went to my pastor was talking about the fact that I didn’t want to die. I know that I have a home in Heaven, and I know that it is not going anywhere.  I simply didn’t want to die!!

Pastor explained that there was nothing wrong with my thinking. All that I have known so far is life, and I wasn’t ready to turn loose of it. Plus we know little about death. We know our destination, but very little other than that. I accepted that as making good since. I ran into another preacher friend of mine, and was telling him about my problem. He said, Praise the Lord Brother James!!  You are on your way home. He quickly realized that I didn’t not share in his enthusiasm. 

Then he asks me a question; Are you ready to go? I went to wagging my head no while holding back the tears. I told him that I wasn’t, because I had two sisters that I was concerned about their Salvation. At that moment I realized that was my hold-up right now. I hadn’t planned to say that, but it simply came out as I opened my mouth. This will not be an easy task, since we have spent most of our lives no talking, and I am sure that it has been my entire fault.

That relationship needs to be restored, and I can’t do it. God will have to be the One, which will make it happen. I am going to humble myself, as low as I can it those two girls eyes, so I can tell them about Jesus. Plus I plan to let them know that if they ever want to see their mother, that Jesus is the only way. 

John14:6  Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

This week I finally got to see my oncologist who gave me the first positiv

e news that, I have had in three month. He started by saying that he couldn’t cure my cancer. I smile at him, and said that I understood. Jesus is the only cure that there is for my cancer. Then He said that there was a good possibility that, chemotherapy could add from one to two years, in my life. I smiled saying that I would take that offer!!

I have sinned. The reason that I haven’t written is because my sin. I have worried every day. I have not trusted Jesus to do what He says that He will do, in the love letter that He has written in the Bible, which is the Word of God. I have withdrawn into a dark world that I only knew about, and trying to hide from my only hope. I am not going to say that it will not ever happen again, because I don’t know what is on down the road for me. I pray that the Lord will keep me more focus, on His mercy and goodness.

This blog should be all about Jesus, and it really is except that I am taking up a good bit of the space about me today. I heard the preacher teaching the other night, and he quotes a verse that I had memorized years ago. I really needed to hear that verse at that moment. This is the most serious satanic attack that I have ever death with, and so far I have failed in my eyes. This verse brought everything back into perspective. 

John 10:27-3o  My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: 28  And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. 29  My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. 30  I and my Father are one.

Sometimes a Word from God is golden in the Spirit of the believer. It was so strongly meant for me that the guest preacher this Sunday brought, it back to life.  Ain’t God Good?

           ….Much Love

Testimony Service

I remember as a kid in church services, in the church that I attend, during most of the night services, we were given an opportunity to testify. I realize that the event of the testimony was a mere forty years. I really don’t see the opportunity being given, in the modern day church today. I know there are still churches that do it freely, and it is not set up to go that way. A lot of churches worship our Living God by a script, and if anything varies from that script, people get nervous. 

Have you ever stood up where you were setting, and gave the Lord testimony?         It can be a liberating experience, especially when there was no hope, and the Lord stepped in. I find it a wonderful event when a person comes to the point, of the revelation, that we are not in charge of anything, and the Lord is!! I believe that we should honor our God, with showers of praise, while in the church setting.

 Matthew 10:32  Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. 

Some of today’s churches are so large that, there is no time to give God praise, outside of the script. I really see something personally wrong with a church this large, which the praise for our God is limited. I am certain that we have lost the meaning for our Creation to begin with. The entire purpose that we are even here is to have relationship and fellowship with God our Creator. 

Do you ever leave a church service disappointed?  I am not talking about being convicted of sin in your life.  If the man of God preaches sin, then it has to affect some of us. Going to church should not leave with this warn feeling in our heart?  How can we enter into the presence of a Holy God, and leave felling that everything is great about us?   Should not that be the mission that we are on?    Isn’t that the reason that we go to worship?

The disappointment that I am talking about is when God does show up, but remains silent in the corner. The problem is that God is not shy. He is not enjoying the service, so much, that He doesn’t want to interrupt us in anyway.       Do you know what the problem really is?      It is the same problem that always happens between us and God. The problem is us!!

Are we really worshiping our creator, because of He is who He is?   Do we even know who, and what that He is?   I wonder how many of us relate the word Holy with God in our worship service?   I am not picking on anybody, because I have a major issue with realizing what the word Holy truly means when connected with my Father God. The real problem comes with this verse.

1Peter 1:16  Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

The only way that we can achieve the state of being Holy is by accepting the work of the cross, and the sacrifice that Jesus made for us. Jesus took on our sins, and paid the price of our redemption. The important thing to know, and realize is why that He done this. If you’re thinking that Heaven is the answer, then you are wrong. Heaven is a simply a by-product of Salvation, and it will always be there.

John 14:6  Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

 

The truth is Jesus, and Jesus is the only person that knows the way back to the Father. The only way to the Father, is through a relationship with Jesus. Since Jesus is the truth He is going to teach us how to live a new life, a full life, and a life of total dependence on Him.  The only way to achieve this is through the son.

I am getting off track, because we were talking about the church services. He services seem to be colder, compared to when I was a boy.   Do you think this is because we praise ourselves much more that God?     Can I submit to you, the way that the praise and worship should be conducted, by the Word of God? 

Psalms 100:1  A Psalm of praise. Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. 2  Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing. 3  Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. 4  Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. 5  For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

I believe that this is self-explanatory. The only problem that, I might would see is the third verse. Know ye that the LORD he is God:    The church supposed to be where the sinners give their lives over to Jesus Christ.  Have you noticed all the posers, which sit in the pews every Sunday, faking a move?  Most of them are harmless. They are just taking up space.  Most of the real children of God can spot them easy.   Do you know why?     Lack of relationship!!    Ain’t God Good?

                   ….Much Love