26 October 2006

Grave Diggers

PROVERBS 26:27 " If a man digs a pit, he will fall into it; if a man rolls a stone, it will roll back on him ."

I realize that some people don't like others for differing reasons, and I have no problem with this. However, I do have a problem with people who constantly roam around digging graves for you to fall into. I mean, they spend numerous man-hours plotting your downfall. They are constantly trying to push you over the edge, hoping that you will fall into their hole. Do you know someone like this? If you know someone like this then you need to beware of the fool, because they will do anything to make you fall. These same people seem to have no time or energy for anything positive or uplifting, yet they spend countless hours and even days plotting your destruction. These people will dig the equivalent of the Grand Canyon with their bare hands (without rest) because they are overly consumed with jealousy, anger, hatred, etc. and can do this effortlessly because they have those evil spirits in them egging them on. (Again, this proves the lengths that the enemy will go through to set you up for failure.) If you know someone like this, you should try to avoid them, but if you have to be around them, don’t give them anything to use against you, because they are always lurking in the shadows waiting for you to slip up. Don’t fall for their fake smiles and concerns, because light and dark will never coincide. Always, use the Word when dealing with them. Don’t battle them physically because that’s unnecessary; in fact you should continue to pray for them. One thing to remember is that the enemy won’t fight with himself, because even he knows he looks foolish doing so. If you continue to deal with them like this, and they refuse to change, don't stress because you will eventually see them descend into the same hole that was meant for you, talking about some,"I have fallen and I can't get up!"



Can anyone out there relate?


Be Blessed *Y’all

14 October 2006

Spiritual Warfare

Mount Up!

1 Corinthians 15:57~"But thanks be to God, Who gives us the victory [making us conquerors] through our Lord Jesus Christ." ~

I went back into the Army *y’all, (I am not talking about man’s army!) and I want you to join this Army too. We were all born soldiers, but the question is which side are you on? You have to choose a side, either you are for God or against God. There is no in between. If you join this Army you will even get a huge bonus at the end (you will get to enter heaven). To be in this Army you have to be sober, joyful, and have a desire to live right. In order to be prepared for this war you have to go through basic training where you learn the basics like; place the Lord first in all that you do and always give him the glory! Then once you understand this, you have to go through the secondary training which teaches you how to love and forgive, and then for the best of the best soldiers you have to go through a Special Forces type training. These soldiers live, breathe, and eat righteousness and have graduated from drinking milk to eating meat. Special Forces soldiers for Jesus recognize evil attacks from miles away, and they know how to react accordingly. These soldiers are the ones that are on the front lines daily. They help protect the ones that aren’t as strong in the Word as they are. They often go days without eating (fasting) and know that this is sometimes necessary for them to hear the Holy Spirit speaking directly to them. They are the sharpshooters, y’all. They often times know the enemies next move and already have the necessary ammo (the Word) to make Satan’s Army retreat every time. They are familiar with the enemy and his many weapons of mass destruction, because they have been in many spiritual battles with him, and they even have the scars t0 prove it, yet in spite of all of this their Faith still remains intact. These few soldiers are special indeed.

In the Army of Righteousness please know and realize that there will be deserters, and some soldiers will go AWOL, because the enemy is constantly scouting for weaklings and is always recruiting soldiers for his army. Be prepared for spies and traitors that come as allies in order to cause confusion in the base camp. Many have died and many more will die in this battle. In this Spiritual War please don’t take anything for granted. In this war you need to arm your self with all that is good and realize that Satan never fights fairly.

So my questions to you are; Are you prepared? Are you prayed up? Do you have your ammunition ready? For those of you who answered “No”, I pray that you open your eyes and see the truth before it is too late to join. For those of you who answered “Yes” then you are ready, and I say to you, my fellow soldiers, “MOUNT UP!" because Armageddon is right around the corner!



Can anyone out there relate?


Be Blessed *Y’all.

05 October 2006

A Few Good Friends

“If you run with wolves, you will learn how to howl. But, if you associate with eagles, you will learn how to soar."

In my lifetime I have had a lot of people that came at me as a wolf in sheep’s clothing; although nowadays they are more like wolves with sheepskin coats because they don’t even bother to cover up their faces anymore. Please beware of these cunning creatures because they usually have ulterior motives to help get you off track and as far away from Jesus as they can.

If you have good friends in your life, then you are truly blessed. I have many associates in my life but only a few good friends. I am talking about friends that have been with me through thick and thin. They never stabbed me in my back, in fact they helped remove some of the knives that others had stabbed me with. I have friends that helped me when I was lying on my face. I mean friends that would literally put their fifty cents with my fifty cents, and we would split an M&M for lunch. One lesson that I learned while going through those hard times was that when you are down, a friend will help uplift you, but a foe will either disappear or stay around and kick you in the head to make you feel worse. A friend will help encourage you, they are happy for you, and most importantly, they pray for you. If any of you out there have true-blue friends out there, make sure that you tell them how much you appreciate them hanging in there while you went through the storms. I may not have a lot of them, but when it comes to true friends I'll take quality over quantity any day.

Can anyone out there relate?

Be Blessed *Y'all

01 October 2006

L-I-S-T-E-N

How many of *y'all know someone that thinks that they know it all? I mean anytime you try to explain anything to them, they always cut you off with, “I Know! I heard you! or I already know...!” This person never lets you finish what you were trying to say. How many of *y'all are frustrated with this? How many of *y'all know that this person really doesn’t know it all? Because anyone that knows anything will tell you that the first lesson to knowledge is learning how to listen. A knowledgeable person knows when to speak and when to be quiet. The Lord gave us all two ears and one mouth for a reason. Could you imagine if we all had two mouths and one ear? There would be nothing but I-know-it-alls walking around everywhere, and no one would ever hear anything.
If you are one of those, I-know-it-all people then you need to shut your mouth, be quiet, zip your lips, and hush! Everyone knows that you don’t, in fact, know it all, because you don’t even know how to listen. If you are one of the ones who is trying to get through to a I-know-it-all person; please don’t argue with them. If you try to talk to them and they refuse to listen to you, then do what Jesus said for the disciples to do, "If you go to a town and they reject me, don’t welcome you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet. (Mark 6:10-12).” In other words, if they don’t listen -STEP! Don’t stand there and beat them over the head with the WORD! The WORD is powerful enough. You don’t have to jump up and down or do back flips to get them to hear it. Anyway trust me, I’ve learned from past experiences that the Lord has his own eye-opening ways of getting I-Know-it-alls to listen to his every WORD.



Can anyone out there relate to this?


Be Blessed *Y'all.