Daily Archives: May 18, 2011

Here we sing alone.

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There is a place where our voice will meld with the truth of our hearts! Here, we sing the praises of God through a singular heart. Here, we are alone in our experience of the Lord. Though we band together with millions to sing the same song, our lives are held seperate.

But there is a place promised where our hearts will be open and no longer isolated from each other. There, we will sing a song of praise borne from the presence of God’s Son. OH how I look forward to that moment. The first song of eternity. The noise of melded hearts will rattle the posts of God’s throne! HE IS WORTHY!

by His Grace.

The Joy of Sharing Jesus is Overwhelming!

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Jesus The Christ: The debt paid in full.

I sit here pondering this magnificent privilege of spreading “the Faith” in the words of this blog.  What a joy to share Jesus the Christ of God!  In the former blog He let me create, buttermilk80.wordpress.com, I felt this same joy.  It’s consuming to speak of Jesus when He is the object of all my desires.  Consuming, even to the point of drowning out the world around me. 

He is absolutely wonderous to behold through these eyes of faith!  OH WHAT VISIONS OF PROMISE JESUS IS!!!  And even sealed lips will not stop praise for His ways.  He is no respecter of man.  His focus is directly pointed on the will of His Father in Heaven.  And how marvelous Jesus is!  From the foundation of the world He was destined to suffer for fools like me.  Regardless my place in His Glorious Kingdom, I will praise Him forever!  Even if the grave would hold me for 10 million years I would sing of the praises of Jesus (if indeed He lets me speak in that place).  For He is the mercy of God in bodily form.  The oil of Joy that covers Him must be a wonderous thing.  He rules with an iron scepter.  And will never bend toward the sin of man.  He calls from Heaven to turn all men from wickedness to the Righteousness of the Father in Heaven.  And every soul will bend the knee in reverence to His Glory!

By His Grace.

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Truth is Singular. Lies Abound.

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Debates regarding what is “right” are endless to those who despise the Lord.  A simple situation will spawn thousands of angles to defend.  But to those who are learning from the Lord Jesus will begin to see truth in a very different light.  Each situation which is presented before us becomes a very distinct understanding.  God’s view of what is right will forever be firm. 

By His Grace.

Prayer is a Privilege

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There is prayer.  For the non-believer prayer is a last ditch effort to avoid an obvious “bad thing”.  For the religious, prayer is a duty that they do not understand.  For the believer, prayer is a wonderous intangible object which causes a glorious transformation.  And regardless of the person’s standing with the Most High God, prayer is the one place where intervention into the situation of man is accomplished.

The non-believer wouldn’t notice if God turned a “deaf ear” to his prayers.  His understanding of the Holiness of God is muted and lost in the blindness of a lack of faith.  But to the believer, a lack of attention from the Father is a jolting reminder of God’s expectations for His children.  The non-believer will not faint if his prayer is not respected or considered by the God of Glory.  But let the Father lack response to the desires of a Christian, and this one will recoil with horror that he has lost something precious.  Panic begins to set in as Christ’s people feel the wall go up between themselves and The Father of Life. 

Prayer is a privilege which can be cut short when our actions do not match the demands of our Holy God.  God allows us to falter.  But rebellion will receive a response; as if to say, “You will not listen to me, therefore I will not listen to you”.  Is God cruel in this?  Never, shall the God of all be cruel!  He is teaching us in regard to what His Holiness is all about.  Accept your state before Him.  Render the respect He deserves.  Don’t consider that you have been slighted.  Prayer is a privilege through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Submit to God.  Submit as a child might when he has been caught in rebellion.  Listen to what you do hear from the times when your prayers bounce back at you.  Your mind will remember certain things which have caused this problem.  Yet I will mention here that there are times when your faith is being tested.  It is quite possible that God is testing your resolve to remain before Him and wait.  In these times, it is more important that you recognize that you are not God.  You are a babe in this place of testing.  He is above all.  And His will is to be done regardless of our perception of things.

By His Grace.

The Troff

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During a time in my life when I was warring with immorality, I had a vision of a troff.    It snaked from side to side and was filled with perfect bodies.  Every one of them was face down and sliding along in a clear liquid. (It appeared like an endless water slide, in which the bodies floated en mass)  There was no ability for them to move or speak.  And I could detect no ability of these people to resist their position in their state.  I perceived that they had no control of their muscles.  I knew, without doubt, that this was the place of discipline for those who were caught up in any form of immorality in their lives here.  They are consigned to this place untill the Father has considered their punishment enough to drive this desire from them.  As if to say, “You desire the body?  Then here, I will give you bodies untill you are eternally sick of them.  You will NOT desire perverse pleasure from My creation!”

Now, I’m not going to tell anyone that this vision is absolute.  There would be no supporting scripture.  And I can’t draw worth a bean.  So it would do no good to try.  But what I can tell you is that God the Father is deadly serious about immorality in His children.  And the impact of His judgment against the immoral will be severe.  In short, He’s not Joking, as Americans often seem to believe.

I will post this following scripture as a reminder to us all.  This passage comes from Hebrews chapter 10.  If you even dabble in the thought that your bend toward immorality will be over looked, I’d strongly (STRONGLY) recommend that you rethink your position.

26 If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, 27 but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God. 28 Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified them, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know him who said, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge his people.”  31 It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

The Father is absolutely serious about His commands.  And those who allow themselves to be caught up in sin will suffer the consequences.  I don’t care if you mock the Lord’s solid commands.  But I can testify that such visions alone are enough to burn the conscience. 

Beautiful are the Lord’s commands!  He alone has it in His hand to accomplish salvation.  May the peace He had from the foundation of the world return to Him in full.  And may He reap the sweet fruit of obedience from all His children.  His enemies will suffer endless punishment.  But His mercy to those who desire Him will endure forever.  Do not be deceived, a man will reap what he sows.  God will not be mocked.

By His Grace.