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Testimony Born of Trials.

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John Bunyan's Tomb

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In a cell Pilgrim’s Progress was born.  And long after the penman’s body had turned to dust, the “scholars” of this world began to recognize the value of this chain birthed word of the Lord.  Since then, the work of God has found its home in the hearts of millions.

Has God placed you in a certain place of personalized suffering?  Do you own words of understanding born of stripes?  Speak with the wisdom of God.  Testify to His Glory.

By His Grace.

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Days

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The Lord has allowed me to live 21,142 days.  What have I done with them?  How many more has He in store for me?  What will I do with them?

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Pop a Pimple.

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Pondering the possibilities for me, regarding the will of God for the remainder of my life, I fell upon something beautiful:

I spoke with a man who decidedly hates the word of God.  He suggested that it’s only fair that I entertain the writings of those who would tear at the Faith of God in Christ Jesus.  Without reservation, my response was that I am not interested in “fair” when it comes to dedication to my Lord.  I am singularly interested in His truth.  I have no need for the trash of man.  Such garbage is not for the godly to consume.  And such writings are mere speculation driven by a hatred for God and His people.

The beauty is that God has caused me to desire Him!  Every day, every moment, my sin is before me.  And every day, every moment, the Holiness of the Lord Jesus surrounds me.  What a beautiful pain to endure.  And so it is with all His people.  May it never cease in this place of testing.  May it grow to an uncomfortable level, forcing me to move from sin and into holiness!  And may the Lord of Life find pleasure in His creation.  May He provoke His people from glory to glory, that His Word will find fulfilment as the Transformer of death to Life.

As we might pop a pimple by the use of force from two fingers, may God force sin from our lives.

 

By His Grace.

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Pure or Crooked.

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“to the pure you show yourself pure, but to the crooked you show yourself shrewd.” (Psalm 18:26)

How we perceive God and what is good, depends on the state of our heart.  Each man receives the value of his heart.  A little child’s innocence will allow it to hold a worm with wonder and joy.  But one who is older and jaded will regard that worm as ugly, hideous, and worthless.

Purify your heart from wickedness and you will begin to see the purity of God’s creation.  We say, for instance, that we forgive someone for what they’ve done.  But for most these are just words.  A little later and they will find themselves hashing the incident over again with hatred.  The forgiveness God demands does not come from a wicked heart.

A godly man will wake in the morning to the sound of peace in his heart.  He knows he has entered into a place where he can accept the will of God regardless the circumstances.  A wicked man will wake to consider the hatred he harbored the day before.  He counts all the offences against himself and others.  He looks for this same hatred in everyone else, for it resides so deeply in himself.  While a godly man will see beyond the actions of others to the reasons why they might do what they do.

The righteous man will consider death and suffering a task the Lord has presented for him to endure.  And will gladly accept the task, for he knows the Lord is pure and loving.  A wicked man will consider the same two tasks as hideous and revolting.  He will desire to be rid of both.  And will accuse the Lord of being too harsh.

We encounter life according to our own level of love or hatred.  A wise man will hear these words and consider his own heart.  The day is coming when our hearts will be shown for what they really are.  There will be no place to hide and no excuse to use.  Today is the day of testing.   You are tested by the world around you.  Are you shown as a man of God?  You are tested by your own actions.  Are you a man of God?  You are tested by the Lord.  Are you a man of God?

By His Grace.

Walnuts.

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Juglans regia (the Common walnut or Persian wa...

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Look at the Glory of God revealed in the world.  Consider that no man has ever built a walnut tree.  This is the work of God given to man that man might consider the Glory of He who cannot lie.  He provides for man.  Man does not provide for himself.  Consider the animals He has given us for food.  Consider the plants He provided for our health and strength.  Consider the air He has provided for the lungs He created.  Look at how continually God provides regardless the sins of man committed in His Holy Sight.  Look at how He has caused the ocean to obey His limits.  Consider how He has commanded that man should perceive His Glory in the works of God’s hand.  The miracles of God’s Glory surround us.  And only the disobedient will consider the works of their hands as more important than worship of God.  He has made the way clear to man.  Worship the Lord God Almighty only.  And turn away from all boasting and sin before His Holy Throne.  How can we worship in truth if we remain outside His Glorious provision of Jesus as our sacrifice for our sins?  Will you refuse Him who calls from Heaven?   And do not mistake the “calling” of God toward holiness.  We are created to worship the Lord of Life.   We are not created to seek the works of our own hands.

By His Grace.

Ok. Fine! So I’m Stupid.

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I woke this morning after 3 hours sleep.  I can’t sleep!  I want God’s will.   And I’m going to rant here a bit.  I don’t care if you can forgive my ranting.  I’m frustrated and simply need to vent.  I stand between the world and the Lord.  I want Him far more than I want anything in this world.  And people who know me and hear me say that would nod in understanding:  “Yep.  I can testify.   This man really is crazy after God’s things”.

No matter where I turn I find lies and confusion.  People speak of God as a fairy tale.  They don’t realize that the world they’re trying to re-create is the fairy tale.  They think this day is the day they’ve been waiting for.  They think they have what they finally wanted since man began.  They want no part of God or His ways.  Oh how they speak fine words.  Refined language is the religion of the day.  If they can speak the right words, they think they have nullified the Word of the Lord.  They turn to what they call reason.  “If we can just approach life from a logical perspective, we can rid ourselves of all this God stuff.”  What they are saying is that the mind of man can create the utopia he deserves and desires.

Fine!  Have your utopia by virtue of your own imagination.  And you call Christians fairy tale people.  Foolishness!  What has your tiny mind created that you can hold in your hand?  Murder?  Chaos all over the planet?  Hunger?  Rape?  And every other kind of horror.  Has your tiny mind created a solution to all these things?  And does your tiny mind really blame God for all this?   Are you really that stupid?  Or are you simply misguided.

I am frustrated by the denial men live their lives under.  If I tell them that the answer is to turn to God in humility, they laugh at me.  Yet if I point out their failing foolishness, they get angry.    Where is the godly man and woman in the face of all this stupidity?  Where are the voices of the “called out ones”?  The main stream “church” is full of the same kind of stupidity as the world.  Every place I attend I find smatterings of philosophy, psycho analytical nonsense, “how to’s”, and more books to read.  What?!   Is this the answer?  NO!

The Living God, present in the lives of man, is the answer.  Doing what He demands all men to do is the answer.  He will not be silent much longer.  And when He speaks you will wish you could just disappear, O’ World!  Right now is your day.  Go ahead.  Have it your way.  Speak the lies you embrace.  Sell each other the trinkets you have made to replace the Holiness of God.  Advertise all manner of foolishness to each other.  Speak of peace, while you are at war with the Most High God.  You are being manipulated by the father of lies.  And you don’t even notice.

Where is truth?  It is found in the Living God, through Jesus.  There is no other such thing as “truth”.  And what I have said will be found true.  But this is your day.  While you send truth to the pile of dung in your world of lies.  God will bring your lies to ruin.  Abandon will be your meal for eternity.  For you have abandoned the Lord of Life.  Hatred will be the fork and spoon you feed yourself with from you plate of “nothing”.  For nothing is what you hold so dear.  You want nothing!  And you’ll kill to get it.  Nothing is what you will receive.

What I testify about the Lord is true.  And you will taste it soon enough.  There is not one shred of doubt in me regarding the judgment to come or the present demand by God that all men turn to Him through His Son.  Yet you say “God is like us”.  Like you?????  Are you kidding?  Are you serious?  You want a God who lies?  You want a God who will die?  You want a God who gets sick?  You want a God who doesn’t know his ear from his toe?  Is this your version of God?

He says, the one who sins is the one who will die.  And you hate Him for being so blunt.  He created you and everything you have.  But you hate the fact that He asks you to give it all up and accept Him instead.  YOU ARE THE CREATED ONE!!!!  What do you have that you made for yourself from nothing?  You are a user.  Breathing uses the air God created.  Thinking uses the brains God created.  You point your created finger of hatred at God and His people.  You move your created tongue with hatred and lies.  You crain your created ear to hear others speak of things you want to hear.  And you ignore anything godly.  And I’m the foolish one?????????!!!!!!!!!!!!

By His Grace.