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Freedom Fighters?

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I see people fighting for freedom (so to speak).

So to speak of fighting; the fight Americans are putting up is more akin to complaining.

So to speak of freedom; the great majority of Americans have never lived under a totalitarian regime.  They have no idea what it’s like to live without freedom.  And they would be seriously hard pressed if you ask them to define what freedom is.

Passion is born of experience. 

The same is true with the Gospel of Christ.  Happy is the average person who calls himself a Christian:

.To go to Church (when he wants to)

.To be accepted in his social situation (as if saying you’re a Christian makes it so)

.To stay out of trouble and to stay out of jail

.To have some future unknown hope (leaving the entirety of heaven in the hands of those who are there; preferring ignorance over understanding)

And

.To live his life as he pleases “knowing” that the forgiveness of Christ will cover him in the end (such a man has absolutely no reason to fight for anything)

A man fights for what he knows.  The one who knows how precariously he stands as a free man, fights with all he has to keep his freedom.  The one who does not understand freedom, does not fight.  And such a man will not understand what I have just written.

The offer of Christ is free.  Accepting his offer will cost you everything you have.

Thanks to Jesus

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Tired
Hungry
Anxious
Naked
Knucklehead

Yeshua
One
United

By His Grace

Regaining Prayer

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Mountain of the Holy Cross, Colorado - NARA - ...

Mountain of the Holy Cross, Colorado – NARA – 517691 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

I sit alone and feel the prod; a call to go to prayer

By force my legs regain their place and transport me to there.

Then kneeling, bowed, position gained, invisible comes clear.

And as I speak, though neither moves, yet one of us draws near.

What happens in this tense-peace time Is more than can be told.

His love, though overwhelming, there’s shaking in my soul.

I miss the times I cried so deep; that sobbing unrestrained.

His presence softly tells me, my heart’s not yet unchained.

The time between a foolish step to where I want to be,

Is like a climb from down below to far above the sea.

That dim soft light which capped the Mount, and to which I draw near,

Is brighter, brighter, brighter yet as my steps I repair.

The promise is, “You’ll gain that ground you sweetly long for now.”

And tagged to that is His command to set my hand to plow.

And so the dance of yesterday is danced yet once again.

I’ve been there once, some other day, I’m sure I can attain.

He’s just so lovely, kind, and wise. The draw cannot be stopped.

So to that light my feet will walk until that Mount is topped.

Take IT!

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Sarah Trimmer

Sarah Trimmer (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

To my brothers and sisters:

A question was posed to me.  And in truth I was asked to answer.  “Have you taken all that the Lord your God is willing to offer you?”  What was proposed is a consideration of His promise.  And the question is raised as an answer to prayer.  This question is poised every time we enter prayer with the God who cannot lie.

What has He promised His people?  Isn’t it true that He has said that all who enter the Kingdom of Heaven will do so without sin?  Isn’t it true that no man will see the face of the Father without holiness?  Isn’t it true that it is God’s will that no man should perish, but that all should find eternal life in His Son?  And isn’t it true that those who believe will know that they have eternal life; that this joy of truth should abide in them so as to cause laughter, joy, love, mercy, wisdom, understanding, and a certain doing that belongs to the holy family of God?

Each of us answers this question with truth, no matter how we lie to ourselves.  God sees all.  God leads His people in power and truth.  We do not serve Him out of a silly religious practise.  Religion is what we do as a result of His blessings.  But we yearn to approach Him with the same dedication to truth that He presents to us.

I urge us all to consider where we stand in our belief.  And I beg that we all consider that we serve the Living God who raises the dead.  Take His promises!  Enjoy forgiveness of sins in the name of Jesus.  But let us not leave anything on the table as we march into eternity.  Let us consider what He offers to all His people.  And let us allow Him a great bounty from His patient labors.

Amen