Mighty Stronghold

Read Psalm 48.

In 1862, Fort Macon took fire for three days until their walls were breached and the men killed where they stood. They were Fathers, Sons, Husbands, Brothers, Sisters, Wives, Daughters, and Mother, but the enemy did not care who they were only that their mission was to destroy every last living thing. Sometimes in your Spiritual life, the enemy is attacking us day and night trying to breach our walls. Satan doesnt care who you are, where you've been, or what your purpose in life, He cares about one thing only: Separating you from the Love of Christ. In our society, we see breaches happen all the time. We see professing Christians commit adultry, murder, incest, fraud. We see professing Christians addicted to drugs, alcohol, and porn. We see professing Christians buckle under the weight of Satan's attacks and eventually it leads to their destruction. If we try to man our fort by ourselves without Christ strength, we will surely fail. And Satan, will destroy our passion and desire for God without any remorse.
We are fighting a mighty enemy, and enemy that is going to wear us out. But Thanks be to God that we have a MIGHTIER FORTRESS, and STRONGER REFUGE!

"For This GOD is our GOD for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end."

Stand in Awe of God

"Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer sacrifices of fools, who do not know that they do wrong."
Ecclesiastes 5:1

Father, May I never rush into your presence. May every second be held accountable. May every second be held to highest importance because it is your second, all of them. May I bow my heart to you and bend my ear to your voice.

One of my biggest spiritual struggles is listening to Gods voice, why? I talk a lot. I approach time with Him by scheduling it. Its rushed. I wish I was at a point my life where no matter what I was going to miss or be late, that I would know that spending time with God was more important.
We rush into worship. We sing empty words. We "offer sacrifices" that fools, unbelievers give. We rush God into our Life. Our relationship with Him can be summed up in a few words, "It's Fast and Unsatisfying."

When we Rush God, when we rush worship, when we rush reading the word, we Make GOD no more important that a few meaningless seconds. What would happen if we approached God being fully aware of every second before Him? That every second God uses, preordained that you would have a relationship with Him?

Dont Rush God. If you do, you will find that you did all the talking and God has told you nothing. You will beg God that He reveal His will to you, but then not listen when He does. God will tell you to "Go," and instead of listening, you will speak louder than Voice, drowning out His command and question His command. Dont Rush God or the Living Water will rush right by you before you know it.

Stand in Awe of God!

My heart on Glass

Romans 12:9
"Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is God."

Is my love sincere? Do I really hate evil? Do I cling to what is Good? It seems to me that I have those flip-flopped. I cling to what is evil and I hate what is Good. Lord, I hate what is good and I love what is evil. My soul longs for selfishness, for power, for fame, for porn, for drunkeness, for money, for my own will. God, sometimes I hate everything you are! But still, somehow, I find myself being drawn to you. God I know you love me, but I dont love myself. I once hated you but you still loved me. I was once an enemy but you consider me a friend. God I am tired of being lazy, luke-warm, and ordinary. God Change ME!

God, as I keep running away from you, keep bringing me close, keep calling my name, keep loving me so that I can finally find peace in my soul. My soul longs for something more. My soul longs for You!

Having satisfaction in Christ is not easy. Turning from sin is not easy. But by the Grace of God, He gives us strength to overcome. Praise God for His Mercy.

Lord, I ask that you give me a boldness to defeat temptations and to spread your Gospel to the ends of the world. I Love you God, and all I can do is praise the God who uses my brokenness for your Glory!

Respectable Sins

I sometimes feel that I take Christ and use him as my own personal "get out of hell" free card. I guess I have been thinking about all the sins in my life that are "respectable." By that I mean, those sins in my life that I hardly notice in my life. Sins like Anxiety and Frustration, Discontentment, unthankfulness, Pride, Selfishness, Lack of Self-Control, Impatience, Anger, being Judgmental, Envy, Jealously, and Speech.

The danger in Sin is it's ability to be hidden. SO we live lives that are corrupted by sin all the while it roots ensnare our hearts choking the very Truth from our souls. While the big sins like, Drunkenness, Porn, and Adultery are major obstacles to overcome in our Christian walk, I believe its the "Respectable" sins that will destroy your relationship with God.

Search yourselves and ask God to show you areas in your life where there are sins hiding. Ask the Holy Spirit to clean our your heart, mind, and your soul.