Sunday, November 17, 2024

BEYOND peripheral VISION

1 Samuel 3:1

King James Version

3 And the child Samuel ministered unto the Lord before Eli. 

And the word of the Lord was precious in those days; 

there was no open vision.


Once a reader of new age material, I prided myself in having "peripheral" vision.

It's "seeing" from "outside the corner of one's eyes".

I thought that was the right way to "see".

Of course, new age makes you think you're more than you really are.

Well, soon as GOD made me born again in 2019, I began to see differently.

Starting with losing all sense of "self".

My vision truly expanded.

I began to see beyond the peripheral.

I began to see , and become aware of "others".

Their plight, their needs, my sins against them.

When you really start "seeing", the latter is the most painful of all.

But it's something you have to go through.


That's what automatically happens when GOD makes you born again.

FIRST, you receive a "humbling".

SECOND, the "forgiveness"

THIRD, the "anointing".

You begin to finally "see", as GOD wants you to see.

Your vision is not clouded anymore.

You begin to understand, and grasp things, through Scripture.

The WORD of GOD becomes your ONE, TRUE GUIDE.

You begin to appreciate everything GOD gave you.

You begin to acknowledge all your sins.


You realize self is not as important as new age says it should be.

I never thought I was the center of the universe.

I always thought the sun was.

Even that was corrected.

Only GOD is the center of the UNIVERSE.

Concern goes beyond self.

You begin to truly care about others.

Love becomes "unconditional".

Because JESUS taught us that.


That's what it means to go BEYOND peripheral vision.

Now, you have SPIRIT and SPIRITUAL vision.

You are now being taught by the HOLY SPIRIT.

He teaches you about GOD, self, and others.

He teaches you about GOD's commands.

He teaches you about JESUS.

He tells you of past, present, and future.

He answers all the questions you have.


As born again, you see who you really are.

You see others for who they really are.

You see the world for what it really is.

You see GOD for Who He Is.

You see JESUS for Who He Is.

You see SPIRIT for Who He Is.

You see Scripture for what it is.

Nothing is withheld from you anymore.


As born again, you see beyond the norm, the usual, the programmed.

It's like, all of a sudden, you don't need to "wear" glasses anymore.

Now, you see through the LENS of the HOLY SPIRIT.

Your "vision" has become perfect!

Or, at least, being perfected.


Now, nothing is being hidden from you.

Scripture tells us all we need to know.

That's why I marvel, and write like crazy.

We have created 110 blogs, as of this writing.

Those blogs explore, and expand, on our Bible discoveries.

As my vision expanded. so did my understanding of GOD's laws.


Now, you don't need to see through "philosophy".

Or what man thinks you "should" focus on.

Now, all you care about is that SPIRIT makes you "see".

You don't need intellect, as much as you need a childlike heart.

As a teen, I came across this quote from "The Little Prince":

"It is only in the heart that one can see rightly, 

what is essential is invisible to the eye".

-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery


Today, I reflect upon it.

And discover HALF of it is right.

It is not "in the heart" that makes us see rightly.

It is only "through SPIRIT" that one can see "rightly".

1 Corinthians 2:10

King James Version

10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: 

for the Spirit searcheth all things, 

yea, the deep things of God.


And yes, Exupery was HALF right, too.

"What is essential is invisible to the eye".

John 4:24

King James Version

24 God is a Spirit: 

and they that worship him 

must worship him in spirit and in truth.


JESUS said these of the HOLY SPIRIT:

John 3:8

King James Version

8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, 

and thou hearest the sound thereof, 

but canst not tell whence it cometh, 

and whither it goeth: 

so is every one that is born of the Spirit.


John 14:17

King James Version

17 Even the Spirit of truth; 

whom the world cannot receive, 

because it seeth him not, 

neither knoweth him: 

but ye know him; 

for he dwelleth with you, 

and shall be in you.


Apostle Paul speaks of the "unseen":

2 Corinthians 4:18

King James Version

18 While we look not at the things which are seen, 

but at the things which are not seen: 

for the things which are seen are temporal; 

but the things which are not seen are eternal.


Pray to be born again.

You have no idea what you're missing out on.

I champion the cause of being BORN AGAIN.

Not in the way many elite, or prosperity churches have abused it.

But in the way that JESUS defined it.

John 3:3-7

King James Version

3 Jesus answered and said unto him, 

Verily, verily, I say unto thee, 

Except a man be born again, 

he cannot see the kingdom of God.

4 Nicodemus saith unto him, 

How can a man be born when he is old? 

can he enter the second time 

into his mother's womb, and be born?

5 Jesus answered, 

Verily, verily, I say unto thee, 

Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, 

he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; 

and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, 

Ye must be born again.


Only through GOD's LOVE, and GRACE, do I have clear vision.

Otherwise, I couldn't write as I do.

Much less understand Scripture, as I have.

I'm done with peripheral vision.

It is limited.

GOD isn't.


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Wednesday, November 6, 2024

COVERING the ELECTIONS

JESUS asked us

Luke 15:4

King James Version

4 What man of you, 

having an hundred sheep, 

if he lose one of them, 

doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, 

and go after that which is lost, 

until he find it?


I had no idea I'd be writing so much about Kamala Harris.

I've written once about J.K. Rowling.

And once about Celine Dion.

But never several posts on just one woman.

Neither do I cover the elections.

What more the U.S. elections?

I live over 7,000 miles from the U.S.

Politics, and politicians don't interest me at all.

And yet, the first time I heard her "cackle", I got alarmed.

Whoa, whoa, whoa!


It's like warning bells rang so loudly in my heart.

Then she started "unveiling" her agendas.

I had to carry the banner of the LORD.

SPIRIT and I had to write about her many errors.

How she blatantly defies GOD's laws.

And "uses " Him, when it's convenient.

Causing potential danger to herself, and others.

Of course, I was particularly alarmed, as she was running for the highest office of her country.

And when I saw her barely able to "tolerate" the presence of Israel's Netanyahu, I knew the goose was "cooked".

That signaled what she was about.

ISRAEL was in DANGER.


It was also the "swagger" that got me.

As if a girl came from the 'hood -- to hoodwink us?

Well, she is in politics; I'm not.

I am in Scripture.

All I need to know, I learn from Scripture.

All I need to learn, the HOLY SPIRIT teaches me.

He makes Scripture easy for me to understand.

He teaches me all things JESUS.

He makes me warn people.

The LORD JESUS did say:

John 16:7-15 

King James Version

7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; 

It is expedient for you that I go away: 

for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; 

but if I depart, I will send him unto you.

8 And when he is come, 

he will reprove the world of sin, 

and of righteousness, 

and of judgment:

9 Of sin, because they believe not on me;

10 Of righteousness, 

because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;

11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.

12 I have yet many things to say unto you, 

but ye cannot bear them now.

13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, 

he will guide you into all truth: 

for he shall not speak of himself; 

but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: 

and he will shew you things to come.

14 He shall glorify me: 

for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.

15 All things that the Father hath are mine:

 therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, 

and shall shew it unto you.


Writing about Kamala was a total surprise for me.

I was careful that it was not due to my emotions, but only through real alarm.

I continue to observe, as she blunders, and boasts about her ways, and agenda.

Calling people to reproductive freedom, and to be "woke".

In outright defiance of GOD's laws.

Being constantly evasive in answering important issues.

Stringing people along, for her ride.


No one can seem to "pin" her down on anything.

Don't even try.

Satan's chameleon's on a roll.

With that false sense of "bravado".

Remember what the Bible says about "pride"?

Proverbs 16:18

King James Version

18 Pride goeth before destruction, 

and an haughty spirit before a fall.


And when you're not transparent, then you're hiding something.

As born again watchman, I can't shut my eyes, and ears, to what I was seeing, and hearing.

AMERICA was in DANGER.


I feel Trump will be president.

But I don't really know what the Democratic machine, or the "deep state", have up their sleeve.

Anything can happen, from now, till the inauguration.

There is a great urgency for reform these days.

People can "snap", from their suffering.

Trump called everyone to "common sense".

Which America so badly needed.

As it was, Satan had her skull, and jaw.


I've been observing the world since 2019.

With particular emphasis on the U.S. and Israel.

This Biden administration is very concerning.

I was appalled at their conflicting policies.

Their policies didn't make sense.

They didn't seem to care for their own people.

They opened their borders freely, and dangerously.

They tied the hands of their police.

They were going nuts over their woke culture.

They were helping Ukraine, and yet they had trillions in debt.

Who was paying for all that?

Why aren't citizens complaining?

I didn't see any protests.

Unless they were "warned" by government, and media.

If you look at media now, you'd see whose side they're on.

Everyday Americans were made to keep their heads low.

And not ask too many questions.

I felt something building up, ready to be "blown".


When GOD made me born again, He made me look into the U.S.

That was over five years ago, in September 2019.

Right away, He led me to Bible prophecy.

With specific emphasis on the U.S.

How she is "RIPE" for judgment.

Soon as Kamala was endorsed by Biden, it alerted me.

Especially when she started cackling, boasting, and swaggering.

I could not believe she was their choice.

Signs that it wasn't going to be a fair fight at all.


She gloated in her new-found power.

Something she has prepared for, all her life.

Lusting for that one, supreme, worldly power.

And a woman of "color" yet!

Yes, that was their narrative.

But the veil kept slipping.

Trump calls her "Lying Kamala".

Others call her "Scammala".

Many were aghast at her brashness.

Christians were alerted by her "wokeness".

And many things that didn't "add" up.

Thank GOD, He alerted me to that "cackle".

That was the "signal" He gave me.

It spoke volumes to my born again heart.

AMERICA was in PERIL


Asked what she would do when she becomes president?

She said, she won't change a thing Biden did.

Again, more alarms ran through my body.


What would happen to the U.S. now?

What would happen to the world now?

What would happen to Israel now?

All these, Kamala is well aware of.

Almost tasting the power in her deluded hands.

Since 24 June 2024, we've started writing "politics":

WINGS parties DIVISIONS

If PRESIDENTS were DEACONS

On U.S. politics

IMPERMANENCE of policies

AMERICA in PERIL

AMERICA in DANGER

DISTURBING the PEACE

When a NUT talks to a NOT

RepreHENsible

BEWARE these leaders

The ONLY election that MATTERS

Kamala DECODED

A REFRESHING candidate

Kamala's BIGGEST mistake

The WINNING campaign

PRAYING for AMERICA

Satan's CHAMELEON

The GARBAGE story

EXCERPTS on LEADERSHIP

Why TRUMP could WIN

If we don't get this RIGHT, we get EVERYTHING wrong

TRUMP wins AGAIN!

Why Kamala LOST

What SPIRIT revealed about Trump and Kamala

An AMERICAN connection

SMILE like BIDEN


JESUS died for you, Kamala.

But you turned Him away.

It's not too late.

Whether you become president, or not, you need to obey what JESUS commanded us:

Mark 1:15

King James Version

15 And saying, 

The time is fulfilled, 

and the kingdom of God is at hand:

repent ye, 

and believe the gospel.


John 3:5-7

King James Version

5 Jesus answered, 

Verily, verily, I say unto thee, 

Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, 

he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; 

and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, 

Ye must be born again.


John 3:18-20

King James Version

18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: 

but he that believeth not is condemned already, 

because he hath not believed in the name 

of the only begotten Son of God.

19 And this is the condemnation, 

that light is come into the world, 

and men loved darkness rather than light, 

because their deeds were evil.

20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, 

neither cometh to the light, 

lest his deeds should be reproved.


John 14:6

King James Version

6 Jesus saith unto him, 

I am the way, the truth, and the life: 

no man cometh unto the Father, 

but by me.


By tonight, perhaps we'll know the winner.

May America wake up on time.

May she have voted, with JESUS in her heart.

If not, may people turn to the LORD now.

Before it's later than late.


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Wednesday, September 11, 2024

TRIMMING the LAMP

 

Matthew 25:6-7

King James Version

6 And at midnight there was a cry made, 

Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.

7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.


I had no idea the significance of "trimming" the lamp.

I had been doing it nearly three years now.

Every single day, several times a day.

Lighting a candle, in honor of my baby sis.

And trimming the wick, every so often.


Spurgeon declares that, as "High Priest", JESUS would "trim" the lamps.

He also said mentioned in a video another set of "trimmers":

"These Philistines have intruded into our temple

under the pretense of trimming our lamps

but their aim is to put them out."

-- Charles Spurgeon


I didn't realize my trimming the wick every so often had any spiritual significance at all.

I thought it was just plain common sense, to make the candle burn better, brighter, and longer.

I had been doing it long enough, to know it actually works.

Now, SPIRIT and Scripture, gave new dimension to my every day task.

As warrior, writer, and watchman, I am tasked to share the gospel

To tell you that JESUS is the LIGHT.

That we need Him in this dark world.

That only through JESUS can we do anything.

John 15:5

King James Version

5 I am the vine, 

ye are the branches: 

He that abideth in me, and I in him, 

the same bringeth forth much fruit: 

for without me ye can do nothing.


Through Scripture, my readers would have REAL hope in JESUS.

They will not fear; but trust the LORD.

They will understand GOD is in control of everything.

They will also know who is trying to put their lamps "out".


I also learned a few more things about lamp "trimmers".

How vital their task was.

"In the days when light came from burning oil in lamps, a vessel at sea needed crewmen to constantly care for the lamps. This care involved trimming the wick, which drew the oil up from the storage reservoir, so that the flame would be clean and bright."

-- Wikipedia


I was also right in doing what I was doing.

Trimming the wick, and all that.

"The end of the wick of an oil lamp needs to be cut off periodically to avoid having it become clogged with carbon deposits. The wick height is also adjusted so that the flame burns evenly and gives good light without producing a lot of smoke."

-- World English Bible footnote to Matthew 25:6-7


Sometimes, it's mundane tasks that have great significance.

Because a born again is wont to view it differently.

Through the LENS of the HOLY SPIRIT.

We connect everything through Scripture.

That's how precious the Bible is.

It tells you about GOD.

About JESUS.

About SPIRIT.

About the world.

About the enemy.

About others.

And about you.


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Monday, July 15, 2024

AREAS of vulnerability

 Ephesians 6:12 

King James Version

12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, 

but against principalities, 

against powers, 

against the rulers of the darkness of this world, 

against spiritual wickedness in high places.


How are believers, and non-believers, being attacked?

Where are our areas of vulnerability?

How do we counter demonic attacks?

Believers, and non-believers are being attacked every moment.

Whether people acknowledge it or not, the fact remains we are all in spiritual battle.

With the perpetrator being CHRIST's enemy.

Many don't believe the latter exists but he sure does.

When you have been in the thick of battle as long as this workman has been, you can't deny the enemy's methods, and existence.


Half the battle is won, if you acknowledge Satan exists.

The rest of victory belong to the born again, through JESUS.

Proof the enemy exists?

The LORD saw Satan fall from the sky.

Luke 10:18

King James Version

18 And he said unto them, 

I beheld Satan as lightning 

fall from heaven.


Satan's days being short, you can expect MASSIVE attack.

Revelation 12:12

King James Version

12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, 

and ye that dwell in them. 

Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! 

for the devil is come down unto you, 

having great wrath, 

because he knoweth that he 

hath but a short time.


Here are his areas of attack, which the HOLY SPIRIT led me to today.

FOOD

FACE

FORM

FASHION

FAMILY

FINANCE

FORNICATION

FUTURE


Of course, this is but a small sampling of such.

Many we've addressed through various blogs, and books.

As counterpart to these areas of vulnerability, we searched Scripture for verses that conform to GOD's will.

In place of man's will, and desire.

So, let's begin:


FOOD

Many are into food, gluttony, and vanity.

Food shows, and competitions, are rampant.

Chefs are in great demand.

Restaurants, and cafes, have boomed.

Tourism and the hospitality industry is super active all over the world.

Online food delivery is at an all-time high.

Many are fixated, and preoccupied, with food.

But what did Moses say in the Old Testament?

Deuteronomy 8:2-3

King James Version

2 And thou shalt remember all the way 

which the Lord thy God led thee 

these forty years in the wilderness, 

to humble thee, 

and to prove thee, 

to know what was in thine heart, 

whether thou wouldest 

keep his commandments, 

or no.

3 And he humbled thee, 

and suffered thee to hunger, 

and fed thee with manna, 

which thou knewest not, 

neither did thy fathers know; 

that he might make thee know 

that man doth not live by bread only, 

but by every word that proceedeth 

out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.


Deuteronomy 8:16

King James Version

16 Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, 

which thy fathers knew not, 

that he might humble thee, 

and that he might prove thee, 

to do thee good at thy latter end;


In consonance with those verses, JESUS declared this:

John 6:35

King James Version

35 And Jesus said unto them, 

I am the bread of life: 

he that cometh to me shall never hunger; 

and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.


Food was meant to nourish, so we may not perish.

It was not meant to be the main focus of our existence.

We must eat to live, and not live to eat.

Beyond food is JESUS, the BREAD of LIFE.

And GOD, the LIVING WATERS.

As born again, we put food in its proper place, and perspective.

Proverbs 15:17

King James Version

17 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, 

than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.


FACE

Many are beholden to their own beauty, both men, and women.

They aim to attract, distract, and destruct.

If you're an adult, you already know the pitfalls.

And yet look at how our LORD JESUS CHRIST showed up:

Isaiah 53:2-4

King James Version

2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, 

and as a root out of a dry ground: 

he hath no form nor comeliness; 

and when we shall see him, 

there is no beauty that we should desire him.

3 He is despised and rejected of men; 

a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: 

and we hid as it were our faces from him; 

he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, 

and carried our sorrows: 

yet we did esteem him stricken, 

smitten of God, and afflicted.


Look at what GOD declared:

1 Samuel 16:7

King James Version

7 But the Lord said unto Samuel, 

Look not on his countenance, 

or on the height of his stature; 

because I have refused him: 

for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; 

for man looketh on the outward appearance, 

but the Lord looketh on the heart.


King Solomon had this to say:

Ecclesiastes 1:2

King James Version

2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, 

vanity of vanities; 

all is vanity.


FORM 

As with face, many are beholden to their form, and figure.

Aiming to be the fittest, fairest, and most desirable.

With many having the intent of enticing, seducing, and destroying.

Much as many would not admit to.

Why "destroying"?

Because man has no idea the pitfalls of flesh.

Through woman, Satan has tempted man to sin.

The reverse is also true.

Flesh is not acceptable in the kingdom of GOD.

Romans 3:20

King James Version

20 Therefore by the deeds of the law 

there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: 

for by the law is the knowledge of sin.


1 Corinthians 1:29-30

King James Version

29 That no flesh glory in his presence.

30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, 

who of God is made unto us wisdom, 

and righteousness, 

and sanctification, 

and redemption:


1 Corinthians 15:50

King James Version

50 Now this I say, brethren, 

that flesh and blood 

cannot inherit the kingdom of God; 

neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.


FASHION

It's been big business as far back as we can remember.

Fashion is flimsy, fleeting, and flitting.

It can cause you to lose many a dime, as you go for trends.

Does fashion matter so much, really?

All I care about is comfortable, durable, decent wear to keep me protected from sun, rain, and bugs.

Doesn't make sense to dress seductively.

We'll attract a different kind of bug.

A pest of a perverse sort.

Now, why would a true born again ever focus on fashion?

Why would we need accoutrements, or accessories?

A born again delights in being simple, fully-focused on the LORD.

I look to my DEAREST LORD JESUS at the cross, and grieve at how they have treated my LORD.

Matthew 27:35

King James Version

35 And they crucified him, 

and parted his garments, 

casting lots: 

that it might be fulfilled 

which was spoken by the prophet, 

They parted my garments among them, 

and upon my vesture did they cast lots.


John 19:23-24

King James Version

23 Then the soldiers, 

when they had crucified Jesus, 

took his garments, 

and made four parts, 

to every soldier a part; 

and also his coat: 

now the coat was without seam, 

woven from the top throughout.

24 They said therefore among themselves, 

Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, 

whose it shall be: 

that the scripture might be fulfilled, 

which saith, 

They parted my raiment among them, 

and for my vesture they did cast lots. 

These things therefore the soldiers did.


A born again looks to JESUS for everything.

He set the path and pattern for our lives.

He lived the life we must live.

In complete OBEDIENCE to GOD, always loving the FATHER.

In JESUS is truth, glory, life, light, love, wisdom, and salvation.

How can I follow anyone else, but the LORD?


FAMILY

How are families being attacked?

Through confusion, adultery, fornication.

Confusion in genders.

Adultery in parents.

Fornication in the youth.

How to combat attacks on the family?

Moses tells us how:

Deuteronomy 11:1

King James Version

11 Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God, 

and keep his charge, 

and his statutes, 

and his judgments, 

and his commandments, 

alway.


Deuteronomy 11:19-21

King James Version

19 And ye shall teach them your children, 

speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, 

and when thou walkest by the way, 

when thou liest down, 

and when thou risest up.

20 And thou shalt write them 

upon the door posts of thine house, 

and upon thy gates:

21 That your days may be multiplied, 

and the days of your children, 

in the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers 

to give them, as the days of heaven 

upon the earth.


JESUS tells us how:

Mark 12:28-31

King James Version

28 And one of the scribes came, 

and having heard them reasoning together, 

and perceiving that he had answered them well, 

asked him, 

Which is the first commandment of all?

29 And Jesus answered him, 

The first of all the commandments is, 

Hear, O Israel; 

The Lord our God is one Lord:

30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God 

with all thy heart, 

and with all thy soul, 

and with all thy mind, 

and with all thy strength: 

this is the first commandment.

31 And the second is like, namely this, 

Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 

There is none other commandment 

greater than these.


John 13:34

King James Version

34 A new commandment I give unto you, 

That ye love one another; as I have loved you, 

that ye also love one another.


FINANCE

When we say "finance", we are referring to money.

We all know how the world is beholden to it.

We also know the wide gap between rich and poor.

What did Moses say, in behalf of the LORD?

Deuteronomy 15:7-11

King James Version

7 If there be among you a poor man 

of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates 

in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, 

thou shalt not harden thine heart, 

nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:

8 But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, 

and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, 

in that which he wanteth.

9 Beware that there be not a thought 

in thy wicked heart, saying, 

The seventh year, 

the year of release, is at hand; 

and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, 

and thou givest him nought; 

and he cry unto the Lord against thee, 

and it be sin unto thee.

10 Thou shalt surely give him, 

and thine heart shall not be grieved 

when thou givest unto him: 

because that for this thing the Lord thy God 

shall bless thee in all thy works, 

and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.

11 For the poor shall never cease out of the land: 

therefore I command thee, saying, 

Thou shalt open thine hand wide 

unto thy brother, 

to thy poor, 

and to thy needy, 

in thy land.


JESUS was also clear:

Matthew 6:24-34

King James Version

24 No man can serve two masters: 

for either he will hate the one, and love the other; 

or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. 

Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

25 Therefore I say unto you, 

Take no thought for your life, 

what ye shall eat, 

or what ye shall drink; 

nor yet for your body, 

what ye shall put on. 

Is not the life more than meat, 

and the body than raiment?

26 Behold the fowls of the air: 

for they sow not, 

neither do they reap, 

nor gather into barns; 

yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. 

Are ye not much better than they?

27 Which of you by taking thought 

can add one cubit unto his stature?

28 And why take ye thought for raiment? 

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; 

they toil not, neither do they spin:

29 And yet I say unto you, 

That even Solomon in all his glory 

was not arrayed like one of these.

30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, 

which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, 

shall he not much more clothe you, 

O ye of little faith?

31 Therefore take no thought, saying, 

What shall we eat? 

or, What shall we drink? 

or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) 

for your heavenly Father knoweth 

that ye have need of all these things.

33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, 

and his righteousness; 

and all these things shall be added unto you.

34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: 

for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. 

Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.


FORNICATION

Wickedness has always prevailed in the world.

Many think nothing of committing fornication.

Many are not even aware they do.

But everything you see in this world, through couplehood, culture, and cinema promote fornication.

Susceptible are unmarried couples, and married people with other partners.

Surely not a sterling example we give the very young.

It is the young we need to protect from such abhorrent practices.

It is our duty to protect them from harm, by our doing no harm first.

Marriage is sacred.

What does the Bible say about the body, and fornication?

1 Corinthians 6:13

King James Version

13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: 

but God shall destroy both it and them. 

Now the body is not for fornication, 

but for the Lord; 

and the Lord for the body.


1 Corinthians 6:15

King James Version

15 Know ye not that your bodies 

are the members of Christ?

 shall I then take the members of Christ, 

and make them the members of an harlot? 

God forbid.


1 Corinthians 6:19-20

King James Version

19 What? 

know ye not that your body 

is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, 

which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

20 For ye are bought with a price: 

therefore glorify God in your body, 

and in your spirit, which are God's.


FUTURE

Many are afraid of the future.

Many don't know what to expect.

Many don't even know if one will exist.

Many are lost, and anxious.

Many have misguided fears.

Many are purposely kept in the dark.

Many don't care, either.

But know these:

In JESUS is GRACE, and TRUTH.

John 1:17

King James Version

17 For the law was given by Moses, 

but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.


In JESUS is PEACE.

John 14:27

King James Version

27 Peace I leave with you, 

my peace I give unto you: 

not as the world giveth, give I unto you. 

Let not your heart be troubled, 

neither let it be afraid.


In JESUS is SALVATION.

Acts 4:12

King James Version

12 Neither is there salvation in any other: 

for there is none other name under heaven 

given among men, whereby we must be saved.


In SPIRIT is LIBERTY.

2 Corinthians 3:17

King James Version

17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: 

and where the Spirit of the Lord is, 

there is liberty.


In GOD is LOVE.

1 John 4:7-10

King James Version

7 Beloved, let us love one another: 

for love is of God; 

and every one that loveth is born of God, 

and knoweth God.

8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; 

for God is love.

9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, 

because that God sent 

his only begotten Son into the world, 

that we might live through him.

10 Herein is love, 

not that we loved God, but that he loved us, 

and sent his Son to be the propitiation 

for our sins.


In Scripture is prophecy.

2 Peter 1:19-21

King James Version

19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; 

whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, 

as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, 

until the day dawn, 

and the day star arise in your hearts:

20 Knowing this first, 

that no prophecy of the scripture 

is of any private interpretation.

21 For the prophecy came not in old time 

by the will of man: 

but holy men of God spake 

as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.


In Scripture is instruction.

2 Timothy 3:16-17

King James Version

16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, 

and is profitable for doctrine, 

for reproof, 

for correction, 

for instruction in righteousness:

17 That the man of God may be perfect, 

thoroughly furnished unto all good works.


born again has no fear of the future.

Our delight is in the imminence of the Rapture.

On the second coming of CHRIST.

On the "coming down" of the NEW JERUSALEM.

But we do have a RIGHTFUL FEAR of the LORD.

We acknowledge JESUS as our ONE, TRUE LORD.

We delight in Him, and pray that SPIRIT guide us to be FREE of sin.


In place of worldly food, face, form, fashion, family, finance, fornication, and future, look into what SPIRIT and Scripture teach.

Every time you think of self, and desires, think upon what John the Baptist said of JESUS, and himself:

John 3:30

King James Version

30 He must increase, 

but I must decrease.


Think also upon what JESUS said:

Matthew 5:8

King James Version

8 Blessed are the pure in heart: 

for they shall see God.


Think upon the LORD's cross:

1 Corinthians 2:2

King James Version

2 For I determined 

not to know any thing among you, 

save Jesus Christ, 

and him crucified.


Think upon SPIRIT:

Galatians 5:24-26

King James Version

24 And they that are Christ's 

have crucified the flesh 

with the affections and lusts.

25 If we live in the Spirit, 

let us also walk in the Spirit.

26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, 

provoking one another, 

envying one another.


Think upon the ONLY THING that will remain:

Matthew 24:35

King James Version

35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, 

but my words shall not pass away.


The true born again knows what to focus on.

Colossians 3:1-2

King James Version

3 If ye then be risen with Christ, 

seek those things which are above, 

where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

2 Set your affection on things above, 

not on things on the earth.


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