True Splender.

All day i struggled to read my Bible and blog.Wasn't sure what to read or say. I honestly did not feel well either so i just couldn't do it. But something kept nagging at me and my desire to pick up my Bible was very strong. Finally i bowed my head and ask the Lord thru his Holy Spirit to show me what to do. So i opened up my Bible and the book of EPHESIANS ALL 6 CHAPTERS CAME TO MY MIND.This letter written by Paul the Apostle covers just about everything.It talks about being chosen,he gives us wisdom,he redeems us by his shed blood,what the believers postion in CHRIST IS,AND THE POWER HE GIVES US. He covers faiths importance to GOD. He speaks of Gods grace and how you receive it. You receive it by faith. I did not feel like preaching long but felt led to share how joyful and filled with the Spirit i was as i worshiped my Lord through Pauls letter.I want to leave you with this. VERSE 18 OF THE 2 CHAPTER OF EPHESIANS.All of us on this earth through Christ have access by one Spirit unto the Father. No other name is given under heaven whereby we must be saved. Just Jesus.Read your bibles every single day. Worship the Heavenly Father as you ask him to show you himself through this word.Then quickly attend a Holy Spirit Bible teaching church as soon as you can. Share the Gospel with someone or many people. This world in all her splender cannot match the joy and peace one gets from worshiping Christ.

AND HE SHALL HEAR MY VOICE.

The fool hath said in his heart there is no GOD.Corrupt are they,and have done abominable iniquity:there is none that doeth good. God looked down from heaven upon the children of men,to see if there were any that did understand,that did seek GOD. (Psalm 53:verses 1 and 2) Oh this morning i pray for ALL that say there is no God.God is looking Many have turned back,in fear where there was no fear.vs. 5. Our nation has turned back.Millions say may God bless America....i say may God save America. I pray that as The Lord looks down from heaven he will find millions that want to understand and seek him to find out. My prayer for churches today that God will speak to the hearts of young family members and their parents....and they will go to a sound doctrinal church and get involved. Raise their families in Gods house.Do not be tossed around by every different doctrine. The Bible is our source,our authority. The Inspired breathed upon word of the ALMIGHTY. Make time to study it,and pray when u get up,when you walk through your day,and when you get ready to sleep.Do not fear man.Fear the Lord. Verse 16 and 17 of psalm 55." As for me,I will call upon God;and the Lord shall save me. Evening and morning,and at noon,will i pray,and cry aloud:and he shall hear my voice.

AND PRAY THEY FIND IT.

Have mercy upon me ,oh God,according to thy loving kindeness:according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.PSALM CHAPTER 51: VERSE 1. vs. 2 Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity,and cleanse me from my sin. vs. 3.....For i acknowledge my transgressions:and my sin is ever before me. vs. 10......Create in me a clean heart,O GOD;and renew a right spirit within me. vs. 11....cast me not away from thy presence;and take not thy holy spirit from me. vs12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation;and uphold me with thy free spirit. vs.13......THEN I WILL TEACH TRANSGRESSORS THY WAYS;AND SINNERS SHALL BE CONVERTED UNTO THEE. Churches on sunday will be have people sitting in pews who have lost their passion for Christ and his message of forgiveness and mercy. Some will go just because its tradition,some for other reasons. But many will go expecting God to make them FEEL better. I say get in and stay in Gods Holy word and ask the Lord to renew a right spirit within you. By the way... this prayer in Psalms was not from a perfect human being. Yes he was a King,a warrior ....but he was also a man carried away in his own lust.He saw that his sin was against God himself,from whom all his power and joy and strenghth was derived. Today pray for your pastor to preach with passion,and unction. Pray that lost souls will attend church looking for salvation and pray they find it.

CISTERNS THAT HOLD NO WATER.

Good morning. This morning i hear on the news more and more results of what happens when people regard not God. Yes even in our nation of the United States of America.This morning my hearts prayer is that i adore Christ my redeemer,i love to hear men preach his word.Especially those who preach it with passion.I love to hear men and women sing God glorifying songs.I love to see families decide to serve God.I love the change i see in peoples lives when they read Gods word everyday,and their desires change for the good.And for this reason the Lord has led me to the book of Jeremiah chapter 2.This mornings news,listening to the talking heads trying to influence our votes and choices in life,brings me and the Holy Spirit to these verses in Jeremiah.13,11,and 9 of Jeremiah chapter 2. The Lord said "For my people have commited two evils;they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters,and hewed them out cisterns,broken cisterns,that can hold no water" VS. 11 says..."Hath a nation changed their gods,which which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit" verse 9 says" Wherfore i will yet plead with you,saith the Lord,and with your children's children will i plead" #1.The USA many years ago did this.Turning from The one real God.Making herself material gods,while just ignoring The God of Abraham Issac and jacob. The God of King David,Jeremiah,Elijah,Nathan,Daniel etc etc. Yes even people who profess Christianity but not necessarily Christ himself. By doing so we have hewned out cisterns,broken,that hold no water.Such as the god of education that has proven to be almost worthless,yet continues to take billions of dollars from tax payers.In fact american education is teaching young people to ignore GOD.Get an education and you don't need a God is there Montra.Awake.....look at the downward spiral of the greatness of America.What good is an education if there is no nation to use it in? The 13th verse makes it clear.This constant barrage of liberalism and spewing hate for The Almighty cannot hold water. ok...verse 11 shows we once had glory but have now changed that for something that does not profit.Yet the AWESOME mercy of the Lord still pleads with us.He has been pleading with man since the fall of Adam. You know....the most important thing a parent can do for their children is teach them about the Lord.That he comes first. That he wants you to be successful and fulfilled.God loves us so much he came here and died for us. Its clear what he thinks about a nation that turns their face away from him.It is clear that there are consequences to ignoring The Heavenly Father and going our own way.Without Christ and the love of God in your heart,you will never be satisfied with anything this world has to offer.You will never get enough. My prayer is that we get to the point where we never get enough of the BIBLE,The Word of GOD.The more you know him the more you will love him.The entire chapter 2 of Jeremiah shows me how much he loves me and wants my success.I know these passages were about Israel....but i also know i am a believing Gentile and thru Christ,The Heavenly Father is my Father. And he has pleaded with me for years.He now pleads with my children and their children just as he says in verse 9. I love you Lord,and always will.You have been so good to me,and when life was tuff on me....most of it was because i built cisterns that held no water.

The faith of President Jimmy Carter.

Morning again.I like so many saw and heard the remarks of former President Jimmy Carter yesterday. I was moved deeply hearing his words about the Lord,and he looked forward to a new adventure in his life.Just a few weeks ago Carter was quoted as saying he believed Jesus would accept homosexuality.Well....the way it sounded was that Carter believed that Christ would accept the sexual acts of gays.Now im not certain that was exactly what he mean't by his statement.I strongly appose the gay life style,and gay marriage.I know for a fact that the bible does as well.But.....as i listened to Carter,i saw Jesus in his heart.Humble....though hating sin he loves the sinner.Yesterday may very well be President Carters Final goodbye to us.He clearly loves the Lord....i can see it.In the 1970's i was no Carter fan.I loved Ronald Reagan.But Jesus loves Carter,and we all lean on our own understanding sometimes.Carter does to.PRESIDENT CARTER...SIR.....thank you for all your efforts and yesterday...was clearly the best performance before the American people you have ever had.Gods grace is CLEARLY WITH YOU.IT was visible to both the human eye,and to our spirits.May God grant you abundant grace.We love you President Carter.

HUMILITY.

Morning! This morning before i do anything else i want to say a few things.Job chapter 40:verses 1 and 2. MOREVER THE LORD ANSWERED JOB,AND SAID,SHALL HE THAT CONTENDETH WITH THE ALMIGHTY INSTRUCT HIM? HE THAT REPROVETH ....GOD,LET HIM ANSWER IT. I think not,but millions that practice the religion of atheism do have many words of blasphemy. I shutter to be there when they actually face the one true living God.Would not they be wiser to say as Job did.....Behold i am vile,what shall i answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth. I will proceed no further.(verses 3 ,4,and 5. In a later blog i will discuss the other verses. But nothing like knowing my flesh yet knowing my soul is alive today because of what this Almighty God did. He sent his Son Jesus Christ to shed his blood so that i can be righteous before the FATHER.I will put my hand upon my mouth and watch what i say to the Lord. I will approach his throne with the ultimate respect and he shall see me covered in his sons blood....and the Heavenly Father will show me mercy. If your lost,not saved (born again) read JOB:chapter 42 verses 1 thru 6.

Christians and politics.

As i listen and attend various churches,i have seen First hand what i feel very strongly has contributed to the decline of America.Maybe its the ddenomination i attend.But none the less it can be ssummed up very easily in 2 issues! #1 Way to many church attendees proclaiming christianity yet not rooted in sound biblical doctrine.#2 Way to many Pastors scared to bring that up,and also afraid to mention politics when preaching in the pulpit. Politics is very important in our everyday life. We realize voting in America is essential to our nations survival.When we vote,our vote should reflect our biblical concerns as well as our financial and security concerns.Pastors in our churches are to lead their flocks.Stand for their spiritual beliefs and encourage strongly their flocks to vote in elections.Remember....we are not electing a Pastor for our church,but at this time we are electing a President.Sadly,a couple candidates that want to project their Christianity while seeking the Whitehouse,belong to weak congregational churches.(not of sound biblical doctrine) Being soft spoken does not always make a strong leader. (Example Obama). Today our nation as a whole is rapidly on decline. We must turn it around.We must elect a strong President.He doesn't have to be a Church Pastor.But a man of the faith of our Fathers.This my friends is why Donald Trump is so popular!Freedom of Religion has turned into capitalism because this us what happens when their is liberty.Socialism brings slavery.It chains ur soul.Your mind.Yet we must have the liberty to speak our minds and choose who we will serve.Serve the one true God.His son Jesus Christ died for our liberty from sin.As you ponder your vote in the next year consider thus and ask God to show you who to vote for.My vote as of now is Trump.He is the balance between socialism And greed. (So far)

AND GRANT HIM MERCY.

Good Saturday morning.This morning i salute all street preachers of the Gospel.I pray the Lord will have those that need to hear to hear.I want to use the book of Nehemiah chapter 1:versees 10 and 11. You may if you wish turn back to verse 4 as well. Nehemiah had heard about the horrible events of Jerusalem,and Judah,was so upset about it that he sat down and wept and mourned.He then fasted and prayed. In verses 10 and 11 its and awesome reminder to the Lord about who these people were."Now these are thy servants and thy people ,whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power,and by thy strong hand.In verse 11 Nehemiah ask God to lend his ear to his prayers.And he expressed that all of the Lords servants desired to fear him and to prosper,and to have mercy. These street preachers of the Gospel of christ desire to fear Gods name,and i pray to the heavenly Father for their prosperity,and for the Lord to give them overflowing mercy. Street preachers commonly have a strong sense of the community,and the spiritual condition of such.They have a strong desire for the souls of people. They also have experienced the awesome benefits of serving Christ.They have passion for lost souls.They were once a lost soul themselves.I would love to see every evangelical church support at least one street preacher.Be there for them in every way you can. Ya want to talk about the missions field,the streets are the best ever.God bless all you that have the courage to do this. People are leaving church in record numbers.When people surrender to Jesus.. they will search for a church congregation to worship with.As long as people are born.....there will be a Gospel to preach. Heaven to go to and Hell to go to. Again i as Nehemiah said....say I pray thee,thy servant this day,and grant him mercy.

WAIT FOR MERCY.

On this day i think of how powerful our Lord is.A brother in Christ teaching on The book of Habakkuk 3:3thru 5 Oh my how it stirs my heart.The mountains saw the Lord God and trembled.The sun and moon and waters of the deep and acknowledged him.chapter 3 verses 10 thru 13. Oh immediately as this brother wrote this lesson my heart did as Habakkuk 3:16 my lips quivered and i saw how rotten i am.Then i hear my words from way back and even in my prayers to God thru Christ......."no matter what,i shall trust the Lord.So many of Gods men (prophets righteous icons of scripture)needed answers from the Lord.Wait on the Lord. Be steady un wavoring. Before you preach....PRAY....ask God for the passion of the Holy Spirit as you preach.People are listening,they don't want weenie sermons,they want to know Christ,and they want the passion u deliver in your messages.Psalm 62:1 is in my brothers message.Oh Isaiah chapter 64:4 is another encouragement from King David.Our souls need to desire to wait for the Lord. For 50 years i have waited for the Lord.And all through those 50 years i realize how he delivered me over and over and over. My brother sites ROMANS 8:25 and yes we with patience must wait.Oh my oh my oh my.....Habakkuk 2:3 "the lord answered his prophet.HABAKKUK REMINDS US JUST AS ELIJAH THAT SINCERE CRYING OUT TO God will invoke his answer. I truly can say myself,that i have always received an answer to my crys to God for help.When i had not...it was because i ask not. I received this encouragement from DR. Mike Bagwells Web page. God bless you DR. Bagwell for being very profitable for the Gospel.

THEN YOU WILL HEAR HIM!

Good morning this morning.The book of 1st kings. Chapter 17 verses 17 thru 24. There are a couple verses here that stand out in my heart this morning.verses 18 and 22 and you can if you will add verse 24 as well. Verse 17 shows us that even in the world of elijah the prophet ,with all his dominant preaching,there were those around him trying to paint him as mean and judgemental.(verse 18) This verse throws accusations of finger pointing and even murder.Elijah prayed over this womens dead son,even layed on him 3 times asking the lord had he brought evil to this womens son.Oh but look what happened. The 22nd verse says the sweetest words a man can possibly hear. The Lord heard the voice of Elijah.He put the boys soul back in him again. Then in verse 24 then the women said by this that she has seen, she now believed the words coming from Elijahs mouth was the word of the Lord. Was Elijah mean? Should he be a perfect example according to mans opinion? Should he perform miracles constantly? Does this mean he runs his mouth about the power of God,or repentance way to much? Absolutely not! The lost souls in the world need to know the full council of the AlMIGHTY GOD WE SERVE,and preach about.He is both judgemental and full of MERCY.He is both Holy and reasonable.In modern times the message and attacks on Gods people are the same as always.Always will be as long as this world we live in exist. Elijah proves that regardless of miracles,messages,or friendship,those who love their sins,refuse to repent,just will not believe. Except! The Holy Spirit draws them through conviction.Today we have many False teachers,teaching many False doctrines...fooling even the elect.Preachers leading flocks repeating things they have read in books written by men who want to prove or disprove certain doctrinal beliefs.Why do i mention this? Because to use a phrase from the letters of the apostle Paul.......much of these so called doctrinal books i feel very strongly that they are NOT profitable for the Gospel.I use what i call the Biblical smell test.A true believer,washed in the blood believer,can smell out rotten doctrines. They also search the inspired word of God....the Holy bible and check things out. Today we think we are so smart. We now think we can read the mind of God. This means we no longer need to spend so much time praying. We think we don't need to consult God and ask his HOLY SPIRIT to teach us because we now are able to print articles declaring our superior knowledge to be the way it is.Wow!Pastors,preachers do not be tossed around by every wind and doctrine. Google that and i want have to qoute every single chapter and verse.We are getting so much smarter than God that we are redifining what faith is,redefining the state of ISRAEL,and trying to be argumentative over the rapture.WOW! My earnest advice is is 2 gets!!!!!! Get back on your knees and get back to the fundmentals of scripture. READ AND BELIEVE things the apostles clearly warned against. I see an explosion of Bible prophesy being fulfilled. One is that in the last days men would not be able to endure sound doctrine.Its everywhere. Listen up my pastors and teachers. Stop bashing the KJV. by saying either you can't understand it,or its to weak. Then turn around and study and preach from notes you took from a Greek/HEBREW STUDY Bible.And to top it all off the great majority of your congregation goes and purchases all the revised american,international,versions of scripture.My gosh men......wake up. Thats pure nosensense! If you cannot read the enemies books without falling from grace....then put them down,go back to using the Holy Spirit to guide you. Heads up......way to much oneupmanship going on in the pulpit.Just like the world.Trying to explain away every single thing you think God means.Genesis through revelation......KJV backwards to the original written scriptures. Do ya know how a bunch of ignorant un learned fishermen understood Gods intent? The Holy Spirit! Ya want to know what God told Moses when moses told God he was not articulate enough. (not a good speaker)? He told him i God......will speak through you. Not in those exact words but you get the meaning. Stop acting....intelligent. PUT prioritys in order. So many radio talk shows claiming to be christians.......blasting out how to raise ur familes,spend your money blah blah blah blah. Most of the people listening are lost. The God the all fire consuming God of Elijah is alive today.I tell you.That fire is, the comforter, the Holy Spirit. Read his words....his expositors,get that fire in your belly and see what people will do.That was pulled out of the 18th chapter of 1st Kings.verses 39 thru 41.Preachers......again.....Hear me ,o lord hear me.should be on your lips every day .verse 37 of chapter 18,1st Kings.AND THEN YOU WILL HEAR HIM!!!!!!!!! note: im not saying don't study,im saying be careful.....use the smell test.