The Sovereign Word of God

The Word of God is sovereign, holy and to be taken seriously. My heart is broken at the number of people from different God believing religions who pick and choose what the want to follow or believe out of The Bible. This may be a longer devotional than usual but let's set things straight and if I offend you I am sure that you can find the "unfollow" button or simply stop typing in the URL, depending on where you are reading this. It won't hurt my feelings, I will pray for you, and we can remain friends.

As I was saying, to be clear. There are 66 books in the bible, there is an Old Testament and a New Testament. BOTH are equally important and NEITHER should EVER be forgotten or downgraded! The trinity is super important and yes, it does exist. (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit). This is NOT to be mistaken as serving three separate gods. There is only one God, but three persons (that is my extent of explaining the trinity at this time). Jesus IS the Son of God. He is fully God and fully man but either way He was/is sinless. Jesus was NOT just some prophet claiming to be the Messiah, He IS the Messiah. There is a VERY REAL place called Heaven and PLEASE understand HELL IS REAL!! It's not a scary story for parents to get their kids to act right it is REAL!!!! I don't want to be too harsh about this but at the same time you need to understand if you don't get right with God you are looking at an eternity in hell... hell is not a place to party with all of your drinking buddies or do everything that you like to do up here now, you will suffer for eternity there.

The gospel can be put in many different ways (all meaning the same thing) but really at it's simplest form, it comes down to this:

Jesus came to earth and lived a sinless life.
Jesus died on the cross for our sins
Three days later Jesus rose from the dead
40 days after his resurrection Jesus ascended to the Father
and... Here is the big one... HE IS COMING BACK!

No matter what you believe grace is for EVERYONE!!! "God so loved the WORLD..." (John 3:16) that means me, you, the person holding a sign on the street, the person tending bar, your boss, your co-workers, and the list can go on and on and on. The fact is, at least before the rapture, there aren't just 144,000 of us going to heaven or "elect" ones, when the world comes to an end. Now just because God loves us does NOT mean that He loves our sin. You aren't supposed to be going out and getting drunk or even staying in and doing so. If you really want to get technical because your body is "the temple of the Holy Spirit..." (1 Corinthians 6:19) that means you shouldn't be putting ANY toxins in your body which means you shouldn't be smoking either. Let me take it just a step further here you shouldn't have obscene words coming out of your mouth either (Colossians 3:8). If you don't know what the word obscene means off the top of your head, it means profanity or cussing. My point?

STOP PICKING AND CHOOSING WHAT YOU WANT TO FOLLOW FROM THE WORD OF GOD AND START FOLLOWING THE WHOLE THING!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I will not apologize for my ranting here, or for offending you because I did it out of love. I love each and every last one of you because God loves you. I want you to see Heaven and ALL it's splendor.... I have brothers and sisters in different parts of the world who are dying because they REFUSE to deny Jesus.... They aren't backing down... so why in the world should I or any other Christian for that matter, back down?

May the Lord impress on your heart the seriousness of this devotional. I love you all so much with the love of Jesus. May the Lord bless and keep you.

It Matters

Romans 12:2 (ESV)

"Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect." 

I know I am about to step on a lot of toes but that doesn't really bother me. Sometimes, toes need to be stepped on in order for hearts to be touched. Too many of us have become conformed to this world. We watch the entertainment that television networks have convinced us is okay, when in reality we are breaking God's heart. Too often I hear the words, "it doesn't matter what I watch, it doesn't matter what I listen to, it's not that big of a deal, it's just a show, it's just a book, it's just a movie..." All the while you are sinking deeper and deeper into one of the LARGEST sin industries in the world. IT DOES MATTER!!! IT'S NOT JUST A TV SHOW OR A BOOK OR A MOVIE!!!!! 

Philippians 4:8 (ESV)

"Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things." 

Let me give you a few things that aren't true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, commendable, excellent and most definitely NOT worthy of the praise that sadly they receive anyway:

1. 50 shades of gray (movie or book)

2. True Blood

3. The racy Hardee's commercial (yes, I went there)

4. Orange is the New Black

5. Family Guy

6. Addicted

7. Let's be Cops

Have I gone far enough? It's not just a funny show, it's not just a funny movie! You are filling your minds and your hearts full of filth and at the same time you are breaking God's heart!!!! DON'T YOU GET IT!!!! Tears are pouring down The Father's face, because you are allowing your heart to be entertained by a god of this world. PLEASE STOP!!!! I can not stress to you just how much it really does matter what you watch and listen to. Music is not much better, today it fills your head and your heart with words that should never come out of your mouth. It talks about pre-marital sex, one night stands, and gay relationships as if all of it is okay. It gives the message that it's okay to drink heavily, cuss heavily and if some drugs get involved what could it hurt right? WRONG. It's time to put an end to the profanity, the pornography, and the vulgar comedy. It's time to stop holding back to spare peoples feelings and start speaking out to save lives for the Kingdom of God! 

I am begging you, with all of my heart, please STOP BREAKING GOD'S HEART! Turn off the television when garbage comes on, don't keep watching the movie if it is impure. Turn the radio station... open your bible. I am praying for a MIGHTY move of God in America. Will you join me? Will you step up and remind our brothers and sisters that it DOES matter? Will you tell those who don't know, that there is hope? Or will you sit back, will you be quite, and spare the feelings... 

Matthew 10:33 (NIV)

"But whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father in heaven." -

You don't have to speak to disown Him. You can stand by, and say nothing,and share nothing..... spare feelings and you are doing just as much harm. May God guide and direct you according to His will. May He pull your heart close to His so that your heart will break for the reasons His does and so that your heart will rejoice at what His does. I love you so much my sweet, wonderful brothers and sisters.