Where the Spirit of the Lord is there is Freedom....

It causes kings to dance and leap in the streets. In their underwear.

It causes people to cry out to God.

It causes the captive to be set free.

It causes rejoicing in prisons. And their chains to be broken. And their doors to open!

It causes deliverance in the broken.

It causes the seas to split and freedom of a people.

It cause the blind to see, lame to walk and the dead to rise.

This is what the Spirit of God can do. And you can read this, worship in the streets, call on His name because you were born in the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave.

AND Yet.

The refuge in the heart of Africa is also free. Because he KNOWS the truth. And it has set him FREE!

You are FREE indeed!

Raise your hand for stoning!

There are times God ‘gives’ me verses. I, thinking I am a great theologian, think I understand the verse and know EXACTLY what it means and what it is for.
But recently this thought has been taken care of.

By, of course, reality kicking in. Real life circumstances and events that show the ACTUAL meaning of what God was trying to get thru my thick skull and spirit.

UGH.

Why can’t we just the get the road map and the street signs saying

“HEY. I want to do this. And I need you to _____ (sit down, shut up and hold on).”

When He says… Is 43:19 “See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?” (If you get a chance.. Read Isaiah 43:14-21.)

I think what He is saying . Wait. Shut up. Pray and WATCH ME IN ACTION!
Your spirit in you knows so just listen. And stop thinking you have to DO anything!

And yet, I look in the wrong direction. I think.. .Oh! You are going to write it in the clouds and you are actually driving down the road with a huge banner.

But It is all a learning experience.. right ??!!??

B/c He is the Lord. He is Holy. He is Sovereign. And He will do ALL things for His Glory. For His Name to be known in all the earth. I just have to obey and sit back and watch.


And in the mean time. Unfortunately, when it involves others. They seem to act badly.
A lot of times gossip and dissension take over.

SO how do you combat that?

How do you voice the truth without getting stoned??

Will I just be a Stephen?
At least he was call “FULL OF FAITH, the Holy Spirit and WISDOM”.

Stone me!

I don't want to just sit and let the enemy and/or other "Christians" tell 'little lies', ' half truthes', 'their version', or 'what they heard'.

Speak. Your Servant is listening.

Habakkuk's Prayer (3)

A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet. On shigionoth .

LORD, I have heard of your fame; I stand in awe of your deeds, O LORD. Renew them in our day, in our time make them known; in wrath remember mercy. God came from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran.

Selah

......His glory covered the heavens and his praise filled the earth.
His splendor was like the sunrise; rays flashed from his hand, where his power was hidden.
Plague went before him; pestilence followed his steps. He stood, and shook the earth; he looked, and made the nations tremble. The ancient mountains crumbled and the age-old hills collapsed. His ways are eternal. ......

Selah

.........Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will be joyful in God my Savior. The Sovereign LORD is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to go on the heights.

No matter what trial, valley, plataeu or rainbow you may be facing, enjoying or hiding. The God of all creation knew and holds you in the palm of His hand. Not only holds you. YOUR name is written on His Hand, Engraved on His heart. He whirls in delight of you. At the mere thought of you. He wants His Glory to be shown thru you. He wants you to NOT be satisfied with ordinary. Because He made you extraordinary. He loves you extravigantly. And His grace knows no end. Are you satisfied with not knowing? Are you at peace with not sharing? Don't quench the spirit He placed in you. Stop thinking He is not SPEAKING to you. You know what I mean. You have sensed it for some time. Now act. Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.

Holy Discontent!

- Godly, Righteous Anger

- Tired of SELF- ishness, -gain , -addiction, -ambition, -centeredness.

- Eager for God to move and PEOPLE to get out of the way.

- Tired of Mature "Christians" acting like babies who lost their Pacifier.

I think I covered it all.

No super glue Please.

Do you ever feel like a piece of china?
A fragile dish.
And thru the trials and tribulations you get chipped, cracked and broken.
And then one day you just fall apart.
The one thing about China is . When you break
You don’t just break in a couple pieces.
You shatter.
How do you get all those pieces back together again?
Back in the ‘old days’ they would take a broken piece of china or
Vases and coat the inside with wax.
And you could only see the cracks and breaks if you held the piece up to the light.
That is why some places in scripture they talk about
authentic things and in the Greek it means .. without wax.
True. Noble. Right.
Maybe it is God’s plan.
Maybe being so broken, So shattered that only
God can put you back together.
That when we try to put ourselves back together and we get held up to the light..
Our cracks are seen. And we fall apart again and again.
And only in our complete brokenness.
When there is no hope of putting ourselves back together.
That is the time we finally let God do the repair job.
And HIS repair job is perfection.
Taking our ashes and turning them to beauty.
Oh that reminds me of a song.
Forgiveness to a crown.

So when we lay it all down. Admit that we are so broken. That only God can put us back together. Then and only then can we be healed. Truly healed. With out wax.
No crack, no crevasses for anyone to break. Or dirt to get into.
Perfect. Clean. Whole.

I always want to be a piece of china. I don’t ever want to be a cast iron skillet.
“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”

I Need THEE, Lord

When I think I'm going under
Part the Waters, Lord

When I feel the waves surround me
Calm the seas

When I cry for help
O Hear me Lord
And Hold out YOUR hand

Touch my life, Still the raging storm in me.



Lord, Still the raging heart. Show me the peace the passes all understanding.
You alone. Are what I need.