What a price

Matthew Chap 16 vs 24-26: Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it,  but whoever loses his life for me will find it. What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?

In these days of wars and rumors of wars and what seems to be chaos within the governments. One needs to examine their life and see where they are spiritually. Meaning what is most important to you? The answer to this question changes from time to time. Most of us always need to make more money. The question there bodes, why?

If  one has a pile of bills that will not go away and it seems to be getting larger by the day. Then certainly , one needs to make more money. But you also need to look at what put you there. Is it the desire for more things, like a new car when the one you have is still good, or is it the new home you like so well with the 3 bathrooms instead of two and you tell yourself, I can finally have a bathroom to myself and will not have to share with anyone. Or is it the new I phone or new tablet or the new pool in the back yard, or even the new spa by the pool. You get my drift, I hope. If any of this is the case, then maybe we have put our desires above the Lords desire for us, both corporately and individually.  Please understand, there is always a need for more room and car that will not break down all the time. 

The desire for more material things, also known as greed, will put you down a path  away from the Lord. You will spend your time and energy trying to gain the world. Let me tell you from experience, it will not work. If you really understood what was going on, then you would slow down and even stop some of what you are doing. It is not wrong to want a good living, but it is wrong when that working to achieve it, takes away from you walk with God and your time with your family. It often causes one to take their eye off of the God of all things and replace it with the god of material wealth. 

This particular sin, is the one big thing that has and will separate anyone from the Lord. Our own government is guilty of this. At this time in history they are getting more money from the US taxpayer then they ever have. The country, individually and corporately have forgotten about God and are ever working harder to line their pockets. The results of this is seen in the news every day.

We have elected a muslim president, the murder of unborn children goes on every day and nothing is done to stop it. Adultery, homosexuality, pornography are just part of the sins, that plague our once Christian nation.

We must as a individuals and as a nation, must lay aside our need for more cash and cars and a house that is to big to afford, take up our cross and follow him.  

In doing this, one could lose their life. Right now we have local and state governments doing their best to make it a crime to be a Christian. The federal government wants the Church to not take a biblical stance on certain things, in fact the government honestly believes there is room for compromise. When if one take the time to read the word of God. They will soon see, compromise is not mentioned, or was it ever taken as an action. If the individual embraces sin, then they condemned themselves.


To those that believe that they can deny Jesus here and stand before the
Father and still get into heaven. You are doing nothing but fooling yourself, scripture says if you deny Jesus here, he will deny you before the Father. Folks you need to understand, you will have eternal life after you die. The question is where? As was said in a movie once, you must choose wisely.

If you are wondering how much you are worth the Lord, then consider this, he left comfort and eternal joy to go to the cross and die for your sin. He was and is God, that will never change. I know sometimes we look around us and see all of the filth and greed, and it makes one angry. In this we have to be patient and let the Lord do his will and not hinder it. The most important thing we can do is live our lives according to His will and share when the opportunity presents itself. 

Salvation NOW

John chap 14  vs 1-4 ¹ “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. ² My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? ³ And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. ⁴ You know the way to the place where I am going.”


I was inspired this morning by a video. This video contains a message for all to hear and listen and act upon. As I listened to this video, I searched my own life and heart asked God to remove the sin and replace it with his love. As the video moved to its conclusion, the Lord filled my heart until it almost burst. I must say with all of my  being, his love for us is amazing and never ending. 


Ask yourself if I die today will I go to heaven? This question requires honesty. You can look at your life and find yourself wanting before a Holy God. We all sin, every last one of us, no one is Holy, except one and his name is  JESUS. If you can come to this conclusion then you have a chance, that is just one step.


Then you have to put aside your ego and your money and whatever else keeping you from Jesus. Then lay aside what you want, and do what Jesus wants you to do and then bow down on your knees and ask Jesus to forgive you of sins. Its not important that you give Him the whole list, because believe me He knows. Then you simply ask him to come into your heart and take control of your life. 


These few simple steps will open a whole new life. But you must understand that you have a responsibility to live the Gospel of Jesus. There is so much involved, yet it is so simple. Jesus said love one another as I have loved you. Our sin put him on the cross, he paid the debt we owed. So I would honestly believe that after one invites the Lord into their life, that one owes him a life that is dedicated to Him.  Am I saying go to the nearest street corner and start preaching, no. I am saying do like Paul did, study and  pray then act. Know your Bible know the words and the true meaning of the words of life. 


To those that come to read this for what  it really is, I pray that you find what you are looking for.  Here is the link to the video . However it comes with a warning, it will cause tears and feelings you may not have felt in a long time. and it will be good. God bless you this day.

This rock shall not move

Matthew chap 16 vs 24-26  
Then Jesus said to his disciples, " If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.  For Whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it. What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can he give in exchange for his soul?


I stumbled onto an article written by the daily beast , in this article the writer referred to  obama  as a communitarian., I pondered what the writer meant so I continued to read the article. I soon discovered , that communitarian is just another word for communist. The thrust of the article was to point out that obama had transformed society by enforcing his will legislatively and through the executive order. The article said that the day of the individualist was gone and the greater good for the collective  is what is taking place. The writer wrote in such a manner you would have thought that obama was some kind of new messiah, sent to save man kind from itself. Obama would have you believe that if  you have ambition beyond what the government wants for you, then you are just greedy and selfish.


The United States of America was a great empire at one time, at one time we were a Christian nation. Now we are neither. What took over 200 years to build, has been successfully dismantled in less then 24 years. Starting with the first president Bush  to the current resident in the White House. They did small things at first, the first big step was the NAFTA  treaty, this was signed by Bill Clinton. Second president Bush attempted to have one currency and open all borders through bureaucracy. The currency was to be called the Amero, they were caught right in the middle of negotiations. The taking away of our constitutional rights began with Bush II and continues with the current resident in the White House. Infact if you believe what the lame stream media says, the way of the individual and Christianity are soon to be done away with.


All of this and more, makes one wonder and ask , what happened to"One nation under God."? It has been a systematic approach that began in the 1960s, The Supreme Court decision taking prayer out of school was the first major step. There has been some gains by the Church since, but minor. Even with the right of a student to speak about his faith in school, the schools still try to stop it. In Texas one school principle went so far that he shut off a students mic, because the student was about to share his faith, which is protected speech. We have cities zoning home church meetings out of homes. Our government openly supports terrorist and foreign countries that hate Christianity. If one becomes a Christian in a muslim country and they decide to get baptized. They are in danger of being killed for their faith. Mean while our government attacks its own people like we are the enemy. They spy on us at every opportunity, they invade Christian churches with their new technology and will not use it on a mosque, where the muslims who hate our country and hate Christianity. Our children who join the military are told if they talk about their faith they will go to jail, while the muslim is told he can talk about his faith anytime he sees.fit. The government is making it difficult to be a Christian, yet this is only the beginning of difficult times. Veterans from the military have to sign an agreement, that they will not own a gun, in order to get benefits.


Our society embraces sin and tells the Church to become more like them. The culture war rages on and continues to escalate. The homosexual movement has made taking over the modern Church buildings as a goal, they have successfully made it into the boy scouts and the next step is to be gay scout masters. In the interim the Southern Baptist church, stated that it was up to the individual churches to decide if they should continue to let the Boy Scouts meet in their facilities. Again another main stream church sells out in the culture war. The culture war marches on and the Church building is doomed. We may see the day when the true Church meets underground in secret, much like the Christians did in Rome, during the great persecution of the Church. Notice they did not have a building, they had Jesus.


The only answer to the problems of today , yesterday and tomorrow. is Jesus. AW Tozer said The man with a cross no longer controls his destiny; he lost control when he picked up his cross. That cross immediately became to him an all-absorbing interest, an overwhelming interference. No matter what he may desire to do, there is but one thing he can do; that is, move on toward the place of crucifixion.



As a disciples of Jesus we are to take up our cross daily, and follow him, Oswald Chambers said if you want spiritual growth in your life, then be obedient to what the Lord asked you to do. When you have accomplished this, then you can move on to the next step. Notice each step has to be obeyed and completed before one can move forward. In the  current climate, if you obey Jesus, you will stand out like a sore thumb and draw attention to yourself. Most do not want this attention, but if you deny Jesus here , he will deny you before the Father.


Growing up , I never thought that our country would get as bad as it has. Problem is, it will get worse, we have to brace ourselves for this.  The true Church is a Church not built with hands, but built by and for Jesus, with Jesus as the cornerstone. The Church buildings life is temporary, the Church that belongs to the one true God of the Bible,  its life is everlasting. You see the government or society cannot tear down what it cannot see or understand.

The beginning of the end

2Thessalonians Chap 2 vs 3    Don't be fooled by what they say. For that day will not come until there is a great rebellion against God and the man of lawlessness is revealed--the one who brings destruction.

This message that the Lord is having me to write began two days ago in Beaver Utah. In the midst of a conversation with a gentleman , he put his fingers to his mouth and said sssh. I assumed he meant I was being to loud and needed to talk quieter. By nature I cannot do that, I just kept on saying what I felt I needed to say. When he did this, I felt a sinister evil presence lurking about and it was disturbing,  I  pondered what it was, and  took extra care getting home, double and triple checking things on my truck and trailer. The feeling left when I arrived at my destination.

Today it was reported that the current pope stated that for one to enter into Heaven one has to do good deeds and that having Jesus in your heart was not necessary. This is what he said... 

  “Just do good, and we’ll find a meeting point,” said the Pontiff.

“The Lord has redeemed all of us, all of us, with the Blood of Christ: all of us, not just Catholics. Everyone"

I ask an open question here, how out of that quote do you get that the blood of Christ is not necessary? The pope did not say that.  However he is on a slippery slope here, he opened the door to non believers to come into the fold without asking Jesus into their life. Is this a ploy to bring non believers into the catholic church to make the church bigger with numbers but no commitment to the Lord?  In 321 AD  Pope Constantine, opened up the catholic church to sun worshipers to bring in more money, it was then they started to gradually change the day of rest to Sunday instead of Saturday. So with these statements and perhaps unseen actions the 112th pope is starting to make a path for the anti Christ. The watering down of Christian church has been an on going process for awhile now. A large church in southern California, pastored by a well known Pastor has even allowed so called Muslim scripture to be read from the pulpit. The pressure of the church to become more like society instead of like Jesus is enormous,  A true church changes society into the image of Christ. The world wants the church to accept sin and to allow unspeakable things to be the norm instead of the abnormal. Jesus said you are either for me or against me, no middle ground here folks. The true church will end up going underground where we will have to hold our meetings in secret much like the Christians did in Rome. When this occurs we have to hold onto our faith not our dollars, the money will go away Jesus is everlasting. The next paragraph is from my previous blog and it pertains to what is going on today.

Posted on 2/11/13

"Within the Catholic church there is a prophesy concerning the 112th pope. The prophesy claims that during the reign of the 112th pope, the tribulation period will begin.  All the popes that have held office were from Italy, with the exception of the last two, Pope John Paul was from Poland and Pope Benedict was from Germany. Both of these men were good Christian men. The took each issue head on and made a biblical stand. As a non Catholic I would hope and pray that the true Christians of the world understand this."

So the question that hangs in the air, is the pope starting to make a path for the anti  Christ knowingly or unknowingly? There is a pattern to things as they unfold, everything seems to fit, either by accident or on purpose. As  each step the occurs if one observes in a spiritual manner they can see the design. One must understand there will be a tribulation period and if you are a Christian you will be persecuted. The separation will begin and those that are true believers will be revealed and the non believer who has entered the church under false pretenses will be revealed also. 

Every day you get out of bed you have a choice to either serve the Lord or not. Joshua told the Hebrews as they entered into the promised land. "Chose you this day whom you will serve. As for me and my house we shall serve the Lord." Joshua choose wisely, I pray that each of us do the same.

Faith

It has been awhile since  I have felt a quickening by the Holy Spirit to write and share what the Lord is doing among us. It has been an eventful day. 

Most people know by now that the Pope has resigned, effective Feb 28, 2013. He is the first pope to ever resign, every other Pope died in office. He was the 111th pope, the next will be the 112th pope. Within the Catholic church there is a prophesy concerning the 112th pope. The prophesy claims that during the reign of the 112th pope, the tribulation period will begin.  All the popes that have held office were from Italy, with the exception of the last two, Pope John Paul was from Poland and Pope Benedict was from Germany. Both of these men were good Christian men. The took each issue head on and made a biblical stand. As a non Catholic I would hope and pray that the true Christians of the world understand this. 

In doing the research this morning about the prophecy concerning the 112th pope, I discovered a video with a message from the late David Wilkerson, he also was a true believer in Jesus and also gave prophetic messages. This particular message was given in 1974 at a convention. He spoke with authority and with the anointing of the Holy Spirit. You must remember that this message is almost 40 years old. Yet the message he gave, spoke of today and the things that happened in 1980's. 

Freedom loving Americans are under assault from our own government. The Constitution of the United States is under assault by the Democratic party, and some Republicans. This biblically based document is the what has held this country together. The men who founded this once great country, envisioned it as a city on the hill with a beacon of freedom to all peoples. They were inspired and acted obediently to God of all things, also the same God that is spoken of in the Bible.  The very foundations that the United States was  built upon are  being torn down by an assault that is satanic and when successful. The country will be divided up spiritually and physically, When this occurs the final part of what David Wilkerson spoke about will come to pass. 

I do not know of any true believer  that has the desire to be persecuted  for Jesus or their life  being taken for His sake. Yet, this is coming, some of us would like to choose the way we die, Most of us want to lay down and wake up in Heaven, We must understand what the word of the Lord teaches here, in order to gain our life we must lose it. We are either all in or all out, there will not be a place for lukewarm Christians.


Please watch the video and allow the Holy Spirit to speak to you and be obedient and listen.

Daniels 70th week?

Daniel chap 11 vs 20: His successor will send out a tax collector to maintain the royal splendor. In  a few years, however, he will be destroyed, yet not in anger or in battle.

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The US economy at one time pumped out more money and production then all of the countries in western Europe combined. When Bill Clinton signed the NAFTA treaty the result was a large exodus of jobs leaving the USA for China; in the last 4 years alone, over 3 million of them. With the jobs leaving the country the government tax base went away. Mr Clinton also pushed the banks into giving home loans to those that did not qualify. Hence we had Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, President Bush attempted to stop it, however, Barney Frank the chairman of the House Banking committee said no and that was the end of it. This was only part of the problem, the Federal government has borrowed from Peter to pay Paul and those of us that are close to retirement are looking at working until we are unable or die.


The current resident in the White House seems bent on destroying what is left of the economy. The USA is 16 trillion dollars in debt and he has spent more more money then all the previous presidents combined. The House of Representatives will pass a budget and the Senate ran by Harry Reid will not take it up and they just borrow more money to keep the government operating. When this occurs the Federal Reserve buys the debt and we, meaning the US  taxpayer owes the Federal Reserve the amount borrowed plus interest. It is a vicious cycle that no one in government is willing to stop. Their answer is to raise taxes. The problem is that even if they raise taxes they will just increase their spending. Giving politicians tax money is like giving a heroin addict more  heroin  they are never satisfied with what they have. The Weimer Republic had borrowed so much money that it resulted in hyper inflation. It took a basket full of marks to buy a loaf of bread. We won't have to worry about carrying around that much money. We have debit cards and once that is done away with the government will give us an implant that can be scanned when we purchase items.

Hillary Clinton the current Secretary of State had let the lid off of Obama's plans, if he is re-elected. He plans on going to the United Nations and seek a tax on billionaires to be run by the UN. Therefore taking away any opportunity for a wealthy person to run and hide from the reach of the IRS.  Governments all over the world are in trouble, the country of Greece is an prime example. My own state of California has done the same thing. The democrats have ran the state government for over 40 years and have created as much debt as the entire country of Greece. When you talk to any representative about cutting spending at either the state level or federal level it is like spitting in the wind and nothing happens.

The current resident in the White House is arrogant and thinks he knows more then the average working man out here. If he is re-elected then the prophecy of Daniel 11 vs 20, could happen right in front of us. There were those that thought President Bush would do this, however he did manage to pass the patriot act and now we have patriot act 2, as approved by Obama. With this authority they can listen on your phone conversations and  record them. Cities across the United States are  putting cameras to monitor what people are doing in certain areas, we are being constantly monitored by government that tell us they mean the best for us, yet this can and will turn evil, much like what was described in the book written by George Orwell. It is the story of a society ran by a totalitarian government, the society was ran with an iron fist. The government monitors the movement of freight and other items across the country, the Law enforcement agencies across the USA at times are nothing more then uniformed tax collectors.  All of these steps are baby steps, but if the president of the USA goes to the UN and ask for a global tax on a certain group of wealthy people. Then we know that history is compressing around us.

We really need to understand this, that God is in control. There are those of us who have spoken out against what is going on the bias of media and the control of what is being said by willing puppets in the main stream media. Inspite of our speaking out, the out look of the coming election is much in doubt. David Wilkerson was right when he said this is not recession or depression this is judgement from God.

I pray each day for the Lord to have mercy on our country, this country has bathed itself in sin and very few wish to repent. When you read this pray that the Lord will show us mercy and not judgement. God bless you this day.

THAT STILL SMALL VOICE

Matthew 8:20

Jesus replied, “Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”

Matthew 25:31-46

The Sheep and the Goats

³¹ “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory. ³² All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. ³³ He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

³⁴ “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdomprepared for you since the creation of the world. ³⁵ For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, ³⁶ I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’

³⁷ “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? ³⁸ When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? ³⁹ When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’

⁴⁰ “The King will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.’

⁴¹ “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. ⁴² For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, ⁴³ I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’

⁴⁴ “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’

⁴⁵ “He will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’

⁴⁶ “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”

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It was 1993 and I had been unemployed for almost a year and a half and for the first time in my life I felt a genuine fear of my family becoming homeless. I was diligent in my search for employment in my chosen profession as a purchasing agent but was told 3-5 times a week “We’ll call you”. And they never did.  I prayed each morning and just kept submitting applications. Each time I followed up on a position I became more and more frustrated and eventually came to the conclusion that I needed to make a late in life change of professions. After researching my options I decided to put myself through truck driving school. I was employed within a week of obtaining my commercial driver’s license and I have been abundantly blessed in my work ever since.

I travel all over the USA and I have seen most every state. In these travels I used to see a lot of homeless men and some women. Nowadays I see whole families begging for money. This morning I stopped at a rest area and saw a young woman holding a sign that said, "Homeless with two children".  The Lord spoke to my heart and I gave her what I could but even then I felt like it was not enough. The Lord spoke to my spirit and said “you have to let me take care of the rest”. As the song says “Little is much if God is in it”. I guess the important thing is that I heeded the spirits calling, not how much I did, just that I did.

With today’s government putting us officially over 16 trillion dollars in debt and sending our jobs to China and Mexico the seeds for another depression are being sown and they could bear fruit at any given time. If things go bad, there will be millions more homeless and they will be looking to the people of God for help and answers. Already we are seeing more people that are homeless and hungry and the numbers alone could make us feel overwhelmed or even callused. As a nation we have become more materialistic than ever and hardened our hearts hard toward the poor. I know that some would say that they are already a part of the working poor, and as more of us struggle from paycheck to paycheck that might be a fair statement. But the working poor can eat every day and have a roof over their head. There are millions of homeless people who do not get to eat every day and do not have a roof over their head or a soft bed to sleep in. So when the Lord puts these people in our path and we hear the still small voice do we heed or walk away because we are overwhelmed, too proud or even fearful for our own provision when we should trust that God will take care of every single detail. Will we be the sheep or the goats?

When Jesus walked this planet he did not have a home, he owned just one coat and gave that away. He depended upon the goodness of others. He told us that "if you have done it unto the least of them you have done it onto Me." I pray that we will all listen, heed the Lords calling and trust Him to take care of the rest.