Category: Readiness

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Ultimate Times Approach

Do the lives we are living reveal that we are prepared for the ultimate times that are approaching us? Are the methods that are being used to prepare us, incomplete, or even the right ones? To this day, our faith in Christ remains a lonely appendage on a sickly body of divided focus and mingled devotion.

If Jesus walked among our lampstands today – which He does – what would he have against us?   Can you hear him saying, “I love these things about you…. but this one thing I have against you. Repent, or I will come and remove your lampstand (your visibility, your voice) to that which surrounds you. This is becuase the compromise that is in you threatens to defile and overrun the good that is coming and has come from you, overturning your contribution of blessing into destruction upon those around you that I have made you visible to.” Continue reading “Ultimate Times Approach”

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Foundation…The Biggest Deal

I used to wonder what in the world a be-attitude was.  Jesus’ “Sermon on the Mount”, He delivered what was called “the beatitudes” or at least that was the title that was always at the top of this section in my bible.  I’ve always said that Jesus or the Bible doesn’t give us a description for how to “do” church, but rather how to BE the church.  You don’t really “go” to church, YOU ARE His church.  The whole purpose for Him creating man and for redeeming us after mankind fell from Him through sin was His intention for relationship.  He just wants to Be in you and for you to Be in Him.  There is a difference in being and doing.  Out of right BEING comes right DOING.

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Warrior Few

I am reading the book, Leadership and Training for the Fight, by MSG Paul R. Howe (US Army Retired), and I am about half way through it.

I came upon this quote, and I wanted to share it with you.

“Out of every 100 men, ten shouldn't even be there,
Eighty are just targets,
Nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Continue reading “Warrior Few”

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The Crown of Thorns

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While at IHOP Kansas City I was able to join a session in the prayer room. It seemed fairly normal, but the Lord used the time and context to reveal something to me.  The revelation is about suffering and adversity. It came through the presence of the crown of thorns on the communion table I was standing near.

In my mind I could see the thorns as not only entanglements and resistance,  as one would equate with vines, yes these things, but more. The thorns represent resistance & entanglements with the addition of pain and suffering.  If you have ever traversed a briar patch, you know there is a constant evaluation of cost to benefit going through your mind. Thorns are a cost to the one who will not be stopped that is punctuated with every advancing step. Continue reading “The Crown of Thorns”