tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55628940416675978582024-03-13T11:41:47.561-07:00Caleb GordonA voice that speaks the timeless truth of God's Word for a new generationCalebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14920676431936820548noreply@blogger.comBlogger424125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562894041667597858.post-61967965376471156992021-12-03T07:42:00.003-08:002021-12-03T07:49:33.010-08:00Three Simple Ways To Make The Most of Your Marriage <p><span face=""Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GHvZYzgLPFE/WRoFguZNBAI/AAAAAAAADE4/pIj8pJgvG7s1phvKZc1QsOQq77MvxhAGACPcBGAYYCw/s959/ID.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="749" data-original-width="959" height="500" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GHvZYzgLPFE/WRoFguZNBAI/AAAAAAAADE4/pIj8pJgvG7s1phvKZc1QsOQq77MvxhAGACPcBGAYYCw/w640-h500/ID.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span face=""Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 16px;">It’s easy to take our spouses for granted. It’s easy to pick apart flaws in the person you married. For some reason, this inclination comes naturally to us. It’s difficult to praise our spouses. For some reason, it’s hard for us to see the good and focus on that good over the bad.</span></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 17px; vertical-align: baseline;">The bottom line, as to why this happens is because of sin, which has fractured everything in our world. However, that is not an excuse that we should snuggle up to in hopes of being proven right. We have to make war on our sinful nature. We have to rise above what comes naturally to us.</p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 17px; vertical-align: baseline;">So I listed three different ways we can see the best in our spouses, three ways we can change our marriages.</p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 17px; vertical-align: baseline;">1.<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> When your spouse messes up</strong> (and they will) be ready to show the kind of Grace that has been extended to you by Jesus Christ.</p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 17px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful”</em> (Luke 6:36).</strong></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 17px; vertical-align: baseline;">I want you to honestly think about this for a moment. How often does Jesus forgive you? And how many times has He stepped into our timeline and forgiven us more than once for the same exact thing? Since Christ has been willing to forgive us, we need to be willing to forgive one another. Even if we mess up.</p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 17px; vertical-align: baseline;">2. <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">When we have the desire</strong> to use our words to tear down, make the choice to speak life into our spouse’s life.</p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 17px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits”</em> (Prov. 18:21).</strong></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 17px; vertical-align: baseline;">Words are so powerful. The right words have the ability to take us to heights unknown, and the wrong words have the ability to drag us down into the depths of sorrow and anxiety. When you have the desire to retaliate or speak harshly, count to 20 before you say anything. It just might change the whole situation.</p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 17px; vertical-align: baseline;">3. <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Look for ways to outdo</strong> one another in showing honor and love to one another.</p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 17px; vertical-align: baseline;">“<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1c1c; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Love each other with genuine affection, and take delight in honoring each other” (Rom. 12:10).</strong></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 17px; vertical-align: baseline;">Look for ways that will build up your spouse every day. Find ways to show them honor. Figure out what makes them come alive and then show that off to them. We all know our spouses and what they love. Do the things they love and do them with no strings attached.</p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 17px; vertical-align: baseline;">When we walk these three simple ideas out in our marriages we’d see far less divorce and far more extravagant people walking on the planet. These ideas just might transform the world!</p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 17px; vertical-align: baseline;">Let’s start doing this today!</p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 17px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 17px; vertical-align: baseline;">______________</p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 17px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Pastor Caleb Gordon</span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"></div>Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14920676431936820548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562894041667597858.post-42253133380487267212020-01-20T07:39:00.001-08:002020-01-20T07:40:27.513-08:00Jesus Will Lead You To Life (Online Journal)<span style="font-size: large;">1/20/2020 - </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Jesus, you are holy, amazing, gracious, sovereign, and love! </span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I want to start each journal/blog that I write with something about who GOD is. Something that is known about him in the scriptures and openly declare this before him and before all of creation. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Today I am thankful that Jesus</b> knows me, has saved me, loves me, has healed me, and hears my prayers. I am thankful that the God of the universe is willing to forgive and make me HIS child. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The next part of each journal/blog that I write, I want to address what I am thankful for. When we express our thanksgiving to our Father it changes our outlook on life. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Jesus will convict you of your sin, but He will always point you to redemption, forgiveness and mercy. He will show you an answer and not leave you hopeless. He will show you that true repentance will bring you healing and reconciliation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Look to Jesus as the author of true hope.</span>Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14920676431936820548noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562894041667597858.post-88821754518580752162019-12-16T06:55:00.003-08:002019-12-16T06:55:56.963-08:00The Newness of Being In Christ. <b><span style="font-size: large;">Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; 2 Corinthians 5:17-18</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Everything we have is because of Jesus. We have access to all things that are beautiful, right, and good because of what Christ did on the cross for us. Our future is secure because of the gift of grace that was lavished upon us. You are a new creation. Think about that. Think about the word new. What image comes into your mind when you think of new. Think of that new car smell. We love that smell. Think of the flawlessness of what it looks and feels like when you pull a brand new laptop or electronic item out of the package. We are filled with excitement when that happens. This is the same image here. YOU are NEW. The busted up broken parts have been done away with and you are filled completely with newness. How incredible is that? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So, because this has been given to you, you have the obligation to share this message of reconciliation. You have the tools you need to now be a bearer of good news! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Don't waste it.</span>Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14920676431936820548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562894041667597858.post-34861589957737401152019-11-26T07:43:00.002-08:002019-11-26T07:47:29.240-08:00What Would Happen If You Met God Face to Face This Week?<span style="font-size: large;">I have been thinking as of late, and sometimes that can be insane. But nevertheless I've been thinking. What would it look like if we really started being a community to each other. We started loving one another like Colossians 3:12-14 says to love each other.</span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"> 12 Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, 13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. 14 And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.</span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b>What if we were intentional with our time and made time for one another. Like actually gathered together and did not care if everything was perfect. What if we actually wanted to sit together and fellowship together and talk about the things of God together. And I know that so many of us have good intentions, but the world and appearances get in the way. I want us to think about this for just a second. One day this is all will be over and we will stand before THE HOLY God of the universe and we are going to give an account to Him for what we did on this earth. I truly don't want to my pride to block me from doing what God wants me to do. I often times think about this...God looking at me and saying...why did you not do what I placed in your heart for you to do? Why did you ignore my mandate to you? </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Let me as you another question. If you knew for a fact that you were going to meet with God this week in person how would you order your steps this week? Would you care about things you are currently caring about? Would you engage in the conversations you normally engage in? And if you answered you'd live differently this week. My next question is what is stopping you from living like you're going to meet with God this week? Let's start living with Holy Spirit intention. Let's talk like Jesus is coming this week. Because he just might. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The Lord has been very clear as to how he wants Christians to walk, yet we struggle to make this a priority. The world has such a pull on our hearts and I firmly believe that one day we will wish we had been more intentional with our time,friendships, and our mission. I think that if we started taking the Word of God seriously and we started actually seeing Jesus as He actually is, the stuff of this world would not be as attractive and fulfilling. We'd long to know and see and be with Jesus! And as a result of being with Jesus we'd love each other so much better. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">I think that if we would just follow this text we'd have a much richer life. <b>16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. 17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. Colossians 3:16-17</b></span>Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14920676431936820548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562894041667597858.post-20309848912199179552019-11-04T07:00:00.000-08:002019-11-04T07:00:24.032-08:00What You Say Matters<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am acutely aware of the power of our words as of late. Matthew 12:36 has been ringing in my head alot. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Matthew 12:36</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">36 But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken.</span></b><br />
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That is serious. The way we talk to one another really does have implications on our lives. The words you and I speak at and too one another truly can set us on one of two different paths. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If we use words that lack grace and are filled with poison our path can and will be filled with potholes and will be extremely tumultuous.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">8 but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. 9 With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It doesn't take much to throw us off course. How many of us have been in a place where were praising and worshiping the beauty of who God is and then within half a day we lost our minds on someone because they made us angry? I have and I'm not saying it's right or trying to justify that kind of behavior. I'm simply stating that God's word was proven right. The only one who can tame the tongue is the Holy Spirit. If God doesn't control our mouths the results will be that we spew restless evil to everyone around us and you don't have to be a follower of Jesus to recognize that, that will end badly for everyone involved. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">On the other hand If we use words that are seasoned with grace our path can and will be a much more fruitful.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">23 The heart of the wise makes his speech judicious</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"> and adds persuasiveness to his lips.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">24 Gracious words are like a honeycomb,</span></b><br />
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You don't have to cave on your convictions in order to have gracious speech. When we communicate in such a way, as to have the goal of redemption and reconciliation our talk will sound different. It won't be short, hurtful, and mean. Rather, it will long to see men and women find grace. Christians have an ability to use their theological understanding about the things of Jesus Christ in such a way that it sometimes feels like the Miley Cyrus song 'Wrecking Ball.' We just blast into a conversation sometimes and destroy everything, because we have the desire to be right. I honestly think we need to change our approach. We need to use our words as a skilled surgeon uses a scalpel with the desire to see healing and people being put back together. When we have 'judicious speech' it brings sweetness to the soul and health to the body. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My challenge for us is that. Allow the words we use this holiday season to be filled with grace and humility and see where God will take you. </span>Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14920676431936820548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562894041667597858.post-5930502087212338802019-08-15T13:10:00.001-07:002019-08-15T13:27:25.111-07:00'Christian' Liberalism Is Killing Us (Don't Let It).The fight is real. I am watching it in real-time. I am seeing the warning signs that are telling us we are almost at the point of no return. What is it that I'm referring to? Our view of God, the Bible, and humanity. Let me explain theological liberalism has crept into the church and it's destroying us. Now, I'm not talking about behavior modification, no I'm talking about our worldviews. We have seen in just a couple of weeks Christian 'leaders' step out and denounce their Christianity and say they are no longer Christians. This entire thought process is foreign to me and the people in the Bible as well. Men and women who truly encounter the God of the universe in the Scriptures were transformed. Let me be incredibly clear. These 'Christian leaders' who have come out and renounced their faith are not/were NOT Christians. How can I say that...well, God's word says it.<br />
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<b>Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, that it might become plain that they all are not of us. 1 John 2:18-19.</b><br />
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If these Christian leaders were true followers of Christ they would have stayed the course. So because they did not stay the course we can deduce that they are not followers at all. They may have walked and talked like a follower, but the evidence shows us they were imposters. It matters how we view God, the Bible, and humanity.<br />
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<b>1. Our view of God. </b>Many Christians have a view that God is nothing more than a magical genie who grants wishes. Case and point this quote from Kenneth Copeland <i style="font-weight: bold;">"I am a billionaire, because the assignment that the Lord gave me, He said: 'I want you to begin to confess the billion flow." </i>If we view God as a means to end we will not have the proper understanding of who God truly is. God is the most sovereign, holy, and worthy being in all of the universes that deserves our worship regardless. Anything less than that is idolatry.<br />
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<b>2. Our view of the Bible</b>. Many people including 'Christians' view the bible as a good book or an inspiring book, but those views are fundamentally flawed if that's as far as you go. God's word is the final authority for all of life. As well as for all of humanity. We will be judged according to God's word. The Bible is inspired and it literally the breath of God on paper. If we do not view God's word in this light we will inevitably fall into the trap of humanism. We will end up making ourselves god and that is exactly what the devil did in the book of Genesis. So when we prop ourselves up as the final authority who does that make us exactly like?<br />
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<b>3. Our view of humanity </b> Something that is espoused in the world in which we live is that human beings are basically good and we just have flawed moments. I know that sounds really catchy, but it's a very dangerous view to hold to. Because when sin entered the world it fractured and destroyed everything. That includes our goodness.<br />
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God's word is very clear.<br />
<b>We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away. Isaiah 64:6 </b><br />
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So God's word says that we are not good, so what makes us good? It's Christ that makes us good.<br />
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<b>For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ. 2 Corinthians 5:21 </b><br />
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So if we as humans have any good it is not our own. It is because of Jesus Christ alone. Our worldview matters. It will matter how and where you will spend your eternity. I want to plead with you Christians, don't allow an anti-Christ (progressive liberalism ) worldview to slip into your head. The enemy will try and set up shop in your life. Don't give him any ground. Keep your focus on God's word and on Jesus himself. You will never go wrong.<br />
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<b>Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. 1 Peter 5:8.</b><br />
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<b><i><br /></i></b>Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14920676431936820548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562894041667597858.post-46297930784455783092019-07-15T05:39:00.002-07:002019-07-23T07:59:22.012-07:00Is Homosexuality A Sin?<span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I have had several people ask me if Homosexuality was/is a sin? I wanted to answer this question to the best of my ability. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333;">The first thing I have to look at when it comes to the idea of relationships is the BIBLE. I believe that the Bible is the inspired word of the living GOD. ( </span><a href="http://bible.cc/2_timothy/3-16.htm" style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out;">2 Tim 3:16</a><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333;">)</span><br style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333;"> God has a creative order...and when he created this world and everything in it. That world was perfect. Adam and Eve made a choice...and that was to rebel against God's mandate to them. (</span><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%203:1-7&version=NIV" style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out;">Gen 3:1-7</a><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333;"> )</span><br style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333;"> As a result of that taking place, as a result of them making a personal choice to disobey, and rebel against God, SIN entered into humanity, and into the created world. Which in turn fractured the entire universe. Everything fell and broke.</span><br style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333;"> As part of that fall... there is a mindset that thinks and believes 'my ideas are BETTER than the ideas that God has put together.'</span><br style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333;">So when God said that man and woman together was good (</span><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%201:26-28&version=NIV" style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out;">Gen 1:26-28</a><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333;">) that's what he meant.</span><br style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;" /><br />When a man or woman makes the decision to disobey God's mandate when it comes to sexual relationships he or she is, in essence, throwing up a massive middle finger to God Himself and saying: 'I know what you want, but my ways are better.' Yes, this will also include heterosexual sex outside of the covenant of marriage. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333;">So, in short, what this is the ultimate rebellion against God. It's saying I'm not going to do what you've instructed me to do.</span><br style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333;">When I read the following text...I'm not left to wonder what God thinks on the issue or topic of Homosexuality, bisexuality, and transgender. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Romans 1:22-32 English Standard Version (ESV) 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools, 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things. 24 Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, 25 because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen. <b style="box-sizing: border-box;">26 For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; 27 and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.</b> 28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. 29 They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, 31 foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32 Though they know God's righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333;">A culture that embraces the lifestyle of homosexuality, bisexuality, or transgender is a very haughty and arrogant culture. They believe that their ways are correct, good, and right...but the fact of the matter is that God sees them in a totally different light. He looks on this with disdain...as a result of a culture giving into this mindset God will do something very frighting...he gives up on the CULTURE. Now he will still work with and save individuals...but that country as a whole is under what is called the wrath of abandonment from God.</span><br style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333;">Why?</span><br style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;" />Pride. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom. Prov. 11:22</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">Because pride leads to everything else and where does it all start....with the mindset that my ways are better than God's way. So the issue really is not about Homosexuality, but rather the issue is their view of God, and His laws. </span><br style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">For those of you who say 'what about those born gay.' I will say this...when sin entered in and fractured the universe, I believe it fractured orientation as well.</span><br style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"> There are many men who have a proclivity to sleep with many beautiful women who are not their wives. That's wrong. We don't question that. But some people say that is their bent. I say (along with the BIBLE) that this goes against God's creative order.</span><br style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">I have heard some people say that they have an orientation towards having sex with children...we don't question that is wrong and sinful. That's a given...but there are some who desire that. Once again I say (along with the Bible) this is not wise and goes against God's creative order. <b>**UPDATE** </b> Once we dull the moral direction of our nation when it comes to sexuality all kinds of depravity shows up. We now have people who are advocating allowing adults to have sexual relations with children. This is just evidence as to what can and will happen when disobey Scripture. </span><br style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">So likewise those who say they are born gay, it's not wise and it goes against God's creative order to give into that orientation.</span><br style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;" /><b style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: red;">The issue that is at hand is not really the issue of homosexuality</span></b><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">, bi-sexuality, or even transgenders...</span><b style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">the issue is GOD! </b><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"> The issue is how we view God. The way we chose to live our lives defines how we truly see God, and if we allow sin (of any type) to rule our lives we have a very small view of who God truly is, and a very disfigured view of how damaging sin truly is.</span><br style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">What is the answer? Repentance. (</span><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+John+1%3A9&version=NIV" style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; font-family: inherit; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out 0s;">1 John 1:9</a><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">) If you do this God promises he will forgive you. Regardless of where you are. He can wipe away any and all sins.</span><br style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">How do Christians react to this topic? </span><b style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">With LOVE!</b><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"> We love the sinner, hate the sin. (</span><u style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Just as with any other sin.</b></u><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">) </span><b style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: red;">Just because I don't agree with your lifestyle does not mean I don't care about you.</span></b><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"> That's why I plead with you to be reconciled back to God. He promises to do so if you simply ask.</span><br style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;" /><br style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;" /><b style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">God's GRACE is bigger than your sin</b><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">. The ONLY thing that is keeping you from having a vibrant relationship with Jesus is your own personal sin. Take the advice of </span><b style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">Revelations chapter 2:5 - </b><br style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333;" /><b style="background-color: #fafafa; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"><span class="woj" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Remember therefore from where you have fallen; <u style="box-sizing: border-box;">repent,</u> <u style="box-sizing: border-box;">and do the works you did at first.</u> If not, I will come to you and remove your lamp-stand from its place, unless you repent.</span></b><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #333333;">So the thing that needs to be understood is that yes, homosexuality is a sin, but we as Christians treat this sin no different than we would any other sin. We pray, preach and teach the Gospel, extend grace, and long to see reconciled to Jesus Christ!</span></span>Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14920676431936820548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562894041667597858.post-2651725288179330432019-06-04T09:51:00.000-07:002019-06-06T06:22:02.374-07:00How Do Christians Respond To Pride Month?<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In city after city, proclamations are being made in affirmation of “Pride Month.” There are people I’ve talked with in the last several days who say things like “What is going to happen now? How do we respond?” Well here is what I think should be done. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #1c1c1c; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Don’t freak out. </strong> God’s not freaking out, so we should not either. This may have caught us off guard, but God was not shocked by what happened. Our sin is not surprising God. He saw this coming thousands of years ago. This is all under the sovereign control of our King. Don’t worry about it. He’s got this!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #1c1c1c; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Clean up your house. </strong>Start today by looking at your own life, and repent of the sins that are going on in your heart and life. We are quick to rip apart homosexuality as an awful sin (which it is), but so is your angry bitter heart. So is your unforgiving attitude. Your sin is just as awful as their sin. It all needs to be redeemed. We start by leading out in the area of repentance. We bow our knee to the King of the universe and repent of our sins. <em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Remember therefore from where you have fallen; <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #1c1c1c; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">repent, and do the works you did at first.</strong> If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent”</em> (Rev. 2:5).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #1c1c1c; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">3. We pray. </strong>The reason we have such horrible things going on in our nation is because the Church has not been on its knees praying the way it should. Yes that even includes me. I’m guilty of a lack of prayer. Revival starts in the House of God, not in the halls of congress. “<em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God</em>” (Phil. 4:6).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #1c1c1c; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Stay focused on sharing the Gospel</strong>. The only thing that changes people is the Gospel of Jesus Christ, not pushing them to try to live out some type of moral standard. Because, in all reality, we can’t live out that moral standard. We’ve all fallen short (Rom. 3:23). Jesus has to live this thing out for us. The Gospel has the power to transform (Rom. 1:16). Proclaim the Gospel boldly in the cities and towns you are in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I know it’s easy to jump onto the worry train and start saying everything is lost, but this is when the Gospel can and will shine the brightest and best. The Gospel invades dark spaces and brings light. What we need to be focused on is not the issue itself. We need to be focused on Jesus, and as a result of being focused on Him, we become salt and light to a dark and dying culture.</span></div>
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Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14920676431936820548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562894041667597858.post-44512465688109706782019-03-04T07:48:00.002-08:002019-03-04T10:39:14.030-08:00Marriage Is Tough, But So is Life...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">I think firmly that most men and women are in love with the idea of a wedding rather than a marriage, (women more than men most of the time). </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Most 19 to 22-year-old girls are not even remotely comprehending the idea of marriage! Oh, they say they do, but for most it's not on their radar. They are sold on the amazing 'perfect' wedding. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Now, the idea of a 'perfect' wedding is not a bad thing to ponder and work towards. We need a wedding to get to the marriage, but I think sadly, that's where it all stops for so many couples. I think that's why we are seeing over half of all marriage crashing and burning. They think because they are now married they can just coast. I mean when you Google the word 'marriage', you know what pops up in images...the WEDDING! Like I said, the wedding is important, but if that's where we stop the train will derail. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">I want you to think about the wedding. Why is it that the wedding is such a crazy success 99.9% of the time? Because you have both parties (the husband and the wife) working towards the goal. There is so much planning, prepping, conversations, dinner dates thinking about what that day will look like, we go to events on how to make your day amazing and we are intentional about everything about that day. It's work to make your wedding a success. Why would we not think that it's going to take work to make our MARRIAGE work as well? Because let me tell you. It's going to take work to make YOUR marriage work. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Here are a few ideas of living out an intentional marriage. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>1. Plan together.</b> When you were moving towards the wedding you both sat together on a weekly basis (sometimes daily) and planned stuff out. Why don't you sit with your spouse and plan out stuff together? Start small. Plan your week together. Sit down over dinner grab a calendar and look at your week and intentionally plan what you'd like to accomplish together. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>2. Play together.</b> Brother! This is for you. When you were engaged and planning the wedding you did stuff with your girl that was fun. So many times we get crusty in the marriage. We get focused on watching TV or playing on our phones. We did not do that when we were getting ready for the wedding. We were focused and looked for fun things to do together. Surprise your lady and take her to do something she enjoys. Be playful while you're there. Make her remember why she fell in love with you. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>3. Worship together!</b> I know this sounds simple, but so often this is the one that can really be pushed to the back of your life. Make time to study God's word together. Make time to pray together (out loud). Make time to go to church together. When your spiritual house is in order the rest of your life will run much, much smoother. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Listen, gang, I believe in marriage. I think it's something that God set up and we should be excited about, but we are going to have be couples that have a plan in place to make our marriages work. Marriage can be tough, but so is life. If we have a blueprint it can be a much smoother ride. I want us as married couples to make the commitment to have intentional marriages. When we do that our marriage will be successful. </span>Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14920676431936820548noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562894041667597858.post-34696955397416720862019-02-12T12:03:00.001-08:002019-11-19T09:32:49.669-08:00Fake Christianity || And Persecution<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">For the past 70 to 80 years we've done our dead level best to make Christianity look polished and slick. When you ask the average church-goer how life is the standard response is '<i>NO problems here, we're good.</i>' We have preachers who 'look' like they have everything figured out, their families are perfect, no struggles or problems, so, therefore, it's tough to approach leaders and talk about our everyday problems. So, instead of following the mandate of James 5:16, we build a wall of isolation in the attempts to be perceived as having it all figured out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This is why we are seeing 50% of Christian marriage falling apart because we don't have real community. We don't have a safe place to sit down and talk through our struggles and problems. We don't have a place to get real answers. Let's be honest. When someone says 'How are you doing?' If someone actually starts to unpack the messy and the dysfunctional we get a little freaked out and we want our cell phone to ring so we can avoid the actual conversation. Because we don't actually want to get involved, we just want to have the perception of being involved.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My friends there would be so much freedom if we as Christians just followed this one verse.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b> So I need you to see what just got unpacked there. James did not say confess and gossip to one another. He said confess and PRAY FOR one another! If Christians would just take the time to actually care about one another we just might see a body of people that could shake the planet for the mission of the Gospel. If we had a group of people that all understood we were all flawed, but in Christ, we were by no means failures it just might generate a revival in the church.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What we need are people in the church who want to see others succeed in Christ. We don't need to pile drive one another into the pavement. We need to encourage each other to find Christ as our perfect Savior who has already rescued and redeemed us from the horridness of sin and self and simply rest in His finished work that he did on the cross on our behalf.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I think we are so close to seeing this in the American church world. And I think that's going to happen because of persecution. If you look at the church in Middle Eastern and European countries this is what's happening and as a result, the church is growing. We are seeing authentic communities of gospel-centered faith that are activated for the cause and mission of Jesus Christ. These people are not star struck by some preacher, they are not building a castle they are focused on seeing the Kingdom of God built.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When people suffer for the cause of the Gospel their mindset changes, it's no longer how they can advance their agenda, get ahead, or tear one another down. Rather they look for ways to advance the Kingdom, win souls for Christ, and sacrifice for each other. I think that if a bulk of people in the American church would adopt this mindset we would see a complete transformation and a spirit-filled revival.</span>Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14920676431936820548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562894041667597858.post-83372791802791449342019-02-02T12:32:00.001-08:002019-02-02T12:32:53.831-08:00This Should Seriously Have Folks ANGRY! This Is A Call To Action!<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u2SHxHKSirg" width="459"></iframe></div>Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14920676431936820548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562894041667597858.post-22020093019074316942019-01-22T16:57:00.001-08:002019-01-22T16:57:06.197-08:00Men's Bible Study <div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PZiCA6_WRf8" width="459"></iframe></div>Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14920676431936820548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562894041667597858.post-47457070061797429212019-01-17T11:33:00.001-08:002019-01-17T11:33:06.619-08:00Why Are We So Angry?<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IwoRqAMUDpA" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14920676431936820548noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562894041667597858.post-86075882032410198262019-01-16T12:48:00.001-08:002019-01-16T12:48:04.203-08:00Dale Partridge || Biblical Marriage and House Churches<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0rcufmxVwHI" width="480"></iframe></div><br /><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I sit down and interview bestselling author Dale Partridge. We talk about love, Biblical marriage, and house churches. I truly hope this interview will encourage and challenge you. Find out more about Dale at relearnchurch.org/</span>Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14920676431936820548noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562894041667597858.post-88103854272957855922019-01-14T12:36:00.002-08:002019-01-14T12:36:33.496-08:0038. Bill Sardi || Cancer, Vaccines & Vitamins<iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="300" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/557139876&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true&visual=true" width="100%"></iframe><br />
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<br /><span style="font-size: large;">This is a podcast you REALLY have to hear! </span>Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14920676431936820548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562894041667597858.post-90475876590984253842018-12-27T09:42:00.002-08:002018-12-27T09:43:13.034-08:00Praying Promises Over Your Family In 2019. <span style="font-size: large;">I firmly believe that prayer changes everything. But here is the thing, if I'm honest...I can say alot of things but my actions tend to not match what I say sometimes. I do believe in prayer, but I don't do it the way I should. I don't pray as often as I should. I see the problems and I tend to try and fix it myself rather than ask God to do what only he can do. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So, in saying that I want to make starting right now and all of 2019 a year of authentic prayer for everything. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here are some great passages to cradle the ones you love. Just insert their name(s) into the blanks. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Protection: “Merciful Father, I ask that you command your angels concerning __________________ to guard him/her in all his/her ways.” (Psalm 91:11)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Growth in Faith: “Faithful Father, I pray that _________ may not waver through unbelief regarding your promises, but will be strengthened in his/her faith and give you glory, being fully persuaded that you have the power to do what you have promised.” (Romans 4:20-21)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Integrity: Help ____________ conduct himself/herself in the world, and especially in his/her relations with others, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God.” (2 Corinthians 1:12)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A Loving heart: As God’s chosen son/daughter, holy and dearly loved, clothe _______________ with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.” (Colossians 3:12)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What’s your experience praying scripture? Do you have a favorite scripture to pray over your family as a parent? What is it?</span></div>
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Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14920676431936820548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562894041667597858.post-29692083818080129022018-12-10T21:34:00.001-08:002018-12-10T21:34:31.249-08:00Third Temple Altar Dedication || Something Is Happening. Pay Attention.<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4imlBZMJFf8" width="480"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I just made a video about the third temple altar dedication that happened yesterday. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">What they are doing is something that is blasphemous in nature, but it is a telling sign that Jesus is on his way, folks! We need to be paying attention. </span></div>Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14920676431936820548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562894041667597858.post-48359196083720562602018-12-04T19:40:00.001-08:002018-12-04T19:40:47.032-08:00NorthField Podcast || Coach Lee Blankenship Interview<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-kjMEFSnzAA" width="459"></iframe></div>Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14920676431936820548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562894041667597858.post-2788040114955447602018-11-28T11:44:00.001-08:002018-11-28T11:44:14.322-08:00Drag queen story hours for children designed to ‘groom the next generation,’ one drag queen admits<span style="font-size: large;">Dear on the fence Christian Parents,</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I want to write you something really quick! I have had conversations with parents in the past who say stuff like ' well I don't want to shove Christianity down my kid's throats, I want them to make up their own minds on this kind of stuff. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I want to lovely tell you the enemy is shoving their beliefs down your kid's throats...you'd better get on the defense and start proactively getting your children plugged in and involved in the things of Jesus Christ, because if you don't the other side will 'groom your children' to follow their worldviews. And you're willfully blind if you think it's not happening. </span><br />
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Amid the <a href="https://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/07/07/drag-queen-story-time-hits-boston-childrens-library-to-end-pride-month-outrage-joy-erupts" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0a72b2; opacity: 1; outline: 0px !important; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">spread</a> of <a href="https://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/10/17/drag-queen-with-demon-like-horns-reads-to-children-at-michelle-obama-neighborhood-library" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0a72b2; opacity: 1; outline: 0px !important; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">controversial drag queen story hours</a> at <a href="https://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/05/19/drag-queen-story-hour-for-toddlers-at-public-library-lauded-as-fantastic-great" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0a72b2; opacity: 1; outline: 0px !important; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">public libraries</a> — during which performers in full makeup and glitter read to children and toddlers — one drag queen admitted that the events are meant to “groom the next generation.” <a href="https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/11/28/drag-queen-story-hours-for-children-designed-to-groom-the-next-generation-one-drag-queen-admits"> (Read MORE...)</a></div>
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New Orleans Saints tight end Benjamin Watson shared a particularly moving photo of the gathering to his Instagram page on Sunday, captioning it, “Praise God from whom ALL blessings flow. #MeetUsAtThe50.”</div>
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Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14920676431936820548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562894041667597858.post-21370005773871376112018-08-30T11:01:00.000-07:002018-08-30T11:01:16.850-07:00#MANUP - How Fathers Can Train up Godly Boys <iframe width="100%" height="300" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/492058311&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true&visual=true"></iframe>Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14920676431936820548noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562894041667597858.post-74816383442111993202018-08-23T12:47:00.002-07:002018-08-23T12:58:37.834-07:00How To Fight Depression <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Depression and anxiety seem to be ruling the modern world today. Look at these stats. (<a href="https://adaa.org/about-adaa/press-room/facts-statistics">source</a> ) </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <b><span style="font-size: large;">Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)</span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">GAD affects 6.8 million adults, or 3.1% of the U.S. population, yet only 43.2% are receiving treatment.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Women are twice as likely to be affected as men. GAD often co-occurs with major depression.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">PD affects 6 million adults, or 2.7% of the U.S. population.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Women are twice as likely to be affected as men.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">SAD affects 15 million adults, or 6.8% of the U.S. population.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">SAD is equally common among men and women andtypically begins around age 13. According to a 2007 ADAA survey, 36% of people with social anxiety disorder report experiencing symptoms for 10 or more years before seeking help.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Specific phobias affect 19 million adults, or 8.7% of the U.S. population.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Women are twice as likely to be affected as men.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Symptoms typically begin in childhood; the average age-of-onset is 7 years old.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are closely related to anxiety disorders, which some may experience at the same time, along with depression.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">So it's pretty clear our culture is struggling with fear and depression. So we've clearly defined that there is a problem, but the question really is how in the world do we fight these things? How can we overcome these monsters? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Bottom line is this! We have to understand God better. I know that sounds like a really lazy answer, but in reality, if we understand what God has intended for us. Jesus is our heavenly Father. More than that, he's a PERFECT father who is not lacking in any area. Look at the following verses:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Matt-6-25" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "arial"; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">25 </span><span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-23308AP" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-23308AP" title="See cross-reference AP">AP</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>“Therefore I tell you, <span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-23308AQ" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-23308AQ" title="See cross-reference AQ">AQ</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?</span> <span class="text Matt-6-26" id="en-ESV-23309" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "arial"; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">26 </span><span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-23309AR" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-23309AR" title="See cross-reference AR">AR</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. <span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-23309AS" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-23309AS" title="See cross-reference AS">AS</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>Are you not of more value than they?</span><span class="text Matt-6-27" id="en-ESV-23310" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "arial"; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">27 </span>And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his <span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-23310AT" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-23310AT" title="See cross-reference AT">AT</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>span of life?<span class="footnote" data-fn="#fen-ESV-23310g" data-link="[<a href="#fen-ESV-23310g" title="See footnote g">g</a>]" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+6&version=ESV#fen-ESV-23310g" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b34b2c; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: top;" title="See footnote g">g</a>]</span></span> <span class="text Matt-6-28" id="en-ESV-23311" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "arial"; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">28 </span>And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin,</span> <span class="text Matt-6-29" id="en-ESV-23312" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "arial"; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">29 </span>yet I tell you, <span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-23312AU" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-23312AU" title="See cross-reference AU">AU</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.</span> <span class="text Matt-6-30" id="en-ESV-23313" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "arial"; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">30 </span>But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, <span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-23313AV" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-23313AV" title="See cross-reference AV">AV</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>O you of little faith?</span> <span class="text Matt-6-31" id="en-ESV-23314" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "arial"; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">31 </span>Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’</span> <span class="text Matt-6-32" id="en-ESV-23315" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "arial"; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">32 </span>For <span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-23315AW" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-23315AW" title="See cross-reference AW">AW</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>the Gentiles seek after all these things, and <span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-23315AX" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-23315AX" title="See cross-reference AX">AX</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.</span> <span class="text Matt-6-33" id="en-ESV-23316" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "arial"; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">33 </span>But <span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-23316AY" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-23316AY" title="See cross-reference AY">AY</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>seek first <span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-23316AZ" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-23316AZ" title="See cross-reference AZ">AZ</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>the kingdom of God and his righteousness, <span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-23316BA" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-23316BA" title="See cross-reference BA">BA</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>and all these things will be added to you.</span></span></div>
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<span class="text Matt-6-34" id="en-ESV-23317" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "arial"; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">34 </span><span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-23317BB" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-23317BB" title="See cross-reference BB">BB</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">You see what happened in this text. God is telling us here that if he does take care of grass and birds, who are simply just his creation how much more is he going to take care of his CHILDREN? </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">We have to know and trust what God is doing in our lives. And so often I think that because we are looking at the wrong person we tend to get depressed. When we start looking at Jesus and stop looking at what's going on around us things start to look at those things differently. When start viewing this life as a temporary thing and not an eternal thing. We start to change our actions and the things that we are wanting to chase after when we view Jesus as the end all be all. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">When we view Jesus as our life everything else that might sparkle or seem horrible has a different appearance, because the KING is all we see. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">If we are involved in His mission of spreading the His message to the people around us we will not have time to live in anxiety. The answer to understanding how to fight depression is realizing and understand that Jesus has given us everything we will ever need for life and Godliness </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #001320; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, 2 Peter 1:3 </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">I mean I've struggled with depression. I really have. But the moment I got my eyes on the right Person the other person's issues did not seem that monumental. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">Focus on JESUS! I mean it. Get alone. Spend time with him. Read his word regularly. Everything else will fall into place.! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><span class="versenum" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "arial"; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">33 </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">But </span><span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-23316AY" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-23316AY" title="See cross-reference AY">AY</a>)" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">seek first </span><span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-23316AZ" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-23316AZ" title="See cross-reference AZ">AZ</a>)" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">the kingdom of God and his righteousness, </span><span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-23316BA" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-23316BA" title="See cross-reference BA">BA</a>)" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">and all these things will be added to you. Matthew 6:33</span></span>Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14920676431936820548noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562894041667597858.post-73335457790877339402018-08-21T07:42:00.000-07:002018-08-21T07:42:01.729-07:00How To Beat Lust<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">So I can admit I from time to time struggle with lust. I am a dude. Most guys have this kind of struggle, but here is the thing, it's not an excuse. I don't get a pass on this. Just because I'm a guy does not give me the liberty to do what I want. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was reading this verse this morning. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 19 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, 21 envy,[d] drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do[e] such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. Gal. 5:16-21</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">God has provided you and I THE way to out-run and destroy this thing called lust (and you can put whatever else you'd like to put in there...anger, impurity, strife, etc... SIN IN GENERAL). </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">God's word is a sword that can defeat and destroy strongholds. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So, how do you and I do this? The answer is found in Eph. 6:10-18.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. 14 Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15 and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace. 16 In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one; 17 and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, 18 praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints,</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Everything in this text is vital to overcoming sin in your life. You cannot win if you leave anything out of this. You have to be totally prepared for the war that is taking place in your life every moment of every day. The devil does not give up, neither does your sinful nature. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So if you want to walk in the spirit, it's going to take some preparation, some study, some prayer, and some commitment. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Make these verses your anthem.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Stop making excuses and begin to lay a battle plan for victory. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ready yourself, by reading, praying, and walking. </span><br />
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