In the Words (of Satan)

Shekinah Glory Ministry - Oh What A Love Medley

I ♥ This song. The focus is on Christ... there are some folks who GET it in the gospel music industry. I pray they continue to make songs which uplift the Christ.

Paul Washer - Those In Christ Are Beloved!

AMEN. PW once said his sermons about love aren't posted enough... so here you go :)

John 3:16... BELIEVER God was talking about YOU.

Rick Warren's Forked Tongue and the 2.4 Million Dollar Letter

Definition of a Forked Tongue


A lying tongue: one who articulates two contradictory viewpoints in an effort to garner support from two totally different groups of people.


Rick Warren is now considered "America's Pastor." I find that statement ironically truthful for many reasons, but however, I will let Warren's actions speak for themselves concerning the state of our country.

Recently in 2008, Proposition 8 was passed in California which simply defined marriage as being between one man and one woman. Rick Warren shows his forked tongue concerning Prop 8 in the video below.

Oh that is not all....

At the end of 2009 Warren put out an SOS on his WEB BLOG asking for donations of his congregation and partners for $900,000 - THAT'S RIGHT - Nine Hundred THOUSAND DOLLARS... CLOSE TO ONE MILLION DOLLARS because of budget shortfalls at Saddleback Church located in Southern California.

Warren said the amount raised after the appeal was posted online Wednesday (12/30/09) included only money parishioners brought in person to Saddleback Church by New Year's Eve. More was arriving by hand and by mail, he said.

$2.4 Million Dollars, with more to come. I cannot help but think what that money could really be used for if it were faithfully and properly stewarded.

More info can be found in this article CLICK HERE.

Being that he is in cahoots with the Council on Foreign Relations, it already appears to this blog writer that Warren is in bed with the inclusive religious plans which point straight to ecumenicism ---> or APOSTASY for those who don't hold their tongue... like me ;)

2 Peter 2:1-3 (NIV)

But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. Many will follow their shameful ways and will bring the way of truth into disrepute. In their greed these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.

forked tongue (plural forked tongues) noun Definition: lying tongue: a tongue that speaks lies or words that are insincere or misleading

Love (1 Corinthians 13)

Sometimes we need a refresher course on the matter.

Steve Harvey and a Room FULL of Church Folk

Steve Harvey, noted comedian, former star of his own self named TV sitcom, and current host of his own self named syndicated radio program, recently went on TBN (Which will affectionately be known as the Trash Broadcasting Network) and provided an emotional testimony to the TBN audience concerning his profession of faith in Christ. Pastor and gospel artist Donnie McClurkin was the host for the evening. If you have not seen this testimony I encourage you to please CLICK HERE and watch the testimony on YouTube.


Through the tears and sincerely stated sentiments, there were many things that were said during this show that troubled this blog writer. I do not understand how a "Christian" broadcasting network could let these statements hit the airwaves without correction or disclaimer. Come to think of it, 90% of TBN's programming could use loving biblical correction.


Then I remember... this is TBN - the TRASH Broadcasting Network.


It also troubles me that a room FULL of church folks in the audience were praising God, and clapping their hands to these troubling statements. We as the "church" are way too addicted to being entertained, so it surprises me not that we will sacrifice biblical truth for the chance to hoop and holler.


To better clarify Harvey's statements in light of scripture, this video I have found is pretty helpful.





I have also included a video I made recently after I saw the show:





Please note: I am in no way questioning the sincerity of Harvey's continued confession of faith, for this sista can look back to her conversion and early walk, and how it was filled with bumps in the road, scriptural inaccuracies, and an infant view of the faith. Please pray for Steve Harvey for I believe he deserves that time to grow in Christ that the Spirit may conform him... that is if his profession of faith is indeed real.


If he is in Christ, the Father will enjoy watching his servant go from crawling, and suckling on milk, to walking and solid food, but be sure of this, there is no servant of Christ who remains in infancy, for the Christian must produce good fruit... MUST.


So hopefully, Steve will stop promoting a book with ideas that gives couples "permission" to fornicate 90 days into a relationship. Maybe he will stop performing comedy specials which are laced with inappropriate subject matter and cursing. Maybe he will stop trying to justify his alliance with an industry which makes money off of the former activities.


Maybe people like Donnie McClurkin are ministering to Steve behind closed doors and showing the love of Christ, but I cannot help but be bothered by some of these statements being passed off as fact by TBN while McClurkin just looked on nodding approvingly.


Let us not forget the TBN audience, who raised their hands, hooped and hollered like they were 16 year olds at a Jonas Brothers concert being entertained at the very presence of Steve Harvey. Clapping, applauding, approving... false doctrines. Boy we as sheep are gullible.


Silly me! Then I remember... this is TBN - the TRASH Broadcasting Network.


We have much praying to do.

Love One Another

Conflicts amongst believers will happen. As long as we are in flesh, they are inevitable. We must not forget our First Love. God commands us to love Him and love one another.

John 13:34-35
"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."

Romans 13:8
Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law.

Galatians 5:13
You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature ; rather, serve one another in love.

Ephesians 4:2
Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.

Hebrews 10:24
And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds.

1 Peter 1:22
Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from the heart.

1 Peter 3:8
Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble.

1 John 4:20
If anyone says, "I love God," yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.

This is just a sample, for the entire scripture points to Christ, who is God, who is LOVE.

I wish you love...

"Haters" of Discernment In the Church

Unfortunately, this word HATER had morphed into an extremely overused and hackneyed catchphrase by church goers who are in perpetual sin. They spurn any criticism of their conduct. Today, it seems as if everyone who has a healthy criticism for another person is considered a hater. Most of the time, those people usually know in their hearts their conduct is wrong, but just don't want to be confronted by others for it. It is often used as a defense mechanism to ward off legitimate criticism. The word I love so dearly out of the urban dictionary has now been tainted by insecure, high minded, selfishly ambitious folks, who think they can never be wrong, nor can their conduct ever be questioned.


I feel silly for even addressing this street slang issue. It has been in my heart for a LONG TIME, and now is the perfect time to address it.


The word hater is a term which has been turned into urban slang, and has been used often liberally in many settings, and not just the urban streets of America.

Love - The Most Excellent Way

God has taught me many lessons through the scriptures, as well as through life's experiences and trials. Love seems to be the overarching lesson of it all...

1 Corinthians 12:31
But eagerly desire the greater gifts. And now I will show you the most excellent way.

I was a Pharisee

Let me tell you all a story...

A year or so ago, I was a member of an email listserv which had a membership of over 3,000 women. I was a Christian then, and I aggressively “contended” for the faith. In my eagerness for sound doctrine and the want to be RIGHT all the time, surely I left many of the women there with hurt feelings and caused offense. 

One day I was talking to one of the sisters on that listserv concerning another issue entirely, and suddenly this is what she said to me:

(Paraphrasing): "You know what, more people would be open to what you say if you weren't so mean, rude and downright disrespectful."

I would usually ignore comments like that from the "likes of her." Yes she was a Christian, but I didn't think she “knew” as much as I did concerning the scripture. In my heart I considered her a compromiser, and not exactly someone I would take heed to or should even respect concerning a biblical rebuke.

Back to the conversation... she told me that I could use a LESSON IN LOVE, because in the process of being RIGHT, I lacked love, compassion and sympathy for the women I witnessed to. This time the Holy Spirit was convicting me. I felt this one DEEP in my soul. God was starting to break down my walls. God let me see that I was WRONG! I broke down. Wailed like a little baby. All that fervor, sound doctrine, and ZEAL, but I lacked LOVE.

Don't get me wrong, I believe I was right doctrinally most of the time. I do not apologize for the content of TRUTH in the words I said, but God was showing me that the WHY’s and the HOW’s in delivering his word MATTER.

WHY was I telling them the truth? Was I doing so because I wanted people to be saved? Did I want to be a light in the midst of darkness? HOW did I speak it to them? Did I speak with the motive which LOVE could be clearly seen? Or was it another deep rooted motive that wasn’t apparent to me?

I really examined myself that day, and I discovered that my motives were to obtain some sort of self-satisfaction. In other words, I got a personal KICK out of correcting people. I wanted to have that feeling that I have "one upped" someone. I was RIGHT and you were WRONG, and that was all that mattered to me. I didn't care about hurt feelings, or how you felt. "It was TRUTH" I reasoned in my heart, and "they just can't handle it." That was all that mattered to me in trying to win those debates with those women. 

I came to the conclusion that I was a modern day PHARISEE.

Dealing With The Root

As Christians we are not to let the sun go down on our anger, or give the devil a foothold. (Eph 4:26-27) Doing this allows emotional hurts to develop into what the bible calls a root of bitterness.

There was a root of bitterness that I had in my heart against this group of women, and because I hadn't dealt with that root, it grew up, and slowly but surely choked my Christian witness until it was ineffective. The bible speaks on this very thing in Hebrews 12:15  in which a bitter root can produce a bitter fruit of hatred and disdain for others, which if left unchecked can cause trouble and defile many.

God made me see that I had this evil thought in my heart: "Well they are all sinners anyway and they won't receive my message." This root of bitterness shut me off to feeling any sort of sympathy to these women, and made me feel a great level of disdain for them. I often took out my feelings of hurt and pain on them, and used the WORD OF GOD in some instances to do it. I just didn't love them.

Is Love our Motive?

Biblically brothers and sisters, the way we present the gospel and treat others DOES matter. God addressed it many times in the word.

1 Pet 3:15-17
But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander. It is better, if it is God's will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.

Clearly God doesn’t want us treating anyone at any lower level than the level of gentleness and respect of which He requires. How much more concerning the conduct between brothers and sisters? The bible says if it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. (Rom 12:18, Heb 12:14)

Haven’t you run into Christians who have my issues? They lack love, care and wisdom in how to deal with their brothers and sisters in Christ and everyone else for that matter. It shows up in their prideful spirits, arrogance, and in their UNCANNY ability to never find fault in themselves. Many know their doctrine, some are theological GIANTS, but just like the Pharisees, they forgot the weightiest matter of the law. (Mat 23:23) God hates pride, arrogance, (Prov 8:13) and those who sow discord among brethren, (Prov 6:19) and we must be careful to guard ourselves from selfish ambition and watch our conduct and motives.

Proverbs 16:2
All a man's ways seem innocent to him, but motives are weighed by the LORD.

1 Corinthians 4:5
Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait till the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men's hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.

James 4:3
When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.

OBVIOUSLY the motives of our actions are important to God, and it is time for us as Christians in a time where the love of most is growing cold, (Mat 24:12) to EXAMINE OURSELVES AND OUR MOTIVES. It is time to seriously consider whether we are putting biblical love FIRST.

There are a LOT of people out there who know the scriptures. The Pharisees knew the word well, but lacked love toward the people, and their CONDUCT was a testimony against them. (Mat 23:1-3, Titus 1:15-16) God tells us in the word that it is not only KNOWLEDGE of the scriptures which are important, but also the CARE we take in delivering them,(Prov 17:27) the WISDOM in rightly dividing them, (Prov 1:7, 2:6, Eccl 2:26, 2 Tim 2:15) The UNDERSTANDING of those scriptures which comes ONLY from the Holy Spirit, (Job 32:8, John 16:5-15) and the DOING of those commands contained therein, (James 1:22-25) and the greatest of these commands is LOVE. (Mat 22:34-40, Mark 12:28-34, Romans 10:13)

2 Peter 1:5-7
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love.

The scriptures are clear: Love aught to be the motive behind the sharing of our faith with others.

1 Cor 13:1-3
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.

The question remains, is LOVE our primary objective when we contend for the faith?

Let's Examine Ourselves

Looking at my own behavior toward the women in my example, I realized my behavior came from pride, arrogance, and contentious spirit. My attitude concerning many of the women on that list was simply this: I felt these women were just "sinners" and out of the will of God, so I could talk to them any ole kind of way. I was often rude, blunt, and curt in my responses to them, and ended many of my diatribes with "and I don't care who was offended."

Where does this come from? The bible identifies one of the sources of this behavior as being puffed up with KNOWLEDGE. When one is intellectual and knows much, or has a great wealth of information on an issue which everyone isn’t privy to, there is the tendency to become puffed up in our knowledge. This is not condemning the use of intellect, obtaining knowledge or learning the word of God for yourself.

1 Corinthians 8:1
Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all possess knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

We must be very careful because we are still in flesh, and the flesh has prideful desires. Knowledge is always seen in scripture being used when WISDOM and UNDERSTANDING is present, which all come from the tempering of the Holy Spirit. (1 Cor 2:5-7)

Another biblical reason for pride is going beyond what is written in the scriptures.

1 Corinthians 4:6
Now, brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the meaning of the saying, "Do not go beyond what is written." Then you will not take pride in one man over against another.

A love that builds up our brothers and sisters is not only a witness to encourage them, it also gives God glory, for it pleases him. Love never fails, but knowledge will eventually pass away. (1 Cor 13:8) Love ALWAYS supersedes what we know.  (Eph 3:16-19) So if Jesus considered loving the Lord, and loving our neighbor to be the greatest of the commands for us as Christians, why is it we are missing the mark?

Conclusion

The bottom line is LOVE is the most excellent way. Not the false love of the world which is tolerant of sin, but the Love of which Jesus showed us through his life’s example.  It does matter how you present the truth, it does matter if we do not seek peace with one another as brothers and sisters, and treat everyone like we would like to be treated.

Luke 6:31
Do to others as you would have them do to you.

Jesus was harsher with the Pharisees, Sadducees, and Scribes because they had the scriptures, called themselves teachers of the law, put heavy burdens on the people, YET did not practice what they preached.

You must ask yourself today, if you were living during Jesus’ day, would he call you a hypocrite or a whitewashed sepulchre for forgetting the weightier matters of the law which are loving your neighbor, and loving the Lord your God?

Let love show us the way. Peace, Blessings, and most importantly LOVE to each and every one of you.

Public Confession - I Never Should Have Supported Barack Obama

This is a public confession... Barack Obama supports abortion and that issue alone should have caused me to not vote for him in this 2008 election. I am sorry for my actions and I even tried to encourage others to vote for this man. I was seriously drinking the obama kookaid people, and put issues like the war, the economy and heath care over the slaughter of innocent babies. Obama is now in favor of a bill going through our legislature right now the Freedom of Choice act which will remove many restrictions concerning abortion that have been put in place previously to make abortion on demand and readily available to anyone who wants one during any term they want to terminate a pregnancy.

The Blog on My Website:

http://righteousindignationspot.blogspot.com/2008/11/election-thoughts-i-why-did-i-support.html

To Find out more about FOCA you may visit some of these websites:

http://www.fightfoca.com/

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:S.1173:

http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s1173/show

Barack Obama is not who you think he is. Pray for the country and his salvation.