True Christianity

The Christian in dying spreads light, while the unholy, even in his riches, spreads darkness.

The Christian, even when given unpleasant and horrible things, is taught how to change them into beauty

The Christian in darkness still shines with love

This is the grace of Christ's spirit

The Christian is guided by providence.

The Christian is guided by providence and guarded by obstacles.

Also, if there is something that you are not able to get for some reason, move on to something else until God provides the opening.

Pray for God to either remove your obstacles or reveal another way.

If you must kill to get ahead, it is better to stay where you are. God will make you what you need to be.

As far as all of the other faults that you have --- indulging in sins and weaknesses weakens the protection of God around you. That is why, as He reveals your faults to you you will have to give up your unholiness because way of perfection is really the only way.

Learn to choose the holy path because even its negative consequences will only make you better.

God's Call is Irrevocable

Isnt it interesting, that the efforts of Christians are not to convince, but to reveal since God has already separated His children from the beginning.

And so our love for Jesus will either draw a soul and develop it or repel it and harden it in its unholiness. All of the opportunities that we give for others to hurt us reveal their hearts by whether they choose to do it or not.

All of these things are to reveal and not to change. There is the change of conversion as the heart is opened to Christ and old habits are turned away from, but these are realizations of one's true selves.

(after reading Spurgeon's sermon Separating the Precious from the Vile)

God's call is irrevocable Romans 11.29

This Too Shall Pass

Even in the midst of hellishness, it is better to focus on the way you want to remember a moment. When things are over the pain is quickly gone.

But while we are in the middle of things we try so hard to avoid heroism and humility because we think that the transient love of the lunatick public is more important.

They can suffer a little bit of embarrassment for the freedom of my soul. They too are only human.

It is better to do something unique in the face of criticism than to later regret doing nothing. Opinions change but a moment when past is gone forever.

It is a shame even to speak of the things that they do in secret

Give no opportunity to the devil.
Eph 4. 27
--Give the devil no room, space or license, power or occasion.
Ignore the devil completely
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TAKE NO PART IN THE UNFRUITFUL WORKS OF DARKNESS, BUT INSTEAD EXPOSE THEM For it is a shame even to speak of the things that they do in secret. Eph 5. 11

To me this means, tell what the Spirit impresses you to tell, but things that you do not know or are only rumored about do not even consider or think about. Defend truth and holiness, the rest must be avoided.

Things that have only been suggested should certainly not be thought about or imagined. They are the unconverted children of darkness and what they do is the result of their allegiances. What must be done is to bring souls to Jesus, and He will help them clean up their behavior.

This also applies to homosexuality, btw, because we are not to condemn, but avoid what we consider unholy. It is God's business to sustain and support them and convince them that they need new hearts. Our only work is not to condemn, but to help them to lean on Jesus. Once they lean on Jesus He will give them the strength and conviction that they need.

Civilly they should be respected as are all citizens under government. Because the soul that does not lean on Jesus is a very dark soul capable of all kinds of awful things, so they should not be targeted in that way. How many heterosexual men are demonic and destructive in their behavior!


There has to be a separation between church and state.

Under current translations of the Bible homosexuality is a sin. Open sin cannot be a part of the clergy's life. The bible is relatively clear about the church's role in dealing with visible sins.
We are to judge those inside the church.

But outside of the church, there should be no difference between homosexuals and all other people.

The rules of the church are for defending the body of Christ. It is impossible to have a church of Christ if Christ obeyed.

Poured Out

I poured out my complaint before Him, I showed Him my trouble.

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Holy and Blessed God I am in trouble and I need Your help. I am trying to readjust and do what I believe You want me to do. Blessed and Holy God I ask that You will realign my reality. I am trying to do the least harm in general. I also want to I depend on You for everything and I trust in You I ask You merciful God to show me how to do the work that You want me to do. I am so glad to have a part in Your Holy plans, I pray that You will show me how to understand and glorify Your wisdom and to live and walk in the paths of Your wisdom.

Blessed Lord God You love us and give us choice because You are wise. You rule with wisdom, You created us in it and You let us live in it as well. Please teach me to understand Your will as it is written in Your word.

To the extent of your ability

We need to sit at the feet of Jesus and to actually pay attention to what is said
It is the Word which carries to us the power of God

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Precepts are only cliches when you dismiss them as unimportant.

Listen to what God says, and obey to the fullest extent of your ability and despite all inconveniences.

What does it mean to sit at the feet of Jesus?

Martha, you are anxious and disturbed by many things, but one is your duty and necessity only one thing is your business and what you must seek after. Luke 10.42
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Luke 2.46 And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.
47 And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.
48 And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.
49 And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business?
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Deut 6.4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
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Deut 8.3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.
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1Co 7:35 And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
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Instruments of God

The competition is between the pawns of God and the pawns of Satan

God, I pray that You will change their allegiances
So that they stand in Your army

I pray that You will quickly defeat the might of the devil as
You are the only source of power
even his breath is from You, even though he has turned it to evil

I know that You will accomplish Your purposes on earth through us all
And let others be encouraged that You accomplish Your will even through someone as ordinary as myself

I pray for the spirits of Your children

The Flesh Profiteth Nothing

John 6:63
It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.


The words are accepted and affect the life, this is evidence of the spirit. Anything accessible through the flesh is of no concern.

To be or to try

Expressing is being, not trying