And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
Ezekiel 9.4
Sunday, June 04, 2006
Saturday, June 03, 2006
The Blood-Bought Family
How Satan gloated on the thought that he should destroy the church, and exalt his darlings to honors in the place of those who loved the Lord.
Referenced below
Referenced below
Daily Deliverance for the Family of God
Sometimes God has suffered the enemy to exact upon us, and the sword has been use with terrible effect. O, there have been dark and gloomy days for the chosen church of Christ! When persecution has cried, "Havoc, and let slip the dogs of war," blood has flowed like water over the land! our enemies have triumphed. the martyr was bound to the stake, or was crucified upon the tree; the pastor was cut off, and the flocks were scattered.
Cruel torture—awful suffering was endured by the saints of God. The elect cried, and said, "O Lord, how long? let it repent thee concerning thy servants." The enemy laughed, and said, "Ah, ah! so would we have it." Zion was under a cloud. Her precious saints, comparable to fine gold, were esteemed as earthen vessels, the work of the hands of the potter, and her princes were trodden down like mire in the streets.
O, my soul! how was it in that sad day, when the enemy came in upon her like a flood, and she could scarcely lift up the standard of the Lord against him?
O God, there was an hour when thou wouldst not hear the cry of thine elect! It seemed as if thine ear was deaf; the plaint of the widow was unheeded; the groans, the agonies, and the cries of martyrs were unnoticed; and thou didst still allow the enemy to vex thy children.
Persecution shook the land, and sent forth its burning lava of cruelty, devastating the fair fields of the church of God. But did the enemy prosper? Did he succeed? Did persecution destroy his church? Did the weapon formed against us prosper? No!
Each time that the church had a wave pass over her she rose out of it, and lifted her fair countenance, fair as the moon, and terrible as an army with banners. She was all the more glorious for it all. Every time her blood was shed each drop became a man, and each man thus converted stood prepared to pour out the vital current from his veins to defend the cause.
Ah! those were times when, instead of the church being diminished and brought low, God did multiply her, and persecution worked for her good instead of causing her evil.
Spurgeon's Sermons www.spurgeon.org
Cruel torture—awful suffering was endured by the saints of God. The elect cried, and said, "O Lord, how long? let it repent thee concerning thy servants." The enemy laughed, and said, "Ah, ah! so would we have it." Zion was under a cloud. Her precious saints, comparable to fine gold, were esteemed as earthen vessels, the work of the hands of the potter, and her princes were trodden down like mire in the streets.
O, my soul! how was it in that sad day, when the enemy came in upon her like a flood, and she could scarcely lift up the standard of the Lord against him?
O God, there was an hour when thou wouldst not hear the cry of thine elect! It seemed as if thine ear was deaf; the plaint of the widow was unheeded; the groans, the agonies, and the cries of martyrs were unnoticed; and thou didst still allow the enemy to vex thy children.
Persecution shook the land, and sent forth its burning lava of cruelty, devastating the fair fields of the church of God. But did the enemy prosper? Did he succeed? Did persecution destroy his church? Did the weapon formed against us prosper? No!
Each time that the church had a wave pass over her she rose out of it, and lifted her fair countenance, fair as the moon, and terrible as an army with banners. She was all the more glorious for it all. Every time her blood was shed each drop became a man, and each man thus converted stood prepared to pour out the vital current from his veins to defend the cause.
Ah! those were times when, instead of the church being diminished and brought low, God did multiply her, and persecution worked for her good instead of causing her evil.
Spurgeon's Sermons www.spurgeon.org
We cannot subject ourselves to spiritual deceptions
Do not be tricked into believing that you have a secular spiritual community
Our community is in heaven
On earth we only have a physical community, and so we must speak.
Do not listen to spiritual conversations, as this is not a Christian way.
Our community is in heaven
On earth we only have a physical community, and so we must speak.
Do not listen to spiritual conversations, as this is not a Christian way.
Strict Obedience requires reliance on God ONLY
"You have discarded the old nature with its deeds and have put on the new nature." (Col 3:10 NEB)
The devil tries to suggest unholy actions
Regardless of who has joined the devil
We must stand with God
Ignore the incorrect thinking of those who surround you. They are not your source, but Christ. They are fallible beings, and unless in a relationship with God, they are not to be relied on. They do not have the strength on their own to support your STRICT OBEDIANCE to God's will.
Ignore any outward appearances -- people who are rich, attractive, well-connected are as useless as the rest. Do not be distracted by what they seem to be.
As Christians our commission is to obey our convictions as they apply to God in His holiness. At any point in which we see that we might disobey God, we must avoid wrong.
If sorcerers try to communicate with you in their language, Christians are never to respond, let alone learn the language. It will separate us from God.
Our company is Holy and eternal, there is no need to adjust to the transient mob.
The devil tries to suggest unholy actions
Regardless of who has joined the devil
We must stand with God
Ignore the incorrect thinking of those who surround you. They are not your source, but Christ. They are fallible beings, and unless in a relationship with God, they are not to be relied on. They do not have the strength on their own to support your STRICT OBEDIANCE to God's will.
Ignore any outward appearances -- people who are rich, attractive, well-connected are as useless as the rest. Do not be distracted by what they seem to be.
As Christians our commission is to obey our convictions as they apply to God in His holiness. At any point in which we see that we might disobey God, we must avoid wrong.
If sorcerers try to communicate with you in their language, Christians are never to respond, let alone learn the language. It will separate us from God.
Our company is Holy and eternal, there is no need to adjust to the transient mob.
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Why it is important to speak and remove this interaction from a spiritual level
Usually when you push back the children of God, You push back the presence of God.
This is why it is important for the children of God to stand their ground.
Because the devil wants you out of the way.
It is a sin because in deferring SPIRITUALLY, you block the Holy spirit
And allow the unholy to enter in.
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Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)"Don't be afraid, Daniel," he said to me, "for from the first day that you purposed to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your prayers were heard. I have come because of your prayers.
This is why it is important for the children of God to stand their ground.
Because the devil wants you out of the way.
It is a sin because in deferring SPIRITUALLY, you block the Holy spirit
And allow the unholy to enter in.
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Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)"Don't be afraid, Daniel," he said to me, "for from the first day that you purposed to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your prayers were heard. I have come because of your prayers.
Monday, May 29, 2006
Mary Pondered
Saturday, May 27, 2006
Blessed people who God remembers
Blessed is he that blesses you, and cursed is he who curses you!
While they refuse to call a blessing upon you,
We bless you in the name of God.
Numbers 24.9, Psalm 129.8 New American Bible
While they refuse to call a blessing upon you,
We bless you in the name of God.
Numbers 24.9, Psalm 129.8 New American Bible
God does not change
On your feet, Balak. Listen,
listen carefully son of Zippor:
God is not man, one given to lies,
and not a son of man changing his mind.
Does he speak and not do what he says?
Does he promise and not come through?
I was brought here to bless;
and now he's blessed—how can I change that?
He has no bone to pick with Jacob,
he sees nothing wrong with Israel.
God is with them,
and they're with him, shouting praises to their King.
God brought them out of Egypt,
rampaging like a wild ox.
No magic spells can bind Jacob,
no incantations can hold back Israel.
People will look at Jacob and Israel and say,
"What a great thing has God done!"
Look, a people rising to its feet, stretching like a lion,
a king-of-the-beasts, aroused,
Unsleeping, unresting until its hunt is over
and it's eaten and drunk its fill.
Numbers 23:18-20 (The Message Bible)
listen carefully son of Zippor:
God is not man, one given to lies,
and not a son of man changing his mind.
Does he speak and not do what he says?
Does he promise and not come through?
I was brought here to bless;
and now he's blessed—how can I change that?
He has no bone to pick with Jacob,
he sees nothing wrong with Israel.
God is with them,
and they're with him, shouting praises to their King.
God brought them out of Egypt,
rampaging like a wild ox.
No magic spells can bind Jacob,
no incantations can hold back Israel.
People will look at Jacob and Israel and say,
"What a great thing has God done!"
Look, a people rising to its feet, stretching like a lion,
a king-of-the-beasts, aroused,
Unsleeping, unresting until its hunt is over
and it's eaten and drunk its fill.
Numbers 23:18-20 (The Message Bible)
Inhumanity and infestations
The difference between a government and an infestation is in its ability to be fair and non-intrusive to its citizens.
Unqualified for self-exaltation
Our consciences are our warning signals.
They are based on what we have been taught as human beings, and to go against what we know is right, is to fail our purpose.
By doing what we know is wrong we create negative and unstable structures that do not accomplish but cause deterioration
This is a basic part of the human psyche and to do what you believe you shouldn't for personal gain
God says to repent. To admit wrong, and turn away from this action.
Confess and admit to those you have wronged, and cause no harm.
Basic management of variety is all that is necessary if dominance is required. Primitive macho-ness is not excellence.
They are based on what we have been taught as human beings, and to go against what we know is right, is to fail our purpose.
By doing what we know is wrong we create negative and unstable structures that do not accomplish but cause deterioration
This is a basic part of the human psyche and to do what you believe you shouldn't for personal gain
God says to repent. To admit wrong, and turn away from this action.
Confess and admit to those you have wronged, and cause no harm.
Basic management of variety is all that is necessary if dominance is required. Primitive macho-ness is not excellence.
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Andromeda -- Gerard Manley Hopkins
Now Time’s Andromeda on this rock rude,
With not her either beauty’s equal or
Her injury’s, looks off by both horns of shore,
Her flower, her piece of being, doomed dragon’s food.
Time past she has been attempted and pursued
By many blows and banes; but now hears roar
A wilder beast from West than all were, more
Rife in her wrongs, more lawless, and more lewd.
Her Perseus linger and leave her tó her extremes?—
Pillowy air he treads a time and hangs
His thoughts on her, forsaken that she seems,
All while her patience, morselled into pangs,
Mounts; then to alight disarming, no one dreams,
With Gorgon’s gear and barebill, thongs and fangs.
Sunday, May 21, 2006
D'Invilliers -- Then Wear the Gold Hat
Bring me a blank piece of paperMake it blank so I can write down all that I want about you
Bring me a black pen – no, make it blueI know that’s your favorite color too
I worry about the past like youI think about the future too.
I sat here on this chairWiggled ‘round a bitAnd sometimes stared
That’s you on the wall right therePick up jeans and braided hair
Just twist with me, just turn with meJust stroll the streets alone with meYou don’t have to burn it with a pen and paperBut if you do, be good to me
Wear the Gold Hat if that will move herIf you can bounce high, Bounce for her tooTill she cry, “Gold-Hatted lover I must have you.”
Wear the Gold Hat if that will move herIf you can bounce high, Bounce for her tooTill she cry, “Lover, Gold-Hatted High-Bouncing Lover I must have you.”
I know the truth dies with the lies that we forget
I know that these eyes look in your eyes every chance they get
This is the story of the greatest of the mornings from the summer rain
This is the story of the way that you talked, the way that she talked
And I just look at her….
Wear the Gold Hat if that will move herIf you can bounce high, Bounce for her tooTill she cry, “Gold-Hatted lover I must have you.”
Wear the Gold Hat if that will move herAnd you will bounce high for her tooTill she cry, “I must have you, I must have you, I must have you.”
Bring me a blank piece of paperBring me a penI’d like the blue one againDon’t you worry about the sentencesI can’t write them out ‘til I’m back again
Bring me a black pen – no, make it blueI know that’s your favorite color too
I worry about the past like youI think about the future too.
I sat here on this chairWiggled ‘round a bitAnd sometimes stared
That’s you on the wall right therePick up jeans and braided hair
Just twist with me, just turn with meJust stroll the streets alone with meYou don’t have to burn it with a pen and paperBut if you do, be good to me
Wear the Gold Hat if that will move herIf you can bounce high, Bounce for her tooTill she cry, “Gold-Hatted lover I must have you.”
Wear the Gold Hat if that will move herIf you can bounce high, Bounce for her tooTill she cry, “Lover, Gold-Hatted High-Bouncing Lover I must have you.”
I know the truth dies with the lies that we forget
I know that these eyes look in your eyes every chance they get
This is the story of the greatest of the mornings from the summer rain
This is the story of the way that you talked, the way that she talked
And I just look at her….
Wear the Gold Hat if that will move herIf you can bounce high, Bounce for her tooTill she cry, “Gold-Hatted lover I must have you.”
Wear the Gold Hat if that will move herAnd you will bounce high for her tooTill she cry, “I must have you, I must have you, I must have you.”
Bring me a blank piece of paperBring me a penI’d like the blue one againDon’t you worry about the sentencesI can’t write them out ‘til I’m back again
Saturday, May 20, 2006
Why boasteth thyself in mischief, O mighty man?
Honourable titles are but irony where the wearer is mean and cruel.
Pasted from <http://www.spurgeon.org/treasury/ps052.htm>
Pasted from <http://www.spurgeon.org/treasury/ps052.htm>
A true and faithful witness
Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of the Lord our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of the Lord our God. Jer 42.6
For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. 2 Chron 16.9
For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. 2 Chron 16.9
Thursday, May 18, 2006
The fragility of human will
"A great number of wise men is the protection of the world." Wisdom 24?
How awful that the stability of the world depends on the thinking of men who can be coerced or manipulated.
How awful that the stability of the world depends on the thinking of men who can be coerced or manipulated.
Human Limitations - the uselessness of microscopic cellphones
But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners." Matthew 9.13
To be perfect I could avoid gray, but my perfection is a conversation with a Higher being, and not a tangible thing.
We are still stained, not in behavior, but by assignment. So, in Christianity, perfect behavior is not of value (for salvation, but for sanctification).
If someone in the rain finds shelter in an abandoned building, it is fine. We are human and it is a blessing to share even if unknowingly. This is why I sometimes leave money in unusual places -- you never know how someone's life may be blessed.
We share the crumbs of our lives -- they fall even when we don't see.
A limit is necessary so that we are open to human need.
And so magnanimity is best.
To be perfect I could avoid gray, but my perfection is a conversation with a Higher being, and not a tangible thing.
We are still stained, not in behavior, but by assignment. So, in Christianity, perfect behavior is not of value (for salvation, but for sanctification).
If someone in the rain finds shelter in an abandoned building, it is fine. We are human and it is a blessing to share even if unknowingly. This is why I sometimes leave money in unusual places -- you never know how someone's life may be blessed.
We share the crumbs of our lives -- they fall even when we don't see.
A limit is necessary so that we are open to human need.
And so magnanimity is best.
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Inhumanity
"Pressed Forward"
Trials are for us to perfect our obedience
Sacrifice all things for obedience
So that after God can call you up to a new level of development
Thus God used wicked men to be his scourge to chastise a still more wicked nation, who were yet the objects of his affection and love. Spurgeon (Storming the Battlements)
Trials are for us to perfect our obedience
Sacrifice all things for obedience
So that after God can call you up to a new level of development
Thus God used wicked men to be his scourge to chastise a still more wicked nation, who were yet the objects of his affection and love. Spurgeon (Storming the Battlements)
Sunday, May 07, 2006
Straight Paths
Heb 12:13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
With liquid thinking the world becomes a tangled mass around you.
With acknowledgment of unholy spiritual powers your life becomes subject to these powers.
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Stop suffering for voodoo's sake, and do what is asked and sensible! (trusting God and the sensible Christian community).
With liquid thinking the world becomes a tangled mass around you.
With acknowledgment of unholy spiritual powers your life becomes subject to these powers.
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Stop suffering for voodoo's sake, and do what is asked and sensible! (trusting God and the sensible Christian community).
A Warning Rejected
The social gets in the way of spiritual
Jesus said drop everything!! For that reason
The social realm (whether silent or spoken) has its sphere,
but for Christians no spiritual authority at all.
Because it has chosen the darker destructive path
Jesus said drop everything!! For that reason
The social realm (whether silent or spoken) has its sphere,
but for Christians no spiritual authority at all.
Because it has chosen the darker destructive path
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
I Died For Beauty
I died for beauty, but was scarce Adjusted in the tomb, When one who died for truth was lain In an adjoining room. He questioned softly why I failed? "For beauty," I replied." And I for truth - the two are one; We brethren are," he said. And so, as kinsmen met a-night, We talked between the rooms, Until the moss had reached our lips, And covered up our names. Emily Dickinson |
Friday, March 24, 2006
Valley of Decision
God be merciful to me.
Pour out your remembrance
On the mosaic of souls
that surround the earth
and cover its darkness
Let us find a clear purpose
and focus on a lighter and holier place
so that we may be one with you
and shine too.
Pour out your remembrance
On the mosaic of souls
that surround the earth
and cover its darkness
Let us find a clear purpose
and focus on a lighter and holier place
so that we may be one with you
and shine too.
Brain restructuring
They are trying to take my brain down today. They cut off a blood vessel on the top of my brain- something at the base of my spine and neck.
My brain has been dying for several years because of these sequential poisoning and the stress.
We are foolish not to discuss all anxieties in detail with each other. There is no point speaking in a code that exists to cover emotions.
It is not difficult to create communities that allow us to worship who we please and live lives that are not destructive and negative. Every pioneer in the wild west brought with them all that they needed to survive. They created grocery stores, hotels, banks, farms -- everything that they needed to maintain their independence. I do not believe any other answer is acceptable for God's people.
It is not wise to allow other forces to take over your emotional and spiritual lives.
God makes us responsible for spiritiual choices. If we are sick we need to try to heal ourselves. If we have brain diseases we are also subject to infirmities. But we must avoid 1.evil (spirit) 2.sickness (flesh) as much as we are able.
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Real class
Classes should be divided by how much harm a person is willing to cause others or can be induced to cause others under the right circumstances.
Regardless of monetary value those who are respectable and decent should be separated from those who are not.
Perhaps education (or a love of learning for those with less means) should also be a criteria.
Regardless of monetary value those who are respectable and decent should be separated from those who are not.
Perhaps education (or a love of learning for those with less means) should also be a criteria.
The appeal of paganism
During the French Revolution the aristocracy was forced to scramble for existence. During a spiritual equivalent of the French Revolution with dirty peasants roaming through spiritual palaces, I am sure that it will be essential for people not to turn away from what is right or join the unholy.
I hate vain thoughts, but thy law do I love. Ps 119.113
I hate vain thoughts, but thy law do I love. Ps 119.113
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