living in the light

The LIGHT has came into the world but people loved the darkness rather than LIGHT. Everyone who does wickedness hates the LIGHT, because their evil will be exposed. whoever "does" what is true comes to the LIGHT... - JESUS

Lets talk about this light... GOD of LIGHTS, with no variation, deviation, or shadow of turning. HE is brighter than the noon day sun. PAUL caught a glimpse of this GOD of LIGHTS, he was blinded for three days. He probably would have been blind for the rest of his life because the LIGHT he saw was so brilliant, radiant and pure. HIS LIGHT fills the eternal city. I believe that GOD is so bright that HE would make the sun look dark, but even then HE is infinitely brighter than anything HE created.

Isiah says to rise and shine because your LIGHT has come. David says may the LIGHT of YOUR countenance shine upon us. Moses says the LORD was as a pillar of fire to give LIGHT. HE wraps himself with LIGHT as with a garment. HE is my LIGHT and salvation. HIS word is a lamp to my feet, and a LIGHT to my path. God is LIGHT and in Him is no darkness.

JESUS says I am the LIGHT of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness. Whoever walks in the night stumbles, because the LIGHT is not in him. When your eye is good, your whole body also is full of LIGHT. But when your eye is bad, your body is full of darkness. Therefore take heed (be careful/watchful/do not be deceived)that the light which is in you is not darkness.

There is power over darkness, this power is HIS LIGHT. Sin can only grow in dark secret places. Statistics are sickening and demoralizing. The sons and daughters are in prison. Shame and condemnation are destroying our generation of promise. I am tired of comprimise, and seeing us trade our birthright for bowls of soup.

Therefore sin shall have no dominion over you!!! We are destined for victory, we are children of the LIGHT. This is our reality, this is our inheritance. The LIGHT of HIS countenance, shining upon us, penetrating every single crack in our heart. The heart is deceitful above all things. But HIS LIGHT can pierce every corner, and break up the hardest parts of our deceiving hearts.

I want to be a son of LIGHT. I want to shine, Psalms says those who look to him are radiant. I want HIS glory to be in me and on me. I want to walk into rooms and brighten the atmosphere with HIS love. I want to walk down dark allies, and be LIGHT to the broken and poor. I want HIS light to be upon me to bring healing to the nations. I want to be a bright and shining LIGHT for all to see. JESUS says put your LIGHT up for all to see. JESUS is our LIGHT.

Paul boasted in his weakness, we need to expose ours. We need to share our struggles, pitfalls and weaknesses. We need to live in HIS LIGHT & position ourself for victory. HIS LIGHT overwhelms the deepest dark. HE is the LIGHT of lights. It is impossible for darkness to remain in HIS LIGHT.

So be lit up, by the glorious presence of your FATHER who is madly in love with you. Remain and abide 24/7 in this LIGHT. HE is an all consuming fire, may HE kindle a fire inside of you that burns hotter and brighter than ever before. May you completley surrender every form of addiction, offence, and stronghold. Cast off everything that is hindering you. Walk in the LIGHT as he is in the LIGHT.


The Nations shall come to your LIGHT, And kings to the brightness of your rising.

sons and daughters arise & shine!!!

bear fruit and multiply

=V

THE SHEPHERD & the shepherds

psalm 53

2 God sticks his head out of heaven.
He looks around.
He's looking for someone not stupid—
one man, even, God-expectant,
just one God-ready woman.

3 He comes up empty. A string
of zeros. Useless, unshepherded
Sheep, taking turns pretending
to be Shepherd.
The ninety and nine
follow the one.

4 Don't they know anything,
all these impostors?
Don't they know
they can't get away with this,
Treating people like a fast-food meal
over which they're too busy to pray?

5 Night is coming for them, and nightmare—
a nightmare they'll never wake up from.
God will make hash of these squatters,
send them packing for good.

ezekiel 34

10 "'Watch out! I'm coming down on the shepherds and taking my sheep back. They're fired as shepherds of my sheep. No more shepherds who just feed themselves! I'll rescue my sheep from their greed. They're not going to feed off my sheep any longer!

Psalm 23

The LORD is my SHEPHERD

The HELPER,the HOLY SPIRIT, whom the FATHER will send in MY name will teach you all things.(John 14:26)YOU gave YOUR good SPIRIT to instruct them. (Nehemiah 9:20) The annointing you recieved from HIM abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. HIS annointing teaches you everything. (1 John 2:27)I have more understanding than all my teachers, I understand more than the aged. (psalms 119:99&100) Nor are you to be called 'teacher,' for you have one TEACHER. (matt 23:10)


Before I go anyfarther I must say I believe in submission to authority. I am fully submitted to bible believing HOLY SPIRIT filled elders, of my congregation, and in a healthy community of zealots for CHRIST. I believe in the fellowship of burning hearts, and I believe that iron sharpens iron. But I also believe "wool" has been pulled over the eyes of a majority of "christains". We can no longer depend upon others to bring us the word of the LORD.

Quit scraping and fawning over mere humans,
so full of themselves, so full of hot air!
Can't you see there's nothing to them? (Isiah 2:22)

Judges sell verdicts to the highest bidder,
priests mass-market their teaching,
prophets preach for high fees,
All the while posturing and pretending
dependence on God (Micah 3:11)

Rip the feeding tubes out of our hearts and teach us how to eat!!! teach us to digest the word of GOD and how to commune with the HOLY SPIRIT!!! the season of men is over, the season of our ministries is over. It is the hour of CHRIST in us.

many will say LORD LORD, many will walk through the wide gate, few will enter the narrow gate, few will find eternal life. GOD has no grandchildren, you are either HIS child or one of the many. Do yourself a favor and ask this sobering question, am I on the narrow road? (but the heart is decietful above all things) As in the days of Noah so it will be when the SON OF MAN returns. How many people got on the ark?

HIS sheep know HIS voice.

bear fruit & multiply

poem

the life and death of a hippie preacher

Lonnie Frisbee was a modern day john the babtist, and a controversial individual who started the JESUS movement in the late 60's. back then people wanted real tangible experiences, and they would do and use anything to find it. Jeremiah says you will seek me an find me when you search for me with all of your heart.

Lonnie encountered JESUS. sadly many people used him to grow their ministry and never took the time, energy and effort to see him set free of his personal demons. GOD uses the foolish things to confound the wise. He will use somebody like lonnie, because he has no pretense, no preconceived notions. lonnie was innocent, and childlike in faith.

Several important observations. after bitterness set in, his usefulness for the kingdom diminished. lonnie made foolish choices, but they could have been circumvented if people cared more about him than their ministry. I believe GOD will use more people like lonnie. GOD uses the least,the lost, the rejects, the weirdos, the juggalos, and homeless people of our days. But we must embrace them and see them into maturity, walk them through freedom, and teach them to pick up there cross every day.

may GOD rise up more like lonnie.

the power of simple obedience

“Sir, if the prophet had told you to do something very difficult, wouldn’t you have done it? So you should certainly obey him when he says simply, ‘Go and wash and be cured!’”

So Naaman went down to the Jordan River and dipped himself seven times, as the man of God had instructed him. And his skin became as healthy as the skin of a young child’s, and he was healed!

2 kings 5:13-14 NLT

it is simple obedience, that will bear the most fruit. as we defy human reason and disconnect our minds to human logic; and step out over the edge in simple child like faith, GOD will take notice and take action. HIS WORD tells us to wait upon the LORD, and HE will renew my strength. JESUS said tarry and seek ME until I clothe you with power from on high. i believe GOD is inviting you to contend and wrestle with Him all night like jacob.

Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14

in revelation 4 the condition for buying gold was realizing bareness, and realizing nakedness. if this revelation struck my core, i would soon see that i don't have it all together. i would realize that there is so much more. the reason why we keep on saying we need revival is because we need to be revived. how can i change my city if i am in a coma?

in today's age it seems a like a successful ministry plan includes: a cool hair cut, designer jeans, nice clothes. a room with ping pong tables, pool tables, x box's and snack bar. it seems like our tendency is to complicate simple obedience by having a nice cup. yet the inside of the cup is not as glamorous. now don't get me wrong, i like spiffy cups, but our generation is tired of drinking cob webs. what good will an empty cup do? now there is nothing inherently wrong with having a nice cup, but JESUS said that I wish you would do the latter without neglecting the former.

1st john says every believer has an inheritance, to walk as JESUS walked. JESUS even said that we will do greater things than HIM. This is because HE lives inside of us. when will we become become so possessed by JESUS inside of us that we explode with love, truth and power? if we abide in the vine, HIS new wine will fill our cups. after we realize we don't have it together, he puts a grace and a hunger in us to violently lay hold of the KINGDOM, it is at hand, it is within reach, and it is obtainable.

i know i will walk as JESUS walked, i will do what JESUS did. we have no lid, no cap, no restrictions, in every sense we are free from the matrix. we have been ransomed by CHRIST and we are seated in heavenly places, i am a son of the KING of kings, and that makes me a prince. we are royalty, its about time we start acting like it. i am convinced if people are not getting healed around me on a consistent basis i am not believing. if i am not believing, well i guess that would mean that i am not a believer. coming into terms with my bankruptcy was the healthiest thing i could ever do. we won't get better by misdiagnosing the problem.

simply doing what JESUS did, unlocks something from heaven. as we step out in faith, and say this does not make sense. i know i will fail with out YOU, but i will step out anyways because YOU told me to do so. Something miraculous happens, miracles.

bear fruit and multiply

=V

redefining closet Christianity

In todays culture it is much more acceptable to admit you are gay, than to admit you are a CHRIST follower. His return is eminent, the world shall get darker, yet HIS bride shall become brighter, without spot or blemish. We will be like HIM, 1st John says walk as JESUS walked. JESUS was the most normal christian, if you are not like HIM you are wierd.

The words of Diana ross have been playing through my head like a scratched record. "I'm coming out, I want the world to know, I want to let it show!" How very similar to the words of our MASTER, "you are the light of the world, a city on a hill, do not cover your lamp if it is shining."

The problem is, many "christians" who do not have CHRIST in them, give us a bad name. If you have lost your saltiness, if you have no flame, you need to go back in your closet and throw away the key. Tarry for the promise, that you will be clothed with power from on high, made into new creations, with fire shut up in your bones. In todays age you would be foolish to come out of the closet if you are not wholly consumed by the fire of GOD.

Exodus says our GOD is a jealous GOD, HE is a all consuming fire. HE wants to consume all of you. Only then should you step out of the closet and let the world know. You can't show what you don't have.

Remember the story of the 10 virgins, 5 were stupid and 5 were wise. The wise ones had oil to keep there lamps burning. Beloved it says that JESUS often withdrew and spent all night with his FATHER. This was his custom, this was his hobby, this was his delight, and this was his life to be filled with the pleasures of heaven and to know the FATHER.

If you are steping out of the closet with a snuffed out lamp, or a burned out wick, turn around! Isaiah says he will not snuff you out. HE is gracious, with steadfast mercy and never ending love, HE wants to possess you!!! Paul said I am possessed by the love of CHRIST. CHRIST in you the hope of glory, HIS mighty power that raised CHRIST from the dead, alive and at work in you!

Give us grace DADDY to be a bold and powerful witness. Give us courage to turn our cities upside down. Give us oil for our lamps as we are in our closet, and may your hand be upon us as we leave the closet and obey.

bear friut and multipy

-N&F

deflating my ego

Paul says I have given birth to you through my prayers. There was literally a spirit of prayer that apprehended him. He admitted that he was possessed by the love of CHRIST. This is our reality, this is our inheritance, this is the great mystery - CHRIST in you the hope of glory.

As we abide in HIM, HE will abide in us. It is my desire to be so caught up in the pleasures and ecstasies of heaven I radiate HIS presence and imitate is nature on a subconscious level. I am asking for grace that abiding would be my default, and if I start to stray HE would graciously and faithfully bring me near so I might commune with him at all waking hours.

The very first thing GOD said to mankind is to be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth. It is my firm conviction that this mandate goes right along with john 15 and the great commission. Go make disciples of all nations, baptise them, and teaching them everything. As you can clearly see JESUS cared far more about quality than quantity. He poured his live into a select few individuals who later turned the world upside down.

THESIS: what if we missed it? what if our mission is not to have the greatest and flashiest ministry, sell the most C.D's, have the biggest conference. What if our mandate is simple to be the least and love the lost? What if we left the 99 for the 1? what if we invested all of our time energy and resources into that 1 individual for 1 year? What if by the end of that 1 year, that individual was so equipped well enough to be able to do the same thing next year?

1. 1x2=
2. 2x2=
3. 4x2=
4. 8x2=
5. 16x2=
6. 32x2=
7. 64x2=
8. 128x2=
9. 256x2=
10. 512x2=
11. 1,024x2=
12. 2,048x2=
13. 4,096x2=
14. 8,192x2=
15. 16,384x2=
16. 32,768x2=
17. 65,536x2=
18. 131,072x2=
19. 262,144x2=
20. 524,288x2=
21. 1,048576x2=
22. 2,097152x2=
23. 4,194,304x2=
24. 8,388,608x2=
25. 16,777,216x2=
26. 33,544,432x2=
27. 67,108,864x2=
28. 134,217,728x2=
29. 268,435,456x2=
30. 536,870,912x2=
31. 1,073,741,824x2=
32. 2,147,483,648x2=
33. 4,294,967,296x2=
34. 8,589,934,592

Mathematically, the entire world would be discipled in 34 years!

This brings up a very pertinent question... Is there any fruit in my life if I am not multiplying? The bible clearly warns us that in the last days many will deceive themselves and deceive others. In Revelation 3 the condition for buying gold was realizing bareness and nakedness.

The promise of GOD to Abraham is still alive and active today, your offspring shall be as numerous as the sands on the sea shore. Nothing is impossible with GOD. I believe we need to kill our small vision. It is time for us to realize our nakedness, to realize our barrenness and depravity. To rely heavily upon HIS grace to help us contend for more of HIM in our life, that our follow ground might be broken up. May HIS grace enable us to produce real fruit, fruit that remains, and fruit that multiplies.

blessings

N&F

what faith looks like

Austin is going to bible college! (letter of recomendation.)

Austin Richmond is a diamond in the rough. While his maturity and character still need development, his raw hunger and desire for Jesus is unparalleled. I am sure that the other letters went over his radical conversion, healing and violent turning away from addictions. He also became reconciled with his family and led his brother to Jesus.

I want to focus on what happened before I met Austin. Paul said I have given birth to you through prayer. After meditating on many books by different revivalist I realized how powerful travail can be. A week before I met Austin God told me to go to the awakening in Kansas City. I drove off into the sunrise the next morning resolved to encounter Jesus more than I ever have. In the process God sent travail upon me and I agonized for souls in a real way for the first time. Austin Richmond is undoubtedly the fruit of that encounter with Jesus.

On any given day you can expect him to spend hours upon hours in the word and in deep meditation and communion with the Lord. I have spent almost every single day with Austin since his conversion. He has so much hunger and a pure, tender vulnerable heart before both God and man. He is a nations shaker, and he will accomplish great things for our King.


(p.s. Sorry I have never wrote a letter of recommendation before.)

=V

HEY JOSH KENNEDY, What does =V mean?
















1. V is the number 5 in roman numerals...the number 5 in the bible is synonymous with grace and grace is what my life is about.

2. The placement of this 'probable tattoo' is the same place Christ was nailed to the cross...we are in Christ so we suffer as such.

3. Just so happened to be the first letter of my wife's name. meaning victorious

4. the reason it starts with an equal sign and ends up with a 5 "v"....is that everything of my being is on the left and it all comes down to grace [on the right]

5. Jesus said they would know us by our love...I am sufficiently screwed without grace...as is everyone else....so then...how can I expect to be known by love if I have not met, devoured, encountered, been saturated by GRACE.Make sense?

Before I go any farther I have to say how much I admire your creativity. I have =V plastered all over my bible and it is every where, I can hardly find a page on the Bible where GOD'S grace is not displayed.



























This is a tribute to you my friend, and brother in CHRIST. Thank you for opening my eyes to grace.

It is grace that has set me free,
It is grace that has made me see,
It is grace that consumes my soul,
and it it grace that makes me whole.

Apprehended by undeserved unmerited favour, I have no idea how I lived with out it. A victorious life is easy with grace, the only hard part is continuing to ask for it.

It was your grace that nailed me to the cross, and your grace made everything else as loss. JESUS precious JESUS, you alone do I adore, I cry out ABBA more amour.

Victorious, you have overcame, and by your grace I will do the same. Not by anything in and of my self but because you graciously possess your son.

Good DADDY

All of this because I asked for a dollar, were the exact words muttered by Austin as we were getting into my car. A week prior he was homeless, and sleeping in the stalls of a local Safeway. It was rainy and cold, no place for anyone to be. He came into Starbucks and sat down next to me. After a couple of minutes he leaned over and asked for a dollar. I had no idea about his situation, I just thought of it as a divine way for me to share my FATHERS love.

The words of CHRIST, "Whatever you do unto the least of these, you do unto ME." shot like adrenaline into my spirit. I imagined my Saviors face upon Austin's, and with great delight I said, "Bro, I'll by you coffee, what do you want?" He replied "Something with a lot of caffeine." I came back with a Venti 4 shot in the dark with white mocha and cream, a drink that would give most people heart failure.

That is when I got to know him, Austin told me his story and his crazy lifestyle that mirrors those who live in third world countries. He told me why he had a leg brace, and that his shoulder was separated. Overwhelmed by compassion, and distraught by his situation, I looked him dead in the eyes and said "are you hungry? Don't lie to me." Love him as the FATHER loves, where the words being pressed upon my heart.

The rest of the day I felt like it was my divine privilege to lavish every gift upon him, for it is our Father's kindness that leads us to repentance. We made plans to go to church that evening, I picked him up. (He told me later that he thought I was a serial killer. I chuckled and said, "In a way I am, You have encountered the cross and died to yourself.")

The Transformation was crazy. It was so sovereign, so divine, so quick, and so thorough that no one besides Jesus can take credit for it. All I did was obey. Jesus set him free! He healed his leg, his shoulder, his relationships with his family. He was completely and instantly liberated from his drug addiction, and made a sober decision to follow JESUS after we clearly explained the cost. He told me, "I feel lighter, a huge load has been taken off of my shoulders and I can think clearly now." also my personal favorite. "Dude, if GOD is a drug I am probably drunk."

JESUS shattered every preconceived notion of discipleship in my mind. Instead being the guy who says "read this, do that and we will get coffee next week so we can talk about it" I just lived with him. Like JESUS did it. No formula, just hearing and obeying, keeping my eyes upon the FATHER and watching what HE is doing. Let me tell you, there is no greater pleasure than being a marionette for POPS. Relying heavily upon HIS grace to keep and draw me near.

Austin was looking for a job, but it is impossible to make a good impression if you have worn the same clothes for 2 months strait. My brother, was lead to buy him a new wardrobe. We walked into Old Navy and the shopping spree began. An hour, and over a 100 dollars later He left looking and feeling like a different person.

When Austin said, "All of this because I asked for a dollar." I was struck by the goodness of our FATHER. HIS kindness greatly surpasses ours, it is his desire that we would flourish, thrive, and be blessed. I thought, what if I asked GOD for a dollar. haha. It is his burning desire and his nature to give us every good gift, more than we could hope or dare to ask. I am not above HIS charity. If we ask for a loaf of bread will HE give us a scorpion? How much more will he give HIS spirit to those who ask of HIM.

I am at a place right now where nothing else matters, the words of Paul, "having nothing yet possessing everything" have gripped my spirit. Nothing else matters, I am content monetarily, even at near minimum wage. I want nothing else than for HIM to dwell richly inside of me. We have hope, life, grace, peace, joy and love. May YOU awaken my understanding even more, Dwell inside or me, My wealth is in you, and I have more to give than the gates foundation... grace to obey and give your love away :)

love you DADDY

I was hungry and you gave me something to eat,

I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink,

I was a stranger and you invited me in,

I needed clothes and you clothed me,

I was sick and you looked after me,

I was in prison and you came to visit me.'

Bear Fruit and Multiply

Then God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply." Genesis 1

Abide in me, and I will abide in you. The branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in ME. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in ME and I in him, will bear much fruit, apart from ME you can do nothing. John 15

"If you abide in MY word, you are truly MY disciples" John 8

The fruit of the SPIRIT is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, and self control. Those who Belong to JESUS have crucified there flesh with its passions and desires.

*NEWS FLASH* I suck, I can't do anything apart from GOD. If I try I soon find out that I am a withered branch destined to be throne into the fire. Even on my best of days, without GOD I can do nothing.

There is beauty from ashes, and resurection power promised for those who have crucified there thoughts, passions, dreams and desires. It is only then, completly surrendered that CHRIST will take HIS rightful position upon the throne of our heart. HE is KING OF KINGS and LORD OF LORDS, he will not share his rightful dominion. Joel says tear your hearts, Hosea says break up your follow ground. Jesus said good soil of the heart will produce abundant fruit.

If you want to be used of, and by God, HE will only you to the degree you are willing to pick up your cross and follow HIM. His eyes go about the earth looking for those fully commited to HIM, full hearted abbandoned. The good news is HIS Grace. If it is your desire and you believe, HE will take you by your hand, and lead you to calvery. Don't kick, don't scream, it will be painful, but he was like a lamb lead to the slaughter. When we die, the promise of HIS life possessing our innerbeings is being made manifest.

SO may you die the most horrendous and violent death, but be resurected to life and power. May the nature of JESUS CHRIST be cultivated in you. May GOD grip your heart and revive your first love. May we all fall so in love with JESES we weep and fall prostrate at the mention of his name. If we allow GOD to grip us, we will Bear much Fruit, Then and only then shall we multiply.

Revival is not an option, with fear and trembling I beseech THEE, revive my heart... Florishing like the garden of Eden.

For the LORD will comfort Zion,

He will comfort all her waste places;

He will make her wilderness like Eden,

And her desert like the garden of the LORD;

Joy and gladness will be found in it,

Thanksgiving and the voice of melody.

WHO ARE YOU???

One of my dearest friends, whom I shall leave annonimous, recently shared something with me. One Night Alot of people where being encountered by the Lord. A lady began to prophisy over him, She said that he had a pure heart, and then she started to fall backwards by the power of God that was SO strong in my Friend. She said Who are YOU???

WHO ARE YOU? Ephesians says may god give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation, in the knowledge of him, may the eyes of your heart be enlightened, so you may know the HOPE of your calling and the Glorious enhertance in him.

Let me tell you who I am. I am SON OF THE LIVING GOD, THE DWELLING PLACE FOR THE MIGHTY ONE OF JACOB, I AM THE BELOVED, THE REDEEMED, THE APPLE OF HIS EYE. HIGHLY FAVOURED. I AM HIS BONDSERVANT, AND HE IS MADLY IN LOVE WITH ME...

And HE is mine, I have searched and I HAVE found my beloved, may I never let you go. BE GRACIOUS AND MERCIFUL, draw me near to you. May YOUR GRACE NEVER LET ME GO. I AM YOURS. DO WITH ME AS YOU PLEASE...

EZEKIEL wrote, HEAR THE WORD OF THE LORD... I WILL SET YOU ON FIRE.

It has Been Said that A VIOLENT DEATH will birth a Royal Priesthood. Beloved, I have Violently Died, Sick of the comprimise, status quo and entitlements to a normal life. May Grace be upon all those who read this. HE Beckons us to the cross out of Kindness, Because what he has is so much better than anything I could ever obtain. Jesus did not even have to hesitate when he turned down all of the kingdoms in the world. He had the love of the Father, One who finds love will utterly dispise everything that get's in its way.

MAY YOU HAVE EXPERIENTIAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE LOVE OF GOD DUMPED ALL OVER YOU. MAY IT PERMIATE YOUR INNER MAN, AND AWAKEN YOU.

MAY YOU UNDERSTAND HIS GLORIOUS INHERITENCE, ACORDING TO THE WORKING OF HIS GLORIOUS MIGHT. MAY YOU BE APPREHENDED BY THE SPIRIT OF THE LIVING GOD, BE BROUGHT INTO THE BURNING FLAMES OF HIS HEART, PURGED, PURIFIED, and CONSUMED. MAY THE LOVE OF CHRIST CONTROLL YOU...

ABOVE ALL MAY OUR LORD JESUS TAKE YOU BY YOUR HAND AND LEAD YOU TO THE CROSS, MAY YOU DIE VIOLENTLY AND BE RESURECTED TO TRUE LIFE WITH ALL OF THE POWER OF HEAVEN FLOWING THROUGH YOU...

may grace be upon you to abide in the vine, drink freely of his wine, Comune and bear much fruit. May he beguin to birth his nature, his character and his life in you.

BEAR FRUIT AND MULTIPLY 236

Is it really a comfort

I was reading Revival Prayer by Leonard Ravenhill. He ask the reader a simple question, Is it any comfort to know that your most recent convert will become exactly like you?

First, I haven't lead any one to Christ in the longest time,

Second, NO! I would even go as far as saying hell no.

I do not have it all together, I do not want people to be like me, I have alot of problems, that need to be fine tuned and wrinkled out. I know that I am being transformed into the image of Christ's likeness. I know that it is a process, I know that it takes time.

This begs me to dig inwardly and ask provoking questions, Am i 100% surrendered? Have I completely submitted to the cross? Have I picked up my cross, and crucified my flesh desires and emotions to it?

I am sick of lying to myself, and I am sick of lying to God. The answer I came up with is NO.

I am deceived, I am deceiving others, I don't have it all together, I am rebellious, stubborn and obstinate in heart. My flesh wages war against my spirit and I do not stand victorious. 99% crucified = pain, agony, suffering with no power!

99% is not dead.

Jesus said that a little bit of leaven will ruin the entire loaf. My 1% is ruining me. I say this to vent, I don't expect any one to agree with me, and I am tired of getting a pat on the back and church folk saying it's cool man, I god loves you bro.

I have tarried to long, and travailed to much to not go without a taste of heaven, and I know that I need more. I know that I have not obtained it. It would be nice, if instead of the pat on the back, other people would begin to grasp on to this reality that there is so much more promise yet to be attained.

If we already have obtained all that heaven has to offer we are screwed, the nations are screwed, our generation is screwed. I know he wants his bride to be spotless, pure undefiled without blemish. I compromise every day, and I broadcast to the world wide web that I am NO ONE!

I feel like if you were to be like me you would become twice the son of hell, where are the people who want to die with me? where are the people who are sick of 99.999999% I am not satisfied. I know God is capable of so much more. But god has said sternly, in a loving manner, you die first. You pick up your Cross! Crucify yourself, A life for Life. Real life, true life, unplugged from the matrix with all of the power of heaven flowing though you.

There is only one way. x

Dark Night

On a darkened night,
Anxious, by love inflamed,
-- O happy chance! --
Unnoticed, I took flight,
My house at last at peace and quiet.

Safe, disguised by the night,
By the secret ladder I took flight,
-- O happy chance! --
Cloaked by darkness, I scaled the height,
My house at last at peace and quiet.

On that blessed night,
In secret, and seen by none,
None in sight,
I saw with no other guide or light,
But the one burning in my heart bright.

This guide, this light,
Brighter than the midday sun,
Led me to the waiting One
I knew so well -- my delight!
To a place with none in sight.

O night! O guide!
O night more loving than the dawn!
O night that joined
The lover with the Beloved;
Transformed, the lover into the Beloved drawn!

Upon my flowered breast,
For him alone kept fair,
There he slept
There I caressed,
There the cedars gave us air.

I drank the turret's cool air
Spreading playfully his hair.
And his hand, so serene,
Cut my throat. Drained
Of senses, I dropped unaware.

Lost to myself and yet remaining,
Inclined so only the Beloved I spy.
All has ceased, all rests,
Even my cares, even I;
Lost among the lilies, there I die.

...John Of the Cross...

invitation for visitation

the kingdom of heaven has been forcefully advancing, and forceful men lay hold of it.

the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and violent men take it by force.

the kingdom of heaven has endured violent assault, and violent men seize it by force [as a precious prize, share in the heavenly kingdom is sought with most ardent zeal and intense exertion].

o MY beloved, that you would turn to ME. come with fasting weeping and morning, tear not your clothes, rend your heart instead. Joel 2

call out to ME, and I will show you things, great and mysterious things. jeremiah 33

Be amazed and die!! acts 13:41

o that you would be one longing to be amazed, desperate for encounter, counting everything else as lost except knowing ME.

who really wants to die with ME? who really is resurected in MY power, entrusted with power among high?

There is an open invitation for visitation, but will you violently lay hold of me?

VIOLENCE

ISAIAH 42

THE LORD GOES GOES OUT LIKE A MIGHTY MAN.

LIKE A MAN OF WAR HE STIRS UP HIS ZEAL.

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THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN FORCEFULLY ADVANCES AND THE VIOLENT TAKE IT BY FORCE.

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BELOVED, I BELIEVE THERE IS A CALL GOING OUT FOR A VIOLENT TURNING AWAY. RUNNING, NAY SPRINTING WITH FULL HEARTED ABANDONED INTO THE ARMS OF HE WHO LONGS FOR YOU.

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LET US THEN CAST OF EVERY HINDRANCE AND EVERYTHING THAT SO EASILY ENTANGLES US. LET US SET OUR EYES UPON ETERNITY, NO LONGER BLINDED BY THIS TEMPORAL VEIL. I WILL SEE THE UNSEEN.

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FOR I COUNT IT ALL LOST EXCEPT KNOWING YOU

ENCOUNTER

THE ONLY THING WORTH BEING SAID.

COMES OUT OF DIVINE FIRSTHAND REVELATION.

THE PLACE OF INTIMACY.

WAITING, EXPECTANTLY.

IF I WILL BE JUDGED FOR EVERY WORD I SPEAK.

MAY YOUR WORD FLOOD MY HEART.

OUT OF THE ABUNDANCE OF THE HEART THE MOUTH SPEAKS.

I ASK FOR ABUNDANCE.

I WANT TO SIT AT YOUR TABLE AND FEAST UPON THE DEEP.

SCROLLS TASTING LIKE HONEY.

I WANT TO TASTE AND SEE HOW GOOD YOU ARE.

ENCOUNTER ME.

Upon my heart

Passivity is a form of Rebellion

Rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft

Stubbornness is as Iniquity and Idolatry

REFUSING TO DRAW NEAR
TO THE BRIDEGROOM WOOING HIS BRIDE.

REJECTING ETERNAL INTIMACY
FOR A MIRAGE AND A RAT RACE

STUCK IN THE MATRIX
THE PATTERN OF SIN.

FOR I AM A MONSTER OF INIQUITY
AND YOU ARE MY ONLY HOPE.

I BESEECH THEE FOR THY BLOOD
COVER ME.

AS I DIE TO MYSELF
YOUR LIFE SHALL RUN RAMPANT.

RESURRECTION POWER,
SEATED UPON MY HEART.

KNOWLEDGE OF THE HOLY

God's attributes are not isolated traits of his character,

but facets of His unitary being.

They are not things in-themselves,

they are rather thoughts we think of GOD

Aspects of a Perfect Whole.

Names given to whatever we know to be true of the Godhead.

I think it may be demonstrated that almost every Heresy that has afflicted the church through the years has arisen from believing about God things that are not true. OR overemphasizing certain true things so as to obscure other things equally true. To Magnify any attribute to the exclusion of another is to head strait for one of the dismal swamps of theology; and Yet we are all constantly tempted to do just that.

For instance, The Bible teaches that God is love; some have interpreted this is such a way as virtually to deny that he is just, which the Bible also teaches. Others press the Biblical doctrine of God's goodness so far that is is made to contradict His holiness. Or they make His compassion cancel out his truth. Still others understand the sovereignty of God in a way that destroys or at least greatly diminishes His goodness and love.

We can only hold a correct view of truth only by daring

to believe everything God has said about Himself.

A.W. TOZER