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Distribution of Wealth

Sunday, December 29th, 2013

By the numbers:

 

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Who is hurt the most by inflation?

I guess President Lyndon B. Johnson’s war on poverty was another loss on the list of defeats for America.

Be Still

Saturday, December 28th, 2013

There is a time to act, and a time to be still.  I suggest that action should only come forth after being still.

Psalm 46:10  

Be still, and know that I am God;

​​I will be exalted among the nations,

​​I will be exalted in the earth!

Being still implies that you are submitting to Our Heavenly Father’s words during your time of prayer.  This is the time of communion.  You must quiet your soul and “Be still”.  You must remove all the distraction that prevents your focus from being directed to HIM.  This is what a prayer closet is all about- removal of distractions.  The world has plenty of distractions to keep you focused on about anything else but HIM.  Your ego will accommodate any distraction that will empower it to continue its control over you on a daily basis.

This Scripture tells us specifically that HE is with us.  The time frame is now.  It does not use the words “was” or “will be”, but uses the present tense.  If you want to hear HIM daily, I suggest spending time with HIM daily.  I find the beginning of the day to be ideal, before the world has had an opportunity to obtain my focus.  If you ask HIM to wake you up early for this time, be assured… HE WILL.  For some, it may be the end of the day.

How will HE be exalted among the nations and in the earth?  I believe HIS Remnant is being prepared for that task.  We are to be HIS expressions on earth just as Jesus was HIS earthly  expression 2,000 years ago.  We have been prophesying this Scripture by way of the Lord’s Prayer ever since Jesus gave us the directive.  Our Heavenly Father has given the inhabitants of the earth ample opportunity to respond.  His Righteousness dictated the timing and adequate opportunity to respond.

When we are still, we are acknowledging “the fear of THE LORD”.  We are giving HIM reverence and exalting HIM above ourselves by submitting to HIS wisdom and counsel.  What greater respect than to listen and respond with action accordingly!  As we quiet our souls, we set our ears to hear.  HE then responds by giving us wisdom, understanding, and knowledge.  As we apply ourselves, our skill develops.  We become mature sons.

Another aspect of this command, is that our own personal challenges and roadblocks are dealt with by HIM.  HE provides us the way to resolution of the issues that plague us.  HE is the One who opens the doors to the solutions needed to meet our needs.  As we honor HIM and reverence HIM, we establish the father/child relationship whereby we give HIM authority in our lives to intervene.  Love demands this choice to be available: to do things on our own, or to have Our Heavenly Father intervene.  I prefer HIS intervention.  The parable of the prodigal son brings this reality into focus.

Luke 15:11 Then He said: “A certain man had two sons. 12 And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the portion of goods that falls to me.’ So he divided to them his livelihood. 13 And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, journeyed to a far country, and there wasted his possessions with prodigal living.

What is prodigal living?  It is: lacking moral restraint; indulging in sensual pleasures or vices, recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources.

Gee, that is describing the path of the U.S. who uses 20% of the world’s energy with just 5% of the population.  In the Beatitudes, Jesus said that those who live in moderation were blessed.  The prodigal son had to experience the “endgame” to finally come to his senses.  I suspect that is going to happen in the U.S. as well.  Back to the point of the parable:

Our Heavenly Father gave the son what he asked for.  This is a reference to Ezekiel 14:3-4:

3   “Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts, and put before them that which causes them to stumble into iniquity. Should I let Myself be inquired of at all by them?

4   “Therefore speak to them, and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Everyone of the house of Israel who sets up his idols in his heart, and puts before him what causes him to stumble into iniquity, and then comes to the prophet, I the LORD will answer him who comes, according to the multitude of his idols,”

This is critically important.  If you have any idols in your heart, you are subject to this same result.  What is an idol?  It is anything you desire that moves your focus away from your relationship with Our Heavenly Father.  An idol starts with “desire” which quickly moves to “demand”.  It then moves to “sacrifice” and finally results in “death and destruction”.  An idol will rule our heart if given the opportunity.  This is why it is so important to “Be still” and listen to Our Heavenly Father for HE will minister life to you and point out idols that need removal.  Notice that in Ezekiel 14:4, we are told that there were a multitude of idols.  The prodigal son had to come to the end of himself.  When that happened, he turned back toward the Father.  When we finally realize what we do on our own isn’t working, we will do the same, hopefully.  When it does finally happen, be prepared to have a serious, corrective interview with HIM.  It will be house-cleaning time.  As these idols are removed, your heart is cleansed and becomes purified.  As this occurs, you are able to hear HIS Voice better and respond in a more sensitive fashion thus you become a mature son or daughter.  Consider this, it all starts with “Being still”.

The Transition of the Soul

Friday, December 27th, 2013

Jacob had a calling on his life but he had to overcome a notable character flaw, he was a manipulator.  Jacob’s name means “supplanter” which is a usurper: one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another.  Simply, he was a manipulator.  If you stop and think about it, Jacob’s name describes the soul before its redemption.  Jacob’s life was one of self-preservation.  He had a major calling on his life but believed Our Heavenly Father was not powerful enough to bring it to pass so Jacob needed to manipulate others to achieve his calling… a definite character flaw.

Jacob met his match when he sought to marry Rachel (Genesis 29).  Laban beat Jacob at his own game of manipulation thus it took 21 years for Jacob to finally be rid of Laban’s manipulation, but not until Laban had substantially gained much from Jacob in terms of labor.  Jacob received what he planted- manipulation.

It wasn’t until Jacob wrestled with GOD (‘elohiym) that his soul was redeemed from the self-preservation flaw.  He had to come face to face with ‘elohiym before he would change.  This expression of GOD was the angel Peniel which means Face of GOD.  This was just prior to him meeting up with his brother Esau, the recipient of Jacob’s manipulative efforts.   Jacob had feared that Esau would kill him because of his deception toward their father when he was pronouncing Esau’s blessing mistakenly on Jacob.  In the end, Esau forgave Jacob and spared his life, their relationship was restored.  Jacob was redeemed from his character flaw and thus Our Heavenly Father changed his name to Israel- the Prince of GOD.

Once we finally come face to face with Our Heavenly Father, our soul has come to the realization of its divine nature.  Are we not made in HIS image and likeness?  Does not the mature son reflect the attributes of his Father?  Isn’t it Our Heavenly Father’s plan for us to be HIS expression on earth? 

Romans 12:2  And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

The question each of us must resolve is this:  Is the fullness of the power of The Holy Spirit resident within us just as it was in Jesus as He walked the earth for the 3 1/2 years of His ministry (prior to Pentecost)?  If we truly believe this to be the case, then the second question that demands an answer is this:  What is preventing us from accessing this power and authority?  It is clear to me that something must change in me.

Psalm 49:15 

But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave,
For He shall receive me. Selah

I am determined to be transformed by the renewing of my mind, not only to comprehend and prove what is good and acceptable, but what is the perfect will of GOD.  As I walk out Love (the bond of perfection) as HIS expression towards mankind, I replace the acts of self-preservation with acts where I lay down my life for all of mankind.  As I sow acts of Love toward men, I will reap acts of Love.  Jacob sowed acts of manipulation and in turn was manipulated by men.  He did get what he deserved.  This is why Jesus said that we should forgive that we be forgiven:

Matthew 6:15 But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

This is an expression of the “Law of Victim’s rights”.  Our Heavenly Father is bound by HIS righteousness to carry out the Law of Victim’s rights.  The scales of equal weights and measures demands that there be a restitution for our lawless behavior toward our fellow man.  When we pay restitution or are forgiven our debt, we have in essence rebalanced the scales.  When we forgive others of their debts to us, we remove a judgment against them.  They are no longer required to pay for their misdeed.  “Forgive us as we forgive” removes the need for much righteous judgment from the docket.  As Love prevails, forgiveness will spread among the people.  The result will be peace.  As peace breaks out among the people, wars will cease.  Instead of seeking how to extract resources of others, mankind will be able to tap into the abundance of Heaven where there is no limit to the resources available to sustain life.  A transition is coming!

Economic Summary of 2013

Thursday, December 26th, 2013

Over the last few years, we have endeavored to bring forth Scriptural Truth in application of our everyday lives.  One of those truths is “Greed is the root of all evil”.  King James uses the term “love of money”.  Our Heavenly Father very specifically directed my to my first professional job: The largest bank in our state.  My particular job allowed me to study virtually every department in the bank and fully understand how a bank operated.  This was preceded by getting a college degree in Economics.  Neither of these paths were part of my plan.  I was going to be a Navy pilot for six years, then an airline pilot until retirement.  In the fall of 1971 at the Open Door (Christian gathering place aka coffee house), my plan was discarded by HIM and HE the directed my path ever since.  Twelve months later, I was working at the bank. Four years later, I was teaching Money & Banking at a local college at night to earn extra money while still working at the bank.  This video explains how money & banking work under a central bank scenario.  This scenario isn’t exclusive to the Federal Reserve, but provides clarity to how all central banks operate under a fiat currency system.  This writing is not focused on any political party or nation.  The central banks around the world are all using some form of fractional banking to manage their economies.  At some point, there will be a collapse similar to all of the previous historical attempts to use fiat currency.

  Note: we do not endorse any particular source of precious metals acquisition.  You must do your own research if you are led to purchase bullion as a result of this video.  The $220 Trillion in U.S. Liabilities I mentioned in a previous writing emphasizes the need to be vigilant in these times.

This may be the most important economics blog I have written.  This video summarizes how the entire system works for all to understand.  The video will surely promote understanding about the intent of bailouts, bail-in’s, and Quantitative Easing.  Who are the beneficiaries?

Sir Joshua Stamp, former Director of the Bank of England: 

"Banking was conceived in iniquity and was born in sin. The bankers own the earth. Take it away from them, but leave them the power to create money, and with the flick of the pen they will create enough deposits to buy it back again. However, take away from them the power to create money and all the great fortunes like mine will disappear and they ought to disappear, for this would be a happier and better world to live in. But, if you wish to remain the slaves of bankers and pay the cost of your own slavery, let them continue to create money." (Said to be from an informal talk at the University of Texas in the 1920s, but as yet unverified.)[12]

 

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Raising Our Consciousness

Wednesday, December 25th, 2013

The purpose of prayer is to raise our consciousness toward Our Heavenly  Father’s ways.  HE tells us HIS ways are not our ways and thus when we pray, we seek to raise our understanding and knowledge to HIS ways.  Prayer or communion with Our Heavenly Father provides us a path to access a power and authority that supersedes the lower laws we have been subjected to all of our life.  Jesus spent much time in prayer.  He understood the need to access this higher plane of reality.  This decision to pray clearly supports the fact that He had a free will to choose to pray.  Otherwise, if everything was predetermined and His actions could not be altered, He would have had no need or desire to pray and commune with Our Heavenly Father.  You also have a choice to pray or not.  I choose to pray and commune with Our Heavenly Father continually.

This raising that occurs could be compared to “leaven”.  As our consciousness is raised to a higher level, we are able to access and walk in higher Spiritual laws that were unknown to us prior to our realization that they could possibly exist.  Our Heavenly Father has used prophets to make the people aware of the potential for greater processes and events to occur.

We must have and exercise faith that a higher law exists in the first place.  Faith comes by hearing THE WORD.  When Our Heavenly Father speaks, there is sufficient power to cause HIS Words to come to pass.  As we hear and believe HIS Words, our faith grows and manifestation occurs.  Jesus noted that there were men of no faith, little faith, and great faith.

Mark 4:40   And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?

Mark 8:26   And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.

Mark 8:10   When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.

The more you know a person who is reliable, the more faith you have in his word.  This is true in our relationship with Our Heavenly Father.  As you focus on Love, the primary characteristic of Our Heavenly Father, you begin to know HIM fully and completely.  Your faith IN HIM grows.  Your trust IN HIM increases to the point that it fully encompasses your heart.

We must reaffirm our relationship with Our Heavenly Father continually in our thoughts.  The old man would try to convince us otherwise.  The more time we spend with someone, the better we know them as life confronts our relationship.  We know how they respond to new circumstances.  We experience life together.

In Psalm 46:1   God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Notice the word “is”.  HE is with us always.  HIS Spirit is with us as well.  HE is not on some distant throne dispatching angels in the nick of time.  We are in HIS Presence whether we acknowledge it or not.  When HE asked Adam “Where are you”, do you think Our Heavenly Father didn’t know the location of Adam?  The question was posed for Adam’s sake.

Our Heavenly Father is our strength.  HIS anointing is available to us.  HIS power and authority is reserved for those mature sons who have taken on HIS character of Love.  Maturity comes with a consistent focus and desire to be in the Presence of Our Heavenly Father.  You want to “hang out” together.  HIS strength is sufficient for all of your encounters in life.  The Creator is greater than the creation, by design.

HE acts through us by changing our consciousness.  We have power available to us and resident in us.  We will never access that power until our consciousness is raised to enable us to obtain the key.  Do you have faith in the words of Jesus when He said that we would do “greater things”?  As our consciousness expands, the whole lump will be leavened:

Matthew 13:33  Another parable He spoke to them: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till it was all leavened.”

How much faith do you need to start with?  Jesus spoke:

Matthew 17:20   So Jesus said to them, “Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.

Matthew 13:31 Another parable He put forth to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field, 32 which indeed is the least of all the seeds; but when it is grown it is greater than the herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”

The mustard seed had all the necessary attributes of the mature tree, it only needed to mature.  As it increased in stature, it became a place of refuge.

The Pentecostal Age is meant to be used for our development in preparation to occupy the Promised Land.  It is a time of preparation, not a time of passive waiting for some cosmic event to occur that would immediately impart some super-human attribute into our bodies in a moment.  Yes, there may be a tipping point when a notable event occurs.  However, a tree does not spring up overnight from nothing.  First, a seed must be planted and it must mature over a period of time.  A mature tree will then spring forth with fruit to be fed to the nations.  The tree is planted by the living waters and provides healing to the nations but it was not created in an instant.  Our Heavenly Father established the law of seedtime and harvest and will surely bring forth the Sons in like manner.

Are you known for great faith, little faith, or no faith?  When the trials and tests arrive, how do you respond?  By spending time with Our Heavenly Father on a daily basis, we will mature in an unhindered fashion.  We will overcome the trials and tribulation that come our way.  Our faith IN HIM will be sufficient for each day.  And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. (Romans 8:28)

The Economic Day of Reckoning is coming

Tuesday, December 24th, 2013

Will it be 2014, 2015, or 2016?  I don’t believe it can be delayed beyond 2016.  At most,that is just 36 months away.  The actual U.S. Liability level stands at $220 Trillion and is growing.  It IS the elephant in the room that nobody is talking about.  In the meantime, gold, silver, and related stocks are relatively cheap… especially the stocks.  For those with cash on hand, they may be able to pickup some real bargains now.  Gold is hated by the mainstream media.  When you look back at past financial media orientations, they tend to be an indicator of when to focus on the next stock category to appreciate in value.  Oil stocks were hated when Chevron was selling for $55 per share.  Today it is at $122.84.  Now it is loved by all.

Various governments around the globe are changing the banking laws to use the “bail-in” strategy.  This means that depositors will take on risk of bank failure instead of the governments.  This would lead us to believe that those looking behind the curtain, expect major failures soon.  The only question is “when”.

The price of gold was reset in the past in terms of the U.S. Dollar:

In 1934, Roosevelt reset the price of gold from $20.67 per ounce to $35.

In 1971, the price was reset from $35 to $38.

In 1973 the price was again reset from $38 dollars $42.22.

Right now, the price is just under $1,200.  I expect to see another overnight revaluation and expect it to be epic in proportion to these past resets.  How else can you deal with the $220 Trillion in liabilities that are demanding a reconciliation?

Will Congress tax the windfall profits of those preparing for the reset?  Most likely.  With all the suffering expected due to the epic decline of the Dollar, they will want to show those in pain that they will go after those who profited from the pain.  It seems a little perverse to be the one who caused the problem, then point at someone else who figured out how to protect himself from the problem and the guilty.  Oh well, the innocent will once again suffer the consequences for the guilty.  Thankfully, Our Heavenly Father’s scales of equal weights and measure will insure a proper accounting in the end.

No matter what year the great reset occurs, it will be a wild ride.  “Cowboy up” as they say at the rodeo.

Targeting Target

Tuesday, December 24th, 2013

Having been in banking, finance, and information technology (IT) for nearly 42 years, I am not surprised by the hacking of 40 million debit/credit holders in the Target story.  I was on the team that installed the first ATM in Oklahoma back in the 1970’s.  I was able to “hack” the code back then during a test and drain all the cash out of the machine.  I alerted NCR about the weakness in their software and they fixed it.

Your digital financial security is only as good as the weakest link in the information flow and hackers spend all their time looking for that weak link.  Chase Bank has taken protective action to limit affected cardholders to $100 cash withdrawals and $300 in charges until they “fix” the problem.  Oops!  I can’t get my money out of my account.  Well, it is “sort of” your money, but not really.  You are actually an unsecured creditor of the bank.  When you deposit your money, it becomes their money and a liability to pay you at some future point in time.  They now owe you money, not holding your cash as most believe.  Their contract with you, the fine print on the signature card you signed, spells all of this out.  It is in their favor, of course.  You will notice that they did not recommend you have a contract attorney review it.  In their contract, they specify that they do not have to pay you on demand but have a certain amount of time to respond.  This assumes that they are still in business.  Are you catching on to the way this system works now?

Recently, my wife and I went to the shopping mall to purchase some items.  We presented a young store clerk with a check.  She was rather new and did not know how to process a check.  The supervisor commented, “We just don’t get checks anymore.”  She helped her take down our information and complete the transaction.  Yes, it’s a hassle, but our checking account has not been “hacked”.  Further, my check acts as a contract and the bank is obligated to verify my signature.  Else, they suffer the loss.

Banks no longer want checks, it costs them money to process these pieces of paper.  They prefer to process digital signals and distribute the work to the merchants… and the liability, if possible.

I will not use my debit card to purchase anything for the very reason stated above.  I know how unsecure the overall system is.  As a matter of fact, I do not utilize internet banking.  Why?  A hacker can place a “keyboard ghosting” script on your PC and obtain your user-id and password, then send it to himself.  You will none the wiser.  I prefer to have a firewall between our bank account and the hackers.  It is called a paper check.  It is a written contract.  It is not worth the time or effort to try to illegally access our account.  Yes, we are a “pain” to merchants and those in line behind us but I don’t let peer pressure cause me to compromise what I know is a legitimate exposure to financial ugliness.  Currently, the financial institutions and merchants are liable for fraud, but for how much longer?  They would love to find some loophole to remove their exposure and shift it to the consumer.  It is obvious, they are not their brother’s keeper.  It’s every man for himself out there in the digital jungle.   0100 1000   0110 0101   0110 1100   0111 0000   (Binary or digital representation for “Help”)

Yes, I may write the last check in the U.S. before they take my pen away.

The 2nd Door

Tuesday, December 24th, 2013

John the Baptist foreshadowed Father’s FIRST WORK through Jesus the MAN, under the "Elijah anointing" to prepare the way which served to "open the door" into the Holy Place (Soul) for the Comforter to perform the SECOND WORK.

Jesus foreshadowed Father’s GREATER WORK through the CHRIST, under the "GODHEAD anointing" consisting of Father, His firstfruit Sons and His HOLY SPIRIT which served to OPEN the DOOR into the Most Holy Place for Father to fill the earth (Body) with His GLORY.

The SECOND WORK "binds up the brokenhearted" by repairing the breach.  As the COMFORTER removes the veil, we become "aware" of this breach and mourn, longing to "bind up" the broken 3-cord strand of –Father, Bridegroom and Bride– and work with the SPIRIT to restore Our Father’s House that fell when it was "divided against itself". The SECOND WORK "opens the door" for His Glory to FILL our earth, first the corn (Spirit), then the ear (Spirit and Soul), then the FULL corn in the ear (Spirit, Soul and Body). As He brings many Sons to  GLORY by His SECOND WORK, this Unity brings the GREATER WORKS WE SHALL DO of opening every door and setting every captive free until ALL the earth is FILLED with the Glory of Our Father.

As for "signs", a wise man "discerns" their spiritual meaning, viewing them as a "parable" or a lower example of a HIGHER TRUTH. This "exercises our senses" as we progress in levels of maturity from children to fathers. There remains varying levels of maturity among His many members until His "measure" rises in each of us and leavens the whole lump. Mature sons move from being distracted by the signs to discerning the spiritual TRUTH behind them, thus moving from man’s lower ground to Our Father’s higher ground. If our attention gets diverted and we veer off the path, LOVE NEVER FAILS. TRUTH loves His lost sheep and sends the Spirit of Truth to seek them out. Those who love TRUTH will return because they KNOW His voice.

Just SHARIng!

Enslaved by False Beliefs

Monday, December 23rd, 2013

Fear enslaves you.  The threat of eternal damnation kept the masses in check for centuries.  The fear of dying is the source of self-preservation and our ego works overtime to insure we will remain enslaved to that fear.  How many time are we told to “fear not” in Scripture?  As we seek the Kingdom, fear will depart for Jesus said: “Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom”.

2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

All Scripture was given by Divine Intent, and at the source of Divine Intent is Love.  Love desires you to be complete and equipped for every good work.  Love will shatter false beliefs if you will only dwell in Love.  The presence of Our Heavenly Father is available to each and every one of us, all of the time.  We need not rely on others for our entire belief system.  We are to mature to the point of being thoroughly equipped for our calling.  Our Heavenly Father’s words will move us toward maturity in a robust fashion once we decide to know HIM intimately.  This is done in the quiet time in your closet.  You must set aside time for HIM.  You cannot exert will power to bring forth a relationship with HIM.  Instead, it is done by submitting yourself, quieting your mind and thoughts, focusing on HIS Presence.  Do you truly believe HE is omnipresent?  If so, start living your life accordingly.  Listen for HIS Voice while in your quiet time. Dwell on HIS Words in Scripture.  Be ready to receive correction in order that your false beliefs may be removed.

The ego promotes scarcity, yet astronomers tell us that the universe is in a continuous expansion mode.  New stars, planets, and galaxies are being created as you read these words.  The mind, when given a plausible explanation, will believe about anything.  Those who suppress the truth and promote false beliefs will suffer accordingly:

Romans 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness

Men want to preserve “self” by suppressing the truth.  Our Heavenly Father will give you what you desire.  If you want to perpetuate a false belief, you will be given signs to confirm those beliefs.  The ego will work overtime to conjure up double witnesses to false beliefs.  At the end of the day, you will be fruitless and life will have been sucked out of you.

Ezekiel 14:4  “Therefore speak to them, and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Everyone of the house of Israel who sets up his idols in his heart, and puts before him what causes him to stumble into iniquity, and then comes to the prophet, I the LORD will answer him who comes, according to the multitude of his idols,

What an important word!  You reap what you sow.  Have you set up idols in your heart?  Are there status symbols you want to relate to?  There is a subtlety associated with idols.  The ego will slide in a thought for you to ponder.  As you entertain that thought, it gains traction in your life.  Before long, you act on an empty promise to be fulfilled.  You produce no fruit.

Romans 1:21   Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

When we fail to glorify Our Heavenly Father in our lives, we become slaves to our old man.  The mind is the battlefield.  As we seek HIS Presence, the old man’s thought processes cease and Our Heavenly Father’s words replace death with life.  We become set free of the weights that had held us back.  False beliefs have no traction among those who seek HIS Face daily.  Wisdom from Above corrects our thinking and reveals those thoughts that don’t conform to reality.  What better way to identify reality than to ask the One who created reality.  Let HIM remove those chains brought on by false beliefs.  Let HIM set you free.  As you seek HIS Presence on a daily basis, you open the door to new opportunities.  You allow the resources needed to fulfill your calling to be released.  You are no longer enslaved.  Instead, you take every thought captive.  That is when those chains of slavery are broken.

2 Corinthians 10:5  Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.

Today’s Online Bible Study Broadcast: Raising the Remnant

Sunday, December 22nd, 2013

Yes, we will have our Sunday afternoon Bible Study at 3PM CST.

To participate live or watch this Bible study as a recording afterwards, go to http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-baptism-of-love  The chat room will be open again today for your comments.