When no one stands to cheer
& you scream but none seems to hear
Keep going, heaven has your rear...
When ministry brings pains and fears
& your pillow is drenched with tears
Just hold on for Christ soon appears
***
When all the efforts seem weak and stunted
When the critics get you depressed
The Christ in you will keep you still...
When the losses are finally counted
When the scars are addressed
The glory will be revealed..
***
Soldier, gear up! The battle has begun
Darkness storms & time is far gone
Load up the words, Christ is your gun...
When all is said and done
& you have almost fulfilled your purpose as son
Leap on high with your victory song
***
Trust in God & in the power of his might
Search for him in his word, the light
Depend not on your eyes, for we walk not by sight...
Be not tossed, stand on your right
In despair keep fighting the good fight
& press on till you become like Christ
***
In the end, great men walk alone
Yes! Alone with the host of heaven...
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
NOTHING PASS GOD
It’s quite a tragedy what the first Adam did, but that shouldn’t be an excuse for the life some Christians lead; because Christians are products of the second Adam’s (Christ) deeds, the results of redemption and not the redeemed...
In a bid to remain logical, some Christians feed their mind with carnal junk & weed, issues that the media proclaims as topical; therefore, from the temperate climes to the tropical, some Christians now bear seeds of negativities that soon germinate to rhetorical reeds of pain, fear, rejection, lack, poverty, sicknesses, tear beads and greed that shouldn’t be...
Humanity has become so conscious of “maybes”, that certainty has become a painful comedy & faith’s potency as proclaimed by true Christianity is sledge-hammered by the logical incongruity of cynics and the realists’ community...what a pity! Thus, most Christians of our days disbelief miracles, preach the mundane, proclaim with disdain the falsehood of the true believers who, through years of denials & pains, have been able to attain divine spectacles...what a debacle!
They are quick to believe a surgeon who promises a successful sojourn into their body for a heart transplant so they could forge-on amidst life’s bludgeons rather than trudge-on in faith and be healed through the Holy Ghost with which they wear sealed! They would rather believe on their pocket rate for a luncheon than lunch on the verse that says, “...Forget about what meat to eat tomorrow, for if I can take care of the sparrows, then I can take care of your swallows”... do you follow?
They tell you “I need a contact” in some office to get a contract forgetting to stay on track with the verse that says “trust in me with all your heart, forget your thinking hat and rely on my understanding, acknowledge me in your wanderings & I will guide you out of the meanderings”... Yet they reply, “I trust in His word” but rely on another man’s gourd for wine to pour forth so they can grub, forgetting that this takes away their sense of worth... these folks are getting heaven wroth!
Mark IX v XXIII makes me fly because it reminds me of the reel of mind that the Christian is supposed to play, rewind and play again till no doubt remains in his veins... When rephrased it says, “...Possibilities are certainties in the life of Christians who believe in possibilities”, in other words “as a man’s heart thinketh, so his life sinketh...” ask the few Christians who wear diamond trinkets... They will tell you they dreamt of pink-jets before they could even afford singlets...
Yet some Christians prefer to be referred to as the lowly & “austere” ... a title that is not found anywhere in the Bible... please let me make this clear, Christians are not called to suffer despair, we are the ones the world is supposed to cheer, not the reverse... The world’s standards are not supposed to be the lanyards with which Christians fire their canons of desires, but some have retired to a life of misery in the name of destiny – “what will be will be” they say, yet they pray... I am dismayed!
Just like Peter their schema are hindered by the fetters of science... that schemer that tries to define life by “meters” – a word that has no grain of physical attributes, not even litters. Imagine science trying to measure the pacific in litres... That is quite bitter! Why is it hard for these Christians to believe that life could be sweeter, that they could be bigger & quit acting as if they were seat-fillers on earth?
Their thoughts are “maybe if I don’t expect too much from life, the effects won’t be too much when the world rejects my grand projects, offering negative affects and disrespects instead”... Why can’t they stop thinking about the sinking of the titanic and think about the shrinking of the red sea..? Now, that’s a classic thought you need to practice – like mind magic...
They need to think about the fact that God is not static but dynamic in his ways, yet He’s never and will never change... They need to understand that He can’t let them be disgraced if they walk in His grace.... & they need to quit with the distaste because everytime they fear & hate, they frustrate the blessings that await them every day!
They feel a persistent headache coming on & they go “Oh! It’s a tumour” because they have heard the rumour that science has spread – “Persistent headache is a sign of tumour”, that’s what the medical media clamours... Why can’t they think “maybe it’s an idea brewing up & struggling to be released since last year”? They are too busy with their duties, with movies, with what to wear & bear that they do not even find time to listen to their head... But of course, all that sounds like humour... you probably think this write-up is one big humour... I’m just asking them to expect more goodies from life & do more to see the good in life! I pray they do more...
Christians are not ordinary people; their lives should be puzzles & riddles to the natural men, whose spirits can only bear so little!
Some Christians are more sin conscious than conscious about the righteousness that abides in righteous men... They are more conscious of the impending doom of lack than God’s room & stack of wealth that is ever in bloom & spark... If there’s anything bigger than logic, that is God, & if there’s anything bigger than God, it is GOD; meaning five senses cannot figure him out – forget your taste buds... If you focus on the world’s locus , negativities grow bigger, but if you fix your gaze on our great God, in your very face possibilities will grow bigger...
Last words from a mind that is past bored with the negativities of a caste-world, “Nothing pass God”
In a bid to remain logical, some Christians feed their mind with carnal junk & weed, issues that the media proclaims as topical; therefore, from the temperate climes to the tropical, some Christians now bear seeds of negativities that soon germinate to rhetorical reeds of pain, fear, rejection, lack, poverty, sicknesses, tear beads and greed that shouldn’t be...
Humanity has become so conscious of “maybes”, that certainty has become a painful comedy & faith’s potency as proclaimed by true Christianity is sledge-hammered by the logical incongruity of cynics and the realists’ community...what a pity! Thus, most Christians of our days disbelief miracles, preach the mundane, proclaim with disdain the falsehood of the true believers who, through years of denials & pains, have been able to attain divine spectacles...what a debacle!
They are quick to believe a surgeon who promises a successful sojourn into their body for a heart transplant so they could forge-on amidst life’s bludgeons rather than trudge-on in faith and be healed through the Holy Ghost with which they wear sealed! They would rather believe on their pocket rate for a luncheon than lunch on the verse that says, “...Forget about what meat to eat tomorrow, for if I can take care of the sparrows, then I can take care of your swallows”... do you follow?
They tell you “I need a contact” in some office to get a contract forgetting to stay on track with the verse that says “trust in me with all your heart, forget your thinking hat and rely on my understanding, acknowledge me in your wanderings & I will guide you out of the meanderings”... Yet they reply, “I trust in His word” but rely on another man’s gourd for wine to pour forth so they can grub, forgetting that this takes away their sense of worth... these folks are getting heaven wroth!
Mark IX v XXIII makes me fly because it reminds me of the reel of mind that the Christian is supposed to play, rewind and play again till no doubt remains in his veins... When rephrased it says, “...Possibilities are certainties in the life of Christians who believe in possibilities”, in other words “as a man’s heart thinketh, so his life sinketh...” ask the few Christians who wear diamond trinkets... They will tell you they dreamt of pink-jets before they could even afford singlets...
Yet some Christians prefer to be referred to as the lowly & “austere” ... a title that is not found anywhere in the Bible... please let me make this clear, Christians are not called to suffer despair, we are the ones the world is supposed to cheer, not the reverse... The world’s standards are not supposed to be the lanyards with which Christians fire their canons of desires, but some have retired to a life of misery in the name of destiny – “what will be will be” they say, yet they pray... I am dismayed!
Just like Peter their schema are hindered by the fetters of science... that schemer that tries to define life by “meters” – a word that has no grain of physical attributes, not even litters. Imagine science trying to measure the pacific in litres... That is quite bitter! Why is it hard for these Christians to believe that life could be sweeter, that they could be bigger & quit acting as if they were seat-fillers on earth?
Their thoughts are “maybe if I don’t expect too much from life, the effects won’t be too much when the world rejects my grand projects, offering negative affects and disrespects instead”... Why can’t they stop thinking about the sinking of the titanic and think about the shrinking of the red sea..? Now, that’s a classic thought you need to practice – like mind magic...
They need to think about the fact that God is not static but dynamic in his ways, yet He’s never and will never change... They need to understand that He can’t let them be disgraced if they walk in His grace.... & they need to quit with the distaste because everytime they fear & hate, they frustrate the blessings that await them every day!
They feel a persistent headache coming on & they go “Oh! It’s a tumour” because they have heard the rumour that science has spread – “Persistent headache is a sign of tumour”, that’s what the medical media clamours... Why can’t they think “maybe it’s an idea brewing up & struggling to be released since last year”? They are too busy with their duties, with movies, with what to wear & bear that they do not even find time to listen to their head... But of course, all that sounds like humour... you probably think this write-up is one big humour... I’m just asking them to expect more goodies from life & do more to see the good in life! I pray they do more...
Christians are not ordinary people; their lives should be puzzles & riddles to the natural men, whose spirits can only bear so little!
Some Christians are more sin conscious than conscious about the righteousness that abides in righteous men... They are more conscious of the impending doom of lack than God’s room & stack of wealth that is ever in bloom & spark... If there’s anything bigger than logic, that is God, & if there’s anything bigger than God, it is GOD; meaning five senses cannot figure him out – forget your taste buds... If you focus on the world’s locus , negativities grow bigger, but if you fix your gaze on our great God, in your very face possibilities will grow bigger...
Last words from a mind that is past bored with the negativities of a caste-world, “Nothing pass God”
Sunday, October 24, 2010
QUIT WIV D SILENCE PEOPLE
IF YOU'VE EVER HAD A NUDGE TO TELL SOMEONE ABOUT JESUS & YOU WALKED BY WITHOUT OBEYING THE NUDGE OF THE SPIRIT, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO GOD IF THAT PERSON DIED TEN MINUTES AFTER WITHOUT GETTING SAVED...?
Saturday, October 23, 2010
TICK-TOCK
Tick says the clock, tick-tock
Death is drawing NEAR, seek God
Hiccup... your flesh thirsts for more of your sin cup
Hiccup... your spirit needs the blood from the treetop
& hiccup... you are caught up in the mix-up...
Tick says the clock, tick-tock
Your cancer’s building up; see the doc
Your diagnosis is “sin-aemia”; do not be shocked
Your sins are before God; he isn’t mocked
The theatre is set; it is not a mock-up
The knives, the scalpels, the surgeons
All waiting for you to speak-up
& agree that Jesus is Lord
Surrendering your cancer for a clean-up
Money cannot buy this gift of -
God... don’t get stuck-up, but suck up -
to his mercies...cos this salvation doesn’t need your cheese works -
to speak up
He’s the Lord of wealth, he doesn’t need bucks
This surgery has a fixed cost
Your repentant and sick words
Quit with the atheism; shun the Hinduism
Yoga-ism, polytheism, Islam-ism, & all the other isms
They will all end you in Satan’s teacup
Christ is the only way to see God
& is the direct line to beep God
Be bold tell the devil to flip-off
& quit chasing the big bucks
Please pause...
What shall it profit you if you own the big corps -
on earth, but in death, hell has you in big cuffs...
it’s still tick-tock... the real talk
the clock tick-tocks even as you read this talk
please pause...
Christ wants you to look up His cross
See him enter Hades and conquer the dude with the pitchfork
Behold Him rise on the 3rd into heaven for a peace talk
And release the H.S for your peace walk...
Tick-tock...
please pause
Time is running out...tick-tock
Christ will soon return...tick-tock
The surgeon is still waiting... tick-tock
Tick says the clock, tick-tock
Don’t worry, the Holy Spirit is the surgeon...
He’s skilled, it’s his work... tick-tock
Tick-tick...tock-tock....tick-tock
Death is drawing NEAR, seek God
Hiccup... your flesh thirsts for more of your sin cup
Hiccup... your spirit needs the blood from the treetop
& hiccup... you are caught up in the mix-up...
Tick says the clock, tick-tock
Your cancer’s building up; see the doc
Your diagnosis is “sin-aemia”; do not be shocked
Your sins are before God; he isn’t mocked
The theatre is set; it is not a mock-up
The knives, the scalpels, the surgeons
All waiting for you to speak-up
& agree that Jesus is Lord
Surrendering your cancer for a clean-up
Money cannot buy this gift of -
God... don’t get stuck-up, but suck up -
to his mercies...cos this salvation doesn’t need your cheese works -
to speak up
He’s the Lord of wealth, he doesn’t need bucks
This surgery has a fixed cost
Your repentant and sick words
Quit with the atheism; shun the Hinduism
Yoga-ism, polytheism, Islam-ism, & all the other isms
They will all end you in Satan’s teacup
Christ is the only way to see God
& is the direct line to beep God
Be bold tell the devil to flip-off
& quit chasing the big bucks
Please pause...
What shall it profit you if you own the big corps -
on earth, but in death, hell has you in big cuffs...
it’s still tick-tock... the real talk
the clock tick-tocks even as you read this talk
please pause...
Christ wants you to look up His cross
See him enter Hades and conquer the dude with the pitchfork
Behold Him rise on the 3rd into heaven for a peace talk
And release the H.S for your peace walk...
Tick-tock...
please pause
Time is running out...tick-tock
Christ will soon return...tick-tock
The surgeon is still waiting... tick-tock
Tick says the clock, tick-tock
Don’t worry, the Holy Spirit is the surgeon...
He’s skilled, it’s his work... tick-tock
Tick-tick...tock-tock....tick-tock
MORE THAN 23 LINES
The 23rd Psalm always brings a buzz...every kid on the block knows it, Sunday school made sure of that...rhymes have been recited bout it & it’s fame is the crème in primary education... But the Rhema bout it is as rare as a noonday eagle... apart from just reciting it as a kid, did you ever stop to think about what those beautiful lines mean?
Let H.S help us...
Verse I
the Lord is my caretaker, the C.E.O of the corporation called me (your name) & since he owns the entire universe, he uses every resource that exists [if it does not exist, he creates it] to ensure that all my needs are met. When there is anything I desire according to his will, he supplies it according to his riches in glory so that I function effectively for his glory. When I abound, it is to His glory, when I lack (which can never be) it is to his shame ‘cos I am named after him... so he’s ever ready to meet my needs as long as I allow Him be my caretaker...
Verse II
He makes me lie in the penthouse of flourishing fountains & fortunes; gives me pole position on Forbes and makes all my biz abound in so much prosperity that work becomes a cruise; work becomes fun... He leads to bizes that bring peace & my soul derives pleasure from his words...
Verse III
In frenzy & chaos, he reboots my spirit, my thoughts, my creativity, my style, my wardrobe, and my finances so that I am forever fresh including all that concerns me... He leads me in integrity & forever feeds me the best 411 so that I find myself doing good; such that I do not smear his name; reminding me always that I am “the righteous” & that perfection is who I am...
Verse IV
Even though I go through the war zone, He’s got my back covered as he gives his angels charge over me to protect me and thwart any on-coming missile; even in Hades His icy chill in me freezes hell over, so that when I take in the flames it feels like iced tea. Thus, I fear no evil for he is a trustworthy homie, he never leaves me or abandons me plus his Holy Spirit is ever ready to comfort me...
Verse V
He launches a buffet in my name, while my haters, my cursers & foes watch, jaw-slacked, eye-popping and saliva-dropping... Then he anoints me with the Holy Ghost to preach the gospel to the poor, heal the sick and the broken-hearted, raise the dead & take over the media with the gospel of Christ Jesus... The anointing is so stormy, my containers overflow such that the world around me experiences his glory... My blessing container overflows such that I become a delightsome land & the entire world calls me a blessing cos it is blessed by the overflow...
Verse VI
Surely and certainly, my shine outlives me as I find favour & abundant mercy before my father, caretaker and lover as I dwell in his awesome presence for all time...not just here on earth but when we meet up there...
So you see.... Psalm 23 is more than just the lines... it’s a storm brewing & chilling for an understanding so it could rock you... grab it!
Let H.S help us...
Verse I
the Lord is my caretaker, the C.E.O of the corporation called me (your name) & since he owns the entire universe, he uses every resource that exists [if it does not exist, he creates it] to ensure that all my needs are met. When there is anything I desire according to his will, he supplies it according to his riches in glory so that I function effectively for his glory. When I abound, it is to His glory, when I lack (which can never be) it is to his shame ‘cos I am named after him... so he’s ever ready to meet my needs as long as I allow Him be my caretaker...
Verse II
He makes me lie in the penthouse of flourishing fountains & fortunes; gives me pole position on Forbes and makes all my biz abound in so much prosperity that work becomes a cruise; work becomes fun... He leads to bizes that bring peace & my soul derives pleasure from his words...
Verse III
In frenzy & chaos, he reboots my spirit, my thoughts, my creativity, my style, my wardrobe, and my finances so that I am forever fresh including all that concerns me... He leads me in integrity & forever feeds me the best 411 so that I find myself doing good; such that I do not smear his name; reminding me always that I am “the righteous” & that perfection is who I am...
Verse IV
Even though I go through the war zone, He’s got my back covered as he gives his angels charge over me to protect me and thwart any on-coming missile; even in Hades His icy chill in me freezes hell over, so that when I take in the flames it feels like iced tea. Thus, I fear no evil for he is a trustworthy homie, he never leaves me or abandons me plus his Holy Spirit is ever ready to comfort me...
Verse V
He launches a buffet in my name, while my haters, my cursers & foes watch, jaw-slacked, eye-popping and saliva-dropping... Then he anoints me with the Holy Ghost to preach the gospel to the poor, heal the sick and the broken-hearted, raise the dead & take over the media with the gospel of Christ Jesus... The anointing is so stormy, my containers overflow such that the world around me experiences his glory... My blessing container overflows such that I become a delightsome land & the entire world calls me a blessing cos it is blessed by the overflow...
Verse VI
Surely and certainly, my shine outlives me as I find favour & abundant mercy before my father, caretaker and lover as I dwell in his awesome presence for all time...not just here on earth but when we meet up there...
So you see.... Psalm 23 is more than just the lines... it’s a storm brewing & chilling for an understanding so it could rock you... grab it!
Saturday, October 16, 2010
HOT ROMANCE
On day one, you kissed me as you breathed into me
after you had caressed me & moulded me
then you gave me access to your vault
an all-way ticket round the world
& your personal line so I could call
anytime I felt like asking things
placed me over your Eden dynasty
& even gave me some of your majesty
then you took a vacation...
but your spirit showed up every evening
so He could prime my reasoning
to an irresistible spiritual seasoning -
a savour that turned you on
my eyes melted your heart, cos it shone
with the beam you gave it...I was your best, your number one
to you, my voice was a tingling song
you saw in me a spectacle, called me beautiful
& your words made me fall for you...
Then the other guy showed up & imitated you
gave me a luscious gift I should have refused
I took it, got confused, then your love I abused
in your disappointment, tears streamed down your face
you hurt, cos I had misplaced -
your affection...exchanged your superior grace
for the other guy’s inferior ways
I even gave him keys to your vault, your trust I betrayed
yet, though I brought this much disgrace -
to your name...you did not give up on this dame
so you set up a strategy like a chess game
it was time to get back your love again
so you got on the genealogical plane
stopping over at ports Noah, Abraham, & Dave
finally... you showed up at my ramshackled gate
but I could not recognize you anymore
the other guy had stolen my beauty sensors
filled my heart with pain & gore
lies, bitterness, dirt & mucus reeked from all my pores
you introduced yourself & hugged me like never before
still I could not recognise you
folks mocked you, insulted you, abused you & even flogged you
just cos you confessed undying love for this fool
still I wouldn’t say “I luv u”
cos I did not know it was you...
- hehhhh...exhales...SELAH –
then you took the painful route
took up the cross, what no one else would do
your blood poured down on me by the pool at the foot
with it, you bought me back from the other guy’s crew
purged me through & through
then I recognised you...”Oh! So it was you?”
then all the things love does to love... I did to you
you whispered into my heart for a reboot
I still remember those words – “I luv u”
after which you restored every access in the beginning
your vault, clinic without drugs, offices & everything
now we roll everywhere together
our romance is hotter than ever
so hot my heart could burn forever -
for the king of love who reigns forever
yes Lord! I’ll love you forever
after you had caressed me & moulded me
then you gave me access to your vault
an all-way ticket round the world
& your personal line so I could call
anytime I felt like asking things
placed me over your Eden dynasty
& even gave me some of your majesty
then you took a vacation...
but your spirit showed up every evening
so He could prime my reasoning
to an irresistible spiritual seasoning -
a savour that turned you on
my eyes melted your heart, cos it shone
with the beam you gave it...I was your best, your number one
to you, my voice was a tingling song
you saw in me a spectacle, called me beautiful
& your words made me fall for you...
Then the other guy showed up & imitated you
gave me a luscious gift I should have refused
I took it, got confused, then your love I abused
in your disappointment, tears streamed down your face
you hurt, cos I had misplaced -
your affection...exchanged your superior grace
for the other guy’s inferior ways
I even gave him keys to your vault, your trust I betrayed
yet, though I brought this much disgrace -
to your name...you did not give up on this dame
so you set up a strategy like a chess game
it was time to get back your love again
so you got on the genealogical plane
stopping over at ports Noah, Abraham, & Dave
finally... you showed up at my ramshackled gate
but I could not recognize you anymore
the other guy had stolen my beauty sensors
filled my heart with pain & gore
lies, bitterness, dirt & mucus reeked from all my pores
you introduced yourself & hugged me like never before
still I could not recognise you
folks mocked you, insulted you, abused you & even flogged you
just cos you confessed undying love for this fool
still I wouldn’t say “I luv u”
cos I did not know it was you...
- hehhhh...exhales...SELAH –
then you took the painful route
took up the cross, what no one else would do
your blood poured down on me by the pool at the foot
with it, you bought me back from the other guy’s crew
purged me through & through
then I recognised you...”Oh! So it was you?”
then all the things love does to love... I did to you
you whispered into my heart for a reboot
I still remember those words – “I luv u”
after which you restored every access in the beginning
your vault, clinic without drugs, offices & everything
now we roll everywhere together
our romance is hotter than ever
so hot my heart could burn forever -
for the king of love who reigns forever
yes Lord! I’ll love you forever
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
LET’S REBOOT
“...Greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world” [I JOHNNIE IV.IV] has become so much of a cliché that Christians just say it in passing without a chronic grasping of the weight of this tornado of a line... it bears so much weight you can achieve anything in the world just by meditating on it...
Check these...
Greater is the creativity in you than that that’s in the world [better creative works]...greater is the wealth in you than that that’s in the world [hyper-abundance]... greater is the love in you than the hate, fear, and insecurities in the world [means you live fearless & without envy]... greater is the joy in you than the sadness in the world [happy-high]... greater is the peace in you than the chaos in the world [you are never perturbed]... greater is the patience in you than the rush that’s in the world [absolute trust in God’s timing]...
Greater is the health in you than the illness that’s in the world [divine health]... greater is the abundance in you than the lack that’s in the world [all your needs supplied]... greater is the kindness in you than the wickedness that’s in the world [your ways are higher than the wickedness in this world]... greater is the meekness in you than the arrogance in the world...greater is the faith in you than the doubts and unbelief attacks in the world... greater is the anointing in you and on you than the weight of evil that’s in the world [you overcome all things]....
Greater is the light in you than the darkness that is in the world... & greater is the Christ in you than the anti-Christ that’s in the world.... hey! the lines keep going and you can sub as many words as you can but the truth is, with this well thought-out verse by the disciple whom Jesus loved... you have overcome the world!
Yep!
Remain Christed
Check these...
Greater is the creativity in you than that that’s in the world [better creative works]...greater is the wealth in you than that that’s in the world [hyper-abundance]... greater is the love in you than the hate, fear, and insecurities in the world [means you live fearless & without envy]... greater is the joy in you than the sadness in the world [happy-high]... greater is the peace in you than the chaos in the world [you are never perturbed]... greater is the patience in you than the rush that’s in the world [absolute trust in God’s timing]...
Greater is the health in you than the illness that’s in the world [divine health]... greater is the abundance in you than the lack that’s in the world [all your needs supplied]... greater is the kindness in you than the wickedness that’s in the world [your ways are higher than the wickedness in this world]... greater is the meekness in you than the arrogance in the world...greater is the faith in you than the doubts and unbelief attacks in the world... greater is the anointing in you and on you than the weight of evil that’s in the world [you overcome all things]....
Greater is the light in you than the darkness that is in the world... & greater is the Christ in you than the anti-Christ that’s in the world.... hey! the lines keep going and you can sub as many words as you can but the truth is, with this well thought-out verse by the disciple whom Jesus loved... you have overcome the world!
Yep!
Remain Christed
Thursday, October 7, 2010
BLAME IT ON THE BOOZE
I once knew a man who was married to the bar
Every evening there he nursed his emotional scar
Wife & kids had crossed over when he was driving the jaguar
He’d only heard the screeches; then they were charred
Oh! His beautiful life, the booze had marred
The tears were unseen, but were never far
Since...he never ceased to put the blame on him
And even when he confessed, could not believe
He would ever be forgiven
Until this beautiful even’
Someone pulled up a stool besides him
An old man, agile but thin
His eyes shone like a sunbeam
His words were more beautiful than any romantic film
He told a story of how he was once a High Priest
But wronged God and made the most high displeased
Said he was always accused by the beast
In addition, every attempt he made to connect met a guilt feast
Then he saw the Lord rebuke Satan; immediately, the taunts ceased
The Lord called him, “a pure brand”
“undefiled and worthy to stand
Before God’s throne”...and
He was robed in glowing gowns without remand
Joshua was the name of this old agile man
He told our bar friend that he had met his family
That they were having fun in heaven’s charity
& wished daddy could embrace their forgiveness happily
They wanted him happy not depressed & dressed shabbily
Cos God had forgiven him totally
Joshua told him to quit struggling
With the pain...that confessing Christ had made him free completely
“Don’t blame it on you, blame it on the booze
And anytime the devil comes to accuse
Tell him you are not guilty, it was just the booze
Righteousness comes simply because we choose
Jesus as our Lord, & get the Holy spirit infused
In us...All sins in the past, present & our futures
Have been paid for, we are no longer debtors
Even though we were once murderers & fornicators
We have been made pure”
After these words
Joshua disappeared even as he appeared
Then our friend rose from his favourite stool & the angels cheered
He would be gone forever from here
Never to be seen or heard
He had accepted forgiveness & righteousness
...Righteousness is a gift, not deserved, not earned
by your works...once gotten, you are...only keep it in your consciousness
Every evening there he nursed his emotional scar
Wife & kids had crossed over when he was driving the jaguar
He’d only heard the screeches; then they were charred
Oh! His beautiful life, the booze had marred
The tears were unseen, but were never far
Since...he never ceased to put the blame on him
And even when he confessed, could not believe
He would ever be forgiven
Until this beautiful even’
Someone pulled up a stool besides him
An old man, agile but thin
His eyes shone like a sunbeam
His words were more beautiful than any romantic film
He told a story of how he was once a High Priest
But wronged God and made the most high displeased
Said he was always accused by the beast
In addition, every attempt he made to connect met a guilt feast
Then he saw the Lord rebuke Satan; immediately, the taunts ceased
The Lord called him, “a pure brand”
“undefiled and worthy to stand
Before God’s throne”...and
He was robed in glowing gowns without remand
Joshua was the name of this old agile man
He told our bar friend that he had met his family
That they were having fun in heaven’s charity
& wished daddy could embrace their forgiveness happily
They wanted him happy not depressed & dressed shabbily
Cos God had forgiven him totally
Joshua told him to quit struggling
With the pain...that confessing Christ had made him free completely
“Don’t blame it on you, blame it on the booze
And anytime the devil comes to accuse
Tell him you are not guilty, it was just the booze
Righteousness comes simply because we choose
Jesus as our Lord, & get the Holy spirit infused
In us...All sins in the past, present & our futures
Have been paid for, we are no longer debtors
Even though we were once murderers & fornicators
We have been made pure”
After these words
Joshua disappeared even as he appeared
Then our friend rose from his favourite stool & the angels cheered
He would be gone forever from here
Never to be seen or heard
He had accepted forgiveness & righteousness
...Righteousness is a gift, not deserved, not earned
by your works...once gotten, you are...only keep it in your consciousness
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
C.I.M: PORNO SLAM [PT II]
C.I.M: PORNO SLAM [PT II]: "...Continued... The dude writing this in truth and spirit is not really me... He is the resurrected Christ...the dude that was crucified with ..."
Monday, October 4, 2010
PORNO SLAM [PT II]
...Continued
The dude writing this in truth and spirit is not really me... He is the resurrected Christ...the dude that was crucified with Christ wouldn’t dare do this...Cos he was trapped in the power of pornography, lust and masturbation – SECRECY. He was insecure and would have felt that by spilling, he would be killing his rep before peers. This new dude in Christ is free of all entanglements to any human opinions... He does not draw his rep from men, but from the God who created all men...
His security is not based on human standards but on God’s standard...God sees me as righteous now, not because I fasted for thirty days but because I accepted the truth about me and chose to walk in my rights as a Christian; not because I now pray with all perseverance and meditate upon the word day and night, but because I have now accepted the hard-to-believe truth about grace – not deserved but given; not because I in my strength keep myself from falling but my father who so loves me and has shed this same love abroad in my heart keeps me from falling (Jude 1 v 27).
How did I do it...I didn’t, the Holy Spirit did, but I had a part to play... I received a nudge to delete all movies on my system first – believe it or not, if you have an imagination like mine, any little video that exposes the littlest nudity sparks you up – and I did with all diligence...then I was led to deny the flesh totally for a while; I obeyed. Then I started surrounding myself with the right messages and books so that my mind was renewed with the truth and is still being renewed even as I write this.
My confessions now are in accord with my actions and the Holy Spirit is multiplying my grace daily. I have overcome my weaknesses, not by my strength, ‘cos that had utterly failed me, but by grace... the Holy Spirit told me what to do and I did... right now I live in the reality of Jude 1 v 27 & 28... Now I stand fast in the liberty where-with Christ had set me free – Gal. 5 v 1... I am fast apprehending the understanding of 1 John 3 v 9 – that he that is born of God cannot SIN, because that seed of God dwells in him... and I am abounding in the knowledge that perfect love casts out all fears, sin and weaknesses – 1 john 4 v 18...
There you have it... That’s how I got out of the porno slam! Fourteen-year jail-term...
Pornography, lust and masturbation won in far too many rounds but I gave them the knockout for the last time...they have been knocked out for good... you are asking, “how am I sure I have overcome them?”...
My response is “How do you know you are alive?”
Are you being tormented by these idiots too... take a cue;
Decide to walk away! Yes, you have to make that decision; no one will do it for you...
Pray for help from the Holy Spirit, listen carefully to the instructions you are given, and adhere to them like your life depends on it (It does)
Understand that righteousness is not earned but a free gift
Talk to friends and loved ones about it, thereby weakening the hold of pornography lust & masturbation on you... their strength is in SECRECY just like every bad habit...
Deny yourself of certain pleasures (Fast that is) and fill your spirit with the right materials during this period
Pray in the Holy Ghost and grow your spirit (Jude 1 v 20)
Surround yourself with edifying texts (books), images, audios, and videos; ‘cos you are what you take in. (Proverbs 4 v 23).
If you are not a member of any congregation, hook up with a bible believing spirit-filled church.
Initially it won’t be easy but don’t give up... ‘Cos in this fight of faith you can only be knocked-down and not knocked-out... When you are down, dust your butt and rise again... if an athlete in a 100 meter race trips and falls, he doesn’t go back to the start line to begin again, he simply gets up and continues the race...even if he comes last, he finishes the race. Falling doesn’t make you less righteous than the most spirit-filled Christian, you just have different levels of grace... get up and pray for grace to be multiplied (2 Peter 1 v 2).
The righteous man falls (Proverbs 24 v 16) but he rises... the battle is not over till you’ve won; & if you can just believe, your father is able to keep you from falling – Jude 1 v 27 says so...
If you want to learn about hearing from the Holy Spirit click on the GRIP link on the left side of this blog.
Hey, stay Christed.
The dude writing this in truth and spirit is not really me... He is the resurrected Christ...the dude that was crucified with Christ wouldn’t dare do this...Cos he was trapped in the power of pornography, lust and masturbation – SECRECY. He was insecure and would have felt that by spilling, he would be killing his rep before peers. This new dude in Christ is free of all entanglements to any human opinions... He does not draw his rep from men, but from the God who created all men...
His security is not based on human standards but on God’s standard...God sees me as righteous now, not because I fasted for thirty days but because I accepted the truth about me and chose to walk in my rights as a Christian; not because I now pray with all perseverance and meditate upon the word day and night, but because I have now accepted the hard-to-believe truth about grace – not deserved but given; not because I in my strength keep myself from falling but my father who so loves me and has shed this same love abroad in my heart keeps me from falling (Jude 1 v 27).
How did I do it...I didn’t, the Holy Spirit did, but I had a part to play... I received a nudge to delete all movies on my system first – believe it or not, if you have an imagination like mine, any little video that exposes the littlest nudity sparks you up – and I did with all diligence...then I was led to deny the flesh totally for a while; I obeyed. Then I started surrounding myself with the right messages and books so that my mind was renewed with the truth and is still being renewed even as I write this.
My confessions now are in accord with my actions and the Holy Spirit is multiplying my grace daily. I have overcome my weaknesses, not by my strength, ‘cos that had utterly failed me, but by grace... the Holy Spirit told me what to do and I did... right now I live in the reality of Jude 1 v 27 & 28... Now I stand fast in the liberty where-with Christ had set me free – Gal. 5 v 1... I am fast apprehending the understanding of 1 John 3 v 9 – that he that is born of God cannot SIN, because that seed of God dwells in him... and I am abounding in the knowledge that perfect love casts out all fears, sin and weaknesses – 1 john 4 v 18...
There you have it... That’s how I got out of the porno slam! Fourteen-year jail-term...
Pornography, lust and masturbation won in far too many rounds but I gave them the knockout for the last time...they have been knocked out for good... you are asking, “how am I sure I have overcome them?”...
My response is “How do you know you are alive?”
Are you being tormented by these idiots too... take a cue;
Decide to walk away! Yes, you have to make that decision; no one will do it for you...
Pray for help from the Holy Spirit, listen carefully to the instructions you are given, and adhere to them like your life depends on it (It does)
Understand that righteousness is not earned but a free gift
Talk to friends and loved ones about it, thereby weakening the hold of pornography lust & masturbation on you... their strength is in SECRECY just like every bad habit...
Deny yourself of certain pleasures (Fast that is) and fill your spirit with the right materials during this period
Pray in the Holy Ghost and grow your spirit (Jude 1 v 20)
Surround yourself with edifying texts (books), images, audios, and videos; ‘cos you are what you take in. (Proverbs 4 v 23).
If you are not a member of any congregation, hook up with a bible believing spirit-filled church.
Initially it won’t be easy but don’t give up... ‘Cos in this fight of faith you can only be knocked-down and not knocked-out... When you are down, dust your butt and rise again... if an athlete in a 100 meter race trips and falls, he doesn’t go back to the start line to begin again, he simply gets up and continues the race...even if he comes last, he finishes the race. Falling doesn’t make you less righteous than the most spirit-filled Christian, you just have different levels of grace... get up and pray for grace to be multiplied (2 Peter 1 v 2).
The righteous man falls (Proverbs 24 v 16) but he rises... the battle is not over till you’ve won; & if you can just believe, your father is able to keep you from falling – Jude 1 v 27 says so...
If you want to learn about hearing from the Holy Spirit click on the GRIP link on the left side of this blog.
Hey, stay Christed.
Friday, October 1, 2010
PORNO SLAM (PT I)
The house was quiet and I had my Bible, still meditating... I cannot remember what portion exactly but I sure know I was reading and not studying; more out of religion than unction...
Then the urge consumed me... thing about pornography and lust is, once you give them leg room, they take the whole palace... it’s like the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil; once tasted, it is configured into you, until there is a regeneration... It reinforces itself; once attempted the only thing that slakes it is indulgence... It is worse than an obsessive-compulsive-disorder; only that other people rarely get to know about it ‘cos it is heart-ridden. Its stronghold is SECRECY...
I felt like a plummeting plane under the influence of gravity... Staying afloat was an option but my partnership with pornography had the better part of my brain... Therefore, I picked up my collection - Worth a Bank managers wage for 2 months – and slotted in my vintage... Deep down inside, I felt the Holy Spirit tug at me but this grind was so groovy [at least, so I thought] that my 23-year-old flesh suppressed my 2-year-old spirit...
10 minutes later it was all over, ‘cos I had seen every second of my entire collection and was fighting the urge to buy more...then my entire being packed up its baggage, got on the condemnation flight and went on a guilt trip... destination? Remorse Island; where all guilt-trippers go... What had I done? My Bible was staring at me...my spirit was weeping within...my emotions were tossed back and forth and the blank screen was grinning at me!
Throughout that day, everything went awry ‘cos of 10 minutes...you know what! God! I needed help...so I picked up my treasure of a collection and destroyed it...yeah! Relief... but that was like scooping a cup of water out of the pacific...How was I supposed to erase the details in my thoughts? Boy! Am I imaginative? I could scare two Stephen Spielbergs! So the collection was gone but the storage device was brimming with ill essence like a drunk on a binge.
Thus, began my battle...toilet...remorse...bathroom...shame...late night...compunction...not that I didn’t have a girlfriend...but porn and masturbation had become like feeding to me...it was chronic whenever the pang came on... my worst night mare was the internet... I could hardly browse without “porning”, this would lead to escapades in dark moments..., and I could not spend time alone without lust hopping on me and skating my thoughts on lanes that only screens can graphically clarify...
What exactly was I doing wrong? This idiot was eating my senses up... messing my grace up... having a work-over on my turf... but I had not taken the fight to it – head on; I was fighting with words and not actions... then I engaged some actions and started fasting...big deal! Even during my fasts, this idiot would slam me face flat in the mud...Jeez, SOS!
I grew up a church boy, but adolescent rebellion got me into booze, weed, red-light districts, and of course pornography with tonnes of masturbation that would scare the devil, the other acts of rebellion were done away with except for pornography lust and masturbation... and at this point I was born again...yes! I was... the funny thing is I openly condemned people who watched pornography; folks who did not see anything wrong with it! A hypocrite I was...the dirtiest! A fraud that preached for others to change while wallowing in lust... do not laugh. This was a slam...a jail-term that had no definite term!
This fraudulent lifestyle was becoming more like death row where you found no way out and stymied my growth spiritually... at 25 this had become a major impediment on my focus...
Notice this, I was feeling guilt ‘cos I had the Holy Spirit in me but I just could not bring me to obey Him – reason being that I had not given Him full charge of me and I was not feeding my spirit.
As sick as my lifestyle was, the Holy Spirit was using me at periods where the idiot would let me be for a month, two, or three... I would preach the Gospel and get people saved! Yep, the Holy Spirit used me even in my weaknesses... during these periods I would confess that I have been crucified with Christ that the life I live, I live in Christ (Gal. 2 v 20) and affirm the realities of Romans 6 v 4 but when the porn bug returned it was with a bang... I was not transformed because, I was not acting in accordance with my confessions - I spent more hours watching movies and reading materials that did not edify my spirit than studying my Bible and praying.
This dude tormented me until August 2010...Yes! Do not be shocked if I ever berated you for messing with lust before this date... do not scoff either, ‘cos the guy who did that is no more... You want to know what happened to that dude? I crucified him with Christ...
...to be continued
Then the urge consumed me... thing about pornography and lust is, once you give them leg room, they take the whole palace... it’s like the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil; once tasted, it is configured into you, until there is a regeneration... It reinforces itself; once attempted the only thing that slakes it is indulgence... It is worse than an obsessive-compulsive-disorder; only that other people rarely get to know about it ‘cos it is heart-ridden. Its stronghold is SECRECY...
I felt like a plummeting plane under the influence of gravity... Staying afloat was an option but my partnership with pornography had the better part of my brain... Therefore, I picked up my collection - Worth a Bank managers wage for 2 months – and slotted in my vintage... Deep down inside, I felt the Holy Spirit tug at me but this grind was so groovy [at least, so I thought] that my 23-year-old flesh suppressed my 2-year-old spirit...
10 minutes later it was all over, ‘cos I had seen every second of my entire collection and was fighting the urge to buy more...then my entire being packed up its baggage, got on the condemnation flight and went on a guilt trip... destination? Remorse Island; where all guilt-trippers go... What had I done? My Bible was staring at me...my spirit was weeping within...my emotions were tossed back and forth and the blank screen was grinning at me!
Throughout that day, everything went awry ‘cos of 10 minutes...you know what! God! I needed help...so I picked up my treasure of a collection and destroyed it...yeah! Relief... but that was like scooping a cup of water out of the pacific...How was I supposed to erase the details in my thoughts? Boy! Am I imaginative? I could scare two Stephen Spielbergs! So the collection was gone but the storage device was brimming with ill essence like a drunk on a binge.
Thus, began my battle...toilet...remorse...bathroom...shame...late night...compunction...not that I didn’t have a girlfriend...but porn and masturbation had become like feeding to me...it was chronic whenever the pang came on... my worst night mare was the internet... I could hardly browse without “porning”, this would lead to escapades in dark moments..., and I could not spend time alone without lust hopping on me and skating my thoughts on lanes that only screens can graphically clarify...
What exactly was I doing wrong? This idiot was eating my senses up... messing my grace up... having a work-over on my turf... but I had not taken the fight to it – head on; I was fighting with words and not actions... then I engaged some actions and started fasting...big deal! Even during my fasts, this idiot would slam me face flat in the mud...Jeez, SOS!
I grew up a church boy, but adolescent rebellion got me into booze, weed, red-light districts, and of course pornography with tonnes of masturbation that would scare the devil, the other acts of rebellion were done away with except for pornography lust and masturbation... and at this point I was born again...yes! I was... the funny thing is I openly condemned people who watched pornography; folks who did not see anything wrong with it! A hypocrite I was...the dirtiest! A fraud that preached for others to change while wallowing in lust... do not laugh. This was a slam...a jail-term that had no definite term!
This fraudulent lifestyle was becoming more like death row where you found no way out and stymied my growth spiritually... at 25 this had become a major impediment on my focus...
Notice this, I was feeling guilt ‘cos I had the Holy Spirit in me but I just could not bring me to obey Him – reason being that I had not given Him full charge of me and I was not feeding my spirit.
As sick as my lifestyle was, the Holy Spirit was using me at periods where the idiot would let me be for a month, two, or three... I would preach the Gospel and get people saved! Yep, the Holy Spirit used me even in my weaknesses... during these periods I would confess that I have been crucified with Christ that the life I live, I live in Christ (Gal. 2 v 20) and affirm the realities of Romans 6 v 4 but when the porn bug returned it was with a bang... I was not transformed because, I was not acting in accordance with my confessions - I spent more hours watching movies and reading materials that did not edify my spirit than studying my Bible and praying.
This dude tormented me until August 2010...Yes! Do not be shocked if I ever berated you for messing with lust before this date... do not scoff either, ‘cos the guy who did that is no more... You want to know what happened to that dude? I crucified him with Christ...
...to be continued
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