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Seedless: theunfetteredpreacher

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In the old days, when a man was a man, we would say he had ‘sand’, or ‘seeds’. It was a good thing, they were brave, proud, honest and reliable.

Seeds are, a good thing, we plant our food, with seeds, we watered, weeded, harvested, then ate the food, removing the seeds as we ate. (Full circle)

We sowed the seeds of the Gospel, our Words, or Testimony are the seeds we are given to build the Church.

Now we are not so fond of seeds. We have grown to love, seedless watermelons and grapes, headless shrimp, lazy lobster, boneless ribs, and shelled crabs. Mmm, mmm good. (Almost as good as pb&j).

It’s work to deal with seeds, shells, heads, and ribs. We want to be, satisfied, quickly and effortlessly. (Less work, more fun). Who wants to deal with seeds?

At one time, eating in a restaurant was special, costly and a status cymbal. When I was growing up, it was even a special treat to go to the first fast food place in a neighboring town.

By the time my daughter was born, there was fast food on every corner, and eating out was the norm. It has overtaken and changed our culture.

Now the poorer we are, the more we eat out. Cheaply, quickly and constantly. It is quicker and easier to get something already prepared, then assemble the ingredients and do it ourselves.

It’s not just-food. It’s all of our existence. Our microwave lifestyles, always in a hurry. No time to savor and enjoy food, companions, reading, or just peace and quiet.

We need Seeds to reproduce, to continue to grow and survive. With a partial thanks to science we have gone seedless.

Someone, much smarter than I, has figured out how to grow seedless food. Is this good? Convenient absolutely, good? Not so sure.

It’s a conundrum at best, at the worst we now share a seedless Gospel. We are shaping the Gospel to fit today’s culture.

We no longer are set apart from the world, no longer holy, consecrated, a living sacrifice to the Lord. Our minds have not been renewed, we no longer know the acceptable, good or perfect will of God.

Since our laws have now legalized sin, we seem to believe God has changed His requirements. He has not. He wants a Holy people, a people whose light shines in the darkness, a people who lift up the Lord, so all men are drawn to Him.

The Lord gave us the tools to build His Church, we have just allowed them to sit on the shelf unopened.

We no longer preach the full Gospel with signs and wonders following. (Romans 15:19). Our Gospel does not draw the multitudes to Jesus.

There is little power, little witness of God’s Grace in our lives. When John the Baptist doubted that Jesus was the one. His disciples were told to tell him what they saw. People healed, saved, comforted and loved.

Do they experience that at our Church Services?

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Lead me in the way: theunfetteredpreacher

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Psalm 139:17,18,23,24

“How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.

Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:

And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.,”

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The Power Present to heal: theunfetteredpreacher

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I first wrote about this in 2017, I believe it needs to be read again.

This story is told in three Gospels. In the mouth of two or three witnesses… we find the truth.

Mark 2:1-12 Luke 5:17-26. Matthew 9:1-8

Mark 2:1-12

“And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house.
And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them. (Luke-the power of the Lord was present to heal them.)
And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four.
And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.
When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee. But there was certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,
Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit (knew their thoughts) that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?
Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?
But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,)
I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house. And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion.”

This is a Faith building Story. There are several points I would like to make.

A. Not a Sabbath, Not in a Church (Jesus taught, on boats, hillsides, private homes, on the streets).

Wherever He was, the Word was shared.

We must carry the Gospel wherever we go. We don’t need to know a lot of scriptures, (although it doesn’t hurt). Women at well, Legion, all who meet Him, long to tell of His Grace and Mercy.

It is important to know the Author. Know in whom you believe and why. This comes from time in the Word and in Prayer and Meditation.

Spending time with the Lord.

B. It was noised about:

The news of the presence of the Lord gets talked about… Churches grow if the Lord is revealed.

C. Straightway many were gathered:

Standing room only…. or no room at all. Our Churches should be full and would be full. IF we allow the Lord’s Presence.

Moment of meditation. A place for God to reveal Himself.

This is a place where we could hear a Word of Wisdom or Knowledge, Prophecy…

1 Corinthians 12:27-28

27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
28 And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, (all the easiest gifts to walk-in). after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
If God spoke through a Donkey, He could surely speak through the newest of Christians.

Miracles, gifts of healings,… these call for a deeper walk with the Lord… Taking His yoke upon us, walking with Him.

D. He preached the Word:

The problem with the Church, we never hear the Full Council of God. Lectionary’s, are great, they keep track of the Church Calendar.

So we preach and teach, what happened when and what, year in and year out. Birth, Death, Resurrection, Pentecost….

Then we get into Doctrines: Justification, Sanctification, Baptism, etc…

We end up missing the real message. When John the Baptists faith wavered, he sent his followers to Jesus. Are you the one?

Luke 7:22
Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.

When we tell people what we have seen and heard, it doesn’t build up or renew faith… We haven’t experienced those things. So when we tell people about the Lord. It’s so what?

We need to hear the Full Council of God.

Acts 17:18
he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.

Galatians 3:5-6

“He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”

2 Corinthians 3:5-6

“Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.”

E. There was no o way to get close.

They made a way. Made a hole in the roof.

F. JESUS SAW THEIR FAITH:

He saw their faith, because, they made a way to reach Him, when there was no way.
We come to Church, maybe even a Bible Study, we accept being fed, with no apparent desire to learn to feed ourselves.
We never learn to chew our food, we don’t have the meat of the Word in our Spiritual diet.
We do not study to shew ourselves approved unto God, workmen, rightly dividing the word of Truth.
It really isn’t hard to get close to God, to study His Word, to enter into the Holy of Holies. To abide in Him.

When we do, we believe and act on His Word.

John 14:12
“He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.“

The Lord is God, He desires that all men be saved, He wants us to prosper and be in health, even as our soul prospers.

We need to read the Word Daily… No big deal, not for hours, a Proverb or a Psalm a day. If you have time a chapter of the New Testament.

We need to know the Word, so we can judge the truth of what we are taught.

MANY DON’T BELIEVE GOD SAVES, HEALS SETS FREE…

Why?

They haven’t learned to feed themselves… They only know what they have been taught.

It is impossible to expect a Pastor or teacher to teach the Full Council of God. We aren’t under his teaching full time.

He can only hope to entice us to Seek the Lord ourselves.

We must feed ourselves. Pastors lead to the food source, we must feed ourselves.

G. They reasoned in their hearts:

The Religious, the UNBELIEVING BELIEVERS: Those who know the Lord, who when they hear or see something they have not seen or believed before, anything they haven’t been taught, will search the scriptures to prove it wrong. Rather see if it is true.

We need to be open to Revelation Knowledge. Luther was, the Wesley’s were. We need to FOLLOW JESUS… not them.

Deuteronomy 29:29
“The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.”

The Word never changes, the Spirit leads and teaches us to new understanding. Growth in the Lord.

H. Jesus perceived in His Spirit: He knew their thoughts.

The Gift of a WORD OF KNOWLEDGE. He saw Phillip, under the fig tree, the Disciples out in the storm, before walking on water to meet them.

The Gifts of the Spirit, in 1 Corinthians 13 are ours for the building of His Church. They are the STRAW TO MAKE THE BRICKS…. We see their use throughout the Bible.

We need to be taught to recognize them. Paul told us to seek the best gifts. Which one is that?

The One we need right now.

I. He wanted them to know HE IS GOD.

Enoch knew GOD IS AND HE IS A REWARDER OF THEM WHO DILIGENTLY SEEK HIM.

THERE IS NO EXPIRATION DATE ON THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT.

J.Immediately he was healed. All were amazed and glorified God.

I pray our hearts and minds are open to receive the Revelation Knowledge the Holy Spirit longs to share.

Seek His Face. Amen

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Yes, You Were Born That Way! theunfetteredpreacher

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This is who I am. I was born this way. It’s not my fault. How often have we said or heard this, and it is true.

Me, me, me, me, me….. Feed me, change me, hold me, look at me, I want, I will, mine, mine, mine….

If we were lucky, our parents taught us we are not the center of the universe. Mary and Bob are just as important and needful as us.

We are taught to share, to tell the truth, not to hit, hurt or abuse others, all the important things we have learned in kindergarten. Taught how to be productive, concerned, and loving citizens.

The thing is, We were born in SIN. Pride, lying, envy, lust, coveting, backbiting, killing, addiction, adultery, fornication, including gay, lesbian, transgender and queer are all behavioral sins.

They are a life choice. It is the sin we feed, we love and repeat. It is hard to leave these sins behind, we must, ‘Submit to God, Resist the devil and he will flee.’ (James 4:7)

We are all born in sin. Behavioral sins, are things we enjoy while knowing they are not good for us.

James 1:13-17

“Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man. But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. Do not err, my beloved brethren. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.“

Our life choices are either sin and death or grace and hope. Do not blame God for your sin. Repent, ask forgiveness every time you fail.

It may seem you cannot brake the hold this sin has on you, but the Power of the Living God, can raise you upon the Rock.

I pray Davids’s prayer often.

Psalms 51:10-13

“Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.“

The only way to overcome evil is to trust and rely on the Lord. We may fight till the end, never receiving the promise, (Hebrews 11:13) but if we are people who know how to repent and look up to the hills, from whence comes our help. (Psalms 121). We will overcome the evil that would overtake us. (Amos 9:10)

What say you?

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Paul’s Thorn: theunfetteredpreacher

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I have thought long and hard about writing this post, we have so many learned men’s opinions on this subject. Why do I come up with something different, and dare write it?

What kind of fool am I?

Please comment….

2 Corinthians 12:7-9
King James Version (KJV)

“And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.

For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.

And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly, therefore, will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”

Why did he have a “Thorn in the flesh?“

So he would be humble. “lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations.” “lest I should be exalted above measure.”

What was the “Thorn in the flesh?”

“The messenger of Satan to buffet me.”

Not much help, we will look deeper.

He asked the Lord three times to take this “messenger of Satan,” away.

The Lord’s answer: “My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.”

Paul’s reaction: “Most gladly, therefore, will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”

A thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan. A big enough problem that he asked three times for relief. While gladly accepting it, if Christ’s power would rest upon him.

So what was this thorn?

As we study the scriptures we can easily point to his eye problems, he mentions this several times. It’s probably his eyes.

We could blame persecution, guilt from when he persecuted the church or that he received persecution. Nope, it’s probably persecution, somehow.

It is thought it might be a sickness, like malaria, epilepsy, convulsive attacks or even a carnal temptation or depression. Yeah, that must be it.

Why don’t we check the scriptures, The Lord said His grace is sufficient.

Let’s see if any of these combinations are in the word: grace and persecution: grace and sickness: grace and healing:

It’s funny how grace is never paired with, persecution, sickness, healing or eye problems.

In fact, the only thing I see paired up with grace, (God’s unmerited mercy, or Salvation), is SIN. (12 times)

Exodus 34:9

“And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.”

Romans 5:20

“Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:”

Romans 5:21

“That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.”

Romans 6:1

“What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?”

Romans 6:14

“For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace”

Romans 6:15

“What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.”

Ephesians 1:7

“In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;”

Ephesians 2:5

“Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)”

Now I know some will say, ‘What about the messenger of Satan?’

I say why did Eve sin?

We just do not want to think that Paul might have had sin, he could not conquer. Just like me.

No, Paul did the miraculous, raised the dead, healed the sick, had revelations from God. He could not have been struggling with a secret sin.

Hebrews 1:1-2

“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.“
Saints, I could be wrong, but I don’t think so. Paul wrote more on sin than any other writer in the Word.

Paul, like every other great man of God, was a man just like you and I. We all struggle with sin, whether we acknowledge it or not.

Like David, Paul knew how to repent, and turn back towards God, and to walk in obedience.

We can also. If we would.

The Lord will use those who continue to seek His face. Do not let that sin stop, the Lord from raising you up for His service.

His “strength is made perfect in our weakness.” Let Him make you strong. Amen

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“If any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant: theunfetteredpreacher”

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This is an older post that I feel like I needed to see once again. Please feel free to comment.

“We are all born ignorant, but it takes hard work to remain stupid.” Ben Franklin

Why do so many of us remain stupid? Oh, not that we know nothing, but that most of what we know, is meaningless, temporal, not eternal.

1 Corinthians 14: 38.

“But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant.”

So many reject the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We must set it before them, if they refuse it? They will remain ignorant.

Then we have those who have gladly accepted the Gospel, yet reject much of it, that they do not understand. These people remain stupid.

They have rejected the best of the Gospel. Romans 14:17

“For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.“

Oh, we know, we are the righteousness of God, (2 Corinthians 5:21), in Christ Jesus, we sing we have peace like a river, (Isaiah 66:12), but do we really experience joy in the Holy Ghost?

Paul tells us in 2 Corinthians 3, what true ministry should be. First, we must teach the New Covenant, it isn’t the Law that should guide us, but the Spirit.

We need to recognize His leading, council, and guidance.

Learn to walk in the Spirit, not the flesh, to put on the Spiritual as we take off the Natural.

Allow the Holy Spirit to write, God’s law on our hearts (Jer. 31:31–34; Heb. 8:8–12). The Holy Spirit will give us a love for God’s moral standards and the power to obey them. (Rom. 8:4; 1 Cor. 7:19)

We must, realize Christ’s blood makes us righteous, it is just like we never sinned, we are Justified, we are called to separate ourselves out for His service, to become Sanctified.

This is started in our Salvation, but we must Transform and Renew our minds, by studying and obeying the Word of God.

2 Corinthians 3: 6. It is Jesus:

“Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

We have been delivered from our bodies of sin and death, and given the power to overcome temptations. The Power to become true children of God, able to walk in victory, even as it looks like we are defeated.

Galatians 1: 4. It was Jesus:

“Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father: To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.”

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A Sign of Our Times: theunfetteredpreacher

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Bet You Can’t Eat Just One? theunfetteredpreacher

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Do you remember that potato chip commercial? I sure do, because I could never just eat or drink just one, of anything.

Whether it was booze, dope, or even soft drinks, I could never just have one. That is why I have almost no memory of my high school years. I was drunk and stoned than not.

When I accepted the Lord Jesus as my Savior the only addiction I had was to His Word. I read and studied day and night.

I lived and worked at a Bible School, for three years, was licensed and ordained to teach, preach, marry and bury. I was sure God had the man He needed now.

It didn’t take long for reality to set in. I wasn’t anything special, my words fell on deaf ears and hard hearts, there has been no great awakening, no great move of God.

I am not a Pastor or even a Preacher at this point. I teach 6 or so a week in a Bible Study and write this blog. It satisfied for a while, now not so much.

I have no great insight, no anointing, no following, no prospects. No idea if the Lord will ever use me. I try to be faithful, but Proverbs 13:12

“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.”

I wait to see if the desires of my heart will come to fruition.

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The Word in Song: theunfetteredpreacher

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When I was first Saved, we sang Praise and Worship songs. Not Hymns, as the older established Denominations sang, and not the songs I hear today.

Both are wonderful, the Hymns, a History of Mans Love of God, and Gods Faithfulness. Today’s Worship is a reflection of our Love of God, and God’s Faithfulness to us.

In the Charismatic Church, I was Saved in, at that time, the Worship and Praise was the Choruses from the Hymns, and Scripture verses put to music.

I ended up memorizing much Scripture, and that brought me Joy unspeakable, as I sang and attempted to live it.

This is one of my favorites.

“For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.” (Psalm 84:11-12)

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The Lord God:

For the longest time, I considered Lord God, to be God’s first and last name sometimes called Father God. As I have studied the Old Testament, I realize Lord God, is really two members of the Trinity.

The Lord, is the Law Giver, the Father, the Eternal One, and God, is the Creator/Ruler, the Savior, the Son.

They often speak as One, but if you study what the Lord said, and compare it with what God said, it becomes readily apparent that Law and Grace have spoken. (Job 1:8 Exodus 3:4-7 more by request)

Is:

Once was, Is now and will Be. Enoch pleased God, because he believed God Is and Is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. (Hebrews 11:6)

A Sun:

A light in the darkness, a lamp unto our feet. (Psalm 119:105). Warmth, Comfort, and Health.

A Shield:

He is our Secret Place, a thousand on one side and ten thousand on the other will fall, but not touch us. (Psalm 91:1,7)

The Lord gives Grace:

Grace is Salvation, Noah and family were saved from the flood. By the Grace he received because he walked with God. (Genesis 6:8,9).

Glory:

Reputation, Noah became the heir of Righteousness. (Hebrews 11:7). We are changed into His Glory. (2 Corinthians 3:18)

No good thing will be withheld:

My God shall supply all our needs, we can receive the Holy Spirit, to guide, direct, teach, comfort, cause us to pray, perfect prayers. (Philippians 4:19; Ephesians 3:20; Acts 1:8; 1 Corinthians 14:14,15; John 14:26)

Lord of Hosts:

The Commander of Heavens Armies, will bless those who Trust in Him. We shall never want.

This Song brings Joy, Peace, Comfort, and Faith. We should know and sing it as a prayer.

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We shall never want.

The Change Within. theunfetteredpreacher

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I am not the boy or man I was. I have changed, not because time marches on. That change only makes you more of what you were.

If you had anger, greed, or fear, ruling in your life, it just gets worse. If you are generous, kind, and loving, it will grow with you.

Age is an amplifier of that which is our Natural state.

This is not the change I am referring to.

I have always been a me first, person. Unfortunately, if I do not pay attention, I still am. I still notice you have more than me.

Money, looks, love, friends, homes, cars, even your personality, knowledge, your patience, anything…

I may covet all you have and are.

So what and how does true change happen? Only by Jesus. Only when we allow Him to live and rule within us.

Psalm 51:10-13

“Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.”

Lord, help me to walk with You.

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Happy New Year: theunfetteredpreacher

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Happy New Year:

Ok, why the fire hydrant?

I’ll get to that, but first I just saw a video on ‘It’s a Southern Thing, The People of Alabama.’

It features a young girl, Nia Mya Reese, 8 years old, who has written three books. Her steps to success are.

A. Ask for help

B. Believe you can do it

C. No Copying

So I am giving her the credit, she said something that was amazing to me.

“Don’t tell me the skies the limit, while there are footprints on the moon.”

Wow, after the last 2 months of disappointments and discouragement, these words are what I needed.

I start the New Year in a funk, I want to do the Lord’s will, to walk with and experience His presence, but He still has me in Limbo.

I am frustrated, but I know this is where the Lord led me, and without the financial help our friends from Church have given us, we would be out of our home and who knows where.

Which brings me to the fire hydrant.

There is a lot of power in that hydrant, just waiting for the fireman to attach the hose and turn it on.

There is tremendous power in the Word of God.

The Lord is waiting for us to attach ourselves to it, (to renew our minds,) and turn it on. (Act on its instructions).

Unfortunately, our link to His Power is not a tight connection. We fail to completely believe and walk in its Promise.

We are living in the skies the limit and ignoring the footprints on the moon. If we only believe, all things are possible to those who believe.

We don’t, A sad story.

So it is a New Year, Paul wrote in Romans 12:1-2

Romans 12:1-2

“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”

So Be Ye Transformed, be Holy, Acceptable, not Conformed to this world, a living sacrifice, and prove the Truth of His Promises.

Release the Power of our Living, Awesome God.

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The Piano-The Church: The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station

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Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good year ahead.

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I lift up mine eyes: theunfetteredpreacher

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Psalm 123:1-2

“Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.

Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.”

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Joy cometh in the mourning: theunfetteredpreacher

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Psalm 30: 5.

“For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favor is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.”

I love the Lord, I study and meditate on His Word. I believe that His Word is TRUTH.

I believe in Forgiveness, and know I have received more than my share. BUT, joy doesn’t always come in the morning it’s wanted.

This Holiday Season is not as joyous as years past. (Even the year I believed would be my last Christmas, (I heard the Lord say – – search in this blog)). If it wasn’t for Franklin Memorial Church, (where I play piano and teach Bible), we would be in much worse shape.

Thank you, Lord, for a loving group of people.

Friends and relatives have gone on to be with the Lord, and we hadn’t the chance to say I love you one last time.

Then there are our personal experiences. The surgery to remove the soccer ball from my side was canceled. (Fear that my one kidney would fail).

So a month I thought would be tight financially, (no income during recovery). Ended up being tight because the expected work never arrived.

We have lived by Faith for many years, (no steady income), and we have been ahead, and behind. Behind is never a good place, but the verse above has always proven to be true.

This year seems to be taking a bit longer.

A speeding ticket for Thanksgiving, a car backing into us in the drive-thru last night, (who backs up in a drive-thru?) and many hours of driving ahead.

I awoke this am, with no joy, just aggravation. I cannot blame the last paragraph on anyone but me.

I should have driven straight home last night, not stopped for food, I should have not been driving fast at Thanksgiving. (I am sure, I was just keeping up with traffic, ).

Both my errors. Not God’s problem.

But I still wake up hoping they would be gone. They are not.

Suck it up, buttercup. Know you are accountable for your actions, pay the price, repent and take a nap.

There’s always tomorrow.

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Acceptance: theunfetteredpreacher

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Occasionally, in my FB feed, I find a story about gays or trans, or other confused individuals. I always read the comments.

You would think you could start a conversation about the post. Impossible.

You are only allowed to agree with the troubled person. If you dare to disagree with the groupthink, you are insulted and told to shut up.

I am always polite, and try to point to the truth of the Word. Hate the sin, yet love the sinner.

Not acceptable. We must embrace whatever foolishness they are pushing today. What they do or think is not our concern.

So….

Gay marriage, boys are girls and girls are boys, boys in girls’ bathrooms and competing in girls sports is completely normal. Drag queens reading to children is a healthy, learning experience.

I am sorry. These ideas are sick and should not be entertained by anyone with a brain. We must stand fast against all this foolishness we are being served.

We must pray and fight for our children’s futures.

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Don’t Give Up: theunfetteredpreacher

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Psalm 27: 13.

“I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.”

Don’t Give Up:

It seems for many, that Christmas time is the hardest time of the year. There are many that consider suicide the only answer to their loss, sadness, and hopelessness.

It is hard to think that the New Year ahead, will be a better place, that comfort, and peace, love and joy can be a part of their lives once again.

The Psalmist, (David?), was depressed. Yet he looked up.

We must lift our eyes:

Psalm 121: 1.

“I will lift up my eyes to the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.”

When we are in the deepest, blackest place, when we are ready to just give it up, the Holy Spirit will cause us to see the goodness and love of God, in those around us.

We will live, laugh and love again, in this life, in the land of the living. Give the Spirit the opportunity to reach your heart.

Don’t Give Up:

Look up, and let God.

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If any of you lacketh wisdom: theunfetteredpreacher

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James 1:5

“If any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given to him.”

If God gives Wisdom just for the asking, why are so many people, ABSOLUTELY CLUELESS?

Legalizing and Normalizing Sin, allowing the Liberal Indoctrination of our children in Schools. Those who should be leading the lost to Christ, are pushing a Gospel of Forgiveness without Repentance and Holiness. (God is Love. He will not send us to Hell. everyone will be in Heaven).

Wisdom is sorely lacking in our Churches, Schools, Government, and Society. Do we even understand what wisdom is? We are living under the Wisdom of the World.

James 3:15-16

“This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, demoniacal. For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. “

This Worldly Wisdom is tearing our communities apart. Our children have no respect of, or for others. Abortion on demand has led us to consider mercy killing for those who have little hope for a ‘normal life’.

We are desperately in need of Godly Wisdom. Godly Wisdom is first of all PURE, there is no downside to His Wisdom, it will never lead us away from Him, only draw us closer. It will only help us to Holy, Loving, Forgiving without encouraging sin.

Wisdom is Peaceable, there no strife, no one is hurt, instead, they are led to a better place, they understand a peace they have never known possible. It is a gentle Wisdom, it doesn’t beat you over the head but leads you to true love and grace.

It is easy to accept Godly Wisdom, the light shines forth, our way is easy our burdens light.

James 3:17

“But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.”

Wisdom is available to whosoever, but many of us refuse to choose it. We walk in the ways of the world, and wonder how far from God have we fallen?

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Wonderful Warfarin: theunfetteredpreacher

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I have been on Warfarin for several years. At times my blood needs to be thinned, (I have afib and CHF), and at other times my blood is too thin.

This is one of those times.

As you can see, I have a small cut and a pinhole on my right arm. Bruising is normal.

I cover it with a bandage and a short hour later, we have leakage.

We begin to change bandaids:

This has been happening for three days now. I have stopped the Warfarin, and hopefully, my blood will clog. It is hard to believe how much blood can come from such tiny injuries.

I am trusting I will soon be able to get away from these health-related posts and back to Scriptural Revelations.

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Surgery Cancelled: theunfetteredpreacher

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I just heard from the Doctor, my Creatine level is too high for the surgery. Never mind that it has been above 3.1 since 2017.

It should be around 1.25-1.75, so it is high, now between 3.68 and 4.61. Will see if Kidney Dr. Can do anything, have an appointment on the 12th.

So I am disappointed, but will survive.

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