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It’s War!

August 1, 2010 in Personal with Comments Off

This week has been an unusual week to say the least…
Tonight I had a conversation with Daphne (my wife) while riding to her mothers house, which started when I said to her, “I wish people could feel what I feel”. She said, “what do you mean?”, and I began to describe to her, as best I could (which wasn’t very good), what I meant.

To help you understand what I am writing about I need to rewind a few days. This past Monday I was up early, had my coffee, about an hour in the Word, and then off to work. After about 30 minutes of being at work, I had this overwhelming feeling of defeat. It lasted all morning until around lunch time when I spoke with Daphne on the phone and it immediately left me! Yea I know, that’s weird. Whats weirder is we had an awesome and productive Sunday. I didn’t think much of it anymore…fast forward to Thursday.

Dag-gone! That same feeling of defeat and burden and ugliness settled over me and it lasted until Saturday mid-morning. I had had enough! I realized that Satan was messing with my head and although I had prayed diligently for help, I couldn’t shake him. So I sent out a text to my associate pastors and asked them to start praying. About 3:00, the burden lifted. What a relief! Note: There are times when you need the help of Brothers and Sisters in Christ, don’t be afraid to ask!

Now, back to the conversation with Daphne. I proceeded to explain to her how sometimes I feel as though I am out of my body. She said, “ugh”. Yeah, I know, that’s what I said. But it is true, as I grow in knowledge of God and the Lord Jesus Christ, the more acutely aware I am of the Spiritual Warfare going on round about me. I asked her, “Have you ever watched one of those TV shows where someone is lying on a table in the emergency room and they see themselves there and can hear everything that is going on, but can’t interact at all.” Well that is how I feel quite often. I wish people could feel that. It is as if I know there is a war between God and Satan around me, and I can’t participate or speak or interact on my behalf (from a natural perspective). The awareness of this WAR seems to become clearer and clearer. Satan wants YOU! And he is waging WAR against you! But thank God for Jesus Christ who intercedes on our behalf. What I am helpless to do is able!

Everything around you today as you see it means nothing, the house, the car, the crops, the job, its all nothing! What is everything is the knowledge of Jesus Christ presence in your life and knowing that by his divine nature we are being sustained until we live with him forever! I wish people could feel what I feel.

I went to the church tonight to pray in the stillness and quietness and during that time God spoke 1 Peter 5:10-11 into my heart! “And the God of grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. To him be the power for ever and ever. Amen.”

I love my God, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob! And I love my church; a church that is more than willing to intercede on the behalf of those who need them at a moments notice!

Doubt…

April 15, 2010 in Personal with Comments Off

It has been a while since I wrote, so I thought I would take a moment and jot down a few things. I must say, as exciting as it is to see people genuinely experiencing God, it is also scary! Yes, that’s right, I said the “S” word. Why is it scary? Because my flesh creates doubt! Doubt about my ability. 

Jer 3:15  Then I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will lead you with knowledge and understanding.

 It is a true statement, that God’s gift of knowledge and understanding is given! Therefore, we should each grab a hold of that and press forward. The Holy Spirit that lives within us is all sufficient. Yet, we let the world say, “you are not qualified”, “you are not educated”, “you have not been to seminary”, “what gives you the right to lead”. Our answers are clear…if we have been forgiven by the blood of Jesus Christ and accepted Him as our Lord and Savior, the answer is THE HOLY SPIRIT!

 The statements above are statements that have their origin in Satan, the father of lies! He wishes nothing more than for those of us who have become Jesus Freaks, to think we are less worthy to do the things of the Kingdom! He is a liar and a thief!

 The next time your mind starts saying these things or an individual speaks these things about you, fear not! The scripture says, “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind” and ” Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,”.

The Flesh!

March 5, 2010 in Personal with Comments Off

I am a funny person! I say that because, as I remove myself in the Spirit and look at the Flesh, it’s an awefully funny site! Seriously, in the flesh, one day can be an awesome day and the next day you would think my world came to an end. How can that be? The answer is simple enough…The Flesh! 

If I am cognizant of this fact, then I am also endowed with the Power from on High to change that. This is accomplished by walking, breathing, talking, thinking, and living, in the presence of the Holy Spirit. I think it was BH Radar that said something to this effect, “If you think Satan comes against you now, you ain’t seen nothing yet, wait till you get Baptised in the Holy Spirit!” It is true, “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy;” in John 10:10.

When you receive the anointing of the Holy Spirit in your life by the sacrificial blood of the Lamb, the Lord Jesus Christ, you immediately become an enemy and are placed on Hell’s “Most Wanted” list! Satan is a liar! My father always said this, “if a man will lie to you, he will steal from you, and if a man will steal from you, he will lie to you.” This old saying is scripturally true! For Satan is both a liar and a thief! He seeks to steal your joy (the first fruits), kill your spirit (his supernatural enemy, the Holy Spirit), and destroy your hope (Jesus Christ, his Jailor).

No wonder I am up one day and down the next! My desire is to be filled with the Holy Spirit 24/7, but my  flesh is like a frenzy of Pirahnas furiously tearing at my every weakness!  Wake up Chris! Wake up! “and do not give the devil a foothold…And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.” When will I learn to trust in the words of God!

“This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.”

It’s one thing for me to say, “I am baptized in the Holy Spirit”, yet it is an entirely different thing for me to actually live by that Spirit!

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