Dead Prayer
When I was 10 years old I had my first encounter with a YHVH fearing woman. She taught me something about faith that stuck with me from that day forward though I had no idea of how to find it for myself. She had a real sense of peace. Even through hard times her Savior granted her that. I wanted peace so bad that day that I tried to become a christian. But there was much to learn and no one to teach it. I got in more trouble than I had ever been in before and I hadn't even gotten the pleasure of doing anything fun. So with no one to encourage my young faith it fell away. Or so I thought. My Heavenly Father foreknew what he wanted of me. So first He turned me to Him and then let me find my own way to who and what He really is.
When I was 23 I decided to commit my life as seriously as I knew how at the time to YHVH. I did so out of bitterness and anger. Again no one was overly their to teach me what was right. But because of a fierce desire for revenge against Him who I believed ruined my life I was not willing to let things go. Sometime later I found myself in a video lending library full of R.C. Sproul.
This started the beginning of a change in understanding.
For most of my christian life I was confused about prayer. People claim they believe that YHVH answers prayer. But their actions really did not reflect that claim. Me I struggled with it hard. What little I knew of the bible said that prayer is answered. But my prayer always came up empty. I look to all the people who I used to attend church with and all they have is a empty claim that they believe He answers prayer. But they don't live like it.
I began to pray and ask what was wrong why are prayers no longer answered the way they used to be for the disciples. The answer came indirectly. In other words I started chasing the right thing for the right reasons. But had no clue that I had started down the right track. The answer of coarse is found in the bible. And I am going to tell you if you don't take this verse as boldly serious as it is state your prayer will not be answered ever. This verse is key to my life as well it should be yours.
Proverbs 28:9
9He who turns away his ear from hearing the Torah, Even his prayer is an abomination.
Abomination is a big word and not used but for special things. The fact that it is used here in this way is big and it tells us just why our prayers are like peeing in a a stif wind.
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Self Control Or Self Gratification
Why do so many people spend so little time focused on the greatest things YHVH has to offer. Many people chase speaking in tongues, or the prophetic, and some to be a great healer. As admirable as these things are most of people desire these thing for the attention they believe they will get from the peers of their church. Yeshua said that we should give in secrete. Have you ever thought about healing someone in complete secrete so they had no idea what had happened. Probably not. Showing us that the reason most seek big fancy gifts is self importance or pride. Don't get me wrong the gifts of the spirit are great and we should desire them. But I think we should leave them up to YHVH to delineate who gets what gift and when its needed. However that does not mean we should sit waiting dumbfounded for something to happen. Maybe our fast focus should be on spiritual fruit rather than spiritual gifts.
There are many fruits to talk about but I am going to focus on the one that is most neglected as far as I can tell.
When was the last time you were driving down the road and something happened in traffic? Maybe you got cut off, or the light changed just in time to mess you over in your time schedule. One time I looked down from the 18 wheeler I was driving because a car was running right beside my window and not passing me. They came up fast and then slowed at my window. They had a reason for this. You see the passenger was a reasonable looking woman that was totally nude as far as I could tell. After I got a good look they picked up the pace and moved on. My hormones went out of control because of that. Mostly because I had no idea on how to control anything in my life. Especially myself. I have been the guy who gets very angry at an inconvenient stoplight. One of the biggest areas that shows a loss of self control is sex. But I am not going to deal with that in this blog. I will be blogging it but not today. Lets look at some of the little issues of self control. Its the little ones that really ad up because they get ignored.
Col 3:23
23And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Master and not to men, 24knowing that from the Master you shall receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Master, Messiah, you serve. 25But he who does wrong shall be repaid for the wrong which he has done, and there is no partiality.
I was walking out of a Connivence Store a little while back and saw a beautiful gal walking in. She caught my attention because she was conservatively well dressed. She was also with some children though I don't think they were hers. Close by walking up with her was another woman who looked more like the mother of the children. Quickly she caught up with the woman that I had noticed. I also saw a man that from what I could tell was probably the second woman's husband and the father of the children. Because of the time of day and the day of the week I guessed them to be 7th Day Adventists. They are very devout to a saturday Sabbath. As He fueled I pondered their home and what might be found in it. I did this partly because of where they were this lovely saturday afternoon. A C-Store. Which means money was about to be spent to cover gas and what ever else they might decide to purchase. However the bible does say that there shall be no money changing hands on the Sabbath. As I said its the small things that add up fast. I wondered could I find sponge bob in the children's toys, or videos on the shelf that were not edifying to the Creator. Would I find magazines designed for women but have soft core porn on the cover like Cosmo. How many hours does your over all home dedicate to farmville etc. There are so many things that we neglect because they seem innocent. The 7th Day Adventist actually have a lot more of this under control then most. They usually don't read romance novels and things like this that many many people who claim to be christians do.
How many of these things are in your life? I can say I have way way to many in mine. But I can also say that I am on a daily struggle and prayer for the spiritual fruit of self control.
The bible says so many wondrous things for those that keep his statutes and commands. Why do we continue with the rubbish of our lives? We continue to turn time and time again to focus what we want. Giving little or no thought to what is right in the site of YHVH.
We cry out that is just innocent little this and little that. Or scream who are you to judge me. Weigh it out for your self, are all those little innocent things that the go against that scripture worth the loss of the blessing from heaven. Should we turn away from spiritual fruit and turn toward our own lustful desires?
The bible is full of stories when Israel did exactly that. Horrible things occurred time and time again to them until they repented.
Will we be aloud a time to repent? Or destroyed like Sodom and Gomorrah? I personally have been praying for an idea I call One of Ten. Ten Couples who will devoutly stand in the statutes and commands of YHVH. Who will follow this,
II Chron 7:13
“If I shut up the heavens and there is no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people, 14and My people upon whom My Name is called, shall humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their evil ways, then I shall hear from the heavens, and forgive their sin and heal their land. 15“Now, My eyes are open and My ears attentive to the prayer of this place
May a remnant be found in the precious country the united states of America.
There are many fruits to talk about but I am going to focus on the one that is most neglected as far as I can tell.
When was the last time you were driving down the road and something happened in traffic? Maybe you got cut off, or the light changed just in time to mess you over in your time schedule. One time I looked down from the 18 wheeler I was driving because a car was running right beside my window and not passing me. They came up fast and then slowed at my window. They had a reason for this. You see the passenger was a reasonable looking woman that was totally nude as far as I could tell. After I got a good look they picked up the pace and moved on. My hormones went out of control because of that. Mostly because I had no idea on how to control anything in my life. Especially myself. I have been the guy who gets very angry at an inconvenient stoplight. One of the biggest areas that shows a loss of self control is sex. But I am not going to deal with that in this blog. I will be blogging it but not today. Lets look at some of the little issues of self control. Its the little ones that really ad up because they get ignored.
Col 3:23
23And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Master and not to men, 24knowing that from the Master you shall receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Master, Messiah, you serve. 25But he who does wrong shall be repaid for the wrong which he has done, and there is no partiality.
I was walking out of a Connivence Store a little while back and saw a beautiful gal walking in. She caught my attention because she was conservatively well dressed. She was also with some children though I don't think they were hers. Close by walking up with her was another woman who looked more like the mother of the children. Quickly she caught up with the woman that I had noticed. I also saw a man that from what I could tell was probably the second woman's husband and the father of the children. Because of the time of day and the day of the week I guessed them to be 7th Day Adventists. They are very devout to a saturday Sabbath. As He fueled I pondered their home and what might be found in it. I did this partly because of where they were this lovely saturday afternoon. A C-Store. Which means money was about to be spent to cover gas and what ever else they might decide to purchase. However the bible does say that there shall be no money changing hands on the Sabbath. As I said its the small things that add up fast. I wondered could I find sponge bob in the children's toys, or videos on the shelf that were not edifying to the Creator. Would I find magazines designed for women but have soft core porn on the cover like Cosmo. How many hours does your over all home dedicate to farmville etc. There are so many things that we neglect because they seem innocent. The 7th Day Adventist actually have a lot more of this under control then most. They usually don't read romance novels and things like this that many many people who claim to be christians do.
How many of these things are in your life? I can say I have way way to many in mine. But I can also say that I am on a daily struggle and prayer for the spiritual fruit of self control.
The bible says so many wondrous things for those that keep his statutes and commands. Why do we continue with the rubbish of our lives? We continue to turn time and time again to focus what we want. Giving little or no thought to what is right in the site of YHVH.
We cry out that is just innocent little this and little that. Or scream who are you to judge me. Weigh it out for your self, are all those little innocent things that the go against that scripture worth the loss of the blessing from heaven. Should we turn away from spiritual fruit and turn toward our own lustful desires?
The bible is full of stories when Israel did exactly that. Horrible things occurred time and time again to them until they repented.
Will we be aloud a time to repent? Or destroyed like Sodom and Gomorrah? I personally have been praying for an idea I call One of Ten. Ten Couples who will devoutly stand in the statutes and commands of YHVH. Who will follow this,
II Chron 7:13
“If I shut up the heavens and there is no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people, 14and My people upon whom My Name is called, shall humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their evil ways, then I shall hear from the heavens, and forgive their sin and heal their land. 15“Now, My eyes are open and My ears attentive to the prayer of this place
May a remnant be found in the precious country the united states of America.
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