This is a must see message!!

This is a message by Paul Washer, a really powerful man of God. It is one of the most moving messages that Ive ever heard and I encourage you to listen to this with caution...watch your toes! They will be in pieces by the end lol. Take notes,play it as many times as you can because there is so much truth in this message that this generation needs!
Be Blessed!

The Attributes of God part 1

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The Knowability of God


Check out the video...I will also be posting some articles and sermons by men of God who dove head first into the study of the attributes of God. Knowing God and what He is like is so important because having the right conception of Him will determine the depth of your relationship with Him. Studying God's attributes and getting to know Him more intimately helps us from just knowing ABOUT God to knowing of God and knowing Him personally. When we think of the word attribute, being humans, we usually relate it to ourselves
attribute: something attributed as belonging to a person, thing, group, etc.; a quality, character, characteristic, or property:

attributes belong to men because we are created: we are composed, made up of parts, and therefore we possess attributes, we are influenced and can add to our character or subtract from our character. We can be happy one day and be sad the next, we can be sensitive for ten years and then become hard for the rest of our lives; we can be influenced to become angry and then become influenced to become happy again. We possess attributes and characteristics but it is not the same way with God.

God has no origin, He was not created, He has no beginning and has no end, therefore He is not composed of parts, such as man is. He is one with Himself, a unit...three in One. If someone were to compose God, then we would have to go to that "One" says A.W. Tozer. Just as a diamond is pure and whole, with no other minerals that make up its substance, so is God...but even more...God is without parts and cannot be influenced by anything outside of Himself.He cannot be influence and therefore change His attributes. He doesent change and he doesent fluctuate as man does..just as man can be happy about one thing and become even happier about another, God is the fullness of happiness, He is its essence. Just as man chooses to love what he wants and when he wants, God is the essence of love, He is the fullness of love. There is no love outside of God, no happiness outside of God, no life, no truth, no righteousness outside of Him. He embodies His attributes and is them.

God's definition of attribute: something which God has declared to be true about Himself.

God's attributes cannot be studied and researched and found by the intellect, 1 Corinthians chapter 2 tells us that The Spirit of God reveals the deep things of God. His attributes and the things that He declares to be true about Himself are revealed to those who seek Him. Knowledge of God can only be revealed by the Spirit.

Be blessed

Christians with Opinions

Check out the Video, its about Christians with Opinions....those of us who choose to hold on to our opinions even though we desire to seek God and do His will. This can be a dangerous thing , and is something we are all guilty of, but we must choose to be Kingdom minded people and let God's thoughts become our thoughts and His ways our ways. When we let God's Word reign supreme in our lives then there will be no room to formulate opinions of our own, we will delight in God's Law, and we will be able to stand in the day of adversity and look sin and problems in the face and call them what they are. Today we deal with so many issues in this world that are becomming more and more accepted by society...things like fornication, homosexuality, abortion,..things like murder and crime go un noticed and passed over. Our perspective on these issues and our response to these issues doesent need to be based on and formed by the world. We need to find our answers and base our opinions on the Word of God and let His word remain the standard of morality.
(Morality - Gods Word = hypocrisy)
Stand firm on the Word as a Kingdom citizen and as someone who seeks God, let His Word be your standard and not your own opinion...

Worship the King

Check out the video and check out the blog....worshipping God is the most important thing that you can ever do in your life! Worship needs to be the foundation of anyone and everyone who seeks to draw nearer to God. " God's Kingdom will never come where His name is not regarded as holy."
Be Blessed

Worship the King Blog

Ill start off by saying this. We live in a democratic country where we have been given freedoms, of opinion, religion, speech, whatever... Those things are good but as with anything that is man made, there are some flaws. Taking on that mindset (a democratic one) can be dangerous for the one who seeks after and desires to follow God. Ill explain... See, a democracy involves opinion, whether its ones opinion about the leadership, the laws, the government, the economy... You are "free" to your own opinion in a democracy, whether its right or wrong. Well in a kingdom its different, the thing that makes a kingdom different from any other government on earth is that a kingdom involves worship... Worship of the leader(king), reverence for His laws and His ways, respect for His property, and conforming to His standards. His opinion becomes yours, His thoughts become yours, His ways become yours.. although a person may live in a democracy and totally loathe the president and his authorities, he is still free to live in the country and he is entitled to his own opinion. Not so in the kingdom, a person cannot live in the kingdom and be partial to the king. One cannot seek to receive the benefits that God wants to give in the kingdom and not like God and what He stands for. You can't live in the kingdom and not want to worship the king. You can't live in the kingdom and have your own image or opinion of the king. To live in the Kingdom, you must see Him as He is and worship Him for who He is, and not just what His kingdom can do for you. See, when the economy is great and the people are benefitting, the presidents approval rating goes up, and when its bad, the approval rating falls in a democratic country...it can never be like that in the kingdom.The King has no approval rating among the people because He never changes, He is and has always been the same. Hebrews tells us that God has been the same yesterday, today and forever...and the Kings approval isn't based on the opinions of the people, because He is self sufficient, He needs no approval or like or dislike to be King. He was and is King before we even got here, and He would be King if we never existed. Furthermore, our worship of Him does not make Him anymore a King than if no one worshiped Him. Worship in the Kingdom is because God is King, has been King, before any and everything and because He has always been King, it is our duty, our rightful place as His creation to give Him worship.all other Kings of the earth need(key word) followers and subjects to remain kings but not so witn the King of the Kingdom. He has no need.never has, never will. We must worship Him because of Who He is, was and has been...and because all things were made by Him. A democracy allows you to like or dislike the leader, to say what you want about him, to pick and choose what you like and dislike about the government, and when it comes to laws, he doesent even have the ultimate authority in some cases. People change laws, vote, protest, etc. And make things happen...but in the Kingdom, this type of governing doesent happen, the King must be worshipped with love. If you're in the kingdom, and your worshiping the King, and you find that you really don't love Him and His laws, chances are you were probably never in the kingdom in the first place. In the Kingdom, the subjects love the King, they love His laws, His decrees, they love what He stands for! Lol.. If you find an "opinionated Christian", you probably won't see them in the kingdom very long... So many people approach the Kingdom of God with a democratic mentality, ...almost like a person shopping in the supermarket. They approach the word of God and see things like "give and it shall be given unto you...","brethren I pray that you prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers" I am the Lord, who gives you the power to get wealth" and they say, "I like this, put it in the cart.." then they come across things like "be holy, for I am holy,"and things like "I love righteousness and hate iniquity" and things like "don't be unequally yoked with unbelievers"..or "be angry and sin not" .. And they say, "eh, I think ill leave those on the shelf, they sound ok, but just a little too hard...I like those other things better..." and people pick and choose in Gods law the things that they like and dislike instead of having a kingdom attitude like David in psalms that says "I love your law, o'Lord" . We cannot approach the kingdom with a democratic mindset. We cannot choose the days and times that we love God, or choose when we will follow His word. It has to be constant, a lifestyle of loving the King and obeying His laws out of delight for Him and His laws. Worship God , not just out of what His government can Do for you, or what it has done for you, worship Him with the proper conception of Him, worship Him for who He is and because He is that..God..and there is no one like Him. Gods kingdom wil never come where His name is not regarded as Holy first.(Matt. 6:9-10)....so much more...ill write it later...

Chambers of the Heart part 2

Chambers of the heart part 2....well, i guess i just wanted to add something from the first one. I find it interesting how today, we have so many ways of expressing ourselves, of showing who we are and what we are like just by the things that we associate with and give our attention to. Things like Myspace, Facebook, Avatars, Images, Digital cameras, we can expres ourselves in so many ways through these things; but in all these aveues...what do our Ipods and MySpace's say about us? What do they express about who and what we give our attention to. These priests in Ezekiel 8:7-13 had the same issue. They posted and expressed themselves about what they worshipped through images on the wall and inscence burned in that secret chamber in the temple. Do you have a secret chamber in your temple of the Holy Spirit? What are we giving attention to in our lives? Is God Supreme, and does our lives express that we serve Him and worship Him ? Just some questions to think about
Be Blessed

just at work....

Hey, I'm just at work, thinking, not really doing anything, so I thought I would post a blog. I'm using my cellphone to post this, so if its not the most grammatically correct, then hallelujah lol.
I was reading psalms 50 the other day and I began to think about something that is just so simple, yet kinda deep. Psalm 50:9-13 is talking about how God doesent need any sacrifices or offerings from the people as food or for anything. He doesent use the offerings to judge between the people, he doesent taste the offering and decide if Billy or Jackie cooks it better then answer Billy's prayers because he offered it better. Gods whole point in these couple verses is to get across to the people 2 main points (well at least ill just talk about 2) 1.God was trying to change these peoples mindset, because when they were offering sacrifices, they were giving it with the mentality that God wanted a good meal before he could do anything for you. They saw it like God needed these sacrifices for food and since He couldn't get it himself it would please him if people just sacrificed it to Him. Wrong!this is how the pagans worshipped their gods, with this mentality. "God needs us, in order to do what He does, so He can do what we want." make sense?the pagans gave lil food on lil plates to their gods because they got "hungry". And in return for the food, the gods would please the people. So the whole point was that the god needed the people, in order to be god. The isrealites were doing the same thing to God.they were also so focused on all the external methods that of how they could please God and never tried to know or please Him internally, which was the whole point of sacrifices anyway(a type and shadow). The isrealites did not honor or glorify God as God, for who he is and this is why he was corecting them in psalms 50.
2. God is nothing like any idol or false god. In the previous verses in this chapter God says to isreal, "I am God, even your God." he was saying that he was the one and only true God and therefore he must be treated as that , not like some idol. The next point is, that since he is God, he is the all sufficient, all powerful, all knowing one who needs nothing or nobody. These people we're treating God like he was like them, like he had some need, or desire that he had to have from them. And because God is God, he never has had, and never will have a need. He is just as much sufficient now as he has always been.if God were to have a need, he wouldn't be God. If there were something that man could give him in order to satisfy some void He had, then God wouldn't be God. He has no need, no appetite, no void He has to fill, He never will. And He needs nothing from anyone.peoples mindarts have been warped when it comes to serving God. Lol, he is not in need of service. But it is for our sake that we serve him, because we are the ones with the needs; and true service to him is not by external ways, but by honoring Him and worshiping Him as God and knowing Him, internally. What could we ever give, or how much could we ever do, or how many sermons or ministries could we teach, or how many fasts and offerings could we take to please God anyway?if he had a need, what could we really do about it ? Could humans really solve the needs of a Deity?never! Babies can't pay an adults bills, and no insect could meet the needs of a human. But back to the point, God has never had a need and can't ever have a need, and if he did why would He tell us? He says that In psalm 50 verse 9-13.if I were hungry, why would I tell you, for the whole earth is mine."
So what are we to do, if God has no need, and accepts no external rituals and traditional forms of worship only? We are to do as he says in psalms 50:14-15, offer to God thanksgiving.and our vows to the most high, lol your vows...not cows .the whole point is to honor God as God, worship Him because He is that.and to know him to the point where in verse 15 , you can call on him and He will answer you.don't let your perception of God be formed by the things you think you have to do for Him. Honor and thank Him and get to know Him for who He is.

Hope this wasn't too long, lol...but praise God, now its lunchtime. Be blessed, share your thoughts.

Reality...it really happened

The Real Mt. Siani..check this out!!!


Im a person who appreciates history. I love hearing the stories of how those in the past reacted, moved, changed and formed and lived. With that said, the Bible is history, its full of history of how God has been interacting with His people, the israelites, and it tells the "stories" of how God has and continues to do so much to reach out to the hearts of His people. In God's Word, there are miraculous things, supernatural things, laws, demonstrations of power and things have happened that remain in a class all by themself. Many times, because of the present and all the pressure thats put on reality (whats happening right in front of you) I think that at times we water-down the stories of the Bible and dont realize the reality of them. The effects and choices made and power demonstrasted in the Word have changed the course of history. Men and women who chose to follow God, not some fairy-tale figure, but The Creator of the Universe Himself have experienced and seen things that nowadays a man's imagination can only make up. I mean, look at the experiences and look at the results, Imagine the reality of a burning bush that is blazing with white-hot flames, yet not consumed...or an entire sea split in two forming a path for 2 million people to pass through....or even God Himself, coming down from Heaven, to visit earth with a physical presence ...fire, sulfur, a foundation of the most clearest, precious stones, descending upon a mountain . Picture the reality of a man that could walk on water, whose DNA was so molecularly different from our own that if He were to take a blood test, it would be proven that he was created without a human father. Or the reality of a city that was literally destroyed with the hottest of sulfur and fire, killing everyone in its path. So many people look at the Bible, with this metaphorical, unreal perspective, and thus they see a God who is the same way...Go through the Word, look at the stories and let the Life of the Word take you back and allow you to feel the experience that these people felt....

This is just an example of what Im talking about...Look at this article, see how nature doesent lie, then take a look at Exodus and re live what went on at that holy mountain. Its not some "dedication or tribute" to what happened. Men arent set up like workers at an amusement park waiting to take tourists on a "show" to these supernatural monuments...they have a legacy, a reality , a residue left by God Himself. Check it out, be changed

Chambers of the Heart

I was reading Ezekiel 8:7-12 , and this just really stood out. I encourage you to really just read it over and over and let the Spirit of God speak to you about the chambers of your own heart. Whats painted on the walls of our spirits? To what and to whom is our devotion and worship going to. It may not be to gold or silver or wood idols, but it may be to something such as "self", or it may be a devotion to fill a void in our lives, and we may search to fill it with everything and anything. What about the things that we watch or listen to on a daily basis, are they recieving the worship in our temple that only God deserves? We may even be calling the thing we devote our attention to a good thing in the name of "God" and we might be replacing His blessings for Him. Lets not take the glory of God and exchange it for images resembling not just things like beasts and birds like the Israelites did, but lets not exchange His glory and change his image to that of a corruptible man. (Romans 1:23). Self can be a tyrant, a dictator, and a lord to the man who lives for himself. What and who are you serving in the chambers of your heart?

Visiting Royalty

"God is treated as visiting royalty in a democratic country." - A.W. Tozer

I cant help but be fascinated everytime I pick up one of A. W. Tozer's books and read. When I saw this statement , there was so much truth in it for so few words. This statement makes me think of how this country and so many others have treated God, today, in the past, and in how our children will treat God in the future.
This is just a thought, but I think that overall, mankind (worldly man) likes and thinks that he has adjusted well to the realization that "this is his world". What i mean by that is , after the fall of man in Genesis 2, when Adam decided to disobey God, and essentially made the choice to be under the dominion of Satan, and when Adam chose to be "on his own", I think that throughout the years and all through the centuries, man is "proud" and "ok" with Adam's decision. Today we would say that "man has made the most of it" and the world is comfortable with Adam's decision in the begining to forget God and choose himself. That attitude is wrong and thats why this statement is so true. Today people are comfortable choosing themself and working on themselves, rather than choosing God and working on doing His will. I mean, when it comes down to it, Are we really doing what God wants us to be doing? Or have we made the democratic decision to make our own plans ideas and goals and then honor God and celebrate Him in the process of doing what we want to do?
Just look around you, God is honored, but he isnt Supreme. People respect God, but dont fear Him. People like the fact that they are "in control" of their own decisions and Self has taken the throne in the kingdom of decision making. And when along comes another Authority, with another Law and some different decisions, "self" feels threatened and holds on tighter than ever to the achievements and acomplishments and the goals that "I " want to meet. Thats why its so easy for people to accept Jesus as Savior, but not as Lord; and that is one of the biggest misunderstandings that have been made.
Lets not make God a guest; lets stop treating Him as visiting royalty in a democratic country. Let's dethrone self and let the Lord God rule and reign in our lives. Let's stop treating God as a guest in our government, in our churches, and in our homes. Let's switch to a Kingdom mentality and give Him the rightful honor, reverence, and devotion thats given to a King.

The Most Important Question Youll Ever Ask...

So the question is ....." What comes into your mind when you think about God?" I believe that this is the foundational question that every man should ask himself to determine his relationship with God. We have so many different things that we believe about God, and sometimes all that we do is take another mans beliefs about something and make them our own instead of seeking and searching for the answers ourselves. God is not hidden, He desires to reveal Himself to those who will seek Him and in Romans 1: 21, He says that He has revealed Himself and His attributes through His creation, but man chose not to call that which is revealed, God. So what comes into your mind when you think about God? I also think that in this modern era, we tend to leave out alot of who He is and alot of His attributes....things like His wrath , His hatred of sin, His thoughts of vomiting out lukewarmness....I mean, we hear so much and so much about His goodness and light, that we have redefined those words, part of what makes Him so good is His hate for evil; part of what make Him so full of light is His elimination of and power over darkness....I mean, to get to the greatest day of glory and His Kingdom and His new earth and perfection and glorification for us, His wrath has to be revealed against all sin. To get to the peak of happiness and eternal life, His judgment of unrighteousness must be brought forth. What im saying in short is, that God is complete, He is perfect and He is perfect in His opinions, ideas, convictions, thoughts and ways...but the question is, how does His perfection in all of these areas relate to us in our daily lives? Are we following Him and viewing Him through His perspective, or are we claiming that we are following Him and viewing Him through this world's perspective of Him ? through "our grandma's perspective of Him?" or through the media's perspective of Him?" What comes to your mind when you think about God???

Whats Wrong with The Gospel?

Whats Wrong with The Gospel by A.W. Tozer

So, I was reading this at work the other day and it really blew my mind. I mean it was awesome! Ive been reading some of A.W. Tozer's books and he is really on point with what the Lord was showing him. In this article, he is talking about some of the traditions that the church has picked up in the last 150 years. These things arent bad, and theyre not totally non-effective, but my question is like Tozer's in this....why do we do them? Are these traditions lined up in the Word? Is what we are doing just another part of Americanized Christianity? These are some of the questions running around in my spirit as i was reading this....what questions will come up in yours? Enjoy the article,its very on point with some humor in it as well...God Bless

A Liar?

So I was asked a question the other day. More people are beginning to ask about me and ministry, rather me in ministry. My MySpace page, the Bible Studies, I dunno, but it just seems this year like more people are asking about ministry; which is absolutely fine with me. So I was at work last week, the ministry "are you a preacher" question comes up and so I answer as usual, "Yes I teach at my church, and Ive been called to ministry" . So everything was great until I was asked by another person, "You plan on making a living lying to people?" Wow, now that was a first!! I wasnt mad, but indignant. Lying to people? So I responded, not to defend the Word, or the many ministers out there, because I really cant speak for them, but I spoke for myself and said, "No, Ive never lied, and will never lie when it comes to sharing the Word of God." And then I thought...and thought...and a certain image came to mind; and it made me say "That was the most ignorant statement/question that Ive ever heard. " This was the image i saw..

and what I thought about was all the persecution, all of the hate, the martyrs, all of the ignorance and blindness of all the people who killed the prophets, who stoned the martyrs, all of the persecutors who jeered and cursed Jesus that day on the cross, who said that these people were liars, and blasphemers...all because they spoke for God in the midst of people who really thought they knew God. So back to this "statement/question"....I thought to myself...By you saying that Im going to be a liar, are you saying that all of these men and women are liars...all of the great cloud of witnesses mentioned in Hebrews 12:1...are they all liars? Is God's word a lie then? Is everything spoken by the mouth of God through His people a lie? Its a dangerous thing to fall in the hands of an angry God.