MAN

Man! What happened to you? Where are you hiding? Come out! It is ok! You can be who you are and learn from your mistakes. You are human. You are a spiritual man in a natural body, built to serve the spirit man in you. Stand in the mirror, what do you see? Who do you see? Is he fine on the outside and ugly on the inside? Is he ugly on the outside and fine on the inside? Is he hiding behind a false strength to protect himself from society who says you are weak for being the real you? Or, is he hiding his strength to protect himself from being the man he was created to be for fear society may see HIM as weak? Are you strong and are afraid to show your weakness for fear that society may see you as a pushover, a girl, or weak? What are your fears?

Oh Man! Come out of that HIDING PLACE and learn to be hurt so you can be built up as a stronger man.
Oh Man! Come out of that hiding place and teach those men who talk about you how to stand as a MAN.
Oh Man! Come out of that hiding place and look to the sky and trust GOD to show you who you really are so you can be FREE.
Oh Man! Come out of that hiding place and walk with your head up high knowing you have overcome some CRAZY STUFF, and done some CRAZY STUFF in your life.
Oh Man! Come out of that hiding place and allow GOD to show you how to make your enemies your footstool.
Oh Man! Come out of that hiding place, YOU ARE RAISING YOUR LITTLE BOYS TO BE COWARDS AND YOUR LITTLE GIRLS TO DATE COWARDS.

Oh Man! Now that you have COME OUT of your hiding place, STAND UP STRAIGHT, FACE THE ENEMY OF SELF, FACE YOUR ENEMIES, let your TONGUE be yielded to GOD, to SPEAK to those FEARS.

Oh Man! Now that you have come out of your hiding place OPEN YOUR EYES and EARS to hear what GOD HAS TO SAY!

GOD: Man! Daddy is sorry, but his cowardness is telling you he doesn't care and telling you to man up when he can't himself. (Proverbs 23:7 - so as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he....)

GOD: Man! The world will disapprove of you, but I will not. (John 3:17 - God Did not send his son to condemn the world, but save it.)

GOD: Man! Mommy loved you, but she did not show it because she hid her abuse and took it out on you. (Proverbs 25:24 - It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than with a brawling woman and in a wide house).

GOD: Man! Your heart is broken/shattered and your life appears to be unworthy. But I have a plan for you (Jeremiah 29:11 - For I have a plan for you declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future).

GOD: Man! I know that women have disappointed you and hammered your manhood. But, I have a virtuous woman waiting for you to choose her (Proverbs 31:10, a wife of noble character who cand find)?

GOD: Man! ARE YOU willing to follow me? (Matthew 4:19 - follow me and I will make you fishers of men).

GOD: Man! DO YOU believe you are the MAN that I breathed life into his nostrils and gave form? (Genesis 2:7 - The Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into the nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living soul).

GOD: Man! Suffer not the little BOY IN YOU TO COME OUT OF HIS HIDING PLACE. the world depends on the true man that he will become (Matthew 19:14 - Let the children come to me. Don't stop them from the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to those who are like these children).

GOD: Man! I am so proud of you! You have arrived at your healing process, your new LIFE!  (Matthew 3:17 - MY BELOVED SON IN WHOM I AM WELL PLEASED)!

The Heavy Weight of the World

Hey! What are you doing? Don't do that to yourself! Take two steps forward by faith! The first one is for yourself and the second for those who love you.

But I can't handle the weight on my chest and my back is now weak from carrying so much. How do I release? I talk about it and no one understands. They look at me funny and use my story to make fun of me.

My legs are too heavy to even attempt to move. My mind can't get past rotating the nasty things spoken to me. You say don't do that to myself? Then what am I to do with all the stuff that reshaped who I was? I just want to kill everything that I allowed to come inside of me. What better way to do it than to do it?

You see, the world has placed a burden on your body that was never designed for you or me. What you are feeling is definitely real and would be a great idea if we could do it that way and live. However, God has shown us a better way to die and resurrect.

We are already dead when we walk  think and speak as the world does. Our mind and heart become plagued with several diseases called hate [malice], deceit, illicit sex, and other evil behaviors. We feel alive but our bodies are corrupt.

So what you are feeling my friend is the weight of the world. You did not choose it but it chose you. It is breaking you down so as to force you to eat and digest the poison to become a product of it. If you are not strong enough to withstand it, you will become consumed by it and either become evil or do what you are about to do.

Wow! That's a heavily darkened way to imagine what I am going through. Am I crazy or mentally displaced? Am I weak or stupid because I desire to do this thing to myself?

No. It makes you human. It shows you were strong enough to recognize what caused the pain but lacked an understanding of how to get rid of it without harming yourself.

Well, how do I get rid of it a different way? It starts with a choice. Will you chose to believe the lies the world told you and showed you or do you believe you are a positive person? Do you believe you can make a difference within yourself and help others or do you see yourself as a pessimistic individual? Will you accept help where it is needed and allow yourself to dig deeper for the truth about you and this life?

I want to know how to kill this evil that sits in the seat of my emotions.

Great! Remember I told you God has shown us a better way to die and resurrect? "yes!" Well, by faith, you must believe the word that God was made flesh and it dwelt among us (John 1:14) That mean God (spirit) became human through the body of a virgin woman. His birth was a miracle unknown to mankind, as there was no physical intimacy. They called him Jesus Christ the son of God, EMMANUEL. Jesus came that you and I can have life and have it more abundantly (John 10:10). Jesus took the weight of the world on and was lied on, beat, and spat on. He was considered a fraud; one who pretended to be the Messiah (the anointed one. King of the Jews). The only way you and I could live is if Jesus died. Our sins were imputed by the death of the son of God

LOVE LIKE CHRIST OR LOVE LIKE THE WORLD

LOVE LIKE CHRIST OR LOVE LIKE THE WORLD

God sent his Son thru a virgin woman, not conceived by a human man, to die for those who spitefully hated and persecuted him. That's love!

When God is teaching u how to luv there are no "BUTS." Clear your mind and heart of any hurt or harm people have caused you. It not only relinquishes the power of the enemy within them toward u, but offers peace to ur inner man. It perpetuates a love beyond humanity that infiltrates the mind, thus negatively, of those who do not understand. Then the judging begins.

Now love today is just a conditional word. If your needs are not met to your expectations, love is lost. That is of the world. How then can you expect to ever experience the true love of Christ if this is your way of loving.

You proclaim the name of Jesus yet walk past his true love to satisfy your own beliefs. Why?To appease the eyes and ears of the world. To prevent being viewed as being dumb or stupid. Another example of love is Gomer and Hosea. Gomer could have had Hosea killed running after her, yet with the same love God had for israel [us], he pursued her with an unbiased love.

Some of you say; "am I expected to live in an abusive relationship?" No. But don't yield your heart to hatred. Pray for them. Are u expected to break bread with them? Yes. At the discretion and guidance of the Holy Spirit.

Because of this, we question the love of God today.  With all the hatred, senseless crimes and such on earth, it appears he is allowing it. But haven't you heard that God is not on our watch [timing]? Have you heard that he gives us time to change so we all can make it to heaven? Would you rather he kill those who we consider evil or do it his way? If he does it our way, then we all will be dead! Imagine this; IF God played a video of our life to us, what would we see? We would be at awe of the wrong we have done because we forget about what we do to others or against them.

Please remember; God said there is no sin greater than the other; all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. Therefore, thank God for giving everyone this time to repent and turn from their wicked ways before he destroys this ugly world. His desire is that we all make it to heaven. So, LOVE LIKE GOD AND HIS SON JESUS, THAT YOU MIGHT BE SAVED. DON'T JUDGE UNRIGHTEOUSLY.

The Unstable Man

I see him as a man with a dark past as others that have a desire to move out of it but have struggles with moving.

He heard of a man name Jesus and his Father, God. He realized that he could be highly protected and respected as he become a servant.

He put on the armor of God. He filled himself with the word of God. He was excited. He fasted and he prayed. He searched for more but in his mind was a battle that caused him to walk in the wrong direction.

His armor was weakened by the enemy who showed him how to use it for his good. Before he knew it, he was operating outside of the ways of God but believed he was doing the right thing. It felt right. It sounded right. It looked right.

He laughed he smiled he taunted and he provoked and he subtly caused war. Just when he realized he was making a big mistake the members of his body entered into warfare. Threw him further off balance. He attempted to try to stand up, but his strength was not enough.

Without the full power of God, he was unable to put the other foot in alignment with the other in God. Therefore, all kinds of worldly works of the flesh were unleashed out of the depths of his soul.

Scared of being exposed, he found a way to scream out for help. But the help was not for his victim but for himself. He could not afford to look bad and lose all that he had fought to keep for himself. He acted out the part of Christianity as best he could. Who would dare fight against that?

Away they took the real victim. Away to be broken down. Away to be stripped and beat for the sake of truth. Away to be tried by the fire. Held captive to destroy any hope for freedom, while its prey was freed to continue in darkness.

He fixed himself to look like the light to prevent darkness from being exposed as well as to keep from bringing harm to himself. He must have thought, maybe next time I can do right by God. I pray my victim is ok so long as they stay away, except what happened and keep the secret of my dark places.

Though he is an unstable man, God can and will stabilize whom he will in his own timing. He is no respect of person.

JAMES 1:8 kjv

HAPPINESS

We all want happiness, however we equate happiness with what we can get; mostly tangible things. Unfortunately, I have observed many who had nust about every thing and was still depressed. Now, I have come to understand that:

Happiness is serving others and watching them rise above their challenges. In the process you are growing and rising above your challenges.

Happiness is giving when there is a need in every way you are capable of giving; whether it is giving of yourself or monetary.

Happiness is knowing that you have loved despite what was dished out to you negatively and it didn't change you negatively.

Happiness is striving even though its a struggle to getting where you want to be.

Happiness is standing when the storms are raging about you and you did not fall.

But, the greatest HAPPINESS is being loved by a God who has sent his son to die in your place so you can live.

Being HAPPY is a choice. When you feel yourself slumping "LOOK UP!" God is waiting for you to run into his arms to comfort you. To build u up. To protect you. To hide u from your enemies. To instill his knowledge, understanding, and wisdom so deep inside of you, that you will begin to look, talk, and walk like him. Yaaaaasss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  BE HAPPY!

PUT ON THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD

So, God has a way with speaking to you through you! The armor of God is deeper than we think.

He said:  The armor of God is to protect us from ourselves and others.

Well God said if we PUT ON HELMET OF SALVATION, then our minds will not be prone to think of natural ways to intimidate others or be intimidated by others. It will convict both them and us. Yes! We or They will become even angrier because what is desired to do will not prosper. Why? Because we have put on the mind of Christ.

If we put on the BREAST PLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, our heart will be guarded from the offences of others as well as the evil and desperate wickedness that will flow from us. We will then know how to love our enemies, which is either ourselves and/or others, despite the offence.

If we GIRD UP OUR LOINS WITH TRUTH, then we will be protected from the negative emotions that sit so deep within. Which are designed to make us react out of the will of God. His word will sit in the seat of our emotions (soul) and the fruit of your lips will combat all evil.

If our FEET ARE SHOD WITH PREPARATION (put on the shoes of peace), then we will be protected from moving in directions of evil and/or we will be able to walk through the valley of shadow of death and feel or fear no evil. Also, our hearts and mind will be at peace.

If we HOLD UP THE SHIELD OF FAITH, then God will protect us from the negative words that are spoken to us and by us. Giving hope that even when we are unaware of the evil devices within or that will be coming from elsewhere, that it will bounce off.

No longer will we have to deal with the surprise attacks from ourselves or others if we learn to comprehend the depth of the word of God and apply it appropriately. Reading the word isn't enough, we must study, meditate, and pray.

I LOVE U! NOW PUT THAT ARMOR ON!

DARK LOVE: Not the kind of love to embrace!

Dark love is nothing to play with. It is a love that is considered pretentious and sets out to get what it wants. It is a love that destroys self-confidence, integrity, morals, Godly faith & trust. It tears down your optimistic foundation and builds a pessimistic one. It is so dark that it will make you believe that you are a bad person. That you are the one who brings strife and misery to yourself. Below are a few examples of what it sounds like. You can almost feel the destruction happening inside, breaking every fragment of your bones and every ligament being distorted.

Dark love, on the other hand, appears to be true love and it forces you to believe its characteristics. It feels better than any love you have ever experienced when you have not experienced God's love. Oftentimes, if you have experienced God's love, it blemishes his love for dark love. It seduces you in every area of your wants and needs as if it is what you have been missing all of your life. It makes you feel sexy, desirable, unimaginably strong, untouchable, proud, and the likes. Eventually, you find yourself manipulating, speaking words of death into others who try to speak against your joy. It brings false freedom that will cause you to fight without a real cause. (James 4:1-6)

Do you love me? Sure I do! Then why do you seem so distant? Baby, I got a lot I'm dealing with. I have to make sure everything is taken care of and I need you to stop whining about having my attention.

Do you love me? Sure I do! Then why do you always express your points of my wrong toward you, but never listen to yours toward me? Baby, you are too emotional and it is not always true what you think of me. Your emotions are what causes your wrong toward me. I just want you to learn to relax. Just do that for me and we will be alright.

Do you love me? Sure I do! Then why do you keep secrets from me? Baby, what secrets have I kept from you? Name one and tell me when that happened. Well, when I began to tell you, I am cut off and an argument comes out of it. Therefore, I would rather not answer.

Do you love me? Sure I do! Then why don't you show me any affection? Baby, I need to forgive you for cursing me out and calling me out of my name three months ago. How can I give affection to someone who speaks to me that way? But, you provoked it. I have kept every pain inside because you won't hear me out and when you do, there is justification for the wrong and it gets twisted back to me to feel bad.

Do you love me? Sure I do! Then why did you grab me and push me down and expect forgiveness when you don't forgive me? Baby, you do what you want. I don't force you to do anything you don't want to do. When was the last time I put my hands on you? Stop tripping! You not even hurt.

Do you love me? Sure I do! Then why would you want to take advantage of me? Baby, I just want you to see that I love you. Let me actually do something wrong. Follow my lead and agree with what I do and if I am wrong you can hold it against me. Throw it in my face! But I am not like that. I don't find any pleasure in doing that. Just do it for me. I'm telling you to do it.

Do you love me? Sure I do! Then why does it appear that you are against me? Baby, I am not sure why you feel that way. We don't have sex much because I don't feel connected to you. Why should I treat you like a flower when you don't act like a flower? I believe you cheated on me because you left and said nothing to me about your whereabouts for 72 hours. You are selfish and can't see past your own needs. My boiler went out and it was cold in the house and you did nothing. You accuse me often for cheating on you and have no proof. I am not against you, I just have a hard time forgiving you. God is working on me, I just need you to be patient. Everything will be alright.

If you are experiencing anything like what is above, then reconsider staying there. Your life is not worth being ruined for any reason. Do not second guess yourselves. If you are constantly being provoked to anger, loneliness, distress, discomfort, a lack of trust, fear, etc. It is time to change your atmosphere and the person you are choosing to spend your time or life with.

God has shown us what true love looks like, sound like, and feel like; even what it tastes like (our tongues roll love off of it as God plants it in our bellies). 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 are the prerequisites of true love. God showed us his love through his son Jesus Christ. The book of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John give specific details of each apostle experience with Jesus and his love. It also expresses his love toward the entire world and his death and resurrection for our sins.  He truly exemplifies true love....A love that turns on the light inside of you!