Archive for the ‘Religion’ category

While They Promise Them Liberty

October 5th, 2011

Liberty; Freedom from restraint, in a general sense, and applicable to the body, or to the will or mind. The body is at liberty, when not confined; the will or mind is at liberty, when not checked or controlled.

There are people and organizations that claim to provide liberty from religion especially from the power of Christianity, for even the mention of Christ, the Bible, prayer, or even the showing of the cross is offensive to them, they all say it’s not politically correct and is an infringement into their civil liberties.

“While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.”

Men are serving a god whether it is the one true God or a man made one that can neither see, hear, speak nor answer prayer, every man has a religion, even atheist have their own religion, a religion based upon denial, which will and has consumed their soul. Men who call for the elimination of Christianity are in bondage to a power that cannot be seen, Satan is their consumer, they have become in league with corruption and are deceived by this word they call liberty.

A man is overcome when he believes that he is more than what he appears to be, being lured by his lust of the flesh, the pride of his eyes and the pride of life. For a man is in bondage to that thing that consumes him, » Read more: While They Promise Them Liberty

First the Battle, Then the Rest

October 3rd, 2011

I got up this morning with a spirit that was already weighed down. I was one of those whom the Lord called “weary and heavy laden.” I only have two children, but I feel like every day is a fight with the devil to keep them out of his grasp and out from under his influence.

My kids are generally good kids, but they have their stuff. So do I. And the combination of their stuff in the last week, and mine, made me feel like I couldn’t take another step. I was up an hour before them, and trudged downstairs, got a cup of hot chocolate, turned on the fireplace, and sat down, unable even to say much to the Lord. All I could say was, “I need You. I really, really need You.” And I asked Him to give me His presence…a time of refreshing. I got down on the floor on my knees and closed my eyes, hoping that He would somehow manifest Himself in a way that would show me He was there.

There was no bright light. No touch of His hand. No warmth coursing through my body. When I headed back upstairs, I felt as though He had let me down.

After the girls went to school, I called my dear friend Joey. She lives about an hour and a half away, and we talked for more than an hour. And as we spoke, the weariness began to wane. At the end of the conversation, she prayed for me and the girls, and the refreshing began to pour in. Surely it was because where two or three are gathered together in His name, He is there in the midst of them. As I listened to her praying and saying all the things I simply couldn’t say this morning, I felt the healing and uplifting presence of Jesus.

Life as a Christian is a battlefield. Make no mistake. The closer we try to draw to the Lord, the more the devil will attack us and our families. We need to remember that battles are never fought one on one. It’s one “team” against another. » Read more: First the Battle, Then the Rest