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The Little Rock in Your Shoe

I have a little pebble in my shoe and it’s driving me crazy. But it got me thinking…

This rock is tiny. But it really aggravates me…and it affects my walk! It’s annoying. Why?

One, it’s in a small place that only has room for my foot, socks and nothing else. Nothing else FITS. Any other addition and three is a crowd.

Two, big things come in small packages? That goes for both good and bad things. Even though we take it lightly it may prove to be more mountain than molehill.

Consider that shoe as your heart. God and His Word are your foot and sock. Sin is that rock. That little sin or those few sins have no place in there. It doesn’t FIT. You notice it because it affects your walk…in Christ. No matter how hard you try to dismiss it as a tiny pebble, it’s bothering you isn’t it?

Let’s be honest. Some of us have quite a few pebbles in our shoe and you know how one feels already!

Eventually, you get irritated enough to stop, take off your shoe and remove the rock from your shoe. Do you recall how that made you feel? How was your walk afterward? Feels much better.

Consider what sin, no matter how small, can do to your walk in Christ. Be irritated with your sin! Realize how much larger sin is than you think! Then, stop and pull the rock out of your shoe before these rocks cause you to stop walking altogether.

Consider…the rock in the rich young ruler’s shoe…

Mark 10:17-22 NIV

And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God. Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother. And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth. Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me. And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.

Blessings in your Christian walk!

Now rock out to this new banger from Andy Mineo!

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Simply Scripture: How Do You Receive the Word?

Mark 4:3-20 KJV

Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth: But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred. And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable. And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables: That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them. And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables? The sower soweth the word. And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts. And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word’s sake, immediately they are offended. And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word, And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful. And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.

Listen to The Word by Deitrick Haddon. Get churched!  🙂

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Simply Scripture: Faith/ New Song from Natalie Grant

http://bible.com/1/HEB11.1.KJV Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report. Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh. By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
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I love this song from Natalie Grant off new album!

Get churched!

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Lyrical Beast for the Kingdom! Watch “@1Gemstones – Break Every Chain Feat. @ Tasha Cobbs (Audio Only)” on YouTube

Something we all need to hear. My brother loves the original so I gotta put him onto this one. Gemstones is quickly becoming one of me fave emcees.

May the power of the gospel help us all break the chains.

Get churched!!!

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Bigger Than Duck Dynasty… Why Are You So Mad?!

…and don’t compare it to the Black struggle because God never called blackness a sin. That is a tired argument. Being black or being any kind of ethnicity is not a sin.

I’m going to make people mad. I’m sure of it. But God’s work means more to me. I want to temper this with compassion and love as well.

Who are these people that all of a sudden have so much power that we now can no longer express Biblical truth? We walk on eggshells when the media asks a question that contains controversial ramifications. Side note: the media knows what their doing.

To say the words “I believe marriage is between a man and woman” is now making people out to be villains and that isn’t fair when we are quoting what God has spoken. As Paul stated in Galatians,

Galatians 4:16 KJV

Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?

If so, that isn’t fair. If I told you that you are not on the right freeway and are lost, based on the map would you now be angry with me? If the recipe for blueberry pie did not contain strawberries and I told you, do you now ban me for being offensive?

Society has a tendency to decide the moral code for the moment...kinda like how Vogue magazine decides what the fashion is for the moment. And if you go against that socially accepted standard, you are singled out and villainized. Keep in mind that God’s law is NOT the law for the moment. It doesn’t change…even if society’s rules choose to. So when I speak His unchanging Word, why am I now the bad guy?

Furthermore when the Bible describes most things as sin, people tend to agree with the obvious: killing, stealing, the big bad ones. But God had a bigger list that included homosexuality. Now we question Him?

Is it not a sin? Not the urge or the desire, but actual lifestyle. Fine if you don’t believe the Bible or much less that there is a God, okay I get it. So you have no godly moral code. But if you believe that the Bible is God’s Word, why do you now choose to ignore parts of the law? Either you believe in God and obey or you don’t and do what you want. Right?

James 2:10 KJV

For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.

So back to my question, who are these people that are getting offended at the slightest statement that denounces what God calls a sinful lifestyle? Insults are not okay. I agree. Slurs are not okay. Saying God said it’s wrong IS okay. Grant it, we must speak with love but let’s be honest, the truth hurts no matter how you say it.

So this leads people to question truth as a last resort. So are these people atheists? Are they seeking acceptance? Fine, as a lifestyle choice, I accept it. Like any other choice, I accept it. But I will not accept it as morally upright nor will I accept it as a marriage when God teaches it is between a man and woman. No!

But as you are muttering insults about me and unfriending me in Facebook, ask yourself this question. Do I believe in God? Do I believe His Word is the Bible? What does He consider sin? What does He require of me? Am I doing it?

The urge to sleep with another man is no different than the urge to sleep with a married woman or multiple women. No different from the urge to steal, lie or cheat. We all battle urges. But do not now switch and call it OKAY because you can’t beat the urge.

So there I said it. I’ll leave you alone to be gay. So you leave me alone when I say God said it’s wrong. Don’t make me accept it as right. I won’t. I can’t. If you ask a true Christian what they think, don’t get mad when you get a Christian answer.

Beautiful Eulogy explains how we are the light of the world in this one from their latest

That’s it for now. Blessings in your Christian walk.

CMP

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Sinning: Ain’t Nobody Got Time For That!!!

Sin! The devil is one crafty being and my old preacher once told me he has a 100% success rate! Not one person with knowledge of right and wrong can say they haven’t sinned.

People who desire to serve the Lord have this struggle and it is hard. I don’t have the answer on how to keep from sinning or how to remove that one sin you can’t shake. However I can offer you one school of thought.

If you are too busy serving God and being productive, you AIN’T GOT TIME FOR SIN!!!

They say idle hands are the devil’s workshop. You might develop more freetime to do wrong if you don’t develop freetime to do right.

The Bible tells us not to use our freedoms as an opportunity to sin. We have to be good stewards of God’s gifts: time is one of them.

Get busy. Specifically get busy serving the Lord. If you find leisure time use it to read your Bible, study. The more active you are, you will find you don’t have time for sin.

Blessings in your Christian walk,

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