If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is,sitting at the right hand of God.
Colossians 3:1
If then you were raised with Christ
For you to be 'raised with' Christ you would have to be dead like He was, you would have had to be accused of something, you would have had to know that you were sent into this world to die, you would have had to know that they would choose you over a real criminal, you would have had to know that you would bear your own cross, walk to your place of death, be continually mocked and then stretched wide, and hung high and left to die, you would have to know that the heavens would close cuz your Father couldn't bear to look, angels weep, the ground shakes and the very sun looks away. To be raised with Christ you would have to die WITH Him as He died, you know you would call and say Eli, Eli lama sabachthani you know it wasn't even about you! IF THEN YOU **WERE** RAISED "WITH" Christ
Seek those things which are above
Jesus is no longer here, He stayed for 40 days after He rose from the grave on the 3rd day, He ain't here no more, He's above! And if we're raised WITH Him, just as He had His sights set on things above, kingdom business, so should we! So should we be focused on things above so when the boss gives you a hard time, look up! It's for His glory, when the kids drive you up the wall, look up. When you feel you wanna strangle your spouse (yeah don't look at me like you ain't human) look up, when the driver on the road cuts you up in a bad way, look up... Look to Jesus the author and finisher of your faith, look to things above as you should do once you've been raised from death, SEEK those things, go in search of, go on a quest to find out those things which are above! Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness
where Christ is,
There we shall be also, where you heart is there your treasure is also, where we look to, the things we seek and set our heart to there we shall be too. I go to my Father's to prepare a place for you... What He also said is: while I'm gone, you can find Me, when you seek Me with all your heart, you should prepare yourselves to come and be with Me, you gotta take off them shoes cuz where I am is holy ground, you gotta strip yourself of that bad attitude, them lying lips have to be cured with a hot coal, that envious spirit has to be tested and discarded of, you gotta prepare yourself for the place I'm preparing for you. You gotta have a clean heart, mind and soul to come to My Father's house, where I am is holy ground
sitting at the right hand of God
I am sitting, I ain't roaming no more I have a place to rest My head, not only am I sitting but I'm seated at the RIGHT hand of God my Father. You don't need me to tell you that biblically the right hand means power the right hand means strength!!! I am seated beside power and strength. Look this is where I need you to be, it ain't impossible because I done it. I'm here. I made it.
I died but I'm here, I was raised now I'm here. Where you are is not your destiny I have greater things planned for you but I ain't gon' force it down your throat you have to SEEK the things which are above, I've left nothing on the earth for you. Your riches are in heaven just as Mine are I have prepared a place for you. Are you ready for it?
Friday, 15 February 2013
Please Come!
And behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at the table in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster flask of fragrant oil, and stood at His feet behind Him weeping; and she began to wash His feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head; and she kissed His feet and anointed them with the fragrant oil. Luke 7:37, 38
This woman knew what she was doing, this woman, who in the text is referred to as 'a woman' had this planned a long time ago, there's no way she did this on a whim. She knew what she wanted to do and she went and got it done, she wanted to be forgiven for her sins, which Jesus pointed out in verse 47 of Luke 7, were many. This woman had a plan to push past everything to get what she wanted from her Master. She just had to, she was broken and had to be mended and all she had was the remnants of her past; her alabaster box.
She's strategic, she waited till Jesus was comfortable, she knew that she had to bring the best to The Lord and even if it meant bringing the wages of her prostitution, she brought it anyway. She had to position herself, behind Him because she knew she needed to be led and then she brought her tears, she brought her pain and cleansed Jesus' feet with her pain. She dried her pain with her crown of glory, kissed His feet with lips of praise and them anointed them with a sacrifice which would be a sweet smelling aroma to God.
I could go on and on with this scripture but I hear God calling His ladies, the ones that are so broken they think its no way He loves me now, the ones that have lost their way because of not taking heed to His voice, I hear God calling you home, He's saying come, bring your broken relationship, bring the sexual abuse you suffered at the hand of your father, uncle, brother, close family friend, bring Me your childhood pain, bring me the alcohol and the sex addictions, bring them to Me, lay them at My feet, I died for this, you don't have to bring the cross to Calvary, I already did that, though your sins are many please, please bring them to Me, lay them at My feet and I will make you whole. I will because I know the plans I have for you, to give you hope and a future and an expected end, I will because I have loved you with an everlasting love, I will because I have had a plan for your life from BEFORE you entered the womb, please just come!
And to my brothers, I know the testosterone, ego and pride will try and keep you from coming to God and laying down your hurt, shame, guilt and pain but The Lord is calling you too, if anything The Lord needs men, more spiritual leaders in His church, more sons to lead His daughters, He's calling you because He needs you.
And I, I beg, beseech, implore, ask, petition and pray that everyone will answer His call, if you know someone who needs to read this PASS IT ON. This is for the glory of the Most High King, who loves us all no matter where He has ordained our footsteps to trod, He loves you, He needs you and He's calling YOU!
This woman knew what she was doing, this woman, who in the text is referred to as 'a woman' had this planned a long time ago, there's no way she did this on a whim. She knew what she wanted to do and she went and got it done, she wanted to be forgiven for her sins, which Jesus pointed out in verse 47 of Luke 7, were many. This woman had a plan to push past everything to get what she wanted from her Master. She just had to, she was broken and had to be mended and all she had was the remnants of her past; her alabaster box.
She's strategic, she waited till Jesus was comfortable, she knew that she had to bring the best to The Lord and even if it meant bringing the wages of her prostitution, she brought it anyway. She had to position herself, behind Him because she knew she needed to be led and then she brought her tears, she brought her pain and cleansed Jesus' feet with her pain. She dried her pain with her crown of glory, kissed His feet with lips of praise and them anointed them with a sacrifice which would be a sweet smelling aroma to God.
I could go on and on with this scripture but I hear God calling His ladies, the ones that are so broken they think its no way He loves me now, the ones that have lost their way because of not taking heed to His voice, I hear God calling you home, He's saying come, bring your broken relationship, bring the sexual abuse you suffered at the hand of your father, uncle, brother, close family friend, bring Me your childhood pain, bring me the alcohol and the sex addictions, bring them to Me, lay them at My feet, I died for this, you don't have to bring the cross to Calvary, I already did that, though your sins are many please, please bring them to Me, lay them at My feet and I will make you whole. I will because I know the plans I have for you, to give you hope and a future and an expected end, I will because I have loved you with an everlasting love, I will because I have had a plan for your life from BEFORE you entered the womb, please just come!
And to my brothers, I know the testosterone, ego and pride will try and keep you from coming to God and laying down your hurt, shame, guilt and pain but The Lord is calling you too, if anything The Lord needs men, more spiritual leaders in His church, more sons to lead His daughters, He's calling you because He needs you.
And I, I beg, beseech, implore, ask, petition and pray that everyone will answer His call, if you know someone who needs to read this PASS IT ON. This is for the glory of the Most High King, who loves us all no matter where He has ordained our footsteps to trod, He loves you, He needs you and He's calling YOU!
Saturday, 26 January 2013
Just To See You
I'm trying really hard to not let those words get to me,
I'm trying really hard to not process way other think of me,
If
I
Could
Just
Get to....
Where
Jesus
Is,
Then these thoughts and feelings could pass from me,
But they are the ones stop, no blocking me,
I'm tired of doing things to try and make people like me,
If I could just figure out how Jesus wants me,
I just want to be like Him,
Then I'd just try hard to worship Him,
Then,
Why does it have to wait though?
Why don't I worship Him here?
I try hard but the more I try is the more I fail,
If I try harder I fall farther,
I don't wanna do that
But that said; I don't know what I want,
I want Him,
Just to see Him,
His amazing presence
Jesus, can I see You?
I'm trying really hard to not process way other think of me,
If
I
Could
Just
Get to....
Where
Jesus
Is,
Then these thoughts and feelings could pass from me,
But they are the ones stop, no blocking me,
I'm tired of doing things to try and make people like me,
If I could just figure out how Jesus wants me,
I just want to be like Him,
Then I'd just try hard to worship Him,
Then,
Why does it have to wait though?
Why don't I worship Him here?
I try hard but the more I try is the more I fail,
If I try harder I fall farther,
I don't wanna do that
But that said; I don't know what I want,
I want Him,
Just to see Him,
His amazing presence
Jesus, can I see You?
Friday, 25 January 2013
Committed, Are You?
People can't commit, yes that word: COMMIT, to another person under the covenant of marriage because they haven't committed to God. They have a 'back up' plan, they have a way out, they have a 'just in case'. Just in case God don't come through for me, just in case He somehow magnificently fails me I'll have somewhere else to go.
Why are we always looking for that something else? Why do we sing "I surrender all" but have a lil bit held on to? And all that lil bit is doubt; God might not come through, we sing how great God is but doubt that He will actually part our Red Seas, we sing how He is our everything but don't run to Him unless we're up the creek without a paddle, Jesus I need a paddle.
God hurts too, I don't care how powerful He is, I don't care how majestic He is, He cares and if He didn't care He wouldn't hurt, He hurts too and so many times carry on hurting Him with our thoughts, our actions, our back up plans, and everything else that we place above and before Him; idols.
But I hear God saying: "why can't you just trust Me? Wholly and totally? I sent My Son! I gave you the only pure thing I had left in this world, I gave you purity so you can be like Him. Pure. I did that, I manifested Myself in the flesh to wash you and make you whole and you think I'm gonna leave you hanging? You think I'm gonna leave you in the pit? Even Joseph was delivered out of the pit! You think I can't FEEL your pain? You think I don't know how much it hurts for you to go through tests, trials and tribulations? But how else am I going to show myself strong? How else am I going to flex my muscles and show you that I am The Lord, the same God, how else? I have a plan that's perfect, predestined before the foundations of the earth is what I said, why then, can't you just trust Me? All that you're asking Me for is nothing! I am MORE than able to do it, how much able are you to trust me?"
We can't commit to a person we can see until we commit to the Invisible Lover, Lord I don't feel like it; I'm mad at You but I'm gonna talk to you tonight, I'm gonna pray and I'm gonna listen to You through Your Word is equivalent to 'honey you upset me today but I'm gonna talk to you cuz we are one body, we share the same bed, I don't love you any less, I'm committed to you'
The ring on the left hand ring finger is equivalent to the crown, the crown of thorns laid upon Jesus' head, IT'S A COMMITMENT!!!
Be transformed by the renewing of your mind, don't think as the world does about marriage.
Ladies, the Lord told me that anything He gives me is supposed to draw me closer to Him, if He blesses me with a man, that man is supposed to draw me closer to The Lord, if he respects his God, he'll protect your purity! Him being pure also will know how important purity is. It's cliché, I know but a man is supposed to KNOW and value your worth. He supposed to take me closer to The Lord and that's not in his bed unless he put a ring on it. My job is to enable him to take me there, feed him, nurture him, love him, make him feel loved, put his shoes on if I have to, anything that makes him leading me easier, anything that makes it easier from him to hear from The Lord, he can't hear from God if He's worried about what's for dinner tonight, he can't hear from God if he's listening to his thoughts about housekeeping all the time, and yes I'll know God for myself but he has come to take me closer to God and I have to know that he's hearing from God, I have to KNOW that his thoughts, his heart is ALWAYS open to hear from God!!
Submission is the word used to describe it. Commitment is the word used to describe it. Trust, in The Lord in all your doings and He will do the rest.
Why are we always looking for that something else? Why do we sing "I surrender all" but have a lil bit held on to? And all that lil bit is doubt; God might not come through, we sing how great God is but doubt that He will actually part our Red Seas, we sing how He is our everything but don't run to Him unless we're up the creek without a paddle, Jesus I need a paddle.
God hurts too, I don't care how powerful He is, I don't care how majestic He is, He cares and if He didn't care He wouldn't hurt, He hurts too and so many times carry on hurting Him with our thoughts, our actions, our back up plans, and everything else that we place above and before Him; idols.
But I hear God saying: "why can't you just trust Me? Wholly and totally? I sent My Son! I gave you the only pure thing I had left in this world, I gave you purity so you can be like Him. Pure. I did that, I manifested Myself in the flesh to wash you and make you whole and you think I'm gonna leave you hanging? You think I'm gonna leave you in the pit? Even Joseph was delivered out of the pit! You think I can't FEEL your pain? You think I don't know how much it hurts for you to go through tests, trials and tribulations? But how else am I going to show myself strong? How else am I going to flex my muscles and show you that I am The Lord, the same God, how else? I have a plan that's perfect, predestined before the foundations of the earth is what I said, why then, can't you just trust Me? All that you're asking Me for is nothing! I am MORE than able to do it, how much able are you to trust me?"
We can't commit to a person we can see until we commit to the Invisible Lover, Lord I don't feel like it; I'm mad at You but I'm gonna talk to you tonight, I'm gonna pray and I'm gonna listen to You through Your Word is equivalent to 'honey you upset me today but I'm gonna talk to you cuz we are one body, we share the same bed, I don't love you any less, I'm committed to you'
The ring on the left hand ring finger is equivalent to the crown, the crown of thorns laid upon Jesus' head, IT'S A COMMITMENT!!!
Be transformed by the renewing of your mind, don't think as the world does about marriage.
Ladies, the Lord told me that anything He gives me is supposed to draw me closer to Him, if He blesses me with a man, that man is supposed to draw me closer to The Lord, if he respects his God, he'll protect your purity! Him being pure also will know how important purity is. It's cliché, I know but a man is supposed to KNOW and value your worth. He supposed to take me closer to The Lord and that's not in his bed unless he put a ring on it. My job is to enable him to take me there, feed him, nurture him, love him, make him feel loved, put his shoes on if I have to, anything that makes him leading me easier, anything that makes it easier from him to hear from The Lord, he can't hear from God if He's worried about what's for dinner tonight, he can't hear from God if he's listening to his thoughts about housekeeping all the time, and yes I'll know God for myself but he has come to take me closer to God and I have to know that he's hearing from God, I have to KNOW that his thoughts, his heart is ALWAYS open to hear from God!!
Submission is the word used to describe it. Commitment is the word used to describe it. Trust, in The Lord in all your doings and He will do the rest.
Saturday, 24 November 2012
I Heard It Said..
So I heard it said, that You died to save me but I'm a lil bit sceptical cuz You don't even know me,
Then I heard it said that from before I was in the womb You ordained me,
Bruv I swear You're mad, cuz there's no way a mess like that could be ordained by a deity like You,
I then heard it said that it was pre-destined,
You pre-destine mess?
Now I know You're taking the mick...
Now I know that this thing You gave me called life is just one big J-O-K-E joke!
The fact can't be overlooked that You gave life to me though,
So what's its purpose?
To be messed up?
You use mess?
You love mess?
Oh no, I heard it said that You just love cleaning it up,
You'll wash me in Your blood?
Aha!
This is a joke!
A big fat stinkin' joke!
Cuz how can blood cleanse me?
That thing stains like crazy,
Especially on white fabric G-
But if that's the case,
O-D me with that then,
G-O-D,
Cuz I heard it said it has power,
Power to cleanse heal and save,
Fam, I'm sorta intrigued to know how You're gonna do that still...
Cuz things that stain,
Well You know,
Only have the power to stain!
So what You gon' do then G?
But what I really wanna know is WHY?!
What do You have to gain from cleaning up a mess like me?
Cuz see I'm still a lil bit sceptical,
Everyone and they grandma in this world has an ulterior motive for doing things for free...
So what's Yours G?
Them people, (dem can chat yu si)
They told me that all You require is for me to love You,
Back,
G, You confuse me,
But imma try and get it straight,
This is the deal:
You'll clean me, I testify that You can,
You'll feed me, clothe me, provide for me, guide me, teach, strengthen and comfort me,
And ALL I do for You is love You back G?!
Naaaaah man!
That sounds a lil but dodgy,
Wouldn't You agree?
Maybe I still wanna know why,
How could you love a mess like me?
There must be something more You want from me,
Have You met this world G?
I'm telling You, NOBODY does anything for free,
But I'm wasting breath telling You something You already know,
And wasting time tryna fight off what's probably already mine,
But I still don't get it G,
All I have to do is love Thee?
I heard it said that You first, loved me...
Then I heard it said that from before I was in the womb You ordained me,
Bruv I swear You're mad, cuz there's no way a mess like that could be ordained by a deity like You,
I then heard it said that it was pre-destined,
You pre-destine mess?
Now I know You're taking the mick...
Now I know that this thing You gave me called life is just one big J-O-K-E joke!
The fact can't be overlooked that You gave life to me though,
So what's its purpose?
To be messed up?
You use mess?
You love mess?
Oh no, I heard it said that You just love cleaning it up,
You'll wash me in Your blood?
Aha!
This is a joke!
A big fat stinkin' joke!
Cuz how can blood cleanse me?
That thing stains like crazy,
Especially on white fabric G-
But if that's the case,
O-D me with that then,
G-O-D,
Cuz I heard it said it has power,
Power to cleanse heal and save,
Fam, I'm sorta intrigued to know how You're gonna do that still...
Cuz things that stain,
Well You know,
Only have the power to stain!
So what You gon' do then G?
But what I really wanna know is WHY?!
What do You have to gain from cleaning up a mess like me?
Cuz see I'm still a lil bit sceptical,
Everyone and they grandma in this world has an ulterior motive for doing things for free...
So what's Yours G?
Them people, (dem can chat yu si)
They told me that all You require is for me to love You,
Back,
G, You confuse me,
But imma try and get it straight,
This is the deal:
You'll clean me, I testify that You can,
You'll feed me, clothe me, provide for me, guide me, teach, strengthen and comfort me,
And ALL I do for You is love You back G?!
Naaaaah man!
That sounds a lil but dodgy,
Wouldn't You agree?
Maybe I still wanna know why,
How could you love a mess like me?
There must be something more You want from me,
Have You met this world G?
I'm telling You, NOBODY does anything for free,
But I'm wasting breath telling You something You already know,
And wasting time tryna fight off what's probably already mine,
But I still don't get it G,
All I have to do is love Thee?
I heard it said that You first, loved me...
Monday, 12 November 2012
Keep Calm: God Is Able
Worried?
Stressed?
Disappointed?
Lonely? or even alone?
Dismayed?
Defeated?
Depressed?
Frustrated?
Upset?
Addicted?
........................ One word, one mention of His name,
The name at which demons tremble at,
The Name above all names,
Just His name,
One preacher says: He needs no introduction, He is God all by Himself,
He doesn't need you to take control of the situation,
He's perfectly capable of that,
He needs you to Keep Calm,
He needs you to fling yourself into the trust that He is able,
Able to do exceedingly and abundantly!
He needs you to have the peace that surpasses ALL understanding,
He wants to give you the favour that makes no sense,
The joy unexplainable,
He wants you to hook up with His Holy Spirit,
Breathe Him like you need Him like you an oxygen mask,
Like you're hooked to an IV machine,
Connected like WIFI, you can't see Him but the connections visible,
And strong,
He wants you to be anxious for nothing,
He is the same God who was able to part the Red Sea,
The same God that led His people by pillar of cloud and pillar of fire,
What is too hard for Him?
Has His arm been shortened?
He wants you to trust in Him with ALL your might,
He wants you to Keep Calm for He is able
Friday, 9 November 2012
Amazing Grace
Amazing was the grace that caught me when it did,
Amazing was the grace that looked beyond my faults to see my needs,
To see the need that my soul needed saving,
Amazing was the grace that saved my soul,
Amazing was the grace that kept me till I answered the call,
Amazing is the grace that warms my soul,
Amazing is the grace that graces me with His magnificent presence,
Amazing is the grace that lets me see the enemy for who he is,
The enemy that is mad with me for not staying on his side,
An enemy that can't get me back to wallow in sin,
An enemy that continues to tempt in all manner of sin,
But,
Amazing,
Grace,
Still flows from His side,
The same amazing grace that sent His Son to die,
Why?
That I'll never know, never be able to answer,
Let's just call it AMAZING GRACE,
Can't label or describe or define,
Can't categorize or confine,
One preacher said: you can thank Him for your car, house and fiiiiiine husband,
But I will alwyas thank Him for the amazing grace,
The amazing grace,
Amazing grace,
The amazing grace guides, protects and perfects,
Amazing grace,
Oh my Lord, amazing grace,
This isn't for everyone to understand,
See you have to go through some stuff to KNOW He's amazing,
To know the grace is amazing,
To know the mercy and favour that will follow,
I know some might understand,
And before this gets too long,
I just have to say: IT WAS AMAZING GRACE!
Amazing was the grace that looked beyond my faults to see my needs,
To see the need that my soul needed saving,
Amazing was the grace that saved my soul,
Amazing was the grace that kept me till I answered the call,
Amazing is the grace that warms my soul,
Amazing is the grace that graces me with His magnificent presence,
Amazing is the grace that lets me see the enemy for who he is,
The enemy that is mad with me for not staying on his side,
An enemy that can't get me back to wallow in sin,
An enemy that continues to tempt in all manner of sin,
But,
Amazing,
Grace,
Still flows from His side,
The same amazing grace that sent His Son to die,
Why?
That I'll never know, never be able to answer,
Let's just call it AMAZING GRACE,
Can't label or describe or define,
Can't categorize or confine,
One preacher said: you can thank Him for your car, house and fiiiiiine husband,
But I will alwyas thank Him for the amazing grace,
The amazing grace,
Amazing grace,
The amazing grace guides, protects and perfects,
Amazing grace,
Oh my Lord, amazing grace,
This isn't for everyone to understand,
See you have to go through some stuff to KNOW He's amazing,
To know the grace is amazing,
To know the mercy and favour that will follow,
I know some might understand,
And before this gets too long,
I just have to say: IT WAS AMAZING GRACE!
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