I Dare You To Read And Comment On This Election Post

I really don't like politics at all. Everything about it makes me sick to my stomach. Some laws I still don't know what God's opinion is on them. Others I know are wrong. Voting is pretty easy for me. If the politician is for the laws that are wrong I vote for the other guy. Stuff like the environment, alternate fuels, jobs and the economy are really secondary to what is right and wrong.
Pulling out of the war in Iraq early is wrong. 4000 plus soldiers would have died for nothing. The Taliban would quickly move in and undo everything our young men and women helped establish over there. Abortion is wrong. Gay marriage is wrong. Judges deciding what the laws of this country should be based solely on there agenda is wrong.
Family values are right. 'Adult' stem cell research is right. Abstinence education is right. Preaching the Gospel on the radio and television is right.
Some of you are probably saying "Yeah, I want world peace and food for the starving children too, but we are in debt ready to lose our jobs, house, cars, and retirement." Let me tell you something you don't want to hear. Our hope is not in the economy. Our trust is not in our job. Our future is not in our home, car, pension, or 401k. Yes we need these things on this earth to survive comfortably, but if we put our trust in these things we will lose them.
Isaiah 31:1 says: 'Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in the multitude of their chariots and in the great strength of their horsemen, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel, or seek help from the LORD.' Let me tell you when God says "woe" it ain't good!
Our trust needs to be in God alone. "In God We Trust".
If we do not vote with the 'right' motives we can kiss that slogan good bye. 9-11 will be a walk in the park compared to what is coming. God will take His hand off of us. Whatever we allow in as compromise with terrorists will come back to haunt us.
We are living in the end times. The end is near and the anti-christ will have reign because we are deceived. Are you ready to take the mark of the beast? If this kind of talk scares you, it should! Because it's time to get right with God. He is setting things in motion to have us repent or grow cold to the things of God.
Ephesians 4:17-19 'So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts. Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, with a continual lust for more.'
2Timothy 3:1-5 'But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them'
I know this went in a different direction than the election. However, it is exactly how we should vote, both with our lives and our politicians.
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If you know God but are finding out it is not as it use to be. Your decisions are a little more compromised. Your time with Him is less and less. Reading your Bible happens on Sunday only. Maybe you are doing everything right but something is missing.
Revelation 2: 2-5 'I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false. You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary. Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love. Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.'
Don't let Him remove your lampstand. This is a symbol of you being rejected by God.
Revelation 3: 15-16 'I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth.' Become hot for God once again. He never left you and He loves you. Get right with Him while it is still today.
Hebrews 3:12 'See to it, brothers, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.'
Hebrews 3:7-8 So, as the Holy Spirit says:
"Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your heart".

Fireproof

I went to see 'Fireproof' this weekend. I knew it would be good because I saw 'Facing The Giants', the same makers of this movie made 'Fireproof'. I saw previews, read reviews, and looked into the plot a little. I wanted a little more when I read a blog review. I got "It's great, all married people should see it." "I loved it" "A must see." I wanted something like: "I loved the way it portrays a real subject so effectively." "The main character does a good job of hooking you in." "There are two great plots to this movie." (none of these are accurate I am just giving examples)
I also keep hearing how this movie was better than 'Facing The Giants'. I don't know about that. 'Facing The Giants' is one of my two favorite movies of all time. So to give an accurate review I watched 'Facing The Giants' again.
Okay here we go. 'Fireproof' was an excellent movie and it is a must see. I love how a father's love and patience is portrayed. The salvation message is clearly spoken. The problems in marriage are looked at in a real way that pricks your heart if there is any connection to your own. The movie is set around a fire station. So, there is action that keeps you rooting for the heros. I laughed, cried, sat on the edge of my seat, and was fully entertained with a movie that convicted me in some areas of my marriage that need fixed.
As good as this movie was I still like 'Facing The Giants' more. In this movie a man has the world against him and he turns to God to find answers. One by one the answers come and through it all he changes his attitude to be a winner in spite of losing. His attitude becomes contagious and it changes his whole school. Revival breaks out during school hours and hurting lives are instantly changed. This man is a football coach and his team rides his leadership to the playoffs and learn to do things they believe were not possible. God is the Hero in this movie. He is our provider and you see that is a big way in this film.
I think because one is a sports theme and the other is basically a love story men are drawn to the one and women to the other. However, they both are equally good and worth owning. They involve you to look into your own life and see what needs fixed. Don't you want to be the best 'you' you can be?

Life As I Know It (Or So I Thought)

I really have not had much to say as of late. Everything I have written is still happening. Anything new just magnifies what I already know. If anything, I feel my struggle to stay focused and positive is intensifying. I find it difficult not to give up and revert back to my wrong thinking and actions. It is hard to express what is happening in words. So I thought I'd try it with pictures.
This year has been a year of change for me. God has removed me from ministry in order to look at my life and fix what is wrong. I thought life was good. Sure it has it's ups and downs but mostly it is just fine. Sure, the marriage lost a little pizazz but we get along. The job isn't a dream but I enjoy being a hero of small portions. My relationship with God needed work but we talked every now and then and He took care of me. I was in for a rude awakening.
The picture I had of life just broke.
It seems good but Proverbs 16:25 says: There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death. My course v'ed somewhere and I chose the wrong fork. My fruit turned out to be weeds instead. Matthew 16:25-26 But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared.
I got more concerned about me than anything else. So Jesus knocked that picture of a good life and a perfect boxed in God off my mantle.
I feel like I'm changing and slowly making the moves He wants me to make. Then He hits me again with something I thought was right but I am 100% wrong. It is very humbling and throws my entire world off it's tracks.


Everything I thought and did is now unreliable. Almost every question has to be answered "I don't know". You would think I would be searching the Bible and praying constantly for answers. Yes I read the Bible, books on improving my life, and encouraging blogs. I also pray but I know it's not enough. I know I'm in the middle of this thing I have to go through. It's not near the end as I had thought. It's kind of like what the financial world is going through right now. Everybody is waiting and wanting the bottom to happen. Speculation is everywhere on the spectrum. The market is swinging on record day highs and lows.
The problems of all this turmoil took years to makes and it won't be fixed by a simple buy out. It will help but it needs to run it's course until all the problems are corrected. I believe this is what is going on in my life. Jesus bought out my sins but I need to correct the way I think, act, and believe.
The market don't bother me. I pulled out my money into a cash account until it's safer to put it back in. I know it will happen but I don't know if my job will. A lot of rumors are flying around. Anything can happen. I am not worried but losing my job would be a major change forcing me to adjust in ways I haven't in years. That scares me. This may end with me changing whether I want to or not.