Living Free....

There are so many outside influences that threaten the freedom and liberty that we have in Christ. It's not so much that they can take us away from His care, or cause our ability to live free to cease, but they can lure us away from His cover. When we are drawn away by our own lusts and enticed, it is possible for us to lose out on the peace and joy that is found in God's presence. Remember, the peace and joy of the Lord never dies or is ever made inaccessible to us. It's just that in order to have it, know it and live in it we must stay close to God. Whatever it is that temps us, and or causes our eyes to be distracted and lose focus must be destroyed in our lives. Your ability to handle temptation for a moment does not prove your ability to endure it for a minute. Refuse to play in that playground because ultimately temptations do not play fair. They are meant to bring eternal harm to you and your life. The pleasures of the flesh are temporal and only masquerade as everlasting joys. The result of these carnal delights can indeed produce eternal results, but joy is nowhere seen in the future. Start now to build walls that separate you from these areas of your life that cause you to give in to sin. It is your life, and eternal destiny that is at stake here. Your soul is not worth it friend. Start to rebuild the walls of spiritual devotional, prayer, fasting, and worship. It is not too late, but it is necessary now. Living free was always God's plan for our lives. Let's be all that He made us to be.

-Soulworshiper

The Remedy for your Liberty!

Repentance is not a bad word. IT is actually a liberating one that will bring you into a place of true freedom. Although it may be unpopular to do in this day that we live in, it is a necessity of life. In our churches we have often limited the altar and the call to repentance to those who do not know Christ and have never had a personal relationship with Him. However as the bible beseeches us to die daily and to crucify the flesh, we must acknowledge the fact that we fail and come short of God's glory daily. Now this repentance is not an act of redoing what was already done at the time we accepted the Lord into our lives, but it is one that keeps our heart in check. The altar as my Pastor would say "is our friend." It gives us the opportunity to come before the Lord and burn up the ugly, stinking, filthy flesh and it's ungodly motives and ways. When we sin, it is time to confess to the Father in order to maintain our ability to access His throne. God is not impressed by our talents and gifts seeing that He gave them to us, neither our chiseled chests, and bodacious bods, seeing that he shaped and formed us in His likeness. Whatever we are and will be, He put the potential in us. So because he knows us anyway, despite the humility required to do it, repentance is needed to keep us near Him. Yeah, you have been around the church for a while, and yes, the worship team has included your vocal talents for the last 5 years, and you have studied your word and know the names of God, but now it's time to get real and get it right. If you've been living life, and operating in ministry with unrepented sin, it's time you began walking in the true liberty of salvation. Iniquity and unrepentance will block your prayers and cause God's ears to be shut to YOU. Truth is it's really on you. He CAN hear, but the refusal to repent violates the relationship. It's not a secret, or hidden remedy....just do it and watch your life change TODAY!

-SoulWorshiper