False hope

This morning as I was leaving work that is "The Night Shift", I rode home in the presence of the apostle Paul's letter to Timothy. This was via CD, the bible on CD. Paul warned them against false teachers of the law . People who would come and change the doctrine that had been taught to them. The truth about Jesus Christ would be under attach.Here's what I heard:
3As I urged you when I went into Macedonia, stay there in Ephesus so that you may command certain men not to teach false doctrines any longer 4nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies. These promote controversies rather than God's work—which is by faith. 5The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. 6Some have wandered away from these and turned to meaningless talk. 7They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not know what they are talking about or what they so confidently affirm.
8We know that the law is good if one uses it properly. 9We also know that law[a] is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious; for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, 10for adulterers and perverts, for slave traders and liars and perjurers—and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine 11that conforms to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which he entrusted to me.My heart was pretty overwhelmed by this subject. As I went to sleep to prepare for another night shift, I was wakening by the urge to pray for those you are being deceived and for those who are deceiving. I was once caught in the lies of false teachers and was clueless about the truth of Jesus Christ. There are still many who I love dearly that are trapped and see no way out. But God can make them to alive in Christ as He did me and those in Ephesians 2.So as my heart continues to be burden I share with you in hopes that you to will pray, but ultimately I will carry it to my Father who is patient with us, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.

Music

I never really knew how much I enjoyed music. Often I find myself sing and remixing different songs. Which brings me to this one. In Christ alone has had such a major impact on my life. I remember first hearing it Summer 2006 at a evening worship serve at Eastwood. So I had the song sheet and I was like if this anit' the gospel then what is. So I continued to sing it mess up the original tune, one day the Projects worship team finish practicing and my boy Alvin Melton was playing this song in a different style. I mean the truth and good music it was great. From then on this has be my theme. Every time I hear it, it gives me the chills. Read it I'm sure it will have that impact:
In Christ Alone
In Christ alone my hope is found,
He is my light, my strength, my song;
this Cornerstone, this solid Ground,
firm through the fiercest drought and storm.
What heights of love, what depths of peace,
when fears are stilled, when strivings cease!
My Comforter, my All in All,
here in the love of Christ I stand.

In Christ alone! who took on flesh
Fullness of God in helpless babe!
This gift of love and righteousness
Scorned by the ones he came to save:
Till on that cross as Jesus died,
The wrath of God was satisfied -
For every sin on Him was laid;
Here in the death of Christ I live.

There in the ground His body lay
Light of the world by darkness slain:
Then bursting forth in glorious Day
Up from the grave he rose again!
And as He stands in victory
Sin's curse has lost its grip on me,
For I am His and He is mine -
Bought with the precious blood of Christ.

No guilt in life, no fear in death,
This is the power of Christ in me;
From life's first cry to final breath.
Jesus commands my destiny.
No power of hell, no scheme of man,
Can ever pluck me from His hand;
Till He returns or calls me home,
Here in the power of Christ I'll stand.
By: Stuart Townend, Keith Getty

So just imagine I have been sing this since the recent Lord's day.

Expectation for your Life

This book was great! Bruchko by Bruce Olson. A friend of mine recommended this book to me last week on the way to the gym. I brought it home and thought I'll get to that a little later. So I finished the book that I was currently reading and the I began this one. Just a brief overview:Bruce Olson a nineteen year old young man. Set sail to impact a tribe in South America. He faced disease, terror, loneliness, kidnapping and torture. But what he experience has has a major impact on the missions world. Once I picked it up I couldn't put it down. The main reason was the main character walked in faith time after time. I wanted to continuously see how he was able to make it through trial after trial. Hint:Obeying the Lord was his secret. There where many times he wanted to get give up but he pressed on. That what I needed to here. So though this book was a true story based on events that occurred 40 years ago, its still applicable today. I must tell you of one of the latter chapters that caught my attention the most. It was a discussion based on Philippians. One Character asked the other" Is Jesus Christ the expectation for you in your life? Really? Just as it did the character it had the same effect on me. It stop me short....and caused me to ponder, and reconsider some of my expectations!

Humble Beginnings

The deer in the desert panting at the water brook:
To me this was a great image to start blogging. My life has change dramatically over the past year and many times before I couldn't describe it at all until now. The Psalmist most often can express my heart like no other.

Explore in Psalms 42:1-11

1 As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God.
2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
When can I go and meet with God?
3 My tears have been my food
day and night,
while men say to me all day long,
"Where is your God?"
4 These things I remember
as I pour out my soul:
how I used to go with the multitude,
leading the procession to the house of God,
with shouts of joy and thanksgiving
among the festive throng.
5 Why are you downcast, O my soul?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and 6 my God.
My soul is downcast within me;
therefore I will remember you
from the land of the Jordan,
the heights of Hermon—from Mount Mizar.
7 Deep calls to deep
in the roar of your waterfalls;
all your waves and breakers
have swept over me.
8 By day the LORD directs his love,
at night his song is with me—
a prayer to the God of my life.
9 I say to God my Rock,
"Why have you forgotten me?
Why must I go about mourning,
oppressed by the enemy?"
10 My bones suffer mortal agony
as my foes taunt me,
saying to me all day long,
"Where is your God?"
11 Why are you downcast, O my soul?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.

This passage is an expression of thirsting for God in trouble and exile.
I can't say its been exile but trouble to the least bit of my experience. For this currently is the state that I find myself in {As the deer pants for streams of water,
so my soul pants for you, O God] My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
Prior to now my tears have been my food both day and night. While I sit back a question "Where is my God?" These things I remember as I pour out my soul. Back in Tuskegee I used to go with the multitude,
leading the procession to the house of God,
with shouts of joy and thanksgiving
among the wavering college students. Why now do I find myself downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Is it really the change in geographical location that has ignited this pain in me. I had be shown through the book of Job how to put my hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and 6 my God. I remember my soul is again downcast within. I reflect back to th days on the campus of Tuskegee. I had deep calls, to deep of anguish due to the weight of the world reign over me. By day the LORD directs his love, at night his song is with me a prayer to the God of my life. If I cried out then and it made a permanent eternal change in me. Why do I say to God my Rock,
"Why have you forgotten me?
For I have come to the conclusion from here on out I must put my hope in God.
I must praise him,
my Savior and my God,No matter the circumstance and or condition...even here in the Desert