Still Kicking

God knows that I hate death and pain, just like everyone else. Right now, my brother Donnie, and Tex are both fighting lung cancer. I just had bypass surgery, and am still healing. I want to say thank you to all those who have prayed for us. God heard you and we are still alive. Praise the Name of Jesus!
Patrick

Desired Haven Network

Hi everyone,
If you read this, than I would appreciate you joining the Desired Haven Network. I am called to be a Needle and Thread in the Body of Christ. Lets get each one of sewn into our proper place in the Body. Each of us has a gift and calling, and we are in desperate need of the sons of God to arise. That is who you are. Come and become part of the Network and let the Spirit of God use to glorify HIm.
"http://desiredhaven.ning.com".

The Perfection of Now.

The minister of Life is called by God to bring forth words of hope and encouragement and all of the reasons man should continue to trust in God. The answer is both obvious and irrefutible. Its either trust God or kiss your earthly self good bye. I personally have no faith in the goodness of man, nor religion.
The Christians had their annual "season to go to war (crusade) and kill the infidel if he refused to convert to catholicism, or burnt em like a roast pig to please God or some thing. The Muslims do the same thing, but call it "jihad" (Holy war) and are taught by some Imam's that death in the struggle brings one 70 slaves in heaven.
Paul taught us that confusion was the work of the devil.
Every one of us is a child of God. We gotta be! We all got the same Creator. There is only One Creator. Everything came out of Him. Jesus came and explained Him. He is identified as Love. Love doesnt' do anything but sacrifice Itself for the other being. The only hope mankind really has is to put on Christ, forgive your enemies, and do your best to treat your neighbor the way you want to be treated.
I keep hearing references to China going to war against the US, sooner or later. May it never be. Beleive it or not, there are more Christians, true believers, in China, than in the US. The Chinese tried to stamp it out, but the more they persecuted it, the faster it grew. I wonder if the Chinese government ever figured out that persecution to Christianity is what gasoline is to a fire.
I asked my 79 year old Mother In Law if she thought mankind was smart enough to "never use" the Nuclear bomb again? She said, "nope". I agree.
Since we believe the world is going to nearly destroy itself before "the lion lies down with the lamb." Give me peace on earth.
I learned the "Dooms Day Machine" is real. The Dooms Day Clock says its down to five or six minutes from MIDNIGHT. In truth, everyone of us is but a heartbeat away from meeting our Maker.
There are those that are convinced that the End of All Things is upon us. God is the God of the Living. He is also The Living God. He Alone is the Author and Finisher of our faith, and all things. It may be true that we are at the end of a 26000 year cycle, and everything starts afresh.
I looked at some of the pictures that the Hubble Telescope has sent back revealing the immense magnitude of the universe. When it comes down to us, we are mighty small in comparison with it all. God is Mighty Big, yet He thinks on Us. "Lord, what is man that You should think on him". Thank you Daddy God for sending Jesus and Your Holy Spirit.

Expanding the Kingdom

Hi Everyone,
Glad you can be with me for the moment. None of us know how long we have in this life
to accomplish the purposes of God. I have been receiving the warning signs that I have got to make some drastic, immediate physical changes if I expect to continue in this world. I kind of figure the Spirit of God has Ultimate dominion over this body since I surrendered my life into His hands.
Have been getting these painful chest attacks that appear to be caused by acid reflux, and the condition seems to be exacerbated by stress. It scares hell out of my wife since her first husband died from a heart attack. I have learned that I am going to reap the "fruit of my lips", and His Word declares, "By his stripes ye were healed". I always believe He will take care of my inner workings as long as He wants me alive and functioning for His purposes here in life.
God is Life, and He is Love also. His "perfect love" casts out all fear. I keep trying to yeild more of me, and all of me thats possible to be yielded to the inspiration and leading of the Holy Spirit. I certainly hope you are also.

I believe with God, that "all things are possible".
He says He will give us the desires of our heart. All we have to do is ask, believe, then receive". I been asking and recieving by faith. I ask Him for His faith (the faith of God), since mine sucks. Jesus told us to have the "faith of God" so that is why I ask Him for His faith, since it is the faith of God. I believe He has no problem whatsoever believing that that what He speaks will come to pass. Now, I am working on ME believing that whatsoever I say will come to pass the way it is meant to. I believe God wants each of us believe Him. He wants us to believe that we really can have those things we petition, and BELIEVE ENOUGH for. I think a part of that is "seeing what the Father shows us is possible". Then the next step is to listen for His instruction on how to proceed to receive what He has shown. All of this is in the mind's power of creation, an attribute of the Creator within each of us.
I once read that "what the mind of man can concieve, man can achieve". We put a man on the moon, and have sent man made vehicles into the farthest reaches of the solar system, looking externally for that which is, in reality, inside the heart of man. God is in each of us or we couldn't live. He supplies every breath we take.
Its time to rise our conscious awareness of the resurrected Christ living within.
Its time to put on Christ now. Not wait until you die, then its too late. The dead are without power unless they are resurrected. We are each new creatures in Christ, brought forth out of the heart of God, from before the foundation of the world, for such a time as this. Remember, as He is, so are we in this world. God is looking for those fellow heirs with Christ who will stand up, open their mouths for righteousness' sake, deliver the captives, cast out the devils, heal the sick, and demonstrate the Truth of His word. Its supposed to be you and me doing this, not some "for hire" preacher/pastor. He says, freely you have received, now freely give.
Oh, and don't forget to forgive all of the arseholes who abused and/or lied to you, or cheated you somehow. Forgive them, and go on. Be the solution, and quit looking for one.
I have some ideas for making money but I need a team to help me. I need a volunteer webmaster to lead me in setting up a money making site for web illiterate elderly people who just lost everything. The goal is to make 1000 millionares in 2010, give away the profits to help others, such as widows and orphans, homeless, single parents, prisoners, etc.
I quit trying to build a personal empire years ago. I only want God's agenda, and not my own. I want to be able to provide for my spouse if anything should happen to me. Only God can make the way, cause I don't know how to make it work. If you happen to know a really sharp, internet literate, webmaster willing to help, send them my way. Thank you Daddy God, in Jesus' Name.
Patrick

Happy New Year!

Good bye to 2009, and good riddance. In thinking about this, I realize that I have been "ungrateful" for the enlightening experiences the past year brought. God has been very good to me. He's provided for every need, including, washer/dryer, car, chopping wood, provided for every meal, etc. Wow, have we been blessed. We are still in a nation that is "free". Thank you Lord God for every blessing You have given. Thank you for choosing US to give eternal life to.
This has been a really trying year for nearly everyone I know. Societal norms have been under attack at all levels. For instance, my wife and I caught a scene on one of the Soaps, exalting homosexuality. Doreen got so mad she wrote them complaining. Our new president just hired a gay activist and put him in charge of the curriculum for the children of the nation. What do you suppose his opinions will do to the things the kids are taught as "normal".
America's finances are down the tube. Our government has given ownership of the nation's resources and assets to the banks. Thanks Mr. President. We Americans just are thrilled to pieces giving almost all of our money to the banks or the government in taxes. We also appreciate all the of deception and lies presented by bank controlled medias. These are only surface things.
I recently found out it costs the US Taxpayer ONE MILLION DOLLARs a year to have ONE soldier in Afganistan. Somebody is getting really rich in a hurry. Its a marriage of big business and government. The banks tell the government what they want, set the laws to favor themselves, and use the Police and National Guard to control us mindless masses.
I heard a "rumor" that there were between 250,000 and 400,000 undercover military agents in the country. They do not wear uniforms. Somehow, our Constitution has been by-passed, and Posse Comitatus is eliminated. The prohibits US Military personnel from being used against US Citizens. I think the government has moved from a Constitutional Republic to a Fascist State.
America has set a new record for fairness. We now have over 2,000,000 US citizens in prison, the vast majority for drug misuse. Our young people have little hope for every moving up in the world the way things are. If you lose your driver's license for booze or drugs, your liberty is also lost. I personally believe we should legalize marijuana, just to clear the courts, and maybe empty the jails.
I just heard on the news there is a move to legalize it in the state. Medical MJ is okay here, Two of my family members have "the card". Its been very helpful for the one with cancer. I find my attitude has changed. As a "minister", I would not condone the use of pot, unless it was legal.
Oh well, now that I've let that cat out of the bag, I wonder what comments I'll get.
Well, 2010 is nearly here, and I pray that it will be year of positive change and true spiritual growth for our land. I pray every liar, thief, crooked politicion, corrupt official in high places, perverted scriptwriter and producer, etc, will move to another planet. Lets also replace the FCC Administrator with a conservative.
Well, I believe that if we visualize our dream as having it in hand, and keep working toward it, we will see our dreams come true. May our Heavenly Father cause righteousness to fall down like rain upon our land.

Where is the Real Power?

I'll tell you, its not in the hands of him who lives by the sword. If we are indeed serving the God of Truth, the world is about to get turned Godside up. He who lives by the sword, shall also die by the sword. Behold, so it iw written, so shall it be done. The LORD is my Light, and my salvation. I believe my God's Angels and power are bigger than any of His creations. Every created being must bow down to the Name of Jesus Christ. The Blood of Jesus is our only defense. In Him we live, and move and have our being. The cross of Christ is our victory in Him. His death, buriel, and resurrection are also ours, through faith in His Atonement. Its all mystical stuff to me. Live God arise and His enemies be scattered.
I listen to people all whining about how bad things are. They badmouth every sinful behavior that they don't endorse, and its everyone else's fault that the world is in such a pickle. Oh well, God is not surprised. He put the sins of all of us yokels on Jesus, and that makes the rest of us equal. Just those who know they have need of a Redeeemer Kinsman. Merry Christmas. May we each hit the lottery and all of our money troubles releived. May all of our children treat us with absolute sovereing respect. May all of our enemies forgive us all our debts, as we forgive them. May all our enemies forgive each one that hurt them, that the death, dying, and destruction cease forever. May each of us dig deep into the recesses of whats left of our humanity and forgive. It is not too late. Forgiveness is in Christ. God says, "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay, not you!" Maybe its time to let Him have the hurt, pain, and burden of the loss we have experienced, the injustice, and the downright unfairness of it all. Their skin color is wrong, or they beleive in God differently, they hate me anyway, and besides, blah, blah, pointing of childish finger. None of us are ANYTHING when it come to God.
I don't know about you, but I wanna be reaaaaaalllly sure I got the RIGHT GOD! Don't you? Can I describe mine to you? Without you really hating me or anything....? Okay?
Too late. First of all... He is BIG. He is everywhere. HE is all powerful. He is very Friendly to His own. All who exist on planet earth belong to Him, whether they like it or not, or know it or not. He is the Final Arbitrator of all men's final destiny. In Truth, we are all His kids. We all had the same Ancestors some where along the line. I can't wait for God to remove the Evil ones. I want only kind, gently, giveing , generous, happy, wealthy, easy to please, humorus, friendly people who delight to please someone other than themselves, and really treat others the way they would like to be treated. Hello? Are you out there? Isn't the God I described called LOVE? Is Love Strong enough to overcome the greed, lust, rage, hatred, murder, vile, lying, theiving place the cesspool of the world seems to have become?
Yup, I think so. My God is so powerful, He can kick anything out there that is trying to destroy Him. Jesus is LORD to the Glory of God. Thank you Father for the Precious Blood of Jesus that covers all of His saints, by faith. Thank you Father God for the Holy Ghost Camoflage and for making each believing reader invisible to the forces of darkness, who Brightness blinds his works. My God causes every bad thing that ever happened to you to become a magic event that is morphed into goodness in your divine charachter. The Father Himself is causing your divine nature to emerge in a butterfly like new creation, created from before the foundation of the earth. Now that is something that is mighty mind boggling. That makes you at least old enough to shave. It isn't really the age, since God is always NOW. He says, IAM THAT I AM. He is in time through each of us, but outside of time by His Eternal Nature. All things are actually possible to him who beleives. Jesus is a Miracle Man, and the Father does His Amazing works through Christ in humna form, no matter what name He/She might be wearing. We are bone of His Bone, and flesh of His flesh, by the power of the Holy Spirit. We possess His Eternal Life, here, and Now. We do not have to taste death for this Truth to be enacted. Only one must be submitted to His sovereing will.
He must be free to speak, and you jump at His beck and call. Such a privilge and honor to have God, in Christ, Him Self as our Friend. I love Isaiah *:^. "For unto us a child born, unto us a Son is given, and the government shall be upon His shoulders. And His name shall be called, "Wonderful, Counsellor, Almighty God, Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace".
Wow, this is some Kinda God we have here. He is Present, He is Power, He is Life, and He LOVES US!. Such a Deal!! Whats not to love about a God like that? Ask any Jewish boy. Our God is a heavenly Father, and a Pesence Help in time of need. He knows those who place their trust in Him. He stands for him who speaks the truth in love, tolerates not lying, and kicked butt when He confronted His enemies. Consider Ananias and Saphira when they lied to the Holy Spirit Resident within the Apostle, or at least by His side. I thin both. They died by the Hand of God. He is "Ruach", or Spirit or Breath. He is the one who permits every heartbeat and every breath. He is Awesome, Kind, Gentle, Loving, Giving, Wise, A Good Friend, A Wise Counsellor, A really rich God to have for a Friend, and Father, and Brother. Yo, Bro, will ya spare me a few of Your surplus bucks? I can find a few dandy places to spent them. Like, helping the homeless, hopeless, orphans, refugees, clean wells, food, stuff for the poor and needy. Its time for a transferrance of wealth from the dark side to the light and bright and Right Side, in the Name of the One True Creator of Heaven and Earth, my name is Jesus, Emmanuael, Savior, Redeemer, Brother Love. I like that last one best. God is Love. His very Nature is to love. "For God sent His only begotten son that shosoever whould believe on Him should not perish, but live forever". Not my words. That is from THE Word!.

ASK, SEEK, and KNOCK

Ask, Seek, and Knock!
Matt 7:7-12

7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
KJV


To this little old baby chick, our God has given us such a deal! He doesn't instruct us to go beg, borrow, or work our way into His blessings. He instructs us to "just ask". And then when we actually do ask Him for something, I don't care what it is. If we have asked, then we must also Believe that He is thereby in the process of making delivery on your personal request to the King of Glory. Like the Jews say in New York, "Such a Deal"! Doesnt this remark just blow your mind? What are ya going to do about it now? It also suggests that if you ask with a "double mind", you are screwed.
Don't think you will get anything from God if you go around asking and doubting. You got what ya believed for, Nothing. I say nothing because you didn't believe He was going to give "it" to you anyway.

You know who told you that you wouldn't get it anyway? It was the friggin devil that lives inside your head. He carries a lot of titles but I think the most appropriate one is your "Ego". Hello, Mr, Antichrist, residing between your stupid ears. He is the monster that is separating you from every blessing of God. He is a friggin liar! He's a deceiver!. He poses as YOU, and everything he speaks is a lie to deceive you into believing that God is illusory, elusive, finicky, petty, and mostly a figment of everyone's imagination. See why Ego is your sworn enemy? He must die for Christ to reign. Him no like dat idea. He thinks its a really bad idea. After all, he wants all of the glory, honor, power, and riches that he can possibly amass. That is his lying illusion. Mr Ego, is destined for death, and he wants no part of that at all. He will give all that he possesses to save his life.

Jesus said, "it ain't going to be that way dude" (my loose paraphrasing). He that would follow after me must "deny himself", pick up his cross, and follow Me." That means that we are not to love our lives even unto death. Rather, we are to love God with ALL of our heart, mind, soul, and strength, and to love our neighbor as ourself, right now. A lot easier said then done. It sounds lonely, painful, unprofitable, and downright inconvenient. Actually, it is that way, so then, why follow Christ?

He is the only way into God and the kingdom of heaven, that's why. All of the present suffering means nothing in light of His glory and presence. He is what makes the sacrifice worth it. He has given us eternal life in the NOW. His indwelling Presence transcends every obstacle of Life. He is Life Itself, and those
who put their Trust, life, confidence in Him, and actually Believe what He said, will
experience the Truth of His Life within, He shows Himself through healing, delivering, prospering, rejoicing, and makind Happy His chosen ones. He is the
one True God, and there is no other God beside Him.

You can believe God for anything you desire. Me? I continually bug Him for things
that are absolutely impossible. That way, He gets all of the glory, for no man can
do the things I ask Him for. What kinds of things? Well, how about giving folks new
teeth? I have actually seen this happen. It was a God thingee. You should have been there and seen the smiles and everyone looking into each others mouth. I am
sure Jesus must have just stood there laughing at the joy He brought. God is mighty
partial to His kids, and withholds nothing from them.

Impossible things I like to see God do: dissolve tumors, rid them of cancers, give new kidneys, liver, and lungs. Give new arteries, heart, rid people of pain, provide
supernatural finances. I always ask that He meet others financial needs from
unexpected sources. That way they know it was God Himself who made the way.
I am also bugging Him about "teleportation" either in body or out, makes no
difference. Paul did it, and so did Phillip, and Jesus! Appearing and disappearing
on people has got to be a real head trip! How about flying? Yup, I want to be able
to fly. Why not? With God, all things are possible. How about water walking or
floating in the air. If Chris Angel can do it, I should be able to also through the power of the Holy Spirit. Of course, all of this is "as the Spirit wills". If He says no, then it is truly no. That is not to say, maybe later....

To me, all things are possible through Christ Jesus. He has the ability to recreate or create anew. It is totally within His realm and power to create anything out of nothing. This is SOME Kinda Wonderful God. I am sooooooo glad, grateful, happy, blessed, excited, and joyful that of all the losers in the world He chose to give eternal life to, I was one! How about you?

Let me conclude by saying that you, personally, can have anything you want from
God, if you keep bugging Him long and loud enough, and believe He will, He will!
He says so, and He is no liar like you or me........

Bless you
Patrick

NT:154
aiteo (ahee-teh'-o); of uncertain derivation; to ask (in genitive case):
KJV - ask, beg, call for, crave, desire, require. Compare NT:4441.
(Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright (c) 1994, Biblesoft and International Bible Translators, Inc.)


didomi (did'-o-mee); a prolonged form of a primary verb (which is used as an altern. in most of the tenses); to give (used in a very wide application, properly, or by implication, literally or figuratively; greatly modified by the connection):

NT:2212
zeteo (dzay-teh'-o); of uncertain affinity; to seek (literally or figuratively); specially, (by Hebraism) to worship (God), or (in a bad sense) to plot (against life):

KJV - be (go) about, desire, endeavour, enquire (for), require, (X will) seek (after, for, means). Compare NT:4441.
(Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright (c) 1994, Biblesoft and International Bible Translators, Inc.)


NT:154
aiteo (ahee-teh'-o); of uncertain derivation; to ask (in genitive case):

KJV - ask, beg, call for, crave, desire, require. Compare NT:4441.
(Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright (c) 1994, Biblesoft and International Bible Translators, Inc.)


NT:4441
punthanomai (poon-than'-om-ahee); middle voice prolonged from a primary putho (which occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses); to question, i.e. ascertain by inquiry (as a matter of information merely; and thus differing from NT:2065, which properly means a request as a favor; and from NT:154, which is strictly a demand for something due; as well as from NT:2212, which implies a search for something hidden; and from NT:1189, which involves the idea of urgent need); by implication, to learn (by casual intelligence):

KJV - ask, demand, enquire, understand.