Morning Christian Words of Encouragement – “Are YOU 100% sure, that you are Saved and headed to Heaven when you die? Are you sure YOUR name IS written in the Heavenly “Book of Life?” Is there absolutely not a shadow of a doubt in your mind, that your Salvation is already secured and you’re just waiting on the good Lord to call you home to be with Him? If the answer is “No, Not Sure, I Think So, Maybe, or Probably, then you need to get busy right now working on fixing that. You need to be totally sure where your Soul will spend eternity!” And AMEN goes right here….
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The Third Eye Perspective:
By Carlos C. Brown
Thought For Today – “Never Take Betrayal Personal…”
Good Morning Peeps! How are you doing this morning, good I hope? Happy Veterans Day to all the people who served in our armed forces! Thank you for your service, and being willing to pay the ultimate price for our freedom! Despite everything that is going on with protests on both sides of the issue, I will always respect your service, dedication, and willingness to give your life to protect all of the liberties and freedoms that we Americans have, I salute you! You know, here lately I have been going through an “evolving” process. I am reconditioning the way that I think about certain things. I have come to realize that I have been stuck in a rut of stale, and or maybe a better word for it would be nostalgic thinking about life. I was raised up the old fashioned way, and although I’m not leaving all of my old fashioned ways behind, I have decided to move into a more modern approach to certain things. Today, I want to share a message with you that I heard by Pastor Ron Carpenter, dealing with “A Strength That Is A Dominant Weakness.” I listen to this anointed man a lot, pretty much every morning as I’m getting ready for work. He is in my humble opinion, one of the most real and anointed Ministers I have heard in a very long time. If you haven’t checked him out yet, I suggest you do so. You will definitely be blessed by his messages, I know I have. With that train of thought, or line of thinking, it was placed on my hear this morning to talk about “Never Take Betrayal Personal…” And AMEN goes right here! Now THAT right there will PREACH all by itself! But just for kicks and giggles, I’ll Preach it out hopefully as Pastor Carpenter did, but only in a condensed version…..
Let me try and set this up for you, if you would, please turn in your Bibles to the book of Luke 23:1-6. Those of you who read your Bibles regularly, or are Biblical scholars will recognize this passage of Scripture as the story of when Judas betrayed Jesus Christ for 30 measly pieces of silver. In his message, Pastor Crawford said this, “Your dominant weakness is a doorway for your enemies to enter into your life thru a Judas. A Judas will also reveal the enemies in your life. For example, the story of Sampson and Delilah is a prime example of a Judas (Delilah) revealing the enemies (Philistines) in Sampson’s life. Don’t get mad at the Judas, they are doing exactly what their role in your life, was supposed to be or do. An enemy must bond with a Judas who’s already IN your inner circle.” Boy, it showl got quiet in my virtual congregation! Come on now, don’t stop being generous with those “AMEN’s,” keep them coming I need them, well no not really but they sure do help a lot to gauge when I am Preaching to your Souls……you see, when only your “flesh” is hearing what I’m speaking on, I’ll get reactions of silence, anger, eye rolling, email or Facebook post being deleted because you can’t handle the truth that is being fed to you. Now just for the record, I want to go ON record as revealing, that I suffer from the same flaw as you do in that regard. However, when someone or something delivers a truthful Spiritual message to my “Soul,” I suck it up and listen to it and then decipher what I was supposed to gain by that message. So “suck it up buttercup!’ as the old saying goes! Yes, I do understand that it is very hard to swallow hearing that you have a Judas in your inner circle! However, they are there for a reason, and they were sent to be your Judas for a reason. To reveal the enemies in your life whom you might not otherwise recognize if they hadn’t. Another old saying comes to mind, “keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.” I won’t even go any further on that one, it is self-explanatory! And AMEN goes right here too!
In going back to the “dominant weaknesses” comment. Pastor Carpenter made another very powerful statement. “If you don’t deal with, address, or gain control over your dominant weaknesses, they will carry over or continue on and even INCREASE into your next generation! Example, David’s dominant weakness was women. He struggled with this weakness for most of his adult life after gaining fame, a kingdom, and notoriety after slaying and defeating Goliath. And because he never gained control over that weakness, his son Solomon fell from grace because of that very same unresolved weakness of his father. Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines! Now remember, Solomon is credited in Biblical history as being the wisest and richest man in the Bible!” Think about that for a minute and apply it to today’s times! How frequently do you see that cause huge downfalls in men of today? Okay, okay, okay let me get back to my original premise of “Never Take Betrayal Personal…” and tie all of this into that subject. Satan will use your “dominant weaknesses” to allow the Judas in your life to be revealed or identified! In the Biblical story of Sampson and Delilah, a lot of Pastors make Delilah out to be Sampson’s enemy. However, that is not the case! Delilah was the Judas who revealed who Sampson’s true enemies were, aka the Philistines! Judas wasn’t Jesus’ enemy, the Pharacies were! Judas was just the vessel used to reveal who Jesus’ true enemies were! The Judas is NOT your enemy! They are just the person used to reveal your true enemies! Pastor Carpenter made another powerful statement, “An enemy is necessary, because only an enemy can promote you!” what does the Bible say about our enemies when we follow Jesus Christ? “I will make your enemies be a footstool for your feet.” The Bible tells us, that if you have enemies that means you are Blessed, and if you don’t have them then you aren’t doing anything for the Kingdom of Heaven. A familiar quote comes to mind here….. “Thieves don’t break into empty houses,” or “Satan doesn’t concern himself with souls he knows he already has.”
“If you have been betrayed by someone, the Bible tells us to forgive them and love them. Yeah, I know, that is not an easy task especially when it is person you tried to love or help them in some way form or fashioned. Question, Are YOU the Judas in someone’s life right now?
Can I Get An AMEN?
“Today, choose to “Ride or Die” with Jesus Christ. Afterall isn’t that exactly what He did for us on the Cross?”
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