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The State of the Union |Letters To My Kids Series PT II~Voting 2020

GETTING READY TO Vote? Let’s Change the country from within too!

Faith is the foundation #1

Kids,

As you have seen, the country is in trouble. It’s not dead yet, but you must be the generation to change things. 

The first thing you must change is the way this society views faith in God. You notice I did not say religion? There’s a reason for this. 

—You see religion, is an external and outward sign that you acknowledge God. 

—But then, religion is something you do on your own. 

—Religion tells God that you are doing your best to get right with Him.

—Religion is going through the motions of earning your way into being rewarded. Or doing community service in order to get into heaven.

—Religion is what people see that you do outwardly. 

—Religion is doing things your own way!

Proverbs 29:2

—Faith, on the other hand, is the confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see ( Hebrews 11:1 ). 

—Faith is a personal relationship with God through Jesus, our LORD and Savior which must be professed and lived ( Matthew 10:32; Acts 16:31; Romans 10:9-11). 

—Faith can’t be worked for ( Galatians 2:16; Philippians 3:9; Ephesians 2:8-9 ) but freely given by the work of Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross (Read all of Isaiah 53, Isaiah 53:11; Matthew 20:28; Romans 3:24; Ephesians 1:7 ). 

—Faith is shared by teaching others about God’s love and loving others ( Matthew 28:19; John 13:34; John 15:12; John 15:17; Acts 1:8; Acts 2:38; Acts 14:21 ).

—Faith knows that whatever is going on in this world, God has it covered and planned for His goodwill ( Proverbs 3:5-6; Matthew 6:25-34; Philippians 4:6 ), so we are not to worry what’s going on, God will take care of it.

—Faith is letting go of things, and acknowledging Jesus is the Way, Truth, and Life. We become second and do things His way because the world is perilous, Jesus leads us through the narrow paths to safety ( Isaiah 35:8; Proverbs 16:25; Matthew 7:14; Luke 13:24; John 14:6 ).

Kids, you must point others to Jesus! Teach them about His love. Teach them to lead others to Him! Show them the way!

Not by being super perfect, but by showing them God’s love, grace, and mercy. No one is perfect, everyone needs Jesus. No one can try to be perfect, they will all fail, that’s religion.
But everyone can call out to God to save them, that’s God’s gift through His Son Jesus, that is salvation…and everyone who has faith in God’s Son can be saved…that is faith!

The State of this Union must be brought back to unity!
Go out there and change this country one person at a time…no matter who is in charge, God will always reign!

If you don’t know how to have faith, please click the links below to find out. Then go and change your community, your county, your state, your country and the world!:

How Can I know God

Steps to Peace With God

Know God

Paz Con Dios

Pasos para la Salvación PDF

INFORMATION OF VOTING:

Act for America

ACT! for America Education

Family Research Council (FRC)

Wallbuilders

California Online Voter Registration

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Godly Wisdom v.s. Street Wisdom |Letters To My Kids

“Their purpose is to teach people wisdom and discipline, to help them understand the insights of the wise. Their purpose is to teach people to live disciplined and successful lives, to help them do what is right, just, and fair.
” The Book Of Proverbs— Chapter 1 verses 1-3 NLT

 

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Wisdom of the world or God’s wisdom.

Kids, I want to let you know what happens when God is with you and you have found favor with God. No, there isn’t anything you could do about this. You see, God loves us so much, that He calls out to us even before we understand that it is He who is calling out to us.

  • Poppa did not always have Godly wisdom. He grew to know who God was at a young age but still did not learn enough to understand the purpose of His teaching…

I grew up in a neighborhood with different ethnicities. I hung out with everyone and quickly realized there was a difference in the way kids acted. I learned that certain neighborhood kids were feared, and looking for trouble. Those were the kids that would be in my life for a few years. I did not pick them, they somehow picked me.  Yet, I knew, hanging out with them was not a good thing.

  • No one had to tell me this. A still small voice kept whispering in my thick-headed brain that this was not the way that I needed to go.

Back then, I had a choice, to talk to everyone or just the kids who wanted me in their gang. I chose to talk to everyone but hang out with the gang kids. To me, they weren’t gang members but kids in school and close to the neighborhood who played in the same park I did, were coached by the same coaches I was, and had the same skin color I had. So when they needed my help, I was there for them.

I won’t tell you the details of those times, because they are not important. What I do know is that by the grace and protection of God, I am still alive. A few of those neighborhood kids ended up dying too early, not by choice.

God had put Godly families in my life to pull me away from the kids I would call friends for a bit.

  • God knew better than me and knew that I would need extra instruction and discipline in choosing the right kind of wisdom.

Yet throughout all the years that I hung out with the wrong group of people, God was working in my life, instilling His wisdom and not the wisdom of the kids I hung out with.

  • You see, there is a big difference in being street-smart and God-smart.

— Street-smart is the way of the world. You are never too young for me to instruct you in what the differences are. Street-smart is what you think is right in your own mind. It draws you in, promising you fake stuff in order for you to get drawn into a life that little by little, turns down that still small voice of right and wrong, until you hear another voice. The voice that tells you lies and only gives you advice that makes you think you are smarter than everyone else. That voice will tell you to do things that are not right until you give into this “other voice” and do the things you know are wrong to do. You will know the street-smart voice because you will not be able to sleep at night. You will not be able to feel a peace. The peace that you once had will no longer be there. You will start lying to your parents when they ask you how your day was. The nagging feeling in the pit of your stomach will be a sign that you are listening to the street-smart voice and not God’s wisdom.

— Godly wisdom is the opposite of street-smart wisdom. It makes you stop hearing yourself and start depending on God’s instructions.

  • Godly wisdom brings you peace, it will encourage, uplifted and make you hopeful.

Hopeful that with God, you can conquer anything you set out to do. Why do I know this? Because with God all things are possible.

You can read about Godly wisdom in the Bible. Start in the Book of Proverbs. Read one verse a day to start. Then when you are away from your parents and get into a situation where you here the peaceful small voice whispering out to you,  ask yourself what Proverbs says. Remember to ask your self these three things:

1. Is what I am about to do the right thing to do?

2. Is this the just (Fair) thing to do?

3. Are the consequences worth doing this?

  • The short version—Is what I am about to do a right  and good thing to do? Or will I be in trouble for doing it? What does God say about this? Will Poppa give me the look?

I’ll explain more next….

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Don’t Wear Christian Stuff If Your Tongue Can’t Handle It! |Power of Words- God & Bad

“”1 Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children, 2 and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.””

Eph 5:1-2 Berean Study Bible

I was running behind on time all day yesterday. Now I understand why…

I went to get some lunch at a local restaurant. While waiting for my food, I noticed an argument starting. The conversation started between a middle aged woman and an young lady that couldn’t be more than 20 years old, who had just walked in a few seconds before her. They started talking; first in low tones and as the conversation went on, the older woman started raising her voice. Everyone in the restaurant turned towards them, including myself.

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  • The young lady seemed quiet and composed as she was getting a verbal tongue lashing.

She kept stating that the small alley way into the restaurant’s parking lot was a two way direction. The older lady started calling her names and saying that she was wrong. All of a sudden, because the older lady didn’t get her way, she grabbed the young lady’s phone and threw it in the trash!
That’s when I stepped in and yelled out at the lady to leave the young one alone.
She started walking out with her kids who were waiting for her sitting outside.
A few minutes before, I noticed the same young teen boys were both acting aggressively towards one another and wondered why the parents allow for those actions to escalate into hatred towards each other…Then I saw the mom and got my answer.
I told the hostile mom to apologize to the young lady, and she made every excuse why she wouldn’t. I let her know that she was the mature one and the kid was just a teenager and immature. That she was the older and wiser one… I told her that she was setting a bad example for her sons and then I noticed her hat….. This is what really got me!
On her red and pink cap, she had a Christian saying. In the back of her cap was a cross!
I explained that she was shaming Jesus’ name to the non-Christians and that she should be ashamed of herself and in front of her kids and everyone else.
That kind of bullying, I will not tolerate; even worse, coming from a Christian person.
I thought of Romans 2:

“As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”

She stumbled over her words after what I told her, and she grabbed her kids and walked away.
At that point, I decided to just eat there so I could speak to the young lady who was searching through the trash, looking for her phone. I started praying… praying first for myself, and then for the lady who should have known better. For the young girl not to stumble in the future if she is not a Christian, when somebody shares the gospel with her. Spoke to the employees of the restaurant and the young lady came over to thank me. I apologized on behalf of my faith for that lady. Everything seemed to calm down and get back to normal.

Something amazing happened after I prayed. A few minutes later, the Lord sent others to encourage me…

An old man who was strolling in with a walker and all his belongings came in to order. He was homeless, and his hygiene was non-existent. He ordered, got coffee and started walking outside to sit in one of the tables. As he passed the door’s threshold, he began to struggle.
I thought of getting up to help but would have been in the way since one of the employees came in behind him trying to assist him.
At this point, I see a very humble looking couple that was eating outside come to his rescue. The guy looked like an ex-gangbanger, and the woman’s appearance was very homely.
They both had tattoos and looked rough. Not a single Christian logo. They quickly helped the poor man with his walker and belongs. Both smiling and chatting with the poor old man. After helping him to his seat, they went back to their table and continued their conversation. I smiled because I knew their heart was right. They both looked at peace and in harmony. I would not be surprised if they knew the Lord, I would be surprised that the lady was really walking with the Lord. I am not judging, but the fruit of her spirit was lacking…

Be sure to be a refreshing aroma to all you come across.
Sometimes Christians wearing logos make themselves to be a stench instead of a sweet smelling aroma to others.
Please don’t be that Christian. Imitate Christ and let the world smell your sweet sacrifice…

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I Need Your Light |Poems of Worship

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I Need Your Light

Please click on these- Job 30:17, Psalm 16:7, Psalm 22:2, 

 

I stand before You every night
Humbly asking and pleading
For You to hear my plight
Lord I know You are there leading
I’ve never doubted or lost sight

Lord the night is here
Too dark to steer
I need Your Light
Throughout this night
Please make things right

Lord with a heart of sorrow
I come before Your graceful Throne
Lord I know there is tomorrow
Please hear my cries and all my groans

Lord the night is here
Too dark to steer
I need Your Light
Throughout this night
Please make things right

I can hear Your still voice
Through the thunderous noise
I can see Your Light
What a beautiful sight

Lord the night is here
Too dark to steer
I need Your Light
Throughout this night
Please make things right

You are my mighty guide
I will not run I will not hide
Your peaceful whisper to abide
Makes the darkness all subside

Lord the night is here
Too dark to steer
I need Your Light
Throughout this night
Please make things right

My Lord the Mighty One
My enemies retreat and run
With Your forceful voice
They scatter and I rejoice

Lord the day is here
Your Light I cheer
Throughout this night
You’ve kept me tight

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Offend Them to Life |Salvation

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Matthew 10:22

FOR THE CHRISTIAN WHO IS AFRAID OF SHARING THE GOSPEL BECAUSE IT WILL OFFEND OTHERS:

— As Christians, we don’t offend anyone on purpose. At least we try not to. As Christians, we are to be the salt and light of the world. Jesus tells us to be the good flavor and the light to those that have sour mouths and are blind  & lost due to the world’s depravities.

— Yet somehow, some of us have become a bunch of whiny and afraid Christians who don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings. Even if it means not offending them into hell.  (See Luke chapter 16:19-31)

Gent Club inoffensive.pngEternity is a long time for those offended lost souls to think of forgiving us for not trying hard enough to reach them. It is not our job to be inoffensive. It is our job to present the unbelievers with the word of God. It is our job to preach the gospel to the ends of the earth and make disciples of all nations. It is not our job to count on a list those offended or not offended by what the Gospel says.

— Jesus told us the world would hate us because they hated Him. Or did we think that the-lollypop-don’t-offend-anyone-today culture is going to save anyone?

— I wish we could talk to those people who are in hell right now. I wish they could give us a ringy-ding-ding and tell us how much they appreciate us not offending them by not telling them about Christ.

Drug Expo Inoffensive.png— So instead of everyone getting angry at those who are blinded by the god of this age, why don’t we, including me, start praying and fasting for those that got offended by a billboard of a pastor who was holding a Bible?

— Why don’t we just not pay attention to those poor lost souls acting like 2-year-olds trying to get their way? And start preaching even more….
— Don’t wait for those people who are offended to be forever away from our Lord and Savior’s presence because we went into a corner pouting about the fact that some non-Christians got offended by the Bible and the message of sin.

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Romans Chapter 1

— Instead of Christians getting mad or retreating into our communities, this is a critical and important time in our country, for Christians to boldly proclaim that it is only through Jesus the Savior of the world, that people could be saved. He is the only Way, the Only Truth and the only Life for those that are lost.
— It is up to us to tell those offended by the Billboards here in Southern California and throughout the world, that we are not ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Because it has the power for salvation to everyone that puts their faith in Jesus our Lord and Savior…

FOR THOSE WHO DON’T KNOW JESUS IN A PERSONAL WAY:

— I will never stop sharing the gospel. This is what I am called to do and this is who I am. If you don’t know God, and if the Bible offends you, please take the time to really know what is offending you about it.

— You will find that most people don’t really understand the Jesus of the Bible. They have only heard about crazy Christians offending other by pushing their faith on them. I don’t push my faith on anyone.

— But I do share what God has done in my life and why I am thankful to Him for giving me the life changing peace I now have. That peace won’t change my life circumstances. But this peace of knowing what will ultimately be my home does.

— I want you to have the peace and knowledge that there is something far better in this life and the next for you. I would challenge you to research and see if this Christian Faith is truly offensive or just a fallacy made up from those who don’t want to change their bad habits…

Take the next steps to truly knowing God:

Steps to Peace With God

How Can I know God

Know God

 

 

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The Only Peace that Appeases | Peace With God |Suicide is not the answer

 

“14 You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a basket. Instead, they set it on a lampstand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.…” ~ Jesus         

Berean Study Bible

When I hear of a Christian passing on, I feel for their family and pray for them. I know that one day I will see them again. But when I hear of a non-believer passing on, I feel it in the pit of my stomach, because I know that they will never see what we believers will see! When a Christian closes his or her eyes for the last time in this life, they enter into an incredible and profound spiritual consciousness that only comes from a relationship with Jesus. This is what the Bible says will happen to those who put their trust in the only Savior of the world.

I know that some will read this and say that it is not possible to have only one way to heaven. I will answer this in another post. For now, I genuinely want to keep on the subject that impacted me the most this weekend.

I wrote the following on June 8, 2018, and then decided to write more in-depth into this tragedy.

…One thing I know, Anthony Bourdain was a brilliant writer who rivaled the best of writers… and I will miss his wittiness and deep thoughts in everything he set his mind to write about….

The tragedy of suicide and the effects it has on loved ones left behind. The first thing I thought of was about his family. All those left behind who are going to miss him. The second thing I thought of was the fact that another person committed suicide within a few days of another ‘famous’ person’s. As Christians, we are to be the light of the world to all those in darkness.

I cannot wait for the day when there is no more suicide or death. I can’t wait for that day because too many people are so thick in the darkness of despair, hopelessness, addiction, loneliness and worse off, without anyone to talk to.

Whoever is reading this, know that God loves you unconditionally and for eternity. That whatever is going on in your thoughts, Jesus can guide you through the maze of confusion and despair.

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Also know that you are not alone if you are looking for comfort in:

~ Alcohol and Drugs will not because these are only physical and temporary relief to the cause.

~ A relationship with somebody is only temporary happiness. Since it may satisfy your mind and body but If you are not in total balance, this too will only leave you craving for a more genuine relationship.

~ A great job with lots of money won’t do it either. Just ask all those that have ‘Made it’ in life. They may be successful, but most are lonely at the top. Their insatiable search for meaning is still there.

~ Traveling the world looking for yourself and finding nothing is not the answer either.

~ Getting into shape won’t help either.

~ Going to counseling is very helpful, but that will not help your spirit, who is crying out for something better in this life.

All the above will certainly help you become a better person, but this will not make you feel better spiritually.

Most people will work on getting better physically. Some will strive for better physical and mental health. Again, these are good things. The most important thing for people to improve on is their spiritual health.

I am not talking about trying to be a better person, although this is a good thing. Nor am I saying that you should leave all your worldly possessions behind and give it to the poor. Again, this would be great if you could do it but that would leave you broke and in dire need of help yourself. Plus, that’s not what God wants from people.

~~ Only God and His saving grace can heal what is really hurting. It is not your mental thinking or your body being weak.

It is a deeper issue that no one wants to talk about now in society. It is the issue of the spirit. It is only when you fix the spirit and bring it into balance with God, the Creator of the universe that you will feel satisfied. 

God knows us all intimately and wants us to get to know Him personally. Once we ask Him to come into our lives and do a great work in our spirits, we can finally rest in the only peace that appeases the spirit.

~ If you’re reading this and you do not know the peace that only Jesus can bring into your heart and mind, do not wait, ask Jesus to take all the bad stuff that is in your mind and make it His own.

~ The Bible tells us that we are not beyond redemption. That God loves us that He sent his son Jesus to die a horrible death.

You see, it was my sins and all my wrongdoings that caused a war between my mind my body and my spirit. That war kept me from having a healthy and deep relationship with others. That war kept me from having balance in my life. The battles that were blowing in my mind and heart were too much for me until I realized that there was a God who loves me so much, who decided to humble himself and take on a lesser role by coming down to earth.

Now get this, that The most powerful Being in the universe would pause everything He was doing, become a baby so that someone could feed, clothe, and clean Him, is the most my mind-boggling thing. The Creator of the universe would make Himself a human being, die a horrible death for my sins and revive Himself three days later! Just for me! And just for you!
That’s how much God loves you personally. Get to know Him. Get to know Jesus, who has paid the price for me…and for you. 

Ask yourself this, if Jesus went to the trouble of doing all this for you, don’t you think you owe yourself some time to get to know Him better? What would you lose? Do it now! Get to know Him in a personal way.

Below are links that are of vital importance. Click thru them to finally find your balance in this life and the next.

List of confidential life line numbers to call:

Crisis lines

How can I know God?

Know God

Steps to peace with God

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