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Self-righteous

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I admit I committed the sin of Self-righteousness, like all sins lies deep within my fallen nature

Sparked off by my wife’s nightly habit of leaving some object in our daughter’s bed (as a gift

But our daughter spotted her gloves were chosen and told mom not to use them

My wife has a determined mindset and refused to give in to our daughter’s request

This was where I intervened and my Self-righteous arose along with growing anger

In my anger I accused my wife of being a thief, in return my wife screamed at me in denial, saying she thought it belonged to my daughter

Thankfully my wife said “Sorry” and defused the situation so calmness and sanity were restored

Thinking about what had happened sometime later, I knew I had dealt badly and unlovingly

Determined to learn from the whole situation I pray I will never allow my dormant Self-righteousness to arise again

What has the darkness to do with the light?

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People love the dark due to their desires overtaking them

Therefore, they dwell in the darkness believing it will hide their sins

Their minds become seared also their hearts are hardened

In this present darkened world, the harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few

To this extent, gay parades have gathered in huge numbers, in many countries even in unexpected places.

Sucha as in India and here in England there is a gay village in Birmingham city

Jesus said many things during his ministry, but even in his own home town

He was frequently threatened by angry people who at times wanted to stone him

Jesus made it clear to those who would listen

 “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

 “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

 “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Even though Jesus made it crystal clear who He was and why He came

Far too many have become like lost sheep either rejecting God or turning away from Him

Heavenly Father may it please you to use me, unworthy as I am, to bring your light back into this dark world

How do you know you have been forgiven?

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Part of knowing you are forgiven and set free from whatever sin nature has enslaved you

As they are part of the same process, first when you have confessed you are a sinner and in need of forgiveness

You will be given a new heart, not a physical one but a spiritual heart

With which you will begin to desire the things of God

The old things of the flesh will not have a hold on you

As you will be a child of God, and as a real child will need to learn and grow

So, you will begin to grow in the fruits of the Spirit

Even when you face hardships or persecution, the Holy Spirit will dwell within you and you will know Jesus as your Saviour

This knowledge alone will sustain you on your journey in this new life

Reading the Scriptures and praying and preaching the Good News

Become part of this new life, also experiencing the Fruit of the Spirit

Starting with patience, at least with me it was so

Followed swiftly with longsuffering, which I thought was the same thing

Of course, I was wrong, as it is more of the progress of shedding off the layers of old stubborn fleshly desires along with old wrongful habits

When I was a child, I spoke as a child

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When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, and I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

But in that process, I turned away from the God of the New Testament Jesus

Even though I had come to know Him through my school days, youth

Who am I that You Lord should choose to suffer and die for such a wrench this sinner who now kneels before You, guilty in so many ways

I, who knew of you from my young childhood days

Yet so easily forgot all I had been taught

You, the good shepherd, lovingly persisted and directed my path to a Christian school

Lovingly guiding my young life through your words

Bringing me closer to learning and getting to know you in all your fullness

Even then, I quickly shrugged off all you had taught me, all too eagerly seeking out many self-centred pleasures that swiftly became addictive

With thoughts and images that consumed every moment, all too soon tormenting my mind throughout the night and gaining strength throughout every day

In my weakness, I fell prey to so many lies from the enemy that mislead me onto other paths on darkness where I lost all sense of direction

Sin in all its fullness offers many seemingly harmless temptations, but all of them will snare you and corrupt your mind, body, and soul as they did mine.

If not for You, my Lord, being willing to forgive me my sins against You and freeing me from all the wicked darkness I had accumulated

Oh! The blessed relief and joy that flooded into my wretched body, I had quite forgotten what joy felt like and the quietness of peace of mind

I will continue to praise You, Lord, with every breath I take for the rest of my days.

For You are worthy of Praise

A Prowling Lion

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The devil is known by many other names (titles)

One of which is a prowling lion hunger for unsuspecting prey

He is said to be like a prowling eager to kill and destroy

But perhaps we underestimate the full character of the devil

He is also described as the serpent of old who softly spoke lies and planted the seeds of doubt in Eve

Not that Eve was weaker, but rather less experienced since she had been created a little while after Adam so less experienced

Genesis 3:1
Now the serpent was craftier than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?'”

Which is another title he has been given is The Dragoon of Old

While many in this world image the devil to be dressed in red with a pointed tail holding a pitchfork

Which no doubt pleases Satan, as it gives him the freedom to easily deceive and lead them into all kinds of evil darkness without them even knowing

Yet as Christians, we are instructed to wear the armor of God to protect us from the fiery arrows of the enemy

Lest we become entangled and go astray, for he is a real advisor who delights in weakness and exploits our weaknesses to his advantage

Not that the devil is able to hear your thoughts but knows from experience how to use our weaknesses against us

As he did to me recently, piquing my curiosity enough to check out a video

Which Featured a full-bodied young lady wearing a somewhat revealing outfit

In an attempt to arouse my lustful nature, although I managed to avert my eyes from the revealed flesh, I knew that the enemy was stalking close by eager to pounce.

I shudder at just how easily I could have become his next prey, Lord help me to consistently wear your protective armour

Growing Pains

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All children go through various kinds of growing pains, as a part of maturing

It seems can and do continue well into adult life, as with children adults want to cling to bad habits even though they can easily become addictive, even though they know most are sinful

They continue to Indulge repeatedly while they try to hide those sins from family and friends

Due to the dulling effect of sinful addiction, they become reckless and then are found out by others

Which triggers guilt and denial by making excuses which are a form of lying yet another sin

I once was one such sinner as this, I clung to my sin and didn’t want to give it up.

Affording myself the luxury of believing I was a good person

But No one is good but God only

Since I continued to tell lies, I continued to look with lust (adultery) Ignoring my marriage vows and being unfaithful to my wife

I became condemned by my own actions; no longer could I claim to be (good)

I admitted I was a sinner and prayed for forgiveness as I wrote once before

Praise The Lord He answered and gave me a new heart

Making me a new creation, born again. I as a new child full of joy and praise for my Saviour

As with all children I as a born-again child am experiencing growing pains as I began to mature

Future – Past

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Who I am is unimportant as is the actual year or place where I find myself imprisoned

What is important is that I’m still able to warn all who will listen to my warning

I find myself in a perplexing time, not of my choosing

I am unsure how it all began; all I know is that from a normal and quite boring sometimes

Troublesome events descended upon us, all events were unexpectedly forceful

Once it started it was almost choking us or we are being drowned in a tidal wave of emotions

 With every new addition demanding to be noticed while forcibly grasping all free space

Many people succumbed to its powerful influence, by meekly accepting the lies that were spewed out into the world

There is so much EVIL here it grows in strength and size and far beyond the understanding of most whom it has dominated

 In man’s vanity, we created things beyond our capability to control, what once began as ideas took on a life of their own while humans continued to feed and improve them

All too soon what was created outgrew humans to the point where we are no longer needed

Some humans willingly integrated themselves with technology and became superior and gave themselves the power to live forever, but where they ended that life was not were expected

As they vainly began considering themselves Gods, though still unable to escape their fate

While in my past groups whispered and hid in small amounts, without us noticing they grew and began to shout and demand attention

Their power increased and laws were changed to suit their sinful desires

As others feed selfish and vain people only what they wanted to hear

Theses who fed grew wealthy while ignoring the truth that we are all sinners, including those who continue spreading the lies

Little do they know or care that God’s wrath against them is being stored up for Judgement Day

Isaiah 55:6

 “Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near. 7 Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD,”

Unique and Rare Opportunity

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The Year 2023 will Offer a Rare Opportunity for Christians as explained in the Ray Comfort YouTube Video

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Christians Need to check out this video about an extraordinarily exciting, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reach these masses with the Gospel! https://youtu.be/lYlRqseBA0k

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Why is difficult to share Faith?

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Why do I shy away from sharing the Gospel?

Yet I was fully convicted of my sins and know without a doubt I was forgiven

 I acknowledge I was freed from my sinful addiction, and God gave me a new heart

Yet I’m unable even unwilling to preach in the open about God’s Grace

The only place I have told anyone about the wonderful Grace and love of God is here on my blog.

I have wondered of late whether or not to record videos about my renewed faith and testimony to upload to YouTube

But I hesitate lest it might appear I’m promoting myself, rather than giving glory to God

To all readers, I would ask for your thoughts and advice on this subject

Also, pray that I will become willing to become the person God wants me to be and that He will enable me to do His will

Amen

What a Crazy World

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“What a Crazy World We’re Living In”

Back in the days when this song was a smash hit sung by Joe Brown, which was the theme tune of the film of the same name

Despite the words about the crazy world, compared to this modern-day. Life in the 60s was SANE

The year 2020 will go down in history or at least it should, not because it unfolded into the most amazing and stunning year full of wonderful opportunities to become great or famous or wealthy

Rather it was the year COVID-19 went worldwide along with many lockdowns restrictions including self-isolate and stay-at-home recommendations

 Then came the big advice push for everyone to get vaccinated as well as the constant updates of increasing deaths, causing widespread panic

Later on, causing unwelcomed division between those vaccinated and those unvaccinated

As if the continuation of the virus and all it entailed through the following years was enough to contend with, as a Christian I have noticed that Christianity and all those who believed were attacked from many directions.

Note: I realize this process has been a long and slow process, but attacks on the Christian faith seemed to have increased with every passing year

Atheists spread intentional lies with the use of video, causing doubts including divided opinions about faith doctrines and many churches became empty as many believers left.

The increasing pressure on Christianity from the rest of the world to embrace the LGBTIQ+ “lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender diverse, intersex and queer” communities

While all members of the LGBTIQ+ now enjoy a whole month of “Pride “which includes continuing freedom of speech for all their members, Christians are labelled bigots and homophobic for expressing their faith (exercising their freedom of speech)

As part of the LGBTIQ+ movement, same-sex marriages have not only been made legal but enforced churches to comply even though this goes against the Christian belief

As a former slave to sin freed and saved by Grace I make no apologies for sharing the teaching of the Bible and the Gospel of Jesus Christ, I do so out of concern and love

Some countries have banned Christians from going to their country or enforced laws preventing Christian’s freedom of speech and banning the Bible from being taken into their country