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AWAKEN JUSTICE

Is it possible for a christian to become an enemy of God?

You may be looking at my title and wondering whats this all about. Well this was the title of an article handout at our ministry from a passage in a book.Immediately looking at the title it makes you want to read further just to see what the answer is to the question.Well I will just start out by telling you that the answer is absolutely yes. Now this answer will shake the foundation of everything you once thought about. Yes, He is loving, merciful,compassionate. But we also know that He is jealous for all of our affections. Anything that attempts to stand in the way of the affections that we are to have for Him. He will not relent until He has our full and undivided attention. Have you ever been a really hard situation and your rebuking the enemy and it just seems as if your not getting any type of break through? Sometimes its not always the enemy its God. He will do whatever necessary to get our attention and if it means that He has to shake up everything in our lives to do so He will. A lot of times its not the enemy but its the hand of God tugging at our hearts and to give us a dose of reality. The TRUTH is that God does not need us. We need Him more than anything. It is His hearts desire that we all would accept the invitation to fellowship with Him but unfortunately the ways of the world have become more enticing. We find more pleasure in the things of the world than we actually do spending time with Him.Intoxicated by Babylon, because you say that you are a christian please do not disregard any of these words. Those who love the world do what they do whole heatedly because its what their living their lives for, but if we as Christians still act, think and talk like the world the we are enemies of God.

still don't believe me. well lets go to the word of God:

Matthew 6:24 (kjv)

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

mammon is another word for worldiness.So basically the scripture is saying that it is absolutely impossible to serve God and love the world. No matter how you try to make it fit into your Christan walk. It absolutely will not work.

Its almost like being in a marriage. If you are married and you are seeing someone else on the side it is impossible to love your spouse whole heatedly if your not full committed and that's the same way it is with serving God. If we are luke warm with one foot in the world and one foot in Christ we can't serve Him. The desires of the world will always hold more weight than the desire to serve Christ because the road is narrow and it cost you everything. Many aren't willing to give up everything so its easy to settle

I believe that God is calling us to make a decision... right now in this very moment we are to choose this day whom we will serve will we love God or love mammon. If we as believers don't make this crucial decision and turn away from the ways of the world we could very well become enemies of God. Hes called us to walk at a higher standard and if we love Him we obey Him. We find it hard to obey Him because we don't really love Him.

This is just thoughts that have been running in my mind all day. Continue to follow me on this journey and feel free to leave comments.

Eating away Destiny..

Wednesday night Encounter God service at the Garner Prayer Furnace:

As we sat down and prepared to recieve a teaching from our Apostle there was antcipation on what was to be shared. Hungry for the word! She began telling us that the Lord had given her a word for us corporately and everyone sat attentive ready to hear the word from the Lord. As I pulled out my notebook and bible I was eager to hear what the word was. She began by saying that "corporately this is something that God desires to bring to our attention as we transition into our prayer furnace" and then the word GLUTTONY came out. Immediately the room fell dead silent.so silent infact that you could have heard a piece of paper drop on the carpet. Automatically my mind began to come up with many different excuses why this wasn't me before the message even started but as she began talking I realized that it was very much indeed me.

Gluttony is an area that many don't like to talk about nor actually sit and take the time to examine if it is indeed operating within our beings.It is not talked about alot within the body of Christ because we would much rather preach a message on the love of God rather than a message that will set the captive free.

Have you ever took the time .. really.. to just sit and think about if this may be something that is operating in your own life. Here are some things to give you to think about

- How much money do you spend on feeding your flesh

- How many times a week do you fast?

- Do you eat large portions even when your not hungry?

- Do you find yourself eating when your going through a rough time?

- Do you have secret stashes of food hidden away?

These are some of the few examples that we had to face within ourselves

Scriptures:

PHI 3:19 Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and

their glory is in their shame. Their mind is on earthly things.

* If that wasn't juicy enough for you lets read the message version ..

PHI 3:19 Stick with me, friends. Keep track of those you see running this same course, headed for this same goal. There are many out there taking other paths, choosing other goals, and trying to get you to go along with them. I've warned you of them many times; sadly, I'm having to do it again. All they want is easy street. They hate Christ's Cross. But easy street is a dead-end street. Those who live there make their bellies their gods; belches are their praise; all they can think of is their appetites.

One of the fruits of the Spirit is SELF-CONTROL. Whenever we can't contol our appetites,turn down our plates and position our hearts to become closer to God then the sins that come to entice us will always win. Gluttony is not just about eating to much it affects every area of our lives.It is something that is so overlooked that it has become normal.

I hope that you will continue to follow me as I take you on my Journey of freedom from gluttony.

-30 days

America Celebrates the death of a Terriorist but down plays abortion

Beloved,

As many of you know today America celebrates..but what is the glorious occassion? The death of a terriorist. Today, not only as an American citizen but as a believer my heart is grieved.As big of a win this may be to some, we throw parties over a man's death but yet the real issue has yet to be faced.Although the death of Osama may be infact in some form or fashion justice for those who lost families to the war we must sober up and realize that this by no means stops terriorm. Im sure osama had no problem dieing.That is what there culture after all is known best for doing. Dieing for what they believe. There is no victory won in his death but it is a great loss. Why do I say this? Because America has been decieved if we believe that the killing of innocent babies (abortion) everyday in this nation holds no weight,but the killing of one man is worth celebrating.

reading many posts on facebook today this in fact is one of my favorites.. " Tell them osama dead without a body they celebrate. Tell them Jesus died for them and rose without proof of a body and they speculate."

This statement alone holds so much weight. We would rather celebrate a body we have yet to see but when it comes to Christ dieing it is questioned.. when are we going to wake up? Take a look at everything that is happening around us.. the Lord is shaking this nation but we are too busy celebrating the death of one man.Innocent children are dieing and lawlessness is sweeping throughout the land.

James 4: 1-3

Why do you fight and argue with each other? Isn't it because you are full of selfish desires that fight to control your body? 2You want something you don't have, and you will do anything to get it. You will even kill! But you still cannot get what you want, and you won't get it by fighting and arguing. You should pray for it. 3Yet even when you do pray, your prayers are not answered, because you pray just for selfish reasons.

We must wake up America and realize that this battle is not won through death but it is won through prayer. Now is not the time to celebrate because there is much more to come. If we beleive that it ends with osama then we have fooled oursleves once more.Its time to turn our hearts back to God. Its time for America to wake up and get bloody knees !!

Are you a slave to your thoughts ??

Beloved,

As believers we forfeit the level of freedom that we were meant to experience because of the way we think.EVERYTHING starts with a thought..but it is what we do with those thoughts good or bad that determine the outcome.When we began to find ourselves as believers walking out ungodly cycles and settling for temporary pleasures we must get honest with ourselves! why do I think the way I think? Why do I even say the things I say?

Matthew 12:34 (NIV) You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

That scripture says enough all in itself but if you want to see it a little bit deeper check out the message..

Matthew 12:34 (message) "You have minds like a snake pit! How do you suppose what you say is worth anything when you are so foul-minded? It's your heart, not the dictionary, that gives meaning to your words."

This is powerful. It clearly shows you that its impossible to speak things out of your mouth without first thinking about it.

Yes I am about to step on your toes.Have you or someone ever said something really mean to you and then said just joking? Regardless of whether it seemed to be a joke deep down in their heart there was truth to the statement because the thought must take root in the heart first before it ever comes out of the mouth.You may want to think about that next time you say something that you really don't mean...

Why do you think the word of God says that there is death and life in the power of the tongue?Our mouths can be so wicked that they have the power to destroy others. The heart is powerful without it, we can't function.Every time we allow our thoughts to override the Holy Spirit we clog our hearts up and if you have ever seen what cigarettes due to your lungs over a period of time just imagine the thoughts that we think and allow to take root in our hearts become over a period of time.Never mind the fact that on the cigarettes box it lets you know exactly what it will do to you but many choose to ignore it. That's the same way when it comes to our thoughts and the things that we say. The word of God tells us exactly what it will do to us but we choose to overlook it.

Are you tired of getting the same results out of life? well what are you going to do about it? You must change what you do.. and in order to change what you do you have to change the way you think!

Romans 12:2 (NIV) " Don't live any longer the way this world lives. Let your way of thinking be completely changed. Then you will be able to test what God wants for you. And you will agree that what he wants is right. His plan is good and pleasing and perfect."

Romans 12:2 (Message)
Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You'll be changed from the inside out.
Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you.


Well these two scriptures couldn't say it any better. Jesus didn't call them brood of vipers for nothing he understood that whats in your heart plays a big role in who you become. so I encourage you all to allow God to show you these things in your own life and choose to no be conformed. Change your thinking! :)
Romans 12:2 (Message)

P4CM Pastors..

Many of you have recently heard about Pastor Justin Cox and Chris Facey stepping down from P4CM for a while due to sexual immoral sin. This blog is not to bash them at all but I want to thank them. Why? These are real leaders with real hearts.. So many leaders out there would rather hide their sin and pretend like everything is okay but I respect them. Although it hurts my heart."True Repentance" causes you to do these things. Although many may have alot to say God still wants to use them..same way he uses you.People think that because you are a Pastor you are exempt from sin. No not one bit.I respect them because they exposed their sin and that goes to show that their is no cover up or no reputation that must be kept.I do not know them personally but I know what God has done through their ministry and now is not the time to stand in judgement or hold unforgivness but choose mercy instead of justice but to pray for them because these are our brothers and wouldn't you want someone to do the same for you? The devil is so stupid they are coming back 10 times stronger than before but we must keep our eyes opened and our hearts rended lest we fall. AS I write this my emotions become overwhelmed because the enemy has no respect of persons and don't think that it can't be you because it very well might be you. Does this situation make them any less anointed by no means. Jesus didn't come for those who had it all together.He came for the weak and the broken. How can you ever know the God who delivers you out of broken places if you have never been broken. I'm asking that everyone who reads this blog feel free to leave comments. Like I stated before this blog is not to bash them but to encourage so if you can't find any encouraging words please don't post anything. Leave encouraging words up here you never know .. they just might read it and it could help bring healing

A Joint Statement from Justin Cox and Chris Facey

There are times in the Christian life when we experience joy, beauty, success, disappointment and failure. Yet in the midst of disappointment and failure God teaches us powerful lessons of love, mercy, and redemption.

When we first founded P4CM, we founded it on a desire to live a life worthy of the cross and exemplify “passion for Christ.” Recently it has become clear that we have personally drifted from the standard that we sought to uphold as a ministry, and as leaders. Part of pleasing God is admitting when you are wrong, need correction, and help. Because of this we have agreed to step down from leadership at P4CM due to moral failures respectfully in each of our lives in order to have a time of healing, discipline, growth, and restoration. We are deeply grieved and sorrowful for how our sin has affected our church, leadership, and people that have respectfully followed us throughout the years. We see that there are times in the life of David when he was a warrior, a leader, and a broken sinner. You have been with us in our stages of being warriors, you have walked with us as we were before you as leaders, and now we humbly ask you to stand by us as we write our own Psalm 51, and are before you as broken, repentant sinners in need of rebuilding, mercy, and renewal.

This is another chapter in the book of our lives, I know it may feel like a sad time, but we don’t believe this is a sad time. God is sovereignly using this process to discipline and break us, to cultivate and shape us into the men that He has always wanted us to be. Sometimes you have to die before you can live, and this is our time of dying so that we can enter into new levels of life. It is our expectation, that you don’t despair to the point of losing hope, but rather pray for us while taking heed to yourself, it is a time for you to hold on stronger and affirm your own faith with more tenacity than ever before, this is not the end but rather the beginning. We fully support the way P4CM leadership has handled this situation in the loving way God has called them to. Also, we are working with an awesome leadership team of pastors, counselors and ministers that are committed to working on us, and with us for the ultimate glorification of God. Our hope is that this is not the end, but rather the beginning of something new that God is doing in our lives that will result in us being back before you in the future as new and better men of God.

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Wasted Life & "Unashamed"

A wasted life and Unashamed...

What would it be like to simply just waste our lives for Jesus? Even in our weak attempts to love Him He embraced the cross and He did all for the sake of love. A powerful man said something that I will never forget " I am not ashamed of where I am because I know where I'm going" My heart leaps every time I hear it because that's the cry of my heart. Wasting your life becomes easy when you know where your going and your not ashamed of the obstacles that you face. You may not have all the answers but you have found a love that is so much greater than the temporary pleasures of this world.

It blows my mind how God takes the things that the world considers as "waste" and He uses them to change the nations and bring revival to a generation... When is the last time the world didn't approve of you? or are you just like them.Do we really understand what we say when we say "I waste my life for Jesus" these our powerful words and they will be tried. It is simply not about the trying of these words but it is the heart behind the person who says them. How many times have you heard someone say "I Love you?" and when it came down to it their words meant nothing.

I've have come to know the one who's Love is pure and undefiled and Hes looking for those who will forsake all for the sake of Love. We will never know love until we know God because that is His very being.The very nature of who He is. Don't be ashamed to waste your life for Jesus becauseHe wasn't ashamed to waste His for you...Selah

EX- FAILURE

Beloved,

Today I want to take you on my journey of freedom.The Lord has been sharing with me that in order for the book of my life to be opened my life must become an open book. Not just for me to see but for the world to see.I have learned not to be ashamed of where I am, because where I am going is far greater than what my natural eyes can see. This blog is not because everything inside of me desires to share with you..but it is for Freedom. Every time I open my mouth I make the enemy a liar and today is exactly what I am doing.

Wow so this Sunday service at The Furnace was completely amazing. After service Our Pastor told us that she felt like that she needed to let anyone who needs to stay behind to receive prayer stay behind. I knew that for a couple of weeks that fear and thoughts of failure had been trying to bring me down. I remember grabbing my things and getting ready to walk to the car and the Holy Spirit spoke to me and said" Do you want to be free?" I said Yes and I put my things down and sat on the floor. As I was sitting there a flood of thoughts came to my mind: You will never be free, you might as well just get up, ha ha the same people that you sitting on the floor with is the same ones that you minister to BIG FAILURE. Maybe you never had these thoughts but I will be honest for you ..they come! So I just began to pray and build myself up to silence the voices. Then I heard a voice still small voice say to me "Daughter today not only do I set you free from the opinions of others but failure today I break failure off of you." Then I heard this other voice call me and it was my Pastor and she was sitting in front of a lady and she said I was sitting here asking God who is to pray for her and he said you. It completely blew my mind because here I am sitting on the floor with thoughts of being a failure but yet the Lord wants to use me? Many times we feel like that God cant use us because of the issues that we face in life but I have come to know the one who takes the foolish things and use them. All this is to say that never let the enemy tell you that because of the issues that you face that you are the only one facing them and that it makes you disqualify ed. I think about when Peter denied Jesus I'm sure he felt horrible but the Lord said "upon this rock I will build my church. The enemy would love to make you feel like your the only one and that somethings wrong with you. The truth is that Jesus died for everything that we face be the rock that he builds upon and refuse to allow the enemy to tell you any different. I hope this testimony blesses you

The TRUTH is .. you still want me??

Dear Beloved,

The Truth still and will always remain the same.. He still wants you right where you are. Yes, in that weak and broken place. Oh if we would just learn how to think rightly about Him. He never leaves us alone. Its amazing how he desperately chases after our hearts. What hinders us from loving the God who is love? I've come to the knowledge that it is only the very fact that we can't wrap our human minds around the thought that there is actually someone who loves us beyond measure. This is no worldly love its something so profound but yet so alive. We must take time to seek after the TRUTH of the Fathers heart. The God who was and the God who is and will forever be. He is the most consistent person that we will ever meet.Truth is and will always remain the same.. God still wants you no matter where you are. The God we serve is not like man and all though we have the knowledge of this, we lack the understanding within our hearts. He does not want you for what He can get out of you but He wants you because there is a desperate pursuit in His jealous eyes, even before you were in your mothers womb..and He is fighting for our affections that have been taken captive by the lusts of this world. He is leaping over the mountains and abounding over the hills knocking down everything that gets in His way until he reaches you. It would have been nice if He came for those who have it all together but I've got good news He didn't, He came for you and I.Weak and broken. Beloved I tell you the truth is and will always remain the same...He still wants you

Love, Revelation