LORD, what are You going to do?!

That's the question we should have been asking all along instead of "What am I going to do?!" When we ask ourselves what we are going to do, we fret and worry because there is only so much we can humanly do. We become frustrated, angry, and we become filled with alot of anxiety because we know we are very limited in what we can do. However, when we ask the LORD, "Father what are You going to do?", then we have removed ourselves from the equation and have moved on instead to trusting God. When we ask God what He is going to do in our situation (while we trust and obey Him, of course) we have taken our eyes off our limitations and impotence and have riveted them to His infinite capacity and omnipotence! That is why I heard on the radio today from Charles Stanley. I was thinking, "Alright we need to fold now...Lord, please help us to find an apartment, yadda yadda..."

Perhaps God has allowed us to fall into this seemingly impossible, heart-wrenching situation because He wants to show us what He can do if we just put our trust in Him. I have learned not to sneer at whom God may use. Often times we think that He would surround us with our family, friends, and others who we have an affinity for. But hey, He just might even use someone we don't even like!

Charles Stanley can explain it better than I can. LISTEN TO THIS: CLICK HERE.

Becoming Rich...

Recently over the past several weeks, my wife and I have been searching for new ways to make money online. Last year I had tried an online business that eventually failed, due to lack of good advertising, meager efforts, and an onslaught of Nigerian scammers out there who were persistent in hijacking my auctions, emailing me their crap, etc. But, as we face the very possibility of bankruptcy and foreclosure, and after spending time praying, it is time to act and find a way.

So we have delved into the world of online affiliate-marketing. This is where you set up a blog or website, and then join affiliate networks such as Commission Junction and others like it so that you may advertise on their behalf using your own webspace. Let me tell you that even if there are many visitors to your site it really does not count unless they click on your ads. Or, you have a special agreement with the specific company you're advertising for. But, we have made some dollars with Google's Adsense. And I thank the LORD for every penny He has given us.

**Sigh**. A few months ago I was listening to the radio while driving to work. A radio commercial aired wherein a male voice was promoting a home loan business. It caught my attention due to our situation, and I thought I'd listen in just in case they might have something good to offer for a family like mine. Then, in the midst of the broadcast, the male voice said over the air, "If you are facing foreclosure or bankruptcy your only hope is God the Father. The bottom dropped out of my equilibrium. I had heard this commercial before several times. It was at that point that usually the male voice would speak the punchline of the company he represented, something that greatly promotes their business. But NO!! He clearly said that my only hope is in God the Father!!!

I don't know what anyone else may have thought of what I heard. Nobody else was with me at the time. But, I knew what I heard. My only hope is in God the Father. Yes, he could have said Jesus Christ. But hey, Jesus and Father God are one. I knew it had to be from God Himself because in saying, "God the Father", it denoted a relationship not based on servant-master, but rather parent-child, a relationship based on sonship. It meant closeness with the Father, obedience to the Father, and all other things that pertain a small child's relationship to their father. Therefore, what I really needed to do was to focus on my relationship with God as my Father. The Bible says, "Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you."

Ah, seek ye first the kingdom of God. This means that when we make God's desires our priority, He will then make our needs His priority. When we care about the things of God and put Him first in our lives, then He will give us great blessings. So, no matter what I try to do, I must keep in mind that I live by every word that comes out of the mouth of God.

Yet, for all the stress we are enduring at this point, I somehow feel no worry (though I should be). I feel stressed, but I am not tearing my hair off. Unlike in 1997, I am not feeling as if it is the end of the world. I'm not worried that I'll be out on the street. And even if I were going to be, I do not feel worried. I know that the LORD, that God my Father will take care of me.

God has a great sense of humor. Earlier this week my wife found a $100.00 (one-hundred dollars) bill under her boot when she walked outside a gas station's little store. She couldn't believe it, but she thanked the LORD immediately for this provision. Happily she remarked that now she had some money to buy the kids their Christmas presents. I believe it was God's way to reassure her, saying that He will take care of us. Whether or not we foreclose and go bankrupt ONE THING IS CERTAIN -- God the Father will always take care of us.

CALLING ALL ANGELS

CALLING ALL ANGELS

From My word have I birthed you here
My children one and all
Stay close, love and worship Me
Let no one stray or fall
You asked Me what you are
And what I made you to be
I say that you are My most mighty race
Bearing all the gifts of God's grace
You are perfect and infused with power
Your beauty transcends the fairest flower
Your life unending, a life with Me
You are most glorious, made mightily
I say that you are the sons of God
I say that you are the lofty ones
Made by God's own Son
I call you angels
I am calling all of you angels

Mankind's sin did I bear upon that tree, the cross
Transcendent is My pain,
Suffering shock and massive blood loss
I should not have to endure this suffering
But My heart and mind are remembering
And ever, as always, I am loving
The creatures who bear the image of My Father
And I am here to rescue men and make them My brothers
My sisters, and all who will believe
And though their sins would make Me to grieve
I will save them while they are in their sinful state
I will bear this great pain so they suffer not so great
So let these mighty hands of Mine stay pierced for them
I will let myself be bound to this cross for the children of men
Let My blood be spilled for the children of Adam's sake
Let them be free from a sinful life's fiery fate
I will not pray the Father to end this pain
This body die, that souls I gain
I will not call upon the mighty host
I will not let them fight for Me
I will not summon the sword of wrath
I will not give up on humanity
No Michael, sheathe thy sword back in its place
I care not that they bruise My head and spit in My face
I came to serve and save the human race
Call off your warriors and leave this place
Close Heaven's doors and shut your ears
Weep not, grieve not, and ally your fears
You are not needed this day
This task is Mine alone, I say
Yes, I know I AM God's Son
Yes, I know I can command the Death
Yes, I know you will do the deed
But I came to save dear Adam's seed
So though I moan and cry from massive pain
And though My Father turns His back from Me
This suffering is not in vain
But I am commading you to flee
The death of Me is sure to be
To save My dear humanity
Yes, cry for Me but sheathe your sword
Retreat to Heaven, thus says the LORD
I will not call upon Heaven's host
Let sinful men and demons boast
I will summon no sword of wrath
This death of Mine shall come to pass
I seek to save humanity
You must depart, do not save Me
I will not call you angels
I am not calling you angels

Yet now what is the fate of what to be
There is war and bloodshed from sea to sea
The waters run red from bodies bleed
No one left My Word to heed
But yet a faithful remnant is left from old
My Spirit has helped to make them bold
Though the world holds them in ignomity
Though the Devil be their mortal enemy
Perhaps no one can love them now but Me
Yet they are all that is left of righteous humanity
Let the last martyr draw the final breath
Let the Devil make his boast of death
Let the demons dine while I contemplate
The machinations I shall engineer to bring their hated fate.
Michael, the plans are made and the day is now
Tis time, I say, to execute the order
Round up your troops and get thee hence
Gather at humanity's border
Come near, My sword, thus says the LORD
Tis time to be out for blood
I have not drawn you since Noah's day
When I sent the global flood
And now, I will make My final plea
To the rest of sinful humanity
One more chance before I deal this blow
And after this you will reap what you have sowed
You may have survived the Seven Seals
And the trumpet blasts ignored
My bowl judgements were all but repealed
And still you do the evil that you swore
But you only delay your impending doom
The inevitable could have been avoided
How shall you escape the coming One
When your name in My book has been voided?
Now let me bathe My glittering blade
And call all the troops to battle
Wipe out all the sinful image bearers
Strike all their goods and cattle
For if they do not heed My words
Nor give ear to My pleas
Then their prayers are only but
An abomination to Me
You always knew that this day would come
The Day of days, the Judgement of the Son
Now rise ye up, all My winged ones
Take up the sword and aim your guns
Astride your steeds, gear up for war
Spread those wings, take to the sky
Gather behind, flank left and right
Now fire the guns and strike with the sword
Forward, MARCH!! -- thus says the LORD
I'm calling all angels
I'm calling all you angels!