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One for the ladies in Christ

Tue, 14 May 2013 02:23:01 +0100

So I have friends who believe I’m a womanizer. I disagree… but I do have a lot of female friends. And there’s something I’ve been thinking of in regards to these friends that I have to talk about.

So being the age I am, I understand the natural impulse that there is to find a date. Almost everyone I know wants to find a boyfriend/girlfriend. And truly, this area is not my speciality, but I do notice a few things. These impulses are much harder to quell or satisfy when you’re a Christian because the bible limits the number of partners we’re allowed to have:

2 Corinthians 6:14 a “Do not be yoked together with unbelievers.”

The aim of the verse however isn’t to limit, but to guide. Its sound advice and I’ve seen countless times people who tried relationships that failed because they weren’t guided by these principles. I say “guided” because I don’t think just being a believer qualifies someone to be your boyfriend/girlfriend. They should be making you love God more or forget it.

So here’s why I’m writing this to the ladies in Christ. I understand the huge deficiency that our world is facing of Godly men because I see it all around me. Even for me, it is hard to find a man I can share my love for God with. That shows how much harder it is for you to find a man who deserves you; yes: “deserves you” because it is only when they can love God enough that they can love you enough.

So… don’t settle. Don’t date any random guy because the current statistics I see show that a lot of the random’s are not worth it. Wait for the person God has planned. He will definitely come.

Two disclaimers: I’m not saying look for perfection. It only existed once. But look for someone who is willing and trying to get there and isn’t going to drag you down when you tag along.

I’m not saying I’m perfect. One reason I’ve never been able to ask anyone out is because they don’t deserve me. At least not till God, who has began this good work in preparing me for some lovely lady in Christ, brings it to completion. (Philippians 1:16 - heavily paraphrased)

So in the mean time ladies… prepare yourself to be the best of Proverbs 31 woman you can be, and wait for that Godly man.

And men… please lets start manning up to become who God desires for our future wives.

I pray for the grace to walk… in royal steps…

jeffreymanu: ”My nature became so sensitized that I could lay...

Mon, 13 May 2013 19:29:46 +0100

jeffreymanu:

”My nature became so sensitized that I could lay my hands on any man or woman and tell what organ was diseased and to what extent” “Lake tested this new wonder by going to hospitals and touching patients to determine what their ailments were. And even to make it more challenging, most of them were cases that even the physicians could not diagnose” (John G. Lake: His Life His Sermons, His Boldness of Faith, Kenneth Copeland Publications, 1995, p. xxi

Wow!

"Ask God ‘If I’m unable to achieve anything else today and all my tasks fail, at least..."

Sat, 11 May 2013 16:27:06 +0100

“Ask God ‘If I’m unable to achieve anything else today and all my tasks fail, at least let me be able to say, I learnt to love you more’”

- Paraphrased from “What on earth am I here for” by Rick Warren

UNSPOKEN, UNMASKED

Fri, 10 May 2013 15:33:30 +0100

(inspired by sermon The Mask must Go)- 01/01/2013

The church is not a stage for play productions

Not a place for hiding actions

Not a black market for surreptitious transactions

Church, when you and I

Refuse to be real in the presence of the Most High

Our Elshaddai

When we kill boldness , choose to be shy

Zip up our lips while inside we die

Die from the sting of masturbation, prostitution, homosexuality, we lie

Steal, destroy, gossip,

Live prayerless, wordless, fruitless

We create an awful mess and live with unnecessary stress

When we turn church service into a masquerade ball

And refuse to speak up but slowly we fall

Fall deeply within but on the outside we stand tall

Afraid to tell the world of our deepest struggles and sins

Afraid of the stabbing stares of confrontation

And the crumbling image of perfection

But if we were all perfect then why did Christ bleed?

Why did He heed

To the call of the Father to beget a new breed?

A seed

Planted by the water side that yields fruits in its season

The blood should give you more reason

To speak up, spit it all out, dare to share your testimony

And that is how WE overcome

I said WE not YOU

WE overcome by the blood and the word of our testimony

The church is not a stage for play productions

Not a place for hiding actions

Not a black market for surreptitious transactions

Most of us have refused to take the task

To remove the pretence mask

So instead we slowly die

Behind closed doors and thick masks we cry

And yeah we tire

Because multi-Masking is soul-tasking

Wasting time being who you are not

Lessens God’s love to naught

Wasting time in the bondage of sin within

Reduces our chances to win

Because your silence is selfishness

Holding on to your mask may be the most self-seeking thing to do

What if you hold the key to someone’s breakthrough?

What if a piece of someone’s salvation puzzle was embedded in your story?

You see it’s time for the church to start being real

Let’s dig deep into issues unspoken

Make the silence broken

And allow God to give us the victory token

So today I humbly ask

That you let go off the thick mask

Of sin that you have long been hiding behind

And it only begins with a change of heart and mind

Knowing that in the church you’ll find

A greater power that overlooks your sinful kind

And focuses on great healing, not just physical but spiritual

Come to the altar unafraid to be spoken or unmasked because

The church is not a stage for play productions

Not a place for hiding actions

Not a black market for surreptitious transactions

A friend wrote this for unspoken some time ago. It’s brilliant and I hope it speaks volumes to someone as it does me

Strength to see the love

Fri, 10 May 2013 15:26:08 +0100

Following directly from my previous post, here’s a post:

I learn a lot about that scandal that is love and grace. God’s love blows my mind so much even in the times I get it the least. And I stumble upon this verse this morning:

Ephesians 3:16- 19 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

It’s the perfect timing for this word. In fact, ‘always’ is the perfect timing for this verse. I take this prater to heart that the Spirit strengthen me to grasp how amazing his love is. Because in the end, all that matters is his love: how wide, how long, how high and how deep his love is. I’ve learnt that the more we understand this love, the more we are filled with the fullness of God. Frankly, that’s all we are striving for. And the way to get there, is to understand this love.

I pray that God gives us this His Spirit that opens our eyes to this indescribable love.

I need to blog again.

Fri, 10 May 2013 15:17:24 +0100

I’m going to return to blogging: writing full posts on the things God is teaching me.

I left because I wasn’t ready to be teaching people things I hadn’t learnt. A few months down the line, I am no different. But writing does help. I’m reminding myself of what I need to do and somebody out there is getting helped.

I will keep doing unspoken as much as I get an audience. I will share what I can on each of the submissions I receive because I realize how much my own brokenness has taught me even through I may not be fully learned.

Also, In Royal Steps has always been a story of love and grace. The love is what keeps me here, the grace is what allows me to be here. So I will remain and I will tell my story. I will try and let you see, as much as my unspokenness will allow, how love and grace have and continue to mould a wretch like me.

Hopefully i still have people willing to tag along for the ride. Its one hellish ride but I’m still confident in God’s word that in the end… we win.

Once again, I pray for grace that we may all walk… in royal steps…

"I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do"

Sat, 04 May 2013 15:08:33 +0100

“I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do”

- Acts 13:22

"he is jealous for me…"

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 03:10:05 +0100

“he is jealous for me…”

- How he loves, Mark Mcmillan

The Journey

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:37:26 +0100

My journey through the faith, although it never ends, is a little longer than than I anticipated. Maybe anticipating was the problem.

There comes a time when everyone must question their faith. For me, why is not the question. But Lord knows I need to know “How?”

"My God is Love My God is “Love” My “God” is Love My, God is Love! My God is Love!"

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:22:24 +0000

“My God is Love
My God is “Love”
My “God” is Love
My, God is Love!
My God is Love!”

"19 And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather..."

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 04:24:31 +0000

“19 And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. 20 For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. 21 But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.”

- John 3:19–21

"Romans 12:15 NKJV Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep."

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:54:59 +0000

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Romans 12:15 NKJV

Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.

”

"I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusts..."

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:04:49 +0000

“I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish.”

- Galatians 5:16

Miracles come in different shapes….

Sun, 27 Jan 2013 11:59:31 +0000

Miracles come in different shapes….

I dont have the tears for this…

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 19:42:14 +0000

I dont have the tears for this…

Miracle stage two… still in the making of a complete miracle. Thank you God for renewed faith.

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 01:17:24 +0000

Miracle stage two… still in the making of a complete miracle. Thank you God for renewed faith.

I love You God!!!!

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 00:59:51 +0000

I love You God!!!!

Devil is a liar. because he is destined to live to declare the glory of the Lord. Second big...

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:42:29 +0000

Devil is a liar. because he is destined to live to declare the glory of the Lord. Second big testomony in the making! Almost excited!

"When he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his..."

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:18:01 +0000

“When he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.”

- Luke 15:20

"Do not worry about what you’ll eat or what you’ll drink or who you’ll date and..."

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 19:30:17 +0000

“Do not worry about what you’ll eat or what you’ll drink or who you’ll date and marry but seek ye first the kingdom of God and all these things will be added unto you…”