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"Let every heart vibrate to that iron string."

Imagine yourself and two other people across from you standing in a triangle. From each of their chest is a metal string that mimics the properties of a guitar string. All three of you are connected from chest to chest by this string, completing said triangle.

Now you are Person A. And let's say you strummed string b. Even though b is straight across Person B, they will feel it. Vice-versa for both Persons' B,C. 

Let ever HEART VIBRATE to that iron STRING.

In a relationship, friends or intimate; One thing that two people feel will be felt by the third person. Because you are connected as one person. Due to the friendship/relationship that you carry. 

This quote was made real to me when the Holy Spirit made this known to me and now I understand intercession in a further sense. 

This will help you, if you allow it to.

To the Mourn

Mold Your Beginning 

A Woodpecker:

Fly, Fly young bird

Find your home and build upon it

Lest the beast comes to destroy your home

It's only a matter of time

Peck, Peck strong warrior

pierce through the night and day 

Using what's been given to you

Do you not know you have not to reap or sow,

Do you not know your gathering will not keep you

Yet you are fed

So Fly, Peck build your foundation

(inspired by Matthew 6; and a request)

LightBulb of Remedy

A pathetically weak covering called self-esteem at times will not allow us to unveil the elements of God that are within us. God reveals mysteries to us, but we hold them inside and don't share what God has for everyone else are we not then holding God's blessings captive. Once we break out of this shell that we have already determined either brittle or a fortified fortress, we will show our True Colors and go forth.

- Deuteronomy 29:29

Growth Pt. 2

2 Peter 5-9

5Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge, 6 and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness, 7and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love. 8For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless not unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9For he who lacks these qualities is blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins.


|Now for this very reason...| - He is talking about what was said the previous verse. Lust (Sin).

   To be able to defend yourself from the Lust that comes after us like a game of cat and mouse, at least that is what we think it is, but in reality it's like the Black Knight from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. A legless and armless thing that can only shout things at us and physically cause us no harm. However unlike the Black Knight's fervent intent on trying to "Nibble to death" his opponent, Sin can do nothing to us, yes, not even Nibble on us to death. Because all that the demonic forces throws out at us are lies and dead works and actions that have already been defeated. What I mean by that is that whatever the devil tells us Jesus has already proved how that is wrong and ineffective. That is why it's imperative to know your Old Testament. Having Woman problems? Look at Sampson's story and learn from it, having pride issues? Look at Hezekiah in 1 Kings.

So now continuing on we read on how to defend our faith and not to believe the lies.

| Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, persevenace, adn in your perseverance, godliness, and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love....| 


Diligence - [n]; earnestness in accomplishing, prompting, or striving after anything


Moral excellence - [n]; a virtuous course of though, feeling and action
   - So when we do have faith we are to supply or reinforce it with moral excellence.


Knowledge - [n]; general intelligence, understanding
   - This kind of knowledge that they speak of is something that has to do with understanding, if we understand something we are more capable to perform and accomplish more powerfully and do it to our fullest capability, a lot of times people don't do things right for a lack of understanding.


Self-Control - [n]; the virtue of one who masters his desires and passions; his sensual appetites
   - One who MASTERS his desires and sensual appetites, so basically be able to control his desires and what a person longs for. Everyone has these things and when we see them we want them right away for the fact that we might not get them again anytime soon, but for the most part we need to have self-control, god will already give these things to us, it's just a matter of waiting for God to make physical what is already ours spiritually.


Perseverance - [n]; steadfastness, constancy, endurance


Godliness - [n]; piety towards God, godliness
   - Piety; is the quality of being full of God's duty, when Jesus was in the temple at a young age he replied back to his mother, | ... Did you not know that I had to be in My Father's house? - Luke 2:49 | (Ex.)


Brotherly Kindness - [adj,n]; love of brothers or sisters, brotherly love


Love - [?]; 1 Corinthians 13


Note: How in the Transitions between these used as adjectives it says, |... and in you...| meaning you already have this, because of the simple fact that you know when you are not doing this. It's like when your mom tells you to clean your room and you don't do it. Even though your on the internet or playing a game or something you know it's in the back of your head, "DARN IT, I still have to clean my room...Ok just one more match/5 more minutes" and then procrastination happens... THE POINT IS that you have that reminder/conviction that it's there. So you already have that, you know when your not doing these things and if you didn't know what these words meant TOO BAD you know now :D


I mean the Following verse is what I was talking about.

|8For if these qualities are your and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.|

   Notice that at the beginning of this verse it says, |For if these qualities ARE yours and ARE increasing...| Last time I checked the word ARE, it was present tense.

|9For he who lack these qualities is blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins. 10Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choosing you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never Stumble;|

Yip, Yip!

Words Pt. 1

   Think about the phrases that we throw around so easily, How “How are you?” and  “I love you”, get tossed around so easily.

   Now think about a Mute, who has no ability to make/create words. How noble he must be with his actions. How he uses what he does have (Body, hands, feet, arms, etc...) to express how he feels about a certain thing. If he would get mad, he will look like he's mad, if he is full of joy you'll be able to tell, and so forth, just like a small child. However why do we who have the ability to speak say such things? To realize that the only reason we are saying these things is cause we are selfish and at times more than ever we are just seeking attention from someone who doesn't really matter compared to God, who BY THE WAY is already giving you all the attention you could ever want. It's just that we are so used to HEARING and SEEING how certain situations around us work out that we forget that God wants a fellowship with us, that is all he wants with us, if not he wouldn't have tried to get us back after we fell off. He would have just given up that very moment that they bite the apple. A good example of this is Elijah the Prophet, real quick just read this:

1 Kings 19:11-13

   11So He said, "go forth and stand on the mountain before the Lord." And behold, the Lord was passing by! And a great and strong wind was rending the mountains and breaking in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake.12After the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a sound of a gentle blowing. 13When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave. And behold, a voice came to him and said, "What are you doing here, Elijah?"

   A freaking tornado, an earthquake, and a volcano eruption came. And Elijah was looking at those things looking for God. Yet he came in such a way that allowed us to know it was Him, he talked to us like how people talk to each other. Face TO FACE.

Fellowship - [n]; community through communication

 Don't we do that too though? While we are out having a quiet prayer in the field, and suddenly you look next to you and there is a pile of ants and we say to ourselves, "Oh look a pile of ants. Maybe if I see what they are doing, maybe God will use them and have them line up in a way where they will make a message and God will answer my prayers and give me a sense of direction". Um... What? Who does that, ya know? I'm pretty sure that God would rather talk to you face to face than through a pile of ants. Remember that story that God talked through a donkey? (Read Numbers 22; Highly recommended)

Numbers 22 - Balaam was had been so blind by what God was trying to say FACE TO FACE that God used a donkey, who knows maybe as a last resort before His angel killed him, to get through to Him. Like Elijah they were not looking for God, they were looking for an ANSWER. I'm not offending God's ways or any kind of possibility or miracles that Happen through God, I am getting after how we try to manipulate God to give us an answer, we try to do all these stupid things to make God give us an answer when in reality that is either selfish or impatient of you. Because you want your answer NOW, you want your miracle NOW, and because your tired of all the trials and temptations and the pain and the loneliness and the suffering you want your answer now, and you'll do anything to get your answer, you'll fast, go to church, go to your mentor, pastor, etc. Yet you will not go to God? The one with all the answers? Oh wait but you want God for His blessings (Answers) not for Him.

It's like that one friend that has a Ferris wheel in his backyard. Your only his friend cause he has a FREAKING ferris wheel in his backyard, you don't care about him. You'll ask about how he is doing, but you won't really care; you'll ask how the family is, but you don't really care; you'll bring him gifts, but they aren't meaningful to you. All you want to do is RIDE that ferris wheel and that is it. And to find out that the only reason that guy had a ferris wheel in his backyard was because he simply wanted fellowship with people who wanted to talk to him.

Micah 6:6-8
   6With what shall i come to the Lord And bow myself before the God on high? Shall I come to HIm with burnt offerings, With yearling calves? 7Does the Lord take delight in thousands of rams, In ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my rebellious acts, The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? 8He has told you, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you But to do justice, to love kindness, And to walk humbly with your God?

Traumatic Experience

Rolling down a hill was a great experience,
then I was given the ability to just be able to decay under the sun for His will
Loveless I wanted more so I pursed God the true lover,
I chastened by loins and ran full speed ahead

The flesh demanding a sacrifice I repeled and fought
So long did I not run into wall to wall only to find myself against the only wall in this oasis
Is this the final trial or just another opportunity?
Am I to be used for the pleaseure of someone else besides your love

It's a lie, it's false who could do that to me.
No one.
Why do I believe the lies that I tell myself only to belief the opposite of what I want.
Yet there is hope, and I trust it.

I need to run, and hide, getting hurt again hurts.
Whats worse than that are liers who won't try to keep a sentence.

Growth Pt. 1 (Grace and Peace)

Grace and Peace.

2 Peter: 2-4

2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; 3seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence. 4For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust.

|Grace and peace be multiplied to you...|

Grace - [n]; that which is capable of yielding or providing joy, pleasure, delight, sweetness, charm, loveliness, etc. {Romans 11:6} - You cannot earn grace through works, that is called a blessing. Grace is something that can only be given not earned; Grace is given by God.

Peace - [n]; to have security safety, prosperity; a state of being happy, especially in high degree, bliss.
{Psalms 29:11} - Unlike Grace, peace is something that you earn through obedience, when you stop relying on God and rely on the world, it's only obvious you'll get havoc and comforting feelings/emotions.

   So now having understood what Grace and Power is we know that those things are multiplied (increased), by what?

|...in the knowledge of God and Jesus our Lord...|


Knowledge - [v]; precise and correct knowledge (acknowledgement, understanding; full)

So know we understand how Grace and Peace are Multiplied right? Through knowing who God is and having a full complete through understanding of who God is. So now how do we know/understand God? There are examples of how to understand God throughout the Bible, I personally like this example. In Mark 10:13-16, specifically in verses 13-14 you'll notice that the Children understood something that the Disciples didn't. So what does this mean? It means that if Little CHILDREN, uneducated and at times immature understand Jesus and know who he is just by a glance and by hearing about Him, without complicating anything, yet the Disciples didn't see that, what does this tell us?

|Seeing that his His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness...|

Divine - [adj.]; Spoken of the one and only true God. Basically saying that He is the unique, distinguished true God.

In combination with power, divine power means; the only kind of power that actually exists that is true. Referring to the Holy Spirit. So think of it like this; God's unique, unmatched, incomparable abilities and capabilities have been presented to us so that we can take advantage of life and godliness. How do we do that?

| ...through the true knowledge of Him...|


The word knowledge used here is the same that was used in verse 2. So how do we get to use the divine (Unique, distinguished) power to help us out in life and in godliness? Through knowing exactly who God/Jesus/Holy Spirit is, correctly.


| ...who called us by His own glory and excellence. |

He specifically chooses each and every one of our roads or directions on which to go forth in. By His OWN glory and excellence.. |...His own...| meaning that we didn't have to do anything, but rather because of what He did for us already we will have glory and excellence in everything we do.

Glory - [n;adj]; primarily signifies an opinion, estimate, and hence, the honor from a good opinion, basically because Jesus calls us out based on what He already did we have that honor, esteem, high authority that was given to us on his behalf, BECAUSE he called us out on |...His own...| glory.


Excellence - [n;adj]; a virtuous course of thought, feeling and action. Without even think twice about something, we act upon the excellence that has been given to us by Him calling us out. Out way of thinking will be naturally virtuous, chivalrous, and honest.

| For by these... | = When he said "These" he meant Grace and Peace... SO...

| For by Grace and Peace, He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises... |


The keyword here is Promises. What promises is he talking about?
These are a few examples: http://www.scripturepromises.com/ (Not being lazy, just that these guys know whats up.) Grace and Peace, initially are given to us by God, through the Holy Spirit; who was given to us by Jesus Christ dying on the Cross (Acts 1-2; downpour of the Holy Spirit). 



|...so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust. |


|...so that by Them...| being the promises, we become partakers (partners, comrades, companions)of the one true divine nature (Holy Spirit), having been able to clear out our eyes from the darkness that we were engulfed in. [Good references to go with this are 2 Timothy 2:25-26; and Acts 9:18]

SCHWAM!1!!

Restoration through a VALLEY

And though the valley was dry, it was full.

dry valley {N} - a valley originally produced by running water but now waterless.

Ezekiel 37: 1-2
   1The hand of the Lord was upon me, and He brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones. 2He caused me to pass among them round about, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley; and lo, they were very dry.

   Based on this, if you think about it, it's what most of us are having issues with on a daily basis. based on the fact that a dry valley defines itself as a place that ORIGINALLY was for good and had life, but now because of a CATALYST it is now dry, and God shows that he is trying to revive what has been lost due to that catalyst.
  The bones were there for a reason, because the people of Edom chose to go against God, He cursed them and therefore desolation came about their land, however in the end It was God's plan to bring them back.

Briefly; I had been in a "dry valley" for about two years at a fasting event that took place recently some of my beloved friends prayed for me out of the conviction of the Holy Spirit and I became alive, (After being slain in the Spirit). Through we tend to enter these valleys there is always a way out. And since the beginning he is chasing us and wanting us to return to Him.

v1: |...and set me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones.| He set him Down in the MIDDLE of this dry, dead, dusty place. Ezekiel wasn't alone he had the Spirit, it says the Lord brought, not dropped. I'm pretty sure that Ezekiel was thinking, "Why in the world did God bring me out here?"

v2: |He caused me to pass among them round about...| Seasons will come and go based on the Lord's timing and His ways, (Isaiah 55:7-12; Deuteronomy 29:29). But I'm pretty sure there was a lot of bones over a large area. Basically I'm pretty sure he was there for a while.

Though there was death and dryness in the "BODY" God knew what he was going to do, because God wanted to restore what the Devil did, and use it against him. God will restore us, despite if we've been sitting down in that valley, sleeping all day, playing video games, not paying attention, literally brain-dead with your life. He wants you back and despite the random location you are in, He HIMSELF, will bring you out of it.

Turtle Pace is not the Foxes Pace.

Light And Darkness Pt. 1

Light and Darkness



   dark-ness /darknis/ Noun: The Partial or Total absence of light
   light /lit/ Noun: The natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible


Light - the NATURAL agent, being normal, how it was suppose to be being what is, I AM; who makes you see and have visible sight. Exodus 4:11 | The Lord said to him, "Who has made man's mouth? Or who makes him mute or deaf, or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?... |; 1 John 1:5b | ...that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.
Darkness - The Absence of light, so if God isn't somewhere there is darkness, if His presence isn't there there is darkness; In the Hearts of Man, In the Farthest Reaches of space, In the fellowship of people. If God isn't there there will be something taking it's place.

It's interesting to note that light and darkness act like a personal factor rather than a physics factor. How light will bring to the light what is in the heart of Man, and darkness covers it up, because of the fear of being humble or exposed. John 3:20 | For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for FEAR that his deeds will be EXPOSED. | 


A good example of someone who was like this in the Bible was Saul. From Acts 8:1 - 9:2 Saul was filled with darkness, but then we read in Acts 9:2 | As he was traveling, it happened that he was approaching Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him; | If you notice the light didn't overtake him, rather it just flashed, kind of like when your driving and the cool guy on the oncoming lane decides to flash his Hi Lights in your face and you are partially blind for a split second. There was a flash and then it was gone, So then afterwards he remained in his Darkness, at that point he realized how much in Darkness he was really in; Like you know how your eyes get used to the dark before you go to sleep and when you wake up in the morning you turn on the light and it's as if the sun in in your room burning your eyeballs out of their sockets because you got so used to the darkness? It was the same for Saul, he had been in darkness for so long that when the LIGHT shined; something good, it nearly blinded him. Other examples of light that you could look up are:

• Mosses (Exodus 34:29),
• 2 Corinthians 3:18 | But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a Mirrior the GLORY of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit |
• Stephen (Acts 6-7) In Specific parts like 6:8-10 | 8And Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people. 9But some men...rose up and argued with Stephen. 10But they were UNABLE TO COPE with the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking | The reason these things happened were because Stephen was a Light, and the Pharisees were in darkness, and like my roommates they didn't like that a light was shining on them while they were sleeping in their comfortable beds (environment). 

1 John 1:5-10
   5This is the message, we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. 6If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the Darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth; 7but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have FELLOWSHIP with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

Break it down:
   v5 - God is Light. Wherever God isn't there is darkness oh wait what about...Psalm 139: 7-12, Honestly the only place that there could ever be darkness is in Men, in their hearts. Why do you think so many times in the Bible it says that the origin of men's wickedness is always said to come from the Heart?
 Deuteronomy 30:10 | if you obey the Lord your God to keep His commandments and His statues which are written in this book of the law, if you TURN to the Lord your God with all your heart and soul. (Notice how that part,  | ...if you TURN... | is a command, something you much do because it's somewhere that God has given you control over, so it's up to you to let him in or not. [Jerimiah 17:9-10; Proverbs 21:2; 1 Samuel 16:7; 1 Kings 8:39]
   v6 - The word fellowship in this verse is to communicate with, to be in constant contact with. If that is the case, then how can we walk in darkness? We lie to look good in the sight of man and don't have that commute, that fellowship with Him. If we did have a constant communication with God, we wouldn't be in "darkness" or these types of concerns that go against Matt 6:25-33 (Cure for Anxiety). Think about it, when you hang out with people with good habits and discipline you tend to stand up straighter, think bigger, and just overall act better. So if your in constant conversation (Back and Forth) with God, the ultimate source of knowledge, wisdom, purity, awesomeness, perfection; don't you think that you kind of have all the answers to all of your questions that will help your walk? [Examples. Psalm 55:14, John 17:23]
v7 - Because we get the understanding of the verse above, because we have that CONSTANT commute with God Almighty, will He then not pour out His call for those around you if they are in the same Spirit?
 Colossians 2:2 | that their hearts may be encouraged, having been knit together in love, and attaining to all the wealth that comes from the full assurance of understanding, resulting in a true knowledge of God's mystery, that is, Christ Himself |

BONDservant

Warning: Those of you with pride issues, humbling issues, understanding issues, or with sensitive feelings, don't feel insulted if. If my passion is too real and too "inappropriate" I apologize in advance but I mean these things out of pure love. I don't however apologize for what I said or what I believe in, rather I am apologizing my lack of expressing things which I strongly love and believe in.

" 24The Lord's bond-servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, able to teach, patient when wronged, 25with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth, 26and they may come to thier senses and escape from the snare of the devil, having been help captive by him to do his will."

 Definition of a bond-servant - "devoted to another to the disregard of one’s own interests.” [www.thebondservant.org]

v24 - The Lord's bondservant. 

   - despite what the society says about being a bondservant, you are to be the Lords'. And like that definition above says... I think it speaks for itself. 

   How is it even possible for us to be bond-servants of ONE MASTER (Jesus) [Matt 6:24], when we keep putting all this crap in front of the line that has been drawn with Jesus' OWN SPLIT BLOOD [Rev 1:5]. HOW DARE YOU, pursue any other kind of riches or any other kind of gain, when God is all that matters. Who do you think you are to say that you are a Christian {Little Christ} and think you deserve more. We don't even deserve the title Christian if you not willing to lay down your pathetic worthless lives for someone like Jesus. As Jesus did. 

   Jesus HIMSELF did this for you guys. Because out of the worthlessness of our HUMAN being, he still loved us, and said Come and be my servant... wait, No! Not just my servant, A BOND-servant. Do this because my yoke is easy. So it is an honor to be even seen by Jesus, It's even more of an honor TO REPRESENT HIM as his servant. He is a Prince, the Bridegroom, the Messiah, the KING OF KINGS, and he has asked you TO GO WITH HIM. So how dare you misrepresent Him with your lies and deciet and malice, instead of being vulnerable, you harden your eyes and shut your mouth, and instead of going to your WIFE/HUSBAND for gentle correction you go to... Nobody. You wander in your own feces just waiting for someone to look where no one wants to go. Because you THINK, no one cares, becasue you ASSUME, that you are alone, and you feel pity for yourself instead of remembering, "Oh that is right I'm on a yoke." YOUR ON A FREAKIN' YOKE with Jesus Christ the KING OF KINGS, How can you possibly forget! [Matt 11:25-30]

This is a Yoke.

   You are in bondage with Jesus on That. we as the Body of Christ are in BONDAGE with Jesus On that Thing like Oxen are to complete the work assigned to them... [Matt 28:19]

v25a - "with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition", At the end of v24, he says "Patient when Wronged," In other words WHEN you are wrong, not IF, but WHEN you are wrong, you are to be patient. 

Now starting in this verse it says, when you are wrong or you are correcting someone else do it with gentleness, do you think you deserve to be spoken to like a child or better yet like an impudent, ignorant, child? No you are cool, funny, nice, and an awesome person and so are they. So treat him like that, if you have problems being nice to people, pray before you speak. Ask God what to tell you to say. 

Side-Note:Hey chauvinists, did you notice that it didn't say anything about gender?

v25b -  "if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth", Now pay attention, who among you thinks that you know everything about how God works? No ONE! Except for God, Himself. [Jeremiah 29:11] So stop thinking you know everything, it's simply annoying, and who knows, for those of you who like to learn, you can learn how to learn a different way... by shutting up. 

   Now onto the verse, |...may grant them repentance...| means that God will at HIS APPOINTED TIME help you out, however this depends on how Willing you are to actually receive from it. If a plant refuses to receive water, it will die. Luckily unlike a plant who cannot think for itself, we have that choice, whereas the plant doesn't. Now this part |...leading to the knowledge of the truth | is the cool part. So we all know Paul, I mean Saul... Persecuting the Church, assisted in the stoning of Stephen, Threatening and Murdering the disciples of the Lord [Acts 8-9:1], However at Acts 9:1 What happens? Sauls turns over a new leaf. We all know what happens onward however the thing I want to get at is this important act that took place. 

   Acts 9:8,18 - "8Saul got up from the ground, and though his eyes were open, he could see nothing; and leading him by the hand, they brought him into Damascus...... 18And immediately there fell from his eyes something like scales, and he regained his sight, and he got up and was baptized;" 

   If you want to get all of the story read it, It's great. If you notice in v8 at the very beginning, |Saul GOT UP from the ground...| If you just got blind and Jesus Himself told you that he blinded you, and He wants you to stop what your doing and become his SERVANT [Romans 1:1], To be honest most of you would not move from the Ground. However he Humbled himself and GOT UP, It was his first step that took place, then God came through. "But what if...", then Johan Interrupted and yelled, "FAITH!" And because he went through all that, |And immediately there fell from his eyes something like scales...| If you read in v17 he believes the Holy Spirit, cause he was WILLING to do what he asked of him because of the acknowledgement of authority that the Holy Spirit carried. After he receives truth spiritually, his body shows a representation of what just happened. And THEN He receives the Holy Spirit. 

Note: How he didn't receive the Holy Spirit until after he finished "healing", because it was a process to get him where the Holy Spirit wanted him to be at.

v26 - "and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, having been help captive by him to do his will."

   So basically the Devil goes around like a big bully but in reality he is a chump, kinda like those kids that are all talk but no show. [1 Peter 5:8; John 10:10]

   Up until our "scales" fall off our spiritual sense and our physical sense, then, ONLY THEN, by the grace of the Lord's choosing, after receiving the Holy Spirit will you see what he sees, and know what the Spirit Knows. [I.E. Peter's Confession of Christ (Matthew 16:13-17)] The devil uses the things of this world to control you and make those things your master. Because he wants your will, to be for him, he is trying to steal that will, he is trying to work for him against God. So resist him and rub that dirt off your eyes and see the truth. 

BLAM!!1

My Ability

Prophetic Ministry

   My Junior year of High School, I felt led to start art. My brother Alan; 1992, had always been an amazing artist and I wanted to be able to join him in the ranks among the great and the creative. As I started art I quickly realized it was a passion I had, that I had kept hidden all my life under distractions. [What a magical thing true identity is when distractions are out of the way.] 

   Throughout the year I enjoyed art class and is honestly the only class I remember vividly. Every other class could have jumped off a bus going 40 mph for all I care. Through this ability it became apparent to me that I had a vivid imagination. Through this imagination I would consider the Holy Spirit, (Even though I wasn't at the time fully devoted to art but was able to recognize God's voice easily) and ask him what to draw. I suddenly grew a very in-depth obsession with the human heart. It was a wonderful experience, I researched the human heart and found out about most of the functions, purposes and part of the heart. I don't know why but that is all I drew, the more I drew the better I got. 

   Eventually I was good enough to be able to draw and actually show people. So I drew this...

  

    I didn't know what it was either, but at the time I was extremely satisfied to what would be my first "Prophetic Heart". One night after a message I preached at a FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes), I noticed that this tall red haired girl looked inconspicuously sad. Immediately as I noticed this, God laid it on my heart to give her the drawing. At the moment I thought to myself, "How can I just give it away... This took time and it was hard to draw and it's amazing, I don't even know this girl... What the heck God... really?" But thanks be to the Holy Spirit for reaching into my backpack to bust it out and hand it over. As soon as I did, thinking it was an idea I was going to regret, she started getting confused. "I knew it this is stupid, why did I do that", I argued with myself, but then I noticed she asked, "What does it mean?", IMMEDIATELY as soon as that N rolled off her tongue, a burst of knowledge came forth and I spoke a word of knowledge over her. Her facial reactions went from confused, to scared, to happy, to sad, to joy. It was glorious and it allowed me to go forth and bring life and the message to her more. After that night I realized why I had been gifted with this resounding ability. To reach others through prophetic art as means of communication God's view of their heart. Soon there after, I passionately started drawing peoples hearts more frequently and I started getting better with my artistic abilities, with fervor. Up till recently I have been drawing getting better and spoken to a lot of people based on their hearts. 

   I continue to this day to draw these hearts, but now focusing on how to get more accurate. People's hearts aren't always shaped as hearts, rather it's how God sees the representation of what he sees in people's heart life. Let me give you an example. 

   This heart entitled Grounded Foundation Disease has a meaning of it's own. It's really great. Here is the Interpretation of it. (Found below the Image)

Grounded Foundational Disease 

Through a foundation that was outgrown to choke the life out of this person, His head has become a mucous that won't let him breath. The roots have grown up and have entangled him and his values on what he thinks is a moral right. He has been called to be a servant of the Lord but is consumed by his own ideals and philosophies. However there is Hope, life and light is found in this. But he has his back towards it. Trying to look everywhere for truth instead of what is right behind him. - Holy Spirit

   Basically that is what this person is going through, something that God just simply revealed to me that I followed without fear of denial or anger. This is what I do, this is what I love. I do this not to receive a gift or blessing from God, but rather I get to serve God and help people. That in itself is a blessing/gift.

  Scripture to help people Understand my gift: 

   - Deuteronomy 29:29

   - Acts 1:7-8 (Ask if you need me to explain)

   - Acts 6:8-10

Do you realize.

Do you realize.


 We tend to go on about different things in the world and notice that we aren't here for our lovers, our animal companions, our galaxy. If you think about it.. what is the one emotion that leads us to being human. Love. 

"'YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.', This is the great and foremost commandment. The second is like it, 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF', On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets." - Matthew 22: 37-40

Your Spiritual Heart, the most beautiful thing God gave us, the gateway to understanding God's desires, wants, yearnings, and emotions. In the Passage Mark 10:13-16:

"13And they were bringing children to Him so that He might touch them; but the disciples rebuked them. 14But when Jesus saw this , He was indignant and said to them, "Permit the children to come to Me; do not hinder them; for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. "15Truly I say to you , whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all. 16And he took them in His arms and began blessing them, laying His hands on them."

   We Learn here several things Concerning the Spiritual Heart, we should take into account two things. 1. Children, 2. the kingdom of God. 

1. Children, we know what they are; Physical and relational blessings from God corrupted by the world and the sinful nature that we have. However, take note of the fact that children are "child-like"; they are silly, wise, conniving, entertaining, fun, curious, and accident-prone. In verses 14-15, two things happened:

  

    - Jesus gets indignant:

      in·dig·nant/inˈdignənt/

Adjective:

Feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment

   - Jesus tells us how to inherit the kingdom of God: Like a child.

You see God doesn't care how mature we act in front or 'behind' Him when we come forth with a problem or if we just want to speak with Him, the point is that you came to Him to begin with. (v13. And they were bringing children to Him). 

2. The Kingdom of God. Read the scripture again, but this time replace where it says kingdom of God, to heart of God. Now do you see a difference?

Now what does Heart of God actually mean though? 

   - Proverbs 28:14; Blessed is the man who always fears the LORD, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble

   - Proverbs 15:13; A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit

   - Matthew 11:29; Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest 

for your souls.

   - Mark 7:21-22; For from within, out of men's hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and foll

   - Romans 5:5; And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love

   - Ephesians 3:16-18; I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. 18 And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is.

   Ok so now that we understand how God and our Hearts relate to each other we can continue onward to victory with this new understanding. You see when you learn to recognize God's heart you'll understand more and more how God feels about certain things, and you'll begin to become familiar to know his opinions (Which are just and perfect and always true). So if that is the case, now you can ask or know in your heart how God feels about certain things like drinking, smoking pot, cussing, pornography, pie, eating, environment, etc... So basically an indicator to know Him more. Have you ever realized that when you hang around certain people constantly that you adapt their mannerisms? So now think about it. Lets say you are constantly asking the Holy Spirit what He thinks about certain things, what He would like to do with you, how does He want to hang out with you today, etc... I don't know if it's just me, but I'll get His "Holy Christ-like Mannerisms", So that one song that goes like, "Give me your eyes for just one second..." suddenly makes sense now. The more you get used to talking to people you become familiar with their views on things, with their likes and dislikes, same with God/Jesus/ Holy Spirit. So now with this new found long paragraph of awesomeness lets read this again with the substitution in mind. (Don't worry I got you covered by saving you a few scroll ups.)

14But when Jesus saw this , He was indignant and said to them, "Permit the children to come to Me; do not hinder them; for the [heart of God] belongs to such as these. "15Truly I say to you , whoever does not receive the [heart of God] like a child will not enter it at all.

BLAM!!!

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 My name is Johan

   As a life that everyone lives through, we are entitled to something on this earth. Oxygen. Something that is free, scarce, and available for everyone. We relate to each other through means of media, culture, the Holy Spirit, and through global predicaments. 

  As a result I have been encouraged to let you in on the things that I have going on around my head, thoughts, ideas, and basically common knowledge that allows people to express ideas, get ideas, help someone out, and as well create a community of people that Fathers things from all parts of life and bring them forth to not be judged rather throw rocks at; not to mock but to check the genuineness of the idea. 

If your willing to get hit with a rock because of what you stand for , THEN it will be worth standing for. Gentlemen, ready your arm...

   Posts include, anything that goes on through my head for certain people, ideas, or predicaments. I may be wrong, but hey isn't God awesome for allowing me fail, glorifying Him and making him look like the cool guy, the hero. 

   I am a prophetic artist, and will share what I feel for the likes of the community needs and deserve to listen to. Be patient though. When sand gets wet, it gets stressed out. You'll find out more about it soon, and hope that your scales fall off. (Acts 9:18)

   So onward to victory we face the gIants day by day.