Romans 8:28 The Scripture to Know!

Romans 8:28
New American Standard Bible (NASB)
And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.

In life there are things that happen. We may not fully know why or how but they just do. I know I find myself always trying to rationalize it in my head. Many of the times i find myself asking,why? Why would God allow these things to happen or How could I have changed this from happening to me. I will honestly say the the I factor more times than non is what usually happens for me. You may not believe that all things happen for a reason, heck sometimes I struggle with it too. Although as I look at this scripture I cant help but feel these words in it God causes all things , he is the creator and all knowing Lord of us all and he is seeking us as much as we should be seeking him. The other words are according to His purpose,the end game for God is to be with his people. He gave us free will and that free will is sometimes our own undoing in our journey to eternity. In my free will I have hid my heart from God, done stupid things, denied his power in my life and ran from him even after I knew him. Yet he continues to do things and place events in my life that I know in my hardened heart only he could do and it is to Grow me Spiritually and to give me the patience and fortitude I need. The last part of the Scripture that sums it up for me is this to work together for good to those who love God, ALL things...WORK FOR GOOD that, even though we may not know why or how, God is going to bring good from everything that happens to us because he is LOVE. For those who love GOD, you love God, right? Then that's you too!! WE ARE CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE - God has called us by name. He knew us as He knit us in our mother's womb. He has our best Interest in mind, we are his and he is ours. God bless and keep the fight and especially keep the faith.

Fr. Barron comments on What Faith Is and What Faith Isn't

More amazing commentary from Father Barron..I recently ran into this discussion and it happened to be on a youtube channel I made a comment on. The verbal attack that followed from Non-believers in not just Christianity but in GOD aka Aethist was stunning. The hate filled tongues was very very uneasy for me to take wrap myself around. I wont share some of what was posted at me by these people but lets just say it was frightening to see how vulgar and unknowing people of no Faith are towards people of faith. I wonder if it is better to just move on or do we keep a dialogue with these people hoping maybe that God will one day speak into there heart. God bless.

A Call To Anguish - David Wilkerson

If you don't Listen to this you are so sad and lost, PLEASE do. Its a matter of life and death, Pain and sorrow is all about GOD when you read the hymn Man of Sorrows! what a name
for the Son of God, who came
ruined sinners to reclaim.
Hallelujah! What a Savior!

2. Bearing shame and scoffing rude,
in my place condemned he stood;
sealed my pardon with his blood.
Hallelujah! What a Savior!

Herman Cain sings gospel. "I Must Tell Jesus"

My Candidate, MY Hopefully future PRESIDENT....GO CAIN! Amen brother you are a blessing to us all and I hope that we see you take your message to the White House. We need to get back to what this country was founded on, faith in GOD, Faith in each other, Faith in our way of life and strength that only God can provide...AMEN amen

When I can not sleep!

There are nights where my head is spinning at a million miles per hour and no I am not talking about the days when I was lit up on alcohol, I am referring to the time when the worries of life take hold of me. Being a man of new found faith, I still struggle with the notion of me letting go and letting God. I can tell you that there are nights I may only sleep for a total of 45 minutes. I really wish sometimes I could have that amazing calm sleep that my kids have. Kids are so amazing, so innocent, so care free, my God to have the mind and attitude of a child, what went wrong. I was reading my bible and Jesus said in Matthew 18:1-5 HCSB At that time the disciples came to Jesus and said, "Who is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?"Then He called a child to Him and had him stand among them. "I assure you," He said, "unless you are converted and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child-this one is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoever welcomes one child like this in My name welcomes Me. I so long to have the faithful mindset of Christ. Knowing that God will always sustain me. I wish I didn't struggle like I do. That's what is so great about children , the may have moments of struggles or doubt but they know how to move on and forget, it doesn't consume them.

As I do this blog entry I can honestly say there is a change happening in me. Over the Past week I have slept good not like a baby but we are getting there. I am turning my fears and doubts over to God and it is working. Don't get me wrong I still have had my moments but it is different. I also find myself just reminding God that I am still with him and hope he knows I expect him to be with me. Soon I think I will be at total peace with my fleshly life and have that ever burning fire of God consuming me through and through. Then maybe just then I will move away from the negative reality of this world and find the truth of the harmony of the spirit. I found a Psalm that I think I am going to read every night before I go to bed. Its Psalm 63 its word really hit me in my spirit a I feel the layers of my fleshly fear and doubt be pealed away as I take it in. Here it is.


Psalm 63
Praise God Who Satisfies
A Davidic psalm. When he was in the Wilderness of Judah.

1 God, You are my God; I eagerly seek You.
I thirst for You;
my body faints for You
in a land that is dry, desolate, and without water.

2 So I gaze on You in the sanctuary
to see Your strength and Your glory.

3 My lips will glorify You
because Your faithful love is better than life.
4 So I will praise You as long as I live;
at Your name, I will lift up my hands.

5 You satisfy me as with rich food;
my mouth will praise You with joyful lips.

6 When I think of You [as I lie] on my bed,
I meditate on You during the night watches
7 because You are my helper;
I will rejoice in the shadow of Your wings.

8 I follow close to You;
Your right hand holds on to me.

9 But those who seek to destroy my life
will go into the depths of the earth.
10 They will be given over to the power of the sword;
they will become the jackals' prey.

11 But the king will rejoice in God;
all who swear by Him will boast,
for the mouths of liars will be shut;

The Story (Coming2Christ)

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What in the world is going on?

My mind is racing, I am all over the place it seems lately. I am so wrapped up in the world and the thing of it that I dont know if I am coming or going. The lake of spiritual growth I was swimming in has all but dried up. This world has seemed to grabbed me back and put its strong kungfu grip on my life yet again. I have allowed the dust to settle on my spirit and it kills me. The new Mind of Christ I had has been fogged with the whispers of the enemy and what he place in my mind. The Fears and stress controll my daily life. God has blessed me with new opportunities and I allow the things of fear to cloud these things and make me take 3 steps back after taking many steps forward and it is so frustrating. I truly wish I had the unpenatrable shield of faith to deflect these thrusting swords of doubt and fear. Some days I wonder why i became so weak in this battle, why do I let these things consume me. Why am I so of the world rather than just being in the world. After all this is only a fraction of my existence and I KNOW my true existence is coming when I pass on or my LORD comes and Takes me, yet I still am going through these monents of struggle. I want a blind faith, I know many that do have it and they seem at such PEACE in there daily lives. Blind FAITH, whom it sounds so nice as I read these word I type. How do I come to terms with the seperation of myself from well myself. It reminds of a prayer I read and even Blogged about a long time ago called "DRAIN me OF ME".

It seems to me that in my weakness as a human in this body with a soul fighting for its own existence I need to do as the prayer says and Drain me of me. I am building up so much in the form of doubt that I am seperating myself from the experiance I had only a year ago when I was living and loving a mind of Christ and not this muddied down mind of fear and doubt. There are some things I truly need to work on and one is PRAYER, I still struggle with it daily, the other is to dust of my many and I mean many differnt bilbes and own and Dive in head first, like I did when I had that child like curiosity for the word of GOD. I must and will get back to this life I had and raise up the armor of God over me and fight harder and stay as clear as I can from the things of this world that filling me with these feeling I have. I will DRAIN ME OF ME.

Psalm 91:4 God will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfullness will be your shield and rampart.

Drain Me Of Me

By: Gus Lloyd

Father, I am so full of myself.
I know that if I truly wish to serve you,
If I truly wish to share your word and your love,
This must not be the way.
And so today, Father, I ask you:
Drain me of me

Of all the self-inflated ego
Drain me

Of all the harsh judgement that comes so easily
Drain me

Of all jealousy and resentment
Drain me

Of all the desire for attention and adulation
Drain me

Of all attachment to the flesh
Drain me

Of all that is not of you
Drain me

And when I am emptied, unencumbered by
The stuff and nonsense of the world,
No longer weighed down by the heaviness
And burdens put upon me by myself
Or the dark forces of the evil one

Fill me with your Spirit,
For your Spirit has no chains,
Your Spirit recognizes no boundaries,
Your Spirit is lightness and light,
Your Spirit allows me to soar
As on eagle’s wings.

And so, Father, right now, this moment
I give you permission to
Drain me of me,
That I may be more like you
Through your Son, Jesus Christ
In the power of the Holy Spirit.
Amen