HUMILITY FOR PRESIDENT

Humility is an electable trait.
Haughtiness is a destructible trait.
Pride slithereth before the fall,
Humbleness makes the lowly feel tall.

Compassion is an electable trait.
Conceit is a destructible trait.
Contempt slaps the poor with heavy tolls,
Kindness fills the chasm in empty souls.

"Look at me!" Said the man in his tower tall.
I've raised myself up to be the leader of all.
"Money is the way!" Cried all the folks below!"
"Elect the tower man, a new wall he will sow.

Alack and alas the babel tower was built,
Hypocrisy became law, an oath without guilt.
Humility was crushed by fools in disguise,
An arrogant country became wise in their own eyes.

Time is of no consequence, the hourglass is banned,
Building foundations of mockery, they've taken the sand.
They crave controversy and the next quarrel with glee,
Welcome to the tower, home of the modern day Pharisee.

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Proverbs 25:18-22 Contemporary English Version
18 Telling lies about friends
is like attacking them
with clubs and swords
and sharp arrows.

19 A friend you can’t trust
in times of trouble
is like having a toothache
or a sore foot.

20 Singing to someone
in deep sorrow
is like pouring vinegar
in an open cut.

21 If your enemies are hungry,
give them something to eat.
And if they are thirsty,
give them something
to drink.

22 This will be the same
as piling burning coals
on their heads.
And the Lord
will reward you.

Thanks for your time. Go do some compassion for somebody.
‪#‎JLYASDW‬

Sunday, August 23, 2015
9:49 am

WHO ARE THE MEN WHO CRY IN BUFFALO?

Bibles surround a street side memorial for a murdered young man.

Who are the men who cry in Buffalo, New York? 

• Some men are in jail crying to get out.
• Fathers who don't know their children, cry for lost years.
• Fathers of dead boys cry over son's in caskets.
• Men whose brains are fried from drugs cry for sanity.
• Men live under bridges cry for some coin to buy a drink.
• Wounded men cry for revenge.
• Senile men cry for lost memories.
• Divorced men cry over their loneliness.
• Diseased men in pain cry out for a cure.
• Guilty men cry over lost innocence.
• Young men cry out for a father figure.
• Confused men cry out to be understood.
• Men of truth cry out for justice.
• Broken men cry out for forgiveness.
• Humble men cry out in compassion.
• Married men cry deeply for their brides.
• Widowed men cry over lost love.

There is a future for weeping men in Buffalo. There is a future for the young men in Buffalo who don't have a father. There is a future for guys who want to stop shooting other guys in an attempt to fill the hole in their souls.

Jesus wept.

John 11:35

But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, 

and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb.

John 20:11

Fear not, for I am with you; 

be not dismayed, for I am your God; 

I will strengthen you, I will help you, 

I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Isaiah 41:10

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, 

and death shall be no more, 

neither shall there be mourning, 

nor crying, nor pain anymore, 

for the former things have passed away.”

Revelation 21:4

May the fathers of Buffalo cast their former things upon the cross of Jesus and become strengthened as men who become compassionate fathers to the next generation of fathers in Buffalo. Amen.

Thanks for your time. 

Go do something nice for somebody.

Jesus loves you and so do we.

Bob Kuebler is the Founder & Director of Youth With A Purpose. Bob has spent the last 12 yrs. learning about pain and perseverance from inner city young people and their families. Healing starts with love and encompasses compassion and empathy. Our mission at YWAP is to inspire inner-city young people to develop as God's leaders who overcome the mindset of poverty and gang violence. Bob is the Author of four books, several magazine articles and blogs including The Bright Spot Report. He regularly shares with audiences about how God is redeeming our cities through young people.



Bob can be reached at 716-830-8240
or ywapbuffalo@yahoo.com.
www.youthwithapurpose.org

DON'T GIVE UP!

A Cross on the wall at Steps Ministries in Buffalo, NY.

Hardship is a heart condition meant to be harvested as a healthy blessing of perseverance poured out upon folks whose will to live is fading.

Overcoming adversity is an anointing meant to be poured into the soul of the afflicted.


Suffering is a seed of blessing sown in the darkness that will rise with healing in its wake.

John 18
2 "And Judas, who betrayed Him,"
12 "Arrested Jesus and bound him."
17 "said to Peter, “You are not also one of this Man’s disciples, are you?”
He said, “I am not.”
22 "struck Jesus with the palm of his hand,"
27 "Peter then denied again."
38 "What is truth?"
40 "Not this man..."
19:1 "Took Jesus and scourged him"
5 "wearing the crown of thorns"
6 "they cried out, saying, “Crucify Him, crucify Him!”
17 "And He, bearing His cross, went out "
28 "“I thirst!”
33 "He was already dead,"
20:13 why are you weeping?”
16 “Rabboni!”
19 “Peace be with you.”
21 "I also send you.”
22 “Receive the Holy Spirit."
27 “Reach your finger here, and look at My hands;”
31 "but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name."

Healing is a moving experience.

Thanks for your time. Go do something nice for somebody.
‪#‎JLYASDW‬

Bob Kuebler is the Founder & Director of Youth With A Purpose. Bob has spent the last 12 yrs. learning about pain and perseverance from inner city young people and their families. Healing starts with love and encompasses compassion and empathy. Our mission at YWAP is to inspire inner city young people to develop as God's leaders who overcome the mindset of poverty and gang violence. Bob is the Author of four books, several magazine articles and blogs including The Bright Spot Report. He regularly shares with audiences about how God is redeeming our cities through young people.


Bob can be reached at 716-830-8240
or ywapbuffalo@yahoo.com.
www.youthwithapurpose.org

MOLECH'S VIABILITY CHECKPOINT FOR CHILDREN

Folks in the City of Molech were becoming downright ornery. The local politicians were crafting new laws faster than a crow flies. Children under the age of ten were nowhere to be seen, the Viability Police had taken care of that.

All existence for Molech City residents begins at the Viability Hospital. Pregnancies are strictly regulated by the Physician's of Potential (POP's.) Each existence that is allowed to continue as a Molech life form is implanted with a microchip. When an existence that has been predetermined to be presently a female is found to be impregnated with a potential existence, an alarm is triggered in Molech's Security Agency (MSA.) The Physicians of Potential must examine the impregnation and measure its potential for society. All existence with potential for society was allowed to live until the Age of Viability.

Women's reproductive rights were determined in relation to the Age of Viability. The current Age of Viability was the second Saturday after the existence had turned ten years old. All women who were impregnated with Approved Potential must carry the existence for a full term of impregnation which was now equal to the Age of Viability. All women must give birth only at 10 years plus the second Saturday.

Birth certificates were given upon reaching womb deliverance at the Age of Viability. The terms male and female would soon be banished. The sex was determined as needed for the furtherance of the City of Molech. A male was now called a "Viability Implanter" and the females were called "Viability Suppliers." All roles were interchangeable with the exception of impregnation. The Viability Implanters could be implanted themselves with the existence and be required to carry the existence for ten years plus the second Saturday.

The residents had become accustomed to living without young children. They were upset about a new law about to be passed. The "Law of Viability" could be applied to any life existence at any time. As soon as an existence was determined to be unviable in terms of the furtherance of society, that existence was relieved of its existence. The elder-heads argued for respect. The young-heads argued for power.

The arguments got lost in the appearance of another law that was passed while nobody was awake. It was called the "Law of Contrary Thought." Here is what the Law said,

"Any intent to think a thought that is contrary to Molech Philosophy is punishable by thought removal and the relief of existence. All intended thoughts will be destroyed and the offending thought-intender will no longer be viable. The Loss of Viability (LOV) will cause the potential to be removed and existence to cease."

 The Hall of Molech was packed with elder-heads, young-heads and angry-heads. An eleven-year-old girl was pushing her way to the front of the Hall. Several people made room for her to reach the Questioners Podium. Her head barely able to be seen above the podium. The Molech Mayor motioned for the crowd to be quiet. The young-head's name was Shalom Aleikhem (shah-LOHM ah-ley-KHEM.) "I have a thought," said the young girl. Immediate disapproval erupted among the old-heads. "Heresy!" They cried, "Young-heads are not allowed to have thoughts that haven't been pre-approved by old-heads!" The poor girl was whisked away by officers from the MSA and relieved of her existence due to the fact that she had lost her viability.

Before the girl was whisked away, she dropped a piece of paper. An old-head picked it up and read it to the assembled crowd.

"You are the one who put me together
inside my mother’s body, and I praise you
because of the wonderful way
you created me.
Everything you do is marvelous!
Of this I have no doubt. Nothing about me
is hidden from you!
I was secretly woven together
deep in the earth below, but with your own eyes
you saw my body being formed.
Even before I was born,
you had written in your book
everything I would do. Your thoughts are far beyond
my understanding,
much more than I could ever imagine. I try to count your thoughts, but they outnumber the grains
of sand on the beach.
And when I awake, I will find you nearby."

Psalm 139:13-18 CEV

The people were stunned and sat in silence. (to be continued.)

Thank's for your time. Go do something nice for an old head.

Jesus loves you and so do we.

Bob Kuebler is the Founder & Director of Youth With A Purpose. Bob has spent the last 12 yrs. learning about pain and perseverance from inner city young people and their families. Healing starts with love and encompasses compassion and empathy. Our mission at YWAP is to inspire inner city young people to develop as God's leaders who overcome the mindset of poverty and gang violence. Bob is the Author of four books, several magazine articles and blogs including The Bright Spot Report. He regularly shares with audiences about how God is redeeming our cities through young people.



Bob can be reached at 716-830-8240
or ywapbuffalo@yahoo.com.
www.youthwithapurpose.org

TODAY IS NATIONAL "DO SOMETHING NICE FOR AN OLD HEAD" DAY

Photo of Old Head was taken by Linda Kuebler.

     Last week I walked over to my neighbor's house, hoping to spread some heart smiles. I offered to share some landscaping supplies that someone had shared with my wife and I. The kind lady smiled and said she would talk to her husband and let me know. The neighbor's heart probably did smile, but mine went into a heart frown.

     The grass in the neighbor's yard was just below my knees. She went on to tell me that when her husband was younger, and before his back injury, he was very active. He would cut the neighbors lawns and shovel the snow from their driveways. They thought that when they got old that somebody would take care of them. She looked at her tall grass and said; "Forget about that!" Those words hit my heart like a hawk sinking its talons into a starling. I smiled and told her I hoped to speak to her husband soon.

     It's not like we don't help each other in our neighborhood. We cut our other neighbor's lawn and sometimes even mow the City owned lot on the corner. But still, it seems like somebody's always forgotten. I cut their lawn the next day and made plans to do a little bit more. Time is minimal when helping neighbors. it only takes a couple of hours to help a neighbor.

     I spread the word in schools this week. I told the students how I had missed an opportunity to help a neighbor, but I was given a chance to redeem myself. So I have proclaimed today (and every day this week,)  

"NATIONAL DO SOMETHING NICE FOR AN OLD HEAD DAY." 

     An old head is simply somebody who could use some neighborly support. Opportunities to do something nice for an old head are all over the place, you don't have to look hard. Don't be afraid of rejection either, somebody who rejects you has been hurt and ignored for too long - they don't trust anybody. Show some love Buffalo! Go and love your neighbor. 

Leviticus 19:32 “You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord."

Proverbs 16:31-32 The Message "Gray hair is a mark of distinction,the award for a God-loyal life." 

 Acts 20:35 "By everything I did, I showed how you should work to help everyone who is weak. Remember that our Lord Jesus said, “More blessings come from giving than from receiving.”

Thank's for your time. Go do something nice for an old head.
Jesus loves you and so do we.

Bob Kuebler is the Founder & Director of Youth With A Purpose. Bob has spent the last 12 yrs. learning about pain and perseverance from inner city young people and their families. Healing starts with love and encompasses compassion and empathy. Our mission at YWAP is to inspire inner city young people to develop as God's leaders who overcome the mindset of poverty and gang violence. Bob is the Author of four books, several magazine articles and blogs including The Bright Spot Report. He regularly shares with audiences about how God is redeeming our cities through young people.



Bob can be reached at 716-830-8240
or ywapbuffalo@yahoo.com.
www.youthwithapurpose.org

MY EXPERIENCE IN YOUR SIN

I've climbed out of the boat you're in,
From my experience, I can see your sin.

Walking on water, He grabbed my hand,
He knows your pain, wounds unplanned.

Blinding loneliness gave your eyes dim vision,
Heartbreak was the tempest of your bad decision.

Waiting for you, a Shepherd walks on the seas,
Before you were formed, He heard your pleas.

Time is of the essence, your soul's in danger,
Without His guidance, you're a sojourning stranger.

May your tears become the water you walk on,
Waves of mercy and grace, to His love you'll be drawn.

Micah 7:19 Amplified Bible
"He will again have compassion on us;
He will subdue and tread underfoot our iniquities.
You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea."

Thanks for your time. Go do something nice for somebody.
‪#‎JLYASDW‬

Bob Kuebler is the Founder & Director of Youth With A Purpose. Bob has spent the last 12 yrs. learning about pain and perseverance from inner city young people and their families. Healing starts with love and encompasses compassion and empathy. Our mission at YWAP is to inspire inner city young people to develop as God's leaders who overcome the mindset of poverty and gang violence. Bob is the Author of four books, several magazine articles and blogs including The Bright Spot Report. He regularly shares with audiences about how God is redeeming our cities through young people.


Bob can be reached at 716-830-8240
or ywapbuffalo@yahoo.com.
www.youthwithapurpose.org

A Pastor's Sin On The Way To A Sermon

   

   Sunday morning May 17, 2015 provided complete evidence that Buffalo's winter was finally over. Sun, warmth, birds and the windows were open in the car as we drove to church. This morning's message would be about the "Almond Anointing" and doing new things in the midst of old things coming against you. I felt peacefully adrenalized, I was on my way to deliver a sermon that I had diligently prepared for. I was ready and felt adequate for the task.

     My wife and I left the Fruit Belt in our little red Honda Civic and headed toward South Buffalo. Driving south on Oak St. through Downtown Buffalo, I spotted two ladies sitting at a bus stop. Peering across the passenger side windows, I tried to see if they were smoking. My thoughts at that point were something like this:

  "People at bus stops smoke and leave their filthy butts on the ground. Bus stops smell like stinky, discarded cancer sticks. Those ladies are probably smoking and adding to the mess."

     I had puffed myself up to my haughtiest level of self-indignation. Within fifteen minutes, we were sitting in church. My contentedness carried me right into my sermon which began shortly thereafter. I was in the middle of my sermon when the Holy Spirit began needling me with my own personal deflate-gate. The way of love is narrow and my inflated self-righteousness would not fit into the pearly gates. I needed to be deflated of self-righteous judgment before I could be brought into the fullness of Christ. The Holy Spirit's needle of love slowly began to deflate my haughtiness.

     The message on Sunday morning was about an Almond Branch and how God can take deadwood (like me) and supernaturally bring new life. My sermonizing was delivered with some seriousness and some smiles until I read these words from Isaiah 11:3-4 from the Amplified Bible:

13 And shall make Him of quick understanding, and His delight shall be in the reverential and obedient fear of the Lord. And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes, neither decide by the hearing of His ears;4 But with righteousness and justice shall He judge the poor and decide with fairness for the meek, the poor, and the downtrodden of the earth; and He shall smite the earth and the oppressor with the rod of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked.

     My smile quickly disappeared as I realized that the rod of my words toward those two ladies was destructive. Within a few minutes when the Holy Spirit gave me all the clarity I needed, I confessed on the spot to the kind church folks who were like a group of witnesses. I was preaching about the words of your mouth as being a testimony to your thoughts. I was convicted, became as deadwood, confessed, repented and God's love was restored. Jeremiah 1:11 was the main verse within the text that I had been studying.

11 Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Jeremiah, what do you see? And I said, I see a branch or shoot of an almond tree [the emblem of alertness and activity, blossoming in late winter].     

   The roots of my sin grew from two guilt pollinators. I'm a former smoker and my overcoming that bad habit has inflated my ego as an overcomer. The other part of the equation comes from a memory of resentment. Several years ago I needed to wait at a bus stop because my van was in the shop for repairs.I noticed that folks smoked heavily at bus stops and I judged them as being less than an overcomer like me. When you sin, examine the roots and pull them out or they will grow again.  Ego and resentment are a destructive force.

     It was God who alerted me to my own sinful condition. There was another passage in the Bible that we covered yesterday that could more adequately describe my journey through inadequacy from Numbers 17:5-8.

5 And the rod of the man whom I choose shall bud, and I will make to cease from Me the murmurings of the Israelites, which they murmur against you.6 And Moses spoke to the Israelites, and every one of their leaders gave him a rod or staff, one for each leader according to their fathers’ houses, twelve rods, and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.7 And Moses deposited the rods before the Lord in the Tent of the Testimony.8 And the next day Moses went into the Tent of the Testimony, and behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted and brought forth buds and produced blossoms and yielded [ripe] almonds.

     I went from murmuring against two ladies at a bus stop and became dead in my sin of judgment and self-righteousness. My words are now a rod of testimony that bring alertness and activity in the name of God.

     Sometimes we are tempted to let ourselves off the hook of sin a bit too easily. We rationalize that our actions have only hurt us and nobody else.  I suppose the effects of sin can sometimes be singular in nature, but life generally has some ripple effects. My activities or inactivities all carry varying degrees of multiplicity. Withholding love may cause the growth of hate. Unrighteous judgment may nurture unrighteous living. Haughty eyes may cast a glance that applies another layer of dirt upon a heart longing to be loved. We have been called to remove the barriers that separate folks from the love of God. Go forth and apply some love.

John 7:24 Amplified Bible (AMP)24 Be honest in your judgment and do not decide at a glance (superficially and by appearances); but judge fairly and righteously.

Thanks for your time. Go do something nice for somebody.
#JLYASDW


Bob Kuebler is the Founder & Director of Youth With A Purpose. Bob has spent the last 12 yrs. learning about pain and perseverance from inner city young people and their families. Healing starts with love and encompasses compassion and empathy. Our mission at YWAP is to inspire inner city young people to develop as God's leaders who overcome the mindset of poverty and gang violence. Bob is the Author of four books, several magazine articles and blogs including The Bright Spot Report. He regularly shares with audiences about how God is redeeming our cities through young people.


Bob can be reached at 716-830-8240
or ywapbuffalo@yahoo.com.
www.youthwithapurpose.org

JLYASDW - Jesus Loves You And So Do We

Hypocrite Bob

     I pre-judged a guy wearing a wrinkled shirt and sagging pants. If I was the manager, I'd give him a fresh shirt and tell him to pull his pants up. I changed my tune and decided to treat him with the same respect that I should treat everybody. He was polite, friendly and did his job well. Why do I have this condition of pre-judgementalism?    

     When I point a finger of blame, it always seems like I'm a hypocrite. Self-righteousness is like a flood that never recedes. Only the Holy Spirit can help you build an ark of God's righteousness to float above hypocrisy.

Proverbs 11:9
"The hypocrite with his mouth destroys his neighbor,
But through knowledge the righteous will be delivered."

Thanks for your time. Go do something nice for somebody.
JLYASDW

Gateview Ministries Message Notes 2-27-15

We hope your day is filled with heart smiles. We hope you plant heart smile seeds in at least one heart today. The following notes were part of the message that we shared on 2-27-15 at Gate View Ministries. We shared the story of what God is doing through Youth With A Purpose God gave me two words to start the year (I asked Him for one!) – Ask and Exult. My word became Askxult – the act of giving praise in the same breath of petition. The act of giving thanks in the midst of seeking. The word God gave me for youth in Arizona is “Travail”. Change happens when we travail in prayer. Are you travailable? Do you have travailability? Galatians 4:19 The Book of Ezekiel continues to speak to me about youth ministry. Ezekiel 2:10 And he spread it before me and it was written within and without and there was written therein lamentations and mourning and woe. Ezekiel 3:10 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my wrds that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears. Ezekiel 9:3-4 And the glory of the Lord of Israel was gone up from the cherub whereupon he was to the treshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writers inkhorn by his side. And the Lord said to him, go throughout the midst of the city through the midst of Jerusalem. And set mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof. God has given us the message of salvation to instill in the hearts of children. How can you spread the message succinctly? Smile and give somebody a peace sign as you say: "It's good to see ya!" Within the Alpha and Omega are the in-between's and the before's and the after's. Begin with the end construct in mind, even the Benjamites looked good in the end.  “Where does my help come from, my help comes from the Lord. Ps 121:1-2 My hope comes from Him. Ps 62:5 We are urban deliverers. We are salvationists. We are travailers. We teach longsuffering as the key to compassionate commitment in youth ministry  Salvation comes from the Lord. Jonah 2:9  There were many deliverers n the tribe of Benjamin in the big picture over a long period of time. However there were also many dogs and sexually moral were outside of salvation with no understanding of revelation and the tribe was almost annihilated after the concubine was killed. That disgusting record of events is told in Judges 19 -21 Rev 22:13-17 “In the beginning” - “Amen.” “God created the heaven and the earth” - “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.” “And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep” - “Even so, come, Lord Jesus.” “And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters” - “He which testifieth these things saith. Surely I come quickly. Amen.” There is a murder “ Even so, come, Lord Jesus.” There is a lie - “Even so, come, Lord Jesus.” There is destruction - “Even so, come, Lord Jesus.” Please let us know if you have any thoughts or questions. Thanks for your time. Go do something nice for somebody. Jesus loves you and so do we - JLYASDW

Would Jesus Use Your Paint Brush?

Would Jesus pick up a brush and help you paint,
Your words are dark on the character you taint.
As you paint a heart halo and call yourself saint,
Words in your heart would make a stone god faint.

Let your paint heart be filled, overflowing with love.
Dark clouds may gather, but heaven's always above,
Let forgiveness be your color that Jesus speaks of.
Encouraging words are the Lord's and His fullness thereof.

Proverbs 17:9
"He who conceals a transgression seeks love,
But he who repeats a matter separates intimate friends."

Proverbs 26:24-25
"He who hates disguises it with his lips, But he lays up deceit in his heart. When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, For there are seven abominations in his heart."

Leviticus 19:16
'You shall not go about as a slanderer among your people, and you are not to act against the life of your neighbor; I am the LORD."

Proverbs 16:28
"A perverse man spreads strife,
And a slanderer separates intimate friends."

Ephesians 4:29-32
"Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear. Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. read more.Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you."

THE VALLEY OF HARDENED HEARTS

    Once upon a minute, there lived an empty heart. Unable to fill the chasm of emptiness deep inside itself, the heart began to complain to the other body parts. "It's your fault I'm empty!" The heart screamed at the hands, "You don't hold me the right way!" The heart moaned to the feet, "You never carry me where I want to go!" The heart sneered at the eyes, "You can't even see what I really need!" The heart accused the ears of turning away in deafness, "You never listen to my heart!" Even the stomach was included in the nasty assault of accusations, "You're so full of yourself, you can't even make me feel full." The heart at last felt a degree of fullness and satisfaction at having blamed every body part equally. Catching a glance in a mirror, the heart smiled smugly and thought to himself, "At least my face still has some good looks.

     The lonely heart began to seek out other lonely hearts to commiserate in loneliness. Blaming evrybody and everything gave them power and fullness. They even renamed their telephones and called them the "teleblames." They formed their own clique of accusers and used every medium possible to spread blame and accusations. Each day they invented new ways to spread blame for their collective loneliness. "Instyblame," "Accusatwit," "Faceblame," Linkblame," "Myblame," and many more. Their network of nastiness grew with a vile vengeance. The emptiness turned into hardness. They were the Lonely Hardened Hearts Club Band singing songs of destruction.

     Attending different churches, they listened to messages about love and forgiveness. Smugly they nodded their heads in agreement with the preacher's words - until they felt uncomfortable in their gut. Then they blamed the Preacher and their gut for making them feel empty. Later, they would call each other on the teleblame and share notes from the different sermons. Forgiveness began with the person being blamed, they said, it was their fault that they did something to be blamed for. Forgiveness had to start with the accused. There was also a time frame for forgiveness and that had long passed. The unforgiven would remain that way until the end of the blaming time.

     The children of the lonely hearts began to learn that love is conditional. If your heart feels empty, you must blame someone and separate yourself from them as you point fingers of blame for your own emptiness. One little boy told his Dad that he had a dream about all the lonely hearts. He saw a valley full of dry, cracked, hollow and hardened hearts cast down together in a heap at the bottom. A man asked him if these hearts could ever beat again. The boy told the man that he wasn't sure. The boy stared at the valley of hearts and expressed hope that they would fill again with the fullness of Love that surpasses all knowledge. The boy began to pray; "Father could you please breath on these empty hearts with the fullness of your Love. Cause them to be filled with the fullness of your Spirit. Give them knowledge of Love that goes above and beyond all heights. Fill the chasm of their emptiness with a Love that knows no depths. Make their hearts beat with an immeasurable Love that is wider and longer than their understanding. Fill them with an understanding of Your love that goes abundantly beyond all that they can ask. Fill the empty hearts with Grace and allow their heart beats to join in the rhythm of your Grace." The man said to the boy and to the empty hearts, "Amen, So be it."

Thanks for your time. 
Go do something nice for somebody.
JLYASDW











  

INNOCENCE

Innocence sometimes gets lead astray, innocecence can be restored

Innocence was shaken like a leaf on a Fall tree.

Innocence was taken ignoring a tearful plea.

Innocence was broken against the powerless.

Innocence was spoken, just kidding the defenseless.

Innocence was deceived by a phony white lie.

Innocence was believed, the guilt-causers were sly.

Innocence went to places it didn't want to go.

Innocence went with faces it didn't even know.

Innocence gave up what it knew it shouldn't give.

Innocence gave away virtue like hope in sieve.

Innocence now gone, guilt is normal, routine.

Innocence cheat on, dirty won't wash clean.

Guilt took away the innocence soul,

Feeding the guiltless from the devils soup bowl.

Innocence was a sheep who played with wolves.

Nobody taught wisdom, innocence never saw doves.

Who will establish their young hearts without blame?

Who will help children know innocence as their new name? 

Beloved, teach the children to be spotless, and found in peace,

Preserve them complete as blameless, all guilt will cease.

Conscious of nothing, the guilt you bought was overpriced,

Ready you are for the coming, of our Lord Jesus Christ.

A NEW WORD PART TWO January 2, 2015 6:40 am

PART TWO January 2, 2015 6:40 am

1. YOUR CHARACTER GROWTH IN CHRIST WILL NAME NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO SHOW LOVE.

Isaiah 62:2

The Gentiles shall see your righteousness, And all kings your glory. You shall be called by a new name, Which the mouth of the Lord will name.

2. BLESSINGS ARE RECIPROCAL AND MEANT TO BE SHARED, DO NOT LET THIEVES DESTROY YOUR RECIPROCITY.

Isaiah 62:8

The Lord has sworn by His right hand And by the arm of His strength: “Surely I will no longer give your grain As food for your enemies; And the sons of the foreigner shall not drink your new wine, For which you have labored.

3. IN ALL SORROW CAN BE FOUND THE SEEDS OF JOY, REMOVING SORROW TOO HASTILY MAY PREVENT JOY FROM GROWING.

Isaiah 65:8

Thus says the Lord: “As the new wine is found in the cluster, And one says, ‘Do not destroy it, For a blessing is in it,’ So will I do for My servants’ sake, That I may not destroy them all.

4. A BUDDING TREE DOES NOT BEMOAN THE LOSS OF LAST YEAR'S LEAVES.

Isaiah 65:17

[ The Glorious New Creation ] “For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; And the former shall not be remembered or come to mind.

5. LET YOUR EYES SEE THE NEED AND GIVE LEGS TO YOUR LOVE. LET LOVE BE YOUR LEGACY. YOUR NAME IS ONLY AS GOOD AS THE LOVE YOU GIVE.

Isaiah 66:22

“For as the new heavens and the new earth Which I will make shall remain before Me,” says the Lord, “So shall your descendants and your name remain.

6. SOMEDAY THE END OF THIS WORLD WILL COME, DOES YOUR LIFE HAVE A RECORD OF LOVE THAT WILL STAND AS A TESTIMONIAL FOR THE REST OF ETERNITY?

Isaiah 66:23

And it shall come to pass That from one New Moon to another, And from one Sabbath to another, All flesh shall come to worship before Me,” says the Lord.

7. GOD WANTS TO MAKE YOUR LIFE A NEW GATE FOR OTHERS TO ENTER INTO HIS HEART. IS YOUR LIFE WORTHY OF THE NAME: "NEW GATE OF THE LORD'S HOUSE?"

Jeremiah 26:10

When the princes of Judah heard these things, they came up from the king’s house to the house of the Lord and sat down in the entry of the New Gate of the Lord’s house.

8. MAY THE STREAMING GOODNESS OF GOD'S GRACE TURN THE WATER OF SORROW INTO THE NEW WINE OF FORGIVENESS.

Jeremiah 31:12

Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, Streaming to the goodness of the Lord— For wheat and new wine and oil, For the young of the flock and the herd; Their souls shall be like a well-watered garden, And they shall sorrow no more at all.

9. PHYSICAL UNDERSTANDING OF WHO YOU THINK GOD IS WILL NOT GIVE YOU SPIRITUAL UNDERSTANDING. A NEW THING IS GOD'S WAKE UP CALL THAT SAYS: I LOVE YOU!

Jeremiah 31:22

How long will you gad about, O you backsliding daughter? For the Lord has created a new thing in the earth— A woman shall encompass a man.”

10. A COVENANT SHOULD BE LIKE JESUS - HE WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU OR FORSAKE YOU. ENTER IN WITHOUT A WAY OUT.

Jeremiah 31:31

[ A New Covenant ] “Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah—

11. ARE YOUR WORDS WORTHY IN THE HEARING OF ALL THE PEOPLE? IF THEY AREN'T RECORDABLE FOR PLAYBACK THEY ARE NOT WORTHY TO BE UTTERED.

Jeremiah 36:10

Then Baruch read from the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the Lord, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the upper court at the entry of the New Gate of the Lord’s house, in the hearing of all the people.

12. THERE IS NO MEASUREMENT FOR THE DEPTH, HEIGHT, LENGTH OR WITDTH OF GOD'S GREATNESS. EMBRACE EACH DASY WITH THANKFULNESS FOR HIS FAITHFULNESS.

Lamentations 3:23

They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.

13. YOUR BONES ARE THE HISTORY OF YOUR LIFE AFTER THE FLESH IS GONE AND YOUR SPIRIT REMAINS. WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH THE HEART OF FLESH THAT GOD HAS ENTRUSTED YOU WITH?

Ezekiel 11:19

Then I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them, and take the stony heart out of their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh,

14. RAIN CARRIES DIRT AWAY FROM ROOFTOPS. GOD WASHES THE SIN OFF OUR SOULS. CAST YOUR SINS INTO THE REIGN OF GOD'S MERCY AND GRACE. FEEL THE CLEANNESS OF HIS LOVE IN YOUR SPIRIT.

Ezekiel 18:31

Cast away from you all the transgressions which you have committed, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O house of Israel?

15. GOD REPEATS HIS PROMISES OVER AND OVER. MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE OUR FLESH BECOMES THICK WITH SELFISHNESS. HE WANTS US NAKED - NO BARRIERS BETWEEN GOD AND US.

Ezekiel 36:26

I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.

16. SOME SEASONS ARE LONGER THAN OTHERS. YOU WILL STAY IN YOUR CURRENT SEASON UNTIL YOU LEARN WHAT GOD WANTS YOU TO LEARN TO HELP YOU IN YOUR NEXT SEASON.

Ezekiel 40:1

[ A New City, a New Temple ] In the twenty-fifth year of our captivity, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was captured, on the very same day the hand of the Lord was upon me; and He took me there.

17. ALL PEOPLE ARE GIFTED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT. DO NOT COVET ANOTHER PERSON'S GIFTS. ENCOURAGEMENT IS AN ANTIDOTE FOR JEALOUSY WHICH IS ROOTED IN INSECURITY. WE ARE CREATED TO BE IN UNITY WITH EVERYONE WHOM GOD LOVES.

Ezekiel 45:17

Then it shall be the prince’s part to give burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings, at the feasts, the New Moons, the Sabbaths, and at all the appointed seasons of the house of Israel. He shall prepare the sin offering, the grain offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offerings to make atonement for the house of Israel.”

18. A SHABBAT IS A REST IN GOD. WINTER IS A TIME FOR REFLECTION. EACH DAY SHOULD BE FILLED WITH PRAYER. SPEND DEEP TIME WITH GOD. KNOCK ON HIS HEART AND IT WILL BE OPENED UNTO YOU.

Ezekiel 46:1

[ The Manner of Worship ] ‘Thus says the Lord God: “The gateway of the inner court that faces toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the Sabbath it shall be opened, and on the day of the New Moon it shall be opened.

19. BEFORE YOU ENTER ANYTHING; A DOOR, A RELATIONSHIP, A VEHICLE, A BUSINESS - EVERYTHING! - STOP AND PAUSE TO GIVE GOD YOUR ATTENTION. HE MIGHT ASK YOU TO TURN AROUND OR GO DOWN A DEADEND ROAD. ALL GATEWAYS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD FOR THOSE WHO WORSHIP GOD.

Ezekiel 46:3

Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the entrance to this gateway before the Lord on the Sabbaths and the New Moons.

20. DON'T MAKE GOD AN AFTERTHOUGHT. PUT HIM FIRST IN ALL THINGS. OUT OF A BLEMISHED HEART WILL FLOW BLEMISHED LOVE. OPEN WOUNDS CONTAMINATE. HEALED WOUNDS SPREAD HOPE.

Ezekiel 46:6

On the day of the New Moon it shall be a young bull without blemish, six lambs, and a ram; they shall be without blemish.

21. THE MISUSE OF GOD'S BLESSINGS WILL BE DETRIMENTAL TO YOUR SPIRITUAL HEALTH! PRAY BEFORE YOU ACT.

Hosea 2:8

For she did not know That I gave her grain, new wine, and oil, And multiplied her silver and gold—Which they prepared for Baal.

22. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO LOSE THEIR MIRACLE OF HEALING FROM GOD BECAUSE THEY NEVER GAVE HIM CREDIT. DON'T LOSE YOUR BLESSINGS BECAUSE YOU ARE UNGRATEFUL.

Hosea 2:9

“Therefore I will return and take away My grain in its time And My new wine in its season, And will take back My wool and My linen, Given to cover her nakedness.

23. IF YOU ARE IN A LONG SEASON OF SADNESS DUE TO YOUR OWN TRANSGRESSIONS, STAND ON THE PROMISE OF GOD'S HOPE AND FORGIVENESS. LEARN YOUR LESON WELL AND TEACH IT TO OTHERS. WE SERVE A MIGHTY FORGIVING GOD.

Hosea 2:11

I will also cause all her mirth to cease, Her feast days, Her New Moons, Her Sabbaths— All her appointed feasts.

24. WE CANNOT REAP THE FRUIT OF THE EARTH WITHOUT GOD ALLOWING THE FRUIT TO GROW, IF WE IGNORE HIM, HE WILL EVENTUALLY IGNORE US.

Hosea 2:22

The earth shall answer With grain, With new wine, And with oil; They shall answer Jezreel.

25. IF YOU FORGET TO PLANT SEEDS YOU WILL NOT GROW A GARDEN. IF YOU PLANT WEEDS YOU WILL NOT HAVE VEGETABLES. FORGETTING GOD IS LIKE CRAWLING INTO THE EARTH - DEEPER AND DEEPER. IT'S YOUR CHOICE, HE WILL LET YOU BECOME MIRED IN YOUR OWN SELFISHNESS OR PULL YOU OUT IF YOU ASK HIM.

Hosea 4:11

[ The Idolatry of Israel ] “Harlotry, wine, and new wine enslave the heart.

26. THE REMEMBRANCES OF CHILDREN REFLECT THE FORGETFULNESS OF THEIR PARENTS. TEACH YOUR CHILDREN WELL OR THEY WILL PASS ON THEIR FORGETFULLNESS OF GOD TO ANOTHER GENERATION. 

Hosea 5:7

They have dealt treacherously with the Lord, For they have begotten pagan children. Now a New Moon shall devour them and their heritage.

27. CREATING YOUR OWN WAY TO GOD IS LIKE TWISTING THE WORDS OF JESUS. HE DID NOT SAY: "I AM ONE OF MANY WAYS." JESUS SAID: "I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE. NO MAN COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH ME." JOHN 14:6

Hosea 7:14

They did not cry out to Me with their heart When they wailed upon their beds. “They assemble together for grain and new wine, They rebel against Me;

28. YOU CAN HAVE AS MANY FRESH STARTS AS YOU WANT BUT YOU WILL NOT ENJOY THE FULLNESS OF GOD'S BLESSINGS WITHOUT ACKNOWLEGING HIM AS YOUR PROVIDER.

Hosea 9:2

The threshing floor and the winepress Shall not feed them, And the new wine shall fail in her.

29. SOME FOLKS BECOME INTOXICATED BY THEIR OWN ACCOMPLISHMENTS - THIS TOO SHALL PASS. DRUNKENNESS CREATES A BARRIER BETWEEN PEOPLE AND GOD. BE VIGILANT AND STAY SOBER.

Joel 1:5

Awake, you drunkards, and weep; And wail, all you drinkers of wine, Because of the new wine, For it has been cut off from your mouth.

30. FAMINE SEEMS TO BE AS CYCLICAL AS FAITH. WHEN OUR PURSUIT OF THE PROVISIONS OF GOD BEGINS TO WANE, THE FRUITFULNESS OF THE EARTH BEGINS TO ROT. AS WE TURN OUR HEARTS BACK TO GOD, HIS BOUNTY INCREASES.

Joel 1:10

The field is wasted, The land mourns; For the grain is ruined, The new wine is dried up, The oil fails.

31. GOD WANTS TO REMOVE OUR GARBAGE THAT WE CREATED AND RESTORE PURITY.

Joel 2:19

The Lord will answer and say to His people, “Behold, I will send you grain and new wine and oil, And you will be satisfied by them; I will no longer make you a reproach among the nations.

32. PROVISION FOLLOWS THE VISION THROUGH THE OBEDIENCE TO GOD'S MISSION.

Joel 2:24

The threshing floors shall be full of wheat, And the vats shall overflow with new wine and oil.

33. GOD ALWAYS THROWS THE BEST NEW YEAR'S PARTIES! BELIEVE IN HIS BEST AND HE WILL REWARD YOUR EXPECTATIONS IN DUE SEASON.

Joel 3:18

[ God Blesses His People ] And it will come to pass in that day That the mountains shall drip with new wine, The hills shall flow with milk, And all the brooks of Judah shall be flooded with water; A fountain shall flow from the house of the Lord And water the Valley of Acacias.

34. RELIGIOUS RITUALS DO NOT MAKE HOLY PEOPLE. A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD ON AN EVERYDAY BASIS IS THE ONLY TRUE RELIGION. FOCUS ON GOD WHEN YOU FOCUS ON GOD. HOPING THAT CHURCH WILL END SOON SO YOU CAN GO DO SOMETHING ELSE IS FRAUDULENT.

Amos 8:5

Saying: “When will the New Moon be past, That we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, That we may trade wheat? Making the ephah small and the shekel large, Falsifying the scales by deceit,