I JUDGE PEOPLE PLEASE HELP

       It's easy to help people who measure up to your standard of who needs help.

     Jesus was a guy who was homeless during his life.  The Bible says; "He had no place to lay his head."  My wife and I went for a walk this morning and witnessed many people at work; window washers, the movers, doctors, nurses, maintenance guys and many more. We picked up about nineteen cents off the ground as we walked.
     Understanding the life of another human being often requires that we walk in their shoes or God can confront us in other ways. After making our way through the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, we headed home. We spotted another young man hard at work - a street corner beggar. I usually pass them when I'm driving and my indignation grows as I pass them by.
     Daily, there are people begging on the streets of Buffalo. "Why don't they get a job?" "They probably use the money for drugs or drinking!" My self-righteous and haughty thoughts rise up faster than a soda bottle that's all shook up. Why do they bug me so much? Why do I feel guilty when I pass them by?
     God has a subtle way of correcting our bad behavior. This morning I was confronted with my own pride as we approached the man with the cardboard sign on the street corner. I knew he was begging and I had just found a few coins as we walked. I felt the urge to give it to him. But what the heck would I say?
     Employers usually don't like to hire felons. I gave the young man the coins that we found on the street and asked him why he was here begging instead of working. He explained that he was a felon who just got out of jail and was waiting for his "Papers." He was staying at a shelter up the street. He seemed like he was telling the truth. (Another judgment on my part." I asked him if he would ever like to work with inner-city young men. He said that might not be a good idea because he had been addicted to drugs. After explaining how our Basketball With A Purpose (BWAP) program works with guys playing basketball, listening to 9 Minute Guest Speakers and sharing a meal - he was interested. He took down my number and I told him I would pick him up on Thursday if he wanted to go.
     Everybody we meet has been placed in our path by God to help us grow closer to Him. By judging people and keeping a safe distance away, I'm only distancing myself from God. I'm still a chasm away from who I should be in unity with God, but today I was less than a stone's throw away from removing the speck of pride in my own eye. God helped add something good to my #LIFETICKET today.
     If you would like to learn more about how we strengthen communities by investing in young men, please consider joining us for lunch on April 28, 2016.
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Thanks for your time. Go and help somebody who you may not understand.
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How Do You Prep for Love?

     The little blue pill will give you the confidence to "Prep for love" and avoid contracting a deadly disease. If your personal actions require you to take a pill to keep you from getting something deadly, do you think maybe you shouldn't be involved in that activity?


     
     If I have to take a pill for disease prevention, then maybe I should examine my sexual habits. Is it really love or physical lust? Condoms and pills don't protect the heart. Most people feel used after a relationship breaks up and they gave their body away. Sexual abuse is rampant; one in three girls and one in five boys are victims of sexual abuse. Pornography is addictive and destructive. Over 50% of those who are involved in the production of pornography were abused as children. Love wasn't meant to be something to cause shame. If you are viewing porn you're just as guilty as the abusers because you are approving of their abusive productive. You are helping to spread the abuse of  women and children.

       The little blue pill is another way of making cheap sex safe. I suppose you can feel safe in your own cocoon of shame. "Don't awaken love until it's ready." That's a Bible verse from the Song of Solomon - a love story. God designed love and sex to be an act of unity. Passionate and uncontrollable love-making is an act of intimate trust. If you have to put your trust in a little blue pill, you might as well tell the little blue pill all of your problems and fears. Will you confide in a little blue pill manufactured by folks who desire to make money?

     The sign in the picture above is in front of a church. The church teaches about the love of Christ. Do you think that someday you will be able to stop at a church and get a Jesus Pill to "Prep for eternity?" Nope, Jesus already prepped you for eternity by sacrificing His life for you. You can sacrifice some of your physical temptations until you are ready for love. A fireplace is designed to hold a fire that warms your house. If you take the fire out of the fireplace and put it in the middle of the bedroom, you will burn your house down. Love is meant for the fireplace of marriage.

"One final word, friends. We ask you—urge is more like it—that you keep on doing what we told you to do to please God, not in a dogged religious plod, but in a living, spirited dance. You know the guidelines we laid out for you from the Master Jesus. God wants you to live a pure life.

Keep yourselves from sexual promiscuity.

Learn to appreciate and give dignity to your body, not abusing it, as is so common among those who know nothing of God." - 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5  The Message

LOOK PEOPLE IN THE EYE TODAY, IT MIGHT BE YOUR LAST LOOK

Sometime today.
someone will experience their last blink of an eye.
It could be me or it could be you.


The fluid in the eye is the Sea of Life and it contains the sound of many waters.
The eyelid is the dry land. It opens a path to your heart for what your eye sees.
Your eye sees life and soaks up the many waters of life.
The blink of an eye is the parting of the many waters of God.
I pray that your last eye blink
gives you a glimpse of your first Love -
the One who loved you first.
The One who knew you before you had eyes to blink. 
Look people in the eye today and say I love you with words spoken like a flood from your heart.

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"It will happen in a moment,
in the blink of an eye,
when the last trumpet is blown.
For when the trumpet sounds,
those who have died will be raised to live forever.
And we who are living will also be transformed."
1 Corinthians 15:52
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Thanks for your time. Go help somebody blink their tears away as they realize how much you and God love them. ‪#‎JLYASDW‬
Sunday, April 10, 2016
11:09 PM, EDT
Buffalo, NY, USA

#LIFETICKET  #JLYASDW

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