Oooh! Another Trick Exposed!

Good Morning!!  How are you today?  I hope this is finding you well, and happy!  Things are going better here, in fact it gets better a little more everyday.  I've got my cup of coffee, and looking around my room and realizing just how badly I need to dust LOL.  Ugh, right?

Got some good news the other day that I want to share . . . . Grand-baby number five is on the way!!!!  First of all, let me say this right now . . .my bet is that it's a girl!!!  And the really cool thing is that she's due just five days after her momma's birthday!!!!!  I Can't Wait!!!!!!

The last time I shared with you all, I shared something God had been working hard to teach me, which is the truth about who the devil really is and what he really wants.  Because, like I've said before, when you know the truth about the devil and his lies, along with his tricks, then he begins to lose power.  Much like that bully in your life, that once you figured out why they were/are doing what they were/are doing, then they began to lose power over you.

And you know how I said that his main goal is not to end up with our souls when we die, but to use us to spite God by messing with us while we're alive to try and keep us from having a relationship with God?

Did you notice how that is contrary to what Religion teaches?  Have you figured out why yet?  Can I tell you?  It's because the devil has gotten into religion and twisted the heart of it with lies.  After all, what better way to get back at God for not letting the devil have what he wanted then to twist the very thing that was supposed to guide us to God, into something that tells us over and over that we will NEVER be good enough.  Or that the only way we can get to heaven is to hate someone else for some reason.

One of the ways he does this is by convincing Christians to only read a portion of what was being said and then quote it as a whole, to take it out of context.  And then he also throws vanity into it, and I don't mean the kind of vanity that involves looks, I'm talking about the kind where someone needs to be right all of the time in order to feel they have any value.  The devil will push us to be so afraid to be wrong about what we believe in these scriptures that we've picked and chosen to sate this vain need to be right, that we will refuse to read the scriptures in their entirety to make sure that we're are truly getting the full message.  He also uses that fear to keep us from actually studying the scriptures for fear of finding out that we are wrong.

If you're wondering if this is true, try it for yourself.  Pick a scripture that you're curious about and look it up.  But don't just read the single scripture, read several of the verses before and after and watch what happens.  You will notice that the scripture ends up meaning something other then what it first appeared to mean.  And if you need any help understanding what you're doing, please email me at fiestyblue62@hotmail.com, I'll walk you through it.

I think it's time we start tearing away all of the lies this bully, the devil, is hiding behind and expose him for who he really is.  Don't you?

In the meantime . . .

Have a great day!

Stay safe!

Love you guys!

Really! That's All It Is!!!

Good Morning!  How are you today?  Things are starting to get back into a normal routine here . . .finally lol.  My hubby has finally been given  the go ahead by his back surgeon to start physical therapy . . .YAY!  And I got a new coffee maker . . . .YAY!! As you know, I have to have my coffee. LOL

I know my last post was kind of intense, but for me, I needed to do it, because like I've shared in a couple of past blogs, the devil will start throwing junk at you to try and steal your faith.  He's really bad about it when you make a decision to move deeper into your relationship with God.  And so, by posting what I did, I was just standing my ground about the devil's little temper-tantrum.

I wonder if you guys truly understand the truth about the whole God vs devil thing.  And I'm not talking about what religious Christians would have you believe.   It is not a case of  "he who has the most souls when the world ends wins" garbage!!!  Because, contrary to what they say, the devil doesn't give a rat's rear-end if he gets our souls after we die!!!  At that point we're useless to him.

Instead he wants us alive so he can use us for his real purpose, and that is to spite God and try to keep Him from having what He wants, which is a relationship with us. All the devil is, is a spiteful little brat who is trying to get back at "daddy" for not letting him have what he wants.

And in case you didn't know the story, basically it goes like this . . . .the devil was one of God's arch-angels (these are the angels that not only had God's supernaturally abilities, but they, unlike the regular angels, have free-will).  His name then was Lucifer.

Well "Luci" boy forgot who he actually was and began having delusions of grandeur . . . meaning he began to think of himself as a god, forgetting that he was created by the real God and that he didn't just magically create himself.   And he wanted to be worshiped like a god and to actually control heaven, so he started causing all kinds of trouble.  He even went so far as to sneak down here and started not only having sex with human women, but started appearing to men and telling them he was a god.

Well, God, being the true God, did what most fathers would do, he told "ole Luci boy" that he could either straighten his act out or go to his room until he decided to follow the rules, and kicked "Luci"boy out of heaven and into the special room God created for him . . . . we know it as hell.  (And God also gave the group of arch-angels that had been following Lucifer around doing his bidding the choice to straighten up or accompany "ole Luci boy" to hell and become his servants for eternity.  At which point, some of them changed their ways and the rest ended up serving as the devil's evil little minions.)

So, to put the whole thing in perspective, it's a grudge match with all of the grudge being the devil's.

And you might be thinking, well what good does it do to take my walk any farther with God, or even choose to have a relationship with Him at all if I'm only going to get caught in the middle?  Because, whether you choose to have a relationship with God or not, the devil will still come at you just to spite God.

Having a relationship with God gives you everything you need to defeat the devil.  And I don't know about you, but I love being able to pull the rug out from under the devil's feet and knocking him off of his self-made pedestal!  *insert ornery grin here*

Until next time . . . .

Stay safe!

Love ya!

Just Saying . . . . .

I CRAVE God!!!  I don’t have a hunger, because you can satisfy a hunger!  And I don’t have a thirst, because you can satisfy a thirst!  Instead, I do have a CRAVING that is only getting worse, because just as it is with a physical craving, when you eat one thing trying to satisfy that craving, you end up only making it worse.  The more I study the Bible, the more I spend time in God getting to know Him, the more I crave Him!

And I didn’t “find” God, I’ve always known Him.   I don’t “believe” in God, or Christ, because I KNOW them.  To say I believe isn’t as solid, immovable, and unshakable as knowing God!   There is NO DOUBT for me.  There NEVER has been.  I KNOW that there IS a God.  I KNOW that Jesus WAS God’s Son and therefore, God in the physical.  I KNOW that because of Jesus’s death I now have full access to God and His Truth, not because I’m “chosen”, “ordained” or “special” in any way, but simply because I ACCEPT that Jesus died so that I could have it.

I am happiest when I surrender my will to God.  I’m the most peaceful when I surrender everything I think I know and understand about the scriptures, life, and right and wrong to Him and ask Him to prove me wrong so that I can do what is His Will for me to do.   And I feel the closest to God when I tell others about what He has taught me about His Truth as to who I really am in and through Him, and who He really is.

 

I don’t READ the Bible.  I don’t MEMORIZE only those scriptures that appeal to my vanity so that I can set myself above others to look down and judge who is worthy and who isn’t, thereby declaring myself equal to God.  I STUDY the Bible to KNOW God, surrendering over and over again to Him everything I think I understand until I am filled with God’s peace that I finally do understand what God wants me to know. 

I am no longer AFRAID of DEATH, because I KNOW that it will only be then that I will be made fully WHOLE, having God’s full wisdom and finally having that craving sated.  Just as I am no longer AFRAID to LIVE, eagerly waiting to see what God’s plan is for me and how He plans to use me.

 

I surrender all of my will, all of my plans, all of my understanding, all of my wants to God. 

Thank you God, for everything you are, and for everything that Jesus’ death means for me.  Thank you for everything I have because of everything You are and everything that Christ did.  Thank you for receiving me and using me in all of my imperfection.  You are my God!  Glory be to You!