Wolves

I have three favorite animals.  On the top of my list is the wolves.  When I was a little girl, all of the fairy tales had the big bad wolf in it, but wolves aren’t what you think.  When I learned the truth about what an awesome creature, they were, I knew that human beings possess an amazing power.  The power to distort the truth so well, that  the truth actually seems like it is a lie.  I am determined to find the truth regardless of how much humanity wants me to believe a lie. 

The last written words of David Wilkerson

WHEN ALL MEANS FAILby David Wilkerson | April 27, 2011

To believe when all means fail is exceedingly pleasing to God and is most acceptable. Jesus said to Thomas, "You have believed because you have seen, but blessed are those that do believe and have not seen" (John 20:29).

Blessed are those who believe when there is no evidence of an answer to prayer-who trust beyond hope when all means have failed.

Someone has come to the place of hopelessness-the end of hope-the end of all means. A loved one is facing death and doctors give no hope. Death seems inevitable. Hope is gone. The miracle prayed for is not happening.

That is when Satan's hordes come to attack your mind with fear, anger, overwhelming questions: "Where is your God now? You prayed until you had no tears left. You fasted. You stood on promises. You trusted."

Blasphemous thoughts will be injected into your mind: "Prayer failed. Faith failed. Don't quit on God-just do not trust him anymore. It doesn't pay!"

Even questioning God's existence will be injected into your mind. These have been the devices of Satan for centuries. Some of the godliest men and women who ever lived were under such demonic attacks.

To those going through the valley and shadow of death, hear this word: Weeping will last through some dark, awful nights-and in that darkness you will soon hear the Father whisper, "I am with you. I cannot tell you why right now, but one day it will all make sense. You will see it was all part of my plan. It was no accident. It was no failure on your part. Hold fast. Let me embrace you in your hour of pain."

Beloved, God has never failed to act but in goodness and love. When all means fail-his love prevails. Hold fast to your faith. Stand fast in his Word. There is no other hope in this world.

(This was David Wilkerson's last blog entry before he passed into eternity - Thank you, David...)

Shamed by the Gospel, a short story

She was new to the church
she was new to it's ways
It consumed her nights
and ransomed her days

So when the revival came
and her words were dear
she ran to the stage
and shed a tear

she told how she loved God
and how he brought her out
she gave God a holler
He gave her a shout

but the man of God
wanted something more
he wanted more details
he wanted  more lore

Tell how you was half crazy
Tell how you was a whore
Tell how you was a thief
and the clothes you wore

Tell how you have been to jail
so many times, you can't remember
Tell how you was high from
June to December

Tell about your dear mother
whom you cheated and you plundered
Tell your worst traits
Your character's blunder

Then he said that it was a special anointing
to deliver a wretch like me
I was hard to win
I was hard to set free

I was displayed like a parrot
sitting in a gilded cage
sitting in the shame of the gospel
silently filled with rage

I just wanted to take the microphone
and sweetly, simply say
I don't want to tell you all that
Just, that he brought me a mighty long way

p/s  Testimonies glorify God, not the devil.

Lying to yourself.

The greatest thing about preaching is that you get to say a lot.  The back draw to preaching is that you have to live what you say.  I am a very private person and I don't like to open up to everybody, but a few good friends know my heart and the desires in it.  It is like they write down what I say just to see if I will really live it when push comes to shove.  So far, I haven't disappointed them.  I guess, the only real thing one has left in this life is his or her word.  If you can't trust yourself to be true to yourself, then you are fooling yourself.

Don't be caught lying to yourself.

David Wilkerson

The month of April saw the lost of one of the churches greatest pioneers in deliverance ministry.  David Wilkerson was the author of the first book I read as a christian, "The Cross and the Switchblade".  On frequent trips to New York city, I find myself in his church every Sunday.  You would think that it would be oozing with Teen Challenge, but I found something wonderful.  His church was an ecumenical church with room for everyone.  He had mastered the art of changing lives so that they looked like the undiscernable masses that attend church on a daily basis.  I have been in some form of deliverance ministry my entire life.  Sometimes, I felt like I was in church.  Sometimes, I felt I was in one big rehab.  The ministry of the church dominated the flavor of the church so that it was all you tasted.  David Wilkerson's church, set in a renovated theatre, showed me the true end result to all ministry.  It is that they may blend in with the rest of the body of Christ and no longer appear like what they were.  They become viable community members and productive members of the body of Christ.  They have been delivered from their evils so well, that you would not be able to tell that the enemy had the upper hand at all.

Whintley Phipps Amazing Grace

I love the way Rev. Phipps saw God in so many of the old negro spiritual songs.  His expose' on Amazing grace is amazing.

http://youtu.be/R3pNMOcrA9Q

Whintley Phipps Forever Yours

I can't imagine losing a love like God's.  This part of the lesson made me cry.


http://youtu.be/aUfW__HFrO8