Just People

We're all at our best when we're just people,
sharing our walk with God with each other.
No titles, no agendas except to love one another.
Simply experiencing Him,
then sharing with our spiritual kin,
all He does and says is pretty much what Jesus did,
along with heartfelt, passionate prayer.

We shouldn't "have" church but rather "be" church -
let Jesus have us, have his way with us,
that He may speak to and touch us
through each member of the Body.
There is nobody, not even one,
who is not relevant, who is not heaven sent.
In Christ, each is a rich vein,
through which He flows.
A vein that if mined,
reveals gems sublime and gold.
This is how we become whole,
by extending his blood and forgiveness,
to every soul....

In His Body, every cell is connected to and touches every other cell.

There's a lot of people singin' the blues.
Don't know their why from their who
Walkin' around without a clue.
What they need is the GOoD News..


The Gospel is rightfully known as "Good News".
And it certainly is that because of a truth,
the Word of God is out to kill you!
Yes, God himself wants you dead, son.
It's the only way you can have a ressurection.
Unless you fall to the ground and die,
you cannot receive everlasting life.
All that is sin in you was put to death at Calvary,
that all that is godly in Christ
may now become your legacy.
You are now seen from God's eyes,
after you've accepted Christ,
and allowed his very molecules to be,
the conduit through which his holiness
and your sin are switched within,
as Holy and right.

Your transmutation is now cause
for joyous celebration!

In our age and day,
trust me when I say -
there are "King Herods" lying in wait,
who will not hesitate
to smile directly to your face
and tell you how badly they want to
worship your God with you
but in their hearts they really hate
all that is of Christ.
They are seeking to destroy
whomever God enjoys
and whatever produces Eternal Life,
they despise and spite.
They are pretenders to God's throne,
occupying instead a throne made of their own bones,
which will one day rot and never stop.
These "King Herods" are seeking the adoration and glory of man
and they'll continue to do all they can
to prevent Christ from drawing men
away from them...........

I have noticed a phenomena
for which I am chagrined
For when this I've seen
I've become rather saddened
I've seen people give quite generously
to ministries that cause God grief.
I've been to the mission field
I've seen first hand
Ministries that don't serve God but man
Ministries that are at odds with the Lord
Yet when money is given - on them it is poured.
In God's eyes, this is a sin
We should only give when told to by Him
He alone should tell us to whom and how much to give
For He alone knows who isn't from Him and who is.

So give only as He leads you to
that His Spirit will not be grieved with you....

Enough of these insipid banalities!
We give far too much thought to random frivolities.
The effort we make is really a waste
of space in our cranial cavities.
Please allow this poor mendicant
a chance to recant
what I thought was relevant.
I see now what I couldn't see then -
that most modern drivel isn't worth paper and pen.
People spend their days on meaningless essays,
entertaining themselves with rancid forays
into time-wasting pleasures of contrived importance.
Tickling the ears, teasing the soul,
but in the end regurgitating the goal
that's in the DNA of every embroyo;
The goal that all immortal personages should seek,
that of preparing for the reality
of where and with whom we'll spend eternity.

Plush carpeting. Thickly padded pews.
An invitation to comfort is awaiting you!
You will be personally ushered to your seat,
where our air-conditioning will make your stay complete.
You'll do nothing at all but be treated like royalty.
We'll do all the work for you, you see!
We'll share all the teaching and revelation.
We'll choose the songs you'll sing in adoration.
We'll lead you in every moment of the service.
All you have to sacrafice is in your wallet or purse.
And boy oh boy can we entertain your kids!
Our children's program is not to be missed -
with Disney movies and sugary snacks,
your kids will want to keep coming back!
Once in awhile we'll throw a scripture in
just to remind them it's a church they're visitin'.
We have picnics and programs to keep you occupied.
With everything looking and sounding so good,
you're guaranteed to be satisfied!
And our doctrines? Why they're the best!
Our teachings are better than all the rest!
(Everything our Pastor teaches is straight from God's lips)
Really, our denomination is the most blessed.
Go anywhere else and you're getting second best.
So come on in and set yourself down -
isn't all this why Christ wore his thorny crown?
Isn't this what Jesus died for?
So you can relax, take your ease and keep getting more?
Wasn't Christ hurt so you could be pampered?
Jesus suffered so you don't have to!
And money is God's way of rewarding you!
But don't let money become an idol or a curse,
instead let us take control of your purse.
If you're not careful, money can become your god.
Only by giving it to us can you be free of it's rod.
By giving it to us, you're giving it to God, you see!
So give and then give some more so he will be pleased!

Somewhere, someone, show some lucidity.
And cut through this mess, all this spiritual BS.
May God's people soon confess -
We've had it all wrong, all backwards these many years.
We should be doers of the Word, serving widows and drying orphan's tears.
We should be going into all the world and preaching the gospel ourselves.
And showing signs and wonders and delivering many souls from Hell.
We're not meant to just sit on our asses.
We're meant to go out and reach the masses.
Lord help us to quit this web of deciet we're in.
We confess at once - it's all a deplorable sin!
Shake us oh God, wake us before it's too late
and all we'll find at the wedding feast is an empty plate.
Let us stop serving ourselves only,
pretending all the while we are Holy,
when all we are is phony.
Let us stop inviting people to our "church",
making them think they must attent to belong to you,
where they'll sit for the rest of their days,
chained to some rotting perch, excuse me, some call them "pews"
(because they stink so bad).
Ever learning but never arriving at the truth.
We're not even to tell them some day they'll go to heaven
but rather demonstrate that Heaven's come to them!
Jesus said the kingdom of heaven is at hand,
not waiting for them when they die some day and leave this land.
So let's strive, each day to die, to all that pretends to be of God.
That we may truly become, the ones who wear the ephod.
The ones who have "Holy" written on their foreheads.
The ones who have spiritually risen from the dead.
The ones who obey all that Jesus said.....