Funny thing is - we're dependant on our flesh to survive,  but why? 

Because in the Garden we chose it - (lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, and pride (of life in our flesh)) over God's will; so, because he gives us the desires of our hearts, he gave us over to our fleshly appetites, making our mortal flesh our source of life. So now, the only way to survive the death to our flesh those appetites produce is to give our flesh back to him to enjoy and dwell in and develop an appetite for him, for his flesh, not our own, for his flesh is righteous,  clean, holy - no lust is found in it, nor in his eyes, neither is pride found therein. So, we need to depend on, to survive on, to thrive on, his flesh, by consuming it, not our own. This means, we quit catering to our own flesh and instead we give to others to consume, to survive on, as he did with his flesh (take, eat, this is my body, broken for you). We actually become "living sacrafices" - giving our lives, our very flesh, in service to him, who then takes our lives and gives them to others. We cannot partake of another's flesh (in the Body) if we are selfishly clinging to our own.  Selah. 

 listen, hear, digest this truth -

  The Blood of Jesus is our

                      "FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH"

and there's no need to travel far

for His Blood can be found wherever you are 

You could not go to Him

for eternal cleansing 

     so He came to you

I'm recommending  -

        partake,       receive, 

From the One who did bleed

   so you could live in perpetual youth

  with Him

                         in eternity 

 Let's not let this be said of you or me -

You're like the outer layer of an onion,

 you're no good to eat

One day God gonna spit you out

on the ground beneath His feet.

You don't know the Lord at all,

despite what you may think

All your religious ceremonies 

are a waste of time

                              ........and  they  stink

My Checklist

 

1) My goal for this year was to lose just 10 pounds. Only 15 to go!

2) Ate salad for dinner! Mostly croutons and tomatoes.  Really just one big, round crouton covered with tomato sauce.  And cheese. FINE! It was a pizza. I ate a pizza.

3) How to prepare Tofu - A. Throw it in the trash. B. Grill some meat.

4) I just did a week's worth of cardio after walking into a giant spider web.

5) I don't mean to brag but.....I finished my 14 day diet in 3 hours & 20 minutes. 

6) A recent study has found that women who carry a little extra weight live longer than the men who mention it.

7) Another recent study has shown that the number one cause of divorce is marriage. 

8) Kids today don't know how easy they have it -  when I was young, I had to walk through 9 feet of shag carpet to change the TV channel. 

9) I may not be that funny or athletic or good looking or smart or talented.....i forgot where i was going with this.

10) 4 out of 3 people suck at math.

Beloved - do not accept the ministry of men who quench who you are called to be in Christ.  Do not accept who men say you are - but rather accept who you really are in Christ.  Yes, you are to accept the love and care of godly leadership  - but if they are godly - they will have your best interests at heart,  (not their own) and they will not call you to extinguish your ministry,  gifts and calling so theirs can shine brighter - If they desire to be the only light in the room, and they demand that you  dim or extinguish yours - in their presence  - avoid them!

Oh God I'm sick of men who teach your saints that to focus on their gifts and calling is selfish! Of a truth - we need everyone's gifts and anointing  - flowing together,  under the tutelage and guidance of the giver of all good gifts - our loving Father, which art in Heaven,  yet who is also here on earth among us and in us, by His wonderfully generous Spirit - who never instructs a channel through whom he may flow, to stop flowing  - only men with ego's the size of Texas, or Satan, do that.

Much of what Satan teaches sounds like "wisdom" to the unlearned or unrefined soul. To the immature (not false) his wisdom can seem like manna from heaven  - but it's fruit, the end result of soulish wisdom,  is death - death to the dreams and desires our Father placed in you long ago, when you first met him, and your heart took flight and you soared - your soul flew - you experienced true freedom,  for the first time in your life - then men wiser than you (they said) told you to sit at their feet and learn how not to be a Christian by following them and not Christ.

Oh beloved  - come away with ME says The Lord  - not with another who seeks to quench what we have together; out of jealousy and envy... Rise up MY love, MY fair one, and come away! Flourish in the garden of your loved one - who plants you as the seed of His desire,  in the fertile soil of His will for you - who waters you daily with the words that refresh you and lead you to the still waters besides green pastures - the pastures of your youth. Do not despise the day of small beginnings, saith The Lord,  for did you not begin as a sperm from your father's desire for his bride? And if you began as one so small - to become so great, how can you quench and despise the smallness of others? How can you, oh man, who purports to be of Me, how can you belittle the gifts and callings I've placed in My Body, when they are in their infancy? How can you despise that which I died to give? You do not have My best interests at heart - but your own - you wish to sound holy and pious and wise in your own eyes and in the eyes of the people yet to Me you are as wind driven chattel - chaff I will blow upon to remove far from My beloved Bride - who will serve you no longer, saith The Lord. 

Beloved - you don't lose your identity when you go to a church  - you find it. You are not to submit in the fleshly, carnal way they desire  - where your identity is swallowed by theirs - no, you are to submit to Me - where your identity is shaped and formed - and in Me you become who I desire you to be - not who men desire you to be. My fruit is found in soil I have full access to, for I plant nothing but good crops. When you fellowship with Me - the desire of your heart - your identity is found, not lost, formed, not broken - you become living tissue in My Body - not cancerous growth I need to cut away -    So many want to devour your identity in Me - to consume it upon their own lusts, all in My name - which they use for their own gain - not Mine. Do not submit to them any longer - though they call you "rebellious" and "adulterer", it is they who have prostrated themselves before Baal. Their true identity shall be known by all in the Day of My Visitation saith The Lord  - what is hidden shall be revealed,  what is revealed shall be hidden,  never to be seen again and all eyes will be fixed on Me; some to be blinded, others to be opened, some to let in My light, others to remain in darkness.  I shall judge the quick and the dead, and many shall be found wanting on the Day of My Visitation, saith The Lord.  Do not kick against the pricks any longer. Do not resist Me, for to fulfill the desires of the flesh  - lay down on the Cross I've prepared for you - lay down, I say - cease from your own strength,  from your own labors, and you shall live  - Yes and Amen! In Me, death is life. Apart from me, life is death.  Selah.

 No matter where in the world you are,

no matter how near or how far -

We're connected by The Spirit 

who transcends space and time.

I am yours, sister, brother, you are mine

Our hearts are intertwined 

Our hearts they beat as one

Our hearts they overflow 

with the love of the Son 

For in the darkness of our souls

Christ's light has come (repeat)

Our love for each other -

is a bond no one can break

We'll always be covered 

by The mercy and the grace

of the One who keeps us ever

and always before His Face

So breathe in the love I just breathed out

know this forever without a doubt 

I love you and I care so much!

May The Lord bless you always with 

His friendship and His touch,

when I can't be near

may His presence reach 

from here to where you are  -

giving you my love from afar.....

 Just because you can hear God's voice does not mean you love Him or even like Him very much. It just means you're a sheep. Some sheep do not love their Shepherd and choose to follow other Shepherds  (called pastors). You see, the second part of the verse is more important than the first - "the sheep follow Him : for they know His voice. AND A STRANGER THEY WILL NOT FOLLOW". "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow ME".

If you are a Prophet, you can impress people with your gift, especially those who do not hear from God themselves.  They will adore you and highly esteem you (or stone you lol), believing you are a man or woman of God - because you prophecy accurately - but where is your heart? Do you love Him or just His gifts? Are you like the bride who received her wedding dowry than ran off with it, leaving the groom alone at the altar?

 I would a thousand times more 

 rather hear from The Lord 

 than any pleasure this world can afford. 

Nothing at all that comes from the flesh

 can compare with Your righteousness 

 and goodness,  mercy and love -

oh my God  - it's You i'm thinking of  -

please, forgive my transgressions 

hear, now, my confession  -

I've learned my lesson  -

Your ways are better than mine!

I've chosen my flesh too many times,

no more, no more,

    oh loving, gracious   Lord!

If my stubborn heart will not submit 

I beg You Lord, please break it

till each shattered piece

lies humbled at Your feet

yours to do with as You please

 On June 5th, around 3am, i abruptly awoke and heard this - 

Wake up.  Wake up,

It's no longer safe to slumber.  

Now is the time

 to rise and shine 

                 > ISAIAH 60 < (is upon us)

You MUST wake up!

Can't you feel it?

A sense of urgency in The Spirit?

God has put a Divine Discontentment" within you.

God is stirring you.

God is saying              "No More"

"No More!   Things MUST Change!"

For us individually   and for us as a Body.

This nation.    The Nations. 

The time is short.

We MUST do things differently, 

    than we ever have before.

After receiving this prophetic utterances  - i started hearing the old classic by the Everly Brothers  - "Wake up, Little Susie" -

" Wake up little Susie, wake up"

"Wake up little Susie,  wake up"

The movie's over, it's 4 O'clock"

 and we're in trouble deep

Wake up little Susie 

Wake up little Susie 

Well, what are we gonna tell your mama?

What are we gonna tell your Pa?

What are we gonna tell your friends 

when they say "oooh lala"?

Wake up little Susie,  wake up 

Wake up little Susie,  wake up! 

Well, i told your mama that you'd be in by 10

Well little Susie,  looks like we goofed again 

Wake up little Susie,  WAKE up little Susie 

We gotta go home.

The movie wasn't so hot

It didn't have much of a plot

WE FELL ASLEEP 

OUR REPUTATION IS SHOT

OUR GOOSE IS COOKED 

Wake up little Susie   

    WAKE UP 

So much prophetic insights in this song! Saints asleep,  playing chuch,  going through the motions,, not living for Him but listening to, (hearing but not doing) endless sermons...like watching a movie...sitting and watching others pretending to live but it's all fake.

Then I asked the Lord to speak to me and i closed my eyes and randomly opened my Bible and without looking I put my finger on the page and it was the beginning of Revelation 21. Go read verses 1 through 9 now.

Then He gave me this -

Behold, these sayings are Faithful and True

Behold, I make all things new

No more pain, no more sorrow,

No more wickedness 

I've cleansed all your tomorrows 

I've wiped each tear

away from your eyes -

All you'll know here

is My love that satisfies

Behold My New heaven 

Behold My New earth

See My New Jerusalem 

to which I've given birth

My tabernacle shall now

forever be with men

We'll be together in the garden of Eden 

I now call the New Jerusalem 

No more death, no more crying, 

No more sea, no more dying

All will now forever be

as perfect as Me:

Says the One who

created you       for   intimacy 

It is done!

You have overcome 

For all who are thirsty 

I give the Water of Life for free

But the fearful and the unbelieving 

Thosr who commit abominations 

Those who go about deceiving 

Those who practice sorcery,

  who commit whoredoms

who worship idols   - all liars

Shall be cast into the lake of fire 

Fear not little lambs

hold fast to what is true

For I am The Great I am

and I will never forske you

Cling to Me, don't let go,

and indeed,    you shall know

The Salvation of Thy God

who delivers you from evil -

In the midst of a perverse generation 

Shine as a City on a hill

with the eternal light of The New Jerusalem 

that will never go dim

For this is my will

O lover of righteousness and truth

                      I love you

 During a recent time of Intercession,  on June 3rd, i was in the Spirit  when I heard this word  -    

                                      MASSIVE

Thus saith The Lord  -

What I am about to do is beyond your ability to ask or think. 

It does not spring forth from you but from Me.

It is a gift worthy of My Son.

It is My wedding dowry to him.

You will see it but you will not believe it ~

aak of Me for the faith to believe 

what your heart's eyes will see -

And truly the lowly and the meek

will seek

and they shall find

Me

And all who call on My Name 

with the trust of a child 

will eat the meat of maturity 

For they know 

the lower they go

and becoming more humble 

will bring them higher

to the sacred pools of blessing

In which you will find rest and refreshing 

Do I not keep My word? 

Therefore write it upon your hearts,

recite it upon your tongues

Meditate on it both Day and Night

and I will be attentive to your plight

and the wicked one

shall not come

nigh your dwelling  -

You will hear him

but what you will hear is his pleas for mercy -

You are the Head and not the Tail

You are above and not beneath

Did I not bequeath 

a mighty inheritance to you?

You have paid the price

You have laid down your life  -

You have become as white

as new fallen snow

glistening in the moonlight 

Oh My Bride!

You are altogether lovely in My sight!

 There's a particularly nasty spirit that delights in getting saints to hate and despise pther saints.  It's no fun to be on the receiving end of of this spirit's ministry.  It will harden hearts till they become unable to love or receive correction or wisdom on any level, especially from the one they hate. Let's all remember,  please: when you correct someone  - do it in love - and also  - receive correction in the same spirit.  Love will conquer and cast out this demon every time it meets it. Do not let it in. The same mouth that gives fresh water (praise to God) should not give bitter water (hate to men). "Does a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter? How can you say you love God who you can't see when you can't love your brother who you can see? Indeed - the love you show to your brother in Christ is the very proof you love God - for hate is the only fruut Satan can produce, along with pride. If you are full of hate and anger for a brother or sister in Christ and refuse to fellowship with them - if you will not love and forgive them - you are not Christ's disciple but Satan's.  

 Why do Christians insist on getting together and talking to each other? Hear me out. When and why did this become "standard operating procedure" for Christianity as we know it today? I mean, that's all most Christians ever do - gather together then sit on their buts and listen to someone talk. I can think of just a few Biblical examples of this - when Paul spoke to the believers in the upper room, for instance.  But most of the time when believers spoke to a crowd it was to evangelize. The crowds weren't saved. Or when gathered together they talked to God or listened to HIM. Sometimes they would lay hands on each other and impart the Holy Spirit, other times a prophecy,  a healing, a word of wisdom or knowledge,  or they'd cast out a demon. The point is  - they actively ministered to one another in God's power and his presence.  Teaching per se, has always been intended by God to also be done in the power and anointing of the Holy Spirit  - we are supposed to hear Him speak, not flesh alone. Sitting on our behinds and listening to someone yak is for many an excercise in futility. - for only their minds are being engaged and encountered, not their hearts. They're stuffing themselves full of knowledge, not faith. They're hearing the Word only , never doing it, never arriving at the truth. 

If Jesus ran the service  - it would look vastly different. Think about it. Sometimes he would speak to the crowds - other times, he healed them, cast out devils, propheceid. Sometimes what he spoke to the crowds was made clear too his disciples when they met with him privately.  We never see the disciples preaching sermons to one another , only to the lost - because they each had an intimate relationship with Jesus  - whereby he was personally preaching and teaching the Word to them. Here is the priority for New Testament believers:

1) Continue steadfastly in the apostles doctrine  - an active lifestyle doctrine,  full of actions.

2) Breaking of bread - they often ate meals together, including the Lord's supper, which was a full meal. 

3) Fellowship.  Not what we call "fellowship" today - where a whole group interacts with one man whenever they meet, but where all become close to each other - actively engaging one another in friendship and love, primarily "house to house". 

Many signs and wonders were done by the Apostles. Wow! Many it says! I've rarely seen a single one in all the services I've been in. It doesn't say "many sermons were spoken by the apostles"  - nope. It says many signs and wonders.  They sold possessions and gave the money to the apostles who in turn gave it to anyone among them who needed it. Wow! What a wonderful expression of love! Money was earned and given away to those who didn't have it, who needed it. I've yet to see this done today (well, very rarely have i met saints that live like this). All that believed were together and had all things in common! What a template for us today! No rich or poor but all equal  - meaning - money and wealth were redistributed to those poor among them, especially orphans and widows- and all they had belonged to all - in this way there was no lack. Love in action! They continued daily in one accord in the Temple and breaking bread from house to house...did you catch that? "They continued daily"...they didn't meet together once or twice a week for a few hours - no! They met together daily! How much stronger would our walk with God be if we had each other's love and strength and support daily? And daily fellowship had this additional benefit - "The Lord added to the Church daily such as should be saved". See it? He added to "the church" - not "the Baptist church on 5th Ave." or "the Presbyterian church on Elm street" but THE CHURCH! There's only one, folks, and since they met DAILY,  house to house, God could add to their numbers daily.  How wonderful! I wonder today - are all being saved that should be saved? Are many being added to the church membership role books but not to the Book of Life? Food for thought my brethren. Think on these things and grow wise.

Apostle Christopher