Oh my soul's best friend!

  Lead me, oh Lord, 

                                    to a happy end!

  Thy promises 

                  are steadfast and sure

   Thy words

                   holy and pure

  My soul is healthy 

                    for Thy word is my cure!

 Oh my soul! 

   Take heed to Thy best friend  -

   Follow Him home to a joyful end.

   Seek not the pleasures of this earth below,

   choose Christ alone to follow.

My love!

My anchor to my Father's heart!

My soul's true love!

 Never leave! Never part!

Oh my soul's best friend!

 Receive these words with which I send

  my love, my joy, my gratitude 

  for all the blessings that come from You!

The Little Soldier Boy

  While searching through the rubble 

 of bottles, cans and toys

 The Finder's eye was captured 

 by a little soldier boy

 Broken,  stained and twisted 

 he seemed beyond repair 

 Just waiting to be buried 

 and no one really cared

 Lying in a bunch of trash

 his pride replaced by shame

 trying hard to save himself 

 he cried out the Finder's name

and almost as if waiting 

 for the toy to make his plea 

 he tenderly was lifted

from the rubble and debris

 With gentle,  loving hands

 the little soldier was repaired 

 and soon began to realize 

 Someone really cares

No more the dark and lonely nights

that once had filled his life

The Soldier Boy all clean and new

stands proudly in the Light

His broken heart is mended now

His self esteem restored 

With each and every passing day 

He loves the Finder more

But the story is not ending

it's just beginning don't you see -

for the Finder's name was Jesus

The little soldier boy was       me

By Chico Holiday 

  Once the Holy Spirit has revealed a truth to you - no matter how contradictory that truth is to prevailing public opinion,  even if your pastor and your church disagree with it - never waver, never doubt that truth, no matter what injustices you're subjected to by those who do not love Truth, but rather love themselves, for the worst form of bondage you can be subjected to is to be fearful of believing or doing what is right in case you upset those who are in the wrong.

 Peer pressure is a powerful weapon in the enemy's arsenal  - a means to subjugate the individual to the will of the masses - "How dare you stand up and say something we, that is the rest of us in this congregation,  believe is wrong! Obviously YOU must be wrong, for the majority are always right! You are in rebellion! You are immature! You don't know what you are talking about! Our pastor/priest/elder would never lead us astray, would never teach us anything other than truth! After all, they're the one sent by God to guide us into all truth  - if the Holy Spirit is going to reveal truth to someone  - it would be them, not you. It's best that you leave us!"

 Every church on earth will only accept teachers approved by the pastor - in other words, they heavily guard and control what is taught  - but why? Why such a heavy emphasis on "Correct Doctrine"? It is a means of reinforcing their all encompassing authority over the people and indeed it is their primary way of establishing their supremacy  - when they are not called, or should I say, anointed to lead ( many are called to positions of leadership,  but are out of alignment, i.e. not in the position they are called to, or they are called but not anointed, i.e. they lead in their own strength and wisdom,  not God's). Those who are called, appointed and anointed to lead by God to lead - are comfortable enough to allow others to minister in their own gifts and calling - and they walk in a profound humility at the graciousness of God in choosing them to be a blessing to His people.  They are "Bridal Attendants" - never to touch or handle the Bride inappropriately,  or selfishly  - for their own gain - whether it be fame or fortune. No, they are to prepare her for her calling and anointing  - which is to become mature enough to become intimate with Christ.  The anointing encompasses far more than "teaching" as churches define it - that is, a man or woman standing and talking while everyone else listens - no - this "form of service" results when people avoid the anointing  - when God's presence is not welcome in their midst. When He is present in our meetings - the focus is never on a man, or any one person,  it is on HIM, on Christ,  i.e. HIS LORDSHIP AND HIS BODY - which edifies itself in love - i.e. all the members actively,  not passively,  loving all other members present- Christ in us  - reaching out and touching another  - whom He leads us to - with a word of prophecy,  or wisdom or knowledge,  or tongues, or a healing, or an act of service,  or finances - in short, whatever their need is. All needs are to be met by all. No one is ever to leave a service still in need - they may arrive that way but love could never leave them that way. This is whole Body ministry.  This makes for a healthy Body but sadly, in "Christianity" today, the pastor typically rules, or a board of elders, not Christ.  

 Reader, it is not God's will that one man rule over the flock while everyone else listens to and follows him. This concept comes from Satan, not Jesus. Let us all humbly submit to Him when we gather together  - and He will then exalt the flesh of Christ alone and no man's  - for Christ alone has holy, pure, sanctified flesh - which is why His flesh alone is raised up to sit at The Father's right hand, forever and ever,  world without end, amen.

Selah

Apostle Chris

Comfortably Numb

 

Addicts take their drugs

 so that when they're done

 They can forget their sorrows 

 because they've become 

               Comfortably Numb

And alcoholics drink and drink

 so they won't have to think

 about events or words that stung

 by becoming 

                  Comfortably Numb 

And people go to church

 to be comfortable but worse -

 They go to avoid all responsibility 

 to teach and disciple those in agony

 By sitting in their comfortable seats

 refusing to ever use their feet

 to go out and meet

 and love the starving ones -

No, they'd rather sit, year after year, 

 remaining 

                      Comfortably Numb 

Inspired by Stuart Croxford Neale

  The Lord promised us that we would always have the poor with us. I believe this is because He has given us the poor as a tremendous blessing  - a gift, for they provide us with an opportunity to love as He loves. Did He not do as He instructed the rich, young ruler to do? Did He not give all He had to the poor? Even His very life? Compared to God, we are all extremely poor. Yet, it is His good pleasure to give us His Kingdom  - and all the wealth therein. Dominion,  power, authority,  healing - all are ours! Can we do no less? We should give to and bless the poor at every opportunity. 

Do not despise the poor, for they are truly one of the biggest blessings God has placed in our lives. We are all placed in each other's lives to bless each other. God will place a rich person in a poor one's life to be a blessing to them, and too, He will place a poor man in a rich man's life to be a blessing to him. He will also place an enemy in our life to bless us - as well as place us in an enemy's life to bless them. In this way, all things, all people,  all relationships, truly wirk together for our good, amen!

  When Jesus was baptized in and filled with the Holy Spirit,  the first thing the Holy Spirit did was lead Him -

 "And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan,  and was led by The Spirit into the wilderness"

 This example, this pattern, still holds true for us today. When we are first baptized in and filled with the very same Spirit Jesus was filled with,  He will immediately begin to lead us. Be assured it is The Father's Will that we follow our Lord Jesus's example in all things - especially in being full of the Holy Ghost. Yes, believer, He will lead you, He will delight in doing so, but it's up to you to choose to obey and follow His leading, though He takes you out of your comfort zone into a place of hardship  and difficulty,  a place your flesh does not want to go, for where did the Spirit lead Jesus? That's right - into the wilderness.  He did not lead Jesus to the nearest Bible College or Seminary or Synagogue (Church), rather, He led him away from men - from all that was of man - from cities, in all their glory, full of man's glory. No, it was Satan who led Jesus to a city, and led him to the glory of man's kingdoms  - he tempted him with the glory of the flesh: lust of the eyes, of the flesh and pride of life apart from God.

"...and the devil, taking him up into an high mountain,  shewed him all the kingdoms of the world (past, present and future) in a moment of time, and the devil said unto him, All this power will i give thee, and the glory of them..." And too, Satan is tempting us with these things - as he will challenge and tempt anyone filled with the Spirit  - and the only way we can survive these temptations is to follow the Spirit's leading, like Jesus, into the wilderness, away from fallen man's glory, his riches, all that he values and holds dear. 

Why did the Spirit lead him into the wilderness? So that Jesus would learn to be intimate with Him, to fall in love with Him and follow Him alone.  He needed to learn to hear His voice - and where better than in the wilderness  - away from all human voices? He needed to establish a firm, lasting relationship with the Holy Spirit  - an unbreakable bond  - and so must we. It is vital for all we will ever do for him, in his name, fir if it isn't birthed by and led by Him  -  it should not be done - it is a waste of time and effort and resources,  including the most precious resource of all - our soul.

The  entire time He was in the wilderness,  He was learning how to relate to the Spirit in private.  It was just him and his Heavenly Father getting to know each other. We too must learn to relate to our Heavenly Father  in private before we declare our love for Him publicly,  for then, all we declare and do for Him publicly will bring honour to Him whom our heart has fallen in love with in the private times - because we learned to love and listen to and follow Him in private  - far away from men, with their false humility  and form of godliness that denies the power of GOD'S PRESENCE.  They honour themselves  - giving and receiving praise and glory to and from each other. They are full of pride - the deadly kind - pride in their own flesh, in the works of their own hands - they've made IDOLS OUT OF THEMSELVES! They exult in their own accomplishments,  not God's.  Their own works, not God's.  Why do no miracles occur in their gatherings? Because they're content with their own glory and works, not God's. 

If, upon being filled with the Holy Ghost,  we immediately join a typical church,  bypassing the wilderness experience  - if we do not first learn how to be disciplined and discipled by the Holy Spirit  - we will expose ourselves to all kinds of deceptions and falsehoods  - for the Holy Spirit is the only one who can teach us what is false and what is truth. The focus of our walk will become fixed on man, typically our pastor, not God. God will become a tool in man's hand to accomplish man's will, rather than us becoming a tool in God's hands to accomplish the Father's will. 

So do not avoid the wilderness,  when He leads you there - for it is a vital and necessary step in the spiritual journey to full maturity that God has invited us all to join Him in.

 Men take pleasure in palaces, 

 in the works of their own hands. 

 They spend their lives pursuing 

 that which will not last.

Oh fellow citizens of earth -

 set your heart to seek

 that which has eternal worth.

Set your thoughts on things above 

 Seek to love            as God loves

Let us not value 

 that which rust and moth corrupt 

Let us not seek what comes from men

 Rather let us love

that which God has made

 His thoughts, His words, His ways,

  for these may we spend our days

  exalting Him alone with our praise...

"This is the God that has not been made,

  let us rejoice and be glad in Him"

I've recently moved back to the formerly United States, and this is what the Lord shared with me about the land of my birth -

America is the land of "distractions" - so many distractions to choose from to consume one's time and energy:  TV, Movies, Sports, Parks, Recreational activities,  Material Wealth,  Religion.  Anything but pursuing the only worthy pursuit: an ever deepening relationship with our God - which can only be accomplished with the Holy Spirit's assistance and guidance.  

Oh America!    America!

The beautiful land God's graced us with!

Living here could be such bliss,

                                                                                if

We would all focus

 on what truly matters

Yet, our hearts are divided, scattered,

 pursuing so many dreams

 except the one God can redeem. 

We should be pursuing HIM

 with all our hearts,

 minds, souls and strength, 

 yet we're continually,   the whole length

of our days                                                                distracted 

pursuing what has negatively impacted 

 our   souls

So that we're not bearing fruit (as our goal)

unto the One we say we know,

 whom we say we're living for -

The One whom our heart's should adore

 and no one and nothing else

We're distracted as a nation!

So many on the path to Hell! 

Charlie Kirk's death is a catalyst,  a wake up call -

God is using it to prompt us to focus on all

that truly matters  - what He wants us to focus on -

SO ARISE AND BE DOING!

Stop being distracted 

or one sad day you'll end up ruing

a life that was wasted, well-acted,

 but led by fleshly,  carnal, pride inspired pursuits

(as if your life was your own, to do with as you please)

And start being totally consumed

with what is pure and real and true -

God's Word  - not only heard

but obeyed through actions.... things He leads you to DO...

Interestingly,  a few days after God gave me this prophetic insight,  i met an amazing black man, full of the Holy Spirit,  and in the course of our conversation he said to me "America is the land of distractions"   Wow! Let every word be established in the mouths of two or three witnesses. I hope this post motivates you to double down and prune all distractions from your life and FOCUS ON HIM! Don't just give Him lip service, give Him your heart.

Anti Anti-Christ part three

 

God commands us "be not ye the servants of men" - if we submit ourselves to a pastor, if we do all he commands,  this does not earn us God's respect and honour but rather his contempt.  "Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free - be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage" (to men). Oh captive,  be delivered! It is why Christ first approached your heart "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me  - because He has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor (those who are spiritually destitute  - not those sitting in churches, celebrating in, glorying in their riches - the abundance of the revelations they receive Sunday after Sunday,  growing so fat on it that they can't move an inch to excercise their faith), no, Christ comes to the ones who say in their hearts "I AM NOT EVEN WORTHY TO LOOK UPON YOUR FACE, OH LORD, OR TO STAND IN YOUR PRESENCE". 

"He has sent me to heal the BROKENHEARTED". Oh how necessary that we know Him first as our healer! Has your heart been broken? He has come to it (behold i stand at the door of your heart and knock) - HEARTS FULL OF PRIDE CANNOT BE HEALED!

"HE HAS SENT ME TO PREACH DELIVERANCE TO THE CAPTIVES"  - captive to a religion that deceives them into believing they are pleasing and honoring God - while all the while rejecting His very presence from their midst - or maintaining control of His Presence if He is allowed to show up (during worship, for instance), allowing His river to flow in a trickle  - far from what He desires - allowing Him in as long as they remain in control 

"AND RECOVERING  OF SIGHT TO THE BLIND - FOR I WILL RESTORE HEALTH UNTO THEE AND I WILL HEAL THEE OF THY WOUNDS, SAITH THE LORD,  BECAUSE THEY CALLED THEE AN OUTCAST,  SAYING, THIS IS ZION WHOM NO MAN SEEKS AFTER". 

Oh outcast! Oh lovely one, whom men who do not love Truth have rejected  - know your time is nigh at hand, at the very hour I have appointed  - for you have engaged your heart to approach unto Me and I will not leave you destitute.  The most precious commodity on earth is MY WORDS - have I not told you so? Have I not kept My word to you? Have I not spoken many things to your heart? Yet, even now, you doubt. Oh ye of little faith - look up! For your redemption draweth nigh - I will soon appear in the sky - to gather My children as a hen would gather her chicks - for I love you with an EVERLASTING love, therefore with loving-kindness will I draw you to My bosom - like John, you will lay your head on My heart - your thoughts will be consumed with the love I've shown you - and together we will be, oh precious child, for you have loved the TRUTH,  not the lie. Nothing the enemy can do to you can ever separate us, My loved one. 

To you who lead My people into death and damnation  - you have made My people to trust in a lie - you have led them astray, as sheep to the slaughter - yet I will deliver them out of your hand - but you will perish - and your lies will perish with you - oh wicked ones! 

To you prophets whom I have not sent - who prophecy lies in My name - you too shall perish without hope - oh you evil figs - no more shall My people consume the poison you spew - no more shall they swallow the lies that tickle their ears and entice their egos - I will expose you for who you really are in the eyes of My people  - I will open those blind eyes, and they shall see and they shall discern the angels of light from the angels of darkness  - they shall know who is wicked and who is of Me, saith The Lord. 

For those among My people who love the Truth - I will pour My Spirit upon you and your seed, I will give My blessing to your offspring  - who will populate Heaven with their praise - Drop, drop ye Heavens from above, and let the skies wherein My eagles fly pour down righteousness  - let the earth open and bring forth salvation  - let righteousness spring up together  - I, THE LORD, HAVE CREATED IT! WOE UNTO HIM THAT STRIVETH WITH HIS MAKER! SHALL THE CLAY SAY TO HIM THAT FASHIONETH IT - WHAT HAVE YOU MADE? WOE UNTO HIM THAT SAITH TO HIS FATHER  - WHAT BEGETTEST THOU? OR TO THE WOMAN - WHAT HAVE YOU BROUGHT FORTH? I FORM THE LIGHT AND THE DARKNESS,  I MAKE PEACE AND CREATE EVIL, I THE LORD DO ALL THESE THINGS - THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH - AND ALL THAT IS THEREIN, ARE AN OPEN BOOK TO ME - ALL MANKIND,  BOTH GOOD AND EVIL, SERVE MY PURPOSE  - IT IS MY GOOD PLEASURE TO GIVE MY KINGDOM TO MY OWN - THE LOWLY AND THE MEEK - BUT TO THOSE WHO DO NOT LOVE ME - I GIVE YOU THE DESIRE OF YOUR HEARTS - AN ETERNITY APART FROM ME, SAITH THE LORD.