Passion and Purpose

Christians.....really????

2010-12-01T18:07:00.000-08:00

Well Here I go, one of my pet peeves…I thought and have often said that there
is only one thing worse than a whiny woman and that is a whiny man…I was wrong there is something even more annoying than both of those and that is whiny Christians. Yep, I did say that. For those of you who follow me on facebook if
you see yourself here, I will not apologize it is time for you to grow up and eat meat!

I read post, I hear you when you speak, I see your face when you talk, and I am
amazed that so many Christians straddle a fence that you don’t even see yourself
straddling…you will praise God and in the same breath you glorify satan.

In the sixty six books of the bible there is at least one scripture that will state, fear not…We are told fear not what you will wear, fear not what you will eat, fear not, fear not…On the other half of fear not, God tells us be not dismayed, don’t be discouraged, faint not, be diligent, He tells us we lack nothing. How is it that as
children of the Most High, whine so much, lacking faith and having such unbelief in
the God that we say we love with all of our hearts and trust with all of our souls?
Do we really love Him? Do we really trust Him? How can that be when I hear nothing but complaining and whining?

First allow me to educate you on something, God is not your sugar daddy. He never said I will just give you everything you want, he did say that he would provide our needs, and he also said you days will be filled with sorrow, he didn’t promise you a
easy life, he did say count the cost, everyone who has been associated with Christ has had to a price, not just once, but until the Lord comes or you go on home to glory. It is time to put away you bottle pick up your fork and knife, it is time to
eat meat; it is time to grow up.

My beloved, it is through the trails that we learn to trust HIM, it is in the trails that we learn to depend on Him, and it is in the trails that we learn His ways and his love, don’t be discouraged it the trails, get alone with him and be transformed by His glory and by His love.

Jerri
Ecc. 2:23 (sorrows) the fear not scriptures, just starting from the beginning of the book to the end of the book. Ex. 3:4-8, Affliction and deliverance, Col. 2:10, your completeness.

Life or Death...

2010-11-30T17:50:00.000-08:00

Duet. 30:19, I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I
have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life,
that both thou and they seed may live:

I suppose I am still on the choices that we make in our lives, it is so important
that we know what our options are as well as what comes with those options…

In today’s society we don’t hear much about blessings or cursing’s, unless you attend a church and even then in my opinion not much teaching on the depths of
how our choices can lead to blessings or cursing’s. I hear people say be blessed
and then talk about the person in an ungodly manner as they leave, so in essence you have told the person to be blessed but you have spoken curses…

Blessings as well as curses come in my forms, and we have power over some of those blessings and curses…they are called choices. God even took the verse further
by telling us to choose “life”, make choices that bring about life and there you will find blessings as well. Foolishly making choices can bring about death and curses.

Now lets take this a little deeper, God also stated choose life so that you and “your
seed”, may live. Believe it or not the choices that you make today can and does affect
your children and their children unto 3rd and 4th generations, so if you don’t want to
consider the choices you make for you sake, think of the seed that you produce, is the legacy that you want to leave be that of curses or blessings. Life or death?

God Bless
JJ

Choices...

2010-11-29T17:12:00.000-08:00

Pro 14:12, There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [ are] the ways of death.

I wonder how many people make choices before they consider the consequences, not many. I have been guilty of this myself, jump into a
decision before I truly considered what may result from that decision.

I have been listening more and reacting less….reason , I have no sympathy for some people these days. I have no reason to. When someone has been given sound and sane direction and they choose the
direction that results in negative results, yet they have been forewarned,
some have even tried the same things and get the same negative results
but will still make the same decision.

I should say that I no longer have sympathy for some, I have for others, there are those that are trying to make the right decisions and they still
feel like life is passing them by or that God has forgotten them, he hasn’t. My heart goes out for those who have not had the benefit of wise counsel, those who have no one to help them see all the consequences of a decision or action. Those yes they have my sympathy, to them they have my ear.

To those who keep making the same decisions and getting the same results, they bible calls you proud. You are puffed up in your own eyes and make yourself more important than you are, it is also called foolishness, so instead trying to find someone to bail you out, think of what the decision will cost you, it may seem like the right way but the end will equal death…

Here Is The Reason!

2010-08-15T14:43:00.001-07:00

I used to be a big fan of TBN, for those of you who do not know what that is
it is a television station, a “Christian network”. I have not watched TBN in a
very long time, I have friends who watch the station and feel I have somehow
left God because I no longer watch that station or go to their churches, on the
the contrary I have not left God, I have seen Him in a whole new way and it
is in the way I am suppose to see and know him. So for those of you who have
the pride to think you know what is best for me or the pride to think I have gone
astray and your way is the only way, then here is my answer to all of you. I no
longer believe in the way that you do things because I still the homeless without
a home while your “church building” gets bigger and more expensive. I still the
the hungry are still hungry while you are having to release the loops on your belt.
I still a nation who was suppose to be built of the freedom to serve Jesus who
have never heard of Jesus, I see you keep more cars than you can drive, more
houses than you can possible live in, more, more, more. I find that you are serving
self more than serving Jesus, I know that God wants us to have nice things but at
I don’t believe he meant that to be at the expense of letting others starve or go with
out the basic human needs. Just because you show up at a building on every time the
doors are open doesn’t mean that you are serving Jesus, some of you are just showing
up and some of you really believe that you are doing what God wants of you, and some
of you know that you are not but don’t have the heart or guts to stand up and make a
stand. There truly will be a day of accountability which of you can honestly stand
before God and say you KNOW you were doing HIS will. So I ask who has really missed it here.

How Do Strangers Rate...?

2010-08-13T17:19:00.000-07:00

I talk with a lot of people and I listen to even more, I hear them on my job, in the stores, listen to them when I am getting my pedicures, while I am shopping and even within my own family. I am state if questioning, because I don't know how it is that people will listen to the advice or guidance of a complete stranger over someone they know and know that they can trust. When it comes to making some of the most important decisions in their lives, they will tell a stranger what they are up against and take the advice of that stranger, whether it be someone they just met on their job, in a bank or those who will even get on the phone to consult a psychic. People who know nothing about you and probably shouldn't know anything about you. I have to wonder what is going in the minds of people these days, I have a lot of questions however, when I ask I get,"I don't know." Of course for me that just leads to many more questions that I am sure I will get a resounding I don't know. If you don't know why you take the guidance from a complete stranger over those who truly know you and you know that you can trust, then how competent are you to make the rest of your decision in your life. Miss Cleo of the psychic network is a crook, the girl doing you feet only sees you once or maybe twice a month, what is up with people, When you run to strangers before you run to God, before you run to those who he put in your life then is it any wonder our nation is as messed up as it is. Seek ye first the kingdom of God and then everything else follows.....goodnight.

Cost or Consequences

2010-08-10T17:59:00.000-07:00

I know that this is not going to be a popular blog this evening but it is what the Lord has placed on my heart. I hear many "christians" complain that they have paid a "price" and not to question them because of this "price that they have paid". I find this really disheartening because what they call paying a price is not a price at all. Let's first get an understanding of what this cost/price is. Luke 14:28For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? Jesus was teaching this to the disciples and he makes it very clear that you are not going to go and just start building a tower without first adding up the cost of supplies, labor, and also counting in the cost of what mishaps that may take place. Meaning this is a well thought out, thought about plan of action. Today many jump into the ministry and they don't have the first clue of "paying a price", they have not added up the cost of being in the ministry because they have not suffered the cost, nor have they the intentions of suffering the cost, I venture to say that we have made it far to easy to stand behind the pulpit as well as deceiving. What todays "christians" call paying the price is not the cross that you take up to follow Christ, Paul said in Gal.6:17 From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul underwent beatings, floggings, being run out of town, went hungry because of the gospel of this good news that he was preaching. That is a cost, a price being paid. Jesus paid a price, it was His life. What people are calling a price is not a cost at all but the consequences of a decision that they made in their lives. Paying a price means something you are giving up or suffering for following after Jesus Christ, it is not an excuse from a bad decision giving reasons why you have a right to stand behind a pulpit and preach, why you have suffered so much when in reality you have not been suffering you been enjoying acts of life which have nothing to do with christ and the consequences of those actions. Have a wonderful and Blessed evening, Your sis, Jerri.

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Call and Election

2010-08-09T18:47:00.000-07:00

Hello All,

I have gone through a spell with my writing a love/hate thing for about two years but since everyone has something to post and I find that what they are posting can sometimes be in error, sometimes it is a legit error and sometimes we humans can be so full of pride that we like to toot our own horn but really miss it. Peter Mentions making sure of your call and election in 2 Peter 2:10 unfortunately many get these confused, for we know that many are called but few are chosen. The best explanation for this is in the history lesson of Saul and David. Saul was indeed the King of Israel he heard the call of the people and answered however, God called and elected David to be King, he had the prophet Samuel anoint him king even though it took another 40 years before David ruled the people. I find it interesting the people who stand behind the pulpits or the "prophets & prophetesses" of our day and I am sorely disappointed for they are missing it most of the time and leading people in a direction that God has not proclaimed. God's word does not change no matter how they try to twist it around or say that in this day and age things are different, this day may be different to this age however there is nothing new under the sun and we can not change God's word to excuse ourselves for our misdeeds or pride. Many are called but few are chosen. Make sure of your call and your election. God Bless you and keep you.....Jerri

Everything Under the Sun...

2009-11-23T19:01:00.000-08:00

Absolute vanity, this is what the wisest man in the world said, that everything under the sun is vanity. He also states that there is nothing new under the sun... I write this because I keep hearing "preachers, prophets and the such" say that God is doing a new thing, well if that is true then they are saying that god is a liar in his word..., How can Solomon who God gave so much wisdom to know that everything under the sun is not new, in fact it states, that what was done or has ever been shall begin again, what will be has already been and there is no new thing under the sun. For me I will choose to believe what Solomon has to say since God allowed it to be put in His book, and since God gave Solomon the wisdom and stated that no other man on the earth would ever have the same wisdom as Solomon, I have to agree with him, so on that note I encourage you to leave me the reason's why I am correct or where you think I have missed it...I look forward to the discussions.
JJ

Silence is Golden

2009-11-21T13:19:00.000-08:00

I remember a time in my life that I found it hard to stay in a quite place, needing a television or radio some sort of noise. I have come to a place in my life that I now enjoy and cherish those quite moments and the stillness. In those quite moments there is a peace and serenity that comes and then a rejuvenation. That still small voice can be heard much clearer when you get in a quite place and learn to enjoy and even relish in the silence.
Most people can't stand the quite, they can't stand the stillness, they have not come to that place of peace, the constant noise is a distraction for them...age helps to enjoy the quite, in fact there are times when sounds just become too much chaos, and just plain noise.
Find the joy and peace in the quite place...Silence is golden.
jj

Christians...

2009-11-17T18:57:00.001-08:00

What have I to say about "Christians" today? Am I going to tick someone off? YES...

I have watched and listen to christians who have gone to church for years, who seem to never get any victory. I have become disgusted with the whiney Christains who praise Jesus and then in the same breath whine.

What is wrong with this picture? You have an ever present and all knowing Father who has given you the power of life and death...your tongue, you know that tiny little member of your body that continues to wreak havoc.

You have been given the power, power over your situation but instead of speaking those things that are not as though they are, you whine about every trial, storm and fire you go through, stop it. you will never gain your victory and you certainly will not keep it.

Two things to keep in mind...

1. If you can not learn to get victory and keep it from the one who is suppose to be teaching you then perhaps it is time you leave.

2. If the one that is teaching you is correct then you need to take a good look at who it is that you are believing on and put away the children toys and become the adult you are suppose to become, it is time for you to throw away your bottle and eat some meat...

God is not your sugar daddy, he is not your pimp and he is not to be taken lightly. He never promised any of us an easy road, in fact he tells us quite the opposite, you will have trials, you will have storms you are no different from anyone else, but he also tells us that we have the victory, and even in the mist of these trials and storms to guard our joy....if you continue to keep giving the enemy your joy, you give him your victory.

Some will say I have come off too hard, not showing love, the truth is I am responding with love by telling you the cold hard truth, I wasn't created to give you padded answers or allow you to think that it is everyone else's job to hold you up in prayer, or come running everytime a storm hits and you whine, no I was created to tell you it is time to grow up, pray yourself up and like David encourage yourself in the Lord.....

With Much Love,
Goodnite
JJ

America Wake Up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-11-16T16:22:00.000-08:00

I was mortified by the misinformation that I read on AOL yesterday by a journalist that obviously did not do his homework, he stated that child abductions were not as bad today as they were ten years ago...He stated that it just seemed that way because the media has sensationalized the recent abductions... What????

I work with Child Shield U.S.A. I can tell you from my homework that it is in fact alot worse than ten years ago, only now it is getting the attention that is needed. Over 2100 children are reported missing everyday...everyday! This does not include those that do not get reported, or the immigrants who are afraid to report their missing for fear of getting deported back to the countries they fled...

I am honestly discouraged by the lack of attention that some of our missing children receive, Of all the five year olds that went missing this year in Florida, you did not hear about the little boy that went missing on January 10, 2009 from his grandmothers yard, his name Is Adji Disir, he was five and mentally challegend and he is black, the news never mentioned him and it was only until this month November 2009 that People magazine finally mention him after ten months....what is wrong with this picture?

Let's talk about the teenagers that go missing and because they are teens are automically assumed to be runaways....Today's drug dealers are finding it harder and more difficult to find the right substances to cut their dope so they have found a new way to to make their money...they snatch your teenage children and sell them as prostitutes...

It is not better than ten years ago...it is in fact alot worse and still we in America are clueless or unwillingly to think that it could happen to them...heres a news flash for you, every parent of a missing child said the same thing, some of those same parents will never see their children alive again.... It can and it does happen right here in good ole America...

To check my facts go to msnbc and look under human trafficking, check our website at
www.childshieldusa.com/pgs

You can find the information on Adji on the National Center For Exploited Children, we are in need of more awareness and concern for the safetly of our children and we also need to remove ourselves from the sugar coated bubble we are living in

America it is time to wake up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Goodnite all
JJ

Fight The Good fight

2009-11-15T16:52:00.001-08:00

Well today I have to sit back in awe at the ignorance of the human race...I wonder when will we begin to stand up and become that which God ordained us to be...more than conquerors. I watch as the enemy has his way in my family and with those that he allows to use them and have to be reminded of the pearl of great price, hearing that still small voice reminding me that it is only a piece of sand, a small irritant that will eventually create the beautiful pearl that so many are willing to spend their monetary gain on....but are never willing to pay the price to become that beautiful pearl. When you are in the Good fight listen for that still small voice and ask yourself this...am I the pearl or am I the sand. I can sit and watch as the clam is going on its merry way and that small piece of sand gets stuck in the grip of the clam, the clam begins to spin that small piece of sand around and around trying to spin it out of its grip only to find that the small piece of sand starts to get bigger and bigger until it now a beautiful pearl. There are times that we find ourselves being the clam and then yes there are those times that we find ourselves being the sand. Today I am becoming the pearl. When you find yourself in the position that no matter what you say it is taken out of the context in which you stated or the stupidity of those that the enemy uses begins to gain momentum with the others around the devil's advocate, then you my dear are the clam about to produce the pearl...I hope you hear that still small voice that reminds us that before the earth was formed our footsteps were already ordered and yours are no different follow the path that He set for you and let HIM take care of the rest, because remember when you try to argue with stupidity you give them the advantage...just like the clam, allow it to spin right off your back and watch as that glorious pearl shines....goodnite all jj

Today is the day.

2009-09-26T15:15:00.000-07:00

Hello All,

I have started this blog on this site hoping that it will do better than the previous one on another site. I had many different problems with the system, so today we start fresh and new and if you were trying to follow me before I hope you will continue.

Today I am just getting my wheels turning, I had started a book some time back and since I have been laid off work I'm thinking this is the time to see if I can get that finished. I have gotten the move taken care of and most things are unpacked, somethings may never get unpacked.......lol.

For all who help during this transition thank you.....

I hope you followed me over,

Thanks,
jj