All Things Golden: Practical Christian Living for Today!

The Rules of Engagement:These Days

1. Read & Pray for Clarity

2. Speak with Wisdom and Love

3. Live Jesus Out loud

We need to know how to maintain our identity as Christians and hold our character of integrity and strength.  2 Cor. 7:8-10. God is using this time as a way to shake us up and ready us for His return.  Even with all of this turmoil, we need to be the salt of the earth.  The church can change the world and we have the power to do so.  If we all came outside of the 4 walls and prayed, what would happen? Every person, in some way shape or form is affected by what is going on.  The church is a place of healing and we are going to need to be ready to administer to people's needs.  Let us come together and really hear our brothers and sisters, lets share their burdens, seek justice and pray.  Do your part, whatever you can, to make an impact. Engage during this time but let us be sure and very sure on what our specific task is.

Flirting with the idea of a Mobile Podcast>>>> Christians go forth in the Business World!!

Join me as I pray the Tabernacle Prayer while in the midst of the pandemic.  Keep the faith and have hope, for the Lord God shall save us.  

2 Chron 7:14-15

Psalm 20

Don't be downtrodden, for the Lord will save you.  His Word promises us that "if my people who are called by my name shall humble themselves and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will heal their land. "2 Chron. 7:14

Do you feel like you're having a valley moment?  This is sometimes God's way of getting us to himself, where He can teach us a few things for the next part of the journey.  We suffer to be able to reign with Him later on.  The valley isn't always a bad place to be.

Sometimes all you can do is just pray....Go in peace and serve the Lord.

Its cool, you can still need Jesus and go to therapy.  When you can't talk to others, it's not wrong to seek professional help.  Somethings are chemical imbalances, not all the time are they demonic attacks.  Let's talk!

Today’s episode was sparked by a conversation amongst friends. A group of us under 36 were gathered around the dinner table feasting on BBQ and the Word. And we got around to talking about having a personal relationship with Christ and its importance. We began to go into depth about worship. Im going to be transparent for a moment and let you all in on a secret. Sometimes I fall off in the discipline and consistency in my relationship with Christ. Furthermore, I think that I become so bogged down with life and all of its cares that I forget what I’m supposed to be doing. I also reject the idea that it should be a routine or mundane task that it loses the freshness and attractiveness to spend time with Him. I guess I am somewhat in a Catch 22, so this episode will help me first and then you. Us millennials aren’t for all of the religion, most traditions, and really need to know the whys and hows about everything. I want to present the truth for deeper knowledge and help develop the wisdom on how to apply it in our daily lives.

This episode was inspired by a conversation of young believers and it just happens to be from a male. I’ve talked about being feminine and meek briefly in other episodes but I wanted to really celebrate biblical Womanhood.

The idea for this shown was sparked by the talk of God giving women something that men don’t have: The Power of Influence.  Don’t think that being a woman or feminine is weak or beneath the man. We were created equal and very different for specific reasons. In fact, being feminine can be deadly just ask Adam and mankind, pardon to the pun. Due to Eve’s femininity and persuading Adam, through his disobedience to God came sin into the world.

Do you have a game plan for your life?  The bible tells us that we shouldn't worry about tomorrow.  In fact, Jesus said it Himself in the book of Matthew.  So what do we do?

What is truth?  Our reality is not always our truth.  God's word is truth and He cannot lie.  

God, where are you?  How do I know that you are real and not just a fantasy or figment of my imagination?  The world tells me that You aren't real, and that I am God... We've all had these questions at some point in our lives.

Sanctify yourself with the word which will renew your mind, that leads to new behavior, which yields new results/fruit, which produces a whole new life and testimony for all to see. Your spirit, energy, and whole appearance will change to that of having the glow of God’s presence all over you.

Last week’s episode Sweet True Beauty pt 1 left off with this quote: Let my words drip with honeyed wisdom that draws favor with men and women as does nectar draws bees…

What is beauty? attractiveness-all the characteristics, attributes, allure, loveliness, charm, comeliness

Someone can be aestetichally pleasing but not be beautiful. Well what makes a person beautiful? In my opinion personality, attitude, demeanor, the way you treat others, kindness, confidence, and spiritual life makes a person beautiful.

Life is going great and everything is going as planned. You’re on a high from everything being all good but what happens when you experience tragedy or hit a pothole on the journey? We give God praise and thanks when everything is going good but how come we turn away and quit God when things don’t go as planned? What if God is allowing this particular thing to happen to us tom get us to a greater place? to bless us even better than what we could have imagined?

Idleness-the state of inaction or inactivity is dangerous. This is a huge opportunity for the enemy to come and attack you. Before you know it you’ll find yourself doing things you’d never have thought. When you don’t fill up your time and mind with things that lead you to your destiny, fulfill your purpose, and strengthen you; you will be weakened by distractions, the after emotions of the consequences of distraction. It will become a dark tunnel that you will go down.

Do you know that we can have peace when the world is going crazy.  God is the giver of peace that surpassing all understanding.

How doe we reconcile reaching the world and moving past our culture, hang-ups, & upbringing .

Often times in the christian world there is a fear of losing one's own identity.  We see the phenomena of people becoming carbon copies ofthe overwhelming voice of influence.  In all actuality, we should only take up Jesus Christ's identity and within that He allows us to be ourselves made perfect through Him.