Peace to Your House no. 5

Who is a God like You, who forgives wickedness

And passes over the rebellious acts of the remnant of His possession?

He does not retain His anger forever,

Because He [constantly] delights in mercy and lovingkindness.

He shall again have compassion on us;

He will subdue and tread underfoot our wickedness [destroying sin’s power].

Yes, You will cast all our sins

Into the depths of the sea.

You shall give truth to Jacob

And lovingkindness and mercy to Abraham,

As You have sworn to our forefathers

From the days of old.

Micah 7:18-20 AMP

Flowers of your faithfulness are blooming on the earth.

Righteousness shines down from the sky.

Yes, the Lord keeps raining down blessing after blessing,

and prosperity will drench the land with a bountiful harvest.

For deliverance goes before him,

preparing a path for his steps.

Psalms 85:11-13 TPT

But [Christ], well aware of their thoughts and purpose, said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is doomed to destruction; and a house divided against itself falls . . .When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his belongings are undisturbed and secure. But when someone stronger than he attacks and overpowers him, he robs him of all his armor on which he had relied and divides his [goods as] spoil. He who is not with Me [believing in Me as Lord and Savior] is against Me [there is no impartial position]; and he who does not gather with Me [assisting in My ministry], scatters."

Luke 11:17, 21-23 AMP

Embrace the Within.

It is another great day to be alive in Christ. There is always much happening in the world BUT very little happening over here. No complaints today. No arguments or angry rants. Just a little wisdom that I want to pass on about the word liturgy. A liturgy is really just a way of thinking about, speaking about, and acting out something. A liturgy consists of the thoughts, words, and actions we perform around any observance or custom. We have a daily liturgy of thoughts, words, and actions that we make our own. And this daily liturgy is basically our way of interacting and making sense of the world around us. It’s like our way of acting out our daily religion. A religion is nothing more than a set of beliefs and our liturgy are the thoughts, words, and actions of those beliefs.

So what is your liturgy saying about your religion? How are the thoughts, words, and actions we enact daily showing our beliefs? I am all about shining a light of truth on the hypocrisy of talking about your beliefs and what kind of things you support rather than looking at the witness and testimony your life gives to what you are. We like to say we value a lot of things BUT the real values we have are shown by how we think, speak, and act daily.

And there is a daily battle among most folks between these two realities and only one of them is true to their character. You see I can only be what I think, say, and do. I can’t be anything else. I can’t be a, “Do as I say and not as I do” hypocrite and think that I am fooling anyone BUT myself. And even then, inside ourselves and in our heart and mind, we understand that we are full of shit. These folks know that they are phony and know that everyone else they are around are just as phony as them. And why, when someone is not phony, when someone is authentically honest and real, when someone walks in their journey with integrity, the folks that aren’t get uneasy . . . they get nervous . . . they get a little hostile. The integrity of being right shines a light on their wrongdoing. And folks hate being exposed for being wicked and deceitful and wrong.

How are your thoughts, words, and actions working for you? Are they bringing you peace? Are they making your life better? Or is there something you need to change about your liturgy?

Peace to your home. Bless your being. The reign of God is now. Have the day you want. I hope you find whatever you’re looking for.

#ThinkBetter #BeBetter #NoGodsNoMasters #MyNepheshMyChoice #MakeYourselfGreatAgain #EmbracetheWithin