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Know When To Bend

I received the following this morning from Michael Pink, author of Selling Among Wolves Without Joining The Pack. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

"Thus says the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him; and I will (1) loose the armor of kings,(2) to open before him the two-leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut; (3) I will go before you, and (4) make the crooked places straight: (Isa 45:1-3)

So I ask you, what makes a crooked path? I believe there are two causes of the crooked path and they both serve a purpose. The first cause of the crooked path is God Himself. It is on the crooked path that we learn to rely on Him. It is on the crooked path that we come to the end of ourselves. It is on the crooked path that we behold the beauty of the Lord and His glory. It is on the crooked path, that we must bend our will to His way. It is on the crooked path that we become entwined with Him. We injure ourselves when we try to straighten what God has made crooked. We must learn to bend with the Father and conform to His "way". He is taking us to school along the crooked path. Learn to enjoy the scenery.Charles Kuralt of CBS fame once said, "Interstate highways allow you to drive coast to coast, without seeing anything". It's the curse of the straight path. While it's true that the shortest path between any two points is a straight line, the straight line is not always best. The devil always tells us, we deserve it now. Get rich quick. Take the shortest path. Don't wait. Time's a wasting! If you get on the straight path, (the interstate highway), before you have the Father's heart built in and the old nature brought under, you may find yourself broadsided by a fast moving 18 wheeler, you didn't see coming!Give a young man his inheritance before he has the wisdom to steward it and you will lose both the inheritance and quite possibly your son. Before you give your child any inheritance, make sure you have passed on the inheritance of your heart. A great way to do that is on the difficult path. The crooked path. The inheritance of your heart is more "caught than taught" and the trials of life provide the perfect context to pass on the wealth of understanding God has deposited in your heart as you learned to bend to His will and His ways along the winding path.

Stuck On Standby!!!

I know that Pastor Clint Brown used this title for a recent sermon that I ministered in Michigan. I feel that it was a "now word" for a lot of the youth and young adults that were in attendance and I wanted to share some points with you.


I ministered out of Deut. 1:5-8; here are some key points; the children of Israel had been stuck in the wilderness for 40 years because of the negative report of 10 people. The journey should have only taken them 11 days but they were "stuck on standby" for 40 years. I feel that the church of America has been "stuck" for too long and it's time to move on. There were three things God told Moses before they were to possess their promise.
The word standby means: held near at hand & ready for use.
1.) Realize They Dwelt Here Long Enough
- You've been at the same place for too long and it's time you realize it and move on.
2.) Break Camp
- Before you can FULLY move into your destiny you have to break the thing that is "comfortable" to you and start progressing.
- We need to forget who has wronged us and ran us through the mud and move on. We have got to quit talking about the "used to" move and start talking about the "NOW" move. People aren't interested in the used to they want to know the now move.
- You can never fully get "here" until you are willing to leave "there."
3.) Go & Occupy
- The word occupy in v 8 literally means to possess the land. The word possess means to drive out other tenants. We have tenants that are "squatting" illegally on our land & it's time we go and drive them out.

Hope you enjoyed.

Pictures Of Recent Evangelistic Trip To Michigan

I was in Michigan ministering two weeks ago and wanted to share some pictures with everyone.

The First Step Of Restoration Has Come!!!!!

In my past blogs I have eluded to a situation that was handled poorly on my end and the other parties end but there seemed to be no restoration in sight or ever from where I stood. Through it all I had been speaking with a really good friend of mine in Southern Ohio and he told me that the same thing had happened to him as far as people running his name through the mud and people constantly talking about him. I asked him what he did to keep the bitterness feelings from setting in.

He told me that everytime that person would come to his mind he would say a simple prayer "God let your kingdom come" and then move on. He encouraged me to do the same and he said that he felt if I did it with a pure heart that God would move and change the situation. When you have a 55 minute drive to and from work you have a lot of time to think and pray about things. Every time this situation and person would come to my mind I would pray the very thing that Billy told me to pray. Although the first couple of times it was prayed through "gritted teeth." The more and more I prayed that prayer the easier and easier it got.

Then last Wednesday (10-31-07) I received breakthrough. The person that I had an "issue" with and they had an "issue" with me called and apologized for everything. They said that they were wrong in what they did and they regretted it. Of course I forgave all and I apologized for the attitude that I had given as well, we hugged and were able to talk with no animosity at all. I am so thankful that we are able to start reconciling the relationship and I am anxious to see what's going to happen. If you are in a situation and you need God to restore; take heart and know that the restoration is only a prayer away.

It's Your Wake Up Call

For those of you that read this blog quite regularly (I don't know who you are) you know that a couple of days ago I wrote about God telling me to tell the kids at church that it's time to get serious. Matt called me last week and asked that I teach the kids one more time on Sunday morning. The moment he asked me to teach God spoke to me and said preach on "It's Your Wake-Up Call."

I was past the point of worrying about the kids feelings towards me and I decided that I was going to minister what God told me to minister. Up to that point the kids in the youth really hadn't shown a "true" interest in spiritual things. There was one young lady in the group that has really been through a lot and God was able to use me to give her a prophetic word that really changed her life.

Her mom came to me the following Sunday and thanked me for "reading her mail" because all she did was talk about how awesome she was feeling. I know that this was a "destiny" word and I am excited to see where God is going to take us as a youth ministry.

Time To Get Serious!!!

Tell the kids "It's Time To Get Serious!!!" It was Sunday morning during praise and worship at church. (www.myspace.com/abundantlifetabernacle) I was contacted at 9:59am that morning to teach the youth (thanks Chewie - you have taught me to be instant in season and out). I was asking God what He wanted me to teach and I heard nothing until about 15 minutes until it was time to go back to class. I was praying and seeking and asking and all of the sudden I heard God tell me to tell the kids It's Time To Get Serious!!!



God brought me to Revelation 3 where God is telling the church that He wished they were hot or cold. But because they are lukewarm He was going to vomit them out of His mouth. I can honestly say that God came in the room and I was literally weeping as I was teaching. I kept telling the kids that God's heart cry for us is to get serious about our walk with Him and the lack of care we have had. If America needs anything right now it's for the youth and the church of America to stand up and declare the word of the Lord to a lost and dying world. He's tired of our lackadaisical lifestyle and He's going to start requiring us to change so we can walk into what He has for us.