Break in???

what is going on here......is someone playing with my Blog? The police might need to know!!!

What do you burn for? Where is your passion?

I myself on a constant basis desire to speak to the lost about the matters everyone ignores, and that is Eternity, eternity brings about the sobering sense that one day we will all die. Most people spend their lives, earning money for homes, saving for retirement, or to put their kids through school, of which none of this is bad in itself.....

But not one, ever stops to think, that all of which they hold on to and value really is not in their hands in the first place, that death is going to come and snatch it all away, and they will be ushered into the presence of a holy God, to give an answer.

Hebrews 9:27 says That it is appointed for a man to die once and then the judgement.

Oh but "Don't talk to people like that!" you will offend them! You need to love them........This is club frustration for sure........I once thought the same way though and I loved, and loved, and could never tell the truth because, I only knew half of it......the love part......but even then that part was so distorted, it was from an earthly opinion.

I am glad that there are people in the church who are ever so willing to say what really needs to be said.....I know it is the saving work of God alone by His holy Spirit that saves a man, and it is by grace that i have been saved, but those who speak the Gospel in its entirety, those are who God is working through......and if God chooses a donkey to do that through, then, so be it!!!

I love the quote from John MacArthur " Never in my life did i think I would spend most of my time trying to rescue the Gospel from evangelicals" I was one who marred that precious Gospel, with a lop sided god loves you tune......... even I myself, believed God Loved me and needed to be affirmed in that over and over.

Because it was not a reality and deep down there was no crying of the witness of the Spirit of God that cried out Abba father! (Romans 8:15)

Ever since God has done that work in my heart, I had moments of sleep, but God by His Holy Spirit will not allow it, and I recognize that, "I" must do the works of Christ, and in order to do that i must abide in him and depend on God through prayer and fellowship with him. The fire is stoked...... and i must continue to stoke it. Passion will church inside of you when you take the necessary steps to cultivate a meaningful time with God. as you lay your ear on his breast and begin to hear his heart beat, your heart begins to beat along side of His, and when that happens you can answer What do you burn for, and what your passion is.

Blog lost......

I just spent 20 min blogging only to have my computer shut down for no good reason.......stay tuned for " What do you burn for?" uggh!!

Return to the Course

For the past almost 3 years, I have not completed the S.O.B.E course, and now that I am on line again, I re-sent my password verification and found my way into it once again, so i was very happy.

For those who do not know what sobe is it is an on line college for Biblical evangelism, by way of the master.

I have been privileged though to put into practice, everything I had learned from there, and have made a consistent effort to do so, has been such an amazing door opener, to the lost strangers and family.

Training in evangelism, (the proper training) helps equip anyone for the ultimate purpose we live here on earth, (as Christians) and that is to walk as Jesus walked, seeking and saving the lost. But what about the call to worship God............we must worship and SERVE him, as the scriptures state, I will say it again, worship and serve......... not lift up our hands to an amazing Holy God and then walk away satisfied while others are on their way to hell.

Somehow somewhere we as a church have lost our purpose, we have turned it all inward, we have been looking to self fulfilment, in all we do for God, there really is no discomfort, except lack of sleep, and lets not kid ourselves please, if you think that is suffering for Christ your wrong!

For now this is a little buzz, I'm tired to rattle on, or rattle your cage at the moment, but until next blog.............

Offending the bretheren whom I truly love

I wrote this note to a friend whom I've offended, they cannot put their finger on what Ive done exactly, but cannot stand to be in my presence, they told me that there is something in me that makes them afraid................. my words in their ears have been twisted to something ....... well not that good.......... This friend, I have set out to pray for, that God in His mercy would have His way, not take too long, Oh friend if this could be resolved through human reasoning, it really seems past that though, Im really sorry.......really

I forgive you, please, you cannot blame me for your problems, take it up with the Lord, His word in its fulness is enough, for heaven and earth will pass away but the word of the Lord stands foever, we must deposit that which is the fulness of all that He is, because after all as you say we are week, we need to cry out for His mercy because we are so deserving of hell. And only because of The Death and raising of Christ He has done a work to save us, and not of ourselves......... This is me, I will never stop speaking what His word has said, and if it should offend, then that is the knowing of Christ and the fellowship of His sufferings, wont you jouney with me? God knows how to deal with all my issues, It is not your responsability. We must examine ourselves daily by His word, I will not use my words to build someone, they are useless, it will always be THE BIBLE SAYS and I will not recant on that. You are not to examine me, but I will give you this, judge me by His word, the only worry you should have about me is if I am false, because If I am false then I will be telling false things to lead people astray, I hope that whatever the issue is for you, you will find peace, untill then may God by His holy Spirit do the work in I, and you and bring it to completion. I do Love you, I am deeply torn for you in that you despise whatever you see in me, this makes ME afraid. In Christ, Joanne

The Desires of our Hearts

Back in earlier days in the church I was in, I know my faulty belief system led me to believe so many erroneous things, like what God wanted for my life. The scripture that says:

Delight also yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart Psalms 37:4

That scripture was all about me and what I thought God would want me to have, but because of a false Gospel, I sought out the things in life for me. I thought God would make me great, and that I would do wonderful works in His name, and simply put this was MY focuses.


I remember so many disappointments, as a so called believer, and my trust in Christ was nil because for me it was about me, I tried to make things out to be as for Jesus, I could speak the lingo very well indeed as to move the hearts of my fellow friends, but what God desired for me were not His desires.

When I came to such a realization of MY faith, and how who I was, was built from what I did, I was in utter schock as to see how wrong I really was............. even at baptism, I was simply a wet sinner.............. This was shocking, but very liberating, The grace I sang of, and His love I spoke of, was for once the real deal and not the chills up my spine! I did hunger for knowledge, I did study to show myself an approved workman, but it was all for me, and even when I said it was for God ........ in evaluation of that, I really believed it myself. I think of those who one day will stand before God and say LORD Lord Have I not done all this for you that could have been me now that scripture doesn't mean MY desires it means that as I seek God with all I am, I will be filled with His desires............. and His desires are straight and narrow. His ways seem hard and don't look like I once saw them, but I know truly as I cry out ABBA Father, He reveals Himself in ways that are not my own, they are opposite of how I think, but He is true to His word, and His word alone.

I thought the desires of my heart were success, in all i did, and prosperity in my life and family, a big home, friends.......... These is not Gods desires, they are not even His ideas. We would be nothing but wicked to assume what Gods ways are in our own vain imaginations and that is simply what I was.

We often quote His ways are not our ways, but do we really know what that means? we forget the context that it is spoken in and therefore we misinterpret what it really means.

Isaiah 55:6-9

Seek the Lord while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man HIS THOUGHTS: and let him return to the Lord, and He will have mercy on him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon. For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, says the Lord.
For as the heavens are higher that the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

We are far from God when we think our ideas are Gods apart from the true Gospel of salvation and His word!

My thoughts were to be repented from, and as I repented from my sin,my ideas, my idolatry of Christ, I began to see a very narrow road that only by Him I could travel, My desires are to see men, woman and children come to repentance and Faith in Christ. My desires are for those that are lost to understand what it is to be saved, and found by God, my desires are to know Christ and the fellowship of His sufferings, my desires are a constant insatiable desire for God alone above all I have or own............. I pray that I could always be in this and as seek God He holds on to me and if I should every stray I know He will pull me back and has pulled me back. Am I capable of straying... yes, am I capable of failing, oh yes, but, as I continue to seek daily, and fill myself with His word, He holds me and gives me a strength and conviction like none other.

So.......... where are your desires at?

Street Fishing.......Fishers of Men!!!

This past while there have been all sorts of purposeful encounters, some unexpected like the Pepsi guy at work, others I prayed about and then purposed to go to them personally, all in all there were open doors and opportunities taken literally, but in all of each one that was so unique I saw the power of the Holy Spirit constraining them, each one seizing the sinful heart of man and bringing conviction.


I set out on Friday, which was Good Friday to go to the streets, as some of my brothers and sisters walked the cross, I wanted to go and engage in the passion I so believe with all I have, to tell men and women as well as the young WHY JESUS?


As the usual the text book classic case of the sentence every person mutters, " But I'm a good person!" showed its face and others like my sweet niece (oh how I love you) "I accepted Jesus" My niece was the first person I met out on the streets, It was really amazing to watch God move on her heart and mind, the understanding was evident, the conviction was Just but loving. My sweet niece was understanding for the first time who Jesus really was and why He had to die, the Gospel message rang true and clear and there was a listening ear to the demand of repentance and her Trust in Christ!!!

There was several this past week, The guy at my work place who is doing part of the Reno's in the store, when I finally approached him, he squirmed a whole lot, he said to the guy beside him "cut a hole in the wall so i can get out of here!" The conviction of the Holy Spirit once again expected (by myself) but I stood in utter amazement over it all, the whole while I knew I had to make sure he understood that there was Hope, that he could be justified in Christ alone, and not his good works, because we had established that he was not as good as he thought.

You know there were others, but for now I just want to say this: Church is easy! Doing what God asks of us is uncomfortable, If we really believe that when a person dies without Christ he goes to hell what on earth are you waiting for? You just pass on by those who are dying.........Now don't get me wrong I'm not saying jump on the first person you see, but as you go, open your eyes to all the opportunities, there are so many there should never be a lack of testimony....... even as you give out a Gospel tract.

For now lets pray for the lost, please pray for the people who were convicted but have yet to repent from their sin......... stay tuned for more!