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Find Another Strand

[9] Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. [10] For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! [11] Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? [12] And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken. ~ Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

Something I’ve been working on lately is allowing myself to let out pain instead of bottling it up inside. And what I’ve learned is that the pain doesn’t destroy me like it used to. Yes, it hurts, but allowing myself to breakdown and just cry has really helped. It sounds absolutely crazy, but it does help.

When the world keeps dumping on you, finding someone you can trust that you know loves you more than words can say and letting out your pain with them unburdens your soul. I don’t know why, but it does. Someone holding you as you cry in their arms, it releases that pain that has been burdening you down for so long.

When things begin to take a toll on you and you feel like you might burst, it’s okay to lean on someone else. It doesn’t make you weak. It doesn’t make you less. It means you are growing up and you understand that no one makes it through life alone.

So, find someone you can depend on. Someone you can unburden with and can in turn can unburden you.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Find Another Strand.

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Live Like Chau

[19] Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, [20] teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age. ~ Matthew 28:19-20

Today is World Mission Sunday. We as Christians, are called to go to the ends of the earth and proclaim the Gospel. As I was scrolling through reels (shorts) on my phone, I saw a movie trailer for the movie “Last Days.” The comment section was filled with negative comments. In fact, every single comment on there was negative. “Stupid idea for a movie.” “He got what he deserved.” “We all knew what would happen.” Many of these people were self-professing Christians.

See, “Last Days” is a movie based on the last days of John Allen Chau who died on November 17, 2018 at 26 years old. He was an American evangelical Christian missionary who attempted to share the Gospel with an isolated tribe in the North Sentinel Island. On his second attempt to share the Gospel with the Sentinelese people, he got in a kayak and made his way to the tribe. He was shot with an arrow and died from the wound.

His actions were condemned across the internet. He was accused of neocolonialism. He was called an idiot and arrogant. Condemned by the majority of commentary. All because he wanted to share the Gospel with those who had never heard. He wanted to fulfill the Great Commission as we all should try to do. To share the Gospel with all people.

We’re not all called to extreme mission work but we’re all called to mission work. We’re all called to share the Gospel and make disciples of all nations. This is the call of all people in the Church. What are you doing to fulfilling this call? Are you sharing with anyone willing to listen? Are you making yourself uncomfortable in order to share the Gospel with someone and possibly save a soul?

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Live Like Chau.

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You Are Being Saved

Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. ~ 1 Corinthians 15:1-2

Paul said that he wanted to remind his readers, the Corinthian brothers, about the gospel that he had preached to them. He said that they had received the good news, that they were standing in that faith, and by grace they were being saved, if they would hold fast to that good news that he had preached to them.

In other words, they had not arrived; they were still being saved. It was not all said and done; they had an obligation to hold fast to the word that Paul had preached to them.

Imagine a man caught in a storm at sea, clinging to a lifebuoy thrown to him from a rescue ship. He is being pulled from the water, but he is not yet on the ship. The waves are still crashing, the wind is still howling, and the danger is not yet behind him. His only hope is to keep holding on to that lifebuoy until he is brought safely aboard.

That’s the picture Paul paints in 1 Corinthians 15:1–2. The gospel is the lifebuoy. We have received it, we are standing in it, and we are being saved by it—but only if we hold fast. Not because our grip earns our salvation, but because letting go would reveal that we never truly trusted the One who saves.

This is not about living in fear or uncertainty. It’s about perseverance in faith. Hebrews 3:14 echoes this truth: “For we have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end.” And Jesus Himself said, “The one who endures to the end will be saved” (Matthew 24:13).

So today, let us examine our hearts. Are we holding fast to the gospel in word and in deeds? Are we trusting in Christ alone—not just once, but daily? Salvation is not a one-time transaction; it is a lifelong transformation. And the good news is, the One who began a good work in us will bring it to completion (Philippians 1:6)—if we do not let go. Heavenly Father, thank You for the gift of Your Son Jesus. Help me to live daily for You, and when I fall short, correct me and bring me back in alignment with Your Word. In Jesus’ Name I pray, amen.

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Do You Know Your Savior?

38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of Him who sent me. ~ John 6:38

Many people, including many in the Church, argue that Jesus never claimed any divinity but always only pointed back to the father as only God. Here’s the thing, Jesus claimed to have come down from Heaven. Why does that matter? No human comes down from Heaven. We are created for this earth and this earth alone, which is why we, the Bride of Christ, will dwell on the New Earth for all eternity and not Heaven (Revelation 21 & 1 Corinthians 15:42-49).

So, Jesus is claiming to be much more than human. Now, if Jesus comes down from Heaven and claims God to be His Father that would mean He is at the very minimum a celestial being. Now, take a look at Jesus’ prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane:

5 And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.

John 17:5

Jesus claims to have glory that He had with the Father before the world existed. This now changes the titles He claims for Himself in the Book of Revelation.

12 “Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense with me, to repay each one for what he has done. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.”

Revelation 22:12-13

These aren’t just titles the father gave Jesus, these are titles He set aside while on Earth and the father then bestowed back on Him when He ascended on high (Philippians 2:9-11). Therefore, when Christ declared that He descended from Heaven, He was claiming to be God incarnate.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Know Your Savior.

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Let His Religion Change You

[11] Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience. [12] For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. [13] And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account. ~ Hebrews 4:11-13

There is nothing in all of creation that can be hidden from God, nor can He be bamboozled into accepting someone who has rejected Him. But know this: “Everything is opened and laid bare before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account” (Hebrews 4:13).

What I want you to understand is this: It’s like what Charles Spurgeon said: “The Gospel that does not change me will not save me.” Jesus spent time with Pharisees and tax collectors, and wayward people, but He did not leave them the way He found them. Their lives were forever changed for the good by their encounter with the Savior.

Let us consider the caterpillar and its transition to a butterfly. The caterpillar doesn’t just believe that it’s a butterfly; it actually becomes a butterfly. He builds a cocoon and seals himself inside, and goes through a complete transformation.

When he emerges from the cocoon, he is unrecognizable because the old caterpillar has passed away and the new butterfly has emerged.

In contrast, the Gospel doesn’t polish up the outside; instead, it transforms the inside by removing all fleshly, sinful, and selfish desires and replacing them with Godly desires. Therefore, the Gospel doesn’t make us better caterpillars; it makes us entirely new creatures.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Let His Religion Change You.

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Don’t Hope To Buy

27… it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment. ~ Hebrews 9:27b

The Egyptians used to bury their kings with gold and silver in holes that they could take it with them in the afterlife. In fact, they even mummified their cats and buried them with them in hopes that they’d be able to take their cats with them. In ancient Greece, they would put two coins on the eyes of the dead so that they could bribe Charon, the ferryman who delivered the dead across the river in Hades.

See, there was no hope in the ancient world, so they tried to bring their money with them. They tried to bribe and pay for eternity, but here’s the thing, you can’t take anything with you.

Nowhere does it speak of a purgatory in Scripture, and especially not one where you’re able to buy your way out. That renders Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross useless, and null and void, if we can now purchase it for money.

Once you die, that’s it. There’s no second chance. There’s no buying your way out. There’s no praying your way out. It is allotted once to die and then the judgment.

Therefore, prepare for eternity now. Don’t wait for you to feel the flames of eternity creep up to repent. Today is your opportunity to be saved; tomorrow is promised to no one. You can’t take your money with you. You can’t buy your way out. Only accepting Christ, picking up your cross, and following Him will get you to Heaven. He paved the way. He canceled the debt. He paid for you. So, the only way to be saved is through Him.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Don’t Hope To Buy.

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Be Armed

[14]  Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? [15] What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? [16] What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, “I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. [17] Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you, [18]  and I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.” ~ 2 Corinthians 6:14-18

I had a dream last night that I was walking from the living room to the stairs and the front door was wide open. I slowly walked to it and looked out. There was no one outside. Just a plastic bag blowing in the wind as it rained, yet I got this scared eerie feeling come over me. So I closed the door and crept up the stairs where I saw one other person in my home. He was keeping very low to the ground and told me he was the only one. He then handed me a box of tissues as a weapon. I thought immediately, no I need the BB gun in my side dresser. As I walked back down the stairs to find a better weapon, I woke up.

My home was in danger because the door was left unlocked and there were no defensive weapons in the home to get to. Each and every one of us is a home. A spiritual home. It’s where the Spirit of the LORD, God Himself wants to dwell, but He will never break in and force you. However, the enemy will always find a foothold.

We have to be on guard at all times. What we watch, listen to, thoughts we entertain, words that come out of our mouths, and the actions we make when we think no one’s watching. The enemy doesn’t need a formal invitation or any invitation for that matter in order to enter into your life and cause havoc. He just needs you to forget to lock the door or window. Forget to bring in the key. Forget to have your spiritual weapons on you at all times so that you might fight off his attacks.

We are to be on guard. Our enemy is not defeated to us. He is a roaring lion seeking someone to devour. Seeking someone to overcome. To destroy. To enslave. We, as Christians, are not immune to his attacks. On the contrary. His attacks are aimed at us with such force, that the majority of us are bound up.

The Church has just as much divorce, depression, adultery, fornication, lust, sexual immorality, hatred, and anger as the world. In fact, we can no longer even differentiate between the world and the Church. How can we say our enemy is defeated? We are under attack and the only weapon we’ve grabbed is a box of tissues. We need to pick up our Sword of the Spirit. We need to pick up our Shield of Faith and fight back against the enemy, instead of living our lives in a false security based on the lie that because I am saved, the enemy cannot do anything to me.

We can be saved and still open doors for the enemy to attack. We can be saved and still have our lives taken from us too soon, before our time. We can be saved and still have strongholds in our lives. These are not conflicting statements, that’s why the Church looks just like the world. Because we don’t address or tear down strongholds that open doors in our lives for the enemy to wreak havoc on us, in us, and through us.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Be Armed.

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Look To The Millennia

[8] But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. [9] The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. ~ 2 Peter 3:8-9

When Peter tells us that a thousand years is like a day with the LORD and a thousand years like a day, he’s referring to the coming of the LORD. Now, what does this have to do with the Feast of Booths since it’s the final day of the feast? Well, if a thousand years with the LORD is like a day and a day like a thousand years, and is all in connection to the coming of the LORD, then there is a subtle or hidden message in those words.

There’s seven days of creation and roughly somewhere over six thousand years since creation. Where does that leave us? For six days God worked, but on the seventh day He rested. For six thousand years the earth has been worked by man, but for a thousand years we will rest with the LORD. What a reward. What a fulfillment.

Everything God has authored in His Word has meaning. It’s never just for no reason. Today is the last day of the Feast of Booths, take time today to search His Word and learn more about the LORD and what He has in store for His people.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Look To The Millennia.

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Hope In All His Rewards

4 Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the Word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. 5 The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection. 6 Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with Him for a thousand years. ~ Revelation 20:4-6

One day we in Christ will reign with Him for one thousand years. When will this take place? This is after the Second Coming of the LORD, when the dead in Christ rise first, and those of us who are alive and remain are caught up to meet them and Jesus in the clouds, and we go into heaven for the Marriage Supper of the Lamb as every eye watches.

We are not told how long this celebration will last. However, in Jewish tradition, wedding feasts could last several days, and in some cases, they could last up to a week or more.

Therefore, we could be in heaven celebrating for up to seven years or more while the judgment of God is being poured out on the inhabitants of the earth. After the seven angels with the seven plagues have poured out their bowls, the wrath of God is finished, as per Revelation 15:1. So, once the wrath of God is complete, The Great Prostitute, The Beast, and that great city Babylon are all judged.

Then heaven will open and Jesus Himself, who is sitting on the white horse, will come to fight the last war, which at Armageddon. The beast and the kings of the earth with their armies are all gathered to make war against Him. But the beast and the false prophet are captured and thrown alive into the Lake of Fire.

Satan, that great dragon, will be bound with a great chain and thrown into the bottomless pit for a thousand years – the length of the Millennial reign of Christ. Then those who in Christ will reign with Christ for the thousand years. That is a great reward to look forward to. That alone, reigning with our God for a thousand years, is worth all of the strife of this world. What can compare on this earth to reigning with the LORD Jesus Christ Himself for one thousand years? With peace. Security. And no Satan on earth.

Nothing in this life could compare to that great reward, and that reward isn’t even the end of it. There is so much more to come, an eternity with Christ. An eternity of perfection. Where every tear will be wiped away and pain, suffering, and hurt will be no more. Where we will dwell with the LORD God and He will be our God and we will be His people.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Hope In All His Rewards.

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Think On The Coming New

[8] For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken of another day later on. [9] So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, [10] for whoever has entered God’s rest has also rested from his works as God did from his. [11] Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience. ~ Hebrews 4:8-11

As all feasts, the Feasts of Booths foreshadows something. This particular feast foreshadows something in the future that has yet to take place. So, what does it foreshadow? The Feast of Booths was about dwelling in tents in remembrance of how the Israelites dwelt in tents for 40 years. During those 40 years, the LORD sanctified the people, or separated them.

Those who refused to trust in the LORD perished during that time, while those who trusted in the LORD did not perish but remained in the same strength they left Egypt in. Only those who had faith made it into the Promised Land. This world is not our home, we will not receive our eternal home until after the Millennial Reign of Christ and the Last Judgment. Therefore, I believe the Millennial Reign of Christ and the Last Judgment are the fulfillment of the Feast of Booths.

I believe the seven days of the Feast of Booths will be fulfilled in the Millennial Reign of Christ and the eighth day that no other feast has, will be fulfilled in the Last Judgment. For after these two are complete, we will receive our eternal rest in our Promised Land of the New Earth, just as the Israelites got to receive their Promised Land.

So, as Christians, we look forward to eternity with Christ. We look forward to eternity, not in heaven, but on the New Earth. We were never created for Heaven, but for the earth. And one day this failing earth will flee from the presence of God Himself, and the LORD God will create for us a new earth where He will dwell with us forever and ever. He will be our God and we will be His people. What a great hope we have.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Think On The Coming New.

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