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Remove It First

[1]  Judge not, that you be not judged. [2] For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. [3] Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? [4] Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? [5] You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye. [6]  Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you. ~ Matthew 7:1-6

Jesus wasn’t saying “never judge.” Jesus as saying “judge correctly.” Many of us, hold others to a higher standard than we hold ourselves. We allow ourselves to think more of ourselves than we ought. This is why Jesus warned us to get ourselves together before we judge someone else.

Jesus wasn’t just speaking to random people either. Jesus was specifically speaking to the Pharisees who held themselves as not only righteous, but more righteous than anyone else, even though they didn’t keep the Law perfectly. Even though they were flawed. Even though they denied the Messiah and missed His coming, they felt they were more righteous than all others.

So, Jesus was explaining to them that they were holding others to a higher standard than they held themselves. That they were overlooking their own sins and shortcomings but not others. So, Jesus was warning them that when you live your life however you feel and disregard God’s Law, as they condemn others, they would receive that same level of merciless judgment from God.

As Christians we cannot hold others to a higher standard than we hold ourselves. But also as Christians we cannot refuse to hold ourselves or anyone else to no standard at all. We are to love others and ourselves. Love means to take no pleasure in evil but rejoice only in the Truth. So what are we to do? We are to remove that log before we judge the actions of others for how can a hypocrite save anyone?

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Remove It First.

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Make A Divine Shift

17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through Him. ~ John 3:17

It’s all about grace, the opportunity to be saved. Jesus invites us into a real relationship with Him, and today is the day because tomorrow is not promised to anyone.

Jesus ushered in a divine shift from bondage to blessing, from toil to rest, although we haven’t received our rest as yet, but it’s on its way.

We’re called to go into all the world, starting where we are at. In our hometown. We are to make disciples teaching them to obey all that Jesus taught and commanded. We are called to be the light. Let us light our part of our world and then take it as far as we can get before Jesus comes back.

Are you ready to work? Are you ready to win souls? Are you ready to make disciples? 

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Pray For The Silenced

11 Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter. ~ Proverbs 24:11

Today is Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity. Today we remember those who have been silenced before they even had a chance to breathe their first breath of air. Those who were silenced before they even had a chance to be born. As Christians, we aren’t called to turn a blind eye to this kind of evil. We are called to confront this evil and remove it from our land. What does that mean?

We are to pray for the LORD to move in our midst, forgive us for allowing it to go on for so long, and then we are to vote for those willing to change it. Willing to protect the unborn. That is our charge given to us from above.

Today, take some time to pray for those who are thinking of aborting their baby. Pray for those who have aborted their babies. And pray that those facilities that abort babies would no longer exist.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Pray For The Silenced.

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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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