Let God Have His Way

Jeremiah 33:1-10


The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying: ² “Arise and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you to hear My words.” ³ Then I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, making something at the wheel. ⁴ And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter; so he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make.
⁵ Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying: ⁶ “O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter?” says the Lord. “Look, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel! ⁷ The instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, to pull down, and to destroy it, ⁸ if that nation against whom I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent of the disaster that I thought to bring upon it. ⁹ And the instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it, ¹⁰ if it does evil in My sight so that it does not obey My voice, then I will relent concerning the good with which I said I would benefit it.


Do you feel as if your world is spinning out of control and wonder when will the frustration end?  It is when we'll embrace and understand, we do not run our world nor ourselves.  We're in God's universe, made to operate in love and goodness.  This world is to much to take on by ourselves, in our own finite minds.  This is why our bible was set in place to remove all doubt and skepticism for our reason for being here on earth.  There are times we can't understand why we did this or that, not to mention why a person did this or that to themselves or even to us.  Which is why we need to release our minds to God and His heart to learn the things we cannot understand.  The more we deny our truth, be sure the harder life will become.  Gratefulness, thankfulness, and an merciful heart which pertain to God is what He is looking for in us.  God says, He is a jealous God and will do as He pleases.  This same mode of operation is working in us today.  Our plans, our ideas, our own achievements.  Self cannot be our only concern for living, but God can be.  This attitude can turn all our situations, plans, and dreams around for the better.  Living sacrifices we are to be.  And God says, It should be our reasonable service to Him.  Our lands are desolate and dry today. God won't release the rain like it should be behind our behavior.  Anger, hostility, and rage is on the up rise.  Dreams, aspirations, and successes on the down.  God controls everyone and everything.  Create in yourself a today a clean heart and right spirit.  Then let God have His way. 
 
(Matthew 11: 12-15)  And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force. ¹³ For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. ¹⁴ And if you are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who is to come. ¹⁵ He who has ears to hear, let him hear!


Blessings to the children of God, May we let Him have His way in our lives,


Vincent Young, Christian Analyst.     

Better Days Ahead

Blessings to all God's children this day, The ministry here wishes you the safest and happiest weekend ever. However, Conquering Prison Ministry here seems to be starting there's off on the spooky side! Get it, Halloween? Yes, I hurried to the library from appointments today to get you the days blog.  Then got comfy in my chair, even though I had no typist today with me to help. And guess what? I had no blog with me either to type. Now I could have felt like I had disappointed God. And almost started to. But then I remembered His scriptures that said He knew everything before it happened. Also, that He wouldn't put any more on me than I could bear. He even commands that we not worry. So with that being said. I ask you God's children, Would you please forgive me for falling short before God? Please know that I take this ministry serious. And God tells in the scriptures, that His servants take heed that we do so. This ministry was a gift from God that I never saw coming. I only knew that what I was experience, everyone else needed to be experiencing too.  It's a beautiful and wonderful thing to know, that all God's testimonies in our bible are true and can be taken to heart. That everything He says He will do, He will do. Only maybe not like we would have wanted it or expected it to be done. But His blessings will be delivered and He does deserve all the praise He states, He should be receiving from us. We have an awesome Father out here in our universe and it would be a holy shame if all didn't get to experience Him. I love you Father, And bless better days ahead with You.


 1 Peter 1:6-7  "In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, ⁷ that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ, ⁸ whom having not seen you love. Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, ⁹ receiving the end of your faith—the salvation of your souls.


Blessings to you all children of God as the days only get better the more we seek Him,


Vincent Young, Christian Analyst.

Walk It Out

Romans 8:1-8

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus,who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. ² For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. ³ For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, ⁴ that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. ⁵ For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. ⁶ For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. ⁷ Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. ⁸ So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

We haven't the right to call on Jesus to give us the strength to deny our flesh when He said the gift has already been placed inside of us.  He says in His word, the spirit is willing, but our flesh weak.  This means it is mind over matter.  God asks us to gird our minds, take on the mind of Christ.  This is a spiritual war we are living in today, and only a spiritual mind can ward off its attacks.  Verse 1 says, There is therefore now no condemnations to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the spirit.  Jesus walked it out and now it is time we do the same.   God says, faith without works is dead.  Though a man fall seven times, He gets back up.  We are to think His word, talk His word, and walk His word 'till we get it right.  I suggest that you not make all the mistakes I made trying to get it right.  Only believe in your faith and in God's word, remembering He says He will not shame us.  (Hebrews 10:26-31) says, " For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, ²⁷ but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries. ²⁸ Anyone who has rejected Moses’ law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. ²⁹ Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace? ³⁰ For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord. And again, “The Lord will judge His people.  ³¹It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God."  God has given us the power to walk in Christ.  By believing we can do all things through Christ who strengthen us.  This strength comes by believing His word and setting out on our journeys to prove it factual.  God's word must be instilled on a daily basis.  His word must also be meditated upon to execute its knowledge and wisdom into our everyday life situations.  There's more to our world than what the eyes can see.  But we must first make a conscious choice to serve God.  Then walk it out for the truth to be revealed.  (1 Peter 1:24,25)  "All flesh is as grass and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass.  The grass withers, and its flower falls away, but the word of the Lord endures forever.  Now this is the word which by the gospel was preached to you.

Blessings as we walk with our Lord in truth,

Vincent Young, Christian Analyst

Give Him Glory

Jeremiah 33:1-9


 Moreover the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah a second time, while he was still shut up in the court of the prison, saying, ² “Thus says the Lord who made it, the Lord who formed it to establish it (the Lord is His name): ³ ‘Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’
⁴ “For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city and the houses of the kings of Judah, which have been pulled down to fortify against the siege mounds and the sword: ⁵ ‘They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but only to fill their places with the dead bodies of men whom I will slay in My anger and My fury, all for whose wickedness I have hidden My face from this city. ⁶ Behold, I will bring it health and healing; I will heal them and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth. ⁷ And I will cause the captives of Judah and the captives of Israel to return, and will rebuild those places as at the first. ⁸ I will cleanse them from all their iniquity by which they have sinned against Me, and I will pardon all their iniquities by which they have sinned and by which they have transgressed against Me. ⁹ Then it shall be to Me a name of joy, a praise, and an honor before all nations of the earth, who shall hear all the good that I do to them; they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and all the prosperity that I provide for it.’




It's time to give up our lives, so we can find our ordained lives.  Verses 2-3 says, "the Lord who made it, the Lord who formed it to establish it (the Lord is His name):  Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know."  The time is now to drop everything and run to our God.  God who has a hope and a dream to prosper us, to give us peace of mind and a love to end all doubt.  We have been formed from dust and the breath of life has been blown into us to serve the Lord, a king who has our best interest at heart.  We can't go on using His blood that runs through us to form our own dynasties when one has already been set in place that cannot fall.  We've become short tempered, frustrated and irritated by how life has turned out for the most.  And, by having no real proper training from our parents in how to interact with each other in God's world.  We need to humble ourselves and train in the word of God to move mountains.  We must learn how to speak right, talk right and interact with God's universe in a Godlike manner.  God asks us to take on the mind of Christ.  Imitate Him as He imitates Father God.  We haven't the mind or the strength to bring peace to our world as it is necessary at this time.  If we'll begin to admit our faults, shortcomings and deadly actions we inflict upon one another and ourselves, God is just to forgive us and take us behind the scenes to show us how His world operates.  Believe me, He is here and He is at work, making all who defile His name and word Jesus Christ's footstool.  Come out from under the weight and give Him glory. 


Blessings to all as we give Him glory in mind, body, and speech,


Vincent Young, Christian Analyst

Become Members For Christ

1 Corinthians 6:15-20


¹⁵ Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a harlot? Certainly not! ¹⁶ Or do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with her? For “the two,” He says, “shall become one flesh.”  ¹⁷ But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him.
¹⁸ Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. ¹⁹ Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? ²⁰ For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.


Do you know that our bodies are members for Christ? members of royalty, power, and love?  If we don't recondition our minds to the kings and God's we are, we are expressing to God, that His words are not true in our case, and holiness cannot be obtained.  Brothers and sisters are who we are in God's eyes.  We are not to lay around with each other committing spiritual incest making a mockery of the holy bible.  We are to suit up and show up to throne of God, believing in faith that we can do all things through Christ Jesus who strengthens us.  We are to believe, as we work out our salvation with fear and trembling, that God has a plan and a new life for us that is beyond our comprehension.  Without faith God says it is impossible to please Him.  He also states, what is impossible for man is possible with God.  Our faith and belief in God's word makes the impossible, possible.  Turning ourselves into living sacrifices for God is what makes God reveal Himself in our situations.  By doing this, we then gain the power to lay down our burdens, become free of bondage, and eventually receive our inheritances.  Having a mind of holiness will begin to clean up ourselves and even our communities.  We are living way beneath the bar of God's word, and destroying each others mind, body and spirit as we continue to serve our flesh.  Become members for Christ. ( Psalms 119: 9-11) How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word.¹⁰ With my whole heart I have sought You; Oh, let me not wander from Your commandments! ¹¹ Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You.


Blessings to all as we use our members to serve Christ,

Vincent Young, Christian Analyst

I Love You

1 Corinthians 6:12-14




 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. ¹³ Foods for the stomach and the stomach for foods, but God will destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. ¹⁴ And God both raised up the Lord and will also raise us up by His power.




(Verse 12) "All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful.  All things are lawful for me but I will not be brought under the power of any."  God asks us to obey all authority but, He also says obey Him and fear Him.  His ways are not our ways, nor His thoughts our thoughts, God goes on to say in His word that our world's wisdom is foolishness to Him.  We are trying to be set free in the Lord.  We cannot let man or woman, family, or friends keep us from the one who wants to love us mind, body, and soul, and then spend the rest of eternity with us.  (Mark 10:29,30)  “Assuredly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My sake and the gospel’s, ³⁰ who shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time—houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions—and in the age to come, eternal life."   We are trying and achieving by Christ who is in us to lay down all strongholds that bind us in order to have a wonderful, breath taking experience with God.  Our laws are not being written in the obedience of God's law.  We are not exchanging real, sincere love, in our interactions with each other, each day.  We're brothers and sisters.  Brothers and sisters who are at their wits end with each other.  Brothers and sisters is how God sees us reprimands us, and also blesses us.  We need the power of God now, to move in on our situations.  There's power in our blood, the power of Jesus Christ and God, royal blood, omnipotent, omnipresent in our time of need.  We're on a love journey to God.  He wants to show us how much He loves us, through all of our circumstances.  He says, draw near to me, and He will draw near to us.  He says if we'll take one step towards Him, He'll take two steps towards us. (1 John 4:7-11) Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. ⁸ He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. ⁹ In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. ¹⁰ In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. ¹¹ Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.  I love you.


 


Blessings to all who are in search for the God of love.
 


Vincent Young, Christian Analysyt

Come To Me Brother

1 Corinthians 6:1-11


Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? ² Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world will be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters? ³ Do you not know that we shall judge angels? How much more, things that pertain to this life? ⁴ If then you have judgments concerning things pertaining to this life, do you appoint those who are least esteemed by the church to judge? ⁵ I say this to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you, not even one, who will be able to judge between his brethren? ⁶ But brother goes to law against brother, and that before unbelievers!
⁷ Now therefore, it is already an utter failure for you that you go to law against one another. Why do you not rather accept wrong? Why do you not rather let yourselves be cheated? ⁸ No, you yourselves do wrong and cheat, and you do these things to your brethren! ⁹ Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, ¹⁰ nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. ¹¹ And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.




Our world is off balance verse 1 tells us.  However the bible is here to run the lands.  Put order and justice the court systems, set all who are burden and heavy yoked with problems and situations free.  We are supposed to judge ourselves and our world through biblical standards and laws.  This world is being judged right now.  And the one who is in his or her bible and studying it with our Lord knows we are under judgment.  Our minds today have to be sanctified and purified in the spiritual washing of the blood.  This is the only way to have a relationship with God, each other, and be given our inheritances.  We are a family down here on earth.  We are to be helping one another and encouraging one another in the blessings of God.  This will open up the spiritual realm to interact with us in joy and peace, instead of letting satan wreck havoc over our lives, relationships, and family.  We must humble ourselves to Christ.  He said His word is truth, and every man a liar.  We have to die to ourselves mind, body and spirit.  Then tell someone, come to me brother. 


Blessings to all as we comfort one another as brothers and sisters in Christ,


Vincent Young, Christian Analyst

Praise Him

Psalms 149

Praise the Lord

Sing to the Lord a new song,
And His praise in the assembly of saints.

² Let Israel rejoice in their Maker;
Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
³ Let them praise His name with the dance;
Let them sing praises to Him with the timbrel and harp.
⁴ For the Lord takes pleasure in His people;
He will beautify the humble with salvation.

⁵ Let the saints be joyful in glory;
Let them sing aloud on their beds.
⁶ Let the high praises of God be in their mouth,
And a two-edged sword in their hand,
⁷ To execute vengeance on the nations,
And punishments on the peoples;
⁸ To bind their kings with chains,
And their nobles with fetters of iron;
⁹ To execute on them the written judgment—
This honor have all His saints.

Praise the Lord!

 

Let the praises go up and the blessings come down.  God is to be our joy, strength, deliverer and comforter.  We are not to put our trust and faith in man.  Our faith, belief, and concern should be only, is God happy today, is a smile on His face because we have outwitted satan.  Are we singing, dancing, stirring up joy from within to prove that we believe God will not fail us as we move through the storm.  He will beautify the humble verse 4 says.  Only this kind of beautifying can come by us edifying the beauty of God.  This will keep our hearts and minds in a place of peace, the muscles, ligaments and blood flowing to distribute what our bodies need, and keep us glowing everyday in His love.  We are the saints made and formed in His image to give Him praise.  Our nations are in turmoil and only God can save us.  We must speak His words aloud, deliver the bible in its truth to stop the enemy in his tracks.  (Hebrews 4:12-13)  "For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirits and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.  And there's no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account."  God has given us this honor to bind darkness and execute truth.  By doing this, we give the heavenly realm, even God Himself, reason to proclaim victory over our lives.  Praise Him.

 

Blessings to all as we shout praises to our God,

 

Vincent Young, Christian Analyst

Gain Your Wealth

Deuteronomy 8:10-20


¹⁰ When you have eaten and are full, then you shall bless the Lord your God for the good land which He has given you.
¹¹ “Beware that you do not forget the Lord your God by not keeping His commandments, His judgments, and His statutes which I command you today, ¹² lest—when you have eaten and are full, and have built beautiful houses and dwell in them; ¹³ and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold are multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied; ¹⁴ when your heart is lifted up, and you forget the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage; ¹⁵ who led you through that great and terrible wilderness, in which were fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty land where there was no water; who brought water for you out of the flinty rock; ¹⁶ who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you and that He might test you, to do you good in the end— ¹⁷ then you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gained me this wealth.’
¹⁸ “And you shall remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day. ¹⁹ Then it shall be, if you by any means forget the Lord your God, and follow other gods, and serve them and worship them, I testify against you this day that you shall surely perish. ²⁰ As the nations which the Lord destroys before you, so you shall perish, because you would not be obedient to the voice of the Lord your God.




We must let God lead and direct us into our inheritances.  Trying to fight this world with our own strength leads to all sorts of ailments and diseases.  God says, He is the vine and we are His branches and without Him we can do nothing.  He must train us and build us into conquerors.  We must have His wisdom and knowledge to succeed in this fight with satan, who is trying to kill, steal, and destroy our inheritances.  This is why God wants us to put on the fruits of His spirit to go in and come out with our rewards.  He says,  He has released us among snakes, scorpions and vipers.  These are the evil spirits that are moving around us and on us.  So we must be trained in His word in how to interact with them.  We're not fighting against flesh and blood, but principalities and power that the demonic realm uses to distract our minds.  God tells us to take on the mind of Christ.  By not doing this we become more and more corrupt as we age in out search for peace of mind.  (Matthew 6:33-34) "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.  Therefore do not worry about tomorrow for tomorrow will worry about its own things-sufficient for the day is its own evil.  Satan and his demonic realm is out to destroy us as soon as our feet hit the floor each day.  Which is why God wants us to have all eyes on Him, not becoming distracted with what satan is doing with our world and its people.  God's mission is to bring us out of bondage to give us an inheritance that we will glorify in His name.  All the riches and wealth we can imagine God wants to give us, but we must know Him and praise Him who gives us power to gain wealth.  Love Him, adore Him, give Him honor and praise.  Then gain your wealth. 


Blessings to all as you gain your wealth in the strength of the Lord,


Vincent Young, Christian Analyst

Wealth

Deuteronomy 8:1-9




Every commandment which I command you today you must be careful to observe, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land of which the Lord swore to your fathers. ² And you shall remember that the Lord your God led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not. ³ So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord. ⁴ Your garments did not wear out on you, nor did your foot swell these forty years. ⁵ You should know in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so the Lord your God chastens you.
⁶ “Therefore you shall keep the commandments of the Lord your God, to walk in His ways and to fear Him. ⁷ For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, that flow out of valleys and hills; ⁸ a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive oil and honey; ⁹ a land in which you will eat bread without scarcity, in which you will lack nothing; a land whose stones are iron and out of whose hills you can dig copper. 


Everybody wants to become wealthy.  On the other hand, no one wants to abide by the rules to obtain it.  We are on God's earth and He made a promise to our forefathers to give us an inheritance.  Possess the lands God wants us to do, but only through His word and promises.  Our spirits are mount up in anger today, because we are trying to possess land, people, and riches of all sorts to gain peace of mind.  However, God has spoken words over His universe to bless us and curse us.  We are to adhere to His every spoken word to achieve life and life more abundantly.  Those of us who are following God with all our heart, know we must humble to the King to receive any blessings.  We're aware that God tests and tries the minds and hearts of His children who love Him.  That we might be of benefit to the next man and not for selfish reasons.  God does not want us acquiring wealth with a prideful and arrogant spirit whose end is death everlasting.  It took God forty years in the wilderness to humble His favorite people.  The pride and self-righteousness in these people had to be something terrible.  God gave Jesus a humble beginning as some of us have had. Raised Him in thirty three years to become King and take over our world through love.  He respected God's word and gave praise to it morning, noon, and night.  We can't live on what man provides for man forever.  But we can instill the word of God in our hearts, minds, and mouths.  Then possess every blessing the Lord has to give us by doing so.  The lands are rich and there's more money out here today than there's ever been.  However, our hearts must humble and our words must edify God and others to receive the wealth.


Blessings Lord as we gain wealth in Your name,


Vincent Young, Christian Analyst.

Chosen

1 Samuel 16:1-13


Now the Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go; I am sending you to Jesse the Bethlehemite. For I have provided Myself a king among his sons.”
² And Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me.”
But the Lord said, “Take a heifer with you, and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’ ³ Then invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do; you shall anoint for Me the one I name to you.”
⁴ So Samuel did what the Lord said, and went to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, “Do you come peaceably?”
⁵ And he said, “Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. Sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.” Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons, and invited them to the sacrifice.
⁶ So it was, when they came, that he looked at Eliab and said, “Surely the Lord’s anointed is before Him!”
⁷ But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”
⁸ So Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, “Neither has the Lord chosen this one.” ⁹ Then Jesse made Shammah pass by. And he said, “Neither has the Lord chosen this one.” ¹⁰ Thus Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, “The Lord has not chosen these.” ¹¹ And Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all the young men here?” Then he said, “There remains yet the youngest, and there he is, keeping the sheep.”
And Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and bring him. For we will not sit down till he comes here.” ¹² So he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, with bright eyes, and good-looking. And the Lord said, “Arise, anoint him; for this is the one!” ¹³ Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel arose and went to Ramah.




Train a child up in the Lord and let him take over the world.  Now we know that's not being done today, but if we come to our Lord humbly He is more than pleased to help us do the job.  Our only requirement is to be obedient to His word, as Samuel was when He was told by God to seek out His new king.  In spite of Saul killing him, he was obedient to God's command.  God says, there will be no cowards in heaven and we are not to fear our journeys.  Love for Him and His word is to provide us the strength to accomplish any task or command God gives to achieve our inheritance.  Our hearts must recognize the need of real love, God's love, to also make our journeys possible.  God says He does not look at the outer man as our world does.  He searches deep within our souls for what we are really searching for.  For Samuel to go on denying each of Jesse's sons though their outer appearance looked fit and strong he had to learn and come to know God's heart to be able to make his final decision.  Then David walked in, ruddy and beautiful.  Something he never let come between him and God's teaching, teachings of power to take down lions and bears, and be brought before Goliath to even slay him.  We haven't the right to dismiss ourselves or anyone else from the power of God.  We only need to change our minds and hearts and become a workman for our Lord.  God is standing here today waiting on us to seek Him diligently and faithfully.  And then and only then do we have the right to be chosen. 


Blessings chosen ones, choose the power of God,


Vincent Young, Christian Analyst

He Cannot Fail

Psalms 9:8-20


He shall judge the world in righteousness,
And He shall administer judgment for the peoples in uprightness.

⁹ The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed,
A refuge in times of trouble.
¹⁰ And those who know Your name will put their trust in You;
For You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.

¹¹ Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Zion!
Declare His deeds among the people.
¹² When He avenges blood, He remembers them;
He does not forget the cry of the humble.

¹³ Have mercy on me, O Lord!
Consider my trouble from those who hate me,
You who lift me up from the gates of death,
¹⁴ That I may tell of all Your praise
In the gates of the daughter of Zion.
I will rejoice in Your salvation.

¹⁵ The nations have sunk down in the pit which they made;
In the net which they hid, their own foot is caught.
¹⁶ The Lord is known by the judgment He executes;
The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands.

Meditation. Selah

¹⁷ The wicked shall be turned into hell,
And all the nations that forget God.
¹⁸ For the needy shall not always be forgotten;
The expectation of the poor shall not perish forever.

¹⁹ Arise, O Lord,
Do not let man prevail;
Let the nations be judged in Your sight.
²⁰ Put them in fear, O Lord,
That the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah

God shall judge the world in righteousness and administer judgment for the upright verse 8 tells us.  The people of the world are pretty much doing what they want to do, as they want to do it.  Sad to say, it is not coming from a spirit of righteousness, and they are being judged as we speak.  However, if we long to have an upright loving relationship with God all we have to do is take on the mind of Christ and clean up our acts.  God will draw near to anyone who stands for what He stands for, which is righteousness and correct judgment.  This will give you incentive to come out from among them no longer being unequally yoked.  Without our bibles to lead us each day in and out of every situation, we will often find ourselves being caught up in someone else's mess.  A mess that they they're not even sure how it came to be.  Our Lord will be our refuge leading us in and out of every matter to bring Him glory.  Believe me He will not leave us or forsake us, but our faith must stay strong through all obstacles.  So sing praises to the Lord.  Shout out His name whenever you can.  This moves the spirit realm in on our situations, and all of heaven rejoices at the sound of His name.  God has our backs, however He also is looking to see if we have His.  We have been bought by the blood of Jesus, and anyone who sells out for that name God will see to it they receive their reward.  Humble yourself and have mercy on the next man.  Give God a reason to draw near to you.  The nations have sunk real low and God says it is despicable some of the things they do behind closed doors.  If you need something and you know that you are poor, pick up your cross and bear the load for our God, knowing He cannot fail. 

Blessings as we give God full control of our lives,

Vincent Young, Christian Analyst

Give Him Your Heart

Psalms 9:1-7

I will praise You, O Lord, with my whole heart;
I will tell of all Your marvelous works.² I will be glad and rejoice in You;
I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
³ When my enemies turn back,

They shall fall and perish at Your presence.

⁴ For You have maintained my right and my cause;

You sat on the throne judging in righteousness.

⁵ You have rebuked the nations,

You have destroyed the wicked;

You have blotted out their name forever and ever.

⁶ O enemy, destructions are finished forever!

And you have destroyed cities;

Even their memory has perished.

⁷ But the Lord shall endure forever;

He has prepared His throne for judgment.

 

 

Who and what are you living for today?  I tell you if it is not for God you are in a lonely place.  If God is not the reason you wake up happy and go to bed anticipating the next day to spend in His blessing then your hearts and minds are not preoccupied with the grace of God.  Don't compromise, you could have a true love relationship with God.  Our whole hearts are to be seeking Him for life, peace and abundant living.  There should be joy in our hearts each day, knowing what we see here on earth is not our final destination.  We must know we have purpose for living and find our purpose as we read and study our bible.  The bible tells us how life is supposed to be lived.  Then gives us the prescription on how to fulfill it.  God is willing to help us achieve all the healings and blessings that are written in His word.  However, if we don't take on the mind of Christ, calling into existence peace, love, care, harmony and all His other wonderful attributes, we will continue to see discord, frustration, and every other satanic attack that comes against us.  Satan has raised nations to come against the love and prosperity that God wants to give us.  If we don't align our thinking to God's thinking letting Him tear down our shortcomings and yokes of bondage, we will forever walk in constant fear, judging others, and condemning them, never able to see the signs, wonders, visions, and blessings from God.  Give Him your heart. 


Blessings,

Vincent Young, Christian Analyst

Better Things To Come

Hebrews 6:9-20


But, beloved, we are confident of better things concerning you, yes, things that accompany salvation, though we speak in this manner. ¹⁰ For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister. ¹¹ And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope until the end, ¹² that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
¹³ For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself, ¹⁴ saying, “Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.” ¹⁵ And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. ¹⁶ For men indeed swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is for them an end of all dispute. ¹⁷ Thus God, determining to show more abundantly to the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel, confirmed it by an oath, ¹⁸ that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us.
¹⁹ This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind the veil, ²⁰ where the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus, having become High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.




Verse 9 says, "Beloved, we are confident of better things concerning you, yes things that accompany salvation though we speak in this manner."  There's a life and world God wants to give us, that also comes with salvation.  He wants us knitted and fitted in love to bring a joy and peace to our lives that only one can dream of.  God says in His word He knows what we want before we ask Him.  So He must witness us turning ourselves into holy vessels for righteousness and love of others.  We are to be diligent in our calls to Christ not growing weary in this spiritual fight.  We are to be in one mind, heart, and spirit, ministering to each other and admonishing each other in the excellence of God, believing in hope and faith for our rewards and inheritance.  Do not become sluggish in this pursuit Paul says.  Imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.  God is going to make us work love, patience, kindness, long suffering and graciousness for our inheritances and we must embrace it and achieve it, doing all things without complaining.  He wouldn't put any more on us than we can bear.  Remember, all things work for His Glory.  We can give up our lives to find our lives, selling our very souls to Jesus Christ who ordained us a better life.  Paul says in verse 16, For men indeed swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is for them an end of all dispute.  Our world will say or do most anything to close a business deal.  Still there are lawsuits, filling the courts.  But verse 17 says God, determining to show more abundantly to the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel, confirmed it by an oath, that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us.  I myself had to flee family, friends, employer, drugs, lying, thievery, and unrighteousness for better things to come. 


Blessings Lord as we anchor ourselves in your love for the better things,


Vincent Young, Christian Analyst

It's Time To Live

Hebrews 6:1-8


Therefore, leaving the discussion of the elementary principles of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, ² of the doctrine of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. ³ And this we will do if God permits.
⁴ For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, ⁵ and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, ⁶ if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put Him to an open shame.
⁷ For the earth which drinks in the rain that often comes upon it, and bears herbs useful for those by whom it is cultivated, receives blessing from God; ⁸ but if it bears thorns and briers, it is rejected and near to being cursed, whose end is to be burned.




"Therefore, leaving the discussion of the elementary principles of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and faith toward God, of the doctrine of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.  And this we will do if God permits."  However, right now in this present day, I believe Paul would have gone on to say because the God who runs our universe now wants to give us our inheritances.  We're not allowed to debate God's word as the elementary teachers continue to do this day.  He is the author and finisher of our faith, a faith more than just saying we believe His word.  But we are to now act upon His word.  He says, in verse 4 for it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit and God's good word and the power of the age to come if they fall away, to renew them again for themselves the Son of God and put Him to an open shame.  (Proverbs 24:16)  "For a righteous man may fall seven times and rise again, but the wicked shall fall by calamity.."  God would like for us to believe His word and set out on a path of righteousness one time, and one time only in belief.  We have been created from dust and know only what we see and hear.  It is now time for us to check into the powers of God and get our world jumping with joy and peace.  God asks us to grow up.  When we were children we acted as so, now let's put away those behaviors and grow up into vessels of God.  We can't keep sitting around killing one another spiritually with our dead works.  God asks us to draw near to Him, take one step, so He can take two.  We are living in paradise and letting satan turn it into hell.  The church must put away their discussions on baptism, the laying on of hands, etc. and begin to teach us the way to a humble heart, which brings God on the scene.  It's time to live.


Blessings all as we turn our lands into paradise,


Vincent Young, Christian Analyst

Take Care Of The People

Job 29


 Job further continued his discourse, and said:

² “Oh, that I were as in months past,
As in the days when God watched over me;
³ When His lamp shone upon my head,
And when by His light I walked through darkness;
⁴ Just as I was in the days of my prime,
When the friendly counsel of God was over my tent;
⁵ When the Almighty was yet with me,
When my children were around me;
⁶ When my steps were bathed with cream,
And the rock poured out rivers of oil for me!

⁷ “When I went out to the gate by the city,
When I took my seat in the open square,
⁸ The young men saw me and hid,
And the aged arose and stood;
⁹ The princes refrained from talking,
And put their hand on their mouth;
¹⁰ The voice of nobles was hushed,
And their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
¹¹ When the ear heard, then it blessed me,
And when the eye saw, then it approved me;
¹² Because I delivered the poor who cried out,
The fatherless and the one who had no helper.
¹³ The blessing of a perishing man came upon me,
And I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
¹⁴ I put on righteousness, and it clothed me;
My justice was like a robe and a turban.
¹⁵ I was eyes to the blind,
And I was feet to the lame.
¹⁶ I was a father to the poor,
And I searched out the case that I did not know.
¹⁷ I broke the fangs of the wicked,
And plucked the victim from his teeth.

¹⁸ “Then I said, ‘I shall die in my nest,
And multiply my days as the sand.
¹⁹ My root is spread out to the waters,
And the dew lies all night on my branch.
²⁰ My glory is fresh within me,
And my bow is renewed in my hand.’
²¹ “Men listened to me and waited,
And kept silence for my counsel.
²² After my words they did not speak again,
And my speech settled on them as dew.
²³ They waited for me as for the rain,
And they opened their mouth wide as for the spring rain.
²⁴ If I mocked at them, they did not believe it,
And the light of my countenance they did not cast down.
²⁵ I chose the way for them, and sat as chief;
So I dwelt as a king in the army,
As one who comforts mourners.

God asks us to not look to the left or to the right, but to press forward in our fight to obtain an inheritance and eternity.  God bless Job and the agony he is in as he's believing God left him and forsook him.  And so soon as verse 2 tells.  But God tells us He will never leave us nor forsake us.  God says He tests our hearts and examines our minds.  He must guide us through our dark world and into His marvelous light to show us His power.  As we can see, God blessed Job in abundant wealth to deliver His children from darkness.  Job clothed himself in righteousness to defeat the enemy and free God's people.  He was eyes to the blind, leading them to the light of Jesus Christ.  And he searched out cases of people he didn't even know just to tell them and show them God had another plan for their lives.  When we move through our world biblically untrained, we become defensive and disturbed by others modes and methods.  However, when we look at our brothers and sisters as God's children, we understand the depth of love He has for us, and we can turn from our selfish ways to join in and help win Father God's battle against the enemy.  We must refresh ourselves in the promises and blessings of God's word as we begin to clean ourselves up in righteousness.  Comfort the people God asks us.  Learn His word and talk about it in the morning, noon, and night.  See that the Lord is good and His word is good yesterday, today, and forever.  Chose God's way then sit on the promises as chief commander dwelling as a king in the army for God.  One who comforts mourners.  Take care of the people.

Blessings Lord as we take care of each other in your name,

Vincent Young, Christian Analyst

Tell The Truth

Acts 6: 8-15


And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and signs among the people. ⁹ Then there arose some from what is called the Synagogue of the Freedmen (Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and those from Cilicia and Asia), disputing with Stephen. ¹⁰ And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke. ¹¹ Then they secretly induced men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.” ¹² And they stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes; and they came upon him, seized him, and brought him to the council. ¹³ They also set up false witnesses who said, “This man does not cease to speak blasphemous words against this holy place and the law; ¹⁴ for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs which Moses delivered to us.” ¹⁵ And all who sat in the council, looking steadfastly at him, saw his face as the face of an angel.




God's word is perfect.  And as He said to Moses, I am who I am.  We also must take on this belief and power knowing God's word will not fail us.  He is the God who can change all circumstances for the better.  He rises and sets the sun and moon each day and has given the stars in the sky their own names.  How is that for love?  God has made everything perfect and He asks that we also strive for perfection in His word.  Lying, deceiving and back-biting are not accepted in the kingdom of God, though this is the very thing that the Synagogue of the Freedman did, the verses tell us.  God commands order in our lives and in His world.  We cannot do all the things that the bible speaks ill against and receive our inheritances.  Why do we settle so easy just to get by?  think and say all the things that stop our blessings?  Jesus blood runs through us and His word has been spoken.  Now it's up to us to stir up His blood inside of us and leap new bounds in life.  We have to come together as a people, God's children, then begin to work this gift from heaven and become amazed by its truths.  There are customs, religions, and other curses that have been passed down to us from generations long ago, and if we don't stop letting money hide all of our defects and shortcomings we'll never see God's signs, wonders, vision and miracles come to life.  Read the truth, Then go tell the truth. 


Blessings God as we wake up to your truth and tell it,


Vincent Young, Christian Analyst

One Mind, One Heart, One Spirit

Acts 6:1-7


In those days when the number of disciples was increasing, the Hellenistic Jews among them complained against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food. ² So the Twelve gathered all the disciples together and said, “It would not be right for us to neglect the ministry of the word of God in order to wait on tables. ³ Brothers and sisters, choose seven men from among you who are known to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will turn this responsibility over to them ⁴ and will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the word.”
⁵ This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit; also Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism. ⁶ They presented these men to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.
⁷ So the word of God spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a large number of priests became obedient to the faith.






The disciples multiplying verse 1 says, is music to God's ear.  Then when the complaint arose against the Hebrews the disciples didn't try to figure it out in their multitude of bible knowledge, they took it to the church and the church acted upon it.  God asks us to do all things without complaining.  However they were in agreement about what the word of God said.  And the disciples grew even more.  What we are put here to do is multiply, multiply love, smiles, harmony, and good God fearing love.  I did have a problem with verses 2-3 when the disciples summoned the other disciples stating they couldn't serve the people, Jesus Christ said He came to serve, not to be served.  Still, the text is clear.  Their entire system and laws stood in agreement to the word of God.  Our world would find great peace today if we were to all fall in line.  God's word says strive for nice, quiet, peaceful lives, so where are we at within ourselves?  that we fall so short in comparison?  The Holy Spirit is inside of us ready to give great knowledge and wisdom.  To help us into our inheritances and find the awesome peace that surpasses all understanding.  However, if serious prayer, fasting, tithing, and sincere love don't begin to operate in our lives today we will continue to be distraught, trapped in lives and a world that can have no happy ending.  Become obedient to the faith.  God says, without faith it is impossible to please Him.  One heart, one mind, one spirit is what it takes to rain down the blessings. 
 


Blessing all as we come together in one heart, one mind, one spirit for our God,




Vincent Young, Christian Analyst

Take On The World

Romans 12:14-21

Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. ¹⁵ Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep. ¹⁶ Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion.
¹⁷ Repay no one evil for evil. Have regard for good things in the sight of all men. ¹⁸ If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men. ¹⁹ Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord. ²⁰ Therefore

“If your enemy is hungry, feed him;
If he is thirsty, give him a drink;
For in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head.”

²¹ Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

 

 

We are walking around our world today persecuting everything we see and hear.  We have something to say about all situations unaware of the biblical attack it places upon our life.  Bless those who persecute you verse 1 says.  God is out to train our hearts, minds, deeds and actions in the context of righteousness and love that if we don't slow down and become aware of our spiritual world we live in our dreams and goals are going to disintegrate before us.  We will be left in a despairing state of mind that won't be good for God, ourselves, or anyone else.  Rejoice with those who rejoice and weep with those who weep.  This can only happen when we are training and focusing our cares on others more than ourselves.  Be of the same mind toward one another.  Well how can we do that? if we don't have the same Father raising us.  God's word is the number one word in the land and until we give it first precedence over our every word and move we will continue to wrongly judge one another as a result of our own lack of biblical thinking.  Our bible tells us how to think, act, and react to the attacks that satan uses on us to destroy our spirits.  Most minds today are completely preoccupied with trying to receive wealth, some minds striving for peace of mind, others are just hoping to stay in the race.  God tells us the race is not to the quick or swift.  We must train in the word of God to unlock the mystery of His blessings.  The world lies under the sway of satan, so to overcome the daily attacks we must hand our worries over to God, then suit up and show up to our bibles each day to take on the world. 

 

Blessings as we take on the world for Christ,

 

Vincent Young, Christian Analyst

Blessings

Blessings to all, pray you're winning the fight. Our local library was closed yesterday and we let that be the reason why we delayed the blog until today. We hope today's blog will lift and encourage you to take on the world. We love you and pray many blessings over your lives.
Conquering Prison Ministry

Love Your Members

Romans 12:4-13


For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, ⁵ so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another. ⁶ Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our faith; ⁷ or ministry, let us use it in our ministering; he who teaches, in teaching; ⁸ he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
⁹ Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good. ¹⁰ Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another; ¹¹ not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; ¹² rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer; ¹³ distributing to the needs of the saints, given to hospitality.




Understanding our bibles with total belief in the words are to open our minds to its truth:  "As we have many members in one body, but all our members do not have the same function."  This scripture in verse 4 gives reference to our entire body.  Because we know this to be true about our bodies frame, so we begin to train the mind according to what our scriptures tell us about ourselves, not letting man continue to dissect our body to determine its functions, limits, and healings.  The scripture and parable also tells us that all our members are to be serving one another and caring for one another.  All we do, think and say to one another should always be in agreement and under the context of biblical doctrine.  Then we are to express these doctrines through our gifts that we may or may not be using to edify Christ at this time.  We must line up to scripture not let it line up to us, deceiving ourselves.  "Let our love be without hypocrisy.  Abhor what is evil.  Cling to what is good"  verse 9 states.  Everything that looks good, is not always good for us.  We let God determine what is good and not good for us by reading and establishing a son or daughter relationship with Him.  Verse 10 says "Be kind and affectionate to one another with brotherly love."  This love is to be floating into the atmosphere every time we encounter another human being.  Why? because it appeals to God and draws Him closer to us.  Then our blessings begin to be seen more constantly.  When we are training and working this spirit in our every encounter.  Always remember, love is our ultimate goal.  God is love, and everything that we want and might not want will draw to it.  Love your members. 


Blessings, God as we love You, ourselves, and each member connected to us,


Vincent Young, Christian Analyst

Lay It Aside

1 Peter 2:1-8


Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, ² as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby,  ³ if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
⁴ Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, ⁵ you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. ⁶ Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture,

“Behold, I lay in Zion
A chief cornerstone, elect, precious,
And he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame.”

⁷ Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are disobedient,

“The stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief cornerstone,”

⁸ and

“A stone of stumbling
And a rock of offense.”

They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed.

Only God can help us lay aside all the snares and strong holds that bind us.  We have to be out on a real quest to find our Father God.  All our dirty habits must cease and desist in our lives today.  Our ancestors couldn't get it back then, and we let our money and greed stop us from reaching God today.  Peter goes on to say in verses 2 and 3 that we become as newborn babes desiring the pure milk of the word, that we may grow thereby if we indeed have tasted that the Lord is gracious.  God is here and supplies enough grace to conquer all our trials.  However, if we feel that we can't humble ourselves and back away from our hum drum lives, He cannot assist us correctly in our fight to reach Him.  We can't walk and talk as our world does and then say Hallelujah, Amen believing He's receiving honor.  He honors truth and justice.  We must admit we are simple to the word of God so He can nourish us correctly, coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious.  We have been chosen by God and He should be our only reason for rising each day.  He wants to give us peace of mind.   He is gracious, loving, and caring, and we must also become that in our journey.  We must take on the mind of Christ each day as we live and breath our dreams to life.  Our spiritual man is much more powerful than our fleshly man.  However, if we don't let the truth of God's word build us into the holy vessels He says we are, we will continue to war within ourselves and with each other.  Lay it aside and run to God. 

Blessings to all as we lay aside the negatives for the truth,

Vincent Young, Christian Analyst