The Heaven Line

  Seems like a simple command right? But, what about that person who is just a tad bit aggressive towards you no matter what?  Several years ago I had that kind of person come into my life.  From the very beginning she was very fake, manipulative and very much was playing a victim. She was married, but seeing someone other than her spouse, red flags were flying all over, not with just this, but with attitude and personality as well. I will always stand by that God will never send you someone else's spouse especially when there are children involved. She did not care for that thought process, but how you treat others tells a lot about who you really are.  I also made the mistake of telling her no once and she threw an object at me. Things escalated from there, she has thrown things at me twice, screamed several times, ripped a washcloth out of my hand from behind me so forcefully I didn’t know what was happening at first, she has also tried to hit me with a car 3 time...

  Entitlement and self-centeredness seem to be becoming more prevalent in our society today. Jesus told us people would be lovers of themselves in the last days.  Imagine having a group of people work hard for months learning pieces of music for a concert, then the day of the concert finally arrives, and people come and pay money to listen to the music but in comes a group of individuals who disrupt that concert the entire length of it.  A normal person would think that kind of behavior was rude and disrespectful, maybe thinking that perhaps the group of people should really think about others instead of themselves.  An entitled person unfortunately does not have that mind set. They do not think their actions have consequences or put anyone else’s needs before their own.  When we stop thinking about others and only think of ourselves we fall into Satan’s trap. He loves self-centered people, they’re easy to manipulate because they think they are above it all....

 God. Without God we would be nothing and have nothing. We should be bragging about Him and what He has done and is doing. He is successful we are not. If you have a nice job, nice home, nice car, thank Him and be humble and grateful everyday for those things because those things can disappear as quickly as you received them. God wants us to be successful, He wants the best for us, but our definition of success and His definition usually are two different definitions. He gives us our abilities, so shouldn't we be grateful to Him for what we have.  We should be heavenly minded everyday not earthly minded. Stop worrying about how to get ahead in life and start worrying about your eternity and your works here on earth to further His kingdom. If you were to meet your Savior face to face today what would you be able to tell Him about what you did for Him today?  He is with us, thinking about us, worrying about us and providing for us every single day. Have you even thought ab...

Every one of us is a sinner, not one of us can say we’re perfect and not one is better than another, but God likes order, He wants us to live by His word according to His order. He wants us to be free from sin. He sent His son just for that purpose. Are we meant to celebrate sin? No. Are we meant to condone sin because everyone else is acting a certain way? No. Society is wrong and depraved. The way to live has become so twisted that there is literally no coming back to any Biblical morals, but that doesn’t mean you have to comply with that in your own life.  Marriages are falling apart, if kids today even get married, they prefer to live together, have their own children out of the sanctity of marriage or have shot gun weddings. No one sees the wrong of it because it’s the new normal. God does not see it as normal. He sees it as sin.   The divorce rate in this country is the highest it’s ever been. God meant for marriages to be lasting. That’s why it’s so important not to tak...

    The word rapture comes from the Greek word harpazo meaning caught up or taken away. It also comes from the Latin word rapere or rapturo which means to snatch away, to be caught up.  We have the promise from God that He will save us from the tribulation. How do we know this? Scripture tells us a lot of His plan, God gives us the sneak peak into future events for a reason, He’s preparing us for the moment when we will all be caught up to meet Jesus in the air. Jesus is our blessed hope, the rapture is our blessed hope, those who do not believe in a rapture are taking away that blessed hope.   God has caught up two individuals before, I like to think of those events as a trial run to the big event, In Genesis 5:24 Enoch walked with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.   2 Kings 2:11 As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a wh...

 When you think about Jesus returning does it excite you or scare you? When someone mentions Bible prophecy do you engage in the conversation or do you run away from it? Did you know that 98% of pastors will not preach on Revelation or end time events? Bible prophecy is 30% of the Bible and given to us by God for the means of preparing us not to scare us. Preparing us as in keeping us centered on His word and living a life for Him each and every single day. He wants us to take the Bible as a complete whole, not to just omit the parts we think are too scary and not worth learning about. He gives us the road map to Him and that includes giving us details on the signs of His coming. We just have to take the time to read them, study them, take them to heart, and above all keep our heads looking up.  We are so close to seeing God's glorious power, the birth pains are getting closer and closer together each day that passes, one day soon we are going to see the sky open wide and thos...