Selfless Faith

God is so amazing! I remember nights of being awake with nothing to do, my mind being consumed with boredom. Yet, I had so many materialistic toys of this world and yet none of them were able to satisfy my hunger for more. The devil is a very careful planner on how to use the fruits of the world to deceive us. When your spirit is empty, it is bored and inactive no matter how much you may possess here on earth.

However, as a child of God, when we journey deep into His word, and walk far along in the path He has set for us, boredom is impossible, and the devil’s lure is desolate. In all situations, being the victim is never a good thing. We prosecute the offenders for what they have done to the victims. Yet, we have all been victims to the devil manipulating us and stealing our souls like a thief in the night. Jesus says in Matthew 16:26 “for what shall it profit them if they gain the whole world, but lose their soul.” Our soul, our spirit, is what the Lord uses to communicate to us. However, when our hearts are hardened, we turn away from the Lord, and enter into Satan’s playing field with no protection. It is like a football player going onto the field with no pads, helmets, mouthpiece, etc. and getting hit by 250 lbs of a pure muscle linebacker. Being in this world which is quickly passing away, we are in Satan’s battle ground any and everywhere we go. Continue reading

Slavery is such an ugly thing. To know people were taken from their land, to be brought to a totally different land to work for no money, and be beaten when not in compliance with the unjust rules set forth: this is just a nice version of the entire situation.

Thank God for working in the hearts of those who were part of abolishing slavery. God does not want to see His people suffer and He will deliver them as he always does as He delivered the nation of Israel out of Egypt.

However, although slavery has been abolished, why are we still all slaves. Although we are getting paid for work that we do, we barely get to see any of the income we make.  It all goes to our slave owners and instead of calling them master, we call them Chase, Wells Fargo, Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Chevy, Ford, Honda, Toyota, mortgage payments, health and death insurance, and so much more that we worship as our false gods. We are a slave to our wants and desires so we can look good in front of people. Our self-esteem is so low that we spend all that we have to  impress (express to) people who really don’t care about us. Continue reading