Many times we find ourselves attempting to solve today's problems with yesterday's remedies. Have you ever noticed that grandmom's remedy for the diagnosed upper respiratory infection only suppresses the flu like symptoms we have for that first night. Until we go to the doctor and he gives us a prescription that actually destroys the developed infection, mucous, and phlegm. I believe this is because viruses are not the same types of viruses that our fore-parents experienced in the past; in other words, there is a new virus out there that only drugs and prayer can cure.
Well, in John 6, when Jesus feeds five thousand people five loaves of bread and two pieces of fish, Jesus makes the claim that this bread, that He gives, is directly from heaven; and the manna in which the Israelites ate in the desert did not sustain their lives. Jesus' claim is powerful and it causes a major disruption with the Jewish custom and tradition of reaping the grace of God. The Pharisaic attitude against Jesus feeding those people bread would not have been so bad if Jesus did not say that, "I AM the bread of life, and the bread that I give will not cause death." Jesus' statement went against the Mosaic dispensation of law, tradition, and understanding of God's grace. Jesus' statement was an infringement against the old belief system and a new form of reaping eternal. The Pharisees held, that act of grace, sending manna to the Israelites, as a monumental and pivotal interaction with God during the time of Israel's need. Therefore, for Jesus to say that only His bread is able to give life, and the old manna given to their forefathers caused death was a direct insult to how God delivered the Israelites from the hand of Pharaoh and the Egyptian rule.
However, what Jesus said meant a lot more than denouncing what God had done for the Israelites. Jesus was, on another level, telling the Pharisees and disciples that their traditional way of reaping favor, grace, truth, power, and peace would not sustain them. In fact, their traditional way of reaping favor, salvation, atonement, and reconciliation would not work any longer, and nor does it sustain life. Boldly, Jesus stated that the only way anyone can have life is if they feed off of the flesh of the Bread of Life. In addition, Jesus was also teaching the disciples and Pharisees that the traditions of their forefathers would not sustain their salvation. This did not mean that there was a new salvation, but there was a better way of receiving salvation; that way is only Jesus Christ.
The Pharisees show us how we perceive reality when it is time for changes to become manifest in our lives. You and I cannot be under the false impression that our old ways of doing things, or traditional ways of receiving results will sustain us; it just will not happen. I prophetically announce to you that there is a better way of accomplishing this task that the Lord has led you into experiencing. The better way is the Kingdom way, and this Kingdom way will preserve and sustain you in a manner in which the traditional ways could not sustain and promote life. You cannot continue to look to old songs to deliver you from this new bondage-like experience. You must sing unto the Lord new songs, you must learn new Scriptures on top of the old Scriptures. You must seek the Lord for a new way of accomplishing the goals that He has set before you. You cannot put old wine into new wine skins!
Case in point: let us look at Psalm 84.10; "For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents wickedness." This Psalm has much to do with the time we can spend in the presence of God, and everyone is singing this song that D. Hobbs sung so well; depending on who you ask. However, Psalm is not only based on spending a day in the presence of Jehovah versus a thousand, but it also has everything to do with accepting duties and responsibilities God gave the sons of Korah; Korah is a clan within the Levitical tribe. What happened was Korah, Dathan, and Abiram became jealous of Aaron and Moses because of their power and position. Korah, Dathan, and Abiram decided to rebel against Moses and Aaron and usurp their power and authority. Since their behavior was ungodly, God decided to kill them in their tents where they dwelled. Aaron and Moses had a major responsibility to fulfill a task for God and the Israelite kingdom, and Korah, Dathan, and Abiram were only doorkeepers. Like any human being that does not have power, but observes the actions of people toward people of power, humans get jealous and seek to gain power. Most of the time, people go about obtaining this power through deception, dissension, and rebellion. When Korah, Dathan, and Abiram were struck down by the wrath of God, the sons of Korah decided to rebel against the rebellion of their fathers. In other words, the sons of Korah decided to be secure in their simple, but important position that God appointed them and anointed them to accomplish for the Israelite kingdom. Although there are many lessons we can learn from this situation, whomever wrote this particular song in the 84th chapter of Psalms, they decided to expose their attitude by saying that I rather serve in the Lord's house as a doorkeeper, as opposed to seek high positions and repeat the fruitless deeds of their fore-parents that God judged as wickedness.
The Lord is saying, "You must be secure with where I place you, what I give you to use, and how I command you to use it. It is not your anointing, says the Spirit of Truth. The anointing that I have given to you belongs to Me and it is only a loan. Do not fall into the traditional way of utilizing the anointing that I have given you, says the Lord, as your fore-parents have attempted to do." The Lord says, that I am giving myself to you in a different way and a better way than the way I have given to your fore-parents for this is a different dispensation for you. This is still the year of the Lord's favor, and my favor is requiring you to not repeat the same methodologies, ideologies, and philosophies to accomplish tomorrow's window of abundance and prosperity.
I pray that this blog excels you forward in the direction that the Lord is taking you, and I also pray that all generational curses of fruitlessness be broken in the name of Jesus. I pray that you find hope and encouragement to move on and not to become stagnant. For the world is eagerly awaiting in eager expectation for the sons and daughters of God. Remember you are a son and daughter of God with a rich inheritance! God bless you!
In Christ,
Servant of the Lord,
Donald W. Williams II
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
You Can Have Whatever You Like
Wow, I have not submitted an entry in quite some time now, but I am honored and excited to share this revelation with you this day. Last night as I was reading the book of John, chapters 14, 15, and 16, and I noticed that when Jesus explicated his betrayal, death, and resurrection, Jesus made many promises. I was not amazed that Jesus made so many promises, but I was more so amazed because one promise Jesus made occurred a total of six times. When analyzing the text, readers can identify the amount of times Jesus makes this particular promise, and readers can also observe how often Jesus made this promise within and between other eschatological signs in which the disciples should anticipate. The promise that occurred six times within these three chapters state, "Whatever you ask of me, in my Name, I will give it to you."
My issue with this promise is not necessarily how often it was declared, but my interest is intrigued with the reason why Jesus had to say this so many times within one overall textual and eschatological thought. In a sense, this eschatological discourse of Jesus' physical time spent with the disciples before Jesus would be examined, can possibly be similar to the departing words of a father on his death bed departing from his sons and daughters; or the departing words of a husband that has to go off to a war that has a high death/risk alert; or a mother that has to sell her children for her children's longevity of life. Imagine yourself in a situation where someone that is the most important, most loved, most honored, and most revered person in your life encountering the arduous task of telling you that they will depart from you; and your faith and trust in this person is does not strongly and willingly yield to their promise that is nearly impossible to accomplish. It is hearing the promise says, "Although I am away from you, you can ask me for anything and I will give it you; and I am also going to come back for you."
The reality is that humanity does not have a confidence in humanity to believe that once one is gone then they will come back. Secondly, humanity can not give anyone anything that they would ever want or need. The reality is that humans are not capable of fulfilling these two promises because anything could happen. However, this is what separates Jesus from humanity; Jesus can fulfill promises as if promises did not have a possibility to fail. This dynamism of Jesus' promise is so incredible and impeccable because Jesus had to repeat his promise many times in order for the disciples to truly believe that Jesus would grant whatever they needed. There are a few dimensions to the dynamism of Jesus' promise: 1) Because humanity flawlessly, consistently, and victoriously fails humanity with unachievable promises, empty philosophies, and endless assurances, humanity is immune to reneged promises; therefore causing disbelief; 2) Because Jesus understood that humanity has been flawlessly, consistently, and victoriously failed by neglected and failed promises, and in addition, Jesus also understands this phenomena, Jesus must repeat His assurances to us because we do not understand Christ's reality of time; and 3) Because of the many events that can occur in a span of time, human's attention is often diverted to other areas of life that may detract the attention away from Christ; therefore, we must constantly listen to what Christ is constantly attempting to tell us.
This dynamism can pose a challenge to making adjustments to our lifestyles and daily prayer lives. One challenge that Jesus' statement presents is the misunderstanding of believing that Christ's children can have anything that they have ever desired to obtain. This is not what Christ is saying! Christ is stating that as long as His children remain in Him and He remains in His children, then His children can ask for anything and it will be accomplished for them. Our requests, petitions, and desires that are asked of Christ must be what Christ wants; and not what we want. Sometimes Christians ask God to do things in their lives that are totally in disagreement with what Christ wants for them. In other words, when our desires are Christ's desires, when our wants are Christ's wants, when our ways are Christ's ways, then we can ask for anything and Jesus will supply those things that are requested. We are only able to accurately request and petition our desires to God when we confidently know what Christ wants for us; sometimes Christ is just waiting to give us what we need, but only when we ask for the right thing at the right time.
When Christ's wants are our wants and our wants are Christ's wants we are able to freely ask Christ for whatever we like and want. Yes, it is possible to have whatever you like. The rapper, T.I. poetically versed, what I call a dirge for humanity, when he lied and said that, "you could have whatever you like." This is not true and because T.I. spoke an untruth that is what makes it a dirge; it is the beginning of death one's life of dreams and fantasy. The world cannot give you whatever you like especially if Christ's wants, desires, needs, and agenda is your agenda, needs, wants, and desires.
The next adjustment that must be made with understanding the dynamism of Christ's promise is the adjustment in your prayer life. In this text, John 14, 15, and 16, Jesus is speaking, and very rarely do a couple of the disciples say anything. My point is that Jesus spoke in John 14, 15, and 16, but Jesus is still speaking, and you are not listening to some of his repetitive promises He is making. Sometimes, your prayer life is as such that you approach the throne and bow before the Lord just rambling at the mouth. The question that I pose is this: Since when have you seen a servant approach the throne of a king and the king is doing the listening to the servant? In order for the servant to know what chores need to be accomplished, that servant must approach the kings throne with open ears and a good level of comprehension. We must listen to the promises of Christ so that we are able to confidently function in this world that is managed by the prince of darkness and evil rulers/spirits in high places. You cannot have whatever you like if you are constantly talking. Notice, pimps do not like their women to talk too much because it would be an indictment of the pimp's power over his women. Most managers do not like for their employees to talk too much because it is a direct offense against their power.
When you want what Christ wants for you, and you ask, Jesus will give whatever you ask! Yes, this is a promise that the world cannot achieve. This is a promise that your husband, wife, brother, best friend, cousin, grand mom, baby father, baby mother, ant, grand dad, or anyone in this world can achieve. Only Christ can accomplish His promise! I love this beautiful poetic prophetic utterance of Isaiah,
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the LORD.
9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
10 As the rain and the snow
come down from heaven,
and do not return to it
without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,
so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,
11 so is my word that goes out from my mouth:
It will not return to me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose for which I sent it."
My issue with this promise is not necessarily how often it was declared, but my interest is intrigued with the reason why Jesus had to say this so many times within one overall textual and eschatological thought. In a sense, this eschatological discourse of Jesus' physical time spent with the disciples before Jesus would be examined, can possibly be similar to the departing words of a father on his death bed departing from his sons and daughters; or the departing words of a husband that has to go off to a war that has a high death/risk alert; or a mother that has to sell her children for her children's longevity of life. Imagine yourself in a situation where someone that is the most important, most loved, most honored, and most revered person in your life encountering the arduous task of telling you that they will depart from you; and your faith and trust in this person is does not strongly and willingly yield to their promise that is nearly impossible to accomplish. It is hearing the promise says, "Although I am away from you, you can ask me for anything and I will give it you; and I am also going to come back for you."
The reality is that humanity does not have a confidence in humanity to believe that once one is gone then they will come back. Secondly, humanity can not give anyone anything that they would ever want or need. The reality is that humans are not capable of fulfilling these two promises because anything could happen. However, this is what separates Jesus from humanity; Jesus can fulfill promises as if promises did not have a possibility to fail. This dynamism of Jesus' promise is so incredible and impeccable because Jesus had to repeat his promise many times in order for the disciples to truly believe that Jesus would grant whatever they needed. There are a few dimensions to the dynamism of Jesus' promise: 1) Because humanity flawlessly, consistently, and victoriously fails humanity with unachievable promises, empty philosophies, and endless assurances, humanity is immune to reneged promises; therefore causing disbelief; 2) Because Jesus understood that humanity has been flawlessly, consistently, and victoriously failed by neglected and failed promises, and in addition, Jesus also understands this phenomena, Jesus must repeat His assurances to us because we do not understand Christ's reality of time; and 3) Because of the many events that can occur in a span of time, human's attention is often diverted to other areas of life that may detract the attention away from Christ; therefore, we must constantly listen to what Christ is constantly attempting to tell us.
This dynamism can pose a challenge to making adjustments to our lifestyles and daily prayer lives. One challenge that Jesus' statement presents is the misunderstanding of believing that Christ's children can have anything that they have ever desired to obtain. This is not what Christ is saying! Christ is stating that as long as His children remain in Him and He remains in His children, then His children can ask for anything and it will be accomplished for them. Our requests, petitions, and desires that are asked of Christ must be what Christ wants; and not what we want. Sometimes Christians ask God to do things in their lives that are totally in disagreement with what Christ wants for them. In other words, when our desires are Christ's desires, when our wants are Christ's wants, when our ways are Christ's ways, then we can ask for anything and Jesus will supply those things that are requested. We are only able to accurately request and petition our desires to God when we confidently know what Christ wants for us; sometimes Christ is just waiting to give us what we need, but only when we ask for the right thing at the right time.
When Christ's wants are our wants and our wants are Christ's wants we are able to freely ask Christ for whatever we like and want. Yes, it is possible to have whatever you like. The rapper, T.I. poetically versed, what I call a dirge for humanity, when he lied and said that, "you could have whatever you like." This is not true and because T.I. spoke an untruth that is what makes it a dirge; it is the beginning of death one's life of dreams and fantasy. The world cannot give you whatever you like especially if Christ's wants, desires, needs, and agenda is your agenda, needs, wants, and desires.
The next adjustment that must be made with understanding the dynamism of Christ's promise is the adjustment in your prayer life. In this text, John 14, 15, and 16, Jesus is speaking, and very rarely do a couple of the disciples say anything. My point is that Jesus spoke in John 14, 15, and 16, but Jesus is still speaking, and you are not listening to some of his repetitive promises He is making. Sometimes, your prayer life is as such that you approach the throne and bow before the Lord just rambling at the mouth. The question that I pose is this: Since when have you seen a servant approach the throne of a king and the king is doing the listening to the servant? In order for the servant to know what chores need to be accomplished, that servant must approach the kings throne with open ears and a good level of comprehension. We must listen to the promises of Christ so that we are able to confidently function in this world that is managed by the prince of darkness and evil rulers/spirits in high places. You cannot have whatever you like if you are constantly talking. Notice, pimps do not like their women to talk too much because it would be an indictment of the pimp's power over his women. Most managers do not like for their employees to talk too much because it is a direct offense against their power.
When you want what Christ wants for you, and you ask, Jesus will give whatever you ask! Yes, this is a promise that the world cannot achieve. This is a promise that your husband, wife, brother, best friend, cousin, grand mom, baby father, baby mother, ant, grand dad, or anyone in this world can achieve. Only Christ can accomplish His promise! I love this beautiful poetic prophetic utterance of Isaiah,
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the LORD.
9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
10 As the rain and the snow
come down from heaven,
and do not return to it
without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,
so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,
11 so is my word that goes out from my mouth:
It will not return to me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose for which I sent it."
Christ sits at the throne, waiting for you to approach the throne, to worship Him, but to listen to His voice; for the purpose of you asking for anything and whatever you want so that He can achieve it for you! Go in peace. I pray this blesses you!
In Christ,
Servant of the Lord,
DWWII
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
LOOSEN YOUR TONGUE, I WANT TO HEAR YOUR VOICE
I write this blog as a commentary on prayer and how I feel about praying to Jesus Christ. You can consider this blog insert as insight, encouragement, and another perspective about the nature and ethos of prayer. In this blog, I am going to explain how prayer has not taken anything away from what is needed and desired in my life; I will elaborate more on how prayer will not harm anything you may possess, desire, or need. Secondly, I am going to share, from a biblical perspective, how Christians should pray. Often times, mainly in public settings, this could be in the church setting or small group setting, Christians do not like to verbally pray. I can remember times when I was younger and church members would ask me to pray and I would be so nervous. In my nervousness, I would get over the fact that they asked me to pray, but when I prayed I often repeated what I heard most Christian adults say when they prayed. Because many Christians do not like to publicly pray, I found out that most of the time nervousness is the cause of many not desiring to pray in group settings and not knowing how to pray; for the fear of not saying what people want to hear. Lastly, I am going to provide the truth of what can and will happen as a result of a daily prayer life that is genuine, spirit-led, and executed. By the time you finish praying, pondering, and questioning everything that I write in this blog, you will walk in a supernatural power directly sent from the Holy Spirit; you will be a strong and powerful and undefeated prayer warrior; you will never not want to stop praying to Jesus Christ. You are going to see everything that you ask Christ happen for you; miracles are going to occur and appear before your eyes; you will see like you never saw before; you will hear like you have never heard before; you will know like you have never known before; you will understand better than you have understood.
I remember when I first established the daily routine of prayer in my life; it was in 2006. A time when I wanted better for myself. I was tired of having an overdraft bank account, fed up with feeling rotten about myself, and weary about my age and what I had not accomplished for myself. Before 2006, I thought I could earn a great education and have a wonderful job and be happy with life; this was not the case! Although I have already attained those lifeless accomplishments, (college degree, job, money, and women), I was not impressed nor was I satisfied. As I was thinking about life, out of no where, the Lord spoke to me and said, "the greatest thing that you will ever accomplish in life is a relationship with Me." Needless to say, I was not reluctant to attempting this relationship with Christ. In the meantime, my rationale assisted me into reasoning that the only way to have a great relationship with anyone is to constantly and consistently spend time together and talk. I figured that Jesus is a person and the spirit of Christ is the Holy Spirit so I realized that I would talk to God the Holy Spirit.
As I talked to the Holy Spirit, I thought I was crazy and I thought that everyone else that would eventually hear me talk to the Holy Spirit would think that I was crazy. Meanwhile, as I spoke to God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, and God the Father, I felt a power enter my room that is almost unexplainable. It was like as soon as I called on the name of Jesus, Jesus' presence entered and sat next to me. I immediately started to cry, because I thought that I was worthless, dirty, infested, rotten, tainted, impure, unholy, and unworthy for the King of the universe to join me in a conversation. The minute I called on Jesus, He came, and I said,"Lord I apologize for sleeping with so many women and having orgies, I apologize for stealing, apologize for cursing, having suicidal thoughts, I apologize for being disobedient to my mother's instructions and hurting her, I apologize for being addicted to marijuana, addicted to pornography, addicted to women, addicted to getting drunk, I apologize for hurting all of those women I slept with and did not care about, I apologize for almost breaking up a marriage, I apologize for my desire of strippers and prostitutes, I apologize for practicing sexual perversion, I apologize for being irresponsible over my finances, I apologize for worshipping idols and practicing idolatry, I apologize for lying, and I apologize for living an evil life. This went on for months because I had to be delivered and set free. The demons that were inside of me fought diligently and violently not to leave, but Christ defeated them; and I am free in Jesus Christ!
I then told Christ that I wanted Him to severely take over every action and aspect of my life. The only reason why I did this is because I believed, and still believe, that only the Creator of the universe has the power, authority, and leisure to send rain, send snow, create a climate where it is 70 degrees toward the end of October; and if God the Creator of heaven and earth is able to command these types of climate shifts to occur, then God the Creator of heaven and earth, is able to change my life around. I believed, and still believe that if God can turn leaves into different colors, then He can totally and drastically change my life around. I needed God to work a miracle in my life. I needed God to make me feel better. I was hurt, torn apart, afraid, blind, and unaware that I needed the presence of Christ in my life. My checking account was always in the negative because I spent my money on alcohol, weed, gas, food, and condoms.
So as I talked to Christ and poured my heart out to Him, He wiped my sins away, filled me with His Spirit, and He spoke to me. I was amazed that the Lord actually spoke to me because I thought why would someone that sits on the highest throne, and has all the power in the universe want to talk to me. When He spoke, He told me that I was special and that He loved me; not only did He say that, but He also told me that I can start over because I am forgiven for everything I have ever done.
Understand that I did not believe that Jesus wanted to talk to me because I knew men that hold very high positions on earth that will not talk to me. They are not humble, they are greedy, power hungry, and feel as though that if they are caught talking to a person that is unimportant, they will loose their popularity, power, and their identity would shatter. But Jesus was not so caught up in His highest seat that He could not speak to me. Of course, I asked the Lord if I could approach His throne, but Jesus said," Do not hesitate to call me for anything." "Anything you ever need or want to talk about, feel free to come anytime you want to." Now big time men and women on earth that are presidents, bishops, apostles, lawyers, judges, and doctors have said this to me many times, but they were not always accessible when I needed them. That is when I realized that I had to cease relying on their words and trust in the promises of God. Because of my encounters with Christ and the magnitude of them, man and woman can say anything and I take their words as a grain of salt, but when Christ says it I can walk and understand confidently that I will never be failed by Christ.
Jesus has not failed me yet, and Jesus will never fail me. Prayer is simply a conversation with Christ. I think it is sometimes silly to identify the nomenclature of prayer as prayer, because prayer is actually the conversation between you and Christ. However, it does differ from talking to a friend, but in a sense it is different. The only difference is that Jesus is the Savior of the world, and your friend is just a friend who cannot offer you eternal life. Jesus is your friend that will give you eternal life.
Because I daily spent, and continue to spend, hours praying, I did not spend much money, I learned that I was better informed about God's plan for humanity than most Christians. I learned that God has a voice, I became free from always finding my checking account in the negative, I saved money, I became baptized in the Holy Spirit, the Lord informed me about things in other people's lives that they have never shared with anyone; the Lord strengthened my eyesight, I was delivered from many evil spirits; I had about 13 demons influencing my actions. I understood Scripture better, I understood what God wants from me. I understand that God does have wants and desires for His people.
Since I am a rational thinker, I constructed a list: the pros and cons of praying as opposed to the pros and cons of living in carnality. When I reviewed the ratings, I learned that there were no cons under that prayer list and that there were no positives in living a carnal lifestyle. I also learned that carnality is the result of not living a life of prayer. When Christians do not have a prayer life, they have no power. Where there is no power, there is no prayer and where there is no prayer, there is no power. Through prayer, I learned that I cannot do nothing on my own. The spirit of pride and a prideful mentality that promotes "self" influences a person to believe that they do not need to speak to God or need God at all.
The reality is that Lucifer does not want Christians to pray. Notice I said Christians.....every other religion is not challenged with maintaining a daily prayer life. The Muslims pray five times a day, Buddhists chant which is a form of prayer; they have no problem with chanting/praying because their god cannot respond back to them because their god is a false god. Lucifer knows that Jesus holds the greatest power in the world and Lucifer knows that the doctrine of the Trinity promotes the majestic rule and authority of the Godhead and Lucifer does not want Christians to pray to Christ. That is why Lucifer attempts to distract Christians from praying by planting televisions, jobs, sports, physical health activities to dominant the schedules of many Christians. Most Christians sometimes make the excuse, after they are finished completing all of their tasks, that they are too tired to pray; that is Lucifer's strategy. In where there is no prayer, there is no peace, no love from Christ, but there is total chaos, confusion, arguing, violence, abuse, greed, adultery, lying, and many other wickedness.
Many Christians do not know how to pray, and the lack of understanding of how to pray is the reason why Christians are sometimes nervous or ashamed of praying in group settings. Not knowing how to pray is actually saying I do not know how to talk. In addition, it is saying that I do not know how to talk to the one I love. It is saying, "I do not know how to talk to Christ." Lucifer hates relational love that is why Lucifer comes to steal, kill, and destroy relationships, marriages, families, churches, and prayer groups. Prayer can be one of the most uncomfortable occurrences in church for people who do not pray, because people are afraid of their sins, faults, and perversions of being exposed. When light enters in, whatever is lying in the dark will be exposed. As Christians, we should not be surprised of any sin or short coming of our fellow Christian brothers and sisters. When we pray to Christ, there can be nothing that hinders or causes death, trauma, heartbreak, or tragedy to your life. Praying is all good; just do it!
When Jesus taught His disciples how to pray, Jesus told them to recite the Our Father. The Our Father is a standard prayer that can be easily memorized, but the purpose of that prayer was to give the disciples a foundational teaching of how they should pray. Not only was the Our Father a foundational and basic prayer to follow, but many religions prayed to a god and Christians were committed and commissioned to being set apart from other religions, sects, and cults. In Matthew 6. 9-15, Jesus' teaching was not concerned with the memorization of the prayer because it is not from the heart. Jesus was teaching how to pray, but as a structure and example of prayer. I suggest that you make some time to analyze the structure of the Lord's prayer and maybe, if you are a beginning prayer warrior, pattern your prayer after the Lord's prayer. Please do not get me wrong, the Lord's prayer is a very powerful prayer, but when our prayers are from memory and not from the heart, they are but a sounding brass and tinkling cymbals; especially if we do not love the Lord, our God, with our heart, soul, and mind. If our hearts our not in it we are merely expressing lip service to the Lord.
Sometimes our prayers are hindered because we ask for things that are not in align with what the Lord wants for us. The Lord may not have pre-destined you to be a millionaire, a CEO, a plumber, a model, an R&B singer, or a rapper. Jesus did not say stop asking for things that I do not want for you, but Jesus says, "until now, you have not asked for anything in my Name, ask and you will receive and your joy will complete" (John 16.24 NIV). Now joy is very different from happiness. Joy is not conditional, but happiness is conditional. Under certain conditions one can be happy, but anyone can always be joyful. Being a millionaire can make you happy, but you can also be a depressed millionaire; Jesus does not give depression, but the devil does.
The joy that Christ releases is unconditional and everlasting, in fact it is one of the fruits of the Holy Spirit. The Bible says, "You have made known to me the path of life, and you will fill me with joy in your presence, and with eternal pleasures in His right Hand." It is only being in His presence can we receive joy that is an eternal pleasure; joy lasts forever. Since joy is one of the fruits of the Holy Spirit, the Bible says, that Christ will send the Holy Spirit without measure or in its fullness. When you receive the Holy Spirit, you have the Holy Spirit in fullness. The Holy Spirit does not give some of it today and some tomorrow and the remainder two weeks before you die. When you received the Holy Spirit you received Him in full. The reason why this seems obscure is because not everyone relies on the Holy Spirit to guide, direct, teach, provide, protect, and minister to them on a daily basis.
Another reason why our prayers are sometime hindered is because we are unforgivable; we do not have forgiving spirits. We ask the Lord to move things from out our life or to change things around but some Christians are holding on to an unforgivable spirit. Jesus says that when you stand praying, do not doubt that it has not already been done, because it will be a prayer that is hindered. In addition, Jesus adds that we must stand in forgiveness and believe that the Father has forgiven him/her for their sins. Sometimes, we do not forgive ourselves and loved ones, and sometimes we believe that we are not forgiven. Anything we ask for, if it is align with Christ's will, lack an unforgivable spirit, and lacks doubt can happen by the name and power of Jesus Christ.
As I conclude this long blog, as a result of a consistent prayer life that is executed daily, you can walk in supernatural power, the Lord can and will give you insight as to what you should pray for, you can believe in the person of Jesus Christ and accept Christ as God above heaven and earth. If you pray more, your faith will be strengthened and you will see Christ perform miracles in your life; and He will also use you to perform miracles as His conduit. Christ, will deliver you from things that are a distraction to you completing tasks. Christ can take jerks that you may have away, convulsions can be destroyed, insecurity, fear, intimidation, low esteem can be taken away. Christ can restore a spirit and countenance of innocence in your life; He can make you look pretty and beautiful and pure. Christ can do anything that you ask of Him. Christ is here for you.
Why do you seek other things to validate you when Christ can do it better? Why do you seek approval from man when man and woman are so flawed? Why do you talk more to everyone else about your issues as opposed to Christ? Why do you rely on your parents, husband, wife, children, best friends as opposed to God? Christ can strengthen your swagger and confidence; you do not need a gang to validate, confirm, affirm, and approve your identity. Christ will and make things better for you. All you have to do is call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; and watch what happens. I PROMISE YOU! You have not maximized the power of Christ, and if you did you would not lust, you would not have any addictions, you would not be depressed, you would not claim depression, you would not fear, you would not need an entourage of people to validate your identity, you would not have suicidal thoughts, thoughts of failure, but you will find purpose, a mission, a hobby, and a way out of ALL troubles. Jesus is the way, the truth, and the light; No One can come to God except through Jesus Christ. Jesus, with all His power, prayed so much to His Father, because He had to do the will of the Father. We are not living to appease self, but to please Christ. Jesus says in Luke 6. 46," why do you call me Lord, but do not do what I say?" Why do you call Jesus Lord, but do not talk to Him. Jesus wants to hear your voice because only Jesus can make things better for you. If you want your life perfected, call on the Name of Jesus and spend some quality time with the Love of your life.
In Christ,
DWWII
I remember when I first established the daily routine of prayer in my life; it was in 2006. A time when I wanted better for myself. I was tired of having an overdraft bank account, fed up with feeling rotten about myself, and weary about my age and what I had not accomplished for myself. Before 2006, I thought I could earn a great education and have a wonderful job and be happy with life; this was not the case! Although I have already attained those lifeless accomplishments, (college degree, job, money, and women), I was not impressed nor was I satisfied. As I was thinking about life, out of no where, the Lord spoke to me and said, "the greatest thing that you will ever accomplish in life is a relationship with Me." Needless to say, I was not reluctant to attempting this relationship with Christ. In the meantime, my rationale assisted me into reasoning that the only way to have a great relationship with anyone is to constantly and consistently spend time together and talk. I figured that Jesus is a person and the spirit of Christ is the Holy Spirit so I realized that I would talk to God the Holy Spirit.
As I talked to the Holy Spirit, I thought I was crazy and I thought that everyone else that would eventually hear me talk to the Holy Spirit would think that I was crazy. Meanwhile, as I spoke to God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, and God the Father, I felt a power enter my room that is almost unexplainable. It was like as soon as I called on the name of Jesus, Jesus' presence entered and sat next to me. I immediately started to cry, because I thought that I was worthless, dirty, infested, rotten, tainted, impure, unholy, and unworthy for the King of the universe to join me in a conversation. The minute I called on Jesus, He came, and I said,"Lord I apologize for sleeping with so many women and having orgies, I apologize for stealing, apologize for cursing, having suicidal thoughts, I apologize for being disobedient to my mother's instructions and hurting her, I apologize for being addicted to marijuana, addicted to pornography, addicted to women, addicted to getting drunk, I apologize for hurting all of those women I slept with and did not care about, I apologize for almost breaking up a marriage, I apologize for my desire of strippers and prostitutes, I apologize for practicing sexual perversion, I apologize for being irresponsible over my finances, I apologize for worshipping idols and practicing idolatry, I apologize for lying, and I apologize for living an evil life. This went on for months because I had to be delivered and set free. The demons that were inside of me fought diligently and violently not to leave, but Christ defeated them; and I am free in Jesus Christ!
I then told Christ that I wanted Him to severely take over every action and aspect of my life. The only reason why I did this is because I believed, and still believe, that only the Creator of the universe has the power, authority, and leisure to send rain, send snow, create a climate where it is 70 degrees toward the end of October; and if God the Creator of heaven and earth is able to command these types of climate shifts to occur, then God the Creator of heaven and earth, is able to change my life around. I believed, and still believe that if God can turn leaves into different colors, then He can totally and drastically change my life around. I needed God to work a miracle in my life. I needed God to make me feel better. I was hurt, torn apart, afraid, blind, and unaware that I needed the presence of Christ in my life. My checking account was always in the negative because I spent my money on alcohol, weed, gas, food, and condoms.
So as I talked to Christ and poured my heart out to Him, He wiped my sins away, filled me with His Spirit, and He spoke to me. I was amazed that the Lord actually spoke to me because I thought why would someone that sits on the highest throne, and has all the power in the universe want to talk to me. When He spoke, He told me that I was special and that He loved me; not only did He say that, but He also told me that I can start over because I am forgiven for everything I have ever done.
Understand that I did not believe that Jesus wanted to talk to me because I knew men that hold very high positions on earth that will not talk to me. They are not humble, they are greedy, power hungry, and feel as though that if they are caught talking to a person that is unimportant, they will loose their popularity, power, and their identity would shatter. But Jesus was not so caught up in His highest seat that He could not speak to me. Of course, I asked the Lord if I could approach His throne, but Jesus said," Do not hesitate to call me for anything." "Anything you ever need or want to talk about, feel free to come anytime you want to." Now big time men and women on earth that are presidents, bishops, apostles, lawyers, judges, and doctors have said this to me many times, but they were not always accessible when I needed them. That is when I realized that I had to cease relying on their words and trust in the promises of God. Because of my encounters with Christ and the magnitude of them, man and woman can say anything and I take their words as a grain of salt, but when Christ says it I can walk and understand confidently that I will never be failed by Christ.
Jesus has not failed me yet, and Jesus will never fail me. Prayer is simply a conversation with Christ. I think it is sometimes silly to identify the nomenclature of prayer as prayer, because prayer is actually the conversation between you and Christ. However, it does differ from talking to a friend, but in a sense it is different. The only difference is that Jesus is the Savior of the world, and your friend is just a friend who cannot offer you eternal life. Jesus is your friend that will give you eternal life.
Because I daily spent, and continue to spend, hours praying, I did not spend much money, I learned that I was better informed about God's plan for humanity than most Christians. I learned that God has a voice, I became free from always finding my checking account in the negative, I saved money, I became baptized in the Holy Spirit, the Lord informed me about things in other people's lives that they have never shared with anyone; the Lord strengthened my eyesight, I was delivered from many evil spirits; I had about 13 demons influencing my actions. I understood Scripture better, I understood what God wants from me. I understand that God does have wants and desires for His people.
Since I am a rational thinker, I constructed a list: the pros and cons of praying as opposed to the pros and cons of living in carnality. When I reviewed the ratings, I learned that there were no cons under that prayer list and that there were no positives in living a carnal lifestyle. I also learned that carnality is the result of not living a life of prayer. When Christians do not have a prayer life, they have no power. Where there is no power, there is no prayer and where there is no prayer, there is no power. Through prayer, I learned that I cannot do nothing on my own. The spirit of pride and a prideful mentality that promotes "self" influences a person to believe that they do not need to speak to God or need God at all.
The reality is that Lucifer does not want Christians to pray. Notice I said Christians.....every other religion is not challenged with maintaining a daily prayer life. The Muslims pray five times a day, Buddhists chant which is a form of prayer; they have no problem with chanting/praying because their god cannot respond back to them because their god is a false god. Lucifer knows that Jesus holds the greatest power in the world and Lucifer knows that the doctrine of the Trinity promotes the majestic rule and authority of the Godhead and Lucifer does not want Christians to pray to Christ. That is why Lucifer attempts to distract Christians from praying by planting televisions, jobs, sports, physical health activities to dominant the schedules of many Christians. Most Christians sometimes make the excuse, after they are finished completing all of their tasks, that they are too tired to pray; that is Lucifer's strategy. In where there is no prayer, there is no peace, no love from Christ, but there is total chaos, confusion, arguing, violence, abuse, greed, adultery, lying, and many other wickedness.
Many Christians do not know how to pray, and the lack of understanding of how to pray is the reason why Christians are sometimes nervous or ashamed of praying in group settings. Not knowing how to pray is actually saying I do not know how to talk. In addition, it is saying that I do not know how to talk to the one I love. It is saying, "I do not know how to talk to Christ." Lucifer hates relational love that is why Lucifer comes to steal, kill, and destroy relationships, marriages, families, churches, and prayer groups. Prayer can be one of the most uncomfortable occurrences in church for people who do not pray, because people are afraid of their sins, faults, and perversions of being exposed. When light enters in, whatever is lying in the dark will be exposed. As Christians, we should not be surprised of any sin or short coming of our fellow Christian brothers and sisters. When we pray to Christ, there can be nothing that hinders or causes death, trauma, heartbreak, or tragedy to your life. Praying is all good; just do it!
When Jesus taught His disciples how to pray, Jesus told them to recite the Our Father. The Our Father is a standard prayer that can be easily memorized, but the purpose of that prayer was to give the disciples a foundational teaching of how they should pray. Not only was the Our Father a foundational and basic prayer to follow, but many religions prayed to a god and Christians were committed and commissioned to being set apart from other religions, sects, and cults. In Matthew 6. 9-15, Jesus' teaching was not concerned with the memorization of the prayer because it is not from the heart. Jesus was teaching how to pray, but as a structure and example of prayer. I suggest that you make some time to analyze the structure of the Lord's prayer and maybe, if you are a beginning prayer warrior, pattern your prayer after the Lord's prayer. Please do not get me wrong, the Lord's prayer is a very powerful prayer, but when our prayers are from memory and not from the heart, they are but a sounding brass and tinkling cymbals; especially if we do not love the Lord, our God, with our heart, soul, and mind. If our hearts our not in it we are merely expressing lip service to the Lord.
Sometimes our prayers are hindered because we ask for things that are not in align with what the Lord wants for us. The Lord may not have pre-destined you to be a millionaire, a CEO, a plumber, a model, an R&B singer, or a rapper. Jesus did not say stop asking for things that I do not want for you, but Jesus says, "until now, you have not asked for anything in my Name, ask and you will receive and your joy will complete" (John 16.24 NIV). Now joy is very different from happiness. Joy is not conditional, but happiness is conditional. Under certain conditions one can be happy, but anyone can always be joyful. Being a millionaire can make you happy, but you can also be a depressed millionaire; Jesus does not give depression, but the devil does.
The joy that Christ releases is unconditional and everlasting, in fact it is one of the fruits of the Holy Spirit. The Bible says, "You have made known to me the path of life, and you will fill me with joy in your presence, and with eternal pleasures in His right Hand." It is only being in His presence can we receive joy that is an eternal pleasure; joy lasts forever. Since joy is one of the fruits of the Holy Spirit, the Bible says, that Christ will send the Holy Spirit without measure or in its fullness. When you receive the Holy Spirit, you have the Holy Spirit in fullness. The Holy Spirit does not give some of it today and some tomorrow and the remainder two weeks before you die. When you received the Holy Spirit you received Him in full. The reason why this seems obscure is because not everyone relies on the Holy Spirit to guide, direct, teach, provide, protect, and minister to them on a daily basis.
Another reason why our prayers are sometime hindered is because we are unforgivable; we do not have forgiving spirits. We ask the Lord to move things from out our life or to change things around but some Christians are holding on to an unforgivable spirit. Jesus says that when you stand praying, do not doubt that it has not already been done, because it will be a prayer that is hindered. In addition, Jesus adds that we must stand in forgiveness and believe that the Father has forgiven him/her for their sins. Sometimes, we do not forgive ourselves and loved ones, and sometimes we believe that we are not forgiven. Anything we ask for, if it is align with Christ's will, lack an unforgivable spirit, and lacks doubt can happen by the name and power of Jesus Christ.
As I conclude this long blog, as a result of a consistent prayer life that is executed daily, you can walk in supernatural power, the Lord can and will give you insight as to what you should pray for, you can believe in the person of Jesus Christ and accept Christ as God above heaven and earth. If you pray more, your faith will be strengthened and you will see Christ perform miracles in your life; and He will also use you to perform miracles as His conduit. Christ, will deliver you from things that are a distraction to you completing tasks. Christ can take jerks that you may have away, convulsions can be destroyed, insecurity, fear, intimidation, low esteem can be taken away. Christ can restore a spirit and countenance of innocence in your life; He can make you look pretty and beautiful and pure. Christ can do anything that you ask of Him. Christ is here for you.
Why do you seek other things to validate you when Christ can do it better? Why do you seek approval from man when man and woman are so flawed? Why do you talk more to everyone else about your issues as opposed to Christ? Why do you rely on your parents, husband, wife, children, best friends as opposed to God? Christ can strengthen your swagger and confidence; you do not need a gang to validate, confirm, affirm, and approve your identity. Christ will and make things better for you. All you have to do is call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; and watch what happens. I PROMISE YOU! You have not maximized the power of Christ, and if you did you would not lust, you would not have any addictions, you would not be depressed, you would not claim depression, you would not fear, you would not need an entourage of people to validate your identity, you would not have suicidal thoughts, thoughts of failure, but you will find purpose, a mission, a hobby, and a way out of ALL troubles. Jesus is the way, the truth, and the light; No One can come to God except through Jesus Christ. Jesus, with all His power, prayed so much to His Father, because He had to do the will of the Father. We are not living to appease self, but to please Christ. Jesus says in Luke 6. 46," why do you call me Lord, but do not do what I say?" Why do you call Jesus Lord, but do not talk to Him. Jesus wants to hear your voice because only Jesus can make things better for you. If you want your life perfected, call on the Name of Jesus and spend some quality time with the Love of your life.
In Christ,
DWWII
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
You Can Overcome This
One of my very good friends, from way back during my high school days, posed a sophisticated question on Facebook this evening. I told her that I would give her an answer to her question in this. She actually helped me out to write a blog today; as I try to submit one blog for everyday of the week. In a nutshell, my friend's question asked,"Why is there so much violence, racism, malice, deceit, hatred, robbery, jealousy (and the list goes on) in a world that teaches that life is supposed to be precious?" There are many ways to answer this question, but there are three levels in which I will deal with this question. The first manner in which I will answer this question is from the perspective of what, we call in the seminary, "social sin." The second way I will answer this question is dealing with the false teaching of the world, and even sometimes the church, that believes and teaches that life is supposed to be precious. Lastly, I will deal with "hedonism" to answer her question. I am not an expert on the "why" of this question, but I am well studied in this area.
Racism, violence, robbery, and drug addiction that we observe in our neighborhoods are a result of social and political sins. Social and political sins are a direct result of politicians' and world leaders' greed and quest for power, respect money, and position. Because many politicians seek power and position, drugs, violence, theft, and other addictions, most of the time infests a society. In other words, many politicians do not put healthy and clean grocery stores into low income neighborhoods, health clinics are low budget and poorly staffed, and politicians bring in more fast food restaurants into neighborhoods because they know that low income families will not purchase more expensive food. They do this because they play the role as if they are doing something good, but at the end of the day, it is bad. The bottom line is as a result of poor politicians, politicians do not hire qualified and moral staff that will cure the disease of poverty, obesity, drug use that causes crimes. These are social sins. Social sins are the product and result of why people do not have the power to help themselves by means of education, money, and employment. Drug addicts do not know any other way of living because they are a product of their upbringing. Money is not given to them, mentally imbalanced people are walking the streets when they are supposed to be in mental institutions; lack of health care. So as a result, these mentally insane people that are poor do not have health care rob stores, steal cars, and murder for drugs; or because they are on drugs. Social sins do not have a cure. The government fosters this behavior, and unfortunately no one can do anything about social sin because social sins are caused by corrupt powers and principalities.
The second part of the answer to this question is the false reality that the world teaches, and sometime, unfortunately, the church: this false teaching states that life is supposed to be precious. From a biblical perspective, if there were no suffering, we would all be in heaven. Remember the Bible states that, Jesus will wipe every tear from the eyes of His people, no more hunger, no more thirst, and no more worries (this is stated in the book of Revelation 21. 4). This only takes place when we all get to heaven. Remember, Jesus suffered and received the highest honor of sitting at the right of God the Father. I often become frustrated with many pastors that preach a gospel to the church that implies and sometimes explicates that Christians are not supposed to suffer or suffering will only last for a certain period of time. That is a lie from the pit of hell. We are supposed to suffer in order to receive our heavenly reward and crown. There are three crowns that are rewarded for our suffering and the endurance of our faith: the crown of glory, crown of righteousness, and the crown of life. All of these crowns are what Christians receive because of their endurance of trial and tribulations. If we are to be Christ-like, then we must suffer. One cannot be Christ-like unless he/she suffers. Therefore, the universe is precious because God created it, but the experiences of life cannot be always precious; although we try to make the best of our challenging circumstances and situations. Life is only precious when you have eternal life, because eternal life gives us the everlasting truth that Christ will take away all of the bad when Satan is eternally thrown into the lake of fire.
The last part of this question deals with hedonism. Hedonism is the quest to please one's senses; in other words it is gratifying sensual pleasures. Hedonism literally influences and steers everything in our society. Hedonism drives Las Vegas, Hollywood, the porn industry, all secular music, and all entertainment. Hedonism promotes and assists the appealing nature of all seduction. Think about it: Burger King,"Have it Your Way," Nike,"Just Do It," and there are many more that I could name, but the issue with hedonism is the fact that the Bible translates the Greek word hedone as lust. Hedone is a derivative of the word hedonism which is lust for self and personal pleasure. Money, Sex, and Magic, are three examples of Hedonism. Hedonism promotes self and does not promote one to live a life that is led by the Holy Spirit, so when someone is not led by the Holy Spirit in all of their ways, they gain a desire to live out what the world promotes as "hedonism." Hedone is translated as lust or pleasure in the Bible, specifically in James 4.3. But James 4.4 says that to be friends with the word means to hate God. If you hate God, and is a friend of sex outside of marriage, smoking and drinking alcohol to become drunk or high, a friend of seeking to gain earthly riches, a friend of any lust, you are actually a God hater. This is the Biblical reality that all Christians should must adhere.
I could go deeper into the question, but these three explanations are what causes robbery, hatred, jealousy, drug addiction and many other wicked behaviors that Christians should seek the Lord to deliver from their lives. Christ is seeking a church without spot, blemish, or wrinkle, and these sins are the wrinkles and blemishes that cause our society to be perceived as an evil place. This is not only a perception, but it is a reality. The reality is that you are able to live holy and righteous and be delivered from wickedness.
Unfortunately, life will not be truly precious until Christ comes back. The world will not face this reality because they do not have the Holy Spirit. The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God; it is foolish to them (1 Cor. 2.14). You can overcome the forces of the world and the false teachings and philosophies of the world. You can pray, fast, and ask God for wisdom and He will direct your paths; free of charge. You can overcome your worries, anxiety, and misunderstandings about the world. God is sovereign and our society is only going to get worse. It has to get worse because Jesus Christ says that when things get worse they are the birth pains of His arrival for His church! Jesus is coming back people of God, and we must prepare ourselves by daily prayer; daily fasting; and more time spent in prayer. You will not be able to see and understand what I am saying unless you pray more to Jesus Christ!
I pray this gives you some clarity! God bless you and until next time!
In Christ,
Pastor Donald W. Williams II, Servant of the Lord
Racism, violence, robbery, and drug addiction that we observe in our neighborhoods are a result of social and political sins. Social and political sins are a direct result of politicians' and world leaders' greed and quest for power, respect money, and position. Because many politicians seek power and position, drugs, violence, theft, and other addictions, most of the time infests a society. In other words, many politicians do not put healthy and clean grocery stores into low income neighborhoods, health clinics are low budget and poorly staffed, and politicians bring in more fast food restaurants into neighborhoods because they know that low income families will not purchase more expensive food. They do this because they play the role as if they are doing something good, but at the end of the day, it is bad. The bottom line is as a result of poor politicians, politicians do not hire qualified and moral staff that will cure the disease of poverty, obesity, drug use that causes crimes. These are social sins. Social sins are the product and result of why people do not have the power to help themselves by means of education, money, and employment. Drug addicts do not know any other way of living because they are a product of their upbringing. Money is not given to them, mentally imbalanced people are walking the streets when they are supposed to be in mental institutions; lack of health care. So as a result, these mentally insane people that are poor do not have health care rob stores, steal cars, and murder for drugs; or because they are on drugs. Social sins do not have a cure. The government fosters this behavior, and unfortunately no one can do anything about social sin because social sins are caused by corrupt powers and principalities.
The second part of the answer to this question is the false reality that the world teaches, and sometime, unfortunately, the church: this false teaching states that life is supposed to be precious. From a biblical perspective, if there were no suffering, we would all be in heaven. Remember the Bible states that, Jesus will wipe every tear from the eyes of His people, no more hunger, no more thirst, and no more worries (this is stated in the book of Revelation 21. 4). This only takes place when we all get to heaven. Remember, Jesus suffered and received the highest honor of sitting at the right of God the Father. I often become frustrated with many pastors that preach a gospel to the church that implies and sometimes explicates that Christians are not supposed to suffer or suffering will only last for a certain period of time. That is a lie from the pit of hell. We are supposed to suffer in order to receive our heavenly reward and crown. There are three crowns that are rewarded for our suffering and the endurance of our faith: the crown of glory, crown of righteousness, and the crown of life. All of these crowns are what Christians receive because of their endurance of trial and tribulations. If we are to be Christ-like, then we must suffer. One cannot be Christ-like unless he/she suffers. Therefore, the universe is precious because God created it, but the experiences of life cannot be always precious; although we try to make the best of our challenging circumstances and situations. Life is only precious when you have eternal life, because eternal life gives us the everlasting truth that Christ will take away all of the bad when Satan is eternally thrown into the lake of fire.
The last part of this question deals with hedonism. Hedonism is the quest to please one's senses; in other words it is gratifying sensual pleasures. Hedonism literally influences and steers everything in our society. Hedonism drives Las Vegas, Hollywood, the porn industry, all secular music, and all entertainment. Hedonism promotes and assists the appealing nature of all seduction. Think about it: Burger King,"Have it Your Way," Nike,"Just Do It," and there are many more that I could name, but the issue with hedonism is the fact that the Bible translates the Greek word hedone as lust. Hedone is a derivative of the word hedonism which is lust for self and personal pleasure. Money, Sex, and Magic, are three examples of Hedonism. Hedonism promotes self and does not promote one to live a life that is led by the Holy Spirit, so when someone is not led by the Holy Spirit in all of their ways, they gain a desire to live out what the world promotes as "hedonism." Hedone is translated as lust or pleasure in the Bible, specifically in James 4.3. But James 4.4 says that to be friends with the word means to hate God. If you hate God, and is a friend of sex outside of marriage, smoking and drinking alcohol to become drunk or high, a friend of seeking to gain earthly riches, a friend of any lust, you are actually a God hater. This is the Biblical reality that all Christians should must adhere.
I could go deeper into the question, but these three explanations are what causes robbery, hatred, jealousy, drug addiction and many other wicked behaviors that Christians should seek the Lord to deliver from their lives. Christ is seeking a church without spot, blemish, or wrinkle, and these sins are the wrinkles and blemishes that cause our society to be perceived as an evil place. This is not only a perception, but it is a reality. The reality is that you are able to live holy and righteous and be delivered from wickedness.
Unfortunately, life will not be truly precious until Christ comes back. The world will not face this reality because they do not have the Holy Spirit. The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God; it is foolish to them (1 Cor. 2.14). You can overcome the forces of the world and the false teachings and philosophies of the world. You can pray, fast, and ask God for wisdom and He will direct your paths; free of charge. You can overcome your worries, anxiety, and misunderstandings about the world. God is sovereign and our society is only going to get worse. It has to get worse because Jesus Christ says that when things get worse they are the birth pains of His arrival for His church! Jesus is coming back people of God, and we must prepare ourselves by daily prayer; daily fasting; and more time spent in prayer. You will not be able to see and understand what I am saying unless you pray more to Jesus Christ!
I pray this gives you some clarity! God bless you and until next time!
In Christ,
Pastor Donald W. Williams II, Servant of the Lord
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Take Your Hands Out of It
This weekend was an amazing weekend for me because I got a chance, with my own eyes, see the Holy Spirit deliver and heal a woman. I told myself that I would not share this with the world, but I cannot hold this one back.
On Sunday, during alter call/prayer, the Lord led me to pray for a woman. The Holy Spirit showed me the demons that infested her and each demon was delivered from this woman by the power of the Holy Spirit. However, before I prayed for her the Holy Spirit also showed me how bound she was with certain evil spirits. As I was praying, the demons attempted to fight back and it was definitely a battle in the supernatural; but there is nothing too hard for Christ to handle.
As the church partnered with me in prayer, we all watched the Holy Spirit have victory over the oppressive spirits that had been tormenting this woman for some time. None of us did anything; it was totally and 100% a work of the Holy Spirit.
Humans are too imperfect to accomplish such a task as this, and during any manifestation and demonstration of the Holy Spirit, it is never us; it is ALL CHRIST! When any kingdom that opposes the Kingdom of God attempts to desecrate and defile any of Christ's children, Christ will always be victorious over demonic encroachments.
Most people say and proclaim the phrase,"the Kingdom of God," but I am afraid that many Christians use this phrase without understanding the magnitude of power that the Kingdom holds over the all things. There can be assaults that are attempted against the Kingdom of God, but none of those attempted assaults can prosper. It is very interesting that Satan actually believes Satan has power over Christ's people; but when Christ's people abide in the secret place of the Most High, Satan and Satan's demons will scatter so quickly that they would not have any clue what hit them!
Satan knows he is defeated, but Satan wants to bind as many Christians as possible. Satan wants Christians to belong to Satan's kingdom before Christ returns for the church. Satan wants as many Christians as possible to fall prey to him so that they can burn in hell with Satan and his agents. Please believe the phrase that states,"misery loves company," because misery is determined to have more miserable company apart of misery's kingdom.
In addition to our witnessing of the Holy Spirit's work, we understand, as a church, that all we have to do, as Christians, is just show up and submit ourselves to the Holy Spirit's power and work; and the Holy Spirit will do the rest. We do not have to do anything on our behalf. All we have to do is pray, fast, and be obedient to the Lord. It is in our obedience to Christ that will destroy and break yokes. When we are obedient to Christ, we begin to operate and function in the manner of Christ; and when this happens, Christ anoints us to break and destroy yokes. It is the anointing that destroys and breaks yokes; Christ is the yoke breaker! Not us! We are not yoke breakers and destroyers, but Christ chooses who Christ wants to destroy and break yokes.
The Kingdom of God reigns over heaven and earth, and there is no greater power than the Kingdom of God. Your pastor may be able to build a new church, but his power is not greater than the power of Christ. Your bishop may be able to call Obama, call Bill Clinton, or the mayor, or congressman, or get you half-court seats to the L.A. Lakers game, but that power is only earthly power and not heavenly power; and that power is definitely not God's Kingdom power. Remember, it is not by our might, nor by our power, but it is by the Spirit!
One of the main issues that Christians wrestle with is the quest for power; and most of the time it is earthly power that many Christians strive to receive; and even if Kingdom power is desired, God's power is so great that sometimes many Christians abuse the power of God to gain earthly power and notoriety. Earthly power only lasts for a few days, but Kingdom power of Christ lasts forever and should only be used to please Christ and not our fleshly desires and wants.
All Christians, including me, must get over this quest for earthly power: earthly power will not sustain our salvation. Christ is the only sustainer of all things. All we have to do is submit through prayer, fasting, and obedience and God the Holy Spirit will do the rest. It is really that easy. In fact, that is the formula: Prayer times Fasting divided by studying the Holy Scriptures times obedience SQUARED equals a Demonstration from the Holy Spirit. This equation was given to me by the Holy Spirit and has a flawless and undefeated record of victory!
In conclusion, if there is anything that you want God to do for you, TAKE YOUR HANDS OUT OF IT! Let God the Holy Spirit do it; perhaps the Holy Spirit is one of the reasons why Christ sent the Holy Spirit! Do not be afraid of the Holy Spirit and do not be afraid to pray to the Lord for guidance, direction, and clarity on how to operate and function properly for Christ's Kingdom Agenda that must be achieved.
I see you taking a few steps away from your situation and allowing the Holy Spirit to work for you. There is another phrase that states,"work smarter, not harder!" If you lean and submit to the Holy Spirit I promise you that Christ will take care of everything you need taken care of; and perfectly. I see you loving the Lord even more because you have actually given the Holy Spirit the opportunity to take the baggage off of your back. I see depression and stress being lifted from your heart and mind, by taking your hands out of it! Take YOUR HANDS OUT OF THIS ONE, and let the HOLY SPIRIT WORK FOR YOU! You do not work in the Holy Spirit's place, but the Holy Spirit will work for you! Trust me, you are too weak, powerless, and imperfect to handle this one by yourself.
Go in peace and God bless you richly!
IN Christ!
Servant of the Lord,
D.W.W.II
On Sunday, during alter call/prayer, the Lord led me to pray for a woman. The Holy Spirit showed me the demons that infested her and each demon was delivered from this woman by the power of the Holy Spirit. However, before I prayed for her the Holy Spirit also showed me how bound she was with certain evil spirits. As I was praying, the demons attempted to fight back and it was definitely a battle in the supernatural; but there is nothing too hard for Christ to handle.
As the church partnered with me in prayer, we all watched the Holy Spirit have victory over the oppressive spirits that had been tormenting this woman for some time. None of us did anything; it was totally and 100% a work of the Holy Spirit.
Humans are too imperfect to accomplish such a task as this, and during any manifestation and demonstration of the Holy Spirit, it is never us; it is ALL CHRIST! When any kingdom that opposes the Kingdom of God attempts to desecrate and defile any of Christ's children, Christ will always be victorious over demonic encroachments.
Most people say and proclaim the phrase,"the Kingdom of God," but I am afraid that many Christians use this phrase without understanding the magnitude of power that the Kingdom holds over the all things. There can be assaults that are attempted against the Kingdom of God, but none of those attempted assaults can prosper. It is very interesting that Satan actually believes Satan has power over Christ's people; but when Christ's people abide in the secret place of the Most High, Satan and Satan's demons will scatter so quickly that they would not have any clue what hit them!
Satan knows he is defeated, but Satan wants to bind as many Christians as possible. Satan wants Christians to belong to Satan's kingdom before Christ returns for the church. Satan wants as many Christians as possible to fall prey to him so that they can burn in hell with Satan and his agents. Please believe the phrase that states,"misery loves company," because misery is determined to have more miserable company apart of misery's kingdom.
In addition to our witnessing of the Holy Spirit's work, we understand, as a church, that all we have to do, as Christians, is just show up and submit ourselves to the Holy Spirit's power and work; and the Holy Spirit will do the rest. We do not have to do anything on our behalf. All we have to do is pray, fast, and be obedient to the Lord. It is in our obedience to Christ that will destroy and break yokes. When we are obedient to Christ, we begin to operate and function in the manner of Christ; and when this happens, Christ anoints us to break and destroy yokes. It is the anointing that destroys and breaks yokes; Christ is the yoke breaker! Not us! We are not yoke breakers and destroyers, but Christ chooses who Christ wants to destroy and break yokes.
The Kingdom of God reigns over heaven and earth, and there is no greater power than the Kingdom of God. Your pastor may be able to build a new church, but his power is not greater than the power of Christ. Your bishop may be able to call Obama, call Bill Clinton, or the mayor, or congressman, or get you half-court seats to the L.A. Lakers game, but that power is only earthly power and not heavenly power; and that power is definitely not God's Kingdom power. Remember, it is not by our might, nor by our power, but it is by the Spirit!
One of the main issues that Christians wrestle with is the quest for power; and most of the time it is earthly power that many Christians strive to receive; and even if Kingdom power is desired, God's power is so great that sometimes many Christians abuse the power of God to gain earthly power and notoriety. Earthly power only lasts for a few days, but Kingdom power of Christ lasts forever and should only be used to please Christ and not our fleshly desires and wants.
All Christians, including me, must get over this quest for earthly power: earthly power will not sustain our salvation. Christ is the only sustainer of all things. All we have to do is submit through prayer, fasting, and obedience and God the Holy Spirit will do the rest. It is really that easy. In fact, that is the formula: Prayer times Fasting divided by studying the Holy Scriptures times obedience SQUARED equals a Demonstration from the Holy Spirit. This equation was given to me by the Holy Spirit and has a flawless and undefeated record of victory!
In conclusion, if there is anything that you want God to do for you, TAKE YOUR HANDS OUT OF IT! Let God the Holy Spirit do it; perhaps the Holy Spirit is one of the reasons why Christ sent the Holy Spirit! Do not be afraid of the Holy Spirit and do not be afraid to pray to the Lord for guidance, direction, and clarity on how to operate and function properly for Christ's Kingdom Agenda that must be achieved.
I see you taking a few steps away from your situation and allowing the Holy Spirit to work for you. There is another phrase that states,"work smarter, not harder!" If you lean and submit to the Holy Spirit I promise you that Christ will take care of everything you need taken care of; and perfectly. I see you loving the Lord even more because you have actually given the Holy Spirit the opportunity to take the baggage off of your back. I see depression and stress being lifted from your heart and mind, by taking your hands out of it! Take YOUR HANDS OUT OF THIS ONE, and let the HOLY SPIRIT WORK FOR YOU! You do not work in the Holy Spirit's place, but the Holy Spirit will work for you! Trust me, you are too weak, powerless, and imperfect to handle this one by yourself.
Go in peace and God bless you richly!
IN Christ!
Servant of the Lord,
D.W.W.II
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Know Who I AM!
I am utterly amazed every single time I read some of the poems and songs in the book of Psalms. Some call it the book of Psalms "the hymn book of the Bible," and some call it Psalms. Whatever nomenclature you tag it, I would describe it as David and his royal staff's reflections through songs and poems dedicated and devoted to Yahweh (YHWH). Not all of the songs and poems in the book of Psalms were personally written by king David. Many of the poems and songs were actually written by king David's minister of music; Asaph. At this moment, I am unable to, from memory, name the other contributors to the book of Psalm because my blogs are totally instant and stem from the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
Meanwhile, as I continue to read the book of Psalms for my morning devotion, (and I normally read about 10 chapters) I stand in unadulterated awe of how well David knows YHWH! It is like, how do you know Him so well? What occurred in your life that you grew to know YHWH so well? I mean, David affirms with an enormous capacity of confidence that,"Surely, He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler"(ch.91. v. 3)! When I read this, I said to myself, "David you say this with so much intensity; as if you've watched YHWH perform directly before your eyes." Then it dawned on me, this credence, faith, conviction, and relentless belief that David possesses for YHWH is the same tenacity our faith must be in Jesus Christ; God the Son.
No evil shall befall you, nor shall any plague come near your dwelling. In other words, when you abide in Christ, Christ abides in you, nothing can come against you! It's like when we repetitively hear,"No weapon formed against you shall prosper," and although your ears and conscious has possessed this prophetic utterance from Isaiah, it has biblical stability and credibility. When you live in the presence of the Lord, you have no other home. In fact, your physical home is really your home away from home, because your true dwelling place is in the presence of the Almighty! Isn't this great?
It is at home when you learn the true nature, character, and person of you mom, dad, sister, brother, cousin, husband, wife, son, daughter, or whomever lives in your "home away from home." The Holy Spirit is saying, "KNOW WHO I AM." If I were to semantically uncover this prophetic word, "Know who I AM" truly means Know Jesus Christ. For Jesus is I AM and I AM is YHWH! When Abraham asked YHWH," who are you," YHWH responded by saying," I AM!" I AM GOD, I AM YHWH, says the Lord! Know who I AM! Know who Jesus is! Know Jesus! Know His nature, character, and the person of Christ; and know the Spirit of Christ, i.e. the Spirit of Holiness, i.e. the Holy Spirit!
"Know Me," says the Lord so that you will confidently and relentlessly be free from worries and uncertainties. The Lord also says," Come home!" Go to the place where you will truly know me, and it is not in your physical home; i.e. your home away from home. But, come into My presence and know who I AM!
I want to know God better and better each day, and the only way that is going to happen is if I stay in doors; i.e. in His presence. I want to tell you that no hurt nor harm will come to you, but that word is not validated unless I spend time in His presence. I must believe it myself before I can tell you! But you really do not need me to tell you. You can open your Bible to the "hymnal" section and read how great God is to David, and that same understanding of God will be, in the supernatural, passed down to you.
I loudly hear the Lord saying, this day, "KNOW WHO I AM, KNOW WHO I AM, KNOW WHO I AM!"
God bless you and have an awesome day in the Lord!
In Christ,
Servant of the Lord, Donald W. Williams II
Meanwhile, as I continue to read the book of Psalms for my morning devotion, (and I normally read about 10 chapters) I stand in unadulterated awe of how well David knows YHWH! It is like, how do you know Him so well? What occurred in your life that you grew to know YHWH so well? I mean, David affirms with an enormous capacity of confidence that,"Surely, He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler"(ch.91. v. 3)! When I read this, I said to myself, "David you say this with so much intensity; as if you've watched YHWH perform directly before your eyes." Then it dawned on me, this credence, faith, conviction, and relentless belief that David possesses for YHWH is the same tenacity our faith must be in Jesus Christ; God the Son.
No evil shall befall you, nor shall any plague come near your dwelling. In other words, when you abide in Christ, Christ abides in you, nothing can come against you! It's like when we repetitively hear,"No weapon formed against you shall prosper," and although your ears and conscious has possessed this prophetic utterance from Isaiah, it has biblical stability and credibility. When you live in the presence of the Lord, you have no other home. In fact, your physical home is really your home away from home, because your true dwelling place is in the presence of the Almighty! Isn't this great?
It is at home when you learn the true nature, character, and person of you mom, dad, sister, brother, cousin, husband, wife, son, daughter, or whomever lives in your "home away from home." The Holy Spirit is saying, "KNOW WHO I AM." If I were to semantically uncover this prophetic word, "Know who I AM" truly means Know Jesus Christ. For Jesus is I AM and I AM is YHWH! When Abraham asked YHWH," who are you," YHWH responded by saying," I AM!" I AM GOD, I AM YHWH, says the Lord! Know who I AM! Know who Jesus is! Know Jesus! Know His nature, character, and the person of Christ; and know the Spirit of Christ, i.e. the Spirit of Holiness, i.e. the Holy Spirit!
"Know Me," says the Lord so that you will confidently and relentlessly be free from worries and uncertainties. The Lord also says," Come home!" Go to the place where you will truly know me, and it is not in your physical home; i.e. your home away from home. But, come into My presence and know who I AM!
I want to know God better and better each day, and the only way that is going to happen is if I stay in doors; i.e. in His presence. I want to tell you that no hurt nor harm will come to you, but that word is not validated unless I spend time in His presence. I must believe it myself before I can tell you! But you really do not need me to tell you. You can open your Bible to the "hymnal" section and read how great God is to David, and that same understanding of God will be, in the supernatural, passed down to you.
I loudly hear the Lord saying, this day, "KNOW WHO I AM, KNOW WHO I AM, KNOW WHO I AM!"
God bless you and have an awesome day in the Lord!
In Christ,
Servant of the Lord, Donald W. Williams II
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
TURN THIS WAY
Today is the third day that I awakened feeling different. I felt a little uneasy and a little heavy, and it was not because I ate some Gnocchi directly before I went to sleep last night. Yesterday, I went out of the direction of the Lord. I tried to do something that was not a part of the Lord's agenda for me. I was certain that I could go into this circuit and network of people actually believing that the Lord was sending me into their world to minister.
If you know anything about me, I minister to God's people and I am a called watchman for the Christian church. The Lord prepares me daily to minister to His people, and whomever he sends I am to minister to them. My normal places of ministry are places such as churches, but specifically to youth and young adults; at least during this season. I minister to youth and young adults about the truth and secrets behind and about Hip Hop, I denounce fraternities, sororities, Freemasonry, Eastern Stars, other secret organizations, hedonism, and many other hot topics that many churches do not address. While ministering, the Lord always gives me biblical application to share with His people that opposes this list of topics; and of course there are more topics that are apart of this list. In addition to ministering, the Lord uses me in the prophetic to lead His people to righteousness and to prepare the church for Jesus' Great Inauguration for His people. Time is running out so I minister with a sense of urgency, and I do this because we do not know when Jesus is coming back, but we do know that He is coming; and I believe He is coming soon.
Of course I receive a lot of verbal criticism, attack, haters, and controversial discussion because not everyone agrees. One of my friends told me that if people are not saying anything about you then you are not doing something right (TAJ). I am fine with the fact that some people disagrees because not everyone walks by the Spirit of Holiness. The Bible says that the man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for the things of the Spirit are foolish to him, and he cannot understand them; because they are not spiritually discerned (1 Cor. 2. 14, 15). When the Lord commissioned me, He told me, in the exact same words to Ezekiel, "I am sending you to a rebellious nation that is hard headed, hard hearted, and stubborn; Ezekiel, you must be just as hard headed, hard hearted, and stubborn about the things I tell you to say. If you do not warn them, their blood will be on your hands, and I, says the Lord will hold you responsible" (Eze. 3). This is pretty much a paraphrase of the third chapter in Ezekiel, but the Lord gave me this same instruction as to how I am to direct, instruct, warn, encourage, prophesy, preach, minister, and pray for/to Christ's nation; a nation that knows Christ but has let the ways of the world influence their lifestyle. So therefore, God's people, sometimes unknowingly, practice idolatry and God is jealous and will not allow His people to idols into heaven with them.
Well, yesterday when I stepped out of God's agenda, I almost got ate up by the enemy. I was in a place where I was not instructed to go, and while I was praying this morning the Lord told me that I was not instructed to go into the devil's party to minister. Well, I was instructed to go, but I was instructed not to participate in the activities that they would be doing. It was like the Lord was sending me in as a prophetic spy to help the Christian church. The Lord said, "yokes are not going to be broken in the devil's den. Yokes are only broken in my presence." Remember, He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. Satan cannot come into the Holy of Holies, but when we come before the Lord His blazing eyes are able to burn what is not needed in our lives; this is the refinement process. The Lord is refining His people before we come into the heavenly gates. I said ok Lord.....Needless to say, I thought that the Lord was calling me into the entertainment industry to spread and proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ. I received a personal invitation into an industry function to model and travel around the world and get paid for it. Now I modeled before, never pursued it and I never liked the spirit that is behind that industry.
Yesterday, I saw the devil at work before my very eyes. I learned about signing your name at the dotted line....i.e. signing your life away to the devil's work. I did not sign my life away...but I am so passionate about Christ that my zeal almost got me into a sons of Sceva situation. I was not authorized to minister there, nor was I given permission and released to go minister before those people. I got invited back because they really wanted me, but when she told me that many of the superstars of this world want to get out of the industry and they recommend those that have a desire to be apart of the industry not to do it.....I said ok...so while I was in there, the Lord was telling me to leave and that this is not for you and this is not your platform......
Let's just say I am glad I know the voice of the Lord. Secondly, I know that since I no longer watch porn, and I pray over my flesh for the power of the Holy Spirit to overcome and overpower my fleshly desires and weakness and do not give into fleshly wants, I do not smoke, curse, drink, and the Lord has healed my palpitating heart which was an attack from the enemy, I know that the devil wants to take me back under into his playground, because too many of the devil's pawns are giving their lives back to the Lord; the devil is angry with me. I no longer play in the devil's playground and not going back to play in it. Those days are over with and I said good-bye. So while I was praying this morning, I repented to the Lord for stepping out of His agenda that He has over my life. The Lord has an agenda for each and every one of us, but He is not obligated to cover us when we are disobedient. Obedience is better than sacrifice, and I sacrificed my time doing something else, sacrificed my wife's time, and I just veered off to the left; God is saying go this straight and make that right and make that left, and turn this way, and that way, but God did not tell me to veer off to the left.
Now whenever I minister, because of my obedience, yokes are broken and destroyed and it is because of my obedience to Christ. When we are obedient to Christ, yokes and bondages are able to be destroyed. Yokes and bondages can only be destroyed in His presence and no where else. That is why it is important to worship the Lord and always be in His presence, because Christ wants to use those called to do His work to not be apart just to get along, but to break yokes, transform, help bring people into salvation, heal, prophesy, speak truth and most of all love. Speaking truth in love means to not compromise. It means to speak the whole truth in love and love sometime hurts. Demonic activity has to be put to a stop whenever Jesus does a work. Therefore, Christ will never send someone into a club, strip club, bar, rap concert, porn movie shooting, casting call, rock concert, rap concert, a movie set to heal, set free, deliver, save, prophesy, and to pray because no one would make any money for their work.
Some people say the Lord sent me to the club to reflect His image. Well, whenever His image is reflected yokes are destroyed and what that means is people will stop drinking and become sober, and stop dancing to secular music but to begin praise dancing to music devoted to Christ. "Oh, Christ sent me to the rock concert to reflect His love!" Well, If so then why are people still wearing Anti Christ Demon Child (ACDC) shirts and why are people throwing up the devil's horn sign? Christ destroys yokes, he does not continue to allow the devil's work to continue because the devil's work does not have any power over the works of the Holy Spirit; all things must bow and confess that Christ is Lord.
All this to say is that I am continuously gaining confidence in the instruction and places where the Lord wants me to go; and I am devoted to His people that can be rebellious, stubborn, hard headed, and stiff necked. But it is all good because Christ loves them and you also. I thank Christ for his grace for covering me; although He was not obligated to cover me. I also thank Christ for forgiving me.
I want you to understand that Christ understands our ignorance, stubbornness, mis-understandings and mis-interpretations, and faults, but when we come to Him with sorrowful hearts and repented hearts He is able to continue to use us when and how He wants to.....that is one of the many reasons why I love Christ because of His love for me and you. Although I make mistakes, His love carries me directly back into His presence. Oh, I will try not to go out of the way that God wants me to go anymore. I am going to say what Christ wants me to say, do what He wants me to do, act how He wants me to act, speak when He wants me to speak, and move when He wants me to move.
I pray that you seek Christ in all things that you do, and even if He does tell you to go somewhere, be on the look out like Balaam's donkey. Balaam's donkey is the donkey that saw the angel of the Lord in the middle of the road attempting to protect Balaam from dangerous activity. I also encourage you to pray and spend time with the Lord so that you will receive clarity on what Christ wants you to do while you live on His earth. He will show you the path of life, and in His presence there is joy; and in his right hand are eternal pleasures. The Lord loves you and God bless you!
In Christ,
Pastor Donald W. Williams II
If you know anything about me, I minister to God's people and I am a called watchman for the Christian church. The Lord prepares me daily to minister to His people, and whomever he sends I am to minister to them. My normal places of ministry are places such as churches, but specifically to youth and young adults; at least during this season. I minister to youth and young adults about the truth and secrets behind and about Hip Hop, I denounce fraternities, sororities, Freemasonry, Eastern Stars, other secret organizations, hedonism, and many other hot topics that many churches do not address. While ministering, the Lord always gives me biblical application to share with His people that opposes this list of topics; and of course there are more topics that are apart of this list. In addition to ministering, the Lord uses me in the prophetic to lead His people to righteousness and to prepare the church for Jesus' Great Inauguration for His people. Time is running out so I minister with a sense of urgency, and I do this because we do not know when Jesus is coming back, but we do know that He is coming; and I believe He is coming soon.
Of course I receive a lot of verbal criticism, attack, haters, and controversial discussion because not everyone agrees. One of my friends told me that if people are not saying anything about you then you are not doing something right (TAJ). I am fine with the fact that some people disagrees because not everyone walks by the Spirit of Holiness. The Bible says that the man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for the things of the Spirit are foolish to him, and he cannot understand them; because they are not spiritually discerned (1 Cor. 2. 14, 15). When the Lord commissioned me, He told me, in the exact same words to Ezekiel, "I am sending you to a rebellious nation that is hard headed, hard hearted, and stubborn; Ezekiel, you must be just as hard headed, hard hearted, and stubborn about the things I tell you to say. If you do not warn them, their blood will be on your hands, and I, says the Lord will hold you responsible" (Eze. 3). This is pretty much a paraphrase of the third chapter in Ezekiel, but the Lord gave me this same instruction as to how I am to direct, instruct, warn, encourage, prophesy, preach, minister, and pray for/to Christ's nation; a nation that knows Christ but has let the ways of the world influence their lifestyle. So therefore, God's people, sometimes unknowingly, practice idolatry and God is jealous and will not allow His people to idols into heaven with them.
Well, yesterday when I stepped out of God's agenda, I almost got ate up by the enemy. I was in a place where I was not instructed to go, and while I was praying this morning the Lord told me that I was not instructed to go into the devil's party to minister. Well, I was instructed to go, but I was instructed not to participate in the activities that they would be doing. It was like the Lord was sending me in as a prophetic spy to help the Christian church. The Lord said, "yokes are not going to be broken in the devil's den. Yokes are only broken in my presence." Remember, He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. Satan cannot come into the Holy of Holies, but when we come before the Lord His blazing eyes are able to burn what is not needed in our lives; this is the refinement process. The Lord is refining His people before we come into the heavenly gates. I said ok Lord.....Needless to say, I thought that the Lord was calling me into the entertainment industry to spread and proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ. I received a personal invitation into an industry function to model and travel around the world and get paid for it. Now I modeled before, never pursued it and I never liked the spirit that is behind that industry.
Yesterday, I saw the devil at work before my very eyes. I learned about signing your name at the dotted line....i.e. signing your life away to the devil's work. I did not sign my life away...but I am so passionate about Christ that my zeal almost got me into a sons of Sceva situation. I was not authorized to minister there, nor was I given permission and released to go minister before those people. I got invited back because they really wanted me, but when she told me that many of the superstars of this world want to get out of the industry and they recommend those that have a desire to be apart of the industry not to do it.....I said ok...so while I was in there, the Lord was telling me to leave and that this is not for you and this is not your platform......
Let's just say I am glad I know the voice of the Lord. Secondly, I know that since I no longer watch porn, and I pray over my flesh for the power of the Holy Spirit to overcome and overpower my fleshly desires and weakness and do not give into fleshly wants, I do not smoke, curse, drink, and the Lord has healed my palpitating heart which was an attack from the enemy, I know that the devil wants to take me back under into his playground, because too many of the devil's pawns are giving their lives back to the Lord; the devil is angry with me. I no longer play in the devil's playground and not going back to play in it. Those days are over with and I said good-bye. So while I was praying this morning, I repented to the Lord for stepping out of His agenda that He has over my life. The Lord has an agenda for each and every one of us, but He is not obligated to cover us when we are disobedient. Obedience is better than sacrifice, and I sacrificed my time doing something else, sacrificed my wife's time, and I just veered off to the left; God is saying go this straight and make that right and make that left, and turn this way, and that way, but God did not tell me to veer off to the left.
Now whenever I minister, because of my obedience, yokes are broken and destroyed and it is because of my obedience to Christ. When we are obedient to Christ, yokes and bondages are able to be destroyed. Yokes and bondages can only be destroyed in His presence and no where else. That is why it is important to worship the Lord and always be in His presence, because Christ wants to use those called to do His work to not be apart just to get along, but to break yokes, transform, help bring people into salvation, heal, prophesy, speak truth and most of all love. Speaking truth in love means to not compromise. It means to speak the whole truth in love and love sometime hurts. Demonic activity has to be put to a stop whenever Jesus does a work. Therefore, Christ will never send someone into a club, strip club, bar, rap concert, porn movie shooting, casting call, rock concert, rap concert, a movie set to heal, set free, deliver, save, prophesy, and to pray because no one would make any money for their work.
Some people say the Lord sent me to the club to reflect His image. Well, whenever His image is reflected yokes are destroyed and what that means is people will stop drinking and become sober, and stop dancing to secular music but to begin praise dancing to music devoted to Christ. "Oh, Christ sent me to the rock concert to reflect His love!" Well, If so then why are people still wearing Anti Christ Demon Child (ACDC) shirts and why are people throwing up the devil's horn sign? Christ destroys yokes, he does not continue to allow the devil's work to continue because the devil's work does not have any power over the works of the Holy Spirit; all things must bow and confess that Christ is Lord.
All this to say is that I am continuously gaining confidence in the instruction and places where the Lord wants me to go; and I am devoted to His people that can be rebellious, stubborn, hard headed, and stiff necked. But it is all good because Christ loves them and you also. I thank Christ for his grace for covering me; although He was not obligated to cover me. I also thank Christ for forgiving me.
I want you to understand that Christ understands our ignorance, stubbornness, mis-understandings and mis-interpretations, and faults, but when we come to Him with sorrowful hearts and repented hearts He is able to continue to use us when and how He wants to.....that is one of the many reasons why I love Christ because of His love for me and you. Although I make mistakes, His love carries me directly back into His presence. Oh, I will try not to go out of the way that God wants me to go anymore. I am going to say what Christ wants me to say, do what He wants me to do, act how He wants me to act, speak when He wants me to speak, and move when He wants me to move.
I pray that you seek Christ in all things that you do, and even if He does tell you to go somewhere, be on the look out like Balaam's donkey. Balaam's donkey is the donkey that saw the angel of the Lord in the middle of the road attempting to protect Balaam from dangerous activity. I also encourage you to pray and spend time with the Lord so that you will receive clarity on what Christ wants you to do while you live on His earth. He will show you the path of life, and in His presence there is joy; and in his right hand are eternal pleasures. The Lord loves you and God bless you!
In Christ,
Pastor Donald W. Williams II
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Come into My Presence
Today, I woke up extremely weak in the flesh. I tell you, it was a rough morning, but I prayed to the Lord that He would keep me in His glory and have His mercy to capture my every thought. I then played a song entitled," I Exalt Thee," and whenever that song is played, all types of demons bow down to the Lord on high. The demons flee and release their tentacles from around Christians' thoughts and motives. Demons flee when that song is played because nothing can be exalted above all the earth but God; and no demon and hell is exalted above any other god. Christ Jesus is exalted and I exalt Christ commanding and declaring that every perverted spirit, lying spirit, death spirit, selfish spirit, greedy spirit, competitive spirit, and any other demonic spirit must bow down before Christ! While the song was playing the Lord gave me a worship to release unto Him and I worshipped in the Spirit. Once I began to worship in the Spirit, those thoughts and urges that I had did not stay around for long; those evil spirits that tried to attack and persuade my flesh to follow an evil influence ran away!
I tell you people, I experienced the Presence of Jehovah. When you experience the Presence of Jehovah and you dwell in the secret place of the Holy of Holies, no devil or demon in all the earth can come in and run game. In fact, my flesh thought that I was going to feed it, but the Lord is using me and equipping and teaching me how to starve the flesh and feed the Spirit of Holiness that lives inside of me. Once I was filled with the Holy Spirit, my thoughts, actions, attitude, and everything else functioned in align with the Jesus' standard that He has for Christians.
I walk in victory because I rely on Christ and not anyone else. Hallelujah! I walk in victory, holiness, and righteousness, and love because I worship the TRUE AND LIVING GOD; JESUS CHRIST our LORD AND SAVIOR! God bless you and have an awesome day in the Lord! Be encouraged!
In Christ,
Pastor Donald Williams II
I tell you people, I experienced the Presence of Jehovah. When you experience the Presence of Jehovah and you dwell in the secret place of the Holy of Holies, no devil or demon in all the earth can come in and run game. In fact, my flesh thought that I was going to feed it, but the Lord is using me and equipping and teaching me how to starve the flesh and feed the Spirit of Holiness that lives inside of me. Once I was filled with the Holy Spirit, my thoughts, actions, attitude, and everything else functioned in align with the Jesus' standard that He has for Christians.
I walk in victory because I rely on Christ and not anyone else. Hallelujah! I walk in victory, holiness, and righteousness, and love because I worship the TRUE AND LIVING GOD; JESUS CHRIST our LORD AND SAVIOR! God bless you and have an awesome day in the Lord! Be encouraged!
In Christ,
Pastor Donald Williams II
Monday, October 11, 2010
No Slot For Jesus?
What bothers me the most is the issue with the rare existence of Jesus slots. Rather than slots, I could refer to these slots as tags, categories, and even discussion forums that are apart of social networks. There are many ways of communicating and there are also many topics, subjects, and events that individuals all around the world discuss. However, Lil Wayne, Bobby V, Usher, Lebron James, Desperate Housewives of Atlanta, and Keeping up with the Kardashians are discussed more than Jesus Christ. I am really confused because I am trying to figure out when did the Kardashians, Usher, and Lil Wayne give their fans life. Did any of these superstars, or better yet, when has any human being given another a human life to breathe.
My issue is that humans cannot give life, but humans are definitely capable of taking life. Humans do not have the power, capacity, intelligence, and ability to breathe breath into another human being. It is possible for humans to participate in mouth to mouth resuscitation to help revive someone from being unconscious, but Jesus Christ is the only Sustainer and Preserver of life.
There are many things Christ can do, but one particular function that I want to highlight and expose is Christ's ability to provide and freely give eternal life. Ultimately, eternal life is better than life itself. The Kardashians, Lil Wayne, Bishop such and such, Apostle such and such, your mom, dad, brother, best friend, husband, wife, and your kids may help you enjoy life, but they cannot do what Christ can do; fortunately, they do not possess the power and capacity to do what Christ can do. AND THAT IS GIVE ETERNAL LIFE.
Eternal life is not reincarnation. It is not dying and transforming into some other creature of nature or component of life. Eternal life is living forever even while dying. WOW! That just blew me away because the Lord just showed me that while I die, I am still living because I live with Christ. This is so amazing to me.
In conclusion, I think that it is absurd to participate in pointless rhetoric that does not preserve life or promote Jesus Christ. This is just my opinion. However, the reality is that most people find the latest album, artist, style, song, club/lounge, party, or what have you to be more important than Jesus Christ because "keeping up with the latest" helps popularity and identity. I am not condemning, I am just giving a commentary on how I love ministering in this way. If everyone were believers, then we would all be in heaven. I love ministering and enlightening people with Christ as the center of everything because there are so many unbelievers out there that just do not know. I no longer get angry or frustrated, but I rejoice because there are people out there that can receive an opportunity to hear, read, understand, and know of the TRUTH! If everyone were believers in Jesus Christ, I would not be doing this, but I am glad that everyone is not a believer because it is the believers that help and assist to drive my passion for discussing Jesus Christ! I would be bored right now! But I will not be bored in heaven.
God bless you all!
In Christ,
Pastor Donald
My issue is that humans cannot give life, but humans are definitely capable of taking life. Humans do not have the power, capacity, intelligence, and ability to breathe breath into another human being. It is possible for humans to participate in mouth to mouth resuscitation to help revive someone from being unconscious, but Jesus Christ is the only Sustainer and Preserver of life.
There are many things Christ can do, but one particular function that I want to highlight and expose is Christ's ability to provide and freely give eternal life. Ultimately, eternal life is better than life itself. The Kardashians, Lil Wayne, Bishop such and such, Apostle such and such, your mom, dad, brother, best friend, husband, wife, and your kids may help you enjoy life, but they cannot do what Christ can do; fortunately, they do not possess the power and capacity to do what Christ can do. AND THAT IS GIVE ETERNAL LIFE.
Eternal life is not reincarnation. It is not dying and transforming into some other creature of nature or component of life. Eternal life is living forever even while dying. WOW! That just blew me away because the Lord just showed me that while I die, I am still living because I live with Christ. This is so amazing to me.
In conclusion, I think that it is absurd to participate in pointless rhetoric that does not preserve life or promote Jesus Christ. This is just my opinion. However, the reality is that most people find the latest album, artist, style, song, club/lounge, party, or what have you to be more important than Jesus Christ because "keeping up with the latest" helps popularity and identity. I am not condemning, I am just giving a commentary on how I love ministering in this way. If everyone were believers, then we would all be in heaven. I love ministering and enlightening people with Christ as the center of everything because there are so many unbelievers out there that just do not know. I no longer get angry or frustrated, but I rejoice because there are people out there that can receive an opportunity to hear, read, understand, and know of the TRUTH! If everyone were believers in Jesus Christ, I would not be doing this, but I am glad that everyone is not a believer because it is the believers that help and assist to drive my passion for discussing Jesus Christ! I would be bored right now! But I will not be bored in heaven.
God bless you all!
In Christ,
Pastor Donald
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