Rise Up

Rise up weary Christian, what you are doing is not of the Lord. The things you put into your life, the things you are doing are not of the Lord our God. Can you not hear His voice calling you? In the day, He shouts you name and in the night, He calls out to you as you sit in the darkness. Rise up, rise up o weary Christian from your bed of slumber and know that the Lord our God is a good God, that our God is a great and awesome God…

Rise up and know that you serve someone who is above all, that He is your Friend and Teacher, who is by your side, not to torture you but to help you, to give you a better life than the one that you have right now. Your making the wrong choices. you need to change you ways. Your ways need to come under Gods ways…

Rise up weary Christian and realize that your ways are messing up Your life, that the only way to make you life better is to follow God, to lay aside the things you do. The things you only think are fulfilling your life, turn them over, turn them over to God and let him have total control over them all. Why do you sit in depression? Why do you put on fake faces, fake fonts? Why do you profess one thing and do another? Why do you do one thing and say another? Why do you let your flesh, why do you let Satan have CONTROL over you when God has something so much better?

Know that the Lord is Great, that life alone flows from His glorious throne, that no other thing, no other person controls all but the Lord God. Know dear child that every good and perfect gift comes from God, who is the Father of Lights. Know dear one that the Father of Lights is never changing but is always the same, that others may leave your side but that the lord will never leave you, that the Lord loves you so much that He sent his one and only Son to die for you. Have you so soon forgotten what God did for you, what Jesus Christ did for you? Have you so soon forgotten that the Holy Spirit lives within you dear child? Have you forgot who you really are? Have you gone so very far from God?…

Come back dear one, come back sick child, come back to the Lord… For the Lord says his arms are open wide, for He says that He will comfort you from the days you were young until the days of your old age, that God will love you always and will wrap His arms around you if you only give him a chance. Now that Your God loves you and only wants you to love Him back. God has so many great things for you dear one that you do not know of, that you will not know of if you do not turn to Him. He alone has the goodness but you must change, you must turn aside you evil thoughts, you must turn aside your wants, those things in your life that you desire, those things that permeate your life. Those things you ask God for but do not feel God leading you to do.

Flee from the things you want or DESIRE. STOP ASKING God for things you want! Stop asking God’s blessing on things you should not be doing in the first place! Stop reasoning and trying to explain your sins away and fall on your knees dear one, fall on them, fall on your face before God and confess, let it go, let it go, let it go! Let go what you’ve kept for so very long. You keep it every time you pray, you say you let it go but you keep it. You know what it is causes you mess up over and over, it constantly is at your mind and as soon as you ‘lay’ it down at the feet of Jesus you are only cursed top pick it up again. Stop pretending, stop wanting these things not of God, flee from them, flee from them so that the Lord may reign in your life, that He alone may reign in your life! Stop playing games with God, stop playing games with others. It is time to lay it down, to be real to others around you, to be real with the Lord your God!

For every time you pretend to let so things go and pick it up again, you are only lying to the face of God. God does not like your lies; God does not like you empty sacrifices. He doesn’t like mine either. Stop doing it! Stop it so that the Glory of God may begin to have a place to flow in your life. Have you so soon forgotten the sacrifice? Have you so soon forgotten what God has promised you? Have you so soon forgotten that life is not all about yourself? Have you so soon forgotten that fulfillment in life, true fulfillment only comes through serving God, our true joy comes through seeing others come to God. No guy, no girl, no family, no friends, all person and things of this earth, both that we have and desire are not God’s will in retrospect. His will is to make His name known and all other things comes under that contract, come under following the Holy Spirit as He speaks. Have you, have I as well forgotten so easily that our life is not out own?

We want girlfriends, we want boyfriends, we want marriage, we want to be popular, we want to have a big or small family, but dear one, has God told you this, did you hear His voice speak or Your own? Do not worry or wish for things you do not have but know that God will provide and know that whatever God has provided is far better that what we could ever dream. Know dear ones that our needs and wants are not His! That our thoughts are not His, but as we pray and seek, we can change self to be under or in God’s Will. We need to know, we need to begin to realize in truth that our life is not our own, that we were bought, that our present as well as our whole future is to be designed by God and not by our self. So be careful dear one as you talk about your wants, desires, and needs. Be careful when you speak of how things should and shouldn't’t be. Be careful when you are planning your life and make sure Gods hand is in it. Be careful because with one slip in your walk it could become a long hull back home. Place everything under God and think before you speak. Make sure that every word of yourself and others is for edification; make sure that it contains God’s true plan or the process of you seeking His plan. Last of all, know that God loves you child. That God does not want to harm you but as you turn from Him that evil comes. For while God is full of goodness and purity, anywhere away from Him is void, empty, and dark. Know that a great Light has come into the World and is in the World through His Spirit, but also know dear one that darkness does exist and will try to delude that Light, will try to delude Your Light. Rise up o weary Christian, rise up.

-By: Daniel Brockhan

My Will And Testament

In The Midst,
Among the people,
I hear Your Call.

God I feel so alone,
So surrounded,
So many people,
But do they listen.

The only one who listened,
Now gone,
Perhaps now just a memory.

I am now silenced Lord,
For now I feel,
That’s how it should be.

For there is a time to speak,
As well a time to be silent,
A time to let go,
And a time to hold back,
A time to know direction,
As well as a time to seek it.

There is a time to yell,
But also a time to be quiet,
A time to stand and dance,
Yet a time to fall prostrate.

God,
Could this be a new beginning?
I believe it is,
Could this be a new dawn?
A new day,
A new chapter in my life,
I believe it is.

What people don’t see,
What has been kept hidden,
Soon to be revealed,
Soon the veil will be lifted,
Soon people will see me for who I am,
For who I am in You,
For who You have made me.

Now,
At this moment I feel alone,
I know I should not,
But I do,
For what I tell,
What I say,
Seems far from what I do,
The struggles inside sway,
Back and forth,
Repetition,
Complaining,
And suffering seem my name.

I assumed true friends,
But care seems far from them.
For in their struggles,
They gladly ask my help and are well,
But when I am in turmoil,
It seems no ear is truly given,
Only You know the deepest things of my soul,
For You know my heart,
You understand my struggles more than they,
More than anyone could.

I know I am not alone,
I know that You are truly with me,
I am determined to stand,
Even if,
Even when no one else does,
That I will proclaim Your name,
Even if I must do it alone,
Even if all fail me You are there.

My friends bring me happiness,
But You are my Joy.

What others do not see in me,
You see in me,
What others do not see in me,
You have revealed,
And are preparing me for.

All things will happen in Your Time,
When You choose to make it so,
For such a time as this,
As for me and my household,
We will serve the Lord,
As for me I will worship You,
In Spirit and Truth,
You will be my Vine,
And I will be Your Branch,
You are my Bread,
You are my Rock,
You are my infinite source of wisdom,
Flowing for all time,
With the water of everlasting life,
You are my Word,
My source,
My Beginning and my End,
My Alpha and Omega.

For in You,
And in You alone do I find my treasure,
Like a bee,
I find my sweet honey in your home.
Like a child,
I find warmth and comfort,
In the arms of my Father,
I find true Love in Your embrace,
And in You alone,
Do I find true,
Ultimate,
Unchanging Love.

Shall I keep silent?
Shall I not speak?
For how long shall my mouth be shut?
How long Lord,
How long.

I wait,
I yearn for the day You touch,
You anoint my lips,
My mouth to preach Your Word,

The day in which the entrapment,
Now sealed,
Will be opened,
And the your Word pourith forth.

Not my Will in this,
But Your will in all things be done.
Not for my sake,
Not for my edification,
But Lord for You,
For Your glory.

Clash me Lord,
Break me,
Cause me suffering Lord,
I plead Lord,
I need to be broken,
For I am selfish,
I am concerned with me,
I need to be concerned of You.

What I count,
What I deem important is not,
But only what Thee deems due,
Only Thy Will is important,
Only Your Will should ever be on my mind,
Should be on my lips.

Why should it all be for You?
Why do You deserve all the Glory?

When I lay alone,
When I wiggled and cried in my Flesh,
When I cried in my sin,
It was You and no other who saved me,
You took me into your ever-loving arms,
You adopted me,
Saving me from the damnation I faced,
Ripping me from Satan’s grasp,
That grasp once so strong,
But now my eyes see,
He was so weak,

But You Lord are strong,
As I am weak,
Where I am weak,
You are strong,
You will be my strength.

I was lost,
I was dying,
So many years ago,
And yet I was saved,
Am saved,
And will be saved.

For no matter what may come,
For trials,
For tribulation,
For persecution,
They do not separate me from You,
For You have defeated them.
For You have a purpose,
You have an ultimate plan,
Which is far better than my own.

I want to be part of You plan,
I want to be used,
I want to be willing.

Lord,
I will be a part,
I will be useful,
And I will be willing.
For You reign above all,
For You Alone,
Alone,
Alone,
Are worthy.

Holy,
Holy,
Holy is the Lord Almighty,
Who was,
And is,
And is to come!

-By: Daniel Brockhan