TURN THE LIGHT ON

John 1: 1-18 (MSG) THE LIFE-LIGHT
"1-2 THE WORD was first, the Word present to God, God present to the Word. THE WORD WAS GOD, in READINESS FOR GOD from day one.

3-5 EVERYTHING was CREATED THROUGH HIM; NOTHING—not one thing!—CAME INTO BEING WITHOUT HIM. What came into existence was LIFE, and the LIFE WAS LIGHT to LIVE by.The LIFE-LIGHT blazed out of the darkness; the darkness COULDN'T put it out.

6-8 There once was a man, his name JOHN, SENT BY GOD to point out the way to the Life-Light. He came to show everyone where to look, who to believe in. John was not himself the Light; he was there to show the way to the Light.

9-13 The Life-Light was the real thing: Every person entering Life HE brings into Light. HE WAS IN THE WORLD, the world was there THROUGH HIM, and yet the World DIDN'T even notice.He came to HIS own people, but they DIDN'T WANT HIM. 

But WHOEVER DID want him, WHO BELIEVED He was who He Claimed and would DO what HE SAID, He made to be their TRUE SELVES, their CHILD OF GOD selves.These are the GOD BEGOTTEN, NOT blood-begotten, NOT flesh-begotten, NOT sex-begotten.

14 THE WORD BECAME FLESH AND BLOOD, AND MOVED into the neighborhood. We saw the GLORY WITH OUR OWN EYES, the ONE-OF-A-KIND GLORY, like Father, like Son, GENEROUS inside and out, TRUE from start to finish.

15 John pointed HIM out and called, “THIS IS THE ONE! The One I told you was coming after me but in fact was ahead of me. HE has always been ahead of me, has always had the FIRST WORD.”

16-18 WE ALL LIVE OFF OF HIS GENEROUS BOUNTY, gift after gift after gift. We got the basics from Moses,and then this EXUBERANT GIVING AND RECEIVING,This ENDLESS KNOWING AND UNDERSTANDING—

ALL CAME THROUGH JESUS, THE MESSIAH.

No one has ever seen God, not so much as a glimpse. This ONE-OF-A-KIND God-Expression, WHO EXISTS AT the very HEART of the Father, has made HIM PLAIN as day."

Our LIFE CHANGES for the BETTER (inwardly first) as we BELIEVE in what HE SAYS! We've done it all BEFORE...WITHOUT Him...and can SEE what a MESS of things we have made on our own. 

Just like FUMBLING AROUND in the dark TRYING to find something...we can't SEE what we are SEEKING too clearly. Oh but when we TURN the LIGHT ON we can SEE the MESS we've made along away when we didn't KNOW what was HIDDEN in the dark. But we are also are ABLE to SEE where we are GOING and FIND what we are SEEKING much FASTER!

You know like...

That MAN you KNOW you SHOULDN'T have gotten involved with just because he paid you some attention that you hadn't felt in awhile.

That credit card/loan that you AGREED TO even though you KNOW you said you were TRYING to get out of debt.

That job you thought would bring in MORE MONEY but is KEEPING you from spending MORE TIME with your family and getting to church.

That decision you made WITHOUT given one thought to ASKING GOD about it because YOU WANTED what YOU wanted at that moment.

Those people you've been spending TOO MUCH TIME with who are helping to LEAD you further from God than TO HIM.
In THIS LIFE...We NEED THE LIGHT...of HIS WORD!.HE makes things SO MUCH CLEARER... more VISIBLE...and QUICKER to FIND!

No More MOVING in the dark for YOU, YOUR FAMILY, or YOUR COMMUNITY...TURN on the LIGHT! LET THE WORD ILLUMINE your path...for what you need to KNOW for YOUR JOURNEY! It all STARTS with HIM anyway...The LIGHT...The LIFE...THE WORD!

~ALH, Always Loving Him/Her 

I CHOOSE LIFE

Deuteronomy 30:19
"I call Heaven and earth to witness this day against YOU that I have SET BEFORE YOU LIFE and death, the BLESSINGS and the curses; therefore CHOOSE LIFE, that YOU and YOUR DESCENDANTS may LIVE."

I've been eating a salad with EVERYTHING (Daniel Fast approved of course) in it for my lunch and dinner for the past 7 days, and I must say I feel MORE energized than I did the first few days of the fast. So I'm vowing to RECOMMIT to this type of eating THROUGHOUT the year. One day during the fast, I was remembering how I used to "feel" when I use to eat like this REGULARLY along with EXERCISING REGULARLY. God whispered to me..."LIVING FOODS bring LIFE...LIVE!!!"

God tells us to eat the things of the earth, LIVING foods (Genesis 1:29-30) like we are limiting ourselves to doing for this 21 Day Fast (see details here... . However, we often eat/drink foods that bring "death" to our mind, body and spirit because they are made out of "dead" things. Over-processed, over-cooked, man-made/artificial flavors, refined, and heavily laden sugary foods are just that...DEATH to YOU!! They were NOT made for the bodies God gave us...and we see the results of that CHOICE in the illnesses and diseases that are plaguing many...mind, body and spirit. We must become GOOD STEWARDS of the housing that God has Given us so we can FINISH the course GOD DESIRES for us to complete on this earth!

I pray you DON'T LET what is popular or the world's way of doing things "rob' you of the LIFE God intends for you to have. Because, these "death" type of items are being WELCOMED by your own CHOOSING...into your HOLY TEMPLE that houses the HOLY SPIRIT. Would you offer "DEAD"CRAP food/gifts to someone you HONOR???

Let's continue this path together of dedicating our bodies, mind and spirit to the THINGS that HONOR and not "grieve" God. He DESERVES the BEST and so do YOU! - ALH, Always Loving Him/Her

EVICTION NOTICE SERVED!!!

Genesis 1:26 (AMP)
"God said, Let Us [Father, Son, and Holy Spirit] make mankind in Our image, after Our likeness, and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the [tame] beasts, and over all of the earth, and over everything that creeps upon the earth."

John 10:10 (AMP)
"The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and ENJOY life, and have it in ABUNDANCE (to the full, till it overflows)"

2 Corinthians 10:3-6 (MSG)

"The world is unprincipled. It’s dog-eat-dog out there! The world doesn’t fight fair. But we don’t live or fight our battles that way—never have and never will. The tools of our trade aren’t for marketing or manipulation, but they are for demolishing that entire massively corrupt culture. We use our POWERFUL God-tools for smashing warped philosophies, tearing down barriers erected against the TRUTH OF GOD, fitting every loose thought and emotion and impulse into the structure of LIFE shaped by Christ. Our tools are ready at hand for clearing the ground of every obstruction and building lives of obedience into maturity."

I don't know about you but I'm SICK and TIRED of the enemy reigning in so many areas of this earth and in our lives...even though God has GIVEN CHRISTIANS (Christ's Disciples/Followers of Christ) ALL AUTHORITY, POWER, and DOMINION over his wiles, devices and schemes. (Genesis 1:26) But, how many of us are POWERED up in the SPIRIT to do any REAL damage?

A lot of us, as Christians, spend more time, OPENING the door to the enemy like he is a TRUSTED FRIEND than we do OPENING the DOOR to God.  It always amazes me, how the enemy tends to get INVITED to dinner while God is usually WAITING outside the door even though He’s been KNOCKING and ASKING to be INVITED a lot longer. We already KNOW FULL well, the enemy is NOT an EASY guest to get rid of once you ALLOW him in, but we CONTINUE to LET him in willingly. We must remember he's KNOWN for...STEALING belongings...KILLING any sprouts of FAITH with fear...and DESTROYING anything in which he gains access.

So ask yourself...Have you OPENED the door to any of his fake friends that initially LOOKED/SEEMED like a JOY and a BLESSING, but now is more like a leech that is DRAINING the LIFE out of you???

Let’s LOOK at some of his subtle DISGUISES...

- those LOVE SONGS that keep you REMINISCING about that old fling that you know is NO LONGER the Will of God for you...but you KEEP ENTERTAINING the old thoughts as you listen to that type of music and then wonder why you can't seem to MOVE on from the loss.

- that food/drink that you KNOW is causing a SLOW DEATH to your HEALTH, HOME, FINANCES, and YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO GOD every time you decide to GIVE in to those FLESHLY cravings. You've decided, with every LUSTFUL digestion, that you LOVE the IMMEDIATE & TEMPORARY FEELING of it MORE than the LIFE GIVING, LONG-TERM RESULTS it will bring, if you STARVE it out.

 - that friend/family member that is keeping you from a CLOSER RELATIONSHIP  with God because you have allowed them to have MORE CONTROL over you and your time than you have ALLOWED God to have.

- that negative conversation that gets stirred up every time you see or hear of that person you can’t seem to forgive even though you know God says you must. Every time you open your mouth to speak about that person, every bit of venom and bitterness is spewing out of your mouth into your ears and giving energy to that unforgiving spirit over and over again. Instead you should pray a WORD of FAITH for them and over you that will help REPLACE your thinking and feelings with each GOOD and audible WORD seed that is being planted towards forgiveness. 

Often a thing can LOOK and FEEL good for us initially but over time, we find that it has a HOLD on us that keeps us from being CLOSER to GOD and His Will for our lives. Take some time NOW and evaluate what enemy has been INVITED into your life that NOW needs an EVICTION notice. Recognize like a bad tenant, he won't go WILLINGLY but YOU HAVE THE POWER to REIGN over him and his serpents, scorpions, and every other evil imagination and HIGH thing that EXALTS itself ABOVE the knowledge of JESUS Christ!

I Love You and God Loves You Best, 

ALH, Always Loving Him/Her