It told a story. A story of a boy and girl gone sour.
A story of drowning sorrow and chasing blues.
I still hear it — I don’t want to hear it but it comes uninvited.
Songs matter.
Lyrics matter.
Music matters.
The words live on after the song is played.
So be careful what the lyrics say.
Do the lyrics give you hope?
Do they encourage you to live healthily, and wholesomely?
Do they let you know there is GOD; that He cares and He will help you?
No?
Then why listen — on purpose?
I am wondering this morning. It started as I glanced over some words reporting more evil parading as good as set forth by elected officials.
We can barely keep our heads above the ocean of evil to gasp for a breath of clean living.
What do we do?
Do we talk about it?
Do we complain?
Do we rage about it?
The LORD’s Prayer as it is so named; actually is a model for us, and gave me an avenue to explore.
In the prayer, The LORD YESHUA instructed us to pray, to ask The Father to DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
My point?
As we read, as we hear, as we daily see people-sanctioned evil paraded as good, I wonder what would happen if the people of GOD, seriously and consistently, unceasingly cried out to HIM, deliver us from this ocean of evil?
Deliver us from this evil!
What would that walk out like?
How would we do with that?
What would we expect HIM to do with such cries?
I wonder.
How would He deliver us from evil?
Would He just right now come and get us?
Can I get an amen on that?
Would it mean that He would do such a work in us individually that we would cease to marvel at the evil and instead resist it?
How would we resist it?
Protest? March? Carry signs?
I think that would not work.
What if we carried THE GOSPEL of DELIVERANCE to the ENSLAVED?
How would we do that?
Perhaps Scripture can best answer that. James 4:7-10
I wonder.
Are you wondering too now?
I hope so.
Today I saw these words: “Renew Your Mind & Believe What God Says About You”.
At first, blush that sounds like something, we can embrace and run with, right?
I mean some have, obviously – the writing of books and speaking circuits. But is it Biblically proper?
Have you noticed how ME centered is today’s American gospel?
It’s steps and formulas to try to get GOD to do what we want Him to do for US.
To do this or that so He will bless me, enrich me, promote me, get me to the next level and yes, give me money.
If we read Matthew 4, we would see Satan offering such things.
JESUS came to deliver us stiff-necked, stubborn, hard-hearted sinners from SIN and HELL.
That very gift should be enough to rid us of our propensity to seek the things of this world — and when it isn’t, we would do well to examine ourselves to see if we actually are in the faith.
Is GOD opposed to His people having riches? I don’t think so — look at Abraham.
But He is very opposed to riches having US.
I will leave that right there and depend on Holy Spirit to speak further.
Pulpit after pulpit serve-up stories, jokes, and out-of-context Scripture to pump up the parishioners so they will feel better about themselves, to see how wonderful, and important they are, how GOD just needs them so much — like GOD is just about to fall off His throne in agony just waiting for them to talk to Him.
Today’s pulpit version of JESUS is so sissified, it makes me ill!
Why are pulpits not reading the Bible?
Have you noticed how some Pulpits read the few verses they do read?
Like they can’t wait to get through the reading and get on with more important words.
These buildings we call churches – should be bathed and saturated with Scripture reading and prayer – aloud.
I mean I’d love to see 24-hour vigils of Scripture reading in sanctuaries all over this Land until repentance comes.
Know this: the cure for this ME-centered American gospel is Scripture and prayer.
When people are (and the phrase I am about to use is not flippant or irreverent, I’m just trying to communicate), when people are head over heels in love with JESUS because they are reading His Word and praying about what they are reading, their inferiority complexes and idols will fade away.
Am I harsh?
Define harsh.
Keeping my mouth shut, and letting people go on their way to a dead eternity without warning them is harsh, and not just harsh but unloving, uncaring, and flat-out evil.
Yes, soft, humorous, fun, entertaining posts feel good going on the page — maybe next time. 
