Focusing on the Mark's Core Values: Foundation

 

Foundation.

We all must have a foundation on which our life is built. It must be on the Rock—Jesus Christ. On this foundation, we cannot be destroyed. It is of upmost importance that the Body of Christ is truly founded on this because everything our lives are built with will be tested with fire. 1 Cor. 3:10-15

 

 

The “MEDIA”! Good or BAD?

The “MEDIA”! Good or BAD?

    The people of the world want truth delivered to them through the “media” that they watch, listen to, and read. This can be majorly grouped as GOOD or BAD. Indeed, the “media”, in many cases, has used fear tactics to control people and cause them to live in constant alertness. Indeed, the “media” has strayed from its original purpose which consisted of presenting the “news” on a truthful and Christian manner.

   The positives of the “media” include the following: important “news” can be made known to the vast majority of people and can influence the world’s opinion rather easily if one does not filter what he sees, hears, and reads.

    However, a few negative attributes have been ascribed to the “media” in the last century or so. Not to group all the “media” in the same ship, but many “reporters” use fear tactics such as “exaggeration of the truth” and “double-sided speech” (lying) to scare their realm of influence in too believing their opinion rather than the truth which they choose not to search out. Many a person has become a brainwashed creature that blindly follows the monstrous leader of the common “media.” The “media” is appalling by the type of fear and control that it possesses and instills in its listeners, readers, and viewers.

   People can retaliate against the affects the “media” have on them. One can pray that God heals the brainwashed and deceived areas of our mind that the “media” has instilled in us. Another way is to replace some if the time that one spends on the “media” and replacing it with Bible reading and prayer. Also pray that God will change the hearts of the “media” drones and broadcasters. Surely God can intervene for His people, if it is His will, and cause the truth to be known.

  In conclusion, the “media,” for the most part, has fallen from its original purpose and we must combat it for it is mostly corrupt and BAD. Make the truth known to those you converse with and most importantly spread Christ. Since He is the TRUTH He should be the focus of Christian “media” workers. Therefore if the people of God ban together and spread the Gospel we are doing the best that we can to change the “media” by planting God.



The Root of the Righteous Yields Fruit

“The wicked covet the catch of evil men, but the root of the righteous yields fruit.”

~ Proverbs 12:12 NKJV

          Wicked men will desire the wealth that others have and they are even willing to steal to get it. Their stealing may take the form of hidden fees, heavy taxation, class-discriminated taxation, murder, fraud, pick pocketing, lawsuits, and more because history has recorded that they do. Evil men have a record of ranting and raving for wealth inside of themselves—indeed it consumes many of them completely. Because the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil (1 Tim. 6:10), no wonder the thieves, the murders, and the false witnesses that are among us often started out greedy for plunder not to murder, steal or lie.

            On the other hand, there are the righteous. God keeps these people from having to beg by providing for them from His own immeasurable riches, but this is not so for the wicked. The righteous are righteous to their very roots (in Jesus Christ’s righteousness). The roots of their lives bring forth the fruit of their faithfulness over time: a loving, caring marriage; kindness and compassion for the poor and hurting; wisdom; purity; fruitfulness from the Lord; and a close, intimate relationship with the Lord. The righteous even affect others to their very roots! It is here, at the roots, that the righteous man plants his seed and fertilizes it by the divine grace contained in the spiritual gift(s) that have been given to him by the Holy Spirit, into the heart of another. The righteous man waters the roots of the lost whom he has sown in with the life-giving water of Jesus’ Spirit, the Holy Spirit. It is here that the righteous man rebukes, exhorts and teaches the wicked, he fertilizes the wicked root with transforming nutrients from God’s Word. And it is here that the righteous brings the Messiah, who is contained in himself, and shines the SONLIGHT needed for the growth: the process of spiritual photosynthesis. It is here at the roots that the righteous’ overflows his own reservoirs of sap, the sap of the Holy Spirit that is in his veins; the water of the living Word of God; and the light which is the Son of God living in Him!

    And what to say of the Salt that he is to the wicked? Perhaps it will taste bitter to the wicked man at first, but with instruction and faithful administration it can become the flavoring of his life! That is, if the wicked will accept it.

    The righteous man stands firm when storms arise because of his deep roots, but the wicked topples over: plundering whatever he can from others and being destroyed, left hopeless and stranded in the process of trying to obtain his greed’s fulfillment.

     Remember Proverbs 12:12 and be righteous by abiding in the vine of Christ (Jn. 15:5)!

Read Psalm 1.

The Thought of Foolishness

 

The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.

Proverbs 24:9 (KJV)

Punch First Talk Later

Punch First Talk Later

(Works for defense of women and in battle against the devil)

{A Contemplative Poem}

 

When I battle against my enemies—

This World, My Flesh (PRIDE), and The Devil—

I must not cower, but fight with the strength my God supplies.

For my strength is small, but Christ’s is very great!

 

Step up O boy!

Become a man!!

You strength is not within, but in

HIM!

 

Take a stand!

Punch that old snake first and talk later!

Punch your old flesh first and talk later!

Punch this sinning world first and talk later!

 

The peace must be maintained, it is not sporadically gained.

So which side will you be on?

 

The victorious side that is punching, wrestling, sparing, and winning the ultimate battle or

 The unrighteous ranks that stand for everything evil.

There is nothing great or good about evil!

Only God is good and great!

Therefore align thy banners with Him.

 

Well, when all is said and done in the spiritual, the physical must be

Fixed upon and the actions necessary applied.

 

When a woman, young or old, girl or grandmother;

When Eve’s mysterious race are harmed by fellow or by country

Who will stand?

 . . . .

You?!

You, man of God are to stand!!

Who will give their lives for the protection of others?

Not a woman, not that tis not right in God’s sight

For a woman is not to defend in the place of a man.

 

You! You, young man, are the one to die for the enslaved! To fight for the oppressed!

 

The only question is will you do it?

And will you follow HIS leading?

You are created to be a leader; every man is to some degree.

Some rule a city others a country, but all rule their homes in either justice, righteousness and peace or in slander, malice, hate, and pride.

 

Choose young man . . . . . You must! . . . .

WILL YOU?