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EMPATHY ALWAYS ACCOMPANIES LOVE
GOD IS LOVE
Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
~Micah 7:5 KJV
Ever tire from random nudges for support from others?
~fellow brethren, family friends, loved ones, the clergy, etc~
Luke 16:1-13
Sometimes those who claim to be good stewards, charitable in every aspect of support or concern for others, are often the very preachers (Sayers) who do not practice their own crafts (speech). Ones who are always expressing all they do to make life more better via…
- supposed AND/OR selfish kind gestures or contributions only to steal praises from God (2 Cor. 9:7/Rom 13:8/Heb. 12:10/Acts 12:23/ Is 42:8)
- cringed noses at others who they look down on, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY BELIEVE THEY ARE SUPERHUMAN (Romans 3:23 &12:3)
- negative outbursts about how others should follow their lead because they never make errors (Eccl. 7:20/Proverbs 20:9/Mark 13:11/1 Peter 2:21)
- claims to be perfect or ideal Christians who never sin in anyway (1 Jn. 1:8-10)
#talkinboutravenouswolves who sell themselves short thinkin’ it’s impossible for ya to make it without ’em…others who sell wolf tickets…even more who are merely perpetrators.
Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me.
~Micah 7:8
NEVER TRUST WITHOUT VERIFYING…
Therefore, I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
~Micah 7:7
I only trust one 100% and HIS BLOOD COVERS ME …FAULTS & ALL. I know the fakes thought I would be moved into [hating to see ’em go… but I am loving the view watching them leave] (Personal Communication, 2014/D. Gurley). #keepinit100
“Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me”
Micah 7:7
All Praises to the OMNIPOTENT
Truthfully, the more sincere, moral and/or ethical persons are those who do not publicize every act(s) of hospitality or support toward others. I have said this before that people should allow the recipients to express such kindnesses, especially if it was done freely without expectation of return or praise. I thought as Christians when we do this type assists that the glory goes to GOD via the recipients’ praises and reward to the gifter from the Lord. (Jn. 7:18/Matt 6:1)
- Knowledge is essential but absent love, it amounts to blah blah blah… just as warning of prideful nature precedes destruction. (1 Cor. 13).
- People are often so into themselves as being perfect Christians instead of learning to be perfected saints that they miss the mark (Romans 8).
I know, slow, and show my role as instructed not by man; but by the HOLY SPIRIT (Luke 12:12). Sometimes a person’s nice candor seems authentic but as the WORD states, inwardly they are RAVENOUS WOLVES gallivanting around in SHEEP’s clothing (Matt 7:15).
Support does not always mean one has to come out-of-pocket; sometimes the support can be in the form of following to lead (2 Cor. 9. / Matt 7:12-14). Yes, you heard me right. People expect you to jump in head first at their every whim absent evaluation (1 Jn. 4:1-6).
Empathy precedes divine giving…knowing and understanding from experience or from the probability of being the one who will need help one day. Rich, poor, short or tall…we all fall.
From John Tesh Facebook Post
“Prove all things; hold fast that which is good”
(1 Thessalonians 5:21 KJV).
I live for the challenges I overcome because it’s via them that I gain a more concrete knowledge (empathy, sympathy, compassion and love) of the infinite Power of Christ (Phil 3/Eph. 1:19 & 3:20/ 2 Cor. 12:10).
Utilize the Power of Christ
“For [God] gives to a man that [is] good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to [him that is] good before God. This also [is] vanity and vexation of spirit” (Ecclesiastes 2:26 KJV).
If people never know how to follow, they cannot perfect leadership in anything. So many times potential leaders are overlooked because the present leaders become selfish, and self-indulgent (vexed with pride).
“For if a man thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself”
(Galatians 6:3 KJV).
“Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips”
(Proverbs 27:2 KJV).
Philippians 2:3 | Romans 12:3-16 | Proverbs 11:12 | 2 Corinthians 10:18 | 1 Corinthians 4:6-14 | Isaiah 2:11-16 | Matthew 13:24-43
They assume their labor is absolute and that another has not had a work of their own. Everyone has a story and if in fact a follower of CHRIST, he or she has had to suffer some things (1 Peter 4:13/2 Cor. 8:2/Jn. 16:33/Philip 3:3)
“And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost”
(1 Thessalonians 1:6 KJV).
If I had a say…
Stop pretending that your spirit is not connected to the body (one in Christ as joint heirs). If you have so much spiritual knowledge, then surely you understand that there is none righteous except JESUS Christ and because of HIS gift of salvation via the cross; you obtained a friendship and inheritance of HIS righteousness (Heb. 10:34). You were not always Ms., Mrs., or Mr. Goody Two Shoes & had to go through a perfecting of your faith by the original and sole author and finisher.
Newsflash: If you have never been broken then you never needed fixing (saving). If I support something or someone, it is of my heart, which is attached to my spirit after Christ and…
“There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit” (Romans 8:1 KJV).
HIS HOLY WORD declares of our sanctification as believers, even before the womb (Jer. 1:5).
“Now concerning things offered to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies”
(1 Corinthians 8:1 NKJV).
“Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall”
(Proverbs 16:18 KJV).
“I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:”
(Revelation 2:2 KJV).
ONE LAST THING…
- Beware of the ones who tell you they were visited by the Lord and actually saw his face…it is a lie and the WORD declares…
“And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live”
Exodus 33:20 KJV
- Beware of the ones who claim to be holier than thou, do no wrong, or who have no faults…it is a lie and the WORD declares…
“If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us”
1 John 1:8 KJV
- Stay clear of those who always talk about what they did for others as if no one else could have; and/or people who do things for you and bring it up at every opportunity…they are hypocrites who seek vainglory and the WORD declares…
“Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. Therefore, when thou does thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward. But when thou does alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which sees in secret himself shall reward thee openly”
Matthew 6:1-4 KJV
“Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves”
Philippians 2:3 KJV
“Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another”
Galatians 5:26 KJV
- Try harder to show love towards everyone because it fulfills the law and keeps you in the will of GOD and the WORD declares…
“He that loves his brother abides in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him”
1 John 2:10 KJV
“Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law”
Romans 13:10 KJV
- Finally try hard to speak good things for your tongue is a weapon when used improperly and the WORD declares…
“Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof”
Proverbs 18:21 KJV
“Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man”
Colossians 4:6 KJV
“Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers”
Ephesians 4:29 KJV
“Out of the same mouth proceeds blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be”
James 3:10 KJV
“Not that which goes into the mouth defiles a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defiles a man”
Matthew 15:11 KJV
“Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speaking’s, As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious”
1 Peter 2:1-3 KJV
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Bullying, Intimidation, & Inconsideration
Ever dealt with Bullying, Intimidation or Just Inconsideration?
Some people need to practice a little more of that they preach. I am up to my elbows in contempt for the way people lie to kick it…Smile in your face & the second your back is turned; they’re conspiring.
Madear always taught us to treat people like we want to be treated. Sadly, & recently I nearly tapped out.
However, and thankfully, I love how God never remembers my REPENTED faults and it ALONE keeps me greeting others with a Holy Kiss despite the unmerited kindnesses I’ve shown towards those seemingly undeserving.
“And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is [the book] of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works”
(Revelation 20:12 KJV).
I relate the opened book of life as having Lived In Faith Everyday, via Letters Instructing Focused Empathy, & having Lived Inspired & Forgiving Each other as God forgave us.
There are a lot of times & ways I show my support for others when preferably if left up to me (flesh) I would not…
Have you ever been in a relationship or friendship where it seemed biased on your behalf?
You’re the one who:
- always pays for everything
- values all of your time together i.e. activities and/or excursions
- calls to check in more
- always leads in prayer
- communicates more
- shows more concern, empathy, sympathy
- quick to be morally or ethically supportive and compassionate
The minute you are unable to do any of these, that person vacates the association, friendship, marriage, etc.
These are what I like to call fair weather associations…only around when it’s beneficial for them.
Where are they when you could use or are in need of various support:
- spiritual
- moral/ethical
- financial
- emotional
- physical/health
Before experiencing life (living in faith everyday) through variables like the trying of patience, tolerance/countenance, moods, and/or emotions; these things used to weigh me down.
There is something wonderful in spiritual growth, in that the journey of maturation allows you a better discernment, empathy, and forgiveness for these type behaviors, attitudes, unethical treatment, or the like.
You get to a place where you can courageously forgive and forget about it (vexations on others & sometimes self too) via intercession. That’s right! The best working prescription on the market today is PRAYER (in the spirit)!
It changes perspectives, thoughts, attitudes, understanding, morality, ethics, and most importantly it holds RESOLUTION.
I got to the place where GOD allows me via spiritual discernment to pick up on certain things that out of the spirit I would not have. I got to the place where looking at issues from other standpoints eradicates impatience and intolerance. It enhanced insight and promoted a diligence of confidence.
How?
I simply view everything, place, or person as GOD views me and always I say to myself, “Acknowledge Him in All My Ways”…
When I do this little ritual it frees me from the negativity tied to those demonic (or ill-willed) assignments that often others are unaware they attribute or employ ~ (from a deeper discernment level).
This is another reason I remain prayerful because not everyone practices spiritual cleansing as often as I do via intercession and often, I discern right away the presence of varying spirits [negating sources of energy], which are seductively filled with fallacy, pride, envy, jealousy, ascendancy, anger, irascibility and so on.
Make no mistake that this is a very real issue wrapped in the Words of Truth, that we are in an ongoing spiritual warfare with the need to be armed at all times. (Ephesians 6 KJV)
“But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh. For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled”
(2 Corinthians 10:2-6 KJV).
The next time things appear to be biased just PERFORM THE TESTS:
1 John 4 -Perfect the Love in your heart, mind, soul and life
Psalm 51 -Search the heart and ask for renewed spirit
Hebrews 10 -Practice Heartfelt Sincerity & Assurance of Faith
Philippians 4 -Know the difference in times of contention when facing halted blessings (they only stop when out of the will of God whether directly or indirectly from soul ties)
2 Corinthians 10 | John 10 -If it walks & quacks like a duck chances are it is a duck…if it does not LOOK, FEEL, SOUND like or EXEMPLIFY GOD as sovereign as opposed to self, then it needs immediate vanquishing (cast it down or out)
Philippians 2:14 |Mark 3:23-30 | Matthew 12:22-37 -STOP ALL BELLYACHING, CRITICISM, COMPETITION and/or DEBATES
Romans 12:2 | Luke 6:45 | -GUARD YOUR SOUL via governing your thought patterns, your speech, and your behavior
John 6:63 |John 10:27 |Galatians 5:22-23 | 1 Corinthians 12 | Revelation 2:7 | Colossians 2:8 | -Get to Know the Spirit of God, HE knows you
John 17:17 | Colossians 2 | Philippians 3:20 | Ephesians 2 | 1 John 4:1 | John 14:26 -Guard your ears and mouths that they may receive and cultivate ripened fruit of the spirit via faith (hearing of the WORD) & be alert to impostors
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