String of Lights

nationalgeographicmagazine: The moment they lifted their...

Sat, 07 Jul 2012 14:34:40 -0400

The moment they lifted their cameras
Photo and caption by Cheng Niu
“ManhattanSunset” happens twice a year and is known as one of the most spectacular urban views in New York. Travelers/photographers gather together, waiting several hours for this exciting moment. I was part of the event this May but unfortunately I arrived late that day. There were already many people waiting there and I had to find a spot behind the crowd. I was not able to see it myself but was happy to have grabbed the moment when everyone lifted their cameras focusing on their long-expected view. Indeed I was at the back of the crowd. But in another sense, I was in front of all of them.

From my heart...

Sat, 07 Jul 2012 14:34:00 -0400

Below is a message I posted on Facebook recently. In light of things that have been occurring in this nation and around the world, it is, what I believe, the heart of God.

God is preparing a great army of people who will stand up for His truth and His Word no matter what. Do not let Satan pervert your idea of love… get to know Jesus Christ as a person and you will know love (true love) for yourself.

Also, if you struggle with anything, whether it’s drugs (or any other addiction), anger, lying, abusive tendencies, homosexuality, or anything, Jesus still saves and delivers. He has delivered me, personally, from many things and I am still on this journey to becoming more like Him. Everyday is a fight to live for God. Deliverance doesn’t always happen overnight, but God looks at your heart: Do you want to be set free? He’s not asking for you to be perfect: He’s asking you to follow Him so He can transform you, through His power (not yours), into who you really are.

You do not have to remain in bondage. Sin is sin, and truth is love. Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it (Matthew 7:13). This is not the time to follow the crowd, media or popular opinion. God loves you…

For those who know the truth, this is not the time to deny Christ and follow the crowd or popular opinion. People may call you judgmental, crazy, homophobic, or unloving, but continue to love people, be kind and courageous, and walk in God’s truth anyway. Lead people to Jesus. As human beings, we ALL need Jesus. Don’t be afraid…let your light shine. There are people who are searching for the light!

“But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after the killing of the body, has power to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him.” Luke 12:5

Here is the message I posted on Facebook, Independence Day. While the world was celebrating a great holiday, as well as Frank Ocean’s bold admission, I was sobbing and my heart was greatly grieving… this nation needs to receive a revelation of Jesus Christ, and the Spirit of Truth (the Holy Spirit) on a greater dimension. We must repent for our sins, and be saved. Jesus is revealing Himself all over the world (see more here) and is giving hope to those who are secretly hurting, lost, empty and confused.

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*Posted July 4th 3:22 pm

So grieved right now…

Pray for this generation. Please pray for our generation. People are deceived. People are calling perversion love. People are searching for love. People are dying (eternally). Jesus Christ is the LIGHT… follow Him. Don’t follow the world’s blindness… follow Him. He’s the love we’ve been searching for… it’s Him. He’s not thinking about your faults. Call Him and He’ll answer you. Believe on Him… it’s Him we need…

I did not write this status to be religious. I know that people think you are “religious” anytime you say the word “God,” but I’m not religious. I too have searched for love in all the wrong places. We’ve all had. Haven’t we all been carried away by feelings? So I’m not pointing fingers, I’m speaking out of compassion. I couldn’t stop these tears right now if I wanted to, because when I dare get closer to God (just like when you get close to a person), I can start to actually feel His feelings. We must catch these people who are falling.

Do we see or care that people are falling? Can we discern when people are lost on the street, but not when their soul is lost or mind is gone? We have to see people like God do. We have to show people that Christ loves hard (unconditionally), and He still saves and delivers. He’s not a church character, or whatever religious people have made Him to look like. People are hurting and confused. It’s not love to support a lie and not tell people the truth. It’s not love to judge people as if you’re perfect, or tell them about freedom without showing them the way to freedom. Coming out a closet doesn’t give freedom, the blood of Jesus gives freedom. There is a way that seems right to a man, but the END is death.

Temptations and thoughts don’t have to become your identity. Your identity is in Christ, forget religion, ask to see Christ. I asked to see Christ, when I couldn’t stand church and living in total sin, and Christ showed up and I saw Him (for real) with my own two eyes. He did not condemn me, He simply showed up as Himself: LOVE. He’ll come to you just as He’s come to me. His love will help you discern false love because Satan comes as false love. The enemy will lie to people. He’ll set up romantic situations to make you believe what’s happening is love. He’ll whisper things in your ear to make you think it’s your thoughts, and think that you are who he says you are, or you were just born that way, or anything else he can come up with to make you lose hope in God’s power to heal (when He’s ready) and deliver you (when He’s ready).

The enemy will send supporters to you to strengthen the lie and give the lie courage. He’ll have you meditating on your temptations until you start to accept them as who you are. He’ll have you thinking it is what it is, everything’s okay, it’s God, it’s good, many people are like this, it’s a new day, it’s normal, it’s love…but it’s NOT. Sin has pleasure for a season. Because after all those warm feelings, you still won’t have peace (or the true love you were hoping for) because lies can’t set us free…only truth can (I know what I’m talking about). Fight for your soul and pray for others (including celebrities) too weak to fight. God bless you all.

nationalgeographicmagazine: Aerial View, New York City...

Sat, 07 Jul 2012 14:30:02 -0400

nationalgeographicmagazine:

Aerial View, New York City
Photograph by Navid Baraty
Watching the pace and flow of New York City from above is amazing. The constant stream of yellow taxis lining the avenues, the waves of pedestrians hurriedly crossing with the change of traffic signals, little figures disappearing into and emerging from the subway stations, the chorus of honking horns and sirens. It’s all so rhythmic and strangely soothing to watch. It makes me feel incredibly small.

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Ezekiel 37:1-6

Sat, 07 Jul 2012 14:28:43 -0400

The hand of the Lord was on me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry. He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones live?”

I said, “Sovereign Lord, you alone know.”

Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones and say to them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord! This is what the Sovereign Lord says to these bones: I will make breathenter you, and you will come to life.I will attach tendons to you and make flesh come upon you and cover you with skin; I will put breath in you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”

Hollywood star Richard T. Jones has an appearance from Jesus...

Sat, 07 Jul 2012 14:27:09 -0400

Hollywood star Richard T. Jones has an appearance from Jesus Christ… literally. Jesus has also appeared to me (see above note).

"All of God’s people are ordinary people who have been made extraordinary by the purpose he has..."

Sat, 07 Jul 2012 14:24:53 -0400

“All of God’s people are ordinary people who have been made extraordinary by the purpose he has given them.”

- Oswald Chambers

nevver: You can’t get there from here

Sat, 07 Jul 2012 14:21:55 -0400

nevver:

You can’t get there from here

joelzimmer: Sunset over Manhattan

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:36:15 -0400

joelzimmer:

Sunset over Manhattan

This teaching had me on the edge of my seat. If you don’t...

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:29:30 -0400

This teaching had me on the edge of my seat. If you don’t know who Noel Jones is, get familiar.

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Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:26:55 -0400

Hebrews 12:1-3 (MSG Translation)

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:24:00 -0400

Do you see what this means—all these pioneers who blazed the way, all these veterans cheering us on? It means we’d better get on with it. Strip down, start running—and never quit! No extra spiritual fat, no parasitic sins.

Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we’re in. Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed—that exhilarating finish in and with God—he could put up with anything along the way: Cross, shame, whatever.

And now he’s there, in the place of honor, right alongside God. When you find yourselves flagging in your faith, go over that story again, item by item, that long litany of hostility he plowed through. That will shoot adrenaline into your souls!

nevver: The Cloud

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:15:55 -0400

nevver:

The Cloud

"Never let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth on the altar of peace."

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:14:24 -0400

“Never let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth on the altar of peace.”

- J.C. Ryle

Busyness…

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:11:03 -0400

Busyness…

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Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:22:06 -0400

David Jones on Sid Roth. David grew up hard, his father was a...

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:10:00 -0400

David Jones on Sid Roth. David grew up hard, his father was a boxer and very cold. So David wound up hating authority, and he lived most of his life clubbing, getting into lots of fights, and living a Godless existence. Then one day, God met David where he was…and everything began to change.

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Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:09:22 -0400

Hebrews 10:35-36 (MSG Translation)

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:03:30 -0400

Remember those early days after you first saw the light? Those were the hard times! Kicked around in public, targets of every kind of abuse—some days it was you, other days your friends. If some friends went to prison, you stuck by them. If some enemies broke in and seized your goods, you let them go with a smile, knowing they couldn’t touch your real treasure. Nothing they did bothered you, nothing set you back. So don’t throw it all away now. You were sure of yourselves then. It’s still a sure thing! But you need to stick it out, staying with God’s plan so you’ll be there for the promised completion.

   It won’t be long now, he’s on the way;
      he’ll show up most any minute.
   But anyone who is right with me thrives on loyal trust;
      if he cuts and runs, I won’t be very happy.
But we’re not quitters who lose out. Oh, no! We’ll stay with it and survive, trusting all the way.

nevver: Empire

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:00:47 -0400

nevver:

Empire

"Faith is to believe what we do not see, and the reward of this faith is to see what we believe."

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:00:15 -0400

“Faith is to believe what we do not see, and the reward of this faith is to see what we believe.”

- Augustine