If with heart and soul you’re doing good, do you think you can be stopped? Even if you suffer for it, you’re still better off. Don’t give the opposition a second thought. Through thick and thin, keep your hearts at attention, in adoration before Christ, your Master. Be ready to speak up and tell anyone who asks why you’re living the way you are, and always with the utmost courtesy. Keep a clear conscience before God so that when people throw mud at you, none of it will stick. They’ll end up realizing that they’re the ones who need a bath. It’s better to suffer for doing good, if that’s what God wants, than to be punished for doing bad. That’s what Christ did definitively: suffered because of others’ sins, the Righteous One for the unrighteous ones. He went through it all—was put to death and then made alive—to bring us to God. If with heart and soul you’re doing good, do you think you can be stopped? Even if you suffer for it, you’re still better off. Don’t give the opposition a second thought. Through thick and thin, keep your hearts at attention, in adoration before Christ, your Master. Be ready to speak up and tell anyone who asks why you’re living the way you are, and always with the utmost courtesy. Keep a clear conscience before God so that when people throw mud at you, none of it will stick. They’ll end up realizing that they’re the ones who need a bath. It’s better to suffer for doing good, if that’s what God wants, than to be punished for doing bad. That’s what Christ did definitively: suffered because of others’ sins, the Righteous One for the unrighteous ones. He went through it all—was put to death and then made alive—to bring us to God. 1 Peter 3:13-18
Living Connected
We would be a fool not to recognize the serious nature of the times we are living in. It seems like whatever direction we turn, we are losing our keel, and seriously leaning into an event in our culture that will capsize our freedom as a nation. This Is Serious! Everything feels so very serious right now, we feel the burden of pressure on all sides of us, and on our shoulders. Simply-Significantly, God has not abandoned us to the will of our enemy. God is our anchor and He is with us, right in the middle of this cultural storm. He is teaching us a strong dependence on Him, a steady followship of His navigational charts as we move forward in these murky waters. Seriously So. God has instructed us to be “wise as serpents and gentle as doves”. Living connected to God, in personal relationship, in a miraculous way of heart-to-heart communion with God. This vital vertical relationship with God, it takes the edge off of serious and gives us a different kind of edge, a miraculous edge of His joy and strength. Seriously So. Is your soul rocked from all the changes in these times? Listen Up to this 1 Minute Encouragement Video:
Stay alert. This is hazardous work I’m assigning you. You’re going to be like sheep running through a wolf pack, so don’t call attention to yourselves. Be as shrewd as a snake, inoffensive as a dove. “Don’t be naive. Some people will question your motives, others will smear your reputation—just because you believe in me. Don’t be upset when they haul you before the civil authorities. Without knowing it, they’ve done you—and me—a favor, given you a platform for preaching the kingdom news! And don’t worry about what you’ll say or how you’ll say it. The right words will be there; the Spirit of your Father will supply the words. “Don’t be naive. Some people will question your motives, others will smear your reputation—just because you believe in me. Don’t be upset when they haul you before the civil authorities. Without knowing it, they’ve done you—and me—a favor, given you a platform for preaching the kingdom news! And don’t worry about what you’ll say or how you’ll say it. The right words will be there; the Spirit of your Father will supply the words. Matthew 10:16-20
Serious Cultural Corruption
What we are facing in the downward spiral of our current cultural corruption is very serious, no doubt about it. But God is seriously engaged in the midst of these times. He has not abandoned His authority over to evil. God is a mighty fortress for us in times such as these. Seriously so! God is in control. Don’t focus on the serious decline of humanity, our main serious focus should be Jesus. We should be found seriously pursuing Him, His way truth and life and seriously in love with God, His Word, and seriously in followship of God’s Holy Spirit. In these serious times, if you are loving God, listening up to God, your heart attitude will reflect joy and your soul will have strength. And in the midst of all the havoc of our time, you will have a serious attractive anointing which will draw people to Me. Yes these are serious times, but not so much on our shoulders as we yield to God and position ourselves underneath His Rulership of love. Listen Up To This 1 Minute Encouragement Video On Having An Attractive Anointing:
A Mighty Fortress
Seriously, we don’t have to be so seriously burdened about the signs of our times, we can enjoy our lives, straighten our keep and not let our lives capsize in a sea of fear. God is still a Prevailing Presence here. Our God is a Mighty Fortress. Are mortal ills prevailing? Yes! Seriously So! The craft and power of our enemy looking great with cruel hate? Yes! Seriously So! Remember… on earth there is no equal to Jesus and He is on our side. Seriously So! That doesn’t mean that we live sloppily. We are wise in our followship of God. Yet, we don’t go to the other side of fear that impulsively drives us to be a fixer, which we are not. God is the Fixer and He is still here working for our good. Find Him in your situation, find out what He has for your to learn, see what He is doing and join Him in it.
So roll up your sleeves, get your head in the game, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Jesus arrives. Don’t lazily slip back into those old grooves of evil, doing just what you feel like doing. You didn’t know any better then; you do now. As obedient children, let yourselves be pulled into a way of life shaped by God’s life, a life energetic and blazing with holiness. God said, “I am holy; you be holy.” So roll up your sleeves, get your head in the game, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Jesus arrives. Don’t lazily slip back into those old grooves of evil, doing just what you feel like doing. You didn’t know any better then; you do now. As obedient children, let yourselves be pulled into a way of life shaped by God’s life, a life energetic and blazing with holiness. God said, “I am holy; you be holy.” So roll up your sleeves, get your head in the game, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Jesus arrives. Don’t lazily slip back into those old grooves of evil, doing just what you feel like doing. You didn’t know any better then; you do now. As obedient children, let yourselves be pulled into a way of life shaped by God’s life, a life energetic and blazing with holiness. God said, “I am holy; you be holy.” So roll up your sleeves, get your head in the game, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Jesus arrives. Don’t lazily slip back into those old grooves of evil, doing just what you feel like doing. You didn’t know any better then; you do now. As obedient children, let yourselves be pulled into a way of life shaped by God’s life, a life energetic and blazing with holiness. God said, “I am holy; you be holy.” You call out to God for help and he helps—he’s a good Father that way. But don’t forget, he’s also a responsible Father, and won’t let you get by with sloppy living. Peter 1:13-17
Let Go ~ Trust God
We have to remind ourselves, not to be so serious, that we are no earthly good to being on mission with God if all our energy is spent on the serious side of this life here. Let go. Trust God. Let God work in us and through us. God’s truth will triumph through us and the doom of our enemy is sure, as God’s truth stands the tests of time and His forever Kingdom prevails. We have a future and a hope, our enemy does not and his time is almost over! Seriously So! Listen Up: https://thebridegroomscafe.com/a-mighty-fortress/
Thank you for stopping into The Bridegroom’s Cafe at The Just A Thought Table. Today we had a guest Chef from Rumble, bringing us a very amazing spiritually nourishing appetizer: 1 Minute Encouragement Video. Chef Jesus finished up this Spiritual Meal with an amazing new dish, very soul nourishing. We hope you enjoyed it. Please share it with others, so they can be soul nourished too. The Bridegroom’s Voice was heard loud and clear today in The Bridegroom’s Voice and we are grateful for that. Make sure you check out some of the other Tables in the cafe and enjoy a great spiritual meal. God bless you, Much, KimberlyMac