Live Life post 161: Consult with God

I'm just reflecting on some things as I sign an agreement to short sale my property . . .

How disquieting is it to fully come to the realization that you have been putting all your time, all your energy, and all your resources into the wrong thing.  Then that thing that you have worked so hard on is lost or taken away.

Not only do you feel the anxiety of failure, but you wonder where else have I gone wrong in life?

I thought that I was so grown up and independent when I bought my first house.  It was a cute two bedroom townhome.  I didn't really include my husband in the whole process.  I told my self "My money, My good credit, My decision, My house!"

This is a picture collage of the first home that I bought "by myself."  This is a picture of the new kitchen we put in, new sink, new cabinets, new dishwasher.  I even tore out the old bathtub "by myself," and redid the whole thing with a new toilet, new bath, new vanity.  My husband put down a new laminate floor, and we invested in brand new windows and a new entry door.  Not to mention the new water heater, washer and dryer, new carpets, and the countless hours of painting and repainting walls.

This property was a huge investment that didn't pay off.  We eventually out grew the house (remember:  My house, My idea, now my debt).  We tried to rent it out, that worked for awhile but now I have to short sale the property because I just can't afford it anymore.  I can't afford the pressure of having to manage another property by myself.  I made a lot of bad decisions and put a lot of work into something that, in the end, wasn't for me.  Now I am losing the house to someone else.

My first mistake was I thought I knew what I was doing.

I was making many plans for myself that were not lined up with God's plans for me.  I had the wrong kind of attitude thinking that I was meant to do everything by myself.  I only listened to commentary that agreed with what I already had set in my mind to do.  I was under a strong delusion that I had to do everything by myself.  This was wrong thinking on my part.

Many are the plans in a person's heart, but it is the LORD's purpose that prevails.

Proverbs. 19:21 NIV

Lesson to learn

I didn't have to do everything by myself and I didn't have to make the mistakes that I made if I consulted with God first.  I was determined to do things on my own.  I was determined to proof something to people.  I was trying to be the lead in a household that I  wasn't given authority to lead.  I was trying to make decisions that I had no business making on my own.  I got stressed out from the burden of the debt that had mounted up.  And because I did it "by myself"  I felt responsible for the mistake . . .

I lost a lot of time and money trying to do it on my own. And I felt horrible.  I feel horrible.  Here goes another chapter in my life where I have failed again!  I really want to just give up on the whole thing.

But the Lord has another way to get through these things.

He says

 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 

Matthew 11:28 

 

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. 

I Peter 5:7

 

God doesn't want us to get stressed out by our mistakes.  He just needs us to see where we were wrong, admit that we were wrong, then allow him to correct it. 

I give everything to God.  I will learn from my past mistakes.  I know God's purpose will always prevail.

God has now blessed us with a four bedroom house.  We have a big yard, and live in a friendly neighborhood.  I am now consulting with God so that he can tell me his plan for this house.

Start communicating with God today and don't waste your time investing in the wrong thing.

God Bless you always

Until Next Time

-Tamorra

Live Life 160: Learn Discipline

God has been leading me to write a lot about DISCIPLINE  lately. . . and another great video on this subject was brought to my attention.

Discipline is self control in a sense.  It is training that corrects, molds, or perfects the mental faculties or moral character. (Webster dictionary).  Dr. Axe teaches on dietary discipline and it is a kingdom principle that we must be conscious of.

I'm glad that I found Dr. Axe.  He's Awesome!

In this video he introduces us to Dr. Zaino, who talks about daily habits of success.

Surprise surprise, he has a morning ritual (routine) like all other successful people I read about.

I have a morning ritual, perhaps I will be more disciplined as I go.  I'm practicing getting up and taking my walk every morning.  I will continue to practice and really develop what Dr. Zaino calls that "DISCIPLINE muscle."

The following are some of the things this video touches on:

Developing Discipline
Morning Routines
Time management
Detox protocol (Something I have to look more into later)


Dr. Axe also encourages us to write down the time that we are going to spend with God, family, yourself, and mission.   If you don't plan it, your probably won't do it . . .

What will your time with God look like?  What time are you going to spend with your family, your husband, and your kids?  What is the scheduled time that you are going to work on yourself?  How much time are you going to dedicate to your life's work, your mission?

What exactly is your mission?

Your mission would be what I refer to as your Purpose.  Your purpose connects you to Vision.  Putting your purpose and your vision together is your mission.

Mission:  The work that you do, according to your purpose on earth, that will help you complete the picture of your vision.

 

Hey, Check it out.  It's good stuff:

 

Feed your mind, continue to grow, and live your life on Purpose.

Until Next Time

-Tamorra

Live Life post 159: Are you being fed spiritually?

I was babysitting and I didn't feed her!! SMH

This is my Christian life.

 

 

So, I'm trying to get over the fact that my little niece spent the night last night and stayed the next day with my kids.  I am so sick to my stomach to say that my kids did not offer her anything to eat while she visited.  I'm sure that this is partly my fault as there was no more milk in the house for them to get cereal.  My kids are usually good at getting something for breakfast.  I just  usually do lunch and dinner. . .

 Lunch time I  made them jumbo soft pretzels.  Then I told them to eat the left over sausage from last night's dinner if they were still hungry.

Now I gave them these directions because I had to do my youngest daughter's hair.  I of course get up at 5am and my children, do to their summer lazy schedule, don't get up till about 10:30.  So, by the time 3:00 rolls around, I'm ready to take a nap before I have to get up and run them to their perspective rehearsals and band practices.  They, however, are wide awake and usually ready to eat me out of a house and home.

Granted, the visitor was not expected so there we no snacks in the house.  No ready made juice, or easy grab and go things to eat.  These are things I usually have in place when the kids have visitors over.  Why?  Because I don't like to be bothered.  The best thing about the kids having friends/ cousins over is that they are usually entertained by each other.  I provide the snacks and my kids entertain their company.

The only thing available in the house was peanut butter and jelly and last night's left overs.  They had access to brownies, which they devoured last night.  They chose not to eat the corn muffins because I do have to admit, they were nasty. 

With all this said, the sausage was not eaten. Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches were not made, because you know that would require them to stop the video game and make the sandwiches.   

I woke up from my nap, around 4:30 (30 minutes too late) and rushed everyone out of the house in order to get them to rehearsal by 5.  In the end, before I dropped my niece home,  I found out the only thing that she had eaten in the 18 hours that she was at my house was a cinnamon/sugar soft pretzel.  If  were her mother I would curse me out.  But you know sense I'm a Christian, I would try to restrain my self.  I know her mother is Christian, so I pray she can forgive me for not feeding her child.

Moral of the story, don't leave your children with me, I am a horrible babysitter.  I have my own children on a schedule and an understanding that if they don't fend for themselves or eat what I cook, they will then starve.  The only time that I am good at watching kids is if I have everything planned out and prepared in advance.  I am very good at organizing activities with larger youth groups.  But I fail to do that when the kids have unexpected company.  So, I guess they don't need to have company if they want to be lazy and not heat up the sausage like I told them!!

Pray for me-  I thank God that there is a lesson in everything

Here goes a Moral for Christian Ministry . . .

 God will not give you too many chances to feed his children.

God, gives us chances, but he is not going to trust you with more if you are not a good manager of what you have already.  How many chances do you think he will give you with his precious cargo before he has to teach you an important lesson?

Now, don't get all bent out of shape, this is really me talking to my self about somethings.

"His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord."

Matthew 25:23

If God sends you someone to mentor, to teach, or to guide in the word, you should really be prepared to do so.  People are visiting ministries, they are looking for truth, and they want to be fed.  If God sends them to you, you should have something sustainable to share.

I wasn't prepared for my visitor, but I should have had something set up for her to feel welcome, safe, and taken care of.  I had some sweets for her when she came, but would it really sustain her if every time she came over I only offered her sugar pretzels and brownies.  If  I did that every time she came over, her mother would stop sending her.

We as the church need to offer more than just praise and worship, empty prayers, and uninspired sermons.  If we don't offer more than this, God will stop sending them.

If you are wondering why your ministry is not growing, ask yourself if you had anything prepared for your visitors.   Do the people who work with you know what you expect when a visitor comes?  Do they know what to do,  do they know what to offer, do they know how to work?  Even if you taught them how to survive on leftovers, it doesn't mean that they all will feed themselves.

Do we really offer visitors food that will allow them to grow and keep coming back for more?  Is the food nourishing to their spirit?

God just opened my eyes on this one.  I can see now why people come to my church, then they stop coming.  I can see why God stopped sending me kids into the youth ministry.  I wasn't feeding them. . .

No more excuses, It is not about my kids not doing what I told them to do.  Instead it is about my kids doing what I trained them to do. I have to be a better leader.  I have to train them better.

I have to change my mind about how I am doing things.  I have to get more serious and I have to be prepared before God can trust me with any more of his children.

Pray for me

Until next time

-Tamorra

Live Life post 158: Who are we if we don't have a purpose?

If there is one thing that you should know about life is that God created you because their is only one true and living God with that kind of power.  Another thing that you should know is that in the beginning before he made you, he created the word. "The word" or "logos" in Hebrew means the expressed essence of purpose. In the Greek, you may understand it as law.  Now, since the word was there in the beginning, this means that when it was spoken it was spoken on purpose to create things with a purpose.

Everything that God made was for a purpose and for a reason.  When ever God speaks he makes law.  Everything that God speaks is true and therefor is good.  Everything that is good is true and therefore offers understanding/knowledge.  Having knowledge is walking in the light of that knowledge.  Walking in the dark is walking in ignorance.  Hence, walking in the dark means you are walking in something that has no purpose.

Who are we if we have no purpose?

Who are we if our lives don't mean anything.  Who are we if we continue to do things that destroy ourselves.  Yes, we have access to do anything that we want, we have that freedom, but what does it benefit us if it is not part of our purpose.

We die from lack of knowledge of the truth.  We die because we don't know our purpose.  Hence my friends,  you must know that you were made for a purpose and a reason.  In order to find out that reason God wants you to get to know who he is so that he can reveal your purpose to you.

You are important!

Seek the truth, keep growing in the truth, and you will find the answer.

References:

I like the way Skip writes and explains the Hebrew word Logos and perhaps you can get a further understanding by reading his article:

https://www.skipmoen.com/2010/06/law-and-order/

"If logos is action with purpose, then God’s view of reality is about the purpose of all He creates.  It all serves some end.  As part of His creation, you and I also serve some end – or at least we are intended to do so.  In the beginning was active purpose.  That is still the character of all existence.  The only question for us is this:  what end do you serve?  What purpose were you created to do?  If you can’t answer that question, your life is aimless.  How will you hit the mark without understanding the purpose for which you were made?"


I also listen to Dr. Miles Munroe, who is the leader in visionary thinking and Kingdom concepts.  He passed away but an array of his knowledge can be found in his books, and recorded teachings.  Yes this video is over an hour long, but he did talk about God's "Expressed Purpose."

The bible is always my first reference and so here are some scriptures that the Holy spirit was showing me as I was writing.

John 1:1-5
1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2The same was in the beginning with God. 3All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4In him was life; and the life was the light of men. 5And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.



Hosea 4:6

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.


Genesis 1:1

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. 5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

Also my favorite quick online concordance resource tool:  

http://biblehub.com/kjv/genesis/1.htm

Go back and read this for yourself.  The more word you know in your heart, the easier it is for you to hear God's communication to you.  He will tell you what your purpose is.

Until Next Time
-Tamorra

Live Life post 157: Some thoughts about Discipline

I'm understand that having discipline is a very important part of life.  It is what is going to determine if you are successful or not.  Now when I talk about success I'm not referring to an empty reach for self fulfillment.  No, true success comes from fulfilling your vision.  True vision comes from God.

I think it is a shame that people go through life not walking in their purpose.  People go through life chasing empty dreams, empty promises and empty goals.  Yes, some people have great discipline, they know how to work hard to get that big house, brand new car or great job.  But what happens when you achieve these things and you still feel empty inside?  You realize that you were chasing the wrong dreams.

Writing this book

 The bible says that we should do the will of God. We should follow the dreams that he gives us and not the dreams that the world gives us.  This world is built on a system of lies, so of course if you live in the world you will follow the wrong road, and you will be sorely disappointed in the end.  

God gave me a push to start walking in my purpose.  I am writing a book on this very subject of understanding your purpose.  It is important to first understand who you are in order to understand your purpose.  So that is one of the things that I am trying to do through this writing exercise.  I am determined to find out and help others find out:  Who they are, Why they are here, Where they came from, and What their purpose is in life?

Writing this book is a hard thing to do.  God is teaching me how to work.  He is showing me how to plan my time to work, no matter what.  He is showing and teaching me how not to get distracted.  He is showing me all types of things that have to do with discipline.

Stick to it

God is teaching me how to keep going.  Day by day, little by little.  It is inevitable that you will see some progress if you stick with something.  He is walking me through learning how to focus intently on a thing so that progress becomes self motivating.  When God  gives you a purpose, you follow it with a passion.  I now have a passion that fuels my for perseverance.  This is called stick to- it -tive-ness.

This is not a made up word but a word that means dogged perseverance. This is not my phrase to coin,  But I heard it on a video about rules of success by the Restored Church of God.  Perhaps you should check it out in these videos part 1 & 2.  I thought it was pretty good!

Ok, so we shouldn't go to everyone's church.  No, but we should all be lead by the Holy Spirit and not get caught up in titles, church denominations, or what other people think.  This is not about religion.  This is about being successful by God's Standards.  This is about following the purpose for your life.  This is about receiving your vision from God.  This is about understanding the Kingdom of Heaven.  This is about understanding what Jesus was trying to teach us.  This is about building our relationship with God the way that he needs it to be,  so that we can be in direct accord with what he needs us to do.

This is about being disciplined.

Time for some Random blurbs of thought . . .

-You are a grown up now.  You know right from wrong.  If God  brought you to it, he will bring you through it.  If God showed you a glimpse of your future, it is up to you to believe it by faith and to go after it. . .


-So many people are worried about the things that are going to get them, or the things that they have to protect themselves from.  I have news for people, you can't protect yourself from anything because God is your protector.


-Go and read the parable about  the talents.  Read it!
Was God pleased with the one who played it safe and buried his talent for safe keeping . . . No


-We have to stop playing the defense and know the power that God gave us to play offense.  It is time that we tap into the power of God.


-Pray for how you want to attack the enemy.


-The Lord Mighty in Battle.


-I have noticed that online Christian organizers want to say "we keep our readers away from New Age, away from prosperity messages, away from purpose messages"  I'm like, ok then how are they supposed to develop as a Christian if they don't know what is about to attack them?


-I went through it, I walk through it . . . Not because I was being disobedient to the Lord, but because he wanted to show me the attack.  He want to prepare me to know how to fight back . . So now, I not only pray, but I pray in tongues.  I not only read the Bible but I study intently and intensely.  I could only learn that by going through some things, so that I could learn how to develop DISCIPLINE.

I don't go out and do the things I used to do anymore because it is not part of my purpose.  I built up a resistance and I don't go running out every time my friends call.  I have developed discipline.  I know how to say no!


There is so much to learn and so much that God wants to teach us.  Will you not be disciplined enough to hear his voice.  Block out everything else and hear him calling you towards your purpose.

Until Next Time
-Tamorra

Live Life post 156: Everything is going to work out for good.

Let me apologize to those who have been searching for the "Live Life" post.  I haven't been putting that in my tittles lately and also realized  that I wasn't getting as many readers as I used to.  So, if you care to go ahead and click follow on the side so that you don't miss out on any new post,  go ahead and do that.  Especially if you are not on google +,  they get updates every time I post something new.

No worries, everything will come together, everything will work out!

For your convenience I am putting the "Live Life" back into my post title until I get to 365, like the original challenge was to my self.  After that, I will be erasing some post to put into my books.  If you like my writing then you should do all your cutting and pasting now because one day you will only be able to buy it! LOL

Love you lots and God Bless each and everyone of you.

Thank you so much for checking in and reading my thoughts.  You are the best!

Until Next Time

-Tamorra

Live Life post 155: Motivation: Is it important?

This was some of the art work from an art show that I did last year with the kids.  I had a fire inside me because my heart was full of all the possibilities that the Lord had for my future.  I had been recently laid off and had no prospects for the up coming school year.  I put all my time and effort into putting up this artwork.  I was so excited to organize it, put it together, and put it up.  It was a lot of work, but it was worth it because I was motivated to do it.

Motivation is very important.  It all depends on the source from which it comes. Some say not so much, but in this brief post  I want to tell you why I am not doing another art show this year.

The art show was part of an art camp that I threw last August at my church.  I, my sister in-law and some others worked with the kids to experience bible teaching and creative expressions by using their gifts.  We had cooking class, sewing, and painting.  It really turned out great.  I thank the teachers and voulnteers that came out for this week long event.

The extension of this VBS was to show the students' creations on display at the local library.  I also extended the show to outside artists who wanted a chance to show their work.  Not one single adult from my church came to show their support.  NOT ONE!  And boy was that demotivating.  So, this year there will be no art show.

I would like to do a show for the kids but the agony of the repeat offense of lack of support plagues my memory and that is something I don't want to experience again.  And so I am weakened by that.  Or so I thought . . .

In reality I come to realize that if there is anything worth doing, anything that you feel deep in your soul that has to be done; it doesn't require an outside source of motivation.  If you are doing something because it is part of your purpose, you will do it any.

I surmise that the art show was not part of my purpose. But it did show me that I know how to work.  I know how to lose sleep over a thing if I need to meet a deadline.  I knew this lesson from times before, God just had to remind me of that.  Now I am ready to go live my purpose, something that I was born to do, something that God gave me passion to do and therefore no disingenuous motivation is required.

Find what you love to do!

Until next Time
-Tamorra

Live Life post 154: The law of the Lord shall be written on our heart

The Law of the Lord shall be written on your heart. So as a law of love, you should take care of your body.

Kingdom principle: Living Healthy  

Listen, as Christian, we should be aware of what is wrong and what is right.  We should be reading the word of God and it should become part of us.  Not in the sense that we have the ability to memorizing every scripture in the bible, but meaning that we love the word of God so much that we meditate on it.  We live it because it is part of us.  We practice it because that is all we know how to do.  We have a natural desire to live in love.

So, as I love the Lord, as I love the word of God, and there fore as I love you, brother/sister in Christ, I really want to share this information with you.  This is the whole reason why I write this  blog, to share with you.  We should understand friends that we should be taking care of our health.  We should be living a lot healthier than we are.  This a very important principle of the Kingdom of Heaven:  Be a good manager of what God has given you.  Be responsible and take care of your body.

Now, I'm not telling your this as a law to follow.  I'm sharing with you and you should understand that it is a suggestion of truth.  I am not here to give you a list of practices to follow, that would be very religious.  In stead I am sharing the word of God with you.  Research it for yourself.

We must learn how to be good stewards (good managers) of our health and of our bodies.  So let me tell you about a Doctor that I started to follow on You tube.  His name is  Dr. Josh Axe.

You can make your own take on it but it seems like he is revealing a lot to us that the elite does not want us to know.  When I say "Elite"  I mean the ones who politically and economically control our global world culture to confine the masses in a delusion of freedom but really keep us in a multi-level system of bondage.

OK!

Everybody, please be aware that "the Elite" are feeding us all kinds of Genetically Modified food that will keep us alive long enough for us to  make a living for this capitalistic system.  Then we get cancer and die because of the medical system that they have set up.  And we all do it compliantly because of the education system they set up.  Not only this, but America is probably the last powerful nation left to be completely taken over by a even more powerful one world system of government who wishes to put us all in slavery.  I'm just saying . . . WAKE UP!  The Capitalistic agenda is not working fast enough for them to acquire all their money,  the elite is on the fast track to their one world order.  This is just a warning!!

Anyway, check out some of his videos.  Then after that do some research on Dr. Sebi, (who the Elite killed because of his knowledge of naturalistic medicine)

I'm just saying!

 

You think this has nothing to do with you, but it has everything to do with you.

Until Next time

-Tamorra

 

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. Joshua 1:8


But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. Jeremiah 31:33


This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;  Hebrews 10:16


Also see: Hebrews 8:10, Ezekiel 11:19, Ezekiel 36:26

May God lead your heart to knowledge, understanding, and application. 

Learn how to take care of yourself and you will live longer, feel better, and be able to teach others.  Don't just take my word for it but read the bible and let the Holy Spirit speak to your heart.  God Bless you.

Live Life post 153: More on the New Age

I had said it before but I want to reiterate that I am not a new age follower and do not support the Satanic undertones of this movement.  I will continue to speak against this movement and warn people of it's dangerous misleading.

This is for Christians who think they are doing the right thing.  These are for Christians who think that yoga is ok.  This is for Christians who think it is ok to read horoscopes or read tarot cards.  These things are not ok friends.  These are things that the bible warns us about time after time again.  These types of things are very dangerous to our spiritual growth and may cause all kinds of spiritual depression and oppression.

I can talk to you about a lot of these things but I think it is so much more engaging to watch a video about it.

I told you before that I follow the Vigilant Christian on You Tube.  He is very good at sharing insights and exposing demonic activity in our modern day culture.  He is also very good at connecting us to people with similar spiritual revelations.

 I remember watching something on You tube about a young man who was speaking against the New age movement, his name: Steven Bancarz.  Once a very successful/wealthy blogger promoting the  Spirit Sciences, Jesus Christ revealed himself to Steven.  Steven is now a Christian speaking against the New Age Deception.

Just like the bible promises:  A seeker of the truth will find the truth.

Ask and ye shall receive, seek and ye shall find, knock and the door shall be opened to you. (see Matt 7:7). 

When you seek the truth you will find Jesus.  Why?  Because Jesus is the way, the truth and the life. . .

Let us get an understanding that the New Age movement is not a new idea nor is it one cohesive idea of spirituality.  Instead, it hides itself in a casserole of mystic ideas originating from  Buddhism, Hinduism, Confucianism, Mythology, Occultism, Paganism and other Polytheistic ideologies.  Hence, today we see these practices manifest themselves in to many different sects of spiritual cults claiming that they have found a way to a higher consciousness.  What these groups have in common is discrediting the divinity of Jesus Christ, claiming him to be either a normal man, a supreme teacher, a supreme spiritual guru, a prophet, or just a really popular guy in history who did a lot of good things.  In none of these sects will you find him identified as the Son of the only true and living God.

Be careful of the following practices:  Wicca, Mother Earth, Voodoo, Occultism, Channeling, Scientology, Metaphysics, Course in Miracles, Roman Catholicism, Kundalini Yoga,  Buddhist/Hindi meditation, idolatry, and pagan worship. Or any religion that claims it is Christianity but does not Claim Jesus as the son of God:  Jehovah Witnesses, Mormons (Church of Latter Day Saints), and  other such cults like the Children of God.

I can go on and on about the background workings and history of these types of things but for time being, I digress.

Just know that their are many worldly philosophies out there today that claim they know the way to God, or that there is a god in every person.  This is very misleading and it is all to the workings of the counterfeit Christ.  And it is all being spread by the movement against Jesus Christ.  This is the anti-Christ movement disguised in a pretty false light of higher consciousness.  Don't be fooled.  Check out this video by the Vigilant Christian, sharing with you some very important information.  It also connects you to a video from Steven Bancarz.

I want to encourage those Christians who go to bible believing churches to take your heads out of the pews.  In church we are always talking about "These are surely perilous times!" "We are living in the last days,"  "Be in the world but not of the world!"  However, we are becoming very comfortable at staying inside the church, burying our heads in praise and worship and not going out into the world to be his servants and his witnesses. SMH. . .

Don't forget that God has a job for you to do too.  Don't be afraid to answer his call and start your work against the enemy.

Watch this video if it is part of your purpose to do so.  If it is your purpose to teach Sunday school to the little kids then do that.  If it is your purpose to speak against the New Age movement then do that.  If it is your purpose to go to Washington DC and get a job as a honest politician, then do that.  But we all need to start doing what ever we were called to do.

Live in your Purpose.

Until Next Time
-Tamorra

Live Life post 152: Watching Descendants with the Kids

Disney Channel Deception: Watching Descendants with the kids

My TV usually stays on Disney Chanel or Cartoon Network.  I usually have no control of the television, you know, me being the mom and everything.  My husband is the king of the remote and these are the channels he and the kids prefer.  So I'm usually watching KC Undercover, Star vs. the Forces of Evil or Bzaardvark.

It is a constant argument about what the kids are allowed to watch and what they are not allowed to watch.  I tell my husband "Star vs. the Forces of evil"  is a demonic cartoon promoting astrology, Scientology, witch craft, the new age movement, and other pagan ideologies.  His response to me is "You're too serious, let them watch it!"

I will not fail to tell them the real meaning of these things.  The signs and the symbols of witch craft that they are watching.  Their response every time "Awe mom!"  They need to be aware of how the enemy attacks.  He is sneaky and he is going after our children's minds.

There is definitely something "Rotten to the Core" about Disney Channel's pagan lineups!

And so, the excitement builds up for the new Descendants movie on Disney Channel.  I love musicals and expect it to be good entertainment but at the same time, I know what the movie is about.  It is a promotion of how good it feels to be evil and do evil things.  This is true in a sense because sin often time feels good.  However, as Christians we understand that it is this very same sin that will lead us to our own destruction, misery, and death.  I'm glad that the movie showed that none of the evil characters who turned good went back to the bad side.  It is always better to chose the righteous side.

If you don't know what I'm talking about, ask your kids, they know all about  the movie. 

During the commercials we see the promotion of a new Zombie show.  Ok, more promotion of death.  Then we have the premier of "Raven's Home,"  a spin off of the original Disney show  "That's so Raven" to where the main character is a Psychic Seer.

These are things that God told us not to deal with because they are of the devil: Witch Craft, sorcery, Seers, Death and Evil.  Our God is the God of the living, not of death.  Disney Chanel is becoming an expert at promoting these types of subjects to our children.  So what do we do as parents?  Do we let our children watch these things and hope that their subconscious is not overtaken by these pictures of evil.  Or do we forbid them from watching any of it.

I don't want to sound like parents of the past when they responded to the rap music or rock music of our time  as "music of the devil!"  No, everything is not of the devil,  the devil doesn't have that much pull, really.  The enemy is just really good at what he is good at, and that is setting a world culture that receives its' information from the airwaves (ie tv, media, music & cinema).

A weak mind will mold itself to such brainwashing, but a mind being trained in the word of God will be strong.  So, I say to parents, teach your children the word of God.  Let it become part of them everyday.  Make sure that your children have the right tools to fight against this enemy.   Give them the knowledge to make good decisions for themselves.  Train them up the way that they should go, so that they have a good head on their shoulders in the future.

We must also ask our selves the following question:

Who is ultimately in complete control?

God our father in heaven, sees all of this mess going on.  Vengeance is his, and he will handle the punishment of those powers who try to steal our children's minds.

This is not only happening on the Disney channel but I'm seeing it everywhere.  Just be prayerful and watch.  Because if you have children, your purpose is tied to them.  You are responsible to be a good steward of what God has given you.  Be blessed always and walk in your purpose according to God's will.

Until Next Time
-Tamorra
 

Live Life post 151: Encouragement for those who have dreams . . .

I was feeling a little down recently by all the negativity and criticism coming from my family about me pursuing my dreams of becoming an international best selling author.  I now understand why people follow their passion or their "dream."  To these people, like myself, it is not a "dream" but it is something that they have to do.  It is their purpose and therefore something that they were born to do.

I want this to encourage you just like it encouraged me.  This is for all you dreamers out there.  Everyone will not understand the purpose that God has placed in your heart.  Everyone will not be supportive of your dreams.  These people don't see what you see or understand how you understand.

You my friend have a vision.  You my friend are an eagle souring over all distractions, all criticism, and all doubt.  Keep your faith for your purpose.

-Tamorra

Live Life 150: Johnny Cash

Discovering Johnny Cash


So, I've been pretty into movies lately.  I don't watch a lot of TV, but I am fascinated with movies and their hidden messages and what it all means to us in real life.


I don't think that things come from nothing.  Everything comes from something.  Every idea, every concept, every physical manifestation into reality came from an idea.


This is a Universal Law.  For everything that is in existence, there has to be a designer, and the essence of that design started with an idea, a thought.


This past year, I guess you can say that I have been a little obsessed with the ultimate designer:  The Father God, the one and only creator of all things through the power of him.  He made all things and without him was nothing made that was made.


And so I thank God for even thinking of making me.  I praise his name on high, for I know I have a purpose and pray that I do not fall into any pit, or any trap that will keep me from entering into his Kingdom.


So, I am going to skip the whole explanation of Universal principles, for I think some can get confused to think that I am a promoter of the new age movement.  This is not the case, I am a promoter of Jesus Christ, the real Jesus, the son of the living God.


With that said I know that he created each and every one of us with and for a purpose.  Everything that he created was good.  So, when I tell you that I watched Wolverine, that doesn't make me any less Christian, it just means there was a reason why I watched it.  I was sitting down for an evening of entertainment with my husband.   He loves superheroes and Marvel comics, so there are a lot of things I watch with him.  I can see a lot of hidden messages in these things.

Truthfully, I fell asleep at the end of the movie and woke up when the counterfeit Christ killed the real Christ who had failed to save the children, but then his very own seed led them to safety.  WAIT!  I'm sorry, I mean when the fake Wolverine killed the real Wolverine.  Then the real Wolverine's daughter and the rest of her very diverse "special friends" got away (12 to be exact, all different races, into the woods to find the 'promised" land).

I wish people can see the programming and the anti-Christ movement in Cinema today.  I mean it was there yesterday too, but it is just that the Holy Spirit is allowing me to see things a lot clearer.  There is definitely a movement against Jesus Christ.  So many songs, so many movies, so many books, so many stories want to mock the power, the divinity, and the humanity of Jesus.  There is an even more serious war brewing against Christians.  We all just can't see it yet, because we don't know what we are looking for.   To us today, it all seems like entertainment.  Or just persecution that is going on, "somewhere over there."

I encourage you to get stronger in the word.  The enemy is building his army against Christ.  It is time for the called of Christ to wake up, come out of bondage, and start working for God's will.

Anyone who accepts Jesus Christ as his personal savior believes that he is the son of the ONE true and living GOD, and confesses his shortcomings in order to changes his mind about the life that he was living; SHALL BE SAVED.

There was an awesome song at the end of the movie called "When the Man Comes Around." I was infatuated with the lyrics.  And I started an intense study on Johnny Cash.


Briefly put, I feel a unique connection with Johnny Cash.  I feel like he was used by God to reach a lot of people.  Of course, I knew of Mr. Cash before I heard that song . . . I knew "Ring of Fire" and "Walk the Line."  I never watched the movie but was familiar with much of his music like "Hurt."  I was troubled to find out that he does not get the notoriety today as being a Christian writer of gospel music, but instead a drug user musician that had led a life of adultery and pain.


Isn't the devil so quick to paint a Christian life as miserable?  But I see a different Johnny.  A Johnny that was trying to live the life that God intended for him to live.  A life that did not hide his talents but used them to be a servant and a witness of God's Kingdom.  I encourage you to research some of his earlier lyrics. I will add some here in this post.

With that said, open your eyes and be aware of this anti-Christ movement.  The mockery is becoming shameless.  The Kingdom of Heaven is coming soon, that will destroy this worldly Kingdom.  What side do you want to be on?

When the Man Comes around by Johnny Cash

"And I heard, as it were, the noise of thunder
One of the four beasts saying,
'Come and see.' and I saw, and behold a white horse"

There's a man goin' 'round takin' names
And he decides who to free and who to blame
Everybody won't be treated all the same
There'll be a golden ladder reachin' down
When the man comes around

The hairs on your arm will stand up
At the terror in each sip and in each sup
Will you partake of that last offered cup
Or disappear into the potter's ground?
When the man comes around

Hear the trumpets hear the pipers
One hundred million angels singin'
Multitudes are marchin' to the big kettledrum
Voices callin', voices cryin'
Some are born and some are dyin'
It's alpha and omega's kingdom come

And the whirlwind is in the thorn tree
The virgins are all trimming their wicks
The whirlwind is in the thorn tree
It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks

Till armageddon no shalam, no shalom
Then the father hen will call his chickens home
The wise man will bow down before the throne
And at his feet they'll cast their golden crowns
When the man comes around

Whoever is unjust let him be unjust still
Whoever is righteous let him be righteous still
Whoever is filthy let him be filthy still
Listen to the words long written down
When the man comes around

Hear the trumpets hear the pipers
One hundred million angels singin'
Multitudes are marchin' to the big kettledrum
Voices callin', voices cryin'
Some are born and some are dyin'
It's alpha and omega's kingdom come
And the whirlwind is in the thorn tree
The virgins are all trimming their wicks
The whirlwind is in the thorn trees

It's hard for thee to kick against the prick
In measured hundredweight and penny pound
When the man comes around

"And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts
And I looked, and behold a pale horse
And his name that sat on him was death, and hell followed with him"



Until next Time
-Tamorra

Live Life post 149: A Blog, is a Blog, is a Blog . . .

A Blog, is a Blog, is a Blog. . .

I really don't know how to put a definition on it.  I just know that it is something I enjoy doing.  Perhaps I'm not like everyone else.  There is  actually a constant recording of myself playing in my mind about the things I want to share with the world.  It is like I have wrote thousands of books during my lifetime just with this voice in my head.  I feel relieved when I can write some of it down.

But a blog is a blog

A blog is good for anyone who just wants to get their feelings and thoughts out.  It's like, this is what I think and I don't care what anyone else thinks about what I think, I'm going to write anyway . .  This is why I do it,  I do it because I enjoy writing.

A blog is a blog

They say you should stick to one subject.  You know find your tribe or your niche.  They say sticking to and focusing on your one audience will help you gain followers.  And so you have many bloggers with a strategic game plan to build an audience and make some money.

Me?  I just want to write about the Lord.  I am a Christian Blogger, not because I want to make lots of money but because I want to help people.  But first and foremost I want to help myself.  And so I am on my blogging journey.  I started a website artteacher4purpose.com which is a whole lot more complicated than blogger.  With Blogger I just open up a text box and start typing.

It has been about a year since I wrote my about page and unofficially launched my website.  My family doesn't understand.  They have no idea what a blogger is.  Their main concern is, "how are you going to make money?  How are you going to support your family? When are you going to find a real job?"

I'm not going to lie, this whole transition has taken a toll on me and I have little to no support to keep going.  I got laid of of my job.  I cashed in my pension.  I have a house in foreclosure.  My credit has fell from over 700 to the low 400's.  (side note:  When I need the credit the most, I can't get any!!)  Bill collectors call me everyday.  I can't pay for my car anymore.  I can't pay for gas to take my kids to band practice.  And the only way we are eating is by my sister-n-law bringing us food from her food stamps.

And so I blog, 

I blog,  because I pray that one day, the sacrifice of obedience will pull me through this season of darkness.

I know my God is good.  I know I am not going through this for no reason at all.  And although family members keep pressuring me to find a job and go back to education.  I understand that I cannot do anything that God does not want me to do.  I take direction from him.

But when you are low, people want to place the blame on you or the devil.  When you are doing well, people praise God, or they give themselves the credit for your happiness.

This is wrong thinking.  For every time and for everything, there is a season.  Seasons change,  you are going to live the season regardless of attacks from the enemy, or God's blessings.  God wants to teach us that we praise him through the good times and the bad.  Why?  Because God is always good.
No one but God will get the credit for my success.  Everyone else can go kick a rock.

A funny thing happen the other day . . . I have been doing this for a year now, and my husband comes to me like he had such a bright idea.  He said "You know, Sam (one of our friends) said that Ashley used to make money doing a blog about babies."

I replied sarcastically like I was surprised at his discovery, "Really, I didn't know you can make money from blogging, I should call Ashley so that she can tell me all about it."  He didn't catch my sarcasm and just replied "yeah, you should."

Don't get me started on husbands!  I feel like I understand crimes of passion when he feeds me condescending attitudes like that.  Like yesterday, I was doing yard work early like 8am, pulling weeds, planting flowers, and pouring mulch.  I turned on the sprinkler.  I watered one side then moved it to the other.  By 10am I'm getting a call from my mother in law telling me someone wanted to talk to me about getting a real job.  I told her I was busy, but by the time 10:30 rolled around I put my sprinkler on my newly planted flowers and headed over to another lecture about how I need to start working and stop wasting time with this blog business.

So, here is the husband comment that I got when I returned from the "Don't give up on your career." talk.  Almost 12 noon now, his mother standing between him and I in the front yard.  He says "Why are you watering the grass now anyway? You know, your supposed to water the grass early, not when it is hot, that defeats the whole purpose!"

So, I'm a Christian Blogger . . .

I won't encourage you to say what I said to him as his mother tried to cosign on his comment.  I didn't curse or anything but the sentence started out with "NEGRO!"

Isn't it funny how someone always has a comment or criticism when they have no idea about the work that you have already put into a thing.  I have been doing that yard by myself for the last two years.  It looks beautiful.

I'm not one of those wives that nags all the time,  I put up with a lot.  I don't nag.  I feel like I was definitely set up by my adversary yesterday and it was just a matter of time before I blew up.  So, with that said.  Being a Christian isn't about being perfect.  Being a Christian Blogger isn't about being perfect.  Being a Christian Blogger isn't about making money.  Being a Christian blogger is just about sharing my feeling, my thoughts, and my view points.  It is about how I see things in this world while also being a Christian.

Right now this blog is about me having an outlet to vent a little. 

So hear goes another lesson that I am learning while writing this blog:

Not everyone will understands what blogging is, what it is for, or why you do it . . . 

What ever your passion is, not everyone will understand it at first.  They don't have a vision for it like you do.  Therefore they will try to talk you out of it because they think they are helping you.  A lot of people will offer you all types of advice, even if it is something that you tried to explain to them many times over.  People will always think that they had something to do with your success.  They will think they had something to do with your sacrifice, your hard work, and your dedication. Despite their negative energy permeating your mindset, you will keep going.  They will never see that their attitudes, comments, and negative talk against your dream has only distracted you,  discouraged you, and deterred you from achieving your dream a lot earlier.  However, you should know that it is this kind of resistance that makes you want it more, fight for it more, and work for it more.

And so I blog, and I encourage myself.

I have built a resistance against negativity, and it has made me a lot stronger.  I will make it with or without anyone's help because I am a child of God and I believe in his promises.  There is a reason that I woke up this morning.  God has a purpose for my life, just like he has a purpose for yours.

Until Next Time
-Tamorra

Live Life post 148: King Kong Ride from Christian Perspective

Before I tell you about this ride, let me present to you a thought . . .

What if I were to tell you that this whole world, the system in which we operate, is guided, directed and controlled by several secret societies?  And it is in this intricate design of  such secret groups that the adversary would like us to believe he is in  total control.  However, I am a student of the Holy Spirit and I have undeniable evidence that there is only one true living designer of this intricate universe.  That designer and creator is Jehovah God, Yaweh.  The recorded evidence is found in the holy scriptures that we identify today as the Holy Bible.


Are there many books that we can study to lead us to secret truths and hidden wisdom?  Sure there is, but the word of God says that this type of intense study and search is weariness on the flesh.  It is not our duty as human beings to be concerned with such battles in heaven.  The book we should be studying is the Bible, and in it holds the secrets to everything.  However, it is understandable that our human desires to know more drive us to uncovering the mysteries of the universe.

What is the conclusion of the matter?

"Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man." Ecclesiastes 12:13 KJV

But how many of us know what to do to be obedient to the word of God? What does it mean to keep his commandments?  These details, I believe,  have been hidden from us.  Perhaps, to be a Christian today does not mean the same as being a Christian 1700 years ago or even 500 years ago.  Perhaps it is part of God's plan to allow the adversary to keep these things from us so that we will make an effort to seek the truth.  Or perhaps, our only duty is to let the Holy Spirit guide us and teach us these mysteries as Apostle Paul said that he would.

My theory is that we don't know as much as we think we know.  I have reason to believe that as we live in this age, we are getting "Dumber and Dumber."  Like this movie implies by the idiots playing the characters, our lack of understanding can get us into some pretty awkward and life threatening situations.  The word says my people perish from lack of knowledge.  I do believe that there are secret societies, secret messages, and secret organizations taunting our ignorance and mocking our Lord.  I wonder, who else sees it the way that I see it?  I wonder how may people are aware of the signs that we are exposed to every day!

I am no conspiracy theorist but just a student of the word of God.  While studying, and while meditating on it, I am particularly disturbed by Hollywood, its mockery, and its blatant disrespect of my father in Heaven and his son Jesus Christ.  Though scripture tells us not to worry ourselves with the enemy and his wiles,  I do feel that it is worth the warning.

About the Universal Studios Experience:

I went to Universal Studios with my family on vacation last month.  I was concerned with many things, but this following experience rattled my consciousness.


I went live on Periscope for the Universal Studios King Kong ride.  I guess I just didn't know what to expect when I was getting into the line.  I had never watched the movie and didn't know that I would be entering the atmosphere of skulls, bones, and death.  It seemed to be a scene right out of the pit of  hell.  I said to my self . . . "Where Am I ?"


And while my eyes where taking all of this in, I was also listening to a scratchy daunting voice speaking an ancient language of death.  I said "What in the hell did I get my self into!!?"

Yes I said it . . . and I said it out loud!

I couldn't believe that everyone wasn't having the same concerns that I was having.  I went live on the Periscope App, but it was too dark to record anything visible.  I told everyone, hundreds of people "We all are in the line to hell!"  But I digressed because I thought I was starting to sound like one of those radical "everyone is going to hell," type Christians.  I don't believe that everyone is going to hell.  But we are trotting on a thin line when we subject ourselves to these types of environments. . .


I closed my ears.  I started to pray out loud so that I wasn't unknowingly hypnotized by the dusty old witch in the wall, speaking uncertain dialects of evil.  Then I started to ask my self," We as a people won't talk about God anymore in schools, but we subject ourselves to this type of witch craft for our entertainment?"


And this is why we perish. We don't know what we are doing.  We don't know what we are exposing ourselves too.  We don't know what we are watching.  We don't know what we are listening to.  And we are ignorant of it all!  We are not guarding our minds like we are supposed to be doing.  We are not following the commandments of God.  We are not doing our duty!

Yeah, the ride was cool and everything but what did it do for my soul?

So, I continued to walk through this line for about 45 minutes in order to get on the  ride.  I took pictures.  You can discern what they mean to you,  but to me, while walking through a dark cave like maze with hidden pits holding tortured souls, I felt and saw glimpses of hell.  Twinning serpents and pagan symbolism adorned the dark halls; along with skeletons and rows upon rows of skulls.  I was not in my happy place. . .

Anyway,  I have reason to believe that Universal Studios is not in the soul saving business.  I saw it, I felt it, and I am concerned that not too many people are concerned with the devil worship and occultism that is found more increasingly in our modern cinema.  So, I raise the question:  Is there a secret demonic society behind our movies and entertainment industry that conditions us, not only to be desensitized by pagan worship, but to get us to worship demonic spirits unknowingly?

Hey these are some controversial questions for most Christians who prefer to stay under the protective "I'm a Christian because I go to church" mentality.  But I challenge you to step out of that bubble and really start researching and studying his word.  There is an adversary and there is a living God.  Do your duty and study what God needs you to do in fighting this war in heaven.  What does it really mean today to be a Christian?

A purpose message is only evil if you are following the wrong purpose.  Let God guide you in your purpose.

Until Next Time

-Tamorra

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Live Life post 148: The Kingdom of Heaven

Hello All,


And as I take a deep breath, I am preparing my mind to get back into a nice even stride.  I believe that my mind is recharged and ready to go.  I went on a much needed vacation with my family.  I took a break from writing on this blog.  However, I couldn't stop thinking about what I wanted to share when I started back.  I couldn't stop thinking about things that I wanted to share about the Kingdom of Heaven.


During my time away from this blog I was able to study a little more, do a little more research, and think about a game plan.  A plan is always a much needed source if we expect God to do anything different in our lives.  If you don't have a plan then how can God direct you in where you need to go?


So, my plan is to share more and more about what I learn about  the Kingdom of Heaven.  My plan is to work diligently to build my relationship with God.  I want the Holy Spirit to continue showing me the secrets of the Kingdom.


I thank God for showing me that he ultimately makes the plan for all of us.  It is our job then to listen to his plan and make sure we write it down so that we don't forget it.


I want to encourage you to start writing things down.  The writing really is for our direction.  God wants us to know everything that he has for us, so we read, we study, and we write things down.  With this said, again,  I couldn't stop thinking about things to write.  I had a lot of time to think, now it is time to write them down and make them plain. 


We all have a special word from God that we should be sharing with others.  We each have a unique perspective.  We each are a unique perspective of God's thoughts, plans, and workmanship.  We each are very special to the development and the carrying out of his will.

Do you know that you are special?

We all are special and I am so glad that God has blessed me with the talents that I need to share his word with you.  It is time for you to identify and develop your talents so that God can use you according to his purpose  God will use you to reach out to everybody because his desire is for everyone to be part of the Kingdom.

What is the Kingdom?

Well, the Kingdom is a government.  The ultimate, perfect government where everyone is content, and happy to fulfill the purpose that God has set for them.  This government is of perfect order and is ruled by the most high perfect and just King.


It is my hope to continue my study and discussion about this Kingdom on this site.  It is my prayer that by reading my words that you are encouraged to find your place in this Kingdom.  This is the Kingdom that Jesus taught about.  The Kingdom of Heaven.


I'm getting my stride back and I'm so glad to be back.  God bless you always.


Until Next Time
-Tamarra