Followers, Soldiers, Spiritual Walkers

YCCM Part 1 STOP, LOOK and LISTEN  Chapter 4 SURROUNDING ATTITUDES, HARDENED HEARTS  "Can we expect to see change in others if we ourselves are not willing to be transformed and carry the cross of Jesus? " --Mishael  For many, the ability to be used by God to change people, situations, and circumstances around you will be wonderful news; for others, it is threatening.  Taking away their belief that they are in full control may bring their world tumbling down.  What they fail to realize is that they need to decide who they will serve. We who serve and obey Jehovah, Yahweh, Elohim, The Great I Am, can rest assured that, "If God be for us, who can be against us!" He is our All-in-All, our provider, our healer, and our comforter. Nothing is too hard for God!  And yet...we will still be surrounded by contradicting voices and attitudes, hardened hearts, shallow minds, slanderers, verbal abuse and attacks, public humiliation a...

DIFFERENT BOLDNESS FOR CHRIST  Boldness for Christ.  Would you know it if you saw it? Consider it. How often do we see it? Would you mistake it for something else? Christ spoke boldly to those who did not know Him. They doubted His integrity and His motives. They quickly judged Him and felt He was being arrogant and blasphemous, trying to make a name for Himself.  Their pride would not allow them to accept Him because He was not one of them. He was a carpenter. They were astounded that He could even read. They did not know how much He loved them and would soon give His life for them. They could not get past their own judgment and pride to hear His voice.  They only saw flesh and an outsider they knew nothing of. Yet, before them was the Word and the Word was God. How often do we as Believers treat newcomers as interlopers.  We want them to be low-key because we were there first. Maybe we don't trust them or we find th...