Counterfeit love

Reflecting on society.....
To take a stand against something you believe is right and true (in God's eyes) is seen as judging, condemning and yes, even hating someone. The world now views only tolerance as acceptance, and rejection as hatred. So, let me understand correctly... In order to love you, I must condone all that you do? That's not real love. That's counterfeit. But that's what many desire. That kind of love allows them to keep living in sin without conviction, it allows them to be disillusioned in thinking, "if no one shines a light on the problem then there isn't one." But that kind of desire is not of God, it is of the ego. Wanting to do whatever you please, wanting to eat from the 'tree of knowledge' and wanting to consider yourself in higher esteem than the One who created you. It's deceptive acceptance that you know better than God regarding your life. It's been the perish of many men centuries over.....

When will we learn....? Your ways are higher.
- Brianna Carey ©

BE READY

The more I meditate on The Book of Revelations in God's Word, the more I realize Hillary is going to win. And I don't mean that in a supportive way, no not at all. I'm still voting for Trump. I am speaking more matter of fact. Her character lines up with the anti-Christ agenda that is written in Revelations. I can't foresee Donald Trump being in support of a New World Order (One World Government - One world. One Economy. One Religion). And I also can't foresee him making deals or alliances with those who have openly expressed wanting to destroy Israel. And I definitely can't see Trump appointing Supreme Court Justices who will remove the right to bare arms amendment from standing. But I can definitely see Hillary doing and fully supporting all of these things. She was there by Obama's side when we signed a Nuclear deal with "Six World Powers". The UK, France, Russia, China, Germany, and Iran.

"The dragon stood on the shore of the sea. And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. It had TEN horns and SEVEN heads, with ten crowns on its horns, and on each head a blasphemous name."

- Revelations 13:1 (The Seven Countries)

"The ten horns are ten kings who will come from this kingdom. After them another king will arise, different from the earlier ones; he will subdue three kings." - Daniel 7:24 (The One World Government)

"He will speak out against the Most High and wear down the saints of the Highest One, and he will intend to make alterations in times and in law; and they will be given into his hand for a time, times, and half a time.…- Daniel 7:25

I'm telling you.... this is Truth.

People in America have a false sense of security. We have this "Well, that won't happen here" sort of persona about us. Well.... it can, and it will. We will lose our 2nd amendment rights. We will lose our religious freedoms, especially Christians, we will face persecution like you see occurring already in other parts of the world, beheadings, imprisonment for even speaking the name of Jesus or owning a Bible. It has already begun and will intensify; with most people condoning the atrocities or joining in on them. (This is the spirit of the anti-Christ arising, talked about in 1 John 2:22 and 1 John 4:3) They will have denied Christ completely and in doing so aligned themselves with the beast.

But many Christians are sleeping on God's word..... sleeping on his warnings, they can't foresee or envision a world like Revelations or Daniel's Visions described so vividly. But I can see His words unraveling before my eyes and the steps being taken, and policies being implemented by people in positions of power and the one who most Americans are about to elect into power.... I see them like puzzle pieces tying together, ever so intricately, these events that will inevitably take place in our generation. Jesus will come, but for a time, times and half a time, the enemy will have his reign. My only solace is in knowing that his reign will not last forever.

But we, Christians, must prepare ourselves for what is coming. We must be ready for the war. Ready to die in battle for His name's sake. We must prepare the way for the King that will reign forever.

My point in this entire writing. Study His word, meditate on it. Let it take root in your soul, so that when this time comes, you are not caught unaware. So that the enemy does not devour you in your sleep. Wake up to the signs God gives us. Preach His word without fear, or timidity. But with boldness and authority. Speak with conviction. We are His messengers. If we do not speak up for what is right and true and stand against what is wrong, then we have not done our duties as servants of God. I don't know about you, but I want to be fully prepared and wide awake so that I can fight tirelessly the battle for souls until the return of Jesus.

- Brianna Carey ©

THE RENEWAL

Can we all be honest, let's just be real for a moment, if we said every thought that came to our minds, none of us would have a single friend in this world but Jesus who would tolerate such disgraceful verbiage. Why is that? It's because our minds are not fully aligned with God. This is why His word says "Be transformed by the renewal of your mind." (Romans 12:12) It takes God stepping into us and reworking the way we think. And this renewal doesn't happen over night. It takes diligence, seeking after His image, *character* so that we may mirror it. It takes work done through the Holy Spirit within us. You cannot expect anyone to be fully transformed in Christ, the very moment they have an encounter with Him. No. But "you can be confident in this: That He who began a good work in you will continue to perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus." (Philippians 1:6) Meaning it's a continual process of spiritual refining. We are PUT right, we are not born right. We are born of sin, that's a generational curse not one man can escape, however desperately he tries.

This is why Jesus is a necessity not a commodity. This is why a real relationship with Him and a bond with His Holy Spirit is so crucial, because we cannot do right by our own efforts. We may have every intention of doing right, speaking right, acting right, and yet still, we stumble. This is what Paul knew all too well when he wrote: "....For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out." (Romans 7:18) He later goes on to add "...Although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. For in my inner being I delight in God’s law; but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin..." (Romans 7:20-24) But listen to the last sentence in verse 25, he says: "Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord!"

We are delivered through Jesus, not through ritual practice of doing good. We can "do good" until we are blue in the face, but what does the heart reflect? What does your mind convey? His word says: "I the LORD search the heart and examine the mind, to reward each person according to their conduct, according to what their deeds deserve." (Jeremiah 17:10) What are the unseen deeds of our minds? The ones not visible nor audible to man but well known to God? What do they say about our true nature?

The truth of the matter is God knows our thoughts, what is done in secret. He hears that which we do not utter with our lips but with our hearts and the beautiful, merciful character of God is that He knows we cannot be made new until we are transformed in Christ. To be born again in Him. The rebirth begins the renewing process. (2 Corinthians 5:17) The wonderful God we serve already knows the sin that has corrupted our hearts since the first Fall of man. He didn't ask "Where are you?" in the garden of Eden because He didn't know where Adam and Eve were.... No. He asked them, because He wanted to make them see that they were lost. See, God will often ask a question He already knows the answer to, in order to reveal to us Wisdom that we would have otherwise not been privy to. This is how He convicts the heart of man. And when conviction comes, a door is opened, and Jesus comes in. Piece by piece, He restores what has been broken in us. He makes clear God's word that has been distorted by the enemy. He dismantles the walls of deception built around the hearts and minds of men so that we can begin to reflect the nature of our Creator rather than remain tarnished by the nature of sin.

His Grace. Purely and simply put.... rescues us from ourselves.

- Brianna Carey ©

PROLIFE

LIFE MATTERS.
I'm about to touch on a rather sensitive subject. I'll preface this writing with the statement: 'I hope that you receive it as intended and not misconstrue in any way shape or form where I am coming from, because I am genuinely coming from a place of Love.'

Forgiveness is available to anyone who wholeheartedly and sincerely seeks it from God. Jesus died a gruesome death for ALL sins, not some. All. No one sin is greater than the other. That being said. I want to express my views on Abortion. Someone told me recently that the topic of abortion didn't exist in the Bible, and there are no scriptural references that state God is against it. But if you truly know that God is Love, is it an act of love to abort a child?

Human life is sacred to God.

He created each of us in His image. (Genesis 1:27) Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward....(Psalm 127:3) God cherishes each precious life He chose to bring forth to this world. I understand each circumstance is unique. Hear my heart. I am not condemning women who have made this choice to terminate their unborn child reluctantly, nor those who were pressured into doing so, or those who made the incredibly tormenting decision under duress of or other unfortunate events, and are now left with guilt that weighs heavily on their hearts...

No. This is not to throw stones at them. This is not meant to condemn anyone, but it is meant to convict the hearts of many. Many who don't think that life begins until it exists outside of the womb. But we know that to be just one more deception in a long line of deceit from satan. Because God's word says:

"My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
Your eyes saw my unformed substance;
in Your book were written, every one of them,
the days that were formed for me,
when as yet there was none of them." - Psalm 139:15-16

It is simply not up to us to decide who lives and who dies. We cannot take a life that we did not create. I believe abortion has been so widely acceptable for so long now, that people have become immune to the pain that God must feel seeing what He fearfully and wonderfully created....killed because it was "inconvenient".

If you cannot afford the baby.... Have faith that God will provide.
If you cannot stand the baby because it was born of rape.... Give the baby up for adoption. That baby still has a purpose, days have been ordained for that baby, don't deny him or her that.
If you just plain don't want the baby.... There are plenty of people in this world who do, so if you can bare 9 months, to bless someone else's life with that child, what a worthwhile self sacrifice that would be. To bestow such joy to someone who cannot bare children.

Pray about it..... when does life truly begin?

"For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb." - (Psalm 139:13) "Before I formed you in the womb.... I knew you...." (Jeremiah 1:5)

- Brianna Carey ©