i have spent several days thinking about "DO NOT be conformed to this world" can't very well take it out of context as one person said i was. And it is rather hard to miss understand as another person told me, "You miss understood what the Lord is really saying”, but yet couldn't explain it in any other way. Except; DO NOT be conformed to this world.

So i thought to find out what i am not to be conformed to i would look at what the world has and wants us to be conformed to and then do the opposite. Things the world has to offer and expects us to accept are so vast and some are so minute it could take a life time just to explain and write them down; So instead i felt i should just look at what the bible says we should be conformed to, so far that seems to be a rather short list, we are to be conformed into the image and person of Jesus Christ!

Romans 8:29     For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the first-born among many brethren;

Romans 12:2    And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.

To walk the narrow path seems to have a simple guide line be like Jesus! But being like Jesus will be the difficult thing, because growing up in America we are taught to take control of our lives. Jesus put His in the hands of Father God and gave Him control of His, so that is what i must also do.

(1). Give God my life, ask Jesus to forgive me of my sins and then He will send the Holy Spirit to dwell in me, and then each moment of each day i have to give Him the power and authority to direct my days and life, step by step.

Monday; How should we live part one

The Journey to find the small gate the journey Home

This part of my journey began when the Lord or the Holy Spirit woke me about 3:am and started running scriptures through my mind the ones that kept me awake were "Be holy as I am holy", "While My mercies are still with you present your body a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to Me, this is to be your service of worship" "DO NOT be conformed to this world", "you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect."

(Side track) ((((after working on staff at three different large church's i think that the last statement "DO NOT BE CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD" has been totally removed from a lot of Christians vocabulary and perhaps even from their Bibles, but for sure from their lives)))) no charge for that one.

There is one thing you need to understand before we go any further this is my journey, not yours, you have your own journey to take, no one can walk it for you, but you are more than welcome to come along and we can go together, but weather you come on this journey or not i am going, it is a journey i have to take. But if you want to come along you are more than welcome, just set back keep your heart open and we will let the holy Spirit do the driving, like i us to tell the kids don’t tell me witch way to turn you don’t have the wheel, (God dose). So now that we have taken this little side road let’s get back to the Journey at hand.

Tomorrow "DO NOT be conformed to this world"

Any questions or comments let me know.

For the sake of getting a living man has forgotten how to live.

For Debt is the slave of the free man.

For Happiness does not come in possessing things, but in being content with what you do possess.

He who wants little always has enough.

The world and its ways drive people with lust and they call it advertising

A quote from Benjamin Franklin

"Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. There is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of its filling a vacuum, it makes one. If it satisfies one want, it doubles and trebles that want another way" Benjamin Franklin

For the sake of getting a living man has forgoten how to live.

For Debt is the slave of the free man.

For Happiness does notcome  in posessing things, but in being content with what you posess.

He who wants little always has enugh.

the world and its ways drive people with lust and they call it advertising

A quote from Benjamin Franklin                                                 "MoneyNever made a man happy yet, nor will it. There is nothing inits nature to produce happiness. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of its filling a vacum, it makes one. If it satisfies one want, it doubles and trebles that want another way"

Benjamin Franklin

Definition of survival, or surviving

First thing we need to do is give a true meaningful definition of surviving, and how and what surviving means to a Christian.

We have two different plans of survival; the one that most of us think about is surviving everyday life food, drink, clothing, shelter, being safe and well, having enough of what we think we need. And because of this we store up food, weapons and invest in a 401k, gold and silver, thinking this will save us from a collapse of society, or a flood or earthquake.

But as a Christian surviving should mean so much more, making it into heaven, hearing those words “enter in My good and faithful servant”.

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Matthew 6:21

You do not need tactical training you need biblical training, for biblical training will take care of both avenues in the terms of surviving or survival.

As a true follower of Christ or the more common and worn-out term used, “a Christian” we have no real need of tactical survival training, if we would take the word of our Lord and Savior to heart and believe on and in Him, have faith in Him, trust Him, obey Him, serve and follow after Him; if we did these things with a whole heart all of our needs would be supplied for us, and we would have no room for worry or fear in our hearts.

The church has taken practically every aspect of this life and turned to the world for the understanding of how to deal with and survive anything that may come our way. And teachings from the pulpit seem to be more and more from a professor’s point of view then a follower of Christ point of view and so much useless information and no real meat, no rubber meeting the road, nothing to take traction when times get rough.

In all, the Holy Spirit has shared with me, and been teaching me over the last three years, it has become evident that the words of Jesus do not need to be redefined they need to be taken to heart applied to our lives and lived out through us each and every day the Lord gives us. Our true job or field of work and responsibility in this world as a Christian is to tell others of the good news of Jesus Christ and Him coming to save us all and His sacrifice on the cross for our sins so that on the day of His return we may go with Him to live with Him forever.

The end of this life is coming, and whether you think you will be taken out of here before, after or during the great tribulation, you need to realize and understand that the Lord may not remove you before you have to go through some real tough times. Do you think you are better than the children of Israel God’s chosen people, He allowed His chosen people to go through rather hard times so that they might be tested and come to repentance and return to Him. Do you really think you are better than them? Be real. Neither you nor i are any better than them, we are all sinners and have fallen short of His instructions that He left for us to follow.

Some have the knowledge and skills to get food, make fires, build shelters, and travel without the aid of standard navigational devices to live successfully through a survival situation; then there are people with little or no survival training that have managed to survive life-threatening circumstances. And others with extensive survival training have died.

The essential ingredient in any situation survival or otherwise is your mental attitude, and if you know who is in control of your life, you are further ahead than most survivalist. Having good survival skills can be helpful even important, and having the will to survive is essential.

But having a determined will to survive and survival skills without a working relationship with the Lord Jesus, you may make it through the rough times but still not survive when your last day in this world comes. All the skills you have learned will serve no benefit or purpose and valuable knowledge will be a waste.

There is an attitude to survival. The person in a survival situation faces many stresses that ultimately will impact their minds. Stress can produce emotions that, if poorly understood, can transform a confident, well-trained person into an indecisive, ineffective individual with a questionable ability to survive. To survive you must be aware of and be able to recognize those stresses commonly associated with survival. It is vital that you have a working relationship with your Lord and Savior, so that His Holy Spirit can lead you in your day by day life, to keep you aware of your reactions to a wide variety of stresses related with survival.

i will explain some of the nature of stress, and their relation with survival, and normal (or worldly) internal reactions most will naturally experience when faced with the stresses of being in a real-live survival situation. And, also the reaction we should have asking and allowing the Holy Spirit to lead, guide and provide for your every need and will hopefully help you prepare so that you will hear these words, “enter in My good and faithful servant.”