Passion

Never before in history has today, Monday, June 16th 2007, ever come to be; nor will it come again. The thing's you do today cannot be changed tomorrow. The thing's you say today cannot be taken back, or reversed. With every decision you make, you are making history... that is, everyday.

How does your history look from where you are now? How do you want it to look when you are older? Christ said that whoever accepts His offer of life is a new creation. The old has gone, the new has come. Have you accepted His generous offer? If you have, then where has the 'old' gone? What's new about your life?

If your desire is to be a faithful, bold witness for Christ Jesus, you must work toward that today. If you fail to work toward that today, then you will not have progressed tomorrow.

"If we keep doing what we've always done, we will only get what we've always gotten." (James MacDonald)

If you want something different in the future, you must do something different today.

Far Away?

For all of those who feel really far from God. Know now, that you aren't alone. Not only God is there with you, but I'm here praying for you.

Right now, I feel like I am miles away from God. It's hard to understand!! I've been in prayer, studied the WORD, spent time with the LORD - why am I so far away from God?

That's where the problem comes, when we allow human feelings and earthly emotion to fool us. Most time when you get very close to God, and feel very close to God, God is going to want to see whether your love for Him is genuine, and real.

Knowing that our true heart is seen when we are facing trials of faith, God will allow testing in you, so that it's out in the open whether you are for real or not. And if you are, then you will grow tremendously in faith! You'll feel alone and deserted by God, as if He never loved you. You see, human feelings and human emotions are not stable or trustworthy. That’s confusing…

Just as the strength of a human boy is not trustworthy or stable enough to defeat a giant, so human feeling and emotion are also not trustworthy or stable. We must trust that God's strength and God's power are within us.

Even when all we see is a boy standing next to a giant (an armed giant), and even when our minds cannot fathom the thought of that boy containing enough strength to defeat the giant, we must trust in God's strength, instead of trusting in the boy's, even when the boy is all that we see.

When you look in the mirror, you may see a mere man or woman who feels very far away from God, facing all kinds of trials (armed giants). Even when all we see is small faith in a weak body, we must believe in the power of God, rather our feelings or our emotions; For you know, mere human strength is not trustworthy enough to face the giant, well, mere human feelings and emotions are not trustworthy enough to face any trials of faith.

"Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you face trials of many kinds"
James 1:2

Now, when I feel far away from God, I rejoice; I trample over satan with laughter! My God reigns, now and forever! I can laugh because whether I feel God by my side, or whether feel like I'm alone in this cold world – I will always know that He is there, and I will always know that He is always within me, to the very end of my very last breath.

And so I make this promise for you to hold me accountable to; I will do my very best to not allow my human feelings or emotions to control any area of my life. Whether I feel joyous or depressed, I will stand none-the-less. Whether I feel close to God, or far away, I will fight.

To the Glory of God,
Chris Hinzman

Elimiate the Drain of God's Strength (2)

The principles were taken from a message by James MacDonald, a pastor in Rolling Hills, Illinois.

1. Teacher Principle (2 Timothy 2:1-2)
"TRANSFER WHAT YOU LEARN"

2. Soldier Principle (2 Timothy 2:3-4)
"FOCUS ON THE MISSION"

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3. The Athletes Principle (2 Timothy 2:5)
"FOLLOW THE RULES"

We need to live according to God's rules. Athletes who don't follow the rules are disqualified for the prize. Even if an athlete sets the FASTEST and LONGEST and FARTHEST and GREATEST record, if he was pumped with steroids, everything he did is now worthless.

We know the Ten Commandments, we know the rules. We need to follow them with all of our hearts. Because if we don't give effort, if we don't put our heart into God's WORD, then we will be disqualified for the prize on judgment day, and everything we have done to further the kingdom would then be to no benefit of ours in eternity.

4. Farmer Principle (2 Timothy 2:6)
"FEED YOURSELF FIRST"

If you don't feed yourself first, you'll have nothing to give to people! Be faithful to lifting others up in prayer. Be faithful in hearing God's WORD for you at every given day, every given moment even.

The dead sea has INput, but no OUTput. How terrible it would be if a Sea had no INput, but seven OUTputs. The sea would quickly dry up, because of the water flowing into the seven branches. Not only that, but because the sea would be dry, the seven branches off of it would also dry up, because the sea had no water to provide the seven branches with.

If we as Christians have others coming to us for answers, and for the WORD of God, how could we ever keep giving them what they need to hear, if we have no IN-Flow of God's WORD into our own lives? When we fail to give time for God's teaching into our own lives, we will have no WORD from the LORD to provide anybody else with.

Transfer what you learn. Focus on the mission. Follow God's rules. Feed yourself first.

May you all recieve strength from God this day.

Eliminate the Drain of God's Strength (1)

This is for those who seem to have struggle with containing God's strength in the hard times. The problem isn't that God doesn't provide the strength you need in those situations, because He is the GREAT provider. However, we tend to drain God's strength in our everyday lives, and therefore - can't stand up to the trials we face when they come.

ELIMINATE THE DRAIN!

Here are some principles taken from a sermon by James MacDonald.

1. Teacher Principle (2 Timothy 2:1-2)
"TRANSFER WHAT YOU LEARN"

The thing's you know, teach others. Don't hold back the wisdom that you are given for yourself, that's a good way to drain the strength of God in your life. The way to get is to give.

For instance, many Christians are like the dead sea - 6 1/2 million tons of water flow in daily. However, there is no outlet or out-flow, so no fish or even plant can live in it. Which is why it's the 'Dead Sea' - I suppose! Don't be like the Dead Sea. Allow wisdom to flow in, and then share that with others. Sooo... Don't drain God's strength; "TRANFER WHAT YOU LEARN."

2. Soldier Principle (2 Timothy 2:3)
"FOCUS ON THE MISSION"

From the beginning of mankind, the beginning of time up until the year 1999, all of the information (EVERYTHING ever recorded... names, dates, events... all information) amounted to 12 exabytes. One exabyte alone amounts to 50,000 times the information in the Library of Congress.

Get this... in the past three years alone, that amount has doubled because of the use of computer and other technology.

The world is full of all of this information, everywhere! Ads, television, internet, newspapers... don't get distracted with all of this stuff and drain God's strength; "FOCUS ON THE MISSION."

God's Abundance VS. Our Iniquities

How much do you want to bet; that many people go to church, but do not make an eternal decision just yet because they don't feel that they're good enough of a person to ask for such abundance in God, for themselves?

I can see this in teens, for real... but God's grace is for the sinners, just as the healthy man isn't in need of a doctor, the sick man is. The only direction one recieves when not involved in a heartfelt relationship with God is direction intentionally directed away from the path that God's made for us to follow. Who intended it..? The only one who intends to rip us off of the fullness Christ offer's through His sacrifice for us... satan.

Ever thought about it? Such people who think this way strongly need to find God in their life, and that isn't going to happen unless they realize that God is willing to, and God wants to accept them as they are.

How foolish for a dying man to insist that he must wait until his health is stable to see a specialist. Honestly, he won't get any better without the doctor's help. For his life will fade quickly, and he will surely die.

Truly, God's grace overpowers our failures... easily.
Now, to share this with them...

Trusting with your whole being

I've posted this before, but I feel like I need to say it again. I learned this word from God through a sermon of James MacDonald.



When your upside goes downside, whatever's inside comes outside. ANYONE can trust in God when things are going good! But what happens when everything good goes bad? It isn't so easy anymore. When life itself seems to be going fine, it's easy to trust in God. But when life goes from 'fine and dandy' to 'totally stinks' these are the times we need to pay attention to our actions, because during the tough times is when your true heart's desire will ring out in front of you. Here are some examples of tough times... when you are struggling with finances, when a relative's or even your own health goes down the drain, when you can't find joy in anything, when you don't have anybody to confide in, any other tough thing you are or may go through!

God and, if you decide to pay attention, you will see your heart's true intent in the actions during tough times. If you react to these times in doubt - such as asking God "Why would you let this happen?!" Then obviously, you have some stuff to straighten out before bed tonight.

Forgiveness from sin is free. However, to live for God, we must serve. To serve, we must face trials & persecution. To face trials & persecution, we have to trust in God with our whole being. Now you may say 'I do trust God with all I got!' but it's alot easier said than understood, let alone done. Be sincere about trusting God, don't make light of this. Pay attention when God test's your trust in Him, or in other words (again) pay attention to your actions when life seems to go down the drain. Pray and Fast for a Godly heart - That you will be that much more useful to His master plan. If you truly seek this, God will see your heart's intension and will grant your request. I testify to that. So yes, pay attention to your actions! Look for signs of where you are spiritually, in your actions.

Wrapping this up now... I repeated myself a few times above, but I pray that any inconveniences are overlooked, that anyone who reads this would understand what point I meant to make.

There's coming a time when we'll face trials and persecution, wether or not we mean it in our hearts when we say "I am a Christian." There's coming a time where we're gonna suffer to so much as keep our Bibles. There's coming a time when churches will be burned, and we Christians will once again suffer for our faith! (It's closer than we think, look, prayer & Bibles are already banned from schools!) There's coming a time when satan will decieve mankind once again, but as for us whose trust is in the LORD and who's hope is the LORD, we wil stand firm through those last days.

Far greater than those things, there's coming a time when Christ Jesus Himself in all glory and power will return for those who He bought with His own blood, for those who recieved His free gift with thanksgiving in their hearts! He will return and will bring us home!!

Furthermore, the time will come when those who have persecuted us and those who made us suffer and die for our faith will experience something far greather than themselves (themselves....being the wrath of satan). They will experience the wrath of God.

Let's save as many as we can. We need to become great warriors of prayer and great warriors of faith. We need to strengthen the faith and devotion of the people of our churches, think of the potential we have here. And once again, do NOT make light of these things! It's soo easy to think lightly of something like this in an environment like ours currently. Don't be decieved, pray for this revolution, pray escpessially for those lost to sin!

Who is on the LORD's side?
Who's willing to fight?
Before you can fight, you must first learn well how to use a sword and shield; otherwise, you will fall!

I'm praying for you all.

It's Begun

If you read this, read on with an open heart to the LORD. I have so much on my heart! So much I need to say, so much I feel you need to hear. Bear with me, please.

Yesterday I posted a prayer I had in regards to a heavy heart toward those certain people who seek God's face. Today I have a heavy heart for the lost. If you haven't yet, read what's written on the top of my page.

I'm moved, I haven't merely been challenged lately, but I've been changed. I have a message from God and I can only imagine the potential we all have with the grace of God to carry out this dream. Two years ago, many of us came together in prayer for revolution, we learned much about the need of one and how it can becom reality through our lives.
The revolution has begun.If not in your heart as of yet, I can feel it in mine. America is deeply lost in darkness, terribly lost! I can't stand keeping this in any longer. There's a song by Phillips Craig and Dean that explains my feeling right now, the beginning is:

"You don't have the right to remain silent, if you've been arrested by God's grace. You've got to take the stand to tell the story - of how your guilty stains have been replaced. Everything you've done has been erased by the evidence of love. So you don't have the right."
Listen to me, Sodom and Gomorrah (spelling?) were both destroyed because they wouldn't repent. I can bet you that there were few who lives Holy lives before God. I see the same situation in America. There are many people who seem to be kind & loving, but they fail to be Holy before God. This nation needs to repent before America ends up like Sodom and Gomorrah, and don't think it won't! Television is full of impurities, movies are full of impurities, music is full of impurities! The devil is really working against God's army in these areas give/take 1 or 2 channels out of a minimum of 99.

Abraham didn't pray for the lost in Sodom & Gomorrah, he prayed for the righteous. It's good to pray for our brothers in Christ, for strength and for more souls to be won! But we need to be in desperate prayer for the lost souls. It's up to us, dude. If we don't pray - nobody will. If we don't change, though we're continually challenged, nobody will. If we don't start this revolution, this nation is going down in flames - out of Love. It would have been better for the people to roast then for God to allow them to rot in their own sin and then die - just like Sodom & Gomorrah.
God aint calling us to be challenged. God aint calling us to be moved. God doesn't want us to feel impacted or thought-provoked. He wants us to change, He wants to deliver us, He wants to deliver the lost. And if we stop at words, if we stop at sermons, then like Sodom and Gomorrah, we're going down in flames.

About changing, it's between you and God. Notice things in your everyday life that do not benefit this revolution that's taking place.....crush everything in the way. PS2 occupying your time? Get out a sledge hammer and smash is, don't get money for it - don't give it away - smash it. (Exodus 34:13, Deut. 7:1-10) Seek holiness, but do not be so occupied in saving yourself that you forget about the lost, or you would have lost the origional message that God planted in you.

Be with me in prayer for revolution. Be with me in prayer for holiness in this nation. Pray for the leaders, the followers, the blind, the lost. God's going to do something miraculously radical! So radical that those who truly live for God will be persecuted for their faith - pray for strength among God's Army, and weakness among evil. Peter 2:21 says "To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His steps."



Be courageous. Do something out of the ordinary with the passion God's planted in your heart. Put in faithfulness for the LORD and make this revolution happen with those you come in contact with. I'm in this boat with you, and am in prayer for you all! LETS DO IT