Cattle "Herding"!

If you are indulging in pornography and purchasing sex magazines, you are contributing to a large billion dollar industry that enslaves young woman and men against their will! They are being hunted down like animals as well as treated as so! When you hunger for sex in all the wrong places, it increases the demand to entrap innocent lives; in addition to shattering yours!

Take a look at this website: http://www.a21.org/content/human-trafficking/gl0ryw to listen to the stories of the young ladies who were rescued from "sex trafficking"; and the trust and love (God's love) it took for them to regain their dignity and a fulfilling life!

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read.  And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
and recovering of sight to the blind,
to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”

And he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. And he began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.” (Luke 4:16-21 ESV)

Sex has become a recreational commodity used to debilitate our girls and boys; and those who indulge in it ~ that never satisfies! Satan has a stronghold on you; therefore, you too are a prisoner to the industry!

Let marriage be held in honor (esteemed worthy, precious, of great price, and especially dear) in all things. And thus let the marriage bed be undefiled (kept undishonored); for God will judge and punish the unchaste [all guilty of sexual vice] and adulterous. (Hebrews 13:4 AMP)

Sex is turning our world upside down at the expense of young lives; and some never get out "alive" to tell their story! Surrender your life to Jesus, who is your only hope; and it will free you from living two lives! It is imperative that we all contribute to end this horrific industry of "sex trafficking"; and bind Satan too! 

That each one of you should know how to possess (control, manage) his own body in consecration (purity, separated from things profane) and honor,

Not [to be used] in the passion of lust like the heathen, who are ignorant of the true God and have no knowledge of His will,

That no man transgress and overreach his brother and defraud him in this matter or defraud his brother in business. For the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as we have already warned you solemnly and told you plainly.

For God has not called us to impurity but to consecration [to dedicate ourselves to the most thorough purity].

Therefore whoever disregards (sets aside and rejects this) disregards not man but God, Whose [very] Spirit [Whom] He gives to you is holy (chaste, pure). 
(I Thessalonians 4:4-8 AMP)

Do I Fit?

What does it take to be a true friend? Are you there through thick and thin, good times and bad times, and winning and losing? You give and take in love! In any true friendship; one compliments the other! There is a balance that is meant to be that way; but we have to first acknowledge our differences and weaknesses; and focus on the positive in each other! When we do, we take notice of the gifts in our spouse and grab hold, so you both can magnify it; and diminish the other!

It's like the missing piece of a puzzle, that is an old cliche; however, it is the only example I can use to allow you to get the picture of marriage. God made woman out of the rib of Adam. They are opposites, but the ribs fit perfectly together to make one! She is what he needs, and he is what she needs! There, it fits perfect! 

We all have this gift in us called intuition! It assist you with choices that can help or hinder your growth and relationships! If you are not aware of it, tune in to that channel and turn up the volume so that you can!  

You cannot tell that person they are not what you need or want, if you are broken into pieces yourself! No, we are not perfect; but we serve a God who is and with his help, we allow Him to mold and shape us into a "best friend" we want to be and should be, so that we draw that same energy, likeness and maturity to us! 

Relationships do take time and an effort on your part to be the best you can be! 

Marriage is not antiquated, old school, or obsolete! It is a sacred unity bestowed on us from the love of God to produce seeds of greatness! His love is so powerful, nothing can penetrate it! It is love that created you, and anything God creates, it's created for success, not failure! 

²² Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.²³ For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior.²⁴ Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.

²⁵ Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, ²⁶ that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, ²⁷ so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. ²⁸ In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. ²⁹ For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, ³⁰ because we are members of his body. ³¹ “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” ³² This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. ³³ However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. (Ephesians 5:22-33 ESV)

It's important to elaborate on sex before marriage! It is not penetrating into the minds of others, when we say fornication - so I'm going to present it to you this way "IT'S SIN"! Sin is sin whether we want to justify the levels of it. Some believe murder is more profound than over eating! NOT, both lead to destruction and God views them all as SIN!. However, when we become born again, we are forgiven of our sins; but we also choose to do what’s right in the eyes of God! 

                                                                             I Corinthians 6:18

Everything we do and do not do, God sees and knows our needs, but if you will not allow Him to get involved, then there will always be a disconnect in your relationships and marriages (True Friendship) that you feel has no hope ~ Think again! God is a God who can do anything but fail! 

Muted or Ignored?

Father I am sitting here feeling sad and defeated; yet there is no reason why!

I see many foster children without a Mother or Father!

“I came into DYFS when I was 2 years old. My mother, she got caught with robbery trying to take care of us. I've been in over 60 places; in foster homes, ...

I see young and old women incarcerated from bad choices; because they don’t know

any other way to obtain the provisions they desire!

I see children who never miss a day of school; because that’s their only source of food!

I see young woman addicted to drugs, hoping it will eliminate the pain and shame they encounter from being forced to sell their precious bodies!

I see young men and women coming home from war, deeply depressed, handicapped and forgotten by many of the sacrifices they make to keep our country safe!

I see selfish people who have an abundance of money; but a poverty stricken soul!

How can I sit around dejected when there is much work to do?

It’s because I am not leading a life worthy of the divine calling to which I have been called!

I therefore, the prisoner for the Lord, appeal to and beg you to walk (lead a life) worthy of the [divine] calling to which you have been called [with behavior that is a credit to the summons to God’s service,

² Living as becomes you] with complete lowliness of mind (humility) and meekness (unselfishness, gentleness, mildness), with patience, bearing with one another and making allowances because you love one another.

³ Be eager and strive earnestly to guard and keep the harmony and oneness of [and produced by] the Spirit in the binding power of peace.

⁴ [There is] one body and one Spirit—just as there is also one hope [that belongs] to the calling you received—

⁵ [There is] one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

⁶ One God and Father of [us] all, Who is above all [Sovereign over all], pervading all and [living] in [us] all.

⁷ Yet grace (God’s unmerited favor) was given to each of us individually [not indiscriminately, but in different ways] in proportion to the measure of Christ’s [rich and bounteous] gift. (Ephesians 4:1-7 AMP)