have set standards that you follow or you will allow things to compromise your relationship with God. You can't be holy when you allow such ridiculous folly. If you find yourself living a life that a stranger would not be certain that you are holy, you probably are not. Don't justify it, crucify it. Give it to God or have your standards and quality of life further raped by your unholiness. You can never expect God to work great things in and through you when you expose your temple to compromise. And if it seems like God is actively working through you, then consider what He could do if you were holy. Don't be deceived, being holy is the key to igniting those around you. It's the very element that lets God do absolutely fantastic things through you. It is what makes a person unstoppable in their personal growth and it is the gateway to becoming wiser to all things.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Be Holy
Holiness. It's the key to unlocking extreme potential in your quest for the most effective mastery over life. The importance of holiness can not afford to be overlooked. But I tell you now that it is being overlooked by the majority of Christians and is indeed the foremost cause of ineffectiveness in so very many Christians. Paul put so much substance behind the necessity to be holy for exactly this reason. We as Christians have been set apart as holy. We must live our lives to that end, if we ever expect to answer God's personal calling on our lives. Holy is defined as "one perfect in goodness and righteousness". Quite obviously this does not mean you will not make mistakes. But when you knowingly make compromises in your life for other people's standards, not only do you limit what God is willing to do with and for you, but you show others that the transformation of a person into an active, called Christian; the power of God really, isn't really that intense. I'll give you an example that is easy to see. On myspace.com, there was a profile with a name that was something like "Ready to transform the whole world for God". That was not the exact name, but the point is made. When I went to this person's page, there were worldly things being advertised by the very individual that thought it important enough to name the profile what they did. By clicking on the friends in this profile, I could see the comments that the "Extreme Christian" left for the friends. Things like, "Eff that noise, call me." Eff that noise? What does that mean?! When I heard someone at a church once use that term, I asked them why they chose to use it. "We're at church, this is God's house!", they replied. You may not be that transparent, but that's no better. At least someone who is that transparent has a better chance to recognize the need for change. You could just go through life deceived about what a real, intense, clearly committed life with God is like. Is it any wonder that people experience short term walks with God? Impotent lives that bear no productive fruit? People always look to the world as a source of friction for the Christian. How problematic many Christians are! It's the carnality and the lack of boundaries that set people up for guaranteed failure. You will either
have set standards that you follow or you will allow things to compromise your relationship with God. You can't be holy when you allow such ridiculous folly. If you find yourself living a life that a stranger would not be certain that you are holy, you probably are not. Don't justify it, crucify it. Give it to God or have your standards and quality of life further raped by your unholiness. You can never expect God to work great things in and through you when you expose your temple to compromise. And if it seems like God is actively working through you, then consider what He could do if you were holy. Don't be deceived, being holy is the key to igniting those around you. It's the very element that lets God do absolutely fantastic things through you. It is what makes a person unstoppable in their personal growth and it is the gateway to becoming wiser to all things.
have set standards that you follow or you will allow things to compromise your relationship with God. You can't be holy when you allow such ridiculous folly. If you find yourself living a life that a stranger would not be certain that you are holy, you probably are not. Don't justify it, crucify it. Give it to God or have your standards and quality of life further raped by your unholiness. You can never expect God to work great things in and through you when you expose your temple to compromise. And if it seems like God is actively working through you, then consider what He could do if you were holy. Don't be deceived, being holy is the key to igniting those around you. It's the very element that lets God do absolutely fantastic things through you. It is what makes a person unstoppable in their personal growth and it is the gateway to becoming wiser to all things.
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Impossibilities!
It Can Not be Done:
Everything that can be invented has been invented.
- Charles H. Duell, an official at the US patent office, 1899.
It will be years, not in my time, before a woman will become Prime Minister. - Margaret Thatcher, future Prime Minister, October 26th, 1969.
That virus is a pussycat. - Dr. Peter Duesberg, molecular-biology professor at U.C. Berkeley, on HIV, 1988.
Man will not fly for 50 years.
- Wilbur Wright, American aviation pioneer, to brother Orville, after a disappointing flying experiment, 1901 (their first successful flight was in 1903).
Everyone acquainted with the subject will recognize it as a conspicuous failure.
- Henry Morton, president of the Stevens Institute of Technology, on Edison's light bulb, 1880.
That the automobile has practically reached the limit of its development is suggested by the fact that during the past year no improvements of a radical nature have been introduced.
Scientific American, Jan. 2 edition, 1909.
It is apparent to me that the possibilities of the aeroplane, which two or three years ago were thought to hold the solution to the [flying machine] problem, have been exhausted, and that we must turn elsewhere.
- Thomas Edison, American inventor, 1895.
There will never be a bigger plane built.
- A Boeing engineer, after the first flight of the 247, a twin engine plane that holds ten people.
Atomic energy might be as good as our present-day explosives, but it is unlikely to produce anything very much more dangerous.
- Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister, 1939.
There is not the slightest indication that nuclear energy will ever be obtainable. It would mean that the atom would have to be shattered at will.
- Albert Einstein, 1932.
Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?
- H. M. Warner, co-founder of Warner Brothers, 1927.
The cinema is little more than a fad. It's canned drama. What audiences really want to see is flesh and blood on the stage." - Charlie Chaplin, actor, producer, director, and studio founder, 1916.
It's a great invention but who would want to use it anyway?
- Rutherford B. Hayes, U.S. President, after a demonstration of Alexander Bell's telephone, 1876.
Television won't last because people will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night.
- Darryl Zanuck, movie producer, 20th Century Fox, 1946.
Very interesting Whittle, my boy, but it will never work.
- Cambridge Aeronautics Professor, when shown Frank Whittle's plan for the jet engine.
If I had thought about it, I wouldn't have done the experiment. The literature was full of examples that said 'you can't do this'.
- Spencer Silver on the work that led to the unique adhesives for 3-M "Post-It" Notepads.
The most critical point here is that each of the people who made the claims of improbability were the most knowledgeable, respected men in their fields. These are the people who had it all together. When they talked, people listened. If Albert Einstein tells you something can't be done, it is with finality that you naturally except it as truth. The theme here is that success came from ignoring the naysayers. In some of the cases that I've listed, the people were actually held back by their own admission. In other cases, people saw it done, tried it, and still didn't see the worth! What I'm really getting at here, is that in life, and especially with the things of God, you CAN NOT allow the things that are standard to define and determine what is possible and what will be. You cannot allow circumstance, state of mind, a belief system, or lack of belief to get in the way. If you have a vision, a dream, or a direction from God, you must throw logic out the window in its entirety. It is because God's thoughts and ways are higher than our thoughts and ways, that there is no logic behind trying to determine and measure that which God will make of and for your life. You must let go of human belief. Human belief is not good enough for what God has planned.
Everything that can be invented has been invented.
- Charles H. Duell, an official at the US patent office, 1899.
It will be years, not in my time, before a woman will become Prime Minister. - Margaret Thatcher, future Prime Minister, October 26th, 1969.
That virus is a pussycat. - Dr. Peter Duesberg, molecular-biology professor at U.C. Berkeley, on HIV, 1988.
Man will not fly for 50 years.
- Wilbur Wright, American aviation pioneer, to brother Orville, after a disappointing flying experiment, 1901 (their first successful flight was in 1903).
Everyone acquainted with the subject will recognize it as a conspicuous failure.
- Henry Morton, president of the Stevens Institute of Technology, on Edison's light bulb, 1880.
That the automobile has practically reached the limit of its development is suggested by the fact that during the past year no improvements of a radical nature have been introduced.
Scientific American, Jan. 2 edition, 1909.
It is apparent to me that the possibilities of the aeroplane, which two or three years ago were thought to hold the solution to the [flying machine] problem, have been exhausted, and that we must turn elsewhere.
- Thomas Edison, American inventor, 1895.
There will never be a bigger plane built.
- A Boeing engineer, after the first flight of the 247, a twin engine plane that holds ten people.
Atomic energy might be as good as our present-day explosives, but it is unlikely to produce anything very much more dangerous.
- Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister, 1939.
There is not the slightest indication that nuclear energy will ever be obtainable. It would mean that the atom would have to be shattered at will.
- Albert Einstein, 1932.
Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?
- H. M. Warner, co-founder of Warner Brothers, 1927.
The cinema is little more than a fad. It's canned drama. What audiences really want to see is flesh and blood on the stage." - Charlie Chaplin, actor, producer, director, and studio founder, 1916.
It's a great invention but who would want to use it anyway?
- Rutherford B. Hayes, U.S. President, after a demonstration of Alexander Bell's telephone, 1876.
Television won't last because people will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night.
- Darryl Zanuck, movie producer, 20th Century Fox, 1946.
Very interesting Whittle, my boy, but it will never work.
- Cambridge Aeronautics Professor, when shown Frank Whittle's plan for the jet engine.
If I had thought about it, I wouldn't have done the experiment. The literature was full of examples that said 'you can't do this'.
- Spencer Silver on the work that led to the unique adhesives for 3-M "Post-It" Notepads.
The most critical point here is that each of the people who made the claims of improbability were the most knowledgeable, respected men in their fields. These are the people who had it all together. When they talked, people listened. If Albert Einstein tells you something can't be done, it is with finality that you naturally except it as truth. The theme here is that success came from ignoring the naysayers. In some of the cases that I've listed, the people were actually held back by their own admission. In other cases, people saw it done, tried it, and still didn't see the worth! What I'm really getting at here, is that in life, and especially with the things of God, you CAN NOT allow the things that are standard to define and determine what is possible and what will be. You cannot allow circumstance, state of mind, a belief system, or lack of belief to get in the way. If you have a vision, a dream, or a direction from God, you must throw logic out the window in its entirety. It is because God's thoughts and ways are higher than our thoughts and ways, that there is no logic behind trying to determine and measure that which God will make of and for your life. You must let go of human belief. Human belief is not good enough for what God has planned.
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