Blessed Fellowship

It's a beautiful thing when God allows us to have true fellowship with true children of God. How sweet it is, how refreshing along this often parched journey of life. In those times you recognize your brothers and sisters for who they are. There is no attempts to control, manipulate, steal, destroy or put asunder. None. What a contrast to time spent around worlders.

In blessed times spent around the true children of God you enjoy true fellowship; you enjoy the company of those who truly desire your best interest and who genuinely like you for who God made you to be. It is a restful, peaceful, joyful time. A time of laughter and refreshing.

The worlders have never known a time like that in this life. In order to even being to experience fellowship like this one has to first become a person who could be an appropriate part of that company. And that is a work of the Spirit of God. Without that transformation you'd never fit, there is a disconnect. One must be grafted into the vine and into true fellowship with the true Saints of God.

Prior to all of that you have to learn to be comfortable alone, at the feet of Jesus, in the wilderness. He is the central relationship, he is core. Intimacy begins with Him, and then overflows from that relationship into the lives of others. When you start with the central reality that Jesus is indeed enough, you are now in a position to recieve all things including true fellowship with the real ones. If He's not enough for you, you'll find your company with others who are in the same boat, all looking to find that missing piece in someone else.

A little tip: don't focus too much on yourself. Rather, look to be a help and a blessing to others as God would lead you. Self-centered thinking and selfishness is a bottomless pit. Seek first the Kingdom. Look to help and assist others. Be blessed.

In Christ,

The faithmix Team

Alone, But Not Alone

It can be a lonely walk some of the time ... Most of the time. While we have the occasional companion for a season, the fellow traveler, the moment soon comes when you must part company and each go on to your assigned task. It is a task you do alone. Even if you have apparent company, a spouse, friends, no one can see the struggle inside of you. That thing that tears at you, screaming at times to be free of it all, desiring to be what God made you to be.

You do it alone. You walk to your death (i.e. Carry your cross) alone. At least is sure does feel like it ...

But then you realize, you are not alone. The Master who called you to follow Him, the One that you love, the King of your soul, He is there. Leading you, walking besides you, His Glory is your rear guard. On every side He is there.

He allows the loneliness, the suffering, the rocky trail, because He is making something out of you. A disciple, a warrior, a friend, a lover of Truth, a royal priesthood, and a blessed child of God that will grow to be the man (or woman) He has destined you to be.

There is no other way, it is the path of freedom. You walk it alone ... But never alone.

In Christ,

The faithmix Team

Unexpected Acts Of Kindness ...

... They are a rare thing in the day and the age we live in. For someone to do something for you, not with an hidden agenda, but purely because they want to do something nice for you. Someone who wants to bless you in some small or big way ... What a blessing it is when you encounter one of these acts and the people that do them! How refreshing to the soul and the spirit on this often rough and rocky journey of life.

Small Thought: When was the last time that you did something kind for someone? Not because they were expecting it, or it was a birthday or a special occasion.

Just because.

Just for the fun of it.

When you get your eyes off yourself, your situation and hardships and say within yourself "despite everything, i've still got something to give. I can bless. I can help, even in a small way and so i shall" amazing things happen. It is actually a remedy to personal misery.

Selfishness is a bottomless pit that will never be filled. But when you spend your life on behalf of the will of God and in service to others there is an amazing fulfillment that comes as a result. It is part of the good in us that should be unlocked by an encounter with Christ.

Be kind. Bless others. Pray for those who persecute you and for those who would spitefully use you. They need Jesus too, perhaps they may change and your prayer would have been what made the difference. The worlders are miserable and need Jesus. Pray for them, that they will have that encounter and come to themselves, even as the prodigal son did in the pig pen of life.

Along those lines, it is often a pure act of kindness as led by the Holy Spirit that will jar a person. It refreshes a saint and shocks a sinner. It hits them like a ton of bricks when they realize that you do something for no other reason than a desire to bless them and God is leading you to do it. Your Spirit led actions are more powerful than your words. Talking of kindness is not the same as actually experiencing kindness. Talk of love is different than experiencing love.

Allow God to make you the living example of the change in the world you feel compelled to see. Bless someone today, unexpectedly. Let God lead you and do it. Most who try this will actually find that they enjoy the process. It truly is more blessed to give than to recieve. Have fun :-)

In Christ,

The faithmix Team

Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps ...

... We might turn around. Give up. Throw in the towel. Call it quits. Give up the ghost. After all, who can make war against the Beast? Who can oppose what we are surrounded by; that which seems to grow stronger by the day.

Maybe if they just throw one more log into the fiery furnace you'll melt with fear and bow your knee. Most have and many will. What about you?

1 John 2:15-17

Friends. It is not easy. But it is simple. Bow your knee to the Creator, the Lord Jesus Christ. And stay at His feet every day of your life. You only get up to fulfill the instructions He gives you, but at His feet is your resting place. Your default point. Your reset button amidst the challenges and trials of life.

It is at His feet that you receive His Rhema, your daily bread. He feeds you, comforts you, provides for you and the needs of your soul. They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength (Isa 40:31).

Mount up sir eagle and fly. Fly madame eagle, sour above the storms of life. Let the winds of the Spirit of God carry you above it all. In order to fly you have to first learn to kneel.

We bow only to Him. We serve only Him. We worship only Him. We have no other God. We need nothing else but Jesus. He is enough to satisfy the needs and the desires of your soul.

Pain will come on this journey. Suffering is a companion of the follower of Christ during their journey through this life. But if you allow the Spirit of God to work in you and to change your heart, pain won't hurt you. Yes, it might sting, but it can do no real harm in the end. It just becomes part of the process we go through and what God uses to shape us into what He would have us to be.

Just as the sharp chisel cuts into the rock sculpture being shaped under the master's hand, so we experience pain. It's o.k. It'll be o.k. Consider it pure joy when you face and experience these things. God knows what He is doing with you.

Many times God actually sends His people into situations on purpose where we will encounter suffering. Just look at the life of Jesus. But God was there in it all, working out a plan and a purpose that would change the world. Thank God Jesus wasn't thinking about His own comfort when He walked through His journey of life. Nor should we.

Trust. Obey. Follow Him. Let the rest be what it is. You just keep walking with Jesus.

In Christ,

The faithmix Team

Rolling Out "The Mark"

A tried and true tactic of the world system is to create a "problem - reaction - solution" situation. To get you to want and request what they want to give you and to ask for the poison by name. We were just thinking today about the many ways that the world system could even this day roll out and market a chip, an RFID tag, that would go in the forehead or right hand:

1. Financial Transactions Ease - Can't buy and sell without it, so easy to do with it.
2. Identity Security and Identity Theft -Increasingly a problem in the world. You are safe now.
3. Child Safety and Protection - Keep your kids safe and know where they are in an unsafe world. Great for countering Human Trafficking as well.
4. Ease of Travel, visas, immigration - Come and go as you please.
5. Your medical records on you in an accident/emergency - Everything about your medical history is easily available to health care providers, even if you are unconscious. They have the best chance of keeping you alive now. The best care you can get from cradle to grave.
6. Illegal Aliens Curbed - Much more difficult for them to come into a society now without going through the proper channels.
7. Anti-Corruption Measure -Particularly valuable in developing nations and emerging market economies. No more cash payoffs before and after hours. Huge clean up that will make the world a better place.
8. Lower transaction costs to financial, Government, Business institutions - Maximize profits, efficiency and speed. Great!
9. Going green - Just think of all the trees that we won't be cutting down to make paper for money, receipts, bills,
10. Anti-terrorism measure - Much easier to detect the bad guys now if their travel history is a cave in Afghanistan and you know their purchasing patterns compared to Mr. John Smith and his wife living in Iowa. No more profiling necessary, we know who the bad guys are now. And the only ones who could possibly be the bad guys would be those without the mark. Let you get on with your lives. Summary justice is in order and justified to protect society.
11. Identity, life, preferences customized to your tastes and purchasing patterns - A richer life experience for you: Dating, relationship, Marriage suggestions based on your compatibility and lifestyle choices. No more guess work, now you know the statistical chances of you being a compatible match with your perfect Stepford wife. Also the same with your work; the perfect job(s) for you based on what you would enjoy and find satisfying and the employer knows you'll be the best for that role too. A maximized happy and productive economy; you are now the perfect cog in the wheel and a productive a member of society in the most fulfilling way possible.
12. A cashless society greatly reduces crime and armed robbery -You won't get held up in a dark alley if no one has cash on them. And easy to track criminals now too.
13. Behind the Scenes (BTS) - Those who control the technology control the world (love it!). Have your elections, ball games, American Idol ... cast your vote. THIS is change you can believe in!
14. Etc. etc. etc. -
    

The list goes on and on. Ultimately, projecting ahead we can see that this will be one of several silver bullet solutions rolled out at an opportune time to "save the world". And the masses, the fearful, the sellouts, will facilitate it and want it amidst the horrors they see in a world spinning out of control. And the only reason that you wouldn't want it is because you are a terrorist and enemy of society and humanity ... no tears will be shed for you when you can't buy and sell and when they subsequently hunt you down.

"Come on, take it ... you've got to make a living ... your family's got to eat ... the Bible doesn't really mean THAT according to pastor/minister/brother/pope so and so ... God understands ... " ... (sigh)



So seductive. But ultimately allegiance to the world system and turning your back on the real Jesus Christ. Irredeemable. To them without eyes to see and hearts to understand they will not be able to resist the allure, the pull, the pressure. No schools, no services, no access to anything you once enjoyed, you can't do business, can't buy or sell; unless you are in you are out ...

"And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus." (Rev 14:9-12)

You won't be able to forsake all if you haven't already done it in your heart (Our suggestion is that you DO IT NOW on your face before Jesus Christ). And you won't be able to exist in the fact that "to live is Christ and to die is gain" if that is not your heart's resolve and resolution that you walk in this day, this moment. There is no middle ground. Let God take you to the end of yourself NOW! Cry out for it this day. Live in the Love of God, not in the fear of the world.


They cannot touch your spirit and your soul. You are free in Him. Live free!!!

In Christ,


The faithmix Team

Choose Your Company Wisely

Not everyone that wants to join you on your journey is a friend. Not everyone that offers you a helping hand has your best interest at heart. Not everyone that says Lord Lord ... Well, you know that one (Matthew 7).

Another cliche, "you can't judge a book by its cover" is a spin on God's original: "Man looks at the outward appearance, God looks at the Heart." There are those who outwardly appear to be allies on the way, friends on the path. But within (the place where God sees even though they seek to hide it) they are ravenous wolves that at an opportune time would seek to devour a child of God if they have sufficient access.

The most twisted hypocrites don't show up on day one overtly telegraphing their devilish intent. No, they come in slowly. They seek to win your trust. They offer you help in a time of trouble. Not out of a genuine heart expecting nothing in return as God's children do. They offer you assistance, a meal, something, anything as a means to an end. An elaborate trap to unfold with time.

The ultimate goal that they are being demonicly inspired towards is the destruction of the child of God. But they need your permission to do it. They need you to allow them in, to give them access, to grant them your trust.

Much of this is avoidably if a Child of God:
1. Listens and obeys the instructions of the Holy Spirit.
2. Has nothing they desire in the world (otherwise the world has a hook in you).

Most are snared by a hidden love in their heart that is not Christ. I reserved desire, a "secret place", that which is too dear to them to let go. It will kill you. Or rather, it will be the access point for those that will take you to your death (spiritual, natural or both).

You will have no other God but Him. No other way but Him. No other desire but Him. And from that complete and total surrender at the foot of the Cross you will find that all things flow and the life that you lead in this world will come.

Seek nothing for yourself in this world. And be ready and willing to let it all go in a moment at the Word of Christ. If you do not, you are not fit to follow Him. And you will remain where you are, by your choice; Dead, alone, with a few toys and trinkets you got for selling out. And you'll occasionally gather with those who are similar to you and have made the same compromised choice to encourage each other that you are O.K. "We did the right thing ... Right? After all, a man's got to eat? How can i take care of my family? Blah, Blah, Blah ..."

You know in your heart if you are following Him. If you've surrendered all. You also know your hidden motives, secret pleasures, deepest desires ... You think God doesn't see those too? And you think He won't make those known when and where necessary? Don't fool yourself. He knows.

Be real. Be honest. Come into the Light (fully). Drop the dead weights and the parasitic people when God reveals to you who they are. It's not your problem to solve. He is the Savior, not you. If they turn they too can be healed, saved and set free. Again, it's not your problem to solve. You've said your piece. Move on.

Yours is to walk on, following and trusting Jesus. To walk on, alone when necessary (if that is what it feels like to you then call it that and embrace it, this too is the will of God).

All is a gift from Him, even the loneliness. We recieve with grateful hearts what He provides us on this journey. Don't take your eyes off Him for a moment; it's when you do that you begin to sink. If you keep your eyes on Him, trust and obey, you will walk on water all the days of your life.

In Christ,

The faithmix Team

Rope A Dope

Classic strategy. Let your enemy spend himself. Let your enemy pull out all the stops and relentlessly thrash you with everything he has, and you take it. You endure the punishment for a window of time ...

To the saints of God in America; you are in a Rope A Dope situation. And the enemy is pulling out everything he can to antagonize, discredit, harm, discourage, kill the saints of God and block the Truth from the people. Yours is a call to endure and to wait on the Spirit of God. Soon there will be a call from His Spirit, "now is the time of reversal". It will come at that moment where the enemy has spent himself to take you out and you've not gone down. You are still in the fight, still pressing on, enduring to the end. That moment draws near where God now tells you to get off the ropes and strike. His Spirit rises up inside of you, comes upon you to do His will.

Our battle is not with flesh and blood, the war is fought and won in the Spirit. There are demonic forces attempting to provoke God's hand and to push Biblical events to happen earlier than God intends. It won't work. In fact, it will backfire. God won't be provoked, rather He will embarrass those who try too manipulate His hand to act. That which the Devil intends for evil God will cause to work for Good! There will be a reversal in America, a push back from the True people of God as led by the Spirit, amidst all that transpires in the days to come. It will come on God's timing, once the enemy reaches the peak of frustration that all of his efforts to kick this into high gear are not working. No, the enemies of God will get bogged down into an unanticipated quagmire of internal contempt, external incompetence and spiritual impotence as their powers wane prior to them being completely stripped in the soon coming confrontation where Light rises up.

Fear not people of God, He has allowed all that has come to pass so that evil could be manifest and shown for what it is. They are exposed now. Prepare yourselves for the call to action. Don't go down. Don't give up. The call is coming.

In Christ,

The faithmix team