Jiron

A Splendid Torch I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, For the harder I work, the more I live, Life is no brief candle for me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for a moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations. - George Bernard Shaw

Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated [us] into the kingdom of his dear Son: Colossians 1:13 Translated This word caught my attention as I study Colossians. This book is RICH! I will want to break down even more of it, I am sure... yet going verse by verse (reading different translations) studying the context of when it was written, to whom it was written and why it was written. Yet through my fine tooth comb, I come across this word, TRANSLATED. translate - restate (words) from one language into another language; translate - understand: make sense of a language; translate - change from one form or medium into another; translate - bring to a certain spiritual state; translate - change the position of (figures or bodies) in space without rotation; In Greek, translated methistēmi means: 1) to transpose, transfer, remove from one place to another a) of change of situation or place b) to remove from the office of a steward c) to depart from life, to die I ha...

Concerted efforts at influence and control lie at the core of cultic groups, programs, and relationships. Many members, former members, and supporters of cults are not fully aware of the extent to which members may have been manipulated, exploited, even abused. The following list of social-structural, social-psychological, and interpersonal behavioral patterns commonly found in cultic environments may be helpful in assessing a particular group or relationship. Compare these patterns to the situation you were in (or in which you, a family member, or friend is currently involved). This list may help you determine if there is cause for concern. Bear in mind that this list is not meant to be a “cult scale” or a definitive checklist to determine if a specific group is a cult. This is not so much a diagnostic instrument as it is an analytical tool. * The group displays excessively zealous and unquestioning commitment to its leader and (whether he is alive or dead) regards his belief system,...

Our attitude concerning the demonic is critical to how we approach the issues of life. The Word says to "guard our hearts", but from what exactly? And how? The answer is from lies, by seeking and focusing on the truth. A heart on fire or burning like hot coals, is a heart that is FULL of truth, KNOWING, the love of God and our Position as Sons and Daughters of the Most High God. It is a heart completely absent of fear. "Greater is He who lives within me, then he who is in the world." 1 John 4:4

In Him also you were circumcised with a circumcision not performed by hand, when you threw off your sinful nature in true Christian circumcision; (Weymouth) When you came to Christ, you were "circumcised," but not by a physical procedure. Christ performed a spiritual circumcision--the cutting away of your sinful nature. (NLT) In union with him you were also circumcised with a circumcision performed without human hands by stripping off the corrupt nature by the circumcision performed by the Messiah. (Intl. Standard Version) In Him also you were circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, but in a [spiritual] circumcision [performed by] Christ by stripping off the body of the flesh (the whole corrupt, carnal nature with its passions and lusts). (Amplified) In him too you have the true circumcision—the circumcision which is not made with hands but wrought by the Spirit—the circumcision which divests not of a part only but of the whole carnal body—the circumcision wh...

Hebrews 6: Can you lose your salvation? - Ryan Rufus, 8 Feb 2009 from City Church on Vimeo .

Offense, Unforgiveness, Unmet Expectations: lead to discouragement & torment.. these are the things that build up and are like a clump at the tip of your wick.. instead of burning brightly you find yourself flickering and smoking. (it is even difficult to praise & worship). Trim your wick, brothers & sisters.. Let nothing keep you from burning bright. How is it done? Agape...Be Stirred Read 2 Timothy 1 .. Meditate and Feast on the truth :D

Yes, I married my best friend. Mendez and I have been talking and praying together for over a year. I met him on facebook shortly after my dad died and found that BECAUSE he lived so far away, I was able to speak freely with him about everything going on in my life and with the kids. We would spend hours going through the Word together and debated over just about every topic under the sun. It seemed like we wouldn't agree on hardly anything. I thought he was stuffy and uptight, and he thought I was a space cadet. But from the very start we made an Agape agreement. We would finish all of our talks and mail with the word, "Agape". The understanding was that we would not be shallow with one another but would stay friends even if it was difficult to do so. After I finished up my internship with Winnie Banov in Harrisburg at the end of April, I took a train to New York to visit him. At the end of five days, I realized that all my excuses that made this man "not my type...

My lower ball joint popped out on my Jeep this evening. When I consider all the running around Caleb & I have been doing lately (mostly on the freeway), I am VERY MUCH AWARE of God's hand of protection on our lives. This ball joint "liberated" my tire as I was taking a slow turn on to a major road (across from Walmart). I creeked my way in to the parking lot and walked in to Walmart. When I showed the mechanic the picture he was amazed that I was not in a major accident. He helped me find a repair center that could handle the work as I called my husband (I am so blessed to have a husband) for him to work on getting me a tow. It was a gentle landing for what could have been so much worse. Even the fact that the Jeep held on to the dislodged tire, allowing me to glide in to a parking lot safely out of the way of all traffic, amazes me. Angelic intervention and grace divine. How can anyone be anything but JOYFUL when you are securely in the Father's Hands. BTW,accord...

The prophetic gift is a wonderful thing, but I am seeing that there are certain profound weaknesses attached to the gift. Often I can see a person for who they will or CAN become and have a MAJOR blind-spot for who they are right at this moment. Free will has a way of interrupting potential. I can not begin to tell you the times and troubles that have aroused by my misjudging the NOW and unnecessarily exposing myself to grief in pain. Infinite Realities and Potentials: Fractal by: Donato Ruggiero Father, Help me to judge aright.. the now from the then. Help me to guard my heart, from the future that is within. Keep me in Your arms, as You show me how to talk. Teach me surety and freedom, solidify my walk. To be double minded no more, is the gift I require. To be bold in Knowing You, is the one thing I desire. In Jesus Name release, release, release. & create in me the capacity to receive ALL. Amen

It is vital, that we discern the Lord's Body...( in one another) 1 Corinthians 11:29 For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy manner[e] eats and drinks judgment to himself, not discerning the Lord’s[f] body. 30 For this reason many are weak and sick among you, and many sleep. 31 For if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged I lived in the land of low expectations, it was heart breaking. Some people say, "it's best to expect nothing from people, that way you won't be disappointed". The truth is, we are incapable of expecting NoTHING, but rather, we choose to expect failure in others rather than overcoming power (that way we are not disappointed). What we do not realize (as leaders in ministry) is that the authority of our position can hold people captive to our low expectations. So many in the church today are not growing spiritually because we keep changing 40 year old diapers and not allowing our congregations to grow up and in to their place in Christ...

The buzz phrase of today, "we are no longer under the Law, but Grace". Although there is significant truth in this statement, it can be easily applied incorrectly. When I asked the Holy Spirit about how the Law is to function in the lives of believers today, He showed me the Law of Gravity vs. the Law of Aerodynamics. When we discovered Aerodynamics it did not abolish the Law of Gravity. What goes up STILL must come down. However, it has given us the ability to supersede gravity. Aerodynamics is to gravity, as Grace is to the Law. If believers today walk a life thinking they are no longer subject to the Law (the ten commandments), then their lives are going over the edge of a cliff and free falling. Whether you BELIEVE in gravity or not is completely irrelevent as to whether you are going to fall and get hurt. Whether you believe it or not, sin in your life will catch up to you. What goes around, really will come around. What you reap, you really will sow (with increase). So,...

As a woman, one of the hardest times I have as a single woman is with beauty. There are days when I feel SO beautiful (I'm not talking just about outer beauty, but something deeper) ... These days are when I miss having someone to share that beauty with.  I suspect it is similar to a man and his strength, not sure though.  The worst part of being a single, American, Christian woman is the pressure to hide your beauty, in case you should happen to be considered ATTRACTive. Because to attract is almost equivalent to seduction, which is sensuously evil, which is ungodly...(a summation of assumptions, not my beliefs). Before you know it, you dare not leave the house with make up, all your shirts are baggy, and your jeans have a nice square look to them in order to keep a man's imagination at bay (I kept this stage up for 2 or 3 years).  You would be surprised how much beauty is despised by men and women in the Christian community. I believe it to be a knee jerk reaction to so many ...

Soaking at Freedom Fellowship, Magnolia, TX I saw an electric cable hovering over all of us. It was like an electric tornado. From the cable 7 connectors came down and plugged in to me. And turned my veins and arteries blue. Then something like a film projector coming from the blue cable projected me (as a electric blue body) and I grew and grew to become bigger than the building. And, just as suddenly, I began to shrink down to become so small I could walk under the crack of the door. I pushed off from the floor and grew to normal size while I went in to the sky and up to a place where there were a bunch of people sitting on flying carpets. With so many, it cast a shadow on the earth below. Then I asked what other places looked like from up here. I heard "India". Then everything changed from little people on flying rugs to huge giants sitting on huge rugs. I was so tiny in comparison. That as I stood I only came less than midway up a thigh of a fat giant. He was sitting in a...

From November 11th, 2009 through January 11, 2010; I spent time in Upstate New York. My time there was my cocoon time. I stayed wrapped and covered until I came out. When I came back to Texas, I came back a new woman. There is not much to say about my cocoon days... only that I died. Now that I am back in Texas, my life is completely different. I rarely stay in one place longer than 2 weeks and I am traveling quite a bit. Often times I do not have access to a computer and my only means of staying connected is through my iPhone. I am grateful for to the one who is sponsoring my phone now. I am also grateful to the one who is sponsoring my vehicle. I know I need to log my travels, the people I am meeting and some of the things I am witnessing. When events pass by so quickly, it is very difficult to sit and process it all, much less keep a log. I will attempt from this point on, to be more faithful in recording the events. Even if I keep it on here as private.. I know that it is important...

Three jugs appeared above me. Two poured in to the palms of my hand and one in to my feet. What poured from the jugs first looked like water, but as it approached my body it turned in to what looked like wine. The pouring continued for a long time and as I wondered how my body could hold so much, I could see it was not going into my body alone, but a deep vessel that extended beyond me & through the floor.  When I looked up I could see that the jugs turned in to a black mint box called Pure. I felt myself leave my body behind as it went through the mint box. After passing through the PURE mint box, my spirit body turned black in the front and had a mirror for a back.  As I went up in to the sky the mirror made me reflect the sky so no one can see me. The front facing heaven was as black as space. My socks were diamonds.  I traveled through space until all the stars disappeared and everything was completely black. In the black I saw a round atom-like ball of energy (blue colored) sp...