I Can't See

A dense fog, covering a small city is composed of less than 1 full
glass of water but has the ability to cripple an entire city. This
fog that is made of less than one full glass of water spreads itself
throughout a city impairing the vision of those who can normally see
clearly. Fog has been known to bring traffic to a stand still and
even cause fatal accidents. Fog which is composed of very little
true substance disorients and confuses every individual it comes in
contact with. The fog that we encounter physically in life has a
first cousin named "worry." Worry can affect every aspect of a
person's life when in actuality its only one issue we are really
worried about. This one issue disorients and confuses every other
aspect of your life and before you know it you will become stressed
out to the
max! You spend time at work worrying about your relationship, so
your job performance goes down. You spend time at school worried
about finding a job so your grades slip. You spend time at church
worrying about paying your bills so you miss the word God has for
you. Worry will put a mental traffic jam in your mind that will
become a fatal accident if you don't stop worrying.
Philippians 4:6 "Never worry about anything. Instead, in every
situation let your petitions be made known to God through prayers
and requests, with thanksgiving. "

Stop allowing worry to mentally strangle the life out of you and
take it to the Lord in prayer. Know that he is faithful and your
worrying isn't doing anything to make the situation better its only
spreading, causing a stress to your entire life.

The VEIL of Suffering

Yesterday at EBC was an amazing time in the preaching of God's Word 
(as if it's not like that every Sunday, lol). Jason Caine, Terrence 
Albritton and I preached the 3 service at the main location. Of all 
the great analogies used the one that blew my mind most was given by 
Rev. Albritton. He explained how suffering becomes a veil in the 
life of the believer. He preached these verses in Psalm 13:

1 How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You 
hide Your face from me?…5 But I have trusted in Your mercy; My heart 
shall rejoice in Your salvation. 6 I will sing to the LORD, Because 
He has dealt bountifully with me.

David asks God why He has hidden or removed His face (presence) from 
him during his time of pain. But the reality is that God's presence 
was there the whole time, it was just veiled, or disguised behind 
the suffering David faced. When a woman becomes a bride on the day 
of her wedding, she wears a veil over her face to hide her ravishing 
beauty from her groom. She only wears this veil during the process 
of the ceremony. Once they are declared Husband & Wife, she removes 
the veil so he can behold her beauty unrestrained. Such is the same 
when we experience suffering. During that process, God's face is 
hidden behind the pains we go through. We cannot see Him, perceive 
Him, or feel Him. But that doesn't mean He's not there.

If you could train your spiritual eyes to peer beyond your pain, 
frustration, and confusion … you'll begin to see the blessed 
countenance of God forming in the distance. His eyes, nose, and 
mouth will take form even through your suffering season, and you'll 
know He's still watching over you.

Rev. Terrence Delon Albritton - author (RevDH – plagiarizer) 

PS To hear it explained in its original glory, procure a copy of 
Albritton's sermon from EBC.

One Night w/ Jakes cont'd

It goes without saying that America is in one of the biggest financial crunches of the nation's history. And I know that your personal life has been affected in one way or another by our weakened economy. Its common knowledge now that the root cause of this financial crises is the overwhelming amount of bad loans that were sold to irresponsible people (this sweeping statement excludes those who were responsible but just fell on hard times, lol). These unpaid loans that multiplied with exploitive interest rates have left huge companies without revenue and in over their heads. Thus, companies who had too much stake in the sub-prime market began to sink and go under. All of the above can be summed up in one word – DEBT! Read the verses below in light of our nation's problem and tell me if it makes sense, lol.

2Kings 41 The wife of a man from the company of the prophets cried out to Elisha, "Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that he revered the LORD. But now his creditor is coming to take my two boys as his slaves." … 3Then he said, "Go, borrow vessels at large for yourself from all your neighbors, even empty vessels; do not get a few.

If the woman just told Elisha she was in so much debt that even though she'd sold everything in her house to pay it down the creditor was still coming to take her sons as collateral; why would Elisha tell her to go borrow more? (Da nanana Da nana Da nanana dananananana …. This is the `Jeopardy Show' music, lol) "Alex, what is `I don't know?"

TD Jakes explained this point perfectly in this story:"I own a record label and we were trying to get a project off of the ground. Nowadays it takes at least $200k to get a project of this size moving. So I set out to find some investors who would put up the cash we needed. There was one man that I was trying hard to sell on the idea. I assured him that he would make a hefty return on his money and that the investment was worth it. I thought I was really selling him until I noticed the expression on his face. He stopped me in the middle of my sentence and asked, "How much money do you need?" I replied, "Only a few hundred grand." He then apologetically declined my offer and said, "Mr. Jakes my firm's base investment amount begins at $5,000,000. Your need is not big enough for us." The reason Elisha led her to borrow more is because she wasn't in enough trouble yet for God to step in and really show off. God wants to do more for you than just pay your rent every 30 days, He wants to perform miracles in your life.

"TDJakes & RevDH

PS This text is a description not a prescription. Don't amass unnecessary debts