Wake up Christian people! The Kingdom of God is at hand.

Wake up!! It's time to take a stand for Christ or go sit with the world. The Bridegroom cometh; will He find you ready? Will you be found about your Fathers business or about your own? Are you ready? He's coming, He's coming!

If you study prophesy at all you know that we are in the end times. It goes without saying that we are closer than anyone has ever been. Yet, with this knowledge and the Bible spelling out what is to come plainly, Christian people still find more pleasure in the world than in Christ. Sad state of affairs we the Church find ourselves in. The world does not take note of us because we are no different than they. Why should they? What do we offer them except more of what they already have. When the world sees Christians who are impoverished, sickly, disease ridden, in bondage to various addictions, living like hell, trying to fit in with those going to hell and then a Christian asks if they want to be part of the flock, the answer is, no. Why should they. They already have a master who kills, steals and destroys. Why would they want another.

We as Christians have become an embarrassment to the Church as it was intended to be. The book of Acts, describes what the Church is supposed to be like. Christ gave us an example to follow as a Church. He said, "the things I do, you will do, and even greater things than these." Do we believe that? or do we want to argue how all of that died with the last apostle? We argue that we don't need miracles and signs today because we have the Bible. Well, if you read your Bible you will see that people are no different today than they were then. The Church is still trying to reach the same kind of people. These people didn't believe the scriptures they had then and they don't believe the scriptures we have now, today. So, why do we argue these things when God is telling us how to reach these people? Some folks won't believe until they see. Christ had the same problem. Do we think we are more knowledgeable and more advanced than He? May it never be!

If the Bible states it, I believe it, that settles it, needs to become the creed of every believer in the Church. We need to quit bickering over things that God Himself has granted to us to do His work. Why do we desire so earnestly to do Gods work partially equipped? We were told to put on the whole armor of God, not just part of it. So, what are we to put on? Lets look shall we.

Ephesians 6:11-18

1. Gird your loins with truth. (a wide thick heavy belt)
2. The breastplate of righteousness
3. Feet shod with the preparation of the Gospel of peace
4. Take up the shield of faith which will extinguish all the flaming missiles of the evil one
5. Put on the helmet of salvation
6. Put on the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God

Now notice this is only six things. Seven is usually associated with God because seven is considered to be a perfect number. So, is this a mistake? No. Most Christians miss number seven in this list.

7. With all prayer and petition, pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints.

Number seven is the piece that always gets overlooked. Number seven is the most powerful of all. When we pray in the Spirit, Satan can not intercept this prayer and counterfeit it. Praying in the Spirit is a prayer you can't mess up. When you pray in the Spirit it will always be the will of God.

This is a call to arms, Christians. It's past time to get ready. We have already been at war and some of us aren't prepared. No wonder Christian people are getting stomped by the devil on a regular basis. You wouldn't go to a gun fight with a knife would you? So, why do we do this with the devil? Our fight is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places (Ephesians 6:12). This is a spiritual battle and most Christians have not grasped that yet. We're still praying that God will make the world a nicer place. Hooey! Ain't gonna happen. Read your Bible. There is no scriptural basis for this, none.

Faith begins where the will of God is known. His Word is His will. If what you pray for isn't supported by scripture, quit praying it! Quit wasting time on prayers God can't answer. God can not and will not operated contrary to His Word. He can't grant you world peace because you asked for it. We must pray the Word. You can have anything from God you want, if the Word supports your request. And the Word will support the things you want and need. However, some requests, such as world peace, are plainly spoken against in the Word. If the Word says something will happen it is a waste of your time to pray that it doesn't.

Okay, got off on a rant there, sorry. The point of this post is to wake Christian people up. It's past time to be prepared for battle.

He's coming, He's coming, He's coming sooner than you think.

So be ready in season and out. Be always on the alert for you adversary the devil is prowling about seeking whom he may devour.

Don't let it be you. That's right; don't you let it be you. Put yourself in a place where God can protect you and bless you. Like I said, He can not and will not operate contrary to His Word.

So, be ready! He's coming! Don't be found lacking!