So, I read a blog post about someone claiming they were born homosexual. I disagree with that statement. Any person can claim to be born homosexual as much as they want, but that doesn’t mean that it is true. The only thing that is true is God. God is the foundation for all truth. In Romans 1, it tells us that a reprobate mind, a mind that has been abandoned in sin, will exchange natural desires for unnatural desires.
Rom 1:24, 26-27

24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

So it is plain here to see that God intended us to be male and female, man and woman. Only through our disobedience, and the hardness of our heart, does God turn us over to the lusts of our heart. Does this mean that every person has a burning desire in their heart to do that which is unnatural? Well, I tend to think that we do. Does this mean that we are all homosexuals? Absolutely not. The only difference between me, you, and Hitler is how far into the recesses of the wicked heart we go. If it were not for civil government and the laws that they place over us, things would be absolutely crazy in this world. The Bible is very clear when it tells us that a mind that has been abandoned in sin will not do that which is proper, or convenient.
Now, God’s righteousness. Some people say that God is love, and He absolutely is, but at the same time He hates those that work iniquity. Some people ignore this part of Scripture simply because it doesn’t fit into their box. God’s bigger than your box. We’re the sinners, not God. We’re the ones that need cleansing, not God.
Some of you might think: well, doesn’t the Bible say that God is love, and that He loves the world? Well, John 3:16 says He loved the world, not loves.
John 14:23

Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

You see, God loves us all unconditionally, as revealed to us in Jeremiah 31:3 where He tells us that He loves us with an everlasting love, but His love is only revealed through Christ. My church calls it “Discovering God’s love.”
Romans 9:13-15

13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
14 What shall we say then? [Is there] unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.

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I’ve been having some deep meditation on a few different things lately. One of the most impacting is the fact that Jesus Christ says His burden is light, and His yoke is easy. If Christ speaks truth, then that is the truth. If that’s the truth, then why do we make it so difficult upon ourselves?

Well, being in the Reformers Unanimous Men’s Home, people often get upset over a minor violation, or over having to sit patiently on the bus. His yoke is easy. They get mad about a minor violation. His yoke is easy. They worry about write ups. His yoke is easy.

To be a servant of Jesus Christ is to literally be a slave, with no rights or privileges. So then why do people think they have rights and privileges? Why do people get upset when things happen they don’t like? Is not God in control? Is He simply asking them to die to self? If we are dead, then why do we get so worked up? I am crucified with Christ. I AM DEAD! Why do we get so emotional and cause so many problems?

I’m not telling you to not think, or this or that. I’m saying, why resist the flow? If you do it on the outside, but resist on the inside, it causes pain and turmoil on the inside, and it isn’t easy! His yoke is easy! If you resist on the outside and on the inside, then it still isn’t easy, HIS YOKE IS EASY! Make the decision today, and tomorrow, and daily, that you are dead, you are not your own, you belong to Him, and He will not place you anywhere He does not want you, and He is in complete control.

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Hello all. This is my first blog post, and hopefully there will be many to follow. This blog will be about my devotions, and about my personal life. It is about Michie DeBerry as he walks with God. May it minister grace to your soul.

Today’s post is out of Matthew 7. Matthew 7:7-8 says Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. And Matthew 7:13-14 says
Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide [is] the gate, and broad [is] the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
Because strait [is] the gate, and narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

So, I began to meditate upon these verses. At first, I thought that these verses applied to the unsaved against the saved. God told me to look at it in a new way, He told me it applies to all the saved people. Just because a person is saved does not mean that they are living life, they might be living out destruction. How many times do people go through something difficult and then question it, themselves, or God? Too many times! They are not living a spiritual life, but rather an unspiritual life. There are so few people that find a deep intimate relationship with Christ because not everyone is actively seeking it. If they are not finding it, then they are not seeking it. Are you seeking it?

Also, I would like to point out to all of you that the word “receiveth” in the Greek means “To lay hold of that which is offered.” Our heavenly Father knows what things we have need of before we ask, so why do not we just lay hold of that which is freely offered? One such promise is abundant life, as given to us in John 10:10. It is a freely offered gift, but yet do we not accept it? Do we not lay hold of it? The Bible clearly tells us that we are blessed with all spritual blessings when we are in Christ. Why do people have problems accepting the fact that they already have all the grace they need, they already have the mercy that they need. They already have the abundant life and the ability to obey the Bible. God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble. We must humble ourselves and lay hold of the promises of scripture in the presence of God.

My heart is deceitfully wicked. He told me that I need to start praying for the desire to seek God in a more intimate and real way. I did, and He has been giving me understanding that I’ve never had, and I’ve been through things spiritually in the past week that I never have. I have a new excitement and a new joy. I can honestly say that I am reaching out for the abundant life. Seek, and ye shall find.

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