I would like to clarify a few things. The devotionals that I share are about different parts of my life, some of them reflect the pain of my past, others show the struggles that I go through currently, and still more I pray are about teaching moments through the scriptures. I try to be as real as possible with the hope to let everyone who reads what I write know that it is Jesus who brings me through every trial and tribulation that I go through. A little while back I had “a friend” tell me to “Stop it, stop writing about having problems” because I am a Pastor and others don’t need to know what I go through. Evidently a group of “friends” got together and proclaimed that I shouldn’t have problems like I do. My response was, maybe they should all reach out to me instead of talking to each other about me to see what they can do to come alongside me in my moments of need. I believe that I am led by the Holy Spirit to write what I do with my primary goal to give God the glory in all things. The more I read the Word, the more I realize how far the church of America is at a distance from the truth of scripture. Popular Christianity is unbiblical, and Biblical Christianity has become unpopular. I look at certain verses and am convinced that prosperity has replaced the true Gospel message. I am thankful how closely I relate to what is written in *Romans 5:3 Moreover [let us also be full of joy now!] let us exult and triumph in our troubles and rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that pressure and affliction and hardship produce patient and unswerving endurance. 4 And endurance (fortitude) develops maturity of character (approved faith and tried integrity). And character [of this sort] produces [the habit of] joyful and confident hope of eternal salvation. 5 Such hope never disappoints or deludes or shames us, for God’s love has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit Who has been given to us.* Facade has 2 definitions. It is the face of a building and it is also an outward appearance that is maintained to conceal a less pleasant or credible reality. There have been many days recently when it feels like the enemy won’t leave me alone. I feel as if there is an unshakeable presence over me that causes me to lose sleep at night and peace during the day. I am fatigued. I can’t escape the heartache of what I want but am not able to receive,” joy.” I trust in the Lord Jesus to protect me and yet there are times when I feel the darkness, I feel like I am in a pit of despair that there is no way out of. When I pray, it seems as though my prayers are bouncing off the ceiling and when I trust Him for healing there is nothing but silence. I am no stranger to heartbreak. The one thing that brings me comfort is that the Lord Jesus is no stranger to heartbreak either. From the garden to the cross I can see that His love for me is inescapable and because of Him I persevere. I refuse to put on a facade to help other people feel better. I am convicted by the words of Leonard Ravenhill who said “The early church was married to poverty, prisons and persecutions. Today, the church is married to prosperity, personality, and popularity.” I would rather reflect the lifestyle of John the Baptist than Herod Antipas who looked proper to the world around him but had John beheaded. I believe that a few really relate to what I write because I am transparent, when I smile it is genuine, I care openly, and I Love honestly. I share the real me, the one that knows that whatever I go through it will be good because it comes from the hand of God. Please pray for me as I pray for all who relate to what I share on a regular basis. Jesus Loves you and I Love you too. May the grace of the Lord Jesus, and the love of God the Father, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you all my BeLoved. In Christ Love, douglas. HE>i. pastord.blog

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