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Not the Scepter
A Cross Life
A Free Captive
Self-Denial
Self-denial does not mean the loss of our identity as some suppose. Without our identity we could not even be subject to each other. Did Jesus lose his identity when he set his face toward Golgotha? Did Peter lose his identity when he responded to Jesus’ cross-bearing command, “Follow me” (John 21:19)? Did Paul lose his identity when he committed himself to the One who said, “I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name” (Acts 9:16)? Of course not. We know that the opposite was true. They found their identity in the act of self-denial.- Richard Foster, Celebration of Discipline, Submission
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Hardly An Easy Fix
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Easy Fix.”
Today the Daily Post has told us to, Write a post about any topic you wish, but make sure it ends with “And all was right in the world.”
The mountains melted like wax as the Psalmist had promised.
The cities of the Earth crumbled leaving millions buried in their rubble, like John the Revelator had prophesied.
The armies of Antichrist gathered on the fields of Har Megiddo and Messiah rode His white stallion into battle.
Christ spoke and the Heavens rolled back. The ground shuddered. The crows of the Earth gathered to feast on flesh.
The dragon rose from the place before his armies even as the flesh of his men melted at the words which issued from Messiah’s mouth.
The blood tide rose to the height of a war- horse’s bridle while archangels bound the demon in his monstrous form. Judgment was passed on Lucifer and he was cast into the abyss for a thousand years, even as most of Earth’s population perished in the judgment that made all things new.
These few words descry an event yet to take place but it will come as sure as the sun will rise. It is a great and terrible day in our futures. It is hardly an easy fix. It is the end of all we know and yet it is what must and will happen for the power of Death and Hades to once and forever be laid low.
When men ask why God doesn’t come in and fix everything and put an end to wars and famines and plagues, It is because this event, this tragedy, this glorious promise is what it will take for all mankind to look back upon and say with full affirmation “And all was right with the world.”






