Inspiration from the Garden

The Bread of Life.

John 6:51; I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live forever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. Although some may not see the significance of What Jesus was saying here I sure do. Do you remember in the Old Testament (Exodus) when God commanded Moses to construct a Tabernacle "according to the pattern which I show you"? God also gave instructions to Aaron the brother of Moses on the Priestly Ministry of the Tabernacle. The Tabernacle consisted of three main parts; the outer court, the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies. It was in the holy Place (the second room) that there was a table set before the priests' and upon it was twelve loaves of unleavened bread. Each loaf represented a Tribe of Israel, Until Christ!

Just a quick note!

Just to let everyone know. My family and I are in the process of moving and I aven't had much time to write over the past week and a half. In the famous words of Arnold Swartzenager, "I'll Be Back!" See ya soon. I am just gettin her done!

Spiritual Impartation will cost you something!

    I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established" (Romans 1:11). Beyond the warming glow of rote religiosity and perfunctory performance, there is a blazing river of God's eternal purpose in the earth. Well beyond the religiosity and performance based ministries is a place where your true life's purpose flows directly from the river of God. It has been and is crucial to dig and excavate spiritually through the carnal religious crust of ourselves to get through to the heart of the matter in Christ Our Lord. It will take more than three points and a poem, standardized preaching and a series on scriptural topics to break the people in the pews through and ourselves to receive a flow of Gods transforming power that will change us all and set us up for our purpose and our due inheritance. We must be changed and need to be changed by an impartation of the Spirit of God. Impartation takes place not just when a sermon is delivered, but when the Word of God is actually received into the core of our being. Impartation requires a certain reception of divine truth for transformation to take place. For in the end, we will be judged not by how much we have heard, but how much we have been changed into the image of Christ. The greatest burden of any ministry is not to simply scatter seed but to see fruit growing from the preaching and teaching of the Scripture. The book of James tells us to "receive with meekness the engrafted word which is able to save your souls... be ye doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves" (James 1:21,22). The doing or the accomplishment of the Word of God in our lives will be imparted to us only as we receive the Word of God as a tree admits a branch to be grafted into its life. When I was a boy I saw a man graft a limb onto an already living tree. He cut down into the tree with a very sharp knife at a certain place and pulled open that wound in the side of the cambium of the tree. Then he took a very fresh, small and willing branch and put it inside of that wounded place in the original stump. He then carefully shut the limb inside the splice he had carved and wrapped a cloth around and around the limb, tightly binding it together. He told me that in a day or two the cloth would be completely soaked and we would change it again like a bandage on a sore. He also explained to me that the tree is weeping because it has been wounded, but unless it weeps, there will not be enough sap to support the life of the new little branch. The following is an excerpt from Dr. Mark Hanby.

A New Heaven and a New Earth

I have been reading a book of late by author; Eckhart Tolle. The name of the book caught my eye because of its' title; "A New Heaven". I usually love to read anything that generally deals with The Kingdom of God and Illumination. I am a deep person at heart but by all appearances I tend to decieve that part of who I am. Tolle allows a very humanistic approach to higher consciouness too much secularism but he is just missing the mark by not going deeper than His own knowledge and understanding of who God truly is and why we must accept the existence of Him to make that change happen and to awaken spiritually.

Expectations, Slavery and Ownership

Can we truly own anything? Sure we think that we can own our cars, houses, toys and clothes but what is it about ownership that we think we have the right to. Is it the right to choose it when we want to use it? If the house and land you currently reside in are yours then I suggest either missing a bank payment on your loan or forgetting to pay the taxes for a couple of years. I have a feeling that you would find out real soon who holds your expected inheritance. That thing you have tried all your life to pay for will one day slip away. Then what?

Painful Journey II

As many know me they are all surprised to hear of the marital issues that my wife and I have struggled with. Yes, we are very happy and committed but sometimes we men seem to derail our marriages with stupidity. I have for years found myself in a place that shuts Christy down from me. It is not her inability to compromise but mine. She was born (as most women are) with a keen sense of knowing what it takes to make a relationship work. Boy, my wife was in for a rude awakening. When we got married 14 years ago it was supposed to be bliss but, it was filled with tons of disappointments.

Painful Journey

Life is consistently filled with little moments of painful truths that are hard to digest. I work part time in a day care and as simple as it sounds I just love working there around the children. I cook everyday from 9am to 2pm and then I either go to work for myself or just go home to work on my relationship with my beautiful wife and boys. The fact is we are not the average Mr. and Mrs. Jones. We are a series of struggles that has had it's good times and it's bad times.

True Goverment

In my thoughts today I began to ponder the current state and political affairs of the franchise we call church. As I do a quick comparison between the Old Testament "Church" (Natural Israel Acts 7:38) and the current Church (Spiritual Israel Romans 9:6) I find some striking similarities and some alarming facts. After Showing many signs and wonders to Israel in Egypt, God led them by the hand and the leadership of Moses. The "what could have been 40 year wilderness journey" took 80 years because of their murmurings and disobedience. They continually looked back on what was, set up false idols from Babylon and Egypt, murmured against Moses and God, tried to cast down Aaron from his priestly role and asked for an earthen king to rule instead of allowing God to rule through one man. The cold hard truth is that we honestly have a trust issue with following a God appointed man.

Red Meat? Oh Man.

Do you love red meat as I do? I love to eat steak and burgers but in recent months I have have had very little of it. I love poultry a little more but it is nice to have a really great steak. Just so happened that Saturday afternoon we had my son's (Bailey) birthday party at my mother in laws house. I had a great burger with slaw, cheese, mustard, mayo, ketchup, lettuce and pickles. It was good all the down. Then, that night it wasn't so good. I began to feel sore all over and recieved some severe stomach and muscle cramps. I thought maybe a virus or something, I'll be fine for tomorrow. My children just had a stomach virus a couple of weeks ago, so maybe that is all it is. NOPE! Sunday morning I felt like I was dying. So when I got the bad news a little later I was devastated!!!!!!!! Alright Doctor, Give it to me straight! Well, Mr. Huggins you can't eat Red meat anymore. WHAT??? No more Steaks, Burgers or beef? Man! Life stinks sometimes. My body will not tolerate it any longer. Who ever heard of being allergic to Steak? I guess I will begin locust and honey soon. No popcorn, no red meat, no nuts and no sodas? What could be next? Scott

From death to life.

Did you know that in order for a seed to grow it has to rot and die away. The ground around the seed helps produce a stage in the plant that causes it to heat up and rot. Once the seed has rotted away it is exposed and will begin to germinate and seek light. In order for us to have life more abundantly we must allow for something to die around us. Every time that God wishes to bring forth life to us he wishes for something to die. Your flesh. The seed has the same process. It is the outer shell that must die away to expose the seed within you. I must decrease and He must increase. Those are the words of men who want to be burned by God to bring Christ into their circumstance. The cool thing about the seed is that it will take on the form of its predecessor. In our case that would be Christ. A seed desires to grow into its full potetial and give a glorious show. The seed of Christ in you will produce His glory through you. Christ in you is the hope of Glory. Don't loose sight of that. Scott

Mis-read

Have you ever felt as though no one reads you right or they misread you altogether. I get that a lot. I don't know what it is that people see from me. No, I do not get over excited about things that some do but that does not mean that I am bound. I am totally free. That is why if I am sad, mad, angry, happy, joyous or excited. It doesn't mean I am bound. In fact the word bound means to be captured by someone or something. Yes, I would agree that my usual look is probably not that of extreme joy but I have a peace inside that goes beyond your comprehension. That is just it. Too many times we count on others to put on a face for us to feel good around them. We want them to make us feel better about ourselves. I can say I am free because I am not afraid to show emotions. I am, in my understanding "transparent". Being transparent disturbs peoples comfort zone. I can sit and watch people all day react to me and get a kick out of it. I can't believe how someone can be so influential to others without saying a word. I am sure that you have met those people who seem to always be on top of the world all of the time. Boy, I have and at first impressions they seem to be all of that and more but, the reality is that I have spent a bit of time with a lot of these same type of people trying to get some encouragement from them. It only leads me to disappointment. When you get to know them on a personal level, they are just as screwed up as I am. That is right! They wear a face for you and it serves as a saftey net for them to never allow anyone to see the real them. Intimacy is hard with people. If you look for them to satify you and bring you up all of the time you are no more than a spiritual vampire who can suck the Joy out of life. Now here is the real perspective. You can't hide those insecurities and fear of intimacy from God so, Why try? He sees it all weather you want him to or not. He is a perfect God as well. Behold I stand at the door and knock, If you will hear my voice and open it, I will come in and sup with you and you with me. Anytime God sits down to "SUP" with you He is allowing you an opportunity to become intimate with Him. Communion in the bible symbolizes relationship and communication. You can not be truly intimate with God unless you communicate with Him. A true friendship will allow others to see the parts of you that you are not quick to reveal. Relax, God loves you and wants you to remove the door or as the door in the Old Testament is concerned "The Veil". What you don't realize is that in order to get to the door you had to enter first. God only became intimate after you made the first step but He no longer puts the veil in front of us, we do. Why not let Him rent your veil this Easter weekend and let the Son rise in you? God Bless Scott

A weekend to reconnect

Christy and I went out of town alone this past weekend to reconnect with each other. We discussed everything about our finances, our relationship, kids and becomeing debt free. We found out that it is our desire to get this right within ourselves to help others deal with getting out of debt and never being enslaved by the spiritual giant of credit addictions and bad credit. It is our opinion that you can not fully enjoy life if debt is a daily part of your lives. We just finished a financial seminar with John Commuta. He is such a blessing and a leader in changing the American concepts toward debt and personal freedom. I love what he stated in his seminar. "You can get out of debt and never owe anyone else again but there will still be something missing in you......a personal relationship with Jesus." You see true success in life, marriage, raising children and with yourself starts by finding out what your heart truly cries out for. An intimate relationship with God. May you all see what it is that cripples and possess you. If your wallet has become your financial advisor then I would consider finding a new advisor. We had a fabulous time, now back to reality. Scott & Christy

Decline or Destruction of our false religious systems.

Read this with an open heart and allow the Holy Spirit to illuminate you. He will cause His countenance to shine upon you and light your path into His will for you. This should bring clarity to you and make straight your path. Each Church must be constantly creating new plans, programs and activities to keep the people busy "doing something". The idea is to keep the people busy and to keep up the interest, so that they may be kept in that Church. In the Church world such a Church is known as a "lively" Church, and the pastor is known as one of the more successful pastors. Spirituality has little, if anything, to do with it, for the whole group, including the pastor and Church leaders, is simply a natural body of people, carrying on what THEY THINK is a Church. Then there are the creeds to be learned, catechisms to be memorized, and confirmation services to go through. There are so-called prayer meetings (where very little praying is done!) to be attended, committee meetings to be held, programs of all sorts to be developed in both Church and Sunday School, choir practice, youth meetings, door-to-door canvassing, and Vacation Bible School. All these are things that must be partaken of if the person is to remain a member in good standing and considered "spiritual" and a "mature Christian" by the Church. In the minds of most people today the Church systems are looked upon as the true Church, and whatever it does or says is considered to either come directly from God or is sanctioned by God. I must say that such thinking is a product of the ignorance and dense darkness of nearly all people concerning the things of the Spirit of God. The world today has its own religious dictionary of definitions of "God" and "Spirit" and "Church" and they think and speak in the framework of those definitions. But GOD SPEAKS A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE and has a different dictionary of definitions by which He speaks to His people and according to which He works! If all the multiplied practices and methods employed by the Churches today WERE SUDDENLY SWEPT AWAY, it would in all probability CEASE TO FUNCTION! If all the preachers and priests were compelled to lay aside their robes and their trappings and stand before the people in ordinary street clothes, they would lose much of their glamour and most of their prestige. If they had to tear down their altars, their elevated platforms, their statues, lay aside their professionalism and showmanship, and throw out the candles and the prayer books, their services would appear very "lack-lustre", losing their sense of beauty and pageantry. If the Churches had to drop all their rituals, forms, programs, and ceremonies; all their confirmations, baptisms, and communion services; all their special singing, organ music, and altar calls, they would feel as though they had been stripped naked and could not serve God in any way. All this simply demonstrates the terrible fact that the faith and dependence of the Churches IS NOT IN GOD, but is in the trappings that they have accumulated to themselves throughout the centuries. The thought that God is perfectly able and fully willing to run His Church without the aid of anything in the way of man's contributions, is found to be abhorrent to the average Church member. The anti (of) Christ is prevelant within our religious realms. We are blinded by the veil of religious acts and expect God to move in our box having a form of godliness but no power from God. We think that He should fill old wine skin and He wishes to fill new ones. A remnant of believers are here that are about to explode upon the Babylon system and the great whore image we have given her. She wears all of the colors and the garments of the true believers but she is ruled by the govorment of Babylon and not the Govorment of Christ and His Kingdom at hand. Open your eyes and ask the Holy Spirit to rent your veils that you may see Him in all of His Glory annd follow where He leads. Thanks Scott

Message to Husbands (Seed to Maturity)

Do you want to know what makes a women tick? Do you want to know what turns her on? (Every time). How about what makes her crown you as her King. It is called the process of caretaking. I like to call it "Properly ammending her soil". As I stated in the last post I think of my wife as a flower. She needs you to show her how much you care and to say it as well. It is really easy to spot couples in crisis. You will see one or the other always silent or bashing the other. Here are a few facts to take to heart in taking care of her. Ammending her soil. What it takes: 1- Patience, Long suffering, Faith, Vision and a Goal. 2- Continual Care and appreciating who she is. 3- Some pruning. This one is not easy. It is difficult to correct her. 4- A sense of discipline and a heart to never quit or give up. 5- Balanced manhood - Sexual Balance will produce Sexual Bliss. 6 - Providing Marco Nutrient moments. 7- Providing Micro Nutrient moments. 8- The ability to see past her season (Flowering) 9- Watch for her seed. 10- Care for her seed (Children). 11- Staying near to prevent others from stealing her fruit. (Other men look for her in her season not in her maturity) To make it brief, you must have the fruit of the spirit to ammend her. You have already broken her ground up to allow the needed elements in. The pruning back is the things that we typically don't want to say. She will need correction from her husband to help her adequately grow to her full potential. She will also provide you with enough thorns that you will not quickly forget what she needs. Pruning her is not fun at all but it is a mature thing. The Maco Nutrients are the large things that everyone sees you do with her. Yes, that score brownies points for you but the real payoff isn't what you do openly but how you ammend her in the smaller things. The micro nutrients are nutrients that are the small things that only she will see and feel. Example: putting gas in her car, taking the kids away from her for her house to be in order again. She will need you to say things that matter. The less (smaller) things said the better. Don't try to impress her with your Your ability to see past her season is crucial and helps equip you to become the best for her needs. Most men will glory in her season. You should be more concerned about raising her offspring. When have children together then she is saying I trust you to be their Father and friend and that is why I choose to conceive with you. Adore her children and instruct them inthe admonition of the Lord. Raise them right! Cleave to her. The biblical order is to cleave to her not her to you. Remember that when you dated her you pursued her in her identity. Now you don't date her and she feels your expectations and obligations. This will lead to your destruction as well. The word cleave means to adhere to, to overtale! You must shower her with affection and love for who she is and not what she provides you. It should be the opposite here. You should provide her needs. We need to overetake our wives constantly. We need to be there at all times and not uncover or "exspose" her nakedness. I have one funny story in closing this one. I have a friend who asked me about him having sex with his wife and she never ever wants to share back. He said that he didn't get to watch any action movies. She always wants to watch chick flicks. Well, I sat there for a minute and then it hit me what to tell him. "You should take the time to sit with her and enjoy a chick flick with her. If you do that then you will see all the action you can take afterwords". It's just all in how you look at it. Scott

Husbands Love Your Wife. (Seed to Maturity)

I have been very encouraged lately in study of the scripture about the topic of what it means to Love your wife. As always I love to reflect from a landscapers point of veiw. Your wife is a flower. I think of Christy as a rose in this situation. She has the softness of the petal, velvet skin, the beauty of the flower and the thorns that prick me to be more than I am. I have seen so many couples today that are in serious need of a real restoration. Sometimes that includes me as well. Through all of the hard times that we go through as couples I can typically see who is usually at fault. That's right! The HUSBANDS! We are by nature concerned with our own things too much. I know what you are thinking right now. Get over it. We as husbands need to re-evaluate our positions and learn to comprimise with her. She is usually right in the end anyway. Lets look a little closer. In Genesis, God creates Adam and then takes her from his rib. There is certainly going to be something missing when a rib is taken right? Yes. She is. She was taken out of you! That is why there are so many differences between us. We have to learn to think as one flesh to accomplish true identity with each other. So, you are still not convinced! Well okay. When Eve was placed in the Garden with Adam she was identified as an individual for his lonliness and replenisher of the earth. It seems that her whole existence was based in service to him. Now when she was faced with a delima of "what tree do I eat from?" she was deceived into eating from the tree of knowledge. My questions are: Where was Adam? Why was he not there to help her? It is very apperant that Adam was absent from the nest when the enemy came and tempted her. Isn't that a daisy? He was absent. That is typically what we are guilty of when our marriages are in crisis. We are either absent in body or absent in mind. Come on! You know what I am talking about here. I do it all of the time! It is within all men to avoid confrontation with her. Notice also that God only commanded Adam and did not tell Eve. The command came before her creation. It was up to Adam to inform her of the seriousness of her choice. Now, about the enemy. Notice also here that he added to the Warning of God when he spoke to Eve. The serpent added "neither shall you touch it?". That tells me that there was instruction without intimacy. Adam probably said something like "just don't bother with that tree. It is poisonous or something like that." You know God is! He said that we would die if we ate of it." To make light of this situation is just to get you to see underlying truth here. You must understand something. Adam wasn't there to help defend her honor. He was not there to cover her! The Apostle Paul stated that the man is the cover of her children and her. He is the Glory and protector of Her. The glory of a woman is what? Her hair! In the Hebrew understanding hair was symbolic of a covering and maturity. The word Paul used in 1 Cor. 11:15 for hair was the greek word "kome". Which means an ornamental covering or Locks of Hair.̄ This is what the Hebrew men wore to show their maturity. The longer the beard or the hair, the more mature he was considered to be. In case I need to spell this out for you. You as her husband are the hair (maturity and covering). She was made for you and you were made for her. Now, Go and cover her that she may feel your protection and Love.