Religion...

Religion is God’s word used by man’s definition
Seeking yet to find that we weren’t given permission
Conviction…is hard for a preacher to get ‘cause he’s looking for commission
See everybody wants that anointed prayer cloth on television
But true anointing comes from God or do you have blurred vision?
Take God for who He was and is; it’s your decision
The word of God is sharper than any two-edged sword; that’s precision
To spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ should be our mission
Take a timeout and observe all this spiritual division
We should be running to Christ like a head-on collision
So many different denominations; look at the church’s condition
The church should come together to form a true coalition
To let the world know Christ is coming back; no time for intermission
At this point, we should be on fire for Christ; ain’t no tradition
There is a spiritual warfare going on so get in position
This is good vs. evil, so start the ignition
If your house ain’t in order, make the transition
The first step to letting God work is called submission
God knows everything about anything; call it intuition
The world may be falling apart but God is a physician
If you believe in Christ and live the life, in Heaven you’ll have admission
God will take roll call since Jesus paid your tuition
So can we stop playing games and waiting for religion’s next edition?
It’s time we let God be God and give HIM all the recognition.

Several weeks ago, a few college students from Christ For the Nations came to UTA and "preached" (if I may use that word) in the Library mall. It was truly something to witness. The guy came at the audience with the truth and nothing but the truth. Everytime someone had something to say, he backed himself up with scripture. The devil was on his game too because there was a guy who would go around in a circle yelling about the things that were being said. People!...we have an assignment! What that showed me was that Satan is definitely doing his job and we aren't doing ours. I'm guilty of sometimes not standing up. However, I thank God for this blog because it allows me to voice what I have to say. Don't get me wrong...there's no shame in my game; I'm just asking God for boldness in the area of witnessing. We let religion, prosperity, self-righteousness, and other things cloud our witness. "Religion" has nothing to do with sharing that Christ died for us and that He is coming back again. When I look at people in the church, it's actually quite sad. People are leaving the church because the preacher ain't preaching a message they want to hear, or somebody did something to them... Are you serious? So if you aren't being taught about prosperity you aren't being taught? God forbid. Salvation isn't just about being blessed or getting that breakthrough. Before you try to prosper in the natural, ask God to help you to prosper in the spiritual. No church is perfect and if it was, once you got there, it wouldn't be. We got people that think they are holy thou art, people that are just as bad as the world, people who need to be shown the love of God. Religion is man-made! Truth is, Christ loved us so much, he died for our sins so that we wouldn't die to sin. He's preparing a place for us and when we accept His salvation, we are to become like Him. Yes, we are flesh. But the bible says to kill the flesh daily. I'm not perfect but with God's help I strive to be. It's time we quit focusing on who's doctrine is right and concentrate on God.