DURING THE COURSE OF THE PAST TWO OR THREE DECADES, THERE HAS BEEN A SURGE OF CELEBRITIES, RECORDING ARTISTS, AND PRO ATHLETES FINDING THEIR WAY INTO THE HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH, IF ONLY TO ,OCCASIONALLY, FILL THE PEWS AS AN ACT OF ABSOLUTION FOR THE LIVES OF HEDONISM , LAWLESSNESS, PERVERSION, AND DEBAUCHERY THAT THEY LIVE. MANY COME TO CONNECT WITH 'THE CHURCH", WHICH IS NOT NECESSARILY PRODUCTIVE, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE STATE OF THE TYPICAL, LATTER DAY "CHURCH". WHAT THEY SHOULD AND MUST CONNECT TO, INSTEAD, IS CHRIST HIMSELF, BECAUSE A GREAT DEAL OF WHAT'S BEING SERVED UP AS "WORSHIP" IS NO MORE THAN ABSENT MINDED RITUALISTIC RELIGIOUS ACTIVIES. THEY REPRESENT A HARVEST, IN AND OF ITSELF, AND ONE THAT THE EARTH AND THE HEAVENS HAVE HAD "LONG PATIENCE FOR", SINCE THE FIRST "STAR" FELL, LUCIFER. THEY USUALLY COME DRAGGING IN OR RUNNING IN BECAUSE, JUST LIKE THE GOD THAT HE IS, ALLOWS CIRCUMSTANCES OF THEIR IDOLISTIC LIFESTTYLE TO BECOME SO SEVERE, THAT THEY DISCOVER THAT IN SPITE OF ALL THE ADULATION, EXALTATION, AND PRIMING OF MEN, THEY STILL DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO "DEFY GRAVITY", AND IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME THAT THEY SUFFER THE SAME FATE AS "HUMPTY DUMPTY", AND FIND THEMSELVES IN NEED OF A RESTORER, AND THE "REPAIRERER OF THE BREACH", BECAUSE AT HIS MAGNIFICENT NAME, EVERY WEALTHY, FAMOUS, ACADEMY AWARD WINNING, OSCAR WINNING, GRAMMY, DOVE, GOSPEL AWARD WINNING, R&B, RIVER DANCING,BLUES, OPERATIC, COUNTRY WESTERN, HIP HOP, AND NEW AGE KNEE SHALL BOW AT THE OMNIPOTENT, NAME OF JESUS, THE CHRIST! THE ENEMY IS AWARE THAT MANY OF THESE ENTERTAINERS AND ATHLETES WERE PREDESTINED TO OPERATE UNDER THE CALL OF GOD, BUT INSTEAD THEY WERE SEDUCED BY THE LURE OF FAME, FORTUNE, WORSHIP, EXCESS, AND EVERY MANNER OF CORRUPTIBLE SUBSTANCE THIS EARTH HAS TO OFFER. HE DELIBERATELY CHOSE THOSE WHO WERE LIVING IN PAIN, REJECTION, SQUALLOR, ABJECT POVERTY, AND NEAR STARVATION, AND TOOK THEM UPON THE MOUNT AND PROMISED THEM THAT THEY COULD RULE OVER THAT DOMAIN , FOR THE MERE PRICE OF THEIR SOUL, AND VAST NUMBERS HAVE SIGNED ,IN BLOOD ,TO WALK THE LEGENDARY "RED CARPET", PLAY AT THE "APOLLO", THE ROCKERLELLER CENTER,OR THE "COCONUT rOOM, IN VEGAS. THEY THRIVED ON THE CROWDS MOBBING EACH OTHER, AND STAMPEDING HUGE ARENAS TO GET CLOSER TO THEM. THEY WERE MADE TO FEEL FALSE SUCCESS AND ACCEPTANCE, EACH TIME THEY PURCHASED A SILLVER SHADOW, OR A NEW 23 BATHROOM ESTATE. THEY KNEW THEY HAD HIT THE GLASS CEILING WHEN "JACOB THE JEWELER" MADE HOUSE CALLS TO DELIVER THEIR LATEST WHITE GOLD, DIAMOND BEZEL ROLEX, AND SAPPHIRE CUFFLINKS. THEY FELT LIKE EMPERORS AND KINGS WHEN THEY COULD JUST CALL UP THE EXCLUSIVE YACHT CLUBS AND THROW A FIVE COUNTRY CRUISE PARTY, ON A WHIM. WHAT USUALLY DRIVES THEM INTO THE GATES OF ZION, IS A MAJOR "UH OH!, UH OH!, UH OH!", WHEN THEY'VE TRUSTED THE WRONG BODY GUARD, SLEPT WITH THE WRONG MAN'S WIFE, GIRLFRIEND, SON, OR DAUGHTER, PURCHASED SOME "BLOW" OR "ECSTASY" FROM THE WRONG HUSTLER, ORGIED IN THE WRONG HOTEL, SOWN THEIR SEED ALL "WILLY NILLY", SHOT THE WRONG PERSON, OR CAUGHT THE WRONG DISEASE! IT IS AT THE MANIFESTATION OF GREAT SCANDAL ,SHAME, AND FEAR, THE THREAT OF LOSING IT ALL, THE ADORATION, THE BLING, THEIR CONTRACTS, WIVES, HUSBANDS, FAMILIES, STATUS, AND ALL THE OTHER "FOOL'S GOLD" THAT THEY SOLD OUT FOR. THEY STAND TREMBLING IN GOD'S GREAT PRESENCE, "RIPE" FOR THE HARVEST ,AS THEY ARE FORCED TO CONTEMPLATE THEIR OWN IMMORTALITY, THE FICKLENESS OF MEN, AND VANITY OF POSSESSIONS, AS THEY LOOK YEARS OF LOST FREEDOM, INCARCERATION, FINANCIAL RUIN, AND SSTHE LOSS OF THEIR CONTRACTS AND ENDORSEMENTS, IN THE FACE. "BASTED" LIKE A THANKSGIVING TURKEY, OPEN TO RECEIVE THE UNADULTERATED, UNFILTERED GOSPEL OF HOLINESS! .I BELIEVE THAT , INATELY, EVERY CREATURE HAS AN AWARENESS OF WHO THE TRUE AND LIVING GOD IS, BECAUSE I'VE NEVER HEARD, PERSONALLY, BUT ONE NAME CALLED IN AN EMERGENCY, AND THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN "GOD", "LORD", OR "JESUS"! I HAVE YET TO HEAR ANYONE CALL "BUDDHA", "MOHAMMED", OR ANY OTHER god. USUALLY, WHEN THEY MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE DOORS OF ZION, THEY ARE IN SUCH A DESPERATE, PANICKED, AND OVERWHELMED STATE, THEY ARE ACTUALLY "RIPE" FOR REAL CONVERSION AND DELIVERANCE FROM THE IMMENSE STRONG-HOLDS AND POWERS OF DARKNESS THAT HOLD THE ILLEGAL DEEDS TO THEIR VERY SOULS. MANY HAVE DIED DOWN THOUGH THE YEARS, AS A RESULT OF THESE DEMONIC CONTRACTS THEY ENTER INTO WITH THE DEVIL HIMSELF, AND THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO DELIVERANCE FROM SATAN, AND THAT IS THROUGH THE MAN, JESUS, THE CHRIST, AND THEY SEEM TO KNOW IT! THE ONLY PROBLEM IS THAT WHEN THEIR "AGENTS" ANNOUNCE THAT THEY ARE COMING, TO ATTEND A LOCAL CHURCH SERVICE, EVERYONE IS PUT ON "STAR ALERT. "FIRST, THEY GET TO MAKE CONTACT, (LEISURELY), WITH THE SAME PASTOR THAT SOME OF THE PARISHONERS WHO WERE THERE WHEN THE FIRST CORNERSTONE WAS LAID, HAVE ONLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET A QUICK, IMPERSONAL HANDSHAKE, AS THEY PASSED THROUGH THE POST-SERVICE RECEIVING LINE ON THE WAY TO THEIR CARS. THEN THESE "CELEBS" ARE SUPPLIED WITH THEIR OWN "CHURCH SECURITY" TEAM (TO PROTECT THEM FROM WHO/WHAT?), VALET PARKING, AND A SEAT ALL THE WAY IN THE FRONT, IF NOT IN THE PULPIT, INSTEAD OF THEM BEING LED TO THE ALTAR OF REPENTANCE AND HELPED IN LABORING, UNTIL THEIR CONVERSION AND DELIVERANCE MANIFESTS, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER LOST OR BACKSLIDDEN SOUL. IT APPEARS THAT MANY IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD ARE AS AWE STRUCK "STAR STRUCK", AND MESMERIZED BY THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THESE SOULS ON THEIR WAY TO HELL, AND THEIR MULITI- MILLION DOLLAR BUCKS,INTER NATIONAL ACCLAIM , AND CULT FOLLOWINGS AS THE WORLD, AND INSTEAD OF VIEWING THEM THROUGH THE BLOOD, AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THEY, TOO, EVEN MORESO, HAVE A HEAVEN TO GAIN, AND A HELL TO SHUN, THEY "KICK IT" WITH THEM, AND FRATERNIZE WITH THE OTHER CURRENT "CELEBRITIES"! THEY DON'T NEED PATRONIZATION, OR PAMPERING. THEY DON'T NEED PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT, BUT THEY ,AND THEIR 20 DEEP "POSSES", "CLIQUES", CREWS", AND "GANGS", SHOULD ALL BE SHOWN THE WAY TO THE ALTAR OF SACRIFICE, IF THEY ARE SINCERE ABOUT A TRNSFORMATION. UNFORTUNATELY, A LOT OF MEN AND WOMEN OF GOD ARE BLINDED BY THESE ARTIFICIAL "LUMINARIES", AND ALL OF THEIR ILLUSIONAL "SHINE", AND THEY ARE BEATEN INTO SUBMISSION BY NOT JUST THE SHINE OF THE "STARS:, BUT BY THEIR "BUCKS" AS WELL. HOW MANY CAN RESIST THE TEMPTATION TO NOT CUSTOMIZE AN AFFIRMING MESSAGE TO PLACATE THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE LACING THE OFFERING BUCKET WITH STACKS OF BENJAMINS, AND LACING THE LEADERS' POCKETS, AND BANK ACCOUNTS WITH EVEN MORE? THEY TEND TO BE ACCOMODATING ,AND "GENERALLY SPEAKING,", PREACHING "WARM FUZZY" MESSAGES, IF NOT "POLITICALLY CORRECT,SO AS TO NOT "OFFEND" THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NO MORE THAN THE SAME "WRETCHES", IN NEED OF GOD'S GRACE, LIKE WE WERE. TO SPOTLIGHT AND FAWN OVER THEM IS TO REINFORCE, AND SANCTION THEIR DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR, AND THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY COME SEEKING . TO DO SO IS TO ONLY BE COUNTERPRODUCTIVE AND ENABLING, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE SAME ATTITUDES, AND RESPONSES OF THOSE AROUND THEM, THAT HELPED THEM TO REACH SUCH A POINT IN THEIR LIVES. IF THEY WERE HANDLED JUST AS ANY OTHER SINNER SEARCHING FOR A SAVIOUR, DESIRING GENUINE REPENTANCE WITH CONVERSION, THEY WOULD FEEL SAFE, SECURE, AND ENCOURAGED, BECAUSE OF THE MEASURE OF CHRIST THEY HAD TO GET FOR THEMSELVES, AS THEY LEARNED HOW TO PROSTRATE THEMSELVES AND CALL ON THE NAME OF JESUS. MANY HAVE DIED IN THEIR WRETCHED CONDITIONS, BY SUICIDE,VIOLENCE, AND THE ASSORTED WORKS OF THE DEVIL, AND EVEN MORE, WERE, OBVIOUSLY, CRYING OUT FOR A RIGHTOUS WAY OF ESCAPE, BUT ALL THAT COULD BE SEEN WAS THEIR BEING THE "GOLDEN GEESE", THEIR GREAT MARKETABILITY, AND DRAWING POWER! FAR TOO MANY HAVE BECOME TRAGEDIEDS AND STATISTICS , VICTIMS OF THE SAME THING THAT THEY THOUGHT WAS A "BLESSING, AND BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED THAT THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD REALLY "LOVED" THEM. OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, MULTITUDES AMONGST THE HOLLYWOOD AND SPORTS ELITE ,SHALL TURN TOWARDS ZION IN WEARINESS OF ALL THE DYING, OVERDOSING, INCARCEARATION AND PRESSURE, AND SOME MAY WIND UP IN SOME OF YOUR MINISTRIES OR CHURCHES. WILL YOU DRINK FROM THEIR "CUP OF STARBUCKS", OR WILL YOU WEEP BETWEEN THE PORCH AND THE ALTAR WITH THEM, UNTIL THEY'VE BEEN LOOSED FROM THE STRONG-HOLD OF THEIR ADVERSARY, AND HIS ILLEGAL "CONTRACT" OVER THEIR LIVES HAS BEEN RENDERED "VOID"!
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Comment by prophetess m. brignac on July 16, 2009 at 10:29am
LOL!
Comment by Vernah RueLae on July 16, 2009 at 10:26am
MY GOD, LOOKA HERE LOOKA HERE!!!!

ANYBODY SEEN SATAN? YEAH, SEEN HIM FLEEING

Bless You Woman of God...

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