word-faith (of what)

False prophet preacher, you for profit teacher-

It burns me up inside, the Way-the Truth, you hide-

Prosperity nonsense, causing spiritual offence,

Destructive to souls, to build your fat cash rolls.

Bishop’s slants, Benny’s rant’s, no doctrine just romance,

Tripsta France, Wive’s enhanced, pull up your pants.

Spiritual glance,  empty expanse, can’t get a stance.

Fancy prance, hypnotic trance, just a happy dance,

Kingdom advance, blessed finance, sounds more like chance.

Little parrots watch your show, off like ferrets they go.

Dropping bits of meaninglessness, empty pellets of how to bless.   

Squaking and dropping, something noisy, LOUD… PROUD… PROFANE... 

empty--- out of rhythm & rhyme… just to take up some time. To the end, insane.

Who’s dolla? Holla! Who you folla?  little g(oh)d, who you really- B? We gonna see.

Fancy fool, it ain’t cool, word ain’t Word, not like I heard, it’s just so absurd.

My your joys abound, jets engines resound, short bits unprofound, bad theologies propound.

Robot, does not compute, not so cute. All business-lady, so astute, nice pants suit, emptyness-impute.

TB-siN is crouch’n @ your door, U don’t look too poor, wife(skipit), hear the lions roar-heard it all before.

Like a circus act, to attract, then distract, it’s all so whacked – just like bizdnus you transact.

(PRAISE SHARE! –> interlude – DUDE-> you’re all in JUDE! – gonna stand nude, before the Judge who knows your brood, and man you’re stewed , no settlement like when you’ve been sued, your financials will be reviewed, nothing to be misconstrued, includes all who collude, all that pop crap self-help eschewed, this ain’t no feud-it’s about a world renewed in God whose gracious giving we should exude— looking for His righteousness in the Gospel pursued, and suffering in this life it surely does include--- but if you’d a read it all you’d a knew’d.)

(like an afterthought) 

Joe- well, Oh, your best days were, now—

get your Bible out, read it, then take a bow.

the show's over-HOLY COW!

It's just prayer... (speaking with the Word)

When should you pray,

throughout each day.

In the light and at night,

In the dark or at day’s spark.

With great courage or in fear,

When He seems far or near.

When life’s unfair, caught in its snare,

or if you’re as free as you can be.

Each moment of every hour,

When weak, or filled with power.

In joyful praise, all your days,

Even in gloom, when dark clouds loom.

On your knees or on your feet,

Feeling empty or complete.

You should pray, when you stay,

Tell Him so – as you go.

Wide awake or sleeping fast,

About the future, especially the past.

With words few or all you do,

Speaking your fill or sitting still.

If you are asleep or wide awake,

When you can give or when others take.

In your aches and bodily quakes,

or feeling strong, like you can’t go wrong.

Head bowed in reverent grace,

Or eyes lifted to outer space.

Mirred in sin again and again,

Or living well forgot when you fell.

Each breath out and each breath in,

On your way or once you’ve been.

Getting close to sad or glad,

Feeling full or like a fool.

That is the time you should share your heart,

All together or coming apart,

When the pain drives you insane,

Or feeling good like you should.

There is no time when you should not,

Give the Lord all you’ve got,

Empty your heart and tear it apart,

To be filled and in His love sealed.

Let it be a covering, removing the sting, of life’s zing,

your offering, the song you sing, and praise you bring,

about everything, a way to cling, to the King.

This is prayer, it is life, it is worship; 

it is God’s Glory revered as it should be.

  

[apparently I wrote this back in May 2010, happened on it tonight cleaning out some old files... prayer clearly the topic the Lord is on with me about in more ways than one tonight...]

Love Wins (rewarmed) OR Jesus Christ is Lord

TD Jakes gave a 'rousing sermon' at Whitney Houston's funeral about LOVE and its victory over death... not once did he say the name of Jesus Christ... (an astute observation not my own)... Why is that?  Was he afraid to offend someone or is Jakes' theology really as confused as some have suggested?  Did he just pull a oopsy due to time or other pressures and forget?  How can any preacher of the Gospel be in such a moment with a grieving family of a life so tragically ended and before the whole world watching, captive to sin and death as they are in such a moment and not clearly proclaim - Jesus Christ is Lord.

*Offence
I know we supposedly live in a wonderfully multicultural open society of tolerance, however; as a professing believer, if you can't openly say Jesus Christ is Lord without feeling like you might offend someone... you should consider & talk with Him about how this offends Him.  Matthew 10:32-33 (http://bg4.me/xzldsD)  You should then ask yourself just how tolerant that society really is if it cannot bear to hear proclaimed Jesus Christ is Lord.

*Theology
The person & work of Jesus Christ is so much more than a warm fuzzy feeling of 'love' or even the disembodied spiritual goodness 'preached' of today... The Gospel is about the very incarnation of God the Son on this earth through a divine conception and human birth- fully human, fully divine.  Having been preexistent in Eternity, He bears even now on His resurrected body the very scars of His death on the Cross on behalf of those who will believe & proclaim - Jesus Christ is Lord.

Why? Without such a Saviour - without such a sacrafice - without such a person & work on our behalf coming forth out of the love of God, then death and sin would have truly had it's victory.  Yet it still will over those who maintain in their fallen & separated state, away from God, having rejected His One & only Son - His One & only Way to reconcile sinners to Himself - Jesus Christ is Lord.

*Just Forgot?
Really, TD's a smart guy... almost too smart... too specific... too calculated. No, he didn't forget.  This was purposeful, but why?  A sneak attack with 'love' leading to a Gospel of no worries.  How can one forget the name of the Saviour, much less the most simple statement of faith, Jesus Christ is Lord.

CONCLUSION
I'd like to be overly kind and say Jakes just whiffed it. I have to be honest and say I feel  there's something so much more profoundly sad & concerning about having an international stage of millions with the opportunity to make much of the Gospel, the Saviour, the Christ & Lord and not once uttering the name - Jesus in any form.

What I saw was a semi-decent performance piece about how 'Love Will Last Forever' that had a rotting odor of self-help, universal acceptance, claim-it belief, and purposely muddled theology.

JESUS CHRIST IS LORD!