Christian Living

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"While attempting to type this at 9:45 pm on June 28, 2008 my keyboard started typing letters other than the ones I was typing.

I have never seen this before in my life. Specifically typing the letter "p" and the letter "c" coming on the screen. This went on for several minutes (possibly 5 or 10). I tried insert, delete, capslock, numlock. Nothing worked right. Was getting ready to shut computer down and reboot when it just disappeared.

Evil so hates to be recognized. Submitted by the Grace of God. Thank you, Jesus. Amen."

Carla Gilstrap






It is time to take back the dominion of the earth given over to Satan by Adam. We cannot accomplish this task by ourselves. We must be led by Christ, but for Christ to use us we must become interconnected with others. We are the arms, legs, brains, and hearts of the body (the whole) that HE desires to use.

We understand unity requires this body to be connected. Each connection may only be attached in a few places. Then a group of connections may only be attached in a few places to other "groups of connections", and so on and so forth.

We speak unity but do not understand what it is. We have misunderstood the processes required to maintain, or sustain, our interconnectedness.

It is similar to the way electricity works. Electricity cannot move through the power grid if there is a break in the connection. Funny the way the world is arranged. One break in the flow stops the whole thing. Just like one wire being cut can stop power to a whole house or a whole neighborhood. Repairs must be made permanent to restore and sustain the flow of electricity throughout the entire grid.

The good we think we do is miniscule without Christ’s power being able to flow through us. We are the "loose wires" that have plunged the earth into darkness. It is us, the God-fearing, repenting, praying, praising believers who do the majority of the hindering of our own fruitfulness. Jealousy, envy, hatred and sin obviously weaken our connections.

But wait, there's more. Part of our purpose, always, is to further the flow and strengthen the connections of others. We may not even agree with another's foolish purpose, but we had better be pulling for his success for all we're worth. When we do not agree with, nor desire, the purposes God gives to others, connections are broken and the flow of Christ's power, to be worked through any of us, is weakened.

All the repentance, prayer, praise, and fasting will not restore the connections in hearts that are only willing to change some things. The prayer and the fasting must bring us to a place of "openmindedness to God" and willingness to grow a new mind, if needed. That is the place of true repentance. That is the place of change.

The praises we send to God with hearts unwilling to "open completely" to God are like a concerto on the piano finely executed for a deaf audience. Nothing is accomplished.

We talk of sustainability as if we understand what it means. Sustainability seems to apply to resources, or organizations, or systems. Deep down in our hearts we know the truth of our failures in unity. Deep down in our hearts we know the truth about interconnectedness.


We now have entered into the time in which we must address the issue and show some real progress in sustaining unity. Without "Unity Sustainability" we will not be US.

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