THE DISCERNMENT FOR HIS Ways, Desires and most of all ‘His Will’ “I have come down from Heaven, not to do My Own Will, but the will of Him who sent me [John 6:38} One of the best places to be on the journey in the path-of-life, after having discovered your purpose, is being squarely focused on the Will of God. Jesus during his early Earthly Sojourn was always conscious of such-as he prayed in surrender to it from the onset of beginning His Journey. His favorite narrative of utterances to the father was, “Not My will, but Yours be done” This is tantamount of being a spiritual thought-leader’s presentation and revelation of His will. The chief goal of God’s Will is for Him to be glorified, in all circumstances. Know that the primary driven purpose, and the focus of life is that God is to be glorified through Jesus Christ. “Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to Your name give glory {PS 115:1}: • God’s will is to advance His Kingdom-His real yet unseen rule and reign over all creation • God’s will is for Jesus Christ to be Lord-in every arena. Lordship equates to power and authority, so as you follow Jesus-your life-not just your words, you’re giving Him your full allegiance • Glory, Kingdom, Lordship, are the three components of His overall Will for you. His desire is for you to live a pure, sanctified life. He wants you to rejoice, pray, and be grateful in all circumstances Apostle Paul often spoke of the Opened and Closed doors, that God may place before us, as we travail and often time struggle to make the best informed decisions. These thought processes occurred as Apostle Paul was traveling, and encouraging people-as he was planting churches during the early years A closed door on certain occasion could be God’s confirmation directions of giving the opportunity to open that door to deliver the message of the gospel. Such may lead to the possibility of the closed door becoming a ‘Wider Door’-in the end. The overall leadership outcome to discern here, could be a focus through hard decisions, not just merely the evaluation of physical happenings around you-but seemly to lead you toward difficulty of the closed door. Albeit, sometimes the most difficult, painful, fearful, or even illogical path is the one that ends up being, the closed door, that deserved to be that Open Door. So, how do you know? What you are supposed to do?. or what direction to go, and what you should be looking for?, which door? the opened or the closed one? One answer might be, “Peace in the eye of the storm”. Realizing you’re doing what you know to do to be the Will of God-As your desire is shifted to focus on His glory, then your goal is to participate in His Kingdom. During this instance your impatience cease to be-as you surrender to His Lordship. You now begin to ‘recognize His Voice”. Above all other internal and external opinions, voices... Within yourself; You begin to feel The movement of The Holy Spirit. Which is constantly and continually interceding for you, In accordance with the “Will of God” Such that it shall allow for, and help you to understand, and accept what your physical eye may able to see. At this point you shall know that you are witnessing either an opened door or a closed door. Because, it will not be in contradiction to His Word, and you will be sensing The Loving “Peace of The Lord”- in the Genre of blissful ‘contentment.’ You are now, N-Joying: The sought after inner peace steve braxton, ordained minister of the gospel, storyteller. orator & narrator, Hall of Fame inductee-The Chicago History Museum, freelance writer & contributing blogger for periodical. magazines and global networks of internet blogs/ sbrax57@gmail.com, http://sbrax-on-point.blogspot.com/ linkedin.com/in/steve-braxton-939aa420/

 

Let’s Do The Facts Check First

The first night of the RNC Convention has proclaimed more dishonesty than four nights of the 

DNC Convention. Such claims as:

 

Trump and coronavirus efforts

The RNC video during the convention contrasted Trump as a ‘decisive leader’ on the virus

while suggesting the Democrats and media outlets ‘got it wrong” by downplaying the virus

 

FACTS: This suggestion is inaccurate; Trump himself downplayed the virus into March. Trump

Declared in February 2020 that the virus was a ‘hoax’, and that the number of cases in the US

would go away within a couple of days from 15 to ‘close to zero, and he predicted that the virus

might “disappear’ through a ‘miracle’ or something of that sort in late Feb. He was still saying

that the virus was likened to the flu in March.

 

He further suggested that the virus did not require the country to take more severe measures

The flu requires. He went on to proclaim that the virus was ‘under control’ and that the media

And the Democrats were overhyping the whole situation.

 

China Travel Ban

Natalie Harp, an advisory board member for the Trump Campaign-commended Trump for fighting

For Americans, saying that, if not for him, in January there would have been no China travel

Ban-millions would have died; Donald Jr. said that after the virus came to the US “The President

quickly took action, and shut down travel from China.

FACTS: These comments re misleading on two counts, Trump imposed partial restrictions

On travel from China, not a complete ban, and they were announced in January but not

Effective Feb 2^nd. There is no evidence that the travel restrictions on China save millions

of lives

 

Democrats and Guns

Jim Jordan, an Ohio GOP Rep., claimed that Democrats were trying to confiscate US citizens

Guns. “They’re also wanting to take away your guns”, Jordan proclaimed

FACTS: some Democrats have supported mandatory gun confiscation buy-back program

Joe Biden instead supports a volunteer buy-back program. Along with banning the Manu-

facture and sale of assault weapons and highly-capacity magazines. Biden’s plan also includes

mandating that people who own assault weapons either sell their weapons to the federal

Government or properly register them with the authorities.

 

China and Biden

Donald Jr. is pushing the narrative that “Beijing Biden”, is what he calls the Democratic

Nominee for US President, Joe Biden, ‘is so weak on China that the intelligence community

recently assessed that the Chinese Communist Party favors Biden, They know he’ll weaken

us both economically and on a world stage.

FACTS: while Trump Jr. is seemly asserting his own opinion here, his characterization of a

a recent assessment from the US intelligence community is misleading. The US intelligence

the community did not determine that China preferred Biden e would economically or other

wise weaken the US, rather it outlined that China preferred that President Donald Trump

lose the election because he was too “unpredictable”, and because of the many actions he’

has taken against China.

William R. Evanina, Director of the National Counter-Intelligence and Security Center,

reported in Aug 7, statement that updated the election threat landscape heading into

the election of Nov 2020, noted, that “China prefer that President Trump –whom Beijing

sees as unpredictable—does not win reelection”

 

In addition, the statement went on to say, that China has been critical of Trump’s COVID-19

the response, and the closure of China’s Houston Consulate, and the actions on Hong Kong

, tik Tok, the legal status of the South China Sea, and China’s efforts to dominate the 5G

Market. “Evanina’s the report makes no mention of China preferring Biden because he would

Weaken the US Economy

 

Middle Class

Donald Jr., on Monday during his speech at the RNC convention, gave praise to his father

by pushing the idea that the middle class benefited from the POTUS economic policies. “After

eight years of Obama and Biden slow growth”. Don Jr. went on to say that, Trump policies has

been like ‘rocket fuel’ to the economy, and especially the middle class.

FACTS: Actually, the middle-class income grew in the final years of the Obama and Biden admin

And it has staggered under Trump. Median household stayed essentially flat in 2018, at

%63, 200, breaking a three-year steak of increases, according to the most recent Census

Bureau data

 Steve Braxton, Freelance writer & blogger, Bestselling Author of non-fiction books, http://twitter.com/brasr6, http://sbrax-on-point.blogspot.com, linkedin.com/in/steve-braxton-939aa420,http://blog.feedspot.com/money_making_blogs, http://sbrax-on-point.blogspot.com,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DARE NOT: Compromise The Authenticity of Your Values

Dare Not; Compromise the authenticity of your values

The most important aspect of life is to protest and hold closely and dearly the integrity of your character and reputation. And it shall bode well being prudent to let your word be your bond. As you go forth-be insured to accomplish this in deliberate and intentional ways. This to ascertain having the following words expressed by others when speaking about your character and reputation. Those two most important and essential words are:

·        Trust and

·        Respect

Remember, it would be un-thought of; uncouth, and probably even considered un-professional, to ever attempt, or try to demand either. It may turn out to be a situation that would not be received very well, why? Well if you have to ask; you already have your ladder-of-success against the wall of the wrong side of the building

The Best way and the most prudent approach is to “Earn It”-the Trust and Respect

But Know This: you cannot earn it by being:

·      ~  Irresponsible

·       ~ Dis-avowing methods, remedies, and solutions put in place to help another for the sake of all humanity

·      ~  Displaying ruthless, selfish, senseless acts of cavalier tactics, and arrogance-often times exhibiting  behavior patterns, seen by others, as being clueless, or having a do-not-care attitude

We are currently in the throes and the uncertainties of the dastardly pandemic COVID-19. The questions often asked are:

·        Will we ever see normal times again?

·        The thoughts being proclaimed and uttered, is that, what we are now witnessing from some of the powers that be, is not a situation of normalcy-it is far from it

·        The ostensible realization is that these times are the epitome of; not being normal

·        Matter-of-Fact, the general consensus, of the populist is that some of the powers that be, traits behavioral patterns are not responsible, and viewed as being beyond strange.

Looking and paying attention-from a Civility and Spiritual perspective it may be wise; to focus and fasten on a certain mind-set guise.  One that gives rise and attention to realigning your moral compass to new truth, learn to be calm, patient, and connect to physical and mental well-being to “Be Healthy” in the following ways:

·        Use this ‘Now Time’ to isolate and Hibernate. You may be bored or have some pain. Remember, no gain without pain, and endured suffering to reach the Glory

·        Be resigned to take advantage to enjoy some quiet time, in solidarity

·        Take some time to reflect-seek inner-peace and strive to connect and grasp ‘The Peace of The Lord’-Thus to have the ultimate feeling of contentment

·        Be on the safe side; respect yourself, protect self and be concerned about the safety and protection of others

·        Treat others the way you wish to be treated

This is the path of the journey to walk in the midst of happiness, richness, patience, restoration, and kindness, disavow the lies, seek real new truth. This becomes the rule-ness for new coolness. Know that this is the path to earning the sought after ‘Respect and Trust’

Steve Braxton, life coach, ordained minister, freelance writer & blogger, http://sbrax-on-point.blogspot.com/ http://blog.feedspot.com/money_making_blogs/