In early 2009, my wife Angie and I made a crucial decision.

We were broke.

We were living in 2 bedroom townhouse in Commerce City.

We were over a million dollars in debt.

But we made the best decision that we could ever make.

We decided to have another precious child.

At the beginning of our marriage, God had convicted my wife to read a book called the Full Quiver.  She shared verses from that book with me and talked with me about what she felt God was leading us to do.

And I was ALL IN.

So, when things got tough, I told her that God was convicting me that we should continue with our plan.  I reasoned that God still wanted to bless us even though we were broke, and “at the bottom”.

And did He ever.

Justine “Carissa” Johnson was born on December 18, 2009.

And my fear of her never getting any attention was quickly squashed.  She was loved on by 6 of us in ways that none of our other children came close to.

As I tell others:  “Thank God … for God”

When we were pregnant with Carissa, everyone thought we were crazy.  And we were.  We were following Jesus with passion—actually believing what His word says, and what our Bible following friends were saying, and what prayer lead us to do.

Our parents disagreed with us.

Our siblings disagreed with us.

And our friends?  I would love to go back now and hear their perspectives.

We disagreed on where life should go.

And that begs the question:

Since When Is AGREEMENT A Requirement For Coexistence?

It ISN’T.

AND ANYONE WHO PUSHES FOR IT IS EITHER EVIL or unknowingly on the side of evil.

How could anyone follow God and possibly agree with what is being pushed by the world?

This is not a feel good message that I am writing today.

It is a challenge to all of us.

Our goal is not to agree and jump in with the latest and greatest technology, or theory, or worldview.

Just the opposite.

Our goal is to agree with God, and God alone.  Popular or not.

Our goal is to “cast our lots” with the living Messiah.  The One who loves all people WAY MORE THAN ANY HUMAN.

Our goal is to please God … and God alone.

Jesus was crystal clear about this.  And if any speech got Jesus killed, it was the one He spoke in Luke 16.

Luke 16 13 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. 

When our lives are over, there will only be ONE AGREEMENT that will matter—the AGREEMENT we made with God.

Never let someone bully you into changing the way you think by calling YOU a bully.  This, in today’s age, is the root of many evil things.

     It takes God totally out of the equation.

     It allows SOMEONE ELSE to change YOUR morals.

     It is complete and utter manipulation.

This is exactly what a man named Adolf Hitler did.

He convinced people that he was the one being pushed around.

And then, before anyone could blink, he was moving through Europe and exterminating anyone who opposed him and anyone who didn’t fit his view of the perfect race.

This … is the game plan of Satan.

And so I declare what Joshua did;

Joshua 25 15 But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”

And I declare this because the One who hung on that cross loves me, and my family, way more than any person could.

And, thank God, He also holds the keys to eternal life.

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

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Coach J