Uncertain
You play the part…it seems so easyYou seem like you got it all together…seeminglyWhy do you burn within me so?Why don’t the passions die?Your eyes, ever so beautiful…yet unlooked forYour mask, beyond compare…yet you remain my mysteryYou haunt me…yet you strengthen all the whileWhy believe at all? Why feel the dregs of endearing loss?When the joy ascertained, though unfulfilled, allows for a mindless mazeI stand unsure of who I am, for somehow I think I am who I am with youThough uncertain, I can with honest sayYou keep me screaming at myselfWith my silence, and my staresYou keep me doubtful…
The uniqueness of the Christian religion is due to the uniqueness of its central figure. Many in the West, influenced by Eastern thinking, are predisposed to think of Jesus Christ as one among the great religious leaders of the world — peer of Mohammed, Buddha, Gaia, and so on. They prefer to see Him as merely a god among gods. But the man of Galilee rises inexorably above the definitions of philosophers and pundits, and He will not, by any definition, fit such a simple and convenient mold. Jesus Christ is, without peer, the central figure of Western history. No other person, real or imagined, has made such a profound and enduring impact on civilization for such a period of time. 
There is much confusion regarding what the Bible says about masturbation. Because the Bible says little or nothing on the subject directly, many ministers teach young people that masturbation is acceptable because it relieves sexual passions without engaging in a sexual act with another person. As a pastor for more than two decades, I have counseled many men in this area and have observed how this activity causes serious problems in regards to their internal walk with the Lord and their spouse. Masturbation is both unbiblical and harmful. The following ten points should bring clarity. 
Our family was not very religious and I did not know what it was to grow in a godly family. Our religious background was basically Roman Catholicism, however, my family believed in polytheism and therefore all of us were idolaters. I still remember how as a child I used to go with my family to various religious places of different religions. We worshipped anything or anyone the crowd followed. My elder brother, in his teens, happened to become a devotee of one of the admired gods of India, ‘Shirdi Sai Baba.’ Not only did he lead others to become the followers of Baba, in the year 1990, he also won me over to become Baba’s follower. I became an ardent worshipper of Baba and followed various rituals. To me all religions were various roads to God . . . 
In our day and age with a fast-paced culture of busy…busy…busy, virtualised community with cellphones and texting, and an internet generation of bloggers and myspaces, we don’t completely understand what it means to become disciples. Disciples in that day age meant ‘pupil of a teacher’ . . . . Many times we want Christ to be our Savior but not our Lord. We want
citizenship in heaven, without becoming Christ’s love-slave on earth.
We desire freedom in Christ, without accepting the cross-lifestyle. If
we truly desire to become followers of Christ, we must first become
disciples and embrace kingdom discipleship.
God's work in the world suffers today, because such men are few in number. Determine with all your heart that you will be such a man for God, in the midst of a sinful and adulterous generation and a compromising Christendom. Since there is no partiality with God, it is possible for you too to be such a man, provided you yourself earnestly desire to be one. Since God demands commitment and obedience only in the conscious area of one's life, it is possible for you to be such a man, even though the conscious area of your life may be limited. That area will keep increasing as you walk in the light and press on to perfection. There is no excuse then why you cannot be such a man. Cry out to God daily then, that He will give you grace to be such a man in these closing days of the age. 
The greatest army the world has ever seen is being assembled, made up of men, women and children, people from every tribe, tongue and nation. The educated and uneducated, poor and rich are all responding to the trumpet call. The army is being assembled on every continent of our planet. It is an army greater than our world has ever seen, more powerful than any historical, or present day army. They will be a mighty force for the Kingdom in these last days. . . No longer will they be apologetic, passive, survivors but instead militant Kingdom advancers in their cities, nations and the world. . . . The world will become darker and more evil but this army will become stronger and their light brighter. They will be a beacon of hope to the lost and will save many from the dominion of darkness into the Kingdom of light. The world has not seen anything like this army before. 
Before he accepted Jesus Christ as his personal Lord and Savior, Pastor
Kul Bal (full name Kuldip Singh Bal) had accomplished feats of physical
and mental discipline involving other religions especially in Hinduism,
Sikhism and various marshal arts. Kul Bal was quite content with
mediocre religion and did not want to rock the boat of life with any
serious issue. However, Kul Bal was drinking all the time and had a bad
temper which he lost frequently. He would be moody for days, and
Elaine, his wife would suffer the blunt of his sharp tongue inspired by
a selfish and egoistic mindset. . . When he returned to his job as an
instrument technician on an oil rig in the North Sea off Scotland, he told
Elaine she could pursue Christianity as long as she did not force him
into it. Rules were simple – no preaching to Kul Bal and no church
visits.