Silence Is Golden

I can go several days without turning on my TV; the silence allows me to hear from God.

— Florida Made (@RichardMIATL) September 9, 2015

Silence should be a staple in every believer's life. Most believers struggle with hearing from God because they don't set aside time to meditate and feast on his Word. God's always speaking, it's that believers don't take time to listen to him. We have time for everything else (social media, IPhone, jobs, friends, school, etc.), but some believers struggle with making time for God. Believers have family and job obligations which I understand, but start off with 30 minutes of quiet time with God. You can pray &/or meditate, read the Word, whatever works. I was praying for God to help me set aside time for him, and he's answered. I usually have my TV on for most of the day, but I struggle to find worthwhile programming. Yesterday, I had the TV off all day so I decided to listen to a YouTube sermon. Afterwards, I read a few verses on my Bible app, followed by prayer and I felt good afterwards. 

Today, I did the same thing, heard a YouTube sermon from Priscilla Shirer (daughter to well-known Dallas minister Tony Evans), and she spoke the real. I listened to 4 of her sermons (2 yesterday, and 2 today) and each one spoke to me. I said that to say this: Sometimes, it's tough finding something worthwhile to watch on TV, so I've decided to dedicate the time I normally spend watching TV to God. It's 7pm right now, and I've never turned on the TV since coming home, and I'm ok with that. Sometimes it's good to sit in silence and meditate. I'm trying to get closer to God and the way I do that is by meditation. Besides, most TV programming is ratchet anyway and I can't take too much ratchet foolishness. I'll take quiet time with God over ratchet foolishness anyday.

Satan Is Real

It's one thing not to believe in God, it's another not to believe in the Devil. Look around you, it's obvious the enemy is real.

— Florida Made (@RichardMIATL) September 10, 2015

It's one thing not to believe in God, it's another thing when you deny the obvious existence of Satan. Look at what's going on in society from homosexuality running amok to Christians being persecuted for taking a stand for Christ; it's difficult to deny the enemy's existence. If people want to deny God, that's on them, but to deny Satan's existence is borderline crazy. If Satan wasn't real, why did he take 2/3 of the angels with him when God banished him from Heaven? Lucifer (as he was known back then) started getting beside himself and wanted to put himself above the Creator, but God showed him who's in charge. Since Lucifer was kicked out of heaven, he's waged an all-out attack in society. Children being born with disabilities, marriages falling apart, poverty, violent crime, etc. People better wake up & understand there is a real devil out there who's taking as many folks to hell as possible before his time is up.