GOD LOVES HIS TROUBLEMAKERS! Most church attenders have been told that to be a good Christian you must be nice, never upsetting anyone, nor getting people angry or riled up or causing any trouble. You need to simply get along with everyone. They expect church people to live peacefully, work diligently in their jobs, responsibly raise their families, and of course, go to church every Sunday. Christians must certainly never complain, oppose authority, resist the governmental laws or use power to force reforms. Judging from the Bible, however, people would have a hard time proving these assertions to be true. In Scripture, most of the greatest men and women of God were known as troublemakers. So if you can’t get along with people and look the other way at their sin and go with the status quo then you are called a troublemaker. You are being made a scapegoat because you have an actual moral compass and will call out the sin and bad behavior in others instead of participating in it, but then be labeled as not being able to get along with everyone. Joseph caused his brothers to be jealous and hate him to the point that they…

MANY WANT INSTANT DELIVERANCE FROM THEIR PAIN WITHOUT ANY EFFORT TO CHANGE Many of us want delivered from our pain without any effort to change on our part. Many want healed of the sicknesses and pains in their bodies without having to truly forgive all who ever hurt them so that God can forgive them for those they hurt and walk in good health. They want to look thin or strong without cutting out sugars and fried food from their diet and exercising every day. They want delivered from smoking without actually enduring any pain from withdrawal symptoms. They want to be blessed in their lives without changing their sinful behavior to obey the Bible. They want to be elevated to leading a ministry without consecrating their lives to total obedience to the Lord and sacrificing their financial living arrangements. They say they want freed from porn and masturbating yet won’t stop looking at porn, lusting and masturbating because it feels good to their flesh. They want to be delivered from poverty yet refuse to tithe regularly and waste money on addictions and foolish temporal things. They want to be rich without having to work or stop wasting money on…