There's a Party going on and Your Invited!

     It's Friday baby and we are about to throwdown!  Party over here.  Now, get your house cleaned up.  Shampoo the rugs, clean the windows and dust around the crown molding and make sure everything is in perfect condition.  This is going to be the party of the year!  Guess what, it's at your house and we are coming to party with you. Now, get ready.  Put on your red dress and high heels.  Fellas, get your Kenneth Cole shoes out and your best swagg because its going down old school at your house.  It's on!
     Did I tell you, "I'm coming to your party too!" I know I haven't seen or been with you for a while but  I am anticipating the next time I  am in your presence.  I mean I can't wait to party with you.  I am so excited  I have been telling all my homeys about you. I got my homeys so  excited they decided
to come with me too.  We crashing the whole weekend baby!!!!  Now just between me and you, my friends are a little rowdy but I promise it will be a party you will never forget.
     Man, I been thinking.  You haven't called me lately. In a matter of fact, I  heard about your party from someone talking about you.  I heard you got a new house.  Got a new attitude and stopped hanging with me. You kinda stopped socializing with me like you too good or something.  The more I think about it, you startin to piss me off. Yeah, that's what I said.  You trying to act all holy or something like you better than me.  I knew you when you was smoking blunts and drinking Forties.  You make me wanna come over to your house and slap the ___________ out of you.  That's right. That"s how I role.  Matter of fact, when I see you I'm going to hug you then body slamm you to the floor because you ain't about nothing. Piece of dog mess is more like it.  Now open the door, Big daddy home!

Matthew 12: 43-45
⁴³ “When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none. ⁴⁴ Then he says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when he comes, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order. ⁴⁵ Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it also be with this wicked generation.”

    For every christian that gives their life to Christ, this is what satan wants to do to you.  He comes back looking to make things like they use to be. He is so angry you left him, he brings more demons with him to make sure it's harder for you to live a new life.  Every time satan comes to your house he wants to piss all over you.  He want show up and say I'm satan,  satan will send a old boyfriend or girlfriend that had you hooked on sex.  satan will come back with friends that you clubbed with and did drugs with.  satan will bring the family members who live to hate and tell you all the gossip. satan's goal is to help you, "Remember your time in sin."
     To answer the question from yesterday, it takes more than giving your life to Christ to win. satan does not want you to stay swept and clean as the scripture says. That's how we are when we become Christians. Swept and clean but that is not enough. Iniquities (generational sins passed down) run wild when things are just "swept and clean." To live victoriously as a christian, you have to study, renew your mind, walk in love, pray and stay in the process of change. You have to remember satan hates you. If  you are IN Christ, you are an enemy to the devil. Christians have to be honest and real about the sins we like and participate in with God so that we can find  help to resist the party in our honor.
    
     When satan is threw with you, he'll be pissing on your rug at your new house telling you,  "Clean it up and do it fast; I got more friends to invite to your party." It's your choice if you let him in your house. satan will only bring more friends(demons) to your party and take over. satan will never play fair. he will use your emotions, friends, family members or anything he can to keep you off guard and inattentive to the things of God.  There's a party going on and your invited!

"Sometimes you have to tell it like it really is." Clarence

Brother Clarence Threatt III
email: clarence@godlyking.com
website: www.godlyking.com
blog: www.godlykings.blogspot.com

I was told I was like this.

"When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child but when I became a man, I put away childish things."
 1Corinthians 13:11

     Have you ever been told, you are just like your daddy or mother and you realize that they did not say that as a compliment?  Or have been told,  you ain't never going to be nothing!  Alot of us have been told so many bad things that after hearing them time after time we began to believe what people say about us. We begin to act like who they said we resemble and we justify our behavior by accepting what they said and nurture negative behavior as who we really are.
    All of us have been told something negative about ourselves by friends, family members or peers. My question is, "Did you believe them?" If you believed them, do you believe them now?
     Okay, I did believe some of the things I was told.  I did do some of the things they said I would do but I grew up and my thought process changed. The scripture today speaks of maturing.  It encourages us to not be  in the same mindset we were as children. Not  anything deep this morning just a simple truth.  Growing up is good but growing into the nature of Christ is better.
     When we are born into the family of God by accepting Jesus as our Lord and Savior, we inherit the Nature and likeness of Christ.
 When we are born into this world, (your birthday) we inherited the nature of satan because of the fall of Adam and Eve. It is up to us to nourish the Nature of Christ or nurture the nature of satan.

⁵ Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,
And in sin my mother conceived me. Psalm 51:5

      We have a choice. You don't have to be like your daddy or mother unless you want too.  We are free moral agents. WE HAVE A CHOICE.  Sometimes its difficult to overcome this because we are like our parents.   Iniquities (generational sins passed down)  in some cases have never been  dealt with.  Have you ever seen a family where all the girls get pregnant out of wedlock?  Have you ever seen a family where all the men are whores?  Have you ever seen a family where all the men have lives in and out of jail?  Have you seen a family where everybody had or has substance abuse issues? These are examples of sin iniquities that run wild in our family history.
     Good news!  If you are born again, iniquities don't have to rule you or your seed.  The blood of Jesus redeemed you from the curse of the law. (Galatians 3:13)  Jesus did everything for you to walk in victory over sin, sins stronghold, iniquities or whatever that may have you bound.  The question is, "Is being born again enough to walk free from sin and iniquities and stay free?"  I'll answer that question tomorrow.  Stay Tuned!
   

Brother Clarence Threatt
email: clarence@godlyking.com
website: www.godlyking.com
blog: www.godlykings.blogspot.com





    

Warning: God has detected a virus.

"Love suffers long and is kind, does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up, does not behave rudely, does not seek it's own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity but rejoices in the truth, bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things, Love never fails." 1 Corinthians 13:4-8

**********************High Priority Email***********************
*************Warning: God has detected a Virus*******************
****Attention all Christians. This is an important message from The ECN (Emergency Christian Network) It has been brought to our attention that Christians are being attacked with a harmful and in some cases deadly virus.  It attacks the heart and is a silent killer. Please be advised****

     Wouldn't it be great if we received messages or warnings every time we walked out of love with someone?  We'll I guess it depends on what kind of day we were having.  Believe me this is a #1 enemy of the state.  How easy is it to get offended?  How easy is it to retaliate and let them have it? How many of us operate in this kind of love that is mentioned in the scriptures today.  Love is the activator of our faith.  It is the common denominator of everything involving Christianity. The question remains, Is walking in love  a challenge for most Christians?  I believe so.
    The first thing a doctor will do once a virus has been detected is identify  where the virus is located. Once identified, the doctor can diagnose it and study the effects of the virus. When the diagnostics is complete, the doctor will try to isolate the virus so it can't spread any further.  He will  identify an antidote to nullify it attacks or stop it from ever spreading again.  In most cases, doctors and scientist develop antidotes to immune us from spreading the virus and to keep us from becoming victim to the affects of the virus. Warning: God has detected a virus. A spiritual virus.
    Well, the virus has been located.  In the hearts of many Christians, it has been identified by its overwhelming mark found in the homes of many Christians by signs of:cussing, yelling, door slamming and name calling. All are strong parameters to measure the virus is present. There also has been enough scientific evidence that shows that the virus starts with one person but soon affects the entire family.  Just like a virus that travels through the bloodstream; bitterness, resentment, anger, and calamity travel from one family member to another. It can consume all that come in contact. A spiritual  virus will hinder prayers from being answered or heard. Healings can be delayed, angels stopped from operating on our behalf  and block our access to heaven and God.  Sin separates us from God.  If I operate my life like this, I give satan permission to come in and out my life at his will.
     Some situations are more difficult to overcome and let go.  Some people are hurting by events and loved ones who wronged them.  Some of us have just been dogged out. How do I truly move forward when I hurt everyday? How do I control my anger when all I do is want to curse?  How do I forgive someone and not be bitter when they abused my love and took advantage of my trust?  How?  The answer, "only by faith."

     “And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. Mark 11:25

     "I look at it like this, when and if I mess up, I need to be forgiven.  Bubba or whoever is not worth me not being forgiven."


     When you have been hurt you have a right to be mad. You have a right to be angry.  The bible says, "Be ye angry and sin not." Ephesians 4:26 It's okay to be angry but I can't hold on to it.  I can get mad but I have to let it go.  These are normal emotions that God gave all of us.  To ignore these God given emotions would be like saying we are not human. These emotions however, were never meant to lead and guide our decisions and lives like they do.  Now who do you think is using emotions as an excuse to keep you messed up. #could it be satan
     Anger is an emotion not a license to cut the fool. Your emotions were given to us by God to let us know if we have been treated fairly or to alert us of things that are not always right but we were never created to be emotionally ruled.
  God has provided a vaccine that cures all that are affected.  All we need to do is take our daily dose of our prescribed medicine (the Word of God).  That means sometimes I will have to shut my mouth and not get the last word in. I can't hold grudges against people that have hurt my feelings. I don't have to like them but I can't allow myself to harbor bad feelings in my heart. It destroys only you a little at a time.
    If you are a Christian, not walking in love is deadly.  satans goal is to kill, steal and destroy but Jesus came to give us life and life more abundantly.  We can ignore the warnings and continue to live like we do or take heed because God has detected a virus and HE is sending you the antidote today.  Take your medicine saints

Brother Clarence Threatt III
email: clarence@godlyking.com
website: www.godlyking.com
blog: www.godlykings.blogspot.com


























































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































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Change is a Process not an event.

Romans 12:2
"And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God."

    My destiny is affected by my character.  My character is influenced by my habits.  My habits are influenced by my actions.  My actions are a direct result of my decisions.  My decisions are a result of my thinking.
   
     Lustful thoughts come to my mind all the time.  I am 40 years of age and I still have lustful thoughts.  Some of us don't want to admit to having problems with lust.  Lust is an unquenchable desire for the forbidden. Lust is an intense appetite based in selfishness to fulfill wrong thinking. It has been the most challenging sin for me to overcome because I enjoyed it so much.  Let's think about it.  I could lust and no one know about it.  I can lust for someone and they not know it.  I can lust for  someone or something that does not belong to me and no one ever knows but God.  As much as I don't like this, God always knows your hearts desire.  HE knows.  You have not fooled HIM.  God knows you are lusting. 
   Wow!  I'm going to be honest with you.  I had no idea I would be talking about lust with you. The Lord directed me to talk about this subject.  If HE is dealing with me, some of you are dealing with lust.  The danger of lust is; if you continue to meditate on the lustful thoughts, you soon will act on it.  When you act, it will become a habit.  My habits become my character and my character influences my destiny.  Yes, I know a little something about it because I was bound and in a never ending spiraling cycle of repetitive sin.  The difference today is that it is my past and not my now.  Praise God!!!  I changed.

     Change is a process.  Change is necessary for growth and personal development. So Clarence, after years of struggling with this sin, how did you change?  The truth is I changed but I did not change me, I was transformed by the Word of God and made whole in Christ Jesus.  Now that's the truth but it was a process that I even continue in today.  My flesh is my flesh and sometimes I still want to party like its 1999.  I want to relive my whorish days and have multiple sexual encounters.  Yes my flesh is a fool.  I don't trust my flesh.  I know what it (my flesh) can do.  So why would I play with it?  The difference is now I feed my spirit which is of God and like God with the Word of God in the areas that need to be changed.  I got honest with God and HE helped me change.
    Let's be real for a moment.  I was prayed for by elders of the church and I still sinned.  I had hands laid on me and still fornicated.  I was prophesied to be healed and delivered and I still watched pornography.  What's going to break the cycle? Its the Word of God and you being honest about your problems and HE will lead you out of that pit you are in.  It is a pit that satan has created for you because you yield to sin everyday and don't resist satan's attack.  Those lustful thoughts are attacks from satan to keep you in bondage. satan wants you to believe that you are the product of your habits and that you will never be able to overcome  those habits. God has called me today to tell you that the devil is a liar and you are not the sin that you do. You are HIS child and you have been called to holiness and righteousness in Christ Jesus and nothing is to hard for HIM.  Nothing!
    Now the practical side of this.   If you really want to be free. You have to get scriptures and tapes and books that will help you renew your mind.  That is exactly what the scripture is telling us.  Don't conform to this world but be renewed in your thinking.   How do you change your thinking?  Think something else. That something else is the Word of God.  The Word of God is powerful!

      "For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart."Hebrews 4:12

    This is God speaking through me today.  Don't settle in your sin and expect no victory to overcome it. Like Pastor Benny Hinn says, "Today is your day!"  You can do it!  You can win over sin!  You can make your life better! I did and God is no respecter of persons.
     Change is a process.  Change is not an event.  Its what you do everyday to work on yourself that draws you closer to God.  The key is once you take your eyes off of your problems, your sins, your bad habits and focus on God; you begin to think and talk like God and  you start acting like God. HE is Victorious in Everything!  Our God is the changer!  Our God is the healer! Our God is the deliverer!  Our God! Our God ! Our God!  Be Blessed!
*************TAKE YOUR MEDICINE**************************

Brother Clarence Threatt III
email: clarence@godlyking.com
website: http://www.godlyking.com/
blog: http://www.godlykings.blogspot.com/



 

It's Time for a Check Up!

"Father's provoke not your children to anger, less they be discouraged."
 Colossians 3:21

     My, my, my.  How important is our childhood?  How important are the lessons we learn about life during our childhoods?  I was asked to share a "thought for the day" with you this week.  I am very honored to share with you.  As I began to meditate, I began to get some clarity on how and what I would speak with you about.  So let me start off right now and say, my primary objective is not to motivate you.  My goal is not to excite you or even inspire you.  My mission is to challenge you to be the very best "You" you can ever be. Since you know my position and my purpose, let's get started!
    It is clear to me that people who are reading this are dealing secretly and some openly with their childhood or the choices they made as a child.  For me, I struggled for years from the mistakes, shame and yearning to be accepted and loved from my  "ever present absent father."  Little did I know, that I never separated from my childhood because I was still affected in my relationships. I related to people as a child who had been hurt although I am now a man. The scripture today is speaking to us who are fathers and parents and encourages us  to not destroy are kids. How many of us are still affected today by our childhood?  How many people are hurting because of a bad or non existence relationship with a parent mother or father? How many of us consciously and unconsciously create environments that are emotionally and physically destructive to your own seed?  Okay,  I hear you; Clarence why are you asking me questions when I am supposed to be inspired?  Have you ever thought that your kids may be asking the same questions?  Could it possibly be you are the "discourager" in your home?  Could it be the reason why you are so cold to your husband or wife is because of your relationship with your dad/ mother? Could it be that you might be apart of the problem instead of being apart of the solution?
     One of the most important things you can ever do is evaluate yourself.  There is nothing wrong with taking the time to look at yourself.  I can guarantee you this, if you are wondering why so and so acts like this and talks so ugly; could it be coming from you as a result of current or past sins? Could you be the reason? Just a checkup this morning.
     No, this is not condemnation time. The devil has done enough of beating you up.  No, this is not time to have a pity party. Pity is a faith destroyer and it will destroy you if you stay on it's course.  No, this is not time for you to make excuses. Excuses are dream killers.  This is not the time to play the blame game. You are only responsible for how you act and react to life's situatuions.  No, this is not the time for quilt. Guilt will keep you looking at your problems instead of  God who is the answer to your problem.  Take your medicine like an adult this morning and begin your process of change. Change is a process. It's time for a checkup!

  "There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 2. For the law of the Spirit in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death."
 Romans 8:1-2

***You have been prescribed  medication from your Doctor (Jesus). Please adhere to the instructions for this medication.  It is critical to your health.***

   Helpful Instructions: 
1. Don't let pride distract you today.  God wants you to be free from whatever hinders you.
2. God is only concerned about your character and not your reputation.  Character is who you really are when no one else is looking.
3.  Allow God a place  in your life to deal with the stuff that is not like the character of God and begin your process one day at a time. (Mental,emotional,or behavioral stuff) Begin today!
4.  God is waiting on all of us. We all have something that is not pleasing to God that we need to deal with.
5.  Be honest with God.  You can only be helped as much as you open the door to be helped.  

*** These instructions will only cause you to thrive, live in peace and prosper. Take instructions seriously.***

More to Come.........

Clarence Threatt IIII
Author and Family Strategists
website: www.godlyking.com
email:    clarence@godlyking.com
blog:      godlykings.blogspot.com


   

The Headlines Are Not Changing- Why don't You!

*****************HEADLINES**********************************
1. Man beats up Priest.
2. Bishop accused of sexual misconduct with teenage boys.
3. Bishop settles 25 million lawsuit with 5 young men accusing of sexual misconduct.
4. Pastor admits to affair with stripper.
5. Famous Pastor found dead in hotel room.
6. Pastor and minister of music fight, stabbed and tazzed at church.
7. High school band teacher (Minister of Music) found having sex in car with male student.
8. Youth Pastor charged with rape of teenage girl.

     It is clear to me that life gives you unexpected turns and twist. Every man, woman and child born has to learn how to respond to certain setbacks and distractions. The last two weeks have not been easy for classmates and close friends.  As I am typing now, a very close friend of mine has been rushed to the hospital.  Of course, we have prayed and are waiting to hear a good report. Another high school classmate was killed last week and now his family is preparing to funeralize this great young black man. Unexpected life situations can affect all of us.  But guess what, we are still here and we have to continue to push on and continue to live even when life does not seem fair or when things seems unbearable. But the fact remains, the headlines are not changing and the devil does not care if you are a christian or not.  He is out to kill, steal and destroy.
     One of the things none of us want to do is leave here untimely. Most of us want to live long and productive lives.  Even though must of us share that sentiment, alot of us are distracted from doing what God wants us to do.  A  tragedy is to die without  knowing the Lord and to be eternally lost.  Another tragedy is for a christian to die without fulfilling the purpose they were sent here to do.  Regardless of who you are, if you are a Christian you have been given a God given purpose to fulfill on this earth. If you have purpose to fulfill, you have something to do that the devil does not want you to accomplish.  You have a enemy and he will do whatever necessary to keep you from discovering who you are in Christ. If you don't know who you are then you can't do what you are here to do.
     How does the devil distract us?  How does he keep us from fulfilling God -given purpose?  Sin is one effective way satan uses to distract Christians. For men, let me be more specific. Pornography, lust, adultery,drugs and alcohol, uncontrolled anger are major distractions that hinder us.  If you don't believe me, check the headlines that are affecting our Christian brothers and sisters.
*********************HEADLINES*****************************
1. Man beats up Priest.
2. Bishop accused of sexual misconduct with teenage boys.
3. Bishop settles 25 million lawsuit with 5 young men accusing of sexual misconduct.
4. Pastor admits to affair with stripper.
5. Famous Pastor found dead in hotel room.
6. Pastor and minister of music fight, stabbed and tased at church.
7. High school band teacher (Minister of Music) found having sex in car with male student.
8. Youth Pastor charged with rape of teenage girl.
9. So many, many, more..........
    
     So, where does it leaves us.  If we are here we still have opportunity.  If we are here, we still have a voice.  If we are still here, we have the power to make better decisions. We can all do better and better starts with You. The headlines are not changing- Why don't You!

Why I did It?

     January 11, 2007; four days after my 36th birthday; 2 months after my family buried my father, I was carjacked at gunpoint.  I've heard many people say that when they experienced life or death moments like this that their lives would flash before them.  I can honestly say that was not going on in my mind.  I didn't like the gun pointed in my face so I kept trying to get the young teenage thug holding the gun to move it out of my face. But even with all that going on, that wasn't my main concern.  I could only really think on one major thing, it was too early to end now.  I knew in my heart that I had not not completed what God had told me to do.  The 4 or 5 young, black thugs took my wallet, my keys and my car and left me standing there while threatening they would shoot my a@#. They took off in the car and I began running to try to get some help. Still, what bothered me the most was not the fact that my car was gone, or  the fact that they took the $60 I had in my wallet and my keys to everything I owned but that I had not completed what God told me to do.
     In 2004, God spoke to me in a night vision or dream to write a book.  In the dream or night vision, I asked, "What is the title?" I heard, " A Struggle Not Meant For A King."  I then was told the title of the first two chapters, "Father to Son" and " A Mother's Love."  That's all I knew.  I woke up the next morning and I remembered everything.  I wrote it down and just looked at the paper.  I had no desire to write a book and I didn't even know what the book was about.  When I finally shared it with my wife she looked at me like she had in times past like here comes another flaky idea.  You see, I had tried so many pyramid schemes, metalluca, selling long distance, and any scheme to try and make money and they all failed.  So, I had a terrible track record for trying to get something started. I told my mom also and she too kind of ignored what I was telling her.  It was me and God alone on this one and little did I know that's just how he wanted it. Why did I do it?  God gave me an OPPORTUNITY to be obedient to HIM.
     By being obedient to God, I did start writing this book and in the process of writing it I had the opportunity to confront my father about all the hell my family caught in his house while growing up.  I share this more in the book but to make a long story short, he apologized. I had no idea that he would be gone a few months later after I confronted him.  When he died, I really was at peace with him.  I wasn't angry and God gave me the OPPORTUNITY to talk to my dad before he died and gave my father the OPPORTUNITY to apologize  to me before he died.
     Now, God wanted me to "expose the sin in my life."  That's exactly how I heard it.  It was one thing to write a book but it was another thing to tell people the stuff I wanted to forget about myself.  I really did not want to do it.  I wrote anonymously a testimony to the church about my deliverance from pornography but now HE wanted me to expose myself. I did not want to do it. By being obedeint to God, exposing myself has become my ASSIGNMENT.
     My assignment is to tell other christian men and women about my struggles with sexual sins and perversions.  The only way I could do this is to be sure of the Fathers love for me.  There is no way in the world I could talk openly to people about my struggles if it wasn't for God's love.  I am fully persuaded of HIS love for me and I am fully persuaded of HIS LOVE for you.  God set me free so that I can help others become free. God sees you struggling secretly.  Married Christian man God sees you sneaking around.  Single guy, God sees you slipping in and out of sin trying to look like you got it together.  Men, God sees you at night on your cell phones, on the internet watching nasty videos having phone sex. God sees you Christian man comitting adultery and fornication. Chrisitan man God sees you in that homosexual or bisexual relationship. God loves you but HATES the sin.  That's why He told me to tell my story. He wants you to have your own story or testimony but you got to trust HIM to lead you. This is why I'm doing this!
     Look at this factual data.  These are some of the answers to the GodlyKing's Survey to date on www.godlyking.com.
                75 %   of the men surveyed currently watch pornagraphy.
                38%   of the men surveyed have been raped or molested.
                100%  of the men surveyed knew the person who raped
                            or molested them.
                67%   of the men surveyed were raped or molested by men.
                33%   of the men surveyed were raped or molested by a female.
                1oo%  of the men surveyed who were raped or molested currently
                            are married or have been married.
That's Why I did it!  Men you are not alone. So many other christian men are privately struggling. Together we can break the silence and the shame.  Sins DO NOT have to dominate you.  Iniquities of the family do not have to pass down any further. I was struggling and I was addicted to pornography but now I AM FREE!!!!!!!   Freedom comes when you expose the sin, ask God to help you and be willing to accept the help that is here. "A STRUGGLE NOT MEANT FOR A KING exposes it all  and shows how I overcame and  how you too can be free. There is hope and there is a solution.  If you need help now, contact me for prayer at clarence@godlyking.com.

     Finally, to my family members who have problems with what I am doing.  I only can say this, Were you upset or appalled when my father was giving his family hell?  Were you upset or appalled when I was sneaking out on my wife to go get or view pornography? Were you appalled and upset when I was a little boy who told anybody (family members) that would listen how my dad treated my mother and my sisters and nobody said or did nothing unless you just talked behind our backs? Were you appalled or upset when I grew up terrified of my dad because I thought he was going to snap and hurt us? No one said a word.................  So if you got something to say, start at 1971 and then maybe I'll listen.....................That's Why I DID IT?
I am just saying what has been painfully obvious for me.  I love my family but I love God more................................

Brother Clarence

The Perfect Setup

     One  morning I read a newsflash update on facebook.  I knew it wasn't good but my curiosity led me to just glance the page.  It said something like Thick Chicks or something like that. It was on facebook, so I assumed I could handle it.  I go to the page and there are pictures of some beautiful and not so beautiful full figured girls and people were placing comments. I am looking on my phone so I'm liking what I am seeing. I read one comment made by this woman and I was really turned on.  She said some really graphic stuff that got my attention but I'm rationalizing in my mind this isn't porn so I can handle it. So, I go back to my normal routine at work.  I have a very productive day.  I"m working; listenining to a series while in the car by Pastor Greogory Dickow on "Lasting Change."  It appears to me that I am doing what I am suppose to be doing.  Little did I know, I was just being setup by the devil.
     Later that night, my wife is sleep not feeling good.  I am up.  I started thinking about that site I saw.  (See where this is going) Now, I am trying to find that site again on facebook and particurly looking for the girl that said this comment but did not see it.  I go over to photos to look at more of the pictures because its not porn so I can look. Now I see more of what I like.  More pictures of girls with big breast and booty.  I'm lusting now.  I am turned on and now I want more. I am not thinking about nothing but these fine women I would love to screw.  I"m going there in my mind. I am building an appetite for the forbidden. Now, I want to see more for real and I want a release.  So, I do everything that I am not suppose to do.  I look at porn and I masturbate.  I fall.  Immediately, I repent and immediately the guilt and shame of the years of my addiction were in my face.  Now, I start questioning everything.  Can I do this?  Is this how I 'm going to live?  Saying one thing and living another. It was the perfect setup.
     Brothers, addictions or not easy to break.  Maintaining your freedom from an addiction is easier but you can never trust yourself.  I trusted myself and I missed it. When the opportunity to sin came,  I gave in to the thought of, " I can handle it." That is the biggest lie.  You can not handle it.  If you are addicted to pornography little stuff can set you off.  I was looking on facebook.  I was not looking for porn but where did I end up.  I was addicted and whatever you are addicted to you have to guard yourself from it; all of it! All forms of it. magazines, pictures, internet sites that promote sex hidden or not hidden. Now, I have stopped looking at those links.  My flesh can not handle it.  I can't look at pictures of half naked women. My flesh can not handle that.  Finally, I can't lie and act like I am not tempted because I am all the time. The difference for me this time is, I didn't see it coming and before I knew it I had fallen.
     What did I learn from this?  How did I move on? I learned that in order for me to stay free, I have to eliminate it all. No more hidden sites or pages. I went  back to doing the things to get free; instead now, its called maintenance.  I read my books.  I confess scriptures.  I have specific confessions that I use and I monitor my actions and my conversations. Lastly, I keep looking up to God and not myself.  Peter walked on water because he looked and kept his eyes on Jesus. The minute he took his eyes off Jesus, he began to sink. That is the main point.  Don't look at your sin or addiction look at your source of strength , Jesus. Your deliverance is not in will power.  Your deliverance is not in you just wanting to change.  Your deliverance is In JESUS only.  He is the only one that can transform your life.  That's what I needed.  I needed to be transformed into His image and likeness. I needed transformation in my thinking and I needed transformation in my actions so that I could begin to change my behavior. That was my problem.  I could not change my actions until I changed my source. The bible says, its the little things that you have to watch. Sin or the problem will not dominate you when you spend time with the answer. (Jesus)  We can not get around that.
    Finally, you have to realize that you are not perfect.  You will make mistakes but with Jesus you will always  have the power to get back up again if you repent and not cover or hide your sin. Don't allow satan the opportunity to beat you up about the sin activity that you participated in. Just build your defense.  Evaluate yourself and confess the problem. Process your journey. (Ask yourself, how did I get here?) Retrace your actions. Deal with your sins.  Don't hide from it, deal with it and ask God for help. Then you must establish yourself , your identity, your likeness in Jesus.  He knows the man you really are.  Always go back to Jesus!

Brother Clarence

Caught In the Battle

     Since I began this journey of letting everyone know about my struggles with pornography, lust, and masturbation; it's been a journey of the unknowns. Some people have given me praise, some secretly have been listening and watching, and some have responded negatively. I understand this is a very personal issue. When I had my first talk with my pastor years ago; he told me some would get it and some would not but you do what the Lord is telling you. So I have begun to do just that. I am going to do what God is telling me to do and say because so many men love God but are still caught in the battle.
     This thing is serious! It is so serious because it affects so many Christian men. Pastors, ministers, church leaders, deacons are all affected. Pew members, tithers and non tithers are affected. The Baptist, Catholics, Pentecostal, Church of God In Christ, Methodist, AME, CME, Holiest, Seventh Day Adventist, and  Non denominational are all affected.  Men who come to church on a regular basis and men who attend church once or twice a year are affected. They have all been affected by pornography and so many of them right now are addicted to porn. Clarence, how do you know that? I know it because I have been praying for men and friends on facebook. I know because the the Lord spoke to me years ago and said, "My men are attending church on a regular basis and struggling." God let me know years ago that I was not the only one dealing and struggling with my flesh.
     So here we go! If you are right now caught in the battle with your flesh and the godly you; that's okay. It's good your fighting but if you don't do things differently you will eventually lose the battle. Pornography is a work of the devil. It is addictive, your flesh will crave it, and it is designed to keep you weak spiritually. You will never be able to satisfy the desire for pornography because the desire is rooted in lust. Lust is unquenchable. Marriage does not cure lust. It cannot cure lust. Sex with your wife, girlfriend or boyfriend does not cure lust.
      You must change your thinking. If you Change your thinking you can change your decisions. By changing your decisions, you can change your habits. Changing your habits will change your actions. Change your actions you can change your destiny!
     The only thing you can do is fill yourself with the Word of God and Renew Your Mind daily. This is how you fight and this is how you win.  If you never start fighting spiritually you will never defeat your flesh and you will remain in a battle with your flesh that you can't win. Discipline and will power will only take you so far but the Word of God will deliver you and bring you from Point A to Point B. God changes us and ultimately changes our behavior but it is a process. We just have to commit to being transformed. Transformed into God's image and God's likeness through the Word of God.
The battle is made for all of us to win but we (christian men) must choose to fight with the weapons God gave us. It's time to win!

Romans 12

1I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
2And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Brother Clarence

This was My Friend

     A good friend from my high school whom I enjoyed hanging out with recently murdered his fiance. I lost contact with him and have no idea what he might of being going through.  This guy; in high school was one of the funniest and friendliest people I ever knew. I can only imagine the state of mind, the condition of his spirit and the hopelessness he must have felt to derive at that level.  I have no details surrounding what his current living situation might have been but I do understand one thing; "This was my friend."
     Years ago another close childhood friend that I spent alot of time with at church and social events ended his teenage years on drugs.  Drugs being the destroyer it is claimed his mind.  He ended up killing his grandmother in a rage for money to support his habit. The details around the events that caused him to commit this crime are still unknown to me but I do know, "This was my friend."
     Okay, enough is enough!  How long  do we just stand by and watch our friends lives become a headline for the 6:00 news. .Both of my friends will probably spend the rest of their lives in jail.  I'm  no means excusing what they did because they took life into thier hands and killed. This is my problem, men we have to start confronting one another and stop acting like we don't need help. We are destroying our lives and the lives of our families.I know I have needed help at times and never asked for it. That is pride.  I admit I too struggled with pride but when my family suffers because of my selfish ways then its a major problem  We must change.
     This blog is created to help us men change.  We must change our mindsets as it relates to our responsibilities as men.  We must change our attitudes about sexual sins and we must change our dysfunctional behavior that keeps us stagnet and unproductive. The WORD OF GOD is the only thing I know that can perfectly change us to be who we are created to be.  It is our time.
    Brothers, I will use this site to lift up a standard to have real talks and discussions about our ungodly behavior.  I am not exempt.  I will share the ungodly choices that I willingly participated in for years.  I know what it is to feel hopeless, unloved, unmotivated, depressed and sexually confused and  frustated.  I have been there,  Now, I know how to be free form lust, pornography, masturbation, sexual perversions, and rejection.  This Godlykings blog is for real!  I am here to only do Gods work and that is to destroy the works of the devil.  Men we will win and we will do what God has ordained for us to do and become,  First, we must start the process of change and that is renewing our minds in the WORD OF GOD.  Our brotherhood can be the beginning process to help all of our friends who love God but are caught in the battle.  Let's be real friends starting now.

Your Brother In Christ,
Clarence Threatt III
Author and Family Strategist