rants of a beggar

4 Again He said to me, “Prophesy over these bones and say to them, ‘O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord .’5 “Thus says the Lord God to these bones, ‘Behold, I will cause breath to enter you that you may come to life.
Ezekiel 37

Haunted by visions of dead men..
Cities destroyed.. Families abandoned..  Children roaming.. Women wearied.. and Men dead.. Over and over the scene plays in my mind..

Dead Men = Dead Families = Dead Communities

So my question is this.. How do you give life back to a community?

Simple… Breathe life into men

Only the power of the Holy Spirit poured out through his word can give life into a dead mans bones. It happened to me, and it may have happend to you. But it is not just good enough to be poured into and revived.. We must learn to stand together with the breath of life given to us… and SHARE that by pouring it into others.

If the Breath of Life you’ve once received, doesn’t give life to anyone else.. then it is just hot air.

21 “When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are undisturbed.22 “But when someone stronger than he attacks him and overpowers him, he takes away from him all his armor on which he had relied and distributes his plunder. Luke 11

So often we find men bound and enslaved on the floor of their own homes.
Tangled by arrogance, selfishness, idolatry, deception, pornography, alcoholism, violence, and fear. Bearing the chains marred with the flesh and blood of their fathers.

Homes unattended, left open to be ravished by the whims and currents of this world. Pressed on every side, leaving families broken and shattered.

As men lay dead.. lying on the floor of their own home.
Helpless and without influence.

Dead Men = Dead Families = Dead Communities