<![CDATA[R.E.A.L. Men At War - R.E.A.L. Warrior Minute]]>

<![CDATA[R.E.A.L. Men At War - R.E.A.L. Warrior Minute]]>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 04:40:01 -0700Weebly<![CDATA[Watch Night Service Prayer]]>Wed, 02 Jan 2019 15:38:39 GMThttp://realmenatwar.com/real-warrior-minute/watch-night-service-prayer

Heavenly Father, we have come to this night simply by Your incomprehensible mercy and amazing grace. We are gathered here to celebrate the ending of 2018 and the beginning of a brand new opportunity to express fully the freedom that's ours in Christ this coming year. Heavenly Father, this past year, many of us were pressured in every way, but by Your grace not crushed. Lord we were perplexed about situations and circumstances, but not left in despair. Some of us were persecuted, but that God not abandoned. Many were struck down, but not destroyed.

Heavenly Father, thank You that we have been emancipated from slavery to sin through the irrevocable covenant of eternal life sealed by the blood of Jesus Christ. We know Father, that You will not abandon us because of Your great name. Heavenly Father forgive our sin of unbelief. Forgive us of not trusting in Your limitless power to save and deliver from every enemy that rises up against Your children. For You have said that You will never leave us or forsake us...NEVER! Because of that promise Heavenly Father, we are certain that You have amazing things for us to accomplish this next year!

Father in Heaven, as we sit at the dawn of this new year, hear our cry oh LORD! Open our eyes to see Your plans for us and bring us together as one body. As Jesus Christ prayed in John 17; "May they all be one as You, Father, are in Me and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe You sent Me. "

So Heavenly Father, as we celebrate the end of 2018 and eagerly anticipate the brand new unstained canvas before us, deepen our love for one another and empower us to fully represent You in this world.

In the precious name of Jesus Christ...AMEN!!!

]]><![CDATA[“Love One Another” - 'Winning with GOD Everyday’]]>Wed, 10 Oct 2018 17:26:46 GMThttp://realmenatwar.com/real-warrior-minute/love-one-another-winning-with-god-everyday    Jesus says, 'Love one another'! The command seems so simple, yet so surprisingly complicated. Did GOD, Jesus Christ, not understand what He was asking? Does He not fully grasp the difficulty of obeying this simplistic command? And if He does, how can a man carry out or achieve the expected level of obedience? Let us briefly examine the reason for the command, our ability to live it and the implications of love’s impact in GOD’s Kingdom and society.

The Reason
            God the Father commands His children to “Love One Another” for a reason. Creation is the physical expression of God’s love and mankind is the highest, best aspect of what He created. By creating mankind in His image, God instilled into man’s makeup or nature an overwhelming need to be in a perfect love relationship with Himself (God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit) and expressed or seen in mankind’s perfect love relationship with each other.
“And He said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the great and foremost commandment. The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets.” (Matthew 22:37-40)
               Mankind, in a perfect state, is the physical revelation of God’s love. Sin distorted the perfection of the love relationship and man’s ability to perfectly love one another. However, man’s failure does not change God’s intended plan. The command stands – “Love one another.”

Living Love
            The simplicity of the command “Love One Another,” is often mindboggling and frustrating. There are moments of glee followed by periods of bewilderment: How can I get this thing right? To start, the heart must be right: salvation, being born-again, Jesus Christ is my Savior. Next, there must be an overwhelming conviction that Christ will be my LORD over everything about my life. Then and only then will a man be able to live in and express the “Life of Love.” Jesus says, “Abide in Me, and I in you…, apart from Me, you can do nothing.” To abide in Christ is to study the word, pray the word and apply the word by the authority and power of the Holy Spirit. The strength to love is an act of a determined will to subjugate oneself to the control of God the Holy Spirit.

"Only God can perfectly love God and express Himself in perfect love through His servant to others!"

Perfect Love Implications
            God’s mandate to mankind is “to be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth...” Mankind’s purpose to fill the earth and rule it under the authority of God, as His representative, was cut short by man’s disobedience or sin. Sin, which is ‘the abuse of the perfect love relationship with God,’ severed the perfect relationship between God and man. Thus, creating a yearning in man’s heart for a fulfilling perfect love relationship with God and others. God’s purpose for His creation has never changed. Therefore, He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to restore the perfect love relationship with His creation to be what He intended. When God’s children obey His command to “Love One Another,” it unleashes the life and power of God in all its radiant glory! God desires people, believers and unbelievers, to see Him clearly and He becomes visible through man’s obedience to “love one another as He loved us”, and thus mirror the perfect love relationship. That powerful display of love stirs the laden passion in men’s heart to want to know Him and we migrate closer to the perfect love relationships we all long for. Marriages are blessed, families are blessed and interpersonal relationships are fulfilling and God is Glorified!

“Every Man Christ’s Ambassador, Every Home Heaven’s Embassy”

© 2018 Ravon C. Johnson]]><![CDATA[Empty Tomb...]]>Sun, 01 Apr 2018 07:00:00 GMThttp://realmenatwar.com/real-warrior-minute/empty-tombThere is enough evidence to prove the reality of the resurrection. Praise GOD Jesus Christ is ALIVE!!!

]]><![CDATA[Good Friday Word...]]>Fri, 30 Mar 2018 19:15:48 GMThttp://realmenatwar.com/real-warrior-minute/good-friday-wordThe ugliness of human sin, yours and mine, is visible in the agony of the face of Jesus Christ hung on the cruel cross of man. The LOVING GRACE of GOD extended to mankind is also visible in that face of Jesus Christ. GOD loves us sooooooooooo much that HE had His Innocent SON pay the penalty for the debt we owed. NEVER FORGET THE COST OF FREEDOM!!!!!!! John 3:16

]]><![CDATA[God Starved Imagination]]>Mon, 25 Sep 2017 16:04:16 GMThttp://realmenatwar.com/real-warrior-minute/god-starved-imaginationIs my imagination God starved? Have I forgotten the wonderful works of GOD all around me? It's easy to lose focus on the spectacular creation of GOD, when I focus so much on what I want to "do" for GOD. Oftentimes there's too much thinking about what I would do if only I had enough money, a better marriage, obedient children and more loyal friends, as opposed to what I can do with what I have. The things that GOD wants to do through me are only limited by my imagination. GOD is the one Who works in me to "will and to do" His perfect plan. I can be a great husband, I can be a great father, I can be a great neighbor, I can be a great friend and brother, and I can have limitless strength (Isaiah 40:27-31).

Climbing the mountain of Christ-centered manhood requires one solid step at a time. The beauty of GOD's creation all around me stimulates the imagination and inspires me to live in the hope of the climb. I know that nothing is impossible for "His Life" in me! Constantly thinking about and turning my focus to what I would do if certain things were to happen, causes me to miss out on what I should do with what's happening now! GOD is doing something incredible right now and I don't want to miss it!

The world needs a R.E.A.L. Man! My family needs a R.E.A.L. Man! My church needs a R.E.A.L. Man! My neighborhood needs a R.E.A.L. Man! GOD is looking for a R.E.A.L. Man! "For the eyes of the LORD move to and fro throughout the whole earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His..." (2 Chronicles 16:9) "And I searched for a man among them who should build up the wall and stand in the gap before Me for the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one." (Ezekiel 22:30)

I can imagine myself a R.E.A.L. Man (Righteous-Encouraging-Accountable-Loving).
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