Christians who do not live like christians

I feel an urgency for christians to really know God and completely surrender to Jesus.
This may sound strange for me to say that christians need to know God and surrender to Jesus but the Holy Spirit has heavily laid this on my heart. God will not tolerate "lip service" much longer. He demands our heart and many who call themselves christian live for the world not God.
Here are some things the Holy Spirit spoke to my heart:

WHY are we, people who believe in and say we love God so smug and comfortable in our worldly lives?

If God, who loved the Israelites and rescued them from their oppressors the Egyptians, and lead them out under great circumstances so they would truly Know Him and His power and His love, and desire to fellowship with Him; would then not only allow them but cause them to die in the desert because of their idolatry, sexual immorality, and grumbling- disobedience?
(see I Corinthians 10)

WHY do we believe we will be treated different? We live like we believe we can do whatever, as long as it's not "too" bad and God will over look it. We say we are saved because we have confessed and have been baptized by water, but then only to live just as the world does.

I Corinthians 10: 5 says God was not pleased with most of them; their bodies were scattered over the desert.

WHY do we christians try to justify to ourselves and others why we do not Freely give to God and His Kingdom?

God said in Matthew 10:8 Freely you have received, freely give.

He also said to set aside the FIRST fruits of all we have for Him.

We try to use worldly ideas to justify our "tithe" to be After taxes and other deductions "because that is what we really get to live on" (I actually heard a leader in my church say this a few years ago). Other excuses I have heard are "I just don't have the "Extra" money at this time", "I have so many bills due now", "I give to my church and they distribute it to missionaries so I don't have to do any of that".

First of all, First Fruits is FIRST FRUITS, not after taxes or other deductions or after bills, It is Not what is Left over. And if God struck down dead the husband and wife team in Acts 5, Ananias and Sapphira of the early church for "justifying to themselves" (LYING) about their giving( greed??), WHY do we think God is pleased with us? We have this sense of false comfort in believing that God will bless us for our greedy giving!

We should be trembling in fear of the ONE who has the Power to not only destroy this body but cast our soul in Hell for eternity!!

WHY do we believe that it is more important to have a retirement account than to support those who go out from our midst to proclaim the Word and Truth of God, or feed the hungry, or care for the needy?

Have we learned so little from the rich farmer who had good years of crops and his barns were not big enough to store all his grain, so he said to himself, I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones and store all my grain and goods. I have plenty laid up for myself for many years, I'll take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.
Sounds like a Retirement plan to me!
But God said to him "You fool, This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?" "This is how it will be with anyone who stores up things for himself but is not rich toward God" Luke 12:16-21

We give out of our Abundance, out of our leftovers (Greed?)
We give to Only those WE feel are worthy of "our" money (Judging others??/ Pride?)
We want to make sure we get a tax credit for it (Greed?)
And we think HOW GREAT I AM for giving! (Pride?)

NOT only does our Greed blind us but also our Pride!!

I fear that the Lord Almighty will say, you fool! Tonight I will take away all that you have horded up for yourself and smash your puffed up pride.

WHY do we christians claim to love God and follow Jesus when we do not even KNOW Him?
We do not seek His face and His Truth, and we do not Fear Him!

We say we pray... but our prayers are mainly worldly. Our prayer lists and prayer chains are filled with physical/worldly problems. Seldom do we pray for spiritual healing and unity in the body of Christ.
DO WE NOT HEAR JESUS CRYING OUT- ITS NOT ABOUT THIS WORLD!!

Did not Jesus say of worldly christians, Depart from me, I do not know you? see Matt 7:21-23

Jesus says of the seed that fell among the thorns that these are the people that readily accepted the word planted in them, BUT the Worries of this life and the Deceitfulness of wealth choke it, making it Unfruitful.

Jesus also said in John 15 that any branch that does not bear fruit will be cut off and thrown out, but if a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit. A branch connected to the vine has a constant source of nutrients; our nutrients come from Jesus, His Word and constant contact/communication. Jesus said "apart from me you can do nothing".

Jesus goes on to say " My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you".

True Love is placing others needs and well being BEFORE your own.

My heart grieves for the "church" because I do not see this kind of Love in many "christians".
No wonder the world does not want our God.

I Pray for strongholds to be broken and hearts to be laid bare before the Lord in true repentance, for Truth to cut through all deceit and lies that has blinded us for years so that we will be TRUE DISCIPLES of CHRIST.
This is necessary before we can lead others to the Love, Grace, and Forgiveness of Jesus Christ.

Will you join me in this prayer? The Word of God says that if we repent and turn and seek His face, He will forgive our sins and heal our land.

Where lies your Faith?

Why do we, Christians, claim to have faith in God, but only rely on our own abilities and our own resources?

Is this not the same thing that the 10 spies related back to the Israelites when they were sent to spy out the land that God said He was giving them? They said the people were too big and too many, surely they would not win the battle to take over the land.

If we have to have assurance that something will be paid for, our faith is in someone’s money not God.

I have heard it said from a good Christian man, that ministries that do not prosper are probably not directed by God… I guess he thinks Paul’s ministries were not directed by God, after all Paul was stoned and left for dead, he was ship wrecked and bitten by a viper, he was ran out of many towns and cities, and he was thrown into prison.

Jesus also was a homeless wanderer, rejected in His home town, hungry, dirty and tired much of the time. He had no bank account, no retirement plan; He even said He has no place to lay His head. But was God with Him? According to the world- No. But God said of Jesus- This is my son, of whom I am well pleased!

What do we Really have our faith in? our own abilities? our bank accounts? our material possessions? Do we have to have proof that our plans will succeed? And by what standards do we judge success? The world's or God's? Do we look for a life that the world approves of or do we live a life that God approves of?
Jesus said in Matthew 6: 33 to seek first His kingdom and His righteousness...

What is your faith in?