Telling you whom I love that there is a simple, direct or effective way to protect yourself from the tribulation that this world is facing would be the greatest lie I desperately wanted to tell you.  It is not that easy in this man’s world where we are determined to continue the fight with God.  Having stood in their shoes of rebellious indifference, I sympathize with that ignorant approach.  However, that is what it remains and ill informed or worse yet determined decision to chose the losing side of the greatest conflict in man’s history or future.

If we were to chat, I would tell you of the enemy’s intention of enslavement, deprivation and deceit, tragically designed based upon our flawed simplicity to lure us away from the only bastion providing protection from this onslaught, the Waiting Grace of God.  The electronic, auditory, communicative and brain technologies being perfected are designed to enslave the unwilling and will clarify the protected from the vulnerable.  The only way to be shielded from the these intentions is the indwelling Holy Spirit of God.  God is the only one powerful enough to guard you from the great deception and tribulation that will face this Earth as we near His return for Judgment.  I would gladly tell you that there is an alternative truth, because I love and wish to protect you, but this truth is not one from which there remains options.  I know we believe in the many shades of grey, but don’t let them sell you that ideal, because in this instance their is only and has only been black and white, yes and no, on or off, in or out.  Two choices set before us, stay or go and only one of the answer provides freedom, love, safety and relief.

Yes, if there were a way to arm yourselves physically, mentally, spiritually that would adequately sustain you to withstand the coming deluge, I would gladly and appreciatively inform you.  There is only one door, one way, one truth, one saviour, one spirit and in Him alone we find the truth of prophecy, history and heaven.  His Name is Jesus Christ, He died that your sin debt might be paid, buying you back from satan’s clutches to have everlasting life spent in the presence of God.  This day is a unique one, 3-16, for it reminds all of us of the scripture that tells that simple yet glorious truth stated in John 3:16.  For God so loved the world he gave his only begotten son so that whosoever shall believe in him, shall not perish but have everlasting life.  Take my advice, cry out to God, even if you are struggling with doubt.  He is there waiting to accept your call and will give you the faith necessary to make that choice and be filled with his Holy Spirit that is the only thing which can shield you from the travesty of events about to confront humanity.  Do it right now with me please.  Lord, I want to believe.  I want to be saved and washed clean of my sin to spend eternity with you.  I repent and apologize for my sin.  Lord give me the faith to make that choice.  Come into my heart and live with me in this life and the next, guiding, counseling, providing for and protecting me.  I want to be set free.  Won’t you set me free?  Thank you Jesus for showing me the way to truth and everlasting life, Amen.

Do I really know what He has planned for me or perhaps are there several other possibilities constructed from my fear or desire to control the outcome.  Let’s say I have a plan.  I am going to live here or work there, save up buy a boat save the children, feed the poor, construct a monastery or simply live leisurely roaming the countryside.  Those are still my plans, and having made the same mistake that got David into trouble “EVERY” time, not having asked God what He wants before proceeding, how can I expect to follow God’s Plan for my life while traipsing out my own choreography?

I don’t know what He has planned for me, nor have I been able to safely or honestly say that when I review what He has done this past year could I have predicted, manufactured or written the emerging script that He has delivered for my foot steps.  The only way to see what He has planned for each of us is to go to Him in surrender first, then let Him guide our thoughts, steps and subsequent actions.  To do so we will need to be well acquainted with the use of His Spiritual Armour for it is likely and probable that we will be directed into direct conflict with the enemy.  We will need to have the courage, the courage to leave our past conceptions and control behind and follow a road unknown, which is frankly one of the hardest things for this man to do.  I don’t know maybe you are better at facing the unknown than I am, but I will say that after a while you begin to embrace the anticipation and just as a child waiting to unwrap the gifts you look forward to the surprise having left predictable and same ol same ol in your wake.

God is faithful, God is True and Trustworthy to lead us onto the path of His Good Will.  That doesn’t mean that I will never see the darkness for I must admit it probably means the opposite.  What it does mean is that if I muster the courage to face that darkness, the Lord will fight ahead and behind me with his warring angels paving the way to my victory as I proceed in faith, truth, courage and a firm reliance upon His promises.  I don’t know about you folks but I found my plans rather simple, meager, boring and frankly when I reached the goals I set for myself there was always an accompanying emptiness and unfulfilling emotion, as if, “is that it, is that all this was supposed to be?”

He is writing my plans, my script and my footnotes.  I am not only on board but excited to have lost sight of the shores of my own surety, venturing into the unknown, embracing the joy that comes with that abandon.  I am not out of control, but rather within the grasp of the God of order, carefully unfurling the flag of my willing contentment.  I don’t know what the future will bring but I know who is bringing it and upon Him I place my courage, understanding and willingness to move forward to horizons yet conquered.  In Jesus’ Name I pray that you follow Him each and every day of this life and the next.

He wept for no one was found worthy to look upon the scroll and open its seals.  That is how John felt when heaven stood in frustration that no one could look upon what we assume is the title deed to the Earth, nor open the seals of God’s Wrath to be cast down upon it.  Then the angel reminds John that the Lion of Judah is worthy to take the scroll and open the seals of God’s awaiting judgment.

Do you know the Lion of Judah?  Does anyone for that matter know the Lion of Judah?  You may remember reading in the Bible, “behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the World”.  We all know that to be Jesus, as he was sent to be the sacrificial lamb for the sins of all mankind.  But wait the Lion of Judah, couldn’t be the same person could it?  The Lamb and the Lion of Judah.  What if I told you that I know the Lion of Judah?  Would you laugh and mock me, saying something about he thinks himself a prophet or utoh, here goes the Christian again?  That’s okay, I know him anyway.  You see it is that same Jesus who came the first time as the suffering saint to take away the sins of the world, will return this next time to proclaim judgment and take his rightful place upon the Throne.  I do suggest entirely knowing him now as opposed to meeting him when he returns, because there is a huge difference between relationship now and judgment then.

Jesus is going to open up the title deed of this Earth and take back his rightful position of reign upon it, taking it back from satan who has been ruling here in stead of Adam when he lost that position.  The first day that he comes back he is going to fight personally and defeat three different armies aligned against him.  One where the damage will be so terrifying that the Earth will shudder at his Wrath when he defeats the single largest mustered army set against him in the valley of Jehosaphat, in Israel.  He will strike them with the two edged sword that comes from his mouth.  Don’t laugh this His Word which is sharper than any two-edged sword and will simply speak them into death. Then God will drop pieces of ice in excess of 100 pounds upon them that he has been saving up since the beginning of time turning this valley into a 180 mile long disaster.  Why is he going to do this, for one simple reason because these people will have rejected his offer of peace and instead join with satan to rise up against the sovereign authority of God? They will come to fight Jesus and they simply and utterly, Lose.

You want to know this Lion now.  Get to know Jesus that you are seated behind him when this battle is fought, not in front of him to be destroyed in moments.  He is Jesus Christ the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords and all will bow a knee and confess this truth, either voluntarily or be forced to do so at the day of judgment when sentences are pronounced.  He loves everyone, loves them enough to have died for all mankind, but he was resurrected and lives now waiting for that fateful day when he returns for his church and judgment.  The Lion of Judah, Jesus Christ my King.  In His awesome name I pray.

Must I struggle in my prayers for this nation?  Must I temper my prayers for the return of our Constitutional Republic fully knowing that the Bible describes the eventuality of a one world government, religion and commercial system?  Am I to struggle in the belief and reliance upon 2 Chronicles 7:14, knowing that if God heals our land it will probably be turned fallow at some point as indicated in revelation?  I do not know necessarily how God is going to resolve this apparent logical conflict.  What I do know is that the Lord’s Promises and Word are inerrant and entirely reliable.

How then am I determined to modify my prayer life steeped in the knowledge of this apparent incongruity? Are both things possible?  Are they mutually exclusive or can they both come about in the time remaining?  Well considering no one knows the day or the hour of God’s return, I would have to say we don’t know how much remaining time is in fact remaining.  But back to the question Gertrude.  I am praying for the healing of this country, that we might turn from our wicked ways, repentant and forgiven, humbled before God’s outstretched arms welcomed back into his embrace and turning his face back to our country to heal this land.  I am also preparing for the eventuality that this world and those who do not serve the Lord want a one world government, religion and commerce.  You know it, I know it and God most certainly knows it.  We have always been foolish and when the Jews wanted a King instead of God he gave them a King and they regretted it.

Look we have prayed to God that he might hear our voices and extend the opportunity to us as a nation.  A nation, that had begun committed to him yet over the years has turned its face and its heart away from God serving their own lustful desires of greed and sensory fulfillment.  This is truth, you know it and so does everyone else.  This opportunity requires that as God hears our prayer we must in our humility of his attention turn from our wicked ways to evoke the next promise which is to receive again his face toward our nation and the subsequent healing. Are we?  Are we turning from our wicked ways, humbled by the opportunity to save our land, fearing God and his wrath if we are found to be a nation of wicked people serving the enemy?  I will leave that to you to determine.  I bet you can guess my opinion.  Nineveh repented, though according to Jonah they were so wicked they did not deserve salvation or reprieve.  They fasted, prayed, threw ash on themselves and wore sack cloth to escape God’s Wrath.  Do you see anything resembling this type of humility and fear in our country?

What if we were given this time that all people might inspect themselves and make a decision for or against Christ?  What if this Constitutional Republic is won back as answer to prayer by Christians only to have the Christians raptured out to be with Christ? What happens to this nation without those of us praying to God’s for its healing? What happens to this nation without the restraining Spirit that is holding back the Spirit of Anti-Christ? What happens when suddenly all the Christians who love living free in a capitalist society, blessed by the hand of God are suddenly gone?

Well perhaps there is no struggle here.  I continue to pray for the healing of our land, humbling myself, repenting and asking God to spare us and bless us once again.  I continue to pray that the rest of the people in this nation find the same fearful, humility.  I continue to pray against the Spirit of Anti-Christ, restraining its ugly head from emerging.  I continue to pray that all those who have an ear to hear make a decision for Christ and are found ready when he comes. I continue to pray that the Lord give me the endurance to face what must be done before he comes to snatch me from this place.  But I also pray Maranatha Lord, Living for You is Christ but I miss you and will welcome that Glorious day when I am to be with you forever.  No Struggle, all is as it should be in God’s Will, God’s Timing and firmly held within his unbreakable grasp.  In Jesus’ Name.

Predicaments. My mind would have me be victim to the supposedly random impacts upon my day.  The truth is my mind in this manner is being used against me, to slow me, disengage, paralyze or refocus me toward concentration upon the events not the storyline.  This is a war, which may seem a word containing too much contextual drama that you are likely to turn off the ideas expressed hereafter.  But if you are willing to venture this explanation then read on and my prayers are this segments alleviates some of the gravity holding back from jumping sky high in your rejoicing.

Things. They happen, they come at you, they may even appear to follow a pattern consistent with the narrative played out in my mind’s attempt to become victim.  Since, I am awakened to the battle plans of God’s enemies with regard to each and every soldier for the Lord.  I must then understand and make record of every item, battle implement, strategic manipulation and tactical advantage that may be employed or exploited by a very clever enemy.  Since the enemy knows that I am prone to be disinformed, misled by rumor, heckling or emotive involvement that must be recorded as an avenue form which the enemy may render me less than useful.  This should immediately begin to set off teaching alarm bells  2 Corinthians 10:4-5 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

Thoughts. Often we may look no further into the power of the words used in the living Word of God’s Direction, but that is leaving useful content on the table when leaving for battle.  So let us remember the potency, the power and the depth of the contracted phrase “strong hold”.  This is often passed over when it need be thoroughly investigated. An enemy stronghold in our own thinking is a frightening concept.  This is a defensible embattlement designed from which to launch campaigns and repel any assaults.  In this case we are admonished to remember that our weaponry is not carnal, therefore it is spiritual and not flesh, like our fists, our feet or our emotions.  Our spiritual weaponry for that matter allows us to repel or disengage enemy embattlements that have set themselves up in our thinking by taking captive the thoughts of our own minds.  So, doesn’t that give you strength to know that you have the power, the authority and the means to defend your mind from these angled assaults against your efficacy?

Now that we have acknowledged several things; that the enemy will attack our thinking in an effort to set up embattlements from which to launch attacks on our attitude and render us less useful to the kingdom and subsequently our family and friends, and praise be to God we have the spiritual weaponry requisite to repelling these assaults dismantling or destroying these strongholds and building our own joyous parapets from which to engage the enemy in spiritual battle ourselves.  So we no longer may fall pray to the victimization ploy engaged by our enemies.  We now have the authority and the power to take our own thoughts captive that they not be hijacked and utilized to weaken us by the very enemies we thought to mount defenses against.  And finally that we may reflect upon all that is good, right, true and uplifting employing our own spiritual weaponry to fill our minds with positive thinking that we might be MORE effective rather than the original intention.  Philippians 4:8 teaches, Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

This is the power of predicaments, thoughts and things from which we become mature and effective driven by the mystery of Christ’s love and Holy Spirit indwelling to take the battle to the enemy rather than be side lined.  Rejoice for there is in this knowledge the true reason for that joy.  We have never been losers simply immature, misunderstanding our position of authority over all things, thoughts and enemy strong holds that may have appeared to inject palsy in to our lives.  Be set free from these predicaments and be renewed in the power, peace, love, authority and fellowship of the Love and Unity of God’s Holy Spirit living and empowering us from within.  And Pray, for this is the ultimate power against which nothing may stand, access to the Father through Faith in Christ.  He shall not be moved, but all things must answer to His Word.  In Jesus’ Name.

Is it reasonable to assume that a person could read the Bible, become familiar with God’s provided recounting of the history of the Earth, and simply choose to believe?  Is it believable that a God who has the power, knowledge outside of time’s constraint and Love necessary to create a species with the capacity to both get themselves into inescapable predicaments and accept the loving avenue given them to be freed of that confinement?  Would it be necessary in order to provide the insight, intelligence and experience necessary to developing the faith necessary to making such a choice to provide a historical set of tales, proofs and promises familiarizing man with His character?  Then taking all these reasonable statements in the affirmative why then are people perplexed, surprised or incapable of utilizing the Bible in order to make those important determinations for themselves?

Simple set of options in answering this interrogative; we don’t care, we don’t want to know, didn’t know or perhaps the enemies who neither want us to know God nor to perhaps make a decision to side with him desire to dissuade us from its uses.  Okay, some may not care, but it is pretty obvious that most people truly do have concern for their families and lives as the world becomes problematic.  We may not wish to know because having known enough about it to determine that it will require self sacrifice or the loss of our current self-determinism, it may be something we wish to avoid fully comprehending.  We may have suddenly become aware of this reasonable set of circumstances and now stand in that rare predicament of having to make a choice going forward.  Or the arch angel who currently rules here has done everything that he can to discredit, keep us out of and confound, complicate or twist God’s Word in ways that deprive or dissuade us from seeking our own understanding of its promise.  Whichever description aptly describes your current situation, I want you to know that God loves you and has given us the Bible that we might know Him and understand that He is waiting for each of us to make that fateful decision that will determine our eternity and our purposeful fulfillment on Earth.

Now the last obvious option is to choose to turn down God’s offer of salvation and thus choose a fate of spending eternity separated from his love, those who you loved and suffering for eternity in a lake of fire with the rest of those rebelling against God.  Now no one would choose that option would they, well if you’ve read the Bible you will know the horrible truth that many actually will choose to go to hell, though it was a place designed specifically for satan and his angels.  Yes, I said it, men were never meant to go there, they choose to go there, by turning down God’s offered salvation.  So, even those who turn down that offer and choose hell must have the necessary information to make that informed choice.  Well the only place to become sufficiently educated to making that choice is in the Bible.  I pray that you choose God, but I know the Bible well enough that many, even many that I know and love or loved will choose hell.  So at least learn the Bible that you might make an informed decision.  Perhaps if by reading it you may have your minds changed into accepting his offer of salvation and grace.  Then I will be doing my happy dance for that is the purpose for which I was sent in to your life.  May God be praised, may you get to know him personally through His Word, prayer and Spirit and may we spend eternity together enjoying the blessings of God.  In Jesus’ Name.

I will believe in spite of circumstantial evidence contrary to God’s Promises. Those are the underpinnings of faith, the seed from whence shall grow a mighty Tree, so bountiful the enemy will even seek to infiltrate its splendor.  Let’s be practical in our faith.  Reason dictates that God is omnipresent, so He is everywhere.  Therefore, He could dispel all doubt and stand in front of us right now, proving his involvement in humanity, that we might no longer need to fight the competing influences of doubt and belief.  Why then doesn’t he just do that and have it done?  Aha, because we are meant to experience that conflict because it is the only appropriate method through which Choice may allocate a portion of either ideal.

We can only have faith having not seen the hope of our hearts.  For that matter we can only have doubt, having never physically seen God before our own eyes, utilizing our own sensory recognition.  So, He cannot appear for that natural process of Choice to occur.  There cannot be accountability without Choice.  So we are left to the perfect opportunity to make that self determination with the provided knowledge.  Choose Christ or don’t it is up to each of us.

Okay what if I were to remind people that He already appeared right before human eyes, proving His existence, involvement and a love for us that took Him beyond death to resurrection.  What did that appearance create?  Well it created exactly the division of ideals to which I have previously referred, the Choice.  Eye witnesses penned the new testament, yet we still find that most have chosen doubt or disbelief, why because faith is difficult.  It requires that intangible component of HOPE.  Those with a Thomas-like, show-me mentality will need to see his wounds, his physical manifestation in order to make that choice.  Unfortunately they are going to be left behind to ponder that mistake in reasoning and hopeful determination.

Christ appeared in front of us.  God came to Earth for the purpose of showing us His Love and yet we still struggle with doubt and disbelief.  What does that tell us that even in the face of physical proof we are still going to struggle with our faith?  Aha, now you see why faith is the tiny seed from whence grand things of power are made manifest.  For without it we cannot even imagine completing the tasks to which we were designed and called. Faith is the on switch to our purposeful fulfillment and the avenue to the Power of the Holy Spirit, with it we may move mountains without it it is impossible to please God. Do you have that tiniest of seeds.  Care for it, pray over it, tend it, weed it, feed it and soon you will have a masterfully full set of bows from which to view this universe.  I pray for you in Jesus’ Name.

When we started playing it was simply discordant, such that I knew we need take a step back ward to discuss the rules of engagement.  There is obvious misunderstanding and need for clarification.  Now hearing your agenda, I must question if we will perhaps ever be in harmony, for your objective is one of your own and mine the Lord’s alone. Please forgive me in the mistaken misunderstanding, I should always take the up front time to clarify from which book, sheet and score we are going to play.

Don’t be upset, unless perhaps you were looking at me as a beast of burden, a mule to carry the package of your agenda to some distant location.  For I am already a beast of burden for the Lord, having his light yoke upon my shoulders, pulling the plow through the fields of his bidding.  Since yours is an objective of self, I will consult the Lord in prayer to see if there is a way or even if I should be playing a supporting role, but as to carrying the burden you had mentally placed upon me, that ain’t gonna happen.  This show may be slow, boring and going nowhere fast, but it is going somewhere and that somewhere is the destination to which the Lord is leading me.  Please do not assume that because we are not congruent that the same discord exists between myself and the Lord.  For we are perfectly in synch, at least for his part, mine always has hiccups but I always catch my breath with his patient assistance.

Please do not make the largest mistake that people who have assets make with anointed men of the Lord.  Do not assume that contributing X amount of dollars suddenly buys your word more credence to direct the ministry.  It is the Lord’s ministry, not mine nor would I ever sell it, so plain and simple, if you wish to contribute to the furthering of the Lord’s Will through this ministry then contribute, but remember it is a contribution not a controlling interest.  The Lord will direct all my moves and if you are in line with those moves then the Lord will tell you how or if to assist.  If he directs you to get involved then wonderful.  If he tells you that you should sit on your butt at home eating potato chips then please do that to the best of your ability.  Or if he tells you not to get involved with this ministry feel free and know that I support your response to his direction.  Please only get involved here if you wish to support what the Lord is doing through his ministry, because that is to whom it belongs.

I will never tell you what you should be doing for God, do not ever try and do that to me.  I have one master that is Jesus Christ the King and although you are member of the body of Christ and may have a message from him to give me it is still his message, his direction and my discernment to obey what you’ve given me for the accountability is mine alone.  Listen and seek the Lord’s counsel in all things.  I have never told anyone what they should or shouldn’t be doing for Christ, so if you have said that I am then you need to take that to God.  Be who he made you to be.  Plain and simple sing the song he placed on your heart.  I will sing the one in mine.  In Jesus’ Name.

How can faith be blind if I am to walk by it and not by sight? My faith must be rational, sound, clear and believable even when absent requisite evidence.  For I must be so glued to its position so assured of its validity that in times of doubt, trial, anger or disaster I must proceed against all odds based upon its promised Truth. That considered, in transition, we must never wear the shirt prepared for us by enemy, commenting brusquely that we are of blind faith, for a faith that is built upon the immovable, unchanging, immutable Rock of Ages is clearer than human ocular processing.

These are the times of vacillation and concern, the permutations of a ill determined identity.  We are told to follow this fad, catch that bus, run after boarding that train, believe this miracle, embrace that philosophy or look skyward for interstellar importation.  Who benefits from constant flux?  Do we as humans do well in this state, with nothing solid upon which to base reference frame?  No, in fact we begin to lose grasp of current realistic understanding as our psychological frame rate fluctuates, leading into dimensions foreign to domestic comprehension.  Why then would chaos reign in a world where its main inhabitants cannot well function within such circumstance?

That question presents obvious answers that must be investigated in our faithful understanding of who currently reigns upon the Earth.  God is upon the throne and nothing happens without his allowance but that does not mean he hasn’t allowed satan and his minions to rule here for the time being as part of his overall unfolding plan for humanity.

Get used to it folks, for it is about to speed up, become more difficult to keep things in focus as right becomes wrong and vise versa.  The context upon which our senses are determined in calculation will begin to break down as the enemy’s erosive plan continues.  However, our Faith Sight continues in crystal focus, perfect correlation to our belief that God will at some point in the perfect timing of His Good Will step in to set things right. Even if that means in the interim I lose my standing, health, wealth or life here in this plane, my eternity is assured.  We are entering a time in fact where the capacity to walk by faith will be the determining factor in our victory here in this era.  Without that capacity to clearing proceed by faith we will be left to the mercy of the chaotic waltz spinning out of control to entropy.

Stand your ground, walk in the clear hopeful sight of Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and never leave the skinny path leading directly to life everlasting.

Lord let the pain enable me to speak encouragement to those yet to experience it or searching for a way to shore from the depths.  Give my heart fresh speech, understanding and level of love that surpasses my brains desire to look away disinterested in the hazards of another man’s trial.  There are things that may be done in each situation to assist, repair, unite or breed peace.  Internal focus or the spirit of disregard and flippant participation must be brought to heal for the sake of efficacy in fellowship.  Doing nothing must only be the product of the discernment and the Spirit’s voice directing us to remain at ready, preparing ourselves for the appropriate timing to assist.

This is not the end, in fact even the end is not the end, but merely launching pad to the next beginning.  How then may I reflect upon my participation in regard to having been or being too late for intervention, rather as what are the remaining options viable to provide relief, assistance or comfort.  Just because I didn’t close the sale or make the touchdown in the best available timing does not make life consistent with the timed events of sports and romance.  There are always chances to go and get it right this time.

Accountability is returning to America and to the Body of Christ.  Though my past is not my future it is reservoir from which to fish the bounty of past performance, those lines cut or bait lost. What then is my role in self-reflection and recommittal to the things left untended?  Am I responsible to make things right where possible and to pray in to health those things beyond correction?  Of Course.  How may I do otherwise and claim to have obeyed the Spirit of Good Conscience?  This is a welcome age that comes with reflection and revision to habits, understanding and action.  If you knew that you were in the fourth quarter of the state championships in the last year of your school attendance, with the love of your life the Prom Queen and your entire Family watching, how would you perform differently than alone?  Please take the field for that whistle has just been sound.  In Jesus’ Name