From a Watchman on the Wall 2021

 I was thinking the other day… “I am so, SO proud of my daughter!”🙌🏼🎉🥇 “Praise God!”…you may say. “What did she do?” Do I need her to DO anything, to be proud of her… As His children, does God actually need us to DO anything, to make Him proud - or has it already been done through His Son? My daughter does most emphatically NOT need to accomplish anything to make me proud of her.  Don’t get me wrong: There are inevitably times when our kids will DO things to make us very proud…and other times where they will  exhibit behavior that we are far from proud of.  Give praise where praise is due…acknowledge hard work, effort and achievement…and discipline and correct immediately the need arises. This is biblical and exactly how the Lord does His parenting. But, in a society that is pushing harder and harder for perfection - humanity’s version of perfection - we need, in the Church, to do it God’s Way. Be proud of your kids NOW…before they achieve anything (TELL them you...

 Malachi 2:4–6 ESV 4 So shall you know that I have sent this command to you, that my covenant with Levi may stand, says the LORD of hosts. 5 My covenant with him was one of life and peace, and I gave them to him. It was a covenant of fear, and he feared me. He stood in awe of my name. 6 True instruction was in his mouth, and no wrong was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity. (Referring to the whole tribe of Levi - the ministers and keepers of God’s House) Proverbs 9:10 Father, is this not also our commission?…Is this not also how we should appear to the world…how you desire us to be. That we would walk before you in holiness Lord…bringing the Gospel of Salvation in truth, love and the fear of the Lord…that the world would see and know that you are holy. For how will they know unless we are telling them…how will they see unless we are showing them. Romans 10:15-15 Image: Connie Elder

Ephesians 5:22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. 25 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, 26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, 27 so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. 28 In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, 30 because we are members of his body. 31 “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” 32 This myste...

Apologetics 101  Part 2 The Trinity- This word is not in the Bible but it is a word we use to describe God, based on the evidence of the Scripture itself. From Latin ‘Trinus’ meaning ‘threefold’. (Three entwined together as One) NOT three separate gods in one god! But… “Within the one being, there exists co-equally 3 persons.” (James White)  They are united and they are equal. If they were not equal, how could they be one? Look at the diagram: The Father is not the Spirit; The Spirit is not The Son; The Son is not The Father. ALL ARE GOD                                 ~~~~~~~~~~ To understand Him as three, we must first know Him as one So we go to the evidence of Scripture… Isaiah ch. 43:10; ch. 44:6; ch. 45:21 Deut 6:4 - Here God declares to Israel...(his own people...a special nation dedicated to Him) that He is not like the gods of other nations - He is One God!         ...

 #FastForFamily Psalm 127 A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon .   Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Jeremiah 22:13 Zechariah 4:1-7   Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. ~~~ “The Jew would ask, why is the house being built, if not for family?  …And why are the watchmen protecting the city, if not for the families in it?” (Boice) I believe this is also how the Body of Christ is meant to look.  ~~~ vs.2     It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep. Matthew 6:19-34 ~~~ Because, to the Jew there was (and is) no greater heritage given by God, to a man, than his family. Everything else was supposed to take lower priority. ~~~ vs.3     Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward. ~~~ A warning to Israel not to offer their children (a gift from The LORD) up to moloch…as ...

 Revelation 13:5 And the beast (the anti-christ) was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months (3 1/2years). 6 It opened its mouth to utter blasphemies against God, blaspheming his name and his dwelling, that is, those who dwell in heaven. 7 Also it was allowed to make war on the saints and to conquer them. 11 Then I saw another beast (the false prophet) rising out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb (It looked like a messiah) and it spoke like a dragon…(only those knowing the Word of God will perceive this)  12 It exercises all the authority of the first beast in its presence, and makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose mortal wound was healed.  13 It performs great signs, even making fire come down from heaven to earth in front of people, 14 and by the signs that it is allowed to work in the presence of the beast it deceives those who dwell on earth, telling them ...

 Apologetics 101 This is to clarify…against some of the cultish and new age heresy that is trying to enter the Church:  This is what the Bible says.  Some of the issues posed here are common beliefs among cults. I have included some - but not all - relevant scriptures (there are so many). If anyone has any other appropriate scriptures please put them in the comments and I will add them to the post.  Is God - The Lord, the Only God? Yes:  Isaiah ch. 43:10; 44:6;  45:21 Did God have a beginning? No:  Genesis 1:1-4 tells us that God is outside of time and is the Creator of time. Also Psalm 90:2; Job 38:4-7; Isaiah 40:28; Hebrews 7:3 Was God a man before he was God? No: Psalm 90:2; Revelation 1:8  ***God created man (Genesis 1:26-27). He created all life (Acts17:26); No man can create life…nor can any man  progress to becoming God (See Revelation ch 21)*** Is man a god? No  Genesis 2:7 (Made in His image and His likeness…yet we are humanity…...

 Nehemiah 4:1 Sanballat was very angry when he learned that we were rebuilding the wall. He flew into a rage and mocked the Jews, 2 saying in front of his friends and the Samarian army officers, “What does this bunch of poor, feeble Jews think they’re doing? Do they think they can build the wall in a single day by just offering a few sacrifices? Do they actually think they can make something of stones from a rubbish heap—and charred ones at that?” Lord, please  humble our hearts…cause us to be willing! - for you are more than able! Help us to rebuild and fortify this Place of Salvation - the Gospel of Christ and Him crucified - in these end times…while we still have time. Matthew 24:14 John 9:4-5

 5/29/20 What if the Church structure and hierarchy was not almost an exact replica of that of the world? What if we actually looked for Jesus in the scripture rather then trying to write ourselves into it? What if our place of sustenance was our local church...and our spiritual leaders were pastors, elders and teachers instead of singers and musicians?  I pray that, in the church we would stop looking to people; in the Body, we would stop making celebrities; in God’s House we would stop trying to build man’s Babel. 5/5/21 Is it just me, or is the Church starting to look like a pyramid - with big names at the top…and everyone else at the bottom? Church is not supposed to be a reflection of the world. We are supposed to look like a community…a Body - with Christ as the ONLY Head…where we all need each other in order to properly function. When we don’t function like this, is when the Body gets sick. Are we not supposed as Christians, to look to Christ and His Word FIRST?…not to ...

I am weeping and trembling as I write this - and you can call me crazy if you want…but I have seen an end times army marching under Christ, that is powerful…no, invincible…because it consists of whole FAMILIES…with (wherever possible) men at the head. These men were organized…and galvanized. They were dressed for battle and ready to fight…for their families - and specifically, their children. This is why I fast for families…the heart of God IS family…America has fought so hard for the family: and the Lord knows, I am not ready to be raptured out, leaving families in disarray…fathers estranged for their children…children lost and walking the street.  But the Lord wants to do something through His Church, that is outside of our box…It will take reconciliation…it will take a miracle…it will take PRAYER (If anyone feels led to join me PLEASE let me know…I need all the help I can get lol) #fastforfamily #WatchmanOnTheWall #ArmyOfTheLord To be continued… Image from: Shutterstock.com ...

 Context: Read Ezra ch. 9-10 Ezra10:9 Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled at Jerusalem within the three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month. And all the people sat in the open square before the house of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the heavy rain. Under such a spirit of conviction and The Fear of The Lord, suddenly superficial things like the weather could no longer hinder the people from coming before His Presence…but this time they came with penitence…they came with humility…they came truly seeking His Face…2Chronicles7:14. God is giving us time in this nation… to let go of our ways and surrender everything we are, over to His Way (John5:44) It seems we did not learn these things in the aftermath of 9/11… we did not learn in the four miraculous years of respite under President Trump… what will it take for us to learn?…another COVID - or worse?… God is giving us (the Church in this Land) time…time which we do not des...

 Ezra ch.10 Ezra was a man sold out and totally surrendered to the Lord: This is why he did not need to hire a stadium, organize a prophetic conference or unroll a list of Church luminaries…He simply and sincerely rent his heart, humbled himself and prayed…and with no prompting, people (whole families) followed.  To the leaders and influencers of the Church: Rend your heart, not your garments. Stop looking to platforms and doing your deeds to be seen by the church (Matthew 23:4-12). It is God who has placed you where you are, by HIS grace, and for HIS purposes…As with Ezra, where you go, the people will follow…so PLEASE, wherever you go, let it lead the people (whole families) into HIS perfect Will. #2chronicles714 #fastforfamily #WatchmanOnTheWall

 I am overwhelmed and weeping.  I had become so disillusioned with the greed and total corruption I had witnessed, even in the Church, these last few years -  And then I went to a baseball game…and watched scores of children running the bases, curtesy of the Bowling Green Hotrods. Children from around 12 to as young as 2 years old began to deeply stir my heart. They ran hard…they ran well… Tears began to fill my eyes as I watched moms running with their children…dads picking up their smallest ones and carrying them,   proudly and with great resolve, across the home plate! Older siblings helping their younger ones…whole families “running the race” and entering in together.  And I saw through the eyes of the Lord… I saw revival.  Image from: Shutterstock.com As I stood shaking at the top of the bleachers…trying to hold myself together around several hundred people, I was reminded by the Lord of my Fast For Family… And I realized why and what it is that we are...

 The inspired Word of God is our light, our road map and our protective boundary against being led astray by ever wind of doctrine in these end times. Why do I need yet another prophetic summit to tell me what “season” we are in, within the Body of Christ… When the Bible tells me clearly what season we are in, (Daniel ch. 2, ch. 7-12; Matthew ch. 24, Revelation ch. 6-22) and what is coming…for every nation…and gives me clear instructions as to what I as a Christian am supposed to be doing and how to prepare. I am sorry, but…you want to know what season we’re in? A season of great deception…of great falling away…and already I fear that we are facing the wrong way…looking to the words of people, rather than the Word of God…that our attention is on the wrong things. People, if there was ever a “season” for gathering in our local Church and reaching out to our local communities…for building up and submitting under our local pastors and leaders…for seeking the Lord through His Word, for...