When the day of evil comes, how will we be able to choose Christ over this world, when we love the things of this world so much? Therefore God is shaking the things of this world, so that they fall…because He loves us (His Church) so much.
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Father, it is the final hour. Let me take NOTHING for granted…but let me look to you for everything, - because this is what YOU want! But I have to testify of this: the Blood of Jesus has NEVER failed me or my house, throughout this entire crisis. But God forgive me if I ever cease to humble myself and to walk in the fear and reverence of the Lord…if I ever lack the wisdom to seek Him first…if I ever take the mercy he has shown me for granted…if I or a family member ever set foot out of our house without first claiming the Blood. Because this is how it has become for us…relying on God for our very survival, on a daily basis. This pandemic for us has been a wake up call…that the earth is perishing…and the things of it - that we are not to hold on to or rely on these things…only God and His Kingdom. We owe our very survival to Him! Matthew 6:19-34 We are being shaken - our “normals” are being turned upside down - for a reason. And now, in the midst of great darkness, we MUST learn to
Scripture ref: Daniel ch. 3. *Note vs. 23-27* China: Communist totalitarian regime; extreme persecution of Christians; = 80M - 100M believers and rising Indonesia: Theocratic Islamic regime; Extreme persecution of Christians; = 33M believers and rising Iran: Theocratic Islamic regime; Extreme persecution of Christians = One million plus believers and rising India: Hindu; Extreme persecution of Christians; = 66M believers and rising The United States of America...? I saw what I thought to be an olive, being pressed and squeezed in between two hands…gently at first, then more and more intensely until I saw oil begin to come from the olive. I knew this was the Church. Still more and more the olive was squeezed, almost to breaking point… And people began to scream - to shout - to cry out to the Lord…but these cries were different - cries like I had never heard before…these were cries that were coming up from a place of pressure. As the cries reached Heaven, the Lord turned His Head…a
Why do we fast? To get God’s attention…to bend His Arm…to earn His favor…? No: Through the Cross of Jesus Christ, we already have all of this. So why then do we fast? To refine us - For the Lord to teach us that “man does not live by bread alone, but by every Word of God”…That we would not look to things of this world (what we see,hear, taste, smell, touch) to sustain us, but that we would look to Jesus Christ - who is The Word…our manna from Heaven. (2Cor 4:18; John6:25-58) To refocus us - That our attention would not be on the things of this world to satisfy us…but to the things of God . Because the things of this world are passing away, but the things of God are eternal. (1John2:15-17) To reprogram us - That we would not be controlled by every demand and desire of the flesh, but that we would be controlled by the Spirit, turning to God as our first and only source. (Romans 8:5-11) To humble us - To get our attention back to the Sacrifice of His Son…for His Glory. “And I fed you wit
This was a race for the soul of humanity…and with each lap, more and more people joined the race and started running…But no longer just gentiles - now it was Jews…I said to the Lord “the vale is truly being lifted…(Read Romans 11:25-26) What does that mean for us?” Then I heard the sound of a bell… the sound that you hear when a runner hits the final lap of a race… And there were many people running…I sensed tension in the heavenly places: One after another, we entered the final lap - and each time the bell would ring. As a consequence, the bell didn’t stop ringing, but just kept on. And I heard “Last Call!” This is a wake up call for the Gentile Church; This is the final time around: I saw nations and people groups I had not seen before… Cultures and tongues I did not know (Matt 24:14)… At the final bell, they entered into The Way, and joined the race with us (Matthew 20:1-16)… And I felt the Lord saying to everyone, “Keep on! Don’t stop: “For the final lap is the one you must ru
Luke10: 17 The seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!” 18 And he said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 19 Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you. But what Jesus says to his disciples next, is the ONLY thing that really matters….this is our FOUNDATION…from which the Bride of Christ must - and will arise. Once we learn to do THIS 👇…everything else will flow vs. 20 Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.” #ArmyOfTheLord #FollowingJesus
Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. John 12:24-25 A few years ago, while we were under the 44th Presidency, I saw the nation burning: These were not physical fires, but rather, I felt it was a burning down of what we had become used to in America…it was the infrastructure, the industry, the military…everything we had built…and everything we had glorified…and I felt the Lord saying not to fight the fires but to let them burn. (I was too wearied from the fight to contest at that point, so my response was “Your will be done Lord”) Then yesterday (08/12/21) this is what I got - directed at the Church, because everything begins with the Church: This is a nation that began with God. If we want the will of God, we must allow Him to pull down…shake down…burn down, everything erected by us
Father, it is the final hour. Let me take NOTHING for granted…but let me look to you for everything, - because this is what YOU want! The time is coming where we must choose: either we are in Goshen (under the Blood); or in Egypt (under the judgment)…. so, for our own sakes, God is going to humble His Church… to the point where the only strength he will allow us to possess, will be the strength to cling to the cross…and nothing else Deuteronomy 8:2-5 And out of this humility will come revival… Image: Katherine H. Purdy
#ArmyOfTheLord #fastforfamily Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. Ephesians 6:10-13 The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” Genesis 2:18 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 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. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. Ephesians 5: 22-24 Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding
Only through genuine humility and repentance …a turning away from the love of this world… a laying down of our ministries…names…reputations…favorite preachers…wealth…resources…our very lives …a tearing down of whatever we have built for ourselves… forsaking all and turning solely back to God… Only then, will we be able to overcome this COVID virus…and whatever will come after it. Luke 9:22-25 This is not on America - her sin has become too great…This is on us, the Church…But when will we learn? - When will the lesson be learned? We cannot overcome the world by joining it. Forgive me, but, to quote the words of Winston Churchill: “You cannot reason with a tiger when your head is in its mouth!”…and this exactly where Christian pop culture and church elitism is taking us. We have to run the other Way… The only hope for this nation is revival…but the only Way to revival is through repentance and embracing the Cross ✝️. This is how we fight the good fight of faith. Lord make your Bride rea
2Chronicles7:14 “If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” This is exactly why the Lord allows nations to be shaken. But following the attack on 9/11, the repentance never came… In the aftermath of 9/11, I sat listening to a famous TV evangelist, who seemed to be speaking more like a political leader rallying the citizens, than a pastor, shepherding his flock… He was talking about what had just happened to America…And I quote - “You attack one of us, you attack all of us…Why? Then he sang: “Because 🎵”we are family”🎵”. As I set and listened to him, I remember feeling confused: My first thought was” Not everyone in America is saved….some parts are extremely secular…so how can everyone in America be your family? My second thought was “I thought we (the Church) were your “family”. As I continued to watch I remember thinking “Is he pr
Matthew 10 28 And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. 29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. 30 But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. 32 So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven, 33 but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven. ***Read Matthew 5:9-12*** 34 “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 36 And a person's enemies will be those of his own household. ***Light must be separated from darkness otherwise how could it ever be recognized as Light.