Last Monday night the night of the full moon summer solstice I was outside with my wife looking at it. This was an event that happens pretty much once in a lifetime. Once was in 1948 and again in 1967. Those were years that changes took place. A wind blew then and is blowing now.
1967 was the summer of free love. It began a wave of things that many today consider a downfall.
1967 was a time of social unrest. A year before Martin Luther King was killed.
1948 was after World War II. It was the beginning of the cold war. The Berlin Air Lift was initiated. We were at a stand off with the Russians.
1948 was also the year, an election year, where EVERYBODY KNEW that Dewey was going to defeat Harry Truman. The famous Chicago Newspaper Headline stands as silent ridicule for a deceived press.
I am not saying that the Moon and Solstice have any powers. They don't. I'm not saying that there is any meaning to them other than my ears were open to hear from God.
He said to me: "You see this and marvel. Once in a generation or so this happens. I move in generations. There are those not yet alive who will serve me with a passion you do not understand. There will be events coming that will confuse and defy worldly wisdom. Those considered wise will be made to look lost. Do not hear the voice of the mocker. They do not know MY voice. The wind of change is in the air. It is a wind that you see the effects of but cannot see. I am doing things in the world that only results tell of. Do no have any fear, for I am in the wind and in the clouds. I am moving things out of the way that threatened you."
So many things in the natural seem to be crying out that those who consider themselves wise are foolish. Even the vote in Britain to leave the EU is part of this. No one expected it. Every prognostication you hear from the wisdom of the world is wrong.
So look up, see the movement and know the winds of change are blowing. The song "Blowing in the Wind" by Bob Dylan was an anthem to persuade change. It's time for a new anthem. The wind is blowing again.
Monday, June 27, 2016
Sunday, June 19, 2016
I Build a wall - a Prophetic Understanding of the Church
Yesterday, I built a wall... a pretty big wall. I used hardscape formed concrete stone 12"x4"x8". They were heavy and sturdy.
When selecting from the pallet of stone there were many important examples as they were selected and as they were installed.
The wall is about 40 feet long. It is not on level ground. The area is not straight. It had to be formed to be straight. The most important stone was the first one. Where it was placed. It was the beginning of the whole project. The whole wall keyed off that stone. Once it was set the rest could be placed in line with that one.
The most important part of the project was getting the foundation course set. Each stone had to have an underlayment in that first course that brought it into perfect alignment with the initial stone. Level, Not tilting in or out left or right. The integrity of the whole wall depended on this alignment and the proper leveling. IF the first course had a flaw, the whole wall was in jeopardy.
Even though the wall was hundreds of stones, the first 40 took the longest to place. There had to be excavation of wrong placed material, replacement of that with other until the first foundation stone was perfect.
It took 4 hours to place the first 40, the last several hundred took an couple hours to complete. It was much easier with the foundation perfectly in place.
The parallel to ministry and how God calls is clear:
The chief stone, the one that all others must be held together is Jesus. If you don't line up with Him, the wall cannot stand.
The proper placement of the foundation stones that hold the rest of the wall up in place properly aligned as the Apostles and Prophets do must be level, straight, not out of skew. The rest of the wall of Pastors, Teachers, Evangelists and all the other ministry gifts are dependent on the foundation being proper and straight.
If a stone higher up in the wall is out of alignment above the base foundation stones, it can weaken the wall above it, but that is repairable as long as the foundation stones are intact.
The wall is the Church, both the church universal and the local church in expression. It's a wall against the attack of the enemy. It holds back evil. It is a place from which attack can be made. It is a place of refuge.
If the foundation stones are not aligned, not properly placed, if they are crooked, not on the level the local church will fall. This is why as God calls out proper solid Apostles and Prophets to build upon He is so careful as I was. It is also why when a church is built on another calling alone it fails. There are many more parallels, but the truth is in building a wall or building a church find stones aligned perfectly with Jesus and build on them. In fact after the wall is complete, I can take anyone to the chief cornerstone and point to it and say with confidence that this whole wall is keyed from that single stone.
One last truth came as I built the wall. I don't know which of the stones were the apostle stones or the prophet stones. I know that as I built they had to be lined up with each other. There wasn't just one most important Apostle stone. There wasn't one most important Prophet stone. They were all linked back to one stone. Jesus. The key stone. The chief cornerstone. If one foundation stone thought itself more critical or important it had to be removed and placed inline. Many foundation stones hold the wall up.
Paul wrote of this and it's still true:
Everything is prophetic to the Prophet.
When selecting from the pallet of stone there were many important examples as they were selected and as they were installed.
The wall is about 40 feet long. It is not on level ground. The area is not straight. It had to be formed to be straight. The most important stone was the first one. Where it was placed. It was the beginning of the whole project. The whole wall keyed off that stone. Once it was set the rest could be placed in line with that one.
The most important part of the project was getting the foundation course set. Each stone had to have an underlayment in that first course that brought it into perfect alignment with the initial stone. Level, Not tilting in or out left or right. The integrity of the whole wall depended on this alignment and the proper leveling. IF the first course had a flaw, the whole wall was in jeopardy.
Even though the wall was hundreds of stones, the first 40 took the longest to place. There had to be excavation of wrong placed material, replacement of that with other until the first foundation stone was perfect.
It took 4 hours to place the first 40, the last several hundred took an couple hours to complete. It was much easier with the foundation perfectly in place.
The parallel to ministry and how God calls is clear:
The chief stone, the one that all others must be held together is Jesus. If you don't line up with Him, the wall cannot stand.
The proper placement of the foundation stones that hold the rest of the wall up in place properly aligned as the Apostles and Prophets do must be level, straight, not out of skew. The rest of the wall of Pastors, Teachers, Evangelists and all the other ministry gifts are dependent on the foundation being proper and straight.
If a stone higher up in the wall is out of alignment above the base foundation stones, it can weaken the wall above it, but that is repairable as long as the foundation stones are intact.
The wall is the Church, both the church universal and the local church in expression. It's a wall against the attack of the enemy. It holds back evil. It is a place from which attack can be made. It is a place of refuge.
If the foundation stones are not aligned, not properly placed, if they are crooked, not on the level the local church will fall. This is why as God calls out proper solid Apostles and Prophets to build upon He is so careful as I was. It is also why when a church is built on another calling alone it fails. There are many more parallels, but the truth is in building a wall or building a church find stones aligned perfectly with Jesus and build on them. In fact after the wall is complete, I can take anyone to the chief cornerstone and point to it and say with confidence that this whole wall is keyed from that single stone.
One last truth came as I built the wall. I don't know which of the stones were the apostle stones or the prophet stones. I know that as I built they had to be lined up with each other. There wasn't just one most important Apostle stone. There wasn't one most important Prophet stone. They were all linked back to one stone. Jesus. The key stone. The chief cornerstone. If one foundation stone thought itself more critical or important it had to be removed and placed inline. Many foundation stones hold the wall up.
Paul wrote of this and it's still true:
Together, we are his house, built on the foundation of the apostles and the prophets. And the cornerstone is Christ Jesus himself. We are carefully joined together in him, becoming a holy temple for the Lord. Through him you are also being made part of this dwelling where God lives by his Spirit.So find that house that you are part of built on firm foundation, built on apostles and prophets to keep alignment sure. Built so that your gift can find it's place in the wall and that you can provide the part you are called to be.
Ephesians 2:20-22 New Living Translation
Everything is prophetic to the Prophet.
Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Demonic Religions always want to make a deal
I have been meditating over the shooting in Orlando asking Holy Spirit to give me insight. I got a revelation that will help us all understand the mentality that causes a man to shoot many people in the name of allah. We make the assumption that they are zealously religious as Muslims and that they are trying to carry out the Koran's instruction. This may not be true.
Recent revelations dispute that.
The Devil is always trying to get you to make a deal. Look at how he treated Jesus in the Desert for 40 days. IF YOU THEN.... He was bargaining with Jesus for power, kingship and to satiate hunger.Trying to get Jesus to sin. And if it was temptation he considered it.
Any religious expression that requires YOU do something and then GOD will do something for you is a works based religion. It has no content of the Grace of God. In fact works based religions you are making a deal with God. I'll do this, you do that. DEAL or NO DEAL?? Some prosperity teaching borders on this. Some health "deals" are in this realm. The one that is most humorous is someone who says, "God if you'll just get me out of this I promise never to bother you again"
The catholic church long ago was big at this. You had to do things (works) to find true peace and salvation. Many cults have this as part of their teaching. Jesus PLUS. Hindu is the same. We get that. We know there is fault in any religion that keeps us separate from the grace of the true and living God.
When thinking about all this, I heard this, "The demon of Islam asks people to do acts of horror to get earn paradise".
Think of how many suicide bombers die believing that paradise with 72 virgins waits on the other side of the loud boom. Think of the horror ISIS inflicts on people who think the brownie point tally is moving in their favor with allah. Works based religions are death.
But there is something even deeper that drives radicalization. Consider the 9-11 muslims who bombed the twin towers. They went to a strip club and got drunk the night before they blew themselves and 3000 others up. The "work" of martyrdom was all the needed for their redemption from their sins the night before. That was the deal. No matte how they lived, they kept their side of the bargain and expected allah to keep his. Of course they ended up in hell. The devil is a lie.
Then the Orlando Shooter. It appears not only did he drink out of line with the strictures of Islam, he was a closet homosexual his ex wife says. Many homosexuals are married and have children. So, for him to achieve paradise, seeing his life style was out of order with Islam, was to kill and destroy those who most represented the failure and shame he felt. It was justice in his "bargain" to kill people some of whom may have been sexual partners in the past. Dying a martyr killing infidels would guarantee paradise (he thought)
Were you aware that some Islamic countries are huge users of pornography? Pakistan in the area the Taliban occupies is number one. A strange paradox. They masturbate to the porn and then despise themselves in guilt and hate the nations where it comes from. They come to the conclusion that the only way to get right is to make a deal with "god" to get rid of the source. That means being more radical while staying in their sin. Destroying the source of their personal perversion becomes a way to overcome their shame. Works kills again. Consider that Saudi Arabia which has the strictest Islamic law application to women is number six on the porn useage scale. Using legalism to make a deal with allah.
Pilgrimages, calls to prayer, Ramadan are all outward appearances that try to heal a polluted heart. Since the Muslim faith lacks any grace at all, it requires works to appease allah.
Sometimes that is expressed by joining ISIS to be with others as tormented as they are. They are doing gods will in their eyes. They feel they destroy the great satans of the world. Jews, Christians, nominal Muslims, and all western infidels. What is really happening is they are failing again and again in an attempt to appease an unappeasalbe god. They jump thru convoluted religious works hoops of legalistic rules. Whenever they rape a woman, they " Marry" them for a few hours. This makes it OK. All works.. external, for show.
Guilt and graceless religion radicalizes people. It's true in India as well. People feel they have to do all kinds of weird things to please the gods. Many die every year doing strange things that take their life.
There is only one answer, that is Jesus and the truth of the fully paid price for our sin. The wholeness that sets people free comes with it. We need to realize how powerful this is. Once someone trapped in a "deal with god" religion hears the truth.. it's like a million pounds of guilt is lifted from them. They are free and forgiven without having to sacrifice themselves in a demonic deal with a false god.
I know it seems pat to say it, but the real weapon of our warfare is the unlimited grace of a loving God and the complete payment for all our sins, past present and future. He never fails us.. ever. Muslims need to hear this.. how to reach them is another issue. I don't have the answer, but
Let's spread the news of the unlimited grace of the true and living God - It could save your life
and theirs
Recent revelations dispute that.
The Devil is always trying to get you to make a deal. Look at how he treated Jesus in the Desert for 40 days. IF YOU THEN.... He was bargaining with Jesus for power, kingship and to satiate hunger.Trying to get Jesus to sin. And if it was temptation he considered it.
Any religious expression that requires YOU do something and then GOD will do something for you is a works based religion. It has no content of the Grace of God. In fact works based religions you are making a deal with God. I'll do this, you do that. DEAL or NO DEAL?? Some prosperity teaching borders on this. Some health "deals" are in this realm. The one that is most humorous is someone who says, "God if you'll just get me out of this I promise never to bother you again"
The catholic church long ago was big at this. You had to do things (works) to find true peace and salvation. Many cults have this as part of their teaching. Jesus PLUS. Hindu is the same. We get that. We know there is fault in any religion that keeps us separate from the grace of the true and living God.
When thinking about all this, I heard this, "The demon of Islam asks people to do acts of horror to get earn paradise".
Think of how many suicide bombers die believing that paradise with 72 virgins waits on the other side of the loud boom. Think of the horror ISIS inflicts on people who think the brownie point tally is moving in their favor with allah. Works based religions are death.
But there is something even deeper that drives radicalization. Consider the 9-11 muslims who bombed the twin towers. They went to a strip club and got drunk the night before they blew themselves and 3000 others up. The "work" of martyrdom was all the needed for their redemption from their sins the night before. That was the deal. No matte how they lived, they kept their side of the bargain and expected allah to keep his. Of course they ended up in hell. The devil is a lie.
Then the Orlando Shooter. It appears not only did he drink out of line with the strictures of Islam, he was a closet homosexual his ex wife says. Many homosexuals are married and have children. So, for him to achieve paradise, seeing his life style was out of order with Islam, was to kill and destroy those who most represented the failure and shame he felt. It was justice in his "bargain" to kill people some of whom may have been sexual partners in the past. Dying a martyr killing infidels would guarantee paradise (he thought)
Were you aware that some Islamic countries are huge users of pornography? Pakistan in the area the Taliban occupies is number one. A strange paradox. They masturbate to the porn and then despise themselves in guilt and hate the nations where it comes from. They come to the conclusion that the only way to get right is to make a deal with "god" to get rid of the source. That means being more radical while staying in their sin. Destroying the source of their personal perversion becomes a way to overcome their shame. Works kills again. Consider that Saudi Arabia which has the strictest Islamic law application to women is number six on the porn useage scale. Using legalism to make a deal with allah.
Pilgrimages, calls to prayer, Ramadan are all outward appearances that try to heal a polluted heart. Since the Muslim faith lacks any grace at all, it requires works to appease allah.
Sometimes that is expressed by joining ISIS to be with others as tormented as they are. They are doing gods will in their eyes. They feel they destroy the great satans of the world. Jews, Christians, nominal Muslims, and all western infidels. What is really happening is they are failing again and again in an attempt to appease an unappeasalbe god. They jump thru convoluted religious works hoops of legalistic rules. Whenever they rape a woman, they " Marry" them for a few hours. This makes it OK. All works.. external, for show.
Guilt and graceless religion radicalizes people. It's true in India as well. People feel they have to do all kinds of weird things to please the gods. Many die every year doing strange things that take their life.
There is only one answer, that is Jesus and the truth of the fully paid price for our sin. The wholeness that sets people free comes with it. We need to realize how powerful this is. Once someone trapped in a "deal with god" religion hears the truth.. it's like a million pounds of guilt is lifted from them. They are free and forgiven without having to sacrifice themselves in a demonic deal with a false god.
I know it seems pat to say it, but the real weapon of our warfare is the unlimited grace of a loving God and the complete payment for all our sins, past present and future. He never fails us.. ever. Muslims need to hear this.. how to reach them is another issue. I don't have the answer, but
Let's spread the news of the unlimited grace of the true and living God - It could save your life
and theirs
Monday, June 13, 2016
There is HUGE Money Available for Missions.. if it's a Mission that Works
In 2005 I was aware of the huge amount of charitable giving that was going on. Most at that time in history. I contacted some of those people who knew people to contact. I knew many of those with deep pockets who could or would give. They weren't stingy, they were careful.
Many of them were anxious to give into a mission that would fund the intentional conversion efforts towards Muslims globally. These people saw clearly that an unrestrained Islamic move would become an evil unknown till that point in time in the world. This was at the stalemate of the Iraq war and the heat of the Afghan wars.
In 2005 they did not believe bombs, troops and guns would solve anything. They believed in the power of the Gospel to get results if effectively transmitted. They gave me permission to go to people on their behalf and find the best and most powerful tools that they could fund. I began the effort. I was saddened by the outcome. When President Obama was elected there was hope but they didn't understand what he really meant, the expansion of influence of Islam in the USA. Many of these wealthy supported him.
There were few real effective strategies. There were mercy missions. There were silent incursions. There was radio and satellite. There were some other efforts. I met with many. Some who are still friends of mine. All had a story to tell, but without results that anyone was ready to invest in.
Results is what these financiers of missionary work were looking for. Not efforts. I'm not talking about a little money. I'm talking about huge capacity to give. Hungry for a place to invest. Kind of like a Shark Tank for Ministries. IF many of these ministries came in front of the Sharks, they would be laughed out of the room. Day dreams and fairy dust.
I attempted to partner with some large ministries to accomplish this. I won't mention names but one such has become nearly apostate over backing away from constancy in the Gospel. He was ready to bring in the people who could speak truth to the situation. Yet his timidity (a real problem in missionary work) became the single biggest restraint to effectiveness.
The effort was short circuited by the collapse of the economy in 2008. People's money went away. Jobs, businesses and houses were lost. Now 8 years later there are huge amounts of money on the sidelines. There is no where to invest it. Banks pay 0.nothing on interest on deposit. The stock market is scary. Gold is not a safe haven. The world is at war with itself. The uncertainty of the upcoming elections in Britain and the USA have many people shaken.
There is no safety. Even at the Bilderberger meeting, if there was a way to get it done, without war, by conversion, there is money begging to find a home to help with an effective mission. Man's efforts at Missions to turn Islamic Fundamentalists from their evil ways is missing. Mercy doesn't do it. Relief efforts are a waste of time and money. We need a frontal war of truth given by the power of the Holy Ghost.
Monied people may not be that christian, but they recognize the need for reform of a distorted anti christian cultural religion against the norm that western society was built upon. At the end it became apparent that there is no effective mission to Muslims that is getting results. Therefore the money stays on the sidelines.
I hoped there was such a mission, one that got results, one that could say with certitude and concreteness.. "God changes hearts through my efforts". There is only one: Only the Holy Ghost's power is what matters and He doesn't need funding.
Many of them were anxious to give into a mission that would fund the intentional conversion efforts towards Muslims globally. These people saw clearly that an unrestrained Islamic move would become an evil unknown till that point in time in the world. This was at the stalemate of the Iraq war and the heat of the Afghan wars.
In 2005 they did not believe bombs, troops and guns would solve anything. They believed in the power of the Gospel to get results if effectively transmitted. They gave me permission to go to people on their behalf and find the best and most powerful tools that they could fund. I began the effort. I was saddened by the outcome. When President Obama was elected there was hope but they didn't understand what he really meant, the expansion of influence of Islam in the USA. Many of these wealthy supported him.
There were few real effective strategies. There were mercy missions. There were silent incursions. There was radio and satellite. There were some other efforts. I met with many. Some who are still friends of mine. All had a story to tell, but without results that anyone was ready to invest in.
Results is what these financiers of missionary work were looking for. Not efforts. I'm not talking about a little money. I'm talking about huge capacity to give. Hungry for a place to invest. Kind of like a Shark Tank for Ministries. IF many of these ministries came in front of the Sharks, they would be laughed out of the room. Day dreams and fairy dust.
I attempted to partner with some large ministries to accomplish this. I won't mention names but one such has become nearly apostate over backing away from constancy in the Gospel. He was ready to bring in the people who could speak truth to the situation. Yet his timidity (a real problem in missionary work) became the single biggest restraint to effectiveness.
The effort was short circuited by the collapse of the economy in 2008. People's money went away. Jobs, businesses and houses were lost. Now 8 years later there are huge amounts of money on the sidelines. There is no where to invest it. Banks pay 0.nothing on interest on deposit. The stock market is scary. Gold is not a safe haven. The world is at war with itself. The uncertainty of the upcoming elections in Britain and the USA have many people shaken.
There is no safety. Even at the Bilderberger meeting, if there was a way to get it done, without war, by conversion, there is money begging to find a home to help with an effective mission. Man's efforts at Missions to turn Islamic Fundamentalists from their evil ways is missing. Mercy doesn't do it. Relief efforts are a waste of time and money. We need a frontal war of truth given by the power of the Holy Ghost.
Monied people may not be that christian, but they recognize the need for reform of a distorted anti christian cultural religion against the norm that western society was built upon. At the end it became apparent that there is no effective mission to Muslims that is getting results. Therefore the money stays on the sidelines.
I hoped there was such a mission, one that got results, one that could say with certitude and concreteness.. "God changes hearts through my efforts". There is only one: Only the Holy Ghost's power is what matters and He doesn't need funding.
Words of a Terrorist who Killed People who didn't Embrace his Radical Religious World View
You might recognize this
It's the words of Saul the Zealot who later became known more commonly by the name Paul the Apostle. Romans 5:8-13
It is this hope any of us who love God and pray for peace can have. To allow the Zealots to kill at random without opposition or resistance in the name of toerance is a warped view of scripture.
To see them confronted with the truth of who Jesus really is must be our goal. Plus we must see a way to counter with truth the lies spoken by misleaders in Islam and in Christianity. This does not require anything other than standing against them with a loud voice and not one that pretends that the real problem is ease of access to swords (as might have been said in Saul's day).
I prophesy that eyes will be opened in spite of the desire by the devil to inflict further blindness. That we are standing against an Antichrist spirit that strikes out against freedom and liberty. I may not and don't embrace those things that many in the spirit of liberty engage in, but I understand that liberty has always been taken.
Truth and the Transformation that follows must be made real in the global culture. To pretend that Christianity is simply equal to all other world religions, even Judaism, is a slap in the face of the grace of God. We have the answer to the world's decline into the abyss. Let's face that, and begin the long march to the fullness of God's manifested spirit thru the Power of the Holy Ghost.
One will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
It's the words of Saul the Zealot who later became known more commonly by the name Paul the Apostle. Romans 5:8-13
It is this hope any of us who love God and pray for peace can have. To allow the Zealots to kill at random without opposition or resistance in the name of toerance is a warped view of scripture.
To see them confronted with the truth of who Jesus really is must be our goal. Plus we must see a way to counter with truth the lies spoken by misleaders in Islam and in Christianity. This does not require anything other than standing against them with a loud voice and not one that pretends that the real problem is ease of access to swords (as might have been said in Saul's day).
I prophesy that eyes will be opened in spite of the desire by the devil to inflict further blindness. That we are standing against an Antichrist spirit that strikes out against freedom and liberty. I may not and don't embrace those things that many in the spirit of liberty engage in, but I understand that liberty has always been taken.
Truth and the Transformation that follows must be made real in the global culture. To pretend that Christianity is simply equal to all other world religions, even Judaism, is a slap in the face of the grace of God. We have the answer to the world's decline into the abyss. Let's face that, and begin the long march to the fullness of God's manifested spirit thru the Power of the Holy Ghost.
Wednesday, June 8, 2016
When the Sifter Sifts
Peter was told by Jesus that he would deny Jesus but turn back...
you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 31Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift each of you like wheat. 32But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”…
Luke 22: 30-32
There is something we need to see here:
1. Satan ASKS permission. It was not withheld.
2. Jesus does not pray that Simon Peter not be sifted, but that his faith will not fail.
3. He knows Peter will turn back and Jesus wants him to strengthen others.
What did that sifting look like?
Accusations (aren't you one of his disciples)
Confirmation (Your accent gives you away)
Denial of the accusations (I don't know the man)
This is how the accuser of the brethren does it. Accusing.
But the truth is some accusations find the mark.
Denial is the problem. It's the coverup that kills. It's the constant defense that is the problem. It was for Peter, It is for us.
As I reflect on the current news cycle I see people running for the highest office in the land being sifted by accusations. Some are true. Some find the mark. They are being sifted. It's what the sifter does.
The difference is who is praying for the ones being accused. If they are to be victorious over the sifters, come out of this whole and return to strengthen others, that person is going to need prayer. They cannot make it without.
I am convinced that Prayer is going to be the key to the outcome of the election and the capacity for the next President whoever he or she is to lead effectively.
Sadly, somewhere along the line, the current president lost his way. Many of his unrighteous decisions and policies have revealed a lack of prayer being made for him. He has become deceived and used of the enemy to promote things like gay marriage, transgender bathrooms, gays in the military, blessing of Planned Parenthood and using agencies like the EPA and IRS for evil intent. His promotion of racial disharmony exists because prayer did not.
What are we to do? We must pray that as the sifter sifts these people like wheat, that they return to strengthen us. Not destroy us.
you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 31Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift each of you like wheat. 32But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”…
Luke 22: 30-32
There is something we need to see here:
1. Satan ASKS permission. It was not withheld.
2. Jesus does not pray that Simon Peter not be sifted, but that his faith will not fail.
3. He knows Peter will turn back and Jesus wants him to strengthen others.
What did that sifting look like?
Accusations (aren't you one of his disciples)
Confirmation (Your accent gives you away)
Denial of the accusations (I don't know the man)
This is how the accuser of the brethren does it. Accusing.
But the truth is some accusations find the mark.
Denial is the problem. It's the coverup that kills. It's the constant defense that is the problem. It was for Peter, It is for us.
As I reflect on the current news cycle I see people running for the highest office in the land being sifted by accusations. Some are true. Some find the mark. They are being sifted. It's what the sifter does.
The difference is who is praying for the ones being accused. If they are to be victorious over the sifters, come out of this whole and return to strengthen others, that person is going to need prayer. They cannot make it without.
I am convinced that Prayer is going to be the key to the outcome of the election and the capacity for the next President whoever he or she is to lead effectively.
Sadly, somewhere along the line, the current president lost his way. Many of his unrighteous decisions and policies have revealed a lack of prayer being made for him. He has become deceived and used of the enemy to promote things like gay marriage, transgender bathrooms, gays in the military, blessing of Planned Parenthood and using agencies like the EPA and IRS for evil intent. His promotion of racial disharmony exists because prayer did not.
What are we to do? We must pray that as the sifter sifts these people like wheat, that they return to strengthen us. Not destroy us.
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
IF we really believed, IF we really Knew who we are, how would we then live?
I heard the Lord say to me once: "You really don't trust me do you". I objected but the truth was.. I didn't. It hurt to hear Him say it, but I needed to hear.
Since then I have come to realize I live below my spiritual potential because I really Don't Believe fully, I don't represent by my life what I say I believe and I do not know fully yet who I am in Christ or who he is in me.
IF I truly believed I am saved and sanctified by the Blood of Jesus alone and nothing of my own doing.. how would I behave?
If I believed that all my healings are and were for me today, would I accept malady as easily as I do?
If I truly believed that all the fullness of riches in Glory are supposed to be mine, would I worry so much about money?
If I truly believed that God's mercy towards me is only for my good and not for my destruction ever would I worry so much?
If I truly believed that I have been delivered from so many catastrophes in my life by the Spirit of the Living God would I live any differently? More fearlessly?
And If I truly understood fully the grace of God in my life would I not want to use it to fulfill my destiny in Him?
I think we and ME do not really believe every promise made in the word of God. We are timid, passive, fearful, concerned, angry, deceived and a zillion other things because of our unbelief.
SO.. like that dad long ago.. Help me Lord from my Unbelief.
Since then I have come to realize I live below my spiritual potential because I really Don't Believe fully, I don't represent by my life what I say I believe and I do not know fully yet who I am in Christ or who he is in me.
IF I truly believed I am saved and sanctified by the Blood of Jesus alone and nothing of my own doing.. how would I behave?
If I believed that all my healings are and were for me today, would I accept malady as easily as I do?
If I truly believed that all the fullness of riches in Glory are supposed to be mine, would I worry so much about money?
If I truly believed that God's mercy towards me is only for my good and not for my destruction ever would I worry so much?
If I truly believed that I have been delivered from so many catastrophes in my life by the Spirit of the Living God would I live any differently? More fearlessly?
And If I truly understood fully the grace of God in my life would I not want to use it to fulfill my destiny in Him?
I think we and ME do not really believe every promise made in the word of God. We are timid, passive, fearful, concerned, angry, deceived and a zillion other things because of our unbelief.
SO.. like that dad long ago.. Help me Lord from my Unbelief.
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