Israel is Not the Problem

 Islam is the problem.  We don't see Jews with Israeli flags burning down the country in France, no they are Muslim waving Palestinian flags.  It wasn't Jews that flew airplanes into the twin towers or bombed our barracks in Lebanon or committed any number of heinous anti-human attacks.  Nope, they were all Muslim: 

Europe

• 14 July 2016, Nice, France: Truck attack on Bastille Day crowd (Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, ISIS-inspired) — ~86 killed, hundreds injured.
• 19 December 2016, Berlin, Germany: Truck attack on Christmas market (Anis Amri, ISIS-inspired) — 12 killed.
• 22 March 2016, Brussels, Belgium: Coordinated bombings at airport and metro (ISIS) — 32 killed (plus 3 bombers).
• 22 May 2017, Manchester, UK: Suicide bombing at Ariana Grande concert (Salman Abedi, ISIS-inspired) — 22 killed.
• 3 June 2017, London Bridge, UK: Vehicle and knife attack (ISIS-inspired) — 8 killed.
• 17 August 2017, Barcelona/Cambrils, Spain: Vehicle attacks (ISIS-inspired cell) — 16 killed.
• 29 October 2020, Nice, France: Knife attack in Notre-Dame basilica — 3 killed.
• Various smaller stabbings and plots in France, Germany, UK, etc., continuing into 2024–2026.

United States

• 12 June 2016, Orlando, Florida: Pulse nightclub shooting (Omar Mateen, ISIS-inspired) — 49 killed.
• 1 January 2025, New Orleans: Truck attack on Bourbon Street New Year’s crowd (Shamsud-Din Jabbar, ISIS-inspired, with ISIS flag) — 14–15 killed, dozens injured.
• Additional smaller attacks, plots, and incidents tracked by sources such as CSPII (dozens of incidents in the US over the period, many foiled).

Israel / October 7 and related

• 7 October 2023: Hamas-led attack from Gaza (mass shootings, infiltrations, hostage-taking, including at the Nova music festival) — approximately 1,200 killed (mostly civilians), thousands injured, ~250 taken hostage. This is the second-deadliest single Islamist terrorist event in modern records after 9/11.
• Ongoing smaller attacks, rocket fire, and related violence attributed to Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and others.

Russia / Central Asia / other

• 22 March 2024, Moscow area (Crocus City Hall): Coordinated shooting and fire attack by ISIS-K (Tajik perpetrators) — ~145 killed, hundreds injured.

Africa (highest volume and many of the deadliest single incidents)

• Multiple large-scale massacres by Boko Haram/ISWAP (Nigeria and neighbors), Al-Shabaab (Somalia/Kenya), JNIM and ISIS affiliates (Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Sahel), and others. Examples include:
  • 24 August 2024, Barsalogho, Burkina Faso: JNIM (Al-Qaeda-linked) attack on civilians digging defensive trenches — estimates range from ~200 to 600 killed.
  • 2021 Palma, Mozambique: ISIS occupation/attack — over 1,100 killed.
  • Recurrent high-casualty attacks in Nigeria, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Somalia throughout the decade (often dozens to hundreds dead in single incidents).
• These regions account for the bulk of global Islamist terrorism deaths in recent years.

There is one free state in the Middle East that is not some form of tyrannical dictatorship.  That would be Israel.

Now, is Israel perfect?  Far from it.  Do they have problems?  Yep, lots of them.  But the people on the right end of the political spectrum bashing Israel should be aiming that barrel at Islam instead if for nothing else the threat Islam poses to them and their family if they ever assumed control here.  The entire western world is now under attack by some form of Islamo Communism.  Its not Israel trying to bury the western world, it is Islam and world Communism.  

We need all hands on deck in this fight against the anti-human, anti-Christian, anti-Semitic left which is now trying to bury all of is in a satanic tyrannical state.  It would be great if the MAGA base along with others on the right who have drifted out onto the fringe would come back into the fold and fight the good fight.

 Please join with your brother in praying over the prayer targets today.

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Get Out and Vote

 Yep, 180 flip from brother Dave of years gone by.  The Spirit leads where He leads, this nobody follows.  The demoralization campaign waged against us by the leftist islamo communist faction is failing.  Republicans, who are admittedly no angels, can/could/will keep control of the senate if every last one of us gets out to vote.  "They" try to demoralize us by making it seem like a foregone coclusion, an inevitability that they will win it all so why bother trying?  Why bother?  We bother because they are evil and we see this as a fight/battle/war to the death for every last inch of ground we hold against them.  We concede nothing, nada, zilch.  We are fighting for everything.

They took their sheeps mask off and showed us whats underneath and the so called sheep are all wolves in sheeps clothing.  Look at Britain, look at France.  They are in stage 2 of their islamo communist revolutions and we dare say nobody reading this wants that for their own backyard.  We also need to fast, and pray and stay in the Word of God, standing on the promises while we act in faith, hope, love and trust.  We are trusting the Lord for all of our outcomes, while we focus on the process of doing what He told us to do, how He told us to do it.

Lets fight the good fight, get out and vote ♡

 Please join with your brother in praying over the prayer targets today.

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I Will

You have known days where you lived on feelings.  When everything is going great, feelings might carry the day.  You have also known the other days. The feeling faded. The pull of worry or weariness or distraction took the lead. And the walk that had seemed strong began to follow the weather of the moment.

Many people stay in that pattern. They wait for the feeling to return before they bless, before they trust, before they seek. The Christian life becomes a series of rises and falls tied to the state of the heart.

The Psalms tell a different story. Over and over David speaks the words I will. I will bless the Lord at all times. His praise shall continually be in my mouth. When I am afraid I will trust in you. I will seek you early. I will meditate on your precepts. My heart is fixed, I will sing and give praise.

These are not descriptions of how David happened to feel. They are decisions he made with his will. He set the direction of his soul before the feeling caught up, and sometimes while the feeling still pulled the other way.

That is the power of decision in the Christian walk. Feelings come and go. They report the weather. Decisions set the course. Discipline is the practice of making those decisions again when the feeling has not yet agreed.

The shift is from a feelings based walk to a decision based walk. From asking how do I feel about the Lord today to declaring what I will do toward the Lord today.

You do not wait to feel strong before you decide to trust. You decide to trust, and strength is invited to follow. You do not wait to feel joyful before you decide to bless. You decide to bless, and the heart is trained to catch up.

When the valley is dark David could still say I will fear no evil for you are with me. The presence was the fact. The fear was the feeling. The decision was the I will.

When the day is ordinary and nothing dramatic is happening you can still say every day will I bless you and praise your name. The ordinary becomes the place where discipline is formed.

The Bible does not call you to manufacture feeling. It calls you to set your mind, to fix your heart, to decide your way. The I will of the Psalms is the language of a soul that has chosen its direction.

David wrote these words in caves, on battlefields, in moments of triumph and moments of deep trouble. The decision was the constant. The feeling was not.

Today you can practice this. Notice the place where a feeling has been steering. Anxiety, boredom, discouragement, distraction. Then speak the next I will. I will return my attention to you. I will cast this care on you. I will remember what you have done. I will walk in the light you have given.

The decisions are small. They are made many times. They are the discipline that keeps the walk from drifting when the weather changes. Over time the will that is set on the Lord becomes the steady path.

The Lord sees the heart that chooses him again. He honors the decision that refuses to wait for perfect feeling. He meets the one who says I will. Our Christian walk must be decision based, process based, based on disciplined action instead of acting on feeling.

 Please join with your brother in praying over the prayer targets today.

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The Next Play

 There is a way of walking that keeps your eyes on the next step instead of the scoreboard. In football they call it the process. You do not think about the championship or the final score. You do not carry the last play into this one. You pour everything you have into the moment in front of you. Then you do it again. The results take care of themselves if the process is right.

The Christian walk works the same way, only deeper. The outcomes that matter most are not yours to manufacture. The path gets straightened in the accumulation of small acknowledgments, not by managing the final result yourself. Your part is the next play. His part is the rest.

The next play is the return of your attention to Him right where you are. It is the decision to trust in this moment instead of leaning on your own understanding. It is the acknowledgment of Him in the ordinary choice in front of you. Yesterday's faithfulness does not carry today. Today must be lived. Tomorrow is not yet yours.

When your eyes stay on the scoreboard you will be jerked around. The scoreboard shows the news, the problem that will not move, the prayer that has not been answered on your timetable, the quiet ordinary days that do not feel like progress. Anxiety grows there. Discouragement grows there. The temptation to quit grows there. But the scoreboard is not your assignment. The next play is.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart. Lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight. That is process language. All your ways means the series of moments you actually inhabit. The acknowledgment is the execution. You do not have to see the whole season. You have to play the play in front of you.

Take up your cross daily. That is the same reality. The persistent widow kept coming back. She did not control the judge's final decision. She controlled whether she would cry out again. Jesus said that is how we are not to lose heart. The process of returning, of crying out, of acknowledging Him again, is the mark of those who belong to Him.

This is not self generated grit. It is the fruit of abiding. The branch does not manufacture fruit by force of will. It stays connected. The small returns of attention keep the connection real so the Spirit can produce what only He can produce. Faith, hope, love, joy, and peace show up in the ordinary choices when the eyes stay on Him instead of the scoreboard.

Your next play might be returning your mind to what is true when it starts to spin. It might be a brief acknowledgment of Him in a decision you would rather control. It might be crying out again instead of deciding the prayer is useless. It might be choosing love in the conversation in front of you rather than keeping score of the other person. It might be reordering one part of the day so that seeking His kingdom is not left for later. Do that play. Then the next one.

You can live with the results whatever they are because the decisive victory is already His. Your life is already hidden with Christ. The throne is His. The process of returning to Him again and again is the walk. It is how you stay in the center of what He is doing. It is how the path gets straightened without you having to straighten it yourself.

 Please join with your brother in praying over the prayer targets today.

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Prayer Impact

 link here.

One of the prayer targets is rain, water level restoration to lake Powell.  It has risen now 10 feet due to recent rains.  We, the Church, a praying believing people are impacting on targets across this world.  Everything on the prayer target list is in some way, shape or form being changed, impacted, moved, etc.  Your prayers matter.  Our prayer move things.  Our prayers move "mountains."

Mark 11:23

“For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.”

Today, there are many mountains that need to be moved and we stand in agreement and alignment with our Lord God first, then with each other to move every last one of them.  

 Please join with your brother in praying over the prayer targets today.

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Revival

 Brother Cahn does a good job in this recent video.  What does he talk about?  We must have revival or else.  Policies changed the right way get changed back the wrong way.  Everything undone from the time of Biden gets redone but worse under the new more rabid left.

Amen.  The people must be changed.  The spirits of humans must be changed, this is a spiritual war.  Revival or getting right again with God does just that.  Also winning new souls to the Kingdom does that.  It is our Lord's Will that all be saved, almost nobody is off the table so we need to be working.  If we have learned one thing from the recent past it is if you give the left an inch they will take you on a ride for miles.  We must fight for every inch of ground.  Nothing must be conceded.  Not one school board seat, not one seat in the house or senate or local city council.  We want it all back.  "But brother D, I thought you said you don't vote."  That was then this is now.  We follow the Lord from moment to moment, somethings never change other things are in continual change.

"But what about Revelation, it says everyone is doomed so why bother?"  Revelation is correct, every Word of it however thats the wrong question.  The question is not "what" is going to happen, we can all read that.  The million dollar question is "when?" And, what about between now and then?  If you are so busy "prepping" and diggin bunkers in your backyard for the tribulation, who is working on getting people into the Kingdom right now?  The harvest is ripe, we need workers out in the field harvesting, not in their backyard digging bunkers...

What is the Spirit saying to the Church today?  Grace and peace to mankind.  Faith, hope, love, joy and restraint of judgement extended to mankind.  Now is the day of salvation.  Now is the time of Grace.  Judgement will be here soon enough however we must remember the lesson from Ecclesiastes:

Ecclesiastes 3:1 (KJV): “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.”

The full opening of the chapter (Ecclesiastes 3:1–8) lists the paired seasons: born/die, plant/pluck up, kill/heal, break down/build up, weep/laugh, mourn/dance, cast away stones/gather stones, embrace/refrain, get/lose, keep/cast away, rend/sew, silence/speak, love/hate, war/peace.

Core meaning

The Preacher (Qoheleth) is not offering a to-do list or a permission slip for every action. He is observing the ordered, appointed character of time under God’s sovereignty. Seasons arrive and pass; human effort does not control their coming or going. The repeated “time to…” underscores that life is not random chaos and not pure human mastery — it moves in cycles God has set. Wisdom lies in recognizing the season rather than forcing the wrong action at the wrong time.

Multiple angles

• Literal and agricultural: Ancient Israel lived by sowing and harvest, war and rest, birth and death. The list mirrors real life cycles more than abstract philosophy.
• Personal life stages: Childhood, building a career or family, loss, recovery, older years of reflection or limitation. What is fitting at one stage can be unwise or destructive at another.
• Spiritual seasons: Times of sowing (teaching, serving, creating) and times of waiting or pruning. Times of weeping and times of dancing. Faith does not erase the hard seasons; it trusts the One who appoints them (see also the later turn in Ecclesiastes 3:11 — God has “made every thing beautiful in his time” and set eternity in the human heart).
• Discernment vs. fatalism: The passage is not “everything is relative” or “do whatever feels right.” It is closer to “there is an appropriate time for each of these; wisdom seeks to know which season this is.” Contrast with the New Testament emphasis on walking by the Spirit and redeeming the time (Ephesians 5:15–16).
• Limits of human control: Even the strongest person cannot permanently hold a season that God is ending or force one He has not yet opened. That humility is the practical fruit of the text.

Practical implications

• Patience and timing: Rushing a harvest, forcing a relationship, speaking when silence is required, or building when it is time to break down usually multiplies pain. The opposite is also true — perpetual hesitation when the season for action has arrived wastes the appointed time.
• Acceptance without passivity: Recognizing “a time to…” does not mean resignation. It means aligning effort with the season rather than fighting the clock. Plant when it is time to plant; grieve when it is time to grieve; speak when it is time to speak.
• Eternity in the heart: The chapter does not stop at the list. Verse 11 and the rest of Ecclesiastes keep pointing beyond the cycles to the God who stands outside them. The seasons make sense only in light of that larger reality.
• For content and witness: This passage has long been a natural bridge — poetic, memorable, and honest about both joy and sorrow. It pairs well with themes of trust, waiting, and God’s faithfulness across changing circumstances.

We live in the Age of Grace today.  The Church is to offer the Good News of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to this world.  We are here both to glorify our God and serve Him, doing what we were told to do which is make disciples/preach the good news.

Brother Cahn's video was timely.  This world is on the clock.  We will see what happens in the mid terms, but regardless of what happens we have a job to do and way to do it.  Our operating software is coded with faith, hope, love, joy and peace.  When the people living under the darkness in this world see that light, they might be saved.

The Spirit has impressed this nobody with the need to turn the corner on the messages of doom and gloom "from the watchmen on the wall."  This world needs faith, hope and love alot more than it needs another reminder of how dark things are...

 Please join with your brother in praying over the prayer targets today.

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Encouragement to Pray

Luke 18: 1Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. 2He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought. 3And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’

4“For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care what people think, 5yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually come and attack me!’ ”

6And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. 7And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? 8I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”

1 Peter 4:7

“Be clear minded and self-controlled so that you can pray.” (NIV)

^^^These are a call to persistence and prayer.  We are called today to the Word of God and prayer.

the ESV says it this way:

“The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers.” (ESV)

The end of all things is near so be clear minded so we can pray.  Time is short is another way of saying it.  What does time is short mean?  Multiple layers of meaning here, the Lord could come back unexpectedly at any moment is one, another is on the timeline of eternity however long a person lives on this earth, even 100 years is just a pinprick sized mark on the fabric.

• Ephesians 6:18: “praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints.” (ESV)
• Philippians 4:6: “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.” (ESV)

• 1 Thessalonians 5:17 — “pray without ceasing.”
• Luke 18:1 — “that they ought always to pray and not lose heart” (the parable we’ve been looking at).
• Colossians 4:2 — “Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.”

Today, we remember to stay in the Word of God and prayer.  We are bringing our eyes and attention back to 
Him over and over again much like mini corrections on the steering wheel of your car to get you from point A to point B.

We are in a information war and that war is at your fingertips every day when we look at our cell phone or computer.  We are bringing the war to ourselves.  We need to bring our attention back to the Word of God in prayer in increasing measure to combat the enemies plots plans and agendas against us and keep us on that road called Love taking us into the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ.  

The enemy wants us to feel like anything we do will be useless.  Our Lord tells us prayer is highly effective and we ought to pray constantly, continually.  We add to this the power of agreement.  We stand in agreement with our Lord and each other on as many things as possible.  That agreement and alignment is a combat multiplier:

Presence of the Lord — One person praying is already powerful (James 5:16). Two or three gathered in His name have the explicit promise of His presence among them. That is not additive; it is a qualitative increase.

Agreement under His authority — The word “agree” (Greek symphoneō) means to sound together, to be in harmony. When hearts and requests align with one another and with the will of Christ, the prayer carries the weight of unified submission to His name rather than scattered individual requests.

The pattern elsewhere — Deuteronomy 32:30 says one can chase a thousand and two put ten thousand to flight. Ecclesiastes 4:9–12 says two are better than one because they have a good reward for their labor and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. The principle is consistent: unity multiplies effectiveness against opposition.

Persistence + agreement — The parable of the unjust judge (Luke 18:1–8) shows one person prevailing by continual coming. Matthew 18:19–20 shows that when that same persistence is joined by agreement, the promise is reinforced by the presence of Jesus Himself. The elect who cry out day and night (Luke 18:7) become still more effective when they cry out together.

One of the enemy's primary tactics we covered recently is demoralization.  The enemy wants us to roll over and play dead, do nothing, be passive because we assume his will (the defeat of the righteous) is inevitable.  There is nothing "inevitable" about the enemy's plots plans and agendas against us as long as our God is God.  Here are a number of examples of how "inevitable" outcomes were turned on their head:

The Red Sea (Exodus 14)
Israel stood with the sea in front of them and Pharaoh’s army behind them. There was no way forward and no way back. Defeat and slaughter looked certain. God opened the sea, Israel crossed on dry ground, and the same waters that had been their barrier destroyed the pursuing army. What looked like the end became the place of deliverance.

Gideon’s 300 (Judges 7)
Israel faced a Midianite army described as locusts for multitude. Gideon was reduced to 300 men. It looked like certain annihilation. God caused the enemy to turn on itself and flee. What appeared to be hopeless odds became a total rout.

David and Goliath (1 Samuel 17)
A boy with a sling against a trained giant who had defied the armies of Israel for forty days. Every visible factor said defeat was inevitable. One stone and the champion of the Philistines fell. The army that had been paralyzed by fear then pursued and won.

Hezekiah and the Assyrian siege (2 Kings 18–19; Isaiah 36–37)
Sennacherib’s army surrounded Jerusalem. The Rabshakeh openly mocked any hope of deliverance and declared that no god had ever saved a city from Assyria. That night the angel of the Lord struck down 185,000. The siege that looked finished ended with the enemy dead outside the walls.

Jehoshaphat’s battle (2 Chronicles 20)
A vast coalition of Moab, Ammon, and others came against Judah. The king prayed, “We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.” They went out singing. God set ambushes; the enemy armies destroyed one another. Judah arrived to find only spoil. The battle that looked unwinnable was won without Judah striking a blow.

Daniel in the lions’ den (Daniel 6)
The decree was irreversible. Daniel was thrown to the lions for praying. Morning came and he was untouched. The same den that was meant to be his end became the place where the king declared the living God. The plot that looked final reversed.

The fiery furnace (Daniel 3)
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were bound and thrown into a furnace heated seven times hotter. The soldiers who threw them in died from the heat. The three walked free with a fourth figure among them and not even the smell of smoke on their clothes. Certain death became public vindication.

Esther and the decree of death (Esther 3–8)
A royal edict ordered the destruction of the Jews on a set day. It could not be revoked. Haman’s gallows stood ready for Mordecai. The day that was fixed for annihilation became the day the Jews were authorized to defend themselves, Haman was hanged on his own gallows, and the people were delivered.

The resurrection (the Gospels and Acts)
The cross looked like the final defeat of Jesus and the end of any hope His followers had. The tomb was sealed and guarded. On the third day the stone was rolled away, the grave was empty, and the One who had been crucified was alive. What the enemy presented as the ultimate victory became the defeat of death itself.

Romans 8:31

“What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?” (ESV)

He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? … No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Something else the Spirit of the Lord would impress on us today:

“Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.” (1 Corinthians 14:1, ESV)

“So, my brothers, earnestly desire to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues.” (1 Corinthians 14:39, ESV)

Prophesy is not just for "special people" in the Church.  Its not just for "youtube prophets" and "pastors."  It is for you and me and every other believer in Christ Jesus.  What is its purpose?  Its purpose is needed now more than ever which is why it is being brought again to our attention:

“On the other hand, the one who prophesies speaks to people for their upbuilding and encouragement and consolation. The one who speaks in a tongue builds up himself, but the one who prophesies builds up the church.”
(1 Corinthians 14:3–4, ESV)

“Now I want you all to speak in tongues, but even more to prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless someone interprets, so that the church may be built up.”
(1 Corinthians 14:5, ESV)

“So with yourselves, since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, strive to excel in building up the church.”
(1 Corinthians 14:12, ESV)

“What then, brothers? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up.”
(1 Corinthians 14:26, ESV)

How prophecy edifies

According to these verses, prophecy edifies the church in three concrete ways:

1. Upbuilding (edification) — It strengthens and constructs the body. Unlike uninterpreted tongues (which primarily benefit the speaker), prophecy is directed toward the gathered people so the whole church is built up.
2. Encouragement (exhortation) — It calls the hearers forward, stirs them, and presses them toward faithfulness.
3. Consolation (comfort) — It brings comfort and consolation to those who hear.

And this ^^^ is the diametric opposite of demoralization.  The Lord God is working to upbuild, encourage, motivate, and comfort His people every single day.  Today is no different.  You who are reading this are part of this.  You are called not just to read but go out and play your part in building up the Church of God, the people of God, the living stones as well as those who will yet be saved.  Our Lord died for everyone that all might be saved.  We are to shine the Light and Love of our Lord Jesus Christ into this dark world while the Church remains on the earth.  

Regardless of what the prophets of doom have to say, now is the time of Restraint.  Today is the day of our Lord's Grace to humanity and salvation.  There is coming a time of judgement but those days are not these days.  The "day of the Lord" and time of Jacob's trouble will be much different.  There is alot of work to do.  We need to pray that the Lord of the harvest will send out workers into the field for the harvest is ripe.

Each one of us is on this earth in this season for a reason.  We have a Divinely appointed mission here on earth.  Let's do our job.  The enemy wants us to believe resistance is futile.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  We are each one of us going to do what we were put here to do.  It is our God's Will and His Will be done here on earth just as it is in Heaven.  

One last note before we wrap this up, we live in a Love story.  Not that we loved Him but He Loved us first-enough to die for us on that cross.  He Loves us, we love Him, then we love each other.  That is the basis and foundation for everything else.

You are encouraged to pray and stay in the Word of God today.  Keep the faith.  Do your part, do your job.  What has the Lord God put you here to do?  You have a mission and vision for your life in Christ.  If you dont know what that is, keep knocking on the Master's door until you get your answers.

We are dearly loved children

keep the faith

  Please join with your brother in praying over the prayer targets today.

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grace and peace

Countering One of the Enemy's Primary Weapons: Demoralization

There is and has been for awhile a problem of 99% problem identification and 1% or less of solution identification.  This is a pattern for demoralization with is one of the communists weapons against the US during the cold war (look up interview with Yuri Bezmenov).  Demoralization is also, not surprisingly a primary tactic of the satanic realm against humanity and the Church.  Youtube is overflowing with prophets of doom and problem identifiers.  Identifying the problems is not what humanity or the Church needs right now, we all know what the problems are, in spades.  This world, humanity and the Church need good news and solution identification.  We need to concentrate most of our attention on the good news and solutions.  Read your Bible, what does it say?  Concentrate on the problems until you and everyone you know is demoralized?  No, it says be anxious for nothing, pray with supplication and thanksgiving present your requests to God.  He also tells us what to think about:  whatever is good, excellent, beautiful, of good report:

Phil 4:8

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.

The Spirit of the Lord says we need to focus our attention back on the good news to combat the enemy tactic of demoralization.  We need to do what He told us to do which we can read in Phil 4:8 above and throughout our Bibles.  We are not ignoring the problems in the world, we are painfully aware of them.  However, we are not fixated or staring at the problems, we glance at them then move immediately into solution generation, inspiration, motivation and uplifting both ourselves and those around us.  This is our job, this is what the Church does.  Our God is the God of all hope and the closest many people are going to come to hope and good news is Christ in you.

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Evil’s primary strategy against humanity—and especially against Christians—is not primarily dramatic catastrophe but sustained demoralization: the steady erosion of hope, agency, and the will to act. The pattern is real and intentional. Problem identification without corresponding solution identification creates a psychological and spiritual environment of helplessness. When people are kept in a state of chewing on bad news, they become passive. Passivity is fertile ground for the enemy’s claim that “this is just the way things are and nothing can be done.”

Scripture treats this as a spiritual reality rather than merely a media or cultural problem. The enemy is described as a thief who comes to steal, kill, and destroy (John 10:10), an accuser (Revelation 12:10), and the father of lies (John 8:44). Demoralization is one of his preferred weapons because it does not require overt violence; it only requires convincing people that resistance is futile and that darkness is inevitable.

The Core Battle Is Not Primarily Informational

Endless problem identification is a form of spiritual warfare by attrition. It keeps the mind occupied with what is broken, corrupt, or threatening so that the mind has little capacity left for what is true, good, and possible. Philippians 4:8 is not a suggestion for positive thinking; it is a command for mental discipline under pressure: “whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.” The verse assumes that the alternative—dwelling on what is false, shameful, unjust, impure, and ugly—is the natural drift of a fallen world and a fallen mind. Christians are told to reverse that drift deliberately.

This does not mean ignoring real problems. It means refusing to let problem awareness become the dominant lens through which reality is interpreted. The biblical pattern is different: diagnose the problem accurately, then move quickly to the reality of God’s character, promises, and redemptive action. Psalm 73 is a classic example. Asaph begins overwhelmed by the apparent success of the wicked and the seeming futility of righteousness. The turning point is not more data about the wicked; it is entering the sanctuary and seeing the end of the story. Perspective, not additional problem information, restores his footing.

How Demoralization Works and How to Counter It

The enemy’s strategy often follows a recognizable sequence:

1. Amplify the scale and permanence of problems (“this is everywhere and it’s getting worse”).
2. Minimize or omit effective responses (“nothing works”).
3. Personalize the threat so that it feels immediate and overwhelming.
4. Conclude that the only rational responses are withdrawal, cynicism, or despair.

The counter is not more problem awareness. The counter is active resistance at the level of attention, speech, and action.

Attention. What you repeatedly look at shapes what you believe is possible. If the majority of inputs are problem-focused and solution-absent, the mind learns to treat solutions as rare or irrelevant. Practical resistance includes deliberately seeking and dwelling on examples of faithfulness, recovery, innovation, and mercy. This is not denial; it is training the mind to see the full picture rather than only the broken parts. Christians throughout history have practiced this by memorizing and meditating on Scripture that anchors them in God’s sovereignty and redemptive purposes (Romans 8:28–39, Psalm 46, Isaiah 40, Philippians 1:6).

Speech. Words create and reinforce mental habits. Constant rehearsal of problems without corresponding language of hope, responsibility, and action deepens demoralization. The New Testament repeatedly connects speech with spiritual condition (James 3, Ephesians 4:29, Colossians 4:6). Speaking solutions, even imperfect ones, and speaking of God’s ongoing work pushes against the narrative of inevitability. This is one reason many find it spiritually clarifying to limit consumption of pure problem streams and to increase output of constructive speech—whether in personal conversation, prayer, or public content.

Action. Small, concrete obedience breaks the spell of inevitability more effectively than large-scale analysis. The enemy prefers people who are informed and inactive. Scripture consistently pairs accurate diagnosis with specific commands to act: care for the vulnerable, speak truth, work faithfully, pray, gather with others, refuse to be overcome by evil but overcome evil with good (Romans 12:21). Action, even limited action, generates evidence that counters the claim “nothing can be done.” Over time, accumulated small actions change the narrative from “inevitable decline” to “contested ground.”

Biblical and Historical Patterns of Resistance

The prophets and apostles operated in environments of genuine crisis, yet they refused to accept demoralization as the final word. Jeremiah bought a field while Jerusalem was under siege (Jeremiah 32). The purchase was not naïve optimism; it was an enacted statement that God’s promises outlasted the present catastrophe. Paul wrote Philippians from prison and repeatedly returned to joy and the progress of the gospel. The early church faced persecution, moral corruption in the surrounding culture, and internal problems, yet its primary literature focuses more on the character of Christ, the reality of the Spirit, and the call to faithfulness than on cataloguing the failures of the Roman world.

History shows the same pattern. Periods of intense cultural and spiritual darkness have often been met not by those who best described the darkness but by those who built alternative structures of life—monasteries that preserved learning, abolitionist networks that combined moral clarity with practical action, local churches that cared for the sick when institutions failed, and ordinary believers who continued ordinary obedience. The common thread is refusal to let the scale of the problem dictate the legitimacy of the response.

Practical Orientation for Daily Resistance

Several concrete practices consistently appear in both Scripture and the experience of Christians who have resisted demoralization:

• Anchor the day in truth before problem intake. Many find it effective to begin with Scripture, prayer, and deliberate gratitude before engaging news or social media. This establishes a different interpretive frame.
• Practice solution-seeking as a discipline. When a problem is identified, ask “What is the next faithful action available to me or to someone in my sphere?” Even if the answer is small, the habit counters helplessness.
• Build and participate in communities that refuse the narrative of inevitability. Isolated individuals are more easily demoralized. Shared prayer, shared work, and shared testimony of God’s activity provide counter-evidence.
• Measure progress by faithfulness rather than by immediate cultural reversal. The New Testament’s primary metrics are love, endurance, and the fruit of the Spirit, not control of external conditions. This protects against the despair that comes when large problems remain large.
• Speak and create from a different center. Content—whether personal conversation or public work—that names real problems while consistently pointing to the character of God, the sufficiency of Christ, and concrete paths of response resists the demoralizing current. The goal is not to pretend problems are smaller than they are; the goal is to refuse to let them be the final word.

The claim that evil and problems are inevitable is a theological assertion, not a neutral observation. It denies the resurrection, the ongoing work of the Spirit, and the promise that the gates of hell will not prevail against the church (Matthew 16:18). Christians do not fight back primarily by matching the volume of problem identification. They fight back by refusing the premise that darkness has the last word, by fixing attention on the One who has already overcome the world (John 16:33), and by living as people who expect God to be at work even when the evidence is partial. That stance is itself a form of spiritual warfare, and it is available in any set of circumstances.

  Please join with your brother in praying over the prayer targets today.

Glory to God

grace and peace

More Great News, He Does Not Change

 He does not change, His Word does not change.  So in a world with never ending change and turmoil, He is a rock of refuge, a lighthouse in the storm.  He is Love.  God=Love.  Regardless of what world communism wants to do, He is Love does not change.  And we, His children are to be like Him which means we=Love.  That is decision based, agape Love, God's brand of love.  We decide to Love, we "will" love (see Ps 9 and Ps 34 "I will" statements.).

Faith, Hope and Love and the greatest of these is Love.  It is our operating system regardless of what is going on in the world.  This has not changed and will not change based on current events.  We are to be like Him in this world.

1 John 4

God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. 17This is how love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment: In this world we are like Jesus. 18There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

So, the time to "get like Jesus" is now.  That means Love moves from wherever it was in our priority list to number 1.  It is not an optional buffet table item.  It is not a nice to hear Sunday morning message.  It is mandatory, it is the top priority.

This scripture, pondering why it wasn't preached more is the reason or one of the foundational reasons this blog was started.  If only a few are going to make it why is it not being preached from the rooftops?:

Matt 7

13“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

The message, orders, guidance on Love is no different.  It is a top priority, why is it not being preached from the rooftops and at least mentioned in every so called "sermon" or message to the sheep.  It is the heart of God and it does not change.  This world needs more Jesus which is equivalent to saying it needs more Love.  We are His representatives on earth, His Diplomatic Corp.  When we interact with others, they should see Him in us, which is equivalent to saying they should see Love in us.

There is no higher order, more important message in Christianity.  He died for us in........Love.  For God so loved the world He sent His only begotten Son.  The first commandment is Love the Lord your God with all your heart, the second is like it love your neighbor.

This post is not intended as a beat down on anyone, it is intended to encourage us to do what we have been called to do.  We can only do our job for the Kingdom centered in His Will.  That means we are to be centered in Love otherwise everything we are doing is wasted (go re-read 1 Cor 13 if you are in doubt).  1 John 4 tells us it is Love that will give us confidence in the Judgement.  In Love means in Jesus means, you pass the test.

This is getting long hopefully you get the point.  Few things matter, the pareto principle tells us 10% of our actions get us 90% of our results (or 20/80, you get the idea).  Faith, hope and especially Love are some of those few things that matter and that will never change!

  Please join with your brother in praying over the prayer targets today.

Glory to God

grace and peace

The Lord, Our Supply

 

PS 27:1The Lord is my light and my salvation—

whom shall I fear?

The Lord is the stronghold of my life—

of whom shall I be afraid?

2When the wicked advance against me

to devour ^a me,

it is my enemies and my foes

who will stumble and fall.

3Though an army besiege me,

my heart will not fear;

though war break out against me,

even then I will be confident.

Good news.  The Lord our God is an ever present source of supply and support for us, His children.  As we see from the psalm above this battle of good vs evil, and enemy attack on all that is good-its a forever story.  So the current advance of evil against us is just par for the course.  Just another day on planet earth.  And again, today we count on the Lord for support and supply in our time of need.  We can be confident, though war break out against us.  It will be our enemies and foes who fall.  Why?  The Lord is our light and salvation, the stronghold of our lives.

Keep the faith, be strong and very courageous and the Lord will be with us wherever we go.

Please join with your brother in praying over the prayer targets today.

Glory to God

grace and peace

Back to Some Good News

 This morning the Lord said "I am bigger than your problems."  Let that one sink in deep.

Everywhere you look there is bad news. The headlines keep coming. The stories of hostility against Christians, against Jewish people, and against those who love America seem to pile up without end. It is easy to feel like the tide of evil is rising and nothing can stop it. But I want to tell you something true today. It is going to be okay.

We have been here before. We lived through the four years under Joe Biden. Those years brought real hardship for many who love this country, who hold to the faith, and who value the freedom this nation was built on. It was difficult. It felt long. And yet we got through it. The country did not end. The people of God did not disappear. The foundations held. What we endured then is proof that we can endure what is in front of us now. God did not abandon His people in those years, and He has not abandoned them today.

There is good news. Christians and Jewish people are standing together in new ways against hatred. Millions of people of faith are speaking up for worship, for truth, and for one another. Patriotic Americans who love the Constitution, who love liberty, and who want a country that protects the good are still here. They are voting. They are praying. They are building. The advance of what is wrong is not a force of nature that cannot be resisted. History is full of moments when darkness looked like it would win, and then the story turned. Empires fall. Movements lose their grip. God raises up people who stand. The tide can turn because the One who holds the ocean is still in control.

The advance of evil is not inevitable. That is not wishful thinking. It is the witness of Scripture and the record of history. God removes kings and sets up kings. He laughs at the schemes of those who set themselves against Him. He works all things together for good for those who love Him. The cross looked like the final victory of evil, and it became the place of redemption. What looks like the end is often the place where God shows that He is still writing the story. Your part in that story is not finished either. You are still here. You can still pray. You can still speak. You can still stand. You can still vote for what protects life and liberty and truth. None of that is wasted. God uses ordinary faithfulness to turn the tide.

So hear this clearly. It is going to be okay. Not because the headlines will suddenly turn pleasant. Not because every problem will vanish overnight. But because our God is bigger than the problem, and He has already proven that His people can come through hard seasons. We got through the Biden years. We will get through this. The good news is still true for Christians, for Jewish people, and for every patriotic American who refuses to believe the darkness has the final word. The advance of evil is not inevitable. Lift your eyes. Keep going. The throne is still occupied, and the One who sits on it is still greater.

Our God is bigger than world communism. He is bigger than the Islamic Caliphate. He is bigger than the "democratic" communists of America. He is bigger than everyone funding the evil that threatens us every day. He is bigger than the principalities and powers of evil that war against us without end. He laughs at all of it.

The enemy tactic right now is in your face Islamo Communism. Jew hating, Christian hating, Israel, and United States hating to its very core. The goal has always been to bring America to its knees so the real prize (Israel) will be a sitting duck, ready for the slaughter. "They" make a big mistake in their calculations because the God of the Bible Himself defends Israel and by extension the United States. "Yea, but brother Dave it says during the tribulation this that and the other bad things will happen." Great point except, we are not in the tribulation yet...

The Restrainer remains on the earth. The Lord God is not yet done with the Church. The current push of islamist far left communism being funded throughout Europe and its current wave of violence and destruction are all peeing in the wind until the Lord God determines its time for the final 7 years. Both Islam (the Crusades) and Communism (the cold war) have been pushed back in the past and they can both be pushed back again.

We are to keep our eyes on Christ regardless of what happens. He is bigger than any of the temporary things good, bad or indifferent taking place on this earth. If all you see is the "news" everyday all you get is a steady diet of lies, disinformation, demoralization, and bad everything else. During this time we are to refix our gaze over and over again back on the good news that is the Person of Jesus Christ.

We made it through 4 years of Joey diapers and the cackling hyena Camel Harris. We will make it through the next 2 years whatever that brings. In the meantime we are doing everything within our power to stem the tide of rot, decay and darkness in this earth. The current leftists are all three, rot, decay and darkness. Eyes on Christ, morning noon and night. The message of Love remains in spite of the rot, decay and darkness. He Loves us, we love him and each other. The path ahead for us is faith, hope, love, joy and peace both as acts of our decisions and willpower as well as the Word of God.

Keep the faith. Fight the good fight.

Please join with your brother in praying over the prayer targets today.

Glory to God

grace and peace