The Most Encouraging Thing

I believe this is a message from the Lord's own heart to you (impressed on me this morning 2/16/14).

One of the most encouraging things I can think of is the Lord our God answers prayer:

Luke 18:1 

Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.

Does He always answer how and when we want Him to answer?  No.  For that reason many give up.  What many people fail to recognize and remember is we are in a test.  In this life, our faith is being tested, continually.

2 Corinthians 13:5 Examine yourselves to see whether you are in ...

... Surely you know that Jesus Christ is among you; if not, you have failed the test of genuine faith. ... Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith.

1 Peter 1:7 These have come so that the proven genuineness of your ...

... The purpose of these troubles is to test your faith as fire tests how genuine gold is. Your faith is more precious than gold, and

1 Peter 4:12 Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal ...

... Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to test you, as ... do not be surprised, as if it was something strange, if your faith is tested

Luke 8:13 Those on the rocky ground are the ones who receive the ...

... And those on the rock are those who with joy give hearing to the word; but having no root, they have faith for a time, and when the test comes they give up.

How does the Lord test our faith?  The primary way in this brother's experience is through time/delay.  Sometimes the answer to prayer takes years to manifest, do we have the faith to stand for that long?  The good news is if we are faithful and patient we get our answer and that is encouraging.

It wasn't too long ago that my faith was in the battle for my own miracle (less than a year ago).  Some of these answers to prayer that we are looking for are do or die, put everything on the line types of things where either we get an answer or we are going to be in a really bad situation in short order.  My mentality at that time was either I stand on my faith or I will not stand at all:

Isaiah 7:9

... If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.'

Either the Lord answers my prayers and I have life or He does not and I die standing on my faith.  This is an all or nothing proposition.  All of my eggs are in one basket, I am counting on the Lord.  He has not failed me in the past, though He has tried me and made me wait and sent me messengers of doom to tell me that my prayers would not be answered to see how I would respond, through it all and after it all I have been delivered

Psalm 34:4I sought the Lord, and he answered me;

he delivered me from all my fears.

5Those who look to him are radiant;

their faces are never covered with shame.

6This poor man called, and the Lord heard him;

he saved him out of all his troubles.

7The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him,

and he delivers them.

Through trial, and tribulation and testing this brother's testimony to you is that the Lord answers prayers and He does deliver.  Not on your timetable and not according to your plan but He does answer and He does deliver.

What good can this brother's hands find to do today?  I can write to you here and encourage you to seek the source of every good thing: the Lord.  I was made for this purpose.  The Lord speaks in different ways at different times and He can speak through anyone or anything.

This brother has been delivered more times than I can recount.  I have had more prayers answered than I can remember.  I have seen the requests for multiple miracles answered before my eyes.  This brother is the least of the brothers, what has been done for me can and will be done for you.  I write to you today as a testimony to our God's faithfulness and His deliverance.  What did He say He would do?  What are His promises?  Are we standing on His promises?  Do we have the faith to stand throughout the test of time so we can see the answer to our prayer on the other side of the trial?

I have been there with you.  I have had my faith attacked and drug (momentarily) through the depths of hell to test what was in me.  I did not know I could be tested in such ways but the Lord saw me through.  What was done for me will be done for you.  I have had those conversations with the Lord telling Him "Lord if you don't come through for us we are in deep trouble.  I will not doubt you but I will stand on my faith and see the goodness of the Lord with my own eyes right here in the land of the living.  I will stand on my faith and I will not give up, if it kills me I will stand and trust in my God.  To the death.  This is all or nothing and I will trust in you my faithful God."

What encouraging thing can this brother give you today?  My testimony.  The Lord answers prayer.  He can be trusted.  Take His promises and your faith to Him today and wear Him out with your persistence.  Does the Lord honor such actions?

James 5.16Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that you may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.

17Elijah was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth for three years and six months.

18And he prayed again, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth brought forth its fruit.

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Luke 18:1And he spoke a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

2Saying, There was in a city a judge, who feared not God, neither regarded man:

3And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of my adversary.

4And he would not for awhile: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;

5Yet because this widow troubles me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she wearies me.

6And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge said.

7And shall not God avenge his own elect, who cry day and night unto him, though he bears long with them?

8I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man comes, shall he find faith on the earth?

Matt 7.7 "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.


Ask and it WILL be given to you, not maybe, not kinda, not if the stars align a certain way, ask and it WILL be given to you.  And who said that?  God Almighty said that.  He is not a man that He should lie.  Let us take His promises back to Him "Lord, you said if we ask it will be given to us now I bring you your own Word which you cannot deny and my faith to see this prayer answered.  Answer me in your grace and mercy and loving kindness Lord!"

grace and peace

The Problem and The Answer

Corrupt politicians and businessmen are an effect of the real problem:  the people.  Why do we have corrupt politicians ruling over us?  Because the people are corrupt.  What has the Lord said:

Hosea 4:1Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because [there is] no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.

2By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood touchethblood.

3Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field,and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

What we see above is a cause and effect relationship.  Verse 3 is the effect of the cause in verse 1.  There is no truth, no mercy and no knowledge of God in the land.  How do we know this is fact and not just brother D's opinion?

In our lifetimes have we ever seen things like this every day in the news?

Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field,and with the fowls of heaven

dead birds

dead birds

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dead  birds

dead birds

Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field,and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

dead fish

dead fish

dead fish

dead fish

dead fish

There are churches on every corner but where is the truth?  There are religious people by the millions but where is the mercy?  There are Christians voting to 'make a difference' every political season but where is the knowledge of God in the land?

Light drives out darkness every time, without fail, period.  If all these people and all these churches were full of light how could darkness be so thick?  Would the tribulation which will be hell on earth be coming if most people around us were righteous and knew the Lord (really knew Him)?

Gen 18:26The Lord said, “If I find fifty righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”

27Then Abraham spoke up again: “Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, though I am nothing but dust and ashes, 28what if the number of the righteous is five less than fifty? Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five people?”

“If I find forty-five there,” he said, “I will not destroy it.”

29Once again he spoke to him, “What if only forty are found there?”

He said, “For the sake of forty, I will not do it.”

30Then he said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak. What if only thirty can be found there?”

He answered, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”

31Abraham said, “Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty can be found there?”

He said, “For the sake of twenty, I will not destroy it.”

32Then he said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more. What if only ten can be found there?”

He answered, “For the sake of ten, I will not destroy it.”

33When the Lord had finished speaking with Abraham, he left, and Abraham returned home.

We know that Sodom was destroyed and we know the Lord promised not to destroy it if even ten righteous men could be found in the entire city.  What does that tell you about that city and what does it tell us about the United States for example?  Is America any better than Sodom as it stands today?  Has America committed all the same sins?  Surely it has, so what will America's reward be?  Can ten righteous men be found in (pick one) the average city?  Judging by what is happening to the birds and the fish, and this has been going on daily for years, I would say probably not.

So what, just another beat down brother D?  No, if the average person is the problem, they are also the solution.  Playing church for generations isn't getting it done.  Being religious like those the Lord condemned in His day isn't getting it done.  Being the church and not playing church might be a good start.  The church is not a man made organization or institution which are dead and lifeless things.  The church is the organic living body of Christ which is Christ Jesus in each and every one of us.  When two or more of us are assembled then the church is assembled, when we are apart we are still the church each and every one of us.  We cannot "go to church" if we are the church.  The statement "go to church" assumes in its very syntax that we are not the church which is a grievous error.

Pastors dot every pulpit of every church dotting the corners of the landscape, but what does the Bible say about pastors?  I am not asking for men's opinions or making square blocks fit into round holes, what specifically does the bible say a pastor is and does?  The only mention of the word pastor in the new testament that goes anywhere near these questions is one verse in the book of Ephesians, thats it.  Paul never mentioned meeting or greeting a pastor once throughout his entire journey through Asia in the book of acts, coincidence?  Paul never mentioned a singe 'pastor?'  That's right, not one.  So where do these men who call themselves pastors get their Biblical authority to be and to act?

Men have given themselves titles and positions, they have created lifeless organizations and institutions and called it all the church.  The true church of Jesus Christ is not an institution and it is full of life and light that drives out darkness every time without fail.

The birds and the fish are dieing all around us.  That is called judgement.  And where does judgement begin?

1 Peter 4:17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?

If the common man is the problem and the solution then the problem and solution starts with the house of God.  From the ground up, the christian jargon, to the institutions, buildings, organizations, hierarchy (nicolaitan) etc it is all corrupt.  Nico=conquer, laitan=laity=you the people.  The Lord says He HATES the nicolaitan system but people seem to love it and what has it brough them?  Corruption and darkness, sin and death.

Revelation 2:6 

But you have this in your favor: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate

Where in the Bible can you find any brother being called a "lay person?"  What the heck is a lay person in the church?  Its not in your Bible but the system setup elevating the pastor and priest over the "lay person" is what mankind accepts today without question.

Just because men have been living in error for generations does not make their systems right.  Just because the majority accepts something does not make it right.  The majority will be proven wrong, the proof is right in our faces:

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 many, the majority enter through the broad gate that leads to destruction.  That is not my opinion, that is the Word of God.  The few, a handful find the small gate that leads to life.  So when people follow the masses to lifeless organizations to do what the majority accept they march down the broad road.  The wisdom of this world is not the wisdom of our God.  He does not think like men do

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. (Isa 55:8-9)

The problem and the solution are in our hands.  The true church has the power to shut the heavens up, to move mountains and part the seas so what will we do?  Will we continue to accept the ways of the nicolaitans that the Lord told us He hates twice (Rev 2:6, 2:15) when speaking to the churches?  Will we continue to follow spiritual hired hands who have appointed themselves with titles and positions (pastor) that have no foundation in scripture?  I see the word elders all over the place in the New Testament and I see the word pastor once, think about it.

1 Cor 12:28And God has set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helpers, administrators, various kinds of tongues.

^^^^No mention whatsoever of  "pastor."  These self appointed conquerors of the "laity" have 1,001 opinions of what a pastor is but what does the Bible specifically without interpretation or guessing say a pastor is?  It doesn't.....The solution starts there.

1 Peter 4:17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?

grace and peace

An Update

I haven't been posting as much lately because I believe the Lord has turned another corner.  You have read about the earthquakes and signs in the heavens here and even now all the signs are accelerating but what does the Lord say?  The lunar tetrad is coming up and the Lord would not have this brother write about the judgement and wrath planned for this world?  No.

Why not?  All the signs, all the signals are not ends in themselves, they all point to something:  the coming of our Lord and Savior.  What was His guidance to me this new year?  Be a man who walks with God, rest in the Lord.  Do I believe we are close to many earth changing events?  Yes, and yet the Lord would have us take our eyes off the world and focus them firmly where they always belong, on Him.

Does that mean I will not write on the signs anymore?  That is not what I am hearing.  The signs are important and littered throughout the book of Revelation and the books of the prophets.  He pointed us to the signs that point to Him.  At a time when the world is in tremendous upheaval, this brother believes He is calling us to peace and quietness alone with Him.

In the end this is all that matters anyway.  We must know our God and He must know us.  We walk with Him and He walks with us.  Its that simple, through all the ups and downs of life we walk and talk with our God.  He loves us and we love Him.  We must exercise all of our power to make sure we never ever hear this:

Matt 7:21Not every one that says unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

22Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in your name? and in your name have cast out demons? and in your name done many wonderful works?

23And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, you that work iniquity.

I do not want this post to be a downer because that is not the impression I get from the Lord.  I am encouraged by the Lord's call to have us draw near to Him in these days and listen for the quiet and still voice that He uses to speak to men.  I pray that you are encouraged too.

grace and peace

The Anti-Christ And Debt

This post is the result of a virtual flood of information coming together in my mind in less than 24 hours setting up the following scenario.  By faith I present this to you as what I believe to be an impression on my spirit from the Lord.

The (almost perfect) setup is coming to the people of the world.  Of course, Satan is an imitator of the things our Lord does and says.  He is not stupid and the trap set for the people of the world will be almost perfect.  What are the elements of the trap?

1.  Debt and debt creation
2.  Biometrics/the mark of the beast
3.  Human nature/greed
4.  The spiritual condition of this world.
5.  Prosperity preachers?

The powers that be in this world have been forcing debt creation on people and nations.  To what end?  The arrival of anti-christ and debt forgiveness.  The Lord teaches us here:

Luke 741 “Two people owed money to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii,[a] and the other fifty. 42 Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he forgave the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?”

43 Simon replied, “I suppose the one who had the bigger debt forgiven.”

“You have judged correctly,” Jesus said.

So, what happens when the anti-Christ shows up and announces universal debt forgiveness to the people and nations of the world?  Not only that, but what if he also promises a redistribution of wealth that includes money deposited into your bank account, on top of debt forgiveness for the mere price of accepting a biometric mark?

Satan is no dummy.  If you think he will just tell people to accept the mark or die, you underestimate him.  He is a seducer of humanity.  He will sweeten the bait on the hook to near irresistible for those whose hearts are in this world.  How many self proclaiming Christians will take the bait?  If your worldly debts are erased and a fat chunk of cash is promised to your bank account, what will you do?  Many will turn in an instant.  Their desires are for this world and the things of this world.

 Consider that this prolonged economic malaise we have seen is part of an elaborate setup to condition the hearts and minds of men to accept the coming bait.  What is the hope of young people today who want believe they deserve a Mercedes but drive a clunker because they cannot get a job?  What is the economic outlook for this world as things stand today?  How can the youth becomes the rock stars in their own minds without a source of income?  What will happen when someone comes along and agrees to give the people the (worldly) desires of their hearts?

There will be many other 'benefits' sold to the masses to accept the biometric mark but I wanted to cover the real bait.  People will believe that all their problems will be solved if they just accept the lie.  Never mind the eternal damnation.  Prosperity preachers have preached for years that debt is bad and prosperity is good and the anti-christ will arrive to erase debt and create prosperity, what's not to like (except you forfeit your eternal soul?)  These preachers have played their part in the coming spiritual double-cross.

The people who accept the mark will be blinded by their own desires into taking the mark.  By the time they realize that they will not be able to enjoy their new found prosperity due to massive earthquakes, plagues, disasters of every kind etc due to the wrath of the Almighty it will be too late.

The lesson here?  Never underestimate your enemy.  This writer believes the bait will be near irresistible to those who do not have the understanding and strength given by the Lord our God.  This world will wonder after the beast for good reason.  He will play the people like a fiddle.

James 113When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; 14but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed.15Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.

Daniel 8:25 

... He will be a master of deception and will become arrogant; he will destroy many ... make deceit prosper under his hand, and in his own mind he shall become great. ... //bible.cc/daniel/8-25.htm - 20k

Proverbs 30:8 

... Keep deception and lies far away from me, and give me neither poverty nor wealth

2 Thess 2:11 So God will send great deception upon them, and they will believe all these lies. 12 Then they will be condemned for not believing the truth and for enjoying the evil they do.

Let us each examine what is in our own hearts lest we be carried away with those whose end is destruction.

grace and peace

The Whole Ball Of Wax In Two Verses

This is how you know we worship the true and only God: power.  Only with supernatural knowledge and power could you sum up so many important lessons in so few words.

Here is what the Lord says:

Luke 10:38As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. 39She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. 40But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!”

41“Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, 42but few things are needed—or indeed only one.^f Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”

What do we have rolled up into this ^^?

This blog was started in large part based on people's lack of concern for Matt 7:13-14

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.

Why will only a few make it in?  And why do so few care?  Why have you never heard this preached by your pastor?

People do not know the Lord and He does not know them:

21“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ 23Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’

Which brings us back to this:

Luke 10:38As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. 39She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. 40But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!”

41“Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, 42but few things are needed—or indeed only one.^f Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”

What a picture of love and mercy and grace.  Few things are needed, or indeed only one.  Know and love your God.  Again from Luke 10:

25On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

26“What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?”

27He answered, “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’^c ; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’^d ”

28“You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.”

and

Matthew 11:30 

For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."

How hard is this?  Walk with our God, know Him and love Him.  Thats it and a natural outflow from that will be we love one another thus fulfilling all of the law and the prophets.

As we transitioned into this year I asked the Lord what He would have me do for Him.  What would He have me do?  Be a man who walks with God, spend time with Him know Him and love Him and do whatever good my hands find to do in this world.  That's it.  How hard is that?

As this world circles the drain of history let us be found as a people who walk with God, who know Him and love Him.  Everything else is secondary and flows out of knowing and loving our God above all else.

grace and peace

Getting What You Need From The Lord

This morning I was reading this:

Luke 8:40Now when Jesus returned, a crowd welcomed him, for they were all expecting him. 41Then a man named Jairus, a synagogue leader, came and fell at Jesus’ feet, pleading with him to come to his house 42because his only daughter, a girl of about twelve, was dying.

As Jesus was on his way, the crowds almost crushed him. 43And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years,^c but no one could heal her. 44She came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped.

45“Who touched me?” Jesus asked.

When they all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the people are crowding and pressing against you.”

46But Jesus said, “Someone touched me; I know that power has gone out from me.”

47Then the woman, seeing that she could not go unnoticed, came trembling and fell at his feet. In the presence of all the people, she told why she had touched him and how she had been instantly healed. 48Then he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace.”

Notice what Jesus did and did not say.  He did not say "Daughter, the edge of my cloak has healed you. Go in peace."  What Jesus did say is "Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace."

How do you know the Lord is going to answer you?  Your faith is the evidence along with the Word of God.  That fire or even that flickering ember of faith within you is power that produces results.

Our faith plus the Word tells us our prayers will be answered

1 John 3:22 

... and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him. ... //bible.cc/1_john/3-22.htm - 19k

John 15:7 

... "If you abide in me and my words abide in you, you can ask for anything you want, and you'll receive it.

Matthew 7:7

"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

What many people have a problem with is "when"......"When will I get my answer?" and when belongs to the Lord...

Ecc 3:1There is a time for everything,

and a season for every activity under the heavens:

2a time to be born and a time to die,

a time to plant and a time to uproot,

3a time to kill and a time to heal,

a time to tear down and a time to build,

4a time to weep and a time to laugh,

a time to mourn and a time to dance,

5a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,

a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,

6a time to search and a time to give up,

a time to keep and a time to throw away,

7a time to tear and a time to mend,

a time to be silent and a time to speak,

8a time to love and a time to hate,

a time for war and a time for peace.

Our faith is tested when the Lord does not answer immediately and some people give up.  If we give up we cannot pass the test.  Does the Word teach us persistence in prayer and faith?  Yes.

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?”

This year we have signs in the heavens that the Lord is about to act.  The lunar tetrad on the Lord's feast days tell us to be watching and ready.

I asked the Lord about this year,  I said something like "Lord, your signs are in the heavens and I have asked you whats about to happen and I have not heard from you so we are flying blind into whatever is coming."  He said something to the effect that we have His Word and we have our faith and that is enough.  We should not be surprised that nobody is getting a blow by blow sequence of events before hand from Him.  What He wants from us is faith and we are either going to stand or fall based on that faith of lack thereof.

He has impressed upon this writer that we should be at peace and rest in Him as this storm approaches.  Yes, there is a storm coming and it will be most severe but we are not to be disturbed or upset by it.  Rest and trust and peace are what the Lord has in store for us but we will only lay hold of these things by faith.

The Lord expects faith from us.  What did the Lord say?

Luke 18:8 I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and ...

... Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”

I pray that when the Son of Man comes, He will find you and me full of mountain moving, fig tree uprooting and thrown into the sea, miracle working faith.

And I will leave you with this today:

Hebrews 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please God ...

And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him

grace and peace

As We Near The End

It has been weighing on my heart, what we should be doing for the Lord during the days we have left here on earth.  I believe I heard clearly from Him yesterday, and the answer is for me but it appears to have broad applicability:

1.  Spend time with the Lord, get to know Him better
2.  Do whatever good works your hands find to do
3.  Remember number #1.

That's it.

Even if we were to spend every minute of every day with Him from now through the end of this world, we would not scratch the surface of understanding the treasures hidden away in our God.


Does this resonate with the Word?  Yes.

Luke 10:25On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

26“What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?”

27He answered, “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’^c ; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’^d ”

28“You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.”

2 Peter 1:2 G

... May God give you more and more grace and peace as you grow in your knowledge of God and Jesus our Lord.

If you go back up and review that list 1-3 that I believe the Lord gave me, you would think that's not too hard right?

Matthew 11:30 

For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.

Thanks be to the Lord our God for His counsel and His wisdom as it concerns His children.

grace and peace

Welcome to 2014

Welcome to 2014 and the Lord's signs in the heavens.  This year we will see two of the four lunar tetrad events fall on passover and sukkot/tabernacles.  A look around at the social/political/economic environment shows us this earth is primed for some real fireworks this year.

There are credible sources saying this year Europe will begin bank bail-ins.  What starts in Europe will spread and who knows what the results will be.  Could you imagine what would happen in the U.S. if one day we all woke up and the news headlines were "10% across the board account tax of all banking deposits in the US."  What do you think people would do?

I don't know what will happen but the Lord's signs in the heavens are unmistakable and they tell us something big is coming.  A reading of the book of Revelation tells us what is coming will be very unpleasant for this world.

Should we worry?  No.  Our source of provision and protection is from another kingdom that is not of this world.  Thank the Lord!!!!  Some how, some way the Lord will take care of us.  That is not a blind statement, but one based on historical evidence in this writer's life.  Thanks be to the Lord our God.

grace and peace