PRAISE GOD,

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CO FOUNDER
BIKERS AGAINST HUNGER

You
always hear the usual stories of pennies on the sidewalk being good
luck, gifts from angels, etc.



This is the first time I've ever heard this twist on the story. Gives
you something to think about.



Several years ago, a friend of mine and her husband were invited to
spend the weekend at the husband's employer's home. My friend, Arlene,
was nervous about the weekend.



The boss was very wealthy, with a fine home on the waterway, and cars
costing more than her house.



The first day and evening went well, and Arlene was delighted to have
this rare glimpse into how the very wealthy live.



The husband's employer was quite generous as a host, and took them to
the finest restaurants. Arlene knew she would never have the
opportunity to indulge in this kind of extravagance again, so she was
enjoying herself immensely!



As the three of them were about to enter an exclusive restaurant that
evening, the boss was walking slightly ahead of Arlene and her husband.
He stopped suddenly, looking down on the pavement for a long, silent
moment.

Arlene wondered if she was supposed to pass him. There was nothing on
the ground except a single darkened penny that someone had dropped, and
a few cigarette butts.



Still silent, the man reached down and picked up the penny. He held it
up and smiled, then put it in his pocket as if he had found a great
treasure. How absurd! What need did this man have for a single penny?
Why would he even take the time to stop and pick it up?



Throughout dinner, the entire scene nagged at her.



Finally, she could stand it no longer!



She casually mentioned that her daughter once had a coin collection,
and asked if the penny he had found had been of some value.



A smile crept across the man's face as he reached into his pocket for
the penny and held it out for her to see. She had seen many pennies
before! What was the point of this?



"Look at it." He said.



"Read what it says."



She read the words " United States of America"



"No, not that; read further."



"One cent?"



"No, keep reading."



"In God we Trust?"



"Yes!"



"And?"



"And if I trust in God, the name of God is holy, even on a coin.
Whenever I find a coin I see that inscription It is written on every
single United States coin, but we never seem to notice it!



God drops a message right in front of me telling me to trust Him? Who
am I to pass it by? When I see a coin, I pray, I stop to see if my
trust IS still in God at that moment. I pick the coin up as a response
to God; that I do trust in Him.



For a short time, at least, I cherish it as if it were gold. I think it
is God's way of starting a conversation with me.



Lucky for me, God is patient and pennies are plentiful!  When I was out
shopping today, I found a penny on the sidewalk. I stopped and picked
it up, and realized that I had been worrying and fretting in my mind
about things I cannot change.



I read the words, "In God We Trust," and had to laugh. Yes, God, I get
the message.



It seems that I have been finding an inordinate number of pennies in
the last few months, but then, pennies are plentiful!



And, God is patient...



Have a blessed day!!



Take 60 seconds give this a shot! Let's just see if Satan stops this
one!!!



All you do is -

1. Simply say a small prayer for the person who sent this to you.
(Father God bless this person in whatever it is that you know he or she
may be needing.)



2. Then send this message on to other people.



Within hours, people have prayed for you, and you caused  people to
pray to God for other people.





 

Freedom Prayer " BREAK THE BONDAGE"


John 8:36 "...if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed."

Freedom Prayer

Lord, I repent and ask your forgiveness if I am now or have ever dominated or controlled anyone contrary to the perfect will of God.

In the Name of Yeshua Messiah, I now renounce, break and loose myself from all domination and subjection to my mother, father, grandparents or any other human being, living or dead that has ever in the past or is now dominating or controlling me in any way contrary to the perfect will of God.

In the name of Yeshua, I now renounce, break, and loose myself and all my children from all psychic heredity, demonic bondage, occult bondage, psychic bondage, bonds of physical or mental illness and disease and all curses upon me and my family lineage as a result of sins, transgressions, iniquities, occult or psychic involvments of myself, my parents, my ancestors, my spouse, parents of my spouse, their ancestors, and all ex-spouses, their parents and their ancestors. Thank you Lord for setting me free.

In the Name of Yeshua, and by the power of the Blood of Yeshau, I rebuke, break and loose myself and all my children from all evil curses, charms, vexes, hexes, spells, jinx, occult powers, psychic powers, witchcraft, sorcery and hypnotic influences that have been put on me or my family lineage by any person, occult source or psychic source. By the power of the Blood of Yeshua, I command all connected and related spirits to leave me now in Yeshua's Name.
 

A SAMPLE PRAYER AND DECLARATION

This prayer may be declared at any site where there is an historical marker or known acts of violence, seduction and murder, involving innocent bloodshed.

Father, according to your Word, and in obedience to Your Word, I come boldly before YOU into the Courtroom of Heaven (Hebrews 4:16). I come in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, through the shed Blood of Jesus, the Body of Jesus, and the Mind of Jesus, which You gave so freely.

According to Your Word, and in obedience to Your Word, I renounce the iniquities, and the hidden words and works of darkness all the way back to the first thought, word, deed and gesture , and to as many generations back as needs be. I renounce the corruption, all fetishes, curses, or Satanic ritualistic expressions that have defiled this ground. I render them void of power and expression from this time forth.

I remit the sins even unto the descendants of those generations that are alive to this day. I remit their sins and send Your goodness and laborers to finish the work of redemption, healing and reconciliation.

I ask You, Father, to cleanse this ground and release it from blood-guiltiness. I ask You to return its purity and bring it back from under the curse and its groanings.

I say to you, earth, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, be free from this innocent blood and all records of transgression against you. Come back and be restored into life and fruitfulness, so that you may be a blessing as you were meant to be. I release you, earth, and call back life, and health, and peace. I lift off the heavy yoke of condemnation from the animals, birds, and humans, from the ground all the way to heaven, so that the Father can bless.


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A SAMPLE PRAYER OF RENUNCIATION

This prayer allows us to begin anew and remind Satan the slate is clean; and from that time forward, we will not take one thought, word or deed personally. We will only let it register long enough to take it to the Father asking Him:

Father, this thought that I just had is in an area in which I used to be in bondage. Colossians 3:3 says that I am dead to that old self and life. Now, the only way that I can be concerned with it is if it is affecting someone else.

Father, who is battling with this in their life? As You show me, I will pray for them to experience the same victory You have shown me. Unless a burden for that person comes to mind, I will not allow myself to be in any way distracted by the accusing of the brethren (by Satan, the Accuser of the Brethren). I will now go on, while fellowshipping in my Heavenly Father in spirit and in truth.

Therefore, I, _________________________, being under the Blood of Yeshua, claiming the Mind of Jesus, and the Spirit of Jesus, do hereby present my petition boldly before the Throne of Grace. (Eph. 2:13-19; Heb. 4:14-16; Phil. 2:1-11)

I choose by my own will to renounce and reprove all works of darkness in my life and the lives of the generations of those to whom I have been joined. (Rom. 13:12; 1 Cor. 4:5; 2 Cor. 6:14; Eph. 5:11) I include blood and adoptive relatives and any mates, such as lovers, seducers and rapists, wife/wives, husband/husbands, and children, grand children, great-grand children. I hereby renounce any and every oath, covenant, curse, fetish, gesture, and fleshly and immoral intimacies and unions that brought about iniquity in my own life, or anyone meeting the above stated requirements for bringing works of darkness to my own life. (Take time with this portion, recalling to your conscious mind any known names and circumstances - especially if there have been rapes or seductions that you know about, from or towards you, or any of your sexual mates. Take each person and circumstance individually to the Throne of Grace.)

I hereby choose to renounce all unfruitful works of darkness, and have no further fellowship with them from this time forth. (Rom. 13:12; Eph. 5:11)

I do this through the Name of Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior.
through His Blood that was shed for me,
through His precious Body given for me,
through His Mind that suffered beyond anything I could ever suffer,
and through His Spirit that was given up and broken for me.

I do this so that my whole being may be completely set free from every iniquitous work of the past brought about by the sins of those before me.

I do this so that no Luciferian covenant, curse, or fetish from the past be laid against my account - in heaven or in earth. By this act, I serve notice that the handwriting of ordinances written against me and my generations are blotted out - effective as far back as needs be to the very first thought, word, deed or gesture. (Eph 2:13-14)

I do this so that from this day forth, I may go about serving You, Father, in Your fear and counsel in everything I do. I submit my life unto You as a living sacrifice - holy, and acceptable in Your sight, which is my reasonable service. (Rom. 12:1)

Dear Heavenly Father, and Judge of the Universe, as I present this petition before Your royal courts, I thank You that You have heard me this day, and granted my every expression. I know You did this solely because of what Your Son, Jesus Christ purchased on His Cross.

Thank You from the depths of my whole being for hearing and granting my petition. I am now free in deed, according to Rom. 6:22; Gal. 5:1; Rom. 7:24; Rom. 8:1; John 8:36; 1 Cor. 12:27.


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When going to battle with the demonic hordes of hell, it is no more Mister Niceguy! Shout Blood of Yeshua! That is your nuke in spiritual warfare. Nothing is more important in this time than to know who you are in Him, who you are called to be in Messiah. Who you are in Him has everything to do with the Blood of Yeshua! We all need a better understanding of the POWER OF THE BLOOD OF YESHUA!

Why must you say blood of Yeshua instead of blood of Jesus? The demons know His real name even if churchianity does not. You will be much more effective in spiritual warfare when using His real given Hebrew name, that the apostles and saints of the first century knew Him by. You want to use your NUKE in dealing with the demons. You want to deliver a knockout punch. That knockout punch is the BLOOD OF YESHUA! When you say Blood of Yeshua, 3 totally debilitating realities blast upon that demon consciousness.

1) The Blood of Yeshua totally defeated all the hosts of hell almost 2000 years ago.

2) The Blood of Yeshua guarantees the eternal destiny of all the demonic horde is the eternal lake of fire.

3) They did it to their own selves. Had the princes of this world known they would not have crucified the L-rd of Glory!

Shout BLOOD of YESHUA! Alleluia Yeshua! Praise the L-rd Jesus for giving us the power of the Blood of Yeshua!

In the old covenant we see G-d dealing with the sins of man by the law of substitution. All you should ever tell any Jew is that without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins and Yeshua can forgive your sins. The Holy Spirit, the Ruach HaKodesh, will do all the rest when you deliver these two most foundational truths.

For the blood is the life; and the life is in the blood. For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and G-d has given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul. From the garden of Eden, since Adam and Eve sinned, G-d established that almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission. We should praise G-d that the princes of this world were ignorant of this. In these glorious last days we dare not be ignorant of this most important truth. It is always in order to shout Blood of Yeshua!

The Jews should understand that it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people, Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you. It pointed forward to the ONCE for ALL perfect sacrifice of Yeshua, the Lamb of G-d.

Abraham spoke as a prophet when he answered Isaac. It was at the time of the great test of Abraham's faith, to sacrifice Isaac, Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb.

All of the sacrifices pointed forward to the ONCE for ALL perfect sacrifice of the Lamb of G-d. We must seek a better understanding of this tremendous power which the L-rd gives His saints whereby they may overcome ALL the power of the enemy. If the old covenant had been sufficient, there would have been no need for a new covenant. WOW! Blood of Yeshua! What glorious salvation, redemption, privileges, and POWER is given unto the saints thru the Blood of Yeshua!

Saints know they are now under the new covenant. Otherwise they are not saints. It is sad how few saints realize that today we are in that time that Yeshua described as the GREAT TRIBULATION. Since we are in great tribulation we need a better understanding of the new covenant and the POWER of the Blood of Yeshua!

Saint, do you know you are a priest unto G-d. Do you realize that you have greater privileges and power than Aaron the high priest, and brother of Moses? Aaron could only go into the Holy of Holies once a year. You may go there boldly any time thru the power of the Blood of Yeshua! Into the holy place with the mercy seat of G-d on the ark of the covenant, went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people: The better and greater access and power of the new covenant is not by the blood of goats and calves, but by the Blood of Yeshua. By His own blood, Yeshua entered in once into the holy place, having obtained ETERNAL redemption for us. For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: How much more shall the blood of Yeshua the Messiah, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your CONSCIENCE from dead works to serve the living God?

And for this cause Yeshua is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

Saints, if your sins have been put under the Blood of Yeshua you may have BOLDNESS to enter into the holiest, the presence of Almighty God, by the Blood of Yeshua. Do you know you can barge in BOLDLY into the very throne room of Almighty G-d, any time? You simply must have confessed all of your sins and gotten them covered by the Blood of Yeshua. You may then go BOLDLY into the very throne room of God Almighty anytime, anywhere, instantly. Don't misunderstand, this is by no means a license to sin. It gives us the power to STOP SINNING! You must stop sinning. However, should you fall into sin, the POWER of the Blood of Yeshua, reconciling you to God the first time you sought mercy from God to remove your sin by the power of the Blood of Yeshua is just as powerful. Just do not sin WILLFULLY, for if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins.

In apostate churchianity today, few have to worry about having received the knowledge of the truth but you are getting it now. Therefore if you have never fully sought the mercy of God thru the Blood of Yeshua, and sought His power to stop sinning, do it now. As a man of God I tell you that God would say to you, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation. Time is short. Do it NOW! NOW is the accepted time for your salvation through the power of the Blood of Yeshua!

After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. Then Yeshua said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. You should KNOW you have eternal life through the Blood of Yeshua. It is based on God's integrity, not yours.

Seek the mercy of God, redemption, and adoption into the family of God, through the Blood of Yeshua! Then you will see He is the God of peace. He is the One that brought again from the dead our Lord Yeshua, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the EVERLASTING COVENANT. And Yeshua is the mediator of the new covenant. Not your church. Not your sacraments. Not the virgin Mary. Not some Saint. Not your good deeds. Not your pastor. Not any man of God. It is Yeshua the Messiah, your L-rd and Savior, and your ONLY Mediator. He makes you a saint and His brother or sister, and part of the family of God, by paying the price none of us could pay. He covers your sins by the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel. It is the Blood of Yeshua. Power to redeem you. Power to keep you from sinning. Power to make you more than a conqueror in the war with Lucifer, and the Antichrist, and his False Prophet, the Pope in the great tribulation.

But now in Messiah Yeshua ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Messiah. In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: Not a license to sin, the power to STOP sinning. Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. Not your church. You will not likely find many saints, your redeemed brothers and sisters, in apostate churchianity. However when you meet a real blood bought brother or sister in Yeshua, you will know it by the Holy Ghost, and you will guard their backside and they will guard yours.

And from Yeshua Messiah, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are PAST, through the forbearance of God; In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from ALL sin. And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your VAIN conversation received by TRADITION from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Messiah, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.

Saint, are you shouting GLORY to God, yet??

And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

Saints, the angel of the Lord will say of you, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Have the childlike faith of a 2 year old. Walk around every where, from now on, saying Blood of Yeshua! Blood of Yeshua! Blood of Yeshua! Blood of Yeshua! Blood of Yeshua! We don't have to fully understand the power of just saying Blood of Yeshua! In fact, we can NOT fully understand such power. Just KNOW it will fry a demon brain on the spot. You don't have to be oppressed. Blood of Yeshua! Alleluia! Saint, walk in holiness. Walk free of sin. Then you may walk with AUTHORITY to OVERCOME ALL the power of the enemy. Just nuke them with the power of the Blood of Yeshua.


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Deut. 23:2 "One of illegitimate birth shall not enter the assembly of the LORD; even to the tenth generation none of his descendants shall enter the assembly of the LORD.

Numbers 14:18 'The LORD is longsuffering and abundant in mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression; but He by no means clears the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation.'

Exo. 34:7 "keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and the children's children to the third and the fourth generation."

Deut. 7:25-26 "You shall burn the carved images of their gods with fire; you shall not covet the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it for yourselves, lest you be snared by it; for it is an abomination to the LORD your God. "Nor shall you bring an abomination into your house, lest you be doomed to destruction like it. You shall utterly detest it and utterly abhor it, for it is an accursed thing.

Gal. 5:16-25 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.

And those who are Messiah's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

Col. 2:13-15 And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.

Gal. 3:13-14 Messiah has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree"), that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Messiah Yeshua, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

I Pet. 2:24 who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.:

This is Awesome
 




The Lord's Prayer


This is in two parts.............. the prayer (in Small type) and GOD (in BOLD type) in response............... it is very very good.

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"Our Father Who Art In Heaven."

YES?

Don't interrupt me. I'm praying.

BUT -- YOU CALLED ME !!

Called you? No, I didn't call you. I'm praying. "Our Father who art in heaven."

THERE -- YOU DID IT AGAIN!

Did what?

CALLED ME. YOU SAID, "OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN" WELL HERE I AM. WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND?

But I didn't mean anything by it. I was, you know, just saying my prayers for the day. I always say the Lord's Prayer. It makes me feel good, kind of like fulfilling a duty.

WELL, ALL RIGHT. GO ON.

Okay, "Hallowed be Thy name.."

HOLD IT RIGHT THERE. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?

By what?

BY "HALLOWED BE THY NAME"?

It means, it means . good grief, I don't know what it means. How in the world should I know? It's just a part of the prayer. By the way, what does it mean?

IT MEANS HONORED, HOLY, WONDERFUL.

Hey, that makes sense. I never thought about what "hallowed" meant before. Thanks. "Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven."

DO YOU REALLY MEAN THAT?

Sure, why not?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT IT?

Doing? Why, nothing, I guess. I just think it would be kind of neat if you got control of everything down here like you have up there. We're kinda in a mess down here you know.

YES, I KNOW; BUT, HAVE I GOT CONTROL OF YOU?

Well, I go to church.

THAT ISN'T WHAT I ASKED YOU. WHAT ABOUT YOUR BAD TEMPER?YOU'VE REALLY GOT A PROBLEM THERE, YOU KNOW. AND THEN THERE'S THE WAY YOU SPEND YOUR MONEY --ALL ON YOURSELF. AND WHAT ABOUT THE KIND OF BOOKS YOU READ?

Now hold on just a minute! Stop picking on me! I'm just as good as some of the rest of those people at church!

EXCUSE ME. I THOUGHT YOU WERE PRAYING FOR "MY WILL TO BE DONE". IF THAT IS TO HAPPEN, IT WILL HAVE TO START WITH THE ONES WHO ARE PRAYING FOR IT. LIKE YOU -- FOR EXAMPLE.

Oh, all right. I guess I do have some hang-ups. Now that you mention it, I could probably name some others.

SO COULD I.

I haven't thought about it very much until now, but I really would like to cut out some of those things. I would like to, you know, be really free.

GOOD. NOW WE'RE GETTING SOMEWHERE. WE'LL WORK TOGETHER -- YOU AND ME. I'M PROUD OF YOU.

Look, Lord, if you don't mind, I need to finish my prayer. This is taking a lot longer than it usually does. "Give us this day, our daily bread."

YOU NEED TO CUT OUT THE BREAD. YOU'RE OVERWEIGHT AS IT IS.

Hey, wait a minute! What is this? Here I was doing my religious duty, and all of a sudden you break in and remind me of all my hang-ups.

PRAYING IS A DANGEROUS THING. YOU JUST MIGHT GET WHAT YOU ASK FOR. REMEMBER, YOU CALLED ME -- AND HERE I AM. IT'S TOO LATE TO STOP NOW. KEEP PRAYING.

..pause...

WELL, GO ON.

I'm scared to.

SCARED? OF WHAT?

I know what you'll say.

TRY ME.

"Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us."

WHAT ABOUT CAROL?

See? I knew it! I knew you would bring her up! Why, Lord, she's told lies about me, spread stories. She never paid back the money she owes me. I've sworn to get even with her!

BUT -- YOUR PRAYER -- WHAT ABOUT YOUR PRAYER?

I didn't -- mean it.

WELL, AT LEAST YOU'RE HONEST. BUT, IT'S QUITE A LOAD CARRYING AROUND ALL THAT BITTERNESS AND RESENTMENT ISN'T IT?

Yes, but I'll feel better as soon as I get even with her. Boy, have I got some plans for her. She'll wish she had never been born.

NO, YOU WON'T FEEL ANY BETTER. YOU'LL FEEL WORSE. REVENGE ISN'T SWEET. YOU KNOW HOW UNHAPPY YOU ARE -- WELL, I CAN CHANGE THAT.

You can? How?

FORGIVE CAROL. THEN, I'LL FORGIVE YOU; AND THE HATE AND SIN WILL BE CAROL'S PROBLEM -- NOT YOURS. YOU WILL HAVE SETTLED THE PROBLEM AS FAR AS YOU ARE CONCERNED.

Oh, you know, you're right. You always are. And more than I want revenge, I want to be right with You..., (sigh). All right...all right...I forgive her.

THERE NOW! WONDERFUL! HOW DO YOU FEEL?

Hmmmm. Well, not bad. Not bad at all! In fact, I feel pretty great! You know, I don't think I'll go to bed uptight tonight. I haven't been getting much rest, you know.

YEAH, I KNOW. BUT, YOU'RE NOT THROUGH WITH YOUR PRAYER ARE YOU? GO ON.

Oh, all right. "And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil."

GOOD! GOOD! I'LL DO THAT. JUST DON'T PUT YOURSELF IN A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN BE TEMPTED.

What do you mean by that?

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

Yeah. I know.

OKAY. GO AHEAD. FINISH YOUR PRAYER.

"For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen."

DO YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD BRING ME GLORY -- WHAT WOULD REALLY MAKE ME HAPPY?

No, but I'd like to know. I want to please you now. I've really made a mess of things. I want to truly follow you. I can see now how great that would be. So, tell me ... how do I make you happy?

YOU JUST DID!

PRAISE GOD WE HAVE BATTLED THE GATES OF HELL HERE IN STURGIS SD AT BIKE WEEK 2007. OVER 60 GOT SAVED WE LOST COUNT AND DON'T REALLY CARE LOL FOR IT WAS ALL WORTH IT FOR JUST ONE. AS WE PREACHED UNDER THE TENT,AT THE JESUS HOUSE AND ON THE STREETS THE WORD OF GOD CAME WITH FULL POWER AND BROUGHT MANY CHANGES IN PEOPLES LIVES.AS WE PRAYED ONE MORNING AS THREE OF US SAT DOWN FOR BIBLE STUDY AND PRAYER TO FILL US UP BEFORE GOING OUT, GOD WENT INTO OVER TIME. AS PEOPLE KEPT COMING IN FROM THE STREETS AND THE PRAYER AND BIBLE STUDY WAS SOON STANDING ROOM ONLY TWO GOT SAVED RIGHT THERE AS WE WERE GETTING READY TO HIT THE STREETS. AND THEN ONE YOUNG LADY JUST BROKE DOWN AND STARTED TO WAIL UNTO THE LORD AS I TAUGHT ABOUT FORGIVENESS. BOY THE HOLY GHOST FELL AND SHE BROKE DOWN AS SHE CRYED OUT A STORY OF RAPE AND MIS USE OF HER BODY FROM HER DAD TO PORN STAR THE TEARS JUST CAME WHILE GOD WAS CLEANING UP HER HEART. SHE GAVE HER HEART TO JESUS CHRIST AND JUST HAD NO CLUE WERE TO START HER NEW LIFE. FOR TWO DAYS WE LET HER STAY AT THE JESUS HOUSE AND MINISTERED TO HER AND SHE GOT ON THE PLANE AND WENT HOME TO FORGIVE HER DAD AND GET A NEW JOB NO MORE MOIVES FOR HER.THEN AS THE POWER OF GOD WAS MOVING MANY CAME FOR PRAYER. ONE BACKSLIDDEN BROTHER CAME FOR PRAYER HE COULD HARD STAND STILL HIS ADDICTION WAS BAD AND HE HAD BEEN CURSED WITH PARKINSON WELL AS WE BEGIN TO PRAY THE UNCLEAN SPIRIT STRATED TO RISE UP BUT THE WORD OF GOD SAYS THAT WE HAVE THE POWER IN JESUS NAME SO RIGHT IN FRONT OF ABOUT TWENTY GOD SHOWED UP AND HE WAS COMPLETLY HEALED NO SHAKES NO WITH DRAWLS JUST THE POWER OF GOD. HE CAME BACK FOR THREE DAYS TO SHOW US LOOK NO PILLS NO DRUGS IM HEALED. GO JESUS GO JESUS GO. THEN ONE MORE CAME FOR PRAYER WAS BACKSLIDDEN LOST IN SIN HE GOT RIGHT WITH GOD GOT A JOB AFTER PRAYER THAT DAY AND AS HE LEFT HE CAME BY AND SAID I FEAL GOD AGAIN IN MY LIFE THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE FOR ME. TWO DAYS LATER WE GOT A CALL AS HE WAS ON THE ROAD A MAN WALKED UP TO HIM AND SAID GOD TOLD ME TO BLESS YOU AND GAVE HIM A TOYOTA TRUCK WITH 23000 MILES ON IT HE BROKE DOWN IN TEARS AS HE WAS TELLNG US OF HOW GOD IS SO GOOD. GOT HOME TO SEE HIS CHILDREN AND GRAND CHILDREN AFTER 15 YEARS OF DRUGS AND A LIFE OF SIN. AND BROTHERS AND SISTERS THATS JUST ONE MORNING GETTING READY TO GO OUT ON THE STREETS. IF JESUS CHRIST BE LIFTED UP HE WILL DRAW ALL MEN UNTO HIM. GOD YOU ARE SO GOOD THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME CHIEF OF ALL SINNERS, FILTHY AND GOOD FOR NOTHING WORK FOR YOU. FOR I KNOW THE ONLY GOOD THING IN ME IS JESUS CHRIST FOR HE IS MY LORD MY KING, MY ROCK,MY HIGH TOWER, MY EVERYTHING. THE HARVEST IS GREAT BUT THE LABOURS ARE FEW, OH THAT YOU WOULD SEND ME OH GOD, SEND ME. HOW ABOUT YOU? READY TO BE USED FOR THE GLORY OF GOD? STEP OUT, THE WATER IS GREAT, THE LIEING DEVIL SAID YOU CANT GO, YOU CAN'T MOVE THE WATER OF TROUBLE ARE TO DEEP. WELL I'LL TELL YOU NOW, I TOLD THE DEVIL OH BY THE WAY I CAN SWIM.

Dear Friends

The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. The
so-called Lord's prayer, or "Our Father," is a prayer pattern. When
the disciples asked Yeshua to teach them how to pray, He tells them,
and us, to pray "after this manner." He gives us a PRAYER PATTERN, a
prayer attitude, the NECESSITIES, and the priorities in prayer. He
gives us the whole concept of prayer; He gives us not so much the
words, but rather the spirit, or attitude, and the steps of right,
proper, powerful, God glorifying prayer, which the Father delights
to hear.

We MUST come in the Name of Jesus, in the Name of Yeshua. If we are
attempting to come to the Father in any other Name, or authority, it
is a waste of time and breath. First, it must start with Our Father.
Are we born again? Are we Israel, in truth and reality? Are we part
of the family of God, by THE Atonement Redemption Price, by the
Spirit of Adoption, having the privilege to call THE Father of The
Lord Jesus Christ, Our Father?

I always want to ask those who deny the biblical doctrine of the
Trinity - To whom did Jesus pray? I do not believe that Jesus was a
ventriloquist, when the voice of the Father was heard from heaven at
John's baptism and the transfiguration. I ask them who is seated at
the Father's right hand, and who is seated at the left hand of
Jesus? We should KNOW that it was the will of THE Father, to send
Yeshua, to make the ONLY Atonement that could give us the GREAT most
HIGHLY PRIVILEGED way in which anyone could address God. Only the
Son of God, had such privilege, and could make the way that we might
be able to call His Father, Our Father. There is NO HIGHER privilege
than to be able to Know God as Our Father.

Just the words "Our Father," speaks of a MOST NECESSARY and VITAL
relationship in prayer. Without such relationship, I would question
why any prayer, other than a prayer of repentance, or request for
wisdom, might be heard in heaven, by the God who IS Almighty, and
can do whatever would seem impossible. This GREATEST PRIVILEGED name
of God in all of the realm of PRAYER, can NOT be overemphasized. It
is sad how few, and how seldom, people consider HOW GREAT, even
beyond understanding, is this privilege that we may address God as
our Father. What AWESOME privilege that He views us as His children,
that Yeshua is not ashamed to call us His brothers and sisters. What
AWESOME privilege that we may call God Our Father. He has to be our
Father. God never deals with us in a cold relationship. There has to
be something more than that. There has to be a love relationship, a
knowledge of who He is, for indeed God IS Love.

If God is going to lead me through places that are beyond the
understanding capability of my mind, beyond my feelings, then this
UNDERSTANDING that He IS Our Father, and Jesus is our Big Brother,
the Firstborn and only Begotten Son of God, is essential. We come to
OUR Father in the Name of Yeshua. That privilege and even BOLDNESS
of approach to God as our Father, can ONLY come in that way, through
Yeshua, by His Spirit. THAT MOST ESSENTIAL POSITION and
understanding, that He is Our Father, and by the Spirit of Adoption,
by the Redemption payment of Yeshua's blood, IS ESSENTIAL. That
essential RELATIONSHIP understanding in any other prayer, other than
the prayer of REPENTANCE, is absolutely necessary to have such
highly privileged bold access to God as Our Father. There are two
things we need to KNOW about God; first, that He loves us, and
second, that He understands us.

Glory to God, He is faithful, He is true, He is our Father. Sadly
many religious spirit bound people go all through life only
understanding in their mind, and it never ever filters down to their
heart. Sadly, this heart level love relationship never becomes
something that upholds, strengthens, and sustains them. This
understanding of the love relationship to our Father, never gives
the LIGHT that is so needed in the darkest hours of our life's
circumstances, in our limitations, in our greatest battles, our
greatest failures, and greatest weaknesses and sufferings in this
life in these bodies of corruptible flesh.

We must see past the natural. We must have spiritual vision. There
is a spiritual dynamic that drives anything which we see manifest in
the physical. We MUST have access to the third heaven throne, where
Yeshua is seated at THE Father's right hand. Beyond any hard or
difficult problem or circumstance, we need to see the spiritual.
Beyond whatever the need, beyond whatever the lack, beyond whatever
the problem, we need to see the spiritual. Can we see that there is
a spiritual reason for our circumstance?

IT IS FINISHED – God said so. We should KNOW that the kingdoms of
this world, are become the kingdoms of our God and of His Christ,
but this is at the END. We seek to, and we MUST, ENDURE to the END.
Until the END, until immediately AFTER the Great Tribulation, we
know the Kingdom of God and the kingdom of the enemy are warring.
There is no other real seat of power. It is either God or the enemy.

"Our Father which art in Heaven." Did you ever think Our Father
which art in Heaven, just meant He is a Heavenly Father, He is up
above, and He has a realm of power which is above earth? Though
still ashamed to admit it, now I do give thanks to God, that I KNOW
better. Now, I know there is something much more than that. I have
come to know through many circumstances, through tremendous
pressures, the enormous distance that there is between earth and
God's third heaven. God's third heaven, where Yeshua is seated at
the Fathers right hand, is BEYOND the farthest reaches of outer
space. I KNOW that I can travel that IMPOSSIBLE, beyond imagination,
enormous distance. I know I must get to that physically IMPOSSIBLY
DISTANT place, to witness results only possible by the manifestation
of God's exceeding great ALMIGHTY POWER. Right understanding of what
the Lord taught in the "Our Father" model prayer makes that
impossible distant place accessible in an INSTANT.

THE BLOCK IS UNFORGIVENESS. THE BOTTOM LINE IS UNDERSTANDING THAT
UNFORGIVENESS IS THE UNFORGIVABLE SIN. DO WE REALLY WANT GOD TO
FORGIVE US IN THE SAME WAY WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO OFFEND AND TRESPASS
AGAINST US?

We will look more at this model prayer pattern, but I can go no
farther now than to tell you that BOTTOM LINE. That we simply must
understand. UNFORGIVENESS blocks that access to the throne where
Yeshua sits at The Father's right hand.

The most godly thing any human being can do is to Forgive. It is NOT
optional. The walk, and life IN Christ, is IN Forgiveness. We are
called to walk in forgiveness. It is IMPOSSIBLE to walk in
Forgiveness and Unforgiveness at the same time. We MUST Forgive.
When we have received God's forgiveness, through the Atonement of
our Redeemer, the first person that we must forgive is ourselves. We
MUST ALSO KNOW that we MUST forgive all those who have trespassed,
or sinned. or offended against us. We MUST. Nothing will so
certainly break the POSITIONAL AUTHORITY that we have IN Messiah,
seated with Him, by His Spirit, in the third heaven, far above ALL
principality, powers, thrones, and dominions. There is an
unpardonable sin, that is different than the unforgivable sin of
UNFORGIVENESS.

Do we UNDERSTAND what God tells us in this verse - These be they who
separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit. Yes, the Holy
Spirit put that capital "S" on Spirit in that verse as surely as we
should understand that self-sanctification is the broad religious
path to hell.

PRAISE GOD, WE HERE AT NEWLIFE OUTREACH HAVE ANOTHER CHURCH THAT NEEDS STAFF AND HELP TO RUN HOMLESS, AND REHAB CENTER. WE ARE TRYING HARD TO BE OPEN FOR THE WINTER MONTHS OF 07. THE CURCH IS OPEN AND REST OF BUILDING NEEDS WORK AND HELP TO GET IT READY FOR TO OPEN. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A MINISTRY POST TO SERVE IN THE KINGDOM WORK LET US KNOW. E-MAIL ME AT BROBRENT77 YAHOO.COM . THERE ARE PLENTY OF PLACES TO WORK IF YOU ARE WILLING TO WORK FOR JESUS.

PRAISE GOD FOR HE IS WORTHY TO BE PRAISED, WE HAVE BEEN OUT ON THE STREETS FOR 8 DAYS NOW WITH 6 DAYS TO GO AND GOD IS WORKING IN ALL THE MINISTRY CAMPS HERE AT STURGUS. FOR ALL OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW STURGUS IS THE BIGGEST BIKE RALLY IN THE WORLD. THE WHOLE CITY IS FULL OF WICKED SIN, BUT THANKS TO THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST WE ARE FIGHTING THE BATTLE FOR PEOPLES SOULS. THERE HAVE BEEN COUNTLESS SALVATIONS, HEALINGS AND BACKSLIDERS COMING BACK TO THE SAVING GRACE OF GOD THROUGH THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST. HANDING OUT TRACT AND PREACHING IN THE STREETS IS A EVERYDAY EVENT.WE ARE FEEDING AT THREE SITES THIS YEAR AND GOD IS REALLY MOVING PRAY FOR THE HARVEST I'M SURE PRAYING THAT ONE DAY MAYBE NEXT YEAR PATRICK YOU CAN JOIN OUR BATTLE READY TEAM HERE IN STURGUS. LOVE YOU ALL IN JESUS NAME.

IN THE WIND FOR JESUS CHRIST
BISHOP BRENT TURNIPSEED

The Mountains Shall Crumble and Fall Upon the Desolate

Thus says the Lord God, the God of Jacob, the God of Isaac, the God of Abraham: I am the I AM. I am God alone...there is none like Me!
Thus says the Lord your God to those who have ears, but will not hear: You are maimed. Your ears have been hacked off, and you shall be cut off. The world, this world of lies, has seduced you, and you have embraced the seduction. You have all went the way of the harlot, lying down in the bed of false doctrine, confusion and self-gratification...denying the One who I, even I, have sent to you in My Image, the Face of the Lord your God, your Redeemer.
Thus says the Lord to the maimed and broken-hearted, all you blind, deaf, and dumb spirits: Awaken, and free yourself from the deluge of lies and sin. Immerse yourself in the Healing Pool of Tranquility, where hope is in the Lord, nothing doubting. Heal your spirits...your sins are forgiven you in His blood, the blood poured out through My only Begotten Son, Christ Jesus, the Lord of Hosts.
Thus says the Lord: You have denied Him, having sinned the sin by which you shall surely die. You have sinned against the blood of sprinkling, which makes atonement for your transgressions so you may live.

[Jesus]
Thus says the Lord of Sabaoth: You have rejected life and forsaken your forgiveness. Yours is the grave of sorrows and mourning of the broken-hearted...lying down, dying, tearing My Spirit, having rent your souls in twain. Oh My beloved, why have you forsaken Me? My heart bleeds with sorrow, great and bitter sorrow.
Listen to what the Christ, the Son of God, says: You have entered into, and will yet enter, the land of the shadow of death. Darkness has fallen across the land...the light removed from its place and found no more in the earth. How, then, will you see, beloved and lost? The light is taken, and judgment must now reign. I am the Open Door, having ripped the curtain in twain so you may enter...yet you will not enter. I send you My prophets and apostles, My lambs amongst the wolves. You have slain them all, and yet do I still send more...even now a great multitude as the Father has commanded. You will stone them as in all times past. Beware to the arrogant, the high-minded and to all adopted sons of satan!
Thus says the Holy One of Israel, who has died and is alive forevermore: I had come to save you and not condemn. I am now come again, and you yet forbear...you will not harken. I have come to judge and condemn. All your musings, and all that you spew at My chosen, shall return to you ten-fold, and crush you beneath the weight of Truth. My prophets are sent out ahead of the storm. They shall call out to the nations...they shall call out, whether you will hear or whether you will forbear...they shall sing. For it has been appointed to all God's sealed and anointed, to sing the songs of the Lamb, slain from the foundation of the world...yea, they shall sing a new song, the likes of which only they know and was appointed to them. They shall sing with a loud voice, in concert, so all may hear. Whether or not they will hear or forbear, the song must be sung and is sung already.

Thus says the Lord God, the One and Only Holy Father, Creator of Heaven and earth: Listen to My Son and those who go out in His name!



Judgment is come...behold the signs.
Feel the footsteps and the quaking of the feet of the Holy One of Israel.

Come and kiss the Son...embrace Him.

Resist Him not, lest you suffer His wrath...
for all the mountains shall crumble, and all high places brought low,
when His anger is kindled but a little.

My Kingdom was come, and you would not see...
and so it is come, and will be established forever and ever.

Woe to the wicked and the concubines of satan...
you shall be dust beneath My feet in that Day!





 

CHRISTIANS VIRTUES & CHARACTER (GODS PHONE BOOK PART 3 }
Body:  Christian virtues & character



Abundant life
John 10:10
Citizenship
Romans 13:1-7
Titus 3:1
Cleanliness
2 Corinthians 7:1
Consecration
Romans 12:1,2
Contentment
Philippians 4:11-13
1 Timothy 6:6
Courage
Psalm 27:14
Diligence
Romans 12:11
Duty
Luke 20:21-25
Endurance
Luke 21:9-19
2 Timothy 2:3
Faith
Matthew 8:5-13
Mark 11:22-24
Faithfulness
Matthew 25:23
Forgiveness
Mark 11:25,26
Ephesians 4:31,32
Freedom
John 8:31-36
Fruitfulness
John 15:1-8
Godliness
Titus 2:11-14
Happiness
Matthew 5:3-12
Holiness
1 Peter 1:13-16
Honesty
2 Corinthians 8:21
Honor: Parents, others
Ephesians 6:1-3
1 Peter 2:17
Hope
1 Peter 1:13
Humility
Luke 18:9-14
Philippians 2:3-11
Joy
Luke 10:20
John 15:11
Kindness
Colossians 3:12,13
Labor
John 9:4
Love
Luke 10:27
1 Corinthians 13
Obedience
John 14:15-24
Acts 5:29
Overcoming
John 16:33
Patience
Hebrews 10:36
Peacefulness
John 14:27
Romans 12:18
Perseverance
Mark 13:5-13
Prayer
Luke 11:1-13
Ephesians 6:18
Pure thinking
Philippians 4:8
Purity
Matthew 5:27-32
2 Timothy 2:22
Reading the Bible
John 5:39
Psalm 1:2
Psalm 119:97
Resolution
Ephesians 6:10-18
Righteousness
Matthew 5:6
Matthew 6:33
Sincerity
Philippians 1:9,10
Steadfastness
1 Corinthians 15:58
Stewardship
1 Corinthians 4:2
2 Corinthians 9:6,7
Temperance
1 Thessalonians 5:6-8
Trust
Psalm 37:3-5
Proverbs 3:5,6
Truth
John 14:6
John 17:17
Ephesians 4:14,15
Victory
1 Corinthians 15:57
1 John 5:4
Watchfulness
Mark 13:34-37
Worship
John 4:23,24
Zeal
Romans 12:11

Teachings about life's problems {GODS PHONE BOOK PART 2}
Body:  Teachings about life's problems


Adultery
Matthew 5:27-32
Adversity
Matthew 10:16-39
Anger
Matthew 5:22-24
Anxiety
Matthew 6:19-34
Conceit
Luke 18:9-14
Covetousness
Mark 7:21-23
Crime
Matthew 15:17-20
Death
John 11:25,26
Depravity
John 3:19-21
Divorce
Mark 10:2-12
Doubt
Matthew 14:28-31
Drunkenness
Luke 21:34-36
Excuses
Luke 14:15-24
Extravagance
1 Timothy 6:7-12
Fault finding
Matthew 7:1-5
Fear
Luke 12:5
Flesh
Romans 13:14
Greed
Luke 12:15-31
Hatred / Enemies
Matthew 5:43-48
Hypocrisy
Matthew 23:27,28
Judging
Matthew 7:1
Lip service
Matthew 7:21
Lust
Mark 4:18,19
Self-exaltation
Luke 14:11
Self-righteousness
Luke 18:11,12
Sin
John 8:34-36
Submission
1 Peter 2:13-17
Swearing
Colossians 3:8
Tribulation
John 16:33
Worldliness
1 John 2:15-17

GODS YELLOW PAGE PART 1
Body:  Where to look when:


Afraid
Psalm 34:4
Matthew 10:28
2 Timothy 1:7
Hebrews 13:5,6
Anxious
Psalm 46
Matthew 6:19-34
Philippians 4:6
1 Peter 5:6,7
Backsliding
Psalm 51
1 John 1:4-9
Bereaved
Matthew 5:4
2 Corinthians 1:3,4
Bitter - Critical
1 Corinthians 13
Conscious of sin
Proverbs 28:13
Defeated
Romans 8:31-39
Depressed
Psalm 34
Disaster threatens
Psalm 91
Psalm 118:5,6
Luke 8:22-25
Discouraged
Psalm 23
Psalm 42:6-11
Psalm 55:22
Matthew 5:11,12
2 Corinthians 4:8-18
Philippians 4:4-7
Doubting
Matthew 8:26
Hebrews 11
Facing crisis
Psalm 121
Matthew 6:25-34
Hebrews 11
Faith fails
Psalm 42:5
Hebrews 11
Friends fail
Psalm 41:9-13
Luke 17:3,4
Romans 12:14,17,19,21
2 Timothy 4:16-18
Leaving home
Psalm 121
Matthew 10:16-20
Lonely
Psalm 23
Hebrews 13:5,6
Needing God's protection
Psalm 27:1-3
Psalm 91
Philippians 4:19
Needing guidance
Psalm 32:8
Proverbs 3:5,6
Needing peace
John 14:1-4
John 16:33
Romans 5:1-5
Philippians 4:6,7
Needing rules for life
Romans 12
Overcome
Psalm 6
Romans 8:31-39
1 John 1:4-9
Prayerful
Psalm 4
Psalm 42
Luke 11:1-13
John 17
1 John 5:14,15
Protected
Psalm 18:1-3
Psalm 34:7
Sick - In pain
Psalm 38
Matthew 26:39
Romans 5:3-5
2 Corinthians 12:9,10
1 Peter 4:12,13,19
Sorrowful
Psalm 51
Matthew 5:4
John 14
2 Corinthians 1:3,4
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
Tempted
Psalm 1
Psalm 139:23,24
Matthew 26:41
1 Corinthians 10:12-14
Philippians 4:8
James 4:7
2 Peter 2:9,3:17
Thankful
Psalm 100
1 Thessalonians 5:18
Hebrews 13:15
Traveling
Psalm 121
Trouble, in
Psalm 16+31
John 14:1-4
Hebrews 7:25
Weary
Psalm 90
Matthew 11:28-30
1 Corinthians 15:58
Galatians 6:9,10
Worried
Matthew 6:19-34
1 Peter 5:6,7

Joy in the Journey: Being Content in Your Circumstances

Much is changing in the Body of Christ right now. I am sure that all of
you
have felt the strains, twists and tears of these changes.

It is very much a birthing process: There is pain, confusion, effort,
frustration. We are feeling the agony; many of us are experiencing
great
uncertainty as we prepare for huge life changes. Once we leave the womb
and
are born into this new season, we cannot return to the old season, no
matter
how warm and welcoming we remember it being. What was safe before is
not
safe now. Depending on our circumstances and our approaching level of
change, we can be terrified. At the very least, we can be horrifically
overwhelmed.

In this process, if we are not anchored to God and what He's told us,
we
could be swept away by the torrent and lose faith that God is in
control,
that He is looking out for us.


The Importance of Living in Your Change

This is why it is important for us to truly embrace these changing
times. It
is here in transitional states, when we have no clue, no savings
account and
nothing to fall back on, that we grow in Him in leaps and bounds, more
than
we might have been able to grow in the past 10 years. As you've
probably
heard before, the night is the darkest just before the dawn. We usually
learn more from 10 days of agony than 10 years of contentment.

So it is important to actually experience change. How does it feel? Why
does
it feel like that? For a moment, ignore the dark, and figure out what
is
actually good about the situation you're in. Make a list. Write it
down.
Increase your faith and hold on, because change is coming, and if you
do not
lose your faith, you will emerge victorious and resplendent on the
other
side. When God changes His children and their life perceptions, He will
always bring them promotion, financial increase, deeper relationships
and/or
an abiding peace that all is well in His hand.


Contentment in All Circumstances

Paul instructed us to be content in whatever circumstances we found
ourselves in (Philippians 4:11-13). This isn't restricted to just being
peaceful when you're broke or not complaining when you're sick; it's
true of
right now. When was the last time you took a moment to realize your
happiness? If you cannot find one thing to be happy about in your life
right
now, I'd venture to say that the problem's with you and not because
your
circumstances are so dire.

If we get caught up in always looking forward to what's coming, we'll
see a
lot of the skyline but miss the many miracles and beautiful things that
are
happening in our lives right now. Life truly is beautiful, even in the
dark.


At the end of my life, I'd like to be able to look back and say that
I've
loved this journey. That it was worth it. That I remember the details,
the
little nooks and crannies that made it an adventure. That I remember
what it
smelled like, tasted like, felt like and how it handled. This is what
it
means to be content in your circumstances.

We normally don't realize how much we're missing until we've
successfully
navigated our change. All of a sudden, the change has happened; it's
over,
and we're left with the difference. I don't know about you, but I want
to be
left with satisfaction, too. I want to be left with the details and the
reasons and the overwhelming awareness of God's hand in the small
things. I
want to know His presence in the whispers and His laughter in the midst
of
the storms. This is what happens when we embrace change and don't just
try
to survive it.

stand firm as many turn from God
 

“I the Lord do not change. So you, O descendents of Jacob, are not destroyed. Ever since the time of your forefathers you have turned away from my decrees and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you” says the Lord Almighty” (Malachi 3: 6 -7

God uses Malachi to write His thoughts about the nation of Israel, and how they had turned away from Him. God inspired Malachi to tell Israel how He reacts towards their rebellion.

Can we draw similarities to what God is saying to us as the nation of the United States of America?

Granted, America is not God’s chosen people or nation, but we have been blessed by God.

The freedoms and privileges we enjoy all come from God’s hand. One can speculate that this nation’s Christian foundation was significant in blessings we now have.

But just as Israel, America as a nation has turned away, and is currently turning away from God more and more each day.

We see it everywhere, where one or a few atheists are so uncomfortable with God,

Jesus or anything Christian, that they attack it. And we as nation then justify our apathy by camouflaging it as being tolerant.

Why are we, as a nation, so indifferent about God and his Word? The thought of the Pledge of Allegiance being derogatory because of the term ‘one nation under God’, would not have been head-line news 15 years ago.

Viewing the Ten Commandments as being offensive would have been unheard of just a few years ago.

Nationally, we are pushing God further and further away from our lives, our society, our daily thinking, out of our thoughts, and our hearts. Those who have desires to walk with God and have Him as our God and obey His standards are in the minority in this country.

Yes, there are few of Americans who are fervently obedient and worship our Lord wholeheartedly and I’m grateful for that. But we as a nation are leading to chaos if we chose to live without God. He will turn away His favor. He did it to Israel, His chosen people. Why would He not do so with America?

Israel, God’s chosen nation was overwhelmed in their sin. God’s word in Malachi, says, “… return to Me…” This presupposes that they left Him in the first place. They did, and this is spoken of in Malachi. Where did Israel go? They went away in their sinful rebellion from God, and as a result Israel was no longer as powerful as it once was. Can we see some parallels and glean some insight on what happened to Israel? How can this apply to this country? Again, the United States is not God’s holy nation. But we cannot dismiss the fact that we were once a country firm in a Christian value system and solid Biblical beliefs, and most likely blessed because of this foundation.

The United States today is saturated with sin, tendencies to forget our Christian heritage, and an overwhelming desire to move away from God and any representations of Him. So what does this mean for the regular person? I am reminded of the saying. “A large gale wind on this side of the world could have been started by the twitter of butterfly wings on the other side of the world”. One person makes a difference. With God, anything is possible.

Where do I start? If you are a Christian, stay a Christian; be obedient to our Lord and His two commandments…..Love your God will all your heart, mind and soul and love your neighbor as yourself.

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments” (Matthew 22: 37-40)

Start here!!

This first commandment of Jesus takes us right back to God, where we have gone astray. Obedience to this commandment returns us to Him I realize that this is not a national return. But again, it can start or be greatly enhanced and influenced by you as an individual, by what you do, by what you say, and by your obedience.

If you are not Christian and reading this, I encourage you to take God seriously. Examine Christ, read His Word and be open to it, and don’t refuse it.

“See to it that you don’t refuse Him who speaks. If they did not escape when they had refused Him who warned them on earth. (Speaking of the Hebrews who were with Moses at Mt. Sinai). How much less will we, if we turn away from Him who warns us from heaven? As this time his voice shook the earth. But now as He promised, “once more I will shake not only earth; but also the heavens”. The words, ‘once more’ indicate the removing of what can be shaken – that is created things – so that what cannot be shaken may remain”. As Christians, however we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken. Let us be thankful and so worship God acceptable with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire” (Hebrews 12: 25-29

If we don’t return to God, don’t be surprised if we wake up someday to find out this country is no longer the powerful USA, where freedom, liberties and blessings are no longer enjoyed. Bigger than that, Malachi has a warning to us all.

How many people would be affected if you or I turned away from God? Few of us realize the extent of our influence, but our obedience to God is vital because of our role in the church (1 Cor. 12:12-17) and the world (1 Pet. 2:9-12).

God charged His Old Testament people to be faithful to His covenant "so that there may not be among you man or woman or family or tribe, whose heart turns away today from the Lord our God, . . . and that there may not be among you a root bearing bitterness or wormwood" (Dt. 29:18). A New Testament writer recalled this when he said we should be careful "lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled" (Heb. 12:15).

Are you out of position today? Turn back to God. Stay in contact with Him. You never know how many lives will be influenced by your decision