Deuteronomy 6: 24
So the Lord commanded us to observe all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God for our good always and for our survival, as it is today.
God had given Israel the Ten Commandments and all the rules and regulations of how to live them out in their lives.
History shows that when they obeyed God and followed His ways, they became a very prosperous and wealthy Nation; but when they enjoyed the wealth and prosperity, they forgot God and thought they'd got it all themselves, so they lost it all and were overtaken by their enemies.
The Book of Judges is a record of a repeating cycle of prosperity, apathy, idolatry, bondage, crying out to God, deliverance, and prosperity again. Over and over.
Then God gave them a king, and the "good kings" who followed the Lord God did good for the people, bringing prosperity, and the "bad kings" who worshipped idols brought evil and trouble on the Nation.
This process still progresses today. We have different names for the same principles and practices, but they still produce the same results and consequences.
There are people in slavery today, and some of them don't even realize it, but are in denial of the bondage that holds them.
And our Nation has fallen so far from the prosperity we enjoyed for so long, that resulted from our following God's ways from the beginning. And we are seeing our prosperity diminish. Our money has inflated and our cost of living has increased. Our children will not experience the level of wealth we have had, and each generation is further diminished.
If God's people here who are called by His Name, would humble themselves and pray and seek His Face and turn from their evil ways, then God will hear from Heaven, will forgive their sins and will heal our land (II Chronicles 7:14).
God is still God, sin is still sin, and the World still operates on the same basis as it always did, as this is how He designed this Earth to operate.
O my Father, it really is for our good and our survival as a Nation to fear only You and demonstrate it by observing and living according to Your statutes. Only understanding Your ways will preserve our Nation; only returning to the principles upon which this Nation was founded; only a rising up of Your children in righteousness and purity to put down the iniquity of the wicked will preserve this Nation and ensure our survival as a Nation.
O Father, please strengthen Your children, protect our pastors and leaders and their families in this spiritual warfare we are waging against the very gates of hell!
Heal us, Father, and make pure Your children, and reach out to find all Your lost sheep, that every little lamb will be found, rescued, and brought in. And unite Your church, that there will be one fold with one Shepherd.
Let our love for one another be a powerful witness to Your Love for each of the persons You have made. Let the word of our testamony and the Blood of the Lamb be our victory over the machinations of our enemy (Revelation 12:11).
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
Tuesday, November 20, 2018
Monday, November 19, 2018
My Lost Children
Isaiah 49: 20-21
The children whom you were bereaved will yet say in your ears, "The place is too cramped for me; make room for me that I may live here." Then you will say in your heart, "Who has begotten these for me, since I have been bereaved of my children, and an exile and a wanderer? And who has reared these? Behold, I was left alone; from where did these come?"
O my Father, I pray for my lost adult children. I pray that You restore them; I feel that I have lost them!
Please, Father, put a guard on my mouth (and my fingers) that my words and my attitudes would no longer push them away. Please remove the spirit of cut-off from my family that has plagued my family line for at least a few generations.
Please, Holy Dad, let me exude Your sweet fragrance in my mouth and attitudes, to draw them to You. And open their eyes and ears and hearts and minds to perceive and receive Your Words of Love and Your ways.
Please, my Dear Daddy (Abba), grant them Your precious faith, that they may turn to you in repentance and faith.
I could have no greater joy in this Age than to know that all my children are walking according to Your Truth; please grant me this joy!
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
Sunday, November 18, 2018
End-Time Prayers
Isaiah 45: 8
Drip down, O Heavens, from above, and let the clouds pour down righteousness; let the Earth open up and salvation bear fruit, and righteousness spring up with it. I, the Lord, have created it.
Amen!
These are some of my prayers.
For America, Isaiah 45:22
Turn to Me, and be saved, all the ends of the Earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
For the Nations, Luke 24: 27, 45
And beginning with Moses and with all the Prophets, He explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures. ... Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.
O my Father, this is my prayer for myself and the rest of Your church, each one of us. Wake us up, open our eyes to see, open our ears to hear, open our minds to understand the Big Picture, Your marvelous Plan of the Ages, laid out for us in Your Scriptures.
You have told us in advance everything that You are doing; so don't let us be surprised when our paths lead us into the troubles and trials and sorrows that are inevitable.
Strengthen us in seeing the end, the results, the culmination of the World's history, and commencement of Your Kingdom.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
Drip down, O Heavens, from above, and let the clouds pour down righteousness; let the Earth open up and salvation bear fruit, and righteousness spring up with it. I, the Lord, have created it.
Amen!
These are some of my prayers.
For America, Isaiah 45:22
Turn to Me, and be saved, all the ends of the Earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
For the Nations, Luke 24: 27, 45
And beginning with Moses and with all the Prophets, He explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures. ... Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.
O my Father, this is my prayer for myself and the rest of Your church, each one of us. Wake us up, open our eyes to see, open our ears to hear, open our minds to understand the Big Picture, Your marvelous Plan of the Ages, laid out for us in Your Scriptures.
You have told us in advance everything that You are doing; so don't let us be surprised when our paths lead us into the troubles and trials and sorrows that are inevitable.
Strengthen us in seeing the end, the results, the culmination of the World's history, and commencement of Your Kingdom.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
Saturday, November 17, 2018
To Love Them Into The Kingdom
Isaiah 29: 24
And they who erred in mind and spirit will come to understand the Truth, and those who murmured and criticized will learn to accept and understand instruction.
O my Father, I pray for my Loved Ones. Please continue to work in their hearts, minds, and lives to know Your Truth, and return to You, the Shepherd of their souls. Please soften their hearts and attitudes to Your drawing them to Yourself.
Please, Father, help me to be the (relative/friend) that they need, not what I think I should be or what I want to be--not my will, but Yours be done in their lives. I know that You are not willing that any would perish, but that all would come to the repentance that brings them to saving faith (II Peter 3:9).
Though I desire to be a mentor to them, I want You to work in the ways You know to be best for each one of them, and keep me out of Your way!
Help me to think and consider before I open my mouth, that my words would be positive, uplifting, and drawing them to You, not pushing them away!
Bring into their lives those You have appointed to teach them Your ways, and heal their wounds and hurts.
Teach me how to love each of them into Your Kingdom!
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
And they who erred in mind and spirit will come to understand the Truth, and those who murmured and criticized will learn to accept and understand instruction.
O my Father, I pray for my Loved Ones. Please continue to work in their hearts, minds, and lives to know Your Truth, and return to You, the Shepherd of their souls. Please soften their hearts and attitudes to Your drawing them to Yourself.
Please, Father, help me to be the (relative/friend) that they need, not what I think I should be or what I want to be--not my will, but Yours be done in their lives. I know that You are not willing that any would perish, but that all would come to the repentance that brings them to saving faith (II Peter 3:9).
Though I desire to be a mentor to them, I want You to work in the ways You know to be best for each one of them, and keep me out of Your way!
Help me to think and consider before I open my mouth, that my words would be positive, uplifting, and drawing them to You, not pushing them away!
Bring into their lives those You have appointed to teach them Your ways, and heal their wounds and hurts.
Teach me how to love each of them into Your Kingdom!
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
Friday, November 16, 2018
The Sacrifice Of Thanksgiving
Psalm 50: 23
He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors Me; and to him who orders his way aright I shall show the salvation of God.
Q: How would thanksgiving be a sacrifice?
A: When it is given in the midst of sorrow or trouble.
O my Father, teach me Your ways so that I will understand and discern the way You desire I go; that my "ears will hear a word behind [me], 'This is the way, walk in it,' whenever [I] turn to the right or to the left" (Isaiah 30:21).
Help me, Father, to always praise You for what You do, and give You thanks for every good thing You provide, including the things of trouble and pain You allow; for everything You do is good, because You are good!
Continue to refine me as silver and gold; remove the dross and strengthen my resolve to serve You regardless of those around me or what circumstances I find myself in.
Open my eyes to see and perceive Your Truth; open my ears to hear beyond the words being spoken to the intent behind them.
Show me what You would have me to do for You. Most of all, Father, continue to draw me ever closer to You! ever closer to the image, the character of Your Son, my Savior and Sovereign King!
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors Me; and to him who orders his way aright I shall show the salvation of God.
Q: How would thanksgiving be a sacrifice?
A: When it is given in the midst of sorrow or trouble.
O my Father, teach me Your ways so that I will understand and discern the way You desire I go; that my "ears will hear a word behind [me], 'This is the way, walk in it,' whenever [I] turn to the right or to the left" (Isaiah 30:21).
Help me, Father, to always praise You for what You do, and give You thanks for every good thing You provide, including the things of trouble and pain You allow; for everything You do is good, because You are good!
Continue to refine me as silver and gold; remove the dross and strengthen my resolve to serve You regardless of those around me or what circumstances I find myself in.
Open my eyes to see and perceive Your Truth; open my ears to hear beyond the words being spoken to the intent behind them.
Show me what You would have me to do for You. Most of all, Father, continue to draw me ever closer to You! ever closer to the image, the character of Your Son, my Savior and Sovereign King!
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
Thursday, November 15, 2018
God's Plan Of The Ages
Psalm 46
(1) God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
(2) Therefore we will not fear, though the Earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
(3) Though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.
(6) Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall; He lifts His voice, the Earth melts.
(8) Come and see the works of the Lord, the desolations He has brought on the Earth.
(9) He makes wars cease to the ends of the Earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear, He burns the shields with fire.
(10) Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the Nations, I will be exalted in the Earth.
(4) There is a River whose streams make glad the City of God, the Holy Place where the Most High dwells.
(5) God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of Day.
(7 & 11) The Lord Almighty is with us; The God of Jacob is our Fortress.
This Psalm sings of God's very present help as our refuge and strength, even when this Earth changes: when the mountains slip into the sea, the waters roar and foam as the mountains quake, when He raises His voice and the whole Earth melts! (See also II Peter 3:10.)
But we need not be afraid. The wrath of God being poured out on the inhabitants of the Earth will not touch God's own children; the wrath due them was already poured out on Christ Jesus, as our personal Sacrifice, the Lamb of God (I Thessalonians 5:9). Even though thousands perish beside us, ten thousands at our right hand, it will not touch us (Psalm 91:7).
Then when this Earth has exploded and this Universe has imploded (II Peter 3:10), that's when God will re-make it all as a different Heaven (Universe) and Earth (I Corinthians 13:8), based on a whole different basis of life and existance (Revelation 21:1, 4-5).
Then the River flowing from the Throne of God in that Holy Place that will be the City of God (the New Jerusalem), will be the River of Life, with the Tree of Life growing along its banks (Revelation 22:1-2).
At the "break of Day" in the New Jerusalem, the beginning of forever, God will make sure that everything is just perfect, because He is perfect, and too pure to allow anything that falls short of perfection to live with Him (Revelation 21:3).
Therefore, The Lord Almighty is with us; The God of Jacob is our Fortress.
O my dear Father, I anticipate with joy and excitement all You are accomplishing in this World and the culmination of all things of this Earth: the New Earth and Your Holy City, the New Jerusalem, to come down out of Heaven to be established on this very Earth, renewed, cleansed, and resurrected; for You to dwell here with us! (as You revealed in Revelation 21 and 22.)
O Father, Your Plan is so glorious! To have Your own Son come to make each of Your children perfect, cleansing us of every shadow of stain of sin with His precious Blood, one-by-one!
And You are continuing to work Your Plan, and nothing mere Man can do can alter Your course! You alone are God Almighty, and You will accomplish all Your desire for us and this Earth and Universe. You will remove the curse that sin placed on this existance, and in the New Creation there will not be any wearing down, no wearing out, no growing old, no death or sorrow or pain or crying. What You have done remains, and what we will do will also remain.
So all our science, all the knowledge we have amassed about this World and how it operates, will be obsolete (I Cor. 13:8); we will learn a whole new Science of how You made the New Order of Things.
Hallelujah!
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
(1) God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
(2) Therefore we will not fear, though the Earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
(3) Though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.
(6) Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall; He lifts His voice, the Earth melts.
(8) Come and see the works of the Lord, the desolations He has brought on the Earth.
(9) He makes wars cease to the ends of the Earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear, He burns the shields with fire.
(10) Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the Nations, I will be exalted in the Earth.
(4) There is a River whose streams make glad the City of God, the Holy Place where the Most High dwells.
(5) God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of Day.
(7 & 11) The Lord Almighty is with us; The God of Jacob is our Fortress.
This Psalm sings of God's very present help as our refuge and strength, even when this Earth changes: when the mountains slip into the sea, the waters roar and foam as the mountains quake, when He raises His voice and the whole Earth melts! (See also II Peter 3:10.)
But we need not be afraid. The wrath of God being poured out on the inhabitants of the Earth will not touch God's own children; the wrath due them was already poured out on Christ Jesus, as our personal Sacrifice, the Lamb of God (I Thessalonians 5:9). Even though thousands perish beside us, ten thousands at our right hand, it will not touch us (Psalm 91:7).
Then when this Earth has exploded and this Universe has imploded (II Peter 3:10), that's when God will re-make it all as a different Heaven (Universe) and Earth (I Corinthians 13:8), based on a whole different basis of life and existance (Revelation 21:1, 4-5).
Then the River flowing from the Throne of God in that Holy Place that will be the City of God (the New Jerusalem), will be the River of Life, with the Tree of Life growing along its banks (Revelation 22:1-2).
At the "break of Day" in the New Jerusalem, the beginning of forever, God will make sure that everything is just perfect, because He is perfect, and too pure to allow anything that falls short of perfection to live with Him (Revelation 21:3).
Therefore, The Lord Almighty is with us; The God of Jacob is our Fortress.
O my dear Father, I anticipate with joy and excitement all You are accomplishing in this World and the culmination of all things of this Earth: the New Earth and Your Holy City, the New Jerusalem, to come down out of Heaven to be established on this very Earth, renewed, cleansed, and resurrected; for You to dwell here with us! (as You revealed in Revelation 21 and 22.)
O Father, Your Plan is so glorious! To have Your own Son come to make each of Your children perfect, cleansing us of every shadow of stain of sin with His precious Blood, one-by-one!
And You are continuing to work Your Plan, and nothing mere Man can do can alter Your course! You alone are God Almighty, and You will accomplish all Your desire for us and this Earth and Universe. You will remove the curse that sin placed on this existance, and in the New Creation there will not be any wearing down, no wearing out, no growing old, no death or sorrow or pain or crying. What You have done remains, and what we will do will also remain.
So all our science, all the knowledge we have amassed about this World and how it operates, will be obsolete (I Cor. 13:8); we will learn a whole new Science of how You made the New Order of Things.
Hallelujah!
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
A Wise Man Or A Fool?
Proverbs 14: 16
A wise man is cautious and turns away from evil, but a fool is arrogant and careless.
Our holy, gracious, heavenly Father has already cleansed my heart of so much arrogance and carelessness and other foolishnesses in the past few years. He has been teaching me His ways of wisdom, compassion, understanding, and generosity; graciousness, patience, and forbearance.
But I seem to be such a slow learner, it takes me forever even after I know it, to be able to live it in my life and attitudes! Every time I take a step forward, I seem to slip back a half-step!
The more I learn, the more I realize how far I have still to go!
O my Father, Please put a guard on my tongue! Teach me to fill my heart with Your goodness, and to consider my words before I open my mouth (or set my fingers to my keyboard, or my thumbs to my phone!)
I am desperate for You, Father, I pant after You! I need Your strength to follow Your ways and do the works You planned out for me beforehand! I can do nothing without You, O Father!
Keep me constantly and continually in Your lap, Your arms around me constraining me from going my way! Let me not deviate from Your path, not turning to the right or to the left, not running ahead or lagging behind, not wandering off or pulling away!
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
A wise man is cautious and turns away from evil, but a fool is arrogant and careless.
Our holy, gracious, heavenly Father has already cleansed my heart of so much arrogance and carelessness and other foolishnesses in the past few years. He has been teaching me His ways of wisdom, compassion, understanding, and generosity; graciousness, patience, and forbearance.
But I seem to be such a slow learner, it takes me forever even after I know it, to be able to live it in my life and attitudes! Every time I take a step forward, I seem to slip back a half-step!
The more I learn, the more I realize how far I have still to go!
O my Father, Please put a guard on my tongue! Teach me to fill my heart with Your goodness, and to consider my words before I open my mouth (or set my fingers to my keyboard, or my thumbs to my phone!)
I am desperate for You, Father, I pant after You! I need Your strength to follow Your ways and do the works You planned out for me beforehand! I can do nothing without You, O Father!
Keep me constantly and continually in Your lap, Your arms around me constraining me from going my way! Let me not deviate from Your path, not turning to the right or to the left, not running ahead or lagging behind, not wandering off or pulling away!
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
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