Daily Devotional

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Son, all who claim Me as their only God will go through hard times; but it is in these hard times that I will be with them and show Myself strong. When they go through rivers of difficulty, they will not drown. When they walk through the fire of oppression, they will not be harmed. For, they have been chosen to know Me and believe in Me, and they will understand that I alone am God and there is no other. No one can snatch My children out of My hand. No one can undo what I have set into action.

 

Today people trust in something that can’t help them at all! When they hear what I say, they do not understand. They do not comprehend what I do, even when they see it. For their hearts are hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. They have closed their eyes and ears – so that they cannot understand that they need to turn to Me so that I could free them and heal them. I want them to know that My salvation is still available, but people with hardened hearts will never accept it.

 

Look at all the horrible things going on in the world, and you will see that evil has twisted the minds of people. They have chosen their own mad course, one without hope of anything good and lasting. There is nothing ahead for them but great fear and regret; eternal death is all that awaits them! These people have grown tired of hearing about Me, and they have burdened Me with their progressive sin and rebellion. Only I can blot out their sins and give them peace with Me, but they resist the truth. If they would only come to Me asking to be forgiven then I would never think of their sins again, but protect them and provide for them. They would be the children I favor. I have paid the price to set men, women and children free, but they must humble themselves before Me and receive My great salvation. Now is the time to seek Me, heart and soul.

 

Son, I will carry out the warnings of My prophets, for it has already begun! So be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or lose heart. Keep My light shining in the world. I am Your peace and strength to the end.

Just a thought:

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“The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.” George Orwell

 

TRUTH: Today there is a great rebellion against God (Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior) which will allow a “man of lawlessness” to easily enter with their favor. In the Scriptures it is said that he will be a man who exalts himself, and will not allow the truth of Jesus Christ to be spoken. He will claim that he is God, and seemingly prove it by doing counterfeit signs and miracles. He will use every kind of evil deception to fool those who refuse to love and accept the truth in God’s Word. They will believe his lies, and be condemned for enjoying evil rather than believing in the truth, and they will be punished with ETERNAL destruction FOREVER separated from the Lord. The Lord Jesus will slay this man!

 

So, God’s children must stand firm and keep a strong grip on the Word of God gaining the wisdom they need and knowing the difference in truth and lie, right and wrong. They will need to remove from their presence those who claim to be Christians but deny God’s power of His Word and Spirit.

 

The Lord said that “love will grow cold,” but God’s people must never get tired of doing good because God will pay back those who persecute His people; this He promises and will not fail to do.

 

So, we must not be afraid to live a life worthy of being called a child of God. He will give us the power to accomplish all the good things our faith prompts us to do. The Name of our Lord Jesus Christ will be honored because of the way we live for Him.

 

Where do you get your truth today? Do you get it from the news and social media, or from Facebook, or from our politicians and government policies? Do you get upset when people tell you they get their truth from the Word of God (His Book the Bible)? If so, then we are certainly in the last days that our Lord described!

 

Be wise and be faithful so that you do not lose what the Lord said you would lose by falling away from the truth, the way and the life.

 

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I am angry, and I am not going to shut up; I will speak against the lies of the ungodly.

 

 They say, “Why can’t we agree in America?” What they really mean is that they want Christians to back down and get out of the way! This is why they say things like: “You have so much hate within you, why can’t you be tolerant and accept my choice of life style?” It’s not what they say, but what they really mean; their secret motive. We need to better judges of what leaders really mean behind what they say.

 

These people want me to compromise my godly values, and every time the Church does, we lose something, until we have become their slaves instead of God’s true servants and vessels. Why do I need to accept their choices and life styles? Is this what the Bible teaches? Is this what Christ taught His disciples? So then, while I still have “freedom of speech” I will speak the truth, even if it costs me!

 

Let’s put what is being said today – to the test. We heard from our presidential candidates their views on taxes. Bernie says “I will raise your taxes to cover all of the programs that will help the poor and needy in our country.” So if he is elected and can do all that he says he will do, my taxes will increase. If my taxes increase by the 25% that he wants – then I will not have any money left to give to people who are advancing the Kingdom of God. So do you think Bernie will have the government give my tax money that he took from me, to support those who are advancing the Kingdom of God? No brainer! What about the others who say they will reduce my personal tax burden; will that leave me more money to give to people who are advancing the Kingdom of God? This battle is about the Kingdom of God, not the poor and needy. Advancing the poor and needy will not advance the Kingdom of God, but advancing the Kingdom of God will take care of the poor and needy.

 

We need to look towards the future when we hear these people talk, and ask ourselves, “Will what they say they are going to do allow me to financially support the people who are advancing the Kingdom of God, or not?” When we make choices out of emotion and sympathy – we will make the wrong choices; for it will not be what is best for the good of our future. This is worldly wisdom instead of godly wisdom.

 

There is not any leader that is righteous enough to rule this world, let alone any nation or state; not until Christ returns as the King of kings and Lord of lords. He is the One we need to listen to and trust completely. His Word is Truth! He is the only Way! Light of world and Hope of the nations!

 

 

28 Principles That Helped Build America – Chapter 18 – Principle #18

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Only Limited and Carefully Defined Powers Should Be Delegated to Government, All Others Be Retained in the People

 

This goes along with the 10th Amendment: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.

 

Proverbs 28:4-5 “Those who abandon God’s teachings praise wicked people, but those who follow God’s teachings oppose wicked people. Evil people do not understand justice.” (from GOD’S WORD)

 

This was one principle that our Founding Fathers felt was very important and that was to prohibit the federal government from having too much power. This principle was to help balance the powers between the federal government and the states. The federal government could keep the states in check and the states could do likewise with the federal government.

 

The Founding Fathers knew from their study of history that the tendency was always to move towards absolute control to where governments would become corrupt and abusive, this principle was designed to keep the power between the states and the federal government in check with one another. It was designed to reinforce the principle of limited government.

 

The Founders knew that unless there was a healthy relationship between the federal government and the states that each would begin to deteriorate and one or the other would begin to dominate. In other words, if one or the other began to dominate it would either mean the end of local self-government and the security of the individual or the federal government becoming so weak that the structure of the nation would begin to deteriorate.

 

The Founders knew – by keeping a strict balance between the state and the federal government – that it would give the individual recourse if abuse came by one or the other. For example, if the states encroached upon the rights of the individual the federal government was there to overcome and if the federal government encroached upon the rights of the individual, the states were there for recourse.

 

Alexander Hamilton says: “Power being almost always a rival of power, the general government will at all times stand ready to check the usurpations of the state governments, and these will have the same disposition towards the general government.”

 

One problem that has arisen is the election of our U.S. Senators. What would our Founding Fathers think (according to the 17th amendment) when our senators are elected by popular vote rather than appointed by the state legislatures? If the House of Representatives passed something the U.S. Senate could always block it, but because the U.S. Senate has been appointed by popular vote they often are kept in power by what they can ‘bring home’ to the state or constituents.

 

For example, I read an article in our last elections that one of the reasons why a voter in the state of Nevada voted for Harry Reid is not because he thought he was the best representative for the state, but because he was able to ‘bring home’ what is known as “pork.” Because of this the question does arise: Are the states able to stop the might of the federal government if the Congress began legislating against state’s rights? At the moment it seems doubtful.

 

Another danger that is lurking in the back-ground is what is known as “Executive Orders” that while a president is in office He can initiate. Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu1 said:  “There can be no liberty where the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person.” Todd F. Gaziano Director, Center for Legal & Judicial Studies Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies remarked: “A President who abuses his executive order authority undermines the constitutional separation of powers and may even violate it.”

 

Thomas Sowell in his book THE VISION OF THE ANOINTED made the comment that government expansion comes through crises. They can be real, created or imaginary but the results are the same. The solution to the crises is more government offices (expansion) in order to fix the problem. When Rahm Emanuel (now the mayor of Chicago) was Obama’s chief of staff he made this famous statement: “We cannot allow a crisis to go to waste.”

 

Outside the archive building in Washington DC is a monument that declares: “ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY.”

 

Are we losing our freedom (liberty) because of a lack of vigilance???

Daily Devotional

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Son, in My Holiness I cannot lie; therefore all the promises I have made to you will happen just as I said they would. These promises are to give you a future and hope. When you pray, I will listen, and when you seek Me you will find Me. No one will be able to stand against you; for I AM with you. Be strong, courageous, and very careful to obey all that I ask of you. Do not deviate from what I say, and you will be successful in everything. Study My Book of instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night, and you will succeed in all you do. Do not be afraid or discouraged, but understand that I AM is with you wherever you go.

 

The more you follow Me and come before My Throne with your petitions and praise – the world’s interest in you will disappear because righteousness and justice are the foundation of My Throne. Unfailing love and truth walk before Me, and the world cannot accept this. They hate everything I AM doing.

 

In the future, if you begin to think you are too important to help someone, you are deceiving yourself. You are important when you help people that I want to save and help. You will always reap what you sow and harvest what you plant. So never get tired of doing what is good. Since I have set you free, make sure that you stay free. Do not get tied up again in the lies of this world, and don’t use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, use your freedom to serve Me and one another as I have shown you. When My Holy Spirit leads your life it will produce in you: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.

 

Lord, help me to understand how short my life is so that I may grow in Your wisdom. Help me to see Your approval in my life, then I will have a successful life and see Your approval at the end. At just the right time I will reap a harvest of blessing if I do not give up. May Your Holy Spirit keep me close to You.

28 Principles That Helped Build America – Chapter 17 – Principle #17

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A System of Checks and Balances should be Adopted to Prevent the Abuse of Power

 

In the early days of our Constitution many people wanted the separation of powers to be absolute, but in his Federalist Papers (numbers 47 to 51) James Madison explained the separation of powers between the executive, legislative and the judicial. In other words, he did not want something that was absolute, but for each to hold all in “check and balance.” He said that “the trick was to separate the powers and then delicately lace them back together again as a balanced unit.”

 

Christopher Demuth Sr. of the Hudson Institute said: “The struggle for power and advantage is a constant of human society.” Our Founding Fathers knew the frailty of human nature and the checks and balances that they came up with in the three branches of government has provided a very stable government for over two centuries. However, looking at what is happening today we see the abuse taking place as one branch tries to take precedent over the others in order to get its way.

 

The idea in back of the three branches of government is that none of them ought to possess or have an overruling influence on the others. Madison went on to say: “It will not be denied power if of an encroaching nature and that it ought to be effectually restrained from passing the limits assigned to it.”

 

In second Corinthians 10:13 the apostle Paul said: “We, however, will not boast beyond proper limits, but will confine our boasting to the sphere of service God himself has assigned to us, a sphere that also includes you.” Paul did not want to go beyond the limits that God had assigned to him. In the same way this applies to the three branches of our government. They should not go beyond the limit that has been assigned to them. However, as I mentioned before we see how the executive is trying to override the legislative by issuing executive orders, and the judicial going beyond what the Constitution provides by creating ‘new’ laws (called judicial legislation) by pretending to be merely interpreting old ones. We see the legislative branch imposing taxes that were never contemplated by the Constitution.

 

The cost of freedom is eternal vigilance. And because in our Republic, we the people, have not been vigilant to keep a close watch on our representatives to make sure that they are operating within constitutional boundaries, we now find our freedoms slowly, but surely, eroding.

 

The checks and balances set up by the Founding Fathers were  to protect the people, but how do we now protect ourselves? When Framers put together the Constitution they made the three branches of our government separate as to their “assigned” function, but also made them dependent upon one another. Undersecretary of state, J. Reuben Clark, Jr said: “the Framers had no direct guide in this work, no historical governmental precedent upon which to rely. As I see it, it was here that the divine inspiration came. It was truly a miracle.”

 

We see the checks and balances set up between the three branches of government at the same time the people have a check on their congressman every two years; on their president every four years; and on their senators every six years. The problem in our Republic that we have today is that we have become lazy, ignorant and careless when it comes to voting (or have not voted) and have put in people that should not have been put in places of power. President Washington said “the habits of thinking in a free country should inspire caution entrusted with its administration”, but so often, we, the people have not taken the time to really ‘vet’ those that we vote for to see what their true intentions are. Just like the apostle Paul said that when he departs that there will be many false teachers, false Christs coming in like the real thing, but having their own agenda. So it is with our government today.

 

For over two centuries that this Constitution has been in operation it has carried this nation through a number of crises. Other countries that copied our Constitution, but did not put in the checks and balances found that their presidents have suspended the Constitution and have used the Army to stay in power.

 

A good example of this here in our own country is the “Watergate” where a president went beyond his authority and under the threat of impeachment, although he was the commander in chief of the Armed Forces, resigned and made no attempt to keep himself in power. The transfer of powers took place quietly and in order.

 

Over the last 55 years I have had the privilege of traveling and visiting many countries, and often I have seen the turmoil, confusion and mass killing that has taken place because of a lack of adequate government with proper checks and balances to restrain the frailty of human nature.

Daily Devotional

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Son, since I have redeemed you, you must speak out! Tell others what I tell you say and watch for the day of My return.

 

My children must be prepared for My arrival. They must be separated from the things of this world. They must not be afraid of what they see or hear from those who are doomed! When My children know My word, they will see these things and be glad. Those who are wise will take all this to heart, will understand My faithful love. With My help My children will do mighty things! When My children cry out to Me day and night, I will not put them off.

 

Today some of My children feel lost, but if they cry out to Me I will rescue and lead them in the way to go; I will not abandon them.  When My children rebel against My word, they will walk around in darkness and misery; imprisoned by their sin of disobedience. It is sad when they do not grasp the significance of My Word and the power of My Spirit. They have failed to understand what I am talking about that can be understood by even a child.

 

One of the keys to a powerful witness for Me is when a person wrongs you and then he asks you forgive them. Do you? If not, what stops you from forgiving? Pride of self-righteousness. You think things like this: “I am not a sinner like this person. I don’t cheat, I don’t commit adultery. I pray and fast. I give a tenth of my income to the local church.” Remember, those who exalt themselves are the ones who cannot forgive others, and they will certainly be humbled!

 

In the coming days My children will go through the fire, but this will make them pure. I will refine them like silver and purify them like gold. They will call on Me, and I will answer them. I will say, “These are My children, my own special treasure from among all the peoples on earth!”

 

Lord, thank You for Your great love and for the wonderful things You have done for me.

Daily Devotional

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Son, My true spokesmen are men who know and speak My words. They are men that influence people, and are not influenced by people. They understand the times that they live in, and they know what I have planned and that I will judge everyone.

 

Sin is running rampant in America, so do not show sympathy for these wicked people who refuse to repent before Me; for I have removed My protection and peace from them; I have taken away My unfailing love and mercy. When you tell these people all these things, they will ask what they have done to deserve such treatment.  Say to them, “You are unfaithful to the Lord God. You have abandoned God’s Word and you worship gods that you have made for yourselves.”

 

Tell them that if they purge the guilt of murdering innocent people from their land – it will go well with them. Tell your leaders so that they understand fully – that I will sentence them with the same judgment they have placed upon all these unborn children in their land!

 

Those who are guilty will fight against you because they hate what I tell you say to them, but understand that I AM is with you. Because you remain faithful to Me – I will certainly keep you safe from these wicked people. I will rescue you from their cruel hands, so obey all I have given you to do and say. This will prevent you from thinking like them and imitating their detestable worship of things.

 

Tell My children not to team up with these wicked people that try to justify the killing of innocent children. How can righteousness be a partner with wickedness? How can light live with darkness? What harmony can there be between Me and the devil?

 

Son, understand that you will have a heavenly body; you will not be a spirit without a body. To show you that I have this new body set aside for you I have given you My Holy Spirit as a guarantee. So understand that you must live each day believing in Me and what I say, not by what you see and hear otherwise. I died for everyone and was raised to life so that they could receive this new life with Me. This means that anyone who belongs to Me has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! You may be poor in this life, but you are spiritually and eternally rich. You may own nothing now, yet you have everything; all things belong to you because you love Me and do what I say.

 

Lord, when I discovered Your words, I devoured them; I found them to be my joy, my strength and my heart’s delight. I love to hear You say that I have an eternal body and a house in heaven that You have built for me. Therefore I may grow weary in my present body, but I long to put on my new clothing like Yours!

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Just a thought: Since I am a builder, what would it look like if I started to build a hotel with no plans, not even an idea what it will look like when it is finished? Wouldn’t it take longer with all the corrections from the mistakes along the way, even having to tear down what has been done to rebuild correctly. It will have a HUGE cost. In the end, what will it look like?

 

Today we have leaders who are leading America in the same way. They want to ignore the original plan. They have left the way of godliness. They have no idea where this will take them because they have no plans, no structural engineers to make it strong and safe, no mechanical, no electrical or plumbing engineers who will make what they are building function right. They have no landscape architect to bring in God’s beauty; so the building will be a monument to what man can do.

 

The Bible says that without a vision the people perish. I see this great country on the road of destruction because we have lost the vision – having left God’s way. The new generation is willing to be deceived with new teachings of new ideas that reject the wisdom of the elderly with godly plans. Let me tell you what Moses said to the children of Israel when they were getting ready to take the land. Hear the warning and see if this is not happening today.

 

Deuteronomy 32 paraphrased:

 

They offered sacrifices to demons; to gods they had not known before; to new gods recently arrived; to religions their ancestors had never followed. They neglected the Rock who had fathered their ancestors; they forgot the God who had given them birth.

 

Therefore, I will abandon those who have rejected My ways and then they will see what becomes of them. For they are a twisted generation, children without integrity. They have become a senseless people who are foolish in their thinking and ways. Their understanding comes from the vine of Sodom, from the vineyards of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poison, and their clusters are bitter.

 

I am God your Lord and Savior! There are no other gods, but Me! I am the Architect of life.  I. No one or no created thing can rescue from My powerful hand! My words are not empty words; they are your life; obey them!

God’s Ancient Path is a Narrow Path

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Do you believe that God heard the prayers of His people regarding this coming election? I do, and He will continue to hear our prayers, whether worldly or wise, and do what is best for those who faithfully love Him, which won’t be very comfortable or celebrated on this side of death or rapture, I’m afraid.

 

I also know that He heard our prayers 4 years ago and then 8 years ago before God put Barak Obama in the White House and kept him there 4 more years. God raises up and takes down kings according to His ‘narrow’ plan of redeeming and renewing; the plan that has never changed from the beginning, and presents a very ‘narrow’ road for believers to walk and live out. It’s the “ancient path” that very few will stick to as tribulation and persecution intensifies.

 

Why would God put someone like Obama in as our nation’s leader so that Obama would be able to do all that he has done to transform this nation from what it used to be? What would God have in mind by giving us a president like Sanders, Clinton or Trump? What is God trying to tell us, and get us ready for? Do we really believe in the book of Revelation, and the prophecies of God’s ‘holy’ servants the prophets?

 

Once again we have been praying to God for a godly man as our next president, but the church is not in agreement with what is “godly.” Why? How has the devil been able to do this?

 

We don’t want to accept that here in America the persecution of the saints has begun, and will continue to intensify like it has all over the world.  If you are among those who hold to the faith, hope and love of our Lord, to HIS ‘narrow path,’ you will be hated by the followers of anti-Christs and even disregarded by those who claim to know the Lord but are not true disciples of His. They call our belief in God’s Word (our strong attachment to the whole Word of God) much too “narrow,” because it is not open enough to include all kinds of religions, not compassion enough to open our borders to anyone, not free enough to accept all types of lifestyles, etc. We will soon be amazed at who the real God is.

 

Yes, Obama was right, “America is no longer a Christian nation,” not in the Judeo-Christian sense that is. The name “Christian” has taken on a new meaning (by church-goers) and it’s the “millennials” who are living out that new meaning of what they believe a Christian ‘should’ be and do, so that those “narrow-minded” people who call themselves followers of Jesus Christ can be shamed and punished until they submit and get along with the new “moral majority” with their “progressive” thinking of our day.

 

God’s Word is very clear about evil and good, wrong and right, but people don’t like the Old Testament of God’s Word. The god of this world has been able to blind them from seeing God’s wisdom in  His judgment and His righteousness – which has never changed. That which “was” still “is” and “is” to come – in all His fullness.    

 

We put more thought and energy to arguing about politics and trusting in what the candidates (republican and democrat) say they will do, while joining the groups that spread lies and slander on the candidates they disagree with, and even hate with a vengeance.  The word of men, all men good and evil, can not be trusted; only God’s Word can be trusted and hoped for.

 

If “the Church” could turn America back – then why does God seem to work against it through our leaders? Don’t tell me that it’s because there are not enough Christians praying and fasting. Don’t tell me that it’s because we are not united as Christians. How can the Lord’s Church be united when we can’t even agree on what is right and wrong, good and evil? 

 

Do you really believe that we, as families (by God’s definition of “family”) are better off today than we were a century ago? Do you see the ongoing progression of evil quickly spreading in our nation? Truth is: man turned his right to dominate on the earth over to the devil back in the garden, and God is just; He will give Satan his day under the sun with his long awaited plan to rule the world and prevent “as it is in heaven it shall be on the earth” but God will cut his reign short for the sake of the elect in that time of “Great Tribulation.”

 

What might God be trying to show those who will listen and judge correctly what is happening?  As the Lord’s church should we be united about this?  Unity will benefit the Lord’s disciples in being ready and prepared for what is ‘inevitably’ coming that Jesus taught and warned.

 

I see within the so-called Christian Church in America mixed views on who or what is godly, even on what is right and wrong.  The American churches are not united at all on what it means to be a Christian, by our Lord’s example and teaching.  And Jesus was very clear about those who have their own opinions about His teaching and godliness.  He made it very clear that very few would walk with Him down His “narrow” path. More and more we see so-called Christians taking the wide road so that they can keep doing what they do, living how they have been accustomed to living and able to hold on to what they deem valuable in this life.

 

To me, this ‘division’ or ‘divisions’ within the so-called Church of Jesus Christ, is a clear sign of what Jesus warned us about that would happen and intensify as His Day approaches. Most people don’t read their Bibles humbly to know the truth and what God requires of them so they can please Him; instead, they read the Bible to find biblical support for how they want to live and go about their business and pleasures. This is why our Lord said that even our loved ones (family and friends) would turn on us for holding to the ‘narrow’ path of the Lord.

 

This calls for true wisdom (not worldly wisdom) to know who to partner with and trust, or to even be friends with, and even to be careful with family members not to say too much about what God has called you to do. You can do it without talking about it.

 

The Lord warned us that even believers in Jesus Christ would be deceived, shrink back and fall away because their relationship with the Savior is all about themselves, and not about His Kingdom. They enjoy nursing on the milk, instead of maturing with the meat of God’s Word. I have never seen an army of babies, have you? With babies it’s all about comfort and attention and having things done for you. 

 

As “elders” in the Lord (not to brag), we see the millennials, or rather, the younger generation wanting to argue with us as if to correct us – as to what is good or evil, right or wrong, godly or ungodly, instead of following us down the Lord’s ‘ancient’ path. (There are some wise younger believers, and what a joy and crown they are to us, but sadly they are few and far between.)

 

The “older and wiser” see exactly what is happening and has happened to turn America into the idolatrous heathen nation that it has become. God has only given us the president each election that reveals the condition of His people’s hearts as they have progressively taken the side of Christ’s enemies. We see their lack of true knowledge and the road they are on that leads to destruction. They take pride in all the worldly knowledge they have, with their abilities and skills, and the ease of technology, but what they lack that is most important is what the Lord’s closest disciple, John, wrote that fathers and young men are to have:

 

“I am writing to you fathers because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you young men because you have overcome the evil one.”  1 John 2:13

 

What about mothers and young women? I suggest you study the Proverbs 31 Woman and aspire to be like her for she is our role model of the woman God honors and crowns.

 

Jesus told us that many would come to Him on that Day with all that they (proudly) did for Him, in His Name even, but He will respond, “I do not know you….” And over and over again He taught His disciples (and they wrote it down for us) how to overcome the evil one, and our own fleshly and worldly desires, so we would not be judged along with the wicked. 

 

We are responsible as disciples of the Lord to KNOW God (Father, Son and Spirit personally), to overcome the world/flesh/devil, and to give out our ‘personal’ testimony of our being saved and delivered by Jesus Christ – without fear of persecution – given all the promises of God that we have and can stand on victoriously, and to encourage and help each other, endure persecution – as we seek His Kingdom first.

 

We have prayed to God to put the right man in as our next president; and He will put the right man in according to what HE sees about our nation and what HE has planned for the future of the nations.

 

Even most of our prayer meetings are worldly as we pray ‘band-aid’ prayers, and ‘bless me’ prayers, and as we foolishly pray for the right man in office that can take back America. Take it back to what?! How far back are we thinking?!  This is not the will of God! If we go back to anything it should be to the “ancient path” of God. If we go back to anyone it should be to the Lord who bought us with His own bloody sacrifice; back to our first sincere and humble vow to Him.  

 

The will of God for God’s people is to do His will; to share the good news of Jesus Christ, to be ready and prepared in each and every generation for the return of the Lord, ready to endure tribulation and persecution as His disciples, ready to give a convincing answer for the hope we have, and prepared both physically and spiritually (with our children) for what Jesus said would happen to us because we walk with Him on His ‘narrow’ path without denying Him or His Word.

 

Mike and I are voting for the one that will give us the time we need to be better prepared; for the man that will be the “dam” that will hold back the greater persecution in America towards the Lord’s true disciples. This calls for wisdom.