Archive | November 2021

Are you feeling confused?

Nov17
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Have you noticed how so many people seem confused by what is currently going on around the globe? Are you one of them? Do you wonder what is really happening behind the scenes? Are the governments really telling us the truth about all the current mandates and agendas?

Well I think it’s pretty safe to say that world leader’s are often influenced by much bigger agendas that don’t include you and I or our opinions. We are often kept in the dark and left to wonder why things are rapidly changing in directions we cannot understand. That’s why it is so critical that those of us who follow Jesus continue to read the Bible. It is a love letter to us from our Father. It is also our guide book. In it’s pages we find the answer to so many things, including current events. If you are experiencing stress and confusion right now turn off your tv and phone and get back into the Word of God.

Inside the Word you can find reasons to be hopeful and even excited for the coming days. You can find wisdom on how to navigate your daily life. You can find the prophecies we see unfolding before our very eyes and know that at the end Jesus wins and those of us who are His followers win too!

We all need to make time each day to spend in prayer, seeking the LORD’s will for our lives. Seeking His wisdom through reading His Word and resting in knowing that in a world of lies and confusion, HE is truth. HE is peace. HE is our soon and coming King!

We don’t have to be confused. If we ask Him He will open our eyes to see what is really going on. Not only that but He will give us the peace we need to walk through it, despite the encroaching darkness. Please read the following verses with me and ask the LORD to give you the counsel you need to get through each day in victory.

I will bless the Lord who guides me;
 even at night my heart instructs me.
 I know the Lord is always with me.
   I will not be shaken, for he is right beside me.

No wonder my heart is glad, and I rejoice.
  My body rests in safety.
 For you will not leave my soul among the dead
  or allow your holy one to rot in the grave.
 You will show me the way of life,
  granting me the joy of your presence
  and the pleasures of living with you forever.~Psalm 16:7-11

Be blessed brothers & sisters!

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Are you looking for help in all the wrong places?

Nov11

How are you all doing? Are you navigating well through the multiple world calamities we are currently are experiencing? The goods and food shortages, fear of illness, imposed mandates, fear of losing your job, fear of proposed power outages this coming winter, disappearing freedoms and/or liberties and I could go on and on. Are you counting on your government and those in power to come through and somehow fix all these issues and give you back life as you used to know it?

Well my friend, I think it’s time to realize that many of these issues are a direct result of the behaviors and decisions of said governments and powers. We are living in unprecedented times where globally, governments and leaders are all projecting a similar if not same agenda. This agenda is not about to be tossed aside. They are using it to usher in future plans and schemes that the Bible warns us about. What we are experiencing currently is clearly a precursor preparing the world for what is to come. The similarities are blatantly obvious.

He required everyone—small and great, rich and poor, free and slave—to be given a mark on the right hand or on the forehead.  And no one could buy or sell anything without that mark, which was either the name of the beast or the number representing his name.  Wisdom is needed here. Let the one with understanding solve the meaning of the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. His number is 666.~Revelation 13:16-18

Does some of that sound familiar to what we are currently witnessing? It should. I don’t tell you this to discourage you or cause you to fear. You were truly born for a time such as this and though at times it can seem overwhelming, we must NEVER forget God is not surprised nor alarmed at the evil plans of men and neither should we be!

I believe God is showing us that He alone is our source of help in times of trouble! We can’t rely on government plans and programs to get us through the coming difficult days. We will be required to rely on the One that created us. The One that created this world of ours. We will rely on Him. He is faithful to His own! He will never leave us or abandon us. Psalm 146 so beautifully reminds us where are help comes from.

Praise the Lord!

Let all that I am praise the Lord.
     I will praise the Lord as long as I live.
    I will sing praises to my God with my dying breath.

 Don’t put your confidence in powerful people;
    there is no help for you there.
 When they breathe their last, they return to the earth,
    and all their plans die with them.
 But joyful are those who have the God of Israel as their helper,
    whose hope is in the Lord their God.
 He made heaven and earth,
    the sea, and everything in them.
    He keeps every promise forever.
He gives justice to the oppressed
    and food to the hungry.
The Lord frees the prisoners.
     The Lord opens the eyes of the blind.
The Lord lifts up those who are weighed down.
    The Lord loves the godly.
 The Lord protects the foreigners among us.
    He cares for the orphans and widows,
    but he frustrates the plans of the wicked.

 The Lord will reign forever.
    He will be your God, O Jerusalem, throughout the generations.

Praise the Lord!~Psalm 146

I hope you let the truth of every word from this Psalm settle deep within your heart. This is the God we serve. This is the God who redeemed us through His precious son, Jesus Christ. He is still on the throne and will forever be! In HIM we can trust. In HIM we can rely. He truly is our help!

Did you notice this Psalm starts with Praise the Lord! and also ends with Praise the Lord? My prayer is that we will start our day and end our day with the same! Regardless of what transpires between the time we rise to the time we bed down let’s remember to praise He who is worthy of our praise and trust He who is trustworthy as a source of help in every time of trouble.

Be Blessed!