 Heavenly Father, thank you for our many blessings. Thank you for Your Word, and Your words through me. Let Your words always be mine, and let Your children hear them. In Jesus' Mighty Name. Amen. Before I get into the subject of today's word, I wanted to talk about God's Prophet Isaiah. For me, Isaiah's prophetic words in the Book of Isaiah became all the more profound and meaningful when I learned that Isaiah came into his calling as a prophet when he prophesied the coming of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, some 700 years before Christ's birth! Simply amazing. In Isaiah 50:4 above, we learn that the words we speak about God to the unbelievers, the downtrodden, the oppressed, the poor in the spirit, the "weary," come from God, and that He speaks to us in the morning, and wakens our ears to hear Him, like one being taught, the "learned." Hallelujah! Praise God. Isaiah Chapter 50, the entire chapter, is about the LORD providing "comfort to desponding saints and terror to presuming sinners" (from biblestudytools.com, Matthew Henry commentary). What does that mean: comfort to desponding saints and terror to presuming sinners? Well, "desponding" means losing hope, so "desponding saints" are believers, us, who are losing hope, as many are today. And, "presuming sinners," like the Pharisees whom Jesus admonished in Matthew 23:28 "Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity." And, why did the Pharisees appear outwardly righteous? Because Jesus said, "This people draws nigh unto me with their mouth, and honours me with their lips; but their heart is far from me." Matthew 15:8 In other words, the Pharisees were like Cain, who thought he could climb into heaven some other way than through the door. Jesus said in John 10:1 "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber." See my blog titled, Cain and Abel by clicking here. We should walk the walk, not just talk the talk. We should be like Jesus, and walk the walk like Jesus, if we want to be "overcomers," like Jesus. As often happens, I did not know how this was going to tie into the word I am writing about from Holy Spirit today until I typed the previous paragraph. One of the main ways we become overcomers like Jesus is by listening to God. Amen. On September 21, 2022, around 3 to 5 am, still asleep, Holy Spirit showed me why He tries to speak to us in the early morning, the wee hours, in our sleep if He has to, because that is when we are the most sinless, guiltless, righteous. How many of us, in our sleep, make grand plans of things we want to do around the house? Or, in life? Or, maybe even how we want to serve God? a ministry we want to start? And, then, we wake up, and the reality of who we are sets in, who we have become in this life. Fear sets in. Satan sets in. And, then, we start talking ourselves out of it. We hear Satan there in the background, whispering in our ear, You can’t do that; you don’t even know where to start with something like that; no one will help you; it’s a lot of work; that’s not who you are; you have too many responsibilities already; you can just serve God another way. Man has a sinful nature, courtesy of Adam, Eve and the serpent in the garden of Eden. We must combat this sinful nature every day; we must resist Satan every day and he will flee from us. James 4:7 Amen. God forgives us for the sins for which we ask Him to forgive us. If, then, we have a sinful nature, it stands to reason we must repent to God, turn away from sin, and pray for forgiveness, every day. This is why it is important to have God’s Word stored in our hearts. The more God’s Word is stored in our hearts, the more second-nature it becomes to us, and the less the devil will be successful in tempting us every day, so the less he will come around, and the less he will steal our blessings through our disobedience to God. Amen. In 1 Corinthians 15, Apostle Paul wrote that he dies every day. How could he die every day? Because we have a sinful nature. Yes, we have God’s Spirit, God’s Word, and the blood of Jesus Christ, by which we strive to become more like Jesus on a daily basis, to overcome this sinful flesh and sinful, evil world, as Jesus overcame, but we are still human, and we still have a sinful, human nature; God’s forgiveness does not remove our sinful, human nature. 1 Corinthians 15:31 from the Amplified Bible “I assure you, believers, by the pride which I have in you in [your union with] Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily [I face death and die to self]. “ There are many ways we can sin against God written about in His Word. Our lukewarm-to-cold society and churches have caused people to sin by teaching that because we believe in the blood sacrifice of Jesus Christ, we can do whatever we please and are forgiven. No. This is a fallacy, an untruth, an outright lie, not supported by God’s Word. To the contrary though, it is not that now we can do whatever we please, but because we have the blood sacrifice of Jesus Christ, now we no longer desire to do those sinful things we used to do. Amen. One of the greatest sins exhibited in God's Word is pride in oneself, to which Apostle Paul is referring in 1 Corinthians 15:31: Because he had pride in [himself] for bringing these unbelievers in Corinth to Christ, and he is saying he sins every day and dies because of that pride. Of course, Christ is the only one who can save us. Not Apostle Paul, right? We also see the sin of pride at work in the book of Esther, where Haman’s self-pride got him executed on the guillotine that he had built specifically for Mordecai the Jew to die on, because Mordecai would not bow down to him as commanded by the king. Because of Haman's pride in himself, and being unable to let Mordecai's perceived slight against him go unanswered, Haman was instead hung on the guillotine, and Mordecai, a humble servant to God, took his place, and became king Ahasuerus’ second in command. So, there are many ways a man can sin against God every day, and we can only combat those sins with His Word and prayer. Amen. In Job 33, Elihu, the only friend of the four who spoke to Job, who was not rebuked by God, is basically telling Job to stop complaining against God; that God speaks but no one listens. Job 33 from the Amplified Bible, starting at verse 13, Elihu says to Job: 13 “Why do you complain against Him? That He does not answer [you with] all His doings. 14 For God speaks once, And even twice, yet no one notices it [including you, Job]. 15 In a dream, a vision of the night [one may hear God’s voice], When deep sleep falls on men While slumbering upon the bed, 16 Then He opens the ears of men And seals their instruction, 17 That He may turn man aside from his conduct, And keep him from pride;” God speaks once, even twice, and no one listens. It doesn’t say, Maybe He speaks. It says, He speaks. He opens our ears and seals our instruction, so He can turn us aside from our conduct: our thoughts, words and actions, and keep us from self-pride, or thinking we are better than our neighbor. God seals our instruction in the wee hours of sleep, and then we wake up, and Satan’s lifetime of training kicks in: sickness, fear, doubt, unbelief. How many of us feel persecuted sometimes? Maybe even on a daily basis. Oppressed, beaten down, sad - persecuted, as if we are guilty of something, of which we have no earthly clue? If we ever do feel that way, we should immediately go into prayer with God: repent of our sins, cry out to Him, tell Him that we turn away from our sins, and that we surrender in full obedience to Him. Pray for forgiveness. Ask for His Will to be done in our lives. And watch the oppression and/or sadness leave us. Amen. Something the Holy Spirit wants us all to think about is, Have we sinned today? If your answer was "no," that you have not sinned today, then we should refer to scripture: “As it is written, there is none righteous, no, not one.” Romans 3:10. And, 1 John 1:10 “ If we say that we have not sinned, we make [God] a liar, and his word is not in us.” If we do not know that we are sinners, then God's word is not in us, because we have not read it. Amen. So, we are all sinners; there is none righteous! Now, ask yourself, have you repented to God of your sins and prayed for forgiveness today? Holy Spirit showed me that this is where we, believers, are falling short. The Holy Spirit cannot come into an unclean vessel. Amen. THIS is why He speaks to us in the wee hours of the morning, when we are most righteous, or free of sin and guilt, before our mind wakes up and starts having sinful, human thoughts. 1 Peter 2:5 “You [believers], [you believers, that’s us, everyone who believes in the blood sacrifice of Jesus Christ]- you believers, like living stones, are being built up into a spiritual house for a holy and dedicated priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices [that are] acceptable and pleasing to God through Jesus Christ. To offer spiritual sacrifices means to offer ourselves to God through our prayers, fervently, without ceasing, to sacrifice ourselves, surrender our will to God's Will, in full obedience, by offering our sacrifice of praise to God continually. Hebrews 13 15 "By him [Jesus Christ] therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. 16 But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased." Excerpt from biblehub.com, Ellicott's Commentary on 1 Peter 2:5: Quote: "Whereas, before, only Aaron’s sons were recognised as mediators and intercessors, now all Israel, all the spiritual Israel, all men everywhere are called to be mediators and intercessors between each other and God." End quote. We, believers, are now the mediators and intercessors between each other and God. Amen. 1 Peter 2:6 “For this is contained in Scripture: “Behold, I am laying in Zion a chosen stone, a precious (honored) Cornerstone, And he who believes in Him [whoever adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Him] will never be disappointed [in his expectations]. 7 This precious value, then, is for you who believe [in Him as God’s only Son—the Source of salvation]; but for those who disbelieve, “The [very] stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief Cornerstone,” 8 and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” In other words, the unbelievers reject Jesus Christ, the chief cornerstone, and He is the only one that can save them. Sadly, the Spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak, so to the unbelievers, He is a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, a stumbling block. Their path to heaven is crooked, not straight. Every day when we wake up, the effects that our past sins have caused in our lives, Satan has caused in our lives, sickness, fear, doubt, unbelief, are there waiting for us, waiting for us to think about over and over again, or maybe even to repeat again and again. That is our sinful, human nature. Now, again, if we have asked Him, God has already forgiven us of those past sins, and once God has forgiven a sin, it is forgotten to Him. Satan, however, LOVES to dwell in the past, right? If Satan can keep us in our past, keep us thinking about our past sins, then we cannot bring into captivity every thought to obedience of Christ, and we cannot move forward in our Victory in Christ Jesus, and Satan knows that better than anyone. We combat the power of our sinful nature, and Satan’s influence in our daily lives, with God’s Power, His Word, which tells us, among many other things, to pray fervently, without ceasing. And, more importantly, because our sinful nature is ever present, to turn to God in repentance and pray for forgiveness every day, for the sins we commit every day, mostly unknowingly and/or unwittingly, or involuntarily, in our thoughts. In Genesis 3, we see how Satan operates: Genesis 3:1 “Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made.” The serpent was more subtil than any beast. Let’s see what “subtle” means, from Dictionary.com: “subtil” (subtle): cunning, wily, crafty And, the definition of “cunning”: skill employed in a shrewd or sly manner, as in deceiving. And, the definition of “wily” (wiles): a trick, artifice, or stratagem meant to fool, trap, or entice. Yikes. And, the definition of “crafty”: skillful in underhand or evil schemes; cunning; deceitful; sly. THAT is Satan! Subtle, cunning, wily and underhanded. So, “. . . the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan. . . “ uses trickery to ensnare or deceive us, all the while evading our grasp or pursuit, and, to top it off, he is really good at it. Satan’s sole desire is to drive a wedge between God and His Chosen, and he will take a man’s lifetime to do it if he must. At Genesis 3:15, we see that Satan is not able to kill us: “And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.” So, we can bruise Satan’s head, but he can only bruise our heel. Satan is under our feet, to be stepped on, trampled on. We should stomp on Satan every day, with prayer and God's Word. Amen. Some translations have it as “crush Satan’s head.” Personally, I prefer that translation: We can kill Satan in our lives; remember, resist the devil and he will flee from you. Satan cannot kill us; he can only tempt us, with worldly, material things, and evil, fleshly vices, such as sexual immorality, or fornication. Satan can bruise our heel, and keep us from walking for, or serving, God. Amen. 1 Corinthians 10:13 “There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.” Amen and amen. Satan is only able to tempt us with these worldly things, and he is able to tempt us only so much, because God will not allow us to be tempted more than we can withstand: Our God is amazing and good - all the time. Amen. So, God is moulding us, and we need to let the pieces that Satan has defined as us fall off. Literally, we need to tell Satan to, Get behind us, or better yet, get under our feet, so we can bruise or crush his head. Satan is down at our feet, under our feet; and, we are up in the clouds with Jesus Christ. Amen. We only have two choices of whom to follow in this short life; if we do not choose God, then we are following Satan. There is no gray area. Make no mistake, Satan is trying to groom each and every one of us, and our children as well. If we are not protected by God’s Word, and prayer, then we will not know sin when Satan puts it in front of us. We need to make our first response to Satan's temptation, Godly. Amen. So, my hope and prayer is that we all begin to listen to God’s Word, and pray fervently without ceasing. Repent, surrender to God, and pray every day for forgiveness of our sinful human nature. Start talking to God. I personally pray any time throughout the day, out loud, just walking around the house, or working in the yard. If I’m working on something, I’ll just say, Lord, protect my tomatoes, or we really could use some rain today, Lord, please, if it is Your Will, not my own, in Jesus’ name. Amen. Or, if it gets really windy outside, do as Jesus did, and say, Calm, peace be to you wind, in Jesus’ Name, and watch what happens. Something else along those lines happened to us this summer: We had removed some vines that were growing up the fence in our front yard. Apparently, we unknowingly destroyed a Robin’s nest. Poor thing; she put one of her eggs in a flower pot I had sitting in the driveway, pretty little blue eggs, and the other not far away. We felt so bad. The next day, I was sitting at the computer and I heard this loud racket like something was attacking the house, first at one corner and then the other, and I just knew it was the Robin. I didn’t see her, but I knew it was her. She was angry because we destroyed her home, so she wanted to destroy ours, I guess. I don’t think she could have done much damage to the eaves, but the noise it was making was loud and frightening and intimidating. The first thing that came to my mind was Jesus - thank you, Jesus - so I threw my hands up in the air, and cried out loudly, We didn’t do it on purpose: Peace be to you, robin, calm! In Jesus’ Name. Amen. And, the noise stopped. You can’t make this stuff up. I heard one tiny noise like far away after that, but it stopped, just like that. Hallelujah! Praise God. Thank you, Jesus. Amen. We just noticed the other day that she built a nest on top of the garage door opener. Poor thing was so confused. So, God’s Word is alive, and written for us. There is power in prayer. There is power in God’s Word. These powers are for us. Jesus said we will do even greater things than He did. If we have faith. If we believe in Him. Amen. Our prayers do not have to be specific or elaborate. God is not judging us on our grammar. Meditation on His Word, prayer and worship can, and should, be done all day long, every day. When asked by His apostles how to pray, Jesus replied, pray in this manner: Matthew 6:9, the Lord’s Prayer. “Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, And forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for yours is the kingdom, the power and the glory, for ever. Amen.” Memorize the Lord’s Prayer; pray it often throughout the day; and eventually you will move into a closer relationship with God, and the words will come more easily. If we prayed just this prayer every day, as instructed by jesus, we would be repenting and asking for forgiveness each time. Amen. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: THAT is surrendering to God, repenting, which means to turn away from [sin], and turn to God. Amen. When I first started praying a few years ago, I prayed the Lord's Prayer every day, many times per day, in my head usually, not necessarily out loud, but standing in the kitchen, driving, watching TV, lying in bed, whatever I was doing. When I first started praying it, I could not complete the prayer without worldly thoughts creeping into my head while I was praying, and I would start over from the beginning repeatedly so that I could complete it without interruption. Eventually, I could finish it all at once without other thoughts interrupting. This is called meditation. Repeating something over and over to yourself, until those worldly thoughts no longer creep in, until you can repeat the whole prayer in your head without interruption. This is bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ: when you can think about His Word above all other thoughts. It is possible. Bring Him into your life, into your thoughts, into your jobs, your cars, everywhere, through specific petition and urgent supplication, which simply means specific and urgent prayer, fervently and without ceasing. “Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.” Psalm 19:14 We need to begin to resist the devil and he will flee from us. We resist him by meditating on God’s Word, repenting, and praying for forgiveness. We become "overcomers" when the Holy Spirit has a clean vessel in which to enter. "God speaks once, twice, and no one listens." Be an overcomer today. Praise God. Thank you, Jesus. Amen.
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  Yesterday, Labor Day, I was looking at rumble.com, and I noticed that my "rumbles," which are the same as "likes" and "dislikes" on other social media platforms, my "rumbles" were exactly 2,222. I thought it was interesting, and showed my husband, and thought no more of it. Then, we went out to eat, and to Wal-Mart. Our grocery bill was exactly 222 and change. Now . . . it is starting to get my attention. When we got in the car, I told my husband, half jokingly, that we should play the lottery with 222 and 2222. Yes, I am not perfect, and my mind and thoughts still jump to worldly things. Forgive me, Lord. This is why it so important to have God's Word hidden in your heart, so you do not sin against Him. Psalm 119:11 Later, after we got home, I was checking my email, and there was an email from a prophet that I haven't seen in quite some time. So, I read the email, and God told him to help people move to a new level in their lives in God by sowing seeds into the prophet's training center. By now, you can probably guess how much of a donation he was asking for. Drum roll please . . . $222. You cannot make this stuff up! Now, just a week or two before, God had told me to donate $100, and I was still trying to accomplish that. I had tried at a couple of sites that oddly would not go through, and then this happened with 222. So, let's all strive to be like Jesus: Love your neighbor as yourself, as Jesus loved, with unselfish concern. Do unto others as you would have done to you. And, most importantly, give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over . . . Luke 6:30 As I was finishing this blog up, and looking for an image to put at the top, I wondered what, if any, significance there was to the numbers 2222 and/or 222. Following is an excerpt from biblestudy.org. This website says, among other things, that "The overall meaning of multiple number twos (e.g. 222, 2222, 2:22, and so on) is somewhat unclear in Scripture. They are related, however, to not only the creation of Eve and the first marriage but also to Jesus' return to earth! They additionally reveal how rewards will be distributed upon entering the kingdom of heaven and how we must deal with temptation." The website goes on to say further: Quote: Multiple number twos: "One of Jesus' greatest, yet often misunderstood, use of symbolism is found in Matthew 18. He warns, in verses 8 and 9 of the chapter, that it is better to lose a hand, foot or eye than to have two hands, two feet or two eyes (222) condemn us. Since sin is generated out of thoughts and choices (Matthew 15:18-19), the Lord is not condoning self-mutilation as a way of dealing with sin but rather admonishing us to decisively deal with the temptations that lead to it. Jesus, in Matthew 25's parable of the talents, uses 222 in verse 22 to teach an important lesson about those who enter God's kingdom. And the one who had received two talents also came to him and said, 'Lord, you delivered to me two talents; see, I have gained two other talents besides them' (Matthew 25:22). The man who received two talents doubled his master's money just like the person who got five talents (Matthew 25:16). The Lord rewarded both men equally, showing that he judges and rewards fairly based on what a person does with what he is given (verses 21, 23). Lastly, Jesus uses the example of two men in bed, two women grinding, and two men in a field (222) to warn that many people will be arrested and killed prior to his return to earth (Luke 17:34-36, see also verse 37)." End quote. I have a feeling that this word from God is not yet finished, but I was so excited about how He works in our lives, I could not wait to share it! This is in line with God's words to me: The Millennial Reign, Seventy Years, and others. God truly works in mysterious ways. How does He work in your life? Praise God. Thank you, Jesus. Amen  I did not think to screenshot the "rumbles" on my account until September 8, and by now, the rumbles are up from 2,222 to 2,269, but I wanted to post this screenshot anyway. See next image below from our bank account that shows we spent $222.43 at Wal-Mart on September 6.  And, finally, a screenshot of the email I received the same day, asking for a $222 donation.   Heavenly Father, thank you for your many blessings. Thank you for Your Word, and Your words through me. I pray that all of Your children return to you in obedience, change our hearts, and show by the way we live that we have changed. Matthew 3:8. Let Your children with ears to hear, hear. In Jesus' Mighty Name. Amen. As I was reading the Bible on August 22, 2022, at the book of Ruth, God showed me how the story of Ruth is a comparison to our redemption through Christ. He showed me later, more importantly, how our obedience leads to said redemption. Ruth 4 7 "Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: and this was a testimony in Israel. 8 Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe. 9 And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi. 10 Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day." So, Boaz redeemed Ruth, as was the custom of the time. I did a little research and found an article at corechristianity.com. Following is an excerpt from that article, titled: BOAZ’S REDEMPTION OF RUTH LOOKS FORWARD TO OUR REDEMPTION IN CHRIST "Boaz redeems Ruth in chapter 4:7-10. According to the Law of Moses (Leviticus 25) a relative was to act as a redeemer for any family member who was destitute, widowed or living in poverty. The redeemer would buy back property that person had lost in time of need, so it would be kept in the family. If they were sold into slavery, the redeemer would buy back his freedom. Boaz becomes Ruth’s redeemer. He gets her out of poverty, provides for her, buys back Elimelech’s land and marries Ruth, providing an heir for Elimelech’s line. She is redeemed from poverty to abundance and from hopelessness to a bright future. This is a picture of how Christ redeems us. Where we were meant to face God’s just punishment for our own sins, trusting in Christ, that punishment has been borne by him. He paid our debt of sin on the cross. Ephesians 1:7 says, 'In him (Christ) we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace.' In Christ, we’ve been redeemed from being slaves to sin and from facing God’s wrath to being forgiven in him, knowing his grace and peace. Like Ruth, we’ve been redeemed from spiritual poverty into Christ’s abundant life and from hopelessness and death to true hope and life that is eternal. This gift is ours out of no doing of our own, sheer grace!" End quote. Not only that, as I was finishing this up today, September 1, 2022, I realized the comparison of Ruth to the story of Jesus goes even further. Think about it. Naomi was Jesus in the story. Ruth 1 16 "And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee [Naomi], or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: 17 Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me." So, Ruth followed Naomi, just like the people followed Jesus. Ruth did not want to go back to her family; she was completely committed to Naomi, even vowing to die if anything parted her and Naomi, and accepting Naomi's (Jesus') God as her own God. Hallelujah! Amen. Also, yes, Ruth was redeemed by Boaz as was customary, but why was she really redeemed? Because she was obedient to Naomi. Naomi told her to go glean the leftover grain in the fields, and Ruth obeyed. Naomi told her to lie at the feet of Boaz, and Ruth obeyed. Ruth followed Naomi, was devoted and obedient to her, and she was redeemed. If we follow Jesus, and are obedient to God, we will be redeemed as well. Finally, because you literally cannot make this stuff up, Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior is actually descended from Boaz and Ruth, as shown in the generation of Jesus Christ in Matthew 1 below! God truly works in mysterious ways. Matthew 1 1 "The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. 2 Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren; 3 And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram; 4 And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon; 5 And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse; 6 And Jesse begat David the king;" Hallelujah! Praise God. Thank you, Jesus. Amen.  "And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the Lord: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the Lord, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing." Isaiah 23:18 Heavenly Father, thank you for your many blessings, too many to count. Thank you for Your Word, and your words through me. Let Your children with ears to hear, hear. In Jesus's Mighty Name. Amen.
This morning, as I was reading Judges 9, about how Abimelech, son of Gideon and one of his concubines, killed the seventy other sons of Gideon, and made himself king, God revealed to me that America HAS been under a veil, as I heard prophet Robin Bullock say last year. America, and its people, have been under a veil of blindness for seventy years, from 1952 to 2022. See Isaiah 23:15-18 Here is what happened in 1952, exactly seventy years ago, from onthisday.com:
Queen Elizabeth being included in this list will not now be understood by many, but soon will be understood by all. 1952, seventy years ago, Big Bang theory proposed. It just occurred to me as I was writing that, that I wrote about the Big Bang Theory recently, on July 27, 2022. Click here: God vs. The Big Bang Not this morning, nor since I wrote the July 27 blog, have I even searched for, or seen, anything on the Big Bang Theory; in my mind, the subject was over. But, God will not be denied! In the last few years, I have written at least once that God turned His back on us because we removed Him from our schools in the 60s, among other reasons. As you can see, however, from what happened on April 1, 1952, seventy years ago, the proposal of the Big Bang Theory planted the seed for removing God from our lives completely, not just our schools! "Ivy Mike," the first thermonuclear weapon to utilize the H-bomb design . . . War or Peace. The phrase, There is BIG money in war, has been rattling around in my head lately, and I did not understand the full meaning until a few days ago when God put in my path a 3.5 hour video titled, From JFK to 911: Everything is a rich man's trick. See video on rumble.com by clicking here. Also, I realized as I was rereading this blog, that the last three in the list above were so the elites could control our soul, our mind, and our body. Think about it: body, mind and soul (war, computers and God). Now, I was not going to write this blog when I saw the video. The fact that I even clicked the video to watch it was incredible; my attention span for things such as this is like 10 minutes tops, certainly not 3.5 hours. I watched only about 1.5 hours of the video, and decided I had seen enough. Like I say, if God has a word to be said, it will be said. You can get the gist of the movie by watching just 45 minutes to an hour. So, after watching only 1.5 hours of the video several days ago, and reading chapters and chapters of God's Word since then, God has taken me full circle, back to the video, so I must share it! WAR IS BIG MONEY! And, apparently, war has to be perpetuated for all of eternity, so that the billionaires can remain wealthy. Seventy years ago, "Ivy Mike," a deadly weapon, was created, but as we can see from babyboomers.com below, that was just the beginning of the War Machine in 1952: On this day in 1952, from babyboomers.com:
Yes, a Republican won in 1952: Eisenhower. It seems the prevalence of corruption stemmed from both parties at least as far back as seventy years, although I do not believe that Eisenhower knew exactly what he was getting into when he agreed to run for president. This can be borne out in his subsequent farewell address in January 1961 below. Except from history.com: "In his [Eisenhower's] speech, he spoke of the dangers inherent in what he called the 'military-industrial complex.' Due to the combination of national defense needs with advances in technology, he warned, a partnership between the military establishment and big business threatened to exert an undue influence on the course of the American government. His warnings would go unheeded, however, amid the ongoing tensions of the Cold War era." End quote. Tensions of the Cold War era, which the "military-industrial complex' created! This, of course, proves the crux of the video above, JFK to 911: Everything is a rich man's trick: War is perpetuated to keep the wealthy, wealthy, and the War Machine well-oiled. Those involved in the scheming will do anything at all, including murdering the masses by starting wars, to maintain the status quo, and hide from the world what they have done and are doing. The god of this world did indeed put a veil over America, Americans, and the world, so the light of the glorious gospel of Christ could not shine through. 2 Cor. 4:4. But God, the Father, has heard our cries, and He is removing the veil, so that all can see the Truth, if only for a moment. We can feel the revival in our land. Christians are waking up en masse to the Power of Jesus Christ inside of them. Unbelievers are flocking in droves to hear God's Word and feel His presence. Many will be saved by the blood of Jesus Christ, and many will be cast into outer darkness forever. Isaiah 23 14 Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste. 15 And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot. 16 Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered. 17 And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the Lord will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth. 18 And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the Lord: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the Lord, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing. Her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the Lord. Celebrate! Victory is ours saith the Lord. Praise God. Thank you, Jesus. Amen.  AMEN!  I found this image amusing after reading parts of our government's (NASA specifically) comical theory on man's creation (see link to article below): The Big Bang, and some make-believe inflationary theory, off of which their entire Big Bang theory rests. I challenge anyone to read the entire article, if you can. This article is representative of the corrupt politicians today: Nonsensical: But this, but that, he said, she said, and if, if, if. Never accepting the obvious: But, God! God sits on his throne and laughs at them. Amen. Heavenly Father, Father of Lights, like the stars in heaven, in whom there is no shadow of turning, like the sun, thank you thank you thank you for our many blessings, too many to count. Thank you for the sun, the moon and the stars. Thank you for the signs and seasons. The rainbow. And, the rain. Thank you, Jesus. Amen. I guess God wants me to talk about His wonders on Earth, because yesterday I posted about His rainbow, and, today, He wants me to post about His constellations. "And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also." Genesis 1:16 "[God] which makes Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south." Job 9:9 "Can you bring forth Mazzaroth [possibly, the 12 signs of the Zodiac] in his season? or can you guide Arcturus [the bear constellation] with his sons?" Job 38:32 like God? Can you do any of that? Of course not. Did a big explosion create intelligent design like the constellations? Probably, but just not the way "they" want us to believe. Here is our illustrious government's opinion on our creation, at least the NASA arm of our government: NASA Science: "The Big Bang: (click here for article) One interesting correlation to the Bible I see in the above article is a reference to "deuterium," which apparently is an "isotope of hydrogen." Hydrogen comes from water. What did God create on the fifth day of creation, in the Book of Deuteronomy? Water: the sea, and all sea life. It is almost as if NASA knows it was God who created the heavens, earth and universe, but they do not want to give Him credit. They are blinded by the ruler of this world. I heard Prophet Julie Green say recently that God is getting ready to remove their blinders for a moment, so they can see clearly on which side they stand, good or evil, and make an informed choice. I pray all of God's chosen choose God. Also, another problem with NASA's big bang theory is that it is based entirely, or in large part, on Einstein's theory of relativity, which most scientists now agree is wrong, or at the least, inadequate. Admittedly, I am not learned, or a novice even, in evolution, the big bang theory, or Einstein's theory of relativity, but I am somewhat learned on God and His Word. Even during my darkest days, when I did not know God, and when I denounced Him openly to anyone who would listen, never did I consider evolution or the big bang theory. Why? Because I always knew there was a higher power, a source of all things, and even though I did not specifically call it God, nonetheless I did believe. So, I was lying in bed this morning thinking, as I usually do; this is the time when God often speaks to me, and He did not disappoint this morning. This morning, God said, "If the world was created by mere evolution, or a mere explosion in the universe, then whom, may I ask, created the constellations? Did nature create artwork in the universe? No, I think not. I set the stars in the sky to form the constellations, for signs and seasons, lights on earth, for man, and as an habitation for the angels." God, the Father of Lights, is the creator of the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them. Satan is a liar, and the father of lies. He would love for us to believe that we evolved from fish in the sea, or apes even, or that we magically appeared when some big, unexplained, explosion occurred in the universe. I did not read every word of the above article, but in what I did read, I saw nothing that explained the formation of God's artwork in heaven named the constellations. Coincidence, i.e., the coincidental creation of the constellations? Nope. Coincidences are God-inspired, if you believe in God! Ironically, I do believe there was probably a big explosion that started creation, but it was an explosion of God's Spirit pouring down on earth in Genesis 1. Without God's Spirit, heaven, earth, and all the host of them, including man, are nothing. God is the cohesive force that holds it all together! "And he is before all things, and by him all things consist [reside, live]." Colossians 1:17 Or, the Amplified Version: "And He Himself existed and is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. [His is the controlling, cohesive force of the universe.]" Guess what? God's Spirit is pouring down on earth again, right now. Can you feel it? Do you receive it? How can you tell if you feel it or receive it? Well, it makes you want to fight for God. Be a warrior today! Denounce evil! And, as Jesus said, Defeat evil by doing good! Praise God. Thank you, Jesus. Amen. Peace and blessings, Melanie PS. Also, I would like to point out that this subject is not something that has been on my mind, or that I have been studying, or even read about recently in the Bible. It is just something God wanted spoken today. Praise God. Amen.  Heavenly Father, Father of Lights, in whom there is no shadow of turning, thank you for Your Word, and thank you for Your words through me. Let Your children with ears to hear, hear. In Jesus' Mighty Name. Amen. What does a rainbow represent to you? Do you have a rainbow flag, or any other rainbow fodder lying around the house, or in your yard/garden? Or, have you been intimidated, for lack of a better word, into not recognizing rainbows, except in the sky? What does the rainbow represent to God? Unlike Jesus' comment that the Sabbath was made for man, man was not made for the Sabbath, the rainbow was made for man; man was not made for the rainbow! The rainbow was God's covenant with mankind that He would never again flood the Earth. God said, When He sees the rainbow, it will remind him of this covenant. I was listening to Robin Bullock this morning, and it reminded me how sad it is that many Christians, me included, have let the LGBT community hijack God's rainbow, God's promise to mankind. God did not create the rainbow to glorify the LGBT community. I love rainbows! I think it is time we take back the rainbow, in Jesus' Mighty Name! We are in the 21st Century Exodus, and it is time to plunder our enemies, and take back what is ours. To be clear, our enemies are not the LGBT community. Our enemies are in the spiritual realm; this is a spiritual war: "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places." Ephesians 6:12 How do we plunder the spiritual realm? Apostle Paul gives us an idea: 2 Cor. 10 4 "(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;" For the weapons of our [Christians] warfare are not carnal [manmade, fleshly]. Our weapons are reading God's Word, the Bible, which is how He talks to us; and, praying without ceasing, which is how we talk to Him. I started writing about "God's Rainbow" on July 23, 2022, because honestly I was irked that the demons in the LGBT community have hijacked the rainbow, and I wanted to take it back (and still do). I never posted the July 23 "God's Rainbow" blog because I never finished it. Of course, now I know why I never finished it, because God was not yet finished with His word on the subject. So, I never posted the rainbow blog, but on July 24, 2022, I posted a blog titled "Delight God Today," which you can read by clicking here. This blog is about an online chat I had with someone I do not know on rumble.com about abortion and God. It was not until today, July 26, 2022, that I realized the crux of what God was trying to get through to me, which is that the world is ungodly. Yes, right, I know. Everyone knows that, but does everyone really understand it? What do Christians get from God? We get many things: love, light, peace, hope, mercy, grace, compassion, understanding, wisdom, abundance, the promise of eternal life, blessings, and more. But, what God has shown me in this scenario is that what we get, the one thing that sets us apart from the animals really, is morals: knowing the difference between right and wrong; a moral compass, without which . . . well, without which men have nothing but evil thoughts in their hearts continually, as God said, and as can be seen in my July 24 chat on rumble.com (link above), where crazysquirrelusa admits they use aborted baby parts (components) in many industries; and, says that morals, right and wrong, good and evil, are matters of perspective, and asks what right is it of mine to question the murder of unborn babies? Remember, God was removed from our schools in the 60s; not long after, abortion became legal. Since then, it has been a rapid spiral downward into satanism in our movies, video games, music, schools, news, social media, even commercials. Everything flooding us with the ungodly. I read somewhere that only 13% of children today know who God is, compared to 58% in the 60s, when they removed Him from our schools. It is no surprise that many Christians feel like the odd ball out, because it seems as though everyone around us is cheering for evil: cheating, lying, murdering, stealing; cheering and celebrating, and we are on the outside looking in, wondering how on earth we could be the only sane people on earth? This is what Satan wants us to see and believe; this is Satan's reality, not God's, and Satan's reality is collapsing. Praise God. Amen. Something else I want to point out is that this journey with God's Rainbow began on July 23 and ended on July 26, three days later. Was I in some kind of hell for three days, trying to understand what God was telling me? I do not believe that the three days is a coincidence, as this is not the first time He has given me a word over a three-day period. Click here and here to see additional words from God to me over three days. So, the world is in darkness, blinded by the ruler of this world, Satan. The world needs us, God's Children, God's Light. God has chosen us for this very day, to shine, shine, shine, and to make the world shine! As I have written previously, Christians are the 2.5 billion batteries in God's (flash)light. God is coming back! Back to our schools! Back to our hearts! Back to our homes! Back to the world! Teach God's moral compass to the world! Jesus said, What I tell you in the darkness, shout it from the housetops. Praise God. Thank you, Jesus. Amen.  As I have written before, in 2019, God called me to be a warrior for the unborn babies. Since Satan groomed me most of my Life to be a recluse (a topic for another blog), the best way I knew to fight abortion at the time was on social(ism) media: Facebook and Twitter, specifically in replying to hateful, evil comments on posts. Although I am no longer on facebook or twitter, I still comment occasionally on rumble.com. Recently, I am seeing a lot more ungodly comments, denouncing God even. If these ungodly, satanic platforms are going to continue to operate, then they really need to see God's Word as well. The following is not a typical conversation about abortion. crazysquirrelusa is actually reasonably civilized compared to most of the conversations I have with pro-choicers. Even though it is not typical, it is a good representation of the ungodliness abounding on these social(ism) media platforms. This conversation took place today, July 24, 2022. You can see from the screenshots below that AtomicCracker started the conversation, followed by crazysquirrelusa, and then me, FaithfulLambs:         End of that conversation for now. I am sure crazysquirrelusa will have more to say. God called me to be a Warrior! Has He called you? Are you listening? “I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not.” Isaiah 66:4 Delight God today, for tomorrow is not promised. Peace, light and love, Melanie ALGORITHM IS NOT MAN'S RHYTHM (part 2) |
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