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Please pray for the people of Ukraine. Many of the embassies are closed, including the U.S. Embassy and many of Europe’s embassies as well. A large attack is expected, and whether we have been supporting the funding of the war in Ukraine or not, it does not matter. What matters is that the families of Ukraine need your prayers because they are suffering so.

When flesh rips, it hurts horrifically. When people bleed, they suffer and are horribly frightend. Because so much of the power for electricity has been destroyed, many do not have heat. Can we imagine the cold? And what about the mother and father whose heart breaks because they can not keep their child warm. And imagine how they feel when they realize they can no longer protect their child!And when their child dies, there are just no words to describe the kind of pain that those who love that child go through! Please pray for all of them.

So many of those who fight in Ukraine are someone’s child. And those parents suffer horrifically. And the 25 year old soldier suffers as well. Wounds can hurt unbearably, whether they be physical or emotional. Please pray for the soldiers and their families as well.

The Ukranian families could so easily be us. The distance that our enemies are from us will only protect us for so long. And before our nation can expect God to protect us, we must turn our nation back to the Lord, before it is too late.

Please pray for the families of Ukraine and pray for our nation as well.

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“Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and on the cloud sat One like the Son of Man, having on His head a golden crown, and in His hand a sharp sickle.”-Revelation 14:14

Are we ready? Because the Great Harvest WILL come. Will we be part of the good Harvest, the grain harvest, which enters Heaven? Or will we be part of the winepress and go to Hell? It’s our choice, given to us by God Himself.

Jesus loves the lost and reaches out to them all. But if we refuse His Help, if we refuse to allow Jesus to Save us, then we will one day face the consequences.

If we follow Jesus, we must love those He loves and so we must love the lost while they are lost. Let it be said that we did the very best we could to love our neighbors well 🙂

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“⁴ I looked, and there before me was a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was one like a son of man^[a] with a crown of gold on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. ¹⁵ Then another angel came out of the temple and called in a loud voice to him who was sitting on the cloud, “Take your sickle and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is ripe.” ¹⁶ So he who was seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.”-Revelation 14-16

Here we read the Bible Verses regarding the “good” harvest. There is also verses regarding those who are not with Jesus:

“⁷ Another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. ¹⁸ Still another angel, who had charge of the fire, came from the altar and called in a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, “Take your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the earth’s vine, because its grapes are ripe.” ¹⁹ The angel swung his sickle on the earth, gathered its grapes and threw them into the great winepress of God’s wrath. ²⁰ They were trampled in the winepress outside the city, and blood flowed out of the press, rising as high as the horses’ bridles for a distance of 1,600 stadia.-Revelation 17-20“

One question for us all-is which Harvest will we choose to be a part of?

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“ So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth.”-Revelation 3:16

It is rare that God’s Word is so horribly descriptive (vomit). Clearly from the verse, God does not want or like “lukewarm” Christians. God wants our hearts to be on fire for Him. He wants us to follow Him enthusiastically and completely.

So what are a few of the steps we can take to avoid this “lukewarm” state?

We can pray-daily. We can read God’s Word-daily. We can do our very best to obey God’s Word-daily. Notice a pattern here; it’s a daily effort!

We can avoid sin and repent daily. We can ask God to “Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.”-Psalm 51:10

We can:

“‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ ³⁸ This is the first and greatest commandment. ³⁹ And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.'”-Matthew 22: 37-39

Remember, Love can also be an action verb.

Being “hot” for the Lord is a daily commitment and a way of life. One we need to choose if we truly want to Follow Jesus.

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“Try that in a small town” by Jason Aldean is a great reminder about how far this nation fell. What kind of country did we become that we accepted and tried to justify such bad and violent behavior.

People tried to assassinate President Trump twice; some say three times. It doesn’t matter which party. Someone tried to murder a human being! What kind of country have we become that we seem to accept this with ease?

Evil has grown like a cancer for a long time in our country. Electing a new President is not going to change that overnight. The time God has given us is precious; we need to treasure it and use every second of it to turn our nation back to God. And keep it there!

God’s Mercies are new every morning; will it finally be morning in America?

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If 57% voted FOR the abortion amendment that would allow abortions even in the third trimester in Florida, not to mention seven other states voting FOR abortion issues on the ballot, have we really changed? Our mandate as Christians was and is to put God First.

Are we?

Or are we putting our own selfish desires first instead?

Who is coming first in this scenario? Following God’s Commandments or our own?

Time is a Gift from God! What we do with it is our gift to God!

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The mission remains the same:

And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment. ³¹ And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”-Mark12:30-31

Someone said, “we, as Christians should be different”. And we need to be different. We need to love not just our neighbor, but even our enemy. Loving does not require that we mislead people by telling them that wrong is right. In fact, if we truly love them, the last thing we would want to do is mislead them.

But loving does require a lot. We need to reach out and help one another. Feed the hungry. Tend to the wounded and the sick. Comfort the widow. Hug those who need it. Smile at strangers. Listen to the sorrows of those who need to be heard…

We are still Citizens of Heaven FIRST and America second. Our loyalty belongs to God FIRST. What does that mean? It means many things, but those things include Trusting and Obeying God in all things.

One warning. “Evil does not sleep, it waits. And in the moment of our complacency, it blinds us”.

So Pray now that the Holy Spirit will help us to see the Truth of what is happening in this world and see it, before it’s too late.

There is another quote by a famous statesman, “The only thing needed for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing”

No matter what lies ahead, there is always something we can do. And one of the most powerful things we can do is Pray In Jesus’ Name!

“Prepare To Stand!”–Andrew Brunson

My prayer for each person that I love is that they will be just as happy with their vote in March of 2025 as they are today.

Above America, we are first and foremost Citizens of Heaven, and as such, answerable to God for all that we do. And that includes voting.

We will be held accountable for our vote today by God Himself.

We need to Pray for ourselves, Pray for one another and Pray for our country!

So often, those who do not accept Jesus as their Savior cite their reason as their wish to be “free” to do as they wish. But freedom without responsibility does not lead us to a happy place.

God gave us “Guardrails” for a reason. He loves us and wants us to be happy. Let’s take an easy one. One of God’s Guardrails is “do not murder” (Exodus 20:13). As we all know, murder does not lead to a happy place! Not only are we filled with a guilt that does not go a way, at least not on its own, but we run the risk of life in prison or the death penalty. And it’s just not us that suffer, it’s all those who love us!

There is another type of murder. Abortion. Abortion does not lead to a happy place for the woman involved. And certainly not for the baby. The baby is murdered by its own mother. The baby involved will never have its First Christmas. The baby involved will never roll down a hill of grass for the First Time or ride a bike for the First Time. The baby involved will miss so much and know that its mother murdered her or him.

The woman involved will always know that she murdered her child. And even if she doesn’t realize that she is murdering her child at the time, she will realize it one day.

Does Jesus forgive abortion, absolutely. But every woman that has an abortion suffers, and remembers. And because God loves them; He doesn’t want them to suffer so!

In the Bible, it says, “Do not murder”(Exodus 20:13). This command is just one of a number of God’s Guardrails. He made us and so He knows what will bring us happiness and murder won’t. And because He made us, God knows that our disobedience of His “Guardrails” will only bring us pain. So it’s our choice. Obey His “Guardrails” or suffer the consequences.

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It’s November 1, 2024, and the results of the most important election America has ever faced will soon be known.

What are True Christians to do?

And while there appears to be much anger and fear in the air, regardless of the outcome, whether it is Trump or Harris, our mission as Christians remains the same.

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”-Mark 12:30-31

Notice it does not say above, “love your neighbor as yourself“, as long as they are “good”. Jesus came for the sinners, because we are all sinners. Fortunately for us, Jesus loves us all. We need to do the same, now and in the future. No matter the election outcome.

So what does that mean exactly? Don’t we feed those we love and tend to their wounds? Don’t we reach out to them and hug them? Don’t we listen to their cries of pain and confusion?

And don’t we tell them the Truth.

Hell is a very real place with very real suffering, that lasts for all eternity. Don’t we tell those we love the “Truth” and Pray for them to accept Jesus as their Savior so that they can avoid this horrific suffering?

If we truly love our neighbor, we do all of this and more. And because we love God; we also love God’s People.

And God loves every single person, so need to do the same 🙂

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