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Pray For America!

This devotion is from a great friend of mine:

As believers, it is our responsibility to pray for America, ALWAYS, not just in times of national crisis. Without diminishing the importance of the Supreme Court or the Congress or the President, they are not the source of our future or our hope. Only God and the Power of the Holy Spirit, working in our lives of citizens can sustain the strength and the future of this nation.

James 5:16 encourages us that “the effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much,” and throughout the Bible we see how true these words are. Prayers moved the Hand of God and changes came to nations, leaders, laws, and individuals. The greatest thing anyone can do for God and man IS pray. It is not the only thing, but it IS the chief thing.

First, as God’s people, we must humble ourselves and confess to God the sins of our nation as well as our own lives, our being self-centered, lusts, addictions, the love of the world, and any area in which we are disobeying His Word. God has said, “If My people who are called by My Name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My Face, and turn away from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and forgive their sin and heal their land,” (2 Chronicles 7:14).

Second, we must pray for our leaders and authorities. Ask our Lord to give His Wisdom, Protection, and Direction to the President, Congress, state and local officials, judges, as well as all those whom God has raised up to lead His People. If we see nonbelievers taking control of the government, passing laws that violate the Laws of God, and jeopardizing our God-given freedoms, our order and duty is to intercede and take action, fervently praying, trusting God to restore His Presence to our nation and communities.

Third, we must pray that our Lord will work in a powerful way in the hearts of believers and people from all walks of life. Only God has the power to free people from the sins that destroy their lives as well as the foundations of righteousness. Fourth, we must pray for families, for school systems, for the military, for our emergency response teams, for our police men and women, our health givers, and for ALL the vital aspects of our society. Be aware of what is going on, and REALLY help them and pray!

My thoughts and prayers are that you stand up for Christ! That you be like Christ! That you also fervently pray with others in His House! This may cause you to suffer and be ridiculed by the world. Whatever you may go through, it will not hold a candle’s light up to the suffering and death on His Cross that our Lord, Jesus Christ went through, just for YOU! THANK GOD HE IS RISEN! Thank God He IS our Refuge in times such as these! Share Him with others. DO NOT HESITATE! In Jesus’ Name. Thy Will be done. Amen. Peace.“

God Keeps His Promises :)

How many times do we look around and see reminders that God always keeps His Promises. Evil may try to use these reminders to it’s own end, but God will always triumph!

Rainbows are one way that God reminds us that He will always keep His Promises. They are everywhere-if we look. I see Rainbows everyday and I think that many can-if they look. Rainbows aren’t something that just appear occassionally in the sky. And Rainbows most certainly do NOT belong to the LGBTQ. They belong to God because He created them to remind us of His Promises. Just as God shares them with us to give us hope 🙂

Rainbows appear in my house and in my life all the time. On my ceiling, on my walls, on the roads, on a road sign, in a cup of water…

But it is my choice to see them and to allow them to remind me that God is here and will never let me down. For God keeps ALL of His Promises. Seeing God’s Rainbows can give us Hope – if we let it. For God wants us to always have hope – because He loves us 🙂

Look for the Rainbow in your life and the times God has kept His Promise to you 🙂

Faith Without Works Is Dead!

“In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.”-James 2:17

” For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.”- Ephesians 2:8-9

When I was younger, these verses seemed as if they were in contrast to one another, but as I grew older, I realized they were in harmony. I am Saved by God alone, but IF I am Truly Saved, there will be “works” in my life.

And they will be “works” I want to do 🙂

Living my faith all week instead of just Sunday, helping an older person carry groceries, smiling at a stranger, reaching out to encourage another, a phone call to brighten s friend’s day, reading the Bible each day and sharing it, attending church and focusing on what we can give, rather than just what we can take…These can be all intentional “works”.

I am sure that there are plenty more “works” available to choose from, each person can choose whatever “works” for them 🙂 .

I lived next door to a friend of mine for 15 years. Everytime someone moved into the neighborhood, she brought them dinner. A kindness most never forgot. And wouldn’t you know, we ended up attending her church, and so did many of our neighbors 🙂

A last word. Doing “works” has always brought me far more joy than I ever felt I gave. It almost seemed an act of selfishness, because it made me so happy! But that is how it is when you are living in the Will of God. The Happiness and Peace we receive surpasses all understanding 🙂

Coincidence Or “God-incidence”?

I took this photo one evening when I was sitting on the couch. I was sicker then usual and just not up to doing to much. The sun poured in our backdoor, as it did every night. And then I noticed the Cross on the box. I can’t even begin to express how it filled me with peace and happiness. I wasn’t any better physically, but I was much better spiritually and emotionally 🙂

So often, this is how God works in our daily lives. And we have a choice, to believe or not to believe. There are some who would choose to believe the Cross on the box was simply an accident. A trick of the sun…

But there are some who would realize Jesus was letting us know that He was there with us, and knew exactly what was happening in our life and walking through it with us :).

To believe or not to believe. God gave us the choice and we must choose. If we want a forever life filled with happiness, we must choose Christ 🙂

Should We Send Our Children To Public School?

NO!

There was a time when we had a wonderful public school system. I sent my children to one in their younger years. But the public school system has, sadly, changed. It used to know that some topics such as gay sex, CRT, abortion, morality-these subjects were left up to the parents to teach, because the children belonged to their parents, not the schools!. But now the public schools seem to think the children belong to them! They are wrong!

Now many public schools actively teach students as young as pre-school that the Bible is wrong. And your child, in many cases, is going to believe them! They are their teachers! We, their parents, placed them there to learn. Since our children trust us to only act in their best interest-our children will assume school to be a good place. But it’s not! At least, not anymore.

An education that destroys our children’s faith in Jesus and the Bible is worse than meaningless-it’s harmful. If our children believe them; they may very well grow up, only to end up in hell! All because of what they learned in school!

The sad thing, is that as mothers, we love our children more than we ever thought was possible. Life wasn’t supposed to be like this. We were supposed to have our babies and then send them to school. But our nation has changed and we need to protect our children.

We need to get America’s children out of school now! Whether it is a private school, an online school or homeschool – matters not. But we need to get them out of the cesspool that public schools have become!

Math and Reading will matter little, if they have no faith!

Children are one of God’s Greatest Gifts to us and our own faith in God requires us to protect them!

Faith Over Fear!

“Our God is fighting for us. So who can be against us! “When trials come, your Will be done”

“Our God is fighting for us. So wo can be against us. The work is done, your love has won”

These two quotes are from a song called All My Days by Unveiled worship.

Our time is coming, pray and trust! God loves us and His love will win!

“Let The Light Break Through” :)

Judges 7:16-19 Then he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a shofar into every man’s hand, with empty pitchers, and torches inside the pitchers. And he said to them, “Look at me and do likewise; watch, and when I come to the edge of the camp you shall do as I do: When I blow the shofar, I and all who are with me, then you also blow the shofars on every side of the whole camp, and say, ‘The sword of the LORD and of Gideon!’ ” So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the outpost of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just as they had posted the watch; and they blew the shofars and broke the pitchers that were in their hands.

“Another great devotional from Worth Devotionals. You can sign up for them here: Worthy Briefs

“When God called Gideon to lead Israel against their enemies, He wanted to show that a small army empowered by God was more effective than the largest armies. But notice how they fought – without weapons that an army would normally use. They fought with shofars and lamps! They fought with weapons that the world would consider ineffective, yet triumphed mightily over their enemies. They shouted as loud as they could, sounded the shofar, and broke the vessels that held the fire so that their lamps burst through with brightness.

This breaking of the lamps of clay holds a powerful metaphor for us. If we too are “earthen vessels” holding the fire of God – the Spirit of God within us, then a “breaking” of the outer man is necessary for His inner light to burst through. Victory can come out of brokenness. Our old life of self, often called the “old man”, when truly crucified and broken, will give way to the release of the Lord’s Spirit of God in our lives. The death of our Lord has broken the power of our self-life since we were crucified with Him. Walking in that awareness brings light and victory.

Let the love, joy, peace, and all the fruit of the Spirit breakthrough in your life. Your old life of Self has been and is being broken, as Yeshua’s victorious light shines through your earthen vessel”

Don’t Be Silent!

May 26, 2022

Luke 17:28-30 So also as it was in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built; but the day Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from the heaven and destroyed them all. Even so it shall be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed.

Another great devotional by Worth Briefs. You can sign up to receive them here: Worth Briefs

“Yeshua (Jesus) gave us some signs and indications of what society would look like just before His return. One sign was the sign of Lot.

In Genesis, we read that Lot decided to reside in Sodom, where society had become so detestable before God that He destroyed that city and the cities of the plain with fire and brimstone. While Lot was ‘vexed daily’ [2 Peter 2:7-8] because of the evil that surrounded him, there is another aspect of this passage that I’d like to expound upon.

When God revealed to Abraham his intention to destroy the cities [Genesis 18:22-33], Abraham interceded with the Lord such that if merely ten righteous souls were found there, God would relent from his terrible judgment.

Just ten souls … and the cities would have been spared. Did Lot allow his community to silence him? This is the question I’d like to explore. While the Scriptures do not allude to it, I can only wonder that if Lot had preached the righteousness which burned in him, he might have preempted the wrath which Sodom’s sins were piling up.

Is one of the signs of this age that we who walk in the righteousness of Yeshua will be silenced by a society growing in evil and iniquity day by day? Apparently, it doesn’t take much these days to be “silenced”, at least not in the vast world of social networking. I was recently banned from Facebook for 30 days … why, I don’t know, but I cannot help but wonder which post was deemed unacceptable! Nevertheless, I will not allow society to silence me. We are called to be a light on a hill … not to hide our light under a bushel. It is not a time to be silent, but rather to be ever more resolved to share the good news of the gospel, even as never before, in the spirit of grace and truth!

Don’t be discouraged with the rapid decay of society around you, but realize this is merely a sign of the times. May the Lord continue to speak through you to reach this world around us … for we are not called to be silent!“

Will America be the new Sodom? Don’t be silent! For America’s future is up to each on of us and our Lord!

Learning To See People Through God’s Eyes

God sees not just what people are today, but what they could become tomorrow and what they were yesterday, but we don’t.

Sometimes we meet someone in the worst season of their life. And understandably we don’t like them, but we do need to love them. Just like God loves us! Because just as we need to be loved during our most difficult times, people we meet also need to be loved the most -during their worst seasons!

With the help of God and through His Grace, our Faith can grow during these difficult times. And often, this growth is exactly what helps our compassion and love grow for others.

“If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that.”-Luke 6:32-33

If we do tis, then we can emerge from these difficult days with a stronger Faith in God, in each other and in ourselves, and the ability to share that with others 🙂

“Leave It With God”

Because God Loves Us 🙂

I must share with you that sometimes I am better at this than others. And sometimes, often, I end up taking a “worry” back a few times before I am finally able to “leave it with our Lord”.

We all do this sometimes. We want to “leave things with God” , but we take them back. We have a specific solution in mind and we want that one, lol. We are not sure we want God’s solution…

But the truth is, God’s solution is always better! For God can see all the yesterdays, todays, and the tomorrows. God can see every life that will be touched. We can’t. So we need to leave our problems with the Lord and Trust that He loves us enough that His solution will be the best!

Does that mean we can’t pray for someone to get well? Of course not! But our prayers should always also include “God’s Will Be Done”. Because even in this case, God will know what is truly the best thing not only for the person who is sick, but for all who love that person.

Thank you God for loving us that much ?