Thursday, December 29, 2011

The First Prayer In Congress

O - Lord our Heavenly Father, high and mighty King of kings, and Lord of lords, who dost from Thy throne behold all the dwellers on earth and reignest with power supreme and uncontolled over all the Kingdoms, Empires and Governments; look down in mercy, we beseech Thee, on these our American States, who have fled to Thee from the rod of the oppressor and thrown themselves on Thy gracious protection, desiring to be henceforth dependent only on Thee, to Thee have they appealed for the righteousness of their cause; to Thee do they now look up for that countenance and support, which Thou alone canst give; take them, therefore, Heavenly Father, under Thy nurturing care; give them wisdom in Council and valor in the field; defeat the malicious designs of our cruel adversaries; convince them of the unrighteousness of their cause and if they persist in their sanguinary purposes, of Own unerring Justice, sounding in their hearts, constrain them to drop the weapons of war from their unnerved hands in the day of battle! Be Thou present, O God of Wisdom, and direct the councils of this honorable assembly; enable them to settle things on the best and surest foundation. That the scene of blood may be speedily closed; that order, harmony and peace may be effectually restored, and Truth and Justice, religion and piety, prevail and flourish amongst the people. Preserve the health of their bodies and vigor of their minds; shower down on them and the millions they here represent, such temporal Blessings as Thou seest expedient for them in this world and crown them with everlasting glory in the world to come. All this we ask  In the Name and through the Merits of Jesus Christ, Thy Son and our Savior.

 Amen

 By Jacob Duche Rector of Christ Church of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
 September 7, 1774, 9 o'clock a.m.

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

'Tis The Season

Matthew 19:29 And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My name’s sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life.
My holy people, 'Tis the season and I am increasing your ability to give.
Understand that there is a powerful principle at work in each of you ... the power to give. I have given you each the power to give something. Some of you will give time. Others will give possessions. Some will give houses and lands. Some will give those close to them. Even others will give the closest and most treasured items. Some will give much. Some will give little. All will give.
This power to give is largely representative of how much grace I have poured out upon you. I have given you the power to give in measure to the heart I have placed within you. So don't think it is a strange thing how I have given you this desire to give. You see, I gave. I gave My life, a ransom for many, that men and women, boys and girls, old and young, rich and poor, may be saved. I have done this and this gave me the ability to make a difference with my life.
The greatest measure of fulfillment of divine purpose in your life, is how you were able to exercise the power to give.
Without giving (a tangible expression of love) there is no real faith. For love without expression is a dead thing. But love expressed through giving is a living thing. It is a picture of Me at work in the world. Give what your heart desires. 'Tis the season.

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Beyond Grief

A Celebration of Life in Memory of
Jesse Allan Wiseburn
12/27/1979-12/09/2006
II Samuel 12:20-23
20 Then David got up from the ground. After he had washed, put on lotions and changed his clothes, he went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they served him food, and he ate.

 21 His attendants asked him, “Why are you acting this way? While the child was alive, you fasted and wept, but now that the child is dead, you get up and eat!”
 22 He answered, “While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept. I thought, ‘Who knows? The LORD may be gracious to me and let the child live.’ 23 But now that he is dead, why should I go on fasting? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”

And so it was today, I went to church with my sister, Becky, to celebrate the life of her son, Jesse. We lost Jesse 5 years ago. Today was a celebration of the Lord's magnificent blessing in giving Jesse to us for his short  26 years.

What the Lord is encouraging us to do today is to stop mourning over what has happened in the past and to make the decision to live today and everyday for the rest of our lives. He is telling us not to ruin the time we have left by grieving what has been lost.

He has sustained us to get beyond grief. And for that, we praise Him and give all the glory to Him!
Thank You, Jesus!

Friday, December 9, 2011

A Rustproof Heart

How do you rustproof the heart? You simply add a "t" and turn rust to trust.
1 Do not fret because of those who are evil
   or be envious of those who do wrong;
2 for like the grass they will soon wither,
   like green plants they will soon die away.

 3 Trust in the LORD and do good;
   dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.
4 Take delight in the LORD,
   and he will give you the desires of your heart.

 5 Commit your way to the LORD;
   trust in him and he will do this:
6 He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn,
   your vindication like the noonday sun.

 7 Be still before the LORD
   and wait patiently for him;
do not fret when people succeed in their ways,
   when they carry out their wicked schemes.

 8 Refrain from anger and turn from wrath;
   do not fret—it leads only to evil.
9 For those who are evil will be destroyed,
   but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.

 10 A little while, and the wicked will be no more;
   though you look for them, they will not be found.
11 But the meek will inherit the land
   and enjoy peace and prosperity.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

The Road To Wisdom

1 My son, if you accept my words
   and store up my commands within you,
2 turning your ear to wisdom
   and applying your heart to understanding—
3 indeed, if you call out for insight
   and cry aloud for understanding,
4 and if you look for it as for silver
   and search for it as for hidden treasure,
5 then you will understand the fear of the LORD
   and find the knowledge of God.
6 For the LORD gives wisdom;
   from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
7 He holds success in store for the upright,
   he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,
8 for he guards the course of the just
   and protects the way of his faithful ones.
 9 Then you will understand what is right and just
   and fair—every good path.
10 For wisdom will enter your heart,
   and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

Friday, December 2, 2011

Arise From The Rubble!

My holy people; leaders have become unfaithful and are leading many to be unfaithful. No longer seeking Me, no longer consulting Me, no longer taking direction from Me, they have pursued other lovers and have become imitators and duplicators. Taking what others have learned and try to implement according to what others have done, rather than seeking Me, having relationship with Me, and consulting Me. No longer equipping gifts, these have become blind leaders, leading blind followers into the ditch.
Where are those that actually seek Me? There are very few who seek Me. Most seek the preachers and what they have to say. And these preachers take what other famous preachers have learned and teach these things as though they were received from Me. They wonder secretly why things do not work well. Is it any wonder?
My holy people; this has gone on for generation after generation after generation and the time for change is now. Do not be surprised when things take a turn for the worse in America. All is not lost, but things must change. I am continuing to shake, to remove and to cleanse. I am blowing out the chaff, making ready a people that will do exploits in My Name. The imitators and duplicators will not do these things; only those who have spent time in My Presence and who know My Great Heart.
A promise to My remnant: religion is about to fall in America. Rejoice, for what I am about to do. Do not fear, but realize it is taking a severe shaking to remove what needs to be removed. Get close to Me. Stay close to Me. That is the place of safety. Leader's hearts will fail them. Don't look there for your safety, but look to Me. For some of you, this is the first time you will truly be following Me, instead of following self-imposed leaders. I will raise up fathers that will teach their spiritual children the truth of following Me, of learning of Me, of following My ways instead of the ways of religion. Much has been substituted for following Me. Much has been taught instead of following Me. Much has been used instead of Christ. Instead-of Christ [anti-christ] is ruling instead of Me in many, many hearts. Therefore, make yourselves ready.
It is time to arise from the rubble, cleanse yourselves, separate yourselves unto Me, consecrate yourselves to Me, renew your vows before Me. I will prove Myself faithful and am certain to raise up new equippers who will do what I desire, rather than try to manage My people like pigs.

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Give Thanks To The Lord!


Psalm 106:1
Praise the Lord! O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever!

Sunday, November 20, 2011

It Is Time To Open Your Eyes

1 As God’s co-workers we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain. 2 For he says,“In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.”  I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation. 3 We put no stumbling block in anyone’s path, so that our ministry will not be discredited. 4 Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships and distresses; 5 in beatings, imprisonments and riots; in hard work, sleepless nights and hunger; 6 in purity, understanding, patience and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love; 7 in truthful speech and in the power of God; with weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left; 8 through glory and dishonor, bad report and good report; genuine, yet regarded as impostors; 9 known, yet regarded as unknown; dying, and yet we live on; beaten, and yet not killed; 10 sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.


My holy people; there are a few things that you need to understand. Namely, how I use My gifts throughout the earth to do My bidding. Do you desire to do My bidding or do you wish to establish your own kingdom instead of Mine? If you desire to establish My Kingdom, then listen and pay attention. Otherwise, it would be good for you to find repentance and return to the highest place in Me.


If you desire to establish My Kingdom, then you have to die. Everything about you must die. Yes even your fine vision of what you would like to do. I desire that you establish My Kingdom wherever you go, not your own, and as such everything that motivates you beside Me must die. Yes even your motivations must die.
If you have prayed saying you want to make a difference, then you may find yourself in a crazy set of circumstances. If you find people loving you and hating you. If you find yourself in a position where people make all kind of unreasonable accusations against you. If you find yourself disappointed with yourself but unashamedly excited about Me. If these things and more are in play, then realize it is exactly where I want you to be. This is the place where you have laid down your own life and you are allowing Me to be seen clearly through what you are doing.
The world is at enmity against Me. That means they have a pure hatred of Me. When people get a clear glimpse of Me, they either love Me or they hate Me. There is no middle ground. I desire to be seen clearly through your life. So expect this outcome, My holy people. Do not become confused or confounded. I am working in you and through you to display My life to those around you. Yield to this work.
I have not chosen the folks the world would choose. I have not used conventional wisdom to choose who My gifts will be. Instead I use unique and often confounding wisdom to choose who I choose. The broken. The passionate. The downtrodden. The obviously incomplete. These are just a few of the characteristics of those who I choose to be My gifts to the Church, to My Church.
It is time you understand who are Mine and who are there by way of self-promotion. It is time you understand who really love you in My Name and who are merely hirelings. Most likely you know some of what goes on in people's lives, but I am the only one who truly sees it all. All of life is open to Me, every detail. Those who really love you in My Name have endured much hardship to get to where they are in their life. I have used these things to bring about a heart that can relate to Me and be truly broken for others, rather than focus on self and its deceptions. My holy people; many of the gifts I have chosen for My Church remain unrecognized and untapped because to many these people could never be "somebody". I don't look for "somebody". I look for those that will be real and will openly display their lives before others. I choose those who will remain true to Me, to My Kingdom and have a genuinely broken heart for those I send them to.
So don't be praying for "somebody". Pray that I will open your eyes to see as I see and to recognize what I am doing. Ask that your blind eyes be opened to those around you that I have sent. It is time to open your eyes.

Hearts On Fire

Reading from the Book of Romans 12:9-11
9 Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good. 10 Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another; 11 not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;

Romans 12:11 instructs us to be aglow and burn with the Spirit as we serve the Lord. In order to do this, we have to have our "hearts on fire." How do we keep our "hearts on fire?" I have discovered that the Word of God coming out of my own mouth in the form of prayer, praise or confession is the best way. I can fan the fire. It stirs up the gift within me, keeps the fire aflame, and prevents my spirit from sinking within me. Staying thankful also keeps me enthusiastic.

Also, stay active. There is no point in putting off doing things until later. This is an expression of passivity, and it is one of the greatest tools Satan uses against God's people. The more passive we are, the more our flames diminish. Procrastination and laziness are the cousins of passivity, and they usually all attack in a group. Passive people wait to be moved by an outside force before they take action. But we are to be motivated and led by the Holy Spirit within us, not by outside forces. The best way to be on guard against the spirit of passivity is to do what we need to do now, and do it with all our might.

Remember, everything we do is to be done unto the Lord and for His glory. We should do it through Him, to Him, for Him and with Him. And we should do it willingly, stirred up, and our "hearts on fire".

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Living By Faith and God's Sovereignty

I use this organization's (Church of the Great God) resources sometimes for reference or perspective. It is a fact, that religion, particularly Western Judeo Christianity, played a crucial role in the establishment and construction of our Republic and her Constitution. The Founders were clear.

So this article is fair game I think, as our problems, and our situations, and our circumstances all are commingled with our social condition - always has been, always will be, in every nation, in every time.

The article in a broader sense conveys an attitude lost in America, and I well remember it. Life was beautiful. Compared to today, much of the ugly stuff was beautiful (actually, proportionately more 'innocent') then.

I suggest reading the article for anyone who wishes to see the real motivations and mindsets behind Christians (forget the details of views on this or that issue for a bit), when trying to understand their positions, no matter what you might believe, this general outlook of God is behind it. All true Christians - or any true believer in a Creator - like the Founders, eg - have a sense that God is watching (or may be) much like a parent. So whatever perception atheists, or homos, or pagans, et al have of Christianity/Christians, politically, morally, or otherwise, if you don't grasp this, you missed the boat completely, and have no idea what you are talking about.

Yes, there are Christian addicts, Christian homos, Christian adulterers, thieves, ad infinitum. Sin is not confined to Unbelievers in their Creator.

The big difference is attitude.

A true Christian - or a Creator believer - will [try to] hide their sin. They sense guilt, remorse, sadness, and other emotions as are appropriate in any given circumstance. Where a heathen will flaunt their immoral actions, foul deeds, or lewd conduct, and flout the idea of the supremacy and authority of their Maker.

So, for men of intellectual honesty, this fairly long article reveals a lot as to why the slim majority of Americans still see certain things as destroying the country - which, by the way, they are.

God's Sovereignty - American Sovereignty - Individual Sovereignty. YOU can have it all, today, if you really want it!

Read the article here...
Living By Faith and God's Sovereignty
by John W. Ritenbaugh
Forerunner, "Personal," July-August 2011

Saturday, November 12, 2011

In Memory of John T. Grabowski

"Flounder King" 11/27/57-11/4/11
Mr. John Thomas Grabowski, age 53, of New Castle, DE, passed away on Friday, November 4, 2011, at Beebe Medical Center. A native Delawarean, Mr. Grabowski was born in Wilmington on November 27, 1957. He made his career as a professional welder and was a longtime member of Holy Spirit parish. In his leisure hours, Mr. Grabowski greatly enjoyed fishing, hunting, and crabbing. Most of all, he delighted in spending time with his family, especially his beloved grandchildren, whom he adored. He is survived by his daughters, Crystal Ann Roderick and Josie Lee Roderick; parents, Stephen Grabowski, Sr. and Martha Giacchi Grabowski; brothers and sister, Stephen Grabowski, Jr. (Connie), Rose Roderick (Joe), Christopher Grabowski, and Walter Grabowski; grandchildren, Christopher, Julianna, Jenna, Adriana (“Peaches”), Kailyn, and Ava; and many nieces and nephews. He is also survived by his longtime friend, Gertrude Roderick. He was preceded in death by a brother, Michael Lee Grabowski. A funeral service will be held at 11 am on Thursday, November 10, 2011, at the Spicer-Mullikin Funeral Home, 1000 N. DuPont Parkway, New Castle, DE, 19720, where visitation will begin at 10 am. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to The John T. Grabowski Memorial Education Fund (to benefit his grandchildren), c/o Spicer-Mullikin Funeral Home, Dupont Parkway, New Castle, DE. 19720

Come Up To The Mountain Of The Lord!

Isaiah 2:1-3
1The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
 2And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
 3And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
My holy people; you are indeed living in the end times, for these are the times I have spoken of for many generations and this is a time when many things will change. Those who desire My Kingdom will be looking. I will draw you to Myself and I will empower you to do what you have been unable to do before.

I will open the eyes of My chosen people...all of Israel. This is not just the jewish people, but all of My elect, for I am making My Church strong, I am causing you to learn of My ways, I am causing you to turn your heart fully toward Me and I am causing you to turn your heart away from the trappings of religion. I am causing you to walk in My paths.
My holy people, My Great Heart breaks as I see My prayerless and powerless church constantly complain that the enemy is too great for them and that their only hope is for when I come to take My Church away with Me. How sad, that they would believe I am unfaithful in this way. Haven't I promised that I have overcome the world and that as My holy people trust in Me, I cause My triumph to become their's? Haven't I promised that I would never leave nor forsake My own? Haven't I promised that no weapon formed against My holy people would prosper against them? Then why is the church in such a state? Particularly, why is the church in America in such a state?
Prayerless and powerless. That is the current state of the church in America. Behold, I am sending My apostles across the land with the good news of the Kingdom. Telling the church to repent, to return to the highest place in Me. To demonstrate My Kingdom in ways that many believe to be an impossibility. I will prove that religion is wrong. I will demonstrate once again that I am mighty to save, mighty to heal, mighty to perform miracles and mighty to deliver.
There is a remnant that I have been cultivating, showing them, proving Myself to them, that I am all that I say I am. To these I will reveal My faithfulness in a new way and these will become witnesses of Me throughout the land. The unfaithful ones must repent, must return to Me. In My Great Faithfulness, I am sending My messengers of mercy to them.
To many at this time, I say; beware your flattering words and your dependence upon the arm of flesh, rather than the moving of My Spirit. For many who were thought to be something will be revealed as wolves in sheeps clothing. These will prove to be unfaithful to Me by their unbelieving actions. Much like the jews in the wilderness, they were unwilling to go up and possess the land, My promised land for them. Many of the leaders in the church believe their only hope is in programs and methods, looking to what can be done through effort, rather than what can be done in Me. Beware these, for they will indeed fall to their greatest fears. Do not be counted among them, but warn them. Prayerlessness must be turned into much prayer. Powerlessness must be turned into much power. For My Kingdom is not in words, but is in demonstration of the Spirit and of power.
I am warning these to become faithful again. There is time to repent. There is time to return to Me, forsaking the trappings of religion and embracing Me fully again. There is time. Today is the day. Today is the day of salvation. Do not resist the wooing of My Spirit, for some will indeed lose their standing in Me through continued unfaithfulness, through prostitution with other gods, with other lovers. My call is for My holy people to repent, for the Kingdom of God is indeed near.
For those that will heed My call to return, I will indeed teach them My ways, leading them to ascend with Me, occupying the promised land of their inheritance. The enemies will be driven out of their personal lives and then the mountains will be scaled to My glory. Not in your own strength, but in the fullness of Mine. These that return to Me will become stronger than ever in the workings of My Kingdom. They will produce much fruit for Father. They will reproduce My Kingdom in many. They will subdue the earth and cause entire nations to turn wholeheartedly toward Me.
This is not time to cower and hide, fearing the world and anxiously waiting for My return. Now is the time to arise in Me, possess the land, and look forward with joy toward My return; for I am Mighty to save. To My glory, you are well able to possess the land.

Friday, November 11, 2011

To Honor Our Veteran's

Franklin D. Roosevelt's D-Day Prayer June 6, 1944
My fellow Americans: Last night, when I spoke with you about the fall of Rome, I knew at that moment that troops of the United States and our allies were crossing the Channel in another and greater operation. It has come to pass with success thus far. 
And so, in this poignant hour, I ask you to join with me in prayer: 


Almighty God: Our sons, pride of our Nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our Republic, our religion, and our civilization, and to set free a suffering humanity. Lead them straight and true; give strength to their arms, stoutness to their hearts, steadfastness in their faith. 


They will need Thy blessings. Their road will be long and hard. For the enemy is strong. He may hurl back our forces. Success may not come with rushing speed, but we shall return again and again; and we know that by Thy grace, and by the righteousness of our cause, our sons will triumph. 


They will be sore tried, by night and by day, without rest-until the victory is won. The darkness will be rent by noise and flame. Men's souls will be shaken with the violence's of war. 


For these men are lately drawn from the ways of peace. They fight not for the lust of conquest. They fight to end conquest. They fight to liberate. They fight to let justice arise, and tolerance and good will among all Thy people. They yearn but for the end of battle, for their return to the haven of home. 


Some will never return. Embrace these, Father, and receive them, Thy heroic servants, into Thy kingdom. 


And for us at home -- fathers, mothers, children, wives, sisters, and brothers of brave men overseas -- whose thoughts and prayers are ever with them -- help us, Almighty God, to rededicate ourselves in renewed faith in Thee in this hour of great sacrifice. 


Many people have urged that I call the Nation into a single day of special prayer. But because the road is long and the desire is great, I ask that our people devote themselves in a continuance of prayer. As we rise to each new day, and again when each day is spent, let words of prayer be on our lips, invoking Thy help to our efforts. 


Give us strength, too -- strength in our daily tasks, to redouble the contributions we make in the physical and the material support of our armed forces. And let our hearts be stout, to wait out the long travail, to bear sorrows that may come, to impart our courage unto our sons wheresoever they may be. 


And, O Lord, give us Faith. Give us Faith in Thee; Faith in our sons; Faith in each other; Faith in our united crusade. Let not the keenness of our spirit ever be dulled. Let not the impacts of temporary events, of temporal matters of but fleeting moment let not these deter us in our unconquerable purpose. 


With Thy blessing, we shall prevail over the unholy forces of our enemy. Help us to conquer the apostles of greed and racial arrogancies. Lead us to the saving of our country, and with our sister Nations into a world unity that will spell a sure peace, a peace invulnerable to the schemings of unworthy men. And a peace that will let all of men live in freedom, reaping the just rewards of their honest toil.

Thy will be done, Almighty God. Amen.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

God's Word Is The Joy Of My Heart...

Many years ago I began a pilgrimage to know God, and that pilgrimage continues to this day. I don't know Him today as well as I want or should, but I know Him better today than I did twenty-five years ago. I know Him better today than I did one year ago. I am growing in my knowledge of God, and I say without hesitation or qualification that knowing God is my joy and reason for living. 
He is . . .
 ·        the Wind beneath my wings,
 ·        the Treasure that I seek,
 ·        the Foundation on which I 
       build,
 ·        the Song in my heart,
 ·        the Object of my desire,
 ·        the Breath of my life,
 ·        He is my All in all!
 ·        And His Word is the joy of my 
       heart!

Please join with me in this life-changing discovery as, day by day, we learn more about our God, who is actually bigger than we think and greater than we think.

-- Anne Graham Lotz

Rejoice In Me!

Isaiah 48:1-22 “Listen to this, you descendants of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel and come from the line of Judah, you who take oaths in the name of the LORD and invoke the God of Israel— but not in truth or righteousness; 2 you who call yourselves citizens of the holy city and claim to rely on the God of Israel— the LORD Almighty is his name: 3 I foretold the former things long ago, my mouth announced them and I made them known; then suddenly I acted, and they came to pass. 4 For I knew how stubborn you were; your neck muscles were iron, your forehead was bronze. 5 Therefore I told you these things long ago; before they happened I announced them to you so that you could not say, ‘My images brought them about; my wooden image and metal god ordained them.’ 6 You have heard these things; look at them all. Will you not admit them?“From now on I will tell you of new things, of hidden things unknown to you.7 They are created now, and not long ago; you have not heard of them before today. So you cannot say, ‘Yes, I knew of them.’ 8 You have neither heard nor understood; from of old your ears have not been open. Well do I know how treacherous you are; you were called a rebel from birth. 9 For my own name’s sake I delay my wrath; for the sake of my praise I hold it back from you, so as not to destroy you completely. 10 See, I have refined you, though not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. 11 For my own sake, for my own sake, I do this. How can I let myself be defamed?  I will not yield my glory to another.12 “Listen to me, Jacob, Israel, whom I have called: I am he; I am the first and I am the last. 13 My own hand laid the foundations of the earth, and my right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they all stand up together14 “Come together, all of you, and listen: Which of the idols has foretold these things? The LORD’s chosen ally will carry out his purpose against Babylon; his arm will be against the Babylonians.15 I, even I, have spoken; yes, I have called him. I will bring him, and he will succeed in his mission.16 “Come near me and listen to this:“From the first announcement I have not spoken in secret; at the time it happens, I am there.”And now the Sovereign LORD has sent me, endowed with his Spirit.17 This is what the LORD says—your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go. 18 If only you had paid attention to my commands, your peace would have been like a river, your well-being like the waves of the sea. 19 Your descendants would have been like the sand, your children like its numberless grains; their name would never be blotted out nor destroyed from before me.”20 Leave Babylon, flee from the Babylonians! Announce this with shouts of joy and proclaim it. Send it out to the ends of the earth; say, “The LORD has redeemed his servant Jacob.” 21 They did not thirst when he led them through the deserts; he made water flow for them from the rock; he split the rock and water gushed out.22 “There is no peace,” says the LORD, “for the wicked.” 
My holy people, arise to the call of My voice. Arise and come close. Arise to hear My Great Heart and to know My will. For these are indeed the days you were created for and this time is what you have been waiting for.
All of creation has waited for this time, for it is the time I am going to be moving like no other. For there is a great work to be done, much fruit for Father and great rejoicing for the hope of My holy people is being restored for a purpose, one grander than you could ever imagine. I am causing you to live and move and have your being IN ME.
Mountains will shake as you ascend with Me. Nations will move at My Word. Cities, regions and whole areas will be affected for My Kingdom as you, My holy people, run through the cities with Me.
Our time together is sweet and it will be even sweeter as you learn to run with Me through the villages, gathering precious fruit for Father. No longer waiting in isolation, I am calling you to radically follow Me, becoming joint fruit bearers with Me. My grace is being poured out. I am moving once again. The cloud is moving. The fire is moving.
Push away the fears. Push away the tendency to remain isolated, alone and rejected. Push away what has kept you a prisoner to the past. Instead embrace Me, follow Me, trust Me with you moment by moments, as well as your distant tomorrows.
It is time to run with Me. Not move slowly, but be quick to obedience. For obedience is always better than sacrifice. I have sacrificed, so that you may move quickly with Me.
There is a fresh new sound of triumph in the air. Do you hear it? Many foot soldiers, marching triumphantly forward. Distant sounds of artillery ... the sound of My air assaults being carried out, clearing the way for you to enter into regions, cities, even nations. Now is the time. Now is the time to arise, to put on your hope again and to follow Me into victory again.
Some have been in transition for 10 years. Some have been in transition for 20 years. Yes, even some have been in transition for 30 years, awaiting My call at this time, awaiting the time to fulfill your purpose. In Me, all things will be done. In exact accordance with My plan and purpose, the sound has been released and you, My holy people, are responding. You are arising to this sound of triumph and to this sound of combined marching. Step in step, marching together, radically follow Me, demonstrating My Kingdom, fulfilling the very beat of My Great Heart.
Rejoice. Yes, rejoice. Even now. Yes, today rejoice. Don't wait. Rejoice now, for the fullness you have seen is about to be manifest. Great grace for this appointed time. Put on your armor and Rejoice in Me and with Me.

Monday, October 24, 2011

Herman Cain: "God Is Not Done With Me Yet".

An Interview conducted by David Brody to GOP Candidate Herman Cain...

David Brody: Where do you stand with Evangelicals?

Herman Cain: I'm a Baptist preacher. A lot of people don't know that. My parents joined Antioch Baptist Church North in Atlanta in the mid 40s when they moved to Atlanta when I was 2 years old. That was the
church I grew up in. That was the church I joined at 10 years of age. I've been in the church all my life. When I moved around in my corporate career, I always stayed involved in the church. So my faith is a big
part of who I am and at my church now, which is the same one I grew up in; I'm one of the Associate Ministers there because I was called to the ministry.

Sometimes when people are called to the ministry they think that God wants them to give up something else. But God has done some magnificent things with my life, especially what he has done in terms of my health. Let me share this with you real quick.

In 2006, I was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. I had cancer in my colon and cancer in my liver. I had to go through chemotherapy. The surgery required removal of 30 percent of my colon and 70 percent of my
liver. And then I had to go through some more chemotherapy. That was nearly five years ago, and I only had a 30 percent chance of survival. God said 'Herman, not yet'.

My question was, 'Lord, why are you keeping me here?' Now let me tell you why I know God kept me here. Let me give you why I know God kept me here to do something that I never envisioned. When I started
thinking about running for president, I thought about Noah. Noah didn't know how to build an ark. I started to think about Moses. Moses resisted going back leading the children out of Egypt. The Bible is full of
people. Joshua didn't want to lead the children into the Promised Land. God spoke to Moses and encouraged Moses, 'you must talk to Joshua'; and he did and that gave him the strength. When I was first detected that I
had stage 4 cancer, I had to go and get a second opinion.

The doctor that was recommended was a doctor in Savannah, Georgia, three hours away from Atlanta. I resisted. I said, 'why do I need to go all the way to Savannah and I live here in Atlanta with all
these hospitals and doctors here. I know I have cancer. I know what we need to get done. Let's get on with the program.' You know that business mentality. And so the friend of mine said, 'I think you want to go see
this doctor. His name is Dr. Lord.' I said, 'What? L-O-R-D?' Yes. He was a colon cancer specialist. Dr. Lord gave me my second opinion. When I went to MD Anderson Cancer Center and I had to go through orientation with my wife in terms of how to navigate through this big medical facility, we went into the orientation office and the lady that was supposed to give us our orientation, she was busy with some other new
patients. So the lady at the counter said to keep you and Mrs. Cain from waiting, I will give you your orientation so you won't have to wait. I said, 'Well thank you. How nice I didn't know they had good customer
service at a big medical facility but they do.' So we go into the conference room and she put all the materials down that we were supposed to go through. And she started to tell us about what we needed to do, how I could get my blood work done the night before. I said, 'wait a minute. You've been so nice. What is your name?' She said 'Grace'. I said, 'Do you spell it the same way as you spell it in Amazing Grace?' She said, 'yes.' A lady named Grace. My wife and I looked at each other and I said, 'thank You, Lord.' He's with me on this journey. I'm not done yet.

I was randomly assigned an oncologist and a surgeon. The surgeon's name is Dr. Abdullah. He's from Lebanon. That made me a little nervous initially but only to find out that he's a Christian. He's a Christian and when I went in to see Dr. Abdullah. he was explaining to me how he was going to remove a part of my colon and a part of my liver in one operation. I'm going, 'Doc you must be a miracle worker. How are
you going to do that'? The colon is on the left. The liver is on the right. How are you going to do that with one incision?' He said, I do it all the time. I'm going to start in your sternum and I'm going to make an incision in the shape of a "J". As in J-E-S-U-S? He said yes. A Jesus cut. I said, 'thank You, Lord.'

God said 'not yet' and He gave me these signs along the way that let me know that He was with me. And I firmly believe that God kept me for a reason much bigger than I ever would have dreamed or imagined.
Whether that is ultimately to become the President of the United States or not, I don't know. I just know at this point I am following God's plan. You get two plans in life: yours and God's. Now mine was to become
a successful businessman and I was able to do that. And I believe that God allowed me to become a successful businessman because He had something else in mind beyond that successful business career. That's
the reason I'm here today and the reason I believe that I'm going to be successful from this point forward. There was a song that a songwriter wrote who was a good friend of mine when he was alive; he wrote a song
called 'God is on my side'. I'll never forget it.

Brody: These candidates are going to have to deal with Herman Cain.

Cain: They're going to have to deal with Herman Cain. Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

IN GOD WE TRUST

Sunday, October 9, 2011

All Has Been Changed

1Peter 2:25 For “you were like sheep going astray," but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
My holy people, all has been changed. What used to be has turned into what is. What was once your character, has turned into what is now My grace at work in you. Let me assure you that My grace is indeed at work in you. For My power is real and My ability to redeem is thorough.
Do you feel as though you are incapable of doing what is on My Great Heart? That's good, for before you did not even care what I thought, no matter following what is upon My Great Heart. In fact, you did not even care to seek what is upon My Great Heart. But now you seek My Face. You call upon My Name. You turn your attention from yourself to what is greater, to what is the real crux of the matter in living, and that is to know what is upon My Great Heart.
You have the grace at work in your life to know Me, to seek Me and to follow Me. Before none of this was in operation in you. Before you did not even care about such things. Before you were reprobate and without caring. Now you have a heart to know what is upon Mine and you wish to please Me. This is all evidence of My grace at work in your life.
No more doubting your true identity. No more tossed about on every wind that blows. Know My love, that you are Mine and that you have My grace at work in you to know and to do My good pleasure. I love you and nothing can separate you from that. Nothing can cause that to cease. Nothing can cause My Great Heart to turn away from you, My love. Nothing can put an end to My great love for you. Nothing can, for all has changed.

Friday, October 7, 2011

A Radical Warrior

My holy people, repairs are being made. Repairs to the wall, repairs to broken down ruins. Repairs to the generational decay that has occurred in and amongst you, My holy people. These repairs will not be made by angels. These repairs will not be done by themselves. Instead, it will require the efforts of many. Each has a part to play, some rebuilding work to do.  Some will be close to the ruins, others far away. But all will have a job to do and this is the first step in building the relationships I have on My Great Heart to build.


You see, to do what is needed, you need others to get the job done. You cannot complete it by yourself. You need to do this work of repair together. But before you can do something, there need to be serious and long term relationships built between those doing the work. I am building an army of people, who will march to the same cadence, shouldering the responsibility to do the work and to fight as needed. You need one another. More importantly, you need serious and long term relationships between one another before any significant progress is made.
There are many that want to do exploits in My Name, but there are but a few that desire to build as is upon My Great Heart. I have raised up fathers that understand the importance of serious and long term relationships so that what is repaired does not fall into ruin again. I am building people who will work together, pray together, serve together and fight together. This is a team, an army, a radical set of warriors capable of leaping walls, conquering enemies and taking territory. At the heart of this band of mighty ones is relationship. A willingness to work for one another, even die for one another.
When you pray My Kingdom come, My will be done, on earth, as it is in heaven ... understand this. Father, Son, Holy Spirit ... all in perfect relationship, demonstrated, commanded, living, moving. That's how I want My radical band of mighty ones to be. I want them to be just like I am ... in perfect relationship: serious and long term.
Serious, because moving in My Kingdom is serious business. It is not just life changing, it is life saving. Life and death hang in the balance. Eternal consequences and eternal benefits. Such is the weight of things in My Kingdom. Relationship must be serious. My Kingdom is serious ... full of life and full of splendor, but first and foremost, it is serious. I gave everything to give you access to My Kingdom. I did all that was required so you could see, enter into and move in My Kingdom. The whole point of life in Me, is so we can run together, partnering in My Kingdom, fulfilling Father's great desire to see His wanderers come home and live at rest in Him. Nothing more serious than the Kingdom ministry of reconciliation that has been given to you. Only serious relationship can birth such a thing. Only serious relationships will be committed to stand with one another, through thick and thin.
Long term, because in My Kingdom, everything has an eternal aspect. The world is temporary. My Kingdom is eternal. Eternity is long term. It is not here one moment and gone the next. My Kingdom is eternal and it lasts. It is just like our relationship. Once you become Mine, you have access to Me any time you need Me. If you find yourself unable to visit with Me, it is not because I have withdrawn Myself. Instead, it is because you have withdrawn from Me. Returning to Me is such a simple thing. That is what repentance is all about. It is returning to the highest place in Me. Have you had greater fellowship at some time in your life than you do right now? Then repent, return to the highest place in Me. Return to My Great Heart and all will be well again. It is a simple repentance away.
So you see, serious and long term relationships really are the building blocks of My Kingdom. You may say that you do not have many serious and long term relationships. I tell you, those are the ones I am involved with and I desire most of all that you grow in genuinely serious and long term relationships. The number of serious and long term relationships you have demonstrate My Kingdom at work in and through you. This is My Kingdom coming and My will being done, on earth, just like it is in heaven. Do you understand?  It really is quite simple.
So don't waste your time with things that do not produce My Kingdom in your life. Rebuild the ancient ruins, rebuild the waste cities ... together. With serious and long term relationships, anything is possible. Every person has a part to play. Every single person is important in this rebuilding work. Work together, support each other, provide for each other, fight side by side and yes even stand with one another; in good times and in difficult times. For My Kingdom, become my Radical Warrior!

Thursday, October 6, 2011

The Harvest Is At Hand

My holy people; such is the splendor of My glory, for it will indeed shine again upon all those who have survived the purging and the cleansing of this time. The splendor of My glory will shine upon those who at this time arise from the mundane of what can be seen with earthly eyes and done with worldly hands. The splendor of My glory will surpass all that you may have hoped for, dreamed for, and yes even planned for.
In a moment, the splendor of My glory will change what was into what I have hoped for. My Kingdom is coming in ways you have not even suspected, nor dare dreamed. For the testing times have caused many to lose hope. Do not lose hope because of My cleansing and My purging. Instead, rejoice, for the splendor of My glory will change everything.
I am the God of all grace. This grace will be poured out and the tsunami flood of it shall set in motion the greatest harvest known. It will rise so high that a shadow will be seen. The approach of My grace will be like a shade, the splendor of My glory shall have substance, and there will be salvation, freedom and equipping as you had never hoped. I will change everything.
For a long time now, there have only been momentary releases of My grace. In those momentary releases you have experienced much already. You have experienced My love. You have experienced My fellowship. You have experienced My healing. You have experienced My deliverance. You have experienced My leading. You have experienced My guidance. You have experienced My Great Heart. And you have experienced My Great love for My beautiful bride-to-be.
Now you will experience something that you have not known how to put into words. You will now experience Me and My fullness. For all that has gone before have only been shadows, the approach of the splendor of My glory. Now, the splendor of My glory will shine brilliantly, and the tsunami of My grace shall flow like a tangible river. No longer will momentary manifestations of My anointing be sufficient. For I will now dwell fully in and through those who will yield to Me.
No longer will it be about this ministry and that work and this outreach and that church fellowship. No longer will it be about this manifestation of My grace at work and that manifestation of My grace at work. Now it will be about Me and how I am working, how I am moving, how I am saving, how I am delivering, how I am setting free, how I am healing and how My grace, without measure is seen in operation through those who yield fully to Me.
Many of you have allowed Me to break your hearts about those to whom I have sent you. You have seen brief glimpses of My grace flow out and it has thrilled your heart. It has become life to you. I tell you, this was but a glimpse. No matter how successful you felt it was, no matter how glorious you considered it ... it was just a shadow, just a glimpse, of what I am now going to do. For I am going to bless those who yield to Me, for My Kingdom comes to those who have allowed Me to break their hearts, who have allowed Me to become more than their dreams and their hopes. I am become the breaker of the wall and what has separated My glory from this world you live in, is about to fall down. Before there have been peep holes of My glory, but now My glory will be seen clearly and My power manifest fully to and through those who will yield to Me.
It is now time to prepare yourselves for the glory that is about to come. Many are already experiencing the rising tide of My grace at work, but remember, what you are experiencing is just a shadow, just a glimpse, of what I am about to do. Hang on to Me, for there is coming a shaking and a release of My glory so profound that many will not recognize Me in it, rather they will run and hide and lose out on the greatest visitation that has ever occurred in the world. Prepare to receive all of the grace I have apportioned to you. Prepare to receive the splendor of My glory I am about to reveal. Prepare to receive and move with Me, running through the villages, picking choice fruits together for Father.
Oh, My love, My precious bride-to-be, I am about to turn your sorrow into joy, your crying into rejoicing, your long waiting into joyful celebration. The wave of My grace is fast approaching. Welcome Me with open arms as I transform everything that you will allow Me to touch into a mirror shining brilliantly, showing the splendor of My glory to all those around the earth. All nations will rejoice and see My glory, My grace and My working. Come away with Me, My love. Our time is fast approaching.
Seek My Face. Call upon My Name. Be and become all that is upon My Great Heart.

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Charlton Heston, Our "Moses"

Charlton Heston, 88 Today! RIP

He was no girlie-man, that Charlton Heston. The epic screen actor didn’t do small or sensitive or morally complex; he did big, commanding and utterly sure of himself. His signature roles were all Great Men, largely untroubled by indecision, doubt or mixed motives. In Cecil B. DeMille’s 1956 remake of The Ten Commandments, it wasn’t that litany of plagues that Moses called down upon Pharaoh’s Egypt that made him so riveting; it was Heston’s air of terrible certainty, his ruthless, implacable rectitude. His screen persona wasn’t dumb, but he didn’t much value intelligence or even need it. What he lacked in smarts he made up for with conviction and a peculiarly inflexible strength. He was insistently, incurably holier than thou, and he operated from the gut.
And what a gut. With his strapping body, a Mount Rushmore face and a basso profundo voice rivaling that of his one-time director and co-star Orson Welles (in one of Heston’s better if most unlikely roles, as a Mexican cop in 1958’s Touch of Evil), he was genetically engineered to play the hero in a cinematic age before heroes became anti-heroes. His acting style was a projection of his physique: lean, beefy and stiff. He was All Man, as they used to say so unself-consciously at mid-century, and to put him in a role that required much nuance or subtlety — not to mention any hint of a poetic, dare we say feminine side — was to flirt with unintended comedy.
Heston’s last notable performance — although there’s no evidence that he wasn’t fueled, as always, by conviction — was as the president of the National Rifle Association in 1998-2003. He had once been a liberal, marching for civil rights in the South, but, like his fellow actor and ex-Democrat Ronald Reagan, had become an archconservative. The NRA, as the Republican Party had done with Reagan, jumped at the chance to recruit a rangy screen patriarch to its cause. All of Heston’s signal qualities — his good looks, his booming voice, and above all his famous singleness of purpose, untainted by the slightest scintilla of doubt — made him a nuttily effective spokesman for the gun lobby. There was Heston in 2000, waving a rifle over his head and accusing Al Gore of plotting to take away his Second Amendment rights; it was the brandishing of the stone tablets containing the Ten Commandments all over again. “Hey,” an NRA vice president chortled, “Moses is on our side.”

Friday, September 23, 2011

Sacred Rage


Today the Fall-Equinox...Take peace this Fall into your heart and being and have no fears about anything. Focus on what you really want for your long-haul survival, formed around love in its highest richness, and don't get lost in the day to day paranoias and pandemics.

Most of the fear mongering at this time for most of us is largely marketing scams by zealots pushing something or other. But to remain militant is rejecting the system as it is. The political and media systems are hopelessly corrupted, all of us need to continue subjecting all of it to a withering barrage of ridicule at every possible opportunity.

Sacred rage, which comes from deeply loving the truth and ethical respect for life.
Sacred rage. Don't allow anyone in your presence to continue nonchalantly repeating the imperial lies, zio and otherwise, without deflecting it into the gutter.

It is all our collective conscious which will shape the outcomes, we all have to do our little bit as we walk around helping people redefine what really is real. God is Real. God is Truth.

This is powerfull, I find. In fact, I find, an awful lot of people out there are pretty confused and have no problem relating to people who are gutsy enough to contradict Oy-bummer and all the TV talking heads of our Orwellian Carnivale. A bunch of circus clowns.

The great majority people have great misgivings and are listening real heard to people who give voice to the perceptions and facts which validates the mass misgivings. Don't miss the opportunity.

More than ever this Fall I feel a tremendous shift underway. The more the crooks grossly engage in their staged carny con games, the more obvious they become and the more mass consciousness is tuning into new directions and perceptions.


We are the change, we are making it. Day by day, we are redefining the world which is perceived by all. Keep it going. Raise the ante.

Hold fast your Sacred Rage!

Monday, September 12, 2011

The Mourning After


Where were you, God? And the Lord says...

'MEET ME IN THE STAIRWELL'


You say you will never forget where you were when you heard the news On September 11, 2001.

Neither will I.

I was on the 110th floor in a smoke filled room with a man who called his wife to say 'Good-Bye.' I held his fingers steady as he dialed. I gave him the peace to say, 'Honey, I am not going to make it, but it is OK..I am ready to go.' I was with his wife when he called as she fed breakfast to their children. I held her up as she tried to understand his words and as she realized he wasn't coming home that night.

I was in the stairwell of the 23rd floor when a woman cried out to Me for help. 'I have been knocking on the door of your heart for 50 years!' I said. 'Of course I will show you the way home - only believe in Me now.'

I was at the base of the building with the Priest ministering to the injured and devastated souls.
I took him home to tend to his Flock in Heaven. He heard my voice and answered.

I was on all four of those planes, in every seat, with every prayer. I was with the crew as they were overtaken. I was in the very hearts of the believers there, comforting and assuring them that their faith has saved them. I was in Texas, Virginia, California, Michigan, Afghanistan.

I was standing next to you when you heard the terrible news.

Did you sense Me?

I want you to know that I saw every face. I knew every name - though not all know Me. Some met Me for the first time on the 86th floor.

Some sought Me with their last breath.

Some couldn't hear Me calling to them through the smoke and flames; 'Come to Me... this way... take my hand.' Some chose, for the final time, to ignore Me.

But, I was there.

I did not place you in the Tower that day. You may not know why, but I do.. However, if you were there in that explosive moment in time, would you have reached for Me?

Sept. 11, 2001, was not the end of the journey for you . But someday your journey will end. And I will be there for you as well. Seek Me now while I may be found. Then, at any moment, you know you are 'ready to go.' I will be in the stairwell of your final moments.

God