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    "Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty. I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD." Psalm 27:12-14

    2020 was a trying year for many people. We send prayers for God's loving mercy and grace and healing for everyone affected by the virus, or by the lockdowns, in general, and for a healthy, prosperous and abundant 2021. Hallelujah! Amen.

    Now, while 2020 was trying for many people, 2021 will be a revelation, A Great Awakening, for many CHRISTians, who strive and yearn to follow and love the living God, with all of their heart and all of their mind and all of their soul, as Jesus instructed in     Matthew 22:37: "Jesus said unto him, 'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.'"

    So, let me start by stating that I stand with God first, family second and country third. God has much to say, however, through His Word and His Prophets, about the 2020 Presidential Election. I cannot stress enough that God will not overlook sin. "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 6:23

    It is impossible to discuss CHRISTians' upcoming role in the Great Awakening without addressing the literal elephants and donkeys in the room. I know this may offend some people, because the Truth often does. As CHRISTians, when do we become complicit in others' sins? CHRISTians must start telling the Truth, the Hard Truths, God's Truth. As I have said before, God has made it clear to me that the time for the "Lukewarm CHRISTian" has passed. See my Blog titled, "Are You A Lukewarm Christian" here?

    No pun intended against the elephants or the donkeys, but, as a LAMB OF GOD, I must call out the proverbial elephant in the room:     It is alarming to me the number of "Christians" who supported, and then cheered and celebrated a fake win, from a party that stands for most of the things that are an abomination unto the Lord.

    16 "These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

    17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

    18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

    19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren."     Proverbs 6:16-19

    Think about that. Abominations unto the Lord. This should not be taken lightly. "He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD." Proverbs 17:15

    And our God, and we, as faithful Lambs of God, know that Satan is the great deceiver: "And cast him [Satan] into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more. . ." Revelations 20:3

    Man's laws are not God's laws, and while the Bible tells us in Romans 13:1 that we are to obey our leaders, because they are ordained by God, we are well-served,  in our Godly and righteous endeavors, to also remember Ecclesiastes 12:13, "Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man."

    In addition, as Peter and the other apostles said to the Sadducees, who were filled with indignation, because the apostles were doing many signs and wonders among the people, after being expressly instructed not to, and who said to Peter and the other apostles, did not we command you that you should not teach in this name? Acts 5

    "    Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men." Acts 5:29

    If the ordained leaders, who all have free will, choose to pass laws that are against God's laws, then we "ought to obey God rather than men." Amen.

    ​This puts CHRISTians in a unique, and perhaps awkward, position.

    Why is this a unique position for CHRISTians? Because there are a multitude of our fellow "Christian" brethren, and others, who are in desperate need of a refreshening or awakening of the Spirit. "This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh." Galatians 5:16  And, what does a CHRISTian Love more than bringing souls back to the living God? There isn't a lot! Hallelujah! Praise Yahweh!

    Why is this an "awkward" position for CHRISTians? B    ecause, as Apostle Paul said to the Ephesians: "And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove [expose] them." Ephesians 5:11 

    And, because speaking the hard truths, God's hard truths, can be a daunting task. CHRISTians have been asleep, and have become complacent in God's Word, striving more for a status quo, "political correctness," than living in God's Word. God will not overlook sin: “And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent.” Acts 17:30

    CHRISTians can no longer be complacent, nor complicit, in the lukewarmness of other     "Christians": “So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of my mouth.” Revelation 3:16  It is time to proclaim God's Truth from the housetops: "Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops." Luke 12:3

    The aftermath of the 2020 Presidential Election has produced some "Christians" who are celebrating and cheering victory, albeit an alleged false victory. "But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God." Acts 5:39

    The aftermath has also produced "Christians," who are in fear, who gave up, threw in the towel and surrendered. The fake news, social media censorship, "Trump versus The World," has beat them down. See my blog titled, "God versus The World" here for more about Trump vs The World.

    And, finally, the aftermath of the 2020 Presidential Election has also produced CHRISTians who are steadfast in their faith and belief in God's Words.     “The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.” Proverbs 29:25

    We are coming into a time of Spiritual harvest, where our faith and good works will be rewarded thirty-, sixty- or an hundredfold. "And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred." Mark 4:20

    God is exposing the darkness and shining His Light into the hearts of many who were asleep in Jesus. "Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them." Ephesians 5:11

    And, Psalm 27:1, "A Psalm of David. . ." reminds us that ". . . The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is  the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?" Hallelujah!

    And, finally:

    "Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:

    For our God is a consuming fire." Hebrews 12:28-29

    Our Prayer for You Today​: 

    Heavenly Father, the living God,

    You have created me with the capacity for deep affections — to love, to loathe, to desire, to delight, to excite, to grieve, to laugh, to enjoy, to fear, to be depressed, to be thankful. And you made me this way that I may glorify you.

    But I confess that my affections for you are often lukewarm while my selfish interests are on fire, and I know that my sinful flesh is most offensive to you. O gracious Father, thank you that your Son’s great sacrifice is so great and so sufficient that it pays even for these gross sins.

    I repent of being lazy in my zeal to you, to your son, and to your precious word! No more, Father! Make me boil in spirit as I serve you Romans 12:11! To be moved by your glorious gospel and precious promises. 2 Peter 1:4 

    Today, I take to heart your Son’s warning: “So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of my mouth.” Revelation 3:16.

    Merciful Father, make me hot! Whatever it takes, whatever it costs me, give me the Spirit-salve for my eyes Revelation 3:18, so that I may see what is real, believe what is true, treasure what is valuable and forsake what is worthless.

    In the name of Jesus Christ, Savior and King. Amen!

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    ​This morning, my husband and I were talking, and he said something like, "You're not a social butterfly." I said, "No, but I can be. I stopped trusting people." Later, I was looking for scripture to respond to a Facebook post, and God directed me to 1 Corinthians 13. I read it, and thought, That doesn't really fit what I need. Plus, I know I've posted that recently.

    So, I tried my "Bible ritual," where I pray for guidance and then pick up the Bible and open it to the Word God wants me to see for the day. Today, I prayed and opened the Bible to . . . drum roll please . . . 1 Corinthians 13.

    As I was sitting at my desk, reading it again, the light bulb went off. It wasn't meant for everyone else. It was meant for ME. And God kept showing me, because I wasn't listening. I was not paying attention to Him.

    I had just told my husband this very morning, that I stopped trusting people. And God told me, no, no, no. You will not. You will love and trust, because HE loves and trusts me.

    "Love never gives up on people. It never stops trusting, never loses hope, and never quits." 1 Corinthians 13:7

    So, moral of the story, Don't give up on people, don't stop trusting, don't lose hope, never quit, and always love!

    Also, listen and pay attention when God talks to you!

    1 Corinthians 13 

    Let Love Be Your Guide

    1 "I may speak in different languages, whether human or even of angels. But if I don’t have love, I am only a noisy bell or a ringing cymbal.

    2 I may have the gift of prophecy, I may understand all secrets and know everything there is to know, and I may have faith so great that I can move mountains. But even with all this, if I don’t have love, I am nothing.

    3 I may give away everything I have to help others, and I may even give my body as an offering to be burned. But I gain nothing by doing all this if I don’t have love.

    4 Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous, it does not brag, and it is not proud.

    5 Love is not rude, it is not selfish, and it cannot be made angry easily. Love does not remember wrongs done against it.

    6 Love is never happy when others do wrong, but it is always happy with the truth.

    7 Love never gives up on people. It never stops trusting, never loses hope, and never quits.

    8 Love will never end. But all those gifts will come to an end—even the gift of prophecy, the gift of speaking in different kinds of languages, and the gift of knowledge.

    9 These will all end because this knowledge and these prophecies we have are not complete.

    10 But when perfection comes, the things that are not complete will end.

    11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, and I made plans like a child. When I became a man, I stopped those childish ways.

    12 It is the same with us. Now we see God as if we are looking at a reflection in a mirror. But then, in the future, we will see him right before our eyes. Now I know only a part, but at that time I will know fully, as God has known me.

    ​13 So these three things continue: faith, hope, and love. And the greatest of these is love."


    ​God Bless You and Jesus Loves You! Amen!

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    Romans 12:1-21

    Give Your Lives to God

    1 "So I beg you, brothers and sisters, because of the great mercy God has shown us, offer your lives as a living sacrifice to him—an offering that is only for God and pleasing to him. Considering what he has done, it is only right that you should worship him in this way.

    2 Don’t change yourselves to be like the people of this world, but let God change you inside with a new way of thinking. Then you will be able to understand and accept what God wants for you. You will be able to know what is good and pleasing to him and what is perfect.

    3 God has given me a special gift, and that is why I have something to say to each one of you. Don’t think that you are better than you really are. You must see yourself just as you are. Decide what you are by the faith God has given each of us.

    4 Each one of us has one body, and that body has many parts. These parts don’t all do the same thing.

    5 In the same way, we are many people, but in Christ we are all one body. We are the parts of that body, and each part belongs to all the others.

    6 We all have different gifts. Each gift came because of the grace God gave us. Whoever has the gift of prophecy should use that gift in a way that fits the kind of faith they have.

    7 Whoever has the gift of serving should serve. Whoever has the gift of teaching should teach.

    8 Whoever has the gift of comforting others should do that. Whoever has the gift of giving to help others should give generously. Whoever has the gift of leading should work hard at it. Whoever has the gift of showing kindness to others should do it gladly.

    9 Your love must be real. Hate what is evil. Do only what is good.

    10 Love each other in a way that makes you feel close like brothers and sisters. And give each other more honor than you give yourself.

    11 As you serve the Lord, work hard and don’t be lazy. Be excited about serving him!

    12 Be happy because of the hope you have. Be patient when you have troubles. Pray all the time.

    13 Share with God’s people who need help. Look for people who need help and welcome them into your homes.

    14 Wish only good for those who treat you badly. Ask God to bless them, not curse them.

    15 When others are happy, you should be happy with them. And when others are sad, you should be sad too.

    16 Live together in peace with each other. Don’t be proud, but be willing to be friends with people who are not important to others. Don’t think of yourself as smarter than everyone else.

    17 If someone does you wrong, don’t try to pay them back by hurting them. Try to do what everyone thinks is right.

    18 Do the best you can to live in peace with everyone. 

    ​19 My friends, don’t try to punish anyone who does wrong to you. Wait for God to punish them with his anger. In the Scriptures the Lord says,

    'I am the one who punishes;
        I will pay people back.'

    20 But you should do this:

    'If you have enemies who are hungry,
        give them something to eat.
    If you have enemies who are thirsty,
        give them something to drink.
    In doing this you will make them feel ashamed.'

    21 Don’t let evil defeat you, but defeat evil by doing good."

    ​Hallelujah! Praise God! Amen!
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    Psalm 1

    1 "Great blessings belong to those
        who don’t listen to evil advice,

    who don’t live like sinners,
        and who don’t join those who make fun of God.

    ​2 Instead, they love the Lord’s teachings
        and think about them day and night.

    3 So they grow strong,
        like a tree planted by a stream--

    a tree that produces fruit when it should
        and has leaves that never fall.

    Everything they do is successful.

    4 But the wicked are not like that.

        They are like chaff that the wind blows away.

    5 When the time for judgment comes, the wicked will be found guilty.
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        Sinners have no place among those who do what is right.

    6 The Lord shows his people how to live,
        but the wicked have lost their way."
     
    Isaiah 3

    10 "Tell the good people who do what is right that good things will happen to them. They will receive a reward for what they do.

    11 But it will be very bad for wicked people, because they, too, will get what they deserve. They will get what they did to others.
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    12 Even children will defeat my people, and women will rule over them.

    My people, your guides lead you the wrong way, and they destroy the path you should follow."

    ​Hallelujah! Praise God! Amen!
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    ​Recently, God has been pulling me toward Repentance and Judgment. Which side will you be on?

    Matthew 7:7-28

    Be Careful About Criticizing Others​

    1 "Don’t judge others, and God will not judge you.

    2 If you judge others, you will be judged the same way you judge them. God will treat you the same way you treat others.

    3 Why do you notice the small piece of dust that is in your friend’s eye, but you don’t notice the big piece of wood that is in your own?

    4 Why do you say to your friend, ‘Let me take that piece of dust out of your eye’? Look at yourself first! You still have that big piece of wood in your own eye.

    5 You are a hypocrite! First, take the wood out of your own eye. Then you will see clearly to get the dust out of your friend’s eye.

    ​6 Don’t give something that is holy to dogs. They will only turn and hurt you. And don’t throw your pearls to pigs. They will only step on them.

    Ask God for What You Need

    7 Continue to ask, and God will give to you. Continue to search, and you will find. Continue to knock, and the door will open for you.

    8 Yes, whoever continues to ask will receive. Whoever continues to look will find. And whoever continues to knock will have the door opened for them.

    9 Do any of you have a son? If he asked for bread, would you give him a rock?

    10 Or if he asked for a fish, would you give him a snake? Of course not!

    11 You people are so bad, but you still know how to give good things to your children. So surely your heavenly Father will give good things to those who ask him.

    A Very Important Rule

    12 Do for others what you would want them to do for you. This is the meaning of the Law of Moses and the teaching of the prophets.

    The Way to Heaven and the Way to Hell

    13 You can enter true life only through the narrow gate. The gate to hell is very wide, and there is plenty of room on the road that leads there. Many people go that way.

    14 But the gate that opens the way to true life is narrow. And the road that leads there is hard to follow. Only a few people find it.

    What People Do Shows What They Are

    15 Be careful of false prophets. They come to you and look gentle like sheep. But they are really dangerous like wolves.

    16 You will know these people because of what they do. Good things don’t come from people who are bad, just as grapes don’t come from thorn bushes, and figs don’t come from thorny weeds.

    17 In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, and bad trees produce bad fruit.

    18 A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot produce good fruit.

    19 Every tree that does not produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 

    20 You will know these false people by what they do. 

    21 Not everyone who calls me Lord will enter God’s kingdom. The only people who will enter are those who do what my Father in heaven wants. 

    22 On that last Day many will call me Lord. They will say, Lord, Lord, by the power of your name we spoke for God. And by your name we forced out demons and did many miracles. 

    23 Then I will tell those people clearly, Get away from me, you people who do wrong. I never knew you.

    Two Kinds of People

    24 Whoever hears these teachings of mine and obeys them is like a wise man who built his house on rock. 

    25 It rained hard, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house. But it did not fall because it was built on rock. 

    26 Whoever hears these teachings of mine and does not obey them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 

    27 It rained hard, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house. And it fell with a loud crash. 

    28 When Jesus finished speaking, the people were amazed at his teaching. 

    29 He did not teach like their teachers of the law. He taught like someone who has authority."

    Hallelujah! Praise God! Amen!
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    Psalm 1:1-6

    1 "Great blessings belong to those who don’t listen to evil advice, who don’t live like sinners, and who don’t join those who make fun of God.

    2 Instead, they love the Lord’s teachings and think about them day and night.

    3 So they grow strong, like a tree planted by a stream— a tree that produces fruit when it should and has leaves that never fall. Everything they do is successful.

    4 But the wicked are not like that. They are like chaff that the wind blows away.

    5 When the time for judgment comes, the wicked will be found guilty. Sinners have no place among those who do what is right.

    6 The Lord shows his people how to live, but the wicked have lost their way."
     
    2 Timothy 3:1-5 

    Many People Will Stop Loving God

    1 “Remember this: There are some terrible times coming in the last days. 

    2 People will love only themselves and money. They will be proud and boast about themselves. They will abuse others with insults. They will not obey their parents. They will be ungrateful and against all that is pleasing to God. 

    3 They will have no love for others and will refuse to forgive anyone. They will talk about others to hurt them and will have no self-control. They will be cruel and hate what is good. 

    4 People will turn against their friends. They will do foolish things without thinking and will be so proud of themselves. Instead of loving God, they will love pleasure. 

    5 They will go on pretending to be devoted to God, but they will refuse to let that “devotion” change the way they live. Stay away from these people!”

    Matthew 18:18  - “I can assure you that when you speak judgment here on earth, it will be God’s judgment. And when you promise forgiveness here on earth, it will be God’s forgiveness."

    1 John 2:15-17  

    15 "Love not the world, neither the things [that are] in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

    16 For all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

    17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth forever."

    Hallelujah! Praise God! Amen!