For far too long we have gone down a path of destruction. Except for the prayers of the saints, God would have already sent judgment to rain down on us. I am convicted to say to America, repent! How long will we run after false gods? How long will we ignore the plight of the poor? Our time is running out! God has made it clear that we better turn from evil and follow Him. Our justice system is a joke. The criminals have more rights than the victim. Why is crime so wide spread? It is not punished in the way it should be. But, even worse than that, we just sit by as people go to hell. I think we all have become cynical and think what is the use, we have tried everything. Have we though? Have we called on God? Have we put our faith into action and poured out our love and compassion into a lost and dying world ? It is not too late. Fall on your knees and ask the Lord for help. He will lead us to a new and better place.
This really applies to our lives because there are so many lies being spread, in our government, schools and churches. God is being forced out but false gods are being embraced.
Matt. 7: 15-16 "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will recognize them by their fruits.
Our God is a jealous God.
2 Cor.11:2-4 For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thought will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ. For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or if you accept a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it readily enough.
We are giving our America away to people who will not be tolerant to our Holy God. And I can assure you, God is going to forget His love for us because we will not take a stand for Him! God's justice is swift and just! Against Him, they will be no defense! Holy Father, Forgive us and heal our land. Consume the false gods with Your Holy Fire and renew a right spirit in us. Amen
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
New Covenant with the House of Israel and the House of Judah
Jeremiah 31: 31-37 "Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, declares the LORD. But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people. And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more."
Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day and the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of hosts is his name: "If this fixed order departs from before me, declares the LORD, then shall the offspring of Israel cease from being a nation before me forever." Thus says the LORD:" If the heavens above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth below can be explored, then I will cast off all the offspring of Israel for all that they have done,
declares the LORD."
How marvelous is Your word O Lord God Almighty! We fear You but are in adoration of Your steadfast love for Your people. Lord, may we never loose Your love and may we ever be fearful of Your judgment. Amen
Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day and the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of hosts is his name: "If this fixed order departs from before me, declares the LORD, then shall the offspring of Israel cease from being a nation before me forever." Thus says the LORD:" If the heavens above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth below can be explored, then I will cast off all the offspring of Israel for all that they have done,
declares the LORD."
How marvelous is Your word O Lord God Almighty! We fear You but are in adoration of Your steadfast love for Your people. Lord, may we never loose Your love and may we ever be fearful of Your judgment. Amen
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
God's Ability to Help Us
Today is week 2 of Charles Stanley's 140 days of intercession for America. Please pray for our nation.
Ps. 77:7-15 "Will the Lord spurn forever, and never again be favorable? Has his steadfast love forever ceased? Are his promises at an end for all time? Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he in anger shut up his compassion?" Then I said, "I will appeal to this, to the years of the right hand of the Most High."
I will remember the deeds of the LORD; yes, I will remember your wonders of old. I will ponder all your work, and meditate on your mighty deeds. Your way, O God, is holy. What god is great like our God?
You are the God who works wonders; you have made known your might among the peoples.
You with your arm redeemed your people, the children of Jacob and Joseph.
Ps. 77:7-15 "Will the Lord spurn forever, and never again be favorable? Has his steadfast love forever ceased? Are his promises at an end for all time? Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he in anger shut up his compassion?" Then I said, "I will appeal to this, to the years of the right hand of the Most High."
I will remember the deeds of the LORD; yes, I will remember your wonders of old. I will ponder all your work, and meditate on your mighty deeds. Your way, O God, is holy. What god is great like our God?
You are the God who works wonders; you have made known your might among the peoples.
You with your arm redeemed your people, the children of Jacob and Joseph.
Monday, July 12, 2010
God's Anger and the Lying Prophets
Jeremiah 23: 9-12 Concerning the prophets:
My heart is broken within me; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, like a man overcome by wine,
because of the LORD and because of his holy words. For the land is full of adulterers; because of the curse the land mourns, and the pastures of the wilderness are dried up.Their course is evil, and their might is not right. "Both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in my house I have found their evil, declares the LORD. Therefore their way shall be to them like slippery paths in the darkness, into which they shall be driven and fall, for I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment, declares the LORD.
He begins to tell them how they are like Sodom and Gomorrah.
Jeremiah 23:14 But in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery and walk in lies; they strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns from his evil; all of them have become like Sodom to me, and its inhabitants like Gomorrah."
Then he unleashes his anger on the prophets!
Jeremiah 23:18-22 For who among them has stood in the council of the LORD to see and to hear his word,
or who has paid attention to his word and listened? Behold, the storm of the LORD! Wrath has gone forth,
a whirling tempest; it will burst upon the head of the wicked. The anger of the LORD will not turn back
until he has executed and accomplished the intents of his heart. In the latter days you will understand it clearly.
"I did not send the prophets, yet they ran; I did not speak to them, yet they prophesied.
But if they had stood in my council, then they would have proclaimed my words to my people,
and they would have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their deeds.
God speaks the truth to the lying prophets.
Jeremiah 23: 23-30 "Am I a God at hand, declares the LORD, and not a God far away? Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? declares the LORD. Do I not fill heaven and earth? declares the LORD. I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy lies in my name, saying, 'I have dreamed, I have dreamed!' How long shall there be lies in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies, and who prophesy the deceit of their own heart, who think to make my people forget my name by their dreams that they tell one another, even as their fathers forgot my name for Baal? Let the prophet who has a dream tell the dream, but let him who has my word speak my word faithfully.What has straw in common with wheat? declares the LORD. Is not my word like fire, declares the LORD, and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces? Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, declares the LORD, who steal my words from one another.
God's parting word to the prophets.
Jeremiah 23: 39-40 therefore, behold, I will surely lift you up and cast you away from my presence, you and the city that I gave to you and your fathers. And I will bring upon you everlasting reproach and perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.'"
My heart is broken within me; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, like a man overcome by wine,
because of the LORD and because of his holy words. For the land is full of adulterers; because of the curse the land mourns, and the pastures of the wilderness are dried up.Their course is evil, and their might is not right. "Both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in my house I have found their evil, declares the LORD. Therefore their way shall be to them like slippery paths in the darkness, into which they shall be driven and fall, for I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment, declares the LORD.
He begins to tell them how they are like Sodom and Gomorrah.
Jeremiah 23:14 But in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery and walk in lies; they strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns from his evil; all of them have become like Sodom to me, and its inhabitants like Gomorrah."
Then he unleashes his anger on the prophets!
Jeremiah 23:18-22 For who among them has stood in the council of the LORD to see and to hear his word,
or who has paid attention to his word and listened? Behold, the storm of the LORD! Wrath has gone forth,
a whirling tempest; it will burst upon the head of the wicked. The anger of the LORD will not turn back
until he has executed and accomplished the intents of his heart. In the latter days you will understand it clearly.
"I did not send the prophets, yet they ran; I did not speak to them, yet they prophesied.
But if they had stood in my council, then they would have proclaimed my words to my people,
and they would have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their deeds.
God speaks the truth to the lying prophets.
Jeremiah 23: 23-30 "Am I a God at hand, declares the LORD, and not a God far away? Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? declares the LORD. Do I not fill heaven and earth? declares the LORD. I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy lies in my name, saying, 'I have dreamed, I have dreamed!' How long shall there be lies in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies, and who prophesy the deceit of their own heart, who think to make my people forget my name by their dreams that they tell one another, even as their fathers forgot my name for Baal? Let the prophet who has a dream tell the dream, but let him who has my word speak my word faithfully.What has straw in common with wheat? declares the LORD. Is not my word like fire, declares the LORD, and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces? Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, declares the LORD, who steal my words from one another.
God's parting word to the prophets.
Jeremiah 23: 39-40 therefore, behold, I will surely lift you up and cast you away from my presence, you and the city that I gave to you and your fathers. And I will bring upon you everlasting reproach and perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.'"
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Deceitful Heart
Jeremiah 17: 9-10 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?
"I the LORD search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds." Lord, create in us a clean heart. One that is acceptable to You. Amen
Acts 15:8-9 And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them, by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us, and he made no distinction between us and them, having cleansed their hearts by faith.
Lord, thank You for Your Spirit and the faith You have given us. Amen
1 John 3:19-20 By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him; for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything. Thank You God for being the master over our life. Mold us and shape us to show Your glory. Amen
"I the LORD search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds." Lord, create in us a clean heart. One that is acceptable to You. Amen
Acts 15:8-9 And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them, by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us, and he made no distinction between us and them, having cleansed their hearts by faith.
Lord, thank You for Your Spirit and the faith You have given us. Amen
1 John 3:19-20 By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him; for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything. Thank You God for being the master over our life. Mold us and shape us to show Your glory. Amen
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Renewed Day by Day
What do you do when you get that call, some tragedy or unexpected illness, that changes your life for ever? You may momentarily loose yourself, but then you realize God is in control! Your creator has you in the palm of His hand. For some of us, our loosing ourselves may be more than a moment! But God will bring us back to His peace. We all seem to forget that we start our dying the minute we are born. Not just other people, but all of us! We are jars of clay, made by the creator of the universe. When I read God's word and see the things He has made, I am overwhelmed by His majesty! The intricate workings He has woven into this thing we call a body but he calls a temple. 2 Cor.4:16-18 So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
Lord, I am a little scared of death, but I am more scared of people not knowing You. I am scared of people not being told the truth from the pulpit and just excepting it as truth when it sometimes is not. Lord, pour out Your unquenchable thirst for Your word on people. Let them know Your word and keep it in their heart. Lord, thank You for my pastor, who tells the truth of Your word, bless him and use him to teach us Your magnificent truth. Amen
Lord, I am a little scared of death, but I am more scared of people not knowing You. I am scared of people not being told the truth from the pulpit and just excepting it as truth when it sometimes is not. Lord, pour out Your unquenchable thirst for Your word on people. Let them know Your word and keep it in their heart. Lord, thank You for my pastor, who tells the truth of Your word, bless him and use him to teach us Your magnificent truth. Amen
Friday, July 9, 2010
The Shame of Jerusalem
I believe the shame of Jerusalem parallels America! We are not following God. We serve many false gods and let false prophets teach in our churches. We better wake up and fall on our knees before the Lord! If you are not in the word, you will not know the truth. Please study the word, keep it in your heart and tell it to others.
Jeremiah 9:4-6 Let everyone beware of his neighbor, and put no trust in any brother, for every brother is a deceiver, and every neighbor goes about as a slanderer. Everyone deceives his neighbor,
and no one speaks the truth; they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves committing iniquity. they refuse to know me, declares the LORD.
God's punishment will be just!
Jeremiah 9:7-9 Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts: "Behold, I will refine them and test them,
for what else can I do, because of my people? Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceitfully;
with his mouth each speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he plans an ambush for him.
Shall I not punish them for these things? declares the LORD, and shall I not avenge myself on a nation such as this?
God wants our obedience and our devotion to Him and Him alone!
Jeremiah 9:23-24 Thus says the LORD: "Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the LORD."
O most precious Lord, Your word is good!! It makes my heart sing and I want to shout for joy. You are a holy God who pours out Your love on us. Refine us to be like You. Show us mercy and show us Your right path. Amen
Jeremiah 9:4-6 Let everyone beware of his neighbor, and put no trust in any brother, for every brother is a deceiver, and every neighbor goes about as a slanderer. Everyone deceives his neighbor,
and no one speaks the truth; they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves committing iniquity. they refuse to know me, declares the LORD.
God's punishment will be just!
Jeremiah 9:7-9 Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts: "Behold, I will refine them and test them,
for what else can I do, because of my people? Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceitfully;
with his mouth each speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he plans an ambush for him.
Shall I not punish them for these things? declares the LORD, and shall I not avenge myself on a nation such as this?
God wants our obedience and our devotion to Him and Him alone!
Jeremiah 9:23-24 Thus says the LORD: "Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the LORD."
O most precious Lord, Your word is good!! It makes my heart sing and I want to shout for joy. You are a holy God who pours out Your love on us. Refine us to be like You. Show us mercy and show us Your right path. Amen
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