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I had this dream a few days ago and felt led to share it.  Now I wasn't thinking about the economy before going to bed nor had I been worried about what others thought of what I've been sharing.  God knows that I do not worry about the future.  My trust is in Him.

In my dream, I was not in it, but I saw a man that I once knew, that was once a good friend until he got into the post mordern teachings.  He was one of the leaders of the church I use to attend.  The Lord had me warn him about the post mordern teachings (Emergent Church) he was spreading with the youth.  This was when post modernity teaching (Emergent) was not well known.  I saw this man not believing my warnings on judgements on America and how things will get worse.  I saw that he was mocking and laughing about me.

Then right after I saw this the word RECESSION appeared in big bold letters.  It had like a white glow to it.  Then I heard in my spirit a voice that said "It will get worse".

Then right after that I saw the man again.  I saw that he lost everything, even his house.  Then I saw that he finally believed my warnings after he lost everything.  I saw that he had to give me the key to his house.  The key I knew that once belonged to me is made mine again.

 
 

*EDIT*

I had this dream a while back and knew that this dream was from the Lord and to share this exhortation with His people.  I woke up from this dream with a burning in my heart.  I have meant to share this earlier, but got busy with moving and all.  The Lord had reminded me of this dream recently while meditating on His ways.      

I saw in this dream many people.  I saw that when these people lost their girlfriend or boyfriend they would feel the need to find another partner quickly.  They had a fear of being alone.  I saw clearly that one of the people was a true brethren (This tells me that the people in the dream are Christians).  I saw that this group had relationship with harlots.

I was so grieved with jealousy seeing this group of people depend on relationships that were not healthy that I put it to heart to be an example of one who can live without depending on a boyfriend - relationship (dependent on man).  I wanted them to see that they could do it too.  So, I set fourth earnestly to do this, to help them see that they do not need to depend on relationships.

I felt the burning of jealousy.  It was so real. (God's burden was laid upon me)
2Co 11:2  For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.


When I woke up from this dream I pondered the dream and ask the Lord for understanding.  He opened my mind and made me understand.

The brother in the dream represents God's people who are dependent on man to know Him.  Seeing this group having relationships with harlots means that many Christians have a dependence on man to know God.  They receive their truth from man instead of seeking God themselves and having the Holy Spirit reveal His word to them.  Its only through the revealed word (rhema) that Christians grow in confidence and trust in the Lord.  Man cannot give you confidence in His word.  Only God could do that and it is through seeking Him for ourselves.  Man's teaching are to be used to point us to Christ and stir us on to seeking Christ ourselves. 

Teachers and preachers should fear to have people look to them, but always desire to point His sheep away from them and unto Christ!  When the Lord sees His people depend on man to know Him, He sees that they have committed harlotry, spiritual fornication.  For man did not die for us and give us life, But Jesus.  It is through Jesus that we have been given grace that enables us to KNOW HIM and have power to live godly (2Peter1:10; 1John2:27, Titus2:11-14).  God is a jealous God and should be above man (James4:5)! 

Seeing in my dream that the people were trying to find a new partner quick after loosing their old one means that many of His children depend on man and cry out to man for help instead of crying out to the Lord.  God will not save them from their ways/trials when we direct our heart toward man for help.  Our voice should always be directed to God for everything.  Just like the psalmists who always directed their cry/help to the Lord.  Their hearts were made STEADFAST toward His word because they KNEW HIM.  When we seek to KNOW HIM intimately He WILL make our hearts steadfast toward Him, where we are not easily move to the left or right, but are able to stand firm on His word no matter what.

Meditate on psalm 57,61, 62, 91

Psalm 62 is a BEAUTIFUL psalm. 
David is able to boast how he KNOWS that God is His defense, his salvation, that God is his rock and refuge!  He is able to boast with confidence because he KNOWS God.  He has a true relationship with God who has tasted His goodness, seen His faithfulness.  When you taste the Lord it will bring trust and confidence in God for everything.  And now, we have a much richer promise than David.  So much more grace has been bestowed on New testament believers because of the finished work of Jesus!  We have promises in the New Testament that are greater than those of the Old testament.  But, many Christians do not realize this because they have not sought to know God in order that the Lord would give them a revelation of the freedom and rest (Heb.4) that is in Christ.  Man can not give us the revelation that sets us free and makes us trust in God.  Man can only point us to Jesus.

    

Psa 62:5  My soul, wait silently for God alone,      For my expectation is from Him.

Psa 62:6  He only is my rock and my salvation;
     He is my defense;
     I shall not be moved

 When we put God first, above man we will not be easily moved from His word.  The Lord will make us steadfast in all His ways.  We will not be shaken!



Psa 62:7  In God is my salvation and my glory;
     The rock of my strength,
     And my refuge, is in God.
     

Psa 62:8  Trust in Him at all times, you people;
     Pour out your heart before Him;
     God is a refuge for us. Selah
     

Psa 62:9  Surely men of low degree are a vapor,
     Men of high degree are a lie;
     If they are weighed on the scales,
     They are altogether lighter than vapor.

We cannot put our whole trust in man for there is imperfection. All men are a vapor, unlike the Lord who is ETERNITY.  Whom then shall we put our trust toward and pour out our hearts?

Psa 62:10  Do not trust in oppression,
     Nor vainly hope in robbery;
     If riches increase,
     Do not set your heart on them.
    
Psa 62:11  God has spoken once,
     Twice I have heard this:      That power belongs to God.

I say again, whom shall we put our trust in and pour out our hearts too?

Psa 62:12  Also to You, O Lord, belongs mercy;
     For You render to each one according to his work.

Grace(power from God that enables us to live godlyTitus2:11-12; 2Peter1:3) is multiplied to us when we come to know Him (2Peter1:2).

So many Christians are learning about God through other Christians and then they wonder why they cannot overcome the world or have rivers of living water flowing out of them.  It is not a bad thing to learn about God through other Believers, but don't put your dependence on them to KNOW Him.  So many have knowledge of God that comes from other Christians and not from God directly.  Man has become God to them instead of Christ.  There is a deep unhealthy dependence on man in the church today.  You will hear and see many Christians running to and fro, from one conference to another desiring to experience God or to find Him there when the Lord is in US!  I do not speak of the harlot conferences with false teachers (Todd Bentley, Rick Joyner...) but conferences with godly preachers.  I am not saying that these conferences are bad, but that God sees the heart and many run to conferences to experience God through man, trusting that man will revive them.  Many have spent more time reading and listening to sermons from Godly preachers than they spend with God alone. 

The dependence on man has made many Christians become very bittered toward other Christians because they have put man above God, expecting them to help them stop sinning.  They expect man to be perfect like God.  When you depend on man and put trust in him you will become bitter because you are expecting man to be perfect like God, you expect them to be there for you and do the things that ONLY God can do for you.  This is insane.  Many of His people are like the Israelites who wanted a man to be their king, to stand in the gap for them instead of God.  They want man to do the work for them, and hear God for them. They will not grow to maturity unless they make God above ALL.  Many are still in bondage to the world and the principles of it because truthfully, they do not believe that God is enough, that they are complete in Him (Col.2:8-9)  If, we would spend more time with God above man we would see how true and faithful God is to us, to His word.  If, we would put God above man we would not be deceived so easily with the many false doctrines out there. 

Let me remind you that I am not against teachers and preachers.  God has raised many godly saints to exhort and help build up the body.  But, teachers and preachers are raised up to direct His people to Him and not to themselves.  There should be a godly fear in preachers to make sure that His sheep are not looking to them for things that only God can give. Woe to me if I take pleasure in His sheep looking up to me for truth and not encouraging them to seek Christ above ALL!  Man cannot set anyone free, they can only direct you to God.  It is Him alone that sets us free.  Look to Jesus!

 
Meditation 06/12/2009
 
Surely he will never be shaken; The rightous will be in everlasting remembrance.  He will not be afraid of evil tidings; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord.  His heart is established, he will not be afraid. 
Psalm 112:6-8 
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My soul is among lions; I lie among the sons of men who are set on fire....
My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast; I will sing and give praise.
Psalm 57:4-7

stead·fast also sted·fast 1. Fixed or unchanging; steady.2. Firmly loyal or constant; unswerving.

es·tab·lish
  es·tab·lished, es·tab·lish·ing, es·tab·lish·es
1.
a. To set up; found. b. To bring about; generate: establish goodwill in the neighborhood.2. a. To place or settle in a secure position or condition; install: They established me in my own business.b. To make firm or secure.

When we are established, steadfast on the Lord WE WILL NOT BE EASILY SHAKEN BY EVIL.

How do we become steadfast/established in the Lord?
2Peter1:1-10~ By KNOWING HIM and obeying His Word.

Proverbs3:5-7~ Do not lean on your own reasoning (wise in your own eyes), depart from this evil and fear God.

Joshua1:8~ MEDITATE on His Word.  Let His Word dwell richly in you.  His Word is Life, living, powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart.  HIS WORD IS LIVING!




I love the picture above!  An awesome picture to meditate on.  This is how I would picture Daniel in the lions den.  Daniel is seen not fretting, but trusting in the Lord.  It is a BEAUTIFUL sight to see saints trusting in God.  This picture made me see how only faith does really please the Lord.  I know when I encounter brethren who are full of faith, believing in His precious promises for His people, it is such a beautiful sight to me.  Such brethren who are full of faith, trusting in God will be much of an encouragement to other believers, imparting the life of God to them and strengthening the weak at heart.

This picture also reminded me of Paul and Silas in prison.  They did not fret in the dark, but sang praises to Him.  Just like the Psalm above.  I'm not saying that we should be totally absent of fear, but just like the psalm above, when we encounter evil, trials.. we run to the Lord and He WILL give us strength to not let fear overtake us!  He will give us grace to stand firm, making our heart like a flint toward all His ways!

Oh Lord, make me a woman full of faith that I may please You and fill You with joy!  I want You to marvel over me just like You marvel over the centurian who trusted in You!


 
 

This is written by a friend of mine.  I wanted to post this on my blog because I know it will encourage those who hear.

The article below was written in an apparently popular Russian Journalism Publication. We are going to be, and already are to some degree, the laughing scorn of all the world. Our shameful & blatant wretchedness, greed, murder, abortion, covetousness, sexual immorality, lust, shamefulness, and apostate religion is beginning to come home to roost. Surely it is true that, "God will not be mocked, for whatsoever a man (and/or nation) sows, that shall it also reap." What we are beginning to see now is merely the tip of the iceburg. I am not "psychologically bent" with some natural tendency towards "gloom and doom", but am rather just a realist whom God has spoken to (among MANY others) about "something big (that) is coming" to this nation. Prepare yourself now for eternity.
    Are you walking with the Lord in the cool of the day as Adam did, or are you simply going to the temple and making your "mandatory" spiritual sacrifices for the week as did the Pharisees? What do you know better - God's Word or your favorite TV show? Think about that.............. If I asked you about anything Biblical, would you KNOW  what the scriptures say (not what you think it says, or what your preacher said)? Now, if I asked you about who is winning on American Idol, or about an episode of Survivor, or about what John & Kate Plus 8 are up to, or about who is marrying/divorcing who in Hollywood, or who is winning in the NBA playoffs - what are you most familiar with? What has your heart - prayer or entertainment? Evangelism or sports? The prophetic Word from the heartbeat of God or America's Funniest Home Videos? World Missions or your personal career advancement? The Law, the Prophets, & the Gospel, or little league sports activities? In fact, are you more familiar with the gospel according to Charles Stanley, Joyce Meyer, Myles Monroe, (insert your favorite teacher here), etc., than you are with the "full counsel of the Word of God" yourself? Can you quote your preacher but can't quote the Words of Jesus (this would make you a prime candidate for any deception and "new wind of doctrine" - Ephesians 4:14) The plight of the poor, needy, and persecuted, or the comfort and happiness of you and those in your own castle? You can fool man - but you can not fool the one who made you and who sees every deed, action, word, and thought in your heart (and what you waste your time on). We will all give account soon before the throne of the Lord of Glory, and it's not going to be like the circus show of Judge Judy's court. His eyes of flaming fire will penetrate your very being. Is that the Lord you walk with daily as you carry your cross? In what way are you currently "purifying yourself" (I John 3:3)? How have you "forsaken all to follow Him"? How are you "d ieing to self daily" and "taking up your cross daily and following Him" (Matthew 16:24)? Think about it. 
    I was at a home yesterday with someone who had a mailout from the largest church in Rockwall's mailout. It talked about "Vital Verses" for scripture memorization and topical preaching/teaching for each week of the next 3 months. They were all itemized with captions like Faith, Forgiveness, Love, Joy, Peace, Heaven, etc. All very "feel good" aspects of Biblical themes. Something was sorely missing from it all though. The Gospel. It wasn't even "Gospel lite" as some call it, but it is "Another Gospel" altogether, as Paul called it in scripture. There were no scriptures on eternal judgement to come, conviction of sin, the wrath of God, the total depravity of man, holiness, sanctification, regeneration, the cross, denial of self, death to self, carrying your cross daily, forsaking the world, sacrifice, suffering, persecution, etc. Without these, you have no Gospel at all. You have religion and self-righteous works of the law which cannot save.
     After all, we know by scripture that "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me (Jesus)." (Matthew 16:24, Matthew 10:28, Luke 9:23, & Luke 14:27). How are you doing that? ...........................Honestly, think about it - are you? And, we know that, "in fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted," (II Timothy 3:12). Are you being persecuted for your "faith"? Is God's Word untrue or is God a liar? No, "Let God be true and every man a liar" (Romans 3:4). So, if you aren't carrying your cross daily, suffering persecution, and at war with this world (God's enemy - James 4:4) then what makes you think you are "born again"? {"Jesus answered, 'I tell you the truth, no one can see the Kingdom of God unless he is born again..................... no one can enter the Kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit sives birth to Spirit." (John 3:3,5-6)}. We are in the time of the "great falling away" from the faith. The great apostasy. Everyone I talk to is either not aware of what I am telling you, or they are familiar with these scriptures and "that's the good thing about their church, it teaches the truth" (including the church who sent out the "half-gospel" mailout). If you have a "half-life" spiritually, then you have only death. Cut a living person in half and you half only two pieces of death. There is no longer any life without the whole.
     What then should you do? Try to be more Holy? Try to be a "right wing christian conservative political fanatic" and bring on some degree of self-inflicted quasi-persecution? Try to make life harder than it is for you and deny yourself candy, coffee, or cake? No, realize that you can't do anything to earn salvation. Realize that you are lacking in what Christ said characterizes His true followers. AND PLEASE, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, DON'T RUN TO AN APOSTATE CHURCH/PASTOR WHO HAS MADE YOU COMFORTABLE IN YOUR RELIGIOUS EXISTANCE FOR YEARS FOR ADVICE. Get out your Bible, get low before God in humility, cry out to God to truly know the truth, and seek Him with all of your heart. It is the testimony of most who I know who are genuinely converted, not some "sinners prayer" bit from some lukewarm preacher/counselor.
      We know that the Lord tells us, "you will seek me and find me WHEN YOU SEEK ME WITH ALL YOUR HEART." (Jeremiah 29:13) So, understand your condition in light of truth, humble yourself before the Lord, seek Him with all your heart, search the truth out in the scriptures (Luther gave his life so that you could have your own Bible without an interpreter to tell you what it means), and stay focused on this one thing until you are truly converted. Nothing else really matters but this one thing. When the angels open up the Book of Life and look to see if your name is written in it, I promise you will remember this very e-mail and know that nothing else (not jobs, family, activities, tv shows, hobbies, pets, homes, etc.) will matter AT ALL. This is all that will matter - Is YOUR name written in that book or not. It will be too late to change course then. The day of grace will be expired and the day of judgment will seperate those who were truly His from those who lived their lives for themselves. And, contrary to popular deception, not many will be written therein. That is not my opinion, but Jesus Himself made that crystal clear when He said,
   "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and ONLY A FEW FIND IT." (Matthew 7:13-14)
     These aren't "options" for the "super-spiritual", but are required and inherant tenants of the true Gospel, true salvation, and true regeneration & discipleship. If this all sounds a little "out there" to you, then make no mistake - you are outside the faith and will be "cast out" there into "outer darkness where there is weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth" (Matthew 8:12), unless you repent. Not do you "know these things (mental ascent)", but are they the reality of your everyday life? You cannot fool the Lord and the exhortation to repent is the greatest example of God's Grace/Love, not flattery and false comfort. "Examine yourselves, test yourselves to see if you are truly in the faith. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you --- unless, of course, you fail the test?" (II Corinthians 13:5). Time is short my friend and you, yes you, will be judged by Him who sees and knows all. Love compels me to warn you of this soon reality.
     And lastly, if you are in a church, or have gone to one before, and many of things sound foreign to your hearing and you don't hear them on a weekly basis from the pulpit and in the mouths of so-called "counsellors" there, then get out of that apostate church. RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!!! It will very well cost you that if you don't. These man-made kingdoms of religion and money are on the broad road that leads to destruction with the many. Not on the narrow path that leads to life. Choose to seek God alone, in His Word, until He brings you into true New Testament fellowship with the genuine "Body of Christ", and choose to rather be alone with God for a time rather than being in a large multitude of deceieved religionists on their way to hell. If you know, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved..." (Acts 16:31) and "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved- you and your household" (Acts 16:31), and yet many of the other verses and key tenents of New Testament Christianity/Conversion that I mentioned/quoted earlier are foreign to you (and your church's focus), then get out of there now before it's too late. We, as a post-modern culture, don't even know what these scriptures mean when they use the word "Believe". To us, we "believe" anything and everything (if it serves to benefit us), and there is no risk in believing nothing at all or everything at the same time (including opposite viewpoints which is impossible and slightly mentally insane). You may "believe" in parachutes, but you don't truly "believe" in the biblical sense until you put one on and jump out of a plane. Then, it can be truly said, you "believe" in parachutes. Not before. You can "believe" in Jesus, and it can be said as James said, "you believe, ..... good, even the demons believe and tremble." (James 2:19), and obviously you understand that though the demons in hell, and the devil himself "believe that Jesus is the Son of God", they aren't going to heaven, because they haven't been born again and haven't put their trust in Him as their one and only savior!!
     I was desperately religiously deceived until I was 23 1/2 years old. Then, I got in God's Word for myself, sought Him with all my heart, saw both my wickedness and deserving of eternal punishment, and His righteous and Holy Law to which I could not stand up to. I cried out not to "get me out of a crunch" or to "soothe my conscience", but I cried out in humility before God that my life was worthless as it was, but I still surrendered it to him, no matter the cost, until I die, if He would accept me in His Kingdom. I was gloriously Born Again, praise be to God, and I was CHANGED from death to Life. God made me "a new creation, old things were passed away and behold, all things become new" (II Corinthians 5:17). I then hated the things that I before loved and loved the things that I before hated. God "put a new Spirit in me and took out my heart of stone and gave me a heart of flesh" (Ezekiel 36:26). You are different by nature when Born Again. You have a deposit of God within you and you don't "do good" because you know you are supposed to (self-righteous religion), but  because God's Spirit is now within you changing your desires from self to the one who saved you. My sins were obvious and deplorable to all, and God saved me to show the extent of His mercy and grace for His glory. Most of you, by human definitions, are "better people" than I was, no doubt. But, "There is none righteous, no not one, for ALL have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23). This just means that you may have a harder time seeing your sinfulness and need for true repentance. Well, if that's the case, then you are headed for the same hell-fire of eternal torment that I was, and unless you repent, God will send you there because that is what we all deserve. Stop and think about these things before it's too late. And God as my wi tness, we don't have alot of time left.
                                                                                                                                 Grace and Peace,
                                                                                                                                                        Jeff Marshall


(Russian Article)
American capitalism gone with a whimper Front page / Opinion / Columnists 27.04.2009 Source: Pravda.Ru      
        It must be said, that like the breaking of a great dam, the American decent into Marxism is happening with breath taking speed, against the back drop of a passive, hapless sheeple, excuse me dear reader, I meant people. BREAKING NEWS
The United States of Torture The strict traditions of Sumo wrestling More... True, the situation has been well prepared on and off for the past century, especially the past twenty years. The initial testing grounds was conducted upon our Holy Russia and a bloody test it was. But we Russians would not just roll over and give up our freedoms and our souls, no matter how much money Wall Street poured into the fists of the Marxists. Those lessons were taken and used to properly prepare the American populace for the surrender of their freedoms and souls, to the whims of their elites and betters.     
     First, the population was dumbed down through a politicized and substandard education system based on pop culture, rather then the classics. Americans know more about their favorite TV dramas then the drama in DC that directly affects their lives. They care more for their "right" to choke down a McDonalds burger or a BurgerKing burger than for their constitutional rights. Then they turn around and lecture us about our rights and about our "democracy". Pride blind the foolish.   
     Then their faith in God was destroyed, until their churches, all tens of thousands of different "branches and denominations" were for the most part little more then Sunday circuses and their televangelists and top protestant mega preachers were more then happy to sell out their souls and flocks to be on the "winning" side of one pseudo Marxist politician or another. Their flocks may complain, but when explained that they would be on the "winning" side, their flocks were ever so quick to reject Christ in hopes for earthly power. Even our Holy Orthodox churches are scandalously liberalized in America.
     The final collapse has come with the election of Barack Obama. His speed in the past three months has been truly impressive. His spending and money printing has been a record setting, not just in America's short history but in the world. If this keeps up for more then another year, and there is no sign that it will not, America at best will resemble the Wiemar Republic and at worst Zimbabwe. These past two weeks have been the most breath taking of all. First came the announcement of a planned redesign of the American Byzantine tax system, by the very thieves who used it to bankroll their thefts, loses and swindles of hundreds of billions of dollars. These make our Russian oligarchs look little more then ordinary street thugs, in comparison. Yes, the Americans have beat our own thieves in the shear volumes. Should we congratulate them?

 These men, of course, are not an elected panel but made up of appointees picked from the very financial oligarchs and their henchmen who are now gorging themselves on trillions of American dollars, in one bailout after another. They are also usurping the rights, duties and powers of the American congress (parliament). Again, congress has put up little more then a whimper to their masters. BREAKING NEWS The United States of Torture The strict traditions of Sumo wrestling More...
     Then came Barack Obama's command that GM's (General Motor) president step down from leadership of his company. That is correct, dear reader, in the land of "pure" free markets, the American president now has the power, the self given power, to fire CEOs and we can assume other employees of private companies, at will. Come hither, go dither, the centurion commands his minions.
     So it should be no surprise, that the American president has followed this up with a "bold" move of declaring that he and another group of unelected, chosen stooges will now redesign the entire automotive industry and will even be the guarantee of automobile policies. I am sure that if given the chance, they would happily try and redesign it for the whole of the world, too. Prime Minister Putin, less then two months ago, warned Obama and UK's Blair, not to follow the path to Marxism, it only leads to disaster. Apparently, even though we suffered 70 years of this Western sponsored horror show, we know nothing, as foolish, drunken Russians, so let our "wise" Anglo-Saxon fools find out the folly of their own pride. Again, the American public has taken this with barely a whimper...but a "freeman" whimper.
     So, should it be any surprise to discover that the Democratically controlled Congress of America is working on passing a new regulation that would give the American Treasury department the power to set "fair" maximum salaries, evaluate performance and control how private companies give out pay raises and bonuses? Senator Barney Franks, a social pervert basking in his homosexuality (of course, amongst the modern, enlightened American societal norm, as well as that of the general West, homosexuality is not only not a looked down upon life choice, but is often praised as a virtue) and his Marxist enlightenment, has led this effort. He stresses that this only affects companies that receive government monies, but it is retroactive and taken to a logical extreme, this would include any company or industry that has ever received a tax break or incentive.
      The Russian owners of American companies and industries should look thoughtfully at this and the option of closing their facilities down and fleeing the land of the Red as fast as possible. In other words, divest while there is still value left. The proud American will go down into his slavery with out a fight, beating his chest and proclaiming to the world, how free he really is. The world will only snicker.
Stanislav Mishin



    


 
Some thoughts... 05/28/2009
 

Just jotting down some thoughts I wanted to share.  I blogged about  the Holy Spirit telling me I don’t have a home (http://lisascott.weebly.com/2/category/moving/1.html).  Those words were so deeply impressed upon my heart, I knew with confidence it was from the Lord.  Not realizing the depths of those words at the time, but taking joy in realizing the freedom of not being bound by this world.  Those words spoke spiritually to me and I saw spiritually that I was set free from not wanting to make a home here.  Not fully realizing that the Lord was not only going to make it spiritually real, but physically too.

Today , my family and I do not have a permanent dwelling place here.  The Lord lead us to purchase a trailer and we are lead by His Spirit on where to go.  No one place has been made to call home.  The Lord has lead us to travel to different states encouraging and exhorting the brethren and preaching the gospel to the lost, and we also have been mutually edified much by some.

I know some people read our blog and think, wow, that seems fun and awesome, but what many do not realize is the hardship and  some loneliness at times. But, praise God He has lead us to a few who have encouraged us very much.

I share this because I don’t want many to think this road is so easy that Sean and I never go through tough times.  That would be a lie.  None of the disciples that follow Jesus had an easy life, but they had the peace and joy of the Lord that will always be with them because they are walking in obedience.  Jesus encouraged His disciples to take up the cross, but He also warn that they will be persecuted, so that they will not stumble when the trials come. He also promised He would never leave them nor forsake them.  Praise God!

I have been so dependant on Him and calling for Him deep in my heart to be my comfort.  Praise the Lord, He never lets me down!  I know without God, I would not be able to go on.  I thank God for His word that directs me, His Spirit teaching me not to be lead by my feelings, but by His Word.  

I’ve come to understand also that many people will not understand our life and this I speak of professing Christians.  Even some Christians may think that we have too much zeal and may need some wisdom.  It is crazy to many people the life we live.  And many Christians have a hard time accepting  even God’s path for us.  Acting as though Sean and I have chosen this path on our own.  I know my flesh would not have chosen to forsaken our house to live in a travel trailer with my children, not knowing our future, where we will go next.  But, it is Christ in me who says Yes and see that God is worthy of all of my life and my family’s and so much more!!!  I think the hardest part for me was being misunderstood by others, as though this is so much fun,  getting to travel and I was being careless with my children.  Very far from being right!

But, I come to understand that true discipleship will lead to a lot of misunderstanding.  Such a walk does not make sense to those who  have not learned to walk by faith, but still trust in sight.  I have let it go to the Lord and stop wanting  to be understood.  Jesus was always misunderstood, especially by the religious.  The lost accepted him more than those in the synagogue (church).  Paul was always misunderstood by the church.  Even His love for God’s Elect was misunderstood.  The prophets were seen as lunatics.  Imagine what Noah  went through when he was building the ark for many years because he believed God’s warnings!  Such thoughts of true discipleship always brings me back to Hebrews 11where I receive such great comfort. (http://lisascott.weebly.com/2/category/hebrews/1.html)

Its amazing how my children have grown from this path.  They have learn to be content, not complaining about wanting a permanent home, more toys……God has help them to be comfortable wherever they are at.  Most people would think that American children would hate to live in India.  My kids didn’t like it in the beginning, but the Lord gave them much grace that they had a  hard time leaving India and still their hearts long to go back!  I tell you what, our kids have been through a lot of trials for their age, a lot of sickness that could of cost their life.  But, those trials have certainly matured them, making them very thankful with whatever the Lord gives us, and seeing that we are only strangers here passing by, that our real home is in heaven with Jesus.   They really appreciate and get excited over the little things that a lot of people would not see as something great or it would easily bore them.  But, my kids have so much fun with things that would bore a lot of kids because they have learn to live with little and simple and are content with that.  I am so proud of my children and thank God for molding their hearts.  May God be glorified in them!  Some Christian may think that true discipleship would be hard on children, but what they don’t realize it saves their life when their parents take God seriously.  Such children will grow maturely and seeing reality, not being deceived by the American way of life that takes the reality of Christ away and puts many to sleep  on the path of hell.

True discipleship will bring many trials, but like Paul, he learned to love the trials, seeing that  God ordain them to break us from ourselves, making us more dependant on God, conforming us to His Awesome Son (2 Cor.1-10)!

We will not truly understand God’s comforting until we take up our cross.  Not saying the Lord will have everyone walk the same path as us, but everyone must learn to renounce all from the heart and make Him above all.  

Paul understood and truly tasted God’s comforting, but it was through the cross.

For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abound through Christ. (2Cor.1:5)

It is through the cross that you will truly taste God’s faithfulness to His word.  Yes, the cross will bring many trials, rejection from men, even from brethren, but, though  people will be ashamed of you because of the cross, and despise you because of the cross, and though it will lead to loneliness because only a few walk this narrow path, you will know that God will not leave you nor forsake you, that He is not ashame of you because you desire a heavenly country (heb11:16), He will not be ashame to be called your God.  You will see many confirmations and signs how faithful God is leading you and taste how much He loves you!  God is worthy no matter the cost!!!   

 
psalm 91 04/29/2009
 

With so much going on in the world I wanted to remind the brethren that through much falling away we see, and many disasters in the world that God is STILL on His throne and faithful to those who seek Him with their whole heart.

Just as in the days of Noah God was still on His throne judging righteously and saving those (Noah and his family) who trusted and heeded His warnings.

Please meditate on this Psalm, truly let these words of life dwell richly in you.  For those who hear His word will be given faith to believe His rich promises!  Let us meditate and obey.
Psa 91:1

Safety of Abiding in the Presence of God


He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High
Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Psa 91:2  I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress;
My God, in Him I will trust.”


Psa 91:3  Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler
And from the perilous pestilence.

Psa 91:4  He shall cover you with His feathers,
And under His wings you shall take refuge;
His truth shall be your shield and buckler.

Psa 91:5  You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,
Nor of the arrow that flies by day,

Psa 91:6  Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness,
Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.


Psa 91:7  A thousand may fall at your side,
And ten thousand at your right hand;
But it shall not come near you.

Psa 91:8  Only with your eyes shall you look,
And see the reward of the wicked.


Psa 91:9  Because you have made the LORD, who is my refuge,
Even the Most High, your dwelling place
,

Psa 91:10  No evil shall befall you,
Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;

Psa 91:11  For He shall give His angels charge over you,
To keep you in all your ways.

Psa 91:12  In their hands they shall bear you up,
Lest you dash your foot against a stone.

Psa 91:13  You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra,
The young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.


Psa 91:14  “Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him;
I will set him on high, because he has known My name


Psa 91:15  He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble;
I will deliver him and honor him.

Psa 91:16  With long life I will satisfy him,
And show him My salvation.”


 
Warnings 04/26/2009
 

*EDIT*


Act 2:17  ‘ And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God,
    That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh;
    Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
    Your young men shall see visions,
    Your old men shall dream dreams.
   
Act 2:18  And on My menservants and on My maidservants
    I will pour out My Spirit in those days;
    And they shall prophesy.

1st Dream
In my dream, I was standing on a balcony of a high place.  In front of me was a mountain.  I saw that it started to rain.  The rain was like acid rain, like fire.  I saw people trying to climb the mountain when it started pouring, but the rain was like fire and melted the mountain.  And as the mountain melted I saw that the mountain was not a real mountain.  The rain expose what the mountain was made out of.  The out side seem to look like a mountain, but as the mountain melted it expose the inside of the mountain.  The mountain was full of logs.  People were trying to climb this mountain for safety, but the rain melted the mountain and made the logs fall.  I saw the logs falling and killing the people who were trying to climb this mountain.

This mountain is man made religion.  The rain is God's judgement.  His judgment will expose the false.  Those who trust in man made religion will not find safety in the coming judgment.  Greater judgments are coming and many profess christian will not be able to stand in worse times because they trust in man and not God.  So many profess Christians still continue to trust in the ways of the harlot (worldly religous system), have not seperated themselves from her, and if not seperated will find themselves sharing her judgments.


Eze 13:11  therefore tell those who cover it with whitewash that it is going to fall. Rain will come in torrents, and I will send hailstones hurtling down, and violent winds will burst forth.
Eze 13:12  When the wall collapses, will people not ask you, "Where is the whitewash you covered it with?"
Eze 13:13  "'Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: In my wrath I will unleash a violent wind, and in my anger hailstones and torrents of rain will fall with destructive fury.
Eze 13:14  I will tear down the wall you have covered with whitewash and will level it to the ground so that its foundation will be laid bare. When it falls, you will be destroyed in it; and you will know that I am the LORD.
Eze 13:15  So I will spend my wrath against the wall and against those who covered it with whitewash. I will say to you, "The wall is gone and so are those who whitewashed it,
Eze 13:16  those prophets of Israel who prophesied to Jerusalem and saw visions of peace for her when there was no peace, declares the Sovereign LORD."'



Revelation 18:4


 4Then I heard another voice from heaven say:
   "Come out of her, my people,
      so that you will not share in her sins,
      so that you will not receive any of her plagues;





2nd Dream
I saw myself in a huge parking lot.  There were very many cars, but two types of cars.  There were fancy cars and the few very plain looking cars.  I saw that these cars were still under demon control, some more than others.  I looked by the entrance of the parking lot and saw a demon driving a very fancy car into the parking lot.  I knew that I was sent to clean the plain cars, not the fancy ones.  I was sent to clean out the plain ones.  I looked around to make sure that the demons did not see me.  I went to one plain car and cleaned it out then I was about to head to the next plain car until I heard some noise and wanted to know what was going on.  I went to the front and peeked out the doorway.  I saw a dirt road and a huge market place in front of me.  On the window of the market place was a huge poster of a white conservative looking woman.  Very clean and look like a politician woman.  There was another huge poster next to her.  It was a poster of the demons who I knew in the dream shared this huge market place with this woman.  I saw that these demons were very excited.  I knew that they just kicked this women out that they use to share buisiness with.  I saw that one of the demons put a big red X mark on her face, showing that she is not the owner anymore, but that the demons now own the whole market place and thats why they were excited and making partying noises.  I saw them on the street celebrating.  Then I saw a harlot appear dancing seductively on a platform.  The demons surrounded her and cheered her on.

The Lord made me understand this dream.  Sean and I knew when we left India that God is sending us to His people (the plain cars). The fancy cars represent worldly ministries.  The Lord is sending us to the true brethren to encourage and warn them before things get worse.  Seeing the plain cars in the same parking lot as the fancy ones having demon control shows that many of His people still are in some sort of bondage to demon influence, like religous spirits, worldly inflluence....  Many who are not taking the cross seriously will be more open to demon influence.  Its living out the cross that will break all demonic influences.  As I looked out the doorway onto the marketplace, this is showing another scene, not religion, but the world.  The market place represent the outside world.  The poster of the woman is America.  This is what the Lord reveal to me.  She is white and proper looking because America is founded by English people which are white.  As we all know America's morality has gone way down, especially starting with the babyboomers.  Seeing the woman share her place with the demons mean America has partnered up with Demons.  It is obvious.  Wickedness is everywhere.  In books, t.v., schools, work........Seeing Demons takeover means the Lord has release the demons in FULL.  They now have full control!  This is the time we live in where demons now have full control.  As you can see America's morality is going down more quickly than ever.  You are hearing more murders of the worse kind.  Husbands, fathers killing their family. mass family suicide is becoming common.  Homosexuals are taking over public schools, youths murdering school mates and parents, sexual lust very prevalent and very easy to view porn, stores and many places are full of erotic images ect....America has certainly lost her blush to evil!  Brethern we are in the mist of great evil and it will get worse!  Those who cannot see the difference is because they are in the world and the lust has numb and blinded their hearts.  While hell has been unleashed the church is sleeping!  How are they sleeping you might ask.  Many brethren are indulging in the world, fighting over doctrine that has cause them to forget to pick up their cross, so worried about many things that they forgotten who they are in Christ, being hearers only.....  Many say they want revival, but cannot see nor are they moved to grievance on what is going on now!  Many things are happening in this world..natural, economic, moral disaster.  And such disasters are spiraling downward quick, but still such things have not awaken many christians to sobriety, to an urgency of Eternal things.  Must greater disaster happen in order for Christians to wake up and stir themselves to be revive?  I'm afraid that it will take a great judgement from God to revive His people.  I am not praying for the economy or the world to get better.  I am praying for the christians to be revive through these hard times!   We must get our house in order or else we will not be able to stand in greater judgements thats coming upon the world.  I am warning many because Christ love compels me.  I do not want any to be off gaurd and have to suffer through many many things.  And many will have to suffer, not because they are faithful for standing firm on the Lord, but because they were foolish in not taking heed to the warnings.  And such sufferings must happen to His children who continue to live in a backsliding state.  For such sufferings/trials will purify them from there backsliding.

Brethren it will get worse.  Please do not hope for the economy to get better so that your American dream won't get shattered.  Pray to the Lord to keep you, make you ready, and, help you stand firmly on Him during these times!

Luk 21:34  “But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly.
Luk 21:35  For it will come as a snare on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth.
Luk 21:36  Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.”  



Mat 24:42  WATCH therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming.
Mat 24:43  But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into.
Mat 24:44  Therefore you also BE READY, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

The harlot dancing with the demons by the market place is the Apostate church whoring with the world and she, the Apostate church is posses by many demons

Revelation 18:4


 4Then I heard another voice from heaven say:
   "Come out of her, my people,
      so that you will not share in her sins,
      so that you will not receive any of her plagues;

 
 

Many of us desire God to be glorified, to be glorified through us.
But have you thought deeply about what that means?
Do His people really mean that?  Do they really want God to be
glorified through them in this world? 

Brethren, it will take the death of you for God to be glorified through you.  There will be many times you will look like a fool if God is to be glorified
in you.   You will lose your reputation and many times be humiliated
for God to be glorified in you. 

Deny yourself, forsake all, hate your life, take up your cross....  Your
love for God should be so great that it even seems to others as if you
hate your family because God is even above them!  These are some of
the things that God commands of your life in order that God would be
glorified.

In verse John17:1 Jesus says to his Father:  The hour has come. 
Glorify your Son that your Son may also glorify you.  This glorification he speaks of was the cross.  We should have  the same mind as Jesus.  It is through the cross that we will glorify our Father.  It is the death of you that will bring glory to Jesus.

Do you really mean it when you end your prayers that God would be glorified through you?

Ask yourself this:  Do you desire like Paul to fellowship in His
sufferings, being conformed to His death that the life of Christ be manifested in your body?  Have you suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish that you may gain Christ?  Paul said he delighted in weakness, trials, sufferings, so that Christ would be strong in Him and thus be glorified.  Paul took delight in all the things that would bring death to himself because he truly desire to glorify God.
Paul not only prayed this and openly spoke that God be glorified in him, but he also stirred himself to lay it all down,
truly showing that this boasting was not mere lip service but the true desire of his heart.


Now, let us meditate, do we really want Christ to be glorified?

 
 


The road to hell is paved with good intentions."
~Art Katz

If we were a prophetic people we would see beyond "good intentions".......If all prophesy....and thus the secret of his heart are revealed....then God is truly among you (1Cor.14:24)
~LS

The prophet is required to communicate things as God sees them to a people who not only have a different way of seeing things, but who do not want to see it from God's point of view. That requires, therefore, an unction and an anointing of such a kind as to make the truth of that seeing to penetrate the unwilling heart to the point of repentance, and bringing into conformity that life to God's own seeing. That is a supreme task.
~Art Katz

We desperately need oracles from God who can say what this hour means, and what it is to which we are tending, and what is God requiring in the light of the things that point to the consummation of the age. We need men who can communicate the word. If a prophet is not distinguished by his speaking, then do not look for his credentials on the basis of his gifting or his miracles or his gift of knowledge. That would be a real snare. It is not that their messages are not biblical and good, so much as they have not been oracular, that is to say, prophetic in the sense of the weight, intensity and solemnity of the messages. A word can be sound, biblical and doctrinally clean and yet not be a prophetic word. It does not have the weight, nor the meaning or portent nor ultimate requirement that a prophetic word should.
~Art Katz

The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD and set me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones. And He caused me to pass among them round about, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley; and lo, they were very dry. And He said to me, 'Son of man, can these bones live?' And I answered, 'O Lord God, Thou knowest.' Again he said to me, 'Prophesy over these bones, and say unto them, 'O dry bones, hear the word of the LORD. Thus says the Lord God to these bones, 'Behold, I will cause breath to enter you that you may come to life. And I will put sinews on you, make flesh grow back on you, cover you with skin, and put breath in you that you may come alive; and you will know that I am the LORD ' (Ezekiel 37:1-6).


It will take a prophectic preaching/ministering to awaken the lost and revive His people
~LS.

Paul preached prophectically right into the Corinthians's heart.  The Prophetic preaching at times did not always bring about joy.  The Corinthians thought Paul gave them too many rules, but Paul was exhorting them in Christ.  The backsliders will see God's commands as rules and burdens.  Paul had to expose their feelings:

2Cor.6:12  You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted by your own affections.

It is our own lusts and desires that affect our theology and doctrine.

But the Prophetic preaching brought about a true reviving of the Corinthians!

2Co 7:8  For even if I made you sorry with my letter, I do not regret it; though I did regret it. For I perceive that the same epistle made you sorry, though only for a while.
2Co 7:9  Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that your sorrow led to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly manner, that you might suffer loss from us in nothing.
2Co 7:10  For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death.
2Co 7:11  For observe this very thing, that you sorrowed in a godly manner: What diligence it produced in you, what clearing of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what vehement desire, what zeal, what vindication! In all things you proved yourselves to be clear in this matter.

We have this assurance brethren, that when we preach in His Spirit (Prophetic Preaching) it will awaken the dead and His back sliding people to repentance!  His TRUE sheep will Hear His voice through the prophetic preaching of His word!

But, do know brethren that the false/pharisees will despise prophetic preaching.  Such preaching will reveal the true from the false.  And such preaching will bring you persecution!  From within and out.

Look at Moses.  Many false brethren went against him.  Jesus was always attacked by the pharisees, religious spirits.  Many whom want to appear good on the outside, but their hearts are still full of lust and greed and does not like their heart exposed for what it really is.  They are deceived that their good intentions are enough.  As Art Katz says: The road of hell is full of people with good intentions.

Knowing this brethren , that many attacks will come with prophetic preaching, do not fear!  Continue to desire such gift knowing that His sheep will hear.  And like Paul, willingly go thru persecution for the Elects sake.


1Co 14:39  Therefore, brethren, desire earnestly to prophesy......

Num 11:29  Then Moses said to him, “Are you zealous for my sake? Oh, that all the LORD’s people were prophets and that the LORD would put His Spirit upon them!”

 
Count the Cost 04/09/2009
 

I want to share a dream I believe the Lord gave me to exhort His
people everywhere.  All those the Lord draws to read our site.

 I had this dream in late 2008.  I wished I had shared this earlier, but have been keeping back many dreams the Lord has shown me concerning His people, individually and corporate.  I sense the Lord still want me to share this dream.  Why do I keep back at times?  Truthfully, because I fear man.  Ministering to American professing Christians is very different than ministering to foreigners, like those in India.  American people are very sensitive and live in such comfort that it has caused them to act like spoiled children.  So, if you exhort them out of love, they easily crack and want to run away from you or become so religious and prideful.  I have been unfaithful to the Lord by not stirring up the gift that He has given so that He may use me how He please.   It has brought much grief in my soul because of holding back so much truth because I desire to please man above God.  It is getting harder for me though, to hold in more. If I don't share the things I know that the Lord wants me to share then I myself will
explode!  Like Jeremiah who wanted to hold back the truth because the
more he spoke the more people hated him, but the fire in his bones
caused him to open his mouth.

In this dream, a couple I know wanted to give me their baby that was
still in the wife's womb.  I was so joyful with much excitement that
they wanted to give me something so dear and important to them.  I
shared with them how joyful I was that they would give me their best.
Then it was time for the mother to deliver the baby.  The couple gave
me their baby.  Later in the dream I saw the couple.  I wasn't in the
dream, but I saw the couple so sad and regretted they had giving me the
baby.  They did not realize the cost until now.  I did not want to
keep the baby now, knowing that they regretted giving it to me and
knowing now that it was not out of joy, so I gave them the baby back.
The couple was happy to receive their baby back.

I understood immediately the dream.  This scripture came to mine.

Discipleship Tested

Luk 14:25 Now large crowds were going along with Him; and He turned
and said to them,

Luk 14:26 "If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and
mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even
his own life, he cannot be My disciple.

Luk 14:27 "Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after Me
cannot be My disciple.

Luk 14:28 "For which one of you, when he wants to build a tower, does
not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to
complete it?

Luk 14:29 "Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to
finish, all who observe it begin to ridicule him,

Luk 14:30 saying, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish.'

Luk 14:31 "Or what king, when he sets out to meet another king in
battle, will not first sit down and consider whether he is strong
enough with ten thousand men to encounter the one coming against him
with twenty thousand?

Luk 14:32 "Or else, while the other is still far away, he sends a
delegation and asks for terms of peace.

Luk 14:33 "So then, none of you can be My disciple who does not give
up all his own possessions.

The baby represented ALL- ALL the
things that are important and dear to us must be laid on the altar so
it will not have any hold on us or else we cannot be His disciples.
We must renounce ALL from our heart or else the "baby" will be in the
way and cause us not to finish what we have started to build.
In the dream, I represent Jesus because Christ lives in me.

See, this couple not only represent themselves, but many Christians
who at first, joyfully "think" they can give up everything to follow
Him, but will realize later when confronted to let go with certain
idols, could not.  These people are very deceived.  They think they
have let go and are His disciples until they are confronted with the
message of true discipleship.  Many will use every excuse to why they
are not letting go of certain things. That they will deceive
themselves to think they have let go of what they "thought" to be
idols. But in reality they have kept the best from the Lord. They have
let go of things that are more easily to let go and keeping back
things that they have made themselves to believe not to be idols
because of the lies they have told themselves.

Many profess Christians are like the couple in the dream.  They have
joyfully and hastily told the Lord I will give you everything without
seriously meditating on the cost of discipleship.  They started to
build, but will realize later when the message of discipleship becomes
clearer that they are not able to finish it.  Some will stop short and
use human reasoning to why they will not let go and so deceive
themselves that they are disciples, but in reality they are not.  Then
there will be some who will come to more understanding of the cross
and it will make them sad.  They will reluctantly give the Lord their
idols, having no joy to depart with it, but regrets.  The Lord will
not take such sacrifice if not giving with joy and seeing the Lord is
worthy of ALL.  He will give such offerings back. Many people will
think that the Lord allowed them to keep it because they offered it to
Him and see it has not been taken from them so they will joyfully take
it back.  The Lord SEES the heart of regret, and will not take
polluted offerings!

In Malachi 1concerning polluted offerings, the Lord was grieved with
His people because His people offered the blind and lame animals to
the Lord.  When the Lord commanded He wanted the best!  It is the same today.  Many Christian's give God their left overs and keep back the
best for themselves.  Are they not like Ananias and Sapphira?  Who
said they will give all, but kept back some.  So have many Christians
blurted out to the Lord that they will give Him their all, but in
truth they have kept back some!  Should not the Judge of the earth be
grieved with jealousy?!  If His people will not listen to the small
voice of the Holy Spirit to "let go" and "give all" He will then, in
His mercy send His messengers to tell His people.  But, many have
thrown stones of accusation, jealousy, madness...... to His
messengers.  Many will say to His messengers, "the Lord will tell me
Himself". But they are the ones who will not listen to the small voice
of the Holy Spirit and obey the clear words in the bible.  Many will
also say, "what right do you have to tell me this, you don't know
me".......And such words will go on and on to the ones who doesn't
want to count the cost and follow true discipleship.

My brethren, let us examine ourselves that we would not be numbered
with the false and are like this couple in the dream.  Who at first, joyfully want to build with the Lord, but later on find it hard and will quit, will not finish walking in the narrow way. Not wanting to forsake their idols, their lust of the world will blindly lead them to the broad path of destruction.  
Let us examine (comparing ourselves to His word, not our neighbors) to see if we are truly in His faith and not our own imaginary faith.  Peter
encourages us to make our calling and election sure.  Brethren, I too, encourage you to make your calling and election sure.  For I want you to be found in confidence and not ashame before Him at His coming (1John2:28)


I am zealous for His people to be built up in His perfection,
according to His word and maturity and not by their own reasoning that
leads to much delusion.  May you who claim His name have the same
desire for His body, to see the highest good in others ACCORDING TO
HIS WORD.  Let us exhort one another daily while it is called TODAY.
For who knows when it will be the last.  But we know the end is
approaching soon, very soon.  Let us with such knowledge exhort each
other in all truth, which is love, and in seriousness and sobriety.

Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen (1 John5:21).