Where are they who are ashamed of the abominations which they have committed? No shame at all; none even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen, when I punish them, THEY WILL COLLAPSE says the LORD. Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths, seek the good way, then walk in it and you will find rest for your souls.

But millions are saying: “We will not walk in the ways of the LORD. We will follow our own ways, make our own rules, govern ourselves, rejecting what is goodness and light all the while embracing what is dark, destructive and evil. I the LORD appointed watchmen over you and said, “Listen for the sound of the ram’ horn.” Actions speaking louder than words. The rams horn sounded warnings, Truth continually speaks from The Word of God yet millions in defiant rebellion and arrogant pride refuse to listen. 

Worship the Lord, serve Him with reverent awe-inspired fear and submissive wonder. In trembling, rejoice in the goodness of your God. If a man or woman, young or old do not repent, God will sharpen His sword, string His bow and make it ready. “Vengeance is Mine says the LORD, I will repay.” Let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end. Try the hearts and minds of the righteous, LORD. Establish us in right standing with You.

But you kings, judges, presidents, prime ministers, rulers of the earth; act wisely. Be instructed and take warning. The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge. But arrogant fools despise godly wisdom, instruction and self-discipline. Because in them there has been no change of heart. Because they do not fear God, He will hear the prayers and cries of His people and humble the proud, the haughty the rebellious deceiver. He who sits enthroned from old, sees all, hears all and knows all.

Tremble in fear of God, seek to serve Him. Meditate in your heart upon your bed. Be still and learn His ways. Reflect on your sin and repent of your rebellion. Our shield and our defense depend on God Who saves the upright in heart. (Scripture references from Jeremiah 6, and The Psalms)

Let us celebrate our independence, our liberty, our freedom this July 4^thBUT never take it for granted.

"The Word is near, in your mouth, in your heart. The Word, the message, the basis of faith; for those with ears to hear and hearts to receive it is near. It is near because, if you will acknowledge and confess with your mouth that Jesus is LORD, if you will recognize His power, His authority His majesty as God AND believe in your heart that God raised JESUS from the dead, God’ promise to all who will believe and receive is eternal life. With the heart each person must believe in Jesus as Christ and Saviour; a belief that frees from the guilt of sin and makes one acceptable to God and then speak aloud acknowledging, confessing faith in Jesus openly, confirming their salvation, their true change of heart, their salvation by faith alone in Christ alone His Word is Truth, that “Whoever calls on the Name of the LORD will be saved.” (paraphrase of Romans 10)

Charles Spurgeon wrote: The children of this world are wise in their generation. Their policy may be short-sighted and their stratagems crooked, nevertheless the world admires the wisdom of their counsel, and makes light of the craftiness of their projects. In their opposition to the Christian church, the men of the world might certainly have been as well able to outwit her by the variety of their maneuvers as to overwhelm her by the force of their numbers, were it not that there is an unseen One in her midst, who is more than a match for the guile of their hearts and the might of their hosts.

It breaks my heart when I realize that it is those called by His Name who are the greatest hindrance to the spreading of the gospel message. For every true Bible believing Blood bought believer, for every follower of Jesus Christ there are scores that are Christian in name only; but we are not without hope:

There are billions of ‘professing Christians’ in the world, but the true church is small compared to the number professing a biblical faith with little or no evidence to back up their claims. But the church does exist - Jesus promised... “I will build My church, and the gates of Hell will not prevail against it.” We must keep witnessing, sharing and standing on the promises of God.

Don’t hide your heart of hurt from Jesus. Don’t allow guilt from the past to rob you of a victorious future. Don’t allow the crafty deceit of the world to blind you to Truth. But you might say “you don’t know what I’ve done;” and you would be correct. I don't know, but God does and He made forgiveness available even before you sinned. He has done His part, the rest is up to you.

"My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways,' says the Lord.'For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts." Isaiah 55:8-9

We claim faith in Jesus the Christ. We stand with voices raised heavenward singing, “Standing on the promises of God,” we glibly quote scripture and encourage our neighbors and friends to ‘only believe’. Yet, when we are confronted with trials and testing, when our own world appears to crumble beneath us, we cry in agony, race to the doctor, grab a pill or call a friend to listen to our woes.

We generally feel sorry for ourselves, while bemoaning the unfairness of our circumstance we fail to remember the words of the Psalm - "Be still [cease striving] and know [remember] that I AM God."

While this may be natural, we were not chosen of God to be natural, we were chosen by God, 'out of the world', a new creation in Him - called to be a supernatural people. We all too quickly panic rather than praise and all too soon forget:

“In all [these] things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us.”
[Romans 8:37]

Scripture tells us -

“Endure hardship as discipline. God is testing you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?” [Hebrews 12:7]

Again, scripture tells us -

“Consider it all joy when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.” [James 1:1-4]

We are powerless in and of ourselves. We read in Habakkuk, ‘it is The LORD God who is our strength. It is He who makes me walk on high places.’

We are admonished to never forget - ‘we are not to conform to this world [the natural] but be transformed by the renewing of our mind [supernatural] so that we might prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.’ [Romans 12:2]

 I love You O LORD, my strength.” The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and the One who rescues me; My God, my rock and strength in whom I trust and take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower my stronghold. I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; and I will be saved from my enemies. Psalm 18

“The heart of The Hunter, the hunter of lost souls is grieved. I yearn to redeem yet My righteous ones continue in rebellion and unbelief, standing with the world but not with My Word. Days are getting shorter not longer. Time is slipping away and still tens of millions are not ready, they will not listen, they refuse to learn. My Spirit will not always strive with man.”

The vision was clear, so too was the message. A twisted tree stood before me, a tree whose limbs were gnarled and knobbly, it appeared to be dead. I looked closer and saw a few green leaves hung from the limbs of the sad looking little tree. As I continued to stare at the tree, Holy Spirit spoke: “This is My Church. Starved for nutrition and water, struggling to live.” Holy Spirit went on the explain spiritual nutrition was The Word and water the Holy Spirit. He then ask: “What will happen to My people if the church dies? Where will the lost among you go for Truth if the tree dies? My church must have The Word and The Spirit to survive. My church must not be allowed to die.

A clarion call has gone forth to My people. Advance, go forward. Do not resist the call of Holy Spirit. I AM coming for a people who have washed their garments in the blood of Salvation, JESUS God’ Son. Learn to listen. Learn to hear My still small voice. I will speak many things – listen and learn. Come boldly to My throne room. You are a child of the King (if you have yet to make the decision to pick up your cross and follow Him as your King, wherever He leads, NOW is the time. It’s more than just ‘say a little ‘prayer’ it’s a life long commitment to TRUST in the goodness of God).

Come to your Father in faith, knowing He hears you when you cry.”

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. Galatians 3

 The wall was made of jasper, and the city of pure gold….

But you have allowed My house to become a den of thieves, a place haunted by past failures, fear has griped the hearts and minds...no peace can be found.

As the powers of darkness gained more control over your lives, fear gripped your heart, doubts crowded into your mind. “Where is God" you cried as mask mandates and lockdowns became the law of the land….and you bowed to the spirits of darkness that were taking your nation captive. But God would say to those with ears to hear:

You O nations of the world, have rejected Me, it is not I who rejected you. It is you who chose another, a wider path to follow, another god to serve. The ways of the world; the lust for comfort, ease and position have been your downfall.

But if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but glorify God that you bear that Name. For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God, and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God. And if it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner...1 Peter 4:16-18

It will be well with your soul. Times of refreshing will come for My children IF you will stand in the midst of uncertainty knowing that I AM is at work among you, fear not, and believe your times are in My hand.

It is time for rejoicing for the child of God. Miracles will overpower the mayhem, My Word will stand in power and strength. Now is not the time to cower in fear, but a time to become embolden in strength and determination. A time to take a stand and continue to believe “I AM WHO I AM” Exodus 3:14. Great days await My children. Great will be the peace of those that belong to Me.

Look beyond what is to see what can be. Great pearls of wisdom, great words of truth will soon be poured out upon America and around the world. Many will see and believe, many more will scorn and reject the Son of God. It must be but My plans will not be destroyed by criticism or unbelief. 

Revival will come, but not in the way many have expected; but come it will. My hand will be upon My people. My remnant will be strong, grow in knowledge and spread the gospel giving birth to reformation, repentance and revival. My church must be cleansed. This is My perfect will – restoration and revival. It will come.

 "He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.’ Revelation 13:16-17

A nation filled with carnality, rebellion and rage, cowering in fear, ‘woke’ but not a ‘wake’- a generation who knows not their God.

“...understand this...in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, disrespectful, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having an appearance of godliness, denying its power. Avoid such people.” 2 Timothy 3:1-5

Holy Spirit spoke: “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 6:23) Then He ask “What does this mean?” My response “What does it mean to me?” Holy Spirit responded in the affirmative; I continued. “it means to me that the price I will pay for my sins is death but JESUS paid that price for me.” Holy Spirit said, “Yes, but this is not all it means. It also means for My Name Sake.” Then He went on to explain: “Man is a created being just like the grass in the field and the birds in the sky and if Christ, who never sinned, had not became sin so that you could be made right with God through Him, (ref. 2 Corinthians 5:21) I would be the Giver of life, but not the sustain-er (the brace the support the anchor the maintainer) of life.”

"Awaken to what is happening, be alert, be engaged. Be determined to stand in faith without wavering. Evil will not prevail. Be not dismayed neither swayed by voices of doubt and fear. ALWAYS trust in the goodness of God.”

The woman screamed, “Why God, why?” She had held the gun, she had pulled the trigger and now she ask’ God “Why?”

Our own wickedness will correct us, our apostasies will reprove us; the land which the LORD gave to our founding fathers to eat of its fruit and its bounty, we have now become its’ slave. Its abundant produce is for the kings Whom You have set over us because of our sins; they rule over our bodies, over our cattle as they please. Evil and bitterness surround for we have forsaken the LORD our God. He will repay each person for his work, whether good or evil, He will cause consequences to find them according to their conduct. (Jeremiah 2:19, Job 34:11, Nehemiah 8:36-37)

We as believers were not doing our job, which meant satan could do his. We must understand the ways of God and not credit Him for the results of our own actions. Let the responsibility fall where it needs to fall. We need a wake up call. There is simply No hope for America apart from revival.

Clearly He has spoken

And He has much to say;

If we would only listen

And not get in the way.

We fret, we stew we worry,

But do we kneel to pray?

O, child of God please listen

Command the demons flee;

Then watch His mighty hand at work

As He calms the troubled sea.

With eager expectation

We must heed the LORD’ command;

To join Him in this hour

For the battle is at hand.

God remains at the helm of humanity, He will not allow His creation to be destroyed. Refuse to be intimidated or distracted. You have a mission a purpose a destiny. Keep standing; keep standing on the promises of God.