Why We Need The Fear Of The Lord

 Job 28:28

“And to man He said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;
And to depart from evil is understanding.’”


Psalm 111:10

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
A good understanding have all those who do His commandments;
His praise endures forever.



The fear of the Lord is about honoring the one who created you and who has saved you from yourself. We live in a world where respect is only given to those who are rich, famous, or powerful. Money cannot give you real peace or joy, being famous often isolates the person who is famous from everything and everyone else, and the power of man is an illusion; true power comes from being in a relationship with our Lord and savior, Jesus Christ.


We need to be aware of who He is and what He has saved us from.  People do not really like to talk about evil or its effect on the world. Non believers tend to play down the slow destruction that we see in the world today. We cannot save the world or ourselves, but that is a tough pill for many to swallow. Some like to believe that if they have more knowledge, more power, more resources, more positive mental energy that the smoke of the fire in the distance of our own making will just magically disappear.


God is looking for those who are willing to acknowledge His presence and have faith in Him. The beginning of real knowledge and wisdom comes when we realize that we cannot change our hearts without the strong, gentle, sweet presence of the Holy Spirit in our hearts. Without that driving force guiding our thoughts and decisions, we cannot hope to succeed in life according to God's word and His standards.

Success in God means to respect who He is and to give our lives to Him. It means loving Him and to be willing to obey Him. It means acknowledging that there is someone more powerful than we could ever be. It means worship, prayer, and praise given to Him on a daily basis. It means practicing the fear of the Lord.

Don't Worry, Be Patient

 Proverbs Chapter 3 5-6

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.


It is hard sometimes not to worry; we need a little reassurance from the Lord when things seem bleak. The toughest times are the right times to exercise your faith, your conviction about the one who loves you and who saved you, Jesus Christ.

The Lord gave this message to me after I thought about everything that has happened in the last 10 days. He told me in my heart, "Don't worry, be patient". It is hard not to get a little anxious what with all that has happened in the past year. Much of what happened I would never have thought could ever happen in America. I was not prepared for the blatant takeover of all of our lives by God's enemy, the devil.


We know that truth and justice will reign because God will not exist anywhere where there is no truth or justice.


These are the times when we must pray and meditate on God's word. We need to be serious about our profession of faith. We can feel fear and anxiety sometimes, and anyone who says they have never been afraid sometime in their life is lying to everyone else and also possibly to themselves. It is what we do with our fears and doubts that make the difference.


If we give in to despair, the devil wins and we cannot be effective tools in the hand of God, but if we decide that we will believe in Jesus Christ and in His word, and give all of our fears and doubts to Him, He will heal our hearts and restore our souls with peace, joy, and love.

God says to His children, "Don't worry, be patient", because He is at work in this land and in the world to restore our hopes, to bring victory to His people, and to delivery justice by His hand so that the world will finally have indisputable truth that there is a GOD in HEAVEN and that HE reigns with absolute authority.


Whatever HE allows is for our own good, and whatever HE CONQUERS will NEVER stand up TO FIGHT AGAIN!

Never give up, Never give in

 
John Chapter 6 53-69

Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day. For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them. Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. This is the bread that came down  from heaven. Your ancestors ate manna and died, but whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.” He said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.


On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?”

Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you? Then what if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before! The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing.The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit and life. Yet there are some of you who do not believe.”For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him.  He went on to say,“This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled them.”

From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.

“You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve.

Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God.”


We are here to be ambassadors to the world, to show the light of Jesus Christ
in a dark world. We are not here to promote the world's idea of a perfect world
or their ideas of what a perfect civilization should be.

We need to believe in the person who saved us, Jesus Christ. We need to show
love and kindness to others, but most the most important thing that we need
to do is keep our loyalty to the Lord and to live according to God's word.

Whether in good times or bad, whether we have a lot of things or very little
in possessions, whether we are rich or poor, the only valuable thing that
is necessary to live this life is a close and intimate relationship with
the God who created us. Everything else is just an illusion.

Let us pray for the people of God, let us keep the hope of glory in our hearts.
Let us allow the Holy Spirit to comfort us in the the midst of darkness and confusion.
Let us pray for the people who are still living in the darkness that
they may be saved, for there is very little time left for redemption in Jesus Christ.

Keep praying for God's will to be done in this country, especially in Washington DC.
Regardless of what you see going on there right now, God is still in charge, and
whatever the outcome, His justice will be served.


Please pray for those whose lives have been upset because the world does not want
to hear what they have to say about the real state of affairs in this country. People
are being persecuted for their unpopular ideas, and just in case you do not know, that means
the christian point of view as well. Pray that they will keep the faith and call
on the Lord for help in these times of distress.


PRAY FOR THE DELIVERANCE OF GOD'S PEOPLE AND THAT JUSTICE WILL REIGN IN THE EARTH!

It's Never Over When You Are In Jesus Christ

 2 Chronicles chapter 20 15-17

 He said: “Listen, King Jehoshaphat and all who live in Judah and Jerusalem! This is what the Lord says to you: ‘Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but God’s.  Tomorrow march down against them. They will be climbing up by the Pass of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the gorge in the Desert of Jeruel.  You will not have to fight this battle. Take up your positions; stand firm and see the deliverance the Lord will give you, Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Go out to face them tomorrow, and the Lord will be with you.’”

 

 

When does the Lord fight your battles on your behalf? Every single day, but sometimes we feel like we are in the battle by ourselves. We feel let down and depressed, and then we think the Lord doesn't see our struggles; we feel defeated. But that is the place the Lord needs us to be so that we would stop focusing on our problems and begin to focus upon Him as the perfect solution that we have been waiting for.

Many times it is not easy to wait for God's answer, but waiting is part of the solution. We don't know the right time for the answer to our prayers to manifest itself in our lives, but God does. If the answer to your prayer is yes, He will wait until the right time to make it happen, and it will be a complete victory for you and God will get all of the glory! 

God told me to write this at this time because He wants you to know that He is aware of what is happening in America right now, and that it is time for all of our prayers to be answered. You will be surprised how He will answer our needs  in this country, because Justice will be done, and justice is not always nice and neat or pretty, but it is fulfilling.

We have to believe that He knows what is best for us, and that ungodly political agendas will not be able to take over the world without His authority - keeping our focus upon Him is what will keep us calm and peaceful within our hearts as the rest of the world loses sight of what is really important . We are the children of the most High God, so we need to show what is special about the Kingdom of God by living according to His word, and then allow Him to work through us with our prayers and our faith. 

This is the time that we need to show the whole world why we believe in Him and how much we trust Him with our lives and with our circumstances.

Keep on praying to Him - Keep on praising Him - Keep up your worship and devotion time with Him, and Keep on showing the Love of God that resides in our hearts to those who are lost in the darkness, who are unable to the see the light of God except that they see it in our eyes and in our lives. 

KEEP HOPE ALIVE MY SISTERS AND BROTHERS IN CHRIST, BECAUSE  WE ARE ABOUT TO SEE THE LIVING GOD SHOW UP AND SHOW OUT IN THE LIVES OF EVERYONE ON THIS EARTH!

                                   HALLELUJAH!  -   PRAISE HIS HOLY NAME!