The Saints In Light Title

“Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.” - Col 1:12-17

PepsiCo – We can bring change if we are united!


The PepsiCo company is on the front line in promoting the homosexual agenda which includes:

  • Being a member of the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
  • Requiring its employees to attend diversity training classes promoting the acceptance of homosexuality
  • Financially supporting gay pride parades
  • Giving $1 million to the Human Rights Campaign (pushing gay marriage) and Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
  • Supported an episode of a television show that said “Jesus hates everyone, but he hates homosexuals more than anything else” along with some very explicit homosexual and bestiality comments in the show which have no place outside of an XXX rating.
  • Continues to push the homosexual lifestyle and agenda through their product commercials featuring homosexuals.

The boycott is only to have them move to a neutral position and no longer PUSH the homosexual agenda.  If we all take a stand and no longer purchase their products, things will change, they are a publicly held corporation and money talks.  This has worked for other companies such as McDonalds and Ford, it can also work for PepsiCo if you will take the time to help!

http://www.boycottpepsico.com

For some time now, our family have participated in a boycott against PepsiCo and all their products which include Pepsi products, Frito-Lay, Tropicana, Gatorade and Quaker Oats.  It was rough to start we were actively consumers of a number of their products, but there are alternatives and in the chip market we have found a few we would have never known about (which we really enjoy and even if the boycott ended tomorrow, we would still stay with some of the chips we have found).

Take just a couple of minutes and join the boycott and then live it.  Things can change if we act!

Posted on 5/20/2009 1:05:53 PM by Believer

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For some reason, Yahoo! email has really harsh spam filtering and if you use a Yahoo! email address to subscribe with it can take days, weeks and sometimes still not make it to you.  If you have any other email address that you regularly check, it would be best to use a different one. 

Posted on 4/30/2009 7:24:37 AM by Believer

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The Journey Revealed


I am “Believer”, the one who owns, writes and manages this site.  My plan was to keep my personal life out of this site, but I feel that maybe the Journey I have been on for over a year, which is really just a continuation of my Journey with God that has spanned since 1990, may be of help to some.  I pray the personal things I am about to reveal do not color any of the writings here by looking at everything with a different view.  Originally I was concerned that people might take the “situation” and let it dilute the message here.  Perhaps the message is strong enough to still come through!

Who I really am is of no real concern, I am just a 47 year old believer in Yeshua, (Jesus for those who do not know His true Hebrew name), who came to know Him almost 20 years ago.  For the most part, I have not been much different from the large majority of believers,  I have my battles with the flesh, with the world around me and the cares of this life while trying to walk a close walk with our Lord. 

For the best part of last 12-15 years of my walk, I kept putting God on the back burner to some degree as I let the cares of this life crowd into my mind. Back in 1980 I started into the computer field and it consumed a great deal of my life.  Up until a year ago, I have been making my living as a computer programmer for various companies and myself.

All those years I would convince myself that at some time in the near future I could move away from the computer work and more into work for God.  I have always been an extremist in that when I do something I usually put in 120% into it,  meaning other important things had to give in order to make the 120%.  It is really pretty easy to live a carnal life and not think about it much, if we allow our self to justify everything.

Well, all this changed in November 2007.  Just a few months prior to that, I mentioned to others that if things did not work out like I had planned with my current work, I was going to drop everything and move on to the things of God at the first of the year and put the computers on the back burner.  That was just another attempt to convince my mind that God had some kind of priority, but I still had other things on a higher priority and it probably would not have changed regardless of the outcome.

One day in November, I had bumped something in the back of my throat that caused me some pain.  I went into the bathroom and looked in the mirror.  It sent chills down my body, even though I was not sure what it was, I felt my life just changed.  In April 2008 (had lots of issues finding a doctor and dealing with health insurance) what I feared that day in November came to pass, they diagnosed me with later term throat cancer.  At that time my journey became very real and nothing would ever be the same again.

The Journey I am writing about is what I have learned and the path of that learning.  During the last year I have discovered a lot of different things in my faith walk with God and what seems like great lost secrets in the churches of today.  Over the last year I have tried to share these revelations with people, but most people seem to be in the similar condition I was in before this journey began, wrapped up in the cares of this life and not putting in 100% with God.  Some do more and some less, but everyone seems to feel like they have some kind of promise of decades of life ahead of them, which at this point in time, does not appear to be the case, but more on this throughout future posts on the Journey.

Hang in here with me and perhaps you will be touched by God to open your eyes to what it really going on and how everyone’s life is drastically changing and most do not have clue that it is happening.  It is kind of like the story of Lazarus and the rich man in the book of Luke, the rich man found out that his life was a lie and he had not lived it as he should.  His cry was to let his brethren know so they would not end up there.  Well, I did not have to die to find the truth, but I still have that passion to let others know what I have found in hopes it will change their lives before it is too late.  I currently live pretty much full tilt unto God and have found many things that are trapping people into a  land of slumber such as I had found myself. 

My prayer is that something will awaken everyone before it is too late…

Posted on 4/30/2009 7:04:27 AM by Believer

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God CANNOT put sickness or poverty upon you!


That is a strong statement and one that many in the Body of the Christ do not believe.   Many think that God has for some reason to put sickness on them to teach them a lesson or He “Allows” it on them for some purpose.  It is NEVER the will of God to have any believer sick nor in poverty and He will NEVER put that on you, He has promised!

Gal 3:13-14 ~ Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus the Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

There is a lot mentioned in that one passage and this post will not even start into the blessing of Abraham nor the promise of the Spirit, we will just look at the first statement, that the Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law.

While the curse and blessing in Deu 28 represented the nation of Israel at the time, it is applicable today in an example of what God will or will not do.  Here is the curse of the law as God described it:

Deu 28:15  But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:
Deu 28:16  Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.
Deu 28:17  Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.
Deu 28:18  Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
Deu 28:19  Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
Deu 28:20  The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.
Deu 28:21  The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.
Deu 28:22  The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
Deu 28:23  And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
Deu 28:24  The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
Deu 28:25  The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
Deu 28:26  And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.
Deu 28:27  The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.
Deu 28:28  The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:
Deu 28:29  And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.
Deu 28:30  Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.
Deu 28:31  Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them.
Deu 28:32  Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand.
Deu 28:33  The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:
Deu 28:34  So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
Deu 28:35  The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.
Deu 28:36  The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.
Deu 28:37  And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.
Deu 28:38  Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.
Deu 28:39  Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.
Deu 28:40  Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.
Deu 28:41  Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.
Deu 28:42  All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.
Deu 28:43  The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.
Deu 28:44  He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.
Deu 28:45  Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:
Deu 28:46  And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.
Deu 28:47  Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;
Deu 28:48  Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.
Deu 28:49  The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
Deu 28:50  A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:
Deu 28:51  And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee.
Deu 28:52  And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.
Deu 28:53  And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:
Deu 28:54  So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:
Deu 28:55  So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.
Deu 28:56  The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
Deu 28:57  And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.
Deu 28:58  If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD;
Deu 28:59  Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.
Deu 28:60  Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee.
Deu 28:61  Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
Deu 28:62  And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God.
Deu 28:63  And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.
Deu 28:64  And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.
Deu 28:65  And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:
Deu 28:66  And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:
Deu 28:67  In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
Deu 28:68  And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.

God was clearly serious about transgression and would thoroughly judge those that turned away from His commands with this curse.

Jesus was made a curse for us so that we would not face the curse of the Law anymore.  God poured out all His judgment for us upon the Christ on the cross.  For those that are His, He will NEVER afflict them with this curse.  The Lord still chastens us to help us grow and stay on the right path, but He does not and cannot bring this curse or any part of it, upon us as Jesus already took it.

We clearly see in 28:61 that He did not limit the curse to just the known sickness at that time nor specific ones, but “Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law”.  That is every sickness to ever afflict anyone!

Why then do Christians get sick some some die of sickness?  Well simply, it is our own fault as we either bring it upon ourselves by our actions or allow the enemy to do so without standing up for our rights.  Some might say that they know of a person that was so close to God that they almost walked on water, that they seemed to never have one bad thought nor did the ever sin.  First, time for a reality check, we cannot see into the heart of another and know what they truly face, so you can only make assumptions about them, you do not know their battles.  Everyone who lives in a fleshly body will have a daily battle without anyone even knowing about it.

Gal 5:17  For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

Let’s look at it this way, God clearly does not want us sick nor in poverty, this does not bring glory to His name (and do not even go with the “He can use sickness to get glory” stuff, if we are healed and made whole by His hand, there is not greater glory, nor greater witness than that!).  If it was His will for us to be sick then He would not have included all the healing Scriptures such as these obvious ones:

Jas 5:14-16 ~ Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:  And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

Isaiah 53:4-5 ~ Surely he hath borne our griefs, (took our infirmities, bare our sicknesses, according to Mat: 8:16-17) and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.  But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

I Peter 2:24 ~ Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should  live unto righteousness; By whose strips ye were healed.

Mar 16:17-18 ~ And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

Psalms 107:20 ~ He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions

Psalms 103:1-5 ~ Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: who forgiveth all thine iniquites; who healeth all thy diseases; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;  Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.

Joh 14:12-14 ~ Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.

So, if it is God’s will for us to be whole and it brings Him glory, then the problem is not on His side and there is only one other side and that is ours.  If we act in true faith without doubts we will receive, every time without fail.  For many though, having that kind of faith for ourselves can be hard, it is easier to believe for others than ourselves.  That is where James 5:14-16 comes in as there is supposed to be Elders in a close walk with God who trust Him and always have “faith without doubts” to pray for people as a last line of defense.  Trust comes from spending time with God and deep relationship, continually partaking of His promises.

It is a lot like the filling of the Spirit, some believe, seek God on the matter and receive, others deny the experience or perhaps only seek for a short time and never receive.  Did God without from them?  No, they just did not take claim on what was theirs by faith.

I might have written before about this, but here it goes again.  I heard an old tale about a person taking a cruise and it goes something like this:  There was a man who had saved up money for years to be able to go on a cruise.  He gets on the ship and for the next week he is carried all over the world to see wonderful sites.  The entire trip he does not eat one thing as he only saved enough money for the ticket, so he went without.  When the trip was over they started to leave the ship and the captain spotted Him and asked if there was something wrong with the vast array of food they had as he noticed the man did not eat anything throughout the trip.  The man replied to him that he did not have enough money and the captain told him that it was all included in the price of the ticket.  The captain did not withhold anything from him, no one was being unfair, the man simply did not know what was included and never received.

Brothers and Sisters, it is all included in the price Jesus paid.  We must take it though and truly believe in our hearts that it is ours.  We can only blame sickness and poverty on either ourselves or the enemy that is about steal, kill and destroy.  But God is always there to heal you and make provisions you need when we come with faith.

Posted on 4/23/2009 12:30:34 PM by Believer

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How do we view those who do not believe?


For several months now (if I remember correctly, just before the start of the year), my heart is being directed to bringing in the final harvest of this age, those that are lost without God, those who do not know about Yeshua and what He has done.  Over the coming months I will be making many posts on the topic of the Harvest as I think it is the primary focus to the Body of the Christ today.  At this point in time, it is obvious that this Age is wrapping up and either the Rapture of the Church or the coming of the Tribulation is at the door.  It is time to work the fields and get the harvest in before time to do so is over.  More about that later.

My view of the Harvest, that is how I look at those sinners out there that are lost without Jesus, changed a bit.  As how I just described the harvest, I have viewed them as lost sinners and they need to find Yeshua and His saving grace.  While that is true to degree, I now have a new view of them.  We know God knew everyone that will ever turn to Him before the world was even created, He knew every thought we would ever have and ever decision we would ever make.  If you can see into the future, you would clearly know people before they even existed.

God knows who will and will not come to Him, He desires that everyone will, but some will not turn to Him and He knows them.  He knows them just like He knew Judas was going to betray Him before Judas was even born but yet still treated Him the same as any of His disciples, even to the washing of His feet.

Here is the new view that came to me yesterday: the Body of the Christ are not just in the Churches, they are all around us living a life of a sin without any knowledge of their Savior and the place in the Kingdom which He has made for them because we have not brought the message to them yet.  I lived 28 years on this planet as a sinner, not realizing that God had already made a place for me, that just down the road a little I would surrender my life to Yeshua and receive my place in His Kingdom.

When we view the Harvest not as lost sinners trying to get saved, but rather as lost members of the Kingdom, the lost segment of the Body of the Christ, we move from trying to change a sinner into a saint, but rather helping them to find their place in the Kingdom.  We  can see that there are those that will not be saved, God knows they will never receive what He offers even though they could if they wanted to, but they will continue to refuse.  Likewise we can view our work as having the tickets for Kingdom in the form of the Gospel for those God knows will turn to Him. 

I do not know if the view matters much to most, to some it might be like making a mountain out of mole hill, but to me it changes my feelings of the harvest from one of combative, trying to drag them into the Kingdom, into to one of helps.  I am no longer trying to battle the person and all the junk they believe, I am now trying to bring light unto their path that they may open their eyes and see what the Lord has done for them and help them to find their place in the Kingdom.

So, in short the view harvest is not that of lost sinners, but lost saints who need help.

Posted on 4/21/2009 2:09:35 PM by Believer

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Entering the Gates of that City!


In church yesterday during testimony time, a person mentioned something that made my mind ponder.  Although I do not remember what was said, I do remember what it made me think about.

Let your mind drift for a few minutes and think of that glorious day when the Lord will come and take us all home.  I know there are some that do not believe in the Rapture or Catching Away  of the church, but for the multitude of us who do, consider on that day after the dead in Christ have risen and we that are alive and remain have been changed, in that twinkling of an eye after we are all joined together, what will the trip home be like..

Yeah, I do not have a clue if we will instantly be in heaven with the Lord or if it will be like traveling, nor does it really matter, but that is not my focus here.  The part I thought about is after we get there as we enter into the gates of that heavenly City, what it will be like.  The great multitude of the redeemed, all in glorified bodies, coming thru the gates of that City.  What a time that will be!  All of the heavily host witnessing the glorified church coming home!  The thunder of that great number of people, the roar of praise flowing out of our mouths, as we celebrate and worship while entering those gates!  All of us with our Lord!

What a time that will be!  Lord let it be this year!  Come sweet Lord, Come!

Posted on 3/30/2009 3:03:36 PM by Believer

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What’s in a translation…


I make it a point to read Proverbs every day, starting with one chapter and now I typically read two per day.  Soon, I will slow down and maybe only read half a chapter per day, but with reading all the commentaries I can find to see if there is something missing.

The last time I went through Proverbs, I used the 1898 Young’s Literal Translation, which was rough to read in some sports with it’s styling.  If I did not get anything out of that translation, one thing I did find was worth it.  Proverbs 30:1 seems pretty clear in most translations:

Pro 30:1  The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,

Young’s translation, does not use the names but rather translates them with their meanings and ends up with a cool message of passion:

Pro 30:1  Words of a Gatherer, son of an obedient one, the declaration, an affirmation of the man: --I have wearied myself for God, I have wearied myself for God, and am consumed.

My, if we all could say that of ourselves!

Posted on 3/16/2009 2:20:28 PM by Believer

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An Urgent Message - David Wilkerson


For those that do not know David Wilkerson, you might have heard of the book and then movie "The cross and the switchblade". David Wilkerson is the minister in the story that was used by God to bring in the gang member Nicky Cruz, more can be found at:

http://www.worldchallenge.org/how_it_all_began

David Wilkerson give a serious warning that he believes the Holy Spirit has placed in his heart:

“AN EARTH-SHATTERING CALAMITY IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN. IT IS GOING TO BE SO FRIGHTENING, WE ARE ALL GOING TO TREMBLE - EVEN THE GODLIEST AMONG US.”

He goes on to warn people to store up at least a 30 day food supply to prepare for this event.  You can read the full message:

http://davidwilkersontoday.blogspot.com/2009/03/urgent-message.html

and then an update:

http://davidwilkersontoday.blogspot.com/2009/03/further-word.html

 

Also in the news a short time ago was this about Nicky Cruz’s brother who was found died in a trunk of a car:

Pastor Killed in Puerto Rico

In Puerto Rico, Pastor Francisco Cruz, the brother of gang member-turned- evangelist Nicky Cruz, has been murdered.

The 74-year-old pastor worked with drug addicts and juvenile delinquents in Las Piedras.

Last week he was killed and left in the trunk of a car, allegedly by a young man he was trying to help.

Nicky Cruz said he and his family forgive him.

"We will forgive this man. God is a God of righteousness and that's what we believe," he said. "That's the only way we can not allow that negative force or energy to really possess our soul and heart with bitterness."

Francisco Cruz helped more than 150 addicts in the five years he directed the Christian center La Roca.

http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/540988.aspx

People, it is time to pay attention, as the Bible would say, be Sober – serious- and to be diligent remembering:

1Pe 5:6-11 ~  Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:  Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:  Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.  To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

We do not need to fear looking into our future, but simply remember, God will provide, He will take care of us, He IS IN US, He cannot leave us.  Take this passage in your heart and let it rule your thoughts when looking to the future, these are the words in red in the Bible:

Joh 14:27 ~  Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Posted on 3/9/2009 12:32:29 PM by Believer

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EU and USA going after Israel!


IsraelFlag Now that we have a new government, it appears Israel is getting hammered from all sides.  The latest news is that Clinton is not pushing for Israel to talks with Syria.  Notice that word “Push”!  It is clear, this new administration is anti-Israel and will do everything in their power to force Israel to give up their land to terrorist.  Netanyahu has already said he will not give away the Golan Heights.  We all need to be praying for him to be strong!

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1069315.html

It is not just the USA though, the European Union is charging Israel with “illegal annexation” of East Jerusalem.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1069311.html

In other news:

All of this for Israel and now Obama is considering reaching out to “moderate” Taliban.  The new administration is ready to wheel and deal with anyone, but Israel.

http://www.reuters.com/article/middleeastCrisis/idUSN07549330

This irresponsible Clinton does it again and her childish stunt brings shame instead.  She met with the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, giving him a red button on a small box that was supposed to represent a “Reset” button that he was supposed to push to signify a “reset” of relations with the USA and Russia.  Her childish stunt got her more than she thought as the button actually read in Russian as either “Overloaded” or “overcharged”, not “reset”!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7930047.stm

As I mentioned before, it is time to get the bags packed.  Jesus is returning soon!!

Posted on 3/7/2009 5:57:41 PM by Believer

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Those who curse Israel.. The USA?


People, we need to pray seriously for the Benjamin Netanyahu and his government as it appears even the government of the USA will be against him.  We also need to be praying that God will show Obama and Clinton along with other government leaders that they will finish off the USA if they continue down there path to force Israel to obey them.

Today, Clinton declared that there will be a Palestinian state and that Jerusalem will be hits capital.  Not just giving away the West Bank but also dividing or possibly complete surrender of Jerusalem.  She said her and Obama would “vigorously engage” in bring it about.  This is in direct opposition to new prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

http://www.israeltoday.co.il/default.aspx?tabid=178&nid=18355

Gen 12:3  And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

The USA has no rights to come against Israel, and God will punish this nation if we do! 

It is time to pray, more than ever!  Yeshua is returning soon people!

Posted on 3/4/2009 6:09:09 PM by Believer

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