ORPHANS AND O-R-P-H-A-N-S

          
"When my father and mother forsake me, the Lord will take me up." Ps. 27:10

I woke up this morning on the verge of tears. I am not an orphan. My mother is still alive. I still have remaining family members in different parts of the nation, whom I very seldom see.

There are of course "technical" orphans. They are born helpless and defenseless with no one who loves them to take care of them. Their parents may have died, or they may have been given up by their mothers. Even worse, many are made orphans by the ravages of war, in countries where families cannot live in peace, and many die leaving starving children behind. My heart goes out to them.

I am sure that not knowing who you really are or where you came from can be a lonely existence even if you have loving adoptive parents to care for you. Really you are very lucky that someone plucked you out of the crowd and wanted you all for their very own.

Yet...I feel very much like an orphan. Alone and forgotten.

I work with the elderly on a daily basis. I try to make their lives brighter and full of joy. So many of them are completely forgotten by their families. No one comes to visit them. Perhaps some families are too poor to make the trip. Others though, I know, have been written off by their children. Some have successful children who could afford to come make the trip, but they don't have the time to invest in their long-forgotten parent, as they live their busy daily lives.

Then I come home after a long day to my dark apartment, without a dog or cat to greet me. No husband. No warm hearth. No warm embrace.

Yes. I have the Spirit of God with me. But sometimes a person needs real human comfort: a hug, a smile, a kiss on the cheek.

When you tried as hard as possible to raise your child or children to want to know and serve the Living God, and they insist on going their own, selfish ways...there can be no real understanding. Sometimes not even real communication.

A mother may go out of her way to reconnect with long lost family members. She may move thousands of miles away from friends and established business connections to be near her children and grandchildren.

But if the grown child doesn't appreciate all that its mother has done, raising them on her own, without the benefit of child support - then what more can a mother do?

When screamed and shouted at, belittled and having abuse heaped on her, should the mother keep setting herself up for more hurt?

If a child had to live with an abusive father, even though the child doesn't remember, the imprints of that devastation have been written upon his or her personality. The child may blame the mother instead of the father for the male parent's abuse.

Even with psychological counselling, treatment for PTSD, without the treatment of the spiritual aspect of this blight, no lasting remedy can be achieved. Only a personality healed and changed by the power of Jesus Christ can overcome this hardship which happens to so many people in our society.

The resulting children, especially males, seem compelled to repeat the vicious cycle of abuse. Sometimes they unconsciously adopt the absent, abusive father's attitude toward women and children:  to be "seen and not heard", to "speak only when spoken to", etc.

So even adults can be orphans. Orphans don't have to be technically "orphans" to be isolated and alone in this world.

To top it all, we are living in the "last days". The Bible says:

"And because iniquity shall abound the love of many shall wax cold" Matthew 24:12

It also says:  "And a man's foes shall be those of his own household." Matthew 10:36


And yes. It is important that the Church at large help the widows, divorcees (who are often widows not by their own choosing), and the true orphans.

        "Pure religion and undefiled before God and the father is this, to visit the fatherless and the widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unspoiled from the world." James 1:27

Yet, the Church needs to be cognizant of Christians and others who have been jettisoned out of their families by prior family break-ups. Sometimes people are relegated to memory only, by rebellious and toxic children, and sometimes by other uncaring family members.

One thing about the deep, prophetic, spiritual walk is that most people will misunderstand you. If you are engaged in the prophetic, seer realm, you own family may reject you. Often your actions may be interpreted by "mental illness", or some other such title they try to attribute to your uniqueness. This family isolation certainly sets one up for mishaps and traps of the enemy, due to lack of family support.

For that reason it is important to make strong connections with a church of your persuasion.

There is also a large segment of dedicated, Christian women who have no spouses, let-alone Christian husbands. The ratio of men to women in our society is very uneven. Far more women are looking for male partners than vice versa. As one ages the statistical probability of finding a match goes down even further.

According to Infoplease.com in 2014 the ration of males to females was two to one.

                  www.infoplease.com/spot/womencensus7.html

To find a mate is a miracle! Many married couples go through life not even realizing it was God that enabled them to find each other and fall in love. To have a warm, close-knit family is one of the greatest blessings God can bestow on anyone. Cherish your family.

Cherish your mother. She deserves it. You will never know how many nights she stayed up walking the floor, holding you in your arms as you cried until dawn. You'll never know the endless multitude of stinky diapers and vomit spills she cleaned up. You have no idea of the opportunities she missed or the abuse she endured for you. EVEN A MOTHER CAN BE AN ORPHAN.

But this mother is going to "DECREE" the Word of the Lord and expect Him to fulfill it as she sends it forth out into the heavenly realm. Because God's Word goes out and does not return empty. It accomplishes fantastic feats in the spiritual realm. (Isaiah 55:11)

"... but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord" (Joshua 24:15)

AND "Her children arise up and, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her." Proverbs 31:28 

  God's blessings to you and your family in this new year of 2017! May all the orphans find families!

                   "Give Me Jesus" Fernando Ortega - Ruth Graham Tribute

SERVING FATHER TIME OR FATHER GOD?

            

         

My father was an extremely talented man. He was a tenor singer, an artist, and later in life a blacksmith and artificer in woods and metals. But his mother was sure he would be a preacher. Because his greatest gift was that of persuasive speech.

                                       

He did have the preacher or evangelist anointing upon his life. In fact, as a prayer warrior, I bet my grandmother sent to heaven many prayers regarding this outcome. But everyone has a will of their own to follow God's way- or not.

Between the times when he was heartily seeking God, he let his stubborn, carnal nature guide him instead of the Holy Spirit. I am not criticizing my father...just stating a fact.

He died an ill and broken man. He had decided to listlessly and aimlessly follow Father Time rather than the call of Father God. He ended up facing his final days in loneliness, trailing three failed marriages behind him. None of his lofty dreams and plans  had come to fruition.

Father God nudged him at every turn, yet he turned away, desiring instead to follow his own interests.

As a child growing up, I closely watched Dad to see if his actions would line up with his words.

I know he yearned for more of God's Spirit in his life. When I was ten he took us from a mainstream, traditional church to a more "seeker-oriented", Southern Baptist-style congregation.

He was usually the only one in the place who would raise his hands in worship while the rest of the singing people held their hands rigidly at their sides...entranced by some invisible edict that stated "one must not get too emotional when worshipping the Lord". Heaven forbid that someone would leap up and dance like King David once did.

That same year my Pentecostal aunt and uncle gave Mom and Dad a book called, "They Speak With Other Tongues", by John Sherrill. He was the husband of long-time editor of Guideposts Magazine, Elizabeth Sherrill.
                                        

                                

In the book, rational journalist John Sherrill observed the phenomenon in worship services the across the U.S.A., trying to determine its source, purpose and validity. It was an experience that "born-again" Christians were said to experience after asking for this Shower of Power and spiritual gifts.

Not all Christians wanted it. Not all Christians even knew about it. Many well meaning pastors and congregation-members mocked and reviled it, saying it was "of the devil", because they just didn't understand it. People always fear what they do not understand. Little did they realize, because they rationalized it away, that it was clearly stated in the Bible as an important part of the Christian experience.

Sherrill finally concluded, after much research, that the experience was indeed valid, useful and valuable for receiving all that God has to give to enable His true believers to live a victorious Christian life.

My father wanted nothing to do with the "Baptism in the Holy Spirit". He simply could not open up his mind to receive something that to him was new...to him "non-traditional"...yet it was tradition set by the very original disciples and followers of Jesus Christ themselves as sound principle, as they waited for the arrival of "The Comforter" in the upper room.

Dad wanted to go beyond the rote and repetition of a traditional denominational "service" but couldn't get past his fears in order to venture out into the depths of God's Holy Spirit.

I once heard a Bible speaker who taught this analogy:

You can have as much of God as you want. But God is VAST. You can stick your little toe into God's great ocean, or just timidly step your foot in. You can venture into His Holy Spirit realm until you are up to your knees. Don't let yourself get "spooked" by the Holy Ghost and jump out of the water. Just wait. You can dip into the liquid love up to your waist and say, "Maybe I'd better move in the direction of the Tide of the Holy Spirit."

It's hard to glue your feet to the ocean floor bottom when the waves start to carry you away. You can even go in up to your neck as you feel the warm comfort of God's protecting Spirit surrounding you. Don't be afraid of getting "carried away" with God. His waves will take you to exciting places!

In my father's failing years, after having been struck with Parkinson's disease, he lived for a brief time with my brother's family. While living in that town, he attended a nearby Assembly of God church . Finally after all those wasted years he relented to receive the Baptism of the Holy Spirit.

Yes. He had been "saved" for many years. In his youth, he even sang in Billy Graham's choir. But he allowed the traditions of man and a narrow mind-set to rob him of all that God had truly planned for his life. Until it was too late. He ran out of time.

Father Time certainly catches up with everyone eventually. They amble along life's loose and varied pathways without asking the Lord, "Father God, what is it you want for my life?"

Some people don't get an answer right away so they stop asking. Many individuals don't get an answer they like so they crawl back onto their own twisted path. Because they didn't like the answer or because of the sacrifices it might require, they run away from God, like Jonah, in the opposite direction.

Then there are quite a large number who don't even ask at all. They don't realize that Father Time will eventually take them to meet Father God. Then they realize that they wasted the precious time God gave them here on earth, circling round and round in the desert like the children of Israel, after their exodus from Egypt.

I have pursued the Lord the largest part of my life. Like many of us I veered off onto a side path now and then, got stuck in a hedgerow, and had to circumnavigate back onto His Highway. But it was all a learning experience.

In no way am I saying that I am better than my father. What I AM SAYING, is that Father God has put an anointing, A CALL upon my life. I cannot allow Father Time to take me to meet Father God without fulfilling my true calling.

If I waste my life working ten hours a day for "peanuts" only accomplishing putting a roof over my head and food in my mouth, but I'm not doing what the Lord has called me to do - then what good is it? I am just spinning my wheels and wasting the gift of time God the Father has given me.

Many famous people have chosen to follow foolish Father Time, wasting their lives on fame and fortune, when they could have been influencing millions for Father God. Elvis Presley, Whitney Houston, Miley Cyrus...to name a few. They chose to follow their own way rather than follow the path that would have brought them the most happiness.

So here I stand, at the cusp of a NEW YEAR, overwhelmed with the thought:  Do I want to end up like my father, who seeking SELF-FULFILLMENT fell far short of what God had truly planned for him?

Or do I want to enter this New Year 2017, fully convinced and ready to go full charge ahead into the ministry call Father God has place upon my life?

Here I am Lord. I surrender myself to you. My wishes, my dreams, my goals...I lay them on your altar. Here I come.

Father Time - you can't have me yet! Heavenly Father...Lead the way!

       

CHRISTMAS CONFLICT OR PEACE?

Joy to the world...peace and goodwill toward men. Yes. That is what God meant to accomplish ultimately when He sent the Incarnation of Himself to a fallen world.

But can you honestly say all is well in your household? Be real now. No false masks, no matter how well-meaning. Surely you are not all "Stepford wives" with "Stepford children"? Some of you might be too young to remember the movie...but some of us do.

                             
                                         "STEPFORD WIVES"   Nicole Kidman/Bette Midler

Christmas fifty years ago used to be a hectic time. The hustle and bustle was at least semi-enjoyable, because life moved at a much slower pace. Frenzied people now inhabit a crazed world spinning faster and faster, so much so that everything seems out of control as though the world might become unhinged from its axis at any moment.

Now the season consists of over-maxed credit card limits, spurred by a manic mindset of buying. Overworked and distraught women, holding down one or two jobs, cleaning, and cooking an obligatory holiday meal. They frantically force themselves to keep going...Christmas will soon be over, they keep telling themselves.

Frenetic children, driven by a mindset of I want...I want...raise grasping hands to reach for a mountain of presents. Yet they are unsatisfied because their spiritual and emotional needs have not been met. Or, on the other hand, some children know nothing of Christmas at all. They don't even understand what it is about, or why it takes place. How sad.

Then we get to the crowded dining rooms full of family members, already stressed by the seasonal rush, antsy children candied up and pouting because they can't have any more sugar...demanding they get their own way. Parents shout over the yammering of the over-indulged children, glassy-eyed from playing too many unhealthy video games, conditioning their minds toward violence.

So when they grow up and get out in the real world as adults, they will simply take what they want by violence assuming they are owed even more. Like in the now classic movie, "Clockwork Orange".

"Clockwork Orange" by Stanley Kubrick

Families who live far away from each other for a reason, who only gather for seasonal occasions often bicker, realizing they can only endure each other for a limited time. Then the rivalries and unforgotten hurts set in.

Wayward children at the Christmas dinner table, though we love to have them with us, can turn Christmas dinner into pure hell...as they show their rebellion against God and their brokenness by their actions and words.

The drunks in bars with many scars sit on lonely stools. Addicts on streets still beat the homeless just because they can.

Spirits of hatred, distrust and greed are not always erased by the Spirit of Christmas. You yourself must not allow them to grow in your heart.

And the idols. So many idols worshipped at Christmas time. Especially the children. Parents and grandparents joyously bring a bevy of sacrificial gifts to the ones who fill their lives with joy or grief, as the case may be.

Anything can be turned into an idol if "it" is in charge of your life. If you are obedient to it, rather than it obeying you - it has become an idol...that will eventually turn on you.

Hopeless people amidst their loneliness find conflict with the season around them because of lost loved ones. Memories become vivid at Christmas. Yet guilt sets in as the rest of the world tells them they must have peace, love and joy. Now. Today.

There was conflict even at the time of Christ's birth. Caesar sent out a decree to kill all the babies two years and under. He heard that a rival king had been born. Not taking any chances one might threaten his throne, he just had his soldiers kill all the infants. But who even cares in a society that destroys millions of its unborn offspring and allows their remains to be used for their body parts?

Terrorists wield weapons around the world no matter what day of the year it is. They cause chaos and heartache on this day because to them it is no different than any other. The demonic spirits within their fetid, almost-extinguished minds, work only to wreak bloodshed upon the innocent.

That same spirit motivated the ruler who wanted to kill the Messiah of the world before he even grew to adulthood. It still exists today. Spirits who inhabit another dimension next to ours work havoc upon our own parallel universe. They enter gates and portals in the heavens and in men's hearts as well. No wonder we have no peace and are in great conflict!

That spirit that wanted to extinguish the Light of The World so long ago wants to steal your peace  and that of your families. It would love to steal your joy. Don't let it! Refuse to listen to the voice of the Enemy! Nothing would please the devil more than to see his minions overcoming the Holy Spirit by stealing your family's peace, or for that matter - your own!

   "Then spake Jesus unto them saying, 'I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. HE THAT FOLLOWETH ME SHALL NOT BE IN DARKNESS, BUT SHALL HAVE THE LIGHT OF LIFE".  John 8:12 KJV

                         

If your family is not following Jesus Christ this Christmas, then they are deluding themselves...the holiday can have no true meaning without the world's Messiah. That was the whole purpose of Christmas...God sent Himself to Earth, cloaked in human flesh to bring mankind to Himself.

                          "Jesus sayeth unto them, 'Have I been so long time with you , and yet has thou not known me, Philip? HE THAT HATH SEEN ME HATH SEEN THE FATHER; and how sayest thee thou, Show us the Father?"

           "Who being the brightness of His glory, AND THE EXPRESS IMAGE OF HIS PERSON, and upholding all things by the WORD of His Power, when He Himself purged our sins, sat down on THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER."

                  

If you want TRUE PEACE this Christmas, ask the Holy Spirit to overshadow you, as He overshadowed the virgin Mary. You won't necessarily have a child engendered into your body, rather A BEING BEYOND UNDERSTANDING, THE HOLY SPIRIT OF THE LIVING GOD, WILL COME AND DWELL WITHIN YOU, MAKING HIS HOME INSIDE YOU. As Mary was overcome and overwhelmed by the power of the Living God, so you, upon humbling yourself and confessing that you are not perfect. And why should God Himself inhabit you? Do you realize He wants to come and dwell within you? Why? Because He loves you. He longs to overwhelm you with His love, His joy, His peace. 

        The spirit that prevails in our world is not the Spirit of Christmas. For the most part, the prevailing spirit of our world today is against Jesus Christ. But it does not have to remain that way.

       (Believers in Christ Jesus), the Church, has not stood up and transformed our culture. Instead, we have allowed our culture to change us...into people who are a far cry from what the Early Church was! That was an energetic force which changed the world about them for millennia to come. Because they were supercharged by the power of the Holy Spirit, which they waited to receive as Christ instructed them before He bodily left the earth.

          "And being assembled together with them, commanded them they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for THE PROMISE OF THE FATHER, which sayeth He, ye have heard of me."  Acts 1:4

           
HOW TO RECEIVE THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT:

"Paul posed a question to the disciples in Ephesus: "Have you received the Holy Spirit since you believed?" The truth is every born-again believer has the Holy Spirit living in them but not every believer has received the Holy Spirit Baptism.

When the apostles, who were in Jerusalem, had heard the report of the Samaritans receiving the Gospel and being baptized in water, they specifically sent Peter and John to them. What was their mission? To pray for them to receive the Holy Spirit for He had not yet fallen upon them (Acts 8:14). Evidently there is more..."

THE HOLY SPIRIT CAME ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST

As a believer, the Holy Spirit and His fullness is part of your inheritance (Ephesians 1:14). It is by faith that we claim or receive what Jesus has paid for. (Jesus asked the Father for us and the Holy Spirit was sent on that day! The only condition for being baptized in the Holy Spirit is being born again (John 3:3).

PRAY TO RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM

"RECEIVE" is the key word that is often found connected with the Holy Spirit Ba[tos, (Acts 2:38; 8:19& 10:47; Gal 3:2). Jesus said in Mark 11:24 "when you pray, believe that you RECEIVE and you shall have.". You don't have to beg God or try to convince Him to give you this "GIFT". (Acts 10:44-47).

YOU CAN RECEIVE THROUGH THE LAYING ON OF HANDS

Laying on of hands can be an aid to your faith.; in the book of Acts, three of the five times where people were filled, they received this way. (Acts 8, 9, and 19). A Spirit-filled friend can help you, but it is not necessary.

EXPECT TO SPEAK WITH TONGUES

Speaking in tongues is the initial sign of having received the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. On the day of Pentecost they were all filled and spoke with tongues. (See also Acts 10:44-46, Acts 19:6, and I Corinthians 14:14-15). As a believer Jesus has already given you this authority  by saying one of the signs of a believer is "In my Name they shall speak with new tongues" . (Mark 16:17.

YIELD TO THE HOLY SPIRIT

The Holy Spirit descends (gently like a peaceful dove) but with power. He never forces! Once you have prayed in faith to receive, His Presence will begin to flow out of you like rivers of living water". (John 7:38). It is up to you to speak the words and syllables He gives. It will not be in your natural language but a heavenly one, out of your spirit." (Acts 2:4, I Corinthians 14:2, 14-15.)


DO NOT FEAR

If you are a child of God and have asked your Heavenly Father for the Gift and fullness of the Holy Spirit that is exactly what you will receive. Jesus said, "Ask and it shall be given you. Seek and you will find." His children who ask their Heavenly Father for the Baptism of the Holy Spirit do not receive a "scorpion or a snake."  (Luke 11:9-13).


PRAY THIS PRAYER

Heavenly Father, I am your child and I have come to receive the Holy Spirit Baptism. I know this is a part of my inheritance that Jesus purchased for me. I thank you now that out of my inner being will flow rivers of living water and as a believer I will speak with tongues as the Spirit fills me. In Jesus' Name, amen.

After you have prayed this, continue to yield to the Spirit of God and pray, praise and worship in tongues every day. What a wonderful blessing this is. It will assist you every day in your walk with God." AND IT WILL GIVE YOU GREAT PEACE AS THE HOLY SPIRIT GUIDES YOU.
(Quoted from "Spirit of Life Church" pamphlet.) www.spiritoflifene.com


No wonder both the world and the "worldly" church have no peace and are in great conflict. I'm not saying there aren't any dedicated servants of the Lord left. But let me ask you a question. On which do you spend more time?

       a. Facebook?
  
       b. Your cell phone?

       c.  Watching television/movie PROGRAMMING?

       d.  Reading the Bible?

        e. Sitting quietly with God and worshipping Him?

I guarantee you the vast majority did not answer "Sitting quietly with God and worshipping Him."  As Christians we must spend time with our Heavenly Father, Comforter.

No wonder you have conflict all around you! Would you rather have conflict or peace? You have to spend enough time getting to know Him so that you can recognize His Voice. Without His guidance you will walk in confusion and conflict.

But there is a path to PEACE. Accept Him as Savior and Lord. Then  receive the POWER SHOWER of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit and you can learn to walk in peace...not only at Christmas but every moment. ASK AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE!

        
     
                                        

           

        

                     

      

MYSTERIES OF THE NIGHT AND THE LIGHT!

Noisy apartment neighbors woke me up at 4:30 a.m. this morning. I lay in bed praying for about an hour.

I asked the Lord as many times before, about His Nature, the Being that He is, and his relationship to the physical vs spiritual universe, or universe(s), as the case may be.

I was asking about things like what would happen to the human spirit during the process of "teleportation" if man were to utilize the "Beam me up Scotty" technology. Would every nanoparticle of the physical body have to be disintegrated then reformulated? If so, what would happen to the spirit part of the person? Would it momentarily be held in a brief suspension? Or would it leave the body, since Paul said

"Absent from the body, present with the Lord?" 

I continually ask the Lord about the possibilities of mankind traveling through time. How would that affect the course of the human race and our history?

You know - there is that paradox that when astronomers look at the night stars through various instruments, scientists are actually looking at a picture of how the universe WAS, billions of years ago, since it takes so long for astral light to reach Earth.

Following that same line of reasoning, if a faster-than-light space traveler launched out from Earth, into the depths of space, would that traveler be merely be flying away into the past, as Einstein speculates? For if his twin were to return to Earth, thousands of years could have passed.

As some thinkers have theorized:

A. Would mankind who traversed time, have changed into shrunken, gray, asexual creatures , with no mouth who communicate through telepathy?

B. Or are aliens VISITORS from other planets, of whom there are accounts of having been captured and studied by governments? (The Vatican certainly stands ready to welcome an Alien Messiah.)

      The head of RAND Corporation's own father, Ben Rich, designer of the F-17 Stealth fighter, who had headed up Lockheed's "Skunkworks" black ops projects which held captured aliens, their otherworldly technology, and even interviewed them, is said to have given a deathbed confession about his involvement.

And how would his son, Michael Rich, have attained such a lofty position as head of Rand Corporation, had it not been for his father's connections in the intelligence/black ops community?

                                             

                     C. Tom Horn, Cris Putnam, Steve Quayle, and other men of God currently prominent on the internet, vow that these aliens could only be demonic beings, returned after thousands of years. They are called "Nephilim" whose records litter history and archaeology around the globe.

    "The apocryphal books of Enoch, II Esdras, Genesis Apocryphon, and Jasher support the Genesis story, adding that the sin of the angels grew to include genetic modification of animals as well as humans." says Tom Horn.

                        
Even secular UFO researchers like the late Jacques Valee' firmly agree that aliens are spiritual entities rather than alien beings who developed in other planetary system environments.

While laying sleepless in my bed, I also asked the Lord God Almighty about his tripartite nature: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

And whether the universe is holographic as many scientists and also some "men of the cloth" now consider a possibility.

IF THAT WERE SO, WOULDN'T THAT ACCOUNT FOR THE LIGHT OF THE STARS BEING PROJECTED AS THEY WERE FROM A DISTANT PAST, AS OPPOSED TO CURRENT TIME? Granted, quantum mechanics and the cosmology of the universe, as it revolves, lend themselves to physical laws we can see in operation. But knowing God, Creator of the Universe, supersedes all, leads me to speculate.

   "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." Col. 1:16 KJV 

So I finally got up out of bed and went to out to the living room in route to the kitchen, to get a cup of tea. THE LITTLE TEA LIGHT CANDLE UNDERNEATH AN ANGEL CANDLESTICK, SITTING ON A GOLDEN MIRROR'S SHELF, WAS LIT AGAIN, BUT NOT BY MY DOING!

The battery operated candle comes on periodically every few weeks, during the night while I am sleeping alone. It is one of those little switch on/switch off lights which have to be literally turned on by hand in order to operate.  Is not even easy, but rather difficult to switch on.

I pondered this previously, trying to view it from a scientific point of view. Although perhaps one train passes on near-by railroad tracks during the night, the duration of vibration from the train does not seem sufficient to produce a moving of the switch on its own. My door is locked. No one else is present. I do not sleepwalk. I would not even be able to see in the darkened living room enough to locate the position of the wall shelf and battery operated tea candle, even if I had sleep-walked.

But I finally got it! Plain as the nose on my face! Why did it take me so long? A lit candle in the dark is the logo for Light Point Ministries. The Lord is telling me: It is time for Light Point Ministries to take off! He will open the Doors. An angel simply lit the candle to tell me so.
This is about the fourth time, in as many months that the event has occurred.

I am not frightened by it, though. Strangely enough I am comforted, having finally uncovered the reason why the candle comes on about once a month in the middle of the night! The Lord has been giving me a sign...it is time for me to "Rise and Shine..."  Isaiah 60:1

   "Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee".

That is what the Holy Spirit always says to me when He is getting ready to launch me into a new phase of ministry! He simply had to send the angel four times to light the candle before I awoke!

So what is happening at my secular job during the week right now is a process the Lord is taking me through to possibly launch me into full-time ministry. After all, people in ten different countries are reading this blog. That is international!

A prophecy was given to me in 1987 at a Full Gospel Businessman's lunch meeting that a world-wide ministry would arise in my life. That many people would be drawn to it...like a light???

You know. I am asking the BIG QUESTIONS, not many other Christians dare to ask.

Like - how does God interact with our universe?

Is Edwin Abbott's 1884 two-dimensional depiction of how stick people react when a three dimensional entity pokes its finger into their Flatland universe, akin to Christ's theophanies, appearances and projections into our time-space continuum?

Because it is only a week until Christmas, my thoughts are particularly focused on Mary this year.

                           

How was that divine seed planted into her uterus? The way God introduced His DNA and connected it to her human ovum is just amazing.

I've looked up the science behind virgin births in nature. There are certain creatures that can reproduce asexually. Some frogs, bees, wasps, and now even sharks have virgin births! It is called parthenogenesis.

But it is so ironic that it is the one singular event of Almighty God uniting His genetics with humankind.  If Tom Horn and Steve Quayle are correct, alien entities or demonic beings have been attempting to imitate this feat for centuries.

Yet I can't help but wonder about Mary's state of mind. How God's Spirit must have enveloped and overshadowed her. If angels and God can influence physical objects in this realm, which we have a historical, Biblical record of happening on numerous occasions, then surely Yaweh could plant His seed into Mary's womb to unite with her egg cell.

The song "Breath of Heaven" refuses to leave my mind. I see the appearance of the angel to Mary. Her belief and acceptance, even thrill - to understand she will be the mother of Israel's Messiah. And then, the Ruach Ha Kodesh's presence surrounds and encases her as a dense fog as His Kodesh overwhelms Mary's entire being - body, soul and spirit...enraptured in His Love, like an ecstasy.

                                       

REFERENCES:

www.einstein-online.info/spotlights/Twins

www.arcturi.com/GreyArchives/humanevolvedtheory.html

www.crossroad.to/Quotes/spirituality/aliens.html

http://www.exemplore.com/ufos-aliens-10-reasons-why-aliens-are-actually-fallen-angelsdemons

www.theforbiddenknowledge.com/hardtruth/possession_alien_abduction

www.ufo-blogger.com/2010/08/ufo-are-real-ben-rich-lockheed-skunk.html

www.rand.org/news/press/2011


DID ANCIENT BIOTECH CREATE NEPHILIM?

EXO-VATICANA: UFO'S AND THE DAYS OF NOAH

STEVE QUAYLE - LONGWALKERS AND THE RETURN OF THE NEPHILIM

FEATURED BRIEFING: A HOLOGRAPHIC UNIVERSE? DR. CHUCK MISSLER

HOLOGRAPHIC UNIVERSE AND THE BIBLE

NON-LINEAR TIME, RELATIVITY AND LOGARITHMIC DAYS OF CREATION

ALBERT EINSTEIN AND THE FABRIC OF TIME

THE NATURE OF GOD

WHAT IS THE TRINITY?

THE LIGHT OF ANCIENT STARS

ANCIENT UNIVERSE - HOW ASTRONOMERS KNOW THE VAST SCALE OF COSMIC TIME

FLATLAND - A ROMANCE OF MANY DIMENSIONS

www.virtuescience.com/2-dimensional-universe.html

SPACE HOLOGRAM EXPERIMENT

THEOPHANIES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

NON-SEXUAL CONCEPTION OF JESUS

SHARK REPRODUCTION

SCIENTISTS CONFIRM SHARK'S VIRGIN BIRTH

THE VIRGINAL CONCEPTION OF CHRIST

REPRODUCTION WITHOUT SEX - PARTHENOGENESIS

THE ANNUNCIATION

VATICAN DECLARATION OF ALIEN SAVIOR

VATICAN'S ASTONISHING PLAN

COME HELP US OH MESSIAH - 911!

                

We all go through personal crises. Many countries are also going through national crises right now - this December 2016. Face it, we all need help. Sometimes only God can help us. Thank heavens I serve a Living God who rose from the Dead and who has the power to RESCUE me!

I am in the midst of a personal crisis. Many of you are too. So today, I am taking time to fast and pray all day, since I don't have to go to work at my regular daytime job today. When sheer prayer does not seem to be working, sometimes we have to get "the big guns" out. When I say that I don't mean actual seen and felt "guns". I am talking about something called "spiritual warfare".

For spiritual warfare we don't use weapons we can see and hear...except perhaps the sound of quiet worship music, the sound of our praying, our crying out to God, or our sincere and heartfelt cries as tears pour down from our eyes...and then, finally perhaps shouts of praise to the Holy One of Israel, our Comforter, our Counsellor, our Mighty God.

        "For the weapons of our warfare are NOT CARNAL but are MIGHTY to the pulling down of strongholds." NKJV  II Corinthians 10:4

The Living Bible puts it like this:

    "We use God's mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments."  NLT II Cor. 10:4

Also, as Jesus once told His disciples, His Word, the scripture tells us in Matthew 17:21, that sometimes it takes some extra spiritual power that occurs during the process of fasting, to cut through seemingly impossible situations, whether it is demonic possession, the salvation of hard-hearted loved ones, healing from incurable diseases, or what we consider "the necessity for God to move mountains" in our lives.

              "However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting."

Now Jesus is talking about a case of demonic possession. But evil spirits also influence many other tough situations. Sometimes their demonic grip cannot be loosened from a situation except by fasting combined by prayer.

Whether the enemy of our souls, Satan, has a grip on loved ones' lives, their health, our health, finances, seemingly impossible situations...there are times when the situation calls for going without food, to tune into our spiritual senses.

We can loosen the tight pull of Earth's worries and hold upon us when we focus on that which is not sensual. Because most of us normally concentrate on things such as food, and other appetites we constantly fulfill around us. Fasting can quiet the mind and spirit, as we focus upon the Lord.

Our country too, as many other nations are also experiencing, is in the grip of demonic forces that don't want to lose their hold upon our freedoms and the future of our children and grandchildren.

We need the help of Almighty God, our Savior, Jesus Christ, who came once about two thousand years ago as a Baby, and is coming again soon as a Conquering King as many watch His approach.

That little baby, born in Bethlehem, so long ago was predicted and prophesied throughout centuries of prophecy by the ancient seers. The book of Micah even pinpoints His exact entry point into our Time-Space continuum.

                     "But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are little among

                          the thousands of Judah, yet out of you will come forth

                                  to Me the One to be Ruler in Israel, whose goings forth
                                
                                  are from of old, from Everlasting."   Micah 5:2

                        

                              

                 "For unto us a Child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government

                         shall be upon His shoulder, and His Name shall be

                        called, 'Wonderful, Counselor ,  Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of      Peace."  Isaiah 9:6 NKJV

     BUT ONE OF THE STRANGEST THINGS I HAVE FOUND OUT ABOUT OUR MESSIAH'S ARRIVAL, IS THAT STUDENTS OF THE PROPHET DANIEL'S WRITINGS CAME TO THAT PLACE SHORTLY AFTER HE WAS BORN, HAVING TRAVELED HUNDREDS, PERHAPS THOUSANDS OF MILES TO BRING HIM GIFTS. AND THEY WERE GUIDED BY THE STARS AND THE CONSTELLATIONS ABOVE THEM AT THAT TIME.

  Yes, I am talking about who we refer to as the "three wise men".

         

  
I gave a little talk to the residents of the nursing home where I work. The Holy Spirit led me to speak about the Wise men who brought the Christ Child gifts.

Over the years, I discovered a number of myths about that scenario that just were not true.

1)  There might not have been three "wise men". Most people assume that because there were three gifts given to the young savior, that there were only three gift-givers. Not necessarily true.

2)  They didn't come to the manger when He was first born. He was probably a toddler under the age of two when they arrived at a "house" where he and Joseph and Mary were living.

3) They weren't necessarily "kings" as in the song "We Three Kings of Orient Are". They were a highly-privileged and respected intellectual elite... from the area of Persia...magicians, astronomers/astrologers, adept in the "sciences" as they were known in those primitive times.

4)  They didn't wander haphazardly into Judea loosely following just a "star" which guided them across the landscape...across countries. They were guided by astronomical knowledge commonly known to many during that historical period. There was indeed a particular star. But they would not have known had not the prophet Daniel left his writings behind in "Babylon" for them to read centuries later. And these men were "WISE" because they had the courage to believe Daniel's writings as they set off in search of Messiah.

5)  They didn't come in December. They actually arrived at another time of year. And Yeshua Ha Maschiach wasn't born in December, ether. He was most likely born in September of the year 3 B.C.

                    WHAT TIME/DATE WAS JESUS REALLY BORN?  [Click link.]

That was the one thing one of my nursing home listeners objected to vociferously. I dared to knock over her bastion of false belief with knowledge. She swore Jesus had to be born on December 25th because that is what she was taught in "catechism" classes. She couldn't let go of her sacred misinformation. (Just like many Americans can't let go of their "normalcy bias" and recognize what is truly happening in our nation at this very present time.)

As a matter of fact, after researching the time of Christ's birth further today, I discovered He very well may have been born on September 11th, 3 B.C. See the link above for a complete analysis. This makes the actual date of His birth quite consequential in terms of modern history.

Since the United States was attacked so fiercely on September 11th, 2001 our country has undergone an amazing series of events.

We have lost many of our freedoms, especially since the declaration of the mis-named "Patriot Act", having been passed in 2002. Our right to privacy has been suborned by national leaders terrified of its own people.

Oh, they're not focused on those newcomers who are bringing so-called other  "religions", that are a falsely- disguised, conquering force determined to take over a long-established Western culture.

Rather, the "powers that be",  are focused instead on spying on long-established, everyday Americans, who's families have been here for decades if not centuries, from a variety of backgrounds.

But these Americans cherish the freedoms we have long-enjoyed in this spacious land, and are not willing to let them go to the will of an elite group determined to erase our national borders and turn us into a nation of compliant slaves.

It is so ironic that 9/11 was the beginning of a profound change in America. It brought with it terror, trembling, a brief bout of people returning to churches and their religious roots. But later, with the return of what appeared to be "normalcy", people forgot the danger, and went back to their ordinary lives. Meanwhile, behind the scenes, men and women behind closed doors planned the over throw of this once-proud and privileged land.
                 

My nation, the United States of America, is going through great turmoil. So many people do not realize that we are on the verge of complete economic collapse, despite how the mainstream media tries to mislead us.

The bribed and brainwashed once "news professionals" are fully on board with the "globalist agenda". Do your homework. You will find out. The rest of the world's economies are also on the verge of global collapse.

           THE PERFECT STORM IS HERE-DISASTER PREPAREDNESS WARNING & BANKING COLLAPSE

         12 TIPS TO SURVIVE THE NEXT ECONOMIC COLLAPSE

Although we have hope that a good man, not so influenced by global power-brokers, may lead our nation into a time of prosperity, it does not change our own personal situations right this very moment. Nor does it absolutely promise with certainty that all will be well in the future.

                   TRUMP IS GOD'S CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT          

It is so ironic, that as Americans cried out to God for safety and help during the weeks following September 1st, 2001, I discover that Christ Himself may have been born on September 11, 3BC. This must be more than coincidence. Nothing is ever "coincidence" in the spiritual realm.

And more than just one nation, we have an entire world crying out for salvation from war, hunger, internal turmoil, hopelessness, perversion, and the decimation of once-proud nation-states. With a world poised on the eve of destruction through widespread war, and hunger due to a global economic collapse... We can only say,  "Come quickly Lord, our Messiah! Now more than ever before, our world needs rescuing. Help! Help is our heart's cry!

I need you. We all need you. Our nation needs you. The world needs you. It is a 911 emergency.

I am fasting and praying Lord, hoping the message reaches you loud and clear. Dialing Your 911!

               
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Thank you in advance. Have a wonderful Christmas with your loved ones and friends!

CHECK OUT LINKS BELOW:

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SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS

ARMS RACE CONFIRMED: Putin Says Russia Forced to "Neutralize" Missile Shield

FOREIGN TROOPS ARE POISED TO ATTACK AMERICANS

BRIGADIER GENERAL'S WARNING - STEVE QUAYLE ALERTS

IS THE NEXT GREAT CULLING OF HUMANITY HERE?

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, MIGRATION AND THE MULTICULTURAL DESTRUCTION OF THE NATION STATE

PUBLIC SCHOOLS FORCED TO ALLOW TRANSGENDER ACCESS T0 RESTROOMS

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HOLD THE TRUMP CARD? GIVE THANKS!

                                                    

I am grateful to God that Trump won the election. There were moments I had my doubts despite vociferous praying and fasting.

I sigh of relief escaped my lips when I woke up Wednesday, November 9th to see and verify that  he had won.

So now the Constitutionalists, patriots, tried and true Americans who love the land we grew up in, the one that has changed dramatically over the last fifteen years...hold the Trump Card.

What is the definition of a "Trump Card"?  "In general, something capable of making a decisive difference when used at the right moment. In certain card games, Trump is the suite designated as having precedence over the others..."

                                    DICTIONARY.COM DEFINITION OF "TRUMP"

Watching Donald Trump make his staff selections does not discourage me. That is despite the fact that some of them do not seem to line up with true conservative purposes, such as his selection of Betsy Devos,  a Common Core supporter, as Education Secretary.

                                 TRUMP ANNOUNCES GOP MEGA DONOR BETSY DEVOS EDUCATION SECRETARY

Donald is the ultimate game-player, a skill hard-won through multitudes of business deals. My hope is that his family does not direct him wrongly due to lack of knowledge of the "players". VET THEM WELL!

But listen folks! We are at the beginning of an uphill battle. The shadow government behind the scenes is going to try to force their one-world-government upon us no matter what! They hate Trump because he is not aligned with their despicable cause. Don't let your guard down for one second.

If you truly love your children...and you care about where this country is headed, do not lose sight of the battle ahead.

The now well-documented, and not quite so well-hidden Globalists have been planning to take away America's sovereignty for over sixty years, from the very first Bilderberg meeting in 1954.

                 BILDERBERG MEETING LOCATION ANNOUNCED

 Even before that, during Woodrow Wilson's presidency, Colonel House influenced President Wilson toward aligning with the internationalists through the formation of the League of Nations. That was the prelude to the United Nations, an organization largely directed by countries that do not share common interests with American ideals.

                   COLONEL HOUSE

We recently found out - only if you were paying attention - how perverted and vile those who fancy themselves elites - really are.

With the revelation of the contents of 650,000 emails, (including the alleged 33,000 missing missives), we found out how close we came to being ruled by the personification of Queen Jezebel.


SEAL OF HISTORIC QUEEN JEZEBEL, WIFE OF AHAB

ABORTION AND THE ANCIENT PRACTICE OF CHILD SACRIFICE


But unlike aborting infants and disposing of them in clay pots near her ancient ivory palace, the modern day Jezebel allowed children to grow just long enough to transform them into unblemished sexual puppets. Her "royal" grandmasters of child-sexual selection, two brothers who own a lobbying firm, (one of whom has worked for the sex-addicted JezAhab couple for years), even allegedly engaged in cannibalism rituals, along with her and others. See the following links for further information.

PIZZAGATE-PEDOPHILIA IS WHAT'S ON THE MENU IN WASHINGTON

PIZZA?         WASHINGTON INSIDERS LINKED TO CHILD KIDNAPPING

MODERN JEZEBEL ATTENDED WEST COAST SATANIC COVEN


The Pretender-to-the-throne couldn't even keep her hands off of her 15-year long female advisor. In addition, the Saul Alinsky-Luciferarian flew to an isolated island at least six times, where underage children suffered as they provided sexual favors for incoming politicians, scientists, Hollywood stars, and European royalty. That is NOT "Fake" news. Some reputable organizations have recorded this.

MODERN DAY JEZEBEL OUTRIGHT SATANIST

AT LEAST SIX TIMES - AND AID WENT ALONG TO PARTICIPATE

LESBIAN AFFAIRS REASON WHY AHAB SEDUCED OTHER WOMEN
(Page for this link may be blocked as there is a crackdown on truth tellers)

HONEY TRAP DESIGNED TO CATCH JEZEBEL OFFGUARD

SPY FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY FUFILLS JEZEBEL'S EVERY WHIM

JEZEBEL - AHAB SNARE

This is why Jezebel's camp is screaming "Fake News"! Because they are trying to discredit alternate media who are the only ones brave enough to tell the real truth that the sniveling mainstream media wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole!

It's a moot point now. We hold the trump - the high card. If we all do our part and keep praying the Wicked witch of the West can dry up and blow away or melt in a pool of her own hideous stinking juices, like the evil witch on Wizard of Oz.

                                                                                                                


Oh thank God Donald Trump won the race! He might not be a full-fledged saint, but compared to Jezebel - he looks like one!

As a former young woman hoping to embark on a journalism career, I never expected that mainstream journalists would become government propagandists, as the Russian state media always was. I also thank God I didn't waste college funds on a journalist's degree at Columbia University. Even in the late 1970's young people there were being brainwashed by the Socialist agenda.

But Christians beware. Just because Trump will be our next president does not mean that the aggressive, Globalist planners won't fight back with everything they've got.

The puppet masters may manipulate an economic crisis...which America as well as the world have been on the brink of for some time.

                            

The George Soros's of this planet are still determined to get their way even if it means starting World War III. They will try any conceivable way they can to foment a crisis to foil President Elect Trump's attempts to put America on a better path.

Soros is currently upping the ante by pouring hundreds of millions of dollars to promote race wars here in America. He is also behind the battle against American policeman. DON'T STOP PRAYING!

"In a 2007 email from the John Podesta release by WikiLeaks, we find discussion of financing groups for Hillary's campaign and anti-Trump rallies such as Move-On, a Soros-funded organization, as well as Women Vote, and the Sierra Club.  Following Tuesday's election results, Move-On called for demonstrations across the country to protest misogyny, racism, Islamophobia and xenophobia."  www.DailySheeple.com

                                                    

 Find out for yourself how many once strictly American and also newly named opposite-intentioned organizations have been funded and/or formed to create the usurpation of the United States.

                                       
                                    www.discoverthenetworks.com

Even as I write these words I'm interspersing my thoughts with prayers this Thanksgiving day.

SO WHAT IS THE STRATEGY FOR THE TRUMP CARD IN AMERICANS' HANDS? MY FIRST ADVICE IS TO PRAY! PRAY! PRAY!

James Wesley Rawls at www.survivorblog.com says we should do the following:

a.  "Fully Engage":  This means keep up with what is happening. Keep yourself informed with the truth, not the mix of fermented mush-meal lies that spouting from your mainstream media news channels. Find alternate media on-line and also listen to radio talk show hosts who are telling the truth, like Michael Savage, Hannity, Hagmann and Hagmann. They might not always sound like Christians but you will find most of them are.

b.  "Speak out":  Expose the truth, such as Democratic death-threats against the people casting electoral votes December 19th. Pray for their safety and that they won't be frightened into changing their votes. Tell others - your friends, family and neighbors. Be persuasive. Don't give up until you've broken through their cognitive dissonance. Write! Blog! Express your opinions! Get engaged with local government. Attend and speak at town and state meetings. Write congressmen and senators.

c.   "Support the Trump administration" :   Publicly defend Trump with family, friends and neighbors, while exposing the other candidate's criminal ties. Find ways to support Donald Trump. PRAYER WORKS. SO DOES ACTION.

d.   "Have a contingency plan":   Those who prepare in advance for Globalists extreme actions against  Trump and the American people, Mr. Rawls says, will be the only ones prepared to prevail in extreme circumstances. If the Globalists fail in their desperate attempts to thwart Trump's election victory, unprepared people will be too busy trying to find food, water, and medical care to help in rebuilding efforts. So keep up your guard. Don't slow down your "prepping" efforts, even when President Elect Trump takes office.

But here is my strategy for this Thanksgiving Day. Since my family is out of town I'm observing the day alone. Here is what I plan to do.  I am going to spend the day:

1)   Thanking God for every good thing I can think of, either large or small.
2)   Spend time in the Bible, especially Psalms where there are so many songs of praise.
3)   Put on powerfully anointed Christian worship music, which invites the Spirit of God into my home.
4)  Bask in the warm Presence of His Holy Spirit.  (Psalm 91:1)
5)  Earnestly seek after Him, listening for His Voice.
6)  Aggressively pray and intercede for this nation and the American people, praying that all of our liberties will be restored, and that America gets back on the path of Constitutional government again.


But let's not "rest on our laurels". We, like the sons of Issachar, should know the times we are living in. Donald Trump's victory does not change the fact that we are living in the last days before the return of Jesus Christ.   (1 Chronicles 12:32.)


God may use Trump as a tool of mercy and temporary reprieve from absolutely assured judgement.

We have already gone down from DEFCON level three (highest), to level five, since the election. DEFCON five is the lowest the scale there has been since  9/11/2011. Before Trump's victory, we were absolutely on the cusp of war with Russia. Do your homework. You will find out!

                     

               DEFCON FIVE AFTER ELECTION REDUCED LEVEL

"The Donald" is said to have been approached by the newly-formed Sanhedrin, lobbying for Trump to build Israel's Third Temple.

                  SANHEDRIN ASKS TRUMP TO BUILD THIRD TEMPLE

If Trump does move Israel's capital to Jerusalem, as he has suggested, he will simply be a constructive instrument in God's Hand to fulfill Biblical End Time prophecy.

               AFTER TRUMP VICTORY PRESSURE BUILDS TO OFFICIALLY NAME  CAPITAL

There has to be a Third Temple in order for the traditional sacrificial offerings to be reinstated. That is so that the prophecies will be fulfilled about a Tribulation Period, a seven-year treaty with Israel, and the forceful stoppage of the daily sacrifices by the AntiChrist at the three and a half year mark.

                     READ DANIEL 9:27

Many things have been prepped and readied for the American people. For example, many government contracts were already signed by Tommy Thompson, head of Health and Human Services during Bush Junior's presidency, to fulfill the prophecy of everyone having to take a "mark" or in the Greek, an "incision" in the hand. That is where they inject the rice-grained size RFID chip which will carry everyone's financial and health information. Except mine. Hopefully not yours.

                                  WILL MICROCHIPS IN HUMANS BECOME MANDATORY?

We must pray that President Elect Trump does not carry out the evil agenda already well-planned to force the population to take this dangerous "mark".

So - please pray! Remember, we hold the TRUMP CARD!

AND THE LORD CAUSES US ALWAYS TO TRIUMPH IN CHRIST JESUS!  II Cor. 2:14