Playing Hide and Seek-

     I have been waiting on something for quite a while now that Father God has promised me, and he said, "The time is now." Praise God! However, I feel nervous today, and anxious. I have been quoting the Word of God and Praising him while I am waiting, but I still feel ansy, (yeah, Grammarly, I know it is not a word.) If I want to say, "ansy", I will. It's ok! I feel as though I am standing in a dark forest, behind a skinny, tall pine tree, trying to hide. Have you ever tried to hide behind a pine tree,  a skinny one, while playing hide and seek? It doesn't work. I used to think my nose was sticking out. Today I felt like a soldier hiding behind a pine tree with enemies lurking all around me. I felt as though I am looking around the tree dodging this enemy and that enemy. While at the same time I was anxiously looking up to the sky for my Commander-in-Chief to send a helicopter to drop down my provision. I felt also, that God was being silent, but watching me. I know the teacher is always silent during a test. I know everything is in God's perfect timing, but I really need him to send provision or work a miracle somehow, like "yesterday".

Please, Hurry Lord!

     I personally with my natural eyes do not see any way except up for provision to happen. In the natural, I appear to be in trouble! I really need my Commander-in-Chiefs' (Jesus Christ), help right now! Not tomorrow, but today. So, with my eyes of faith, I know God is making a way or has a way already planned. I know that what he has promised me is already done! It's just got to manifest on this earth. I am celebrating and rejoicing, but it's like okay, please, hurry Lord. I know you aren't going to fail me. I Love you. I trust you, please, hurry! I know I am not the only one that has ever felt like this or been through this. You may even be going through this at the moment. Only you know, but rest assured God knows! He sees you! You are not alone! You have Father God, Jesus Christ, Holy Spirit, and Angels all around you. The Word of God says, "The angel of the Lord encamps round about them who fear him and delivers them." You have Heaven watching you and backing you up! They are cheering you on and encouraging you to keep believing and keep going. Have faith and don't give up. Father God is faithful! Jesus is not a man that he should lie to you. If he told you he was going to do it, he will do it. It's done!

Honoring our Heroes-

     We can take a lesson from all of those heroes of the faith who have gone before us. They stood brave and strong and fought the good fight of faith and didn't give up. They have been where we are right now in our journey. They are an example to us to keep standing in our faith and belief in God. They trusted God and he brought them out with a mighty outstretched arm. He made a way when the Israelites came up to the Red Sea with nowhere to go and the enemy coming fast up behind. He parted the Red Sea. He made a way out of no way. He delivered them from lions. God even brought provision down from the sky. So as we honor some of our heroes and veterans of the faith that have gone on before us, I would like to say, "To God Be All Of The Glory, Honor, and Praise!" We acknowledge that it was all him, but he does say, to give honor to whom honor is due. He does want us to be reminded of how they stood in faith and follow them. So without further ado. Let's honor some of our veterans of the Faith today!

Noah-

     Noah lived in a time probably pretty much like it is today! The Bible says in Genesis 6:5 "And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6. And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart." Let's look at what verse 11-13 says, "The earth also was 'corrupt (wasting) before God, and the earth was filled with violence. 12. And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. 13. And God said unto Noah, "The end of all flesh has come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them from the earth." 

     God said that back then to Noah, what do you think he is saying to us today? When he looks on this earth right now in 2022, do you think he is saying the same thing, that the earth is 'corrupt (wasting) and filled with violence through them? I think so! It looks pretty much the same to me. If Noah could stand in faith in his day, we should be able to do, likewise. 

     There was one man that the Lord could count on out of all of them back then, and it was Noah. Genesis 6: 8,9 says, "But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. 9. These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God." 

     Think how Noah must have felt building that Ark. Do you think he thought, wow, this is taking longer than I thought? Or I wonder how he felt year after year the people ignored him. I am sure they mocked him, and they probably said he was crazy. I wonder also, if anyone said, Hey, Noah, why don't you get a "real" job? Or I wonder if they shook their head at him and thought he was wasting his time and he was delusional? Do you think people turned their nose down to him and thought they were better than "him" because he wasn't chasing money? Follow Me For More About This On Next Blog.

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Shall He Find Faith?

     Luke 18: 8 KJV "I tell you that he will avenge then 'speedily (at once). Nevertheless, when the Son of man comes, shall he find faith on the earth?"

1. The Devils Believe and Tremble - 

     If you think you are going to coast into Heaven, you are believing a lie. The Bible says the devils believe in God and tremble. What is it that sets people apart from just saying you believe in God like the devils do? It's Faith! Faith in Jesus! What "he" has done for you on the cross, personally. It's the kind of faith in him that moves you to really "know" him. Having a real relationship is what it is about. To where you commit your whole self to him. Where you love him with your all. It is more than just going to a church building and just saying, yes, I believe in God or yes, I believe there is a higher being somewhere. Or yes, I believe in the big man upstairs. Many, many souls are perishing on earth and in Hell already by just claiming they believe in God, but do not have a relationship with Jesus. Some say, isn't that all you got to do, is believe? What is the kind of faith that Jesus is wanting to see when he comes? Endure to the end with me, and we will see. 

2. Keep the Faith! - 

     I used to know someone who would say, "Keep the Faith", instead of saying goodbye. He would say that Keep the Faith. I didn't really know this person. He was an acquaintance and a friend of a friend of mine. Now I am not judging but this person didn't know Jesus and didn't want to know Jesus, but he would say, keep the faith. I would wonder why he would say that because he didn't have the true faith that matters, I mean you can say and think you are keeping the "faith", but if it isn't faith in Jesus, it's not going to matter. 

3. Faith and Works? - 

     Matthew 7: 21-23 Jesus says, "Not every one that says to me, Lord, Lord shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that does the will of my Father which is in heaven. 22. Many will say unto me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not 'prophecied (preached) in thy name? and in thy name have cast out 'devils (demons)? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23. And then will I profess unto them, I have never knew you; depart from me, ye that work iniquity. 24. Therefore whosoever hears these sayings of mine and does them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock. 25. And the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house; and it fell not; For it was founded upon a rock. 26. And every one that hears these sayings of mine, and does them not, shall be 'likened (the same as) unto a foolish man which built his house upon the sand. 27. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house, and it fell, and 'great (terrible) was the fall of it."

4. Faith that Moves You!

      When Jesus says, Shall I find faith on the earth when he comes, he is talking about the kind of faith in him that moves you to obey him. The faith that moves you inside to love him, to sacrifice, to please him. Faith that will move you to seek him with your heart, soul, spirit, and strength. Father God is seeking those who worship him in Spirit and in Truth. Read John chapter 4 KJV. Jesus is talking about the Faith that will make you worship him and nothing else! Jesus is talking about the Faith that will move you to endure to the end. Faith that will make you persistent! You ever heard that saying, "Have Bull Dog Faith?" A Bull Dog will hang on with everything it has in him. With all of his might. I encourage you to read Hebrews 11.

     Hebrews 11: 6 says, "But without Faith, it is impossible to please him. For he that comes to God must believe that he is and that he is a rewarder of them that seek him diligently seek him." Do you seek him? Do you cling to him for dear life? You know when you meet someone and fall in love, you want to know everything about that one. If you care about your relationship you want to spend time with them and know what pleases them, don't you? I hope! All the more we need to be like that with our relationship with Jesus.

5. Faith That Persists-

     We were reading Luke 18 earlier in that same chapter, verses 1- 8 Jesus says, "And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray and not 'faint (lose heart). 2. Saying, There was in a city a judge which feared not God, neither regarded man; 3. And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, 'Avenge me (help me against) mine adversary. 4. And he would not for a while but thought within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; 5. Yet, because of this widow troubles me; I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. 6. And the Lord said, Hear what the 'unjust (corrupt) judge say, 7. And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cries day and night unto him, though He bears long with them? 8. I tell you that he will avenge them 'speedily (at once). Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, shall he find faith on the earth?"

     This widow had persistence! She had that kind of faith that pleases God! She had the kind of faith that Jesus is talking about. Faith that persists and endures to the end. Jesus says, "Because sin shall abound the love of many shall wax cold, but he that endures to the end, the same shall be saved." This widow had faith that held on until she received her miracle! She held on until she was avenged of her enemy! Even by a judge that did not fear God, nor regard man. When you have this kind of faith, you do not have to see it first or have a sign. You just know that if you keep going, keep persisting, keep asking, keep seeking, keep knocking, that door will be opened! You will get a miracle! God can make some sinner out there give you what you need! When you persist and put your faith in Jesus, that he is a God of Justice to avenge you of your enemy, Satan, you will not be disappointed! When you do not give up because you know that God is a good God and He is Faithful, you will be rewarded! When you put your Faith and Trust in Jesus he will not fail you! 

6. Faith That Lifts Up Jesus!- 

     When we look around this world today, in these times we are in, how many do you see that have the kind of faith that lifts up Jesus alone? I see a lot of churches being built. I see many souls claiming to know God. Famous celebrities are "preaching" and going to church. Maybe you know who I am talking about. That is going to be another article or blog. However, I do not see too many who are lifting up Jesus! Some I have seen speak of "faith" but leave out Jesus, and lift up themselves. I have seen some businessmen who go to church just to "network". They say it is good for their business, However, God knows our hearts and he checks our motives whether what we do is for him or ourselves.

7. A New Age - A New Faith?

     I was talking about something to my 30-year old daughter, recently, something about me coming from the "old" school. She said, "I" need to get real, this is a New Age we are in, Mother, and things are different now than they used to be!" She proceeded to say that "her" generation does things differently than the "old" school. I kinda muttered under my breath, yeah, and your generation is causing confusion, chaos, and disorder! I didn't say it, though! I know there may be some her age reading or listening to this, but most of the younger generation that I have seen do not have a clue about putting their faith in Jesus, and the ones I have tried to talk too, are not teachable but are rebellious as they come! It breaks my heart! I hope and pray if you are of the younger generation that you do not get offended at what I said. My neck of the woods may be different than yours! I pray you are one of the few "teachable" ones of the younger generation. Jesus says, "Broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many there be that go in thereat. Straight and Narrow is the way that leads to life and few there be that find it." I pray you are one of the few that find life! In Jesus' name! Amen!

      This is why I have a blog called, "Passing On the Torch of Faith!" I am still here to Pass On the Torch of Faith to the next generation! You guys are "fighters"! But God, wants you to use that fire for him! He put you here for such a time as this! You are here for a reason, a purpose! God's Purpose!

8. Fight to Keep the Faith in Jesus!

     I have a Blog called, Passing On the Torch of Faith. A Website called, Inspirational eBooks- Home Improvement For The Times We Are In

https://www.homeimprovementforthetimeswearein.com/

 

I have a Podcast https://podpoint.com/it-s-all-about-jesus

I have a YouTube Channel (actually a couple of them). https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSVuCtzoYOD7swmVMtgtTrQ

Also, books are out there! And the only reason I am saying this right now is definitely not to lift myself up, but to Give God All Of the Glory! This is why the devil hates me! This is why it takes me a while to write a blog post, or video, or podcast. I really battle with distraction! Not only that, the devil has tried to take my life many, many times. This is why I have to fight to keep my faith in Jesus! This is why Satan tries to steal my faith in Jesus! He tries! But has not succeeded! I will explain why next blog post! It is all because of  JESUS! Praise God! Watch for the next blog for Part 2 of this subject. God Bless You!

 

 

Keeping It Real

     It has been a while since I have been able to write here my blog. Life goes way too fast, doesn't it? It does for me. I know my purpose for being here is to worship God, lift up Jesus, and snatch people out of the darkness and bring them into the glorious light of the gospel. However, it is not that easy as it sounds. It is a fight! The Devil hates anyone who loves Jesus! Actually, he hates everybody because he hates God! He is out to destroy, steal, and kill everyone. He wants everyone in Hell with him! However, when you love Jesus and care about souls, Satan will hate you even more! He will do anything and everything to stop someone from spreading the gospel of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Oh! He doesn't care if someone goes to a church building, just don't be part of God's true church! He doesn't care if someone is religious. He just doesn't want us giving our lives to Jesus! Satan will allow you to sit on the same church pew to where the church pew is starting to stinketh from your foul spirit of religion! That is why they call it a "pew"! Satan is laughing about it until you realize there is more to this than just going to a church building. When you begin to get a hunger for more and realize it is Jesus you are hungry for and start pursuing him, then the fight is on!  Satan will try everything he can to stop you! But, don't let him! Don't settle for religion! Just going to a church building does not mean you know Jesus. No! Realize you are a sinner in need of a Savior. Romans 3:23 KJV bible says, "For we have all fallen and come short of the Glory of God." If you have been in church maybe all of your life and you have never realized you were born a sinner in need of a Savior, then I encourage you, to ask Jesus to save you of your sin. Thank him for dying for you on the cross for your sins, and ask him to come into your heart and life and to forgive you. Ask him to wash you clean with his blood and write your name in his Lamb's Book of Life so when you pass away you will be assured of a home in Heaven. As Peter says, "Repent and be baptized every one of you for the remission of your sins and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost." Repent means to turn away from your sin and be baptized. Even Jesus was baptized in water in the river Jordan by John the Baptist. He was dunked, not sprinkled like some "religions" do! He was dunked all the way under! Matthew 3:11-17 says, "I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: 12. Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner, but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. 13. Then comes Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. 14. But John stopped him saying, I have to be baptized of thee and come thou to me? 15. And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now, for thus it becomes us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he permitted him. 16. And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water, and, lo, the heavens opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him. 17. And lo a voice from Heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." Did you catch that what Jesus said, "Suffer it to be so now, for thus it becomes us to fulfill all righteousness?" Then after he was obedient to God by being baptized in water (leaving us an example of what to do to fulfill all righteousness and to please God) the Heavens opened and the Holy Spirit descended on him like a dove. Listen to what it goes on to say in the next verse in chapter 4 verse 1. "Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil." Jesus also said, (it becomes us) to fulfill all righteousness. In other words, just as he needed the Heavens opened and he needed the Holy Spirit here with him he needed to be obedient to have God's fulness of the Spirit. He was about to be led into the wilderness to be tempted by Satan. He would not have made it without God's Holy Spirit. When Jesus came up out of that water the Heavens opened and the Holy Spirit descended on him and God spoke from Heaven saying, "This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased. Heaven is watching you and anticipating for you to be obedient to God if you haven't asked Jesus to forgive you of your sins and repented and been baptized to receive remission of sins and to receive the gift of the Holy Ghost then please do so. All of Heaven loves you! The bible says the angels rejoice when one sinner repents. It will become you to obey God because you are going to need the fulness of God in these days coming ahead. Just as Jesus was led right after into the wilderness to be tempted by Satan, you do not know what is up ahead. You will need Father God, Jesus Christ, and Holy Ghost for strength to overcome Satan! You will need an open Heaven over your head and over your family! You will not make it on your own! Make Jesus your Savior and Lord and receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. He is your helper, read John 16: 7-16 KJV. And Jude 17-21 says, "But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken in the past by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. 18. How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly passions. 19. These are they who cause divisions, sensual, having not the Spirit. 20. But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost. 21. Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life." This is where it gets serious! We are at the beginning of the end! God is wrapping this thing up! The Word of the Living God tells us right there that there will be mockers in the last time (days) walking after their own ungodly passions having not Spirit. Then there those who are building up their most holy faith praying in the Holy Ghost. I know I am one of those building up my faith, praying in the Holy Ghost. I thank Father God so much for Jesus and for the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in tongues and helping me keep love in my heart in these last days. People can be mean as junkyard dogs sometimes. God tells us in verse 21. Keep yourselves in the love of God. Jesus tells us in Matthew 24 speaking of the last day, "Because sin shall about the love of many shall wax cold. But he that endures to the end the same shall be saved." Do you think you can keep yourself in the love of God without the Holy Ghost? I don't think so! It is going to be hard! People are either a Mocker (Anti-Christ Spirit) or a Holy Ghost Filled Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ in these last days. Which one are you? It is up to each of us to choose. Choose Wisely! Jesus Loves You! Choose Him! God Bless You!

     

     

All Lives Matter to God!

     God is wanting the violence, rioting, and racism to stop! This is a warning from a loving God! Jesus says, "As in the days of Noah so shall the coming of the Son of Man be!" Genesis 6: 11-13, "The earth also was 'corrupt (wasting) before God, and the earth was filled with violence. 12. And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. 13. And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh has come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them from the earth."

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/investigations/2019/07/31/you-re-gonna-kill-me-dallas-police-body-cam-footage-reveals-the-final-minutes-of-tony-timpa-s-life/?fbclid=IwAR1t4edLr9hpiUAZ_sMrse7Bjuc7h-U-DStv-oQOnGBEk11tAxCCsSwJCoU

     This blog post is concerning the recent event of a man named, "George Floyd", who was murdered by the hands of policemen. It is also about another man named "Tony Timpa", (links above). Please watch the video. This man called the cops for help! He was not a criminal. He was sick and needing help. The cops should all be charged in both of these cases, not just George Floyd's but also for what they had done to Tony Timpa! His life mattered to God, as well. Yes, the police should have been charged for cold-blooded in both cases, but two wrongs do not make a right! I am talking about rioting and violence does not give anyone justice! God who is the judge of all, is not in the rioting and violence "Black Lives Matter" are doing! God has had enough of the "flesh"! Let me explain what "flesh" means. The flesh is anything we are doing that is "not" led by God's Holy Spirit! Galatians 5;14-24 KJV says, "For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself. 15. But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not 'consumed (destroyed) by one another. 16. This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 17. For the flesh lusts 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. 18. But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. 19. Now the works of the flesh are 'manifest (plain), which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness. 20. Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, 'emulations (jealousies), wrath, strife, 'seditions (divisions), heresies, 21. Envyings, murder, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God."

     God tells us right there murder is of the flesh, but also 'seditions (divisions), hatred, wrath, strife also! You love doing those things you will not inherit the kingdom of God!

     I am going to say this and I do not care if anyone gets mad at me or not! I am a white woman and proud of it! My parents did not teach us "racism"! We were taught to love and respect all colors! We didn't really look at skin color! I was taught "racism" by black people! God's truth! That is my experience! Since I was in the second grade. Just a child I was taught "racism" by fellow "black" students!

     My mother was a bus driver. We rode her bus to school until we had to ride another school bus for a season. This particular bus was 90% Blacks. My brother, sister, and I and also a few white neighbors/friends were the only white people on the bus. The rest were blacks. None of us "white" people said anything to the black people at all. From the minute we got on the bus until the minute we got to school we were persecuted by the "blacks" for being "white". We were called, "White Cracker", the whole way to school. I was about 8 in the second grade, my sister was 9 in the third grade and my brother was 11 in fifth grade. I will never forget it! Get this picture if you will. I was a little child, innocent, not understanding the difference in the color of skin. Like I said already, we were taught to respect people, period! One particular day our bus pulled up at our elementary school and when we "white crackers" got off the bus we were pinned up against it, by all of the "blacks", wanting to "fight us" because we were white. Little did they know our Mother was on the bus ahead of us at the school. She happened to be looking in her rearview mirror to watch for us to get off the bus. She saw us surrounded by all of the blacks. Actually, she couldn't even see us at first but just seen a lot of black children in a circle beside the bus. Then she finally saw one of us and she jumped off of her bus to protect us. Momma bear started swinging, but then they all ran. She ran after them! She managed to get ahold of one of the black girls who were "mixed" (half black/half white), and she tore her shirt. The black children that were trying to fight us, didn't get in trouble. My mother did after she was called to the principal's office at the school. 

You tell me what was wrong with that picture! Leave a comment if you like!

Throughout my life, God as my witness, every time I heard the word "racism", it came from a "black" person first! 

       Yes, black people were slaves and treated wrong in the past, but so were white people!

There were white slaves also! White people have also been murdered at the hands of the law! There are Christians of all colors, who have been persecuted in the past (read the links below), and are being persecuted every day! God sees!

God also sees the babies who have been aborted! I am a white woman who grew up middle-class. I have had a gun to my head three times in my lifetime! I have been beaten multiple times! I have been strangled and spent four days in the hospital. I have an injured leg from physical abuse many times over! I have had a head concussion from physical abuse and spent three days and nights in a hospital not knowing anyone, not even my dad, mom, sons, or grandbabies. Even right now my life is being threatened by someone I deeply love! You want to know what "I" do to cope? I for sure as heck don't go out and cause riots or blow everybody up! No! I pray! I let God Almighty avenge me! He sees He has seen every murder whether Black, White, Asian, Indian. Whether it was a woman, man, boy, or girl, he has seen and judgment is coming! Jesus says, "As in the Days of Noah, so shall the coming of the Son of Man be." Read Genesis 6:11-13

So stop the Racism, hatred, violence, and riots! God does not look at the color of our skin. He only wants to see the red blood of his dear Son Jesus flowing through our veins! That is all that is going to matter! Whether we are covered by the blood of Jesus or not. Read Exodus 12 KJV When the death angel passed through he did not stop and look at the color of anyone's skin! All he was ordered to look for was the spotless blood of a lamb! When God brings judgment on this whole world he is not looking at the color of people's skin! He will be looking to see if we have the blood of his dear Son Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior on us or not!

You better be covered with the red blood of Jesus on the inside and out or you will be damned to a burning Hell whether you are white, red, yellow, or black! In Jesus' name, you better heed to the Spirit of the Lord right now! He that has ears to hear let him hear what the Spirit says!

God sees us as "souls" that are precious to him! Like a song we used to sing in church when I was a little girl, "Red and Yellow. Black and White. They are precious in his sight! Jesus loves all the little children in the world." Point is, we have all been hurt! Satan is out to steal, kill, and to destroy us all. But All Lives Matter to God! God looks at us as "souls", that are either loving Jesus and on their way to Heaven, or "souls" who are living for themselves and not him who are on their way to a Devil's Hell. He sees us as living breathing souls who controls our every breath! Genesis 2:4-7 Genesis 7:22 Genesis 46:15, 22, 25, 26, 27

I think people better start "Fearing God".

https://news.osu.edu/when-europeans-were-slaves--research-suggests-white-slavery-was-much-more-common-than-previously-believed/ https://www.amazon.com/They-Were-White-Slaves-Enslavement/dp/0929903056 While all of the riotings are going on concerning black lives, there are Black women and children, Asian women and children, American Indian women and children, and White women and children possibly boys as well held captive right now at the hands of evil men and women! right now by human trafficking that we need to focus on delivering them and stop fighting over what color is more important! We All Are Important! God Bless You All. If you need prayer email me: hopefulhappyandwhole@gmail.com

 Jeremiah 35:15 "I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me." 

     Do you think God is saying that to this country (America) and to the Nations?

     2 Chronicles 20:20 "And they rose early in the morning and went forth into the wilderness of Te-ko-a and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be established (kept safe); believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper (succeed)."

     When someone is encouraging you concerning living for Jesus and are sharing with you the gospel of Jesus Christ it would be wise to listen and do what they are telling you to do. As Jehoshaphat said, "Believe in the Lord your God so shall ye be established (kept safe) and believe his prophets so shall ye prosper." Get rid of that judgmental, critical spirit that causes you to refuse to listen to who God sends you. If they are leading you "to" a relationship with Jesus then they are for real. Maybe not perfect, we none are, but real. 

     I titled this, "What if you are trapped in a burning house? I ask this question because if you were trapped in your house and there is a raging fire and a fireman came to get you out, you would not say, "I don't need your help! I don't know you!" Or you wouldn't ignore him or her and say, "You are not perfect, I am not listening to you! Send me someone who is perfect! or Go away and leave me alone!" No! You would be a complete idiot if you did that! Seriously! 
     
     You know what is crazy? People are actually doing that every day, spiritually speaking. Their house is being totally destroyed by Satan because Jesus is not the head of their home! Their house is literally on-fire spiritually and not in a good way either, as if they are living in Hell already on earth! Are you one of those people? I hope not! If you have never invited Jesus to be the Lord of your life, you are trapped in a burning house and may not even realize it. You may get up every day and go to work and you may think you are a "good" person but if you haven't invited Jesus into your home his presence is not there and if God's presence is not there, what is? "Yourself and Satan" rules your home and that is not a good thing spiritually. It is serious! James 3:16 says, "For where envying and 'strife (selfishness) is, there is 'confusion (disorder) and every evil work." If you have not invited Jesus into your heart, your life and your home "self" is still on the throne of your heart where Jesus should be!
     

     God may have sent you many "firemen" in your day to deliver you but you have said, "Why should I listen to you? I don't know you so don't try to tell me what to do? Or you may have told someone who God has sent you to lead you into a relationship with him through Jesus and you have said, "Don't preach to me! You have criticized that one whom God has sent saying, "Don't ask me to go to church either! There are too many hypocrites there!" 
    

     If you are one of those who say those things to someone who God has sent you to keep you from a burning Hell for eternity, you need to be thankful for those spiritual "firemen" God sends you! You need to pray he gives you another chance! This is serious! If your physical (earthly) house was burning and you were trapped you would not say any of those things to whoever it was pulling you out of that fire! You need to be all the more thankful and less argumentative concerning who God is using to pull your soul out of Hell. Your soul is way more valuable than your earthly house! Don't you think?

     Also, what about when you go to the doctor, do you ask them or expect them to be "perfect"? Most of you do not even know your doctor and your doctor does not even know you on a personal basis! But yet you take every single thing they say as the "gospel truth"! Why is that? Now, don't get me wrong I have gone to doctors. I do believe God has given them the knowledge but I pray and believe Jesus is my Great Physician first as I go. I also get a second opinion too, because I realize they are not perfect. They are just as capable of being wrong as any of us. 

     In Conclusion, The next time (and I hope you pray there is a next time) God sends one of his prophets or messengers that care about your soul please listen to them! If they are truly leading you to repent of your sins and trust Jesus as your Lord and Savior, listen to them and believe! Don't worry about them being perfect or not perfect. And stop trying to figure out how "they" could be called by God thinking you are better than them. It's not about that! It is not up to you who God calls or not! You are not worthy to be judge, only Jesus is! It is God who ordains, not you! Be wise and listen and Believe and you will prosper!

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Write the Vision

     Habukkuk says, "And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the Vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that reads it. 3. For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end, it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry." 

     You may say, "What Vision?' The one God your Creator gives you. You have to know and believe he is "your" Creator. Do you know who your Creator is? It is God Almighty- The Creator of Heaven and Earth! The one who some people ignore and try to live their lives without him, but not realize that in the end, they will perish. Proverbs 29:18 says, "Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keeps the law, happy is he."

     It is really sad how some people not only ignore God and try to live their lives without him, but they also disrespect, mock, and ridicule him. People, you must realize you will perish without God. He is not only the Creator of Heaven and Earth but all things. Including your very own breath! He is the one in control of your very own heartbeat, right now! Not your doctor! God is in control of that! Don't you think you need to get to know him being is, he is the one in control and knows when your heart will beat its last beat and knows when you will take your last breath?

     I know some of you have had earthly Dad's that were abusive to you. They have probably broken their promises to you over and over and acted like they didn't want you, and actually, they were not acting. Let's face it, they didn't want you! You cramped their style. Yes, it hurts! I know how it is. I have been there. It may sound cold and heartless of me to say it like that, but it is true. You gotta see, that your Earthly Dad was just used by God as a vehicle to get you here! God did not expect you to put your earthly dad first over him! God did not expect you to put all of your trust in life into your earthly, fleshly dad, who is a sinner just like we all are.

     God says there is only one worthy of our whole trust and that is his only begotten son Jesus Christ. Jesus is the only one worthy to put our trust into! Your Dad, my Dad are not perfect and neither are we. There was only one perfect one that walked the face of this earth and that was Jesus Christ, our Savior! He is the only one worthy of our total devotion and our total focus. Don't get me wrong, loyalty to your fellow man is definitely important. It is a good and respectable thing to be a loyal person, but if you don't get loyalty back from one single person on the face of this earth, we cannot let it devastate us to where we go through life with "Daddy Issues".

     Seriously, You don't have no time to waste on this earth! We have one life and that is all. Stop focusing on the past about your earthly dad and start getting to know your Creator! He will be your Heavenly Father if you realize you are a sinner in need of being born again, Romans 3:23 says, "For all have sinned, and come short of the Glory of God." We are all born sinners in need of a Savior, who is Jesus Christ!

     The bible says, "No man can come to the Father unless he draws them." The fact that you are reading this now proves that God is drawing you to himself. He Loves You So Much! He sent Jesus to die for your sins and the sins of the whole world. Think about that! Think how much love that must've been. God sent his only son Jesus to die for you! Would you send your Son to go to a cruel place to be mocked, scorned, killed by cruel men, and watch him die on a cross, a horrible, cruel death? I couldn't! But God did it for you and me. Knowing one day you would love him back just as passionately as he did for you!

     See, God had Faith in You! Did your Earthly Dad ever tell you that he has "Faith" in you? Did he ever tell you he was proud of you? Not too many Dad's tell their children they are proud of them, even after they have grown. I didn't hear it from my earthly Dad, but when I heard that God my Heavenly Father was Proud of me and He had Faith in "Me", it made me so happy! I felt like I was already in Heaven. Nobody had ever told me they were proud of me! But God did. And you know when it is all said and done, that is all that is going to matter.

     We need to get over our "selves' and start living and being what we are created to be, and that is a "Worshiper" of God! It takes spending time with God and getting to know him and his ways. God says in Isaiah 55:8 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, says the Lord. 9. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts." You can't know God unless you spend time with him, but you have to be "born again" first. See, we are all born sinners until we realize that and know we personally need a Savior and ask Jesus to come into our heart and take over our life. Revelation 3:19-22 Jesus says, "As many as I love, 'rebuke (point out faults) and 'chastise (correct); be zealous therefore and repent. 20. Behold, I stand at the door and knock, if any man hears my voice, and open the door, I will come into him and will sup with him, and he with me. 21. To him that 'overcomes (wins the victory) will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. 22. He that hath an ear let him hear what the Spirit says unto the churches."

     Isn't that exciting? When you invite Jesus in, God is your Heavenly Father! You will have Peace, Joy, Love, Happiness in your heart. You want to feel accepted by someone? I mean real acceptance. Not the kind of acceptance you have with your so-called friends. Believe me, I know this. Your friends and sometimes your own family will stab you in the back, but God will never do that! He will cover you and fight for you and as Paul says in Romans 8:31 "What shall we then say to these things? If God 'be (is) for us, who can be against us?" I encourage you to pray and ask Jesus to come into your heart and to forgive you of your sins and to fill you with His precious Holy Spirit so you can know God better. God promises to give you his Holy Spirit as your helper, and God keeps his promises! Peter says in Acts 2:38 "Then Peter said unto them, Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ 'for (unto) the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. 39. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord God shall call. 40. And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this 'untoward (crooked) generation." 

Read also John 3:1-21 to gain a greater understanding of being "born" again. Give Jesus your life and he will give you a fresh new start for your life and he will show you what your purpose for being here on this earth is. He will give you a fresh vision. God Bless You!

     

     "Fight to Keep the Faith!

     First off I would like to say Hello to everyone that reads this post. God Bless You! I appreciate you! I would also like to encourage you to Not Give Up! I know this world can be hard and it's a battle! A couple of times I have asked my Lord Jesus, "Lord, can I please have no battles for a while? Can I go on vacation from the fight? I will jokingly explain to him how even soldiers in the army are not out on the "battlefield" all the time, they do get to go on vacation. I would explain to him that I just need a little break, but I would immediately clear that up and say, Lord, I want a break from the battle but I don't mean "sick bay", please don't allow me to be put there, then I would chuckle. I am so thankful that Jesus does have a sense of humor! He loves us and understands. 

     As David says in Psalms 103: 13,14 "Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. 14. For he knows our frame; he remembereth that we are dust."  The Lord knows our frame. He knows where we come from. He knows we are human. He knows how he created us. God is the Potter, we are the clay. He is taking us marred vessels and turning us into something grand and awesome! He knows what he is doing with us. He knows just how much heat we individually need to get all the cracks out, to smooth us out, straighten us out, or whatever he thinks we need to simply make us shine for his Glory!

"Make it or Break it"

I watched a vessel being molded

by a potter one day.

I talked with the potter about what he was doing.

Here is what he had to say.

He said,  "I take this clay and hold it,

with oh! such tender care. 

I hold it in my hands,

and it's not going anywhere!

The Potter said, "I mash it,

and I squeeze it,

and it changes

bit by bit. 

The Potter knows what he is doing

he's a master at his art.

He knows how to handle the clay

every single part. 

The Potter knows

exactly what to do.

He knows just how much pressure

to take the clay through.

He knows how much the clay

can stand the flame in the fire.

He knows what is good, for the vessel

and how much heat it doth require.

He keeps working on the vessel

after he does begin.

He keeps his eyes upon it.

Never to take them off again.

To make it or break it and shape it

into a beautiful design.

And then he puts his name upon it,

and says, "This work of art is mine!"

     

     I love that part in that poem God gave me. " He puts his name upon it, and says, "This work of art is mine!" Doesn't that make you want to shout? Knowing that God Almighty loves us and calls us "his", helps us get through whatever comes our way. We have to remember that we are not on this earth forever! We are just passing through, and whatever we go through, we are just "going through". No matter what we go through we have to Keep the Faith in Jesus Christ until we take our last breath! That is the one thing we have to fight for! Our Faith in Jesus! Sometimes we go through some kind of fire! Believe me, I have had what "I" believe is way more than my share! God knows I am saying the truth! Because I have often voiced my opinion to him on the matter! Until I realized I can either get bitter or better. I chose to get better, not bitter! I chose to let Satan and all of Hell know that I will never give up my faith in God! I love the story of Job, in the bible. Read the book of Job. I love the King James Version. Read how God was bragging about him to Satan. God had Faith in Job that Job was going to hang onto his Faith no matter what! Job was a man who lost everything. His children, his health, and his livelihood were gone! He went "through" a very horrible time!

       During those times when you are in the fire experiencing trials and tribulations and persecutions from the devil himself and it feels like all of Hell is coming against you, consciously choose Faith in God! You cannot be passive at this thing of keeping your Faith! We have to stay aggressive in this fight of faith! Job had to aggressively hang onto his faith in God. Job didn't have anyone except for God! Job's own wife was telling him to curse God and die. Job's friends were no comfort. They thought they were but they weren't. 

     We are to follow those who have held onto their faith until the very end. Hebrews 13:7 says, "Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the Word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation." We cannot never forget also, Jesus says in Matthew 28:20 "Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world." Amen! 

     I am here to tell you it is going to be a fight. The devil will come against you. He hates you because he hates God. He sees the awesome work God is doing in you and he knows why. He knows God is making an awesome warrior out of you and he is trying to stop it any way he can. 

Keep your Faith in Jesus unto the end brothers and sisters.

     You are a work of art and the devil knows it! The devil knows you are valuable! That is why he is fighting you!  

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What does "Success" mean to you? When I was seeking an image for this post, I typed up free images of success. Not too many came up. This was one of four. They had a couple of high-rise buildings and this gentleman in a suit. I thought to my self, so this is what people think "success" is? High-rise buildings, a man in a suit, cars, houses, a woman in heels, all that stuff. That's all people think success is? How superficial is that? 

Many people have struggled to climb that corporate ladder and managed to get to the top and ring the bell, but are still empty, dead on the inside, greedy and still money hungry! That is what you call success? 

There was a man in the bible, who God chose to be one of Jesus' disciples. This man followed Jesus everywhere along with the other chosen disciples. However, this man was not following Jesus in his heart. His mind was on the money. He was not content, because of greed, pride, and lust for power. In the end, this particular disciple made the money. But it was by selling out on Jesus, the Son of God. It led him to go out and hang himself. This man's name was "Judas". For the money Judas betrayed Jesus. You can read this story in Matthew 27:1-8 KJV. 

We have to be very careful to not love money. We are to follow Jesus, not follow after money. Jesus says in Matthew 6:24, "No man can serve two masters; for either, he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and Money." 1 Timothy 6:10 says, "The love of money is the root of all evil; which while some 'coveted after (were greedy about), they have erred from the faith and pierced themselves through with many sorrows." 

Timothy was warning us in chapter 6 to watch out for and withdraw from those who say, "Gain is godliness." He tells us in 1st Timothy 6:6 "But Godliness with contentment is great gain. 7. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. 8. And having food and raiment let us therewith be content." And speaking of contentment, Paul (in the bible) learned the hard way. He says in Philippians 4:11-13 "Not that I speak in respect of want; for I have learned in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. 12. I know both how to be 'abased (made low), and I know how to 'abound (be prosperous); everywhere and in all things, I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. 13. I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me."

Paul learned to be content and happy just walking with God. In verse 4:19 he says, "But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in Glory by Christ Jesus. 20. Now unto God and our Father be glory forever and ever. Amen." Paul could only say God would supply our need because he walked with him and knew by experience God could be trusted. I have learned by an experience like Paul's, true contentment comes from walking with God and loving him.

So, to those of you who are climbing that corporate ladder, or seeking to be rich. just make sure you are walking with God. Make sure you are seeking Jesus and his righteousness first as Jesus says in Matthew 6:33 "But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you." 

If you don't have a relationship with Jesus and give Him the glory for all you have that he has given you, then you are not truly successful. It doesn't matter what you drive, or what kind of house you live in, or what kind of fancy clothes you wear, or where you travel, remember,

 "Success is not where you take your heart, but being content where your heart is right now!" Is your heart right with Jesus right now? If yes, and you are content and at peace, that is SUCCESS!

True success is walking and talking with God and having a relationship with him, whether we have two pennies in our pocket or two trillion in the bank, and giving him all the glory no matter what!

Listen to this song below by "Josh Turner called Me and God."

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     I titled my first blog on this site, "Passing the Torch of Faith". Because firstly, as a daughter of God (a Christian) and secondly, as a Mother, and thirdly as a GrandMother to those present and those to come, my main goal is to pass the Baton of Faith on to them!

The Who, What, When, Where, How and Why?

     I know my main goal and responsibility is to teach my family when they are going through trials and tribulations of their own, "what" are they to do? Have I taught them as a parent "who" to call on when they are in trouble? Have I taught them to put their "Faith" in Jesus alone for their life, whatever needs they may have, and especially for their need of salvation? Have I taught them "how" to pray and "how" to hear from God? I mean really pray and know that God hears them and loves them. Have I taught them by example how to pray and Believe in Faith for a miracle when they need one? And "when" they feel like their life is over and they can't go on any longer, have I taught them that is "when" Jesus steps in and takes over if they allow him to?
     Have I taught my children and grandchildren the best I could, how to take the Living Word of God (the bible) and use it as their own sword? When they are in pain, heartache, trouble or circumstances beyond their control, how to quote God's Word and send it to cut the devil's head off with it (combat the devil)? Have I taught them to be on guard because we are in a spiritual war? I am going to repeat that, "We are in a spiritual war!" That is the "why" of teaching them these things. It is serious! They have to know that we all are Spirit beings first. It is not that we have a body with a spirit. No! We are Spirit being first that has a body. It is our Spirit and Soul that will live on in one of two places, Heaven or Hell. We get a new body when we get to Heaven. This is "why" we must make teaching our family to love Jesus our #1 goal.

Be an Awesome GoalKeeper! 

     We covered the who, what, when, how and why but we didn't cover where. Well, we sure can't leave it up to the school to teach our children faith in Jesus, can we? No, it is not their responsibility! Some people think is good enough to drop their children or grandchildren off at church for them to teach them. Now, don't get me wrong it is better than not trying at all, however, can we trust the church "today" to teach them true faith in Jesus?  There is way too much false teaching going on even in the church! So "where" should it be taught or better yet, shown? In the home! It is the parent's responsibility!
     So, like that goalkeeper or goalie in the image above we have to fight and be determined to keep the goal of keeping the faith and passing it on to the next generation. Because the devil will try to steal your faith. Don't kid your self. He will try anything to keep you from passing faith in Jesus to your family. Believe me, if you truly know Jesus and have faith in him that is when the devil will fight you. He will do anything he can to stop you from doing that right there. That is the only thing he does not want you doing right there, Passing on the Torch of Faith to your children and grandchildren. He will even make you look bad in their eyes. He will use circumstances to cause misunderstandings and make "you" look bad. I tell you what if you are one of those who just go to church on Sunday's and think you are on your way to Heaven because you are so good and you have often said, "The devil never bothers me, I have no problems", you might check your self spiritually. Could it be that the devil may already have you? Maybe that is why he never bothers you. You aren't a threat to him and his kingdom if you are trusting in your own goodness. Have you truly been born again?

No Self-Righteousness!

     Going to church does not prove you have faith in Jesus or a relationship with him. There are "self" righteous and religious people who don't have a clue what I am talking about passing on the torch of faith to our children and grandchildren and those behind. They may sit on a church pew every Sunday, so self-righteous that the "pew" is starting to stinketh! That is why they call it a Pew! Lol. That is another post.

     

Hebrews 11:1,2 "Now faith is the 'substance (assurance) of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by 'it (faith) the elders 'obtained (won) a good report." By faith, know God is there even if you don't feel him.

"Faith is the Substance of Things Hoped For"

See me holding you,

when you feel I'm not there.

See me holding you

when you have not a friend to share.

See at the end of the tunnel

past the dark, to the light.

See now the miracles you need.

Even though they seem nowhere in sight.

See past the valley

to the Mountain.

See past the dry desert

to the Fountain.

See in your life my hand

upon everything.

See in the trials

the blessings that I bring.

See now the grass is green

and not on the other side.

See now the Peace after the storm,

and after the raging tide.

See now the crown

at the end of the race.

See now I am!

Don't let anything else take my place.

See past the sky

that sometimes is gray.

See and understand, after the long night,

there is coming the day!

See already, the answer

that is on the way.

Past the doubts, the questions,

and dismay.

During the trials, see now the songs

that is coming out of this.

See past the pain and heartache,

to the Heavenly Bliss.

This is the point, my child,

I don't want you to miss.

The substance of things hoped for

is what faith is!

2 Timothy 4:6,7 "For I am ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. 7. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my 'course (race), I have kept the faith."

     In the verse, above, Paul was speaking to young Timothy. He was letting Timothy know he was about to pass away and go home to Heaven. He said the time of his departure was at hand, and he had fought a good fight. He kept all his earthly possessions. He kept all his money and all of his awards. No! He said he kept his faith in God. That was the main thing he was passing on to young Timothy. The only award Paul was concerned with receiving was a crown of righteousness. 

     Paul said he had fought a good fight. Why do you think he had to fight to keep the faith? Because that is the one thing and the only thing that gets us a place in Heaven. That is the one thing Satan comes to steal from us. He knows who truly has faith in God. Satan doesn't care if someone sits on a church pew every Sunday, he just doesn't want us to put our faith in Jesus, and what Jesus has done for us on the cross.

     Too many people think that just because they may go to a church building that is showing their faith. Not necessarily! Faith is believing God is real, though you can't see him, and knowing that what he says in his word is the truth! Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Faith is knowing and believing that! Not too many people talk about God or Jesus dying on the cross for our sins, but I do and I hope you do too!

     They say when starting a new blog to write about what you are passionate about. Ever since I truly met Jesus at the age of 28, I am passionate about sharing him with others. That is why I titled this, "Passing on the Torch of Faith." I want to do my part in passing on my faith to the next generation. 

     You know, we are all racing to the finish line, whether we like to admit it or not. We none are guaranteed tomorrow! The clock is ticking for every one of us! So knowing that, are you concerned with passing on the faith to the next generation? Or maybe, you don't know what faith in Jesus means. If you don't I welcome you and would love for you to continue to join me, so we can pass this torch of faith to others down the line. God Bless You All.