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Heavy

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My thoughts have turned heavy.
You see death has knocked at the gate of my world, twice lately. One in confidence of Eternal Life and one with uncertain doubts. 

39 And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.
40 But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?
41 And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.
42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.
43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise.

via Luke 23 KJV;CJB – And the whole multitude of them arose, – Bible Gateway.

And so this passage lets us know there are death-bed confessions; that JESUS will forgive and give Eternal Life to those turning to Him even at the point of death; but waiting is risky.

What if there is no time at that time to cry out to Him? What if One’s waiting has turned too long and the HOLY SPIRIT has ceased to convict? (Genesis 6:3) What if you have said “no” so many times your heart is too cold to repent and He does not offer? 

44 No one can come to me unless the Father — the One who sent me — draws him. And I will raise him up on the Last Day. 45 It is written in the Prophets, ‘They will all be taught by Adonai.’ Everyone who listens to the Father and learns from him comes to me.

via John 6:43-45 KJV;CJB – Jesus therefore answered and said unto – Bible Gateway.

Heavy thoughts. 

So why wait? When the HOLY SPIRIT reveals to the soul of a man, women or youth, that a Savior is needed and JESUS is that Savior, why wait? Why run the risk? Even if hell were not hot and dark; one thing it is is enough to cry out to miss it. 

There is NO love there!

Here on planet earth there is a measure of love that ALL receive and give – not so there. None to give and none to receive – that is enough to make it hell! Does not the Scripture tell us GOD IS LOVE? (I John 4:15-17) So subtract HIM and you have subtracted love. That tells me friends here won’t be friends there. Get the picture? Then why wait? Why put your family through the agony of not knowing.  Say YES to JESUS. Say YES now! Let your LIFE here and now give solid evidence that you have said YES! Have questions? email me

Day 93 of 2014, praying for revival in the Body of CHRIST.

Kathie

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Conflicts

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Conflicts require folks to take a side, pick a group. Why do we do that to each other? 

4 What is causing all the quarrels and fights among you? Isn’t it your desires battling inside you?

via James 4 KJV;CJB – From whence come wars and fightings – Bible Gateway.

I am attaching a poorly crafted diagram that speaks a message; not one pleasant to give or receive and perhaps this platform is not even the best place to present it because perhaps you have no conflicts in your Local Assembly of the Body of Christ. We have been praying for revival in the Christian Church. Perhaps this diagram gives a reason (among others) why revival has not come … yet. 

Three Groups in the Church

ABBA, I am so sorry for these conflicts, please forgive me for being timid when I should have been bold and for being loud when I should have been quiet and help me now to discern the bold, the quiet and the loud appropriately. I pray for group A, group B and group C, for all of us to lay down our agendas and crucify our own flesh and not one another. I know You want different and better for every local gathering of The Body of Christ and I  am confident the ultimate reason we are not unified in love is because we have not surrendered to Your Lordship. I am so sorry. Please forgive us; please correct us. Please bless us with HOLY SPIRIT conviction of sin, of righteousness and of judgment to come. And I don’t know how to end this prayer, ABBA, we need You to help us repent. I pray we do in JESUS name. 

Day 80 of 2014, praying for revival in the Body of CHRIST.

Kathie

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Super Bowl

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At this typing the Super Bowl is nearly done. Perhaps the commercials have rivaled the game. I understand this year’s Half Time Show was considerably tamer than Janet Jackson of years passed and was it Beyoncé last year? I missed both of those. But I did see tonight’s. I’ll try to be wise and harmless here – made me sad and then I marveled at the Grace of GOD. His marvelous grace as He looks over planet earth and does not annihilate us. Oh what a gracious and slow to anger GOD He is!

The Budweiser commercials were indeed heart warming; just flat-out made you feel good. I suppose we should surmise from that if we drink their product it will make us feel good. And did you notice the caveat?   This was my Facebook response to their plea to us.

Cleaning the dishes, hearing Budweiser advise their consumers to drink responsibly and I thought has it ever occurred to them to produce, promote and distribute a product that alters the senses so much that they would release a warning to not imbibe too much all the while wanting to sell more and more so they make more money is the height of hypocrisy and irresponsibility.

So where am I going with all this? I’m not sure. Perhaps I’m just soap boxing this evening. And perhaps I am marveling at how corrupt we humans are and GOD keeps on loving us and keeps on giving us opportunities to change our minds and allow Him to change our lives for the better.

And behind the scenes of the Super Bowl was the Sex Trafficking. I do not have words that could even come close to delving low enough to depict the depravity, the perversion, the heinousness of the souls of those who operate and support this abominable business.  Here is an excerpt from an article; I hope you will use the link below and read the whole article:

Sex-trafficking has evolved into a lucrative business in the US and around the globe. The industry grosses $9.5 billion annually in the US, and an additional $32 billion worldwide. Trafficked women are constantly moved throughout the country so as to avoid drawing the attention of law enforcement officials.

Sadly, many of the women enslaved by the practice are children. Estimates project that there are between 100,000 and 150,000 underage sex workers currently active in the US. On the whole, these women do not enter into the profession willfully, but are lured and kidnapped by pimps and massive sex rings who enslave them in the practice.  via The Ugly Truth Behind The Super Bowl And Sex Trafficking | Elite Daily

The good news is there are organizations out there doing everything they can to rescue as many of these children/women as they can. One such organization is Shared Hope International. I hope you will check them out. Another organization is Pearl Alliance an arm of Messenger International (John and Lisa Bevere) . Let us all pray and seek ABBA for His direction as to what He wants us to do personally. Perhaps it is only to become informed and pray. Perhaps it is more. Let HIM tell us and let us be faithful.

Perhaps there are more Organizations out there working to rescue women and children from this damnable industry; if you know of others and would like for me to post them here, please let me know.

For now let me wrap this up. The Super Bowl has been over now for a while and it’s sleep time. I am grateful for a comfortable home, clean sheets, and a loving husband.  Others are not so fortunate. 

Thinking of them on this 34th day of 2014,

37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

via Matthew 25 KJV;CJB – Then shall the kingdom of heaven be – Bible Gateway.

ABBA, I am listening for Your Voice and watching for Your Leading. I pray I will not fail to obey You and I pray You will encourage and provide every resource needed for those out there on the front lines working with You to rescue those enslaved. I pray for others to come alongside and help. I pray You will move me to help however You choose. And I pray for our Readers here, that they will receive Your encouragement, Your comfort, Your love and the many gifts and provisions You have for them and, ABBA, in YESHUA’s Mighty Name there are some close at heart that I am asking You to heal and there are others, again close to heart, that are suffering and I pray for Your Way of relief for them. Thank You for hearing and thank You for answering.

And we in agreement say Amen.

For me to personally pray with you, send me an email.

Kathie