The Umbrella Of Protection

I will shield you from the fallout. Know that I God am protecting you. What will fall on others will not fall on you. Stay under the umbrella of My protection, and I will guard you and keep you.

God promises His protection when we follow and obey Him. When we are not living under God’s authority it’s like we walk out of the covering of His protection. I feel like we have walked out of the covering as a nation.

I see myself being hidden under the umbrella while the ashes fall around me.

God has been taken out of every mountain of influence. Schools, Family, Government, Media, Art and Entertainment, Business.

Political influences are changing the climate of the nation. We see it everywhere. But there are things we can do to be immune to its effects.

Proverbs 2:7 in the Message Bible says,

“God is a rich mine of common sense for those who live well, a personal bodyguard the candid and sincere.”

Everything thing is under God’s control. God knows that everything that befalls the world and He has plans that we do not need to be concerned about. He tells us to trust in Him and we will find rest. He will keep you in perfect peace if we obey Him and repent of our sins.

With everything that is happening in the world today, we need to fix our minds on Him. Be promised if we focus on Him He will keep us in perfect peace.

History is Him, the past, the present, and the future. Things will turn out just as He has planned. The courses of the nations are set and determined by His foreknowledge.

Though the nation’s rage, He is on the throne. He will work His plan to the glory of His Kingdom.

As long as we follow Him, We will be under His umbrella of protection.

The nations are in turmoil. But regardless of what happens, God can protect us and keep us at peace as we look to Jesus, the King of Kings.

“For the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed, but My lovingkindness will not depart from you, and My covenant of peace will not be removed, says the Lord who has mercy on you” – Isaiah 54:10

Follow the King of Kings, serve and trust Him, and He will keep you safe and lead you along the way everlasting to everlasting.

The Destruction Of The Deceitful

God expects us, as His people, to discern that it is ungodliness that brings God’s Judgment.

Walking in righteousness through God’s Word keeps us in God’s blessing, protection, and provision. When we praise Him for these promises to receive His grace and mercy, and experience a new level of relationship with God.

Three Wishes

You have three magic genie wishes, what are you asking for?

What I would ask for if a genie appeared before me? I would ask for world peace, no hunger, and no evil. But I’m pretty sure genies cannot grant wishes of this magnitude because they cannot interfere in the plans of Almighty God.

So it would pretty much have to be material things. So, I would ask that I get a house by the beach and a month’s vacation with my husband and children with pay from their jobs. I would also ask for a dog, a boxer dog with an extended life span.

The Shield Of Faith

The shield of faith is not something we have to speak into existence or strive in our own strength to hold up, because our shield of faith is, faith in a mighty God, not faith in our own strength.

We have an enemy, who wants to stop us from getting all God has for us. It’s no different than any other enemy that Israel faced in the old covenant. God routed the enemies of His people then, and He will rout our enemies as well.

Psalm 2 tells us what He thinks of the arrows of the enemy.

“Why do the nations rage, and the people plot a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, and the Lord and against His Anointed, saying, let us break their bonds in pieces and cast away their cords from us. He who sits in the heavens shall laugh, the Lord shall hold them in derision. Then He shall speak to them in His wrath, and distress them in His deep displeasure. Yet I have set My King on My holy hill of Zion. I will declare the decree, the Lord has said to Me, You are My Son, today I have begotten You. Ask of Me, and I will give You the Nations, for Your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for Your possession. You shall break them with a rod of iron, You shall dash them to pieces like a potter’s vessel. Now, therefore, be wise, O’ kings. Be wise, you judges of the earth. Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, and you perish in the way When His wrath is known kindled but a little. Blessed are those who put their trust in Him.” -Psalm 2.

This is the prayer I pray for the nations, every morning. We taste the goodness of the when we enter His presence when we worship Him. Faith is the substance of things hoped for (Hebrews 11:1).

Nothing like worship builds faith. Worship brings us into the very presence of God. But we need to understand God’s definition of worship,

  • Obedience
  • Unity
  • Humility
  • Faithfulness
  • Mercy
  • Giving
  • Singing, praise, music

Under the shadow of His wings, into the palm of His hand. He is our strong tower.

With the world becoming darker and darker we need to rush to Him. And Be ready for His return.

Removing The Veil From Our Eyes

Removing the veil from our eyes, is a phrase from the New Testament that refers to discovering a truth that was previously hidden. In 2 Corinthians 3:16 it that when a person turns to the Lord the veil is taken away. This can be compared to a bride on her wedding day when her husband removes the veil.

When the veil is removed, we see what really matters. Fear, uncertainty, and insecurity may still be there, but they are masked by faith, hope, and love. What is true in our human relationships only dimly reflects what is true of our relationship with Jesus.

To know Him for who He is, to see Him for who He is, allows us to run with perseverance the race marked out before us. No matter where the course might lead. Yes, there is fear, uncertainty and insecurity. But faith, hope, and love rules our days.

Fixing our eyes on Him is hard. We squint to see Him through your sight, rather than faith. He has revealed who He is through His Word -the Bible. The Bible can be hard to comprehend, Yet, God has given each part of it to lift the veil on who He is.

John Calve said, “In the scriptures, God is veiled, that had might be unveiled.” The one who defies description describes himself in the limitations of language is that we might be able to see Him with unveiled eyes and unveiled faith.

Insight about Jesus comes to those who look for Him. And when we do this He exposes a truth that we have not yet seen.

Family

Describe a family member.

Describe a family member. How about describe a family.

I grew up in a dysfunctional family which has drastically and permanently altered the course of my life. My mother only cared about herself she had no regard for anyone else to the point of being abusive to get what she wanted. My father was a retired Marine, he was the caring one. I knew that anything I was going through I could go to him and he would help me figure it out.

One brother (my step brother) was a molester. Two we’re drug addicts, and One was business savvy, he could sale anyone anything. I remember one time when my father gave him his “allowance” he told him that he didn’t need it and pulled a wade of money out of his pocket -He was 10 years old at the time -he died at age 11. My sister was more interested in boys and sneaking out of the house at night. , I just tried to stay away from my mother as much as I could, knowing that if she saw or heard me bad things would happen.

I did not know my maternal grand parents. I had never seen them. My paternal grandparents were very caring people, My grandfather (Apa) could not speak English, he only spoke Hungarian, and My nagymomma (grandmother), was the sweetest, most caring person that I have ever met in my life. They traveled to America by ship to escape the holocaust.

Favorite Physical Exercise

What is your favorite form of physical exercise?

I few things I like to do for exercise would involve hiking, I am very blessed to live close to some beautiful mountain areas. It doesn’t seem like exercise when you enjoy the beauty God created around you,

I also like swimming. I good early morning swim gets my blood pumping and it’s a full-body exercise.

The last is something that most people don’t think of as exercise but I think clearly is. Is yard work. Digging holes and bagging lawn clippings or leaves can strengthen muscles in arms, legs, and the core of our bodies.

The Winning Side

God uses every single trial, every detour, every obstacle in our journey for our benefit, and for our good.

When I was growing up, I often wondered why God would not help me, I asked God continuously why He was letting the abuse happen to me. With my mother telling all the time that I was a mistake and worthless. I began to think she was right, God was not where to be found, because I was bad. I shouldn’t have been born -I was a mistake.

It was only many years later, that God had used my trouble for good. Because what satan means for evil, God uses for good. Sometimes the good is a change in circumstances. Sometimes the good is a strong faith. Nothing is ever wasted.

Satan used Judas to betray Jesus, but God intended for Jesus to stand trial and be condemned to death. Satan used the scheming of Jesus’s enemies to have Him crucified, Th cross was key to God’s plan for securing eternal life for all who believe in Jesus. Satan loses! God wins! Regardless of what it looks like in the process.

Everyday I am thankful for Jesus dying on the cross, and His sacrifice because without that we all would be deemed to hell.

It wasn’t until I told God that “I would not let Satan win,” that I began to heal, for the pain I had endured. It wasn’t until I forgave the hurt my mother had caused me, that God forgave me of my sins.

Martin Luther Kings said, “Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.”

“You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives” Genesis 50:20

I love this verse. Because it accurately depicts what God has done with my life. This is because God is in the business of turning anything bad into everything good. Including the details of your life,

In the Old Testament, Joseph was sold into slavery by his brothers, falsely imprisoned by his enemies, and forgotten by two men he befriended. Gods used Joseph and his events to preserve the nation of Israel.

God is able to take the mess of our past and turn it into a message for saving others. He is able to take any trial and turn it itinerary a testimony to encourage others.

So trust God with everything that’s happening in your life. Rejoice that He is going to use all of it for good things.

All of it. Everything in our lives, God will use for good. We can trust Him that we will end up on the winning side.

God Always Warns Us Before The Destruction

God is a god of justice. One of the things evident in the Bible is that God‘s warning proceed His judgment. The only problem is that God‘s warning you’re not always avert is judgment. Why? Because people fail to heed God’s ‘s warnings. -pay attention to it and do what He says.

An example of this is in genesis 19:17,

“Then one of the angels said, run for your lives! Don’t look back and don’t stop in the valley. Run to the hills so that you won’t be killed.” -GNT

People behave as if God is not-going to carry out his judgment. God‘s warning is intended to make people repent and do the right thing. unfortunately, some don’t they follow their own ways.

“There is a way that seems right to a man, but it’s end is the way of death” -Proverbs 14:12, 16:25

God‘s warnings always precedes His judgment. But those who want his self destruct don’t repent instead of repenting and avoiding negative repercussions they continue on their wrong journey and ruin their lives. Before the tragedy that be fell the house of Eli -the death of his two sons and his death God warned about the sin of Eli’s sons and his failure to discipline them. He warned of the impending judgment.

 Because they had the wasted opportunities after He had given them time to repent and Eli didn’t discipline them. God’s poured out his judgment on them. god’s warning, preceded His judgment. Don’t joke with God’s warnings.

Today, God is giving us all the warning signs. The ultimate battle between good and evil is among us. We have a choice to listen to God’s warning or face the consequences of His judgment.

What Everyone Should Know About Fallen Angels

“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience” -Pierre De Charden

We have spiritual adversaries. Demons are angels. They are the fallen ones. So if our angelic allies are formidable which they are, then our demonic enemies are.

The key to defeating fallen angels is intelligence. The more we know about our enemies strategies, the better prepared we can defend ourselves.

So, we need to understand the influence demons can have over us.

Demons attempt to lead us astray if we don’t know God and His Word.

“They moved him to jealousy with strange gods. The proved him to anger with abominations. They sacrificed to demons, not God, to gods that they didn’t know, to new gods that came up recently which your fathers didn’t dread” – Deuteronomy 32:16-17

The irony is that even demons recognize the truth about Jesus, and they aim to lead people as far from the truth as possible. They work in the lives of unbelievers to exploit and redirect the innate human desire to know God and worship something greater than ourselves. There first action is to lure people away from the true God by using idols or false gods.

Satan is good at tweaking aspects of the true gospel. He did it with Eve in the Garden of Eden. And he’s doing it today. Satan always has a master plan, any plan he has his fallen angels are happy to carry out. He thrives on us leaving an open door to our soul. And any doubt that he can use against us he uses.

There are five methods fallen angels (demons) use to accomplish Satan’s plan:

  1. Demons can work through nature -Ephesians 2:2
  2. Demons can work through physical illness -2 Corinthians 12:7
  3. Demons can work through mental illness -1 Samuel16:14
  4. Demons can work through suicide -Mark 9:14-29; John 8:44
  5. Demons can work thought people – Ephesians 5:18

We must continually examine our hearts, motives, and priorities to ensure our lives remain under the control of the Holy Spirit. That’s how we emerge victorious from the battle of good vs evil.

The Moon

How much would you pay to go to the moon?

The Apollo program spend $25 billion to put 12 men on the moon. I have no desire to go the moon. I leave that to the experts.

I know moon exploration can help us understand earth’s past and other necessities. And we should, but I really have no desire I was put on earth by God. He has me right where He wants me. No moon exploration is going to change what is on God’s agenda. It only fills up people’s minds of people who think we are going to be here forever. We are not.

Think of how many people $25 billion will feed, or help suffering people on earth.