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We welcome July with a repentant heart. There are things happening in this world that are changing the way we see normal. Places are opening with restrictions. Some people are realizing what foolishness is happening.  God is winning battles. Even though it looks like we have certain major losses, God is winning. We are in an amazing time and the world will never be the same again.  
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​Scripture of the Week: Job 38:4-18   
“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?
    Tell me, if you have understanding.
5 Who determined its measurements—surely you know!
    Or who stretched the line upon it?
6 On what were its bases sunk,
    or who laid its cornerstone,
7 when the morning stars sang together
    and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

8 “Or who shut in the sea with doors
    when it burst out from the womb,
9 when I made clouds its garment
    and thick darkness its swaddling band,
10 and prescribed limits for it
    and set bars and doors,
11 and said, ‘Thus far shall you come, and no farther,
    and here shall your proud waves be stayed’?

12 “Have you commanded the morning since your days began,
    and caused the dawn to know its place,
13 that it might take hold of the skirts of the earth,
    and the wicked be shaken out of it?
14 It is changed like clay under the seal,
    and its features stand out like a garment.
15 From the wicked their light is withheld,
    and their uplifted arm is broken.

16 “Have you entered into the springs of the sea,
    or walked in the recesses of the deep?
17 Have the gates of death been revealed to you,
    or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?
18 Have you comprehended the expanse of the earth?
    Declare, if you know all this.














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Who do you put your Trust in

8/31/2016

 
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With the political arena ramping up for the elections and the upcoming debates I thought, “What a better way to start reeling in the season than with God”. We are going to continue to hear a lot of muckraking, name calling, and childlike behaviors (in other words a political debacle) that the public needs to see for some reason in order to pick which one tells the truth to the best of their abilities. We have already seen bad behaviors from both sides but we have also seen who is more willing to drop everything and take care of people. Yes both have human qualities and some of their actions have made people angry but that is normal.
Currently our country is in distress. As a retired Service Member I am appalled at how some have abused the freedoms I have fought to defend and watched men and women die doing the same. Too many people have taken to the streets, neighborhoods, cities and made them into a devil’s playground filled with hate, dishonesty, and blatant disregard for what is morally and ethically the right thing to do. Some have stood up for what is right and good but get shot down because this day’s society is so sinful and secularly corrupted that people have forgotten what right looks like.
Psalm 118:5-9
I called on the Lord in distress; the Lord answered me and set me in a broad place.
The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me? The Lord is for me among those who help me; therefore I shall see my desire on those who hate me.
It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man.
It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes.    
By the way, remember what happened when the Israelites asked God for a King? God had given them a gift and it was misused by man.
As citizens of the United States it is our duty to vote for who we think would be best suited to be the figure head for the country. This figurehead does have limited power but is the face and voice of the people. Christians, Jesus calls us to obey those put in authority over us. It is our duty to ensure we look deeper at each candidate to find the right moral and ethical behavior that would bring this country into the future without allowing the intentional corruption of this place we call home with the evils of this world.
Like it says above, trust in the LORD rather than place our confidence in man. For what is man but a broken reflection? The reflection was distorted by sin and many bad choices have led us to this point we are at today.
The election should not be a popularity contest. It should not be a contest on who can raise the most money or bully their way in through buy outs.  Rely on God to get the right person in that will bring this country out of the hell we find ourselves.
 Pray for our world and more specifically the souls of those who are put in authority over us that they turn back to God and seek His guidance, not the false idols and power hungry men that are in place. Pray that the Father engages us in a spiritual revolution that saves us from the torments of this world. This is a time to call on God and ask for Him to spread His Mercy and Grace upon us once again.
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