Even the bugs!!

But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him. And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like? They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept. For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and ye say, He hath a devil. The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! But wisdom is justified of all her children. ~ St. Luke 7:30-35

We are so truly desperate for revival brothers and sisters, even the bugs are praying for it! What the Luke 7 Pharisees rejected then, the “business as usual” pastors and priests reject today, not being baptized of Him…born again, as Jesus counseled Nicodemus (St. John 3:7). They are aptly the middle group in this, the final act of a trio of key actors on the American stage of our greatest chapter: The Up-enders, The Pretenders, and The Defenders. Dutch covered it well…

“2% of Millennials (born 1980 to 1995) have a Biblical world view…basically, an entire generation of Americans believe the Bible is irrelevant. How can anyone argue that it will not take a great awakening and reformation to save America. It also makes one wonder how so many churches can simply continue with business as usual.” ~ Dutch Sheets-Give Him 15, The Disabled Church…which rhymes with the vision that haunts me; Man waiting on God waiting on man.

So, God proved our Revival Committee on the Farm, and moved us to the River to, I believe, send a message to the business as usual pastors and priests that they’ve made themselves irrelevant. And He gave me a dream…

9/13/23 River Dream

I had this very strange and very real dream that woke me between 2 and 3am this morning: I was with a small group of men…might have been men and women. We were leaving a small village onto a bridge that crossed over a river…when the guy in front just all of a sudden jumped off the bridge 30-50’ into a river that could have been the Hudson River…without a blink, I followed him and did the very same thing. When I got to the other side quite a ways downstream, I climbed a very steep palisade that reminded me of the climb I made in California nearly 50years ago. I made my way to a home and walked in the back door to find a several kids who reacted to my appearance as if almost expected…I tried to get them to alert mom so I wouldn’t be a fright, and she was as calm as they…and then the husband appeared and it was all so pleasant…he was trying/wanting to show me an old album…Beatle album I think…and there was some kind of old relic hippie bus I think parked in front he had to show me.

I just remember thinking as I scaled the mountain this feeling of renewal…almost rebirth…with no more cell phone. Everything was right again. And then I woke up…

Prayer warriors needed on the river! Tune in to Sound of Life today (89.7FM) 9:20am, 1:30pm, and 6:20pm 😊

“All God’s children they come down to the river, they wanna jump in but they’re afraid of gettin’ nearer. It’s easier to sit and watch the water run by…and wait until it’s your turn to die.” ~ Muddy Water, Chip Murray 2004

I don’t know what it will take to reawaken the men waiting on God to their role as men. I know that I invited many of the them to a “Biblical Justice in America” call with brother Marshall, organizer of the upcoming “Mighty Men of Valor” conference October 20^th this past Friday, and only four pastors showed up for the call. The Truth of His Remnant: What the Pretenders would throw away, the Defenders treasure…  

Doctrine of the lesser magistrate The lesser magistrate doctrine declares that when the superior or higher civil authority makes unjust/immoral laws or decrees, the lesser or lower ranking civil authority has both a right and duty to refuse obedience to that superior authority. If necessary, the lesser authorities even have the right and obligation to actively resist the superior authority. ~ Matthew J. Trewhella, author of The Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates

Before the dawn there is desolation; but wait, the dawn will merge into glorious day—“…the light of dawn, that shineth more and more into the perfect day.” If you are experiencing the darkness of desolation on individual lines, go through with it, and you will find yourself face to face with Jesus Christ as never before. “I have come that they may have life”—life in which there is no death—“and that they may have it more abundantly.” ~ Oswald Chambers, The Darkness of Desolation

Join us one week from today for the CLOTH John 17:21 Hudson River Revival from 11am to 5pm at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie! That we be one! To give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, To guide our feet unto the way of peace (St. Luke 1:79).