It is dangerous to be conscious of submission to a spiritual power. The difference between fatalism and faith lies just here. Fatalism means, “My number’s up; I have to bow to the power whether I like it or not; I do not know the character of the power, but it is greater than I am, and I must submit.” ~ Oswald Chambers, The Worthiness of God

This week’s Psalm & Proverb a Day brought me to one of my favorite verses from my favorite Psalm 23:5, Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over…which prompted a friend to provide the last verse of Psalm 91 with his own commentary, “Christian warriors never fight alone.” While his words ring true and rhyme rather nicely with the old saying, “one man with courage is a majority,” it can be a bit discouraging watching friends who turn out to be pretenders and cowards peeling away as the boot comes down…

The devil doesn’t like to lose even one of his captives. He fights to keep every soul. He uses demons, unsaved people, and some Christians to do things to discourage them. ~ Bishop Samuel Vagalas Kanco, Chapter 3 The Truth Shall Make You Free

God will not look you over for medals, degrees, or diplomas, but for scars. ~ Elbert Hubbard

The ultimate legacy of cowards will be the scars and stripes worn by those who stood in their place. Bishop Kanco, who knows the enemy better than any pastor, priest, or rabbi I know (quite simply because he was personally groomed and trained by him), knows that Satan is the grand master of discouragement. But experience has taught me this; for every twelve who fade away from the heat, God appoints a David to stand in their place. Two years ago, FDNY Battalion Chief Tommy Lapolla stood up for his men and called on the head of the NY Catholic church to do the same. FDNY Battalion Chief Appeals to Cardinal Dolan to Stand With Un-vaxxed! I am honored to call this man my friend, and to whole-heartedly support his run for the 99^th District Assembly Seat in November. https://lapollaforassembly.com/

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God is calling His “un-corruptibles”! If the church were a business, it would be out of business. ONLY the corruptible remain unaccountable…and will pay the ultimate price for the 97% of millennials who no longer hold a Biblical worldview. “Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life. But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.” ~ Romans 11:3-4

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Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.~ Jeremiah 8:7

I had a very profound thought this morning which I now pray will wake up the church. I have made very good friends within the Chinese Falun Gong community. I truly love, respect, and admire them. They are among the most beautiful and loving people I have ever come to know. They have been very persistently trying to recruit me into their spiritual practice. I read their book, and learned their exercises, personally trained by their association leader. But yesterday I had to draw the line, Jesus Christ alone is my Lord and Savior. The profound thought was the similarity to our church community…nice, loving, good…and equally blind to the TRUTH.

The enemy is hoping that you will continue to remain blind, and the best part is, the longer that you remain blind, and you establish your blindness and your household with blindness, well, guess what? Your kids are blind, your household is blind, your husband is blind. Look for the God in things – Not just the good in things. Stephen Prouse HERE

Limping into powerless gatherings with broken down altars acting as though everything is fine, while Baal steals our children and rules our nation is tolerating evil Jezebel. ~ Give Him 15,  Rebuild the Altar – Ask for the Fire!

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God lifted me out of the blindness in 2020 into one of the few remaining sanctuaries of His Truth:

For every true follower of Christ, the hour of testing is upon us!  By God’s grace and strength, will we truly “Stand Up, Stand Up, For Jesus”?  Will we stand up for Him, regardless of the cost?  Always in His unfailing love, Pastor Steve Offringa, Howells Church (Isaiah 41:10)!

Persistence is the ultimate gauge of our leadership; the secret is to outlast our critics. ~ John C. Maxwell

Got TRUTH?