Outcomes We Don't Expect

There are many outcomes that we don't expect in life.  An unexpected pregnancy, a sudden and seemingly inexplicable loss of a loved one, losses in the stock market that wipe out entire retirement accounts, a lost court case that sets you back financially in your business, a family that was close suddenly seems to be falling apart, friends who find out your a Christian now ostracize you....the list is endless however, there is not much you can do about any of it except to have a lot of faith, pray a lot and EXPECT God to do something about your problems!   Don't waste time feeling sorry for yourself like I did either.  I turned it around, so why can't you?  You know what my real problem was?  My problem was myself!  I had to get rid of a bad, hurtful thinking process, the one that the devil wanted me to have because it kept me in bondage so don't let him make a fool of you like he did me for the last 10 years!

No matter what we have been through, are going through now or will go through in the future, we need to get a little "holy boldness," and step out of the sin in our own shadows and get right with God.  Especially on the "little things."  Those are the things that the devil uses most to bring us down the quickest, those little sins we don't recognize as sin.  For instance, how much time do you fiddle on the internet at work?  "Yeah, but everybody does it?"  Well, if your co-workers were planning to jump off the building????   I promise, if you stick to the 10 commandments, accept defeat when you know you blew it, and ask God to forgive you, then you won't have a break in communications with Him, and you don't want that.  (I should know, cause it really sucks!).

And even in the little things you do for others, God can be honored.  Do it for Him, and He will reward you, just be careful to keep what you do for others between you and God, or you will receive your reward on earth, and trust me, you'd rather have that reward up in heaven waiting for you, so keep it to yourself!  (Matthew 6:1-2).

Just don't forget?  That includes all of God's children, past, present and future!  He is returning soon to take us all Home, an outcome I am in full expectation of, and cannot wait to experience!

Jesus started to call me awhile back, and I started to pray, "Oh Lord, please find me worthy." I of course, was thinking, "God please find me righteous enough to come home with You in the rapture?"  Then out of nowhere, there was an outcome I totally didn't expect.  He turned my life right side up and took ahold of my heart and I answered Him that time.  That was on April 30th, I got up out of my sick bed and said, "What would you have me do Lord?"  He said, "You're a Barnabus.  You know what to do."  Then, this blog was born.  The idea was to get the call out, that Jesus is INDEED calling us!  Even those of us who think we're safe because we go to church every Sunday?  I just dare you to watch just one of the embeded episodes of "The Hal Lindsey Report" that are posted on this blog.  It will blow you away!  We are SO CLOSE!  The rapture is coming, the question is?

Can you hear Jesus calling? 

All or Nothing?

Are you giving it your all, or are you living a life overcome with depression because of your circumstances?  Maybe a broken marriage?  Maybe you are caught up in the chains of alcoholism or addiction, or have you just given up completely?  I have a little experience with this, because up until April 30th of this year, I had given up on life completely, thinking that my situation was too big to overcome.  I truly believed there was no way out.  But I had forgotten one very important thing.  Nothing is too big, too awful or too hard for God!

You see, I knew God had a plan for my life, but I was so lost in my anger, depression and hurt feelings, all of them emotions we should never trust, that I turned my back on God and everything He wanted for me!  I was the most irresponsible, angry, hurtful and disrespectful person you could meet but all of that changed on April 30th when God reached down into the my muddy pig pen, (for the umpteenth time?) and told me, "Oh no you don't!  I'm not done with you yet!"

I'm not trying to beat anyone down here, I mean, I am the biggest mess of a person there is on this planet!  In fact, if there were an award, I'd have a shelf  full of them! No Shame, Best Whiner, Most Critical, Most Judgmental, the list is very long and I'm sure the devil has a shelf  just full of them all engraved and everything, but when God reaches down into your pitiful life and blesses your socks up, it blows those awards up and the devil ends up with a lot of egg on his face!  So as Paul did, I have decided to "focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead."

Now just think about that for a moment:  Paul was a Pharisee.  One of the highest levels of the religious realm of the times of Jesus. He was responsible for the deaths of several Christians before Jesus appeared to him on the road to Damascus.  He then became an apostle of Christ, but imagine what he would have seen in his rear view mirror?  All the Christians he had put to death?  How could he look in the rear view?  He never would have been as powerful for Christ had he focused on his past, so he had to stop looking over his shoulder!  This is something I have had a very hard time doing.  Letting go of the past.  The devil is constantly using it against all of us but we don't realize it!   So get your eyes focused on what is ahead and let's get going because there is a lot of work to do!  So many are lost, and they need to be saved! 

So is it going to be All or Nothing?  All of the gifts and wonderful plans God has laid out for you, or none of it?  It's a choice YOU must make for yourself.  I have fibromyalgia which is a very painful neurological condition but God is bigger than my pain.  I have a messed up marriage but God is bigger than my messed up marriage. He is bigger than anything that comes against me because "no weapon formed against (me) you will prosper!"  (Isaiah 54:17).

Just remember that no matter what your mess and no matter how big it is, you really should give God another try.  Do it just one more time....try it one more time...and have a changed mindset.  "Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will." (Romans 12:2).

Please give God another try?   Just one more time?

What Do You Believe?

Lord, I beg for all who see this, that they pass it along to those they love, their family & friends!  There are things occurring in the Middle East that our own media in the U.S refuses to cover.  Just this one event could have very serious implications in all of our lives in the future.  Thank you God for your protection through your Holy Spirit and for your Son, who died so that we might live.  Amen.

Please listen as Hal Lindsey, a premiere expert in Biblical Prophecy, explains a verified deal between the Chinese and the Saudi's and the scriptures that explain the end days.

 The Chinese have promised to provide off the shelf nuclear missiles (Dong Feng 21) to the Saudi Arabians who in exchange have agreed to pay the Chinese 60 billion dollars as well as provide them unlimited oil thru 2035!  So, please pass this on.  This all has very important, significant and spiritual implications for everyone on this planet because it isn't the Israeli's that the the Saudi's are afraid of.  It's Iran!  So please forward this to your family and friends?  This information is very important, scary and very spiritually significant for every human being on this planet.  
As you watch, please ask yourself  this one very important question.  

What do I believe?

Peace for the Broken

My dad once told me that "There was a man who was sad that he had no shoes until he saw a man that had no feet."

We all think we have it bad, till we see a neighbor moving out of their foreclosed home or hear of a neighbor who committed suicide.  We "knew" them sort of?  But waving at one another isn't really "knowing them" is it?  It's more like just being friendly to a person on the roadway, waving in your rear view mirror at them because they allowed you to merge in front of them, not knowing who they are or what their problems or needs are.  We never even try to really get to know our neighbors anymore.  What is wrong with any of us that we show no love to one another anymore?   I have had both of these situations happen to me and I don't sleep as well as I used to.  All I can do is continue to ask God for forgiveness for the missed divine opportunities that He was trying to give me, but I ignored them.  I can't sleep at night because I continue to wonder, "what if."  Well it's too late for that now isn't it? 

For those of you who are going through the roughest times of your lives?  The Lord DOES love you and He DOES care for you.  I would ask that you read the scriptures and find out just what God says about you.  You are so special to Him!  He created you so uniquely, that there is not another YOU on the planet, so please don't lose hope?  Don't lose your faith?  It is the only thing that will sustain you in these rough times!

And no matter what happens, please just remember, Jesus will always be there.  He is carrying you through these rough terrible times and He does hear your prayers and He is your hope! Even in the little things.... I know they are not enough sometimes, but God is there.  I have to remind myself a million times a day to be grateful for what I do have, even though my life is a total complete mess, because I know that someone reading this right now has it worse than me.

So please, hold onto those you love, hold onto your friends, share what you do have with those who have nothing.  Love isn't love till you give it away!  So those who have, give and help those who don't have.  And those who don't have, be gracious, don't be too proud!  Accept the help that is offered to you!  And for those who have and feel guilty for not helping?  If you truly feel badly, share with others!  Buy a second lunch when you go thru the drive through and offer it to the man with the sign that says, "Out of work please help," that you see sitting just off the side of the driveway.

During The Great Depression, my grandparents helped as many as they could.  They didn't have a lot themselves, but my grandfather was blessed with skills.  He was hired by MGM studios (I'm pretty sure it was MGM?),  to build sets as a carpenter.  He built sets for Ben Hur, The Ten Commandments and other great movies of the 30's and because he had a job and was able to take care of his family, they had a little extra.  They didn't have a lot with 5  kids to feed and clothe, but they did what they could, God rest their souls.  They took people in, especially the women with children during the winter, using every blanket they had, to where my mother said she remembered sleeping through a few cold nights because the people they had taken in needed a blanket too.  They all had to share.  They would also take what they had left from a nice roast they would have each Sunday and my grandma would make soup and then feed it to those who had no food.  They did what they could, though it wasn't much.  That was who we were back then.  I'm sorry to see our character has changed so much in this country that we don't even take notice of our own neighbors anymore.

So take someone in if they need your help and feed those who are hungry, pray for those who are too proud to accept your help or work a "trade," for something totally worthless that they have so that they won't deny your generosity because of their pride!  Trust me, it does work!  Donate old jackets your kids can't wear, and old blankets and bedspreads to help them keep warm.  So many shelters are closing at night now - it's backwards I know, but it's what we are dealing with and if we don't help each other, we won't survive.

Coat drives are already starting and it's not even July 1st yet, but that's because more and more people are having to use last years coats for their kids which barely fit them anymore.  You can usually do a coat exchange at a local church who would have a clothes closet, and maybe even a soup kitchen, so try the churches.  There are city coat exchanges as well, so find a coat exchange and take the smaller coats and trade them for larger ones so your children will feel comfortable in them.  Believe me if the jacket is too tight, they'll freeze before they wear it?  There are people around you who do care and who do love.  You just have to look!

The trauma that is happening to people all over this country right now because of the failed policies of our government is truly frightening to me.  I am one step away from that myself and it hurts to see people hurting and it's frightening to be living right on the edge myself.  I pray a lot, but most of all, I pray that none of us ever forgets that Jesus is always there, caring for us, watching us, and carrying us when we cannot stand on our own.  Even when you don't have enough, like the man who had no shoes?  Just remember that there is someone else that has less.  There are people in your own back yard who have spiritual and emotional needs as well that are not being met!  Give them the support they need!  Take a casserole to the widow up the street and offer to be her friend, someone she can count on to be there if she needs to talk.  And then there are those who are struggling to feed their children or make ends meet, with both parents working two jobs, having nobody to look in on thier kids after they get home from school.  Offer to help them!  Just offer to step in a few times to make sure the kids are okay before their folks get home.  If you are a stay at home mom or if you are retired you should offer to help!  There are so many things we can do to help each other, just like my grandparents did, but these days it's all about ME ME ME!  I'm so sick of people saying they can't help, coming up with some excuse as to why they don't want to "get involved."  That attitude coming from my fellow AMERICANS makes me want to throw up!  

My heart aches for those who have lost their homes, lost their jobs and are losing their entire retirements because of what is happening around us.  Just remember that this is all part of the prophecy of Ezekiel 38 and 39.  When you see Syria in a Civil War, where they are literally blowing building up and killing everyone?  Just remember, the Prophet Isaiah, 17:1-3, he discusses what is happening there right now.  Pick up a bible and read that passage and then fall to your knees and either accept Christ or re-dedicate yourself and your life to Him for we truly are in the last days, but remember, always remember. that NO MATTER WHAT?

Jesus will always be enough.

Miraculous Discoveries that Confirm Biblical Truths!

 Hal Lindsey in this particular episode of his show "The Hal Lindsey Report," which can be seen on DayStar TV on Sunday nights, shares this new evidence, explaining what they found and how it plays into biblical prophecy!

They have now found and verified evidence of two earthquakes, one of which occurred around 33 AD which would coincide with the time of the death of Christ as he was 33 at the time of his death by crucifixion.  This earthquake occurred just after Jesus cried out in a loud voice and said, "Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit." (Luke 23:46).  The earthquake as we have all read or been taught, occurred just after Jesus died.  (Matthew 27:51).

Watch as Hal explains all these new archaeological findings, which includes a lime stone box, (or tomb?),  of the granddaughter of the High Priest Caiaphus's who presided over the trial of Jesus as well as evidence  they have  found proving that King David and King Solomon actually did live and were not creations of mythology!

I will leave you with the same thought as Hal does in this video:  "I tell you the truth, whoever hears my words and believes Him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life."  (John 5:24).

Read Matthew 24, which gives the signs of the "end of the age," and then contemplate whether you would prefer to be taken Home to be with Jesus Christ when He comes to retrieve His Bride, The Church,  from the earth, or if you would rather be left behind to a form of hell on earth, in which men will seek death, but will not find it. (Revelation 9:6).  Jesus is coming very soon to take His Bride, Home to heaven!  "Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it is near, right at the door." (Matthew 24:33).

 I truly do believe that He is indeed, "At the door."