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THE ACCUSATION

John 19:19 And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.

It was customary that the accusations or crimes of the person being crucified were placed on the cross with them for all the world to see. Pilate did everything he could to release Jesus. He tried to reason with the leaders of the Jews. He even told them to judge Jesus according to their laws. But they had let hatred for Jesus to build up in their hearts. The religious people were afraid of Jesus. They wanted him dead and that went against their customs. They thought they could stop the people from believing in him if he was dead. They were afraid of losing their position in the community. Jesus kept gaining in popularity. They knew it wouldn’t be long until his message of love would replace their long list of religious rules.

The people were given a choice of one to set free. The Jews filled the crowd with people who would ask for Barabas to be set free. When Pilate asked what to do with Jesus, they shouted crucify. Pilate said he could not find any fault with Jesus and washed his hands of the whole thing before the crowd. Then Pilate wrote the title JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS, as Jesus’ accusation. When the Jews saw his accusation, they pleaded with Pilate to change it to say, “He says he is the King of the Jews.” Pilate said, I wrote it like it needed to be and I will not change it. It makes me wonder how many Jews and Gentiles believed because of the accusation.

I can guarantee that if we try to do the right thing and walk with God, the enemy will not like it. He will do what he can to see that we fall under offense, accusation or both. We have to be strong in the Lord and walk in the anointing He has given us. Jesus could have justified himself, but he didn’t say a word. He was our example, when we fall under accusation we need to not feel like we have to justify ourselves. We know the truth and God does too. He will fight our battles and will elevate us in spite of people’s opinions. We have no reason to fret or allow people to stand in the way of us doing what we know is right.

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

VELCRO CHRISTIANS

Velcro is an amazing invention with two sides. One side is softer and has an almost fuzzy texture. The other side has a harder, rougher texture. When it is put together, it creates a strong bond. Each side alone doesn’t have enough strength to hold a feather to the wall. It can hold a grown man up on a wall if enough of it is used together. Psalms 133:1: “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!”

Christians are a lot like Velcro. We are all different, but when we are put together, we have a strong bond. When the softness of Christian compassion and forgiveness bonds with the hardness of determination and boldness, it becomes a good blend. There is nothing we cannot accomplish as a body of believers if we have enough faith.

The true bond of Christianity can even be strong enough to lift up a man. It is our responsibility to lift up someone who is down. When we bind together as Christians, as the body of Christ, we are stronger than we are as individual Christians. I Thes 5:11Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

We are called to walk in unity with Christ and with other believers. Now more than ever, we need to stand together in the bond of unity and walk in love. The best is yet to come. Pray for unity in the body of Christ.

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS.

NOT DOUBLE MINDED

James 1:6-8 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. 7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. 8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

We are to walk in pure faith. If we allow our faith to waiver, we can become double minded. Have you ever been at a crossroads in life not knowing which way to go? It helps sometimes to seek direction with someone who is wise. When I am trying to decide which way to go. I can normally see both sides of a situation, so it is easy to get confused. But I have to take a step back and get past the sympathy, empathy and the emotions of the situation, before I can logically decide.

When we ask for God to do something, we believe he will …until circumstances start looking the opposite way. Then if we are not careful, doubt will creep in and cause us to waiver in our faith. God moves for those who believe, but when we doubt he will not move for us. We need pure faith not mixed with anything else.

Take the mustard seed for example. Many say if we have a little bit of faith that is all we need. But it is not about the size as much as the mustard seed is pure. It grows when planted but will not mix with any other herb. Therefore, mustard is pure.

The seventeenth chapter of Matthew has a story of the disciples that tried to cast out the devil but could not. After the man brought his son to Jesus, he cast out the demon and the boy was cured.

Matt 17:19-21 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? 20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. (21 Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.

A mustard seed grows quickly. It produces fruit quickly. And also makes a bush large enough for the birds to nest in or to hide in from predators. Our pure faith can grow a tree for people to take shelter in when they need God. We can have faith for others when they cannot have faith for themselves. Like the people who peeled back the roof and lowered their sick friend to Jesus. The man was too sick to have much faith on his own, but they had faith that Jesus was going to heal him. Jesus did. This is why we ask others to pray for our situations. Sometimes we lack faith because we are too close to a situation. It is easier to have faith for others than for ourselves.

The twenty first verse says this kind goes not out but by prayer and fasting. In other words, we need to have a close relationship with the father. We need to have our God Focus. Fasting is not about doing without food, it is about having power over our flesh. When we deny our flesh, we gain control over our impulses. It is about strengthening our spiritual man. The closer we walk to God, the less control our flesh has over us.

We are in constant battle flesh vs spirit. If we are strong in faith, with pure faith, we too will have power to cast out devils. But if we were weak in faith and it is not pure faith, then our fleshly ego may get in the way. If we walk in pure faith we understand that things God does through us has very little to do with us. Let me say that again, the things God does through us has very little to do with us. It is all about Jesus. It is up to us to learn how to have PURE FAITH and to not be double minded.

ARE WE SO DIFFERENT?

It is easy to allow the way things look to throw us into a lethargic and almost depressed state of being. Trouble is all around us pressing in, it feels like there is no hope. BUT GOD is there and is not moved by how things look. He is not moved by the plans of the enemy. God will destroy the plans of the wicked that are against us.

If God be for us, who can be against us? God is on our side. Maybe I should say we need to be on God’s side. Many times, people have been asked to choose who they are going to serve.

Elijah stood on Mt. Carmel and told the people they needed to choose. Then he gave them options.

I Kings 18:21 “And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.”

This is where the prophets of Baal tried to get their false god to send fire from heaven. They cried and cried from morning to night. Cutting themselves and trying to persuade their god to act. But nothing happened. Then Elijah prayed a simple prayer and the one true God answered with fire. He proved himself to be God. We say we believe in God, yet we put everything else first. He wants first place in our lives. Can we give him that spot?

Joshua 24:15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Joshua stood boldly before the people. They were once again serving false gods of other people. These Israelites were born and grew up in the desert. They were survivors of the ones that God delivered at the Red Sea. But the miracles their parents saw were just stories to them. They were not personal to them. Still, they experienced enough to know that God is real.

I often would sit in judgment of the people in the Old Testament when it came to false gods. I would ask how they could bow to a statue and say it was god? Are we so different today? God revealed to me that we are no different as a whole people. We bow to sports figures, actors, and singers, we worship our homes and material possessions. We worship the earth. We worship creation more than the creator.

God knows how flawed and weak we can be, he knows we are easily distracted. He also knows he has given us the power to be different and not be driven by our emotions and desires. But we have to learn that we have the power to choose. Life doesn’t control us. It may throw us for a loop every now and then, but we can control our reaction to what it tosses our way.

This is a lesson the children of Israel didn’t learn, and they had to wander the desert until they died. All because of their unbelief. Do we really want to spend our lives in a desert when we could be in the promised land? We are not meant to live in the stress and fear of this life. We need to figure out how to see God for who He is, not the god of the box we put him in. We limit him with our words and preconceived notions of who He is. It is time to set aside the idea of who we think He is and get to know Him, really know Him.

He desires us to know him in an intimate way. He wants our worship and praise, not for what he does for us, but because He is the one true God. He sacrificed everything for us so that we could be free. We have no reason to fear or look to anything or anyone else. If God be for us, who can be against us.

Romans 8:31-32 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? 32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

Acceptable In Thy Sight

Psalm 19:14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.

We have all said something unkind that we would like to take back. The Bible says the tongue is hard to tame. We have, at times, allowed our minds to get fixed on a goal or material thing. But only in Jesus can we have true peace.

Only when we focus completely on him will all of our words and our actions be acceptable in his sight? He is so faithful to be there, to help us up when we fall. Our strength comes from the Lord. He is our Lord, Savior, Father and Friend. He is the one who saw something special in each of us, enough to die to save us.

We were created to worship the Lord. The word tells us to have a pure heart that worships the Lord in Spirit and truth. We need to worship Him with our whole hearts. If our words are acceptable in His sight, we will be speaking God’s love and truth.

If the meditation of our hearts is acceptable in His sight, we will have our hearts fixed on the things of God. We will be thankful and grateful for all He has done for us. Our hearts will be for the things of God. Our desire will be to see souls saved.

Every day we should wake with a grateful heart and ask for God to guide our day. If we put him first and focus on his direction, we will accomplish what is necessary for the day. This is a verse that we should pray every day.

Psalm 19:14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.

KNOWING OUR IDENTITY AND GOD’S

At times in life, we occasionally get stuck in a rut. Personal catastrophes can get us sidetracked from our God focus. Other times, life kicks us in the gut and all we can do is cling to Jesus to survive and draw our next breath. After a period of time in that rut, we need to look for a way to climb out and get our focus again.

I find that life often throws things at us that we do not expect, but rest assured, it is not a surprise to God. He knows how each situation is going to mold and make us. God understands our every thought and the motivation behind the thought.

PS 139: 1-3 O Lord, You have searched me and known me. 2 You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. 3 You comprehend my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways.

He knows everything about us, so it stands to reason that He would want us to know all about Him. God is wise and understands what we have need of before we even ask. We are defined by God and not our situations.

I often write about one of my go-to verses, 2 Cor 5:7 – (For we walk by faith and not by sight). That is so important in our walk with God. Many things are not as they appear. The enemy often tries to twist things to make them appear to support his agenda. Satan wants to destroy us, so he will try to twist and distract us from our path.

God set us on a path when we chose to live our lives for him. The enemy doesn’t care if we attend church. He doesn’t care if we say we are Christians. It doesn’t bother him if we carry a bible everywhere we go, (as long as we don’t read it). It is when we get in the Word and realize who we really are that he gets nervous. There used to be a phrase used on Saturday morning cartoons when I was a kid that said, “Knowledge is power.” This phrase is so very true in the life of a Christian.

The more we dig into the Word, the more we realize who we are in Christ. We see the triumphs and mistakes of those who have gone before us. This helps us face our obstacles in life. The word teaches us that we must walk by faith. We do this by relying on Jesus, even when it looks like there is no way to fix our problems. We believe He will be there to help us fix our situation. He will lead and guide us.

The more I study the life of David, the more impressed I am with his relationship with God. David had many triumphs and many mistakes. He committed sin and fell down a few times. But we must give the people under the old covenant a little credit. God walked with them, not in them. God would guide them, but the Holy Ghost had not been given. So, God’s Spirit did not live within them.

We have the ability to walk closer to perfection because God lives within us. I am not saying I am perfect or you are perfect, but we can strive to be as close as possible. Because we have His Spirit, we can walk by faith. Our guide lives inside of us.

Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; (6) In all your ways acknowledge him and he shall direct thy paths.

This verse is often quoted, but it is great advice. If we trust in the Lord with all our heart. Then, we will not be distracted by the enemy. Because God will have our whole heart. There will not be room for us to listen to the enemy or our human understanding. God surpasses our realm of knowledge and understanding. If we acknowledge Him in all our ways, he will always guide us.

I want to encourage you to walk by faith and not by sight. Do not allow the enemy to tell you how bad your situation appears. Tell him that you walk by faith and that you don’t look at how it appears. God can turn a situation around in the blink of an eye.

Take some time to dig into the word. Find a deeper understanding of your identity in Christ. Always remember that we walk by faith and not by sight.

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

LET PRAISE GO BEFORE YOU

Lazarus had died, the mourners were with the family. In a normal situation, this was the end. He had been buried. But Jesus came on the scene. He didn’t make a big production. Jesus asked that they roll away the stone that sealed the cave where Lazarus was placed. He simply said a prayer for the sake of the crowd that had gathered, then said, “Lazarus, come forth.” Soon, Lazarus came walking out of the tomb. He was still bound in his grave clothes and had his face covered with a napkin. It took others to set him free of his grave clothes.

To look at the modern church, one might say we were all but buried. Jesus is calling us to come forth. He is calling for the warriors to arise. He is calling for the army to be who we must be in this day. Every day, we need to put on our whole armor and go to battle. Satan is after the body of Christ. If he can keep us depressed and stressed, we cannot focus on our task.

Many are still bound by their grave clothes. It is up to us to help set them free. We can overcome and set them free if we get down to the business of serious prayer. The enemy is not going to be defeated with a ten-minute prayer in the morning and a ten-minute prayer at night. These are serious times, and it is going to take serious warriors.

Are you a prayer warrior? It doesn’t take any special skill to pray. It just takes an investment of prayer in a quiet place. The biggest enemy of a full prayer life is distraction. The enemy will do all he can to distract us. But we will not be defeated. We will overcome because the power of God is within us.

Take time to be an encourager, reaching out to someone struggling and helping them get free of the grave clothes of fear, anxiety, depression, distraction and being overly busy. We can win the battle if we go to fight. All God requires is for us to show up with worship and prayer.

I often use the story of Jehosophat. He was in a horrible predicament. He had three armies coming against him at one time. It looked like, in the natural there was no way he could win. But God told him to go out to fight and that the Lord would fight for them. Jehosophat sent his worshippers in the front to go before them with praise.

We can fight the enemy better, if we enter into God’s presence with praise and worship. This will get God’s attention and he will fight our battles. He only wants us to lean on Him.

2 Chr 20:15-18 And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the Lord unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s. 16 Tomorrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel. 17 Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the Lord with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; tomorrow go out against them: for the Lord will be with you. 18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the Lord, worshipping the Lord.

I love this story because it shows how good our God is to deliver those who trust Him. We, too can trust Jesus to deliver us from the things the enemy has planned. We have to stand strong, stay in the word and pray like we have never prayed before now. It is almost time to march out against the enemy. Make sure you go to battle with your praise and worship in the forefront.

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

LEAVEN

Paul wrote letters to many different churches. The church in Galatia was one of them. Each church had its own issues. The church in Galatia was having problems with legalism and false teaching. Paul wrote that there is only one gospel.

Gal 1:6-9 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: 7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. 9 As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

How do we know what is right? How would those followers have known?

Gal 1:11-12 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. 12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.

There is only one gospel, one body, one Lord, one Faith and one baptism. Man has, through ignorance or blatant deception, twisted the gospel into what the church looks like today. For us to be effective, we will have to find unity in the Word. If we would all sincerely ask for God to search our hearts and our theology, we may find that God would start removing some things from our ideas of what it means to serve Him.

I pray often, “Empty me of me and the ideas that I have which are not from you Lord. Fill me with the things I need to know. Guide me to do what you have created me to do.”

Gal 5:9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. When baking bread from scratch, you need to make sure you have the right ingredients. There has to be yeast to get the bread to rise. Paul used this analogy to explain a little bit of false teaching can change the whole body of Christ.

In Mark 8:15 Jesus warned them to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of Hearod. In other words their false teachings and ideas. Jesus came to change the world. Just as a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump of dough, what we would consider a tiny sin or little bit of false teaching can have an extensive influence.

If we walk in the Spirit, He will lead us into all truth. Then, we will be wise enough to not fall for false teachings. He went on to explain that we will reap what we sow. That is an entire study alone. But in summary, if we sow good things and follow God’s word, we will reap good things.

It is up to each of us to study to know the word and understand our role as Christians. II Tim 2:15-Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

It is our responsibility to pray for guidance to walk in God’s love. We are in times when lines are being drawn in the sand. We need to be sure that we stand for the truth of God’s word. Do not allow the leaven of the world to ruin what we need to be for the cause of Christ.

RIGHT WORDS

It’s hard sometimes to sit back and watch people struggle with situations and problems when you have the answer. But we must be careful about how we deliver that answer. Yeah, Jesus is the answer to every problem. But, if it’s the wrong timing or said in the wrong way, we can do more harm than good.

Prov 25:11 -A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

Which means that timing is everything. You can tell people the right thing and be right. It still could be wrong. What if you say it like you are a know-it-all all and you have the answer? What if your attitude is off by coming across as being self-righteous? People are going to be hurt or put off by the judgmental tone.

We must be loving with our words, even though we’re right and there’s nothing wrong with the sentiment. There’s nothing wrong with telling people that God is the answer. But it’s how we say it. We can be compassionate, “I know you’re really struggling with the situation. I understand because I’ve been through similar things. Or I understand that you’re really bothered about this and you’re hurt by your situation. I’ve been through things in my life that have really hurt me. I’ve found that Christ is the answer.”

The people will become more accepting of what you’re saying. But still, if that’s not at the right time, it may plant a seed. It may open the door a little bit. I’m not telling you not to ever tell anybody Jesus is the answer unless you think it’s perfect timing. Because we are called to witness to others. It’s just all a matter of timing.

Praying for God’s guidance will help us to know the right timing of everything. Because God’s time is always perfect. Nothing is impossible and we need to be willing to step out and talk to people.

But again, we can’t be aristocratic about it like we know it all. We have to be humble. God wants us to be humble. We can say, “Let me help you out here. Let me give you some advice.” God will use that to make an impact in somebody’s life. And that’s why we’re here. We’re here to see the lost saved.

Someone witnessed us or we wouldn’t be where we are today. Someone stepped out of their comfort zone and taught us about Jesus, or we wouldn’t know anything about him.

If we depend on the media, they are very anti-religious and very anti-God and most of them consider themselves atheist or agnostic. And many of them, it’s because they’ve been hurt by church people. They said there can’t be a God or I wouldn’t have got hurt like I did. The enemy uses offense. It’s one of his greatest tools. If he can cause us to be offended by something and take that to heart, he can use that hurt and grow it into all sorts of things. He could grow in anxiety, fear, and stress. The enemy will grow it into a hatred for a person or hatred for a church. He even turns it into hate for God himself, to the point that people say, “I don’t believe there is a God.” And it’s just because they’ve been hurt.

It is not enough to have the right answer. It is important that we share the answer in the right way at the right time. We will know about God’s timing because he will lead us to speak. We cannot be effective unless we are close enough to God to hear his voice.

Staying in the Word and praying for His guidance is important. If we do these things, we can be assured he will give us the right words at the right time. Don’t be afraid to share the good news; just be careful how you do it.

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

BE STILL, THEN SPEAK UP

I keep asking God to reveal the unrevealed to me. I have asked him to search my heart and take out anything that is not pleasing to him. He spoke PS 46:10 to my spirit, which says: 10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. This was after I was praying for the people of Maui and the people in California that are about to get hit by a massive hurricane. God is tired of being on the back burner. Some people only pray when they are in severe distress.

As I stared at that verse, many things started pouring into me. God wants us to turn off all our distractions. He wants us to sit quietly and ask Him what He wants from us. We need to sit quietly in His presence and wait for Him to download into us. We need to absorb the sweet peace that only God can give, then take it out into the world.

Psalm 139:17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! He loves us with a love that we cannot even fully understand. Especially people that have been abused and put down by others. Those who have done things that they are sorry for doing but cannot release. We all carry baggage from past experiences. Pain that we would like to have avoided. But without the pain, we would not have learned the lessons that drive us to be better. I have started to pray for God to allow me to keep the wisdom that my experiences have taught me. I have asked him to let me keep the lessons but to set free everything that tries to weigh me down.

Psalm 139:23-24 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: 24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

David was a man after God’s own heart. He made a lot of mistakes and committed sin several times. But He would cry out to God for him to search his heart. He worshipped him from a place of love and respect, not out of obligation.

The higher we climb, the fewer the people. This means that not everyone will understand us. But I don’t want to be so heavenly-minded that I am no earthly good. There is a balance between the two that we must achieve to be effective in our callings. What is God calling you to do? Are you running from that calling? I did for many years. I denied who I was meant to be out of fear of what someone may think or say. I am done with that now!

It is never my intention to hurt anyone or put anyone down. But I am going to speak what I believe God wants me to speak. If the word offends you, you need to take it up with God. I want only what is best for you and God’s will for us all. For too many years, the gospel has been weakened and watered down to make people feel good. We all love to hear how he will bless us and take care of us. Many leave out the part that we must obey him. They skip over the parts that sometimes life will give you pain that you do not know if you will survive it. Look at what Job suffered. He didn’t have a feel-good doctrine. His wife even told him to just curse God and die. I am thankful I have prayer warriors in my life that will stand with me in prayer.

Too long the bride has sat quiet or been asleep. While babies are being murdered in the name of women’s health and choice. Other children have been stolen from their homes and placed in horrific situations. We need to repent for allowing these things to happen while we sit back and complained to each other. Speaking about how bad things are or appear to be, helps no one. We need to take it to God and not give the enemy credit by talking about how evil things are now. Our God will take down the evil of this world. It is up to us to partner with him in prayer and speak out about the wrongs and sins.

I have been on a journey for 19 months now since the loss of my spouse. God has shown me a lot about myself and a lot about Him. I realized that I have been holding on to things for years that have tainted my view. Hurts, disappointment, offenses and fears that I came by honestly but should have let go by now. Offense is one of the biggest tools of the enemy. If he can keep us offended, he can keep us from reaching our potential in Christ.

There is not one denomination out there that is 100% right. Too long, the bride has been divided. We need to pray for religion to fall away and leave us with understanding about our relationship. Jesus never came to start a religion. He came to have a relationship with each of us. But the body of Christ allowed offense to enter and start dividing. They should have reasoned together and asked God to show them the truth. Our leaders allowed pride and offense to come in; before you know it, there is another denomination.

Is 52:8 Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the Lord shall bring again Zion. The watchmen were the first line of defense against the enemy. They watched to warn the people of a pending attack from the enemy. I feel like these are our pastors and teachers. I think they should see eye to eye. God can help them to come together if everyone would set aside their pride and pray for answers.

We have been blessed to be allowed to live in this time. God is depending on us, “His Remnant,” to be strong and bold. It is time to speak up, be prayed up and love people. Jesus is coming soon. Are you ready? Take some time to be still and listen to what God is saying, then speak up; be that bold witness you were meant to be today. The harvest is ready and the people are starving for God.

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS