Success!!

Thank you all for your prayers. Amy's surgery was a success!! Here is what Etta wrote on her Facebook page this morning.

Good morning everyone, I am sure you all know by now that Amy's surgery was a SUCCESS!!! She is alert and awake and she said she feels good. 80% of "Stanley" is gone, the other 20% was too risky to take out, too close to the nerves that control breathing and swallowing. But she is going to be in the hospital for 3 days and will then come home!!! THANK YOU JESUS & THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRAYERS!!

There is only a small bit of the tumor left, please pray that Father will remove this completely and that Amy will be cancer free.

Psalm 86:5 NLT
O Lord, you are so good, so ready to forgive, so full of unfailing love for all who ask for your help. 

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Stanley Go Take A Hike!

Amy will be having her second brain surgery tomorrow, Wednesday January 30 2013, where the surgeons will be removing 'Stanley' the name Amy gave this tumor. Please be in prayer for her. Amy is very nervous and feeling a bit ill over the whole thing.

A really cool thing happened to Amy. You see she loves to sing and the one to inspire her is Taylor Swift. So someone told Amy's mom, Etta, to start a Facebook page in order to get Taylor's attention. Well, Taylor hasn't yet made it a point to go see Amy but something else really neat did. Amy got a recording contract with Rotation Records and it will be published on Itunes. Amy wrote a song about her stay at Ronald McDonald Camp and this is the song she recorded. The recording company made a huge deal of this starting with being catered by a limo from 5 am until late at night. She had an MRI first thing in the morning then a party with gifts then on to recording. In the evening there was another party. Amy was totally spoiled. :) What an amazing thing for this recording company to do. You can read Etta's account of the day here 

If you are interested in helping Amy meet Taylor Swift, please like her Facebook page Help Amy Meet Taylor Swift.

Check out this video clip from Fox 29.




Mark 11:25 NASB 
Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven will also forgive you your transgressions.

Praying for you Amy!!
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Hell's Best Kept Secret

2 Corinthians 2:4-5 NLT

 And my message and my preaching were very plain. Rather than using clever and persuasive speeches, I relied only on the power of the Holy Spirit. I did this so you would trust not in human wisdom but in the power of God.

I had a chance to rely on the power of the Holy Spirit yesterday while I ministered to an atheist and a satanist on Twitter. I do not go out of my way to step into enemy territory because I have learned that if I do something in my own strength then the Father is not with me and I get trashed. So how this occurred is pretty interesting and totally God's doing.

Thursday night I had an amazing time of praising God in #GodsPraiseRoom on Twitter. The normally hour long session went well over 2 hrs plus and this hashtag was #1 trending, reaching millions of people. It was amazing. Friday morning, a friend of mine, sent me a link to one of Ray Comfort's videos called Hell's Best Kept Secret. I have seen this one before but felt urged to watch it again, and man am I glad I did.

Just after watching the 37 minute clip I got a tweet from an atheist and believed God wanted the video to go to this person. The man was very polite and agreed to watch the video and chat with me about it at a later time. Then just after that a satanist sent me a tweet and I confronted him which led into an amazing conversation.

Later that afternoon the atheist got back to me and we chatted for 2 hrs!!! Now, I cannot say that he is now a Christian, but I can say that I know the Holy Spirit is working in his heart. Although he tried to take me down and pull me into a fight, I didn't veer from the gospel and Scripture and he just couldn't argue with that. In the end, he took a good jab at me and so I just praise GOD because I know he was stirred in his soul and some tender spots of his belief system were challenged.

The conversation with the satanist was really cool too. Although it didn't go on for long it was totally amazing to see God's Word make Satan flee. After quoting some Scripture, the demeanor in the, I think boy, changed from being demonic to defensive. He was totally polite, yet still jabbing but him too, I could see the Holy Spirit work in him.

When we as Christians, will ignore the jabs and underhanded ways of non-Christians, and we stick to Scripture, then the Holy Spirit will do His work and minister to those who are in need. This is a spiritual war and we are caught in between. The fight is between God and Satan, so when we fight wearing the armour of God it is God who will win the battle every time. God's ways are upside down to the worlds way and seem very foolish to those who do not know Him BUT, it works! Scripture diffuses the bomb and they cannot argue against it and it leaves the Word of God on their mind and the Holy Spirit will work in them.

Here's the clip from Ray Comfort, I urge you to watch it as it is really good and helps us to know just how to break up the hard heart and sow in God's Word.

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Please Pray for Sam

Sam is getting ready to go to Disney but before he goes he will be having that new spot on his kidneys checked out. He will be having an ultra sound tomorrow morning. Please pray this spot is gone and that this is NOT cancer.

Here is what Cassie, Sam's mom wrote on her Facebook page Sam's Fans.

...please remember Sam as he has an ultrasound in the morning to check on the new spot on his kidney. We're due to arrive at the hospital at 7:30 and the test is scheduled for 8:00. He's NPO after midnight. Ideally it would be wonderful if when they do this test tomorrow the new place would just be gone, and normal healthy kidneys were revealed.

Thank you!

Also please remember Cassie's friend as she was just diagnosed with breast cancer.

Matthew 18:19-20 NASB

Again I say to you, that if two of you agree on earth about anything that they may ask,

it shall be done for them by My Father who is in heaven.

For where two or three have gathered together in My name,

I am there in their midst.

Praying for you Sam!
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Meeting Jesus Face to Face

2 Corinthians 5:1

Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

Wayne is now home with Jesus talking to Him face to face. I am so thankful that he is now out of pain and free from the cancer ridden body that he occupied here on earth. The body he was in was only temporary, a dwelling place during his time here. Like all of us, the bodies we are in are only for a short time and our pain and suffering only lasts for a moment.

Please pray for Marge and Chelle as even though they are pleased Wayne is no longer suffering, they now must deal with the sorrow that comes with losing a dearly loved one.

2 Corinthians 4:18
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

Praying for you Marge and Chelle.
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Pray & Never Give Up

Ephesians 6:18 NIV

 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.

Philippians 4:4-7 NIV

Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Praying and praying always!

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Did He Really Say That?

Did God really say, "I will never put more on your shoulders than what you can handle"?

This morning, I had this conversation with my husband. I told him, God will never put more on your shoulders than what you can handle and he told me that wasn't Biblical. Huh? That stopped me in my tracks and I was determined to show him that yes indeed this was Scriptural. Guess what? I was wrong. Gulp, I have yet to apologize to my husband as I kind of got lost doing some research and here is what I found.

1 Corinthians 10:13 NIV
No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.

Notice in this verse it says tempted not bare. This verse is talking about idolatry. The temptation that is mentioned is the one to abandon God to other things, like other gods, sex, etc., and how God has provided for us a way out. James 4:7 tells us how. Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Psalm 68:19-20 NIV

Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior,

    who daily bears our burdens.

Our God is a God who saves;

    from the Sovereign Lord comes escape from death.

Psalm 68 is talking about sin and God's provision from escaping the effects of sin, eternal death, not from a stressful job, disease, financial dept or a poor relationship.

The opposite of the statement, 'God will never put more on your shoulders than what you can handle', is 'God will put more on you, in order to crush you.' This statement is true.

Hebrews 12:4-7 NIV

In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son? It says,

“My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline,

    and do not lose heart when he rebukes you,

because the Lord disciplines the one he loves,

    and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.”

Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father?

So, it would be better to say that God will not put more on us than what Jesus can bare. And, my friend, He can bare A LOT. Actually, He bares all things.

Romans 5:1-5 NIV 
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.

Isaiah 53:4-6 NIV

Surely he took up our pain

    and bore our suffering,

yet we considered him punished by God,

    stricken by him, and afflicted.

But he was pierced for our transgressions,

    he was crushed for our iniquities;

the punishment that brought us peace was on him,

    and by his wounds we are healed.

We all, like sheep, have gone astray,

    each of us has turned to our own way;

and the Lord has laid on him

    the iniquity of us all.

You see, Jesus has taken it ALL for us. He is our burden bearer and when the load it just too heavy, we go to Him and ask Him to help us and He will. Jesus beckons us to come to Him. And I believe He does this in order for us sinful, prideful people to search Him out.

Matthew 11:28-30 NIV
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

The call for the Christian is to suffer and to bear the cross that we have been given or to take up the cross and help someone else.

Matthew 16:24-25 NIV
Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it."

Today, people think that the Christian life is easy, a breeze, if you become a Christians your life will be full of Bible studies, get togethers and no financial issues. But, that is not the case at all. If you think this then you are believing a lie. The Christian life is hard, tough and if you are following God in a close walk then you will be persecuted and pursued by Satan. Satan wants to shut the Christian up and by the looks of our world, he has done a pretty good job at it.

The wonderful thing is God pursues us too! He sent His Son for us and if you read some of the Old Testament stories you will see that God does indeed pursue. Just go read the story of Jonah and just how far Father went to seek after him.

Luke 19:10 NIV
"For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

John 6:44 NIV
“No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day."

Although Satan attacks us, God has promised us a way out. Humble yourself and submit to God, resist the devil and he will leave, James 4:7. This is a spiritual war and a Christian that is fighting and wearing their armour are sure of attacks. Jesus is a Warrior Himself and if we keep ourselves in alignment with His Word, then He will protect us and crush the area we are fighting in of the influence of the devil.

Galatians 6:2 NIV
Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

Christians are to bear each others burdens. We are to pray for one another and help one another out. If you see your brother struggling financially, help him out. If you see a homeless person hungry, feed them. We are the hands and feet of Jesus and we are to do His work while we are here on earth. There are many people out there who don't know God and His awesome promises and love, we need to spread His word and the best way to do this is by preaching His Word followed by spreading His love in our actions.

So the statement, God will not put more on your shoulders than what you can bare is 100% false. That in itself is a god, the god of self, thinking that we can bare the burden of sin. That we, in our own strength, can walk through this life and come out victor. No way! If God found it pleasing to crush His own Son, then it is pleasing for Him to crush us too. For if we turn to Him and seek Him He will help us during this trial just like He helped Jesus while He hung on the cross.

Proverbs 8:14 NIV

I love those who love me,

    and those who seek me find me.

Reference: Misused Bible Verses

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Effective, Fervent Prayer

What I am learning:

When I am at an end of self, spent, tired and ready to give up that is when God moves in and just does it. Always, it is all Him and has nothing to do with me.

This was Monday, January 14th's daily devotion from Our Daily Bread

Our Daily Bread

The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. —James 5:16

When my sister found out she had cancer, I asked my friends to pray. When she had surgery, we prayed that the surgeon would be able to remove all of the cancer and that she wouldn’t have to undergo chemotherapy or radiation. And God answered yes! When I reported the news, one friend remarked, “I’m so glad there’s power in prayer.” I responded, “I’m thankful that God answered with a yes this time.”

James says that “the effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much” (5:16). But does “effective” and “fervent” mean the harder we pray, or the more people we ask to pray, the more likely God is to answer with a yes? I’ve had enough “no” and “wait” answers to wonder about that.

Prayer is powerful, but it’s such a mystery. We’re taught to have faith, to ask earnestly and boldly, to persevere, to be surrendered to His will. Yet God answers in His wisdom and His answers are best. I’m just thankful that God wants to hear our hearts and that no matter the answer, He is still good.

I like Ole Hallesby’s words: “Prayer and helplessness are inseparable. Only those who are helpless can truly pray. . . . Your helplessness is your best prayer.” We can do helplessness quite well. —Anne Cetas

Lord, I’ve been taught many things about prayer—be
specific, be bold, be surrendered, be strong in faith,
be persistent. Today I recognize my helplessness and
Your power as I share my heart with You. Amen.

Prayer is the child’s helpless cry to the Father’s attentive ear.

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Wayne Needs Prayer

Isaiah 53:4-6 NASB 

Surely our griefs He Himself bore,

And our sorrows He carried;

Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken,

Smitten of God, and afflicted.

But He was pierced through for our transgressions,

He was crushed for our iniquities;

The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him,

And by His scourging we are healed.

All of us like sheep have gone astray,

Each of us has turned to his own way;

But the LORD has caused the iniquity of us all

To fall on Him.

Below is an email I received from Chelle for Wayne:

Just wanted to give you a bit of an update on Wayne. I spoke with Marge this afternoon and she has asked if we would pray that if the LORD isn't going to heal Wayne that HE would take him home so he doesn't suffer any longer. She told me while praying with some friends, that went to visit them, Wayne ended the prayer by saying, "JESUS, please take me now. I'm ready to go."  Wayne has been on hospice for a week now and getting increasingly worse. He is agitated most of the time, sleeping a lot, confused and always in pain even with the meds. Really not himself at all. 

Not sure what else to say other than thank you.

Chelle

Please pray for Wayne and Marge that God will intercede in this situation and His perfect will to be done. 

Lord God,
We don't understand why Wayne must suffer so. We just can't see good in suffering, but I know Lord that he loves You and he is ready to meet you. Please Lord touch and heal Wayne. Please Lord remove this pain from Wayne. Please Lord comfort Wayne and Marge and give them Your perfect peace. Wrap a hedge of protection around them and surround them in Your love. Lord, even now you can restore Wayne to complete health here on earth, I trust You. In the name of Jesus Your perfect will be done, amen.

John 16:24 NASB 

Until now you have asked for nothing in My name;

ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be made full.

Praying and praying,
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Prayer Requests

Ian is having scans today and would really appreciate prayer. Thanks! 

Phoebe had to be rushed into the hospital last night with a fever. Please pray they get this under control. Phoebe only has 2 more treatments to go and then she will be done this cancer protocol.

Amy is having scans on January 23rd and scheduled for surgery on the 30th. Please keep her in your prayers as these dates approach, she is nervous. Also some nice news. Amy really wants to see Taylor Swift, so her mom has put up a Facebook page in order to draw attention to Amy. Well, right now there isn't any word on meeting Taylor, but Amy did get a recording contract for a song she wrote. :) How sweet is that?! Here is the link to the newspaper article in the The Times Herald. If you want to help Amy meet Taylor Swift you can share her Facbook page, Help Amy Meet Taylor Swift  Thanks, this means a lot to Amy and it is really helping her keep her mind off of the scans and surgery. 

Sophia's Facebook page Sophia's Journey and her blog Sophia's Journey where they are trying to raise awareness for this nasty disease.

Sophia is a 9 month old baby suffering from Batten's Disease. which is a fatal disorder of the nervous system. These children eventually lose their ability to move their muscles, end up blind, bed ridden, demented and die at an early age. Please pray for a cure for this disease. Very little is know about it and right now I am praying for 3 more children that suffer from this. There is 

Emily, Cassen, and Ali. 

Emily Facebook page is Emily's Battle With Batten's Disease

Casen's Facebook page is Casen's Crusade

Ali's Facebook page is Ali's Angels

This Psalm has been on my heart lately, so for all those whom I am praying for, I am praying this for you. 

Psalm 121 NIV

I lift up my eyes to the mountains—

    where does my help come from?

My help comes from the Lord,

    the Maker of heaven and earth.

He will not let your foot slip—

    he who watches over you will not slumber;

indeed, he who watches over Israel

    will neither slumber nor sleep.

The Lord watches over you—

    the Lord is your shade at your right hand;

the sun will not harm you by day,

    nor the moon by night.

The Lord will keep you from all harm—

    he will watch over your life;

the Lord will watch over your coming and going

    both now and forevermore.

Standing in the gap, praying and praying,

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Battle Zone

The Lord has been leading me into spiritual warfare for the last 6 years or so and this year, for 2013, He gave me the words Spiritual Warfare and the verse Ephesians 6:12 NIV
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

You can read the post I did on it here.

So, like I have been doing for the past 6 years, I again asked the Lord, "What do You want me to do with this?" "Where are You taking me? You know I am not a writer or a speaker." Finally on Tuesday I told Father that whatever He wants me to do I will do it trusting that He would guide me and give me the right things to say at exactly the right time. With this, I was urged to start another Facebook page and call it Spiritual Warfare, an education site with the hope of educating people about the war that we are in.

I am not sure where this page will go and right now there are only 16 followers but I do know that if God is in it and this is what He wants then He will take it where He wants it to go and it will do the work He has planned for it. Right now what I am doing is making pictures with Bible verses on them and trying to encourage healthy discussions about the war we are in and how we can properly fight in this battle and hopefully lead oppressed or possessed people into freedom in Christ.

Like this blog, this page is dedicated for Him and to Him and I only hope I hear His voice clearly and many Christians will wake up and shake off this slumber that Satan has put on us. That Christians will pick up their battle armour and fight in this spiritual war and claim souls for the Kingdom of God.

If you are interested in checking out this page you can click on Spiritual Warfare and if you are interested please like this page.

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Divine Healing

Does it happen today? 

James 5:13-14 NIV

Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise. Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. 

The necessary requirement for healing is that first we need to desire to be healed and we need to seek God's face pursuing Him to heal us. We also need to confess our sins and faults not only to God but also to at least one or two others from whom we can trust and to those whom we have sinned against.

I think what most of us are lacking today is the public confession of our sins. 

Although not all illness is caused by unconfessed sin many of our illnesses are or they are intensified by them. Guilt, resentment, envy, jealousy, hatred and bottled-up negative emotions will create destruction in us both physically, emotionally, relationally and spiritually. We need to resolve and clear them away for the healing to begin.

Daddy got my attention when I came down with Rheumatoid Arthritis. When I went to Bethel Church in Redding CA, the first thing they had me do was go through repentance, rebuking and asking Father to forgive me for the sins of my past. I was handed 2 sheets of paper full of prayers and Bible verses and told to go over it in private and then repent to those whom I have sinned against and ask their forgiveness. I was then prayed over and told that if God brought to my mind any sins from my past that I had not repented of then to just go through the process of repenting, rebuking and seeking forgiveness.

While searching through Scripture, Father really pressed it on me to live a life separate from the world. To put my eyes on Jesus and my heavenly reward, to clean up my thoughts by removing things that cause me to sin and to think on, 'would I listen, watch or read this if Jesus was in the room with me listening, watching and reading it too.' When I put it in that perspective, I made a complete 180 turn and RAN from those things that are not pleasing to my precious Jesus. A lot of people are not healed because they hold on to their sins or they repent but continue to live in a sinful life. We MUST change our lives around if we want to be healed.

Today, the media is full of things that are not pleasing to God, yet Christians still figure they are 'free' to take part of it. Books and movies like 'The Hunger Games' or 'The Twilight Saga' are full of things that are unpleasing to Father and fill our mind with not only worldly thoughts but demonic thoughts as well. Through mediums such as these, we open doors and cracks for Satan to come in and then we wonder why we are sick and ill or we are not being healed from ailments that afflict us.

I am convinced that if we would follow the instruction laid out by James then we would see a lot more healing take place.

James 5:15-20 NIV

And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.

Elijah was a human being, even as we are. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops.

My brothers and sisters, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring that person back, remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of their way will save them from death and cover over a multitude of sins.

Healing does happen today. I am proof of it and I have witnessed it. My husband who is a physician sees his prayers answered on a daily basis. He has seen dead men and babies come to life again because of God answering prayer.

Blessings,

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Ava Rose

Ava Rose is a sweet toddler who suffers from EB and she is in need of prayer. Poor dear girl is just suffering so much right now and needs a touch from our Father.

Ava Rose

Her mom brought her into the hospital because of a possible ear infection and things have just been purely miserable from there including an issue while getting a blood transfusion. If you have facebook, please stop by her page here and like it and let them know you are praying for her. Thanks!

Philippians 4:6-7 NASB 

Be anxious for nothing,

but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving

let your requests be made known to God.

And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension,

will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Praying for you dear Ava!

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Spiritual Warfare 2013

That is my word for 2013, spiritual warfare, and the verse I have been given is 

Ephesians 6:12 NIV

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

Father has been leading me on a path of self denial and He has been walking me into intercession for the sick and slowly leading me into spiritual warfare. These last few months, though, He has been walking me into spiritual warfare in a way I have never thought possible. He is revealing to me things in the spiritual realm that I had no idea existed and He is showing me who I am as a child of God, a daughter of the King. He is revealing to me my identity in Jesus and He is showing me the power He gave to Jesus that is available to all believers in Him. This power has the ability to demolish evil in the high places and to tell Satan and his demons to depart, back off and never to return again. To claim and reclaim that which belongs to our Father and to fight for Him and stand up for righteousness and Truth.

Father has been leading me in this direction for most of my life but it has only been in the last 6 years that He has truly been preparing me through self denial. I am still unsure of where this will take me by I do feel the lead taking me into the streets and possibly the mental hospital to pray over the sick, lost and mentally deranged. I live in an area where satanic worship is high, we have a huge holding for the hell's angels here and I do believe Father is leading me to pray and seek the Father's grace in demolishing this very evil strong hold.

'Mischief' by W.Zau__ (I don't know her name) 

About 4 years ago, Father lead me to this picture but just the sight of it totally freaked me out and as Father pressed this on my heart I just kept saying no Lord, no. Last spring Father once again gave me the opportunity to buy it, so out of obedience to Him I agreed and with total trust from my husband, I bought this picture and proceeded to put it in my closet all covered up. Only recently has Daddy been showing me that He wants me on my face in humility at His feet in spiritual warfare. I think that is what this picture is showing me. The evil of this day is growing rapidly and our world is changing very quickly with every second that is passing. Daddy is leading me here and I am excited to see where, exactly, His leading will take me. The passion I have for praying for the sick of body and soul has increased but an ever increasing passion to give Satan and his demons a powerful blow into oblivion is being raised up inside of me.

Do you feel called into spiritual warfare? Do you feel Father leading you down this path of knowing who you are in Jesus Christ? Spiritual warfare is the work of the child of God and Jesus is our leader and teacher in it. When Jesus prayed at Gethsemane He prayed so hard and the spiritual war was so intense that His sweat was like drops of blood. Have you felt the spiritual war that intense before? Well my friend, the bar has been raised and our LORD is returning soon. Satan is on the rampage and he wants your soul especially if you are active for God. Build your foundation on the Word of the LORD and no matter what Satan does to try and knock you down he will never succeed but will run at the sight of you on your knees. These days we live in are very dark and few will continue to walk the straight and narrow path because men are lovers of themselves instead of remembering their first love, God the Father.

I am praying for you, that no matter what comes your way you will continue to seek His face and walk the path of eternal life. Please pray for me too as I don't want to fall into the way of the world but to live with my eyes on Jesus and the eternal prize that is waiting for me in heaven; eternal life with Daddy.

Intercession is pretty exciting work!

I'm looking forward to 2013 and all the wonderful new things that are just waiting to happen.

Be blessed my friends, be blessed!

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