PRAYER FOR THE SUPREME COURT'S RULING ON SAME SEX MARRIAGE
December, 2012
This is a beginning to undertake and compile helps, references, and give direction in praying over this ruling of the Supreme Court, which is to take place in June, 2013. The outcome of this ruling will directly impact this nation for its existence or termination. The severity of this ruling will flood the nation in support of evil or cause evil to be turned away.
So I am working to compile some thoughts, and suggestions on what to pray and consider in your prayers for this all-important issue of our lifetime.
HISTORY
Why is this so important?
One of the things that must be understood in the importance of this is what this will lead to or allow in our land. As of right now, there are several states that have embraced the sin of homosexuality and allowing same sex marriage. It has for the greater part of our history as a nation, always been viewed in light of Scripture as 'an abomination'. A deed not to be done, nor considered and definitely not legalized.
Why? Because in so legalizing and permitting and 'winking' at we provoke a Holy God, Whose anger and wrath none can stand before. Entire existences of nations, cities, people, empires have been oblierated and removed from the earth because of this sin.
No one wakes up one morning and decides that they will be evil or practice evil. (I assume the best when I write that sentence). Wickedness and sin always come in waves, sometimes gentle and other times crashing in and allowing sin to gain a foothold and grow like a cancer.
Doomed to repeat history. . . .
A possible repetition of history is now being set into motion. The one thing that you can say about men, they are consistent in sin. Even knowing, the past generations of empires, kingdoms, nations, cities and men were destroyed and are destroyed for this evil of homosexuality; still we persist in heading to our certain destruction.
Why? Are we that stupid? Are we that naive? Are we that callous? And the answer is 'no' to all these questions. But the answer to 'why' is clear, men love darkness rather than light. Having eyes to see, we won't see; having a mind to understand, we remain oblivious to reality; having a conscience pricked, we remain hard hearted. God does this and allows this to render judgment for our sins.
And because of the iniquity of our nation abounds, there is hope that God's grace may abound in a wave of revival. But there is also the point that where inqiuity abounds, God's wrath may abound as well to pour His wrath on us. The prayer and hope of revival is addressed later and in so many other movements and writings.
but the understanding of consequenes that if the Supreme Court makes same sex marriage the law of the land, then it seals our fate. You can only go so far with God's mercy and then it is done. God's Own children, Israel and Judah, reveal this certainty in the Old Testament. Therefore, if our nation continues to provoke God by their legalizing of sin with alcohol, abortion, drugs, and evil, it will invoke the wrath of God for our determined end.
This is history. It has been proved, over and over again, you cannot offend a holy, High God and get away with it. HE will require an answer in this life and the one to come! Wake up America!
Our prorgression toward this fateful day is as follows, in a historical markers for us to see and consider:
IN 1933, alcohol was legalized and prohibition was overturned. A nation that legalizes sin is sure to embrace greater sin. And it began a wicked path away from God toward hell and destruction. How much evil has been caused by this sin will only be revealed in eternity. But consider for a moment how many lives have been loss due to its consumption; how much money has been wasted and thrown away; how many lives have been ruined by its effects/affects; how many families have been broken up and victimized by its useage; how much loss of time and ability and talent has been lost due to its useage?
The government said in reality they could not stop 'boot-legging' and maintain prohibition. They saw a avenue for profit in legalizing it and making money off of its consumption. Has it been worthy it? How much does sin costs? How great the price paid for self-indulgence of sin!
In 1963, the next marker came with one woman. An self-professing atheist, named Madalyne Murray O'hair, legally removed the Bible and in essence any Christian value from public schools. The product of this has been an entire generation raised without any influence of God in our younger generation. Three avenues of influence on young people to present the Gospel and teach right and wrong is in the church, family and school. These are biggest influences for a generation. This act Satanly used his puppet, Madalyn murray O'hair to remove one of the three pegs from influence. How masterful he is in his demonic ways.
And the question of all this was 'where was the church?' What was done? Was they aware of the effects or influences this would produce? Now consider where we are and how important it was and is for schools to teach and present Gospel -- they don't go to church, families have removed God from their lives and it is illegal in public school. IN 50 years, SAtan has systemically removed God from our generation. My generation that grew up in the '70's, 80's and 90's have continued to be less and less impacted for God. The result is self-effident and recorded that evil and sin has abounded with greater and greater destruction.
IN 1973, the next marker was reached. Now 40 years removed from one of the first major sins being legalized. Then the removal of influence of God to the yonger generation in public school. Now they was prepared to legalize murder. The innocent, unable to defend themselves or speak for themselves, favor/freedom to live was taken away from them. In all commonsense and rational thinking how could anyone not defend the defenseless? And yet, life was struck down in Roe vs. Wade, abortion was made the law of the land. And in one fell swoop a nation was now rapidly embracing every form of abomination and sin that God has condemned. Drunkness, not 'taking heed' to the words of God by removing it from being read and shared, and now murder being legalized shows the progression of a nation that was once moral and embracing of Christianity. But no more, in our lifetime we have now become immoral, haters of God and lovers of self and sin. All of which, God has pronounced that without a repentance will be our undoing.
And again, in my lifetime, for I was a child in 1973, but have heard the question asked, 'Where was the church?' With no suitable answer given to what action or actions was taken by any leader or church to fight and uphold this progression of evil.
And now, steamrolling to annihilation, to God removing us from the earth as a nation. Within a short span of 80 years, the devil has mangaed to cripple, remove God systemically from generations and set up his control, influence and power to rule the nation. Thus, reaping countless millions of souls in hell and doing damage to the cause of Christ's kingdom to the world.
For no doubt, had these evils of 1933, 1963, and 1973 not be embraced, surely the advancement of money, talent and technology of this nation, we could have evangleized the world by now in every corner, nation, tongue and people group. Satan knowing this, worked to undo it and to the greater part has accomplished it. Seizing million upon billions of soulf in the wake fo the church's dumbfoundedness.
Same sex marriage, I am defining, as the last of the 4 pillars of a nation. Marriage, ordained by God between man and woman, works to undo what family was and is and should be. Satan knowing this has attacked everything of God's design and creation because of his hatred for God. Men have worked as accomplices to aid him in his advancement of evil. To make same sex marriage the law of the land, will destroy the last pillar and usher in God's fullest wrath against us.
And where's the church? What's the repsonse of the church?
This whole blog posts is designed to make a way, to prepare, and to guide us in 'coming boldly before the throne of Grace to find His help in this most desperate time.' Unless we prevail in prayer, this evil will be embraced and we will have signed our death warrant as a nation.
1. List of names and people involved in this ruling:
A prayer in several facets should be undertaken.
A prayer for their souls, (whether they are saved or not, I know not; I have not spoken to any of them of their testimony of their knowledge of Who God is to them) the saving of their souls to be completely for Christ and in Christ.
A prayer for their thoughts on this to be influenced and directed by the Holy Spirit.
Supreme Court Justices:
1. John Roberts;
2. Antonin Scalia;
3. Anthony Kennedy;
4. Clarence Thomas;
5. Ruth Bader Ginsburg;
6. Stephen Bryer;
7. Samuel Alito;
8. Sonia Sotomayor;
9. Elena Kagan;
I want at the end of these days, when it is time for them to make their ruling, for them to say with Joseph, 'How can I sin against God and do this thing'.
No doubt, some will want to pray for the lawyers arguing the case, those that may speak and influence on it.
Prayer for pastors to prepare their people. To teach them how to pray for this specifically. Christians seizing the moment and opportunity to be obedient to the heavenly calling.
One thought that has troubled me about the Justices is this: if the justices that leglaized abortion during 1973, in Roe vs. Wade, knew that 40 years later that they would be responsbile for 50 million baby deaths, if that would change them. Thus, if the Supreme Court justices knew that legalizing 'same sex marriage' would be the destruction and judgment of Almighty God on our nation, literally killing millions of souls, if they would consider that their verdict is more than what they think for the here and now. Would they change? would they evaluate the consequences of such actions and rulings? May the Lord reveal to them the consequences of allowing sin in our land.
The consideration of all this is about the course of our future.
2. A SET TIME OF PRYAER daily should be taken by each one of God's people. A weekly set time of God's people corporately should be set to bring this urgent need before Him.
--Most churches meet on Sunday's and Wednesday's. During these times there should be time given to make supplication before the Lord.
--In the event, that time is not given nor made for prayer (a reality of the majority of present churches in North Amreica, that testifies 'we have no prayer meeting') a time where those who are burdened should make several attempts a week to gather at the church or a home to make prayer before the Lord;
Knowing that our personal 'secret closet' time is ever so important; but that praying together offers us greater heart and voice to claim His promise, 'that if two or three of you agree as touching anything on this earth, it shall be done for you in heaven'. Let a small group, or church time begiven for corporate prayer for this be made. Let the need be presented to invoke 'effectual fervent prayer' before the church.
There is a need for constant updates, reminders, urgings upon the church to give time and prayer to this. We have lost enough time, no more time can be wasted nor frivilous thronw away on entertainment, sports, church agendas while prayer time is neglected and abadated. This is how we got to this most evil generation to begin with. We let Satan take what we ours. Give time to pray!
3. CONFESSION
I believe that in praying rightly, we must deal with this corporately as well. "If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me." psalm 66:18.
Sin is what has caused all this, sin is what continues to multiply the wrath of God against us. I am not convinced that the church truly understands this. There must be an acknowledgement of sin in our midst as a nation, church, family and individual. Each one group or person must be processing where sin lies.
It is the presence and act of sin that quenches, grieves and limits the Holy One. Therefore, we must confess and repent of this said sin in order for the power of His Spirit to fill us, take hold of us, and reveal Himself to us.
The sin of the church is why we are left void of His power and Presence. WE have been prayerless for far too long. We have not 'studied to show ourselves approved unto God' in His Own Word. Men and women fought, bled, was jailed and died for the Word to be given. But this generation, who has the Word, won't even read it, share it or learn it. Which is the greater here?
There is a much needed time to stay before the Lord and confess our sins before Him, as His people. WE should already know of dealing with our personal sins.
Refusal to deal with sin in this way, only allows for the Spirit to be resisted and Satan to continue in assualt by taking ground and souls.
Lists the sins.
National sins - church sins - family sins - personal sins
4. FASTING, MOURNING AND WEEPING
fast - Jesus said, 'That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.' Matthew 5:20
The Pharisees by law and pride, boasted fasted twice a week and give a tenth of their tithes. And Christ says our righteousness in Him must exceed them. But we have Christians who never fast from food, drink, sleep or any other pleasure of this life. Our righteousness is far lower than many that are religious. This is not a plea for 'being under the law', but it is to exercise obedience to what Christ did and commanded.
'Why could we not cast out this demon?' asked the disciples. And Jesus replied, 'This kind can come forth by nothing but prayer and fasting.'
Therefore, we should set weekly times of fasting before the Lord. To each one who is so moved of the Spirit to obey, they will find a suitable time and occasion to fast before the Lord. The issues of health and schedules is different for each one. And each one must know what they can do and accomplish.
mourning - It is the death of a nation that we mourn. A nation is in mourning ove the Conneticut school shootings as I write this part. Tear, anguish, sorrow fills the heart over the loss. It is needful during this mourning time to be in sorrow over how far we have fallen. We must consider how much God has done for us, and how much we have left undone and squander with His blessings. The high price of accountability is on this nation, for 'where much is given, much is required.' Mourn for how many souls have been lost due to our neglect and unfaithfulness as His people. Mourn for the sin that has abounded, destroying and decimating an entire nation and world by our influence. Mourn that 'many there be that go therein to hell', but 'few there be that enter into heaven'. Mourn for the destruction of family after family.
There is much to consider in this plight of mourning. And mourning should never be stayed in constantly. To constantly be in mourning would lead to defeat, depression and discouragement that there is no hope. Proper mourning is to sorrow over what has been and may yet be; but to know that 'God is able to do abundantly above all that we ask or think'. Mourning is to deal with the present at hand, in order that we may glean and learn not to continue or maintain this state of self-destruction. Remember where our hope is found. 'God is a very present help in trouble'; 'He is our refuge and strength'.
weeping - "Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare Thy people, O Lord. . . " Joesl 2:17
Yes, 'weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning'. But what do we do with the church and minsiter who never weep. Keith Green wrote the song, which has become our anthem, 'My Eyes ARe Dry'.
'Jesus beheld the city and wept over it'; and why should our eyes be dry with such horror happening and on the horizon for our neglect and abandonment of prayer and properly responding to the tragedy of this nation sinking into hell.
5. QUESTIONS TO MEDITATE AND ANSWER
--How did we get here to this place as a nation?
--How did the church allow this to happen?
--Where is this taking us?
--What is God's desire in the midst of such days?
--What is the victory that we need to obtain?
--How do we obtain such victory?
6. REVIVAL AND AWAKENING OF THE CHURCH
It is not the evil of man to blame for this predicament of destruction. It is the church's failure to repsond to the growth of evil in our nation. Yes, I fully understand both sides are to blame and are coupled with its share of destruction. But for our part of prayer, let us see the need of the hour for the church. "It is high time to awake out of sleep". A wonderful study for you to do, if you desire is the call to 'awake' throughout the Bible.
The church is in need of an awakening to the present conditions and where this is leading. The church is asleep while the world perishes. A voice of silence is heard from the church. A few voices of alarm and warning are sounding, but definitely not enough to bring to pass a stirring in the souls of God's people. Therefore, let us pray for this stirring to come before it is too late. Let us pray for the church to be effective in the duties assigned and given to us for this present hour.
Let us pray for revival. A great study and need that in former days of such a low ebbing from the church, God came in brillant, powerful Manifest Presence to revive HIs people.
Understand again the definition and consideration for REVIVAL AND AWAKENING:
Revival - to revive that which was formly alive; the world cannot be revived, because it has never lived to begin with, only the church can be revived. The church is alive in Christ, but has allowed sin and self to lose the life and has 'left its first love'.
Awakening - is twofold meaning - for the church, it means to awaken out of slumber and sleep; for the world, it mean to awaken out of deadness and sins to new life in Christ;
7. RESULTS
Praying for the result of what the Supreme Court justices will determine is the determining factor to whether same sex marriage becomes the law of the land or is derailed for now.
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Friday, December 14, 2012
DAY OF MOURNING AND TRAGEDY
"And the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:' Deuteronomy 28:54
"Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not Thy law." Psalm 119:136
"They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from Thy law." Psalm 119:150
December 14, 2012
The great peril of senseless death has occurred in the nation once again. Every so often such tragedy unfolds to remind us of how evil men can be, and how frail our lives are in the moment. Another school shooting occured that took the lives of over two dozen people, most of which children. Surpassing the tragedy of Columbine shooting and coming so recently after a mall shooting of a murder-suicide and a movie theater shooting this past summer. These tragedies are happening so fast and so frequent it is hard to tell how all of it will play out.
Leadrship and authorities are unwilling to acknowledge the root of the problem. Nor are they willing to address what needs to be fixed in our nation. But what I am about to share with you, many of you will grant a hardy, 'Amen'. We know this all to be but one issue in men - that issue is SIN.
Now there is no way to ovecome, defeat or stop sin but the Name of the One Who conquered it, Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. He is the only help, the only refuge, the only Answer for us today. But to a nation that has sought legally, personally, in family and in every other way to remove Jesus from our land, why would they seek Him now. They want to rule and reign their own life; they are even so gullible and naive to believe that they are in control. But what men have forgotten, is that when you remove God from your life or the life of a nation; then Satan is the one who is ruling and reigning. So that either you are a servant to the Lord God Almighty or a servant to Satan. In such times of tragedy, it is obvious who is ruling, it is the Devil.
Why would we chose, as a nation, to have such an evil, wicked dark soul to rule over us? Because he is the father of lies, and he has sold a lie to people that sin is fun and that we have every right to indulge and enjoy. But he doesn't tell the whole truth: that sin might be fun for a season, but the ultimate fruit and reward is pain and sorrow of hell and the absence of God's mercy, grace and love for eternity. When God's attributes and ways are absent, it is a hopeless situation and life. This is where we are right now in our land. This nation, being as educated as they are, are really stupid and blind to the reality that in removing God, we have believed the lies of Satan and set into motion, Satan's ultimate plan - 'our adversary, the devil, as a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour (destroy).' And are we not being destroyed? Are we not be removed from the earth? Not by one's and two's now, but by the dozens. And unless there is a response of repentance by this nation, that will escalate to the 100's and 1000's to die by tragedy and lunacy.
I remember the old preacher shouting it, "Oh, America your too young to die". But dying we are. All because we made a choice, sin over the Savior. Oh, how men love sin, and hate the God Who can deliver from sin. They speak His name in profanity; they curse His book, His people, His house. And all the while the nation continues to slump in disaster, they continue to laugh, jest, enjoy, not knowing that they have signed their death certificate. 'For He Who holds their breath in His hand, is greatly provoked and His wrath is ready to be poured out on them.'
These truths are known. It is has always been this way. Since the Garden of Eden, every empire, nation, kingdom and people have had to make a choice between Who/who will rule and reign over them. and we know the outcome of that throughout histroy, 'Straight is the gate and narrow is the way that leadeth to life everlasting; few there be that chose it. But broad is the path and wide is the way that leadeth to destruction; many there be that chose it.' 'Men loved darkenss rather than light.' 'The ways of men are continaully evil.'
But what of God's people, the church? Where are they in all this? What are they doing? As sad and harsh as these earlier words have been, it is much worse for the church. For they are not unknowing, or oblivious to these truths, but they know it. The Bible has declared it, history has preserved its truth and they are to fight from it being repeated and continuing. They are to pray, fight, overcome, cast light into darkness, bind the enemy, tear down his strongholds of evil and fight the good fight of faith. Find a church or Christian that is on guard. Find a watchman that knows the hour. Find a revealer that declares these certainties and prepares the people for these judgements. It is a hard things to find, isn't it?
The church has been manippulated by Satan as well. He has kept them busy, entertained, slothful, slumbering and lukewarm, so that they too was enjoying the days of this earth. And while they was lulled to sleep, they forgot their Lord and King and His business, and allowed the enemy to sneak in unawares and destroy the souls of men. The Scripture was given for instruction, 'set your affections on things above, not on things of this earth.' So that while our affections were poured out for this earth and the things of it, the business and work of the kingdom was greatly halted and left unattended. Thus, allowing for the gates and doors wide open for SAtan and his demonic co-horts to walk right in and capture the lives of countless millions.
The labor of prayer is the greatest weapon of interaction between heaven and earth for the church. The reality of the church's plight in North America is revealed over and over, and we stopped praying a long time ago. Very rare is the church that is actively engaged in prayer for their people, for their community, for their families and for the nation. A prayer time that is composed of 15 mintues of every sick person and condition mentioned and only 3 minutes of praying cannot be considered any where near the norm for prevailing with God. But many a Christian and church will argue that they are praying. Hell laughs and mocks at such attitudes, for they know that so long as their pride is ruling and reigning, they will never humble themselves before the Lord God. And that is exactly what Satan desired all along. He simply wishes to keep us as far away from the Lord as possible. A proud heart, a closed mind and hard heart will not be acceptable to the Lord.
It is enough! isn't it? must it be every first born, as in Egypt, before we wake up and say, 'No more'. Lord, we cry out to You for Your mercy, Your grace, Your Divine Love. We know we have sinned against You in every possible evil way. We have rejected You, dismissed Your Holy Book, dishonored the church from a holy thing to a playground, we have been so disobedient against Your teachings and leadings. We have loved self more than the Savior. We have used our money for our self-indulgences and neglected the work for souls around the world. Our time has been used for this world and we have neglected time with You and for You. OUr hands are filled with blood from the sin of murder in abortions, and the filling of this land with murder and suicides.
These are confessions and each pastor, church and Christian needs to confess. But confession without a changing of our positions, time and energies means that we have not repented. Repentance is a must lest Satan simply continue to rule and reign. A death to self, a death to sin, a death to SAtan is needed in order that we might be alive and obedient to our heavenly Savior and Lord Jesus Christ. He awaits us, but without an acknowledgement of these truths and certainties, we are doomed to continue in this self-destructive pattern. And we continue to see and hear of these things so long as the church continues in its status quo.
A cry, a word, a prayer, brokenness before Him and godly sorrow that works repentance is that mandate. Now you are left to obey and rise up and be doing.
For those that are doing, continue to rise up and take your place on the watchtower. "I will set me upon the watchtower and wait to see what He shall say to me, and what I shall answer". A labor of wrestling with God against the sin, darkness and evil that controls and dictates to men's hearts and minds is what we must pray against. A labor of praying without cesing for God to be glorified and for His hand of mercy to go out to help us. For if His hand of mercy does not go out, then His hand of wrath shall. Let us pray against the darkenss and the lies of Satan that has swept people away from truth. Let the truth go forth, for the truth received shall set us free indeed. Be praying, be on guard, be observing, be wise and be near our Lord. For in such moments, those that He does hear are needed to lift up a prayer unto Him. For these that never prayed, never obedyed, never gave time to Him, how shall they think that becasue its tragedy, that He will hear? Because God says, 'Because you would not draw night to Me, therefore I allowed this tragedy to come upon you.' Give time and place before Him, even now, faithful prayer warrior.
What little time we have left is needed to fulfill our responsbilities that the Lord has been so long in waiting for us to do. Time delayed is time for Satan to continue to destroy and devour.
Enough already. Now do it church. And let us see the favor of the Lord once again.
until,
dan biser
"Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not Thy law." Psalm 119:136
"They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from Thy law." Psalm 119:150
December 14, 2012
The great peril of senseless death has occurred in the nation once again. Every so often such tragedy unfolds to remind us of how evil men can be, and how frail our lives are in the moment. Another school shooting occured that took the lives of over two dozen people, most of which children. Surpassing the tragedy of Columbine shooting and coming so recently after a mall shooting of a murder-suicide and a movie theater shooting this past summer. These tragedies are happening so fast and so frequent it is hard to tell how all of it will play out.
Leadrship and authorities are unwilling to acknowledge the root of the problem. Nor are they willing to address what needs to be fixed in our nation. But what I am about to share with you, many of you will grant a hardy, 'Amen'. We know this all to be but one issue in men - that issue is SIN.
Now there is no way to ovecome, defeat or stop sin but the Name of the One Who conquered it, Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. He is the only help, the only refuge, the only Answer for us today. But to a nation that has sought legally, personally, in family and in every other way to remove Jesus from our land, why would they seek Him now. They want to rule and reign their own life; they are even so gullible and naive to believe that they are in control. But what men have forgotten, is that when you remove God from your life or the life of a nation; then Satan is the one who is ruling and reigning. So that either you are a servant to the Lord God Almighty or a servant to Satan. In such times of tragedy, it is obvious who is ruling, it is the Devil.
Why would we chose, as a nation, to have such an evil, wicked dark soul to rule over us? Because he is the father of lies, and he has sold a lie to people that sin is fun and that we have every right to indulge and enjoy. But he doesn't tell the whole truth: that sin might be fun for a season, but the ultimate fruit and reward is pain and sorrow of hell and the absence of God's mercy, grace and love for eternity. When God's attributes and ways are absent, it is a hopeless situation and life. This is where we are right now in our land. This nation, being as educated as they are, are really stupid and blind to the reality that in removing God, we have believed the lies of Satan and set into motion, Satan's ultimate plan - 'our adversary, the devil, as a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour (destroy).' And are we not being destroyed? Are we not be removed from the earth? Not by one's and two's now, but by the dozens. And unless there is a response of repentance by this nation, that will escalate to the 100's and 1000's to die by tragedy and lunacy.
I remember the old preacher shouting it, "Oh, America your too young to die". But dying we are. All because we made a choice, sin over the Savior. Oh, how men love sin, and hate the God Who can deliver from sin. They speak His name in profanity; they curse His book, His people, His house. And all the while the nation continues to slump in disaster, they continue to laugh, jest, enjoy, not knowing that they have signed their death certificate. 'For He Who holds their breath in His hand, is greatly provoked and His wrath is ready to be poured out on them.'
These truths are known. It is has always been this way. Since the Garden of Eden, every empire, nation, kingdom and people have had to make a choice between Who/who will rule and reign over them. and we know the outcome of that throughout histroy, 'Straight is the gate and narrow is the way that leadeth to life everlasting; few there be that chose it. But broad is the path and wide is the way that leadeth to destruction; many there be that chose it.' 'Men loved darkenss rather than light.' 'The ways of men are continaully evil.'
But what of God's people, the church? Where are they in all this? What are they doing? As sad and harsh as these earlier words have been, it is much worse for the church. For they are not unknowing, or oblivious to these truths, but they know it. The Bible has declared it, history has preserved its truth and they are to fight from it being repeated and continuing. They are to pray, fight, overcome, cast light into darkness, bind the enemy, tear down his strongholds of evil and fight the good fight of faith. Find a church or Christian that is on guard. Find a watchman that knows the hour. Find a revealer that declares these certainties and prepares the people for these judgements. It is a hard things to find, isn't it?
The church has been manippulated by Satan as well. He has kept them busy, entertained, slothful, slumbering and lukewarm, so that they too was enjoying the days of this earth. And while they was lulled to sleep, they forgot their Lord and King and His business, and allowed the enemy to sneak in unawares and destroy the souls of men. The Scripture was given for instruction, 'set your affections on things above, not on things of this earth.' So that while our affections were poured out for this earth and the things of it, the business and work of the kingdom was greatly halted and left unattended. Thus, allowing for the gates and doors wide open for SAtan and his demonic co-horts to walk right in and capture the lives of countless millions.
The labor of prayer is the greatest weapon of interaction between heaven and earth for the church. The reality of the church's plight in North America is revealed over and over, and we stopped praying a long time ago. Very rare is the church that is actively engaged in prayer for their people, for their community, for their families and for the nation. A prayer time that is composed of 15 mintues of every sick person and condition mentioned and only 3 minutes of praying cannot be considered any where near the norm for prevailing with God. But many a Christian and church will argue that they are praying. Hell laughs and mocks at such attitudes, for they know that so long as their pride is ruling and reigning, they will never humble themselves before the Lord God. And that is exactly what Satan desired all along. He simply wishes to keep us as far away from the Lord as possible. A proud heart, a closed mind and hard heart will not be acceptable to the Lord.
It is enough! isn't it? must it be every first born, as in Egypt, before we wake up and say, 'No more'. Lord, we cry out to You for Your mercy, Your grace, Your Divine Love. We know we have sinned against You in every possible evil way. We have rejected You, dismissed Your Holy Book, dishonored the church from a holy thing to a playground, we have been so disobedient against Your teachings and leadings. We have loved self more than the Savior. We have used our money for our self-indulgences and neglected the work for souls around the world. Our time has been used for this world and we have neglected time with You and for You. OUr hands are filled with blood from the sin of murder in abortions, and the filling of this land with murder and suicides.
These are confessions and each pastor, church and Christian needs to confess. But confession without a changing of our positions, time and energies means that we have not repented. Repentance is a must lest Satan simply continue to rule and reign. A death to self, a death to sin, a death to SAtan is needed in order that we might be alive and obedient to our heavenly Savior and Lord Jesus Christ. He awaits us, but without an acknowledgement of these truths and certainties, we are doomed to continue in this self-destructive pattern. And we continue to see and hear of these things so long as the church continues in its status quo.
A cry, a word, a prayer, brokenness before Him and godly sorrow that works repentance is that mandate. Now you are left to obey and rise up and be doing.
For those that are doing, continue to rise up and take your place on the watchtower. "I will set me upon the watchtower and wait to see what He shall say to me, and what I shall answer". A labor of wrestling with God against the sin, darkness and evil that controls and dictates to men's hearts and minds is what we must pray against. A labor of praying without cesing for God to be glorified and for His hand of mercy to go out to help us. For if His hand of mercy does not go out, then His hand of wrath shall. Let us pray against the darkenss and the lies of Satan that has swept people away from truth. Let the truth go forth, for the truth received shall set us free indeed. Be praying, be on guard, be observing, be wise and be near our Lord. For in such moments, those that He does hear are needed to lift up a prayer unto Him. For these that never prayed, never obedyed, never gave time to Him, how shall they think that becasue its tragedy, that He will hear? Because God says, 'Because you would not draw night to Me, therefore I allowed this tragedy to come upon you.' Give time and place before Him, even now, faithful prayer warrior.
What little time we have left is needed to fulfill our responsbilities that the Lord has been so long in waiting for us to do. Time delayed is time for Satan to continue to destroy and devour.
Enough already. Now do it church. And let us see the favor of the Lord once again.
until,
dan biser
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
A CALL FOR PRAYER REGARDING SUPREME COURT RULING
A CALL FOR PRAYER
IN REGARDS TO THE
FUTURE OF THE
UNITED STATES
A Call for Prayer . . .
If the
Supreme Court, in June of 2013, makes a judicial edict that ‘same sex’ marriage
is morally and legally permissible by the citizens of each state and this
nation, it will be the end of our nation.
This decision by the Supreme Court is not simply a matter of state
rights, or legal rights of citizens; it is a decision for God or against
God. Let there be no misunderstanding
about this, no nation, nor man can provoke God and get away with it. Not in this life, nor in the life to
come. We are left to draw a line in the
sand, and proclaim not one more inch to be given to sin.
For you see,
our nation has been on a downward spiral since the end of 1945 and the end of World
War II. Wars, political agendas, power
and money have all contributed to take us away from being a nation for God to a
nation against God. Humanism has driven
us in every way and even into the church.
So let us give a moment to understand the calamity that we are in and
respond appropriately to this.
I am
appealing to each of you to respond in whatever way you may be able to do so and
stand with me at this most crucial hour. I have heard all my life, ‘where was
the church when Madalyne Murray O’Hair took the Bible out of the public schools?’ ‘where was the church when the Supreme court
ruled that abortion was okay in 1973 with Roe vs. Wade?’ IN which has left an entire generation
removed by the killing of (estimated to be) over 50 million babies since
1973. Where are you church and how will
you respond that, here and now, we are called to action ‘for such a time as
this’. And at the end of these 180 days
when the ruling is given, we can say with clear conscience, ‘I have fought a
good fight, I have kept the faith and I have finished my course.’ And for the Lord to say, “Well done”. And know this certainty, God will not say, ‘well
done’, to those that have not ‘done well.’
There are
under 200 days left before the Supreme Court may make a ruling on this. I again present before you, this is not about
legislation, or citizen rights or state rights.
This is about a spiritual battleground of whether Satan rules and reigns
for the destruction of this nation. Or
whether God rules and reigns and brings glory to His Name. Satan’s directive is simple, destroy
everything that can honor and glorify God.
We are His creation, so the devil works in us and through us to destroy
the flesh, the life and the existence of any civilization to enlarge His
kingdom.
Our prayers
and labors must be to undo the actions that the devil has done and prevail
against hell’s advance against our nation.
Just as any threat must be met, we must take up arms to defend
ourselves, and not so much for our own selves, but much more for our future
generations. Not weapons of this world,
but spiritual weapons for this spiritual battle. ‘We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but
against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of
this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.’ Because if this ‘same sex’ marriage becomes
the law of the land, there will be no future.
It is documented and recorded that every empire, kingdom, nation or people
that has embraced homosexuality and abortion (innocent murdered) they have been
removed from the earth.
Let us pray,
incorporate prayer warriors, fast, weep, and inform the people of this dire
tragedy that is steam-rolling towards us, even now. First, you must be convinced and aware of these
words that I am sharing is not an emotional appeal, but absolute truth from God’s
Word. Secondly, we should agree that
prayer is our only avenue of support and help.
‘Help Lord, for the godly man ceaseth, and the faithful fail from among
the sons of men.’ There is not a moment
to lose! Last, we must organize and implement
now an action of daily crying out and not relent until we prevail with God for
the sake of our children, grandchildren and above all for His Name sake.
I would be
quick to agree that for me to pray for self-preservation is more about me than
God. Praying for my children and grand children
may be dangerously close to that appeal as well. However, it is my belief that this nation has
been blest with finances, technological advancement, support groups in churches
and ministries and overall an ability to accomplish God’s desired end that all
the earth be reached with the Gospel and His Name exalted and made known to the
ends of the earth. The removing of this
nation because of our abominations of abortion and same sex marriage works for
Satan and hell to stop that from happening.
Our future generations can be used of God to complete that end.
So I appeal
to you to respond to a most urgent need with ‘effective praying specifically
for this end’ and with ‘fervency to intreat the Lord for His mercies’.
You or others
may respond to effective materials, call for fasts, conference calls, daily
devotions and instructions. All of which
needs to happen to literally flowed the church with the dire need at hand and
an appropriate response of obedience by God’s people.
I Confession
and Recognition of Sin must be addressed and responded to;
II A
humbling, repented spirit among us for our failures and neglects that has led
us to this place;
III A pleading with God for His very nature to
sustain and help us, He is merciful and gracious, long-suffering and Divinely
loving to us and His creation;
IV A great
faith that God’s Manifest Presence may come and restore us to the place the
church needs to be with a holy passion for Him and His kingdom;
V A lifting
up of this most crucial hour before Him, interceding and prevailing for the
sake of this nation to be used of Him and for Him;
VI Resolved that
if God sees fit to destroy us, God is God and there is no sin nor evil nor
mistakes within Him;
VII Let us
be resolved to be One during these days – One heart, One cry, One faith in One
Lord God Almighty;
I await your
reply,
Until,
Dan Biser
Saturday, December 8, 2012
STIR YOURSELF UP
Do you hear the death knell ringing? It is ringing loud and steady! Do you know why? Because. . .
"And there is none that calleth upon Thy Name, that stirreth up Himself to take hold of Thee: for Thou hast hid Thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities." Isaiah 64:7
This is definitely not the most popular verse in the Bible, nor in this chapter. It is amazing how many times in prayer meetings and other sharing that they will gladly quote verse 1:
"Oh, that Thou wouldest rend the heavens, that Thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at Thy Presence."
But by the time you get to verse 5, there is the testimony of confession that bears the problem. God would be glad and desires to pour out HIs Spirit upon men and be glorified to the highest on the earth. However, when men pray verse 1 and ask for Him to come down. God replies, "I can't come down; for if I come down I will consume you in a minute becasue of your iniquities."
It is easy to pray verse 1, but if we don't know God, then we don't understand why He won't come down. His holiness, righteousness, and judgment is pure and perfect. And upon wicked men and those that have rejected Him, His anger is hot. Just as His Own people, the chidlren of Israel, constantly provoked Him in the wilderness after seeing the great plagues and marvellous deliverance in the Red Sea. They provoked Him to anger and He came so close to consuming them instatnly, if it was not for Moses interceeding.
And in mirror fashion, the church is in the same place today. We have provoked the Lord, even though these lessons of history and His Word have shown us. We have continued in lesser fashion of 'pursuing after HIm' becasue we have sold our hearts to other things than Him and His ways. If He were to come down, it would not be to bring His manifest Presence as is so often prayed, but it would be to consume us.
Sin is sin in the eyes of the Lord. And although we evaluate sin in decrees, the Lord does not. We see God's response to sin all throughout the Bible. He cursed and judged Adam and Eve and the snake right on the spot for their disobedience. He judged Cain and set a curse upon him for killing his brother. He consumed the world for their sin by the flood. He destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah for the increase of evil there. And what shall we say for the heathen? for His Own people, Israel? for kings, for prophets, for individuals? God's wrath waxes hot against those that choose sin and embrace it.
We know these truths, therefore we should be the much more moved to 'stir ourselves up' to see sin put down and His Name lifted up. His Name, Jesus, means to 'save from sin'. Yet, in this nation, which is more used on a daily basis - Jesus Name being used to save from sins; or Jesus Name being taken in vain? God has been longsuffering, patient and kind toward us. We have received bountifully of His mercy, grace and favor. And where much is given, much is required. Oh, how far short I have fallen, you have fallen and the church has failed.
Seeking to correct this, let us look at this verse 7 and respond to it appropriately.
We are in major crisis mode. The issue of same sex marriage will now come to the Supreme Court and a ruling will be passed down. These two rulins could make same sex marriage the law of the land. And just as abortion was made the law of the land in 1973; and 1963 removed the Bible from public schools, so this would be death knell for our nation.
The response of the church must be above that which is at stake. I do not believe that most in the church understand the weight of this matter for our future generations and the state of our nation and the church.
Therefore:
1. The need must be presented and shared of how great a danger this is for our time.
You do not have to convince people in the Intensive Care Unit to pray, they will pray becasue of the urgency of the hour and moment. The church must know how severe God's anger is with us, current judgments and His Word that has declared these truths. The people must know that, as the church, do know to do better, we must do better. We will have to answer for these days of what we did or what we failed to do.
This means that we will have to play catch up to a generation of people who have avoided and forgotten the importance of God's people in God's Word. The numbers are staggering at those who have failed to read the Bible throguh once, in the pulpits and in the pews. They do not know God's Word which addresses these times as a nation that legalizes sin, as the church who fails to fight against sin and individuals who embrace apathy toward sin.
2. Proper response by the church is to match the urgency of this hour
We must realize that there is no pwoer of man to fight or undo this evil. Our only hope is in the Lord. A proper understanding of God's benevolence needs to be taught, explained and relied on in prayer and worship and adoration of the Lord. Knowing His power, HIs attributes, His Word of promises will make us to have great faith that 'there is nothing too hard for our Lord'. To struggle in our flesh to fight this will only give place to a defeated spirit, quitting the fight and allow for Satan to take the battle field.
The proper response is that time must be spent and given to coming before the Lord. A continual cycle of prayers, fasts, tears and pleading with the Lord must be engaged by the church. Those that have no such times on a weekly basis, must begin; those that have limited time, must increase time double or four-fold; and those that are engaged continaully must continue with an ever deepening urgency and desperation.
A proper response is found in undoing the condemnation pronounced in this verse 7:
--'there is none that calleth upon Thee' - the remedy then is that we immediately begin to call upon Him; learn to address HIm properly; learn to speak properly to the Lord God Almighty; And to be able to say at the end of it, 'there is none'. . oh yes, I am calling upon Him. Whether any one else in your church, family or location lifts up their voice to call upon Him, YOU be faithful to do it.
--'that stirreth up himself to take hold of Thee' - Jacob wrestled with the angel because Esau was coming and his life and the life of his family was in jeopardy. We are in exactly the same point. And unless we stir ourselves up to take hold of the Lord God Almighty there will be no prevailing with Him for our family and future generations. It is on us, here and now.
And to those who will not stir themselves up, I must ask why and know why they would ever allow something so wrong to be allowed or permitted. For if you are not going to watch my back, fight beside me, you are as useless to the body and as dangerous to the body as Judas was to the apostles.
Now there may be some unstirred, becasue of ignorance. They don't know, therefore we must explain and show them why this is crucial.
There may be some that they are unstirred because their priorities are wrong. They are more into self and their own agenda. These too are dangerous, becasue they are putting the world first. And I John warns us, 'that love of the world is enmity against God'. chose which side you are on.
But if they are unstirred becasue of apathy, these are the cowards and spineless jelly fish that allows for hell to advance. They care nothing for the Lord's Name be honored and revered. They are guilty and dangerous to any advancement of the church because they will always seek to undo the labors of the body that is stirred up.
Stirring ourselves up before the Lord is to keep it always before us. Praying it through all the way. Saturated with His Presence and carrying this burden constantly before Him for His mercy. 'In wrath remember mercy O Lord'.
--'For Thou hast hid Thy face from us' - A constant statement in the Bible is 'seek My face'. Yet, the truth is here for us today, 'we stopped seeking God's face a long time ago. And becasue we do not seek His face, the Lord turns His face away from us. We cannot allow for this to be the norm anymore. A declaration of this truth must be presented to the church to stir yourself up and seek His face. It is found in II Chronicles 7:14 which is so often quoted and prayed, 'If My people which are called by My Name, shall humble themselves, prayer and seek My face. . . '
God's response is in direct proportion to His people. If you drawn night to Me, then I will draw night to you; if you abide in Me, then I will abide in you; if you turn to Me, I will turn to you; and IF YOU SEEK MY FACE, I WILL RETURN TO YOU. This is directly related to our response.
Do you understand this truth?
Are you applying this truth?
A full explanation and demonstration of this must be given on this truth to the people.
--'And has consumed us' - this truth I have given in my 'Seven Levels of Judgment'. We have seen the beginning of God consuming us as a people. The afflictions of His judgment on the land was a pre-cursor for what was to come. Now we are in the middle of level #6 where lives are being lost and a generation is being consumed. We see disease becoming more prevalent in taking lives. We see pestilence in small numbers consuming people. We see natural disasters killing and taking lives by the dozens. We see a greater loss of life in drug overdoses, (I have no number for this) but easily in our nation this would have to run into the 1000's. WE see murder-suicides on the increase and scores of people beign affected by this. The Lord's word is true and He has become to consume us.
And note the evil of men that allowed for abortion to become the law of the land. This number is not in the dozens, or hundreds or 1000's; but this number is in the millions and continuing. Millions!! Over 50 million in 40 years. That is an entire generation consumed. And the drug overdoses has the potential to be the second catalyst that removes another generation under the age of 40 years old.
--'Because of our iniquites' - God explains Himself to us. He does not have to, but He does so; so that the root cause of Him consuming us can be identified, corrected, repented of and abhorred. The full knowledge of sin must be detailed to the church for where we are. Confession and explanation to the church must be given of the following sins:
-Peronsal sin;
-Corporate sins of family and church;
-National sins;
-Generational sins;
There are many 'helps' and resources at there to identify specific sins and how to address confession and repentance.
Oh God! rend the heavens and come down. But come down to purge us from our sins and not to consume us in our sins. Do you see the difference? Do you know these truths?
Brethren, the death knell is ringing. You are summoned to respond. Your reaction and actions will dictate your heart and relationship with the Lord God Almighty. You care not for yourself, that is fine. but do you care for your family and loved ones? The little chorus, 'Do you really care?' is an appropiate song to sing for the church today.
Let this word go forth and be presented to every pastor, church, and prayer group. Let set times of fasting, prayer, and gathering be initated immediately within the next week. Let us begin to work together to accomplish a proper response to this crisis. Let us undo the condemnation of this verse on us today!
I wait to hear from you.
until,
dan biser
rdbiser@live.com
"And there is none that calleth upon Thy Name, that stirreth up Himself to take hold of Thee: for Thou hast hid Thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities." Isaiah 64:7
This is definitely not the most popular verse in the Bible, nor in this chapter. It is amazing how many times in prayer meetings and other sharing that they will gladly quote verse 1:
"Oh, that Thou wouldest rend the heavens, that Thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at Thy Presence."
But by the time you get to verse 5, there is the testimony of confession that bears the problem. God would be glad and desires to pour out HIs Spirit upon men and be glorified to the highest on the earth. However, when men pray verse 1 and ask for Him to come down. God replies, "I can't come down; for if I come down I will consume you in a minute becasue of your iniquities."
It is easy to pray verse 1, but if we don't know God, then we don't understand why He won't come down. His holiness, righteousness, and judgment is pure and perfect. And upon wicked men and those that have rejected Him, His anger is hot. Just as His Own people, the chidlren of Israel, constantly provoked Him in the wilderness after seeing the great plagues and marvellous deliverance in the Red Sea. They provoked Him to anger and He came so close to consuming them instatnly, if it was not for Moses interceeding.
And in mirror fashion, the church is in the same place today. We have provoked the Lord, even though these lessons of history and His Word have shown us. We have continued in lesser fashion of 'pursuing after HIm' becasue we have sold our hearts to other things than Him and His ways. If He were to come down, it would not be to bring His manifest Presence as is so often prayed, but it would be to consume us.
Sin is sin in the eyes of the Lord. And although we evaluate sin in decrees, the Lord does not. We see God's response to sin all throughout the Bible. He cursed and judged Adam and Eve and the snake right on the spot for their disobedience. He judged Cain and set a curse upon him for killing his brother. He consumed the world for their sin by the flood. He destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah for the increase of evil there. And what shall we say for the heathen? for His Own people, Israel? for kings, for prophets, for individuals? God's wrath waxes hot against those that choose sin and embrace it.
We know these truths, therefore we should be the much more moved to 'stir ourselves up' to see sin put down and His Name lifted up. His Name, Jesus, means to 'save from sin'. Yet, in this nation, which is more used on a daily basis - Jesus Name being used to save from sins; or Jesus Name being taken in vain? God has been longsuffering, patient and kind toward us. We have received bountifully of His mercy, grace and favor. And where much is given, much is required. Oh, how far short I have fallen, you have fallen and the church has failed.
Seeking to correct this, let us look at this verse 7 and respond to it appropriately.
We are in major crisis mode. The issue of same sex marriage will now come to the Supreme Court and a ruling will be passed down. These two rulins could make same sex marriage the law of the land. And just as abortion was made the law of the land in 1973; and 1963 removed the Bible from public schools, so this would be death knell for our nation.
The response of the church must be above that which is at stake. I do not believe that most in the church understand the weight of this matter for our future generations and the state of our nation and the church.
Therefore:
1. The need must be presented and shared of how great a danger this is for our time.
You do not have to convince people in the Intensive Care Unit to pray, they will pray becasue of the urgency of the hour and moment. The church must know how severe God's anger is with us, current judgments and His Word that has declared these truths. The people must know that, as the church, do know to do better, we must do better. We will have to answer for these days of what we did or what we failed to do.
This means that we will have to play catch up to a generation of people who have avoided and forgotten the importance of God's people in God's Word. The numbers are staggering at those who have failed to read the Bible throguh once, in the pulpits and in the pews. They do not know God's Word which addresses these times as a nation that legalizes sin, as the church who fails to fight against sin and individuals who embrace apathy toward sin.
2. Proper response by the church is to match the urgency of this hour
We must realize that there is no pwoer of man to fight or undo this evil. Our only hope is in the Lord. A proper understanding of God's benevolence needs to be taught, explained and relied on in prayer and worship and adoration of the Lord. Knowing His power, HIs attributes, His Word of promises will make us to have great faith that 'there is nothing too hard for our Lord'. To struggle in our flesh to fight this will only give place to a defeated spirit, quitting the fight and allow for Satan to take the battle field.
The proper response is that time must be spent and given to coming before the Lord. A continual cycle of prayers, fasts, tears and pleading with the Lord must be engaged by the church. Those that have no such times on a weekly basis, must begin; those that have limited time, must increase time double or four-fold; and those that are engaged continaully must continue with an ever deepening urgency and desperation.
A proper response is found in undoing the condemnation pronounced in this verse 7:
--'there is none that calleth upon Thee' - the remedy then is that we immediately begin to call upon Him; learn to address HIm properly; learn to speak properly to the Lord God Almighty; And to be able to say at the end of it, 'there is none'. . oh yes, I am calling upon Him. Whether any one else in your church, family or location lifts up their voice to call upon Him, YOU be faithful to do it.
--'that stirreth up himself to take hold of Thee' - Jacob wrestled with the angel because Esau was coming and his life and the life of his family was in jeopardy. We are in exactly the same point. And unless we stir ourselves up to take hold of the Lord God Almighty there will be no prevailing with Him for our family and future generations. It is on us, here and now.
And to those who will not stir themselves up, I must ask why and know why they would ever allow something so wrong to be allowed or permitted. For if you are not going to watch my back, fight beside me, you are as useless to the body and as dangerous to the body as Judas was to the apostles.
Now there may be some unstirred, becasue of ignorance. They don't know, therefore we must explain and show them why this is crucial.
There may be some that they are unstirred because their priorities are wrong. They are more into self and their own agenda. These too are dangerous, becasue they are putting the world first. And I John warns us, 'that love of the world is enmity against God'. chose which side you are on.
But if they are unstirred becasue of apathy, these are the cowards and spineless jelly fish that allows for hell to advance. They care nothing for the Lord's Name be honored and revered. They are guilty and dangerous to any advancement of the church because they will always seek to undo the labors of the body that is stirred up.
Stirring ourselves up before the Lord is to keep it always before us. Praying it through all the way. Saturated with His Presence and carrying this burden constantly before Him for His mercy. 'In wrath remember mercy O Lord'.
--'For Thou hast hid Thy face from us' - A constant statement in the Bible is 'seek My face'. Yet, the truth is here for us today, 'we stopped seeking God's face a long time ago. And becasue we do not seek His face, the Lord turns His face away from us. We cannot allow for this to be the norm anymore. A declaration of this truth must be presented to the church to stir yourself up and seek His face. It is found in II Chronicles 7:14 which is so often quoted and prayed, 'If My people which are called by My Name, shall humble themselves, prayer and seek My face. . . '
God's response is in direct proportion to His people. If you drawn night to Me, then I will draw night to you; if you abide in Me, then I will abide in you; if you turn to Me, I will turn to you; and IF YOU SEEK MY FACE, I WILL RETURN TO YOU. This is directly related to our response.
Do you understand this truth?
Are you applying this truth?
A full explanation and demonstration of this must be given on this truth to the people.
--'And has consumed us' - this truth I have given in my 'Seven Levels of Judgment'. We have seen the beginning of God consuming us as a people. The afflictions of His judgment on the land was a pre-cursor for what was to come. Now we are in the middle of level #6 where lives are being lost and a generation is being consumed. We see disease becoming more prevalent in taking lives. We see pestilence in small numbers consuming people. We see natural disasters killing and taking lives by the dozens. We see a greater loss of life in drug overdoses, (I have no number for this) but easily in our nation this would have to run into the 1000's. WE see murder-suicides on the increase and scores of people beign affected by this. The Lord's word is true and He has become to consume us.
And note the evil of men that allowed for abortion to become the law of the land. This number is not in the dozens, or hundreds or 1000's; but this number is in the millions and continuing. Millions!! Over 50 million in 40 years. That is an entire generation consumed. And the drug overdoses has the potential to be the second catalyst that removes another generation under the age of 40 years old.
--'Because of our iniquites' - God explains Himself to us. He does not have to, but He does so; so that the root cause of Him consuming us can be identified, corrected, repented of and abhorred. The full knowledge of sin must be detailed to the church for where we are. Confession and explanation to the church must be given of the following sins:
-Peronsal sin;
-Corporate sins of family and church;
-National sins;
-Generational sins;
There are many 'helps' and resources at there to identify specific sins and how to address confession and repentance.
Oh God! rend the heavens and come down. But come down to purge us from our sins and not to consume us in our sins. Do you see the difference? Do you know these truths?
Brethren, the death knell is ringing. You are summoned to respond. Your reaction and actions will dictate your heart and relationship with the Lord God Almighty. You care not for yourself, that is fine. but do you care for your family and loved ones? The little chorus, 'Do you really care?' is an appropiate song to sing for the church today.
Let this word go forth and be presented to every pastor, church, and prayer group. Let set times of fasting, prayer, and gathering be initated immediately within the next week. Let us begin to work together to accomplish a proper response to this crisis. Let us undo the condemnation of this verse on us today!
I wait to hear from you.
until,
dan biser
rdbiser@live.com
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
BE GLORIFIED
BE GLORIFIED, O LORD GOD ALMIGHTY
". . .Which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him."
Over the last several months, a paticular Scripture has been continuing in my heart and mind, 'Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.' This verse coupled with two paticular chorus songs have been a daily experience for me: 'Lord, Be Glorified' and 'Glorify Thy Name'. Singing, praying these verses and songs have been extended for months and every day, 'morning, noon and night'. Last night in my 'midnight prayer' time the Lord's precious Holy Spirit brought it all together and revealed greater and richer truths to me for understanding, praying and knowing God's best.
I had prayed earlier in the day Zechariah 12:1, 'the Lord, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the founddation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.' This verse was the foundation for all the other things to bring it togetehr. And I realized at that moment, that the Lord had been patiently, longsuffering, with me to reveal this. How hard I had been to wait and see; to discern; to hear. It makes you wonder of how much spiritual depths we miss because of our own reluctance. But I praise Him and thank Him for this and pray that I can share it and it may be a blessing to your prayer life as well.
Let us hear what the Spirit is saying. . .
The shorter catechism teaches that right off the bat, the #1 point of our existnece, yea, of all creation is to bring glory to God. A fixed point that is lost in this humanistic society. Most think this world and life is about them and for them. Very few see the greater picture of eternity and spent even less time preparing for eternity. JOnathan Edwards prayed it and so should we, 'Stamp eternity on my eyeballs.'
Since this is God's desire and will, that He be glorified, how can we glorify Him? and how is He glorified already?
The three aspects of creation in this verses of Zechariah gives us our places - heaven, earth and man.
We will examine each of these three places in detail to see the extent to which God is glorified, or should be glorified.
1. HEAVEN
'In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.' All of this existence is from God, Who is the Creator of all things. All things were created by and for Him. The purpose of His creation is to bring glory to Him. The examination of the heavens and how they glorify Him is an opporutnity for us to learn and glean so that we might join with them in praise and honor.
Paul declares, 'I knew a man caught up to the third heaven. . .' The three levels of heaven are defined for us to examine and know about. But for our part let us see the difference between this spiritual heaven, where God abides and is; and the physical heaven, which contains the sun, moon and stars.
Physical heaven is the atompshere of this universe and that which is contained above us. We step outside and look up and we see the 'heavens'. We read in Genesis that God created the heavens; He then set the sun, moon and stars of the universe and it began in its being. Is there any that can create like God? Absolutely not. Glory unto God the great Creator of all things in the heavens. We see the truth of these verses and we know that He is the fashioner of it all. Glory unto God!
Of the description in the Bible of 3 heaven's, here we see in the creation text, two of those three. We see the heaven above us, which is our very atomsphere. And we see the second heaven or heavens, which is the universe and that which is contained in it. Heaven and heavens of this physical plain, and God is glorified in all of it, for it is His creation.
Spiritual heaven is God's residing place. Paul referred to it as the third heaven, we know it to be the place where our Lord is. In Revelation, John got a view of the heavens and declared what he could of it. 'to be absent in the body is to be present with the Lord' in heaven where He is. HEre in this place is constanct glorfiying of Him. IN Revealtion alone, there is multiple verses that give place to the angels, to the 24 elsders, to the saints and all His subjects bowed before Him giving glory.
2. EARTH
'The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thererof'. All that is found in this creation comes from God, is held by God and shall be removed by God. This earth is His creation as we see the days of creation in Genesis 1 unfold. He separated the waters and allowed for dry land to be; He caused the seeds, plants, vegation and trees to take root and grow and produce. He established time by the depth of His ability to make all things 'in an orderly fashion'. think about how the earth is just in a right gravational position. If it moves off course one way or the other, everything is out of balance. Perfectly set and maintained.
Season and time is set into motion here on this earth. Four season: winter, spring, summer and fall are brought into place by this creation of God. And in each season, God is glorified to the highest for the splendor and magnificence of His ability and ways. I, by God's mercy, live in a place that experiences all 4 seasons. And each season brings its beauty and marvel out to reveal God's glory in creation of this earth.
--in winter - although dead and lifeless in vegetation, brown grass and cold; it is beauty of His handiwork in snow falls, winter habitations of animals and the realtity that before life there must be death. Winter last but a short while, and the days are short and the nights are long, but then, everything changes and the days begin to lengthen and then the temperatures begin to warm. And as thankful for such things, you appreciate a cold, snowy winter that must have its place to bring on the next.
--in spring - spring brings colors, life, warmth and fruitfulness;
3. MAN
'Let us make man in Our image, after Our Own likeness'. 'He formed man of the dust of the earth and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul'. Man was made by God, for God. And as man bears His image, so we are to bear His image for His Own glory. Sin has set us against Him and removes His glory. Restoration into a right relationship with God through Christ restores the image of being found in fashion as He.
'Let this mind be in you which was in Christ'.
". . .Which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him."
Over the last several months, a paticular Scripture has been continuing in my heart and mind, 'Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.' This verse coupled with two paticular chorus songs have been a daily experience for me: 'Lord, Be Glorified' and 'Glorify Thy Name'. Singing, praying these verses and songs have been extended for months and every day, 'morning, noon and night'. Last night in my 'midnight prayer' time the Lord's precious Holy Spirit brought it all together and revealed greater and richer truths to me for understanding, praying and knowing God's best.
I had prayed earlier in the day Zechariah 12:1, 'the Lord, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the founddation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.' This verse was the foundation for all the other things to bring it togetehr. And I realized at that moment, that the Lord had been patiently, longsuffering, with me to reveal this. How hard I had been to wait and see; to discern; to hear. It makes you wonder of how much spiritual depths we miss because of our own reluctance. But I praise Him and thank Him for this and pray that I can share it and it may be a blessing to your prayer life as well.
Let us hear what the Spirit is saying. . .
The shorter catechism teaches that right off the bat, the #1 point of our existnece, yea, of all creation is to bring glory to God. A fixed point that is lost in this humanistic society. Most think this world and life is about them and for them. Very few see the greater picture of eternity and spent even less time preparing for eternity. JOnathan Edwards prayed it and so should we, 'Stamp eternity on my eyeballs.'
Since this is God's desire and will, that He be glorified, how can we glorify Him? and how is He glorified already?
The three aspects of creation in this verses of Zechariah gives us our places - heaven, earth and man.
We will examine each of these three places in detail to see the extent to which God is glorified, or should be glorified.
1. HEAVEN
'In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.' All of this existence is from God, Who is the Creator of all things. All things were created by and for Him. The purpose of His creation is to bring glory to Him. The examination of the heavens and how they glorify Him is an opporutnity for us to learn and glean so that we might join with them in praise and honor.
Paul declares, 'I knew a man caught up to the third heaven. . .' The three levels of heaven are defined for us to examine and know about. But for our part let us see the difference between this spiritual heaven, where God abides and is; and the physical heaven, which contains the sun, moon and stars.
Physical heaven is the atompshere of this universe and that which is contained above us. We step outside and look up and we see the 'heavens'. We read in Genesis that God created the heavens; He then set the sun, moon and stars of the universe and it began in its being. Is there any that can create like God? Absolutely not. Glory unto God the great Creator of all things in the heavens. We see the truth of these verses and we know that He is the fashioner of it all. Glory unto God!
Of the description in the Bible of 3 heaven's, here we see in the creation text, two of those three. We see the heaven above us, which is our very atomsphere. And we see the second heaven or heavens, which is the universe and that which is contained in it. Heaven and heavens of this physical plain, and God is glorified in all of it, for it is His creation.
Spiritual heaven is God's residing place. Paul referred to it as the third heaven, we know it to be the place where our Lord is. In Revelation, John got a view of the heavens and declared what he could of it. 'to be absent in the body is to be present with the Lord' in heaven where He is. HEre in this place is constanct glorfiying of Him. IN Revealtion alone, there is multiple verses that give place to the angels, to the 24 elsders, to the saints and all His subjects bowed before Him giving glory.
2. EARTH
'The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thererof'. All that is found in this creation comes from God, is held by God and shall be removed by God. This earth is His creation as we see the days of creation in Genesis 1 unfold. He separated the waters and allowed for dry land to be; He caused the seeds, plants, vegation and trees to take root and grow and produce. He established time by the depth of His ability to make all things 'in an orderly fashion'. think about how the earth is just in a right gravational position. If it moves off course one way or the other, everything is out of balance. Perfectly set and maintained.
Season and time is set into motion here on this earth. Four season: winter, spring, summer and fall are brought into place by this creation of God. And in each season, God is glorified to the highest for the splendor and magnificence of His ability and ways. I, by God's mercy, live in a place that experiences all 4 seasons. And each season brings its beauty and marvel out to reveal God's glory in creation of this earth.
--in winter - although dead and lifeless in vegetation, brown grass and cold; it is beauty of His handiwork in snow falls, winter habitations of animals and the realtity that before life there must be death. Winter last but a short while, and the days are short and the nights are long, but then, everything changes and the days begin to lengthen and then the temperatures begin to warm. And as thankful for such things, you appreciate a cold, snowy winter that must have its place to bring on the next.
--in spring - spring brings colors, life, warmth and fruitfulness;
3. MAN
'Let us make man in Our image, after Our Own likeness'. 'He formed man of the dust of the earth and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul'. Man was made by God, for God. And as man bears His image, so we are to bear His image for His Own glory. Sin has set us against Him and removes His glory. Restoration into a right relationship with God through Christ restores the image of being found in fashion as He.
'Let this mind be in you which was in Christ'.
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