Greetings,
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF YOU!! I am sure I will not write again till after Christmas and toward the end of the year. So let me express prayers and blessings upon you that read, pray, follow and support me. May your cup be full and overflowing with joy, peace and love of our Lord.
"But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer." I Peter 4:7
What a two fold message is here! Not only the end of the year is upon us, but as I have shared, a ending of Biblical fulfillment is upon us. Translators and missionary groups are reporting that at present course, the Gospel can reach the entire world, people groups and languages in the next 10 - 15 years. The Lord allowing for us to live that long, we can see an 'end of the age' moment. Thus hurling us into the last stage of prophecy. If knowing this doesn't press ones soul to 'get ready' for the end I don't know what will. It s time to finish well, and understand that 2018 the end of all things is at hand.
Now, the instruction of course, mirrors what Jesus told Peter, James and John in the garden, 'watch and pray.' Here we have this same message, "be sober, and watch unto prayer'.
--Be sober - you can't be physically sober, ingesting alcohol or drugs; it affects perception, thought and response; you can't be spiritually sober, ingesting foolishness, evil and worldliness; it affects mind, heart and soul. Be sober of what is going on, don't be disillusioned by man's ways; man has taught humanism so much that it is the error of the church today. Self, ease, worldly all of which dilutes soberness of God's will and way.
--Watch unto prayer - Oh, if we knew what was at stake, how quickly we would give ourselves to watch and pray. To know our place is to be before the Lord. so much at risk, so much at stake, great is the need of this hour. The need of souls eternity, the need of deliverance for the addict, the need for the church to be Spirit filled and empowered by His Holy Ghost. Great is the need for the Lord. For if the Lord does not build the house, they labour in vain.
The end of the year is coming, the end of the age is coming; where are you in relationship to the Lord. Where are you in your walk with the Lord? What a great testimony if here at the end of this year you are able to say, 'I've never been stronger and closer to the Lord." Ah, but how few I find like this. Most that I hear and know are sitting idle, wanting to be strong, be faithful, yet, in constant failures and fallings. Unable to rise above and do that which their convictions lead them to do. Why? They refuse to be sober, to watch unto prayer.
I believe that this has a key element of learning for the Christian. To watch, is a lost discipline before the Lord. While watching, one observes, one meditates, one hears from the Lord, one gives time and place to that which is truly important and eternal and of priority to the Lord. The mad rush, the busyness, the fervor of agendas and schedules eradicates time alone with God. Thus the weakness of the soul and the spirit in the things of God. We do not know the value of an hour with the Lord in the American church.
We don't know it in the worship services, we don't know it in the secret closet. Too much of 'its about me', which grieves the Holy Spirit. Out of the Word, out of prayer and silent before a lost world about Christ, salvation and eternity; these are the provocation of the church before the Lord. These must be changed and corrected, as the end of the year comes, and the New year begins. Look unto the Lord, adore and gaze upon Him; see Him, high and lifted up; give place and time to Him Who is worthy.
Realize now, what is at stake at the end of this year, at the end of the age. Ge ready, for the end is here. And we must all give an answer to the Lord for the things done, not done; give an answer for the good, for the evil; give an answer for everything done and not done in the body, mind, heart and life. Let us finish well and be right as He is right.
EPIDEMICS:
1. Drugs/Alcohol - impact, legislation in the farm bill passed and signed to legalize HEMP; continues to claw away at legalizing all use of drugs, this is where we are headed, same as prohibition. Deaths from all these sins are over 100,000 yearly; and the affects are too numerous to understand
2. Cancer - several great testimonies and answered prayers; but also more names added, upwards towards 2 dozen names;
3. Great Evil - the rise of murder-suicides; street killings; Praise God that as Christmas break comes for schools, we can rejoice in the minimal cases of school shootings/stabbings over the last 4 months; pray toward the New year;
4. LGBT - continued subversion of children and next generation into this sin; Larger numbers bodies, minds and souls affected, Increasing to high percentage of majority. Only a remnant spared.
5. Children - more children killed by family, several incidents on the rise with this; Yemen impact of famine/war;
6. Natural Disasters - 7.4 in Russia; this is the 3rd 7.0 in this month; 4 within the last 3 weeks; expecting one more before close of the year; this have been in remote areas, so minimal loss of life and impact; Flooding; drought in Alaska;
The 3 things that I am watching to see is the economy; war; and pestilence.
Economy - dow jones has bottomed out after record setting over the last year; this was pretty much expected, but wait to see of further ramifications for utter collapse. the hiccups of it rising and falling is not the issue, it is the utter collapse of stability in ecnomies and markets world wide. They are all built on the backs of each other, one falls, collapse of the whole.
War - always interested to see where, when and how this explodes; China/US tensions over waters in Pacific, Taiwan and islands; Syria is now an open issue with Trump pulling troops out. No checks or balances for Iran; North Korea issues coming in the new year if they fail to comply.
Pestilence - Ebola outbreak in Democratic Congo; 500 infected, 300 dead; rising; flu, and other issues to watch in 2019;
UPDATES:
--sermons - Fox's Hollow, 12/16 - 'What Its all About" - spiritual warfare for the soul and eternity and why Christ coming is so relevant to us; Most important message from my heart and for our prayer times. I know its recorded sideways, but the content is the improtance;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqsrDGf6yWw&t=3s
Keyser Church - Christ to Save from Sin - Matt. 1; Romans 3;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kbNbWuN0BQ&t=3s
--The Activity of God - II Samuel - nearing completion, chapter 22;
--A Word - Isaiah 57: 1 - 11 verses started; 4, 5, 10, 11 to finish, all other verses complete;
--Fox's Hollow prayer time this Saturday last of the year; so very important;
--Dec. 30 - Jan. 1 - no info on any prayer meetings; looks like me and my boys will pray, but my secret closet will be my abode into the new year; We just don't understand whats at stake.
Until,
Dan
Started: December 21, 2018
Continued: 12/22;
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