tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044571629293488418.post5184758958976585438..comments2023-07-23T09:53:50.773-04:00Comments on Bags All Packed: Bullies and Conmenmeemahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09104303592278897991noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044571629293488418.post-60193974874334752252016-11-07T06:47:46.168-05:002016-11-07T06:47:46.168-05:00Oh so true - scary true. I just posted this in Mic...Oh so true - scary true. I just posted this in Michele Morin's blog:<br /><br />I woke up around 3 am, which isn’t unusual. I tend to consider this a call to prayer time. Sometimes I know what to pray, sometimes I don’t so I just get quiet and praise Jesus leaving the prayer needed to the groans of the Holy Spirit that I do not understand. <br /><br />This time I prayed for mercy and I acknowledged that we don’t deserve it. But I respectfully pointed out that He is worthy, even if we aren’t, and if we had more time we might be able to step up. <br /><br />Here’s the response - If we are granted more time we better step up. No more compromise, no more complacency. No more back to same ole same ole. If we are given more time we better use it soberly and wisely. <br /><br />If time is up - hide in Christ - there is no other safe space. meemahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09104303592278897991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044571629293488418.post-60316764750092204542016-11-06T21:01:10.627-05:002016-11-06T21:01:10.627-05:00Amen Meema, we are called to suffer. Considering t...Amen Meema, we are called to suffer. Considering the direction our country is taking, this quote seems quite appropriate...<br /><br />“We are so utterly ordinary, so commonplace, while we profess to know a Power the Twentieth Century does not reckon with. But we are "harmless," and therefore unharmed. We are spiritual pacifists, non-militants, conscientious objectors in this battle-to-the-death with principalities and powers in high places. Meekness must be had for contact with men, but brass, outspoken boldness is required to take part in the comradeship of the Cross. We are "sideliners" -- coaching and criticizing the real wrestlers while content to sit by and leave the enemies of God unchallenged. The world cannot hate us, we are too much like its own. Oh that God would make us dangerous!”<br />~Jim Elliott<br /><br />Sherrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15885427044948752665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044571629293488418.post-8701425778871454562016-11-06T03:45:51.161-05:002016-11-06T03:45:51.161-05:00Amen! And AMEN!!!
If God grants us a reprieve, we ...Amen! And AMEN!!!<br />If God grants us a reprieve, we better use it wisely. No more complacency and compromise because judgment can come down like a load of bricks. God always keeps a remnant but that doesn't mean the remnant can't suffer. meemahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09104303592278897991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044571629293488418.post-4433980693892472762016-11-05T21:04:29.813-04:002016-11-05T21:04:29.813-04:00For encouragement in these dark days....
Destined...For encouragement in these dark days....<br /><br />Destined for Victory by Carter Conlon<br /><br />When King Jehoshaphat found himself surrounded by enemies, Scripture tells us, “[He] cried out, and the Lord helped him; and God moved [his enemies] to depart from him” (2 Chronicles 18:31).<br /><br />There was a cry in Jehoshaphat’s heart: “Oh, God, I have been listening to voices I should not have been listening to, and hanging around people who sapped my spiritual strength. God, one more time, would You allow me to live? Would You fight against my enemies and take me into a place of victory? Give me a voice to be able to lead your people again into righteousness!”<br /><br />And God caused Jehoshaphat’s enemies to depart from him.<br /><br />GO BACK TO THE PLACE OF STRENGTH<br /><br />I foresee very difficult days ahead of us. But in the midst of that difficulty, I see multitudes —“Jehoshaphats” — from all over this country who have been sitting in the wrong place, finally getting up and saying, “I am going back to that place of strength and victory that was won for me on Calvary. I am going to bend my knee to the Lord, even if it means dropping my own plans and ambitions to find the will of the One who died for me.”<br /><br />MORE THAN CONQUERORS<br /><br />Come what may, remember that we as the people of God are not destined for defeat. We are not destined to be overthrown like the smooth-talking prophets who do not know the heart of God.<br /><br />We are destined to live in victory<br />We are destined to be more than conquerors through Christ<br />And so it is time to lay down our plans and cry out to God again for our homes, our families, this generation, the future of our cities. It will not be a popular time to stand for God, but there will be a glorious touch of the Holy Spirit on those who have the sense to call out to God<br /><br />Sherrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15885427044948752665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044571629293488418.post-19388658721401886772016-11-05T14:54:39.728-04:002016-11-05T14:54:39.728-04:00Well said. Silence in the face of evil is itself e...Well said. Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act. <br /><br />Micah 6:8 He has shown you, O man, what is good;<br />And what does the Lord require of you<br />But to do justly,<br />To love mercy,<br />And to walk humbly with your God?<br /><br />Sherrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15885427044948752665noreply@blogger.com