POWERFUL

God’s Word is powerful, and those that put all their trust in it, learn from it and live by it are among the most blessed people of the earth. God’s Word has been and always will be powerful, and those that obey it, heed its teachings and show respect to its holiness will experience a more satisfying life than all others who try to live their lives within themselves.

The times we live in are warning us of what’s coming and why only the ones that believe God’s Word will see this. God will miraculously use His true followers and then suddenly remove them from the population, allowing His judgements to turn to wrath as the rest of society will experience such great turmoil, punishment and terror because of the sinfulness of the culture.

God’s Word tells us all what is coming and why. Just listen to a few words from the Bible book of the prophet Isaiah as he warns of the impending judgement of God against a sinful people like today. “Woe! Judgement is coming to those who drag along wickedness. Woe! Judgement is coming to those who call evil good and good evil, who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness. Woe! Judgement is coming to those who are wise in their own eyes, who justify the wicked and take away the rights of those who are in the right.”

Well, there it is. The day is here, and God is going to shake this world. Where do you stand with God in all that is going on? The Bible says that His people perish because they lack His word. Do you know God’s Word?

Religion Without Jesus

It is pretty simple because that’s what you get when Jesus is left out of any equation in life- some man made religious belief. Jesus and God’s Word go together because Jesus is the Living Word. Each week across this world many services that are held at church locations are nothing more than religious gatherings where people hear about Jesus but have no real relationship with Him.

This shows up, of course, in the lives of the people who attend, and there can be a great difference of opinions due to mankind’s denominational standard or personal beliefs from how one should dress to how they should worship, from the latest to the traditional. There can be many meetings held that are only religious and void of who Jesus really wants to be in people’s lives.

There is no one way that works except God’s way. People are just fooling themselves who believe they can show up, give some offering, join a church and even serve in it- and merely be caught up in nothing more than religion.

Jesus came to save and change people’s lives, that people would understand God as He really is. But somewhere people developed their own ways and then developed religion in some forms. Christian or not, there are a bunch of them out there. But any without Jesus are worthless and will lead people away from the truth.

THE PULSE OF LIFE

Some say the situations we are facing are God’s judgement against Christians for allowing sinfulness to get so far out of hand. Some say that America’s sinful situation has gone too far because of the gross immoral activity of this nation’s leaders and a majority of its people.

Could the days of these United States be numbered? I don’t really know. Are we spiraling down to face coming destruction as in the days when Israel and Judah were judged by God for their complete moral failures?

All I can tell you is that America is in trouble. The church must awaken, and we need to keep praying. Prayer is so vitally important, and prayerlessness is a serious sin. People that don’t pray have little power with God because prayer is the pulse of life.

God sees the activity of His people, and when they pray, He looks at the heart and the intent of the people praying. God understands why people pray, and God moves on behalf of His people who call upon His name for the needs they have, the praise they offer, and the concerns that are on their hearts.

There is no way to judge the future but by the past. Over the decades, America has seen God move mightily on behalf of His people who have called out to Him.

THE ONLY POWER

Jesus said in the Bible in Luke 17: “Whoever seeks to save their life will eventually lose it. But the one who turns their life away from the world and gives it to me” will find true life in Christ.

In the last book of the four gospels, Jesus said in John 12:25-26 that one who is concerned with pleasing God will keep their life for eternity.

“And if anyone continues to serve me (that’s Jesus), they must continue to faithfully follow me without hesitation, holding steadfastly to me,” Jesus said, “conforming to my example in living, and if need be in suffering, because of your faith in me; and wherever I am, there will be my servant also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor them.”

This world offers a lot of distractions. Satan does not want you to have a real relationship with Jesus Christ. But nothing can stop this if you really want it. Because of what Jesus has done, Satan is now nothing more than a mouse with a microphone- and he only has the power people give him.

There is no friend you’ll ever meet that can help you as Jesus is able to. He holds complete authority because He’s God in the flesh, able to deliver you, heal you, and change your life.

IT UNLEASHES SOMETHING

There is something about praise that unleashes God’s love when your back is up against the wall. God says, “Look to me and give my kingdom praise, and my kingdom will come on earth as it is in heaven for you.”

God is mighty. God deserves our praise. Look what He has done. Even if He had done nothing else, God gave His Son Jesus so we could be forgiven of sin, healed, provided for, and have eternal life. God deserves our praises.

God’s love is greater than all others, for no one loves us like God. He is there. And while the world seems to fall apart, when your heart looks like it could break, if you don’t understand what is going on, God is there. God says, “Look to my Son; He is the way, the truth, and the life.”

There are no hopeless or impossible situations when they are placed before God. When you choose to trust God, the trials in life will work for your benefit and not against you.

The Lord is our firm foundation, the rock we can lean on in times of trouble.

Jesus is our redeemer from a nowhere life to a life with meaning. He takes care of us. He deserves our praise. He is our Shepherd to lead us and guide us through life. He is the Life Giver, the Creator. Jesus only can forgive sins, and He is our Healer. He is everywhere at any time. We should praise Him continually.

WHO IS REALLY IN CHARGE?

Many people make the statement that “God is in control.” I understand why people say this but is it always true? God is in charge; He holds authority over all things. Yet God gives people the ability many times to have control over areas of life.

It has been said that the movements of nations, their wars, social policies and politics are shaped and dictated by higher spiritual powers than themselves. There are good and bad forces, such as angels, who are constantly influencing people, business leaders and governments. Wars and strife on earth are merely the effects of opposing spiritual powers fighting in the lower heavens that affect us. There are invisible struggles between the forces of light and the powers of darkness. These struggles are real and influenced by spirit-beings that are trying to govern this world we currently live in.

The fighting between these invisible and visible forces is trying to force the outcome of those battles, and the victors will be determined by what the Christians do or do not do. God is always able to keep the upper hand, and how it turns out depends on how the Christians choose to participate against the forces of darkness.

Knowing the truth of God’s word is key. Praying honest prayer is vital. Obedience to follow God’s Word is a must. If Christians will set aside their desires for the pleasures of this world, they cannot lose, for God’s power and authority is the greatest of all powers. Satan’s plans of darkness can only succeed when people give him access, and Satan is behind all that troubles this world.

Still, God is greater.

WHY SETTLE FOR LESS THAN THE BEST

We do it all the time in a hundred different ways throughout our lives. Yet it doesn’t have to be that way. So very many people live their life and then are gone, having lived a life that was far below what it could have been.

It really didn’t have as much to do with the breaks they got in life, but what makes the real difference are the choices one makes in life. That determines all the rest. A lot of us have, and some still do, settle for less than the best that they were created to be and do.

God is the great creator, and God never makes a mistake because God knows all things from the beginning to the end of a matter. God knows the potential of one’s life and what it can be. It is our personality that will try to get us off track here or there and cause us to settle for less than what we could have gotten out of life here on earth.

These affect the direction of our eternal destination to either the heaven God made for us or the hell that was made to deal with Satan and his demons. So who is the one causing interference in our lives to get us off track from God? The one hell was made for.

If you are reading this, then you still have a choice to let God take over and give you better than what you’ve been getting. But you must put all your trust in Him. The only way is to seek out His Son, Jesus: the way, the truth and the life.

Don‘t waste another precious moment. Call upon the name of the Lord Jesus in truth, and the truth will set you free and lead you on the better paths.

WHAT DESTROYS

God created the earth for people. It is specially designed to help people. God’s Word says that it will keep its foundations established forever. Yet it is Satan who deceives people with lies by making them think that man must save the world because of global warming- that the ice caps are going to melt and glaciers will flood coastal cities.

All along, God has said in His Word (Psalms 104:9) that God has set a boundary for the waters that they may not cross over, so that they will not return to cover the earth. So Satan schemes to discredit the Word of God and deceive people from believing it.

This devil hates God’s Word because it is truth, and he is the father of lies and misinformation. Every sinful, wicked practice is attached to Satan. He is involved in every murder, abuse, theft, lie, gossip, adultery and fornication.

We live in a very sexual affluent society. Yet these very practices being promoted are destroying the lives of people daily as the devil works to convince people that God doesn’t want them to be happy. Yet when people dabble with sin, they always end up being more disappointed and depressed in the end.

TIME TO WAKE UP

Do you not think that it is time for the church to wake up to what is going on in America?  The church’s influence is fading as there is a growing separation of just what the church is supposed to be.

Instead of praying more most people are watching television and going here and there as the latest statistics say that nearly 70% of people that attend church won’t even make it when the true church is raptured out of the culture.

It is estimated that the average church in America meets for 2 hours weekly which adds up to just a little less than 104 hours a year which means the average church in America meets less than 5 full days within a year’s time.  This easily explains why the average church in America is spiritually weak and unattractive to many.

We should be troubled at what we’re seeing taking place in the church, in our government and throughout society enough to cause a Christian to, at least, be on their knees praying seeking help from the only source who can save us, God’s son, Jesus Christ.

But even His name is being marginalized and attacked for being an intolerant God.  The battle is spiritual.  We face now and only in the area of spiritual warfare will the battle be rightly fought.

SPIRITUAL TERRORISM

For quite some time now we’ve heard about how terrorism is becoming a greater threat to society, and we’ve seen the effects of what terrorism can do. But for thousands of years, terrorism has been in existence, and it all started with the rebellion and fall of lucifer being cast out of Heaven by God; and now Satan, as he is known, is the author of every form of terrorism that can be found.

It all starts in the spiritual realm and funnels down from there all over the world. The main source feeding all terrorism is spiritual terrorism, conducted still today by Satan and his demonic operatives. They get into the lives of men and women and cause them to unleash all kinds of evil upon the world.

Spiritual terrorism has no boundaries; it has no country of origin, for it is everywhere sin is allowed to have its effect on mankind. No army of a nation can stop it. No human intelligence agency can outmaneuver it, though it can restrain it here and there once in a while. This enemy can only be stopped by God’s people’s use of spiritual power which only comes from the ultimate authority: Jesus Christ. Prayer is the instrument through which the true believer in Jesus can stop the spiritual terrorism anywhere.

The enemy is very real. Satan has carefully laid plans to terrorize people wherever he can. This entire world today is suffering from extensive demonic terrorism. But through Jesus Christ, a born again child of God has the power to defeat this enemy if they are willing to pay the price in strategic prayer warfare.