THESE are ALL the LORD God’s ✡️📖✝️Words, written down THROUGH over 40 different biblical authors of HIS CHOOSING, from the time of Moses (~3400 yrs ago, 1400BC), up to John the Apostle (Gospel, letters, Revelation~90AD).
IF A PERSON STATES that they believe in the Father, the Son-the Lord Jesus Christ-and the Holy Spirit— they will be held accountable to BELIEVE IN, read, study, learn, and know the whole counsel of God’s ✡️📖✝️ Word (Acts 20:27), IN ORDER TO have an intimate relationship with the Lord Jesus.
ALSO, to have the Holy Spirit DWELL (Jn. 3:3,5,7) in them, leading, guiding, teaching, and CORRECTING them (Jn. 14:16-17, 26; 15:26-27; 16:13; Acts 2:38; Romans 8:9,11; Eph. 1:13-14), and remind them that they are the TEMPLE of the LIVING GOD (1Cor. 3:16; 6:19).
THOSE who have EARS TO HEAR (Eze. 3:27; Matt. 11:15; Mi. 4:23; Lk. 8:8; Rev. 2:7, 11; 3:6,13; 13:9) what the Holy Spirit SAYS, will be the ones that are the most obedient to Him, disciplined and discerning of all that is happening in this world concerning the End Times.
KEEP Watch, PRAY, have your lamps filled (Matt. 25:1-13), and BE READY(Matt. 24:44; Lk. 12:40; 2Tim. 4:2), for NO ONE knows that Day or Hour (Mk. 13:32-33; Matt. 25:13; 24:36, 42) when the Father will have the Son begin the Time of the AntiChrist, and the 21 Judgements of Revelation (see Rev. ch. 6-18).
The End of all things IS AT HAND (1Peter 4:7). Do NOT be fooled into thinking that the LORD will not return. Peter warned us about this (see 2Peter 3:3-4).
The Lord is patient (2Pet. 3:9), and He has allowed thousands of years to pass in order for many to come to repentance.
HOWEVER, as there was a Beginning (Genesis 1:1), there WILL be END (Rev. 20:10-15; 21:4-5, 8) of all things. The Lord Jesus MUST return (Acts 1:11;Rev. 1:7-8; 19:11), and JUDGE the Earth and its inhabitants AS IT IS WRITTEN (Acts 10:42; 17:31; Jn. 14:3; 2Tim. 4:8; 2 Cor. 5:10; Jude 1:14-15; Rev.22:12).
One of the hardest things to do as a servant of God, is to wait everything out for the completion of His plans in the coming of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
I’ve been told over and over again by the Holy Spirit, especially in these past few months to exercise restraint, patience, and to continue to trust in what the Lord needs to do before His return.
The reason why it has taken thousands of years for everything to play out according to God‘s will, and His Word, is because as humans we would not be able to handle it if it happened any quicker.
However, a few of us who are really spiritually paying attention, have discerned that the signs of the times not only are increasing, but we can sense the days now being shortened as we get closer to the Time of the End.
🙏❤️HOLD ON, dear one. The Lord knows how much we are struggling here. He knows every time we break down and cry. He knows that we are slowly losing our patience here with all the evil that is increasing around us. He does realize how frustrating it is! ✨Remember✨, the Lord Jesus went through similar situations while He lived here, especially in those last few years of His life here.
We just have to be patient and trust Him a little while longer before the Time of the End, then finally, His return. Everything will be played out according to what has been written.
No matter what evil schemes mankind and the demonic realm comes up with, the Lord is always thousands of steps ahead of them!!
Stay faithful, beloved! Let God‘s written ✡️📖✝️Word strengthen, comfort, and embolden you in these last days! Maranatha, Yeshua!😭🙏❤️✝️
This is my store on Zazzle store—“Faith In The Dark”. I know I have shared this a few times in the past couple of weeks, but with more new items being in the store, and surprisingly, there are quite a few people out there that still don’t know I even have a store on Zazzle, I will continue to share this.
I’m still waiting for AMAZON to work out the kinks (for my URL) in trying to share my Author’s 📚Page, but until then you could just go on Amazon, and look my name up or the title of my 📚books (“Walking in the Dark With FAITH”), to see the four books I currently have on there for sale.
It’s amazing how different this link shares between the social media platforms… this time I’m sharing it from the ZAZZLE app on my phone.
PLEASE go and see all the newer items I have just added; there will be more to come! THANK ❤️YOU to the few people who have either visited my store, and have also FOLLOWED ME on Zazzle as well.
You can do the same at my Author’s page on Amazon—in fact, I would be most grateful if you would click on the follow button!! It would mean so much to me! And if you either have purchased a book from me in the past, or do purchase one now, I would also truly appreciate you leaving a written review.
The idea of being a “starving artist was never part of what I chose for myself. Who honestly would want to go through seven years of college and grad work in a seminary like I just have, write dozens and dozens of papers, work hard to get the grades I did and the degrees I was awarded, and then end up not even being able to get a job at places where I have almost the exact qualifications and experience the companies/ministries/schools are looking for?
I was told seven years ago by an HR manager that even though my resume showed, I had the qualifications to do the job I applied for at Rider College, unfortunately the associate degree wouldn’t be enough— these days, she said, I definitely would need to have at least a bachelor’s degree in order to get any good paying job. So September 2018 I started on this college journey again, and I haven’t stopped until this June, 2025. I have tried several times over the past few years in Pennsylvania and now the almost 2 years I’ve been back in New Jersey, to get at least a part-time job that has something to do with all the hard work I put into at school.
The LORD OPENS AND CLOSES (or KEEPS those doors closed) the “doors 🚪of opportunity” in our lives (see Revelation 3:7-8). For whatever reason that right now is not altogether humanly understood by me, this is the way the LORD wants it to be…and HE has the final “say so” on EVERYTHING.
But then again, I’m sure Paul the Apostle didn’t think his tent ⛺️ making (see Acts 18:1-4) would have to be a major part of his life-the part of the life the LORD God chose for him, not what he chose for himself. But, since Paul surrendered all to the Lord Jesus, and I have done that myself several years ago, we have had to walk on the Path HE chose for us, in FAITH, trusting that no matter how grim it may look sometimes, He IS in control, He knows what is best for us, and He WILL provide.
I am not thrilled to have to rely on such an unstable income, along with writing my 📚 books. But that’s what the LORD put in my Path to do, while concentrating on sharing His Word-and some of it is definitely not welcomed by human ears to hear—which makes all of this that much more difficult to do as His servant.
BUT—the message of the ENTIRE WORD ✡️📖✝️of God must be heard. We cannot “cut out” the parts we don’t like or agree with. I am like my brother in the Faith, Paul, who said, “Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all, for I did not shrink from declaring to you THE WHOLE COUNSEL OF GOD” (Acts 20:26-27). The Lord Jesus will deal with those who refused to heed His📖Word on the Day of ⚖️Judgment(see Revelation 20:11-15).
THOSE artistic skills and abilities that He has placed in me to use, are to the LORD more “doors 🚪of opportunity” to reach thousands, and hopefully millions more, with His Word and message of REPENTANCE, HOPE, SALVATION, and REDEMPTION.
Until He knows I am done with my service here to Him, I will continue to walk the Path in the Dark with the FAITH I have in Him, holding His hand, knowing that He will always be faithful “to complete that good work in me, until the Day of Jesus Christ” (Phil. 1:6)
From Today’s Liturgy of the Hours-“Lauds” (Morning)—Ps. 143:9 reminds us how the LORD God is WHO can and WILL be our Deliverer of our enemies, IF we put our trust in Him.
For those who believe, He IS our Refuge and Who saves us from our enemies.
Even though we may go through terrible tribulations here while living out our daily lives, the LORD God One Day through His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, will make His enemies—both human and spiritual—His “footstool” (Ps. 110:1).
He will triumph over all evil (Col. 2:15) at the End of Days (Rev. 17:14).
We may not see it happen as quickly as we would like, BUT the LORD WILL AVENGE (Deut. 32:35; Rom. 12:19) at the appointed Time.
So do not be discouraged, beloved; the LORD God Most High sees and hears and knows ALL that is going on. He does not shut His eyes for one SECOND.
Isaiah 1:24 states, “Therefore the LORD declares, the LORD of Hosts (Adonai Tseva’ot), the Mighty One of ISRAEL: “Ah, I will get relief from My enemies and AVENGE Myself on My foes.”
For now, until That Day comes, let us pray and act out in faith, hope, and trust in what vv. 10-12 says- “Teach me to do Your will, for YOU are my God! Let Your good SPIRIT lead me (Jn. 16:13; 14:26; 15:26) on level ground! For Your Name’s sake, O LORD, preserve my life! In Your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble! And in Your steadfast love You will CUT OFF my enemies, and You will DESTROY all the adversaries of my soul, for I am Your servant.”
I REALIZE THIS IS A VERY LONG POST–BUT IT IS NECESSARY THAT I SHARE BOTH THINGS IN THE SAME POST–PLEASE, BELOVED–PLEASE TAKE THE TIME OUT TO READ ALL OF IT!🙏❤️✡️📖✝️
This is the second time I am writing this out; I happen to see this post at around 1:45am or so, when I woke up (as usual) and was looking at my phone. But as I was writing it out, it “disappeared”—just wiped off my phone. I was so upset, but the LORD said to me, “Jeannette, do not allow the evil ones to have you REACT—just put the phone down, deal with the post in the morning, and let your energy be used to RESPOND rather than REACT to their evil doings.”
SO—when they get me ticked off as they did early this morning—THIS POST is the RESULT of that, and I am taking what Abba told me to do, and put my energy into RESPONDING in a very long but VERY INFORMATIVE post, rather than reacting in anger to those vile pieces of demonic filth. What I basically said in the comments and now in this post on my page, is that what Pope Leo XIII experienced, was REAL. What he SAID—“demons that wander around the world at the expense of souls”—is close to what 1 Peter 5:8-9 stated—“Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary (that is the definition of HaSatan-“the satan”—it is NOT his personal “name”) the devil PROWLS AROUND like a roaring lion, SEEKING someone to DEVOUR…”
WHAT I want to point out here is (and have stated this MANY times in my posts regarding Spiritual Warfare and the demonic realm and how they seek to “steal, kill, and destroy” [Jn. 10:10] us—HENCE the reason why Paul told us to DAILY put on the ARMOR of GOD [see Eph. 6:10-18]) that there are MANY REBELLIOUS supernatural beings-aka “sons of God” AND the spirits of those rebellious sons HAVE GONE OUT into this world (see Ps. 82:1,6; 89:6-7; Matt. 4:24; 8:31; 12:28, 43-45; Mark 1:39; 3:15; Luke 4:41; 10:17) that CONTINUE to seek out DESTRUCTION, mainly because we WERE MADE in the IMAGE of GOD (see Genesis 1:26-27; 2:7).
I have shared MANY TIMES over the past 3-4 years about just WHO these evil entities are; the SURPRISING thing I notice over and over again is—hardly ANYONE on my FACEBOOK or INSTAGRAM (if it is allowed to be shared over there!) pays any ATTENTION to those type of posts!! YET—just HOW MANY ADDICTIONS, STRONGHOLDS, ISSUES, ETC. do you HAVE in your lives?? You seek out SOLUTIONS to these problems, and YET IGNORE the FACTS on WHO IS CAUSING THESE PROBLEMS in your lives!!
You pray and pray for answers, and when those answers SHOW UP on my page (or other servant of God’s pages) that the LORD HIMSELF has us take the TIME OUT to write up and SHARE with you all—MOST of you SCROLL PAST it, and ignore the very ANSWERS to your PROBLEMS!! HENCE the reason why you still HAVE those STRONGHOLDS in your lives, because you REFUSE to SEEK the TRUTH in WHAT and WHO are DECEIVING YOU into staying BOUND in those demonic strongholds (for example–OCD, ADDICTIONS, ANXIETIES, DEPRESSION, FEAR, PRIDE, ARROGANCE, etc.).
THIS POST about Pope Leo XIII IS VALIDATED by what I personally have experienced since having to deal with Spiritual Warfare, and learned MUCH MORE about the “WHAT” and “WHO” that are behind the evil that PLAGUES this entire WORLD.
REMEMBER that we, being made in the image of GOD, are primarily (and in THIS order) SPIRIT, SOUL (mind, will, intellect/personality), and are COVERED in a fleshly BODY (see 1 Thess. 5:23; Hebrews 12:9 and Ecclesiastes 12:7 for just a few verses about how we are primarily SPIRITS). GOD HIMSELF is a SPIRIT –Jn. 4:24; 2 Cor. 3:17. The HOLY SPIRIT ONLY DWELLS in those who have REPENTED and MADE JESUS the LORD and SAVIOR of their lives; otherwise, they have OTHER DEMONIC and UNCLEAN SPIRITS living within and around them, enticing them, deceiving them, and infiltrating them to the point of DEATH.
WE CHOOSE who we are going to SERVE (see Joshua 24:14-15), and WHAT SPIRITS we will allow to RULE WITHIN us—the HOLY SPIRIT of God, so we CAN have ANGELIC MINISTERS around us daily, while living out our lives for the Most High and His Son—OR—we are plagued with those demonic entities that WILL continue (at the LORD GOD’S allowance to TEST us and see where our ALLEGIANCE lies) to “roam about, seeking whom they may devour”—until the LORD JESUS returns…
I will CONTINUE to share much more on this topic, and I pray that YOU that proclaim to be CHRISTIANS (and even more so for you that are NOT!) realize that THERE IS A SPIRITUAL WAR happening between HEAVEN and EARTH, and it is CONTINUOUSLY going on, as it HAS BEEN, since the FIRST rebellious spirit being deceived Adam and Eve in the GARDEN of EDEN. THIS SPIRITUAL WARFARE will NOT STOP, until the LORD JESUS RETURNS, and in HIS WRATH, places those evil entities that plagued mankind for all these millennia, in the ETERNAL FIRES (see Revelation 20:10-15).
Do LOOK UP these verses for yourselves—DANIEL 10:13,21; 12:1; Jude 1:9; Rev. 12:7—re: Michael the CHIEF PRINCE of Warrior angels; HE IS one of the original WATCHER angels that has stayed LOYAL to the Most High Triune Godhead. He IS the Chief Prince Angel that watches over ISRAEL, because ISRAEL (Jacob) IS the LORD GOD’s inheritance through ABRAHAM who HE chose Himself (Deut. 32:8-9). DANIEL 8:16; 9:21; Luke 1:19, 26—re: Gabriel—another original holy WATCHER, who is the Angel that is responsible for those that WERE in Paradise (now empty after the Lord Jesus’ resurrection and ascension into Heaven), the serpents (much research and study needs to be done for you to understand what THIS means), and the CHERUBIM—which is one of the hierarchal class of spiritual beings –they are NOT ALL ANGELS, nor do ALL angels have WINGS! ONLY the SERAPHIM and CHERUBIM (of which Lucifer/HaSatan/the “Nachash”-serpent-that was mentioned in the Garden of Eden and spoken about in Isaiah 14:12-14, AND Ezekiel 28:12-15—speaking specifically in vs. 13 that he WAS in the Garden of Eden, and in vs. 14—he was called, the “anointed GUARDIAN CHERUB.”
GO TO Genesis 3:24 and READ IT for yourselves—the LORD GOD placed CHERUBIM and a “FLAMING SWORD” (obviously had to REPLACE the Cherub mentioned IN Ezek. 28:12-15 that REBELLED against Him, and became the FIRST of THREE rebellion events (see also Genesis 6:1-4 and Genesis 11—the TOWER of Babel, combined with Deut. 32:8-9, and Psalm 82 and 89 that I already mentioned above) that happened within those supernatural spiritual “sons of God” that HE, the LORD GOD, created. HEBREWS 1:7, 14 TELLS us that the LORD GOD made some of those spiritual beings function as ANGELS—so that they COULD BE “ministering spirits sent out to SERVE for the sake of those who ARE to INHERIT salvation”.
BUT that does not mean ALL the spiritual beings ARE Angels—that is their FUNCTION; WHAT and WHO they are, are “RUACH” = SPIRIT. They DO HAVE certain STATUS/RANK as even PAUL has written about—for example—Powers, Principalities, Thrones, Dominions, etc. YOU can look up such verses as Psalm 148:2-5; Colossians 1:16, Nehemiah 9:6, and also JOB 38:4-7 (esp. verse 7) where those “sons of God”—b’ney Elohim AND the “morning stars” ALL joined together to REJOICE and SHOUT for joy when the LORD GOD created and laid down the foundations of the EARTH (see Job. 38:4-5).
I do realize that I wrote a LOT here, and most of it may “go over” your heads. BUT—the LORD God took a wretched sinner such as myself, who always KNEW that “something else” was going on around us, and “saw” the connections between the Heavens and Earth, and ALLOWED ME to have ALLthese supernatural experiences (angelic, demonic, and even seeing the Lord Jesus Himself, AND hearing the Voice of the LORD GOD my Father, and can now in the past several years, DISTINGUISH between all three of the Triune Godhead’s voices)—SO when I was SPIRITUALLY mature enough, I could confidently say that I can now SHARE and HELP THOSE who also want to know such things. With the recent theological studying and training I received in Seminary these past few years on top of ALL other things I’ve learned throughout my life, has prepared and enabled me to now better deal with and speak on the topics of the prophetic, and all that has to do with the spiritual realm, those in it, the Divine Council, and all that entails with Spiritual Warfare.
AGAIN–The WARFARE has been going on for millennia, and WILL continue to rage on, UNTIL the LORD returns on that Appointed “Day of the Lord” (and it isn’t just “one” day—it IS the Time of Great Tribulation and Judgment that IS to befall this Earth as it is written in Daniel, Joel, the Gospels, Revelation, etc.).
LASTLY—just so you are aware–you are NOT PRAYING to MICHAEL—but calling UPON the LORD GOD, and acknowledging that there ARE “MINISTERING SPIRITS” like Michael the PRINCE (and your own GUARDIAN ANGELS and others like them—see Ps. 91:11-12; 34:7; Heb. 1:14; Matt. 18:10), and many other passages where angels were called upon to help, like in Acts 12:7-11. TAKE ADVANTAGE, dear Christian brother and sister, of the HELP the LORD God has given us through the Heavenly Ministers that are HERE to aid us in our daily lives!!
THANKFULLY, Pope Leo XIII RESPONDED in the way the LORD God wanted him to, and told the world about how there IS a spiritual warfare going on, and how to START to combat the evil in our lives. Now at least some of the faithful know that there IS help through much PRAYER and confidence in God’s WORD, and can take advantage of the supernatural angelic HELP there is for us all. BUT—the FAITH and TRUST in God and His WORD is a MUST!
ONE DAY, the LORD Jesus WILL put those demonic and rebellious angelic and spiritual entities in their FINAL “resting” place—the LAKE of FIRE, for going against their Heavenly Father who created them, and His Son, who died NOT for them—for they SAW HIM, and LIVED with Him and KNEW of His GLORY and Majesty—even BEFORE the Lord Jesus became Man and dwelt on Earth–and YET—disobeyed and FELL AWAY, never again to be redeemed as we humans have had that MERCY and GRACE given to us THROUGH THE BLOOD of JESUS CHRIST. UNTIL THEN—USE the WORD, the POWER and the AUTHORITY given to us by the Lord Jesus, to wage spiritual warfare against those who SEEK our eternal DESTRUCTION—because THEY KNOW their time is short, and their DESTRUCTION is SOON to come! 🙏❤️✡️📖✝️🙏❤️✡️📖✝️🙏❤️✡️📖✝️🙏❤️✡️📖
FROM Pope Leo XIV and the CATHOLIC CHURCH on FB:
“In 1884, at the end of a mass, Pope Leo XIII suddenly raised his head, straight face and eyes fixed on something.
After a few minutes of ecstasy, the Pontifical Sovereign finally regained his senses and left the church. Half an hour later, he called the secretary of the congregation in charge of rites, handed him the prayer to St. Michael, which he had just written, and instructed him to distribute it to all the bishops. The prayer was officially initiated and recited at the end of each service by the celebrant and the entire congregation.
The sentence that the Pope uttered: “(demons) that wander around the world at the expense of souls”, has an explanation, told several times by his special secretary, Monsignor Rinaldo Angeli. Leo XIII actually really had a vision of the infernal spirits that were growing on the eternal city (Rome) and from that experience came the prayer that he wanted to have the whole Church recite.
Here is the text to this short but very important prayer… :
“Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in the battle against the evil and the snares of the devil, be our help. Please plead: Lord have it in control! And you, Prince of the heavenly militias, with the power that comes from God, cast into hell Satan and the other evil spirits who prowl about the world for the loss of souls. Amen. “
Pope Leo XIII wrote with his own hand a special exorcism contained in the Roman Ritual. (edition 1954) and recommended bishops and priests to recite these prayers often in their dioceseses and parishes.
Pope Leo XIII described his vision.
Initially as an exchange of two voices, that of God and that of Satan.
He then had a “terrible vision of hell” and, right at the end, Saint Michael the Archangel intervened after the increase of prayers aimed at him.
With the wide spread of his prayer to St. Michael and his institution at the end of each Mass, Pope Leo XIII wanted to communicate to all believers the urgency of praying fervently for the conversion of souls and for the victory of the army of the Lord against Satan, so active in the world.
Sometimes I feel like the Apostle Paul, with how long these posts are getting–like I am writing a letter, begging the people to listen and consider to have the Lord in their lives, as he did to the Corinthians, Ephesians, Galatians, etc.
I apologize that it is so long, but when the Holy Spirit SPEAKS through me, I cannot limit Him to a certain amount of words. I let Him speak, because I too, realize more and more, how SHORT our Time here on Earth is, and where the increasing evil is taking us to–the time of the Anti-Christ, and the horrible times that the Word of God speaks about in Daniel, the Gospels, Joel, and especially, Revelation, just to name a few books about the Great Tribulation period at the end of Days. So here it is…
What I can I say, that I have not yet said, when it comes to looking at ourselves, and being RESPONSIBLE and ACCOUNTABLE for our own words and actions?
I included several verses from Chapter 18 of Ezekiel in the pictures that this devotional speaks on today, besides verse 31.
I am also going to try and help EXPLAIN what it means to go from a heart of STONE (sin) to a heart of FLESH = pliable, having ears that are WILLING to “hear what the Spirit has to say” (Ez. 3:27; Matt. 11:15; Mk. 4:9, Lk 8:8; Rev. 13:9).
It is imperative that we as created beings who are sinners, realize that we must REPENT (Ps. 7:12; Jer. 5:3; Ez. 14:6; 18:30; Matt. 3:2; 4:17; 11:20; Mk. 1:15; Lu. 13:3; Acts 2:38; 3:19; 17:30; Rev. 2:16; 2:21) for those sins; and IF we do, the LORD God WILL forgive us. He did not allow His Son to suffer through so much pain and go to the Cross, taking upon Himself OUR sins, for nothing.
But humans must ACKNOWLEDGE their sins, and RID themselves of them–“cast away from you ALL the transgressions that YOU have committed…” (vs 31) What will happen IF and WHEN we REPENT of those sins? Will the LORD truly forgive us? Will He seriously save us from those eternal Fires?
YES–because His Word is true (Ps. 18:30) and just–LOOK at what it says at the last part of that same verse (31):
“…and make for yourselves a NEW HEART and a NEW SPIRIT…”– 🤔Gee, where did we see similar verses like that before?
Ezekiel 36:26 states (and the LORD GOD is speaking here), “And I WILL GIVE YOU a NEW HEART, and a NEW SPIRIT I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of STONE (unforgiveness, resentment, bitterness, anger, hatred = sin) from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I WILL PUT MY SPIRIT WITHIN YOU…(vs 27)”
Let’s jump over to the NT in the Gospel of John, when the Lord Jesus was speaking with Nicodemus about the new birth, in verses 3-8, concentrating on verses 3,5, and 7-I’ll put those three verses here:
“Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, UNLESS one is BORN AGAIN he cannot see the Kingdom of God” (vs. 3).
“Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of WATER (baptism) and the SPIRIT (confession of sins = REPENTENCE, calling upon the name of the LORD to be SAVED -Joel 2:32, Rom. 10:13), he CANNOT ENTER the Kingdom of God” (vs. 5).
“Do NOT marvel that I said to you, ‘You MUST be BORN AGAIN’ “(vs. 7).
It is the SPIRIT OF MAN that was “connected” to the LORD GOD when Adam and Eve were in the Garden of Eden, BEFORE they sinned, and could have COMMUNION with the Most High–seeing Him, speaking to Him, etc. There was NO SIN separating man from God at that point. Mankind is MADE IN THE IMAGE of GOD (Gen. 1:26-27); we are essentially (and in THIS ORDER!) SPIRIT (an eternal being that NEVER DIES), SOUL (our minds, will, and intellect), and FLESH (the covering that encases our spirit and souls, and meshes with and protects the vital organs, muscles, nerves, bones, etc.).
The problem is, ONCE Adam and Eve SINNED, that broke that SPIRITUAL “connection” and “fellowship” with the LORD GOD (who I will TELL YOU–whether you believe it or not, that’s up to you), who was JESUS HIMSELF as a CHRISTOPHANY (because they could see Him, and speak with Him), while they were IN the Garden of Eden with Him. The Lord had no choice but to drive them out of the Garden of Eden because of their sins, breaking that spiritual bond with Him, and also–He did NOT want them to take of the Tree of LIFE, eat that fruit, and then eternally have no opportunity for redemption and salvation (which Genesis 3:15 hints to us that the LORD God already had a plan in the works for that).
The Lord Jesus provided a WAY for us to have that “spiritual connection” “repaired” or “re-established” in us humans, by allowing US to have FREE WILL CHOICE (just like the sons of God and Adam and Eve had) to either ACCEPT or REJECT Him and His Word (remember–the Lord ✝️Jesus IS THE LITERAL WORD 📖OF GOD!). Hence the term in John 3:3, 7 where the Lord Jesus states, “born AGAIN”. The “connection” to the Spirit of God that was no longer there in us humans due TO the sins mankind committed at the Fall, COULD BE “reconnected” or BORN AGAIN within a person BECAUSE that person CHOOSES LIFE in the Lord Jesus = GOD=that selfsame SPIRIT of GOD (see 1 Cor. 12; 2Cor. 3:18), Who then LIVES WITHIN the human spirit, soul, and body, and LEADS and GUIDES them, as LONG as they WHOLEHEARTEDLY accept the Lord as both SAVIOR and LORD of their lives. The Holy Spirit will then RULE over THEIR human spirit, and teach, lead, correct, chastise, rebuke (lovingly!), comfort, encourage, etc. them for the rest of their days here on Earth.
You are not part of a certain “church group” with that term–EVERY PERSON WHO CALLS UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD GOD AND HIS SON FOR SALVATION, REDEMPTION, AND DELIVERANCE (also very important–to get rid of any and all demonic interference and infestations the person allowed IN their lives!) THEN WILL HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT DWELLING IN THEM!!! GET IT OUT OF YOUR SKULLS, PEOPLE–YOUR DENOMINATIONS WILL NOT SAVE YOU–ONLY THE LORD GOD AND HIS SON WILL!! I WILL NOT HAVE JUST ONE “DENOMINATION” OVER ANOTHER–I HAVE NO DENOMINATIONS IN HEAVEN–THERE IS BUT THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT, WITH ALL THE HOLY ANGELS, CREATURES, AND THOSE WHO HAVE THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB ON THEM, WHO ARE PART OF THE RIGHTEOUS, AND WHO HAVE BEEN GRAFTED INTO THE COVENANT I MADE WITH ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB!
🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️OH–IF YOU HATE MY PEOPLE, YOU HATE ME, AND I WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU. YOU WILL FIND YOURSELVES IN THE ETERNAL FIRES, WAILING AND GNASHING YOUR TEETH, FOR YOU WERE NOT PART OF THE TRUE INHERITANCE THAT I CHOSE FOR MYSELF, WHICH IS ISRAEL! MY DELIVERER–YESHUA–WHO IS ONE WITH ME (see Jn. 17:21,23; Eph. 4:4-6) CAME OUT OF THE SEED OF ABRAHAM, WHO HAD ISAAC, WHICH PRODUCED JACOB–WHO IS ISRAEL!! 🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️
🙏📖For ALL that would say something like, “Lord Jesus, I am a sinner; I know that I have said and done things that I am ashamed of. I ask You and the Father, and the Holy Spirit, to please FORGIVE ME of ALL my sins, and I ask You to CLEANSE and WASH me clean, with the water of Your Word, which I promise that I will learn to read, study, trust and OBEY, with Your help. PLEASE ALLOW the HOLY🕊️ SPIRIT to come INTO me, as it says in Your Word that He will (Jn. 3:5, 14:26, 16:13), and let Him LEAD, GUIDE, and TEACH me all that You want me to know. Bring to my remembrance ALL those things in Your 📖WORD, that I should be doing, so that I NO LONGER CHOOSE TO SIN. If I do make a mistake and sin, I know that I can come to YOU, and the Word says that “If we CONFESS our sins (as true children of God), He is FAITHFUL and JUST to FORGIVE us our sins, and to CLEANSE us (with again, the water of His WORD) from ALL unrighteousness” (1 Jn. 1:9). I know Lord, that even though man has many ways of trying to teach who YOU are, YOU ALONE can do the job (1Jn. 2:27) if I cannot find worthy Spirit-filled, Bible-believing teachers and pastors–YOU ALONE can teach me as You taught Ezekiel, Elijah, Jeremiah, and even Abraham, David, Moses, etc. I have NO EXCUSE but to come to YOU, and allow YOU to lead and guide me in my daily FAITH walk here on Earth, until the Day You call me Home to be with You. I ask You to please accept me as not only Your child, but Your servant, to do the work that YOU, LORD God my Father, Lord Jesus-my Lord, Savior, Master, and KING-and Holy Spirit, Who is ONE with the Father and the Son–allow me to live the rest of my days out WHOLEHEARTEDLY SERVING YOU, in whatever capacity You desire me to. I thank You for SAVING MY ETERNAL LIFE–for without You, and what You done on the Cross for me, Lord Jesus, I would not have any chance for Eternal life in Your Presence; I would deserve to be with all those who have rejected You, and will find themselves unfortunately, in the Lake of Fire (Rev. 20:11-15), for that is their just judgment that THEY CHOSE for themselves, by rejecting their God and King. I ask You to SAVE ME, and bring me into Your eternal family of God, and I THANK YOU for the MERCY and GRACE You already have shown me. I pray all of this in YOUR NAME, Lord Jesus–Amen.”
Beloved, CAST AWAY THOSE TRANSGRESSIONS AND SINS–NOW, while the “wood is (still) green” (Lk. 23:31), and the MERCY and GRACE of God is still WITH us, during this Time and Dispensation of His Grace–CALL UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS TODAY.
This day may not even END, because He can call us children HOME at any moment, for “No one knows the Day or the Hour” (Matt. 24:36). For those who DO NOT choose the Lord God, or His Son Jesus in their lives–they DO NOT HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT in them; but they have ANOTHER SPIRIT–the spirit of ANTICHRIST, which “already has come into this world” (1John 4:3).
****Those who are NOT HIS–the Lord’s–are RULED BY THE EVIL SPIRITS–the REBELLIOUS sons of God and their offspring–demons, disembodied spirits. They have NO ETERNAL LIFE in them, but ONLY ETERNAL DEATH. They have LEGAL GROUND to be in a human being who REJECTS CHRIST. Once a person’s breath is NO LONGER in them, and if they were NOT the Lord’s, they IMMEDIATELY are transported to the PIT of Sheol–the section which is overflowing with all those who have REJECTED the LORD God and His Son. They will be judged accordingly, at the White Throne Judgment (Rev. 20:11-15). Hebrews 9:27 tells us plainly: “And just as it is appointed for man to die ONCE (no reincarnation!!), and AFTER that comes JUDGMENT…”
If YOU know that you need to CONFESS your sins, do it NOW–TODAY. We are NOT promised yet another MINUTE here. ALL those who have decided to transgress themselves, and CHOOSE to NOT have the Triune Godhead in their lives, nor have His HOLY SPIRIT DWELL within them, The LORD God will allow them to choose for THEMSELVES, their ETERNAL destination, and He WILL recompense back on THEIR heads, ALL the evil that they have done, as they wail and gnash their teeth (Matt. 8:12; 13:50; 24:51; Luke 13:28).
🙏Beloved, I beg you, CHOOSE THE ✡️LORD GOD, His ✝️Son, and His 📖Word, and then you will have chosen ETERNAL LIFE with Him, and receive the HOLY 🕊️SPIRIT Who will guide you to that Eternal life with Him, when That Day comes. ✡️📖✝️🕊️✡️📖✝️🕊️✡️📖✝️🕊️✡️📖✝️🕊️✡️📖✝️ From today’s Days of Praise devotionals: February 8, 2024 Cast Away Your Transgressions “Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?” (Ezekiel 18:31)
Ezekiel likely penned this call to repentance in 592 BC, six years before the fall of Jerusalem (please get that–he was INFORMING and WARNING “before” the fall!). He hoped that Israel would turn from their transgressions and seek God. Chapter 19 begins with “Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel” and references the past and future fates of evil kings of Judah—Jehoahaz, Jehoiachin, and the present king, Zedekiah. What are the implications of Ezekiel’s call to action and warning for today?
🌟One, we are responsible for our own sins, and the consequence of sin is death (Romans 5:12). But “whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” and become a new creature (Romans 10:13; 2 Corinthians 5:17). God is faithful and just to forgive believers if we confess and repent of our sins (1 John 1:9).
🌟Two, leaders are responsible for where and how they lead their followers. The kings of Judah led their people into rebellion, and they suffered God’s judgment. Believers must not let themselves become victims of “grievous wolves” who would lead them into sin (James 3:1-2; Acts 20:29). Paul warns, “Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. Be not ye therefore partakers with them” (Ephesians 5:6-7).
🌟Three, if we “cast away” our transgressions, God offers hope and salvation. This is available not only to the house of Israel but to everyone through Jesus Christ. Through Him, we can be “born again” (John 3:3) and be given “a new heart and a new spirit.” How will you heed Ezekiel’s sober but encouraging plea? CCM
I woke up (as usual🙄🤦♀️) about two hours or so after I fell asleep. I got up and walked to my desk, and checked my phone; I noticed that there would be thunderstorms coming my way soon (around 2am). I tried to lay back down again, but because of what happened to the REAL President, Donald J. Trump, I could not help but vent to Abba for some time about it.
I know that “perilous times will come” (2 Tim. 3:1)–they are already here, along with the lawlessness that is abounding (Matt. 24:12). All the evil that we who CAN see what truly is going on, is just part of the pieces of the puzzle, that will eventually bring the Anti-Christ onto the world stage, to take over for SEVEN years (Dan. 9:27), bringing on the Tribulation.
What some people, even Christians, do not realize is–the FIRST SEAL OF JUDGMENT IS THE ANTICHRIST.
I am not here to mention anything about the Rapture or how or when it will happen (the Lord Jesus promised us He would take us Home with Him when it was time -Jn. 14:2-3- once He was done “preparing a place” for us), for no one knows that Day or Hour (Matt. 24:36)–just that it WILL eventually HAPPEN.
What I DO want to point out to you, especially to those who DO NOT BELIEVE, is that all who reject Jesus NOW, in 2023, and do NOT humble themselves and REPENT by the Time the LORD allows this FIRST SEAL OF THE 21 JUDGMENTS to be OPENED by the LORD JESUS CHRIST (the Lamb that was slain (Rev. 6:1-2)–those people, who are among our loved ones, friends, other family members, co-workers, etc., WILL BE DECEIVED INTO THINKING that this Anti-Christ IS the one who will save them from the world’s increasing economy and financial problems, social and political issues, etc.
They will end up BELIEVING A LIE–as they do now, by the very DEMONS who have helped them REFUSE and REJECT the Lord Jesus Christ into their lives–that this ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT LEADER–the ANTICHRIST–is going to solve ALL their problems.
🙏I stayed up and prayed for the next couple of hours, rebuking the enemies of our souls, asking the LORD to reveal Himself more to those who are BLIND and DEAF to Him, pleading with Him to do whatever it takes, to take their cold, stony hearts, and turn them into hearts of flesh (Jeremiah 36:26), so that they could SEE and UNDERSTAND that He LOVES them, and wants a relationship with THEM, and that they would finally accept the Lord Jesus into their lives, and ESCAPE the COMING JUDGMENTS.
🙏I ask YOU, dearly beloved, to do the same for your family and friends. Take out even an hour before you go to bed (or do as I did, if you wake up in the middle of the night), and PRAY mighty spiritual warfare prayers to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, asking the Godhead to allow those who still reject Him, to see Him in a new light, taking away the scales from their eyes, and unstopping their deaf ears to His Word, so that they may finally have a chance of eternal Life in and with Christ, for all Eternity.
The LORD is patient, but He WILL finish what He started several millennia ago. And the Time for the End is SOONER than we think.
Does the LORD hear us in our day of trouble? He sure does. Lately, this world hasn’t had a day or two of trouble–it is a DAILY thing now, as we approach the End of Days.
I know most people do not want to hear about that, even those who profess Christ. They want to continue on with their daily lives, doing what they want, how they want, and when they want.
But we all cannot ignore the obvious for much longer–it is evident to me and many others who are “sober and watchful unto prayer”, that the time that the Lord Jesus spoke about, and the prophets warned us about-even the Apostle John in his writing of the Book of Revelation-that there would come a day when THE Day of trouble–the Day of the LORD–would happen.
It IS approaching, and I suspect those of us who are paying attention, SEE and HEAR the signs and warnings of all that is going on around us.
I can only hope that many more will wake up to the reality that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit have to FINISH what they started several millennia ago.
There was to be a generation of people who would experience such things. There was the generation in Noah’s day to experience the worldwide Flood; then the generation in Moses’ day to experience all the 10 plagues and the crossing of the Red Sea, and Moses coming down from the Mount with the 10 commandments.
There was a generation who witnessed the birth of the Messiah, and also in that generation of people, became some of His disciples and followers (and also His mother and foster father!). They saw and experience many miracles, and walked with the Image of the Invisible God for 33 years, until He was crucified for all of our sins, died, and then was resurrected, defeating Death and Hell in the process, making a way for all of us to have that opportunity to return to the Father–the LORD of Spirits.
There was a generation of believers for many centuries, starting with the first disciples, that became martyrs of the Faith, because they would not deny Christ. They longed for the Day that Christ would return and deliver them out of the evil they were witnessing more and more. But all of that was just the beginning of the walk of Faith with Christ and His Word. More was to be fulfilled, but many years hence.
NOW there is a generation, who after 2000+ years after the resurrection of Christ, that has seen MANY changes in this world, ESPECIALLY in the last 150 years or so. Rapid changes in technology, finances, society, behaviors, faith, families, etc.
Dare I say that since the 1960’s, there has been much more work in the demonic realm than anyone has seen in a long time. I do believe that we may just be that generation to see and experience much more supernatural events than we have ever bargined for.
That’s because the demons and fallen angels themselves know, that That Day is NEAR. And they are getting bolder and acting out in the physical realm more than ever before. They know their end is near, and do not care how many humans they take with them to the eternal fires. The more humans they can trick and deceive into falling away from the faith, or staying away from The Lord altogether and continue to deny Him, the more they get to spite the LORD God for casting them down and sentencing them to an eternal death. Billions already have entered into perdition…
The Day of the LORD approaches. We must be ready for it–mentally, emotionally, physically, and most of all–spiritually. One day of trouble in a person’s life is nothing these days. The world is FULL of trouble, because it has forsaken the LORD God, and He is about to remind them very SOON, Who rules and reigns in Heaven, on Earth, and below the Earth. He will finally take back ALL that is His, including His children, and Israel, which is His inheritance. Anyone who is not of the Lord’s will suffer unimaginably with the 21 Judgments that are to come.
Be watchful unto prayer, and stay sober minded, beloved. Keep your sword (Bible) with you at all times, reminding all of That Day that is approaching, and quicker than ever before.
I cannot begin to tell you how much of a “Godwink” this is, to see this specific verse this morning in my daily morning devotional. It brought tears to my eyes, especially after the conversation that happened in the middle of the night.
Even us kids who study the Word of God all time, need reminders of certain commandments that Abba has given us. I was reminded of one very important one last night.
I have been struggling with not being able to obtain a good enough paying job, in order that ALL my bills are paid, not just some of them. I’m so tired-actually, exhausted- of living like a pauper for the last 5 years. I know I’m speaking to the choir about this–we’re all in the same boat, just on different levels, and going through different specific situations when it comes to finances.
I thought for sure that everything would turn around for me, once I graduated with my Bachelor’s, but I still could not find a decent (preferably remote at the time) paying job. And even AFTER writing four books and receiving hardly any royalties for them (very few people have purchased my books), I continued to live on either school or tax refunds, which had to pay for anything and everything I needed, and any and all bills that came in–now including rent. Talk about slicing the pie VERY thin–almost to the point of it being transparent!
One mystery that has yet to be solved–it was the LORD’s will for me to write those books–so why would I not make any money off of them? Was that all out of obedience, and nothing more?
BUT–it seemed more like that was the Lord’s will all along on this faith journey of mine, proving Himself faithful again recently, when I finally did get (albeit part-time and just above minimum pay) a job. It also proved to me, that what His will IS, will be, no matter whether His child likes and or approves of it, or not.
Now that I have a M.A., I thought that would open even MORE doors of opportunity to get a much higher-paying job, and something I can be proud of, paying all the bills, saving some money, tithing, etc. But that hasn’t happening either-at least not yet-no decent enough paying job has come my way. So I went to the LORD once again, grumbling and asking why He will not open up that door (Rev. 3:7), and pour out His financial blessing, enough that I can finally breathe and not feel like I’m suffocating anymore.
When I went to sleep last night, I was not in a good mood at all. He knew what was on my mind, and except for the normal prayer time, I said nothing more, and fell asleep.
As usual like every other night, I woke up a couple of hours later. The Holy Spirit wanted to “discuss” something with me–I could tell, because I was wide awake, and He had me look up something in the Hebrew Torah prior to “answering” my question of why I continue to struggle financially all this time.
The answer finally came. He reminded me of one of the promises I made IF I were to get a job–any job–and that was, I would start to pay my TITHES again.
Oh my gosh–tithing?! “You mean another 10% off the top (gross) every week–” Ugh…
YES–tithing. I haven’t done much of that, because of the very little paychecks I have received from this part-time job, ALTHOUGH I have managed to put aside 10% for my church back in 2018 when I worked a seasonal job (making $1 more an hour, but way less hours).
BUT–it IS His will; it always has been. That is how the priests were to survive and provide for their families, because the people would support them by giving a tenth of their income (Malachi 3:10; Num. 18:21,26; Deut. 16:17; 2 Cor. 9:7).
Lord knows my priest does not get any help from the hierarchy of the Church, especially when it comes to the TLM portion of the Masses; he survives on a stipend at least a couple of hundred dollars LESS than my total monthly income. But he has a small but faithful flock, who also purchase his delicious breads, soups (when in season) and pies throughout the year to also help him out financially.
But that is what my Father wanted to remind me of–to tithe, as I promised I would. I got so caught up in finally having a paycheck again (it was almost two years that I went without one) to pay some of my bills (and believe you me, I’m still about $800 in the hole with my car bill–it’s only the grace and mercy of God that they haven’t taken it away!), I seriously forgot to include that in my WEEKLY expenses (yes, even if I do not show up to church a certain week, I STILL am obligated He said, to put that money aside for the priest). “Give and it shall be given unto you”(Luke 6:38)–remember, Jeannette?” “Yes, Father”, I said, now feeling worse than I did before. All I could think of is what 📖Malachi stated in vs. 8–“Would man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me…” Ugh…
Nevertheless, He also reminded me of what it said in the latter part of 📖 verse 10–“And thereby put Me to the test, says the LORD of Hosts (Adonai Tze’vaot), if I will not OPEN the windows of Heaven for you and pour down a blessing until there is no more need.”
No matter what the specific situation in a believer’s life, if the LORD’s will needs to be done, DO IT. He is faithful, even when we are not (2 Timothy 2:13). He is forever merciful and gracious, and understanding of our needs, and will remain faithful to us (Lam. 3:22-23; Deut. 7:9), unto the end of our days. We should be faithful as well, and trusting in Him to see that, according to HIS WILL for our lives, make sure that we accomplish all that HE set us out to do. He in turn, will PROVIDE for all our needs (and a few of our wants as well!).
BUT–the LORD’s WILL comes FIRST–no matter what the circumstances are. As long as we honor Him and abide in Him, He will make sure to bless us in whatever way He seems fit to do it, and will strengthen us along the way to accomplish all His will He purposed for us, until the Day He calls us Home with Him.
Walking in the Dark with Faith 