"Who Will Bring Jesus Christ ... Again?"

"And there was one Anna, a prophetess ... and she was
a widow of about fourscore and four years, which 
departed not from the temple, but served God with
fastings and prayers night and day."
(Luke 2:3-37) 

Zacharias and Elizabeth

Simeon and Anna                                                                   Joseph and Mary

Anna prayed for the coming Messiah, and lived to see her prayers fulfilled.  Do not underestimate the Power of prayer!  Six people, in the Christmas story, brought the Messiah  ...  Zacharias and Elizabeth; Simeon and Anna; and Joseph and Mary.  Anna's prayers brought the Messiah, Jesus Christ our Lord, the first time; "Who Will Bring The Messiah?  ...  Again!"

The Bride, the Church, sets the wedding date.  What does that mean?  There is a "final number," a last soul that will be won to the kingdom, and then the Rapture occurs, the wedding, for the Bride of Christ, God's Church.  Nothing happens without our prayers first being made; The Lord will not even call anyone to preach without our prayers asking Him to do so.  "Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest." (Matthew 9:38)  The Lord has done His part; now it's up to His Church to sow the seed, be the light, gather the sheaves, pour from vessel to vessel, and do the work of an apostle, a minister, and a soul winner. We are His hands and feet in the earth, and the sheaves are in our hands to be handed to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  We sow the seeds in lonely lost souls, and He gives the increase.  Soon, the last one will be baptized in His name and filled with His Spirit, and then  ... 

Simeon

Simeon was the other one who stayed in the temple praying and fasting, "waiting for the consolation of Israel," and the Holy Ghost was upon him, says the Word of God.  "And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ." (Luke 2:28)  And, he indeed, saw Him and held Him, Jesus Christ, our Lord.   

Do we have a Simeon and Anna today?  Maybe many of them?  Although, history shows that it is rare to find THE Mary, THE Moses, THE John the Baptist, THE Paul, THE John, THE Simeon, THE Anna  ...  You say, "There are lots of those kinds of people."  Are there?  Life's careers, business, cares and comforts keep us from "dwelling in the temple night and day."  You say, "We couldn't do that anyway; we have to work."  That's true; that's why "Simeon and Anna" are rare!  But, God searches to and fro for those who feel His "unction," who ponder His vision, who carry the groan of His Word in the depths of their souls, who "wait for the consolation" of 'the world'   ...  Again!

What is THE one? What is THE prayer that breaks through?  What is the groan wet with tears that opens the hearts, that turns the heart of an angry Nation to God, that brings outpouring "upon all flesh," that awakes the souls from Sea to Sea, that sends the world to a thud upon its knees, that illuminates the darkness, and that frees a globe of souls that are bound?  "It's ridiculous to think that someone could bring all of that with prayer," you say.  Is it?  Daniel prayed, and lions' mouths were shut; Joseph prayed and Gifts of Wisdom and Knowledge came to him; Esther prayed, and all the Jews were spared; Paul prayed and prison doors flew open; John prayed in the Spirit and saw the Book of Revelation  ...  Prayer and Fasting  ...  the entrance into the secrets of God!

One cannot pray the prayers required for this last hour if one is not filled with the Holy Ghost and power.  We cannot even pray the prayers of insight into our own trials, without the Spirit of Almighty God.  Besides that, we are not in obedience to God's Word if we are not filled with His Spirit.  Jesus Christ commanded them to go and wait in an upper room until they were "endued with power from on high."  Mary, His own mother was among the 120 who were filled with the Holy Ghost and fire on the Day of Pentecost. Pentecost is running rampant today; over 580 million have been filled with the Holy Ghost and spoke with tongues as God's Spirit gave them utterance, worldwide  ...  and still counting.  To go out, to go up, to go anywhere in Jesus Christ, we must be filled with His Spirit!

Who will reach into the realms of God's secrets; who will delve into the recesses of a Holy and omnipotent mind of Christ; who has the vision of Anna and the endurance of Simeon; who lies awake with visions and images of a surrounded Israel; who sees the altar as the sacrificial door into the depths of greater illumination; whose heart beats with the rhythmic blast of the trumpet; who seeks the infinite profound opalescent treasures of an ethereal God; who will wade into the oceans of the passion of Jesus Christ to loose the passions of men; who will search through the dawn of the morning to reach a wide awake dawning Lord; who can move the Creator to perform the prolificacy of prophecy? 

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"Protection Assured!"



"Then the king returned to his palace for the night;

he refused to eat and he dismissed the entertainers.

Since sleep was impossible for him, the king

rose very early the next morning and hastened

to the lions’ den.  As he drew near, he cried out to Daniel

sorrowfully, “Daniel, servant of the living God, has

your God whom you serve so constantly been able

to save you from the lions?”  Daniel answered the king:

“O king, live forever!  My God sent his angel and

closed the lions’ mouths so that they have not hurt me. 

For I have been found innocent before him; neither

have I done you any harm, O king!”  This gave the

king great joy. At his order Daniel was brought up

from the den; he was found to be unharmed because

he trusted in his God."

(Daniel 6:19-24)

It is for the Glory of God!  What?  When we are tried; when we are persecuted for Christ's sake; when we are wrongly accused; when we go through trials and tribulations in this Christian life.  It is important that we conduct ourselves so as not to be blamed by our watchful enemies.  People all through the bible did it, and they did it successfully.  What?  Kept the faith in the midst of their tribulations  ... Daniel, Joseph, Job (even though his so-called friends blamed him), and what about you and me?  We know that in the workplace, or anywhere else, for that matter, that once they find out we are Christians, the war is on.  It seems they do everything they can to trip us up, to cause us to fail, to prove that we don't really believe what we profess to believe.  So, the lions ROAR, but is our faith strong enough to shut the lions' mouths?

"The king then ordered the men who had accused Daniel, along with their children

and their wives, to be cast into the lions’ den. Before they reached the bottom

of the den, the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones."

(Daniel 6:25)

People are watching; co-workers are observing; bosses are looking on; friends and relatives who are unbelievers are keeping a close eye on us when trouble hits.  Why?  They want to see how we react when the shouting and dancing are turned into tears and sorrow.  It's happens to all of us, you know; the rain falls on the just and the unjust.  Do we bear our burdens with dignity?  Do we carry our cross with faith overshadowing our darkness?  Do we walk in the midst of the flames expecting a fourth man in the fire?  Do we believe for the miracle?  Do we feel the brush of angels' wings?  Has the dove landed on the ashen face of our testimonial trial?

"Then King Darius wrote to the nations and peoples of every language,

wherever they dwell on the earth: “May your peace abound!  I decree that

throughout my royal domain the God of Daniel is to be reverenced and feared: 

“For he is the living God, enduring forever, whose kingdom shall not be destroyed,

whose dominion shall be without end, A savior and deliverer, working signs

and wonders in heaven and on earth, who saved Daniel from the lions’ power.”

(Daniel 6:26-28)

Ah, the result of the witness, the effect of the miracle, the reason for the affliction, the purpose of trials and tribulations, the Glory that abounds from the work of a trial by faith.  It is so that the Glory of Almighty God may be shown.  Don't we know by now that "all things work together for the good of them that love God and are called according to His purpose."  (Romans 8:28)  Knowing this, then, our prayer should be, in every trial and trouble, that Almighty God, the Lord Jesus Christ, may be glorified in it!  We stand on the Word!

"Dear Lord, let my faith be strong, let me
stand in the throes of persecution, in the

times of disease, trial, and affliction.  Let

me trust You through it all, that Your name

be glorified in me, that Your miracle working

power be manifested in me, that Your beauty

will come from the ashes in me.  You are My

light and My salvation, in whom I trust!  So,

Lord, I say unto You, Be it unto me according

to Your Will, O Lord."  Amen and Amen!

He will never put more on us than we can bear; He will make a way of escape in every trial  ... that is, if He is aboard our boat.  Huh?  Jesus Christ is a Savior to those who belong to Him; He rescues those who put their trust in Him.  Give Him your heart today, won't you?  Ask Him to forgive your sins, fill you with His Spirit, and then be baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins  ... then, expect the brush of angels' wings, the angels in your den of lions, the way made where there was no way, the miracle when there was no hope, the blessing of Goshen living when all others suffer pestilence.  When you are in His family, wearing His name, filled with His Spirit; you belong to Him and He will take care of you!  He will see you through!

O, Daniel, we learned a lot from you, about unmovable dedication to the oracles of habitual prayer, steadfastness in the midst of trial, protecting our witness, and winning others to God by the very act of our unwavering faith.  When we belong to Jesus Christ, the Creator, the Lord of Lords, the Holy One of Israel, the One Who Is, Who Was, and Who IS to come; we can have "Protection Assured!"

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"Tarrying!"

"And, behold, I send the promise of my Father 

upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, 
until ye be endued with power from on high."

(Luke 14:49)

The harvest is white upon the fields, ready for the gathering,

by the reapers called the Bride

The name of Jesus Christ is flooding the earth, like a mighty

surging Sea and everflowing tide

As it was in the days of Noah is the adage of the day, and

so, the "dust" is looking to the heavens

The distant sound of the trumpet echoes among the Nations,

causing wonders and endtime questions

Look up, O world, for the time is nigh, your redemption is

hovering right above your souls

Come now, warriors, it's time to traverse the fields, and

come out of the safety of your foxholes

The atmospheric pressure is conducive to a Spiritual

invasion, with Spirit fire around the world

God's holy angels are shining crowns, polishing golden

streets, and opening the Gates of pearl

A new chord is sounding in the portals of worship's winds,

and it's drawing Almighty God to attend

His presence is abounding in miracles, signs and wonders,

causing heaven to open and to descend

As creation raises earth in the cries of joyous adoration,

for the omnipotent lover of our souls

Heaven meets us in the middle, causing devils to flee, and

the eternal skies of glory to unfold

It's an ecstasy in Spirit shaking earth to its foundation,

 stirring Nations like a rabid painting artist

There's nothing to fear, for it's the Church reaping the

earth, in an epic world Harvest
But, stop O ye saints of the most high God; we're rushing 
through the praises, and missing the power
Almighty God has an end time presence, and it's reserved
just for this moment, and for this hour 
It's a silent aura in a mist of holiness that leaves behind 
illumination, for a world in fear
But, the world knows not the hovering of its Savior, and 
that His Glory is so very near 
In the Holy hush of waiting in the stillness, an Awakening
occurs; it's a Spiritual visitation 
It leads us to the source of Wisdom, the secret of His power, 
and an ethereal holy destination
So, enter in ye saints of the Holy One, and sit at His feet as 
"One" in the Holy pause, with no varying
The whole world waits as God's Church pulls down the rain of 
Spirit, and it happens only in the "Tarrying!"

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"From Weary To WIN!"

"And let us not be weary in well doing: for

in due season we shall reap,

 if we faint not."

(Galatians 6:9)

We, Christians, battle our way through the potholes of life, as we endeavor to "occupy" and "endure" until the Lord turns our ashes into beauty.  "Everyone" who battles grows weary.  Praying in the Spirit is War, and every warrior hits periods of weariness:

 

Biblical Joseph

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Job

The Biblical Joseph and Job went from Weary to WIN, and so does the Christian Soldier!  We're in a fight to the finish, but we shall finish strong.  We will not go limping through the pearly gates  ... Oh, no; we'll storm through with Joy and Victory on our lips!





The Christian Soldier



Oh, "Weary" was a river that ebbed and flowed through every Book of the Bible, and it flows through the veins of the faithful fighting saints of God today  ...  because we're Human; we're just "dust" that has been redeemed by the blood of the Lamb, the One from whom all wisdom flows, Jesus Christ our Lord.  So, how do we get from Weary to "that word," that place of victory, that plateau of overcoming, that realm of the fist in the air and the triumph on the face, that mountain far above the valley, that stance with the sword raised high, that posture of head thrown back and a smile from coast to coast?  Attitude!  Huh?  Your attitude determines your altitude!

Winston Churchill stated during World War II:

"Never, Never, Never give up!"

Albert Einstein said:

"It's not that I'm so smart, it's just

that I stay with problems longer."

An unknown contributor stated:

"When the world says, 'Give up,' Hope

whispers, 'Try it one more time.'"

Winston Churchill came up with another one:

"Wars are not won by evacuations."

Ralph Waldo Emerson said:

"When it is dark enough, you can see the stars."

The bottom line?  Stand!  When you've done all; Stand!  Stand on the Word, His blood, and His name!  Your "well doing" will see you through the "hard going;" your "stand" will keep you tall during the fall; your desire to "fly" will buoy you up during the plummet; the attitude you have to "not give up" will thrust you forward to keep up; the "Nobody told me that the road would be easy" song will drown out the "I have friends in low places" song; your "Get up and go" thought will eliminate your stay in bed in dread thought; and, Hey, Nobody ever "won," who dropped with the sun!  You get the picture  ...  it all has to begin in the mind ... and then  ...  the body, spirit, and soul will follow. 

The greatest thing of all is knowing WE are not alone; we have the hands of our Lord Jesus Christ ever steadying us, comforting us, ever protecting us, carrying us, and leading us.  The troubles and trials of this life constitute only a moment in time, when we consider all of eternity on golden streets, dangling our tired "dusty" feet in the River of Life.

Hang on!  Whatever you're going through, whatever you're facing, through tears and rain, storms and fires, deserts and brooks, caves and valleys, heartache and hurt, trauma and disease, foreclosure and bankruptcy, unemployment and poverty  ... We have angel warriors battling with us. Through it all, I've learned to trust in Jesus; I've learned to trust in God  ...  Remember the song  ...  You will make it!  I will make it!  We will make it!  We're headed to those crowning words from our Lord Jesus Christ, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord."  (Matthew 25:21)

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