Cowboy up---it's the last days!

We have had an interesting week! The verse from Matthew that says we are blessed when we are persecuted for Him is coming alive. I know to some that sounds scary. I am created for moments like this. I do not find fear in this. I find blessing. Let me back up and tell you what's going on!

Last night after church, some of our people came out to find that their car had been vandalized sitting right up by the church on the grass. Someone had come by and thrown a chunk of asphalt through their car window. Thankfully no one was injured and nothing was stolen. It was just a plain and simple case of mean-ness. Vandalism. Of course, we called the police to come out and do a report. Since they were there, my husband decided to show & tell them what's been going on at the church. We have had some small time vandalism going on. It's nothing major but someone has definitely been messing around the church building and tearing some things up. We got everything worked out last night and they are looking into whatever is going on.  Now let me add this to the equation! I just found out that a small church in our neighborhood has been vandalized as well. Someone painted 666 on their building. Again, vandalism. But this vandalism tends to lend itself to other ideas of what may possibly be going on.

I am not saying that there are a group of satanic thugs running around putting their mark on things. But neither am I discounting it. I am not saying the incident at our church and this other church are related...but neither am I discounting it. What I AM saying is this; we are in a time in history that we have personally never had to see. Things are turning in this country. Satanism and atheism are on the rise and may soon pass Islam as the fastest growing "religions" in this country. There is a group of Satanists in Oklahoma who are lobbying to get their statue of satan with two kids erected at the capital building there. We have never seen such.  Paul and company saw such things however! He was ministering in one area during his missionary tour and made mention of this place having statues erected to all kinds of "gods" and even one to the "unknown god". This is definitely where America is headed if we do not have a MIGHTY touch of the Master's hand.

We also have to realize that we WILL face persecution in these last days. Christians in America have not known real persecution for a very long time. People around the globe are killed daily for preaching and teaching the gospel. They are flogged, imprisoned and tormented. We whine when it's too cold to go to church. We have lived in a protected world. But I think that, in the light of this country turning to idolatry and secular humanism and a plethora of other ungodly "things",we have to understand we will soon see persecution again IF we continue to stand for Christ. We must NOT let this discourage us!! We have to go back to Matthew and read what Jesus Himself said! He said blessed are you when men persecute you and say all manner of evil against you falsely for my name's sake! He even said to rejoice in it for great is your reward in heaven! He also said they persecuted the prophets before us. Paul and the other disciples and apostles were certainly persecuted, beat, imprisoned and lied about. But they stood. They were not dissuaded from the task at hand...to get the gospel out there! They did not let fear reign over them. (That's a whole different blog for a whole different day.) These "prophets before us" did NOT cower or become wimps. They stood!

Fact is, we are going to know more persecution in these last days. We have to be strong in the power of His might and STAND. We cannot let any persecution cause us to falter or wimp out. It's time to cowboy up.

COWBOY UP!

One definition I found says this:  When faced with a hard chore, it's a shift in attitude from "can't" to a positive "can-do" with confidence and a non-complaining spirit that becomes contagious.

Another says: Essentially another term for an endowment of strength and morale. Essentially another term for a similar phrase like, "toughen up", or "stop your belly-aching and fight!"

And this one says it simply enough: Basically, another way of saying "Shut up and take it like a man" or "Quit your whining." The term is derived from the popular image of cowboys being tough, unflinching, uncomplaining, and hard-working.

That's right baby! Take it like a man! Toughen up! These are the last days and NOBODY promised they'd be easy! Be we have been promised that He has already overcome this world! He cowboyed up and took the beatings, scourging, the cross and ultimately death! Martyrs for generations since then have toughened up and took the blows all the while praising His great name!

BE TOUGH! 2 Timothy 2:3

Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

 

DO NOT FLINCH! 1 Corinthians 16:13

Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

 

DO NOT COMPLAIN! Philippians 2:14

Do all things without murmurings and disputings:

 

WORK HARD! Colossians 3:23

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

 

We are not in a time for cowardice. We are not living in an era where we can be comfy Christians. It is definitely time for God's people to be strong, sober-minded, and ever vigilant! The enemy of mankind's soul would look to shut you up and sift you as wheat. In other words, he would try to "prove" that you are nothing but fluff and shut you down. When the rubber meets the road in this age, will you cowboy up or tuck tail and run?

 

 

Just a word of encouragement before I end....I also believe we can see a resurgence of Holy Ghost revival, of healings and other miracles. I believe that although we are absolutely seeing the falling away  and the apostate church scripture talks about, we can also see the outpouring that Joel told us about! We can see the former and the latter rain fall at one time! We can see things turn around if God's people will fast and pray! We have to find ourselves in a desperate state because we have learned to rely too much on mankind's way of fixing things instead of believing for God's supernatural hand to touch us! Persecution can either get you down or fire you up! Your choice!

 

 

 

Zombie Apocalypse!

Whether you are a huge fan of the zombie culture or you wish they would all just die already, this blog is for you!  I am just going to go ahead and state this then I will back it up with God's Word. A zombie apocalypse IS actually going to happen. I believe it is actually going to take place! So maybe when Homeland Security spent thousands of taxpayer dollars a couple of years back to train their people regarding a zombie apocalypse, they were actually on to something. Ok, so with that being said, I direct you now to the book of Revelation. A lot of this book is speaking of the tribulation period which is 7 years of hell on earth. Literally. Well, I take that back. The first 3 1/2 years will be incredibly peaceful and almost everyone will finally believe that world peace as been attained. Of course, this peace is set up by the Beast...or anti-Christ who is possessed by Satan himself, and is not a lasting peace. Only Jesus will bring that. Anyway, after the catching away of the saints, or the rapture as most Christians fondly call it, things will get crazy, anti-Christ will step on the scene with answers and the world will follow. This peace will last for 3 1/2 years until the "abomination of desolation'. This is when ant-Christ will set himself up as god and the Jewish people will realize who they have made a deal with and then...here comes hell. Now, I just hit the highlights there. There is ALOT more to all of that than what I said. I gave you a basic run down.

Of course, this is about the zombie apocalypse so let me got on with it. Revelation 9 says this: 
"Then the fifth angel sounded: And I saw a star fallen from heaven to the earth. To him was given the key to the bottomless pit. ² And he opened the bottomless pit, and smoke arose out of the pit like the smoke of a great furnace. So the sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke of the pit. ³ Then out of the smoke locusts came upon the earth. And to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. ⁴ They were commanded not to harm the grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree, but only those men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. ⁵ And they were not given authority to kill them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it strikes a man."

Have you ever been stung by a scorpion? I have. It hurts like crazy. I was stung on my pinkie finger when I was prego with my oldest son! You have NEVER seen a fat woman move that fast!  Anyhow, my finger was red and swollen. It was an IMMEDIATE reaction. It was rough. But I really would not call it torment. Maybe if there were lots of them and I was stuck in some container with them, then yes that would be torment. But just one small scorpion...no.  But then again, we are not talking about your ordinary scorpion. Let's look further into chapter 9. 

^7 "The shape of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle. On their heads were crowns of something like gold, and their faces were like the faces of men. ⁸ They had hair like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions’ teeth. ⁹ And they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots with many horses running into battle. ¹⁰ They had tails like scorpions, and there were stings in their tails. Their power was to hurt men five months."

What a description! That's no South Georgia bug! These are some nasty creatures coming out of hell itself. They will attack the people of earth with a vengeance. They will cause people to be poisoned, be swollen, and be in such intense pain that......   well let's look back at verse 6:  ^6 "In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will desire to die, and death will flee from them."

ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE!!!

People will be trying to find ways to kill themselves because they are going to be in SO MUCH PAIN. But death will elude them! Think of all the ways someone could commit suicide! Gunshot to the head. Jumping into oncoming traffic. Poisoning themselves. Maybe even decapitation. I am SURE the list goes on! But think about this: all of these people will be running around looking HORRIBLE because they are trying to kill themselves but death eludes them! They have no escape from this for FIVE MONTHS. This, my friend, is the zombie apocalypse that is coming to this earth and YOU will be affected unless you have made preparations to MISS the tribulation. If you think this is scorpion mess is bad...it's just the first woe! There are two more after it, not to mention all of the other things that will be happening during that time. It will be HORRID. You don't want to play around with your soul.

There is but ONE WAY to miss this zombie trip and all of the rest of the tribulation. His name is JESUS. He loves you so much. He died for you and is alive today. He is in heaven praying for YOU! He wants you to make it. He wants you to accept His precious gift! TODAY is the day of salvation. There really isn't much time left before the book of Revelation begins to unfold on this earth. Everything is being put into place even as I write.

You know, some people call people like me "ESCAPISTS". Well, yeah..I reckon they are right. I mean, do you really NOT want to escape this mess? I do. I have made my plans. I have accepted His gift. I daily take up my cross and do my very best to follow Jesus. Am I perfect in it? FAR FROM IT. Do I keep striving for the goal? You are mighty right I do. I want to miss out on the tribulation. It is NOT on my bucket list. How about you?

Inspired...finally!

So, it has been a VERY long time since I wrote in this blog. I am scared to look and see just how long! But alas, I have not had a moments inspiration. But I have some things rolling around in this old brain right now. I have jotted a few things down on a sticky note and I am going to take them on moment by moment.
There is SO much that has transpired since I last blogged! Some things I CAN talk about and others I cannot...at least not right now. I am currently homeschooling our kids. One is in the 5th grade and one is a Sophomore. NO, I don't imagine they will EVER go back to a public school setting. I will write some about that. Menopause....God help the 3 guys I live with! I will write about that...hopefully it will be funny. I have learned over the years to laugh and poke fun at myself. It makes it easier to deal! I plan to write about the spirit of jezebel. What a devil.  Fear is another topic I plan to blog about...and the fact there IS deliverance from fear! I may write on my and my husband's past and how fear was VERY real during a certain part of our lives...and how GOD ALMIGHTY brought us through! I pray it encourages you to come out of the clutches of fear!  But first, I plan ( God willing) to write about how I believe a zombie apocalypse truly is coming to this world! Yeah, that should be interesting!
Now, I know I am FAR from being the best blogger out there so don't expect perfection! But if I can shed some light on the truth at some point in these blogs then I have done what I feel I am supposed to do! I AM FINALLY INSPIRED! Thank you Jesus!