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Date Posted: 10:17:40 12/04/06 Mon
Author: Joan
Subject: Re: I am furious!
In reply to: surfer51 's message, "Re: I am furious!" on 17:58:09 11/30/06 Thu


Hi Surfer,

Things have been busy here, preparing for a Christmas Party, combining it with a surprise 21st birthday party for our youngest daughter. My, my, how time has flown and our babies are babies no more. Ah well, that is another story.

But I have been reading all the threads and praying about them. This one about a Muslim being sworn in using the Koran was very troubling to me. But rather than being furious, I was very saddened to see American citizens become socially acceptable people rather than the God fearing people who set up this wonderful land. In part, I guess I should have not have been so surprised as it is in keeping with the current trends of this country. We need only read the newspapers to see how badly we have fallen from where we once stood, a land majestic and powerful, living under the banner of "one nation under God." I sit back, broken hearted like a parent who sees their beloved child wandering away from the safety of their childhood home to wander the darkened, dangerous streets and fast paced lifestyle an evil world provides and I cry, "Father, have mercy on them for they know not what they do. Please keep them under the shadow of Your wing and bring them home safely, in Jesus' name I pray." I mourn for their loss of innocence and scream in my heart, "Oh, if only they would listen to what we know is true! If only they would come back home and grow up right!!! God, Father, please, please touch their hearts. Jesus, chase them down like a hound dog and reveal Yourself to them! Holy Spirit, guide them, teach them, restore them for the glory of the Father through the Son, in Jesus' name I pray!!!" And then I cry some more, feeling helpless and broken.When I am at the end of my rope I am reminded that our heavenly Father loves them more than I do and I feel hope restored, calling out to Jesus. Though I might be an instrument of His love, Jesus is our source of God's great love for us. I place my faith in Him, not in our government, not in my abilities, not even in the words He might place in my mouth as His mouthpiece but my faith is in Christ Jesus and Him alone. I am coming to realize that when I walk by sight, those things that appear to me in the natural eye and natural realm, then I am not walking according to His Spirit. I hold fast to His mercy and His grace and His love. I have confidence in the Holy Spirit which He sent as our Comforter and Teacher. And though I might fall back by seeing things in the natural, I am reminded that greater is He that is in us than he who is in the world. Father God has given us power and authority to speak things that are not as though they were. I speak God's kingdom come, on earth as it is in heaven and I believe it will be so. I desire to please Him and He has told me that without faith it is impossible to please Him. I pray for the lost and dying world, knowing they need a Savior as did and do I. I am mindful of God's wrath that will come but I am even more mindful of the fervent prayers of a righteous man, a righteous people, availing much. And so I pray, believing He hears those prayers. I pray for hearts to be softened, for healing to take place within them that their hearts will be like good soil to receive the seed of God's precious Son, that His Spirit would grow into maturity in each one for His glory. I trust God is working something on the earth the likes of which we have never seen before. I sometimes grow impatient for this to take place but I recognize that God's timing is not like our timing and so I strive to rest in Him. I refuse to believe that the world has more power than my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. That is a lie from the pit of hell and so I take up my spiritual weapon and declare that God so loved the world that He sent His only so that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life! And then I pray for the lost, the dying, praying that they will receive this wonderful truth, in Jesus' name. I also place deep in my heart that Jesus did not come to judge the world but to save it. Yes, Lord. Let that be my desire and purpose as well. Jesus! Jesus! Sweet Jesus! How I long to walk upon the earth as did You. How I need wisdom, understanding, compassion, boldness, etc., etc., but mostly I need You, Lord! Jesus! Jesus! We ALL need You!!!

And, yes, Surfer, we need to value that which God has given us through His Son. We need to value His Word, this country He has blessed us to be in and we need to value the many blessings God has bestowed upon us. I pray we will do that, that we will come back to God as His people, His nation, His glory and honor and not be like spoiled teenagers. May this country grow up to be mature sons and daughters of our most high God and may the name of Jesus Christ be the banner above it once again, in Jesus' name I pray. We need Him, more than ever. The whole world does. May we be the instruments of His love, mercy and grace before God's hand of wrath closes the door this dispensation.

In Him,
Joan

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