Amanuensis

Psalm 106:36-39 “They worshiped their idols, which led to their downfall. They even sacrificed their sons and daughters to the demons. They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters. By sacrificing them to the idols of Canaan, they polluted the land with murder. They defiled themselves by their evil deeds, and their love of idols was adultery in the Lord’s sight.”

Does this not represent what is happening in your nation today? What has been occurring for all too many years? Your people worship the idols of self, of professions, of wealth, of position and power, of pleasure, of “freedom,” of equal rights, of sexual acts. Many would say they do not sacrifice their sons and daughters to the demons, but is that not exactly what abortion is? Is it not sacrificing my children on the throne of your selfish ambitions? You murder my children because they are inconvenient, they are difficult, they interrupt your plans, they require sacrificial living, they keep you from the careers you want, they are expensive, they would tie you to a person that was only needed for sexual pleasure. Do not the demons — do not those evil beings who oppose everything I am and everything I represent — do not the demons delight in that blatant sin? And, do you not further follow them — distancing yourselves more and more from me? Your land is littered with the murder of these innocents. It is coated in the blood of these precious babies. You may call them whatever you wish to hide your sin — but they are my children, they are precious lives, they are souls created by me and when you “remove them” from the womb it is nothing more nor less than murder. Dress it up as you like. That does not change what it is. (2021)

Luke 11:34-36 “Your eye is a lamp that provides light for your body. When your eye is good, your whole body is filled with light. But when it is bad, your body is filled with darkness. Make sure that they light you think you have is not actually darkness. If you are filled with light, with no dark corners, then your whole life will be radiant, as thought a floodlight were filling you with light.”

There is a sickness in my church. There is a movement of lies and false doctrine overtaking many of my children. It is being couched as “right thinking”. It is being sold as “just”, as the way I would think and act. Beware. Many of you are filling your lives and hearts and thoughts with that darkness. Stop. Look to my Word. Check the veracity of what you are being taught. Your enemy comes dressed as an angel of light – you know that. Why is it not possible, then, that those who are teaching this false doctrine, this misrepresentation of my Word, why is it not possible to you that they may appear to be spreading my Word, but are actually being influenced by the darkness? You wonder why this world no longer follows me? It is because so many of my “pastors/preachers/priests” have led my children straight into the pits of Hell with false doctrine because they actually represent your enemy. If anything in your spirit is troubled by what you hear from them, stop listening at once and check what they are saying against my Word. Not against their writings but mine. (2021)

John 12:42-43, 46   “But many did believe in him, however, including some Jewish leaders. But they wouldn’t admit it for fear that the Pharisees would expel them from the synagogue. For they loved human praise more than the praise of God….. ‘I have come as light to shine in this dark world, so that all who put their trust in me will no longer remain in the dark.’”

Ah, a picture of your world. There are many who are fearful to pronounce publicly their love for me. They are afraid to openly associate with me and my word. So you were, once. But no more. This is the day when it is necessary to openly pronounce that you are my child. Openly pronounce that you are my follower. And, as the days progress where my children are more and more openly persecuted, shout it louder. It has begun. Under the guise of “masks” and “injections” and “racism” and other false narratives, persecution has been advanced. You are the real target. Do not be misled by any of the proclamations. You are the target – because, as has been true since the beginning of time, I am the target.  This is, as you are well aware, a spiritual battle – a massive battle for the souls of mankind. As of this day, many of my children are lost in the battle. I wish to save them. The enemy wishes to take them captive and keep them from me. Do not ever lose sight that this, and only this, is the real issue. Whom will my children follow? Your enemy knows his time is growing short and so he increases his pressure and attacks daily. You are constantly amazed at the openness, the audacity of the enemy these days. Do not be surprised. You will never understand how they do what they do, why they do what they do – do not try. You cannot understand because you are not capable of the things they do, of believing what they believe, of being so blinded and hateful and clannish. You are not capable of inflicting harm on others gleefully. You are not capable of hating just for the sake of hatred. You do not take pleasure in the pain of others – you actually suffer in seeing it. That is the true sign of my children. You wish to help, not harm. You wish to eradicate evil, not promote it. You wish to take away suffering, not inflict it. You want peace – but true peace that comes by way of truth, not lies. You wish for transparency, not obfuscation. It is, indeed, an ever-darkening world in which you live. Do not succumb to it. The darkness can creep in, unseen. Stay close to me. Look to the Father. Look up, not around. Keep in constant contact with me. I am your only chance to stay grounded in the madness that surrounds you. Take time to grieve, what is happening is heartbreaking. But then, gird up and fight on. (2021)

Psalm 34:14-16  

“Turn away from evil and do good;
    seek peace and pursue it.

The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous
    and his ears toward their cry. 

The face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
    to cut off the memory of them from the earth.”

Be careful in the coming days. It would be easy to become judgmental, spiteful, vengeful. That is never what I want. Will I hold everyone accountable for what they have done? Yes. Will I allow them to suffer the consequences of choosing evil and destruction? Yes. But it is not what I ultimately wanted for them. I wanted them to believe, to follow me. I grieve over the lost. So remember, it is mine to seek revenge. It is mine to condemn. It is mine to discipline. Keep praying for truth, love, life, me. Pray against the force of evil, not the lost human beings who have been blinded by it. (2021)

2 Kings 21:1-6 “Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years. His mother’s name was Hephzibah. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, following the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites. He rebuilt the high places his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he also erected altars to Baal and made an Asherah pole, as Ahab king of Israel had done. He bowed down to all the starry hosts and worshiped them. He built altars in the temple of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, ‘In Jerusalem I will put my Name.’ In the two courts of the temple of the Lord, he built altars to all the starry hosts. He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced divination, sought omens, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, arousing his anger.”

Manasseh also caused his people to commit egregious sin. You see this happening today in the influence held over so many of the people of this country. They blindly follow the “famous,” the “rich,” the “wise” (worldly), the “progressive,” the “tolerant,” the “humanitarian,” the “anti-fascist” – all those who pervert truth, bend reality, rewrite history – all those who are leading my people in this country astray. You were once a people of faith, vision and morals. You were a people of integrity. You were a shining light to the world as to how to create and maintain a country that truly represented the people. But, evil has been slipping in for many many years. And as I have warned, your enemy has presented himself as an angel of light. All the perversity that is promoted and legislated these days is based on kernels of truth.  Wisdom is good – but wisdom based on anything but God’s Word is not. It is good to work hard and create the means to sustain oneself and family. Hoarding wealth and using it for evil is not. There is nothing wrong with being well known for the right reasons – being a strong, ethical leader, creating beauty, etc. Being famous for committing evil acts or using fame to promote evil, that is what you have today. Being tolerant of your differences is good, tolerating wrong and evil behavior is not. Today’s humanitarians ignore the greater good, ignore truth and push an agenda which, though it looks to be helping people, is really about helping those in power remain there. Never forget that Satan is the father of lies. Do not blindly follow anyone or any cause. Be a Berean. Investigate. Look for truth. Pray and seek wisdom in the Word. And work hard to show those around you that they are blind, that they have been led astray, that what they believe to be right and good is not either of those. Your country and ultimately your world is on the line. Stand for truth. Stand for Me. Do not be dismayed to the point of giving up. Remember the history of my people Israel. They obeyed. They strayed. They returned to Me. They obeyed. They strayed. They returned to Me. I always received them back.  (2021)

Acts 17:11 “And the people of Berea were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, and they listened eagerly to Paul’s message. They searched the Scriptures day after day to see if Paul and Silas were teaching the truth.” 

The Bereans were open-minded to Paul’s teaching. More importantly, they were diligent in searching the Scriptures to verify what Paul taught. They were not willing to believe false teaching. Oh, but if there were more Bereans today. So many of my children, so many who profess to believe in me, are willing to believe any teaching that pleases them. They listen with their ears and not their hearts. They do not search my Word to see if what is being told them is from me. And so, much false teaching has turned the hearts and minds of my children to false doctrine. They believe a teacher, not me. They believe in words that make them feel good about themselves, not about me. They wish to be told what will puff them up. They wish to be told what will make them feel better about themselves. It has never been about you. It’s always been about me, about the Father, about the Spirit. Do I love my children? Yes. Do I wish what is best for my children? Yes. But, is love all that I have to offer? No. Just as a truly caring parent will discipline their children, just as a loving parent will sacrifice for their children, just as a truly caring parent will speak truth to their children, so it is with me. You do not always understand, or like, what I command. You do not always feel comfortable with what I reveal to you, especially about yourselves. So, instead of believing my whole Word, you find those who would teach the parts that make you feel good. “God is love.” Yes, I am. But I am also truth and righteousness and perfection and blamelessness and sacrifice and purity. Do not confuse allowing you to do whatever you wish with love. You would not allow your child to do things that are dangerous or harmful. You would put boundaries up, you would discipline where necessary. How much more so do I need to do that? I know where this behavior leads. I know the cost to your eternal soul. If I were to allow you to do whatever your imperfect heart wished, you would perish. Adam and Eve were as close to perfection as any that I created. Yet, they did the one thing – ONE THING – that I told them not to. Why did I tell them not to eat of that one tree? Out of all the plants and trees I had given them, why that one? Because I knew that it would turn their hearts away from me. So it is with you. Those things that I have told you are not to be done – it is not to stop you from enjoying life. It is not to stop you from becoming the “best you”. It is because I know these are the root causes of your heart growing cold towards me. It is because I know the devices used by your enemy to put distance between you and me. You do not see. You cannot. You, no matter how hard you try, are not capable of what I am. You are not even close to equal to me. Yet, you elevate a human “teacher” into my position. You elevate a pleasing “doctrine” to be equal to my Word. Wake up. Open your eyes. Be willing to be instructed and, if necessary, corrected. Time is short. Your enemy openly prowls and devours. Ask me to open your eyes. But, if you are not willing, stop blaming me for the misery and sin and violence and destruction and evil in your world. You are inviting it in. You are allowing it to rule your hearts. You are not standing up to it. Many, many of you are openly worshipping it. (2021)

I have been Scripture journaling since 2003. Imperfect creature that I am, I have been quite sporadic in this endeavor – much to my detriment. I start off strong and then get distracted or, quite often, lazy. This has been my pattern. I’ve posted when I felt led to do so and brave enough to follow through. I’ve begun a blog a number of times, but allowed myself to become overwhelmed with all of the options and details of the endeavor and never followed through. Until now. Why now? A few reasons, but only one that really matters. A message I received when I was journaling a little over a week ago. A message that I choose not to ignore. Here is what I was told: “Stop being afraid of the gift I have given you. Stop ignoring it. Stop thinking you don’t know how to share it. Just do it. Or I will take it away.” So here I am. Obedient. And it only took 18 years to align myself with His plan!