If My People... Response to crisis...Gods & Ours
In the mist of God’s glory in the temple 2 Chronicles 7:13 says:
"When I SHUT UP HEAVEN and there is no rain, or (I) COMMAND THE LOCUSTS to devour the land, or (I) SEND PESTILENCE among My people...."
"When I SHUT UP HEAVEN and there is no rain, or (I) COMMAND THE LOCUSTS to devour the land, or (I) SEND PESTILENCE among My people...."
The Bible gives many, many examples of this truth--God DOES send judgment because of sin and rebellion. But His judgment is NOT for inflicting pain and punishment because of His anger but rather because of His GREAT LOVE, MERCY, and GRACE!
God loves people but He hates sin! The reason He hates sin is because SIN DESTROYS PEOPLE! God sends awakenings of His judgment to make people aware of His hate for sin's great eternal DANGER IN ORDER TO CALL THEM BACK TO HIMSELF THAT THEY MAY BE FORGIVEN, HEALED, AND BLESSED! The worst judgment of God is NOT hard times. The far worse judgment is when God releases people or nations and leaves them in happy, self-centered pursuit of whatever they want to do. They will suddenly realize in eternity that they are lost forever! But then it too late to turn back. He sends judgment BEFORE it is too late. He wants to awaken people to Himself that they may turn (repent). |
Throughout the Old Testament, EVERY TIME HIS PEOPLE TURNED BACK TO HIM AND SOUGHT MERCY FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR NATION, HE FORGAVE THEIR SIN, DREW THEM BACK TO HIMSELF, AND BLESSED THEM! He would warn and strive with His people first, but they refused to listen. There always came a time when warning and striving ceased and judgment came.
But in times of national judgment because of sin, God promised His people:
" IF MY PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES, AND PRAY, AND SEEK MY FACE (GLORY), AND TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS, THEN I WILL HEAR FROM HEAVEN, AND WILL FORGIVE THEIR SIN, AND HEAL THEIR LAND.” 2 Chronicles 7:14
What is it that the Lord is seeking from His people, the Church, at this moment in time?
But in times of national judgment because of sin, God promised His people:
" IF MY PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES, AND PRAY, AND SEEK MY FACE (GLORY), AND TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS, THEN I WILL HEAR FROM HEAVEN, AND WILL FORGIVE THEIR SIN, AND HEAL THEIR LAND.” 2 Chronicles 7:14
What is it that the Lord is seeking from His people, the Church, at this moment in time?
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1. "Humble themselves": We, as the Church, must surrender our pride and ourselves and admit that there is a problem. We MUST examine our hearts and lives and yield everything to Jesus. The Church MUST face the reality that what we are presently doing is NOT working. Churches are now considered “non-essential” in these days by governments and are being forced to close their services indefinitely because of this virus. We have to ask ourselves, “Why does the world now consider our churches to be "non-essential” in our cities and communities?” Do they actually see and know something about us that we are refusing to admit to ourselves?
2. "Pray": This is NOT petitioning Him for more blessings but rather humbly asking Him to show us anywhere that we have missed Him. It is a prayer of surrender of our wills to His. It is passionately petitioning Him to reveal to us His loving mercy and immeasurable grace! It is praying that the blood of the Lord Jesus might cover and cleanse anything and everything that has grieved His Holy Spirit in our lives and in the churches. It is admitting that we cannot do this alone, and we desperately need His help.
2. "Pray": This is NOT petitioning Him for more blessings but rather humbly asking Him to show us anywhere that we have missed Him. It is a prayer of surrender of our wills to His. It is passionately petitioning Him to reveal to us His loving mercy and immeasurable grace! It is praying that the blood of the Lord Jesus might cover and cleanse anything and everything that has grieved His Holy Spirit in our lives and in the churches. It is admitting that we cannot do this alone, and we desperately need His help.
3. "Seek My face": This is a reference to seeking His manifested presence and glory. Could the reason the world now considers the Church to be “non-essential” during lock-downs is because we have NO power? Do they know that we have very few testimonies of God’s miraculous answers to our prayers? Has the glory of the Lord departed from our meetings and been replaced by other “church things” that we do without Him being in our midst? God wants us to Seek My Face in order that He can manifest His glory and power in our midst that the world would encounter Him and be saved!
4. "Turn from their wicked ways": The word "repent" simply means "to turn." When God lovingly, graciously, mercifully shows us our sin, we need to turn away from it and go in another direction. We need to just “ admit it and quit it.” We hear much about grace these days. We also need to be reminded that Noah and his family were NOT saved by grace. HEARING AND OBEYING the Lord and building a boat before the rain started is what saved them!
5. God PROMISED that if His people would do these simple things, He would hear from Heaven, forgive their sin, and HEAL THEIR LAND."
5. God PROMISED that if His people would do these simple things, He would hear from Heaven, forgive their sin, and HEAL THEIR LAND."
I am writing to you today to simply ask, “Where are the voices of leaders and Christians proclaiming this Biblical message and pattern of God's dealing with His people that is guaranteed to bring Heaven’s response! It’s right there in the Bible again and again.
Today we blame it on everything from China, Russia, President Trump, Democrats, "the Deep State," the E.U., 5G cell towers, George Soros, the globalists, the Anti-Christ, and "Q" (???) Frankly, I am deeply disturbed because fear motivates so much of this.
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God’s people need to hear from the Holy Spirit and through the WRITTEN WORD OF GOD more than Facebook.
What if God has ALLOWED this time of global upheaval and suffering in order to radically stir His Church?
What if we humble themselves, pray, hunger for His glory?
What if we turn from sin in order that He could extend limitless love, immeasurable mercy, and great grace?
What if He pours out His Holy Spirit like NEVER before in response to us meeting His requirements?
Today we blame it on everything from China, Russia, President Trump, Democrats, "the Deep State," the E.U., 5G cell towers, George Soros, the globalists, the Anti-Christ, and "Q" (???) Frankly, I am deeply disturbed because fear motivates so much of this.
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God’s people need to hear from the Holy Spirit and through the WRITTEN WORD OF GOD more than Facebook.
What if God has ALLOWED this time of global upheaval and suffering in order to radically stir His Church?
What if we humble themselves, pray, hunger for His glory?
What if we turn from sin in order that He could extend limitless love, immeasurable mercy, and great grace?
What if He pours out His Holy Spirit like NEVER before in response to us meeting His requirements?
God LOVES the world and gave Jesus that all should be saved! He CANNOT lie. He has promised us that He will DO what He has said IF WE WILL INTERCEDE for mercy, grace, and a supernatural intervention that He PASSIONATELY desires to send!
Some Christians and their leaders will invariably disagree with me. Their disagreement must be based in the opinions of men because God’s Word as revealed in the O.T. the Gospels of Jesus, and in the N.T. clearly demonstrate otherwise. I have chosen to stay with the written Word of God and hunger for His presence as never before.
Will you join with us in petitioning God to have mercy upon us and our nations and to heal our land? Will you join with us in praying in FAITH for Him to send another global outpouring of the Holy Spirit that results in salvation, deliverance, and healing of multitudes at this time? “IN GOD WE TRUST” must be the statement of who we are in America again. I have said it so many times, "We MUST have revival, and we MUST have it soon!" Never more true that it is today.
We love you and are praying for you and yours daily,
Some Christians and their leaders will invariably disagree with me. Their disagreement must be based in the opinions of men because God’s Word as revealed in the O.T. the Gospels of Jesus, and in the N.T. clearly demonstrate otherwise. I have chosen to stay with the written Word of God and hunger for His presence as never before.
Will you join with us in petitioning God to have mercy upon us and our nations and to heal our land? Will you join with us in praying in FAITH for Him to send another global outpouring of the Holy Spirit that results in salvation, deliverance, and healing of multitudes at this time? “IN GOD WE TRUST” must be the statement of who we are in America again. I have said it so many times, "We MUST have revival, and we MUST have it soon!" Never more true that it is today.
We love you and are praying for you and yours daily,
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