Jesus, the Name that is above every other name... 

I was having some quiet time with the Lord the other day.  It's seems that has been really hard to do lately.  The more I try to do, the faster life seems to go.  Except I'm getting to be old and life is supposed to be slowing down right.  Let me tell you something about getting older, it's not like they tell you.  You spend your time as a child wishing to be an adult only to arrive and find out, being an adult ain't so great.  Then, as an adult, you wish and hope for your 'older' years so you can retire and have a freer life and rest more so you can recover from the stress of 'Adulting.'  Ha!!!  It seems there has been some lying going on...and if you are like me, you have tried to fix yourself, physically, spiritually, emotionally.  You've read so many 'how to' books, said and did all 'they' (who are they again?? I wanna have a talk with 'they'), only to find those books make great bonfire materials.  There is only one truth, His Name is Jesus.  

So, I've done my research.  I've had my lab tests done.  All the lab tests came back normal.  Hmmmm, things that make you go hmmm...What looks like a duck, squawks like a duck, waddles like a duck, and yet, is not a duck?  Any good discerning Christian can tell you - IT'S A DEMON!!! This thing they say 'you have' and yet - your lab values come back normal..??? now honey, that just don't make sense.  The number one concept that is so hard to teach others and yet, is of the most absolute important principles in Christianity is that because we are created in God's image and God spoke the world in to order, our words - when we speak have power.  If you want to see effective change in your life put a muzzle over your mouth.  Speak God's promises.  Stop just saying things like "I'm sick, I'm (fill in the blank)" and say God's Words over your life and you will see effective change for your circumstances.  

For quite some time, I have carried the words a friend spoke over me.  I did not understand at the time, but I do now.  She relayed to me "You are coming in to a time of like where you will not know what to do, you are going to laugh, you are going to cry and when you don't know what to do, laugh, just laugh."  And as she was turning away to leave, she turned back and said, "Oh yeah, learn to sleep on your back."  I was like ???  what does that mean?  She was right though - After that time period, I entered a phase of life where the spiritual attacks where happening like we were on the starship Enterprise traveling at warp 10.  I also had more than one incident happen where I had to learn to sleep on my back.  The quick and easy answer would have been to say, "God's gonna teach you about spiritual attacks."  Well, first off, I would have been like...me?  Yeah right?  You know that mocking little thing that says, "God's gonna use you?"  Ha!!! Right!!! we'll see about that.  But, that my friend is exactly what the enemy does and wants you to believe.  He want you to sit down and be quiet.  He wants you to give up.  He wants you to go along with the flow and not stand up for truth.  He wants you to doubt and be in unbelief.  And then, there we are - confused, dazed, asking ourselves "How did I get here?"  

So as I was sitting in that chair, asking what's next?  I have a 'condition' that man cannot fix.  No medicine, no cures...you can manage it but even then it's a hit or miss target to 'it might work, it might not work.'  I also have been battling standing on God's Word when I just want to give up and say, 'that's it, I'm done.'  Yet, there is a little flame, a little spark that goes off and says, "Rise up!  You are a warrior!  You are not done!!!Stand and decree!  Speak my Word, Claim my promises.  What about that woman with the issue of blood.  Well, I have an issue of blood, not like the woman in the Bible we read about, but mine is an issue of blood and just like the woman who grabbed ahold of Jesus' hem of his garment, I'm grabbing Jesus' hand.  He's the only one who can 'fix me.'  

Through all this process, the Lord has taught me and He has reminded over and over, yea, I gave up that many times, yet... He is faithful to pick me back up and carry me when I cannot or was not faithful to Him and stood me up again and again.  Proving that it's not about me, it's about Him!  It's who He is...Jesus THE NAME ABOVE EVERY OTHER NAME!!!  I'm not sick, a decrepit, broke, poor, or sad, depressed, or even angry.  I am an OVERCOMER.  I DO NOT HAVE TO FIGHT.  THE BATTLE IS ALREADY WON!  I just have to stand and say, "Thank you, Jesus."  Receive the gift He has given me and remember that no matter what it looks like, what it feels like, I am healed. I'm calling it what God calls it and I'm agreeing with God and His Word.  He said it, not me.  My physical condition is what it is...I don't ignore it, but I also don't let it rule me.  I stand until I cannot but I'm  not giving up and I'm not giving in.  I'm saying Jesus has stood me up again.  

So about the spiritual attacks, warfare...The Lord has told me and every time I doubted, God reaffirmed and  showed me again and again - nope, you're not wrong. You're not wrong, it's warfare and how can I teach you except by taking you through it.  He has taken me in to some very uncomfortable places.  I have prayed and asked the Lord to cover me with His blood before reading some of the things He led me to study all to learn about the enemy.  The enemy is more sneaky than any of us realize.  The like-minded fellowship of believers is so very important.  It seems the enemy is really winning now with all the in-fighting going on in the Kingdom of God.  Another tactic to keep Christians down and quiet so the Kingdom of God cannot advance against the darkness.  Distractions, chaos, and crying out, why Lord, why???  To hear Him say, "My son, Jesus.  The name above every other name."  

I'm here today to tell you again, Jesus is the answer.  Immediately, in that moment of feeling intense feelings of hopelessness - Memory verses started rising up - We live by faith, not by sight.  It doesn't matter what I'm seeing, hearing, feeling...God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of love, power, and a sound mind.  Your issue does not have a name bigger or more powerful name than Jesus.  Jesus, the Name above ALL NAMES!  Even the name of porphyria.  Amen.  I'm holding to that garment.  But Jesus has my hand and He is walking me through the flames of attacks in every area of my life.  Jesus, the Name above every other name on earth, beneath the earth or in Heaven.  Jesus! Jesus!  Jesus!  Rise up, Firewalkers!  You walk on the flames that the enemy has thrown and you're putting them out with the Washing of the Water of the Holy Spirit (God's Words) speaking God's Words to bring calmness and peace .  Jesus, THE NAME ABOVE EVERY OTHER NAME!!!

 Wow!!!  What a couple of weeks it has been...and so many bunny trails.  Sheesh!!!

You know, a lot of life's issues would be fixed if people would just read their Bibles.  Yep, seriously.  It's all there.  Nothing secret.

I decided to do some research on idols after the Lord had told me to 'study the word, Idols.'  If you believe as the pagans do, you have to have more faith, in my opinion, than you do to believe on Jesus Christ.  Yep, that's my conclusion.  This blog posting is going to squish a couple of things in here as time has been really short lately for me although, with what, it seems elusive.  It's like the older I get, the more time just vanishes.  

As I started my Bible Word study on idols I really fell in to a bunny hole.  First of all, I ran across a verse in Numbers that as I read it, I heard the Lord say, "Maybe Trump is not a Cyrus but he's a Phinehas..".  I never knew there was a 'good' Phinehas.  I only knew of the Phinehas who was one of the sons of Elisha that did evil.  So as I was studying about the name of an idol, somehow, I wound up on a verse not talking about an idol.  However, it was dealing with Israel and Moses, we all know how messed up Israel was during that time and the problem they had with, yep, you guessed it, IDOLS!!!  I felt this was a good time to write on the sacrifice God made when He sent His son, Jesus, as the sacrificial lamb for our sins to restore us to right relationship with Him.  Israel saw this played out as the blood on the doorpost and the Passover Lamb which is what I tend to think of at this time of year vs. the esoteric goddess that it seems Christianity never learns and keeps praising and honoring her name, Easter.  Hmmm, I wonder how pleased God really is with that???  Yep, I'm gonna keep on saying, "Happy Ressurection Day!"  My thoughts, "Thank you, Lord, for being my passover lamb.  For taking my sins upon that cross, dying for me and raising up on the third day!  Thank you for sending your Holy Spirit to live in me."  Yeah, that one...that's what I'm going to think on and am thinking on...Back to Phinehas...

As I said, I heard the Lord say, "Maybe Pres. Trump is a Phinehas."  I looked up the scripture in the Blue Letter Bible and found out Phinehas means a "voice of brass."  Hmmm, interesting, that could fit.  Not a put down, but when a trumpet, which is a brass instrument plays, it is heard.  President Trump has a voice that is heard.  I also thought how everyone refers to him as King Cyrus...what I saw about Phinehas, who was the son of Eleazar which means "whom God aides."  I just found that really interesting.  Pres. Trump does seem to have 'aides.'  He is very smart.  He seems to know just how to defeat the enemy.  The deal with Phinehas though, the good Phinehas, is that he saved Israel's butt from God's wrath.  I found that really interesting.  He helped to restore the Israelites back to right covenant with God for a time.  I believe this is what Pres. Trump is attempting to do for our country.  Restore us back to a biblical foundation like our country was built on, Christian principles.  And, AND as a musician, to find another verse referencing the importance of singing songs of praise to the Lord and playing instruments was just awesome!!!  I then saw Pres. Trump with his hands lifted up praising the Lord.  I don't know...I do not know him.  But things I have seen him post and say make me think 

Pres. Trump is a Bible believing Christian... but I did feel more than ever to remind myself and anyone that will hear to pray for Pres. Trump.  If you are a psalmist, you know the battle Pres. Trump is in and he is the front-man 'Phinehas.'  

Num 25:10  And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 

Num 25:11  Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy. 

Num 25:13  And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel. 

Num 31:6  And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.

These are my colors....

This led me to other studies that led to other bunny trails that I am not feeling led at this point to share.  But I can say, if you will take time to spend with the Lord, hear from Him, and do what He says to do, He will bless your socks off.  Squishing on to the next topic, The Lord is my Light and my Salvation.  I woke up with an old song in my head, "The Lord is my light and my salvation.."  Sing, sing...sing, sing...hmmm, whistling, it was just in my head.  Then same day an hour or two later, I'm reading in my Bible Psalms 27, "The Lord is my light and my salvation."  LOL!!!  Thank you, Jesus!!!  He's always working that way confirming Himself to next, we get a package in the mail.  Hmmm, not expecting a package... what is it???  My husband opens it and pulls out this beautiful, fuzzy, velvety blanket with the most beautiful orange, brownish colors (which are not our colors per se), but we love this blanket.  It's beautiful - even the orange colors.  Our cat, Slim, who is an orange tabby loved it too.  He hopped on it like 'These are my colors!"   The wording on the blanket "The Lord is my light and my salvation" Bible verse.  Thank you, friends!  We are blessed!  We pray the Lord is abundantly blessing y'all too!!!  Psalms 27 was my passage for that whole week.  Everyday, meditating on it.  Reading it over and over, the whole chapter.  Strange how God works to prepare us for the next steps and what is coming when He is teaching us and leading us.  We are so much better off obeying Him than anything else.  

 So about those idols...

You know how we have all these cute little sayings.... like for instance the phrase, if you see a blue bird it means happiness.  Well, I guess there is a little truth in that for me.  I always get excited and 'happy' when I see a blue bird.  Why is that?  Maybe I'm expecting happiness...hmmm....and so, this morning, I see a blue bird and sure enough I don't have my handy dandy phone camera to snap a quick pic.  I run over to get my handy dandy phone with it's handy dandy camera and it was as expected the elusive blue bird of happiness has always flown away.  No picture obtained and then I hear...ERRPPPPPP!!!!  COUGH, HACK HACK, ERRRUUUPPPPTTTT AND UP THE OLD HATCH SHE COMES, my cat has thrown up.  He did not even produce a fur ball but he did leave a mess.  Ummmm, about that blue bird of happiness.  Well, in this life you will have trials and tribulations, however, I really don't think the Lord was speaking of fur balls and such.  My fleeting moment of happiness quickly vanished and now it's down to the business of cleaning up this mess my cat has made.  

Slim always helping me out....

And how does that relate to idols, you ask?  Well I, for one, if I'm writing about something want to do some research and it's kind of hard to do research if you are having to clean up throw up or whatever else life decides to throw your way.  So I guess you could say that's how throw up (emesis) and idols got put in to a conversation together.  Ah yes, that elusive blue bird of happiness, but they still make my heart jump a little and expectation.  Hey Lord, could we work on what I get with my expectation.  I am trying to walk in faith here.  No throw up today, no throw up today, no throw up today...  and sometimes, it feels and I hear the enemy speaking saying, "See, it doesn't work.  Give up...give in..." and something rises up in me and yells back "No!  I will not give up.  I will not give in, because God's Word says ______________ (fill in the blank with what applies to your situation...).

I had been studying healing, healing and more healing, and wondering why it hasn't happened.  The Lord has been faithful to show me things I need to work on such as not doing it in my faith but in the grace of the Lord because it is of grace by faith and that not even of yourself but Christ's faith...  ding, ding, ding, a lightbulb went off for me because I most assuredly was trying to do it by my faith.  I'm so glad that God (Jehovah) makes it really simple and easy, child-like faith.  No striving, no works, yet there are works involved and boy, does that ever get convoluted trying to explain to someone how it's not of works, yet you do have works, because faith without works is dead.  So as I'm studying out this healing topic I hear God say "Study idols."  Okay...I started studying idol/idols.  Going through some of the names was fascinating.  Who says Bible study can't be interesting and fun?  I've had to remind myself that I needed to get other things done because I wanted to spend more and more time studying.  God can make learning fun...Yeah, most people, that's what you hear...The Bible is boring.  If your Bible study is boring, I'm going to suggest that you might need to look at how and what you are studying.  I got in to more by studying symbolism.  I wanted to understand better how the terms 'spirit of leviathan' came about, or some others.  It has opened up this area of interest which has led me back to my foundation which I'm happy to say was built upon the solid rock of Christ.  It's always good to go back and check your foundation though.  Repair any cracks.  Smooth out the rough edges.  Repair what needs to be corrected, etcetera, etcetera.  

1 Corinthians 8:4 (KJV):
"As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one." 

With the high holy days of pagans coming up, one of the first things I ran in to while studying was the eating of food sacrificed to idols.  Make sure you know who you are honoring on those days of the calendar that men like to celebrate the traditions of men that make void the Word of God.  No bunny rabbits or easter eggs here.  We will, however, joyfully give thanks to God for sending His Son, Jesus Christ, to die in our place on the cross and that on the third day, Jesus rose up from the dead and won the victory.  And that He ascended to Heaven and sent His Holy Spirit to dwell in us, His children, the Ones who believe in God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.  That He was born of a virgin and that He is the only Son of God and the only one who was able to make the sacrifice.  Have I covered all the bases?  How did we get so many bases?  NEXT...

The next bullet point He gave me was - knowledge.  Anything can be an idol.  Anything you put before God and as more important than God in your life.  This could be sports, a favorite hobby, what you want to do but did call you to do it, we really have to evaluate where God wants us and what He wants us to be doing.  Yes, it is that important.  Seek Him, obey Him, no matter the cost.  Choose God over people, but all you do, do in love.  We'll have to leave that definition for another day.  

¶

Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.

https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/1co/8/1/t_conc_1070001https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/1co/8/1/t_conc_1070001

It's pretty simple actually, always seems to come back to childlike faith.  So next I'm on to some old testament verses reading about Idols and led to 2 Chron 33:7.  The words 'a carved image' stood out to me.  So using the Blue Letter bible website I research that phrase.  This led me to a discussion with the Lord about what images were allowed to be used in the building of the temple.  It matters what you bring in to your home.  You want to remodel (decorate) your home, you might want to ask God if He's okay with what you are doing...jus' sayin'  I asked the Lord and felt impressed that He has a reason certain things are totally not okay.  Well, I can hear it now..."It's my home. I can bring in to it whatever I want."  All I'm saying is you might want to check with God first.  See people don't understand that there are some things that are tied to evil that go back thousands and thousands of years.  You bring it home to your house, invite it in, and then wonder why your prayer is not being answered.  I can also hear some of my friends saying "I'll just cast it out in the name of Jesus."  Well, yes, if God is okay and you've asked Him and He said pray over it, I fully believe that will work, but what if God says, "No, get rid of it."  It's all the matter of obedience.  Are you willing to be obedient to God no matter what?  And some people, some people just do not understand because the church has let the foundation become corrupted by allowing the doctrine of demons in and the foundation has a major crack in it.  NEXT...

So pulling a few more verses on idols and I found myself back to the Hebraic roots, who they were worshipping and why God was so upset with them.  It's all in the names...  

Jeremiah 50:2

“Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.”

King James Version (KJV)

https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Jeremiah-50-2/#:~:text=Jeremiah%2050%3A2,James%20Version%20(KJV)

The sauce is in the names.  Merodach, planet Mars.  

and then my eyes caught the word strange in Ezra 10:44

Now, since I married an original conspiracy theorist, and have heard of the nephilim - none of which I ever heard about in church, and I'm so thankful for the men and women who have channels on youtube who have studied out and done the hard work of understanding Hebrew, the language.  Back to the Word...

 I had to ask myself, what was meant by 'strange?'  I had always read this and wondered - You know, Jews/Gentiles.  Accepted of God/Rejected by God except that's not in God's character.  God accepts ALL WHO COME TO HIM and ask for forgiveness.  So the term strange could not be just because they were foreigners.  No, it had to mean something different because otherwise, that would make God a liar, that He does not love every one if He is playing favorites.  Now, it's really not that simple, but it is...God has His chosen people.  He will always have them.  Why?  His Word says so, but He also has us.  Why?  His Word says so.  That's Good enough for me - Why?  Because God says so.  Say so!  

Ah, I hear the eyeballs rolling now...STOP IT!  Just stop it and think.  Does it make sense that God, who is love, would ask them to give up their wives and children.  No, it does not.  So you have to ask what fits?  The only thing that fits is the story we were never told in Sunday School or Church and pastors still won't talk about it today.  Oh, well, wait a minute.  There are a few, but they are few and far between and you don't hear about them everyday.  So the short answer is 'strange' meant something really strange...not just a foreigner and no, I don't believe in aliens, but I do believe demons exist.  So there must be something to that and I hear people shutting down, turning off, shutting off because you just rocked their theology.  I'd rather have my theology rocked than to sit in ignorance ignoring it all because I just can't fathom any other understanding of scripture than my own version.  If you are like that, I'm sorry to say friend, but you really need to get saved because aliens, UFOs and ancient blood lines - God is not afraid of your questions.  He can address all of it and He does it very well in His Word.  It really is all in His Word, The Holy Bible.  All these people running to other false gods in massive numbers thinking "they got the power," not understanding that God is talking to them about witches, warlocks, and demons and God does have the power.  The power!  The power to send them to hell and destroy their souls here and in the afterlife.  Whose side do you want to be on?  Now, is it worth your time to search out a little more... NEXT

All my studying, looking up names, and I find I'm back to a basic foundational truth in Christendom - that reaffirms my faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ.  Jesus Christ, born of a virgin name Mary, took my sins, shed His blood and died on that Cross, rose from the grave and sent His Holy Spirit to dwell in me.  Very simple, child-like faith.  When Christ did this, He did not do away with the laws of the God, but He did reaffirm the covenant that God made with Abraham.  That being, He adopted us as joint-heirs with Him in Christ.  So that now, we are the sons of God, if you believe.  Remember, the demons believe and tremble, but they do not obey God.  They worship their father, satan, the father of all lies.  God simplified it even more from the Ten Commandments down to "Love the Lord, your God, with all you heart, soul, and mind, and love your neighbor as yourself."  Jesus did give us the authority to use His name.  He seated us in the heavenly places at His side to be joint -heirs with Him under a new covenant.  Jesus is our High Priest.  Because of Him, I have victory over the enemy.  And very strange things happen with God like, for instance, I had a paper with verses highlighted and written down.  I wanted to use it to reference in this blog posting and I kept picking up the paper looking for them and could not find them until now.  I'm only on page three of my pages of verses to look at for idol/idols.  I have six pages, front and back, of scripture verses that reference idol/idols.  So in my conclusion, I'm just going to list the verses I highlighted.  I hope something will resonate to God when He says, "My yoke is easy.  My burden is light."  My next posting will be about Psalms 27, the whole chapter, but specifically when God speaks and the day I had three separate times of God saying to me, "The Lord is my light and my salvation."  

Psa 104:15  And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.  (reference to Holy Spirit - New wine)  New Wine

Isaiah 65:25  The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD. 

Job 37:19  Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness. 

Psa 92:10  But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.  

New Wine

Psa 132:13  For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. 

My apologies for the length of this posting.  But I'm not sorry if it helps someone to go pick up their Bible and read what their Bible has to say.  God is still speaking, moving and acting in lives today.  I believe in the Word of Faith movement of  "I believe my Bible more than what I can see, touch, taste, hear or feel"  Jesus Is Alive.  He is still saving, healing and delivering.  Prayer is effective and effectual.  The verses I forgot to write down, now, isn't that kind of how the enemy works?  You forget to write down the most important reference so you can't direct someone to it.  It's a real battle, the fight between good and evil.  To all the faithful, I'm thankful!  Be blessed!  If you don't know Christ, let me issue you an invitation to not wait, run to your local Bible preaching church and join in studying and getting to know Christ, hopefully to turn your life over to Him and become a believer in Christ.  No better place to be than in God's presence and that you can do right now, wherever you are, but do find yourself like-minded believers to fellowship with who place priority on God's Word, and follow it over everything else.  

So, Jesus had me reading about false gods and symbols in Amos, especially in chapter five, about two weeks ago.  He then told me to start reading and studying on idols . 

Life interfered, as it always seems to in my life, and I have not been able to devote as much time as I would like to study.  So this will be another partial, but important to share, topic that I will come back and finish at another time.  

The cynic in me is crying out as I'm sure the mocker in you will cry out, "Sure, it's super bowl week.  Of course you're going to address the topic of idols..."  Well, the truth is two weeks ago God told me and part of my hesitation to do so is the exact reason behind my thinking.  Then I got to thinking, ruh roh, we're in trouble now.  I got to thinking...hmmm, I started because of an interest in Bible history, symbology, symbolism, and voila, Jesus says, "Idols.  Look up idols."  

I can tell you right now I, for one, will NOT BE WATCHING the super bowl.  I'm not going to rain on your party though, you do you.  I'll do me.  As for me, I'm choosing Jesus over super bowl period.  You cannot eat at the table of devils and the table of the Lord.  I think this is clearly one of those instances and I'm wondering, "are we at the separating of the sheep and the goats?"  Hmmm, things that make you go hmmm.  I can't help but feel that someone is being elevated to a idol status.  I'm all for patriotism, fun, and good times, but not at the expense of my salvation and being separated from God for all eternity; from what I understand, the super bowl has been found to be one of the major traffickers of humans.  I don't know, I'm not an investigative journalist.  I'm a plain ole' ordinary person who reads news articles expecting there to be accountability if someone lies, cheats, or steals.  Now, we find out everyone is lying, cheating and stealing and it makes it so hard to know what is truth.  Who needs to be hauled off to jail and who needs pardoning and maybe some counseling...

Yea, I think I'm going to be praying and asking for forgiveness for myself and my wrongs, for my country that the USA will turn back to God and return to a standard of truth, integrity and honor and your word meant something because everyone knew you were that kind of person from the start, not a sneaky, manipulative, lying, cheating, blankity, blank, blank, blank...and now we have to go repent for cussing.  Maybe I'll spend some time reading my Bible on the topic of idols and why God said, "You shall have no other Gods before me."  A return to the basics so to speak, shoring up my foundation at the leading of the Holy Spirit.  Jesus, thank you for all you do for me.  I choose you, Lord.  

One Word and A New Perspective... 

So I sat with my husband, this morning, and had a cup of coffee.  He shared, actually, it might have been yesterday morning.  Yes, weird things start happening when you get older...Sheeesh!!!  So My Hubby shared what he was reading from the Bible.  Duke really has a gift for seeing things that I just read and skip on by...skip on by...wait, what did that say?  He asked what was on my mind and I answered, "Christ's birth, how much I wished Christmas was not the pagan holiday that it is,"; and basically, looking for a way to get rid of the Christmas Blues that had landed on me.  

This year has been really strange.  First of all, my hubby was not supposed to be home at all throughout the month of December. God changed that for which I am very grateful.  Next, no snow...yea, we normally have snow at Christmas time and this year, NADA!  ZIP!  ZERO!  In fact, I think we have been warmer than my family in Florida and down South.  Again odd, and adding to the questions rambling around in my head.  

I've been been researching and learning trying to understand better spiritual warfare and just why things have happened as they have for myself and my family.  So all this rambling to lead back to the discussion my husband and I over the wise men following the star.  First of all, that's a very interesting phrase, following a star.  How do you follow a star?  I have always believed the star to be what is commonly referred to as the North Star.  But if you look at scripture, it does not say 'the North Star.'  It actually says wise men came from the east because they had seen "His Star" in the east.  And this is where my husband interjected and said, "Herod asked them, the wise men, when this had happened - that must mean he (Herod) did not see the star."  'Wow!' I replied.  'How interesting! I've always assumed the star would be visible to everyone.'  He then said, "Well obviously he (Herod) did not see the star and you know star also means messenger."  'Ummmm, well no, I did not know that.' I answered.  

This led me to do more research on the Star which I always thought it to be The North Star.  Indeed, if you look it up, you will find references to:  The North Star, The Eastern Star and the Star of Bethlehem.  Hmmm, very interesting...This led to some more of what appears to be traditions or maybe just falling so blindly, as us humans do, in to familiarity - i.e.  We adopt names without doing the research.  At least I do and it's something I need to stop doing and start doing better at READING MY BIBLE.  Now it gets really interesting because tracking back to Numbers 24:17, we find a reference to a Star shall arise out of Jacob.  

Now at this point I have to tell you I am very thankful and grateful for the Bible scholars who have learned Hebrew and Greek and know how to exegesis scripture for people like me.  I read an article on The North Star - learning of its value as a navigational tool for travelers.  But as I was reading different articles on specifically The North Star, The Eastern Star and the Star of Bethlehem I noticed they were discounting the Bible and it was more commonly thought of as 'a celestial event' that happened.  I do not believe this to be the case.  It's okay if you disagree with me and it's okay if I disagree with you.  We can discuss this or agree to disagree and still remain kind, friendly, and learn and grow, right?  RIGHT!!! 

I fully believe that because the Bible says - 

Mat 2:8  And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also. 
Mat 2:9  When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. 
Mat 2:10  When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. 

Links to different articles - 

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-exactly-is-the-north/

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/was-the-star-of-bethlehem-really-a-comet/

https://www.e-sword.net/   (free resource Bibles, commentaries, and dictionaries, a great Bible study tool resource)

Ummm, you'll have to do your own research for the Eastern Star.  

This all got me to thinking on how I had come to think of the Star of Bethlehem as The North Star or worse, people referencing the Eastern Star.  Traditions?  Traditions that make void the Word of God.  My mind went to Pentacost.  Jesus tells them in Luke to stay until they are endued with power from on high.  

Luke 24:49  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. 

which we see picked up in Acts Chapter 2...

Act 2:1  And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 

Act 2:2  And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. 

Act 2:3  And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. 

Act 2:4  And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. 

Again, it appears they could see the fire, they could see the cloud of fire, and the wise men could see the star, however, Herod could not.  And the story of others around did not know what to think about what they were seeing in the upper room.  Then believe it or not, the next day the word familiarity kept popping up and in conversations.  Accountable, we are all accountable for what we know.  Thank God He is merciful and works with us where we are at in our knowledge of Him and His ways which He reveals to us.  

I awoke today feeling really Blah!  Just Blah!  I heard an awesome sermon on the importance of prophecy.  It was really encouraging, just like God, and all of a sudden I realized I was dealing with a spirit of depression.  I'm so thankful for the Faithful!  Because they were faithful, I was blessed and God is still teaching me discernment.  I thought I was having a 'bad attitude' and just needed to pull myself up by the bootstraps so to speak.  After the Lord revealing it was an attack from the enemy trying to put depression on me, I was able to resist and it was sent packing.  OFF THE PROPERTY IN THE NAME OF JESUS!  The day went much better.  The slight nausea, fatigue, and blah-ness had dissipated and left.  Thank you, Jesus!  

This post is long and rambling and it is probably my New Year's post for 2026 - Anybody want to have a pray in the New Year Meeting?  I'm leaving some of the things I have been researching in the past.  Accountable, moving forward at God's direction and being obedient to God are on my horizon. Now is the time if you want to be off my friend list, please let me know.  I'm leaving the past hurts and pains in the past.  Not so much research to understand what happened as God has so very aptly taught me "spiritual warfare," - as much as I can, the trauma events are being left in the past. The attacks of the enemy cannot stop what God has ordained for me.  God has confirmed to me over and over things that the enemy had convinced me, "You did not hear from God, you were just being you."  I'm happy to say that "No, I was not being me, I really was hearing from God, and God has so confirmed it to me that I'm going to keep on being obedient to Him.  No matter what comes!"  

Reflection.... 

This time of year always has me...

questioning do I or don't I...Do I post some of my favorite Christmas pictures? Do I participate in (GASP) Pagan traditions? I really care.  God has been pulling at my heart about being completely devoted to Him.  How serious am I about my walk with Jesus...

I spent most of today looking up Bible verses and trying to do a word study on:  Feast Days, Festivals, Commanded, Command, Altar, Groves, Tammuz, leading on to pagan 'holy' days, pagan calendar, yada yada yada.  Yep, it led me right back to where I was - No, I cannot in good conscious celebrate Christmas.  Not if I want to be in right relationship (friendship) with God.  

Hear me out.  I'm not judging you or saying you cannot celebrate Christmas, but I am saying you might want to decide how serious it might be for you to celebrate Christmas and all of the days that somehow have crept in to the Church - and are not Christian at all in their roots.  

If people only knew the pain this causes and the strength it takes to stand firm in it, they would support rather than tell someone "you're just taking this too seriously."  Too seriously, eh??? You mean, like you might not get in to Heaven because you didn't take a look at it, seriously?? Ummmm....No!  Talk to the hand.  And don't judge me for what God has placed on me and asked me to do.  I can hear the words ringing now from my Pastor friend, "It'll cost you your life to be a Christian."  

Did anybody notice how there was like no reference to Thanksgiving this year?  One Holiday that the Church should celebrate although we really should have 'thanks giving" every day.  Thank you, Jesus, that you died for a sinner like me.  Thank you for saving me.  And now we're on to Christmas.  I had already made the transition to celebrating Hannukah (Festival of Lights) and after all, Jesus is the Light of the world.  But even that, I wanted to know more about the feasts and could I just put up Christmas lights?  

As I researched, again, resource after resource seemed to verify - No.  No you cannot separate paganism out of Christmas.  The analogy is very much like the story we learned when I was home schooling my children.  You know, the one about baking cookies and putting just the teeniest, tiniest dog poo, yea you heard that right, putting the smallest amount of dog doo doo in your chocolate chip cookies.  It doesn't matter does it?  I mean it's just only the smallest amount. You won't taste it or smell it.  You should have seen my children' faces on that one....ummmm, NO!!!! EWWWW!!!  NO WAY!  It seems that it does matter.  And before someone accuses me of putting dog poo in their cookies, No, I haven't and No I don't.  An analogy is just a story to hit home the point you are trying to make in your narrative.  You know 'unpack' that sucker and let it sit there and think on it.  Selah!  

So you gotta ask yourself a question?  "Self, do you think God really doesn't care that you call a holiday after his son's title "Christ" and say it's His birthday, (It's not!) and it's really the celebration of his arch enemy ??? "  Do you really think God is okay with that?  Deep in my heart I'm feeling no, I don't think He is okay with that at all.  And of all years, I feel resonating somewhere deep in me that this year, this year just might be the one that you want to have everything absolutely right with God.  I want to be like Abraham.  I want God to say of me, I'm His friend.  

I pray peace and wealth and health for all of you, friends and family, but more than that, I pray to have you join me in a journey for a closer relationship to our Lord and Savior, Jesus.  Keep looking up.  The signs appear to be that His return is soon, but as the Bible tells us "No man knows the day or hour," and there is a lot going on that points to prophecy being fulfilled - don't risk missing Him if you do not know Jesus.  The time is now.  John 3:16  King James Bible
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

 THE HEADLESS SNAKE...

Spiritual Warfare in the Body of Christ

Lately, I have been made aware that the Lord is teaching me spiritual warfare.  I cannot say it has been an easy lesson.  I 'feel' as though I have been in the fight of my life.  Let's just say, "I'm smelling of the smoke and ashes."  Thankful to be alive but feeling somewhat down as I said to self, "Self, you could have done better if you'd had recognized sooner what was going on here."  Hubby said to me as two or three others and I have even said to myself, "How can you learn it unless you go through it?"  It's not a question for an answer as much as a question to make you stop and think.  Stop and look at things.  To stop reacting in your feelings and emotions, and began to discern what is really going on in a situation.  This is not so easy to do.  Most of the time, events are flung at us and we react and then we react to the reactions and we see the rippling rip tide effect of our emotions and feelings in action.  Can we say the whole world right now is just one big chaotic frazzled mess....I know I brush my hair and 5 minutes later, I'm looking like I've been through an electrical static field or something and my hair is just sticking out everywhere.  Where is that calm, cool, collected person I used to be?  Self, we really gotta get back to our peace and joy.  Lord, help me keep my oil lamp full.  

So my latest battle has been my back going out.  I have, throughout my lifetime, experienced horrible episodes of my back going out.  I always thought this was related to an injury I sustained when I was 21 years old.  The first time it happened, I was in really bad shape.  They had to give me three or four pain shots and muscle relaxers to get it to release.  I went to a healing service with the Hunters, anybody remember the Hunters?  They prayed and I did get better.  So much so that the chiropractor I was going to gave me a verdict of "you are healed."  Thank you, Jesus, I will take it.  However, from time to time, I would have events where my back would spasm and cinch up.  But, instead of two weeks as before, it was for a day and then would be fine.  Hallelujah, I'll take it, Jesus!  When the events would happen, the words coming out of my mouth were/are:  "It's the worst pain I have ever had in my life."  I'm in my sixties now.  A long time away from that 21 year old young lady, and a lot of water under the bridge.  In the course of tryng to learn what was wrong with me and trying to fix myself, I finally had a lab analysis that showed Hereditary Coproporphyria.  Well, now, it really is in Jesus' hand because He's the only one who can fix a gene mutation.  What I did not realize was that the back spasms and pain that I thought were from an injury turns out to be part of this dysfunction of your body making heme.  It's a long and convoluted process that I'm not going to get in here, suffice to say - The Battle is on!  Fighting for my healing by watching my words and what I'm saying...Hey, that's gonna make a great song!  You get what you speak.  I'm speaking I'm healed.  1 Peter 2:24.  

So about a month ago now, my back went out. All I was doing was washing the dishes.  Did not pick up anything heavy, like a big 'ole pot, just standing there rinsing a dish off and putting in the dishdrainer.  Yep, slide, spasms, and the worst pain I have ever felt in my life triggering all the memories so many years ago.  Funny thing was my hubby and I had started a Bible study the day before determing more and more to devote time to the Lord together and do what should have been done many years ago consistently rather than the on and off, hit and miss events that we have been guilty of or the enemy has us engaged in...the battle and struggles are real.  In praying and studying, especially about obtaining your healing and seeking the Lord, and the whys, Lord, why?  I had confirmation of it being spiritual warfare.  I had a dream.  I had an answer in prayer.  I had a friend convey a message to my husband explaining - which anybody who has gone through this process of refining saying "ARMOR UP!  IT'S SPIRITUAL WARFARE!"   As hubby and I were praying, I saw a snake - the Lord spoke and told me, "It's a spirit of python."  I saw the snake loosen from around the base of my spine.  I was like, 'not good enough, I want it completely gone.'  I did not see the head.  All I saw was the body.  And I was like, okay, I'm going to go look and see about a python spirit in the Bible because anything you are shown, you really should back it up with Bible.  I had heard about a python spirit many times but really did not know the reference or what it was referring to per se.  I wanted to be sure it wasn't just a name someone had thrown at something.  You know, searching out the truth...so I went to my Bible resources and sure enough, there it was.  Remember the story where Paul is trying to preach the Gospel and the girl kept interrupting and finally Paul had enough and cast the spirit of divination out of her.  Well, that particular word in the Greek is python.  👀  Really, Lord?  Really!!!  So from e-sword.net  the Greek word for divination is listed below: 

Acts 16:16  G4436
Πύθων
Puthōn
poo'-thone
From Πυθώ Puthō (the name of the region where Delphi, the seat of the famous oracle, was located); a Python, that is, (by analogy with the supposed diviner there) inspiration (soothsaying): - divination. 

so their false god was a python snake.  The next day I'm watching a video and I have to say Dr. Michael Lake and his wife, Mary Lou, have really been encouraging to me lately.  She and I have similar events and things happening.  When you hear a like-minded believer going through and succeeding with crises in life, it helps to hear their overcoming victory.  Especially when you 'feel like' you are losing your mind and everything is being ripped away from you.  A healing that you thought you had, but I did have a healing.  I also found out information that helps me battle my enemy better.  Know your enemy and know how he operates, the words my Pastor would say ringing through my head as I'm seeking the Lord through this battle.  You can find the link to one of their videos here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6ADgJFBfv4  at Biblical Life TV.

This time of healing has been slower and longer.  I'm asking the Lord, why? why?  I need to be up and productive and able to get done the things I need to get finished.  Again, more videos, this time from Now You See TV on youtube.  I watched this video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1wcWVAXR4w    and this video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJtn380yTHs  

Now I do not recommend these two videos unless you are really grounded in your Bible.  But I do believe a mature, well grounded Christian should have no fear of being able to answer questions and these kinds of questions are going to come.  After watching the second video, let's just say the dots connected for me.  Done...but again, spirit of python.  Confirmation, spiritual war, battle, fight the fight of faith, train.  Warriors train.  They train to win!  The great thing about being a believer in Christ is 'You don't have to fight!"  Well, you do, but it's not the way a typical fight goes.  I read God's Word, I believe what it says.  I do not speak against what the Bible says and having done all I know to do, I stand on that promise!  How easy can that be?  Well, almost too easy to  believe, but it's the truth!  So I watch another video and again someone calls out the snake.  I'm like...No way, God!  Really? "Really!" He replies.  Okay, Okay....I'm understanding....Spiritual warfare, preparation and readiness for what is coming.  What is coming the church is not ready for and the church needs to get ready.  Go back to your foundation and roots.  Strengthen that foundation.  Believe God.  Believe what He says and do what He tells you to do.  It's the only way.   The only way through is with Jesus Christ!  

The pain is getting better.  I'm moving a little easier and hopefully, I'll be back to baseline with no residual nerve damage from those nasty little porphyrins, but I'm also standing  on "No weapon formed against me shall prosper!"  God made this body, He can make this body work correctly. I just need to trust.  The real battle is in the spiritual realm.  You know, that ole devil, he's always imitating God trying to pervert what God established.  So satan has a triune - what was revealed to me was - the spirit of leviathan, the spirit of jezebel, and the python spirit.  Know your enemy, know how he operates.  My Bible says: satan is way beneath us.  That he is under our feet.  Christ chopped off his head.  Hence, the headless snake.  He's defeated and he is going about like the roaring lion looking for who he may devour.  You have to give him permission.  He can't do a thing to you.  If he is, you need to check yourself because you have given him permission somewhere and if you give him an inch, he will take a mile.  I'm examining and going through events in my life.  Making changes and corrections, but I'm not backing down or backing up.  I'm standing and resisting speaking scriptures.  Scriptures that state the outcome.  I'm victorious.  I'm an overcomer!  Come on, Believers!  ARMOR UP!   We know how this battle ends!  Hallelujah!  All glory, honor and power to our God, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.  Jesus Christ, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords!  

10-13-2025

 I am not a person prone to dreams and I know I married a prophet.  How? God told me so.  My hubby is a very busy person in his job, very diligent.  He cares about the smallest things, indeed, some of them have driven me up a wall as his wife.  I look forward to the day where he can walking in his calling.  In the meantime, this is scary for me.  I do not like this.  It is uncomfortable, but I trust the Lord and I will obey the Lord.  

Again I woke up to a voice...My first reading of asking the Lord what He wanted to say led me to Revelation 8.  The voice I had heard stated "The voices rejected will now be heard." As I sat to seek Jesus this morning, and began to write ...

The voices of rejection have reached the ears of God and He wants you to know He has heard and He says, "Speak! Speak the truth!  Do NOT take vengence for vengence is mine saith the Lord.  But tell, tell your experiences.  The weights are in balance.  To those who have rejected them saying "This is not God.  Why would God pick them?" I say to you, "You thought my obedient servents were loud and you told them to be quiet.  I am turning them loose.  I am turning loose those who will be loud and who will be heard.  For those who are obedient and have been obedient I have heard and answered.  It is now up to you to obey.  The boldness of God - You have it!  The fire of God - You have it!  Continue in spending time with me and seeking me.  The prophets will judge the prophets.  You will know the true from the false by their fruits.  Do they seek to please me or others?  You will know them by their love for me and their love for my body.  

10.10.2025

 To Obey is Better Than Sacrifice....

Had a dream two days ago.  In it, I was having to choose.  I was upset -  the choice to "obey God," or choose to follow my own choice.  I woke up - asking questions.  I was confused, not sure...I knew the decision was crucial and I wanted to "obey the Lord" but both choices seemed that they could be "God's Way."  I knew my answer lay in God's Word.  I was then reminded of past events.  Events where God had already proved to me that "to obey Him (His Word) is better than sacrifice."  So I wake up this morning having a dream and again, the person in my dream was a reminder of an event where the choice "to obey is better than sacrifice" was really cemented in my life...a life pivoting moment teaching the concept of draw the line and do not cross it moment in my life. Again, confirmation of "it is better to obey than sacrifice."  I have been making an attempt to solidly meet with the Lord first thing in the morning.  Read His Word, take time to hear from Him.  I was directed to Ezekial 3 and OH MY!!!  As I began I was asking "Lord, is this me?"  Again, I was reminded about the "ink bag." I believe it is in Chapter 8, (it was Chapter 9) but by Chapter 35, I put down my Bible and was looking for breakfast.  Pondering just what the Lord was trying to say to me and asking.  A video came across my path and I felt prompted to watch the video.  The video happened to be Melissa Redpill.  I had thought my husband had said she was a 'schill' but he did not remember saying that to me when I asked him to read this word, judge it and should I share it...see I do confer to my husband... and did not remember watching her.  However, that aside, she had some good points in her video about control and manipulation.  I disagree with her stance on Israel.  God is not done with Israel.  The church has not replaced Israel.  It's another topic for another day, but I felt like the Lord was saying, "Write." It's always scary as the penalty in the Old Testament was death to a false prophet, and none of us (I'm not a prophet) None of us want to be put to death for trying to give a message we feel the Lord is putting on our hearts to say.  Here goes...

"Behold, you have traded your blessing for a curse.  You chose to believe another way instead of my ways.  Repent! Repent! Your help comes from the Lord - Not man's logic or wisdom.  Stop striving! (my thoughts - Oh Lord, help me! This is scary. I do not want this.) God is looking.  Who will step up?  Who will follow Him?  No matter the sacrifce.  His logic is not man's logic.  It does not make sense, but God knows the end from the beginning.  Who will obey?  Who will do the right thing? Who will seek the Lord to "hear" His voice.  To obey is better than sacrifice.  The Feast of Trumpets is past.  It will now be a solemn feast.  No more rejoicing, but a wailing for you were warned.  Repent!  You thought to hide your sins saying "see, no one will know."  But I tell you God knows for He sees all and knows all.  Every knee will bow and every tongue will confess "Jesus Christ is Lord."  God is gathering His people.  He is not going to have a tainted, dirty bride.  His bride is spotless.  Who will hear the voice of the Lord?  Who will obey?  To obey is better than sacrifice.  

 Have you ever heard a sermon on hemorrhoids? Or, 

how's your emerods doing????

Never have I ever, in all of my years walking with Christ ever heard a pastor, teacher, prophet, evangelist or a minister mention hemorrhoids in their sermons.  I have my wonderful hubby to thank for this post today.  He ordered a book "God Shock" or something like that for the title.  I cannot tell you who wrote it or if that is the correct title, but he read a short blip from the book to me and yes, the Bible talks about hemorrhoids.  I ran to find my Bible and look it up and right there it was, in plain black lettering ink on the white page.  

If you turn to 1 Samuels 6 and start reading you will find the Phillistines had the Ark of the Covenant.  They had had the Ark long enough that they were having issues and they wanted to get rid of their issue.  The priests gave them specific insturctions for dealing with sending the Ark away from their presence and they needed to do to receive their healing.  

As I read this passage, I laughed and laughed.  I just got a glimpse of God's humor.  Now some will say, that's not what that word means, but if you look it up and consider the context of the first few verses I believe it is exactly what it means, i.e. emerods = hemorrhoids.  The other meaning totally does not fit what is being talked about in the opening of the sixth chapter of 1 Samuel.  They had to make an image of their 'emerods' and send it along with some other things in the Ark.  This brought a whole new meaning to xerox copying your rear-end on the copier at work moment.  Okay, I'm taking captive those thoughts, saying Thank You to the Lord for the best chuckle I have had in a while all while thinking about all the different ways they may have attempted this task of 'making an image of their emerods.'  

"Hey, my friend, could you look at my rear end and draw a picture of it?"  'Uh, NO!'

So there you have it, the Bible does talk about hemorrhoids.  I almost felt sorry for the Phillistines, almost...Don't mess with God and don't mess with His Ark.  

Beware Strange Food!!!

My blogging today includes another validation/confirmation that I am hearing and being obedient to the Lord to do His will.  It's hard when people have attacked you so much that you do begin to doubt that you are hearing from Jesus.  And to be honest, it's not the people, it's the devil trying to get you off track.  They really get offended then because they're a Christian and how could the enemy ever be operating in them?  Right?? Ever met one of THOSE people.  The reality is we can all be one of those people.  

So a few months ago, I got in trouble.  I mean I really got in trouble for giving a word for the Lord.  The Pastor called me and wanted to ask some questions.  It wasn't said outright so much but it did feel like a threat or an intimidation to do what they said or you will not be allowed to come here anymore.  Questions asked were confusing and I just did not understand why is it so hard for them to understand what God was saying, "Repent! Repent!  You lie, you cheat!  You Steal!  You talk about people and say all manner of things about them which are not true!  I want to spend time with you.  Repent and come back to me."  It is essentially what I remember of the word and if I had known I was going to say that, I would not have said it.  

I felt very validated yesterday.  I watched the youtube video put out by Kim Clement's daughter, Donnae Petruske (probably spelling her name wrong) which Kim had given over Paula White.  It was from 2009.  In his message, just a few minutes after he had prophecied over Pastor White, Kim made the statement about how "He did not want to do this.  And you have no idea, how many times he had asked God to take his gift of prophecy away.  He did not want it."  I totally related to that moment.  The confirmation of "If I had known I was going to say that, I would not have given it."  He is explaining how God does not let us know what He is doing because if we did, we would not do it or say it.  That's kind of like God and exactlty how He does things.  I felt more validation and confirmation as I was asked if I was able to 'control'when this happens to make it more acceptable to the 'church gathering.'  Ummmm, no, I can control it like - not say it.  But when God says, "Say it."  There is no delay,.  It's "Yes Sir!  Right now."  And I never know when it's going to happen.  Kim again relayed that he did not know when or if God would move, when or if he would have any thing to say and that anyone wanting that is trying to control the prophecy, to put God in a box, control God.  Well, yes, that is exactly what happened.  I understood in an instance and if I could go back and have that phone conversation I would say to them, watch Kim's video.  Take heed the warning.  God is warning you.  As for me, I'm going to be obedient to Jesus and say what He says to say when He says to say it.  That's all I can do because I want to hear the words, "Well done thou good and faithful servant!"  

Now on to the dream - So lately I have been asking God to meet me.  I'm not a person prone to dreams or remembering them, whatever goes on in that process.  However, lately I have been praying before I go to sleep, Lord meet me in my sleep.  I want to hear your words.  I want to know what you want me to know and say what you want me to say.  This morning I woke up hearing the words "Beware the Strange Food!"  I was in the middle of a dream.  You know that weird thing where you are literally waking up from a dream, hearing God speaking to you while trying not to forget what you were doing or where you were at in the moment...

So another couple and my husband and myself were at an event that had just ended.  We all were very hungry and decided to try out this new place in town.  We were seated and the host was serving us cereal (appetizers).  It was new.  It was hopping, busy, busy, busy.  He had a bright shiney white teeth smile and the colors were amazing.  I was kind of amuzed because of what was being served, cereal...I was so hungry and I was looking around for a menu because I wanted more, something meatier...you know really hungry.  I thought to myself if all I'm getting is cereal then I want my favorite which I haven't had for years due to an allergy to bananas.  I was gonna having banana walnut cereal.  

The host came back but in the process changed, not that I saw it, but it just changed in the moment and the waitress was standing there ready to take our orders.  I was frustrated at this point as I wanted to see a menu.  I had been asking questions and she seemed to be irritated that I was asking questions.  I kept asking for a menu because others were ordering but I could not figure out the ordering menu system and I yet to see a menu.  The host had not given us one; there were not any on the table as is the custom nowdays, and the waitress had not given us any menus.  I continued asking questions and she really seemed irritated and finally handed me a menu.  I chuckled at this point because I was confused.  The menu was no menu.  I looked at it and it had only two sections.  One was appetizers (cereals) and the other was chicken.  No prices. No other food choices.  At this point I again heard a loud voice say, "Beware strange food!"  

Immediately, the Lord began to give me bullet points:  

1.  Question everything.  Don't let it bother you if they get upset.  I don't mind questions. ( my after thoughts - Now, isn't that so much like God? )

2.  Look for details and specifics.  There will be details - The absence of prices, products, missing parts of the menu and I realized the menu was symbolizing the Holy Bible.  Their menu was fake representing half truths, lacking details and specifics.  God's Word is very clear and while not always so readily understandable and needing input from the Holy Spirit to help us understand, guide us, or teach us.  He always has patience with us, does not mind our questions, and He wants us to search and search, never getting upset with us for asking for clarification or understanding.

3.  Beware strange food - Heed the warning.  Search, seek, ask questions of everything, and know that God does not mind you asking.  He does mind you doubting, but He does not mind you asking for clarification.  It is only by knowing God's Word that is going to keep you safe going forward.  It is up to us to know God's Word by spending time in it and seeking answers, spending time in prayer, doing the things God has instructed us in His Word.    

 I could be really snarky right now and say, "I TOLD YA SO..."  

First of all, God, I come to you and ask for forgiveness (repentance) ...help me convey what I have had on my heart for years and have held the word, and held the word because I thought it was me...It was just me being emotional about something I'm really passionate about...Only to find out, that no, it wasn't being passionate about something.  It was you trying to get me to say what you wanted said which I still struggle with because, why Lord, why oh why would you pick me, this horrible, carnal, lives in her flesh person to try to give your words to others.  It must be really bad because you keep on picking me and I keep trying to sound the alarm and everyone, I mean EVERYONE, says "You're judging."  'It's only your own unforgiveness speaking.' "Sit down and be quiet, we don't want to hear it."  All while I'm struggling to believe God would pick someone like me to use for His purpose which now, I thank you because you have given me confirmation, after confirmation, after confirmation that I really was hearing from you.  It wasn't all in my head.  It wasn't just the pizza talking.  Thank you for being understanding with me and patient and bringing me to the point that the only thing that matters is that I obey you, Jesus.  You are the only one I have to be worried about not obeying.  
And already the enemy is attacking and I hear, "Who do you think you are?"  'Narcicist!' "Derisive laughter with a screaming Yeaaaaahhhhh Rrrriiiiigggghhhht!" 
Thank you, Jesus, you are so faithful to us when we are not faithful to you.  
This post is about Praise and Worship.  No, it's not a gripe about the way something was played.  It is, however, about how our song lyrics should reflect true Biblical doctrine.  I could really get on the band wagon right now about how satan has influenced and gotten in to the church.  But, believe it or not, that is not what this post is about.  
This post is about bring a sacrifice of praise unto the Lord because He is the only one worthy to receive glory, honor and praise.  This post is about when ministering (leading praise and worship) to Jesus' body, how we are to approach it.  I have seen some really flippent attitudes when it comes to praise and worship.  Like, all you gotta do is play and sing, right?  right???  NO, that's not all you gotta do.  At times, in the past, when I have tried to explain I get rolley eyeballs, sighs, and mumbled 'Oh brother...'  'you're too serious..'  yada, yada, yada....
Several years ago, I wrote an article that I have been sitting on for a while.  I have shared it with a couple of people who I wanted them to understand the place 'praise and worship' has in my heart.  God gave me the gift and I'm going to use it for only for Him.  I'm going to obey when He says, "Do this."  I'm afraid it will confuse people more which is one reason I have held on to it for so long and not wanting to hurt people.  Also my own insecurities and doubts, but remember that confirmation.  Yep, I got confirmation it was time to share it.  I have to thank remant ministries who are standing against what is happening in the churchworld today for giving me the courage to try yet again... 
Before I share it, I just wanted to remind you that satan was the angel who was the gifted musician who played in Heaven before decided he could take on God and take over God.  There's the first mistake.  The enemy knows music is powerful and did you ever not think he would not try to slip in and ruin true praise and worship?  Corrupt the doctrines through music so that greasy grace and inappropriate dressing, actions, and behaviors would cause disruption to the point that no one can focus on Christ much less be able to respect and give reverance so that the Holy Spirit could move.  No, the disrespect is loud and clear.  The Holy Spirit is a gentleman.  He never forces, He will leave where He is not wanted, and He will not try to talk over you because He is all about free will.  If you want Him to move, you have to make place for Him.  If He wants prayer, you pray; if He wants singing, you sing, if He wants preaching, you preach.  It's never the same...He doesn't do the same thing over and over and over....that's called a rut, and to quote my Pastor, "Do you know what a rut is?  It's a coffin with the ends knocked out. You just keep doing the same thing over and over."  Yeah, see how far that one will get you....Please can we get back to giving the Lord all praise, glory and honor, make sure our lyrics are lining up with Biblical Doctrine and does not go against God's Word, The Holy Bible.  
Here is the article..I wrote it to have an answer to give when someone asked me about wanting to be on the worship team - Warning, Remember, the priests were held to a higher standard.  They had to get it right.  If they didn't, it cost them their lives.  If you are going to serve Christ, it will cost you your life.  The flesh must die.  I pray Lord, eyes will be opened, and ears will hear what you have to say in the name of your Son, Jesus  Christ!      

So You Want To Be On the Worship Team???
I have been a part of worship teams for quite a few years. I have been approached by people who, with a sincere heart, inquire about being on the team. I try to be gracious as I really do not want to offend the person. Just recently I was approached and decided I needed to have some kind of a response to make the person think about exactly what they are asking. We are in a royal priesthood established by Jesus Christ with Jesus himself as our High Priest. The purpose of the music service is to bring a sacrifice of praise to the Lord, help his people enter into His throne room and interact with the Holy Spirit to bring a sacrifice of glory, honor, praise, and thanksgiving to the Lord. I view my ministry as a musician for the Lord, a psalmist, very seriously. Some people would say I am too serious as they have rolled their eyes, basically do not get what I am saying when after they have asked a question; I try to answer their question. This has been a dilemma for me. Their reactions have been, to me, flippant, irreverent, and like – “All you do is play an instrument and sing, right?” WRONG!
For me, to play and sing or just play or just sing is a ministry in and of itself like a pastor, teacher, prophet, evangelist, etc. People don’t get this and I asked the Lord, how can I help them to understand the great responsibility given to worship teams? - Sometimes even when the worship teams, themselves, do not understand the great responsibility and privilege of bringing the sacrifice of praise to the Lord. Others say, you are just too serious and it really doesn’t matter. Hmmmm, really doesn’t matter…I don’t think so…not when I look to scripture and see what the temple priests were required to do for worship. If Christ came to fulfill the law and did not do away with the law, aren’t we still under some kind of, for lack of a better term, regulation to fulfill our office as a worshipper with the same kind of dedication, instruction, and seriousness of heart as a person who is leading God’s people into His presence?
You want to be on the worship team? I ask you to consider what the Bible says about the Levitical Priests and the requirements for worship. Then I ask you to consider the Royal Priesthood. Whatever God has called you to do, he will equip you for your position. But are you taking it seriously? Are you flippantly casting God off or not even spending the time with him to consider how you can improve your ministry?
I am by no means perfect and make mistakes all the time. Thank you Jesus for your mercy and grace because if we were under a Levitical priesthood ruling, your life would count on you having it right with no mistakes. So the next time someone asks me about the worship team, my response is going to be something like – Tell me what you know about the Priests of the Temple. While we have much liberty and freedom in Christ, I desire to approach His throne room with all the respect, courtesy and integrity that the priests of the temple approached the Temple of God.