KNITTING Ourselves to The LORD+

How do we KNIT OURSELVES TO THE LORD ? 

 

We  YIELD our thoughts, our plans, our activities  to HIM+,  daily …even hourly.  The MORE we YIELD, the more we will receive His+ Direction.  That is how we  experience His+ Will  as an active reality in daily living.  HE+ will  minutely direct us if we  stop ourselves … hourly … and YIELD to HIM+.

 

Here is a true, personal story from one follower of JESUS who practices YIELDING to HIM+ through-out the day.

 Dear friend, you asked me to write to you about my week.  Well, my “activities”  have been mostly inner, spiritual journeys this week, with lots of quiet time and vigils before HIM+… not much to write about.

 Puzzling over this, I asked The LORD what to share with you, and HE+ brought to mind my KNITTING — of all things !

 For reasons of His+ own, The LORD has led me to take up knitting although I have very little ability at doing these hand-work skills that many ladies do. I make lots of mistakes in spite of the fact that I go SLOWLY and am exceedingly careful . 

 As I un-ravel my rows to correct mistakes, I often ponder WHY I must knit ?  Why does Our LORD take pleasure in my knitting  … when obviously it does not come natural nor easy to me.

During this past year I have learned — by His+ enabling power alone —  to knit socks.   I have made about 5 pair so far and am half-way done with my 6th pair.

 

This week during my meditation time, as I was knitting and being “still,” I found myself beginning the cuff of my second sock for this current pair of socks.

 Now, if you know anything about knitting, the standard knitting of a sock cuff is done in such a way to make it elastic and stretchable by working a knit-purl stitch combination. ( Purling is a backward knit stitch.)   It is REALLY beginner’s work and very easy to do.

 So, this second cuff I knit and UNFORTUNATELY unraveled due to mistakes … 5 TIMES ! 

 Over and over again, I knit this cuff and after about 1 inch of knitting I would discover a bad mistake which I could not correct without unraveling the entire  cuff. 

 Soon, I began to wonder: WHAT is going on here ?

 This is NOT TRICKY knitting, but I was knitting bad mistakes into this cuff. 

 The problem HAD to be with me.

 Berating myself for not keeping my mind on my work, I  diligently re-started the cuff again from the very beginning of cast on stitches, WORKING VERY SLOWLY,  counting my stitches, checking each row vertically as well as horizontally.

 I finally completed the first inch again when the thought “occurred”  to me that I should compare this cuff to my finished sock to see if it were as loose as the finished one.

 WHEN, LO…

 I discovered the BASIC error. 

 I had worked a pattern on my cuff as Knit 1, Purl 1 which gave the sock cuff a very delicate look, like for a baby’s sock.  

 

HOWEVER … I SHOULD HAVE BEEN working Knit 2 stitches, purl 2 stitches in order to match the finished sock. I re-checked the pattern and it indeed was Knit 2 stitches, Purl 2 stitches on the cuff.   

During this entire time of working on my second sock, my eyes had been “holden”  as I diligently and carefully continued to knit K1, P1  — the WRONG PATTERN — for about an inch until “something”  caused me to work errors in  my  knitting and I had to un-ravel it all and start again.

 THEN , LO…

I SAW THE LORD’S HAND in it.

If HE+ hadn’t stopped me, I would have knit all the complicated sections and patterns of the sock down to the toe.  THEN I would have discovered the awful truth: my socks did not match.

You see, you CANNOT unravel just the cuff AFTER the entire sock is knit.  A knitted sock can only be unraveled FROM THE TOE up to the cuff . 

  The entire sock — about 12 inches of knitting and untold hours of labor for me — would have had to be re-done IF THE LORD WOULD NOT HAVE HINDERED me.

 I was stunned.

 HE+ saved me from a HUGE AMOUNT of distress BY STOPPING my diligent — but  wrong — work.

 HE+ simply would not allow me to complete the project, knowing the distress awaiting me if I kept on going “my” way.   

 Thus, The LORD JESUS  was blessing me and helping me, but  I  could ONLY SEE that my work was being thwarted on every side.  I was kicking against the WALL that would not move out of my way. 

 I was so stunned and humbled.  So very humbled. 

 We really DO need to praise HIM+ when things “go wrong” because in Truth, they actually may be “going right”  … as HE+ sees what we DON’T SEE nor do we see what lies ahead.

 Let us bless HIM+ instead of  clamor for doing things “our way”.  Let us THANK HIM+ when HE+ does NOT allow us to obtain our short-sighted desires. Let us acknowledge that HE+ is better at knitting our lives together than we are.

 As it is written:

Before I was afflicted I went astray:

but now have I kept Thy+ Word.

Psalm 119:67

 

As it is written:

It is good for me that I have been afflicted;

that I might learn thy statutes. 

Psalm 119:71

 

As it is written:

I know, O LORD, that Thy+ judgments are right, and that THOU+ in faithfulness hast afflicted me. 

Psalm 119:75

 Let us pray:

O Gracious Heavenly FATHER,  we come to YOU as a quieted and weaned child.

We  know  we do not see our  doings as YOU see them.  We do not see the end from the beginning, as YOU do.

O LORD JESUS,  thank YOU for blocking our way when we  mistakenly enter onto a path that will bring us heart-ache in the end… even though that path looks so right — and desirable — to us now.

Make us SOFT and PLIABLE in Your+ Hand.

Help us to YIELD continuously unto Your+ LORDSHIP, O CHRIST.

We know that no good thing will YOU+ withhold from us when we walk uprightly.

Teach us to walk quietly and humbly before YOU+ and to lay all our thoughts, our desires, at Your+ feet, O LORD.

Help us to humbly and GRATEFULLY accept Your+ Divine Will in our lives. YOU+ do all things well.

This we pray in Thy+ name , 

O LORD JESUS CHRIST, 

YOU+ Who+ truly saves us 

from destroying ourselves.

In the Name of The HOLY FATHER,

Who created us;

His+ BELOVED SON+,

Our LORD and SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST,

Who saves us;

And the BLESSED HOLY SPIRIT,

who sanctifies us.

Amen.

The SEED of Abraham and the Basest of Men ... Daniel 4:7

The SEED 

of Abraham 

is under attack !

On Guard, O Seed of Abraham ! Your ancient enemy, the satan, is trying to annihilate you.

 

Who is this SEED of ABRAHAM that has been targeted by all the forces of evil — and the target of people who ascribe to evil — this Most Blessed Seed , planted by the Most HIGH ELOHIM ? 

 

The Seed of Abraham is 3-fold:  Christians who are the “Grafted-In” of Israel, the Jews, and yes, the sons of Ishmael — who were part of Abraham’s seed — long before the false “prophet” Mohammad or the LIE of islam arrived in 622 AD .

The evil one delights to set them against each other; war is good for business, you see   … and always HAS been for the mammon-servers of the world’s global marketeers.

 

The Agenda? 

 

Make money, lots of money, while ridding the earth of the Seed of Abraham.  Brilliant scheme of the satan !

 

The world global marketeers sell their supplies and resources to make mighty killing machines,  for all 3 groups of the Seed of Abraham.

 

The other “hidden” strategy to wipe out the Seed of Abraham is to cull the unstable, un-trained, down-trodden, unhappy, and least wealthy members of these groups for pawns in their agenda.

 

Yes, the global marketeers cull thousands of the Seed of Abraham — currently, the sons of Ishmael being used — to be used as DUPES to do their dirty work, their killing, for them.

 

Islam has always been known for its willingness to kill all in its path, especially Jews and Christians, and the global marketeers are happy to use this to their own advantage.

 

Never mind that FOR A FRACTION of the cost these unhappy pawns could be helped with training in LIFE skills, instead of being trained as death squads for the New Secular Order, to become happier, productive citizens of THEIR OWN COUNTRIES.

 

The global marketeers do not want that.  They need, you see, a fomenting force to keep societies and countries in an uproar and in fear and confusion.

 

Conflicts are GOOD for business contracts, especially military conflicts.

 

And if the uproar is bad enough — oh, what a delight ! —  the global marketeers are ready:  martial law will be enforced.

 

The duped ones….will have walked right into their trap! 

 

VOILA !  An immediate slave-labor camp society is developed ( for the good of society, of course! ), just like in Nazi Germany.  Making mass martial law even more attractive, all the worker-bees’ confiscated goods and possessions return eventually to the global marketeers’  financial institutions, again,  just like in Nazi Germany.

IF MY+ PEOPLE who were called by MY+ Name ... 

 

If Christians would LOVE their enemies and refuse to fight… loving JESUS more than these trumped-up “patriotic” causes… LIES created to serve the purposes of “The Robber Barons”…

 

 

If Christians would stand for RIGHTEOUSNESS and refuse to participate in helping the behind-the-scenes supply-lines and war-machine factories and refuse to  operate the killing machines themselves…

 

If Christians would, as one, refuse to live immoral lives and stop blessing ALL SORTS of immorality in their churches and groups… 

GOD WOULD INDEED ACT in their behalf ... for obedience to HIS SON+ JESUS CHRIST moves the heart of GOD like nothing else. 

 

 

If Christians would remove themselves from the pursuit of mammon and instead pursue The LORD GOD with all their time, energy, and resources to evangelize……

 

… perhaps the Jews and the sons of Ishmael would turn their hearts to JESUS in greater number… enough to make a difference.

 

 

If the Jews would stand for Righteousness as one man, they too, would be led unto all TRUTH+. If they TRULY sought the LORD Whom+ Abraham sought, they would join Abraham who “rejoiced to see His+ Day.”   

 

 

If the sons of Ishmael would recognize they stem from ABRAHAM, the common father of both Jews and Christians, they would REFUSE to go to war and slaughter the Jews and the Christians… and other sons of Ishmael.  

 

Instead, we see the Seed of Abraham at each other’s throats, being handily used as DUPES by the satan, to destroy each other. 

 

 

And what about the rich global marketeers ? 

Whose DUPES are they ?

 

There is NOT ONE OF THEM in this Western Civilization who has not heard about the Gospel of JESUS.

 

Like the masses, they are not pagans;

they are CHRIST-rejecters.

 

Each one of them has NOT followed JESUS’ example through the temptation, when the satan offered the kingdoms of this world to GOD’S SON+ if HE+ would fall down and worship him, the satan.

 

No, rather, being the BASEST OF MEN,  they fell for the satan’s lies. They agreed to serve mammon at all cost of human life and sacrifice.  Human life means NOTHING to these servants of satan.

 

These global marketeers have lifted THEMSELVES up as “gods” indeed and have received huge portions of the kingdoms of this world, being the BASEST of men. 

 

They have gathered around themselves their own courts, governments, and agencies of assassins in order to obtain these earthly kingdoms by any force needed. 

 

They gather to themselves lower-level henchmen and assassins — also hungry for mammon —  in order to maintain their global “control.”  They are “robber-barons”, in the words of Francis R. Connolly. 

 

In short, they TAKE what they want…

when they want…

how they want .

They strong-arm entire countries to yield their resources to them, robber-barons all … promising a carpet of gold, or else if refused, a carpet of bombs.

 

Mr. Connolly succinctly identified the ruthless globalists behind the destruction of the Seed of Abraham.

WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HOLOCAUST ?

http://www.omegashock.com/2016/05/20/oil-destroyed-us. 

The video is called: OIL HAS DESTROYED US. The 14 minute video is well researched and is sickening to see what lies have been in place for a long time, masquerading as truth.

 ( Mr. Connolly’s  full video ( 3 hours long ) is linked on John Little’s page below the shorter clip. Warning: It is EXTREMELY sobering and  very disturbing. )

 

However, Mr. Connolly

missed the point.

 

The point of this all

is to destroy

 the Seed of Abraham.

 

He also missed the point when urging “revolution now.”  The satan is also TRYING to destroy the whole human race… and he does not care how it is done.

Both the programmed wars AND the "revolutions by the people" are just fine with the satan. As a matter of HISTORIC fact, the robber-barons finance BOTH SIDES of every killing conflict  for profit, even "people's" revolutions.

Even more revolting, they are doing this right now across the globe. 

In other times, the satan will gladly destroy human flesh even through medicine and so called “health” programs and is doing it right now. 

 

At this point in history, we are  witnessing the attack and destruction of the reproduction of human beings… from abortion to same gender unions to the mingling of animal with human in “breeding” experiments behind closed doors of government-financed laboratories.

 

This has been done before:

Pre-Flood Atlantis tried it.

     

That is the satan’s agenda. To destroy man is the only way left for the satan to strike back at The LORD GOD / YHWH ELOHIM for casting him out of Heaven.

 

 

The satan’s ultimate desire is to eradicate ALL WITNESS to the LORD GOD / YHWH ELOHIM  from off the earth. Man, you see, was created to bear witness of the LORD to the visible and invisible of creation.

Man was created 

in the likeness 

of The ELOHIM. 

 

The satan, however, wants man to bear his stamp and image !

 

Lowly man will one day, through the Messiah, YESHUA+ ha MOSHIACH, judge angels also, which is a bitter gall to the satan.

 

Thus we see the satan, for his own destructive purposes,  using those who REFUSE to submit to The LORD JESUS to try to hurt  GOD.

Yes, the Seed of Abraham --- all three groups --- know ENOUGH and have heard ENOUGH that every one of them can turn their hearts to JESUS instead of to the sword and "patriotic" causes trumped up by the global marketeers. 

 

Because they refuse --- en masse --- to follow the Words of CHRIST, they are used as DUPES — en masse — of the global marketeers, over and over again.

 

 

And YES, the global marketeers know ENOUGH and have heard ENOUGH that each one of them could turn their own hearts to JESUS instead of to hollow skulls and dead bones, and the abominations that go along with that.

 

If they know enough 

to mock, 

then they know enough 

to TURN.

 

They erroneously think that their control of their vast money interests is going to last forever … just like they think they are!

 

The satan is delighted with this entire set-up.  It all might be avoided if the global marketeers would realize they are but men, also.

 

The satan controls ALL who do not follow JESUS above Self-interests, above mammon, above “patriotic” causes. 

 

These obscenely-wealthy global marketeers are DUPES of the satan also… just like the worker-bees they ruthlessly use, ravenously devour, and heartlessly dump into a mass grave when their usefulness is over.

The ONLY way out is to TURN the hearts of the duped ones, deluded high-born or programmed worker-bees to The LORD JESUS CHRIST... before it is too late. 

Pick up your Bibles, 

not your guns. 

Wave the Standard of Righteousness, 

not the red, white, and blue. 

Work for the Kingdom of GOD,

not the kingdom of this world.

And WORK ... 

for the night is coming

when no man can work.  

We can NOW see that Night on the horizon.

 

The WAR is on between the Eternal Kingdom of Light and Life, and the kingdom of Death and Darkness. The Final Battle is approaching.

Be prepared to stand for The SON+ of GOD, JESUS CHRIST our LORD.  The satan and his dupes , the current crop of world controllers, ARE GOING TO BE  DESTROYED and given to the "Burning Flame. "  Daniel 7:11

 

Get your Armor on!  

Take it seriously.  

The time is at hand.

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Flee, one and all, 
to the ONE true 
SEED+ of Abraham, 

The LORD JESUS CHRIST. 

HE+ gives 

an open invitation to all 

kindred, tongues, 
peoples, and nations

to come to HIM+, 

the Fount of Living Water,

to be cleansed from sin. 

+ + +

The night is far spent; 

DAY is close at hand. 

Hold onto JESUS; 

HE+ will hold onto you.

+  +  + 

   

The Judas Pope... A Servant of the 10 Kings of Revelation 17 ?

The Judas Pope…..Servant of The Ten Kings

 A Guest Post by Bro. Brendon Patrick, Order of the GOOD SHEPHERD+

 

 

No, I am NOT a Roman Catholic “basher”. Just to put your mind at ease.  Just a few points to consider.

 

 

The problems in that organization are notorious and rampant. Everyone knows about them and even some Roman Catholics are uncomfortable with some of them.  Too many additions to the Faith ONCE Delivered ( Jude 1:3 ), and too many subtractions from the same Gospel !

But I am speaking here specifically about the continuing stream of  blasphemous and totally NON-Christian remarks coming out of this Pope’s mouth!

He most recently has compared the Daesh / isis, to The Lord JESUS sending forth the Apostles and Disciples into all the world to make Disciples of all nations!! 

This is a completely insane and OBVIOUSLY inaccurate statement!  Even worldly people can see this!

It seems that the Pope is making these statements at the DIRECTIVE of someone other than himself or the “religious” authorities around him.

He carries the message even further,  saying that ” it is a good thing for the islamic “invaders” of Europe to cross breed with the European women, both diluting that particular nations indigenous people, but also helping out the declining birthrate in Europe !!! ( Not kidding! )  

These are not normal statements from a Pope, let alone Christian statements.

[ "Do not be UN-equally yoked to non-believers"  must not be in the Bible the Pope reads ? ]

It seems that the Pope is taking orders from another group, and is promoting that group’s agenda for both Europe and for the world. He  keeps making these outlandish statements over and over, the above being only the most recent at this writing.

There is another well known world “leader” that is doing the same kind of actions. This “leader” is across the world from the Pope, but he and the Pope are making the same kind of statements and pushing the same “agenda”. 

Do they have the same “bosses”? 

Are they BOTH Puppets moved by the same sets of “puppet master” strings ? Both are making senseless and bizarre statements, and BOTH are promoting destructive and Evil plans that serve NO GOOD  PURPOSE .

Do they have a “hot-line” to each other?  Or is there a “hot-line” to them from another group of “bosses” which The Scriptures refer to as “The Ten Kings” who make war with The LAMB+ ?

What will be the next wild statement that will come out of the Vatican?  Will it match up with the next statement coming out of the “City of Baal” D.C.?  Both of these men seem to be employees of the same evil group.

There are reports that Mr. Obama is preparing to begin a global campaign to become the leader of the United Nations.  Of course the campaign will be financed by U.S. taxpayers’ money!

If this is successful, what will be the next step for the world as a whole, and in particular Israel and Christians as a people? Scripture is being fulfilled rapidly.

BE NOT DECEIVED OR LED ASTRAY.

If you happen to be a member of a “religious” organization that is “going along” with the set of “POLITICALLY-CORRECT LIES” which are coming forth from the governments…

LEAVE

that group IMMEDIATELY

for your own safety!

Those organizations are ODIOUS unto The LORD GOD and are in HIS Sight for Judgment and Wrath. They are being gathered together into “Bundles to be Burned,” Matthew 13:30.  And, HE+ is gathering out of His+ Kingdom ALL things that offend. See Matthew 13:41.

The LORD+ will NOT forsake you,

IF you do not forsake HIM+.

Seek The LORD+ for wisdom and discernment in the coming days, and may the Supernatural Gifts of The HOLY SPIRIT / RUACH ha KADOSH, become REAL and APPARENT among the Body of MESSIAH, The Remnant Church across the earth. 

HE+ is our Life.

Because HE+ lives, we Live also!

John 14 : 19

FATHER, GLORIFY YOUR NAME…

Come Quickly LORD JESUS + + +

 

 

A Godly GRAND-MOTHER'S Influence....

A Fitting Memorial to a Godly Christian Grandmother...  from a dear Christian friend who did NOT have a Godly, Christian mother. 

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Today was Mother's Day at our church and our Pastor and Deacon handled it so well, reminding all mothers that they are to be a GOOD EXAMPLE of a CHRISTIAN to their families.

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A few Grandmothers were present and were thanked audibly in the Prayer, Praise, and Testimony time. That was fitting. Because of the mature way they handled it all,  thanks were given but flesh was not lauded.  It was a good way to do this and no hearts were sore and sorrowing... mothers and non-mothers alike.  

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Today,  I remembered my Dad's mother, Ada, who lived in a VERY small country town, right by the railroad tracks. I think this is the first time I have remembered her on Mother's day.  Heretofore, focus was always upon Mom.

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Grandma was an anomaly to me; she was not like ANYONE I knew.  She  died when I was young... maybe 11 or 12... so I didn't know her for a long time.  

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She was SUCH AN EXAMPLE of a Holy Christian.  I remember two things about her:  she never said a derogatory word about anyone... at times , she would close her lips and keep them closed... but that was it. 

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And, she was quiet and did not chatter along.   She was always so glad to see her children come, greeting them at the doorway with her quiet smile and a gladsome light in her eyes.

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Grandchildren kissing grandmother

She would greet us and then bustle into the kitchen --- no matter how short a visit it was to be ---  to put out a vegetable meal with creamed corn, green beans,  peas, mashed potatoes and gravy ... with home-made bread, home-made jam, and applesauce, and sometimes:  Strawberry shortcake !  

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She always had a cake or pie prepared for such occasions.  ( They didn't have a phone until much later in life.)  She didn't serve meat because they were just poor and could not afford to buy it.  They used to butcher their own animals for meat, but by the time I knew them,  their butchering days were over.

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But The LORD, today, would not even let my mind drift towards sorrowing over my own mother... but rather, HE+ moved my mind to consider  GRANDMOTHER. 

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She was not the doting kind of Grandmother to us, but rather was quietly kind to all.  I remember being able to help her wash and dry dishes once; I loved it . It was REAL LIFE. 

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She pumped her water from a well out on the porch, heated water on her stove, and washed the dishes and rinsed them CAREFULLY with a cup of water  over a bowl, before I could wipe them.  The Mennonite ladies in the Old Order Communities remind me of Grandmother, in how they conduct themselves.  She was an old-time Methodist and took her church work very seriously.

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Today, for the first time,  I saw how The LORD used GRANDMOTHER to shape my life. 

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Daddy was not my biological father; mother had been married to an unfaithful young man, my physical father,  and divorced him.  Mom had gone through a lot of distress over her unfaithful husband. 

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But Grandmother was not happy with Daddy's marriage to Mom.  Although she never spoke a word about it, it went against her Christian standards.
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But Mom regarded Grandmother. 

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So, to do right, my Mom started making me say the "Now I lay me down to sleep"  prayer every night, kneeling on my bed. ( I was 4 when this happened, when we moved to a large town  after Daddy married Mom. Before that time, Mom never prayed with me, read the Bible, or attended church. Nobody in Mom's family did.) 

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Then,  my mother taught me --- every night --- to say Psalm 23 and then the LORD'S PRAYER.   I was very little, not even in kindergarten yet. But, Mom did this as long as I could remember while I was in kindergarten.  .

Mom started sending me to a nearby church for Sunday School every Sunday.  I had to walk the few blocks alone.  ( It was a different world back then. )  I remember her dressing me up, doing my pig-tails, and me bringing home Sunday School papers. 
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All THIS WAS BECAUSE of GRANDMOTHER'S INFLUENCE.  Mom thought GRANDMOTHER would approve of this up-bringing.... which I never had before GRANDMOTHER entered my family circle. 
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Oddly enough, when we moved to the farm ( I was six and starting 1st grade ) , Mom quit doing that with me.  I suppose she was too busy with my little brother, who was a toddler, and doing the garden and house work.  She did not say nightly prayers with any of my brothers and sister like she did with me, never.
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But, she continued to send me to a close-by church for Sunday School and eventually church.  Daddy didn't care, one way or the other .... how sad, Grandmother's own son .... but Mom thought that was the way to "be good." 

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Mom later dropped all effort at being a Christian Mom and reverted back to how she was. I think if Dad would have done differently, Mom would have too --- at that point in her life  ----  before becoming so hardened in life, sadly enough.
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But GRANDMOTHER !   I think she never knew what great influence she exerted on me and my Mom, who had had NO  Christian  training or exposure. 

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Isn't that a marvelous testimony to a GODLY woman ? Truly, my friend, the influence of a Christian GRANDMOTHER cannot be over-rated .

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PS... and you already know I am the ONLY ONE in my family who follows JESUS, to this day.

 

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ASCENSION DAY .... Our BODIES Shall RISE Out of the GRAVE ! The SAVIOR'S PROMISE to Us !

 Ascension Day on the Christian Calendar falls on 5.5.2016 for those following the western church calendar. The Eastern Orthodox celebrate Ascension Day this year on 6.9.2016.  It is the 40th Day of the Resurrection Season, regardless of which Christian Calendar is followed. . 

The ASCENSION of CHRIST is VITAL ... and an important part of the Resurrection  !  The satan hates that our body will be glorified and rise into the Heavenlies... just like Our LORD'S BODY. 

Death had no more dominion over HIM+. 

Because of THAT, death WILL exercise no more dominion over our bodies, either, on that GREAT DAY, when the Trumpet shall sound and the dead shall arise ... incorruptible !  

The Risen CHRIST JESUS ascended to The FATHER.

His+ FLESH ... yes, His+ very FLESH, now GLORIFIED ... ascended into the Heavenlies. 

What's more ... even though Glorified,   the Body of His+ Flesh    was still able to function as JESUS did when HE+ was incarnate.

HE+ ate fish and honey; HE+ was able to walk and talk. HE+ had flesh and bones, nail prints and a wounded in His+ fleshy side ... just as touchable as HE+ was when HE+ was incarnate and dwelt among us.

That FACT ALONE should make Christians extremely JOYFUL . 

Who else can make the Dead to rise and the Flesh to enter into Heaven ?

None other than

Our LORD JESUS CHRIST.

HE+ alone fought the battle

to save

our FLESH,

as well as our spirit and soul

from the Second Death.

JESUS ascended unto the RIGHT HAND of The FATHER.

HE+ ascended to make intercession for us... i.e., HE+ intervenes between the satan and us, reminding him that HE+ WON the fight. JESUS CHRIST won the battle to rescue man ... soul, spirit, AND BODY ...  out of death's clutches.

Yes... even the FLESH of MAN shall become incorruptible when the trumpet shall sound and the dead shall be raised... glorified and INCORRUPTIBLE ... with bodies like unto His+ Glorious Body !

Since by man came death,

by Man came also

the RESURRECTION

of the Dead !

1 Corinthians 15:21

As in Adam all die,

Even so in CHRIST,

shall all be made alive ...

... INCLUDLING our fleshly bodies !

No matter how ... or when ... or where  ... we die on planet earth, Our LORD JESUS CHRIST will make our dust to rise and re-form again into our glorified, functioning, and earthly bodies.

They will be exactly the same body that we left, only without the blemishes, limitations, and handicaps we all have.

The Saints beheaded for CHRIST will be intact, heads in place !  The severed limbs, the broken bodies of saints tortured for CHRIST will be mended, healed, made whole again ... better than before!

What a GLORIOUS PROMISE to have !  This Promise, of course, only extends to those who are New Creatures in CHRIST. 

The Invitation is still OPEN. Whosoever WILL may come to JESUS, no matter the depth of sin, to be cleansed and made whole and out-fitted for the Kingdom of GOD, in linen pure and white.

Oh, how we LOVE our GLORIFIED SAVIOR ! 

COME, LORD JESUS, COME!

Acts 1:6-11

When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, LORD, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?

And HE+ said unto them,

It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which The FATHER hath put in HIS own power.

But ye shall receive power,

after that the HOLY SPIRIT is come upon you:

and ye shall be witnesses unto ME+

both in Jerusalem,

and in all Judaea, and in Samaria,

and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

And when HE+ had spoken these things,

while they beheld,

HE+ was taken up;

and a cloud received HIM+

out of their sight.

And while they looked stedfastly toward Heaven

as HE+ went up,

behold,

two men stood by them

in white apparel;

Which also said,

Ye men of Galilee,

why stand ye gazing up into Heaven?

this same JESUS,

WHO+ is taken up from you into Heaven,

shall so come in like manner

as ye have seen HIM+ go

into Heaven.

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Let us pray...

O GOD, our FATHER, Who for our redemption didst given thine Only-Begotten SON+ JESUS CHRIST to the death of the Cross.

And by HIS+ GLORIOUS RESURRECTION of His+ flesh has delivered us from the power of the adversary and the power of death...

Grant us SO TO DIE DAILY from sin, that we may EVERMORE live with HIM+  in the joy of His+ Resurrection ...

through the Same, Thy SON+ JESUS CHRIST our LORD Who+ lives and reigns with THEE and Thy Blessed HOLY SPIRIT...

now and forever, ONE GOD, world without end. Amen.

Glorious SAVIOR, our LORD JESUS CHRIST !  We love THEE+, we praise THEE+, we worship THEE+ in our lives !

Amen, and thankfully so !

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