May 2020 – Looking for that Blessed Hope!

We are living out what the Bible calls ‘Perilous Times’. First we are hit with what many believe to be the manufactured COVID-19 virus that almost brought our nation to a permanent standstill. Now the nation is experiencing riots all around the country were businesses and personal property are systematically destroyed all in the name of justice… The enemy is hard at work.

But there is glorious light and blessings at the end of the tunnel. Exposure, justice, judgment, and restoration. God is in the business of saving people, showing His goodness, and bringing honor and glory to His name. As you read the scripture below, let it reflect on the world around you today. How much can you relate too? The last verse is very telling and from the context, I believe it possibly refers to the period of the last days mentioned in verse 1 while the church is still present on earth.

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. ²For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, ³Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, ⁴Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; ⁵Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. ⁶For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, ⁷Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. ⁸Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. ⁹But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as their’s also was. 2 Timothy 3:1-9

Prayer is powerful and more often than not, we forget how powerful it really is. The link below is one of the best reads I have read concerning prayer. Pray for our country and administration. Pray for restoration.

Everything-By-Prayer-J.-Irvin-Overholzer

We know that God, for His reasons alone, puts people in power to bless the people or judge the people.

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. ²Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. ³For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: ⁴For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. Romans 13:1-4

Right now America is in a fight for her very soul. The events happening around the country on a national and state level are staggering. It is no longer about Republican vs Democrat, but rather Tyranny vs Liberty.

Our nation is under a spiritual attack like never before and the enemy is doing everything in his power to destroy it. The spiritual warfare is at a height. We know that: “we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” Eph. 6:12

In the video below, President Trump gave this speech just before the presidential election of 2016. One could almost say it is eerily prophetic to what we see happening around the nation today. Our nation is at a crossroads. I see the good and the evil pushing as hard as they may. In the end, I believe the prayers of the people will prevail, for it is not yet time for the days of evil and there is yet a short period of better days ahead. Pray for the President and his administration. Pray for revival. Pray for Justice.

Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. Joshua 1:9

We are truly witnessing America’s Last Stand.