Our Desperate Cry

      In our desperate cry, Father hear our prayers. See the desperate situation that we are in. Deliver us Father so that we may continue to live without a feeling of hopelessness. Let not the devil entrap us. Let not the devil to win. Let your son be our guide and our way. Holy Father, creator of Heaven and Earth hear our prayers and rescue us from this hardship that we are facing. We cry out for your help. We cry out to be seen and to be heard so to have our prayers answered. Oh Father come quickly so that our hope does not fade.
     In our desperation we cry out and say, "Lord, please hear me and see the darkness that surrounds me. Keep me safe from the devil's work." Protect our heart's from this darkness for is trying to take away our love. It is trying to take away our peace and to set our world ablaze with hate and violence. Protect our souls and protect our families from the evil that is within our world. Lord if we are surrounded, help us to find a way out. Let not the righteous die by the wicked. Let the righteous live a full life. Show us the way Lord Jesus so that we may follow you and be saved.
     In our desperation, we are near the edge and trying our best not to fall off. Lord hear our cries and come quickly to our help. Lord Jesus clear all the fog away so that we may see what is in front of us and what is in back of us. Give us the strength to carry on and the wisdom to do what is right. Please, find us if we do get lost and hold our hand to support us when we stumble and fall. The world does not care for us but you do. Let us feel the warmth of your love so to chase away the cold. Lord, please watch over our lives.
     In a loud cry of desperation, I say, "Lord come soon so that your Kingdom will take away all of our desperation!" In your Kingdom, no more cries for help will be needed. No more tears will be shed because of our pain. Our Lord Jesus will be here to comfort us and to fill all the world with his love. Loving God from Heaven, I will be here eagerly awaiting for this new world that is to come. Glory be to God for his time is getting closer and our deliverance from evil is getting near. Our time of desperation will be ending and our time for rejoicing will soon begin.

In Psalm 91:14-16 the LORD says, "Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him; I will protect him, because he knows my name. When he calls to me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him. With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation."

Psalm 40:1-2 "I waited patiently for the LORD; he inclined to me and heard my cry. He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure."
 

My Late Night Viewing of Christian Music Videos

     I ran across a video on YouTube that I use to watch on cable television late at night. It is a part of a series of videos called Reflections. The Reflections videos are scenes of nature with music and Bible scriptures. When I was younger and working the second shift at a job. I would come home around midnight. Before I would come home, I would stop at a convenience store and by me some snacks. I would go home sit on the couch and turn on the cable channel that had the Reflections videos on it. Luckily for me they were always playing at the same time when I got home. I would just sit on the couch relaxing eating my snacks and watching the Reflections videos before I went to bed. This was my routine for a few years while working the second shift job. I thought I would include a Reflections video so you can see for yourself what I was watching.      

     Now in the present I watch Christian music videos on YouTube late at night. I have seen many different videos of Christian music artists singing their songs about the Lord. One of my favorite singers is Brooke Ligertwood. I like many of her songs. I like her cover of the song "Breathe". I watched it many times. I would like to show this video to you maybe you will like it as well. In addition on this video the singer David Funk will be singing after Brooke the song "What a Friend I've Found".

Make No Room for the Devil

      Make no room for the Devil within your mind, body and soul. Keep him out of your life. Close all the doors to the ways that he may be able to tempt you. Purify your mind so it is clean so the Devil may not torment you in anyway. Even though the devil may control our world, we can make sure that he cannot control us. We can surrender to our God in heaven our mind, body and soul. We can give God control over our lives. We can make our body a temple to his Holy Spirit. We can pray to God to help us in our fight against the Devil so that our lives may be free from him.
     Ephesians 4:27 "and give no opportunity to the devil." The devil will take advantage of any weakness that is within you. He is someone who will make your situation in life worst. If you do not want him to influence you, you need the help of the one who defeated him and rose into heaven. Matthew 28:18 "And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me." Romans 16:20 "The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you." We need Jesus in our lives and the power of his Holy Spirit to keep Satan away from us.
     James 4:8 "Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners and purify your hearts, you double-minded." If you want to draw near to God first clean your hands from any sin that you are doing. Purify your heart by the blood of the Lamb. Quit being double-minded by sharing your love for the world and trying to love God at the same time. 1 John 2:15 "Do not love the world or the things in the world, If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him." If we want to keep the devil out of our mind and heart, we must not divide our love between God and this world.
     Remember what happened to Lot's wife in Sodom? Genesis 19:17 "And as they brought them out, one said, Escape for your life. Do not look back or stop anywhere in the valley, Escape to the hills, lest you be swept away." Genesis 19:26 "But Lot's wife, behind him, looked back, and she became a pillar of salt." Lot's wife did not obey the warning from the angel from God. She look back at the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah that were being destroyed by God and she was turned into a pillar of salt as her punishment. In a like manner, God will be bring destruction upon this wicked world of ours and then provide us a new place to live. We must love God and not this world that is ruled by Satan. We must never look back and long for the world that we left behind because if we do, we to could be punished and be destroyed along with it.
     Love that which gives you life and not what gives you death. Purge all that is within you that is coming between you and God. Do not hold tight to anything that will bring down the wrath of God upon you. Worship God with all your heart and soul. The word of God brings you near to him and your resistance to his word is what separates you from him. The Bible said in 2 Corinthians 7:1 "....beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bring holiness to completion in the fear of God." Make no room for the devil but make room for God and his Holy Spirit.
       
     

A Gathering in the Spirit of Christ

      A gathering in the spirit of Christ. I am not talking about a regular church meeting but something that is more than that. This gathering was just a thought, a glimpse within my mind. It is the best large crowd gathering that I could imagine. It is a gathering that I never had a privilege to be apart of or if it can even exist in this world due to our fallen nature. It is a large gathering of people coming together with unconditional love. A love without judgement, prejudice or bigotry. I was picturing a gathering of acceptance, where people were accepted without any fear of rejection. They were comfortable because they could trust the people that were around them. They had a feeling that they could relax and be themselves. There at that gathering of people with unconditional love, there was no one there who will hurt them verbally or physically.
     This gathering in the spirit of Christ people respected each other and they did not over step the boundaries of others. People's feelings were respected at this meeting. There was no mockery or insults aimed at anyone. There was no belittling of someone making them feel inferior and unwanted. There was only a unity of peace and goodwill. There was not anyone stealing or lying to each other. No one had ulterior motives to get you to believe in something for personal gain. There was no drunkenness or disorderly conduct. The spirit of Christ prevailed. In this gathering, people did not let their sinful nature take control but allow the Holy Spirit of God to guide their way.
     In this large gathering, there will be no one slandering you by gossip or talking behind your back to spread malicious rumors. In this gathering there is no upper, middle or lower class because they realized that we are all God's children. In this gathering, people are making a connection and finding the people who understands them and loves them. In this meeting if a person was lonely their loneliness would start to disappear. In this place, people who live by the spirit of Christ were helping each other to find their way. In this gathering there is unconditional love that reached people's hearts and healed their soul.
     It this large gathering it was not people coming together in a church meeting, setting in their seats and being on their best behavior for a few hours. In this meeting everyone was talking to each other in a friendly and kind manner as if they were all close friends. All these people in this gathering had love within their heart and the Holy Spirit within their soul. You felt like that you were welcomed and that you belong here. It is as if you were looking for this place all your life. It felt like a home to you all during the time that you were there. It was as if you saw the best of what people could be. As I said before this large gathering was just a thought within my mind and the most perfect meeting that I could have imagined. I just wanted to write it down so I would not forget.
     I do not know if such a large gathering like this could take place in our world perhaps if there were more people that were able to give unconditional love. If there were more people, who were in the spirit of Christ so that they can have the help of the Holy Spirit to control their sinful nature. I like to think there is a large group somewhere that can accomplish this gathering. I hope that we do not have wait until we go to heaven before we can find such a gathering of unconditional love. 

1 Peter 3:8 "Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind."
Galatians 6:10 "So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith."
Romans 12:16 "Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight."
Romans 12:18 "If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all."

Our World Needs Believers to Become Followers

     I heard many people say that they believe that there is a God and a heaven. I wish that they were more than believers but also followers of Jesus. Our world can be a hard place to live and for some or even for the many who are working to survive their work can take up a lot of their time. Weary we have become that maybe all we can do is eat, sleep and work. I understand that we have so little time to spare and that we feel tired most of the time and that is why we let our worship of our God to fall short. However if we would take a good look around us, we can see our world is needing more than just believers it needs followers. It needs followers of Jesus Christ, people who have not let their hearts become so harden by the world.
     Our world is needing more followers who are living their lives by the teachings of Jesus and growing in numbers so to lessen the darkness that is upon our world. Our world is becoming more violent and people are losing their hope. We need the teachings of Jesus about his love, forgiveness, compassion and kindness. The world needs to hear about Jesus's sacrifice that took away our sins and gave us a hope to live in his kingdom. There is good tidings to the world for the Lord has come and will come again. We need his followers to bring us this good news of God's Kingdom.
     If we choose to become more than a believer, we would have a direction to go in and our mind and our heart would experience the joy of the Holy Spirit within. By becoming followers of Jesus, we would deepen our relationship with God and feel like we have a closer bond to him. We would feel more like praying to him and asking him for help and guidance. We need the hope that he gives so to feel that we do have a future upon this world. Evil is strong upon our world but God is stronger and he will one day cleanse our world from evil and bring us a lasting peace and happiness. Become more than a believer, become a follower and help other followers fight against the darkness that is within our world. Become strong in your faith and let the light of God guide your way.

John 8:12 "Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
1 Peter 2:21 "For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps."
John 13:34-35 "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."  

A Boy who Saw His Dad and Jesus in Heaven

     I saw a copied TicTok video on YouTube about a boy named Kason, who saw in a vision his dad and Jesus in Heaven. Kason was skateboarding and he fell down breaking his forearm. He had to go to the Hospital to have surgery to set his bone. After the surgery, he was taken to a recovery room to wake up from his anesthesia. When he woke up, he had a vision of his father in heaven with Jesus. His mind was totally fixated on his father and Jesus. He was looking up and talking to them in his vision. His mother was in the room touching him and talking to him but he did not notice her.
     I believe in what he saw was real. I wanted to share this video because I was emotionally moved by it. I thought other people would be moved to and maybe even start to believe in Jesus and Heaven. I posted two videos, one of Kason in the recovery room and the other of his mother being interviewed by her friend, who posted the videos on her TicTok account. It is up to you whether or not you believe what he saw was real but I believe his vision is true. If you want to watch the videos remember to click on the screen and not the red button below the screen. 

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Our Worship, Devotion and Love for Our God

     Our worship for our God. Revelation 11:17 "saying, "We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty who is and who was, for you have taken your great power and begun to reign." Revelation 4:11 "Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created." Psalm 95:6-7 "Oh, come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker! For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand." Hebrew 12:28 "Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe,"
      Showing our devotion to our God. The apostle Paul told us in how do this in Romans 12:1-2 "I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect." Philippians 3:12-14 "Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus."
     How to show our love for our God. John 14:23 " Jesus answered him, "If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him." John 14:21 "Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him." 1 John 4:7 "Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God." 1 Corinthians 16:14 "Let all that you do be done in love." Jude 1:21 "keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life." 
     In this hard to deal with world of ours, our worship, devotion and love for our God provides us an anchor, when we are experiencing a storm in our life. Jesus is our refuge in our times of trouble. God's word the Bible gives us some light and hope in these dark times. There is not much to believe in, in today's world but we can believe in the coming of Jesus Christ and his Kingdom. Our worship, devotion and love for our God can get us through our hard times and give us a hope for our future.