December 30, 2014
Happy New Year
Happy
New Year
Year
of Jubilee.
Could
2015 be the year of Jubilee for the United States, or even other
countries? The Lord has said through His Prophets, that the
“Visitation of the Father” coming soon. John Crowder has also
made this statement in one of his book, The Modern Mystic:
“I
find it interesting that the Lord is already laying a corporate
foundation of prophetic teachings in the body today that will thrust
the next healing revival to new proportions. Sound teaching will be a
must accompany the prophetic. The church was not prepared for
[William] Branham's anointing, and so that level of power had to be
reserved for another generation. Often when spiritual blessings are
corporately withdrawn, because of sin, there is a literally a
fifty-year jubilee cycle before debts are canceled and they are
released into the earth again. That time is now for the power mantles
of the Latter Rain evangelists.”
William Branham died in a head-on
collision with a drunk driver on December 18,1965. He knew the Lord
would be calling him home soon. His wife was in the car with him and
had died from her injuries. His son who was in a different car came
to his father aid. Branham, in his dying breath, asked if his wife
was okay, but she had just died. He told his son, “just lay my hand
on her.” When his son did that her pulse returned and she
recovered.
I
know the Lord has also said their would be a mighty spiritual move in
the Nation of Israel in the year 2017 and 2018. This would be 50
years after the Six Day War, when Israel regained control of all
Jerusalem and other parts of their land. Could that be their time for
Jubilee?
The
ground-works are being laid for a mighty move of God. Last month on
one of my walks the Lord told me that we would see many people filled
with the Holy Spirit. Not because they were seeking God, but because
of prayers from friends, family, intercessors, and even those who
were sent by God to those countries. Many of these converts will come
out of prostitution, drug addiction, and a lives of abuse and crime.
These new believers will grow and bear fruit. Plus there would even
be many filled from the birth, just like John the Baptist. The fire
of God will burn in their hearts and nothing will be able to quench
it. The Heavenly Father is calling all of His lost children who have
been feeding in the pig pins of life, to return home where He is
waiting with open arms of love, joy, forgiveness and blessings. He
will clothes them with new shoes, the best robe and ring. This will
definitely be a time for celebration, the likes the world has never
seen or known. God has and is sharing similar insight like this to
others around the world to encourage us not to give up the fight.
It's
time to get ready to party and do business for the Kingdom of God.
This will be a Happy New Year for all God's children.
December 23, 2014
Christmas In Mexico
A nativity scene with Christmas tree next to the new fountain. |
The best gift anyone can give to one another is their love
and forgiveness.
The best Gift ever given to us was Jesus Christ. He is and will always
be the Ultimate Gift to mankind. Receive that gift and let Him change your life
forever, by filling your life with His love, His peace and His joy that the world can't give.
December 16, 2014
For Such a Time as This
At
the appointed time Jesus Christ was sent to earth. We are all
familiar with the Bible account of Jesus' birth. But did you know you
too were also also sent to earth, for such a time as this. It wasn't
not an accident nor the plan of your parents, it was designed by God.
“But
as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become the
children of God, even to those who believe in His name, who where
born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of
man, but of God.” (John 1:12-13)
Our
spirit were in Him from the beginning, and just like Adam we walked
and talked in the cool of the day with Him. Now it is our turn to
live out Christ's nature on earth, just as Jesus did 2000 years ago.
Our purpose is similar even though we didn't have a virgin birth. God
has a divine plan for each and everyone of His sons and daughters to
fulfill, even a “defining moment” as God calls it; where
history is enhanced or even altered. Whether our mission is big or
small or some where in between, our lives are important to God, and a
joy to our Heavenly Father. So maybe it a time for a reality check,
and ask yourself and then God, Why am I here? And see if you both
have the same answer.
We
still must be willing to denying our selves, take up our cross and
follow His Spirit to the death of our self-life and even to our
natural life, just as Jesus did in the Garden of Gethsemane and on
the cross at Calvary. Then we too will walk as Jesus walked and talk
as He did with resurrection power and life flowing through us,
allowing us to rule and reign with Christ Jesus, now and for all
eternity.
In
the book of Esther we see how she, the bride, was prepared to meet the king and
become his wife, so we too are being prepared “for such a time as
this.” Once we have accepted the edict of Yahweh's love we have
been commissioned to fulfill a role in the Kingdom of God, where
one or maybe thousands, even millions of lives are effected; that will bring
salvation and restoration to them and for many generations to come. When
we realize and understand that we have been birth just as Jesus was,
and given His authority, it certainly put things into a whole
different perspective on things. Also, a better understanding of what true
Sonship is all about.
”O God, may You be
exalted over my possessions. Nothing of earth's treasures shall seem
dear to me if You are glorified in my life. Be exalted over all my
friendships, for I am determined that You shall be above all, though
I must stand deserted and alone in the midst of the earth. Be exalted
above my comforts. Though it means the loss of bodily comforts and
the carrying of heavy crosses...Be exalted over my reputation...above
my ambitions, above my likes and dislikes, above my family, my health
and even my life itself. Amen” --A.W Tozer
A change is coming and as
we step forward into a year by faith. The Heavenly Father is and will be exalted. We will see many signs, wonders and
miracles we never expected. Plus, I'm going back to Washington to
restore my marriage and family with God's help, after being gone for two
and a half years. My desire is to see God's love work through me, even to
those I left back home. I believe, my work in Mexico is almost done
and it is time to leave. It has been a wonderful experience I will
never forget or regret. Making many new friends, including some that I could hardly
talk to, and still seeing God's love, grace and faithfulness work through
it all. I will miss them dearly and hopefully see many of them in
heaven, if not sooner. Next year will be even a greater adventure as
we anticipate the “Visitation of the Father.”
December 9, 2014
Fruitfulness
Last
year I saw two large fruit trees in the neighbor back yard, behind my
house. One was a tangelo and the other was a grapefruit tree. The
neighbors no longer lived there and were trying to sell the empty
house. There was a lot of fruit on each tree, and the fruit on the
tangelo was ripening and would soon fall to the ground and rot, if no
one was going to pick them. The grapefruit would be ripe another
month later. After checking with other neighbors to see if it was
okay, I regularly, climbed over the fence and picked the fruit, and
enjoyed eating a lot for the next few months, plus gave some to other
people too.
I
never thought I would be still here in this same house a year later,
and the trees were full of fruit again, but not as much as the year
before, because the water system had been turn off for two weeks last
summer, and at other time too and the automatic water system was not
able to provide the water needed during those hot days and so some of
the branches had died. But there was still a lot of fruit to eat.
However, I noticed some tangelos had already fallen off, so I figured
some were ready to pick. But when I went over to pick, I noticed a
lot of small frying insects around the tree, and a small little hole
in some of the ripe tangelos that the bugs were entering the fruit
and causing them to rot and fall off to the ground. A week later I
went over and there were more insects and damaged fruit. I did not
have this problem last year, and was disturbed by this turn of
events. I was sure that this was not the only fruit tree in the area
with this problem. It was one of the curses, because of mankind’s
sin. But what could I do.
I
realized I needed to do something, not just complain. If my prayers
could turn a hurricane and heal the sick, why not remove this curse.
Jesus spoke to a fig tree and cursed it, why shouldn’t we be able
to speak to a tree and remove this curse of pestilent, after all
they were nail to the cross along with all the other curses and sins.
I know there is no diseases and pestilent in the Kingdom of God, so
it time to start turning the table around and say NO MORE. So I when
out to the tree a couple days later and did just that, but as I was
praying I realized that this was just a small thing to God; the most
important thing was people, and their lives. All creation came under
a curse from Adam's sin. And we are from the earth, and God is the
potter of these earthen vessels that now walk it in His amazing
grace. Our roots need to tap into that Eternal River that will never
run dry so that our leaves can heal the nations. But unfortunately,
we have also become very ignorant of the disease and pestilents in
our hearts that destroy the fruit He desire to see come from us too.
Many people, including Christians still have various amounts of pride,
greed, lust, unforgivness, self-worth and are unable to see how they
have damaged or destroyed lives. Plus, it also separates or hinders their relationship with God
and others. I have asked my Heavenly Father to remove our “hearts
of stone” and give us a “heart of flesh”. Then asked Him to
remove all the disease and pests in my own heart, and give me a heart
like His, so that our life will be BUG FREE in His Kingdom.
By
Faith, I do have God’s heart, and that is why I am here and
speaking His words across Mexico and the Internet.
December 2, 2014
Thanks/Giving
Most
American celebrated Thanksgiving Day last week, but over the years it
has lost much of its meaning and become a just another holiday that
jump-start people into a month of self-indulges capped off with two
bigger holidays. But this article is not about those holidays. In
Mexico they don’t celebrate Thanksgiving, and I've learned that
finding a turkey in the grocery store is almost impossible until the
week before Christmas, for only a week.
We arrived at the house about 7pm and got to meet her son and his family. They continued preparing food in a large kitchen, while we sat in the living room with some other friends who could speak English. There was American music playing; oldies from the 70’s. Other family members arrive a little later with more food and we were introduced to them. All Violet’s sons can speak English, but only three were there that night, and their wives could not speak English, and their children only a little.
Some crab pastries and pecan nuts were past-out along with coke or water to drink, while the table was set and final preparations for dinner were made.
During
the meal, I was asked if I wanted to watch the Seattle Seahawk game,
on the big screen TV, while we ate, I said, “No thank you, being
with you was better than any football game.” I was stuff and
blessed by these beautiful people that God allowed me to be with, and
to touch their lives in this special way, God was there too. After
our fabulous dinner, Violet was about to open her presents that
others had brought. I leaned over and told her I didn’t have a
present for her. She said, that my being there the best gift I could
give, and all the other stuff wouldn’t mean as much as that. Wow, I
would like to believe it's because she know who lives inside me; if
not she will be very disappointed, because nothing, including
Violet will keep me from fulfilling my mission, which I have
already told her.
Being
in Mexico, the Lord has helped me put a whole new perspective on
things,
and Thanks/giving has become a way of life to me. When I left the
United States I left a lot of material things behind that I learned I
didn’t need or at least I could live without them. They
were not necessary to find true peace and happiness that we all
need, nor are they required to fulfill God's will for our life and touch those around us. I have learned to give thanks everyday and be
content, but there are still time the enemy tries to disrupt my life
and journey with my Heavenly Father. But the enemy can’t succeed,
for my life is sealed the blood-covenant of Jesus Christ. And for that I'm very thankful. In fact I’m
here to disrupt the enemy’s plans. The best way for me is to declare God's
word and heart and stand fast on it. Another way is by giving
thanks and loving people and giving food and/or money to
those around me. God has a powerful way of multiplying all that into
ways beyond human understanding.
One
day couple months ago, I had asked God what next six months for me would
be like. He indicated that more people would come into my life, that
more people would feed me and there would be some other surprises; that all sounded great to me.
It
was just about that same time I met Violet, she was coming toward me
on one of my morning walks, and she had a big smile on her face and
greeted me. She had seen me before and wanted to get to know me, and
she could speak English. She was about my age, her parents were from
Spain, but she was born in Guaymas, Mexico and was one of triplet
girls, the first triplets to be borne by natural birth in that city.
Violet lives in San Carlos now, been divorced two years, very
friendly and out-going, and has four married sons, and now works at
the art gallery for Palir, even though she doesn’t need money. Over
the past two months, I have shared Christ’s love for her and
Mexico, plus on Tuesdays we watch one of my DVD movies, including
faith-based and the Passion. She has invited me to eat dinner every
Sunday at her house. She likes to cook and eat healthy food, because
she is diabetic. I told her God would heal that problem. I have
enjoyed her cooking and having a friend I can talk with. She really
likes me, but I let her know, up front, that we can only
be friends, nothing more. During this time I have also met one
of the sisters, friends and a few family members. They all liked me,
know that I'm married and on a mission for God. Some of them have
given me food too. Ten days ago her sister, Martha, left for Mexico
City for a few months, but before she left, wanted to have me come to
her house with Violet for a meal. After the meal, she gave me all the
left-overs from the chicken dinner, plus food that was still in her
cabinets and refrigerator.
A birthday party with Violet's beautiful family (Violet in the center) |
Then
last Thursday was not only thanksgiving in the U.S., but it was also
Violet’s birthday. She invited me to celebrate it with her, friends
and all her family at one of her son’s house in a small city, about
twenty miles away. I went with Palir and her husband, who were also
invited. I had no gift to give and Violet is well-off as far as
personal wealth. I asked God what to bring, He said, "just being there
will be the best gift you can give." Okay.
We arrived at the house about 7pm and got to meet her son and his family. They continued preparing food in a large kitchen, while we sat in the living room with some other friends who could speak English. There was American music playing; oldies from the 70’s. Other family members arrive a little later with more food and we were introduced to them. All Violet’s sons can speak English, but only three were there that night, and their wives could not speak English, and their children only a little.
Some crab pastries and pecan nuts were past-out along with coke or water to drink, while the table was set and final preparations for dinner were made.
A bad hurricane hit this area of Mexico, a five years ago, and their house was flooded with 3' of water. |
When
the food came out I could hardly believe what I saw. Each of our big
plates was already served with two kinds of shrimps dishes, a large
slice of ham with pineapple in a spicy red sauce, along with mash
potatoes, a fresh green salad with sprouts, plus a Waldorf salad. One
of the daughter-n-laws used to cater to wedding and it showed that night.
This
was one of the best looking and tasting meals I have ever eaten, and I was served seconds.
Plus, there was sushi with different dips and fresh french rolls. And
for desert, a three layer cream cheese carrot/fruit cake. I was asked
to give the blessing on our meal, and I gratefully did. What a
blessing this night was.
Palir's husband, Burt. is sitting to the left of the picture. He did bronze sculptures and is an American. |
I
will never forget that night. Before we left, I made a point to
thank and bless each of them and their children, and to tell them
that God has a wonderful future in store for them and all of Mexico.
I
am truly thankful for the privilege of serving and giving my life for
the children of God, but most of all I’m thankful for the Father's
love and most precious Gift, Jesus Christ.
Before the night was over I sat down and played catch with this cute little girl. She really enjoyed that and so did my Heavenly Father. |
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