Sliding Into Grace

The night of November 20th, 2009, our oldest son was in a car accident.

His best friend came over to pick him up to go to the movies. He would have driven himself except I caught him spinning the tires at a stop sign with his little brothers in the car, so as any loving parent would do, I grounded him from driving over the weekend. The movie they chose was sold out so they ended up driving around. After visiting a couple of sport & electronic stores they left going through the dark backside of the parking lot and turned out unto a street that in less than half a mile would put them at a dark deadend.

 The streets were slick with fresh rain and the windows fogged quickly. By the time they saw the road was gone it was too late. "HOLD ON!" his best friend screamed as he prepared to slam on the brakes. The mud was loose and slick under the tires and suddenly the ground fell away as the SUV careened unto its right side just before the cedar tree in their path brought them to a crashing halt followed by the air bags deploying instantly.
Thankfully both boys had their seatbelts on and after a brief bit of shock and dissmay were able to shimmy out the drivers side window which now faced the heavens.

This is the tree that stopped them from rolling further down the hill.

It was by Gods Grace that both boys walked away unharmed that night.

Every day my wife and I pray a hedge of protection around what God has given us stewardship over, including our children, and on this night, since my wife was out of town, she said an extra prayer, just moments before the accident because the Holy Spirit prompted her to and she heard and obeyed.

Often we do not see what we pray for but when we do it is powerful.

As for my wife and I, we know first hand the power of prayer.

The times, they are a changin'

Unfortunately, there is an excessive amount of activity on a global

level that should raise the eyebrows of anyone concerned for 

what liberty is left to them at this point. What we see in progress is 

a foreshadow of Bible prophecy coming to fruition to bring about 

mans seven year endgame of history which will be starting very

soon. As God has clearly stated in His written word (the Bible, 

which when looked at in the proper perspective is the greatest love

letter ever written) the world will end up with a one world 

government, currency and religion. All roads at present are leading

towards the first two agendas of this scenario and the third one 

will develop shortly after 1st Thessalonians, Chapter 4, verses

13-18 occurs, which reads:

The Coming of the Lord 13Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope. 14We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. 15According to the Lord’s own word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left till the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. 18Therefore encourage each other with these words.[i]

This is the event that those whom love the Lord and read the Bible refer to as the rapture, and when this occurs those of us who are living for the Lord will follow His command! It is my speculation that once this takes place, there will be great chaos and confusion in which Satan and his fallen angels will be ready to take full advantage of in laying the foundations for replacing what has been removed with their ungodly desires. They have already drawn their plans for a final act although God is the true director and He will have the last word and scene where He will appear in all His glory with His saints to transform all that has transpired: From chaos to order, injustice to justice, abomination to Glory!

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[i] http://niv.scripturetext.com/1_thessalonians/4.htm

How close are we to Ezekiel 38-39 prophecy?

Glory to God!

The next big attack

In the ongoing war on terrorism, it is not a matter of if but when is the next big attack on American soil. It seems that the FBI has been hard at work uncovering plots here on U. S. soil in New York ( May and September ), Aurora, Colorado last week, and now Dallas, Texas just yesterday. All is not quiet on the western front (USA) when it comes to this war and I am afraid too many have grown complacent and it will remain the case until something horrific happens. We all have been too busy trying to survive the economic fallout and it's aftershocks for the past year to see the signs of imminent danger headed are way. My fear is the next attack or multiple attacks will drive this nation into a state of panic and Martial Law in which I don't see us rebounding from. As we approach the midnight hour of the seven year tribulation period in bible prophecy there is no indication of a powerful nation in the west, which indicates that America will be dethroned as a world power either from within our own administration or major attacks from terrorists or what is most likely, a combination of both.

For a good summery of end time prophecy go to: http://www.matthewmcgee.org/rapture.html

Where Do You Stand?

Do you feel as if the world is reeling?
Are you not sure of your footing?

²⁵The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. ²⁶But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. ²⁷The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash." ( Matthew 7: 25-27 )

The majority of the people in this world have built a foundation on shifting sand.
It is most commonly referred to as economics, defined as " the social science that studies the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services. "

It seems that everywhere you turn today in the developed nations of the world, businesses and financial institutions are crumbling beyond repair and headed for a total meltdown.
Guess what? They are!
God is giving the world and its inhabitants a message, dare I say a clue to what is coming.
This present condition we find ourselves in as a fallen world continues to unravel as God's time clock ticks off the precious moments we have left before the curtain rises on the final act in this play we call life.
My question to you is, are you ready?
Do you know where you stand?
Are you confident, standing upon the Rock of Ages, comforted by the arms of the Prince of Peace, Jesus Christ,
or are you slipping on uncertain ground?
If you are unsure, choose this day, this very moment, to give your heart to Christ.

Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. ( John 14:6 )

Believe me when I say there is nothing more precious to Him than you.

The time we are given is precious!

The one area of stewardship that God equally distributes to His children is time. I don't mean that we are all guaranteed a set amount of years to live out our lives and figure out why we are here, I mean 24 hours/1,440 minutes or 86,400 seconds in a sunrise to sunrise given day. Each one of us may do as we choose with that time and most are rather selfish with what we are given due to our nature. Less than 5% of that time do I give back to God. If I give Him lets say 15 minutes between prayer and reading the bible in a 24 hour period: 15 divided by 1,440 =.0104 / move the decimal point over two spots that gives God a whopping 1.04% in a 24 hour period of time! I don't know about you but I suck! Sorry God, you deserve better! The bible tells us the truth of the matter in Isaiah 64:

Isaiah 64:6All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away.

When I started this blog, my intent was to post at least once a week and I have had a hard time making a post once a month!

My main message for this post is this: Don't cheat yourself out of valuable time spent with Christ!

Make it a point to put Him first in your day. He will make it worth your while!