2017 - Year Of Repentance

Note:  I have just lost all my commentary on the following post.  I have been kicked off the internet numerous times in the hours I have been working on this post.  I am done for tonight. I am only posting my Journal entry..as the LORD gave me the words.

2017 - Year Of Repentance

The Words GOD Gave Me for 2017

Saturday, December 3, 2016     

“Cry, Cry…what shall I cry?”  ….from Isaiah 40…….2017 – Year of Repentence

I was just sitting in my recliner enjoying some of my favorite CD’s, thinking about the Presence of the LORD, and I heard;  “June 17, 2017 – Day of Mourning.”

What?????  Did I hear you???  What is the meaning of that?

“Day of discouragement”   6-17-17

LORD? What is the meaning of THAT?  America’s last stand???

“Choose wisely”

“Rejoice in the LIGHT – Again, I say, R-E-J-O-I-C-E (that your name is written in the heavenly books)”

Thursday December 29, 2016

…Sing the song of the Redeemed;  for God dwells in the praises of His people.

 Was thinking about the LORD’s Prayer and the 23^rd Psalm…both so well known....GOD’s will being done on earth...”Were my current prayers in accord with the will of GOD?”

I do not want to be found praying against the will of GOD! 

I heard a voice, not an audible voice,  but in my heart;  “Daughter of Israel, sing unto me thy praise.”

I thought to myself…what shall I sing?

“Sing the song of the redeemed.”  “Look it up”

 What is the song of the redeemed????  So, I googled it.  I was surprised to find that there are several songs with that title. I listened to several.  My favorite was:

“Song of the Redeemd” by Anna Purdum    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky6p3nx5ylQ

Revelation 14:2-3 

At the end of the song these words were typed: 

Every song was once a “new song”.

  “Cry, cry what shall I cry”...this has been going around my hear like an earworm!!!!
So, I looked it up and read it again.

I copied it from the KJV and the RSV

Isaiah 40:6King James Version (KJV)

⁶ The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:

Isaiah 40:6Revised Standard Version (RSV)

⁶ A voice says, “Cry!”
    And I said, “What shall I cry?”
All flesh is grass,
    and all its beauty is like the flower of the field.

The LORD is looking for true repenctence.   

2 Chronicles 16: 9      KJV

⁹ For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.

2 Chronicles 16:9      Revised Standard Version (RSV)

⁹ For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show his might in behalf of those whose heart is blameless toward him. You have done foolishly in this; for from now on you will have wars.”

So, this is what I believe GOD is saying by His Spirit to me:

“Repent personally and corporately for all the evil that has been revealed in this country in the past few months, …. Even, what may yet be revealed.  (Wiki Leaks has, up to this point in time, never been wrong). In times past, before GOD rendered judgments (or some call them the Pleadings of the LORD) , He first revealed the sins of a people/nation.  If they repented, they were spared or blessed in some way…if not, they went into war or captivity or even destroyed.  In the event of Korah…Numbers 26:10…the earth opened up and swallowed them up. 

I think, we are at a time in history that we must repent, or we might be facing one of the above!  Also, IF …..we are in the end time of the End Times… we had better be on our knees! Because,  without GOD’s protection, we will be toast!  The Bible says that an Angel is sent out to put a mark on the forehead of everyone who is sighing and crying for the abomantions being done in the earth. 

Ezekiel 9:3-5Amplified Bible (AMP)

³ Then the [^[a]Shekinah] glory and brilliance of the God of Israel (the cloud) ^[b]went up from the cherubim on which it had rested, to [stand above] the threshold of the [Lord’s] temple. And the Lord called to the man clothed with linen, who had the scribe’s writing case at his side. ⁴ The Lord said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, throughout all of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh [in distress] and grieve over all the repulsive acts which are being committed in it.” ⁵ But to the others I heard Him say, “Follow him [the man with the scribe’s writing case] throughout the city and strike; do not let your eyes have pity and do not spare [anyone].
There is also another mark or seal:
Revelation 13:16
¹⁶ And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

I am not sure where we are in history…perhaps we are in the last few years. I have always felt that I would still be here when Jesus returns….but so have many others through the years.   All I know for sure, is that many of the prophecies of the Bible have come to pass in my lifetime, that were impossible in years past, because of lack of technology.  

Lack of technology is not a problem today.  The doubling of computer processing speed every 18 months, known as Moore's Law, is just one manifestation of the greater trend that all technological change occurs at an exponential rate. 

More commentary to come at a later date.

May you have a Blessed New Year!

Karen

2016 --- Year of Recompense???

Dear Ones, 

Good morning! It's a glorious sunshiny Sunday… January 03, 2016!

How did you spend your New Year’s Eve?  What are you envisioning for 2016?  Two questions we all think about… one way or another!

 

Years ago, I inquired of some very good friends, “What do you do on New Year’s Eve?”    They gave a quick glance at one another and then quietly spoke, “We don’t go anywhere. We spend the time in prayer and seeking GOD’s will for the coming year.”

What a wonderful tradition!  I decided then and there, I would do the same.  I cannot think of a better way to bring in the New Year than with GOD’s blessings!  So now, that has become my tradition…spending New Year's Eve at home seeking the LORD's guidance for the coming New Year!    

Reading through my journal entries of past years, I can see now how GOD has worked in my life through this time I have set aside for HIM each year.   Sometimes GOD has given me a complete sentence to ponder for the future... but mostly just a word or two, sometimes He has given me a Bible verse location or a partial verse or phrase…meaning it was up to me to “search it out”! Always, GOD has given me a "word" in due season.  It is written :

Matthew 6:33         Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

At the beginning, I was just seeking a prophetic word for my life and my families.  But, as the years have gone by, I could see that "Word" could also be applied to the body of Christ as well.  Usually about the time I think of writing Christmas cards, I start wondering what the “Word” will be for the coming year. The past several years, God has given me a "Word" before I even began to seek Him concerning the coming year!

I was lying in bed on December 26, 2015 at 12:59 AM...just thinking about the recent family Christmas...the things of the past year. It occurred to me, …..I had not even thought about asking GOD for a "Word", nor had He given me one for the coming year! 

It was at that moment I clearly heard the Holy Spirit ask me, "What did Elisha do?"

When GOD asks me a question, I pay attention because I know He wants to reveal something to me!  I understood I was to do a search on the life and ministry of Elisha. ... To seek out the WORD so that I would find the "word for 2016". I think it is "Healing and Restoration" for my families and also for the body of Christ, both Jew and Gentile.

However, as I sat down to write in my journal for the first entry of 2016; @ 8:38 AM, Saturday, January 2, 2016....
I found myself writing across the top of the page ….  2016-Year of recompense.
Recompense….what exactly does that mean? 

The first verse that came to mind was…”render her double for her inequity is great ..  

Revelation 18:6    (English Revised Version)           

“Render unto her even as she rendered, and double unto her the double according to her works: in the cup which she mingled, mingle unto her double.”

The second one was a little more comforting: 

Ruth 2:12           (King James Version)

The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.

There are more writings/verses on the "rendering of vengeance than good towards men on earth ... I am thinking that it will probably be both... Healing and restoration of the body of Christ...bringing the family of GOD together & also wicked men getting their reward for the evil they have done ... Each man in their own time...
In the late 1990's, my Bible Study ladies & I sponsored a 3-day seminar on Prophecy at Penalosa. The speakers, "Mike and Kay McQuiddy", were from Colorado Springs, wealthy business people who found Jesus ...following their fall from wealth. Anyway, he spoke of a time soon coming which would truly be, "The best of times and the worst of times at the same time." This was my introduction into eschatology.  Mike spoke of a man whom  he believed to be a great man of GOD, Henry Gruver.  Henry  calls this season of time, "the multiplication factor";... Whatever is in a person will be multiplied ... The glorious church doing signs and wonders…. and the great powers of darkness of the evil forces coming together for the time of the end ....known as The Great Tribulation, or as the scripture says... "The time of Jacob's trouble."
The times we live in today are surely the last minutes of the end times spoken of in the Holy Scriptures.   Never before have we had the wisdom and technology to understand the prophetic events  spoken about in the Bible. We do now understand these events ……as they come to pass before our very eyes in the headlines of the news! Truly we hear the news speak of wars and rumors of wars, earthquakes in many places, sink holes…erratic weather, persecution, beheadings… evil men working their evil deeds without fear of recompense from the people.

Yet, millions of people world-wide are giving their hearts to Jesus!   Some from the Middle East even saying that Jesus appeared to them in a vision!  Even more astonishing is this except from the internet: 

“More than 25 prominent rabbis from Israel and abroad recently issued a statement calling for a renewed look at Jesus, Christians and the New Testament faith. Quoting from their own sages, these outstanding  Orthodox rabbis are not ashamed to exalt the name of Jesus, welcoming the carpenter from Nazareth back into the Jewish fold."..........................."And there is more. “After nearly two millennia of mutual hostility and alienation, we Orthodox Rabbis who lead communities, institutions and seminaries in Israel, the United States and Europe… seek to do the will of our Father in Heaven by accepting the hand offered to us by our Christian brothers and sisters,”  

(Above Paragraph is Quoted from a posted internet article from  “Israel Today”:  Orthodox Rabbis Bring Jesus Home for Christmas  - Thursday, December 24, 2015 |  David Lazarus)

Yes, it is the time of Joel chapter 2: 

Joel 2:28              KingJames Version (KJV)

²⁸ And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:

We do indeed serve an AWESOME GOD!

May the Blessings of the LORD GOD of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob be upon you and overcome you in 2016!

Peace …Shalom ,

Karen

Can I Ask You A Few Questions???

Dear Reader, 

 

I am writing this to you, as a believer in Christ Jesus, GOD the Father and Holy Spirit.  What each of us do with our lives matters...character matters, integrity matters, honor matters .... what is our responsibility today?   What has God given us to do?  Corporately and individually?  How are we to survive in a culture that is rapidly going downhill ....where Biblical values are being cast aside, ridiculed and even... prosecuted?

We are in the last days…indeed; we have been for hundreds of years! However there is a period of time called “The Time of Jacob’s Trouble”, which I believe is quickly approaching, whether months or years, I do not know, only that each day brings us closer to THAT DAY!

The Bible gives us clues and indications of this time, when there will be terrible tribulation upon all on the earth.  There is much that needs to happen before Jesus returns for HIS BRIDE.  However, technology and knowledge has increased dramatically in the last 50 years…and men do travel all over the world…..wars and rumors of wars…nations and kingdoms rising against each other….lawlessness in high places…

So, we should be aware and know that our time is short.  We should know the purpose for which we were created:  We were created for God’s good pleasure…to be conformed into the image of Jesus Christ.  We should know we have been placed here, on earth in 2014 for such a time as this.  We are in a war, (but, we do know who wins in the end).  The war is for the souls of men.  We know that the harvest is continually ready … and there are few harvesters and …the battle is fierce.

Can I ask you a question? 

“What is the value of a soul?”

This is a question that Holy Spirit asked me as I was out hiking in the Mountains while going to Bible College…I cannot put a value on a soul...it is incalculable...God sent Jesus, His only begotten Son to die for  YOU and me!  He paid the price we couldn't!  He came down from heaven to save us, His creation!  His death and blood set us free from sin and His resurrection restored us into a right relationship with GOD the Father!  How can I put a value on even one soul???  

Are you willing to be obedient unto the calling of GOD?  Are you ready to surrender all, even knowing that many people will laugh at you or be scornful or even hateful?  Are you ready to speak as the Holy Spirit directs instead of as the world of religion would have you to speak???

If we are the temple of the LORD…. and bought with the price of the BLOOD of Jesus…DO we really have any choice but to freely serve our LORD and MASTER ….because of HIS LOVE for us and our grateful LOVE for HIM?

In my prayer time with the LORD on December 21, 2013, I asked Him for a “WORD” for the coming year.  I heard one word, “LOVESTORY”.  

I am so excited to be alive during this time in history to see the unfolding of the revelation of the “Greatest LOVESTORY Ever Told “ to the world!  The scriptures the Holy Spirit gave me to go with this WORD are:  Malachi 4:6 and Romans 5:5. 

Truly …the best of times and the worst of times at the some time…As the LIGHT of CHRIST brightens (Christ in You, the hope of Glory)…the distinction between light and dark becomes so much clearer.

David Wilkerson wrote about the Glory of GOD, being the revelation of HIS WONDERFUL NATURE AND CHARACTER…meant to equip us, build us up and give us an inheritance…among all which are sanctified…He also wrote about the names of GOD, each revealing a part of HIS CHARACTER…GOD revealed these things to us so that we might be changed by the understanding of it!

 As, I was thinking on these things a few days ago, the question came to me.  What was the “Joy” set before Jesus that made HIM WANT to endure the cross? What exactly did Jesus see that gave Him so much Joy, that He willing laid down HIS life???

I begin to recall Bible verses;

Restore unto me the joy of my salvation…Ps. 51:12

 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy…Ps. 126:5

…there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner..Luke 15:10

These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full…John 15:11

The “joy” of the LORD is our strength…Nehemiah 8:10

…I create Jerusalem arejoicing, and her people a joy..Is. 65:18

I did a search on the word “Joy”. 

If we, the people of GOD, are the Joy set before Jesus…what, exactly is it about us, that gives Him and us “Joy”??

I thought about the Bride of Christ….How did she get herself ready???What did she do..or not do to prepare herself for the wedding feast???? What is Holy Spirit telling us to do today???

I thought about David Wilkerson’s description of the Glory….and our purpose, as born again believers…. “to be conformed into the image of Jesus Christ”…justified…glorified….Romans 8:29,30.

...His train (of His Glory) filled the temple. Is. 6:1

…the whole earth is full of His Glory. Is. 6:3

Did Jesus see His Bride with such Joy because she was exhibiting the character and qualities of His FATHER…shining like the sun with clean hands and a pure heart…. in the midst of a  very dark and tumultuous earth ???

There is a scripture on a large cross that I have set high upon my kitchen cabinets;

…”As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD” Joshua 24:15b….That is my daily prayer.

I leave you with this question:

What will you say when you are asked…”What did you do with what I gave you?”????

Love, Blessings, Peace and Joy to you!

Joy To The World

CHRISTMAS 2013

The full moon is shining brightly as I write, giving the neighbor’s Christmas lights a very special glow.  I wonder, did the Star of Bethlehem outshine a full moon???  Did it shine so brightly the Wisemen didn’t need anything else to light their pathway… as they traveled though the night to see the newborn King so long ago???

I wonder…who heard the angels sing,  “Glory to God in the highest!  Goodwill to all men!”….other than; the Shepherds, the Wisemen, Mary, Joseph and the newborn Son of GOD???

I wonder… who will watch for His coming in the near future???  Who will see the signs and wonders of the sky… Who will hear the sound of His coming???

I wonder… who will believe the Holy WORD of GOD???  Will He find faith when He returns for HIS Bride???  Does the Bride know who she is?  Is she preparing herself for the wedding feast to come?  Repentance of sin is necessary…Jesus said so!  So very simple…read the WORD, believe the WORD,  repent of your sin and receive the gift of eternal life with Jesus, GOD and Holy Spirit …and citizenship in Heaven…..FOREVER!!!!

I wonder... does anyone really read the Holy Bible…searching the scriptures to find TRUTH???  Do you know the TRUTH, the WAY and the LIFE?

What will be your thoughts on that day??? Do you know the “time of Jacob’s trouble” must come first?  Are you ready for persecution???  Do you know where we are in timeline of the LORD’s return???  Do you have enough information to choose wisely?  Do you know about the “mark of the beast”…..Without which no one can buy or sell???  Do you know if you receive it….you can NEVER go to Heaven???  Whoever receives the “mark of the beast” will go into the lake of fire prepared for the fallen angel Lucifer and all who follow him???

We are all made spirit, soul and body.   At death, the flesh is destroyed, (eventually turns to dust)  the Spirit goes back to the Giver and the soul lives forever….somewhere….either with GOD or with all the evil angels….! 

The first law of Physics….matter cannot be created or destroyed by man….we will all live forever…somewhere…..

Do you know what you believe?  Is it true???  What are the signs of HIS coming??? Signs in the sky……Asteroids, comets, Sun spots, solor polar shifts…blood moons, earth quakes, wars and rumors of wars….

Just some thoughts this morning as I contemplate the true meaning of Christmas….the Incredible….Amazing …Story of the Birth of the SON of GOD!....The reason for HIS coming….His death, His resurrection and His Return for HIS BRIDE…HE was all man and all GOD.  He was born, He lived, He suffered for all of the sins of the world…past, present and future! He died,  ONCE and for ALL!!!!  HE AROSE  from the dead!!! And, now is in Heaven…waiting for the time appointed for HIM to return for the People He loves so much!!!

Adam, in his disobedience, destroyed man’s relationship with GOD….  BUT Jesus restored it!!!!

JOY!  JOY!  JOY!  to the WORLD for the LORD GOD has restored HIS relationship with man!!!  Jesus paid the price for sin…forever giving us access to the very throne of GOD ALMIGHTY!!!  Hallelujah!!! LORD JESUS!!!   Hallelujah!!! 

NO wonder the Angels sang GLORY to GOD in the highest!!! Peace on earth goodwill to man!!!

Merry Christmas all!  May the LOVE of Jesus Christ, the Father and the HOLY Spirit give you HOPE, JOY, PEACE and LOVE as we celebrate the Season of Jesus the Christ; the Savior of the world!!!

Many Blessings and Much LOVE,

Karen

Psalm 2

King James Version (KJV)

Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?² The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying,³ Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.⁴ He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.⁵ Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.⁶ Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.⁷ I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.⁸ Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.⁹ Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.¹⁰ Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.¹¹ Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.¹² Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

John 3:16  For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believe in Him, should not perish but have everlasting life.