Thursday, January 16, 2025

North Carolina and California


The devastating fires in California are so terrible.  Pray for these people.  Like in Appalachia, so many have lost everything, including the land their homes stood on.  I remember the horrible fires we had here in Florida in 2006.  Fires were burning on both sides of the expressway, and both sides of the St Johns River for many days.  There was a fire burning just one block from my house. It seemed like the fires would never stop, and I feared my home would be destroyed.  The only thing that stopped the fires was rain.  So, please join us in praying for rain in California. 

We're still following and praying for the folks affected by Hurricane Helene in Appalachia.  It is encouraging to see that help is still available through private groups and churches.  FEMA doesn't do much.  The victims get a lump sum $750 and if they've lost their homes, they get vouchers to stay in hotels for a few months.  That's it as far as I know.  But neighbors are helping neighbors and there are groups that are helping to provide RVs, tiny homes, and some are helping buy land and homes.  Sadly, though, some people are living in tents. 

I hope you will help if you're able.  Here is an updated list of groups that are helping:  I got this list from Tipper at Celebrating Appalachia on You Tube.  I love her channel. She posts every day and her vlogs are always interesting.

  Appalachia Service Project 10 homes and 7 more under way. Volunteers https://asphome.org/

***Deep River Farm:    / @deepriverfarm3615   Family stories that they are currently helping  CENTRAL GLOBAL METHODIST CHURCH https://centralasheboro.org/events-op... needs. Family updates
Helping Hands Family #5 back in their home!!

John Ward:    / @theappalachianchannel  (we love this channel)

https://centralasheboro.org/events-op...

***Appalachian Navy:    / @budf14  

Pastor Tim Clark
Bethel Wesleyan Church
901 Tracy Grove Rd
Flat Rock NC
28731
(828) 489-1714https://www.amazon.com/registries/gl/...

Bald Creek Relief https://www.baldcreekrelief.com/needs (Burnsville)

My HOME HUB is Restoration Church’s Disaster Relief Hub in Swannanoa NC. We are always in need of volunteers! Our website is:
restorationchurchnc.org/disaster-relief For those needing help and those giving help

Samaritan’s Purse: https://www.samaritanspurse.org/
Mercy Chefs: https://mercychefs.com/helene-response/
NC Baptists: https://ncbaptist.org/hurricane-helen...
8 Days of Hope: https://eightdaysofhope.com/
Cajun Navy Relief: https://www.cajunnavyrelie

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Pray for the Senate Confirmation Hearings

 


 

This week, hearings will begin to confirm the nominees for President Trump's Cabinet. "It is time to remind Republican US Senators of the importance to strongly stand for and confirm the cabinet nominations of President Elect Donald Trump who will put into place the policies necessary to achieve the values represented by the November 5th voter mandate."*  Please join me in praying for the nominees and the Senators who will be serving in the hearings.  

You can watch the hearings on YouTube - just search for "Senate Confirmation Hearings 2024".  You will find many outlets that are carrying the hearings.

Use this link to find and contact your U.S. Senator and remind them to support President's choices.

 https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm

Also, here is a resource for the hearings each day this week:

 https://ifapray.org/blog/trump-administration-confirmation-hearings-begin/

The Intecessors For America website https://ifapray.org is a great resource and highly recommend them. I subscribe to their daily emails.

 

I found this article that I think is helpful as we go this process, which is about the faith of several of the nominees:  https://decisionmagazine.com/a-biblical-influence/


Sunday, January 12, 2025

FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT

In an earlier post, I said I'd talk about what we have to do now that President Trump has been elected.  We cannot rest on our laurels, Gail-Friends. Like President Trump said after he was shot, we have to "FIGHT. FIGHT. FIGHT!"

The people have spoken. 

 

This map shows the "counties" that voted for Trump. He won the popular vote and the Electoral College vote.  (Thanks be to God for the uneventful certification of January 6.) The message is clear:  The people want change.  We now have a conservative president, a Republican majority in the House as well as the Senate, AND a majority conservative Supreme Court.  Hopefully, things will change with the blessings God has given us.

The majority voted for "change"and President Trump is making changes already.  Not everyone is happy about those changes.  There is much to be aware of and much to be done, both in the physical world and in the spiritual world.  

 First and foremost, we who believe in and follow Adonai must FIGHT in the spiritual realm. This is how we fight:

    Righteousness:

         Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.  (Proverb 14:34)

        ** please see my two previous posts on this subject: 

         https://gailgolden.blogspot.com/search/label/righteousness 

    Prayer

         The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.  (James 5:16)

    Praise:    

          Read what happens when God's followers fight with the power of praise in these passages:

               Joshua 6 -  the walls of Jericho fell down and victory was won

              II Chronicles 20 - (especially verse 22)  - the battle was won

              Acts 16:25-40  -  walls fell down and prisoners escaped

              In the words of an old song I used to sing as a child, "Praise Him in the morning, praise Him in the evening, praise Him when the sun goes down!! Praise Him that He has the strength and the power to preserve and defend our country from our enemies, both foreign and domestic.

    Spiritual warfare according to Scripture:  

"The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ." 

(2 Corinthians 10:4-5 )    

and 

 "Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm" ( Ephesians 11:6-13)

And now, let's talk about the physical realm.

#1 - We must be aware of what is actually happening in our country.  You will not hear about many of these things on the mainstream news outlets (ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, MSNBC ).  They all have the same talking points.  They share the same stories each day/night.  The Mainstream Media (MSM) have an agenda - to demonize President Trump and the Republicans, and to advance the narratives and goals of the Democrat Party, socialists, and  globalists. Just one example of this is:

The dirty dealings of the J6 committee. Video evidence has been destroyed that supports FBI operatives eing involved in the events that happened  at the Capitol.  We watched it all on TV that day and scratched our heads as the House guards allowed people in.  We saw men in suits jump out of the woodwork when Ashley Babbitt was shot.  We've heard testimony of DC officials who were stone-walled and ignored when trying to ask for help during the chaos. There is much more to the story than what is reported in the MSM.

All of this can be found on"conservative" news outlets such as One America News, Right Side Broadcasting, Free Republic, Truth Social, Tucker Carlson, Fox News, X (formerly Twitter), and YouTube. Please visit these outlets for national and world news.

There is more that we can do in the physical realm, but I'll save that for later posts since this post is getting long.  

What I'm saying here today is of ultimate importance as we head toward January 20 - Inauguration Day.  There have been two assassination attempts (even more, really, because people caught with weapons near him are not being counted) and common sense tells one that there will be more.  President Trump is hated.  He has been lied about, persecuted with law suits, and severely mistreated ever since 2016 when he announced his candidacy for the presidency.  He and his family have endured horrible abuse for eight long years.  

Ask yourself, "Why?"

It's because he is going against the grain of what those in control have lived with for decades.  He's not playing by their rules.  He came into the presidency with the goal of draining the swamp.  Some of the swamp creatures are gone.  The ones still around are scared to death of what he's going to do in his second term.  They know their time is up and they are fighting with all they've got.

So, we who are called to do Adonai's Kingdom work have a job to do. . .and we are ALL called, Gail-Friends. Please do the things I've outlined in the week ahead - and especially on January 20.  Pray for the safety of President Trump, his family, and all who will be in attendance at the event.  And as always, join me as I pray for revival.