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. 

Lord Lift Me Up - Part 5

 

Are you weary? Are you in despair? Are you in a battle?  I pray this post will encourage you today.

This series by Nancy Campbell has been so encouraging to me and I hope it will bless you, too.  It's from Nancy's weekly e-mail devotional (used with her permission).  You can sign up for the e-mails on her website.  www.aboverubies.org

PRESSING ON TO HIGHER GROUND

Part 5



  “Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit saith the LORD of hosts. Who art thou, O great mountain?

Before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain”

(Zechariah 4:6, 7)

We continue our point No. 6 about lifting up our hands to God.

 

b. We lift up our hands when we are in desperate need of God

Ezra 9:1-7: “And I sat astonished until the evening sacrifice. And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness: and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees and spread my hands unto the LORD my God, And said, O, my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.” Do you notice that He cried out to God at the time of the evening sacrifice? This was a specified time to call upon the Lord.

 

Psalm 88:9: “Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.”

 

Psalm 143:6: “I stretched forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land.”

 

c. We lift up our hands to God’s commandments

Psalm 119:48 says: “My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.” Have you ever been reading God’s Word, and something hits you so powerfully that you can’t help lifting up your hands in awe to God?

 

When Ezra read God’s words to all the people, they all stood up and “lifted up their hands: and the bowed their heads and worshipped the LORD . . .” (Nehemiah 8:5, 6).

 

d. We lift up our hands when in the battle

I am always challenged by the story of Aaron and Hur holding up Moses’ hands to win the battle against the Amalekites. Do you remember this account in Exodus 17:8-13? The children of Israel, under the command of Joshua, went out to fight against the Amalekites? Moses was up on the hill, lifting up his hands with the rod of God. When his hands were up, the Israelites prevailed. When he got tired and let down his hands, the Amalekites prevailed.

 

Let’s read what happened: “And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. But Moses’ hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; the one on the one side and the other on the other side; and his hand were steady until the going down of the sun” (verses 11 and 12).

 

We also have “Amalekites,” haters of God and all that is pro-life, pro-constitutional, and righteous in our land. We have enemies to fight, and our greatest weapon is the power of prayer. Many times the battle is so severe, either personally in your own life, or as we fight the battles in the nation, that we must do more than pray. We must also lift up our hands toward God. There is something about doing this that adds desperation and power to our intercession. It’s not my might, nor by power, but only by the power of the Spirit of God (Zechariah 4:6).

 

We also need one another as we fight our battles. No soldier goes to war as a lone soldier. We go against the enemy as an army. Notice how Israel prevailed against the enemy when Aaron and Hur continue to hold up Moses’ hands up to the Lord. They each needed one another. Gather others together with you in the battle.

 

Blessings from Nancy Campbell

 

PRAYER:

“Dear Father, I reach out my hands toward You as I battle in prayer for the victory. I also realize that we need to encourage one another as we intercede. Help me to never miss the prayer meeting where we can fight in prayer together against the enemies of the Lord. Amen.,”

 

AFFIRMATION:

I am not ashamed to raise my hands in prayer. My intensity in prayer outweighs any embarrassment I may have.

 

Lord Lift Me Up - Part 2

 

 

 

There have been many battles in my seven-decade life and through each one, I've learned something new about my Heavenly Father.  Scripture is the key to getting through a battle, Gail-Friends.  My favorite verse to cling to is "Some trust in horses and some in chariots, but we will trust in the Name of our God." (Psalm 20:7)

 

This series by Nancy Campbell has been so encouraging to me and I hope it will bless you, too.  It is from Nancy's weekly e-mail devotional (used with her permission).  You can sign up for the e-mails on her website.  www.aboverubies.org

 

PRESSING ON TO HIGHER GROUND

Part 2

 “Mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust;

leave not my soul destitute.”

(Psalm 141: 8).

We continue thoughts about LIFTING UP OUR EYES. Blessings come when we open our eyes to the Lord. God revealed visions to Daniel when he lifted his eyes (Daniel 8:3 and 10:5). When Elisha asked God to open the eyes of his servant, he saw the mountain full of horses and chariots of fire protecting them (2 Kings 6:17).   God promises to pluck our feet out of the net we are in when we fix our eyes upon Him. David confesses in Psalm 25:15: “Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.” The NET states: “I continually look to the LORD for help, for he will free my feet from the enemy’s net.”   We read the amazing deliverance God brought to King Jehoshaphat in 2 Chronicles chapter 20. A huge army of soldiers from three armies came to fight against Judah. Jehoshaphat feared. He had no might against this multitude. What could he do? He turned to the Lord and cried out to Him: “We have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do; but our eyes are upon thee” (verse 12).   What do you do when you don’t know what to do? You turn your eyes to the Lord and look to Him. When your eyes are upon the Lord instead of your circumstances, He will show you what to do. When Jehoshaphat and the people of Judah looked to the Lord, He showed them His plan and God wrought a mighty deliverance for them.   Isaiah 40:26: “Lift up your eyes on high (not on the fleeting things of this world or the difficult circumstances), and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out the host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might; for that he is strong in power.” We lift up our eyes to the One who is all powerful and the Creator of all things. We can trust Him implicitly. Psalm 123:2: “Behold as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until he have mercy upon us.” The servant must keep his eyes upon his master to be ready to do his bidding. A faithful servant knows his master so well that he knows what to do by the look of his master’s eyes or his hand movements. We do not look to the Lord in vain. We look to Him to know Him, to hear His soft whisper, to follow His guidance, to know His will strongly in our hearts.   Looking to the Lord should become a lifestyle. We inherently keep our eyes upon Him. It becomes the habit of our lives. May God help each one of us to live in this realm.   Read these further Scriptures to be encouraged today: Palm 121:1; 123:1, 2; 141:7, 8; Proverbs 3:5, 6; Isaiah 40:26-31; Luke 21:28; John 4:35; and Hebrews 12:1, 2.   2. LIFT UP YOUR HEAD Psalm 24:7-10: “Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle . . . the LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory.” The gates of the city must be lifted up when an earthly king arrives. We must also open up the gates of our hearts and minds to welcome our King of kings. He is the One who is strong and mighty. He is the One who will help us fight our battles! He is the God of the heavenly armies. We can’t do it on our own. In the flesh, we tend to open our minds to our problems, to the “poor me” attitude, to the overwhelmingness all around us and our gates are closed to the Lord.   Dear mother, lift up your head today. Open up the gates of your mind and heart to the Lord. He will lift you up to a new plain. To higher ground. As the hymnwriter says: “My heart has no desire to stay where doubts arise and fears dismay; Though some may dwell where those abound, my prayer, my aim, is higher ground.” Can you say Amen?   He has promised to be “the lifter of your head” (Psalm 3:3). He will “lift up your head above your enemies” (Psalm 27:5, 6). Read also Luke 21:28.   PRAYER: “Dear Father, forgive me for looking to my own resources and trusting in my understanding instead of looking to You. Help me to look to You first in every situation. Amen.” AFFIRMATION: My eyes are continually toward the Lord.

LIFE TO THE FULL w/ Nancy Campbell. I know you will be so blessed. A new podcast comes out each Tuesday morning. You can go to the home page of Above Rubies to click on to it or go to: http://ARPoddy.buzzsprout.com

Time to Shine

 

So much is happening in our world right now - the war in Israel and Gaza, threats from other countries to join the fight, and the division and violence toward Jews in America. Many of us are struggling with our own issues and problems. I read this encouragement today:

“ We may not have any control over what is happening in the world today, or even our own circumstances. But what we DO have control over is our WORDS, our THOUGHTS and our ACTIONS.

God created us in His image— We can choose to speak LIFE and KINDNESS and LOVE— even in the face of death and wickedness and hatred.

We can choose to take our discouraging thoughts captive and meditate on GOD’s GOODNESS instead of all the negativity going around.

We can choose to allow our minds and lips to be filled with doubt, fear and bitterness, or we can choose to be a LIGHT in this ever present darkness.” **

And, we can PRAY, Gail-Friends! I challenge you to follow this link on Bible Gateway: https://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=prayed&version=TLV

You will find fifty-five instances of what happened when people prayed.

History tells us  of miracles that happened when people prayed. You can read about the amazing and wonderful World War II Miracle at Dunkirk here:

https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/dunkirk

Gail-Friends, I could write a book on the prayers He has answered for me. Never give up in despair, Pray for Israel and Gaza, the Middle Eastern countries, and especially for America.

**This quote was from Lazman Hazeh Music on Facebook and I hope it encourages you. I highly recommend following their page (and daily updates from Israel) and, of course, I love and recommend their music, especially this song: Rise Up, Rise Up

May you be ENCOURAGED!  And may you BE THE LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS.

Time To Say No

 

Dear Gail-Friends:

Nancy Campbell is a mentor to me and scores of other women.  This is her most recent email devotional.  It's so important.  Please share it.  She has given me permission to share her writings with others.  I recommend her website and her podcast.  I pray for her mantle to fall on each of us.  We were born for such a time as this - to stand strong against the evil one's plans to steal, kill, and destroy. 

June 02, 2022

Dear Gail, This is the latest Women's Devotional.

Time To Say No “Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them” (Ephesians 5:11).

The devil wants our children. He will take the souls, minds, and hearts of our children if we let him. He wants to take them down his road of destruction. We cannot give him an inch, or he takes a mile. We must be fierce guarders! Because the devil hates everything that God loves and planned for His creation, he robs women of their God-given home and mothering by wooing them into their careers. He robs children of being raised in the home which is their inheritance. He robs families of children that God has eternally destined for them by contraception, sterilization, and abortion. He robs marriages through pornography and adultery. He robs our silver and gold by tempting us to spend it on wasted material pleasures instead of God’s kingdom. We see an example in the life of King Ahab in 1 Kings 20:2, 3. Ben-Hadad, king of Syria sent messengers to king Ahab of Israel: “Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine.” How dare he take ownership! They did not belong to him. But what did king Ahab answer? “My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.” He even stated: “I denied him not” (1 Kings 20: 4, 7). Can you believe it? Because of the fear of man, or because he didn’t have the courage to stand up against king Ben-Hadad, he surrendered to him. He gave up everything that was most precious to him. How sad to read such a testimony? And yet we can so easily get caught. God gives us our children to raise for Him and for God’s destiny. And yet we give them to daycares and hand them over to the state education system. Somehow, even some Christian parents don’t mind that their children are taught that Islam is a peaceful religion (while we watch Islamic terror on TV). Many children in state schools have been asked to draw posters of the Five Pillars of Islam and pictures of the Prophet Muhammad, sing Islamic songs, wear Islamic clothes, construct a 3-D model of a mosque, design an Islamic prayer rug, and do calligraphy for “There is no God but Allah and Mohammed is his prophet.” Yes, this is in American schools. They don’t seem to mind that their children are openly taught about alternative lifestyles and that transgenderism is a choice for them. They may even be ignorant that the gay agenda now pushes their lifestyle in our state schools through books and curriculums (even on-line school). One of their latest books available to schools is “It’s Perfectly Normal” which contains material so sexually explicit that, according to the American Life League, it has been ruled inappropriate for prisoners by a Washington State court. Did you know that Ontario (Canada) passed a bill where children could be taken from the parents if they oppose their wanting to change their gender? Some parents don’t mind that their children are taught that abortion is a woman’s right. They don’t seem to mind that their children are brainwashed in socialism.  Let’s not give in like Ahab. Let’s have the courage to rise up and say No to the enemy! No to his robbing of all that God has given us. Speak your confession out loud: “I will not give anything to the devil. He has no right over me. I am God’s possession. He has no right over my children, and I will not give him any authority over them. They are God’s possession, and I am their guardian.” It’s time to say No. Nancy Campbell www.aboverubies.org PRAYER: “Dear Father God, please give me courage in this hour. Please save me from handing over my children to the devil’s plans. Help me to stand strong against liberalism and socialism and the lies and deception of the devil who wants to steal my children’s mind and hearts. Help me to guard them well. Amen.” AFFIRMATION: As a mother, I am on the guard against all deception and lies from the enemy. I say No to liberalism, socialism, progressivism and all plans steal my children from their God-given destiny. New Ontario law allows govt to seize children if parents oppose their ‘gender identity’ — RT World News

LIFE TO THE FULL w/ Nancy Campbell. I know you will be so blessed. A new podcast comes out each Tuesday morning. You can go to the home page of Above Rubies to click on to it or go to: http://ARPoddy.buzzsprout.com

America in a Nutshell

 

This is a Readers Digest version of what’s happening right now in America! But I'm still hopeful...and I will continue to pray, take action, and believe there can be a bright future for my beloved country.  Be sure to click the link at the end of this post.



 
AMERICA IN A NUTSHELL
 
(author unknown)

 
“This morning, I realized that everything is about to change. No matter how I vote, no matter what I say, lives are never going to be  the same. I have been confused by the hostility of family and friends.
 
I look at people I have known all my life so hate-filled that they agree with opinions they would never express as their own. I think that I may well have entered the Twilight Zone.
 
You can't justify this insanity. We have become a nation that has lost its collective mind. We see other countries going Socialist and collapsing, but it seems like a great plan to us. Somehow it’s un-American for the census to count how many Americans are in America.
  
People who say there is no such thing as gender are demanding a female President.
 
Universities that advocate equality, discriminate against Asian-Americans in favor of African-Americans. Some people are held responsible for things that happened before they were born, and other people are not held responsible for what they are doing right now.
 
Criminals are caught-and-released to hurt more people, but stopping them is bad because it's a violation of THEIR rights. People who have never owned slaves should pay slavery reparations to people who have never been slaves. After legislating gender, if a dude pretends to be a woman, you are required to pretend with him.
 
People who have never been to college should pay the debts of college students who took out huge loans for their degrees.
 
Immigrants with tuberculosis and polio are welcome, but you’d better be able to prove your dog is vaccinated.
 
Irish doctors and German engineers who want to immigrate to the US must go through a rigorous vetting process, but any illiterate gang-bangers who jump the southern fence are welcomed. $5 billion for border security is too expensive, but $1.5 trillion for “free” health care is not. If you cheat to get into college you go to prison, but if you cheat to get into the country you go to college for free. And, pointing out all this hypocrisy somehow makes us "racists"!
 
Nothing makes sense anymore, no values, no morals, no civility and people are dying of a Chinese virus, but it is racist to refer to it as Chinese even though it began in China. We are clearly living in an upside-down world where right is wrong and wrong is right, where moral is immoral and immoral is moral, where good is evil and evil is good, where killing murderers is wrong, but killing innocent babies is right.
 
Wake up America. The great unsinkable ship Titanic America has hit an iceberg, is taking on water and sinking fast and we need all the help we can get!!!
 
 ~~~
This is heart-breaking, but true.  We must not be complacent, Gail-Friends.  Please read my previous post HERE.

 
 The graphic up top is used by permission from the lovely Little Birdie Blessings

 
 
 
 

A Call to War

 

I know many are afraid of what's happening in our country.  But, remember that God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, of love, and of a sound mind. (2 Timothy 1:7). We cannot just sit back, wring our hands, and worry ourselves sick.  This post will show how we can take action.  Most importantly, we have mighty spiritual weapons to use in this war against humanity AND our country.  

Spiritual warfare has been on my heart recently and I hope you will read my posts  HERE  and the article below.  There are things we can do that are not included in the following article, such as:  

 

• Be like Esther - We were born for such a time as this, Gail-Friends. We can take action by exercising our citizenship. Stand up, speak out, and take a stand for our rights, common sense, and the truth.  Speak out one-on-one, on social media, in your town, state, and to your representatives in Congress.
  
• Live in obedience to His Holy Word so that our prayers are not hindered.  Remember this verse:  Those who abandon Torah praise the wicked, but those who keep Torah fight them. (Proverbs 28:4)
• Use praise to defeat the enemy - See Isiah 61:1-3.  Did you know that in ancient wars, the Israelites placed musicians and singers at the very front of the army?  Why?  Because praise glorifies God and the devil hates that.  Also, music has a profound effect on our strength and attitude.  Listen to praise music and sing to Him.  Read out loud the psalms that praise Him.  It is POWER-FULL!
  

I hope you will read this whole article (including more at the link below it) and join us in prayer and action to defeat the enemy of our souls. 

A Call to War

by Jamie Lash  (this is an excerpt from Jewish Jewels newsletter)

The shofar (ram's horn trumpet), spoken of throughout the Holy Scriptures, is sounded every day this month in traditional synagogues since August 2021 coincides with the month of Elul on the Hebrew /Biblical calendar. Elul precedes the month of Tishrei and is a month of preparation of the heart before the fall Feasts of the Lord. The shofar calls God's people to repentance.

The shofar is also a call to war. "When you go to war in your land against the enemy who oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets (shofarot, show-far-OAT), and you will be remembered before the LORD your God, and you will be saved from your enemies" (Num. 10:9).

Last month, in obedience to the Lord, I wrote about two of the evil spirits that are warring against us in the U.S.A. at this hour in history: the lying, deceiving spirit and the antichrist spirit. The spiritual warfare, mentioned in Ephesians 6:12, is the scriptural basis of this war against demonic forces. My compulsion to continue expounding on our call to war is also based on another verse from Ephesians: "And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them" (Eph. 5:11).

EXPOSE THEM. Plural. It was drawn to my attention recently that the world-wide pandemic was just beginning at the time of my husband Neil's unveiling (of a monument one year after his death). This was in March, 2020. No one wore masks yet, everyone was unsure about Covid-19, and the "pandemonium" had not yet begun (PAN-DEMONium, from the Greek for "all demon"). I consider

it a possibility that the enemy unleashed or at least stirred up a horde of demonic spirits during the pandemic of 2020, and they are harassing us now. The Lord wants to unveil them and give us victory over them, but we must be AWARE of them and ENGAGE in the battle against them. The End-time bride is destined to be a Warrior bride. Please be assured that we are not alone in the battle. God is ,)שופר with us. Take heart from Nehemiah 4:20, "Whenever you hear the sound of the trumpet (shofar rally to us there. Our God will fight for us." 

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Reflections on the Good Shepherd and a Big Blessing!

 
This is a picture of how I've felt over the past year, Gail-Friends.  I hope you laugh -- I did when I saw it.  It's a perfect depiction of how confused and helpless I was.

 

This photo is a picture of my spirit right now.  The "Son" is coming up over a beautiful field of flowers.  That's how I feel  Haleluyah!  

 

 

 

The year 2020 and the last six months have been extremely difficult. Grief and loss have visited me  over and over.  Thankfully, the Good Shepherd has held my hand as we walked through the valley of the shadow of death together.  Thank you, dear Gail-Friends, for your prayers, kind words, and support you've shown.  

 

I confess to you, dear Gail-Friends, that I have failed to be vigilant in battle against the evil one.  There were times I grew weary.  I wanted to just stay at home and not go out.  I could not write.  But praise God, when I stumbled, He helped me up.  Psalm 23 has been my consistent meditation when tears flowed through the night. 

With God's help, I have reached the place that Psalm 23 speaks of:

•   He has prepared a table for me in the presence of my enemies.  Even though the evil one has   been attacking me steadily, I am experiencing God's joy again.
•   He has anointed my head with oil.  I once again feel His presence and comfort.  I know His favor is upon me, even though at times I felt like a female Job.  
•   My cup is running over.  Once again, God has taught me lessons as I walked through the dark valley  -- truths that no one can take away from me. 

One thing I learned is that I have to be extremely vigilant about my thought life.  The evil one was roaring and roaming like a lion.  I can't just complain that there's a lion in the street.  I have to get up and destroy him. (Proverbs 22:13).  

 

Here's what the Word says about that:  

 

  Stay sober, stay alert! Your enemy, the Adversary, stalks about like a roaring lion

 looking for someone to devour. (I Peter 5:8 CJB)

 

 and

 

 Therefore, submit to God. Moreover, take a stand against the Adversary, 

and he will flee from you.(James 4:7 CJB)

I hope hope to share more about this lesson as well as some of other things I experienced and learned in the days and weeks ahead.  

 

And now for the BIG BLESSING!!

God has answered my prayers -- we have a new grandson!  

And here he is - Elijah Love.  Don't you love his name?  

 

Can you tell I am over the moon with JOY!!!?

 

 Have a great week, Gail-Friends, and a Good Shabbos.

Lord willing, I will post again next week.

P.S. - and very important:

Recently, the Feedburner team released a system update, that the email subscription service (up top on the right of this blog) will be discontinued in July 2021. After July 2021, the automated emails to my subscribers will no longer be supported. If you’d like to continue getting updates on my blog, please consider switching to Feedly, Blog Lovin, or some other system. In the meantime, I will see what options I can offer on my end. Thank you for understanding and subscribing! Love, Gail

 

Who Will Stand?

 

 Who will stand for Me against those who practice iniquity?
(Psalm 94:16) Thousands are now coming to Washington, D.C. to pray and stand up for our beloved country.  You can watch what's happening at this link  Prayer Gathering in Freedom Plaza  There will be other events televised from D.C. tomorrow - go to Right Side Broadcasting on Facebook, YouTube, or on their website.

Please join us in this prayer from Intercessors for America.  Especially pray today for the election in Georgia - that Republicans will be victorious.  Tomorrow is the day the electors will affirm their state's votes before Congress.  

Father God,

You are our God Who sees. You know where we have failed as a nation--- whether in our churches, our schools, our families, our government, our disrespect for You as our Creator and Righteous Judge. You have seen what has taken place in our nation and You know the plots and schemes of men. We ask that all that has been hidden be revealed. Please expose the unfruitful works of darkness that have been perpetrated against the American people. We pray that You would administer swift and perfect judgment against those who subvert the will of the nation’s voters, all for dishonest gain.

Lord, we pray for our President’s legal team and advisers, that those who refuse to listen to Your guidance would be quickly removed from President Trump’s team. Encourage our President, Lord, and give him the strength to remain strong in battle. Please intervene in all aspects of the Arizona, Pennsylvania, and Georgia battles. Father, we pray that the two Republican senate candidates in Georgia would legally win the run-off votes. Father, let any state be put to shame that seeks to deny its voters’ wishes to prevail. May those involved in the legal challenges in Pennsylvania be given Your righteous settlements.

Father, we confess that none of this is possible without You, but we confess that nothing is too difficult for You. Those of us who love You grow weary of the efforts of many who seek to destroy our President and the will of the American majority. We pray that You would expose and strike down every wicked plot and scheme.

Your Word asks, “Who will stand for me against those who practice iniquity?" We so often fail to recognize Your command for each of us to stand for truth. Give us the courage to not only stand for truth but to hate the evil that You hate. Each of us can do this with Your help.

We confess that what You have called us to do, You will faithfully and completely equip us to do. We are not alone in this battle. You are our Banner and our Shield. Thank You for giving us the courage to take a stand, and to remain standing until we see the salvation of the Lord. Lead us, Lord God, and we will take back this nation for Your glory alone. May Your Name be held high in America and throughout the world, in the Name of Jesus Christ. Praise be to our Mighty and Awesome King. Amen.

Till The Storm Passes By

 

I keep hearing this song in my head.  I remember going through a big storm years ago, sitting in my rocking chair with my precious baby girl, Melissa, in my arms.  The storm was crashing all around, but my heart was at peace as I sang this song:  Till the Storm Passes By. 

America is going through a storm right now -- as we prepare to determine that Trump will be the duly elected president.  Evil forces abound, but God is greater.  The evidence of fraud is overwhelming, but remember, this is a spiritual battle.  The evil one doesn't give up easily.

And just in case you do not follow the news through alternative sources, you may not be aware that the election was:
• Pandemically-rigged with Covid 19
• Constitutionally-rigged by States ignoring Election Laws
• Digitally-rigged with fraction-magic electronic voting
• Conventionally-rigged with ballot-stuffing
• Agency-rigged by three-letter agencies turning a blind eye
• Judicially-rigged by courts turning a blind eye
• Media-rigged by lies and contempt for free speech
• Psychologically-rigged

Here's an important article -- very interesting:  Collection of Evidence on Fraud

We were born for such a time as this to do the following:

•     Pray and do spiritual battle.  See Ephesians 6:10-18
•     Live in obedience to His Holy Word so that our prayers are not hindered.  Remember this verse:  Those who abandon Torah praise the wicked, but those who keep Torah fight them. (Proverbs 28:4)
  
•     Do our duty as American citizens by contacting our members of Congress - both the Senate and the House. Tell them to look at the huge mountain of evidence and then to do their duty to assure a true, fair, and LEGAL election.  And if they respond with a "vague" side-stepping answer, say something like this (borrowed from a friend):
  

" I recently emailed you about my concern over the Nov 3 elections. You responded by saying we need to let the process play out as prescribed by law. 

You are missing the point completely. That process can not be followed when you have justices on the bench who refuse to even hear the cases. This is a miscarriage of justice in itself. I don't care if they don't want to get in the middle of an election, the problem is, there is ample proof in several states, laws were broken and the fair election process was not followed. But there will be no justice when the justices on the bench refuse to do their jobs. 

That is where you should be stepping up and declaring you can not legitimize potential corrupt votes to be allowed through the electoral  process. You really need to see some of the accusations, military ballots with no fold lines, video (manipulated) proves ballots were scanned multiple times, win..dows blocked refusing clear transparency, observers denied access to view ballots meaningfully. 

If it was a fair election, there would be no objections to forensic audits. 

Please step up on Jan 6 and refuse to allow electoral votes to be cast from corrupt state elections." 

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** This  post is part of a series to encourage believers and also to defeat the spirit of heaviness.  Singing and dancing is part of spiritual battle that defeats the enemy of our souls...and the soul of America.  See the first post HERE.