The New Heavens And The New Earth

Hi ladies it's me again and happy Tuesday! I hope and pray that each of you ladies and your families are doing well. I'm happy to present another blog called "Dealing With The Waiting Season". Let's be honest. How many of us like to wait? Do you remember when you were a kid and it felt like waiting for Christmas took forever? (It feels like time flies by when you're an adult and it feels like Christmas sneaks up on you lol!) Do you also remember as a child how badly you wanted to open your Christmas gifts but your parents or caregivers said you had to wait? We all remember that feeling right? But when you opened your Christmas gifts it was at the perfect time wasn't it? It was worth the wait. Ladies there are examples in the Bible that people had to wait. What about Adam and Eve? What were they waiting on? We all know that Adam and Eve sinned that the world, their relationship with each other, and their relationship with the Lord was turned upside down for the worst but God made them a promise. God promised them in Genesis 3:15 that the seed of the woman would crush the head of the serpent! Who does the serpent represent? The devil of course. Who does the seed of the woman represent? Of course it's talking about our Lord! But here's what's interesting about it. I'm sure that Adam and Eve expected that to happen soon or even their lifetime but it didn't happen until thousands of years later! What about Sarah and Abraham? We all know that story don't we and we know that they waited for 25 years until they had the promise of having Isaac. Abraham was 75 and Sarah was 65 when they got saved and left their homeland and they had to wait over twenty years for the birth of Issac came to pass. They kept trusting the Lord even though they were infertile and despite their age! What about Joseph in the Old Testament? We know his story. He told his dreams his brothers got jealous, he worked as a slave for sometime and was put in prison unjustly for a time. Not only that, he had to work in prison is how he met the butler and the baker by interpreting their dreams. Then eventually he interpreted Pharaoh's dream, got married to Asneth, and became prime minister of Egypt! But it wouldn't be until the seven years of plenty went by then the seven year famine that Joseph helped his brothers and the world during the famine! He was seventeen years old when he had the dream but he was 37 years old during the time of the famine! Another example was Mary, Joseph, the shepherds, and Magi along with the rest of Israel waited for the promise of the Messiah to come for a long time but Christ came in due time! Ladies, what are you waiting on? An open door? Answered prayer? For divine turn around? Unsaved loved one to get saved? The sick to be healed? Ladies there are many things that I'm waiting on, prayers being answered, for divine turn around, among other things! We must pray while we wait, stand on the promises of God's Word while we wait, and even worship while we wait. That's not easy by any means but something we must learn to do. The Bible says in Isaiah 40;30,31 ''Even the youths shall faint and be weary and the young men shall utterly fail. But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength. They shall mount up wings as eagles. They shall run and not be weary. They shall walk and shall not faint.'' Waiting is never easy by any means but that's a part of life. We must rely on the Lord to give us grace during those times as well too. That's what I wanted to share with you ladies. Blessings to each of you ladies and have a blessed week everyone.

Hi ladies it's me again and happy Lord's day! I hope and pray that each of you ladies and your families are doing well. I'm happy to present another blog called "The Millennial Reign Of Christ". You might be thinking "So what big deal?" Here's something important for us ladies to understand. When Jesus came at His first coming (we'll celebrate Christmas after Thanksgiving holiday) did the Jews understand why He came? Of course they didn't! Christ came at His first coming came to be born in Bethlehem on Christmas Day, to live a sinless life, to do miracles and preach, to die on the cross on Good Friday and rise again on Easter Sunday! Alot of y'all maybe thinking. "Dugh!" We know that but the Jews didn't know that! They expected Jesus to ride the streets of Jerusalem on a horse to overthrow wicked Rome and set up His kingdom on earth right then and there! Christ knew that would come in the future but the timing of that wasn't time! He knew at that time He needed to come to earth to save mankind from sin and bring us back in right fellowship with the Father first and foremost and had to trust His Father's timing! Remember one previous blog I wrote about when Jesus comes at His Second Coming that He'll ride on a horse with the raptured saints in heaven to overthrow the Anti-Christ, false prophet, and wicked armies? That's mentioned in the book of Revelations 19:11-21 and after the battle of Armageddon Christ then will set up the Millennial reign! But before He does that He'll raise back to life the Old Testament saints and Christians that the Jewish Christians (144,000 mentioned in the book of Revelations) led to Christ during the tribulation period who were martyred! After those saints get resurrected bodies (Side note the raptured saints will already have a resurrected body that they got during the rapture) the Millennial reign will begin! How long will the Millennial reign last? It will last for 1,000 years with Christ ruling along with the raptured saints, Old Testament saints, and saints who got saved during the tribulation period! The book of Revelations 20 mentioned that an angel from heaven will come down and put the devil in the bottomless pit during the Millennial reign so he has no more influence on the world by that point. Christ will rule the nations with a rod of iron and Jerusalem will be the capital city of the world! That's why it's so important for us God's people to stand with Israel because one day during the Millennial reign it's going to be required of the nations of the world to meet up in Jerusalem. The other thing about the Millennial reign according to Isaiah 11:6-8 that the lion will lie down with the lamb, that a child will be able to play with a snake! Now we know in the animal kingdom if you mess with a lion or with a snake they'll bite you or worse eat you alive! The reason why is because since the fall of man, it not only impacted our relationship with the Lord and each other negatively, (which is why the cross had to happen in the first place) impacted nature with natural disasters, people getting sick and dying, and poverty happening but the fall negatively impacted the animal kingdom. But during the Millennial reign, the animal kingdom will be completely harmless! Also there will be no more injustice because we serve a just God and if the people outwardly rebel against the Lord they'll die prematurely! But get this ladies during the Millennial reign, people on earth will live to be nine hundred and something years old! Many of us know in the Old Testament Methuselah lived to be 969 years old and his father was Enoch and Methuselah's grandson was Noah who built the ark! People on earth who submit to Christ will be able to live as long as Methuselah or more and those who rebel will die prematurely at age 100! Dying at 100 is a big deal right now and dying under sixty years old is considered dying prematurely but during the Millennial reign dying at 100 will be prematurely! Plus there will be no more war and people will destroy their weapons and because of Jesus ruling there will peace on earth! Remember when I mentioned in a blog last month that the seven year tribulation period that the world for seven years will be under Satan and the Anti-Christ which will be hell on earth? Well the Millennial reign will be like heaven in earth and Eden restored! Before the fall of man the Garden of Eden was heaven on earth but we know that when Adam and Eve sinned, they no longer could remain at the Garden of Eden. We know that the world got turned upsidedown for the worst after the fall of man. The Millennial reign will be the fulfillment of the Messiah establishing an earthly kingdom while Christ enabling us as the body of Christ to rule and reign with Him during that time! Plus if people are sick Christ will heal them right then and there and there will be no more poverty! I heard someone rightfully say. "The saints right now are being trained to one day reign". That's a very true saying y'all. Those of us who are in Christ have much to look forward to both now and in the future! You might wonder, what's going to happen to the devil when the Millennial reign is over? Well ladies that's for another blog and that's for y'all coming join me for virtual Bible study Sunday nights to learn about that. That's what I wanted to share with you ladies. Blessings to each of you ladies, happy Lord's day, hope to see y'all at Bible study, and have a blessed week everyone.

Hi ladies it's me again and happy Tuesday! I hope and pray that each of you ladies and your families are doing well. I'm sharing another blog and I'm going to switch gears from talking about the End times and talking about a sad event. The title of this blog is called "Pray For The Victims Of Hurricane Melissa". I know right? Reporters say that the storm formed around October 21st and it progressively became worse October 25th through the 27th. To make matters worse, this "Hurricane Melissa" has affected several countries such as Cuba, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Panama, and Haiti! Whew! There has been severe flooding in both Cuba and the Dominican Republic and the water systems have been greatly affected. To make matters challenging, many of those people have lost electricity. I know how scary it is to have the electricity to go out because that happened a few months ago in August when we in Southeastern Wisconsin had severe flooding the worst since 2010 when me and several families had flooding and no power until 10:30 at night! (My mom had to use candles in the house and dad and I had to use flashlights on our cell phones to see in the house!) How many people have died in the midst of the hurricane? In Dominican Republic it's reported that four people died and a child went missing, in Panama it's reported that three people have died. In Haiti it's reported that 23 are dead with thirteen missing and in Jamaica it's reported that twenty or more people have died and not only that, many houses were tragically destroyed as well too. It's been said whenever a hurricane has a male name it's not severe but whenever a hurricane has a female name, it's absolutely horrible. The news also was saying this is one of the worst hurricanes that has ever taken place on the Atlantic coast and I believe one of the worst since 2005's "Hurricane Katrina". With such devastation of "Hurricane Melissa" that has impacted multiple countries how should a Christian respond? Well that's easy prayer. Number one pray for those who don't know Christ as Lord and Savior to come to Him and not allow this devastating event make them bitter at Him. We know that life can make one bitter or better or run to God when the going gets tough or run from God. Number two pray for those who lost loved ones that the Lord will comfort them and it says in Psalm 34:18 KJV "The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart and saveth such as a contrite spirit". Number three pray for those who have lost power that electricity come back on. Number four pray for the water disruption to be regulated. Number five pray for those that are missing to be found and brought back safely. Number six pray for those who are now homeless to be able to find a home. Number seven pray for first responders and philanthropy programs to help put the people back on their feet in the midst of this tragedy. I'm thinking of organizations such as "Convoy Of Hope", "Samaritan's Purse", and "Convoy Of Miracles" that specialize in Gettysburg food, water, and clothing to people in need and help in other ways. Let's also pray that God will give us wisdom in the body of Christ to financially help the people or other ways to help them. That's what I wanted to share with you ladies. I want y'all to know that while the majority of my blogs talk about spiritual matters I do make sure to address global issues from a Christian perspective. Last year I wrote several blogs that mentioned pray for certain places affected by hurricanes is to show y'all I'm aware of natural disasters. I also host virtual prayer meetings and we definitely will lift these victims in prayer at my virtual prayer meetings as well. Blessings to each of you ladies, have a blessed week, and be in the attitude of prayer.

Hi ladies it's me again, happy Lord's day, and happy November! I hope and pray that each of you ladies and your families are doing well. I'm happy to present another blog called "The Second Coming Of Christ". You may be thinking. "Why is that important to know about?" If you been following my blogs this past month I've been writing about the End times starting with the rapture then the seven year tribulation period. What's going to happen at the end of the seven year tribulation period which will be the worst time on earth? Well the battle of Armageddon is going to happen and the book of Revelations talks about that. The armies of the world along with the Anti-Christ and false prophet will team up to once and for all attack Israel! Folks let me clear about this. If anyone ever attacks Israel they are attacking God period! It is never ever right to attack Israel and the sad thing of today is I hear "so-called Christians" speaking evil of Israel. God promised Abraham in Genesis 12:2,3 that "God will bless those who bless him and curse those who curse him". It wasn't just for Abraham but for his seed and his seed is Israel! Anyhow when the Anti-Christ, false prophet, and the armies of the world fight against Israel what's gonna happen? Revelations 19:11-21 mentions that Christ will ride a horse dressed like a king and the armies of heaven (raptured saints) also riding horses to fight those wicked armies who will attack Israel! That's why it's so important for the body of Christ to pray for Israel and stand for Israel in this present day! Because that's what we're gonna do with Christ one day is we'll help Him fight Israel. What will our Lord do to the Anti-Christ? Well He'll toss the Anti-Christ and false prophet alive into the Lake of fire! Whew! They'll be in the Lake of fire long before the wicked dead, Satan, and his demons go there! (The wicked dead won't be raised back to life or turned to the Lake of fire until a later time.) Other wicked armies will drop dead and Israel will be preserved. After that, Christ will raise another group of dead people outside of the raptured saints. Who are those other dead people? During the rapture, the people Christ raised from the dead were Christians from the New Testament and Church Age era not the Old Testament saints! But after His Second Coming, Christ will raise the Old Testament saints from the dead and Gentile Christians that the Jewish Christians during the tribulation led to Christ who died back to life! Christ's feet will touch the Mount of Olives which we know is in Jerusalem the capital city of Israel. When Christ appeared at His First coming it was to die on the cross and rise again, His Second Coming will be to bring judgement to those who fight Him and Israel. When Jesus came the first time, He came as a Lamb but this Second Coming He'll come as a Lion. When Jesus rode on the streets of Jerusalem on Palm Sunday during "holy week" He rode on a donkey. Why? Because when a king ride on a donkey meant He came to bring peace to where he's going on and that's what Jesus did! It also was a fulfillment of prophecy mentioned in Zechariah 9;9. But what happens if a king rides a horse? On Christ's Second Coming He'll ride a horse to make war! After Christ's Second Coming, He will set up His earthly kingdom in power and glory and will rule for 1,000 years! I'll write more about the Millennial reign in another blog but ladies it's essential for us to know about the End times more than ever before. That's why I'm writing about it! That's why I'm doing Bible study about it because it's not talked about enough! That's what I wanted to share with you ladies. Blessings, happy Lord's day, and have a blessed week everyone.

Hi ladies it's me again and happy Tuesday! I hope and pray that each of you ladies and your families are doing well. I'm taking a break from writing blogs about the End times because there's something very important I believe the Lord wants me to share about. I'm happy to present another blog called "Halloween Vs Reformation Day". Why is that important to know? Well in three days, it will be October 31st won't it? Here's what you ladies need to know. Halloween used to be on November 1st and used to be called "Hallows Eve". The date was later changed to October 31st and the Celtics started wearing costumes like witches, ghosts, and goblins with the purpose to "scare evil spirits away!" Wow! The purpose of the Jackelanter was to put a "demonic face" on it! Whew! Ladies this is very important to understand. Halloween is the most demonic holiday there is! In fact the Bible warns about messing around with witchcraft and also not to partner with darkness. Halloween also promotes fear and celebrates the demonic realm. I believe that Christians need to be aware of that and need to stop celebrating Halloween altogether! The other thing about witchcraft is they're seeking power from an evil source which is the devil and use power to bring curses on people which is so wicked! I'm not saying this to scare you ladies but to bring awareness to this pagan holiday! Also growing up as a child me and my siblings weren't allowed to celebrate Halloween and my sister used to dread it especially the Halloween commercials. We celebrated Harvest Fest at "Capital Christian Center Church" (now called "Mercy Memorial Baptist Church") and at "Discover Church" we did family fall festivals but no Halloween. Ladies we need to pray and stand against the enemy not join forces with him! You don't need to celebrate a creepy ghost party but we need to celebrate a Holy Ghost party! On the contrast Reformation Day is also on October 31st and that's a day to honor Martin Luther not to be confused with Dr Martin Luther King Jr! (Side note Dr King Jr's birth name was Michael King Jr and his dad's birth name was Michael King Sr. It was during a trip to Germany that Reverend King Sr changed his name from Michael King Sr to Martin Luther King Sr and changed his sons name to Martin Luther King Jr after Martin Luther!) Martin Luther was from Germany and was a monk who was searching for truth. He denied himself food, whipped himself, and tried to find out the meaning of life. When he read a Scripture in Romans 1:17 "The just shall live by faith" changed his life. He realized that it was by grace through faith could he be saved. Well after he got saved his life changed! He wrote 95 thesis and hammered it to the Catholic Church's door. Why is that significant? Let me give y'all some history about the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church started off in Rome and at one time was solid in the Bible. When the gospel of Christ got to Rome and after the conversion of Christianity of Constantine, Christianity spread through Rome. Because Christianity spread through Rome, they were Roman Christians and you know the book of Romans in the New Testament came from Rome! Many Roman Catholic churches were founded and they once walked with the Lord and was solid in the Word. Then the dark ages happened and many Catholics believed in purgatory, prayed to saints, and did infant water baptism among other things. Plus they didn't want people to read the Bible for themselves! That became a problem and Martin Luther stood for the Word of God to the Catholic Church and even risked his life for doing so! But because Martin Luther stood up when he could have caved in, made a difference in his generation and generations to come. He also wrote a old hymn called "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" and wrote Christmas carol "Away In A Manger" that are still sung today. People that followed Martin Luther became known as "Lutheran's" which now is a denomination and the Protestant Reformation movement occurred. Protestant churches have been formed since then that are not Catholic and Jewish such as Baptist, Presbyterian, Lutheran, Church of God in Christ, Assemblies of God, (denomination I'm currently in) non-denominational, and even this online women's ministry "Women's Warriors Academy"! Ladies I believe it's essential that Christians need to live separate from the world and my goal is to promote the kingdom of light. Halloween promotes the kingdom of darkness but Reformation Day promotes the kingdom of light. Many of you have a good idea what I'm leaning towards. I pray that you ladies and your families need to make a choice what holiday you'll celebrate Halloween or Reformation Day. That's what I wanted to share with you ladies. Blessings to each of you ladies and have a blessed week everyone.

Hi ladies it's me again and happy Lord's day! I hope and pray that each of you ladies and your families are doing well. I'm happy to present another blog called "The Tribulation Period Part 2". In this blog I'll be sharing more about the seven year tribulation period that will precede the rapture of the saints. Why is knowing about the seven year tribulation after the rapture important to know? Well I mentioned in the previous blog that the 144,000 Jews will get saved during that time and that will happen before the judgments of God break out. I mentioned that these 144,000 Jewish Christians will share the gospel of Christ to Gentiles who got left behind and some of them will get saved. I also mentioned in the previous blog that the Anti-Christ will come on the world scene to trick those who refused to accept Christ as Lord and Savior and they'll be fascinated by him! The other thing is that the Anti-Christ will likely come from Europe or the Middle-east and will urge people to take the mark of the beast 666. Why will he pressure them to take the mark? Because during the tribulation period people won't be able to buy or sell without it and those who refuse the mark will be tormented and killed. It will be the Gentiles that the Jewish Christians led to Christ that will be brutally killed but they'll go to heaven while the Jewish Christians will escape to the wilderness and remain there for awhile to escape the Anti-Christ. There are other things I didn't mention in the previous blog that I need to mention here in this blog. Another key player during the tribulation period will be the false prophet who will assist the Anti-Christ. The false prophet will use "counterfeit signs and wonders" and will convince others to worship the Anti-Christ. But those who take the mark will be turned over to eternal torment where shall be no rest day and night forever. Also during the tribulation period the sun will turn black, the moon will become like blood, and a wormwood star will fall from the sky and many waters will dry up! Whew! Creation will be affected during the tribulation period! Other key players during the tribulation period will be the two witnesses. Many believe it will be Moses and Elijah because of what will happen when they prophesy. If people fight the two witnesses they can shit up the heavens with no rain, fire can come out of their mouths, waters can turn to blood, and smite the earth with plagues! Whew! After their time of prophecy is over the Anti-Christ will kill them and they'll be on the ground for three days and non-believers will rejoice and make merry that they're dead. But in three days, the breath of God will fill their lungs and angels will motion them to ascend to heaven and their enemies will watch them! Wow! Let's not forget at the end of the seven year tribulation that the battle of Armageddon will take place. (Side note the majority of things I mentioned Y'all can read about it in the book of Revelations the last book in the Bible.) Y'all might be thinking. "Why on earth will God allow this seven year tribulation period to happen?" Number one to bring consequences for those who rejected Christ as Lord and Savior and chose darkness over light. Number two to cause the Jewish nation to be saved and purified. The other reason is to allow the world to be handed over to Satan for seven years to show the world who the devil really is. The other reason is to show what it's like to live in a world where evil takes over with no restraint. The other reason is to show how wicked leaders like the Anti-Christ and false prophet will trick those who reject the truth ultimately leading to eternal separation from the Lord. Yet in the midst of wrath, salvation will be available though which is so wonderful. The tribulation period will last a period of seven years because the number seven in the Bible is completion. Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ said in Matthew 24:22 says "And except those days be shortened there should be no flesh saved but for the elect's sake the days shall be shortened". It's important to understand that the time for our unsaved loved ones to get saved and for prodigals to come back to Christ is now not during the tribulation period. The time for a Christian to fully live for Christ is now not during the tribulation period. My godfather said. "If a Christian struggles to live for Christ now it'll be much worse during the tribulation period". That's what I really want to emphasize. I don't write blogs like this or share about it during Sunday night Bible study to scare people. My godfather always says. "To be forewarned is to be forearmed". If you know what's coming ahead in the future, you know how to prepare. I don't want to miss the rapture and neither should y'all or your loved ones. The tribulation period will be the worst time of all history and believe me neither me, y'all, or our loved ones want to get left behind! That's what I wanted to share with you ladies. I'll be continuing on sharing about the last days on Sunday night Bible study all the way to November and explain more in depth of these things. Blessings, happy Lord's day, and have a blessed week everyone.

Hi ladies it's me again and hope y'all are doing well. I'm happy to present another blog called "The Tribulation Period Part 1". You might say, "Why write a blog about it?" Well for starters not many people are writing it and secondly I'm talking about these issues during Bible study Sunday night! That's why! Another fact to know is we're in the last days period! We're closer to Christ's return and if that means we're closer to the rapture then that means that the tribulation period is near too. I wrote a previous blog about why not many local leaders and major leaders aren't talking about the End times like they should is another reason why I'm writing this. What's the purpose of the seven year tribulation period? Well first you need to know what era we're in. Since the day of Pentecost when the Holy Ghost was poured out in Acts, we've been in the "Church Age", "Age Of Grace", and "Age Of The Spirit" for the past 2,000 years! This has been a time for the gospel of Christ to get out to all nations as well as the Holy Spirit being poured out and God has given the world time to repent for them to come to salvation. Many people these past 2,000 years have come to Christ and many are yet to come to Christ before the rapture but when the rapture happens, a shift will occur. The rapture not only will be a time that the dead in Christ will rise and living saints caught up with Jesus and His angels, it will be the end of the "Church Age", "Age Of Grace", and "Age Of The Spirit"! Why is that important to know? After the rapture things will shift to the tribulation period. Why a seven year tribulation period? Remember that I said God gave humanity time to repent for the past 2,000 years? Many will repent, get saved, receive the baptism in the Holy Ghost, and live for Christ but others will still reject God. What's gonna happen to those who get "left behind?" Well they unfortunately will suffer seven years of God's wrath. The book of Revelations talks about different judgments of God breaking out such as famine, the sun being blackened, waters drying up, scarcity, and war breaking out. To make matters worse, when the Holy Spirit isn't on the earth the devil will take over the world and the devil will raise up an evil leader called the Anti-Christ! He likely will come from Europe or the Middle-east to act as though he is the "real Christ" but in truth he's a deceiver and will work for Satan. The Anti-Christ will pressure people to take the mark of the beast 666 otherwise you can't buy or sell! Ladies I don't desire to be here during the tribulation period and neither should y'all or your loved ones! It's best to serve the Lord now and for the unsaved to get saved during the "Church Age" and my godfather said. "If people have a hard time living for Christ now they're gonna be messed up during the seven year tribulation period when it'll be rougher". Can people get saved during the tribulation period? Oh yes! The 144,000 Jewish people will get saved mentioned in the book of Revelations and they'll share the gospel of Christ to nonbelieving Gentiles who got left behind. However the Anti-Christ will make it extremely hard on the Jewish Christians and Gentiles they led to Christ and will torture them to receive the mark! Those precious people will refuse the mark because those who take the mark will be turned over to the lake of fire is why they will refuse it! This will cause so much turmoil that Jewish Christians will flee to the wilderness and be able to escape the Anti-Christ but Gentiles they led to Christ won't be able to escape the Anti-Christ and will be brutally killed. But these precious saints who will get saved during the tribulation period will go to heaven and the Jewish Christians will be protected by God until the tribulation period is over. There's so much to say about the seven year tribulation period and I'll write another follow up blog to continue discussing this. This is important for the body of Christ to know about and I'll be sharing more about this during Bible study. Blessings to each of you ladies, have a good week, and remember Jesus is coming back!

Hi ladies it's me again and happy Lord's day! I hope and pray that each of you ladies and your families are doing well. I'm happy to present another blog called "Why Aren't Preachers Talking About The End Times". Ladies when I was growing up in my former church "Discover Church" (I attended there for seventeen years from 2003 until 2020 and a member there for seven years from 2013 until 2020. I also got saved in 2005 and got Spirit-filled in 2012 there too) I used to hear End times messages a lot over there. (The church i currently attend for the past five years and been a member at for four years "New Life Assembly Of God Church" has sound doctrine and is led by the Spirit. Plus we transitioned from Pastor Kevin to Pastor Bowen as well and I mentioned that in previous blogs.) My former kids pastor Pastor Dennis talked about it and so did the senior pastor Pastor Brooks talk about it. They didn't talk about it all the time but the End times was mentioned enough times that I can remember it and it used to annoy me! I also watched Christian films that talked about the End times such as 1972's "A Thief In The Night", 1978's "A Distant Thunder", 1996 "The Moment After", 2000's "Left Behind" starring Kirk Cameron and those films used to scare me alot as a kid. I used to hear songs about Jesus coming back such as "Swing Low Swing Chariot", (Negro spiritual song) the late Larry Normans "I Wish We'd All Been Ready", FFH "Fly Away", and Sandi Patty's "We Shall Behold Him" just to name a few. But I'm hearing the End times stuff being heard less by sermons, music, and movies. Why? I believe for several reasons. Number one talking about the End times requires deep Scriptural and Holy Spirit knowledge. The sad truth is not every Christian and even pastors dive deep into Scripture like they should or have deep spiritual understanding over certain things but the End times message requires that. Second possible reason is because talking about the End times will confront ones character and reevaluate ones choices. When you hear or teach messages about Jesus coming back, it should impact your character and make you reevaluate your choices and it's doing it in my life since beginning the first Sunday of October this month! But some Christians and pastors don't want to change their character or reevaluate their lives. Thirdly they may not address it because they're afraid it'll scare their congregation and it forces them to address the truth. How many of y'all know that sometimes you have to tell the hard truth? The End times message maybe scary but it's necessary to be taught. The fourth reason they may avoid it because it's not "a popular issue" to address. A unfortunate trend these days is a lot of times pastors talk about what they want to talk about and what will "appeal" to the congregation but avoid topics that are unpopular. The End times message is not popular but necessary. The Apostle Paul told his "spiritual son" Timothy in 2 Timothy 4:2 and 3 KJV "Preach the Word be instant in season out of season. Reprove, rebuke, exhort with long-suffering and doctrine. For the time shall come when they will not endure sound doctrine but after their own lists shall heap to themselves teachers with itching ears". Whew! Could it be that pastors avoid End times messages because they only preach what people want to hear? Scripture warns against that philosophy. Fifthly they possibly avoid End times messages because some don't believe there is a rapture. Ladies I warned about that in another blog warning not listening to Christians and pastors who teach there's no rapture! They do exist believe it or not and you need to stay away from pastors who teach and preach there's no rapture because there is! They're going against the foundational teachings of Christ and leaders like that are "false teachers!" While everyone is making a big deal about "prosperity theology" whether it's true or false I believe a bigger issue is folks teaching there's no rapture and in my opinion that's worse than "prosperity theology". Why? The rapture is when Jesus comes in the air to bring saints living and dead home to heaven and that's the completeness of our salvation! Teaching against it is horrible and it can impact one's salvation! My godfather always says. "To be forewarned is to be forearmed" and the End times messages helps us as the body of Christ to be "forewarned" what's coming in the future so we can be prepared! Sadly pastors haven't been doing that and that's why God has put on my heart from October to part of November starting last year to address the End times messages because it's not being heard enough like it should. He also instructed me to write blogs about it too. Ladies we need to pray for spiritual leaders to understand the importance of the End times messages and the importance of preaching it! My godfather also was warned by the Lord in a dream that our Lord said many of His people aren't ready for the rapture like they should and that bothered me! It should bother you ladies as well too. That's why I'm addressing this and I'm not trying to be popular I'm just addressing the truth! We need a generation of spiritual leaders who could careless what people think, get themselves right before the Lord, say what needs to be said, and get the bride ready for our Lord's coming! That's the bottom line ladies! That's what I wanted to share with you ladies. Blessings to each of you ladies, happy Lord's day, hope to see y'all at Bible study, and have a blessed week everyone.

Hi ladies it's me again and happy Tuesday! I hope and pray that each of you ladies and your families are doing well. I'm presenting another blog to you ladies called "Wrestling With Difficult Emotions And Questions". Ladies I don't know about y'all but I've had my fair share of wrestling with difficult emotions and questions. I'm sure many of you have as well. Maybe you received a diagnosis, got laid off from a job, having to deal with legal issues, dealing with difficult relationships, or dealing with broken dreams that can turn your world upside down. Ladies I want y'all to know that this past month my life has been a whirlwind in many ways. Of course many of us witnessed the brutal murder of Charlie Kirk which I know turned out world upside down. I'm also dealing with someone who I care about (actually a few people) dealing with difficult legal battles which I won't reveal who due to confidential reasons. It has not been easy process dealing with that, praying through it, or processing it but isn't that why we need the Lord? How many of you can relate? Ever had times you'd go to bed at night and wrestle with private battles in your mind over various things that happened during the day? Have you wrestled with disappointments, unfulfilled dreams, and deep heartbreak and wondered how long do you have to deal with that? Have you maybe asked God why? Listen ladies we've all been there at some time and guess what? People in the Bible have dealt with that too! In fact one Psalm that comes to mind as I write this blog is Psalm 42:10,11 KJV says "As with sword in my bones mine enemies reproach me saying, '''Where is thy God?''' Why art thou downcast o my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God for I shall praise Him who is the health of thy countenance and my God". Ladies I love how the Psalmist here was honest before God! As a matter of fact, the Jews in the Bible times were always honest with God about how they felt. Isn't that interesting? The Psalmist revealed that they were going through attacks and the enemies sneering "Where is your God?" Ever felt like that because I know I have! Ladies we will all have times when life and our emotions overwhelm us but we need a healthy outlet to deal with them. That's something that the Lord has laid on my heart lately is that I need better outlets to deal with frustrations and unexpected situations. We could ignore it, pretend it never happened, or stuff our emotions down or we can get honest before God and pour our hearts out. Ladies what I love about God is God isn't shocked or afraid of our raw emotions! People may not be able to handle our raw emotions but God can. Psalm 34:18 KJV says. "The Lord is nigh unto them with a broken heart and saveth such as be of contrite spirit". Whatever you are feeling today, just know that the Lord knows and it's more than okay to be honest with Him. I believe the most beautiful prayers to God are the most authentic and heartfelt prayers even in the midst of tears. Contemporary Christian artist Amy Grant back in 2010 released a song called "Better Than A Hallelujah" (I recorded it on YouTube three years ago) and the lyrics reveal that when we pour our brokenness before the Lord with or without words is better than a hallelujah, church bells ringing, or choirs singing! Why? Because God loves an honest heart! I want to encourage y'all today to go before God and tell Him your honest emotions and let Him comfort you. If need be reach out to a Christian counselor, (as I'm doing) talk to a pastor, or trusted prayer partner (I encourage y'all to come join my prayer meetings) to help you navigate your raw emotions as well too. None of us are immune from hard times but with the Lord we'll get through them and I need to remind myself of that. That's what I wanted to share with you ladies. Blessings to each of y'all, happy Tuesday, and have a blessed week everyone.