Will Church Age Christians Endure The Tribulation?

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.

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 to y'all and it's called "The Exciting Day The Rapture". Why will the rapture be an exciting day? Jesus said in John 14:1-4 that He has prepared a place for us and He'll come back and receive us to Himself! The Bible says in 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18. "The Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with the voice of the archangel and the dead in Christ shall rise first. All of us who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the air. So shall we ever be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words ". Did you know that the Greek word for "caught up" is haparazo and the Latin word is "rapture?" It means to "catch away in a whirlwind". The Latin word "rapture" is where we get our English word rapture! The rapture will occur at the end of the "Church Age" (the time we're in right now) when Jesus and His angels will catch us saints in the whirlwind. That makes me think of the prophet Elijah in 2 Kings 2:11 caught on a chariot of fire which I believe the Negro-spiritual song "Swing Low Swing Chariot" comes from. With all the issues going on in our world I'm looking to going home to being with the Lord! I hope you ladies are as well. The bottom line is this world isn't our home because we are passing through. I pray that as we know our Lord is coming back, I pray that it will motivate us to be ready when He comes. How do we get ready? First by drawing close to Him in prayer and His Word, second live and share the gospel, thirdly ask the Spirit to work on our character especially walking in love and holiness, fourthly to be watchful,reverent, and anticipating His coming, fifthly help others with practical needs, sixthly to be active in our natural and spiritual gifts, and lastly to be a united glorious church. Another point I want to make is ladies God put on my heart to share about the End times starting last year in 2024 from the first Sunday of October through the third Sunday of November just the Sunday before Thanksgiving and He's asking me to do it again this year! I already began last week Sunday night that I shared about the rapture and I'm sharing about the rapture again at Bible study tonight! I hope as many of y'all as possible will be able to make it! Of course as the Sundays progress I'll be sharing about the tribulation period, second coming of Christ/Millennial reign, the Great White judgement, and New Heavens and the New Earth. I also will be writing blogs about it this month too in addition to writing about spiritual warfare as well too. I believe it's important more than ever before to share about the signs of the End times because i believe in my lifetime Jesus could return! 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 happy to present another blog called "Battles Christians Face". How many of y'all know we're in a battle right now? I don't mean a natural battle but a spiritual one? The Bible has quite a bit to say when it comes to that and ladies I believe more than ever before spiritual warfare has intensified. What do I mean by that? I believe that the attacks of the enemy on our lives and even upon our nation has intensified as well. The Bible says in John 10:10 "The enemy cometh not but to steal, kill, and to destroy". May we never forget that we have a wicked enemy who seeking to destroy us, those we love, and our nation. Let me also make this point. We're in the month of October aren't we and we know that Halloween is at the end of the month. (I'll write a blog about it the last week of October as well as talk about "Reformation Day" too. I'll explain more about both when we get closer to it.) Ladies I don't mean to sound bias but I believe that the devil likes to act up even more in the month of October because of Halloween as well too. Well what does the Bible say about spiritual warfare? Well in Ephesians 6:11-12 says "Put on the whole armor of God that ye maybe able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities, against powers, against rulers of the darkness of this world, against the spiritual wickedness in high places". Ladies I believe more than ever before we in the body of Christ need to be brave spiritual soldiers in God's army in the last days. If the enemy is attacking us we need to fight back! The rest of Ephesians 6:14-18 talks about armor we need such as the belt of truth, breastplate of righteousness, shoes with the gospel of peace, shield of faith, helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God. Ladies soldiers in the natural prepare for battle. In our US military system we have the Army, Navy, Coastguard, Air Force, and the Marines and before they go into battle they do "boot camp training". I imagine it's rigorous, intense, and requires discipline for them to master "boot camp training" so they can be prepared to fight bravely for our beautifully broken country. If soldiers in the natural understand that how much more should spiritual soldiers (as well God's people are) be prepared for spiritual battle against the enemy? Another weapon of spiritual warfare that Ephesians didn't mention was praise. That's something God's been reminding me of is praise does help in addition to the armor that Ephesians 6 mentions. Ladies the battle is intensifying especially with Halloween coming up and our nation, who will stand and fight the foe? There's an old hymn called "Stand Up For Jesus" that reminds us we're in the battle, but God is with us, and He'll help us endure to the end. (Side note y'all can Google the lyrics for the old hymn "Stand Up For Jesus" and the lyrics are powerful.) Ladies the purpose of the online ministry "Women's Warriors" is to train women to be solid in the Word (Bible study) train women to be warriors in prayer, (prayer meeting) and train women to be spiritual leaders! There were plenty of warriors in the Bible too and I'll mention a few of them. King David was a warrior and we know he killed Goliath and was victorious in other battles. We know that Gideon was a warrior even though he had a lot of fear and despite downsizing the army to 300, they won over the wicked Amalekites. Deborah was a female warrior both naturally and spiritually plus was a prophetess, and judge of Israel mentioned in the book of Judges 4! That's interesting that the Bible mentions or even honors a female warrior since women back then hardly ever received honor or recognition apart from being a wife and mother! (Side note I believe that being a wife and mother are important roles for women since the Bible honors that but oftentimes the church as a whole and society don't always recognize a woman's worth outside the home.) In fact ladies because Deborah was a warrior that inspired me to call this online group "Women's Warriors"! But any rate, these are quite a few people in the Bible who encountered both natural and spiritual battles but God helped them overcome. If He could help them overcome battles how much more can we? It's important for us to remember who's team and whose side we're on being on the Lord's side. I believe we need to intensify our prayers and intensify our praise to fight the enemy but we're victorious. Before I end this blog, I want to encourage y'all to come to my prayer meetings all throughout this month. I believe it's essential to be prayed up with so much going on especially with Halloween coming up but with God we're victorious. 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, happy Lord's day, and happy first Sunday of October! I hope and pray that each of you ladies and your families are doing well. The title I have for the blog written for today is simply called ''Dating Game''. I know y'all might be thinking. ''Does this have anything to dow with romance because of the dating shows like ''The Bachelor'', ''The Bachelorette'', and ''Married At First Sight?'' No friends, this blog has nothing to do with that type of dating though that is important and can be addressed in a different blog at a different time. The '"Dating Game'' that I'm talking about is people putting dates on the rapture! Apparently someone claimed that the rapture would take place September 23rd of this year and I didn't know about it until later! I want y'all to know that this is not the first nor the last time that it happened! This took place back in 1988 six years before I was even born Edgar C Whisnant who died in 2001 wrote a book back in 1988 called ''88 Reasons Why The Rapture Will Happen in 1988''! Whew! How crazy is that? Unfortunately many people in the body of Christ fell for it but thankfully many pastors and theologians were like. ''It be nice if Jesus would come back in 1988 but only the Father knows about that.'' Well ladies I remember back in 2011 when it was my junior in high school (I'd later be a senior in high school the fall of 2011) when something like this happened again when a man by the name of Harold Camping who later died at 92 in 2013 also did what I call the ''dating game''. But before I mention what happened in 2011, Camping predicted the year I was born in 1994 that judgment day would happen either in September or October of 1994! Well none of that has come to pass and on May 21st 2011 predicted that the rapture would happen! Ladies I'll never forget I was seventeen years old, saved for six years, (I received the baptism in the Holy Ghost speaking in tongues in 2012 a year later) in youth group, and never forget how much commotion went on about that. At the time I was attending ''Discover Church'' (formerly ''Oak Creek Assembly Of God Church''. I wouldn't become a member there until 2013 before me leaving in 2020) and I'll never forget what Pastor Brooks said. ''Jesus could fool us and come tonight!'' He was bold against date setting and encouraged the congregation to do the same as well too. (I now attend ''New Life Assembly Of God Church'' Sunday mornings and Wednesday nights and I mentioned that at different blogs. I do have a spiritual covering I submit to apart from this online women's ministry. ) Well I'll never forget that Saturday May 21st 2011, I was spending time with my parents helping them babysit my cousins because my aunt was busy which was also the same day as my former youth pastor's birthday! I'll never forget when that prediction never came true, I remember thinking ''Really?'' Many Christians on social media began posting and rebuking how wrong Camping was stating what Jesus said in the book of Matthew 24;36 ''That no one knows the day or the hour neither the angels nor the Son but only the Father knows''. That was such a good reminder and it grieved me that someone would willfully disobey the Bible and tell the whole world when Jesus was coming back when our Savior still has no idea! I will never forget that as long as I live and I used to tease my former youth pastor on his birthday, was it the ''end of the world'' and he'll jokingly remind me it's not! Of course the purpose of the joke was because of the late Campings bad predictions! Now here we go again,we were at the beginning phases of Roshannah, a Hebrew holiday (I wrote a blog about that) and I heard that a man from South Africa Joshua Mhlakela on social media predicted that the rapture would take place on Roshannah! Get this y'all a nonAmerican Christian spread this on social media that the rapture was gonna happen! When will we God's people ever learn? Listen ladies, while everyone is making a big deal about the ''prosperity gospel'' and such I don't hear enough people being bold enough to rebuke rapture predictions. Again Matthew 24;36 says ''Of the day or the hour knoweth no man nor the angels nor the Son but only the Father''. When Christ said that, He meant that! That's the bottom line! We need to be watchful and aware of people who do that! But there's another group you also need to be aware of who teach there's no rapture at all and I literally thought that person was absolutely crazy! I even wondered if we even had the same Bible and wondered who told them Jesus was never coming back. That's also false teaching to say there's no rapture at all and it's also false teaching to come up with dates of the rapture. While everyone is making a big deal over ''prosperity teaching'' I don't hear enough Christians standing up saying. ''Don't you dare make rapture prediction dates'' or ''Don't ever teach there's no rapture''. Either way, people who promote there's no rapture or make rapture dates are rebellious to our King, leading people astray, and causing confusion. People like that need prayer, need to be rebuked, and warned by the Lord and people to stop that foolishness. Do I believe in the rapture? Yes I do! Do I believe in the importance of being ready? Oh yes I do! I plan to write more blogs about it and hopefully bring that back in Bible study to talk about it but I have common sense not to ever ''date set'' the rapture. That's why I call this blog ''The Dating Game'' people making rapture predictions, something that our Lord urged us not to do! All you people who set the rapture you need to repent and stop leading the body of Christ astray and those who teach there's no rapture at all, you need to repent because the Master told us in His Word He's coming back! Either extreme is not good and I wrote this to let you ladies know I as your leader am aware of things that go on that need to be addressed! If any of you ladies see stuff like this rapture date predictions or others claiming there's no rapture at all speak up and defend the faith! Defend what our Lord taught in His Word . The fact of the matter is nobody should go over God's Word and God Himself won't even dare do that! There's alot of deception going on so we need discernment and prayerful about who we listen to, especially these days. To let y'all know I'm covering the End times again in Bible study and I'd highly encourage y'all to join me for that since we'll be covering topics such as the rapture, the tribulation period, Second coming of Christ, Millennial reign, the Great White throne judgment, and the New Heavens And Earth. Sadly these topics aren't talked about enough in the body of Christ in either local churches or ''major churches'' as I call them but need to be addressed since it is true that our Lord is coming soon. My godfather always says ''To be forewarned is to be forearmed'' meaning that the more you know before time, you can make better decisions and prepare for what's ahead. The end times are no different and that's what I wanted to share with you ladies. Blessings to each of you ladies, happy Lord's day, and have a blessed week everyone.