The Rapture is coming Soon!!!

Amen, Amen!!! There has been a firestorm of warning on this matter for the past few years and it is ramping up more every day. There can be no excuse to "not know" or "not believe" what is coming.

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Don't Allow the Narcissists to Win!!!

It's one thing to express our views openly as we should be able to do, which I fully endorse, and quite another to treat other believers with contempt when they do not do what we do.

I fear none of it, the mask, the vaccine, or the virus. The devil wants believers to walk around frustrated over all of it. I refuse to let him manipulate me like that. God will protect His children through the virus, through the vaccine, and through the mask.

Sadly, some believers are making these things a reason to battle one another. I also refuse to do battle with a brother or sister over something so insignificant as an earthly plague.

I know that sounds strange to say; "insignificant" when so many people are ramped over it all. But in the vast scheme of things with all God's plans it does seem like a small thing compared to what is coming on this earth very soon.

Is the last thing we would want to remember before we leave this world is that we bludgeoned another human being over something God brought upon mankind to discipline and test the world?

May each of us go through this pandemic with graciousness, kindness, and love even under the pressure of differing views. I love people far more than I fear being controlled by a government or contracting a virus. And, I have no desire to control other people through mocking, intimidation and exclusion.

Let us not be like the narcissist who cannot love anyone who thinks differently from them.

Matthew 6:33-34 "…33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own."

Isn't it wonderful how a little of God's Word can bring such peace to any situation!!!!

No One Earned God's Love

Everyone should receive love from the Born-Again believer. No one has to earn it, we didn't earn God's love!

Purpose in all things for the Born-Again Believer

God has a purpose in everything we go through. We are in boot camp to learn wisdom we need to know when we rule with Christ in the Millennium.

Romans 8:28

"28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose."

There isn't anything we go through that is without a purpose, especially the difficult things.

We cannot learn important lessons when things are easy or when they please us. Our lessons are learned in enduring when we can't have what we want or when we have to wait for something.

One of the fruits of the Spirit is patience, how could we learn that when everything comes quickly and easily without having to wait?

The greatest thing to pray for is wisdom. When we do this we find ourselves in situations that teach us things if we are willing to learn.

Those who are not willing to learn will not learn, they will remain stubborn and ignorant even believing they are wise when they are not.

Isaiah 5:20-21 "…20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter.

21 WOE TO THOSE WHO ARE WISE IN THEIR OWN EYES AND CLEVER IN THEIR OWN SIGHT."

Those who are truly wise will not grumble when things are out of their control, they will know it is God's training determined to learn the lesson God has for them. We reap great benefits when we lean into God's lessons but reap havoc and foolishness when we fight against His training.

2 Timothy 3:16-17 "16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work.…"

Born-again believers will rule with Christ in the Millennium, I am convinced all we learn on this earth will serve us well during that 1000 years.

When we view things in this way we can be less agitated at the hardships of life. Trusting in Christ brings peace and joy to those who seek Him every single day. Hallelujah!!!

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Those Who Love His Appearing

2 Timothy 4:9 "Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me on that Day — and not to me only, but unto all those also who love His appearing."

Only those who are watching and waiting for the rapture will go up in it. All others will be left behind to endure the tribulation. Such a horrible time that one cannot imagine it.

 
Matthew 24:21
"For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be."

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Those Who Love Rejoice with Others

Have you ever met someone who was sad all the time? Every little thing irritated them when rational kind people wouldn't think anything about the same kinds of inconveniences or might not even think they were inconveniences?

Narcissists almost never laugh, they smile rarely and seem angry all the time. This is someone who does not have the joy of the Lord. No matter how much they have it does not make them happy as long as someone else has more.

We are watching this mentality grow in our culture. Many people only laugh and smile when they are getting what they want or attention on themselves.

When someone else is happy and feeling blessed the narcissist does not join in the joy of that blessing, in fact, they are jealous and hate that it was not their blessing.

This is the 2 Timothy 3 mentality of total self-absorption. The only way to avoid becoming like this is to seek Christ for spiritual healing from an angry heart. In this sin-ravaged world, the only way to escape the influence of a sad ungrateful mentality is to trust in Christ and ask to be changed into a new creation by Him.

Those who love the Lord enjoy that their friends are blessed, they laugh with them, cry with them when there are trials, and engage as dear friends.

Romans 12:14-16 "14 Bless those who persecute you. Bless and do not curse. 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep. 16 Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but enjoy the company of the lowly. Do not be conceited."

When we have the joy of the Lord we are not in competition with anyone else, nor do we count to see who has more.

1 Corinthians 13:4-8

"4 Love is patient, love is kind, it is not jealous; love does not brag, it is not arrogant. 5 It does not act disgracefully, it does not seek its own benefit; it is not provoked, does not keep an account of a wrong suffered, 6 it does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7 it [a]keeps every confidence, it believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."

Those who Love want the best for others even more than for themselves.

Keeping Strong

The devil wants believers to carry shame from past forgiven sins as well as present mistakes. He will even try to make us think we are terrible for speaking the truth of God's word through the reactions of people.

Have you ever felt shame when someone reacted in anger at your personal boundaries or for defending the truth of Christ?

The devil is continually using prideful people to shame those who love God and desire to follow Christ.

My advice: Ignore them, feel sorry for them and even pray for them to come to an understanding of the need for their repentance toward God to become born-again.

Do not allow the devil to make you weak because of your "feelings" or "accusations" against you by ungodly people.

Keep looking up, the more we look up the stronger we become and the more useful for His Kingdom.

Psalm 1:1-2 " 1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers. 2 But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.…"