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Post by watchman35 on Aug 9, 2017 16:53:58 GMT -6
In these last days, deception is running rampant throughout the land. Well-known names in so-called "Christendom" are being exposed as wolves in sheep's clothing. Famous preachers and teachers show up on the internet with videos showing them saying stuff that cannot help but make you wonder if they are even truly saved by the Jesus of the Bible. Then there are cults and false religions seemingly everywhere. Seared consciences render people utterly incapable of discerning right from wrong, resulting in deluded souls who call good evil and evil good, while sincerely believing they are correct in their perverted assessments.
I cannot say I am always successful, but I try to remember to ask God on a daily basis, yea plead with Him, to protect myself, my wife, and my daughter from deception in these evil days. I want to love Truth more than anything, but I desperately need the Lord's help to do that. If you recognize your desperate need for God's protection and discernment as I do, then join me in prayer.
Abba, you are intimately acquainted with each of us. You are mindful that we are but dust when it comes to these corrupted bodies that still temporarily clothe us. We long to be lovers of Your Truth, but we confess our desperate need for Your help to empower us to successfully walk in such a manner. Grant us, by Your indwelling Holy Spirit, discernment in these last and evil days. Set a hedge of protection about us, we plead. Let no weapon of deception, in whatever form it might show up, prosper against our soul. Cover us in the blood of the Lamb. In Yeshua's incomparable Name we ask these things. Amen.
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Post by whatif on Aug 9, 2017 17:28:59 GMT -6
Excellent post, watchman35! Count me in on praying!
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Post by Gary on Aug 10, 2017 14:43:21 GMT -6
Just prayed that prayer, watchman35. Thank you for sharing it with us.
It does seem like deception has never been stronger. It feels like a thick fog roundabout and I'm groping for the light.
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Post by barbiosheepgirl on Aug 10, 2017 19:46:09 GMT -6
wm35! I was just thinking this: to be watching the 'heavens" is quite seemingly controversial. If it is this difficult to find common ground in re: to a heavenly sign(s), then how much more difficult when the Restrainer is removed.."For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way." (lately I am trying to stick with the KJV of the Word, this scripture has been said multiple ways: ie. "For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way." NIV...) I was told this is the Holy Spirit, who is the restrainer.. (2thes 2:7)
rabbit trail, sorry,
I love my devout Christian followers, who have not replaced Israel for the Church, who do not "add to" the gospel of Jesus with "works", and, bonus, are pre-tribbers...
yes, I agree: "if Christ is coming by Septemberish, or rather this 'season", What are you doing about it?" well, I have the same old "unsaved" close friends and customers. Do I need to go out on the street corner with a billboard saying, "Repent, the end is near" ? How about this: Discern these signs, as they either validate what I feel in my heart, or not, Discern this so as to back up my urgency to plead to my close, neighbors, fellow unsaved... Lord, use me as a tool if thou commeth shortly... this is what I DO pray,,,this is my "doing about it"...and here I am, also, going about my responsibility to "not be a burden" to others, (continue in what we do to earn money, pay bills, etc)..."work hard for a living..."
Prayers for all of us, driven by His Coming, and Watching...what should we be doing when we see all these things that no one else will see, or won't...keep on being the thorn in their side about it! Jesus is so close, Right at the Door! for heavens sake already...
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