Meat for the Hungry

clipart.com   “ W e t h e P e o p l e of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the  United States of America.” [1]   When this God-given document was signed 237 years ago, it was unmatched. America was unlike any nation on earth. All others had monarchies. America had W E , T H E P E O P L E , as the governing body. “The Constitution united its citizens as members of a whole, vesting the power of the union in the people . [2]   In just a few days, W e, t h e P e o p l e , will have the opportunity to VOTE in probably the most consequential election of our nation’s history. And the question is, will God allow America to exist the way He designed it? Or will He continue to allow it to be dismantled fro...

THREE DAYS OF PRAYER FOR AMERICA’S 2022 MIDTERM ELECTIONS:   Day Three, Tuesday, November 8, 2022 Photo by Timothy Eberly on Unsplash Hear our prayer, O LORD, give ear to our supplications! In Your faithfulness and righteousness, answer us, Your servants, and withhold judgment—for, in Your sight, no one living is righteous. These last 21-1/2 months, the enemy has persecuted our souls. They have tried their best to crush our lives to the ground and make us dwell in darkness like those who are dead. They have overwhelmed our spirits and distressed our hearts. LORD, yes, we are sinful people! But if we feel this grieved about the incessant evil in our nation, surely this grieves You a hundredfold. So, Father God, we humble ourselves before Your throne and REPENT for our own sin and the sin of our country—our proud looks, lying tongues, and the shedding of innocent blood. We repent for the hearts that devise wicked plans, the feet swift in running to evil, false witnesses, and those wh...

Have you ever heard of the poem and book, Children Learn What They Live by Dorothy Law Nolte, Ph.D.?   I think I’ve been aware of it all my adult life because my mother would quote it from time to time or at least quote the title. But just to refresh your memory, here’s a short excerpt:  If children live with criticism, they learn to condemn. If children live with hostility, they learn to fight. If children live with fear, they learn to be apprehensive…If children live with encouragement, they learn confidence…If children live with acceptance, they learn to love…If children live with honesty, they learn truthfulness… [1]   Even though this comes from a secular point of view to me, it has always made sense. However, where true believers are concerned, the poem stops short, and we could add more. If children live with LOVE, they learn to trust. If children live with GRACE, they learn to forgive. If children live with RIGHTEOUSNESS , they learn uprightness of hear...

deborahsdescendants.com When I was young, I remember rushing to the side of the road when a m i l i t a r y convoy would drive by. What joy I’d feel waving to the s o l d i e r s . My spirit would lift, and my heart puffed with p a t r i o t i s m . I thank God for those who currently serve and those who gave their lives for this country. And hearing the words of The Battle Hymn of the Republic and America the Beautiful , I’m inspired to work and fight right alongside these brave individuals to preserve the f r e e d o m God bestowed upon this nation.   Sadly, this freedom is being stripped away. And while it feels like it happened overnight, in reality, it’s been happening for at least 75 years. Our nation has slowly and systematically expelled the One True and Living God from schools, courts, government, businesses, and our everyday lives.   Why would we do such a thing when we, of all nations, have been so blessed?   Evil —pure, unadulterated evil.   In Matthe...

“…O Lord God of Israel, the One who dwells between the cherubim, You are God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth. Incline Your ear, O Lord, and hear; open Your eyes, O Lord, and see… [1] OUR PLIGHT. FATHER, WE FEEL AS THOUGH THIS VIRUS “…has laid waste the nations and their lands… [2] Many, O LORD, have died and many work tirelessly. We pray for the families who have lost loved ones asking for Your Holy Spirit to be their comfort. We ask for strength for those who continue to work. We ask, O Most High, for patience to endure this trial. Holy and Sovereign are You, and Almighty God, when you lift this distress of nations, allow our economies to recover quickly, but let us never forget this sample, this glimpse of tribulation. And, Glorious Lord, Let us seek you early. With my soul I have desired You in the night, yes, by my spirit within me I will seek You early; For when Your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the...

Let’s use the next seven days leading into our Resurrection Day Celebration to pray for our world, our country, its leaders, AND those affected in any way by COVID-19, the victims, workers, residents of each state and nation.  DAY 1 O Lord, great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant and mercy with those who love Him, and with those who keep His commandments. We have sinned and committed iniquity, we have done wickedly and rebelled, even by departing from Your precepts and Your judgments… O Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but to us shame of face…because of the unfaithfulness which we have committed against You.  O Lord, to us, belong shame of face…because we have sinned against YOU. To the Lord, our God belong mercy and forgiveness, though we have rebelled against Him. We have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in His laws, which He set before us THROUGH HIS WORD. Yes, all THE WORLD has transgressed Your law, and has departed so as no...