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August, 2010
Greetings from
It is a beautiful, sunny day here and as
I write I am listening to Yeshua’s call for all sinners to come home, as
it is being piped out from the little church across the road.
The sound of those timeless hymns flow out over this quiet little
community several times a day.
They serve as an excellent call to stop what we are doing to
worship and just thank Abba for the freedom we still have to do so.
The past few days I have been reflecting
on some of the things that have been happening as of late, concerning
our freedom to speak, pray or worship in the Name of Yeshua (Jesus).
I might add that all of these things that I am about to share
have happened and with no public outcry, no outrage!
The silence of the leadership in the Church has been deafening
and shameful! They have
allowed the Intimidator to silence them!
Franklin Graham was disinvited to speak
at the Pentagon on our National Day of Prayer because he had spoken
truth concerning Islam not being a peaceful religion.
Tony Perkins was disinvited to speak at a Prayer Luncheon at
Andrews Air Force base because he criticized Obama’s call for ‘gays’ to
serve openly in the military.
Neither one of these men spoke hatefully, but in love they spoke
from the convictions of their hearts the truth, representing Biblical
Christianity.
I was also thinking about Sgt. 1st
Class Gary Stube, a highly decorated Green Beret and inspirational
speaker, who was severely wounded while deployed overseas.
He was invited to come speak at the annual banquet and fund
raiser held by the Catch-A-Dream Foundation.
This organization provides hunting and fishing trips for children
with life-threatening diseases.
There is also the case of Pastor Ron
Baity, who was invited to be honorary chaplain of the North Carolina
House of Representatives for an entire week.
He was disinvited after the first day because he closed his
prayer in the Name of Jesus.
When they asked him to remove the Name of Jesus, he refused, and
in so doing was representing Biblical Christianity.
Do you remember in Acts 3 when Peter and John were commanded not
to preach or teach in the Name of Jesus?
They chose to obey God and not man!
They continued to preach and teach in His Holy Name as we are
called to do.
In
I could go on and on, but I have shared
enough here to show you that it is just a matter of time before we are
forbidden to speak Biblical truths or speak in His Name without being
charged with “hate speech,”
“Intolerance” or not being “politically correct”.
Many of us will face “imprisonment.”
It is coming, and we cannot say that Abba has not warned us many
times over because He truly has.
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Abba spoke the following to
me in
2003 which I shared via
printed pages, as well as every place where He opened a door for me to
speak it.
He said, “New enemy alliances
will be formed against
Also in 2003 Abba said, “Much has been plotted against your nation.
Secret treaties that President George W. Bush signed with two
nations will eventually backfire.
This will set in motion a time of great persecution against My
children. The agendas of
certain people groups are targeted against My Remnant and against My
Jewish people.”
“Persecutions will first begin as law suits, restrictions and new laws
being written to limit the voices of My children in your nation.
Momentum will build until the persecution becomes fierce!”
He went on to say that many congregations will be fined, and when they
are unable to pay the fine, they will either be closed or sold.
Many Pastors will be imprisoned for their refusal to stop
preaching against certain sinful practices.
Their congregations will be left unattended and the sheep will
scatter if the Pastors, and others in leadership, do not begin now to
teach and train the people to hear from God and follow God, not man.
He said, “I have set up leadership which will be attacked, and
when this happens, My children must know to follow after Me, once their
leadership has been removed.”
“This will be the beginning of many woes.
I AM giving you advanced warning now so you will warn My people,
that they not become discouraged in their hearts but that they be
prepared.
“These things are at hand!
Even at the door! Watch and
Pray! Only then will My
children be able to discern My voice, and be able to withstand the evil
days.”
In 2004 Abba said, “Do you think that you have what it takes to
persevere under horrible persecution as My Chinese children have?
Do you think you can sway a nation, as they have, with their
martyrdom and perseverance under extreme hardship?
You will have to in the days ahead, for it is coming to your
nation”.
In 2008 He said that in the days ahead we will have to stand for what is
right and trust Abba, even in the face of death, just as the Hebrew boys
did in the book of Daniel.
The same kind of persecution is coming to
Note: This is only a sample
of what Abba has been speaking to me through the years concerning the
persecution that is coming to
Let Us Not Be Silenced!
Let us proclaim His Holy Name to the Heavens!
Proclaim His Holy Name throughout all the Earth!
Proclaim that He is the same yesterday, today and forever! He
does not change! Proclaim
that He reigns over all of the earth.
Hallelu Yah!
Short Term Missions
Pastor Sadie Connor will be
taking a team with her to
Hell Shaking Prayer
David Wilkerson writes, When
the book of Daniel was written,
King Darius promoted Daniel to the
highest office in the land.
He became one of three co-equal presidents / ruling over princes and
governors of 120 provinces.
Darius favored Daniel over the other two presidents putting Daniel in
charge of forming government policy and teaching all of the court
appointees and intellectuals (Daniel 6:3).
Obviously, Daniel was one busy prophet.
I can only imagine the kinds of pressures placed on this minister
with his busy schedule and time consuming meetings.
Nothing, however, could take Daniel away from his times of
prayer. He was never too
busy to pray. Prayer
remained his central occupation, taking precedence over all other
demands. Three times a day
he stole away from all of his obligations, burdens and demands as a
leader to spend time alone with the Lord.
He simply withdrew from all activities and prayed.
And God answered him. Daniel received all of his wisdom,
direction, messages and prophecies while on his knees (Daniel 6:10).
You are probably going to ask, “What is
the prayer that shakes Hell?
It comes from the faithful, diligent servant who sees his nation
and the Church falling deeper in to sin.
This servant falls on his or her knees, crying, “Lord,
I don’t want to be a part of what is going on.
Let me be an example of Your keeping power in the midst of this
wicked age. It doesn’t
matter if no one else prays, I am going to pray!”
Do you say you are too busy to pray?
Do you say, “I just take it by faith?”
You may think to yourself, “God knows my heart! He knows how busy
I am! I give Him thought
prayers all day long. “
I believe that God wants quality,
unhurried time alone with us.
Prayer then becomes an act of love and devotion, not just
petition time.
Pray, Church, Pray!
Rifqa Bary, the seventeen
year old Muslim girl, who converted to Christianity some time ago, a
tremendous witness for our Lord, still needs our prayers.
As we think about violent persecution coming to
Mosab Hassan Yousef is no
longer a man without a country.
Praise God! This son
of a founding member of the terror group, Hamas, was sickened when he
saw the way Hamas treated and tortured their prisoners.
He also came to recognize the difference between Islam and
Christianity and gave his heart to the Lord.
Abba gave him a brand new heart of love
for
Nevertheless, Homeland Security tried
desperately to deport him to
Today Mosab is thanking all of the
Christians who have encouraged him and prayed him through to victory.
He has been granted asylum here in
Aliyah
What Next?
There is a new generation of Pastors who
can be at more than one place at the same time. They are using
technology – high-def videos, and holograms – to beam their Sunday
morning sermons to remote satellite churches that belong to their
congregations. It is so
realistic that people have come up after service to speak with the
Pastor only to find that he is not there.
They were watching a video and didn’t know it.
Geoff Surratt, author of “The Multi-site
Church Revolution” said that at least 3,000 churches nationwide are
using some form of high-def video to preach their Sunday service.
Some broadcast hologram images of their Pastors that float
suspended in the air behind the pulpit, while others project images of
the minister on a large video screen.
Their messages are of course pre-recorded.
Churches can spend anywhere from $50,000 to 2 million on the
high-def technology. They are
calling it a revolution?
Taxpayer-Funded Abortion
If you want proof that Obama’s Executive
Order on taxpayer – funded abortion was a sham, you need only look to
This is not a surprise to the Pro-life
people because when he wrote the order we all knew that it was done only
to secure the votes of Pro-life Democrats for his healthcare bill.
However, Obama pledged that under his healthcare plan “no federal
dollars will be used to fund abortions.
All federal conscience laws will remain in place.”
You can be sure that it won’t be only
Tom McClusky of the Family Research
Council said, “For our efforts to remove the healthcare reform abortion
funding, we were called “deceivers” by President Obama and “liars” by
his allies.” Tom stated in
a press release, “Now we know who the true deceivers and liars really
are.”
Is it any wonder that so few have any
trust at all for our government?
An Israeli Sense of Humor Set the Record Straight
An ingenious example of speech and
politics occurred recently in the United Nations Assembly and made the
world community smile. It
was Bibi at his best!
He stood to speak and began by saying,
“Before beginning my talk, I want to tell you something about Moses:
When he struck the rock and it brought forth water, he thought,
“What a good opportunity to have a bath.”
“Moses removed his clothes, put them
aside on the rock and entered the water.
When he got out of the water and wanted to dress, his clothes had
vanished. A Palestinian had
stolen them.”
The Palestinian representative
immediately jumped to his feet furiously and shouted, “What are you
talking about? The
Palestinians weren’t there then.”
Bibi smiled and said, “And now that we
have made that perfectly clear, I will begin my speech”.
***
I want to take this opportunity to thank
all of you for the encouraging emails, cards, letters and telephone
calls. They are a blessing
to receive. It tells us
that Abba is using these newsletters to minister in many different ways.
Thank you, too, for your love, prayers and financial support, for
that is what makes it possible for us to keep on keeping on until He
comes.
Please know that you are in our prayers
in the wee hours of every morning.
May Abba abundantly bless you, your families and your time alone
with Him. Enjoy Him! Enjoy
each other! Above all, know
that you are dearly loved and very much appreciated.
He loves you and so do we!
Abba has asked that I leave you with the following word:
“I AM your bastion of hope, hope that endures forever!
I AM the eternal hope of mankind!
Good and evil falls upon both the righteous and the wicked, it
rains upon the just and the unjust, but those who hope in their God will
never be put to shame. My
people do not forsake the hope that lies within you.
Always remember that I AM with you!
I AM Emanuel!”
Shalom, Myrna |