September 04
Greetings from Hurricane Country!
What a wild ride it has been for
those of us who live here in
On the heels of Charlie came
Hurricane
Several other believers here in Vero
were also told to stay in their homes, which they did. On Friday night after
most everyone had evacuated
The following evening I received a letter from my Landlord telling me to go buy plywood, and to cover every glass window and door. Never mind that there was none left to be purchased anywhere. He went on to say that after the storm had passed, I was to take it all down, and stack everything neatly in the garage. Then I was to be sure that I caulked all of the nail holes so that termites would not be attracted, or water would not seep in. He said if I wanted to be reimbursed for the plywood, I should save the receipts, however if he had to reimburse me my rent would be raised by $100.00 per month. He said that it would be raised by $100.00 per month anyway if there was any damage done on the premises by the hurricane. The increase would offset the expense of having to correct the problems after the hurricane. I could not believe what I was reading, and I laid it out before the Lord. All the other landlords in the area were boarding up their property to protect their property and their tenants.
The Lord told me not to be concerned about it. He spoke the words ‘role reversal’ to me. He told me that the Landlord only wants to collect the rent from us, and he has placed all of the duties that should be his, as a property owner, upon the tenants. The Lord said, “He is a shrewd manager!” He said that his trust is in the plywood, while my trust is in the Lord. He told me that He would take care of every glass window and door.
No sooner had the Lord shared that with me and the Landlord came to the door to see if I had received his letter, and to document the fact that I had. In other words, the glass windows and doors were now my problem, so he thought! Keep in mind that my Landlord professes to be a Spirit filled Christian!
Now in the meantime all of the neighbors were boarded up, and they saw my Landlord come and go, doing nothing to protect the house or his tenant. They all began to ask Faith what I was going to do, and she told them I was going to trust the Lord. One of the neighbors made the remark that she believed in prayer, but I was being ridiculous.
Well, we lost power and phone
service before the winds even became real strong. Then the outer bands began to
pound us from the Northeast.
As the eye of the storm was passing
over the house, the storm was so low and so slow that it made a horrible racket.
It sounded like train whistles at times, and you could feel the pressure in the
atmosphere. It was all so loud and oppressive that I felt as though I was
sitting out in the middle of the yard and it was pressing me hard. Trees began
bouncing off the sides of the house and limbs were falling on the roof. Shingles
were flying off every house. Then I heard the large picket fence that surrounds
the property begin to break up and fly off. It was eerie, especially when I felt
the ground trembling under the house. But I’m here to tell you that I felt no
fear whatsoever. In fact, I was aware, even when I would lie back in my chair to
doze, that my spirit was constantly worshipping the Lord. My spirit was singing
one worship song after the other. It was so comforting and so strengthening.
Later
The only thing the Lord would allow
me to pray throughout the duration of the storm was, “In wrath remember mercy,
Oh God! Lord, have mercy on
After the storm had finally moved on, it wasn’t long until a group of my neighbors came to the door in rain gear and asked if I was o.k.. They immediately wanted to know what happened to all of the glass windows and doors that surround the house. I was able to tell them that there was no damage to any of them for the Lord had kept His promise to me, as He always does. They were shocked!
About three hours or so after the storm passed, I went in to my bedroom and reclined in my easy chair to rest a while. I must have slept for about an hour, then I awakened with a start. As I got up from my chair to go in to the next room, I noticed a water spot on the comforter on my bed. I looked up and could not see where it had come from, so I pulled the bed down to the other end of the room, throwing the comforter back so it would not go all the way through. Then I went in to the next room. No sooner did I leave the room and I heard a loud ripping and cracking sound followed by pouring water. The bedroom ceiling collapsed right where my bed had been. How I thanked God that He had awakened me with a start, and led me to move my bed. Is He awesome or what?
I’m here to tell you that the dear Lord protected everything that was mine, and everything that the Lord had made me responsible for, but He ripped up and blew away everything the Landlord was responsible for including the roof, fences, trees and shrubs. In fact, He took care of every believer who was told to stay in their homes and pray.
The next storm to come was Hurricane
Ivan. He was not a problem for
When Hurricane Ivan was just
beginning his wild journey, the ocean was being thrown up over the beach and on
to the streets in
No sooner was Ivan gone and
Hurricane Jeanne began to do her thing. At the very beginning of these
hurricanes, the Lord said that He would do things that would confound the
weather men and women, and that He surely did. Many of them said repeatedly that
even with all of their hi tech equipment, they could
not be sure which way they were going to go or what they were going to do next.
They were all amazed at the sudden turns some of these storms took. The Lord
said that through all of the natural disasters, which He is ‘ratcheting’ up here
in
Jeanne was a vicious storm.
After each one of these hurricanes we were left without power, phone service, and gasoline. The heat was very intense. It was 91 degrees with a 99 heat index and 97% humidity. In short it was hot! We had towel in hand at all times. We were also under a strict curfew, and no alcoholic beverages or firearms of any kind were allowed to be sold. Therefore we had no problems here like looting or robbery. That was a good thing!
I was in
Through this horrible hurricane season, I’ve had ample opportunities to share Jesus with people in parking lots, or on the street. I was even able to lead a very fearful woman to the Lord in the check out line at a Publix Supermarket. She was so desperate that she didn’t care who might be watching or hearing, and He met her right where she was! The clerk was so blessed when she saw what was happening. She, too, is a believer.
Though it rains on the just and the
unjust, He always takes care of His own! He is bringing many changes to
The
We began to gather together at the
Sister Barbara told us that there is continual prayer going up from that place, and we could feel it. The sisters who are cloistered there had been praying for our ‘Gathering’ for more than a month. Sister Barbara was so precious! Everyone just loved her! She made us feel so welcome, and together with Ron, the cook, took very good care of all of us. After dinner we all spent a little time fellowshipping, then we all retired early so we could move in to the ‘Gathering’ feeling rested and refreshed. Some had driven many, many miles to join us.
The next morning after breakfast we
all headed for the beach, where we spent quite a bit of time seeking the Lord’s
heart and direction. It was a very precious time in Him. We repented as He led
us to do, and prayed for that which was on His heart concerning the area, as
well as what He wants to do there. Afterwards, Mylinda
sounded the shofar in every direction, and then we
returned to the
In the afternoon some of us gathered
together to share what the Lord had put on our hearts before making the trip to
Joel, Nancy, and Mary Ellen welcomed
all who had come in to
Friday night the Lord had me share
His heart concerning
I must tell you that the Lord
brought together the cream of the crop for this ‘Gathering’ in
Because of Hurricane Jeanne’s
invasion of
I had a six hour
lay over in
We the (Body of Messiah) Must Repent!
In just a matter of weeks we will elect a president who will serve our country for the next four years. The Lord has pointed out to me that most Christians are assuming that because President Bush is a Christian, the Lord will put him back in to the White House. He said to me, “Very few have asked Me!” Well, I am one who has asked Him, for I’ve seen so much in the past four years that has greatly disturbed my spirit. Also, I had been receiving calls from others asking questions. I knew I needed to hear from God.
From the very beginning of his term
in office, President Bush repeatedly said that he would unite not divide! He
would unite both sides of the aisle in
The Lord has said that He set President Bush in place as His prophet in the White House. He said that He had prepared him, equipped him, and made clear impartation to him. He was fully aware that he had been set in place for such a time as this. The Lord said that He had given him clear understanding as to what He was expecting of him while in office, and out of his faithfulness to God, he would be responsible to see that all he said and did would be in line with God’s will as He Himself had revealed it to him.
The Lord said that His Intercessors would have to stay on the wall because of all this. Keep in mind that we are responsible to both pray and hold our elected officials accountable for their actions, while in office, especially if they are part of the Body of Messiah, for His Name’s sake.
The past four years we have seen our
president be both bold and compromising. At times we’ve seen him run hot, cold,
and even lukewarm. He has broken campaign promises. The first thing that He
promised to do after election was to move our Embassy from Tel Aviv to
After the miraculous 21 day advance
in to
The Lord said that He has sent some
of His true Christian prophets to the White House to speak face to face with him
on this issue. An issue that is weighing heavily against him
in this election. Some of us have been called to write letters, send
emails, and make phone calls. I was one who was called to write to him, and he
responded. He spoke about every point I had made in my letter, but side stepped
the issue concerning
Instead, the Lord said that the Christians need to repent. They need to give up their Isaac (President Bush) and let this president know that we cannot support him unless he relents of his lukewarm stances, especially concerning the dividing of His Land and the displacement of His People. The Lord said that it is up to us! If we will do this, He will raise up Isaac, the son of promise. However, I repeat, it is up to us, those who elected him, to speak out! Let our voices be heard! This is a test for all of us! “Will we be people of faith and fidelity like Abraham, or will we so want to preserve our Isaac that we ignore the Truth of God’s Holy Word to us?” God is testing the purity and motives of our hearts!
President Bush has compromised in many areas, including idolatry, when he removed his shoes to acknowledge another god and entered mosques on numerous occasions, and worshipping at a Shinto Shrine to the horror of Korean believers. The Lord said that it is President Bush that opened the door for Islam to be embraced as “Main Stream American Culture & Religion”. When he brought the imams to pray to Allah in the White House, then brought them in to the National Cathedral to lead this nation in prayer, he opened the door to Islam becoming part of “Main Stream American Culture & Religion”. After one of his prayer meetings with imams, they presented him with a Koran, and he said, “I will take it proudly to the White House”, which he did. It is openly displayed there. The Lord said that all of this is why our battles with President Bush in the White House have been so great and so fierce.
He also invited the Dalai Lama in to
the White House and allowed him to pray to Buddah
there and plant artifacts on the grounds. There was a coronation of Rev. Moon as
the Messiah in the
God is calling the Body of Messiah to repent of the way we have criticized Bill Clinton, who certainly did lower the bar horribly throughout his administration, by opening doors of this nation to gross immorality and sin. However, the Lord said that what President Bush has done is far worse, for he bears the Name of the Lord, and he has profaned the Name of the Lord. He has even likened the Moon God, Allah, to the God of Israel. And as he has done all of this, the Lord said, “There has been no outcry by My people!” He said, “Where is the outcry of My People?” “Do they want My way or their way?” He went on to say that we have turned a blind eye, deaf ear, and mute tongue by not crying out. We do President Bush no favors when we do not cry out! We cry out because of our great love for Almighty God, and because of our love for our brother, President George W. Bush.
It is time for all of us to humble ourselves before the Almighty and repent! Hear His heart! Ask Him how to pray! Ask Him how to vote! We are part of His Kingdom! He is our King! Ask Him for forgiveness and mercy! And may we all be open to the conviction of the Holy Spirit, and a Spirit of repentance!
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May I take this opportunity to thank all of you for your love and prayers through this very difficult hurricane season. I am so grateful!
Honor
Vero Beach Inn
4700
Friday, November 5th
Worship Leader: Claren McQueen
Rhonda Burnett
&
LaHavattzion Dance Team
Guest Speaker: Christine
Sakakkabara from
You all are invited to come join us as we honor the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
by honoring His Land and His People.
Shalom & Blessings!
Myrna