January 8, 2025 • 51 mins
An in-depth look at a word from the Lord for 2025 to help the Remnant prepare for the coming storm and active time of warfare in the Kingdom of God.
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Oh, and welcome. Welcome to the Porcher on Firefall Talk Radio.
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I'm Richard grond.
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us know. If you want to pray for others, we'll
plug you in. If you want these scriptures for the week. Father,
we love you. We love you beyond anything we can
think or say. We love you because you first loved us.
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So Lord, we just thank you We thank you for
the cross. We thank you for the empty tomb. We
thank you for the upper room. We pray right now
you'd protect us, that you'd protect your children Israel, that
you would protect your church, that you would empower us,
inspire us. Thank you for sending the Holy Spirit down
to us. We thank you Lord that the Spirit walks
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with us, teaches us, guides us into all things. So
we ask you to have your way tonight on the porch.
We ask you to have your way with this word
of ordained. So let it go forth, let it do
what you desire it to do.
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And we just pray all these things in your Shoea's name. Amen.
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All right, get your bibles open and get ready for
the word.
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Because this is a word.
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And a warning that the Lord gave to me for
twenty twenty.
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He gave it to me. Paul.
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I was praying with my brother Larry on December twenty nine,
twenty four at one fifty three pm, if you want to.
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Be exact, And while we were praying, I heard the.
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Lord say a storm is coming, and I knew in
my spirit it was both a natural and a supernatural storm.
Then he said hunker down, which living here in the South,
you know that hunker down means you better dig your
heels in, you better get ready because it's gonna get bad.
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Right after that he said shock and awe coming from
the enemy, which reminded me of his word blitzkrig, which
he gave me first in twenty ten and repeated again
last year. Then he said, stand strong, do not react
emotionally or fearfully. Plans are being made that will not
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come to fruition, season of change, winter to spring, death
to life. So a storm is coming. It is both
natural and it is supernatural. We're seeing it play out already.
We know that from prophecy, we know from the Word,
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we know from everything that the Lord has said to
us over the years that this is coming. So in
the past I would have taken this word and spread
it out between reflections in the dark, and then did
the Bible study portion of it on the porch well, tonight,
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we're going to do them both together. So we're going
to go until we're done, because this is a message
that fits both formats, the prophetic warning with scriptural verification. Now,
first I want to address what happened to Reflections in
the Dark. We were on the air for ten years.
We were the pre eminent, I believe in one of
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the first paranormal podcasts that tied scripture and biblical beliefs
to what was going on in the supernatural. And the
other thing that made us unique is that it was
from experiential knowledge. We weren't just telling you about what
we thought or what we heard, but what we were
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actually doing. So why did I shut it down? Well,
there was a number of reasons. One, it took a
couple lot of time, the research, the preparation, and then
going live every Sunday night. And I gave up every
Sunday night.
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I didn't go away. I didn't make.
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Excuses about a family picnic or a get together if
I was available. Reflections in the Dark went on. Then
there was the shifting responsibilities. It became a lot amongst
everything else. And then it got to the point in
the last year or so, it was pretty much just
me by myself doing all the work. So I prayed
about it and I felt led at the end of
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that year to shut it down.
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And then I began the next year.
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With a new podcast to replace it, and that podcast
was called SRT Overwatch, and it gave a overview of
everything going on in the paranormal and politics and prophecy
and everything, sort of an in depth investigative show version
of Reflections in the Dark. And we did about three
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or four, maybe five podcasts, and I think it was
some of the best work I had ever done, some
of the best research I had ever done, digging deep,
exposing things. And while in prayer one day, the Lloyd
said shut it down, and I knew he was doing
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it for my protection and serve at the behest of
the King. I do what the King says. This isn't
about me. I'm not here for personal gain or personal attention.
I'm here to serve the Lord. Colossians three twenty three
and twenty four tells me work willingly at whatever you do,
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as though you were working for the Lord rather than
for people. Remember that the Lord will give you an
inheritance as your reward, and that the Master you are
serving is Messiah. Whatever you do, whatever the task may be,
work from your soul, put in your very best effort
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as something done for the Lord, and not for men.
Those of us that are called to do what I
do don't do it for men. We do it for
the Lord. We're not here to build a brand. We're
not here to gain your accolades. We're not here to
make money. Those that do those things by serving themselves
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the building their own kingdom. And right now, more than ever,
there is no time for personal kingdom building or kingdom builders.
This is about the Lord. This is about the rim that,
this is about the calling. Now in regards to the
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warning that I'm about to give you, these warnings began
in two thousand and seven when the Lord shifted my responsibilities,
when he shifted my calling, then again in twenty and
eleven and now. But what happened in two thousand and
seven was, as I shared before, I went through my
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Enoch period where I spent more time with the Lord
than I did here. During that period of time, the
Lord began to open my eyes the things that I'd
never thought before, and I shared in the Supernatural Battle,
and I've shared it on the porch and reflections in
the dark. But one of the things that it's key
to what I'm about to say was the word he
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gave me.
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In early two thousand and seven, I'd been praying.
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I wanted to understand why what we were doing in
spiritual warfare wasn't working any longer. And a sister in
the Lord from the Caribbean, who's gone on to her reward,
called me up out of the blue, and in her
wonderful Caribbean litt said to me, my brother, you asked
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the Father a question. She was very specific, said, you
asked the Father a question, and he told me to
tell you. The answer is that the enemy has released
generals of evil that the Church have never seen before,
and that is what you're experiencing.
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That alerted me to why things have changed, and if.
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It changed, we needed to change. So what does that mean? Well,
that means the enemy shifted the war. We must shift
with it. We can't keep doing things like we've always done.
It's no longer business as usual. And it escalated from there.
But in twenty ten, in regards to that, while I
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was praying, he said the word blitz creek.
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And if you know anything about World War two.
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Blitzkreek was the tactic that Nazi Germany used to roll
right over the top of opposing armies, right through their ranks,
right over their borders, and flesh lightning war, which is
what it means, took over cities. Most of those cities
just surrendered. They couldn't withstand the ferocity of the attack.
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I shared that for the first time in twenty and
eleven in Groton, Connecticut, at the first Sea Conference we
did just out of It wasn't in my notes.
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I wasn't meaning to. It just kind of happened. And
then the very next.
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Day, one of the speakers that I had invited, rust
is Arek, confirmed that word. Is kind of shocked because
he'd never heard anybody else talk about it before. God
confirms himself by two or three witnesses who do not
know beforehand what they're confirming the SRT missions. From that point,
the intensity increased, the ferocity of the enemy increased. They
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were more aggressive, more arrogant than we'd ever seen them before.
Let me say something about that. As much then as now,
the enemy is not afraid of us. The enemy is
not afraid of the Church. They will stand toe to
toe with you, and they will fight you. They will
not run just simply because you get on your knees.
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This is their moment in history. They are involved in
a plan that they will fulfill. They are not easily
dissuaded from their objective. No matter what you've been told.
Those of us that are actually doing it have experienced it.
So then in twenty seventeen, during the solar eclipse, I
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think of August that year, there was a shift in
the hierarchy of power. Now we know how Satan. Satan
is always at the top, and not because they get
along with him, but because they are in an uneasy
alliance with him. The other fallen angels and watchers that fell,
the ones that aren't in the bit. And during that
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period of time, another power rose to the forefront, and
that was Lilith. It was the Lilith moon that brought
in that solar eclipse. And right after that we have
the Me Too movement, the rise in feminism, the attack
on masculinity, the attack on the church and the hierarchical
structure of the church. And we still see it today.
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We've seen the effects of it. It has simmered down
a little bit, but it's still there, and I've seen
it rides its head again lately. Then in twenty twenty four,
during the next solar eclipse, which was in April of
twenty twenty four, another entity rose to a position of
pre eminence. And I've never spoken about this publicly before.
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I will touch on it possibly in the future I
will expound upon it. But during that period of time,
the Lord revealed that Tamus, the Babylonian sun god mentioned
in the Book of Ezekiel, was rising to the position
of prominence. The interesting thing is Tamus is the consort
of Lilith. The Greek name for Tamus is Apollo, and
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we've seen certain things happen since then that confirm that
he is the one in the lead position. But understand,
this is an uneasy alliance of a confederacy of darkness,
various things that had been worshiped as gods, some of
whom I've shared over the year. So I haven't that
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have come together to help instigate the installing of the Antichrist,
because with that will come the opening of the pit.
The brothers will get out of the pit and their
kingdoms will be restored to them. At least that's what
they think if they'd read the Bible, they'd know that
Satan has other plans. But that is what is in
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effect right now. Those that are called to serve the
Kingdom of God must step up their activities, and they
must step up their commitment. We must do targeted in
accessory prayer. We must be very specific in what we're
praying about and what we're believing. The ferocity of the
enemy in this blitzkrig attack is increasing, and we'll get
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to the point that, just like during World War two,
people will simply surrender. We need to come into unity
for the Kingdom of God and for the King of
Kings and the Lord of Lords, that is the captain
of the host. That's who we serve. That's the only
one that matters. So now let's examine the word and
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the warning from the Lord and tie it to the word.
So a storm is coming. What's another word for storm.
It's the tempest. Go with me to Matthew chapter eight,
verse twenty three. Now, when he got into a boat,
his disciples followed him, and suddenly a great tempest arose
on the sea, so that the boat was covered with waves.
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But he was asleep, and then his disciples came to
him and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us, we are perishing.
But he said to them, why are you so fearful
of you of little faith? And then he arose and
rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was great calm.
So the men marveled, saying, who can this be that
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even the winds and the sea obey him. It's also
in Luke chapter eight, starting verse twenty two. Now it
happened on a certain day that he got into a
boat with his disciples, and he said to them, let
us cross over to the other side of the lake.
And they launched out. But as they sailed, he fell asleep,
and a windstorm came down on the lake, and they
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were filling with water, and we're in jeopardy. Now think
about that. They're in this boat. They're in the Sea
of Galilee. This is a huge dangerous sea, and the
boat is taken on water. They're scared. And they came
to him and awoke him and said, Master, we are perishing.
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And then he arose and rebuked the wind in the
raging water, and they ceased, and there was a calm,
and he said to them, where is your faith? And
they were afraid and marvel sing to one another, who
can this be? For he commands even the winds and
the water, and they obey him. How often have we
been like them? We know he's in the boat with us,
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we know what he's capable of doing. But the winds come,
the waves come. You feel like you're about to cap size,
and you say, Lord, don't you care? Don't you care?
We're perishing, we're about to think. Of course he cares.
If it's happening. It's because he's allowing it to happen,
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either to strengthen us, to test our faith, to expose
things in us that we don't really know. Like in
the Disciples, they were afraid when they shouldn't have been.
They are frequent references to God's power over the storm
and the use of the tempest in correction. Go to
Psalm one oh seven, verses twenty eight thirty one. Then
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they cry out to the Lord in their trouble, and
he brings them out of their distress. He calms the
storms so its waves are still. Then they are glad
because they are quiet, So he guides them to their
desired haven. Oh that men would give thanks to the
Lord for his goodness and for his wonderful works to
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the children of men, prophetic of what the Lord did
that day. You're in a storm, you need to follow
the map, and that map is the Word. And that's why,
no matter what, since day one, we started both the
Porch and Reflections in the Dark at the same time.
It was May of twenty ten on blog talk. We
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actually started in March and a private a conference call.
We've always tied the word to whatever we say. Our
words have no value, our experiences have no value unless
they line up with the word. Stop listening to people
who tell you things that aren't just outside the box.
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They're outside the book. All scripture is given by inspiration
of God and is profitable for doctrine and for reproof,
for correction, for instruction and righteousness, that the Man of
God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. Now,
Paul not only talking about the New Testament, because at.
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That time it didn't exist.
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It was in the process of being compiled through the
letters that would come together later on and become what
we call the New Testament. He's speaking about the Old
Testament as well. That's the only book they had was
trah the prophets.
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The teachings.
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Now, this Bible is not a charm or a magic
book that just works wonders by its presence. You need
to open it. You need to apply it, you need
to obey it. You need to have faith and sincerity
in the application of the word. It's God's inspired revelation
written in a simple human language so that anybody could
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understand it. You don't have to be a scholar, and
you don't have to have a degree that the Holy Spirit,
because the Spirit will interpret it, will teach it to you.
It will precede human knowled It's sixty six books written
by forty authors over fifteen hundred years, three different languages,
on three different continents, but no historical errors or contradictions.
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The entire Bible, from Genesis to Revelation, bears a distinct
mark of divine inspiration. What's more, it has a common storyline,
one that we can apply in every part of our life,
whether in the peace or in war. The creation, the fall,
the redemption of God's people is love for humanity and
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for his children to send salvation and his son ya Shua.
And all you have to do is believe with your
heart and your mind and all your strength and your soul,
and believe that he is Messiah, came to die for
your sins, and you will be saved. He does all
the work the Father did all the work. Everything we
need to know or understand is in his word. Well,
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there's a message in Ecclesiastes that ties into where we
are today and what I'm taking talking about. Ecclesiastes one
nine says that which has been is what will be,
That which is done will be done, and there's nothing
new under the sun. That's why I can talk to
you about a word in twenty twenty five and tie
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it to words written thousands of years ago. It's that
brilliant of a book, James one verse seventeen. Whatever is
good and perfect comes down to us from God, our father,
who created all the lights in heaven. He never changes,
but casts a shifting shadow. He never changes like a
shifting shadow does. He chose to give birth to us
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by giving us this true word, We, out of all creation,
begame his prize possession. That's why he can use somebody
like me to give you a word like this, because
he cherishes you, cherishes me. And I'm not saying him
anything important because he uses me to do this. I'll
never say that, but he does, and I do it willingly,
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and I do it under his guidance. So change variation.
He's not something is going to change on us. He's
not going to vary. He is, for he is in
season and out. He's the same yesterday, today, and forever,
as Hebrews thirteen eight says. But we see examples in
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his word, We see how he has interacted with others,
so that we can then apply that to how we
interact with him. I'm going to read to you from
Joshua Chapter one. I do not believe that this is
a blanket promise, but I believe it is a promise
given to those given a specific assignment by God, as
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Joshua was Joshua one, verse six, Be strong and courageous,
for you are the one who will lead these people
to possess all the land I swat to their ancestors
I would give them. Be strong and very courageous. Be
careful to obey all the instructions gave you. Do not
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deviate from them, turning either to the right or to
the left. Then you will be successful in everything you do.
Study this book of Instruction, continually meditate on it day
and night, so you will be sure to obey everything
written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed
in all that you do. This is my command to
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be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged,
for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go. Obviously,
Joshua had a little issue with fear uncertainty. Be strong
and of good courage. Later on he says it again
and Joshua eight, First one, do not be afraid or discouraged.
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Take all your fighting men and attack Ai. For I've
given you the King of Ai, his people, his down,
and his land. They still had to show up. They
still had to fight to fight. We have to show up.
We have to fight the fight. You may get nicked up,
you may take a shot, the enemy may get an
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attack in have to do it because the Lord your
God is with you. Don't be afraid of him, he
said to Joshua. Says that again in Joshua ten, verses
seven and eight. Don't be afraid of for I've given
you victory over them. Brothers and sisters. Don't be afraid
of what the enemy is doing. Right now, we have
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the victory, Yes, victory, and you're sure you can sing it.
But we've got to show up. We've got to take
a stand. We have to read his word. We have
to know what the spirit is saying. You know that
hunker down phrase. I never heard it a whole lot
before before I moved to Florida, then we moved to Orlando,
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and then in two thousand and four when we got
hit with four hurricanes, it became the catchphrase of every
newsperson and politician. We have to hunt her down. But
you know what that's in the.
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Red Neck Bible, not the red Letter, by the red
Neck Bible. Hunk it down.
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You know what that means, In case you don't know,
to settle in at a location for an extended period,
maintain a position, resist yielding to some pressure. Take shelter
literally or figuratively, to assume a defensive position, to resist difficulties.
We got to take a stand. We got to dig
our heels in. See where we heard that before Ephesians
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six eleven. Put on the full armor of God so
to be able to stand against all the strategies of
the devil. For we are not fighting against flesh and
blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the
unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, against
evil spirits in the heavenly places. Therefore, put on every
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piece God's whole armor, and resist the enemy from time
of evil. And then after the battle you'll be standing firm.
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You will have.
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Hunkered down and taken the fight, resisted and one one
Corinthians sixteen thirteen beyond God, stand firm, and the faith
be courageously strong with what's coming. From what I'm seeing,
I've I've kind of hinted at this for a while,
but I think in twenty twenty five of them will
be a little more aggressive in this message. Second Thessalonians
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two thirteen and fifteen through fifteen. As for us, we
can help, but thank God for you, dear brothers and sisters,
loved by the Lord. We are always thankful that God
chose you to be among the first to experience salvation,
a salvation that came through the spirit which makes you holy,
and through your belief in the truth. He called you
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salvation when we told you the good news. Now that
we can share in the glory of our Lord Jesus
the Messiah, with all these things in mind, stand firm,
keep a strong grip on the teaching we passed on
to you, both in person and by letter.
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Christ Peter five Versus eight through nine. Stay alert.
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Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls
around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.
Stand firm, huck er down against them, and be strong
in your faith. Remember that your family of believers all
over the world is going through the same kind of
suffering you are. Brothers and sisters all over the world
are going to be going through the same storm, the
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same tempest, the same whirlwind that we are going through
when we're going through it. Which is why if the
spirit wakes up to pray, you need to pray. You
need pray for the brother and sister that you know
about the brother and sister that is suffering, that maybe
they've suffered a loss. Whatever it is, the Spirit will
tell you otherwise, just pray in your prayer language. Shock
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and awe is coming from the enemy. Let's creed stand strong.
Do not react emotionally or fearfully. Why because that'll cause
you to run or just lay down. That term shock
and awe was used in the Gulf War, means a
rapid dominance as a military strategy, moving quickly to shock
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the enemy into submission through overwhelming power, spectacular displays of
force to paralyze their perception of the battlefield and destroy
their will to fight the enemy has never changed war.
It's never changed. Better hunker down, you better dig your
heels in, You better have that shield of faith up,
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you better be ready.
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That shock and awe military term.
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It was brought up primarily in the Gulf War, but
we saw it written about before.
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Then. They want a reaction from you. Don't give it.
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And that blitzkrieg, that lightning attack of the enemy that
comes upon us to overwhelm us, to inspire us to quit. Now,
be honest, there have been times you've thought about it.
I know I have. If I didn't love the Lord
as much as I do, if I didn't have the
calling that I have, I would have quit. I'd a
given up. But you can't quit. The price is too great,
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the calling is too great, the need is too great.
We need to hold on. David understood. David had bouts
of I won't call it depression, but discouragement.
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Elijah did. Elijah got downright depressed. It happens don't beat
yourself up.
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If it does kick off that spirit of heaveness, put
on the garment of praise. Do whatever you have to
do to break out from under it. Shake it off,
sing your way through it, Cry your way through it,
shout your way through it, sing and dance whatever it takes. Ps.
I'm fifty five Verse one. Listen to my prayer, Oh God,
do not ignore my cry for help. Please listen and
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answer me, for I am overwhelmed by my troubles. My
enemies shout at me and making loud and wicked threats.
They bring trouble on me and angrily hunt me down.
My heart pounds in my chest. The terror of death
assaults me. Fear and trembling overwhelm me, and I can't
stop shaking. Oh that I had wings like a dove,
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then I would fly away and rest. I would fly
far away to the quiet of the wilderness. How quickly
I would escape from this wild storm of hatred. If
you don't think that kind of hatred's coming on the church,
you're not paying attention. You're also having to listen to
what the Lord said. Lord talked about it a lot,
even before he sent the disciples out and Matthew ten.
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Starting verse sixteen, he warned them, behold, I send you
out a sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be
wise as serpent, harmless as doves. But beware of men,
for they would deliver you up to councils and scourge
you in their synagogue. And you will be brought before
governors and kings for my name's sake, as a testimonies
to them and to the gentiles. But when they deliver
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you up, do not worry about how or what you
should speak, for it will be given to you in
that hour what you should speak, for it's not you
who speak, but the spirit of your father who speaks
in you. Now, brother will deliver a brother to death,
and a father his children, and children rise up against
parents and cause them to be put to death. And
you will be hated by all for my namesake, But
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he endures to the end, will be saved. When they
persecute you in this city, flee to another. For assuredly
I say to you, you will have not gone through
the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant
above his master. It is enough for a disciple to
be like his teacher, and his servant like his master.
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If they call the master of the house beels above,
how much more will they call those of his household? Therefore,
do not fear them. There it is again, do not
fear them. For there is nothing that is covered that
will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be
made known. He told them from the very beginning how
difficult it was going to be held, then that it
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was going to get bad. Hold on, don't be afraid.
What's telling us again? Hebrews thirteen thirty, verse five. Let
your conduct be done without covetousness. Be content with such
things as you have, For He himself has said, I
will never leave you nor forsake you. So we may
boldly say, the Lord is my helper. I shall not
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fear what can man do to me. The Lord is
my helper. I shall not fear what can man do
to me. In Asia forty one, in speaking to Israel,
the descendants of Abraham, he says, fear not, for I
am with you. Oh secondment, how does this apply to me?
We are grafted into the vine. The Church is not
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separate from Israel. We are grafted into the vine. Therefore,
the promises and unfortunately the curses apply to us, except
for the curse of sin and death. Fear not, for
I am with you. Be not dismayed, For I am God.
I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you well.
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Behold,
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all those who are incensed against you shall be as
shamed and disgrace they shall come. They shall be as nothing,
And those who strive with you shall perish. You shall
seek them and not find them. Those who contend with you,
those who war against you, shall be as nothing, as
a non existent thing. For I am the Lord, will
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hold your right hand, saying to you, fear not, I
will help you well. If he did it for them,
what do you think will do for us. We are
born again. Our names are written in the Lamb's Book
of Life. Yes, we are grafted into the vine. We
are not distinct from the vine, nor are we better
than the vine. But we have accepted Messiah. We are complete.
We are born again. But when a warwind comes, what
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is a whirlwind? Well, a whirlwind is when two circular
motions two winds come together into one. Currents from opposite
direction meet and become a whirlwind. There's a whirlwind in
the church right now, has been from since day one,
but since twenty twenty five it's gotten worse. Actually it's
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started in twenty twenty four, and it tied into the
release of Tamus, into his position of power, prominence, leadership.
In tewod Peter Chapter two, verses twelve through seventeen, Peter
addresses the depravity of false teachers. And I know this
is the drama pound. I love the Lord, I love
his word, I love the purity of the word. I
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don't like liars, and I don't like deceivers, and I
definitely don't like people that preach the Gospel for personal gain,
nor manipulate his word to do so. But these, Peter says,
like natural brute beast made to be caught and destroyed,
speak evil of things they do not understand, and will
utterly perish in their own corruption, and will receive the
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wages of righteousness as those who can it pleasure to
carouse in the daytime. They are spots and blemishes, carousing
in their own deceptions while they feast with you. Now,
let me stop there. In verse thirteen, spots and blemishes,
this bride cannot go to him with any blemishes. We
need to be unblemished. There can be no wrinkles, and
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I believe those false teachers are being removed for that
to happen. But I also believe that when he removes
his bride, they definitely won't be going pick up on
verse fourteen, having eyes full of adultery that cannot cease
from sin, enticing unstable souls. They have a heart trained
and covetous practices, and are cursed children. They have forsaken
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the right way and gone astray, following the way of Baalem,
the son of Beor, who loved the wages of righteous
of unrighteousness. Baalum was an Old Testament prophet, but he
was rebuked for his iniquity. A dumb donkey speaking with
a man's voice restrained the madness of a prophet. Look
it out, Look up, bail, son of bay Or, and
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see the story for yourself.
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These are wells without water.
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Clouds carried by a tempest, for whom has reserved the
blackness of darkness forever.
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I believe these false teachers.
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I can't tell you whether they were ever born again
and backslid or I don't know but what I can't
tell you, what's coming out of their mouth is demonically inspired,
it's satanically guided, and it will serve the Antichrist when
he comes to power.
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Oh yes, there are churches, I'll say.
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Even entire denomination that have been groomed and possibly even
created by Satan to serve the Antichrist when he comes
to power. We saw it in Nazi Germany. Certain churches,
certain denominational faith supported Nazi Germany, hid them when they
tried to escape justice, profited from them, partnered with them.
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Lord has no tolerance for that, not in his word. Now,
they promised liberty, and they themselves are sla of corruption.
They're in bondage, they're entangled with this world. They're overcome
by this world, and their end is worse than their beginning.
Like a dog, they've returned to their vomit. Where As
the sow Wallace in the Mud, I personally don't understand it.
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How could you do that, How could you be that way?
How could you know the Lord feel his freedom? And
then suddenly think, ooh, these gifts of the spirit are
pretty good. I can make some money at this. I
can put on a really good dog in ponies, show
and pass the hat or the plate or whatever, and
live a good life. Hey, maybe I can even do
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some tricks, some parlor tricks. How dare you? How dare
you do what you do and put his name on it.
The Lord talks about those that build on the wrong foundation.
And that's what I am, more than ever before, trying
to get you to do, is build on the right foundation,
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the foundation of the word Matthew seven, verse twenty four.
So therefore, whoever hears these things of mine and does them,
I will liken him to a wise man who built
his house on the rock. And the rain descended, and
the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on
that house, and it did not fall, for it was
founded on the rock.
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Well, we know who the rock is.
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But everyone who hears these sayings of mine and does
not do them will be like a foolish man who
built his house on the sand. And the rain descended,
and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat
that house, and it fell, and great was its fall.
It says that again in Luke six, on verse forty six.
The reason I give you these different versions, different thoughts
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different attitudes, same message.
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Why do you call me lord?
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Lord? Not do the things which I say? Whoever comes
to me here's my saying, and does them, I'll show
you whom he is like. He's like a man building
a house who dug deep and laid the foundation on
the rock. And when the flood arose and the stream
beat the heap, man lee against that house and could
not shake it, for it was founded on the rock.
But he who heard and did nothing is like a
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man who built a house on the earth without a foundation,
against which the stream beat vehemently, and immediately it fell,
and the ruin of that house was great. We have
visuals of this out of North Carolina. Those flash floods
from the rain and the hurricanes ripped homes off of
their foundation. Every now and then you saw a house
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that wasn't moved. Probably they should find out who built
those houses and hire him. But we have a builder,
we have a rock, we have a word. We won't
get snatched away, we won't get swept away because we
have dug our heels in. We have built ourselves upon
the rock. No matter what the storm is, no matter
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what comes, we're going.
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To endure it.
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It won't be fine, It won't be comfortable. The other
thing he said, plans are going to be made that
won't come to fruition. And I believe he means both
demonic plans and human plans. We talked about that last
week and the week before, the plans of man. You know,
we shouldn't say we're gonna go here, We're gonna go there.
If the Lord wills, that's what we'll do. I gotta
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say I've been guilty of that. In hindsight, it wasn't
the Lord. It was me filling in the blanks, him
saying you're gonna do this, and they may think, well,
that means we're gonna do it now, we're gonna do
it here, We're gonna do it there. The biggest mistake
you can make in this walk is filling in the blanks.
Leave it blank. The spirit will fill it in when
he wants to. Proverbs nineteen twenty one. There are many
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plans in a man's heart. Nevertheless, the lord's counsel will stand, Yeah,
that's true, it's right there the.
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Word of God.
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Proverbs twenty eighteen. Plans are established by counsel, by wise counsel.
Wage war Proverbs twenty four to six. For by wise counsel,
you will wage your own war.
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And in the multitude of counsels there is safety.
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What does that mean, I need to run here, need
to run here, I need to listen to that person
of this person. I don't do that. That's not how
I work. I get my orders from the Lord. Now,
if I hear someone else saying the same thing, and
the Lord says, listen to this person, I will. But
I don't listen to everybody out there. I don't want
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to taint what I hear from the Lord with something
they may say that my ears find particularly interesting. But
in the multitude of counselors, those who know what you
want to know, or are going where you are going
their safety.
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Psalm thirty eight, verse eight. Let all the earth feel
the Lord. Let all the.
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Inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. For
he spoke, and it was done. He commanded, and it
stood fast. But the Lord brings the counsel of the
nations to nothing. He makes the plans of the people
of no effect. The counsel of the Lord stands forever
the plans of his heart to all generation. Plans will happen.
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If he said it, he will do it. If it's
of him, it'll succeed. If it's of man, or man
has added his own water to the concrete, it won't. Finally,
the season of change wintered to spring, death to life.
Now you would think that really didn't fit in with
everything else, And I didn't understand it until this morning
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in prayer. See, originally I was going to do a
special edition Reflections in the Dark and separate the two,
and I just couldn't get it to work. I couldn't
bring it together. And then I realized what the Lord
was doing. He had a plan, and I needed to
submit because the two tied together, the prophetic word and
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the teaching word. The two tied together, and the summation
is here. This is the conclusion.
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If you will. No, this isn't the time you get
ready and go to you know, the buffet or whatever.
That's usually what happened in services. In closing.
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You suddenly see everybody looking at their watch that's trying
to figure is the is the buffet open? And you
know that they're already planning to leave. They're not even listening.
So I'm not saying that because you're not going anywhere,
but we're in a season of change. We're literally in winter,
but we're figuratively in winter as well. Ecclesiast these three
starting verse one, to everything. There is a season, a
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time for every purpose under heaven. A time to be
born and a time to die. A time to plant
and a time to pluck what is planted. A time
to kill and the time to heal. A time to
break down, the time to build up. A time to
weep and a time to lap, a time to morn
and time to dance. Time to cast away stones and
a time to gather stones. A time to embrace and
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a time to refrain from embracing, the time to gain,
a time to lose, the time to keep, a time
to throw away, the time to tear and the time
to sew. A time to keep, silence and a time
to speak. A time to love and a time to hate,
the time of war and a time of peace. There's
a time for every purpose under heaven, for every activity
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under heaven. That's how He does things in times and season.
That's the role of time and seasons in the life
of a believer, in a life in a relationship with God,
a life in service to the Lord.
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Now.
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The Adam Clark Commentary says, God, by his providence, governs
the world and has determined particular things and operations to
particular times. In those times, such things may be done
with propriety and success. But if we neglect the appointed seasons,
we sin against this providence and become authors of our
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own distresses. We must do things in season, now why winter? Winter,
according to the Britannica dot com, is the coldest season
of the year right now, aflaud, it's cold. I didn't
move here for cold, but it is cold between autumn
and spring. The name comes from the Old Germanic word
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that means time of water, refers to the rain and
the snow of winter in the middle and high latitudes.
The concept of winter in European languages is associated with
the season of dormancy, particularly in relation to crops. Some
plants die, leaving their seeds, others merely cease growing until spring.
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Throughout the Bible, winter and snow are used not only
as literal representations of the cold seasons, but as symbols
of purification, preparation, and renewal. Remember that they remind us
of the beauty that can come from waiting the power
of stillness. Be still and know that I am God,
the cleansing transformation that God desires in our life. Winter's
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not comfortable, but it's vital. It's temporary, and then it
leads into the rains of spring and new growth, times
and seasons in place for his kingdom. They are there
because you ordain them to be there, both naturally Genesis
eight twenty two. While the earth remains seed, time and harvest,
cold and heat, winter and summer, day and night shall
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not cease the seasons, both naturally and spiritually. Half to hap,
you can't stop it. You can't change it, just because
you don't want to endure it. Isaiah fifty five, studying
verse ten. For as the rain comes down and the
snow from heaven, and do not return there the water
the earth, and make it bring forth bud, that it
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may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater.
So shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth.
It shall not return to me void, but it shall
accomplish what I please. It shall prosper in the thing
for which I sent it. Right there through scripture showing
the parallel between the natural processes of water and God's word.
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See even he ties the two together, and I'm just
doing what he does. He's my example, he's my master,
he's my teacher. So just as the snow and the
rain and nourish the earth, God's word nourishes his people,
and it complixes his purposes. It brings forth growth and
life in the winter seasons of our life. Some of
you know that, you know that feeling, You know the vine.
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He describes us as a vine. The vine rest in winter,
and that allows it to shed its leaves. It focus
inwardly to sustain its roots. Isn't that profound? I got
this from a vine maker on a vineyard online. Winter
in the vineyard is a time of choir transformation. While
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the vines rest and rejuvenate, vineyard workers engage in essential
tasks that ensure the health and the productivity of the vineyard.
This season of dormancy, pruning and replenishment is vital for
the vines, preparing them for the burst of growth and
fruit production that will come with the warmer months. Without
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the harshness of winter, there is no sweetness to the
sap without the struggle, without the pruning, without the inward
reflection we can't bear the fruit that he wants us
to bear. This is from the Song of Solomon two
verses eleven and twelve. I listen to me, brothers and sisters,
those that are of you that have been in a
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winter season. For lo the winter is pasted, the rain
is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth,
and the time of singing has come. And the voice
of the turtle dove is heard in our land, that
cooing sound of the turtle dove. For those that have
been in winter, Spring is coming, a new growth is coming,
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a harvest is coming. She tells me, the king is coming,
because he rules the vineyard. Until then, hunker down, dig
your heels in, hold that shield of faith up. Be prepared,
be filled with his word, Meditate upon his word. Don't
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be afraid, be prepared. Seek good counsel. Counsel that's been
the war, counsel that knows what they're talking about because
they've experienced it. A pure word, a non watered down word,
a vitally nourishing word. That's the water you want. That's
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the water I want. It's the water you'll always find
here on the porch. So Father, I come to you
with the name of your son you she Ahmosi, oh
Jesus the Messiah. I pray for myself, and I pray
for my brothers and sisters. We as family, we trust you,
we love you, we worship you, we believe in you.
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We want to serve you to the fullness of our abilities.
We want to live out your word. We want to
set the captives for you, want to bring forth fruit
in due season. Who want to destroy the enemy and
all his works. Lord, redeem the land, Redeem all that's
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been defiled. And be prepared to help your sheep when
they wander away from pens that have been destroyed, shepherds
that have been removed or run. To be ready for
the splitz. Greed to be ready to help others. Guide
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this Holy Spirit, teach us, tell us what you wanted
to read, tell us what you want us to study.
Just help us in every step of the way. Heal
us and heart and mind and body, soul and spirit.
Don't let the enemy have any access to us or
ability to defeat us or delay us. But most of all,
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let us go glorify you. Let us be what you
need us to be.
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In this hour.
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And I pray all these things and you show his name.
If you agree with me, just say amen. May the
Lord bless you and keep you made. The Lord cause
his face to shine upon you, and be gracious unto you.
May the Lord I don't know you, Shuhamashiyak, lift up
his countenance upon you, and give you peace. Give you shallum.
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All right, get your bibles open and get ready for
the word.
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Because this is a word.
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And a warning that the Lord gave to me for
twenty twenty.
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He gave it to me. Paul.
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I was praying with my brother Larry on December twenty nine,
twenty four at one fifty three pm, if you want to.
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Be exact, And while we were praying, I heard the.
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Lord say a storm is coming, and I knew in
my spirit it was both a natural and a supernatural storm.
Then he said hunker down, which living here in the South,
you know that hunker down means you better dig your
heels in, you better get ready because it's gonna get bad.
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Right after that he said shock and awe coming from
the enemy, which reminded me of his word blitzkrig, which
he gave me first in twenty ten and repeated again
last year. Then he said, stand strong, do not react
emotionally or fearfully. Plans are being made that will not
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come to fruition, season of change, winter to spring, death
to life. So a storm is coming. It is both
natural and it is supernatural. We're seeing it play out already.
We know that from prophecy, we know from the Word,
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we know from everything that the Lord has said to
us over the years that this is coming. So in
the past I would have taken this word and spread
it out between reflections in the dark, and then did
the Bible study portion of it on the porch well, tonight,
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we're going to do them both together. So we're going
to go until we're done, because this is a message
that fits both formats, the prophetic warning with scriptural verification. Now,
first I want to address what happened to Reflections in
the Dark. We were on the air for ten years.
We were the pre eminent, I believe in one of
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the first paranormal podcasts that tied scripture and biblical beliefs
to what was going on in the supernatural. And the
other thing that made us unique is that it was
from experiential knowledge. We weren't just telling you about what
we thought or what we heard, but what we were
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actually doing. So why did I shut it down? Well,
there was a number of reasons. One, it took a
couple lot of time, the research, the preparation, and then
going live every Sunday night. And I gave up every
Sunday night.
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I didn't go away. I didn't make.
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Excuses about a family picnic or a get together if
I was available. Reflections in the Dark went on. Then
there was the shifting responsibilities. It became a lot amongst
everything else. And then it got to the point in
the last year or so, it was pretty much just
me by myself doing all the work. So I prayed
about it and I felt led at the end of
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that year to shut it down.
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And then I began the next year.
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With a new podcast to replace it, and that podcast
was called SRT Overwatch, and it gave a overview of
everything going on in the paranormal and politics and prophecy
and everything, sort of an in depth investigative show version
of Reflections in the Dark. And we did about three
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or four, maybe five podcasts, and I think it was
some of the best work I had ever done, some
of the best research I had ever done, digging deep,
exposing things. And while in prayer one day, the Lloyd
said shut it down, and I knew he was doing
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it for my protection and serve at the behest of
the King. I do what the King says. This isn't
about me. I'm not here for personal gain or personal attention.
I'm here to serve the Lord. Colossians three twenty three
and twenty four tells me work willingly at whatever you do,
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as though you were working for the Lord rather than
for people. Remember that the Lord will give you an
inheritance as your reward, and that the Master you are
serving is Messiah. Whatever you do, whatever the task may be,
work from your soul, put in your very best effort
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as something done for the Lord, and not for men.
Those of us that are called to do what I
do don't do it for men. We do it for
the Lord. We're not here to build a brand. We're
not here to gain your accolades. We're not here to
make money. Those that do those things by serving themselves
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the building their own kingdom. And right now, more than ever,
there is no time for personal kingdom building or kingdom builders.
This is about the Lord. This is about the rim that,
this is about the calling. Now in regards to the
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warning that I'm about to give you, these warnings began
in two thousand and seven when the Lord shifted my responsibilities,
when he shifted my calling, then again in twenty and
eleven and now. But what happened in two thousand and
seven was, as I shared before, I went through my
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Enoch period where I spent more time with the Lord
than I did here. During that period of time, the
Lord began to open my eyes the things that I'd
never thought before, and I shared in the Supernatural Battle,
and I've shared it on the porch and reflections in
the dark. But one of the things that it's key
to what I'm about to say was the word he
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gave me.
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In early two thousand and seven, I'd been praying.
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I wanted to understand why what we were doing in
spiritual warfare wasn't working any longer. And a sister in
the Lord from the Caribbean, who's gone on to her reward,
called me up out of the blue, and in her
wonderful Caribbean litt said to me, my brother, you asked
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the Father a question. She was very specific, said, you
asked the Father a question, and he told me to
tell you. The answer is that the enemy has released
generals of evil that the Church have never seen before,
and that is what you're experiencing.
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That alerted me to why things have changed, and if.
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It changed, we needed to change. So what does that mean? Well,
that means the enemy shifted the war. We must shift
with it. We can't keep doing things like we've always done.
It's no longer business as usual. And it escalated from there.
But in twenty ten, in regards to that, while I
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was praying, he said the word blitz creek.
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And if you know anything about World War two.
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Blitzkreek was the tactic that Nazi Germany used to roll
right over the top of opposing armies, right through their ranks,
right over their borders, and flesh lightning war, which is
what it means, took over cities. Most of those cities
just surrendered. They couldn't withstand the ferocity of the attack.
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I shared that for the first time in twenty and
eleven in Groton, Connecticut, at the first Sea Conference we
did just out of It wasn't in my notes.
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I wasn't meaning to. It just kind of happened. And
then the very next.
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Day, one of the speakers that I had invited, rust
is Arek, confirmed that word. Is kind of shocked because
he'd never heard anybody else talk about it before. God
confirms himself by two or three witnesses who do not
know beforehand what they're confirming the SRT missions. From that point,
the intensity increased, the ferocity of the enemy increased. They
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were more aggressive, more arrogant than we'd ever seen them before.
Let me say something about that. As much then as now,
the enemy is not afraid of us. The enemy is
not afraid of the Church. They will stand toe to
toe with you, and they will fight you. They will
not run just simply because you get on your knees.
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This is their moment in history. They are involved in
a plan that they will fulfill. They are not easily
dissuaded from their objective. No matter what you've been told.
Those of us that are actually doing it have experienced it.
So then in twenty seventeen, during the solar eclipse, I
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think of August that year, there was a shift in
the hierarchy of power. Now we know how Satan. Satan
is always at the top, and not because they get
along with him, but because they are in an uneasy
alliance with him. The other fallen angels and watchers that fell,
the ones that aren't in the bit. And during that
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period of time, another power rose to the forefront, and
that was Lilith. It was the Lilith moon that brought
in that solar eclipse. And right after that we have
the Me Too movement, the rise in feminism, the attack
on masculinity, the attack on the church and the hierarchical
structure of the church. And we still see it today.
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We've seen the effects of it. It has simmered down
a little bit, but it's still there, and I've seen
it rides its head again lately. Then in twenty twenty four,
during the next solar eclipse, which was in April of
twenty twenty four, another entity rose to a position of
pre eminence. And I've never spoken about this publicly before.
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I will touch on it possibly in the future I
will expound upon it. But during that period of time,
the Lord revealed that Tamus, the Babylonian sun god mentioned
in the Book of Ezekiel, was rising to the position
of prominence. The interesting thing is Tamus is the consort
of Lilith. The Greek name for Tamus is Apollo, and
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we've seen certain things happen since then that confirm that
he is the one in the lead position. But understand,
this is an uneasy alliance of a confederacy of darkness,
various things that had been worshiped as gods, some of
whom I've shared over the year. So I haven't that
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have come together to help instigate the installing of the Antichrist,
because with that will come the opening of the pit.
The brothers will get out of the pit and their
kingdoms will be restored to them. At least that's what
they think if they'd read the Bible, they'd know that
Satan has other plans. But that is what is in
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effect right now. Those that are called to serve the
Kingdom of God must step up their activities, and they
must step up their commitment. We must do targeted in
accessory prayer. We must be very specific in what we're
praying about and what we're believing. The ferocity of the
enemy in this blitzkrig attack is increasing, and we'll get
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to the point that, just like during World War two,
people will simply surrender. We need to come into unity
for the Kingdom of God and for the King of
Kings and the Lord of Lords, that is the captain
of the host. That's who we serve. That's the only
one that matters. So now let's examine the word and
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the warning from the Lord and tie it to the word.
So a storm is coming. What's another word for storm.
It's the tempest. Go with me to Matthew chapter eight,
verse twenty three. Now, when he got into a boat,
his disciples followed him, and suddenly a great tempest arose
on the sea, so that the boat was covered with waves.
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But he was asleep, and then his disciples came to
him and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us, we are perishing.
But he said to them, why are you so fearful
of you of little faith? And then he arose and
rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was great calm.
So the men marveled, saying, who can this be that
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even the winds and the sea obey him. It's also
in Luke chapter eight, starting verse twenty two. Now it
happened on a certain day that he got into a
boat with his disciples, and he said to them, let
us cross over to the other side of the lake.
And they launched out. But as they sailed, he fell asleep,
and a windstorm came down on the lake, and they
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were filling with water, and we're in jeopardy. Now think
about that. They're in this boat. They're in the Sea
of Galilee. This is a huge dangerous sea, and the
boat is taken on water. They're scared. And they came
to him and awoke him and said, Master, we are perishing.
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And then he arose and rebuked the wind in the
raging water, and they ceased, and there was a calm,
and he said to them, where is your faith? And
they were afraid and marvel sing to one another, who
can this be? For he commands even the winds and
the water, and they obey him. How often have we
been like them? We know he's in the boat with us,
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we know what he's capable of doing. But the winds come,
the waves come. You feel like you're about to cap size,
and you say, Lord, don't you care? Don't you care?
We're perishing, we're about to think. Of course he cares.
If it's happening. It's because he's allowing it to happen,
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either to strengthen us, to test our faith, to expose
things in us that we don't really know. Like in
the Disciples, they were afraid when they shouldn't have been.
They are frequent references to God's power over the storm
and the use of the tempest in correction. Go to
Psalm one oh seven, verses twenty eight thirty one. Then
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they cry out to the Lord in their trouble, and
he brings them out of their distress. He calms the
storms so its waves are still. Then they are glad
because they are quiet, So he guides them to their
desired haven. Oh that men would give thanks to the
Lord for his goodness and for his wonderful works to
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the children of men, prophetic of what the Lord did
that day. You're in a storm, you need to follow
the map, and that map is the Word. And that's why,
no matter what, since day one, we started both the
Porch and Reflections in the Dark at the same time.
It was May of twenty ten on blog talk. We
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actually started in March and a private a conference call.
We've always tied the word to whatever we say. Our
words have no value, our experiences have no value unless
they line up with the word. Stop listening to people
who tell you things that aren't just outside the box.
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They're outside the book. All scripture is given by inspiration
of God and is profitable for doctrine and for reproof,
for correction, for instruction and righteousness, that the Man of
God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. Now,
Paul not only talking about the New Testament, because at.
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That time it didn't exist.
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It was in the process of being compiled through the
letters that would come together later on and become what
we call the New Testament. He's speaking about the Old
Testament as well. That's the only book they had was
trah the prophets.
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The teachings.
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Now, this Bible is not a charm or a magic
book that just works wonders by its presence. You need
to open it. You need to apply it, you need
to obey it. You need to have faith and sincerity
in the application of the word. It's God's inspired revelation
written in a simple human language so that anybody could
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understand it. You don't have to be a scholar, and
you don't have to have a degree that the Holy Spirit,
because the Spirit will interpret it, will teach it to you.
It will precede human knowled It's sixty six books written
by forty authors over fifteen hundred years, three different languages,
on three different continents, but no historical errors or contradictions.
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The entire Bible, from Genesis to Revelation, bears a distinct
mark of divine inspiration. What's more, it has a common storyline,
one that we can apply in every part of our life,
whether in the peace or in war. The creation, the fall,
the redemption of God's people is love for humanity and
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for his children to send salvation and his son ya Shua.
And all you have to do is believe with your
heart and your mind and all your strength and your soul,
and believe that he is Messiah, came to die for
your sins, and you will be saved. He does all
the work the Father did all the work. Everything we
need to know or understand is in his word. Well,
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there's a message in Ecclesiastes that ties into where we
are today and what I'm taking talking about. Ecclesiastes one
nine says that which has been is what will be,
That which is done will be done, and there's nothing
new under the sun. That's why I can talk to
you about a word in twenty twenty five and tie
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it to words written thousands of years ago. It's that
brilliant of a book, James one verse seventeen. Whatever is
good and perfect comes down to us from God, our father,
who created all the lights in heaven. He never changes,
but casts a shifting shadow. He never changes like a
shifting shadow does. He chose to give birth to us
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by giving us this true word, We, out of all creation,
begame his prize possession. That's why he can use somebody
like me to give you a word like this, because
he cherishes you, cherishes me. And I'm not saying him
anything important because he uses me to do this. I'll
never say that, but he does, and I do it willingly,
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and I do it under his guidance. So change variation.
He's not something is going to change on us. He's
not going to vary. He is, for he is in
season and out. He's the same yesterday, today, and forever,
as Hebrews thirteen eight says. But we see examples in
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his word, We see how he has interacted with others,
so that we can then apply that to how we
interact with him. I'm going to read to you from
Joshua Chapter one. I do not believe that this is
a blanket promise, but I believe it is a promise
given to those given a specific assignment by God, as
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Joshua was Joshua one, verse six, Be strong and courageous,
for you are the one who will lead these people
to possess all the land I swat to their ancestors
I would give them. Be strong and very courageous. Be
careful to obey all the instructions gave you. Do not
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deviate from them, turning either to the right or to
the left. Then you will be successful in everything you do.
Study this book of Instruction, continually meditate on it day
and night, so you will be sure to obey everything
written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed
in all that you do. This is my command to
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be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged,
for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go. Obviously,
Joshua had a little issue with fear uncertainty. Be strong
and of good courage. Later on he says it again
and Joshua eight, First one, do not be afraid or discouraged.
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Take all your fighting men and attack Ai. For I've
given you the King of Ai, his people, his down,
and his land. They still had to show up. They
still had to fight to fight. We have to show up.
We have to fight the fight. You may get nicked up,
you may take a shot, the enemy may get an
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attack in have to do it because the Lord your
God is with you. Don't be afraid of him, he
said to Joshua. Says that again in Joshua ten, verses
seven and eight. Don't be afraid of for I've given
you victory over them. Brothers and sisters. Don't be afraid
of what the enemy is doing. Right now, we have
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the victory, Yes, victory, and you're sure you can sing it.
But we've got to show up. We've got to take
a stand. We have to read his word. We have
to know what the spirit is saying. You know that
hunker down phrase. I never heard it a whole lot
before before I moved to Florida, then we moved to Orlando,
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and then in two thousand and four when we got
hit with four hurricanes, it became the catchphrase of every
newsperson and politician. We have to hunt her down. But
you know what that's in the.
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Red Neck Bible, not the red Letter, by the red
Neck Bible. Hunk it down.
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You know what that means, In case you don't know,
to settle in at a location for an extended period,
maintain a position, resist yielding to some pressure. Take shelter
literally or figuratively, to assume a defensive position, to resist difficulties.
We got to take a stand. We got to dig
our heels in. See where we heard that before Ephesians
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six eleven. Put on the full armor of God so
to be able to stand against all the strategies of
the devil. For we are not fighting against flesh and
blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the
unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, against
evil spirits in the heavenly places. Therefore, put on every
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piece God's whole armor, and resist the enemy from time
of evil. And then after the battle you'll be standing firm.
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You will have.
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Hunkered down and taken the fight, resisted and one one
Corinthians sixteen thirteen beyond God, stand firm, and the faith
be courageously strong with what's coming. From what I'm seeing,
I've I've kind of hinted at this for a while,
but I think in twenty twenty five of them will
be a little more aggressive in this message. Second Thessalonians
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two thirteen and fifteen through fifteen. As for us, we
can help, but thank God for you, dear brothers and sisters,
loved by the Lord. We are always thankful that God
chose you to be among the first to experience salvation,
a salvation that came through the spirit which makes you holy,
and through your belief in the truth. He called you
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salvation when we told you the good news. Now that
we can share in the glory of our Lord Jesus
the Messiah, with all these things in mind, stand firm,
keep a strong grip on the teaching we passed on
to you, both in person and by letter.
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Christ Peter five Versus eight through nine. Stay alert.
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Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls
around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.
Stand firm, huck er down against them, and be strong
in your faith. Remember that your family of believers all
over the world is going through the same kind of
suffering you are. Brothers and sisters all over the world
are going to be going through the same storm, the
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same tempest, the same whirlwind that we are going through
when we're going through it. Which is why if the
spirit wakes up to pray, you need to pray. You
need pray for the brother and sister that you know
about the brother and sister that is suffering, that maybe
they've suffered a loss. Whatever it is, the Spirit will
tell you otherwise, just pray in your prayer language. Shock
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and awe is coming from the enemy. Let's creed stand strong.
Do not react emotionally or fearfully. Why because that'll cause
you to run or just lay down. That term shock
and awe was used in the Gulf War, means a
rapid dominance as a military strategy, moving quickly to shock
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the enemy into submission through overwhelming power, spectacular displays of
force to paralyze their perception of the battlefield and destroy
their will to fight the enemy has never changed war.
It's never changed. Better hunker down, you better dig your
heels in, You better have that shield of faith up,
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you better be ready.
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That shock and awe military term.
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It was brought up primarily in the Gulf War, but
we saw it written about before.
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Then. They want a reaction from you. Don't give it.
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And that blitzkrieg, that lightning attack of the enemy that
comes upon us to overwhelm us, to inspire us to quit. Now,
be honest, there have been times you've thought about it.
I know I have. If I didn't love the Lord
as much as I do, if I didn't have the
calling that I have, I would have quit. I'd a
given up. But you can't quit. The price is too great,
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the calling is too great, the need is too great.
We need to hold on. David understood. David had bouts
of I won't call it depression, but discouragement.
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Elijah did. Elijah got downright depressed. It happens don't beat
yourself up.
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If it does kick off that spirit of heaveness, put
on the garment of praise. Do whatever you have to
do to break out from under it. Shake it off,
sing your way through it, Cry your way through it,
shout your way through it, sing and dance whatever it takes. Ps.
I'm fifty five Verse one. Listen to my prayer, Oh God,
do not ignore my cry for help. Please listen and
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answer me, for I am overwhelmed by my troubles. My
enemies shout at me and making loud and wicked threats.
They bring trouble on me and angrily hunt me down.
My heart pounds in my chest. The terror of death
assaults me. Fear and trembling overwhelm me, and I can't
stop shaking. Oh that I had wings like a dove,
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then I would fly away and rest. I would fly
far away to the quiet of the wilderness. How quickly
I would escape from this wild storm of hatred. If
you don't think that kind of hatred's coming on the church,
you're not paying attention. You're also having to listen to
what the Lord said. Lord talked about it a lot,
even before he sent the disciples out and Matthew ten.
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Starting verse sixteen, he warned them, behold, I send you
out a sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be
wise as serpent, harmless as doves. But beware of men,
for they would deliver you up to councils and scourge
you in their synagogue. And you will be brought before
governors and kings for my name's sake, as a testimonies
to them and to the gentiles. But when they deliver
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you up, do not worry about how or what you
should speak, for it will be given to you in
that hour what you should speak, for it's not you
who speak, but the spirit of your father who speaks
in you. Now, brother will deliver a brother to death,
and a father his children, and children rise up against
parents and cause them to be put to death. And
you will be hated by all for my namesake, But
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he endures to the end, will be saved. When they
persecute you in this city, flee to another. For assuredly
I say to you, you will have not gone through
the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant
above his master. It is enough for a disciple to
be like his teacher, and his servant like his master.
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If they call the master of the house beels above,
how much more will they call those of his household? Therefore,
do not fear them. There it is again, do not
fear them. For there is nothing that is covered that
will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be
made known. He told them from the very beginning how
difficult it was going to be held, then that it
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was going to get bad. Hold on, don't be afraid.
What's telling us again? Hebrews thirteen thirty, verse five. Let
your conduct be done without covetousness. Be content with such
things as you have, For He himself has said, I
will never leave you nor forsake you. So we may
boldly say, the Lord is my helper. I shall not
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fear what can man do to me. The Lord is
my helper. I shall not fear what can man do
to me. In Asia forty one, in speaking to Israel,
the descendants of Abraham, he says, fear not, for I
am with you. Oh secondment, how does this apply to me?
We are grafted into the vine. The Church is not
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separate from Israel. We are grafted into the vine. Therefore,
the promises and unfortunately the curses apply to us, except
for the curse of sin and death. Fear not, for
I am with you. Be not dismayed, For I am God.
I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you well.
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Behold,
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all those who are incensed against you shall be as
shamed and disgrace they shall come. They shall be as nothing,
And those who strive with you shall perish. You shall
seek them and not find them. Those who contend with you,
those who war against you, shall be as nothing, as
a non existent thing. For I am the Lord, will
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hold your right hand, saying to you, fear not, I
will help you well. If he did it for them,
what do you think will do for us. We are
born again. Our names are written in the Lamb's Book
of Life. Yes, we are grafted into the vine. We
are not distinct from the vine, nor are we better
than the vine. But we have accepted Messiah. We are complete.
We are born again. But when a warwind comes, what
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is a whirlwind? Well, a whirlwind is when two circular
motions two winds come together into one. Currents from opposite
direction meet and become a whirlwind. There's a whirlwind in
the church right now, has been from since day one,
but since twenty twenty five it's gotten worse. Actually it's
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started in twenty twenty four, and it tied into the
release of Tamus, into his position of power, prominence, leadership.
In tewod Peter Chapter two, verses twelve through seventeen, Peter
addresses the depravity of false teachers. And I know this
is the drama pound. I love the Lord, I love
his word, I love the purity of the word. I
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don't like liars, and I don't like deceivers, and I
definitely don't like people that preach the Gospel for personal gain,
nor manipulate his word to do so. But these, Peter says,
like natural brute beast made to be caught and destroyed,
speak evil of things they do not understand, and will
utterly perish in their own corruption, and will receive the
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wages of righteousness as those who can it pleasure to
carouse in the daytime. They are spots and blemishes, carousing
in their own deceptions while they feast with you. Now,
let me stop there. In verse thirteen, spots and blemishes,
this bride cannot go to him with any blemishes. We
need to be unblemished. There can be no wrinkles, and
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I believe those false teachers are being removed for that
to happen. But I also believe that when he removes
his bride, they definitely won't be going pick up on
verse fourteen, having eyes full of adultery that cannot cease
from sin, enticing unstable souls. They have a heart trained
and covetous practices, and are cursed children. They have forsaken
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the right way and gone astray, following the way of Baalem,
the son of Beor, who loved the wages of righteous
of unrighteousness. Baalum was an Old Testament prophet, but he
was rebuked for his iniquity. A dumb donkey speaking with
a man's voice restrained the madness of a prophet. Look
it out, Look up, bail, son of bay Or, and
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see the story for yourself.
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These are wells without water.
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Clouds carried by a tempest, for whom has reserved the
blackness of darkness forever.
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I believe these false teachers.
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I can't tell you whether they were ever born again
and backslid or I don't know but what I can't
tell you, what's coming out of their mouth is demonically inspired,
it's satanically guided, and it will serve the Antichrist when
he comes to power.
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Oh yes, there are churches, I'll say.
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Even entire denomination that have been groomed and possibly even
created by Satan to serve the Antichrist when he comes
to power. We saw it in Nazi Germany. Certain churches,
certain denominational faith supported Nazi Germany, hid them when they
tried to escape justice, profited from them, partnered with them.
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Lord has no tolerance for that, not in his word. Now,
they promised liberty, and they themselves are sla of corruption.
They're in bondage, they're entangled with this world. They're overcome
by this world, and their end is worse than their beginning.
Like a dog, they've returned to their vomit. Where As
the sow Wallace in the Mud, I personally don't understand it.
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How could you do that, How could you be that way?
How could you know the Lord feel his freedom? And
then suddenly think, ooh, these gifts of the spirit are
pretty good. I can make some money at this. I
can put on a really good dog in ponies, show
and pass the hat or the plate or whatever, and
live a good life. Hey, maybe I can even do
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some tricks, some parlor tricks. How dare you? How dare
you do what you do and put his name on it.
The Lord talks about those that build on the wrong foundation.
And that's what I am, more than ever before, trying
to get you to do, is build on the right foundation,
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the foundation of the word Matthew seven, verse twenty four.
So therefore, whoever hears these things of mine and does them,
I will liken him to a wise man who built
his house on the rock. And the rain descended, and
the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on
that house, and it did not fall, for it was
founded on the rock.
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Well, we know who the rock is.
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But everyone who hears these sayings of mine and does
not do them will be like a foolish man who
built his house on the sand. And the rain descended,
and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat
that house, and it fell, and great was its fall.
It says that again in Luke six, on verse forty six.
The reason I give you these different versions, different thoughts
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different attitudes, same message.
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Why do you call me lord?
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Lord? Not do the things which I say? Whoever comes
to me here's my saying, and does them, I'll show
you whom he is like. He's like a man building
a house who dug deep and laid the foundation on
the rock. And when the flood arose and the stream
beat the heap, man lee against that house and could
not shake it, for it was founded on the rock.
But he who heard and did nothing is like a
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man who built a house on the earth without a foundation,
against which the stream beat vehemently, and immediately it fell,
and the ruin of that house was great. We have
visuals of this out of North Carolina. Those flash floods
from the rain and the hurricanes ripped homes off of
their foundation. Every now and then you saw a house
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that wasn't moved. Probably they should find out who built
those houses and hire him. But we have a builder,
we have a rock, we have a word. We won't
get snatched away, we won't get swept away because we
have dug our heels in. We have built ourselves upon
the rock. No matter what the storm is, no matter
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what comes, we're going.
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To endure it.
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It won't be fine, It won't be comfortable. The other
thing he said, plans are going to be made that
won't come to fruition. And I believe he means both
demonic plans and human plans. We talked about that last
week and the week before, the plans of man. You know,
we shouldn't say we're gonna go here, We're gonna go there.
If the Lord wills, that's what we'll do. I gotta
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say I've been guilty of that. In hindsight, it wasn't
the Lord. It was me filling in the blanks, him
saying you're gonna do this, and they may think, well,
that means we're gonna do it now, we're gonna do
it here, We're gonna do it there. The biggest mistake
you can make in this walk is filling in the blanks.
Leave it blank. The spirit will fill it in when
he wants to. Proverbs nineteen twenty one. There are many
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plans in a man's heart. Nevertheless, the lord's counsel will stand, Yeah,
that's true, it's right there the.
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Word of God.
Speaker 1 (40:46):
Proverbs twenty eighteen. Plans are established by counsel, by wise counsel.
Wage war Proverbs twenty four to six. For by wise counsel,
you will wage your own war.
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And in the multitude of counsels there is safety.
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What does that mean, I need to run here, need
to run here, I need to listen to that person
of this person. I don't do that. That's not how
I work. I get my orders from the Lord. Now,
if I hear someone else saying the same thing, and
the Lord says, listen to this person, I will. But
I don't listen to everybody out there. I don't want
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to taint what I hear from the Lord with something
they may say that my ears find particularly interesting. But
in the multitude of counselors, those who know what you
want to know, or are going where you are going
their safety.
Speaker 2 (41:35):
Psalm thirty eight, verse eight. Let all the earth feel
the Lord. Let all the.
Speaker 1 (41:38):
Inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. For
he spoke, and it was done. He commanded, and it
stood fast. But the Lord brings the counsel of the
nations to nothing. He makes the plans of the people
of no effect. The counsel of the Lord stands forever
the plans of his heart to all generation. Plans will happen.
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If he said it, he will do it. If it's
of him, it'll succeed. If it's of man, or man
has added his own water to the concrete, it won't. Finally,
the season of change wintered to spring, death to life.
Now you would think that really didn't fit in with
everything else, And I didn't understand it until this morning
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in prayer. See, originally I was going to do a
special edition Reflections in the Dark and separate the two,
and I just couldn't get it to work. I couldn't
bring it together. And then I realized what the Lord
was doing. He had a plan, and I needed to
submit because the two tied together, the prophetic word and
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the teaching word. The two tied together, and the summation
is here. This is the conclusion.
Speaker 2 (42:54):
If you will. No, this isn't the time you get
ready and go to you know, the buffet or whatever.
That's usually what happened in services. In closing.
Speaker 1 (43:03):
You suddenly see everybody looking at their watch that's trying
to figure is the is the buffet open? And you
know that they're already planning to leave. They're not even listening.
So I'm not saying that because you're not going anywhere,
but we're in a season of change. We're literally in winter,
but we're figuratively in winter as well. Ecclesiast these three
starting verse one, to everything. There is a season, a
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time for every purpose under heaven. A time to be
born and a time to die. A time to plant
and a time to pluck what is planted. A time
to kill and the time to heal. A time to
break down, the time to build up. A time to
weep and a time to lap, a time to morn
and time to dance. Time to cast away stones and
a time to gather stones. A time to embrace and
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a time to refrain from embracing, the time to gain,
a time to lose, the time to keep, a time
to throw away, the time to tear and the time
to sew. A time to keep, silence and a time
to speak. A time to love and a time to hate,
the time of war and a time of peace. There's
a time for every purpose under heaven, for every activity
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under heaven. That's how He does things in times and season.
That's the role of time and seasons in the life
of a believer, in a life in a relationship with God,
a life in service to the Lord.
Speaker 2 (44:33):
Now.
Speaker 1 (44:33):
The Adam Clark Commentary says, God, by his providence, governs
the world and has determined particular things and operations to
particular times. In those times, such things may be done
with propriety and success. But if we neglect the appointed seasons,
we sin against this providence and become authors of our
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own distresses. We must do things in season, now why winter? Winter,
according to the Britannica dot com, is the coldest season
of the year right now, aflaud, it's cold. I didn't
move here for cold, but it is cold between autumn
and spring. The name comes from the Old Germanic word
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that means time of water, refers to the rain and
the snow of winter in the middle and high latitudes.
The concept of winter in European languages is associated with
the season of dormancy, particularly in relation to crops. Some
plants die, leaving their seeds, others merely cease growing until spring.
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Throughout the Bible, winter and snow are used not only
as literal representations of the cold seasons, but as symbols
of purification, preparation, and renewal. Remember that they remind us
of the beauty that can come from waiting the power
of stillness. Be still and know that I am God,
the cleansing transformation that God desires in our life. Winter's
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not comfortable, but it's vital. It's temporary, and then it
leads into the rains of spring and new growth, times
and seasons in place for his kingdom. They are there
because you ordain them to be there, both naturally Genesis
eight twenty two. While the earth remains seed, time and harvest,
cold and heat, winter and summer, day and night shall
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not cease the seasons, both naturally and spiritually. Half to hap,
you can't stop it. You can't change it, just because
you don't want to endure it. Isaiah fifty five, studying
verse ten. For as the rain comes down and the
snow from heaven, and do not return there the water
the earth, and make it bring forth bud, that it
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may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater.
So shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth.
It shall not return to me void, but it shall
accomplish what I please. It shall prosper in the thing
for which I sent it. Right there through scripture showing
the parallel between the natural processes of water and God's word.
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See even he ties the two together, and I'm just
doing what he does. He's my example, he's my master,
he's my teacher. So just as the snow and the
rain and nourish the earth, God's word nourishes his people,
and it complixes his purposes. It brings forth growth and
life in the winter seasons of our life. Some of
you know that, you know that feeling, You know the vine.
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He describes us as a vine. The vine rest in winter,
and that allows it to shed its leaves. It focus
inwardly to sustain its roots. Isn't that profound? I got
this from a vine maker on a vineyard online. Winter
in the vineyard is a time of choir transformation. While
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the vines rest and rejuvenate, vineyard workers engage in essential
tasks that ensure the health and the productivity of the vineyard.
This season of dormancy, pruning and replenishment is vital for
the vines, preparing them for the burst of growth and
fruit production that will come with the warmer months. Without
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the harshness of winter, there is no sweetness to the
sap without the struggle, without the pruning, without the inward
reflection we can't bear the fruit that he wants us
to bear. This is from the Song of Solomon two
verses eleven and twelve. I listen to me, brothers and sisters,
those that are of you that have been in a
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winter season. For lo the winter is pasted, the rain
is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth,
and the time of singing has come. And the voice
of the turtle dove is heard in our land, that
cooing sound of the turtle dove. For those that have
been in winter, Spring is coming, a new growth is coming,
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a harvest is coming. She tells me, the king is coming,
because he rules the vineyard. Until then, hunker down, dig
your heels in, hold that shield of faith up. Be prepared,
be filled with his word, Meditate upon his word. Don't
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be afraid, be prepared. Seek good counsel. Counsel that's been
the war, counsel that knows what they're talking about because
they've experienced it. A pure word, a non watered down word,
a vitally nourishing word. That's the water you want. That's
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the water I want. It's the water you'll always find
here on the porch. So Father, I come to you
with the name of your son you she Ahmosi, oh
Jesus the Messiah. I pray for myself, and I pray
for my brothers and sisters. We as family, we trust you,
we love you, we worship you, we believe in you.
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We want to serve you to the fullness of our abilities.
We want to live out your word. We want to
set the captives for you, want to bring forth fruit
in due season. Who want to destroy the enemy and
all his works. Lord, redeem the land, Redeem all that's
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been defiled. And be prepared to help your sheep when
they wander away from pens that have been destroyed, shepherds
that have been removed or run. To be ready for
the splitz. Greed to be ready to help others. Guide
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this Holy Spirit, teach us, tell us what you wanted
to read, tell us what you want us to study.
Just help us in every step of the way. Heal
us and heart and mind and body, soul and spirit.
Don't let the enemy have any access to us or
ability to defeat us or delay us. But most of all,
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let us go glorify you. Let us be what you
need us to be.
Speaker 2 (51:03):
In this hour.
Speaker 1 (51:05):
And I pray all these things and you show his name.
If you agree with me, just say amen. May the
Lord bless you and keep you made. The Lord cause
his face to shine upon you, and be gracious unto you.
May the Lord I don't know you, Shuhamashiyak, lift up
his countenance upon you, and give you peace. Give you shallum.
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I'm Richard Grunn. This has been the Porch on Firefall
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