Pastors over the last few decades and churches have shrunk from the fights in our culture, and then we see what happens when we don’t have a presence in the political field. We look to some of the most radical things that are happening in our nation right now and wonder where they came from and how this could manifest itself and why a populous that is based in a Christian nation could allow something to arise, it is because too many pastors have been afraid of offending congregants rather than preaching the truth and the Word.
It isn’t possible to divorce the truth of God’s Word from the actions as Christians that we must take in the public sphere. It was just mentioned a moment ago that when you look at scripture you can see politics all throughout it and I agree wholeheartedly with that. I would add that you see governance because politics is what leads into governance, and they are also in some senses, identical because when you look at some of the things that happened in scripture, you see Esther promoted to a position in government that she did not want or seek out, but yet, she was placed there ‘for such a time as this.’ You saw people like Shadrach, Meschach and Abednego that were serving in a kingdom that they did not want to be in, but were hauled into a position of power before the king, and their testimony led to him saying that there is one true God.
You see people like Joseph who went from the prison house to the penthouse, essentially, the vice president of Egypt because he said I’m going to serve God in this position of government and God was glorified because of it. So when we see pastors today shrink back from these battles and say that ‘we need to keep our faith and our activism between the doors of the foyer and the church sanctuary’ that is false Christianity.
We are charged to take our mission and our faith and our gospel to the ends of the earth and that includes our Jerusalem, our Judea and Samaria, right here in the United States of America, and then the uttermost parts of the world can look at the United States and try to model after that if we have good governance.
We also have to remember very quickly that when we are given responsibility over our families, that strong family is going to lead to a strong church, and those vibrant and strong churches with good leadership, especially leadership with men who are shrinking too much in this world, you see how they’re trying to be feminized with like something Tim Walz is doing, when we have strong leadership in our families, it gives strong leadership in the church. Then we have a strong constituency in the United States that gives us good leaders, and that’s when God starts to bless the United States, when we have that emphasis on leadership and strength through governance and politics, that is conduit for God to work in our nation once again.
]]>Lately I have been riveted to Psalm 149 prayng for myself as well as the entire Body of Christ to become enlivened into what this passage actually means. These 9 verses are power packed with instruction and revelation for the Church in this desperate hour that we are living in. Really ‘read’ this and ask the Holy Spirit to read through you:
Psalm 149 (NKJV)
1 Praise the Lord! Sing to the Lord a new song,
And His praise in the assembly of saints.
2 Let Israel rejoice in their Maker;
Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
3 Let them praise His name with the dance;
Let them sing praises to Him with the timbrel and harp.
4 For the Lord takes pleasure in His people;
He will beautify the humble with salvation.
5 Let the saints be joyful in glory; Let them sing aloud on their beds.
6 Let the high praises of God be in their mouth,
And a two-edged sword in their hand,
7 To execute vengeance on the nations,
And punishments on the peoples;
8 To bind their kings with chains,
And their nobles with fetters of iron;
9 To execute on them the written judgment—
This honor have all His saints.
Praise the Lord!
Why are we to sing according to this psalm? FIrstly, to the LORD! This psalm is speaking of both corporate worship and by yourself while on your bed at home! Some of us might feel too out of shape to dance before Him, but we can tap our foot and clap our hands to Him. We can play an instrument unto Him! Twice we are told to be joyful. The first time, we’re instructed to be joyful ‘in our King’ and the second time, be joyful ‘in glory!’ Both are wonderful!
High praises are to be in our mouth to HIM and a two-edged sword (His Word) in our hand! Verses 7-9 tell us ‘what’ the result is of high praises being in our mouth and a two-edged sword in our hands:
TO EXECUTE VENGEANCE ON THE NATIONS!!
PUNISHMENTS ON THE PEOPLES!
TO BIND THEIR KINGS WITH CHAINS
TO BIND THEIR NOBLES WITH FETTERS OF IRON
TO EXECUTE ON THEM THE WRITTEN JUDGMENT – (the written judgements are God’s Word)
THIS HONOR HAVE ALL HIS SAINTS, PRAISE THE LORD!
Many in the Church feel like they have no power to do anything about all of the evil going on around them. But, this psalm absolutely refutes that false belief, doesn’t it? As we praise the Lord and declare His word, sing a new song to Him, dance before Him, play our instrument before Him, sing aloud on our beds to Him, there is governmental authority released through our praise to execute vengeance on the nations, to punish the peoples (whom God decides to punish), to bind the evil kings with chains, to bind the evil king’s nobles with fetters of iron, to execute on these evil leaders the written judgement (words God has spoken in scripture)!
God calls this exercise in praise and the outcome ‘an honor’ or ‘glory’ have ALL His saints! Praise the Lord!
2 Chronciles 20:22 is a great example of Ps. 149. When they began to sing and praise, the Lord set ambushes AGAINST THE ENEMY!!!!
We have less than 90 days before U.S. elections. We want to challenge each of us to SING, SING, SING to the LORD A NEW SONG, DANCE before HIM, USE YOUR TWO-EDGED SWORD! Your praise could be the difference in our election. Your praise could make the difference in Israel.
]]>My husband and I are part of a dynamic loving prayer family led by Attorney Phillip Jauregui. Phillip has had such an impact on our lives in praying for our Supreme Court and imparting God’s heart to us through his teaching. God has given Phillip such a love for our Supreme Court Justices. Lately Phillip has been speaking to us about the Supreme Court being in an ‘Esther’ moment in our nation. Very sobering. I wanted to write a song for our Supreme Court Justices. But nothing was coming. As I said, ‘Well, Lord, I guess You are not giving me a song. for our Supreme Court.’ ‘Immediately, I heard this melody and words, ‘Esther, Esther, what will you do? Esther, Esther, we’re depending on you, Esther, Esther, will you heed the call? For such a time as this, you must give your all.’ This song was inspired by Holy Spirit…and it ‘is’ for our Supreme Court….and yet, it is truly also for the Body of Christ.
At this critical point in United States history, the Supreme Court must be willing to lay their lives down for our nation and ‘decide cases based on truth, the Constitution, humbling themselves before the LORD, who is the GOD OF JUSTICE, and operate in the fear of the LORD and not man. They must serve no one but a holy God. They must do the right thing and not give into pride or fear.
Yet, this song also directly challenges and speaks to the Church, the Body of Christ, to awaken us to lay our lives down for our nation in prayer and fasting and obedience to the LORD. The words ‘for such a time as this’ never spoke more loudly to us for our Supreme Court Justices than NOW. They have been called into the Supreme Court ‘for such a time as THIS’ and they are ‘not their own’ – but God’s. They are serving HIM first, and then, the people of our great nation.
Our nation is in the process of burning to the ground. Evil forces want to destroy America, take away ALL of our freedoms, and rule us with an iron fist of communism, socialism that comes straight from hell. The Supreme Court has the obligatory mandate and honor to decide cases based on their sacred oaths they took when they were sworn in as Justices. They MUST be ‘the adult’ in the room of our 3 branches of government ‘for such a time as this’ and decide cases based on TRUTH, TRUE JUSTICE, IN THE HOLY FEAR OF GOD and our U.S. CONSTITUTION’s original intent. Our Justices must be filled with courage, reject fear of what will happen to them if they ‘do the right thing.’ This is what Queen Esther did. She was willing to give up her life to save her people. In the end, she gained her life, and her people LIVED, and a great national victory was the result of Esther’s obedience and bravery.
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In the Biblical book of Esther, Esther providentially and strategically became Queen Esther in order to save her people, the Jews, from extinction. She did not realize the weightiness of what she had been ‘called’ to do when she became queen. Her Uncle Mordecai told Esther that if she remained silent ‘at this time’ not to think that she would escape death.
In a striking modern-day parallel, the Supreme Court of the United States is poised as a ‘prophetic Queen Esther’ brought into the kingdom (their positions) for such a TIME as THIS in our beloved nation. There are spiritual, political, globalist forces from within and without whose plan is to destroy America by controlling it with evil, unconstitutional, lawless policies, stealing elections, and taking away individual American freedoms.
Our nine Supreme Court Justices have a responsibility before Almighty God, the God of Justice not to give in to fear. That they not attempt to preserve their own lives, falsely thinking that they have the power to ‘save’ their own lives if they choose compromise (which is treasonous behavior). They are defrauding the American people, by wrongly deciding cases that are NOW on their docket (as well as future cases soon coming up) which have national impact on America’s freedom. We have seen that our Supreme Court in recent days have tended to make more and more ‘right’ decisions that line up with the original intent of our U.S. Constitution. Each justice MUST choose to walk in the fear of the Lord and hate all evil, and pursue true justice, even if it means losing their lives. Will you rise up and be Queen Esther and save America from destruction as a nation? The power of life and death is before you – choose LIFE, choose TRUTH, choose TRUE JUSTICE, choose for AMERICA TO LIVE and NOT die, choose the FEAR OF THE LORD!
We are lovingly praying for our Supreme Court and depending on them to do the right thing.
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]]>Pro. 28:18 For the Lord is a God of Justice. Blessed are all who wait for Him!
Ps. 119:126 ‘It is time for You to act, O Lord, for they have regarded Your law as void.’
Job 22:28 You will also declare (decree) a thing, And it will be established for you;
Matt. 18:18: 18 “Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. 19 “Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven. 20 For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.”
We began to sing these decrees daily at the piano. I felt prompted to make decrees also for Israel. By changing a few words to the song, we could easily sing this same song for Israel who is CRYING OUT for justice! America’s battle is different than Israel’s and yet, there are some parallels.
America’s freedoms are being taken away, we are being held under tyranny and some aren’t aware of it. The house is burning to the ground and many are asleep. Murder is a common thing whether we are speaking of inside the womb or an illegal immigrant killing one of our college students as well as so many more examples. Israel has gone through hell on earth with over 1200 Israeli’s being viciously and brutally murdered in one day. Then there is the loss of precious soldiers in the IDF along with soldiers maimed for life and more terrorist attacks. Many Israelis have had to move out of homes and live in hotels and many have lost their income because of the war. The whole nation of Israel is going through unbelievable trauma that most Americans cannot imagine. But Israel is living this every day. Many in the Church are sleeping concerning Israel even in their time of war.
We must arise and wake up and get involved in the battle for our nation and the battle for Israel. It is our Biblical mandate. I heard Dutch Sheets say recently, ‘God IS GOVERNMENT.’ Yet many in the church will not ‘touch’ politics, which they conflate with government, or stand up for a righteous man who is running for office of the President. We are asking you to please listen to these decrees at least once – and if you can agree with them, AGREE! One can put a thousand to flight, and TWO can put TEN THOUSAND TO FLIGHT!
]]>Genesis 50:20 NKJV “But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.”
Job 37:12 “It changes direction, turning around by His guidance,
That it may do whatever He commands it On the face of the inhabited earth.”
Psalm 54:5 “He will recompense the evil to my foes;
Destroy them in Your faithfulness.”
Psalm 66:5 “Come and see the works of God,
Who is awesome in His deeds toward the sons of men.”
Acts 1:8: But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
Acts. 2:1-4: 1 When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.
2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.
3 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.
4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
“And the Holy Spirit descended on Him in bodily form, like a dove; and a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.” – Luke 3:22
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.” – Romans 15:13
Judges 3:10 a – The Spirit of the LORD came on him, so that he became Israel’s judge and went to war.
Acts 2:38 Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
1 Cor. 6:19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
Jn 14:26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.
Rom. 8:26: In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.
Rom. 8:5 Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.
Rom. 8:6 The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace.
1 Chron. 12:18 Then the Spirit came on Amasai, chief of the Thirty, and he said: “We are yours, David! We are with you, son of Jesse! Success, success to you, and success to those who help you, for your God will help you.” So David received them and made them leaders of his raiding bands
]]>Sunday morning when I woke up (June 19, 2023) while I was still ‘under’ or in my spirit, I saw a big semi-truck with a single big word on the back of the truck that was simply ‘SING.’
Jerry feels it could mean that as I sing, that it will unfold a ‘truck load’ of valuable (spiritual) treasure….from the Lord. It is definitely a strategy for and to VICTORY!
In 2 Chronicles 20, one of our favorite chapters, there is an incredible account of the enemy surrounding God’s people. They fasted and prayed and the prophet spoke…and then this happened:
21And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed those who should sing to the Lord, and who should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army and were saying:
“Praise the Lord,
For His mercy endures forever.”
22 Now when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushes against the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were defeated.
There are always so many distracting things to do; we have to fight to sing, or read the Bible or do anything that is eternally meaningful.
SING.
I also thought about ‘Sing O Barren Woman’ in Isaiah 54….God is telling Israel in this chapter that His strategy was for them to SING themselves out of their barreness, out of fear…that ‘He Was their Maker, that He, the Holy One of Israel is their Redeemer!
Anyways, I wanted to share this vision or communcation the Lord gave me with you, because I believe it applies to not only ‘me’ but ALL OF US! SING!!!!
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For the Lord delights in you
A few weeks ago, the Lord gave me a ‘word’ dream: HEPZIA. I thought when I woke up, this probably isn’t even a word…nevertheless, I looked it up and my eyes first fell on these words concerning HEPZIA: ‘of Hebrew origin..’ That sure got my attention! The word means ‘I delight in her.’ It is a girl’s name. But, on the broader scale, the root word is a derivative of Hephzibah in Isa. 62. it can also mean that ‘His delight is in me.’
Receive this word for yourself in correlation with Is. 62:4-5: 4 You shall no longer be termed Forsaken, Nor shall your land any more be termed Desolate; But you shall be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; For the Lord delights in you, And your land shall be married. 5For as a young man marries a virgin, So shall your sons marry you; And as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, So shall your God rejoice over you. (He rejoices over us with joy, Zephaniah 3:16, 17).
At first, I felt it (Hepzia) was a personal word to me…the next day, prophetically, I felt God’s heart over America – that He was extending this word to our nation…and then, of course, I felt this for Israel. Let’s declare this together and walk in it on a personal level…and see the glory of God unfold this in America and Israel!’
On July 4th we supported the movie SOUND OF FREEDOM…and pray that our whole nation views this important production on child trafficking. This is a wake up call to the Body of Christ to get engaged, support ministries that are rescuing the children and also to make our voices heard loud and clear! There is nothing too hard for GOD!
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