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The Wise Steward

Greetings in the Lord! Today's word comes from the book of Proverbs--my favorite book of the Bible.  It has short bits of wisdom, easy to understand, but when applied appropriately, can pack quite a punch in its truth!  Like today's topic: the wisdom of being a good steward. "One man pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth."  Proverbs 13:7 "Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant than pretend to be somebody and have no food."  Proverbs 12:9 "The wisdom of the prudent is to give thought to their ways, but the folly of fools is deception."  Proverbs 14:8 Each of these proverbs is a little different take on the foolishness of trying to be something you're not: either so rich that you don't have a care in the world and waste your money, or so poor that you have an easy excuse for being stingy, or so smart that you don't heed using common sense.  It's foolishness to not live w

Keep On, Keeping On!

Greetings in the Lord! Grace, peace, and comfort to all those affected by the siege in Kenya.  Although the neighborhood looked so Western in my dream that I thought it was in the UK, obviously, my dream pertained to the terrible attack in the upscale mall in Nairobi--blessed be to all those who read it, believed the word of the Lord, and prayed His protection over His people in advance!  These are the days where evil forces are plotting trouble often, but God knows their schemes while they are still yet in the planning stages, and He leads us to prayerfully intercede on behalf of all those targeted.  The foretelling of these events is not for kicks and chills, but for Christians to activate their faith and use the most powerful tools made available to us: prayer and fasting!  After the tragedy of course we are moved to help, but prophetic words give us a jump start to action.  God is moved by faith, not desperation, my friends.  The severity of many terrible situations can be less

Love Your Neighbor

Greetings in the Lord! Today I had a God dream that took place in a Westernized city, my best guess is a larger town in the UK.  We were running around the mostly minority neighborhood in a frantic, as we heard a certain building was being besieged.  I was not for sure who the attackers were, but the threat seemed to be instigated by radical Islamists.  As a group of us ran to take refuge in an apartment building, men in black military-type clothes were there tearing off the pretty silk hijabs from the group of younger, stylish Pakistani Muslim girls and were yelling at them.  I thought they were doing this because they were Muslim, but when a group of girls came who were fully covered (faces as well), the men let them in without a hassle!  As I assessed the situation, their hatred seemed as much racial as religiously motivated, and I realized that really no one was safe.  I left the building quickly and ran down the street and saw a twenty-something year old black girl sitting a

Who's Your Master?

Greetings in the Lord! I’ve gotten a couple words lately concerning money, and warning not to love it or make it your life’s pursuit.   Today is more along those lines.   In Luke 16:10-12, Jesus says:    “Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.   So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches? And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else’s property, who will give you property of your own?”   Luke 16:10-12 I hear all the time from believers that they want to hear from God, and I always ask the same: “Do you really?   Are you willing to do what He asks of you?”   Truth be told, most people are not even faithful with the little things God’s Word asks of us, so why would He trust you with spiritual riches?   The crux of the issue is this—your faithfulness can be seen in how you handle even the smallest of things.

Dried Flowers

Greetings in the Lord! Once upon a time, the kingdom of Assyria would give shivers to all her surrounding neighbors—they were known for their excessive cruelty and harsh domination over their subjects and captives.   But, a day came when they were all as weak as wilting flowers in the sunlight, blown away by the evening breeze and heard from no more.   Such is today’s word; it comes from Nahum 3:13-15, 17-19 and talks about the last days of a terrible regime coming to an end…in Syria. “Look at your troops—they are all women!   The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire has consumed their bars.   Draw water for the siege, strengthen your defenses!   Work the clay, tread the mortar, repair the brickwork!   There the fire will devour you; the sword will cut you down… Your guards are like locusts, your officials like swarms of locusts that settle in the walls on a cold day—but when the sun appears they fly away, and no one knows where.   O king of Assyria, your shep

Uprooting and Planting New Seed

Greetings in the Lord! Today's word comes from Isaiah, chapters 15-16, and Jeremiah 48.  Both passages are incredibly similar, with some verses being quoted by both prophets near verbatim.  The issue at hand: a prophetic word about the fall of Moab. "We have heard of Moab's pride--her overweening pride and conceit, her pride and arrogance and the haughtiness of her heart.  I know her insolence but it is futile," declares the Lord, "and her boasts accomplish nothing."  Jeremiah 48:29-30. "The fall of Moab is at hand; her calamity will come quickly.  Mourn for her, all who live around her, all who know of her fame; say, 'How broken is the mighty scepter, how broken the glorious staff!'" Jeremiah 48:16-17. "On all the roofs in Moab and in the public squares there is nothing but mourning...Moab has become an object of ridicule, an object of horror to all those around her."  This is what the Lord says: "Look!  An eagle is