{"id":86,"date":"2017-02-07T20:45:33","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T20:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.hoseascry.com\/?page_id=86"},"modified":"2017-08-11T21:16:29","modified_gmt":"2017-08-11T21:16:29","slug":"descerning-the-times-we-live-in","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.hoseascry.com\/index.php\/descerning-the-times-we-live-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Descerning The Times We Live In"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-page pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hoseascry.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/86?print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hoseascry.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><\/a><\/div><p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: papyrus; font-size: 24pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #400000;\">Discerning The Times We Live In\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: papyrus;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #400000; font-size: large;\">by\u00a0 Marilyn\u00a0 Cavar<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #400000; font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia,Palatino;\">Folks,\u00a0It&#8217;s Time To\u00a0Wake Up and Smell the Coffee<\/span> <\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #400000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt;\"><em>It has been\u00a0reported that a discovery of a wall\u00a0dating\u00a0back to Nehemiah&#8217;s time has been found. Nehemiah was a man commissioned by God, and encouraged by King Artaxerxes to rebuilt the city of Jerusalem, and it&#8217;s protective\u00a0wall that surrounded\u00a0that city.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><em><span style=\"color: #400000; font-family: Georgia;\">As Ambassadors of reconciliation\u00a0we\u00a0are also commissioned\u00a0by God to rebuild the covenant wall that surrounds the marriage bed. This protective wall\u00a0has been broken down I&#8217;m sad to say by God&#8217;s own people\u00a0through our neglect and or\u00a0ignorance\u00a0of our\u00a0one-flesh\u00a0power that we\u00a0all share\u00a0in Christ Jesus our Lord!<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #400000; font-size: 24pt; font-family: papyrus;\"><strong>It is time to wake up!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #400000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Papyrus;\"><span style=\"color: #400000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Tim&#8217;s coffee is great to\u00a0start our mornings with, but\u00a0try taking a sip of<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #400000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Papyrus;\"><span style=\"color: #400000;\">2 Tim 3:1-9, and\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #400000; font-family: papyrus;\">4:1-8.<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #400000; font-family: papyrus;\"><span style=\"color: #400000;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em><span style=\"color: #400000; font-size: small; font-family: Georgia,Palatino;\"><span style=\"color: #400000; font-size: large;\">I know the word of God\u00a0is a whole lot\u00a0stronger, it&#8217;s\u00a0purpose is\u00a0to show us the truth!!!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #400000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Papyrus;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">\u00a0Enjoy also a dose of\u00a0Doctor\u00a0Luke&#8217;s prescription in\u00a0the gospel of Luke 12: 56-59\u00a0<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt;\">Scriptures\u00a0tell us that we are to\u00a0discern the times we\u00a0live in. Many\u00a0of us believe we are\u00a0living in the last days because so many end time prophesies are coming to pass. Knowledge is\u00a0filling the earth,\u00a0and people are becoming\u00a0lovers of themselves, and few want to listen to sound doctrine anymore. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0Even those of us who say we love the Lord have become enemies to the cross of Christ.\u00a0<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt;\">How is that you say. . . I say most of us\u00a0western Christians today are not willing to\u00a0pay the price it will cost us\u00a0to bring\u00a0about God&#8217;s end time Kingdom;\u00a0we&#8217;ve allowed ourselves to get dumb down\u00a0by letting\u00a0society dictate what we can and can not do. We go looking for the\u00a0easier path instead, of the higher path. We\u00a0also find many pastors today who have\u00a0deliberately closed\u00a0their ears to covenant understanding in\u00a0marriage today. Some do it so that they too can do what\u00a0seems right in their own eyes as well, others do it because of their fear of man and what he may think if they took a stand for righteousness is far greater than their fear of God!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18pt;\">Why is that?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt;\">Do you think pastors\u00a0really want\u00a0the word&#8217;s view of contract thinking? Or\u00a0do you think\u00a0maybe\u00a0it has more to do\u00a0with receiving the tithes and offering that they really need for the upkeep\u00a0of the buildings they sought after, wanting they\u00a0 thought at first\u00a0to build\u00a0God&#8217;s kingdom, then later\u00a0maybe some how it became their own kingdom they\u00a0were building without realizing it? After all they\u00a0do not\u00a0want to offend the people that come with their very lively hood in hand do they?<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt;\">Somehow or other our\u00a0desires changed we seem to want to\u00a0please ourselves\u00a0at the expense of everyone, even our children. Selfishness is running supreme in society today. It&#8217;s nothing but pure rebellion. We have profaned the name of our God among the nations\u00a0who are watching. They are looking and wanting to see if our God is real or not.\u00a0 But as a whole many of us have hardened\u00a0our hearts\u00a0and no longer\u00a0believe in a\u00a0God of\u00a0power, who says He is trust worthy and able to intervene on our behalf.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt;\">We are actually working against\u00a0God&#8217;s purpose\u00a0for\u00a0our lives. We are walking in rebellious\u00a0pride thinking we know best and teach falsely\u00a0the world&#8217;s\u00a0standard for our marriages instead of God&#8217;s.\u00a0 About 50 or 60 years ago Christians began to treat marriage as something common and ordinary,\u00a0not holy and sacred\u00a0to be honored before God. We&#8217;ve\u00a0allowed and even\u00a0encouraged covenant breaking. As a result many of our churches have become nothing but whore houses of iniquity, where we pass\u00a0our children through the fire, giving honour and praise to Molech one of the god&#8217;s of this world who demand the sacrifice of our children instead of honoring the One True God!!!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">We\u00a0refuse to\u00a0forgive one another\u00a0when things go horribly wrong,\u00a0and then refuse to\u00a0humble ourselves\u00a0like God asked us to so He can put things right again. Instead of\u00a0repenting of our wicked ways, we\u00a0blame\u00a0one another\u00a0for\u00a0their failure to communicate\u00a0that &#8220;unconditional love&#8221;\u00a0we\u00a0so\u00a0desire for ourselves but don&#8217;t have a clue how to return that kind of love ourselves.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt;\">Corporately many have lost our fear of God, so we no\u00a0longer\u00a0cry out to God for\u00a0His mercy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt;\">God wants to\u00a0restore\u00a0us before we get so far off track that we don&#8217;t even care who we hurt anymore.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia;\">Our\u00a0stinky thinking has allowed Satan to come in at will through that\u00a0break in the covenant wall that gives him power to do great harm\u00a0to God&#8217;s image to our children and the body of Christ,\u00a0which is now effecting even the nation, this puts a great big\u00a0stumbling stone in the path of\u00a0our children\u00a0who want to believe in a faithful powerful all mighty God,\u00a0able to keep His word to us!\u00a0 We better watch out for that stone will crush us when it falls on us!!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia;\">I believe\u00a0we as God&#8217;s people\u00a0do not as yet have\u00a0the understanding\u00a0of how to convey<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia,Palatino;\"> &#8216;unconditional love&#8217; <\/span>to one another\u00a0because we ourselves have\u00a0never witnessed\u00a0or received it growing\u00a0up, therefore it is basically foreign to us, that&#8217;s why pastors and leaders are falling into adultery more and more,\u00a0or\u00a0getting hooked into internet\u00a0porn out of loneliness because of\u00a0their kingdom building, they have neglected their own wives, and now their own marriages are under threat. But <strong><span style=\"font-family: papyrus; font-size: 18pt;\">unconditional love<\/span><\/strong> is the\u00a0 essential\u00a0ingredient belonging to\u00a0the protective\u00a0wall that\u00a0Yeshua\u00a0demonstrated and put in place <span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: papyrus;\">with\u00a0His Own Blood\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span> by the laying down of His life so others could live.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; font-family: papyrus;\"><strong>We are to do the same!!!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>God&#8217;s promises are Yes and Amen. <\/strong>He is not like man.\u00a0He is faithful even to the unfaithful.\u00a0God promised\u00a0we\u00a0would see this kind of love\u00a0manifest in us when we become\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> &#8216;One&#8217; as He is &#8216;One&#8217;<\/strong> <\/span>with the Father.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">God will purify His church\u00a0once again through\u00a0persecution if we don&#8217;t repent. He will humble us and make us &#8216;holy&#8217; dedicated onto Him once more. Then with broken and contrite hearts we will be available to Him once again. He<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> will\u00a0raise up His remnant to do exploits in His Holy Name. He will do this for His Holy Name&#8217;s sake, so all the world will know that He is God and there is none like Him.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia,Palatino; font-size: 14pt;\">In the laying down of our lives\u00a0and\u00a0choosing to give\u00a0this &#8216;God kind of\u00a0love&#8217; to our mates who oppose us,\u00a0especially if they despitefully use us, this\u00a0will bring revelation\u00a0to our children who are watching.\u00a0They will begin to we see Jesus in us as we honour our mate as we honour God by demonstrating the love of God, to them knowing that that we truly believe God has the power to change your mates heart towards us when we turn to Jesus for help.\u00a0 Marriage is a <strong>covenant<\/strong> relationship\u00a0until death as you uphold His image of humble submission and faithfulness speaking the truth in love from a gentle spirit your mate will get the picture sooner of later.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt;\">Divorce\u00a0breaks\u00a0intimacy, but not our covenant. When we repent from our wicked ways and turn back to God who is\u00a0bigger than our sin. \u00a0He gets\u00a0an opportunity now to show off at our expense, as He prepares us, the prodigal, for that long journey home.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Satan and his cohorts work over time on his scheme to\u00a0divide\u00a0and separate us, he is terribly afraid of us from becoming <strong>&#8220;<span style=\"font-family: papyrus; font-size: 18pt;\">one<\/span>&#8220;<\/strong> he knows his time is running out, so he is working hard to destroy our families, in the body of Christ. Satan wants to destroy our children, because they are the next generation. That&#8217;s why God is raising up His standard against this flood of divorce and remarriage that is going on in the church today, and all those with an ear to hear will hear what the Spirit of God is saying to the Church! <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: papyrus;\">REPENT<\/span><\/strong><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Like Nehemiah and\u00a0Ezra, we at<\/span> <span style=\"color: #400000; font-family: Papyrus;\"><strong>Hosea&#8217;s Cry<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">are\u00a0working hard along with\u00a0others in the body of Christ to repair the damage\u00a0we&#8217;ve done to the<\/span>\u00a0 <span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Papyrus;\">Covenant Wall <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Papyrus;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">that surrounds the marriage bed<\/span> <\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia;\"> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">We&#8217;re looking for others\u00a0who\u00a0have\u00a0received this same mandate from the Lord, to come join\u00a0us in the repairing of\u00a0the breach in the wall through our ignorance and neglect, so that Satan can&#8217;t\u00a0get in this way\u00a0again. God\u00a0wants\u00a0our streets\u00a0and our nations to be\u00a0a safe place for our children to run and play in again.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #400000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #400000;\"><strong>Paul\u00a0Warned us that\u00a0False prophets and teachers\u00a0of the Law\u00a0would come in\u00a0and lead us astray. Have you noticed, we&#8217;re being lead\u00a0astray?<\/strong> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Once we at Hosea&#8217;s Cry became\u00a0aware\u00a0of Satan&#8217;s\u00a0scheme to destroy God&#8217;s\u00a0image of faithfulness in our families we wept, and mourned for many days; we fasted and prayed before\u00a0God in Heaven, asking Him to forgive us for taking part\u00a0in Satan&#8217;s plans. Like Adam and Eve\u00a0we were deceived, we knew not what we were doing.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt;\">God in all His\u00a0mercy\u00a0forgave\u00a0us immediately when He saw\u00a0us cry out in\u00a0true\u00a0sorrow and repentance. We are no longer ignorant. We are\u00a0now very much aware\u00a0of\u00a0the desperate need God has for us to repair this\u00a0breach in the wall\u00a0we helped make. So for the sake of Yeshua&#8217;s holy name and His kingdom, and our children. . .we lay down our lives gladly and<span style=\"font-family: papyrus; font-size: 18pt;\"> <strong>stand in the gap for God&#8217;s Kingdom glory\u00a0to manifest<\/strong><\/span> in our\u00a0lives so our children\u00a0can\u00a0believe again in a God who is all mighty, who is\u00a0able to restore all things like He said He would do. We\u00a0believe\u00a0nothing is impossible to our God.\u00a0\u00a0We praise God for His mercy\u00a0endures forever!<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt;\">Nehemiah prayed, and we join\u00a0him\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: large;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;O great and awesome God, You who keep Your covenant and show your mercy to those who love You, and observe Your commandments, please let Your ear be attentive and Your eyes be open, so that You may hear our prayers which we pray before you night and day for Your people. We\u00a0confess the sins\u00a0of Israel, (and of Canada and the USA ) for we\u00a0are\u00a0 Your covenant people. We have all sinned against You, both my father&#8217;s house and I have sinned. We have acted very corruptly against You, and have not kept Your commandments. We come humbly\u00a0before You\u00a0Lord, and ask for Your mercy and forgiveness!&#8221;<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt;\">God\u00a0shows us in\u00a0His\u00a0Word,\u00a0that if we\u00a0are unfaithful to Him\u00a0He will scatter\u00a0us abroad among the peoples, but if we humble ourselves and turn back\u00a0to Him, and keep His commandments\u00a0and do them, He will gather us again and bring us to a place which He has chosen to make His dwelling place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia;\"><strong>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #400000; font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Papyrus;\"><u>Nehemiah 1:4-11<\/u> <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt;\">As Prodigals\u00a0we have come back to You Lord with\u00a0broken and contrite hearts, ready now and willing to be obedient because of Your chastening.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: papyrus;\">\u00a0<\/span><em><strong><span style=\"font-family: papyrus; font-size: 14pt;\">Revelations 3:19\u00a0 <span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">As many as I love. I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia;\">We&#8217;re grateful that You have brought\u00a0us prodigals to our senses Lord,\u00a0through Your loving kindness. For You are faithful even to us who were unfaithful because You\u00a0made an <span style=\"font-family: papyrus;\"><strong>Everlasting Covenant of Love<\/strong><\/span> towards us. We are Your <span style=\"font-family: papyrus;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Blood<\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">b<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">ought children,<\/span> and You are our God who\u00a0has accepted\u00a0us back again,\u00a0so\u00a0with grateful hearts we say,<\/span> <\/span><span style=\"color: #400000; font-family: papyrus; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>&#8220;Thank You for never leaving us or forsaking us!&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We realize\u00a0ignorance played a large part in our\u00a0 rebellion,\u00a0many\u00a0of us strayed because we didn&#8217;t\u00a0really understand what\u00a0making a<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #400000; font-family: Papyrus;\"><strong>Covenant<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">really means in today&#8217;s standards. We don&#8217;t\u00a0blame those who lord it over us thinking they are wise for it seems they too are ignorant. We are all\u00a0dying for lack of this knowledge, but we\u00a0know it was not only ignorance that caused us to stray it was our\u00a0desire\u00a0to do things our\u00a0own way that really got us into trouble. My mate and\u00a0I,\u00a0are the guilty pair\u00a0we opened\u00a0the door\u00a0to Satan&#8217;s scheming influence and\u00a0allowed him to\u00a0come in and destroy our home.\u00a0Satan\u00a0has made\u00a0it very clear to me he wanted my next generation,\u00a0but he can&#8217;t have them because they\u00a0now belong to You Lord! and under Your protection. . .\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: papyrus;\"> I Praise You Lord for that!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Thank You\u00a0Lord for opening my eyes and teaching me Your ways again!!!<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We at <strong><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Papyrus;\">Hosea&#8217;s Cry<\/span><\/strong> are committed now through revelation by the Holy Spirit that our one flesh relationships don&#8217;t belong to us alone they belong to our Lord Jesus Christ who paid the bride&#8217;s price\u00a0for all of us\u00a0with\u00a0His own <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: Papyrus;\">Blood<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0t<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">herefore our sexuality is\u00a0not ours to do with as we please. We come now as willing &#8216;eunuchs&#8217; to fight to the death for <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: Papyrus;\">Yeshua&#8217;s\u00a0Holy Name<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">a<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">s living stones we stand\u00a0in the gap made in the Covenant Wall, for\u00a0His kingdom glory\u00a0to manifest it&#8217;s self in our\u00a0lives whether our mates return or not because it is not about us anymore.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">We who would seem most unlikely, have now been given the privilege and honour to\u00a0be <strong><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Papyrus;\">Christ&#8217;s Ambassadors<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0in the ministry of reconciliation. We come in\u00a0the same Spirit that Hosea came in, to demonstrate God&#8217;s\u00a0kind of everlasting love towards our\u00a0Gomer&#8217;s. We do this for <span style=\"font-family: Papyrus;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Christ&#8217;s name sake<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>so\u00a0our children will see first hand God&#8217;s faithfulness to us even though our mate and I were\u00a0unfaithful to Him.\u00a0<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">We&#8217;ve taken\u00a0up\u00a0our positions\u00a0on\u00a0Your <span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: Papyrus;\">blood soaked wall<\/span><\/strong> <\/span>even though\u00a0we are weak Lord, we are\u00a0willing.\u00a0We thank You\u00a0for making us strong\u00a0in\u00a0our times of testing. We realize\u00a0this battle\u00a0belongs to You,\u00a0we thank You for empowering us\u00a0so we are able to\u00a0go the distance\u00a0You\u00a0require of us\u00a0so Your Son&#8217;s<span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> Name<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0will be glorified in the nations.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia;\">\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">God, You get\u00a0all the\u00a0Glory for the changing\u00a0of our hearts of stone to hearts of flesh,\u00a0we thank\u00a0You\u00a0for allowing us\u00a0to bask\u00a0in the beauty of Your unconditional love, Your grace, Your peace, and Your mercy that\u00a0surrounds us continually.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: papyrus;\"><strong>Stand<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>is causing us to\u00a0be a\u00a0light\u00a0drawing other weary travelers who due\u00a0to\u00a0their own\u00a0chastening\u00a0are\u00a0beginning to experience God&#8217;s unconditional love is for them now too. In the\u00a0humbling of themselves in repentance we all realize that You alone are God.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em><span style=\"color: #400000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>God\u00a0is\u00a0going before us like an all consuming fire!\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em><span style=\"color: #400000; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia;\"><strong>His Victory is Assured!<\/strong> <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Those who don&#8217;t know this kind of love, may find it unusual, or even weird; but those who want to know the Father&#8217;s heart for their families\u00a0will seek this revelation for themselves! God&#8217;s love is there especially for\u00a0those who feel they don&#8217;t deserve it anymore because they\u00a0believe they\u00a0have failed You, Lord.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #400000;\">We will be known by <u>this kind<\/u> of\u00a0love! <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em><span style=\"color: #400000; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>It is a gift, Undeserved !!!<\/strong> <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Our weapons are not carnal but are of the Spirit\u00a0of God rising\u00a0up\u00a0within\u00a0us to fight against\u00a0these principalities in high places that want to destroy God&#8217;s image of power to us.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">We fight the good fight through\u00a0prayer and fasting of our fleshly desires\u00a0laying them down\u00a0for Christ&#8217;s sake so we can\u00a0go\u00a0that extra mile with those who particularly enjoy wounding us, it\u00a0is a challenge\u00a0to be sure, but God&#8217;s grace is sufficient for us.\u00a0This kind of love is supernatural, it\u00a0can only come from knowing God\u00a0personally! \u00a0\u00a0<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">As Nehemiah prayed, the heart of the King himself was touched, and the King\u00a0gave him all the provisions he needed to rebuild Jerusalem, and the\u00a0wall\u00a0surrounding that city. Our King,\u00a0Jesus is also providing us\u00a0with every thing we need\u00a0to get the job done of repairing the breach\u00a0in our covenant wall. Praise God for His patience!<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">A well know\u00a0man of God recently proclaimed, prophetically that unless this boundary wall\u00a0of covenant understanding is reinstated in our one flesh relationships,\u00a0our <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">anointed worship in our churches can not be\u00a0sustained\u00a0over\u00a0long periods of time because of\u00a0this opening in the wall we have given to the enemy permission to come right on in to kill, steal, and destroy our families any time he wants to. That&#8217;s why our revivals\u00a0don&#8217;t last long. It&#8217;s up to all of us to close this opening corporately\u00a0by the revelation that we are never to break our <span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Papyrus;\">covenants <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span>no matter what happens.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">When we work\u00a0together as<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>One-in-Christ,<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> God will\u00a0make\u00a0our marriages,\u00a0and\u00a0gathering so strong that\u00a0our children will be able to\u00a0grab\u00a0hold of their inheritance and know God&#8217;s<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: x-large;\"><strong>covenant promises<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">are for them too.\u00a0<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt;\">When our foundation is restored by Christ&#8217;s power and\u00a0our unconditional\u00a0love\u00a0is manifesting\u00a0it\u00a0will only take a few good men to stand on top of the covenant wall that surrounds\u00a0our city to keep watch and warn us when the enemy is approaching. A watchman is able to see for miles in any given direction. They will be able to give us ample warning of any threats coming from the enemy. This will\u00a0give us plenty\u00a0of time\u00a0to come together and hear from heaven\u00a0corporately and put God&#8217;s battle plan into action to protect\u00a0our little ones. But until that covenant understanding is put back in place we will\u00a0have to carry our weapons of warfare close\u00a0by us individually, while we do the kingdom work together, like Nehemiah and his crew had to\u00a0do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<span style=\"color: #400000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Papyrus;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #400000; font-size: x-large;\">Covenant <u>until death<\/u> is God&#8217;s standard for marriage!<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Once\u00a0we repent, God\u00a0will give us shepherds after His own heart who\u00a0will \u00a0lead us by revelation knowledge and understanding, of the true meaning of <\/span><span style=\"color: #400000; font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>His\u00a0unfailing Covenant of Love.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #400000; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The workers may be few but we are willing, and\u00a0despite the Sanballat&#8217;s and the Tobiah&#8217;s of our generation we continue on with the work of rebuilding the understanding of the <span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Papyrus;\"><strong>Marriage Covenant Wall<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">because we now understand it&#8217;s\u00a0importance.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">We press in and press on. Others are beginning to wake up to this knowledge as well, and\u00a0they\u00a0too are\u00a0joining us on this\u00a0wall ready to intercede\u00a0and do battle with\u00a0God to protect\u00a0our city, our homes, and our families against all odds.\u00a0Some\u00a0are\u00a0right now making a conscious decision\u00a0to stand for righteousness, no matter what the cost is to themselves. We believe the gates of hell will not\u00a0prevail against these dreaded champions, because we know. .<\/span> .\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #400000; font-family: papyrus; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>God is on our side and goes before us to battle on our behalf<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #400000;\"><span style=\"font-family: papyrus;\">He is a Covenant Keeping God!!!<\/span> <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discerning The Times We Live In\u00a0 by\u00a0 Marilyn\u00a0 Cavar Folks,\u00a0It&#8217;s Time To\u00a0Wake Up and Smell the Coffee It has been\u00a0reported that a discovery of a wall\u00a0dating\u00a0back to Nehemiah&#8217;s time has been found. 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