Furnace Prayers: ...in the Wilderness of Sin with the junkyard bulldog

Oh God, my God:

How long, O Lord, will You tolerate the works of Your enemy against us? Your Word tells me that You will never leave me or forsake me. Thank You.

Immigration is now without boundaries as our nation continues to deteriorate. Those in power, with the stroke of a pen, inflict wound after wound. Our borders have been desecrated as millions of migrants storm through the border.

It’s called the greatest human-trafficking program in history. Everyone is “welcomed” by the government, being bused, flown…transported to cities across our nation. How many of these children are given over, in broad daylight, into the hands of child and sex traffickers?

They are given thousands of dollars as we sit in our homes, our jobs destroyed, our hard-earned properties being stripped from us. And we are left to foot the bill.

This ordinance from our dictator government is diluting and cheapening the essence of our dignity and stripping us of our identity as a nation. It is happening at light speed. Thousands a day.

Truly, evil is good and good evil.

Isaiah 5:20-21
20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

This is not Your way, Where are You?

Our right to bear arms is, with the stroke of a pen, abolished and eliminated. We are left without protection, or the ability to defend ourselves. The very mandate of our government to defend the Constitution and protect us, are the very people who are doing this. Are those who voted them into office happy about it? Is there any “buyer’s remorse” yet?

We know the election was stolen. But the division between factions continues. These people hold onto their lies like a junk-yard bulldog defending the garbage heap, as the steam from the stench rises behind him.

This is not Your way, Where are You?

* * * You met Moses in the Wilderness of Mount Sinai…the wilderness of sin (Leviticus 1:1). Thank You. We are there. Will you meet with us too?

You met Jacob, when he had to face his brother Esau. He was so afraid. You wrestled with him.

Genesis 32:24-26
24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.

25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.

26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.

Father, I look to You. I will not let go until You bless this nation. I will occupy until You come. I will petition You day and night. If we must come through this, lame, like Jacob, so be it. But hear my cry and come to our aid.

Psalm 35
1 Plead my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.

2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.

3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.

4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.


Psalm 36:7-9
7 How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.

9 For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.

Help Lord. Your servant calls.

Maranatha.

Furnace Prayers: In the darkness..it's time to walk

Dear Father in heaven,
Lord Jesus, who is, who was, and who is to come,
Holy Spirit, who, this day, guides teaches, and comforts,

Praise be to the God of my salvation. Praise be to the everlasting God who knows those who are His own, who hears the cries of the desolate, who desires that all men be saved. Glory and thanksgiving belong to You O God, Creator, Savior, and High Tower.

The times are turbulent. The media withholds Truth. The media promotes its version of truth, which is not truthful. But You are Truth. Thanks be God who provides the Way, the Truth, and the Life.

The clouds of darkness press heavily on this nation as well as y heart. You have placed me here at this time and I want to be a good steward. The clouds of dis-information, the spinning of narrative, the condemnation of those who stand for Truth, the cancelling out of all who oppose falsehoods is crashing down on this nation. The crushing weight comes like a massive boulder. It seems unstoppable; ready to steal our freedom, kill an who oppose, and destroy this nation.

Today, legislation is being enacted to remove our ability to defend ourselves. Truly, this is the last point on the checklist from Alinsky’s eight steps to socialism and control. All seems “at the ready” to move our nation into socialism oppression. Constitutional rights, inalienable rights - those rights and privileges from YOU, are being rescinded at every turn. HELP LORD!

Your Word on light and darkness:

Psalms 139:12 - Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light [are] both alike [to thee].

Luke 1:79 - To give light to them that sit in darkness and [in] the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

Father, we don’t like the dark. It is disconcerting, ominous…indeed, it is unsettling. But Your desire is to bring us into the light. We see so many that are in the dark, misled, lied to…Shine Your light - directly into the hearts of Your church, that we may take it to those in the dark. Shield us with the peace that passeth understanding so we can move in confidence.

Jesus, You humbled Yourself and in the midst of Your grief and sadness, knowing You would soon take our shame upon Yourself, You washed the feet of Your disciples. It is a striking picture…demonstrating so clearly how we are to respond in these moments, when it seems that the death of this nation, which bears Your Name: One Nation Under God…is at hand.

Forgive us for not being better stewards of the blessings You have poured out.

Managing the dark.
Your example is clear. You took the Passover meal, knowing You were the Passover Lamb about to be slain and knowing that every disciple would leave You at your most vulnerable hour…what would I have done? What about today? …as the darkness surrounds this nation?

We have watched as so many elected officials have denied truth. They have turned on the very ones who elected them. They have banded together against the nation. So many in our judicial system have done likewise. They have taken an oath of office to defend our Constitution, and they have betrayed their oath.

You went willingly into the dark…it’s so hard to comprehend.

Hebrews 12:2
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

When YOU went willingly into the darkness, You broke the power of sin! YOU commissioned us to do the same…to carry the Good News to those in darkness; to proclaim that darkness has been broken! Hallelujah!

We are commanded:
In the midst of this most difficult hour, You issued a command. A command! Not an option. It’s not up for negotiation. Your words:

John 15:12
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

You desire that all men be saved. That is Your will. And You have told us how to do it…to love one another.

I will walk into the darkness. I will not fall.

Psalm 119:105
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

Requests:

• Give us eyes to see opportunities to proclaim the Gospel.
• Give us a determined spirit to oppose violence and the temptation to respond in a mean-spirited manner.
• Grant us patience and faith, that You are at work here, and the battle belongs to You.
• When confronted by a rebellious spirit, fill us, completely, with Your care and love for those individuals…I ask for an anointing for this purpose.
• The right to bear arms is being rescinded. Show us how to respond.
• Lead us so that we are Your delight on this matter.

In the Name of Jesus!

Maranatha

It's deeper than gun control...the prayers of one sinner

***It's deeper than gun control...prayers of one sinner

Please pray with me:

Heavenly Father,
The blame game is in full swing. The Second Amendment pros and cons are screaming from the rooftop. The second agendas are in full bloom, full swing and full voice. Yet, You are God. Thank You. You see the beginning from the end.

You are a God of justice. You love our children, husbands and wives, brothers and sisters, teachers, first responders ...much more than we do...more than we can fathom. You too grieve at the loss at Parkland High, Sandyhook Elementary, Columbine High School...truly not one of them has escaped Your notice.

In the midst of our grief, You are the God who knows our sorrows. You are the God who hears our cry. We are sick at the Parkland shooting...as yet again we see more senseless loss of life. Families are forever changed.

Thank You that You never change.

Malachi 3:6
For I am the Lord, I change not;

We are consumed with our grief and we likely do not stop to see Your grief. I'm sorry. You suffer deep loss as well.

Psalm 127:3
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

We want to blame...we need a scapegoat:
I'm so sorry, but not much has changed from the beginning of time.

Genesis 3:12
“And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.”

Forgive us. We are so distraught that we want to lash out and blame anyone, anything, anybody that we see in our path. We join together, we band together with anyone who will stand with us—or allow us to stand with them. We point our finger, and join in the chant...at whatever comes our way. In this case, the obvious scapegoat is gun-control.

We don't know how to draw the line:
Father, we are so distraught that we could not stand it, if we realized that indeed, we are the problem. We are to blame. We can not bear to consider that we are guilty, we are at fault.

Yet, if we truly want to solve this problem, we must find the strength and the courage to look deep inside of us and realize that this matter began many, many years ago...when we turned from the safety of Your Word. We turned from Your guidance and determined that we have the answers.

Your Word clearly tells us how to draw the line. Yet, we have determined that we know better. We pushed Your Word out of our schools. WE decided that WE know better.

Forgive us. Have mercy on us. Grant us wisdom and strength to return to Your Word and find the lines that You set before us. Grant us the realization that You did this for our safety and for the safety of our children. We cannot find truth by ourselves. We cannot find the line by ourselves. We need Your help.

Help us to realize that we instigated these changes and help us to connect the dots to see the ramifications of taking control into our own hands without Your guidance.

We are a nation in rebellion:
Father, we refuse to draw the line in accordance with Your Word. Without Your guidance, mental illness has run rampage. Self-control has no boundaries.

The list goes on, and we refuse to take ownership that we have set up the circumstances that allow this horrible situation to perpetuate.

We pushed You out of the schools.
We put laws in place to support the killing of unborn children.
We have undermined Your definition of family.

Clearly, we don't know how to draw the line.

We indulge ourselves without regard for the consequences. And when the ugly consequences loom before us, we blame someone, or something else. We hold ourselves as righteous.

Forgive us. Cpen our eyes that we may turn our hearts to You. Strengthen our hearts to take responsibility for our actions. Grant us wisdom to find the line, and adjust our laws in a way that secures our land.

Help Lord,

That we may be found sober, diligent, and faithful in the day of His coming,

In Jesus' Name,



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