...Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for "God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble." 1 Peter 5:5 (NKJV)

 The Gospel of Jesus Christ is good news for all to hear. He has made a way for us to stand before our heavenly Father once again clean and free. Jesus paid the ultimate price for our redemption. He gave His perfect life and blood for us. He is before the Father daily interceding for us because we still sin. Yet we are the ones He has chosen to boldly declare to a dark world that Jesus is God. Jesus is the Lord and Savior and soon coming King of His eternal Kingdom. This kingdom is being birthed on earth as the kingdom of our adversary the devil is coming to an abrupt end.

Talk of our adversary, the devil, is mocked by the system in place. Even our brethren within the church structure, according to statics, do not believe he is real. We have an enemy who has an agenda to steal, kill and destroy anything or anyone who resists his ways and plans. Yes, he, too, has a plan for your life. Ministries fall prey to his assaults as do those who resist him through prayer standing in the gap for the lost and wounded. Do not be surprised as we unite in prayer that things get sticky in your lives. But do not give in to the fear that is thrust into your thoughts. God does not give us a spirit of fear, but of power and love and of a sound mind. This truth becomes the motto of every prayer warrior.

The Word of God is our weapon. It is to be declared without doubt as situations arise. God honors His word and the devil fears it. He doesn't doubt that God is real and that Jesus is our Savior. He knows it is true but he does what he can to get us to doubt it. That is his weapon. Being that the battle rages for human souls, we who are called and chosen must keep our armor on and have our weapons sharp. We stay in the word and keep our focus on Jesus Christ.

Guarding our hearts with the Word is also an offensive measure to keep ourselves clean that we may boldly come to the throne of our Father. The Word washes us clean as we meditate on it daily. Take each day as the day at hand. As Jesus instructed, we deal with tomorrow if and when it comes.

We are commissioned to go forth to preach the good news. We do this first in prayer as did Jesus. He found the Father's plan for Him that day then walked it out. He is our example.

Let us find His way for our lives this day and be faithful to Him and follow. As it is written, The Spirit and the Bride say come Lord Jesus. Let us be found doing His will when He arrives.

I have overcome the world....John 16:33

 Joh 16:33 "These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world."
(NKJV)

I saw myself lowly and confined to the ways of the world. For in as much as I tried, I could not rise above my troubles. Then came the voice of the Holy Spirit. He spake to my heart these words.

"Yes, you cannot. But there is One Whom has already won the victory over your troubles for you. Call upon the name of Jesus and watch yourself rise above it like the eagle. Then you will soar high above your troubles. Feel the freedom as you lift off from the weight of sin.

Come fly with Jesus and He will teach you how to soar.     BSW

 Isa 40:31 But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.
(NKJV)

Mt 4:19 Then He said to them, "Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men."

New Years evening, I watched as a neighboring abandoned house burned to the ground. This house had been an object of struggle between the town council and it's owner/investor for many years. As I watched, the blaze, fanned by the gusting winds, billowed against the night's sky showering embers across our small town.

Passersby drove slowly, as the local church congregation gathered for their Sunday evening services, seemingly without notice of the blaze. 911 was called and the fire department came later. In the meantime the house was fully engulfed with flames that topped the nearby trees. The crackle of the flames could be heard across town.

Only after the fire department arrived did the citizens take notice of the fire. By this time the house had collapsed into ashes and rubble.

Prayers whispered under the breath for the safety of everyone involved were soon answered by the presence of the Holy Spirit. He began to reveal the similarities of lives that are abandoned by His church, His people. These lives are sometimes caught in the struggle of religious red tape known as tradition and are lost in the process waiting for the promise of restoration that never comes. Meanwhile, they crash and burn without notice. We judge by our sense of worth and value, never seeing the plan and purpose that Jesus had in mind when that particular life was created.

As with the good Samaritan (Luke 10:33) we need to keep our eyes firmly fixed on all the lost, to be ready to come to the aid of an individual, not looking at the package but looking through the eyes of our Father in Heaven. No human eye can see the heart but only our Father in Heaven. Picking up our cross and following Him into the lives of what our society calls the "throwaways," but Jesus calls "His children", is where that cross may lead us. Let us take notice before the crash and burn. Let us take notice of the life not the aftermath of the rubble that makes up the ten o'clock news. Let us therefore follow.


A New Year has come to us. It is new to us but it has always existed with our Father.  Let us take advantage of each new day with all the promises of Heaven at our disposal. Let us come together to seek His face with all our hearts then keep our ear tuned to His voice and follow.

The message Jesus gave to His disciples was for them to come and follow. The same message is heard today if we will but incline our ears to hear. We are not only to be hearers of the Word but doers.

So come and follow. Jesus is the Way.