Gathered Around the Fire

WITHOUT ACTION IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE GOD!  Where did I get that idea?  Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead  James 2:17  v 20-24  But do you want to know, O foolish man, that  faith   without   works  is dead?     Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar?  Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect?   And the Scripture was fulfilled which says,  “Abraham believed God, and it was   accounted to him for righteousness.”  And he was called the friend of God.   You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only. and again in v 26  For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works (of the Spirit) is dead also. But without faith,  it is  impossible to please  Him,  for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and  that  He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him . Hebrews 11:6  We could and perhaps should reword this to

Purim 2021 tonight at sundown  You may remember that I mentioned that I felt God saying to me in December 2019 that I should watch Purim in 2020 (which fell on March 9-11). The W.H.O. declared Corona Virus to be a worldwide pandemic on March 11, 2020 (Purim Shushan or Purim Susa).  One entire year has passed from that date on the biblical calendar. Tonight at sundown we enter Purim 2021 (Feb 24-26)  Amanda Grace shared this prophetic word from December 28, 2020, about Purim 2021.  Her word involves God trying the judicial branch of government including the Supreme Court in an open courtroom of Heaven. Their most recent justice who was called an 'Esther' (Haddasah) by some prophetic voices. The word includes the entire judicial branch across the country. It is time for us to pray for God to triumph over His enemies.    BACKGROUND Purim fell in the twelfth month of Adar and on the 13th day, the 14th day was added for the people of God to carry out judgment one more day sp