Gathered Around the Fire

  - A young woman, Haddasah,  because of her beauty was  forcibly abducted from her home,  to become one of the concubines of the king. Years later she overthrew an evil plot to commit the genocide of her people and plunder all of their belongings, this plot was organized by a powerful bureaucrat around 480 B.C. This dramatic story was documented in the Old Testament book of Esther.  Haman, a very high-ranking bureaucrat in the Persian Empire,  hated the Jewish people but particularly one Jewish man, (Mordecai) because he would not bow down and 'worship' Haman when he passed through the king's gate. His hatred festered and grew until Haman was not satisfied with destroying only Mordecai. He wanted to destroy all of the Jews across the Persian empire and plunder their belongings.  In the first month, Nisan (Babylonian) or Abib (Hebrew) correlates to around our March 27th, Haman the Agagite cast the Pur to determine by occult arts which date would...

A deadly plague swept across the nation in one night, death touched every home, across all boundaries of wealth and poverty, slave and free. But the children of God were protected from the angel of DEATH i n ancient Egypt On that night it was not the words men spoke that mattered. It all came down to each man's actions; Actions always speak louder than words.   To be delivered from the plague they were instructed to 'Shelter in Place' The father of each family had to take action, he had to select a lamb, bring it into his house for four days, then kill the lamb at 3 pm and brush the blood of that innocent lamb across the lintel and the doorposts of his house. This required a public display; Each man's decision was manifest to all... Did he trust in the words of the Most-High God? then he would act. Or did he discount the word of the Lord? All of his neighbors could see his decision displayed through his actions. He could influence his neighbors b...

BLACK FRIDAY INTO WHITE SATURDAY What do Dads do on Black Friday? Well...This dad is fixing a mistake the assembler made at Fleet Farm when they put together my daughter's new snowblower. An improper position kept the blade rotating all the time even without squeezing the handle. I will get it fixed this afternoon just in time before the next winter storm rolls through tonight. With 35-40 MPH winds, snow blowing is going to be so much fun, as long as I remember to keep the chute in line with the wind. In life, even in the wintery storms of life we can be joyful if we stay aligned with the wind of the Spirit. But if we find ourselves running against the wind it can be a chilling experience. Bob Seger, wrote a song many years ago that talks about the difficulty of running against the wind. He lays out what it costs and what is lost when we continue to run against the wind. He could have inserted the Holy Spirit for the word wind and it would tell the real story of chasing fame...

YOUR DAYS ARE NUMBERED! and so are the hairs on your head. You are here at this exact moment in history and at this exact place geographically and relationally for a unique God Initiated creative and significant purpose. All of your days were strategically planned and set up by God beforehand in order for you to reach your highest potential. You are the highest expression of your entire bloodline right up to this very minute. God has invested in building several generations to bring together the exact combination of elements to form you specifically the way you are, to accomplish a task in your lifetime, that only you can accomplish. He has determined everything about you even down to the exact number of hairs on your head! Are not two   sparrows sold for a   copper coin? And not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will.   But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.   Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. M...

2020 Perfect Vision = 5780 Both the Roman calendar and the Hebraic calendar indicate we are moving into a new decade A new season. 50 years after the Jesus People Movement revival.  Without revival, the church folk will not go out into the harvest.  Without going out it is impossible to bring in a harvest.  REVIVAL = When the church returns to their first love. HARVEST = when a revived church becomes the 'second' son who goes out into the field to bring in the harvest.      What is your end game?     What are you laboring for? A mansion in the sky? A cloud?    A golden harp An eternal vacation? It sounds a lot like self-indulgence to me.  Consider this story. 7:00 am You are still eating breakfast when you hear someone knocking on your door.  You open the door to see two Secret Service agents standing on the porch.  A Black Limousine is waiting at the curb with the engine running.  An American flag...

The Great Eighth Day Just when you thought you knew what 'new beginnings' looked like... In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth... In the last book of the Bible, the book of Revelation, chapter 21 He does it again. This time all the scientists of the earth and even Darwin himself will be witnesses to the creative process in action and on that day the theory of evolution will die an eternal death.  Old things have passed away,  Behold! All Things are made new! Now  I saw a new heaven and a new earth,  for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also, there was no more sea.  Then I, John, saw  the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared  as a bride adorned for her husband.    And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold,  the tabernacle of God  is  with men, and He will dwell with them , and they shall be His people. God, Himself will be ...