If you are one of those people who can see that the world is headed to hades in a handbasket, congratulations for not being an ostrich with your head in the sand... If you are deeply concerned about the poisons in our food, cleaning products, and health industry. You are on the front lines of humanity's battle for survival. If you know our water is contaminated with chemicals, If you are up to speed on the Federal Reserve, declining dollar, New World Order, and Agenda 21...you're way ahead of the game!!
There are many words used to describe those who question vaccines and autism, who possibly homeschool, or store up food, or question GMOs. None of them are very nice... "Alt right, conspiracy theorist, prepper..." the list is long... I recently came across a German article that warned people to stay away from blonde, cheerful families...(I'm not making this up)
Police departments, National guard organizations, around the country, even "Baby and Family" magazines are saying the "alt right" are white racists, terrorist! The profile is Blonde hair and are happy!****All Five of us have blonde Hair and are happy*******....So much for dumb blondes... http://www.breitbart.com/…/blond-cheerful-families-dangero…/
Most of us on those front lines have gotten our information through careful, painstaking study, practical application, and prayer. There are those who want to shut out or shut down our access to this real news... My family has obtained a ham radio just in case. A Ham Radio. (Amateur Radio) can help you stay in contact. We are a society that communicates with one another. On Oct. 1st, 2016 The internet is going to be turned over to he internet will never be the same. While the internet is a global resource, it's ultimately a product created in the United States. No, we should not trust anyone to have access to our government's ip addresses... Oh, sure, China, do you pinky promise not to use a back door into our top secret transmissions? oh yay!!! This is worse (if that's possible) than handing our monetary printing and control to the privately owned Fed... "There is currently nothing prohibiting ICANN, post-transition, from eliminating or transferring what are essentially the Web addresses for U.S. government and military websites. A company owned by or located in Russia or China could end up managing whitehouse.gov, fbi.gov, or army.mil. Losing control of these web domains would put our nation’s security at risk.. Censorship of this "alt right" has already begun. Youtube, Google, Facebook etc... all have computer algorithms in place to censor this communication.
Get a Ham Radio, get names and addresses of friends, get an operation manual and study how to use the radio. It is illegal to use the radio without a license, however, should the worst happen, I'm not sure that's going to be regulated. :) You could go ahead and get your license to operate, however, keep in mind, by doing so, the FCC has the right to inspect your station, without notice. This idea is as a backup.
AT the same time, this message is about Hope and PEACE!
Our message to provide hope and peace:
you shall eat the good of the land;
Isaiah 1:19
There are many words used to describe those who question vaccines and autism, who possibly homeschool, or store up food, or question GMOs. None of them are very nice... "Alt right, conspiracy theorist, prepper..." the list is long... I recently came across a German article that warned people to stay away from blonde, cheerful families...(I'm not making this up)
Police departments, National guard organizations, around the country, even "Baby and Family" magazines are saying the "alt right" are white racists, terrorist! The profile is Blonde hair and are happy!****All Five of us have blonde Hair and are happy*******....So much for dumb blondes... http://www.breitbart.com/…/blond-cheerful-families-dangero…/
Get a Ham Radio, get names and addresses of friends, get an operation manual and study how to use the radio. It is illegal to use the radio without a license, however, should the worst happen, I'm not sure that's going to be regulated. :) You could go ahead and get your license to operate, however, keep in mind, by doing so, the FCC has the right to inspect your station, without notice. This idea is as a backup.
AT the same time, this message is about Hope and PEACE!
Our message to provide hope and peace:
you shall eat the good of the land;
Isaiah 1:19
This is a very powerful scripture!!! In the previous verses in this chapter, God is calling on the people to repent. He is saying he doesn't want their sacrifices, their burnt offerings...they are a stench...(all of man's works to try to please God on their own) All God wants from us is
1.Willingness 2. Obedience
David didn't take down Goliath because he was amazingly strong... he was willing and obedient
Abraham wasn't called the father of many nations because he was good at having children...he was willing and obedient
Moses didn't lead the people out of Egypt because he was cunning and wise (in fact he had a fear of speaking in public ) but he was willing and obedient... the list goes on and on
God doesn't pick the strongest, wisest, or most charismatic.... he picks the willing and obedient and often HE makes the otherwise weak, very strong!!
Think about Samson for a minute. We all see him as this big, tough, strong guy. Of course he could take down the pillars... but wait a minute, where did his strength come from? His strength actually came from his obedience and willingness to follow God. God told his mother not to let a razor come near his head...did long hair make him strong? No.... God did and all God wanted was willingness to obey. When Samson gave away his secret to Delilah he was actually becoming disobedient to the Lord and he became just like any other man. Then, as time went on, his hair grew, but it wasn't his hair that made him strong- it was his repentance for not being willing to obey God. Then when he was sufficiently willing and obedient God made him strong again...
The Israelites didn't take the land because they were a stronger army,
they were willing and obedient.Abraham wasn't called the father of many nations because he was good at having children...he was willing and obedient
Moses didn't lead the people out of Egypt because he was cunning and wise (in fact he had a fear of speaking in public ) but he was willing and obedient... the list goes on and on
God doesn't pick the strongest, wisest, or most charismatic.... he picks the willing and obedient and often HE makes the otherwise weak, very strong!!
Think about Samson for a minute. We all see him as this big, tough, strong guy. Of course he could take down the pillars... but wait a minute, where did his strength come from? His strength actually came from his obedience and willingness to follow God. God told his mother not to let a razor come near his head...did long hair make him strong? No.... God did and all God wanted was willingness to obey. When Samson gave away his secret to Delilah he was actually becoming disobedient to the Lord and he became just like any other man. Then, as time went on, his hair grew, but it wasn't his hair that made him strong- it was his repentance for not being willing to obey God. Then when he was sufficiently willing and obedient God made him strong again...
2. Obeying Him when we know it's Him leading us
God Has Good Things For Us When we Obey!!
Ask, and It Will Be Given
Matthew 7
7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. 9 Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? 11 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
That we are willing to obey Him!
When God moves us away from something we've been leaning on, that might not be the way He wants us to live, obeying Him will only bring His ultimate blessing. God does not want to see us hurt or our spirits or hearts broken.
God doesn't want an already self-made man.... he wants moldable clay... he is the potter and only he decides when we are ready to be fired, hardened and firmed in an area.
The Lord spoke to me today as I drove through farm land and beautiful country to get to this pet visit...Michelle and I have a visit that got detoured because of two road closures which takes us 23 mins and takes us through many country homes and big gorgeous farms... I knew in my heart that if I had the land I would do my thing by myself, off grid and nary a thought for the outside world. God said "you are missionaries, sent into suburbia to preach my agrarian way...." and it hit me...yes!! I went to school to be an evangelist and this is preaching the Gospel... Jesus actually preached farming. The whole Bible is actually about gardening, farming, and animal husbandry...of course with metal work, carpentry and clothing needed as well... :)
People in the city and suburbs have to go camping or visit pioneer villages to get a glimpse of a natural and more peaceful life... God wants us first to have it on the inside and then he can produce it on the outside...
So, as Joel Salatin says "bloom where you are planted" today my friends!! Don't get caught up in what you wish you could do more, but take time to just ask God what his will is for you every single sec of everyday and allow his grace to strengthen you and provide all you need in that moment!!!!!!
May our prayer be "Lord help me to be eager to obey you today! Give me strength that can only be attributed to your life giving Spirit today!!!"
It's hard being on the front line. To bring back ancient arts...That really our great grandparents would call, simply "life." Someone has to make the mistakes, learn how in the world we get back to where God wants us to be... it's like we have to take machetes and make a path through an overgrown jungle to get back to the path of people like our founding fathers... they were headed down a wonderful path of living and provision.
In your search for that life God has, know that it's only hard because we all need to find that narrow path. We are on our way!!! We will show others the way and as we do, the further we get to the right path.
God might ask you to obey him in things you don't understand why right away. It may not have anything seemingly to do with homesteading and may even seem counter-intuitive to your long term goals... but God sometimes gives big signs and sometimes our senses are tested to discern good and evil.
Let us enter into God's rest... it is a rest that is internal...peaceful... one where we cease from our own works. There is no room here for a negative mindset or comparing ourselves to others, for we are all at different stages. However there is one even playing field and one we encourage each other to strive to and that is this: our willingness to do whatever God asks and the grace to obey... this, even new believers, can and should strive to be on the same level as those who have been serving forever!!! :)
Let Us Cease From What We Can Do!! And let us do what can only be done when we allow ourselves to put on the strength of Samson and wisdom of Solomon....both only came through and by God's Spirit!!
Hebrews 4
So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, for whoever has entered God's rest has also rested from his works as God did from his.
So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, for whoever has entered God's rest has also rested from his works as God did from his.
Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience. For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Be encouraged today!! Tell yourself it doesn't matter what step you are at or what you are learning. Tell yourself "I'm willing and obedient and God promises me in Isaiah ch 1 and that is all I have to be and I will eat the good of the land!!!
Amen friends!!
Side note of bonus history:
Side note of bonus history:
1774 August: This convention urged all Massachusetts counties to close their courts rather than submit to the oppressive measure. Berkshire had already done so, and by the first week of October, seven of the nine contiguous mainland counties in Massachusetts had followed suit.
As each county, in turn, closed its court, it issued a set of resolves to explain its actions.
 |
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffolk_Resolves |
As with the other county resolves, the Suffolk document denounced the Intolerable Acts, or Coercive Acts, that had recently been passed by the British Parliament, and specifically resolved to:
- boycott British imports, curtail exports, and refuse to use British products;
- pay "no obedience" to the Massachusetts Government Act or the Boston Port Bill;
- demand resignations from those appointed to positions under the Massachusetts Government Act;
- refuse payment of taxes until the Massachusetts Government Act was repealed;
- support a colonial government in Massachusetts free of royal authority until the Intolerable Acts were repealed;
- urge the colonies to raise militia of their own people.
In one of his less famous rides, Paul Revere delivered a copy of the Resolves to the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where it was endorsed on September 17 as a show of colonial solidarity. In response, John Adams commented in his diary: "This was one of the happiest days of my life. In Congress we had generous, noble sentiments, and manly eloquence. This day convinced me that America will support Massachusetts or perish with her."[4] Endorsement of the Suffolk Resolves, and with it the rebellion that had enveloped Massachusetts, altered the political balance in Congress and paved the way for radical measures, such as the Continental Association, a general nonimportation agreement. Previously, nonimportation agreements had been limited to specific localities, but this one applied throughout the rebellious colonies. The Committees of inspection (also called the Committees of Safety), that was formed to enforce the Continental Association, established a revolutionary infrastructure, similar to the Sons of Liberty in the early days of resistance.
A number of counties in other colonies adopted declarations of grievances against Britain during the period before the Declaration of Independence, including the Mecklenburg Resolves and the Tryon Resolves in 1775 and at least 90 other documents favoring independence in the spring of 1776,[5] but the resolves from the Massachusetts County Conventions in August–October, 1774, were the first to promote across-the-board noncompliance with British governmental authority.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffolk_Resolves
No comments:
Post a Comment