Good evening sister saints!
I'm thankful every time I get to come here and write to you even though at times I'm not sure what to say but us sisters who blog just start typing and it's like the Lord leads us to share something that ends up edifying someone. Praises to Him!
Thank you sister for the scripture pictures, how timely for this one:
We were on the streets today at a food festival preaching the GOSPEL, you can see the videos HERE if you're interested. We see the world being darker and more dead. The light shined into the darkness today and we see Romans 1 in front of us especially out in the bigger cites like today.
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
Romans 1:18-23
I'm sure that could have been said a time ago but we see the sinfulness coming in great multitudes of people and getting worse. I told brother Jim that today could have brought me down with all the wicked mockery and lack of anyone wanting to talk but I let it go. There were a few gospel cards that went out and a couple encouragements from people driving by but overall it was super dark and dead all around us today. And we saw all this...
Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
I told brother Jim today that I think some of the worship of the creature is man himself. Marking up with tattoos, poking piercings all over, shaving hair into strange styles, harlotry and whatever you want to call men when they dress that way also....Pride in themselves.
For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
We see this more and more in the streets especially when they see us they feel the need to expose their sinfulness with their partners.
And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
Reprobate minds...that describes it perfectly.
Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
Yep, all that too. And they hate God. Some people have a hard time grasping the fact that even though people claim to love God, they hate him. Ponder that for a while. They profess with their lips that they love God but they live in willful sin and defend it. They don't want to talk about the truth and refuse to repent. Therefore they hate Him because if we love Him we keep His commands right? And if we love Him we don't live in willful sin. And if we love Him we repent every time we sin and work hard to please Him, not our flesh.
Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
It says they know the judgement of God yet continue to commit that which is worthy of death AND have pleasure in them. Here's a thought for you. We had a very strange and wicked acting man getting in my face, angry at me and I walked on the other side of brother Jim to put him in between the man and myself and as this man was acting super strange, a woman walked by smiling at him, encouraging him on. I thought to myself, this was a regular looking woman encouraging an outrageous looking and crazy acting man to be aggressive toward us. She was taking pleasure in his taunting of us.
Amen, we shine the light sisters so that others may see and become new creations, bringing glory to God. We don't know who has been turned over but it's getting to be a darker world sisters and all I can say is shine that light, share the gospel and do the work the Lord has for you, diligently as the days are evil!!!
There was another interesting thing....a woman who heard us earlier in the day came out at the end and stood there facing us for a long time while her husband went to get the car. I smiled a few times and she smiled only a little bit so I let it be and went about my job. A very strange and overly animated man came by trying to tell me to educate myself and that he used to be religious and when I wouldn't engage he went after brother Jim. He came and left a couple times (you can see some of it on the video link above) and after brother Jim sent him off, this woman stepped in between and said something to him. It diverted his attention to her, he said a few things, she did and he left. Just then her husband came with the car and she walked by me saying 'God healed me from cancer 3 times.' I said that God is a gracious God and wanted to say more but she walked off to get in the car.
It can be hard to stand there and see dead eyes, people who ignore the truth, people who sneer, mock, many gave vulgar finger gestures and terrible language as well as 'hail satan' throughout the day. Not just your typical mocking but a day filled to the brim with it. There were a few times I thought there might be more than just anger from some people but I know our Father is bigger and knows all. They can do nothing unless the Father allows it. A sister shared this Hebrews 13 and in it is:
So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me. Hebrews 13:6
We saw this today...it was a food festival we were at.
And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
Luke 17:26-27
Shine that light sisters as destruction is coming to those who are obey not the gospel.
But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.
Ezekiel 33:6
Read the whole passage...
If the watchman (us saints who know the truth) doesn't warn others about the wrath (sword) to come the blood is on our our hands but if we warn them and they don't heed, our hands are clean. Amen, let our hands be clean, warning those around us.
Brother Jim took this picture of me messaging a sister this morning before we went out on the streets. See if you can find me :-)
I thought this next picture reminded me of sister saints standing strong in a big world.
And I saw this flower growing in a construction site...just doing what the Father created it to do no matter what the surroundings.
Another lesson from nature.
I was thankful that I had time to make up some quick thermal soup before going out as it was a very welcome lunch after standing out in the drizzling rain witnessing.
Some flowers from our parking spot by right next to the super highway. Another lesson from our Father's creation.
Praise God for the precious truth we have to share and we need to leave it all in God's hands and move on to what He has for all of us saints next... Speaking of, we are planning on heading to a tourist town just north of here for witnessing tomorrow so I'm going to call it good here so I have some quiet time to recoup tonight before all that goes on.
Brother Jim has an update HERE.
I hearty thank you to the sisters I know that encourage and love the brethren in steadfast faithfulness to the Lord. Hold fast and keep that armor on, the wickedness is growing sisters!
May the Lord watch over you all,
Sister Deb
