Spiritual Warrior in the army that “Rescues”

This past year the main book I have been reading is "A divine revelation of spiritual warfare” By Mary K Baxter. I really like this book. This book is for anyone with “The Mighty Warrior” in them. The best chapter I think is the last - ch10 “Occupying Enemy Territory” I need to warn you this chapter is not for the squeamish or whiner babies but for true believers that are ready to fight with the full armor of God! Please forgive me there is a lot of good stuff in this chapter I couldn’t write it all down but here is a little taste of it.
Mary was in deep intercession when Abba told her he has “an army of believers who are holding your hand standing with you praying for you and with you. Abba also starts showing her a great army of his saints. There were millions, but they were divided into different groups, each group was engaged in a separate, distinct mission. Some believers were in an army of liberation. Others were in an army of occupation and others were in an army that was busy rebuilding what had been torn down. Every individual was engaged in a ministry of deliverance. I saw these armies, people from every nation, standing with Christ in his battle against evil.” She then focus on the mission of the people of God and what it means to have a vital role in the army of God and breaks it up into three major groups.
1. An army that liberates – Yeshua the great liberator (Luke 4:17-19, 21) called men and women to join him as they received freedom in Christ they were to liberate others in his name.(Matthew 10:1, 7-8)
2. Spiritual army of occupation – An army that brings peace and order. Continue to intercede and become channels for peaceful, orderly and stable society. We can do it by providing wise counsel, godly examples, biblical principles, solutions for the needs and problems of the world.
3. An army that rebuilds and restores - being in God’s army involves rescue, recovery, and rebuilding. To rebuild what Satan has torn down and destroyed. Lost souls to be put back on their feet thru the power of God to save and restore.
“To be a spiritual warrior means to offer people hope – The hope that is in Yeshua.” She then explains “God needs all of us to help bring in the end-time harvest of souls. Leading people to salvation is one thing, but keeping them free is another. In order to do both, We have to live a lifestyle of spiritual warfare.”
I know now Abba has me in the army that “Rescues” This is kinda funny because I am a volunteer firefighter and it is my job. To me it is something I just do I don’t need to think about it is in my blood. In the past, God always had me help people, to rescue them but I was never connected to them. This last person Abba had me help is going to be ok. I got to see Abba saved them supernaturally. It was really cool. The person hasn’t come forward yet. I can’t believe it’s been 2 years already but it is their testimony. I will not say anything until they do. I am just the taxi cab, Abba is the driver.

Jeff Foxworthy on "Upstate New Yorkers"

My sister Cherie gave me this because I remind her of a lot of these. especially when I'm not in my work clothes I walk around the house in my shorts and tee shirts even when it is 10 below out. What?

If the speed limit on the highway is 55 -- your going 80 -- and
everybody is passing you, you may live in upstate New York.

If you have switched from heat to AC and back again in the same day,
you may live in upstate New York.

If your local Dairy Queen is closed from September to the end of May,
you may live in upstate New York.

If you install security lights to your house and garage,but leave both
unlocked, you may live in upstate New York.

If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance and they don't
work there; you may live in upstate New York.

If you can drive 75mph through 2 feet of snow during a blizzard without
flinching, you may live in upstate New York.

If you have worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you may live in
upstate New York.

If you have a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a
wrong number, you may live in upstate New York.

If "Vacation" means going anywhere south of Albany for the weekend, you
may live in upstate New York.

If you measure distance in hours, you may live in upstate New York.

If you know several people who have hit a deer more than once, you may
live in upstate New York.

If you carry jumper cables in your car and your wife knows how to use
them, you may live in upstate New York.

If your kids Halloween costume is designed to fit over a snowsuit, you
may live in upstate New York.

If driving is better in the winter because the pot holes are filled
with snow, you may live in upstate New York.

If you know all four seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and
road construction, you may live in upstate New York.

If you have more miles on you snow blower than your car, you may live
in upstate New York.

If you find 10 degrees a " little chilly ", you may live in upstate New
York.

"Tree vs Motorcycle"

Ha! Once again the motorcycle is victorious!

"COME DANCE WITH ME"

One of my favorite messianic singers is Joel Chernoff. His songs capture my heart to Yeshua’s love. I love worshiping and dancing(messianic) to his music. Paul Wilbur is another one of my favorites. His son married Joel’s daughter. How cool is that. I have Paul’s music on my MySpace page. I put one of my favorite songs here to listen. Found a video. I hope all of you are blessed by it! Shalom :O)



COME DANCE WITH ME

Yeshua, Yeshua,
Come dance with me
Sing, sing, sing to the Lord,
A new song, I sing to You,
With all my heart, with my lips,
Sing praises to Your name
Dance, dance, dance to the Lord,
I lift my hands to You,
With all my strength will I leap,
And in Your presence dance.
I humble myself before You,
Grateful I'll always be,
For you have brought me salvation,
You delivered me.
Without You I would have fallen,
Sin overwhelming me,
Without You I would have never know,
Your sweet mercy.
Yeshua, Yeshua,
Come dance with me
Shir, Shir, shir l'Adonai
(Sing, sing, sing to the Lord)
Shir chadash, ani shar l'cha
(A new song, I sing to you)
With all my heart will my lips,
Sing praises to your name.
Rikedu, rikedu, rikedu, L'Adonai
(Dance, dance, dance to the Lord)
Ahrim' yaday elecha
(I lift my hands to you)
With all my strength will I leap,
And in your presence, dance.
Yeshua, Yeshua,
Come dance with me
Yeshua, Yeshua,
Come dance with me
Sing, sing, sing to the Lord,
A new song, I sing to You,
With all my heart, with my lips,
Sing praises to Your name
Dance, dance, dance to the Lord,
I lift my hands to You,
With all my strength will I leap,
And in Your presence dance.
Yeshua, Yeshua,
Come dance with me
Yeshua, Yeshua,
Come dance with me
Yeshua, Yeshua,
Come dance with me
Yeshua, Yeshua,
Come dance with me

Let it Snow

I just got slammed w/ over 12" of snow and it is still Dec. I'm so happy. I haven't seen this much snow this early in a very long time and there is another one coming tomorrow. Ahh just like old times. Hmmmm just to be a kid again.

"Hugged by God"

When I was very young, my dad became an electronic technician. John, a friend of my dad, convinced my dad to get his CET license and work for him and his partner. The first 3 CET's in New York was in their ads. One day my dad brought home a zenith console tube record player / radio / 8 track tape player. A person left it at the shop to get fixed and never picked it up. Everybody loved it. I was 6 years old. One of my favorite songs as a kid was "Heavenly Father" by Maranatha band. I would sit in this tall armchair with huge headphone’s on that would cover my ears & cheeks. Every time I would listen to the song, it felt like Abba giving me a giant hug. I would play it over and over again. A couple months later my cousin Mike asked to borrow it. Almost every day I would bug my mom for it back. Finally she told me what happened. His 8track player in his car ate it. My mom knew how much I love that song. I was crushed. He promised to replace it but never did. I would get to hear it on the radio once in a while but my heart was changing anyway. Even though every sunday the family had to be together for bible study, my heart was still walking away from Abba. I would always talk to Abba as a kid but by the time I was in my teens, I would talk to Abba only once in a while. To me people were hypocrites and all had agendas for themselves. I trusted no one. I was turning into a person with agendas of my own. My own will not his. Abba did not give up on me. At age 22 he ambushed me and started to change my heart. I rededicated my life to him. He took the desire of karate right out of me and had me to go to college. Growing up I hated school. Ironically, I hardly ever got sick. I was always the one that went to school. I signed up for Junior College of Albany’s Elite Art curriculum in Spring of 94’ Abba wanted me to go to HVCC. I refused and went to JCA. I was in total disobedience. I knew I walked away from Abba. Everything went bad including my health. I was broken. I cried out to him and 3 weeks later he started to change things before my eyes. I started at HVCC in fall of 94’ He also show me some of the blessing I missed from my disobedience and put me thru another test on trusting him. I came back around that mountain again and this time passed. He also started to give me a desire to read. Reading is defiantly not my strong point and would avoid it whenever I could. I first started to read Max lucado’s “When God whispers your name.” My favorite chapter was “When a cricket makes you cranky.” Abba was starting to realign my heart to his will. Then I read “six hours one Friday”. I started to read the chapter when Yeshua was on the cross and how he had to forgive everyone. I cried for 2 days. I finally had learned true forgiveness. Abba had touch my heart at that moment and I felt his love again just like when I was sitting in that tall armchair getting hugged.