Psalm 91 - the protection of the Lord. Steve Martin & David Peterman, Love For His People ministry

Prophecy: Don't Ignore the Angels of Transition - JENNIFER LECLAIRE CHARISMA MAGAZINE

We can ask the Lord to dispatch His warring angels, but if we stop there, we are limiting God. (Flickr )

Prophecy: Don't Ignore the Angels of Transition

8/30/2016 JENNIFER LECLAIRE  CHARISMA MAGAZINE

Before 2016 even began, the Lord told me 2016 would be a year of shifting seasons and suddenlies. That means transitions. Many are reporting shifting seasons, suddenlies and transitions—or feel one coming on. Others are frustrated because they bear witness to the prophetic word but feel stuck. Consider what the Lord told me:

"Many neglect the angels of transition, and they bypass the help I have sent to transition them into the next stage of their journey. Many ignore the angels of transition and, therefore, fail to enter into the new place I have set aside for them at the appointed time. Many are working in their own strength, struggling in the flesh and failing to embrace the work of My angels on assignment to help them transition into the new thing. Look for the angels in times of transition."

Only God can transition you from glory to glory, but there are angels to help you. Despite the acknowledged extreme teachings in the realm of angels, I was surprised at how much angelic activity we find in both the Old and New Testaments. Angels are mentioned 108 times in the Old Testament and 165 times in the New Testament—and the New Testament is much shorter!

I believe we're neglecting this powerful resource. We certainly do not worship angels, but it's absolutely foolish to ignore their ministry. Let me show you some ways angels can help in times of transition.

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You Have an Angel

In Matthew 18:10, Jesus said: "See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I say to you that in heaven their angels always see the face of My Father who is in heaven." We see angelic activity in the New Testament was common. When Peter was released from prison (by an angel) he came knocking on the door where intercessors were praying for his release—but they didn't believe when he actually showed up. They said, "It is his angel" (Acts 12:15). The Bible says angels are ministering spirits to those who inherit salvation (Heb. 1:14).

We focus so much on demons, but remember only one-third of the angels fell. Two-thirds are still on our side. We need to understand the ministry of angels.

Angels can offer information in times of transition.

"Angels" really means messenger, so this is one of primary functions of an angel.

• Gabriel announced the birth of John the Baptist (Luke 1:5-25).
• Gabriel announced the birth of Jesus (Luke 1:26-38).
• God used angels to interpret visions He gave to Daniel, Zechariah and John in the book of Revelation.
• Angels shared with the shepherds the location of Christ's birthplace in the manger (Luke 2:8-20).
• An angel warned Joseph to flee to Egypt because Herod wanted to kill the child Jesus (Matt. 2:13).
• An angel announced Christ's resurrection to the women who found His empty tomb (John 20).

WARNING: We should seek the Lord for information, not angels. But we should understand when we ask Him, He may send angels.

Angels can offer direction in times of transition. An angel directed Abraham's servant in Genesis 24:1-7 to find a wife for his son. Abraham told him, "He shall send His angel before you and you shall take a wife for my son from there. The angel directed the servant straight to Rebekah."

An angel directed Philip in Acts 8:26: "Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, 'Rise up and go toward the south on the way that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.'"

An angel directed Cornelius to call for Peter in Acts 1:3-5: "About the ninth hour of the day he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God coming in and saying to him, 'Cornelius.' When he looked at him he was afraid, and said, 'What is it, Lord?' He said to him, 'Your prayers and your alms have come up as a memorial before God. Now send men to Joppa, and bring back Simon whose surname is Peter."

WARNING: We should not ask the Lord to send angels to direct us. We should ask Him to direct us. But He may choose to send angels to direct you. Be mindful that angels can direct you.

Angels can protect you in times of transition. An angel protected Daniel in the lion's den in Daniel 6:19-22. Daniel told the king, "My God has sent His angel and has shut the lions' mouths so that they have not hurt me, because innocence was found in me before Him; and also before you, O king, I have done no harm."

An angel protected Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the fiery furnace in Daniel 3:26-29. The Bible says God "sent His angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him. They have defied the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God."

An angel spoke to Moses sternly about angelic protection in Exodus 23:20-22: "Indeed, I am going to send an angel before you to guard you along the way and to bring you into the place which I have prepared. Be on guard before him and obey his voice. Do not provoke him, for he will not pardon your transgressions, for My name is in him. But if you diligently obey his voice and do all that I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries."

WARNING: God is our stronghold, our fortress and our protector. We should not seek angels to protect us. We should cry out to God to protect us and know that He may choose to send angels. Psalm 91 promises angelic protection to those who dwell in the shelter of the Most High.

Angels can bring provision in times of transition. An angel provided water for Hagar after Abraham expelled her in Genesis 21:15-19. An angel bought Elijah food after his battle with the false prophets and his run from Jezebel in 1 Kings 19:5-6: As he lay and slept under the juniper tree, an angel touched him and said to him, "Arise and eat." He looked, and there was a cake baked on coals and a jar of water at his head. And he ate and drank and then lay down again.

WARNING: We should not pray that angels will bring us provision. God is our provider. We pray to Jehovah Jireh, and if He needs to choose to send an angel to bring provision, we should be alert enough in the spirit to recognize this.

Angels can war on your behalf in times of transition. God sent an angel to fight for Israel in 2 Kings 19:35: "On that night the angel of the Lord went out and struck one hundred and eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians. When others woke up early in the morning, these were all dead bodies." And God showed Elisha's servant the angel armies that stood with them in 2 Kings 6:15-7.

WARNING: We can ask the Lord to dispatch His warring angels, but if we stop there we are limiting God. We should ask God to intervene on our behalf, which gives Him the freedom and flexibility to send angels or help us in whatever way He chooses.

Angels Obey the Word of God

Psalm 103:20 says, "Bless the Lord you His angels, who are mighty, and do His commands, and obey the voice of His word." The Message Bible says, "So bless God, you angels, ready and able to fly at his bidding, quick to hear and do what he says. Bless God, all you armies of angels, alert to respond to whatever he wills." 

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Shabbat Shalomt to our Israeli friends! We are praying for you!

Shabbat Shalom 

to our Israeli friends! 

We are praying for you!

From all over the world!

Yeshua HaMashiach will protect you from all your enemies.

He has you under His wings.

Prophetic artwork by James Nesbit of Illinois.

We ask the Living God of Israel to surround you with His angels,

Watch over you 

with His protection, 

And keep you for the day 

of the Messiah's return.

Steve & Laurie Martin

Co-Founders

Love For His People, Inc.

Praying for Israel. Protect your people Lord.

Shabbat Shalom Israel!

May the good Lord, God of Israel, 

Yeshua HaMashiach, 

be your protection!

You'll never walk alone Israel!

We will stand with Israel even if the rest of the world does not. We pray for protection for our friends.

Steve Martin
President
Love For His People, Inc.

Joel Rosenberg - God's Love & Protection for the Jewish People

Joel Rosenberg

March 13, 2014

From ancient Persia to Hitler’s Germany to modern Iran, Purim reminds us of God’s love for & protection of the Jewish people from those who seek to “annihilate” them.

Israel and the Jewish people face many threats these days — from a nuclear Iran, from terrorist rocket fire out of Gaza, from Syrian chemical weapons, and from rising anti-Semitism and a global movement to isolate and delegitimize Israel, especially pernicious in Europe, to name just a few. 

Sometimes Jews wonder, “Why are we the Chosen People? How has that worked out well for us? The Pharoah chose us. Hitler chose us. Stalin chose us. The ayatollahs chose us. Choose someone else, Lord, please!” It’s a sad but understandable sentiment.

As we see current threats — and as we remember the horrors of the Holocaust and the Nazi regime’s determination to annihilate all the Jews of Europe — we need to remember that the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob has never forgotten or forsaken the people He sovereignly chosen. We have, all too often, forgotten Him. But He has never forgotten us.

Indeed, that is why His Word commanded us to celebrate Purim, which takes place this weekend.

Purim is the Jewish holiday that celebrates the remarkable story of how the God of Israel used two faithful believers — Esther and Mordechai — and a movement of prayer and fasting to rescue the Jewish people from an evil Persian regime determine to annihilate them.

Remember: the evil Persian leader Haman literally used the language of annihilation all those years ago. As we read in Esther 3:13, “Letters were sent by couriers to all the king’s provinces to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate all the Jews, both young and old, women and children, in one day….”

The Bible tells believers throughout the ages to celebrate this important holiday. This weekend, I will be teaching at a Baptist church in Tampa about the Jewish holiday of Purim, and why it is so important, and how from ancient Persia to Hitler’s Germany to modern Iran, Purim reminds us of God’s faithful love for and sovereign protection of the Jewish people from those who seek to destroy them.

Here are four ways you and your family can celebrate this year:

Learn – Jewish families around the world read the Book of Esther as a family to remember all the details of this amazing story, and Christians should, too. Study the story in its own historic context, to understand what was really happening, and the enormous faith and courage it took for Mordechai and Esther to do what they did. Then consider how the lessons in the historical account apply to Israel’s challenges today’s, and your own. 

To read the Book of Esther on-line, please click here.

Pray– We are to praise the God of Israel that He is the Redeemer of the Jewish people, and of all people. We should thank Him that He also saved so many Persian people who turned to the Living God at the end of the story (many people miss this part). And especially in these times, we should follow Mordechai and Esther’s example by praying and fasting for the redemption of the Jewish people amidst this current showdown with an evil Persian regime that wants to annihilate them, and praying for the Persian people to be saved as well. Who knows if God has chosen us for a time such as this?

Give — In the Biblical account, the Lord encourages us to give food and other gifts to the poor. We read in Esther 9:20-22, “Then Mordecai recorded these events, and he sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, both near and far, obliging them to celebrate the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same month, annually, because on those days the Jews rid themselves of their enemies, and it was a month which was turned for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and rejoicing and sending portions of food to one another and gifts to the poor.” Consider how you can give to the Jewish people today and be a blessing to Israel and her neighbors in the name of Jesus.

Go — If you’d like to invest to a ministry that is providing food and other gifts to the poor and needy in the Land of Israel, please go to The Joshua Fund’s website at www.joshuafund.net.

May the Lord bless you, and all of Israel, and all of the Persian people this Purim season.

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British PM Cameron announces upcoming trip to Auschwitz. “I want every child in Britain to learn about the Holocaust.”In Uncategorized on March 13, 2014 at 9:23 am


Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and his British counterpart David Cameron attend a joint press conference in Jerusalem on Wednesday, March 12, 2014, following their meeting. (photo credit: AP)

British Prime Minister David Cameron, on his first state visit to Israel, spoke about his Jewish relatives and about how seriously he takes the history of the Holocaust.

He visited Yad Vashem on Wednesday, the Israeli Holocaust museum and research center.

During his address to the Knesset,Cameron also announced that he will be visiting the Auschwitz death camp in southern Poland later this year, and said, “I want every child in Britain to learn about the Holocaust and to understand just how vital it is to fight discrimination and prejudice in our world.”

Excerpts from an interesting address:

One of the most moving experiences I have had as Prime Minister came in January this year, when I held a reception in Downing Street for 50 Survivors of the Sho’ah. ‪I met some of the most inspiring people and heard some of the most incredible stories.‬‬

‪People like Harry Spiro who couldn’t understand why his mother pushed him out of her house and off to the factory, when she was actually saving his life.‬

‪Gena Turgel, who witnessed her brother being shot by the Nazis and lost another brother and two sisters before she was eventually liberated from Bergen-Belsen and went on to marry the British soldier who freed her.‬

‪And Ben Helfgott who endured 3 years in a ghetto, 2 labour camps and 3 concentration camps to make it to England where he was reunited with one of his sisters, the only other member of his family to survive. Ben went on to represent Britain as a weightlifter in 2 Olympics set up a society for Holocaust survivors and was honoured in Poland for his reconciliation work between Poles and Jews. And I am delighted that Ben has come with me here today.‬

‪All of the survivors have made such an incredible contribution to Britain.‬

‪And one of the things so many of them have done – and which never ceases to amaze me – is to go into our schools and share their testimony first hand.‬

‪It is hard to imagine the sheer strength of humanity it must take to do that.‬

‪‪And I am determined that long after they are gone and long after we are all gone their memory will be as strong and vibrant as it is today.‬‬

‪As a father, I will never forget last year visiting the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin with my young children and for the first time trying to explain to them quite what had happened.‬

‪I want every child in Britain to learn about the Holocaust and to understand just how vital it is to fight discrimination and prejudice in our world.‬

‪It is vital that we do all we can with our international partners to preserve the site at Auschwitz, which I will be visiting later this year.‬

‪But we need to do more.‬

‪That is why I have set up the Holocaust Commission in Britain. A number of the Commissioners are here with Ben and me today and as we visit Yad Vashem together later today, our pledge to Ben will be that Britain will never forget what he and his fellow survivors have taught us.‬

‪We will preserve the memory of that generation for every generation to come.‬

‪But remembering the past goes far beyond that horrific suffering of a generation.‬

‪It is about remembering the long and rightful search of a people for a nation. ‪And the right for the Jewish people to live a peaceful and prosperous life in Israel.

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About Joel

Joel C. Rosenberg (www.joelrosenberg.com) is the author of numerous New York Times best-selling novels and non-fiction books, with nearly 3 million copies sold. He is also the founder of The Joshua Fund (www.joshuafund.com).

His books include:

• The Last Jihad (2002)
• The Last Days (2003)
• The Ezekiel Option (2005)
• The Copper Scroll (2006)
• Epicenter: Why The Current Rumblings In The Middle East Will Change Your Future (2006, non-fiction)
• Dead Heat (2008)
• Inside The Revolution: How the Followers of Jihad, Jefferson & Jesus are Battling To Dominate the Middle East and Transform the World (2009, non-fiction)
• The Twelfth Imam (2010)
• The Tehran Initiative (2011)
• Implosion: Can America Recover From Its Economic and Spiritual Challenges In Time? (2012)
• Israel At War: Inside The Nuclear Showdown With Iran (2012, non-fiction e-book)
• Damascus Countdown (2013)
• The Auschwitz Escape (March 18, 2014 — forthcoming)

He is also the co-author with Dr. T.E. Koshy of The Invested Life: Making Disciples of All Nations One Person At A Time (2012).

He has also produced two documentary films, based on his two non-fiction books (Epicenter and Inside The Revolution).

The Ezekiel Option was named by the ECPA as the Gold Medallion winner of the “Best Novel of 2006.” Dead Heat reached #4 on the New York Times hardcover best-seller list.

Joel — whose mother is Gentile and whose father is from a Jewish background — previously worked as an aide to several U.S. and Israeli leaders, including Steve Forbes, former Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Natan Sharansky, and then-former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He also worked for The Heritage Foundation, Empower America, and Americans For Hope, Growth & Opportunity.

He has been interviewed on hundreds of radio and TV shows, including ABC’s “Nightline,” CNN, CNN Headline News, C-SPAN, Fox News, MSNBC, The History Channel, the Rush Limbaugh Show, the Sean Hannity Show and the Glenn Beck Show. He has spoken to audiences throughout the U.S. and Canada and all over the world, including Israel, Iraq, Turkey, Jordan, Egypt, Russia, Germany, France, Brussels, Italy, and the Philippines. He has addressed audiences at the White House, Pentagon and on Capitol Hill.

For more information about the conferences he organizes, please visitwww.epicenterconference.com. You can find his weblog athttp://flashtrafficblog.wordpress.com/. You can sign up for his “Flash Traffic” email updates at http://www.joelrosenberg.com/flashtraffic_form.asp. You can follow him on Twitter @joelcrosenberg.

Source: Joel C. Rosenberg's Blog

"Is God Done With This Earth, With America, With Israel?" - Kim Clement

Kim Clement:

"Is God Done With This Earth, 

With America, 

With Israel?"

"God Told Me Something Has Been Planned 

for the Month of February by a Terrorist"

God Is Not Finished With This Earth Yet

January 18, 2014 – From The Den:

You know, the Spirit of the Lord has clearly spoken that the promise that He has given to the nations of the earth – you are entering that season and time.

"It doesn't matter what leader you have politically in any country, I have taken complete charge, and I will put My words in their mouth; and some of them will even have a lying spirit in their mouths. It doesn't matter, for ultimately, My will shall be done."

Now, this is the promise of the Lord. There are unique visitations, and manifestations, and displays that are going to take place in the heavens, and take place on the earth.

You may say, "We've heard this before," but God says, "It's nothing like you're going to see." 

God said, "It's nothing like you're going to see. What you've seen before is nothing compared to the shaking that's taking place in the heavens. I will use My hand to write across the skies. I'll use My hand to write across the silver screen.

"This year My name will be pronounced through the major networks throughout the earth. 

They shall speak about Jesus; they shall speak about the Christ; they shall speak about Yahweh. They shall say, 'Why are we seeing so much of the Lord and the Bible?'

Because," God says, "I ain't finished with this earth yet! I've only just begun," says the Lord. 

(Photo of lion via The Elijah List Store by Jennifer Page)

God Has a Plan To Protect America And Her Troops

January 22, 2014 – Prophetic Workshop:

Listen to me; every one of you can hear me out. God has already told me about something that is going to happen or has been planned for the month of February by a terrorist. They have focused on the United States of America, and in my prayer this morning, I knew that it was my duty to take the word that He gave me as a young boy; and he took me back to the hills of Uitenhage, where I started, and He gave me a promise. 

He said, "I will send you to a land that will love you and embrace you, and that land you will protect by prayer; and that land you will protect by sharing the secrets of God." 

That land is America; that land is Israel.

And He said to me when I was 20-something years of age, "I'll groom you, I'll train you, I'll put you through every kind of experience – valley and mountain – so that you will qualify to stand on a platform and speak to the great nation of this earth and protect them." 

(Photo of USA and Israel flags via The Elijah List Store by Jennifer Page)

Hence in 1996, when I stood in Detroit, Michigan, and I prophesied about a terrorist attack, and then I said, "Never again will this happen to this magnitude," it hasn't. There have been attempts, but I'll tell you this – they are planning, in the month of February, God said, and into the spring, to do various attacks that are very subtle, very unusual. 

But He has already told His prophet, who does not believe in the destruction of America.

He will not share His secrets with those who believe in the destruction of America. He will not share His secrets with those that look down on the military and look down upon our soldiers and say, "What are you fighting for? This nation has no worth at all."

I disagree, and that's why I put those soldiers on in the beginning of the show (referring to the opening segment of the broadcast), because this is my show and I will say exactly what God told me.

He said, "I will protect these troops from the dangers that are coming in February and March and I will make sure that they are exposed, one after the other, and this very subtle thing that the enemy is trying to bring, and the terror, the act of terrorism in this nation, I will cause My prophet to pray in his garden and prophesy until there is preservation and this nation rises; and by the summer it will once again say, 'We can see the light, we can see the light.'

"There has been one exposure after the other, and as a result of it," God said, "I will rise up in the midst of it and cause My Son to shine upon this nation again. I've given you that promise before, but this is different." God said, "You've entered into a whole brand new time of accelerated favor that's not only for My people, but that's for the people of the nations of the earth that believe it and would proclaim it," says the Spirit of the Living God.

God Never Forgets His Promises

February 1, 2014 – From The Den:

"Why are you downcast, O soul? Why are you downcast, O soul? Is not the Lord, the Almighty, able? Consider the antiquity of His covenant – before the Daystar began and before the stars made their rounds, you were in His mind, on His mind, and in His heart.

"Consider the antiquity of this great covenant. Would I forget your soul? Would I forget My promise? The same God who directs the earth in its orbit, the same God who feeds the fiery furnace of the sun, the same God who trims the lamps of Heaven, who takes from dust, breathes, and life comes, has promised, 'I will never leave you nor forsake you.' Why do you question this same God, as promised? 

(Photo of heart via The Elijah List Store by Jennifer Page)

"Therefore, today, I speak to the stronghold, for when David ran to the cave of Adullam, to the stronghold of Adullam, he was running, seeking refuge. David was on the run until he found a place of refuge, which became a stronghold. 

Therefore, he was afraid. Therefore, David had to stand, waiting for the enemy to come, and the prophet Gad came to him and said, 'David, you do not belong in Adullam! Get away and go to Judah! Go to the place of praise and I will destroy your enemy.' David stood and left the stronghold and freedom came.

"Therefore," the Lord says to you today, "leave the cave of Adullam. Do not stay there, for you have been stifled; you have been held back. 

I free you today from the cave of Adullam where you have sought refuge, but it has become a stronghold upon you. Arise and come to Judah and watch what I do with your soul today," says the Lord!

Kim Clement
Kim Clement Center

Email: hope@kimclement.com
Website: kimclement.com

Kim Clement: The life of Kim Clement is an expression that has defined "the prophet" for the modern era. This has made his journey unique; a journey that has taken his inspired message to schools and colleges, churches and synagogues, alleyways and prison cells. 

Kim's prophetic gift is a magnet that has drawn a broad audience, as he has whispered to kings and inspired prisoners; his path through life continues to be an exciting adventure. His diverse and extemporaneous perspective has gained him notoriety that transcends culture, race and religion, placing him onto a world platform. He has performed at the Rose Bowl Stadium in California, Times Square in New York City, Mt. Carmel in Israel, and even the steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

Source: The Elijah List

Ahava Love Letter - “Dad, Are You There?” (Steve Martin)

                  

       “Dad, Are You There?” 

"Behold, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord. "He will restore the hearts of the fathers to their children and the hearts of the children to their fathers, so that I will not come and smite the land with a curse." Malachi 4:5-6 NASU

Dear family of friends,

Many of us have been desperate for a father’s love. Sure, we know mom always loved us, but sometimes we wonder if dad did (or does). With all the time spent on his job, going about taking care of the cares of the world, he may have had little time for the family. Or me. Or you.

If he did, it may have been spent sitting in the same room watching the football game or some comedy show, as he fell asleep from exhaustion. I get it. As a father, I have done my share of that with my own kids.

But at the same time the connection I needed with my father, my dad, may not have been what my heart longed for. I mean, sometimes I really didn’t know who he was, or what he wanted. Sometimes I just needed some affirmation from him, but it rarely came.

My dad did what he knew to do – work hard, provide for the family, keep the bills paid. Growing up without a father himself, being his dad died when he was only five, I am sure that model he needed just wasn’t there for him. His big brother didn’t fill the same void that his own father was meant to.

As I pressed on in my daily walk with our Lord Jesus, year by year, I became more aware of the heavenly Father’s ever present Spirit in my life. Even if I did not know it at the time, He was there, even as my earthly father could not be. I have come to realize that God the Father has encouraged me, filled the void I longed to have been made full, and showed me the path along which to walk. My heavenly Father has always been there. It just took me a long time to realize that.

Jesus (Yeshua) continually pointed to the Father. The relationship He had with His Dad is the same one He wants us to have with the same heavenly Dad. We are to know of His arms around us, His providing that meal, His speaking into our hearts the way we are to go.

In these days of absent fathers, earthly dads who know not how to raise kids, or model the Father’s love in practical ways that are needed, my heart is to see the Father’s love expressed in tangible ways, and help fill the much needed void empty hearts have. Learning to express His affirmation, His provision, His protection from the ways of the world is now my heart’s desire. I pray that I can express through me what He, God the Father, truly wants for each of His kids.

“You are the best, Father. Thank you for leading us to You. May Your godly men instruct Your kids of Your eternal love, that we can know and experience each and every day. Even today.”

Ahava to my family of friends,

Steve Martin

Founder

Love For His People

P.S. At my fulltime accounting job, a young black man, maybe in his late 30’s or early 40’s, continually calls me Dad. I am not sure why, being I am Caucasian. (I do know that he is separated or divorced and has kids.) But I think it is because he has not known a father’s love himself, and he has seen a part of God the Father’s love in me for him. My heart goes out to him, and I try to express the Father’s love to him as I can.

P.S. S. One of my all-time favorite worship songs is sung by Don Moen, entitled “Wonderful, Magnificent God”* I have added the lyrics here, as it helps express my love for God, my Father.

Verse 1:

At Your feet I bow
There is none like You
For all that I have found
All I want is You
For all the wonders You do
And all that You are
What I can bring to You
I offer my heart

Chorus:

Wonderful magnificent God
I'm humbled by the life You gave
Beautiful Redeemer You are
Worthy of my highest praise

(Repeat Verse 1 and Chorus)
[ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsty.com/don-moen-wonderful-magnificent-god-lyrics.html ]
Coda:

What can we give to You o God
For everything You have given to us (3x)

We offer our lives to You o God
For everything You have given to us (3x)

(Repeat Chorus twice)

Ending:

Wonderful, You are Wonderful
Wonderful, You are Wonderful
Wonderful magnificent God

*(Copyright: (P) 2004 Integrity Media, Inc.)

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Date: In the year of our Lord 2013 (11/170/13 Sunday at 7:00 am in Charlotte, NC)

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God Protected Us In Battle

Former Israeli Commander Effie Eitam

Fmr Israeli Commander: God Protected us in Battle
By Chris Mitchell
CBN News Middle East Bureau Chief
Friday, September 13, 2013

JERUSALEM, Israel -- Like most Israelis just before the start of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, Effie Eitam didn't expect an Arab attack on the holiest day of the Jewish year. Eitam was leading a routine reconnaissance patrol on the Golan Heights. Moments later, he was facing the might of the Syrian army.

"I saw hundreds of Syrian tanks moving forward, and they were painted in a camouflage of green and yellow," the former Israel Defense Forces commander told CBN News. "And I remember, I thought to myself that they're kind of prehistoric lizards, you know, who just came out of a cave because they came out of nowhere. I didn't see them before."

For days, the surprise attacks dealt a serious -- nearly fatal -- blow to Israel. The men on the front lines bore the brunt of the battle.

"The first three days were hell, you know," Eitam continued. "We didn't have any anti-tank weapons, and we had to shoot them with American World War II-made bazookas, you know, a very primitive anti-tank rocket launcher, and we had to shoot them from distances of 50-60 meters [yards]. People just got killed. Some of them were smashed by the tanks, you know, from such a short distance."

During the first few days of the war, the Israelis paid a high price in lives lost. But they held on and contained one of the most fearsome attacks ever made against the nation.

When Israel counter-attacked, Eitam received orders for a daring mission: Go behind enemy lines and take the Syrian Division headquarters. Like many commando raids, this assault meant close quarters and face-to-face, sometimes hand-to-hand, combat.

Eitam was a highly trained soldier, but he wasn't prepared for what faced him when he went around a corner in the Syrian bunker.

"We came there and we started to 'clean'-- in other words, to kill -- the generals who were there and their guards. I was throwing hand grenades, shooting, you know, in the broad concrete corridors," he said.

"And then when I turned, behind one of the corners of the corridors, which was full of smoke and dust, I saw a silhouette -- a kind of something coming out of the dust and smoke toward me," he recalled. "I was very sure it's a Syrian soldier, and I took my rifle and I was aiming the rifle and was ready to pull the trigger, and then I saw a bird coming out of the smoke. She just flew behind my head and she stood on my right shoulder."

At first, Eitam thought the bird was actually a bat, living in the cool, dark corridors of the bunker. So in the midst of an intense firefight, he found himself trying to shoo away a bird.

"So I just whipped her out, and she turned again and stood on my left shoulder," he explained. "I didn't have time to have all kinds of arguments with a bird: 'What are you doing here, who are you?' It was in the middle of a shooting battle."

"So I completed the assault and hand grenades and everything. And when I went out of the corridor of the bunker, I saw a dove, a pigeon, standing on my left shoulder. I just tried to let her out of my shoulder. She turned and was very determined not to leave me. I put my hand just like that and she stood on my hand."

Despite Eitan's attempt to get rid of the dove, she stayed with him and his unit for the next 10 days in some of the most intense battles of the Yom Kippur War. During that time, Eitam's unit appeared to have supernatural protection.

"Since we had that angel protecting us, none of my company's soldiers was killed or wounded, and we were involved in very intensive battles," he said. "It's not that we stood in the rear or we sat there. We were involved in the middle of the most bitter battles, but she was there."

"What was unnatural and very interesting was that even in the night, when we had night operations and night battles, where usually these birds, pigeons, do not move at night -- they don't have a very good night sight -- she was with us patrolling, a little bit forward, looking (at) what's going on around (us), sitting here," he said, pointing to his shoulder.

Finally, after nearly two weeks of frontline conflict, Eitam and his unit were sent to the rear for a rest.

"And when I put my feet down in the vehicle that brought us from the front to the territory of the State of Israel, she flew away and disappeared," he said. "You know, you could have a little bit of questions whether it happened or not. But it didn't happen to me in the middle of a desert or me being alone in the middle of a jungle. It was in front of the eyes of thousands of soldiers."

Since that experience, through many commando operations, the sense of the miraculous and God's protection has never left Eitam -- the same protection promised in the 23rd Psalm.

"I trained myself to see miracles around me, around the operations that I conducted. It's as we know he said, quoting Psalm 23 in Hebrew: "Even when I am in the valley of death and evil, I'm not afraid because God is with me…."

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