So That's Why - Now Think On This by Steve Martin

So That's Why

- Now Think On This

by Steve Martin

“We don't yet see things clearly. We're squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. But it won't be long before the weather clears and the sun shines bright! We'll see it all then, see it all as clearly as God sees us, knowing him directly just as he knows us!”

(1 Cor 13:12 THE MESSAGE)

You have, as I have, many times thought, or even said out loud, “Why?” “Why did it happen that way?” “What was the purpose in me having to go through that?” “I don’t get it. Why did it have to happen to me?” Surely there was a better way, right Lord?

I like how The Message translation of the Bible puts it, how we are “squinting in a fog, peering through a mist.” We try hard to do what is right. We press on as Paul said he did, in Phil 3:12-14, “Not that I have already obtained it or have already become perfect, but I press on so that I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus. Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” (NASU)

But sometimes we still don’t get it, or see it happening as expected.

There were situations that my kids had to deal with, and thus as their parents, so did Laurie and I, that we didn’t comprehend. Even as we pressed on to seek the Lord’s answer, sometimes it didn’t come as we liked, or as soon as we wanted, or as it had been prophesied it would. Even though we prayed diligently and continually for them, there were occasions when we just didn’t know exactly what to tell them, or what would bring the understanding we sought from the Lord.

It was as if He would say simply, “In time you will know.”

We don’t have full knowledge of what the Lord does, when He will do it, or how He will do it. I know that even ones who have known and walked with the Lord for years (personally true in my life) don’t have all the answers. But what I do know is that the Lord wants us to keep seeking Him, keep knocking at the door, keep letting Him know, or rather ourselves, that we are totally dependent on His daily interaction with us. He likes that. So He does what He does.

It is also one good reason why He has given us apostles, prophets, teachers, evangelists and pastors, as written, “for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ.” (Ephesians 4:12-13 NASU) We are not meant to go it alone. We have been created to need one another, rely on one another, walk together in common purpose, so that we can obtain more understanding in all His ways and purposes.

There will come a time when we’ll look back, probably years from now, and say, “Yes, NOW I know why that went that way!” Until that time happens, that moment (some call it an “Ah ha! Now I get it!” moment) when it is revealed to us, when the fog has lifted, we’ll see the immense wisdom that the Lord had in directing and guiding us, His beloved people.

In our consistent time of daily prayer, Bible reading, and meetings with gathered believers, what the Lord is doing in our lives, and why, will be more fully known. In our efforts to seek and understand, we will receive understanding, as He rewards those who diligently seek Him.

Then we will know the “whys”!

Now think on this,

Steve Martin

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Now Think On This #183 “So That Is Why” by Steve Martin 

Date: In the year of our Lord 2015 (10.05.15) Monday at 5:00 am in Charlotte, NC

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"Practicing His Presence – In Our Daily Experiences" Rick Joyner, Fort Mill, SC

"Practicing His Presence – In Our Daily Experiences"

Rick Joyner, Fort Mill, SC

The Elijah List Oct. 4, 2015

Brother Lawrence

Brother Lawrence was born Nicolas Herman in 1614 in the region of Lorraine in France. As a young man his poverty compelled him to join the army and fight in the Thirty Years' War. One day while beholding a barren tree in winter, he had a remarkable conversion experience. Like the tree, he felt dead but held on to the hope that God had a life for him. As he pondered this, the knowledge of God's faithfulness and love flooded his soul. He said that this experience gave him a supernatural clarity into natural, common sight.

After being injured while in the military, he took a job as a valet. He later joined the Discalced Carmelite Priory in Paris, taking the religious name, "Lawrence of the Resurrection." Not having the education necessary to become a cleric, he spent most of his life within the walls of the priory doing the most common labor, working in the kitchen or repairing sandals.

In the religious circles of the time, a belief prevailed that one had to suffer and work through formulas to please God and find His grace. This is what originally compelled Lawrence to join the priory. He felt he must suffer for his failures.However, over time his "supernatural clarity" led him to simply worship the Lord in all that he did, even in the most mundane tasks. This led to one of the most remarkable lives of the peace and joy that we are promised in His Kingdom.

By Lawrence's own admission, it took years of difficult and tedious devotion for him to experience the Lord's presence continually. Even so, his perseverance paid off. He gradually began to experience His presence and see the Lord's glory in all of his labors and daily experiences. He was subjected to great drudgery because of his low position, but it was said that he became happier than a king. In this way he ennobled all labor, treating it as sacred when done as unto the Lord. (Photo via Wikipedia)

Brother Lawrence became so well known for his profound peace and joy that people from all stations in life started coming to him to seek spiritual guidance.The wisdom he communicated through these conversations and in letters became the basis for the book, The Practice of the Presence of God. Father Joseph de Beaufort compiled this work after Brother Lawrence died in 1691. It became popular among Catholics and Protestants alike, impacting such great lights as John Wesley and A.W. Tozer.

Some of Brother Lawrence's Wisdom

"The time of business does not differ with me from the time of prayer; and in the noise and clatter of my kitchen, while several persons are at the same time calling for different things, I possess God in as great tranquility as if I were upon my knees before the Blessed Sacrament."

"The Church's only road to the perfection of Christ is faith."

"Many things are possible for the person who has hope. Even more is possible for the person who has faith. Still more is possible for the person who has love. Nothing is impossible for the person who has all three." (Photo via Pixabay)

"We need to learn to be faithful in dry times. It is during those dry spells that God tests our love for Him. We should take advantage of those times to practice our determination and our surrender to Him."

"Our sanctification does not depend as much on changing our activities as it does doing them for God rather than for ourselves."

"The Lord is not so impressed with the dimensions of our work as much as He is with the love with which it is done."

"To be sure that we are doing God's will we must develop faith, hope and love."

Brother Lawrence insisted that constantly being aware of God's presence is necessary to form the habit of continually talking with Him. He asked for help every time he needed it, and it was his experience that God never failed to provide aid. The foundation of Brother Lawrence's spiritual life was the faith that revealed to him the exalted position of Christ.

Rick Joyner
MorningStar Ministries
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Rick Joyner is the founder and executive director of MorningStar Ministries and Heritage International Ministries and is the Senior Pastor of MorningStar Fellowship Church. He is the author of more than forty books, including The Final Quest, A Prophetic History, and Church History. He is also the president of The OAK Initiative, an interdenominational movement that is mobilizing thousands of Christians to be engaged in the great issues of our times, being the salt and light that they are called to be. Rick and his wife, Julie, have five children: Anna, Aaryn, Amber, Ben, and Sam.

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Obama Throws Christian Refugees to Lions

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Obama Throws Christian Refugees to Lions

By Raymond Ibrahim  Breaking Israel News  Oct. 3, 2015

Why are Christian minorities, who are the most to suffer from the chaos engulfing the Middle East, the least wanted in the United States?

To the Obama administration, the only “real” refugees are those made so due to the actions of Bashar Assad. As for those who are being raped, slaughtered, and enslaved based on their religious identity by so-called “rebel” forces fighting Assad — including the Islamic State — their status as refugees is evidently considered dubious at best.

The Obama administration never seems to miss an opportunity to display its bias for Muslims against Christians. The State Dept. is in the habit of inviting scores of Muslim representatives but denying visas to solitary Christian representatives. While habitually ignoring the slaughter of Christians at hands of Boko Haram, the administration called for the “human rights” of the jihadi murderers.

In Islamic usage, the “cause of Allah” is synonymous with jihad to empower and enforce Allah’s laws on earth, or Sharia. In this context, immigrating into Western lands is a win-win for Muslims: if they die in the process somehow, paradise is theirs; if they do not, the “locations and abundance” of the West are theirs.

Muslims all around the U.S. are supporting the Islamic State and Muslim clerics are relying on the refugee influx to conquer Western nations, in the Islamic tradition of Hijrah, or jihad by emigration.

The fate of those Iraqi Christians who had fled from the Islamic State only to be incarcerated in the United States has finally been decided by the Obama administration: they are to be thrown back to the lions, where they will likely be persecuted, if not slaughtered, like so many Iraqi Christians before them.

Fifteen of the 27 Iraqi Christians that have been held at a detention center in Otay Mesa, California, for approximately six months, are set to be deported in the coming weeks. Some have already been deported and others are being charged with immigration fraud.

Many of the Iraqi Christian community in San Diego — including U.S. citizen family members vouching for the refugees — had hopes that they would eventually be released. Mark Arabo, a spokesman for the Chaldean community, had argued that “They’ve escaped hell. Let’s allow them to reunite with their families.” One of the detained women had begged to see her ailing mother before she died. The mother died before they could reunite, and now the daughter is to be deported, possibly back to the hell of the Islamic State.

Members of California’s Iraqi Christian community and their supporters protest the months-long detention of Iraqi Christian asylum-seekers at the Otay Mesa detention center. (Image source Al Jazeera video screenshot)

Why are Christian minorities, who are the most to suffer from the chaos engulfing the Middle East, the least wanted in the United States?

The answer is that the Obama administration defines refugees as people “persecuted by their government.” In other words, the only “real” refugees are those made so due to the actions of Syrian President Bashar Assad. As for those who are being raped, slaughtered, and enslaved based on their religious identity by so-called “rebel” forces fighting Assad — including the Islamic State — their status as refugees is evidently considered dubious at best.

As Abraham H. Miller argues in “No room in America for Christian refugees“:

“What difference does it make which army imperils the lives of innocent Christians? Christians are still be[ing] slaughtered for being Christian, and their government is incapable of protecting them. Does some group have to come along — as Jewish groups did during the Holocaust — and sardonically guarantee that these are real human beings?”

In fact, from the start of Western meddling in the Middle East in the context of the “Arab Spring,” Christians were demonized for being supportive of secular strongmen like Assad. In a June 4, 2012 article discussing the turmoil in Egypt and Syria, the Independent’s Robert Fisk scoffed at how Egyptian presidential candidate “Ahmed Shafiq, the Mubarak loyalist, has the support of the Christian Copts, and Assad has the support of the Syrian Christians. The Christians support the dictators. Not much of a line, is it?”

More than three years later, the Western-supported “Arab Spring” proved an abysmal failure and the same Christian minorities that Fisk took to task were, as expected, persecuted in ways unprecedented in the modern era.

The Obama administration never seems to miss an opportunity to display its bias for Muslims against Christians. The U.S. State Dept. is in the habit of inviting scores of Muslim representatives but denying visas to solitary Christian representatives. While habitually ignoring the slaughter of Christians at hands of Boko Haram, the administration called for the “human rights” of the jihadi murderers. And when persecuted Egyptian Copts planned on joining the anti-Muslim Brotherhood revolution, Obama said no. Then there is the situation that every Arab nation the Obama administration has meddled in — for example, Libya and Syria — has seen a dramatic nosedive in the human rights of Christian minorities.

The Obama administration’s bias is evident even regarding the Iraqi Christians’ illegal crossing of the U.S.-Mexico border, the occasion on which they were arrested. WND correctly observes: “At the same time the Obama administration [is] deporting Christians, it has over the years allowed in hundreds of Muslim migrants from Africa and the Middle East who crossed the Southern border the same way the Chaldeans did.”

Meanwhile, as the Obama administration nitpicks at the definition of refugee and uses it against severely persecuted Christian minorities, it turns out that four out of five migrants — or 80 percent — are not even from Syria.

And while Christian minorities pose little threat to the United States — indeed, they actually bring benefits to U.S. security — Muslims all around the U.S. are supporting the Islamic State and Muslim clerics are relying on the refugee influx to conquer Western nations, in the Islamic tradition of Hijrah, or jihad by emigration. As Koran 4:100 puts it:

And whoever emigrates for the cause of Allah will find on the earth many locations and abundance. And whoever leaves his home as an emigrant to Allah and His Messenger and then death overtakes him — his reward has already become incumbent upon Allah.

In Islamic usage, the “cause of Allah” is synonymous with jihad to empower and enforce Allah’s laws on earth, or Sharia. In this context, immigrating into Western lands is a win-win for Muslims: if they die in the process somehow, paradise is theirs; if they do not, the “locations and abundance” of the West are theirs.

All the while, the Obama administration is turning away Christian refugees fleeing the same hostile Muslim forces as Muslims — who are being welcomed into America and Europe.

Read more at http://www.breakingisraelnews.com/49757/obama-throws-christian-refugees-to-lions-opinion/#i81Lz1l06xrAO3iz.99

Choosing the next American President - Joel Rosenberg

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When it comes to choosing the next American President, what lessons can we draw from the Biblical stories of Josiah, Samuel and David? (My address to the Values Voter Summit) by joelcrosenberg  I addressed the Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C. [To watch the video of my remarks, please click here.] After most of the GOP presidential candidates had spoken, I was the last general session speaker at the two-day Summit. In my remarks, I focused on the darkness falling upon the Middle East -- and particularly the emerging threat of Apocalyptic Islam -- as well as why America is currently on the road to implosion unless we dramatically change course. Rather than spend extensive time looking at the many existential challenges we face, however, I focused mostly on how we might best approach choosing the next American President. Who would be best candidate to lead America in 2017 and beyond? Who has the right character, vision, and detailed, substantive, serious plans for reform? Who has the wisdom, experience and sound judgment? Who is ready for the enormous and complicated challenges facing this great country? I noted that I have been praying about this and studying the Scriptures for many months, asking the Lord for clarity, and here is what I have concluded: America also needs a Josiah. A President cannot save America from all our troubles. We desperately need a massive spiritual revival, a Third Great Awakening that transform hearts and minds from the Carolinas to California. But leadership matters. We need a leader like the one-time King of Judah whom the Bible describes as one of the most humble, strong, courageous, wise and impressive leaders in Jewish history. In addition, I noted the story of the Hebrew prophet Samuel. The Bible tells us that Samuel was sent by God to the house of Jesse in Bethlehem to anoint the next King of Israel. The first person Samuel saw in Jesse's home looked like just the right guy. But God said no, this wasn't the one He had chosen. Then the next person Samuel saw looked like the right choice. But again God said no. This happened again and again until finally the Lord directed Samuel to anoint David -- who wasn't even in the room when Samuel began his search. As we examine and study all the candidates, let us be prayerful and careful. Is it possible someone we're not carefully considering right now might be the one the Lord is raising up? Is it possible that someone at or near the bottom in the polls -- or just beginning to creep up in the polls -- has more to offer than we realize? I can't say if God will give us a Josiah -- or a David -- but let us not be hasty in making a decision, but watching carefully and seeking the Lord's counsel. Finally, I noted that sometimes God doesn't raise up leaders after His own heart to lead a nation. Sometimes He requires His children to live under tyranny. Consider the story of Pastor Saeed Abedini. For three years, Saeed has been held in prison in Iran for preaching the Gospel and living for Christ. He has no immediate hope of a Josiah or a David coming to power in Iran. But he still is trying to cling to Christ and serve His Savior faithfully. We need to be praying for him to be brave and strong and healthy and released soon. And we need to consider his example -- could we be faithful for Christ amidst tyranny? God help us all. _______________ Read my study notes on the life and lessons of King Josiah Watch my address to the Values Voters Summit MIRACLES: Pastor Saeed is suffering in an Iranian prison, but he’s also leading inmates to Christ. Here’s the latest. (My conversation with his wife, Naghmeh Abedini) ————————– Pre-order your copies of THE FIRST HOSTAGE now in hardcover, e-book or audio formats — it releases on December 29, 2015 Order The Third Target today — the New York Times best-selling novel about ISIS capturing chemical weapons in Syria and plotting genocidal attacks. To read The Twelfth Imam series — a trilogy of novels I wrote about an American President pressuring an Israeli Prime Minister not to launch unilateral military strikes against Iran, but Israel feeling forced to do so anyway — please click here. ————————– Order Implosion: Can American Recover From Its Economic & Spiritual Challenges In Time? Follow on Twitter — @joelcrosenbergReceive every blog post automatically via the RSS feed. Invest in The Joshua Fund (www.joshuafund.net), our non-profit organization to educate and mobilize Christians to bless Israel and her neighbors in the name of Jesus, care for the poor and needy with food and other humanitarian relief, and strengthen the Church in the epicenter. Read our latest Donor Report, and make a tax deductible, secure, on-line contribution. joelcrosenberg | October 1, 2015 at 2:38 pm | Categories: Uncategorized | URL:http://wp.me/piWZ7-3ne

Palestinian Authority's Grotesque Response to Jerusalem Attacks

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Jerusalem, or at least the area around the Old City, has become something of a war zone over the past few days.

In at least two separate attacks, two Israelis have been knifed to death, a Jewish toddler has been stabbed, and several more people have been wounded for no other reason than walking in certain areas while being Jewish.

And how have Israel’s peace partners in the Palestinian Authority responded? By blaming Israel, naturally.

When a 19-year-old Palestinian man mercilessly killed two Israeli men, critically wounded the wife of one of the victims and stabbed their helpless 2-year-old child near Lions’ Gate on Saturday, he was shot and killed by soldiers responding to the scene.

Similarly, when another knife-wielding terrorist stabbed and seriously injured a 15-year-old Israeli near Damascus Gate on Sunday, he, too, was gunned down to prevent any further bloodshed.

The statement released by the Palestinian Authority in the wake of these attacks insisted that the “killing of two young men in occupied Jerusalem” was part and parcel of Israel’s “policy of escalation.” The regime of Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas urgently called upon the international community to intervene against Israel.

Nowhere in the statement did Abbas acknowledge that the two slain Palestinian men had only been shot because they had first perpetrated murderous attacks against passing Jews. In fact, the statement didn’t mention the Jewish victims at all.

Tellingly, some foreign media followed Abbas’ lead, headlining the story in a way that sought to disconnect the deaths of the Palestinian men and their Jewish victims, and to blame Israel for the former.

For example, the BBC first headlined the story of the Lions’ Gate attack “Palestinian shot dead after Jerusalem attack kills two.” A more fitting and accurate headline would have noted that two ISRAELIS had been killed and their attacker eliminated.

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Protection for Purpose in the Last Time - Now Think On This by Steve Martin

Protection for Purpose in the Last Time

- Now Think On This

by Steve Martin

“Praised be God, Father of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, who, in keeping with His great mercy, has caused us, through the resurrection of Yeshua the Messiah from the dead, to be born again to a living hope, to an inheritance that cannot decay, spoil or fade, kept safe for you in heaven. Meanwhile, through trusting, you are being protected by God’s power for a deliverance ready to be revealed at the Last Time.

Rejoice in this, even though for a little while you may have to experience grief in various trials. Even gold is tested for genuineness by fire. The purpose of these trials is so that your trust’s genuineness, which is far more valuable than perishable gold, will be judged worthy of praise, glory and honor at the revealing of Yeshua the Messiah.”

1 Peter 1:3-7 Complete Jewish Bible

You would need to have your head buried in the sand to think that troubled times aren’t here in the nations, with more of it to come. In fact, for many, they have already been living in and through heavy trials and tribulation.

The Lord God Almighty has always protected His people. He has always been the One for those who have put their trust in Him, and stood on the Rock of His eternal Word. Without fail, He has kept His promises through the ages. He can do no other, being He alone is God.

With the naked eye it may not have looked that way at times. Even when going through the refining fire, both naturally and spiritually, He has brought His people, both Jew and Gentile, through the appointed and assigned pressures and problems, to bring about His exact purposes. Though literal fire, sword, torture or ongoing persecution have been part of the process for many believers, now and in times past, His wisdom has kept them through it all - for the salvation of their spirit, soul and body. Their final destination, in heaven with the King of kings and Lord of lords, has become their eternal resting place. The promised rewards that had awaited them for their faithfulness is now part of this completion in their lives.

We too are going to face hard times. We are not going to be just raptured out of this place for the sweet bye and bye. Not just yet anyway. We are instead going to remain here longer, and by receiving the rugged grace, true grit and supernatural courage to be the Body of Christ He has intended us to be, we will accomplish His will. We will be the ones who are to bring the Good News to those who will yet be saved from this evil and wicked generation.

The Lord has always left a remnant to be His light in the nations. The Jews, through the ages, have been the undeniable proof of His ability and trustworthiness in His keeping that light. Though they as a people have been through the meat grinder, and left for dead many times, they will again, along with His redeemed ones from the Gentile nations, boldly proclaim His redemption in these last days we are living in. It will occur before our living eyes.

I believe the words of the Jewish prophets, from ages gone by, that this redemption will happen. I believe the prophetic words of those speaking forth now, that these things will happen.

By His Holy Spirit, the Ruach HaKodesh of the God of Israel, He has also compelled me to write it like it is. Troubled times are coming. We are going to be here through them. His people will be lights in the nations because His heart is for the nations, and He had already determined that this is the way it will be. The Body of Messiah functioning as the living Body of Jesus Christ on earth, doing that which we have been destined to do.

Will many of us suffer? Of course we will, even as Jesus (Yeshua) Himself did. Even as the Jewish apostles Peter, Paul, James, John, Andrew, Phillip and all the rest did. Even as the early church disciples (and yes, they were primarily all Jews) did suffer. And yes we too will suffer, even as the Jew and Gentile saints, those who believed in Yeshua (Jesus) as the Messiah, did themselves suffer.

This has been written as an example and encouragement for us: “And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets, who by faith conquered kingdoms, performed acts of righteousness, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions, quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight.

Women received back their dead by resurrection; and others were tortured, not accepting their release, so that they might obtain a better resurrection; and others experienced mockings and scourgings, yes, also chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were tempted, they were put to death with the sword; they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated (men of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves and holes in the ground.

And all these, having gained approval through their faith, did not receive what was promised, because God had provided something better for us, so that apart from us they would not be made perfect.

Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.” (Heb 11:32-12:3 NASU)

Will some of us too be martyred? Yes. It is already happening in the Middle East and other nations, right before our eyes. I myself expect to be in that group of those who will be asked to testify of our faith, while facing the sword of death.

Protection in this last time will be ours first though, for one main purpose of being here to proclaim His Way, His Truth and His Life. With our open mouths, written words and courageous stance, we will remain here long enough to witness that last soul which is to come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ, Yeshua HaMashiach. This will result in them knowing the Salvation of their souls too.

We must not be afraid, nor let the fear that will come upon the nations come upon on. With our eyes kept on Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith, we will experience His protection to finish the call on our lives.

It won’t be easy, but it will be all worth it in the end. Crowns of glory await us who will give our lives for Him and the nations He loves.

Now think on this,

Steve Martin

Founder

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Now Think On This #182 “Protection for Purpose in the Last Time” by Steve Martin 

Date: In the year of our Lord 2015 (10.04.15) Sunday at 8:00 am in Charlotte, NC

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