Brad Paisley sings tribute to NASCAR #8 Kyle Busch.
Coca-Cola 600, Charlotte, May 24, 2026
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Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Brad Paisley sings "When I Get Where I'm Going" tribute to NASCAR #8 Kyle Busch. Coca-Cola 600, Charlotte, May 24, 2026
Monday, May 25, 2026
“Obama. It Was You.”
As men we need to rise up against this stuff.
"Obama: It was You." Rick Caldwell, Facebook
* It was you who spoke these words at an Islamic dinner - "I am one of you."
* It was you who on ABC News referenced - "My Muslim faith."
* It was you who gave $100 million in U.S. taxpayer funds to rebuild foreign mosques.
* It was you who wrote that in the event of a conflict- "I will stand with the Muslims."
* It was you who assured the Egyptian Foreign Minister that - "I am a Muslim."
* It was you who bowed in submission before the Saudi King.
* It was you who sat for 20 years in a Liberation Theology Church condemning America and professing Marxism.
* It was you who exempted Muslims from penalties under Obamacare that the rest of us have to pay.
* It was you who purposefully omitted - "endowed by our Creator " - from your recitation of The Declaration Of Independence.
* It was you who mocked the Bible and Jesus Christ's Sermon On The Mount while repeatedly referring to the 'HOLY' Qur'an.
* It was you who traveled the Islamic world denigrating the United States Of America.
* It was you who instantly threw the support of your administration behind the building of the Ground Zero Victory mosque overlooking the hallowed crater of the World Trade Center.
* It was you who refused to attend the National Prayer Breakfast, but hastened to host an Islamic prayer breakfast at the White House
* It was you who ordered Georgetown Univ. and Notre Dame to shroud all vestiges of Jesus Christ BEFORE you would agree to go there to speak, but in contrast, you have NEVER requested the mosques you have visited to adjust their decor.
* It was you who appointed anti-Christian fanatics to your Czar Corps.
* It was you who appointed rabid Islamists to Homeland Security.
* It was you who said that NASA's "foremost mission" was an outreach to Muslim communities.
* It was you who as an Illinois Senator was the ONLY individual who would speak in favor of infanticide.
* It was you who was the first President not to give a Christmas Greeting from the White House, and went so far as to hang photos of Chairman Mao on the White House tree.
* It was you who curtailed the military tribunals of all Islamic terrorists.
* It was you who refused to condemn the Ft. Hood killer as an Islamic terrorist.
* It is you who has refused to speak-out concerning the horrific executions of women throughout the Muslim culture, but yet, have submitted Arizona to the UN for investigation of hypothetical human-rights abuses.
* It was you who when queried in India refused to acknowledge the true extent of radical global Jihadists, and instead profusely praised Islam in a country that is 82% Hindu and the victim of numerous Islamic terrorists assaults.
* It was you who funneled $900 Million in U.S. taxpayer dollars to Hamas.
* It was you who ordered the United States Postal Service to honor the MUSLIM holiday with a new commemorative stamp.
* It was you who directed our UK Embassy to conduct outreach to help "empower" the British Muslim community.
* It was you who funded mandatory Arabic language and culture studies in Grammar schools across our country.
* It is you who follows the Muslim custom of not wearing any form of jewelry during Ramadan.
* It is you who departs for Hawaii over the Christmas season so as to avoid past criticism for NOT participating in seasonal White House religious events.
* It was you who was uncharacteristically quick to join the chorus of the Muslim Brotherhood to depose Egypt's Hosni Mubarak, formerly America's strongest ally in North Africa; but, remain muted in your non-response to the Brotherhood led slaughter of Egyptian Christians.
* It was you who appointed your chief adviser, Valerie Jarrett, an Iranian, who is a member of the Muslim Sisterhood, an off-shoot of the Muslim Brotherhood.
It was you the whole time who ushered in this mess we are in.
Remembering and Recovery Revisited by Morris Ruddick
Remembering and Recovery Revisited by Morris Ruddick
Remembering and Recovery Revisited
Intro: For the believers of His day, John the Revelator’s prophetic writings offered the course corrections needed to be overcomers in the toxic, occult-dominated world around them. The insights into the future that were revealed to Daniel gave glimpse into a world, perhaps close at hand, even more turbulent than that in which the people of God in Daniel’s or for that matter, in John’s day, had lived.
Despite the noxious, spiritual atmosphere in which he lived, Daniel responded to his role as God’s ambassador, with such prophetic wisdom to the spiritual framework of Nebuchadnezzar’s world that this erratic, egotistic king was able to see and embrace the reality of God. Both John and Daniel each uniquely understood the province of need that those they were addressing had to adjusting their thinking and response to the reality around them … by remembering.
It is the critical component of staying alert to the priority of avoiding the subtlety of religious spirits and to the maintenance needed for their assignment. To the community of believers in Ephesus, the resurrected Jesus noted their positive efforts, while simultaneously stating it was not enough. He then admonished them to remember the place from which they had fallen and to adjust their thinking in order to recover the zeal they had once had.
It is a word for ones who become too comfortable and complacent in addressing their assignment. With the believers at Sardis was the same admonition to remember. In this case, that remembrance was to recover how they had both heard and received; then acted in carrying out their assignment from the Lord.
It was a word that spoke to the need for watchful diligence in holding fast to their thinking and with that, their doing. Implied in each of these cases was the seemingly impossible circumstances once faced by Moses when the Egyptians were fast approaching his rear guard while before him lay the Red Sea. It was a clear word from God reminding him of the authority he already possessed: “Why are you crying out to me? Lift up your hand over the sea and divide it!”
So, we have entered a time, a season unprecedented for this generation. There has come a globalization and interconnectedness to the Church.
With it is a growing awareness of the significance of the timetable tied to God’s initiatives and the converging parallel between developments in the Church and Israel, not to speak of Nebuchadnezzar’s old realm, Iran . Over the course of the history of God’s people, God has intervened dramatically with His supernatural power at critical junctures as stalwart remnants of his people, against all odds, have head-on faced the realities posed by the dark forces of the world, paving the way supernaturally for those who would follow, by girding up the loins of their minds, preparing in faith for the next steps.
Note: Mr. Ruddick is author of “The Joseph-Daniel Calling;” “Gods Economy, Israel and the Nations;” “The Heart of a King;” “Something More;” “Righteous Power in a Corrupt World;” “Leadership by Anointing;” and “Mantle of Fire,” which address the mobilization of business and governmental leaders with destinies to impact their communities. They are available in print and e-versions from www.Amazon.com, www.apple.com/ibooks and www.BarnesandNoble.com.
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Between the words to key segments of the Church given to John the Revelator and the answer given to Daniel’s
humble request to understand, are insights revealing a profound glimpse into the times now upon us. For each, there was a need, a reality to be faced. In doing so, came a path of recovery, based on the fortitude, the zeal required to clean up defiled thinking by remembering key aspects of former days.
Over the centuries the pattern with God’s people has been repeated again and again. Having yielded to the subtle enticements of the world’s standard, they have found themselves progressively separated from God’s protection. Then with the recognition of being in bondage to the world’s entrapments, there has come humility, a crying out to God, as deliverance has been actuated. With repentance and deliverance has come God’s peace and blessing. However, as this conflict has reached new levels, so has the need of the zeal for God’s standard, not just for the recovery, but for its maintenance.
This dynamic bears on the core of the instruction accompanying both the Abrahamic and Mosaic covenants: of the importance of proactively remembering the testimonies and standards, from one generation to another.
“God established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children, that the next generation might know them, the children yet unborn, to arise and tell them to their children, so that they should set their hope in God.” Ps 78:5-7
As the world and within it, the remnant of God’s people, now face unprecedented times it has become imperative to give priority to looking beyond the thresholds that constrain us. It is vital to remember the glory-days along with their accompanying standards, to recover the unencumbered focus and zeal needed for the role of God’s people in advancing this process of restoration across the generations.
Sometimes this simplicity can be misconstrued as perfunctory religion, despite within the simplicity being the power over evil’s consistent intent for the destruction of those who are the carriers and reflectors of God’s DNA.
Recovery and Seasons of Higher Dimensions
So, understanding the times in previous generations of God’s people offers key insights for the season we have now entered. Whether in John’s, Daniel’s or Jesus’ day, one of the most pervasive challenges has come from religious spirits.
Religious spirits mask the higher dimensions of spiritual realities, undermining God’s perfect will with activities of far lesser importance. In essence, they seduce believers into majoring in minor issues, while either minoring or even completely missing the vital, strategic ones.
Jesus provides a clue, a basic truth to avoid the snares of religious spirits which mask and trigger the loss of the true standard. It embodies a major difference in thinking and identity held by those who truly know God. It is a clue from the framework from when Jesus was challenged by the religious leaders. He said (John 8:54): “If I glorify or try to bring honor to myself, it will mean nothing. It will be my Father who glorifies me.”
Jesus had no need to defend Himself. His identity was irrefutable. It was hidden in His Father. Access to His authority and power and subsequently to the power available to us, His followers, requires maintaining that identity in Him. It is trusting that our defense is really the domain of the Father. Jesus’ comment about the Father being the giver of Jesus’ glory is within the context of His words in John 5:44: “How can you believe, since you accept glory from one another but do not seek the glory that comes from God?” This truth points to the seductive erosion of power that comes from the need for the approval of men rather than God.
Jesus again unveiled the importance of this perspective in His high priestly prayer: “The glory You’ve given Me, I’ve given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one.” (John 17:22) It is the community-maturity that Paul wrote the Ephesians about that actuates unity.
The Dynamic and Maintenance of the Assignment
So it was with Daniel and with John. Their identity within both the household of faith and with unbelievers was undeniable. Each operated in the reality of God’s realm, the spiritual. It is the spirit-realm that controls the natural. Jesus spent three years grooming His inner circle to operate on this premise. Doing so became what defined who they were and their post-resurrection assignments.
Yet, even within the same generation of those whose mantles were described by the world as “those who are turning the world upside down,”there came a weakening of the standard that had once so uniquely defined them and set their assignments in motion.
For the believers of His day, John the Revelator offered the course corrections needed to be overcomers in the toxic, occult-dominated world around them. The insights into the future revealed to Daniel gave glimpse into a world even more turbulent than that in which the people of God in his or for that matter, in John’s day, had lived.
Despite the noxious, spiritual atmosphere in which he lived, Daniel responded to his role as God’s ambassador, with such prophetic wisdom to the spiritual framework of Nebuchadnezzar’s reality that this erratic, egotistic king was able to see and embrace the reality of God.
Both John and Daniel each uniquely understood the province of need that those they were addressing had to adjusting their thinking and response to the reality around them. It is the critical requirement of staying alert to the priority of avoiding the subtlety of religious spirits and the maintenance of their assignment.
The Balance for the Power Required
Daniel referred to and drew heavily from the words of Jeremiah. These words provided keen insight into the balance of serving God when the engrained context involves occult, religious spirits. (Jer 51:20, 23, 24): “I am Your battle-axe and weapon of war: for with me You will break the nation in pieces; with me You will destroy kingdoms and strongholds; and with me You will break in pieces governors and rulers. And You, O God, will repay Babylon and Chaldea.”The spiritual controls the natural.
Whether with Daniel, Moses’ leadership or in Jesus’ corrections given through John to key communities of the early
Church, there has always been a balance between the standard required for the assignment and what adhering to the standard would trigger in terms of God’s intervention … with the authority and power in which they themselves operated.
“Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Why are you crying to me? Tell the sons of Israel to go forward. Lift up your staff, stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it.’” Ex 14:15-16
To the community of believers in Ephesus, the resurrected Jesus noted their positive efforts, while simultaneously stating it was not enough. He then admonished them to remember the place from which they had fallen and to adjust their thinking in order to recover the zeal they had once had. It is a word for ones who become too comfortable and complacent with their assignment.
With the believers at Sardis was the same admonition to remember. In this case, that remembrance was to recover how they had both heard and received, and then acted in carrying out their assignment from the Lord.
It was a word that spoke to the need for diligence and watchfulness in holding fast to their thinking and with that, their doing. Implied in each of these cases was again the seemingly impossible reality faced by Moses when the Egyptians were fast approaching his rear guard while before him lay the Red Sea: “Why are you crying out to me? Lift up your hand over the sea and divide it!”
The Season and the Changes
We have entered a time, a season unprecedented for this generation. There has come a globalization and interconnectedness to the Church. With it is a growing awareness of the significance of the timetable tied to God’s initiatives and the converging parallel between developments in the Church and Israel.
The prophet Hosea saw a time coming, in the latter days, when Israel would turn with great zeal to the Lord. It would follow an extended time marked by them, as a people, following a path largely without Him.
The Convergence of Israel and the Church. We live in a generation in which the Church is becoming uniquely aware of its Jewish foundations and God’s priority with the restoration of Israel; while Israel is progressively recognizing its identity, purpose and destiny in God. In the words of Hosea: “Afterward the Bnei-Yisrael, the children of Israel, will seek the Lord their God and David their King. So shall they come in the fear of the Lord to His goodness in the latter days.”
The process underway, this parallel course, this convergence of Israel and the Church can be strikingly seen in the year 1948 when against all odds, Israel again became a nation. In that same year, the church experienced the start of more than 250 healing ministries with droves being drawn to the Lord, as the supernatural again began being recognized as a normal part of God’s nature.
Then in another milestone year, 1967, with many prophetic overtones, for the first time in many centuries Israel regained control of Jerusalem, the city of David. That same year marked the beginning of two significant movements in the Church: the Charismatic Renewal and the Messianic Jewish Revival, as God began restoring the Jewish roots of the faith and the vibrancy of prayer to everyday people in the Church.
Again, each of these highlights represents the process of convergence underway for this parallel purpose and identity tied to what God has long been preparing for the latter days in bringing together Israel and the Church. As Paul wrote the Romans: “Now if their rejection brings reconciliation to the world, what then will their acceptance be, but life from the dead?” Before us, in this season, is still another, and perhaps even greater iteration of these dramatic convergences being orchestrated from on High.
The Path of the Remnant. The path and role of the remnant can be better understood prophetically, by looking at the reality faced by Israel during the days of Hezekiah when the Assyrians had come to conquer the city. King Hezekiah described the situation by saying: “The children have come to birth with no strength to bring them forth. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.” With those words, he sent for the prophet Isaiah. Isaiah then, despite the dire appearances, spoke these words from the Lord: “Do not be afraid of the words you heard blaspheming Me. I will send a spirit upon them. They will hear a rumor and return to their own land and will fall by the sword.” Isa 37:3-7.
Over the course of the history of God’s people, God has intervened dramatically with His supernatural power at critical junctures as stalwart remnants of his people, against all odds, have faced the realities posed by the dark forces of the world, paving the way for those who would follow, by standing fast in faith. Then again, the word of the Lord to Hezekiah: “The remnant of the house of Judah who have escaped shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.” Isaiah 37:31-32
Within both Israel and the Church is a remnant of forerunners for this season. These are those who are paving a parallel converging course with overflows, both unexpected and remarkable.
“Thus says the LORD of hosts: ‘If it is marvelous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, will it also be marvelous in My eyes?’” Zech 8:6 “The remnant of Israel shall do no unrighteousness and speak no lies, nor shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth; For they shall feed their flocks and lie down, and no one shall make them afraid.” Zeph 3:13
A Shift of Power and Unity. This convergence of Israel and the Church, together with this remnant-led pathway is triggering a Godly-initiated shift of power and unity: a Divinely-orchestrated mobilization-thing. This shift of power will manifest spiritually, economically and across cultural barriers. It will be immune to the infiltrations and dark parameters being revealed that heretofore were hidden in the world’s system, intent on the destruction of those who bear God’s DNA and identity.
Not to be confused with what some within pop-Christian culture have tagged as the wealth transfer, this shift will be much more and will take place from within some of the most unlikely settings, involving some of the most unlikely of God’s peoples. Its efforts will have unique ties to the restoration of Israel and to the growing unity of those recognizing the God-initiated alternate systems and alliances of those intently focused on this process of restoration.
Favor from Unexpected Places and Positions. While many have been expecting and indeed will see the favor
and key roles to be played by modern-day Pharaohs, Cyruses and Nebuchadnezzars, there will be those from within the ranks of even the persecutors serving God’s purposes; not unlike that of the respected member of the council, the Pharisee named Gamaliel, who spoke against persecuting the leaders of the believers in Acts 5:39 with the words: “Let them alone. For if this plan or this work is of men, it will come to nothing; but if it is of God, you cannot overthrow it—lest you even be found to fight against God.”
The expectation is that during difficult times that God will always provide safe havens and respite from unexpected places and persons.
The Amassing of Spontaneous Prayer. At the core of these changes will be the spontaneity and amassing of simple, interactive gatherings for prayer. At their core will be the humility and hunger of God’s people for more of Him. These are participatory times of prayer in which there are no spectators, with the spiritual gifts in strong operation.
From gatherings in homes to those that take place across continents via video calls, there is a momentum underway. It is another reflection of the convergence of the Church and Israel with the restoration of the caliber of small group minyans, the foundational basis of Jewish community; and the Early-Church home-group based prayer that actuated the angelic intervention that freed Peter from prison (Acts 12:7-10).
In a world now interconnected across national and continental boundary-lines is coming the restoration of the prayer-authority that dispersed the Syrians during the days of Hezekiah. It incorporates the type of anticipatory prayers reflected in Rev 12:14 when the woman was given the means of escape from the enemy’s intent and was taken to a place of safety, provision and nourishment in what scripture describes as “her place” in the wilderness.
It is the amassing and spontaneity of prayer that represents a pathway for the supernatural and the sensitivity to the Spirit that anticipates with action the steps needed for the restoration and recovery that will so mark this season.
Amassing of Zeal to Penetrate the Barrier
Genuine Kingdom assignments in this season are not for pew-sitters or the faint-of-heart. In remembering, what is being triggered for us is a time of a great mobilization of out-of-the-box purposes and assignments. These are Kingdom assignments for those willing to operate as being doers of the word in making the necessary adjustments in both the natural and spiritual realms to be able to face the realities of the darkness being revealed within the world’s infrastructures.
These assignments are what accompany the Kingdom pathway, which Jesus warned would be hard and difficult. Maintaining the zeal to face the realities and stretch out our hands over the sea to divide it, to do what is needed to stay the course of this pathway involves a place beyond our human capabilities.
At the heart of the revelation received from John’s sojourn on Patmos, the reality of the path is that we overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony. These two key dimensions actuate the spiritual realm: first, the blood of the Lamb as the community matures, in together, depending on what God alone can do, as in the words of Jeremiah: “And I [the Lord] will repay Babylon and Chaldea.”
Yet with that is the trigger to that divine authority; that place in Him with the access to the supernatural: the word of our testimony, the importance of remembering as the basis of the faith for the actions to be taken.
“For with me You break the nation in pieces; with me You destroy kingdoms and strongholds; and with me You break in pieces governors and rulers.”
Recovery with the spiritual power needed to face the realities of this season begins with the zeal that readjusts the thinking, as the barrier is penetrated by voicing our remembrances of both what He has done, and the word of our testimony of what He has done through us.
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Morris Ruddick has been a forerunner of the Joseph-calling and God’s economy message, being an international voice for the higher dimensions of spiritual game-changers and intercessors since the mid-90s. As founder of Global Initiatives Foundation, the Strategic Intercession Global Network [SIGN] and designer of the God’s Economy Entrepreneurial Equippers Program and the Jewish Business Secrets YouTube series, Mr. Ruddick’s messages equip leaders and economic community builders with strategy where God’s light is dim in diverse regions around the globe.
He is author of “The Joseph-Daniel Calling;” “Gods Economy, Israel and the Nations;” “The Heart of a King;” “Something More;” “Righteous Power in a Corrupt World;” “Leadership by Anointing;” and “Mantle of Fire,” which address the mobilization of business and governmental leaders with destinies to impact their communities. They are available in print and e-versions from www.Amazon.com, www.apple.com/ibooks and www.BarnesandNoble.com.
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Sunday, May 24, 2026
A REFLECTION ON THE FEASTS - Cathy Hargett
A Reflection on the Feasts
By: Cathy Hargett
May 24, 2026
Having just celebrated the Feast of Shavuot/Pentecost, my heart is still full, filled with wonder at His revelation of Himself. My spirit is crying out to Him with great thanksgiving for giving us His Feasts. I am so very grateful that He did not leave us as orphans, but He is still with us.
His Ruach, His Spirit, is now inside each one of us who follows Him. As I savor yet again the power of His Living Word, I am pondering the blessing of all the Feasts. I marvel at the power of His Word.
Growing up in traditional Christianity, I was unaware of the Feasts of the Lord. In fact, I was taught that the New Testament had replaced the Old Testament, and “we follow the New Testament.” But these Feasts are appointed times. These are Feasts that God instituted. They are His Feasts. God gives us instructions about them in Leviticus 23. They are eternal because Yeshua said He came to fulfill them.
In fact, the truth of the Feasts permeates throughout the entire Scripture if you have eyes to see. I pray that He will open the eyes of our hearts more and more so that we can see His glory in the Feasts, so that we can truly know Him. He said this is eternal life, to know Him (John 17:3).
The first time you read about them, it may seem irrelevant to your spiritual life, but when His Spirit begins to shine His Light, He reveals the fulfillment of all of them in Yeshua, the Messiah. It is truly breathtaking. It will change your life.
This reflection is not a teaching on the Feasts, but just some grateful meditations on my heart today. The study of the Feasts of the Lord is very vast and beautiful, and many times, very intricate. Over the years, I have written many articles on the different aspects of the Feasts. There are many wonderful Messianic teachers who have written studies or books on each one of them, which you can access. It has been one of the joys of my life to study the Feasts, and it has been a constant growth in intimacy with Yeshua.
To study the Word for myself and let His glorious Spirit reveal what He desires for me to understand as I celebrate each Feast over and over again keeps me so aware of His Presence. It’s so amazing because the depths of God are eternal. We will never “finish” discovering Him. We will only go deeper and deeper. Every single time I celebrate each Feast, He shows me more about Himself. I so love Him for that.
It’s an on-going journey on the highway of holiness (Isaiah 35:8). It’s a way of life. Every year, I learn more by His grace and through His Ruach. In my life’s journey to His heart, these Feasts have become the road map to the Kingdom, ultimately leading to the return of Yeshua, where He will reign forevermore from Zion, from Jerusalem.
Embracing the Feasts and walking in them as He leads us is not some strange new religion. This is the Word of the Lord, and His heart bids us to come and let Him teach us of His great plan.
Many followers of Yeshua resist the “Jewishness of the Gospel”, but once we see who He truly is, we honor Him and embrace the way He chose to reveal Himself. We realize that we know Him better and we understand His plan better, and best of all, we love Him more and want to be part of everything He is doing on this planet.
We want to prepare the way for His return. Understanding and celebrating the Feasts is the key to preparing the way for His return.
Connecting the dots between God’s Original Covenant (Old Testament) with Israel and His New Covenant (New Testament), also with Israel (Jeremiah 31:31-34), opens wide our eyes. Both covenants were made with Israel. It’s not correct to believe that the Old Testament is for the Jews and the New Testament is for the Gentiles.
Both covenants were originally made with the Jews. Their following of Yeshua and spreading the message of the eternal Messianic Kingdom have brought the nations to salvation. They are the fulfillment of God’s Word to Abraham, that through them, because of Messiah Yeshua, all nations on earth are blessed (Genesis 12:1-3).
As Gentiles, people in the nations, we are grafted into His promises through Messiah Yeshua. Seeing the fulfillment of the Feasts in our Yeshua ties us to our roots, the foundations of our faith in God’s choice of Abraham, the people of Israel, and the Messianic line of His tribe, the tribe of Judah.
How marvelous are His ways. With each piece of revelation in the treasure of His Word, we become more and more one with Him, one together, and growing towards the oneness of Jew and Gentile who worship the God of Israel together (Ephesians 2:12-16).
Without this unity of Jew and Gentile, which is the fullness of Jew and Gentile united together in Yeshua, there will be a blockage of the highway for our God. We cannot prepare the way with this separation of His people continuing to block the truth of His identity.
This huge blockage keeps the fulfillment of the Word from happening. The Scriptures says, “remove the stones”. This is definitely a stone that must be removed.
“…build up, build up the highway! Remove the Stones. Raise a banner for the nations.”
(Isaiah 62:10)
I so believe that for both Jews and Gentiles who are at this time not aware of God’s desire and His plan for our unity, there is coming a day when the revelation of God in His Feasts will shine His light. I believe both Jew and Gentile will see it first at Passover – Yeshua, the Lamb of God, and we will follow the revelation of Him until His return. Jew and Gentile alike will see Him in each of the three pilgrimage Feasts, at Passover, the Salvation of our souls, at Shavuot, the power of His Spirit, and at Succot, one with the eternal King of Glory on this earth.
Following the pattern God gave us by celebrating the Feasts and experiencing Him, living with Him in this way, releases us from striving to live the way He wants us to live. We understand what we are to do. We obey Him by celebrating Yeshua in His Feasts, and each Feast takes us closer, until we are totally one with Him and in Him in the eternal Kingdom on planet earth. We are one people. We are the people of the God of Israel. We will serve Him and find our joy in Him throughout the endless ages. His Kingdom will never end. His Kingdom will continue to increase, and our joy in Him will never end. This is His plan – and it is revealed in His Feasts.
Cathy Hargett
Highway to Zion Ministries
www.highwaytozion.org
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Saturday, May 23, 2026
Barbara J. Yoder: The Next Move of God - Building His House Barbara J. Yoder, Ann Arbor, MI May 22, 2026 The Elijah List
Barbara J. Yoder: The Next Move of God - Building His House
May 22, 2026
Trained in the Crucible of Conflict
Something profound is not merely approaching; it is already unfolding.
For years—quietly, beneath the surface, often unrecognized—God has been moving with intentional precision toward a divine birthing in the earth. What many have interpreted as loss, disruption, or even unbearable pressure was never designed to destroy. It was surgical. It was purposeful. It was God unhooking His people from what was, severing dependencies on former structures, mindsets, people, and identities that could not carry what is now emerging.
He has been training a people in the crucible of conflict—strengthening them, fortifying them, awakening them. Through struggle came strength. Through pressure came clarity. Through fire came revelation. And through it all, He has been repositioning a remnant for what is next. This next move of God will not coexist peacefully with the old. It will confront it.
The Dismantling of Every Misaligned Structure
Every misaligned structure, every ineffective paradigm, every man-built system that could not produce the heart and purposes of God has been—and is being—dismantled. Some of it has happened quietly. Some of it has been chaotic and totally disorienting. But make no mistake, what appears as chaos is often the sound of God deconstructing what He never intended to sustain, because there has always been something greater unfolding beyond what could be seen and perceived. (Photo via Pxhere)
God has been tearing down in order to rebuild (Jeremiah 1:10), reforming both people and structures, and preparing for the unveiling of something far more aligned with His original intent—the formation of a people into a temple which He will fill with His glory and His presence, living in their very midst.
The Rebirth of God's Original Design and Intent for His Church
What is this "new"? It is not new in origin; it is ancient. It is the rebirth of God's original design and intent for His Church. A generation is arising that is not marked by self-preservation but by surrender. Like Isaac, the prophetic archetype of Jesus, they will willingly lay themselves on the altar—not for recognition, not for a platform, but to make God known, truly known, in the earth.
They will carry a singular conviction: It is not about us; it is about Him, His name, His glory, and His purpose in creation. God has been forming a force, not just individuals.
What is a force? A people of one heart, one mind, and one Spirit gathered around a common vision. A people who see together, move together, and burn with a unified revelation of what God is doing in the earth. And when that convergence happens—when those called find one another and come into divine alignment—the birthing of what can only be described as the "latter house" will begin (Haggai 2:9).
In the Biblical timeline, the month of Iyar, which we have just come through, marks a season of formation and alignment for builders. In Ezra 3:8, it was in this very time that those appointed were set in place to oversee the rebuilding of the house of God, not the first structure but the restoration of what once was.
As it was in the Old Testament, so it is now—the rebuilding of what He originally intended but was destroyed. And this is where we stand. God has been calling and releasing a people to rebuild His true dwelling place—not a building made with hands but a people who become the habitation of His presence. (Photo via Unsplash)
Building a House for God
This is far beyond gifts, beyond prophecy, and beyond preaching. This is about building a house for God, a dwelling where He is not visited but enthroned—where He does not pass through but abides, where His glory is not occasional but constant. God is actively undoing the constructs of man to establish something wholly centered on Himself. God has made it clear who can carry this.
In Isaiah 66:1–2, He declares that He is looking for those who are humble, contrite in spirit, and who tremble at His word. These are the ones who are selected to build and become His dwelling place, not the gifted, not the impressive, but the surrendered.
When He finds such a people, and when He fills that house with His glory, everything will change. Because where His glory dwells, impossibility bows. Miracles become normal. Signs and wonders follow as evidence, not exception. And the very things that have been prophesied, longed for, and contended for will erupt into reality—far beyond anything we could have imagined. This is not hype. This is habitation.
God is preparing a people to host Him, a people transformed into living stones, repositioned to become the very tabernacle of God, the dwelling place of God—the latter house—which will be far more glorious than the former.
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Barbara J. Yoder
Shekinah Church
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Barbara J. Yoder's passion is to see the heart and spirit of the New Testament Church of Acts restored today—a Church grounded in the Word, addicted to prayer, baptized in the Holy Spirit, and led by God's voice; a Church that releases miraculous power and penetrates people, cities, regions, and nations; a Church that initiates and sustains the eruption of revival awakening and the harvest. Barbara is known for her cutting-edge, apostolic breakthrough anointing, infused with prophetic revelation. Prior to the ministry, Barbara worked in academia.
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Gathering Together - message by Steve Martin
Gathering together for special events reminds me of several in the past where we enjoyed getting together in large numbers - ministry conferences, graduations, weddings, family reunions, and beyond.
Even NASCAR races, as with the one I have often gone to in Charlotte, North Carolina - the Coca-Cola 600 every Memorial Day weekend. This year will be no exception. Five guys!
Our good friend for over 39 years, Indira Persad, having first met in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in 1987, along with her husband Edgar, graduates this May 23, 2026 with a doctorate from CMM. The ceremony is in Wilkesboro, NC. Laurie and I made the two hour trek by car to celebrate with her and the ministry/college founders Jorge and AnnamarieParrott, along with many others.
Prior to the event, as I sat in the hotel room waiting for the sun to get up too, I happened to listen to a YouTube message on house churches. We have had a small home group for many years, and I look forward to once again resuming our precious times together, once I return back from a month-long ministry trip to Texas in June with Christian Friends of Israel and the Jerusalem team.
The early church met in house churches. We need to rethink our gatherings in these days, and follow the leading of the Holy Spirit.
“Day by day continuing with one mind in the temple, and breaking bread [as]from house to house, they were taking their [at]meals together with gladness and [au]sincerity of heart, 47 praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding [av]to their number day by day those who were being saved.” (Acts 2:46-47, NASB)
Ahava and shalom,
Steve Martin
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