Doomsday Survival or Preparation Call?

Doomsday Survival has become quite a popular topic with today’s media and politicians.   It is a telling sign that more and more people are concerned with events that are happening all across the globe.

Unfortunately, the concerns that people face are often fueled by the media in the form of fear.  News outlets and others often sensationalize events that are happening, in order to boost their following.  Regrettably, fear has proven to be a powerful agent in driving revenues.  The internet has made information immediately available so it has become very easy to follow events all over the world.  I suspect if the internet was available during the great World Wars or during the global depression, there likely would have been an even greater movement of people preparing for the ultimate destruction of society.

Certainly, (more than ever, in fact) I believe we all need to prepare, but I really do not believe that preparation should be a reaction to fear.  I personally am not interested in perpetuating fear or pushing a message simply to help drive revenues.

Today, “Preppers” is a popular name that is used to identify those who are somewhat involved in some type of preparation act.  I am not a big fan of the term Preppers, but I do understand the attempt to identify people who are a part of the preparation journey.  I have just never particularly appreciated how we have grown so accustomed to classifying people into categories, or sub-categories.  Our history is littered by too many terrible acts against people who were visibly identified, labeled, and branded as they were placed as a member of a certain group. Read the rest »

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The Voice of God shakes the Earth

The Shaking

Whose voice then shook the earth (continuation)

Shared by Jeff Rowland.

We shared last time a beautiful scripture from Psalms -   Psalms 29.

This Psalm of David is a beautiful description of the majesty and power of God in a storm of thunder.  David’s perspective of viewing this storm was to acknowledge and ascribe the power of this storm to the voice of God.  The Psalmist has already given acknowledgement to the God of thunder earlier in his writing.  (Psa 18:13)

The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.  From the voice of God comes the power of the storm.  When the thunder comes there is always the sound of accompanying rain.

(Jer 10:13)  When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.

Should we not listen to the voice of God in the middle of the storm?  Should we not give honor and glory which is due to His name when we experience the storm?

(Job 37:4)  After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.

God will not deceive by His voice, for when He hath spoken then will men hear what He is saying clearly.  The Psalmist David is saying in this Psalm that the powerful and majestic God thunders with his voice and breaks the great cedars of Lebanon.  Trees that can grow to be bigger than any other can be broken like twigs at the voice of our great God.

Paul the apostle said to the Church of Corinth,

(1Co 2:4)  And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power.

When Gods people begin to thunder with our voice under the anointing of the Spirit of God then we can begin to uproot those things in our lives that holds us back from the awesome glory and majesty of our great God.  James and John was called the sons of thunder indicating their voice of the gospel was heard clearly under the anointing of Christ Jesus.   Oh how our voice needs to be raised in these days to clearly speak forth what God is uttering from heaven.  Read the rest »