Freedom!

Bought with blood spent
Lives lived and given for what they believed
Tears shed unashamed
Prayers prayed in Heaven's name

Holy Fervor to be free
To stand in perfect Liberty
Throwing off governmental constraints
That would dictate to me how,when and where to pray!

History being rewritten 
To try and Hide
The Truth for which our 
Founding Fathers fought and died.

True freedom emanating 
from Christ's Bleeding side
Liberating once and for all
Earth and all of mankind!

Created in His image
Created He man
With Love in His heart
And a cool, steady hand.

Fashioned from Earth's own clay
He put them in the garden to stay
Be fruitful, multiply and reign
That the Earth be filled with My Glory again.

From the lofty height of simplicity
Man fell for greed and duplicity.
So Christ came and paid the way
For us to come back Home again.

America was to be a place
Where God could dwell
Lighting up men's hearts
From every mountain and every dell.

Where tyranny would be no more
And Peace would rest upon every door.
And the Milk of Christian Kindness
Would welcome the world to our shores.

Because we have a Purpose
With Prophetic Destiny
A God-given assignment
To fullfill, don't you see?

Red, White and Blue
May America choose YOU
For Righteousness exalts a nation
But sin corrupts and brings reproach upon the land.

Happy Birthday America!
Please God don't let the dream die!
Of fruited plain and gilded sky
With Old Glory unfurled and flying high!



NEM © July 4, 2013

A Vision, and 3 Songs

I received this email today:

November 8, 2012

 I stirred from a vision of a female immersed in water, face up. I believe her eyes were open and there were flakes of some sort floating above her eyes. The first thing that I thought of was when scales fell from Paul’s eyes. This woman did not look like me. Could this be the church? Could it be America?

What do you hear?

First, I will speak of the woman.  As I read this, I saw a fully developed woman, just floating in the water, as if she was waiting or resting.  Immediately I saw a baby inside a womb in the sac of water, totally immersed, awaiting its birth.  When a baby is born, it does not have a say in the place or the setting. For such a time as this that child is brought forth. Who knows how that one will grow to touch nations.  But God does.

Secondly, there were flakes above her eyes.  Distracted by the flakes, that is where her focus was.  The enemy of us all, would have us to get sidetracked and focused on the wrong things, so as to sneak by us.  Also yes,  they are blinders, blocking her vision, blocking the light, from opening her eyes.

3rdly, Is this the church? Is this America? Or is this the American Church? Yes, Yes, Yes!  However, when she becomes immersed in the Spirit (the water) and allows herself to be washed again by the water of the Word, then revelation will come, her eyes will be opened and the scales and blinders will fall off of her.

Upon hearing the election results, an old protest song against the Vietnam war began playing round and round inside of me:  “Where have all the flowers gone?  Long time passing.  Where have all the flowers gone?  Long time ago.  Where have all the flowers gone?  Girls picked them everyone.  When will they ever learn, when will they ever learn?”

When will we learn Lord to put You first in all we do?

Next it shifted into; “I wish we’d all been ready” by Larry Norman.

Life was filled with guns and war
And all of us got trampled on the floor
I wish we'd all been ready

The children died, the days grew cold
A piece of bread could buy a bag of gold
I wish we'd all been ready

There's no time to change your mind
The son has come and you've been left behind

A man and wife asleep in bed
She hears a noise and
Turns her head, he's gone
I wish we'd all been ready
[ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/l/larry_norman/i_wish_wed_all_been_ready.html ]
Two men walking up a hill
One disappears and
One's left standing still
I wish we'd all been ready

There's no time to change your mind
The son has come and you've been left behind

The father spoke, the demons dined
How could you have been so blind?

There's no time to change your mind
The son has come and you've been left behind
There's no time to change your mind
The son has come and you've been left behind

I hope we'll all be ready
You've been left behind
You've been left behind
You've been left behind

This is a reminder and a warning.  Jesus IS coming back! And, if you think it is bad now, the world has yet to witness the depths of darkness, depravity and suffering that will be.  So, we must resolve to preach Christ, no matter the cost and win the lost!

And then it has changed to:

 We have overcome- by the Blood of the Lamb- By the power of His Blood we shall stand.  We have overcome by the Blood of the Lamb- and He will bring the victory!

No more to be defeated.  Our hearts are filled with His praise For through the blood that Jesus shed for you and me We walk in victory every day.

It seemed as though Holy Spirit was taken me on a musical journey of emotions and thoughts and then bringing me back to where lies our power and from whence comes our help.

While looking up these lyrics I came across this video by Desperation Band.  The lyrics cause you to refocus…not that we can or should totally ignore  our surrounding situations,.  Just that they should not dominate us, but rather we should dominate them! 

Notice the last verse: “Power in hand, speaking the Father’s Plan

You’re sending us out, light in this broken land.  All authority, every victory is Yours…

Here am I, send me! Send me! Use my hands, my feet, and my voice.  Let me speak the truth in love!  Let me issue edicts from above.  Let me declare the manifold wisdom of God to the powers and principalities.  Let my voice, our voices, be the voice of change, bringing back the nation from godlessness to Righteousness. From liberality to morality!  From plurality to Theocracy! One nation UNDER GOD.  And when God is running things there is no darkness or shadow of turning, for in Him is Light and Goodness and Justice and Virtue and Wisdom.  

Speak the Fathers Plan. It has not changed!  It is still the same!  He still uses the weak, foolish and base things of the world to confound the wise! 

 

Speak the Father's Heart. Do not lay blame and criticize or play that game. Do your part. Pray for Christ to be formed in our elected officials.  

Pray, "Our Father,  (oh that means we are related and family, so love each other and fight for not with each other!) which art in Heaven (and thus you have a much broader view than we, so help us to see) 

Hallowed be thy Name.  ( Your name is still tops Lord!  There is none greater than you!  And because there was none greater, you swore by your own name and made a covenant with Abraham- and thus with me and you) 

Thy Kingdom come,(with its rule and its way) Thy Will be done,(without balking and reservation) in earth ( I am an earthen vessel, so In this piece of earth Lord!) even as it is done in Heaven... 

Give us this day (following you one day at a time Jesus!) our daily bread.  (You are our bread, our very life and sustenance!  We need your touch upon our lives.) 

Forgive us our debts, (we owe You so much! And we say thank you so little!  We make so many mistakes...and lose our way.  Thank you for coming to Earth to show us the way!) As we forgive our debtors.  (Teach us how to forgive debtors without excusing sin. Loving the person, hating the sin. Help us Lord. Get the religiosity out of us, and bring on the real!)  

Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the Kingdom(authority) and the Power and the Glory! Forever and ever. Amen. So be it.

If I Were the Devil by the late Paul Harvey

2Chronicles 7:14 (GW) However, if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves, pray, search for me, and turn from their evil ways, then I will hear their prayer from heaven, forgive their sins, and heal their country. 

 Proverbs 14:34  Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.

Saw reference to this Paul Harvey article, in a video on a TV program called: "In God We Trust."  So used "Good Search"  to look for the transcript. Here it is, The Original version, 1965. I am purposely not giving you any link, because there are "tons" of versions out there, most with a political or biblical agenda tagged on.  I wanted you to just read the words against the backdrop of "now" and then pray for America to return to God. Let's put God back at the helm of our Great Nation!  Thank you. Nancy

Blessed is the NATION whose GOD is the LORD!  
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If I were the Devil . . . I mean, if I were the Prince of Darkness, I would of course, want to engulf the whole earth in darkness. I would have a third of its real estate and four-fifths of its population, but I would not be happy until I had seized the ripest apple on the tree, [thee] so I should set about however necessary to take over the United States.

I would begin with a campaign of whispers. With the wisdom of a serpent, I would whisper to you, as I whispered to Eve:

 “Do as you please.”  “Do as you please.”

To the young, I would whisper, “The Bible is a myth.” I would convince them that man created God instead of the other way around. I would confide that what is bad is good, and what is good is “square”.

In the ears of the young marrieds, I would whisper that work is debasing, that cocktail parties are good for you. I would caution them not to be extreme in religion, in patriotism, in moral conduct.

And the old, I would teach to pray. I would teach them to say after me: “Our Father, which art in Washington” . . .

If I were the devil, I’d educate authors in how to make lurid literature exciting so that anything else would appear dull an uninteresting. I’d threaten T.V. with dirtier movies and vice versa.

And then, if I were the devil, I’d get organized. I’d infiltrate unions and urge more loafing and less work, because idle hands usually work for me.

I’d peddle narcotics to whom I could. I’d sell alcohol to ladies and gentlemen of distinction. And I’d tranquilize the rest with pills.

If I were the devil, I would encourage schools to refine young intellects but neglect to discipline emotions . . . let those run wild. I would designate an atheist to front for me before the highest courts in the land and I would get preachers to say “she’s right.”

With flattery and promises of power, I could get the courts to rule what I construe as against God and in favor of pornography, and thus, I would evict God from the courthouse, and then from the school house, and then from the houses of Congress and then, in His own churches I would substitute psychology for religion, and I would deify science because that way men would become smart enough to create super weapons, but not wise enough to control them.

If I were Satan, I’d make the symbol of Easter an egg and the symbol

of Christmas a bottle. If I were the devil, I would take from those

who have and I would give to those who wanted, until I had killed the incentive of the ambitious. And then, my police state would force everybody back to work. Then, I could separate families, putting children in uniform, women in coal mines, and objectors in slave camps.

In other words, if I were Satan,

I’d just keep on doing what he’s doing.

Paul Harvey, Good Day.

April 3, 1965

Coming to America, Coming to Christ

Neil Diamond wrote a song called "Coming to America."  It is about the immigrants who came to find Liberty and Freedom here.  Traveling away from all that was known to them, they pushed on to meet their dream face to face.

 I have been reminded of this song lately.  Tonight my girlfriend and I were talking about it, and I played the song for her.  The following conversation took place as she spoke with deep passion and then we shared back and forth and I meditated on the conversation:

America- our forefathers and ancestors struggled and faced such adversity to get here and to travel westward.  They faced such uncertainties and danger around every bend, and yet they pushed forward.  Many died along the way.  Yet they felt the reward of FREEDOM and religious liberty outweighed any risk. America- My Country tis of Thee sweet land of Liberty! They HAD to come they had to risk, the dream and desire was greater than anything else they knew.

OH that WE as the BODY of CHRIST-as CHRISTIANS, would hold that appeal to the world!  That the deep burning desire would be such that people would say,"I MUST find a Christian who can tell me about, can lead me to this JESUS CHRIST that they serve!"  That we would portray Christ in such a way that HE would be irresistible to the world. 

They are searching, they are dying and they don't even KNOW that there is ONE and ONLY ONE WAY, ONE NAME above all others, ONE PERSON, that holds the keys to LIFE and DEATH. That ONE PERSON, that ONE NAME, that ONE TRUTH is JESUS CHRIST and HE IS GOD and HE IS RETURNING for a spotless BRIDE!

Instead of singing they're coming to America, TODAY!  We need to be singing, prophesying and praying it through, "They're Coming to CHRIST, TODAY! For though I LOVE AMERICA, My HOME is in HEAVEN, My CITIZENSHIP is there, MY origination began there in God's own heart and it there (In communion with HIS HEART) that I find my place, my purpose, my peace!  It is where you and all mankind will find theirs as well, if they will but come.

THIS is what people need to know! There is a journey made with the heart. A journey of Faith and Trust. Just like Father Abraham made.  That if we are to "come home" and "find ourselves," that each one of us must make.   It is a journey to the cross, and to the heart of God, where we discover HIS AMAZING LOVE for each of us! 

Think about it. ALL other religions and gods DEMAND so much before they "may" give the person even an acknowledgement!  But only in Christianity and Judaism do we find a LOVING,GOD who loved us FIRST and GAVE before we ever even thought about giving HIM anything!

Coming to AMERICA was synonymous with coming to worship GOD freely. coming to share in the BLESSING that GOD has made America to be!  

I believe and therefore I speak: America Shall return to her CHRISTIAN HERITAGE! She SHALL once again "send the Gospel Light" clear and far!
Red, White and Blue, I declare to you GOD, America is FOR YOU!  America SHALL be Saved! 

Just as they are coming to America every time the Flag is unfurled, they are coming to YOU Almighty God and Creator of the Universe, the Maker of our World!

They are coming to Jesus Christ, they are coming to Jesus Christ, they are coming to Jesus Christ, TODAY!  Hallelujah! Amen.

Enjoy this video I found online and envision with me, as many coming to Christ that have come to America! That many and MORE!

Long May Freedom Ring!

She's a Grand Ole Flag
My Country Tis of Thee
America The Beautiful
My Eyes Have Seen the Glory

Songs from yester year, 
when we were Proud to be Americans, 
and celebrating that we are here.  

Remembering every battle and fight we'd ever lost or won. 
And recognizing we owe Allegiance 
to both America and the Holy One.

Restore unto us thankful hearts 
that recognize Freedom isn't free, 
it cost the blood of men and women 
just like you and me. 

May we ever be guardians of the 
sacred trust placed into our hands, 
the miracle called America, 
home of the free and the brave of the Land.

America! God breathed and birthed you,
 in and through the hearts of men
Over tyranny and injustice 
You've called us to fight and win.

The battle for Freedom still rages today, 
as others come along to try
to take that Freedom away. 

But our Freedom is based on principles 
found in God's own Word. 
This is the Freedom that truly free men 
have tasted, seen and heard!

Stand strong America! Stand firm! 
Do not give up, do not back down or 
from our Christian foundations turn, 
for if you do,our beloved REPUBLIC will burn.
 
Come back to your purpose America! 
Don't you know God is not finished with you yet?  
He has plans for you still!  
God is calling, are you willing 
to yet be, that Light upon the hill? 
© NEM 7-4-2012