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Whatever is going on in the spirit world (whether from without or within) not only effects our relationship with God and each other, but often has an effect on our physical bodies, too. If you have an allergy to dust or dust mites, or know someone who does, or are into helping to heal our land, the Biblical remedy for healing is to begin shaking off the dust; example to follow:

Shake Off the Dust

~ Testify of Me ~

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In what place soever ye enter into an house, there abide till ye depart from that place. And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Shake thyself from the dust. Contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints; testify of me.

Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

Recent events are not God's judgment on the world.

The Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son.

And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.

The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.

If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. And whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

God's wrath is not for the world.

The wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, 'who hold the truth' in unrighteousness; Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.

For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

~~Let no man deceive you with vain words: the wrath of God cometh upon the children of disobedience~~.

The world is not coming to an end.

For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead. And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; Who gave himself a ransom for all.

All of you are children of the most High. For God hath concluded all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.

The Lord reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the Lord is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

No President (past, present, or future) can fix your financial problems.

Owe no man any thing (be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage): and my God shall supply all your need.

When you receive e-mails about 'all this world is coming to', just delete it. And while you are at it, quit listening to the news, too.

No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. And we walk by faith, not by sight.

The Bible is not to be taken at face value.

The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.

Example: ~~The Lord hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him~~.

I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that are right. How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?
There were false prophets among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof. Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain. And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord God, when the Lord hath not spoken. The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. For the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope ... not damnable heresies, denying the Lord that bought them. Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.

Search the scriptures, rightly dividing the word of truth. All scripture is given by inspiration of God and testifies of me, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

There is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding. And when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.

Until then, there is tribulation.

I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

Though, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know. As we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.

We glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and experience, hope: And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure.

But also, it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you. Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile.

Nevertheless, when thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the Lord thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice; (For the Lord thy God is a merciful God;) he will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.

Revelation is not to be expounded upon ...

Unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Mortify your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.

I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes. Ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.

And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron. So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee.

For their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth (For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself).
Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

But they said, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?

Wherefore Jesus, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate. He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. The Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. He made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth; and with his stripes we are healed.

Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. ~~As almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission~~.

All the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

And prophecy is limited to only one type of interpretation ...

No prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. As the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. And he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort.

Search the scriptures; testify of me.

The vail is done away in Christ. But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.

Though you can believe, there are beasts ...

Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.

These, as natural brute beasts, speak evil of the things that they understand not; ~~and shall utterly perish in their own corruption; cursed children; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever~~.

Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree.

And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.

And then there are beasts.

A lion is strongest among beasts and the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. He was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. And God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.

This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

Instruction is given to mark the following beasts.

The Lord said, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.

Howbeit, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods. But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?

Come not near any man upon whom is the mark. I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden. Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.

And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads. These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.

~~Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but~~ come not near any man upon whom is the mark; ~~and begin at my sanctuary~~.

And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, ~~till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads~~. And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of children of Israel.

For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face. I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.

God that made the world and all things therein giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation. And whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.

They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified. (All mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.)

There shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.

And as for their hands ...

Say unto Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack. Through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost is given.
I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you ~~after your old estates~~, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.

And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.

The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

There is only one world wide government.

There is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.

The Lord shall be king over all the earth: there be one Lord, and his name one.

That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them. That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.

And when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

There are antichrists.

For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.

Those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, ~~but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled~~.
What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?

Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye? They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them. As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground. Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way: That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none.

With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.

One can not buy or sell.

Thou hast given them this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey.

The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.

And, there is an end to the world in us (and if not, there's always the refiner's fire).

God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them. Genesis 6:13

Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

As in the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking ...

Wine is the wrath of God. Be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess (because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression); but be filled with the Spirit; Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

marrying and giving in marriage ...

The law is spiritual. Thy Maker is thine husband. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it.
I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.

until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

They willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished. And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

As for the bottomless pit ...

Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. I am the truth. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. Ye shall "know" the truth, and the truth shall make you free. And if the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

Did you really think that you would be exempt?

Behold, I am against any, saith the Lord, that steal my words every one from his neighbour, having seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment, that use their tongues, and say, He saith. I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the Lord. Neither shall you wear a rough garment to deceive. However, do my prophets no harm.
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

~~And whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved~~.

All the gods of the people are idols: but the Lord made the heavens: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began: That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us; To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; The oath which he sware to our father Abraham, That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear, In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.

So, what is the judgment of the world?

The Lord cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.

Then, what is the end of the world?

The harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.

The angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just. They shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean. And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.

Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.

We look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord. Let the redeemed of the Lord say so. Search the scriptures; testify of me. And whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that
was against us, The carpenter stretcheth out
his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth
it with planes, and he marketh it out with
the compass, and maketh it after the figure
of a man, according to the beauty of a
man; that it may remain in the house.

Colossians 2:14, Isaiah 44:13

© 2009 by Joyce C. Lock, KJV

A New Chapter and Season

Departed with Him, now,
His voice do I see.
Accompanied instruction,
In Him I will be.

Surrounded, surrendered,
Mandate understood,
Steps by obedience;
Commanded, I should.

Moving on forward
And not looking back,
The focus is seen now.
In Him I'll not lack.

In purpose designed
In a path I must go;
Explained, in fine detail,
By His Spirit He has shown.

So, into the Spirit,
The path written and laid,
His light at my feet;
His blood, it has paid ...

To fulfill the vision,
To discover not known;
Out into the Spirit
To see what yet to be shown.

In Him, truly Hallelujah,
We are never alone!

Love and Shalom,
© 2009 by Darcia Sharp
This poem may be used in its entirety, with credits
in tact, for non-profit ministering purposes.

Behind Every Cloud

Behind every cloud, you will find our God.
There is no storm which, for Him, is too great.
He is an ever present help, in this land we now trod.
He is always right on time, if we only trust and wait.

Our Lord still walks on the water.
He still calms the angry sea.
Jesus will speak and say, "Peace, be still."
At the command of God, souls are delivered and set free.

Behind every cloud, the light will shine through.
He will part the troubled waters of your soul.
There is nothing which our Lord cannot do.
Trust fully in Him and His power you will behold.

© 2004 by Jo Ann Kelly
Visit Jo Ann at J. P.'s Inspirations
This poem may be used in its entirety, with credits
in tact, for non-profit ministering purposes.

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