What is the Fear of the Lord? And what are the benefits?

 The Fear of the Lord, or simply fearing the Lord, what does it mean exactly? Does it mean we cower before Him, trembling that He might inflict some punishment on us?  No. It means so much more than that. Some people might say it means reverence toward God.  And yes, it does mean that as well. But what does reverence mean? Worship? Awe?  Absolutely! Yet, the fear of the Lord is even more than that. It is worshipful love and adoration and thanksgiving and praise all bundled up together. To fear the Lord means He is number 1 in our life. It means we love him more than our own life and we strive daily to walk in obedience and to please Him. We don't do it because we worry he will punish us. Although sometimes that kind of fear can keep us out of trouble!  But we do it because we know Him and love Him and because He is God! 

You might say that is a tall order, and yes it is. But once you get to know Him, really KNOW Him, it comes naturally. 

As a personal testimony, I can honestly say that the Lord has showered on me many of these blessings since the time I got truly saved. He has blessed me far far more than I could ever deserve. He has protected me, defended me, provided for me, honored me with the sense of His presence, spoken to me, strengthened me when I thought I couldn't go on, given me confidence, increased my faith, and promised to save my children!  So, let these Holy Words sink deep in your soul. Then Fear the Lord as He deserves and believe what He promises to those who do! 

Let me list some of the benefits from Scripture of Fearing the Lord. This is not an exhaustive list, but one that should help you grasp how much God wants to bless those who truly know and love Him.

Descendants mighty on the Earth

Generation of the upright blessed

Wealth, Riches

Never be shaken

No fear of bad news

His righteousness endures forever    Psalm 112

The Beginning of Wisdom  Proverbs 1:7

The Lord will share His secrets  Psalm 25:14 

The Lords Mercy on you and generations after you  Luke 1:50 

The Lord takes pleasure in those who fear Him  Psalm 147:11

You will not go hungry and lack ANY good thing  Psalm 34:9-10 

You will have health to your flesh and strength to your bones  Proverbs 3:7-8

The fear of the Lord is clean and endures FOREVER Psalm 19:9

The Lord will fulfill your desires Psalm 145:19 

You will depart from evil Proverbs 16:6

The Fear of the Lord keeps you from sin  Exodus 20:20

The angel of the Lord encamps around you. Psalm 34:7  

 

You will have strong confidence

You will have a place of refuge

You will have a fountain of life!  Proverbs 14:26-27 

 

Great goodness is laid up for you

You will be hidden in the secret place of His presence! Psalm 31:19-20

 

The eye of the Lord will be upon you

He keeps your soul from death

Keeps you alive in famine

Is your shield   Psalm 33:18-20 

 

I'll end with these great verses from Malachi 3:16-17

 

Then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another,
And the Lord listened and heard them;
So a book of remembrance was written before Him
For those who fear the Lord
And who meditate on His name.

“They shall be Mine,” says the Lord of hosts,
“On the day that I make them My jewels.
And I will spare them
As a man spares his own son who serves him.” 

 

 

 

How to really know God!

  Dear Saints, This following was a post from November 2023.  I thought it was an extremely important topic to address again

I recently heard a pastor say this. "Do you want to know how to really know God?"

 

Answer: "Die"

 

He didn't mean physical death. He meant Die to self. You see I believe this is one of the biggest problems of most Christians in these last days. Not only do they have very little faith, but they believe in an OSAS Easy Greasy Grace and a Best Life Now lifestyle that belittles the salvation and power of the Living God and turns Him into a Santa Claus in the sky. 

 

The problem is they don't know God and because of that, they have not allowed Him to change them from the inside out. Sure, some may be born again, but what they fail to realize is that being born again is only the beginning of salvation.  Honestly, pastors do a huge disservice in not fully explaining the cost of following Jesus up front before they give their altar calls. (Or maybe most of them don't even believe that at all)  The Scripture says that we need to really count the cost before we make a decision for Jesus. Why? Because it's an all in or nothing relationship. You must day by day die to self and walk the walk of obedience and faith, or what's the point?  If you are riding the fence with one foot in the world and one foot in the Kingdom, just remember that the fence belongs to Satan.  

 

And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.  For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it—  Luke 14:27-28

 

Does the world love you? Do your lost family and friends love to hang out with you? Do your lukewarm Christian friends enjoy your company? If so, you may not be fully devoted to Jesus. Why? Because He said that the world would hate us because it hated Him. 

 

If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. john 15:18

He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. John 12:25

 

What consumes your mind during the day? Job, kids, money, beauty, relationships, problems?  Yes, we must think of these things in order to go on but what consumes your mind when you're not busy? If it isn't Jesus and His Kingdom, then you may have an idol.

 

For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God. Romans 8:5-8

 

Do you want to know God and be like Him? Then you must make sacrifices. You must spend time with Him. Do you know that every minute you spend in the real presence of God, He is doing a mighty work on you? He uses that time to sanctify you, to change your heart, to mold you into the image of His Son. So, if you spend 10-15 minutes a day reading a devotion and maybe lift up a prayer in the car on the way to work, you will NEVER really get to know the Lord and never truly have your heart changed. That's why we see so many Christians struggling with sins they've been struggling with for decades.  Believe me, sacrificing time is a big deal for me. I have so many things on my plate. But time with the Lord... good quality time, is the most important part of my day and it should be yours too. 

 

Why am I being so tough on you?  Because we are about to enter a season of great judgement on the church and a season of a great outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the remnant of God's Children who truly love Him. I'm talking about miracles, signs, wonders and the glory of God resting on us so powerful that people around us notice it!  The Bride is going out in a blaze of glory, such a bright blaze that it will spur the lukewarm and lost to jealousy for what God has given us. Let's face it, the Western Church is dead and dying. People are looking for something real, something powerful and for true love. 

 

Yet so many of us seek only our own comforts and our own desires. I'm guilty of it as well. Get to know the Lord. Sit with Him and ask Him to talk to you, ask Him to tell you what is on His heart. We so often just dump all our prayer requests on His lap and then leave. How heartbreaking!  Ask Him to share His heart with you, to talk to you. Ask Him to help you recognize His voice and sense His presence. This pleases Him!  He will answer you!

 

Also put on the Full Armor of God. You can only do this while in His presence and while walking in the Light. If you want to be a part of His last minute harvest, I encourage you to be more serious about your walk with the Lord now than you've ever been. This is not a time to sleep.   Not a time to shrink back. 

 

Start believing in who you really are in Christ and all the promises He has given us by faith. Health, Provision, Knowledge, Wisdom, Discernment, Joy, Peace, Protection, Power.. and start walking in it!  It's time to get serious. We don't have much time left, Saints...  

 

Without Faith, It is Impossible to Please God

 Hello again, dear precious Children of the Most High! 

I'm dropping in to give you a brief word from the Lord that He keeps bugging me to post. It's short and sweet and may be something he has impressed upon you as well.

I don't know about you, but it's easy for me to fall into the trap of comparing myself with others. I do it with my writing career, which never ends well. But I also do it with my fellow Christians. 

I was discussing this with the Lord the other day. So many believers out there are having dreams and vision, getting prophetic words from the Lord, witnessing or partaking in healing and deliverances... some are even visiting heaven! There are even records of Christians raising the dead.  So, I was asking the Lord why I don't do similar things. Yes, I've had one or two dreams and once I sent a band of demons packing. But overall, my Christian walk seems to be more one of trudging uphill, dying to self, and trying to hear from the Lord.  Can you relate?

Well, the Lord did respond to me regarding this. He reminded me that Faith is the one thing God values most. All throughout Scripture, Faith was the one thing God rewarded most in both the Old and New Testament. Faith, a believe that God is who He says He is and is faithful to His Word. And of course Faith in His Son.

But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. Hebrews 11:6

So when a Christian lays hands on the sick and they get well. When they cast out a demon or get a prophetic word that comes true. Or maybe they have an out of body experience and visit heaven, or they preform some other miracle, yes, it takes faith to do those things. But after witnessing and perhaps engaging in such incredible miracles, it doesn't take as much faith to continue to believe in God. Why? Because they have seen firsthand the mighty power of God and His Word! 

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1

 Remember Faith is believing in things not seen. So someone like myself who hasn't witnessed many of these things has more faith then someone who has. Why? Because I still believe without seeing. 

And God rewards Faith.  The more faith we have, the more the reward. Remember doubting Thomas? He would not believe until he put his finger in the nail holes in Jesus's hand.

Jesus said to him, “Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” John 20:29

Now, I'm not saying that Christians who see or perform miracles don't have faith. Of course they do! They have incredible faith and that faith helps them continue in the work God has called them. But their faith is based in part on what they have physically seen. This is not a bad thing and necessary I'm sure for them to continue in their calling.

I believe the Lord was trying to tell me in His own way that even though He hasn't called me to do all those things (at least not yet) with my strong faith comes great reward. We all can only do what the Lord anoints us to do and we all have a task. So, even if we don't do miracles in Jesus's name, it is our strong faith that will receive the equal reward. 

So, if you're like me, I hope that encourages you!

Funny story. I have this blog post all set up to post automatically on a certain date. It's my What happens when you're left behind post. The first sentence basically says that I've left the Earth. I wrote it several years ago and keep pushing the publish date forward and forward. I think I set it back in early August to post on Sept 25, thinking... No way we will still be here! Ha.  

I woke up in a cold sweat Tuesday night around 2 Am thinking it was going to post that day. I had completely forgotten the date I had set. I would be mortified if it went out and everyone freaked out that they had missed the rapture!!  

So I leapt from bed and ran to turn on my computer.... Thank God it was set for Friday, so I changed the date again. I couldn't get back to sleep after that. Crazy Author!

Before I go, I'm going to share this sermon from Jamie Walden. It's not about end times or the rapture, but my goodness.... it touched me deeply. If you struggle thinking God loves you or you struggle with insecurity or guilt, and you often feel God is angry at you or doesn't love you, please Watch THIS SERMON  

I do not know when the rapture is. I'm still watching all the signs. The Lord will come at His appointed time, so keep watching and keep growing in Him!  

Also, I sense the Lord wants me to start posting some of my old posts. I have hundreds on here, so I may try and repost the ones the Lord leads me to.  

I hope you all are well and still looking up! But more than that, that you are still walking with Jesus in a close relationship and growing in Him daily!  

 

 

 

 

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Elul, Summer, Harvest, Olives, and Until We Meet Again!

 Dear Greatly-Beloved Children of the Most High!

As many of you know, crazy things are happening in the world. Everything is converging according to Biblical prophecy like nothing I've ever seen. Iran is getting more and more bold, putting a bounty on anyone who kills an American, giving Trump a two-week ultimatum. Who is really in control of the Strait of Hormuz? Trump says he is. Iran says they are. Russia and Ukraine are still at war. Syria and Jordan are under fire.... and Europe is still allowing waves of immigrants inside their borders. AI has gone rogue... hacking into institutions, reaching singularity... Digital Ids, New MRNA vaccines, brain chips, flock cameras, poisons in our food, drought, famine, fierce storms, and quakes!  Also now in New Jersey you can murder your own child up to the day of delivery. Noahide laws that will decapitate Christians!  I could go on.

However, today I came here to give you links to a couple of posts and videos that I believe are very important. I hope you take the time to click and read or listen.

This first link is to a post I made a year ago about the month of Elul, which we are now in.  This is very important in my opinion...  as you will see when you read it. Elul is a 40 day fast and repentance for the Children of Israel, leading up to the Day of Atonement. It was a time when Moses went up on Mount Sinai to receive the 10 commandments. (not sure if it was the first or second time)  This is a very special time in Israel's spiritual history and it has huge implications for what's happening now in the world.

Here's the post:  The King is In the Field  

In that post, I also mentioned olives and the olive harvest which occurs in September.  There is a Jewish festival of Olives that occurs this year on September 6th.  The reason I mention this is that olive oil in the Bible is usually associated with the Holy Spirit and it was the one thing lacking in the 5 unwise virgins in the Parable in Matthew 25. I may have told you this story, but a few years ago, I ran into a young girl on my daily walk. She was about 10 and wore a bright red jacket. I said hi and asked her what she was doing and where her mother was, because it's not always safe walking alone in California. She smiled and told me she was picking ripe olives. Then she left and I've never seen her since. Up to that point, I had no idea there were so  many olive trees here in California. I pass them on my daily prayer walk.. and they are just now starting to get ripe. I'm not sure if this has any significance, but I wanted to mention it. 

For some great analysis on End time events, prophecies and news, I recommend  TW Tramm's The Season of Return website. I think you'll enjoy it 

For a great sermon on the month of Elul and various passages in the Scripture that indicate a Summer Rapture, check out Pastor Sandy Armstrong's latest sermon 

Here's one of my own on the word Summer in Scripture! Summer is Nigh 

Last but not least, I encourage you to watch Melissa at Midnight Hour Oil's video.  This is not just about some critical end times events, but Melissa goes into what I consider one of the best explanations of what true salvation is and whether you can lose it or not.  This has been my passion here on this blog. Nothing makes me more angry than people preaching that once you get saved, you can then live anyway you want and you cannot lose that salvation. There have been countless watchmen and pastors I have unsubbed and never listened to again because of their continued preaching of this blasphemous doctrine.  What a clever way for the devil to get people to forsake their Lord and end up in hell!

Anyway, Please watch Melissa's video.

Also, I've posted about this many times. Here are some of those articles.  As we approach the finish line, we must be diligent to stick to the Word of God and not listen to man. 

Can a Christian Fall away? 

The Doctrine of Demons, Once Saved Always Saved 

Can you be Unborn? 

Can a Christian lose their salvation? 

 Yes, our Salvation is sure and eternal... but there are conditions to keeping it. We must continue in the faith, continue walking with Jesus, be obedient, stay in repentance. These are not works. We cannot earn our salvation. But after you get engaged, you must remain faithful to your espoused. It's a covenant. And God takes covenant very seriously.  

We are in the highest watch time I've ever seen. Does that mean we leave soon? I don't know. Many watch times have come and go. But I sense in my spirit, we are close.  So, cultivate that relationship with Jesus. That is the most important thing right now. You can know all the news, mark down all the prophesied dates, be aware of every "word" given... but if you aren't walking closely with Jesus, you may not be taken.  

Stay strong, saints, it is always darker before the dawn!

Unless the Lord leads, I don't expect to be posting again. I do have a post that is set to go out ONLY IF I'm not here to stop it. It explains what happened and what to do if you're left behind. So, stay subbed for now, in order for that post to show up in your email and perhaps help someone you love who was left behind.

But the Lord is pulling me into different directions where I can hopefully reach more people. I'm keeping the blog up, however, because there are hundreds of great articles the Lord has given me over the years that I hope will help someone out there!

See you in the clouds! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Daily Prayer that Will Change Everything

 

Dear Saints, a good friend of mine sent me a link to this prayer and it touched me so deeply that I wanted to share it with you. It's a prayer of submission to our Lord and very important, especially in these trying times. However, make sure you mean every word before you pray it. I hope it blesses you and encourages you to give your all to Jesus. If you pray this every day and really mean it, watch out what the Lord will do!

Lord, let my hands be your hands, give and help through them. Heal through them

Lord, let my eyes be your eyes, let me see people the way you see them

Let my ears be your ears, speak and let me hear you and only you

Let my mouth be your mouth, let me speak only Your truth

Let my feet be your feet, take me wherever you want me to go

Let my heart beat as one with Yours

Crucify my will, and in its place, resurrect Yours

I surrender. Take Over.

Here's the link: Daily Prayer 

 

 

 

Signs in the Sky and Other Things

 

 Dear Precious Saints!

Forgive my absence. I have a book releasing on September 8th, and I've been super busy with edits, formatting, marketing, etc..  If I don't upload the finished book by September 4th, Amazon cancels the book and I get a black mark. YET at the same time, since I believe we are so close to the Tribulation (and the rapture), I wonder why I'm even bothering.  Hence, the dilemma I find myself in. 

The problem lies in that since 2016 and the news of the Revelation 12 sign came out, I have believed the rapture would occur every year. I was so adamant that we would leave in 2017 that I told everyone who would listen... family members, children, my husband.. and friends. So when it didn't occur, they all thought I was just a crazy religious person. Not that they believed me anyway. My husband is a post-tribber... and the rest of my family are either atheists or lukewarm.  Yet, I continued warning people in 2018...2019...2020, when once again I was positive it would occur. Finally everyone told me to shut up about it. And, in all honesty, I don't blame them. I only have myself to blame for allowing all the well-meaning watchmen and pastors and prophets to tell me that THIS IS THE YEAR.  

However, I find myself here in 2026 once again wanting so badly to believe that this is the actual year. I mean... the signs are off the charts!  The dreams, visions, and words are all in alignment. The war in Israel.. the nations surrounding them as the Bible predicted, the apostasy, the immorality, the quakes!  Have you been watching the massive quakes? The storms, famines, plagues!  Yet, all these things have been present in one form or another through the past ten years.  So, why this year? 

The one thing I keep going back to is AI. This is the game changer. AI is taking over everything and everywhere. Some say it has even become self-aware. With AI, they can monitor every single living creature on Earth... not just where you are but what you say, think, eat, and even your blood pressure. Couple that with the Data centers and the flock cameras and cameras in your cars, TV and computer monitors that you aren't aware of, and the nanotech inside you from vaccines and other medications and also being sprayed on you from the sky and put in your food, and honestly, how could we not be right at the Tribulation?   To me, that's the big sign that rises above all others. 

So, why am I stressing so much over my next book? I ask myself that every day. Yet, if I had stopped writing years ago when I thought the Rapture would happen, I would be hurting for money now. So, I keep writing, keep working. Isn't that what we are supposed to do?

I heard that back in 2017, some foolish Christians sold everything they owned, quit their jobs and waiting for Jesus to appear. When He didn't, they were angry and despondent and many turned away from the faith. Even the man who first discovered the Revelation 12 sign went off into some apostate doctrine. 

It is highly possible, based on the signs around us and what I believe I sense, that we could be with Jesus in just a few short months. YET, we must continue our daily lives. We must work, raise our kids and grandkids, take care of ourselves, buy food, clean our home, and all the little mundane activities of daily life. That is what Jesus would have us do. He has positioned each one of us in our particular place with our friends and family and acquaintances for a reason. So, as you work, let Him guide you to be a light in a dark world, pray for people, speak when God gives you utterance, and keep clinging to the hope of our soon-coming King.  However, I am no longer giving dates, no longer setting my hopes on any particular year. I can't. Jesus already has a day set when He's coming. That's good enough for me. 

If the Lord doesn't come back this year, we are still close. He told us that when we see these signs, to look up, for our Redemption draws near. Cling to that hope. Cling to Him. 

 I wanted to point out to you some strange signs in the sky coming up this Wednesday. Here's an article about it, and below that a facebook reel that explains it also.  I don't know if anything will happen, but it's something to be aware of. 

Three cosmic events will converge within hours of one another on August 12th

Signs in the sky this Wednesday 

 I'll end this post with a link to a recent "sermon" by Pastor Jamie Walden. I encourage you to listen to the whole thing. He talks about some of the things happening in the world.... the incredible signs around us. He reminds us to not trust the lying media. He also covers his rapture beliefs in an honest and, what I thought, was a mature way. He also says the Lord told him something major would happen at the end of August/Early September. Did he really hear from God? I don't know. But keep listening to the end where he speaks about fully surrendering to Jesus. It really touched me and I think it will bless you as well!

 

Discussion: Where Are We At? 

 

 God bless you all!  Stay on the narrow path, walk hand in hand with your Savior....and soon, you will see His glorious face!

 

 

 

To All Who Are Weary

I copied this from a man I follow on You Tube, Minister Paul.  It blessed me and I hope it blesses you too! 

 To everyone who is tired… but still holding on! 

 Family… I want to speak to the ones who are **weary from watching**, the ones who feel the weight of delay, the ones who have prayed, hoped, cried, and wondered how much longer. 

You are not weak. You are not failing. You are not forgotten. You are exactly the people Jesus spoke to when He said: “Blessed are those servants whom the Lord finds watching.” Some of you are carrying: - disappointment from dates that came and went - spiritual fatigue from the constant battle - heartbreak over the darkness rising in the world - frustration that others don’t see what you see - and a quiet ache that you don’t talk about.

Listen to me: God sees your endurance. He sees your faithfulness. He sees your longing for His Son. He has not overlooked a single tear, a single prayer, a single night you stayed awake saying, “Lord, come quickly.” You are not waiting in vain. You are not watching alone. You are not forgotten in this hour. 

The Bride grows weary right before the Bridegroom appears. The midnight cry comes when the lamps feel low. Strength is tested right before glory breaks. If you’re tired… breathe. If you’re discouraged… lift your head. If you feel worn out… let the Lord renew you. The same Jesus who promised He would come is the same Jesus who promised He would not delay beyond the Father’s appointed time. Hold fast. Stay awake. Stay faithful. Stay encouraged. The trumpet will not be late. The Bridegroom will not forget His Bride. And your endurance is precious in His sight. I love you all. We’re in this together — until He comes. Even so, Come Lord Jesus.