Keep The Faith

When Power, Poverty, and God’s Light Meet There is something we rarely stop to consider: In every war, every conflict, every struggle — who gains the most, and who pays the highest price? Those at the top gain power, wealth, and influence. Those at the bottom do the fighting, the bleeding, and the dying. This pattern is as old as history itself. Long ago, nations sent slaves into battle first. They were given the weakest weapons and the most dangerous tasks. Only after the slaves were “used up” did the trained soldiers enter the fight. Those in power rarely risked themselves. And in many ways, the pattern hasn’t changed. Seeing the Pattern in History You can look at almost any war. Take the American Civil War. The wealthy plantation owners — the ones who benefited most from slavery — rarely fought. It was the poor farmers, many of whom owned no slaves at all, who died defending a...

Cleaned Version Do you like it when someone tries to deceive you, manipulate you, or use you? I don’t like that one bit, and I doubt any of you do either. Yet there is someone who is doing exactly that to all of us, all the time. Satan is constantly working to deceive humanity, and most of the time we don’t even recognize it. Jesus warned us that deception would become extremely severe in the end times: Matthew 24:24 (CEB) “False christs and false prophets will appear, and they will offer great signs and wonders in order to deceive, if possible, even those whom God has chosen.” I’ve already mentioned some of the ways I’ve personally experienced Satan’s interference—my internet suddenly going down, all my email accounts being disabled, my cursor jumping around or disappearing, writings vanishing right before I could send or post them, and many other things. Through all of this, I’ve learned that I can always rely on God to fix the problem. Sometimes the Lord gives me an idea to work ...

Sometimes what looks like chaos up close reveals perfect order from above. In creation, in people, and in faith, God’s design repeats in patterns of beauty and purpose — fractals of His glory woven through everything He made. Fractal Have you ever heard the word fractal before? According to the Merriam‑Webster Dictionary, a fractal is: “Any of various extremely irregular curves or shapes for which any suitably chosen part is similar in shape to a given larger or smaller part when magnified or reduced to the same size.” In simple terms, a fractal is a pattern that repeats itself at every scale — small parts reflecting the whole. When you look at God’s creation, fractals are everywhere: trees, flowers, clouds, rivers, coastlines, mountains, seashells, snowflakes, hurricanes. Creation is full of repeating patterns — beauty emerging from what looks like chaos. Fractals are often described as “images of dynamic systems,” or “pictures of chaos.” But when you step back, ...

Jacob DeShazer: Forgive Your Enemies The last book I read was Jacob DeShazer: Forgive Your Enemies by Geoff and Janet Benge. I borrowed it from my daughter and have since returned it, so I’m relying on memory and a few details gathered online. Jacob DeShazer (1912–2008) enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps in 1940. On Sunday, December 7, 1941, while on KP duty, he heard the news that Japan had bombed Pearl Harbor. Enraged, he shouted, “The Japs are going to have to pay for this!” Soon after, DeShazer and other members of the 17th Bomb Group volunteered for a secret mission to strike Japan. This daring operation became known as Doolittle’s Raid , led by Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle. The plan was nearly impossible: launch modified B‑25 bombers from the USS Hornet , bomb Japan, and then try to reach friendly territory in China. Because the fleet was discovered early, the planes launched ahead of schedule—short on fuel and far from safety. Though the bombing succeeded, sever...

😕😲😧 It is hard to put into words my feelings and thoughts right now; about the future of America and the world. I did not vote for Trump. I do not hate him but I don't know that I could say that I love him either. I will definitely pray for him, for me, and for our nation.  That word,"hate", I have heard it so many times lately. I have heard it come from the mouths of Christians. The very word Christian means you believe in Christ Jesus and profess His teachings which is love not hate; love God, love neighbor, and even love our enemy (I would like to tell you, hopefully in the next post, about a book I last read which tells how enemies during WWII became friends through the gospel of Christ). I had a feeling that Trump would be nominated as our next president. I even made a comment on Facebook to a friend a while back that I thought that he probably would be elected. But, when all was done and he was elected, I was stunned, shocked. How did this happen? I do bel...

The Unseen Kingdom and the Battle for the Soul Yeshua reveals the unseen Kingdom of God and teaches us how to remain filled with His life so darkness cannot return. The Seen Revealing the Unseen Yeshua (Jesus) is always teaching us about the Kingdom of God — that realm invisible to our human eyes. When He came in a form we could see, He confirmed what the prophets had spoken and gave us a visible glimpse into the unseen Kingdom. Today, Yeshua teaches us again through the unseen — through the Holy Spirit — as long as we have invited Him in. Yeshua revealing God’s Kingdom to us is eternal life ( John 17:3 ). Receiving Yeshua Within Taking Yeshua into yourself can be difficult to understand. He explains it in many ways because this is the only way we can learn about what we cannot see. One picture He gives is at the Last Supper, when He broke the bread and said, “Take and eat; this is my body” ( Matthew 26:26 ). He was not speaking of literal flesh, nor that th...

Yeshua Jesus' conversations with others were constantly about the kingdom of God, the unseen realm. God, angels, Satan, demons are all of the unseen realm. Jesus is of the unseen and the seen realm. He is the One who taught those who saw Him when He was here on earth, in a human body. He is the One who teaches each of us now if we have invited Him into us. We don't see Him now but His spirit is everywhere. He knows our thoughts. He judges perfectly because He knows all things, not like our earthly judges. He wants to help us, if we want His help; teaching us about the kingdom of God. After Jesus arose from the dead, He appeared to people for 40 days. He was no longer in an earthly body. I think that His new body was to demonstrate, to show us, the new body we will receive some day. Because the kingdom of God is not something we can see right now, we can only have faith that it exists, it is here with us.  After Jesus arose from the dead, one of Jesus' disciples, T...