They have moved the old landmarks, (Proverbs 23:10)

The gates are wasted from the fire, (Nehemiah 1:3)

Theres no protection for the children,

Parents' feet stuck fast  in the mire

Flesh has become their arm, (Jeremiah 17:5)

Instead of seeking God for His will, (Romans 12:2)

They have lost their identity, (Genesis 1:27)

They were just too busy to wait and be still (Psalms 27:14)

The story repeats o'er and o'er,

The outcome just the same,

We need to be repairers of the breach, (Isaiah 58:12)

Glorifying His Holy Name!

The prince and power of the air, (Ephesians 2:2)

Cries out to satisfy,

All of your fleshly needs (I Peter 2:11)

All that you desire.

Seek those things that are real, (Matthew 6:20)

Things that never change,

Love, mercy, long suffering and truth

Through the sunshine and the rain.

Proverbs 23:10

Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

Nehemiah 1:3

And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.

Jeremiah 17:5

Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD. 

Romans 12:2

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Genesis 1:27

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Psalms 27:14

Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

Ephesians 2:2

Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

I Peter 2:11

Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

Matthew 6:20

But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

Isaiah 58:12

 And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in. 

 

 He took out of the temple

The silver and the gold

He sent it to the king of Syria

Protection was what was sold

He could have sought the Lord

To protect and keep him safe

He trusted in his riches

What a big mistake!

The eyes of the Lord running to and fro

Throughout the whole earth

Looking for perfect hearts

And those that have true worth

If war is coming to you

And you know not what to do

Take the helmet of salvation

And the armor tried and true

Praying always, without ceasing

Upon your knees do stay

Our Lord is strong and mighty

He will move the enemy away!

II chr 16

  

His hand can do mighty works,

To those whom do believe, (Matthew 13:58)

No physical strength, nor worldly wisdom (Psalms 33:16)

Is required for His miraculous deeds

Abraham, though his body was old,

Staggered not in unbelief, (Romans 4:20)

He hoped in God's great promises,

Leaning on his faith

God takes the thing that be not,

And calls them as though they were, (Romans 4:17)

With Him all things are possible, (Matthew 19:26)

Your life can be transformed (Romans 12:2)

A tiny seed is all it takes, (Matthew 17:20)

Of faith in the King of Kings,

As this world presses on you daily,

Lean on Him in everything (Proverbs 3:5)

Matthew 13:58

And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.

Psalms 33:16

There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.

Mark 9:24

And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.

Romans 4:20

 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; 

Romans 4:17

 (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were

Matthew 19:26

But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

Romans 12:2

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Matthew 17:20

And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

Proverbs 3:5

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Turn you to the strong hold,

 ye prisoners of hope, (Zechariah 9:12)

Get ye out of the darkness,

In the noon day, no longer grope (Job 5:14

The idols have spoken vanity, 

All lies and false dreams, (Zechariah 10:2)

They'll all end up in the pit, (Matthew 15:14)

Without the Shepherd, they can't see

Let God be magnified! (Psalms 70:4)

His ways lead to life, (Acts 2:28)

Striving to be perfect, (Ephesians 4:13)

And fleeing this world's strife (I Corinthians 3:3)

Trusting in His Holy Name (Proverbs 3:5)

Letting His will be done (Isaiah 43:13)

Renewed daily by His strength (Isaiah 40:31)

With His spirit being one (Ephesians 4:13)

Zechariah 9:12

Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee; 

Job 5:14

They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.

Zechariah 10:2

 For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd. 

Matthew 15:14

Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

Psalms 70:4

Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.

Acts 2:28

Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.

Ephesians 4:13

Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

I Corinthians 3:3

For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?

Proverbs 3:5

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Isaiah 43:13

Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?

Isaiah 43:13

Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?

Isaiah 40:31

But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Look not behind thee

Escape for your life

The angels grabbed a hold of them

Lot, his daughters and his wife

They couldn't climb the mountains

That were up ahead

They begged for refuge in a city

The angels allowed them

But when the fire and brimstone fell

And the cities were brought to naught

Lot's wife had to turn around

Then she turned into a pillar of salt. (Genesis 19)

We must reach forward to apprehend

When we find ourselves in the dark

Not looking or turning back

Pressing towards the high mark

( Phillipians 3:13)

If the mountains seem too tall

Or the race seems hard to run

We must equip ourselves with patience

And keep our focus on the Son

 

What's with that thing on your head?

That was the awkward question an employee at the place where I get my van serviced  asked me today.  I actually dont get many questions, so it caught me a little off guard.  I told him about what Paul said in I Corinthians.  The thing most people don't realize it that most of our great grandmothers all wore head coverings.  If you go back a hundred years, you will also find surprisingly that women also covered their bodies.  Men still generally make it a point to uncover their heads as they enter a church

Prophecy fulfilled. I kings 13 and II kings 22

He found the book of the law

It told him what he would do

He set to work right away

He made it all come true

He had the law read aloud

To the  people young and old

They discovered their fathers sins

They decided to be bold

They would not continue in their sins

Would stop, cry out, repent

They removed the idols from the land

This was why King Josiah had been sent

To make The temple clean

Baal's stuff all up in flames

Idol alters broken down

The idol priests slain

Have you cleaned your house yet?

And Fulfilled the prophesy

Come out from among her?

Touch not the unclean thing?

Will you stand against the idols

And The sins of those before you

Immerse yourself in the Word

Let the power of God shine through

On a steep ravine

Getting closer to the fire

Clinging flat to the rock

Not falling is the desire

A close grip on the rock

Makes the climb more sure

The light is so powerful

Gives the strength to endure

Others there along the way

Are there to help the weak (Gal.6:2)

The young are holding fast the rock

They can almost see the peak

Remove the thorns along the way

So no distractions choke (Matt. 13:32)

A clear path is easier

When traveling through smoke

Our God is a consuming fire (Hebrews 12:29)

He that cometh to God must believe (Hebrews 11:6)

After ye have done the will of God, 

The promise you'll receive! (Hebrews 10:36)

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The lust of The flesh

The lust of the eyes

Lord, take these away

And spare me from pride (I John 2:16)

The one thing I know

That I don't want to be

Someone higher than thou

-like that Pharisee (Luke 18:9 )

Who thought himself righteous

And better than others (Luke 18:11-12)

Lord let me live

A life that is humble.  ( Prov.22:4)

It is so easy to be tricked 

When you think your living right

I desire a pure heart (Psalms 24:4)

and all of God's might

O God, strengthen my hands (Nehemiah 6:9)

Keep my eyes upon thee (Psalms 25:15)

Help me  resist the evil

Cause the devil to flee (James 4:7)

I John 2:16

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

Luke 18:9 

And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: 

Luke 18:11-12

 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.

 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. 

Proverbs 22:4

By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.

Psalms 24:4

He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

Nehemiah 6:9

For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.

Psalms 25:15

Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.

James 4:7

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

He raised Christ from the dead,

And set Him at His own right hand,

With His exceedingly great power, (Eph 1:19-20)

The world was formed by His command

How much more then,

With His mighty power

Can He also raise you up,

When you are stuck  in the mire (Psalms 40:2)

He that oweth much,

Loveth much as well (Luke 7:47)

His eternal power and Godhead

Of it, invisible things tell! (Romans 1:20)

Eph 1:19-20

And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, 

 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, 

Psalms 40:2

He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

Luke 7:47

Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.

Romans 1:20

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:

The cry of the city is waxen great before the face of the LORD; 

He will not strive with them always, 

Now it's time for Him to destroy (Gen 19:13)

"Turn in, I pray you, 

Into  your servant's house,"

Was Lot's faithful request (Gen 19:2)

The men outside pressed greatly

Could anyone survive this great test?

The angels are convinced,

The city can't be saved,

They tell Lot to pack up

And leave this sinful place.

The world around us is changing,

Yea, it's waxing worse and worse, (2 Tim 3:13)

We must stay spiritually separate , (II Corinthians 6:17)

Lo, least we also get burnt

"Turn in, I pray you, 

Into  your servant's house,"

Must also be our cry,

Without His power and rebirth ( Acts 1:8)

We will also die. 

He will not strive with us always (Genesis 6:3)

Salvation is at hand, (II Corinthians 6:2)

We must give up our desires daily (I Corinthians 15:31)

And strive to continue to stand! (Ephesians 6:13)

Gen 19:13.  For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it. 

Gen 19:2

 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night. 

Acts 1:8

But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

2 Tim 3:13

But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

II Corinthians 6:17

Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

Genesis 6:3

And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

II Corinthians 6:2

(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)

I Corinthians 15:31

I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.

Ephesians 6:13

Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

He must increase but I must decrease, (John 3:30)

Striving against sin, (Hebrews 12:4)

Living my life to the will of God,

Not to the lust of men (I Peter 4:2)

Watching and praying always,

That temptations stay away, (Matthew 26:41)

Bringing every thought into captivity, (II Corinthians 10:5)

To the flesh, dying every day (I Corinthians 15:31)

John 3:30

 He must increase, but I must decrease. 

I Peter 4:1-2

 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; 

 That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. 

Hebrews 12:4

Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.

Matthew 26:41

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

II Corinthians 10:5

Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

I Corinthians 15:31

I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.

The Syrian host came by night,

Dothan surrounded round about,

Warriors, horses and chariots,

Elisha's servant has some doubts,

Alas, my master! How shall we do? 

Was his fearful reply

Elisha prays to God 

and God opens the young mans eyes 

A mountains full of protection,

For Elisha was then seen, (II Kings 6:14-18)

Thank God for His protection

When his people are in need

"Increase our faith"

The apostles told our Lord, (Luke 17:5)

"If ye had faith..." (Luke 17:6)

Began Jesus' words

Faith is the substance of things hoped for, 

The evidence of things unseen, (Hebrews 11:1)

The waters wouldn't have parted for Moses, ( Exodus 14:21)

Had he not truly believed, (Hebrews 11:27)

Things seen are not made,

Of the things which do appear, (Hebrews 11:3)

Hope that is seen, is not hope (Romans 8:24)

Serve Him with reverence and godly fear (Hebrews 12:28)

II Kings  6:14-18 

 Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about. 

 And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do? 

 And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them. 

 And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha. 

Luke 17:5

And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.

Luke 17:6

And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you. 

Hebrews 11:1-3

 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 

 For by it the elders obtained a good report. 

 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. 

Romans 8:24

For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?

Hebrews 12:28

Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:

Exodus 14:21

And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. 

Hebrews 11:27

By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible