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8/13/2019 How to Make It in the Coming Hard Days, And the Days We Live In
How To Make It In The Coming Hard Days, And The Days We Live In
If You are going through hard times today, this little ook is for you! If you are living "ay #he#k to "ay #he#k, this little ook is for you! If you have lost all you had and are of trouled heart, this one is for you! If you feel your the only one going through hell on earth, this ook is for you!
If you find your self in fear, or worry aout the #oming days, this is for you! If you do not know what is going on and are afraid, this ook is for you! If you need some ile "romise to see you through, this little ook is for you! If you feel you are at the end of your ro"e, this little ook is for you!
If all is well in your life, everything is great, this little ook is not for you! If you do not elieve we are heading for very hard times, this ook is not for you!
This little ook has een written y a sim"le man of (od that has een going through,une)"lainale "ain and suffering! It has een over five years now, of none endinghardshi", "overty, illness, atta#ks of every kind, re*e#tion, hurt, deaths, and mu#h more!
The est sermons, ooks, messages that are aout hard times are est "ut together fromthe heart y one who is going through it, and has found glory, gra#e and vi#tory in it!
The est words a man #an give, the est insights and oservations are from the one thathas learned something aout it! The man has not arrived, the man is still learning, day yday, hour y hour, year to year! +how me your s#ares and I know you have something tosay that will have sustan#e to it!
I have heard from others that are going through the same, or very similar things, the
thing I hear most often is, I do not know how to go on, how do you do it-.In this ook I #an not tell you everything, answer all your douts, ut sim"ly lay out whatI am still learning, and the lessons the lord has shown me in these great trials andtriulations! I do not have your answer, ut (od does, you must seek Him one on one toget your own word! This is sim"ly somethings I have learned, trans"arent, truth , andfrom the Holy /ile, and the very voi#e of the lord, (od still s"eaks! /y #ir#umstan#es,the small still voi#e, "ro"he#y, illumination of the holy /ile, y others, #onfirmations andsu#h!
I know one thing without a dout, and that is , (od still s"eaks! It takes time to listen,
there are those that still are living a good life, little need, ut are in fear of losing all theyhave, this is dealt with! I have tried to minister to "eo"le who still have *os, se#urity,things, this grou" is the hardest to wake u" to the truth, that hard times are #oming,WW0, a total e#onomi# #olla"sed, and the fall of Ameri#a! Many do not elieve the lord is *udging Ameri#a, and other nations, they do not elieve an e#onomi# #olla"se is #oming,they #all any su#h word, the words of a dooms day 1ro"het!
These one2s will never elieve anything, until it ha""ens to them, I have sto""ed warningsu#h ones! This ook is of no value to su#h ones, ut it will e of value for ones that werelisted on the front #over! This ook is not to "romote fear, not in the Holy hurting
remnant ones of the lord! It has some details in it that #ould make the inno#ent, trueelievers feel fear, that is not my intention! The ook deals mostly with "romises in theword, testimony2s how the lord has seen me through my own hard days! I "ray and ho"ethe ones that need this assuran#e will read this, and find ho"e, faith, love, and a ig doseof #omfort, from a sim"le voi#e in the wilderness, y a humle man that has een #rushed, sifted, "ut to the trials of a life, years with out end! I think, I ho"e, I "ray, my own life,the lessons learned in it and through it will e of some hel" to the other "re#ious hurtingsaints world wide!
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Luk 12:22 And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Takeno thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what yeshall put on.
Luk 12:2 The life is !ore than !eat, and the body is more than rai!ent.
Luk 12:2" #onsider the ra$ens: for they neither sow nor reap; whichneither ha$e storehouse nor barn; and %od feedeth the!: how !uch!ore are ye better than the fowls&
Luk 12:2' And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature onecubit&
Luk 12:2( If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take yethought for the rest&
Luk 12:2) #onsider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not;and yet I say unto you, that *olo!on in all his glory was not arrayed likeone of these.
Luk 12:2+ If then %od so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, andto !orrow is cast into the o$en; how !uch !ore will he clothe you, yeof little faith&
Luk 12:2- And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink,
neither be ye of doubtful !ind.
Luk 12: /or all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your /ather knoweth that ye ha$e need of these things.
Luk 12:1 0ut rather seek ye the kingdo! of %od; and all these things shall
be added unto you.
Luk 12:2 /ear not, little flock; for it is your /athers good pleasure to gi$e you the kingdo!.
Luk 12: *ell that ye ha$e, and gi$e al!s; pro$ide yoursel$es bags which wa not old, a treasure in the hea$ens that faileth not, where no thiefapproacheth, neither !oth corrupteth.
Luk 12:" /or where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Luk 12:' Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
Luk 12:( And ye yoursel$es like unto !en that wait for their lord, when
he will return fro! the wedding; that when he co!eth and knocketh,they !ay open unto hi! i!!ediately.
In "art one, I will e)"ound the te)t aove, I will use Matthew Henry2s Commentary , mynotes , with in his are in lue, so you will e ale to know when I am writing! I find thelong "assage of #ommentary on these te)t 3erses in Henry4s Commentary se#ond to none!I #ould *ust "aste what he says and #all it the end of 1art one, ut I want to addsomethings in #ertain "oints! I ho"e you read, understand and are lessed y the (ems,
Henry has to say, and the humle words I will add!Luke 12:223"
ur Lord 4esus is here inculcating so!e needful useful lessons upon hisdisciples, which he had before taught the!, and had occasion afterwardsto press upon the!; for they need to ha$e precept upon precept, and lineupon line: 5Therefore, because there are so !any that are ruined byco$etousness, and an inordinate affection to the wealth of this world, I sayunto you, !y disciples, take heed of it.6 Thou, O man of God, flee thesethings, as well as thou, !an of the world, 1Ti7(:11.
I. 8e charges the! not to afflict the!sel$es with dis9uieting perpleingcares about the necessary supports of life: Take no thought for your life,
ote: e do inflict da!age on oursel$es when we allow things to cause worry in us, when we do not let go and let %od, be %od, we are headed fora heart that is filled with fear, worry, regret, you na!e it. It is a beast, we!ust ta!e, our thoughts.
e !ake our own prisons, but there is a way out, faith and trust in thelord, no !atter what we go through.
Luk712:22. In the foregoing parable he had gi$en us warning against that branch of co$etousness of which rich people are !ost in danger; and thatis, a sensual complacency in the abundance of this worlds goods. ow hisdisciples !ight think they were in no danger of this, for they had no plentyor $ariety to glory in; and therefore he here warns the! against another
branch of co$etousness, which they are !ost in te!ptation to that ha$e but a little of this world, which was the case of the disciples at best and!uch !ore now that they had left all to follow #hrist, and that was, an
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anxious solicitude about the necessary supports of life: 5Take no thought for your life, either for the preser$ation of it, if it be in danger, or for thepro$ision that is to be !ade for it, either of food or clothing, what ye shall eat or what ye shall put on.6 This is the caution he had largely insisted
upon, <at7(:2', etc.; and the argu!ents here used are !uch the sa!e,designed for our encourage!ent to cast all our care upon %od, which isthe right way to ease oursel$es of it. #onsider then,
1. %od, who has done the greater for us, !ay be depended upon to do theless. 8e has, without any care or forecast of our own, gi$en us life and abody, and therefore we !ay cheerfully lea$e it to hi! to pro$ide meat forthe support of that life, and raiment for the defence of that body.
5! %od, who pro$ides for the inferior creatures, !ay be depended uponto pro$ide for good #hristians. 5Trust %od for meat, for he feeds theravens =Luk712:2">; they neither sow nor reap, they take neither care norpains beforehand to pro$ide for the!sel$es, and yet they are fed, andne$er perish for want. ow consider how much better ye are than the fowls, than the ra$ens. Trust %od for clothing, for he clothes the lilies=Luk712:2), Luk712:2+>; they !ake no preparation for their own clothing,they toil not, they spin not, the root in the ground is a naked thing, and
without orna!ent, and yet, as the flower grows up, it appears wonderfullybeautified. ow, if %od has so clothed the flowers, which are fadingperishing things, shall he not much more clothe you with such clothing as
is fit for you, and with clothing suited to your nature, as theirs is&6
It sound to good to e true, it sounds like we #an live a worry free life, we #an, even whenthese things are not met on time! I have learned something I was doing, and the lord#onvi#ted me of it, I was setting dead lines for the lord, things I thought he would, shoulddo on su#h and su#h a time! The lord has a different agenda, and his agenda is you, we donot really know what is est for us, we think we do, ut we don not! I look a#k and think,2 If the lord did meet that dead line, or answer that "rayer, things would have gone fromad to worse, have you ever noti#ed that.
The lord has our est interests at heart, his will, his way, they are far "ast finding out, oreven understanding! The ile says we do not even know how to "ray, or what to "ray for!
?o! +:2( And in like !anner the *pirit also helpeth our infir!ity: for weknow not how to pray as we ought; but the *pirit hi!self !akethintercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered;
?o! +:2) and he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the !ind of
the *pirit, because he !aketh intercession for the saints according tothe will of %od.
In the (reek the word Infirmities means, weakness of MI$D, or ody! The Holy +"irit"rays through us the "erfe#t will of the lord, we groan, we "ray in the s"irit, manytimes, this is the only way to "ray the "erfe#t will of the lord! I "ray in tongues more
than all ye, 1aul said that, 6ude says, 2 /uilding yourself u" in your most holy faith,"aying in the s"irit! &ur "rayer language has a "ur"ose, in "rivate "rayer we s"eakthe words of men, and Angles, the heavenly "rayer language! This is of great use whenwe do not know what to say, sometimes *ust #ry, groan and leave what it all means tothe lord, you *ust "rayed the "erfe#t will of the lord! In his time he will do all he said,fill every "romise, we *ust have to wait, and wait, ut e sure saint of (od, it will #ome,so stand old and strong and forge ahead! I know some reading this elieve, have eentaught the Holy +"irit (ifts ended, well its a gift, you do not have to take it, I did, Iwould e a dead man without it, lit dead in s"irit L&L!
hen %od fed Israel with manna in the wilderness, he also took care fortheir clothing; for though he did not furnish the! with new clothes, yet=which ca!e all to one> he pro$ided that those they had should not waxold upon them, @eu7+:". Thus will he clothe his spiritual Israel; but thenlet the! not be of little faith. ote, ur inordinate cares are owing to the
weakness of our faith; for a powerful practical belief of the all3sufficiencyof %od, his co$enant3relation to us as a /ather, and especially his preciouspro!ises, relating both to this life and that to co!e, would be !ighty,through %od, to the pulling down of the strong holds of these dis9uieting
perpleing i!aginations.
The alan#e must e learned #on#erning our faith, our trust, while it is true He 7789says, Without faith it is im"ossile to "lease (od, all those that #ome to him, must elievethat he is, and he is the re:warder of them that diligently seek him!
6esus said many times to his dis#i"les, 2& Ye of little faith2! What do we do in an e#li"seof faith, the times when we *ust lose it, we #an not take anymore and like the ile heroesgive u" and look to die. The lord re;uires we have faith , yes, its all ile, he alsounderstand at times we all fa#e the red seas of our life, times when we do not know whatto do, hardshi" after hardshi" #auses us to tem"orarily lose that holy faith and trust,what do we do, rest in our lord, He understand, get a#k on tra#k, re"ent and go forward!
We learn it only takes faith the si<e of a mustard seed, and a mustard seed is very small!It moves mountains of unelief, also re#all the man that needed his #hild to e healed and6esus asked the man, Do you elieve- The man said something that shows a true seekingheart that wants to truly have faith, the man said, yes lord I elieve, hel" thou myunelief- !The man had faith, a little, and 6esus healed the #hild, what does this say to us.
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It says, the lord knows our heart, man does not, ut the lord does, thank the lord heknows! It tells us to e honest, tell the lord in "rayer you are struggling, ask him for hel"and he will hel" you! He will!
=aith is a must, small or ig, some have the gift of faith, others do not, ut we are all tohave faith, or we #an not "lease (od! I want to "lease (od, I re"ent in hot tears when Iknow I am skidding, ut the righteous even if they slide 7>> times a day, will not utterlyfall! It is a heart issue more than a faith issue! /eing a holiness "rea#her, I noti#ed over theyears, this #an easily e#ome legalisti#, and we must find alan#e, we think, 2If I *ust "raymore, have more faith, I would get out of all this2 it will not always work out like that, weare eing trained, we fail the lord! 6esus is our high "riest, our inter#essor, he knows whatwe go through, while on earth, as oth (od and man, the man 6esus, was also tem"ted inevery way we are, ut he alone was without sin, 6esus we"t, he felt anguish, he signed, he,the human side of 6esus, fa#ed it all! What etter inter#essor #ould we have, our lord
knows all, so *ust e honest with him, no "ositive, negative #onfession theology, this isword of =aith, it maters not, we think right, re"ent, "our our heart out, tell the lordeverything and it will all work out for the good!
. ur cares are fruitless, $ain, and insignificant, and therefore it is follyto indulge the!. They will not gain us our wishes, and therefore ought notto hinder our repose =Luk712:2'>: 5hich of you by taking thought canadd to his stature one cubit, or one inch, can add to his age one year orone hour& ow if ye be not able to do that which is least, if it be not in
your power to alter your statures, why should you perple yoursel$esabout other things, which are as !uch out of your power, and about whichit is necessary that we refer oursel$es to the pro$idence of %od&6 ote, Asin our stature, so in our state, it is our wisdo! to take it as it is, and !akethe best of it; for fretting and $eing, carping and caring, will not !end it.
". An inordinate anious pursuit of the things of this world, e$ennecessary things, $ery ill beco!es the disciples of #hrist =Luk712:2-,Luk712:>: 5hate$er others do, seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what
ye shall drink! do not you afflict yoursel$es with perpleing cares, nor weary yoursel$es with constant toils; do not hurry hither and thither withen9uiries what you shall eat or drink, as @a$ids ene!ies, that wanderedup and down for meat =sa7'-:1'>, or as the eagle that seeks the prey afar off, 4ob7-:2-. Let not the disciples of #hrist thus seek their food, but ask
it of %od day by day; let the! not be of doubtful mind! e tor izsth 3 "e
not as meteors in the air, that are blown hither and thither with e$ery wind; do not, like the!, rise and fall, but !aintain a consistency with
yoursel$es; be e$en and steady, and ha$e your hearts fied; live not incareful suspense! let not your !inds be continually perpleed betweenhope and fear, e$er upon the rack.6 Let not the children of %od !akethe!sel$es uneasy;
As you can see the %reek word is the sa!e word that we get our word for!eteors, it is this word, a literally analogy of the doubtful !ind, that istossed about, shaken like a reed, one that $acillates between two opinions,4a!es calls in #h 1, being double !inded, in %reek , it !eans as said, to
$acillate between two opinions.
e !ust deal with this by taking the lord at his word, standing by faith, no!atter what happens, if we doubt, 4a!es says, 5 let not that !an3person3think he shall recei$e anything of the lord6.
e ha$e all had ti!es when we eperienced an eclipse of faith, ate!porary losing it, being afraid, concerned, in anguish 3perpleed, all ofus ha$e, I ha$e , and it was of no use, it only clouded the hea$enly !indset.
/or se$eral years I ha$e been gi$ing by the lord, his word, this pro!iseo$er and o$er, yet things happened that !ade !e think, Lord your notdoing your part, where are you, what happened, you pro!ise in your
word, to gi$e us food, clothing, now days include a roof o$er your head,and yet e$en the !ost basic of needs , !any ti!e ha$e gone un!et, I asked
why, lord I do not understand, it is your word.
At the writing of this it is @ec 1 21 when It was started, I do not knowhow we will pay Bust the basic needs, as we still do not ha$e a single di!e.
*o, what do you do when it looks like the !ost basic pro!ises are falling tothe ground& I tell you now, I ha$e !ade this a !atter of prayer, shed!any, !any tears o$er this, what I was taught is si!ply do not worry, no!atter what do not worry. I used to be a worry wart, a tad i!patient withthings, highly !oti$ated and acti$e in the things of the lord.
The lord said to !y heart, 5 <y son, you are in worry, I a! with you, !anythings I ha$e allowed for a reason, stop trying to figure things out, trust in!e with all your heart and lean not unto your own understanding = ro$:' > I said to stop looking at the seen, look at the things that are not seen, Ia! preparing you, and others in a hard boot ca!p for the task co!ing in
your life $ery soon, fear not, forge ahead, I a! with you, I ha$e youco$ered6
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That is a powerful word, and yet I said, 5 k Lord, I gi$e it all to you, no!ore worry, no !ore hea$iness, I roll it all on you, but could you please atleast, so!ehow keep !e and !y wife with food, clothing and a roof6&
I thought I was doing what the word said, 5 seek ye first the kingdo! of%od, and his righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you6.
hat do you do, think, when they, these things, your basic needs go un!etand you ha$e no way to pay bills, or buy food or e$en T.. I kid you not,
what do you do& This is what I learned and keep learning e$eryday.
The lord is with !e, at ti!es I a! the one that !o$ed, he has always beenthere, it is !y sin of unbelief at ti!es, !y worry, hu!an weakness, I didnot pray as I should at ti!es, when I was reading the word it was like Bust
lines that were blurred. ?eader ha$e you been there& Are you there now&
@o not listen to the @e$il, your flesh, or people playing 4obs counselors,telling your doing so!ething wrong, or are in a secret sin, I was, and a!not, a sinner sa$ed by grace, yes, bad thoughts and hurt yes, but no thingsas I was being told I was doing, and all this was going on without end,
because I did so!ething so bad, I a! now out of %ods grace, this is 1Cof the de$il, he kicks you when your down, its spiritual warfare, plain andsi!ple. @o not heed what others say, if you know in your heart, there is nosecret sin, if you know your heart is right with the lord, if so, you reader,
are one of the people the lord has chosen to be a part in this end ti!e!inistry and the fall of A!erica and the econo!y. I ha$e learned toe!brace this, understand it is %od at work.
Accept your plot in life, look to the lord, as @a$id ilkerson often said, 5The hardest part about faith, is the last half an hour6
@o not gi$e up, your being trained to contend with horse!en, not Bust thefoot!en, as 4er. *ays. Today the horse!en, !eaning the hard, hard days,and full 4udg!ent has not co!e, DET, but be sure they are, and if yourgoing through things like this, your in the lords holy boot ca!p, you ha$e a
call on you, it is the only way, we !ust be trained, Bust like a !ilitary bootca!p, our weapons are not carnal, they are spiritual, we are gi$en the
word, the power of the 8oly *pirit, the lords di$ine presence in pray andgreat co!fort and grace.
ith e$ery thorn that is not taken away, the lord gi$es grace to !atch it,in our weakness the lords strength is !ade perfect, co!plete, we Bustsub!it to all of it, rest in he lord, understand waiting is hard, but it is not
the lord saying, o, he is saying, wait, I ha$e !ore pruning and work todo in your life.
e can only !ake it in these hard days and what is co!ing by such hardlessons, there are no se$en steps to $ictory, se$en secrets to getting all you
want in life, these type of books are e$erywhere, but they are lies, written by wol$es in sheeps clothing, that li$e in !ansions and ha$e !illions, the#hristian T.F. ?ock stars, that ha$e only a false word, eace, peace...thanco!eth destruction.
If you stay with the word, not these teachings of !en you will !ake it,butit will be the narrow gate. It is easy to say se$en steps to prosperity when
you !ake !illions and li$e in a !ansion, and by selling false doctrine books like these, people fall for it, listen to it, but in the end you know its alie, but you Bust helped that author pay for !ore things, !ore !oney tokeep their lie being pushed around the world. Dour financing, doctrines of@e!ons. Think on this, !ore later, back to 8enry.
?7!@ This is to !ake the!sel$es like the children of this world: 5 #ll thesethings do the nations of the world seek after, Luk712:. They that takecare for the body only, and not for the soul, for this world only, and not forthe other, look no further than what they shall eat and drink! and, ha$ingno all3sufficient %od to seek to and confide in, they burden the!sel$es
with anious cares about those things. 0ut it ill beco!es you to do so. Dou, who are called out of the world, ought not to be thus confor!ed to the
world, and to walk in the way of this people,6 Isa7+:11, Isa7+:12. heninordinate cares pre$ail o$er us, we should think, 5hat a! I, a #hristianor a heathen& 0aptiGed or not baptiGed& If a #hristian, if baptiGed, shall Irank !yself with %entiles, and Boin with the! in their pursuits&6
?5!@ It is needless for the! to dis9uiet the!sel$es with care about thenecessary supports of life; for they ha$e a /ather in hea$en who does and
will take care for the!: 5$our %ather knows that you have need of thesethings, and considers it, and will supply your needs according to hisriches in glory! for he is your %ather, who made you subBect to these
necessities, and therefore will suit his co!passions to the!: your %ather, who maintains you, educates you, and designs an inheritance for you, andtherefore will take care that you want no good thing.6
?0!@ They ha$e better things to !ind and pursue =Luk712:1>: 5 "ut rather seek ye the kingdom of God, and !ind this, you, !y disciples, who are to preach the kingdom of God! let your hearts be upon your work, and yourgreat care how to do that well, and this will effectually di$ert your
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thoughts fro! inordinate care about things of the world. And let all thatha$e souls to sa$e seek the kingdom of God, in which only they can besafe. *eek ad!ission into it, seek ad$ance!ent in it; seek the kingdom ofgrace, to be subBects in that; the kingdom of glory, to be princes in that;
and then all these things shall be added to you. <ind the affairs of yoursouls with diligence and care, and then trust %od with all your otheraffairs.6
?!@ They ha$e better things to epect and hope for: %ear not, little flock, Luk712:2. /or the banishing of inordinate cares, it is necessary that fearsshould be suppressed. hen we frighten oursel$es with an apprehensionof e$il to co!e, we put oursel$es upon the stretch of care how to a$oid it,
when after all perhaps it is but the creature of our own i!agination.
Therefore fear not, little flock, but hope to the end! for it is your %ather&sgood pleasure to give you the kingdom. This co!fortable word we had notin <atthew.
?B!@ ote, H1. #hrists flock in this world is a little flock! his sheep are butfew and feeble. The church is a $ineyard, a garden, a s!all spot, co!pared
with the wilderness of this world; as Israel =1Ji72:2)>, who were like twolittle flocks of kids, when the 'yrians filled the country.
?9!@ H2. Though it be a little flock, 9uite over(numbered, and therefore indanger of being overpowered, by its ene!ies, yet it is the will of #hrist thatthey should not be afraid: 5 %ear not, little flock, but see yoursel$es safeunder the protection and conduct of the great and good *hepherd, and lieeasy.6 H. %od has a kingdom in store for all that belong to #hrists little flock, a crown of glory =1e7':">, a throne of power =?e$7:21>,unsearchable riches, far eceeding the peculiar treasures of kings and provinces. The sheep on the right hand are called to come and inherit thekingdom! it is theirs for e$er; a kingdo! for each. H". The kingdo! isgi$en according to the good pleasure of the /ather; It is your %ather&sgood pleasure! it is gi$en not of debt, but of grace, free grace, so$ereigngrace; even so, %ather, because it seemed good unto thee. The kingdo! ishis; and !ay he not do what he will with his own& H'. The belie$ing hopes
and prospects of the kingdom should silence and suppress the fears of#hrists little flock in this world. 5/ear no trouble; for, though it shouldco!e, it shall not co!e between you and the kingdo!, that is sure, it isnear.6 =That is not an e$il worth tre!bling at the thought of which cannotseparate us fro! the lo$e of %od>. 5 %ear not the want of any thing that isgood for you; for, if it be your %ather&s good pleasure to give you thekingdom, you need not 9uestion but he will bear your charges thither.6
II. 8e charged the! to !ake sure work for their souls, by laying up their
treasure in hea$en, Luk712:, Luk712:". Those who ha$e done this !ay be $ery easy as to all the e$ents of ti!e.
1. 5 'it loose to this world, and to all your possessions in it: 'ell that yehave, and give alms,6 that is, 5rather than want wherewith to relie$e thosethat are truly necessitous, sell what you ha$e that is superfluous, all that
you can spare fro! the support of yoursel$es and fa!ilies, and gi$e it to
the poor. 'ell what you have, if you find it a hindrance f?o!. orincu!brance in, the ser$ice of #hrist. @o not think yoursel$es undone, if
by being fined, i!prisoned, or banished, for the testi!ony of 4esus, you beforced to sell your estates, thought they be the inheritance of your fathers.@o not sell to hoard up the !oney, or because you can !ake !ore of it byusury, but sell and give alms! what is gi$en in al!s, in a right !anner, isput out to the best interest, upon the best security.6
2. 5 'et your hearts upon the other world, and your epectations fro!that world. )rovide yourselves bags that wax not old, that wa not e!pty,not of gold, but of grace in the heart and good works in the life; these are
the bags that will last.6 %race will go with us into another world, for it iswoven in the soul; and our good works will follow us, for God is notunrighteous to forget the!. These will be treasures in heaven, that willenrich us to eternity. =1.> It is treasure that will not be exhausted! we !ayspend upon it to eternity, and it will not be at all the less; there is nodanger of seeing the botto! of it. =2.> It is treasure that we are in nodanger of being robbed of, for no thief approaches near it; what is laid upin hea$en is out of reach of ene!ies. =.> It is treasure that will not spoil
with keeping, any !ore than it will waste with spending! the moth doesnot corrupt it, as it does our gar!ents which we now wear. ow by this it
appears that we ha$e laid up our treasure in hea$en if our hearts be there while we are here =Luk712:">, if we think !uch of hea$en and keep oureye upon it, if we 9uicken oursel$es with the hopes of it and keep oursel$esin awe with the fear of falling short of it. 0ut, if your hearts be set upon theearth and the things of it, it is to be feared that you ha$e your treasure andportion in it, and are undone when you lea$e it.
III. 8e charges the! to get ready, and to keep in a readiness for #hristsco!ing, when all those who ha$e laid up their treasure in hea$en shallenter upon the enBoy!ent of it, Luk712:', etc.
1. #hrist is our *aster, and we are his servants, not only working
ser$ants, but waiting ser$ants, ser$ants that are to do hi! honour, inwaiting on hi!, and attending his !otions: If any man serve me, let him follow me. %ollow the +amb whithersoever he goes. 0ut that is not all:they !ust do hi! honour in waiting for him, and epecting his return. e!ust be as !en that wait for their +ord, that sit up late while he stays outlate, to be ready to recei$e hi!.
2. #hrist our <aster, though now gone from us, will return again, return from the wedding, fro! solemniing the nuptials abroad, to complete
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the! at ho!e. #hrists ser$ants are now in a state of epectation, looking for their *aster&s glorious appearing, and doing e$ery thing with an eyeto that, and in order to that. 8e will come to take cogniGance of hisser$ants, and, that being a critical day, they shall either stay with hi! or
be turned out of doors, according as they are found in that day.. The ti!e of our <asters return is uncertain; it will be in the night, it
will be far in the night, when he has long deferred his co!ing, and when!any ha$e done looking for hi!; in the second watch, Bust before!idnight, or in the third watch, net after !idnight, Luk712:+. 8isco!ing to us, at our death, is uncertain, and to !any it will be a greatsurprise; for the 'on of *an cometh at an hour that ye think not =Luk712:">, without gi$ing notice beforehand. This bespeaks not only theuncertainty of the ti!e of his co!ing, but the pre$ailing security of thegreatest part of !en, who are unthinking, and altogether regardless of the
notices gi$en the!, so that, whene$er he co!es, it is in an hour that theythink not.
". That which he epects and re9uires fro! his ser$ants is that they beready to open to him immediately, whene$er he co!es =Luk712:(>, thatis, that they be in a fra!e fit to recei$e hi!, or rather to be recei$ed byhi!; that they be found as his ser$ants, in the posture that beco!es the!,
with their loins girded about, alluding to the ser$ants that are ready to go whither their !aster sends the!, and do what their !aster bids the!,ha$ing their long gar!ents tucked up =which otherwise would hang aboutthe!, and hinder the!>, and their lights burning, with which to light their
!aster into the house, and up to his cha!ber.'. Those ser$ants will be happy who shall be found ready, and in a good
fra!e, when their Lord shall co!e =Luk712:)>: "lessed are thoseservants who, after ha$ing waited long, continue in a waiting fra!e, untilthe hour that their Lord co!es, and are then found awake and aware ofhis first approach, of his first knock; and again =Luk712:+>: "lessed arethose servants, for then will be the ti!e of their prefer!ent. 8ere is suchan instance of honour done the! as is scarcely to be found a!ong !en:8e will make them sit down to meat, and will serve them. /or the
bridegroo! to wait upon his bride at table is not unco!!on, but to wait
upon his ser$ants is not the manner of men! yet 4esus #hrist was a!onghis disciples as one that served, and did once, to show his condescension,gird himself, and serve them, when he washed their feet =4oh71:",4oh71:'>; it signified the Boy with which they shall be recei$ed into theother world by the Lord 4esus, who is gone before, to prepare for the!,and has told the! that his %ather will honour the!, 4oh712:2(.
(. e are therefore kept at uncertainty concerning the precise ti!e ofhis co!ing that we !ay be always ready; for it is no thanks to a !an to beready for an attack, if he know beforehand Bust the ti!e when it will be
!ade: The good man of the house, if he had known what hour the thiefwould have come, though he were e$er so careless a !an, would yet havewatched, and ha$e frightened away the thie$es, Luk712:-. 0ut we do notknow at what hour the alar! will be gi$en us, and therefore are concernedto watch at all tines, and ne$er to be off our guard. r this !ay inti!atethe !iserable case of those who are careless and unbelie$ing in this great
!atter. If the good man of the house had had notice of his danger of beingrobbed such a night, he would ha$e sat up, and sa$ed his house; but weha$e notice of the day of the Lords co!ing, as a thief in the night, to theconfusion and ruin of all secure sinners, and yet do not thus watch. If !en
will take such care of their houses, let us be thus wise for our souls: "eye therefore ready also, as ready as the good !an of the house would be ifhe knew what hour the thief would come.
Matt Henry, I "ray you are gaining a love for his writings, so full of wisdom, insight andmany gems from his oservations, se#ond to none!
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1sa 789 Ye have shamed the #ounsel of the "oor, e#ause the L&%D is his refuge!
/arnes
1salms 789
Ye have shamed : The address here is made dire#tly to the wi#ked themselves, to showthem the aseness of their own #ondu#t, and, "erha"s, in #onne#tion with the "reviousverse, to show them what o##asion they had for fear! The idea in the verse seems to e,that as (od was the "rote#tor of the "oor- who had #ome to him for refuge,- and asthey had shamed the #ounsel of the "oor- who had done this, they had real o##asion foralarm! The "hrase ye have shamed- seems to mean that they had des"ised- it, or hadtreated it with derision, that is, they had laughed at, or had mo#ked the "ur"ose of the"oor in "utting their trust in Yahweh!
The #ounsel : The "ur"ose, the "lan, the a#t : of the "oor that is, in "utting their trust inthe Lord! They had derided this as vain and foolish, sin#e they maintained that there wasno (od 1sa787! They therefore regarded su#h an a#t as mere illusion!
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The "oor : The righteous, #onsidered as "oor, or as affli#ted! The word here rendered
"oor- : ע ‛EFG J KFN KOP QPOQPRS RUVXS ̂
distressed, needy! It is often rendered affli#ted,- 6o085 1sa785Z 1sa55851sa5B879 1sa580 et al! in 1sa[875 1sa7>875 it is rendered humle!- The #ommonrendering, however, is "oor,- ut it refers "ro"erly to the righteous, with the idea thatthey are affli#ted, needy, and in humle #ir#umstan#es! This is the idea here! The wi#kedhad derided those who, in #ir#umstan#es of "overty, de"ression, want, trial, had no otherresour#e, and who had sought their #omfort in (od! These re"roa#hes tended to takeaway their last #onsolation, and to #over them with #onfusion it was "ro"er, therefore,that they who had done this should e overwhelmed with fear! If there is anything whi#hdeserves "unishment it is the a#t whi#h would take away from the world the last ho"e ofthe wret#hed : that there is a (od!-
/e#ause the Lord is his refuge : He has made the Lord his refuge! In his "overty,
affli#tion, and troule, he has #ome to (od, and "ut his trust in him! This sour#e of#omfort, the do#trine of the wi#ked : that there was no (od- : tended to destroy! Atheism#uts off every ho"e of man, and leaves the wret#hed to des"air! It would "ut out the lastlight that gleams on the earth, and #over the world with total and eternal night!
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1salms 789/e#ause : This was the ground of their #ontem"t, that he lived y faith in (od2s "romiseand "roviden#e!
This is one way to gain your faith and trust a#k, it is total relian#e on the lord! Many willsay, \ Your 6esus is a #rut#h\, my lord is my #rut#h, I am a sinner saved y gra#e, a onelegged man! The enemy and all your going through will deride you, "erse#ute you, saying,2 where is your (od,2 they will try to say, \ your only into religion, this 6esus, e#ause youhave nothing\, guess what, they are #orre#t we have nothing aside from 6esus, themoment we do, like the enemies we are done! 1eo"le who are not going through what youare, Christians and non: Christians alike, are still 6o2s unwise #ounselors with us! Theyare living at ease and in a false "ea#e, the (od of this world has linded the eyes of thenon:elievers, look at them with "ity, they are lind, ut you see, you know, you have seen
and tasted that the lord is good! The lord will vindi#ate you one day, it may not e untilyou are in glory, ut that day is #oming!
I have, y the lords gra#e een vindi#ated more than on#e while on earth, this doesha""en to often, ut it has, so the lord may vindi#ate you in this life as well! &ne of myfavorite words the lord has given me, and one that has #ome to "ass is from 1s 50, I will"re"are a tale fro you, in the midst of your enemies! This ha""ened when we werealmost homeless, the small town was, and is re*e#ting the true word, "ro"heti# warnings,it is the way of the #ross, right efore we almost lost all, the lord granted us our #urrent
rental of a very large Z a#re desert style ran#h "la#e for our home mission, the inside isrand new the rent #hea"er than what we "aid for the hole we were living in! We hadnothing, the lord filled the house with furniture, and many things we had to have! Thosethat say they are Christians, that do not want to stone us, L&L! #an not even #ome y fora visit, e#ause they #an not stand the lords moving us to su#h a ni#e "la#e, they #an notlook u"on this tale "re"ared efore our enemies, that is holy vindi#ation!
We are still in des"erate need, we never know how we will "ay ills, we are still in dire"overty, many still ki#k us, s"eak down at us, rail on us, ut they did all this to our lordand the saints throughout history, it is the way it is! 1ray for your enemies, this is the keyto vi#tory over them! When your enemy hungers give him food, if he is thirsty give himdrink, y this you "ut hea"ing hot #oals on their head! We are not to do it for the hot#oals, we are to do it, e#ause that is what 6esus has done for you and me! While we wereyet still sinners, 6esus died for us, he gave his life for us, he saved us, who are we.
This ki#k you while your down mentality, is what the Devil does est, or tries to y other
"eo"le, so e it, so what, let it go, and *ust rest in the lord, your day is #oming! $oti#e , the"oor saint must at sometime to have drink and food to give his enemy, that day is #oming,the last day holy army of the lord will have "lunder, those that were laughing will not elaughing than, it will e vindi#ation time! Think on this!
The ile says wee" with those that wee", and re*oi#e with those that re*oi#e! In thesedays men2s hearts have e#ome #old, the Chur#h is still the only army that kills itswounded! I have found in on:line ministry and off:line ministry , "eo"le no longer wee"with those that wee", and they really never re*oi#e when some little good thing ha""ensfor you, this is the day we live in! 6esus told us in advan#e these days were #oming, we are
there, arm our:self with the truth of the ile and we will see, understand and have "ea#ein your storm!
You may feel segregated, hated, misunderstood, wild fighting4s going on, strange thingsyou #an not e)"lain, this is the Devil, why. He knows his time is short! Most "eo"le nowdays only #are aout themselves, we were told this would e the #ase! The way Ameri#a,the world was, is no longer, all has #hanged, we live in a world of gross darkness, a "eo"leof gross darkness! Let us stand oldly on the ile, our lord, "rayer and e like 6esus, \when they railed on him he s"oke not a word\! This will ring "ea#e, *ust learn not tolisten and not take revenge, not fight, *ust #ommit it all in "rayer to the lord, he has you#overed!
This 1salm is for you, read it, stand on it, meditate on it and let it s"eak to your heart!
1sa 5Z87 A 1salm of David! The L&%D is my light and my salvation whom shall I fear.the L&%D is the strength of my life of whom shall I e afraid.
1sa 5Z85 When the wi#ked, even mine enemies and my foes, #ame u"on me to eat u" myflesh, they stumled and fell!
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1sa 5Z80 Though an host should en#am" against me, my heart shall not fear8 though warshould rise against me, in this will I e #onfident!
1sa 5Z8 &ne thing have I desired of the L&%D, that will I seek after that I may dwell inthe house of the L&%D all the days of my life, to ehold the eauty of the L&%D, and toen;uire in his tem"le!
1sa 5Z8B =or in the time of troule he shall hide me in his "avilion8 in the se#ret of histaerna#le shall he hide me he shall set me u" u"on a ro#k!
1sa 5Z89 And now shall mine head e lifted u" aove mine enemies round aout me8therefore will I offer in his taerna#le sa#rifi#es of *oy I will sing, yea, I will sing "raisesunto the L&%D!
1sa 5Z8Z Hear, & L&%D, when I #ry with my voi#e8 have mer#y also u"on me, andanswer me!
1sa 5Z8 When thou saidst, +eek ye my fa#e my heart said unto thee, Thy fa#e, L&%D,will I seek! 1sa 5Z8[ Hide not thy fa#e far from me "ut not thy servant away in anger8 thou hasteen my hel" leave me not, neither forsake me, & (od of my salvation!
1sa 5Z87> When my father and my mother forsake me, then the L&%D will take me u"!1sa 5Z877 Tea#h me thy way, & L&%D, and lead me in a "lain "ath, e#ause of mineenemies!
1sa 5Z875 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies8 for false witnesses are risenu" against me, and su#h as reathe out #ruelty!
1sa 5Z870 I had fainted, unless I had elieved to see the goodness of the L&%D in the landof the living!
1sa 5Z87 Wait on the L&%D8 e of good #ourage, and he shall strengthen thine heart8wait, I say, on the L&%D!
I want to give you reader two links , to two audio sermons I "rea#hed that are related tothis "art!
The Invasion of The /ody +nat#hers:htt"8]]www!truthandmer#yministries!logs"ot!#om]5>70]77]invasion:of:ody:snat#hers:
I ho"e you are s"oken to, the first sermon is a hard one aout how the ody of Christ has e#ome#old to one another, as this 1art s"oke of! The se#ond one is *ust full of ho"e and #omfort, take alisten today!
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It Is $ot 6ust Modern Day /elievers That (o Through Many Things, All &ur /ileHeroes Did, Your In (ood Com"any!
7^i 7[87 And Aha told 6e<eel all that _li*ah had done, and withal how he had slain allthe "ro"hets with the sword!
7^i 7[85 Then 6e<eel sent a messenger unto _li*ah, saying, +o let the gods do to me, andmore also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them y to morrow aout this time!
7^i 7[80 And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and #ame to /eershea,whi#h elongeth to 6udah, and left his servant there!
7^i 7[8 /ut he himself went a day2s *ourney into the wilderness, and #ame and sat down
under a *uni"er tree8 and he re;uested for himself that he might die and said, It isenough now, & L&%D, take away my life for I am not etter than my fathers!
1aul the A"ostle fa#e many hardshi"s for Christ, he even said , 2 he des"aired of life itself2that is the way it is! 6er! The 1ro"het said,2 He would no longer s"eak for the lord it#aused him to mu#h troule2
6as B87> Take, my rethren, the "ro"hets, who have s"oken in the name of the Lord, foran e)am"le of suffering affli#tion, and of "atien#e!
6as B877 /ehold, we #ount them ha""y whi#h endure! Ye have heard of the "atien#e of
6o, and have seen the end of the Lord that the Lord is very "itiful, and of tender mer#y!
6as B87 Is any among you si#k. Let him #all for the elders of the #hur#h and let them"ray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord8
6as B87B and the "rayer of faith shall save him that is si#k, and the Lord shall raise himu" and if he have #ommitted sins, it shall e forgiven him!
6as B879 Confess therefore your sins one to another, and "ray one for another, that yemay e healed! The su""li#ation of a righteous man availeth mu#h in its working!
6as B87Z _li*ah was a man of like "assions with us, and he "rayed fervently that it mightnot rain and it rained not on the earth for three years and si) months!
6as B87 And he "rayed again and the heaven gave rain, and the earth rought forth herfruit!
I #ould list hundreds of verses in the "salms when ^ing David felt the same way you and Ido, our ile is the only true holy ook that tells us of all the troule, sin, the good, thead and ugly, of all our ile heroes! In 6ames he is trying to get this a#ross, look you and
I, are no different, they were no different, only 6esus was "erfe#t and sinless, we will nevere! The great 1ro"het was #alled a man of like "assions, what does that mean.
+u*e#t to like "assions in the (reek is one word it reads8
(0990`̀ b`c OKOUOQNhom:oy:o":ath:a#e2=rom (099 and the alternate of (0[B similarly affe#ted8 : of ?su*e#t to@ like "assions!
(099`j `b`homoioshom2:oy:os=rom the ase of (09Z similar ?in a""earan#e or #hara#ter@8 : like, manner!
QNV Q QF"as2:kho, "ath2:o, "en2:thoA""arently a "rimary ver ?the third form used only in #ertain tenses for it@ toe)"erien#e a sensation or im"ression ?usually "ainful@8 : feel, "assion, suffer, ve)!
If the great mira#le working 1ro"het who will e one of the two witnesses during the
seven year triulation, who was seen at the mount of transfiguration of Christ, was likeus, noti#e where he ended u", yes, in glory, if you stay faithful, short #omings and all sowill you! I think when many read the ile they say, \ I will never e like him:her, I willnever e ale to live what I am reading\, (uess what, a"art from the Holy +"irit givingyou "ower to live a holy life you #an not live it out, with the s"irit , you #an, and you will!Mark my words reader, I know I am a sinner saved y gra#e, ut I am also redeemed ythe lood of the lam, filled with the holy s"irit and "ower, you are as well if you #hose toe!
1eter the A"ostle, denied 6esus, later 1aul had to reuke him fa#e to fa#e! &ur ile
heroes were men of like "assions, *ust like us, the same , as the (reek said!
We should all strive to e more and more in the image of Christ, on this side of (lory, itwill never ha""en, the s#hool of Christ is a life long s#hool! Let us not think that we #anuse our gra#e as a ti#ket to sin, to do what we want, and think, 2I will re"ent after2! We aregiven all we need to live a (odly life! I want to stress in this "art, we are in good #om"any,the great #loud of witness, is made u" of "eo"le that, while on earth were *ust like the restof us, sinners saved y gra#e!
_li*ah *ust got done #alling down fire from heaven, it killed the many "ro"hets of /aal,
and now this one old hag ;ueen, #aused him su#h fear, he ran for his life and wanted todie! Have you een there. You had a great vi#tory only later to have the little fo)4s stealyour gra"es, one old demon taking you down, one ad "erson, in:law or out:law, an )=riend, a loved one, it is an endless list, one old ;ueen hag should not have freaked thismighty man of (od out so ad, ut it did, and it still does to us today, so look reader, yourin good #om"any!
It is the Devil that wants you to think your the only one going through all these hardthings, ut you are not, there are many others, you, me and many others around theworld we do not know, 1eter said8
71e 789 Wherein ye greatly re*oi#e, though now for a season, if need e, ye are inheaviness through manifold tem"tations8
71e 78Z That the trial of your faith, eing mu#h more "re#ious than of gold that"erisheth, though it e tried with fire, might e found unto "raise and honour and gloryat the a""earing of 6esus Christ8
71e 7870 Wherefore gird u" the loins of your mind, e soer, and ho"e to the end for the
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gra#e that is to e rought unto you at the revelation of 6esus Christ
71e 585> =or what glory is it, if, when ye e uffeted for your faults, ye shall take it"atiently. ut if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it "atiently, this is a##e"tale
with (od!
71e 5857 =or even hereunto were ye #alled8 e#ause Christ also suffered for us, leaving usan e)am"le, that ye should follow his ste"s8
71e 5855 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth8
71e 5850 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again when he suffered, he threatenednot ut #ommitted himself to him that *udgeth righteously8
71e 875 /eloved, think it not strange #on#erning the fiery trial among you, whi#h#ometh u"on you to "rove you, as though a strange thing ha""ened unto you8
71e 870 ut insomu#h as ye are "artakers of Christ2s sufferings, re*oi#e that at therevelation of his glory also ye may re*oi#e with e)#eeding *oy!
It is very easy to look at hardshi", a sudden trial as an odd thing, \ why me, what did Ido, what is this\ We have all though this, we are not to look at suffering and hardshi" asanything different, it is walking in the footste"s of 6esus, he suffered, we suffer, andelievers around the world suffer! $o, we are not the only one going through many
une)"lainale hardshi"s, "eo"le all over the world are! If you sto" reading the ile, sto""raying, sto" trusting in the lord and se"arate yourself from everyone, this is a greatdanger, your an easy target! If you #an find like minded Christians, "ray with them, Ifyou are lu#ky enough to have found a good ile "rea#hing, loving #hur#h, stay with it! Itis hard to find su#h Chur#hes, few are left, this is why so many now meet in HomeChur#hes, mi#ro Chur#hes, home ile studies, there *ust is a la#k of Holy +"irit anointedhumle "rea#hers and #hur#hes in the world, we are in the great falling away, and thegreat Chur#h a"ostasy! (et alone with the lord as often as you #an, #ry out to him, yell,shout, get it out, that is one reason for "rayer! I do it and it hel"s greatly to make it onemore day! &ur minds are to e renewed everyday, if you take a few days, weeks, awayfrom the "rayer #loset you will feel it, you will e#ome, over#ome! Think right, think ongood things, holy things, this also, training our minds how to think is a must for anyonewho is going trough hell , on earth! I end with what 1aul said In 1hili""ians , I read italmost everyday, it #ured my worry, and hel"ed me not to e de"ressed and negative, andhealed my mind, heart, and soul of all worry! 3rs is the key, do a study *ust on that verseand see what gems you find!
1h" 8 %e*oi#e in the Lord always8 again I will say, %e*oi#e!
1h" 8B Let your forearan#e e known unto all men! The Lord is at hand!
1h" 89 In nothing e an)ious ut in everything y "rayer and su""li#ation withthanksgiving let your re;uests e made known unto (od!
1h" 8Z And the "ea#e of (od, whi#h "asseth all understanding, shall guard your hearts
and your thoughts in Christ 6esus!
1h" 8 =inally, rethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorale,whatsoever things are *ust, whatsoever things are "ure, whatsoever things are lovely,whatsoever things are of good re"ort if there e any virtue, and if there e any "raise,think on these things!
I "ray and ho"e that this little free e:ook hel"ed you, email me and let me know!
