PRAYERS for AMERICA

 

GUIDED BY FAITH ..... NOT BY SIGHT! 

Believing...Not Seeing....Natural Strengths....

DELUSIONS IN THE END TIMES!  

Lovers of Self shall fail and fall!

Isaiah 44:20
Such a person feeds on ashes; a deluded heart misleads him; he cannot save himself, or say, "Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?"
Jeremiah 4:10
Then I said, "Alas, Sovereign LORD! How completely you have deceived this people and Jerusalem by saying, 'You will have peace,' when the sword is at our throats!"
Romans 1:28
Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done.
1 Thessalonians 2:3
For the appeal we make does not spring from error or impure motives, nor are we trying to trick you.
2 Timothy 4:4
They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.

2 Thessalonians 1New International Version (NIV)

1 Paul, Silas^[a] and Timothy,

To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

² Grace and peace to you from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Thanksgiving and Prayer

³ We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters,^[b] and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing. ⁴ Therefore, among God’s churches we boast about your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring.
⁵ All this is evidence that God’s judgment is right, and as a result you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering. ⁶ God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you ⁷ and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels. ⁸ He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. ⁹ They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might ¹⁰ on the day he comes to be glorified in his holy people and to be marveled at among all those who have believed. This includes you, because you believed our testimony to you.
¹¹ With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may bring to fruition your every desire for goodness and your every deed prompted by faith. ¹² We pray this so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.^[c]


Question: "Why is God going to send a strong delusion in the end times?"

Answer: The Bible makes it clear why God is sending a strong delusion in the end times: “They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness” (2 Thessalonians 2:10-12). Simply put, God sends a strong delusion to those who chose not to believe the gospel of Christ. Those who take delight in mocking and rejecting Him, He will condemn.

It is man’s choice whether to accept and believe the truth of Jesus Christ as presented in the Scriptures. To receive the truth and the love God offers is in keeping with its teachings, “This is love for God: to obey His commands” (1 John 5:3). Conversely, to know the truth and not obey it is to face the wrath of God: “The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness” (Romans 1:18). Frankly speaking, there is no more dangerous condition for man than to know the truth and refuse to obey it. To do so is to harden the heart and make God’s condemnation sure.

When one knows the truth and refuses to obey it, he is subject to any lie, any deception, any untruth that man can conjure up. “For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him nor gave thanks to Him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools” (Romans 1:21-22). Paul goes on in the next few verses to describe the mindset and behaviors of those who disbelieve (see Romans 1:29-31). As a result of man’s foolishness and his arrogant disdain of the things of God, “God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done” (Romans 1:28). And correspondingly, “Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things, but also approve of those who practice them” (Romans 1:32).

Isaiah puts it succinctly: “They have chosen their own ways, and their souls delight in their abominations; so I [God] also will choose harsh treatment for them and bring upon them what they dread. For when I called, no one answered, when I spoke, no one listened. They did evil in My sight and chose what displeases Me” (Isaiah 66:3-4).

When men know the truth and refuse to receive it, when they refuse to obey it and hold it in unrighteousness, “they will be condemned for enjoying evil rather than believing the truth” (2 Thessalonians 2:12 NLT).

“God is love” (1 John 4:16). He is not some cruel monster who deliberately and inwardly delights in preparing people for everlasting condemnation. But He earnestly and lovingly proclaims the gospel of Christ, “not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance” (2 Peter 3:9).

Throughout the Scriptures, God urges people to accept the truth. But when people reject Him and spurn His message, then—and not until then—God hardens them and turns them over to a deluded mind to wallow in their wickedness to their eternal damnation. This is what the Lord says about those who choose to reject the truth: “They greatly love to wander; they do not restrain their feet. So the Lord does not accept them; He will now remember their wickedness and punish them for their sins” (Jeremiah 14:10).

CHOOSE JESUS CHRIST and KEEP CHOOSING AS YOU RUN YOUR RACE...IN FAITH
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Rev Gerri Merrick ~ Rejoice International
(ministry notes and teachings)

JANUARY 1~ NEW YEAR 2016

WORD FOR THE BODY OF CHRIST: "AM I WELCOME?"
Received by: Gerri Merrick

"I CHOSE YOU.
I CALLED YOU.
I WHISPER MY LOVE TO YOU CONSTANTLY.
ALL OF MY CREATION SHOUTS MY LOVE!
MY WORD IS FILLED WITH ETERNAL PROMISES.
MY COVENANT SET UPON YOU IS MY BOND.
YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN A SPECIAL NAME IN HEAVEN.
I WATCH OVER YOU WITH MERCY AND LOVE.
I GIVE MY ANGELS CHARGE OVER YOU...TO KEEP YOU.
MY HOLY SPIRIT RESIDES WITHIN YOU FOREVER.
YOU SHALL HAVE A PLACE IN HEAVEN FOREVER.
BUT HERE ON THE EARTH... IN YOUR DAILY LIFE...
AM I WELCOME? AM I WELCOME?
AM I WELCOME IN YOUR DAILY PLANS?
AM I WELCOME IN YOUR DREAMS?
AM I WELCOME AS YOUR BEST FRIEND?
AM I WELCOME AS YOUR FIRST LOVE?
AM I WELCOME IN YOUR DEEPEST DESIRES?
AM I WELCOME WITH MY WORD AND INSTRUCTIONS?
AM I WELCOME WITH MY GENTLE CONVICTIONS AND CORRECTIONS?
AM I WELCOME TO GUIDE AND DIRECT YOUR LIFE?
AM I WELCOME TO ALL OF YOUR LIFE?
AM I WELCOME IN YOUR HEART, SOUL, MIND AND STRENGTH?
AM I WELCOME IN THE TEARS AND DARKEST HOURS?
AM I WELCOME IN THE SUNNY DAYS?
AM I WELCOME TO BE YOUR ONLY GOD, FATHER AND CREATOR?
COME AND FELLOWSHIP WITH ME...SPEND TIME, SHARE YOUR LIFE
AND INVITE ME IN... AND MAKE ME WELCOME...."

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Rev Geraldine A Merrick