1989 – Rochester Prison
Soon a guard checked to see that my cellmates and I were still there, all prisoners present and accounted for. The heavy cell door made a whoosh! Sound as the guard closed it behind him. I hated that sound. It was as though all the air was being sucked out of the closet-sized room. Continue reading
Saturday, June 30, 2012
I can’t even believe what I’m reading in today’s news. Our hearts and prayers go out to those who have lost loved ones in this storm! I don’t ever remember these kind of storms and this amount of people being out of power. Our way of life in this country depends on electrical power – and when that is gone, we better have a backup or we will suffer greatly.
This is why I’ve been trying to get people ready. This is why I’ve been warning people about the things that are about to happen. Do you think there will be some people without refrigeration because of these storms? How about charging a cell phone? One news article said that people were searching for any place that is open to find an outlet to charge their cell phones. Can you imagine not being able to contact your family during an emergency like this? The news also said that they are running out of gas already in the storm areas, and that means you can’t just run to the store – their power is out too! Officials are describing the situation as “crisis conditions” and “state of emergency.”
I know in my spirit that the things the prophets have talked about on our show are happening NOW. When Rick Joyner was here last, he used an analogy of an airplane’s instrument panel and said when you see the needles on the dashboard instruments jumping wildly from one side to the other, you know something is about to come apart. He said the Lord showed him how the weather was like that too – when you see extreme highs and lows, record-breaking temperatures both hot and cold, and other wild weather events that are abnormal, you will know that something is about to come apart in our world!
In my book, “Prosperity and the Coming Apocalypse” I wrote: “Catastrophic calamities are coming upon the earth, not one of these days in the distant future, but soon—now! Torrential rains, unsettling weather patterns, violent storms, floods, famines, droughts, earthquakes increasing in frequency and intensity, volcanic eruptions, and a host of other signs of the times Jesus told us to watch for are happening now.”
Why are all these things happening with rapidly increasing frequency and intensity? Because these are the signs that are preceding the second coming of Jesus!
Matt 24:10,11 Then he said to them: “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.
Luke 21:7 “Teacher,” they asked, “when will all this happen? What sign will show us that these things are about to take place?” Luke 21:11 “There will be great earthquakes, and there will be famines and epidemics in many lands, and there will be terrifying things, and great miraculous signs in the heavens.”
All this week in our 4th of July activities, we will be giving you great ideas and offering love gifts that are essential in times like these. Our Fuel-Less generator is unparalleled in its usefulness when the power goes out and keeping your food cold or charging a cell phone is only two of the benefits of owning one – our Sun Oven lets you cook food for your family without any power except the sun – our 20-year shelf life food will not spoil without power – and everything from our Fire Now and Seychelle water products geared toward helping folks to sustain some degree of normalcy when things like this happen.
Yes, we are raising money – it takes money to stay on the air and help people get ready for times like these and the Times of Trouble ahead. I know the ministry God has called me to, and I am determined to help as many people as possible and ease some of their suffering if at all possible!
We have received warning after warning from the prophets who have visited our show to get ready NOW!
It’s too late for the people affected by this storm to get ready. For them, we pray for God’s grace and provision. But for those of you who are reading this and can tune in to our show this coming week, we pray that you will be inspired to get ready NOW!
We love you all!
Jim
“It sounds as though you have your own little club going here,” said Stan with a smile.
“Oh, not alt all. In fact, our church is winning more people to Jesus than ever before. Every day new people show up at our door. Some come, of course, because they heard that we have food available and are willing to help. Others come because they have no place else to turn. But a lot of people want to be a part of a church that cares.” Continue reading
Stan shuffled his way through the lines, exited the grocery store, and returned home. The Chevy’s gas gage now edged to the left of the “E”. As he turned off the engine, Stan wondered whether the car would start again tomorrow with so little gas in the tank.
Christine and Natalie were wide awake on the sofa. “Stan! Where have you been? You’ve been gone for more than three hours …” It was then that Christine noticed the sparse amount of food Stan carried. “Simply to bring home some rice, bread, and beans? Stan, where in the world have you been? I’ve been worried about you. Our candles are getting low. And it’s really getting damp and cold in this apartment without any heat.” Continue reading
The automatic sliding doors were stuck in the open position and the flow of the people going in and out of the store seemed perpetual as Stan waited politely to slip inside. After waiting a few moments, he realized that most shoppers had long since discarded their manners as they made for the rapidly vanishing food supplies.
The large grocery store was dimly lit, as the juice dwindled and the battery-powered emergency lights dotting the walls. This store, like most modern grocery stores, drug stores, and department, had been built largely without windows to help prevent burglaries. It depended almost entirely on artificial interior lighting to brighten it’s aisles. Without electricity, the store became a huge, dark cave, with only the emergency spots providing any light at all. Continue reading
Stan stumbled to his car in a daze, trying to keep a grip on his emotions. Think, Stan! Think! He silently screamed to himself again and again. What should I do? What can I do?
For several minutes, Stan sat in the car in the dark. He didn’t even bother to start the engine. Shock crept into the car with him. Gone! Los Angeles is gone! It can’t be! It must be a cruel H.G.Wells type of joke. I can’t take much more of this! He thought. What in the world is going on? For the previous six months nearly every time Stan turned on the news, he had heard of another catastrophe. Hurricanes of enormous proportions, tornadoes, tidal waves, earthquakes in Turkey, massive mudslides burying people in Mexico. “It’s a disaster of Biblical proportions!” Stan and his buddies used to joke, as they laughed at the television commentators trying to outdo the other networks in their coverage of each new crisis.
Few people were laughing now.
The Bible says that if we say we are without sin, we are fooling ourselves and the truth is not in us (1 John 1:8, Romans 3:10, James 3:2). There have been times in my life that I needed great grace and even now, today, I am an imperfect man. I have sinned – I am a sinner – no doubt about it.
This grace I need has a name – and his name is Jesus. Jesus is the bridge that connects us, even though we are sinners, to our Father God. It took two pieces of wood and three nails to build this bridge. It’s a holy bridge – one of supreme sacrifice for our sins.
I need Jesus – and I need His Grace on a daily basis. I remember a time when I thought I had sinned so badly that even Jesus had left me. But in my darkest hours, He assured me that He would NEVER, NEVER, NEVER leave me nor forsake me (Hebrews 13:5). I am His, and He is mine – and nothing will ever change that fact.
Yet, I am mystified that there are other Christians who want to blow up this bridge of forgiveness and reconciliation to our Father – a bridge that they themselves or maybe someone very close to them may need to cross over sometime in their lives.
There are people who want to condemn others who have sinned, and think themselves better off because their particular sin is not the one they are condemning. Most often, when the perspective changes to yourself or others you love, the bridge will be in tact.
As soon as pride lifts its head, especially in the area of who and what the Blood of Jesus will or will not cover, you can be sure that Grace will much more abound (Romans 5:20).
Don’t blow up a bridge that you, yourself, or your loved one may need to cross at some point in their lives. Others have crossed over this bridge, and it is on the road to their salvation.
If we need one thing in the End Times, it’s Grace and Love. And we ALL need the Bridge by which we can be forgiven – Jesus.
Love,
When Jesus was preparing to go to the Cross, he was surrounded by his own disciples who had walked with him for 3 years. They had all felt his presence in the most tangible way possible, witnessed his miracles, and were taught one-on-one by him. They were there when he multiplied the fish and the loaves of bread to feed the 5,000. They were there when he healed so many people and drove out demons. They had pledged their loyalty to him and made great swelling statements of how they would stand by him. Yet, not one did when the going got tough.
Simon Peter even said that he would go to his death for him. Yet Simon temporarily failed in his weak and fearful flesh when things got really rough, and he even denied knowing Jesus.
Luke 22:31-34 “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded permission to sift you like wheat; but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail; and you, when once you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.” But he said to Him, “Lord, with You I am ready to go both to prison and to death!” And He said, “I say to you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times that you know Me.”
Oh, Simon still believed that Jesus was who he said he was – but he couldn’t hang onto the courage to stand up for him with other men when his own life was threatened. He lied when he said he didn’t know Jesus – he failed in his confession because he was afraid. He went from fearless to fearful in a matter of hours.
Before all this happened, Jesus told Simon that it was going to happen – and it did – just the way he said it would. He also told him something that saved his spiritual life. Jesus told Simon that he had prayed for him that his faith would not fail as a result of his own sinful failure and lack of courage. Denying that Jesus was the Christ was a terrible blasphemous sin, especially considering that Simon had pledged his life to defend Jesus just hours before.
Satan wanted to destroy Simon by causing him to lose his faith because he had lost his courage. Simon had wept bitterly when he realized what he had done. He was completely broken – and that’s when Satan would have finished the job with a great big heap of condemnation if Jesus would have allowed it. Condemnation is always the first response of a wicked agenda. Complete destruction of one’s faith can result by condemning an already broken-hearted sinner.
The trials of the Revelation Days ahead are going to get rough. People who have stood strong and powerful in their faith in earlier times, may be assaulted by Satan himself. Our brothers and sisters are a huge target of a common enemy. We need to keep in mind that “but for the grace of God, there go I.”
We need to pray fervently and beseech the Lord for our brothers or sisters that have grievously failed. That should be our first response. Our hearts should break and our spirits should grieve that a comrade has fallen. There should never by any other response from Christ followers except to intercede so that their faith not fail, as Jesus set the example with Simon Peter.
Then Jesus said something wonderful to Simon. He said “when once you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.” Jesus knew that Simon would deny him, then repent and turn around, then preach a few days later at Pentecost and 3,000 would get saved by one message! He knew that his faith would not fail and that he would then have the opportunity to strengthen others in the same way Jesus had strengthened him – by praying for him!
You can come back again from any kind of failure. You can be forgiven and you can, once again, operate in the fullness of your anointing and calling. Peter did – you can too. Don’t be deceived by angry and proud voices if they tell you that you can’t come back. We have a very relatable story about one who did – in Simon Peter. Losing your way is not the same as losing your faith.
Let’s remember how to go to war in the spirit for one another, even when we fail. Failure doesn’t mean that we are condemned – it means that we are weak. Yet, we have an advocate with the Father – Jesus. If Jesus is interceding for us, should we not do the same for one another?
God is going to use the weak and the foolish things of this earth to confound the wise in the days ahead. I have a rock-solid witness in my spirit that he will. When God showed me in prison that he still loved me after my failures and that he would never, never, never leave me or forsake me, I knew that my faith was not going to fail. It had been shaken but it had not failed. It didn’t fail because of the prayers of God’s people – and the faithfulness of a loving God.
In the days ahead, let’s all remember to pray for one another that our faith not fail. Let’s remember that we are but flesh too, and that given different circumstances, it could be that “it’s not my brother, not my sister, but it’s me oh Lord, standing in the need of prayer.”
Jesus is pulling for you, and we are too!
Love,
Hello Everyone!
Each year about this time, I like to remind families how important it is to tell the Christmas story to our little ones. Even the older ones love to hear the true Christmas story about the birth of Jesus. The Christmas story is paraphrased below from the New Testament Books of Matthew and Luke in the Bible. It will be told here in 4 parts. Be sure you print them and keep them to read to the children at your family gathering this Christmas!
Love,
The Story of Baby Jesus
Part One
A long time ago, in the town of Nazareth, lived a young woman named Mary. Mary did her chores, was kind to others, and loved God very much. She was engaged to be married to Joseph, who was a carpenter.
One day, while Mary was at home cleaning her room, an angel suddenly appeared. Before Mary could say anything the angel told Mary that she was favored by God, and that God was with her.
Mary was surprised. She was trying not to be afraid, but she had never seen an angel before. After all, Mary was just a regular lady like you or I. Why was this angel visiting her? What did the angel want?
The angel quickly tried to reassure Mary, “Do not be afraid!” the angel said. “God has found favor with you. You will have a baby boy, and are to give him the name Jesus.”
Mary was confused, she was not yet married to Joseph, so how could she have a baby? The angel thought that this might concern Mary so he said, “The Holy Spirit will perform a miracle, and because of this your baby will be called the Son of God.”
To Mary’s surprise the angel had more exciting news; “Even your cousin Elizabeth is going to have a son in her old age. Many thought that she couldn’t have children, but she is already pregnant. Nothing is impossible with God.”
Mary couldn’t believe what she was hearing, she didn’t know what to say. She realized that she was trembling, and knelt down. When she was finally able to speak she said, “I am the Lord’s servant, and I hope everything you have said will come true.”
The angel then disappeared, and Mary was left alone.
Soon after, Joseph found out that Mary was going to have a baby. Joseph was confused and upset by this. But an angel came to him in a dream and said, “Joseph do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife. The child Mary is going to have is God’s son, and you are to give him the name Jesus.”
When Joseph woke up he remembered what the angel had said. He knew that everything was okay, and he wasn’t upset anymore.
In those days the government decided that they should count everyone that lived in that area of the world. So Joseph had to take Mary to his town, Bethlehem to register.
It took Mary and Joseph a long time to get to Bethlehem. They didn’t have cars back then, so it probably took them a lot longer to get there. This was very tiring for Mary because she was soon going to have a baby.
When they reached the town, all the hotels were full and there was nowhere that they could stay. Finally, someone felt bad for them, and offered them a place to stay.
The Bible doesn’t say for sure where they stayed but most people think that they stayed in a small barn where animals were kept. In any case, doesn’t it seem strange that Jesus, the King of the Jews wasn’t born in a fancy palace or even a hospital?
Mary and Joseph were thankful that they at least had a place to lay down. It was warm, and there was plenty of straw to lay on.
That night an exciting, wonderful thing happened. Mary and Joseph had a baby! But it wasn’t just any baby, it was Baby Jesus! The creator of the whole world, the King of Kings, the one who would save the world.
The little baby boy fell asleep in Mary’s arms and she wrapped him in cloths and laid him in a manger on some clean straw.
Mary and Joseph soon fell asleep, they were so glad to have this special baby join their family.
The Christmas Story – Part 2
The Christmas Story – Part 3
The Christmas Story – Part 4
Part Nine
Jesus Made Himself of No Reputation
Jesus didn’t flaunt who he was, nor did he deny who he was… which is why they killed him. A mere man claiming to be GOD? That’s what they thought, and that was blasphemy punishable by death! But the fact of the matter was that they (the religious crowd) didn’t recognize him for who he was, nor did they accept him because they were not of God, but rather of their father, the devil!
And it was the religious crowd that bristled and was disgusted when Jesus did things they were way too proud and far too hard-hearted to do. One such time was when Jesus was eating with one from this religious crowd and a woman came to the house where Jesus was and began to weep. As she wept, she washed his feet with her tears and then she poured expensive perfume on them. The religious man who invited him thought in his heart, if Jesus were truly who he said he was, he wouldn’t even let this woman touch him because she was so sinful.
But Jesus knew his thoughts, and confronted him with them: “Then he turned toward the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I came into your house. You did not give me any water for my feet, but she wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. You did not give me a kiss, but this woman, from the time I entered, has not stopped kissing my feet. You did not put oil on my head, but she has poured perfume on my feet. Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven—for she loved much. But he who has been forgiven little loves little.” Luke 7:44-47
Let me tell you that today there are many religious people and even whole churches that would behave exactly like this man did. Have you ever heard anyone in a church say something like “oh, they’re not our caliber of people!” Believe me, I have. But even when the religious crowd’s pride is not so glaringly obvious, they will sometimes despise and reject a person whose reputation preceded them, even after they have repented!
As Jesus said to this religious man “he who has been forgiven little loves little.”
Jesus is coming for a Church that loves much! He is coming for a Church that knows Him as their Savior! Jesus will not reject, refuse or deny the sinner who is contrite and humble. But as for that religious crowd…. They’re going to wish they didn’t have a reputation to try to protect!
Philippians 2:7,8 “But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.”
On Being a Bondservant of Christ – Part 1
On Being a Bondservant of Christ – Part 2
On Being a Bondservant of Christ – Part 3
On Being a Bondservant of Christ – Part 4
On Being a Bondservant of Christ – Part 5
On Being a Bondservant of Christ – Part 6
On Being a Bondservant of Christ – Part 7
On Being a Bondservant of Christ – Part 8
On Being a Bondservant of Christ – Part 10
