January 15, 2024 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John (2SoJ)

A Critical Mistake Christians are Making in America

The Christians that make up the churches in America are failing God in this one area of their walk with Christ. Forget about not having enough power or needing more anointing or not rejoicing fervently or praying enough—it is none of these things. If the church would do this one thing, the path would be made for Christ to come and bring what He has promised.

The first beatitude in Christ’s first sermon to His disciples begins with “Blessed are the poor in spirit (constant brokenness), for theirs is the kingdom of heaven” Matthew 5:3. This sermon begins with this foundational truth. It was no mistake that John the Baptist came before Christ making a way for the Savior to begin His ministry—John came preaching repentance and the forgiveness of sin. Also, do not forget the Scriptures (Psalms KJV) that says, “God’s mercies are new each day (each morning).”

How often do you begin each day asking for forgiveness, asking the Holy Spirit to find the hidden sins you have forgotten about, and the sins/transgressions against you that you have yet to forgive completely and totally? Do you ask yourself, “Where are you God?” or wonder why God feels so far away? I can tell you not only because of the Scriptures and personal experience but also what the Holy Spirit is telling me that if “You would ask for forgiveness and forgive others willingly, freely, and without any resentment, you would be in love with Jesus once again and He would be waiting for you to wake up each morning bringing His love with Him. Love that would not only change you but change the room you are standing in.” This is what true, honest repentance requires and if you would allow your spirit within you to reach out to repentance, there would be nothing that would separate you from living and experiencing the feelings of the love of God.

Without repentance that leads to forgiveness, there is no love, no God’s presence, no personal revival, but loneliness, fear, and disappointment in your life. A life with Jesus is a life of repentance that continues each day. Jesus told His disciples to be in a state of brokenness, humbleness, and repentance all the time. One of the many jobs of the Holy Spirit is the ‘conviction of sin’ and bringing you into repentance. It’s time to allow Him to do His mission for the members of the Body of Christ.

The biblical pattern to holiness is mentioned, illustrated, and written about in so many places in the Bible. It starts with repentance, then having humility, on to forgiveness toward others, and then to a hunger and thirsting for righteousness that grows to want more of God than anything else in this world. This is what the church needs!

Let us all find forgiveness toward ourselves and all others who have sinned against us. Let’s find the love of God in everything we do, allowing the Kingdom of Heaven in our churches, homes, and lives through daily repentance, and rejoicing in forgiveness.

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January 14, 2024 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John (2SoJ)

#10 It’s Time to be faithful & unafraid!

Do you see giants or God’s promises?

Too often God takes us to the Promised Land and we falter and become afraid. It will be easy to become afraid in the last days. I am encouraged by the Gaza War that Israel is conducting with its neighbor. Israel is not afraid but willing to confront evil. If only the Christian Church would do the same and confront spiritual evil and Satan’s purposes.

Faith is for confrontation. Do not let your past hinder you from finding your future. Do not let evil intimidate or frighten you to become passive. This is what so many Christian denominations are asking of their followers. Our fight is against all who do not acknowledge Christ as Lord and refuse to be under the leadership of Christ—it is a spiritual battle and Satan is your enemy.

If you have no armor on, then you will lose the spiritual battle God called you to. A shield of faith protects you and allows you to confront Satan in battle. Satan will ‘shoot’ at you and injure you if possible. Satan’s arrows are scary and deadly; we must have faith!

Ephesians 6:10-18 NIV Put on the full armor of God,so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood,but against the rulers, against the authorities,against the powersof this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.13 Therefore put on the full armor of God,so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist,with the breastplate of righteousness in place,15 and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace.16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith,with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.17 Take the helmet of salvationand the sword of the Spirit,which is the word of God.

Faith is designed for confrontation and defense; it is not offensive equipment. So, first, you need to put it on through forgiveness and repentance. Make yourself clean allowing Satan to have no advantages against you. Next, choose the proper fitting and sizing you will need to get the job done. Remember, do not take it off until the battle you are facing is done—won by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Let’s claim the promises of God and become faithful and unafraid. Satan is always a roaring lion, and he would like nothing better than to injure and kill you—not just spiritually but also physically. You will need this in 2024, it will be a year that you will not forget!

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January 13, 2024 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John (2SoJ)

#9 It’s Time for ‘New’…Just, what are you looking for?

Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. Isaiah 43:18-19 KJV

Forget the former things, do not think, or consider your past.

Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes. Isaiah 54:2 NIV

Whatever you are doing, make it bigger and stronger.

As I have stated many times before, in these last days God is fulfilling every verse of the Bible and in complete fulness of each verse—a total impact of every single verse of the Bible. Every verse of the Bible is ‘up for grabs’ to all those who will believe God for them. They are yours but they will only come through forgiveness, repentance, and the acceptance of the righteousness of God.

No matter what book of the Bible one reads the pattern is always the same—from repentance through forgiveness and then on to righteousness. If you want to be a ‘believer’ you never lose sight of this process. Once you follow this process then whatever God asks of you or whatever the Holy Spirit shows you, and only then you can respond to their requests and become a person of faith.

God wants all of us to always be in a state of repentance and humility. Each day allowing the Holy Spirit to show us our faults and mistakes and us depending on the mercies of God which are new every day, every morning. From repentance to offering forgiveness to everyone who has wronged us or injured us in any way. Once this happens the Holy Spirit will immediately take us through the process and in the filling of God’s righteousness so we can do works that will stand against God’s judgment—these are works of righteousness that come through us impacting the world around us.

I say all of this, for you to find the “new things” that God wants to do with you, and whatever you do, it is supposed to be bigger and stronger for all to see—“the glory of God in us!”

Want “new and bigger” enter into the process of forgiveness and healing and then accept the righteousness of God so God can fill you with His promises and purposes for your life.

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January 10, 2024 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John (2SoJ)

#8 It’s Time to pray… ”deliver us from evil!”

Matthew 6:9-13 KJV Jesus said, “After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever.”

I Peter I:5 states: Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. (NIV/Gateway)

The phrase, “deliver us from evil”, is not preached about in our churches but in these last days, this phrase will become the most needed part of the Lord’s prayer. Jesus warned the disciples to be vigilant against the devil and stated that he was a liar from the beginning—the father of lies.

We should pray daily for God to deliver and keep us from the evil in this world. The devil lies to us using little lies and lies that will bind us indefinitely. Satan lies through the media, elected officials, and Hollywood films. We need to be ‘on guard’ and spiritually aware of his clever devices and means of deception.

I would encourage every believer to pray daily about ‘deliverance from evil’. There are so many verses in Psalms that support and illustrate how to confront evil and depend on God for His keeping and deliverance power to overcome evil. Christians accept far too many deceptions, lies, and the powers of evil in our lives and over our families. We need deliverance and the peace of Jesus Christ to resist evil and not allow the power of Satan to control our lives. We must pray always and pray multiple times during our daily walk with Christ—"God deliver us from all evil.”

If there are two books of the Bible I would read each day, it would be Psalms and Isaiah. These two books will give you hope, direction, and power to be a daily overcomer against Satan and all his followers. There are more and more individuals today carrying the ‘Mark of the Beast’ in their lives and on their foreheads.

Do not just ask for deliverance but also Godly wisdom and peace so Satan cannot get an advantage in your life or anything that comes under your care or responsibility or covering If the Body of Christ is to make it in these last days, we must be overcomes of evil and find strength to resist the devil no matter how or when he comes to us, wanting us to fail.

Lord Jesus, deliver us from evil and keep us in the love of God always doing and looking for God’s will to be done.

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December 27, 2023 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John (2SoJ)

What is the question the Church should be asking?

What is the question(s) America’s Christian Church should be asking?…

Has God turned His back on America? Is God about to turn His hand against America? Has God stated that our sin has become so great that judgment is needed? Is the Church hanging in the balance? Is God about to judge America—can judgment be turned away as it was with Nineveh? Will God take back His blessing, His protection, His calling from America? Will God only release His grace on a person-by-person basis, a family-by-family basis, no longer recognizing America as a nation that will do His will?

I believe that the time is now! I believe we are hanging in the balance between destruction and repentance! I believe we have only one choice. I believe the fear that America only has seen from a distance is now on our front door. I believe it is God who is in total control, and America is no longer in control of its destiny!

Don’t you see it? Don’t you feel it? Time is up—it is a time for crying…

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December 26, 2023 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John (2SoJ)

Saying for the Christmas Week ‘23

God’s blessing is always worth more than money or favor you will receive in this world…more than financial success, education, gifts, talents, friends, position, beauty, what one owns or where one lives, and how much you give to others; yes, anything in this world!

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December 23, 2023 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John (2SoJ)

#6 It’s Time for the Holy Spirit

“Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Spirit.” Romans 15:13 NKJV

If there is one thing, one moment in history, one attribute God wanted you to have, it is the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. Jesus brought salvation to mankind and great peace in believing in Him, but He wanted all His followers to wait for the Holy Spirit which He said the Father would send in my name: (In John 14:26, Jesus said), “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things and will bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.”

The Day of Pentecost was the turning point of the early church. Jesus came, people believed in Him, and He fulfilled all Scriptures thereby bringing and giving great mercy and salvation to all mankind. But the fullness of all that Jesus offered is found by continuing in the Holy Spirit, as Jesus commanded.

The Holy Spirit is critical to the Church and after 2000 years the Church still has not gotten it completely right. Too often we get our eyes on pieces of the Holy Spirit—yes, the gifts and fruits of the Spirit are important but are only scratching the surface of what the Holy Spirit does or can do. He, the Holy Spirit, brings all who the Father and the Son are to mankind, and He is preparing the Church to be the Bride of Christ.

We are indeed in the Latter Rain, as the Bible states, but what the Holy Spirit is about to do (and I see glimpses of the Holy Spirit’s total power) which I call the ‘Second Pentecost’, is upon us, but we must stop limiting, holding back, and restraining the Power of the Holy Spirit. His purposes are stated in the Book of Proverbs—His power is unlimited, and His sensitivity is more than amazing.

Denominations and church doctrines stand in the way of the Holy Spirit. I believe the Church is “standing in the balance” of God’s judgment. The Church will be judged, and her candle sticks be removed if we do not allow the Holy Spirit to do what He is supposed to do. We must start believing in all that He can do!

It is time to get it right! It is time to let the Holy Spirit fulfill His purposes in all the earth. Let’s fulfill Jesus’s command ‘to wait for Him and allow Him to comfort us, teach us, and empower us to be the Sons of God’.

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December 22, 2023 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John (2SoJ)

#7 It’s Time to recognize it’s God’s world

The Church needs to begin laughing at everything that exalts itself against the knowledge of God. Yes, I mean laughing out loud and with conviction. Too often we do not confront stupidity or foolishness. We just sit and listen without standing up for truth and righteousness. Here is one truth that the Church needs to understand and quit thinking like the world.

You and I do not own any part or even a square foot of the earth. You cannot buy that which is not for sale and God is not selling what He owns. “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.For he hath founded it upon the seas and established it upon the floods. Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place?” Psalms 24:1-3 KJV

You might process ‘a title’ to a piece of God’s earth, but it does not belong to you. Your deed to the land is worthless except for man’s interest in collecting taxes from you. We fight over the land thinking we can process it and various groups claim the land is theirs by some historical right, but nothing is farther from the truth. It is the Lord’s land, and He gives it to whomever He wills it to. It is not about you or me, or what we think we deserve or lay claim to. History is full of stories or who claims what and why a piece of the earth belongs to whomever. What a waste of energy and an exercise in futility.

If you are exercising some man-given right to secure a title to a piece of ‘real estate’, you need to ask God what He wants you to do with His land, how it will benefit the kingdom of God, and understand that it is the meek alone who will eventually inherit the land. Psalms 37:11, “But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.”

This is the promise to all those who believe in Jesus, love Jesus, and humble themselves giving all power, glory, and ownership to God Himself.

In simple language, you own nothing. The earth is the Lord’s land and there is nothing you can do to buy it from God or destroy what God has made. It is the Lord’s!

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December 10, 2023 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John (2SoJ)

#5 It’s Time to Quit Tempting God…

‘Tempting God’ is more in line with a corrupt lifestyle than any one specific event. Usually, pride precedes tempting God. The act of tempting God has gone unchecked within the Body of Christ for far too long. We tempt God daily. When asking for forgiveness, do you include ‘tempting God’? Why not?

Tempting God is taking God for granted and thinking you are so important that God will automatically keep you from danger or grant you a miracle or healing because you are you. Tempting is listening to Satan and agreeing with him that God will take care of you no matter what. Satan will even use Scripture to get you to think that you are so precious to God that you can do anything, and God will of course save you. What a false way of thinking. When you tempt God, you are manipulating God and/or verses in the Bible.

There are a few ways we tempt God in America, here are a few:

1. Borrow money or things you cannot pay back, thinking God will give you the means to do so.

2. Eating foods that are not good for you, and if you say “grace” over your food that will make it all good. You do not take responsibility for your body (the temple of the Holy Spirit), your health (thinking the medical profession will have a quick fix for me), or even consider what might be good and what might be bad—you think that if you are ignorant God will have mercy and not hold you accountable.

3. Buy things you do not need, view movies or TV that do not honor Christ, have friends that tempt you to commit sins, waste money on yourself never thinking how to help others. Are you selfish and do not care?

4. We think we are equal to God in little earthly ways. You do not say, “No one is good but God” and seek ways or means to support your pride.

5. You do not think or ask God “What I should do?” but want God to bail you out when things fall apart.

These are but a few prevalent sins in America. We need to go back to a simple lifestyle, eat foods/drinks that are not processed, or think that God will overlook our stupidity, arrogance, and selfishness.

It’s time to evaluate what you do and why you are doing what you do. Is your purpose in any activity or plans for you or for God? Are you listening to Satan and people or are you allowing your life to be guided by the Holy Spirit? You have a choice, choose wisely.

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December 9, 2023 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John (2SoJ)

#4 It’s Time to become United

Jesus is coming back for His Church. A united church moves and acts like one person, and is a humble church. Too often that is just the opposite direction the church leadership is taking the church body.

There is no unity without humility and for each person to find purpose not in what they do but in what Christ has done or is doing. There are way too many ‘big I’s and little you’ in the Body of Christ. Too many people sit in the seats on the church platform or in the reserved seats in the front row of the church. It is like saying, “OK I am here, we can now get started with the service.”

There are so many religious TV programs honoring the “look what I have done” ministries. God says He honors the least members in the body—it is not the head, arm, or leg that gets God’s honor but the little finger and toe. When the Church begins to tell the so-called “mountains” in the Body of Christ to sit at the back of the church and allow the members that labor without acknowledgment in the Body of Christ to sit at the feet of Christ, then and only then will there be unity and the fulfillment of what Christ is returning for—His Bride, perfected and beautiful! (Remember Christ’s statement about allowing children to come to Him.)

As the verse in Isaiah states, The voice of him that cries in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God (Isaiah 40:3 KJV). God further states that every mountain will be made low (i.e. the prideful person) and the valley be lifted up (i.e. the unworthy and humble person) throughout the Bible.

It is only in unity, it is only in humility, it is only in all members being honored equality and without jealousy will the Body of Christ make itself ready for Christ’s return.

I like the verse that states that great faith is in humility, considering oneself to be unworthy and an unprofitable servant who says, “I only did what I was supposed to do, I deserve no honor or recognition.” Unity is not in following but in humility!

“So likewise, you, when you have done all those things which you are commanded, say, ‘We are unprofitable servants. We have done what was our duty to do.’ ” (Luke 17:10)

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