Message----February 24, 2015

End Time Suffering

As I was praying today and ministering to
different precious saints, God began to speak to
me about the upcoming trials, tribulations and
wars that are being waged against His children
around the world.....
God took me to todays daily scriptures....
 Revelation 2:9-11 and then to Mark 8:35
 I came to the realization that all men, women & children
who have been blood bought by Jesus Christ
will have to suffer in one way or another.....
especially in these end times......

When we are born again, we get this great big
red bullseye stuck on our backs and chest....
the enemy of God (which is satan) uses us for
his target practice.
Literally....
Satan sends his evil hoards to attack each of us
personally and through our loved ones & our enemies.
Sometimes his attacks can be a temptaion....
for example....
lust, alcohol, drugs, adultery, lying, cheating,
pornography, hate, unforgiveness,
rebellion, and many many other ways....

Some precious souls will go hungry....
Some will have severe sickness and disease....
Some will face false accusations, slander,
betrayal.....
Some will have to face the death of children.....
Some will face homelessness....
Some will face poverty....
Some will face false imprisonment.....
Some will face the loss of family due to
drugs, alcohol, rebellion....
Some will face  torture and persecution....
and
Some will face death.....

All because they are born again believers
and followers of Jesus Christ.

As we begin to see and hear more about the evil
of ISIS and other killers....
Fear wants to set in.
We are human, and we have fear raise its ugly head
from time to time...
But when we seek Gods peace....
when we seek Gods word....
when we pray for God to give us
supernatural courage,
supernatural strength,
supernatural faith,
supernatural love for our enemies....
and the supernatural ability to forgive our enemies
even if they take our life....
Then we can overcome all that the devil meant to
do to steal our soul.

Now I know that the word of God has many many
scriptures encouraging us to perservere....fight
the good fight of faith....not to fear...etc.....
But these few passages is where God lead me today.

I would like to encourage you to go to the Word of God
today and seek out what He has to say about facing
your enemies in faith. From Genesis to Revelation
there is testimony after testimony of great victories
and horrific defeats....but all are important for us
to know about.

Here are some examples of faith based spiritual and natural
warfare weapons we can hold onto and use.....
Psalms 23
Psalms 91
Ephesians 6:10-18
2 Chronicles 20
Hebrews 11
Judges chapters 6-8
1 Samuel chapters 17-30
the book of Acts......

The word of God is full of great testimonies
of men and women of God who faced horrific
challengies and attacks, many many times
God delivered them out of the hands of their
enemies....Unfortunately many were killed for
their belief in God and in Jesus as well.

God is the same yesterday, today and forever...
God is no respecter of persons.....
if God allowed those things to happen to
King David, Job, Peter, James, Paul, John and so
many many many more of Gods precious saints.......
then why do we expect, almost demand
that God keep us safe from all persecution?

In the modern day churches, we seek out Gods
blessings...we expect God to shower us with
riches, & glory and never allow any kind of trouble
to come against us....
We freak out when our lives turn upside down.
Instead of reaching out to God and asking
God for His will to be done...Instead of seeking
Gods direction...Instead of turning to our faith and
praising God for His protection to see us through
the storm we are facing....We freak out, we run
away from God...we become angry, bitter, full
of slander against God, His people and His
ministers.

What if God chose us to be tested as Job was
tested?
What if God allowed each of us to be held
against our will in a dirty nasty prison?
What if God allowed each of us to be beaten
as Christ was beaten?
What if God allowed each of us to be crucified
as Christ was crucified?

Well, not all of Gods children will face such
horrific situations....
But there are many around the world who are
 facing such horrible attacks, torture and
even death for their faith.

We as a part of the Body of Christ Jesus need
to spend more time praying for each other.
That means our brothers and sisters all around
the world, not just in our local communities.
We need to spend more time reaching out
to the hurting and lost souls of this dark
world we are living in.

God tells us to be prepared to suffer for our
belief in Jesus.
Jesus tells us that because mankind hated Him,
they will hate us.
We are told that because Jesus suffered, so
shall we.

God loves us!
God does not want any of us to perish...
that means die an eternal death, unsaved.
God does not want any of us to suffer....
but this world is a very wicked evil dark
place...and mankinds favorite pastime is
to fight amoung ourselves.
Life doesn't have much value these days.

It is coming a time when each of us will
be tested in our faith.
Are you ready?
If a man held a gun to your head or a
knife at your throat and told you to
renounce Jesus....would you follow
his instructions...or would you trust
God to deliver you, even if God
delivered you into His eternal
loving embrace?

James 1:2-4 & 12
"Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever
you face trials of many kinds, because you
know that the testing of your faith develops
perseverance.
Perseverance must finish its work so that
you may be mature and complete, not
lacking anything.
Blessed is the man who perseveres under
trial, bcause when he has stood the test, he
will receive the crown of life that God has
promised to those who love Him."

The devil is here to steal, kill and destroy
mankind! Period!!!!!!!!

Please do not take your walk with God
for granted.
Please dig deep into Gods word and
seek out a closer walk with Jesus.
Because there will be a time soon
when we each will have to face some
kind of horrible attack.

If you are not being attacked by the
devil...then you need to do a
spiritual gut check.......

2 Corinthians 4:8-9 NIV
"We are hard pressed on every side
but not crushed; perplexed, but not in
despair; persecuted, but not abandoned;
struck down, but not destroyed."

2 Corinthians 4:17-18 NIV
"For our light and momentary troubles
are achieving for us an eternal glory
that far outweighs them all.
So we fix our eyes not on what is
seen, but on what is unseen. For
what is seen is temporary, but
what is unseen is eternal."

2 Corinthians 10:3-5
Ephesians 6:10-18
Hebrews 10:19-22

May God bless you today with deeper
hunger and thirst for righteousness.
May God bless you with a new found
desire to serve Him and His Kingdom
purpose.
May God bless you with
supernatural faith
supernatural courage
supernatural strength to persevere
supernatural love
supernatural ability to forgive

Evg. Sherrill A. McDonald