I am being convicted of my need for personal piety and Bible Study. I need your prayers!

“Blessed are that the do His Commandments, that they may have right to the Tree of Life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.” (Revelation 222:14)

The greatest crisis in my life, is to see a personal relationship with Truth, I call Him Jesus. Yes, the

Martin Luther began a Revolution when he posted his arguments against the Catholic Church. But what would Martin Luther say to day, when he would see, folks come up to him and say, “I want to be baptized?” The Reformation brought out the baptismal tanks, some as large a swimming pools, near the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy. The desire to be saved by the Blood of the Lamb is not how our story of Sister Mary goes. Sister Mary loved the foster family who showed her she was part of their family. It was in loving them, that brought the Holy Spirit down to tell her, “Pray out loud for your friends.” Is this  the outpouring of the Holy Spirit? Is this a problem when a member in your congregation comes to the pastor and asks to be baptized? I will not deny the Holy Spirit, showing up, to tell my Sister Mary we can’t be friends, unless she “understands” a bunch of rules. . .Jesus is the author and finisher of My Faith, that all of Heaven is interested in one sinner that comes to Him. I would like to be in that group, who knows they are sinners and in need of His Holy Spirit to lead them, to crown Jesus as the Head of His Church.

miracle to end the presence of “Shingles in my bone and brain,” is a miracle to me. Yes, the sealing of the ear drum, did occur. Yes, I did feel compelled to venture out last weekend to confirm my faith in and appreciation for the many who prayed for me, in so many Sunday Churches, Sunday Pastors, and in particular the young man Jamie, who called me from the Friendship Center, where I find people studying the Bible, like I have never seen before, to know truth.

Yet, the appointment to see Dr. Cope, Shelly, yesterday, did reveal the swelling under the eardrum, and at 3:13 A.M. I am reminded of my personal duty to personal growth and my need to love Jesus 100%, and trust in His Commandments, so I may have a right to the Tree of Life.

The study of the number 7, The Shemitah, the number of cows, in Joseph’s dream, that would be lean, the number of cows in Joseph’s dream that would be fat. Joseph was separated from his father, the “beloved son” of the wife he loved. Joseph’s rise to rule Egypt, to save God’s family from famine is a story, much like Esther or Daniel. God’s people caught under the dictatorship of a master not of our choosing, takes us back to Babylon, Daniel, and three Hebrew sons, emasculated and turned into eunuchs. The keepers of the Holy Scripture, The Law of Love, and the Character of God, were in captivity.

History is repeating. In may ways, we have all gone into Babylon. Among us are men and women being tested like Job. When God sends sickness, to test to see if I will curse God, “Though He slay me,”  Satan reveals my weakness, it is up to me, Connie, to ask God to be the rudder of my ship!

“Con” is another name for the rudder of a ship. And feeling called to be a living witness and messenger for this hour, it is impossible for me, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children. I need to be direct contact with His Holy Spirit. Yes, I need the prayers of those I love.

My dearest friend and spiritual mentor, picked me up from the hospital on Tuesday, on Thursday she was found lifeless on the floor in the kitchen at the Senior Center by her daughter Becky.  In kindness to me, they did not tell me, she had a heart attack, and she had died three times. She is now in ICU, with only the joy of knowing, we are praying for God to show up, just as God showed up to end the singles in my brain.

This growing awareness of Jesus, His power, His Might, His desire to end the conflict between good and evil, is now an open battle for Jesus to be Crowned the King of the Jews, or crucified again.

If I am to have a part in the reward of the disciples of Jesus, the Jews who converted to follow The Way, of His blood, to be taken into the “Sanctuary” of My heart, as I confess my sins. Then on Judgment Day, ever sin I confess with my mouth, validates the justice and judge who has given me FREEDOM, to choose His Way, His Live, His Love for all mankind.

Being raised, blessed and dedicated to be a Child of God, before I even knew Him, my parents put me in the hands of Jesus. I have found friendship to know, You are My brother and you are my sister, we have been adopted into the blood line of God the Father. The same blood that made Jesus Christ a male, has made us the Sons and Daughters of God. His blood cannot die. It lives!  It lives in you and I the Sons and Daughters of God.

Sunday the foster child of Vera Gleason’s daughter, was in church. Two weeks earlier she and I had helped move Vera, into her new apartment. In two weeks, Mary was in church on Sunday, wanting me to listen to her. The Holy Spirit had told her to pray out loud, for her foster family!  Sunday, I found a new sister, her name is Sister Mary.

“Other sheep have I” Jesus said. Do you think the commandment-keepers will be sorry, and mourn when the pearly gates of the Golden City of God are swung back upon their glittering hinges, and they are welcomed in? No, never! They will then rejoice! They are not under the bondage of the law, but that they have kept God’s law, and therefore are free from it. They will have the right to the Tree of life, a right to its healing leaves.

Gal 5:18  But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
Gal 5:22  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Gal 5:23  Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Gal 5:24  And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
Gal 5:25  If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

I am being convicted of my need to understand, my own relationship with Jesus Christ. Is He telling me to stop eating meat, or to NEVER destroy the HOLY SPIRIT being poured out on all Nations. Do I tell my new Sister Mary, “I don’t see the LIGHT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT in her life?” When her tears, her joy, her peace, her happiness is based on what a baby Christian feels!  The moment Mary felt compassion for her foster family, and the Holy Spirit had told her to pray out loud, for them, she felt peace. Mary found out Sunday, she has joined a family. She is my Sister Mary too. She has received the gift of the Holy Spirit, to pray and care for others. A new door was opened for Sister Mary, to be accepted and loved by a group of people who want to be THE FRIENDSHIP CENTER.

She had already asked the young pastor if she could be baptized, in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. But it the Holy Ghost that taught her to pray for her foster family. They needed God to help them through this family crisis! (I find myself chuckling to myself ~ what is this joy? I feel when I see GOD SHOW UP?) I have a new Sister, her name is Mary, she loves me!

Does God care “what I eat?” Yes. Do I need to clean the frig, and remove the old food? Yes! I need to look at the expiration date? Is there a law against baby Christians beginning their walk with God, by asking the preacher, to baptize them? Will I be there, to love and comfort my new Sister Mary? I know the devil really can’t stop this movement of people, praying for each other! I know thousands will be asking to be baptized!  Because Vera has died three times! Because Vera is all about personal Bible Study and inviting the Holy Spirit to be truth, like Jesus is THE TRUTH!  Vera would be willing to die, defending Jesus Christ as the bridge over troubled water, who can alone lay down his life, so we can get over to the other side of the Jordan, and walk to the Tree of life together, with my new Sister Mary!

P.S. I found myself praying to Jesus. I want this crisis to end, about who is filled with His Holy Spirit! I found myself asking Jesus, to put my sin, upon the head of Lucifer! I want to began life connected to LIFE, to Life in the Holy Spirit, with people willing to love people enough, to lay down their life. . .for their FRIEND. . .Am I willing to set aside my plans and let My Best Friend Jesus, put me where He needs me to be? There is no crime to love, to sing, to have joy and rejoice over one sinner that calls upon the name of the Lord, to pray for others!

This is music to my ears! Sister Mary found a connection to the Holy Spirit in a group of people, who are studying for themselves, to know, what the Bible means! I sit back and watch, one repent after another. Who is my sister, who is my brother, they that do the will of My Father.

“He who has been faithful over the “few things” of earth, will be made ruler over “many things” in the eternal world who love to Praise their Lord!”

I will write the Law in your hearts of flesh. . .How did Jesus live “The law?”

Some one said “We’re not suppose to be a basket of nuts we’re suppose to be a basket of fruits [of the Holy Spirit, joy, love, patience, long suffering,  against these there is no law!]”

I pray I never, close the doors to those I do not understand. When God places His Sanctuary on earth, the door to God’s house,  must never be closed to His Holy Spirit! It is Jesus standing outside the door, wishing for someone to say, “Come in and eat with me today!