Feeling Refurbished?

 

     Have you ever bought a computer or tablet that has been ‘refurbished’? They’ve taken it apart, cleaned it up, and theoretically fixed what wasn’t working properly. You can save quite a bit of money that way, but you also wonder how long it will last. Does it have a warranty? On Amazon, they now call these ‘renewed’. 

     I was pondering this concept after I read one of Brian Simmons (Passion Translation) comments on us as New Creations.  This morning his comment on Galatians 6:15 stopped me again. “What really matters is the transforming power of the new creation life.”  God’s word says He makes us ‘new creations’ when we receive Yeshua as our Savior and entrust our lives to Him. New Creations. That’s not rehabilitation or refurbishment, or reconstruction. It’s total transformation into a new creature.  He doesn’t just ‘reboot’ us or take us apart, as my mechanical engineer sons do, laying our pieces on a table, cleaning them, oiling them, fixing broken parts, and then putting everything back together, ‘good as new’.

     Although I’m a great fan of rehabilitation (and God is all about the ‘re’* words), it is not a true image of the work of our Creator’s hands. Although we may at times feel simply rehabilitated, reconstructed, or even more like a jumble of parts struggling to function together; that is not who we are. That is not how He sees us, either. His eyes light up at His stunning new creation, made in the likeness of His Son. 

     In his 51st psalm, David asked the Father to ‘create in [him]a new heart. A new heart. Not to just clean up and fix the old, broken, soiled one. Hmmmm.

     Lately, my nearly 70 year-old-body (and sometimes soul) is feeling in need of refurbishment and renewal. Yet, even renewal is not an adequate term for the transforming power of God in and over those who ‘have died with Him and will one day be resurrected like Him.’ In fact, God’s word says that ‘the same power that conquered the grave lives in us….now!*** Start seeing what God sees. Picture yourself not just rebuilt or even simply injected’ by His Holy Spirit, but totally transformed into a new creation. Tell the struggling ‘members’ of your body, soul, and spirit who they really are. Instruct them to ‘hop to it’ and run that race set before you with new creation zeal! 

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“We have become His poetry, a re-created people, that will fulfill the destiny He has given each of us.” —Ephesians 2: 10 (TPT)

*Renewal, Restitution, Redemption, Revival, Revolution, Reinvigoration, Reassurance, Reawakening, Rebirth, Recoupment, Recovery, Rectification,, Recuperation, Re-establishment, Regeneration, Reformation, Refreshment, Refuge, Rejuvenation, Rejoicing,… (I could keep going, but I will spare you.)

** See the Passion Translation’s comment on Psalm 51:

***Ephesians 1: 19-20

1 Thessalonians 3:10

Sound of Freedom…Rescuing the Children

     Yesterday, my husband and I went to see the movie, Sound of Freedom. I was reluctant to go, despite my desire to support its creators and the cause for which the movie was produced. I didn’t think I could bear watching. Yet what are the children bearing? All I had to do was watch the movie. “Sound of Freedom” was actually made 5 years ago, but every possible roadblock came against it, so that it didn’t come out until now. 

     I can’t really describe its impact. The power of it, including the message from Jim Caviezel following it, was profound. [Jim gave a phenomenal performance of this true story, by the way.]

     I have been aware for many years of the trafficking of children. I have supported Life Outreach International’s Rescue Life ministry off and on through the years. They share the realities of the horrific plight of these children on their programs.  More recently I have heard of the pervasive, mind-boggling increase of pedophilia in our own country and the multi-billion dollar ‘industry’ woven throughout all seven mountains of our culture, including our government. I thought to myself, ‘What can I do? After the movie, I prayed, ‘Lord, what do you WANT me to do?  Truly a different question.  

     His first step for me? “Share about the movie and about ministries for which your friends can both pray, as well as support financially.” So that is what you’ll find below. Please go see the movie in the theater, if you haven’t already.. Don’t wait. Share with your friends, in turn. Then support people ‘on the ground’ who are committed to helping these little ones. and the adults who have been trafficked since their robbed childhoods.. That is my plan, also, for today, each month, and whenever God prompts me to do so.

     Lastly, pray and decree for exposure and justice for traffickers at every level, as well as for freedom, healing, and restoration of body, soul, and spirit for the victims.of these despicable crimes.

   As “Sound of Freedom” declares: God’s children are not for sale!  

VOLUNTEER at an anti-trafficking organization near you. For example I found one in my area which needs volunteers to help at fundraising events and to help out at their sanctuary homes for rescued children.

GIVE

1) Life Outreach International [Rescue LIFE]

https://lifetoday.org/outreaches/rescuelife/

They “Reach, Rescue, Restore” trafficked children, going into dangerous areas where there is high trafficking, rescuing individuals and then providing safe homes, orphanages, education, and training so they can support themselves.

2) Tim Tebow Foundation’s Rescue Team

https://timtebowfoundation.org/rescue-team

“The Rescue Team is an army of people committed to emgaging, inspiring, and equipping others in the fight against human trafficking.”

3) Joyce Meyer Hand of Hope anti-trafficking ministry

They work to rescue women and children “in the U.S., Australia, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Greece, Mexico, Norway, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom.” Once rescued, the chi,ldren and adults “receive love, housing, schooling, job skill training, and biblical counseling to help build and restore their lives.”

https://joycemeyer.org/handofhope/categories/anti-human-trafficking

BRIDGING FREEDOM (bridgingfreedom.org)

I know there are many other organizations, but these are three I trust implicitly. Be careful to whom you donate. Our current government publicizes anti-trafficking materials,, but behind the scenes………

    If you know personally of other good organizations to support, please add a comment to this post.  While you’re at it, enrage the Enemy by singing this “children’s” song aloud:: 

Jesus loves the little children, all the children of the world; Red and yellow black and white, they are precious in His sight; Jesus loves the little children of the world..  

In His love, Julie

“…and whoever ensnares one of these little ones who trust me, it would be better for him to have a millstone hung around his neck and be drowned in the open sea!” —Matthew 18:16

Rest Assured

         

 Have you ever thought about the term “rest assured”? For example, “rest assured that our company will take care of this for you.”   Or “Be assured that this will take place.” Do you then actually enter a place of peace and rest, leaving the issue in their hands? Or have you experienced such promises becoming empty words, discovering nothing was ever done to address your problem?

     I certainly have, especially in the last few years, when we’ve been told over and over that someone will ‘take care of it,’ only to discover absolutely nothing was done. Integrity related to one’s word no longer seems necessary for many in our country’s current ethical climate.

     Yet If we entrust something to our Beloved Father, we can truly ‘rest assured’ that He will address it. While always in the context of His will and what He knows to be best for us and for others, our concerns are never relegated to a pile labeled, “if I get around to it after more important concerns.’ Or, ‘if I happen to feel like it.’ Or, ‘if I think you’re worthy of my energy and attention’.

    “Rest assured,”:He says, “knowing that nothing you care about is out of My care”. What peace, what joy to know that everything that concerns us, concerns Him. There is nothing too small or insignificant in His eyes, if it’s on our hearts. He’s so BIG that nothing is too small.

    If your faith has been leaking lately, pump up your heart by singing the children’s song:

My God is so great, so strong and so mighty, there’s nothing my God cannot do….for You! 

Flex your arm muscle, shout it out, and 

…rest assured.

Believe

 Forgive me, dear friends, for taking. So long to write again.There were issues with my blogspot link, which was somehow considered ‘insecure’ and kept people from reading my blog. We seem to be back on track once again. Thank you for persevering with me.

—Julie

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     I wanted to write and encourage you, to give you hope for 2023. If you have not been a follower of Elijah Streams or any modern day prophets, you might see nothing but gloom ahead. Or even if you have been faithfully listening to God’s words of encouragement over the past 2 years, you might be wondering if any of these rhema messages were truly from God. It seems to be taking so much longer than we all thought. .

     However, let me speak as strongly as I possibly can: Do not give up believing that these messages have been from Him and that they SHALL come to pass. There has been so much radical cleanup necessary, deeper and farther and more widespread than we even imagined.. We truly had no idea how bad things were.

     The Ekklesia, the (remnant) governmental Church, is praying, believing, and decreeing, and it must continue to do so. We are partnering with Him in the greatest move of history ever. We musn’t let the enemy convince us that it was all for naught. He’s desperate to get us to stop believing God and stop decreeing, especially his own downfall.

     We must stand up and SPEAK forth from both God’s LOGOS word and His currently spoken RHEMA word: what He says HAS already happened, what IS happening, what He says WILL happen, and what His WILL is for us, for this nation, and for the world. [Romans 4:17] We must know who we are as warriors. Our shoes aren’t just shod with ‘the gospel of peace’, they are shod in combat boots! [Proverbs 22:22]

     Let’s not be like the Israelites in the desert who whined, complained, and refused to believe where God was taking them. They maligned God’s character and doubted His word, because all they could ‘see’ was what was right in front of them, what they were currently experiencing.

     Let’s make God’s heart glad by thanking Him for what He has done, is doing, and will do. Believe Him! Speak forth what He is speaking. Rejoice in His goodness. Trust Him with our whole hearts.

     Besides listening to Elijah Streams on Rumble (they were banned by YouTube) or at Elijahstreams.com, listen to people like Julie Green and Tim Sheets. Tim has a new book (print or Kindle) called Prayers and Decrees, as well as a slightly older one called Angel Armies. I have both and have been specifically decreeing from them. 

     We musn’t allow ourselves to be weighed down by discouragement. Let’s listen to God’s streaming instead of secular media sources. Our whole understanding of what is real will be radically altered. We’ll see before us the vision of His plans.

     If you’ve already been listening, and doubt has crept in, banish it right now in Jesus’ Name. Rejoice and be thankful that everything He has said IS coming to pass. Don’t be concerned about individual misunderstandings of particular prophecies. He IS rescuing our world, and NOTHING can stop Him. Nothing is impossible for Him. Stand up, cheer and shout! 

“God is good, His mercy is everlasting, and His truth endures from generation to generation.” Hallelujah! 

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If you’d like more resources to encourage you, please email me at: julieddywales@gmail.com.  Decrees are also

available from people like Patricia King, Brenda Kunneman (Daily Decree YT*) and Wanda Alger, and I have put some together myself…from God’s written word, as well as those which have come via trustworthy prophetic people with a track record of prophecies fulfilled. “Rejoice, rejoice, and again I say, Rejoice!”

*Daily Decree (Brenda Kunneman, YouTube) on January 3, 2023 contains a good explanation of why we decree.

Turn Around, Look at Me

 

Do song lyrics pop in your head from time to time, even ones you wish wouldn’t appear there?  As I stop to really think about particular songs that pop up in my mind, the love-or-die lyrics make me chuckle. Actually, more seriously, the ‘can’t live  without you’ messages are downright idolatrous. As teens, we were susceptible to them, however, stuck in what the Lee Ezell referred to as The Cinderella Syndrome. 

   As I grew older and my faith and relationship with the Lord deepened, I began to see the deceptive nature of these songs (old and new). So when tunes popped into my head, I began creating Christian lyrics for them…or I sang the love songs directly to the Lord. Here’s an old one the Lettermen used to sing in my teenage years

“ There is someone walking behind you. 

Turn around, look at me.

There is someone watching your footsteps

Turn around, look at me..
There is someone, who really loves you...
Here's my heart, in my hand..
Turn around, Look at me..
Understand, ...
That there's someone..
To stand beside you..

Turn around, look at me..
There's someone to love and guide you,
Turn around, look at me...
I've been waiting,
But I'll wait forever..
For you to come to me...
Look at someone, who really loves you..
Turn around, look at me.”

     When we lived in Cape Canaveral, the Disney ship would play the beginning of “When you wish upon a star” as they were leaving port. I do not wish on stars, and didn’t want to find myself unconsciously singing that song when it lodged itself in my head. So I created new lyrics for the tune:

“When you pray to God above, you will meet a heart of love

When you pray to God above, He’ll answer you.

If your heart is in your prayers, you will never need despair

When you pray to God above, He’ll answer you.”

Go ahead, try it. 

   Since then I’ve found numerous songs I can sing directly to Jesus, to the Father, and to Holy Spirit…or at least adapt for the purpose. Ever watch the musical ‘The Fantasticks’?  There’s a song that begins, Love, you are love, better far than any metaphor can ever, ever be. Love, you are love, my mystery of love.” 

   When you hear oldies (or ‘newies’) on the air, or get a song stuck in your head that glorifies humans, see if you can turn it into a love song for Yeshua. He’ll get a kick out of it.

“And a hug around the neck...”

 

  I can’t even remember the title of this song I remember my mom singing, but it ended with “and a hug around the neck”.  [Ok, it’s “A Bushel and a Peck,”]  This morning in my “listening time,” the Lord sent me a mental picture of my granddaughter’s hug. It’s difficult to imagine anything much more wonderful on this earth. I love when she lingers there, with her head tucked in the crook of my neck, instead of remaining only a few seconds before running off. 

   Those times of complete resting on me in contented peace, with no place she’d rather be, are an image of eternity inside the Shalom of the Father. Many times, I give Him a quick hug at the end of my prayer time and then scamper off to my next activity. He smiles and sends me on my way, but He, too, loves best when I linger there, with no place I’d rather be than tucked into the crook of His neck. A place of complete rest and contentment.

   Many of us are loaded with swirling thoughts and concerns, anxieties about where circumstances are heading...questions about how we should be praying and what we should be doing or pursuing. He knows it all. He’s ready, willing, and delighted to give us His wisdom, discernment and direction, to prosper us as we go in response to His purposes and plans for us.  However, like the Parent and Grandparent that He is, He invites us first to linger, to go limp in His arms in utter abandon, with our arms entwined around His neck. Eternity lives there.

Listening for birds

      

When I’m in Oregon, I love to use my Birdnet app from Cornell University to try to identify the birds near me by their songs.. I wait patiently trying to capture that softer song in between the louder ones of crows and jays.  In this app, you record the sound and then highlight the section you want to ‘.analyze’. The loud ones are easy, but sometimes the program has a more difficult time identifying the subtler ones. If I persist, however, I can often discover who they are.

     I don’t know why I haven’t used this app in Florida before today. We have woods outside our door in the townhouse development. God chose our specific one so we would see (and hear) the trees and creatures of this habitat every day. (He is most certainly the Giver of every good and perfect gift.). This morning I recorded three voices: the Northern Cardinal, the Tufted Titmouse, and the Carolina Wren. It was the wren’s song which took patience to identify.

     Earlier this morning (still dark), I was listening to Elizabeth Enlow* discuss the various definitions of the Hebrew word Quavah,, usually translated ‘waiting.’  One meaning included the concept of ‘waiting prepared for something about to take place.’  Another contained the concept of weaving together a cord, or ‘entwining oneself with,’ a definition which The Passion Translation often uses in the Psalms for waiting on God.. We know that ‘waiting on’ can also mean as a waiter or waitress would do, which takes into another stream of mental images and concepts.

     Many of us have been waiting (often impatiently, I confess myself) for the manifestation of God’s promises for our nation spoken recently through more than a dozen of His true and reliable prophets.  We know and believe with all our hearts and minds that He will do what He has said he will do. His word (written or spoken) never comes back void. Some don't believe these prophets are truly speaking what God is saying, calling them 'false prophets,' which by the way is an inaccurate use of the term). But for those of us who do assuredly believe, we're standing firm, even though we haven't yet seen come to pass what was promised. [Oohh, that sound a little Abrahamish, doesn't it?]

     We have seen some prophesied events already take place via His Creation:  crazy, inexplicable winds around the country, a greater number of earthquakes around the world, 'inexplicable shaking' for weeks in south Florida, and widespread massive snowstorms across the country, especially in the northeast, which had previously been experiencing what meteorologists referred to as a 'snow drought.'  Those who haven't been listening and waiting (sometimes because they just were unaware, as I was in the past) could dismiss these events easily as interesting but insignificant.  However, those who have heard these things prophesied, as well as their meanings, and also heard the call to get ready in our spiritual armor (including our combat-boot-shod-feet ), wait like watchman for the morning, our eyes trained like a hawk's, knowing that the feet of God and His angels are already on the earth (also prophesied).  

     As we wait prepared like soldiers, however, we must fulfill another definition of 'to wait,' which is 'to linger.' We must linger in His Presence and in His rest.  Dutch Sheets* has just such a recent post from his "Praying 15" series, related to the prophesied coming worldwide revival. Amanda Grace, Rachel Hamm, Manuel Johnson, and Robin D. Bullock* (4 more prophetic voices) stress the importance of looking into His face, long and deeply, as our priority above all others, as we seek to fulfill our part in what the Lord has planned in our nation and on the earth.  As I have repeatedly affirmed, the Lord delights in our dedicated time to just be with Him.  His plans, and their fulfillment in us as His bride, come out of that relationship.  

     Listen for His birds; recognize the breeze on your face as the gentle touch of His hand; allow Him to give you insight through His creation by waiting, listening, and watching in the quiet of your heart.  Invite Him to sit in an adjoining chair and share His own heart with you. In Him we live and move and have our being.  In Him there is no fear or anxiety or worry of any kind, In Him we rediscover the trust of a child.  And that's how He said He wants it to be. 

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• "Qavah (Hebrew)..to wait actively with anticipation, hopefully watching for God to act." 
• Elizabeth Enlow: (waiting)  https://youtu.be/LQzaA69Olwc
• Dutch Sheets (lingering): https://youtu.be/6CoFgMKEf4M
• Amanda Grace and Rachel Hamm: (a variety of topics, including the our nation, the importance of time with the Lord, and the impact of parenting): https://youtu.be/0y5IlsvLVDQ 
• Manuel Johnson (Elijah Streams) love this man:  https://youtu.be/0-3M4m0VTp8
• Johnny Enlow:  Ellijah Streams, "Promises that make you stagger": https://youtu.be/yNL2KWuLOIE
• Prophecy regarding the winds (Dec 1 2020): Hank Kunneman

https://youtu.be/JhlJ1YAB590

• Snow prophecy (as a sign of cleansing of DC and NY...Hank Kunneman 1/24/21) https://youtu.be/Jf7dT3hEfjc
• Many, many others. Let me know if and when you want MORE! You can message me on Morning Manna's facebook page, if you like. 

Stepping on air

   

As I have recently been participating in prayer with thousands (correction, millions) of Christians around the world for the future of our nation and for the worldwide revival being prophesied by more than a dozen reliable prophets, I have had pause to ponder the role of intercession in a believer’s life.  This morning I asked the Lord to clarify two seemingly contradictory teachings on that topic, especially related to ‘standing in the gap.’ 

   Since Jesus is our Mediator, there is a radical difference between Old Testament and New Testament intercession., including the concept of ‘standing in the gap’.. it is Jesus Who truly ‘stands in the gap.’ Yet I know God has chosen to partner with us to pray His will be done ‘on earth as it is in Heaven.’ He wants us to intercede in all kinds of situations. We are not pleading with God to act, however. We are agreeing with Him, knowing He wants these things even more than we do. We are speaking forth what He says in His Word, both written and Rhema. IN JESUS’ NAME!

   However, I was still a little confused as I tried to reconcile some aspects of both sets of teaching, so I asked the Lord to clarify it for me. This is His answer, as best I could hear it:

 “I always love it when you ask Me questions. This is part of asking for wisdom, and you know know how I love and always answer that prayer in the affirmative. There is no real conflict, as you have said, although there is some misunderstanding involved on both parts. You are all always growing in maturity as you move forward in your walk with Me. I truly AM the 'Gap-Stander.' Your whole ability to connect with Me in a variety of forms--including eternity with Me--exists because I opened the Window and wedged Myself permanently inside so you could pass through.

Yet, I value your partnership in 'inter-ceding' for those things I desire to take place. It's rather like you're standing beside the window helping people step through it. I opened it and keep it open, but you lend a helping hand as people step up and through it without stumbling or falling backwards.  You point to the window when people don't see or notice it or even believe it is there, at least for them. You help them see the window and through it to the other side. That is part of the Seeing I had you write about in previous blog posts. 

You mentioned the dwarves in the hut in The Last Battle, in response to another person's C.S. Lewis quote. It is rather like that for some who have so far refused to believe there is another place outside the walls of their earthly hut. When you point to the window, some will believe you and search for the opening. As they do, it will become visible to them.

You referred to Indiana Jones and the Holy Grail recently in reference to the seemingly invisible bridge across the chasm. Desperation drove Indiana to place his foot 'on air,' where he found the ground solid beneath his feet. Desperately (spiritually) hungry people will do the same, if you have the courage to direct them in faith. Fear of man and man's opinion will try to thwart your efforts. Don't let it. You need to 'step on air,' too, to sincerely and earnestly share the pathway of My Evangel.

This Good News is not 'just' about eternity.  It is about Now.  My people need both Faith and Belief that I AM working, and that they will see the manifestation of it soon.  They, too, must 'walk on the air' of Faith in Me...that I would never abandon them at this time.  They need to believe and speak forth agreement with My Rhema Word spoken through My faithful prophets.  

Those who do so will never be disappointed..... This is the 'intercession' I am asking of you at this time, before you see with your eyes what I have said will be.

   

“Just Haven’t Seen it Yet”

 A song to encourage your heart this morning...

https://youtu.be/X1eMZiOJ0a0

Fireworks with two-fold significance

I saw fireworks before my eyes and believe I heard:

1) revelations, confessions, and exposures will come so fast that one will still be happening as the next begins. They will be seen far and wide. 

2) We, His faithful remnant, will be celebrating the manifestation of His Victory for us, using them to rejoice around the world.

Two pictures to warm your soul (to be remembered in the days ahead)

It is often when we are just drifting off to sleep or just waking up that we are especially open to Holy Spirit’s messages for us.  Last night as I lay under the covers, He gave me these comforting images, especially delightful to me in the midst of America’s evilly-engendered turmoil:

The Father tucks us (His believing, beloved children) into bed, pulling the covers up to our chins. We turn to the side, snuggling in. He brushes His hand tenderly over our hair, full of love for us, and tells us to sleep well. We hear noises outside the window, but He says not to be afraid...it is just the wind. There is a scratching at the front door, but He tells us again not to be fearful because He is our Protector and Guard, and His arm is strong. “Rest well, My precious ones. ABBA is near.”

We are surrounded by a circle of vicious enemies who are agitated and threatening us in various ways, but the Father is just chuckling. He even has His back to them as He goes about preparing a magnificent table for us, with an array of luscious-looking foods. The wine stands ready at each end, and the bread is fresh from the oven. “Eat! Enjoy!” He says. “Don’t be concerned about them. They cannot touch you.” As I pull the 🥖 apart, steam rises from it, and I lather yellow Irish butter across the end. A soft light is shining on our table, creating a lovely ambience for our celebratory feast...the Feast He has personally and lavishly laid for us, under His Tabernacle Tent.

"His Truth is marching on..."

 After 'praying 15' with Dutch Sheets today* https://youtu.be/fhqhRakLKuo (1/11/20), take a look at these two lesser known verses in Julia Howe's original poem:

 “ I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnished rows of steel:
As ye deal with my contemners, so with you my grace shall deal;
Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel, 

Since God is marching on

He is coming like the glory of the morning on the wave,
He is Wisdom to the mighty, He is Succour to the brave,
So the world shall be His footstool, and the soul of Time His slave,
Our God is marching on!”

Glory, Glory Hallelujah; Glory, Glory Hallelujah

Glory, Glory Hallelujah, His Truth is marching on!”

Sing it out, my friends!

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See also the update God had me add to the 'Stand' post from Jan 9. From the sublime to the ridiculous. I love His humor. 🤣