There is Something in the Water

 

Is there found something in a flood? It entails much debris as to logs from trees, the remains of a once fine barn and even several cars or SUV's. There is something in the water. Around here we find high rising waters from a lot of excess rain bringing much devastation to downtown areas on the lovely seaside of Oregon. They show the excess water surrounding cafe's, coffee shops, banks and a dress store. Water surrounding complete towns is seen and no one stirs. It happened fifteen years ago in many of these areas due to the rising water of several creeks and rivers. Saw a picture of majestic Snoqualmie Falls in northern Washington. It is flowing in floods of torrents creating rainbows at times. It is loud in volume. It is making its wrath known in the area of farm homes and business' alike.

There is something in the water. When in church some 25 years ago I remember the pastor talking about prayer time. In it he mentioned people asking the Lord what was beneath the water of a situation. He told us to ask the Lord what was there that could potentially bring destruction and despair. I still ask the Lord what is beneath the troubled waters. Sincerely He would respond in the respect of a person having an opposite view from God.  Troubled waters were making a noise loud and clear. One could know just by asking the right question to God Himself!

As the righteous we can know some things. God helps us to see and know. Many times we think He owes it to us, but in truth we only know by being holy before Him.

God lives in His holiness, and it is from righteousness that our relation with God is shared.  It is God's holiness that is realized in righteousness. "God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness" (Isa 5:16). So Isaiah's peculiar phrase, "the Holy One of Israel," brings God in His most exalted being into a relation of knowledge and moral reciprocity with Israel.

1 Samuel 2:2 — "No one is holy like the Lord."

Psalm 99:2-3 — The Lord is great in Zion, and He is high above all the peoples. Let them praise Your great and awesome name-He is holy.

Isaiah 6:3 — "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory!"

Revelation 4:8 — "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!"

 

Hannah spoke this about God in 1 Samuel 2:2 “There is none more holy like the Lord, there is none besides You, there is no Rock like our God.  Hannah was speaking of His divinity not to a characteristic of God.

He is Peace : God is Jehovah-shalom. This name means “the God of peace.” We are meant to know the fullness of God’s perfect peace, or His “shalom.” God’s peace surpasses understanding and sustains us even through difficult times. It is the product of fully being what we were created to be. —Judges 6:16-24

There is something in the water! Today, not noted on the news but a believer who studies the end times wrote that the places that were filled to capacity before covid 19 are not almost like ghost areas, halls and theme parks. Places in Las Vegas are begging Canadians to come visit ! The great theme park of this nation is about to lay off how many hundreds because the middle-class cannot afford it anymore due to the change for higher prices and less volume. Yikes! Not mentioned on the news station is the amount of earthquakes are being felt in what is known as the "Ring of Fire"! Many of late are reaching the magnitude of 8 like the one in Russia back in July 2025.

There is something in the water! 

Among the multiple pantheons of gods, only one God lives the way a God ought to live. This particular God—the God of Israel—is holy, that is, He alone is transcendentally different, superior, and separate. He has called His people to be holy (1 Peter 1:15-16). It follows that a holy person must be different in the way that God is different.

 

From God's holiness flows His love—outgoing concern for others, His outstanding attribute. When God looked on Israel, however, He saw a whole nation, from her culture to her government to her religion, organized on the basis of human self-concern. God wanted to see clear evidence of godly living, by which He could verify their claims of being His people. In Israel, He saw no such evidence, but instead a people in opposition to Him in every area of life. Spiritual adultery had occurred.  Amos 4:2 NKJV  The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness: "Behold, the days shall come upon you  When He will take you away with fishhooks,  And your posterity with fishhooks.

In Christ, we are given a new position which is defined and motivated to practice. In unity with Him in His death and resurrection, we now Christ are made into what God requires.

1.   In faith, the demand is our way of life conformed into the meaning of the spoken Word of God, the Gospel. See please in Ro. 12:1-2; 2 Cor. 5:21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.  Having died to the power of & the practice of sin ; entering into death of Jesus by Faith. Further reading in Romans 6:1-14; & then compare 2 Timothy 2:19 NKJV; 1 John 3:1-10

2.    2 Timothy 2:19 Nevertheless the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: "The Lord knows those who are His," and , "Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity."

3.   Hunger and thirst must be our heart for the Lord: to fill our heart with the water of His word; To be cleansed Purity of Heart : Matthew 5:8 NKJV (8) Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God.

  Purity of heart is a work in progress in which both God and man share responsibility. Many scriptures show that God will cleanse by pardoning sin. But our responsibility in cleansing is very important and frequently mentioned along with what we must do to be cleansed. Clearly given here by James, he points to the purifying as our responsibility: "Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded" (James 4:8).

Cleansing and Purifying:  Peter 1:22 makes a summary statement: "Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart." Obedience to the truth through the Spirit purifies our character by inculcating right habits within it.

1.   Isaiah 1:16-17 “Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes. Cease to do evil, learn to do good; seek justice, rebuke the oppressor; defend the fatherless, plead for the widow.

2.   Guarding our heart to have no deceit in our mouths nor perverse speaking: Proverbs 4:23-27 NKJV 23 Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life. 24 Put away from you a deceitful mouth ( devious mouth), and put perverse lips far from you. 25 Let your eyes look straight ahead, and your eyelids look right before you. 26 Ponder the path of your feet, and let all your ways be established. 27 Do not turn to the right or the left; removed your foot from evil.

Without our heart being washed by the word of God, we never meet the standards to operate in godly integrity. . God, with our cooperation through faith, is ultimately the Creator of a pure heart in us, but it is a protracted process achieved by imparting a holy nature by His Spirit. This unites us with a holy Christ, with whom we fellowship, washing us in the blood of the Lamb so that with His aid we can mortify the flesh and live toward God, giving Him first priority in everything.

Purity of desires, motives, and intents should characterize the child of God. We need to examine ourselves, searching diligently whether we have freed ourselves from the dominion of hypocrisy.

1.   Are we seated in heaven, yes….is our love found there?

2.   Has the fear of the Lord grown strong enough that we love what He loves and hate what He hates?

3.  Is our conscious of being accurate for God displayed, or only accurate for self’s own priorities?  

Alive to the presence of God: is obedient righteousness, for we participate by faith in the risen Savior. Our life is in the risen life of Christ. Please read Romans 6:16-19 & then compare with Matthew 5:6,10; 1 Corinthians 15:34; 2 Corinthians 6:14 NKJV Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion ha slight with darkness?

We are not to compromise: a group who wants to change God and His word will compromise your integrity of faith……….. Romans 6:16-20 …NKJV…..16 Greet one another with a holy kiss. The churches of Christ greet you. 17 Now I urge you, brethren, note those who cause divisions & offenses, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, & avoid them. 18 For those who are such do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly, and by smooth words and flattering speech deceive the hearts of the simple. 19 For your obedience has become known to all. Therefore I am glad on your behalf; but I want you to be wise in what is good, & simple concerning evil. ( evil speaking going on )20 And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. 

Be wise in God, be wise to what is God. It is not flattering speech we need nor is it any cursing or divisive evil, but the word of God delivers us!

There was a plane in trouble over Brevard County Florida. Two young twenty somethings flying got into some situation. They had to land on a freeway. Their plane hit a car with a couple inside, not one once nor twice but three times. And the plane finally got to the pavement. The couple in the car, a couple, pastors of a church in that area only had minor scrapes. The water of God's word is everything we need to know as to what is coming toward us.

2026 is upon us in two weeks, earthquakes are getting more frequent and louder each time, the people desiring to stay home instead of work is a monstrous problem for the coming generations to see. Not everyone can do computer work, but certainly there are trade jobs like welders or electricians which are needed right now.

There is something in the water: stepping up for a fight looks like Columbia, Mexico and Venezuela want to tangle with U.S., there is a rise of AI Christianity where nearly two-thirds of pastors are now using artificial intelligence for their sermons, Russia is trying to assassinate a Ukranian President, Verizon is restructuring with a cost-cutting layoff of over 13,000 workers, and it is taking approximately 140,000 dollars for a family of four to afford the basics.  There is something in the water. But the Lord is revealing to us the depth of that danger and the force of His word for safety and peace. Let us ba live unto Him, know Him and dwell there in safety.

Dive into His word and find the depth of peace to maintain your heart in 2026. Amen!

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Healing Garden

Is it ignorance that keeps us in the "sickly place"?

I love the scripture "Thy word hath quickened me."

Healing is simple. Like David, we too, can listen and apply the Word to our lives. We, too, can have an attitude to place the word in our lives that brings life to us and yes to our bodies. The offered gift, all of God's blessings are promised to us. Will we accept them, and take the responsibility to receive not only the Word but His healing as well?

Like the Psalms that David wrote, he has placed the Word in a book for human hearts to receive. From reading through the Psalms ( and I have not finished them all) we find that David believed everything he wrote. He exercised his right in prayer and in worship with thanksgiving to the God of truth. It was David who had a heart knitted to the Father, and it was written that he, David, was " a man after God's own heart."

I can only relate my experiences in the Word of God and how healing continues to come to me and my family. We practice the Word of truth. We write it, confess it boldly and expect a harvest. Truly our bodies are the healing garden of God's word.

Instruction for healing is the same for salvation. It is faith that produces. It is God's will to heal by His word. So that when we continually hear God's word and get it planted deep in our hearts, we are those who experience healing through renewed strength and pain-free bodies.

We must give a place for healing to occur! If I plant my garden with tomato plants and then try to plant pepper plants in the same spot as the tomato plants, then there is no place for either plant to grow. I must give place for tomato plants to have the room and right light to grow well in the summer. Each plant must be watered and watched for best results. As with pepper plants, they need the required lighting and water, but they need their amount of space to grow and produce peppers. When planting these, I know they must be in good rich soil and not in rocky, sandy soil. I cannot plant them in the cold of winter unless I have a special place to keep them like a green house and keep the temps that will help those plants produce fruit.

So too, we must plant God's word in our heart, and let nothing cause the word to die there. So the right conditions would be to seek God's desire. It is His will to heal! We cannot stay in the place called" Nazareth of unbelief". For if we are operating under the influences of the "elders" who dictate like "well, healing is for some and not for others" or "healing was during Jesus' time and not now" then we stay in a place of no healing. But God is greater than us and can override the influences of others for even in Nazareth, Jesus did heal a few. It is the putting of the Word in our hearts, and daily confessing it, that our faith grows and produces what we are seeking: HEALING!

Mark 6:1-6........6:1 Then He went out from there and came to His own country, and His disciples followed Him. 2 And when the Sabbath had come, He began to teach in the synagogue. And many hearing Him were astonished, saying, "Where did this Man get these things? And what wisdom is this which is given to Him, that such mighty works are performed by His hands! 3 Is this not the carpenter, the Son of Mary, and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And are not His sisters here with us?" And they were offended at Him. 4 But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his own country, among his own relatives, and in his own house." 5 Now He could do no mighty work there, except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them. 6 And He marveled because of their unbelief. Then He went about the villages in a circuit, teaching. NKJV

They thought of Jesus as just the son of a carpenter. Are you just considered someone's wife or someone's mother? Or are you like Jesus, the son of___________________? But Jesus said that the prophet is not without honor except in his own country, among his own relatives, and among those of his own house! Yet Jesus counted it unto them as "unbelief". Jesus spent time reading and studying. You can find that of him at the age of 12.AND when we study through the Gospels, we also find Him seeking God's heart in prayer.

The more we become enlightened to His Word, the more we see health restored to our bodies. When we continue to read passages and pray, we see harvest in areas we did not expect.

Our little poodle is a miniature in size. She is black WITH some apricot around her face. She had the apricot color around her face for only three or four years and then seemed to fade. Since my husband and I started reading the word of God every night together, our poodle now finds her way into the middle of the bed as we read, hear and pray with the Word of God. She likes to snuggle and we continue to read and pray. In the last two years, her coat is a gorgeous black color and color of black and apricot are returning to her head and face. Yes, God's word works! Yes, "If thou canst do anything........." we see Jesus speak, "If thou canst believe" and then this father cried out, "Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief."  The man got what he asked for and the healing was a success!   ( see Mark 9:19-23)

We have to reject the traditions of men and of our culture and realize God has healing for us today! Today if you will His voice and not harden your heart..........."Faith without works is dead." It is not God's turn to action............the action part is for us to correspond with action according to knowing and understanding God's faithfulness to His Word of truth. For us to fully exercise our act of faith, means that it is in every fiber of our being. It will the same as getting out of bed and going to work the next day. It will be the same as picking up the children after school and sports everyday! That word becomes us. It will be in our heart, mind and body. That word of God for healing in us, will like taking the next breath of air into our lungs! It is the continual expectancy of knowing that word in me is producing health and strength!

In 1 Corinthians 6:20, we are bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body..........how can I glorify God in body if I am sick?

Jesus brought heaven to earth, He came to bring in the Kingdom of Heaven...........and in the Gospels we find what He described it as............!

In closing, I remind you that the Kingdom of Heaven and of God was spoken of by John the Baptist. He was asked if he was the "coming one" but John gave reference to the Messiah or Jesus in Matthew 11:5. In these we see Jesus recounted His deeds of healing. Jesus' healings were the manifestations of the presence of the kingdom of God. Jesus brought it forth, to face the forces of the evil one, satan.

As Jesus was always concerned to heal, He always sought the Father in prayer before and after any one time. The healing's Jesus performed  never showed HIM to actually pray over them, but just speak God's word or say something like, "go, and sin no more". Yikes! sin can make someone sick!

We are to come to His Healing Garden! We can and should do just like Jesus did! We can believe and receive when our faith is overflowing with an expectancy to see the manifestation of a body that is whole with nothing missing and nothing lacking.

Father, I come with a fire of expectancy that is YOU who desires us to  BE
whole and healthy..........to go and sin no more! Today Lord God, I pray that we reject the traditions of men and that we accept and receive the Word that saves and heals.  What I am expecting for everyone who reads and prays this is that they will rise higher and higher in Your Word of truth. That each will put away the things of the world and receive the faith of Healing for a whole body that brings glory to God. I pray that all will stand on Your Word of truth and know the promises  of God personally. I pray that hope arises. And may we all speak that "With God all things are possible to US who believes." I am a believer who believes that all things are possible to me. Thank YOU Lord for Mark 9:23.

Thank You Father, our beloved Father who gave His best. Thank YOU for love everlasting, love unconditional and never failing. By Your Word today, we are not conformed to this world, but we are transformed as we renew our mind's to Your Word. Today I pray we all come to be agreeable with Your word and YOUR will and so shall our plans be established and succeed. Our commitment and trust is in YOU for healing today! In Jesus' name I have prayed, Amen!

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