ON Death Row

On Death Row without Jesus

Have you ever thought that without Jesus, man is on death row? My husband and I were listening to a teaching over the weekend and the word was given about the importance of people in prisons was to hear the Gospel to have the opportunity to be born-again! What I thought was: "Did they not hear the Gospel as children?"
According to the person speaking, many of the men and women in prison have really had no kind of family life. Few numbered found to have some kind of family institution: father, mother, and siblings, yet most had no father, sometimes a mother but was absent from the scene at odd times, so the man or woman seen in prison had absentee parents!

Now parents are to have prepared a place for their newborn baby, bring them up in admonition of the Lord and speak life over them everyday of their life. My parents were not the 'perfect' ones but they certainly worked hard to present to us an example of a wonderful home life where the father worked to provide for his family, the mother provided clean clothes, good food and a warm bed at night (with clean sheets and a comfy pillow for the head). Still, we saw and knew we had to work to create those things as well for the children we would have one day. My sister and I certainly had good examples of good parents. We went to church and learned Bible verses as children. As an adult, we still look into the perfect law of liberty that came through Jesus Christ.

In thinking of that teaching the other day, I go back to the thought that value for life has somehow been lost in these many decades since my youth. And the value for God is lost in most cases as well. Within that thought all  those who would not know God live on 'death row'! Whether they live in the Penthouse of the tallest building in a great city, or in a multi-million dollar mansion in Beverly Hills California, still they are on death row if they know not the Lord.

In John 14:1 Jesus told us this: Do not let your hearts be troubled (distressed, agitated), You believe in  and adhere to and trust in and rely on God, believe in and rely also on Me.
Now this 'Me' is Jesus Himself! Verse 2 continues: In My Father's house there are many dwelling places (homes). If it were not so, I would have told you; for I am going away to prepare a place for you. 3 And when (if) I go and make ready a place for you, I will come back again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. 4 And [to the place] where  I am going, you know the way. 5 Thomas said to Him, Lord we do not know where You are going, so how can we know the way? 6 Jesus said to him, I am the Way and the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father except by (through) Me. 7 If you had known Me [had learned to recognize Me] you would also have known My Father. From now on, you know Him and have seen Him.
8 Philip said to Him, Lord, show us the Father [cause us to see the Father----that is all we ask]; then we shall be satisfied. 9 Jesus replied, "Have I been with all of you for long a time and do you not recognize and know Me yet Philip? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say then, Show us the Father?"

Is not 'relationship' important?  Relationship is given in Ecclesiastes 6:10-12.  NKJV  10 Whatever one is, he has been named already,  For it is known that he is man; And he cannot contend with Him who is mightier than he. 11 Since there are many things that increase vanity,  How is man the better? 12  For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he passes like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will happen after him under the sun?

We had looked at this previously and anything under the sun is living life without God included in it. From this verse 10, God is sovereign and there are some things that He has established cannot be changed. In naming a thing, is knowing it is set in place. We can see other important points of this in John 4:34 and of Psalm 16:11..........for to be converted, to be born-again is important to value of life, but also is of value in God and also of valuing others!

Jesus spoke this in John 4:34.. Amplified Bible..My food (nourishment) is to do the will (pleasure) of Him Who sent Me and to accomplish and completely finish His work. 
Psalm 16:11 You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy, at Your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.
Acts 2:25-28 For David says in regard to Him, I saw the Lord constantly before me, for He is at my right hand that I may not be shaken or overthrown or cast down [from my secure and happy state]. 26 Therefore my heart rejoiced and my tongue exulted exceedingly; moreover, my flesh also will dwell in hope [will encamp, pitch its tent, and dwell in hope in anticipation of the resurrection]. 27 For You will not abandon my soul, leaving it helpless in Hades ( the state of departed spirits), nor let Your Holy One know decay or see destruction [ of the body after death]. 28 You have made known to me the ways of life; You will enrapture [diffusing my soul with joy] with and in Your Presence.

For God's purpose, man was created. Being in His presence is the paramount solution! From the above statements we see both Jesus and David gave assuring contentment that is deliberate life in His presence. It is one who properly knows or had the knowledge of God, His plan for salvation, His kingdom that has come and deliberately we take it spiritually by faith....that trust in Him!

It was yesterday evening I saw this commercial. It was images of all these people, all colors, shapes, sizes and ages. The song being sung was Spread the Love....Spread the Love...and in the speaking was referencing God's children. It goes on through the commercial and then gives a name. com to visit.
In truth God's children are those who obey His instruction. Certainly God created man and woman, and He gave them their assignment to multiply. They were to create more children and those would be children who would know God and abide in Him always receiving His instruction and correction!
Proverbs 15:11 Hell and Destruction are before the LORD; so how much more the hearts of the sons of men.
God is aware of men's thoughts and He knows those who are His!

 1 John 3: 2 Beloved, now we are children of God and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. 3 And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure. 4 Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness. 5 And you know that He as manifested to take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin. 6 Whoever abides in Him does not sin. Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known Him. 7 Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous. 8 He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifest, that He might destroy the works of the devil. 9 Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.

Yes, there remains a Death Row for many. There is a day coming soon when people will have to give an account of their life before Him. Nothing is hidden from God, and what is within man will be made known indeed!
People must hear the Gospel. They must know of Jesus and the blood shed for them. For His perfect sacrifice, yes the appeasing force....that propitiation speaks plainly of the requirements of obedience to God.


One can certainly put on a 'happy song' and dance a little step or jig and call everyone the children of God but truly only those who are obedient to Him, who have received Jesus as Lord are the children of God. Remember Jesus' sacrifice was to assist you and me in perfecting holiness and that each of us would be the proven witness of God working in our lives....Matthew 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

For those who are truly children of God, is not another fancy song with smiling faces of many people of many colors, but the children of God reflect kingdom citizens that influence for good when moving through this life to the next. They are all colors of man under the one true color the blood of Jesus Christ. For you and me, our lives will either have a positive or negative effect. Certainly let us live responsibly by our faith in God, bringing glory to His great name, that speaks truth with great joy and peace in our hearts!

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A Prophetic Word

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In prayer this morning, I was hearing and seeing the word found in 1 Samuel 21. David has left Saul in fear of his own life and Jonathan told David this in 1 Samuel 20: 42....." May the LORD be between you and me, and between your descendants and my descendants, forever." So he arose and departed, and Johnathan went into the city.

David has fled to Nob, to Ahimelech, the priest,  1 Samuel 21:1 "Why are you alone, and no one is with you?" 2 so said to Ahimelech the priest, "The king has ordered me on some business, and said to me, "do not let anyone know anything about the business on which I send you, or what I have commanded you.' And I have directed my young men to such and such a place. 3 "Now therefore, what have you on hand? Give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatever can be found." 4 And the priest answered David and said, "there is no common bread on hand, but there is holy bread, if the young men have at least kept themselves from women." 5 Then David answered the priest, and said to him, "Truly, women have been kept from us about three days since I came out. And the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in effect common, even though it was consecrated in the vessel this day.6  So the priest gave him holy bread; for there was no bread there but the show-bread which had been taken from before the LORD in order to put hot bread in its place on the day when it was taken away. 7 Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD. and his name Doeg, an Edomite, the chief of the herdsmen who belonged to Saul 8 and David said to Ahimelech, "Is there not here on hand a spear or a sword? For I have brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me, because the kings' business required haste." 9 So the priest said , "The sword of Goliath, the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, there it is, wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you will take that, take it. For there is is no other except that one here." And David said, " There is none like it; give it to me.."

At this time in the reign of Saul, it was not common for the religious and the government to meet. Saul was not consulting the priests on anything!

1 Samuel 21:10 Then David arose and fled that day from before Saul, and went to Achish, the king of Gath. 11 And the servants of Achish said to him,. "Is this not David the king of the land? Did they not sing of him to one another in dances, saying: ' Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?" 12 Now David took these words to heart, and was very much afraid of Achish the king of Gath. 13 So he changed his behavior before them, pretended madness in their hands, scratched on the doors of the gate and let his saliva fall down on his beard. 14 Then Achish said to his servants, "Look, you see the man is insane. why have you brought him to me? 15 Have I need of madmen, that you have brought this fellow into my house?"

Remember David had slew Goliath in 1 Samuel 17.  This sword was dedicated to the Lord after the beheading of Goliath, this sword was found to be safe with the priests in Nob. It had brought triumph in the hands of God . However, Saul is still in pursuit of David and lives every moment to rid Israel of David. He, David had come for food for he knew the priests sometimes had food  but the only bread was the show-bread at the time. The other thing I asked for was a weapon. The one the priest reminds him is the very sword that David took from Goliath his own weapon and used it against him!

As the priests of the Lord, you and I are to wield the sword of  His Word....the Spirit of prophecy! We speak what God says we have in Jesus, we speak not what a news anchor mentions as a false narrative. For in any false narrative there is produced "the false", negative results in your own life when you believe the lie from the liar!
Only truth comes through God and that is where we look for the pathway through anything that appears as "the obstacle" presented by man.

David had faced the giant! And with his own slingshot and YES the very presence of God, that giant came down. What God has placed into your hand you can use for future. Standing against giants helps you and I to stand against anything else that comes against us. 
David took the sword from the priest and he went to the land of the Philistines .....the very people within whom Goliath had come from.  He hides among them and they think him insane. It was thought in those days, that insane people or who acted out the way David did was an evil sign that had come upon them!
 Now understand that David had taken things into his hands and used insanity as his "way through" that which was in the land away from Saul, the place to hide out in the land of the Philistines.  But David should have remembered and held faith that God was with Him in that He God had anointed David to be the future King.
Saul's true business was to kill David!
Of the twenty-two chapters in 1 Samuel, it is twelve of them that give a recorded life of Saul being one of with a jealous heart, hatred for another, murder intent, many insults with lying which yes, certainly reveals an obsessive nature to kill another. In this, Saul only thought of that which he held 24-7 against David!

WE are told in verse 7 Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD. and his name Doeg, an Edomite, the chief of the herdsmen who belonged to Saul......NOW Doeg would return to tell Saul of David's location.
This Doeg betrayed David, betrayed the priests of NOB! He went with this word to Saul telling him that Ahimelech inquired the LORD for David, gave him the priests bread, and gave him the sword of Goliath.
Now these were not sinful acts but certainly in the mind of a depraved man, Saul would put an end to David and those who helped him. Doeg, the  anxious one deliberately killed the 85 priests of God. One priest escapes to tell David: Abiathar! Yes, even today there exists men like Doeg who want the favor of the king and they will do anything to get that favor as Doeg did. Now the soldiers within Saul's army would know to never touch the priests, but Doeg proved fruitful in this endeavor Saul held toward David.

David tells Abiathar this in 1 Samuel 22:22-23 So David said to Abiathar, "I knew that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would rely tell Saul. I have caused the death of all the persons in your father's house. 23 Stay with me; do not fear. For he who seeks my life seeks your life, but with me you shall be safe.

Staying faithful and true is remaining in that which God has given to us. We remain in Him for His is our peace and our strength. Their dealings with other men was that of unselfishness. What Jonathan spoke to David was truth and he, Johnathan, was willing to take second place to remain in that which God was doing through David, the son of Jesse. We must remind ourselves through God's word that He is ever leading us to safety and higher spiritually to see and hear Him when He is moving for His glory.

Betrayal is all around us, liars are on every corner, but our focus is to be on the Lord. It is God who set us on this earth: to understand His plan…..working beside Him to furnish,  provide, render, supply…..by His wisdom, we are disciplined with  dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings as within His family the body of Christ.


Today, we see this very thing happening. Though it is against the man that God put into office as president of the land. This Saul in 1 Samuel 21 had laid aside all public business to hunt David. Even today we see this happening in that which is coming down that occurred during the last two terms of the previous president.


In this, you and I have the ability to move through situations and rise into the place God destined for us when we hold on, reminding ourselves of the times a giant was brought down in our lives. For the weapons of our ware-fare are not carnal, but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled.
Anyone outside of God and His truth is a rebel in rebellion. YOU and I are to trust in God, believe His every word not those who flaunt scripture that is un-scriptural given that is a lie to confuse others in their limited belief in God or what He has actually spoken! Behind that lie is a fear manifesting creating an idol that is worshiped. 
We are not to fear, but hold on and believe, speaking Jesus is our Lord and is ruler over our hearts. For by His blood we are the forgiven and healed, and in His name we are the delivered.

For whoever has had issue against you, speaks against you, tells lies against you, then let it be known that this whoever is fighting against God and God will prove Himself strong. God is for us....will take us through, but we must not be silent. WE must speak for it is this time that God called us to and in this we are triumphant. WE shall act valiantly in His name for His glory. Amen.

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The Death Bed Conversion

Had to write about this today as so many think this is impossible yet there is scripture to verify one occurred!

Yes, there was "the death bed conversion"!

Luke 23:34-43 NKJV 34 Then Jesus said, "Father forgive them, for they do not know what they do." And they divided His garments and cast lots. 35 And the people stood looking on. But even the rulers with them sneered , saying," He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ, the chosen of God."
36 The soldiers also mocked Him, coming and offering Him sour wine, 37 and saying, "If You are the King of the Jews, save Yourself." 38 And an inscription  also was written over Him in letters of Greek, Latin and Hebrew:  THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. 39  then one of the criminals who were hanged blasphemed Him, saying, "If You are the Christ, save Yourself and us." 40 But the other answering, rebuked him, saying, "Do you not even fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation? " 41 "And we indeed justly, for we receive due reward of our deeds; but this Man has done nothing wrong." 42 Then he said to Jesus, " Lord remember me when You come into Your kingdom." 43 And Jesus said to him, "Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.

For those who cry out in prayer for a loved one who has not taken the walk with Jesus, still has opportunity in those last minutes and hours before death. We see this in the criminal who saw no wrong in Jesus Christ and received into his heart the very kingdom Jesus came to bring to those who required salvation!

Now talk about being between a "hard rock" and serious bad place, there were two had gone the way that was destruction indeed.

One criminal each hung on either side of Jesus and each most likely looked like the criminal, the outlaw, one who would not follow law, instruction or truth. And in this life we can certainly walk down a sidewalk and see a good person, likely one respected in their home or even community but  they may not have eternal  life with Jesus nor have a heart that has received Him.

But when it comes to the end of our days, whatever walk we have chosen, good or bad, one thing is certain, and that is, there is a kingdom to gain in God and a hell to avoid that bears the presence of the devil. 

On that hill called Calvary, the place of the Skull, ONE was known as the good but two were known as the bad, their deeds most criminal to be found hanging with no way out.

Yet Jesus was between these two men, two appearing bad, yet one's heart revealed this: "Do you not even fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation?" And we indeed justly, for we receive due reward of our deeds; but this Man has done nothing wrong."

Yes, words declare the way in which we will go! Even up to the last hour with few chances remaining, still Jesus was there to lead the way to Paradise! I know the Lord does this for those who will hear, receive and commit in just moments before leaving this earth! He did for this man who spoke truths from his heart.

Should you have a 'loved one' who has not followed Jesus, be steadfast to believe and hold your confession that God's commands will be received by them. For you and I know that faith can save, but we also know that perseverance in doing good works is the greatest indication that your faith or mine is genuine when we put our trust totally in God who saves! (James 2:14-26) God was steadfast in sending the Son of His love for us. And as He persevered to bring Jesus forward, it was those who prophesied of His coming. Those faithful to hear God will pronounce the same over those who have not yet entered His kingdom by being born again. Let's be thankful for God's saving grace. ( 1 Corinthians 15: 57-58)

When you and I are intimately involved in devotion to God our Father, heed what has been given us through our salvation through Jesus Christ, we will hear the Holy Spirit on how all will come together for God's glory.
Pray and prophesy over your loved one today. There is still time!

Believe and pray this: Father, I come in the name of Jesus to plead His blood on ________________ (name of loved one ) and on all that over which YOU have made us stewards.

In the Name of Jesus I plead the Blood of Jesus over the portals of _____________ ( name of loved one)  mind, will and emotions and body (which is the temple)  of the HOLY Spirit. 

I believe __________is  protected by the blood of the Lamb that gives ___________________ access to the Holy of Holies. Satan I declare to you that you will not bring in strife, anxiety, or anger with _____________ (name).

Father, I pray the love of God abounds in this individual I have claimed for YOUR kingdom that Jesus revealed to us. 

Lord, You have said that the life of the flesh is in the Blood. Thank You for this blood that has cleansed us from sin and sealed the New Covenant of which we are partakers and I believe my loved one _______________________(name here) is partakers with us in the New Covenant. I believe no matter their heart, I believe it softened & receptive to reveal they are open to Jesus Christ and to spending eternity with Him.

"He… who ……would love life And see good days,   Let him  refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips from speaking deceit.  Let him turn away from evil and do good;  Let him seek peace and pursue it. For the eyes of the LORD are on the righteous,  And His ears are open to their prayers;  But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil."  (1 Peter 3:10-12)

Father, I love life and desire to see good days for myself, my family and _______________who seems far away right now. But I believe YOU and YOUR words of truth. Today I refrain my tongue from evil and my lips from speaking deceit. I choose to turn away from evil and do good as I expect the same for ___________ (name here). Today I seek peace and pursue as I do for ________________. I thank You Father that YOUR ears are open to my prayers for my loved one ________________!

I will see YOUR kingdom come in their life today and see them with me in Paradise with Jesus. I hold this, I believe and I have prayed it in Jesus Name. Amen.

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