Be Courageous Be Bold Hebrews 4:16

I was sitting in my doctor’s examination room the other day and while I was waiting I looked at a painting she had hanging on the wall as you can see above. The frame was a window-frame with chipped paint, I love it. The painting is of an old run down country fruit and vegetable stand. There are baskets of apples sitting on the ground and smaller baskets of vegetables sitting on some old planks in front of an old store. The floor is dirt. It reminds me of something you’d see in an Amish community. Where passersby can stop and buy their produce.

When the doctor came in I mentioned how much I liked the painting and she said, thank you, but it’s not one of her husband’s paintings. She said he’s a very good artist and she has several of his paintings in some of the other rooms. She said if you look close you can see the perspective is off and they’ve painted shadows in the wrong places.

Later I thought about that…I thought, you know she didn’t see what I saw…she was looking at the flaws and errors in the painting. I was seeing a little country produce stand. It was quaint and made me feel nostalgic and peaceful. I wasn’t’ worried about the flaws.

Lots of times all we see are the flaws in things and in people. We miss the genuine smile…the story in the eyes…or the heartache…we see color or the physical characteristics and we judge without seeing the authentic, true person. All we see are the flaws.

It’s sad that we always go by our first impressions when we meet someone. And sometimes we are right, but lots of times we can be quite wrong.

I’m not saying we shouldn’t be our best. But I learned that even the Amish when they make furniture or sew or make a quilt they will put a flaw in their work on purpose just so they won’t have pride.

If a diamond is too perfect and has no flaws it is said to be a fake.

Our flaws are what make us unique. My uncle used to hate his freckles until one day his class had a freckle contest and he won…what he thought was a flaw actually made him a winner.

What we see as flaws are really blessings in disguise. So next time you look at someone or even yourself and all you see are the flaws, look again, look passed the flaws and see the person who is hiding on the inside just wanting to be accepted and loved just like you.

We may not be of much value to some people but to God we are a treasure, flaws and all.

~Marla Shaw O’Neill August 12, 2017

Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. 2 Corinthians 12:8-10 New International Version (NIV)

This is the message that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: “Jeremiah, go down to the potter’s house. I will give you my message there.”

So I went down to the potter’s house and saw him working with clay at the wheel. He was making a pot from clay. But there was something wrong with the pot. So the potter used that clay to make another pot. With his hands he shaped the pot the way he wanted it to be. Jeremiah 18:1-4 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)

This afternoon as I was sitting at my computer writing, as I usually do, minding my business, when I heard something fall on the floor…I got up from my computer and looked and saw that this flower (artificial) I had sitting on top of my bookcase had fallen. It’s been up there for weeks. There was no wind, no vibration, nothing that could explain why it had fallen…all of a sudden the hairs on my arms stood up and chill bumps rolled over my being…it was fear…I could run out the door or I could stand my ground.

I chose to stand my ground in the power of God and I said, “If you are a demon I command you to go right now in the name of Jesus…but if you are a Holy Angel sent from Father God, then you are welcome.” I proceeded to pray in the spirit and gave God praise!

I picked the flower up and set it back on-top of the shelf and I walked into the kitchen…I was not going to let the devil get a stronghold in my home. My home is peaceful and it is quiet. I spend a lot of time in prayer and in fellowship with the Lord it was unusual for me to feel that kind of fear.

Our warfare is not against flesh and blood…we cannot fight the enemy in our flesh…it has to be done in the spirit by the authority of the name of Jesus…He gave us that authority…but we have to know how to use it. Don’t be like the seven sons of Sceva. (Acts 19:11-20 see below.)

There have been times when I was praying and I sensed the presence of Holy Angels and I’ve even heard sounds that sounded like fluttering wings…and people say Angels don’t have wings…well I can tell you some of them do…

I have encountered many strange, wonderful, and even freaky things throughout my walk with the Lord…and I know that when there is peace, it is of God, and when there is fear, it’s most likely from the dark side…

God is greater than any demon, we just need to know that, and know that as a Child of God we have been given power through the name of Jesus to cast them out and they have to go…

Recently I asked God to put a guard on my mouth and I had just spoken something negative to myself when the flower fell…afterwards I even said, “Lord is that you, reminding me to watch what I say?” Either way I learned the lesson.

All I know is that the invisible world is watching…we can know these things by reading God’s word…we must be aware…we must be alert…and we must be prepared to fight this battle in the Spirit…and let God sort it all out! Amen!

If you want to walk closer to God and you want the gifts of the Holy Spirit to operate in your life…then seek and search God’s word and ask him to fill you with more of Jesus and never stop asking…He wants to give you more of Him…so don’t be shy…dig deep…there are so many treasures He is longing to give you. But not for self-gratification…they are to be used for His glory and His purposes…amen!

Let me close by saying this, even if there is no one else around listening…the invisible’s are always listening…the demons and the Holy Angels…so if you talk to yourself…make sure it is uplifting and positive…God just might send an Angel to remind you…to watch your words!!!

~Marla Shaw O’Neill 8/10/2017

Acts 19:11-17 English Standard Version (ESV)

The Sons of Sceva

And God was doing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul, so that even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his skin were carried away to the sick, and their diseases left them and the evil spirits came out of them. Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists undertook to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul proclaims.” Seven sons of a Jewish high priest named Sceva were doing this. But the evil spirit answered them, “Jesus I know, and Paul I recognize, but who are you?” And the man in whom was the evil spirit leaped on them, mastered all of them and overpowered them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

Seraphim stood above Him, each having six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. Isaiah 6:2

I also heard the sound of their wings like the sound of abundant waters as they went, like the voice of the Almighty, a sound of tumult like the sound of an army camp; whenever they stood still, they dropped their wings. Ezekiel 1:24

And there came a voice from above the expanse that was over their heads; whenever they stood still, they dropped their wings. Ezekiel 1:25

Each of them had four faces and four wings. Ezekiel 1:6

Each one had four faces and each one four wings, and beneath their wings was the form of human hands. Ezekiel 10:21

Ecclesiastes 3 There is a time….  

I was born in a simpler time…in the fifties…

Where words were used like cool and nifty

Girls were girls and boys were boys…

We actually played outside and played with toys…

Until the seventies came along where young people wanted to make love, not war

And Peace was a held up, hand sign, along with flower power and spiked brownies

It gave them the munchies and paranoia

Then the eighties came along and people no longer waved and didn’t wanna know ya…

The nineties were a blur with Hi-Technology rising fast

Fads, becoming a thing of the past…

Super Wal-Mart’s and Super Heroes, faster cars and faster lives, speeding on down the highway…

The New Millennium sure was an eye opener, with tattoos tatted on young folk’s skin…

Foreigners from everywhere…how did they get in?

Presidents and politics and governments galore…

I must be getting old I sure don’t like this anymore…

No respect for anyone, or, anything…

Is this what it means to live in the new millennium? Baby boomers old, no one remembers ‘em?

If in the last sixty years the world has all gone mad…

What will it be like in the future? I reckon things sure will be sad…

People will have to make a change and bring it about

If not…

I’ll sure be glad to be gone and out…

For this ole world is just not the same…

Is this what my grandparent’s thought at my age…?

No wonder they called it a generation gap, it sure is a shame…

And when you, my little ones, are grown

Will this place have a place, that’s still called home?

I’m older now…I’m past my prime…I sit a lot, and have lots of time…

To think and ponder on all this stuff…I’ll be praying for future generations

You’re gona need it ‘cause it will sure gona be rough…

You won’t recognize a tree as a tree…

Or even a smart phone they’ll be a thing of the past…just look at me…

Relic’s in museums that’s where you’ll find,

Only memories once lived, that are now History!

~~Marla Shaw O’Neill August 9, 2017

August 9, 2013 at 11:20am

Sounds of quiet fill the room

Alone with the invisible ones who soon

Will take their que and fill the gloom…

With light so full and joy so free…

Souls of men, given to thee…

Laughter and singing and shouts of glee

The angel’s party, rejoicing in the heavenlies

Dance, they dance when they hear the news

Shouts like thunder triumphant and amused…

Humans say, yes, their hearts are true…

Bondage broken, curtain torn in two…

God sent Jesus to do this for you…

A Mighty Rushing Wind comes through the door,

Tongues set on fire…

Preaching begins…

Divers languages, over taking the crowd…

Satan loses…Jesus wins!!

Prophets speak out…

No fear, no doubt…

Holy Spirit promise, delivered and received

Faith is built, when you simply believe!

Faith will grow into a magnificent tree, started from a tiny seed.

Silence is heard in solitude’s domain…

Faith, Hope and Love will always remain.

You have nothing to lose and everything to gain!

~Marla Shaw O’Neill August 8, 2017

 Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

“If you love me, keep my commands. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever—the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. John 14:15-17 New International Version (NIV)

And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.’ In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” Luke 15:9-11 New International Version (NIV)

I recently wrote a letter to God and I was very specific in what I said and how I felt…I was feeling pretty down about some things and I wanted to express them to the Lord…The Holy Spirit said, “You need to delete that prayer, you are pronouncing a curse on yourself and your family…” WOE…I deleted it and asked God to forgive me. We can be sincere about things, but sincerely wrong…our words are so important…not only our words but our thoughts and the words that we write…There is life and death…in the power of the tongue, the Bible says.

We can speak life or curses… we say things sometimes without even thinking and then we wonder why we get sick or lose our influence or wonder why all hell is breaking lose in our lives. As Christians, especially, we need to be so aware of our thoughts and our words. Thank goodness for the Holy Spirit that He will correct us instantly, but we have to heed what He says.

There’s a reason there are so many scriptures about what we say with our mouth and think in our thoughts…

Lord place a guard on my mouth…Psalm 141:3

Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks…Matthew 12:34

If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord…Romans 10:9

Let your yea be yea; and nay, nay…Matthew 5:37

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart…Psalm 19:14

Let no corrupt communication precede out of my mouth…Ephesians 4:29

We take every thought captive…2 Corinthians 10:5

Think on these things…Philippians 4:8

Casting down every imagination and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God…2 Corinthians 10:5-7

I am a man of unclean lips…Isaiah 6:5

Pray without ceasing…to pray is to ask…I Thessalonians 5:16-18

For He spoke and it came to be…Psalm 33:9

And God said…Genesis 1:3

And so on and so forth…

God is trying to tell us something about our thoughts and our words…

Our thoughts become words…and our words become life or death…

Let us listen and obey. Let us be quick to hear and slow to speak…amen!!

Things we say without even thinking…

I’m so tired

I can’t stand that

It scared me to death

I can’t do anything right

I’m coming down with a cold

You make me sick

You gave me a heart attack

Get out of my life

I can’t do it

I’m getting so fat

You lie like a dog

I wish I didn’t have such bad luck

It’s too late for me so why bother

I’m so stupid

It’s too hard

I might as well give up

I’m just a failure

I’m so discussed

Now don’t let these sayings get into your mind…flush ‘em as soon as you read them…and replace them with positive words from God’s holy word…amen!!

I think you get the picture…We think that those words are just words and that they don’t mean anything but they mean everything…What you confess is what you possess… So start changing the way you think and pretty soon you’ll be speaking words of life into your life and into the lives of everyone around you.

Food for thought…

Summing it all up, friends, I’d say you’ll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious—the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse. Put into practice what you learned from me, what you heard and saw and realized. Do that, and God, who makes everything work together, will work you into his most excellent harmonies. Philippians 4:8-9 The Message (MSG)

~Marla Shaw O’Neill August 8, 2017

Holy Father in the name of Jesus/Yeshua the Son of God, I bring before you right now a petition that is heavy on my heart and on the hearts of many believers…this is not about a political agenda…it is not about rights of people…this is a cry for the unborn children…who don’t have a voice…who can’t speak out about injustice and they haven’t got anyone to fight on their behalf…but God you have put a burden on my heart and it cannot be silenced…I am praying right now by the Spirit of the Living God save them Oh God…That woman or women whose afraid and alone and terrified and is with child and has decided to take the life of her child…God I pray right now you will send a Spirit of conviction to speak to her heart and mind and she will not go through with her decision. Connect her with the people who will help her in her situation. Give her an assurance of your Hope and your love that everything will be alright.

God I pray for all the unborn children that you will cover them with your protection and great love. I pray that you will drive back the enemy who wants to kill, steal and destroy their lives…I pray that you will give grace and mercy and that they will live and not die and they will rise up to be the generation that will shake the earth with praise and honor to you Oh God!! Raise them up to be demon slayers, prayer warriors, evangelists, pastors, teachers, Holy Ghost speakers with fire and conviction as the world has never seen…raise up the children to sing and praise THAT tens of thousands times tens of thousands that will not run, hide, cower down, buckle under, or give into this worlds standards… Raise them up to STAND TALL, SPEAK OUT, SHOUT YOUR PRAISE FROM THE HIGH RISES IN CITIES AND YELL YOUR NAME FROM MOUNTAIN TOPS ACROSS THE LAND…THAT THEIR LIGHT WILL SHINE AS A BEACON IN HARBORS SO THAT YOUR LIGHT WILL NOT GO OUT IN THE FOG…DEMONS WON’T BE ABLE TO SILENCE THEM…GOVENMENTS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SHUT THEM UP BECAUSE THEY AREN’T POLITALLY CORRECT…CELEBRITIES HEARTS WILL TURN TO YOU GOD AND WILL CHEER THEM ON AND THE CHURCH WILL REPENT AND BE CHANGED INTO YOUR LIKENESS ONCE AGAIN…BECAUSE OF THE CHILDREN’S HOLY LIVES AND HOW THEY LIVE WILL BE A CONSECRATED, SANCTIFIED, NON-HYPOCRITICAL, NON-JUDGEMENTAL NON-RACIST, LAWS WILL BE CHANGED FOR TRUTH AND JUSTICE AND THESE CHILDREN WILL BE FULL OF BOLDNESS AND THE LOVE FOR GOD AND WILL SHARE YOUR WAYS TO EVERYONE THEY MEET…THEY WILL GO INTO THE DARK PLACES, AND SEND THE DEMONS SCREAMING…THERE WILL BE NO PRETENSE, NO LIES, NO MANIPULATION FOR MONEY OR FAME…NO RELIGIOUS SPIRITS…SIMPLY PURE UNADULTERATED LOVE FOR JESUS CHRIST AND HIS BRIDE!!! AMEN!!!!!! GOD SAVE THE CHILDREN!!! IN THE NAME OF JESUS!

~THANK YOU PAPA GOD! August 8, 2017

 

 I really had no idea people really take dirt baths!

I have something I need to talk about it’s been on my mind and I need to share it. I’m no saint, never claimed to be and never will be. I’ve fallen down many times but thank God I’ve always gotten back up with the help of the Lord. We all sin…we’ve all made mistakes but thank goodness when we confess our sins Jesus is faithful and just to forgive us of our sins and cleans us from all unrighteousness…he helps us to live right before God and helps us to move on. The goal in a Christian’s life should be, ‘to be, transformed.’

I said that to say this…sometimes no matter how hard you pray, no matter how much you cry, and beg God to help you…sometimes you just wallow in self-pity…

I was thinking about how a pig loves to get in the mud and wallow…for one thing they don’t have sweat glands and so the mud keeps them cool and they like it.

Then I thought about how a horse will lie down in the dirt and thrash all around. A big horse wallowing in the dirt is a something to see…it just simply feels good…

Sometimes self-pity, just feels good…it feels good to our emotions and to our flesh…we can cry and lament and tell everyone who will listen how bad we’ve got it…and how miserable we feel…we lie down in the dirt and wallow until our dirt bath covers every inch of us. But then we begin to stink…and itch and it begins to hurt…people see us coming and they run the other way…they are tired of our wallowing and bellyaching…no one wants to hear our drama over and over again…especially if we aren’t going to change.  Even God doesn’t want to attend!

When we realize our friends and family aren’t going to listen to our pity-party any longer and we find ourselves all alone listening to our own mess…we realize it’s time for a real, bath…a bath in the water of the Word…and until we decide to get out of our flesh and self-pity we are going to be most miserable and stink to high heaven…

So I’m telling you all this for a reason…as Christians we can’t afford to keep taking those dirt baths…time is short…we have to step up and set a better example…

We can’t afford to live, life, like the world. Be in the world but not of it…

We have to come up to a higher standard…we’ve been taught what to do…we know the word of God and we are supposed to have a relationship with Jesus the King of Glory. There’s no time for self-pity…no more taking the milk of the word like immature babies…we should be feasting on strong meat…those who are mature and have been in the Church World for many years should know better…People are watching…unsaved people are watching and saying, “If they’re Christians and live just like I do, why should I change? Why should I even think about becoming a Christian? They’re no different than me.”

If we say we love God but do not do, what He asks us to do…where is His love? If we are constantly complaining and whining…where is His peace…? It’s time for a real bath…not a sponge bath…not a sprinkle…we need to be submerged and use soap…and get in all the crevices. Go to the well of forgiveness and wash in the waters of life!

I’m not saying this to cause condemnation…I’m saying it to cause conviction…and repentance…I’m saying it because someone’s got to set an example…I’m saying it because Jesus expects us to exhort one another in love and honesty…so we will walk in His peace, free from self and anxiety which causes health issues and soul issues.

I’ll be the first one in line to say, “Lord, I’m sorry and I mean it. Lord, please forgive me for anything that does not line up with your expectations. Help me to walk like you walk. Help me to talk like you talk and think like you think. Lord, help me to set the example of your love and be sanctified by the renewing of my mind to put on the Lord Jesus Christ so that others will see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven. Amen. If I’ve offended anyone please forgive me. If I’ve been a stumbling block to anyone forgive me. If I have not pleased you Jesus, please forgive me. Let me live by faith and not by sight and Lord let my words and my heart and my actions line up with who you are. So that I will walk in integrity and in honor of whom you are so that I can come boldly before you to be clean and real before you, so that you will hear my prayers when I cry unto you, Abba and you will answer. Self-pity has to go in the name of Jesus. Help me to be quick to forgive and surrender to your will so that souls will see and know that I am not playing church and that they will see you, in me, Jesus. That you will be exalted, high and lifted up, I must decrease so that you will increase. Amen and Amen.

Lord let my heart be humble before you, let me not fall into the pitfalls of the enemy…let my words be pure and true and bring honor and glory to your name. Let me walk as a daughter of the King, a servant to all people and never let me dishonor you Lord. No matter the peer pressure, no matter how difficult the trial or test…Lord help me to remember I CAN DO ALL THINGS BECAUSE YOU, STRENGTHEN ME…That the principalities and powers in high places will know, I am not one to get in a fight with, because I know in Whom I believe and that I am a child of the King of the Most High God…and that Jesus has given me authority and has filled me with the Holy Spirit of Promise and that I am sealed by the blood of Jesus…when I pray let it be in power and truth…when I pray let me stand forgiven and sober with a sound mind and a willing heart…so that I have my wits about me to cast out demons, heal the sick and Lord if it be your will, to raise the dead…all for your glory…most of all let me love as you love.

Let me never bring disgrace or dishonor to you Jesus…I ask all this in your precious Holy Name…SO BE IT!!!

~Marla Shaw O’Neill August 7, 2017

Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. John 15:3 King James Version (KJV)

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 1 John 2:16 King James Version (KJV)

The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. Galatians 5:19-21 New International Version (NIV)

Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor, for we are all members of one body. “In your anger do not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold. Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with their own hands, that they may have something to share with those in need.

Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you. Ephesians 4:25-32 New International Version (NIV)

 

Are you weary?

Are you tired?

Are you crazy, weak and wired…

Stressed to the max…

Just can’t relax…

Give God, DEEP PRAISE!!!

Are you mad, are you sad?

Mind and body given out…

Yelling, discussed and Want to SHOUT!!!

Give God, DEEP PRAISE!!!

In the middle of the war…you can’t stop and rest…

You’ve got to keep on going, keep pressing, for this is the test…

Even when…

You want to quit…run away to hide and sit…

Far from all of it…

Give God, DEEP PRAISE!!!

In the praise God is found

Not on sinking sand but on solid ground

In praise the standard is lifted high…

Groans and moans will fill the sky…

Where DEEP PRAISE with God is met…

You’ll soar with the eagles…you’ll whip the devils butt…

In the throne room of heaven God will fill your cup

Let loose with a cry that will make the angels sit up

Just do it now…come on and GIVE GOD DEEP PRAISE!!!

I promise you will want to hop, skip, and jump…when praise is released from the well as you pump

Living waters will spring up from within…

Your tired weary soul…will be refreshed as you begin

To…

Give…

God…

DEEP PRAISE!!!

~Marla Shaw O’Neill August 5, 2017

But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.

In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God. Romans 8:25-27 New International Version (NIV)

 On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.”  John 7: 37-38New International Version (NIV)

 You can’t walk on water, that may be true, but I know someone who, did.

You can’t turn water into wine, but I know the one who said, “Come and dine.”

You see, He, Jesus, walked on water, turned the water into wine. He cast out demons and healed the blind. He called men to be fishers-of-men and He prayed and told the demons to go into the swine…

He broke chains of bondage, and mended broken hearts…Jesus the son of God said, “Greater works than these will you do.” But first you’ve got to make a new start.

He said speak to the mountain and it will have to leave, with just a mustard seed of faith, that’s all you need, to believe…

And with the words, It is written…Satan had to bow, He had no power any how…

Sneaking around in the desert to tempt the Lord…He was no match for Jesus,

Just a powerless wind was all, and nothing more…

God doesn’t want wimps in His army of love…God wants winner’s to serve and seek Him above…

Even if you have to walk on a frozen lake, God will freeze the water if that’s what it takes…walking on water is a piece of cake…when you put your trust in Jesus and let him take the first step…even when the storm rages he’ll be right there to help…

You think being meek is lame and weak…let me tell you something; hear me when I speak…

Facing giants, and lions, and fire, and foe…it takes more courage than the deceived will ever know…

Living with Jesus is the best thing you’ll ever do…

Come on now, you know it’s true…

The battle we’re fighting isn’t about red, white, or blue…it’s a fight with darkness where only you, walk in the Spirit with God whose true…

He’s right there in the lead…guiding and protecting you…

So come on Prayer Warrior’s take up your sword…

Keep moving knuckle-heads, let’s fight for the Lord!!!!

You’re in the Army now…there’s only one way to go…

Left, left, left-right-left…marching straight into the enemy’s camp…slaying the enemy who stands in the wake…adrenaline rushes as you begin to take, all those poor lost spoils…You are anointed with God’s Holy Oil…

Souls for the kingdom, from POW camps…they’ve been waiting and praying…burning their lamps…

Special Forces tested and tried, prepared and willing to die, if need be, in this spiritual fight…

So fight to the finish, we win you know…

Get up; Get going, this battle is fierce…

You’ve been equipped with the best and trained for the worst…

By faith and prayer you won’t need a hearse…For God has promised new life will emerge when souls surrender to the Holy Ghost…

Jesus is restoring all those, who’ve been held captive for so long…be fearless…victorious, be bold and be strong…

Faith Hope and Love your weapons of choice, in humility and perseverance… the enemy will fall…

Take up your cross; oh hear the call… be one of the few, to surrender your all…

Fight the good fight, let the enemy fall…

Taking back that what’s been stolen, weary soldiers who faced defeat…cries of Victory are being yelled in the street…

When at last we lay down our swords at His feet…

We’ll see the face of Jesus, the Son of God, we will meet!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But until that day right here, right now, Jesus salutes, and says, “Good Job soldier!”

New soldiers recruited, rescued set free…a furlough in heaven beside the tree…as the angel’s, party, over one lost soul, banners flying everyone whole. What a sight to see…souls restored for the Army of God…Love, Hope and Peace these will never cease.

~Marla Shaw O’Neill August 4, 2017

Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. 1 Timothy 6:12King James Version (KJV)

I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent. Luke 15:7 New International Version (NIV)

And Elisha prayed, “Open his eyes, Lord, so that he may see.” Then the Lord opened the servant’s eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

As the enemy came down toward him, Elisha prayed to the Lord, “Strike this army with blindness.” So he struck them with blindness, as Elisha had asked. 2 Kings 6:17-22 New International Version (NIV)  

Just because we can’t see into the invisible world…doesn’t mean it is not there or real!! Ask God to let you see with the eyes of the Spirit.

“‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy. Acts 2:17-18 New International Version (NIV)