Be Courageous Be Bold Hebrews 4:16

  

God who are you?

I AM…

God where are you?

I’m right here child.

God I’m afraid.

Do not fear or be afraid I am with you…

Put all your trust, all your faith in me, child. I will not leave you. I will give you beauty for ashes…I put my seal upon you, You are mine!

When the Israelites came out of Egypt they had been slaves. 430 years-Ex. 12:40

God made them Conquerors.

When David faced Goliath, he was not alone…

God’s hand pitched that stone.

When Gideon was a no body…

God called him, highly favored, a mighty man of valor…

When baby Moses was put in the Nile River…God watched over him and saved him through the compassion of a queen…

Daniel was put in a den with hungry lions…God shut up their mouths and they didn’t even growl at him. God spared Daniels life…astounding those who wanted him killed.

Peter walked on water with Jesus…Paul was beaten and thrown in prison but God sent an angel to unlock the prison door and set him free…

Evil came looking for the Son of God even before his birth, to murder him.

God chose Mary and Joseph to protect the child, the very essence of God. To fulfill the promise that Messiah had come…

God loved them all…

God loves you.

There is no difference between them and you…

But where you place your trust will determine your outcome.

God is not looking for superheroes, modern-day technology or tech-savvy guru’s.

God is looking for you!

In our time-frame He’s been looking for a long time…time is relative with God…

He never changes…He is the same today as he was yesterday and forever. He’s in all places at the same time and in the past, present and the future…

Now that may cause you a brain boggling attack, but let’s just say, God is not me and God is not you. God is God and because he’s God he can do all kinds of cool stuff…like being everywhere at one time, or in one place at one time, or everyplace all the time.

He is father, protector, life giver, He is love and joy and peace…He is wisdom and understanding, he is provider and way-maker, He is truth and He is, I AM…He is helper and He is friend, He is calling and He is always and forever…He is healer and He is judge…He is the beginning and He is the end…He is life and He is death…He is savior and He is intercessor, He is councilor, He is all that you can imagine…He does not lie, He does not change and He keeps his promises…He is covenant and He is artist and developer, He is mathematician, He is light and He is darkness…He is space and He is matter…He is Spirit, He is Holy, He is Word, He is Bread, He is Water and Air and Salt…He is Master and King; He is YHWH!!!

We cannot put YHWH in a box or even in a Universe, because He is beyond the Universe. Our minds cannot comprehend HIM!

Yet, He gave us His Spirit to live inside of us…He allows us to hear his still small voice so that we may communicate with Him…if we open our hearts to Him…in every generation He is known…He has his children and His children have him.

–Marla Shaw O’Neill June 1, 2017

Reference: (Blue Letter Bible study tools make reading, searching and studying the Bible easy and rewarding.)

[“Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory [is] above the earth and heaven.” Psalm 148:13

In the Old Testament times, a name was not only identification, but an identity as well. Many times a special meaning was attached to the name. Names had, among other purposes, an explanatory purpose (e.g., Nabal, whose name means “fool,” is the target of Abigail’s explanation to David: “For as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him:” – 1Sa 25:25). Throughout Scripture God reveals Himself to us through His names. When we study these names that He reveals to us in the Bible, we will better understand who God really is. The meanings behind God’s names reveal the central personality and nature of the One who bears them.

Who is God to you?

Is He your Most High God, All sufficient One, Master, Lord of Peace, the Lord Who Will Provide? Is He your Father? We must be careful not to make God into an “it” or a “thing” to which we pray. He is our Jehovah Raah, the Lord our Shepherd. God knows us by our name, shouldn’t we know Him by His?

Hallowed be Your name?

To hallow a thing is to make it holy or to set it apart to be exalted as being worthy of absolute devotion. To hallow the name of God is to regard Him with complete devotion and loving admiration. God’s name is of the utmost importance (Neh 9:5); therefore we ought reserve it a position of grave significance in our minds and hearts. We should never take His name lightly (Exd 20:7; Lev 22:32), but always rejoice in it and think deeply upon its true meaning.] (Blue Letter Bible study tools make reading, searching and studying the Bible easy and rewarding.)

 

God, you are God

God, you are judge

God, you are creator

God, you are righteous

God, you gave us your Son

You are all knowing, and all forgiving, and all merciful…

I cannot judge for I am not God…for if I judge I will be judged in that same way.

Help my heart to love like you love, forgiving, unconditional, without restraint, fully accepting…in total and complete surrender to you.

You created all things and all people…

How can I look at my designer, my creator, my potter and say, “Why did you make me this way and you made them that way?”

It is not for me to tell the clay-maker how to fashion the clay…

How can we say we love you who we do not see and hate those we do see…?

Let the seeds of love be planted by me today to others…

Let the water of peace flow out from me today to others…

Let forgiveness flow out of my heart today, to everyone who has hurt me, let me not hurt them back…

You will take care of everything if I will only trust you.

Jesus when I look at others, no matter the color of their skin, or their beliefs, or their weaknesses, or what they wear, or what they drive, or where they live, let it not offend me, or make me think better or worse of them…

We are all your children…

But let me pray for others, as you would pray for them. Let it be out of a heart of love, and not contention or bitterness or unforgiveness. Let me forgive others as you have forgiven me.

Lord, let my heart be pure and contrite before you, so that I in no way will cause anyone to stumble or fall into the dark pit…

Restore and transform….Give life and not death….Give hope and not despair…for it is better to give than to receive.

Let them see your, light in me…not me…them see your, love in me… not me….Let them see You…Jesus, in all I do and all I say. This is my prayer amen!!

–Marla Shaw O’Neill May 31, 2017

Romans 2 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)

Let God Be the Judge

2 So do you think that you can judge those other people? You are wrong. You too are guilty of sin. You judge them, but you do the same things they do. So when you judge them, you are really condemning yourself. ² God judges all who do such things, and we know his judgment is right. ³ And since you do the same things as those people you judge, surely you understand that God will punish you too. How could you think you would be able to escape his judgment? ⁴ God has been kind to you. He has been very patient, waiting for you to change. But you think nothing of his kindness. Maybe you don’t understand that God is kind to you so that you will decide to change your lives.

⁵ But you are so stubborn! You refuse to change. So you are making your own punishment greater and greater. You will be punished on the day when God will show his anger. On that day everyone will see how right God is to judge people. ⁶ He will reward or punish everyone for what they have done. ⁷ Some people live for God’s glory, for honor, and for life that cannot be destroyed. They live for those things by always continuing to do good. God will give eternal life to them. ⁸ But others are selfish and refuse to follow truth. They follow evil. God will show his anger and punish them. ⁹ He will give trouble and suffering to everyone who does evil—to the Jews first and also to those who are not Jews. ¹⁰ But he will give glory, honor, and peace to everyone who does good—to the Jews first and also to those who are not Jews. ¹¹ God judges everyone the same. It doesn’t matter who they are.

¹² People who have the law and those who have never heard of the law are all the same when they sin. People who don’t have the law and are sinners will be lost. And, in the same way, those who have the law and are sinners will be judged by the law. ¹³ Hearing the law does not make people right with God. They will be right before him only if they always do what the law says.

¹⁴ Those who are not Jews don’t have the law. But when they naturally do what the law commands without even knowing the law, then they are their own law. This is true even though they don’t have the written law. ¹⁵ They show that in their hearts they know what is right and wrong, the same as the law commands, and their consciences agree. Sometimes their thoughts tell them that they have done wrong, and this makes them guilty. And sometimes their thoughts tell them that they have done right, and this makes them not guilty.

¹⁶ All this will happen on the day when God will judge people’s secret thoughts through Jesus Christ. This is part of the Good News that I tell everyone.

Ark of God secure once more…

David danced before the Lord…

He was met with ridicule and scorn, by the daughter of the king.

David’s heart did not lament

He danced all the more for God, as he went…

Heart and spirit completely free…

It was for God alone, he danced to please…

A truer heart there could not be,

Than the heart of David who would be king.

David danced with all his might, jumping twirling,

O glorious sight…

Trumpets blowing, no terror or fright

Glory to God in the Highest was meant

Not for men, but for love of Him, David leapt and sent,

Up worship and praise, for his heart was bent, towards heaven’s domain.

So smirk if you must and hide your face

But God in his mercy and loving grace…

Gives David his royal, rightful place…

Within the palace walls he’ll replace

A would be king who fell from grace…

Disobedience and pride, disgraced.

Do not mock the anointed of the Lord

Dance David, dance once more.

Freedom, Victory, give it all you’ve got…

This time in history is your one shot…

To dance before the Lord with all your heart!

–Marla Shaw O’Neill May 31, 2017

¹³ When those who were carrying the ark of the Lord had taken six steps, he sacrificed a bull and a fattened calf. ¹⁴ Wearing a linen ephod, David was dancing before the Lord with all his might, ¹⁵ while he and all Israel were bringing up the ark of the Lord with shouts and the sound of trumpets.

¹⁶ As the ark of the Lord was entering the City of David, Michal daughter of Saul watched from a window. And when she saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, she despised him in her heart.

¹⁷ They brought the ark of the Lord and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it, and David sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings before the Lord. ¹⁸ After he had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord Almighty. ¹⁹ Then he gave a loaf of bread, a cake of dates and a cake of raisins to each person in the whole crowd of Israelites, both men and women. And all the people went to their homes.

²⁰ When David returned home to bless his household, Michal daughter of Saul came out to meet him and said, “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today, going around half-naked in full view of the slave girls of his servants as any vulgar fellow would!”

²¹ David said to Michal, “It was before the Lord, who chose me rather than your father or anyone from his house when he appointed me ruler over the Lord’s people Israel—I will celebrate before the Lord. ²² I will become even more undignified than this, and I will be humiliated in my own eyes. But by these slave girls you spoke of, I will be held in honor.”

²³ And Michal daughter of Saul had no children to the day of her death. 2 Samuel 6:13-23 NIV

God the Father, Jesus the Son, Holy Spirit

Leading, guiding day and night…

You, the three; Tree of life…

Continuous life force…

Apples and almonds, nourishing delight

Soul bearer, heart mender, total, complete, insight

Oil burning never extinguished

Softly burning all through the night

A constant, holy fire, Living Creator, ignite…

Your wick never burns low…

Perpetual flow

Giver of the light…

Dispelling darkness…

Until Sun of righteousness comes

And Day-Star appears…

Menorah…

God’s eternal life, is here.

–Marla Shaw O’Neill May 31, 2017

Exodus 25:31-40 “You shall also make a lampstand of pure gold; the lampstand shall be of hammered work. Its shaft, its branches, its bowls, its ornamental knobs, and flowers shall be of one piece. And six branches shall come out of its sides: three branches of the lampstand out of one side, and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side. Three bowls shall be made like almond blossoms on one branch, with an ornamental knob and a flower, and three bowls made like almond blossoms on the other branch, with an ornamental knob and a flower– and so for the six branches that come out of the lampstand. On the lampstand itself four bowls shall be made like almond blossoms, each with its ornamental knob and flower. And there shall be a knob under the first two branches of the same, a knob under the second two branches of the same, and a knob under the third two branches of the same, according to the six branches that extend from the lampstand. Their knobs and their branches shall be of one piece; all of it shall be one hammered piece of pure gold. You shall make seven lamps for it, and they shall arrange its lamps so that they give light in front of it. And its wick-trimmers and their trays shall be of pure gold. It shall be made of a talent of pure gold, with all these utensils. And see to it that you make them according to the pattern which was shown you on the mountain.”

The Almond

Almond in Hebrew means “the awakening one”, because the almond tree was the first tree to awake from the sleep of winter and blossom. It spoke of the speedy and powerful result of light.

I never asked you to walk alone…

I never told you to throw your hands up in defeat

I never told you to hang your head,

I said…

I am with you always…

I have conquered the war and I won…

I’m the one who hung my head…

So that you; could look up, instead….

Do not be cast down little one

Arise shine, for your light has come and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee!!!!

I died, so you can live…

I suffered, I understand, so I gave you a comforter

I stand before the Father on your behalf

All you have to do is walk with me…

You want to walk on the water? You want to slay the enemy?

Then get up, stand strong, but do it with me…

Hold onto my hand…

You will not go under…

You’re not walking alone…

But recognize me…be aware of me…and know…

I am with you.

My Spirit, is, IN, you…

No, matter, what…

You are NOT alone!!

Take my hand and let’s walk together!

~Jesus

–Marla Shaw O’Neill May 30, 2017

Isaiah 60 King James Version (KJV)

60 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.

² For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.

³ And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

⁴ Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side.

⁵ Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.

⁶ The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the Lord.

⁷ All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.

⁸ Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?

⁹ Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the Lord thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.

¹⁰ And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.

¹¹ Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought.

¹² For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.

¹³ The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.

¹⁴ The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee; The city of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁵ Whereas thou has been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.

¹⁶ Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.

¹⁷ For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.

¹⁸ Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.

¹⁹ The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.

²⁰ Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.

²¹ Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.

²² A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the Lord will hasten it in his time.

Lord, today I awake, and open my mouth in praise

To You O Lord my Savior, My Rock,

I’m amazed…

That you Adonai, High Priest come to dwell

In a temple not made with brick and stones and nails…

But a house of flesh you fashioned me where your love never fails…

Day and night I fast and pray, hear my heart, do not delay…

To answer when I call…

‘Cry unto me and I will answer thee…your prayers are not in vain…’

Jesus, I intercede for all the earth, in your precious, holy, name…

A house of prayer I long to be, where I meet with you and your face I see…

With tears and compassion I proclaim…lives will forever be transformed, changed…

A house of prayer where holy talks are heard as we gather there and walk, in the garden of the house, you’ve ordained to be a house of prayer…

I bring…

My pleas, my heart before you where…

I offer petitions into your tender care…

And wait to hear you say…

You are a house of prayer…

–Marla Shaw O’Neill May 28, 2017

Even those I will bring to My holy mountain And make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable on My altar; For My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples.” Isaiah 56:7 New American Standard Bible (NASB) 

Has this house, which is called by My name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Behold, I, even I, have seen it,” declares the Lord. Jeremiah 7:11New American Standard Bible (NASB)

And He *said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer’; but you are making it a robbers’ den.” Matthew 21:13New American Standard Bible (NASB) 

And He began to teach and say to them, “Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it a robbers’ den.”  Mark 11:17New American Standard Bible (NASB)

 

The world offers many solutions

But none I want…

When doubt and fear draws near…

And loss is what you hear…

What can the world give?

The world can’t heal a broken heart

The world can’t mend the shattered start

Of a child alive and then departs…

Where is the world when you cry and lament…

Where is the world when soldiers are sent…

To lay down their lives, for all is spent on

Keeping the world content…

Look around you, listen to the heartbeat of the ones afraid to lie down and sleep

The mothers and fathers all those who weep…

Because the bastards of a godless heart decide to terrorize and destroy

The world no longer is what we see…

As white picket fences and picnics that used to be…

These lunatics are bent on taking our world away…

No reasoning, just kill the infidels…they say.

Solutions!

Delusions!

It’s time to open our eyes, and hear with our ears…and stand and fight…for fear has become our reality…

This is not the time to go to sleep…or ignore the hatred these demons seek…

Ours is the time to come wide awake, pray and understand and take,

Up the sword of the humble and meek…

This is not my world it is not what I seek…

But terror strikes the heart of men and women and children

While we fall back to sleep!!!

God is in control, He gives us wisdom to be bold…

Not in our own strength…not in power or might…but by the Spirit of God Almighty…

We must fight!!!!!!!!!!!!!

–Marla Shaw O’Neill May 25, 2017

Zechariah 4:6 New International Version (NIV)

So he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty.

My heart, humble and contrite

Nothing else will do…

No sacrifice of bull or lamb

Can take the place of you…

Obedience out of love for thee,

Is what my heart doth bring…

A pure heart of love divine

Is my offering…

Take my life I pour it out

I walk by faith, not by sight, there’s no room for fear or doubt

You are the Christ, Messiah, Perfect Sacrifice…

High Priest, Hiding Place, My Rock, Deliverer, Prince of Peace…

Yeshua, HaShem…My Adonai…

Come now I pray, and take away, your Bride to the wedding feast…

Where love has won, and life, forever sweet…

–Marla Shaw O’Neill May 24, 2017

My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise. Psalm 51:17 New International Version (NIV)

For we walk by faith, not by sight. 2 Corinthians 5:7 New King James Version (NKJV)

But Samuel replied: “Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the Lord? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams. For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance like the evil of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has rejected you as king.” Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned. I violated the Lord’s command and your instructions. I was afraid of the men and so I gave in to them. 1 Samuel 15:22-24New International Version (NIV)

Jesus the Great High Priest

Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. Hebrews 4:14-10:18 New International Version (NIV)

Dedicated to: Catherine O’Neill

The sun has made an appearance…

Gloominess run away…

I’m happy as a bumble-bee now that I can play

Throw open the curtains, open the windows and doors…

Let the sunshine flood each room and run about my floors

Capture a sunbeam and hold it tight…

Keeping it in this moment, Oh glorious light…

For when you see the sunshine

Pure joy warms the heart…

Tomorrow may be raining and then we’ll have to part…

You are my sunshine…let’s bask in it today…

Blessed by your brightness, I’ll sing and dance and play…

No time for skies of gray…

You are my sunshine, thank God when you pray…

For every ray of sunshine brings happiness to stay.

–Marla Shaw O’Neill May 23, 2017

I have to be honest with you I’ve been struggling about something for two days and nights. I’ll get to that in a moment. But let me ask this question. If God showed up where you were praying would you know it was him? Would you be afraid? Would you acknowledge him, or ignore him? Would you explain him away or would you embrace him?

If God spoke to you in His language, a language you can’t comprehend and no way have you understood, but He, the Living God is talking to you in His language, what would you do? Would you interrupt him and say, “Ah, God I don’t know what you’re saying. Don’t talk to me that way, it just doesn’t make any sense.” But God says, “It’s OK I’ve brought an interpreter, just listen. There are unbelievers here and I want them to know it’s me speaking, not you.”

We can’t but God in a box. We can’t tell the one who created everything, even language that what He’s saying doesn’t make sense and therefore it must not be real.

We, the ones living at this moment in history, maybe have about, seventy years, some more, some less, that we are going to tell the ancient of age we know more than he does therefore, what we say is more important and what we think is the truth, and what God thinks is irrelevant?

The Bible has been around longer than we’ve been alive, yet we in our finite minds are going to interpret what we think it means and tell others that what God said is not what God meant? How ludicrous is that?

My heart is grieved…not only mine, but the Holy Spirit is grieved…

The scripture that keeps rolling over and over in my mind is this…

Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men. Acts 5:29 King James Version (KJV)

When you know, that you know, that you know, God is speaking to you but you have to hold back because someone in authority over you has said you cannot do what you know…What will you do? Will you obey God? Even at the risk of being ridiculed?

The freedom to move freely in the Spirit is quenched…how can we do that? How can we ask God to show up, we welcome his Spirit into our midst but then we tie his hands and put duct tape over his mouth…how can we expect miracles and manifestations of the Spirit when we don’t allow him to move freely in our midst? All because we think it will offend someone? Or scare someone off? Where is our faith? Are we serving God or man?

God does things with decency and in order…He doesn’t fit into our mindset or our programs…if we say we want God to move then we must get out of the way and let him do what he wants to do. Is God truly welcome, or are there too many house rules for God to even get in the door?

When Jesus preached on the mountain sides and in the Temple he didn’t ask permission, he walked in obedience to His Father…and he taught his disciples the same way…

He walked among multitudes…that’s thousands of people…and when he was getting ready to leave this earth after the resurrection he told his disciples, his mother with them to go and wait in Jerusalem until they receive the promise of the other comforter(Holy Spirit) to fill them and they did…I don’t think they had any idea what was going to happen that day, but it says that the sound of a mighty rushing wind filled the place where they were and tongues of fire were on each one and they spoke in different languages…do you think God was worried it was going to offend someone or scare them off? No…it was a manifestation of the Holy Spirit…what power, this was different from anything they had ever experienced before… it changed the whole dynamic of their walk with the Lord…They not only received power, they received a whole different way of communicating with God and now the Spirit of God would be in them…teaching them, talking to them, showing them how to hear his voice on the inside…Don’t limit God!

I cannot shut up the Spirit of God within me…I will not do it…For it is, better, to obey God than man…now don’t get me wrong, I will use wisdom and discernment…I’m mature enough to know when it’s God and when it’s not…that’s where teaching comes in…

Peter and John and Paul, Matthew, and Luke, all the others, and women too, these New Testament people were persecuted for letting God show up and move through them…even to the point of death. How can we today, knowing what we know, and being filled with the Holy Spirit, sit back and hold back what God has loosed us from and let someone tell us we can’t use what God has freely given us, power in His name, and a helper and a deliverer, it is the anointing that destroys yokes of bondage…how can we stifle him, keep him silent? God doesn’t work that way…He said open your mouth and I will fill it…He said, out of your belly will flow rivers of living water. You can’t hold back a dam when the doors are opened no more than you can hold back the Spirit of God when he wants to move…if you do, He will not stay where he is not wanted…

If we say we love God and want to serve him then we must obey God…

I will obey God! I love him too much, not too…

–Marla Shaw O’Neill May 23, 2017

Acts 5:20-33King James Version (KJV)

²⁰ Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.

²¹ And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

²² But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned and told,

²³ Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.

²⁴ Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.

²⁵ Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.

²⁶ Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.

²⁷ And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,

²⁸ Saying, Did not we straightly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.

²⁹ Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

³⁰ The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.

³¹ Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

³² And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.

³³ When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.