Be Courageous Be Bold Hebrews 4:16

My cell ring tone, plays a little song I learned as a child in Sunday school. It’s called, “Jesus Loves Me.”

It’s a reminder to me every time someone calls me on my phone that, Jesus, love, me. And when someone hears it, they become the, me. Jesus loves you! He really loves you. We are weak but He is strong. There is no one on this planet that loves you more. Not your mama, or your papa or your children…or your grandma or grandpa…It’s Jesus…Jesus loves me/you.

For God so loved the world that He gave, His only begotten son, that whosoever,(that’s you and me, our neighbor,) believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life! John 3:16

 

 

Did you know that Jesus had a prayer meeting while hanging on the cross…

He prayed, “Father forgive them for they do not know what they are doing.”

He saved a soul while on the cross…He saved a thief, “this day you will be with me in paradise…”

He preached a funeral from the cross, when He said, “It Is finished!” John 19:30

“Father, I entrust my spirit into your hands.” Then he breathed His last breath. Luke 23:34

Upon the cross at Calvary,

A prayer of forgiveness was spoken for humanity…

A thief asked Jesus, “Will you remember me?”

Jesus said, “This day in paradise with me you will be.”

In the final hours of Jesus’ life He made sure His mother was taken care of by John this was very important to Him. And from the cross He confirmed it. John she is now your mother. Mother he is now your son.

Jesus said, Father forgive them for they don’t know what they are doing…it wasn’t just for the ones standing there crucifying him, oh no, it was also for you, and me. He knew we’d all come later…forgive them for they don’t know what they are doing…we don’t know what we are doing when we reject His love and forgiveness…but like the thief that asked him to remember Him that day…my prayer is that we will also ask Him to remember us. I pray souls will realize that Jesus did nothing wrong, he did not deserve that punishment, but the ones that are lost and in sin need to be forgiven. We can’t save ourselves that’s why Jesus died for us. He is the savior. And when we ask Him, He will remember us and save us this very day.

Certainly if the son of God can do all of that after being beaten beyond recognition, and spat upon, and I mean a big-slimy-wad-of-mucus-kind-of-spit, not just once but by many that day. They (the crowd, no doubt there were people he had healed, ministered too, loved.) People mocked and humiliated Him by saying, If you are the son God save yourself… They (the soldiers) stripped Him naked. He hung on that cross His flesh, bloody and bare…they gambled over His clothes, the cloak he wore was seamless therefore it was of value so they didn’t want to tear it. They laughed and scoffed at Him and sarcastically called Him the king of the Jews…when He cried, “I thirst,” They gave Him vinegar to drink, as His blood flowed out…and all the while His thoughts were for you and for me. This is the Son of God we are talking about. The precious lamb of God, The Good Shepherd, The Lion of Judah, The Bright and Morning Star, The Messiah, King of kings and Lord of lords, The healer, the Way Maker, The Truth and Life…and yet spikes were driven into the hands that once prayed for souls, feet that walked the Hills of Jerusalem, who cast out demons and raised the dead. The head that once bowed in adoration for His heavenly father, now bowed with a bloody crown of thorns…His smile for children and a heart for people was broken, now tears and pain scrawled upon his face, Yes He was battered and broken for man-kind. He did all of this with a willing heart. If that’s not love, than brothers and sisters I don’t know what is.

But that is not the end of the story…Oh no…

Death was swallowed up in Victory…the keys to Hell he took back from Satan and the Son of God is ALIVE!!!

Somebody shout, Hallelujah!!!! Do you get it!!! He is alive!!!!!!

Forty days after His resurrection He ministered to people. He ate with the disciples. The last thing he said to His disciples was to go to Jerusalem and wait for the promise He was sending another comforter…The Holy Spirit would now dwell within them. To wait there until they received the Power from on High…then to go out and make disciples, heal the sick, raise the dead, cast out demons…baptize in the name of the Father, the son, and the Holy Spirit. And He is still telling you and me that today. The Holy Spirit Woo’s us unto Jesus and when we ask Him too, He will come and make his abode within us too. He loves us so much…don’t reject Him, don’t turn Him away…open your heart to him…and say, “Lord will you remember me?” And Jesus will answer, “I will write your name in my Book of Life and I will always remember you. And when you come into my Kingdom I will be there waiting with open arms for you.”

Acts 1:8-19 New King James Version (NKJV)

But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” 

Jesus Ascends to Heaven

Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, who also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.”

Brothers and sisters…He is coming…be watchful…be ready…for in an hour when you think not He will come!!!

Therefore you too must always be ready, for the Son of Man will come when you are not expecting him. Matthew 24:44 Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)

But the story doesn’t end there either…

Marla Shaw O’Neill March 2, 2017

Down in the valley; valley, so low…

Deep calls to deep…

O longing soul, please do not weep…

For joy comes in the morning…

But while you wait for the night to pass

Lie quietly in your slumber and bask

In peace and try to rest…

Be still my love and do not wrestle in your thoughts

Take each thought captive and know you are not alone…

O I know the trials and tests that beset you…

I know the heartaches and the things that you face

Peace be still in this hurried place; for I have given you my perfect grace…

You are the one I’ve longed to hold close…so snuggle up to the Holy Ghost…

Receive my comfort in your tormented mind; let it all go, for you are mine…

I’ve been in the fight and I’ve conquered it all, stand up strong, stand up tall…

And in the morning when all is bright…my joy will lift you to a brand new call…

A call to rejoice and not to despair…a call to be brave and bold without a care…

Throw all your worries and sickness and pain to the four winds, never to remain…

In my blessed presence, sing let it rain…upon your happy heart…regain…

The trust of my Love is a perfect domain…

Rejoice my child for I know your name…

And I will carry you each step of the way…

If you will put your trust, in me, today!!

Psalm 42:7-8The Message (MSG)

When my soul is in the dumps, I rehearse everything I know of you, From Jordan depths to Hermon heights, including Mount Mizar. Chaos calls to chaos, to the tune of whitewater rapids. Your breaking surf, your thundering breakers crash and crush me. Then God promises to love me all day, sing songs all through the night! My life is God’s prayer.

–Marla Shaw O’Neill – March 2, 2017

The Torch is lit perpetually…

It stands above for all to see…

The light given, guiding the city.

Within the clutched hand of Lady Liberty,

A flame held high in celebration…

Standing, never faltering, as we the people see,

Our Country’s independence and citizen’s free…

Ship to ship, bringing foreign and to be American born

From upon the sea…

Entering the harbor of New York City…

“Liberty Enlightening the World” a proud, distinguished Lady…

She stands forever in our company…

Saying to all, “Come rich or poor, strong or weak,we welcome you with an open door…

Guests in our home…some come to stay…

Remember, if a citizen you become…

That we are all living together and should all, become one!

Let the light of freedom shine, never disgrace the beauty and grace

Of our home on these blessed shores,

Blood and flesh was given for thee, brothers, and sisters together are we.

Stand strong, stand true, with Lady Liberty!!

All across these United States take heed and watch for this Lady…

See the flame she holds stays lit…

Be true, be diligent…

Whether foreign or American born…let our Lady’s light shine bright…

The only ones that we should fight are the ones who try to destroy her light!

For we are a proud yet humbled race…

Bearing the light of her strong and constant gaze…

God’s given us freedom, let us never forget

How the flame of Victory stays ready and set…

When you see her standing there day and night…

Look full in her flame and never take flight…

Stay unified, glorified, in love and in truth stand…

For all the world both far and wide to see and understand…

We are a country shining with the light of Freedom and Liberty.

–Marla Shaw O’Neill March 1, 2017

I’m going to be very transparent today…

There was a time in my life that I was a runner. Oh not the kind of runner who runs in marathons or sprint races…No, not the honorable kind where you train for hours and at the end of the race you win a medal or a ribbon. I ran because I was scared.

I was scared to stop running because if I did I didn’t know where I’d end up; and so I ran and ran and ran. I’d go to one place, hang out for a few months and then off to the races I’d go again…each time I stopped, I thought, this is the place I will settle down. This place will be home and I can finally get my life together and begin to live again. For fifteen years I ran. In fact I moved so much people told me I needed a house with wheels so all I needed to do was hook it up to my car and go. I was so tired of running…but I could not stop.

I cried, I prayed, I begged, I pleaded…but I could not find peace or rest for my weary soul. I couldn’t go back to anywhere because anywhere was no longer there. I couldn’t go forward because forward was not there yet; and I couldn’t stay in the present because it was too painful to be still in one place for very long…so I ran.

I ran from one miserable place to another…but what I discovered was that the place was not miserable, I was.

My heart had been broken and it could not be mended. No matter how much Church I attended, no matter how utterly profound the message I heard was…no matter how I begged God to forgive me and help me I could not find peace…until one day…

I began to say… “God, I forgive myself”…I knew God loved me. I knew I was His child…but I could not forgive me…maybe it stemmed from childhood upbringing…dysfunctional living…abuse…abandonment…all the ugly things we think are reasons…I don’t know…all I know is that God forgives us when we ask Him too…but He also tells us to forgive others and that includes ourselves.

You see, I didn’t love me. I didn’t think anyone else could love me either…not even God. As years went by I began to understand that God’s love isn’t based on how good I am or how bad I am…His love is unconditional and He forgives and forgets…He doesn’t hold grudges, He doesn’t judge, He loves totally and completely with all His heart, mind, and soul…God, IS, Love!

Are there things inside of you that keep you running away? Oh maybe you don’t change your physical address, but you are running just the same. One job to another…one person to another…one habit to another….Are you tired of running to nowhere? When you get there you still have not arrived?

When you get sick-and-tired of being sick-and-tired…and you come to the end of yourself…and you see yourself…that you are the mess that needs restoration…then if you humble yourself before God, the running will end.

We all have a story. We are all flesh and blood. We have hurts and pain and heartaches and shame and guilt. I will tell you, at the end of the race there is a finish line of peace and grace and wholeness…it is in the arms of Jesus, where He holds us, that we can receive true love. No matter how far you run, how fast, or how slow, you will never find contentment until you run to Him.

When I finally gave up, looked at myself and really saw me…and that Jesus really saw me…no pretense, I couldn’t hide from His eyes…and He loved me in spite of me and who I was and what I’d done…the hurts I’d received, and the hurts I’d caused, and He still loved and accepted me…the running stopped. And the blessings of His grace came flooding into my heart and He gave me a brand new life and a brand new home…I had finally gotten to somewhere. A place of love and happiness, I’d never experienced before.

Stop running to nowhere…just stop! Jesus is right before you, with arms stretched wide. Let Him hold you. Let Him wipe away the tears and all the pain. Then love Him totally and completely and love others and love yourself.

Forgiveness brings peace and rest…it lets you breathe, clean, fresh, living air…it frees you from chains of guilt, shame, hate, lusts, discontentment…when you forgive others and yourself your lungs fill with good, wholesome joy that cannot be contained and you are FREE!!! Free to love, free to give, free to embrace what seemed just out of reach. Forgiveness brings healing. God knows that when you forgive you are forgiven!!!

Jesus said, Love your neighbor as you love yourself…

Mark 12:30-31Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. 

“The second is: Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other command greater than these.”

–Marla Shaw O’Neill March 1, 2017

Love the Lord your God…Matthew 22:37

Greater Love hath no one than this than to lay down your life for his friends. John 15:13

Faith, Hope, Love, but the greatest of these is Love…I Corinthians 13:13

God is Love…I John 4:8

There is no fear in love; but perfect love cast out fear: because fear hath torment. He that fears is not made perfect in love. 1 John 4:18King James Version (KJV) (God’s love is perfect.)

If you Love me keep my commandments. John 14:15 (KJV)

For God so Loved the World… John 3:16

Nothing can separate us from God’s love… nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:39New King James Version (NKJV)

By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. John 13:35King James Version (KJV)

Today the Holy Spirit woke me up with this on His mind… “Love”

We’ve all heard it many times before; someone tries to describe what Love is…

Love is not a what, Love is a Who…and it doesn’t matter if you know or not, believe it or not, understand it or not…what we think does not determine Who Love is…because God Is, Love. It is His essence…His nature…Love is Who, He, is…there are no words to even begin to try to express this Love. God is unexplainable…but for our peanut brains…God has shown us who He is…by the Love he gave when He gave us His son…(Jesus/Yeshua)

I know, I, can’t explain Him…but I know Him…He is revealing more and more of who He is to me every day…and Oh the blessing of Him…I cannot begin to tell…but when you have that encounter with Him…the personal, intimate, undeniable Love, of the Father, touch you…you will never ever want to be without Him…His love is like nothing of this world…it’s not sensual or lustful or perverted…it is Good and healthy and restores the soul…He is fresh and new every single day…Each day a new adventure opens with Him…Oh let Him come into your heart…Let Him show you new depths and heights and insurmountable Love He has for you…real love that does not diminish in time or space or death or life…He is Life and He wants to give His love to you…don’t turn away…don’t break His heart…don’t leave him hanging on the cross…but open the tomb of your heart and let him come in and live with you. Let His light dispel the darkness and let it shine in every corner of your life…I promise, you will not be disappointed.

For, God, Is, Love!

This says it best…I Corinthians Chapter 13:1-13…

The Way of Love

If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but don’t love, I’m nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate.

If I speak God’s Word with power, revealing all his mysteries and making everything plain as day, and if I have faith that says to a mountain, “Jump,” and it jumps, but I don’t love, I’m nothing.

If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but I don’t love, I’ve gotten nowhere. So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I’m bankrupt without love.

Love never gives up.

Love cares more for others than for self.

Love doesn’t want what it doesn’t have.

Love doesn’t strut,

Doesn’t have a swelled head,

Doesn’t force itself on others,

Isn’t always “me first,”

Doesn’t fly off the handle,

Doesn’t keep score of the sins of others,

Doesn’t revel when others grovel,

Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth,

Puts up with anything,

Trusts God always,

Always looks for the best,

Never looks back,

But keeps going to the end. 

Love never dies. Inspired speech will be over some day; praying in tongues will end; understanding will reach its limit. We know only a portion of the truth, and what we say about God is always incomplete. But when the Complete arrives, our incompletes will be canceled. 

When I was an infant at my mother’s breast, I gurgled and cooed like any infant. When I grew up, I left those infant ways for good. 

We don’t yet see things clearly. We’re squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. But it won’t be long before the weather clears and the sun shines bright! We’ll see it all then, see it all as clearly as God sees us, knowing him directly just as he knows us!

But for right now, until that completeness, we have three things to do to lead us toward that consummation: Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly. And the best of the three is love. The Message (MSG) Bible 

Philippians 4:8-9 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. The Message (MSG) Bible

I love you God. ~Me

I love you more! ~God

–Marla Shaw O’Neill February 27, 2017

 painted by Marla Shaw O’Neill

Tiny sea-bean shiny and brown

When did you first roll into town?

Upon the river’s and winding streams

Carried and tumbled no sound, no screams…

Into the ocean floating about

One month turned into a year still no shout…

Happy and carefree you had no doubt

Just traveling along in a tsunami,

Landing upon the wave tossed shore

Picked up and sold in a sea-shell store…

The gray haired lady bought you and said,

“You, tiny sea-bean, will travel no more…”

I’ll paint you, and keep you, for me to adore!

“Tiny sea-bean where have you been?”

O I’ve been to the ocean and back again!

–Marla Shaw O’Neill February 27, 2017

Wisdom…

I arrived on the scene before Ocean, yes, even before Springs and Rivers and Lakes. Before Mountains were sculpted and Hills took shape, I was already there, newborn; Long before God stretched out Earth’s Horizons, and tended to the minute details of Soil and Weather, And set Sky firmly in place, I was there. Proverbs 8: 24-27 Message Bible

Swaying to the music you sing…

Alive in the message you bring

Like waves on the shore, my soul longs for more…

Of the melody that sweetly plays…

In tune the rivers of life…

Flow… and wash over me

Sending joy and peace so bright

Twirling in your presence of light…

Your song I hear as you sing it to me…

My soul forever takes flight….

Too la’lee, la’lee, too la’lee…

Too la lee, la’lee, too la’lay…

Too la’lee, la’lee, too la’lee

Too la lee, le’la…le’lay….

Two turtle doves in the morning I hear

The song dances on the wind…

Laughter is heard, in the baby at play

The rising sun on horizon, displayed…

Window’s open, bringing freshness for the day

As your song of love, comes my way…

Too la’lee, la’lee, too la’lee…

Too la lee, la’lee, too la’lay…

Too la’lee, la’lee, too la’lee

Too la lee, le’la…le’lay….

Swaying to the song, I hear you sing…

The smile on your face says everything…

I love you, I love you,

I love you, tis the song

I hear you sing.

Too la’lee, la’lee, too la’lee…

Too la lee, la’lee, too la’lay…

Too la’lee, la’lee, too la’lee

Too la lee, le’la…le’lay….

Come my love, come away!

–Marla Shaw O’Neill – July 25, 2016 revised 2/27/17

Isaiah 51:11 King James Version (KJV) Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

Many times we think that eternity starts after we die. We’ve heard the Minister ask the question. “Where will you spend eternity?”

We are alive right now but somehow we don’t connect to the fact that we are at this very moment living in eternity.

When God breathed into Adam it didn’t say God breathed into Adam and Adam would only live maybe a hundred years. No it says, “God breathed into Adam and gave him a living soul.”

Now it does say that the body would go back to dust. But the soul lives. It lives forever. How your soul lives depends on your choice. It lives with fear, doubt, anxiety, hopelessness, selfishness, pride, arrogance, and dependent on self without God, or the soul will live in peace, truth, grace, faith, patience, hope, dependent on God. You will be sharing eternity with other souls, either in hate or in love. God is love. It is a choice.

Adam’s body died when he sinned, but his soul lived on; but it no longer could live in God’s presence because they were separated. It was like being in a room full of light and life and then suddenly someone turned out all the lights. Satan had turned man’s heart away from God’s life giving light. So God had a plan. In order for the relationship to be reunited God put His plan into action and over a long period of eternity…His plan came into fruition.

Jesus the son of God was born. He had made a way for mankind to be reunited with Himself once more but just like Adam, he gives us a choice. Obedience to Him, would cause new life in the spirit eternally, where disobedience would cause separation and death in the spirit eternally. If you eat of the tree of life (Jesus) you will live. But if you eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil you will surely die.

Remember there were two trees in the garden God mentions. The man and woman had to be put out of the garden because of the tree of life. If they ate of that tree they would live in a state of good and evil forever and be forever separated from God.

Jesus’ obedience, what he did on the cross and from the tomb, brought the soul back into right relationship with God. Sin/death, no longer separated God’s spirit from man’s spirit. When we accept Jesus as the Son of God we are reunited with Him. When we are newborn of Him, who is the tree of life, we will live reunited with Him in a brand new spirit.

From the moment we are conceived life begins and we are living in eternity. Now you may not believe that. You may not want to believe that. But God does not lie. He does not change. He is God. When your heart responds to His heart…your eyes are opened. Your spirit becomes aware. And then light comes flooding into your being in a way that is indescribable and whereas as you could not see before…you now see perfectly when you are new born you have new eyes, new spirit, new birth. The light of God has been turned on and you are no longer in darkness.

Jesus told Nicodemus you must be born again…(see the Word of God reference below.)

So, when you are born into this world your soul is separated from God. You are living in eternity day by day but you are separated from God. You grow and work and learn but you are living with a veil over your heart and spiritual eyes. You can’t see. When you hear the Holy Spirit calling you and you accept that call…you become new born. You have the knowledge of good and evil. But evil no longer controls you. You are connected once more with the living God and you will be living in eternity with new life.

This may sound utterly ridiculous but I promise you when the light is turned on you will say how did I not see this before?

Jesus is God in the flesh…He came and died and rose again so that you could live this eternity in hope, joy and peace. Say yes, when he calls today. He longs to walk with you and talk with you. The Holy Spirit is drawing you…surely you will live and not die…when you say yes to Him. Amen.

John 3:1-21New International Version (NIV)

Jesus Teaches Nicodemus

3 Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. ² He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.”

³ Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.^[a]”

⁴ “How can someone be born when they are old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother’s womb to be born!”

⁵ Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. ⁶ Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit^[b] gives birth to spirit. ⁷ You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You^[c] must be born again.’ ⁸ The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”^[d]

⁹ “How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.

¹⁰ “You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and do you not understand these things? ¹¹ Very truly I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, but still you people do not accept our testimony. ¹² I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things? ¹³ No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven—the Son of Man.^{[e] 14} Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,^{[f] 15} that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.”^[g]

¹⁶ For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. ¹⁷ For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. ¹⁸ Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. ¹⁹ This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. ²⁰ Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. ²¹ But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.

Genesis 3:22-24Amplified Bible (AMP)

The Tree of Life

²² And the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us (Father, Son, Holy Spirit), knowing [how to distinguish between] good and evil; and now, he might stretch out his hand, and take from the tree of life as well, and eat [its fruit], and live [in this fallen, sinful condition] forever”— ²³ therefore the Lord God sent Adam away from the Garden of Eden, to till and cultivate the ground from which he was taken. ²⁴ So God drove the man out; and at the east of the Garden of Eden He [permanently] stationed the ^[a]cherubim and the sword with the flashing blade which turned round and round [in every direction] to protect and guard the way (entrance, access) to the tree of life.

Footnotes:

1. Genesis 3:24 Cherubim are ministering angelic beings who avenge assaults on God’s holiness.

Amplified Bible (AMP)

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–Marla Shaw O’Neill February 24, 2017

I would like to post something here…I know I am not anything. I’m a 63 year old woman who loves God and wants Jesus to be lifted up!!

This week in my prayer time intercession has been powerful; to come against the powers of darkness in a very specific and powerful way…if it’s OK I want to share what I received and believe to be a word from the Lord. If it’s not, well it was just me and nothing will come of it, but if it is from Him then I believe it will accomplish what it is he’s doing. Amen? Amen!

Oppression and bondages are being set free right now. The evil that has infiltrated the Oval Office has been severed…perversions, and debauchery (excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures.)

My mighty warring messengers are driving back the weapons that have been forged to destroy my plan. They will not win for I am fighting this battle.

I won the fight on the cross. I took back what was mine; all the evil ones can do is squeak…

Their tactics are useless and powerless, because my children have begun once more to Stand up and fight them by My Spirit, by the Word of My Authority.

What the enemy tried to do will be like a mouse trying to fight a Lion. I am that Lion. They have no power, they have no authority.

Because of the prayers of the Saints, my righteous ones, and because I have placed this man, and men and women strategically at this time in History for my purposes, the enemy will fail; because my chosen ones are doing what I have commanded. Nothing coming against them will succeed because they are not coming against a man they are coming against Me, the Living God!

Do not fear or be afraid. I am in control and I have already won.

Keep praying, keep walking righteously, keep believing and have faith in Me…America is mine, says the Lord.

You will see a great move of my Spirit in lives…hearts are being penetrated by my love and by my discipline. Yes you will see some destruction but that is the beginning of my infiltration of the enemy…

As you lift me up and pray and obey my words you will see deliverance and the destruction of the enemy. You will see the demons run with their tails between their legs. You will see their backsides running away in terror because they see me at the helm.

They see me running this country in Power and Might by my Spirit. Clap your hands and dance for the Victory is yours, says the Lord.

There will be riots and rumblings as you have seen, but that’s because they are being sent out from among you…it is the last bit of them trying to rise back to power but they have no power…no control over that which is mine…they are being flushed out and sent to the ends of the earth…they are toothless, infantile, soulless beings without a place to roam…

They are tied up and gagged no longer a voice…lawlessness, deception and lies abolished by my hand. Says the Lord.

I am standing up…I have sent out the war cry…They are running to hide because my children have had enough and are crying out to Me. I have heard and I will answer.

Every word, every action that tries to rise up against my anointed ones will be silenced and stopped dead in their tracks.

Every bill, every treaty, every country that tries to come against America will be shut down.

I am the one in control and because of obedience to me I am fighting for America.

Yes, America is important to me. She is Mine. And I take care of Mine. Says the Lord.

Watch and see the Salvation of the Lord.

My hand is with America!

Thank you LORD Jesus! Amen….

–Marla Shaw O’Neill February 24, 2017