Waiting for “the blessed hope”
“Return, O LORD!
How long?
And have compassion on Your servants.”
Psalm 90:13 NKJV
Salem Train Station
Tree
Little Ones
“My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.”
John 17:15 NIV
Inflation
“For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy,
Now I will arise,” says the LORD;
“I will set him in the safety for which he yearns.”
Psalm 12:5 NKJV
Blossom In The Truth
You can’t blossom in the faith if you hold on to falsehood.
“Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, 3 and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world.”
1 John 4:1-3 NKJV
Clinging To Hope
Even when it falls, hopefully some seeds will sow.
“I cling to Your testimonies;
O LORD, do not put me to shame!”
Psalm 119:31 NKJV
Icicle
“Everyone will hate you because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.”
Mark 13:13 NIV
Woodpecker
Consulting mediums and familiar spirits unleashes the demonic torment.
Replace the tormenting thoughts with praise music.
“Now the Spirit of the Lord had departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord tormented him.
15 Saul’s attendants said to him, “See, an evil spirit from God is tormenting you. 16 Let our lord command his servants here to search for someone who can play the lyre. He will play when the evil spirit from God comes on you, and you will feel better.”
17 So Saul said to his attendants, “Find someone who plays well and bring him to me.”
1 Samuel 16:14-17 NIV
Portals
They only lead to demonic deception.
“We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.”
2 Corinthians 10:5 NIV
Picnic Table
Leave it behind. A life of peace awaits.
“Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the LORD, and he will have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will freely pardon.”
Isaiah 55:7 NIV
Herald
The droplets have two destinations. It either goes up or down.
“Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting for the autumn and spring rains. 8 You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming is near.”
James 5:7-8 NIV