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21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

It's time to make noise.... There are already shouts of anguish and shouts of joy....Choose your lifeboat...
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: (Thanks, N. :)

: Reader Noname writes and sends us: =====

: Hi Hobie, Today is a "Q" day! Aug 9 = 8 + 9 = 17
: (letter Q) Also, next week Aug 15/16 is a Full Moon,

: Also found this below, FYI. It's time to really flush
: and drain the swamp! Blessings, Noname
: https://www.ifapray.org/blog/when-christians-make-a-deal-with-the-devil-and-how-to-break-it/
: WHEN CHRISTIANS MAKE A DEAL WITH THE DEVIL (AND
: HOW TO BREAK IT) AUGUST 6, 2019 | DR. MICHAEL
: BROWN Father, we ask forgiveness for how we
: may have chosen the Enemy's ways instead of yours. We want
: to honor and follow only YOU! It may not be
: conscious or explicit. It may not be overt. But when
: followers of Jesus decide to avoid controversial issues,
: adopting the mentality of, “I won’t bother you if you don’t
: bother me,” they are making a deal with the devil. They are
: compromising with darkness. Let the truth be told. We
: may couch our compromise in terms of “wisdom” and
: “maturity.” We may cloak our non-commitment in the guise of
: “love.” But when we refuse to speak up and stand up because
: it is too costly to do so, we are not wise or mature or
: loving. We are not thinking about others. We are thinking
: about self, being motivated by convenience rather than
: conviction. There Are Times to Act To be sure, there
: are times when wisdom calls for silence and when maturity
: calls for inaction. We are not called to fight every fight
: and engage in every battle. We don’t need to weigh in on
: every controversy that comes our way. But there are
: times to speak. And there are times to act. At such
: times Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s words ring true: “Silence in
: the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us
: guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.”
: Or, as expressed by Martin Luther King, Jr., “A man dies
: when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man
: dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies
: when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.”
: How many of us today are dead while yet living? How many of
: us have lost a part of our humanity by choosing to be
: selfishly pragmatic rather than selflessly prophetic? How
: many of us have been paralyzed by the fear of negative
: consequences, thereby becoming captive to the enemy of our
: souls? Jesus said to his followers, “If anyone would
: come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross
: and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose
: it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it”
: (Matthew 16:24–25). This is what Bonhoeffer and King
: were trying to say, each in their own way. To save our
: lives is to lose them; to lose our lives is to save them.
: Paralyzed by Jezebel Three-thousand years ago, an
: ungodly queen named Jezebel declared war on God’s
: prophets, slaughtering many of them until they were reduced
: to hiding in caves. They lived together — in caves! — for
: months at a time in order to escape Jezebel’s wrath. But
: this raises a serious question. There are certainly
: times to flee and hide. Jesus himself taught, “When they
: persecute you in one town, flee to the next” (Matthew
: 10:23). There are, indeed, times to be silent. But were
: none of these prophets called to confront Jezebel? Were all
: of them called by God to cower in caves? (Really?) Were all
: of them ordained to inaction? Personally, I think not. I
: believe some, if not many, were paralyzed by Jezebel. They
: were silenced by an unholy spirit of fear rather than
: emboldened by the Holy Spirit of faith. It was terror, not
: obedience, that confined them to dark caves. Would I
: have done differently if I were one of them? Would you?
: Only God knows. Perhaps we too would have been hiding in
: fear, making self-preservation our highest goal. We,
: Too, Have Gone Into Hiding But here in America, no one
: is putting a literal gun to our heads for preaching the
: gospel. No one is putting a knife to our throats for taking
: a stand for what is right. And yet so many of us have gone
: into hiding. We don’t want to get unfriended on social
: media. (Try explaining that to a fellow-Christian who was
: tortured for his faith.) We don’t want to lose the
: richest member of our congregation. (Try explaining that to
: a Christian woman who lost her husband to martyrdom and yet
: remains strong in the faith.) We don’t want bad press in
: the local media. (Try explaining that to parents whose
: children were taken away from them because of their
: Christian beliefs.) And so, we make a deal with a devil
: and enter into a pact with hell. And rather than
: confront the Jezebelic spirit of the hour we come into
: agreement with this foul demon. “I won’t make any trouble
: for you if you won’t make trouble for me.” My friend,
: that is no way to live! Speak and Stand I encourage
: every fellow-leader and every fellow-believer to take a
: moment to ask yourself if you have made a deal with the
: devil. If so, it’s high time to break that agreement.
: 1. It starts with asking God to forgive you for cowardice
: and compromise (which He will!). 2. Then we look to Him
: for help and grace and boldness and wisdom and compassion,
: putting on the full armor of God (see Ephesians 6:10-19).
: 3. Then, when it’s time to speak and stand, be it in the
: workplace or the home, be it on social media or behind the
: pulpit, we stand. It’s time!

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