Keeping Your Sanity
While Praying in Your Garden of Gethsemane
As these events around us start to unfold, we can expect to be bombarded from all angles. We must brace ourselves for this forthcoming onslaught by strengthening our relationship with Jesus through prayer and praise on a level NONE of us have ever embraced in our lives. The time to get started is now. If you wait until things get really dark, you may have a very hard time “pulling yourself up” from despair. It is a demonic trap and NOW is the time to “stir up your spirit”. NOW is the time to build your “Force Field of Praise”.
Frankly I hate to consider this but it is possible that we all shall face the plight of Job himself. Imagine the agony Job went through. Personally I don’t know how well I am going to do. We really need to start working on building up ourselves on a powerful spiritual level as soon as possible to prepare for getting battered heavily.
I have an 8 year old step son. He is accustom to eating food he likes. If he doesn’t like the food being served he cries and refuses to eat it. I wonder what it will be like for us all when we don’t get the metaphorical “food” we like or want or think we should have. Are we prepared to live in the streets? Are we prepared to become homeless and hold up a sign that says JESUS IS COMING, GET READY? What is your “breaking point”? When do you fold your cards? Are you capable of remaining THAT strong?
Staring at the Devil Too Much
Folks you simply cannot stare at the devils’ work so much. The balance in your life must lean heavily to PRAISE of your Lord Jesus Christ. I get frequent emails from people who have done TOO MUCH research. They dwell on YouTube and the stare at the devil’s work in progress. This has an eroding effect on your mind and “spirit”. This opens doors for demonic assaults on your life.
While there is nothing wrong with listening to talk shows about the “dark times” we face, there must be MORE TIME given to PRAISE. You cannot study these events without giving far more of your time to the “amplification” of the Holy Spirit within you. You will lose the battle and make enormous mistakes. You cannot HEAR God speaking to your heart when you trouble it with darkness constantly. This is not about balance, this is about PRIORITIES. Jesus must be your major priority at all times.
You should spend 2 days away from the news (YouTube, Infowars, you-name-it) in PRAISE and WORSHIP for every one day you spend in research. Do not allow the forces of “information-darkness” to rob you of your peace. You will sink your spirit like a rock and your entire world will crush in upon you. The effects can be utterly devastating.
In Jesus Name – PREPARE YOUR SPIRIT WITH PRAISE CONSTANTLY RIGHT NOW
JESUS IN GETHSEMANE
We all have this contrived illusion of Jesus being this “God-man”. We imagine he glowed when he walked. We imagine he floated down mountainsides. We just DON’T GET IT.
Jesus was EXACTLY LIKE YOU! He was a MAN. He hurt. He cried. He even had doubts. WOW. Think about this for a moment. All during his ministry he quoted tons of Old Testament writings and fulfilled prophecies demonstrating that he was the Messiah. Jesus knew he came to die for our sins. HE KNEW IT. But when he faced that fateful day, he was in utter despair. He didn’t want to go through with it. I could tell you that “his heart was troubled”. That would be the politically correct thing to say, would it not? But I tell you the Bible is an UNDERSTATEMENT. Jesus was utterly freaking out. He was MISERABLE.
Read this passage about the Garden of Gethsemane. Think about the words “deeply distressed” and “sorrowful”. Notice that Jesus prayed directly to HIS FATHER and said the word …
Matt 26:37-45
And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and He began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed. 38 Then He said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with Me.”
39 He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.”
40 Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “What! Could you not watch with Me one hour? 41 Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
42 Again, a second time, He went away and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if this cup cannot pass away from Me unless I drink it, Your will be done.” 43 And He came and found them asleep again, for their eyes were heavy.
44 So He left them, went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words.
NKJV
Getting Slammed from All Sides
If you are reading this article, it is likely you are in the upper .01% of the most knowledgeable Christians in the world. Look around you today. You will see hundreds of people that have NO IDEA what is happening. They might suspect that Israel is going to eventually launch an air strike against Iran. But that’s pretty much about it. While many of the more progressive Christian churches are aware of the “Temple Institute” and the forthcoming war, they have no idea what we know. Again I tell you … THEY HAVE NO IDEA!
Since you have “chosen” to become knowledgeable about these things, you have chosen to carry a heavy burden. This requires you to fortify your spirit with an enormous amount of peace through Praise. Read Philippians 4:6-7.
Phil 4:6-7
6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
NKJV
Please notice the word “thanksgiving”. You do not get PEACE without PRAISE! PERIOD. I struggle with all the people I get emails from and my heart breaks for them. So many people are “freaking out” about their lives. As Christians who become “watchman” you DO carry a heavy burden. But what’s worse is you become a TARGET! Because you have a “clue” what is going on in the world you become a lethal adversary of the DEVIL. And as a “Son of God” with the POWER of JESUS inside, the enemy is going to do EVERYTHING it can to “TAKE YOU OUT”.
This means you are going to have “financial challenges”. This means you might “lose your house”. This means you might get “demonic illnesses”. This means your “family” will be used against you. If the demonic cannot get “to you” they will go after your family and make your life a living Hell. The more dangerous you are to the demonic, the more of a target you will become.
Your only defense is prayer and PRAISE!
Take the time to read “Star Gate of Praise” here:
http://www.tribulation-now.com/2010/07/star-gate-of-praise.html
Also take the time to read “Sword of the Spirit” here:
http://www.tribulation-now.com/2010/06/sword-of-spirit.html
You don’t have a choice but to prepare for spiritual warfare. Don’t let yourself get overwhelmed right now! This is likely only the “beginning of sorrows”. If my hunch is correct, and the Bible is in fact a serious understatement, then the “beginning of sorrows” is just starting. This means it’s going to get MUCH WORSE. And Jesus help us all when it gets really bad.
FORGET ABOUT THE DARKNESS
FOCUS WITH PRAISE TO YOUR SAVIOR
Not Even the Illuminati Know When
We are surrounded with untrustworthy information.
If you believe ALL the information out there then it can appear that everyone is on the dark side. However it is likely what we are seeing is excellent counter-intel in effect. Many great God fearing people at one time had joined the Masons or used some popular hand gesture before they knew the true meaning.
In fact there was a time before I knew anything about “them” that I had considered joining even the Masons myself. Later I had considered joining them intentionally as an “infiltrator” just to reveal their internal workings but figured the time would be better spent doing other things. I suspect many people out there “participated” in things when they were younger that they didn’t realize were linked to the “dark side” until they got wise to it. Naturally these moments in time would be captured and used in co-intelpro efforts – particularly now.
So when you see information suggesting that Ron Paul and other anti-NWO leaders are “bad people” just remember “they” will use every trick in the book to “throw you off your game”. Be wiser than they. Be wiser than “serpents”. Be “gentle as doves”.
I believe that, while Lindsey Williams MIGHT have been lied too, he is telling the truth as he knows it. He might have been told the timeline as of TODAY and that timeline MIGHT change again without his knowing. Again I am certain Williams – to the best of his ability, is telling the truth. If you use the Venn Diagram “correlation” method of study and give some credence to the person’s Godly reputation as well, I think you can “correlate” which tidbits are worth watching and which are fluff.
THEN when you consider that people like you and I are in the upper .01% of the overall “enlightened” global population – it is highly likely our data is extremely accurate overall.
“Demonic Marching Orders”
I would suggest that WE KNOW as much as the “upper 30%” of the Illuminati bloodline people do. Even THEY do not know all the things that are going to happen and when. Even THESE “people” are taking their marching orders from the DEMONIC world through their ceremonies and divination events.
I am reasonably sure that even the top “shape-shifting reptilians” are waiting to find out what the next “chess move” will be.
Summary
Learn from Job. Learn from Jesus.
The Bible says that the Great Tribulation will be like no other time in the history of the earth. WOW. Holy CRAP!#@!#
Do you have ANY IDEA what that means??
Folks we need to brace for the worse. If you “flip out” when you stub your toe, or you get “angry” when your money runs short for the week then you really need to get your PRAISE ENGINE REVED UP – in Jesus Name. Please buy some praise music. Please fill your car CD player with Praise Music. Learn to “lighten the burden” by praising God with all your might.
I struggle constantly with issues. Believe me “none of us” have this figured out. We need to “lean on each other” like no other time in history.
Tribulation-Now is investigating the use of private “by invitation only” Webex conference calls with our members and leaders. We don’t know for sure if this will work well yet but we are testing the technology actively at this time. It is imperative that those of us who are “in the know” have a means to “vent” and get the issues off our chest. We NEED to become focused on JESUS through praise and take PEACE away from all this stuff … KNOWING THAT …
Thank you for that John. For30 years my wife and I have been beaten down financially and we just didn't get it until the last few years. For this 30 year period the more we would learn the worse it would get, then when I would back slide and put one foot back in the world things would lighten up a bit. After all this time you think I might get it figured out. No not me I am as sharp as the leading edge of a bowling ball. I have said this to you before brother, you have been a tremendous blessing. Over the last year we have lost everything (again) even the "christian" friends turn their backs on us. Yesterday we had $10 to our name, and a friend sent us $250 out of the blue PRAISE JESUS! I am convinced we don't have a clue of what "Pick up your Cross daily" really means.
Be Strong Be Blessed,
Rick
OH RICK… man are you right.
Sometimes I get so worried about what I am going to have to go through. We all need to really get our praise engines reved up.
PRAISE JESUS
In Life, the only thing guaranteed IS Jesus. You may work all of your life, make a lot of money to buy what ever you want. And in the blink of an eye, it CAN be taken from you with no warning. But Jesus will NEVER be taken away from existence so get right with that is forever. If feeling Heavenly forever matters to you, that is. Excellent article today Mr. Baptist!
John, thanks for sharing the wisdom that has been revealed to you. I agree with what you say about researching the dark side versus revelling in the light. We need to know this demonic intel, but without the balance of the light, we cannot function in the full power of the Holy Spirit. Amen, brother.
I totally agree with your focus on praise, also, but wonder how you feel about scripture memorization, i.e., hiding God's word in your heart as a tool for the dark days. I would love to hear your thoughts on that.
Nancy K.
Johnny….once again….you must have been reading my mind…..I had just finished watch the last dvd from the Williams trio of disks and was thinking to myself…."wow….I am sooo disturbed by all this….it is as if the sky IS falling and there is nowhere to hide"……that's when I got this email….just when I start to think to myself that I am too late to prepare for the coming FLOOD of disaster in this nation….you send this out….I think you're right….I REALLY need a break from this….being laid-off the last few months, I've had so much time to study whats coming….what I'm beginning to think is I should be using this time to get closer to my Lord……My mind is in such a state of confusion….I thank the Lord everyday that he has seen fit to send me people such as you and Aaron….aside from my wife, who I am trying to get to see that she needs the Lord Jesus if she is gonna live beyond this world, you guys are all I have to talk to…(well there is Dutch…my dog….but he just cocks his head to the side like I got carrots growing out my ears)…..Anyway….I just wanted to say thanks….and to keep me in your prayers….
I am a huge believer in scriptural memorization but I'm not especially good at it. I remember much scripture but often cannot remember the exact location in the Bible.
I'm not terribly sure how important remembering the exact book and verse is compared to how important it is to have the Word impressed upon your heart with an understanding when the time comes.
God has a way of revealing his Word to us even though we might not remember the "human added" verse numbers.
But its a very good exercise.
READ ON, BELIEVE ON, PRAISE – AMEN!
Thanks MacKenzie – I love you brother!!
Well, thats interesting, you read my mind. I was going to (if I haven't already) ask you how to balance all of this. I mean, plan for the future and still live in today. The problem is the lines are starting to blur. I hear you about studying the devil too much… I watched this ghost documentary (the mother of all documentaries!!!) once. It was super long and took me a few days to watch. It freaked me the heck out!!! So, I decided that there are certain things I can't watch or read. The COOL thing though, is that it made me run to Him. If this info doesn't make you run to Jesus, then something's up!!! I've definitely leaned more on HIm the past few years than ever before, and He's taught me alot too. It's kinda really neat, that part of it. I just got an idea for an article for you. I had this dream once that I saw the really bad things happening, or coming.. but someone showed me a picture of this perfect place. They told me it was the only safe place. I think it was heaven, or the new earth I guess. It was awesome!! But, unfortunately it was also the end of the dream. My point being, write on what heaven is supposed to be like. In other words, what's it going to be like to hang out with Jesus everyday in this perfect place where there are no more tears?? 🙂 Awesome..
Would you please add me to your mailing list if you have one. I cried through your article this morning…..I needed that. I've seen for 2 years and it is indeed a heavy burden to watch this suffering and wonder what roll I have in it and why I see and others don't. I saw the "reptilian faction" on cspan one morning……I "saw" them before I knew what was even going on….."they live" the movie without sunglasses I might add.
This grandmother is blown away, awe-struck and now understands….."My eyes have seen the glory…..". Even so Lord Jesus, Come.
Thank you,
I feel the same as other people posting here. I feel tired, not phsycially tired, just mentally tired, I feel like what am I doing trying to keep up with all this, plus pray, plus keep plugging along in my now part-time job, I'm no warrior, I can't even get my teenage son to listen to me there is no way I'm going to convert souls to Jesus. I too was down to $100 to last until the end of month for my family of 4 (yeah right huh) and out of the blue my father comes to my work and demands I take $160.00 from him for my kids school clothes, I couldn't argue cause my co-workers were around and after he left all I could think was the big guy upstairs sent this money…and how he does take care of you if you let him.
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Yeah without a doubt lingering in the dark will make you a target for sure since setting up a website and researching alien agenda etc things have been tough. I'm just coming out of a backslidden state at the moment, I've had an overhaul of temptation thrown at me from all angles and I havent off loaded the burden I'm just giving it all to Christ he said to cast are burdens on Him and thats exactly what I'm gonna do from now on.
And yeah Christ bro, he sweated blood for crying out loud! He loved us that much to be butchered to death.
Love your site, keep doing what your doing.
Humble Servant
http://www.stopsleepparalysis.co.uk/
ANOTHER amen brother!
I have found myself praying in tongues for hours as I do work around the house. I used to spend that time listening to something "educational" on my I-Touch. The prayer in tongues has resulted in revelation. Curry calls it progressive revelation. I was prompted to do it after spending a morning last week on three simple yet incredibly rich verses inRomans 12:1-3 KJV:
1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God,[ which is] your reasonable service. 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what[ is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. 3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think[ of himself] more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
Out of now where other than from His Spirit it struck me, we offer ourselves to Him as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable when we pray to Him in the spirit!!! And then He transforms us by the renewing of our minds!!! Revealing to us His good and acceptable and PERFECT will!!!
This is exactly what you wrote in the latest article and I had it confirmed 5 days ago during my Bible study!!!!
Jesus Christ is AWESOME!!! He IS the wisdom and power of God!!!
1 Corinthians 1:24
24 But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
SDG!
You bro…ken
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Dear John,
Once again you have ministered to my heavy heart without even knowing it. The message you wrote today in Demonic Marching Orders is EXACTLY what I needed to hear. I have been learning and reading and praying for two years now and I am, as you say, burdened by all I have discovered. There seems to be no one to share this with. Because of my circumstances (gave up my business, working at home, major lifestyle change) I will be dismissed out of hand if I speak as much as I'd like about end times or act like a "conspiracy theorist" or "Jesus freak".
John, thanks. I am one of those who is worrying about losing my house (my little dream one, on five acres, that I have worked for for many years. Have one paid for in town that would pay this one off, but the economy crashed and we can't sell it). I know I have to remain in praise and prayer, because if I don't my mind goes crazy and I worry.
. I just had to tell ya. I have been feeling overwhelmed, reading the boards, not having much to contribute, because I'm not scholarly. Your words always touch my heart like a true preacher and leader.
You have single-handedly turned me back around and showed me what the only answer is, and has always been. For that I will be eternally grateful.
Thank you for even reading this. You don't have to reply. Thank you and God bless you John. Peggy
AMEN Peggy…
We are all in this together. Praise and prayer are everything when it comes to peace through Jesus
Hi John, BLESSINGS and SHALOM to you! This really hits the proverbial nail on the head. I am always amazed at movement of THE SPIRIT of GOD! My sister and I just had this conversation yesterday. Thanks for sharing as it is validation and confirmation of where YaHWeH is leading…debra
BTW- I tried to comment on your site and it wouldn't go through. I am somewhat techno challenged so it may be on my end…
John: I discovered your site about 3 months ago and have faithfully been reading it and forwarding on items to my Pastor–Who has found himself to have become an "End Times Preacher". I was going to post a comment on the last blog, but couldn't get it through and then lost it. At any rate, I had been feeling: "Why would Anyone Believe–Me?" "How can I pray for Anyone or tell them about Jesus (although I Still Do)?" If they looked at my life they might think: "Well, if that's what Your God did for You–Thanks, But–No Thanks!" Spiritual Warfare is True and Jesus may be All that we Have.
September 6, 2008 my Daughter, My Only child died. With her, she took all of my hopes and Dreams and–My 'Future'. She was my Daughter, my roommate, my Confidant, and my 'Best Friend'. I prayed Everyday to Not wake up in the morning. When she died, I quite my job, put everything in storage, gave my mobile home to the park and my two dogs and myself moved up North with my Sister and Brother-In-Law to figure out–What to do with the Rest of my life? I had No money, no Home, no Children (and Never will have Grandchildren now), no job and even lost my Truck (mechanic destroyed engine and I junked it).
I had prayed for Healing for my daughter. She had prayed for Healing for herself. She Loved the Lord and was committed to our church and ministered to others, not only by volunteering two days a week in our Outreach, but also reached out to the Homeless, Street people, prostitutes, drug addicts, etc.; And–She Loved–Me. Her Greatest Concern, was not that she might die, which we discovered after her death in her Journal, but was–that Who would be there to take care of–Me. She prayed to be Healed, but Also, as Jesus Prayed "Not My Will, But–Thy Will Be Done" that if it was the LORD'S Will that she go Home, then to Please put Someone in my life to–"Take Her Place." And…He Did–Himself.
I've asked the Lord–Why did she have to Die? What did I Do that was So Terrible to Lose my Only Child? WHY have I Lost–Everything?
I've since then found another job, But–the attacks continue. In this life–there will Always Be Attacks. There Is a Very Real Enemy, who wages a Very Real War and his Objective is to Destroy us by any means Possible.
In the months before my daughter died, I had seen such a change in her demeanor–Her Grace throughout the pain; Her Compassion and willingness to Give, sacrifically, for others, in Spite of what She was going through; Her Kindness, forgiveness, and 'Longsuffering' and patience with others–She Absolutely–Glowed!
I had come to the Lord because of being Delivered out of the Occult when she was 9 years old. She saw the demons leave(Gargoyle looking things she said) and she experienced God's Delivering and Saving Power. She/We Knew the Power of the Name of Jesus.
Not long before she died, I suddenly realized, the cancer was Not a Battle for her Body. The Battle was for–Her Soul. I could go on and on with All of the Miracles God did in our lives, But–this would be a Book then.
What I'm saying is this: God, our Father, Who Jesus manifested and Died for Us, as the avenue of accomplishing the Objective, Wants to Get us All Safely Home–with Him. My daughter came from Behind Enemy Lines and she is Now Safely Home with–Him.
The 'Job' experience is Not just another 'story' in the Book. As Satan's time becomes Shorter–We might be experiencing what Job experienced on a larger and more intimate scale. But…the Lord is No Respector of persons, And–He'll take us Through.