Are Your Prayers for America Being Wasted?

Just a thought:

A few minutes ago I read a post about a prophetic warning to America given by Billy Graham's daughter. As I read through the comments, I was reminded of something I believe the Lord told me back in 2008.

He said that America had been judged and was going to be destroyed from being the great nation it once was. That to pray that the nation be preserved was going against His plans. That from that point on He was going to deal with individuals, and that that was where the prayers were to be focused; not on saving the nation, but on saving the lost of this nation.

America's sins have reached the point where her arrogance, pride, exporting of all kinds of perversions, and the wanton killing of the innocent, has become a stench in the nostrils of God. Just like He destroyed ancient Babylon after they built the Tower of Babel, confusing the tongues and scattering the people, America will never rise to that point of greatness again.

God is going to allow her enemies to rise up and destroy her, bringing her to her knees.

However, in the midst of this, Believers will see Psalm 37 and Psalm 91 played out in their lives.
11 times in Psalm 37, we see where the destruction of the wicked is foretold. Yet the same passages contain three times the promise that "the righteous will inherit the land."

In Psalms 91, we see the promise that no matter what is happening around us, even tho the death toll will be unbelieveably high, God will give His angels charge over His people to protect them and keep them safe.

How are you praying? Are you praying in vain that God will "save America" as a nation? Or are you praying that souls will be saved and turn to Jesus before it is too late? Personally, I'm praying for souls, and standing on His promise that no matter how dark the days ahead will be, that I will be under the "shadow of the Almighty".

Now, I realize that many will disagree...and that's fine. Continue to pray. I'm just saying that for me, I'm to pray for people and no longer for the salvation of the nation.

SIDE NOTE: I originally posted this on Facebook, and almost immediately received a comment from a woman that the Lord has shown her the same thing. "Confirmation."

Most Important Prep for a Christian

Recently I've heard Believers wondering, worrying and fretting about the fact that they don't have enough supplies for survival. They see what's happening, and believe the Lord has instructed them to get ready, but they are still filled with worry.

Where's my response:

The best and most important prep any Believer can make is to be into the Word. If you realize that God doesn't change, but is the same today as He was 4000 years ago, then you know what He can do. Will He, though? I believe that is up to the Believer.

If He led Lot and his family out of the cities hours before destroying the city, He can do the same thing now.

If the three Hebrew boys came out of the fire without even a hint of smoke on their clothes, then there will be Believers walk out of ground zero of a nuclear missile strike.

If He parted the Red Sea so His people could pass over on dry land, He can do the same thing now.

If He caused water to pour out of a struck rock, if He tells you to take your hammer and hit that boulder in your front yard, then do it. Just remember if He says to hit it once, that you don't hit it twice.

You prep as He leads you to prepare, then know that if He caused the ravens to bring the prophet meat, that He can do the same now.

Nothing is impossible with God.

Know His promises. Know the Word. Determine that no matter what, you are going to stand on the Word. What does the Word say?

• Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. (Psa 37:1-3)

• But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. (Psa 37:11)

• The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever. They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
  (Psa 37:18-19)

• For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.
  (Psa 37:28-29)

• And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.
  (Psa 37:40)

• He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
  (Psa 91:1)
  
  I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
  (Psa 91:2)
  
  Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
  (Psa 91:3)
  
  He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
  (Psa 91:4)
  
  Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
  (Psa 91:5)
  
  Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
  (Psa 91:6)
  
  A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
  (Psa 91:7)
  
  Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
  (Psa 91:8)
  
  Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
  (Psa 91:9)
  
  There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
  (Psa 91:10)
  
  For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
  (Psa 91:11)
  
  They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
  (Psa 91:12)
  
  Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
  (Psa 91:13)
  
  Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
  (Psa 91:14)
  
  He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
  (Psa 91:15)
  
  With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
  (Psa 91:16)

• And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
  (Rev 12:11)
  

These verses are full of promise of protection, survival and victory.

Psalms 91, Part 2

Psa 91:4 He shall cover (screen, fence in, hedge in, defend) thee with his feathers, (wing) and under (below) his wings (army, quarter of the earth, pinnacle) shalt thou trust: (flee for protection, confide in) his truth shall be thy shield (hook, prickliness) and buckler (something surrounding the person).

The Lord promises to be our defense, to surround us in protection under his wings/army...could that mean that an army of angels will be deployed on our behalf?

"Pinnacle" usually indicates a high point, could that indicate the idea of fleeing to the mountains? His truth will surround...which means the only way to do that is if a person has already learned the Truth (the Word).

Psa 91:5 Thou shalt not be afraid (fear, dread) for the terror (sudden alarm, great fear) by night (twist, adversity) ; nor for the arrow (piercer, thunder bolt, wound) that flieth (swooning, faith, flee away, cover) by day (daily) ;

It's interesting that we are told not to fear "terror", when "terrorism" has become such a common household word now.

I once heard someone liken the "arrow" to the missles ... reading in this verse the implication of nuclear exchange, with the instruction that we are not to be afraid of that.

Psa 91:6 Nor for the pestilence (plague) that walketh (haunts, march, leads, travels, whirl) in darkness (dusk, obscurity) ; nor for the destruction (cut off, ruin, destroying) that wasteth (devastate, swell up) at noonday (light, window) .

We are also told that we don't have to fear the plague or supergerms, which I like to biological warfare and the threat of various germ agents that will be let loose on the public.

"Destruction" "swell up" "light" could those all be describing a mushroom cloud? Whatever form it takes, there's a destruction coming that we are told we do not have to fear. That if we will run to God, he will protect us.

Psalms 91 for the Future

There's a promise in Psalm 91 that I believe applies to the coming tribulation of the Saints. The works in (red) are taken from the Hebrew, further clarifying the meaning of the word just before.

Psa 91:1 He that dwelleth (sits down) in the secret place (disguise) of the most High shall abide (stay all night) under the shadow (defense) of the Almighty.

For the one who will sit down (implies relaxing) in the disguise provided by the Lord, he can stay all night (remember the verse that says something about the "night being long in which no man can work") and will be defended by the Almighty

Psa 91:2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge (shelter, hope) and my fortress: (stronghold) my God; in him will I trust. (confident, secure, safe)

We can rest in the Lord because He will be our shelter and stronghold or fort, and we can be absolutely confident of that

Psa 91:3 Surely he shall deliver (preserve) thee from the snare of the fowler (entangled, elsewhere by implication = demons), and from the noisome (calamity,wickedness,rushing upon) pestilence (destroying plague).

I think we are seeing more and more evidence of demonic attack on people. Here we are promised that the Lord will deliver and preserve us from the entanglement of demons and from the rapidly approaching plague. Whether the plague is a plague of evil spirits or a plague of filth or an actual physical plague that brings physical death, we are promised that the Lord will preserve us from it.