In a saucepan; mix together sugar, cornstarch, and water. Cook over moderate heat for 5 min. stirring constantly until thickened.
1 c. sugar
1 c. water
1 Tbs. cornstarch
Add fruit and simmer 10 min.; stirring occasionally.
2 c. frozen, fruit, thawed (or fresh)
Add butter and stir.
1 Tbs. butter
Remove from heat.
Add 1 tsp. vanilla
Maybe a bit of lemon juice
Can be stored in a container in refrigerator.
Use on your favorite pancakes, oatmeal; ice cream, ect.
Tribute to Annie
I will be sharing with you stories of the power in His word, the power in prayer and letting go, the power in Jesus name, the power in praise, God’s provision, and much more.
When I reflect on my life, it is all about God’s grace and His mercy. I was always insecure and fearful growing up in an unstable, super dysfunctional home. We were very poor, I did not have nice clothes, and I did poorly in school. I was subject to ridicule and humiliation.
My mother was a Baptist; she took us to church, and worked hard struggling to make ends meet for me and my two brothers. She and my father were constantly fighting for he was an alcoholic and abusive to her, eventually she succumbed to alcohol too. Due to an accumulation of tragic events, my mother committed suicide when I was in my twenties.
It was around that time that I had my first encounter with God. I was on my motorcycle in downtown Milwaukee. I suddenly hit gravel as I made a sharp turn. The bike fell on its side and I flew into oncoming heavy traffic. Suddenly, I was picked up by an invisible hand and lifted back onto the bike, in an upright position and back into motion without a scratch. I said, “Thank you, God”, and did not give it another thought.
I married, and had a daughter named Kimberly who had a severe mental disability due to a very botched delivery. We lived in the hippie culture on the East side of Milwaukee, drove a Volkswagen, smoked pot and partied a lot.
My husband left me when I was three months pregnant with my second daughter Sarah, who was normal and healthy. He took off with another woman. The cupboards were bare; the ribs on my body were visible. I had no job, no money, no rent, no real friends, nothing.
Kimberly’s behavior was out of control due to her condition. My life was out of control from day one. I decided to commit suicide while I was pregnant. I couldn’t bare bringing another child into the world while in my circumstances. In utter despair, I went to the lakefront and sat on a bench to pray. “God if you are real, reveal yourself to me because I am going to take my life!” I heard an audible voice telling me about Jesus Christ. I don’t remember all the words but I do remember the incredible presence of love that enveloped me.
A woman came to me and said, “There is a light all around you!” God’s presence stayed for several months. At times my feet felt as though they weren’t on the ground. He taught me Scripture because I did not have a Bible. A time came though that He lifted His presence. I cried and cried saying why?? And He answered back, “the just shall live by faith.” So I began a long difficult journey.
I prayed in another language called “speaking in tongues” and wanted to meet other Christians. I learned of a Charismatic prayer meeting in my neighborhood and went; it was so crowded. At the end, a lady came to me and said she was moving to Florida and could I use some food. The next day she delivered a van full of groceries and an envelope of money. In it was enough for my rent, and more.
I lived on the second floor in a four family house. There was an extensive power outage that covered my area one night. Of course, everyone in my house was in the dark, except me. God knew I was afraid of the dark so my light stayed on.
One bitterly cold winter night, the furnace broke down. All four apartments in the house relied on that furnace to pump heat through our vents. It was the weekend and the landlord couldn’t get it repaired until Monday. All of the tenants were in the basement banging on it, but nothing happened. When I went upstairs I felt heat pouring through my vents while nobody else did. I was never cold.
I unplugged the phone cord one day and threw it on the floor because I did not want to talk to anyone. Well, I nearly freaked when the phone rang and I talked with the person who called. I think I heard the Lord laugh when He said, “nothing is impossible with Me.”
I didn’t own an umbrella so when I went out in the pouring rain it would stop and when I came back inside it started pouring again.
Being that I was a single mom, pregnant and with a young daughter with a disability, I went on welfare. It was a humiliating, degrading experience. Yet, I tithed my welfare check and never lacked for anything. One time I prayed for two hundred dollars because I wanted to bless others at Christmas. I went to the mailbox that day and found $200 in an unmarked envelope. These are just a few stories of the many that I have experienced regarding His provision.
When Kimberly was 6 or 7 years old I prayed for her healing. She couldn’t understand words because the sounds she heard were all jumbled due to the auditory disability she sustained at birth. She attended a school for mentally challenged kids; they said she had one of the worst disabilities they had ever seen because she could not communicate. A team of specialist’s worked with her and they agreed that Kimberly would never go to normal school or high school. She had temper tantrums, was very moody, and the kids in the neighborhood made fun of her. Because her daddy was gone, she would sit by the window waiting for him to come home, but, he was not coming home.
I asked the Lord to heal her so that her life would be easier and so would mine. I heard him say, “Won’t you accept her the way she is?” I answered “I am sorry Lord, if this is what you want, I will accept it. I trust in you, and I let go!” The next week I got a call from Kimberly’s teacher who said, “Something has happened, Kimberly understands everything!” She went on to a school for the gifted and talented, and graduated from college with a degree in journalism. God healed her mind but I needed Him also to show Himself to her as the Father because her earthly father left.
The night that I prayed, she came running out of her room shouting, “Mommy, mommy, I just saw Jesus! I asked “what did He look like, Kimberly?” She answered, “His face was as bright as the sun and His eyes looked like love. He had on a white blouse and white skirt, a gold belt and He wore sandals. He did not have hands like you and me, for He had holes in them. He said to me, Kimberly, I love you and I will never leave you, then He went through the wall.”
The next day my landlord knocked on my door and told me my daughter was telling everyone she saw Jesus. There is power in prayer and letting go.
I have a poem called, “Broken Dreams” that I’d like to read, the author is unknown:
Broken Dreams
As children bring their broken toys with tears for us to mend,
I brought my broken dreams to God
Because He was my friend.
But then instead of leaving Him in peace to work alone,
I hung around and tried to help
With ways that were my own.
At last I snatched them back and cried,
“How could You be so slow”
“My child,” He said,“What could I do?
You never did let go.”
I taught my daughters to call out to Jesus if ever in trouble. Kimberly was in our back alley when an enormous white dog lunged at her in the air while bearing its teeth. She screamed, “Jesus!” and suddenly the dog dropped to the ground yelping and ran the other way. The name of the Lord is a strong tower and the righteous run into it and is safe (Proverbs 18:10 ).
There is protection in the name of Jesus and there is power in praise! This leads me to my next story. I was sitting on my bed with my back against the wall while I was talking to G-d, when suddenly appearing in the right corner of the room was a gigantic figure all draped in a black hooded cape garment. He was as tall as the ceiling with yellow beady eyes; I knew it was satan himself! As he started towards me, there appeared an enormous ball of light on the left side of the wall by the bed. The light left the wall, and traveled in front of me then went out making the room very dark. That evil figure moved closer and closer. I then heard the Lord’s audible voice saying “Praise Me!” I answered: “If I praise you I will be doing it out of fear!” “Praise Me anyway,” He repeated, so I frantically said, “I praise you Jesus, I praise you Jesus, I praise you Jesus!” The evil figure shrank to the ground and turned into a small whining black animal on a chain and ran through the wall. The Lord then spoke: “I inhabit the praises of my people even if they praise me in fear.”
While on this journey, I backslid. I did not like the lack of mercy in Christianity. I heard a lot of talk about love but saw very little of it. I knew some who spoke in tongues and had the powerful gifts but still lacked love and had no fruit. Due to the cruel judgment that I experienced from His born-again believers, I was made to feel rejected by the Creator Himself. It seemed to me that I received more acceptance and love from the unbeliever than from the believer.
My heart broke for myself and for others like me: outcasts, the rejected who have no place to go, and no family earthly or in the body of Christ : we don’t belong to either. I went back to the party lifestyle were I was accepted and drowned my sorrows in the bottle. I did not like myself, hate would be more accurate. I saw myself through other’s eyes for there seemed to be no hope for me.
As strange as this all sounds, while I was high on drugs, I witnessed a lot about my Saviour and saw them moved by the Holy Spirit. I learned the Savior can work though anyone in any situations!
I waited for eight years for my husband to come back, he never did, and then we finally divorced. Another rejection in my life! I did marry again after having lived with the man for four years and having a daughter by him named Johanna. When I was three months pregnant with her, it was discovered that I had a large tumor on my ovary the size of a grapefruit. It had to come out immediately because it could burst. I was informed that I would spontaneously miscarry because no baby could survive this kind of operation. Well, she did survive but I would need a series of ultra sounds. I had eight and it was determined that I was carrying a child with multiple deformities. I was advised to get an abortion. I said: “No, she is in Gods hands.” Two weeks before her birth the strong presence of the Lord came to me as I laid on the bedroom floor wailing with grief. He held me tightly in His arms saying: “Yea, this child is not normal but I will heal her”. We named her Johanna and I later learned that her name means God’s gracious gift. Johanna is a beautiful, very normal, vibrant college student.
Another healing that I consider having a vital message is the healing of my back. I was literally crippled and in excruciating pain. My nerves were pinched and the slightest movement was agonizing. This went on for a long time. I went to healing services, had the devil rebuked from me, fasted, and went to chiropractors.
Nothing worked. My friends cried when they saw me. I was lying in bed in agony when I cried out, “Lord, if I can best serve you from this bed of illness I will accept it; I want you Lord more than I want the healing”. It was then that the presence of the Lord came into my room. I leaped out of bed and ran down our driveway rejoicing in the Lord.
Earlier, I spoke about my mother taking her life. There were Christians who stated as fact that she was in hell. This story is one of hope for those who have experienced this tragedy. It was during the day time that I was on the phone with a friend. She was one of those who flatly stated those awful words. In our conversation she said that we had to pray about my mother because I needed emotional healing. Shortly after we began, she started crying and shouting, “I see your mother standing next to Jesus.” It was then that the vision was given to me as well. Heaven opened up in my living room and Jesus said that I could not talk with her but that He would give me her words, they were words about me that only I would have known, like her pet name for me. She was so beautiful and radiant and smiled and then the vision ended.
I need to finish but I have an important message that I am making very short to emphasis the power in His word.. One of my daughters left Wisconsin for Colorado with a guy with whom she later found out had given his soul to satan and was heavily into hallucinatory LSD type drugs. She was given drugs and under his control. It was a terrifying nightmare. I proclaimed God’s word over her. “Though hand, join in hand, the wicked will not go unpunished but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.” (Proverbs 11:21). Shortly after, she was free.
I am going to end this with a bang. A few winters ago I was stranded in a fierce snowstorm. I was in my car and it was late at night. I had no visibility, white out conditions, thick fog, and heavy snow falling. My car was at a stand still on a deserted county road. I had no idea where I was and I had to stay warm on this freezing night so I kept the motor running. Suddenly, I was air borne; the wheels were not touching the road. I was flying! My comment to God was; “Far out!” His angels took me safely home.
Matthew 19:26 With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
Luke 1:37 For with God nothing shall be impossible!
To end, I would like to read the words of a song composed by Andrae Crouch called “Through it all.”
Through it all
I’ve had many tears and sorrow,
I’ve had questions for tomorrow;
There’ve been times I didn’t know right from wrong
But in ev’ry situation, God gave blessed consolation
That my trials come to only make me strong.
I’ve been to lots of places,
And I’ve seen a lot of faces;
There’ve been times I felt so all alone,
But in my lonely hours,
Yes, those precious, lonely hours
Jesus let me know that I was His own.
I thank God for the mountains
And I thank Him for the valleys.
I thank Him for the storms He brought me through,
For if I’d never had a problem
I wouldn’t know that He could solve them,
I’d never know what faith in God could do.
Through it all, through it all,
Oh, I’ve learned to trust in Jesus ,
I’ve learned to trust in God.
Through it all, through it all,
I’ve learned to depend upon His Word.
To God be the glory!!
Ann Schulte
I’M FREE
Don’t grieve for me, for now I am free;
I am following the path God laid you see.
I took His hand when I heard His call,
I turned my back and left it all.
I could not stay another day
To laugh, to love, to work or play.
Tasks left undone must stay that way.
I found the peace at the close of day.
If my parting has left a void,
Then fill it with remembered joys -
A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss
Oh yes, these things I too will miss.
Be not burdened with times of sorrow,
I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow.
My life’s been full I have savored much.
Good family & friends, good times, a loved one’s touch.
Perhaps my time seemed all too brief -
Don’t lengthen it now with undue grief.
Lift up your hearts, and peace to thee -
As I go sit at my Masters feet.
Oh death, where is thy sting? Oh grave, where is thy victory?
No more pain, crying, nor sorrow
We are only passing through, heading for home.
My service is done; I’ve run the race.
Pick up my banner and carry on.
Sing a new song full of praise.
Father wants me now; He has set me free!
I have waited all my life for this day –
now rejoice with me for I am finally going home!
Annie 5/11/44 - 5/20/2013
When I reflect on my life, it is all about God’s grace and His mercy. I was always insecure and fearful growing up in an unstable, super dysfunctional home. We were very poor, I did not have nice clothes, and I did poorly in school. I was subject to ridicule and humiliation.
My mother was a Baptist; she took us to church, and worked hard struggling to make ends meet for me and my two brothers. She and my father were constantly fighting for he was an alcoholic and abusive to her, eventually she succumbed to alcohol too. Due to an accumulation of tragic events, my mother committed suicide when I was in my twenties.
It was around that time that I had my first encounter with God. I was on my motorcycle in downtown Milwaukee. I suddenly hit gravel as I made a sharp turn. The bike fell on its side and I flew into oncoming heavy traffic. Suddenly, I was picked up by an invisible hand and lifted back onto the bike, in an upright position and back into motion without a scratch. I said, “Thank you, God”, and did not give it another thought.
I married, and had a daughter named Kimberly who had a severe mental disability due to a very botched delivery. We lived in the hippie culture on the East side of Milwaukee, drove a Volkswagen, smoked pot and partied a lot.
My husband left me when I was three months pregnant with my second daughter Sarah, who was normal and healthy. He took off with another woman. The cupboards were bare; the ribs on my body were visible. I had no job, no money, no rent, no real friends, nothing.
Kimberly’s behavior was out of control due to her condition. My life was out of control from day one. I decided to commit suicide while I was pregnant. I couldn’t bare bringing another child into the world while in my circumstances. In utter despair, I went to the lakefront and sat on a bench to pray. “God if you are real, reveal yourself to me because I am going to take my life!” I heard an audible voice telling me about Jesus Christ. I don’t remember all the words but I do remember the incredible presence of love that enveloped me.
A woman came to me and said, “There is a light all around you!” God’s presence stayed for several months. At times my feet felt as though they weren’t on the ground. He taught me Scripture because I did not have a Bible. A time came though that He lifted His presence. I cried and cried saying why?? And He answered back, “the just shall live by faith.” So I began a long difficult journey.
I prayed in another language called “speaking in tongues” and wanted to meet other Christians. I learned of a Charismatic prayer meeting in my neighborhood and went; it was so crowded. At the end, a lady came to me and said she was moving to Florida and could I use some food. The next day she delivered a van full of groceries and an envelope of money. In it was enough for my rent, and more.
I lived on the second floor in a four family house. There was an extensive power outage that covered my area one night. Of course, everyone in my house was in the dark, except me. God knew I was afraid of the dark so my light stayed on.
One bitterly cold winter night, the furnace broke down. All four apartments in the house relied on that furnace to pump heat through our vents. It was the weekend and the landlord couldn’t get it repaired until Monday. All of the tenants were in the basement banging on it, but nothing happened. When I went upstairs I felt heat pouring through my vents while nobody else did. I was never cold.
I unplugged the phone cord one day and threw it on the floor because I did not want to talk to anyone. Well, I nearly freaked when the phone rang and I talked with the person who called. I think I heard the Lord laugh when He said, “nothing is impossible with Me.”
I didn’t own an umbrella so when I went out in the pouring rain it would stop and when I came back inside it started pouring again.
Being that I was a single mom, pregnant and with a young daughter with a disability, I went on welfare. It was a humiliating, degrading experience. Yet, I tithed my welfare check and never lacked for anything. One time I prayed for two hundred dollars because I wanted to bless others at Christmas. I went to the mailbox that day and found $200 in an unmarked envelope. These are just a few stories of the many that I have experienced regarding His provision.
When Kimberly was 6 or 7 years old I prayed for her healing. She couldn’t understand words because the sounds she heard were all jumbled due to the auditory disability she sustained at birth. She attended a school for mentally challenged kids; they said she had one of the worst disabilities they had ever seen because she could not communicate. A team of specialist’s worked with her and they agreed that Kimberly would never go to normal school or high school. She had temper tantrums, was very moody, and the kids in the neighborhood made fun of her. Because her daddy was gone, she would sit by the window waiting for him to come home, but, he was not coming home.
I asked the Lord to heal her so that her life would be easier and so would mine. I heard him say, “Won’t you accept her the way she is?” I answered “I am sorry Lord, if this is what you want, I will accept it. I trust in you, and I let go!” The next week I got a call from Kimberly’s teacher who said, “Something has happened, Kimberly understands everything!” She went on to a school for the gifted and talented, and graduated from college with a degree in journalism. God healed her mind but I needed Him also to show Himself to her as the Father because her earthly father left.
The night that I prayed, she came running out of her room shouting, “Mommy, mommy, I just saw Jesus! I asked “what did He look like, Kimberly?” She answered, “His face was as bright as the sun and His eyes looked like love. He had on a white blouse and white skirt, a gold belt and He wore sandals. He did not have hands like you and me, for He had holes in them. He said to me, Kimberly, I love you and I will never leave you, then He went through the wall.”
The next day my landlord knocked on my door and told me my daughter was telling everyone she saw Jesus. There is power in prayer and letting go.
I have a poem called, “Broken Dreams” that I’d like to read, the author is unknown:
Broken Dreams
As children bring their broken toys with tears for us to mend,
I brought my broken dreams to God
Because He was my friend.
But then instead of leaving Him in peace to work alone,
I hung around and tried to help
With ways that were my own.
At last I snatched them back and cried,
“How could You be so slow”
“My child,” He said,“What could I do?
You never did let go.”
I taught my daughters to call out to Jesus if ever in trouble. Kimberly was in our back alley when an enormous white dog lunged at her in the air while bearing its teeth. She screamed, “Jesus!” and suddenly the dog dropped to the ground yelping and ran the other way. The name of the Lord is a strong tower and the righteous run into it and is safe (Proverbs 18:10 ).
There is protection in the name of Jesus and there is power in praise! This leads me to my next story. I was sitting on my bed with my back against the wall while I was talking to G-d, when suddenly appearing in the right corner of the room was a gigantic figure all draped in a black hooded cape garment. He was as tall as the ceiling with yellow beady eyes; I knew it was satan himself! As he started towards me, there appeared an enormous ball of light on the left side of the wall by the bed. The light left the wall, and traveled in front of me then went out making the room very dark. That evil figure moved closer and closer. I then heard the Lord’s audible voice saying “Praise Me!” I answered: “If I praise you I will be doing it out of fear!” “Praise Me anyway,” He repeated, so I frantically said, “I praise you Jesus, I praise you Jesus, I praise you Jesus!” The evil figure shrank to the ground and turned into a small whining black animal on a chain and ran through the wall. The Lord then spoke: “I inhabit the praises of my people even if they praise me in fear.”
While on this journey, I backslid. I did not like the lack of mercy in Christianity. I heard a lot of talk about love but saw very little of it. I knew some who spoke in tongues and had the powerful gifts but still lacked love and had no fruit. Due to the cruel judgment that I experienced from His born-again believers, I was made to feel rejected by the Creator Himself. It seemed to me that I received more acceptance and love from the unbeliever than from the believer.
My heart broke for myself and for others like me: outcasts, the rejected who have no place to go, and no family earthly or in the body of Christ : we don’t belong to either. I went back to the party lifestyle were I was accepted and drowned my sorrows in the bottle. I did not like myself, hate would be more accurate. I saw myself through other’s eyes for there seemed to be no hope for me.
As strange as this all sounds, while I was high on drugs, I witnessed a lot about my Saviour and saw them moved by the Holy Spirit. I learned the Savior can work though anyone in any situations!
I waited for eight years for my husband to come back, he never did, and then we finally divorced. Another rejection in my life! I did marry again after having lived with the man for four years and having a daughter by him named Johanna. When I was three months pregnant with her, it was discovered that I had a large tumor on my ovary the size of a grapefruit. It had to come out immediately because it could burst. I was informed that I would spontaneously miscarry because no baby could survive this kind of operation. Well, she did survive but I would need a series of ultra sounds. I had eight and it was determined that I was carrying a child with multiple deformities. I was advised to get an abortion. I said: “No, she is in Gods hands.” Two weeks before her birth the strong presence of the Lord came to me as I laid on the bedroom floor wailing with grief. He held me tightly in His arms saying: “Yea, this child is not normal but I will heal her”. We named her Johanna and I later learned that her name means God’s gracious gift. Johanna is a beautiful, very normal, vibrant college student.
Another healing that I consider having a vital message is the healing of my back. I was literally crippled and in excruciating pain. My nerves were pinched and the slightest movement was agonizing. This went on for a long time. I went to healing services, had the devil rebuked from me, fasted, and went to chiropractors.
Nothing worked. My friends cried when they saw me. I was lying in bed in agony when I cried out, “Lord, if I can best serve you from this bed of illness I will accept it; I want you Lord more than I want the healing”. It was then that the presence of the Lord came into my room. I leaped out of bed and ran down our driveway rejoicing in the Lord.
Earlier, I spoke about my mother taking her life. There were Christians who stated as fact that she was in hell. This story is one of hope for those who have experienced this tragedy. It was during the day time that I was on the phone with a friend. She was one of those who flatly stated those awful words. In our conversation she said that we had to pray about my mother because I needed emotional healing. Shortly after we began, she started crying and shouting, “I see your mother standing next to Jesus.” It was then that the vision was given to me as well. Heaven opened up in my living room and Jesus said that I could not talk with her but that He would give me her words, they were words about me that only I would have known, like her pet name for me. She was so beautiful and radiant and smiled and then the vision ended.
I need to finish but I have an important message that I am making very short to emphasis the power in His word.. One of my daughters left Wisconsin for Colorado with a guy with whom she later found out had given his soul to satan and was heavily into hallucinatory LSD type drugs. She was given drugs and under his control. It was a terrifying nightmare. I proclaimed God’s word over her. “Though hand, join in hand, the wicked will not go unpunished but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.” (Proverbs 11:21). Shortly after, she was free.
I am going to end this with a bang. A few winters ago I was stranded in a fierce snowstorm. I was in my car and it was late at night. I had no visibility, white out conditions, thick fog, and heavy snow falling. My car was at a stand still on a deserted county road. I had no idea where I was and I had to stay warm on this freezing night so I kept the motor running. Suddenly, I was air borne; the wheels were not touching the road. I was flying! My comment to God was; “Far out!” His angels took me safely home.
Matthew 19:26 With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
Luke 1:37 For with God nothing shall be impossible!
To end, I would like to read the words of a song composed by Andrae Crouch called “Through it all.”
Through it all
I’ve had many tears and sorrow,
I’ve had questions for tomorrow;
There’ve been times I didn’t know right from wrong
But in ev’ry situation, God gave blessed consolation
That my trials come to only make me strong.
I’ve been to lots of places,
And I’ve seen a lot of faces;
There’ve been times I felt so all alone,
But in my lonely hours,
Yes, those precious, lonely hours
Jesus let me know that I was His own.
I thank God for the mountains
And I thank Him for the valleys.
I thank Him for the storms He brought me through,
For if I’d never had a problem
I wouldn’t know that He could solve them,
I’d never know what faith in God could do.
Through it all, through it all,
Oh, I’ve learned to trust in Jesus ,
I’ve learned to trust in God.
Through it all, through it all,
I’ve learned to depend upon His Word.
To God be the glory!!
Ann Schulte
I’M FREE
Don’t grieve for me, for now I am free;
I am following the path God laid you see.
I took His hand when I heard His call,
I turned my back and left it all.
I could not stay another day
To laugh, to love, to work or play.
Tasks left undone must stay that way.
I found the peace at the close of day.
If my parting has left a void,
Then fill it with remembered joys -
A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss
Oh yes, these things I too will miss.
Be not burdened with times of sorrow,
I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow.
My life’s been full I have savored much.
Good family & friends, good times, a loved one’s touch.
Perhaps my time seemed all too brief -
Don’t lengthen it now with undue grief.
Lift up your hearts, and peace to thee -
As I go sit at my Masters feet.
Oh death, where is thy sting? Oh grave, where is thy victory?
No more pain, crying, nor sorrow
We are only passing through, heading for home.
My service is done; I’ve run the race.
Pick up my banner and carry on.
Sing a new song full of praise.
Father wants me now; He has set me free!
I have waited all my life for this day –
now rejoice with me for I am finally going home!
Annie 5/11/44 - 5/20/2013
Mosquito Trap
Items needed:
1 cup of water
1/4 cup of brown sugar
1 gram of yeast
1 2-liter bottle
HOW:
1. Cut the plastic bottle in half.
2. Mix brown sugar with hot water. Let cool. When cold, pour in the bottom half of the bottle.
3. Add the yeast. No need to mix. It creates carbon dioxide, which attracts mosquitoes.
4. Place the funnel part, upside down, into the other half of the bottle, taping them together if desired.
5. Wrap the bottle with something black, leaving the top uncovered, and place it outside in an area away from your normal gathering area. (Mosquitoes are also drawn to the color black.)
Change the solution every 2 weeks for continuous control.
1 cup of water
1/4 cup of brown sugar
1 gram of yeast
1 2-liter bottle
HOW:
1. Cut the plastic bottle in half.
2. Mix brown sugar with hot water. Let cool. When cold, pour in the bottom half of the bottle.
3. Add the yeast. No need to mix. It creates carbon dioxide, which attracts mosquitoes.
4. Place the funnel part, upside down, into the other half of the bottle, taping them together if desired.
5. Wrap the bottle with something black, leaving the top uncovered, and place it outside in an area away from your normal gathering area. (Mosquitoes are also drawn to the color black.)
Change the solution every 2 weeks for continuous control.
Sighings of the Prisoners
[Ps. 79: 1] O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
[4] We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
Asaph, of the tribe of Korah, was worried about his forefather’s rebellion against Moses. Korah had been swallowed by an earthquake (Num. 16:31-33). Upon learning that the Temple would someday be destroyed and its gates swallowed beneath the Temple Mount, he rejoiced, and wrote this psalm in hopes that whoever descends into the bowels of the earth to retrieve the gates will also raise his father. The psalm rehearses the exiles of Israel, giving the real reason for Gentile oppression. The nations had directed all their hatred at the place where G-d had chosen to dwell among His people. All persecution of Jews is in reality as attempt to rid the planet of Israel’s
G-d.
All Jewish hearts long for the day when the Temple will be rebuilt and the shekinah returns. They wait. Years turn into centuries. The Egyptian exile lasted 210 years. The Babylon exile was concluded after 70 years. But this Roman exile has continued until century. When will it end?
[5] How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
Back in their land, in 1979, Israel waited for a sign from heaven that G-d will redeem Israel – that their national identity would be recognized by their cousins, the Arabs, and that they can proceed with plans for reviving Temple worship. And it came! Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin signed an historic peace treaty on the White House lawn in Washington D.C. The ranks of Arab solidarity were broken. Israel was at last recognized by an Arab neighbor. The world was moving closer to the predicted last Great War. G-d is about to pout out His wrath upon a wicked and sinful world.
[6] Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.
An important step toward the day of vengeance (Isa. 61:2) occurred with the signing of the treaty. Sinai would be given back to Egypt. Israel’s attention would then be focused on the north. The PLO in Lebanon would be their next target. Syria would push for war. A Russian invasion must be anticipated. But through the rough years ahead, Israel will not forget the promise that the Messiah will appear to save the day and set up His kingdom. This verse is a request for G-d to pour the vials of His wrath upon the nations. The seven vials (bowls or cups) are explained in Rev. 16.
[11] Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;
Early in January of 1979 the Israeli Parliament voted to accept 100 Vietnamese refugees. Within three weeks 101 boat people arrived in Israel. In October, another 197 destitute Vietnamese were resettled. It seems that the tiny nation of Israel heard the sighings of the prisoner.
In March, seventy-six Palestinian terrorists were exchanged for only one Israeli soldier. One month later, the Soviets unexpectedly relaxed seven Soviet Jewish Prisoners of Zion. Meanwhile in New York more than 100,000 Jews turned out for Solidarity Sunday in a march urging the release of Soviet Jewry. It seems that 1979 was a year to attend to the sighing of the prisoner.
[12] And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
This could be a reference to the future seven years of Tribulation, which, if allowed to continue any longer,…there should no flesh be saved: (Matt. 24:22),
[13] So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.
This verse alludes to the reign of the Messiah. He will save the world from destruction at the conclusion of those seven dreadful years, set up His kingdom and rule over the earth for a thousand years. Jerusalem will be His capital, and Israel will be set at the head of the nations. Grateful Israel will show forth His praises to each succeeding generation.
[4] We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
Asaph, of the tribe of Korah, was worried about his forefather’s rebellion against Moses. Korah had been swallowed by an earthquake (Num. 16:31-33). Upon learning that the Temple would someday be destroyed and its gates swallowed beneath the Temple Mount, he rejoiced, and wrote this psalm in hopes that whoever descends into the bowels of the earth to retrieve the gates will also raise his father. The psalm rehearses the exiles of Israel, giving the real reason for Gentile oppression. The nations had directed all their hatred at the place where G-d had chosen to dwell among His people. All persecution of Jews is in reality as attempt to rid the planet of Israel’s
G-d.
All Jewish hearts long for the day when the Temple will be rebuilt and the shekinah returns. They wait. Years turn into centuries. The Egyptian exile lasted 210 years. The Babylon exile was concluded after 70 years. But this Roman exile has continued until century. When will it end?
[5] How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
Back in their land, in 1979, Israel waited for a sign from heaven that G-d will redeem Israel – that their national identity would be recognized by their cousins, the Arabs, and that they can proceed with plans for reviving Temple worship. And it came! Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin signed an historic peace treaty on the White House lawn in Washington D.C. The ranks of Arab solidarity were broken. Israel was at last recognized by an Arab neighbor. The world was moving closer to the predicted last Great War. G-d is about to pout out His wrath upon a wicked and sinful world.
[6] Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.
An important step toward the day of vengeance (Isa. 61:2) occurred with the signing of the treaty. Sinai would be given back to Egypt. Israel’s attention would then be focused on the north. The PLO in Lebanon would be their next target. Syria would push for war. A Russian invasion must be anticipated. But through the rough years ahead, Israel will not forget the promise that the Messiah will appear to save the day and set up His kingdom. This verse is a request for G-d to pour the vials of His wrath upon the nations. The seven vials (bowls or cups) are explained in Rev. 16.
[11] Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;
Early in January of 1979 the Israeli Parliament voted to accept 100 Vietnamese refugees. Within three weeks 101 boat people arrived in Israel. In October, another 197 destitute Vietnamese were resettled. It seems that the tiny nation of Israel heard the sighings of the prisoner.
In March, seventy-six Palestinian terrorists were exchanged for only one Israeli soldier. One month later, the Soviets unexpectedly relaxed seven Soviet Jewish Prisoners of Zion. Meanwhile in New York more than 100,000 Jews turned out for Solidarity Sunday in a march urging the release of Soviet Jewry. It seems that 1979 was a year to attend to the sighing of the prisoner.
[12] And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
This could be a reference to the future seven years of Tribulation, which, if allowed to continue any longer,…there should no flesh be saved: (Matt. 24:22),
[13] So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.
This verse alludes to the reign of the Messiah. He will save the world from destruction at the conclusion of those seven dreadful years, set up His kingdom and rule over the earth for a thousand years. Jerusalem will be His capital, and Israel will be set at the head of the nations. Grateful Israel will show forth His praises to each succeeding generation.
Dark Sayings of Old
[Ps. 78:1] Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
[2] I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
A reference to the Song of Moses appears – in this 30th psalm following the birth of Israel in Psalm 48. In Jewish custom, the age of 30 represents full maturity. The Song of Moses is alluded to in Psalm 49 just after the birth of the nation and again in Psalm 78 when the nation reaches full maturity at age 30. Psalm 78 appears to be a guidepost along the way that leads to the conclusion of the prophecies in the rest of the Song of Moses (Psalms 90-100).
The Temple Scroll was among the first eight scrolls found in the Qumran cave in 1947, but was hidden away by its Arab owner. It was recovered in 1967, turn over to Yigael Yadin, son of Professor Suenek (the man who bought the first set of scrolls in 1947). The Temple Scroll was carefully preserved and studied over the next 10 years. A Hebrew commentary was published in 1978. Could that be why a reference is given in Psalm 78 about dark saying of old? The Temple Scroll contains information for the establishment of Temple worship, and fits perfectly the modern Leviticus Period, which began in 1973, corresponding with the Leviticus Psalms.
[4] We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
[6] That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
What generation would have the dark sayings open up? The answer lies in the birth of the nation of Israel in 1948. That must surely be the generation referred to here. May we also remember that Y’Shua said, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled in Matt. 24:34.
On the political front, negotiations with Egypt continued throughout 1978. they were long and difficult. It seemed at times there would be no peace. It was such an important year for Israel’s talks with Egypt that it seems, in Psalms 78, that the L-rd spent a full seventy-two verses on the subject.
[12] Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
As G-d performed those great miracles of the past, so it was in 1978. Israel had the opportunity to be part of another miracle – a modern miracle! The message seemed to be, “Don’t miss this chance. Don’t turn your backs on what G-d is doing for you in 1978.
[60] So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;
The goal of this generation should be to restore Temple worship. The prophetic admonition seems to be for Israel not to jeopardize the future by refusing peace with Egypt.
[62] He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.
On March 11, 1978, Arab terrorists infiltrated from the sea. They commandeer a passenger laden bus and sped along the Haifa-Tel Aviv highway shooting and killing at random. Then they exploded the vehicle. In all, thirty-seven Israelis were murdered and eighty two wounded. Four days later Israel began Operation Litani. Israeli Defense Forces swept into Southern Lebanon and cleared a narrow zig-zag security belt driving out PLO terrorist. Up to that time Palestinian guerrillas had been within sight of Northern Israeli villages and made life miserable along the border. Also, Golda Meir died at the age of 80 in December, 1978.
[2] I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
A reference to the Song of Moses appears – in this 30th psalm following the birth of Israel in Psalm 48. In Jewish custom, the age of 30 represents full maturity. The Song of Moses is alluded to in Psalm 49 just after the birth of the nation and again in Psalm 78 when the nation reaches full maturity at age 30. Psalm 78 appears to be a guidepost along the way that leads to the conclusion of the prophecies in the rest of the Song of Moses (Psalms 90-100).
The Temple Scroll was among the first eight scrolls found in the Qumran cave in 1947, but was hidden away by its Arab owner. It was recovered in 1967, turn over to Yigael Yadin, son of Professor Suenek (the man who bought the first set of scrolls in 1947). The Temple Scroll was carefully preserved and studied over the next 10 years. A Hebrew commentary was published in 1978. Could that be why a reference is given in Psalm 78 about dark saying of old? The Temple Scroll contains information for the establishment of Temple worship, and fits perfectly the modern Leviticus Period, which began in 1973, corresponding with the Leviticus Psalms.
[4] We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
[6] That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
What generation would have the dark sayings open up? The answer lies in the birth of the nation of Israel in 1948. That must surely be the generation referred to here. May we also remember that Y’Shua said, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled in Matt. 24:34.
On the political front, negotiations with Egypt continued throughout 1978. they were long and difficult. It seemed at times there would be no peace. It was such an important year for Israel’s talks with Egypt that it seems, in Psalms 78, that the L-rd spent a full seventy-two verses on the subject.
[12] Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
As G-d performed those great miracles of the past, so it was in 1978. Israel had the opportunity to be part of another miracle – a modern miracle! The message seemed to be, “Don’t miss this chance. Don’t turn your backs on what G-d is doing for you in 1978.
[60] So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;
The goal of this generation should be to restore Temple worship. The prophetic admonition seems to be for Israel not to jeopardize the future by refusing peace with Egypt.
[62] He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.
On March 11, 1978, Arab terrorists infiltrated from the sea. They commandeer a passenger laden bus and sped along the Haifa-Tel Aviv highway shooting and killing at random. Then they exploded the vehicle. In all, thirty-seven Israelis were murdered and eighty two wounded. Four days later Israel began Operation Litani. Israeli Defense Forces swept into Southern Lebanon and cleared a narrow zig-zag security belt driving out PLO terrorist. Up to that time Palestinian guerrillas had been within sight of Northern Israeli villages and made life miserable along the border. Also, Golda Meir died at the age of 80 in December, 1978.
Days of old
[Psalm 77:5] I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
It was in 1977 when Egyptian President Anwar Sadat expressed an unprecedented desire for peace. Menachem Begin, who had just become Prime Minister of Israel, extended the invitation for the Egyptian leader to do just that. On November 19, 1977, Egypt’s presidential plane touched the runway in Tel Aviv. It was an historic occasion of monumental proportions. Both leaders could have met the criteria of this verse, ‘I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times. Israel’s confrontation with Egypt is the theme of the psalm. According to rabbinic scholars the psalm reaches back to note how G-d delivered Israel out of their first exile, only to ignore them in their last exile. The prophet-psalmist wonders why G-d does not perform miracles to help them now?
[7] Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?
[8] Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?
[9] Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
[10] And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.
As commenced, the Jewish people could fit the description of these verses. A gloom had spread over Israel after the Yom Kippur War. It had left them with a bleak future. They were disappointed in their government. Political unrest had brought the Likud party to power with Meachem Begin at the hem. It was time for a change. The socialist philosophy of Begin’s predecessors was blamed for the instability of the nation. A strong democratic prime minister would be given a chance to bring the county out of the doldrums.
In 1977, G-d came through with a spectacular miracles! The pharaoh wants peace! No longer is his heard hardened. He walks into the midst of Israel’s leaders, takes the platform, and talks of treaties.
This same question is addressed by Paul in Romans 11:1: ‘Hath G-d cast away his people? G-d forbid.’ Verse 11: ‘I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? G-d forbid.’ History bears out the fact of Israel’s longest exile, but Paul predicted the day when Israel would be received again. The Jew is not forever forsaken. Reconciliation will come when the fullness of the Gentile be come in Rom. 11:25.
We are fast approaching that time. Since 1948 we have been in the transition period. The last Gentile convert will soon be redeemed. At that time, G-d will renew His covenant with Israel. The Creator is already moving on behalf of Israel, for she is His bride. He has endowed their politicians with vision. He has crowned their scientific minds with inventions undreamed of a century ago. ‘Thou are the G-d that doest wonders….V. 14.
It was in 1977 when Egyptian President Anwar Sadat expressed an unprecedented desire for peace. Menachem Begin, who had just become Prime Minister of Israel, extended the invitation for the Egyptian leader to do just that. On November 19, 1977, Egypt’s presidential plane touched the runway in Tel Aviv. It was an historic occasion of monumental proportions. Both leaders could have met the criteria of this verse, ‘I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times. Israel’s confrontation with Egypt is the theme of the psalm. According to rabbinic scholars the psalm reaches back to note how G-d delivered Israel out of their first exile, only to ignore them in their last exile. The prophet-psalmist wonders why G-d does not perform miracles to help them now?
[7] Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?
[8] Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?
[9] Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
[10] And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.
As commenced, the Jewish people could fit the description of these verses. A gloom had spread over Israel after the Yom Kippur War. It had left them with a bleak future. They were disappointed in their government. Political unrest had brought the Likud party to power with Meachem Begin at the hem. It was time for a change. The socialist philosophy of Begin’s predecessors was blamed for the instability of the nation. A strong democratic prime minister would be given a chance to bring the county out of the doldrums.
In 1977, G-d came through with a spectacular miracles! The pharaoh wants peace! No longer is his heard hardened. He walks into the midst of Israel’s leaders, takes the platform, and talks of treaties.
This same question is addressed by Paul in Romans 11:1: ‘Hath G-d cast away his people? G-d forbid.’ Verse 11: ‘I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? G-d forbid.’ History bears out the fact of Israel’s longest exile, but Paul predicted the day when Israel would be received again. The Jew is not forever forsaken. Reconciliation will come when the fullness of the Gentile be come in Rom. 11:25.
We are fast approaching that time. Since 1948 we have been in the transition period. The last Gentile convert will soon be redeemed. At that time, G-d will renew His covenant with Israel. The Creator is already moving on behalf of Israel, for she is His bride. He has endowed their politicians with vision. He has crowned their scientific minds with inventions undreamed of a century ago. ‘Thou are the G-d that doest wonders….V. 14.
Wrath of man
[76:10] Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
[11] Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.
The ebb and flow of these psalms seem to be centered on Egypt and its contention with Israel. The wrath of the enemy would soon be turned into a peace initiative. Anwar Sadat, hater of the Jews, would soon come to Jerusalem to speak to the Israeli Knesset. Wrath will be turned into praise.
The entire scenario is predicted in Isaiah 19:21. ‘Egypt shall vow a vow unto L-rd and perform it.’ It compares perfectly with these psalms. In the opening verses Isaiah predicts the political climate in Egypt beginning in 1948, the year Israel was born. In fact, all prophecies of end time events are centered around the birth of Israel. Note the failure of King Farouk and the resulting civil war in Isaiah’s account of verses 2-4: ‘And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbor.’
Gamal Abdel Nasser took power according to verse 4: ‘And the Egyptians will I give into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them.’
The foolish adventure of building the Aswan Dam and its resulting problematic effects on the Nile are recorded in verses 5-8: ‘And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up. And they shall turn the rivers far away.
The Six Day War is described in Isaiah 19:16-18: ‘In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the G-d of hosts, which he shaketh over it. And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt,…In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the G-d of host; and shall be called, The city of destruction.’ Al Arish (city of destruction) was among five cities in the Sinai desert captured and held by the Israelis until the territory was returned under the terms of the peace treaty. The language of Hebrew was spoken in those Egyptian cities from 1973 to 1982.
Anwar Sadat appears to have been the subject of Isaiah 19: 19-21;….’he shall send them a savior, and a great one, and he shall deliver them. The peace treaty is predicted:…the Egyptians shall …vow a vow unto the L-rd, and perform it.’ Sadat’s death was implied in verse 21:…’the Egyptians …shall do sacrifice and oblation.’ Even the tomb of the unknown Warrior (where Sadat was buried) appears in verse 19: ‘In that day shall there be and altar to the L-rd in the midst of the land of Egypt.’ Sadat, the saviour was sacrificed at the altar…in the mist of …Egypt. Furthermore, the highway predicted in verse 23 was made a part of the provisions of the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel. ‘In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria…’ One can now travel by bus from Israel to Egypt.
Step-by-step predictions of events are give in Isaiah 19. But just as amazing are the predictions in the Psalms concerning Egypt as President Anwar Sadat contemplated the possibility of making peace with Israel. Even Talmudic scholars say that Psalms 75 speaks of the final days of Jewish exile and that Psalm 76 continues that theme and describes the War of Gog and Magog ‘which will be waged at the end of the exile. One can be certain that 1976 places us within that time frame – the end of Israel’s exile and the upcoming War of Gog and Magog. That final war has not yet come, but it will. The ebb and flow of these psalms predict it.
Also, there is a rabbinical prediction that the War of Gog and Magog is destined to take place in the month of Tishri (September/October) in conjunction with the Feast of Tabernacles. Therefore, Psalm 76 is designated as the Song of the Day for the first day the Feast of Tabernacles.
[12] He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth.
In December, 1976, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, perhaps the most qualified and brilliant of all Israeli prime ministers to date, was forced to resign due to financial mismanagement. He was the first since King David to master both military and diplomatic portfolios. The Egyptian-Israeli peace initiative took place under Begin’s administration.
[11] Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.
The ebb and flow of these psalms seem to be centered on Egypt and its contention with Israel. The wrath of the enemy would soon be turned into a peace initiative. Anwar Sadat, hater of the Jews, would soon come to Jerusalem to speak to the Israeli Knesset. Wrath will be turned into praise.
The entire scenario is predicted in Isaiah 19:21. ‘Egypt shall vow a vow unto L-rd and perform it.’ It compares perfectly with these psalms. In the opening verses Isaiah predicts the political climate in Egypt beginning in 1948, the year Israel was born. In fact, all prophecies of end time events are centered around the birth of Israel. Note the failure of King Farouk and the resulting civil war in Isaiah’s account of verses 2-4: ‘And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbor.’
Gamal Abdel Nasser took power according to verse 4: ‘And the Egyptians will I give into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them.’
The foolish adventure of building the Aswan Dam and its resulting problematic effects on the Nile are recorded in verses 5-8: ‘And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up. And they shall turn the rivers far away.
The Six Day War is described in Isaiah 19:16-18: ‘In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the G-d of hosts, which he shaketh over it. And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt,…In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the G-d of host; and shall be called, The city of destruction.’ Al Arish (city of destruction) was among five cities in the Sinai desert captured and held by the Israelis until the territory was returned under the terms of the peace treaty. The language of Hebrew was spoken in those Egyptian cities from 1973 to 1982.
Anwar Sadat appears to have been the subject of Isaiah 19: 19-21;….’he shall send them a savior, and a great one, and he shall deliver them. The peace treaty is predicted:…the Egyptians shall …vow a vow unto the L-rd, and perform it.’ Sadat’s death was implied in verse 21:…’the Egyptians …shall do sacrifice and oblation.’ Even the tomb of the unknown Warrior (where Sadat was buried) appears in verse 19: ‘In that day shall there be and altar to the L-rd in the midst of the land of Egypt.’ Sadat, the saviour was sacrificed at the altar…in the mist of …Egypt. Furthermore, the highway predicted in verse 23 was made a part of the provisions of the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel. ‘In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria…’ One can now travel by bus from Israel to Egypt.
Step-by-step predictions of events are give in Isaiah 19. But just as amazing are the predictions in the Psalms concerning Egypt as President Anwar Sadat contemplated the possibility of making peace with Israel. Even Talmudic scholars say that Psalms 75 speaks of the final days of Jewish exile and that Psalm 76 continues that theme and describes the War of Gog and Magog ‘which will be waged at the end of the exile. One can be certain that 1976 places us within that time frame – the end of Israel’s exile and the upcoming War of Gog and Magog. That final war has not yet come, but it will. The ebb and flow of these psalms predict it.
Also, there is a rabbinical prediction that the War of Gog and Magog is destined to take place in the month of Tishri (September/October) in conjunction with the Feast of Tabernacles. Therefore, Psalm 76 is designated as the Song of the Day for the first day the Feast of Tabernacles.
[12] He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth.
In December, 1976, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, perhaps the most qualified and brilliant of all Israeli prime ministers to date, was forced to resign due to financial mismanagement. He was the first since King David to master both military and diplomatic portfolios. The Egyptian-Israeli peace initiative took place under Begin’s administration.
Do not destroy!
Psalms 75: To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, A Psalm or Song of Asaph. Here is another “Do not destroy!” psalm, a term used also in Ps. 57-59. It seems that Israel is not allowed to destroy its enemies for that should be left to G-d’s vengeance. In the Yom Kippur War, the IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) had ample opportunity to destroy Cairo and Damascus, yet did not Captured territory in Sinai was held only for future negotiations. Eventually, it was to be given back to Egypt.
In 1975 ‘Do not destroy!’ took on new meaning. For in the wake of the Yom Kippur War, terrorists stepped up actions against defenseless Jews all across Israel and in Europe. In January, Israeli airline (EL AL) planes were attacked by Arab terrorist twice in Paris. In March, the Savoy Hotel in Tel Aviv was invaded and hostages were taken. In April, the Rashi Synagogue in Paris was destroyed. In June, PLO terrorists hit a moshav near the Lebanon border killing two. On July 4, fourteen people were killed in Jerusalem’s Zion Square by a terrorist bomb. In September, the Chief Rabbi of France escaped as his home was bombed. In November, six Israelis were killed by a bomb planted on Jaffa Road in Jerusalem. Three days later Arab terrorists killed three students in the Golan Heights. Finally in December, the Israeli Defense Force began to strike back by bombing terrorist targets in Lebanon.
Rabbinic scholars commenting on Psalm 75 wrote that ‘Israel’s anguish will intensify as the end of the exile draws near. At that time, calamities will befall Israel in rapid succession. The world will be engulfed in the colossal conflict of Gog and Magog.’
Could the world in 1975 have been witnessing a political unrest building toward that future final conflict? Radak said, ‘This psalm is dedicated to the final era of the Exile, the period of the ingathering of exiles.’ It is also noted in the Talmud that this final period of the Exile will be especially difficult.
[4] I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
[5] Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.
[6] For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
[7] But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
1-7 Could these words of advice be intended for the Soviet Union in 1975? The 100,000th Russian Jew arrived in Israel on January 15th. Though a milestone, it was no great victory as millions of Jews remained at the mercy of the ‘fools’ of Russia. Remember that the Scriptures define the Fool’ (Ps. 14:1 and 53:1). The fool hath said in his heart, There is no G-d. These two passages already have been attributed to Stalin in Psalms 14 and 53.
In March the Russians stopped Passover services in the Moscow Synagogue. Later that month they sentenced two Jewish ‘activists’ to five years exile in Siberia. In May the Russians announced plans to build a monument at Babi-Yar without special mention of the Jew massacred there. On August 5 they raised the amount of tax that Jews would have to pay prior to exiting the Soviet Union. In September the Soviets interrupted Jewish observances of Succoh. And so it was that the Soviets, with stiff necks, refused to release
G-d’s Chosen People.
[8] For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full ofmixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.
[10] All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
This is the cup of G-d’s wrath which the nations will be made to drink at the final Tribulation Period. The prophet Zechariah 12:2 refereed to Jerusalem as a cup of trembling (poison) at the final siege of the city. Mystery Babylon holds a cup in her hand (Rev. 17:4) full of the filthiness of her fornication. Though the cup is bitter, it gets even bitterer just below the surface of the drink. The dregs will be fed to wicked nations at Armageddon. ‘This is an allegory alluding to the full force of Divine retribution, unrestrained by any mercy or compassion.’ The cup is so full it runs over so that the wicked will get their full share of G-d’s wrath. In Rev. 16, seven angel’s bear seven bowls of wrath to be poured out upon the wicked. In 1975 world events were developing toward that future final war.
In 1975 ‘Do not destroy!’ took on new meaning. For in the wake of the Yom Kippur War, terrorists stepped up actions against defenseless Jews all across Israel and in Europe. In January, Israeli airline (EL AL) planes were attacked by Arab terrorist twice in Paris. In March, the Savoy Hotel in Tel Aviv was invaded and hostages were taken. In April, the Rashi Synagogue in Paris was destroyed. In June, PLO terrorists hit a moshav near the Lebanon border killing two. On July 4, fourteen people were killed in Jerusalem’s Zion Square by a terrorist bomb. In September, the Chief Rabbi of France escaped as his home was bombed. In November, six Israelis were killed by a bomb planted on Jaffa Road in Jerusalem. Three days later Arab terrorists killed three students in the Golan Heights. Finally in December, the Israeli Defense Force began to strike back by bombing terrorist targets in Lebanon.
Rabbinic scholars commenting on Psalm 75 wrote that ‘Israel’s anguish will intensify as the end of the exile draws near. At that time, calamities will befall Israel in rapid succession. The world will be engulfed in the colossal conflict of Gog and Magog.’
Could the world in 1975 have been witnessing a political unrest building toward that future final conflict? Radak said, ‘This psalm is dedicated to the final era of the Exile, the period of the ingathering of exiles.’ It is also noted in the Talmud that this final period of the Exile will be especially difficult.
[4] I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
[5] Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.
[6] For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
[7] But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
1-7 Could these words of advice be intended for the Soviet Union in 1975? The 100,000th Russian Jew arrived in Israel on January 15th. Though a milestone, it was no great victory as millions of Jews remained at the mercy of the ‘fools’ of Russia. Remember that the Scriptures define the Fool’ (Ps. 14:1 and 53:1). The fool hath said in his heart, There is no G-d. These two passages already have been attributed to Stalin in Psalms 14 and 53.
In March the Russians stopped Passover services in the Moscow Synagogue. Later that month they sentenced two Jewish ‘activists’ to five years exile in Siberia. In May the Russians announced plans to build a monument at Babi-Yar without special mention of the Jew massacred there. On August 5 they raised the amount of tax that Jews would have to pay prior to exiting the Soviet Union. In September the Soviets interrupted Jewish observances of Succoh. And so it was that the Soviets, with stiff necks, refused to release
G-d’s Chosen People.
[8] For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full ofmixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.
[10] All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
This is the cup of G-d’s wrath which the nations will be made to drink at the final Tribulation Period. The prophet Zechariah 12:2 refereed to Jerusalem as a cup of trembling (poison) at the final siege of the city. Mystery Babylon holds a cup in her hand (Rev. 17:4) full of the filthiness of her fornication. Though the cup is bitter, it gets even bitterer just below the surface of the drink. The dregs will be fed to wicked nations at Armageddon. ‘This is an allegory alluding to the full force of Divine retribution, unrestrained by any mercy or compassion.’ The cup is so full it runs over so that the wicked will get their full share of G-d’s wrath. In Rev. 16, seven angel’s bear seven bowls of wrath to be poured out upon the wicked. In 1975 world events were developing toward that future final war.
Oxyclean
The ultimate stain remover that actually works on a seriously set in stain! Never buy oxyclean again!
The mixture is:
1 tsp. Dawn dishwashing detergent
3-4 tablespoons of hydrogen peroxide
couple tablespoons of baking soda.
Scrub on with a scrubbing brush
The mixture is:
1 tsp. Dawn dishwashing detergent
3-4 tablespoons of hydrogen peroxide
couple tablespoons of baking soda.
Scrub on with a scrubbing brush
What is our Inheritance?
The Church has many sick-people that don't know what He wants them to do with their lives. Why take another step without knowing what G-d wants? The problem is that you are ruining the lives of others.
There are two who open doors-G-d and Satan. Every believer should be so united with G-d that he knows what He called him to do. So that he can say "I did the will of
G-d in my life." If Satan leads you through an open door, you must turn to the cross and return to the path.
A wise person looks from the perspective of eternity. A fool looks from the perspective of this life. Ask G-d, "What I should do with my life?" Don't fear that He will let you know if you have been wrong Y’Shua can only be had in fullness if I am in the center of His will; not where I chose to be, but where He sent me. Pray for a radical return to seeking, knowing and doing G-d's will. The will of G-d must be sought.
Many people can do worldly things extremely successfully (doing tasks or career oriented), but when it comes to spiritual things, they have spiritual paralysis, they are spiritually unfruitful. They cannot win the lost. How can you explain it? It is a deep problem. A person can only lead people into the thing to which he himself has entered.
Your incapacity to lead people to the L-rd yourself tells you that you are sick spiritually. Yet you go to church and sing and dance. Monkeys can sing and dance, but they cannot win souls.
DOUBLE-MINDED, CARNAL CHRISTIAN - This person exists in two states. One is where his self reigns on the throne of his heart, and Y’Shua stands underneath his self. The other is where Y’Shua reigns open on the throne of his heart, and his self is crucified below the throne of Y’Shua in the heart. This person acts in the random, permissive will of G-d, where nothing is guaranteed.
Believers can Count on an Inheritance on Earth and in heaven. Gen. 15:5-7
Part of the believer's inheritance is the privilege of knowing G-d's will and walking in it.
Part of the believer's inheritance is the privilege of knowing G-d's will and abiding in it. Part of the believer's inheritance is the privilege of knowing
G-d's will and obeying in it.
Believer's inheritance is to know the Truth and do it; the ability to do what
G-d wants.
Five crowns are referred to but not described.* 1 Corinthians 3:8 states that "each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor." 2 John 2:8 exhorts believers to "Look to yourselves, that we do not lose those things we worked for, but that we may receive a full reward.”
The promise of an inheritance is mentioned several times, but exactly what it is obscured. However, Romans 8:17 says that children of G-d are joint heirs with Messiah, which means that Believers share all of what Y’Shua has.
Colossians 3:23, 24 says “And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the L-rd and not to men, knowing that from the L-rd you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the L-rd Messiah."
Whatever it is that G-d the Father has in store must be spectacular, and Hebrews 1:2 states that He has appointed Y’Shua as heir of all things that believers are destined to share fully. While it may not be presently comprehensible, there is something very special awaiting the faithful. "He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his
G-d and he shall be My son." (Revelation 21:7}
Inheritance implies a family relationship, in most cases, and eternal is a permanent, everlasting relationship. G-d has become your father, not merely your creator. It is a divine decree from our heavenly Father that we have an inheritance and His decrees must be carried out. (Galatians 4:4-7).
Here are some things that we share with the Messiah: 1) Eternal Life – John 1:12; Titus 3:7; I John 5:11-12 2) Righteousness – II Corinthians 5:21 3) Sonship – Galatians 3:26 4) Kingship – II Peter 1:11; Revelation1:5-6; 5:9-10 5) Priesthood – I Peter 2:5-9 6) His Election – I Peter 1:2; Ephesians 1:4 7) His Destiny – Ephesians 1:5,11: Romans 8:17 8) His Sanctification – I Corinthians 1:2 It is our faith in Y’Shua that qualifies us to become heirs and it is the substitutionary spiritual death of Y’Shua that secures that inheritance. (Romans 5:8; Hebrews 9:15-16)
There are two who open doors-G-d and Satan. Every believer should be so united with G-d that he knows what He called him to do. So that he can say "I did the will of
G-d in my life." If Satan leads you through an open door, you must turn to the cross and return to the path.
A wise person looks from the perspective of eternity. A fool looks from the perspective of this life. Ask G-d, "What I should do with my life?" Don't fear that He will let you know if you have been wrong Y’Shua can only be had in fullness if I am in the center of His will; not where I chose to be, but where He sent me. Pray for a radical return to seeking, knowing and doing G-d's will. The will of G-d must be sought.
Many people can do worldly things extremely successfully (doing tasks or career oriented), but when it comes to spiritual things, they have spiritual paralysis, they are spiritually unfruitful. They cannot win the lost. How can you explain it? It is a deep problem. A person can only lead people into the thing to which he himself has entered.
Your incapacity to lead people to the L-rd yourself tells you that you are sick spiritually. Yet you go to church and sing and dance. Monkeys can sing and dance, but they cannot win souls.
DOUBLE-MINDED, CARNAL CHRISTIAN - This person exists in two states. One is where his self reigns on the throne of his heart, and Y’Shua stands underneath his self. The other is where Y’Shua reigns open on the throne of his heart, and his self is crucified below the throne of Y’Shua in the heart. This person acts in the random, permissive will of G-d, where nothing is guaranteed.
Believers can Count on an Inheritance on Earth and in heaven. Gen. 15:5-7
Part of the believer's inheritance is the privilege of knowing G-d's will and walking in it.
Part of the believer's inheritance is the privilege of knowing G-d's will and abiding in it. Part of the believer's inheritance is the privilege of knowing
G-d's will and obeying in it.
Believer's inheritance is to know the Truth and do it; the ability to do what
G-d wants.
Five crowns are referred to but not described.* 1 Corinthians 3:8 states that "each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor." 2 John 2:8 exhorts believers to "Look to yourselves, that we do not lose those things we worked for, but that we may receive a full reward.”
The promise of an inheritance is mentioned several times, but exactly what it is obscured. However, Romans 8:17 says that children of G-d are joint heirs with Messiah, which means that Believers share all of what Y’Shua has.
Colossians 3:23, 24 says “And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the L-rd and not to men, knowing that from the L-rd you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the L-rd Messiah."
Whatever it is that G-d the Father has in store must be spectacular, and Hebrews 1:2 states that He has appointed Y’Shua as heir of all things that believers are destined to share fully. While it may not be presently comprehensible, there is something very special awaiting the faithful. "He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his
G-d and he shall be My son." (Revelation 21:7}
Inheritance implies a family relationship, in most cases, and eternal is a permanent, everlasting relationship. G-d has become your father, not merely your creator. It is a divine decree from our heavenly Father that we have an inheritance and His decrees must be carried out. (Galatians 4:4-7).
Here are some things that we share with the Messiah: 1) Eternal Life – John 1:12; Titus 3:7; I John 5:11-12 2) Righteousness – II Corinthians 5:21 3) Sonship – Galatians 3:26 4) Kingship – II Peter 1:11; Revelation1:5-6; 5:9-10 5) Priesthood – I Peter 2:5-9 6) His Election – I Peter 1:2; Ephesians 1:4 7) His Destiny – Ephesians 1:5,11: Romans 8:17 8) His Sanctification – I Corinthians 1:2 It is our faith in Y’Shua that qualifies us to become heirs and it is the substitutionary spiritual death of Y’Shua that secures that inheritance. (Romans 5:8; Hebrews 9:15-16)
Slithering Snake
On a beautiful sun shining day when everything appears calm and relaxing, one must always stay alert for the serpent will appear without notice. He will slither up to you and before you know it his bite has place the venom inside your flesh. You must ‘immediately’ get the poison out before serious consequences happen.
Is it not written ‘satan get behind me’? Why do My people let My Word go void?
My Word will never return without accomplishing its purpose.
Did I not tell you to crush him under your feet?
Greater am I that is in you than he that is in the world!
Did I not tell you to do greater things than I have done, so please exercise My power that is within you.
Do not be so easily distracted for I have important work for you to do.
When his poison enters your body it can harm your very soul.
He whispers lies into your ears and if you dwell on it, it will spread through out the whole body. Not allowing My light nor the fruits of My Spirit to shine through.. I have asked you to love one another even as I have loved you.
Your destiny depends upon obedience and it can be seen in your reactions.
Do not be hastening to judge one-another for as you judge you will be judged.
Walk in My peace that passes all understanding for My peace will bring you joy.
Avoid the serpent, don’t let your guard down and he will flee from you; remember he also tried to trick Me into doing his will. I have overcome the slimy serpent and so can you.
Is it not written ‘satan get behind me’? Why do My people let My Word go void?
My Word will never return without accomplishing its purpose.
Did I not tell you to crush him under your feet?
Greater am I that is in you than he that is in the world!
Did I not tell you to do greater things than I have done, so please exercise My power that is within you.
Do not be so easily distracted for I have important work for you to do.
When his poison enters your body it can harm your very soul.
He whispers lies into your ears and if you dwell on it, it will spread through out the whole body. Not allowing My light nor the fruits of My Spirit to shine through.. I have asked you to love one another even as I have loved you.
Your destiny depends upon obedience and it can be seen in your reactions.
Do not be hastening to judge one-another for as you judge you will be judged.
Walk in My peace that passes all understanding for My peace will bring you joy.
Avoid the serpent, don’t let your guard down and he will flee from you; remember he also tried to trick Me into doing his will. I have overcome the slimy serpent and so can you.
IF My People
‘IF’ My people would humble themselves and call on Me I will heal their land.
I will send in waves of blessings as the watchmen announce wave after wave.
Some will stand in awl while others will be occupied with themselves.
My blessings will be showed upon those who are looking for Me.
My grace, mercy and provision will be sufficient through any raging storms trying to overcome you when your eyes are kept upon Me.
During this walk of life one will encounter good times and hard times, but through it all I have promised I would not leave you nor forsake you.
One must walk by faith during trials and testing knowing that I am standing by your side advocating on your behalf.
No weapon formed against you will prosper!
Blessings of inheritance are abundant to the child of the King.
What one sees is not always what is, for you see in part were I see the whole picture.
Lift up your head and rejoice for My waves of blessing are heading your way as you call upon Me I will heal your land for you do not walk alone.
Abba
Homemade Febreze
What you'll need:
1/8 Cup of fabric softener (I used Downy April Fresh)
2 tablespoons Baking Soda
Hot tap water
Spray bottle (I used my empty 27 oz. Febreze bottle)
Preparation:
Using a funnel, pour fabric softener and baking soda into your spray bottle. Fill spray bottle with hot tap water and shake well. Don't forget to twist the nozzle over to the LOCK position if you're using a Febreze bottle, or you might fall on your bottom. Now go spray every fabric surface in your house and take a nap on your very comfortable, wonderful, smelling couch.
1/8 Cup of fabric softener (I used Downy April Fresh)
2 tablespoons Baking Soda
Hot tap water
Spray bottle (I used my empty 27 oz. Febreze bottle)
Preparation:
Using a funnel, pour fabric softener and baking soda into your spray bottle. Fill spray bottle with hot tap water and shake well. Don't forget to twist the nozzle over to the LOCK position if you're using a Febreze bottle, or you might fall on your bottom. Now go spray every fabric surface in your house and take a nap on your very comfortable, wonderful, smelling couch.
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