John 8:32 (NKJV) You shall know the truth, & the truth shall make you free. — Why does some misinformation “stick”? Reason: It’s easier for us to believe a lie, than to be willing to dig for the truth. A book titled “How do you kill 11 million people?” by Andy Andrew’s states, History has shown that all civilizations “follow the following sequence from bondage to spiritual, from spiritual to courage, from courage to liberty, from liberty to abundance, from abundance to complacency, from complacency to apathy, from apathy to dependence, from dependence back to bondage”. It is really hard to comprehend until you have lived thru the COVID pandemic. In retrospect, it was a form of the “FLU” virus, yet caused total chaos within the world! In Germany “They believed an intricate web of lies. The barbed wire fences were erected around the Jewish neighborhoods to protect them. Then they were told that the Russians were advancing & therefore they would need to board the trains so they could be moved to safer locations!” If you ever have a chance to read the book, it will open your eyes to a form of manipulation that is worth learning to overcome. Our relationship with God, & down on our knees learning to hear His voice will keep us from the enemy & the lies. Don’t forget, FEAR is False Evidence Appearing Real. Love Mel
Fly Higher – Don’t Look Back
The following is a paraphrase from Pastor Bill Johnson. The story is told of a test pilot flying high to test the handling of his aircraft. Upon looking down at the partly constructed cockpit he noticed a rat chewing on the fuel line. He did not have the time to return to base and land, so he decided to fly higher to starve the animal of oxygen, as he was wearing an oxygen mask. Acts ch 4: 5 On the next day their rulers and elders and scribes gathered together in Jerusalem, 6 with Annas the high priest and Caiphas and John and Alexander, and all who were of the high-priestly family. 7 And when they had set them in the midst, they inquired, “By what power or by what name did you do this?” 8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders, 9 if we are being examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed, 10 let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead—by him this man is standing before you well. 18 So they called them and charged them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. 19 But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge, 20 for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard.” So Peter and John chose to fly higher rather than to land! Todays church, and we as believers, must choose to fly higher, effectively turning up the message and starving out the presence of the detractors to the precious message of life in Christ through faith in His name. Let’s fly higher and not choose to land. Lk 9:62 “But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.” Love Mel
