Hi there,
So this is to sort of focus our prayers. We are entering the time of Jacob's trouble, when Heaven is shut and there is sin on Earth. Christ faced the struggle of this time too (already), when He was praying in the Garden of Gethsemane. If Christ had been able to be crucified in the Garden of Gethsemane, He would have - but this was not His Father's will. So it is for us, to face trial on Earth, but to wait for Heaven to open again, where we can go forward in the light of the Cross (with the trial over).
Pray that your fellow brothers and sisters learn what it is, to pray in the Garden of Gethsemane. We need to unite around this. The problem is not that there is not sin on the Earth, the problem is that Mankind does not understand how dark it is, when the Father abandons you. People make light of it and say "oh, it will go away", or "I will make it better". Lies!
Pray that your fellow brothers and sisters learn what it is, to encourage each other, in the Garden of Gethsemane - to watch and pray, that they might not fall into temptation. The effect of prayer is in one part, to light the way forward. If we heed this word, then at some point, the way forward will open to us. We are not in Heaven yet, but that doesn't mean we need to give up getting there, because we are tired. Prayer will strengthen us.
The world may be perverted around us, but that is not the standard we live by. We live by the idea that our prayers will be answered; that God will answer us from Heaven, and call us to Himself. No mark secures us; no allegiance delivers us. The prayer of Christ within us, is enough to dispel the dark. I sense the darkness recoiling at this already, that those who face the trial of Jacob's Trouble will be set apart for this - that the light of their prayer in Christ will be brighter than anything the darkness has ever known.
"Father if it is possible, take this cup from Me, but not as I will, as You will" (Gospels, from memory)
God bless.
So this is to sort of focus our prayers. We are entering the time of Jacob's trouble, when Heaven is shut and there is sin on Earth. Christ faced the struggle of this time too (already), when He was praying in the Garden of Gethsemane. If Christ had been able to be crucified in the Garden of Gethsemane, He would have - but this was not His Father's will. So it is for us, to face trial on Earth, but to wait for Heaven to open again, where we can go forward in the light of the Cross (with the trial over).
Pray that your fellow brothers and sisters learn what it is, to pray in the Garden of Gethsemane. We need to unite around this. The problem is not that there is not sin on the Earth, the problem is that Mankind does not understand how dark it is, when the Father abandons you. People make light of it and say "oh, it will go away", or "I will make it better". Lies!
Pray that your fellow brothers and sisters learn what it is, to encourage each other, in the Garden of Gethsemane - to watch and pray, that they might not fall into temptation. The effect of prayer is in one part, to light the way forward. If we heed this word, then at some point, the way forward will open to us. We are not in Heaven yet, but that doesn't mean we need to give up getting there, because we are tired. Prayer will strengthen us.
The world may be perverted around us, but that is not the standard we live by. We live by the idea that our prayers will be answered; that God will answer us from Heaven, and call us to Himself. No mark secures us; no allegiance delivers us. The prayer of Christ within us, is enough to dispel the dark. I sense the darkness recoiling at this already, that those who face the trial of Jacob's Trouble will be set apart for this - that the light of their prayer in Christ will be brighter than anything the darkness has ever known.
"Father if it is possible, take this cup from Me, but not as I will, as You will" (Gospels, from memory)
God bless.
