Eph 6:11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. To be cont.The next day I wrote :Rahab went into her house and hung a scarlet rope from her window. Noah built an ark. What is similar about these people is that they and their families were saved . The Israelite fathers placed the blood of the lamb above their door posts with hyssop branches and the death angel passed them over. Salvation is from the LORD . I accept that He has done it. I mark my home not to earn salvation , I mark my home because I have it. My home has been given the gift of salvation. We can wear that upon our heads. Remembering that our salvation is a done deal. That salvation comes from the LORD.
If Rahab without reform, without going to sex addiction anonymous for 12 months, without any major life style change, could just hang a scarlet rope out her window and be saved, then surely so can I. It has struck me as curious that all of her friends viewed the Israelite army as people. But Rahab saw them as God's people. I wish our eyes could be opened to see people the way God see's people. We see people who act out in the natural. Those who try to be Christ like and those who don't give a hoot. Yet both, all those people, God views so differently than we do. He sees whosoever will may come. We see the harlot out there on Saturday nights doing her thing. He sees her ready to make a choice. Any day now her choice will be evident that He now is her God. There are no other gods in her life. When we come to idol worshippers are we to condemn them or love them? Are we to see that their day of opportunity looks everything like ours? It is just a matter of being awake ,(aware) and a matter of choice to go with the truth whether anyone else thinks you can or not. I find it interesting that for days my heart has been towards preparation for the Jericho march. And now that the time is getting closer I feel there will be many Rahabs evacuated before this is over. The walls came down ,and every man stood before a man. I think that the Spirit of the LORD upon us gives liberty to the captives who long to be set free. We will see the Jericho walls come down, not to ruin their lives but to give them a new life in Christ Jesus. For those who are thirsty let them come. For those who choose to let Jesus redeem them.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; that He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing and the washing of water by the word, That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.Eph 5:25-27 Just as a reminder ,when I post here I am simply sharing some thoughts that come to me as I feel led. You saw that word , feel . When I read this passage of scripture a few things came to my mind. One was that a clean church would be glorious and that He was willing to go to great lengths to cleanse us. In comparison I thought of the role of the husband . Is it not his role then to cleanse his wife ? If she is doing something wrong, rather than say, "now you quit doing that," wouldn't the role of Jesus be more like, "what can I do to help you quit doing that?" Okay, I am back on the thought of foot washing again. It just sneaks in, but I think it has a place here. It is in the blood bought churches life style , I think, to give forgiveness as Jesus did to one another, and give a visual aid to that forgiveness by washing our feet.

But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. Jonah 4:1 Spiritual pride, you think you would be immune to it by now, but oh my gosh, there it is again ! When my emotion of anger comes up, I pretty well know something is up in the flesh that ought not be there. Unless my anger can be connected somehow to events such as was going on in the temple when Jesus became irate because the scribes were selling stuff there and cheating (I think was the problem), anger is a flag to me, I better look to Jesus and see if He has something to say to me.
Now, I have God's word this morning to enlighten me as to what God had to say about my anger that I recently experienced. Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry? Jonah 4:4
Jonah, sat there looking at the people of Nienavah, he was angry.
I realize like Jonah did, no, I don't do well to be angry. I am so blessed to be able to understand the grace and mercy of God. It is a blessing that He chooses to give as He wills and to whoever He wills. Who am I to become angry ? Should He want to reveal His grace and mercy at any given time to any given person it certainly is not any of my business. My business is to go about my Father's business and not be looking over someone's shoulder to see if they are doing the same. His mercy endured forever. I think the Psalmist saw that as he declared the mercy of God in many of the Psalms. A people who could not seem to get the basic principles of the kind of relationship He wanted to have with Him, yet His mercy endured forever. Thank you LORD, that it is so. All the while I traveled around in my wilderness with a stiff-neck and uncircumcised heart, Your mercy endured forever. Even now while I try to prepare for the Jericho march, Your mercy endureth forever. Thank-you, thank-you, thank-you Lord, that Your mercy endureth forever. May my heart be circumcised more as I let You cut this pride off me by receiving that Jesus paid the price so that I would not have to, for my sin.