Abba God, Daddy God

Oh, Abba, man does not know you. He contrives himself many blind gods and guides with hearts of stone.

 

Gethsemane by Carl Block 1805

Abba God, Daddy God, I come to you early in the night to pray. I bow myself low in spirit to you, although my body will no longer bend for me.

I cannot pray for myself and all my aging cares and pains and body trembles. That's not your way to pray, I trust myself to you.

I have so many joys for which I do praise. A godly wife who is my friend and queen. She cares for me day by day, amazingly. A comfortable, clean old house in which to rest and watch your birds and your works of nature all around, the trees, the bushes, the grass, the wild flowers, waving in the breeze.

No, I pray with you for the loneliness of man and send up sweet incense where I may. I am your servant to obey.

I know your power to dispel great storms, hurricanes, tornadoes, raging forest fires, with a word. But I must pray for the earth's great storm, man. I see men, women, and children in scorn, the treasures of your eye. These need your Light in different ways.

We are fearfully and wonderfully made, way beyond the ideas of the mind. The mind fails, but the heart is life. So as my prayers are answered with you, I must pray through hearts and souls to open the doors of Truth.

You, Abba, are the Way, the Truth, the Life. From birth, man's way is to seek and take. God's way is to love and give. Man must learn this by death before the gasping comes. He is not alone. He is never alone. Oh, Abba, man does not know you. He contrives himself many blind gods and guides with hearts of stone. He needs your Light to shine the Way to your Truth to your Life. May the knowledge of your Glory cover the nations of the Earth.

Abba, bless these prayers today with other brothers and sisters and now make miracles for man.

– Blessings,

   Bill

God Defeats Armies

God defeats armies. The True God acts on behalf of his True Servants. God's true servants can not be defeated because God can not be defeated.

Elijah Calls Fire from Heaven (Woodcut, Nuremberg, 1702).

  

God's true servants can not be defeated because God cannot be defeated. The Scriptures contain many instances where even enemy armies of overwhelming size and strength are defeated by God's power.

“The battle is not mine, but the Lord's.”

First, we must admit the servants God so blesses are marked with lives dedicated to God through obedience. Yes, they sometimes feel reluctance facing confrontation, but they chose obedience when God directs them. Frequently, they consult God before battle.

“Fear not, for those who are with us

are more than those with them.”

One of my favorite stories is when King Ahaziah fell through the upper lattice of his palace in Samaria and injured himself. He sent palace messengers to the town of Ekron to consult the idol, Baal-Zebub, (Sound familiar?) regarding the King's health. God told the Prophet Elijah because the King consulted the idol, the King would not recover, but die.

Even today, servants forget to consult the True God of the Universe. Undoubtedly, many do not really believe in Him, except as a last resort.

The King asked the royal messenger who had spoken to them. They described Elijah the Tishbite as a man wearing a hair garment and a leather belt, very prophet-like. King Ahaziah sent a company of fifty soldiers to bring Elijah to the King. Bad mistake.

“Man of God” ordered the curt commander, “Come down!”

“If I am a man of God,” answered Elijah, “may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And it did. In fact, the King sent another fifty men and the same result occurred again. They were burnt toast.

When the King sent a third company, this unit's commander was a little wiser and a little more humble. He fell on his knees. (Another lesson for today.)

“Man of God,” he said. “Please respect my life and the lives of my men.”

God told Elijah to go with him. In the outcome, Elijah again told the King that because he consulted the idol, he would most certainly die. And the King died. Even today, men make idols, substitute concepts in their hearts, or use idols that are not the True God. And they wonder why their prayers are not answered.

You can read about miraculous battles as a matter of scriptural record, Moses, Joshua, Gideon, Hezekiah, Deborah and Barak, Jonathan, David, and many more. And there are many reports from modern wars.

The True God acts on behalf of his True Servants.

“He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world” (1 John 4:4 NKJV).

(Story Ref. 2 Kings 1 NKJV)

– Bill Hunt

World in Christ/Messiah

In God's Gaze

For He Himself has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you."

(ChristiansUnite.com)

 

Eyes watched the sprinkled stars above.

You bound me in the gaze of solemn love.

You're there, I prayed.

I'm here, you said.

Alone, near the Hindu Kush one warm night,

I knew the presence in the desert sight.

You're there, I prayed.

I'm here, you said.

Face to face with the hooded black snake.

Cobra, you must do what the Master bade.

I prayed, God I'm yours.

I'm here, you said.

Hanging high from the mountain cliff,

the periled black bus bound in strife.

If I live, I live; if I die, I die.

My life is in your hands.

I'm here, you said.

Fifty men hold packed grey stones in hand,

as we exit the myriad tile mosque, stand.

I really didn't plan to die this way.

I'm here, you said.

She's the royal beauty I want to meet.

Wait, don't move, the princess greet.

I backed against the white wood wall.

I'm here, you said.

Years in a row, the morning dawn,

rays of your cosmic light across the lawn.

Excited, I know this day

the Lord has made.

I'm here, you say.

– Bill Hunt © 2012

Then He inaugurated Joshua the son of Nun, and said, "Be strong and of good courage; for you shall bring the children of Israel into the land of which I swore to them, and I will be with you" (Deut 31:23 NKJV).

God revealed his presence to me in the night sky,

alone in the deserts of the Hindu Kush,

face to face with a venomous black cobra,

hanging in a bus over a high mountain cliff,

about to be stoned to death by a Muslim crowd,

in selecting miraculously my beautiful wife,

and multiple times in the daily gift of life.

Heb 13:5 Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you" (Heb 13:5 NKJV).

Meet with Jesus by Bill Hunt

You want to walk and talk with Jesus? Ask him.

Calling the Fishermen

(Art by James Tissot, French, 1886-1994)

 

Sitting on the banks of the Jordan River one day, I watched the rustic looking John baptize people in the water, dunking them one by one. He baptized me, praying. I cried for my sins.

Several men and women around, sitting and standing, curiously enjoyed the sight. In the bright sun I saw this imposing man approach along the shore.

Later, I learned his name, Jesus.

John and he looked at each other. Jesus lay aside his main tunic and entered the water. This tremendous spiritual presence filled the air as John baptized him. It was remarkable. A beautiful, commanding voice from the Heavens sounded all around.

“You are my Beloved Son in whom I am well pleased.”

We watched astounded as Jesus put on his garment and walked away. No one moved, as if frozen. I felt my whole being filled with God. Soon after, I heard John was arrested and put in prison by that tyrant, King Herod. I didn't hear anything about Jesus, either, for several weeks.

I found him again in the regions of Galilee. I felt strongly compelled to join other men watching Jesus. The heavenly voice I heard still burned alive in my heart.

“The time is now,” preached Jesus. “Repent of your sins and believe the good news of God's Kingdom.”

I watched him when he approached the two fishermen brothers, Simon and Andrew, at the lake.

“I will make you fishers of men.”

They looked at him, folded their nets, and placed them in the boat. They followed him. A little group of us walked along the shore and watched him. We didn't want to leave.

He also called the brothers, James and John. They stepped out of their father's boat, left the crew, and walked in the slapping waves to the shore to join Jesus. It was a beautiful moment. The rest of us all smiled at the new “fishermen of men,” wondering what might be in store for them (Mark, Chapter 1).

*****

As a young man, I walked alone down the long curvy drive under the trees in the dark. Overhead, a billion stars twinkled in the night. Suddenly, I felt a presence now walking with me.

“Is that you?” I asked.

“I didn't know you watched me.”

“Yes,” he said.

“I want to talk with you”

“I've long hoped to talk with you,” I said.

“I'll always be with you,” he said.

– Bill Hunt

"He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him" (John 14:21 NKJV).

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Jesus is Awesome God

The True Jesus of the Bible reveals Himself to those who seek Him.

The Transfiguration shone with the

Radiance of God's Glory.

(By Carl Heinrich Block, Danish, 1834-1890)

I found myself in a vision, just a nine year old boy, swallowed toward a down churning black hole in the cosmos. Adult men and women pulled into the bottomless force disappeared out of sight. As I reached the brink, a hand from above grabbed me into the safety of his lap. I could not see his face, but I knew it was this Jesus.

“Do I have to go down there?” I asked.

“No,” said this most gentle and beautiful male voice. “I have things I want you to do.” He spoke incredibly lovingly. I knew I was very, very safe in his lap.

Some miss this, but Jesus reveals himself

to those who seek him.

v20 “On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. 21 Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them” (John 14:20-21 NIV).

Jesus is the radiance of God's Glory,

the exact representation of his Being.

v2 But in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. 3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven (Heb 1:2-3 NIV).

God is One, the Trinity of persons,

so revealed by the Scriptures.

v4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. 5 Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength (Deut 6:4-5 NIV).

Jesus is the Messiah, the King of Kings and Lord

of Lords, the Son of God, the Most High Himself.

v8 See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ.
v9 For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, 10 and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority (Col 2:8-10 NIV). 
 

“However, it is important to note that it is the true Christ that makes someone a Christian, not the Mormon one (brother of the devil, see Mormon Beliefs for more information), or the Jehovah's Witnesses one (Michael the Archangel), the New Age Jesus (a man in tune with the divine Christ Consciousness), etc.

“The true Christ is God in flesh (John 1:1,14; 20:28; Col. 2:9; Phil. 2:5-8; Heb. 1:8): Jesus,” as CARM instructs <http://carm.org/dictionary-christian>.

v9 Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work” (John 14: 9-10 NIV).

The True Jesus of the Bible is Awesome God. He reveals Himself to those who seek Him.

--Bill Hunt

“But in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the Universe. The Son is the radiance of God’s Glory and the exact representation of his Being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in Heaven” (Heb 1:2-3 NIV).

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Praying Single-Minded

God is One, and we must be Single-Minded with Him

in Prayer.

“He wakens me morning by morning...."

(Photo, Mary Hunt c. 2012).

 

Dear Father in the Highest Heavens, You waken us early in the morning to hear your voice and to understand what you are saying. So, I thank you that you wake me, and I can hear you speaking instruction to me. Oh, I’m hearing the Lord talk to me! Listen....

“The Sovereign Lord has given me an instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being taught” (Isaiah 50:4 NIV).

You say, you want us to get rid of all uncertainty and double-mindedness. Double-mindedness limits faith and productivity, the works that come from prayer. Double-mindedness steals our firm stand upon the spoken and written word of God. It immediately puts dark spirits on notice that there is an open door for temptation. We open ourselves to be led astray or to be lied to. When God instructs us, we must come into such sure agreement with God that we can act upon that word.

We obey. We say and declare what we hear from God, and we make the word our own. We become one with it. It builds our knowledge and faith in God, increased by God himself. Romans 10:17 instructs us that faith comes from hearing the word or the message. And hearing the word of God, we believe in our heart and confess with our mouth, the word of truth is revealed to us.

“The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart, that is the word of faith we are proclaiming”(Rom 10:8 NIV). Paul referred to Psalm 116 when he said, “I believed; therefore I have spoken” (2 Corinthians 4:13 NIV).

The word comes, we receive it. But it works its effectiveness in us when we speak it and declare it back to God, and to others. It grows in us by reason of use. We must take it up, the Sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, both logos and rhema. The rhema word, spoken in faith, quickened, enlivened by the “electricity” of the Holy Spirit, truly generates faith and removes doubt.

In the hearing of that spoken, prophesied word, faith empowers. We know we are hearing the very word of the Lord. Our spirit witnesses to the Holy Spirit. That’s how we as the Body of Christ are able to judge any word spoken in the assembly. Does it generate faith? Does it confirm and unify? Does it unsettle and divide?

The confirming, prophesied word of the Lord produces electric faith and rejoicing that God, our Wonderful Father, has spoken personally and specifically to us. We never forget it, for we are changed by it.

– Mary Alice Hunt

Mary is a prophetess, an anointed worship organist, a concert pianist graduated cum laude from the University of Syracuse, School of Music. As her ministry, she teaches Adult GED to men of all ages as a career correctional educator. She and her husband, Bill, have raised their family of six children serving states including New York, Maine, Alaska, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, and Florida.

End Times Firestorm Battle II

In the World's End Times Battle, God uses a Firestorm Attack and His Invincible Weapon to Destroy the Kingdom of Evil.

Michael the Archangel by Luca Giordano, 1663.

One night I worried about all the women and children, even men, who are abused in the worldwide sex trade and other forms of horrible persecution. It seems so grossly unfair. I prayed for them. Early in the morning, the Holy Spirit spoke back to me about the justice of God the Father. “I will devour all those who devour others.”

To Rid the Kingdom of Evil

The End Times Battle between Good and Evil must take place. The ultimate strongholds must be overcome. God would not fail to conquer the kingdoms of evil. The societies of Satan that pit destruction against creation, death vs. life, hate vs. love, Antichrist vs. Messiah, lust vs. holiness, evil vs. good, will be annihilated.

The War will fight between ultimate evil and ultimate good, between darkness and light, between those who do good for God and evil for Satan. In Heaven, the martyrs are waiting for the justice of God. (The scriptures are New King James Version.)

Rev 6:9-11 NKJ.
v10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”

God's Wrath Against Sin

God is angry at the wicked who intentionally sin upon the Earth. Led by the Messiah King, God's wrath will flow in a Great Battle to rid the World of sin.
Rev 19:15.
Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the wine press of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

The Messiah King gathers a Great Army to attack evil.
Isa 13: 3-9.
I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have also called My mighty ones for My anger—Those who rejoice in My exaltation.” 4 The noise of a multitude in the mountains, Like that of many people! A tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together! The LORD of hosts musters The army for battle.

The Firestorm Attack

The Book of Psalms reports the army will firestorm in battle attack upon evil.
Ps 50:3-4.
Our God shall come, and shall not keep silent;
A fire shall devour before Him,
And it shall be very tempestuous all around Him.

The Prophet Joel reports the same mode of attack. Devastation will clean like a firestorm as the Great Army moves forward. Before it may be a garden, but behind it will remain a wasteland. From this, God will create a New Earth.
Joel 2:3.
A fire devours before them,
And behind them a flame burns;
The land is like the Garden of Eden before them,
And behind them a desolate wilderness;
Surely nothing shall escape them.

God's Invincible Weapon

Joel 2:8-11 Messiah's Army marches forward. Like  victorious armies always sought, God has an invincible weapon, the army has glorified bodies that can not be destroyed.
They do not push one another;
Every one marches in his own column.
Though they lunge between the weapons,
They are not cut down.
9 They run to and fro in the city,
They run on the wall;
They climb into the houses,
They enter at the windows like a thief. 
10 The earth quakes before them,
The heavens tremble;
The sun and moon grow dark,
And the stars diminish their brightness. 
11 The LORD gives voice before His army,
For His camp is very great;
For strong is the One who executes His word.
For the day of the LORD is great and very terrible;
Who can endure it?
– Bill Hunt

“The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make his face shine upon you, And be gracious to you; The Lord lift his countenance upon you, And give you peace” (Num 6:24-26).

FMI: Voluntarily, I most highly recommend Walid Shoebat and Joel Richardson's book “God's War on Terror: Islam, Prophecy, and the Bible” <http://www.shoebat.com>.

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Freedom to Be

Can we be Free, really Free?

(Ballet Dancer by Al aka pintofaggs, flickr.com)

(creative commons)

 

Why can't we

just let our person go

in expressions of limitless glee?

Or let words dance

upon our ears and

see things pleasing

in our hearts

with no chains upon

our limbs?

Why can't I think of you

in anyway

I see your presence in

my delight?

Why do words have to constrict

my thoughts and I cannot

utter?

In these human shells of

here's and gone's,

you're always there –

interlocked charms –

in the golden locket of

my heart,

and there's no key.

The world can not see,

hear, feel, touch, or know,

everywhere, anywhere,

you'll be--

where the Spirit of the Lord is,

I am Free!

– bill hunt c. 2011

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God is Love!

Waiting in the light,

Oh, bright form!

flowing tresses, waves of linen silk,

our image and likeness,

Unmerited Love.

With gentle eyes, pure spirit,

ruler of angelic beings,

Oh, moonbeam, caress my heart!

Oh, Spirit!

tell me your delights,

Unconditional Love.

Fill my heart, only you can love,

play with me, your child,

hold me in your palm,

Oh, sovereign of the universe,

Ancient of Days!

Unlimited Love.

So tender, bless me,

kiss me with your words,

a tear upon my cheek,

dwell with me,

Unfailing Love.

Petal from a flower,

wipe the fluid mist,

breathe the winged fragrance

in space and time,

all truth be known,

You are Love!

-- bill hunt c. 2011

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19 Year Old Girl Stoned To Death After Winning Beauty Contest In Ukraine

“Honor Killing”: Katya Koren, 19, from the

Crimea, as a daughter of Abraham had her

blood taken violently. From death she

speaks like Hagar:

“I now see the God who sees me.”

Men are created with strength by God to protect

women and children. There is no honor in “honor

killing”! The Divine Creator and Judge of the Universe

who made Life commands: “You shall not kill.”