Drum the Message Home

' not forgetting to gather as a community, as some have forgotten, but encouraging each other, especially as the day of His return approaches.' Hebrews 10:25 (VOICE) Days of future trials are coming and yet are here. Last days. The day of His return approaches. No one knows the hour. So we are told to be even more diligent in our calling. We should be always watching, praying and bringing a word of encouragement to one another through the power of God. For what signs and wonders happen in the House of the Lord! Oh so amazing. The Miraculous. God provides the Fire. The battle is the Lords. We are told not to fret but only to enjoy the ride as we thank Him. So as I pray I want to thank you Lord. I am totally devoted to You. Equip me to preach the gospel. Now is the time and I will not forget my mission. As I arise I will not forget to put on my Full Armor of God. I will cling to your Bible. I am committed to carry it with me. I will hold it up as a sword in the town ...

  ' I am convinced that any suffering we endure is less than nothing compared to the magnitude of glory that is about to be unveiled within us .' Romans 8:18 (TPT) For me, it's not permanent, it's just a prickly patch I'm going through. I did not choose to decorate with cactus, they were handed down to me from my grandmother. No one says I have to keep them, but then again, their flowers are spectacular. Don't judge. Don't you know that I am the oldest, and that's just an excuse for me, but it does make me feel like it's one of my duties. I know where they are, I am the one that put them there, but that doesn't keep me from backing into them from time to time. Funny how life is like that. Same with sin. Ouch! All the pain in my life is a result of sin and its influences on me. Some of the things that I have chosen to keep and hold on to have not always been good for me. Yet I know Holy Spirit will help me to deal with them in time...

' I obey my Father, so that everyone in the world might know that I love him. It is time for us to go now.' John 14:31 (CEV) What a great way to start the week. I will declare my love to the Father. What better way to say it than to demonstrate my love for Him by doing what He has told me to do. I read His Word. I speak to Him through prayer. I do what He tells me to do.  The evidence is clear. I have to tell no one. Anyone can see that I love Him because I obey Him. He was tempted yet knew no sin. He died for me. He is worthy of my love and affections. I will copy His example of Love and obedience to the Father. Dear Father Thank you for the example of Love that you have given me through Your Son Jesus Christ. Thank you that He is my perfect example, by having victory over the enemy, living free from sin and conquering death. He is my advocate. I will worship Him. Teach me Your ways Lord. I love you Father and choose to follow Christ's example to obey You. In ...

' During Christ’s days on earth he pleaded with God, praying with passion and with tearful agony that God would spare him from death. And because of his perfect devotion his prayer was answered and he was delivered.'  Hebrews 5:7 (TPT)  Christ is my example in life. He was devoted to prayer while He lived in the flesh. He was passionate and His prayer was answered. He was delivered from death. He never sinned. He died for humanity. He died for me. He beat death. He lives. He intercedes for me even now. My life should be all about Him. He saved my soul from death. I should be devoted to Him. He has found a place in my heart. I should be passionate about prayer.      He loved me. He saved me. He loves me. If I wake at six o'clock and sometimes before to pray for others and like it, am I an intercessor too? If I could only plead to God like Jesus did, but some days I lack the passion. My life could be about Him if I were obedient to His ways but s...

  'T his is a vision that Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem :   In the last days, the mountain of the Lord ’s house      will be the highest of all—      the most important place on earth. It will be raised above the other hills,      and people from all over the world will stream there to worship.     People from many nations will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord ,      to the house of Jacob’s God. There he will teach us his ways,      and we will walk in his paths.” For the Lord ’s teaching will go out from Zion;      his word will go out from Jerusalem.     The Lord will mediate between nations      and will settle international disputes. They will hammer their swords into plowshares      and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer f...

' God saw all that he had made, and it was very good indeed.   Evening came and then morning: the sixth day.' Genesis 1:31 (CSB) He saw them there with all of His creation and after thorough inspection He was very pleased with what He had done. Man, created in His own image in holiness. The entire plan of the Creator put into motion.  Including a plan for the sinner through the gospel of Christ to flee from the wrath to come.  And, one great day we shall enter into the new heavens and earth with righteousness. Our way in is His Way. One Way. Through Christ. Our God Reigns! Thank you Lord. Source: 'Drummingthemessagehome' August 7, 2020 blog post.  

  ' I’m writing to encourage you to fan into a flame and rekindle the fire of the spiritual gift God imparted to you when I laid my hands upon you .  For God will never give you the spirit of fear, but the Holy Spirit who gives you mighty power, love, and self-contro l.' 2 Timothy 1:6-7 (TPT) Do not be discouraged. Do not be dismayed. The Holy Spirit is an all consuming fire. The spiritual gifts that God has given me can be revived.  That which the devil and my flesh intend to put out, God has put in, a living flame , and it lives within my heart. I must labor to keep it burning. Fan the flames. I must encourage and stimulate its growth to keep it alive. Be a flame thrower. Read. Meditate. Pray. Exercise my gifts often. Be baptized again and again with the laying on of hands. Remember what He has told me, that the seeds of doubt will come, but that He has never given me the spirit of fear but rather the Holy Spirit! Hallelujah. Don't be depressed by your ci...