Just What Really IS Love! 
"Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another ..."

by Richard A. Allcorn © 

I've had to do a lot of soul searching here lately, and find that "riding the fence" does nothing for you but rips up your breeches with the barbed wire.  Why do we use barbed wire for our fences?  To keep you "off" the fence.  

I love people, and I love GOD, but I am not perfect.  I will be the first to admit that, folks.  I have recently had to clean up a lot of stuff in my life, delete and close Twitter accounts, etc. and I'm still finding stuff that has to go.  We all have to do that now and again ... it's an ongoing process.

Being a Christian is not about being flawless!  And if you thought it was ... think again!  It's about managing your life, cleaning up areas of compromise, and constantly seeking GOD, asking, "Ok, now what next to do I need to fix."

The biggest problem in a Christian life is dealing with people that see you from a distance, who mount their judgement throne and, like a parasite, they go for the jugular!  People don't try to sin, it just happens.  Most are looking for a way out of it.  And as Christian brothers and sisters, our job is to pray for one another, not judge them.  Our job is to encourage them to righteousness, and help them to see themselves as GOD sees them.  James 5:16 says we are to "pray for one another, that you may be healed."  Ephesians 6:18 says, "Never stop praying, especially for others.  Always pray by the power of the Spirit." 

All to often though, we come across folks who claim to know GOD, but treat their brothers and sisters like the devil.  GOD is all about love, forgiveness, and especially restoration.  Why is it that Christians are the only faith that crucify our own wounded?  Why is it when we see a brother or sister in sin, we side up with the devils group and crucify them?  When the Bible said to "pray by the power of the Spirit", it was talking by the power of the spirit "of GOD", not of Satan.  When you side with the devil, you commit the sin of Adam, and return to that which you were supposed to be saved from!

Your job, as a representative of the Family of GOD, is to go to them, lift them up, encourage them, pray for them and over them, and help them get back on-track with GOD's plan for their life.  But if you're hiding in the shadows and talking about them, criticizing them, and spreading rumors about them, you just became a partner with Satan in destroying them, and THAT is what his whole goal was to start with!  

Clean up your own life, first.  Go to GOD and ask HIM to show you areas that "you" need to fix.  Then go to the person you have issues with, in love, and encourage them, pray with them, and help them "see" what GOD sees ... so that they become what GOD created them to be.  Don't find yourself before the throne of GOD one day being asked, "Why did you play a big part in the destruction of the life of your brother (or sister)?  Which side are you on?"

If you see me messing up, come to me!  Confront me, in love, and help me beat whatever it was that you saw in my life.  Why?  Because I've spent over 65 years in this Earth, learning things that GOD wants me to share.  And if you work against my success instead of praying for me, encouraging me, and helping me get back on my feet, then "YOU" just became Satan's single best tool to use towards my destruction!  If you only knew how scared Satan is, that I am going to tell, teach and share what GOD has shown me ...  Get with GOD's program, and stop sneaking around in Satan's camp, spreading gossip and pointing fingers!  PRAY!!!  And if you don't know how to pray, pray in the Spirit.  But PRAY!  Lord knows I need it...  

By the way, "THANK YOU" to all of you who have been encouraging me, lifting me up, and praying for me.  I seriously WANT to see GOD work in my life and yours!  And of recent, GOD has pointed out to me that Satan is working diligently to shut me down ...  but I refuse to quit!  I refuse to fail!  And I refuse to allow the weaknesses of this flesh to hinder my calling and my purpose here in the Earth.  

I challenge you, if you call yourself a Christian, to be a help and an encouragement to those around you that you see who need help.  GOD didn't point them out to you, like some sniper so you could finish them off.  HE wants you to pray for them, befriend them, and lift them up ... to glorify HIM.  

The Bible is full of example of how GOD used a jack-ass to get things done.  I am a living example ...   so lift me up, pray for me, 'cause I'm coming back!! 

I am returning to THE CALLING that HE placed upon my life. 
(I won't get any sleep UNTIL I do.)

by Richard A. Allcorn  

© Copyright  All rights reserved.  12/09/2024

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Going Through Rough Times? 
"GOD is removing the chaff, and those in your life that need to go ..."

by Richard A. Allcorn   

Sometimes GOD will isolate you, before HE elevates you.  You may think that everything is falling apart around you, but in reality everything is falling into place.  Old things are being stripped away.  And people in your life are sometimes included in that purging.  

Often, we have people in our lives who pretend to care, pretend to love, and pretend to have your back.  But when the pressure is on, and the rumors begin to fly, and gossip is spread, these are the individuals who will leave you alone, on your own, with noone to help … noone to turn to.  They will believe the lies and join in with your accusers, without ever once taking the time to come to you to find out the truth.  

These are the individuals who will stand in judgement over your life, though GOD never appointed them to that position.  They will criticize you, maybe chastise you, or even worse, talk about you, behind your back!  They will spread the rumors and the lies, as though they were the verified gospel truth, and while doing so, they become your enemy, your judge, your accuser.  This is called “siding with Satan”.  They don’t even realize they’re doing this.  They become self-righteous, standing tall because they believe in their own minds that their attitudes against you are right, and justifiable, and that they are upholding principles of value and worth.  But the fact of the matter is, their actions are 180° against the Word of GOD, and counter-Christian, not-at-all Christ-like.  They have, without realizing it, become a co-agent with Satan in the attacks upon you, and will be a valued force and tool, in his schemes, to destroy you.  

 

When you're in one of these isolation scenarios, you will find that GOD will also take advantage of this time to expose those around you, who are like this, people that you cannot trust, who are critical and quick to judge, believing rumors and hearsay easily, rather than seeking you out to discover the truth. 

We're moving into a time when GOD's Spirit is going to begin separating the wheat from the chaff.  In these last days the Bible tells us that sons will go against their fathers, and daughters against their mothers, with no real love shown, nor a desire for restoration or forgiveness. 

In many cases, these are casualties of Satan’s deceptions, where he has persuaded them that by taking a stance against you they are being righteous, and upholding GOD’s will in their lives.  If we get to where we jump on and attack those around us who are under his attack, those who fall, then we've sided with Satan, in helping in that persons destruction!  We become a “double-agent”, claiming to love GOD and serve HIM, and yet, we are sneaking off and siding with Satan on his attacks against our own family (fellow believer’s), and helping in their destruction.  

Satan is attacking and working against all of us, more than ever before!  His efforts are to find weaknesses and exploit them.  He wants to confuse the truth in your mind, dash any hopes you might have of becoming what GOD called you to be, and establishing an inner image of defeat and hopelessness.  And as these other, well-meaning individuals join with Satan in his attacks against you, often he is able to destroy the light, the fire, the hope, that is inside your spirit.  And “that” is his goal!  

The Bible teaches us that we are to reach out to them, and to pray for them.  But if our actions are not in keeping with our prayers, then our prayers are of none affect, because we're not walking in love.  All of the gift of the spirit are that way ... if you're not walking in love, they just won't work!  So, when you pray for someone, but your actions are contrary to those prayers, it’s like the sails on a ship on a calm and still day.  There is no power in your prayers, because “you”, unknowingly, have pulled back the force of faith behind them.  They become useless, empty words.  

So, if you find yourself going through one of the times, when you feel isolated, seek the Word of GOD.  Seek men and woman of GOD.  The Bible tells us that you will know them by their fruits.  Seek out those who are seekers of the truth, encouraging you, uplifting you, and endeavoring to help you to reach your full potential in GOD and His calling on your life.  

Your life is not falling apart.  GOD is just cleaning off the chaff, the rough edges that need to be done away with.  And sometimes, that means that even relationships have to change.  

He has your back.  He always will …

written by Richard A. Allcorn  

©Copyright 11/25/2024 - All rights reserved. 

 

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You Need An Empowering, a Refreshing! 
"I never called you just to circle the mountain, but to come forth ..."

by Richard A. Allcorn   

On October 18, 1986, a prophet at Maranatha Campus Ministries, Nick Pappis, was preaching at a local church in Austin Texas.  He and I knew each other, but I could tell that this "word" from GOD took him by surprise, as he came up to me during a service, and said ...

"Wanderer, oh wanderer in the dry desert places - Know that I've not caused you to circle the mountain, but I've called you forth, that my word might rest in your heart, and my spirit might well up within you in abundance, and flow out to others. For I put a vision and a dream in your heart, years ago, but you've let the vision and the dream die.

Even though there's a facade of joy and contentment, I know your heart, says the Lord, and you've been wandering. You've been circling a mountain without beginning, without end, -- and I would say wanderer, wanderer, when will you come to my first call? When will you come back to the word that I first spoke to you to see my ministry, and my purposes fulfilled in your heart?"

"For I'm gonna speak to you in this nights season. I'm gonna speak 'very clearly’ to you: you need direction, you need refreshing, you need a renewing- an empowering. I want you to be obedient, says the Lord." 

I "knew" that this word surprised Nick, because of what he said afterwards:  

"Now, I don't know anything. I don't know anything. But I felt that word very strong. Whatever it means, whatever it means you can tell me, er, I don't know? You don't, you don't have to tell me now, but I just felt God spoke somethin', and God wants to speak to you."

It was obviously a Word from GOD.  It hit Nick so hard that he couldn’t hold it back, and it rather surprised him, I think.  Nonetheless, he later said he felt the power of it from GOD so much that he wanted to help.  He could “see” the situation in the spirit and he wanted to help me get on-track with what GOD had called me to do.  

He said, “Wanderer, wander, in the “dry desert places” …  places where there is no water, no life-giving spiritual water for me.  I am not being fed.  I am not nourished, spiritually.  

He goes on to say, “Know that I’ve NOT caused you to circle the mountain”, like others, who seek the presence of GOD, and want to be around it, but apparently GOD has called “me” to come into His midst and feed on HIS presence.  “… but I have called you forth, that My Word might rest in your heart, and My Spirit might well up within you in abundance, and FLOW OUT TO OTHERS.”  

GOD is saying that He hasn’t called me to be a “crowd member”, but He has called me to come into His Presence, to “come forth” into the midst of GOD’s Spirit and His Word, and fill my heart with His Word and HIs understanding, that I might be “filled with His Presence” so that I can take that presence, and His Word and present it and feed it … to others.  GOD placed a vision and a dream in my heart to be HIS prophet, and HIS mouthpiece.  But, as he put in the prophetic utterance, “… but, you’ve let the vision and the dream die.”  And now GOD is saying that I have been circling the mountain, in an endless journey going nowhere.   He is asking me, “When will you come back to the Word that I first spoke to you … ‘to see My Ministry, and My Purposes fulfilled in your heart.’”  GOD “WANTS ME” to press-in and BE what he called me to be. 

His instructions?  

“You need direction, refreshing, a renewing, an “empowering” … to get “charged up” and filled with HIS Presence, so that I have the “eye of the tiger” again in my life.  

P. S.   Please, keep me in your prayers …*


*please, don't pray just a token, “Bless him Father …” prayer, I’m talking about "War Room" level intercession!  
 Thanks.

by Richard A. Allcorn  

© Copyright  All rights reserved.  08/06/2024

website: http://rich.allcorn.us

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Friday, August 10, 2024

Forgiveness ...
In watching series 4 of "The Chosen", I saw the 2nd show where Simon becomes "Peter", and Matthew is asked to go to Simon/Peter and ask forgiveness for what he's done in the past.  Matthew wrestled with it, and later Peter wrestled with accepting his forgiveness.  But in the end, when they did that, and forgave, the strength of GOD's love burst forth.  

I have been trying at just about everything I can try, to get work, to get a trucking job, to get "anything" ... to make a good living and continue wiping out my debt and moving forward.  But even still, at every turn, when I try these things, I hit a brick wall, over and over and over again.  

I have done everything that I know to do ... except to forgive.  I have to forgive GOD.  I have been holding the failures over the years to HIM, for various reasons.  Now, I am going to do what Matthew did, and what Peter did, and forgive, not just GOD, but my former boss, and the $40,000-$50,000 losses in income.  I am going to forgive "everyone", even my sons, who have turned against me after the divorce.  All they see is a failure of a man, and for that I cannot blame them ... but "forgiveness" was the message in the show last night, and forgiveness is what I will do.  And afterwards, not knowing how to pray otherwise, I will begin to intercede, and pray in tongues ... and pray "until" I break through whatever has been holding me back ... in this life.   

So, what do you do when you think you're doing the right thing, but even that doesn't seem to be working?

Forgiveness 
by Richard A. Allcorn   

In searching through the Bible for verses on "forgiveness", I find that just about every book has something to say on the subject of "forgiving".  But after viewing a show of "The Chosen", in season 4, episode 2, I chose to see what the Apostle Matthew had to say.  And the very first mention I find was in his writings where he shares "The Lord's Prayer", a prayer that Jesus gave us to follow, when we don't know how to pray.  You know it well, "Our Father Who are in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven ..." and so on.  But one particular section caught my eye in this search for "forgiveness".

In verse 14 of Matthew chapter 6 (Amplified), we read, "For if you forgive people their trespasses, leaving them, letting them go, and giving up your resentment, your heavenly Father will also forgive you."  This one hit home, for me, but in reading further, I read, "But if you do not forgive others their trespasses sins, leaving them, letting them go, and giving up the resentment you hold, neither will your Father forgive you your trespasses, and your sins."

Now I've always known that we need to forgive, so that GOD "can" forgive us, but this drove the message home for me.  As not just a Believer, but as a "Christian", as a member of that group of Believer's who dares to actually "be" like Jesus, we MUST walk in forgiveness!  THAT is where the power of love begins to yield it's strength, and show it's full potential!  Without forgiveness, it's like the gifts of GOD ... the power of the tongue, the authority of the Believer, the delivering capabilities of faith ... these all go "offline" when we are not walking in love.  So, likewise, the power of LOVE, and it's capabilities, are rendered totally useless if we do not have forgiveness in our heart.  

Many years ago, when I was stations in California, I was also active with a local group of Believer's in the local Christian Coffee House located on George AFB, in Victorville California.  We were attending a Full Gospel Businessman's Fellowship Dinner.  And friend and I had finished our meal early, and while waiting for the others to finish and the services to commence, we stepped outside to visit with some of the local students who were hanging around that evening at the school grounds where we were meeting.  He and I were witnessing to them, and sharing Jesus.  

I had only recently been reading a book on the Mormon faith, to better understand their beliefs and where they are coming from.  That evening a young man came up and began to interject controversy, and arguments, hindering the progress we had been making with the students.  Holy Spirit told me that he was a Mormon.  His intent was so that I could understand where he was coming from and minister to him, benefiting from my recent studies.  But instead I began to compare and berate his beliefs in comparing them to what the Bible says.  At the time I did not realize it, but I was not-at-all walking in love, when taking this approach.  

He finally became upset, grabbed me by the tie, and was about to his me in the face.  I told him, "I rebuke you in the name of Jesus."  And with that, his anger rose and he began to rearrange my facial features with his fists!  My friend looked at him and said, "I take authority over the spirits driving you, in the name of Jesus." and the guy tripped and fell on his own feet, scrambled up and ran away.  Needless to say, the witnessing session was over!  And so was our meeting!  

I went to the bathroom and looked at my face in the mirrow.  I was amazed that I could see myself, given the swelling and damage to my face.  My friends, looking on in horror, began offering to call the police, and to take me to the emergency room.  But in my grief, all I could think about was that "the name" ... it didn't work!  When I used my authority on that guy in his actions against me, it - didn't - work!!  I was crushed in my spirit!  So I told them, "No, I just want to go home."  And that I did.  

In the military, you don't just call-in "sick" ... they wanted me to go to "sick call" and see a doctor.  I refused and pleaded with them just to give me a day, and I would be fine and back to work the following day.  So, they reluctantly agreed, and I parked myself in my dorm room, listening to worship music, and praying, asking GOD what happened!  Suddenly, I found myself in Heaven!  I was in a place that looked alot like a gazebo, up on a mountaintop area, overlooking the city of Heaven!  And there in front of me was Jesus Himself!  

I won't go into the details for that would be another story in itself, but Jesus and I spoke for hours upon hours, and we talked about "everything" you could imagine, concerning my ministry, my calling, my gifts, and His purpose for me here in the Earth.  And when that magnificent experience was all over, I found myself back in my body, and the record has not even finished!  Folks, that's when we used big disks like CD's called LP's, or "long play" records.  And this one should only have lasted about 40 minutes to an hour at the most.  But it wasn't very far from where it was when I left and went to Heaven.  

Suffice it to say I learned great deal from the visit, but one thing that became very clear to me, something I could not have seen otherwise.  The reason that nothing happened when I rebuked the guy in Jesus name was that I was not walking in love!  The Bible is very clear about things of the spirit and the Gifts of the Spirit, and how they are regulated, with a safety on them, in that you cannot use these gifts outside of "love".  And THAT is what I had tried to do!  When I began a personal onslaught against that young man, attacking everything he believed, and everything he knew since his upbringing, I was not walking in love, but rather to prove myself right!  And therein is why my words had no power.  

Likewise, our "love walk" is but a futile act of pretense when we are not walking in "forgiveness".  You cannot walk in love WITHOUT walking in forgiveness.  We need to forgive those who have hurt us, betrayed us, berated us, and even attacked us.  We even need to forgive ourselves!  Yes, we need to forgive ourselves!  GOD forgave us, but if we continue to hold onto things that GOD has long since cast into the "sea of forgetfulness", then we are the ones hindering our prayers, not GOD.  

  

So, here I was asking GOD, "What am I to do?"  I had prayed over my situation, done spiritual warfare, and still nothing!  And it seems now that the key to all of this is "forgiveness".  So, I will be forgiving ... "all".  I will be forgiving, and asking forgiveness, to cut lose the ties that bind "my failures" to me, because of that unforgiveness.  I will be wrapping my arms around those whom I have held offense with, in much the same way that Peter came and wrapped his arms around Matthew, and told him, "I forgive you.  This fewd between us, is over."  I even have to forgive GOD.  I know HE has done nothing wrong, but if I hold HIM for something that has happened, then I have created a chain, a rope of bondage, that is hindering my prayers, my faith walk, and my ability to "break free" from Satan's attacks.  With unforgiveness, Satan has me.  Without walking in love, Satan has me.  With strife, and words that are not in love, Satan has me.  The bible says when we walk in strife we are "taken captive by Satan at his own will."   I definitely do NOT want that!  So, the answer?  Forgive.  Love.  Believe.  

So, what areas of your life do you feel are getting nowhere?  Could it be that you too are having a battle with unforgiveness, like I have been?  If so, you're NOT walking in love, that the power gifts, the things that GOD has provided to set you free, are "on-hold", for now, UNTIL you forgive, and walk in love.  The "safety" is on, and these weapons WILL NOT FIRE unless you bearer of these weapons is walking in love.  What a wonderful world it would be if we could do the same with our earthly weapons.  Machine guns, pistols, etc. would be powerless to attack the innocent, and would only fire when used to defeat evil, when they were used after every other effort has been tried to squelch the situation.  So, I urge you today to ask GOD to reveal to you if you have any unforgiveness in your heart against someone, anyone.  Find these little rascals that hinder our walk with GOD and chase them off.  Sever their ties, and break "FREE" at last, that your words and your prayers, might avail much!

by Richard A. Allcorn  

© Copyright  All rights reserved.  04/10/2024

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Finding the Will of GOD ...
In a recent video I was watching I began to realize that I have allowed myself to become sidetracked and rather lazy in the things of GOD as I know them to do!  I've been doing my very best to find a job that pays well, and use it to get totally and completely out of debt, and financially solid, with savings and investments, really really nice tithe amounts and everything!  But at every turn, when I try these things, I hit a brick wall.  

I have done everything that I know to do concerning spiritual warfare, and the results seem to be "placebo".  My only thoughts now are that maybe, just maybe GOD is wanting me to go a different path, a different direction.  

So, what do you do when you're doing the right thing, but even that doesn't seem to be working?

Finding the Will of GOD

by Richard A. Allcorn   

In Genesis, we find that GOD created Man for His own pleasure, for fellowship companionship, to talk with him and spend time with him, much like a father does with his son!  GOD wants to "communicate" with us, not just one-sided or one-way conversations, but HE wants "us" to hear HIM!  He "wants" that fellowship with man!  And when HE created the woman, for the man, HE made her an integral part OF THE MAN, so that not only would he be completed and made whole with her in his life, but she too would be a part of that communion, that GOD-Man relationship! 

I think perhaps that the greatest creation that GOD has ever done is when HE created the woman!  I mean, look at her.  She moves like a ship in the ocean, with grace and style, floating about the room with a walk and a gate that only a woman could pull off.  The has long flowing hair, beautiful eyebrows, gorgeous eyes that you can get lost in, if you're not careful!  She has a complexion that is radiant, and a smile that lights up a room!  Her lips, as King Solomon puts it in Proverbs, are smoother than honey, and sweet to the taste.  Her voice is calming.  Her touch disrupts the entire circulatory system of a man!  And when you watch her walk down the sidewalk or the beach, you can't help but notice!  Why?  Because GOD made her "just for" the man!  She was created for his pleasure, for his companionship, and to fulfill him, to make him happy!  

Woman is, by far, the greatest creation that GOD has ever accomplished!  Her beauty is so captivating that when Adam first saw Eve as she sachet into the garden where he was, all he could say was, "Whoa!  Man!!" And to this day, men are still affected in much the same way when a beautiful woman enters the room!  The whole atmosphere changes, faces light up, men begin to take notice, and our world is changed!  And "this" is a gift from GOD, to man.  

Now beauty is just the beginning!  This creature can multitask, and do multiple things at once!  She is very intelligent, perceptive and cunning, often able to discern the atmosphere in a room before anyone else.  Her song can melt a mans heart, and her voice can calm the raging seas of a mans anger ... or his disappointment.  Why?  Because GOD created her not to just be his wife, his lover, and the object of his affections, but a "best friend", a worthy companion, a partner in life, to share hobbies, recreation, travel, shopping experiences and all of the things of life.  This new addition changes a man's whole world!  An with the entrance of the woman, into a mans life, his whole existence changes.  He becomes a better ... a better "everything", because of her influence, her presence, in his life.  

So, if GOD went to such trouble to make the woman such an awesome creation, just for HIS man, then HE must value and treasure the man greatly!  And with the woman in his life, the man becomes a brand new "better version" of who he was.  Sometimes, the man becomes an entirely new creature ... because of the woman!  And "this" makes GOD so happy, because HE made her ... just for the man.  HE had man's best interests in mind, when HE rocked our world with the introduction of woman!  

Having recently gone through a divorce, I find myself desperately seeking "true love".  I don't want to settle for a good friendship, a good roommate, but I want someone who is head over heels in love with me!  I want someone who treasures me over everything else BUT GOD.  I want her to adore me, love spending time with me, enjoy hobbies and chores, and the things we do together, more than anything else!  And I want to feel the same about her!  I am finding, as I study human relationships that when 2 people are mated in this way, with a love to this degree with one another, then each eagerly supports the other.  When one fails, the other is right there to lift them up, encourage them, and cheer them on!  Unlike my past experiences of criticism, judgement, mothering and a lack of just plain "liking me", I want someone who makes me feel good about the way GOD made me.  And if I have things that I need to fix, change or adjust, when I know they feel this way about me, I'll be giving it my all to change, to make myself better ... for her.  

My first order of business has been to get my finances in order.  I want to wipe out any/all debts, and pay off people I owe, and end up totally debt-free!  I believe this is what GOD wants in our lives!  And in the past, I just never could seem to get that accomplished.  But now, I have a new life and a new challenge, and it's all up to "me" ... to get it done!  The Bible teaches, "A man who does not provide for his own is worse than an unbeliever."  Well, I not only want to be so far past that, but I want to have "more than enough", so that I have it to give, to bless others, and to sew into ministries, and into investments.  If I get past "my needs" then my focus becomes on helping others, and giving to others!  

In September of 2023, I started working for a trucking company making about $2,500/week. It was a great job, driving over-the-road, in a beautiful truck!  It has a nice sleeper, refrigerator, microwave, flatscreen TV, vacuum cleaner, and all the amenities to make me comfortable as I drove for a living.  I was excited about finally being the "best man" that I could be, paying off everybody, including my Jeep, and getting past "my needs" and being able to now help others.  Then, about 3 weeks into the job, we were sued and our assets were frozen/locked-down.  

I worked for the next 5 months without a paycheck.  I knew if I quit, the company would have no income.  Everyone else had already left.  The owner was scrambling to get his CDL so he could drive too!  And this was probably the hardest time of my life, because everything seemed to go wrong!  I won't go into the details, but lets just say I got to the point where I literally thought that GOD had abandoned me!  Here I was trying to get my life straight, so I could be a self-sufficient "blessing" to others, and it seemed like at every turn I met with brick walls.  

We won the lawsuit, but the judge gave them 90 days to release the funds! Our company barely survived this attack already, and now we've gotta wait until these guys "release" our assets again, before I even get paid!  Finally, after 5 months went by, I came home for some time off.  On March 15th, the 90 days were over and these guys should be releasing the funds so I can get paid.  Well, I am still waiting, for my 5 months of backpay. The company I am not sure will even survive or not.  But the funds were supposed to be released by March 15th.   Still nothing!   And I just recently spoke with the accountant, and they have yet to receive the release of their operating funds!  They're playing some sort of legal song-and-dance, to delay.  They don’t know when they’ll be able to pay me. It’s all just like a nightmare!  

  

So, here I am asking GOD, "What am I to do?"  I mean I have prayed over this, done spiritual warfare over this, and still nothing!  I've had to borrow MORE money just to keep from losing things I have now!  And that is literally destroying my self esteem, my feeling of self-worth and accomplishments.  And for the first time in my life, I understand what it means to be at the "bottom of the barrel".  I KNOW what that scripture in Psalms means when it says, "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death ..."  Well I've been there!  It ain't fun!  And you literally feel like, for the first time in your life, that you are "all alone".  To quote a part of a phrase from Billy Graham in one of his crusades, "... without hope, and without GOD in the world."  THAT is how I feel now.  

So, what would you do in this situation?  What would your course of action be?  I know what I'm going to do, but I'd like to hear from others ... and see what advice you out there have?

Feel free to comment ...

Quoting a message someone sent on YouTube the other day at the bottom of a Christian song, I thought I'd share this with you:  "God never sends you into a situation alone, God goes before you, He stands beside you.  He walks behind you.  And whatever situation you have right now, be confident!  God is with you."

That song is a spiritual warfare song given to this artist by the angel Michael ...
It's a spiritual warfare song they sing to worship GOD.
"You Are The Almighty GOD"     

by Richard A. Allcorn  

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