{"id":8356,"date":"2013-05-31T15:11:54","date_gmt":"2013-05-31T15:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=8356"},"modified":"2013-05-31T15:11:54","modified_gmt":"2013-05-31T15:11:54","slug":"going-to-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=8356","title":{"rendered":"Going to War!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We are already at war! \u00a0 Spiritual war. We have been from the moment we gave our hearts to Him! \u00a0In my prayer time the Lord has been impressing something on me that I feel compelled to share. \u00a0Here is what I’ve gotten from Him;<\/p>\n

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I want to challenge you to start to observe the world. \u00a0See what is in today’s movies, TV shows, music, what the networks are showing, reporting, and promoting. \u00a0What newspapers are printing, what is the world’s “in” stuff. \u00a0Look at what our elected officials have done, look at their behavior. look at how little concern they have for those that elected them!!!! \u00a0I could go on and on, \u00a0but I won’t. \u00a0Our world is almost hopelessly lost, I say almost because with God all things are possible, but things are bad folks! I have a shocking place to start! \u00a0Leave all of that to God, we must start with ourselves.<\/p>\n

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The number one thing we must guard against is being self-absorbed. \u00a0We live in a time that we truly need to be the salt of the world, we need to love others with His love, and reach out and help those that are lost. \u00a0In the difficult times that lie ahead people will be looking for answers, we have “the” answer, Him! \u00a0No one is going to want to ask us for help if we are so absorbed in our own lives, own desires, and our own welfare that we can’t reach out to others. \u00a0As believers, it is time we grow up, and face the reality that we will fail in serving Him if we don’t let go of self, and start living and looking outward. We are past the time that we can live selfishly! \u00a0I know this is harsh, but the reality of our world today is harsh. \u00a0This was a message for me! \u00a0I may be wrong to share it, but I just suspect we all need to pray about where God would have us to be in the days to come! \u00a0Make no mistake about it, Our world has gone far astray, and a time of correction is coming on all fronts! \u00a0 Will we be prepared to do His will when those times come? \u00a0I have opened my heart to His voice, and will be waiting on Him, I pray you will do the same.<\/p>\n

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I wish today’s blog was more cheerful, but I know His voice, \u00a0and I believe this is truly from Him. I believe He is giving us a chance to prepare our hearts.<\/p>\n

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Please pray, and check me on this!!!!<\/p>\n

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Always seek Him with all your hearts,<\/p>\n

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the pilgrim<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are already at war! \u00a0 Spiritual war. We have been from the moment we gave our hearts to Him! \u00a0In my prayer time the Lord has been impressing something on me that I feel compelled to share. \u00a0Here is what I’ve gotten from Him;   I want to challenge you to start to observe […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chronicles"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8356"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8359,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8356\/revisions\/8359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}