Jeanette Herndon Phillips, one of our dearest friends who is like a daughter to us, graciously volunteered to give me a day off by taking Melvine to see our dermatologist, Dr. Joy Chastain. Melvine has had a sore on the end of her nose for some time. It has been treated before.

When Dr. Chastain examined Melvine's sore with a scab, she diagnosed it as a possible basal cell carcinoma. She took a biopsy of it and has sent it off for the laboratory to make the precise determination. It will take 7 working days to get the results. Surgery may or may not be needed.

Jeanette took Melvine to the doctor's office in her new family Cadillac they have recently purchased. 

After the doctor's visit they went to Bone Island Grill and had lunch. Melvine ordered cheese grits, fried scrimp, corn bread, and the house salad that is given to every customer, and it is good. Melvine brought some of her lunch home, and we enjoyed it for supper. 

I was able to go to do my exercises at St. Mary's Wellness Center and worked out for an hour. To my amazement, my free membership lasts until December 1, at which time I can purchase the program for three month membership. I call that favor, the favor of God. I really thought I would have to pay for three months today. The last time I exercised there was September 6.

I got home prior to Melvine and Jeanette getting home. I had made an appointment to have Windows by Andersen send out a representative or salesman to measure several windows. I knew I could not afford the five windows that it would be good to replace, but I did want our two master bedroom windows done. They make it easier to have three windows done almost as expensive as the two. So, I chose the window in our family room next to our fireplace to be replaced. I was able to make a down-payment on the total costs with the option of paying the entire cost in a year without interest. So, it looks like we can have three custom built windows with a double sash installed by Thanksgiving. These windows will make our home more energy efficient, and our master bedroom warm for Melvine and me.

Today, we have to get up at the crack of dawn to go to the University Cancer and Blood Clinic for a double dose of chemotherapy. We will see Dr. Jane Huang our oncologist first. The session will be about 5 to 6 hours. We have learned that every Thursday Melvine will be having chemotherapy. We had to cancel our cleaning ladies who do deep cleaning. Melvine likes a neat, clean, and well-ordered home.

Bonnie Patch Bender, a retired LPN and dear friend, will not be able to go with us today. I am confident I can handle it. Melvine will sleep most of the time she is there. We don't know how this double dose will effect Melvine. That remains to be seen.

We need your continued prayers. We believe God is at work bringing about the desired healing and causing Melvine to be clean or free from all cancer cells in her body. Our prayer is that every cancer cell will come into alignment with God's order of health. Nothing is impossible for God. Our trust is in Him, and Him alone. God uses doctors, nurses, chemotherapy, surgery, etc. to bring about healing. He has never failed us. God can do anything but fail.

Please keep sending Melvine those get-well cards. She loves them, and has them neatly placed in a large basket to keep them all together.

You may write Melvine at this mailing address:

Melvine Morgan
17 Sweet Apple Lane 
Winder, GA 30680

May God bless you for your kindness to my darling wife, Melvine.

​I was born in Birmingham at the Hilman Hospital, now a small building in the massive University of Alabama Medical Center. I grew up in Birmingham, known as the Pittsburgh of the South because of our steel mills.

The youth of Birmingham flocked to Cascade Plunge every summer to swim. It had an enormous swimming pool with a 15 or 20 feet high diving board. I never had the courage to dive off that platform, but I did muster up enough courage to jump off it, and I did so multiple times. 

Howard Alexander was my best friend. We both had newspaper routes where we made money throwing the newspaper, The Birmingham News and The Birmingham Post Herald.

Howard, his sister, Juanita, and I rode our bicycles to Cascade Plunge from Woodlawn were we lived on 10th Avenue and 47th Street to East Lake. It was breath taking for us. I consider Juanita my little sister, and we called her Sis. Howard and I went all out to protect her and see after her welfare and happiness.

As I have reflected on the challenge I have given you, my dear readers, I have revised the number of people we need from 150 to 120. I did that to make it come into alignment and agreement with the number of disciples that were present on the Day of Pentecost in the Upper Room in Jerusalem when they were all filled with the Holy Spirit.

Hugh's News needs 120 people to give $10 per month to support a growing newsletter.

Here is how it can happen for you:

Allen Clark, a Vietnam hero, has this to say: "I decided years ago to support Dr. Hugh Morgan's work through a personal monthly contribution. It is easy to accomplish for me because I set up with my bank a fixed amount each month that is called a draw and mailed to Hugh's News, Inc., 17 Sweet Apple Lane, Winder, GA 30680. My Bank of America has a service in which they send out payments for my personal bills also. Readers, who appreciate Hugh News, could do the same with whatever amount, however small, on a monthly basis."

The Bible declares this truth:

Galatians 6:9
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
KJV

I know something about gardening and farming. I have done both. What a joy it is to see crops produce 100 fold and more, and some less.


Recently, this thought came to me while talking with a friend about the financial needs of Hugh's News, Inc.:

"Hugh, God would have you trust Him to give you 120 subscribers or readers of Hugh's News to give $10 a month by using an automatic bank draft/draw from their banks to be sent to Hugh's News, Inc., 17 Sweet Apple Lane, Winder, GA 30680.

If you are willing to respond to this challenge, I would like to request that you write me of your decision. You may write me at hugh@hughsnews.com. I need your support as we expand this newsletter in days to come.

It is my desire to expand Hugh's News by adding two associate editors of this newsletter to help me with the writing of these newsletters. We have many gifted writers in our church. We have talent that needs to be released and utilized for the glory of God and to bless the people.

I need your help financial help now, even today, the first day of November.

I have been the editor of Hugh's News for 21 years. In all of those years I have never taken a salary. 

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To give by check you may send your letter to:

Hugh's News, Inc.
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When sending as check, please give me your email address so I can respond immediately to inform you that your contribution has been received with gratitude.

May God give back to you a blessing that you will be able immediately to recognize it came from God.

It has been my personal experience to have known the Presleys all my life. I. H. and Willette Presley, the parents of Jackson, Moody, and Charles were my contemporaries. They were somewhat older than I am. 

Word came to me in late afternoon on Wednesday, October 31, 2018, that John Moody Presley, whom I called Moody, had died peacefully in the hospital. It was Dr. Michael Stewart who sent me an email of Moody's death.

Moody's birthday was on Tuesday, October 30. Family and friends came to celebrate his 92nd birthday. Moody was born on October 30, 1926. Moody said, "Jane, I made it."

Moody Presley was a contemporary of the late Bishop J. Floyd Williams. They were close friends and preached together.

Moody was a graduate of Asbury College. He was president of the student body. He was born to be a leader. He was a great musician, and played trumpet like Gabriel. 

Funeral announcements are to be announced later this week. Jane, his wife, will be making arrangements at the funeral home on Thursday, November 1.

Moody and Jane Presley have supported Hugh's News monthly with a financial contribution for a number of years. Their investment has helped me to keep on keeping on in producing Hugh's News.

This year Veterans Day will be on Sunday, November 11. It is a special day when we can give special attention and focus on the brave men and women of these United States who have served with honor and distinction in the Armed Forces of the greatest nation in the world.     

It is important that we show our gratitude to these young Americans who have volunteered to serve our country to defend and protect the Constitution of the United States and if necessary to give their lives in service to God and country to preserve our freedoms.    

As the editor of Hugh's News, I am always interested in what our local IPHC churches are doing, as well as those churches with other faith groups or denominations.

In the Fall, we fall backwards
Change your clocks on Saturday evening, November 3

Daylight Savings Time Ends Sunday, November 4

Remember to set your clocks back one hour on Saturday, November 3rd so you will be on time for Sunday school and Sunday morning service, November 4.

In the fall, we Fall backwards; in the Spring, we spring forward.

The Psalmist wrote, "I was glad when they said unto me, 'Let us go into the house of the Lord'"(Psalm 122:1, NKJV).

Psalm 122:1
I was glad because they said to me,
"We will go to the Lord's temple." 
(from The NET Bible®, Copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C., Dallas, Texas, www.bible.org. All rights reserved. Used by permission.)


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ELECTION DAY

Tuesday, November 6, 2018
It's time for the Church to make her voice heard across our land. Pray and vote! 

Regardless of your preference for Political Parties I would like to encourage you to vote in this mid-term election. 

This may be the most important mid-term election in our nation's history. The future direction of our country is at a crucial moment. 

​It is my distinct honor and privilege to announce the 2018 Harvest Train Celebration in Falcon, North Carolina on Tuesday, November 20, 2018.  What a joy it is for me to serve Joey Leggett and Harvest Train. My father and mother, the Rev. Hugh Henry and Julia Payne Morgan, many long years ago traveled on behalf of Falcon Children's Home to raise awareness and finances for this great orphanage.

God's Holy Word says this: "Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world" (James 1:27, NKJV).

“A miracle just happened. The Supreme Court of Pakistan ruled today that Asia Bibi, a Christian woman falsely accused of blasphemy –- a capital offense under Islam’s totalitarian Sharia code –- is not guilty after eight years on death row.

“Particularly miraculous was the courage of the three Pakistani justices who know full well that, in freeing Mrs. Bibi, they have probably signed their own death warrants.  Other senior officials there have been murdered simply for speaking up for her and against blasphemy restrictions.

“We must now pray for a few more miracles. Extracting Asia and her family safely from Pakistan will probably require an operation as stealthy as the one that liquidated Osama bin Laden there. And let the hand of God be upon other Pakistani Christians who will stay behind and are likely to be targeted for intensified persecution following her acquittal.”

Will You Let the Breath of God Do These Four Powerful Things in Your Life?
 Karen Schatzline

I recently began a new video blog (vlog) on Facebook called "The Breathing Room." Its purpose is framed in Job 33:4, "The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty has given me life." God's breath gives us life. We need His breath.

Many know me as an international evangelist and author, but you don't know my story. My entire journey has been one that can be defined as almost out of breath, then God would restore me. I call it "the shh factor": from shy to stunned to shoved to shelved to shouting from the rooftops!

You see, the first half of my life, I was hidden. Whether it was as a shy young girl, having my park-bench experience, desiring more in life, marrying a bold man, being an overwhelmed youth pastor's wife (lost at times in fear), being a sidelined evangelist's wife, discovering a desire to have another child, heading to China, being rescued by Abby, raising a family, fighting for our son—to speaking all over the world, writing the book Dehydrated and then Rebuilding the Altar with my husband, Pat; there were hidden moments long before there were stage moments. Listen to me: You will never become known until you are first hidden. I have spent more time in the hidden place than on the stage. As my husband, Pat, says, "the greater the anointing, the greater the isolation!"

I love this Scripture in Psalm 27:5: "for in the time of trouble He will hide me in His pavilion;
in the shelter of His tabernacle He will hide me; He will set me up on a rock." Don't discount the hidden times.

Have you ever felt as though you are out of breath? I hate that out-of-breath feeling. I recently struggled with asthma and breathing issues (praise God for the healing He gave me), but I hate not being able to breathe in deep, having that feeling that you aren't getting enough air into your lungs. When you can't breathe deeply, it affects all aspects of your body and health.

The same is true of our spiritual life; we all need deep breaths and to breathe Him in deep. There are many "breathing rooms" in the Bible: Moses encountered a breathing room on the backside of the desert; Isaiah found his in a cave; the Shunamite Woman found hers in her son's bedroom; the disciples found it in an upper room. There are "breathing room" encounters throughout God's Word.

Let's talk about the breath of God. Genesis 1:2-3 says, "The earth was formless and void, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the water. God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light."

He said, "Let there be light" and there was light. It's through your breath that words take form. God spoke, breath came forth—the Word of God was formed!

The Gospel of John says, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God" (John 1:1). The Word was God! They were separate but all the same—all one.

I think sometimes we miss things in Scripture by just trying to get our daily reading in. Look back at Genesis 1:2-3. If we just use the English word "spirit," we will miss what is being described here. The Bible is describing a scenario where breath is involved. The breath of God! The word "spirit" in the Hebrew is ruach, which means "air in motion" and is the same word for "breath."

The Greek word for "spirit" is pneuma, which means "wind or breath." So I think we can read in Genesis 1, "The earth was formless and void, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the [breath] of God was hovering over the surface of the water. God said [or breathed], 'Let there be light,' and there was light" (Gen. 1:2-3).

God's Spirit or "breath" always brings life! The Bible says, "Then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living being" (Gen. 2:7).

What about Eve? Has it ever struck you, as it did me, that it never says God breathed into Eve? Why didn't He have to breathe life into Eve? It just says, "Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man, He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man" (Gen. 2:22).

I don't know about you, but this bothered me. Why would God not have breathed into her? Then God revealed to me the answer. See, He didn't need to breathe into Eve, because life was in the bones (Ezekiel talks about bringing bones to life). But catch this also, we've heard that Eve was taken from Adam's ribs, why the rib bone? Maybe because they are called to walk side by side. Yes, but that is not all there is to it; what is the purpose of the ribs? The ribs protect the lungs. They house the breath. We must be protectors of the breath. Come on; that is powerful!
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So we know that breath is important and we need His breath, but just how important is it? Here are four things the breath of God does for us, and one thing we must do as well:

    His breath gives you life.

"The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty has given me life" (Job 33:4). God's breath will give you life! "By the Word of the Lord the heavens were made, and all their host by the breath of his mouth."

    His breath drives back the enemy.

"By His breath He has made fair the heavens; His hand has formed the fleeing serpent" (Job 26:13).

    The breath of God brings understanding.

"But there is a spirit in man, and the breath of the Almighty gives him understanding" (Job. 32:8).

    His breath will heal your bones.

"Thus says the Lord God to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you so that you live" (Ezek. 37:5).

There are 150 psalms and the very last psalm, Psalm 150, declares this: "Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!" Our breath is meant to praise Him; it is meant to be His echo here in the earth (as it was for Ezekiel) and to tell others of His goodness.

I want to create a room or a place where the wind and the breath of God blows freely at all times! God is about to give CPR to some of you (Christ, power and resurrection). Romans 8:11 says the same Spirit who raised Christ from the dead will quicken your mortal bodies. We need His breath. I need His breath. In His breath is found life, freedom, understanding and healing!

Breathe Him in today and allow it to bring life to the places in your life that might be dead or dying. His breath can restore and replenish. And as He breathes into you, then become His echo and bring life to others.

Please enjoy the first episode of our Facebook Live series, The Breathing Room, and remember to breathe Him in!

[Karen Schatzline is an international Christian evangelist and author who, with her husband Pat, founded Remnant Ministries International in 1997. Karen ministers with passion and fire; her messages always deliver hope, freedom and a call to intimacy with the Father. Karen is the author of the powerful book, Dehydrated (Charisma House), which will lead you into a deeper encounter and intimacy with God. Together, Karen and Pat authored Rebuilding the Altar (Charisma House), a wakeup call to the church and believers to rebuild the place of encounter. Karen also hosts a bi-weekly video blog called "The Breathing Room," which has an online audience of tens of thousands and can be seen live on Facebook or through archived episodes on YouTube.

Karen makes her home in Fort Worth, Texas, along with her husband, evangelist and author Pat Schatzline and their daughter Abigail. Their son Nate and daughter-in-love Adrienne live in California, where they are youth pastors and have made Pat and Karen grandparents with their two sons, Jackson and Anderson.

This article originally appeared at karenschatzlineblog.com.

The life of a giant is no piece of cake.

I recently listened to a book about the making of the classic movie, The Princess Bride, which featured a humongous actor known as Andre the Giant. Andre was a gentle giant, according to the book's writer, Cary Elwes, who played a lead role in the movie. Andre stood 7 feet, 4 inches tall and weighed 520 pounds. But all of that bulk left him with an aching back. Imagine how your body would feel if you carried an extra 300 pounds around with you every day.

It was difficult for Andre to fit into many vehicles, and they couldn't find a horse that could carry him in the movie. Everywhere he went, people stared. When children saw him, they would either run toward him in delight or flee in terror, screaming.

But Andre took it all in good stride until he died in 1993 at age 46. (Giants also often live shorter lives.)

The tallest man in recorded history was Robert Pershing Wadlow from Alton, Illinois, who soared to the height of 8 feet, 11.1 inches. He weighed 490 pounds, but in photos he looks quite thin because the weight was spread across an enormous frame. He died especially young—at age 22 due to an infection.

Many giants, including Andre, suffer from acromegaly, a disorder that creates excessive growth hormones. Some have even theorized that Goliath suffered from acromegaly. In his book, David and Goliath, Malcolm Gladwell wonders if Goliath might have had vision problems due to this disorder. Why else, he asks, did Goliath talk about David coming at him with "sticks" (plural) when David carried one shepherd's staff?

But who knows for sure?

One of my favorite stops in Israel was the Valley of Elah, the lush land west of Jerusalem, where David did battle with Goliath. We found a dry streambed running through the field, where tourists (myself included) routinely pick up five smooth stones—just as David did when he was looking for rocks to sling at the giant. Our tour guide told us the stones were probably trucked over to keep replenishing the streambed, so who knows where these rocks really came from. But I still keep them on my bookshelf because, after all, I had gathered them from the Valley of Elah, and that's good enough for me.

In David and Goliath, Gladwell quotes Eitan Hirsch, a ballistics expert with the Israeli Defense Forces, who calculated that a slinger could hurl a rock with a speed almost equal to a bullet from a gun. That's why ancient armies had entire units of "projectile warriors," who fired arrows and slung stones.

So David's sling was a more fearsome weapon than we often give it credit. What's more, David had the advantage of being fast and nimble because he wasn't weighted down with armor. (He wisely turned down Saul's offer to loan him his armor.) Goliath, in contrast, was like a lumbering tank, wearing roughly 100 pounds of armor.

The only vulnerable spot on Goliath's body was his forehead, which was unprotected. Any slinger worth his salt was highly accurate, so it's no surprise that David was able to strike him in the forehead and that Goliath died on the spot. Stones were so deadly that the Romans had a special tool designed solely for pulling rocks from the bodies of injured soldiers.
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These are all good reasons why Goliath was defeated by a younger, smaller opponent. But there were two even better reasons—reasons of the heart.

The first: Based on Goliath's taunting, he was probably suffering from a severe case of pride. "Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?" ( 1 Sam. 17: 43b) he teased the young David. Goliath was quite the trash talker, and after striking fear into the entire Israelite army, his head must've gotten quite big, and he became overconfident. Little did he know he was going to soon lose that head.

As Proverbs 16:18-19 says, "Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. Better it is to be of a humble spirit with the lowly than to divide the spoil with the proud."

But most importantly, Goliath had another, even greater heart problem. He lacked the Lord.

David, who could do a bit of trash talking himself, shouted, "You come to me with a sword, a spear, and a shield, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have reviled" (1 Sam. 17:45b).

Notice the difference in their taunts. For Goliath, it was all about him. The Israelites had insulted him because they sent a boy "with sticks" to battle him. For David, it was all about God. David wasn't upset that Goliath insulted him. He was upset that Goliath had insulted God.

David had both humility and the Lord on his side. And it didn't hurt that he could sling stones with the best of them.

Looking at it that way, Goliath really didn't stand a chance.

[Doug Peterson has written 42 books for VeggieTales and is the author of four historical novels: The Disappearing Man, The Puzzle People, The Vanishing Woman, and The Lincoln League. His latest book is The Call of the Mild. Visit Doug at bydougpeterson.com.

This article originally appeared at just18summers.com.

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John 14:1-6    The Way, the Truth, and the Life

14 "Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.  2 In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.  3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.  4 And where I go you know, and the way you know." 

5 Thomas said to Him, "Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?" 

6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. 
NKJV

​​Teacher: Joey, if you put your hand in one pants pocket and found 75 cents, then you put your other hand in your other pants pocket and found 50 cents, what would you have?

Joey: I'd have somebody else's pants on!

Everyday now is a challenge for Melvine. Too many demands are being hurled at her at one time. There is just so much she can endure. Hopefully, we are learning together in our golden years how to take one day at a time.

We are so grateful for our local church, our pastor and his wife, and the good people who are coming to our rescue to help us.

Today, we saw Dr. Amit D. Shah, MD/PhD, FACC. He is  is the Director of the Electrophysiology Laboratory at St. Mary’s Hospital in Athens, Ga. Dr. Shah practices general cardiology and specializes in implanting pacemakers, defibrillators, and performing electrophysiology studies and ablations of arrhythmia. In fact, Dr. Shah implanted a pacemaker in my chest with success.

He examined Melvine's heart and talked with her about her current medications. He may change one or more medications for her benefit. He told her if she has any heart issues to call him directly and he will take good care of her. He said, Mrs. Morgan, you do not need to go to the emergency clinic. I will take care of you here in our offices. I can do an ekg and save you time and worry. I call that God's favor and blessings.

As always, when going to new doctor I am given the privilege of filling out the paperwork. I was so sleepy that I fell asleep several times and dropped the pen, clip board and papers. People near me in the waiting room were gracious to pick it all up for me. My handwriting had much to be desired and I am not sure anyone could read what I scribbled down.

Since it was lunch time I took Melvine to the Waffle House for lunch. Melvine isn't eating very much, her appetite is not good. She continues to lose weight. That concerns me as well as the doctors.

When we came home Melvine went to bed first. I finally gave in and changed clothes and climbed in bed. I slept for 5 solid hours. I was out of it. My body needed it and I needed it for my sanity and well-being.

Wednesday, is a day of activity. Jeanette Herndon Phillips is coming to take Melvine to see her dermotologist. She is Dr. Joy Chastain, MD, a dermatologist in Athens, GA and has been practicing for 17 years. She graduated from Tulane University School Of Medicine in 1997 and specializes in dermatology, surgery, and more.

I plan to travel over to St. Mary's Wellness Center to renew my exercise program. I have missed that weekly routine of exercise for three weeks now.

I have scheduled an appointment with a representative from Anderson's Windows to measure two windows in our master bedroom, and a few more. I want Melvine to be comfortable when she sleeps and the windows in this 20 year-old-house need replacing for the best in windows.

Melvine turned down the opportunity to have physical therapy in our home today. Hopefully, they can come next week when she is feeling better. 

We will have to cancel our cleaning ladies on Thursday since Melvine will have her second chemotherapy.  This one will be a double dose, the big one. I believe Melvine is at the point where she will ask Dr. Jane Huang, her oncologist, to order a port to be surgically implanted as an outpatient at St. Mary's Hospital. She will not have to be stuck over and over again. In the long haul, it is wise to take this action now. It is decision time for sure.

Continue to remember us in your prayers. We need a lot of prayer.

Please continue sending Melvine get-well cards.

You may write Melvine at this mailing address:

Melvine Morgan
17 Sweet Applel Lane
Winder, GA 30680

She loves the cards and special notes.

May God richly bless all of you for your concern, compassion, correspondence, and prayers for Melvine's healing as well as strength, stamina, vim, vitality, energy, and perseverance. When you lump them all together I call it Spizzerinctum.

​

I was shocked. It was unexpected, but tragedies like the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting always are.

I learned of this horrific event during my School of the Prophetic. I instructed my students to do a prophetic exercise I call "Current Events" where they prophesy into a news headline.

While they were praying, I decided to look at the news headlines to find an example so I could demonstrate. To my surprise, I read headlines about a massacre in a synagogue in Pittsburgh. It shook me as I saw what the enemy was planning next.

The massacre left 11 dead in an attack during worship services. According to CBS News, the victims ranged in age from 54 to 97, the latter of whom was a Holocaust survivor.

Police sources tell KDKA's Andy Sheehan the gunman, Robert Bowers, walked into the building and yelled, "All Jews must die."

According to 2016 FBI statistics (the most recent year data is available), there has been a nearly 5 percent hate crimes increase since 2015 and 10 percent since 2014. The FBI reports 1,273 crimes committed due to religious hatred—half those were against Jews.

Anti-Semitism is rising in the U.S., and this is just the beginning. The Holy Spirit showed me Ant-Semitism is going to ramp up. Most people aren't aware that there are nearly as many Jews in America as there are in Israel. America is a stronghold for the Jewish people and therefore will become a greater target of terrorism in the years ahead.

In my School of the Prophetic, I heard the Lord say:

"This is indeed a day of demarcation where you will begin to see more public, more vicious attacks upon My people. You will see them targeted for abuse and targeted for discrimination. You will see this because I am preparing a way for the Aliyah. I am preparing a way for them to return to their land. I am preparing a way in an unwelcome environment.

"As for you, you shall stand for them and you shall bless them and curse them not. You shall bless them with your prayers and you shall bless them with your words. And you will not be known as a people who tears down a people that I am building. For My heart is still with My chosen nation. My heart is still with My people.

"And I am charging you today with a renewed response of intercession to press in for My people, to bless Israel and to pray for the peace of Jerusalem but not just the Jerusalem that is in the Middle East but the Jerusalem that is here, represented by My people that are round and about you.
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"They need know My Son. They need to know Him as Messiah, the one that came to sacrifice His blood and His body on the cross for their eternal redemption So begin even now to press into strategies to see My people saved because I am bringing them to a new place even as the attacks against them begin to arise. I will place a hedge of protection around them according to the intensity of your prayers because I want them to come into the knowledge of the truth."

Prayer points:

—Pray for the salvation of the Jews.

—Pray for the Messianic movement around the world.

—Pray for the Aliyah.

—Pray against Anti-Semitism.

—Bless Israel and the Jewish people.

—Pray for the peace of Jerusalem and the Jews around the world.

[Jennifer LeClaire is senior leader of Awakening House of Prayer in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, founder of the Ignite Network and founder of the Awakening Blaze prayer movement. She is author of over 25 books. Find her online at jenniferleclaire.org or email her at info@jenniferleclaire.org.]

‘We Must Get Together Now and Ask for God’s Love and Truth to Abound in Our Cities Once More—It’s Time to Pray’

NEW YORK—As the nation learns more about the 11 victims of the tragic shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, New York City pastor Carter Conlon’s Times Square Church is praying for the community.

“Our sincere condolences and the heartfelt prayers of the Times Square Church congregation are being lifted up to the throne of God for the families and friends of the victims in Pittsburgh,” Conlon said. “It is now imperative that we join together in prayer for the comfort of those affected and for the love and unity which only God can bring to touch our beloved country again. We have been spiritually awakened as a people throughout history. We must get together now and ask for God’s love and truth to abound in our cities once more. It’s time to pray.”

Conlon is the author of the new book, It’s Time to Pray, which will be released next week. In it, he dedicates an entire chapter to “Praying for Peace.” Times Square Church in Manhattan is an interdenominational congregation with over 10,000 people in attendance who represent 100 different nationalities.]

Battle is part of the Christian life. There is a real enemy and you were born into a war. So seasons of struggle are a given.

But can you shorten your seasons of struggle? I believe you can, and I believe that the Bible is filled with good advice toward this end. You do not need to prolong the agony. You can arise and conquer.

One of the enemy's ploys is to make you roll over into a passive position. When that happens, you are no longer actively engaged and the devil can roll over you. It is important to daily arise, speak to your inner man and remind yourself of the foundational truths in the Word of God! As you rise up, these truths become weapons that drive the enemy back and make quick work of the battle.

Even if you have been through a few skirmishes before, you can't just slide into automatic pilot. It is vital to use your most effective weapons, ones that are tried and tested. These are weapons that work—but you must work them. Did you catch that? For the weapons to work, you must work them.

Jesus' work on the cross is perfect and complete, but you are called to enforce of victory of Calvary in your own life. Sometimes you must do. You cannot just passively "slip and slide." Passivity leads only to one place: the downward spiral of darkness. Instead, put on your spiritual armor and dress yourself for battle.

So let's take a look at seven foundational truths, the weapons of our warfare, that we must remember and apply.

7 Effective Spiritual Weapons

    You Must Know and Speak the Word.
    I cannot emphasize enough the power and efficacy of Scripture. As Jesus did in the midst of his wilderness temptation, you must know and speak the Word of God. Not only will the Word put a stop to the enemy's lies, but it will also build you up so that you can stand firm. Here are a couple of words from the Word about the effectiveness of the Word:

    "Study to show yourself approved by God, a workman who need not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth" (2 Tim. 2:15). "All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work" (2 Tim. 3:16-17).

    Your Conversations Must Reflect the Mentality of a Conqueror.
    Let the Holy Spirit and the Word permeate your mind and heart so that your conversations reflect the mentality of a conqueror. This gives new meaning to the proverb, "Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit" (Prov.18:21).

    You Must Take the Authority Over Satan in the Name of Jesus.
    Always remember the power of the name of the Lord. "The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the [consistently] righteous man [upright and in right standing with God] runs into it and is safe, high [above evil] and strong" (Prov. 18:10, AMPC). Declare His Name, loudly or quietly, and expect your enemy to fall back: "Therefore God highly exalted Him and gave Him the Name which is above every name, that at the Name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth" (Phil. 2:9-10, MEV).

    You Must By Faith Clothe Yourself with God's Spiritual Armor.
    Day after day, clothe yourself by faith with God's spiritual armor: "Therefore put on God's complete armor, that you may be able to resist and stand your ground on the evil day [of danger], and, having done all [the crisis demands], to stand [firmly in your place]" (Ephesians 6:13, AMPC).

    Never take your armor off. When you do, you allow yourself to get bombarded by the wicked thoughts of defeat. Keep the sword of the Spirit in your Hand and the helmet of hope of salvation upon your head. Always have your shield of faith ready to extinguish the fiery darts of the evil one.

    You Must Tap into the Power of Prayer and Fasting.
    Do not forget to tap into the power of prayer. "The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man accomplishes much" (James 5:16b, MEV). Fasting adds power to your prayers: "Is this not the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and break every yoke?" (Isa. 58:6).

    Get others involved in the praying. Call your believing friends and ask them to pray for you. Never underestimate the extra power of a prayer of agreement: "Truly I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. "Again I say to you, that if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by My Father who is in heaven" (Matt. 18:18-19).

    Keep the High Declaring the Praises of God!
    Keep praising God through everything. Not only does praise express and build up your faith, but it also creates a climate that Satan cannot tolerate. What a wonderful weapon for bringing light into darkness! Remember how a few psalms played on a little harp drove the evil spirit away from King Saul: "It happened that when the evil spirit from God came on Saul, David would take the lyre in his hand and play. So Saul was refreshed and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him" (1 Sam. 16:23).

    So keep on praising the Lord! Praise will turn your prison cell into a place of triumph. Remember, it is the high praises of God that bind the powers of Darkness (See Ps. 149).

    You Must Draw Forth the Wisdom of God's Spiritual Veterans.
    Honor the veterans of spiritual battles and learn from their successes and failures. Sometimes you will have "vets" nearby who can mentor you. Other times, you will need to resort to good books and helpful messages from people far away, many of whom will have gone home to their reward years before you were born. "A wise man will hear and increase learning, and a man of understanding will attain wise counsel" (Prov. 1:5).Take it from this veteran, you must learn when to rest and not directly engage the enemy. The devil will always work to wear down the saints (see Daniel 7:25), and the spirit of the antichrist comes to do the same (see 1 John 4:3). Therefore, seek wisdom for your warring and learn to rest, both spiritually and physically.

Powerful Warfare Scriptures

Remember that you are fighting an unseen enemy who is behind all of the opposition that you can see and feel (see Eph. 6:12). You have the authority of the One who called you, who said,

"I saw Satan falling like a lightning [flash] from heaven. Behold! I have given you authority and power to trample upon serpents and scorpions, and [physical and mental strength and ability] over all the power that the enemy [possesses]; and nothing shall in any way harm you. Nevertheless, do not rejoice at this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are enrolled in heaven" (Luke 10:18-20, AMPC).

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The body of Jesus Christ tramples on every enemy, enforcing the victory of Calvary. This battle is part of our birthright. However, as the Lord said, we are not supposed to rejoice merely because evil spirits must leave when we say so, but because we are being prepared for a heavenly destination. He wants us to have his perspective.

He wants us to remember that, although we will have to suffer the sting of the enemy's wrath (as he himself did) it will not last forever. We can be glad about that! "therefore rejoice, O heaven, and you who dwell in them! Woe unto the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you in great wrath, because he knows that his time is short" (Rev. 12:12, MEV).

The devil and his minions are filled with terror. Although they are not omniscient, omnipotent or omni-anything, they do know that their time is short, and this knowledge increases their wrath. They are trying to wreak as much carnage as possible before the final curtain goes down. This can help us as soldiers in God's army. We can adopt an attitude that says, "Satan, you may have inflicted some wounds on me, but you do not have the final word. I've seen the end of the book, and I know you will lose."

Every skirmish has the same ultimate outcome—victory in Jesus! The last words of Jesus on the cross must be the last words in our mouth and heart, "It is finished!"

So, don't prolong your inevitable battles, use the foundational truths in the Word of God—the weapons of your warfare—and keep the enemy on his toes.

Be sure to tune in to my new podcast, "God Encounters Today," on the Charisma Podcast Network. 

[Dr. James W. Goll is the founder of God Encounters Ministries, an award-winning author and communications trainer and has ministered in over 50 nations. For information on his webinars and online classes, visit godencounters.com. James continues to live in Tennessee and is a joyful father and grandfather today.]

Ephesian 3:20-21

20 Now to Him Who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, 21 to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. 
NIV  (New International Version)

[Editor's commentary: Let us never forget as born-again, sanctified, and Spirit-filled believers that God's divine power is constantly at work within our inmost being. He gives us renewed strength and vision to keep on keeping on. I need that power every moment of the day.

Today, as Melvine and I sat at a table for lunch at the Waffle House near Home Depot, a distinguished black man sat down across the way in another table. I sensed God was speaking to me telling that I was to speak to him. I waited for the right moment. It occurred as he got up from his chair and was going to pay his bill. I spoke to him and said, "Sir God would have me to speak with you. I asked him what his work and ministry was. He said he was a loan officer for a Federal Credit Union. I commended him for his noble occupation and his ability to help many people secure loans.

Then, I talked about Billy Graham and the blessing he wrote some time before he passed on to heaven. I quoted it from memory, and gave him a ministry card. I could very easily see he was acquainted with a Jesus. Here is the blessing which Arlette Revells designed and had printed for me. She is the Founder and CEO of Great Works, Inc.: