PJP2 PROLOG 151125 PROLOG Focus Ezekiel 39:7-8....

Psalm 100:4-5 (ESV)/(emphasis added/jaj)...."Enter His Gates with Thanksgiving, and His Courts with Praise!  Give Thanks to Him; Bless His Name!  For The Lord Is Good; His Steadfast Love Endures Forever, and His Faithfulness to all generations."....

PJP2 PROLOG POST 151125 - Ezekiel 39:7-8 (ESV)/(emphasis added/jaj)....“'And My Holy Name I Will Make Known in the midst of My people Israel, And I Will NOT Let My Name be profaned Anymore.  And the nations Shall Know That I AM The Lord, The Holy One in Israel.  Behold, The Day, It Is Coming And It Will Be Brought About,' Declares The Lord God.  'That is The Day of Which I Have Spoken.'"....

A Happy and Blessed Thanksgiving Eve to you all.  As many begin the tradition of traveling over the river and through the woods to visit kith and kin, you are all in our thoughts and prayers for safe travels and Blessed visits.

We find ourselves in that part of Ezekiel (Chapters 37-38-39) where The Lord interacts with Ezekiel first through the Vision of God's Raising an Army via the Valley of Dry Bones (Chapter 37).  Chapters 38 and 39 are God's Prophesy through Ezekiel towards and fully against Gog, 'the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal' (see Ezekiel 39:1).  What I Hear The Holy Spirit Sharing with me this morning is NOT to dive into a discussion in regards to The Second Advent of our Lord Jesus.  No, there's plenty of writing on that subject (Note:  One of my favorite authors regards this topic would be Joel Rosenberg - if you've not read any of his writings - good reading indeed/jaj)  What I do Hear The Spirit nudging me towards is, especially in light of all the current world tensions that have cropped up over the past several weeks (now adding the latest where Turkey has downed a Russian fighter), I am Aware more than Ever that our Lord is Indeed at Work in the Midst of mankinds continued fumbling and bumbling around.  The BottomLine.UpFront (BLUF) - We will All Know that He Is The Lord.

My prayer for us today would be quite straight-forward - IF you have Heard Him Ask The Question of Life - "Who do you Say that I Am?" and Answered that with, "You are The Christ, The Son of The Living God."  Then, May His Grace and Love Surround You and Guide you.  If you have not Heard or Answered His Question - My prayer would be that His Spirit would indeed continue to Reach Out to you, and Guide You to Come to His Loving Embrace of Grace.

I would leave us today with this Paraphrase of Prayer and Praise employing Ezekiel 39:7-8 and Psalm 27:13-14 (ESV)/(emphasis & paraphrase added/jaj)....Father God, Help us to be Your Reflection that we can Proclaim Your Holy Name.  Holy Spirit, Guide us and Empower us to Make Known in the midst of Your people.  Lord Jesus, Strengthen us that we will Stand and NOT Let Your Name be profaned Anymore.  Father God May our Lives be Your Banner, Raised on High so that the nations Shall Know That You are The Lord, The Holy One in Israel.  Come Lord Jesus Come!  We Know that  Behold, Your Day, It Is Coming.  Father God, we Know that You are Faithful and True and that Your Word Will Be Brought About.  Holy Spirit, Give us Your Word to Share, and to Sound the Alert, 'That is The Day of Which The Lord has Spoken.  Lord Jesus, we do Believe that we Shall at last Look Upon Your Goodness in the land of the living!  Holy Spirit we do Wait for You; Father God, Help us to Be Strong.  Lord Jesus, Encourage us and Help us to let our Hearts Take Courage in You.  Father God we do Wait for You!  We Lift Up these Prayers in Your Precious Name....Amen/Amen/jaj