Jesus is returning for His Bride. Our responsibility is to be prepared when He calls us to Himself. We make ourselves ready as we choose to suffer for His name's sake. Suffering is nothing more than being persecuted for the Word's sake. However, the benefits will far outweigh the pain.

We are in the midst of a great transformation. God's Spirit is preparing His children for what He's about to perform in the earth through the Church. Are you connected to the Vine? Are you in your spiritual position? It's close!

Planning is what we do as humans for future events. Preparation is what God instructs us to do for the future. Anticipation is a response to a future event, but God wants us to trust in Him. There is a vast difference between having anticipation and trusting in God.

There are two ways to view, more. Humans have a tendency to see it as getting more. God views it as getting more of us. Since the fall of man into sin, Satan has been effective to cause confusion and disorder. It is because of confusion that we can miss the best that God for us. Our perspective must be transformed so that we are able to receive more of all that God wants to give us.

There is a process that we can undergo which can cause even believers to create a false sense of security. This message outlines those steps so that we can see where we might be missing God and compensating for our error through vain works.

Satan and demons want to control mankind. To accomplish this, they have to trick humans into buying a lie or giving into an evil desire. If we act on something unaware that is demonic, then we give place to being controlled. God wants us to walk in spiritual authority and to live in liberty.

When a person is born again, God gives them a new heart and spirit. Along with these, God also gives us a new future and erases our past sins. Therefore, we must guard our new heart so that we don't defile or harden it toward God through lusts or the deceitfulness of sin.

Does it seem to you that we are in a dark and spiritually heavy season? If you sense this, how are you responding to it? In dark times, that is when Satan will try to convince us that God has abandoned us in our time of need. It's not that at all. We're in a test and if we endure and remain obedient, God will reward those who are faithful.

We must guard our heart and protect our witness as disciples of Christ. Otherwise, the enemy will exploit areas where we have compromised to weaken our stand against him and the forces of darkness. We stand strong when we choose to stand by faith every day.

If we truly desire to live in a free nation and enjoy the benefit of justice, we will need to bring the truth back into our nation. In this word, the Lord gives us spiritual insights that explain why America is in the condition we find ourselves. He also gives us the power to bring change to the problems that plague us as a people.