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When the Wicked Surround You
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by J Patrick Bowman
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Have you ever felt that you were surrounded by people who wanted to take you down and make a mockery of you? In light of Psalm 12, we can assume that this was not only a feeling but a reality at one point in King David’s life. Let’s look at what David had to say:
1 Help, Lord, for the godly man ceases to be,
For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.
2 They speak falsehood to one another;
With flattering lips and with a double heart they speak.
3 May the Lord cut off all flattering lips,
The tongue that speaks great things;
4 Who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail;
Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?”
5 “Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy,
Now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will set him in the safety for which he longs.”
6 The words of the Lord are pure words;
As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, refined seven times.
7 You, O Lord, will keep them;
You will preserve him from this generation forever.
8 The wicked strut about on every side
When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.
(Psalm 12 NASB)
David cries out to God for help because there has been a removing of the kind, gracious, and pious men from the society he lived. The steadfast have disappeared as by an abrupt, permanent termination.  David finds himself as an island in a sea of those whose character is out to harm him and others without remorse or conscience. The very fiber of decency has evaporated in them like the dew in the morning heat.  Scholars are uncertain of the exact time that David wrote this psalm; speculating from David’s time in Saul’s court to after he ascended the throne. Looking at David’s story, there were many times when this feeling of despair could have overtaken him like a dark cloud. Micah the prophet echoes this same thought some 200 years later: “The godly person has perished from the land, And there is no upright person among men. All of them lie in wait for bloodshed; Each of them hunts the other with a net” (Micah 7:2).


The emptiness, vanity, and lies which they spoke, the flattering of one another arising from their divided hearts, causes David to seek God’s vengeance upon them.  “Cut off, destroy their lying lips and haughty tongues!” he cries to God. David can’t bear the arrogance with which they claim, “With our tongue we will prevail; Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?” These are men who have rejected authority and contend that their empty words are enough to gather support and turn the tide of popular opinion in their favor. No one can stop them, they say, because they are above reproach and control. Asaph wrote of his struggle with the wicked in Psalm 73:
1 Surely God is good to Israel, To those who are pure in heart! 2 But as for me, my feet came close to stumbling, My steps had almost slipped. 3 For I was envious of the arrogant As I saw the prosperity of the wicked.  4 For there are no pains in their death, And their body is fat.  5 They are not in trouble as other men, Nor are they plagued like mankind. 6 Therefore pride is their necklace; The garment of violence covers them. 7 Their eye bulges from fatness; The imaginations of their heart run riot. 8 They mock and wickedly speak of oppression; They speak from on high. 9 They have set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue parades through the earth.
Asaph ends his Psalm in victory because, while in the presence of the Lord, he sees the destruction of the wicked. David, too, hears from God concerning the wicked around him. Just as the arrogance is dripping from their lips, the Lord has something to say. He is not regarding them or listening to their lies. The Lord hears the cry of those who have been hurt because of how the wicked have seemed to silence the righteous and brought society to its knees before them. “Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy, Now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will set him in the safety for which he longs.”  The righteous ones long for salvation, freedom, prosperity, welfare, and deliverance. This is the safety the Lord promises to them.  As David wrote in Psalm 9:7-10,
7 But the Lord abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment, 8  And He will judge the world in righteousness; He will execute judgment for the peoples with equity. 9 The Lord also will be a stronghold for the oppressed, A stronghold in times of trouble; 10 And those who know Your name will put their trust in You, For You, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.
Despite the feelings of oppression David felt, in his heart of hearts he knew the faithfulness of the Lord was something he could count on for all those who seek Him.


We now see that David finds hope and faith in the true words of the Lord: “The words of the Lord are pure words; As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, refined seven times. You, O Lord, will keep them;
You will preserve him from this generation forever.” Proverbs 30:5 tells us, “Every word of God is tested;
He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.” And David speaks again in Psalm 37:28: “For the Lord loves justice And does not forsake His godly ones; They are preserved forever, But the descendants of the wicked will be cut off.”


Even though the haughty will run around and act prideful in their reliance upon themselves, God will preserve the righteous.  Even when “The wicked strut about on every side when vileness is exalted among the sons of men,” God will prevail. As Isaiah tells us in Isaiah 32:5, “No longer will the fool be called noble, Or the rogue be spoken of as generous.” No matter how the wicked parade around us with pride in their hearts, there is a woe that will follow them: “Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness; Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! “ (Isaiah 5:20).


Rev. J. Patrick Bowman is an ordained Christian minister, author, and educator. He lives and ministers from The Dalles, OR in the midst of the scenic Columbia River Gorge. He is "Papa Pat" to his grandkids and to whoever the Lord may send his way. Learn more at revjpbowman.com or www.gorgefaith.org
Your Words Create a Legacy for Your Children
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​​by Tonja Taylor

“Get up! Cry out at night, every hour on the hour. Pour your heart out like water in the presence of the LORD. Lift up your hand to Him (in prayer) for the life of your little children who faint from (spiritual) hunger at every street corner.” --Lamentations 2:9, God's Word Edition
"And the words of the LORD are flawless, like silver purified in a crucible, like gold refined seven times." -- Psalm 12:6, New International Version
According to my pastor, with whom I agree, “The work of Jesus Christ is finished. He's already done all He is going to do.”
The rest is up to us. If we want the future to be better, it is our responsibility to shape our children to be their spiritual best, by harnessing the power of our words.
Our words are containers. So we must be aware and extremely concerned about what they contain, for the words we speak directly affect our children’s lives and our own.
One pastor from New York states in a book he wrote that, “...you and I are created in (God’s) image and...by design created also to speak our future into existence....That is why God has told us to speak things that are in agreement with Him —and that we will be judged one day for those times when we have not.” (Mal. 3:13,14; Matt. 12:37)
We parents have the duty and privilege to speak the Word of God over our children daily--both defensively and offensively. Our enemy the devil was defeated over 2000 years ago by King Jesus, Hallelujah!
By speaking the Word of God, we enforce that defeat, and we liberate the LORD—Who is Himself the Word—to perfect His plan in the lives of those we love. It is easy, enjoyable, and empowering to choose to speak the Word over our children daily.
BELIEVERS TODAY ARE KINGS AND PRIESTS In the Old Testament, a father's blessing was priceless, so prized that it could cause men to scheme to steal the blessing from one another, and worse (Genesis 27).
It was a prediction of the future of the one over whom the father's words were spoken. It was one of the most precious legacies a child could receive, perhaps even above the servants and flocks and houses and herds.
In a letter to his friends dated June 26, 2003, one prophet in Texas wrote: "There is power in blessings. In the Bible, we bless God and God blesses us....There is power in the spoken word. Once a word is spoken, the word assumes a history of its own, almost a personality of itself... (and) has the power of its own fulfillment....The Word of God exists as a reality and has within itself the power of its own fulfillment. Formal words of blessing or cursing also have the same power of self-fulfillment."
Today, under the New Covenant created by the shed blood of Jesus the Christ, both men and women who have accepted the LORD Jesus have been made kings and priests (II Peter 2:9), “predetermined...to walk in an exalted status here on the Earth ...as we exercise authority in the Name of Jesus,” according to Pastor Dan in the same book.
With respect to the husbands being the head of their households as ordered by God (Eph. 5:23), the New Covenant empowers the Word of God—the blessing--spoken by mothers over their children to have much impact, perhaps as any their fathers would say, especially in households where the mother is single and the head of the household (Galatians 3:28).
The most important thing is that the children are blessed daily, whether by father or mother, or, preferably, both, for unity is essential to the total success of the family, to the success of the covering--the spiritual protection--remaining intact.
"A break in the covering allows the enemy access to your kids," says a pastor in Arkansas, "but through continual application of and obedience to the Word of God in our lives, that covering can be restored."
As Jesus answered when He was tempted by the devil, "It is written..." (Matthew 4; Luke 4).
The Word of God is not chained, does not return empty, and accomplishes that for which it is sent by God! (Isa. 55:11)
May the LORD help us always leave a legacy of life for our kids!


Tonja K. Taylor is the author of many works, including THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCESS PEARL, P.O.W.E.R.* Girl! series. She and her husband Clayton minister the Word through teaching, preaching, and the arts, through River Rain Creative Arts (YouTube, GodTube), their church, and beyond.








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Pray These Victory Verses for President Trump!
by Tonja Taylor

PRAY THESE FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP and THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, for the prayers of us the righteous (the born again through faith in the shed blood of Christ Jesus on the cross) are powerful and effective! (James 5:16)
Blessed is the nation (The United States of America) whose God is the LORD (Yahweh); and the people whom He has chosen for His own inheritance. – Psalm 33:12
The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen (against President Donald Trump and the righteous rules and rulers of the United States of America) to nought; He maketh the devices of the (wicked) people of none effect. – Psalm 33:10
For the king (President Donald Trump) trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved. – Psalm 21:17
Surely he (President Donald Trump) shall not be moved for ever; the righteous (President Donald Trump) shall be in everlasting remembrance. – Psalm 112:6
He will not suffer thy foot (President Donald Trump) to be moved; He that keepeth thee (President Donald J. Trump) will not slumber. – Psalm 121:3
A man shall not be established by wickedness; but the root of the righteous (President Donald J. Trump) shall not be moved. – Prov. 12:3
That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from (the United States of America) the west, that (there is) none beside Me. I AM the LORD, and (there is) none else. – Isa. 45:6
So shall they fear the Name of the LORD from the west (the United States of America) and His glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy is come in, like a flood the Spirit of the LORD will lift up a standard against him. – Isa. 59:19
But He (Jesus/Jehovah Nissi/LORD Sabbath WITH President Donald J. Trump) stands in the midst of the ground (of the United States of America and the office of President, with the righteous rules and rulers of this land) and defends it, and slays the (wicked enemy Uncovenanted) Philistines; and the LORD works a great victory. – 2 Sam. 23:12
But thanks be to God, which giveth us (President Donald J. Trump, the righteous rulers, and the land of the United States of America) the victory through our LORD Jesus Christ. – I Cor. 15:57
For (President Donald J. Trump, the other righteous rulers, and the United States of America) born of God overcometh the world; and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. – I John 5:9
The nation (The United States of America) is so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all God’s law. – Deut. 4:8
They (President Donald J. Trump, the righteous rulers otherwise, and the citizens of the United States of America) shall walk after the LORD; he (President Donald J. Trump and YESHUA THROUGH HIM) shall roar like a lion: when He (the LORD through President Trump) shall roar, then the (wicked) children shall tremble from the west (the United States of America). --Hosea 11:10
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, ‘Behold, I will save My people from the east country and from the west (The United States of America) country. – Zech 8:7
And they shall come from the west (The United States of America) and shall sit down in the Kingdom of God. – Luke 13:29
Then hear Thou in Heaven, and do, and judge Thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous (President Donald J. Trump, the other righteous rulers, and the righteous citizens of the United States of America), to give (them) according to their righteousness. – I Kings 8:32
The righteous (President Donald J. Trump, the other righteous rulers, and the righteous citizens of the United States of America) shall hold on his way, and he (President Donald Trump) that has clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. – Job 17:9
 16 Let Your face shine on Your servant (President Donald J Trump); save him for Your mercy’s sake and in Your loving-kindness.17 Let President Donald J Trump not be put to shame, O Lord, or disappointed, for he is calling upon You; let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol (the place of the dead). 18 Let the lying lips (against President Donald J Trump) be silenced, which speak insolently against the [consistently] righteous (President Trump) with pride and contempt. 19 Oh, how great is Your goodness, which You have laid up for President Trump and the righteous rulers and citizens of the United States of America who fear, revere, and worship You, goodness which You have wrought for those who trust and take refuge in You before the sons of men! --Psalm 31:16-19, Berean Study Bible · 


Psalm 20:1-6 (AMPC) --To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
1 May the Lord answer President Donald Trump in the day of trouble! May the name of the God of Jacob set him up on high [and defend him];
2 Send him help from the sanctuary and support, refresh, and strengthen him from Zion;
3 Remember all his offerings and accept his burnt sacrifice. Selah [pause, and think of that]!
4 May He grant President Donald J Trump according to his heart’s desire and fulfill all his plans.
5 We will [shout in] triumph at President Donald J Trump’s salvation and victory, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners. May the Lord fulfill all our petitions.
6 Now I know that the Lord saves His anointed (President Donald J Trump); He will answer President Donald J Trump from His holy heaven with the saving strength of His right hand.


[A Psalm] of David. Psalm 25:1 Unto You, O Lord, do (we Your Covenant people) bring President Donald J Trump. 
  2 O my God, we say that President Donald J Trump does trust, lean on, rely on, and is confident in You. Let him not be put to shame or [his hope in You] be disappointed; let not his enemies triumph over him.
3 Yes, let President Donald J Trump who does trust and wait hopefully and look for You be put to shame or be disappointed; let them be ashamed who forsake the right or deal treacherously without cause.
4 Show President Trump Your ways, O Lord; teach him Your paths.
5 Guide him in Your truth and faithfulness and teach him, for You are the God of his salvation; for You [You only and altogether] does he wait [expectantly] all the day long.
6 Remember, O Lord, Your tender mercy and loving-kindness; for they have been ever from of old.
7 Remember not the sins (the lapses and frailties) of President Trump’s youth nor his transgressions; according to Your mercy and steadfast love remember him, for Your goodness’ sake, O Lord.
8 Good and upright is the Lord; therefore will He instruct sinners in [His] way.
9 He leads the humble President Donald J Trump in what is right, and the humble He teaches His way.
10 All the paths of the Lord are mercy and steadfast love, even truth and faithfulness are they for President Donald Trump who does keep His covenant and His testimonies.
11 For Your name’s sake, O Lord, pardon my iniquity and my guilt, for [they are] great.
12 President Donald J Trump is the man who reverently fears and worships the Lord? Him shall He teach in the way that he should choose.
13 He himself shall dwell at ease, and his offspring shall inherit the land.
14 The secret [of the sweet, satisfying companionship] of the Lord has President Donald J Trump who does fear (revere and worship) Him, and He will show President Trump His covenant and reveal to him its [deep, inner] meaning.
15 The eyes of President Donald J Trump are ever toward the Lord, for He will pluck his feet out of the net.
16 [Lord] turn to President Trump and be gracious to him, wherever he is lonely and afflicted.
17 The troubles of his heart are multiplied; bring him out of my distresses.
18 Behold his affliction and his pain and forgive all his sins [of thinking and doing].
19 Consider his enemies, for they abound; they hate him with cruel hatred.
20 O keep President Trump Lord, and deliver him; let him not be ashamed or disappointed, for his trust and his refuge are in You.
21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve President Donald Trump for he does wait for and expect You.
22 Redeem President Donald Trump, O God, out of all his troubles.


Remember that, as I John 5:14-15 says that, when we pray in God's will, we know that He hears us and that we have what we ask! He put President Donald Trump in office, and many believe President Trump will be re-elected. 
Please remember to pray daily, share these prayers with others, and VOTE if you are a U.S. Citizen--what a privilege! Urge others to vote for our righteous President, too, so we can have the Blessing of the LORD!
GOD HEARS YOUR SINCERE PRAYERS!
 
 
 Tonja K. Taylor is the author of many works, including THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCESS PEARL, P.O.W.E.R.* Girl! series. She and her husband Clayton minister the Word through teaching, preaching, and the arts, through River Rain Creative Arts (You Tube, God Tube), their church, and beyond.



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