Wanda's Newsletter Sept. ~ Dec. 2023

December 15, 2023

Praise God Saints,

Well, it seems as if another year has come and is nearly over, with Christmas just a short time off.  We must check ourselves, to see what we have done for Christ.  The weather has gotten much cooler. We went to Chyenne, Wyoming and I prayed for no snowstorm.  As we finally got there with just high winds, it looked like we were going into a black storm with snow.  I just reminded God he had never failed me in bad weather.  It was a bluff from Satan and we won.  It just went on over.  I would like to talk about our calling from God.

Our Calling

Amos 5:18-19 Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you?  The day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.  19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

If we have a call on our life, and all of us do, but not everyone answers God’s call, then there is no way that you can get away from it.  We wonder why so much happens to us, it is because God is trying to get our attention, so he can mold us into his desire and likeness.  The more we complain, the harder it becomes.  We want our way, but it has to be God’s way or not at all.  If we are not careful, we give everybody a piece of our mind and then we wonder why no one wants to be near us.  Because our mouth has ensnared us.

Notice he said you can flee from a lion and meet a bear or lean your hand on the wall and a snake will bite you.  This day of darkness is here already.  What will you do, where will you go? Look at the next verse.

Amo 9:2-3 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: 3 And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them.

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If you go to hell or climb up to heaven he is still there.  It is time to stop fighting your battles and let God do the work.  Man has taught us we much be busy for God, tending to someone else’s vineyard and neglecting spending quality time with God and letting him talk to you.  On the day that Jesus returns the word says, that man will try to hide themselves, but will not be able to.

Ecclesiastes 8:11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.  We see in this world now, people do not expect punishment, because it has been so long in coming.  God is a long-suffering, slow to anger.  It is coming and you still have time to seek God.  It does not matter how much you say you love God, does your action speak that or is it just words?  Do we ever stop and ask ourselves would Jesus say that or act like that?  If the answer is ‘no’ than you are sinning and wonder, why you have so much trouble.  He is coming for a church without spot, wrinkle or blemish.

1 Peter 3:20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

Notice, God was long suffering.  Noah kept warning about the rain, they had never seen it so they didn’t believe it until it was too late.  They did not have a personal Savior, like we have.  The Holy Ghost is with us twenty-four hours a day.  All you have to do is speak the name of Jesus.  We will not have an excuse for not making it.

2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

God is not slack, but long-suffering.  He is waiting for us to surrender to his will.  You say, you love him, and maybe you do, but that is not the same as falling in love with him.  When you fall in love with him, you will do everything in your power to please him, not hurt him, with your carnality in your words and actions.  Proverbs 18:19 A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.  He says, “My spirit will not always strive with man.”  Genesis 6:3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

Jeremiah 17:10 I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.  The Lord searches your heart for the fruits of his spirit.  He is looking for more than just talking in tongues. Where is the long-suffering and love that we must demonstrate?  Look what he says in the next scripture.

Zephaniah 1:12 And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil.  When he searches, he finds ones settled on their lees, no lively spirit or power, they can quote the word, that is just words with no power and can do nothing. We say one thing but our actions speak different, we want God to do everything, even if it means knocking us down to get us to do it.  He will not, because he gave us the power to over come our fleshly ways.  1 Corinthians 14:32 And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.

October 15, 2023

Dear Saints,

Praise God, for another month of victories, won over the battles of the enemy.  This is the time that Satan is harassing God’s children with one thing after another.  God says, if we are going to reign with Him, we will suffer with him.  Nearly everyone that I talk and pray with are going through the same thing.  God’s mercy and grace are worth anything we go through. It is hard to believe that another year is nearly gone.  We have had so much rain, that I have the second set of snowballs on my bush, that has never happened before, since I have been here.        

Our Birthright and Salvation

John 3:3-7 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 4 Nicodemus saith unto him, how can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? 5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.

I am sure most of the ones reading my letter has had an experience with the Holy Ghost, but there are those who have received the Holy Ghost, but have not been born of the water, word, and still walk mostly in the flesh.  What I am saying, is their life never really changes, to become like Jesus Christ

John 14:12-17  Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.13  And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.14  If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. 15 If ye love me, keep my commandments. 16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever; 17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you and shall be in you.                                                                                   

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He is saying basically, if you love him, you will keep his word, which is the Spirit of truth, and that leads to your life being changed. Sometimes we need to step back and really check ourselves to see if we line up to his word. Do we really act like him all of the time? If not, why not? Do we have his disposition and love even when we get mad. Do we have the victories and likeness of God, or do we allow our flesh to have its way?  This is our birthright, but do we guard it with our life and protect our heart so that we are not like Esau.

Genesis 25:30-34 And Esau said to Jacob, feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore, was his name called Edom. 31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. 32 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me? 33 And Jacob said, swear to me this day; and he swore unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob 34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus, Esau despised his birthright.

Esau could not control his flesh and he sold his birthright.  Many are selling their birthright also, because they want to control their life and not control their flesh, even with the Holy Ghost to help them. They would not have this man reign over them.  This man is Jesus.

Luke 19:14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, we will not have this man to reign over us.  Otherwise, we will not have him tell us what to do.

God is a merciful God; you say he would not cast me away.  He caused Ananias and Sapphira to drop dead because of a lie. Jesus is merciful now, but God is the judge. When Jesus returns, he then will judge according to your works.

Genesis 27:35-37 And he said, thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing. 36 And he said, is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me? 37 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son? This is what Satan does.

Jacob wanted that birthright more than anything.  God also knew what Esau was going to do and said the older would serve the younger.  What it is also saying is the flesh, older, will serve the younger, the spirit, because with the Holy Ghost we can control our flesh and our old desires.

Hebrews 12:16-17 Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. 17 For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.

When you have known God and his goodness and tasted of the heavenly things and you turn back to the worldly flesh and desires, you have sold your birthright like Esau, you can weep all you want, but you will not find repentance. Just like Esau. 

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Hebrews 6:4-6 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, 5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, 6  If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.

Genesis 43:33 And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marveled one at another. This is a picture of the older serving the younger and look what the younger one received.  Five times more than his brothers.

1 Corinthians 15:44-46 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. 45 And so it is written, the first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. 46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.

So, we are born in the natural, but ye must be born again to be spiritual, not just talk in tongues occasionally, but walk also in the spirit like you once walked in the natural. Otherwise, you must have the second nature of Jesus Christ, which replaces the natural man.

1 Corinthians 5:7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us.  He is telling us to clean, purge, out the sin or old nature, so we will be a new lump.  He is telling us to clean yourself up. He is not going to do it, because he has given us the power to do it.  He gives you the Holy Ghost and it is up to you. He will not stop your mouth; you must do it.  He will not stop you from sinning, you must do it.

How much of God do you want?  This will also take fasting and praying to get yourself purged.

Joel 2:28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:

This is the promise to everyone, who will accept it.  Many have listened to wrong teaching, that it is not for today or that you receive the Holy Ghost when you are saved.  Neither one of these are right according to the word.

Acts 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. He says, ye shall receive the Holy Ghost and power to overcome your sins.  Read the following verse.

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Acts 2:1-4 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2  And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. 3  And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. 4  And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

When you receive the Holy Ghost there will be a manifestation of speaking in tongues, You, will not understand what you are saying, because it is a heaven language that one uses to talk to the Lord. If you have not this manifestation, then you do not have the Holy Ghost.

Acts 2:38-39 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. 39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. This is for everyone who wants the Lord in their lives.  A good life is not an entitlement to heaven.

Acts 8:15-17 Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost: 16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus). 17 Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost. They had not received, even though they believed. It was yet to come.

Acts 10:44-48 While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. 45  And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. 46  For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter, 47  Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? 48  And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.

They all spoke in tongues and were baptized in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ.  Man has changed it to the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.  Only one scripture instructing you to find His name. This is God’s word and not mine.  Jesus’ name brings persecution.

Acts 19:2-6 He said unto them, have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, we have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. 3 And he said unto them, unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism. 4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. 5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 6 And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.   The people were expected to receive after they believed in God.  This is the word that was to come to pass, that Joel prophesied about.

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Mark 16:17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; in my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues.  Are you a believer, to do what the scripture speaks of?  Speaking in a new tongue.

Deuteronomy 16:16   Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty.  This also speaks to us about the feast of unleavened bread, repentance, joy and harvest, and the offering to God.

Feast of unleavened Bread, Passover, Calvary, Day of Atonement, preparing for unity and joy.

Feast of weeks, Pentecostal, there were 120 people representing and receiving the Holy Ghost.

Feast of Tabernacles, Blowing of 120 Trumpets, ingathering, rest, glory and restoration and His appearing.  We are so close to this happening and Israel is another sign of the end time.

Jude 1:20  But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost.

This is what has kept me all of these years that I have been serving God.  The Holy Ghost is the answer for anything you need from God.  He will not force anyone to serve him. We need to have the Holy Ghost, to ensure us that we have the faith for what is coming just before the Lord’s appearing.

1 Corinthians 14:22 Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe. The tongues are a sign to unbelievers, I know that people who do not know God, and become fearful and confused, because of the enemy and false teaching in the churches.

There are two kinds of unbelief: (1) Lack of knowledge of the Word (2) Refusing to act on the Word.

Faith is equal to doing what the word says.

I pray that if you don’t believe what I say here, please search the word for yourself.  If you don’t have the Holy Ghost, you are missing the best thing in your life and you will not make it in the kingdom of God.  As he says, ye must be born again of the water and of the spirit to enter into the kingdom of God.

I pray this will encourage everyone to seek God and possess your soul, for the midnight cry is coming.

I appreciate all the prayers and finances.  Thanking you in advance.  I have underlined and made bold to make the words stand out. 

Love in Christ

Rev. Wanda Rust

Sister Wanda Rust

 

September15, 2023

Praise God Saints,

Praise God once again, He is so merciful to his children.  I just praise him, for all the things I have been going through in my life, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus, for this moment of time. No questions why, because it is his will and purpose to make me in the image of Jesus Christ.

This time I want to talk at length about what God gave me, as I studied and prayed. I will call it the End Times. 

THE END TIMES THAT WE ARE COMING INTO:

I am giving what God gave to me. Some will understand and agree and other will not understand and will not agree.  Some will say I have heard this all my life and nothing has happened. That, is ok, because my God is a longsuffering God, who wants to see no one lost.

God instructed me to read about the horses in Revelations chapter six.

Revelation 6:1-8 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. 2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer 3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. 4  And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword. 5  And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. 6  And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. 7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. 8 And I looked and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.                                                                   

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We know Satan has been turned lose, he is the one on the white horse going forth and conquering. God does not conquer, He draws us.

The Red horse has taken peace from the earth.

The Black horse has a pair of balances and now is weighing us in the balance.

The Pale horse is death and hell followed him. This is also working now in so many deaths at a single time, over and over again. We just saw that Morocco had an earth quake that so far there has been over two thousand deaths. We see all of this happening now, because we are so close to the end of our time.

When as I was reading in another chapter, God quickened the following scriptures.

Revelation 11:1-2 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. 2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.

This is also what the Lord revealed to me.

There are three sections of the tabernacle:

(1)    The Temple, or the Holy of Holies.  Our bodies are the temple of the Holy Ghost according to 1 Corinthians 6:19. Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost, which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

(2)    The center section referred to as the altar, The Holy Place with the Table of Showbread, the Altar of incense and the Candlestick. The bread represents the word, the altar represents the prayers, or incense, unto the Lord, and the candlestick represent the Holy Ghost.

(3)     The Outer Court.

The Holy of Holies are the sons of God and they are measured, who have resurrected in his likeness, the wise virgins. The Holy place where the altar is kept are for those who are preparing but have not made it yet. They neglect their time with God, the foolish virgins. And the Outer Court is for the gentile nations, ungodly, who will trod on, persecute, them for three and a half years.  The center section are the ones who will feel the persecution. 

In the Temple, Holy of Holies, is where the wise virgins will stand on Psalms 91, for our protection. That is where there will be nothing that can harm us.  We stand on Psalms 91 now, but as I asked God, why is the enemy still able to get to us.  The answer was, this is for the end time. As my friend Susan in Texas confirmed it without knowing she had.  The Lord had told her to get the Book of Psalms 91 and learn it, for it will be for the end time.  I had not talked to her for many years.

I have preached and taught this for years.  A few years back when Larry was with me in Tijuana, my friend Alberto, saw the enemy trip me.  I fell face down on the concrete and got up with no pain, except the little fingernail on my right hand was torn about two thirds off and they got a bandage for me.  No pain other than that and people couldn’t believe it.

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Then after Brother Larry had gone to be with the Lord, again I stepped out my back door, I slipped on ice and snow, I was air born and headed east into a very large snowball bush.  I screamed Jesus, and he turned me south and I landed on concrete steps of ice and snow.  I thought I had landed on my stomach.  Got up and came into the house with no pain at all.  I ask God how that could be done twice and feel no pain.  He said that his children, which keep his commandments, would feel no pain during tribulation. About three or four days later I saw my right hip and thigh which were back and blue.  No soreness or pain. he protects us in all of are ways, if we allow him our life.

The Altar is in the next section where we eat the bread, word, and take hold of the horns of the altar and don’t turn lose. The candlestick represents the Holy Ghost and we let him direct us, so we will move on into the Holy place This is where we crucify our flesh and our will, to be able to come into conformance to the Lord, these are the ones who will really go through the persecution, by those in the outer court. Some will even die. Many receive the inheritance of the Holy Ghost, but never really surrender, they never let God get into leading them.  They do what they want and say what they want to say and do not do his will. These never die and who never change, even though they say they love the Lord, but not enough to let him control their lives, because they are too busy doing it for him.

When my prayer partner and I were discussing the word, God began to open it up to me and I got so excited I could not sleep.  I just laid there and prayed until midnight and God spoke to me two words during that time. The first word was possess and the second one, was midnight.  I got up and began to look at the scriptures relating to them.   This is what he gave me.

Luke 21:19 In your patience possess ye your souls. This is the time to make sure your soul is completely ready and possessing the fullness of God. Again, meaning to give all of yourself to God and his spirit to change you from what you are to what He has planned for you. This will change you to a meek person.  God will not control your temper; he gave you power to control yourself. Some may need deliverance to overcome.

We can think we are alright, because we believe, not so the enemy believes but will not make it.  We must line up to the word of God, if not we are being fooled into deception.  You say, I must survive, but cannot God do for you more than you can do for yourself?

Hebrews 10:35-36 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. 36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

When we cast everything on to God, nothing will be the same.  Your plans become the plans of the Lord and it will be totally different than what you expect.

Isaiah 30:15 For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not. I am saying let no man or the devil steal your confidence of who you are in God.   According to the word there can be no spot, wrinkle or blemish in our garment. You may think we can’t live a clean spotless life.  We can, but there is a price to pay, by giving all of yourself to God, again dying to self and resurrecting in the likeness of God.

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Paul was a prisoner, and we must become a prisoner like he was.  He only did what God told him to do.  You can no longer say your peace, because they need to hear it, but let God do the speaking and the battle, but he also must direct our moves.  We are each different, but we all still have the same guidelines. We must bear the fruit of the spirit.

Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. These only come in the order that they are listed.  It is when we get to longsuffering, that we refuse to do that, because that means we must forgive and not fight our battles. And love them in God’s way.  Where is our peace, our gentleness or our meekness?  We are to joy regardless of our situations.  This is what God expects. Not complaining of what we are going through.  There is always someone in a worse condition. If we are going to rule with him, we must also suffer with him.

Proverbs 8:1 Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice? This word crying out, means she is shouting to us.  We can do God’s work and still sin with our mouth and actions.  We need wisdom by asking God, if this would be what he would say or would do.

The word says in Proverbs 6:2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. So, the words of our mouth can cause us to fail in our spiritual walk.

Jamess 3:6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

And then in Proverbs 18:19 A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle. He also says, in James 3:2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.

Matthew 12:36-37 But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

He is saying for us to possess our souls with his word, life, and actions.  Otherwise, be like him, because we have his DNA and that makes us able to overcome all of our frailties.

The next word was midnight, as in Matthew 25:6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.

We all want to go out to meet him, but as the word says, Matthew 25:7-8 Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps: And the foolish said unto the wise, give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.  Their lamps had not gone completely out, but there was not enough oil for them to go in. That means they neglected to keep their spirits full of the Holy Ghost and had not overcome the world as the wise virgins had, but it was too late for them to make it.

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God also did the work in the midnight hour in Egypt and Paul and Silas sang and praised God at midnight and look what God did.

In my letter a while back I wrote about everything was and is appointed for us by God. Nothing happens by chance. These are put into our lives, for us to overcome so we will die to self, because then God can fight our battles for us and it always comes out for the good for us. When it comes to holding our peace, it is very tough.  We lose our testimony when we speak our own words. this is when we are weighed in the balance and are found wanting.  Doing what we want, not what God wants.  When we fight our own battles, we get in the way of God fighting for us, and we lose the battle.  We need to be like Jesus, He never tries to fight his battle or justify his words, even Pilate marveled that he would not speak in defense for himself, knowing he was going to die.

Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.  This body belongs to God. He paid the price for it.

God said, very shortly the cry at the Midnight hour was going to sound.  Will we have possessed our souls and be ready when the cry comes? Or will we be like the five foolish virgins?  We say we love him with all of our hearts, that will not matter if we have not become like him. We are the only way that people see Jesus now, is through you and I.  They then will want to be like his children.  We may make it into heaven, but not be in the bride. Hebrews says, we might make it.

Then we go to Psalm 103:20-21 Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. 21  Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure. We are to be the oracles of God to speak his words, that the angels of heaven can bring them to pass.

1 Peter 4:11 If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

I pray this will inspire all of us to be motivated to become like him, letting God fight our battles.  There will be no excuses when the midnight cry comes.

I appreciate all the prayers and finances.  Thanking you in advance.  I have underlined and made bold to make the words stand out. 

Love in Christ

Rev. Wanda Rust

Sister Wanda Rust