Rend Collective - Rescuer (Good News) [Official Music Video]

A friend just sent this.  What a great song!

Great advice from "The Patriot Post"

"... one is left to wonder how many outrages must be endured before such conservatives realize an incrementalist Left's appetite for power and control is never satiated?

It's time for decent Americans to fight back, using that same kind of incrementalism. Skip a Hollywood movie or concert. Pass on an NFL game, or stop patronizing progressive corporations that consider themselves the nation's moral arbiters. Cancel a newspaper or cable company subscription.

No one has to do everything. But Americans should understand that small individual efforts make a collectively big difference. As progressives like to say, it's time to live "woke."

Let's make courage fashionable again."

You can read the entire article here.

"Harvey, Houston, Hope and Joel's Army" by Johnny Enlow

    I am always impressed, enlightened and encouraged by words through Johnny Enlow.  This one is no exception.  It was sent from The Elijah List today.

"Harvey, Houston, Hope and Joel's Army"

Johnny Enlow, Santa Clarita, CA

As I write this post the rain is still falling in Houston. What reportedly is the worst rainstorm in US history continues to drench Texas and now Louisiana before it heads north to perhaps flood other states. In a matter of a few days, more than 50 inches of rain have fallen. Surely no city on the earth could take that much water in such a short time without dire consequences. As of this moment, the low loss of life has to be considered miraculous. Yet, a preliminary estimate has the damages of this disaster exceeding 50 billion dollars with a timetable of years before "normality" will ever come back to Houston, if at all. Even early in this process I believe that the Lord has something to say: Houston will rise again and be famed as a City of Hope—but I will get to that in a moment.

First, I will address some relevant questions being asked:

Was it Judgment from God?

Suddenly prophecies of "judgment" have surfaced everywhere attaching Houston's flooding to the large abortion center they have there or the fact that they had a gay mayor. As I ponder on that, I wonder why the city would not be flooded WHILE the gay mayor was still in office, and not sure why God couldn't figure out how to isolate the abortion center with the flooding. If He is into saving innocent lives, why is He allowing so much harm to thousands of innocents (with some deaths) in order to teach that lesson? Could He not have just hit the abortion clinic with lightning bolts and made the message a little clearer? 

Why does God destroy the livelihood of thousands of innocents to judge the sin of a few? Even the "Old Testament God" wouldn't destroy Sodom and Gomorrah "if there were but 10 righteous." Yet, here He is wiping out a city of millions in order to get to the evil minority? Tragically this type of thinking represents the status quo thinking for so many Believers today. Sadly, it reveals our own broken perception of our Father, which we then confidently/defiantly pass on to others. For the record, I don't believe that this represents judgment from God. As Jesus told His own "judgment expectant" disciples in Luke 9:56 when they wanted to call down fire from Heaven on those who resisted God in the flesh (could there a greater offense?): "the Son of Man came not to destroy lives but to save lives."

Was it the Devil?

Well, one thing we know is that the devil has a very reduced vision and mission statement and that is "to steal, kill and destroy." Any time there is anything stolen, anyone killed or anything destroyed, it is good to suspect his involvement. Furthermore, if people misbehaving (sin) gives him a legal right to destroy a city or nation, surely there is no city or nation in the world that is safe. However, though under substantial satanic duress, the world continues to expand its population, cities continue to grow, and even nations advance. Why is not every city with "abominable sinners" under water? If the answer to that question is that intercessors stem the judgment, then why were they ignored in Houston? I happen to know there are some good ones there. Now, I am not necessarily going to give a lot of neat and tidy answers to matters that there aren't neat and tidy answers for, but let me just tell you what I am hearing from the Lord: "Creation too has a voice."

When Creation Groans and Travails

Romans 8:22 says that "...creation groans and travails for the revealing of the sons of God." What it doesn't tell us is HOW creation groans and travails and what that looks like. I will suggest to you that many so-called natural disasters are neither God, satan or chance, but an expression of creation crying out for the children of God to be who they are supposed to be—so that creation itself can be what it is called to be. Romans 8:21 says that "...creation itself, will be brought into the glorious liberty of the sons of God."

I suppose in some way it could be considered "judgment" that we are not yet there, but it is not intended as judgment but rather a cry for freedom. We know that when Jesus died the earth shook and went dark, and that neither of these were connected to either an order from God or an involvement of satan. Added to this mystery of creation having a voice, is the fact that certain angels are given latitudes we don't fully know the limits to even if we have neat and tidy "angel doctrines". 

In Exodus 23:20-21, the Lord told Moses to tell the people to "not provoke" the angel that He was sending among them because if not he would not "pardon their transgressions." This angel was presumably Michael, and we are not told exactly what his "not pardoning" would look like. I do know that I was told by the Spirit some time back that territorial angels were being given orders to do what was necessary to bring their cities, regions and nations into alignment with their destiny. Ultimately, I believe we are going to see a lot more partnering between great angels and creation towards the reformation of cities and nations. 

If it strikes you as bizarre that creation would have intelligence, remember that at the quantum, subatomic particle level everything has its own distinct frequency and sound. That frequency and sound represents some level of communicating intelligence even if it is operationally different than those made directly in His image. 

Hurricane Harvey

I don't think there is any coincidence in the name that this storm was given. Harvey means "battle worthy" or "ready for war". The name stood out to me because last year I was shown by the Spirit a very great angel of "Harvest Glory" nicknamed Harvey. I talked about it in a word I released right before the AzusaNow event in Los Angeles ("AzusaNow: The Convergence of the Ages and the Harvest Glory Angel" posted on the Elijah List)—that I was shown that he was a great angel that had wide parameters of operation and that he was being released at another level at the stadium event. 

I had a couple people later contact me saying they saw this great angel there and described him similarly to how I described him, with one person even drawing what they saw. He is huge and glorious and carries a sickle that operates as an extension of himself. He is all about harvesting people and nations, and is always associated with bringing great economic help and releasing great anointing and spiritual mantles. His initial activation, as it were, in the United States was at the 1906 Azusa Street Revival. 

All the shifts and changes of the last year are very connected to the breakthrough of the AzusaNow event and Hurricane Harvey is now taking it to the next level. I believe this angel is being activated as a "heavenly hurricane" at this time and extremely anointed and change/reform is what he is bringing. (More explanation coming.)

Coming through Corpus Christi

"There is an opportunity for the Body of Christ to recognize that God, the Redeemer, is up to something big as it relates to the restoration of Houston."

Of no coincidence either is that the hurricane came through Corpus Christi. Corpus Christi means "the Body of Christ" and this is where the spiritual hurricane is now going to come through as we are thrust into the harvest glory of revival AND reformation. The nations are the reward HE is due for the suffering He went through. Corpus Christi was deeply affected by the powerful winds and over 20 inches of rain, but they were not devastated. Likewise, the Church is about to experience powerful and non-ignorable winds of the Holy Spirit, and a flooding of new manifestations and levels of His glory. There is definitely correction involved in this powerful visitation, but it is all to serve the greater glory. Expect to see an increase of strong winds of reformation for the Body of Christ. 

A 500-Year Flood/500 Year Anniversary of Protestant Reformation

It has been reported multiple times already that the flooding from Harvey is a one-in-500-year event (some say perhaps even one-in-1000-year event). It has already been confirmed as the greatest rainfall in our nation's history. We have also been pointing out that this year we celebrate the 500-year anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, with the understanding that we are now going into Reformation 2.0—the reformation of nations. 

Harvey coming on the heels of a most rare total solar eclipse further confirms to us that we have entered into unprecedented days of Kingdom advance. Jesus is not now coming FOR us as many are mistakenly perceiving, but He is now coming TO us. It is a "coming" of sorts—but after coming TO us, He is going to come THROUGH us before it will be time to come FOR us.Before that stage 3 "coming" we will be a spotless Bride worthy of her majestic Bridegroom, but we are far from that at this time. Whatever plan you make, let it be at least 100 years.

September 23, 2017 Coming of Jesus?

As a side, the September 23 constellation alignment date that many are believing matches Revelation 12 is not as rare as being reported. About 90% of the "rare" alignments happen every year and the Jupiter quotient happens every 12 years. It is somewhat rare, but less so than the eclipse. The heavens ARE speaking and declaring the glory of God, but is all about Him coming TO us and THROUGH us and not about Him coming FOR us. He would be the Author of failure with a miscarried master plan if He returned now. 

In America, it seems half the Church "hated" Obama during the last presidency (and they let me know that when I informed how God was using him), and now the other half "hates" Trump (and they let me know that when I tell how God is using him). We are primarily an undiscerning, bickering, powerless, low-grade-love, Church at this time (yikes, sorry), and not really something that our doting Father is proud to present to Jesus as His Bride. 

The good news is He loves us passionately anyway, and He is going to pour out His liquid love on us until we abandon our old "homes" and find higher ground. All we need is LOVE, LOVE, LOVE. He is going to flood us until it is the only real story in town.

Why Houston?

I believe we do a tremendous misreading of events and reality if we look at Houston as deserving this flooding in any way. Yes, there have been abortionists and homosexuals prominently displayed in this city, but that in no wise sums up who this city is. Houston has been the oil capital of the United States and it has also been known as "Space City" because of the presence of NASA and the Houston Command Center that saw us land on the moon among other significant space accomplishments. It is also a major "Bible Belt" city with many great churches, as well as has the largest church in America, Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church. While a religious spirit has been a significant detriment to the Kingdom of God in Houston, it is still a city with many friends of God. A yet more amazing destiny awaits Houston.

Hope and Joel Osteen

Here, I might surprise many of you and tell you that Joel Osteen is very popular—in Heaven. He has been bashed by much of the Church for being "an inch deep and a mile wide" but that is not Heaven's perspective at all. The rarest commodity on planet earth for some time has been HOPE. Even people who will champion love are often very challenged in their hope levels. True hope is something you have to intentionally cultivate, and though it can look like shallow "positive-thinking", when it is real, it is almost the greatest force on earth.

Joel Osteen has built his life and ministry on developing and releasing hope. If you ever just feel discouraged, turn on the TV and find Joel Osteen somewhere. You will immediately feel encouraged. Beyond his words there is an anointing he carries that is tied into multi-generational blessings that are on him. He has a church of over 50,000, millions of followers on social media, through TV he reaches over 20 million a month in over 100 nations, he has 7 NY Times best-seller books, there are radio stations that play his messages around the clock, and in every ministry expression you will find yourself exposed to and infected by hope. 

He is widely followed by "unbelievers" because they are starving for the hope he dishes out. Somehow he has figured out that a minister of the "good news" has to carry a spirit of Good News. Joel Osteen is the world's greatest exporter of this rarest resource on the planet—hope. Furthermore, he has had to defend his hopeful perspective on God and life in setting after setting, both secular or religious. 

If you look up his name, he has been labeled a "prosperity preacher" and that is somehow in today's Christian environment a no-no. Do we really want "poverty preachers" or "despair preachers"? Is that really what we think is the true essence of the Gospel (which means "good news")? Did Jesus really come and promote abundant poverty and challenge? Or did He say I come that you might have abundant life (John 10:10)? If poverty were a virtue would it not exist in Heaven? Does anyone believe that's the case? 

Yes, I know there are and have been "prosperity preachers" who use it to manipulate for great offerings. Joel is not one of those. Oh, that the Christian world would embrace the God that is presented by Joel Osteen. If being hopeful and joyful is "shallow", then Heaven must also be shallow. 

Joel's Army?

I have been shown that something about this whole Houston flooding has to do with God promoting Joel Osteen. Perhaps, that is why there was a quick and unfair cheap shot taken at him and his church by the press after Hurricane Harvey. Believe me, God is promoting him. Joel will now be invited to spiritually spearhead the rebuilding of Houston. While many are thinking and saying that the city needs to be given up on, God has other things in mind. Houston will rise again and be known as a City of Hope. 

"Houston will rise again and be famed as a City of Hope—but I will get to that in a moment."

There is an opportunity for the Body of Christ to recognize that God, the Redeemer, is up to something big as it relates to the restoration of Houston. The spirit of death and the spirit of religion is being flooded out of town, and it is going to allow for this city to arise as a model of reformation. Houston was named after Samuel Houston and the Samuel anointing is going to rise in the city. Samuel was the prophet who carried oil. Houston has been known for natural oil, but will now be known for spiritual oil. The Hope Reformation oil from what God does in the city will spread and "anoint" cities that will arise like David and kill their Goliaths. 

The "Joel's Army" for today will be those that arise in the same spirit as the appropriately named Joel Osteen. Joel Osteen is being commissioned and empowered to raise a "Joel's Army" and they will be victorious as the name of his life and ministry partner, Victoria Osteen would tell us. Corpus of Christi—get behind this man and couple and pick up of his spirit, even for yourself. You need what he carries to thrive in the coming days.

Healing the Gulf with Mexico

Hurricane Harvey did not cross the Atlantic as the eventual category 4 storm it became. That dynamic happened as it came into the Gulf of Mexico, where the water was described as "unusually hot". Overheated waters in the Gulf of Mexico caused the hurricane to build up. This whole hurricane phenomenon has many pieces of the puzzle, but one of them is that an undesirable "heating of the waters" existed that played out. This is a time for healing of the gulf WITH Mexico. Part of the incendiary national discourse taking place has to do with a need to repair thoughts and dialogue regarding Hispanic immigrants. Now is a really good time for that.

250,000 Immigrants will be Needed to Rebuild

After the initial multi-billion dollar damages pay out, there will be a major boom in the building industry caused by the flooded region (add Louisiana to that mix). While many in America are operating to the distorted narrative that Hispanic immigrants are "taking our jobs", the reality is that even BEFORE Harvey the national building industry was in great need of workers. Overall, the nation has over 6 million jobs available that are not being filled. We already have an almost record low unemployment level and this is only going to go down. Our nation is presently more in need of workers than jobs. 

President Trump is also about to embark on a major rebuilding of America infrastructure initiative that might cost above a trillion, and demand hundreds of thousands of workers willing to do that type of work. Who are the workers willing to do that kind of work? As you know, it is primarily the Hispanic immigrant population (legal or otherwise) that is famed for their work ethic and that has been building America for some time. We must end our misconception of their role in America, as they have been very key for us and will now be extremely key for us. Watch as the real numbers come out and you will see that we will need a force of around 250,000 to rebuild Houston, and we will either have to allow for special work permits to abound or re-think our immigration policies. 

There is nothing wrong with making our borders more secure but there is attached dialogue that has created an unnecessary rift/gulf with Mexico and Latin America, and with the immigrant populace in general. Telling and retelling anecdotal violent exceptions from the Latino immigrant pool only "heats up the waters" in an unnecessary way. 

Body of Christ, let's get back to the assignment of being "ministers of reconciliation" as we are Biblically charged to do (2 Cor. 5:18-21). Furthermore, Jesus is still saying "Blessed are the peacemakers..." (Matthew 5:9). 

It is of no coincidence that the 67-mile-wide "path of totality" for the recent total eclipse essentially began in Salem, Oregon and that a total of 7 Salem's were in that path. The word Salem means "peace" or "peaceful" and God has a Psalm 67 "face shining on us" reality as we embrace that. I will tell you that "creation itself" is going to continue to "act up" in ways that look like "judgment" until we abandon the hostile, polarized thinking and talking that we have been deeply engaged in. 

The Corpus of Christ (Body of Christ) must take the lead in this, and in doing so you might have to abandon some of your present "talking points". There has been an expanded "gulf" along racial lines FOR CHRISTIANS since the election and we all have opportunities to tone down the rhetoric and become the blessed "Salem/Shalom makers". May we quickly respond as we ought. I believe that we will. (To Subscribe to the Elijah List subscribe here.)

Johnny Enlow
Johnny and Elizabeth
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A video word from Lance Wallnau

       I just watched this video of Lance Wallnau posted on Elijah List TV entitled

"Prophetic News and Views | The Eclipse, Donald Trump, Israel and More..."    

       Lance is emphatic that the church must get in the battle.  The bottom line is that it is imperative we pray for President Trump who is being surrounded by dark forces and cut off from those who have brought light to situations.  Watch it and see what you think.  And then please make prayer for our President a priority--at least for the next 40 days.

Brian Simmons, I Hear His Whisper

I so appreciate Brian Simmons' words sent bi-weekly.  If you don't already know, he is the translator of The Passion Translation Bible.  This word was an especially good reminder.  God is pleased when we give Him thanks.

I HEAR HIS WHISPER... "I will free you when you give Me thanks" The power of gratitude has been undervalued by My people. As you give Me thanks, I refine your soul and remove regret from your life. I will free you when you give Me thanks. The more you are satisfied, the more freedom and release from pain I will bring into your life. The power of praise has yet to be fully activated. Greater than any force known to man is the power I release when you praise Me. To receive My blessings and never give Me thanks is the mark of an unbeliever. To receive My blessings and be consumed with gratitude is the mark of a true worshipper. I call you to a life of gratitude. Many are like those who grumbled to Moses in the wilderness. They could not give Me praise. For even as they grumbled, My glory cloud was over their heads. They looked at man and not at Me! Ingratitude is a disease that is easily spread among My people. But praises will break the curse, lift the veil, open the heavens, and provide miracles even in a wilderness. I call you to joy and thanksgiving! Let every day be the day of magnificent praises! Lift up your eyes and see the blessings I have provided for you, and let the world know that you are Mine. The redeemed must say so by their thanks and by their extravagant praise. Today, set your heart before Me, Your Father, and learn the sweet lessons of gratitude. I will free you when you give Me thanks! Psalm 136:1-5 The Passion Translation Let everyone thank God, for he is good, and he is easy to please! His tender love for us continues on forever! Give thanks to God, our King over all gods! His tender love for us continues on forever! Give thanks to the Lord over all lords! His tender love for us continues on forever! Give thanks to the only miracle working God! His tender love for us continues on forever! Give thanks to the Creator who filled the heavens with revelation! His tender love for us continues on forever!

Whew! It is finished!

       I'm sure most who read this don't particularly care, but I ordered photo books of the Austria trip yesterday! Such a relief!  Since making the book has consumed much of my time over several days, I am so glad to have it finished!  I actually basically finished it the day before we left on our trip to the National Parks but needed to proof it before ordering.
       The book ended up being 123 pages in length.  That sounds like so many pages, but we saw so many things and took so many photos.  When I added our son's & daughter-in-law's photos to mine I had over 2000 to sort through, and I'm sure I used around 700 in making the book.  Even though that makes the book quite expensive, it is worth it, I believe, to have a lasting memory that helps us recall the fun we had and the places we visited.  After all, when you spend thousands of dollars on the trip, it seems spending $100 on a book of memories is not so much.  (Fortunately, Mixbook was having a 50% off sale that ended yesterday.  I had planned to prepare the book and wait for a sale to order anyway, so yesterday coincided well with my plans.)  I would guess, though, if I added in my time in creating the book at minimum wage, it would cost over $1000.  Good thing I work cheap! 😊 As you can probably figure out, I enjoy doing it.  Why else would I spend so much time looking up travel quotes, facts about the places we visited, clipart, etc. to make it more interesting and informative?
       When I have recuperated a few days, I will begin the book of our Parks trip.  Amazingly, I took over 1000 photos there, too.  Hopefully, many are duplicates so this book won't be nearly as large.
       Country Guy jokingly said we are going to have to cut down on travel, or my life is going to consist solely of traveling and making photo books!  I think if that becomes a reality the solution is to stop making books--not stop traveling, don't you?

Phoenix's Musical Instrument Museum

    We just returned from a fun vacation at Grand Canyon, Lake Powell, Bryce Canyon and Zion National Park with friends.  Each place was so amazing!  I had no idea there were so many different shapes, colors and sizes of rocks!  God is so creative!
    Before we joined the tour group we had a free day in Phoenix.  I looked at TripAdvisor and other sights to find the best things to do there.  The Musical Instrument Museum seemed to be one of the highest rated, so we decided to go there even though we weren't musicians.  The name seemed to make us think only musicians would find it exciting.  The forecast temp was to be over 100 degrees that day, though, so an air-conditioned museum did sound nice.
     We also read we should allow at least 4 hours to explore the Museum.  We were all doubtful we would be there nearly that long, but we were wrong.  Four hours later we emerged from a highly entertaining and educational experience!  It was extremely interesting!  There were more than 6000 musical instruments displayed from over 200 countries.  Each country's display had a screen playing a short video of the instruments of that country being used.  The displays also often included costumes.  When we paid for our admission we were each given a headset.  As we walked in front of each display, the headset would automatically pick up the sound of what was being played on the video of the display.  Fantastic!  No buttons to push or numbers to key in!  There was also a room where people could play some of the instruments represented in the Museum.  One was a Chinese gong.  I have always wanted to hit one of those!  Now I have something else to take off my bucket list.  😀

    Below are a few photos, so you can get an idea of what I am trying to describe.  I highly recommend this Museum!  It was actually one of the highlights of our trip, even though we loved the parks!

A Very Inspirational Weekend

    Several of us are praying for a new church plant in our small town.  In conjunction with that I attended a Women's Group on Friday night which is studying an excellent book, One Way Love by Tullian Tchividjian.  The first meeting was interesting and encouraging.
    Then Saturday night, David Davis, horse trainer, trick rider, preacher, singer, songwriter performed at Linn Park.   He presented a wonderful show of horse tricks before one of our larger crowds and then moved to the stage of the Linn Park Amphitheater to play his violin, guitar and sing, with a little preaching/sharing thrown in.  An absolutely beautiful experience!






Then today David was invited to minister at the Cowboy Church in Toledo, so we went, too.  It was a wonderful experience--outside in beautiful weather, chickens walking around, horses saddled for the trail ride they had planned after the service, kids playing on the swing, good music and a great word by David!  He also ministered prophetic words after the service.  I was grateful to be one of the recipients and felt he really heard from the Lord for me.

And tonight we went to a Small Group Leadership Training for the new church plant.  A very inspirational weekend!

Making Progress

     I am making progress on the photo book--page 27 and ready for day 5.  At this rate I may be able to keep it to under 100 pages!
     If you are interested in eventually seeing the finished project, email me (countrygirl@shalominthewilderness.com), and I will add you to the people who can view the book online.  It may be awhile before it is finished, though, because we are taking another trip in the near future so I may have to stop working on this one and prepare to travel again.😊  And then, will I need to make another book?🙄  I guess that depends on how I'm feeling after I finish this one.

Photo Book Creation

      Have you ever made a photo book?  I am grateful for the companies that make it possible to upload my photos and then help me create a beautiful book using them.  If I don't do this after our trips to Europe I never look at the photos again.  I am now in the process of making another book.

       I had previously used Snapfish, which I liked, but decided to try Mixbook for the last book I made and was very happy with it because of the tools for improving the photos as you add them to the book.  I'm therefore using Mixbook this time, too.

      So far it has been very frustrating!  I edited each photo I wanted to use and added it to a separate folder in the order I wanted to use them combining my photos and those from our son and daughter-in-law.  One problem I encountered immediately was that for some reason our cameras were not set on the same time, therefore photographs of the same place appeared in different spots.  I moved them all to the right places and then began the upload.  Another problem!  The upload began in a random area--I have no idea why but it was 3 days into the trip.  Oh well, that's OK, I thought, but then saw the note stating that because of the size of the upload (1328 photos) it would take 2 days to complete.  It appeared I could still use other programs on my computer while the photos were uploading so I also thought "no problem" until I awoke the next morning to see the upload had somehow shut down with only about half of the photos loaded!  Since it had started in the middle of the trip I didn't know which ones had been completed.  By then, I was about ready to give up!  Of course, I couldn't because I've made a photo book for the other grandchildren of their trips with us so I have to complete this one, too.

      I deleted that project and started over.  I placed 100-200  photos in separate folders to be uploaded.  Then I saw the note that said photos larger than 15 mb couldn't be uploaded.  I went through each folder, finding the 'too large' photos and reduced them then uploaded each folder.  I finally completed the upload Wednesday.  What a relief!

      Last night I began the process of assembling the book.  Hopefully, there will be no more problems!  Here is a screen shot of the first page, so you can see the possibilities:

      I am a perfectionist, it seems, so it takes quite a while to complete each book.  I consider this a labor of love that will last a lifetime.  When we are gone, our grandchildren will still have the books as a reminder of that love and the fun we had together.  So in my eyes, each one is worth the effort expended, and once it is completed I am relieved, and grateful I could do this for them. 

      But I can't help being a little frustrated in the process!!

Peter Horrobin - Sexual Immorality, Deliverance - Pt 1

         Please don't discount these excellent videos because of the titles, which have only a small part in the overall message.   Country Guy & I watched them last night and thought Peter Horrobin explained the Christian life better than anyone we have ever heard.  He is a wonderful teacher!

Peter Horrobin - Sexual Immorality, Deliverance - Pt 2

Amazing Symmetry

      Have you seen this?  I think I posted it before but didn't want to take the time to look it up.  I love numbers and find this absolutely fascinating, so I'm adding it again.  I don't know who figured this out, but I think it is fabulous!  God is always giving us little glimpses of Himself and His perfect universe!

The Redneck Pool Party at Linn Park was a Success Again This Year!

      We had such fun at the Redneck Pool Party yesterday!  This was our 3rd annual event and the kids loved it, as much this year as the previous two.  An added bonus was the addition of a performance of Battle Creek, one of our favorite bands.  In fact, we thought they were such a good fit that we have invited them back for the Pool Party again next year.
 

Power washing the tarp.

     This year one of our committee members removed a small grain bin from their property so he suggested we use a ring of it to support the straw bales.  What a great improvement!  See posts here and here for previous year's problems with pool failure.

Pulling the tarp over the frame



The Firemen were gracious to fill the large pool for us.

       The pools are such a great way to use the tarp leftover when the pile of corn is uncovered at the grain elevator.  Even though the photo below looks like an acre of tarp, it is only a small section of the original.Here are a few photos to let you see how much fun we had preparing and how much the kids enjoyed the different activities.

We also made a one-bale high kiddie pool.  Here the guys are unloading the straw to make the frame.






As always the 80 foot Slip n Slide is a great hit!

As is the Water Balloon Shooter.





Even the littlest ones got in on the fun!

Fun in the Redneck Hot Tub (made in the bed of a pickup truck).

Bubble-making was also a great hit!

And so was the Pinaqua (I think we used about 80 trash bags!)

As you can see, activities were spread all over Linn Park


Battle Creek's great music and sense of humor made this year's event even more fun!

Plan ahead, so you won't have to miss next year's event.  We had someone Facebook us to ask how far it was from Houston.  When they discovered they didn't have time to get here, they said they would seriously consider coming next year.  The date is August 4, if you are interested.

Peter Horrobin's Healing Through Deliverance

     I am finding that Peter Horrobin's Healing Through Deliverance, The Foundation and Practice of Deliverance Ministry, is an excellent resource!   (It was first published as 2 volumes which you can buy separately at a discount as used books on abebooks.com.)  The book has been recommended through both Doris Wagner's and Randy Clark's ministries so that is how I heard about it. 

       If you have ever doubted that deliverance is to be part of the Christian life today, or that Christians can be influenced by demons, I suggest you read this book. 

       I highly recommend it!  It sheds much light on why healing doesn't happen in many instances today.