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3/10/22 Holy Alliances

As a remedy to the weakness and immaturity within the body of Christ and in preparation for the coming perilous times, God Himself is reestablishing the life and character of Jesus in His church through holy alliances, kinsman friendships, and covenant relationships. He is taking charge of the relationships that He plans to join together to accomplish His work in the near future. Becoming trustworthy and joining with those who are trustworthy is the pattern of the first century church. You will want to make yourself ready for this time by becoming a trustworthy follower of Jesus, if you desire to find favor within groups of significant people who are also trustworthy.

Men, in the coming, more-than-likely very challenging days - if you are trustworthy yourself - watch for specific people that the Lord will place in your midst as a holy alliance. If you are fickle, foolish, immature, and self-consumed in your relationships, don’t expect the Lord to bring holy alliances your way, because He will not allow you to harm His children and distract them from fulfilling His purpose for their lives. Until you repent of your ways and have a heart to live your life for the benefit of others and for the benefit of God’s plan, you will basically find yourself on your own or in league with others just like you. I would call these people the spiritually insignificant, cowering masses. It’s your choice.

If however, you desire to live the way Jesus lived, God will place you with others of the same Holy Spirit-inspired obedience and like-minded direction. You will be given the opportunity to enter into an unbreakable alliance with them, sealed, protected, and enforced by God Himself for the purpose of accomplishing specific tasks and Holy Spirit-led projects to further the Kingdom of God in these last days. It will be the most wonderfully fulfilling, remarkable time since the cross and the covenant heart of Jesus spilled out spiritual integrity over those who could receive it. Husbands and wives who understand that they have been joined together for far more than living in moderate harmony and success, business associates who have only the goals and desires of God as the basis for their association, friends who establish a covenant relationship in order to accomplish God’s plan for their lives will soon be the norm or survival will be non-existent for believers in need. Which life do you choose?

Let’s talk more!

Jim Corbett

3/09/22 Full and Prosperous

“As you know, a treasure is whatever you hold close to your heart. When you treasure the things that are dear to My heart, I participate in them with you. My presence becomes part of what you treasure. Unlike the worldly lusts of your flesh that burn for a while and then fall away, the things We cherish together are eternal. If you really care about the things that I care about, I am free to flood you with more of My treasures and My desires. You are then free to gleefully involve yourself with the delights of My heart throughout your life and into eternity with Me.

"Seek to desire the things that are close to My heart with all your heart. Your days will then become full and prosperous as I pour Myself into your life. When others observe your life, they will see what I hold close simply because you hold it close, and you look like Jesus to them. They will also see what Jesus holds close. That is good! I treasure that kind of life.”

Psalm 37:4 NIV

Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Matthew 6:19-21 NIV

19) “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

20) But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.

21) For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

As we delight ourselves in the Lord, He places His desires in our hearts and then He fulfills them. When you think about it, what a wonderful promise of safety we have in Him. He promises that when we seek Him with all our hearts, we will find Him. When we find Him, we find answers for everything we need. If we follow His pattern, we can’t go wrong. Could it be then, that if we do find ourselves with unanswerable questions, we haven’t sought Him with the diligence that is needed to hear His heart?

Wanting to be close to my Father,

Jim Corbett

3/09/22 Sometimes Waiting Gets Old

Patience - a word avoided by most people these days, but vital when dealing with a God who patiently waits for all things to come to pass. God uses patience to deal with our trust issues. Do we really trust Him? Do we really trust His timing? Or do we usually try to convince Him it would be better if He worked on our suggestions and timetables?

True faith in God has no limitations, no timing issues, and no conditions whatsoever. It simply believes that God is in charge, and that He knows what needs to be done and when. Therein lies the problem. We don’t believe Him.

If waiting on God to do something that He has promised is taking longer than you would like, you might as well get used to the fact that He has better plans than you can see from your perspective. It might also be good to remember that the result you are waiting for may not be the reason you are waiting. Your Lord is more than likely dealing with many other issues in you. He may be using your need to perfect some part of you. It may not seem like it at the moment, but that is a good thing!

If you are a man who is always in charge, needs to control, or must have things your way, get ready to become really tired of waiting on God. He will probably box you in somehow so that you can do nothing but wait. He must be in charge, and you have said that He is when you submitted yourself to the Lordship of Jesus. Your control issues are sins that He needs to eliminate from you. Waiting longer than you would like is one of the tools He uses to put to death the dark things of your heart. Get ready to wait! It’s time for you to become comfortable in waiting.

Let’s talk more!

Jim Corbett

3/08/22 Prepared to Act Like Jesus

“There is coming a time when proclaiming My true Gospel will be against the law. In that soon coming time, to say that you are a follower of Jesus will cost you everything, even your life. Your lives will mirror the lives of My early church and the lives of many who have gone before you as martyrs. How will you fare during those times? Who will you hate? How long will you fight for your rights or your right to be right?

"I am preparing you to act as Jesus acted, so that those who hate you because of Him will see My love for them. When will you wake up? When will you see the times in which you live and begin to prepare yourself to glorify Me when people will take joy in hating you? Time is short. Prepare now! I need you to be able to love as Jesus loves when the world is reeling in hatred of My truths.”

Isaiah 48:3 NIV

“I foretold the former things long ago, my mouth announced them and I made them known; then suddenly I acted, and they came to pass.”

Jeremiah 12:5 AMP

[But the Lord rebukes Jeremiah’s impatience, saying] If you have raced with men on foot and they have tired you out, then how can you compete with horses? And if [you take flight] in a land of peace where you feel secure, then what will you do [when you tread the tangled maze of jungle haunted by lions] in the swelling and flooding of the Jordan?

Acts 8:1&4 NIV

1) On that day, a great persecution broke out against the church at Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.

4) Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went.

2 Cor. 1:8-10 NIV

8) We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about the hardships we suffered in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.

9) Indeed, in our hearts we felt the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead.

10) He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us…

From the novel, A White Stone, by Jim and Merry Corbett

“My friend, why don’t you just listen and let me explain.” As he poured each of them a diet soda, Carl began. “For as long as I can remember, I have been deeply concerned about this world and its growing global problems, as my father was before me and his father before him. I sat many long hours at my father’s knee as he explained the “special” people and organizations and plans that really ran this world. They orchestrated the rise and fall of governments, implemented wars and skirmishes; and, in general, did what was necessary to bring forth their overall agenda for a peaceful society.

“When I became old enough and was allowed to join these organizations, I gratefully did; knowing that they had the answers to the world’s needs: a unified world, a “New World Order” with one democratic government, one people, one plan, and one common good, all controlled from one place and policed by one police force. It would be a utopian society, where only peace and safety exist for those who desire it. The plans were not being carried out by one organization, however; but by thousands of organizations - many, many levels of operation that knowingly or unknowingly were fulfilling that ultimate goal.” Carl gestured toward the panel they had just walked through. “This is one small section of many such locations, all in place to do the required work when called upon.”

Carl took Tom’s glass and refilled it without asking Tom if he wanted any more. It didn’t matter, however, for Tom was too interested in what Carl was saying to even notice. He again sat across from Tom and continued.

“I thought no one knew about this plan. For as long as I can remember, I was taught never to share anything I knew about our work. Sure, there were always remote articles written, and periodically, someone would uncover some plan or another talking about the secret societies; but they would be discredited or disappear or something and it would all be over. Great pains had been taken to hide all of this,” Carl stated, again pointing to the paneled wall. Then quietly, he began again, looking directly into Tom’s eyes.

“Can you imagine my astonishment when I began reading the Bible? What I had been a part of almost all my life, thinking we had this revolutionary idea for the final good of all mankind, hating God or at least thinking we were doing it without God - if there really was one - had been foretold by Him from the beginning. We are scheming our way right into what God predicted all along that mankind would do. What an awesome God!” Tom smiled as Carl marveled at the ingenuity of His God, Lord and Friend, and then continued.

Your ways are amazing, Lord!

Jim Corbett

3/08/22 Just Get in the Car

A while ago I was faced with an opportunity to see how much I lacked faith and really needed God if things were going to work out. As a husband and father, the weight of my responsibility was somewhat overwhelming. We had packed everything we owned in a small truck and our van, given away what we were told to share, and spent most of what we had at the time for necessities. What little I had, I knew that my faith was being tested. I felt like a rubber band that had been stretched to its limit.

I had read somewhere that faith combined with sensitivity to the leading of the Holy Spirit fills hands that were formerly empty. Well, my hands felt really, really empty. My faith felt like a single drop of water on its way to attempting to put out a raging fire. So we went - not in a bright powerful way, but just one foot after another, one mile after another until we reached a temporary destination.

A little while later, someone mentioned a phrase that really spoke to my heart. He said something like, “Faith is simply getting in the car and going when you are told.” Boy, did that hit home! I felt that phrase applied directly to me. “Just get in the car.” That’s faith!

Men, if you are attempting to be a monument of faith to your family, you may be imparting the wrong message to them. Maybe it’s time to trust in the faithfulness of God instead of your ability to have faith for any situation. Maybe it’s time to simply “get in the car” and trust God to do what He has told you He would do. God is faithful. You are His greatly loved child. He desires to walk with you even more than you desire to walk with Him every moment. Why not trust Him to be Who He says He is?

Let’s talk more!

Jim Corbett

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