Boundaries and parameters by Nina Keegan

 Boundaries and parameters!

 There is not one thing a believer can come up in life with that is not completely covered by the brilliant promises of divine protection in God’s powerful Word. Yes, God has given us boundaries, parameters, and commandments to follow that undeniably provide absolute safety and protection for us all. He has provided a shelter so secure and fortified.. and it is ours for the taking!

Psalm 61:3, “GOD has been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.”

God Himself is our shelter and refuge. There is absolutely nothing that gets passed our mighty and powerful God… He is omniscient, He is omnipresent, nothing escapes him! 

I have visited many ancient castles and towers in overseas countries that have been standing for centuries… they are so braced and strengthened by stone and powerful reinforcements… That no matter what wars, or elements these towers have endured, they are still standing strong and mighty...Get a vision in your head about a strong tower,  a powerful shelter over and around you and your family.

See the mighty covering and divine protection from the Lord...a refuge, a place where you are so protected that you can actually rest…

The definition of refuge is ...That which protects, secures, and shelters from danger, distress or calamity; a stronghold which is abundantly fortified in strength; or a haven and a retreat which secures safety by its guarantor; it is a place so reinforced that it is totally impenetrable to an enemy...!

God also gives us boundaries through His commandments… They likewise are also meant to protect us from all evil… They are like a strong, supernatural tower providing us a hedge of protection… they are parameters and boundaries That one followed bring great protection from the enemy . We we follow God's word, obey him, and his commandments, we are covered and not bound by the wages of sin and the dangers they attract. 

Like any parent, or one who owns pets… We set boundaries of protection for them , we often protect our homes with baby gates and outdoor fences… Designed to keep our children and pets safe…

Very similarly does God puts these hedges around us… It's not because God doesn't want us to have fun or because he wants to set limits on us.. 

Quite the contrary… When we follow God's rules and listen to and apply his boundaries and parameters to our lives we can live a blessed, happy, safe, and secure life… He gives us a  holy hedge of protection so large that the enemy complains about it(Job)

By trusting God and listening to his word and following his commandments, He hems us in

a garment of protection and sends His waring, ministering angels to give watch over us and to guard us in all of our ways…

The enemy prowls around the earth seeking for whom he can destroy...

Stay in the shelter, stay in the parameters and in the boundaries of God's mighty word… There you will be divinely guarded and protected… God's word is truth and it will not return void… Seek him first in all things… He will order every step you take, He will make sure your footing is on solid ground and that you do not give the devil an opportunity to wreak havoc in your life!!

Let's stay in the parameters and boundaries divinely protected by God and where overwhelming victory is ours in Jesus! 

Job 1:10 

Have you not put a hedge around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.

Psalm 91:1-16 

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, ...

Psalm 34:7 

The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.

1 Peter 5:8 

Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

Psalm 139:5  

You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me.

John 14:6 

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Psalm 91:1  

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

A prophetic TRUE STORY AND PROPHETIC MESSAGE FROM GOD! The EAGLES in my backyard! What I'm about to tell you is an absolute true story… One I believe is very prophetic and quite amazing… It is a very bittersweet story and yet I believe it has profound impact on what's happening in the world, our nation today. I believe it is a divine word on how we are to receive victory in times of trouble! A few months ago my husband and I discovered an Eagles nest high up in the pine tree just over the fence in our backyard. This was very surreal and what I consider to be very prophetic and you'll see why by the end of this story.... Eagles, yes three baby eagles… One male and two females we're in this nest. This is highly unusual as we live in the middle of downtown Houston Texas. We were so thrilled to find out about these precious baby eagles and we began watching them each day with binoculars. We watched them grow, become stronger, and we read up on them and learned so much about them. We discovered that when a mama eagle lays her eggs that they are usually hatched about five days apart from each other… So we could definitely tell that the females were the 2 older ones and we could even tell the one that was the oldest because it was definitely more advanced. We soon discovered that the youngest was the male eagle as we started to watch them grow, change and learn new things. As they grew , they soon began to flap their wings and hop onto some of the branches just outside the nest… We would see the mom swoop in often and bring them a chunk of meat of some kind and they would be so excited and there would be a lot of chatter and exuberance going on every time she came near the nest. Every day we checked on "our" Eagles and watched them… It was like watching a National Geographic film in our own backyard… They are so majestic and so beautiful… But then… One day as we were watching, the mom swooped in with food and the baby boy eagle that had never yet left the nest, jumped up with excitement and we literally saw him fall, spiral out from this very tall pine tree onto the ground… We could not believe it… We were so panicked. We witnessed this whole thing in front of our very eyes. Since it had fallen just over the fence it was not our yard… We tried to see if we could find it and it became apparent that it had fallen in a low bush and it was still alive… The mama eagle was beside herself darting back-and-forth trying to find it… the baby seemed quite hidden in the bushes . When we tried to ask the neighbors ( behind us) if we could go in their yard and help him They said "No" They said that the Eagles were a nuisance that they were loud and they wish they weren't there… They said we should leave nature to its course… We were astonished and so sad…"BUT THEY ARE EAGLES" we said...... By this time it was getting dark and we just prayed that the mama would somehow rescue her baby boy eagle. The very next day we put a ladder to our fence to see if we could see if the baby boy had been rescued… When we looked at the nest we only saw the two females.… then we saw him on the ground..We were so sad to see that the baby boy eagle had been killed by something… It was so devastating…! I kept asking the Lord why we were allowed to see this baby boy fall out of the nest ...and now, know that he was dead… I thought, "why couldn't it be that we would just think he flew away?"… We were so sad. My sons who have been by often to watch them were also very sad… Then… A few days later, when we looked into the nest we only saw one baby female and the mom feeding it… We had wondered as they had been flapping their wings so much more recently if the other baby female had flown away… But then in our neighborhood update email there was a picture of the dead baby female eagle on the next street over and that it had been hit by a car… People were astonished that there would be Eagles right here in the middle of Houston… But why?.. Again, would we have to know and have proof that this baby eagle was dead… And had not just flown away..? We began praying over our last eagle and the poor mama who seemed so devastated… she would sit in branches and call out hoping to hear the return call from her baby…… A few days later as I was sitting in my backyard I saw the third baby eagle just standing there in my grass in the middle of my backyard… She was so beautiful and not afraid at all… But then as my husband and I were watching her, it just flew up to sit on our back yard fence… She was sitting there for quite some time and then it literally just decided to LAY DOWN... right there on the fence… Never in my lifetime have I ever seen any kind bird just lay down… When we see any kind of bird, they are either standing up or they are flying.. this eagle just decided to lay down right there on the fence.. we were amazed .. and it stayed there for quite some time! This whole time I kept feeling like the Lord was talking to me through these Eagles but at this particular time I said to the Lord, "What am I looking at right now?" What is this all about..?" "Tell me about these eagles.." And then, as if a sermon was being played out in my mind.. I heard this in my spirit... so absolute and so powerfully..... The Lord told me… That the first eagle that fell from the nest died because he was weak… not unlike us, God's people, we will not survive the evil of this world if we are weak, that we need strength that only comes from the Lord to endure and overcome until the end… we must be strong in our faith… Believe and not doubt and stand firmly on the word and not waver in weakness .. that we must not bow down to the rhetoric and the evil but stay focused on the word of God… That's where our strength comes from ..That we must stay strong in him and in the word to survive! Then I felt the Lord say that the second eagle that was hit by the car died because it was distracted by the things of the world.. And like us, when we take our eyes off JESUS, and instead focus on the world… We allow sin and distraction to lord over our lives..We let our hearts become seared, and then sin will take its toll. We too could die a spiritual death when we try to accommodate the world… We mustn't let the worldly distractions sway us off the path God has for us… These distractions are strategies of the devil that can destroy us. As the Bible says many Christians will fall away in the end... But then I felt God say that the last eagle… The one that laid down right in front of our eyes… Was how we will survive and endure to the end We like this eagle must REST IN HIM! Seek Him first.. Cast our cares on to the wonderful strong shoulders of our loving Father… And then REST in the precious arms of the Him, the one who has all the answers… That is how we will win our war… We will conquer our battles in praises, thanksgiving and in HIS REST!! It's interesting to me that the strongest of the Eagles survived because of Rest.... And with that we soon saw our last baby eagle grow and then fly away… Once in a while we still see the mom and the baby again.. we hear their calls as they will sometimes return back to the nest as if to check on each other and have a bit of a reunion… And perhaps it's just to join together and have a time of REST… Isaiah 40:31 - But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like EAGLES ; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. During these difficult ,chaotic and uncertain times in this world… We must draw closer to God and strengthen ourselves in Him...The joy the Lord is our strength… We must not be distracted by the evil of this world and by the circumstances of this world but instead keep our focus on our almighty God… The one who holds this entire world in his hands!… He's got us and he will never let us go… And we must simply SEEK HIS FACE AND REST... rest in him as we cast our cares, seek him daily for his plan… because the latter reign is so much greater than the former reign and we believe the glory of God will bring a great awakening that will change everything! Rest, Rest Rest! Matthew 11:28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Hebrews 4:1-16 Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it. For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened. For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, “As I swore in my wrath, ‘They shall not enter my rest,’” although his works were finished from the foundation of the world. For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all his works.” And again in this passage he said, “They shall not enter my rest.” ... Psalm 103:5 Who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. Exodus 19:4 You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself. Revelation 12:14 But the woman was given the two wings of the great eagle so that she might fly from the serpent into the wilderness, to the place where she is to be nourished for a time, and times, and half a time. Jeremiah 48:40 For thus says the Lord: “Behold, one shall fly swiftly like an eagle and spread his wings against Moab; Deuteronomy 32:11 Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that flutters over its young, spreading out its wings, catching them, bearing them on its pinions, Enjoy the photos we have taken along the way, you'll even see a picture of our precious eagle resting! #YouWillSoarOnWingsLikeEagles #Rest #YouAreAnOvercomer #Eagles #Strength #DoNotBeDistracted #NinaKeeganMinistries #GRACEGRACEWithNinaAndMichelle #GodCake #ReadTheWord #DailyDevotions #OvercomersTV #FaithTv #ParablesTV c message from the Lord about the Eagles in my backyard TRUE STORY AND PROPHETIC MESSAGE FROM GOD! The EAGLES in my backyard! What I'm about to tell you is an absolute true story… One I believe is very prophetic and quite amazing… It is a very bittersweet story and yet I believe it has profound impact on what's happening in the world, our nation today. I believe it is a divine word on how we are to receive victory in times of trouble! A few months ago my husband and I discovered an Eagles nest high up in the pine tree just over the fence in our backyard. This was very surreal and what I consider to be very prophetic and you'll see why by the end of this story.... Eagles, yes three baby eagles… One male and two females we're in this nest. This is highly unusual as we live in the middle of downtown Houston Texas. We were so thrilled to find out about these precious baby eagles and we began watching them each day with binoculars. We watched them grow, become stronger, and we read up on them and learned so much about them. We discovered that when a mama eagle lays her eggs that they are usually hatched about five days apart from each other… So we could definitely tell that the females were the 2 older ones and we could even tell the one that was the oldest because it was definitely more advanced. We soon discovered that the youngest was the male eagle as we started to watch them grow, change and learn new things. As they grew , they soon began to flap their wings and hop onto some of the branches just outside the nest… We would see the mom swoop in often and bring them a chunk of meat of some kind and they would be so excited and there would be a lot of chatter and exuberance going on every time she came near the nest. Every day we checked on "our" Eagles and watched them… It was like watching a National Geographic film in our own backyard… They are so majestic and so beautiful… But then… One day as we were watching, the mom swooped in with food and the baby boy eagle that had never yet left the nest, jumped up with excitement and we literally saw him fall, spiral out from this very tall pine tree onto the ground… We could not believe it… We were so panicked. We witnessed this whole thing in front of our very eyes. Since it had fallen just over the fence it was not our yard… We tried to see if we could find it and it became apparent that it had fallen in a low bush and it was still alive… The mama eagle was beside herself darting back-and-forth trying to find it… the baby seemed quite hidden in the bushes . When we tried to ask the neighbors ( behind us) if we could go in their yard and help him They said "No" They said that the Eagles were a nuisance that they were loud and they wish they weren't there… They said we should leave nature to its course… We were astonished and so sad…"BUT THEY ARE EAGLES" we said...... By this time it was getting dark and we just prayed that the mama would somehow rescue her baby boy eagle. The very next day we put a ladder to our fence to see if we could see if the baby boy had been rescued… When we looked at the nest we only saw the two females.… then we saw him on the ground..We were so sad to see that the baby boy eagle had been killed by something… It was so devastating…! I kept asking the Lord why we were allowed to see this baby boy fall out of the nest ...and now, know that he was dead… I thought, "why couldn't it be that we would just think he flew away?"… We were so sad. My sons who have been by often to watch them were also very sad… Then… A few days later, when we looked into the nest we only saw one baby female and the mom feeding it… We had wondered as they had been flapping their wings so much more recently if the other baby female had flown away… But then in our neighborhood update email there was a picture of the dead baby female eagle on the next street over and that it had been hit by a car… People were astonished that there would be Eagles right here in the middle of Houston… But why?.. Again, would we have to know and have proof that this baby eagle was dead… And had not just flown away..? We began praying over our last eagle and the poor mama who seemed so devastated… she would sit in branches and call out hoping to hear the return call from her baby…… A few days later as I was sitting in my backyard I saw the third baby eagle just standing there in my grass in the middle of my backyard… She was so beautiful and not afraid at all… But then as my husband and I were watching her, it just flew up to sit on our back yard fence… She was sitting there for quite some time and then it literally just decided to LAY DOWN... right there on the fence… Never in my lifetime have I ever seen any kind bird just lay down… When we see any kind of bird, they are either standing up or they are flying.. this eagle just decided to lay down right there on the fence.. we were amazed .. and it stayed there for quite some time! This whole time I kept feeling like the Lord was talking to me through these Eagles but at this particular time I said to the Lord, "What am I looking at right now?" What is this all about..?" "Tell me about these eagles.." And then, as if a sermon was being played out in my mind.. I heard this in my spirit... so absolute and so powerfully..... The Lord told me… That the first eagle that fell from the nest died because he was weak… not unlike us, God's people, we will not survive the evil of this world if we are weak, that we need strength that only comes from the Lord to endure and overcome until the end… we must be strong in our faith… Believe and not doubt and stand firmly on the word and not waver in weakness .. that we must not bow down to the rhetoric and the evil but stay focused on the word of God… That's where our strength comes from ..That we must stay strong in him and in the word to survive! Then I felt the Lord say that the second eagle that was hit by the car died because it was distracted by the things of the world.. And like us, when we take our eyes off JESUS, and instead focus on the world… We allow sin and distraction to lord over our lives..We let our hearts become seared, and then sin will take its toll. We too could die a spiritual death when we try to accommodate the world… We mustn't let the worldly distractions sway us off the path God has for us… These distractions are strategies of the devil that can destroy us. As the Bible says many Christians will fall away in the end... But then I felt God say that the last eagle… The one that laid down right in front of our eyes… Was how we will survive and endure to the end We like this eagle must REST IN HIM! Seek Him first.. Cast our cares on to the wonderful strong shoulders of our loving Father… And then REST in the precious arms of the Him, the one who has all the answers… That is how we will win our war… We will conquer our battles in praises, thanksgiving and in HIS REST!! It's interesting to me that the strongest of the Eagles survived because of Rest.... And with that we soon saw our last baby eagle grow and then fly away… Once in a while we still see the mom and the baby again.. we hear their calls as they will sometimes return back to the nest as if to check on each other and have a bit of a reunion… And perhaps it's just to join together and have a time of REST… Isaiah 40:31 - But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like EAGLES ; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. During these difficult ,chaotic and uncertain times in this world… We must draw closer to God and strengthen ourselves in Him...The joy the Lord is our strength… We must not be distracted by the evil of this world and by the circumstances of this world but instead keep our focus on our almighty God… The one who holds this entire world in his hands!… He's got us and he will never let us go… And we must simply SEEK HIS FACE AND REST... rest in him as we cast our cares, seek him daily for his plan… because the latter reign is so much greater than the former reign and we believe the glory of God will bring a great awakening that will change everything! Rest, Rest Rest! Matthew 11:28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Hebrews 4:1-16 Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it. For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened. For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, “As I swore in my wrath, ‘They shall not enter my rest,’” although his works were finished from the foundation of the world. For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all his works.” And again in this passage he said, “They shall not enter my rest.” ... Psalm 103:5 Who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. Exodus 19:4 You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself. Revelation 12:14 But the woman was given the two wings of the great eagle so that she might fly from the serpent into the wilderness, to the place where she is to be nourished for a time, and times, and half a time. Jeremiah 48:40 For thus says the Lord: “Behold, one shall fly swiftly like an eagle and spread his wings against Moab; Deuteronomy 32:11 Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that flutters over its young, spreading out its wings, catching them, bearing them on its pinions, Enjoy the photos we have taken along the way, you'll even see a picture of our precious eagle resting! #YouWillSoarOnWingsLikeEagles #Rest #YouAreAnOvercomer #Eagles #Strength #DoNotBeDistracted #NinaKeeganMinistries #GRACEGRACEWithNinaAndMichelle #GodCake #ReadTheWord #DailyDevotions #OvercomersTV #FaithTv #ParablesTV

Commit your way.. by Nina Keegan

 Commit your way to the Lord and he will bring it to pass. Refuse to play games to get ahead in society. God will promote you! If you compromise your beliefs you will never be truly happy. Don't justify things that your conscience condemns; we will all give an account for what we have done in our lives and for the things we have not done that God has called us to do... When we get to the gates of heaven , yes, we will most  certainly be held accountable. Remember we are God's heirs, we are to share his sufferings if we are to share his glory. So always do what's right even when you do not feel like it..

Always think, pray, and ponder the things of God before you make big decisions in your lives, do not make decisions based on emotions. Desire uses our emotions to deceive us… Do not justify what the spirit condemns... instead manage your emotions and trust God and wait on his perfect timing… Ask God, seek his confirmation in all things… The Bible says apart from God we can do nothing! God has your answers and when we live according to his word all things will work together for the good! Yes no matter what you've been through in your life or what you are currently going through ,God alone can turn around your entire situation in an instant and use it for good… Times like this are not the times to run from God… But instead throw yourself at his feet and trust him!

James 1:2-8

New King James Version

Profiting from Trials

My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. 4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. 6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; 8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

Please share and help us share the good news to this lost and hurting world!

God bless you all

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The Eagles in my backyard by Nina Keegan

 TRUE STORY AND PROPHETIC MESSAGE FROM GOD!

The EAGLES in my backyard!

What I'm about to tell you is an absolute true story… One I believe is very prophetic and quite amazing… It is a very bittersweet story and yet I believe it has profound impact on what's happening in the world, our nation today. I believe it is a divine word on how we are to receive victory in times of trouble!

A few months ago my husband and I discovered an Eagles nest high up in the pine tree just over the fence in our backyard. This was very surreal and what I consider to be very prophetic and you'll see why by the end of this story....

Eagles, yes three baby eagles… One male and two females we're in this nest. This is highly unusual as we live in the middle of downtown Houston Texas. 

We were so thrilled to find out about these precious baby eagles and we began watching them each day with binoculars. We watched them grow, become stronger, and we read up on them and learned so much about them.

We discovered that when a mama eagle lays her eggs that they are usually hatched about five days apart from each other… So we could definitely tell that the females were the 2 older ones and we could even tell the one that was the oldest because it was definitely more advanced.  We soon discovered that the youngest was the male eagle as we started to watch them grow, change and learn new things.

As they grew , they soon began to flap their wings and hop onto some of the branches just outside the nest… We would see the mom swoop in often and bring them a chunk of meat of some kind and they would be so excited and there would be a lot of chatter and exuberance going on every time she came near the nest.

Every day we checked on "our" Eagles and watched them… It was like watching a National Geographic film in our own backyard… They are so majestic and so beautiful… But then…

One day as we were watching, the mom swooped in with food and the baby boy eagle that had never yet  left the  nest, jumped up with excitement and we literally saw him fall, spiral out from this very tall pine tree onto the ground… We could not believe it… We were so panicked. We witnessed this whole thing in front of our very eyes.

Since it had fallen just over the fence it was not our yard… We tried to see if we could find it and it became apparent that it had fallen in a low bush and it was still alive… The mama eagle was beside herself darting back-and-forth trying to find it… the baby seemed quite hidden in the bushes . When we tried to ask the neighbors ( behind us) if we could go in their yard and help him

They said  "No" They said that the Eagles were a nuisance that they were loud and they wish they weren't there… They said we should leave nature to its course… We were astonished and so sad…"BUT THEY ARE EAGLES" we said...... By this time it was getting dark and we just prayed that the mama would somehow rescue her baby boy eagle.

The very next day we put a ladder to our fence to see if we could see if the baby boy had been rescued… When we looked at the nest we only saw the two females.…  then we saw him on the ground..We were so sad to see that the baby boy eagle had been killed by something… It was so devastating…!

I kept asking the Lord why we were allowed to see this baby boy fall out  of the nest ...and now, know that he was dead… I thought, "why couldn't it be that we would just think he flew away?"… We were so sad.

My sons who have been by often to watch them were also very sad… Then…

A few days later, when we looked into the nest we only saw one baby female and the mom feeding it… We had wondered as they had been flapping their wings so much more recently if the other baby female had flown away… But then in our neighborhood update email there was a picture of the dead baby female eagle on the next street over and that it had been hit by a car… 

People were astonished that there would be Eagles right here in the middle of Houston… But why?.. Again, would we have to know and have proof that this baby eagle was dead… And  had not just flown away..?

We began praying over our last eagle and the poor mama who seemed so devastated…  she would sit in branches and call out hoping to hear the return call from her baby……

A few days later as I was sitting in my backyard I saw the third baby eagle just standing there in my grass in the middle of my backyard… She was so beautiful and not afraid at all… But then as my husband and I were watching her, it just flew up to sit on our back yard fence… She was sitting there for quite some time and then it literally just decided to LAY DOWN... right there on the fence… Never in my lifetime have I ever seen any kind  bird  just lay down… When we see any kind of bird, they are either standing up or they are flying.. this eagle just decided to lay down right there on the fence.. we were amazed .. and it stayed there for quite some time!

This whole time I kept feeling like the Lord was talking to me through these Eagles but at this particular time I said to the Lord, 

"What  am I looking at right now?"

What is this all about..?" "Tell me about these eagles.."

And then, as if a sermon was being played out in my mind.. I heard this in my spirit...  so absolute and so powerfully.....

The Lord told me… That the first eagle that fell from the nest died because he was weak… not unlike us, God's people, we will not survive the evil of this world if we are weak, that we need strength that only comes from the Lord to endure  and overcome until the end… we must be strong in our faith… Believe and not doubt and stand firmly on the word and not waver in weakness .. that we must not bow down to the rhetoric and the evil but stay focused on the word of God… That's where our strength comes from ..That we must stay strong in him and in the word to survive!

Then I felt the Lord say that the second eagle that was hit by the car died because it was distracted by the things of the world.. And like us, when we take our eyes off JESUS, and instead focus on the world… We allow sin and distraction to lord over our lives..We let our hearts become seared, and then sin will take its toll.  We too could die a spiritual death when we try to accommodate the world… We mustn't let the worldly distractions sway us off the path God has for us… These distractions are strategies of the devil that can destroy us. As the Bible says many Christians will fall away in the end...

But then I felt God say that the last eagle… The one that laid down right in front of our eyes… Was how we will survive and endure to the end We like this eagle must REST IN HIM! 

Seek Him first.. Cast our cares on to the wonderful strong shoulders of our loving Father… And then REST in the precious arms of the Him, the one who has all the answers… That is how we will win our war… We will conquer our battles in praises, thanksgiving and in HIS REST!!

It's interesting to me that the strongest of the Eagles survived because of Rest....

And with that we soon saw our last baby eagle grow and then fly away… Once in a while we still see the mom and the baby again.. we hear their calls as they will sometimes return  back to the nest as if to check on each other and have a bit of a reunion… And perhaps it's just to join together and have a time of REST…

Isaiah 40:31 - But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like EAGLES ; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

During these difficult ,chaotic  and uncertain times in this world… We must draw closer to God and strengthen ourselves in Him...The joy the Lord is our strength… We must not be distracted by the evil of this world and by the circumstances of this world but instead keep our focus on our almighty God… The one who holds this entire world in his hands!… He's got us and he will never let us go… And we must simply SEEK HIS FACE AND  REST... rest in him as we cast our cares, seek him daily for his plan… because the latter reign is so much greater than the former reign and we believe the glory of God will bring a great awakening that will change everything! Rest, Rest Rest!

Matthew 11:28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Hebrews 4:1-16 

Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it. For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened. For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, “As I swore in my wrath, ‘They shall not enter my rest,’” although his works were finished from the foundation of the world. For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all his works.” And again in this passage he said, “They shall not enter my rest.” ...

Psalm 103:5 

Who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

Exodus 19:4 

You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself.

Revelation 12:14 

But the woman was given the two wings of the great eagle so that she might fly from the serpent into the wilderness, to the place where she is to be nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.

Jeremiah 48:40 

For thus says the Lord: “Behold, one shall fly swiftly like an eagle and spread his wings against Moab;

Deuteronomy 32:11 

Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that flutters over its young, spreading out its wings, catching them, bearing them on its pinions,

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God knows.. by Nina Keegan

I was reading in Exodus the last few days when the Lord pointed this Gem out to me and then gave me great understanding in what He wanted us all to know..

Exodus 34:1
Then the Lord told Moses, "Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones. I will write on them the same words that were on the tablets you smashed.

This scripture is referring to the stone tablets that the 10 Commandments were written on. Moses worked tirelessly writing and chiseling the words on to these granite tablets only to go down the mountain and find that the Israelites had grown tired of waiting for him and decided to create their own God to worship there by melting down all their gold and creating a golden calf.

Moses was outraged that after all the Lord had done for them and all the miraculous events that surrounded them and they would still turn to worship a false God.

In his anger at this audacious realization, Moses hurled the stone tablets smashing them to the ground. 

But in reading the scripture above and reading the passages before and after.. What stood out to me is that the Lord asked him to chisel out two more tablets but then he said "I"   Yes GOD would write the same words that were on the tablets that Moses had smashed.

GOD WOULD RESTORE WHAT WAS BROKEN .. Even though it was broken in anger God still expedited the restoration, he did not make Moses labor and rewrite all of the Commandments himself. God stepped in and he wrote it. God took pity on Moses and all the hard work that he had put into this project. There was such mercy and kindness in God's restoration process.
The restoring would come quickly as I could imagine that God would supernaturally write 
These commandments so swiftly and effortlessly.

I can imagine Moses was watching in complete awe and relief.

I look at how God overlooked the humanity of Moses and forgave him for his anger..

God understands us, he knows we are human he knows our flaws and our weaknesses and he is so quick to forgive us all of our iniquities, but what I love is that God goes one step further and he personally restores us...hallelujah we serve such a good God!

I am reminded of the scripture in Ephesians 3:20
God will do exceedingly abundantly more than we can ask or think..

God's restoration of the tablets for Moses was his exceeding abundance of kindness mercy and love towards him. 
It was God's great understanding at how Moses must've felt. He knew Mose's heart, he knew Moses was a man of God and he also knew and understood why Moses would be so angry... God understands ALL that we go through.

I imagine Moses was walking back up that mountain shamefully mortified; not only at what had taken place with the Israelites ..but now he was to face God on the issues of how he had acted in such anger. I'm also quite positive, he was not looking forward to the grueling carving of recreating the Commandments.

God so graciously knew what he was thinking he knew he was tired angry and weary.

The Scripture says do not grow weary in well doing...

God will always restore! He will always give us his exceeding abundance he will give us beauty for ashes.. we serve a good God he sees all of the injustices.. he knows what's happened to you and he knows why. We serve a just God and he settles and solves the cases of his people.

Heavenly Father,
I ask you to restore to the overflow all that the enemy has tried to steal from your people today I thank you for your love, mercy, forgiveness, kindness and abundant restoration. All glory be yours in all things.. you are a good good Father!! in Jesus name
Amen

GOD BLESS YOU ALL!
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#1 Bible Verses about Restoration of Health, Restoration of Joy & Honor
Jeremiah 30:17, ESV For I will restore health to you, and your wounds I will heal, declares the Lord…
Isaiah 61:7, ESV Instead of your shame there shall be a double portion; instead of dishonor they shall rejoice in their lot; therefore in their land they shall possess a double portion; they shall have everlasting joy.

#2 Bible Verses about Restoration and Healing, Restoration of Joy & Hope
Joel 2:25-26, ESV I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter, my great army, which I sent among you. You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God, who has dealt wondrously with you. And my people shall never again be put to shame.

#3 Bible Verses about God’s Restoration – Restoration of Fortunes
Job 42:10, ESV And the Lord restored the fortunes of Job, when he had prayed for his friends. And the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.

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Jeremiah the Phrophet by Nina Keegan

JEREMIAH THE PROPHET

I love this man of God.. 

He had such a strong anointing and yet he had such inner struggles as to the call on his life…He did not back down no matter his inhibitions..

 Perhaps more than any other book in the Bible, the book of Jeremiah reveals such a broadened inner grapple of a prophet of God. 

Jeremiah would confess candidly the inner turmoil he had concerning his call to prophetic ministry.

Can you imagine the anguish he had over the message of judgment upon the people and the coming destruction of the land that he had to deliver?  Yet, no matter what, he fulfilled his ministry of proclaiming God's judgment against the people of Judah and their lack of faithfulness to God ,their idolatry, and for their continuous disobedience to God's will.

I love the example of Jeremiah because he remained so faithful to God despite his countless hardships. 

Do we remain faithful in the midst of hardships? Or do we jump ship as soon as we think God has not answered us in the way or in the timing that we would've liked..? 

Jeremiah's dialogues ,prayers, and confessions, reveal such a deep understanding that this prophet had in regards to God's character and faithfulness. 

For Jeremiah there was no question… The God of Israel was the undeniable God of all creation!

Jeremih had such a desire to have a deep rooted relationship with God and an understanding of the Word of God. It was the centerpiece of his life in his speech. God himself promised to touch Jeremiah's life and infuse his words into Jeremiah's mind and speech.

From that day forward there was no question this prophets soul would be like an unquenchable fire burning with the words, wisdom  and the heart of God.

Jeremiah was so very aware of the provisions and blessings of the covenant between God and Israel. This was a covenant that bound Israel to God in such a special way. Such a bond of faithfulness, love and hope. But there were two sides to this covenant... faithfulness to the Lord would bring blessings and vast abundance, but disobedience, would result in monumental punishment, exile and complete destruction.

Jeremiah was continually calling people to obey the words of the covenant and to turn from their idolatry and their  unjust treatment of one another (Jer11:6-7)

Jeremiah's message of judgment would also contain strong words of hope... He would tell  of promises that a righteous remnant would be restored!

The land had been so utterly defiled by the people's idolatry. 

Leaders had a literally brought the nation to the brink of ultimate disaster and we're exiled.  But because of God's  pure love for Israel, he promised to bring all of his people back from captivity and restore them to blessings... ultimately Israel's enemies would be annihilated and the people would praise joyfully over the goodness of God's glory and faithfulness.

I see so many correlations between that story and today… We must repent of our disobedience, idolatry sin and unfaithfulness to God!

There are two sides to God's covenant that still remain… We too can be blessed for obedience and we can reap the rewards... or we can reap punishment in the harvest of  disobedience.

God is calling us to heed the warning  ..just like he was calling Jeremiah to sound the alarm… God is sounding an alarm today for us..

Let's stand together and pray that God would indeed restore, bless, and heal our land as we repent and turn away from disobedience. Let's have a call to repentance, and humble ourselves and turn from our wicked ways and let Jeremiah's message of hope serve as a vast message of hope to all today that yes indeed we also would be the righteous remnant that would be restored because of God's everlasting love for us all.

I declare that we will sing joyfully of God's goodness! 

Jeremiah 9:23-26

Let not the Wiseman glory and his wisdom, but not the mighty man glory in his mind, nor let the rich me and glory in his riches, but let him who glories glory in this,

That he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord, exercising loving kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight, says the Lord.

10:1-2

Hear the word which the Lord speaks to you, or house of Israel. Thus says the Lord

Jeremiah 29:11

For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. NIV

Jeremiah 23:5

"The days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, a King who will reign wisely and do what is just and right in the land." NIV

Jeremiah 17:5

This is what the LORD says: "Cursed are those who trust in mortals, who depend on flesh for their strength and whose hearts turn away from the LORD." NIV

   

Jeremiah 31:33

"This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time," declares the LORD. "I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

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Calling All Watchman by Nina Keegan

Calling on the WATCHMAN! 

Isaiah 62:6
I have set watchmen on your walls, oh Jerusalem, they shall never hold their peace day or night. You who MAKE MENTION of the Lord, do not keep silent and give him no rest untill he establishes, and untill he makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth.

Make mention, it means spring into mind, recollect also to mention meditate on, mark down, recall, and retain in one's thoughts. To remember something or someone is to approve of, to acknowledge as a matter of importance, whereas to forget something or someone is to dismiss or abandon as unimportant. In the new government God promises to never again remember Israel's Sin...

The true spirit of prayer is watchfulness and restlessness… Being a watchmen means "on the Lord's watch"… Isaiah calls intercessors watchmen, noting that they are positioned high on the walls with such a great perspective 
They have an advantage to view and to be prayerfully focused in three directions, in the city, among the nations, and as well as developments in Heaven itself!

Ezekiel 3:17  

“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me.

GOD HAS MADE US ALL, HIS PEOPLE, TO BE HIS WATCHMAN!

Watchman take stock of all that's going on with a spirit of urgent restlessness, refusing to keep silent before God! 

We must be diligent in prayer, we must go to the throne room of God on our knees and cry out to God for all that we need… We, all together can be the standard God uses against the enemy! 

God says if his people would repent and turn away from their sins, He would hear our cries from heaven and would heal us and restore our land… We must pay attention! We mustn't lose focus, the enemy comes like a thief in the night seeking whom he can destroy!

It seems like our Christianity is under siege… Our very free society is under attack, our first amendment is under attack.. everything seems very different now and it seems like it's all happening under are very noses… The enemy hide in plain sight!

One little trickle of water, one minuscule  crack in a pipe can cause a disaster in the long run.. but at first it seems so slow a leak that you can't see the damage behind the walls ... We can't see what's actually going on behind the walls... 
we can't see what's actually going on behind the scenes... We aren't invited into the meeting rooms were the enemy plans his schemes..
Then before you know it , the tiny leak becomes a flood of damage. ..The damage is Many times irreversible at it comes at an overwhelming cost!

What are we willing to lose?

We must keep an eye out, we must pray, seek God's  face for His divine wisdom, his strategy, his plan, his will, we must cry out to heaven and use our authority against the enemy's plans to destroy us.  We must put on our battle armor, praise and worship the Lord in the heavenly realm and 
Fight the good fight of faith! 

We must take back the land that the enemy has occupied… We must have unity where there is division… A house divided cannot stand! We all live in this nation, this world, we all need to take care of it and respect one another and stand united to keep this nation free, peaceful and just! 
We must get our news from the Lord… His Word be truth and every man a liar! 
There is abundant victory in unity… We are all here for such a time as this… There should be no talk of division… We are all created equally by God.. it doesn't matter what color your skin is because our souls are all the same color!
We all live here,  we all must take care of each other! 
I have been in many Third World countries… I've seen the way some of the corrupt parts of the world live. I've seen great poverty, great starvation, great hunger! I've been in places where Bibles are not allowed, where open worship is not allowed! 
These places are so impoverished, hopeless, and filled with despair.. These places are very dark places to live… I am always so grateful to be back in our free country where we can still openly praise God and stand on his word without fear! 

We must stand strong and not let the enemy's rhetoric divide us… God will settle and solve the cases of his people… He is a just God!
Let's check our hearts, and let's pray for the hearts of all to know the love of God! Hurt people will hurt people! 

Ezekiel 33:6  But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, so that the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any one of them, that person is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at the watchman's hand.

Let's be the watchmen, let's be prayerful, let's be part of the solution .. We are all going to give an account for the things we did do while on this earth, but I also believe we will give an account for the things we did not do! 
 Let's  prayerfully  and powerfully enter the throne room of God and ask God what his plan is, what He would have us do...

Let's sound the alarm, let's let our battle cries be heard in Heaven! 

We are raised up and seated in heavenly places with Jesus at the right hand of our Father… And from there we can rule and reign in life, the enemy is a footstool under our feet… he has no authority, and  at the name of Jesus he must bow down and flee!!!!

No weapon formed against us can ever prosper… The enemy knows his days are numbered… Let's remind him who we all are . WE ARE GOD'S WATCHMAN! Let's agree together that we are delivered from all evil!!!

Isaiah 52:8 

The voice of your watchmen—they lift up their voice; together they sing for joy; for eye to eye they see the return of the Lord to Zion.

God's vision will always be divine truth, God's word will never lie to us!

Habakkuk 2:1-20 

I will take my stand at my watchpost and station myself on the tower, and look out to see what he will say to me, and what I will answer concerning my complaint. And the Lord answered me: “Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so he may run who reads it. For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay. “Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him, but the righteous shall live by his faith. “Moreover, wine is a traitor, an arrogant man who is never at rest. His greed is as wide as Sheol; like death he has never enough. He gathers for himself all nations and collects as his own all peoples.” 

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