A 50-foot tall, 3D-printed replica Temple of Baal is being erected in New York City and London. Replicas of the arch from Syria's Temple of Baal will be erected in London and New York City for World Heritage Week in April 2016.

This is being erected as a tribute to a 2000 year old structure that was destroyed by ISIS last year in Syria. Many Christian sites have been destroyed by ISIS also. Christians are being killed at an alarming rate, yet this is what they want to put on the streets of our nations. 

In an article for World Net Daily, Matt Barber explains some of the elements of Baal worship.
"Ritualistic Baal worship, in sum, looked a little like this: Adults would gather around the altar of Baal. Infants would then be burned alive as a sacrificial offering to the deity. Amid horrific screams and the stench of charred human flesh, congregants – men and women alike – would engage in bisexual orgies," Barber wrote.
"The ritual of convenience was intended to produce economic prosperity by prompting Baal to bring rain for the fertility of 'mother earth,'" he explained.

I pray for the sake of Your people, Lord have mercy on this nation! They do not understand what they are doing. 


My word from the Lord: As the chill of the wind sweeps across your face this morning I sweep across this nation. I look for the righteous to set a seal upon them to protect them in the coming days. I will stamp them with a seal that My judgment will pass over. I will protect My own. The hardships of this nation has only begun. Truly it is a whore to Baal. It has given rise to other pagan gods and has come against the true God's own. Intolerant is just a word they use to cover their own iniquities. Racism is just a word many use to cover their own heart of darkness. These accusations against My saints will not be tolerated without a cost. The cost for those that would dare to rise up against the true and living God on high, for they are turned over to their iniquities, and their own desires. The hand of the Lord has been lifted and now their desires will come to them and their own desires will destroy them. But My own will be protected and provided for as we see these things come to pass.; Do not fret My children for your God is in control and shelters those that walk in righteousness. 

Stop a moment right now and pray for our nation. 

​Sherry Gorslin

On Resurrection Sunday Christians were murdered in alarming numbers!

On Sunday night, a bomb exploded in a public park in Pakistani killing many Christian families who had gathered to celebrate Easter. At least 72 people had been killed, and over 300 were wounded. Women and children made up the majority of the injured. Islamic Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for the bombing,

A Catholic priest kidnapped by ISIS-linked terrorists in Yemen earlier this month was crucified on Good Friday, it has been claimed.

A Muslim shopkeeper in Scotland is believed to have been stabbed to death in the head by a fellow Muslim just hours after he posted a message on Facebook wishing Christians a happy Easter. 

We wake to a hijacked plane this morning. Fortunately it appears to be a distraught man wanting to get a message to his ex-wife.  

Times are very different today for the world and for Christians then just a decade ago. The world lives in fear and mistrust. I would like to share a word from the Lord that He has given me.
 
Today’s Word from the Lord: You are in a war in a battle zone. The armor of God is upon you, you must use it. Satan is out to kill you and every believer on this earth. Don’t take lightly his attacks, but understand who you are in Christ. Jesus is your Lord and set the example for you; fight with the word; speak the word; pray the word; anoint with the word. It is Calvary’s victory that gives you another day. It is Calvary’s victory that will over come all things of this earth. Move in the Spirit; walk in the Spirit; talk in the Spirit; build yourself up in Christ, the Word. Prepare, prepare, for what is ahead. Fear is not of Me, but battle is preparation and awareness of the Spirit that dwells in you, the Spirit of God. I make you strong; I give you victory; I overcame all principalities and powers. Look up your redemption draweth nigh.
 
My thoughts: We are in a war and we are right in the middle of the battle zone. The armor of the Lord is the only thing that will bring us victory. So many times we sing about the armor, we talk about the armor or we might even preach and teach on the armor, but we do not truly wear it. We do not put it on with the understanding of what it is. It is not a person in our mind standing with a suit of armor on, and speaking about victory. It is looking at each piece with an understanding of what it is and letting the Holy Spirit reveal Himself to you in it.

Start with the helmet of salvation, are you really saved? Is Jesus your Lord and Savior? Do you truly believe that God came to this earth as a man in the flesh, and died for your sins, so you could be completely set free from the bondage of sin, and the penalty of sin? Do you truly believe He rose on the third day and then ascended to heaven where He makes intercession for you? Do you truly believe He is returning for a bride without spot or wrinkle? Each piece of armor has such depth, and is so important for us to understand what it means. When we wear the armor of God, and understand it, and believe it, and live it, there is no devil in hell, earth or the heavens that can take you out. 

Philippians 1:20 according to my earnest expectation and hope that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death. 21 For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain. [NKJV]
 
Lord I pray this morning for courage and boldness. I pray you will give us the strength and ability to live for You in all things. Take fear away from us and lead us to victory in this battle. Help us to understand the armor you have given us to fight in this war and use it to be over-comers! Amen

Sherry Gorslin

Man was the original trustee of this earth and only a man had a claim to the earth. But the man that would qualify for this must be without sin so Satan had no hold on him, and could not accuse him, and the Great Judge find him guilty in the courtroom of heaven. When that perfect man, Jesus, without sin, and no one could accuse nor prove his guilt, was crucified, Satan killed an innocent man. That innocent blood covers our sins and we walk into that heavenly courtroom and our restitution has been paid. It is Jesus who defends us at the great throne room of God as the accuser of the brethren accuses us. We are found not guilty because of the price Jesus paid for our sins upon that cross. 

When looking at justice and judgment, we must understand for a perfect God He must pass judgment on sin. If you went into a courtroom to witness a trial of a brutal murder, your soul would cry for justice.

In Revelation 6:9-10 it says, When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held. And they cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth? In Genesis 4:8-10 it says, Now Cain talked with Abel his brother; and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him. Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, “I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?” And He said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.”  

Justice is the compensation for the wrong done. We now can see the need for mercy. By the Lord prolonging judgment He calls out for as many that will come to enter into salvation so that they do not have to face the fires of hell for all eternity. He longs for us to spend eternity with Him, but one day justice must be served, and He has given us the signs of the times and the responsibility to tell others about the love of our heavenly Father, but also the day of judgment so they can come to a knowledge of Christ, and accept Him as their Lord and Savior and not have to face that day in their sin. When we stand before the Judge of eternity we can claim that the penalty has already been paid.
 
The scripture tells us Jesus is the only way. John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”  If there were many ways to God as some proclaim today, then why would God have sent His Son to die a horrific and cursed death? You simply could have chosen another way!

It is Resurrection Sunday, and time to celebrate the rising of our Savior from the grave. Because He lives we also will rise from our graves and be forever with Him. A loving God made a way for us out of our sin and judgment; a way of escape after man gave away his rights. A Savior was born, faced a horrifying death and rose from the grave for us, so we could have everlasting life. 

A God that died for us, and not a God we must die for to be saved. I choose Christ!

​HE IS RISEN!!! It truly is a time to celebrate!!!

​Have a wonderful Resurrection Sunday!

Sherry Gorslin

How could Jesus be any other than what He claimed? In the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus was betrayed by Judas with a kiss to identify him to the servants of the high priest to be arrested and taken to the Jewish council.  The disciples ran and deserted Him, yet these same men would become martyrs, willing to suffer death rather than renounce Christ after His death and resurrection.

Why? Peter denied Jesus three times written about in Matthew 26, Mark 14 and Luke 22, he was afraid that they might take him also as they were beating our Lord. That same Peter in Acts 2 stands up and tells these same men of Israel to heed his words and repent.

Act 2:22-23 “Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs which God did through Him in your midst, as you yourselves also know---- Him being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you (emphasis added) have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death.”

This once timid man now after Christ has risen has boldness to stand and speak with authority for repentance. The disciples once cowards that did not even bury their leader, but left it to Joseph of Arimathea part of the Sanhedrin, these same men turned into martyrs for Christ. They would willingly give their very lives and die for Christ, because they believed He was the Son of God. [1]

First you must believe that He is!

Sunday is on its way!! 

Sherry Gorslin

1. Book: First You Must Believe That He Is! by Sherry Gorslin

Jesus, who was this man that walked the earth 2000 years ago? He has been written about in scripture and multiple other historical writings. Scholars cannot deny Him yet many try to explain His existence as a prophet or great man.
 
The Gospels, the first four books of the New Testament of the bible, are a set of ancient historical documents. We have better manuscript documentation of the New Testament than any other documents in human history. There are estimates of about 5000 Greek New Testament documents with several being almost complete.
 
In the Gospel of Luke 1:2 Just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses…….we see that Luke talks about those from the beginning, eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word to give an orderly account. He is writing in a time when there would have been eyewitnesses that could dispute his words. Yet we find no one that disputes these writings or other historical documents from that era about this man named Jesus.
 
In the Gospel of Mark 1:2-3, he starts his gospel with the Old Testament writings of Isaiah. Bringing to light that John the Baptist is the forerunner of Christ; the one sent to go before Him and prepare the way for the Messiah. There are dozens of Old Testament prophecies that are fulfilled by Jesus of Nazareth. It is said by scholars that it is mathematically impossible that He could have fulfilled all prophecy of the Old Testament yet He does. Here is a list of some of those fulfilled prophecies.
 
 Old Testament Prophecies Fulfilled by Jesus
 
O.T                       Prophecy                                  N.T
Isaiah
50:6                       Beaten and spit on                     Matthew 27:30
53:7                       Answered not a word                Matthew 27:13-14
53:9                       Place of burial                           Matthew 27:57-60
53:12                     Prayed for others                       Luke 23:34
53:12                     Numbered with law breakers    Luke 23:33
Psalm
22:1                       Cried to God                             Matthew 27:46
22:8                       Mocked                                     Matthew 27:43
22:15                     Thirst                                         John 19:28
22:16                     Death by crucifixion                 John 19:16
22:18                     Clothing divided by soldiers     John 19:24
69:19                     Shame                                        Matthew 27:28
69:21                     Wine vinegar to drink               John 19:29
Zechariah
12:10                     Pierced                                       John 19:34
Exodus
12:46                     No broken bones                       John 19:33, 36
 
When Jesus faced the highest ruling court of justice among the Jewish people called the Sanhedrin for blasphemy before His crucifixion, He states that He is the Son of God. Luke 22:70 Then they all said, “Are you then the Son of God?” So He said to them (The Sanhedrin), “You rightly say that I am.”  The Sanhedrin knew of the term I AM. The Sanhedrin was the Jews religious and political council and was headed by the High Priest of Israel. I AM was saying I am God the self-existent One from Exodus 3:14 And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.”  And he said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, I AM has sent me to you.” Jesus Himself claimed to be the Son of God.
 
Those that were alive in Jesus day whether they loved Him, were indifferent to Him, or hated Him, all acknowledged He did miracles. If they loved Him, they believed it was by God, if they hated Him, they believed it was by the devil, and if they were indifferent to Him they believed He was a magician. But Jesus did not do magic, and even the demons knew who He was.

​When Jesus landed at Gergesenes there on the shore were two demon possessed men.  Matthew 8:29 Suddenly they (demons) cried out, saying, “What have we to do with You, Jesus, You Son of God? (Emphasis added) Have You come here to torment us before the time?”  They knew Jesus had authority over them and begged that He would cast them into the herd of swine. Jesus freed two men from their bondage of evil and the people that knew these men and feared these men asked Jesus to leave. Verse 34 and behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus. And when they saw Him, they begged Him to depart from their region. Why? Fear had come upon them and Jesus had just destroyed a whole herd of pigs which was their way to make a living. Would He go throughout the land and destroy all their herds? They missed the Messiah that day because of their fear. 

Don't miss the Messiah today because of your fears! 

It's Good Friday! Why?

Isaiah 53
3 He is despised and rejected by men,
A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.
And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him;
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.
4 Surely He has borne our griefs
And carried our sorrows;
Yet we esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten by God, and afflicted.
5 But He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His stripes we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray;
We have turned, every one, to his own way;
And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.

That is "Good News!"

Happy Good Friday!
Sherry Gorslin

Now a leper came to Him, imploring Him, kneeling down to Him and saying to Him, “If you are willing, You can make me clean.”  Then Jesus, moved with compassion, stretched out His hand and touched him, and said to him, “I am willing; be cleansed.”
 Mark 1:40, 41 [NKJV]
 
 
Today’s word from the Lord: I am willing!
 
My thoughts: In Mark Chapter 1 verse 41 it says, “Then Jesus, moved with compassion, stretched out His hand and touched him, and said to him, “I am willing; be cleansed.” In verse 40 there is a man that is a leper and he is talking to Jesus saying that he knows if He is willing He could heal him of the leprosy. Notice that Jesus first touches him and then heals him. A man with leprosy was isolated and set apart from everyone and everything. He or she would be considered unclean. Jesus saw the isolation, the loneliness, and the hopelessness of this man.

He could have healed him first and then touched him for His own cleanliness, but He chose to touch him and to meet his first need. I can just imagine what that man must have been thinking, “I can not believe He just touched me, me a man unclean. I have not been touched in such a long time.” How Jesus must have looked at him with a love that we cannot comprehend.

Then He said, “I am willing.” I want to tell you today that Jesus wants to touch you in the very first area of your need also. It may not even be what you are asking for, but He sees deep inside of you and what that first need truly is. He is willing, are you? (1)

​Sherry Gorslin
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1. Prepared in the Wilderness by Sherry Gorslin

As I awake this morning the news is, "Brussels Terror Attacks." It is another sad and frightening day for the world. Headlines: WE Are at War; City on Lock-down; 31 Killed, these are all very frightening. As the city and surrounding areas are searching for any more attacks or attackers they are closing the borders and the city stands still in horror.    

We live in a different world then our parents and grandparents and even many of us. As our security here in the United States goes on high alert after these attacks you may be fearful. Terrorism is called that because that is what it brings. People live in terror of their surroundings and what might happen. 

Pray for Europe today as they face what we have faced also in the past. This country has been attacked and saw horror grip a city and a country on 9-11-2001, and it continues to haunt us as a nation to this day. So many families have suffered loss!

Hebrews 13:5b-6 For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” 6 So we may boldly say:
“The Lord is my helper;
I will not fear.
What can man do to me?”

I pray for your peace this day and your protection as you go out into this world. The Holy Spirit is with you!

Sherry Gorslin

Matthew 6:6 [NLT] But when you pray, go away by yourself, shut the door behind you, and pray to your Father in private. Then your Father, who sees everything, will reward you.

[NKJV] But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

The following are 2 visions I saw:

I saw roots like from a huge tree spreading, spreading, and spreading over the land. In the middle was a church and that church was being covered by theses roots and  entangling it. Then I saw the King of kings on a white horse. I was standing on the ground and the horse was right in front of me. It was huge! I was looking up, and I knew it was Jesus sitting on the horse, although I never saw His face. I noticed He was wearing armor. As I looked upon the King I saw the roots began to recede from the church and the land. 

I then saw black horses and on them were demon appearing riders in black armor, and the dust that flew behind them from the horses running was also black. They were as far as I could see from the east to the west, but as I prayed in the spirit there was a breaking of the line, and they had to ride around me. It was like a force field surrounding myself my family and my church.

After the visions I understood it was a simple message. Keep our eyes upon Jesus, and PRAYER puts a protection around us to keep the enemy from entering in. 

Never has the Lord spoke to me so many times about prayer as He has the last several years.. I believe we forget how powerful our prayers are many times. This is just a reminder to us that as we see Satan and the darkness cover the land and entangle our churches in his schemes, prayer is still the answer in this battle and keeping our eyes upon Jesus in these coming days is crucial. 

Pray, Pray and then PRAY some more!

Sherry Gorslin

Satan has been around since the beginning of mankind and his tactics are used over and over again and unfortunately successfully in many cases. My husband and I were at a summit on human trafficking and a young woman was giving her testimony on the lifestyle she lived and how Jesus came to her and healed her. She started out prostituting to make herself rich and said she felt empowered by it. She chose prostitution but the hardened reality of it is Satan chose her.

He puts in front of us what we desire. He knows we were created by God and in Genesis it says in His image, so Satan perverts the natural instincts God has put in us to draw us away from our Creator. In Genesis 1:28 God turns over the dominion of the earth to mankind and tells us to fill the earth and subdue it. Subdues meaning here is, to conquer, bring into bondage, bring into subjection. Subjection’s definition is being under dominion, rule or authority.

Can you start seeing how we were created by God to have dominion over the earth and to bring it into subjection? We were created to rule the earth and that in it, but not to rule mankind or each other. That is our superior’s job, God! Man was to be different than all the other creatures. He was to be dedicated and devoted to his Creator. Our Creator gave us knowledge, righteousness and holiness. We are to be set apart for Him. Heaven and earth were placed in mankind by God. He was made by the dust of the earth and breathed a spirit of God into him to bring life. We are God’s representatives on earth; His ambassadors.
 
Now we can see why Satan uses what God created to be good and uses it for his own advantage. He takes our natural instincts to rule over the earth and tempts us to rule over each other. 

When we are filled with the love of Christ we will see each other in such a different way. 

I Corinthians 13:1 [NLT] If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn’t love others, I would be nothing. 3 If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing.
4 Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud 5 or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. 6 It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. 7 Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.

May the love of Christ fill you today!
Sherry Gorslin

My word from the Lord: The hour for the Holy Spirit , My power, My being, is here. To penetrate the walls of darkness and deceit. To tear down strongholds on people's lives. To renew in My people a courage and a strength as never before seen by them. To hear Me, follow Me, and obey Me. Believe, because I can bring the impossible in faith. Trust Me and watch Me today. For today is an appointed time for Me to move in the people. Today is the day of true salvation. Go with Me there. Walk the streets of righteousness and see Me move in each heart, giving an understanding of who I AM. Worship, pray for one another and believe, then watch and be amazed.

As much chaos that appears in our nation and in these elections I also see the hand of God on things as He brings His words to pass. I see a people that truly love Jesus rise up with courage. Though we may seem like a remnant the Lord sends his mighty warring angels to stand at our side. This is a spiritual battle.

My word from the Lord: One day time will not be. You will have eternity with Me, but for now restrictions are set, and time is in place. The dreams you are dreaming are for a better understanding of Me not a rebuke. I desire all of you and want you to desire all of Me. Running to and fro is everywhere. Be still and know I am God. I have set in place the times, and the seasons. Things, people, places, homes will come and go, but what I ask is hold on to the eternal things for they will see you through every situation. My desire is for you. My desire is for you not against you. Walk do not run. Now is the time to walk ahead. Set the pace steady; keep your eyes on Me. Something is coming that will accelerate everything, but that is not for you to know right now. You focus on Me, the church, the people that need you. Lay at My feet your concerns for I will take the burdens and lighten the loads. I will go before you so the path is clear, and ready for you to walk upon it without stumbling. Your stumbling along is over. You will have clear and precise vision of what to do and how to do it. Don't forget to enjoy the journey. That is a key for you today.

I believe the Lord is raising up an army in these days to stand against the darkness that has appeared around the world. He reminds us here that His desire is for us. He says this twice, which means, "it is so!" 
We must continue to walk a steady pace, and not give up. There is a time to walk, a time to run and a time to rest. This is a time to walk and see what is going on around you with each step. This is not a time to stumble not knowing where you are going; It is a time to walk towards the mission and keep your eyes focused on Christ.  it is a time to be strong in the Lord. 

The Lord ends His word to me with,"Don't forget to enjoy the journey. that is a key for you today." This year of 2016 has taken away a lot of joy and enjoyment in many. Every time I read or watch the news "enjoy" is not a word that comes to my mind! The bible says, "the joy of the Lord is our strength". I want to close today and ask the Lord to help us find joy in these difficult times and open our eyes to see the things that bring us joy. 

Lord I pray for each one today for our spiritual eyes to be opened to the wonderful, beautiful gifts you have given each one of us. Let us stop long enough on this journey to smile and to laugh; to enjoy each other. There is always so much to be thankful for, and I pray we see it, embrace it and acknowledge it. Amen

Laugh with someone today and enjoy the journey!

Sherry Gorslin

Psalms 74:20 Have respect to the covenant;
For the dark [hiding] places of the earth are full of the haunts [homes] of cruelty [violence].

Once again the team loads up in the van and heads out to the streets. As we are driving down Van Buren we see a woman sitting at the side of the road and we pull over. She is so drunk she cannot walk. Her face is severely sunburn and she has no pants. She states someone stole her pants and she has wrapped an old dirty sweater around herself. We talked with her for a while and I told her we would be right back with some pants and to stay there. The team gets in the van and we head to the store. As we enter the store we split up to get multiple items. It was quite a sight to see about nine people racing through the store looking for clothes, a hat, backpack and sunblock. We were on a mission and it touched my heart to see compassion over-take us. These men and women of God were gathering all these items with such a love in them. We paid for the items headed back and there she sat, she had not moved an inch. We took her to the van and made a place of privacy for her while she changed into her clothes. We talked and prayed for her and she decided to go to the detox center across the street, but we could see she was too drunk to even walk there, so one of our men escorted her across the busy street so she wouldn’t get hit by a car and into the center.

These women live on the streets being violated multiple times. They have grown cold in their hearts to everyone, and everything, and even to themselves. They feel they have no rights and any one that takes advantage of them is never reported. Many sell themselves for their next fix, or money enough to buy their next bottle of alcohol, but many times they are raped and taken advantage of because of their lifestyle. 

Most of these women did not just end up on the streets. Many have had horrible home lives. Growing up in violence, and escaping abuse from the ones that are supposed to be protecting them. 

• Every 9 seconds in the US a woman is assaulted or beaten.
• Studies suggest that up to 10 million children witness some form of domestic violence annually.
• Everyday in the US, more than three women are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends.
• The costs of intimate partner violence in the US alone exceed $5.8 billion per year: $4.1 billion are for direct medical and health care services, while productivity losses account for nearly $1.8 billion.
• Men who as children witnessed their parents’ domestic violence were twice as likely to abuse their own wives than sons of nonviolent parents.

What is the answer? 

There is no easy answer! Jesus Christ is the hope of the world, and He has sent us out as His ambassadors. 

Psalm 82:3 Defend the poor and fatherless;
Do justice to the afflicted and needy.
4 Deliver the poor and needy;
Free them from the hand of the wicked.
5 They do not know, nor do they understand;
They walk about in darkness;
All the foundations of the earth are unstable.

In ministry many times we see the bigger picture, and forget that ministry starts with the one standing in front of you. We cannot change the world by ourselves, but we can bring the hope of Christ to someone. Ministry begins with one heart at a time.

Sherry Gorslin

My husband had a dream I would like to share with you. The reality of what is happening around the world including in our own nation is astounding. How quickly we are descending into immoral beliefs and an anti-Christ spirit is rising around the world. 

We are beginning to see civil unrest from the people that are tired of this government, and its lies and deceptions. They continue taking away so many of our freedoms, and people are rising up in anger and frustration. Unfortunately instead of leadership that brings peace with their words they bring division. They appear to just put wood on the fire so it will get bigger instead of trying to extinguish the flames.

Matthew 24: 4 (NKJV) And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. 6 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

Rich’s Dream 12/14/14
U.N. Peacekeepers
 
I was at work and it was night. There were a bunch of people from work, I mean a lot! Outside of the building I saw in the sky three lights coming across it. The flying object had three small lights, white in color and flew over the top of us. It was not loud and then two more flew over, but they were lower to the ground. It was a cloudy day and they just appeared out of the clouds. When I heard the second ones it sounded like fast but quiet moving helicopters. Then one came over and to the north of us was hovering and then slowly descended down and landed. I almost felt like they were landing around us. Some of the people were freaking out, running, some into the building others into the parking lot into their cars. When it landed it was like an armored vehicle, but it had helicopter blades that could be retracted into the vehicle. The vehicle had a white base color. I started walking towards the east side of the building. At the door of the building there were vendors there doing some type of an event. They had boxes of flags. I knew I couldn’t have one because it was like pre-ordered. The first flag I saw was the American flag and it was about 3 feet long. Then I went into the building with someone and we walked into a room. I could see that the north wall was a huge window wall with mini-blinds. I got on the ground and now I had this miniature version of this vehicle holding it. I felt like we were not supposed to be there and the other person told me to be still and be quiet. I crawled over to the window and set down the vehicle, and then I look out the blinds. Someone was walking towards the window and going to look in. I put my hand on the vehicle and closed my eyes and was very still. I remember my pinky was twitching. I could see someone coming into the building now with a flashlight. I know they have seen me, but they don’t say anything. This other guy in the room is talking to them. I got up off of the ground and the other guy was yelling at me, I said, “I was lying on the ground being still like you told me to!” I woke up and immediately  thought of the U.N. Peacekeepers. Their vehicles are what I believe I was seeing in the dream.

I believe civil unrest will continue to rise, and we will see external forces try to take this country eventually. I pray I am wrong! I want to give you a word the Lord told me as a reminder that we cannot lose sight of our call, and the very reason we are on this earth for such a time as this. 

My Word:
Great are the rewards for those that wait upon the Lord. That wait to hear what I am saying and going to say. Great are the rewards for those that give their lives for the cause of the lost. Do not lose focus on what the call is, or where the call leads you. Many come in My name, but build up kingdoms for themselves. You come in My name and show them Me. I see your heart and I know your thoughts. Everything is for a season, and bigger things lie ahead for you. I have never forgotten My promises.

When I began to journal years ago I would never tell anyone what the Lord was saying to me. I felt this was between Him and I and our intimate times together. I held on to those words to get me through very difficult times in my life. One day I was at a home group and the Lord told me to share my word. I said , "No! Those are just for us Lord." He kept speaking to me, and finally I raised my hand and asked if I could share a word the Lord had given me that morning. I shared and it was amazing how each one shared their readings or prayers from that day, and how they all came together as a message from the Lord to us. After the meeting a man came over and sat next to me and said , "You must have a very powerful prayer life." I said, "yes I do." He then said something that changed me forever, he said, "When the Lord gives you a word He gives them to you to share with the body." 'I really had to think about that. I realized it was true. I then began to write a book on 200 words the Lord had spoke to me and named it, "Prepared in the Wilderness." It was those words that got me up one more day; that helped me put one foot in front of the other when I felt I couldn't go on. The Lord told me to share my words from Him, so I ask you to go back and read the above word over again and put yourself in the position of the Lord speaking to you. 

Since the writing of my book and publishing it I have received many comments from others how this book was written just for them. As they read each message it spoke to them and where they were at that moment in their lives. 

The Lord will prepare us for all things coming. He is and will be speaking!

​Be blessed today!

Sherry Gorslin

As I look at my word from the Lord on 3/9/16 I must say that I have been astonished. In my previous post on 3/10/16 I shared this word and a dream I had called "Crazy Weather".
 
Winter is a time for cold weather. Why are seasons so out of line? Why in summer is it not hot and spring green with new growth? Why do the leaves stay on the trees in the fall? What is this phenomenon? Seasons change in the natural form by Me, yet you see these things so out of time. Manipulation of the seasons is a part of a great fall. What you think you need for winter you will need for summer. Look to the weather for an answer that will astonish you. This is your word for today. Seasons come and go; seasons never change on the earth in time, yet you will see this happen. Man has gone too far! They desire to be gods and change seasons, change people, and change earth into a place of a utopia type setting for themselves and a chosen few. But I am God; I AM THAT I AM! No man can rise to be god and fall they will. Watch the weather Sherry; see the changes and know I am God and this will be a sign to you of the fall of man and an awakening of a new order.
 
​I have received multiple comments on how the weather has been very crazy all over the United States and even around the world. I started researching, "Weather Modification" to try to understand this word the Lord gave me from, "Cloud seeding" to "HAARP" this has taken me. It is amazing how much science has been able to do with the weather. Many try to put this in a , "Conspiracy Theory" category, and some of that may be true, but even the articles and research open to the reader is astonishing that science can do this!

As I read Job 1 what really stuck out to me was when God allowed Satan to test Job, it would be Satan that killed and destroyed.  Yet in verse 16 a servant ran to Job to report the death of his livestock and servants and stated, ' The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants...

It wasn't God and yet he blamed HIm. Why? Because who else controls the weather?  Almost every Christian believes that only God can control the weather. So many blame God for disasters. After this research my eyes have been opened, and I can see Satan again being able to blame God for what man has done.  

This weather manipulation is believed by some to go as far as creating earthquakes, changing weather patterns as drought, floods and much more. 

What I want to caution the Christian believer today is everything is only revealed in parts by our government. This technology is not only in the United States, but also Russia, China and I'm sure many more countries. Could it be that when we say things like, "This must be God's judgment on a part of this nation!", that truly it is not God, but Satan using man through science trying to be like god. It wouldn't be the first time!!

Science projects fail, but also they can get out of the hand of the very one trying to control their project. Could these disasters happen or happen in the future, because of men trying to be god and alter weather for what they may believe is for the good of mankind, and yet experiments can so easily get out of control? 

This is what we need to remember is the outcome for Satan as he tries to destroy mankind once again, even if it is through our governments of the world. Satan is going to get his due reward.

Isaiah 14:12-17 (NLT)
12 “How you are fallen from heaven,
    O shining star, son of the morning!
You have been thrown down to the earth,
    you who destroyed the nations of the world.
13 For you said to yourself,
    ‘I will ascend to heaven and set my throne above God’s stars.
I will preside on the mountain of the gods
    far away in the north.
14 I will climb to the highest heavens
    and be like the Most High.’
15 Instead, you will be brought down to the place of the dead,
    down to its lowest depths.
16 Everyone there will stare at you and ask,
‘Can this be the one who shook the earth
    and made the kingdoms of the world tremble?
17 Is this the one who destroyed the world
    and made it into a wasteland?
Is this the king who demolished the world’s greatest cities
    and had no mercy on his prisoners?’

Revelation 20:10 Then the devil, who had deceived them, was thrown into the fiery lake of burning sulfur, joining the beast and the false prophet. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

Pray for this nation and the nations of the world. Although I believe they have gone too far I can only continue to pray for those that will open their eyes to see the only true and living God and His Son Jesus Christ the only hope of the world!

Pray! Pray! Pray! This is all spiritual and prayer is the only answer. 

Sherry Gorslin

It was Christmas Eve and the outreach team was going to go out that evening to pass out Christmas bags of snacks and small items we had collected and put together. After the outreach team has spent time with their families we met at the church to go out to the streets to just hand out gift bags. The streets were pretty empty that night, but I noticed a woman sitting on a bench so we stopped to give her a gift bag. It was cold and dark that night and she was sitting there in her short sleeve shirt, and shorts selling herself. We walked up to her and handed her the gift bag and began to talk with her. She was out on the streets to raise enough money to support her family. Her sister had just had a baby and they needed money. We asked if we could pray with her and she said yes. She wept and wept as we prayed for her. The team could hardly pull themselves away from her wanting to scoop her up and put her in the van and take her to shelter. She couldn’t leave her family to go to a shelter, so her only choice she felt was to stay and try to make enough to pay the bills each month. She was so thankful for us stopping and praying for her that night. She would watch for us to come after that and I knew what we gave her was hope. Hope is what keeps you going when all seems so dark.
 
 
The next stop we would make that Christmas Eve night would be a man sitting at a bus stop with a small blanket covering his face and the upper part of his body. His legs were bare with just a pair of tennis shoes on. We stopped to pray with him and give him a gift bag. As we approached the bench and began speaking to him he wouldn’t say a word, and he wouldn’t uncover his head. He just grunted. We told him we had the bag for him, and would like to pray for him if he would allow us to. He uncovered his head, and you could see that he was in a hospital gown. He had just been released from the hospital with nowhere to go. He lived on the streets. He was so cold and thirsty. We handed him a bottle of water and he guzzled it down so quickly and asked for another. He began to tell us his health issues and that he had just been released from the hospital. Tears began to flow down his face as we talked with him, and we prayed with him. We took blankets from the van, and began to wrap him in the blankets. My heart was so touched as I saw two of our women begin to take the blankets, and wrap them around his legs trying to protect them from the cold. They’re on their knees at each side serving this homeless man addicted to alcohol that was cold, and alone on Christmas Eve. He cried and was so thankful that someone would care enough to stop, and pray with him. We left extra water and food and said our goodbyes.

We look at these and wonder why they will not get help from their drug and alcohol problems. What are they holding on to in these cold, hard streets? Why do they choose drugs, alcohol and loneliness to reaching out and accepting help? Each one has their story. Each one started out with choices to make in life to better themselves, and their conditions, and chose the streets. It is so incomprehensible to me, but yet this is where they feel home is. They're trapped in the darkness and Satan uses their fears to keep them in a bondage that will destroy them.
 
So many times we will get back in that van with a silence of grief that is so thick you could put it on a plate and slice it. This was one of those nights.

Ministering on the streets changes you. This Christmas Eve we saw the hurting and loneliness of just a few, but there are so many in the world lost and alone. They may live in houses and even mansions, but they feel so alone without hope. Trapped by choices made by themselves and many times others.

If you are one of them I pray you will reach out and let someone enter into your world with the love of Christ. There is no problem too big, or any situation so out of hand, that He cannot move in, and bring back into order. He can unscramble scrabbled eggs. I have seen it in my own life, and witnessed it over and over again in others. 

Matthew 19:26
26 But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

Extend a hand today to someone that just may reach back!

Sherry Gorslin

From previous posts you have seen how we began Hard Truth Ministry. In the next few weeks I would like to share with you some of the stories we have seen as we have been going to the streets of Phoenix to minister to the lost and broken. We always invite them to church and offer assistance or rides to the shelters in their area, but usually they have been to many of the shelters themselves already and they consider the streets their home. They have learned to adapt to this lifestyle and they don’t really want off the streets, or if they do they must go to a detox center first before any shelter would take them. As sad as it is to see them living in these conditions and  thinking, "What kind of life is this? What do you have to lose?"  This is where they choose to be. We can pray, encourage and love them where they’re at. We give them a number to call if they ever want off the streets, and we move on to the next one hoping to make a difference in a very dark city.
 
As we turned onto Van Buren, there at the bus stop was a women crouched over to her side. I could not see what she was doing, but as we stopped my daughter and I got out of the van. We approached her and it was very apparent she was high on drugs. Her needle was there where it had dropped at her feet as she was shooting up just moments before. Her eyes rolled around as I attempted to talk with her. I looked at this woman so high she had no idea we were even there. 

Suddenly I felt the Holy Spirit come on me so strong. Love filled me, my daughter and our surroundings. It was a cloud of glory. My daughter and I began to cry and all I could do was look at this woman with love and compassion. I prayed for her and I stood to leave, when suddenly she became instantly sober and began to talk with me.

She felt conviction evident by immediately telling me how she had been to detox several times but always for the wrong reasons, but this time she wanted to go for the right reason, with me never asking one question. I ministered to her, prayed again, and felt a release from the Lord. I didn't know if she would really go to that detox center, or if she would look for her next fix, but as I walked away from that women the Lord said, “This is why you go out. If she dies tonight, she will know My name and she can cry out to Me and I will hear her.” Joy filled my heart. With everything inside of me I wanted to rescue her, but that was not my choice it was hers.  We never know the final seconds of death and what takes place. Only God knows the heart, only He knows the final thoughts. I thank Him that when we cry out in repentance, He hears our cries and He will run to save us.

Do you know Jesus? Has He filled your heart so full of love for others that it drives you to not weary in doing good? Do you need a refreshing today in your spirit?

He is so faithful to send the right person; the right book; the right radio program to us wherever we are to lift the things of this world off of us long enough to speak to us in some way, or feel His presence so strong we are convicted and repent of our ways. Then He removes all that heaviness and fills us with hope once again. 

Share hope with someone today!
Sherry Gorslin

Cynthia (not her real name), just 15 years old and she had just recently been rescued by the police from a hotel room where she was kept in a prison type setting for seven months. For seven long months men would enter her room around the clock for sex. The man that imprisoned her would bring her food and water but she was never allowed to leave. Compassion filled my heart as I looked into the eyes of a young girl who should have been thinking about high school, her grades, and dreaming about dating, yet she would be trapped in an unspeakable hell on earth.
 
I was astonished that this was happening in my city! Cynthia was safe now, but you could see on her face and hear in her voice she was wounded deeply. Just shortly after her rescue she would become pregnant with a child she was not ready for and yet excited to think this baby would love her, and fill that pain she felt deep within.
 
Our passion to rescue those on the streets would bring my husband and I to help purchase a 12 seat passenger van for our small church we attended at the time to start a ministry there. But 2 years later we would begin our own ministry and open up a church that would start in our home and 7 months later move to a building.
 
As we took to the streets of Phoenix in the middle of the night we would see several regulars that were becoming familiar with our van and would stop to talk with us. Monica was a transvestite in the central part of Phoenix that we would see frequently. One day as he sat at a bus stop, I sat down next to him to just talk and try to understand what held him to this life on the streets as a prostitute. He told me his story of being on the streets since he was sixteen prostituting and he was now forty-four. He said, “I don’t know any other life.”
 
I thought to myself, what would bring a young boy to the streets to prostitute him-self and keep him there over twenty-five years? I have often said to my husband, “I never dreamed I would be going out in the middle of the night looking for transvestites to minister to.” But the truth is those that we would see over and over again, I thought of often. I prayed for them and my heart hurt for them. I knew Jesus loved them and desired their souls as any other of His creation and He now placed that love in my heart.

The lost souls of mankind should burn within us to bring them to Christ, because that is what burned within Jesus. Street ministry is hard. People are so hardened by their lifestyles and choices, sometimes it seems impossible to help them, much less to even talk with them. 

1 Peter 2 (NLT)
21 For God called you to do good, even if it means suffering, just as Christ suffered for you. He is your example, and you must follow in his steps.
22 He never sinned,
    nor ever deceived anyone.
23 He did not retaliate when he was insulted,
    nor threaten revenge when he suffered.
He left his case in the hands of God,
    who always judges fairly.
24 He personally carried our sins
    in his body on the cross
so that we can be dead to sin
    and live for what is right.
By his wounds
    you are healed.
25 Once you were like sheep
    who wandered away.
But now you have turned to your Shepherd,
    the Guardian of your souls.


Lord help us help others. Give us the love that only you can give. Open the eyes of the blind long enough to hear Your voice call to them to come. Use us as fallible as we are to be Your voice in the darkness. Amen

I will continue this journey on the streets tomorrow. 

Be blessed today and let that blessing flow over onto others that so desperately need it, even if their spiritual eyes are blinded.

Sherry Gorslin

​My Word 3/9/16
 
Winter is a time for cold weather. Why are seasons so out of line? Why in summer is it not hot and spring green with new growth? Why do the leaves stay on the trees in the fall? What is this phenomenon? Seasons change in the natural form by Me, yet you see these things so out of time. Manipulation of the seasons is a part of a great fall. What you think you need for winter you will need for summer. Look to the weather for an answer that will astonish you. This is your word for today. Seasons come and go; seasons never change on the earth in time, yet you will see this happen. Man has gone too far! They desire to be gods and change seasons, change people, and change earth into a place of a utopia type setting for themselves and a chosen few. But I am God; I AM THAT I AM! No man can rise to be god and fall they will. Watch the weather Sherry; see the changes and know I am God and this will be a sign to you of the fall of man and an awakening of a new order.
 
 
When the Lord gave me this word today I was not thinking about anything to do with this. I was actually praying and doing my daily Scripture reading.  I had just begun reading 1 Corinthians 1:1 Pursue love and desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy. As soon as that verse was read the Lord began to speak, and I began to write.
 
After receiving this word from the Lord immediately I thought of the dream I had in May of 2015.
 
My Dream 5/31/15
 
I dreamed I was downtown, maybe New York or a big city like that, at a very busy street. There were shops all along the streets with high-rise buildings that were condos. I remember it was very cold. It was after Christmas I knew that, but they were still playing holiday music and ringing very loud bells. The music and the ringing of the bells were so loud that people were in distress on the streets with their families because the music and bells hurt their ears. They couldn’t stay up in their condos because the music was so loud there in their homes, so they came down to the street trying to escape the noise.
 
Next Scene: I was driving someone home now and we are out in the country. When I got there, there were a lot of people talking about why it was so cold and now it was even starting to snow. Everyone was dressed in summer clothes. I knew it was not supposed to be cold for this time of year. I remember I was barefooted.
 
Next scene: I’m driving back into the city now and I know people have been talking about the government and how they are changing things around. I felt like they were changing the seasons and made it cold and put on the holiday music. I’m driving and I see human size statues that are being hung along the street. I know that they are statues of officials in the government, but they have no faces. The statues were like men from the George Washington era but faceless. I wondered if maybe they were going to carve the faces of the officials in later. I see one of the government officials at the side of the road. It was like he was watching them hang the statues on this long cable. They would hang them along the street like a string of lights. He had a pompous smile on his face, and I could tell that he was very proud that one of those statues represented him. I’m very upset now because the government has taken over and I know they are changing seasons.
 
Immediately on awaking the scripture Daniel 7:25 came to my mind.
 
He shall speak pompous words against the Most High, shall persecute the saints of the Most High, and shall intend to change times and law. Then the saints shall be given into his hand for a time and times and half a time.
 
The word “times” in this scripture is the Hebrew word for seasons.
 
I have not heard of weather manipulation except for a few things I remember being said on TRUNEWS, a internet news program I listen to.. I thought it interesting but nothing more than that. Also this makes me think of the hidden elite that run our government that has also been spoke of by guests on TRUNEWS.
 
I will definitely be watching the weather now. In my dream I remember being barefoot. This is a sign that I am not ready. I know the Lord tells us things to come before they happen, so we are not caught unaware. I pray that the Lord directs us on how to prepare for all these things that are coming to pass, and I know that He will!

I believe the Lord must be telling us something is about to happen that will have to do with weather changes. I'll pick up on this topic as I watch the weather and pray. The Lord gave this to me yesterday, and I sent it to Z3NEWS and it was published. I have received some interesting comments to follow up on and will update this as information comes in. 

Sherry Gorslin

Isaiah 43:6 I will say to the north, “Give them up!” and to the south, “Do not keep them back!” Bring My sons from afar and My daughters from the ends of the earth.
 
It is March of 2011 and my husband, Rich, and I climb into the very back seat of a twelve passenger van to head out to the streets of Phoenix, Arizona for the first time to look for prostitutes and women at risk. We will try to encourage them to get into the van with us or call a number where someone will pick them up and take them to a safe house.
 
Rich and I had just ended a ministry where we went into recovery homes to teach God’s word and pray for those broken and desperate. After seven years this season had come to an end, so we began praying and asking God what was next for us. Was there another ministry He desired us to volunteer at? That answer came quickly. We were also in search of a new church to call home and so we were visiting a church one Sunday when across the screen came an announcement of a ministry that needed volunteers. They had purchased an old hotel and were making it into a home for those in need. They also had many ministries working from that hotel. We thought a perfect opportunity to go and offer our services in any way possible. 
 
We went for a tour of the facilities and filled out our application and handed it over to the executive director and left. Several weeks went by and I received a message on my phone to call if we were still interested in volunteering. When I returned the call they asked if we would consider volunteering for a ministry that went out to the streets of Phoenix and witnessed to prostitutes. They were having a training the very next Saturday night and immediately following they would get into vans and head out. What was the Lord doing?
 
Well, we said yes and 5 days later there we were getting into a van on its way to the dark streets of the city. We left at 10 o’clock PM and would return by 2 AM. Our hearts were pounding as we turned onto the “red light district” of Phoenix and saw our first woman. The van pulls over and teams of three women and two men would jump out of the van and the ladies would approach these women with a rose and a smile. They did this over and over, searching the streets. The entire time watching for pimps that may approach and get angry for taking the time of “their girls.”
 
I am thinking, "What in the world are we doing out here?" It was frightening yet exciting. We did not get out of the van that night we just watched and prayed. At the end of the evening they all began to talk about stopping at a strip club and seeing if they would let them in to give roses to the dancers. My husband and I are in total disbelief at this courageous group of people that are so bold for Christ and so willing to share His love with those that would seem to be impossible to reach. As the women approached the bouncer at the door to ask if they could go in, he said they could. He gave them 5 minutes to go in and give out the roses. The men were not allowed in and waited at the door. Suddenly around the corner where we parked the van and waited for them one of our ladies came running back to the van. Our hearts began to pound rapidly thinking she is being chased by someone. Out of breath she arrived at the van and said, “I need my ID to get in!” We all laughed with relief, yet again astonished that they were allowed to get in and witness to these ladies for even just a few brief moments.
 
Rich and I went home in those early hours of the morning amazed and frightened but desiring to do it again. Two weeks later we would climb back into that van, this time determined to get out and witness to a prostitute. 

Crystal: As that big van turned into a convenience store and came to a stop for the first time on this evening I prepared myself to speak to a prostitute. I gripped that rose ready to jump out. The doors opened and as I start approaching this woman I greet her as my heart is pounding, and I am waiting for rejection. Rejection did not come on this night, but a smile and a hug as she took the rose I was handing her. I informed her we were with the church and just wanted to bless her and ask how she was doing tonight. She began immediately to open up to me about how tired she was of living this lifestyle on the streets doing what she needed to do to make money, but she couldn’t give up the drugs. I talked with her for several minutes and explained if she came with us there were people that were going to help her, care for her, and give her a place to live. She didn’t have to do this anymore. Although neither of us would mention the word prostitution, we both understood what we were referring to. I asked if I could pray with her and she said yes and after she hugged me and thanked me again for stopping she said, “I really want to come with you, but I don’t think I’m ready yet to give up the drugs.” I looked into her beautiful face and saw a woman in so much bondage to a world that was cruel and hurtful. I knew she truly did want to believe me and get in that van to receive the hope I offered, yet she could not comprehend living without this addiction that held on to her tightly.
 
I felt the Holy Spirit so strong with that encounter. I think of Crystal often even today and I have seen so many men, women and children on the streets each with their own story since that time. It would be that encounter that would draw me into this ministry on the streets of Phoenix. 
 
I shiver when I think of these women getting into a strangers car over and over and over again. Are they terrified? What gives a woman the ability to get into an unknown situation and take her health and life and put it in the hands of a stranger? Money? Power? Drugs? Desperation? I was not sure, but I wanted to know.

In a ministry of heartbreak would come hope. This ministry changed us and would evolve into something bigger for my husband, myself and others that would come along beside us. Join me tomorrow for more amazing encounters as the Holy Spirit continues to change hearts and minds, and leads us to Him in all things.

Be a blessing to someone today!
Sherry Gorslin 

Isaiah 42:22 But this is a people robbed and plundered; All of them are snared in holes, and they are hidden in prison houses; they are for prey, and no one delivers; for plunder, and no one says, “Restore!”
 
Joel 3:3 They have cast lots for My people, have given a boy for payment for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.
 
On April 12th 2010, the Lord spoke this word to me: Great are the rewards of the faithful; faithful in dry places as well as when the river is flowing. Woe to those who persecute My church for theirs is judgment. Love My church, take care of My church, speak to My church. They seek Me and they will find Me. Many situations have brought about pain and discomfort, but through pain and discomfort, My people rise up and become strong in Me. They have been lax and lazy in My ways. Enjoying the pleasures and avoiding the cause. The cause of the church is to bring the lost to Me. To pray and intercede, to look outside the walls for those hurting, lonely, afraid, abused, forgotten, and left to die in their own sin. Do not abandon My creation. Do not! I weep for those who seek Me but they cannot find Me because My face appears to them through My church, and My people. Where are you that they cannot find you? They are home in their secure houses on their comfortable furniture with their bellies full and their lives satisfied. I will rip out from under them their comforts to bring them to the streets to reach My creation. I will not forget one for the purpose of offering comfort to another. Know Me and know I am God the Creator.
 
I asked the Lord, “What can we the church do Lord?”
 
Seek Me, pray to Me, intercede for the lost, gather for the needy, open your hearts and your homes for those that need fellowship and love. Look, seek and you shall find. Hunger after righteousness and you shall be satisfied. Thirst for the water of life not only to drink of it but to let it saturate your soul as to flow over to others. I am coming soon, do not sit in your comfort and let Me pass you by. -------
 
 
As we sit home on our couches and relax and watch our big screen TVs, every day in our nation people are being trafficked, beaten, raped, deceived and killed without our knowledge of it.
Modern day slavery is thriving around the world. There are more slaves today than in any time in history. How can this be?
 
Our children and adults are inundated with sex messages and exploitation on a daily basis. Even if we are very careful parents to protect the eyes, ears and minds of our children, as soon as they walk out the door they enter a world that is fallen, and blinded in so many ways to what they are doing to our society. As adults we must be able to endure technology that blasts us with sexual innuendos. As Christian men walk down the street, get on the computer, and even walk into our churches, they must look away or look down to remain loyal to their wives and loyal to their Lord.
 
Human sex trafficking is now considered the 2nd largest and fastest growing illegal trafficking activity in the world. The average age of entry into prostitution in the U.S. is 13 years old.
 
Over 400,000 will attempt suicide this year in the U.S and 37,000 will succeed.
 
41% of all births are to unmarried women.
 
47% of families said pornography is a problem in their home. 50% of Christian men are addicted to pornography and 20% of Christian women.
 
There is an estimate of 650,000 homeless with the largest increase in families by 4% in 2011. 
 
Men and women will sell themselves for $10 or $20 dollars to eat, pay their motel bill, or buy their next fix.
 
Families will gather around a bus stop as their shelter for the evening.
 
American government is in chaos; right appears wrong and wrong appears right. It is as if they have eyes but they do not see; they have ears but they do not hear.
 
Prisons are overflowing with men, women, and children and we are unable to continue housing them.
 
What is going on? Statistics are rising and the hurt and broken are increasing, homes are being destroyed.
 
Tomorrow I will write about experiences my team, Hard Truth Ministry, have faced in the inner city as we hit the streets to share the love of Christ.  The accounts are real experiences as my husband, Rich, and I started a street ministry that would change our Christian walk and our teams, and open our eyes to a world we never dreamed existed. A world that many chose and many were just modern day slaves, and had no choice.

Be a blessing today to someone, somewhere that needs Jesus!

Sherry Gorslin

Today my husband spoke on the coming election and how we as the church need to vote according to the moral standards of the Holy Scriptures above everything else.

I believe pro-life issues should be a first for us as Christians. If a person does not value the life of the innocent child in the mother's womb and the mother and families that are going to be hurt by abortion, I must question all of their beliefs. 

If you have had an abortion number one, I want you to  know there is healing and forgiveness. There are post abortion classes that help women heal after an abortion. I have counseled women that are still struggling after an abortion 20 and 30 years later. It is not a quick fix and you do not just forget about it. 

We need to know where our future president stands on defending the innocent in this nation. 

Do you know that those that are fighting to stop abortion must fight for the time a baby can feel pain in the womb? The battle is about when can they take this child's life because they do not feel pain. It baffles me that a question such as this has to even be asked much less answered in a court of law. Wouldn't we as human beings choose to not do anything to hurt, maim, or kill another human being? Is that not where our standard should be and to error on the side of life at all times!

God tells Jeremiah in chapter 1 verse 5:  

“I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb.
    Before you were born I set you apart
    and appointed you as my prophet to the nations.” (NLT)

Do we as Christians today believe He thinks less of us or anyone else?

Abortion is a no compromise issue for me and I pray you stand with me and hold the candidates to the moral standards the bible tells us to live by. Choose life that you and your descendants can live!

Deuteronomy 30:19

19 “Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live! (NLT)

Sherry Gorslin

A Valley of Dry Bones
Ezekiel Chapter 37 

1 The Lord took hold of me, and I was carried away by the Spirit of the Lord to a valley filled with bones. 2 He led me all around among the bones that covered the valley floor. They were scattered everywhere across the ground and were completely dried out. 3 Then he asked me, “Son of man, can these bones become living people again?”
“O Sovereign Lord,” I replied, “you alone know the answer to that.”
4 Then he said to me, “Speak a prophetic message to these bones and say, ‘Dry bones, listen to the word of the Lord! 5 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Look! I am going to put breath into you and make you live again! 6 I will put flesh and muscles on you and cover you with skin. I will put breath into you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”

As I read the versus above today the Lord is speaking to my spirit about the days we live in. I know I have questioned if these bones left in the United States can live again, as a feeling of darkness coming across the land overtakes many of us in prayer. 

We see a government tearing apart our nation and coming against the true Christians that will not bow to their anti-Christ spirit. A once great nation that the Lord blessed and built a hedge of protection around has come down. As I was driving to work on December 11th, 2008 the Lord showed me, in a vision, the entire United States. Around the United States was a large hedge, and He told me this country was protected by this hedge He had put around it.  The Lord said, "At the change of government that hedge would start coming down." As I watched in this vision I could see the hedge slowly coming down.


7 So I spoke this message, just as he told me. Suddenly as I spoke, there was a rattling noise all across the valley. The bones of each body came together and attached themselves as complete skeletons. 8 Then as I watched, muscles and flesh formed over the bones. Then skin formed to cover their bodies, but they still had no breath in them.

Many Christians today appear to be standing upright, but I wonder is there any breath left in them! They appear as confused as the world. We have pushed out of our churches the Holy Spirit that gives us the breath of life. We try to bring dead bones back to life without the Holy Spirit. It is only by the Holy Spirit that these dead bones can live again. I cry out to my Father in heaven today to not take His Spirit from us, but you Holy Spirit to fill us with the breath of life again that we can stand against the darkness that invades the land.

9 Then he said to me, “Speak a prophetic message to the winds, son of man. Speak a prophetic message and say, ‘This is what the SovereignLord says: Come, O breath, from the four winds! Breathe into these dead bodies so they may live again.’”
10 So I spoke the message as he commanded me, and breath came into their bodies. They all came to life and stood up on their feet—a great army.

Let there be once again a great awakening of Your body; Your church to see that we stand with bones, flesh, muscle and skin,  but we have not the breath of the Holy Spirit within us that we need in these days to be "A Great Army".

11 Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones represent the people of Israel. They are saying, ‘We have become old, dry bones—all hope is gone. Our nation is finished.’ 12 Therefore, prophesy to them and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: O my people, I will open your graves of exile and cause you to rise again. Then I will bring you back to the land of Israel. 13 When this happens, O my people, you will know that I am the Lord. 14 I will put my Spirit in you, and you will live again and return home to your own land. Then you will know that I, the Lord, have spoken, and I have done what I said. Yes, the Lord has spoken!’”

The bones in Ezekiel represent the people of Israel, but as in the days of Ezekiel I see many of us crying out today, is all hope gone? Is our nation finished?

My Word from the Lord:
This nation will never look as it did when it stood for righteousness, because righteousness has not been found in it any longer. The few that stand will rise again. The few that fight will fight again, but this nation has sold itself to depravity and it will face judgment for it. But I say, I hear the cries of My people. Those that truly desire to hear My voice and long to save this nation from destruction. Your prayers and tears have not fallen to the ground. This hedge of protection will surround My own. Although the hedge has fallen on the United States, this hedge remains around My people. Those that know Me and truly seek after Me. I will put My breath in you once again, and this army will arise from the land of dead bones to speak with the power of the Holy Spirit behind it. It will be clear and precise. It will be a voice heard around the world. The great Army of God. A nation will fall, but a people will rise from the ashes and these dead bones shall live again to usher in the final days of the end of all time.

​Sherry Gorslin

I had surgery on Wednesday and had some female parts no longer needed and causing problems removed. Thank you for those of you who were praying for me. All went well, and I am home doing much better than I expected.

I tried to watch the Republican debate last night after I got home. I made it through about an hour and had to go to bed. I think I was exhausted more from the fighting and childlike attitudes of some of the candidates  then my surgery. Then you go to the democrat side and see a socialist and very possible a candidate that will be indicted by the FBI.

These are what we are looking at as our 2016 presidential choices. It's scary out there!!!! 

I'm so happy that my Father in heaven is truly the one in control of all things, and we can turn to His word for help in troubled times.  We may look around and become discouraged and wonder, if God is in control why are things so out of control. The psalm below reminds us that we are not alone when it comes to those thoughts. Thousands of years ago questions were being asked on the same bases. 

Psalm 77
For Jeduthun, the choir director: A psalm of Asaph.
1 I cry out to God; yes, I shout.
    Oh, that God would listen to me!
2 When I was in deep trouble,
    I searched for the Lord.
All night long I prayed, with hands lifted toward heaven,
    but my soul was not comforted.
3 I think of God, and I moan,
    overwhelmed with longing for his help. Interlude
4 You don’t let me sleep.
    I am too distressed even to pray!
5 I think of the good old days,
    long since ended,
6 when my nights were filled with joyful songs.
    I search my soul and ponder the difference now.
7 Has the Lord rejected me forever?
    Will he never again be kind to me?
8 Is his unfailing love gone forever?
    Have his promises permanently failed?
9 Has God forgotten to be gracious?
    Has he slammed the door on his compassion? Interlude
10 And I said, “This is my fate;
    the Most High has turned his hand against me.”
11 But then I recall all you have done, O Lord;
    I remember your wonderful deeds of long ago.
12 They are constantly in my thoughts.
    I cannot stop thinking about your mighty works.
13 O God, your ways are holy.
    Is there any god as mighty as you?
14 You are the God of great wonders!
    You demonstrate your awesome power among the nations.
15 By your strong arm, you redeemed your people,
    the descendants of Jacob and Joseph. Interlude
16 When the Red Sea saw you, O God,
    its waters looked and trembled!
    The sea quaked to its very depths.
17 The clouds poured down rain;
    the thunder rumbled in the sky.
    Your arrows of lightning flashed.
18 Your thunder roared from the whirlwind;
    the lightning lit up the world!
    The earth trembled and shook.
19 Your road led through the sea,
    your pathway through the mighty waters--
    a pathway no one knew was there!
20 You led your people along that road like a flock of sheep,
    with Moses and Aaron as their shepherds.

It is when we look back we see with much clearer vision. When we are walking in the turmoil it is hard to see clearly. Life just keeps going on as we may need for it to stop long enough to catch our breath. But time keeps ticking away. 

Have you ever had a hard time sleeping and been too distressed to pray or to even read the word? I have and I tell you it is those past times when I have seen clearly looking back that I know His hand was on me, and every situation even though I couldn't see it then. 

Be encouraged today and pull out some of those past moments when you stood in awe of a God so big, yet He reached down from heaven and touched you!

Be blessed today!
​Sherry Gorslin

I'm sorry to say that the 21 week baby aborted and breathing did not make it. The baby apparently arrived at the hospital with no heartbeat. I thank those that were praying and ask continued prayer for this family and clinic. May eyes be truly opened to the horrors of abortion.

In Joshua in the holy Scriptures it tells us how after Moses – Joshua would be the one to take the Hebrews into the promised land. In chapter 5 it tells us of the second generation that would be circumcised. Those that were in the Exodus were circumcised, but the next generation that were born in the wilderness were not. In Genesis chapter 17 it tells us of a covenant made between God and Abraham. The sign of the covenant would be circumcision. It was time for that covenant to return to God's people. 

In Joshua chapter 9 unfortunately we see a covenant made between the Gibeonites who deceived Joshua into a treaty. Joshua did not ask counsel of the Lord and would be tricked.

God takes covenant very seriously. Covenant is a binding agreement between at least two people, nations, or countries. We see in Scripture David and Jonathan made a covenant to each other. They exchanged robes, weapons and belts in 1 Samuel 18:3 – 4. This would represent them becoming one. Covenant says that my enemies are now your enemies, my strength is your strength, and what I own you own. Each one making the covenant would need to agree on this. If we understood how serious it is when we make covenants, promises, or commitments to the Lord, or others, we would surely stand by our word. To make a covenant was to say if I break my part of the covenant let it be to me as it is to this animal of sacrifice. Covenant throughout much of history was done by the shedding of blood. 

What I love about the story of Joshua, was he knew he had to stand by his covenant and the Lord honored him in that covenant even though he failed to seek His counsel. In Joshua's mistake he showed integrity and God honored that. In Joshua chapter 10 as he was fighting a battle for the very people that deceived him into making a covenant with them the Lord said, "Do not fear them, for I have delivered them into your hand." The Lord was talking about the enemies coming against the Gibeonites. Joshua would command the sun to stand still so he could finish the battle. It says the Lord heeded the voice of a man; for the Lord fought for Israel. The sun stood still  and the moon stopped. So the Lord defended Joshua's covenant.

I ask you to pray today and ask the Lord if you have broke covenant. You see Jesus died upon a cross and shed His blood so we could make covenant with HIm. The New Testament is really The New Covenant! We become one with Christ. What is His, is now ours, and the little we have is to be HIs. We have a part in covenant; our love; our loyalty; our commitment. We are to be a people of integrity. Let your yes be yes and your no be no, even if it cost you something. 

I truly believe in this day if we will stand in integrity and keep our part of covenant, even in our mistakes He will honor us and our word. 

Go and be a blessing today!! 

​Sherry Gorslin

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My dream from 2011
I was standing and there was a woman standing directly in front of me. A foreign woman and she was looking directly into my eyes. She was very close and we were standing face-to-face. I could see age on her face, as in fine wrinkles at her eyes and mouth. She was beautiful. She then stepped away and began dancing in a repeated rhythmic move over and over across the top of a hill. The music was ritualistic in nature as a drum would beat the same rhythmic beats repeatedly. All along the hill were bulls with long horns standing in perfect formation. There were three bulls across and three bulls down. They all moved in exactly the same way with the beat of the music. They would lift their left front leg, right front leg, right back leg, and the left back leg. They all did this over and over again to the beat of the music in perfect formation. Their heads would follow the woman dancing across the hill. Their eyes would never be taken off of her. It was like they were hypnotized by her. The woman looked at the time I thought like maybe an American Indian, because of a headdress she was wearing and what appeared to be some sort  of braids down both sides of her head. I noticed she was bronze in color. Every part of her was the same color, her skin, her clothes, even her hair. I even noticed her eyelashes and eyebrows were the same color. I just stood there and observed as she would dance to the rhythmic beat of the music going back and forth on the top of that hill, and the nine bulls standing along the side of the hill joined her in perfect rhythm. They all just kept repeating the same steps over and over and over again. I woke up.

I knew this dream had a meaning to it, but I could not get an answer from the Lord in prayer immediately. A few weeks later I would be in Sunday service kneeling at the alter praying and would see a scorpion in front of me right at my right knee. It did not sting me or run away, it just remained motionless. A friend that I had shared the dream with also was with me and said, "I just keep thinking about your dream and I believe this scorpion has something to do with it."

I went home and began to pray about the meaning of this and I got on my computer and typed "goddess and bulls." An article popped up on Artemis. A Greek goddess that is known as the bull goddess. I looked at the picture and saw the headdress and what appears to be some kind of braids on each side of the headdress. In Greek mythology Artemis sent a scorpion to sting Orion and brought about his death. Orion would later become a constellation and Artemis would make sure that the scorpion also became a constellation.

Today we would know this pagan goddess as Diana from the scriptures in Acts 19. There was a great commotion about, the Way in verse 23. A silversmith was outraged at Paul and these others sharing the gospel because of the money Diana"s statues brought in. Idol worship was profitable and it would be this that would bring the city to confusion and ready to riot. In verse 27 it states that Asia and the world worshiped the goddess Diana in that day. 

Artemis was also known as the goddess of the night. the bronze would represent her as sexually unrestrained. unrestrained by law or general morality. A hill is a place of idolatry and the music summons demons to seduce those that are listening to its hypnotic beats. This nation is being drawn into this hypnotic state of perversion and a rapid decline of morality . Diana is demonic and she is still at work today seducing, and she sends her scorpion of death to those that are deceived by her beauty. 

Proverbs 6
25 Don’t lust for her beauty.
    Don’t let her coy glances seduce you.
26 For a prostitute will bring you to poverty,[b]
    but sleeping with another man’s wife will cost you your life.
27 Can a man scoop a flame into his lap
    and not have his clothes catch on fire?
28 Can he walk on hot coals
    and not blister his feet?

This dream rings truer today then in 2011. 

Don't be caught up by the fleshly pleasures of this world. The demons are working on overtime for your soul! 

Proverbs 7
1 Follow my advice, my son;
    always treasure my commands.
2 Obey my commands and live!
    Guard my instructions as you guard your own eyes.
3 Tie them on your fingers as a reminder.
    Write them deep within your heart.
4 Love wisdom like a sister;
    make insight a beloved member of your family.
5 Let them protect you from an affair with an immoral woman,
    from listening to the flattery of a promiscuous woman.

​Sherry Gorslin



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