"The Time Is Short!"

"The Time Is Short!" February 2025 NM Prayer Connect/Prayer At The Heart Of New Mexico/COG, NM & El Paso, TX + SW Indian Ministries Newsletter!  Romans 13:11 Do this, knowing that this is a critical time. It is already the hour for you to awaken from your sleep [of spiritual complacency]; for our salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed [in Christ]. 12 The night [this present evil age] is almost gone and the day [of Christ’s return] is almost here. So let us fling away the works of darkness and put on the [full] armor of light. 13 Let us conduct ourselves properly and honorably as in the [light of] day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and irresponsibility, not in quarreling and jealousy. 14 But clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for [nor even think about gratifying] the flesh in regard to its improper desires (AMP).   As we approach February, the shortest month of the year and as some would call it, 'The Month Of LOVE,' may we reflect on where we have come from and exactly where God wants us to go.  After all, He so loved the world that He sent His One & Only Begotten Son to save us, but how is the world going to know that if we don't tell them and not only that, but like Jesus, show them The Way to The Father.  We're not wrestling against flesh and blood, but against the powers and principalities in high places, which is why we have to put on the full armor of God!  Revelation 12:9 And the great dragon was thrown down, the age-old serpent who is called the [a]devil and Satan, he who continually deceives and seduces the entire inhabited world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him (AMP).   The age-old serpent took Adam & Eve down in the garden of Eden and ever since, all of creation is groaning for the fullness of redemption and for the sons of God to be revealed.  That's you and me, we are the light of the world, according to Jesus and we are commanded to let our light so shine! Light dispels the darkness and thank God, America has been given an open window of opportunity, an open Heaven, to not only do that in our country, but to take this good news to all nations, peoples, tribes and tongues.  The great commission is for every member, within the body of Christ, to do their part, so we all come into the fullness of God.  Red, yellow, black or white, male or female, young or old, married or single.   1 Corinthians 7:28 But if you do marry, you have not sinned [in doing so]; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned [in doing so]. Yet those [who marry] will have troubles (special challenges) in this life, and I am trying to spare you that. 29 But I say this, believers: the [a]time has been shortened, so that from now on even those who have wives should be as though they did not; 30 and those who weep, as though they did not weep; and those who rejoice, as though they did not rejoice; and those who buy, as though they did not possess [anything] (AMP);  The sons of Issachar were able to discern the very times and seasons they were living in, so how much more so should we? We're over 2,000 years beyond the cross and Pentecost of Acts 2.  What is the Holy Spirit of God saying to the Church today? Remember, the Word Of God says, "Today, if you hear His Voice, harden not your heart!" Do you have ears to hear? Know ye not that you are the temple of the Living God? We have a big job to do and people's eternal souls are being weighed in the balance, the enemy is roaming around like a lion, looking for whom he may devour.  This is not a game and the clock is ticking.  There are many, many, going the way of destruction and there are many unreached people groups in the world, who have still not heard the Name of Jesus, the only Name under Heaven, by which we must be saved!  Matthew 24:22 And if those days [of tribulation] had not been cut short, no human life would be saved; but for the sake of the elect (God’s chosen ones) those days will be shortened (AMP).   According to Job 14:5 "Our time on earth is brief," other portions of Holy Scripture say, 'Our life is but a breath' and "All the nations of the earth are as a drop of water in the ocean" (to God), but this is no small task for the church to accomplish and it's not to be taken lightly by us! Our house should be a house of prayer for all nations, not just a house of preaching and teaching.  We need God's vision, God's blueprint and God's Holy Spirit anointing to get this job done, so let's seek the LORD, while He may be found, because "The Time Is Short!" Footnotes 1 Corinthians 7:29 Paul may be referring to the appointed time of the return of Christ, or he may have been focusing on the briefness of human life, or both of these.   If you or someone you know would like to hold a prayer gathering in or around our state, please don't hesitate to contact me! Thanks & Blessing with Shalom, Mark Tross http://nmprayerconnect.weebly.com Mark Tross Listen to Mark Tross on Spotify. Audiobooks & MORE read by Mark Tross, Author, Conference Speaker, Radio & Television personally, blogger, newspaper and internet writer, Bishop with The Church Of God, Cleveland, TN and Coordinator for New Mexico Prayer Connect . 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