“Keep your lives free from the love of money
and be content with what you have,
for God has said:
‘NEVER WILL I LEAVE YOU, NEVER WILL I FORSAKE YOU.’
So we say with confidence:
‘The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.’”
(Hebrews 13:5-6)
Dear Friends -
God’s words are concise and always trustworthy, so when He says, NEVER, He means exactly that! Just because things are not going the way we want, or as fast as we want, we think God has forgotten us, but not so. There are so many reasons why in doing it His way and not ours, it is mainly due to the fact that setting up all the parameters for the fulfillment of your prayer takes time, months to even years sometimes. And in that time, He is showing you perhaps a detour or a new 
direction is occurring which will give you a needed change of heart so that what you thought you wanted has been altered for the better! God does not leave you nor forsake you, NEVER, but only does what is best for you. And sometimes, since we don’t get what we have been praying for we feel abandoned; we are faced with accepting His will that knows our request would have been harmful beyond our comprehension… and since those explanations cannot be given to us, we blindly trust, aka having faith. God knows the past and the future and weighs all the alternatives before making His choice. Sometimes, years later, we will see the change He gave us was so much better than what we thought we had wanted… if we had gotten our request, we know we would have been miserable with the wrong love, location, or occupation… God is omniscient, we are not. There is no such thing as unanswered prayer… God hears every sincere and righteous request of His child… NEVER give up on Him who loves you so very much.
There will definitely be times we feel forsaken as did Jesus on the cross, however, the “death” we will 
endure will be in the arms of The Father who is standing by to initiate our resurrection to new life. If our dream has seemingly failed, or evil has had a momentary victory, that is precisely when God steps in to relieve our despair with hope… visible hope that sees positive change occurring for our benefit, and the new life begins. It is extremely difficult to stay courageous throughout some of the most heinous situations life has to offer, but for strength, our soul keeps repeating: ‘The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid,’” and His graces flow freely into our being for fortitude and endurance. Even when the pain becomes unbearable, always trust God is there for He truly NEVER leaves or forsakes His beloved child… He may be momentarily silent… but He is there.
It is very normal to dream and aspire to higher and higher goals or wish for the material and spiritual best for our loved ones, and even quite often, 
God places such a desire in our hearts that we think we want when it was really His desire for us. God wants to give us gifts that we want and need; He is not stingy but a very generous Heavenly Father who wants to be asked, even if He will on occasion spontaneously bless us with a most unusual surprise demonstration of His affection. His ways are so magnificent, mysterious, and miraculous… NEVER give up on Him… He is a faithful, trusting, and loving Almighty God.
ELIMINATE OR REVIVE
In this Godless nation that we are becoming, it seems hardly a day goes by that some ignorant egotist, seeking to expand their fifteen minutes of fame, utters some new idiotic idea that breaks with moral tradition in some manner. It is usually some public entity, like a politician who recently declared legislation is needed to change the wording from husband and 
wife to read spouse; of course, this is to placate the gay community. Why must heterosexuals be required to accommodate a minority group’s need to be legitimized, when their perversity should be declared immoral and unacceptable behavior, no matter how great their domineering growth is? We are eliminating recognition of God’s dictate that abhors this behavior and requiring Christians to accommodate what is sinful till such acceptance negates His original plan for holy family life… and that is very, very wrong. If we don’t revive, maintain, and promote His family plan, the perversity might that has begun will rule our existence. Budweiser, Target, and Disney are just a few of the entities that think catering to perversity is a good thing, and they have gotten such tremendous verbal backlash which has hurt them financially as well… great! This is exactly the stance that Christians must pursue every time the need to be so-called “inclusive” of all that is wrong is taken by anybody. Disney is at it again with the announcement of the remake of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs… the dwarfs have been eliminated for members of the LBGTQ community! Nothing is sacred anymore, whether it be Biblical, traditional observances, or any of the arts; rewriting history, destroying statues and monuments of times past to promote current ideologies often wrong must be stopped, and with God’s help.
Satan, no one else, drives forth this unholy attitude in anyone or entity who is out for fame and fortune at any cost. Social media gives a free-speech platform to idiots starved for attention where no monitor of truth exists. 
The prevalent lies of public figures et al have been ignored for so long, trust has been removed from public life. Therefore, virtue is being eliminated for vice which has taken a majority role in cities all over this nation. We are in a war with evil like never before, and the gates of hell cannot prevail against Christians who are willing to stand up and defend God’s law and design for a righteous life. A revival of His Truths is absolutely mandatory at this time in history, and the diligent efforts by His children to join a holy crusade dedicated to spreading The Word anywhere, and anyhow one can, will defeat this evil enemy with His help. If you can’t be on the front lines of this war, then join the Prayer Brigade and back up the fighters with prayerful pleas to The Father to annihilate this atrocious domination of all that is vile and wrong. With God’s help, our efforts can eliminate evil wrong, and revive, regain, and piece back together the good life.
