BeLOnGings

After posting my running shirt number and the Cadillac license plate I got those messages from North Carolina today from our friend Sam Cox who ran the marathon with us,. 🙂

Paul,

I well remember the Twin Cities Marathon 2006, running through a bad injury that would ultimately require reconstructive surgery a year later. And, last month I turned 67! I was on a mission trip in Guatemala on my birthday (Feb 15) and the 7 students and 4 adults who we were with threw me a 67th birthday party.

Shalom,

Sam

P.S. A running buddy saw my picture and used AI to adapt it to finishing a marathon:

I forget to mention the 19 years, represents faith as in “those who through faith and perseverance inherit the promises.’

To listen, click on the arrow, then the x and then the arrow again🙂

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In 2006 I ran (and prayed) what has been called “The most beautiful urban marathon in America’ – in the ‘Twin Cities’ of St Paul and Minneapolis with sons Ben and Joel.

The widely publicized events of recent months related to ‘fraud’ and to ICE in the Twin Cities, have made this place look anything but ‘beautiful’

My number then was 6712.

That running number has been taped to the cabinet in my study. Visible out of the corner of my eye for over 19 years.

Just before Christmas I stumbled across the 2025 ‘word of the year’ It wasn’t actually a word but two numbers. The ‘67’ craze that ‘went viral’ amongst young people didn’t seem to mean anything……it was just a cool thing to say. Some warned of its occult origins or connections.

I remembered my number, and how at the time Father had used it to point me to Ps.67 verses 1 and 2.

Subsequently I had fun teaching the visiting grandkids how to complete the cool ‘67’ with a cool ‘12’ ……and then together we would recite,

“May God be gracious to us and bless us

And make his face to shine upon us

That your ways may be known on earth.

Your salvation among all nations.”

I took my race number to a meeting of Twin Cities church leaders a few days later in case God would make a way for me to share.

There was a spirit of humility as we cried out to God on behalf of the Cities. One brother spoke of the the deposit of God’s ‘gold’ that was meant to be mined from here to enrich the world.

I was invited to share and so spoke of how, I had in 2006 run and prayed for the Cities. My number had hung there in front of me unnoticed for 19 years, until a few weeks earlier it had been brought to my attention because of 2025s ‘word of the year.

He impressed on me to say

‘Just as 67 was the word of the year for 2025

Ps.67 verses 1 and 2 will be the word of the year for 2026.“

On my way home I noticed the ‘gold’ crest of a Cadillac in front of me, then the number plate

Tay or Tav is the Hebrew character that represents ‘a sign’

In Revelation 22, the last chapter of the bible, Jesus final words are,

“ I am the aleph and tav.”

The song above is a prophetic prayer Ben offered up at our ‘double bill’ evening at Way of the Lord on 2/7.

It speaks of the ‘beautiful’ Twin Cities our Father has in mind – at the end.

‘O Minneapolis

I saw you and St.Paul kiss

Neath the moonlight in the Mississippi mist.

Never saw a thing as beautiful as this.

O Minneapolis.”

It snowed 2 inches again here last night, but the sun came out and very quickly things changed.

I snapped this on the sidewalk…

The penultimate verse in the Bible..…

“The one who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming quickly.” Amen! Come, Lord Jesus!”
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In the meantime let us be his hands, his feet, his heart in our Cities.

Hebrews 2;16 describes the real ‘enemy’ currently at work in Minnesota.

“Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil— and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.”

This is the central theme of The Big Green House documentary.

It captures a real life drama about what happens when ‘the kingdom of God’ and a ‘worldly’ bureaucracy collide.

Spoiler alert……God wins, as his “perfect love” casts out fear.

This double bill evening was scheduled before the current unrest arose in our city. I believe it is ‘for such a time as this.’

P.S. The documentary has, since the above poster was made, also been selected as a semi finalist in the Philadelphia International Film Festival and has won the “Best Short Documentary” award at the Cork Independant Film Frstival in Ireland.

Please come on the 7th ……and pass the word around.

Once again Minnesota has been brought to the attention of the whole world by 2 concurrent stories.

The FIRST story concerns the massive amount of fraud that has been uncovered.with dozens of people, mainly of Somali origin, being convicted in the ‘Feeding Our Future’ scam,

Apparently Somali culture is not founded on biblical morality. Fraud and ‘piracy’ are’normal’ practices in that country, and so it is no surprise therefore that when transplanted into a different culture that has traditionally been Judeo-Christian this problem should arise

Compounding the problem is what is known locally as “Minnesota NICE.” where things can remain superficial, to avoid the conflict that comes with honest accountability.

More fraud surfaces by the day. This morning the Epoch Times reported

‘Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said that a building in Minnesota, which used to be a linen factory, is housing 400 Medicaid-billing fraudulent businesses which collectively billed an estimated $380 million to Medicaid, ‘

The SECOND story, is the current administration’s resolve to deal with boarder security and the consequent heightened activity here of the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement or ICE

This morning Barry wrote to us from England “Does it feel like you are back in Belfast in the ‘Troibles’?”

Our move to the US in 1994 from Belfast co-incided with the ‘Good Friday Peace Agreement’

I would say tongue in cheek to people here who made the connection,

‘Yes. Peace broke out there, either because they got rid of the troublemakers, or because our assignment was completed.’🙂

The year we moved to Minneapolis it seemed like we had jumped from the frying pan into the fire because murders in the city had soared earning it the nickname “Murderapolis”

We were lead to join in prayer with a group meeting in the heart of the troubled area. We could hear gunshots in the street outside. We prayed,

‘Lord, let Murderapolis become Mercyapolis.’

God answered our prayers The murder rate dropped.

Then there was the George Floyd storm, and now once again, even though in the last year murders are down 20% nationwide, Minneapolis has been made a focal point of violent division and discontent

This morning Matthew wrote to us from Scotland,

Good Morning Paul

I woke up this morning in pain as I read the news in Minnesota and how there seems to be so much conflict around the world between people.

I decided to worship Jesus and was drawn to your Song – Simply Jesus.

I am not sure what God is saying to me but I was moved to tears.

I believe he is saying that, simply Jesus is the ONLY answer.

Psalms‬ ‭147‬:‭17 says

‘Sleet and hail fall from the sky, causing waters to freeze before winter’s icy blast.”

God knows exactly what is happening, demonstrating his power, and communicating to us through the elements. We are currently experiencing the coldest and iciest winter since moving here.

On Friday evening Ben and Kim, Hilary and I worshipped with Luke in his Anchor Fish and Chip restaurant, in the heart of the troubled area.

Once again at 32 13th Ave, we sang our appeal to our Father from Habakuk 3:2

‘Lord we have heard of your fame and we stand in awe of your deeds. Lord hear our prayer come renew them again in our day in our time make them known.

……..in judgement remember mercy’

Then Ben sang, “Let There Be Mercy”

Immediately Hilary’s face became ‘inflamed ‘

I believe it was the Lord pointing us to the next verse.

‘Then he speaks his word and it all melts away; as the warm spring winds blow, the streams begin to flow.”

Believing that “The best is yet to come”

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https://rumble.com/v72rd0y-johnny-enlow-unfiltered-episode-177.html?e9s=src_v1_mfp

This Johnny Enlow Unfiltered is too good not to draw your attention to – especially after the last post which may have been a ‘rude awakening’ for some🙂

The message starts at the 15 minute mark.

This is a rack of beautiful children’s clothes that sits in our front room which is Hilary’s creative space.

She writes,

I make ‘one off’ garments for ‘wee’ ones from pre-loved natural fibers such as wool or linen.

I felt the wool and create it anew in one of my unique designs.

The vision for this art is to bring back natural life giving fibers each having a frequency of 5,000Hz to impart life giving energy to little ones.

The garments are cosy (yet breathe), are soft and comfortable and felting does not allow damp to penetrate keeping a child warm in rain and snow

You can view and purchase these gems online at

https://www.etsy.com/shop/WEEONESWEARSHOP

Or touch and feel to experience their true worth for yourself this Saturday here……

Please spread the good news to those you know, who would be interested.

Thank you😀

RUSSEL goes ‘scorched earth’ on the ‘evil auntie’ as God’s ‘snatched from the fire.’ BRAND ?

““From the smallest to the greatest, they are greedy for corrupt (or was that Corporate) profits; prophet and priest alike, they all practice deceit. They treat the wounds of my people as though they were scratches. They say, ‘Peace, everything is well,’ when there is no peace, and nothing is well.”
‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭6‬:‭13‬-‭14‬ ‭TPT‬‬

Like Donald Trump, Russell strikes me as another flawed human being, being used as God’s instrument……….but let me know what you think🙂

“Then Yahweh reached out with his hand and touched my mouth and said to me: “Now I have put my words in your mouth. See! Today I have imparted to you great authority over nations and governments, to uproot and demolish, to destroy and dismantle. And you will plant and build something new.””
‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭1‬:‭5,9-10‬ ‭TPT‬‬

“…and snatch others out of the fire to save them. Be merciful over and over to them, but always couple your mercy with the fear of God. Be extremely careful to keep yourselves free from the pollutions of the flesh.”
‭‭Jude (Judah)‬ ‭1‬:‭23‬ ‭TPT‬‬

“This, in essence, is the message we heard from Christ and are passing on to you: God is light, pure light; there’s not a trace of darkness in him. If we claim that we experience a shared life with him and continue to stumble around in the dark, we’re obviously lying through our teeth—we’re not living what we claim. But if we walk in the light, God himself being the light, we also experience a shared life with one another, as the sacrificed blood of Jesus, God’s Son, purges all our sin.”
‭‭1 John‬ ‭1‬:‭5‬-‭7‬ ‭MSG‬‬

We had a wonderful encounter last weekend with our Father’s ‘Smiling Face.’ One lady in her early 40s wrote of her deliverance……

Thank you for sending me the list of things I have been delivered from.……precious! I gave my life to the Lord when I was 16. I lived a good and obedient life…however I never knew how crafty/entaingling sin can be until the Lord opened my eyes this weekend. Every aspect of my life is brighter, sweeter and hopeful because He has healed me.

I came across 2 videos yesterday that reveal this ‘craftiness’ of the evil that seeks to entangle us in this world, stealing, killing and destroying our bodies, souls and spirits in the form of

POISON in the AIR and POISON in the AiRWAVES.

I highly recommend watching these to discover how we have all been Born into a Battle (The song is linked at the top)

The good news is……

Toward the final conflict God’s word our command..

We move inevitably onward. God’s weapons held in our hands

In him we shall do more than conquer. Before our Lord who can stand?

Man shall glorify his Maker. God shall be enjoyed.

And that one called the Deceiver. His works shall be destroyed.

Another new member of our YSF prayer team wrote…….

This was the northern lights from my deck in Stacy last night. Last weekend was a blessing for me and my friend It was a small group of people, but think of the ripple effect as they go home to their families with a deeper revelation of Papa’s love, more freedom and joy, and tools to stay free.  This ministry is very significant.  Thank you for including me in it.🌸

Here is the link again to Ben’s new ‘prophetic’ rendering of Lord Jesus We Enthrone you as recorded on Singing My Father’s Song.

https://benkyle.com/

In the ‘African sounding’ refrain we wondered what the language was of the first word, Bulawayo

‘Bulawayo’ (the second largest city in Zimbabwe) turns out to be a word in the Ndebele language meaning “the one to be killed

The tongue continues in Spanish ‘Jesu, Jesu, Manyana.’

In English that is …….Jesus, Jesus. In the morning.

The ‘tongue’ therefore is describing the two works of Christ as depicted in Leviticus 14 in the offering of the two doves for the cleansing of leprosy. The first dove was to be killed i.e. ‘the one to be killed’ and the second was to be dipped in the blood of the first, and then released into the field (i.e. the world. See Matt.23:38)

This reflects the first, ‘death’ work of Christ, and the second ‘living’ work of Christ depicted in the rider on the white horse in Rev.19, whose ‘robe is dipped in blood.’

We are now “In the morning” of the third day since Christ’s first work two thousand years ago for ‘a day is as a thousand years’. (2.Pt.3:8)

In summary, the tongue translates into….

The one to be killed. Jesus. Jesus. In the morning.

First ‘dying’ work. Second ‘living’ work.

So Christ’s second coming is to join with the ‘overcomers’ company, those dead, to be raised at the ‘first resurrection’ (Rev. 20.6) together with the living overcomers who are to be changed’ (1 Thess.4.13-18)

The Greek word used for ‘meeting’ the Lord in the air in this passage, apantesis is used in Acts 28:15 when the brethren from Rome came to meet Paul as he was being taken to Rome. The brethren in Rome considered Paul to be a visiting dignitary, and honored him by coming “to meet” him and escort him to Rome. At no time did they consider turning around and returning to Jerusalem with Paul.

So too we will return to ‘rule and reign’ as the ‘body of Christ’ with Jesus the ‘head’ on earth for 1000 years.(Rev. 5:10, 20:4)

This is a thumbnail sketch of the more developed understanding of ‘the second coming of Christ’ that I have come to since writing the musical Come Lord Jesus.

This view is different to the now popular ‘rapture’ theology (unknown in the church until the 19th century) that can encourage an ‘escapist’ mentality and have us disengage from this world.

Rather we are to understand as ‘the saints of the most high’ who are now being given authority (Dan.7:22) that we are to actively engage in taking back the ‘seven mountains’ of influence in the world, government, family, economy, education, religion, arts, and media, until the kingdoms of this world become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ.(Rev.11:15)

Then He shall reign for ever and ever more.

HA – llelujah.😀