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Tuesday, February 25

God Is Redeeming America From Bondage


B
eing alive to witness this once-in-a-lifetime move of God to redeem America is like supernaturally witnessing God repeating history... America's modern-day "Exodus" from bondage to FREEDOM!
"And The LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of My people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey;... (Exodus 3:7-8)."
Wow, look what God has done and is doing! We are watching the return of free speech and Christian values, encouraging the spread of The Gospel of Jesus Christ and The Gospel He preached. Now is our once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Our team and family at Toward The Mark is calling on every Christian to become and remain vigilant and committed to God's divine plan for our beloved nation.
Just as God watched over and listened to His people who were in bondage to the taskmasters in Egypt, He has been watching over and listening to His beloved people who had been oppressed and suffering, praying and fasting for His divine intervention in modern America. God has heard the cries of His sons and daughters, going through all manner of affliction at the hands of the lies, manipulations, thievery, murders, and wickedness all across "His America" and throughout the world. Are you seeing the evidence now, our Father God's work to restore all that has been ruined, corrupted, and stolen by the hands of Satan's human accomplices in the previous administration in Washington and throughout each state? Our opportunity is so great right now to increase our praying, fasting, and uniting in support of the newly-established administration under our 47th POTUS Donald J. Trump, by urging believers everywhere, at home and abroad, to focus on seeking God's divine wisdom and fortified protection for our new national leaders. This is the next phase of doing our part while God is redeeming America, a repeat of history in this modern-day exodus from bondage to freedom calling for unity, together, petitioning God for a healed, renewed, and righteous America.
There is something else that is crucially important for us to point out here. God has been listening to and hearing the prayers of His faithful ones, those still living and breathing on the earth, and those whose spirits have gone up before His Throne, sadly, before their time. With the testimonies of millions of lives that have been cut short, precious lives that have been stolen, God has been listening to their cries, attesting to the evils done to them and to the evils now being done to their loved ones who are still on the earth.
As a result of His hearing the cries of His people, God has been raising up His Army of "deliverers" to redeem His America, on His behalf. By way of His wonder-full Holy Spirit, God has raised up and revealed His skilled Army of individuals, with many more warrior-saints whom God has yet to reveal, and He is delivering His people... "to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey (Exodus 3:7-8)."
Throughout the year of 2024, in particular, countless individuals who love God and His Word, and who cherish the United States and our U.S. Constitution, had been taking every possible opportunity to help friends, family, and acquaintances become more knowledgeable about Mr. Trump and our U.S. Constitution. Leading up to the 2024 election, many friends and neighbors that were "on the fence", so to speak, received knocks on their doors, phone calls, and social media posts to be more informed about just how crucial our winning the 2024 election with Mr. Trump was, not just for America but for the entire world.
Now that Mr. Trump is occupying his rightful office, and his cabinet members are moving into their positions, settling into their responsibilities, it is now important that we refocus and re-tool. We must refocus the "campaign tools" we used before Mr. Trump and other conservative candidates were elected, applying those "efforts, energy, time, and focus" toward praying and fasting for God's wisdom, protection, knowledge, and guidance to work in and around His vessels, enacting His Plan and Will through President Trump and his cabinet members, the congress, senate members, and all of their staff and families.
So, our next mission here at Toward The Mark, on the political front, is to spread one crucial point; "Success going forward requires that our ministry team and family refocus and re-tool for this next phase as God is redeeming America, a repeat of history in this modern-day exodus from bondage to freedom. Now that the election and inauguration of President Trump is done, we must redirect our fasting and our time in prayer toward petitioning our Father daily for a fresh anointing, and protection of that fresh anointing, on each of those whom He has raised up, and so miraculously placed into leadership roles, in His United States of America.
Please stand with us in prayer every day for those who have been witnessing God's moving so miraculously over His America. We are praying that all Americans will become strong in The LORD, that they will award the credit to where the credit is due, and that they not allow themselves to become distracted away from the fact that it has been God, Jesus Christ, and The Holy Spirit working through His willing vessels -President Donald Trump and others- to save our Republic from what was just inches from a catastrophic demise.
With the recent inauguration of President Trump, we are already seeing new doors of opportunity opening for sharing The Gospel of Jesus Christ on many fronts. Free speech is once again on the side of those who are called by God to spread His Word, written and spoken, about Jesus Christ and The wonder-full Holy Spirit. As we see the walls to secure our southern border resume construction in the natural realm, finally being built up once again, we are seeing the walls that the previous administration had built over the past four years in the spirit realm, being torn down. No longer will the spread of The Gospel of Jesus Christ be hindered as it had been over the past four years. Together, we will seize every opportunity to use the "free speech" God so graciously granted to us to glorify His Son!
As we join forces to stand in the gap for the Presidential Cabinet, let's be sure to pray for each one by name, often every day, that they depend on God and His Word for guidance and direction on the impact each of President Trump's leaders will have on the everyday lives of each and every American. The photos and details below this text can help us as we pray for each one of them, and their roles and responsibilities.
Thank you so much for taking this time to hear our collective hearts on all that God has done, is doing, and has planned for our ministry family in the coming months. Please remember, by standing with us prayerfully and financially, you too will receive a commission on that great and glorious day for all that we have accomplished as a team and family to glorify Jesus Christ before He returns. So please, stay focused on Jesus Christ daily, walk daily in God-pleasing faith, pray without ceasing, and know that you play a crucial role in what God is doing right now to heal and rebuild America!
From the bottom of our hearts we thank you for loving us, teaming with us, and being ALL IN on this final harvest of souls for the Kingdom of God. By our praying for one another and by sowing our individual life experiences, talents, time, and seed into our reaching toward the goals God has given us, we will benefit, together, in the sweet fruit and inheritance of our Father's Kingdom that will abound to each of our accounts in Heaven. With our heartfelt love we express our eternal appreciation for your taking part in this work of TowardTheMark Inc. We close with this encouragement for you to STAY FOCUSED on Jesus Christ daily, pursuing Him and hearing His Voice. There is nothing "of this natural world" that will last, but "the treasures in the spirit" we will take into eternity with us, being the fruit of everything we do while we are alive and living "in this world". With that, we take joy in sharing this sort-of "gold nugget" of reassurance for your "mission ahead" with The Holy Spirit. This Pressin'IN message is a result of our waiting on The Holy Spirit to fill and lead us in the season of hope and healing we are in. Especially among the uncertainty, confusion, and fear surrounding events of our country, we continue to ask that our Father God, by the fulfillment of The Holy Spirit of Christ Jesus, give you reassurance of His plan for your life during this journey ahead, this new season when God is redeeming America, a repeat of history in this modern-day exodus from bondage to freedom all about:
~ giving God our ALL, including in sacrifices of praise and thanksgiving;
~ standing together in faith-full service to God and others;
~ keeping our eyes on God’s plan; and
~ making absolutely sure we come through by never losing sight of "The One" Who actually brought us through—Jesus Christ.
Our prayers are fueled with hope and expectation for fulfilling our spiritual assignments in this world, through sharing The Gospel of Jesus Christ and The Gospel Jesus Christ preached... greater than ever before!

If you have yet to invite Jesus Christ into your heart to be your Lord and Savior, or if you have allowed something or someone to come between you and God, now is your time to get right with God. Right there where you are, pray this prayer to God, then REST-ASSURED and watch what God does...

          "Dear Father God, in the precious Name of Jesus Christ, the King of all kings and The LORD of all lords, I lay my life at Your Feet. I come before You, confessing that I am a sinner, and I ask for You to forgive me of all my sins - those that I know I have committed, as well as those that I am not even aware of. I ask that You come into my heart and be my Lord. I lay my life, and everything in it, at Your Feet, and ask that You please take me and begin to change me to be like YOU. I ask that You redeem the time that has passed, and allow me the opportunity to become exactly what You have predestined me to be, from before the foundation of the earth. I commit my life to You now, and thank You for receiving me as Your own. In the wonderful Name of Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God, I pray, Amen." And AMEN (So be it)!

            WELCOME HOME!

            If you have just prayed this prayer, we want to congratulate you for making the greatest decision that you'll ever make! By accepting Jesus Christ, or rededicating your life to Him, as your personal Lord and Savior, you have begun the wonder-full process of being grafted into the family of God, and we welcome you "Home" to God's Family. We would also like to invite you to contact us so that we can send you information that will help you begin growing in your relationship and daily walk with God. We would encourage you to begin attending a Holy-Spirit-filled, full-Bible focused church right away.


            We advise you to begin reading The Holy Bible daily, whether you understand it or not. Always remember, God's written Word in The Holy Bible is LIKE NO OTHER BOOK that has ever been written! When we rendezvous with The Person of The Holy Spirit as we read what God has written there, it becomes stored in our heart for The Holy Spirit to access it and bring it back to our remembrance. You will find that the Scriptures will become applicable to whatever you are going through, at any given time!

            There are wonderful Bible teachers that can, especially early in your walk with God, help you to receive good teaching and encouragement right away. Though informative, those Bible-teaching programs are never meant to be a substitute for close relationships with people who love and serve God. At times, the transformation process that you have now begun will be difficult, and you will be tempted to go back to your old ways of living your old life. It will be during times like these that hanging out with strong Christian friends and mentors will be crucially important. There really IS strength in numbers! (Selah)

            And remember... growing in Godliness requires purity of focus, staying steadfast, immovable, and uncompromising in the faith of Jesus Christ, and now more than ever, no matter what, Keep PRESSIN' IN! You might consider using our book  LETTERS FROM THE FRONT, the special collection of keys to defeating hindrances that have kept many of God's servants from walking with the confidence and authority that Jesus Christ died to provide for us! Twelve life-changing chapters include:

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Sin Makes Ya Stewpit!
The Cart's Before the Horse
The Crisis of Eroding Integrity
The Fruit's on the End of the Limb
Too Quick to Compromise
The Rarest of All Breeds!
Please...Stop Stinkin'
Three Keys to God-Pleasing Faith
Let It Go
Understanding the Fear of The Lord
Into the Secret Place
Give to Give


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We pray God uses this message, and all of our resources, to fan the flame in your heart for Christ Jesus, His wonder-full Ways, and His Plan and Purpose for you in this life. We are eternally grateful for our loving Toward The Mark Family of sponsors who make this blog, and all of our resources, possible by their faithful prayer and monthly financial support! If you have any questions about our work, or if you would like to make a special tax-deductible donation, or place a special order for any of our books, magazines, or CDs, or share a testimony or prayer request with us, please  e-mail us. Also feel free to write a letter and mail it to TOWARD THE MARK, P.O. Box 1152, Yorktown, VA 23692-1152.
With love we lift you to The LORD in our prayers, hopeful that you have determined to keep Pressin'IN to fulfill your part in this new season of opportunity when God is redeeming America and we get to Focus-Lead-Overcome in this modern-day "exodus" from bondage into freedom. We appreciate you eternally for taking part in our work by downloading this Pressin'IN *TowardTheMark* Blog!

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To Show GOD BIG in a World that Sees Him small… 
sums up the reason Keith stepped out in faith to focus on reaching the lost and strengthening believers everywhere, through Toward The Mark, Inc.  Keith and Brenda's prayer is that you will be encouraged and edified by the Secrets from God's Word that Keith recounts in our written and recorded products.

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Saturday, December 24

God... Can These Bones Live Again?

These last few months have presented us with many wonderful opportunities to glorify our King Jesus Christ in a number of different ways. As we sat down to begin writing to attest to you how wonderfully The Trinity had both presented to us and led us through each assignment on the list, The Holy Spirit drew our focus toward two in particular.

       For starters, during the run-up to the elections we produced, packaged and mailed out packets containing a copy of our own "TTM Christian Voter Guide" along with a pocket-sized copy of "The Constitution of The United States". Especially leading up to election time, we as Christians and Americans are blessed with the priceless opportunity to bring attention to and promote the two most sacred "ancient landmarks" that we have been given as gifts by God: His Holy written Word and The United States Constitution. These two sacred landmarks are what Satan and his human accomplices are working frantically to destroy in the eyes of the American people, using tell-a-vision (TV), radio, online social media, print communications, and the like. Our "TTM Voter Guide and Pocket Constitution Campaign" is not simply another mailing, we view it as our ministry Team's return-volley against the demonic forces of Satan who are bent on the destruction of God's children and humanity as a whole from receiving The Truth, Who is in fact Jesus Christ. We pray, "Oh, Father God, In Jesus Christ's Holy Name, let each of us stand before You on that great and glorious day having given our all for the sake of spreading The Truth, Who is Jesus Christ, and for the fulfillment of Your dream for Your creation, in Jesus' Name we pray, Amen!"

        As a side note, please pray and fast with us that the great news of The Trinity that we share on social media will continue to increase in viewership, despite Satan's all-out war to blind the public to all we are doing to lead others in-to oneness In Jesus Christ. This includes the many messages we have posted on Pressin'IN Blog, on our Toward The Mark Podcast Channel, and have produced and released in both written and recorded media, all for the sole purpose of spreading the wonder-full Gospel of Jesus Christ and The Gospel He preaches.

     Now, here is the second thing that The Holy Spirit had illuminated to us. As you read this we pray that you will see why we have saved it for last.  As we have been in our times of prayer with The wonder-Full Trinity, I (Keith) have increasingly been shown something that we believe wholeheartedly is, not just a Word from God for Brenda and myself but is also, a Word from God for you. It all ties into my being asked some forty plus years ago to play and sing my original songs that our Father, Jesus Christ, The Holy Spirit, and I had written together and performed for a crowd at The University Of North Carolina (UNC). An event that I have thought back on over the past six months in particular and thinking to myself: "Has my music and reaching folks in concert settings, like I have done on so many occasions in the past, served its full purpose?"

        As a result, I began asking our Father, if the platform of music that He had anointed me for at one time could ever live again. I asked if it was in His plan for my life to anoint me for a new season of musical fruitfulness, like He had done so graciously so many years ago. Within the same week of my asking God that question, as I was in prayer, I saw in my spirit Ezekiel's vision where The LORD carried him in The Spirit over a valley that was filled with "dry bones". The "bones" implying that many people had died there long ago, long enough for the flesh to decompose. "Dry" bones implies that the bones of those people had been there so long that every cell in them had died, clear down to the very marrow, which takes many, many years.

       We have a question for you. Is there something that God has shown you, something that has not come into fruition in your life yet? Is there something that you have been believing God for, with all of your heart, but it has not yet come to pass? Is there something that you have believed God for, something that could reach many for Jesus Christ, but, whenever you have tried to make it happen, you seem to hit a wall? Or, like me and my performing my songs, is there a passion, a vision you still carry, something you had done in years past but have recently been wondering if it could live again? 
Bren and I believe wholeheartedly that, as you read Ezekiel's vision, God is going to breathe His Holy Spirit, His Life, into whatever it is that you have prayed fervently to come into fruition.  
     Bren and I believe that God has held you in reserve until now for many strategic reasons. We pray, in The Name of Jesus Christ, believing, as you read Ezekiel's vision, that the very same Holy Spirit that filled those "dry bones" and raised up a mighty army from what was seemingly dead and gone forever, will breathe the Life of God in-to you and will raise up the vision you have carried for so long! Now, take a deep breath, relax, read slowly and listen intently for the still small voice of The Wonder-Full The Holy Spirit as you are reading...

       "The hand of The LORD was upon me, and carried me out in The Spirit of The LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones, And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry. And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest. Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of The LORD. Thus saith The LORD GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live: And I will lay sinews (Vigorous strength; muscular power) upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am The LORD. So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone. And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them. Then said He unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith The LORD GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live. So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army. Then he said unto me, son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts. Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith The LORD GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel." Ezekiel 37:1-12

       We are here, in the time when God is calling us to stand up and speak to the armies of God in Christ Jesus' Mighty Name and by His Authority. Much like Abraham waiting and waiting for God to fulfill His promise to him of a son, many believers are in that hour after they have walked with our Lord faithfully but have grown weary on their journey. The Lord is calling all whom He has used in years past to "arise" and "advance toward" the fulfillment of God's dream for their lives. No longer will they be convinced by deceiving spirits saying, "That once-wonderful season when God was working through you, and all of what He put in you, is o-v-e-r." The Lord says to you...

        "What you just 'knew' was your 'hay day', the fulfillment of Your Father's Will for your life, was actually your Boot Camp, your time of preparation! NO, you are not finished... far from it! The time you have been praying for, been sowing for, and been working towards and waiting for has arrived! You have been in preparation for this hour! The lies you have heard, the fiery darts from the enemy that have come to convince you that your time is done, has in truth served to temper you and to set your resolve for what is at the door, for what I had designed and created in you from the foundation of My Earth." The LORD says, "I have allowed your bones to dry up, which takes many years, so when those who see Me breathe My Life INto you, they will know that it is Me that has chosen and prepared you for this hour! You will not be operating on your last season's anointing. You are not be propping up something that I use to do. You are moving forward in what I have raised up for you! I have prepared you for this exact time! My Mighty Army is being revealed now... and there is no force in hell or on the earth that can stop them! Now, step forward into the vision I have written and am birthing in you, and I will meet you there!"

       "Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you (James 4:8)." That is His PROMISE to you!

       We pray that these words bless you greatly. We want you to know that we are standing alongside you in prayer, from now and through to the complete fruition of the wonder-full gifts and calling that our Father has created in you... from the foundation of His Earth. Thank you over and over again for standing with us, as we are daily working out all that God has worked in us for His glory! The marriage supper of The Lamb is on the stove! Can you smell it?

       Thank you for your love and friendship, especially in our collective efforts to glorify Jesus Christ day in and day out. We love you and pray for you that God blesses you beyond your ability to contain it all... for all you do, or have done already, that makes our work possible.

       "The LORD gave the word: great was the company of those that published it (Psalm 68:11)."


Your friends and servants in Christ Jesus,
    
To Show GOD BIG in a World that Sees Him small… 
sums up the reason Keith stepped out in faith to focus on reaching the lost and strengthening believers everywhere, through Toward The Mark, Inc.  Keith and Brenda's prayer is that you will be encouraged and edified by the Secrets from God's Word that Keith recounts in our written and recorded products.

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