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Friday, July 31

Cast Off Works Of Darkness; Put On The Armor Of Light


This is a historic time of opportunity to celebrate America’s 250th Birthday as we reach out with the Love and Gospel of Jesus Christ and win souls for God’s Kingdom...

"... for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the Armor of Light (Romans 13:11-12).”
We would like to begin with thankfullness for Jesus Christ teaching His disciples in God’s written Word, "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it gives light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in Heaven (Matthew 5:14-16)."
How thankful we are for such incredible works and answered prayers we have witnessed of God, Jesus Christ, and The Holy Spirit in our lives, both here in America and in the world! Especially considering everything the Three-in-One Holy Trinity has done through President Trump over this first 18 months as our Commander-in-Chief, we are counting our blessings. What a privilege we have gotten to work together, with Them, to fulfill God's passion in the Earth. We cannot thank our Father enough for giving us Donald J. Trump, his wife and family, and each of his talented cabinet and team members.
In just the first year-and-a-half of Mr. Trump serving his second non-consecutive term, being our 47th President since January 20th, 2025, God has begun miraculously restoring U.S. Constitutional order and the rule of law in America unlike any other time in our nation’s 250-year history. We thank and praise God for providing His divine wisdom, guidance, knowledge, direction, and protection on President Trump and his team. We eagerly anticipate all of what He has in store for the rest of this 250-year Birthday Celebration year of 2026 and beyond, in Christ Jesus our Lord!
Americans must have God and His written and spoken Word in order to be healed, redeemed, and made whole. This is especially true given the assaults of the anti-America, anti-Christ, anti-Constitutional presidencies of 2008, 2012, and 2020. As a ministry team and family our priority is to boldly reach out to people whose hearts and lives have been broken, many who have suffered much, even losing their loved ones, during the last administration's lawless objective to maim and destroy America. We have got to bind together, united, and pray for President Trump and his team in Washington. We pray that God will continue to anoint them with the ability to restore what so many of our American brothers and sisters have tragically sacrificed as a result of greed in the wicked hearts of federal and state politicians in government leadership.
During this time of restoration, we, the people, will remain steadfast as Christians in a Christian nation that began in 1776, 250 years ago this July 2026. We have pledged, and we pledge afresh, and will continue to pledge our allegiance to Jesus Christ and "to the Republic (for which our American flag stands), one nation under God, indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for ALL"... by shining The Light of God's Love to all who we come in contact with!
As unruly as things may appear to be, stemming from the lawless chaos of the former administration especially, we must keep our focus on getting wisdom, truth, and understanding from God and His Word, and allow The Holy Spirit to cleanse and heal us of the heart-break, fatigue, and harmful effects of countless offenses and intentional damages inflicted on our citizens of America. This is a historic time! We must sieze upon the opportunities we have right now for reaching others with the Love and Gospel of Jesus Christ.
"And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the Armor of Light (Romans 13:11-12)."
LET THE MIRACULOUS TESTIMONIES OF GOD'S GREATNESS BE IN OUR LIVES AND ON OUR LIPS! No matter what our adversary brings on us along the way, we will rejoice and be glad because we have "put on" Jesus Christ, Who IS the "Armor of Light".
Our wonder-full Toward The Mark family is passionate to fulfill the part God has for us to fulfill in these last days before Christ Jesus returns. Only by the Love of God in us are we able to win the hearts of those swept away in the tide of God-less-ness, even choosing to live opposite to God’s Word, Will, and Ways. Let's make it our collective goal for the coming months to reach out to and befriend as many people as possible, especially those outside of our social circles.
Let's share with other people, everywhere, our testimonies of faith in Jesus Christ as The Holy Spirit brings them to light in us. Tell them about each time when God answered our prayers, always walking and talking with us, and working things out in mysterious ways as only He does in our life. The results to come will bless both us and them, as our hearts become filled with gratitude, compelling us to offer up thanksgiving to The LORD for His very presence, for His being, and for every thing that He IS and does. ”
Let’s Celebrate our 250-Year Birthday of America shining The Light of The LORD Jesus Christ...
"For God, Who commanded The Light to shine out of darkness, has shined in our hearts, to give The Light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ (2 Corinthians 4:6)."

Remember also, "we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the Excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us (2 Corinthians 4:7)."
WATCH our "When It Comes To Sharing Your Faith" videos on the Toward The Mark INC channels online.
Thank you for hearing our hearts and our hearts’ passion for God, His written and spoken Word, and His People. We pray that this message fanned the flame in your heart to "reach for God" in greater ways than ever before.
"The LORD gave the word: great was the company of those that published it." ~Psalm 68:11
Your friends in this final hours' harvest of souls, with eternal gratitude to our LORD and Savior Jesus Christ,

& the TTM Family



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To Show GOD BIG in a World that Sees Him small… 
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"LETTERS FROM THE FRONT" is available now.
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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 our Father's 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, place a special order for any of our books, magazines, or CDs, or to 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.
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Thursday, November 20

Victory that Comes to Us by THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD -- Ephesians 6:11-20

The Toward The Mark MINUTE about "I Don’t Have a Beef with You – It’s those Wicked Spirits" aiming us toward liberty and victory for ALL... countering satan and his wicked spirits by learning and sharing “who” we are, Whose we are, and what we are put on this earth to accomplish... Showing GOD BIG in a world that sees Him small.


    As young Believers we kind of look at a suit of medieval armor; That's the first thing we think about when we hear of “the whole armor of God”. The thing is it’s NOT "a suit" of armor; IT’S GOD… Himself. If you listen to what (Ephesians 6:11-20) says, we are to put on the whole armor OF God... Himself. Be one "i-n Him" and one with Him.

The Scripture says in John 14:15-26 that we abide "in" Him, we make our abode "in" Him, we "reside" (or have "our residence") IN "GOD". I'm going to tell you, no unclean spirit in hell or flopping around the earth is going to try to get at us by a frontal attack on God. It's not possible. The beautiful thing about it is, the full armor of God, among so many other countless benefits it provides for us, it provides us with total protection.


Watch this TTM Minute message by clicking below here:
4 min., 57 sec.




If you study The Scriptures, you also see in Proverb 18:10 where God is called our "strong tower", that the righteous run IN to and are saved; “our strong tower IS God”. See (in Matthew 6:33), seek ye first "the Kingdom of God"; the Kingdom that IS God... NOT a castle that's on a cloud. The same way as “the armor of God” IS GOD, Himself. It’s not a "suit of" armor; the Armor IS God.

IN God is where we reside continually. Look at the particular (1 Thessalonians 5:17-18) Scripture that says we are to pray without ceasing. That passage is on the same line as (Ephesians 3:17-19) we are to dwell in God continually. We are to pray without ceasing. In other words, we are in continual communication with God. We don't ever break those lines... always listening and speaking out to Him. Exactly. Always God-conscious. And these are things we have to understand to be effective at seeing those unclean and wicked spirits in our lives be pulled down in the earth, so that we can work with God as His children, as His beloved heirs to the promise.

We have got to understand first how this enemy works and how we combat him. You know the (2 Corinthians 10:3-6) Scripture that talks about taking every thought captive. Why do we take every thought captive? Because those thoughts that so often come against us are from unclean wicked spirits and they come to steal, kill, and destroy. The Bible says (in John 10:10-29) that the devil comes not but for to steal, kill, and destroy our being able to rest in and relax in the reality of who we are and "Whose" we are. But satan is going to continually work. Satan's unclean spirits are going to continually work... to keep us from resting on the lap of God, to keep us from being able to enjoy God, from being able to rest our head on God's chest and listen to His heartbeat, and just enjoy, not doing, but just being. You see that? Just being. There is a concerted effort that continually takes place to keep us from our Father.

This point has got to be right in front of us, because it's so important to know. And the only way is to know God's written Word and wait and listen for God’s spoken Word. We read and listen, and that’s how we “seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness (Matthew 6:33)”... and all of our needs and supplications will be added to us. That's really powerful to know in order to know how to fight who the enemy truly is... it's not “flesh and blood”, not a person or people; it's the unclean spirits and the devil and his demons working through individual persons that are “willing vessels”.

Satan is like a roaring lion (1 Peter 5:6-11), walking about looking for whom he may devour. And if he's looking, that means there are people that know about his ploys and plot. So, it stands to reason that he has to “walk around to seek” out those who don't know, those with a lack of knowledge of God and His Word.

Speaking of Satan, the devil, walking around like a roaring lion, I've heard some people say something interesting. They say that Jesus Christ, after He died and was resurrected to Life after three days, one of the things He did when He took the keys to death, hell, and the grave from the devil was to use a pair of pliers and pull “the roaring lion’s” teeth out. That’s a great visual and, really, when we learn how to trust in God, rest in God, and wait on God, we "enter IN" to God.

Once we learn to trust in God, rest in God, and wait on God, and are entered IN-to God, at that point is when we can work side-by-side with our Father. We begin oyfully fulfilling His plan and purpose for our own Life and for our part in everything He created in this universe. And, moreover IN Christ, not only are we protected against the dangers and demonic activity, Him being our "armor" also means we're ready to go into the battle, which means we are ready to go on "offense" as well, right!!??

THE BIBLE passages for studying and sharing (in order of mention in this video):

Ephesians 6:11-20
John 14:15-26
Matthew 6:33
1 Thessalonians 5:17-18
2 Corinthians 10:3-6
John 10:10-29
1 Peter 5:6-11


As a ministry team and family here at Toward The Mark, our mission and vision is to lead everyone we come in contact with into the saving knowledge of our wonder-full King Jesus Christ!  As that great day of our Lord's return draws closer with each passing day, who do you know that could use this message of encouragement as you forward it on to them this week?


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  To help you further your fight to victory through the battles that confront every one of us in these turbulent times we live in, get your copy of our " LETTERS FROM THE FRONT." In this collection of 12 letters written from the front lines of battle fought in the spiritual, natural, and theater of the mind, Keith's Scripture messages will build your faith and help you reach God's full potential for your life.
"LETTERS FROM THE FRONT"
available now...
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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, place a special order for any of our books, magazines, or CDs, or to 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.



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Friday, September 20

Too Many Indians, Not Enough Chiefs--DARE to LEAD!

Too Many Indians, Not Enough Chiefs--DARE to LEAD!

Now playing... 🎶 WANTED: Faithful Leaders in Daily Pursuit of God and His Nature, Character, and Authority

This podcast conversation explores faith in leadership by the leading of the Holy Spirit, emphasizing the need for Believers to take authority and to be the model of Jesus Christ’s character.

Explore the necessary role of the Holy Spirit in our pursuit of oneness in God through Jesus Christ, leading us to take on His nature and authority. The discussion highlights the significance of godly role models and the call of God in the lives of all Believers in the body of Christ to become those leaders that, when people look at them, they are showing GOD Big in the eyes of all who see Him small.

9 min., 16 sec.

WATCH:

 



Hear full podcast episode on TowardTheMark’s podcast channel.

Our passion is to share with others this adventurous life, sold out to Jesus Christ, and to offer our testimony with the lessons we've learned along the way. Welcome to our wonder-full journey, Friend. We're so glad you're here!

Takeaways

  • There is a grave need for more diligent leaders in faith.

  • Believers are called to pursue God and His Nature so we reflect Him in our character, leadership, and life.

  • Authority comes from being in the constant presence of God.

  • The Holy Spirit embodies “Authority” and Righteousness of God in Christ Jesus.

  • Spiritual authority is gained through becoming one with God through Jesus Christ by the Holy Spirit’s lead.

  • Pursuing God to become one with Him is essential for success in Life.

  • Role models are crucial for spiritual development.

  • Promotion in leadership comes from God through Christ Jesus by the leading of the Holy Spirit in our Life.

  • Spiritual Authority is not about education but about our “pursuit” as proof of our WANT for God.

  • We must eliminate distractions that hinder our pursuit of The Holy Trinity.


#FaithAndLeadership #PursuitProvesDesire #SecretsWeFind #BetweenTheLines


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From the bottom of our hearts we express our eternal gratitude to our TTM Family of Faithful Contributors, by whose love for Jesus Christ, whose passion to see His Name magnified, and whose ongoing generosity makes this project possible. We also thank you for hearing our hearts here and for your investing in prayer and leadership where you are. We would be remiss if we went without offering you the opportunity to become a part of this outreach and many more projects like it. So, we now invite you to prayerfully consider helping us. The opportunity to sow your seed into high-yield projects (in the spirit) is too good to not share with you. For your convenience we provide self-addressed envelopes upon request, and we also accept PayPal donations from "HERE". All gifts are tax-deductible and very appreciated.
Our prayers are fueled with hope and expectation for fulfilling our spiritual assignments in this world, sharing The Gospel of Jesus Christ and The Gospel Jesus Christ preached... even more now 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 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 to bring 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 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 us to keep purity of focus, keep 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


To help you further your fight to victory through the battles that confront every one of us in these turbulent times we live in, get your copy of our book, "LETTERS FROM THE FRONT." In this collection of 12 letters written from the front lines of battle fought in the spiritual, natural, and theater of the mind, Keith's Scripture messages will build your faith and help you reach God's full potential for your life.
"LETTERS FROM THE FRONT"
available at
TowardTheMark online.


We pray God uses this message, and all of our resources, to fan the flame in your heart for Christ Jesus, for His wonder-full Ways, and for seeking His Plan and Purpose for you to fulfilll in this life. We are eternally grateful for our loving Toward The Mark Family of sponsors who make this blog, and all of our work, possible by their faithful prayers and monthly financial support! If you have any questions about Toward The Mark, or if you would like to make a special tax-deductible donation, to place a special order for our books, magazines, stickers, or CDs, or to 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 in Christ Jesus we lift you up to The Lord God in our prayers, believing that you have determined to, in Holy Trinity oneness, "DARE to LEAD". We appreciate you eternally for being here and we thank you for taking part in our work by downloading this Pressin'IN *TowardTheMark* Blog! Who do you know that might enjoy this and may also "DARE to LEAD"?

Your Servants in Christ Jesus,

    
To Show GOD BIG in the eyes of those who see 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.

We couldn't do this without the help of our friends!
This blog message, along with the complete collection of original podcasts, songs, blogs, books, CDs, and other Bible-based resources from Toward The Mark is made possible by the faithful prayer and financial support of our wonder-full Family of Sponsors. We'd like to invite you to come on-board, to become a part of the Family as well, by becoming a monthly financial partner. Your support will go toward fulfilling our God-given calling to help provide effective, contemporary outreach tools that are available to everyone, the churched and un-churched alike, all who desire to know more of the Love, Truth, and full-Gospel salvation of Jesus Christ. We invite you to partner with us, as we, "press Toward The Mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus (Philippians 3:14)."

Keep PRESSIN' IN!


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and put "in" you, of the ABUNDANT LIFE "with" Him!




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Thank you in advance for sowing your financial seed into the fertile soil of this ministry! We pray God bless you with a 100-fold return for your generosity!







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