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Monday, June 1

When a Believer Receives the Baptism in The Holy Spirit



God is able to move a Christian from Blessing to Power when he or she receives the "Baptism in The Holy Spirit".  Here are 7 Parts of the “Blessing”:

1:  Jesus Christ becomes much BIGGER in your life WITH HIM as your understanding of Him is MAGNIFIED through the tutelage of The Holy Spirit …
John 16:13-16

13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come.
14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you.
15 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall show it unto you.
16 A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.

2:  In your daily Christian walk in communion with Him, He leads you to a stronger assurance of your Christian Life …
Romans 8:14-18

14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
16 The Spirit itself bears witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

3:  The Holy Bible becomes "alive" in your daily study, as you spend time in "rendezvous with Him" in God's Holy written Word …
John 16:12-15

12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come.
14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you.
15 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall show it to you.

4:  He enriches your prayer Life leading you into a new dimension of prayer …
Jude 18-23

18 How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.
19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.
20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
22 And of some have compassion, making a difference:
23 And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.

5:  He ushers you into an experience of the fullness of the love of the Person of God …
Romans 5:3-7

3 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation works patience;
4 And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
5 And hope makes not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.

6:  He helps you discover the real, indescribably joy in The Holy Ghost …
Romans 14:14-19

14 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteems any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
15 But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now you are not walking in charity. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.
16 Let not then your good be evil spoken of:
17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
18 For he that in these things is serving Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.
19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.

7:  He leads you into becoming effective in your individual, unique function in The Body of Christ …
Acts 1:6-14

6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
9 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
10 And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
 11 Which also said, you men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? This one same Living Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
12 Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a Sabbath day's journey.
13 And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.
14 These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

ADD:
1 Corinthians 12:1-14
1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
2 Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.
3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
5 And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.
6 And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which works all in all.
7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.
8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
10 To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another diverse kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
11 But all these works that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
14 For the body is not one member, but many.
Matthew 8:22 (Christ Jesus appeals to us to follow Him rather than to be as “the dead in spirit” or as “dominated by left-brain, egocentric, thinking beings”)
Mark 15:27 (Faith over calamity!!!)


2 Thessalonians 2:16-17
16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
17 Comfort your hearts, and establish you in every good word and work.
Your Comforter, Wise Counsel, and so much more, Holy Spirit. 



Listen IN to podcast #TTM012 for the key to Overcoming spiritual deafness and Hearing God's Matchless Voice...

            If you have not invited Jesus Christ into your heart to be your Lord and Savior in your life, stop right where you are and pray this in communication with God, "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!

            Every one of the sons and daughters of The Most High God need, and do well to heed, the words of wisdom from Apostle Paul's writing in Philippians 4:8-9, "Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you." Selah... Amen (Let it be so as we pray in The Name of Christ Jesus)!


Check out our Milestone Podcast #100 "You Were Born To Triumph!":

            THANK YOU for choosing to plug in at the Pressin'IN Blog of TTM!

       One great Truth Keith shares from all he has learned through 40 years of walking in oneness with God is, as Jeremiah says best, "Blessed is the man that trusts in The Lord, and whose hope The Lord is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit (Jeremiah 17:7-8)."

       We must challenge ourselves to watch for and record the breakthroughs God helps us to press in to pursue and recognize, daily, as James 4:7 promises, "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you (James 4:7)."

       Halleluia! We look forward to hearing how we can stand with you in celebrating your wonder-full life with Jesus Christ being mentored by The Holy Spirit! God bless you,
...and the TTM Family!



            This blog, and each Pressin'IN message, is lovingly shared with our heartfelt thanks to our prayer and financial support partners! If not for our small group of faithful sponsors, and our joint passion for and bond with our ministry team, this work would not be made possible. Please be forward to share this with everyone God moves on your heart to connect with on this front. There are likely many people you know who need to hear this "Word of God" message, who will prayerfully, by your sharing it, be turned to God and all He has for their lives. We love and appreciate you very much!
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Thursday, April 30

The Word Of The Only Wise God ...

"Just one Word from God will change your life FOREVER!"~Keith (and BrendaLee) Shealy

GOD SPEAKS in Truth to those who seek Him with their whole heart. But, what is the Truth He speaks in, or through? Jesus teaches us that The Word of God is Truth. So then, what is The Word of God, really?

            Whenever I have asked this question to a group in various settings, the responses were most often the same. The individuals would raise their Bibles in the air saying, “This is God’s Word!” As true as that is, however, that response still falls short of God’s original purpose for giving us the scriptures. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God (John 1:1)." “His name is called The Word of God (Revelation 19:13)." Jesus is The Word of God! God gave us His written Word, not as "an end" in and of itself, but as a means to an end! His ultimate goal is that we have an intimate relationship with Him by being transformed through The Word of Truth. As Jesus said in John 8:31-32, "If ye continue in My Word, then are ye My disciples indeed; And ye shall know The Truth, and The Truth shall make you free."

            That statement raises the question, "How does The Truth make us free?" The following verses are but a very small sampling of many Scriptures throughout The Holy Bible that can answer that question for us, in part or in whole. "This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success (Joshua 1:8)." “Be filled with The Spirit; Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; Giving thanks always for all things unto God and The Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ (Ephesians 5:18-20)." “My mouth shall praise Thee with joyful lips: When I remember Thee upon my bed, and meditate on Thee in the night watches (Psalm 63:5-6)." "(God is) my Maker, Who gives songs in the night (Job 35:10)." “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by The Word of God (Romans 10:17)."

            In order to be made free by the Truth of God’s Word, we must, in faith, submit our time to The Spirit of God by reading His Word, memorizing it, thinking upon it, singing it—all through the day and through the night. Through the continual planting (reading, speaking, hearing, memorizing, meditating, and singing) of God’s Word into the soil of our souls, the transformation of our souls takes place. The Truth makes us free. We do not know how this happens, neither do we need to understand this for it to take place. "And He said, So is The Kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear (Mark 4:26-28)."

            So, we can draw a parallel between The Truth that is able to make us free and our being able to watch a plant grow without ever knowing how it is happening. We accept it by faith and live in obedience to God’s Holy Word. Similarly, this concept of The Truth making us free is also found in John 6:63, "It is The Spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are Spirit, and they are Life.” The definition of the word “quickeneth” or “to quicken” is to make alive. Hence, the words of The Gospel that Jesus Christ preached, when administered into our spirit by The Holy Spirit, will bring the Life of Christ Jesus into our being. So, when we sow of The Spirit into our souls day and night, then no matter what may come upon us, out of the abundance we have sown shall come forth praises and thanksgiving to God, with godly deeds revealing the character of Christ. Jesus said, "He that believeth on Me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water (John 7:38)."

            As we faithfully meditate on the written Word of God, the time will come when we will enter the most wonderful place of all—the place where we actually hear the Spoken Word or Voice of God. This is where the fullness or abundance of Life truly begins! You see, it is really very simple; reading The written Word of God under the tutelage of The Holy Spirit prepares us to recognize and hear the voice of God when He speaks to us! This is what Jesus meant when He said, "It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God (Matthew 4:4)." This is also what is meant by “ye shall know The Truth, and The Truth shall make you free.” The written Word of God is simply the doorway into our being able to recognize and hear The spoken Word, the Voice of God Himself. This ability to hear God’s Voice is part of the most valuable prize of all, a close and intimate relationship with the true and living God!

            Do you see why it is so important that we learn and obey the written word? Because it lays the groundwork for our being able to hear our Father when He speaks to us. It is only by His Spoken word or Voice that we can receive His anointing and be led into all good things. Only through our pursuing this kind of intimate relationship with God can we obtain a true life of integrity! "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path (Psalm 119:105)."

            If we want the abundant Life that Jesus came to provide for us, then we have got to be diligent in seeking after Him with our whole heart! We must be diligent to position ourselves for listening to hear His Voice and for obeying His every Word! "The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have Life, and that they might have it more abundantly (John 10:10)." Our ultimate goal, every day, is to constantly grow in knowing The written Word of God so we recognize His Voice above any other! Jesus said, "My sheep hear My Voice, and I know them, and they follow Me: And I give unto them eternal Life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of My Hand (John 10:27-28)." Those who study to hear The Word of The Only Wise God, and who also listen to obey the Voice of our Father God, will always send up a sweet-smelling aroma that will bring pleasure to the Heart of our Almighty Heavenly Father!

Listen IN to podcast #TTM012 for the key to Overcoming spiritual deafness and Hearing God's Matchless Voice...

            If you have not invited Jesus Christ into your heart to be your Lord and Savior in your life, stop right where you are and pray this in communication with God, "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!

            Every one of the sons and daughters of The Most High God need, and do well to heed, the words of wisdom from Apostle Paul's writing in Philippians 4:8-9, "Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you." Selah... Amen (Let it be so as we pray in The Name of Christ Jesus)!


Check out our Milestone Podcast #100 "You Were Born To Triumph!":

            THANK YOU for choosing to plug in at the Pressin'IN Blog of TTM!

       One great Truth Keith shares from all he has learned through 40 years of walking in oneness with God is, as Jeremiah says best, "Blessed is the man that trusts in The Lord, and whose hope The Lord is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit (Jeremiah 17:7-8)."

       We must challenge ourselves to watch for and record the breakthroughs God helps us to press in to pursue and recognize, daily, as James 4:7 promises, "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you (James 4:7)."

       Halleluia! We look forward to hearing how we can stand with you in celebrating your wonder-full life with Jesus Christ being mentored by The Holy Spirit! God bless you,
...and the TTM Family!



            This blog, and each Pressin'IN message, is lovingly shared with our heartfelt thanks to our prayer and financial support partners! If not for our small group of faithful sponsors, and our joint passion for and bond with our ministry team, this work would not be made possible. Please be forward to share this with everyone God moves on your heart to connect with on this front. There are likely many people you know who need to hear this "Word of God" message, who will prayerfully, by your sharing it, be turned to God and all He has for their lives. We love and appreciate you very much!
Every gift is appreciated and helps.
Mail Tax-deductible Check Donations to:
Toward The Mark, Inc., P.O. Box 1152, Yorktown, VA 23692-1152.




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Monday, March 30

We'll FIGHT ... Our Finest Hour!


"You and I best be believing that this fight can, and will, be for 'Our Finest Hour'!" -- KeithAndBrendaLee Shealy



Last week, when I (Keith) was listening to a friend's fears concerning a mass spread of the coronavirus, he asked if I thought we in America run the same risk as in other countries. He also wanted to know, if we are at risk, what would I suggest each of us do to defeat it. I'm not a physician of course but, after I thought about how I could set his mind at ease, I gave him my personal opinion that the deadly effects of the COVID-19 are not nearly as much of a risk to the lives of our citizens, per capita, as to citizens of other countries like China and Italy. He was quick to respond by asking, "Why? Why would this thing be called a worldwide pandemic by those with brilliant medical minds, yet you're able to say that we don't run the same risks in America?"

We've had friends over the years who travelled to many different countries around the world. Several of them had spoken about how much cleaner the United States is compared to every other country they had travelled to for work or vacation. Why do I mention that? Because, when it comes to starving the coronavirus or any other bad viral bacteria, we've got the best conditions and practices right here in the U.S. with our good sanitation, healthy eating habits, and overall hygiene. Just to hear me say that helped our friend feel better. He candidly replied, "You know, as simple and obvious as that point is, I hadn't even thought of that." I also told him that it's times like these that can come to remind us to sterilize our souls, the inward man of the heart, every day. Just as we focus our efforts on keeping our bodies healthy and prepared to maintain us in our life, our spiritual being needs kept as well. We are fighting against all kinds of "germs" that constantly attack our body, soul, and spirit, being in the world. The process of sterilization is crucial to our lives in critical times like these. As we pay special attention to our physical health, we cannot allow fear and misplaced focus to cost us the important attention we must pay to the principle thing of the remaking of our soul.

Just as coronavirus is able to spread in the natural, unclean spirits are able to spread in the spiritual realm, I told our friend. He replied, "I don't get it. What does that mean?" In order to keep my answer short, I explained simply that we fight against "spiritual germs" that are no less deadly than germs in the natural realm, but they are called "unclean spirits" that we identify with. To further explain, a few examples of those "unclean spirits" are fear, intimidation, anger, worry, anxiety, and greed, all of which can be passed to us through the lives of those we are exposed to, much like we know germs and bad bacteria are able to spread in the natural. Through the lives of people who have been exposed to people "infected" with unclean spiritual germs, the unclean spirits are able to spread as well. So you see, it all gets back to staying clean using sterilization, physically and also spiritually!

As soon as our conversation finished, The Lord reminded me, by the wonderful Holy Spirit of course, something I learned earlier in life concerning the process of sterilization in the physical realm. This may help better explain the crucial importance of using cleanliness by sterilization to defeat unclean germs, both in the natural and in the spiritual. I remember the first time when I heard the name of Florence Nightingale. I was a little boy and my dad was working in the medical field developing the designs, production, and sales of new medical devices and equipment. It was through Dad's work that I learned about the remarkable accomplishments of Florence Nightingale, and so much so that her legacy has been imprinted on my mind ever since. During his time in the medical field, Dad accomplished a rather mammoth feat. He designed and took to market thirty-eight new medical devices, each one of them needing a unique and note-worthy product name, slogan, and sales campaign. To me, that was perhaps the most exciting part of the entire development process.

Every time I would see Dad come home with that easily-recognizable smile and spring in his step, I would just drop what I was doing and follow him into his office. One day when I was about ten years old, Dad came home excited about a new product in the trademark process that was just months from being introduced to market. That particular day is when I heard of Florence Nightingale for the first time. In the mid-1960's there was a real need for a more effective way to sterilize medical instruments such as scalpels, needles, and syringes. The product Dad had been developing was a device that would be capable of substantially reducing the transference of germs that were increasingly taking the lives of people in surgical and recovery hospitals. If you know anything of the profound sterilization processes that Florence Nightingale fought to implement, and the fierce resistance and hospital regulations she had to fight, you know just how mightily God used her brilliant discoveries in saving countless lives, both then and to this day. When Dad told me his plan to associate his new sterilization device with Florence Nightingale, referring to her as "the mother of modern-day sterilization", I remember thinking how fitting that was.

Florence Nightingale lived from 1820 to 1910 and is well-known in England as "the mother of nursing." She was just 16 years old when she is known to have said that "hearing the voice of God" it was confirmed in her heart that she was being called to care for the sick. In short, God had given her the wisdom to know that, if she could provide more sanitary conditions on the battle fields, in hospitals, and in homes, she could help to greatly increase the chances of sick or injured patients to survive the deadly diseases that occurred at any uncertain time. As a matter of fact, her first assignment as a military field nurse for the British was to oversee a filthy, disease-riddled, rat-infested military field hospital during a war against the Russians. The lives that she and her nurses saved in the first few months were in the thousands, just by their implementing sanitary work conditions. As a result of her training up new nurses in the crucially-important practice of sterilization, facility cleanliness, and feeding patients nutritious, sanitarily-prepared foods, the mortality rate improved so much and so quickly that Florence received worldwide acclaim and was awarded the highest honors of a number of different nations. Also, she accomplished all of that despite the sad fact that her mother and dad, high society folks, were ashamed of the noble career path she had chosen. Among the many revolutionary ideas of Florence Nightingale and her life's work, she also is the inventor of the pie chart.

As you may well-imagine based on my brief dissertation of Florence Nightingale and her storied life and victories over unsanitary conditions, God used her as a gift to all of us. With that, we would like to share this little poem we've put together, in the fashion and spirit of Sir Winston Churchill's famed rallying cry to the British people during Germany's brutal attacks and bombings over London in World War II. We hope it'll make you smile as you read, "We'll Fight!"

"We'll fight these COVID-germs at every turn, in the inside and outside air, we'll fight'em in bathrooms and kitchens too, we'll fight'em everywhere! We'll fight'em in our houses round, up noses and even our britches. We'll fight'em on steering wheels, on desktops, and in frig's. We'll fight'em on our hands and faces, in nooks, crannies, and ledges. We'll fight'em in their dens and caves in unexpected places. We'll fight'em up, we'll fight'em down, we'll fight'em side to side, we'll fight those germs and devils both... 'til each of'em has died!"

And the greatest gift of all, God-given by way of the cleansing, purifying blood that His Son Jesus Christ shed in His suffering and death on the cross for us all, whosoever will ask Him will be saved. Let's reflect on our Father's promises to each one of us, individually, in Isaiah 54:10-17, "For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but My kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of My peace be removed, saith The LORD that hath mercy on thee. O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colors, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones. And all thy children shall be taught of The LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children. In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee. Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by Me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake. Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy. No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of The LORD, and their righteousness is of Me, saith The LORD."

We close with letting you know we are praying for you and all who stop here to read this blog, standing together with believing that this can be "Our Finest Hour". We pray in The Name of Jesus Christ, by His Authority, for God to raise His hedge of protection around you. We will continue to be warring in prayer on your behalf, and will continue praying for you once this unpredictable fight is past.

You and I best be believing that this fight can, and will, be for 'Our Finest Hour'!"

If you haven't already, write God's promises on your heart, "... No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper... (Isaiah 54:10-17)."


HEAR the podcast testimony that set Keith's affections firmly on God; Warring Angels are what God had in store that night, something that no one could imagine possible or be prepared to endure...The Night That Changed My Life Forever!


We, too, can know without a doubt that, if God gave those who have gone before us the strength, the help, and the resolve that they needed to finish their course, just like He did for Florence Nightingale, then He will most certainly do the same for us who ask Him. So we, now, are just as capable to initiate, perform, and finish the missions that He has assigned us to complete, as well as those before us have.





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            Our sincerest hope is that this blog enables The Lord to strengthen you in faith and oneness with Him. We would also like to invite you to take advantage of even more messages available for encouraging you, and for your friends and family members as well, especially available in one of our most-requested Toward The Mark books entitled "Letters From The Front." We want to personally invite you to get your personal copy today.

            Our book  LETTERS FROM THE FRONT is a special collection of 12 of our most-requested teaching titles:
Sin Makes Ya Stewpit
The Cart's Before The Horse;
The Crisis of Eroding Integrity
The Fruit's at the End of the Limb
Too Quick to Compromise
The Rarest of All Breeds
Please...Stop Stinkin'
3 Keys to God-Pleasing Faith
Let It Go!
Understanding the Fear of The Lord
Into The Secret Place
Give to Give!


          This collection of twelve teachings, when taken to heart, will help you emerge triumphant over seemingly impossible situations... "LETTERS From The FRONT" available at TowardTheMark online.  We are eternally grateful for our loving Toward The Mark Family who, by their friendship, financial support, and faithful prayers, make this resource and all of our TowardTheMark INC work possible!


Would you write and let us know how this message has fanned the flame in your heart for Christ Jesus, His Ways, and God's Plan for your life? If you would like to request a special order of "LETTERS From The FRONT" or any of Keith Shealy's Toward The Mark resources, when you send us your donation request, simply mention "COMPLIMENTARY COPY PLEASE" for an extra THANK YOU copy that we will be happy to include in your shipment. Also, if you have questions about our work, resources, or giving tax-deductible donations, please click here to e-mail us. We welcome you to also feel free to write to us by mail at: TOWARD THE MARK, P.O. Box 1152, Yorktown, VA 23692-1152.  

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