On May 31st we celebrate Memorial Day.  As you know, that is the day in America where we remember those in the armed forces who died in their service to our nation.  We remember how many in their in their trial by fire gave the ultimate sacrifice.  Ultimately, they laid down their life for our nation’s freedom.  That sacrifice is worthy of a memorial.  

Consider Romans 12:1-2 ​which says, "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God."  This verse underscores what Jesus said in Matthew 16:24-27 24 where it says, "Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. 25 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. 26 For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? 27 For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his works."
 
This Memorial Day combined with those scriptures inspired me to consider what the Bible says about trials by fire, sacrifices and memorials.  Consider the following:

By Tim Taylor May 26, 2021 - This past weekend I saw members of our church, of which some were public school teachers, interacting about Critical Race Theory.  My job description comes from the Lord Ephesians 4:11-15 where it says, and please note the underlines:

"And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, 13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; 14 that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, 15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ."

The goal is the equip each person to serve as a minister.  Now our folks discerned well.  But I have seen many in Christendom who do not know how to discern.  With that in mind, the scripture revealed that the standard is to which we compare ourselves to is Christ.  The challenge is immaturity, changing winds of doctrine, trickery of men along with their deceitful plotting.  My assignment, the believer’s assignment, is to speak the truth in love. 

To equip the believer in Jesus Christ to serve as a minister they must mature.  Hebrews 5:12-14 tells us that the mature believer can discern between good and evil. Discern also means judge.  1 Corinthians 2:14-15 teaches us that the mature, spiritually discerning one does not judge people, as that is the Lord's job, but they do judge things such as words and actions.  How do you decide?  You compare the words and actions you observe to God's word.  

That statement reveals one of the biggest challenges today.  That is ignorance of God's word.  The American Bible Society reported that in 2020 only 9% read their Bible daily.  Barna reported in a report about a decade ago that only 11% have read through their Bible once and recently they reported that only 19% of Christians hold a Biblical worldview.  

Hosea 4:6 says, "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge..."

Without the knowledge of God's word, you cannot judge or discern.  You see my opinion means nothing.  God's word, which is the Truth, means everything for that is what will ultimately judge us.  Jesus said in John 12:47-48:

"And if anyone hears My words and does not believe, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. 48 He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him—the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day."

by Tim Taylor May 19, 2021 - Some of you may remember that in years past when I oversaw Watchman Ministries International I ended up on a list of ministers prepared by a heresy hunter which accused me of being apart of NAR which stands for the New Apostolic Reformation.  Over the years I've watched the number of these heresy hunters grow. 

Recently, Daniel Kolenda released an 100 minute podcast wherein he beautifully models what I advocate when it comes to judging prophecy, judging prophets, addressing a doctrinal issue or addressing a sin, disagreement or nipping gossip in the bud.  Daniel goes back to the source and quotes (Dr. Peter Wagner) exactly what was said,  You will hear quotes of critics and even part of an NPR interview.  In other words, he examines their words in the context of their worldview.  It's excellent. 

His podcast does two things I want to highlight.  First, he sets an excellent example on how mature Christians ought to discern both good and evil (Hebrews 5:12-14, Proverbs 18:17 and John 8:32).  You compare the specific words that were said or the specific actions taken by a specific individual and then you compare it to God's word and or the origin of the actual issue  For example, you will discover that Dr. Wagner states he was not a part of any of the movements he was researching nor did he start anything but rather came up with a name, New Apostolic Reformation, as part of an "academic exercise".  Then he quotes the heresy hunters and you'll find them attributing many things to Peter which are just not true if you actually go to the source.   You'll also discover the role the media and politics played in this and most importantly, you will find that  Daniel's conclusions represent my convictions well.

With that in mind, click here for What is the N.A.R. and Am I Apart of It?  It is a 100 minute Youtube video.  I know it is long but well worth it.  You'll find the NPR interview starts around the 52 minute mark. 

By Tim Taylor May 14, 2021 - I saw this meme on Facebook this morning.  Immediately I thought, "It’s easy when you teach Common Core."  Their whole strategy is to undermine absolute truth.  For example, can you do math who no numbers?  The Democrat Left’s Common Core can.  

Common Core is absolute insanity.  That is unless your goal is to undermine absolute truth (helps if you are trying to change the numbers in an election), destroy a persons ability to critically think. For example, male and female existed for thousands of years and all of the sudden the Left has come up with 60+ genders when a concept was introduced in 1996 called "transgender."  The term "social construct" was a term introduced around 1966 which helped facilitate the emergence of the transgendered concept.  When you look at Common Core curricula you will find it overly sexualized, undermining parental authority and introducing societal norms that are contrary to God's plan for families.  In other words, it is lying and deception.   

What science are we talking about?  Could it be the subtle shift from referring to a baby in a mother's womb to fetus in modern history?  The goal, use a term to dehumanize the baby?   Perhaps, its useful if you are trying to change God’s definition of marriage which has been around thousands of years and acting like same sex can procreate. Or suggesting that a man or woman can actually change their sex through surgery or taking some hormones or make up 60+ new genders.
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These ideas, lies, deceptions whom some have sought to be legitimized through the creation of laws led by the same political party which historically fought against slavery (now tries to change history to cover it up their history as well as use race in an evil way to justify violence and destruction of cities, businesses and homes), welcomed the KKK, fought against Civil Rights, planted seeds of corruption in the Civil Rights movement bribing people with government programs which undermined the family unit, and became home to a familiar spirit (similar to the KKK) manifested through groups like  ANTIFA and BLM all who’s roots (founders/leaders reference people and ideologies) can be traced back to socialism which was first introduced in 1848 through Marx and Engels. 

The book, “The Communist Manifesto.”  Socialism was a concept introduced in this book as well as communism.   One of Marx’s precepts was the abolition of religion.  These are examples of modern false prophets who have trafficked in doctrines of demons.  The Bible warned us about how to recognize a fool. 
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The Biblical Fool

by Tim Taylor - May 11, 2021 - On May 6th I had a dream.  Here's a link to the short Youtube video. The dream was loaded with meaning. 

As the dream unfolded I found myself praying in a small tent with Brenda and a handful of over people. We were looking out the opening of our tent over a massive crusade.  It reminded me of a Mario Murillo crusade.  It was powerful. The glory of God was wonderful.  I took note that we were in a valley and remembered what the Bible said about the restoration of David's tabernacle and its key to the end-time harvest.  

On the Left ridge there was a magnificent and very large church building.  Actually, it reminded me more of a Mormon Temple in style.  But in the dream I knew it referred to the church on the Left.  On the Right ridge there was a smaller church building.  

The Church on the Left
Then I saw lightning strike the ridge on the Left right next to the building.  It was like the mountain ridge was filled with water and it began to boil and then it was like a dam burst.  The flooding was so very violent.  

Reported by Troy Green with Tim Taylor edits May 10, 2021 - Troy Green of Northwest Life Center hosted a Washington state apostolic council meeting on May 4th and a prophetic council meeting on May 5th.  Here's the summary from each of these councils.  They include a status in Washington with scriptures to help us discern and pray. 

Apostolic Counsel Meeting

• Church - Many Christian's decisions during the last election which were reflected in voting for a political party platform which was contrary to God's word regarding life (abortion), marriage (same sex), individual identity (ie. gender confusion) and a nation governed by laws and truth (vice lawlessness and lies) indicate just how shallow their relationship is with the Lord.  They are more moved by feelings and opinions of others than by the truth of God's word and the leading of Holy Spirit.  
  • Hebrews 5:12-14 2 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food. 13 For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. 14 But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil
    
  • Ephesians 4:11-15 11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, 13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; 14 that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, 15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ
    
• Education - The corruption plunge continues all the way down to daycare facilities including ones that are operated by churches.  A whole generation is in danger of brainwashing.  
  • Revelation 18:4 4 And I heard another voice from heaven saying, "Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues.
    
  • Matthew 10:16 16 "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.
    
• Family - The decline of moral legislation and growing corruption in the state-run education system underscores the growing responsibility of fathers and mothers to take responsibility to protect and raise them with the nurture and admonition of the Lord. 
  • Ephesians 6:4 4 And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.
    
  • Deliver us from the victim mentality and from a reliance upon civil government to meet basic needs and take personal responsibility.  Galatians 6:5 - bear your own load. 
  • Psalms 91:2 2 I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress;
    My God, in Him I will trust."
    
  • 2 Thessalonians 3:10 10 For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat.
    
• Regarding the rest of the mountains of society we declare:
  • Luke 10:2 2 Then He said to them, "The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; therefore, pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.
    
  • In the Government Mountain we pray regarding those in office, at the national, state, county, and city level, that 2 Samuel 23:3 says that he who rules over men ought to be just.  LORD if they are not just, then we pray remove them (Psalm 109:8 - let their days be few and another take their office). 

Prophet's Council Meeting