God does the Impossible in every second of our lives

Every act of God is something that we cannot do in the natural with our own power!! To not believe in the miraculous is to not know that your brain is functioning, your lungs are taking in oxygen to be placed in your blood which is then transported and delivered to every part of your body. To say "I don't believe in the supernatural" is the equivalent of absolutely having no idea that God causes your heart to beat every minute of your life. These amazing bodily functions continue while you sleep so we basically live in the supernatural every second of our life!!! If you don't believe me go get you some dirt, make a man, name him Adam and breathe life into him!!!! Let me know how that works out for you......O', I almost forgot, when you get Adam going on his own, put him to sleep, remove a rib from his side and make him a woman named Eve then get both of them up and going!!!! They have to be male and female so they can bear seed after their own kind because everything in the Garden created by God can produce. Yes, I would conclude that we ALL, child of God or not, are a walking miracle 24/7!!!!! God help us understand your power and help us walk in that supernatural miraculous power in all things without any doubt about what You are ABLE to do for us, in us, through us at any moment!!!!

"Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,"
‭‭(Ephesians‬ ‭3:20‬ ‭KJV‬‬)

I Believe,
Scott L. Boatner

Complacency; The Death of Spirituality!!!

In Genesis, Rachel cried, "Give me children or else I die"! In Samuel, Hannah wept sore before the Lord because "Hannah had no Children"!

"And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head."(‭‭1 Samuel‬ ‭1:11‬ ‭KJV‬‬)

Hannah was overcome with her burden to have a child to the point that she promised him to the Lord all the days of His Life!!! She cried for a "man child"
with such freshness of Spirit that the "Status Quo" religious leader of the moment accused her of being drunk on wine. Eli hadn't seen nor felt the Spirit of God in so long the he didn't recognize with it with it in his face!! May God help us get hungry for His Presence!!! Hannah wasn't playing church, she was giving birth to one of the most powerful Prophets that ever graced this planet.

"So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the coast of Israel: and the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel. And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites."(1 Samuel‬ ‭7:13-14‬ ‭KJV‬‬)

Samuel was so anointed with God's Spirit that his presence in Israel held back the enemy all the days of his life!!! How much SPIRITUAL POWER do we have on us? In another place, in another time the Nation of Israel had a death sentence put on her and the responsibility to get it reversed fell to a young lady named Esther. In order for her to get this death sentence reversed she had to see the King, to see the King required permission, you didn't just go waltzing up in his face. When called upon to do what needed to be done for her people; She was willing to do whatever was required to change the collision course with death.

"Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish." (‭Esther‬ ‭4:16‬ ‭KJV‬‬)

"As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?"(Psalms‬ ‭42:1-2‬ ‭KJV‬‬) (David expressing his thirst)

The Shulammite had deep desire for King Solomon! Do we have desire with such depth that it moves the Hand of God that moves the Nations?

"Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine."
‭‭(Song of Solomon‬ ‭1:2‬ ‭KJV‬‬)

The Apostle Paul knew full well the danger of preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ in hostile environments but yet he pressed on to fulfill God's purpose for his life!!

"But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more."(‭‭Acts‬ ‭20:24-25‬ ‭KJV‬‬)

"GET HUNGRY OR DIE EMPTY"!!!

I Believe,
Scott L. Boatner

"Jesus was Troubled"

"When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,"(John 11:33)

"Jesus was Troubled". The friend of Jesus, Lazarus, had died and Jesus was in another town preaching the Gospel when He got the tragic news. When He was to told about Lazarus, He continued His ministry for two more days then He left for Bethany to visit this family. If you will read the entire chapter, (John 11) you will find many revealing things about yourself byway of the personalities in this chapter. We all perceive things differently, as well as handle things differently. After Jesus and the 12 arrived and were greeted by various ones, we read that Jesus was "troubled"!! The word troubled in the Greek means "agitated". What was Jesus agitated or stirred about on this particular day? Please allow me to answer my own question with a question, I learned this from reading the gospels, Jesus often answered questions with a question. Was He troubled with the 12 disciples, given the conversation along the way to Bethany? When Jesus told them that they were going to Judea, the 12 immediately reminded Jesus that they were almost stoned to death there on their last visit. How could the God of the universe possibly make it through each day without us to keep Him informed on past, present and future events? Jesus tells them that Lazarus is asleep so let's go wake Him up, exactly what every dead Christian needs is a good shaking and waking!!! Once again the 12 come to the rescue with brilliance, if he's asleep, he's doing good. At this point in the spiritual lesson, Jesus plainly informs the 12 that he is dead and faith filled Thomas chimes in with, "Well by all means, lets go die with him". The fact that the 12 were as blank as a sheet of paper spiritually sometime was definitely troubling to Jesus. Could have the Spirit of Jesus been agitated by the underlying element of the war between God and satan, light and darkness, life and death, faith and flesh, spiritual knowledge and spiritual ignorance, etc..?? Do you think that it could have been the obvious fact that He was actually blamed for Lazarus death by the sisters, "If YOU had been here"? I'm amazed that all the stuff God gets blamed for every day. If you read the story of Adam and Eve very closely, you'll notice that Adam wiggles his way around to blaming God by saying the "woman" made me do it and You gave her to me. Could it have been the fact that these were some of His closest followers, friends and disciples but yet there is very little faith shown in this whole event except by Jesus Himself? Jesus longs for us to be as powerful and faith filled as He, can we be? "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father."John 14:12). Could it have been that when He was about to perform the miracle of a lifetime, that He was informed one more time that He couldn't fix this, "He stinketh"? In this chapter we have some of faith's finest but yet they were a long way from where they needed to be!! Where are you today on your journey of faith and maturity? How are you handling the stress or even sometime tragic events of life? In spite of the display of humanity at its best on this particular day, we have a MIRACLE! You too shall get your miracle, just lean on JESUS!! BTW, we all stink, some of us just don't know it yet.......


I Believe,
Scott L. Boatner

A New Day!!

Today gives us another opportunity to press into a great future!!

"I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus."(Philippians 3:14)

God has a purpose for each of us so we most definitely must press in close to hear even a faintest whisper of His Voice!!! Sometime in life we walk through seasons where the clutter in our lives is no longer important so we let it go so we can experience the Freedom of Spirit!! It is in those times we realize His "Grace is Sufficient, His strength is made perfect in our weakness"!(2Cor..12)

"Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up: Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong."
(‭‭Joel‬ ‭3:9-10‬ ‭KJV‬‬)

Our Strength is in God so say, "I am Strong", regardless of how weak you may feel today say, "I am Strong" and the strength of the Warrior David will rise up in you for the final leg of this journey!!! We have much left to do before Jesus comes........

I Believe,
Scott L. Boatner

"Trust"

I often say that getting dressed and going to Church is the easy part of serving God but Trusting by Faith is one of the hardest things you will ever do. We are so natural minded that we find it difficult to lean on Jesus and cast all our cares on Him. We are often overwhelmed by the cares of this world but if we Trust Jesus, He can and will calm our stormy seas that rage within and without!! When David was chased by King Saul for ten years, living in caves while Saul lived like a King at the palace, I'm sure it wasn't always easy to just "Trust"! The Bible says that "David encouraged himself in the Lord". After the ten year struggle was over, David penned these words; "I will love thee, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will TRUST; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies." (‭‭Psalms‬ ‭18:1-3‬ ‭KJV‬‬)
When Peter was walking on the water to Jesus in a storm at sea, all was well until Peter took his eyes off Jesus, looked at the storm, then Peter began to sink. "But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was AFRAID; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?" (‭‭Matthew‬ ‭14:30-31‬ ‭KJV‬‬)
The second Peter took his eyes off Jesus he opened the door to the biggest "Faith Buster" there is, FEAR!!! People often wonder why Job faced the things he faced but if you read the Book of Job closely you can find the answer in chapter three. "For the thing which I greatly FEARED is come upon me, and that which I was AFRAID of is come unto me." (‭‭Job‬ ‭3:25‬ ‭KJV‬‬)
Stay focused on Jesus today because He can be TRUSTED at all times under all circumstances!!!

I Believe,
Scott L. Boatner

What is it that I cannot see.....

The New Testament is filled with words like reveal, mystery, revelation, enlighten, show, etc.... If you read that New Testament you will read verses like;
"While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal."‭‭(2 Corinthians‬ ‭4:18‬ ‭KJV‬)

Things are rarely what they appear to the natural eye because they are not; The unseen spirit world controls the seen natural world. However if you are filled with the Spirit of God you can see into the Spirit world. It's a gift from God, it cannot be bought, taught, earned but comes only from the Holy Ghost!! If we are to understand God's purpose for our lives and be successful at that purpose we are going to have to look deeper. Some people are in shock that the world is falling apart, some have no idea what is going on but those that have read the scriptures and are walking in the Spirit are not shocked at all because they knew it was just a matter of time. The Spirit filled follower of Christ that is also immersed in the Word of God is not thrown off their game by all the distractions in their face. God has a plan that will happen, so find your place in that plan and stay your course.

"For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath."
‭‭(Matthew‬ ‭25:29‬ ‭KJV‬‬)

Please read the verse slowly, if you have Spiritual Revelation in you that God can add to, He will GIFT you if you will use it but if you won't, it will go to the person that will use what God puts in his or her Spirit. Just ask God to fill you with His Knowledge and place His glory on you. The Glory of the "Latter" shall outshine the Glory of the "Former" so our best days are ahead!! It will come, it is here now!!!!

" The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the Lord of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of hosts." (Haggai‬ ‭2:9KJV‬‬)

Follow the Glory and it will show you what you cannot see in your own power!

"And IT SHALL come to pass in the LAST DAYS, saith God, I WILL pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your SONS and your DAUGHTERS shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:"
‭‭(Acts‬ ‭2:17‬ ‭KJV‬‬)

The Jordon River opened to let Joshua cross to the next level of his life because He was following the Glory of the Ark!!!! Follow the Glory, Set your course and Stay your course because God has a PLAN!!!!

I Believe,
Scott L. Boatner

Oil, Russia and Israel... 3 Wars yet to come so you

Oil, Russia and Israel... 3 Wars yet to come so you might want to take time to read this in light of current events.

  The price of oil is down at the moment which brings joy to some and unemployment to American Oil employees. This is obviously a political move by Arab Nations to keep the US from using its own resources because they can't eat sand nor oil so it will keep us buying their oil. But since our "not so patriotic" politicians have made private agreements to buy their oil for years to come it's actually just a photo op to keep us thinking they are giving us a break on our oil prices from time to time.... NOT!!!  They are wealthy so they can do this on occasion to control the markets of other nations. But what they don't know is, it's God Almighty that controls the nations of the earth like pawns on a chess board!! The same is true of diamonds, millions of diamonds are kept in storage with a limited amount released into the market place to keep the price high by controlling the market. There are at least three more wars left to be fought according to the scriptures. The "Battle of Armageddon " in Revelation chapter 19:11-21 which is the 2nd war ahead, clearly at the end of the 7 year tribulation and is a World War involving all nations and "White Horse" riders that are Christ and His Church coming down from Heaven!!
The 3rd war ahead will be at the end of the 1000 year  Reign of Christ on earth which starts after the 2nd war, Armageddon. 

"And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, And shall go out to deceive the NATIONS which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to BATTLE;  the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the SAINTS about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from GOD out of heaven, and devoured them."(Revelation‬ ‭20:7-9‬ ‭KJV‬‬)

Ezekiel prophesies about another war in Ezekiel 38 when Israel seems to be at peace. Since Israel hasn't had peace since the early days of Solomon's reign this war hasn't happened yet. It doesn't have the characteristics of Armageddon nor the 3rd war in Revelation 20, so it must be yet to come but before Armageddon. 

 "And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,"  (false peace)
(‭‭Ezekiel‬ ‭38:11‬ ‭KJV‬‬)

The only peace in Israel's near future is in a time of blindness when they assume the "White Horse Rider" of  Revelation chapter 6 is the Messiah but he is the anti-Christ. The first seal with be opened immediately following the catching away of the Blood Washed Born again followers of Jesus which will release the "White Horse Rider"!!

 "And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer."(‭‭Revelation‬ ‭6:1-2‬ ‭KJV‬‬) 

The war of Ezekiel 38 will most likely take place sometime between the beginning of "Jacob's Trouble", the 7 year tribulation period and the midway point of this 7 years when the anti-Christ declares himself God then sits on the Throne of David. At this point Israel will know they have made a terrible covenant, the "Abomination of Desolation"!

"And thou shalt come from thy place out of the NORTH PARTS, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army: And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes." (‭‭Ezekiel‬ ‭38:15-16‬ ‭KJV‬‬)

(Highlights from article in The Telegraph)

"Russia faces oil export catastrophe, snared in Opec price trap;

Russia's crude exports to drop to $95bn over next 12 months as Saudi Arabia and Opec take aim with oil price weapon;

Comments made over the weekend by Saudi Arabia's powerful oil minister Ali Naimi that the kingdom would not cut production even if pricesfell to a level of $20 per barrel will have sent a cold chill through the corridors of the Kremlin where preparations are already being made to cope with a deep economic recession. Russia is being squeezed hard by a combination of tough trade and financial sanctions and plummeting oil prices, which are eroding its main source of hard foreign currency earnings."
(Article in The Telegraph in full)

Please notice that a marching army from the North with many people will come south on Israel. Please feel free to look at a world map and draw a line due north from Jerusalem, it will go straight through Moscow. Russia is facing a major financial crisis because they are not wealthy and can't compete with oil at 65$ per barrel much less 20$ per barrel. They will get hungry before long and come south but we have a Savior named Jesus that is watching the prophetic clock as it ticks away.....HE COMETH!!!

"For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."
‭‭(Romans‬ ‭10:13‬ ‭KJV‬‬)
(Please share this Prophetic Word with your friends, it is our calling to warn every man!!! Please join me on social media by sharing the Word of God with world. This unprecedented opportunity is in our hands, use it for God's Glory) 

I Believe,
Scott L. Boatner