Drop zone delta

By Jim Towers

Most people wonder how I can go around with a smile and joyful attitude all the time, (except of course when the occasion calls for seriousness or thoughtful inquiry). There are times when I even laugh out loud in public places – a rare sight indeed, especially these days when there’s not much to laugh about.

After I received Christ, I strove to be the best Christian man I could be, a complete man, thoughtful, forgiving, generous, kind, well read and self-controlled. Without the Holy Spirit’s help this would be an impossible goal, and even though I knew I could never reach perfection I tried to live a life pleasing to God. 

The secret to my confident demeanor is in knowing scripture – the Bible being my favorite book.

You see, “The Word of God is powerful, and shaper than any two – edged sword dividing unto the asunder of the bone and marrow and the soul and the spirit and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” Knowing this, I’ve tucked the Words and promises of the Bible into my innermost being. 

Wanting to counter the devils prompting to do wrong and to fear or even doubt God’s veracity, early on in my walk with the Lord I printed out about a dozen of my favorite verses and pasted them on prepared and colored (orange) pieces of wood and hung them together in my bedroom. 

From that point on I was able to overcome inevitable disappointments, and other things the devil would throw my way. Yes, I would stumble on occasion, but God lifted me up with His words of encouragement, dusted me off and sent me on my way to discover and fulfill my yet, unfulfilled destiny.  

I’ve learned that money, knowledge, and pleasure are temporal in the grand scheme of things. I have a peace that can’t be bought at any price and know that at the end of my striving I will inherit life everlasting. No more tears, pain and suffering only joy, wonder and continued peace.

A neighbor who is Roman Catholic is unsure of salvation, so I wrote the following and gave a copy to her and another moderate Christian since they believe in Christ Jesus but live in constant fear of not being good enough to make it to heaven.

Roman’s 4:5 “But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.”  “Without righteousness it is impossible to please God.”                       

John 5-24     Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

Eph 2:8-9   For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God lest any man should boast.

John 10:28   And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any [man] pluck them out of my hand.

Romans 10:9 That if thou shall confess with thy mouth and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

John 5:13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

John 8:1 [There is] therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

John 5:24   He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

So, my friend what is keeping you from these assurances. As the scriptures say, “My people perish from lack of knowledge”. So put down your romance, fantasy sci – fi and mystery novels and other fairy tales and learn to live a worry-free life.

Other good BOOKS,

Writer and filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza wrote this tome during Obama’s administration and it is still very informative and eye opening. In it you will learn about the beginnings of the Christian United States of America. The title of the book is “America – imagine a world without her”.

I also just read another smaller book titled “Gift of Life” by Henri Landwirth was of his tragic remembrances as a Holocaust survivor who just about gave up living, but just when he was at the end of his rope God intervened with the news that the war had ended. Three years in the death camps and one day it was all over. The Nazi’s had lost the war and he survived to come to the USA and prosper as a hotelier in Florida. 

You can probably obtain these books on Amazon.

YBIC

Jim Towers      

You can contact me at;  jt.filmmaker@yahoo.com. and www.propheticsignsandwonders.com

and visit me at www.dropzonedelta.com. 

By Jim Towers

So, the nurse walks me to the entrance way of the hospital, we say our goodbyes and I sat on a bench to wait for my ride. Just then a middle-aged guy is being wheeled out by an attendant. The man has apprehension on his face. But looking over at me he asks where I’m from. I tell him and I also tell him he’s from Boston. He looks over at me surprised that I knew, but his Boston accent was a dead giveaway. “What brings you here” I ask. “The old ticker” he replies. I say, “life can be rough.” He gives me a look of hopelessness and resignation. His ride pulls up and the woman driver comes out to fetch him.

Just as the woman gets in to drive away, after tucking him in I feel a strong impulse to pray for the man, so I get up and tap on his passenger side window. “I believe the Lord wants me to pray for you, would that be o.k. with you?” After The man brightened up and said, “Please do that.” And so, I said a short prayer adding that he might draw closer to his creator in this time of need. The man thanked me, and they drove away. As he did so, I thought I detected a sigh of relief cross his smiling face. (How often have you had a stranger ask to pray for you?)

On another note, have you ever noticed how God fails to answer our prayers expeditiously when we are in supposed need? I have. But God is not Santa Claus or our heavenly grandfather who caters to our every whim. He demands acknowledgement, justice and a way of life that is an encouragement to others who don’t know Him. 

Furthermore, when we are in want or need God expects us to do all that we can until such a time that he can move to help us in His own unique way. 

Speaking of resiliency, our bodies are made to withstand great pain and to repair itself and even overcome certain abnormalities, but if we abuse the rules of life that God Himself laid down we will ultimately bring pain and suffering to ourselves /which is usually the case. 

We often think we are the only ones suffering in this world, but it’s only human nature to think that way since we are always number one in our thoughts and actions. 

Now consider the orphan child who’s never even been hugged by a loving parent, or one lying hopeless in the streets of a war-torn country. All of this is going on while we watch the Super Bowl at Outback Steakhouse waiting for our juicy steak, baked potato and salad. Thinking like that way puts things in its proper perspective.

God watches all that’s taking place and soon the starving child will be in His heavenly home free of all distress and eating ice cream and cake. While this life is full of toil and trouble, it will one day end forever and we will live in perfect harmony with our beautiful surroundings – in heaven too.

We Christians believe we are the chosen of God and indeed we are. But that doesn’t mean we will not suffer loss or go through fiery trials, enough so, that we feel inclined to just give up, and that’s just what God expects us to do. We were never meant to live a fulfilling life in our own strength although many people try. The result is that we spend many sleepless nights worrying about things that don’t really matter in the larger scheme of life.

God often shows up only when you’ve finally reached the end of your rope and are lying face down on the floor drenched in tears. That’s when your faith is being tested – as if by fire. Like the purest of gold, the heat is turned up and the dross of sin floats to the top and is skimmed off. 

And so, the prudent Christian has given up on a selfish life and sees it all as vanity, for only when we throw our lives away for Christs sake can we really know what it means to live. Living life for the good of others is all we are asked to do “Thou shall love the Lord thy God and others as thyself” – for on these words rest the other commandments of God. Albeit even in doing so, we haven’t been promised a “Rose garden” or reward – yet. That won’t happen until we appear before the seat of Christ where we will receive our just rewards.

Life is not easy for most of us but if we keep focused on Christ Jesus who suffered tremendously for you and me, we can keep our head above water and bounce back with resiliency of spirit. 

Ironically, the best that God can do for us is to take us home – away from all that encumbers us. But God wants us to be light in an ever-darkening world, a world that is increasingly turning away from Him. 

The bible touches on all facets of human suffering from illness, worry, pain, deformity, leprosy and demon possession and Jesus healed them all – which is to say, that God can do anything. Don’t give up on Him. He’ll do what’s best for you – because He loves you

So, stand up straight, take a deep breath and keep fighting with God as your shield and salvation. The worse that can happen is that you might be taken home to Him – and that’s a good thing.

As for me, I’m totally surprised by the resiliency of the human flesh and its ability to bounce back and heal itself through proper measures. 

Note:

In doing research about my condition I found out that Magnesium is an essential element for good health, and that most of us never get enough of it through our food since the soil that our food grows in has been depleted of that very essential nutrient.

I am taking medication and have begun going back to the gym trusting God to do what’s best for me, but I continue praising Him for everything, both good and bad. (Sometimes the “bad things that happen to us are for our own good and may even for good to others that God has put me in contact with.)

BOOKS.

I just finished “Unfreedom of the Press” by Mark R. Levin, and although he gets into specifics, he held my attention and I had to agree with all he said. What a platform that learned man has. This book proved to be a worthwhile read. I strongly recommend it. 

YBIC

Jim Towers                

You can write me at jt.filmmaker@yahoo.com  and visit www.dropzonedelta.org or visit my website www.propheticsignsandwonders.com               

By Jim Towers

Integrity?……..some would say in today’s world…..What is that?

Christians of all people should have integrity and spiritual discernment. Someone once said, “Integrity is the way you behave when no one is watching.”

As most of you know, I’ve been in and out of the hospital lately and I wondered if doctors still recited the Hippocratic Oath upon embarking on this noble chosen profession. I’m inclined to believe that many practitioners are in it for the money. Some go into the noble profession because of the pressure and/or expectations of their parents. After all, that line of work almost guarantees monetary success, especially if you hook up with the bigger pharmaceutical companies who charge exorbitant prices for their products giving the Physicians a kickback for prescribing their products. Plavix for example costs over 400 dollars per prescription. Doctors can make a bundle by subscribing these meds. As a matter of fact, the head of a huge pharmaceutical company was charged with corruption in pushing opioids despite knowing that devastation it was causing in the public domain. He was very wealthy. 

It seems everybody is on the take, Doctors, lawyers, and politicians top the list of big money makers at the expense of the public. It seems that many of us have lost our moral foundations and gone crazy for money. 

Many such people have so much money they don’t know what to do with it. Lavish vacations, top of the line automobiles and yachts, face lifts expensive clothes and food and still they want more – what for? They will never spend all the money they’ve gathered. Some spend sleepless nights and guilty consciences and wonder why, some of these have crossed over to the dark side and have lost all sense of propriety and moral character. “The love of money is the root of all evil”.

Lying, is being used to cover up bad behavior even in the higher echelons of government. We refer to it as “little white lies” or better still “I misspoke” when cornered and having to answer to their accusers. Such are people in Government at the present time, but the Bible says, “Be sure the truth will find you out”. If that be so, then many in government will be facing jail time for their criminal excesses and lying to the court.

Many of the violations have to do with betraying the public trust. I mean, if you can’t trust the leaders of the FBI, CIA, the media, doctors, the clergy and our country’s leaders – who can you trust? “Although all men are liars – God is not.”

If you lack integrity and spiritual discernment, study the scriptures diligently and ask God to imbue you with these very valuable attributes, He’ll be more than happy to oblige you. However, this can only happen when we single- mindedly pursue them and quit being a double minded person who goes along with the prevailing winds.

Even as I write these things they are being confirmed like never before by other writers and news organizations to the point where it’s becoming eerie.

This brings up my latest anomaly which is being played out right now. 

I have been re – admitted to the hospital for what is being called an angina attack. This, after having another attack – and until I thought it over, I was perplexed since I thought the hospital visits were over, but after taking thought ( maybe it’s another God thing where he needed someone to be His spokesman yet again) so I just relaxed and went along of the ride. 

This time after the initial attack, (in which I thought I had “bought the farm) I eventually relaxed to the point where I thought the doctors might not believe I had experienced a relapse. But as it turned out, the very first person (nurse) I encountered just happened to be a Mormon who referred to herself a “Latter Day Saint.” Having done some research on that faith I knew what she meant and called her out on it. It seems that this cult has changed its tactics to omit the word Mormon. However, she did say that she read the Bible along with the book of Mormon, but she couldn’t quote scripture, something I am very familiar with. I quoted a couple of verses to which she had no reply. When I told her, I knew of Joseph Smith (the founder of Mormonism) finding the gold plates and of the angel Moroni, she blanched. Still however, we hit it off anyway as I determined she was a true seeker who was being hoodwinked by the Mormon cult.

Later, when I had time, I wrote down three Bible verses for her to ponder. The most straightforward one being – Revelation 22:16-20. as well Colossians 2:8 and 1Timothy 6:20. 

If this was the reason for my being here, then my hospitalization was not in vain. 

But another good thing happened as I was being wheeled to the echo cardiogram room, a young black man of about thirty (who was working here) just happened to see me as I was approaching the room sitting up on the gurney and called out, “Hey, don’t I know you from First Baptist?” “Yes” I answered, although I didn’t remember him.

He was very excited to see me and said he wanted to talk to me. I gave him the rapture ready address as well as dropzonedelta.com address. He was eager to tell me all that has transpired since the church fell apart, and I was eager to tell him things he didn’t know about the takeover. We agreed to meet later in my “holding pen” at the hospital where we could talk at length. He did say that he and his wife were seeking a new church and I can’t wait to tell him about my new church home. My new church home is also a huge church with many ongoing programs and the young pastor’s sermons are Biblically sound.  Now to me, this encounter and the encounter with the Mormon seeker was a divine appointment as well.

A couple of days ago I ran into the choir leader at a local restaurant and stopped to acknowledge him even though he shrunk at the sight of me hoping he wouldn’t be noticed, (he knew how much I liked the former pastor of First Baptist (Hayes Wicker) whom he and the other usurpers vilified and mistreated. Incidentally the leader of that cabal has left for greener pastures.

As all of this goes on, I’m reading “Unfreedom of the Press” by Mark R. Levin

YBIC

Jim Towers                  Write me at jt.filmmaker@yahoo.com  visit http://www.dropzonedelta.com/ and my website www.propheticsignsandwonders.org.

By Jim Towers

Dear Christian friends and seekers. I want you all to know that when I write about my exploits for the kingdom of God it is not in need of recognition, since I formerly worked in the entertainment industry and have had my share of acclaim. I write about these exploits because I want to encourage you to do the same. All too many of us are fearful about what others may think. Some of us are shy about sharing our faith because of lack of biblical knowledge, but one thing is sure, without concern for our fellow man we will do nothing.

Believing that we are living in the end times, today I pull out all the stops in proclaiming the Gospel even if it means rejection by nominal Christians and/or the government. We in the family of God seem to be so at peace with the world that we don’t give a second thought about the rest of humanity. 

There are a great many people searching for hope, in fact I would dare say that the vast majority of people in the world are doing just that, and for that reason I go all out in proclaiming the gospel without pretention or apprehension. 

Fear of man also makes us apprehensive about approaching others; something we should be doing out of love and concern since spiritual knowledge is the very thing they are looking for.  

The Holy Spirit is the revealer of truth and will shed light on the scriptures as we draw closer to God. This isn’t done through osmosis but through the diligent study of it. 

We are safe in God’s hands. Furthermore, He is the one who gives us the love and power to reach out to others without fear or shame. In this, we are asked to study (the bible) of course to show ourselves approved, a workman that need not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of God.  

I am convinced that God is going to bring in as many into the kingdom of God as possible before time runs out and they are left behind. So, don’t be afraid to share your faith with others. Many people are searching but in all the wrong places. You will be surprised at the response when you show concern for these lost souls. 

You don’t have to be sanctioned by your church or organization to reach others for Christ. This can begin in any numbers of ways, visiting a sick neighbor, praying for someone face to face or over the phone. 

Below is a recent encounter in carrying out my evangelical outreach. 

I took my car to the dealership to have the tires rotated and while the work was being done, I engaged two people in conversation. One was an older man and the other was a woman whose husband had just passed away. Right away I let them know what I was all about without any false piety. The response was exactly what I had anticipated. The man left to do something, and the woman opened right up, becoming teary eyed.  She exclaimed that she didn’t know what the world was coming to and was afraid – very afraid. I encouraged her and invited her to my church, emphasizing that she should read the Bible. She was a Catholic who hadn’t ever read it. Our conversation was cut short by a man telling me my car was waiting.

Later I went to the fishing pier to see the sunset and just missed doing so. Hundreds of people come each evening from all over the world to do so. Upon leaving I stopped to talk to an elderly black man who had gone to Catholic seminary but for some reason became discouraged and dropped out. I asked him where he went to church and he replied, “I quit going years ago and today I’m searching for Truth.” 

I knew then and there my reason for being at the right place at the right time. I told him what Jesus said, “I am the Way, the Truth and the life; no man comes to the father but by me.”  The man immediately came alive as if a bulb had been lit in his head. We talked a bit more and then I asked if he’d like for me to pray for him to get to know the Truth from scripture. He said, “Would you please.” I prayed like this with one hand on his shoulder. “Heavenly Father reveal to this man the Truth as written in the Holy Scriptures. May he find Jesus and grow in assurance that Jesus is the truth he seeks.” It was short and sweet. The man thanked me profusely and we parted ways.

Just so you know, I’ve been used of God to bring two sisters and a brother to faith in Christ. My youngest sister even came down from Michigan to have me baptize her in the ocean a few years ago. My latest exploit was to bring my nephew into faith in Christ over the phone and I’ve continued to disciple him over the phone as well, often with text messages.

The signs of the end aren’t becoming any less.  In fact, there are more earthquakes than ever before, more lawlessness, more wars and rumors of war and signs and wonders. People everywhere and in all parts of the world are searching for truth, peace and hope and the     salvation that only Jesus offers. We followers of Christ must pull out all the stops to make Jesus known.

As some of you know, I’ve written about my many exploits in a biography of my work in the film industry and the also the many miracles I’ve experienced over the years as I went about reaching others for Christ. It is still in manuscript form and I add to it periodically since my faith and ministry continues to grow. I could self-publish at this juncture, but I can see where this manuscript could be expanded as I go from one adventure to the next and I expect to eventually have a legitimate publisher publish my works.

YBIC

Jim Towers          

You can write me at jt.filmmaker@yahoo.com and you can check out my website www.propheticsignsandwonders to read the opening of my biographical manuscript.

By Jim Towers

We spirit filled Christians all have a responsibility to “out” heretics in these days of deception we can’t just let the minions of hell run over us. The days of “live and let live” are way behind us. We are entering into full frontal spiritual warfare with the forces of evil, there should be no more complacency for the Christian church, lest it be obliterated by the forces of evil. No more playing church or complacency. From now on we will be striving for our very existence. 

While it is much easier to just attend church and mind your own business and perhaps telling a few jokes or sharing the latest football score, it is imperative that we begin to get serious about our stand for Christ and the Gospel. Forget your favorite potluck dish for a while and begin to seek God’s face earnestly as the days ahead darken with evil plotting by evil people.

We have been called to be salt and light in a dying world. We are called to be a peculiar people as well, people who don’t run with the world in dissipation. Smoke, strobe lights and deafening music or entertainment is not what lost souls are seeking – they need the hope that only Christ can give.

In the meantime, the Roman Catholic church is still holding on to idol worship as well as harboring pedophiles and promoting the One World religion, making no bones about it. The pope even said recently that we shouldn’t be sharing the Gospel with others since we’re all children of God. I for one beg to differ since Jesus said, “Go ye out into all the world making disciples of all men….”

Protestants aren’t faring much better albeit, their idol is power and money and not some silly handmade ceramic images placed on an altar with candles lit in front of it. They are now letting sin laden women into the pulpits to spew their brand of religion making the word of God to no effect. Even homosexuals are mounting the pulpits these days as well as running for president.

Then there are the overt cults with their own twisted scriptures which gives us all the more reason to know scripture – to be able to refute their skewered claims. 

With so much deception going on in society and the church it’s hard to know where to turn. The only reliable source of answers to our most profound questions (and strength) being the unassailable Word of God. “Faith comes by hearing and hearing, by the word of God.” If you really want to know what’s going on these days, then crack open your Bible and “Study to show yourself approved rightly dividing the Word of God.”

We “born again, spirit filled” Christians are fighting a spiritual battle on several fronts and the inevitable consequences of letting these doctrines of demons proliferate will lead to our own self destruction as Christians.

As the days pass, we are hearing, seeing and reading about unbelievable atrocities happening all around the world with random killings, anti-Semitism and the rape of infants you would think we are doomed and indeed the majority of mankind is doomed to self-destruction for ignoring the Word of God.  

With the great falling away happening in our culture, those leaving the church may not even have been true Christians after all, and if they were, they were what Jesus referred to as seeds that fell on dry ground and had no depth and so they withered and died. 

Satan is having a field day in these days leading up to the great tribulation and it is becoming more evident that Satan is out to destroy the last remnants of sanity and Christianity from the face of the earth.

The lead usurper of the cabal at our church has finally thrown in the towel and left. In his wake of destruction and debt he finally called it quits. I expect his friends will soon follow suit. Half of the flock has scattered to the four winds in confusion and despair as the rest of the congregation dwindles and declines while remaining congregants venture into uncertainty. 

In the meantime, I am back in the hospital again to witness to others. (That’s the only explanation I can come up with since the doctors say I’m normal.) I witnessed to the first three hospital workers I encountered, one of whom was a young man who was a Jehovah’s Witness. The other two were nominal Christians just doing their jobs.

Being “cleared” after about two hours of examination I sat up in the gurney and immediately felt as if I had been sucker punched just under the heart. I twisted in pain and it happened again. Summoning the nurse over with hand gestures she came running when she saw me doubled over with pain. The young Jehovah’s Witness came with her, and together they hooked me up again to the monitor.

Long story short, I was kept overnight for observation.

Once I settled into my room a middle- aged male nurse came in to take my vitals once again. He was very amiable, and we hit it off immediately. I asked if he was a Christian and he affirmed that he was but when I asked his denomination, he said he was a teacher in the new reformed Roman Catholic church – a charismatic one.

As we talked, he attempted to school me about the Early Catholic Church and how it was the mother church for all Christian denominations. Knowing better than to go there and open a can of worms, I instead told him about my conversion over forty years ago and how I was “Born Again” in the middle of the woods at about mid-night after which I slept soundly for the first time in a long time. In essence – it was my testimony.  

When we talked about the dogma in the Catholic denomination particularly about “Mother Mary” I shared this scripture verse with him, “There is one mediator between God and man – the man Christ Jesus” Mary is found only to be his mother and not a mediator. 

As I countered the things he espoused and was apparently teaching, and he had no way to counter the scriptures I quoted, and he finally asked if I was a preacher. I, of course, replied no – but I told him that I had received Christ over forty years ago and gave him my testimony as he listened intently. Having to make his rounds, he left for a while, but when he returned, he was ready to hear more.  That’s when I said, “I could tell you things about how God has performed miracles in my life over and over again” and he replied please do! (Catholics love miraculous happenings.) And so, I began. 

After a short-abbreviated litany of a couple of these extraordinary “stories” he was fast becoming enthralled with what I had to say. Noting this, I quickly explained that I never told anyone about these things since they pertained only to me and I had no desire to be bragging about them for self -promotion.

In any case I finally concluded that God had me here to give a testimony to these lost and groping souls. What a privilege to think God could use me in this way.

Incidentally, a young single mother who’s a physical therapist here at the hospital is a former member of the church I attended. She too has left the church with over four hundred others.

YBIC

Jim Towers      

You can write me at jt.filmmaker@yahoo.com or check out my website www.signsandwonders.com or visit me at www.dropzonedelta.org.

By Jim Towers

I had only been out of the first hospital for a couple of days when I felt as if an Elephant was sitting on my chest as I sat in the easy chair at home. After the intense pressure subsided, I took my meds and hit the sack. As usual, I read a little non – fiction and then my raggedy marked up Bible. The book I read tonight was “The Plot Against the President” by Lee Smith and then as always, I read from the Bible. (These days I find it imperative to know scripture more and more intimately for my own sense of well- being as well as being well armed to do spiritual battle throughout the following day.) I thanked God for the day and although I usually fall asleep with the Bible in my hand, I was convinced I was on my way out and may not make it through the night. In spite of this foreboding, I fell asleep immediately as usual knowing  I had done all I could to prepare for the inevitable, just in case I don’t live to participate in the rapture by writing letters to my beloved children and sending them out the day before. ( I had been in and out of the hospital for the past three years and had had a triple bypass, a stent, and more recently, a pacemaker put in my chest.) 

I awakened at three in the morning and lay there thinking that maybe God had another assignment for me at another hospital, since things were not getting any better, so I got up from bed packed up my laptop and Bible and went to the other hospital. 

Even though I am constantly ready to meet My Maker I was also eager to see what He had in store for me in the present.

Sure enough, the very first person I encountered in a different hospital’s “holding pen” was a Jehovah’s Witness and since I’d done extensive research into the cult, I was prepared for what I knew would ensue. 

Through the curtains that separated us I had heard him speak with the nurse about his ailment, which was exactly what I was dealing with! Although he was a robust senior, he replied to the nursing staff with a sweet honeyed girly voice prompted by his “works” mentality and fooled no one about his religiosity 

At the same time he had also heard my conversation with a Baptist nurse about our common faith, so upon our initial face to face meeting I found the self – assured middle aged man a little put off by my sudden appearance – almost ignoring me when I went over to meet him.

Then I remembered that the Jehovah’s Witnesses are taught not to have anything to do with what they consider non-believers of the sect. So, right away the “action” began, and we were doing spiritual battle. 

I found the man to be knowledgeable about select scripture. But I knew that he had only been taught the basic rudiments and certain scripture but that he had no direct relationship with Jesus Christ. (Their faith is one of works, whereas scripture teaches the we are saved by grace and not of works lest any man should boast. Jehovah’s Witnesses take great pride in knowing the chapter and verse of a few verses of scripture learned by rote and one of the many names ascribed to God – Jehovah – but seem to know little or nothing about a relationship with Jesus Christ.)

We went round and round and although but I didn’t deviate from the necessity of acknowledging Christ Jesus as savior – I still forgot one essential verse that I lay on men like this – and that is, “There is no other name under heaven, given among men whereby you must be saved” – the man Christ Jesus. You see, they believe that just knowing God’s name plus works is how you earn salvation. 

My first nurse was a Portuguese woman whom I determined was a Christian or at least a decent person who really cared about people. 

After our initial meeting she – without prompting – expressed concern for her two children having to grow up in this climate of fear and Godlessness and when I asked her about her faith, she affirmed that she worshiped God and was a Catholic who rarely went to church. After I witnessed to her I gave her the names of the websites where she could read my writings and the writings of others to win her over to Christ. This way she will know what to believe and why. 

Now I was beginning to understand why I had been steered here – especially so after my next encounter.

A new nurse made her appearance on the second day and it proved to be a confirmation that I was where I needed to be. We hit it off after our first meeting and when she found out about my faith, she opened up to me sighting that she was afraid about what was happening in our society. 

Raised as a Pentecostal she drifted away in her teen years – like so many others. Now she feels the unction to get back into the faith. (This was another clue as to why I was here and that was to guild her back into the faith and as we got to know one another I told her of my favorite verse of scripture she told me that it was her favorite as well!  “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” was the verse. This opened our conversation further, allowing me to share other scripture with her. The woman and I both felt that our meeting was not an accident and for her it was an answer to prayer. It was as if I had been placed there at just the right time to answer her questions and prompt her to return to Christ.

Later, after she told me of her concern for her grown children and the state of the country. I shared prophetic verses with her about Christs return and how there would be war in the Middle East. 

After the operation to put a stent in place I was placed on another floor where I watched the news the following evening and learned that a top Iranian Military leader was killed by U.S. forces which could escalate into all-out war.

Now, as I prepare to leave the hospital a male nurse from Haiti is questioning me about the truth of the Bible. 

NOTE:

It may be a good idea for Christians to follow the news about the threat of war following the killing of the Iranian General, after all Jesus said, “When you see all these things begin to happen – look up, for your redemption draws close”

YBIC

Jim Towers                   

You can write me at jt.flmmaker@yahoo.com or visit my website www.propheticsignsandwonders.com and www.dropzonedelta.org.

By Jim Towers

While, in this life, we must all go through trials and tribulations, but there are many promises for us to cling to in the word of God. Consider this verse, ^“But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.” Such promises are backed up by the prophets of God as well.”

As most of you know, I used to consider the Naples Pier my mission station – but have since expanded my witnessing to wherever I may be at the time – including the hospital I happen to be frequenting more and more often. (I will tell you about some of my extraordinary encounters while there in a following article I’m composing while sitting on my hospital bed waiting to be discharged.) 

Though I still love being on the pier and talking to visitors from all parts of the world, over the years I’ve come to know many fishing “regulars” who even with the number of fish disappearing continue to come daily – hoping to catch something – anything.

Then I remembered reading Ezekiel 47: 6-9 (which was for me an eye opener for those who like to fish.) Noticing the guys frustration, I wrote this prayer to all the men I know who gather daily at the pier in hopes of encouraging them to seek God’s face and favor through Jesus Christ. 

I cut and pasted the passage and prayer into a Christmas card and went about delivering them to each of the discouraged and forlorn men.

The first part is a quote from the prophet Ezekiel followed by the prayer.

Ezekiel 47:6-9

And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen this? Then he brought me and caused me to return to the brink of the river. ⁷Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other. ⁸Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed. ⁹And it shall come to pass, that everything that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and everything shall live whither the river cometh. ¹⁰And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from Engedi even unto Eneglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.

I present this short prayer to you just as I wrote it.

A FISHERMAN’S PRAYER

By Jim Towers

Heavenly Father, creator of all things, I come humbly, asking that you grant me entrance to your heavenly kingdom – at my death – to enjoy the fishing there for eternity. A place of infinite variety of fish in great abundance. A beautiful place noted in your word – the Holy Bible.

Please accept my repentance and contriteness of heart for my many sins and lack of faith toward you and bid me enter your rest. This I ask in the most holy name of Jesus Christ. 

YBIC

Jim Towers                   

You can write me at jt.filmmaker@yahoo.com or visit my website www.propheticsignsandwonders.com also www.dropzonedelta.org.

By Jim Towers

Some of the most spiritual people are also the most afflicted through no fault of their own, consider Job. Now here was a man of whom it is written that walked uprightly before God, yet God had him go through severe testing. Although this could be an analogy prompting us to hang in there. It isn’t desirable to go through so much physical and emotional pain. Yet in the final analysis we are left with the knowledge that God will do the right thing in the end, and we will be the better for it. 

Albeit, there are others, who like Enoch, Ezekiel or Elijah who were whisked away from the face of the earth to live in eternal bliss free from worry and pain. 

I’ve been going through a severe bout of sciatica. This is the third time I’ve had it in two years. This time was the worse and it lasted for two months. (Don’t write saying you’ll be praying for me) – I have a tongue and a direct line to our Father, and He knows what is ailing me.) I’ve learned over the years that a person can approach God at any time – day or night and at any given moment and He will answer. 

Knowing we can come boldly to His throne of grace and He will listen, but if we ask amiss, then you can forget about Him answering the way you want since He is all knowing and knows what’s best for you. Benny Hinn – he’s not.

In grappling for answers, I have to ask, I’m a servant of the living God, why is this happening to me? Where have I gone wrong? Yet I know that Jesus told us we would go through many trials and tribulations for testing our mettle. (How great it is to know the answers to these profound questions just by reading scripture diligently.) 

In the past and the present as well I’ve experienced many miracles some more profound than others – some you would find hard to believe. Therefore, I should know better than to question God. If he is still flinging stars out into space, He is omnipotent enough to do anything and could have healed me immediately. God has tested my mettle time and again over the years and I always come back stronger than before. 

Of course, many of our afflictions are self-imposed (can you say guilty?) and much of it is due to breaking God’s laws.

We naturally have a propensity to leave God out of our lives believing He is too demanding. We want pleasure, ease and full bellies, but where would that leave us? We would become lazy, football watching, video game playing – porno viewing couch potatoes. The thought is repulsive. And the worst part is that we Christians consider this way of life normal and healthy. Wrong.

Some of us are busy, busy, busy carrying our big bibles even in a briefcase to a bible class we are teaching. Everyone just knows we are holy especially since we just got our doctorate, but just to impress others. Yet these are the people who having a form of godliness deny the power thereof.

At this point I must confess that I’ve encountered God our Father and even heard Him speak so I don’t have any doubts about what I write. Of course, I can back up what I say with scripture as well.

There are at least three things that bring us to the point of despair, and unless we know scripture, we can never know which is which.

In our trials we may be asking, do we serve a capricious God, one who like the Greek gods of old used human beings as pawns for their own good pleasure? Certainly not! God loves mankind with an undying love that transcends all human thinking – and took it upon Himself to bring all of mankind to Himself. The shame, ridicule and torture were the heavy price payed for our redemption collectively and individually all at once.

Secondly, God chastises those He loves. Like a good father He corrects us according to our failures to try to bring us back in line with good wholesome living. (Something that doesn’t hardly exist anymore.) He does this to keep us from self-destruction and damnation like any good human father would do.

Thirdly, we must always remember that we have an adversary in the form of Satan who would seek to destroy us. Thus, we are faced with a dilemma. Is our suffering due to God’s chastising or is it due to Satanic attack? After all, we know that “Satan goes around like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour.” 

Unless we adhere to the word of God and understand the nature of our affliction we can succumb to anxiety, loneliness and even bitterness toward God. We’ve all seen evidence of this in our friends, neighbors and family members. While some are able to endure a wheelchair for all of life with a calm demeanor, others get angry over the slightest inconvenience. As an over achiever, I was one of them and patience was not one of my virtues.

Having had bouts with the deceiver, (who would have us believe God doesn’t answer prayer anymore,) I can’t say that. I’ve been blessed beyond measure when I consider the multitudes of people suffering around the globe and in my own neighborhood. In gratitude I’m ready to console anyone doing through the many forms of affliction and pray for them openly.

A soldier of the cross has self-control strength of character and a sound mind. How wonderful to be armed to the teeth with God’s word along with His assurance that “All things work together to those who love God and are called according to His purpose.”

However, there is a caveat to the verse that proclaims, “All things work together for good to those who love God and are called according to His purpose”. Notice the word Love and the second condition, “and are called”. Do you fit the bill?

In the end, all who have received Christ will live forever in eternal bliss.

YBIC

Jim Towers         

You can write me at jt.filmmaker@yahoo.com or check out my webpage, www.propheticsignsandwonders.com.

By Jim Towers

Apostacy and anarchy, have you noticed the similarities between the two? They are twins in that both are shadows of their former selves, one involves the secular and the other the religion of our country and are today unabashedly and morally corrupt. Even evangelicals are slipping and falling in between the cracks into the muddy mire of corruption. Can you say adultery, vice, homosexuality, and other perversions?

As many readers are aware, we are living in perilous times, with governments toppling, wars raging and weather patterns changing drastically. Something appears to be in the wind. How much longer can humanity hold out?

My friend Stanley (an Orthodox Jew) and his wife Carol are scared out of their wits like everyone else who isn’t Bible savvy and I’m encouraged to have them over for dinner to talk things out. Their concern is about the state of the nation with all that’s going on in Washington right now.

Under the tyrannical rule of lawless, mentally ill Democrats, the government is now run like an organized crime syndicate. John W. Whitehead of The Rutherford Institute sums it all up perfectly in a recent column:

All of us are in danger.

In an age of prosecutions for thought crimes, pre-crime deterrence programs, and government agencies that operate like organized crime syndicates, there is a new kind of tyranny being imposed on those who dare to expose the crimes of the Deep State, whose reach has gone global.

The Deep State has embarked on a ruthless, take-no-prisoners, all-out assault on truth-tellers.

Activists, journalists and whistleblowers alike are being terrorized, traumatized, tortured and subjected to the fear-inducing, mind-altering, soul-destroying, smash-your-face-in tactics employed by the superpowers-that-be.

Following the current downward trajectory, it won’t be long before anyone who believes in holding the government accountable is labeled an “extremist,” is relegated to an underclass that doesn’t fit in, must be watched all the time, and is rounded up when the government deems it necessary.

Eventually, we will all be potential suspects, terrorists and lawbreakers in the eyes of the government.

At the same time, Benjamin Netanyahu like president Trump is being accused of corruption and his governing body is under strain. (Could it be that the same Satanic forces that are hounding President Trump are out to topple the Israeli government as well?) 

And it gets worse. Corruption has infiltrated the church as well. With new man-made ideas, programs and “Shows” they hope to reach the masses of Bible illiterate young people with entertainment when what they really need is the unadulterated Gospel of Jesus Christ. 

Entertainment is only good for a fleeting moment of time, but the Gospel is forever. “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my word endures forever.” So says the Lord of hosts (countless many).

Apostacy is gripping the church, and many are crying out to be swept away in the rapture, dirty clothes and all. 

But the Church has become a playground for Satan. God has let him loose to wreak havoc in many a congregation with extremely loud and uninspired music written by uninspired men and women for the sake of a good show. Women have taken over the pulpit and homosexuals have been let in to run the “Show”. They ought to have at least acknowledged their sin and repented before gaining entrance. Instead, they are mounting the pulpit too. 

“For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” “But God has laid upon Him (Jesus) the iniquity of us all.”

We are being shaken to the core so that all that remains is a complete dependence on God Almighty. No more cocky attitudes, social clubs, of dressing the part to cover our nakedness as in – “whitewashed sepulchers full of dead men’s bones” God is cleaning house once and for all. He wants an unblemished and holy wife at the marriage supper of the Lamb not a wimpy social climber out to impress others with their fake holiness.

Even though we have been blessed with things unnecessary to life (look inside your garage) we are still hungering for something more. We need spiritual food that can only be found in the word of God – and to adhere to it in deep humility.  As this Spiritual war wages on in government and the church, if we are not careful, we could be deceived into believing the lies of the enemy (Satan), – as so many already have.

If ever there was a time to get our act together it is now. The time for “playing church” is over. We must get real and many of us must repent for their apathy. We have a lot of catching up to do as quickly as possible as prophecy unfolds at an alarming rate. 

I know all this sounds preachy, but these are serious times that call for serious reflection and repentance. We Christians have been dozing off at the wheel and are in for a rude shaking in the days ahead and if we don’t wake up, we will fall prey to apostacy and anarchy.

Don’t be left behind to face the unimaginable horror that awaits those who chose to deny the signs of the times. Those who know our God can rest in assurance that He will prevail and bring about His eternal kingdom of bliss and harmony. Hope to see you there.

YBIC

Jim Towers        Feel free to write me at    jt.filmmaker@yahoo.com and check out my web page www.propheticsignsandwonders.com . 

Abraham – is called The father of the faithful.

Faith is not believing in spite of evidence.  Faith is obeying in spite of consequence-

 • True faith produces works (as a testimony); true works don’t produce faith (just bragimonies)

 • Only by faith is the Holy Spirit released to work through the believerfor enduring results.

Being not weak in faith, (Abraham) considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah’s womb.  Rom 4:19

The essence of true faith is found in this single verse.

-God had just promised Abraham he would have a son- one who would be become the seed of many nations- Abraham didn’t flinch at this- Old, deadness-

-He didn’t reason with God, instead of entertaining questions, Abraham “considered not”

-The faith that pleases God is born in a place of deadness. I’m speaking here of the deadness of all human possibilities. It is a place where man-made plans flourish at first but then die. It is a place where human hopes bring temporary relief but soon crash, adding to a sense of helplessness. Have any you been there? Are you there now? Has it seemed you have no options left?

-Abraham didn’t stagger in his faith. Rather, he was “fully persuaded that, what (God) had promised, he was able also to perform” (Romans 4:21). He recognized that God is able to work with nothing. Indeed, our Lord creates out of a void. Consider the Genesis account: out of nothing, God created the world. With just a single word, he creates. And he can create miracles for us, out of nothing.

Cast it all on God- When you realize you can’t do anything, no resources left-

Let’s contrast with Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist

• Zacharias was visited by an angel who told him that his wife, Elizabeth, would give birth to a special child. But Zacharias-who was advanced in years, like Abraham-refused to believe it. God’s promise alone was not enough for him.

“Whereby [how] shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years” (Luke 1:18). Simply put, Zacharias considered the impossibilities.

“Behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season” (Luke 1:20)

The message is clear: God expects us to believe him when he speaks.

I am convinced that right now the faith of the body of Christ is under fierce satanic attack

-Just as wickedness abounds around the world today, so do the afflictions and trials of God’s church. We’re seeing an unprecedented barrage of sickness, affliction, trouble after trouble, one problem after another-all of which make an overcoming life seem impossible to any believer. Yet, all that we are facing right now is supernatural: Ephesians 6:12

Luke 22, We find Satan attacking Peter’s faith

“Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat” (Luke 22:31).

Note that Jesus’ words here describe the same demand Satan made concerning Job.

Jesus forewarned Peter that the devil would sift him and attack his faith. Yet Christ assured him, “I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not” (Luke 22:32).

I am convinced Satan has intensified this same demand of sifting the Lord’s elect today.

So now he is determined to bring down the faith of this last generation.

Peter suffered a severe eclipse of faith.  I can only imagine what went through this man’s mind to cause him to curse Christ and lie, saying, “I don’t know this Jesus you’re talking about.”

 “If Jesus were God, how could he allow such humiliation? How could he be God and yet not be able to deliver himself, let alone humankind?”

Yet Peter’s eclipse here is recorded for the comfort and encouragement of all believers who are enduring their own eclipses of faith. Have your trials become so intense, you’ve found yourself in what seem to be impossible situations? Now Satan has planted doubts in your mind: questions about God hearing your cries, doubts about the faithfulness of His promises, questions about the effectiveness of prayer.

Peter came thru in the end- 

John 21:18-19- Jesus tells Peter “Follow Me” Those were the words that began all this in Peter’s life.

Jesus speaks and warns Peter that when he is old, he will be bound and Martyred. 

Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not. This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me.

— John 21:18–19

Peter is disturbed by the news that he will be martyred. He turns around and sees John standing by, and he asks, “What about him?” Jesus doesn’t tell them the answer to that question. Instead He says, “What does that matter to you, Peter? Just follow me.”

Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me. Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?

— John 21:21–22

Excerpts from Khouse.org and Study of Luke (Missler)