{"id":1192,"date":"2020-01-20T15:09:09","date_gmt":"2020-01-20T15:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dreamsfromthelord.com\/?p=1192"},"modified":"2020-01-20T15:09:09","modified_gmt":"2020-01-20T15:09:09","slug":"drought-is-on-the-horizon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dreamsfromthelord.com\/index.php\/2020\/01\/20\/drought-is-on-the-horizon\/","title":{"rendered":"Drought is on the Horizon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A poem in my mystery language translated from Yoruba to English 1\/20\/2020:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>I want to write it down again.<\/em><br><em><br>Meet me as you listen to me.<br>Let me ask you to send me out.<br>But don&#8217;t stop there.<\/em><br><em><br>I am a musician and a carpenter.<br>Who&#8217;s been doing it for years.<br>I would like to see you ready.<\/em><br><em><br>Can you bring me closer?<br><strong>Drought is on the horizon.<\/strong><br>We are waiting for you to go free.<\/em><br><em><br>All you need to do is complete it.<br>For I saw that we didn&#8217;t know how to do it.<br>For example, how can you become a believer?<\/em><br><em><br>Open your door.<br>I need to get ready to board a flight<br>and I did not shut it down.<\/em><br><em><br>This is a very important step.<br>You can read the entire story below.<br>So be it.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>John 10: 1-9<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jesus the True Shepherd<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>10&nbsp;<\/strong>\u201cMost assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.&nbsp;<sup>2&nbsp;<\/sup>But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.&nbsp;<sup>3<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/sup><strong>To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by&nbsp;NAME and leads them out.&nbsp;<\/strong><sup><strong>4&nbsp;<\/strong><\/sup><strong>And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.<\/strong>&nbsp;<sup>5&nbsp;<\/sup>Yet they will by no means follow a&nbsp;stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.\u201d&nbsp;<sup>6&nbsp;<\/sup>Jesus used this illustration, but they did not understand the things which He spoke to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jesus the Good Shepherd<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>7&nbsp;<\/sup>Then Jesus said to them again,&nbsp;\u201cMost assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.&nbsp;<sup>8&nbsp;<\/sup>All who&nbsp;<em>ever<\/em>&nbsp;came&nbsp;before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.&nbsp;<sup>9<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/sup><strong>I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.<\/strong><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Revelation 3:<\/strong><br> <sup>20&nbsp;<\/sup>Behold,&nbsp;I stand at the door and knock.&nbsp;If anyone hears My voice and opens the door,&nbsp;I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. <br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thessalonians 4:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Comfort of Christ\u2019s Coming<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>13&nbsp;<\/sup>But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen&nbsp;asleep, lest you sorrow&nbsp;as others&nbsp;who have no hope.&nbsp;<sup>14&nbsp;<\/sup>For&nbsp;if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him&nbsp;those who&nbsp;sleep in Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>15&nbsp;<\/sup>For this we say to you&nbsp;by the word of the Lord, that&nbsp;we who are alive&nbsp;<em>and<\/em>&nbsp;remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are&nbsp;asleep.&nbsp;<sup>16<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/sup><strong>For&nbsp;the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with&nbsp;the trumpet of God.<\/strong>&nbsp;And the dead in Christ will rise first.&nbsp;<sup>17<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/sup><strong>Then we who are alive&nbsp;<\/strong><em><strong>and<\/strong><\/em><strong>&nbsp;remain shall be caught up together with them&nbsp;in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.<\/strong> And thus&nbsp;we shall always be with the Lord.&nbsp;<sup>18&nbsp;<\/sup>Therefore comfort one another with these words.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ephesians 6:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Whole Armor of God<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>10&nbsp;<\/sup>Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.&nbsp;<sup>11&nbsp;<\/sup><strong>Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the&nbsp;wiles of the devil.&nbsp;<\/strong><sup>12&nbsp;<\/sup>For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against&nbsp;principalities, against powers, against&nbsp;the rulers of&nbsp;the darkness of this age, against spiritual&nbsp;<em>hosts<\/em>&nbsp;of wickedness in the heavenly&nbsp;<em>places.<\/em>&nbsp;<sup>13&nbsp;<\/sup>Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand&nbsp;in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>14&nbsp;<\/sup>Stand therefore,&nbsp;having girded your waist with truth,&nbsp;having <strong>put on<\/strong> the <strong>breastplate of righteousness,<\/strong>&nbsp;<sup>15&nbsp;<\/sup>and having shod your feet with the preparation of the <strong>gospel of peace<\/strong>;&nbsp;<sup>16&nbsp;<\/sup>above all, taking&nbsp;the <strong>shield of faith <\/strong>with which you will be able to <strong>quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one.&nbsp;<\/strong><sup>17&nbsp;<\/sup><strong>And&nbsp;take the helmet of salvation, and&nbsp;the SWORD of the SPIRIT, which is the WORD OF GOD<\/strong><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Amos 8:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>11&nbsp;<\/sup>\u201cBehold, the days are coming,\u201d says the Lord&nbsp;God,<br>\u201cThat I will send a famine on the land,<br>Not a famine of bread,<br>Nor a thirst for water,<br>But&nbsp;of hearing the words of the&nbsp;Lord.<br><sup>12&nbsp;<\/sup>They shall wander from sea to sea,<br>And from north to east;<br>They shall run to and fro, seeking the word of the&nbsp;Lord,<br>But shall&nbsp;not find&nbsp;<em>it.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dreams-Lord-Spirit-Lillian-Bratteng-ebook\/dp\/B08128TVZQ\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=lillian+bratteng&amp;qid=1582022811&amp;sr=8-1\">Find great price on Amazon on the book: Dreams from the Lord<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A poem in my mystery language translated from Yoruba to English 1\/20\/2020: I want to write it down again.Meet me as 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