And it’s one, two, three, what are we fighting for
Don’t ask me I don’t give a damn, next stop is Viet Nam
And it’s five, six, seven, open up the pearly gates
Ain’t no time to wonder why, whoopee we’re all gonna die. (“Feeling Like I’m Fixing to Die Rag” by Country Joe and the Fish)
For me, the 1960’s began with me attending high school in a small Illinois farming community. Sports. Girls. Studying. Cars. Just a normal kid in a small high school of two hundred students.
My parents were like most other parents in our small community, in that they were politically conservative, family oriented and loved America. Like most children, my parents’ values helped to shape my own.
Then, I went off to the University of Illinois. 30,000 students. No parents. Not many rules. Politically-stimulating environment. Free thinking. And I changed. I became a disenchanted liberal who not only hated the Vietnam War, but I also believed that America was no longer a good nation. And I had no problem with lambasting America’s leaders for not doing what I thought was correct.
The years passed and I met Jesus in 1985.
Now, the outward appearance for most of our youthful rebellion generally disappears when we start paying taxes and having children of our own. This was especially true for me.
But the Lord does not look at our outward appearances, He looks at our hearts and its motives. And one afternoon in 1995, He showed me my heart and said, “Because of your 1960’s rebellious attitudes, you do not like America. Because of this, you never prophesy good things for America, only bad. You need to repent and change.”
How fast can a person change? I wept. I prayed for forgiveness. I did what I could do to change my mindset as quickly as possible. And the Lord helped me by walking me through a fourteen year wilderness. A wilderness that is just now ending.
Here’s some free advice: if you have any rebellion in your heart against any type of authority, cry out to the Lord for deliverance. This rebellion is bound to cause you problems in the future; and these problems will stop you from getting prayers answered.
Swimming Upstream appears at this blog site on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. It’s a little of this and a little of that, all written to encourage and exhort believers in their Christian jouneys.
Larry Who 
Prepare for the Kingdom of God is at hand. Put on the full armor of God
Message: To show faith you follow the instructions which are ordinances
1. Offer the sacrifice of repented IHS which is repent= Name your sins to God Almighty privately in prayer in the Name of His Son, Jesus then IHS.
IHS= Immerse(baptism in the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost)
Hallow(Holy)
Sanctification(free from sin)
2. While in prayer ask God for understanding so you can Sow seed which is:
Sow= to read
Seed= the Word of God Almighty
3. Keep the Commandments and Statues they are the way of living for the righteous. Remember that Ordinances of God Almighty come and they must be done in order to prove that you have true faith. Always know that God says nothing unrighteous. He never mislead His people. If instructions you receive are contrary to His way of living remember never to do them because they are not His.
A word of knowledge: The Name of God Almighty is Yahweh in Hebrew.
wisdom for you:
Sin brings death to your soul
repentance brings life from the dead
light means no sin(repented, IHS)
darkness means sin(unrepented, IHS)
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