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END-TIMES WEAPONRY FOR THE WARRIOR IN CHRIST
“I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy” (Luke 10:19).
Yes, all the power of the enemy, whether that enemy is politician, bureaucrat, AI drone, or robot dog. The need has never been greater.
BUT ARE YOU TAKING JESUS AT HIS WORD?
You may know the Scriptures of spiritual warfare, such as: “Whatsoever you bind on Earth is bound in Heaven” (Matthew 18:18). “No weapon forged against you will prevail” (Isaiah 54:17). “No-one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life” (Joshua 1:5). “We are more than conquerors” (Romans 8:37). The question is, are you putting these principles into action?
For example, are you exercising your authority to overcome and overthrow the tyrants who gave us ‘COVID’ and other End-Times atrocities? Are you binding them, blinding them, and muting them on Earth, that they are bound, blinded, and muted in Heaven? Are you embodying the fierceness of Moses who overthrew Pharaoh and his million-man army at the Red Sea, or of Elijah who slaughtered kings, false prophets, and military battalions solely with the power of his words?
Justine seeks to solve a mystery. Why doesn't Charlotte like sleeping in her own room?
Thirty-year-old Andie is struggling. Despite a fresh start—escaping an abusive ex and making a new home—her old life reaches out to reclaim her. In desperation, she makes a wish and slips back in time.
The 80s are safer and have a reputation as simpler, but everything is different and new. Despite her strange situation, Andie navigates finding work, making friends, and learning how to live in 1985. Along the way, she challenges herself to make more connections and enjoy life.
Paramedic Zack believes love leads to heartache. He has no time for or interest in having a girlfriend—until he meets awkward and irresistible Andie. He resists her charm and pushes her away—afraid to lose someone the way his father did.
Andie’s been given a second chance. If she doesn’t grasp it, she might as well have stayed in her original time. Zack might be the answer to Andie’s wish—if only she could make him believe they belong together.
A blast from the past, The Right Time: Back to the 80s, reminds us to be careful what you wish for—you just might get what you want.
Something for me, something for you.
They took innocent children, whose mothers had struck a deal. In exchange for a cure for a barren mortal woman, they would receive a deathless child.
When Renata's grandson was born, his future was already determined by the Rozhanitsy, the three Russian fates who assign destinies at the birth of human children.
However, Jasminka, Renata's daughter, had already made a deal. Now, the Leshly were coming for Renata's grandson.
Did Renata's actions already seal her own fate?
Maybe you can't save them all, but each day is a new opportunity to save one...
Do you ever wonder what a homeless pet and a war refugee have in common —they both wish to belong somewhere. They try so hard to prove their worth. They want someone to hear their plea for help. But they are often left to fend for themselves. Sometimes they find each other in an empty street, and together they continue on an abandoned path, trying to make it through another night.
“Death will slay with his wings whoever disturbs the peace of the pharaoh.”-Egyptian Curse of the Pharaohs.
1184 BCE.
Raised in a world of privilege and nobility, eighteen-year-old Akl can no longer stand by as poverty and disease ravage the people of Set Ma’at. This village, on the Nile’s West Bank, is home to tomb workers and their families, struggling to survive. Meanwhile, across the river in Thebes, the capital of Upper Egypt, wealth and prosperity abound.
Witnessing the horrific death of a childhood friend from the yellow-skinned disease, Akl is spurred to action, resolute in rectifying the negligence of Pharaoh Ramses III and his unsympathetic court. Risking both family shame and brutal impalement, Akl forms a band of thieves secretly raiding the most lucrative locations in Egypt: the royal tombs.
Pillaging, beyond the jackal-headed protection of Anubis, Akl’s thieves seize only what is necessary to feed and provide for the families of the very men who dig the burial chambers. But when a prominent cherished jewel surfaces from the underground market, Pharaoh Ramses strikes back with defenses of his own to halt the forbidden crimes.
Despite utmost caution, Akl’s identity is revealed, forcing the thief to seek salvation from a cunning, mysterious, and formidable adversary.
But will this aid bring perils of its own?
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