FEW BE THE WARRIORS

FEW BE THE WARRIORS             By:   Tammy Niemi

Few be the warriors, few be those who stand...few be those who seek HIS face instead of seeking HIS hand. 
Times are filled with peril and times are filled with fear but there is the excitement that HIS return is very near.
Let us draw near to HIS most Holy throne to hear HIS heart and show HIM we are HIS own. 
Let HIM find joy in our being as he speaks to us in whispers of HIS revealing. 
May we be HIS friends in a land of those who curse, and may we see growing tide of evil reverse. 
He is our light in a dark and fearful place, but we shall overcome by HIS blood and glory and grace. 
Holy Spirit seal us till that wonderful and blessed day, when we will finally see our beautiful Savoir Yeshua Yaweh!

The Decline and Fall of Us

Our world is spiraling into the abyss--why? The bottom line here is WE THE CHURCH HAVE FAILED BOTH JESUS AND OUR NATIONS--PERIOD! We are only reaping the tolerance and prayerlessness and lukewarmness we have been indulging in for decades--Judgement is upon the church NOW and we need to repent before we call out the LGBT and 16 other genders, Islam, and others who offend God because guess what people, we are far more offensive to God than those who do not know Him. 

We essentially scored the goal on our own net and the church has lost its salt and impact. The evil of our day is a greater threat to us than we are to the evil of our day. Fear is in the enemy's arsenal--and we are told to fear not 365 times in scripture. Faith and Fear are combatants in our lives and thus it is time to choose sides. Fear --bowing to the word of the world-- or Faith --submitting to the word of God. Choose you this day whom you will serve. We know persecution is coming it is Biblical but where is our focus? Who's report will you believe--we will believe the report of the Lord. 

Faith honours God and God honours faith. If we give into fear we make ourselves useless and impotent and thus will kill the hopes of revival--This is a time for us to repent before God--until WE REPENT the world will not repent. 

Revival and the decline of a society starts with the church and this is the hard truth. Obama only has the power God allows him to have and God allows leaders to rise and fall--So the question remains is what is the word on your lips--fear-- or faith which is honouring to God--what is in your heart--looking at the speck in the world's eyes or getting rid of the plank in your own. Let us all be wrecked in intercession and repentance not wrecked by fear! 

For many in the church the vote the Supreme Court made was a kick in the gut, but it is waking up the church. This is a "Dividing Season"--that is what the Lord told me. We see the dividing lines happening now. Who will compromise and who will pursue THE PRIZE? Lord knows I've taken a beating for standing with God and I take every opportunity to plant a seed of the gospel in the hearts that I encounter daily--but still it is not enough. We need to repent for ourselves and stand in the gap like Moses for the church and the nations we live in--the nations are our inheritance if we ask for them--His word says so! Let us come boldly to the Throne of Grace and not leave until we have His Heart and see His Face!

Betrayal in the Last Days...(A cry for unity)

In recent months I have been saddened and distressed by how many people I know personally who have lost their fire, compromised the word of God, or who have turned on me, who claim to follow Christ. I've been accused of sins I know I have not committed, of "turning Jew", and "taking this end time stuff to seriously". I have been surprised at the amount of venom some Christian friends have spewed at me, when I have tried to find out why they have "cast me out", and others have refused to even acknowledge my attempts to reach out to reconcile.

This began happening not long after I left Bible College but it seems that I have been deemed either too radical or too sinful by people who have not shared a table with me in years. I have never walked out on a friendship nor severed ties with anyone unless they were abusive to me and refused to respect me.
However this is a sign of these end times I "take far too seriously". Betrayal and the love of many growing cold as each man or woman does what is right in their own eyes.

What would cause family members to turn on each other or brothers and sisters in the Faith to abandon or lash out at each other? IT seems unthinkable that such an event would arise where one family member might betray another, but it will happen – the Bible tells us so. But even in the Church there is going to be great treachery against one another. This is exactly the opposite of what the Lord prayed for us before He left this earth. Jesus prayed in John 17:21 “I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one…”

I have often told people that this final prayer of Jesus before He went to the Cross was His "Last Will and Testament" to His church and we have had gross negligence in not fulfilling His wishes. Denominations divide us, we have many who have a form of Godliness but deny the power of the Holy Spirit within their lives, and the truth has become offensive in this "seeker friendly" age.

It is because we are not in unity and because we deny the power and anointing of the Holy Spirit that evil and darkness is running amok, we have lost the desire and fire for holiness and deep relationship with Christ. However there is hope.

I know I speak to people here who know what it is like to travail in prayer, who know the same rejection and betrayal I have experienced, and I know there are those here who hear the Shofar blast waking the Body from slumber--this is a group with their lamps fully stocked with Oil and we are making ready for the Bridegroom. We raise the standard while the world lowers theirs and the truth has set us free. We are the intercessors, the prophets and the warriors with a mandate to serve our King and to embrace Him as our friend. We are the remnant who will stand even if our legs shake and speak truth even if our voices break.
May I encourage anyone here who has felt betrayed or hurt by family or church family to stay the course and know you are not alone. This is a dividing season where the set apart will be set up for breakthrough and an outpouring of the Spirit. Pray for those who are blind that they may see and those who refuse to hear the truth may God open their ears.

The darkness may be great but our God is greater and He will not be denied.

Covered with His blood and baptized with water and sealed with His love, every son and every daughter. We march on bended knee and pride lays prostrate as we intercede and attack hell's very gate. We are the redeemed and ransomed of the Lamb and in His Spirit united we will stand.

We are the Canucks

 We are the Canucks who love our sticks and pucks, a Molson some back bacon and mudding our trucks.
We are known for our manners and for saying we're sorry but that my friends is not the end of the story.
We know what a two four is and hosers too, a Double Double and that movie Strange Brew.
Montreal Smoked meat and some poutine and bloody hell our love of hockey is crazy obscene.
The Northern Lights are wondrous sights and we can rock better than the Northern Pikes!
Saskatchewan sees the bunny hug and Newfoundlanders kiss a cod with a screech glug glug.
Beavers are noble and on coins have worth and Inuit throat singing is part of northern mirth.
Cowboys and oil are sometimes combined and SCTV has never been defined.
We rock the world with our musical gift and our comedic ability gives the world a lift.
We are more than maple syrup and leaves we are peacekeepers in lands of unease.
We are kind, gracious, and nice, a land of rugged mountains and grandiose ice.
Snowmobiles race to an ice fishing spot, and the CFL adds to summers hot.
Hockey is our religion with Don Cherry a priest in a collar and our worship a holler.
We also have a humble Ron MacLean who keeps ole Don and the nation sane.
Our national anthem is short and sweet and we are welcomed by all we meet.
Ontario has the Highway of Heroes for our fallen soldiers and with them we stand shoulder to shoulder.
We export more talent than we take in and we can humbly enjoy a win
Chris Hadfield showed we can reach the stars and we showed grace and unity in the face of SARS.
Infinite diversity in infinite combinations might be from Trek but join me for a brewski on the deck.
Anne of Green Gables, Farley Mowat, and Pierre Burton to show we are quite literary and wordsmiths too.
We are more than we appear and more than you can see, We are the Great White North from sea to shining sea.
Poem written by: Tammy Niemi

Poem written March 12 2015

FOR THOSE YOU LOVE ( I STAND) Poem by: Tammy Niemi

FOR THOSE YOU LOVE ( I STAND)          Poem by: Tammy Niemi

I look when others refuse and turn away, and when others are silent I at least stop to pray.
I cry the tears of the mother and the child, and I feel the sting of those rejected and reviled.
I force myself to confront the self inside of me, when I view the little gods and their atrocities on TV.
I have lost sleep due to the visions in my head, of those I have seen butchered and the seas made by their blood red.
Being politically correct protects the bottom line, but it also tells us that cancer is harmless and benign.
Everyone demands the truth but so few there are that tell it, and hatred is a BDS and damn you gotta sell it.
Orange jumpsuits on a beach or striped uniforms and tattooed numbered arms should sound deafening alarms,
Souls march to a death undeserved they are the walking dead, the world watches and then tucks their children in a safe bed.
Apathy and indifference harden hearts and erect the endless fence, while the refugees flee to cities of tents.
I don't want to get involved it doesn't affect my life; don't bother me with these things I don't want to hear of strife.
These are the words that I have heard as well as deafening silence. I feel like a David in the land of many giants.
The world may ease their conscience feeling convinced that they are good, but there are those of us who do what we should.
We speak when our voices tremble and crack, we stand on legs of jello and we feel the strength leaving our back.
We feel the blows of hate filled words and the pain of betrayal, but we have humanity and that must prevail.
History will condemn us or heap upon us praise, whether we are silent or with our voices raise,
The cries out for those persecuted for their faith or murdered for it too, when you do so for the least of these you do it for Him too!
Freedom is not cheap nor is liberty free, and yet selfish ambition has taken away our humanity.
Speak out for a daughter or a brother, and cry out for the grief stricken father and mother.
We feel overwhelmed and devoid of power but this is a moment to become our finest hour.
 Lock arm and arm in solidarity and do not run and hide, stand up against the darkness and against hatred's tide.
Fight for your children's future and for their fate, do not let evil win and do not hesitate.
If you don't know what to do at least contribute aid, and don't let a day go by where you haven't at least prayed.
I stand before God trying to do my best, praying and speaking out and not getting much in rest.
Although what I do will never be enough, I pray God will be pleased and say you didn't leave when it got tough.
I am not the smartest person, not strong but I have taken up the fight, because I cannot turn away I have to do what's right.
Lord please strengthen and give courage to those dying for you, forgive us Lord for we know not what we do.
May I be counted as worthy when I stand before Your throne, as I take up their persecution as though it were my own.
May my feeble attempts to be a conscience and a voice, be your heart and compassion and make your heart rejoice.
We have seen the horror of the Holocaust and genocide, in the past, and now the present, and this I cannot abide.
I am my brother and sister's keeper and with that the flame, may my life be the light that gives glory to your Name.
Yeshua You endured a battlefield for souls,defeating all of hell, may I hear the words that I have done very well.
I ran the race, I endured and I did not turn away, Father please deliver all of us from evil and in our hearts make for You a way.
For those you love I will do my best to stand, please help me to be like you and please Father hold my hand.
Please comfort and give love and rest to the persecuted tonight and may their freedom come with the morning light.