THIS IS THE ARCHANGEL MICHAEL overcoming Satan. Some say that Michael is actually the Lord Jesus, and certainly we KNOW that Jesus DID, and HAS, overcome that old Enemy, and if HE is in US, then we also should be each one a potential overcomer in His NAME - the Name of Jesus.

I wonder why it is that Christians (including the one writing) should for the most part find it so difficult to put this into practice.    Perhaps we live by sight instead of Faith -  or as I heard one brother say recently - we live too much in the dark instead of the LIGHT.    His idea is that we are born into darkness - the whole world IS in darkness - and that we tend to be acclimatised to 'seeing' in this dimness, whereas God has given us of His Spirit, and we should now be walking and seeing in the Light.

A good example might be found in 2. Kings 6v15-17.  The King of Syria had sent an Army to capture Elisha who was staying in the city of Dothan.     His servant, rising early, had opened the door of their lodging to find the city surrounded .      He saw only the Syrian Army.     "Alas!" cried the servant, "What shall we do?"

ELISHA replied " Do not fear, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them!"  Elisha could SEE more than his servant.     And he prayed and said "LORD, I pray, open his eyes that he may see"     And the LORD opened  the eyes of the young man, and he saw.     And behold the mountain (on which Dothan stood) was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha  -  (and no doubt also his servant as well).        

We need to remember that the Enemy deals in lies and deceit.    He can conjure up visions that are figments of imagination, or just manipulates our human mind and vision to see and believe in what is not really there.        He is well able to 'pull the wool over our eyes' so that we do not SEE the truth.    I do really believe a good part of his activity amongst us IS to blind our sight; to blot out the LIGHT so that we CANNOT see.           There is a need for us to REBUKE the Devil so that he flees from us and lets the light of God's Spirit flood our inner eye, so that we see and appreciate the REAL and TRUE situation we are in.

Walking recently from our little house, Green Cottage, here in Testimony Faith Homes towards my Office early in the morning I suddenly stopped in my tracks.      The sky was brilliant blue and the sun already blazing down with heat upon  the dried and cracking lawns around me.  We were in the midst of a prolonged doubt - a drought the meteorologists had just assured us would continue - rains were not expected.       I had stopped to consider this, looking up at the clear sky above.      Did meteorologists make clouds?   NO, of course not.  THEY were not in CONTROL of weather, they just read the signs they could SEE.     BUT like all of us they looked through a 

glass darkly - their sight was blinkered, even manipulated to see the dark side.       BUT It was and IS God Who is in Control.    He is the one who creates the clouds and produces the rain, and causes the wind to bring weather wherever He wants.       Hah!    The day WAS VERY BRIGHT, but instead of seeing RAIN I had been considering drought -  I lifted up my voice and said "I rebuke you Satan in Jesus Name.     Let the clouds appear, and let the rain come upon the dry land".     I continued on my way with certainty it would rain.       It was my Birthday and that afternoon the sky accumulated great clouds laden with rain which later poured down upon us - and so far has not ceased to repeat its delivery..........      JESUS said in Luke 10v19 -

"BEHOLD

I give you POWER......

POWER over ALL the power of the enemy.

The People of God, those who do KNOW their LORD, are a great army and will do great exploits in His Name.        They shall go forward rebuking the Enemy in the  Mighty Name of Jesus, and see him RUN before them, leaving the Victory in their hands.        Should we take every setback in our experience sitting down, head in hands, despairing of coming through?     NO, dear friends, brothers and sisters in Christ, we must get up and Stand, and having done all to STAND steadfast until we see the Deliverance that is in the Lord appear in front of us.

Psalm 50v10 finds GOD speaking and saying -

Every beast of the forest is Mine,

and the cattle on a thousand hills.

I know all the birds of the mountains

and the wild beasts of the field are Mine.

IF I WERE HUNGRY I WOULD NOT TELL YOU

for the world in Mine and the fullness thereof.

Having made this enormous statement, He says in Haggai 2v8 -

"The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine", says the Lord of Hosts.

The world and all its fullness is GODS; it belongs to Him, and it is all available upon His Command and Demand to fulfill His every wish and need.         And this is now vested in CHRIST JESUS, and through Him to each and every one of US who Name Him Lord and Saviour.     Each one of US may also say in whatever physical or material need - "If I were hungry - in need - I would not tell you because .........!!!!           This has been the foundation of what we in Testimony Faith Homes have trusted and believed in for this 40 years.      It has been put to the test many times. Satan never gives up in his effort to make us believe a LIE.       We may honestly say that we are still challenged in these matters, YET He has given us strength and SIGHT to continue fending off the darkness that leads to UNBELIEF.          pray for us, as we also pray  for YOU that you may experience more and more that ALL POWER has been given to us in CHRIST, against all the power of the enemy.     PRAY that we shall  all manifest greater power in  our inward AND outward lives as we lean more upon His Word than upon the world's warped intelligence.

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THIS WEEK I inspected, together with the District Children's Officer and a few others, TWO prospective Children's Homes, struggling to get going and already helping children residentially.       We have been having quite a few conflicting comments about the need for Residential Charitable Children's Homes in Kenya.     The 'official' position remains that Kenya hopes to eradicate the need of them totally by 2020.     They are now concentrating on getting ALL destitute and orphaned children adopted by then.      HOWEVER, the unofficial position seems NOW to be that MORE   Children's Homes ARE needed.       The two we inspected this week were Approved for recommendation to the Minister, for Registration.      BUT it has become a very complicated, demanding, and expensive matter - to get Registered as an Approved Home for Children.  The price becomes higher and higher to help the poor and needy as Governments emulate the 1st world order, and tightly wrap themselves in needless 'red tape' and sociological clap-trap.   Kenya has always tried to run before it could walk in many areas.      Now it is going to lay down even more stringent and perfected Regulations and Standards for Children's and other Charitable Institutions, which will probably make it more and more impossible for Charities to pay for, or even for the Government themselves to implement.      MEANWHILE millions of children remain unattended to.           Searching the Web one can be amazed at just how many organisations, private societies and even individuals are in Kenya right now seeking to alleviate the plight of children.       The entire cost of their operations come from outside of Kenya, and therefore costs the Government nothing.       Surely the Government should be appreciative of all this aid?   Instead they are making it even more expensive to sustain this assistance.     Exemption of Taxation which used to be freely given to any charity is now being withdrawn or made almost impossible to retain.     Currently ours has been withdraw, and we are advised that all income even from overseas will be taxed.       This alone will make it very difficult to make ends meet.   We are, of  course, contesting this action.

SUPPOSE all this free aid were  to suddenly be withdrawn or stop?     Who will then care for these children?       Will they all be immediately fostered or adopted?    Obviously not.  

IT HAS TAKEN TESTIMONY FAITH HOMES 40 YEARS to develop what it has.    It remains costly to maintain and keep up, whilst there are still areas where improvements are needed to provide standards we feel should be our goal.       But development often takes time to put in place.   Rome wasn't built in a day!     The government attitude seems to be that we must match our standards with those of the Developed World IMMEDIATELY.   We need your prayers that those concerned for Social services take into account what is the immediate need of our needy children, rather than its IMAGE as a progressive and up to the minute supporter of the UN Children's Charter and what IT deems necessary provision by any person or persons trying to set up a Shelter for Children in an economically unsound situation.  

I enjoyed my 69th Birthday, and managed not to blow out all the candles on the cake!    

School is open and busy for its 2nd Term of the Year.       Our Buses are also busy picking up and depositing students two or three times a day - now in the MUD as well,  protesting a little as well.           MANU is in Nairobi for Interviews for jobs, but he IS already employed here in Eldoret, so I guess he will only consider something that will be more profitable.      Continue on in prayer for him - we see a few good signs.        We miss him when he is not here!     NO, not like toothache or anything like that.      We just miss him - we love him.       Miss each one of our kids. 

HAVE TO SEEK for a Word from the Lord for Sunday, so must close now.    Be Blessed and encouraged.     THINGS ARE MOVING IN THE HEAVENLIES.       He is on the way!   Spruce up and be ready.....

Love you all

John  & Esther