Matthew 6:24 New International Version (NIV)

24 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”

Having money and the love of money are not the same things. The love of money is an issue of the heart. Money is a tool for exchange. It is used to grow business, to move things, to change things, to grow relationships through investing. We use things….we love people. We don’t love things.  We value life and people. If at any time you move from loving people to seeing them as only tools–assets or liabilities–there is an issue with the heart. Money can be used to build homes for the needy, to send the Gospel across the nations, and to assist in times of crisis. 

Once a person begins to serve money, they will do anything to get more of it. It can cause a person to become more self-sufficient than God-conscious. It can cause a person to betray their own family and associates–just like Judas. Be on guard about your need of Jesus as LORD and Savior. The Bible says, “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ but you don’t do what I say” (Luke 6:46). If we love God, we will obey His Word. 

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GOD’S PRICELESS TREASURE (How To Overcome Challenges, Be Transformed and Know Your Purpose)…learn how to move from pain to purpose, drama to destiny, from a mess to a message, from trials to triumph through turning to Jesus Christ. (Published 2011) 

A LEAP OF FAITH (25 Days At The Mercy Seat)….the full account of how God raised my husband from death, healed him from two open-heart surgeries and two strokes, and how the story of my father’s passing and my son’s surgery in 2005 intertwined in 2012. Learn that we live under an OPEN HEAVEN because of the finished work of Jesus Christ. This book will give you hope to believe God for anything and has prayers and confessions you can pray over yourself and others as well. 

THE MIDNIGHT HOUR (Will America Turn Back To God?) ….a must read for all. 

All available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, www.starministriesinc.com and other distributors. 

It is time for the church to arise and turn back to God in unified prayer and fasting. Always remember, if God can save you, He can save anybody. He saved Saul of Tarsus and changed his name from Saul to Paul. “Paul” means “a little man” and that was a constant reminder to him that he had to rely on God, not himself. He was equipped and empowered by the Holy Spirit. It takes no more grace to save a Saul of Tarsus, who was persecuting Christians, than to convert you or me. 

If God could save Saul, who was persecuting Christians, He can save anyone. Saul was confronted by Jesus Christ on the road to Damascus, and realized what he had been doing was wrong. His encounter with Christ brought conviction in his heart and it led to conversion. After he was converted, Paul experienced communion, consecration (being set apart totally to God), and was commissioned by Jesus as an apostle to preach the good news of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Paul had been blind, but when He met the light—the Son of God, he experienced a heart change. 

We must choose to turn to God, rely on His strength, and take back our land. We must stand upon God’s Word for the lost. That is the heart of God. We have the same resurrection power within us (as believers) that raised Jesus Christ from the dead. 

When we fully come to know God, we live in a state of amazement and awe through every day. We have divine appointments on a daily basis, we see God’s hand in details, and we sense His presence. God is waiting on us to be a people who will be fully committed to Him. He desires to show Himself strong on our behalf. 

When we are committed and get to know the Lord, we begin to hear His voice and we know it. We hear Him in small details and we watch life unfold just as He has spoken. We live in such a state of time that we must hear God and know His voice. Whether we believe it or not, there is a war raging between good and evil. Let us pray together for revival in our own hearts and for this nation. Get back to prayer in individual homes, altars—and may it spread throughout the communities. We must fully commit to God in every area. 

The Bible says, “For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him” (2 Chron. 16:9, NIV). The King James Version says, “For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew him-self strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.” 

In 1 Samuel 30, after David and all his men came back to Ziglag—they all wept till they had no strength left. The men that were with David blamed him and wanted to stone their own leader. But David chose to encourage himself in the Lord. He worshipped and then cried out to God in prayer. God spoke specific instructions to David—and he obeyed God. David recovered all and then helped those who stayed behind. Take time to study 1 Samuel chapter 30 and pray. 

We learn a highly valuable lesson in this chapter. It’s time to understand the steps that David took–and do them as a nation.  Stop allowing the enemy to destroy within. Satan sits back and laughs—because he has got people turning on one another. Choose to be the change in every situation. Go out of your way to be kind to people. Don’t fall for the enemy’s trap of isolation and shutting down communication. 

God have mercy on this nation. We decree light, blind eyes opened, and a nation that turns back to God as a people. May the fire of the Holy Spirit set your heart ablaze for souls and give you a greater desire to obey God fully. Pray for the President of the United States. Pray for all leaders and choose to bless one another in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ! He is coming back! 

God bless you!

Deborah 

(Excerpt from THE MIDNIGHT HOUR: Will America Turn Back To God?….available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, www.xulonpress.com/bookstore, and other distributors. See www.starministriesinc.com for other books by Dr. Deborah Starczewski) 

BOOKS BY DEBORAH STARCZEWSKI

God’s Priceless Treasure (How To Overcome Challenges, Be Transformed and Know Your Purpose)

A LEAP OF FAITH (25 Days At The Mercy Seat)….a modern, up-to-date resurrection story. This book will give you hope and faith to believe God for anything. 

THE MIDNIGHT HOUR (Will America Turn Back To God?)

There are seasons in life, and changes in life that are inevitable. Learn to move forward in faith through everything–looking to Jesus. If you are struggling with being in a desert situation or wilderness, fear of the future, sorrow over the past, abandonment from a spouse or parent, a broken heart, or struggling with life changes due to health issues, may God encourage you through His Word and through people who love you. 

There are times in life when everyone struggles with discouragement and despair. David is a great example of a man who struggled with real life emotions that come to all. It is comforting to know that he lived a long time ago and wrote down his emotions for us today in the Psalms. 

Take time to record your thoughts and prayers, and the answers from God in a journal. It will help you to remember the goodness and faithfulness of God. 

We have all walked through something that was painful. Take time to read my first book GOD’S PRICELESS TREASURE (How To Overcome Challenges, Be Transformed and Know Your Purpose)…published by Charisma/Creation House Press in 2011. It’s available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, www.starministriesinc.com and other distributors. 

I pray God encourages you and fills your heart with hope and love—fully knowing He has a plan and purpose for your life—and it is good.

God bless you!

Deborah 

BOOKS BY DR. DEBORAH STARCZEWSKI

GOD’S PRICELESS TREASURE (How To Overcome Challenges, Be Transformed and Know Your Purpose)….real life stories of overcoming, turning your mess into a message, drama to destiny, and trials to triumph through turning to Jesus Christ.

A LEAP OF FAITH (25 Days At The Mercy Seat)…you will be in awe at how the Holy Spirit weaves the stories of our son’s first open-heart surgery, my father’s passing from cancer, and my husband’s story of God’s resurrection power, healing from two strokes, two open-heart surgeries, and 25 days in Mercy Hospital. This book will give you hope to believe God for anything!

THE MIDNIGHT HOUR (Will America Turn Back To God?)…a must read for all. 

Available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, www.starministriesinc.com and other distributors.