There are those among us who believe that prayer is hooey and a waste of time. Not so myself. Ezra is out of surgery. The operation went perfectly according to the surgeon. The donor valve is a little larger than Ezra’s heart so he will be able to grow into it and if he does need further work it will be in maybe 20 to 30 years. Everything is functioning normally and as soon as the anesthetic wears off mom will be allowed to see him and pictures will follow. Our gratitude goes beyond expression. Thank you Stage family. Once again my life is blessed by being part of this.

Ezra went for his pre-op check up on Thursday and he is good to go. When asked by the social worker how he felt he answered that he is excited. They are going to fix his heart and it is going to work better. The lady asked if he was scared and he said no that he knows God has his back. Brother and sisters his mom told me that his anxiety went away about the same time you all started praying for him. Thank you all from Ezra, Samantha and the rest of our family. You folks are just the greatest. Surgery is Tuesday at 10 a.m. Pacific time. Will post an update as soon as Sam sends it to me. God bless all of you.

Greetings and Happy Sunday to all Fishing Stagers and guests!
Some of you all may have noticed I’ve been MIA the past four weeks, but I’m glad to be back and feeling better. Over the last four months, a few of our devotions have dealt with the topic of Israel and the war they are still currently involved in.
We’ve also touched on how this is really more than just a war between a dinky country in the Middle East, and their enemies.
I believe, as many others do, that this war that Israel is fighting, is actually a continuation of a much, much greater war that has been happening for centuries. The Bible, as well as our history books, clearly confirm this idea, but I would go a step further and suggest that this same type of conflict is occurring around the globe. I sincerely believe there is an ongoing war between God and satan, or good and bad.

Several of the members on FS have been posting threads and posts about this exact subject lately, and I hope that ALL of you are taking notice because this is NOT fun and games, but is something very serious that WILL affect all of our futures!
See Oz’s thread: “Yet another God vs satan “
Last Friday, Audigger53 said, “Satan does exist and is very busy”.
Fred posted a comment about the lack of opposition to an ongoing
“Satan Club” in one of our schools where prayer is NOT ALLOWED!

I could go on and on, but I would much rather y’all take the time to watch the excellent video message by Pastor Allen Jackson , instead.
I have included the link below to his message titled “Hatred of God’s People”. He has prepared this message after his recent trip to Washington D.C., getting current information on Israel and their ongoing war.
Some of the things included in this video are:
1. A graphic presentation of what he was shown on the Hamas attack on Oct. 7th.
2. What he found out about the people from the U.N. that actually helped plan , and participated in the Hamas attack on Oct. 7th.
3. He explains HOW our election in November will be decided.
4. He explains how antisemitism
is comparable to the spirit of
antichrist.
5. And much more.

If you haven’t noticed, we even have those who are members of FS, that oppose anything related to God, and would fall under this same “spirit of antichrist” heading.
I think, in most cases, we, as Christians have not recognized or assimilated these individuals as being a part of this same “spirit”, but these are Jesus’ words from the Bible. He says:

”Anyone who isn’t with me opposes me, and anyone who isn’t working with me is actually working against me.“
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭12‬:‭30‬ ‭NLT‬‬

So…. what do YOU think?
Are we in a war??


Here is the link to Pastor Allen’s message.

Next week, I plan to post an interview that Pastor Allen does with a former Lt. Col. from the IDF of Israel. His name is Ronny Simon, and is a longtime friend of Pastor Allen, and is a great Israeli historian. He will be talking about
“The Truth Behind Why Hamas Attacked Israel”.

Enjoy the video and May God richly bless you.

https://www.youtube.com/live/ghDVP95XU6M?si=36RaAPVaU5Jh5-Zz