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Jacob White

Last Updated: 12/2/2009

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Gender: Male
Status: Single
Age: 27
Sign: Pisces

City: Flemingsburg
State: Kentucky
Country: US
Signup Date: 8/4/2006

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Wednesday, December 02, 2009

My how things change over time........ (looking at major changes!!!!!!)

INTRO
What a wirlwind life seems to be!! In a little under 4 years, so much has changed.. I want to kind of recap some things in my life that has changed, as well as some things that have changed in churches, in other people, and even around the world.

Nearly 4 Years Summed Up
3 years and 10 Months ago, I moved to Michigan only to find myself right back here by just about this time 3 years ago. I remember how hard it was to come back, how I was a lot different and just needed time to heal, learn, grow, and understand things. A few months later, I find myself Pastoring a Youth Group at a church that I honestly never thought I would do more than visit at.

By June 2007, I am back at my home church, I'm doing the media/tech stuff again, I'm helping teach Sunday School once a month by the end of the year, I'm doing a lot of Evangelism. 2007, is a great year of Ministry in many different ways (not to mention how I lost a lot of weight too, woo hoo..).. I was happy but I was NOT about to be content with Complacency so I was driven to just go, teach, preach, and help all I could. I wanted to be busy about the Kingdom!!!

2008 was much the same.... By the end of 2008, Evangelism had slowed down some but I was teaching a lot more at our church and preaching some there as well. We had also started weekly Youth Service also so business was picking up at the homebase.

In 2009, Evangelism had come to a near stand still by the end of the 2nd week of January. Since then, calls and bookings to teach and preach at churches as well as to do youth services/revivals have been at the near-zero mark. A few churches said they'd call, a summer camp I guess was canceled, a rescheduling at another church didn't take place, and a couple of revivals never happened. From the standpoint of Evangelism behind the pulpit, I have definitely been in a dry season. But this year brought about such great change in my life and in personal Evangelism. Doors were opened at the High School and I was able to finally start a weekly program there that I've been praying for, for years. I have also found myself helping, praying with, counseling, and giving scriptures to many youth and young adults off and on all year. Personal Evangelism has exploded and I'm definitely excited about how this is going to continue to grow as we enter into 2010.

PERSONAL CHANGE
Within all this time... The 3 years and 11 months.... I have watched myself change quite a bit. I find that
* I simply DO NOT care about a title (call me a youth pastor, call me an evangelist, call me a christian, or just call me jughead... it does not matter)
* I am no longer worried about dating.... For me, its all about helping as many people as I can and seeing as many souls saved as possible before the return of our Lord, Jesus Christ. I have seen how dating and such has destroyed so many people's walk with the Lord and so I'm not even going to allow myself to be sucked into any traps. I'm pressing on and I am committed totally to my Father in Heaven and His Will in my life, much like the Revivalist, Matt Sorger.
* I have an undying, unrelenting, unquenchable thirst to help people, see souls saved, see people healed, delivered, touched, set free, and on fire for God than I have ever had before!!!! I can't help it, I just know that we're so close to the brink of a latter rain revival where we're going to see things we have never seen before -- but I just want to see enough people put GOD FIRST in their life and get so serious and seek HIS WILL for their lives so much that God pours down upon THIS generation and we see the Revival that will usher in the catching away of the saints!!
* With age and change to my body, I have found that I can no longer run on 2-3 hours of sleep and get by with it. I have also learned that I can no longer just go to places like Pizza Hut and pig out anymore.... The 'all you can eat' has to be moderated now and the sleep has to be increased in order for my health to stay well. Back in February, I found out first hand what careless living can do to a person. I thought I was having a heart attack and let me tell you, it was one scary thing!!!! I am now dealing with the beginning stages of a blood clot in my leg.... all because of careless living.
* Though I'll always be young at heart and be relative to the Youth, earlier in the year, I had found myself unable to act as silly as I used to. I tried, believe me, I tried... but it was hard to act as crazy as I once did. I was doing all I can to fight the "old man" mentality that makes "acting young at heart" seem immature. Thank God, I've got a crazy friend that has helped me in a major way to reclaim some of that youth and step back a few years as well by acting crazy with him on a daily basis.

CHANGES IN PEOPLE & CHURCHES
Over the years, I have watched as many other things have changed.... Some people that used to be on fire for God are seemingly not on fire and just kind of trying to ride things out. There seems to be a lack of passion that was once there with some.

With others, I have watched some backslide, turn from God, and return to the ways of the world.

There is a cluster of people who have drawn closer to God and who are on the right path that maybe weren't 2 or 3 years ago.

All in all, looking at early 2006 and comparing it to late 2009 -- overall, people seem to be too busy for church. God no longer has relationships with a lot of people... He has just become this Sunday Morning Fad for many. Services all over in churches now seem to be tied tighter to clocks than ever before. Satan has turned up the heat in an incredibly horrific way, attacking ministers, leaders of churches, and key people throughout churches to cause divisions, confusion, strife, envy, backbiting, gossip, and all that horrendous stuff that doesn't belong in the churches nor in the lives of Christians.

CHANGES IN THE WORLD
There's so much more that I could talk about... from the Economy to the change of Presidents... The status of Christianity in America, the dual "wars" that seem to be taking place... The influx of anti-christ and fake-church movements.... the increase of confusion and lack of understanding as it pertains to Christianity, The Godhead, and the Power, Gifts, & Operations of the Holy Ghost.

Lets not forget about all of the world crisis situations that have taken place over the last few years, the breakdown, deaths, and suicides of millionares, the increase of revolting elements (hurricanes, tsunamis, tornadoes, earthquakes), and the talks of a NEW WORLD ORDER and ONE WORLD FINANCIAL SYSTEM......

BRINGING IT TOGETHER

Looking at my life, I see how I have grown in the Lord and how there is such a great increase of importance in doing the Will of my Heavenly Father than ever before. The urgency in my life to reach out, spread the Gospel, and help all that can be helped is stronger than it has ever been! I feel like we don't have long before our Savior, Jesus Christ, splits that Eastern Sky. That trumpet is gonna sound and I'm gonna be outta here. Once we reach the Heavenlies, I want to find tons of people there that God was able to use me as an instrument to help them obtain Salvation!! What greater blessing is there than to reach Heaven and see that someone else made it because of something that I had said or done? There will be no greater joy than that!

Looking at the churches: the increase of confusion and division, the decrease of power and anointing in many, and the lack of utilization, understanding, and operation of the Holy Ghost in his fullness has really swung some hard blows to the CHURCH as a whole. Thankfully, I'm at a church where we believe in the whole Bible, literally, and we have an understanding of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost and the meanings and operations of those aforementioned. But seeing all of this coming down on churches all over and seeing people fall away, depart from Full Gospel churches (pentecostal, etc --- i.e. believin' in the Holy Ghost, as well as the gifts and operation), as well as confused and deceived into denying the power thereof are all signs that we are tick-tocking into the final moments before the Son of Man shall come to receive us and meet us up in the clouds. I've watched smart people fall and be deceived by false doctrines and mixed up churches and, while it is a sad story, it will continue to happen so long as people lend their ears to the wrong people. In these last days, Satan, all the fallen angels that stand beside him are turning up the heat more and more and will continue to work on the hearts and minds of people, turning them from what they know is true and from what they know is right so that they will lay down what is right and pick up what seems to be right but just simply doesn't have the power....

Looking around the world with the wars, the elemental disasters, and the talks of one world currency systems and governments are definite signs that there's not much time left. This world can not unite under the name and allegiance of one person until the church is gone. That world leader will be the AntiChrist and I am here to tell you, everything that is going on all across the globe are surefire signs that we have finally fulfilled the prophetic words echoed throughout the Word of God leading up to the Rapture of the Church....

While many of the changes that have taken place in many churches and christians as well as the economy, the elements, and the world are seemingly terrible situations; we know and understand these things to be signs of the times. Remember, Christ himself said that we would not know the definite time in which He will come BUT there will be signs to watch for! He also lets us know that once these signs are fulfilled, then HE WILL come!!!! Some people are running their mouths about that stupid 2012 stuff but I'm here to tell ya, I don't think I NOR ANY OTHER FOLLOWER OF CHRIST will be on this Earth in 2012.

My hope is that you are ready to go. The rapture of the church will happen so fast that you will NOT have time to make things right or get ready. If you miss the call, you're going to be stuck here for 7 years of Tribulation... 3 and a half years will be mixed with peace but 3 and a half years will be hell on earth. If you think you've had bad days before, read Revelation! The terrible things that will take place on this Earth as God pours out his Wrath are terrifyingly harsh and these things will leave people begging to die to be released from the torture and pain that they will be going through. There is so much that can be talked about that takes place during those 7 years from taking the mark to the Battle of Armageddon (Meggido) ---- Instead of sticking around for all that crazy stuff, it would be best to just be ready!!!

ENDING
Things have changed A LOT over the last few years... Much of which was for the worse, but as we said before, it was written MANY years ago and proclaimed by Christ (and other prophesies and things were revealed by other prophets as well) that these things "must needs be" and that these were the signs of the times.
While the world is becoming more wicked, churches seem to be stepping away from the Power of God, people are falling away, delusions and confusions are attacking people, there IS a remnant out there.....
We have had a crazy whirlwind of time over the last near 4 years, but we're still here... We're still serving our Lord... We're still seeking The KINGDOM OF GOD first... We're getting busy about the King's Business... We're learning more... We're doing more... And you know what? No matter what comes our way personally, no matter what takes place with people and churches all over, and no matter how crazy and wicked the world gets --- We're going to keep right on serving and doing what we've been called and chosen to do: Spread the Gospel, Help Those In Need, Cast Out Devils, Operate In The Gifts, and be obedient to our Heavenly Father, no matter what............no matter what.