Better to be poor and honest than to be dishonest and rich!

1) Worldly rich: The love of money can motivate any evil on this earth. Rich sometimes get rich by oppressing the poor. There are many wicked rich people in this world who have hardened their hearts filled with arrogancy, selfishness, harshness, cold-heartedness throwing rich parties wasting their money on useless things, who are overfed and has no pity nor concerned about the poor but are hoarded with wealth, pride and refused to pay their workers, who do not even defend the rights of the poor nor share their wealth or food with poor and needy. But in scriptures we see that when Jesus and his disciples threw parties they invited the poor, the crippled, the lame and the blind. Luke 14:12-13 says but when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame and the blind.


There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men says Proverb 30:14.

We can remember the parable Jesus told about the beggar Lazarus and the rich man (Luke 16:19-31). Jesus says only that the rich man had great wealth and that he enjoyed his wealth while Lazarus suffered miserably outside his gate. The rich man exploited Lazarus to acquire wealth. He simply neglected to share. So God punished him (Luke 16:19–31).

2)Godly rich: Godly rich is showing our generosity in the good works such as helping the poor , needy disabled, helping the humble widows , orphans, and foreigners sharing the testimony of God with unbelievers. No matter how justly we have acquired our wealth, God demands that we act generously towards the poor.

Proverbs 22:9 says A generous man will himself be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor.

Proverb 29:7: The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.

3)God cares for poor: In the world today, we see only few people care about the poor. God curses on anyone who looks down on poor and needy. Proverb 28:27 says He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse. When we give the poor, we are lending it to God. Prov. 19:17 says He who is gracious to a poor man lends to the LORD, and He will repay him for his good deed.

4)Another kind of poor: Some people are poor because they make sinful choices because of lack of Self Control by being disobedient to the will of God by pursuing a life of pleasure and hypocrisy. Proverbs 28:19 reminds us that He who works his land will have abundant food, but the one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty and some people become poor because of unwise in their financial usage like buying things they don’t need, not saving for emergencies, buying a lot of things by making to many debts. People can bring poverty on themselves by refusing to follow wise counsel. Proverbs 13:18 says Poverty and disgrace come to him who ignores instruction, but whoever heeds reproof is honoured.Some of the choices they make are lying, stealing, willful ignorance of wise instruction, laziness, gluttony, gambling, lottery, drunkenness, negligence, waste, greediness, adultery and bad addictions. Do not be with heavy drinkers of wine, or with gluttonous eaters of meat. For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty and drowsiness will clothe a man with rags” (Pr. 23:20-21). Drunkenness can lead to sexual immorality, anger, fighting and even murder. For such kind of poor people we should admonish them to walk in righteous godly path by helping them to quit their present life style by rebuking and encouraging them to walk rightly in the eyes of God not human standards.

God will still hold us accountable for our actions. “He who covers his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy” (Pr. 28:13). Neither thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards shall inherit the kingdom of God” (1 Cor. 6:10). The apostle Paul commanded Christians ...not to associate with any so-called brother if he should be an immoral person, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or a swindler not even to eat with such a one. (1 Cor. 5:11).

Conclusion: True happiness, peace and satisfaction are there in our lives when we follow and live in God‘s ways.

Prayer for Safe Pregnancy and Delivery!

Father, In Jesus' Name I confess and repent of my sins, on behalf of my ancestors for the sins, unconfessed sins and iniquities. Cleanse me and my family with the Precious Blood of Jesus Christ. In Jesus' Name I command the demons of rebellion and evil addictions, disobedience, poverty, financial failure, marriage failure, etc. to come out of me and my husband and my children. In the name of Jesus, Let the power in the blood of Jesus Christ separate me and my children and my husband from the sins of our parents and ancestors.In Jesus name I confess that I am a temple of the living God and God is dwelling in me and walking in me.

I confess God’s word and In Jesus Holy name I reject all types of Pregnancy complications ,pre-mature birth , physical and mental disabilties,infectious diseases, miscarriages, inherited sicknesses, every form of antenatal and postnatal infections ,birth defects, malfunction, any hormonal problem, pains and sufferings in my unborn baby, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ . In the name of Jesus Christ and through his powerful Blood I and my unborn baby is blessed to have a heavenly care and perfect health. My safety comes from the Lord I will have safe delivery. I apply the blood of Jesus Christ to every hidden sickness in my life as well as my unborn baby’s life. Let the blood of Jesus Christ stand between and any sickness and diseases that could possiblely come against us.Lord bless me to nurse my baby with my breast milk, until my baby is satisfied.

Lord, every Evil inner voice speaking discouragement, sickness and disease, negative dreams and imaginations, unbelief and impossibility to my safe delivery be silenced, in the name of Jesus Christ and through his Powerful Blood. Lord, you are my Dwelling Place, and I rest in the knowledge that evil will not come near me and no sickness or infirmity will strike me or my unborn child. I confess that my child will be born healthy and completely whole.

Lord Jesus, in Your Holy Name, I bind all evil spirits ,natural disaster, any evil men, accidents ,coming against me , my unborn child, my husband and my daughter .Bless my Children to grow in the grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ and to be a testimony for God’s glory ,honour and blessings to our family.


In the name of Jesus Christ let my womb be covered with the precious blood of Jesus Christ, hear the word of the Lord be filled with the Holy Spirit even from the womb who is a chosen by god, called for royal priesthood. I commit my unborn child to You, Father, and pray that he will grow and call me blessed.

Lord JESUS, I cover myself and my family members and my unborn child with the Blood of JESUS and ask for holy angels to be placed around us as a hedge of protection to Protect us from all evils and dangers.
I cast all the care and burden of this pregnancy over You, Lord for You are our refuge and our fortress.

May all my family members stand united in Christ Jesus when we face any kind of trials and troubles together. Father, in Jesus' name, I thank you for my unborn child and for my family members. Thank You, Jesus! Amen.

Filled with the Holy Spirit, even from mother's womb!

The Bible teaches that man is created in the image of God. Lord Jesus Christ Who came as God in the flesh (1st Timothy 3:16) was being conceived by the Holy Spirit Born of the Virgin Mary. Matthew 1:18-21 states: Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: when His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit. And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man and not wanting to disgrace her, planned to send her away secretly. But when he had considered this, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for the Child who has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. She will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins."


The Scriptures clearly says every Christian are to be filled with the Spirit of god being filled or controlled by the Spirit is the result of walking in obedience to the Lord having intimate fellowship with God through Christ.

God’s chosen children are filled with the Spirit of God which is Holy Spirit from their mothers womb. We see John the Baptist was filled with the Holy Spirit from His mother's womb. Luke 1:15 says :For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb" .

His birth shows that he and his life were set apart for God's purpose to accomplish God's will for him. The children who are filled with the Holy Spirit hunger for a deeper relationship with God and desire Godly things to impact their lives and other lives in a glorious way. Christians are told in the book of Ephesians, "Be not drunk with wine, but be filled with the Spirit. There are few people in the world who are chosen by God who live separately from the ways of the world and all its corrupting influences but are filled with the Holy Spirit and submission to God.

God knows each one of us before conception .God says that he knows us even before we were born (Jeremiah 1:5) and he knows us from our Mothers womb as well (Psalm 139:13). The scripture says that children are a heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is His reward (Psalm 127:3-4). The children are capable of worshiping and praising God which says in Matthew 21:15-16: And Jesus said to them, "Yes; have you never read, "'Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies you have prepared praise'?"

Life begins at conception: The Holy Spirit conceived Jesus Christ in Mary's womb. The life of Jesus Christ as a Human Being started at conception.

King David said about God's role in our conception: "For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb . . . your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be" (Psalm 139:13, 16).

The Lord has called Me from the womb; From the matrix of My mother He has made mention of My name. Isaiah 49:1

But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace, to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; Galatians 1:15-16

And now the Lord says, who formed me from the womb to be His Servant, To bring Jacob back to Him, So that Israel is gathered to Him. Isaiah 49:4.

He will also be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb. Luke 1:14

But thou art he that took me out of the womb; Thou didst make me trust when I was upon my mother’s breasts. I was cast upon thee from the womb; Thou art my God since my mother bare me. Psalm 22:9.

He took his brother by the heel in the womb, And in his strength he struggled with God. Hosea 12:3

Thus says the Lord who made you and formed you from the womb, who will help you: ‘Fear not, O Jacob My servant. Isaiah 44:2


Conclusion: The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all!

A Letter of Encouragement

I am writing this as a letter to you personally, my dear brother and sister in Christ, so that if you become anxious of the future, or you need encouragement about what is ahead, you can read it and hopefully hear GOD speak to your HEART…For this is really His MESSAGE to ALL of US….




I am writing this because I want to remind you of the great future God has for you. I know this because He said so. He says you have not seen, nor heard, nor even imagined anything as great as what He has prepared for you (1 Corinthians 2:9) You have no idea how great your future is. He says that what He has for you is so great that if you truly understood it, you would feel “that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed” in you (Revelation 8:18). That means whatever you envision for your life right now is already too small.



Although God promises you a future full of hope and blessing, it’s not going to happen automatically. There are some things you have to do. One of them is PRAY about it (Jeremiah 29:11-13). Another is OBEY GOD. But don’t worry, God will help you with both of those of you ask Him. The Holy Spirit is God’s guarantee to you that He will help you do what you need to do and bring to pass everything He promised (Ephesians 1:13-14). Just know that every time you PRAY & OBEY, you are investing in your future.



Remember, my precious brother and sister in the Lord, that walking with God doesn’t mean that there won’t be obstacles. Satan will see to it that there are. While God has a plan for your future that is good, the devil has one too and it’s not good. But the devil’s plan for your life cannot succeed as long as you are WALKING with God, living in OBEDIENCE to His ways, standing strong in His WORD, and PRAYING without ceasing. God’s plan for your life won’t happen without a struggle, however, so don’t give up when times get tough. Just keep on doing what’s RIGHT and RESIST the temptation to quit. Ask God to give you the strength and endurance you need to do what you have to do.



Don’t judge your future by what you read in the newspaper or the words someone spoke over you one time. Your FUTURE is in God’s HANDS. The only thing that is important is what He says about it. He doesn’t want you to be concerned about your future anyway. He wants you to be concerned with Him, because He is your future. Don’t become discouraged if things don’t happen as fast as you would like them to. They never do. God wants you to learn PATIENCE. Our perspective is temporal. He is eternal. So don’t be concerned if you are not seeing all that you want in response to your prayers. You will. If you draw close to God and do what He asks you to do, if you worship Him in spirit and in truth, if you love others and give yourself to them, if you speak God’s Word in faith and pray, you will see God’s blessings poured out on your life. I believe that we are denied certain things for a time because God wants us to fervently pray and intercede for them. That’s because He wants to do something great in response to your prayers, something that can only be birthed in prayer. There may be things that won’t happen in your life unless you are praying long and fervently.



In the meantime I know that you want to do something significant for the Lord and move into new areas of service for Him. God is looking for men & women who will be committed to living for His way and stepping into the purposes He has for their lives. He wants man and woman who are willing to sacrifice themselves for His kingdom, who are willing to say, “Not my will, but Yours be done.” You are one of those men and women. I pray that you will be equipped and ready when God says, “Now is the time.” And the doors of opportunity open. Just keep doing what’s right and when you least expect it, you will get a CALL from God giving you your assignment.



Remember, God “is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us” (Ephesians 3:20). He has more for you than you can imagine. And now may “the God of hope fill you with all joy and each believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit” (Romans 15:13). Stay focused on God, and He will keep you in perfect peace as He moves you into the future He has for you.

Pray this before or after getting into any vehicle!

The Blood of Jesus Christ is very powerful. We must pray to God and apply Godly wisdom in every area of our daily life and get protected by him in all things.


Father , In Jesus Name, I cover myself, this vehicle and my family that is riding with me and the road I travel today with the precious Blood of Jesus Christ. I take authority and dominion over all animals and demons of the road so they do not cross my path. I dispatch angels ahead of me to protect me in Jesus name.

Lord, through the precious Blood of Jesus Christ guide my actions and responses as I drive to and from to anywhere I may go and come, guide me on my way from every danger, grant me a steady hand and watchful eye to operate the vehicle properly that none be hurt as I pass by in Jesus name.

Lord I now Plead the Blood of Jesus Christ against any bad and evil people who may try to come against me in anyway or in any form. I ask You Lord Jesus, to protect me and my family from sickness, disease, infirmities, afflictions, all harm, all accidents, from vehicle break-ins, theft, vehicle breakdown, road dangers, from all anxiety, and all natural disasters, from all wicked evil people through the powerful Blood of Jesus Christ. I ask you to protect those around us from accidents as well. Let no trouble or damage of any kind occur to us by anyone in anyway or in any form and deliver us from all evil, harm and destruction of any kind.

Father, Bless me to be patient and alert. Bless this vehicle as I pray for complete protection of me and my family members and the people around us so that we may all reach our destinations safely.

Father, in the name of Jesus, I now have full faith and belief that the Blood of Jesus will now fully protect me against all of the things that I have just Pled His Blood on.

Thank you Father, Glory to God for the Precious & Powerful Blood of our Savior lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

Pray for others!

Intercession is praying to God on behalf of others who needs our prayers for God's intervention.
Jesus Christ is our model for intercessory prayer. Jesus set the example and He prayed for others and taught His followers to pray like him. (Luke 22:32, Luke 23:34, Romans 8:34, John 17:6-26)

God says to offer prayers for those who murmur against God(Numbers 14:19), Those who forsake us(2 Timothy 4:16)and envy us(Numbers 12:13), for the Enemies among whom we dwell(Jeremiah 29:7), for the sick people(James 5:14), Persecutors(Matthew 5:44), Friends(Job 42:8), Children(Matthew 15:22, Genesis 17:18), Servants(Luke 7:2-3) and masters(Genesis 24:12-14),for All men( 1 Timothy 2:1) and All saints(Ephesians 6:18), for the Church(Psalms 122:6), Ministers(2 Corinthians 1:11)Kings and All in authority. (1 Timothy 2:2).

The Bible has many cases of people standing up for others and praying before God 1.Abrahm prayed for Sodom and Gomorrah in Genesis 18:20-33.

2. Moses Prayed and Interceded For Israel in Exodus 32:11-13, Exodus 32:31-32.

3. Stephen Prayed For His Murderers At The Point Of His Death in Acts 7:60

4. Daniel was a man of prayers. he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees 3 times a day and prayed(Daniel 6:10 ) .He Prayed for the Sins of His People in Daniel 9:1-3.

5. Nehemiah Prayed Identifying With The Sins Of His People in Nehemiah 1:3-11.

6. Ezra prayed Identifying with the Sins of His People in Ezra 9:6-15.

7. Elijah prayed God to Reveal Himself to the People in I Kings 18:36-37.

8. Paul's Prayed For Ephesians in Ephesians 3:14-20), for Philippians in Philippians 1:9-11) and for Colossians in Colossians 1:9-17)

God says if any one of us is sick He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord(James 5:14).He commands us to confess the sins with each other so that we can be healed (James 5:16) and that the PRAYER OF FAITH SHALL SAVE THE SICK which says in James 5:15.

Pray, Pray, Pray without ceasing! May God bless us as we pray for others!

God Bless!

Pray together For America

Once upon America is noted for a wealthiest nation. Today Americans are deeply in debt, illegal employers are increasing, unemployment is increasing, the families are getting poorer and poorer and middleclass families are struggling too much in every area of their life, many have taken pay cuts after getting laid off in the private sectors ,many are losing their pensions which they worked for their entire lives. Lawsuits have increased, Insurance costs have increased, broken and dysfunctional families have increased, people are in debt to the private bankers, Millions of American citizens can't find a decent job to support their families, and many don't even have any health care.



Our society has become desensitized to sin. We have become arrogant, rebellious, and ungodly. Our Education system have turned into godless public schools, blaspheming the Lord with their evil practices, God-hating, family-hating, feminism, homosexuality, murdering, abortion, rampant sexual immoral practices, unwanted pregnancies, lesbianism, fornication, immodesty, witchcraft, nudity, bankrupting our hospitals, crime rate have increased, remarrying many more times have becoming so common .US has the world's highest divorce rate, highest criminality rates, world's largest consumer of cocaine, high marriage failure rate, families are falling apart even though we have a lots of tools like marriage counselors etc still people are so quick to seek divorce as a solution to personal unhappiness. Bible says in 1st Timothy 6:10, "For the love of money is the root of ALL evil. We have destroyed our family values in the name of career and we had been chasing after the money, prosperty and our own fun and selfish desires .we are always busy in everything and we never have time for God and family .Americans today are in debt to the International Banksters for well over $100,000,000,000,000 when you take into consideration personal, local, state, federal, and mortgage debt owed by America.

Early American schools taught the moral values from the Bible, with school prayer, today's public school system prohibit teaching moral values from the Bible, or even allowing students to pray to a God that a majority of faiths in this country recognize. The result is America has become a land with much looser morals then four decades ago, which is having a negative affect on all sectors of our society.

Moral poisoning of our youth and the youth of the world through our Rock Music, Harry Potter, occult TV shows and movies, Teaching our youth secular humanistic values and gay values through Public Schools. Sex saturated media such as T.V., VCR's and video movies, occult role playing games, Rock music, Hip-hop music with all its horrific themes, Country music, with its themes glorifying sin. Many of us have a problem of celebrating Christmas day but we do not have a problem of celebrating occult and pagan practices such as Halloween etc.

In the name of tolerance every evil thing is highly exalted and proudly defended in our society. Lasciviousness. Smoking cigarettes, tobacco addiction, premarital sex, Vandalism, suicides, nudity bars, Gun and school shootings, pornography, Euthanasia ,alcoholism and drugs, fornication, adultery, feminism, lifestyle of uncleanliness, lust, and greed have become so common in our society with higher alarming rate.

God's word in Judges 21:25 says, "In those days every man did that which was right in his own eyes."

We have worshipped other gods and called it multiculturalism.

We have endorsed perversion and called it alternative lifestyle.

We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.

We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare.

We have killed our unborn and called it choice.

We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable.

We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self-esteem.

We have abused power and called it politics.

We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it ambition.

We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression.

We have made too many laws and rules and called as freedom of privacy.

We have ignored our God given responsibilities as parents and have put our responsibilities on others like daycare etc and have gone to make a career at the expense of our family.

We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment. We are mocking God's Word, we are offending him more than ever, we are allowing women to kill their babies, we are allowing a minority to re-define marriage and family in order for them to please their selfish and abnormal desires, we are allowing people to take drugs legally, we are telling children that masturbation, pornography, prostitution, lesbianism, homosexuality, bisexuality, transsexualism and other deviant practices are fine and even good and healthy.

 We are clearly living in the last days, as the Bible says:
"But understand this that in the last days there will come times of stress. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, inhuman, implacable, slanderers, profligates, fierce, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, holding the form of religion but denying the power of it. Avoid such people." 2 Timothy 3:1-5.

We are deliberately disobeying God and violating his commandments. Our country is need of prayer. Everyone needs to get on their knees and pray everyday for our nation and for all the people. Judgment is coming and it might have already started, it is the time of true repentance from our wicked ways. Jesus may come at any hour or any day and we need to get right with God .We need to Pray to Jesus. Seek Him. Ask Him and walk in his ways without justifying our sinful wicked ways and bragging about our arrogant pride and being self righteous.

"If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14 "

Many will be Godless in the last days!

During Last days just before Christ returns the earth will be corrupt before God, filled with violence, Immorality ,men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinful against the Lord (Gen. 13:13), there will be disregard for marriage, many will be attracted to the world of perversion and ungodliness such as promiscuity, homosexuality, nudity, immoral dress, lovers of themselves, lovers of money and pleasure, unforgiving, slanderous, without self control, brutal, treacherous, rash, conceited , boastful, proud, abusive ,divorce, abortion, murders, ungrateful, unholy , all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, inventors of evil things Violence and bloodshed were an accepted way of life, the children will be disobedient to parents and all forms of authority, there will be rapid progress of evil and high increase of sinful things. Many people are bold, proud and unashamed of their sin have become desensitized to sin and have lost their senses to differentiate between good and evil during the end times.


There are two types of fear one is sinful fear and Godly fear. The sinful fear is from unbelief, or a distrust of God and the Godly fear is the fear of God is the instruction of wisdom. The last days will be like the days of Noah and Lot (Luke 17:29-30) where it will be filled with people who have no fear of God (Matt 7:21-23) which the Bible says is a sign of an unregenerate mind (Romans 3:18) a rebellious and stiff-necked people prone to sin and are spiritually blind.

And Many have prophesied "in the name of the LORD" (Deut. 18:22), but "they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD" (Jer. 23:16). Some even justify their disobedience to the Word of God by twisting the Scriptures to justify their lifestyle and preach the doctrine of devils by preaching the false gospel. The wicked people choose to sin against God and then God allows their sinful desires to control them. These wicked people refuse God's truth, prefer lie and justify their wrong doings. We need godly fear, the desire to obey, respect and honor God and many will refuse to obey and guided by God and His principles

These men are grumblers and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires; they boast about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage. But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold. They said to you, "In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires." These are the men who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit. Jude 1:16-19

But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them.

They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over weak-willed women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires, always learning but never able to acknowledge the truth. Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth—men of depraved minds, who, as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected. But they will not get very far because, as in the case of those men, their folly will be clear to everyone. 2 Timothy 3:1-9

Conclusion: Hence  As the true believers we need to always watch, and pray that we may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that we  may be able to stand before the Son of Man" (Luke 21:36).