June 2, 2016

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June 2 water Watch and give heed warriors! Creator Yahweh is your strength and your shield. Dance your praises before him for his great mercy and steadfast love. He is our Great Chief, our defense and protector. He is a strong tower from which we observe with triumph the breaking down of our enemies.

Sing loud over the drum! Shout praises to Creator Yahweh for his great loving-kindness and mercy! Though many rise up against us, he is our great protector. He laughs in the face of our enemies and scoffs at their showing of strength. He shows no mercy to wicked traitors but showers his people with love. Let us sing of his strength and love. He is our great refuge in times of trouble. Yahweh. Yahweh. Yahweh. He is the God who shows us loving-kindness.

Eagle People … Today’s reading is Psalm 59:9-10. Pleya gi. “Go with Blessings.”

(Photo by Sandy Cathcart, First Youth Nations Rincon Gathering, May, 2014)

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June 1, 2016

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June 1 water Warriors, there are ravenous wolves who lie in wait for your life. They are fierce and mighty men who band together against you, not for any sin you have embraced or fault that you have committed against them, but because you are marked with the blood of Creator Yahweh.

These wolves howl and snarl like dogs and go prowling among our dwelling places. Lies are on their lips, slander and ridicule belch out of their mouths. Do not listen to them. Pray to Creator Yahweh to deliver you from these bloodthirsty wolves and lift you above those who work evil, for they lie in wait for your life.

Creator Yahweh, the Great Chief of Angel Armies, will arise to come to your aid. Call upon him, wait for him, then watch and heed what he tells you. He is your strength and shield. He will bring down the ravenous wolves at just the right time.

Eagle People … Today’s reading is Psalm 59:1-8. Pleya gi. “Go with Blessings.”

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May 31, 2016

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May 29 water Creator Yahweh will not turn away a broken and contrite heart. Take care and be on guard for yourselves and the whole tribe over which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as a minister and guardian. Look after the young ones and ignite the fire of hope in their hearts. Feed them with the Sacred Writings and return their hearts to their fathers. Remind the fathers that Creator Yahweh bought them with his own blood. Warn them of the ferocious wolves that will get in among you and who will not spare the young and weak ones.

Be alert and on guard! Never stop night or day seriously admonishing and advising and exhorting each other with tears. We are a tribal people. We need each other. Do not believe the lies of the enemy that tell you otherwise. Love, even as Creator Yahweh loves you.

Rest in his love. Live in his hope. Walk in his strength.

Eagle People … Today’s reading is Acts 20:28-31. Pleya gi. “Go with Blessings.”

(Photo by Sandy Cathcart of Casey Church, Wiconi Family Camp & Powwow, 2009)

May 10, 2016

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April 17 water small Has the way grown dark before you warriors? Do you feel yourself sinking into depression? Are the present circumstances that Creator Yahweh has allowed in your life dropping you into despair? Then it is time to stop, cease all work and be still.

Let Creator Yahweh be your refuge and stronghold of your life. Seek his face and inquire of him and do not move until he gives you direction. Rest in the arms of Creator Yahweh. It is a time to draw strength from a strong loved one and trust completely in another’s strength. Wait for Yeshua and he will fill your heart with courage.

Eagle People … Today’s reading is Psalm 27:1-4. Pleya gi. “Go with Blessings.”

(Photo by Sandy Cathcart of Frank at Wiconi Powwow)

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May 5, 2016

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April 29 water Yes warriors, we are often misunderstood, even regarded as imposters, especially for our faith in Creator Yahweh. Yet we continue to carry the light of heaven in our souls. Creator Yahweh lives and walks among our people. He is our God and there is none other like him. He has called us his sons and daughters and separated us as a people.

Since we are his children, fellow warriors, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit. Let us set aside the ways of foreigners and let us endeavor to perfect holiness out of reverence for Creator Yahweh. This is the way of walking in beauty.

Eagle People … Today’s reading is 2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1. Pleya gi. “Go with Blessings.”

(Photo by Sandy Cathcart, Wiconi Family Camp, 2009)

May 2, 2016

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April 22 water small Warriors, what is on your mind? Words hold the power of life and death, not only spoken, but also written; not only written but also as thoughts. The enemy of our souls tries to rob us of good thoughts, filling our minds with words of death. Get close to the earth, sit in silence, open the Sacred Writings and let Holy Spirit speak words of life. Think of the goodness of Creator Yahweh. Think on what is true.

As the morning sun rises and pours new hope into our souls, think about Creator Yahweh’s love for you. As the sun continues its walk across the sky and pours its warmth into every living thing, think about Jesus Yeshua and how he poured his life out for you. When the sun heads to its resting place in the west and you gather with your loved ones, think about how Creator Yahweh carried you through another day. When the sun disappears from the heavens and you stare at the star-filled sky, think about our Great Chief and Captain and how the splendor of his creation speaks truth day after day, night after night. There is no tongue or language where his voice is not heard.

All the glory and splendor you see in this world is temporary and fading away, but the love of Creator Yahweh endures forever.

Eagle People … Today’s reading is Philippians 4:8. Pleya gi. “Go with Blessings.”

(Photo by Sandy Cathcart of Aaron Gentry and friend at Restoration Celebration Powwow, Chiloquin, Oregon 2014)

April 28, 2016

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April 29 water Do not lose heart, warriors. Yes, death is working its way through our bodies, sometimes through sickness or injury, sometimes in destroying our hopes and dreams, sometimes in broken relationships. But life is also at work, restoring our souls and recreating each of us for a unique purpose, a purpose designed by Creator Yahweh.

Yeshua rose from the dead, and he will also raise our bodies from the dead and present us perfect and faultless before his Father. He will also raise our dead hopes from the grave if we lay them at his feet as an offering of love. Sometimes he restores such dead hopes, other times he gives us something much better. At all times, we can trust in Spirit power to guide us safely from the unknown and uncertain and into a sure hope.

Remember, Creator Yahweh is faithful even when we are faithless. Keep your heart focused on him. It is Spirit power that keeps us walking the Beauty Way.

Eagle People … Today’s reading is 2 Corinthians 4:13-16 and Isaiah 60:1-3. Pleya gi. “Go with Blessings.” (change Isaiah scripture)

(Photo by Sandy Cathcart of Wiconi Powwow, Salem, Oregon)

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April 23, 2016

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april 23 water small Warrior, do you know Creator Yahweh? Are you aware of his presence as something…someone…totally other? He is bigger, brighter, more all-encompassing than you can imagine. We live and move and dance and become in him. He is both in me and I am in him. He’s untouchable, yet He touches every part of me.

Feel the breath of his caress on your face. Breathe in the sweet scent of him, swim in the water of him. Let his sweetness quench your thirst. Bathe in the light of him and take comfort in the shadow of his wings. Let him be your every reason for existence, your hope, your joy, your tomorrow.

When you know Creator Yahweh in this way, your life will never be the same. No pit will be so deep that he is not there. No sorrow so clenching that he cannot touch. No disappointment so shattering that he cannot mend and restore. Victory is a heartbeat away.

Eagle People … Today’s reading is Psalm 118:1-13. Pleya gi. “Go with Blessings.”

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April 14, 2016

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April 14 water small Warriors. Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain, and a path for the thunderstorm, to water a land where no man lives, a desert with no one in it, to satisfy a desolate wasteland and make it sprout with grass? How great is Creator Yahweh—beyond our understanding! He draws up the drops of water and fills the clouds with moisture, pouring abundant water on all creatures. When his voice resounds, he holds nothing back.

Creator Yahweh is our Chief and Captain. Is there anything he cannot do? Let us lay our lives, with all of our concerns, sorrows, pain, dreams, visions and disappointments, in his hands. He is faithful beyond our understanding. Even when our hearts fail us for lack of faith, He remains faithful, for he has placed his Holy Spirit in our hearts and he cannot disown himself. Let us trust him with our visions, he holds nothing back.

Eagle People … Today’s reading is Job 38:1-11. Pleya gi. “Go with Blessings.

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April 10, 2016

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April 10 water small Warriors, when your breastplate is in place, tighten your belt of Truth, which Creator Yahweh has given you through his Sacred Writings. Shod your feet with fine moccasins in preparation to face the enemy. Stand against the wicked one with the firm-footed stability, the promptness, and the readiness produced by the Gospel of peace.

Pick up your shield of saving faith that is able to quench all the flaming arrows of the wicked one. And then take the helmet of salvation that Creator Yahweh has given you, and the sword that Yahweh’s Spirit wields, which is the Sacred Writings, the Bible. Now, you are ready to stand.

Stand firm, therefore, and hold your ground.

Raise your voice and pray. Shout victory against the rulers and authorities of this dark world that will soon come to an end. Let the warrior’s cry be heard throughout the land. Do not allow yourself to be distracted by the endless cares and troubles of this world. Such cares and troubles will soon pass away, but the Word and love of Creator Yahweh stand firm forever.

Eagle People … Today’s reading is Ephesians 6:10-24. Pleya gi. “Go with Blessings.

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