Ghostdancer Shadley

Keep Creator Yahweh’s decrees and commands, written in the Sacred Writings (Bible), so that it may go well with you and your children for many generations and that you may live long in the land Creator Yahweh your God gives you for all time.

Remember how your Chief and Captain led you all the way through the dark times when you were imprisoned behind paper walls built by people who did not understand how much Creator Yahweh loves the way he designed you.

He was with you through those dark times, whispering his words of love in the wind blowing through the prairie grass and mountain forests. He called you along the singing brook. And inside concrete walls that held you captive, he was still there, bathing his wounded warriors in love. He fed you with every whispered word that fell from his mouth.

He calls you now. “Make ready, Warriors, your time is soon to come.” Eat the words of the Sacred Writings as if they are food for you that you cannot live without. They are the arrows that will fly against your enemy, and you will come out the victor in this war.

Eagle People … Today’s reading is Deuteronomy 8:1-9. Pleya gi. “Go with Blessings

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Remember warriors that faith is the tool that no hand, but Creator Yahweh’s can hold for long. Lay your tiny faith in his mighty hand and watch as he builds something strong, useful and beautiful.

Enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus. Climb the sacred mountain, whether in body or in mind. Cleanse yourself with the water of the Spirit and with the smoke of sweet burning sage. Draw near to Creator Yahweh with a sincere heart and with full assurance of faith.

He will provide this faith for you, just keep turning to him, in each and every moment and circumstance. Let him take your heart and soften it until it can be remolded into a warrior’s heart. This is still a time for silence, as he remolds you. Wait until you hear his words, “It is finished.”

Eagle People … Today’s reading is Hebrews 10:19-22. Pleya gi “Go with Blessings.”

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Warrior, bring your life to Creator Yahweh. Lean on him, rely on him; place your confidence in him. Sit beside the fire and let him show you his ways. Walk along the path with him, letting him take the lead. Walk in his footsteps while he guides you in truth and faithfulness. He is the God of your salvation.

Do not worry about evil people who seem to prosper in your shame. Their days are but dust; they are here today and gone tomorrow. But you, child, will shine like the stars forever, because you have trusted in his great love. Creator Yahweh is good and upright and he will guide you to a spacious place. The way getting there may be dark and lonely, but soon you will dance with all your heart. Never give up trusting in your Great Chief and Captain.

Eagle People … Today’s reading is Psalm 25:1-11. Pleya gi “Go with Blessings

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Warriors, be sure to spend much time in the Sacred Writings found in the Bible. This is no white man’s book as some of our people call it. It is a book of life-giving words given by Creator and passed down from one generation to another, kept alive by prophesies fulfilled hundreds of years after they were first given and fueled by the hope of a Messiah to come. A Messiah, a Great Chief, the Grass Dancer of all grass dancers, who made a Way for His People, the Way of Beauty, the Blessing Way.

Now, we are one great new tribe made up of all who put their trust in Jesus Yeshua, Creator Yahweh.

Read the sacred words of beauty and raise your hands to the sky, calling upon Creator Yahweh, the one who sees, the great counselor, the faithful great “Blaydal’knii” (God above all). Ask him to restore you, for he alone knows your true needs. Dance your prayers to him as you step out each heartbeat of the drum.

Eagle People … Today’s reading is John 3:16-21. Pleya gi “Go with Blessings.”

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A wise man, John Henry Jowett, once wrote, “Evil never surrenders its grasp without a tremendous fight.” This is something we spiritual warriors should never forget. The warriors of old knew this. They were not arrogant in their interpretation of the Sacred Writings. They knew blood would be shed, dreams forsaken, and heights left unclaimed. Jowett went on to write, “Satan is not put to flight by our courteous request. He completely blocks our way, and our progress must be recorded in blood and tears.”

Our people know much about blood and tears, as every true believer in Creator Yahweh must know. Most of us took our first breaths in this world under the protection of clean and protected surroundings. Not so when we are born of Spirit. Spirit knows no walls. Being born of Spirit means open skies where we “draw our strength from the distress of the storm.” Buffeting winds and howling wolves welcome us to a dangerous world.

“We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God.”

Eagle People … Today’s reading is Job 34:10-15. Pleya gi “Go with Blessings.”

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