Ghostdancer Shadley

Warriors, have put on your full armor? It is important that we have the belt of truth buckled around our waists and the breastplate of righteousness in place. Righteousness is the free gift offered by Jesus Yeshua, and truth is found in the Sacred Writings given to us by our Great Chief and Captain.

Our moccasins must be fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace given to us by Creator Yahweh and our headdress is the protection of his salvation that is also given freely to all warriors who trust in him. We must also pick up the shield of faith, which will extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil trickster. Then we must pick up the Sword of the Spirit, which is the word of our Great Chief and Captain.

Once we have done all this, let us stand firm with everything in place. Then when the day of evil comes, as it soon will, we will be able to stand our ground and pray in the Spirit with all kinds of prayers and requests. With all this in mind, we must be alert and always keep praying for one another.

Eagle People … Today’s reading is Ephesians 6:13-18. Pleya gi. “Go with Blessings.”

(Photo by Sandy Cathcart at Wiconi Powwow, 2010)

Remember warriors, to be very careful how you live, not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity. Your life on this earth road is short, not much more than a vapor. Creator Yahweh has placed you here for a unique purpose. Make it your goal to find out what that purpose is and to walk in it in Spirit power.

Do not get drunk on wine, but be filled with the Spirit! Such a filling of Spirit will make you dance for joy. Speak to one another with traditional songs and new songs. Let the faithfulness of our Great Chief and Captain be made known. Pass down the old stories and let your story be heard by your children. Sing and make music in your heart to Creator Yahweh, always giving thanks for everything. And while you do these things, be sure to submit to one another in love, for love covers over a multitude of wrong doing.

Eagle People … Today’s reading is Ephesians 5:15-21. Pleya gi. “Go with Blessings.”

(Photo by Sandy Cathcart at Wiconi Powwow, 2010)

Do not forget warriors, as far as the heavens are above the earth, so are the ways of Creator Yahweh higher than our ways and his thoughts higher than our thoughts. His thoughts are not anything like our thoughts. Rain pours from the clouds and snow covers the earth, and neither rain nor snow return to heaven without first watering the earth and making it bud and flourish so that it yields seed for the sower and nourishment for the gatherer.

So it is with the words found in the Sacred Writings, which are the very words of our Great Chief and Captain. His words will accomplish his desires and will achieve the purposes for which he sent it. His words hold life for us! By them we are warned from walking the Sorrow Way. By them we see the way ahead one step at a time. By them we find nourishment for our souls. Trust in the thoughts and the words and the promises of Creator Yahweh. They will accomplish great things in the lives of the warriors who heed them.

Eagle People … Today’s reading is Isaiah 55:8-11. Pleya gi. “Go with Blessings.”

(Photo by Sandy Cathcart of Frank Summers at Wiconi Powwow, 2010)

We have much to be thankful for warriors. Creator Yahweh has called us by name! Our Maker is like a husband to us, keeping our house together. Let us be thankful for his unfailing love that can never be shaken, for his everlasting kindness and compassion, and for his covenant of peace that will never be removed. Our Great Chief and Captain will enlarge our tents and strengthen our stakes, spreading us out to the right and to the left. Our descendants will settle throughout the earth.

Let us praise the name of Creator Yahweh because he has taken away our fear and has filled us with Spirit power so that we will forget the shame of our youth. He has called us back to himself and has promised true restoration for those who acknowledge him in word and Spirit.

Sing, O barren woman, you who never bore a child; burst into song! Shout for joy, you who were never in labor; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband. Our Great Chief and Captain is our Redeemer; he is called the God of all the earth.

Eagle People … Today’s reading is Isaiah 54. Pleya gi. “Go with Blessings.”

(Photo by Sandy Cathcart at Wiconi Powwow, 2010)

Warriors, Let us make sure we know the Sacred Writings well enough so that we can tell the difference between Truth and a lie. Not every spirit that speaks is from our Great Chief and Captain. Some prophets will fill us with false hopes, speaking visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of Creator Yahweh. They will tell us everything we long to hear, but they are living a lie.

Dreams and visions from Creator Yahweh will always align with the words in his Sacred Writings. They will strengthen the hands of the poor and needy and give real hope to those in despair. They will not promise what cannot be attained.

Let us speak about what we know and what we have seen. Let us proclaim Words of Life, the eternal Life, Jesus Yeshua who was with the Father and has appeared to our ancestors. May we be a people who speak faithfully the words of our Great Chief and Captain. In this way we will give life to one another and walk in Light.

Eagle People … Today’s reading is Jeremiah 23:13-21 & 1 John 1:1-7. Pleya gi. “Go with Blessings.”

(Photo by Sandy Cathcart at Wiconi Powwow, 2010)