Choices to Make / Word for 2012
                    
                             By Pastor Mary Ann Kotch
On November 12th, 2011, a seed was planted.  I had no idea what  the Lord began on this day would
continue to such an extent.  It was as though thoughts were being planted that continued for weeks on end.  
Weeks later, on December12th I began to write what I sensed was an important word for “now.”  

 America is at a point of crises.  We are confronted with questions that need to be answered and choices to
be made on a daily basis.  These  include personal choices that affect this country as well as the entire
world.  Because of the lack of spiritual discernment there are leaders that have been elected and/or
appointed  who have been placed in positions of authority who are simply not God’s choice.

Just as we read in the biblical account of 1 Samuel 8, “Even though God speaks man chooses his own way.“   
Proverbs 14:12 says: “There is a way that seems right to man but in the end leads to death.”  The gift of free
will should be cherished by man.  Just as God adheres to his law,  so too must man.  Else we will suffer the
consequences.

Decisions are being made today that affect everyone.  God has given us the gift of life and liberty.  But many
have allowed a corrupt government to have control over their lives giving up blessings and gifts only God
can give.    Although most of the world will have choices to make this message was given to me expressly for
America. It was strong and clear . The impression I had was that of concern, love and care.

“We have important choices to make in the coming year. These decisions will either culminate in Godly
blessings or disaster that will bring destruction and heartache such as has never before been experienced
in this country before.  God’s people are going to be called upon to stand in Jesus who is the way the truth
and the life. The strength and courage that only God can give is an absolute necessity. These choices will
not only affect individual lives but the country as a whole.”

The message continued: In a vision: “I am seeing walls crumbling, solid bricks, stone foundations being
chipped away.  I smell a horrible smell that is indescribable, so horrible that in my human understanding can
only be identified as rottenness or putrid.   I see in the spirit a cloud around the heads of many symbolizing a
dullness.  Their minds and senses have been put to sleep as though a drug had been administered.  This can
only happen if the heart has been hardened with deception.”  
“Some have unknowingly stumbled into an acceptable attitude that is comfortable.  Others have actually
buried their heads in the sand not caring or understanding the dangers that surrounds them. I hear the word
“danger” over-and-over again.  Following this, as though it were in an echo chamber, the word
“totalitarianism.”  (Totalitarian meaning a government in which one political group maintains complete control
(under a dictator…one who favors such a government)

“Although the first three months of the new year 2012 will seem uneventful, there is much going on behind
the scenes that will begin to come to the forefront in the month of April.  Anger, envy and greed will begin to
rear their ugly heads.  Three who seem politically strong will fall by the wayside.  Although there will be
natural disasters to contend with the Lord made it very clear that His concern for America is prominent.  
There will be a spotlight on particular states during the summer months of May, June, July and August,
perhaps even into September and October.  He mentioned New Hampshire, Hawaii, Illinois, particularly
Chicago and several states in the Midwest .  I saw a map of the Eastern United States with lights blinking
along the coastline.  They included Virginia and the Carolinas.  I wasn’t quite sure about Georgia, but I did
see the state of Florida.”

Because our Creator is a God of unending and everlasting love, I believe the purpose for a word of this
magnitude an intensity is because we are being called to pray for this nation.  Those who have stood strong
are being encouraged to continue .  For others it will be a time to choose.

Mary Ann Kotch, Pastor ROF@KPM--- 2011
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