💥 Changed by the Holy Spirit bringing truth from God

 

Pam Padgett, member of the body of Christ.  

 

A few days ago, I was going about some chores I typically do each morning, feeding the dogs and cats, and cleaning litter boxes.  I hadn't slept well the night before, and felt "sluggish" as I went from one thing to another.  A thought came of how boring and never-ending these tasks seem.  

 

Right away, the Holy Spirit reminded me of what we're told in Psalm 118:24.  

 

Psalm 118:24  This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.  

 

Thinking on this completely changed my attitude.  

 

Now, as I finished these chores, I was thinking of how God made this day and has HIS purpose for this day.  I found myself looking forward to the day, rejoicing in God fulfilling HIS purpose for the day, and wanting to please God as I went through the day.  

 

Also,  I was aware of, and grateful for, God watching over me and reminding me of what we're told in Psalm 118:24 by the Holy Spirit, exactly what I needed at that moment that I might go forth in joy rather than drudgery.

 

Psalm 40:2  HE brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

 

 

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💥 Podcast: Sexual intercourse causes two to become one flesh. Flee fornication.

 

(This podcast was previously published on January 18, 2021)

 

In today's society, even in some churches, fornication is rampant.

The one thing that might hold some people back is a scripture where Paul explains that at the time of sexual intercourse, two become one flesh.

I Corinthians 6:15-16   Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.   What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith HE, shall be one flesh.

(Paul explains that even if you have sex with a prostitute, you become one flesh with that prostitute.)

Then Paul tells us sexual sins are different from all other sins for sexual sins are sins against your own body.

I Corinthians 6:18   Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

 

 

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💥 Scriptures:

Psalm 3:3  But Thou, O Lord, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.

 

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Psalms 121:1-3  I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.

2 My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.

3 HE will not suffer thy foot to be moved: HE that keepeth thee will not slumber.

 

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Revelation 3:5  Jesus says ... He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before MY Father, and before HIS angels.

 

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Job 13:15  Though HE slay me, yet will I trust in HIM: but I will maintain mine own ways before HIM.

  

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Colossians 4:5-6  Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. 

 

6 Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

 

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Psalm 46:1  God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

  

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Psalm 39:5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in THEE. 

 

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1 Thessalonians 4:13-18   (the Apostle Paul said) But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, (those believers who have died) that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. 

14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with HIM.

15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent (precede) them which are asleep.

16 For the Lord HIMSELF shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

 

 

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💥 Mark 3 (Reading through the Bible)

 

And He entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand.

² And they watched Him, whether He would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse Him.

³ And He saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth.

⁴ And He saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill?

But they held their peace.

⁵ And when He had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, He saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand.

And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

⁶ And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against Him, how they might destroy Him.

⁷ But Jesus withdrew Himself with His disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed Him, and from Judaea,⁸ And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and from beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things He did, came unto Him.

⁹ And He spake to His disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng Him. ¹⁰ For He had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon Him for to touch Him, as many as had plagues.

¹¹ And unclean spirits, when they saw Him, fell down before Him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.

¹² And He straitly charged them that they should not make Him known.

¹³ And He goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto Him whom He would: and they came unto Him.

¹⁴ And He ordained twelve, that they should be with Him, and that He might send them forth to preach,

¹⁵ And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils:

¹⁶ And Simon He surnamed Peter; ¹⁷ And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and He surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder: ¹⁸ And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,   And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed Him: and they went into an house.

²⁰ And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.

²¹ And when His friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on Him: for they said, He is beside himself.

²² And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth He out devils.

²³ And He called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, 

How can Satan cast out Satan?
²⁴ And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
²⁵ And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
²⁶ And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end.

²⁷ No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.

²⁸ Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:

²⁹ But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation.

³⁰ Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.

(It is a very serious matter to accuse someone who is speaking by the Spirit of God to be of the devil ... blasphemy against the Holy Ghost who is speaking through that accused man.)


³¹ There came then His brethren and His mother, and, standing without, sent unto Him, calling Him.

³² And the multitude sat about Him, and they said unto Him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.

³³ And He answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren?

³⁴ And He looked round about on them which sat about Him, and said, Behold My mother and My brethren!

³⁵ For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is My brother, and My sister, and mother.

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💥 Podcast: Antichrist: The apostle John told the church of his day about antichrist. And we learn from John.

 

(This podcast was previously published on January 27, 2021)

 

As a new Christian in 1975, I attended a church named Word of Faith.  Some of the women were speaking of the antichrist.  This is the first time I had ever heard of antichrist.  One woman said she thought antichrist was Henry Kissinger.    

In the book, War & Peace, Tolstoy said the Russian Catholic Church people thought the antichrist was Napoleon, who was attacking Russia in the early 1800's.

I recall my aunt, who was Christ of Christ, saying the Catholic church and their pope was antichrist.

Some in WWII thought antichrist to be Adolph Hitler.

It is amazing, but the apostle John tells us about antichrist in I John 2.  

(I've never heard these scriptures taught at any church, but these scriptures are in our New Testament Bibles, and tell the answers to these questions.)

* Is antichrist one man?

* Does antichrist come through the governments of men?

The apostle John says:

I John 2:18-19   Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.

19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us (in our church group): but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

So John tells us there are many antichrists.  And antichrist had been in their church group, in John's time on this earth, which showed it to be "the last time".  (The end time began with the resurrection of Jesus into heaven.)

Paul tells us the following:  Many of the elders in the church at Ephesus were just waiting for him, Paul, to depart so they could rise up and speak "perverse things" to the church at Ephesus.  (antichrist: opposite to Christ, The Word)

Acts 20:29-30 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.  Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.

And Paul explained:  

II Thessalonians 2:3-4   Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

(In 1982, God said to me:  "The falling away spoken of by Paul in II Thess. 2, is not men leaving the church groups.  The falling away are church groups leaving the scriptures."  And when this happens, antichrist comes into the church groups and cast aside certain scripture and sets up doctrines in the church which are opposite to scripture. )

2 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

Antichrist comes through the churches.  Antichrist is a "spirit" in many men. as the devil is a spirit that operates through many men.

I discuss these things on this Podcast.

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The main scriptures to study concerning antichrist are the following:

I John 2:18-19   Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.

19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us (in our church group): but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

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II Thessalonians 2:3-4   Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day (of the Lord) shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

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The falling away from scripture is the restraint keeping antichrist out of the church, and when this falling away from scripture takes place, antichrist moves into "that" church group.

We are seeing this in churches today as they turn from scriptures and set up other doctrines in their churches.

This means Jesus can come at any time now, for this was ordained to happen before Jesus could return.

May God give understanding to all who belong to Him

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💥 Scriptures:

 

2 Timothy 2:4  No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please HIM who hath chosen him to be a soldier.

 

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Psalms 51:10   Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

 

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Psalm 112:5-7  A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.

6 Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.

 

7 He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord.

 

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Isaiah 65:17  God says ... For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.

 

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Ephesians 5:15-17  See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, 

 

16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. 

 

17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

 

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Romans 8:1-2  There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
 
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

 

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Psalm 116:1-2  I love the LORD, because HE hath heard my voice and my supplications.

2 Because HE hath inclined HIS ear unto me, therefore will I call upon HIM as long as I live.

 

 

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💥 Mark 2 (Reading through the Bible)

 

And again He entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that He was in the house.

2 And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and He preached the word unto them.

3 And they come unto Him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four.

4 And when they could not come nigh unto Him for the press, they uncovered the roof where He was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.

(Determination to get to God ... which ever way they could ... also shows a faith that Jesus could help them.)

5 When Jesus saw their faith, He said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.

6 But there was certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts, 7 Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?

8 And immediately when Jesus perceived in His spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, He said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?

9 Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?

10 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (He saith to the sick of the palsy,)

11 I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house.

12 And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion.

(Jesus does not tell us to do that which we are unable to do!)

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13 And He went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto Him, and He taught them.

14 And as He passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow Me.

And he arose and followed Him.

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15 And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and His disciples: for there were many, and they followed Him.

16 And when the scribes and Pharisees saw Him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto His disciples, How is it that He eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?

17 When Jesus heard it, He saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.


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18 And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto Him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but Thy disciples fast not?

19 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

20 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.

21 No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.

22 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.

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23 And it came to pass, that He went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and His disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.

24 And the Pharisees said unto Him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?

25 And He said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?

26 How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?

27 And He said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. 

 

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💥 Podcast: Concerning divorce & remarriage

 

 

(This podcast was previously published on February 16, 2021)

 

When a woman called me wanting to talk about her mother's second marriage, God said to me:  "Just focus on what the scriptures say."   

 

God showed me it is not needful to talk about the circumstances of the divorce and remarriage. 

When a man in our church group filed for divorce in the USA courts, I asked him if his wife was committing fornication, and he said she was not committing fornication.  

The only scriptural reason for a man to divorce his wife is because she is committing fornication. (Matthew 5:32)

After reviewing this scripture, he withdrew the divorce papers from the court system.

Matthew 5:32  Jesus says:   But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

- If a faithful wife remarries after divorce she commits adultery.

- If a man divorces a faithful wife, he will be the cause of her adultery if she remarries.

- The man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

It is important to compare scripture with scripture. 

I Corinthians 7:10-11   And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband:  and let not the husband put away his wife.

39  The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

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Mark 10

 

2  And the Pharisees came to Him, and asked Him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting Him.

 

3 And HE answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?

 

4 And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.

 

5 And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.

 

6 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.

7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;

8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.

9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

10 And in the house His disciples asked Him again of the same matter.

11 And HE saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.

12 And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.

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Psalm 51:10   Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

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At the time of sexual intercourse two become one flesh, even if a man has sex with a prostitute.

I Corinthians 6

15 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.

16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith HE, shall be one flesh.

17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.

18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

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Romans 7:1-3  Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?  For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.  So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

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I Corinthians 7

12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

13 And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.

14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

15 But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.

16 For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

17 But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.

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Matthew 5

27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:

28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

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💥 Scriptures:

 

Romans 14:11-12   For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall confess to God.

12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. 

 

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2 Timothy 2:3  Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 

 

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Romans 8:28  And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to HIS purpose.

 

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Hebrews 1:10-12  And, THOU, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of THINE hands:

11 They shall perish; but THOU remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment;

12 And as a vesture shalt THOU fold them up, and they shall be changed:

but THOU art the same, and THY years shall not fail. 

 

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Proverbs 21:21  He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.

 

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💥 Mark 1 (Reading through the Bible)

 

 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;

2 As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. 3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make HIS paths straight.

4 John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.

5 And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.

6 And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey; 

7 And preached, saying, There cometh ONE mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.

8 I indeed have baptized you with water: but HE shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.

(All works of God are done through us by the Holy Spirit. The flesh of the human profits nothing. You can think it a good thing you are doing only to be turned away at judgment by Jesus. (Matthew 7)
Only those works authored by God are good. And it is through the Holy Spirit we know the works of God.)

Mark 1:9 And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.

10 And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon HIM:

11 And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art MY beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

12 And immediately the spirit driveth HIM into the wilderness.

13 And HE was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto HIM.

14 Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,

15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.

16 Now as HE walked by the sea of Galilee, HE saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.

17 And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after ME, and I will make you to become fishers of men.

18 And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed HIM.

19 And when HE had gone a little farther thence, HE saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets.

20 And straightway HE called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after HIM.

21 And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day HE entered into the synagogue, and taught.

22 And they were astonished at HIS doctrine: for HE taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes.

23 And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out, 24 Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.

25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him.

26 And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him.

27 And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority commandeth HE even the unclean spirits, and they do obey HIM.

(The Word does drive unclean spirits away from us when we receive the Word and go in the way of the Word.)

28 And immediately HIS fame spread abroad throughout all the region round about Galilee.

29 And forthwith, when they were come out of the synagogue, they entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.

30 But Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever, and anon they tell HIM of her.

(This was Peter's mother-in-law who was sick. Yes, the apostle Peter was married, and Peter even had children because Peter said he was an elder as well as an apostle, and to be an elder you have to have children, having your house under control. Titus 1)


Mark 1:31 And HE came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.

32 And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto HIM all that were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils.

33 And all the city was gathered together at the door.

34 And HE healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast out many devils; and suffered not the devils to speak, because they knew HIM.

35 And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, HE went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.

36 And Simon and they that were with HIM followed after HIM.

37 And when they had found HIM, they said unto HIM, All men seek for Thee.

38 And HE said unto them, Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also: for therefore came I forth.

39 And HE preached in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and cast out devils.

40 And there came a leper to HIM, beseeching HIM, and kneeling down to HIM, and saying unto HIM, If Thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

41 And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth HIS hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean. 

42 And as soon as HE had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed.

43 And HE straitly charged him, and forthwith sent him away;

44 And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.

45 But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city, but was without in desert places: and they came to HIM from every quarter.

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💥 Led by God in comforting dying sister

 

Beth Martin, member of the body of Christ

Last week it was in my heart to visit my sister who is dying of cancer. She requested to be placed on hospice services last Wednesday. My husband and I drove there on Friday after my monthly infusion of antibodies.  We visited with her, her husband and son on Saturday. 

 

I laid in the bed beside her and talked to her in her ear as she was turned away from me. She talked about her fears and how weary she was about not being able to move at all. 

 

She said that her hospice nurse told her that people can have a heart attack for a whole hour before they die. 

 

I then shared what I heard from God about her "falling asleep".   I said to her, "I believe that this is what is going to happen with you. You are not going to have a heart attack for an hour. That will not happen to you". 

 

She said that she believed it too. 

 

She wondered why God did not take her to death when she is ready to die. We talked about how His plan is perfect so it is not time yet. 

 

She and her son are in the process of writing her obituary. Her husband is fighting the idea of her dying fervently. 

 

My sister said that she was greatly comforted by my words to her and said, "thank you", over and over again. She said to me "you have no idea how much your words meant to me". 

 

My husband spoke with her husband and it seemed to have helped. 

 

God's plan is perfect and He was the author of my words to her for I really do not remember all that I said. The result was very dramatic. I believe that if my sister was not truly born again before ... she became born again when she believed that she would "fall asleep". 

 

God's word is perfect. I am grateful that He chose to help my sister.

 

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12/17/2025 Update:  Beth's sister died in her sleep, just as God had told Beth would happen.  And she died just a few days after Beth had an opportunity to comfort her with this word from God, that she would just fall asleep.  

 

 

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💥 Podcast: The new heaven and new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness

 

(This podcast was previously published on February 7, 2021) 

 

If we are looking for righteousness, fairness, justice on this present earth, we will likely be gravely disappointed.

It is in the new heavens and new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness, says the apostle Peter.

2 Peter 3:10-14

10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

13 Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of Him in peace, without spot, and blameless.

No matter what we do, we will not be able to make this present earth righteous.

The sin nature of man until he is born again requires that man be born again by God.  Many attend churches but few are actually born again by God.

The natural man cannot see the things of the Spirit of God, says Paul.

I Corinthians 2:14   But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

If we look for justice and righteousness on this present earth we will likely end up being greatly disappointed.  For men have compromised away their integrity and have become like men in the days of Noah.

Genesis 6:5-8

5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

6 And it repented the LORD that HE had made man on the earth, and it grieved HIM at HIS heart.

7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

The apostle Paul tells us the following:

2 Timothy 3:13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

In the end, before Jesus returns, God will bring HIS wrath, the great tribulation, upon ungodly men of this world.  (Revelation 8, 9, 16)  Then God shakes the powers of heaven. (Matthew 24:29)  And then comes Jesus through the clouds and sends HIS angels to gather his elect and take them off this present earth and take them to the new Jerusalem wherein dwells righteousness.  (Matthew 24:30-32  and Revelation 21:1-5)

It is on the new earth, the new Jerusalem, wherein dwelleth righteousness that we so much want as the elect of God.  And this is where Jesus takes us in our new spiritual bodies.  (I Corinthians 15:49-51)

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I Thessalonians 4

13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep (dead), that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with HIM.

15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent (precede) them which are asleep.

16 For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

(We meet in the air for this present heaven and earth will be destroyed by God by fire.)

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We are changed, given new spiritual bodies:

I Corinthians 15

47 The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.

48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.

(As we are born in the physical image of our parents or relatives, we will be born in the image of God, a spirit, when we are taken into heaven.)

49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep (die), but we shall all be changed,

52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

(Blink your eyes.  That is how fast we will be removed from these physical bodies and changed into spirits in the image of God.)

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Then we are taken into the new heaven and new earth which God has created for us, HIS people.

Revelation 21

1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and HE will dwell with them, and they shall be HIS people, and God Himself shall be with them, and be their God.

4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

5 And HE that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.

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Revelation 22

12 And, behold, I come quickly; and MY reward is with ME, to give every man according as his work shall be.

13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.

14 Blessed are they that do HIS commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

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II Peter 3

10  But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

13 Nevertheless we, according to HIS promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of HIM in peace, without spot, and blameless.

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💥 Scriptures:

 

Romans 6:20-23  For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.

21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.

22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

 

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Ephesians 6:5-8  Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;

6 Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

7 With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:

8 Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free. 

 

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Psalm 34:19  Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.

 

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Ecclesiastes 10:10  If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.

 

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John 1:17-18  For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

18 No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, HE hath declared HIM. 

 

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Psalm 3:5  I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.

 

 

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💥 Matthew 28 (Reading through the Bible)

 

In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.

² And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. 

 

³ His (the angel's) countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: 

 

⁴ And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men. 

 

⁵ And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. 

 

⁶ HE is not here: for HE is risen, as He said.

 

Come, see the place where the Lord lay.

⁷ And go quickly, and tell His disciples that He is risen from the dead; and, behold, He goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see Him: lo, I have told you.

⁸ And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring His disciples word.

⁹ And as they went to tell His disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held Him by the feet, and worshipped Him.

¹⁰ Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see ME.

¹¹ Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the city, and shewed unto the chief priests all the things that were done.

¹² And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers,¹³ Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole Him away while we slept.

¹⁴ And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and secure you.

¹⁵ So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.

¹⁶ Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them.

¹⁷ And when they saw Him, they worshipped Him: but some doubted.

¹⁸ And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto Me in heaven and in earth.

¹⁹ Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

²⁰ Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

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💥 Podcast: Part 3: Examples: Working the works of God because we believe the Word

 

(This podcast was previously published on January 24, 2021)

 

John 6:28-29 Then said they unto HIM, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?

29  Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on HIM whom HE hath sent.

Examples:

From the time I was born again in 1975, God spoke to me many times by HIS Holy Spirit who brought information to my mind concerning the situations of this present life.  By these, I knew the will of God for me in the matter at hand.

A few of these examples are as follows:

* December 6, 2018

In the night, I fell in the hallway about 6 feet from my bedroom.  I lived alone at that time.  I was badly injured as I fell on the hall floor.  I felt my left hip was broken and my left hand was bent completely backward from my wrist.

I managed to roll my body onto my right hip and I started trying to crawl to the bedroom where there was a phone on the night stand.  My goal was to pull on phone cord so the receiver of the phone would fall onto the floor where I could reach it and call for help.

But as I tried to inch my way down the tile hallway, the pain was so severe I felt I would lose consciousness. 

I couldn't do this.  I couldn't get to the bedroom.  But if I didn't, I felt I would die on the floor in that hallway, for no one was due at my house for another 8 days.

Then I heard this word from God by the Holy Spirit:  "You can do this."

Because I believed "that" word, I began to move toward bedroom inch by inch.

It took me 4 1/2 hours to reach the carpet area of the bedroom, which was about 6 feet from the place I had fallen in the hallway.

It was even more difficult to crawl when I got to the carpet.  But because of that word from God telling me, "You can do this," I made myself to keep crawling.

When I reached the phone and pulled on the cord, the receiver squirted off and I never saw the phone receiver again.

But under the table I saw a Kindle tablet which had been recharging.

If I could reach that tablet maybe I could get an email out to our church group and get them to send ambulance to my house!

I tried several times to send email.  I was almost unconscious and could barely see the screen of the Kindle tablet, and I only had one hand to work with, for the other wrist was broken and the hand was doubled backward and could not be used.

About 30 minutes later I heard someone at my front door.  I knew one of the church members had gotten my email where I said, "fallen... help ... send ambulance".

(Pam Padgett who lived in Colorado got the email and called the Lubbock, Texas, police department and told them what had happened and asked police to send ambulance to my house in Texas.)

As they had me on hospital gurney and were rolling me past my front door to take me to hospital, I heard these words from the Holy Spirit of God. "You'll never see this house again."

I didn't care.  I knew God had a plan for me!  And what a plan it turned out to be!

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*  February 24, 2019

I was in rehabilitation hospitals for 2 1/2 months after surgery.  

During that time God worked it out for me to move into home of Pam Padgett in Colorado.  

Pam came several times from Colorado to Texas (450 miles one way).  

On one of the trips, Pam managed to get my cat into a cat carrier (3 hours to do this), and she took the cat to Colorado as she drove my 25 year old car, in January 2019.

I was released from rehabilitation hospital on February 24, 2019.

(I was 81 years old at that time and I couldn't walk except by a walker and then only a few feet.)

Pam flew from Denver to Texas to help me with the plane trip.

I took pain and nausea medicine and we flew to Denver, Colorado, and drove another 60 miles to Colorado Springs to Pam's house.

When we got to Pam's house, I had a great deal of difficulty getting into the house because of a step on the porch.  

I could walk and was using walker.  It looked like I wasn't going to be able to get up that step.  But I kept trying and finally did make it into Pam's house.

The next thing we did was put a ramp from garage to laundry room of Pam's house.  I still use that ramp to get in and out of the house.

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*  March, 2020

I had put the house in Texas on the real estate market in December, 2018.  

It did not sell for the next 1 1/2 years.  

I kept praying!  

Coronavirus became known to all in USA on March 11, 2020, when businesses began closing, and all sporting events were cancelled in USA.

(Never before had we seen anything like this!)

People were terrified!  and I was saying to God, "What about that house in Texas? Is there anything You want me to do?"

Instantly I heard following from the Holy Spirit of God:  "Reduce the price of the house and put it on a special sale price for the next week."

I told my realtor in Texas to do this.

The house sold in 2 days.

Then complications occurred and the buyers backed out.

But a year before this God had given me an open vision of that house in Texas.  I saw a man intently looking at the house.  Then he drove past the house on the north side and he was looking at the house all the time he was slowly passing the house.  When he got to the alley behind the house, he stopped his car and backed up to the side of the house and was staring at the house.

And this is exactly what happened in the open vision God had given me.

The buyers who backed out of the contract, came back.  But my realtors had quit and the buyers had to deal with my new realtor. 

I had to raise the price of the house by $7,000 to cover the inspection requests of the buyers, and subsequent repairs made to the house. 

They decided to buy the house anyway.

We closed on May 15, 2020, and the check was wired to my bank in Colorado.

It was over!   finally!

(My income was helped greatly, for that house had been costing us $500 per month while it sat empty.  I was struggling to meet expenses in Colorado until the house actually sold and the expenses on the Texas house stopped!)

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* June, 2020

I was considering having new upholstery put on the seats of my 26-year-old-car and the Holy Spirit spoke this to me by bringing this to my mind: "Or you could just buy a new car."

I had never thought of doing "that".

I thought about it and then I replied, "That's right!"

The house in Texas had sold.  The money was in the bank.  I could buy a new car and pay cash.  

(If I didn't have the cash, I would know it was not the Spirit of God speaking to me because in approximately 1975, after I was born again, God told me to "Get out of debt and stay out of debt."  I had been debt free since that time and have fought many time to stay out of debt through the years.)

That same night, God gave me a dream.  "I bought a new car."

When I awoke that morning, I told Pam Padgett what had happened.  I told her I would like to go out immediately and look for a new car.  By noon, we were going to various car dealers.  We bought the car that day and they delivered it to us on the following Monday.  That was June, 15, 2020.

(I was 82-years-old then.  God arranged for me to live in home of Pam Padgett in Colorado Springs.  She is considerably younger than I am.  (65 I think.)  Pam does all the technical work for the blog, the books on Amazon, the Podcasts, and now Twitter.  She retired from Fed-Ex as a computer programmer.  She is one of the most God-centered persons I have ever met.  When a problem arises, she prays.  Usually she doesn't mention the problem to me.  She just talks to God about the problem and waits until God brings her the solution and then after the solution comes, often she tells me the problem and the solution God gave her. Therefore she usually doesn't trouble me with her problems!  She turns to God:  Phil. 4:6-7   Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.  And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus (The Word).

We put both of our old cars up for sale on local internet.

Pam's car, a 16-year-old Acura MDX, sold immediately.

My old car, a 26-year-old Lincoln Town Car did not sell. 

We drove the new car for about one month and liked it.

Then a series of troubles began with the new car!  And several times we had to take it back to the dealer.

But we still had my old car and it ran just fine!  So once we used it while the new car was at dealer, and later we borrowed a loaner car from dealer.  The new car had to go back to dealer several times as various problems surfaced.

When God tells you to do something, it doesn't mean it will be trouble free.  We overcame each problem by turning to God and talking with God and waiting until God showed us what to do.  The answer might come immediately.  Or it might be a few years later, like in the case of the sale of the house in Texas.  But the solution to the problem always comes, for God is faithful to help us while HE leaves us on this present earth.

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It is critical that we overcome, through God, the problems of this world which surface in our lives because of the following statement which Jesus made to the church at Sardis.

Revelation 3:5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before MY Father, and before his angels.

 

 

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