Today God called my attention to the word: Longsuffering
And God explained to me that we, who are of God, are longsuffering, for we wait here patiently on this earth for the return of Jesus and the redemption that comes through HIM.
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Monday, February 28, 2022
💥 John 4:41-42
42 And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard HIM ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
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Jesus speaks directly to us as HE did to the apostle Paul.
Acts 9
2 And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
3 And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:
4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord?
And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
6 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt THOU have me to do?
6 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt THOU have me to do?
And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
(Notice Paul was changed instantly after Jesus spoke to him. And Paul then followed Jesus.)
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Joan Boney: August 5, 1975
I was reading a book when all of a sudden God spoke these words to my mind:
"Joan ... you know those mistakes you've been making all these years? Those weren't mistakes. Those were sins!"
"Sins?" I was very shocked. I thought they were mistakes.
The next morning I said to my best friend. "Oh by the way, Donna. I don't think I've been born again until now."
She called me back to where she was sitting and she said: "Joanie ... what did you just say? Come back here."
I told her what happened. She began weeping with joy. She said about a week earlier, she and her husband had begun to consider I might not be born again. The words I spoke were right but something was wrong."
I was completely changed instantly. Before this happened I could quote some scripture but now God was in me by HIS Spirit.
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Pam Padgett: (When she was 14.)
One of Pam's classmates was killed on a motorcycle.
Pam had never before considered that someone her age could be killed.
As she thought about this, God said to her by HIS Spirit: "The Catholic church cannot save you. I am your only hope."
Immediately she called out: "Please save me."
After that she realized something of God was "in her."
When she saw the following scripture she knew what it was of God that was in her.
I Corinthians 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
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Ephesians 1:13 In WHOM ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in WHOM also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
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Podcast: 2 Timothy 1
9 (God) Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to HIS own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
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God makes HIS own purpose happen in our lives!
Examples on this Podcast.
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Hymn: Up from the grave HE arose
(Click forward arrow > to play music:)
1. Low in the grave He lay —
Jesus my Savior!
Waiting the coming day —
Jesus my Lord!
Chorus:
Up from the grave He arose,
With a mighty triumph o’er His foes.
He arose a Victor from the dark domain,
And He lives forever in His saints to reign.
He arose! He arose!
Hallelujah! Christ arose!
2. Vainly they watch His tomb
Jesus, my Savior!
Vainly they seal the dead—
Jesus my Lord!
3. Death cannot keep his prey—
Jesus, my Savior!
He tore the bars away—
Jesus my Lord!
(Click pause symbol, " ... at beginning of hymn, to stop music)
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Scriptures pertaining to this hymn:
Matthew 27:59 And when Joseph had taken the body (of Jesus), he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
Matthew 27:62-66 Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while He was yet alive, After three days I will rise again. Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest His disciples come by night, and steal Him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.
Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can.
So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.
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Matthew 28:1-4 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.
(These women also prepared and brought to the tomb fine smelling spices, for when the body decays there is a stink and they wanted to cover up that odor. They didn't know there would be no decaying body where Jesus was concerned for God would not "suffer" Jesus' body to see corruption as other flesh saw corruption. Jesus' body and soul were removed by God from the tomb.)
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.
His (the angel's) countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:
And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.
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Luke 24:1-7 Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.
And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.
And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.
And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments: And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them,
Why seek ye the living among the dead?
He is not here, but is risen:
remember how HE spake unto you when HE was yet in Galilee, Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.
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Acts 13:35-37 Wherefore he (David) saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer Thine Holy One to see corruption.
For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
But HE, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.
When they entered the tomb of Jesus, His body was gone as well as His Spirit. God did not allow Jesus' body to decay the way of normal flesh.
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Sunday, February 27, 2022
💥 When the dead hear Jesus' voice, they live.
John 5:24-25 Jesus says:
25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
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From the day I was born in 1937, I lived as other humans lived, pursuing my own will and my own ambitions, alive yet dead.
But when God spoke to me on August 5, 1975, I heard HIS word to me and was given life and given a new heart and a new Spirit, made dead to this world but alive in Christ.
Ezekiel 36 God says:
24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.
25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
27 And I will put MY spirit within you, and cause you to walk in MY statutes, and ye shall keep MY judgments, and do them.
This is what it is to be "born again."
Changed by God.
We don't give ourselves that new heart and new Spirit by learning. To try to do this of our own selves is to become like the scribes and Pharisees who killed Jesus the Word as they tried to be religious by their much learning.
Only God can give us that new heart and new spirit and cause us to become alive to HIS word.
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An example of being born again and changed by God "instantly", is the apostle Paul.
Acts 9
2 And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
3 And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:
4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou ME?
5 And he said, Who art THOU, Lord?
And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
(Instantly Paul was changed.)
6 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt THOU have me to do?
6 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt THOU have me to do?
(Paul didn't return to the high priest to explain. Paul just followed Jesus, The Word, doing that which The Word said to do.)
And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
14 In WHOM we have redemption through HIS blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
16 For by HIM were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by HIM, and for HIM:
God spoke to Paul suddenly ... and instantly Paul was changed.
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We are born again instantly, changed by God, and then after that, God continues to teach us by HIS Spirit which is in us as we read the Bible.
John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in MY name, HE shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
John 16:13 Howbeit when HE, the Spirit of truth, is come, HE will guide you into all truth: for HE shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever HE shall hear (from God), that shall HE speak: and HE will shew you things to come.
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After God speaks to us, we believe That Word, and are changed into new creatures. Now we have God's heart in us and we desire things of God and people of God. God changes us by HIS own will. And we are then changed. Born again by that Word given to us by God by HIS Spirit.
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.
Romans 9
15 For HE saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew MY power in thee, and that My name might be declared throughout all the earth.
18 Therefore hath HE mercy on whom HE will have mercy, and whom HE will HE hardeneth.
Those who have been changed by God know what it is to be born again. For they know how changed God has caused them to be for now they have God's heart and God's Spirit while before they loved this world and now they love the Word of God.
16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew MY power in thee, and that My name might be declared throughout all the earth.
18 Therefore hath HE mercy on whom HE will have mercy, and whom HE will HE hardeneth.
Those who have been changed by God know what it is to be born again. For they know how changed God has caused them to be for now they have God's heart and God's Spirit while before they loved this world and now they love the Word of God.
Romans 10:20 But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought ME not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after ME.
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John 3 Jesus says:
19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Colossians 1
13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
14 In WHOM we have redemption through HIS blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
16 For by HIM were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by HIM, and for HIM:
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💥 A very troubling message to those who killed Jesus.
Acts 5
30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.
31 Him hath God exalted with HIS right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
32 And we are HIS witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey HIM.
33 When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.
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One can repent and beg God to forgive him when he has sinned against God ... or he can try somehow to stop the message.
Messages from the Bible that often offend people.
Adultery:
Matthew 14
2 And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.
3 For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife.
4 For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.
5 And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
6 But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.
7 Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask.
8 And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger.
9 And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath's sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her.
10 And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.
11 And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother.
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Jesus said: Matthew 5:32 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.
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Adultery is a very unpopular message to speak to church groups.
Pam Padgett was raised Catholic but when she was teenager God told her the Catholic church could not save her and that her only hope was God. She was born again, given the Holy Spirit to live in her.
Pam began reading the Bible.
Many years later, Pam began attending a non-denominational church.
A woman in the singles class was twice divorced and was looking for another husband. She began dating a man in the singles class at that church.
Pam went to her and told her, according to the Bible, if she as a divorced woman remarried she would commit adultery.
The woman replied, "I don't care what the Bible says. I know what I believe."
Pam was greatly shocked when this church going woman said she didn't care what the Bible said.
Pam went to the man this woman planned to marry, who also attended that singles class, and Pam told him that according to the Bible, the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery. This man said he would think about it. But he continued with the plans to marry this divorced woman.
Pam also went to the woman in the singles class who was to be maid-of-honor at that wedding, and Pam told her this marriage would be adultery. This woman said she knew it was wrong for them to marry but they would marry anyway so she was going on with her plans to be maid-of-honor.
(2 Timothy 5:22 ... neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure.)
At that same time, Pam took a job that was further away from the location of that church. So she quit going to the singles class, but did continue to attend the main service at that church.
The singles class sat together at the main service. Pam went to the area where they usually sat and she sat down. No one from the singles class came to sit there. Pam looked around and saw the singles sitting in another area of the auditorium.
So the next Sunday, Pam went to the new singles area where she saw the singles sitting the previous Sunday, but no one from the singles came to that area where Pam sat, but Pam saw them in another part of the auditorium.
The next Sunday, Pam arrived late and went into the auditorium and went the area where the singles were sitting, and Pam sat down in the singles group, and without a word every one of the singles class got up and moved away from where Pam was sitting.
Pam was shocked and cried out to God: "Have I done something wrong?"
A few weeks later, a woman came to Pam and said she had a message for Pam. She said God knew the way the singles group was treating Pam and God wanted her to know that what she did was right and what HE wanted her to do.
Church people who sin against God usually do not want to hear what the Bible says about that sin so they avoid the one who speaks Bible, hoping to "kill" the message.
(I believe many pastors today fail to speak certain scriptures because the pastors know people in the congregation will be offended by that message.)
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I've never heard any of the following scriptures spoken at a church service.
Mark 10 (Jesus said)
12 And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
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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.
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Romans 7:2-3 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.
3 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.
3 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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Concerning homosexuals and lesbians, I've never heard any preacher speak these scriptures to a congregation of any church group.
Romans 1
23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
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And I've never heard this spoken to any congregation at any church.
I Corinthians 6
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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And I've never heard these scriptures spoken at any church.
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.
Our name can be blotted out of the book of life if we fail to overcome through God.
Hebrews 10:26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
Hebrews 6:4-6 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, 5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, 6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put HIM to an open shame.
2 Peter 2:21 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. 21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. 22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
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By withholding scriptures which might offend the congregation, pastors end up approving sins in the congregation and damning many to hell including themselves.
They remove the fear of God from the congregation and present doctrines which excuse sins in the congregation, bringing apostasy into the church and making the church to be like the world, filled with sins against God.
The scribes and Pharisees and haters of God crucified Jesus.
Today the preachers who withhold Bible from their congregations kill Jesus, the Word of God, and condemn many in their congregations to eternal condemnation through their sins against the Word of God.
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Podcast: Ezekiel 7
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold
shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to
deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy
their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the
stumblingblock of their iniquity.
20 As for the beauty of HIS ornament, HE set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.
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When Jesus returns, all the religious idols which have been set in the apostate churches today will be destroyed by Jesus.
Everything we see with our natural eyes is man made.
Jesus says:
John 4
24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship HIM must worship HIM in spirit and in truth.
If
we worship something that makes us feel religious and we can see
and touch that thing, then we are worshipping an idol made by human
hands.
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Hymn: Trust & Obey
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1. When we walk with the Lord
In the light of His Word,
What a glory He sheds on our way;
While we do His good will,
He abides in us still,
And with all who will trust and obey.
Chorus:
Trust and obey,
For there’s no other way
To be happy in Jesus,
But to trust and obey.
2. Not a shadow can rise,
Not a cloud in the skies,
But His WORD quickly drives it away;
Not a doubt or a fear,
Not a sigh or a tear,
Can abide while we trust and obey.
3. Not a burden we bear,
Not a sorrow we share,
But our toil He doth richly repay;
Not a grief or a loss,
Not a frown or a cross,
But is blest if we trust and obey.
4. But we never can prove
The delights of His love,
Until all on the altar we lay;
For the favor He shows,
And the joy He bestows,
Are for them who will trust and obey.
5. Then in fellowship sweet
We will sit at His feet,
Or we’ll walk by His side in the way;
What He says we will do;
Where He sends, we will go,
Never fear, only trust and obey.
(Click pause symbol, " ... at beginning of hymn, to stop music)
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Scriptures pertaining to this hymn:
Psalm 111:10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do HIS commandments: HIS praise endureth for ever.
The fear of the Lord is a deep respect for God and The Word.
When we "fear" God, we are basically afraid to go in a way opposite to God's Word for we have an inner understanding that God knows what is best and to violate what HE says is to go in a way of self destruction.
Therefore our trust is based on the awe we have for God.
And we obey God, doing what HE says to us by HIS Spirit.
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In December, 2018, at the age of 81, I fell at my house.
As the ambulance people were removing me and we reached the front door, I heard the following word in the form of a thought that came to my mind: "You'll never see this house again."
I believed that thought was from God.
Therefore I believed there would be another way for me to go if I survived the accident.
I put my house up for sale even as I was awaiting surgery.
A church person said to me, "I don't see how you can do that." (I don't think she understood faith in God.)
I explained to her that when you believe you have heard from God and there is a way to go, you simply obey ... no hesitation.
I never looked back and I never saw that house again.
I did not know where I would go when I put the house up for sale but I knew God would work it out for me and reveal it to me and God did within a few weeks. A woman in our little church group took me (and my cat) into her house to live in Colorado. She is a very godly woman and prays over everything! It is a great joy for me to live in a house with such a person.
My life was made better after my accident, not worse.
God had a plan for me and I knew HIS plan was all that mattered.
Ecclesiastes 3:1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
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In December, 2018, at the age of 81, I fell at my house.
As the ambulance people were removing me and we reached the front door, I heard the following word in the form of a thought that came to my mind: "You'll never see this house again."
I believed that thought was from God.
Therefore I believed there would be another way for me to go if I survived the accident.
I put my house up for sale even as I was awaiting surgery.
A church person said to me, "I don't see how you can do that." (I don't think she understood faith in God.)
I explained to her that when you believe you have heard from God and there is a way to go, you simply obey ... no hesitation.
I never looked back and I never saw that house again.
I did not know where I would go when I put the house up for sale but I knew God would work it out for me and reveal it to me and God did within a few weeks. A woman in our little church group took me (and my cat) into her house to live in Colorado. She is a very godly woman and prays over everything! It is a great joy for me to live in a house with such a person.
My life was made better after my accident, not worse.
God had a plan for me and I knew HIS plan was all that mattered.
Ecclesiastes 3:1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
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Acts 17 ... NIV Original Translation ... God chooses the exact places we will live and the times we will live there.
KJV Acts 17:26 … And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
KJV Acts 17:26 … And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
(God determines the times we live and the places we live.)
27-28 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after Him, and find Him, though HE be not far from every one of us: 28 For in Him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also His offspring.
27-28 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after Him, and find Him, though HE be not far from every one of us: 28 For in Him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also His offspring.
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Saturday, February 26, 2022
💥 Nation will rise against nation
Jesus says:
Luke 21
6 As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
7 And they asked HIM, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass?
8 And HE said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in MY name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.
9 But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
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(Those who have the HOLY Spirit are guided by God and taught by God and are even shown things to come, as needed.)
Jesus says:
John 10
2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
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Recognizing the ideas that are from God:
James 3
14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
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Those things the Holy Spirit does for us:
Jesus says:
John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in MY name, HE shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
John 16:13 Howbeit when HE, the Spirit of truth, is come, HE will guide you into all truth: for HE shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever HE shall hear (from God), that shall HE speak: and HE will shew you things to come.
(So through the years, daily we follow the Holy Spirit as HE guides us, doing what HE shows us to do. How can we not be in the right place, at the right time, doing the right things as we live by the Holy Spirit?)
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💥 Failing for 38 years but succeeding immediately through Jesus.
John 5
2 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
3 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
4 For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
5 And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.
6 When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, HE saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?
7 The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.
8 Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.
9 And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.
Jesus knew exactly how to heal this man. This man had tried for many years but the way he tried wouldn't work for him. When Jesus came along, this man would be healed another way.
James 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
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Podcast: Matthew 12
Jesus says:
34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
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Doctrines
of antichrist are in the hearts of many church goers today with
portions of doctrines of man instead of doctrines of Christ by the New
Testament Bible.
Before
Jesus returns each of us must read the scriptures in the New Testament
Bible and uproot all doctrines of antichrist from our hearts and replace
them with real doctrines of Christ presented in the Bible.
There are many doctrines of antichrist taught in churches today.
At the judgment seat of Christ we want to be sure we have conformed our thinking to the doctrines of the New Testament Bible.
For the apostle Paul says:
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every
one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath
done, whether it be good or bad.
Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; (2 Cor. 5:10-11)
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Hymn: Standing on the promises
(Click forward arrow > to play music:)
1. Standing on the promises of Christ my King,
Through eternal ages let His praises ring,
Glory in the highest, I will shout and sing,
Standing on the promises of God.
Chorus:
Standing, standing,
Standing on the promises of Christ my Savior;
Standing, standing,
I’m standing on the promises of God.
2. Standing on the promises that cannot fail,
When the howling storms of doubt and fear assail,
By the living Word of God I shall prevail,
Standing on the promises of God.
3. Standing on the promises I now can see
Perfect, present cleansing in the blood for me;
Standing in the liberty where Christ makes free,
Standing on the promises of God.
4. Standing on the promises of Christ the Lord,
Bound to Him eternally by love’s strong cord,
Overcoming daily with the Spirit’s sword,
Standing on the promises of God.
5. Standing on the promises I shall not fall,
List’ning every moment to the Spirit’s call.
Resting in my Savior as my All in all,
Standing on the promises of God.
(Click pause symbol, " ... at beginning of hymn, to stop music)
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The following scripture pertains to this hymn:
Joshua 1:5 I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Matthew 28:20 lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.
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Joshua 1:5 I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Matthew 28:20 lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.
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v. 2 By the living Word of God I shall prevail,
The living word is that word that comes down to us from heaven. It is put into our mind by God by HIS Spirit, by the Spirit of Jesus. By this "living word" we know what to do.
John 6 Jesus says:
32-33 My Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is HE which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
48-51 I (The Word) am that bread of life. Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. I am the living bread which came down from heaven:
Jesus, The Word, is the Word that comes down from heaven. The living word of God is the word spoken to us by the Spirit of God. By His Spirit, God will bring to our mind ideas that show us what to do, or scriptures which show us what to do. And when it is that Word of God, it will never fail. We can put our trust in what we have heard from God by His Spirit.
The living word of God is just exactly that, living, because it pertains to the exact subject we are dealing with at that moment in time.
We can hunt for a scripture and fail. Or we can try to figure out what to do and fail.
But we will not fail when it is the Holy Spirit bringing the concept or a scripture to our mind to guide us in the matter at hand.
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Here are promises from Jesus concerning the work the Holy Spirit will do for us.
John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
John 16:13 Howbeit when He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth: for He shall not speak of Himself (of His own thinking); but whatsoever He shall hear (from God), that shall He speak: and He will shew you things to come.
4 things the Holy Spirit does for the believer:
- HE teaches us all things. (secular and spiritual)
- HE reminds us of all Jesus has said to us through scripture, dreams, concepts
- HE guides us into all truth. (often one thing at a time ... you do the first thing ... then a second idea comes and you do that ... on until the matter is resolved)
- HE shows us things to come. (often by dreams ... sometimes by just knowing)
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v. 3 Standing in the liberty where Christ makes free,
We are freed every time we have a word from God brought to our mind by His Spirit, and when we believe and act on that word in the midst of the trial or temptation.
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v. 4 Overcoming daily with the Spirit’s sword,
God speaks to each of His children by His Spirit which lives inside each child. The Holy Spirit brings thoughts from God to our minds to show us the way of God and the will of God as we live on this earth.
We overcome the trials and temptations of this present earth as we hear from the Holy Spirit daily, and take appropriate action to the instruction given by the Spirit.
You do have to be careful. For the devil will try to imitate God and bring thoughts to your mind which are opposite to the way God wants you to go. And often our own fleshly preferences will bring thoughts to us which seem good to us, but are opposite to the way God wants us to go.
James 3:14-16 ... But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
So if that is the case, you must repent and pray for God to correct your own heart. For you will not likely to be able to hear correctly until you are corrected.
Otherwise: Prove all things by prayer and Bible. If you will ask God to confirm the way to go and to make it clear to you which thought is HIS, and if you will take time before you act, it will be made clear to you which thought is from God. Also in the Bible we have a scripture which tells us how to recognize the wisdom that is from God.
James 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
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v. 5 List’ning every moment to the Spirit’s call.
Resting in my Savior as my All in all,
Once we have established that a thought is from God, we must focus on that thought and rest in that word that we have heard from God concerning the matter at hand after doing that instruction in an appropriate way. Often, we have to keep that word before us day and night to be strong enough to continue in that direction.
Joshua 1:8-9 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
Have not I commanded thee?
(When God brings a word to our mind by HIS Spirit or when a scripture is made to stand out to us, that is God "commanding" us and we think on that word, taking action when needed, according to that word.)
Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
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Friday, February 25, 2022
💥 What the Bible says about homosexuals and lesbians
Romans 1
25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
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Jesus says:
Mark 10
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.
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In the Old Testament, homosexuals are called "sodomites".
I Kings 14:24 And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
Genesis 13:13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
Genesis 19 (Sodomites came from every quarter of the city of Sodom, to have sex with the 2 men (angels) who came to Lot's house. Angels do not have wings but look like natural men.)
1 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways.
2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways.
And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them. (have sex with them)
6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,
7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them. (have sex with them)
6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,
7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
(God had sent these 2 angels to remove Lot from the city Sodom before HE destroyed Sodom.)
13 For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.
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Deuteronomy 23:17 There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
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Podcast: Ephesians 4
3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
4 For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?
4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
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I Corinthians 3
2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
4 For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?
One says, "I'm Baptist." Another says, "I'm Methodist." (Dividing the body of Christ.)
Some
people love to tell which church they attend. They think by doing this
they witness to Jesus. But actually when they do this, they divide the
body of Christ.
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