As we head into the Christmas season, once again we are under attack by the enemy. Of course this attack goes on all year long but is even stronger during the Christmas season. The world doesn't want the words God or Christ used in any of the public displays. The world wants to push the living God out of mainstream life and replace Him with the false gods of the world. Is it coincidental or were we warned that this sort of thing would escalate toward the end times?
Matthew; 24:10-12
(And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and hate one another. Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold.)
(1)-People today are offended by anything relating to God!
(2)-Look at the false religions "CULTS" we have in our world!
(3)-Many people are being deceived by the god's of this world!
(4)-Lawlessness is everywhere we look!
(5)-Peoples love for one another has grown cold!
God has told us what to watch for as the time grows closer and we need to rely on God's strength and stay true to Him. Jesus told us that He is the way, the truth and the life. He has also told us that we can do nothing on our own. As the attacks increase we should make sure that we have the whole armor of God in place.
Ephesians;6:10-17
(Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against rulers of darkness of this age, against spiritual host of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.)
As we head into the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday season, we need to thank God for all that He has done for us. Most of us will be spending time with family and friends and this is a good time to be a witness for Jesus. It is by the grace of God that we were born in this country of plenty and that we still have the freedom to worship God. Even now those freedoms are under serious attack. When we sit down to eat the Turkey dinner, just remember that everything we have set before us is from God. You may have bought the food, but God has given you the ability to earn the money to purchase the food. We have nothing that wasn't given to us from God.
Remember to keep our troops and our country in prayer. Trusting in God is our only hope of survival against this powerful enemy.
God Bless You!
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Friday, November 16, 2007
The Rain's Came Upon The Land!
I see in the news that the people of Georgia and other places in the south have finally turned to prayer. They have brought the drought up before God and have ask Him to bring the rain's upon the land. It's funny how when things are bad we look to God for help, but when things are good we tend to forget God. One of God's blessings is the rain, and He has the power to with hold the rain or give the rain. If we are without the rain, we end up in a drought.
This drought could be discipline from God. I'm not saying that it is, but it could be. As a country blessed with everything, we have refused to give God the glory and thank Him for the blessings. Instead we have done everything possible to push Him out of the way. In the book of Leviticus God told the people if they obeyed Him He would bring the rains.
Leviticus; 26:3-4
('If you walk in My statutes and keep My commandments, and perform them, then I will give you rain in its season, and the land shall yield its produce, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.)
If you were in charge of a nation and the people of that nation kept disobeying you and turning there head away from you, would you keep giving them all of the blessings? I don't think so! So how can we expect God to continue to bless this great country of ours when we keep rejecting Him. Everything we have is because He has given it to us. All we have to do is look around at the other nations and we will see how blessed we are in this nation.
The thing we need to remember is that God is in control. He controls the rain and the lack of rain. If we as a nation would turn from our evil ways and call upon God for the rains, I believe He would continue to bless us with the rains. If we don't change our ways, I don't see things getting better for our country. All of God's people should get down on their knees and ask God to send the rains. A nation without God, is a nation doomed to destruction.
"Food For Thought"
God Bless You!
This drought could be discipline from God. I'm not saying that it is, but it could be. As a country blessed with everything, we have refused to give God the glory and thank Him for the blessings. Instead we have done everything possible to push Him out of the way. In the book of Leviticus God told the people if they obeyed Him He would bring the rains.
Leviticus; 26:3-4
('If you walk in My statutes and keep My commandments, and perform them, then I will give you rain in its season, and the land shall yield its produce, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.)
If you were in charge of a nation and the people of that nation kept disobeying you and turning there head away from you, would you keep giving them all of the blessings? I don't think so! So how can we expect God to continue to bless this great country of ours when we keep rejecting Him. Everything we have is because He has given it to us. All we have to do is look around at the other nations and we will see how blessed we are in this nation.
The thing we need to remember is that God is in control. He controls the rain and the lack of rain. If we as a nation would turn from our evil ways and call upon God for the rains, I believe He would continue to bless us with the rains. If we don't change our ways, I don't see things getting better for our country. All of God's people should get down on their knees and ask God to send the rains. A nation without God, is a nation doomed to destruction.
"Food For Thought"
God Bless You!
Friday, November 09, 2007
Can You Believe It?
Every time I think I've seen the bottom of the pit as far as where our country is heading, I'm once again surprised. Now in Fort Collins, Co. they have an issue with the color of the light's that can be displayed during Christmas. If you haven't been following the news, they are deciding if they will allow the use of red and green lights on Christmas displays. Apparently, someone finds it offensive and has raised a fuss over there use. Can you imagine it?
In our country there are those who just don't want us to celebrate Christmas. So what we have here is a very small minority of people who are telling the majority of this country what they can do and can't do. I don't know about you but I'm very tired of it. Why do we allow these people to tell us how we can worship our Lord and Savior? We are heading into a religious persecution that if it isn't stopped, where will it end?
(1)- They say that we can't have the Ten Commandments in public squares. What about our rights to have the Ten Commandments where we want them?
(2)-They say we can't pray at public functions. What about our right to pray to our Lord and Savior?
(3)-They say we can't display a nativity scene on public property or in public buildings. What about our right to have them there?
(4)-They don't want us to say "Merry Christmas," but instead we are to say "have a happy holiday". What about our right to say Merry Christmas?
(5)-They want us to take 'In God We Trust' off of our money. What about us who put our trust in God?
This is just a small fraction of our religious rights that are slowly being taken away from us and if we don't say enough is enough, we will end up being controlled by this small minority of people. We need to voice our opinion with our government leaders and tell them to quit caving in to these organizations and there anti Christian agenda. They don't believe in God and they don't want you and I to believe in God. They just keep pushing God further and further out of our country and out of mainstream life.
1John; 2:18
(Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrist have come, by which we know that it is the last hour.)
These organizations are hostile and opposed to God. When the Scripture tell us that many antichrist have come, we are witnessing this continual opposition to God.
If we would just open up our eyes, we would recognize the signs. John warns us to test the spirits to see whether they are from God or are they the spirit of the Antichrist. He tell us how we can recognize between the two.
1John;4:1-3
(Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world.)
We need to take a stand for Jesus today and not wait. If we don't do it soon, it will be to late. Prayer is our best weapon in this battle, because the battle belongs to the Lord. Jesus defeated Satan when he went to the cross so we he has already won. Keep praying that our country will turn back to God and repent. He is our only hope!!
God Bless You!
In our country there are those who just don't want us to celebrate Christmas. So what we have here is a very small minority of people who are telling the majority of this country what they can do and can't do. I don't know about you but I'm very tired of it. Why do we allow these people to tell us how we can worship our Lord and Savior? We are heading into a religious persecution that if it isn't stopped, where will it end?
(1)- They say that we can't have the Ten Commandments in public squares. What about our rights to have the Ten Commandments where we want them?
(2)-They say we can't pray at public functions. What about our right to pray to our Lord and Savior?
(3)-They say we can't display a nativity scene on public property or in public buildings. What about our right to have them there?
(4)-They don't want us to say "Merry Christmas," but instead we are to say "have a happy holiday". What about our right to say Merry Christmas?
(5)-They want us to take 'In God We Trust' off of our money. What about us who put our trust in God?
This is just a small fraction of our religious rights that are slowly being taken away from us and if we don't say enough is enough, we will end up being controlled by this small minority of people. We need to voice our opinion with our government leaders and tell them to quit caving in to these organizations and there anti Christian agenda. They don't believe in God and they don't want you and I to believe in God. They just keep pushing God further and further out of our country and out of mainstream life.
1John; 2:18
(Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrist have come, by which we know that it is the last hour.)
These organizations are hostile and opposed to God. When the Scripture tell us that many antichrist have come, we are witnessing this continual opposition to God.
If we would just open up our eyes, we would recognize the signs. John warns us to test the spirits to see whether they are from God or are they the spirit of the Antichrist. He tell us how we can recognize between the two.
1John;4:1-3
(Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world.)
We need to take a stand for Jesus today and not wait. If we don't do it soon, it will be to late. Prayer is our best weapon in this battle, because the battle belongs to the Lord. Jesus defeated Satan when he went to the cross so we he has already won. Keep praying that our country will turn back to God and repent. He is our only hope!!
God Bless You!
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
The Last Hour! "Last Days"
1John; 2:18
(Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrist have come, by which we know that it is the last hour.)
John tells us that we need to recognize the signs of the last hour or last days before Christ returns. We are living in the last days as is evidenced by what is going on in the world. We don't know for sure when Jesus will come again, but we are told to be watchful and alert to the signs of His second coming. There are many Antichrist in our country today. All we have to do is read the newspaper or watch the news on TV. We have so many different factions that want God taken off the dollar bill, out of the pledge of allegiance, out of our court rooms and public buildings, out of our schools. We are not to use the name of God when we pray at public functions and the list could go on.
If a person does not think that we are drawing closer to Jesus return, then read what He says in the Bible will be the signs of His return. Maybe you have been waiting for the right time to give your life to Jesus thinking there was plenty of time. We don't know how much time is left, all we know is that we were told to watch for the signs. Read Matthew; 24 and see what Jesus told the disciples would occur before He would return.
SIGNS
(1)-FOR MANY WILL COME IN MY NAME SAYING I'M THE CHRIST!
(2)-NATION WILL RISE AGAINST NATION
(3)-THERE WILL BE FAMINES, PESTILENCES, EARTHQUAKES
(4)-MANY FALSE PROPHETS WILL RISE UP
(5)-LOVE FOR EACH OTHER WILL GROW COLD
These are just some of the signs we are seeing happening today. If you haven't turned to Jesus for salvation, today is the day. Don't wait until it is to late to repent and turn to Christ. He gave His life on the cross for our sins so we could have eternal life in Him. It is a free gift from God, but you must respond and ask for forgiveness and accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior.
Romans; 10:13
(For "whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.")
Let Jesus save you and give you eternal life. He is the only way.
God Bless You!
(Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrist have come, by which we know that it is the last hour.)
John tells us that we need to recognize the signs of the last hour or last days before Christ returns. We are living in the last days as is evidenced by what is going on in the world. We don't know for sure when Jesus will come again, but we are told to be watchful and alert to the signs of His second coming. There are many Antichrist in our country today. All we have to do is read the newspaper or watch the news on TV. We have so many different factions that want God taken off the dollar bill, out of the pledge of allegiance, out of our court rooms and public buildings, out of our schools. We are not to use the name of God when we pray at public functions and the list could go on.
If a person does not think that we are drawing closer to Jesus return, then read what He says in the Bible will be the signs of His return. Maybe you have been waiting for the right time to give your life to Jesus thinking there was plenty of time. We don't know how much time is left, all we know is that we were told to watch for the signs. Read Matthew; 24 and see what Jesus told the disciples would occur before He would return.
SIGNS
(1)-FOR MANY WILL COME IN MY NAME SAYING I'M THE CHRIST!
(2)-NATION WILL RISE AGAINST NATION
(3)-THERE WILL BE FAMINES, PESTILENCES, EARTHQUAKES
(4)-MANY FALSE PROPHETS WILL RISE UP
(5)-LOVE FOR EACH OTHER WILL GROW COLD
These are just some of the signs we are seeing happening today. If you haven't turned to Jesus for salvation, today is the day. Don't wait until it is to late to repent and turn to Christ. He gave His life on the cross for our sins so we could have eternal life in Him. It is a free gift from God, but you must respond and ask for forgiveness and accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior.
Romans; 10:13
(For "whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.")
Let Jesus save you and give you eternal life. He is the only way.
God Bless You!
Thursday, November 01, 2007
How Do We Know If We Have Eternal Life?
1John; 5:11-12
(And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.)
God tell us in many many places in the Scriptures that life is in Jesus and only in Him. We may have a physical life while here on earth, but without Jesus in our hearts we are spiritually dead. When Nicodemus ask Jesus what He meant when He told Nicodemus he must be born again see the kingdom of God, Jesus replied with this answer.
John; 3:5-6
(Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. "That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.)
Jesus made reference to the washing of purification of the soul, accomplished by the Holy Spirit through the Word of God at the moment of salvation, required for belonging to the kingdom.
Titus; 3:5
(He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,)
If we want to have eternal life, we must believe in Jesus. Jesus tells us that He is the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Him. If we choose not to believe the testimony that God has given about His Son, then we are calling God a liar. I choose to believe God!
1John; 5:13
(These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.)
God Bless You!
(And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.)
God tell us in many many places in the Scriptures that life is in Jesus and only in Him. We may have a physical life while here on earth, but without Jesus in our hearts we are spiritually dead. When Nicodemus ask Jesus what He meant when He told Nicodemus he must be born again see the kingdom of God, Jesus replied with this answer.
John; 3:5-6
(Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. "That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.)
Jesus made reference to the washing of purification of the soul, accomplished by the Holy Spirit through the Word of God at the moment of salvation, required for belonging to the kingdom.
Titus; 3:5
(He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,)
If we want to have eternal life, we must believe in Jesus. Jesus tells us that He is the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Him. If we choose not to believe the testimony that God has given about His Son, then we are calling God a liar. I choose to believe God!
1John; 5:13
(These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.)
God Bless You!
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