To everything there is a season,
A time for every purpose under heaven:
- A time to be born,
- And a time to die;
- A time to plant,
- And a time to pluck what is planted;
- A time to kill,
- And a time to heal;
- A time to break down,
- And a time to build up;
- A time to weep,
- And a time to laugh;
- A time to mourn,
- And a time to dance;
- A time to cast away stones,
- And a time to gather stones;
- A time to embrace,
- And a time to refrain from embracing;
- A time to gain,
- And a time to lose;
- A time to keep,
- And a time to throw away;
- A time to tear,
- And a time to sew;
- A time to keep silence,
- And a time to speak;
- A time to love,
- And a time to hate;
- A time of war,
- And a time of peace.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 NKJV
What a week I'm having!! My 91 year old mom has covid, along with my two sister, my brother and his girlfriend...I was with them, even -sat between my sisters and didn't catch it. My better half lost his vision in one eye and my puppy got very sick and had to go to urgent care!! Even so, God's blessings are all around! My mom has a bad cough but it's not effecting her oxygen level , one of my sister's got very sick but doing better, the other sister is very tired but feeling ok, my brother got very sick but doing better, his girlfriend needs prayers as she is now feeling very sick. I'm heart sick about my hubby's eye but he does have great vision in his other eye. And...my puppy recovered and still eating every gross thing she finds.
The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
Elijah was a man with a nature like ours,
and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months.
And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.
James 5:16-18 NKJV
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin,
but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.
Romans 6:12-13 NKJV
But you have come
- to Mount Zion and
- to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem,
- to an innumerable company of angels,
- to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven,
- to God the Judge of all,
- to the spirits of just men made perfect,
- to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and
- to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.
Hebrews 12:22-24 NKJV
Do you remember what God said to Joshua?
“You’ve got to put your foot on every place to make it yours.”
Just as Joshua and Israel had to “put their feet” on the Promised Land to inherit it, we must “put our feet down” and stand on the promises God has given us in order to inherit His promises to us.
“That through these [the promises] you may be partakers of the divine nature” (2 Peter 1:4).
As you appropriate the promises, you become a partaker of God’s own nature.
This is one of the most astonishing statements in the entire Bible.
The gospel is spelled out perfectly in 1 Corinthians 15:1-5. So simple.
1. Christ died according to the scripture
2. He was buried.
3. He raised from the dead according to the scripture. .
4. He was seen Alive by more than 500 people
5. Our testimony. Paul said "and he also appeared to me" or we could say "our testimony.
We actually add two more at the beginning. They can't understand why christ died according to the scripture if they don't know
1. God made all things perfect.
2. Adam sinned and brought death, sin and curse on all.
Scripture says that the gospel is power to salvation which also means deliverance and healing. All we must do us preach it.
Just tell people
1. The world was perfect
2. Man sinned and brought death and curse and evil
3. Christ died as promised
4. He as buried along with our sin, sickness and pain
5. He raised without that stuff to life for all who beleive. .
6. He was seen Alive by 500 plus people
7. He changed my life and saved me!
Easy!!!
The Bible says to “Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth” (Col 3:2).
Paul put this concept in military terms:
“We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ” (2 Cor 10:5).
How does one do this?
Scripture is the mind of God. Not all of His mind, to be sure, but all that God cared to give believers.
To think like God, one must think like Scripture.
That’s why Paul encouraged the Colossians to let the word of Christ richly dwell within them (Col 3:16).
Derek Prince - "By Grace Alone"
Let me present this thought to you: “The will of God will never place you where the grace of God cannot keep you.” If you are in the will of God, no matter how strange, unfamiliar or difficult the situation may be, if you come to the end of all your own strength and resources, bear this in mind: “The will of God will never place you where the grace of God cannot keep you.”
"Living Water" - Brother Yun
I believe the Western church is generally in the same condition as Martha. You know the truths about God's Word in your head, but you still like to run your own lives.
Like Martha, many Christians cry out, “Lord, if you had just done things according to our plans, we would never have ended up in such a mess.”
Friend, you need to realize that God is not at all interested in your plans. He is only interested in His plans!
So many churches and individual believers think they should make their own plans and strategies, then ask (or in some cases, command) God to bless them.
When after the First World War the first mass vaccination campaign began in South Africa, the AFM (the Mission of the Apostolic Faith), a Pentecostal denomination founded in 1908 (but legally recognized in 1913) by the American Pentecostal preacher John Graham Lake (together with the collaborator Thomas Hezmalhach), who knew William Seymour personally and had been to the Azusa Street Apostolic Faith Mission in Los Angeles, was an important member of the National Anti Vaccination League (see AFM Executive Committee Minutes 1915-20, entry for 28 July 1920; in Barry Morton, Engenas Lekganyane and the Early ZCC: An Unauthorized History, 2018, p. 96,219).
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Continues here: In September our government will discuss the covid passport. Mrs Henriksson, has been pushing in this direction. I wrote very kindly to her, for instance “we are many parents that are very worried about giving vaccines to 12-year-old children, as there are documented risks, like heart inflammations… it’s vaccine (Pfeizer) that is not even approved yet… I hope that our society won’t discriminate people [the passports] who choose not to have the vaccine… There are many highly educated people I know that are skeptical, but keep a low profile about their opinions, since they risk to be discriminated or bullied."
I am so sick and tired of all this. I belong to a minority (even among Christians), who is not vaccinated. Of course, I believe the virus is for real, but there are bigger things going on in our world in the political arena. Some days I feel low, exhausted, anxious and frustrated. We need to pray for and encourage one another!
https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/pm_marin_vaccination_of_12-15-year-olds_set_to_begin/12048065
A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing;
Our helper He, amid the flood of mortal ills prevailing:
For still our ancient foe doth seek to work us woe;
His craft and power are great, and, armed with cruel hate,
On earth is not his equal.
Did we in our own strength confide, our striving would be losing;
Were not the right Man on our side, the Man of God's own choosing:
Dost ask who that may be? Christ Jesus, it is He;
Lord Sabaoth, His Name, from age to age the same,
And He must win the battle.
I am a Christian saved by the grace of God.
My mission is to evangelize and disciple according to the "Great Commission" of Jesus Christ.
I am married to a woman of God who is a truly gift from God, and together we serve the Lord.
For over twenty years I have been engaged in preaching the gospel and teaching the Holy Scriptures in Italy.