Christ Will Gather His Bride
 

CHRIST WILL GATHER HIS BRIDE
David Wilkerson


Jesus spoke of a great and sudden disappearance of people from the earth. “In that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left” (Luke 17:34–36). Jesus’ disciples asked, “Where will these people be taken?” He answered, “Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together” (17:37). He was saying, “I am the Head of the Body and the Head is going to be united with the Body.”

Some scholars say the people taken up are sinners being swept away to judgment. But Scripture suggests otherwise. Isaiah speaks of eagles in reference to the Church: “They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint” (Isaiah 40:31). Also, God said to Israel, “Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself” (Exodus 19:4).

In Matthew, Jesus speaks of the elect being taken up by God: “He shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other” (Matthew 24:31). Paul makes this clear, stating: “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: 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. Wherefore comfort one another with these words” (1 Thessalonians 4:16–18).

As dramatic as this great event will be, Jesus’ point was that it will happen on an ordinary day. It will be like those past days of judgment, in Noah’s and Lot’s societies. Men and women will be at their jobs, going about their day as usual. Then everything will happen suddenly, in a mere moment. Paul says: “We shall all be changed, 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” (1 Corinthians 15:51–52).

It will be a day like any other. All of humankind will be unaware, but then, in a single moment, Christ will gather His Bride.

Temples Of The Holy Spirit
 

TEMPLES OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
Jim Cymbala


As Christians, our lives have been purchased for a price, and we now belong to God. The price was the blood of Jesus Christ, which He shed on the cross. Just as Israelites in the Old Testament belonged to God through covenant, Christians belong to God through the salvation we have experienced. We are God’s people now. We belong to Him—rescued out of the clutches of sin, guilt and condemnation, and adopted into His family. In this case, being bought and owned by someone isn’t a negative thing; it’s a beautiful thing.

God saved us for the purpose of making us human temples, inhabited by His Spirit. During Old Testament days, God dwelt within the inner room of the temple—a place called the Holy of Holies. That’s where He made His home. When Paul said Christians were the “temples of the Holy Spirit” (1 Corinthians 6:19), the word he used for “temple” was not the word used for the outer rooms of the Old Testament temple. It was naos, which referred to the inner sanctum, the place where there was a visible manifestation of the shekinah glory of God.

That indwelling of God through the Holy Spirit makes Christianity different from any other religion on earth. Judaism, Islam, and Buddhism—none of these religions claim that their god inhabits their followers. The leaders of those belief systems may try to proselytize with their doctrine, but the gospel of Jesus Christ is different. Faith in Jesus makes us walking miracles who have been changed through the personal indwelling of the Holy Spirit.

God’s plan in redemption was that we should live life full of the Holy Spirit. “Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit” (Ephesians 5:18). The metaphor here is that we might be filled with the Spirit to the point where He overflows—spilling out unto others with love and grace.

But Know This
 

BUT KNOW THIS
David Wilkerson


When Jesus uses the phrase, “But know this,” in Matthew 24:43, He is telling us, “You dare not ignore this word.” Then He offers the following statement: “If that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; [he] shall begin to smite his fellow-servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken” (Matthew 24:48–49).

Luke 12 identifies this servant as the same one who at one time faithfully served “meat in due season” (Luke 12:42). This servant started out right and he was destined to be rewarded as a keeper of the Lord’s goods. But now he has changed dramatically. He is found striking those around him and getting drunk with the drunken.

Something took place in this servant’s heart—a change perhaps unseen, but one that affected his attitude. What happened? What was this change? Jesus tells us that he said in his heart, “My lord delayeth his coming” (24:48).

The Greek word for smite in verse 49 suggests repeated blows. In other words, this servant had fallen into hypocrisy. I see him as one who provokes his wife, curses freely, listens to dirty stories, gossips. How does he come to this? He convinces himself that his master isn’t coming back anytime soon. When he reasons to himself, “My lord,” he is speaking of a different lord entirely, not his righteous Master. He has conceived a Jesus of his own making, a Christ of another gospel.

This type of servant doesn’t preach his new attitude. Rather, the change has taken place in his thinking. He doesn’t have to broadcast his belief that the Master has delayed His coming. He is simply living out that belief and that makes all the difference.

Do you wonder why so many churches today are filled with unprepared, indulgent pleasure seekers? Do you wonder why so many Christian couples divorce at the slightest provocation? It isn’t because their pastors are teaching them to live that way. No, it’s because many shepherds do not believe Christ is coming in their generation. And the people merely follow the shepherd.
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What Is Ahead For The Church?
 

WHAT IS AHEAD FOR THE CHURCH?
David Wilkerson


What is ahead for the church of Jesus Christ? This is a question of great concern to believers worldwide. As cataclysmic events take place all over the globe, many are wondering, “Is the Holy Spirit going to revive the Church before Jesus returns? Will Christ’s Body leave this world with a whimper or with a shout?”

The New Testament is filled with predictions of a last-days falling away. False prophets will rise up and lead many astray. Wolves will come in sheep’s clothing, bringing powerful deceptions to “deceive, if possible, even the elect of God.” Wickedness will abound, causing once-hot believers to lose their first love. With the flood of iniquity to come, the love of many will grow cold.

Jesus prophesied these very things and His warnings were meant to challenge our faith. As overwhelming iniquity floods the earth, He asks: “When the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?” (Luke 18:8).

Christ knew everything we would be witnessing today: horrifying school shootings; the rise of militant homosexuality; terrorist acts taking place throughout the world. In the midst of these things, He asks us, “Will you continue to believe, though things wax worse? Will you faint in your confidence when things don’t happen as you thought they would? Or, will you continue to trust in Me?”

Despite the rise in iniquity and the occurrence of great calamities, Jesus knew there would be a great last-days revival. The Holy Spirit inspired Isaiah’s prophecies, and He knew full well about the prediction of a revival as the end draws near.

Isaiah said there would be a great, worldwide awakening just prior to Christ’s return. This prophecy is found in Isaiah 54 and is summed up in these verses: “Thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited” (54:3).

I believe with a number of Bible scholars that Isaiah’s prophecy has a dual application. It speaks not only about natural Israel after captivity in Babylon, but also about the spiritual Israel that was to come: the Body of Jesus Christ, the Church of the New Jerusalem. Paul quotes from Isaiah 54 when he refers to the “Jerusalem which is above . . . the mother of us all” (Galatians 4:26). Paul saw Isaiah’s prophecy as directed “to the children of promise,” those in Christ by faith.

The American Left is Beneath Contempt
 

The American Left is Beneath Contempt
By Steve McCann

The United States has just experienced the worst terrorist attack on its shores since September 11, 2001. Forty-nine innocent fellow Americans were wantonly slaughtered by a radicalized Muslim, and traitor, who had pledged his allegiance to a foreign entity, ISIS, whose declared objective is the reinstitution of the Islamic Caliphate and the butchery of western infidels. These victims were murdered primarily because they were in a gay night club, thus subject to summary execution under Sharia Law, and secondly because they were Americans.

Yet, today nearly all of the voices from the Left, and their front group, the Democratic Party, choose not to focus on the victims, the terrorist or the blood stained failure of their approach in dealing with radical Islam. Instead they are using this tragedy to unabashedly pursue one of their primary ideological objectives: the de facto repeal of the Second Amendment.

These demagogues never miss an opportunity, regardless of circumstance, to attack the last bastion of freedom they have yet to dramatically diminish -- unfettered gun ownership.

The victims of this latest atrocity were everyday rank and file members of the gay and lesbian community, which the Left long ago adopted as pawns in their quest for power. The dead and wounded are now merely viewed as opportune fatalities in the larger stratagem of eradicating individual freedom and opportunity with the endgame being the permanent ascension to oligarchical power of the progressive cabal.

With the exception of a dictatorial and ruthless political leader, the American Left is no different than their counterparts in Italy and Germany during the 1920’s and 30’s. After abridging freedom of speech and assembly, manipulating the media, dominating the education establishment, and controlling, with regulations and taxes, the national economy, the National Socialists in Italy and Germany made certain the citizenry was disarmed by forcibly confiscating their firearms. The people, as they lived in nations that did not allow gun ownership, were powerless to stop the inexorable seizure of power.

Many on the Left will say I am trafficking in hyperbole that they merely want to pass “common sense” gun control laws (as only they define “common sense”) and to make life in these United States more “equitable” (as only they define “equitable”). However, observing and living through their single-minded ascension to power over the past 50 years as well as my life’s experience informs me that I am not embellishing the potential consequence of their objectives.

As a young boy living on the streets of a destroyed city in post-War Europe, I was shot by a man whose clear intent was to kill me. I had deliberately, by throwing broken bricks at him, interrupted his attempt to rape a teen-aged girl, allowing her to escape. To this day I can still see the evil in his face and the sun glistening off the barrel of his pistol as turned toward me and aimed the weapon in my direction. As I turned and began to run away he fired. The bullet entering my chest felt as if someone had hit me with a baseball bat, followed immediately by an excruciating burning sensation as I fell to the ground from the impact. Perhaps it was the adrenaline, but I was able to scramble to my feet and run as far as I could until finally passing out from the shock and loss of blood. Fortunately, someone eventually came to my rescue and took me to a military hospital -- and the first step on my odyssey to the United States and ultimate citizenship.

According to the current iteration of the American Left, who traffic constantly in victimhood (when convenient), I should be a willing pawn in the vanguard of the mandatory gun control and confiscation movement. That somehow it was this inanimate object this soldier was holding and not him that was responsible for the attempt on my life or to ignore the fact that his mindset was such he would have used any weapon at hand to accomplish the same goal.

On the contrary, I own a handgun today because of coming face-to face-with the evil that permeates some men’s souls. I and the girl I rescued were defenseless. There were no police or armed citizens around and the death of another homeless, displaced and unknown boy and girl, buried in an unmarked mass grave, would have been just another easily ignored casualty of the post-War period. I was determined that I would never again face a similar circumstance. I have had firearms in my possession for virtually my entire life, as I have been fortunate to live in the one nation on earth that has embedded in its founding documents the right to bear arms.

However, I also recognized that this right is, in many ways, the foundational basis of preserving and protecting freedom of speech, religion, assembly and private property ownership. In order for the American Left to establish a socialist oligarchy that foundational basis must be dramatically eroded along with individual freedom.

Those ego-centrics that self-identify as progressives, leftists, fascists, socialists or Marxists, have one overwhelming trait in common: they are narcissists who believe they are pre-ordained to rule the masses too ignorant to govern themselves. In order to achieve that end, no tactic is beneath consideration and no crisis can be allowed to go to waste as they make certain an ever-increasing percentage of the population becomes permanently indentured to the government they intend on controlling in perpetuity.

Over the 240-year history of the United States, this nation has encountered many crises as well as unethical and unscrupulous political factions. However, the Left and the Democratic Party of today is the most dangerous, unprincipled and deceitful clique in this nation’s history. They are very capable of succeeding in permanently tearing this nation asunder. Any group that can so callously dismiss Islamic terrorism, consciously pit citizen against citizen, irresponsibly promise Nirvana, exploit various ethnic blocs as sacrificial pawns in their self-serving game and deliberately undermine individual freedom in order to achieve their devious ends are essentially no different than those ultimately responsible for the carnage extant in the mid-20th century.

As a displaced survivor of those times, I find the tactics of the American Left to be reprehensible and their objectives beneath contempt.

Those determined to take away or limit my right to own a firearm and to transform the greatest nation in the history of mankind will not succeed, as I, and many millions throughout the length and breadth of America, will not be intimidated.

Under God's Control
 

UNDER GOD’S CONTROL
David Wilkerson


In these last days, the Lord’s eye is not fixed on world powers but on the church of Jesus Christ. God is not focused on the economy, on the rise of world religions, on the roaring of the heathen. According to Isaiah, the nations are to God “as a drop of a bucket” (Isaiah 40:15). They are all under His sovereign rule and reign.

God knows all about terrorist threats, wars and rumors of wars. His Word warns that the heathen will rage, secular powers will try to outlaw Christianity, and fast-growing, anti-Christ movements will boast they’ll rule the world and destroy Jesus’ followers. The Bible says this about it all:

“The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us” (Psalm 2:2–3). In short, “Let’s cast away all moral hindrances, all moral landmarks of the past.”

Here is God’s reaction to these earthly powers and demon-influenced men: “He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision” (2:4). No matter how desperate things look, everything remains under God’s full control.

I’m thankful for this word from the Psalms. More and more, we hear reports of secularism wiping out the evangelical church in Europe; of Islam being the fastest growing religion in the world; of homosexuals hijacking entire denominations; of Christ’s church growing so weak it no longer has any impact on society. Yet God’s Word declares, “On Christ the Rock God will build His church.”

“The gates of hell shall not prevail against it” (Matthew 16:18). Nothing from the bowels of hell can hope to destroy Christ’s church. His eye is always on His people, and through everything He warns Satan and his hordes, “Do not touch the apple of My eye.”

“Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake” (Isaiah 54:15). Do you see what God is saying here? “The devil is going to come at you. Enemies out of hell will gather together against you. But Satan will not succeed.”

McCarran-Walter Act of 1952
 

Coming Out On The Victory Side
 

COMING OUT ON THE VICTORY SIDE
Gary Wilkerson


Here’s the really good news! Jesus wants to put in you the same Spirit that lives in Him — the same Spirit that gave Him the power to pass right through the enemy’s plans to cast Him off the edge of the cliff (see Luke 4:29-30).

Perhaps addiction has crushed you; the habits of sin have led you to failure; fear and anxiety have caused you to fall into despair. But when Jesus puts “the same Spirit” within you, you can pass right through and declare, “This thing won’t touch me. I might be in a fire but I won’t be burned. I’m coming out alive. I’m coming out on the victory side. I’m not going to be pushed off into things that God doesn’t have for me. I’m going to stay in the firm place where He has set me.”

You may feel pressure all over you but the Lord has given me a word to give to you. And attached to it is a prophetic promise. I said to the Lord, “I’m going to be very cautious about this because sometimes false prophecies come forth that say everything is going to be rosy and bright.” So I’m not saying that to you. There will be difficulties and pressure. There may be plans formed against you, pushing you toward the cliff, toward the edge, but I have an assuring word for you.

If you trust in Jesus, if you wait upon the Lord, if you will hear His message and not listen to the enemy’s voice, you will pass right through the storm in complete victory. You will pass right through the fire. You will pass through every pressure, everything that comes against you — in the name of Jesus.

“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you” (Isaiah 43:2, ESV).

Re: McCarran-Walter Act of 1952
 

Interesting historical info. Tarfoot & thanks for it. I enjoyed reading it.

Hope you dont mind, but as the subject does not really affect all the countries in the original News section you posted it in... I have moved your thread to Other Interesting News.. ;)

“America is Days away from Cataclysmic Event!”
 

I myself am feeling this strongly in my spirit. Laugh and scoff if you will but it is coming for sure.....Listen to this woman's video, just 11:40 mins. Listen closely and listen again.

“America is Days away from Cataclysmic Event!”

In Dreams And Visions
 

IN DREAMS AND VISIONS
David Wilkerson


In nations everywhere, Christ is revealing Himself to multitudes in dreams and visions. People in Arab nations, China and India are reporting their experiences with Jesus in dreams. It is even happening here in New York City.

One of our security men here at Times Square Church was once New York’s third-ranking high priest in Santeria devil worship. His territory was the Bronx, and his apartment was filled with human bones. He had sold himself body and soul to Satan. But this man’s heart was stirred by the Holy Spirit and he became restless. One night he challenged Jesus, “If You are stronger than the devil I serve, show me in a dream tonight.”

That night in a dream, the man saw himself on a train bound for hell. It passed through a tunnel and on the other side stood Satan. The devil told the man, “You have been faithful to me. Now I’m taking you to your eternal resting place.” Then suddenly, a cross appeared. At that moment, the man woke up.

He came out of that experience on fire for Jesus! Ridding his apartment of every trace of evil, he dedicated his life to the Lord. Today, he is a sweet, devout man of God and is active in our church. I stopped him recently and told him, “I see Jesus in you.” He answered, “Brother Dave, you don’t realize what those words mean to me after twenty-five years of serving the devil.” His miraculous new life had all come out of that God-given dream.

Dear saint, the day is coming when the whole world will see Jesus. The apostle John envisioned “a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; and cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb” (Revelation 7:9–10).

This is not a little remnant, but an innumerable multitude and they are all worshiping the Lord. Praise God for that promised day!

Judge Jeanine Pirro EXPLOSIVE Opening Statement
 

Whether you like this women judge or not, you got to admit she really hits the spike on the head with a sledge hammer.

The God Who Interferes
 

THE GOD WHO INTERFERES
Gary Wilkerson


“Once when he was in the synagogue, a man possessed by a demon—an evil spirit—cried out, shouting, ‘Go away! Why are you interfering?’” (Luke 4:33-34, NLT).

I love this word—interfere—that appears in this translation.

You might want to underline that in your Bible if you have a translation that uses the word “interfere” or, if not, write it down in your notes. The God who interferes—who looks at your crisis, your need—and instead of standing on the sidelines worrying and anxious, He interferes in the problems you have in your life.

Jesus interferes with the satanic plans that are formed against you. If it weren’t for the interference of Jesus, Satan would have free access to you. The power of sin and sickness and tribulation would have such freedom in your life that you’d not be able to stand. But Jesus loves you, Jesus cares for you, and when Satan comes with his intended plans to throw you off, He interferes.

“No,” He says. “No, this is not going to happen! I’m going to cause this brother, this sister to stand.”

When you are afraid, when you feel like you are going to fail, when the intentions of the evil one are coming at you from all around, be assured that Jesus will interfere. He’s going to bring things to an end.

Jesus interfered with this demonic man, and there’s so much that He wants to interfere with in your life. Maybe you’re walking in willful disobedience and rebellion to God. His grace is going to interfere and call you back. Maybe you’ve become lukewarm and you have a half-hearted faith. Jesus wants to interfere with that and draw you back. Maybe your concern is a family member and you feel that it’s hopeless; you don’t see any way possible for breakthrough. Jesus interferes in all these things.

So Satan is coming at you—just like we read about Jesus at the side of the cliff, intending to throw Him off. There’s an intended plan by Satan against your life and Jesus comes and interferes with it. You can say, “Praise God” to that if you want, because that’s extremely good news.

Today's Daily Text
 

Moravian Daily Texts
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Tuesday, June 28 — Psalm 79:9–13
Deuteronomy 5:22–6:25; Luke 5:27–39

You shall go out in joy, and be led back in peace. Isaiah 55:12

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid. John 14:27

Give us peaceful minds and loving hearts, O Lord, to share your love with all we connect with. Let us trust and take comfort in you when our hearts are troubled and we live in fear. Help us to feel your love shining in us always. Amen.

Orlando-Judge Napolitano: “Nobody died until 05:13 in the morning”
 

Judge: FBI Transcript Shows Nobody Died in Orlando Shooting Until SWAT Teams entered the Building

What should have been front page news everywhere, somehow got buried amid the official narrative we were given about the Orlando shooting. Judge Andrew Napolitano told FOX News that an FBI transcript indicated that no one died until 05:13am Sunday morning when the police SWAT teams entered the building.
“Here’s what is news in the summary – nobody died until 05:13 in the morning, when the SWAT team entered. Prior to that no one had been killed. The 53 that were injured, and the 49 that were murdered all met their fates at the time of, and during, the police entry into the building,” Judge Napolitano said.

Consider that the narrative we have been given was that Omar Mateen entered the club around 02:00am on Sunday morning to begin his killing spree, so why was no one actually killed until 05:13am, over three hours later?
Here’s the official transcript.
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So, this makes one question why the 911 call transcripts are being redacted and why the people are not being told the truth across the media about what really took place.
We have been told that 5 to 6 police officers were already in the club for 15 to 20 minutes or more prior to the SWAT teams’ entering.
So, what is the truth here? Some claim that 05:13am is the time of death, but how is that when that suspect was not even down until 05:15am? Could it be that some of the people in the club were shot by the SWAT team or by Mateen? With nearly50 people dead and more wounded, how was Mateen able to get off that many shots? I’m really curious.
If that was not enough, police officers have even admitted that they may have killed some of the people. WFAA reports:

Monday, Orlando Police Chief John Mina and other law enforcement officers offered new details about the shooting, including the possibility that some victims may have been killed by officers trying to save them.
“I will say this, that’s all part of the investigation,” Mina said. “But I will say when our SWAT officers, about eight or nine officers, opened fire, the backdrop was a concrete wall, and they were being fired upon.”
A law enforcement source close to the investigation who asked not to be named said a crowd of up to 300 people and the complex layout of the dance club may have resulted in some patrons being struck by gunfire from officers.

Re: Judge Jeanine Pirro EXPLOSIVE Opening Statement
 

In a word! AWESOME! nice post tarfoot!

A Cup Of Trembling
 

A CUP OF TREMBLING
David Wilkerson


The Lord never intended for His people to live in panic or trembling in fear. Even in the Old Testament, the Lord had a people who trusted in His promises and were unmoved by the chaos all around them. We see this in the life of the prophet Habakkuk, a man given a vision of “the end” (Habakkuk 2:3).

Habakkuk saw a people in the last days who would wear themselves out pursuing greed and covetousness. According to his vision, a dreadful spirit of violence would prevail in that time (see 1:9). Habakkuk said of it all: “The cup of the Lord’s right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory” (2:16).

We know that a prophet always speaks to his own generation first. Yet, according to Habakkuk himself, this prophetic word is also meant for our generation. He tells us, “The vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie” (2:3, my italics). Habakkuk was seeing a cup of trembling: “When I heard, my belly trembled . . . I trembled in myself” (3:16).

Here was a godly, praying prophet who for a season was so overwhelmed by awful events that even he trembled. But the Spirit came upon Habakkuk, causing him to prophesy: “Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls; yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation. The Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places” (3:17–19).

God removed the cup of trembling from His servant Habakkuk. And He will do likewise with all His faithful ones today.

The Leap Of Faith
 

THE LEAP OF FAITH
David Wilkerson


It is possible for us to stir and rouse ourselves, so that we ask, “Why am I so fearful? Why am I on this roller coaster of up-and-down despair? Why does the future cause panic in my soul?”

This has happened because we have not fully committed our lives, our families, our health, our jobs, our homes into God’s faithful hands. We have not made the leap of faith that determines, “My Lord is true and faithful. Though I have failed countless times, He has never failed me. Come what may, I will cast my life and future into His care.”

How are we able to do this? By embracing this word He has given us: “Thus saith thy Lord the Lord, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again” (Isaiah 51:22). He is saying, in essence, “I am not asleep. I am the same God who opened the Red Sea, who raises the dead, and who has made provision for you. My people are not meant to live in bondage to fear.”

The cup of trembling is removed when we wake up to our need to accept God’s Word. As we take this stand of faith, we will face sudden jolts of fear. But we are to stand up to those fears—to lay hold of God’s promises and be fully persuaded that He is able to keep what we have committed to Him. Then we will drink no more of the wine of despair.

The fact is, the darker the days become, the more God’s people must live by such faith. Otherwise, we make God out to be a liar whenever we panic and fear. As once reported in a story in Newsweek, a teenage girl demonstrated such faith powerfully. A plane flying from Newark to Paris flew into heavy turbulence, and the passengers became panic-stricken and began screaming. Amidst it all, the sixteen-year-old girl sat buckled in her seat, quietly reading her Bible. Later, when she was asked why she wasn’t afraid when everyone around her was trembling in fear, she replied, “My Bible promised me that God would take care of me. So I just prayed and trusted.”

Luke 6:27-28
 

Call2Fall July 3rd
 

Call2Fall July 3rd; Nehemiah's Prayer; Abortion Clinic Ruling; Transgender Military

The remnant… are in great affliction and reproach: the wall … is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire. Nehemiah 1:3

Rick Warren is the founding pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California. Author of bestselling books such as The Purpose-Driven Life and The Purpose-Driven Church, Warren created Pastors.com and the Ministry Toolbox. These excerpts are from his "A Leaders Prayer Life:"

You can learn a lot about a person by the kind of prayer he prays. For instance, selfish prayer reveals a selfish spirit. Have you heard a prayer that sounds like a Christmas list -- I want this, and I want that? Some try to impress you with their prayers, yet come off as arrogant and prideful.

For leaders, there's a model prayer in Nehemiah, Chapter1. When Nehemiah first heard about the downfall of Jerusalem, he prayed for four months. This was not a casual prayer. It gives us a pattern for successful praying. To know how to pray, study the book of Nehemiah -- particularly this prayer. Here are four secrets to answered prayer from the life of Nehemiah:

1. Base your request on God's character. Pray like you know God will answer you: "I'm expecting you to answer this prayer because of who you are. You are a faithful God. You are a great God. You are a loving God. You are a wonderful God. You can handle this problem, God!"

Nehemiah says, "God, I want you to do something back over in Jerusalem. Verse 5 says, "O Lord God of Heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps his covenant of love with those who love him and obey his command." Nehemiah said three things about God: 1. You're great -- that's God's position. 2. You're awesome -- that shows his power. 3. You keep your promises -- God's covenant.

The first thing Nehemiah did was to acknowledge who God is. That's what praise is. Acknowledge who God is and his greatness. He starts off by getting the right perspective. Say, "God, I want you to answer because of who you are. You've given us all of these promises. You are a faithful God, a loving God, a merciful God" -- all the Bible tells us he is. Base your request on God's character.

2. Confess the sin in my life. After Nehemiah based his prayer on who God is, he confessed his sins. He says, "We've sinned." Look at how many times he uses the word "I" and "we." He says "I confess ... myself ... my father's house ... we have acted wickedly ... we have not obeyed." It wasn't Nehemiah's fault they went into captivity. He wasn't even born when this happened 70 years earlier. Yet he is including himself in the national sins. He says, "I've been a part of the problem." There is personal confession and a national confession. This is something we don't know anything about. We don't have a corporate sense in America today… We're taught to confess my sins. When did you last confess the sins of the nation? Of your family? Your church? Your friends? Our society has taught us we're only responsible for ourselves. That's not true! You are your brother's keeper...

3. Claim the promises of God. Nehemiah is praying to the Lord, "Remember what you told your servant Moses." He's reminding God what he had said… God, you warned us through Moses that if we were unfaithful we would lose the land of Israel. But you also promised that if we repent, you'd give it back to us. All through the Bible you find God's people reminding God about what he said he wants to do. David did, Abraham did, Moses and all the prophets did. Must God be reminded? No. Does he forget what he's promised? No. Then why do we do this? It helps us remember what God has promised. Nothing pleases God more that when you remind God of one of his promises.

4. Be very specific in what I ask for. If you want specific answers to prayer you need to make specific requests. If you make general prayers, how will you know if they are answered?

Nehemiah is not hesitant to pray for success. He's very bold. Have you ever prayed, "Lord, make me successful!" If you haven't, why not? What is the alternative? Failure? There is nothing wrong with praying for success if what you're doing is for the glory of God. Pray boldly. Pray that God will make you successful in life for the glory of God. Nehemiah did. This is a valid prayer. If you can't ask God to make you a success at what you're doing, you should be doing something else. God doesn't want you to waste your life. (Pastor Rick Warren, Christian Post , 9-6-06, edited).

Like ancient Jerusalem, America's spiritual walls are broken down. Our cultural institutions are deteriorating. Only God, through His people with biblical faith, who pray like Nehemiah, can turn things around.

The U.S. Supreme Court Abortion Clinic Ruling -- In a shocking 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court abandoned the Constitution, legal precedent and all semblance of the rule of law to reinforce the unfettered right to abortion. Specifically, they ruled that states may not regulate abortion clinics with extremely reasonable regulations to protect the health and safety of women. In essence, the court judged that the motive of the people of Texas was to restrict abortion and not to provide for "women's health." They struck down the common sense and compassionate requirements that abortion doctors have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital in case of a client's health crisis and that surgical abortion clinics meet the health and safety regulations of all other surgical clinics. Liberals who speak of the "War on Women" need to turn their fire on the Court! Meanwhile, Planned Parenthood (who receives a half-billion of our tax dollars and in turn donates to politicians who help them maintain their government funding) and Kermit Gosnell-like abortion peddlers can relax. The Supreme Court has your back!

May we elect a president and Congress who will nominate and confirm Justices who value the lives and health of women and children to the U.S. Supreme Court. May He intervene to end abortion and save our nation! ( Joel 2:32 ; 1 Chr 21:13 ; 2 Sam 23:3 ; Ps 144:3-6 ; Mt 28:18-20 ; 2 Pet 3:9 ).

Transgender Military -- On July 1, the Department of Defense will lift the ban on Military service for those who identify as transgendered. The military will enlist and our military academies will enroll transgender persons to serve in every military capacity. Former Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates confessed that the only time President Barack Obama showed any passion for military issues was when he led the fight to overturn Don't Ask, Don't Tell (2010). Just as FRC warned, the overturn of DADT was just the beginning. President Obama has continued to impose his sexual ideology despite warnings from military experts, FRC, and others. The results have been predictable. Since DADT was overturned, the overall sexual assault statistics have radically escalated. Now President Obama wants to experiment with transgenderism. This experiment will bring a host of new problems and costs to a cash-strapped military and will further harm morale and readiness. There will be barracks issues, issues with uniforms, bathroom and shower issues, but most important will be the harm to readiness.

A few liberal-leaning nations allow transgenders in their militaries, but none of them are enemies to the U.S. The prestige and respect of the U.S. military has been a huge victim to these policies. For generations feared by our enemies, the U.S. military has become a laughing stock! Despite being obviously deleterious to good order and discipline, despite reducing military effectiveness, and despite that it will cost American lives, the administration presses on!

May God deliver us from the ideologies that complicate our ability to defend our homeland, that are detrimental our military discipline, and that weaken our troops readiness to defend our homeland and defeat our enemies abroad. May our military cease to be a laboratory for unnatural social experiments and our troops the guinea pigs! ( Josh 22:20 ; 1 Chr 12:32-33 ; Ps 127:1 ; Pr 1:7 ; 9:10 ; 1 Tim 6:20 ; 1 John 4:1 )

Finally, we are in a 2 Chronicles 20:12 moment. It seems we are surrounded by ideological enemies that seek to destroy from us every vestige of biblical truth, faith, morality and thus the knowledge of Jesus Christ. We must fight and after we have done all, to stand (Eph 6:10-20). But our first line of action is prayer! Call2Fall will take place this coming Sunday, July 3! Will you be joining us and churches across America on our knees in humble repentance, beseeching our Heavenly Father to extend mercy to our nation, asking Him to revive our churches and to awaken our fellow citizens? Have you signed up? Please rush to do so. Urge your pastor to lead your church, or join family and friends to pray at home. We have little time to turn the tide in our nation! America must not go the way of nations throughout history that have similarly defied our Maker and experienced the dire consequences (Dt 28: all; 2 Chr 7:14; Ps 9:17; Joel 2:12-18).

Thank you for praying!
Sincerely,

Rev. Pierre Bynum
Chaplain & National Prayer Director

Mid-East Prophecy Update
 

A very good video with lots of good info......
Mid-East Prophecy Update – July 3rd, 2016

God Is A Refuge For Us
 

GOD IS A REFUGE FOR US
David Wilkerson


Right now, the world is heading into great turbulence. There will be events and chaos that naturally bring fear. But God has said to us, “My Word is in you. You are covered under the shadow of My hand. And YOU ARE MY CHILD.” It is time for us to fasten our seatbelt, open our Bible and talk to our Father through it all. He has said we are not going down: “I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved” (Acts 2:25).

I urge you to make this powerful word from Isaiah your own:

“Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.

“Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God? Hast thou not known? Hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? There is no searching of his understanding.

“He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: but they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint” (Isaiah 40:26–31).

Our communion with Him gives birth to trust. By pouring out to the Lord our needs, our worries, we come away with His rest and assurance. “Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us” (Psalm 62:8).

Dear Praying Friends
 

Power of Prayer > No Matter Which Faith You Follow
 

Here is my new thread to hold my Christian beliefs for all who are welcome to read and enjoy. Hope this will enrich your lives and spirit.
Much thanks

Re: Land Of Faith
 

GOD IS GETTING READY TO DO SOMETHING SO HUGE, IT WILL BLOW OUR MINDS!
2 Timothy 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

The economy. Brexit. Terrorist attacks. Warnings of massive earthquakes (the Cascadia Subduction Zone, San Andreas, and the New Madrid). Tsunamis. Strange weather. Sexual sin, including the homosexual agenda. Abortion and planned parenthood. The list is so massive, it could go on an on! What is happening? Or better, what is ‘about’ to happen? Are we so blinded that we can’t see the hand of God’s coming judgement moving toward this nation, the world? Do we think ourselves better than the generations before us who have grossly sinned against God and were judged for their sin and disobedience?

When an entire nation refuses to repent, it’s time for the Body of Christ to wake up, rise up and repent for becoming lackadaisical and for remaining silent when the truth needs told! God will hold the world accountable for its sins and the church accountable for hers! And the church will be held more accountable than the world because she knew better than to commit adultery against God! While the groom has been away, the bride has been in bed with the enemy and she has been fornicating against Christ! Well I’ve got news for you, Mrs. Jesus. Your husband is on His way home for the wedding, and you’d best rise up from out of your bed of adultery fast because He’s coming for a spotless bride dressed in white and right now, that sure isn’t you! What are you going to do when the door flies open and you are caught in the very act of sin you promised you would never commit? You had better repent now and tell the enemy goodbye because here is what your groom will say if He comes and finds you anything less than expected:

Matthew 7:21-23 21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’

And…

Revelation 3:15-16 5 “I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. 16 So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth.

And…

Ephesians 5:27 27 that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.

God’s patience has run out with this nation, and so now He is calling upon His church to fall down on her face with a sorrowful heart and change her wicked ways! It is OUR job to speak the truth, and nothing but the truth, so help me God! We are to never, ever sacrifice the truth regardless of money, shame, embarrassment, political correctness, laws, or anything else whatsoever! We must win the lost at any cost! We must speak truth because the truth is what will set the captives free, including yourself! If you’re not speaking the truth boldly with love, then maybe that is why you’re having nothing but problems in your life. Not speaking the truth is a great sin and allows open doors in your very spirit to the kingdom of hell! You are giving the enemy free reign, but now that you’ve heard what must be done, it’s time to slam the door in Satan’s face!

Get him out now, in Jesus name! Get him out of your life, out of your home, out of your family and out of your church before it is TOO LATE! This is a call from the Most High God, the Spirit of our Lord within me! Yes, this is a ‘Thus Saith the Lord of Hosts’! God is calling for revival in His church! God is calling for His bride to saddle up for battle and to kick the imposter out of her bed! Jesus is coming! Jesus is coming! I can’t shout it any louder! Bathe yourself, you filthy bride, and be clean in Jesus’ name! Wash the dirt and filth from off your dress and then lift your hands in praise as a sign that you are free from the bondages of Hell! The nations will not return to the Lord, but in the name of Jesus Christ, His people will! Bring on the fire of the Holy Spirit! We are victors and conquerors and the war is already won! Do not be afraid, says the Lord! Do not be afraid! Be bold as fierce, mighty lions and let all the earth hear you roar!

Not sure what I’m talking about? Or, do you think it’s just another conspiracy? My friend, watch the below videos and see for yourself, and get ready because time is of the essence!

LYN LEAHZ

Psa 91:1 Whoever goes to the LORD for safety, whoever remains under the protection of the Almighty,
Psa 91:2 can say to him, "You are my defender and protector. You are my God; in you I trust."
Psa 91:3 He will keep you safe from all hidden dangers and from all deadly diseases.
Psa 91:4 He will cover you with his wings; you will be safe in his care; his faithfulness will protect and defend you.
Psa 91:5 You need not fear any dangers at night or sudden attacks during the day
Psa 91:6 or the plagues that strike in the dark or the evils that kill in daylight.
Psa 91:7 A thousand may fall dead beside you, ten thousand all around you, but you will not be harmed.
Psa 91:8 You will look and see how the wicked are punished.
Psa 91:9 You have made the LORD your defender, the Most High your protector,
Psa 91:10 and so no disaster will strike you, no violence will come near your home.
Psa 91:11 God will put his angels in charge of you to protect you wherever you go.
Psa 91:12 They will hold you up with their hands to keep you from hurting your feet on the stones.
Psa 91:13 You will trample down lions and snakes, fierce lions and poisonous snakes.
Psa 91:14 God says, "I will save those who love me and will protect those who acknowledge me as LORD.
Psa 91:15 When they call to me, I will answer them; when they are in trouble, I will be with them. I will rescue them and honor them.
Psa 91:16 I will reward them with long life; I will save them."

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Mid-East Prophecy Update



As usual Pastor JD has a very good video and hit the nail on the head several times. I challenge you to view and listen for just 35 mins.

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I really like this and haven't thought of it in this way, but we must not only pray for healing but ask God to destroy the pain, suffering, disease, or darkness in one's life. To destroy something is to completely do away with it......

HE DESTROYS THE POWERS OF DARKNESS
Gary Wilkerson


As Jesus was teaching in the synagogue, a man possessed by an evil spirit cried out, “Why are you interfering with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us?” (Luke 4:33, NLT).

Look at that question, “Have you come to destroy us?” Now we’re really hitting a home run here, because Jesus doesn’t just interfere, He destroys.

I am so blessed to hear the word “destroyed” in this text because if something is just interfered with, my fear is that it might come back. Has anybody ever had anything that went away and then came back? Last year at this time I said I was going to lose twenty pounds. Well, I lost twenty pounds and then I gained it all back—plus five more. So for me, interfering is insufficient. I need the thing destroyed, how about you?

We thank God that He interferes, but most of all we are glad He destroys the works of the enemy. Jesus said, “I came to destroy the works of the evil one.” If a whole plan was written against you in the pit of hell, He would not just interfere with it, like cross off one point, but He would take that plan, tear it into a thousand pieces, and throw it into the fire. Satan would ask, “What did you do with my plan, my intentions to destroy this person’s life?”

“The Son of God came to destroy the works of the devil” (see 1 John 3:8).

Jesus destroys what was aimed at destroying you, did you know that? He’s there to destroy the powers of darkness in your life.

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PEACE, PEACE!
David Wilkerson


“I create the fruit of thy lips; peace, peace” (Isaiah 57:19). This is one of the most encouraging promises in God’s Word. The Lord says He will drive out from us the spirit of fear and implant in us His supernatural spirit of peace. Isaiah repeats the word “peace” here to emphasize that it is a continual peace.

The Holy Spirit promises, “I will create peace in you.” Once we experience this peace, it will become a creative word that flows out of our lips to others.

There comes a time in each of our lives when we become totally exhausted by all the problems swirling around us—personal problems that that may involve family, friends, our job, our finances. We become exhausted from all the heartbreaking “bad news” calls that come, crises that seem to be spinning out of control.

So how do we appropriate this miraculous, omnipotent creation of peace?

First, we must admit that all our fears are caused by unbelief because we have not fully trusted the power of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.

The Spirit of God is the absolute fullness of divine love: all-caring, like a mother; greater in power than all principalities in hell; knowing all things. Yet, even though we know this, we often sit in the Spirit’s presence murmuring and complaining, thinking the way abandoned children do.

I tell you, no believer can be healed of the spirit of fear—or find peace—until he or she commits all things into the Spirit’s loving hands. We must give up all to His will, trusting that “He who lives in me is greater than he that is in the world” (see 1 John 4:4).

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LETTING THE PEACE OF GOD RULE
David Wilkerson


God, by His Spirit, creates peace—He causes it to happen—and He creates it in you.

I’m not just talking about peace with God. The peace He creates in you is peace of mind, a peace that springs up and flows within, healing, stabilizing, building confidence.

When you have such peace, you stop trying to play God. You stop trying to solve your problems and everyone else’s. You stop playing over in your mind what might happen, what fearful thing might come to pass.

Instead, you bring every thought into captivity. You are able to do this because you stand in the peace God has created in you. You begin to trust and accept His love and you start believing the promises of His Word.

Beloved, I urge you to ask the Spirit for a greater measure of faith concerning His love for you. Ask Him to create in you a greater flow of God’s peace. His peace will come supernaturally, miraculously, when you have yielded all to Him. Then the Lord will bring forth His peace as the fruit of your lips.

True peace can’t be faked; the world recognizes it when it is in someone. The Holy Spirit will make His peace in your life known to those around you. It won’t be your peace that speaks to them, but the Spirit’s. It will move them, causing them to ask you for prayer, prayer that will touch them and bring healing.

As the gathering clouds cause fear in the world, may God’s people walk according to this word from Paul: “Let the peace of God rule in your hearts” (Colossians 3:15).

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IN A DANGEROUS PLACE
David Wilkerson


Some of you going through difficult situations are in a dangerous place with your faith.

I must ask: Have you allowed seeds of unbelief into your heart? Do you have serious questions regarding God’s faithfulness? Instead of worshiping Him, do you doubt Him?

“Lord, why haven’t You intervened for me? Why have You allowed such confusion in my marriage, my family? You have put on me more than I’m able to bear.” Such an attitude can lead to a hardened heart and eventually spiritual deadness.

The apostle Paul exhorted Timothy, “Endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ” (2 Timothy 2:3). The Greek word for hardness here indicates suffering, difficult afflictions. What does Paul say to Timothy about these things? “Endure them, son! You are a soldier in the Lord’s army. You’ve been trained to undergo hardship in spiritual battle.”

We see this reflected in the Old Testament as well. We are told, “The eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him” (2 Chronicles 16:9, my italics). The Hebrew word for perfect in this verse means “wholly given to Him in trust.”

God looks down upon the whole earth, searching diligently for that man or woman of faith who is given to Him in complete trust.

Whenever the Lord finds such a servant, He says of that person, “This beloved one is holding fast to his faith and confidence in Me. Therefore, I will show Myself strong to him. He’s going to know My power and see My strong arm revealed on his behalf.”

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Monday, July 18 — Psalm 86:11–17
Deuteronomy 28:25–57; Luke 9:51–62

The Lord’s mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22–23

So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day. 2 Corinthians 4:16

Prince of Peace, we rejoice in our hearts knowing that we are not alone, for you neither sleep nor slumber. Despite our physical deterioration, you continue to renew our inner beings, as we await your return. Amen.

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Overcoming The Deceptions of This Age & The Nature of Aliens

A very interesting video with much truth.......

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I BRING GOOD NEWS
David Wilkerson


“It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment” (Hebrews 9:27). As Scripture testifies, our lives here on earth are like grass (see Psalm 102:11). One day we’re here, growing and thriving, and the next day we’re fading away with the season. We’re like the vapor of breath we see on a frosty day: here one moment and gone the next. And I’m convinced that just one moment into eternity, we’ll realize how unimportant and fleeting our present fears and trials have been. We’ll also see just how present the Lord has been with us the whole time, watching over us with His saving and keeping power.

I bring you good news—glorious news—that will help combat all the bad news you’ve been hearing. I believe this news will keep your heart and spirit peaceful, even joyful, through all that’s coming upon the earth. Here is that good news:

If you have repented of any and all sins and you are trusting Jesus—believing in His cleansing blood, submitting daily to His lordship—you’re going to stand before His throne without fault or fear. In fact, you’re going to be acknowledged before everyone present—every human, every angel, every demon in hell—as the precious Bride of Christ.

You will not have to face even a single sin against you, nor be exposed for any failure, but you will be able to stand without blemish.

Not a single sin of yours will be mentioned. Instead, only your good works—including your faith in Jesus Christ—will be expressed to the multitudes gathered.

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Abominable! The Pope Has a Shocking Plan for 2016! Plus Volcano Comes to Life in Rome (Videos)

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22 Jul 16

The Pope’s shocking Illuminati Agenda Exposed plus Breaking News Volcano Near Rome comes to Life, is judgment looming for the evils that have proceeded from this wicked city?

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The Pope has a SHOCKING plan for 2016

A really great and heart warming video showing real Christians not being swayed by the delusion of a one world religion.




Rome “Judgement One Hour” Volcano Comes To Life



In One Hour is Thy Judgment Come. – Volcano Comes To Life in Rome

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WE MUST GO TO HIM
Gary Wilkerson


“Then a leader of the local synagogue, whose name was Jairus, arrived. When he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet” (Mark 5:22, NLT).

And we need to do that, too. As Christians, Jesus resides in our hearts, but even so we need to go to Him on our knees, reaching out to Him in our desperation.

If you don’t know Jesus, I can tell you that He loved you even though you rebelled against Him to live a selfish life. He died for your sins and rose again on the third day; the Bible declares it as truth and more than five hundred witnesses saw Him.

There was proof that Jesus rose again on the third day and now He is alive forevermore. If you receive Him into your heart, you can be forgiven of all your sins and have a fresh start. The Bible says that old things have passed away and all things have become new (see 2 Corinthians 5:17).

Today you can run from where you are and fall at His feet just as Jairus did. You might be stuck in a cycle of religion — just going to church, going through the empty motions — but you can run to Jesus in your desperation and say, “Jesus, I cry out to You for faith that comes by hearing the Word of God.”

That is the gospel in a nutshell and you can receive Him as your Lord and Savior today!

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BLAMELESS BEFORE HIM
David Wilkerson


God offers a wonderful promise to all who were guilty of horrible sins:

• whose acts were bloodied with the stench of hell
• who abused their bodies with alcohol, drugs, perversions, fornications
• who gulp when they think of how close they came to falling headlong into hell

God’s promise to them is that they can stand with great joy on the Day of Judgment without a trace of fear. He pledges:

“Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool” (Isaiah 1:18).

No matter what your past is like, God no longer sees you as you once were. Instead, you’ve been transformed into His precious, lovely, spotless Bride. He is awaiting your presence at the jubilant marriage feast.

Would a bridegroom anticipating his wedding day suddenly charge his bride with iniquity? No groom would do that. You may wonder, “But isn’t Jesus going to judge all wickedness?” Yes, He is. But the Christ you are going to meet on that day is the same Christ who has forgiven you, called you, purchased you with His own blood, cleansed you, and interceded for you all these years.

As you stand before Jesus, you are going to see Him as your husband, your redeemer, your friend, your advocate, your intercessor. And, in that moment, you are going to stand complete in Him, without fault, without spot or wrinkle, holy and blameless.

“And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses” (Colossians 2:13).

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OUR CORONATION DAY
David Wilkerson


Fear is not compatible with all the wonderful relationships the Lord has proclaimed in His love for us. Throughout the Scriptures God describes all the facets of His relationship to us:

• He is our father, our brother, our friend
• our bridegroom, our head, our husband
• our advocate, our kinsman-redeemer
• our provider, our refuge, our shepherd

God has established all these glorious relationships with us through the cross and now He is urging us to know, “This is who I am to you.”

Do you think God is going to suddenly wipe out all these relationships with His people on the Day of Judgment? Never! How can a father reject his offspring in that child’s hour of accountability? Even as the Book of Life is being opened, He will still be your father, your advocate, your intercessor. Nothing can take away that relationship from you.

Fear will not be present on the day of your restitution and coronation.

“He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. . . . As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us” (Psalm 103:10, 12).

Our minds cannot begin to fathom how far the east is from the west. And that is God’s point in this verse: He has removed our sins beyond our capability to ever call them back.

Why am I calling God’s Day of Judgment our coronation day? It is because Isaiah says of that day:

“As the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee” (Isaiah 62:5).

As you stand before your Lord then, you will recognize His eyes of love for you.

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A NEW DAY WAS DAWNING
David Wilkerson


Jesus was in His last days of ministry. He had just cleansed the temple, driving out the moneychangers, and now He was spending time with His disciples to prepare them as the pillars of His future church. Yet at this point they were still faithless, “slow to believe.” Jesus had chided them for their unbelief at various times, asking, “Can you not see?” He saw in their hearts a hindrance that had to be removed or they would never come into the revelation necessary to lead the church.

One day as Jesus and the disciples passed by a barren fig tree, Jesus cursed it:

“[He] said to it, ‘Let no one eat fruit from you ever again.’ And His disciples heard it” (Mark 11:14).

Later, as the group came by the fig tree again, Peter pointed out, “Lord, the fig tree You cursed has dried up.”

Without giving Peter an actual answer, Jesus said simply, “Have faith in God.” We know from Jesus’ amazing response that the message to follow was all about faith.



SOMETHING NEW

The withered fig tree was another of Christ’s illustrated sermons. This dried-up plant represented God’s rejection of the old religious system of works in Israel. That system was all about trying to earn salvation and God’s favor by human effort and self-will.

Something new was about to be birthed in Israel: a church in which God’s people would live totally by faith. Salvation and eternal life would come only by faith.

To this point, God’s people knew nothing of living by faith. Their religion had been all about performance: appearing for worship services, reading the Torah, keeping extensive sets of rules. Now Jesus was saying, “That old system is over, headed for judgment.” A new day was dawning: the church of faith was being birthed.

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Wednesday, August 3 — Psalm 92:1–8
Joshua 10:29–11:23; Luke 13:18–30

He does what he wills with the host of heaven and the inhabitants of the earth. There is no one who can stay his hand or say to him, “What are you doing?” Daniel 4:35

The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will reign forever and ever. Revelation 11:15

Dear Lord, Provider of our every need, help us to be grateful for all of your many gifts and remind us that we must also give back to you. Make us cheerful givers, Lord, generous with our gifts, sharing with those in need. Amen.

re: Power of Prayer >No Matter Which Faith You Follow=GOD is With You
 

Bible Prophecy - God Gave It - Satan Hates It

Watch at least the first 3 to 5 minutes if not all, are you afraid?.......Guest Speaker Major Amir Tsarfati provides a discussion on prophecy and “End Times” as presented in the Bible and why Satan hates it.
Amir was born to a Jewish family in Jerusalem. He grew up in the Jerusalem area and heard about the Messiah while living with a foster family as a high school senior. It was when he saw the “Jesus” film by Campus Crusade that he accepted Jesus into his heart, the turning point in his life.