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an unknown future...


to a known God.

                                                   -  Corrie ten Boom

Thanks for posting Ambassador

A preacher and an atheistic barber were once walking through the city slums.

Said the barber to the preacher: “This is why I cannot believe in a God of love. If God was as kind as you say, He would not permit all this poverty, disease, and squalor. He would not allow these poor bums to be addicted to dope and other character-destroying habits. No, I cannot believe in a God who permits these things.”

The minister was silent until they met a man who was especially unkempt and filthy. His hair was hanging down his neck and he had a half-inch of stubble on his face. Said the minister: “You must not be a very good barber because you wouldn't permit a man like that to continue living in this neighborhood without a haircut and shave.” Indignantly the barber answered: “Why blame me for that man's condition? I can't help it that he is like that. He has never come in my shop; I could fix him up and make him look like a gentleman!”

Giving the barber a penetrating look, the minister said: “Then don't blame God for allowing the people to continue in their evil ways, when He is constantly inviting them to come and be saved.”

Good one, thanks ;D

As the seventeenth century theologian, John Owen, said, "He who prays as he ought, will endeavor to live as he prays."

Another good one.

The Crusader

The Lord is trying to awake the Church and bring it out of slumber. But the Church keeps saying that the Lord is trying to awaken the sinner by all that is happening. It is time that we as intercessors fall before the Throne on behalf of The Body of Christ that slumbers and sleeps.

The  Church as a whole needs to awaken and realize that
we are in a state of Spiritual War! The Church can not
continue to go on with "status-quo" and go about its
daily activity as it does for the most part. Assemblies
are  closing services right and left over our nation and going to one service a week.

Is this not a sign of Spiritual lukewarmness?

When we go through trials,

think of it as a way to help

someone else during the

crisis or in the future...

AMEN!

2 Corinthians 1:3-4 "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort; who comforts us in all our affliction so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with which we ourselves are comforted by God."

I agree

Your friend and brother

The Crusader

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That reminds me of the song by Kris Kristofferson "Why Me Lord"...the second verse goes:

Tell me Lord, if you think there's a way, that I could repay, all I've taken from You...Maybe Lord, I can show someone else, what I've been through myself, on my way back to You!

Lord help me Jesus, I've wasted it so, help me Jesus, I know what I am...now that I know, how I've needed You so, help me Jesus, my soul's in Your hands.

Thanks Brandie, I like it I never heard that song.

Take Christ out of Christianity and you

disembowel it;

there is practically nothing left.

Christ is the center of Christianity;

all else is circumference


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Jesus Said:

“But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness.”  Romans 4:5

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Sometimes, when you reach Rock Bottom....its God trying to show you that He's the Rock at the bottom.

Amen, thanks Willowbirch

Your friend and brother

The Crusader
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The only works that have ever saved were the works of Jesus Christ.

Your friend and brother

The Crusader
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ETERNAL SECURITY of the believer in Christ. I hold that our security rests in Christ's finished work, not our finishing.  

Your friend and brother

The Crusader
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I like that.  ;D Have you read Phantastes, by George MacDonald? The quote reminds me of this book.

Thanks sincereheart, I love it

Your frend and brother

The Crusader
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P.S.

If you were to die right now, where would you spend eternity?

A: What a question! This is a question that you should consider very carefully. Wherever you are in your life, the only thing that matters to God today is if you are in Christ. When God looks at your heart, He wants to see your faith resting in what His Son did on the cross for you. The Lord Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners. That is you and me. Consider these sciptures:

Romans 3:10-11 "As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: 11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God"
Romans 3:23 "For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God:"
Romans 5:6 "For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly."
Romans 5:8 "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."
Romans 6:23 "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
I Cor. 15:1-4 1 " Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:"

The moment you place your faith in Christ alone, God will save you.

Romans 4:5 "But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness."

He will place you into His Son and make you complete in Christ. God does it all!!

Ephesians 1:13 "In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,"
Colossians 2:9-10 "9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. 10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:"

My dear friend you do not need to go anywhere, pray a prayer, join an organization, or even move a muscle. You don’t have to do anything. Christ did it all. Make the decision to trust Christ and His finished work at the cross. It’s your choice.

The moment you place your faith in Christ alone, God will save you.

AMEN!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMEN!!!

Having a GREAT Day is entirely up to you!
If God is truly your Life, and you are faithful in trusting Him, there is no excuse for having a "bad day", for every day should be a day of true JOY!  

Having a GREAT Day is entirely up to you!
If God is truly your Life, and you are faithful in trusting Him, there is no excuse for having a "bad day", for every day should be a day of true JOY!  

Amen and amen!

The Greeks had a race in their Olympic games that was unique. The winner was not the runner who finished first. It was the runner who finished with his torch still lit. I want to run all the way with the flame of my torch still lit for Him.
~J. Stowell, Fan The Flame

AMEN!!! Crusader and sincereheart
 
Your friend and brother

The Crusader
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When I look at you and you look at me we only see the skin. If we could look inside, I bet we'd find a searcher there within. - Jeff Johnson

BIBLE MEDITATION: “Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of His knowledge by us in every place. For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish.” 2 Corinthians 2:14-15

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: Thanks be to God who always causes us to triumph in Christ! And when we are enjoying this victory, we will be sending off a sweet, pervasive perfume of His glory. Do you know how incense is made? It is made by cutting or breaking herbs, then crushing them into a fine powder. Then water is added to this powder to create a clay to form into sticks or cones. What is the purpose of incense? To burn and create a fragrant aroma. When we are praising God in the midst of trials, singing songs of glory in the midst of persecution, claiming His victory when a problem arises, then we are emitting a sweet aroma that is unmistakable to the nostrils of God. This is the sweet smell of victory!

ACTION POINT: Whatever it is that looks like a trial today in your life...thank God! Thank Him every time the thought enters your mind to grumble or complain.

Amen

ACTION POINT: Whatever it is that looks like a trial today in your life...thank God! Thank Him every time the thought enters your mind to grumble or complain.

And Amen

True peace does not mean the absence of trials and

hardship, but rather a sence of tranquility and

serenity even in the midst of those difficulties.

Charles Stanley

Very good A4C - and so true.

Enjoyed, Amen

Exactly! Amen!  :D

I was just thinking the other day:   What if I had a day with no problems?

What would a day be like, for us, with no problems?


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It would be..... Heaven!
No, I mean it literally will be Heaven!  ;D

 As Christians we accept one foundational truth - God - and everything else makes sense. An atheist denies God and has to accept incredible explanations for everything else. It takes more faith to deny God than to believe in Him.
~John MacArthur  

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 A man says to me, "Can you explain the seven trumpets of the Revelation?" No, but I can blow one in your ear, and warn you to escape from the wrath to come.
~Charles Haddon Spurgeon

May you permit the eyes of your understanding ever to be enlightened, Ephesians 1:15-23.

May you permit the eyes of your understanding ever to be enlightened, Ephesians 1:15-23.
I hope you don't mind  :-[ but I thought it was a beautiful passage and wanted to post it!

Ephesians 1:
15   Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,
16   Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
17   That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
18   The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
19   And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
20   Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
21   Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
22   And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
23   Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

Good job, thanks ;D

Amen

This: "21  Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:"

Reminded me of this:

Did you know that an eagle knows when a storm is approaching long before it breaks? The eagle will fly to some high spot and wait for the winds to come. When the storm hits, it sets its wings so that the wind will pick it up and lift it above the storm. While the storm rages below, the eagle is soaring above it.

The eagle does not escape the storm. It simply uses the storm to lift it higher. It rises on the winds that bring the storm. When the storms of life come upon us - and all of us will experience them - we can rise above them by setting our minds and our belief toward God. The storms do not have to overcome us. We can allow God's power to lift us above them.

God enables us to ride the winds of the storm that bring sickness, tragedy, failure and disappointment in our lives. We can soar above the storm. Remember, it is not the burdens of life that weigh us down, it is how we handle them.

The Bible says, "Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles." Isaiah 40:31


http://www.daily-blessings.com/storm.htm

Amen

God enables us to ride the winds of the storm that bring sickness, tragedy, failure and disappointment in our lives. We can soar above the storm. Remember, it is not the burdens of life that weigh us down, it is how we handle them.

And Amen, thanks sincereheart

I encourage each of you to plan each day, not around what you need to accomplish for yourself, but around all there is to accomplish for Christ's sake and His glory ("Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or what so ever ye do, do all to the glory of God. " I Cor 10:31).
 
 
 

Amen!  :D


do all to the glory of God

do ALL not some or most! I'm still working on that part! ::)

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMEN!!!!!

Me three! :)  

Good scripture, Crusader. Amen.

Happy moments, praise God.
Difficult moments, seek God.
Quiet moments, worship God.
Painful moments, trust God.
Every moment, thank God.

So simple but so true!  :D

Walking in the Spirit is keeping in step with Him,

allowing Him constant control over our lives.
                   Colossians 3:15

I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned
that most people die of natural causes.