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On this day of Crucifixion, may we crucify our false beliefs. nnAs we saw in Maundy Thursday’s Lent Devotional, the gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke depict Jesus growing depressed over his coming ordeal … asking God that the cup be taken from him … and so much in dread that he sweats drops of blood. On the day of his crucifixion, Jesus is portrayed as so weak he needs help carrying his cross. We hear sermons and allow the entertainment media to describe in gory detail

At a particular stage in life one always wants to spend time in god’s devotion and devote his part of life for achieving mental and spiritual peace and satisfaction. Such a stage comes in everyone’s life; sometimes earlier or sometimes later. Most of the people are not learned about the details of the Christian Bible and often need guidance and assistance from an external source like a preacher or a Christian Bible. People do have a copy of bible at their home and go thro

I have addressed the issue of how parents and society teach us anger, judgment, criticalness and punishment. But one’s next question might be, but then why did people go into judgment, manipulation and control in the first place? Parents teach it to their kids, then their kids become parents and teach it to their kids, but where and who started it and how is it that it continues on and on? My answer to that is: dark force influences. You don’t want to hear that. But if an

Dr. Lester Breslow, Dean of UCLA’s School of Public Health, discovered that 7 Simple Health Habits make a difference in 30 years of life between the person who broke those Golden Rules compared to those who observed them. So what are they? They are best remembered by this picture and acronym– Dr. Breslow discovered the healthy people 1. Ate breakfast 2. Were not overweight. 3. Drank 5-6 glasses of water a day. 4. Got 30 minutes of exercise at least 3 times a week. 5. Got 7-8 hours of sleep at night. 6. Did not smoke. 7. Did not drink, or only in strict moderation.r

To quote from Catherine Ponder's book, "The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity," " . . . the masses today are lonely—lonely for a spiritual way of life that isn't just theory and doctrine, but one that works to produce health, harmony, and abundance in their lives." In one sentence, that awesome writer reveals why most Christian churches have cold pews. The people are not being fed! I have known this truth for many years, having gone on a sincere search for a spirit filled church w

When we look at a certain object, a painting for example – we won’t be able to appreciate what’s in it, what is painted and what else goes with it if the painting is just an inch away from our face. But if we try to take it a little further, we’ll have a clearer vision of the whole art work.

In effect the anointing would be divided between men titled “Kings” and others titled “Priest” the kings would be destroyed by kingly anointing because of a lack of holiness. The Levite priest would take the priestly anointing and prostitute it by the absence of authority and power in their lives. ANOINTED FOR POWER ONLY [1 SAM 10:1] [When the children of Israel asked for a King 1st Samuel 8, 9, 10:1] Why was Saul later rejected as king? It was because he grew impatient waiting for Samuel, and intruded into the priest’s office and offered sacrifice [I Sam 13:8-14]

I doubt that anyone will disagree with me when I state that our society today in America is biblically illiterate. Specifically, I would define "biblically illiterate" as the following: nn* Unfamiliar with the structure of the Bible. Most people could not explain why the Bible is split between Old and New Testaments. They cannot name the books of the Bible. That the books are grouped into certain categories is unknown to them. And, sadly, many people cannot even locate a vers

I am a breast cancer survivor and because of spending nearly 3 years in the hospital trying to stay alive, I can tell you from my heart that it is only because of the grace of God that I am alive today. I've read many excellent books that taught me how to find God, but at the time of my illness I wasn't too sure He even existed, so I took God with a grain of salt. It’s one thing to read about God, but it's another to have actual proof. I promise, if you will start a God journ

“Give me your tired, your poor…yearning to breathe free.” The Statue of Liberty has welcomed “the huddled masses” from every continent since 1865, but immigration has transformed the US. Early Americans took huge risks of death at sea and from Indians or starvation in the New World because they also faced death when the Holy Roman Empire ruled Europe.

The greatest discoveries that we can make are not those of technology, but how to have health, happiness and purposeful living that brings a better destiny, says Richard Ruhling, MD. At 75, Ruhling is enjoying all of the above better than when he was 35 and had headaches that helped him realize a basic truth, that our bodies are built from what we put in our mouths and how important it is to eat a well-balanced diet rather than what seems most appealing.

In order for us to have a better understanding of ourselves as human beings it is important to know what the human soul really is. Knowledge in this area can avert a great many ills.

On this 3rd Sunday in Lent, read Luke 7:1-17. Note that one man is healed ... another rises from the dead ... following the spoken word.nnQuoting Fillmore: "The science of Spirit is the orderly study of truths formulated in Divine Mind according to the operation of universal law. AN AFFIRMATION IS A POSITIVE AND ORDERLY STATEMENT OF TRUTH. By affirmation we claim and appropriate that which is ours."nnQuoting Fillmore: "The Word [meaning the spoken word] is the working power o

Out of habit, I felt for the light switch in our bathroom. I flipped it on. But, the darkness remained. My body shook with terror. Holding on to the cold, slick counter top, I leaned toward the mirror and saw a dreary gray of nothing. In desperation, I fought the urge to scratch through the glass into the darkness to find even a slight glimpse of my reflection...instead, I found the ugliness of my black world. The incurable retinal disease robbed my sight and swallowed the dreams my husband Gene and I had for us and for our three little boys.

Yahoo’s report of the Met Gala had photos of numerous women wearing crowns with commentary on the crowns of kings, popes and Catholicism, mentioning the crown of thorns that Christ wore, but with no comment on the disparity. Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination (5-8-18) Maybe it’s significant that the world’s #1 best-selling book includes crowns in identifying the sea beast of Revelation 13 and early Americans saw the beast as representing the papacy. says Dr. Richard Ruhling, author on current events and The Alpha & Omega Bible Code. He explains…

One of the reasons why many Christians are stranded today is because they've spent all their life following their mind. They go after what they think is right; they start a business they think is profitable; they seek a Job they think will pay them more; and they make decisions they consider best for them. In all this, they never ask themselves "What is God saying about this?" rnFriend, God knows everything. He knows the end of a path before you begin walking in it. He knows

When I was 13 years old, I accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as my personal saviour. The church in which I made that momentous decision didn't have stained-glass windows; in fact, the only thing that that small, obscure institution of my youth had that came close to resembling stained glass were the tinted windows that those dutiful Christians installed. The building was in badly need of repair, and the members came together in a united show of solidarity to donate their time a

Read the account of Jesus’ transfiguration in Matthew 17:1-13. It is packed with truth the churches have ignored. The transfiguration is the 3rd major event in Jesus’ demonstration to us of the pathway to ascension. nnJesus takes three of his closest disciples to a mountaintop. There are mountains throughout Palestine; however, a “mountain” also symbolizes moving into a high state of consciousness through meditation. Wherever they were located, Jesus and his disciples

What we’re seeing is a damnable practice of prescribing drugs for almost any symptoms when most problems are not serious and will get better without any treatment, or a simple change in diet. The oft-quoted JAMA figure of 106,000 Adverse Drug Reaction deaths (4-15-1998) were in hospitals, but 199,000 outpatient deaths (Western journal of Medicine, June, 2000) brought the total to 305,000 and for every death, 550 were sick enough to see their doctor, 40 were sick enough to be admitted to the hospital and 15 were admitted to long term care--messed up for life?

Summary: Christmas originated as a pagan holiday, blessed by the pope in the 4th century. Hanukkah commemorates a miraculous victory of Jews fighting for freedom ~175 BC. The birth of Christ was most likely on the Feast of Tabe acles, 500 years before the birth of Christ, the prophet Jeremiah wrote in the 10th chapter of his book not to learn the ways of the heathen who cut a tree from the forest and deck it with gold; it sounds like Christmas.

Christ implies that we don’t understand the parables—we are asleep with lights out in Matthew 25:5. The next verse says ‘midnight.’ It’s dark, and hence a need of oil in the lamps to find the way to the wedding. There is parallel imagery in the Song of Solomon representing Israel’s wisest king, the Messiah where His name is as ointment. Ointment is an oily preparation and the anointing oil used for priests had sweet spices (Exodus 30:30-34) that would be fragrant.

An email from a friend cites some guru who says next week’s eclipse means “the end of the world!” This is baloney, and probably nothing huge will happe August 21 to endorse the significance of the eclipse. “Signs of the times” should be taken in their context and it is interesting that another solar eclipse will occur in seven years with a path that marks a big ‘X’ across the US with path of August 21.

Premature..... (genesis 3) Life is ultimately in stages, men come in sizes. Every stage requires a certain size to operate on it. Before you could be qualified to perform at a certain stage of life, a level of growth must be attained. That is why, you do not marry off your daughter as a baby, you cannot start practicing as a doctor until you are qualified, you cannot feed a new born baby with solid food therefore, until you have developed in some fundamental life faculties, you will find it difficult to maximize the scope of responsibility life has to offer.

The Good News is that God is the Judge and the biblical concept of judges is that they were deliverers as seen in the book of Judges where Gideon, Samson and others delivered Israel. Daniel means ‘God is my Judge’ and we see that Daniel or his friends were delivered from potentially life or death situations in chapters 1-6 of his book. And God has a plan for us, but like Daniel, we have to be willing to go to the lion’s den to experience His deliverance.

Psychologist Wm James said, We can alter our lives by altering our attitudes. Why not start with gratitude? Dr. Hans Selye said it’s the most healing of all emotions. At its core, gratitude is being grateful that we have something and maybe also being grateful that we don’t have some other things--like thanking God for answering our prayer yes or maybe thanking Him for saying no because not everything we want is for our best good.

Summary: Jack Darnall dreamed of an African-American president with Obama's description, well-liked at first, but he became a 'terrible dictator.' The dream was not shared widely because it seemed impossible in the 1980's.

A third intifada is likely this spring (Zechariah 14:1,2) and a US megaquake in May ('as the days of Noah') because 'the day of the LORD' was signaled by the solar and lunar eclipse and Iran Nuke Treaty last year,” The view is like our connecting dots for pictures we drew as kids. In this case, various passages are connected by similar phrases, and coincidences are amazing.

Summary: America's border problem is prophetic. Rome has conquered US, and a growing majority will vote the pope as leader of a New World Order as rapid changes continue. “At the time of the end” the king of the north “overflows” the king of the south in Daniel 11:40. In Bible times, Egypt was the king of the south—south of the holy land, but in the time of the end, the US has a dozen parallels to Egypt as the greatest nation, also murdering infants or unbo as suggested by a Kindle ebook, Exodus 2. Who is the king of the north?r

Summary: Which is the antichrist--the pope or the coming Imam Mahdi of Islam? Pat Robertson seems to be questioning the historic Protestant view of the papacy as the antichrist power, impressed with the work of Joel Richardson and a “MidEast Beast.” Before we throw the baby out with the bath water, let's consider an update to CS Lewis' Screwtape Letters, which was about the devil's strategies to deceive us. The devil has something for everyone and in the modern version, Christians can easily see how militant Islam is anti-Christ.

Summary: College isn't needed for most jobs. College costs too much and has too much we don't need or want. Wikipedia lists many trades for which training costs less, takes less time and has a higher likelihood for a job.

Bill O’Reilly was the first to bring up Pat Robertson’s statement on the Haitian pact with the devil to rid them of French rule. Bill said he didn’t agree with Pat but Dawkins says in an article posted online that at least Robertson is true to his own theology. Dawkins starts his article by side stepping the usual requirements and protocol for standard article submission. His name appears before and after the title. He follows that with bold article sub headings and bold par

Summary: Recent events like solar and lunar eclipses and the nuclear talks with Iran have biblical significance. What do they signify, or do they have any relevance for us? Einstein said, “Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous.” Two weeks ago, we saw a “rare” solar eclipse falling on the spring equinox accompanied by a supermoon when the moon was as close as possible to the earth. Saturday night we may see a “blood moon” due to a full lunar eclipse. So what do such signs mean?

#1. The rapture occurs “at the last trumpet,” 1Cor 15:52. There are 7 trumpets, preceded by a huge earthquake in Rev 8:5,6.”The earth shall shake,” Joel 3:16. “We must through much tribulation (before rapture) enter the kingdom.” Acts 14:22. #2. “In the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom” Dan 2:44. Kingdom is dominion of a king by His laws. Christ said, “Till heaven and earth pass, not one jot or tittle shall pass from the law till all be fulfilled.” Matt 5:18.

A megaquake is expected to initiate the end-time ‘day of the Lord,’ clued by Christ’s closing parables “as the days of Noah” for May 12, says Bible author, Dr. Richard Ruhling.

Forgive the bragging, the shameless boasting. But I have to say my oldest son married a gem. She works full time, is sweet as can be, pretty, she’s a great Mom…and…are you ready? She keeps a spotless house. Her secret? She has a schedule. And finding the balance in her life—time for work, family, shopping, fun—she cleans one part of the house each day. And even with a two and a four-year old, her house sparkles.

“In the beginning was the Word. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. He existed in the beginning with God. Through him all things were made, and apart from him was not anything made that was made. In him was life, and that life brought light to humanity. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has never overcome it!”rnYes, it’s time to talk metaphysics!rnNo, I don’t want to talk metaphysics! I hate metaphysics! I’m too tired to talk metaphysics, a

Summary: US Christianity could be like the lukewarm church of Laodicea that had a materialistic focus. We can't bring ourselves to see impending changes that take us out of our comfort zone. We don't see end-times impending nor hear Christ's words that could ready us. We are poorly prepared in spite of warnings. When Christ said that the end of the ages referenced in Matthew 24:3 is “as the days of Noah” or “like a man traveling to a far country,” the question is, How much “as” or “like.”

THE ANATOMY OF SIN. What is sin? The understanding of this will enlighten us on who a sinner is. Sin is the doubt and unbelief in God, and His values. Sin is therefore an internal rejection of your creator and origin.rn ‘There is no fear of God before their eyes’ (romans 3:18). In dissecting sin, you will come to see that there are two major forms of sin. The first is the inward sin and the other is the manifest sin.r

How can I stay on the road to Heaven?

Seven “When-Then” Signs of Biblical End-Times Marked 2015 1. A rare solar eclipse on the equinox followed by 2. A blood moon on Passover. “The sun shall be darkened and the moon turned to blood before [paniym, facing] the day of the Lord.” Joel 2:31. 3. The Iran Nuclear Treaty signed by 7 nations. “When they say 'Peace & safety,' sudden destruction comes. 1Thess 52,3. 4. The re-definition of marriage by the US Supreme Court to include homosexuality, forbidden in biblical law, “lest the land vomit you out,” Leviticus 18:22-25r

'If you can fill the unforgiving minute, With sixty seconds' worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it' from If by Rudyard Kipling, renowned Poet and Author who credited the inception of his writing career to the bullying he received as a child How has life been treating you, or how have you been treating life? We have been travelling, properly away from home for over a month.

62 Roman Catholic theologians, priests and academics have accused Pope Francis of heresy. WND.com, 9-24-17. Martin Luther was a Catholic (Augustinian) Monk who visited Rome and said, “If there is a hell, Rome is built over it.” He was bothered by the luxurious living, the loose morals, and the lack of interest in spiritual things. It seems that nothing has changed.

Who did Jesus claim to be? Who are the Apostles saying Jesus is? What are some of the religions saying who Jesus is? Who does the Bible say Jesus is? Why is it important to know who Jesus is? Why all the confusion? These will be some of the topics of today’s Bible study. Let’s start with the question who did Jesus claim to be? To get an accurate answer of this question we need to start at the beginning when God first introduced Himself to Moses in Exodus 3:14; And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”

Jerusalem, a Divine City in Need of Salvation and Peace When examining all of the history we are privy to today, anyone would be hard pressed to find a site as holy, or as riddled with contention as the sacred city of Jerusalem. For more than three millennia now it has stood as the final destination of weary pilgrims and the stage of some of the world’s most miraculous events. It awes the faithful and the curious with its epic history, religious significance and diversity.

I can recall a time in my life in which I felt God had forsaken me; He had turned away. It was during the latter part of the sixties when many of my kindred, that is, black people, felt a type of foreignness about this land which had wrought nothing but bitte ess and strife for them. Yet, that volatile time period was infused in the mindset of the black church toward making it become a more spiritually-inclusive haven. Consequently, I found myself being drawned to that venera

By the end of November, the feel of Christmas starts to sink in. Christmas is the season of allowing a few cheat days in your diets, delicious grand mother’s recipe of turkey, gifts, indulging in baskets full of cookies and chocolates not to forget everyone’s favorite Santa Claus and Christmas tree lights which come in various shapes and sizes today. From net lights to LED rope lights, icicle lights to animated color-changing lights, the shops are flooded with a variety o

How to Get a NEW START for the New Year & Make a 30-Year Difference! Dr. Lester Breslow, Dean of UCLA’s School of Public Health, discovered that 7 Simple Health Habits make a huge difference in life with a 60-year-old being as healthy as a 30-year-old who followed only one or two habits.. A follow-up study showed that those who followed only one good habit were 50% more likely to become disabled within 10 years compared to those with four or more good health habits. So what are they? They are best remembered by the acronym, NEW START-- The “Seven Healthy Habits” are:r

1. Refugees are linked to terrorism and 91% get food stamps; 73% medicaid, 68% get cash assistance. http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-09-11/europe-flooded-reports-isis-terrorists-posing-refugees http://drrichswier.com/2015/09/13/chart-more-than-90-of-recent-muslim-refugees-on-food-stamps-almost-70-on-cash-welfare/

Many of the saints of God are having difficulty and being fought by the enemy. This is not unusual because, if you are doing the will of the Lord, the enemy will not be your friend. Some are being fought more than others and some, seemingly heavier than others. I ask us all to be in prayer one for another. The thing that I want to address, by the Spirit of the Lord, is this...Do not allow the enemy to defeat you by reminding you of what you do not have.

To be blessed means to be consecrated, set apart, and highly favored. When God blesses you, He does not leave anything out. It is more than personal happiness, wealth or well-being. He sees His flock as holy, chosen by Him to be a peculiar people, high above all nations in praise, in name and in honor! (Deut. 26: 18-19) In other words, His blessings are designed to make you stand out from those who do not know Him! What makes you peculiar is that you are chosen to be a royal, holy priest for Him.