Day: April 30, 2017

How Prison Set Me Free

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by Jack Wellman | January 25th, 2017 |  God reaches into the dregs of humanity and uses men and women who are despised by the world, giving Him glory for the change in their lives. I believe miracles happen every day and the greatest miracle is that of human conversion. My Testimony I never knew my real father. My mother had many husbands and I was dumped at my aunt and uncle’s when I was very young. They already had a house full of their own children – seven in all. Me, my bigger brother, aunt and uncle made 11 …

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Invincible, Immutable, and Infinite

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1 Timothy 1:17 17 All honor and glory to God forever and ever! He is the eternal King, the unseen one who never dies; he alone is God. Amen. Invincible, Immutable, and Infinite Whoever is sovereign must have total, clear perspective. He must see the end from the beginning. He must have no match on earth or in heaven. He must entertain no fears, no ignorance, and have no needs. He must have no limitations and always know what is best. He must never make a mistake. He must possess the ability to bring everything to a purposeful conclusion and …

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Will being a good person get me to heaven?

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“NOT BY WORKS of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost” (Titus 3:5). This Bible verse makes it plain and simple that good works will not save anyone. Listen to the message of Ephesians 2:8-9, “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: NOT OF WORKS, lest any man should boast.” Salvation is not by merit. “Knowing that a man is NOT JUSTIFIED BY THE WORKS OF THE LAW, but by the …

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This section of Scripture begins the terrible story of Dinah’s rape and subsequent retaliation by her birth brothers Levi and Simeon. There are several troubling situations which we will see this chapter. First, Jacob was supposed to be on the way from Paddan-Aram to Bethel where his father and mother lived. He had not seen them for twenty plus years and they had never met his wives and children. He was on the way to be with them (Genesis 31: 18 etc.) when he stopped in Shechem. He should have kept going and not mingled with the Canaanites for they …

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