Blessed

Dr. Mike Murphy  As I held her with all my might, every emotion but one escaped from me. And as I got her to the ground, every instinct but one left me.  She was no longer breathing, and her pulse could not be felt.  My fears were overtaken by every action but one, to do what I could to help her.  And as I started working to revive her, I did the one thing I knew could make a difference.  I prayed.  With each action I took to get her heart beating again, I prayed.  I called out to the …

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Courage in the Lonely Hour

It is in the midst of loneliness that we learn to rely exclusively on God. DEUTERONOMY 31:6-8 6 Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid or tremble at them, for the LORD your God is the one who goes with you. He will not fail you or forsake you.” 7 Then Moses called to Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and courageous, for you shall go with this people into the land which the LORD has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you shall give it to them as an …

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1 Rapture,Resurrection Promise&Program

The Rapture of the church was a mystery (mystērion) in that it had not been known in the Old Testament but now was revealed. The dead in Christ will first be raised, and then the living will be translated instantaneously to our glorified resurrected bodies. The trumpet, as in the Old Testament, signaled the appearance of God (Exodus 19:16). It is the last blast for the church because this appearance shall never end (1 Corinthians 13:12). Like the dead (I Corinthians 15: 42–43), the living will exchange the natural bodies which are corrupt since the Fall in exchange for the …

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