Month: September 2017

  Snow that fell so softly in the night changed earth’s soot to white in glistening loveliness. Forgiveness like soft snow gently cover the soil and lo ugliness is beauty! Lucille Gardner God is committed to forgiving sin so thoroughly that He will put it out of His mind., out of remembrance, and out of sight. This is a great truth to grasp. God says in the Bible, “I, even I, am the one who wipes out your transgressions for My own sake; and I will not remember your sins” (Isaiah 43:25 Heb. 8:12; 10:17). God chooses not to remember …

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Esther 8:15–17 15 Then Mordecai left the king’s presence, wearing the royal robe of blue and white, the great crown of gold, and an outer cloak of fine linen and purple. And the people of Susa celebrated the new decree. 16 The Jews were filled with joy and gladness and were honored everywhere. 17 In every province and city, wherever the king’s decree arrived, the Jews rejoiced and had a great celebration and declared a public festival and holiday. And many of the people of the land became Jews themselves, for they feared what the Jews might do to them. Breaking …

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2 Corinthians 12:9 9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. It is those who, most conscious of their own weakness, exercise the greatest faith in the Lord as their strength, who open a way for the Lord to make the greatest measure of that strength manifest in them. The hindrance to the Lord’s strength in us is our own strength, so often. The way for His strength is our …

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09/14/2017 Change is coming to the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and it may soon reach the top of the nation’s monarchy. Amid the sweeping economic and political shifts underway throughout the tightly controlled country, anticipation is building about further adjustments to come. Chief among them is the king’s impending abdication, which he is rumored to be planning for the near future in order to clear a path to the throne for new Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The king’s departure would come at a time when the nation is struggling to enact an ambitious and much-needed plan for economic reform. Many …

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Satan Tried To Stop Messiah From Arriving As we celebrate the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ to this earth it is important that we become aware of the intense heavenly struggles that took place to block His arrival. Satan has made many attempts to stop our Lord from arriving on earth as a man to accomplish His task. Christ delivered us from Satan’s slavery to living freedom when we believe in Him as our savior. The measure of the wealth of God’s unmerited favor to every believer is the cost of Christ’s blood. It was accomplished not “out of” …

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And the Lord said:  Ezekiel  38 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, 3And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: 4And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company withbucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: …

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  JESUS was the Lord High Admiral of the sea that night, and His presence preserved the whole convoy. It is well to sail with Jesus, even though it be in a little ship. When we sail in Christ’s company, we may not make sure of fair weather, for great storms may toss the vessel which carries the Lord Himself, and we must not expect to find the sea less boisterous around our little boat. If we go with Jesus we must be content to fare as He fares; and when the waves are rough to Him, they will be …

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Esther 8:9–14 9 Then were the king’s scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language. 10 And he wrote in the king …

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Matthew 18:3 “And Jesus said, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.’”  _____________________________________________________________ There is on record, an eyewitness account of an event that took place with a man who had been blind from birth. The scenario, to some degree, could have been something like what we all have experienced. Present was a man, obviously impaired by the fact that he could not see – he was totally blind. For those who can see, there is a temptation to immediately help. We think …

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Gerar was near the coast about 12 miles south of Gaza and about 50 miles south of Hebron, in the land of the Philistines (Genesis 21:34). So Gerar is located in the Gaza Strip, which has historically been the domain of the Philistines. They were from the line of Ham (Noah’s second son) while Abraham was from the line of Shem (Noah’s first and most righteous son. Abraham tells the king of Gerar that Sarah is his sister, a half-truth at best and really just another lie. The last time he did that (Genesis 12) he sought to protect himself from …

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Dr. John Ankerberg: In brief, He says, they won’t be there. They won’t experience this final test at all. This goes back to 1 Thessalonians 4. There, the apostle teaches that Christ Himself will someday catch up all Christians living on planet earth to meet Him in the air. This is the Rapture. And the result will be that the Church will be separated from or exempted from this future time of testing, the seven-year Tribulation time period. The very same event the Thessalonian Christians were waiting for when Paul wrote them in 1 Thessalonians 1:9, “Ye turned to God from idols …

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Observe the condescension of this fact. This Man, who towers above all other men, holy, harmless, undefiled, and separate from sinners–this Man receiveth sinners. This Man, who is no other than the eternal God, before whom angels veil their faces–this Man receiveth sinners. It needs an angel’s tongue to describe such a mighty stoop of love. That any of us should be willing to seek after the lost is nothing wonderful–they are of our own race; but that he, the offended God, against whom the transgression has been committed, should take upon himself the form of a servant, and bear …

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I have finished the work which You have given Me to do. —John 17:4 True surrender is not simply surrender of our external life but surrender of our will— and once that is done, surrender is complete. The greatest crisis we ever face is the surrender of our will. Yet God never forces a person’s will into surrender, and He never begs. He patiently waits until that person willingly yields to Him. And once that battle has been fought, it never needs to be fought again. Surrender for Deliverance. “Come to Me…and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28). It …

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