Month: August 2018

Modern Warfare: Apocalypse Edition, Vol. 1

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War News Monday, August 27, 2018 Pete Garcia “Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.” ― Sun Tzu, the Art of War Ever since Cain raised up against his brother Abel in anger and with a murderous heart and struck him down, human blood has soaked the earth. In fact, warfare has been one of the oldest mainstays of human history. Where mankind has advanced technologically, he has always done so with how this new invention would benefit him in war. The 20th-century has been particularly bloody, perhaps more so than …

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Risk It!

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Risk It! Esther 4:12-14 12 And they told to Mordecai Esther’s words. 13 Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king’s house, more than all the Jews. 14 For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father’s house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this? What does it matter if I get involved or not? It matters greatly—it matters to …

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“Into Thine hand I commit my spirit: Thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.”—Psalm 31:5.

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“Into Thine hand I commit my spirit: Thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.”—Psalm 31:5. THESE words have been frequently used by holy men in their hour of departure. We may profitably consider them this evening. The object of the faithful man’s solicitude in life and death is not his body or his estate, but his spirit; this is his choice treasure—if this be safe, all is well. What is this mortal state compared with the soul? The believer commits his soul to the hand of his God; it came from Him, it is His own, He has aforetime …

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Report: Trump Administration to reject Palestinians “right of return”

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News reports claim US to officially reject PA’s claims to right of return; Of UN’s claimed 5.3 million refugees, only 500,000 to be recognized; US cuts $200 million to PA aid. 08/27/2018   Media reports on Sunday claimed the Trump Administration will reject the Palestinian’s “right of return” as well as suspend its funding to the UNRWA. The reports claim the United States will officially reject the UNRWA’s (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinians) definition of Palestinian refugees, combatting the inflated number of Palestinian refugees claimed by the United Nations. Of the UN’s claim of over 5.3 million …

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Faith of Isaac Jacob Joseph Moses

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The New Testament describes Isaac as a “type” of Christ, which means specifics of Isaac’s life paralleled that of Christ. . By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau although he did not give the blessings to the one to whom he intended to give them. So, Isaac knew the blessings he gave would come to pass; they were prophetic blessings. Jacob faithfully believed God would keep His promises as he gave prophetic blessings to the two sons of Joseph The riches and honors that Joseph received as the prime minister of Egypt, never caused him to abandon his God and …

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As a shepherd carries a lamb…….

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As a shepherd carries a lamb……. Isaiah 40:11 11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young. There are many illustrations in the Bible that speak of God’s desire for intimacy with mankind. This is one of my most favorite visual images! God uses an illustration of a loving shepherd to demonstrate how He feels about us. Just for a moment, shut out the world around you and close your eyes. Try and visualize what God is …

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I’m Available

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I’m Available Esther 2:19-4:14 19 And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai was sitting in the king’s gate. 20 Esther had not yet made known her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him. 21 In those days, while Mordecai was sitting in the king’s gate, two of the king’s chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those that kept the threshold, were wroth, and sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus. 22 And the thing became known to …

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God is love. —1 John 4:8

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God is love. —1 John 4:8 God in Christ is no longer a consuming fire but a God of love, of peace—a reconciled God. God in Christ holds out His hand all day long to poor sinners. He receives all. He welcomes all. He rejects, He refuses, He casts out none. It is His glory to pardon a sinner. It is the glory of His power; it is the glory of His love; it is the glory of His wisdom; it is the glory of His grace to take the prey from the mighty, to deliver the lawful captive, to pluck …

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“The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit” – Psalms 34:18

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“The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit” – Psalms 34:18 “My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.” – Psalms 73:26 When we see that God demands that His people be broken, we may ask ourselves if we really want to be close to God because bad things happen around there. If we are wise, we would not run from brokenness, but instead run to it. Recognize that this is where God’s work gets done. God requires us to be contrite, humble, and …

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Cultivating Character

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Cultivating Character Esther 4:9-14 9 And Hathach went and told Esther what Mordecai had said. 10 Then Esther spoke to Hathach and commanded him to go to Mordecai and say, 11 “All the king’s servants and the people of the king’s provinces know that if any man or woman goes to the king inside the inner court without being called, there is but one law—to be put to death, except the one to whom the king holds out the golden scepter so that he may live. But as for me, I have not been called to come in to the …

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Set Apart for God

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Set Apart for God Romans 12:1-3 12 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. 3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, …

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Second American Civil War – by Hal Lindsey

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Second American Civil War – by Hal Lindsey America faces an uncertain time. Across the political spectrum, people are talking about a “Second American Civil War.” But what’s happening in the United States is happening everywhere. From North America to Central and South America. From Europe to the Middle East. Africa stays in a state of perpetual turmoil. India and Pakistan. Ukraine and Russia. Yemen and Saudi Arabia. North Korea and South Korea. China and all of its free neighbors. Conflict boils over. We have entered a period of worldwide political chaos. It’s exactly the situation that the Bible says …

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