Pit Principles

Pit Principles   By Denise Kohlmeyer   Pits happen. Every day. To everyone. Even to God’s cherished children. Our lives’ landscapes are pock-marked with pits, of varying shapes, sizes and depths. I know! I’m a survivor of multiple pits myself. Mine came in the form of emotional abuse from a drug-addicted sibling, from flunking out of college, from being down-sized from a job I loved, from suffering a miscarriage, from being disinherited by my own father, from marital and parenting struggles, and from experiencing bouts of crippling fear and anxiety.   Boy can I relate to the beloved Biblical character …

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Evidence of Spiritual Death

Reflections Evidence of Spiritual Death For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness. But unto us that are saved, it is the power of God. (I Cor. 1:18) You will note that Paul does NOT say that if a person thinks the Cross to be foolish (unnecessary or of no value — Greek) that God is going to punish them — by causing them to perish. No. Rather, he is saying that if a person thinks the Cross is foolish that it is evidence that they are ALREADY in the process of perishing. There is a …

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Telling It Like It Is

Don’t underestimate your testimony’s impact—God knows how to make your story reach those who need to hear it. Telling It Like It Is Psalms 126 1 (A Song of degrees.) When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. 2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them. 3 The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad. 4 Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south. 5 They …

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Genuine Awareness

If you’re wondering whether God is present, try shifting the focus of your prayers to Him Genuine Awareness 2 KINGS 6:15-17 15 Now when the attendant of the man of God had risen early and gone out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was circling the city. And his servant said to him, Alas, my master! What shall we do?” 16 So he answered, Do not fear, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” 17 Then Elisha prayed and said, O LORD, I pray, open his eyes that he may see.” And …

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Trump says he will meet freed Americans when they land in DC area early Thursday morning

Trump says he will meet freed Americans when they land early Thursday morning President Trump tweeted that he “will be there to greet” the three Americans who were held by North Korea for alleged subversion, espionage and other unspecified hostile acts when they land at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington early Thursday morning.

Apostasy of the Church Part III

Charles A. Briggs. Continued. When the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church put Briggs on trial in 1893, he was suspended from the Presbyterian Church. As a result Briggs became an Episcopalian and the Union Theological Seminary withdrew from the Presbyterian Church and became independent. Union still would train ministers for Presbyterian pulpits. This then enabled the apostasy to develop in the course of the twentieth century. Apostasy would first begin in a denominational school and then train ministers to teach the same refuse. Eventually, more and more liberals took over the pulpits, and more and more churches became liberal …

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He Goes Before Us 

He Goes Before Us Joshua 3:4 “Yet there shall be a space between you and it (the Ark of the Covenant), about two thousand cubits by measure. Do not come near it, that you may know the way by which you must go, for you have not passed this way before.” _____________________________________________________________ “…that you may know the way by which you must go, for you have not passed this way before.” What a comfort this must have been to the children who had been born during Israel’s time of wandering in the wilderness. They had grown up seeing the benefits …

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“Israel fully supports President Trump’s bold decision today to reject the disastrous nuclear deal : PM Netanyahu

The Prime Minister of Israel “Israel fully supports President Trump’s bold decision today to reject the disastrous nuclear deal with the terrorist regime in Tehran. Israel has opposed the nuclear deal from the start because we… “Israel fully supports President Trump’s bold decision today to reject the disastrous nuclear deal with the terrorist regime in Tehran. Israel has opposed the nuclear deal from the start because we said that rather than blocking Iran’s path to a bomb, the deal actually paved Iran’s path to an entire arsenal of nuclear bombs, and this within a few years’ time. The removal of …

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Syria reports Israeli strikes outside Damascus

Explosion reported outside Damascus on Syrian base used by Iranian forces; Syrian army and Syrian media claim Israeli strikes; Israel’s Defense minister in meeting with IDF and security officials.   Syrian media reported explosions from IDF strikes outside of Damascus on an a Syrian army position used by Iranian forces following Trump’s announcement Tuesday night. Syria’s SANA state news network reported explosions in the Kisweh region, claiming the Syrian army responded to Israeli missiles with its air defense systems. Syrian media also claimed the Syrian army targeted and destroyed “two Israeli missiles”. Reports later surfaced that the strikes may have …

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The “Game” Israel and Iran Must Play in Syria

By Dr. Max SingerMay 8, 2018 Iranian drone over Israeli territory, screenshot from video via Israel Defense Forces   BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 825, May 8, 2018 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Israel has neither the power nor the motivation to significantly influence the outcome of the war for control of all the pieces of Syria. Israel’s objective in Syria is to prevent Iran from building military facilities there that increase its ability to attack Israel. The only way Israel can achieve this is by destroying any such facilities that Iran builds, or by convincing Iran not to build any threatening facility out …

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