Keeping Focused ~

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Keep me focused Lord,when going through the firekeep my eyes straight on Youso I’ll know, Your heart’s desire. Keep me focused Lord,when I’m full of dread and fearkeep me looking heavenwardso You can draw me near. Keep me focused Lord,when the storm is raging onkeep my mind centered upwardso to Your will, I can be drawn. Keep me focused Lord,when everything’s falling apartkeep my faith, horizontally intactso You’ll always be in my heart. Keep me focused Lord,no matter what I’m going throughhelp me not to focus on my worriesbut, to the day ~ I’ll be with you! -unknown ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Proverbs …

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A New Life

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2 Corinthians 10:5 “…casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ…” In Chapter 8 of the book of John, we are told of a woman who was caught in the act of adultery. The Pharisees came with the woman in tow and began asking Jesus what should be done to her. They knew that the law said that she should be stoned to death, but they asked Him nonetheless. Jesus then stooped down and began to write in the sand. They continued to …

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Joy From Out of Pain

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Reflections A woman when she is in travail has sorrow because her hour is come. But as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembers no more the anguish for joy that a man is born into the world. And you now therefore have sorrow. But I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man takes from you. (John 16:21-22) Jesus said these things to His disciples right before He was arrested and crucified. They had hoped for an immediate kingdom with Jesus as the Messiah, and it was all about to …

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***IF WE SIN WILLFULLY***

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One of the most misunderstood passages in all of the Bible (2nd only to “judge not”) is Hebrews 10:26. We recently discovered John Hagee’s butchering of this verse to try and teach his false view that eternal life can be lost. Here is what the verse says: Hebrews 10:26 KJV For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, Ok, what does this verse mean? First of all, it is absolutely imperative with any verse in the Bible to understand the context in which it was written. …

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The Chronicles of Life and Death – by Pete Garcia

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”God pours life into death and death into life without a drop being spilled.” ~Author Unknown Nobody likes to think of the day when his or her life will come to an end. Our mortality is as inevitable as it is foreboding, so most people prefer to spend their days not thinking about it. But death comes for us all, and in the end, acts as that great equalizer for all of mankind. The rich, the poor, the great and small, famous and anonymous all have yet to escape deaths’ surly grip. In fact, the Bible speaks of only two …

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God With Us Always

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Reflections I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. (John 14:18) I am with you always. (Matt. 28:20) These are not merely sentimental promises meant to stir emotions. Rather, they are concrete promises of God based on the reality of Christ in us. The idea that God is floating around, comes and goes, is with us one day, and far away the next, is contrary to the Truth. We may FEEL like God is that way, but the Truth is not determined or apprehended by how we feel. Indeed, even if we feel like God is with …

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The People God Uses

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God doesn’t need highly skilled experts; He uses His power to accomplish great things through ordinary people 1 Corinthians 1:26 – 1:31 26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, [are called]:27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, [yea], and things which are not, to bring to …

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“I have glorified You on the earth by completing the work You gave Me to do.” John 17:4

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Jesus is the only man who has ever lived—so as to be able to say this! The best lives are but fragments, leaving many things unfinished. Yet we ought to take a lesson from Christ’s finishing of His work. He did it, simply by doing each day—the will of His Father for the day.He was a young man when He died—only thirty-three. We think of those who die young—as dying before their work is completed. We learn, however, that even a young man, dying, may leave a finished work. The truth is, enough years are given to each one—in which …

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Question 35: Did Yeshua die spiritually on the cross?

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Answer: Yes, Yeshua did die spiritually on the cross. By “spiritual death” we mean separation from God the Father. This would be a natural result of the wrath of God. For the second three hours on the cross, during the time of darkness, Yeshua suffered the wrath of God for our sins; and for those three hours, He was separated from God the Father. In that sense, He was spiritually dead for those three hours. At the end of the three hours, He cried out: “My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?” This is the only time He …

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China’s Nightmare Surveillance State – by Hal Lindsey

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If a Bible scholar considers a prophecy to be symbolic it is usually because he or she can’t imagine how the prophecy could be fulfilled literally. For instance, many Bible scholars and teachers in the past couldn’t conceive of Israel ever becoming an actual nation again. So they allegorized hundreds of Bible prophecies that require a revived Israel. Some still hold to old misinterpretations even after God has literally done what He promised to do. Some teachers have scoffed at the idea that the coming Antichrist and False Prophet could be literal figures who literally rule the world. One of …

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Emptiness without Christ

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People always seem to be searching for the good life. But what is the good life anyway? For some, it’s a successful career. For others, it’s getting married and having a family. For still others, it may be financial security… Whatever a person’s idea of the good life is, it usually means having or doing something more than they have or can do now. The writer of Ecclesiastes had an insatiable appetite for the good life. Read through the opening chapters of Ecclesiastes and you’ll see that he tried knowledge and education, pleasure and entertainment, wealth and possessions. He partied, …

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The Wife of Jehovah and the Bride of Messiah

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By Dr. Arnold Fruchtenbaum Ariel Ministries There are certain key distinctions in the Scriptures. If one does not understand these biblical distinctions, the Scriptures become contradictory because one part of the Bible says “you may” and another says “you may not” concerning the very same subject. One of these key biblical distinctions is the one […]

“Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.” 2 Timothy 2:1

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Christ has grace without measure in himself, but he hath not retained it for himself. As the reservoir empties itself into the pipes, so hath Christ emptied out his grace for his people. “Of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.” He seems only to have in order to dispense to us. He stands like the fountain, always flowing, but only running in order to supply the empty pitchers and the thirsty lips which draw nigh unto it. Like a tree, he bears sweet fruit, not to hang on boughs, but to be gathered by those who …

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