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The prophets had prepared them for his coming for hundreds of years, and yet most of the Jews of the day missed it.  What was God’s heart toward them?

“Does this mean, then, that God is so fed up with Israel that he’ll have nothing to do with them?  Hardly.  Remember that I, the one writing these things, am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham out of the tribe of Benjamin.  You can’t get much more Semitic than that!  So we’re not talking about repudiation.  God has been too long…

Thou art weighed in the balances and art found wanting.” - Daniel 5:27

It is well frequently to weigh ourselves in the scale of God’s Word. You will find it a holy exercise to read some psalm of David, and, as you meditate upon each verse, to ask yourself, “Can I say this? Have I felt as David felt? Has my heart ever been broken on account of sin, as his was when he penned his penitential psalms? Has my soul been full of true confidence…

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Joel 2:28-3:8 (Good News Translation)

God’s Word Goes Forth: Be Filled with the Holy Spirit

Introduction

Joel 2:28-3:8: Joel is a prophet who warns the people of Israel that the day of the Lord is near. In this passage, he tells how the Holy Spirit will empower the people, saving the faithful.…

I have always liked the beach—even the not-so-pretty, not-so-warm beach on the San Francisco Bay—where I grew up.  But thank God, I wasn’t at Crown Memorial Beach in my hometown of Alameda on Memorial Day this year!  The beauty of the beach and beach-going would have been forever ruined.  Each time I think about what happened, I am shocked and saddened all over again.

Gathered on the shore were first responders (at least a dozen), and about 75 other people standing and…

Last May 22 this year, I prayed to the Lord seeking for his will in my family. I remember when I was still single, every time my emotion got attach to a girl, when at home, I knelt before the Lord praying, "Lord if this woman is your will for me, let the feeling grow and have its way but if not, take it away from me." I did that I think for at least four times…

They are starting summer vacation already. cartoon tv and dvd watching, computer games and hand held video games, some swimming in creek, internet sites.... this is what I've been allowing them to do lately.

Visitation to the

Throne Room of God

by Peter Tan

In 1986 when the Lord Jesus Christ appeared to me, I was then sitting on a sofa chair. He stood in front of me on my left. I thought He had come to answer one of my prayers - which was to visit heaven. So I put out my hand and told the Lord, "I am ready to go." The Lord smiled at me and said it was not time for me to go yet. He began to talk about other things like the anointing of the Holy…

Your worldview is your philosophy of life—the way you look at the world.  ‘Could be a Christian worldview which has its inception in God the Creator, or a secular one, which probably does not.  Either way, how you look at life on a daily basis is affected by it.  Whether life seems to be ordered or random, including one’s sense of purpose, is affected by personal worldview.

Some people just ask the hard questions earlier in life, I guess.  She had a head full of blonde curls and big…

This is my first post. Though a little drawn out, be patient. There is a blessing at the end.

If we are to consider the attributes of God the following traits come to mind. He is loving, kind, full of grace, compassionate,…

I don't understand people...I hear so many stories about trials & tribulations...hurdles that people find difficult to surpass...it saddens me because human beings run away from others who deal with the above mentioned. You need to be a child of God and as a human being, help others in need. God has always accepted us as His children -- regardless of our mistakes, He has always loved us, helped us, and been there for us. We need to look at that as an example and although we cannot be…

Oprah made the term ‘spiritual’ very popular—think about it.  However, on the last day of her show she seemed to fully claim Christianity.  What does it mean to say that we are a Christian?  Many people call themselves ‘Christian’ but if asked to define what they believe, they would be hard pressed to explain just what a Christian believes.

These are the non-negotiables, and the Scriptural support for them:  Essentials of the Christian Faith

1.  In the beginning, God.…

I couldn’t duck the question anymore.  Truthfully, there is a part of me that would like to avoid answering the question.  I just know too many women who put great stock in what Oprah has to say . . . I know too many women who plan their afternoons to watch—and even more who record to watch at their leisure—her daily program. 

‘Wondering about a person’s stance on anything?  Listen to what she says, and then take a look at the positions she espouses.   “I am a Christian who believes…

MARRIAGE is instituted by God.The principles of marriage must be taken from the Bible to ensures it's success. Many marriages fall apart because husbands and wives do not know the Biblical concept of marriage. What does God teach about marriage?

Malachi 2: 14

"Why has God abandoned us?" you cry. I'll tell you why; it is because the Lord has seen your treachery in divorcing your wives who have been faithful to you through the years, the companion you promised to care…

And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.

“The Lord shut him in.” - Genesis 7:16 Noah was shut in away from all the world by the hand of divine love. The door of electing purpose interposes between us and the world which lieth in the wicked one. We are not of the world even as our Lord Jesus was not of the world. Into the sin, the gaiety, the pursuits of the multitude we cannot enter; we…