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Please pray that finances are managed.

@Daniel: I'm not deliberately shutting anyone out from the Gospel. But neither will I support someone who just uses me, pretending to want to hear the gospel, in order to get food, clothing & shelter. Been there, done that. I took in a friend once. I used to leave Bible verses taped to the refrigerator, and they got offended and told me to quit putting them up. How's that for nerve!

And another thing, people only want to hear the nice verses in the Bible about forgiveness and the love of Jesus. Then they go out and sin thinking that, "Jesus loves me no matter what" and go back to mischief. It's better to warn them that if they don't repent, they may be facing hellfire and brimstone. At least that gets them to thinking.

Some people are brought to Jesus out of gratitude for what He did for them. Some people are scared into repenting and seeking Jesus. Some people play the system, thinking they can do whatever they want and God will still forgive them.

Good afternoon Kay, Thanks for you reply. Along the lines of your friend, I have a personal story.

It was in 2021, Holy Week (as some call the week before Resurrection Day) and I had scheduled a get-away for myself only at a cabin. I had never done this before in the 20 years I was married and raising our sons. I was dealing with a lot and needed this time to regroup, pray, and let the Holy Spirit lead and prompt me.

I arrived at the cabin on Thursday afternoon, got all settled. I had brought my Bible, some Sunday School materials I was to prepare for upcoming lessons, and some home financial things I needed to get around to. I sat on the bed looking at these things I had placed on the shelf, asking God what He wants me to do first-read the Bible, do the SS lesson, etc, and the prompt to my heart was just this. "I want you to just "be" with Me." I was deeply touched by this and so I did just that. i put on some worship music, made myself dinner, set a plate for both me and the Lord, sat down and enjoyed His company throughout the rest of the evening. What a beautiful time this was for me. There was emotional healing and deepening of my sensitivity to His Spirit.

So, I do think that Jethro's advice freed Moses up to learn to "be" with YHWH. Moses was perhaps the greatest leader of all the Israelite nation through all of its history. (Aside from Jesus, of course). The Word speaks of Him as being a friend of God and one to speak to Him "face-to-face". His encounters with YHWH must have been awesome and incredible.

Thank You, Adam.

That is a very interesting question. Surely; we could see wars; rumors of wars; famine; pestilences; etc. along with persecution increasing in the past century to record amounts. Part of what I'd say is that there is an inevitability to the frequency increasing in the limited time of the Tribulation; whereas now while the restrainer remains prayer can allow for things to slow down; and the gates of hell will not prevail against the church as a whole; whereas afterward the saints WILL be overcome in the Tribulation.

The great falling away; or apostacy is going to be accompanied with the collective wish for a world leader and for world peace; which will be appearing to occur with the Daniel 9:27 covenant being confirmed. To be convincing enough; there will have to be some sort of worldwide currency. I would not be surprised if there is briefly one which has a gold or silver standard as China; Russia and India are competing with such reserves backing up monies now; and eventually our dollar will tank; since it isn't backed by anything. This will probably be part of the "dividing the land for gain" and certain actions of the Antichrist to consolidate wealth. That would also likely necessitate Israel being a big part of it with their natural resources being utilized to the maximum extent. It also would be part and parcel with the rapidly forming one world religion sort of combining Christianity; Judiasm and Islam which is being planned with some new centers in I believe Dubai which the Papacy is involved with. Jesus warns the Day of the Lord comes at a time we don't expect.

With all this; we see the significance of the first two world wars and other major events of modern history (including the ability to destroy the whole world with nuclear weapons). We need to keep in mind the seriousness of the Seal Judgments often underplayed compared with the later ones. Jesus Himself opens the seals; after the Rapture as I see scripture.

Hosea 4:6,



"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children."

Yes, true knowledge comes from God's laws and we should always be filling our hearts and minds with His Holy Word, I agree as stated in the Book of Hosea 4:6.

I am not saying to read the koran or other false religion books all day long, or even everyday; I am just saying to be aware of satan's devices in islam. We are to expose the works of darkness and not conceal it.

Amen brother alex: unto us a child is born.

god bless you!

Please pray for my dear friend, Wendy, who is grieving the loss of a good friend of hers. Thank you

You are so welcome GiGi! I am just so happy that you have the peace knowing that she is with Jesus now! Praise Jesus! I have a reference to give to you. When you have time to, look up a place called Sight & Sound Theatres. It is a place where the Bible comes to life! They take Bible stories and make them come to life on stage! You'll love them, and I know that they'd encourage you during this hard time. Message me back on here once you know if you decided to buy them or not. I love them, and they were a real encouragement to me when I lost my first child, Kathryn, from early birth back in 2010. Kathryn died in late February, and we went to their newest production at the time, Joseph in early March. I cried all the way home, just knowing how good God is! Their production of Joseph that we went to is still available to buy on their site. But now, my husband John and I have been married for 15 years, and have 7 beautiful children, David, Ellie, Kristen, Ruth, Joseph, Noah, and Melissa (and another on the way, whom we've named Moses,) and we have went to all of the next/previous shows S&S has done.

Remember, don't ever give up on this and God. He is holding you close all the way! After we lost Kathryn, I could really feel the Father holding us close to Him, reminding us to trust in Him all the way, and look at how many children we have now!

Keep trusting in Him!

In Christ Jesus,

Abigail Northon

I see this as not divided by believer or non-believer, but between those who are open to receive help and those who don't want it, as you said. From what I can tell Jesus divided His time evenly between His followers and just general people. He didn't heal everyone and couldn't minister to everyone's needs. While He did meet some physical needs the greatest value He offered was spiritual needs and not everyone was ready to receive such help.

Sounds like your expectations of others in church was a mismatch to what was being offered. Church cultures vary. Some people don't want others all in their business. So, not everyone wants to be super close in that way. Sometimes a few church members aren't nice, but those few don't represent the culture of the church. There are always oddballs in any group. Sometimes people you assume are doing fine aren't. Maybe they have had incredible stress and drama that you had no idea of, just like they had no idea of your hardships. But just because someone has hardships doesn't mean they want help. Since you had disappointments with that church I would suggest going to another- until you find what matches the experience you're looking for. Or maybe start your own Bible study group and you can set the level of interactivity you want.

Hi Sheila....Plz forgive me but i see the birth pains as the result of the sower and his seed the Words of God...The Child we birth is the H.G. that Child of Promise....The babes and sucklings he mentioned ...She brought forth a man child that is gonna rule all nations...This is how Jesus describes the rapture....Unless you receive the Kingdom of God as a lil Child you will in no wise Enter there in...The real new BIRTH is also the rapture...We are gonna enter the kingdom via the new birth...in Rev. 12 : 10 the Kingdom came via the new birth....When the Child of Promise was born to her..Unless ya receive the Kingdom as a lil Child etc...The Kingdom does not come til the woman gives birth to the Child of Promise... Rev. 12 : 10 kjv...

....The babes and sucklings Jesus mentions are our New innermen the H.G. that results from his seed etc...Jesus said outta of the mouths of babes and sucklings thou has perfected Praise...Thus we cannot enter the Kingdom without perfect Praise...The manchild which is the H.G....That New Birth etc

.....After the woman gives birth it says that NOW IS COME SALVATION AND THE KINGDOM OF OUR GOD ETC...Thus she was raptured into the Kingdom by her new Baby the manchild that Child of Promise...Unless ya receive the Kingdom of God as a lil Child etc....And her Child is a baby Christ simply b/c of the seed of the sower the words of Christ Jesus...Remember Jesus said his words are the seeds of the Kingdom...Meaning the seed of a king a baby Christ the Son of man....mankinds fruit unto God... Romans 7 : 4 KJV....Thats y he talks of the babes and sucklings...They are the result of his seed sown in our hearts ..That sy he has to know us.

I pray in the name of Jesus Christ that our friend will be very okay all we need is to be faithful because God said that a prayer with faith shall heal The sick Amen

May you people pray for me for my future,family and my well being in God's family

Jesus is my helper and my life

My son Matt 36 the 19th this month

Overdosed 3xs in 5 days 2xs ICU

Last time on ventilator. He has always stayed near his dad my x. His dad was on drugs since pills.

Long story short. Mathew was supposed to come here Monday he went by his dads and they went by his girlfriends house. He feel asleep he did something to his heart he was in hospital 6fays and rehab 5 days and for days I never heard a word this is how he does me. I'm a Christ follower and His dad Jeff is not I pray For Jeff also. I need prayers for all. Lol sorry for long Story. My son just got out of prison for hitting his old girlfriend her dad was a high up police officer. They were high on heroine. God bless u all ty

@Ty:

You: "I will help a homeless "crackhead" on the street just as fast as I will help a brother or sister in my church. But that is what God has laid within my heart."



Some people just can't be helped. Many of these people don't want help. You did what you thought was the Christian thing to do.

In Philadelphia there's a street called Kensington. That's where all the drug addicts loiter around. Christian-Street-Preachers are out there every day handing out food, water and tracts. The crackheads will take the food and whatever is given to them and throw the tracts in the street.

Meanwhile, your brother or sister in your church is probably suffering in silence. Do you know how many times I needed help and none was given? My "brothers and sisters" probably assumed that God would supply all my needs, and turned a blind eye. I quit going to church. It turned into a social club. Party, party, party.

At the place where I used to work, I had dropped hints that I was going through a hard time. Many of the people, who claimed to be Christians, knew what I was going through and just wagged their heads. They assumed because I was single and childless that I was a secret millionaire. Many times I went without sufficient food, eating only once a day. I went without a hot water heater for 5 months (during the winter), and a refrigerator for 2 years. My car was falling apart and I didn't have the money to either fix or replace anything. They all knew. They didn't care and, most of these people had spouses bringing in a 2nd income or parents that helped them out. I had neither.

So don't talk to me about Christian-charity.

Why does my KJV not have the words Rise, Peter, Slay and Eat, but reads Kill and eat?

and many more distorted verses all thru it?

i got divorce remarried a woman that got a divorce been married for 25 years so i'm adultrey that sin,do i need to get a divorce and stay single then repent to God and ask for forgiveness of this will he forgive me,

@ Doug - in Reply on Matthew 22

You: "The reason I asked if you feel you have faith is because Romans 5:1 says being justified by faith we have peace with God. Your description of your life doesn't come across as peaceful. A complete belief and trust in God sets the mind at one with God to believe the things spoken in his word."

My life has never been peaceful. It's always something. Every day was/is a struggle. I'm still waiting for my dreams to come true and I'm pushing 70 yrs old.

I do believe in the things spoken in His Word.

Matthew 24:4-51 (describes what goes on in the end days, which we are in now.)

You: " It is hard for me to relate to the statement that you are always questioning God. Where are you coming from to think yourself or any person would be wiser than God. A key element to faith is patience and waiting. If we become impatient we can't see God's work fulfilled in us or others.

2 Peter 3:8

"But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing,

that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day."



A pastor once said that the end days started the day God raised Jesus from the dead and He appeared to over 500 and then they watched Him ascend into heaven and then on the day of Pentecost the Holy Spirit came down to earth.

Which means we've already been in the "last days" for the past 2000+ years, and it could go on for another 1000.

I know I'm not wiser than God. I'm dumb as a box of rocks. I get to look outside and see the world swirling down the toilet. People have gone mad. Pardon me if I'm a little nervous, wondering if today will be my last day alive. Then what? Have I messed up so badly I'll be kicked into the Lake of Fire or will I get to enter Heaven???

I am trying my best to come up with a plan for summer reading for my granddaughter who is 12 & is inquisitive ,very very intelligent , she can read anything I can read & have understanding of what she has read .My family has been blessed with intelligence :) . I still am learning. I thought do the gospels ,rest of new testament, psalms& proverbs. Sound like a plan ? Any suggestions ?Well not just reading but a more in depth study.

Thank you Kay.

Sheila:

To GIVE BIRTH, to the new creation, created in the likeness of Christ, you must go through BIRTH PAINS; tribulation.

Everyone in the last 2000 years that has been BORN AGAIN; after you leave this body of flesh, in the twinkling of an eye, have gone through TRIBULATION; birth pains.

1 Thessalonians 3:4 For verily, when we were with you, we told you before we should SUFFER TRIBULATION, even as it CAME TO PASS, and ye know.

Mark 13:24 In those days (in your flesh), after THAT TRIBULATION (birth pains, ending in the death of the body), the SUN shall be darkened, and the MOON shall not give her light.

You leave this body of flesh (raptured), having victory over death by the resurrection of Christ, BORN AGAIN OF SPIRIT.

Revelation 21:23 An the city (you) hath no need of the SUN, neither of the MOON, to SHINE in it, for the glory of the Lord doth lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.

Isaiah 27:12 And it shall come to pass in that day (the day of the Lord, when you are BORN AGAIN into the LIKENESS OF CHRIST)....ye shall be GATHERED ONE by ONE ......

God Bless YOU!

Your answer is correct and true Chris but you may have missed my question how do you explain how to be Holy to a child knowing that you are Holy through Christ because of their Salvation when it says in 1 Peter 1: 16 and Romans 12:11 that we (are to be Holy)!

Sister Kay:

Why do you think there is so many opinions:

Because MAN want believe God's WORD.

Job 27:1 And Job continued his PARABLE, and said.

Was Job crucified on the Cross:

Job 13:27 ...thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet

James 15:11 .... ye have heard of the patience of Job (Jesus) ......

Revelation 1:9 ......and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ ......

PROPHECY

Psalms 49:4 I (Christ) will open my mouth in a PARABLE .....

Ezekiel 17:2 Son of man, put forth a RIDDLE, and speak a PARABLE .....

Ezekiel 24:3 And utter a PARABLE ....

PROPHECY FULFILLED

Matthew And these thing Jesus spake to the multitudes in PARABLES, and WITHOUT a PARABLE he SPAKE NOT TO THEM.

Christ is speaking TODAY to the MULTITUDES though HIS WORDS, and THOSE WORDS ARE A PARABLE.

You will never understand God's WORD until he causes you to believe his word's are a PARABLE.

Everything from Genesis to Revelation is a PARABLE about the KINGDOM OF GOD.

God Bless YOU!

Dear Dgjot.

Since we christians often say that we have to aquire a character similar to Jesus Christ's, then lets ask ourselves what would Jesus do in such a case? Would He love all those you mention in your post and want to save them or not. The answer you give to that is what you (and all of us) should do as well. Now to understand this well, when we say we have to love them, this doesn't mean that we accept what they do but we love them and want them to believe in Jesus and change. How are people going to change for the better if they don't get to know Jesus? Only God can change people, like that thief who was crucified next to Jesus. A thief, probably a murderer or a rapist and who knows what things he had done so they crucified him. Was he a good person? Also it is very important to know that if you think that there is a danger if you come close to people like him then you must protect yourself and keep a safe distance. Pray for them from far away, don't get close to them. Help them but also keep yourself safe, you will find a way for this. Ask God to direct you. Not every case is the same.

Now about what you ask whom do we have to help first, please think if you have a kid who is hungry and needs food, would you give that food first to a stranger or to your kid?

GBU

Dear Shella.

Those are the signs given by Jesus that have to do with the rapture of the saints and the subsequent end of the world and His second coming. The signs begin with a general war oiften attributed by many christians to WW2. Then other signs again often interpreted as todays climate crisis. Matthew also writes that the generation that lives during these signs will not pass/end until these are fulfilled. So all these signs occur during the life of a single generation. This is us...?

There are many opinions abour the rapture. Some say it precedes antichrist/tribulation, others that follows, others sometime in between. You have to study the scriptures to decide yourself.

Finally all the above are assumptions, no one knows for sure. But on the other hand if these things are so vague that nobody can understand, why Jesus gave them to us?

GBU

Glory to God, Spencer!



Isn't it so much fun when our Good Shepherd passes us a piece of heavenly bread, and we can share it with others?! What a blessing! Praise You, Jesus!

Have a blessed weekend that is already upon us!

I'd pray that all of our hearts remain with Christ through the good in this life. It's difficult for the unsaved to seek Salvation or the born again to remain Holy to God when everything in life seems to be going well. Most tend to only seek when things are their worst. But, let us be charitable, holy and stedfast in our Faith every day God blesses us with in the victories as much as the trials.

For some inspiration I hope these verses find you today:

"Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid."

John 14:27

"For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day."

2 Corinthians 4:16

what is the difference between saying "Christ Jesus" verses "Jesus Christ"?

I'm not so much sure if it's birth pangs, although you could be correct, Sheila.

Once the rapture happens, the tribulation does begin but it progressively gets worse if we follow the prophetic events in the Holy Bible. For example -- the anti-Christ may not rise up for a few years until after the tribulation begins but one of the early condemnations will be the mark of the beast (condemnation for those left behind and take it).

There's a slight contrast in the events which precede the rapture and which precede the 2nd coming (as they're not similar events or the same as some claim).

No signs precede Rapture. ( 1 Thessalonians 5:1-3)

Signs precede Second Coming. ( Luke 21:11,15)

Many terrible things will happen in the midst of the tribulation and there will be earthquakes, war and overall unrest. Some things of read you in Revelation are some of the most terrifying to be known. Israel's role too if you contrast between the pre-tribulation rapture & the 2nd coming:

Israel is persecuted during the Tribulation. Two-in-three Jews in Israel are killed. ( Zechariah 13:8-9)

Israel is regathered. ( Jeremiah 23:5-8)

World famine, pestilence, war and sorrow follow the Rapture. ( Matthew 24:6-10; Luke 17:31)

World peace follows Christ's Second Coming when He reigns from Jerusalem ( Isaiah 11:6)