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Pray for the site. Lord expose anything that GRIEVES THE HOLY SPIRIT and remove it. In Jesus name.

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We love You Lord Jesus. We thank You for Your body that was broken for us and Your blood that was shed for the redemption of our sins.

Your blood that cleanses us and reconciles us to the Father.

We apply this blood to our hearts, minds, mouths, ears, hands, homes, churches, and this web site.

In the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

All praise belongs to You. Now and forever. Amen!

John 1:5 conclusion. When we read John 13:30; we see Judas Iscariot going out "immediately" after given the "sop" which was given traditionally to an honored guest. The narrative continues into John 14 and 15 all the way to John 15:16 which mentions the Disciples being called; chosen AND ordained (sans the traitor). The "fruit production" comes to those God has enabled to do this.

They have promises therefore of inheriting eternal life and the glories of heaven ( John 14:2).

The cost of being a disciple of course was soon to be revealed; namely in Peter's fall. In Luke 22:32 the word "converted" is used in order to describe what would soon happen. Christ knew all; of course that Peter was one of His own (as He would give nicknames to emphasize characteristics of the Apostles). In John 1:42 Jesus said that he would be called Cephus or the rock; later on in Matthew 16:16 we see that Christ was revealed to Peter as to who He was. Therefore the word converted here would mean to be restored spiritually after the fall; but it showed the effects of true repentance. Peter until this point was impetuous and immature in many ways as a child in his walk; so the meaning here is when Peter's outward behavior would represent a radical transfomation and involved dying to self. This made him ready after the Resurrection to take on what he knew would end up in martyrdom ( John 21:18). It also gave him boldness in the Book of Acts despite a realistic fear of his own persecution.

Let us therefore take heed; that we are slow to speak as well as swift to hear and slow to wrath (mixed up interpretation of James 1:19). We need to look out for false teachers as well; who self identify as believers; but show no evidence of true faith and producing good fruit.

John 1 verse 5.

Somewhere I have discussion here on the entire book of John focusing on Predestination. I thought this particular verse needed emphasis. This verse shows how those who are in darkness spiritually can't understand the Spirit and how Christ is distinct from the world in Holiness as well as being its Creator. Therefore; the standard set is according to man's interpretation of a "righteous man or a Prophet" ( Matt. 16:15). Such a question this late in the game really boggles the mind; and it is clear early on with John the Baptist ( John 1:33) that the Spirit revealed to him who Christ was. Keep in mind this was BEFORE any miracles were performed by Christ Himself at the onset of the ministry. Jesus went immediately to the wilderness to be tested of the Devil BEFORE His onset of public outreach. This should reveal to us all those world powers and principalities that rule in high places and how hard the enemy will fight those who are potentially dangerous to his world system ( Eph. 6:12). It is interesting to examine this in light of our salvation experience; it seems rare that people take on a fast immediately after conversion but we see Paul for instance in a forced fast after his blindness ( Acts 9:9) after God struck him down.

We need to ensure that the light in us isn't darkness ( Luke 11:35). Satan comes as an angel of light ( 2 Cor. 11:14). This is why we are to test ourselves to see if we are in the faith ( 2 Cor. 13:5). Hence the verse of the day ( John 15:16) demonstrates that we are chosen AND ordained to bear fruit. This is slightly different as to Judas Iscariot who was called and chosen but didn't bear good fruit. In God's presence miracles would happen but he was only interested in how it benefited him. This should be a warning to anyone attempting to do good works in their own strength. True fruit only comes from above as the Spirit abides in a man ( John 15:4). We must therefore abide in Him (see Romans 8:16).

Hi Donna.

I also agree with you and Gigi.

There are those who seem to come on and try to cause division and your call for discernment is spot on.

God bless you both.

please pray for me and my family

Thanks you GiGi. Sometimes all we can do is just Pray. Discernment is a good thing. I need it. Pray for me. We really should test every spirit!

I am reminded that even within the local body of saints there is much work to be done. Let us all be willingly and able to help in any part of the ministry to glorify GOD, and promote the gospel of the LORD JESUS CHRIST.

Praying, giving, visiting, encouraging are big things needed. GOD to shine HIS face on all on this forum. Wisdom upon our elected leaders in DC, and local, regional positions. GOD bless all on this platform, and especially the brethren in CHRIST JESUS.

January 7, 2023

Praise God for that great testimony Tyler1222. It is the Lord Himself Who can minister to us where all our pain & ignorance lie - even dealing with those areas where modern medicine cannot reach. As Malachi 4:2 declares: "...unto you that fear my name (the LORD's Name) shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings...". Oh that we might experience the Son's special healing in every area of our lives, to His praise & Glory. 2 Thessalonians 1:11,12.

Pray for me that I overcome the creatures that hath crept in unawares,

infiltrating spaces that ought not be shared

by those of an opposing care

moderation is in full effect...but for whom...on here?

May GOD make manifest, the Devil's seed that infest,

As vermin and parasites, here, they INfest,

As more and more of (Christ's DIvest)!

Followers of Mary,

like in the past they've heard me say

I took them to school...

But I suppose not in Christ's way!

iTry...

My road may not always be right,

But my heart meant..or at least..my "SOUL" intent,

Is to come out straight,

But I've closeted crooked

(DEFINITELY NOT an attack on the "gay!"

YES..!

It's a sin,

But I've got too many to stone, that way!

So pray I get on Christ's walkway and STAY!

Like "BooBoo!"

Save...less canine...

More..."k" -ind!

I won't call out any username,

But "she KNOWS her fate,"

would fit here, either way!

"Steals ma words,"

As a batter steals second base!

Only we are technically @War...

So many treat [my] life (and CHRIST's) as if a mere game!

You play with the holy scripture,

I just don't get how it affects SOME ..but not YOU, witch?!?

And no...I 'ssume this won't get "Post It..."

Dully noTED!

-"Audi!"

Thank you Bshiff68 for sharing your wonderful testimony. Clearly, the Lord had plans for your life even when you were once ensnared by the awful hell-bound promises that this world gave you. You were in God's elect according to His Foreknowledge ( 1 Peter 1:2) & His Spirit did everything, in His Time, to turn your heart towards God & give you a receptive heart & mind. Your words spoke to me again, of the amazing Power of God to keep you focussed & not be sidetracked, when Satan's appeal to your mind would have been the strongest. This is nothing but the Work of God in you & he has now taken you to where the lost, aimless wandering souls are, to share His Light & Love (where you once were). May the Lord bless your labors, seeing fruit in His Time, that the praise might go to Him alone.

What a great testimony Ssmith82 and thank you for sharing what the Lord has done for you and can do when one comes to the end of oneself & cries unto the Lord for deliverance & healing. It is good that you are staying in God's Word & prayer as well as confessing Jesus to others. Satan can never stand against that but be ever prepared for his buffetting, for "we are not ignorant of his devices". Ephesians 6:11,12; 1 John 5:4,5.

Tiffany,

Please pray & ask GOD for wisdom in that matter: James 1:5,

Johnnie,

Matthew 28:19, Mark 16:16, Acts 2:38, Acts 19:1-12, Ephesians 4:5,

I think the main point is the outward living life, dead to the flesh ( selfishness, bad actions, etc. ) resurrection in the last days, is the goal. Mark 10:38, Luke 12:50, Colossians 2:12-14, 1Peter 3:18-22,

* Romans 6:3,4, please read all of Romans 6, chapter, Colossians 3:1-17,

John 12:23-36, Romans 8:13, Luke 14:27-33,

Hopefully these are helpful

If you have trouble understanding pray for wisdom: James 1:5

Donna, I totally got what you first said. It is true that such people can and most likely have been on this forum to stir up dissension and division among those here. Your call for discernment is spot on.

Glad you and yours are safe and sound.

Psalm 74

We see the theme here as in much of the Book of Lamentations where God appears to have cast His presence from His people. When we get to chapter 3; verse 31 He promises not to "cast them off forever." Isaiah 26:20 describes God Himself stating that He had turned away for a short time but would return with mercy. Again; the final prophetic application would appear to be in Revelation (or the time of Jacob's trouble in Jeremiah 30:7).

The "perpetual desolations" in verse 3 of this Psalm remind us of the "Abomination of Desolation" when the Temple is overtaken by Antichrist much as it was with Antiochus Epiphanes earlier in Daniel 9:25-27 and quoted by Christ starting in Matthew 24:15.

Verse 8 is as far as I know the only passage in scriptures mentioning the word synagogues; here they were being burned up by the enemy; likely prophetic of the Babylonians and of course the end times. Blasphemy as seen in Revelation 13 is mentioned in verse 18. The prophets being seen no more could refer ahead to the intertestamental times or again when there is vision sought in the end times by false prophets who predicted peace; peace when there is no peace ( Jeremiah 6:14).

Verse 20 implores God to "have respect unto the Covenant" as related; no doubt to the Promised Land. Once again the poor and needy are sought out as those who the Lord will restore; and the Psalm ends with a plea not to forget those enemies and their "tumult". Surely God will come soon; but will there be any faith on the earth when that Day comes? (See Luke 18:8).

I thought I would start out with when we don't fast. That would be for someone that has blood sugar issues (for lengthier fasts); or when we need physical strength for work or mental acumen to perform tasks.

I have stated the verse where Jesus casts out the demon where prayer and fasting were needed for that type of demon; thus the disciples couldn't cast it out ( Mark 9:29). It appears that Jesus expected the disciples to seek the Father through prayer as to the challenges to come; so that it could be revealed to them when fasting was needed. Christ of course had the power to do all things irregardless; but in His dependence on the Spirit so that He could "suffer all things as we did but without sin" ( Heb. 4:15) meant that He trusted in the Spirit for all of His miracles and actions.

Obviously; prayer is something we all should do constantly ( 1 Thess. 5:17). We are also to meditate day and night ( Joshua 1:8). We see how Christ was up all night in prayer before He picked His first group of Disciples; and how at the end the Disciples were to fight sleep due to sorrow ad exhaustion and pray to avoid temptation.

There is no set command for fasting; it appears to have been something the fear of God instigated for instance by the pagan king in Nineveh ( Jonah 3:7). Esther had a 3 day fast before appealing to the King to save her people and reveal her origin in chapter 4; verse 16. The King of Babylon fasted for a night when he was disturbed about Daniel being placed in the lion's den in Daniel 6. Churches these days probably do this much less often than should be done; certainly a short fast would be proper more often than long ones. There are health benefits as well; obviously one without water should be limited. It would seem that God intervened before 40 days without water in the case of Nineveh or it was a miracle they survived that long.

We are to be filled with the Spirit as we are emptied of ourselves.

Perhaps -

when 'cares' of this world burdens; -

when one determines to -

"Be still. . .

then, is when -

he can

Know -

that

[IAM]

God' . . .

which is -; as in vs.(7;The Lord of Hosts is with us,

the God of Jacob is with us -

Selah.

HE; the Great IAM is with us -who/what can come against us! ! !??!!

Gratefully, this verse chimes into my life more than just occasionally.

It rings; remind me, O Lord!

I have a long testimony, so I'm going to leave out many, many, details for time's sake.

Demonic possession led me to cry out to God, and He delivered me and I repented that day and gave my life to Christ.

I have a history of practicing witchcraft, satanism, and the New Age. I used to study anything on occultism and "ghosts." Anything seemingly supernatural. I practiced meditation, sought psychics, used crystals, practiced LOA, communicated with what I thought at the time were angels. All kinds of things.

The time during my possession was horrific, terrifying, awful, and traumatic. And those words don't even truly explain what it was like.

The day I was delivered, I prayed and cried out to God and asked for His help and for the Holy Spirit. I literally felt the demon leave my body (I had also felt it enter).

I repented for my sins that day, gave my life to Christ, and devoted hours and hours to reading the Bible. I've shared my testimony publicly several times, and I share the gospel every opportunity I have. My life is lived for God now. And I am so thankful for His grace and mercy and what Jesus has done for us. Truly, we are blessed.

I came to saving faith in Jesus Christ on March 4th 1995.After thirteen years of alcohol and drug abuse which started in my early teens I got to a place where that lifestyle wasn't fun anymore.I never held a job, bummed off people.Many believers and preachers in my family tried to witness to me.I would listen but never was interested in knowing about Jesus even though I was headed for Hell.I can attest of many times Satan tried to take my life as a sinner but God had other plans.One night my preacher Uncle told me he was holding a revival and invited me.all that day I thought about it.i was invited to a party that night also.Something in me prompted me to go to the revival.I sat each night telling myself I wasn't going to go back after first night. On the fourth night of this revival at the altar call I headed to the altar but made it only to the front pew as I fell to my knees and cried to God for forgiveness.He saved my, baptized me in thr Holy Ghost a month later.I was water baptized four years later.I have since been involved in various aspects of ministry mostly outreach and street preaching.

Thank you to everyone who prayed for traveling mercies for my group. Everyone has landed safely and I narrowly escaped several car accidents.

Correction * He was with God!

When I was a child, I was always told about God and Jesus. I never really knew much about them except that they were the good guys and the devil was the bad guy. That's really all I knew until I was a preteen. I was told by my grandmother to pray to them often, especially when I was in any sort of trouble. Well as I got a bit older, I was in Jr High and I began to suffer from anxiety. Now mind you, I was a kid. I had no idea what it actually was that I was facing, I thought of myself as weird for thinking the things that I was because no one ever talked about it. After many months of dealing with it, missing school because I was pretending to be sick so I could lay in bed, and really struggling in my academics and relationships, I began to pray about it. Now when I did this, no medicine nor therapy in the world could ever give me the sense of peace that I had, whenever I prayed. I felt like someone understood me, like they had my back no matter what. Still, it took a lot of time and years to truly know The Lord. It didn't happen overnight, but He saved me from suicide, He saved me from so much pain and heartache I can't even describe it. Now, because of all that, I know more than anything else in the world, that Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior. I never found peace of mind, heart and soul like I did when I came to Him with my problems. He loves us and He's waiting for us to realize we can't do things in our own power. We need Christ in our lives.

This is My confession; Jesus Christ HAS come in the flesh. He IS the ONLY begotten Son of God. He WAS born of a virgin, immaculate conception He was WITH Hod before the world began, was crucified, rose the third day, ascended into Heaven, is coming back again. He will be the light of that city. I love Him. I pray that I am found worthy. And I believe it will ONLY be because of His blood shed at Calvary. I am a SINNER saved by GRACE.

Trolls are certain people who cause divisions purposely on the internet. It's what they are called. They go onto websites (visitors) and cause division to the group. I am not calling anyone specifically a troll. But I AM referring to a person/persons trolling a website who in my opinion would be similar to what the Bible would refer to as a "wolf in sheep's clothing". I am calling the brethren to pray for their salvation should they happen to come here.

I think maybe I shouldn't use such a worldly term such as internet trolls here. Yes they do exist. We would do well to ask for discernment because they WILL come.

Lord Bless you Free. Thank you for the rebuke.

:-)

Hello David. In Job chapter 6, Job is responding to what Eliphaz was speaking to him in the previous couple of chapters. Eliphaz was essentially urging Job to simply bear up (be patient) & submit to God, the God Who would bless him if he would repent of sins, for which he was suffering ( Job 5:17: "Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty").

Now in chapter 6, Job is responding to Eliphaz that the impatience with which he is being charged & the agony that he is bearing, be weighed against the great calamities he has experienced ( Job 6:1-4).

Then in v5, Job asks a couple of questions: 'does the ass complain when it has food and likewise the ox?' The expected answer is, 'No, they are satisfied when there's enough to eat'. Likewise, Job says that he does not complain without good reason, just as those animals. Rather, he has lost his taste for life: just as anyone would refrain from eating saltless/inspid food as also when eating just the white of an egg which has no taste of its own, so to his sufferings (which were undeserved) have now become his detestable portion in life. If it was that easy for Job to overcome his sufferings as simply adding salt to food or flavor to an egg, he would certainly do it. But in vv 8 & 9, Job longs for relief from God, or if none comes, that God would shorten his life so that his sufferings would finally end.

Job 6:6

"Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?"

The second question is just a repeatition of the first, is there any taste in the white of an egg (that is the unsavoury) if it has no salt on it?

Fasting is mainly (but not only) used to accompany praying, it makes prayers more powerful.

Julius Caesar was assassinated, and King Herod (the first Herod since in the Bible there is 3 of them) died of old age.

Hello Mara

Let's assume you are right about that number 444. Question. So what is the purpose of that number? A sign for what? What do you think it may mean to you, to your life? Is it a kind of a "protection" number, an amulet, a magic number that you may recall when needed? What is it for? Because if it is for nothing, then obviously it is not of any use, is it? It is a number just like any other, one more than 443, one less than 445.

But let's leave nos for now and see what God did for mankind. God left His throne, became like one of us, a poor man, was born in a manger, got mocked at, was humiliated, was beaten, and finally was led to a horrible death on a cross, like the worst criminal, as a lamb for slaughtering. And He did that to save us, you and me, from eternal death. And not only that but He also became our Father and we have become His children. And He has prepared a marvelous place for us to live with Him happily for ever. So my question to you is. What kind of no. or any other thing in this world can be compared or take the place of that Person(God)? What any combination of nos can have any more importance than God's own sacrifice? What else on earth or heaven (anything one may think of) can stand infront of our adoption by The Almighty God? God that made the vast universe, billions and billions of stars and galaxies, with just His Word, became our FATHER, a real father. Can any no. be compared to that person we call God? Didn't God create numbers? Isn't that what the pagan nations were doing in ancient times? They worshiped the creation instead of the Creator? Let's be serious. If you are not a child of God then ask Jesus to come into your heart. Become God's child. Follow Him till the end, and a blessed life awaits for you in the future. And there will be a time that you will see God Himself with your own eyes and speak to Him mouth to mouth.

Something more. Any fake faith that is not based on real things always collapses sometime.

May God Bless You