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Amen.

Very Impressive writtngs Gerald.

God bless you.

Amen Gerald.

God bless.

Wow!

That's very interesting Giannis.

God bless you and thank you for causing us to dig deeper.

Hi.

I need grace beyond grace to go up tomorrow morning//each morning with motivation, inner strength, hope, good thoughts and walk into the day with God and walk in His peace and perfect strength. Peace from God over every thought, grace to let go and let God. Rest in God day and night. Sweet dreams and sleep that makes me well rested.. Thank you so much for praying.

Psalm 57. James 3:6 is one of the first things I notice a parallel to with verse 4. There are other verses describing animals prophetic of those surrounding Christ during the crucifixion in Psalm 22:12-13. Here in this Psalm we once again are given in the intro. the information that this was written during David's cave retreat as happened multiple times with Saul's insanity.

We see crying in verse 2 and singing in verses 7-8; finally praise in verse 9 with the resulting appreciation of mercy and truth (v.10) with His name exalted in the last verse. These are solid Biblical approaches to persecution; as we see when Paul was incarcerated in Acts 16:25-28 along with Silas; it in fact led to deliverance.

Ecclesiastes 9:12 and a host of other verses describe men being caught in nets due to their own sin. (see Job 18:5-9; Isaiah 24:18). "Vengeance is mine; I shall repay" is in Deuteronomy 32:35 and quoted in Romans 12:19. It is important to remember David's attitude toward "God's anointed" (see 1 Samuel 24). Even when Saul died David still mourned over him. This attitude of loving our enemies should characterize our lives while we still proclaim the truth that indeed the Day of His wrath is coming; and only through the cross will we escape.

Hello Gerald.

Do you mean Ephesians 1:5 "Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will"? Well, this is one of those cases that knowledge of Greek is useful. The word that is translated as "predestined" in English is the grk word "proorisas" which means "destined", not "predestined"

Other English translations translate it as "chose", "decide", "made selection",...even some as "predestined", but the right translation is "destined"

GBU

Pray without ceasing

1 Thessalonians 5:17

17 pray without ceasing.

all the time seek God, in the morning in the night during work.

Dont seek prophesy in doing so you might find them that deceive. But i encourage you brother seek the kingdom of God first and his riotousness

repent and believe in the lord Jesus Christ and read your bible.

Psalms 1;1

Blessed is the man

who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,

nor stands in the way of sinners,

nor sits in ethe seat of scoffers.

2 but his delight is in the law2 of the LORD,

and on his law, he meditates day and night.

when you open your mind for understanding and searching wisdom while you're reading your bible, God will show you which bible verse to read and which one to pay attention to.

So, pray for understand and read your bible search for him then you will find him.

Amen

Dear Anonymous, I will pray for you today.

Dear Heavenly Father, in the name of Jesus Anonymous is lifted up today along with his family and son. We ask that You break through all that is hindering anonymous and keeping this family from the fullness You wish to bring to them. Draw this son to You with a strong faith and commitment to You that will last a lifetime into eternity. Amen.

Dear Ruben. I am so happy to pray for you. So glad Your heart knows to return to the Lord, The Holy spirit is wooing you back to our wonderful God.

Dear Heavenly Father, Ruben has run the prodigal way from You. But You are a seeker of those that stray, not willing to lose even one of Your own. We ask today in the name of Jesus that You will gift Ruben with repentance and faith to once again rely on You and live for You. We ask that You assure Ruben that his sins are forgiven through the death and resurrection of Jesus. We ask that Your Spirit sanctify Ruben and graft him back into our Lord the True Vine that Ruben may thrive in faith and be productive in the fruit of Your Spirit. We pray that today will be the day that Ruben returns to You for good and never again looks down that prodigal road again. Keep Ruben in Your way of Life, in the fellowship of Christ, and grounded in the truth of Your Word. Deliver Ruben from all that is keeping him from receiving all that You are holding out to him today. Take away his doubts, excuses, dependencies, love for sin, fears, and reluctance to leave behind him his life of sin and refusal of You. Amen.

I need. a. pary. For my. Family. My boy.

I would greatly appreciate it if you would pray for my return to The Lord Jesus Christ. I've been very backslidden for some time and have a hard to repenting and returning to Him. If you would pray for my repentance and for Him to heal my backsliding as well as my body, mind, would and spirit. Also, if you would pray that He helps me and protects me through the trials I am going and for my deliverance from the devil and my enemies. Please pray that He provides for all of my spiritual and material needs. Thank you.

I need to pray for me and family for fanatical break through please your prayers

It's really nice

Please pray for my cast and crew at my private Christian school. My lead role has a bad past and everyone else has written him off. Please pray that he submits to God and that the Lord transforms like Saul to Paul. This could lead to revival in our school. Please pray for all 48 of my middle and high school students in this cast. For unity, love and kindness. Please pray. God convicted my heart to cast this senior as a lead role and he has a past of being hateful, unkind, unreliable, and a temper. Please pray God transforms him.

Please pray for me and my friend katlego. We love for you guys to pray for us as that we pass grade 8 to go to grade 9.

Thanks for helping

God bless

Dear Stephanie, I will pray for you today.

Dear Lord Jesus, we come to You today to ask that You bless Stephanie in her employment along with her employer and the company she works for so that she can earn what is needed for her needs and for her to be able to bless others with gifts.

We ask that You continue to bless her with strength for the day, vigor in her health, and energy to accomplish what is demanded of her in her job and home life. Thank You for bringing Stephanie to this site and for her diligence in requesting for us to pray for her. Lord, grant Stephanie the peace of mind to know that You are always with her and that her prayer requests are brought up to You. Amen.

Dear Van, I will pray for you, your husband and your son.

Heavenly Father, we come to You in need today and in the name of Jesus. We lift up Van and the requests she has given to us. We ask that You relieve both her husband and son of the pain and oppression of mental illness that presses upon them daily We pray that they will be delivered from these illnesses by You, for You can do all things. We ask that You place Van's son in a job most appropriate for his skills and mental health. Father, we pray for Your protection around this family from physical hardships and adverse circumstances. We ask that You graciously bless them and bring them wisdom, solace, understanding, peace, and strength to face what is happening in their lives right now. And we ask that You will draw each one to You and guide them by Your Word of truth. Amen.

Hello Madhatter57 and welcome to this site if you are new.

The word "alms" means money, goods, etc. that are given to care for the needs of the poor and needy. These are different than tithe which is given to God and distributed to the priests. So, alms were an offering above and beyond the tithe in the O.T. systems and was voluntary but honorable to do. In the N.T. there is a good example. Paul was planning to return to Jerusalem and had asked the churches of Asia Minor and Macedonia to put together money for the church at Jerusalem because Jerusalem and the people around this city were having a famine and many believers were in need of food. Paul then collected these gifts of money and brought it with him to Jerusalem t give to James to distribute to those in need.

There have been a number of conflicts lately that "popped up". Lord Jesus please have your hand on them (in family, church etc.). Please fight for us also in general (spiritual warfare) and I continue to ask for your strong protection in every sense (visible and invisible realms), reconciliation, deliverance from bondage, healing in every sense and salvation (those not saved). Please pour out your Spirit Lord ( Joel 2). We need you so much. I'm praying all this for us (in the wider sense) and all others in need as well. Thank you and praise you for hearing our prayers because we pray through the Lord Jesus Christ and in His name. May your name be exalted. Amen.

That phrase is often used and I think misused. In this case consider what God said was a day in the recreation of the earth .

Then consider what God said " in the day you eat of it"

Then consider what the devil said " ye shall not surely die "

If it was as you said then that would make God not straight speaking and the devil a speaker of the truth !

It was in fact a very subtle lie . For while on the same day they did eat if it and by Gods Word died .

They did not physically die till over 800 odd years .

A part truth is as good as a lie .

We must take Gods Word for it .

In truth everything up to the creation of Man was good and in the end very good .

Wrapped upon that great truth that a man was created in the Image of God is another great truth .

" Man shall not LIVE by bread alone (or by every tree that was good to eat ) but by that knowledge of God as to what wascgoid to eat and what was in effect evil to eat and by that word that proceeded from Gods mouth they lived .

It was the rejection of Gods Word and believing the lie of the devil that they became not only blind to the truth but perceived and reasoned wrongly .

For she " saw that the tree was good to eat " and she reasoned thus ," it wouid make her wise"

Adams sin was greater for he not only loved Eve more than God but in effect obeyed eve rather than God .

Sin "separates us from God" so they died on the very day and the very moment they disobeyed God and did that which was right or good in their own eyes .

It was a permanent effect for in choosing to cover their nakedness with fig leaves in their eyes it did indeed do so.

But when God called them from their hiding place ( darkness) into His presence ( light) with eyes from which nothing is hid saw that it did not . And gave them a covering of Hos own choosing ".For love covers a multitude of sin " and which foreshadowed the animal,sacrifices that were ordained to come .

But God also gave a promise by which God provided a redemption.

what does the word alms mean

No problem ,I await your post with interest .

GB

Is it possible to have a verse or chosen for me everyday?

Please pray for my son, he has had many adverse happens in his life mentally and physically. He need understanding from God and wisdom

He also needs a job where he can grow and learn in the name of Jesus

Also my husband suffers mentally he needs prayers to cope with life and people

I hear you , and you can be sure that if you pray to your Heavenly Father He will hear you also . Open your heart to Him and tell Him all about your fears and worries and ask Him to support you through this difficult time . Never be afraid or ashamed to talk to your God , He wants you to come to Him . Every day , morning and night , find five quiet minutes to thank Him for all the good things in your life and ask Him to continue to show you His loving kindnesses . He is with you always .

Please pray that my job/work will go very well for the rest of this year and that I'll be able to get the gifts I am hoping to give others. Thank you for your prayers, and may God bless you!

T, you are not alone. I too am struggling with similar feelings about my life. I'm having a hard time understanding God's will under these circumstances. I will pray that the good Lord provides you with blessings, healings, comfort, strength, and endurance.

" If we suffer with Him we shall also reign with Him "

Clearly then if we don't we won't .

" and the government shall be upon His shoulders"

The church which is His body not only has limbs ,hands and feet but shoulders .

The government of the Kingdom of zGod shall be on His shoulders .

This is not a ' government' like those of the "Nicolaitans which I hate " who seperate themselves and Lord it over the Laity they have made .

Hirelings who not only " make merchandise of Gods people" but when they see the wolves coming flee and the sheep are scattered " John 12 . But take note the hirelings are caught not the sheep .

In Ezekiel there are dire warnings for pastors who love not the sheep as THE shepherd of man's souls loves them .

But all the offices of the church as listed from Apostles to evangelists have but one purpose . The perfection of the church ." Till we all come to a unity of the faith unto the fullness and stature of Christ unto the perfect man Ephesians .

If we are faithful in little we we will be given much to rule over .

Note it is not if we are ' successful' as the world counts success . Calvary on the face of it was disaster and victory by the enemy .

But faithful . The Philadelphian church in its own eyes was poor ,but in Gods "was rich "

The Laodocian church in its own eyes was rich but in Gods eyes was poor wretched and blind .

Churchill prior to WW2 was vilified and rejected by all parties in particular but come 1940 was the only one qualified to become Prime Minister .

The Lord Jesus Christ proved Himself worthy to be King of Kings , All the kingdoms of this world past and present are on a foundation of treachery, murder and war . Including Great Britain and if the UK turned out different it's only because of the grace of zGod and the zBible that was once honoured by this nation .

In as much asit does not it will if it does not repent become as any other Godless nation . Perhaps worse for we have known far better .