"When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshiped him: and when they opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, frankincense, and myrrh." Matthew 2:10,11 That wondrous star that led …
1 CORINTHIANS 4:9-13: "For I think that God hath set forth (displayed) us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death; for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to the angels, and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake (the world opinion) but ye are wise in Christ; we ARE …
"Wherefore he saith, WHEN HE ASCENDED UP ON HIGH, HE LED CAPTIVITY CAPTIVE, AND GAVE GIFTS UNTO MEN. (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? He that descended is the same also that ascended up far ABOVE the heavens, that he might …
"And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always." Exodus 27:20 Now we know that was for the temple. 1 Corinthians 3:16 asks us this: "Know ye not that ye are the temple of God? and that the Spirit of God …
"Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew (show) my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins. Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to …
"And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead. And the LORD sold (gave) them into the hand of Jabin king of Cannan, that reigned in Hazor' the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles." Judges 4:1,2 I just wanted …
"When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshiped him: and when they opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, frankincense, and myrrh." That wondrous star that led the kings …
"And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death." REVELATION 12:11 The Blood, that is a verse that you are probably very familiar with, but what exactly does it mean? The blood, our life force, the life force of all living beings …
"And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran. And there was a man in Moan, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, …
"And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead. And the LORD sold (gave) them into the hand of Jabin king of Cannan, that reigned in Hazor' the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles." Judges 4:1,2 I just wanted …
"These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; And their mouths speak great swelling (boastful) words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage." Jude 1:16 What can you say? Biden now proclaiming visibility day on Easter, the celebration day known by name for centuries of the visible resurrection of Jesus Christ. The battle always first begins with a name change, always …
"Let your heart not be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, i would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you …
Continue reading PENTECOST: Holy Ghost & Fire, Promise Fulfilled
"PLEAD my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me. Take hold of shield and buckler and stand up for mine help." Psalm 35:1,2 I love the fact that the word "plead" is already capitalized in the text, relating to us the urgency and desperation in which …
"Then drew (came) near unto him all the publicans (tax collectors) and sinners to hear him. And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth (welcomes) sinners and eateth with them. And he spake this parable unto them, saying, What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the …
"(To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil.) We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old. How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and …
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"Let your heart not be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive …
Continue reading PENTECOST: Holy Ghost & Fire Promised Fulfilled
"But exhort one another daily, while IT IS called TO day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end. While it is said, TODAY IF YE WILL HEAR HIS VOICE, HARDEN NOT YOUR …
1 CORINTHIANS 4:9-13: "For I think that God hath set forth (displayed) us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death; for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to the angels, and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake (the world opinion) but ye are wise in Christ; we ARE …
Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that HAVE NOT SEEN, AND YET HAVE BELIEVED." JOHN 20:29 Faith. Faith is a funny thing and sometimes we can have faith to move a mountain and then sometimes our faith errs more on the side of the mountain …
1 Thessalonians 5:12: "And we beseech you, (urgently, fervently, implore) brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish (instruct) you; Now of course if you are going to study the Bible, it is imperative that you read ALL verses before, after, and cross-reference to get the full …
"BLESS the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, Bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities, who healeth all thy diseases; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; Who satiisfieth thy mouth …
Guess I gotta give the low down 'bout that title, I am seriously missing my Sissy today, I actually miss her everyday but today has been exceptionally hard. Probably because it' my niece's birthday, which was such a wonderful event for us all, she is an awesome person and like my own kid to me …
Continue reading GIVE IT A RUN FOR THE MONEY AND JUST KEEP ON TRUCKIN’
As the disciples left all behind them, all that they knew and even whom they had been in to follow Jesus, becoming new creatures, new people, completely new identities, their true identities, that could only be found in him, we must also follow that same teaching. "We then, as workers together with him, beseech (implore) you also that ye …
Continue reading LEAVING IT ALL BEHIND: BECOMING A NEW CREATION IN CHRIST
"That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed. THERE was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea a certain priest named Zacharias, of the house of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth. And they were both righteous before God, walking in all …
"The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. As it is written in the prophets, BEHOLD, I SEND MY MESSENGER BEFORE THY FACE, WHICH SHALL PREPARE THE WAY BEFORE THEE. THE VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS, PREPARE YE THE WAY OF THE LORD, MAKE HIS PATHS STRAIGHT. John did baptize in the wilderness …
Continue reading JOHN: Part 2 HERALD: Introduction to the King
"And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us; whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended (took heed) unto the things which were spoken of Paul. And when she was baptized and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful …
We are often told that too much of anything can be really bad. Dentists love to tell us to lay off the sugar or it will rot our teeth. And too much sugar-coated gospel will damage your soul or maybe I should say it will lead to the condemnation of your soul. I like sweet things! …
Continue reading OLD GOAT AND THE CANDY COATS: PART 2 SUGAR DECAY
"And I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the Lord; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God; for they shall return unto me with their whole heart." JEREMIAH 24:7 A few days and it will be Valentines Day, always, always has been one of my …
How many of us have tried to wake someone and finally in complete exasperation utter that all familiar phrase, "Would you PLEASE get up?!!" The Beloved written about in Song of Solomon surely must understand this. "I sleep, but my heart waketh: It is the voice of my beloved that knocketh saying, Open to me, my sister, …
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and he shall direct your paths." Proverbs 3:5,6 NKJV It's that time again! The New Year and the sense of renewed hope that it brings. And of course, we know it is truly nothing more …
John 14: 6-20: " Jesus saith unto him, I AM the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father but by me. If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, …
"And the same day, when the even was come (it was evening), he saith unto them, Let us pass (cross) over to the other side. And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there was also with him other little ships. And there arose a great …
Continue reading ANGELS & TRUMPETS PREPARING TO SOUND: Talk About a Climate Change!
"Hope deferred maketh the heart sick, but when the desire is cometh, it is the tree of life." Proverbs 13:12 You gotta have hope! I love that verse because think about it, when we get discouraged and life throws everything at us, "but the kitchen sink", as our Southern sayings go, we can lose hope …
Continue reading NEW HEAVEN & NEW EARTH: A Brief Intermission to ponder
"Who is that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. Wherefore are thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat (winepress)?" Isaiah 63:1.2 We are listening in on this …
Continue reading Trumpets Preparing to Sound: Part 3 Blood to the Bridles & Filling Bird Bellies
The truest test of bravery comes not by being the strongest or the most well-trained, or sharpest shooter on the field. The results of the true test of bravery comes through what would appear the weakest and least prepared of soldiers. And we know all about judging books by covers or rather the warning not too, all …
"My son IF thou be SURETY FOR THY FRIEND, (vouch for, stand in guarantee for) IF thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger ("shook on it" made a deal with,) Thou art snared with (you are bound by) the words of THY mouth, thou art taken (trapped captive) with the words of THY mouth." Proverbs …
Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that HAVE NOT SEEN, AND YET HAVE BELIEVED." JOHN 20:29 Faith, Faith is a funny thing and sometimes we can have faith to move a mountain and then sometimes our faith errs more on the side of the mountain …
"WHOSOEVER believeth that Jesus IS the Christ IS BORN OF GOD: and every one that loveth him also that is begotten of him. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. For this IS the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are NOT …
Continue reading PREPARED part#3 / Would-Be Wedding Crashers Washed Inside Out
"And the Spirit and the bride say, COME. And LET him that HEARETH say, COME. And LET him that is athirst COME and take of the WATER OF LIFE freely." Revelation 22:17 This is quite an invitation and what I love about this verse, it that it IS an invitation. This is a wedding that …
Continue reading PREPARED Part #1/ Preparation for the Wedding of the King
"And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her and went in unto (had relations with) her. And she conceived and bare a …
"And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, THOU SHALT NOT TEMPT THE LORD THY GOD." Luke 4: 12 You know, I really have a love/hate relationship with the internet and social media. And I will admit that on more than one occasion I have wished and probably prayed that it would all crash for just …
"A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth. O Lord, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O Lord, revive thy work in the midst of years, in the midst of years make known; in wrath remember mercy. God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran, Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and …
Continue reading DILIGENCE: Trying to Handle the High Places
"Verily I say unto you, He that entereth in not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. But he that entereth in by the sheep door IS the shepherd of the sheep. To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and …
"WHOSOEVER believeth that Jesus IS the Christ IS BORN OF GOD: and every one that loveth him also that is begotten of him. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. For this IS the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are NOT …
Continue reading PREPARED part#3 Would-Be Wedding Crashers Washed Inside Out
"And the Spirit and the bride say, COME. And LET him that HEARETH say, COME. And LET him that is athirst COME and take of the WATER OF LIFE freely." Revelation 22:17 This is quite an invitation and what I love about this verse, it that it IS an invitation. This is a wedding that …
Continue reading PREPARED” Part #1, Preparing for the Wedding of a King
"And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always." Exodus 27:20 Now we know that was for the temple. 1 Corinthians 3:16 asks us this: "Know ye not that ye are the temple of God? and that the Spirit of God …
"My son IF thou be SURETY FOR THY FRIEND, (vouch for, stand in guarantee for) IF thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger ("shook on it" made a deal with,) Thou art snared with (you are bound by) the words of THY mouth, thou art taken (trapped captive) with the words of THY mouth." Proverbs …
"Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion (reason to accuse) against this Daniel, except (unless) we find it against him concerning the law of his God. Then these presidents (overseers) and princes assembled together to the king, and said unto him, King Darius, live for ever. All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, …
"Wherefore he saith, WHEN HE ASCENDED UP ON HIGH, HE LEAD CAPTIVITY CAPTIVE, AND GAVE GIFTS UNTO MEN. (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? He that descended is the same also that ascended up far ABOVE the heavens, that he might …
"Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in thine power to do it." Proverbs 3:27 We tend to think of this in terms of financial help and "works" but have you ever thought about it as in spiritual help? Helping one another through their trials, sorrows, and troubles? Helping …
"Go ye, inquire of the Lord for me, and for the people, and for all of Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the Lord that is kindled against us, for our fathers have not hearkened unto (heeded) the words of this book, to do according …
"Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions; according to thy mercy remember me for thy goodness' sake O Lord. Good and upright IS the Lord: therefore he will teach sinners in the way. The meek (humble) will he guide in judgment(justice): and the meek he will teach his way. ALL the paths …
"In the year that King Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train (skirts of garment) filled the temple, Above it stood the seraphims (a type of angel) each one had six wings; with twain (two) he covered his face, and with twain he covered …
"Now will I sing to my well beloved a song touching (concerning) his vineyard, My beloved has a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: And he fenced it, and gathered the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and made a winepress therein: and …
"And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us; whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended (took heed) unto the things which were spoken of Paul. And when she was baptized and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful …
"There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof is death. Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the END of THAT mirth is heaviness (grief)." PROVERBS 14: 12,13 I just love the infomercials and TV ads that have someone giving a glowing product review, they are so happy, …
Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that HAVE NOT SEEN, AND YET HAVE BELIEVED." JOHN 20:29 Faith, Faith is a funny thing and sometimes we can have faith to move a mountain and then sometimes our faith errs more on the side of the mountain …
1 CORINTHIANS 4:9-13: "For I think that God hath set forth (displayed) us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death; for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to the angels, and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake (the world opinion) but ye are wise in Christ; we ARE …
The truest test of bravery comes not by being the strongest, the most well-trained, or sharpest shooter on the field. The results of the true test of bravery comes through what would appear the weakest and least prepared of soldiers. And we know all about judging books by covers or rather the warning not too, all know …
We are often told that too much of anything can be really bad. Dentists love to tell us to lay off the sugar or it will rot our teeth. And too much sugar-coated gospel will damage your soul or maybe I should say it will lead to the condemnation of your soul. I like sweet things! …
Continue reading OLD GOAT AND THE CANDY COATS: PART 2 SUGAR DECAY
As we continue to deal with the "sin"trifugal force that has taken over our country, ruined marriages, destroyed families not to mention individual lives. I want to be crystal clear about a little something.It is a near impossibility to teach or speak against sexual sin without being accused of being a prude, fogey or my …
Continue reading “SIN”TRIFUGAL FORCE: PART 2 NOT TO RAIN ON THE PARADE
How many of us have tried to wake someone and finally in complete exasperation utter that all familiar phrase, "Would you PLEASE get up?!!" The Beloved written about in Song of Solomon surely must understand this. " I sleep, but my heart waketh: It is the voice of my beloved that knocketh saying, Open to me, my …
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