Zion's confidence in God. An exhortation to behold the works of the Lord.
Verse 1 ... GOD is our refuge & strength, ...
Psalm 91:2 ... I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge & my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
Psalm 46:1 ... a very present help in trouble.
Psalm 145:18 ... The LORD is nigh unto all that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
Psalm 46:2 ... Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, & though the mountains be carried into (the heart of the seas) the midst of the sea;
Psalm 46:3 ... Though ... the waters thereof roar & be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
Matthew 7:25 ...And the rain descended, & the floods came, & the winds blew, & beat upon that house; & it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
Psalm 46:4 ... There is a river, ... the streams where of shall make glad ...
Isaiah 8:7 ... Now therefore behold, the Lord bringeth up up upon them the waters of the river, strong & many, even the king of As-syr'i-a, & all his glory: he shall come up over all his channels, & go over all his banks:
Psalm 46:4 ... the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
Isaiah 60:14 ... The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; & all they that despised thee they shall bow themselves down at the soles of they feet; & they shall call thee, The city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Is'ra-el.
Psalm 46:5 ... God is ... in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, ... (when the morning appeareth) & that right early.
Psalm 46:6 ... The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, ...
Psalm 2:1 ... Why do the heathen rage, & the people (meditate) imagine a vain thing?
Psalm 46:6 ...the earth melted.
Joshua 2:9,24 ... And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, & that your terror is fallen upon us, & that all the inhabitants of the land (melt) faint because of you.
And they said unto Josh'u-a, Truly the LORD hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do (melt) faint because of us.
Psalm 46:7 ... The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of JA'cob is (a high place for us) our refuge. Selah.
Psalm 46:8 ... Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth.
Psalm 66:5 ... Come & see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men.
Isaiah 2:4 ... And he shall judge among the nations & shall rebuke many people: & they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, & their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Psalm 46:9 ... he breaketh the bow, & cutteth the spear in sunder; ...
Psalm 76:3 ... There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, & the sword, & the battle. Selah.
Psalm 46:9 ... he burneth the chariot in the fire.
Ezekiel 39:9 ... And they that dwell in the cities of Is'ra-el shall go forth, & shall set on fire & burn the weapons, both the shields & the bucklers, the bows & the arrows, & the handstaves, & the spears, & they shall burn them with fire seven years:
Psalm 46:10 ... Be still, & know that I am God: ... I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
Isaiah 2:11,17 ... The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, & the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down; & the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, & the haughtiness of men shall be made low; & the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
Psalm 46:11 ... The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Js'cob is our refuge. Selah
Psalm 46:7 ... The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Ja'cob is our refuge. Selah.
Scripture reference used from The KJV Bible, SouthWestern Co., Nashville, TN
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
Monday, November 14, 2016
Tuesday - Healing River Flows from the Temple - Ezekiel 47:1,2,12 - 11/15/16
The vision of the holy waters.
Verse 1 ... AFTERWARD he brought me again unto the door of the house; & behold, ... waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, & the waters came down from under, from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar.
Revelation 22:1 ... And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God & of the Lamb.
Ezekiel 47:2 ... Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, & led me about the way without unto the outer gate by the way that looketh eastward; &, behold, there ran out waters on the right side.
Ezekiel 47:12 ... And ...by the river up on the bank thereof, on this side & on that side,
Ezekiel 47:7 ... Now when I had returned, behold, at the at the bank (lip) of the river were many trees on the one side & on the other.
Ezekiel 47:12 ... shall (shall come up) grow all trees for meat, ... whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new (principal) according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: & the fruit thereof shall be for meat, ...
Psalm 1:3 ... But thou, O LORD, art a shield (about) for me; my glory, & he lifter up of mine head.
Ezekiel 47:12 ... & the leaf thereof (for bruises & sores) for medicine.
Scripture reference used from The KJV Bible, SouthWestern Co., Nashville, TN
Verse 1 ... AFTERWARD he brought me again unto the door of the house; & behold, ... waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, & the waters came down from under, from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar.
Revelation 22:1 ... And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God & of the Lamb.
Ezekiel 47:2 ... Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, & led me about the way without unto the outer gate by the way that looketh eastward; &, behold, there ran out waters on the right side.
Ezekiel 47:12 ... And ...by the river up on the bank thereof, on this side & on that side,
Ezekiel 47:7 ... Now when I had returned, behold, at the at the bank (lip) of the river were many trees on the one side & on the other.
Ezekiel 47:12 ... shall (shall come up) grow all trees for meat, ... whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new (principal) according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: & the fruit thereof shall be for meat, ...
Psalm 1:3 ... But thou, O LORD, art a shield (about) for me; my glory, & he lifter up of mine head.
Ezekiel 47:12 ... & the leaf thereof (for bruises & sores) for medicine.
Scripture reference used from The KJV Bible, SouthWestern Co., Nashville, TN
Monday - Wash & Be Healed - II Kings 5:10-14 - 11/14/16
Elisha , sending Naaman to Jordan, cureth him of his leprosy.
Verse 10 ... And E-li'sha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and ... wash in Jordan 7 times, & thy flesh shall come again to thee, & thou shall be clean. ... The 7 means fullness/completeness in Biblical times.
II Kings 4:41 ... But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; & he said, pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot (evil thing).
II Kings 5:11 ... But Na'a-man was wroth, & went away, & said, ... (I said) (Or said with myself He will surely come out) thought, He will surely come out to me, & stand & call on the name of the LORD his God, & ... strike (move up or down) his hand over the place, & recover the leper.
II Kings 5:12 ... Are not Ab'a-na (Amana) & Phar'par rivers of Da-mas'cus, better than all the waters of Is'ra-el? may I wash in them, & be clean? so he turned & went in a rage.
II Kings 5:13 ... And his servants came near, & spake unto him, & said, my father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, & be clean?
II Kings 5:14 ... Then went he down, & dipped himself 7 times in Jor'dan, according to the saying of the man of God: & ... his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child ...
Job 33:25 ... His flesh shall be fresher (than Childhood) than a child's: he shall return to the days of his youth:
II Kings 5:14 ... & he was clean.
Luke 4:27 ... And many lepers were in Is'ra-el in the time of El-i-se'us the prophet: & none of them was cleansed, saving Na'a-man the Syrian.
Scripture reference used from The KJV Bible, SouthWestern Co., Nashville, TN
Verse 10 ... And E-li'sha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and ... wash in Jordan 7 times, & thy flesh shall come again to thee, & thou shall be clean. ... The 7 means fullness/completeness in Biblical times.
II Kings 4:41 ... But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; & he said, pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot (evil thing).
II Kings 5:11 ... But Na'a-man was wroth, & went away, & said, ... (I said) (Or said with myself He will surely come out) thought, He will surely come out to me, & stand & call on the name of the LORD his God, & ... strike (move up or down) his hand over the place, & recover the leper.
II Kings 5:12 ... Are not Ab'a-na (Amana) & Phar'par rivers of Da-mas'cus, better than all the waters of Is'ra-el? may I wash in them, & be clean? so he turned & went in a rage.
II Kings 5:13 ... And his servants came near, & spake unto him, & said, my father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, & be clean?
II Kings 5:14 ... Then went he down, & dipped himself 7 times in Jor'dan, according to the saying of the man of God: & ... his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child ...
Job 33:25 ... His flesh shall be fresher (than Childhood) than a child's: he shall return to the days of his youth:
II Kings 5:14 ... & he was clean.
Luke 4:27 ... And many lepers were in Is'ra-el in the time of El-i-se'us the prophet: & none of them was cleansed, saving Na'a-man the Syrian.
Scripture reference used from The KJV Bible, SouthWestern Co., Nashville, TN
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
Wednesday - Life in the New Heaven & New Earth - Isaiah 65:20-25 - 11/2/16
The prosperity & glory of Zion under the new dispensation.
Verse 20 ... There shall be more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die a hundred years old; ... but the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed.
Ecclesiastes 8:12 ... Though a sinner do evil a hundred times, & his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:
Isaiah 65:21 ... And ... they shall build houses, & inhabit them; & they shall plant vineyards, & eat the fruit of them.
Isaiah 62:8 ...The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, & by the arm of his strength, (If I give) Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; & the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:
Isaiah 65:22 ... They shall not build, & another inhabit; they shall not plant, & another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, & mine elect (shall make them continue long, or shall wear out) shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
Isaiah 65:23 ... They shall not labour in vain, ... nor bring forth for trouble;...
Deuteronomy 28:42 ... Thou shalt begat sons & daughters, but (they shall not be thine) thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.
Isaiah 65:23 ... for ... they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, their offspring with them.
Isaiah 61:9 ... And their seed shall be known among the Gen'tiles, & their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed.
Isaiah 65:24 ... And it shall come to pass, that ... before they call, I will answer; & while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
Psalm 32:5 ... I acknowledged my sin unto thee, & mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; & thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
Isaiah 65:25 ... The wolf & the lamb shall feed together, & the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: ...
Isaiah 11:6,7,9 ...The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, & the leopard shall lie down with the kid; the calf & the young lion & the fatling together; & a little child shall lead them.
And the cow & bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: & the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
Isaiah 65:25 ...& dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.
Genesis 3:14 ... And the LORD God saith unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, & above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, & dust shall thou eat all the days of thy life:
Scripture reference used from The KJV Bible, The SouthWestern Co., Nashville, TN
Verse 20 ... There shall be more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die a hundred years old; ... but the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed.
Ecclesiastes 8:12 ... Though a sinner do evil a hundred times, & his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:
Isaiah 65:21 ... And ... they shall build houses, & inhabit them; & they shall plant vineyards, & eat the fruit of them.
Isaiah 62:8 ...The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, & by the arm of his strength, (If I give) Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; & the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:
Isaiah 65:22 ... They shall not build, & another inhabit; they shall not plant, & another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, & mine elect (shall make them continue long, or shall wear out) shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
Isaiah 65:23 ... They shall not labour in vain, ... nor bring forth for trouble;...
Deuteronomy 28:42 ... Thou shalt begat sons & daughters, but (they shall not be thine) thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.
Isaiah 65:23 ... for ... they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, their offspring with them.
Isaiah 61:9 ... And their seed shall be known among the Gen'tiles, & their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed.
Isaiah 65:24 ... And it shall come to pass, that ... before they call, I will answer; & while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
Psalm 32:5 ... I acknowledged my sin unto thee, & mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; & thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
Isaiah 65:25 ... The wolf & the lamb shall feed together, & the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: ...
Isaiah 11:6,7,9 ...The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, & the leopard shall lie down with the kid; the calf & the young lion & the fatling together; & a little child shall lead them.
And the cow & bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: & the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
Isaiah 65:25 ...& dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.
Genesis 3:14 ... And the LORD God saith unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, & above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, & dust shall thou eat all the days of thy life:
Scripture reference used from The KJV Bible, The SouthWestern Co., Nashville, TN
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Tuesday - Who May Live With God - PSalm 15 - 11/1/16
The psalmist describeth a citizen of Zion. A Psalm of David.
Verse 1 ... LORD, ... who shall ...
Psalm 24:5 .. He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, & righteousness from the God of his salvation.
Psalm 15:1 ... (sojourn) abide in thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in ... they holy hill?
Psalm 2:6 ... Yet have I (anointed) my king (upon Zion the hill of holiness) upon my holy hill of Zion.
Psalm 15:2 ... He that walketh uprightly, & worketh righteousness, &
Isaiah 33:15 ... He that walketh (righteousnesses) righteously, & speaketh (uprightnesses) uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of (deceit) oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of (bloods) blood, & shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;
Psalm 15:2 ... speaketh the truth in his heart.
Ephesians 15:2 ... Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.
Psalm 15:3 ... He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doth evil to his neighbor, ...
Leviticus 19:16 ... Thou shalt not go up & down as a talebearer among thy people; neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor: I am the LORD.
Psalm 15:3 ... nor (receiveth or endureth) taketh up a reproach against his neighbor.
Psalm 15:4 ... In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that ...
Esther 8:2 ... And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Ha'man, & gave it to Mor'de-cai. And Es'ther set Mor'de-cai over the house of Ha'man.
Psalm 15:4 ... sweareth to his own hurt, & changeth not.
Judges 11:35 ... And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, & said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought ne very low, & thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, & I can not go back.
Psalm 15:5 ... He that putteth not out of his money to usury ...
Deuteronomy 23:19 ... Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury any thing that is lent upon usury.
Psalm 15:5 ... nor taketh reward against the innonemce. He that doeth these things ... shall never be moved.
Psalm 16:8 ... I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Scripture reference used from The KJV Bible, The SouthWestern Co., Nashville, TN
Verse 1 ... LORD, ... who shall ...
Psalm 24:5 .. He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, & righteousness from the God of his salvation.
Psalm 15:1 ... (sojourn) abide in thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in ... they holy hill?
Psalm 2:6 ... Yet have I (anointed) my king (upon Zion the hill of holiness) upon my holy hill of Zion.
Psalm 15:2 ... He that walketh uprightly, & worketh righteousness, &
Isaiah 33:15 ... He that walketh (righteousnesses) righteously, & speaketh (uprightnesses) uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of (deceit) oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of (bloods) blood, & shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;
Psalm 15:2 ... speaketh the truth in his heart.
Ephesians 15:2 ... Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.
Psalm 15:3 ... He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doth evil to his neighbor, ...
Leviticus 19:16 ... Thou shalt not go up & down as a talebearer among thy people; neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor: I am the LORD.
Psalm 15:3 ... nor (receiveth or endureth) taketh up a reproach against his neighbor.
Psalm 15:4 ... In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that ...
Esther 8:2 ... And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Ha'man, & gave it to Mor'de-cai. And Es'ther set Mor'de-cai over the house of Ha'man.
Psalm 15:4 ... sweareth to his own hurt, & changeth not.
Judges 11:35 ... And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, & said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought ne very low, & thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, & I can not go back.
Psalm 15:5 ... He that putteth not out of his money to usury ...
Deuteronomy 23:19 ... Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury any thing that is lent upon usury.
Psalm 15:5 ... nor taketh reward against the innonemce. He that doeth these things ... shall never be moved.
Psalm 16:8 ... I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Scripture reference used from The KJV Bible, The SouthWestern Co., Nashville, TN
Monday - God Will Dwell With Them - Exodus 29:42-46 - 10/31/16
The continual burnt offering. God's promise to dwell among the children of Israel.
Verse 42 ...This shall be ... continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD, ...
Verse 38 ... Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually.
Verse 42 ... where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee.
Exodus 25:22 ... And there I will meet with thee, & I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Is'ra-el.
Exodus 29:43 ... And there I will meet with the children of Is'ra-el, & the tabernacle... shall be sanctified by my glory.
Exodus 40:43 ... Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, & the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
Exodus 29:44 ... And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, & the altar: I will ... sanctify also both Aa'ron & his sons, to minister to me in the priest's office.
Leviticus 21:15 ... Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: For I the LORD sanctify him.
Exodus 29:45 ... And ... I will dwell among the children of Is'ra-el, & will be their God.
Exodus 25:8 ... And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
Exodus 29:46 ... And they shall know that ... I am the LORD their God, that brought them forth out of the land of E'gypt, that I may dwell among them: I am the LORD their God.
Exodus 20:2 ... I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of E'gypt, out of the house of (servants) bondage.
Scripture reference used from The KJV Bible, SouthWestern Co., Nashville, TN
Verse 42 ...This shall be ... continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD, ...
Verse 38 ... Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually.
Verse 42 ... where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee.
Exodus 25:22 ... And there I will meet with thee, & I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Is'ra-el.
Exodus 29:43 ... And there I will meet with the children of Is'ra-el, & the tabernacle... shall be sanctified by my glory.
Exodus 40:43 ... Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, & the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
Exodus 29:44 ... And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, & the altar: I will ... sanctify also both Aa'ron & his sons, to minister to me in the priest's office.
Leviticus 21:15 ... Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: For I the LORD sanctify him.
Exodus 29:45 ... And ... I will dwell among the children of Is'ra-el, & will be their God.
Exodus 25:8 ... And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
Exodus 29:46 ... And they shall know that ... I am the LORD their God, that brought them forth out of the land of E'gypt, that I may dwell among them: I am the LORD their God.
Exodus 20:2 ... I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of E'gypt, out of the house of (servants) bondage.
Scripture reference used from The KJV Bible, SouthWestern Co., Nashville, TN
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Wednesday - By His Bruises We Are Healed - Isaiah 53:1-6 -10/26/16
The Messiah despised & rejected. His sufferings in our behalf.
Isaiah 53:1 ... Who hath believed our ...
John 12:38 ... That the saying of E-sa'ias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, LORD, who hath believed our report? & to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?
Isaiah 53:1 ... report? & to whom ... doctrine
Isaiah 53:1 ... is the arm of the LORD revealed?
Isaiah 51:9 ... Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Ra'hab, & wounded the dragon?
Isaiah 53:2 ... For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, & as a root out of a dry ground ...
Isaiah 11:1 ... And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jes'se, & a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
Isaiah 53:2 ... he hath no form nor comeliness; & when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
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Isaiah 53:3 ... He is despised & rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and ...
Psalm 22:6 ... But I am a worm, & no man; a reproach of men, & despised of the people.
Isaiah 53:3 ... acquainted with grief: and ...
Hebrews 4:15 ... For we have not a high priest which can not be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
Isaiah 53:3 ... as a hiding of faces from him, or, from us.. we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, & ... we esteemed him not
John 1:10,11 ...He was in the world, & the world knew him not.
He came unto his own, & his own received him not.
Isaiah 53:4 ... (As a hiding of faces from him, or, from us) Surely ...he hath borne our griefs, & carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, & afflicted.
Matthew 8:17 ... That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by E-sa'ias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, & bare our sickness.
Isaiah 53:5 ... But he was (tormented) wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; with his...
Romans 4:25 ... Who was delivered for our offences, & was raised again for our justification.
Isaiah 53:5 ... stripes (bruise) we are healed.
I Peter 2:24 ... Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
Isaiah 53:6 ... All we like sheep, have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; & the LORD ...
Psalm 119:176 ... I have gone astray like a lost sheep: seek they servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
Isaiah 53:6 ... hath laid on him the iniquity of us all (hath made the iniquities of us all to meet on him).
Scripture reference used from the KJV Bible, The SouthWestern Co., Nashville, TN
Isaiah 53:1 ... Who hath believed our ...
John 12:38 ... That the saying of E-sa'ias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, LORD, who hath believed our report? & to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?
Isaiah 53:1 ... report? & to whom ... doctrine
Isaiah 53:1 ... is the arm of the LORD revealed?
Isaiah 51:9 ... Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Ra'hab, & wounded the dragon?
Isaiah 53:2 ... For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, & as a root out of a dry ground ...
Isaiah 11:1 ... And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jes'se, & a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
Isaiah 53:2 ... he hath no form nor comeliness; & when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
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Isaiah 53:3 ... He is despised & rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and ...
Psalm 22:6 ... But I am a worm, & no man; a reproach of men, & despised of the people.
Isaiah 53:3 ... acquainted with grief: and ...
Hebrews 4:15 ... For we have not a high priest which can not be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
Isaiah 53:3 ... as a hiding of faces from him, or, from us.. we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, & ... we esteemed him not
John 1:10,11 ...He was in the world, & the world knew him not.
He came unto his own, & his own received him not.
Isaiah 53:4 ... (As a hiding of faces from him, or, from us) Surely ...he hath borne our griefs, & carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, & afflicted.
Matthew 8:17 ... That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by E-sa'ias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, & bare our sickness.
Isaiah 53:5 ... But he was (tormented) wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; with his...
Romans 4:25 ... Who was delivered for our offences, & was raised again for our justification.
Isaiah 53:5 ... stripes (bruise) we are healed.
I Peter 2:24 ... Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
Isaiah 53:6 ... All we like sheep, have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; & the LORD ...
Psalm 119:176 ... I have gone astray like a lost sheep: seek they servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
Isaiah 53:6 ... hath laid on him the iniquity of us all (hath made the iniquities of us all to meet on him).
Scripture reference used from the KJV Bible, The SouthWestern Co., Nashville, TN
Tuesday - Cry for Help Answered - Psalm 22:1-5 - 10/25/16
The psalmist's complaint in distress, & prayer for help.
Psalm 22:1 ...My God,
Matthew 27:46 ... And about the 9th hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying E'li, E'li, la'ma sa-bach-tha-ni? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Psalm 22:1 ... my God, shy hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, & from the words of my roaring?
Hebrews 5:7 ... Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers & supplications with strong crying & tears unto him that was able to save him from death, & was heard in that he feared;
Psalm 22:2 ... O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not: and in the night season, & am not silent (no silence to me).
Psalm 22:3 ... But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Is'ra-el.
Deuteronomy 10:21 ... He is they praise, & he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great & terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.
Psalm 22:4 ... Our fathers trusted in thee:they trusted, & thou didst deliver them
Psalm 22:5 ... They cried unto thee, & were delivered: they trusted in thee, & were not confounded.
Psalm 25:2,3 ... O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me,
Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
Scripture reference used from the KJV Bible, The SouthWestern Co., Nashville, TN
Psalm 22:1 ...My God,
Matthew 27:46 ... And about the 9th hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying E'li, E'li, la'ma sa-bach-tha-ni? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Psalm 22:1 ... my God, shy hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, & from the words of my roaring?
Hebrews 5:7 ... Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers & supplications with strong crying & tears unto him that was able to save him from death, & was heard in that he feared;
Psalm 22:2 ... O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not: and in the night season, & am not silent (no silence to me).
Psalm 22:3 ... But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Is'ra-el.
Deuteronomy 10:21 ... He is they praise, & he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great & terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.
Psalm 22:4 ... Our fathers trusted in thee:they trusted, & thou didst deliver them
Psalm 22:5 ... They cried unto thee, & were delivered: they trusted in thee, & were not confounded.
Psalm 25:2,3 ... O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me,
Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
Scripture reference used from the KJV Bible, The SouthWestern Co., Nashville, TN
Monday - I Know Their Suffering - 10/24/16 .. Exodus 3:7-10
God Sent Moses to deliver Israel
Exodus 3:7 ... And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in E'gypt, & have heard their cry ...
Exodus 2:23 ... And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of E'gypt died: & the children of Is'ra-el sighed by reason of the bondage, & they cried, & their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
Exodus 2:24 ... And God heard their groaning, & God remembered his covenant with A'bra-ham, with I'ssac, and with Ja'cob.
Exodus 3:7 ... by reason of their taskmasters; for
Exodus 1:11 ... Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pha'roh treasure cities, Pi'thoin & Ra-am'ses.
Exodus 3:7 ... I know their sorrows;
Exodus 2:25 ... And God looked upon the children of Is'ra-el, & God (knew)had respect for them.
Exodus 3:8 ... And I am come down to
Genesis 11:5, 7, 18, 21 ... And The LORD came down to see the city & the tower, which the children of men builded.
Go to, let us go down, & there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
And Pe'leg lived 30 years, and begat Re'u.
And Re'u lived after he begat Se'rug 207 years, & begat sons & daughters.
Exodus 3:8 ... deliver them out of the hand of the E-gyp'tians, & to bring them up of that land
Exodus 6:6,8 ... Wherefore say unto the children of Is'ra-el, I am the LORD, & I will bring you out from under the burdens of the E-gyp'tians, & I will rid you of their bondage, & I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, & with great judgments:
And I will take you to me for a people, & I will be to you a God: & ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of tthe E-gyp'tians.
Exodus 3:8 ... unto a good land & a large, unto a land
Deuteronomy 1:25 ... And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, & brought unto word again, & said, It is a good land which the LORD our God doth give us.
Exodus 3:8 ... flowing with milk & honey; unto the place of
Exodus 3:17 ... And I haave said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of E'gypt unto the land of the Ca'naan-ites, & the Hit'tites, & the Am'o-rites, & the Hi'vites, & the Jeb'u-sites, unto a land flowing with milk & honey.
Exodus 3:8 ... the Ca'naan-ites, & the Hit'tites, & the Am'o-rites, & the Per'iz-zites, & the Hi'vites, & the Jeb'u-sites.
Genesis 15:18 ... In that same day the LORD made a covenant with A'bram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of E'gypt unto the great river, the river Eu-phra'tes;
Exodus 3:9 ... Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: & I have seen the oppression wherewith the E-gyp'tians oppress them.
Exodus 1: 11,13,14,22 ... Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pha'roh treasure cities, Pi'thom & Ra-am'ses.
And the E-gyp'tians made the children of Is'ra-el to serve with rigour:
And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, & in brick, & in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
And Pha'raoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, & every daughter ye shall save alive.
Exodus 3:10 ... Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pha'roh, that thou mayest bring my people the children of Is'ra-el out of E'gypt.
Psalm 105:26 ... He sent Mo'ses his servant; & Aa'ron whom he had chosen.
Scripture reference used from the KJV Bible, The SouthWestern Co., Nashville, TN
Exodus 3:7 ... And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in E'gypt, & have heard their cry ...
Exodus 2:23 ... And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of E'gypt died: & the children of Is'ra-el sighed by reason of the bondage, & they cried, & their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
Exodus 2:24 ... And God heard their groaning, & God remembered his covenant with A'bra-ham, with I'ssac, and with Ja'cob.
Exodus 3:7 ... by reason of their taskmasters; for
Exodus 1:11 ... Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pha'roh treasure cities, Pi'thoin & Ra-am'ses.
Exodus 3:7 ... I know their sorrows;
Exodus 2:25 ... And God looked upon the children of Is'ra-el, & God (knew)had respect for them.
Exodus 3:8 ... And I am come down to
Genesis 11:5, 7, 18, 21 ... And The LORD came down to see the city & the tower, which the children of men builded.
Go to, let us go down, & there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
And Pe'leg lived 30 years, and begat Re'u.
And Re'u lived after he begat Se'rug 207 years, & begat sons & daughters.
Exodus 3:8 ... deliver them out of the hand of the E-gyp'tians, & to bring them up of that land
Exodus 6:6,8 ... Wherefore say unto the children of Is'ra-el, I am the LORD, & I will bring you out from under the burdens of the E-gyp'tians, & I will rid you of their bondage, & I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, & with great judgments:
And I will take you to me for a people, & I will be to you a God: & ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of tthe E-gyp'tians.
Exodus 3:8 ... unto a good land & a large, unto a land
Deuteronomy 1:25 ... And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, & brought unto word again, & said, It is a good land which the LORD our God doth give us.
Exodus 3:8 ... flowing with milk & honey; unto the place of
Exodus 3:17 ... And I haave said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of E'gypt unto the land of the Ca'naan-ites, & the Hit'tites, & the Am'o-rites, & the Hi'vites, & the Jeb'u-sites, unto a land flowing with milk & honey.
Exodus 3:8 ... the Ca'naan-ites, & the Hit'tites, & the Am'o-rites, & the Per'iz-zites, & the Hi'vites, & the Jeb'u-sites.
Genesis 15:18 ... In that same day the LORD made a covenant with A'bram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of E'gypt unto the great river, the river Eu-phra'tes;
Exodus 3:9 ... Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: & I have seen the oppression wherewith the E-gyp'tians oppress them.
Exodus 1: 11,13,14,22 ... Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pha'roh treasure cities, Pi'thom & Ra-am'ses.
And the E-gyp'tians made the children of Is'ra-el to serve with rigour:
And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, & in brick, & in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
And Pha'raoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, & every daughter ye shall save alive.
Exodus 3:10 ... Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pha'roh, that thou mayest bring my people the children of Is'ra-el out of E'gypt.
Psalm 105:26 ... He sent Mo'ses his servant; & Aa'ron whom he had chosen.
Scripture reference used from the KJV Bible, The SouthWestern Co., Nashville, TN
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Judging Me
“Seeking justice for those who cannot fight for themselves is a pursuit that deeply binds me. My honor to this commitment has allowed me to rise above a set of ongoing horrific and absurd circumstances.”
--From the book “Judging Me”
By Mary Elizabeth Bullock
“Judging Me” by Mary Elizabeth Bullock is actually three books in one. First, it covers--in detail--the abuse suffered by the author during her childhood and formative years. Second, it covers her as she grows up and makes her way through the maze of being a ‘survivor’, as she makes her way towards adulthood, eventually entering the field of law. She rises in the ranks of the legal profession--but hides a sinister ‘payback’ side which manages to surface. Lastly, the work features a very frank discussion of the field of law from an insider’s view as a law school student, lawyer, teacher of law, and finally--a judge.
The book has been out for a little while, as it is listed on Amazon.com. This is NOT going to be a book that one will ‘breeze through’ in a weekend, nor does it have a ‘happily every after’ ending. However, IF you are looking for a work that speaks specifically on the issues and sub-issues which surround childhood sexual abuse, Bullock delivers. Those who deal with victims of such abuse in the counseling center or the jailhouse should view this book as required reading, whether dealing with female OR male victims.
“Judging Me” is a self-published memoir (2013, 162 pages, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform), composed of 27 short chapters. Bullock, who has retired from the bench, writes honestly from--and for--the heart. Yes, the book does discuss spirituality and religion--and its impact upon the issues which she raises. However, it does NOT examine the freeing relationship of Jesus Christ which has appeared in the testimonies and memoirs of some of the other authors in this genre. At the end of the day though, the real blessing of the book comes from the fact that the author is on the front lines fighting for others. This is a credit to her legal training, and her dedication to helping others who may not have a champion for themselves.
“Judging Me” can be found on line, or contact may be made with the author at honorablejudgebullock@gmail.com.
Mike Ramey is a Minister, Reviewer and Syndicated Columnist who lives in Indianapolis, Indiana. On Line Reviews brings current and lesser-known titles to public light in the quest to re-kindle a love for reading in a sea of modern technology.
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Lift up Christ and lay the sinner low. --C. H. Spurgeon
Robert Rosenthall and Africa
https://plus.google.com/117832574939433258919/posts ... Robert Rosenthall and Africa
Thursday, March 10, 2016
Destinations: Hope ..A Guide Through Life's Unexpected Journeys
Book Review Summary . Book Review Preview . Shellie Nichol . Pain . Hope . Radio Broadcaster . Radio Trip . Rest Stops . Detour . God's Journey . Inspiration
Beep ... Beep ... Beep
The hospital monitor beeps loud and constant with Shellie's beautiful son's heart attached at the other end. The beep stops. An alarm sounds. Kody is not breathing. The nurses rush in and yell for her son to breathe.
Shellie shares the most difficult parts of her life in her book. She also suffered from being physically and mentally abused as a child, molested, bullied, going through two divorces, fighting cervical cancer, losing a child, suffering from an eating disorder, experiencing panic and anxiety, ADD, OCD, and a doctor pronouncing a death sentence on her first born.
This was the very second her life changed and led her to the edge of the exciting ride down ... when her life would suddenly become a miraculous story.
"In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps." 'Proverbs 16:9'
Shellie is glad for those who have decided to come on this journey with her. Shellie never gives up.
She wants to make sure we have everything we need. Grab a suitcase to all out travel essentials.
Tissue (for the tears that will sneak up on you)
Disinfectant soap (to wash away the stubborn stains)
Underclothes
Umbrella (for the rain will surely run into)
Band-Aids (to protect your wounds, so they can heal}
Your Great Big Book of Hope (Your Bible)
Sunglasses (the sun is going shine and it will be brrr-ight - that's God's promise, and her's)
One Way - Preparation
"All journey's have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware."-_ Martin Buder
When we are children, our innocence allows us to pave the perfect road. We believe everything is perfect, that it will stay perfect, and nothing will get in our way.
There is no perfect road. God himself says: "For I know the plans I have for you; declares the Lord; plans to prosper you and not to to harm you, plan to give you a hope and a future"
So are you ready to jump in and discover God's plans?
Heather and her husband already had a son when they found out they were expecting twins. The names Rebekah and Rachel came to mind before she knew they would be girls.
Heather enjoyed dressing her girls up in the same outfits.
Then one fateful day, Heather discovered while changing her baby's diaper of her 18=month old baby something that did not appear right. Rebekah had to have a biospy which determined a rare form of cancer.
Rachel now 6, began to complain about back pain . Rachel began screaming in pain and asked to go to the doctor.
Rachel had leukemia, her bone marrow and spinal fluid.
Heather's mother lost all hope and died. She died of a broken heart,
Miraculously, despite the aggresive treatments, Rachel suffered no side effects at all: God had answers these prayers.
Are you ready to ask God to take over? Do you trust ?Him?
Breakdown Lane - Feel - Do
Choice
Think - Feel - Do
Most traveled is best of all in the anticipation or the remembering the reality by more to do with losing your luggage. _ Regina Nadelson
Shame
Thin - Feel - Do
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding: in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight" Proverbs 3:5-6
She became a Christian at the young age of 6. She fell in love with Jesus. She rode her bike to Church all alone.
Wrong Way
Control
Thin - Feel - Do
"Certainly. travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanence, in the ideas of living _
Mary Ritter Beard
Well, I know we may be weary and tired of driving, but we still have a long way to go before we can rest. She promise to speak only the truth, and the truth hurts sometime.
They were dealing with health issues about Kody = which were terminal.
Struggle
Think - Feel - Do
"I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us." Romans 8:18
I'm sure you're feeling like we need to rest a while longer before hitting the road again.
High Water
Grief
"Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffer harms." Proverbs 13:20
Are you feeling better about your struggles? Are you sensing the power of hope?
Travel Buddies
But Oh, thank God for the Travel Buddies - Those wonderful people placed in your path who stick like glue.
Perseverance
Think - Feel - Do
"Sometimes it takes a wrong turn to get you to the right place." _ Mandy Hall
Detour
Diversion
Think - Feel - Do
merry-go-round, you see a lot of the scene.
The author, Shellie Nichol hosted the radio show, 'Amazing Hope' on Salem Network's KFAX in San Francisco for over a year before launching her own channel on Live365.com. Amazing Hope Radio is one of the fastest-growing Christian radio stations on Live365.com currently ranking #7 in the Christian genre and #280 in all genres (out of 6,000 stations).
Beep ... Beep ... Beep
The hospital monitor beeps loud and constant with Shellie's beautiful son's heart attached at the other end. The beep stops. An alarm sounds. Kody is not breathing. The nurses rush in and yell for her son to breathe.
Shellie shares the most difficult parts of her life in her book. She also suffered from being physically and mentally abused as a child, molested, bullied, going through two divorces, fighting cervical cancer, losing a child, suffering from an eating disorder, experiencing panic and anxiety, ADD, OCD, and a doctor pronouncing a death sentence on her first born.
This was the very second her life changed and led her to the edge of the exciting ride down ... when her life would suddenly become a miraculous story.
"In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps." 'Proverbs 16:9'
Shellie is glad for those who have decided to come on this journey with her. Shellie never gives up.
She wants to make sure we have everything we need. Grab a suitcase to all out travel essentials.
Tissue (for the tears that will sneak up on you)
Disinfectant soap (to wash away the stubborn stains)
Underclothes
Umbrella (for the rain will surely run into)
Band-Aids (to protect your wounds, so they can heal}
Your Great Big Book of Hope (Your Bible)
Sunglasses (the sun is going shine and it will be brrr-ight - that's God's promise, and her's)
One Way - Preparation
"All journey's have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware."-_ Martin Buder
When we are children, our innocence allows us to pave the perfect road. We believe everything is perfect, that it will stay perfect, and nothing will get in our way.
There is no perfect road. God himself says: "For I know the plans I have for you; declares the Lord; plans to prosper you and not to to harm you, plan to give you a hope and a future"
So are you ready to jump in and discover God's plans?
Heather and her husband already had a son when they found out they were expecting twins. The names Rebekah and Rachel came to mind before she knew they would be girls.
Heather enjoyed dressing her girls up in the same outfits.
Then one fateful day, Heather discovered while changing her baby's diaper of her 18=month old baby something that did not appear right. Rebekah had to have a biospy which determined a rare form of cancer.
Rachel now 6, began to complain about back pain . Rachel began screaming in pain and asked to go to the doctor.
Rachel had leukemia, her bone marrow and spinal fluid.
Heather's mother lost all hope and died. She died of a broken heart,
Miraculously, despite the aggresive treatments, Rachel suffered no side effects at all: God had answers these prayers.
Are you ready to ask God to take over? Do you trust ?Him?
Breakdown Lane - Feel - Do
Choice
Think - Feel - Do
Most traveled is best of all in the anticipation or the remembering the reality by more to do with losing your luggage. _ Regina Nadelson
Shame
Thin - Feel - Do
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding: in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight" Proverbs 3:5-6
She became a Christian at the young age of 6. She fell in love with Jesus. She rode her bike to Church all alone.
Wrong Way
Control
Thin - Feel - Do
"Certainly. travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanence, in the ideas of living _
Mary Ritter Beard
Well, I know we may be weary and tired of driving, but we still have a long way to go before we can rest. She promise to speak only the truth, and the truth hurts sometime.
They were dealing with health issues about Kody = which were terminal.
Struggle
Think - Feel - Do
"I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us." Romans 8:18
I'm sure you're feeling like we need to rest a while longer before hitting the road again.
High Water
Grief
"Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffer harms." Proverbs 13:20
Are you feeling better about your struggles? Are you sensing the power of hope?
Travel Buddies
But Oh, thank God for the Travel Buddies - Those wonderful people placed in your path who stick like glue.
Perseverance
Think - Feel - Do
"Sometimes it takes a wrong turn to get you to the right place." _ Mandy Hall
Detour
Diversion
Think - Feel - Do
merry-go-round, you see a lot of the scene.
The author, Shellie Nichol hosted the radio show, 'Amazing Hope' on Salem Network's KFAX in San Francisco for over a year before launching her own channel on Live365.com. Amazing Hope Radio is one of the fastest-growing Christian radio stations on Live365.com currently ranking #7 in the Christian genre and #280 in all genres (out of 6,000 stations).
Friday, February 19, 2016
Family Shepherds
“The character of the Church and of the state depends on the character of the family. If religion dies out in the family, it cannot elsewhere be maintained.”
--From the book “Family Shepherds”
By Voddie Baucham, Jr.
Studies have recently surfaced about the rush of Millennial youth back to the church. One of the cornerstones of such research: Millennials are returning to church because they are hungry for the truth regarding God, Jesus Christ, church and…the family. Thus, in our ‘teched-out’ age, a return to tradition is being ushered in not based upon whim, but based upon actual need. One cannot learn how to lead a family for the glory of God, unless one understands that God has given men the duty and responsibility to create and lead godly homes, and raise up godly families.
Pastor and Author Voddie Baucham, Jr. has put together an inspirational work that clearly shows how men have been called by God to lead in the home--right from the Scriptures. His book “Family Shepherds: Calling And Equipping Men To Lead Their Homes” (2011, 190 Pages, Crossway) is an outgrowth of some monthly meetings he held with the men of his own church. Some of the talks he had with them centered upon the need for strengthening their own homes, with tools provided from the Word of God. In his bold view the church is the equipper of men to head their own families…NOT the usurper of that ‘head of household’ role from a godly man.
“Family Shepherds” is divided into five sections, with three chapters each. Among the sections you will find such headings as: “The Need To Equip Family Shepherds”, “The Training And Discipline Of Children”, and “Marriage Enrichment”. What makes the work truly useful is the section on single-headed homes/fatherless families…something which contains a lot of useful items that swim against the ‘social’ dictates of the modern era.
Godly men don’t just ‘happen’ to become spiritual leaders, leading husbands and loving fathers. It takes work, more work, and still more work, rooted in strong churches with courageous pastors who will train their men in how to get the job done. If you want a successful blueprint, this is the book for you--and your church.
Mike Ramey is a Minister, Reviewer and Syndicated Columnist who lives in Indianapolis, Indiana. On Line Reviews brings current and lesser-known titles to public light in the quest to re-kindle a love for reading in a sea of modern technology.
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Lift up Christ and lay the sinner low. --C. H. Spurgeon
--From the book “Family Shepherds”
By Voddie Baucham, Jr.
Studies have recently surfaced about the rush of Millennial youth back to the church. One of the cornerstones of such research: Millennials are returning to church because they are hungry for the truth regarding God, Jesus Christ, church and…the family. Thus, in our ‘teched-out’ age, a return to tradition is being ushered in not based upon whim, but based upon actual need. One cannot learn how to lead a family for the glory of God, unless one understands that God has given men the duty and responsibility to create and lead godly homes, and raise up godly families.
Pastor and Author Voddie Baucham, Jr. has put together an inspirational work that clearly shows how men have been called by God to lead in the home--right from the Scriptures. His book “Family Shepherds: Calling And Equipping Men To Lead Their Homes” (2011, 190 Pages, Crossway) is an outgrowth of some monthly meetings he held with the men of his own church. Some of the talks he had with them centered upon the need for strengthening their own homes, with tools provided from the Word of God. In his bold view the church is the equipper of men to head their own families…NOT the usurper of that ‘head of household’ role from a godly man.
“Family Shepherds” is divided into five sections, with three chapters each. Among the sections you will find such headings as: “The Need To Equip Family Shepherds”, “The Training And Discipline Of Children”, and “Marriage Enrichment”. What makes the work truly useful is the section on single-headed homes/fatherless families…something which contains a lot of useful items that swim against the ‘social’ dictates of the modern era.
Godly men don’t just ‘happen’ to become spiritual leaders, leading husbands and loving fathers. It takes work, more work, and still more work, rooted in strong churches with courageous pastors who will train their men in how to get the job done. If you want a successful blueprint, this is the book for you--and your church.
Mike Ramey is a Minister, Reviewer and Syndicated Columnist who lives in Indianapolis, Indiana. On Line Reviews brings current and lesser-known titles to public light in the quest to re-kindle a love for reading in a sea of modern technology.
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Lift up Christ and lay the sinner low. --C. H. Spurgeon
Friday, February 12, 2016
The Full Sufficiency of Christ .. Book Review
Book Review . Jesus . Eternal Life . Salvation . Christ . Death . Resurrection . Hell
For God so loved the world, that HE gave HIS only Son, that whosoever believes in HIM will; have eternal
life. (John 3:16)
The Bible teaches that people are sinners by nature and that we choose to sin, or do wrong. As Romans says, "...all, both Jews and Greeks, are under sin, as it is written>(None is righteous, no not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God.
Without God we are in bondage to sin, we are in chains.
Most of the world's religions, for except for Christianity, teach that a mixture of faith and works is needed to be made right with God.
Ephesians 2:8-9 declares, "For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so no man can boast."
Salvation is a free gift from God. It cannot be obtained by good works, baptism, church membership, church attendance, witnessing to others, by knocking on doors, mission trips, or giving financially to a church.
The gospel message is that all people are sinners, and our sin separates us from a loving God, our Creator, who wants to have a relationship with everyone. This can't occur through our good works, bout only through in the death of Jesus Christ on the cross for our sins. and HIS bodily resurrection from the dead.
The book of Hebrews describes Christ death in the following ways: It saves believers completely(Hebrews 7:25), it gives believers eternal redemption (Hebrews 9:12), it makes believers holy (Hebrews 10:10), it makes us perfect forever (Hebrews 10:14), and where sins have been forgiven, there is no longer any sacrifice for sin (Hebrews 10:18).
The Bible says that "the wages of sins is death" (Romans 6:23) and that without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins" (Hebrews 9:22).
As the writer of Hebrews says, "for it IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE Blood of bulls and goats to take away sins" (Hebrews 10:4).
I Peter 2:24 says "HE himself bore our sins in HIS body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By HIS wounds you have been healed." And 1 Peter 3:18a says, "For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous that he might bring us to God.
John 1:1-3 states in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. HE was in the beginning with God.
Not only did Jesus have to be 100% human, He had to be 100% totally and fully God.
The Bible says, "But God shows HIS love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
The Bible says that God is love. Love is many things, and one of these things in action.
Jesus resurrection showed that HE was truly sent from God, because only God has the power over sin and death.
"See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me, and see. For a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.
Then HE said to Thomas, "Put your finger here, and see my hands; put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe. Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God! (John 20:27-28).
God sent HIS Son
They call HIM Jesus
HE came to love, heal, and forgive
HE lived and died to buy my pardon
An empty grave is there to prove my Savior lives
Because HE lives I can face tomorrow
And life i worth living just because HE lives
Jesus, in the Garden of Gethsemane, prayed, "My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will be done" (Matthew 26:42).
If there was another way, then Christ would not needed to die.
God didn't create people with the intention that any would go to Hell. But God gave them free will, with which they can choose to be with HIM or reject HIM.
Jude 1:7 reads, "Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
Rahah the prostitute was justified in the eyes of the messengers she saved. Before this, she already had faith in the true God; now she was acting out of faith. First, she believed in God, because of that faith she acted.
The Book of James is saying that when one is saved by faith (belief) alone in the life, death, and bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ, he is saved by a faith that will produce good deeds and changes in the person's life.
Christopher Hearn sent me a copy of his book to review. The author has served as a missionary to Russia with (OM) Operation Mobilization and currently is the Pastor of the First Baptist Church of New Sweden, Maine. He has a MDIV from Bethel Theological Seminary San Diego.
For God so loved the world, that HE gave HIS only Son, that whosoever believes in HIM will; have eternal
life. (John 3:16)
The Bible teaches that people are sinners by nature and that we choose to sin, or do wrong. As Romans says, "...all, both Jews and Greeks, are under sin, as it is written>(None is righteous, no not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God.
Without God we are in bondage to sin, we are in chains.
Most of the world's religions, for except for Christianity, teach that a mixture of faith and works is needed to be made right with God.
Ephesians 2:8-9 declares, "For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so no man can boast."
Salvation is a free gift from God. It cannot be obtained by good works, baptism, church membership, church attendance, witnessing to others, by knocking on doors, mission trips, or giving financially to a church.
The gospel message is that all people are sinners, and our sin separates us from a loving God, our Creator, who wants to have a relationship with everyone. This can't occur through our good works, bout only through in the death of Jesus Christ on the cross for our sins. and HIS bodily resurrection from the dead.
The book of Hebrews describes Christ death in the following ways: It saves believers completely(Hebrews 7:25), it gives believers eternal redemption (Hebrews 9:12), it makes believers holy (Hebrews 10:10), it makes us perfect forever (Hebrews 10:14), and where sins have been forgiven, there is no longer any sacrifice for sin (Hebrews 10:18).
The Bible says that "the wages of sins is death" (Romans 6:23) and that without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins" (Hebrews 9:22).
As the writer of Hebrews says, "for it IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE Blood of bulls and goats to take away sins" (Hebrews 10:4).
I Peter 2:24 says "HE himself bore our sins in HIS body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By HIS wounds you have been healed." And 1 Peter 3:18a says, "For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous that he might bring us to God.
John 1:1-3 states in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. HE was in the beginning with God.
Not only did Jesus have to be 100% human, He had to be 100% totally and fully God.
The Bible says, "But God shows HIS love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
The Bible says that God is love. Love is many things, and one of these things in action.
Jesus resurrection showed that HE was truly sent from God, because only God has the power over sin and death.
"See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me, and see. For a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.
Then HE said to Thomas, "Put your finger here, and see my hands; put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe. Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God! (John 20:27-28).
God sent HIS Son
They call HIM Jesus
HE came to love, heal, and forgive
HE lived and died to buy my pardon
An empty grave is there to prove my Savior lives
Because HE lives I can face tomorrow
And life i worth living just because HE lives
Jesus, in the Garden of Gethsemane, prayed, "My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will be done" (Matthew 26:42).
If there was another way, then Christ would not needed to die.
God didn't create people with the intention that any would go to Hell. But God gave them free will, with which they can choose to be with HIM or reject HIM.
Jude 1:7 reads, "Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
Rahah the prostitute was justified in the eyes of the messengers she saved. Before this, she already had faith in the true God; now she was acting out of faith. First, she believed in God, because of that faith she acted.
The Book of James is saying that when one is saved by faith (belief) alone in the life, death, and bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ, he is saved by a faith that will produce good deeds and changes in the person's life.
Christopher Hearn sent me a copy of his book to review. The author has served as a missionary to Russia with (OM) Operation Mobilization and currently is the Pastor of the First Baptist Church of New Sweden, Maine. He has a MDIV from Bethel Theological Seminary San Diego.
Friday, January 22, 2016
4 Weddings & a Funeral .... Saving the best for Last .. 1/24/16
Sunday School Summary . Psalm 77:11 . Tehillim 11 . Acts 2 . John 9 . Matthew 15 . Matthew 5 . Luke 4 . John 2. Miracles . Health . Gift . Wedding in Cana .
Monday - January 18, 2016 - The Mighty Deeds of God - Psalm/Tehillim 77:11-15
The victory which the psalmist had - The psalmist calls to mine all God's great deeds on behalf of his people. To encourage the psalmist he recalls God's mighty work in the past.
Tuesday - January 19, 2016 - The Resurrected Messiah - Acts 2:22-28
Peter's sermon - The sermon evokes immediate response. Definite plan; God raised Jesus up -- Peter's sermon at Pentecost.
Wednesday - January 20, 2016 - The Gift of Sight - John 9:1-11
The man that was born blind restoreth to sight - Jesus spit on the ground and told the man to go wash in the pool of Siloam. Jesus is the light of the world. The blind man is not suffering because of his parents nor his sins. There are times when God allows suffering for a purpose. And he brings good out of it, for the individual himself. The man that was born blind restoreth to sight. Spit was considered to have medicine value. 'sent' a symbol of Jesus 'sent' from God to give light. Healing of the man born blind.
Thursday - January 21, 2016 - The Gift of Health -Matthew 15: 29-38
Jesus healed the daughter of the woman of Canaan, and other great multitudes, and with 7 loaves & a few little fishes feedeth 4,000 men, beside women and children. The Canaanite woman; further healings; 4,000 fed. The woman though a Gentile, speaks to Jesus as the Jewish Messiah. Healings. Canaan territory between the Mediterrean Sea and the Jordan River reaching from the brook of Egypt to the area around in Syria or to the Euphrates. Canaan means different things at different times.
Friday - January 22, 2016 - The Clean Gift - Matthew 5: 22 - 26
Sin begins in the mind & the will. That is where it must be rooted out. Fool should be apostate - meaning that any man who calls another an outcast of God is in danger of being cast out himself. Sacrifice offered by an individual was of no value if he had not put right an offence committed against a fellowman. True understanding of the Law. Jesus taught God's way to Live.
Saturday - January 23, 2016 - The Healing Mission of Jesus - Luke 4: 16-24
The people of Nazareth admire Jesus gracious words. Teaching & Healing in Galilee. Jesus' custom was not merely to worship in the synagogue but to present HIS message there. The book was a scroll, which Jesus unrolled. The popular reaction became increasingly hostile as the magnitude of Jesus' message sank home.
According to the Old Testament, foreigners sometimes knew God's help when Israel did not. Anyone might be invited to take part in the service of prayers, readings and sermon. The leader stood to pray and read from the scrolls, sat down to teach. Jesus Accepted Messianic Mission & Faced Rejection.
Sunday - January 24, 2016 - A Wedding in Cana - John 2: 1-12
Christ turneth water into wine; departed into Capernaum, and to Jerusalem. Jesus' first miracle has a homely setting. The wedding festivites lasted several days, & when the wine ran out the bridegroom must have embarrassed.
First of seven signs selected by John. All have a purpose they actively support the claims Jesus made, & are intended to lead to faith. Here the new wine of the Gospel is contrasted with the water of the old faith. Jesus had come to bring something really new. Cana: Nathanael's home town; a few miles north-east of Nazareth. Woman: a term of solemn & respectful address; The hour of Jesus' self-disclosure was determined by God, not by Mary's desires. His final manifestation was at the cross. Rites of purification were ceremonial, not hygienic. Jesus' miracles were not wonders to astound, but signs pointing to HIS glory (God's presence in HIM).
Jesus Ministry in the "Cana Cycle" - Jesus first sign at the Wedding in Cana.
Matthew 5:12-16 - Devotional Reading 'declaring who are blessed, who are the salt of the earth, the light of the world, the city on an hill, the candle. Where tree happiness lies. The witness of the disciples. Jesus taught God's Way to Live.
Monday - January 18, 2016 - The Mighty Deeds of God - Psalm/Tehillim 77:11-15
The victory which the psalmist had - The psalmist calls to mine all God's great deeds on behalf of his people. To encourage the psalmist he recalls God's mighty work in the past.
Tuesday - January 19, 2016 - The Resurrected Messiah - Acts 2:22-28
Peter's sermon - The sermon evokes immediate response. Definite plan; God raised Jesus up -- Peter's sermon at Pentecost.
Wednesday - January 20, 2016 - The Gift of Sight - John 9:1-11
The man that was born blind restoreth to sight - Jesus spit on the ground and told the man to go wash in the pool of Siloam. Jesus is the light of the world. The blind man is not suffering because of his parents nor his sins. There are times when God allows suffering for a purpose. And he brings good out of it, for the individual himself. The man that was born blind restoreth to sight. Spit was considered to have medicine value. 'sent' a symbol of Jesus 'sent' from God to give light. Healing of the man born blind.
Thursday - January 21, 2016 - The Gift of Health -Matthew 15: 29-38
Jesus healed the daughter of the woman of Canaan, and other great multitudes, and with 7 loaves & a few little fishes feedeth 4,000 men, beside women and children. The Canaanite woman; further healings; 4,000 fed. The woman though a Gentile, speaks to Jesus as the Jewish Messiah. Healings. Canaan territory between the Mediterrean Sea and the Jordan River reaching from the brook of Egypt to the area around in Syria or to the Euphrates. Canaan means different things at different times.
Friday - January 22, 2016 - The Clean Gift - Matthew 5: 22 - 26
Sin begins in the mind & the will. That is where it must be rooted out. Fool should be apostate - meaning that any man who calls another an outcast of God is in danger of being cast out himself. Sacrifice offered by an individual was of no value if he had not put right an offence committed against a fellowman. True understanding of the Law. Jesus taught God's way to Live.
Saturday - January 23, 2016 - The Healing Mission of Jesus - Luke 4: 16-24
The people of Nazareth admire Jesus gracious words. Teaching & Healing in Galilee. Jesus' custom was not merely to worship in the synagogue but to present HIS message there. The book was a scroll, which Jesus unrolled. The popular reaction became increasingly hostile as the magnitude of Jesus' message sank home.
According to the Old Testament, foreigners sometimes knew God's help when Israel did not. Anyone might be invited to take part in the service of prayers, readings and sermon. The leader stood to pray and read from the scrolls, sat down to teach. Jesus Accepted Messianic Mission & Faced Rejection.
Sunday - January 24, 2016 - A Wedding in Cana - John 2: 1-12
Christ turneth water into wine; departed into Capernaum, and to Jerusalem. Jesus' first miracle has a homely setting. The wedding festivites lasted several days, & when the wine ran out the bridegroom must have embarrassed.
First of seven signs selected by John. All have a purpose they actively support the claims Jesus made, & are intended to lead to faith. Here the new wine of the Gospel is contrasted with the water of the old faith. Jesus had come to bring something really new. Cana: Nathanael's home town; a few miles north-east of Nazareth. Woman: a term of solemn & respectful address; The hour of Jesus' self-disclosure was determined by God, not by Mary's desires. His final manifestation was at the cross. Rites of purification were ceremonial, not hygienic. Jesus' miracles were not wonders to astound, but signs pointing to HIS glory (God's presence in HIM).
Jesus Ministry in the "Cana Cycle" - Jesus first sign at the Wedding in Cana.
Matthew 5:12-16 - Devotional Reading 'declaring who are blessed, who are the salt of the earth, the light of the world, the city on an hill, the candle. Where tree happiness lies. The witness of the disciples. Jesus taught God's Way to Live.
A Weed in the Church
A WEED IN THE CHURCH
BY SCOTT T. BROWN
“Because the church has embraced this age-segregated philosophy, we have created groups for everyone, but community for no one; meetings for all, but discipleship for few. Age segregation has replaced the older mentoring the younger. Church programs have displaced family discipleship.”
--Scott T. Brown
“A Weed In The Church”
In the book “A Weed In The Church”, author Scott Brown has struck a nerve, and many churches are screaming in pain. The reason? Youth programs are simply not working. The scary part of the mix: instead of churches seeking the solutions from the Scriptures, many in church leadership are spending time and effort to ‘keep’ the failing programs functioning for financial, employment, or prideful reasons.
Meanwhile, the loss of Christian youth--and their families--continues. Brown believes that the time has come to realize that the age-segregation and ‘splitting up’ of families in the church setting needs to end, and the home needs to take its rightful place in the biblical teaching and training role. His book centers upon what God has already said in the Scriptures about the family as HE set it down, not as how society ‘dictates’ to the church the various and sundry social definitions of what a family should be.
“A Weed In The Church” (2010, 286 pages, The National Center for Family-Integrated Churches Publications) is a controversial work to say the least. It is NOT for the ‘faint’ of heart in church leadership, but for those who have seen the lack of movement in the ‘old’ model of Sunday School as it exists today, and want to see a vibrant, God-blessed change and revival in their churches. Chapters include “Interpreting Scripture”, “The Family-Centered Nature of Youth Discipleship”, and “Results of Neglecting Youth Discipleship”.
To keep on doing the same old thing when the times change about you--and a new thing is called for to meet these challenges--is the height of folly. Brown’s work is not for the timid, but for those churches--and Pastors--who want to see the families in their congregations grow stronger, instead of weaker. It is an excellent addition to one’s library.
Mike Ramey is a Minister, Reviewer and Syndicated Columnist who lives in Indianapolis, Indiana. On Line Reviews brings current and lesser-known titles to public light in the quest to re-kindle a love for reading in a sea of modern technology.
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Lift up Christ and lay the sinner low. --C. H. Spurgeon
BY SCOTT T. BROWN
“Because the church has embraced this age-segregated philosophy, we have created groups for everyone, but community for no one; meetings for all, but discipleship for few. Age segregation has replaced the older mentoring the younger. Church programs have displaced family discipleship.”
--Scott T. Brown
“A Weed In The Church”
In the book “A Weed In The Church”, author Scott Brown has struck a nerve, and many churches are screaming in pain. The reason? Youth programs are simply not working. The scary part of the mix: instead of churches seeking the solutions from the Scriptures, many in church leadership are spending time and effort to ‘keep’ the failing programs functioning for financial, employment, or prideful reasons.
Meanwhile, the loss of Christian youth--and their families--continues. Brown believes that the time has come to realize that the age-segregation and ‘splitting up’ of families in the church setting needs to end, and the home needs to take its rightful place in the biblical teaching and training role. His book centers upon what God has already said in the Scriptures about the family as HE set it down, not as how society ‘dictates’ to the church the various and sundry social definitions of what a family should be.
“A Weed In The Church” (2010, 286 pages, The National Center for Family-Integrated Churches Publications) is a controversial work to say the least. It is NOT for the ‘faint’ of heart in church leadership, but for those who have seen the lack of movement in the ‘old’ model of Sunday School as it exists today, and want to see a vibrant, God-blessed change and revival in their churches. Chapters include “Interpreting Scripture”, “The Family-Centered Nature of Youth Discipleship”, and “Results of Neglecting Youth Discipleship”.
To keep on doing the same old thing when the times change about you--and a new thing is called for to meet these challenges--is the height of folly. Brown’s work is not for the timid, but for those churches--and Pastors--who want to see the families in their congregations grow stronger, instead of weaker. It is an excellent addition to one’s library.
Mike Ramey is a Minister, Reviewer and Syndicated Columnist who lives in Indianapolis, Indiana. On Line Reviews brings current and lesser-known titles to public light in the quest to re-kindle a love for reading in a sea of modern technology.
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Lift up Christ and lay the sinner low. --C. H. Spurgeon
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