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Daily Scripture & ReflectionNovember 7, 2017 Cease striving and know that I am God. Psalm 46:10 NAS A Time to ThinkThe tendency of the world is down – God's path is up. —Dwight L Moody A Time to ActBe assured the Lord gently guides us on the right path, without us needing to force our...
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The Isaiah 66 World Tuesday, November 7, 2017 Isaiah 66:1 says, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Heaven is my throne and the earth is my footstool.’” Sitting in a chair with your feet up on a stool is a divine picture. Heaven is as the chair to God because that’s where He dwells...
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Daily Scripture & Reflection November 4, 2017 But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear. Matthew 13:16 NIV A Time to Think A Bible that is falling apart usually belongs to someone who isn’t.—C.H. Spurgeon ...
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Due to this being a multiple page dissertation I have provided a link for your benefit. Pentacle of Perfection, mystery of 666 decoded
Posted by Tony Villari
When you look in the mirror at the reflection staring back at you, do you like what you see? I mean, are you okay if you see the reflection of someone going to hell for who they are and what they do? Because if you like what you see, even though you know you're damned, what does this really say to y...
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Daily Scripture & Reflection November 1, 2017 But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Sovereign Lord my refuge; I will tell of all your deeds. Psalm 73:28 TNIV A Time to Think Put your trust in God and just calmly go your way. &md...
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Daily Scripture & Reflection October 30, 2017 Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' Matthew 22:37-39 ...
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Lechem Chaim The Bread Of Life Monday, October 30, 2017 Messiah said He was the Lechem Chaim, the Bread of Life. Bread is a basic simple staple of life. Messiah is the Bread of Life because His love is basic, simple, and essential. You don’t need the caviar of life. The...
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Unraveling the Mysteries October 30, 2017 Read: Psalm 119:97–104 | Bible in a Year: Jeremiah 20–21; 2 Timothy 4 00:00 Download MP...
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Daily Scripture & Reflection October 29, 2017 Jesus wept. John 11:35 NIV A Time to Think The pain passes, but the beauty remains. —Auguste Renoir, Artist A Time to Act Find comfort in this verse and knowing that Jesus is with ...
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Daily Scripture & ReflectionOctober 28, 2017 There is nothing better for a person than that he should eat and drink and find enjoyment in his toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God. Ecclesiastes 2:24 ESV A Time to ThinkImagination is what convinces us that there's more to the world than m...
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Daily Scripture & ReflectionOctober 26, 2017 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. For those who lived in a land of deep shadows—light! sunbursts of light! Isaiah 9:2 MSG A Time to ThinkOur lives will always be full if our hearts are always giving. —Anonymous A Ti...
Posted by Paul Germana
Ministers of the world, I invite you to receive eternal life of the body. I know it sounds crazy, but so does all religion. Finding true balance; understanding that one is a star, keeping north ever up and south ever down, one begins to transcend time space, preserving the body as they grow into the...
Posted by Tony Villari
Homosexuals stayed in the closet as a way of hiding who and what they were. Homosexuality is finally finding voice and a place in our society, after years of non-acceptance and ridicule, and they still have a good distance to travel. So, who's in the closet now? It would seem trans...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
The Specificity Factor Wednesday, October 25, 2017 Most believers say they believe that God can do anything. After all, He’s God. But truthfully, most believers don’t really believe God can do anything. When the anything becomes a particular problem or need we’re dealing with, th...
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Daily Scripture & ReflectionOctober 25, 2017 Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. Ephesians 3:20 NLT A Time to ThinkYou are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. –C.S. Lew...
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Daily Scripture & Reflection October 24, 2017 You are resplendent with light, more majestic than mountains rich with game. Psalm 76:4 NIV A Time to Think Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth see...
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The Lakham People Tuesday, October 24, 2017 The biblical Hebrew word for fight is Lakham. When the Jewish people came back to the land of Israel, they had to quickly organize an army for the first time in over 2000 years and learn to fight. It turned out to be one of the most...
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Daily Scripture & ReflectionOctober 23, 2017 But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark, and he sent a wind over the earth, and the waters receded. Genesis 8:1 TNIV A Time to ThinkWe need never shout across the spaces to an absent God. He is ne...
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The Disciple Of The Shalom Master Monday, October 23, 2017 Isaiah 9:6 calls Messiah Sar Shalom, the Prince or Ruler of Peace, but shalom means more than peace. It means completion, fulfillment, well being, wholeness, and prosperity. It also means hello and goodbye. Sar Shalom could also be interpr...
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Daily Scripture & ReflectionOctober 22, 2017 The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me: thy steadfast love, O Lord, endures for ever. Do not forsake the work of thy hands. Psalm 138:8 A Time to ThinkFaith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them. —Elisabeth Elliot A T...
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Daily Scripture & ReflectionOctober 21, 2017 If I only touch his cloak, I will be made well. Matthew 9:21 NRSV A Time to ThinkThe most eloquent prayer is the prayer through hands that heal and bless. —Billy Graham A Time to ActWhen you are in need of His healing, all you need to do is exten...
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Daily Scripture & ReflectionOctober 19, 2017 Now on the first day you shall take for yourselves the foliage of beautiful trees, palm branches and boughs of leafy trees and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days. Leviticus 23:40 NIV A Time to ThinkI'm so...
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Daily Scripture & ReflectionOctober 18, 2017 The peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your heart and mind. Philippians 4:7 A Time to ThinkWhen we put our problems in God’s hands, He puts peace in our hearts. —Anonymous A Time to ActWhen you feel anxious say abov...
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The Fringes Of Your Life Wednesday, October 18, 2017 Kanaph is the Hebrew word for the corner of a garment or the bottom hem. It’s the same word used in Job for the ends of the earth. God commanded His people to wear sacred fringes called tzitzit, tassels that hang down from the corners of t...
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Daily Scripture & ReflectionOctober 17, 2017 The Lord… does not become tired or need rest. No one can understand how great his wisdom is. He gives strength to those who are tired and more power to those who are weak. ...
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Practicing Your Sovereignty Tuesday, October 17, 2017 In order for Messiah to be King of Israel, He has to be of the royal line of David. His mother was of the line of David, His Father is King of the Universe. Even his stepfather, Joseph, was a descendent of David, poor but no less royal. Kings a...
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Daily Scripture & ReflectionOctober 16, 2017 We give thanks to thee, O God; we give thanks; we call on thy name and recount thy wondrous deeds. Psalm 75:1 A Time to ThinkGratitude is an offering precious in the sight of God, and it is one that the poorest of us can make and be not poorer but riche...
Posted by Tony Villari
What we all tend to forget is that help arrives each and every morning in God's gift of a new dawn, a new day, and another chance to excel in the life which we have also been gifted. But, what if you have yet to learn this or anything else which you have been blessed with life to learn? ...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Daily Scripture & ReflectionOctober 15, 2017 Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. Psalm 55:22 A Time to ThinkWorry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.—Corrie ten Boom A Time to ActBelieve ...
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Daily Scripture & ReflectionOctober 14, 2017Moses also said, “You will know that it was the Lord when he gives you meat to eat in the evening and all the bread you want in the morning, because he has heard your grumbling against him. Who are we? You are not grumbling against us, but against th...
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Daily Scripture & ReflectionOctober 13, 2017 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. John 15:2 NIV A Time to ThinkDo not strive in your own strength. —Andrew Murray A Time to ActSpread seeds...
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The Success In The Failure Friday, October 13, 2017 Robert Moffett, a Scottish missionary to South Africa, came back to Scotland to recruit missionaries. He preached a message titled, “Unto You Oh Men, I Call”. It was winter and only a few women, along with a small boy who had come to ...
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Daily Scripture & ReflectionOctober 12, 2017 My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest. Exodus 33:14 NIV A Time to ThinkWe are commanded to stop (literally)…rest, relax, let go, and make time for Him. The scene is one of stillness and quietness, listening and waiting before Him...
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Manifesting Messiah Thursday, October 12, 2017 When I was five, I cut out little pieces of cardboard and pasted them together to make a bus with windows, wheels, and little seats. I put it in my back pocket to bring it to school for show-and- tell. When it was time, I stood up and reached into my ...
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Daily Scripture & ReflectionOctober 11, 2017 In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by f...
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The Gathering Of The Royal Wednesday, October 11, 2017 On the 50th anniversary celebration of the United Nations, leaders from all over the world came to celebrate. It was said that there werernmore leaders gathered there at that time than had ever gathered anywhere in the history of man. As impre...
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Daily Scripture & ReflectionOctober 10, 2017 And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. John 17:3 ESV A Time to ThinkPrayer is not asking. Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God, at His disposition, and listening to His voice in the...
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The Time Of All Times Tuesday, October 10, 2017 Many of us have a book to schedule the hours and days of our lives. If you’re like me, it fills up quickly. And yet all calendars and planners, all the events of our lives are linked to one event— the birth of the Jewish Messiah. When thi...
Posted by Sylvia Stevens
Is God female? If you believe in God, then yes. Think of it this way... something does not arise from nothing. God created life. ALL life. She created the universe and ALL life in Her image. How do we know this? Because at ONE state in their development ALL living organisms begin with TWO chromoso...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Daily Scripture & ReflectionOctober 9, 2017 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. Revelation 22:13 NIV A Time to ThinkChange always starts in your mind. The way you think determines the way you feel, and the way you feel influences the way you act. &mdash...
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The State Of Tamim Monday, October 9, 2017 Messiah said, “Be ye perfect as your Father in heaven is perfect”. He was speaking Hebrew, and one of the central Hebrew words for perfect is tamim. It also means complete. Your heavenly Father is perfect and not lacking anything. If you want ...
Posted by Tony Villari
Is this to be yet another esoteric discussion of the obvious? For some, perhaps, for others maybe providing a little food for thought, a crumb of reality, or ply a warning for lemmings trying to keep up with their mindless mentors while holding onto the paper cup of cyanide laced fruit punch a...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Daily Scripture & ReflectionOctober 8, 2017 So we continue to preach Christ to each person, using all wisdom to warn and to teach everyone, in order to bring each one into God's presence as a mature person in Christ. Colossians 1:28 NCV A Time to ThinkIf you want to know your purpose, pursue the h...
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Daily Scripture & ReflectionOctober 6, 2017 I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches. Psalm 119:14 TNIV A Time to ThinkWe need to encourage new believers to feed on God’s Word—it is nourishment for the soul. —Billy Graham A Time to ActEach day, make S...
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The End Party Friday, October 6, 2017 In life there are two parties and two joys. That of the world and that of heaven. The world celebrates beginnings- youth at the beginning of life, the wedding at the beginning of the marriage. They find joy in strength, beauty and sensual pleasure. As time goe...
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The Dwellings Of Thanks Thursday, October 5, 2017 The Feast of Tabernacles is called Sukkot in Hebrew. It’s plural for sukkah, which means a temporary hut. The Israelites would leave their homes and camp out in huts they made out of branches. They would remember the jou...
Posted by Matthew Stephen Abraham
The message of Our Lady of Fatima is an apocalyptic one. She repeatedly expresses to the three shepherd children the sorrows flowing from her Immaculate Heart, and the impending threat of God's Holy Justice if men do not amend their sinful ways. She implores us to repent, to pray the rosary, and to ...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Message From The Dead Wednesday, October 4, 2017 In the late 19th century, Henry Stanley journeyed to Africa in search of David Livingstone. He was received by King Muteesa of Uganda. One of the king’s wives had a strange dream just before his arrival about the white man’s God and His ...
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The Apostasy Candles Tuesday, October 3, 2017 II Thessalonians speaks of a great falling away. The Greek word is apostasia from which we get the word apostasy. Stasia means state of, and apo means away from. Looking around the world, we see apostasy everywhere, even in some churches. We’re w...
Posted by Tony Villari
We have no information at this time as to the reason for last evening's mass shooting, which killed over fifty and wounded hundreds. We may never understand the mind of the killer; his family is as confused as law enforcement. I mention the incident in this post because it plays to the s...
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Daily Scripture & ReflectionOctober 2, 2017 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. Matthew 6:23 (NIV) A Time to ThinkEverything God does is purposeful. And since God is in each of us, each of us has a purpose. —Iya...
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The Strings Of The Harp Monday, October 2, 2017 Ephesians 5:19 speaks of singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord. The word melody in Greek is psallo, which means to pluck as a harp. Your heart is like a harp made to make holy music, if it’s played right. You might look in your ...
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Daily Scripture & ReflectionSeptember 30, 2017 In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. Peter 1-6 (NIV) A Time to ThinkNever doubt in the darkness what God has given us in the light.—Francine Rivers, author A Tim...
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Daily Scripture & ReflectionSeptember 28, 2017 The minute I said, “I’m slipping, I’m falling,” Your love, God, took hold and held me fast. When I was upset and beside myself, You calmed me down and cheered me up. Psalm 94:18-19 MSG A Time to ThinkSomething terrible can happ...
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The Break-Out Yom Kippur Thursday, September 28, 2017 Yom Kippur is the most vital day on the Jewish calendar— without any question— because it’s the Day of Atonement. Yom means day and Kippur means the covering or the atonement. For two thousand years, we’ve had a Yom/day ...
Posted by Tony Villari
We learn some basic survival skills as we grow up, usually through conscientious parents who have learned valuable lessons, ofttimes through painful trial and error, and wish to save us from undergoing the same agony of defeat. As with most animals, we are also taught these skills to ensure the surv...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Daily Scripture & ReflectionSeptember 27, 2017 I cry aloud to the Lord; I lift up my voice to the Lord for mercy. I pour out before Him my complaint; before Him I tell my trouble. Psalm 142:1-2 NIV A Time to ThinkIf you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. ...
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The Changed Fate Wednesday, September 27, 2017 God told Jonah to proclaim to Nineveh that they would be overthrown in 40 days. Nineveh repented and at the end of 40 days was doing better than ever. How can that be when God said it would be overthrown? This bothered Jonah, and it’s bothered m...
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Daily Scripture & ReflectionSeptember 26, 2017 But the one who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The moment the torrent struck that house, it collapsed and its destruction was complete. Luke 6:49 NIV A Time to Thi...
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The Gospel Of Welch Tuesday, September 26, 2017 A young man who’d been accepted to the African missionary field found out that he was unable to serve because his wife physically couldn’t handle the extreme heat. Heartbroken, he resolved himself to make all the money he could to help sp...
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Daily Scripture & ReflectionSeptember 25, 2017 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. Romans 15:13 ES A Time to ThinkHope is a stubborn determination to not allow the hardships of life to downsize the bignes...
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The Slightest Bit Monday, September 25, 2017 Did you ever think you’d like to live in the Bible times? In synagogues today, in the center of the bema/podium is an ark/ornamental cabinet which contains the Torah scroll/first five books of Moses. That’s how it was in Bible times. People ...
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Daily Scripture & ReflectionSeptember 24, 2017 Get up, pick up your pallet and walk. John 5:8 KJV A Time to ThinkGod found Gideon in a hole, Joseph in prison, Daniel in a lion's den. Next time you feel unqualified to be used by God, remember: He tends to recruit from the pit, not the pedestal. &md...
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Daily Scripture & ReflectionSeptember 23, 2017 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Psalm 46:1 KJV A Time to ThinkDon't fear the journey. —Devin Logan, Olympic athlete A Time to ActLoosen your grip on the idea that you have to control everything and put the future...
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Daily Scripture & ReflectionSeptember 22, 2017 In their hearts humans plan their course, but the LORD establishes their steps. Proverbs 16:9 NIV A Time to ThinkWe may live victoriously, not because we have any power within ourselves, but because when we give ourselves to God, He gives himself to u...
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The End Of The Harvest Friday, September 22, 2017The ancient Israelites went out into their fields to reap the great harvest as summer ended. Then came the beginning of autumn and the first day of the month of Tishrei. We know it as Rosh HaShannah/Feast of Trumpets. The trumpet sound would get the ...
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The Shofar Gathering Thursday, September 21, 2017 The Feast of Trumpets is about the shofar/ram’s horn. When the priests sounded it, Israel would gather to meet with the Lord. When the watchman sounded it, they would gather to prepare for war. When it was sounded at Sinai, Israel gathered ar...
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Daily Scripture & ReflectionSeptember 20, 2017 Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him. Psalm 37:7 A Time to ThinkTo pray is to listen, to move through my own chattering to God, to that place where I can be silent and listen to what God may have to say. –Madeleine L’Engle, ...
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The Katharos Of Heaven Wednesday, September 20, 2017 Heaven is characterized by a unique property. Revelation 21 describes heaven as having streets of pure gold like clear glass. The Greek word for both pure and clear is katharos. What is heaven? Heaven is katharos. It’s all the joy of this ...
Posted by Tony Villari
Worship; seems pretty simple to understand, by its definition. Per Dictionary.com, it is defined in religious context as, "Reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred; to render religious reverence and homage to; to feel an adoring reve...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Daily Scripture & ReflectionSeptember 19, 2017 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body. And be thankful. Colossians 3:15 A Time to ThinkPray, hope, don’t worry. –Saint Padre Pio A Time to ActExpect great things to happen. A Tim...
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The Bird Husband Tuesday, September 19, 2017 Courtship isn’t limited to humans. In many species, the male has to show the female he’s a good provider. For example, in some species of birds, the male comes courting the female by bringing her a token of his ability to provide: a dead bug...
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Daily Scripture & ReflectionSeptember 18, 2017 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 1 John 5:14 A Time to ThinkYour talent is Gods gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God. Leo Buscaglia A Time to ActTurn t...
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The Athens Christian Monday, September 18, 2017 Ephesians 2:12 says, “Once you were … without God in the world.” The Scripture is saying that the Gentiles were going through their lives as if He didn’t really exist. The Greek word for without God is atheos, from which we g...
Posted by Rev.Dr.Jerry (Gerald) Olseski,C.M.,D.D. Hon.
The chief end of man is to glorify God in worship and in dedicated service. The primary ministry of the church is public worship. In worship man receives visions, inspiration, guidance, and strength for living the dedicated life. Worship brings his own contribution to corporate worship. and in retur...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Daily Scripture & ReflectionSeptember 17, 2017 All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord stands forever. 1Peter 1:24-25 A Time to ThinkGod meets daily needs daily. Not weekly or annually. He will g...
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Daily Scripture & ReflectionSeptember 16, 2017 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God. Ephesians 2:8 A Time to ThinkI feel it’s healthier to look out at the world through a window rather than through a mirror. With...
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Daily Scripture & ReflectionSeptember 15, 2017 But I trust in you, LORD; I say, “You are my God.” Psalm 31:14 A Time to ThinkHave a sincere desire to serve God and mankind, and stop doubting, stop thinking negatively. Simply start living by faith, pray earnestly and humbly, and get int...
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Giving To Your Creditor Friday, September 15, 2017 The inventor, A. A. Hyde, found himself deeply in debt. Believing that because of his debt, any money he had belonged to his creditors, he didn’t tithe. One day, he was impressed with the thought that God was his first creditor and everythin...
Posted by Tony Villari
Around 500 years before the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, Greek philosopher Heraclitus wrote, “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.” It is also true that you can never go home again; I discovered such after I joined the military ...
Posted by Bishop Dale Day Hudson
Dear Ministers, Most of you know me, however some of you may not so let me introduce myself briefly before I begin with the blog at hand. My name is Dale, and I've been a member here for 7 years now. I have gotten well known among some of you for this or for that, and recently, the past two y...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Daily Scripture & ReflectionSeptember 14, 2017 God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him. John 1:3 A Time to ThinkThe Christian faith is meant to be lived moment by moment. It isn’t some broad, general outline–it’s a long walk with a real Pers...
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The Masks Of God Thursday, September 14, 2017 There are times the Lord appeared to His people in disguise: walking on water and they thought Him a ghost, to Mary/Miriam looking something like the gardener, to the disciples as a stranger on the road to Emmaus. So, too, the Lord often appears to you...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Daily Scripture & ReflectionSeptember 13, 2017 Blessed is the one who reads the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near. Revelation 1:3 A Time to ThinkOur sense of joy, satisfaction, and fulfillment in life increas...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Talking To The Saints Wednesday, September 13, 2017 There are some denominations that believe in the veneration of saints. They build statues to honor them and pray to them- Saint Joseph, Saint Jude, etc. Is it biblical to venerate saints? Yes, as long as it’s the right saints and the right ...
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Daily Scripture & ReflectionSeptember 12, 2017 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:7 A Time to ThinkGod shields us from most of the things we fear, but when He chooses not to shield us, He unfailingly allots grace in the measure need...
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Rabbi Paul And Your Commentary Tuesday, September 12, 2017 The Talmud and the Targums are Judaism’s writings on the Bible and commentary on the commentaries of the Bible. When you read the writings of Paul, it’s clear that he was a rabbi schooled in the Writings of the Rabbis. His writ...
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Daily Scripture & ReflectionSeptember 11, 2017 You are my refuge and my shield; I have put my hope in your word. Psalm 119:114 A Time to ThinkI may never know the answers to the questions that plagued me after 9/11. But I know if we lean on God and each other we will be guided to a better, brighte...
Posted by Scott Bruno
God is behind these storms and rightfully so. A species who should have chosen Hemp, over cotton (Cloth Standard), and certainly alcohol over gasoline (Fuel Standard). A species that because of their outrageous use of fossil fuels have taken a process that would have taken millions of years, will no...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Daily Scripture & ReflectionSeptember 10, 2017 Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Romans 12:2 A Time to ThinkWithout faith, we are as stained-glass windows in the dark. --Anonymous A Time to ActLet God speak to you through His ...
Posted by Tony Villari
Channeling an extraterrestrial entity ranks right out there with séances, remote viewing, life after death, out of body experience, anti-gravity, God, channeling spirits, and transporter technology - beam me up, Scotty! Faith be damned, such things are still flying high out in left...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Daily Scripture & ReflectionSeptember 9, 2017 Only fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart. For consider what great things he has done for you. 1 Samuel 12:24 A Time to ThinkTrue happiness is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. -Hel...
Posted by Tony Villari
(Note: This post has taken over as the most read post of the 657 I have written since June of 2013. As such, I felt it appropriate to see if it still finds merit with the current readership, thus my re-posting as this weekend's My Sunday Thought) Friends along Our Path &n...
Posted by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM
Daily Scripture & Reflection September 6, 2017 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever. Psalm 118:29 A Time to Think Four things let us ever keep in mind: God hears prayer, God heeds prayer, God answers prayer, and God delivers ...
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Your Storm Brother Wednesday, September 6, 2017 Proverbs 17:17 says, “A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.” A brother is born for hard times, not just for the good times. In the good times, having a brother is good, but a true brother ...
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Daily Scripture & ReflectionSeptember 5, 2017 Throw all your anxiety onto him, because he cares about you. 1 Peter 5:7 (The Daily Life Bible) A Time to ThinkDon't pray when you feel like it. Have an appointment with the Lord and keep it. A man is powerful on his knees. –Corrie ten Boom, auth...
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Inside The Name Tuesday, September 5, 2017 Proverbs 18:10 says, “The name of the Lord is a strong tower. The righteous run into it and are safe.” If you are named among the righteous, you need to run into the name of the Lord. The name of the Lord is not just a group of letters or soun...
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Daily Scripture & ReflectionSeptember 4, 2017 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Hebrews 12:2 A Time to ThinkAll labor that uplifts humanity ...
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Daily Scripture & ReflectionSeptember 1, 2017 It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect. 2 Samuel 22:33 A Time to ThinkStart each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful. –Norman Vincent Peale, best-sel...