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Dear Jesus, we send you a letter today for you are our light when clouds develop. You are our blanket in the snow. You are our tree that shades us in the heat. You are the living water when we thirst. You are our strength in our weakness, you are our joy in dispair. In Jesus name. Amen.
Eight chapter Luke and Acts bible study
Here is a bible study of eight chapters containing the last three chapters of Luke which contain the passion of Christ and the first five of Acts which contains the early part of the church history from the fall of the Holy Spirit through the miracles, persecution and trials and even the Ananias affair. This is meant to show how Jesus loves us and wants us to come to Him for He gives us power to do miracles as many were done then in the earliest days of the church. God wants us for relationship purposes and that is why Jesus did die- taking His anger away and enabling Him to love us. He took God’s anger away from us (and we sure deserved it and He bore all the punishment for our sins. The two books, Luke and Acts were written by the same author and were even said to be combined as one book Luke-Acts before separated as they are now.
First in this study is the passion of Christ as it appears in...
GOD IS ON YOUR SIDE!
"Be careful for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:6,7
IN JESUS TODAY!
Isn't it good to know that God is on our side? Having his peace cannot be outdone, there is nothing greater than this! As David tells us, "Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side." Psalm 71:21 To have his comfort on every side, knowing that he is for us, and will deliver us from all evil, is a security and safety in our life that is highly valuable! For more please visit:
Bible study: John 17- Acts 5 Prayer and passion of Christ and church beginnings
Here is a somewhat salvation related bible study dealing with the end of Jesus’ ministry where He prays for His disciples and then the passion of Christ where He gives His life for all mankind and turning away God’s rightful wrath from mankind because of their sins, taking God’s just punishment for their sins on Himself as only He could do. I am also including the first five chapters of Acts which show the beginning of the church including the miracles and also some of the trials and persecution that they faced.
I am starting this teaching with John chapter 17 where Jesus then powerfully prays to His and our Father for the sake of His disciples and for them too (and us nowadays as well), asking the Father to help them and keep them from the evil one and many other things. It is a powerful prayer passage, arguable the most powerful prayer in the entire bible
(John 17:1) These words...
Another Eight chapter Gospel of John Salvation study
Here is a salvation study based on eight chapters in the gospel of John which contain powerful salvation related messages which Jesus spoke, and this includes the passion of Christ as related in the gospel of John as well as the activities He did as listed there in that gospel. These chapters show just how far God went when He sent Jesus to live on the earth and then die for our sins atoning for them and enabling relationship to be resumed. Jesus took the wrath from God that rightly belonged on mankind for their sins as the perfect sacrifice.
I am starting this study off with John chapter 3, which is the powerful dialog between Jesus and Nicodemus where Jesus relates how we MUST be born again- of the spirit and of the blood- in order to see and enter into the kingdom of God, as that which is born of the flesh is flesh and of the spirit, spirit. Jesus then...
Indie Gospel Artists Top 20 for the Month of Feb 2014 is up and running!
By James Banfield's Top 20 Songs, 2014-02-01
The Voting for the Top songs of 2013 is also closed. on the 15th of Feb we'll be doing a Radio show on the new Indie Gospel Radio Network with Ken Rich, myself and a few others to announce the outcomer of the vote.
In the meantime, the new Monthly Top 20 is posted and Congratulations to Barry and Teena Winslow for "Remnant" at #1 and at #2 "Could You Imagine" by Isaac Johnson and #3 Trust by Rachel Belman.. all three are top songs. I must say, that I need to pay attention to some of the songs for I just figured out that "I'm So Glad" has remained in the Top 10 of this list for 4 months and has been on the chart for 5 months! That is quite a run! Congratulations to all of you who made the list for this...
Eight chapter Gospel of John Salvation study
Here is a salvation study based on eight chapters in the gospel of John which contain powerful salvation related messages which Jesus spoke, and this includes the passion of Christ as related in the gospel of John as well as the activities He did as listed there in that gospel. These chapters show just how far God went when He sent Jesus to live on the earth and then die for our sins atoning for them and enabling relationship to be resumed. Jesus took the wrath from God that rightly belonged on mankind for their sins as the perfect sacrifice.
I am starting this study off with John chapter 3, which is the powerful dialog between Jesus and Nicodemus where Jesus relates how we MUST be born again- of the spirit and of the blood- in order to see and enter into the kingdom of God, as that which is born of the flesh is flesh and of the spirit, spirit. Jesus then reminds us...
THE PAYBACK!
"Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord." Romans 12:19
IN JESUS TODAY!
So what then? If we must withhold our revenge, if we must restrain ourselves in a hostile world that seeks to harm us, and if we cannot avenge ourselves, what then shall we do? What?! Did you say, give to them the Five Star treatment? Does anyone here realize what they have done? Beloved friends, as Christians, we must behave ourselves differently than savages! For more please visit: http://souls-for-christ.com/id33.html
WHITE AS SNOW!
"Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool." Isaiah 1:18
IN JESUS TODAY!
One way or another God will have a righteous people, herein he is appealing to us all to come to him and repent of sin, to come and reason this thing out, and to stop insane behaviors that are harmful in our lives. Either we will come to God and seek his forgiveness or, as we read further we find, "But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it." Isaiah 1:20 For more please visit:
Seven chapter salvation related bible study
Here is a seven chapter salvation related bible study relating how man is fallen and needs a savior and also explains how one came about, parables explaining how heaven rejoices over even one sinner repents, the full passion story of Jesus, the resurrection chapter and finally the method of getting saved. These chapters are from both the epistles of Romans and 1 Corinthians and also the gospel of Luke from which four of the chapters come from.
To start this study off, Romans chapter 3 is the powerful chapter stating how none is right, all do evil, listing the evils done, and all fall short of God’s glory but how Jesus provided the means for all to be redeemed by the free gift of salvation through Him.
(Romans 3:1) What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?
(Romans 3:2) Much every way: chiefly, because that unto...