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The Covenant

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  The Lord has given many promises to His children (redeemed Christians) in His Word (the Bible). However, it seems that for some those promises are long delayed, even though they believe them, confess them, and trust that they will happen. Why? I believe that the Lord has given me an answer to this. In His Word, He speaks of a covenant between He and the Jews who believed... "You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles' wings and brought you to Myself. Now if you obey Me fully and keep My covenant, then out of all nations you will be My treasured possession. Although the whole earth is Mine, you will be for Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation." Exodus 19:4-6 This is also a promise for redeemed Christians, who have been grafted into the position of being His chosen... "But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people; that you should show forth praises of Him who has called you out of darkne...

PERFECT

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"Be perfect, therefore, as your Heavenly Father is perfect." Matthew 5:48 Dictionary.com defines perfect as: ' conforming absolutely to the description or definition of an ideal type; faultless, flawless' So, to be perfect as our Heavenly Father is perfect is to conform absolutely to how God is perfect. If we honestly ask ourselves, am I doing that? What will the answer be? Some may say, "Well, no one is perfect...that's why Jesus came and died for us." Why then, did He tell us to be perfect, even as God is perfect? I think that what this means is that yes, Jesus came and died for us, while we were yet sinners. We could not save ourselves. But He, the sinless, spotless lamb, was without sin and was the perfect sacrifice for us...wholly acceptable to our perfect Father God. To accept Jesus is to accept what He did and the price He paid for us. We were washed clean of our sins. But sometimes we may continue to sin and have trouble with certain things in ou...

THE RAPTURE - ARE YOU READY?

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I don't know of anyone, who is a true Christian, that isn't looking forward to the Rapture! As this world grows darker, our hope of Jesus rescuing us from the horrors to come grows even stronger. We wait, wondering how much longer we can endure all of this. But what if I told you that there could be a chance that you might be 'left behind' because of something you have neglected? You might scoff, saying that once saved, always saved...right? This morning, as I was waking up from a great sleep last night, a scripture popped in my head. I knew it was the Holy Spirit, as He does this when I first wake up and have no thoughts of my own forming in my head yet. This is the scripture... "Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, Who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies." 1 Corinthians 6:19 You may say, I don't do any bad things with my body. I don...

Rhema

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The definition of Rhema (according to biblestudy.org) is:  'According to the venerable Strong's Concordance (#G4487), Rhema means an utterance (individually, collectively or specifically) on a particular matter or topic. Thayer's Greek Definitions defines the word as something that has been uttered, in either the past or the present, by a living entity.' Lately, I have had an even greater concern over the chemicals that are presently in our (and our pet's) food and water...  I have been an advocate of organic foods for years now, and have done my best to ensure a healthy diet for both myself and my pet cats. Unfortunately, it has come to my attention lately that despite doing my best to buy the healthiest foods that I can, this is not enough now. It is my understanding, from multiple sources, that chemicals are presently in our food chain (even organic sometimes) through them making their way into the soil, water, and the air we breathe. PFAs (forever chemicals) are...

My (Our) Journey

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  In my last post, 'The Temple,' I posted on how we are commanded by the Lord to take care of these bodies He has given us. “ Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore, honor God with your bodies.” 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 I grew up not thinking so much about what I ate. I ate when and what I desired. And then, an incident happened that would change my life forever. I am an animal lover, especially cats. I have kept them for many years. In the year 2007 a pet food recall happened. Over 2,000 cats and dogs died from it. It was reportedly caused by a retailer in China, who had laced the wheat gluten they were selling to pet food companies in the U.S. They had laced it with the plastic, melamine. The plastic would accumulate in the kidneys and cause kidney failure. I lost 3 of my cats. They died terrible deaths from it.  After this, I star...

THE TEMPLE

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  As a Christian, do you realize that you are not your own? “ Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore, honor God with your bodies.” 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 What does this mean? It means that we do not own these flesh and blood bodies anymore. We are caretakers. Are you honoring the Lord in your body, or are you putting junk into it, physically and spiritually? Are you eating junk food consistently, too much food, fried foods, sodas, desserts, etc.? Are you feeding your spirit with things that are not pleasing to the Lord? Things that are evil, silly, or things that don’t build up your faith? The latest murder mystery, silly jokes, stories, fantasies? Why is this bad? To begin with our eating habits…if you feed junk to your body, you are playing with your health. The Holy Spirit wants to use your body to reach others for Jesus. ...

Peace, Be Still

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  You may have heard about the huge storm that has been affecting the U.S. recently. It is covering an area that spans from the East Coast to the West Coast! As it moved southward, the Southern part of California began to feel the fury of this storm.  It began with lots of rain. Flood Alerts, Wind Alerts, and even Snow Alerts with Blizzard Warnings were issued. This is pretty much unheard of in our area. The first day it started raining off and on, heavy at times, but nothing really unusual. On Day 2, we saw more consistent rain, but still not that much out of the ordinary, with winds blowing off and on. I went to take the trash out on Day 1, as it was supposed to be worse the next day. As I neared the trash dumpster the wind starting picking up. By the time I got to the dumpster it was blowing my clothing so violently, that I almost had  my dress  blowing up in my face! I wondered how I was going to manage my clothing while I was lifting the large trash bag up above...