God does not hate Japan!! 

These earthquakes are just the sign of the times and people need to wake up and realize that they need Jesus and they need God before it is toooooo late.

 

Matt.24[7] For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
 

Mark.13[8] For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
 

Luke.21[11] And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

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Ms Batts - Hope this helps you with your past experience from school.  Know that God did not turn his back on you.  You allowed people of this world to allow you to turn your back on God.  That is why I think you had a "feeling" of God but never really ever knew him. 

It's Faith—Not Feelings

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "The just shall live by faith."
— Romans 1:16–17


Why is it that someone could be radically converted (or seemingly so) and passionate about their new faith and then, without warning, just give up? They seemed to have had the most amazing conversion ever, but all of a sudden, they just bailed and walked away. How could that happen?

I would suggest that person never was converted to begin with. It is not about the emotion of a moment; it is about the test of time. If a person is a real Christian, he or she will continue on—though not flawlessly and not perfectly. It is even possible for a person who is a Christian to go astray for a time.

But if someone is a real believer, he or she always will come back. If they walk away and never return, they never were believers. As 1 John 2:19 says, "They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us."

It may be that they built their faith on an emotional experience, and there can be emotion in conversion, though not always. But you can't build your life on emotion, because emotions come and go. A person who expects every day of the Christian life to be an emotional rush will be disappointed when they wake up some morning and feel nothing. That is when it is time to start growing up and walking by faith, not by feelings.

Romans 1:17 says, "The just shall live by faith." Yet some build their entire relationship with God on emotional experience, and when the emotions are not there, they give up. They built their life on the wrong foundation.

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Sorry to hear you had so much trouble but glad to hear the baby is good.  She is beautiful and looks like a healthy little one.  Take care of yourself and get lots of rest. 

you said:  Ignorance, like *****ie with her refusal to consider any thoughts other than stated in the bible, are the reason we have hate crimes.

U R DEAD wrong!!  I say love the sinner but HATE the sin.  Being gay is wrong.  But I would never kill someone or even do a hate crime of any sort.


I love all you Atheist people that is why I come here and try to show u things of the Bible and show you where u r wrong.  I share wonderful devotionals with u in the hopes that u will get a blessing.

People like Terri r the ones u should be warned from.  They r loving u straight to HELL!! 

that might be how u did it when u were a JW but I only need forgiveness from God by way of Jesus Christ.  I only need to repent to God by way of Jesus Christ.  

i have have gotten a little childish with a few comments here and there but I have not attacked anyone.  I have done nothing more than speak the Truth!!   

Again I will remind you that these people whom ur trying to get a laugh out of will not be standing with you at your judgement day.  Might want to re think a few things.......ur attempt at getting some giggles is costing you...........



THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2011

The Esau Syndrome

A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. What you say flows from what is in your heart.
— Luke 6:45


It has been said that in an average day, from morning to night, we speak enough words to fill a book of about 50 or 60 pages. In an average year, our words could fill 100 books consisting of 200 pages.

But I don't think it is necessarily a good thing to say so much, because the Bible says we will be held accountable for everything we say. Jesus said, "And I tell you this, you must give an account on judgment day for every idle word you speak" (Matthew 12:36).

Our words determine where our hearts are. Jesus also said, "What you say flows from what is in your heart" (Luke 6:45). If your heart is hard, then it will show by what you say. If you are bitter, then you will find yourself talking about it, because bitter people love to spread it around.

Watch out for the Esau syndrome. Hebrews 12:15–16 warns, "…Watch out that no poisonous root of bitterness grows up to trouble you, corrupting many. Make sure that no one is immoral or godless like Esau, who traded his birthright as the firstborn son for a single meal." Esau traded away God's lifelong gift to satisfy a short-term appetite. The weeds of bitter discontent can ruin a whole garden in no time.

If your heart is filled with bitterness, then it will come out in your words. And if your heart is filled with lust, that will come out in your words as well. For some people, everything is a sexual innuendo or a double entendre. Everything they say seems to have a sexual connotation.

But if you have a heart that is filled with grace and love and wisdom from God's Word, that, too, will come out. And that should be the goal of every believer.

nope it was not Christ-like.  I will give you that.  this was me allowing you people to get to my fleshy nature once again.  That is why I am backing out of having a conversation with her.  just the same as I did with fin.

I will however continue to tell the gospel as it is written.  I will however continue to teach of Jesus and his saving GRACE.

yep i was right the 1st time.... you are an idiot.  I am right you are WRONG.

I done.....

Going to Church does not make me better than anyone.  Being born again also does not make we better than anyone.  We have all fallen short of the glory of GOD.  For by GRACE am I SAVED.  not of MY WORK.  I am very humble person and thank Jesus everyday for saving my soul.  I give him all the honor and glory.

What I am that U apparently R not is SAVED!!

When U R really to learn what the means and how u can go about becoming SAVED yourself...look me up......

Over and out.  I am done going back and forth with you the same as I am with FIN.  I get no where with you guys,  How sad is that for you.

I do wish you the best and certainly hope that u will one day get it right and find out what the REAL TRUTH is b4 it is 2 late.

I am so sorry that you can not comprehend ur examples.  Let me try to help you.  The Bible is written on a 6th/7th grade reading level and I guess that's just to hard for you huh??  The Bible is and ALWAYS will be the infallible word of GOD!!  and also the TRUTH!!  Again, I really do feel sorry for you.  ur picture makes you look so intelligent but like the old saying goes......never judge a book by its cover!!


For example...Luke reporting that Jesus told his disciples the apocalypse would happen during their lifetimes. Oopsie! That's a big **** up, huh??  nope another misinterpretation on your part.  it was a prophesy the Bible clearly says you will not know the day nor hour the Lord will come. 
 
Which part of Genesis is correct - the one that says Noah took TWO pair of animals on the ark, or seven? HOW CAN BOTH BE TRUE??? Oh, and also -  what's up with the bit about how eating the fruit from the tree of knowledge will kill you, yet Adam and Eve LIVE?  Noah DID take 2 of every animal on the ark and he also took an additional 7 to offer as a burnt offering to God.  Adam and Eve did die.  They died a spiritual death.   oopsie.......guess you missed that one huh?

You know the earth is older than 6,000 years, right? And Jesus didn't have a pet dinosaur, despite what you and Sarah Palin seem to believe. - nope the earth is just around 6000 years old.  dinosaurs  were around in old testament.  try reading Job.  oh never mind I forgot you have no comprehension skills


Try again Cupcake....ur still WRONG!!!!

whatever.....I know the truth and the truth is not in YOU cupcake!!

God Is Always Victorious; I Will Not Fail

"No weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed, and you shall confute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD and their vindication from me, declares the LORD." - 2 Isaiah 54:17   I've spent a lot of time lately thinking about trials. At the end of day, if you pinpoint what's difficult about the trial, it's the not knowing. The biggest reason why I fear and doubt; despair and falter—is that I don't know how it's all going to end. That's why I'm so thankful for this great promise: God is always victorious; I will not fail.   It turns out that I do know how this all ends—God wins. In Him, so do I! That's the promise in Isaiah 54:17.   This is one of my absolute favorite verses in the whole Bible. Read it again. God made this awesome assertion to the postexilic Israelites as they came back to the land that He had promised them. Judgment was over and now blessing was coming. God gave them this promise and extended it by His grace to all of His children.   This promise literally means that nothing "formed against you shall prosper." Nothing built, sharpened, aimed, or fired against you, your family, your church family, God's kingdom, or God's people will succeed. They may seem to win for a while—a job may be lost; a child may wander and be lost; and a life may even be lost—but in the end even these tragedies will assist God's prospering of those who are truly His.   Today is your chance to honor God. This is your opportunity to prove the superiority of the life lived in Jesus Christ. Now is the time not to be held back!   Just like you, I have uncertainties. I have health concerns. I have burdens in my family and in my marriage and in my career. I'm going through the same struggles that the people who don't know Christ are going through. The difference is, I have the Lord. I have the Spirit of God alive inside me. I have the grace to love when I'm hated. I have the strength to give when I'm taken advantage of. I have a supernatural capacity as one of God's sons or daughters to live in Christ.

if that is what pumps your ego....go for it cupcake!!

Here I will say it for you .......YOU WIN YOU WIN...but truly if you do not get things right with the Lord you LOSE and that is very sad.  I would like to see you win.  Really I would.