Jesus Christ Hand Is Upon Us

Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them. Jeremiah 15:19 KJV.

MEANING:1. the LORD
Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw')
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord. 2.If thou return
shuwb (shoob)
to turn back (hence, away) 3.then will I bring thee again
shuwb (shoob)
to turn back (hence, away) 4.and thou shalt stand
`amad (aw-mad')
to stand, in various relations 5.before
paniym (paw-neem')
the face (as the part that turns 6.me and if thou take forth
yatsa' (yaw-tsaw')
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications 7.the precious
yaqar (yaw-kawr')
valuable (obj. or subj.) -- brightness, clear, costly, excellent, fat, honourable women, precious, reputation. 8.thou shalt be as my mouth
peh (peh)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to 9.let them return
shuwb (shoob)
to turn back (hence, away) 10.unto thee but return
shuwb (shoob)
to turn back (hence, away)

The Whole Words of the Scriptures for us to Read and to study:Jeremiah 15:15-21 KJV. The Bottomline:

I. The prophet's humble address to God, containing a representation both of his integrity and of the hardships he underwent notwithstanding. It is a matter of comfort to us that, whatever ails us, we have a God to go to, before whom we may spread our case and to whose omniscience we may appeal, as the prophet here, "O Lord! thou knowest; thou knowest my sincerity, which men are resolved they will not acknowledge; thou knowest my distress, which men disdain to take notice of." Observe here,

1. What it is that the prophet prays for, v. 15. (1.) That God would consider his case and be mindful of him: "O Lord! remember me; think upon me for good." (2.) That God would communicate strength and comfort to him: "Visit me; not only remember me, but let me know that thou rememberest me, that thou art nigh unto me." (3.) That he would appear for him against those that did him wrong: Revenge me of my persecutors, or rather, Vindicate me from my persecutors; give judgment against them, and let that judgment be executed so far as is necessary for my vindication and to compel them to acknowledge that they have done me wrong. Further than this a good man will not desire that God should avenge him. Let something be done to convince the world that (whatever blasphemers say to the contrary) Jeremiah is a righteous man and the God whom he serves is a righteous God. (4.) That he would yet spare him and continue him in the land of the living: "Take me not away by a sudden stroke, but in thy long-suffering lengthen out my days." The best men will own themselves so obnoxious to God's wrath that they are indebted to his patience for the continuance of their lives. Or, "While thou exercisest long-suffering towards my persecutors, let not them prevail to take me away." Though in a passion he complained of his birth (v. 10), yet he desires here that his death might not be hastened; for life is sweet to nature, and the life of a useful man is so to grace. I pray not that thou shouldst take them out of the world.

2. What it is that he pleads with God for mercy and relief against his enemies, persecutors, and slanderers.

(1.) That God's honour was interested in this case: Know, and make it known, that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke. Those that lay themselves open to reproach by their own fault and folly have great reason to bear it patiently, but no reason to expect that God should appear for them. But if it is for doing well that we suffer ill, and for righteousness' sake that we have all manner of evil said against us, we may hope that God will vindicate our honour with his own. To the same purport (v. 16), I am called by thy name, O Lord of hosts! It was for that reason that his enemies hated him, and therefore for that reason he promised himself that God would own him and stand by him.

(2.) That the word of God, which he was employed to preach to others, he had experienced the power and pleasure of in his own soul, and therefore had the graces of the Spirit to qualify him for the divine favour, as well as his gifts. We find some rejected of God who yet could say, Lord, we have prophesied in thy name. But Jeremiah could say more (v. 16): "Thy words were found, found by me" (he searched the scripture, diligently studied the law, and found that in it which was reviving to him: if we seek we shall find), "found for me" (the words which he was to deliver to others were laid ready to his hand, were brought to him by inspiration), "and I did not only taste them, but eat them, received them entirely, conversed with them intimately; they were welcome to me, as food to one that is hungry; I entertained them, digested them, turned them in succum et sanguinem-into blood and spirits, and was myself delivered into the mould of those truths which I was to deliver to others." The prophet was told to eat the roll, Eze. 2:8; Rev. 10:9. I did eat it-that is, as it follows, it was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart, nothing could be more agreeable. Understand it, [1.] Of the message itself which he was to deliver. Though he was to foretel the ruin of his country, which was dear to him, and in the ruin of which he could not but have a deep share, yet all natural affections were swallowed up in zeal for God's glory, and even these messages of wrath, being divine messages, were a satisfaction to him. He also rejoiced, at first, in hope that the people would take warning and prevent the judgment. Or, [2.] Of the commission he received to deliver this message. Though the work he was called to was not attended with any secular advantages, but, on the contrary, exposed him to contempt and persecution, yet, because it put him in a way to serve God and do good, he took pleasure in it, was glad to be so employed, and it was his meat and drink to do the will of him that sent him, Jn. 4:34. Or, [3.] Of the promise God gave him that he would assist and own him in his work (ch. 1:8); he was satisfied in that, and depended upon it, and therefore hoped it should not fail him.

(3.) That he had applied himself to the duty of his office with all possible gravity, seriousness, and self-denial, though he had had of late but little satisfaction in it, v. 17. [1.] It was his comfort that he had given up himself wholly to the business of his office and had done nothing either to divert himself from it or disfit himself for it. He kept no unsuitable company, denied himself the use even of lawful recreations, abstained from every thing that looked like levity, lest thereby he should make himself mean and less regarded. He sat alone, spent a great deal of time in his closet, because of the hand of the Lord that was strong upon him to carry him on his work, Eze. 3:14. "For thou hast filled me with indignation, with such messages of wrath against this people as have made me always pensive." Note, It will be a comfort to God's ministers, when men despise them, if they have the testimony of their consciences for them that they have not by any vain foolish behaviour made themselves despicable, that they have been dead not only to the wealth of the world, as this prophet was (v. 10), but to the pleasures of it too, as here. But, [2.] It is his complaint that he had had but little pleasure in his work. It was at first the rejoicing of his heart, but of late it had made him melancholy, so that he had no heart to sit in the meeting of those that make merry. He cared not for company, for indeed no company cared for him. He sat alone, fretting at the people's obstinacy and the little success of his labours among them. This filled him with a holy indignation. Note, It is the folly and infirmity of some good people that they lose much of the pleasantness of their religion by the fretfulness and uneasiness of their natural temper, which they humour and indulge, instead of mortifying it.

(4.) He throws himself upon God's pity and promise in a very passionate expostulation (v. 18): "Why is my pain perpetual, and nothing done to ease it? Why are the wounds which my enemies are continually giving both to my peace and to my reputation incurable, and nothing done to retrieve either my comfort or my credit? I once little thought that I should be thus neglected; will the God that has promised me his presence be to me as a liar, the God on whom I depend to be me as waters that fail?" We are willing to make the best we can of it, and to take it as an appeal, [1.] To the mercy of God: "I know he will not let the pain of his servant be perpetual, but he will ease it, will not let his wound be incurable, but he will heal it; and therefore I will not despair." [2.] To his faithfulness: "Wilt thou be to me as a liar? No; I know thou wilt not. God is not a man that he should lie. The fountain of life will never be to his people as waters that fail."

II. God's gracious answer to this address, v. 19-21. Though the prophet betrayed much human frailty in his address, yet God vouchsafed to answer him with good words and comfortable words; for he knows our frame. Observe,

1. What God here requires of him as the condition of the further favours he designed him. Jeremiah had done and suffered much for God, yet God is no debtor to him, but he is still upon his good behaviour. God will own him. But, (1.) He must recover his temper, and be reconciled to his work, and friends with it again, and not quarrel with it any more as he had done. He must return, must shake off these distrustful discontented thoughts and passions, and not give way to them, must regain the peaceable possession and enjoyment of himself, and resolve to be easy. Note, When we have stepped aside into any disagreeable frame or way our care must be to return and compose ourselves into a right temper of mind again; and then we may expect God will help us, if thus we endeavour to help ourselves. (2.) He must resolve to be faithful in his work, for he could not expect the divine protection any longer than he did approve himself so. Though there was no cause at all to charge Jeremiah with unfaithfulness, and God knew his heart to be sincere, yet God saw fit to give him this caution. Those that do their duty must not take it ill to be told their duty. In two things he must be faithful:-[1.] He must distinguish between some and others of those he preached to: Thou must take forth the precious from the vile. The righteous are the precious be they ever so mean and poor; the wicked are the vile be they ever so rich and great. In our congregations these are mixed, wheat and chaff in the same floor; we cannot distinguish them by name, but we must by character, and must give to each a portion, speaking comfort to precious saints and terror to vile sinners, neither making the heart of the righteous sad nor strengthening the hands of the wicked (Eze. 13:22), but rightly dividing the word of truth. Ministers must take those whom they see to be precious into their bosoms, and not sit alone as Jeremiah did, but keep up conversation with those they may do good to and get good by. [2.] He must closely adhere to his instructions, and not in the least vary from them: Let them return to thee, but return not thou to them, that is, he must do the utmost he can, in his preaching, to bring people up to the mind of God; he must tell them they must, at their peril, comply with that. Those that had flown off from him, that did not like the terms upon which God's favour was offered to them, "Let them return to thee, and, upon second thoughts, come up to the terms and strike the bargain; but do not thou return to them, do not compliment them, nor comply with them, nor think to make the matter easier to them than the word of God has made it." Men's hearts and lives must come up to God's law and comply with that, for God's law will never come down to them nor comply with them.

2. What God here promises to him upon the performance of these conditions. If he approve himself well, (1.) God will tranquilize his mind and pacify the present tumult of his spirits: If thou return, I will bring thee again, will restore thy soul, as Ps. 23:3. The best and strongest saints, if at any time they have gone aside out of the right way, and are determined to return, need the grace of God to bring them again. (2.) God will employ him in his service as a prophet, whose work, even in those bad times, had comfort and honour enough in it to be its own wages: "Thou shalt stand before me, to receive instructions from me, as a servant from his master; and thou shalt be as my mouth to deliver my messages to the people, as an ambassador is the mouth of the prince that sends him." Note, Faithful ministers are God's mouth to us; they are so to look upon themselves, and to speak God's mind and as becomes the oracles of God; and we are so to look upon them, and to hear God speaking to us by them. Observe, If thou keep close to thy instructions, thou shalt be as my mouth, not otherwise; so far, and no further, God will stand by ministers, as they go by the written word. "Thou shalt be as my mouth, that is, what thou sayest shall be made good, as if I myself had said it." See Isa. 44:26; 1 Sa. 3:19. (3.) He shall have strength and courage to face the many difficulties he meets with in his work, and his spirit shall not fail again as now it does (v. 20): "I will make thee unto this people as a fenced brazen wall, which the storm batters and beats violently upon, but cannot shake. Return not thou to them by any sinful compliances, and then trust thy God to arm thee by his grace with holy resolutions. Be not cowardly, and God will make thee daring." He had complained that he was made a man of strife. "Expect to be so (says God); they will fight against thee, they will still continue their opposition, but they shall not prevail against thee to drive thee off from thy work nor to cut thee off from the land of the living." (4.) He shall have God for his protector and mighty deliverer: I am with thee to save thee. Those that have God with them have a Saviour with them who has wisdom and strength enough to deal with the most formidable enemy; and those that are with God, and faithful to him, he will deliver (v. 21) either from trouble or through it. They may perhaps fall into the hand of the wicked, and they may appear terrible to them, but God will rescue them out of their hands. They shall not be able to kill them till they have finished their testimony; they shall not prevent their happiness. God will so deliver them as to preserve them to his heavenly kingdom (2 Tim. 4:18), and that is deliverance enough. There are many tings that appear very frightful that yet do not prove at all hurtful to a good man. Prayers Of The Righteous Ones:

The Bible says; "And when they had prayed, the place where they had gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak the word of God with boldness." (Acts 4:31)

"…Let it be known to all of you, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead - by this name this man stands here before you in good health." (Acts 4:10)

"And now, Lord, take note of their threats, and grant that Thy bond - servants may speak Thy word with all confidence, while Thou dost extend Thy hand to heal, and signs and wonders take place through the name of Thy holy servant Jesus." (Acts 4:29)

Lord Jesus, I commit my life to You totally, spirit, soul, and body. I ask that You bend, break, and mold me into the person that You want me to be. Lord, teach me to trust in You and to live and walk by faith in You and Your Word. I commit to You, Lord, to take accountability and responsibility in my walk with You and Your Word. No more will the enemy’s devices and the deceptions of the old man easily sway me. I purpose to firmly fix my eyes and heart on You, Lord, totally today. I press, push and apprehend all that you have for me today, keeping in the back of my remembrance that the enemy loves a lazy or slothful mind.
satan, I come against you and all hosts of hell and I reject everything that you would have for me today. satan, I refuse all snares, pits, and traps that you have set to draw me away from my Lord Jesus Christ. I rebuke you, satan, and all your hosts in the name of Jesus from every assignment you have assigned against me or my family, my property, my health and my finances.
I Only want to be your servant. I feel Your call upon my life; I believe I was sent To only do the will of My Father. I will take orders from You . I totally submit My own Life to You. I will let You break My will. I will Not seek for comfort Nor for any high postion, Nor do I ever want to Father. Mine Is the humblest task. Or doing the most dangerous task. By the grace of God, I will do it. I will sleep where You want me to sleep I will eat what You give me to eat. And when I have nothing, I will Not complain. If I go to prison, I will rejoice. Because You've already been to prison for me. I do love You, Jesus; I thank You for calling me. And that You want me, And all I could ever say is, Send the Fire.And You can use me, And burn up the sacrifice. Fill Me with Thy Holy Spirit And give me a double portion of Thine Anointing".

BY THIS I OVERCOME THE DEVIL

1. Through the Blood of Jesus, I am redeemed out of the hand of the Devil (Eph. 1:7).

2. Through the Blood of Jesus, all my sins are forgiven (Psa. 107:2).

3. The Blood of Jesus, God's Son, continually cleanses me from all sin (1 John. 1:7).

4. Through the Blood of Jesus, I am justified, made righteous, just as if I'd never sinned (Rom. 5:9).

5. Through the Blood of Jesus, I am sanctified, made holy, set apart to God (Heb. 13:12).

6. My body is a Temple of the Holy Spirit, redeemed, cleansed, by the Blood of Jesus (1 Cor. 6:19-20).

7. Satan has no place in, no power over me, through the Blood of Jesus and The Word of God (Rev. 12:11).

1. In Him (Jesus) we have redemption (deliverance and salvation) through His blood, the remission (forgiveness) of our offenses (shortcomings and trespasses), in accordance with the riches and the generosity of His gracious favor. Which He lavished upon us in every kind of wisdom and understanding (practical insight and prudence) (Eph. 1:7-8).

2. Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom He has delivered from the hand of the adversary (Psa. 107:2).

3. But if we (really) are living and walking in the Light, as He (Himself) is in the Light, we have (true, unbroken fellowship with one another), and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses (removes) us from all sin and guilt (keeps us cleansed from sin in all its forms and manifestations) (1 John. 1:7).

4. Therefore, since we are now justified (acquitted, made righteous, and brought into right relationship with God) by Christ's blood, how much more (certain is it that) we shall be saved by Him from the indignation and wrath of God (Rom. 5:9).

5. Therefore, Jesus also suffered and died outside the (city's) gate in order that He might purify and consecrate (sanctify) the people through (the shedding of) His own blood and set them apart as holy (for God) (Heb. 13:12).

6. Do you not know that your body is the temple (the very sanctuary) of the Holy spirit Who lives within you, Whom you have received (as a Gift) from God? You are not your own.

You were bought with a price (purchased with a preciousness and paid for, made His own). So then, honor (your) God and bring glory to Him in your body (1 Cor. 6:19-20).

7. And they have overcome (conquered) him by means of the blood of the Lamb and by the utterance of their testimony, for they did not love and cling to life even when faced with death (holding their lives cheap till they had to die for their witnessing).

Our Dear Heavenly and Gracious Father, thank you for divine health: mental, physical, spiritual and material for us.

Thank you for all blessings known and unknown, and for showering down blessings on us so great that we can not receive them. Thank you for the complete restoration of our bodies. For its in Jesus Name we pray. Amen! Amen! i_amgodschild.

20 Years of Research Reveals: Jerusalem Belongs to Jews

20 Years of Research Reveals: Jerusalem Belongs to Jews

by Hillel Fendel

Jacques Gauthier, a non-Jewish Canadian lawyer who spent 20 years researching the legal status of Jerusalem, has concluded: "Jerusalem belongs to the Jews, by international law."

Gauthier has written a doctoral dissertation on the topic of Jerusalem and its legal history, based on international treaties and resolutions of the past 90 years. The dissertation runs some 1,300 pages, with 3,000 footnotes. Gauthier had to present his thesis to a world-famous Jewish historian and two leading international lawyers - the Jewish one of whom has represented the Palestinian Authority on numerous occasions.

Gauthier's main point, as summarized by Israpundit editor Ted Belman, is that a non-broken series of treaties and resolutions, as laid out by the San Remo Resolution, the League of Nations and the United Nations, gives the Jewish People title to the city of Jerusalem. The process began at San Remo, Italy, when the four Principal Allied Powers of World War I - Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan - agreed to create a Jewish national home in what is now the Land of Israel.

San Remo
The relevant resolution reads as follows: "The High Contracting Parties agree to entrust... the administration of Palestine, within such boundaries as may be determined by the Principal Allied Powers, to a Mandatory [which] will be responsible for putting into effect the [Balfour] declaration... in favour of the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people."

Gauthier notes that the San Remo treaty specifically notes that "nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine" - but says nothing about "political" rights of the Arabs living there.

The San Remo Resolution also bases itself on Article 22 of the Covenant of the League of Nations, which declares that it is a "a sacred trust of civilization" to provide for the well-being and development of colonies and territories whose inhabitants are "not yet able to stand by themselves under the strenuous conditions of the modern world."

League of Nations
The League of Nations' resolution creating the Palestine Mandate, included the following significant clause: “Whereas recognition has thereby been given to the historical connection of the Jewish people with Palestine and to the grounds for reconstituting their national home in that country." No such recognition of Arab rights in Palestine was granted.

In 1945, the United Nations took over from the failed League of Nations - and assumed the latter's obligations. Article 80 of the UN Charter states: "Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed, in or of itself, to alter in any manner the rights whatsoever of any states or any peoples or the terms of existing international instruments to which Members of the United Nations may respectively be parties."

UN Partition Plan
However, in 1947, the General Assembly of the UN passed Resolution 181, known as the Partition Plan. It violated the League of the Nations' Mandate for Palestine in that it granted political rights to the Arabs in western Palestine - yet, ironically, the Jews applauded the plan's passages while the Arabs worked to thwart it.

Resolution 181 also provided for a Special regime for Jerusalem, with borders delineated in all four directions: The then-extant municipality of Jerusalem plus the surrounding villages and towns up to Abu Dis in the east, Bethlehem in the south, Ein Karem and Motza in the west, and Shuafat in the north.

Referendum Scheduled for Jerusalem
The UN resolved that the City of Jerusalem shall be established as a separate entity under a special international regime and shall be administered by the United Nations. The regime was to come into effect by October 1948, and was to remain in force for a period of ten years, unless the UN's Trusteeship Council decided otherwise. After the ten years, the residents of Jerusalem "shall be then free to express by means of a referendum their wishes as to possible modifications of regime of the City."

The resolution never took effect, because Jordan controlled eastern Jerusalem after the 1948 War of Independence and did not follow its provisions.

After 1967
After the Six Day War in 1967, Israel regained Jerusalem and other land west of Jordan. Gauthier notes that the UN Security Council then passed Resolution 242 authorizing Israel to remain in possession of all the land until it had “secure and recognized boundaries.” The resolution was notably silent on Jerusalem, and also referred to the "necessity for achieving a just settlement of the refugee problem,” with no distinction made between Jewish and Arab refugees.

Today
Given Jerusalem's strong Jewish majority, Gauthier concludes, Israel should be demanding that the long-delayed city referendum on the city's future be held as soon as possible. Not only should Israel be demanding that the referendum be held now, Jerusalem should be the first order of business. "Olmert is sloughing us off by saying [as he did before the Annapolis Conference two months ago], 'Jerusalem is not on the table yet,'" Gauthier concludes. "He should demand that the referendum take place before the balance of the land is negotiated. If the Arabs won’t agree to the referendum, there is nothing to talk about."
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ARE YOU READY TO MEET GOD

ARE YOU READY TO MEET GOD?

by Harold Camping

The return of Jesus Christ could be sooner than you think!

Are You Ready?

God Tells us in Ezekiel 33:3..."When he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people."

Are you ready to meet God? To test this question, let me present this situation:

suppose you went to the doctor for a test, and a few days later, you were told that you had a terrible, incurable illness that would take your life in the next thirty days. After the initial shock, would you begin to be increasingly at peace and in happiness that soon you would be leaving this life with all its tears and sorrows and would soon be in the glorious presence of your Savior?

Or, would you find an increasing bitterness and resentment in your soul that your life is being so quickly cut off. Such a careful examination can help you to know if you are ready to meet God.

Never before in the history of the world have so many people been at risk: More than five billion souls are in danger of meeting God face-to- face with no defense or covering for their sins. Every one of these people, men, women, and children, if he or she is not covered with Christ's robes of righteousness, will be found guilty of breaking God's law, and will be sent to Hell to forever suffer for his or her violations of God's law.

Don't think for a minute that there will be any comfort in the number of unsaved people because the Bible tells us in Luke 23:30: "Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us."

To plan to wait until the last minute before Christ returns and then repent and turn to Christ for forgiveness is very dangerous. God tells us that... "behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation" (II Corinthians 6:2).

In fact, not one of us can know that we will be alive tomorrow. Not one of us is guaranteed another day. Therefore, the urgency to be ready to meet God is now.

Right now is the time to be ready for eternity. Every day, almost 200,000 people die. You or I could be one of the people who will die tonight, and then our eternal fate is set forevermore. Now is the time to cry to God for mercy and to repent of sins.

Don't believe it for a minute if you read a bumper sticker somewhere or if someone told you, "Oh, it's so wonderful that God has a wonderful plan for your life, and God loves you," unless you know that you have repented of your sins and have a sincere and deep desire to do only what pleases God. If you do not want to obey God's Word, the Bible, then you had better think about your spiritual condition. God tells us in Philippians 2:12:... "work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

If you, dear reader, are not saved, there is still a little time to cry to God for mercy. If you have any doubts at all about your salvation, cry to God for mercy!

Look in your Bible at the reaction of the Ninevites to the proclamation of Jonah that in forty days Nineveh was to be destroyed (Jonah 3:4-9). Nineveh was a wicked and Godless city, in complete rebellion against the God of the Bible. Yet, they repented, and from information found in the New Testament, we can know that many of them became saved.

Are you ready to meet God? The God of heaven who spared the Ninevites is the same God who will spare you from the impending judgment if you cry to Him for mercy.

This is not a time for theological debate. This is not a time to trust in church doctrine or a pastor or a teacher or me. You must trust the Bible only. My earnest prayer and desire is that you will go to the Bible, know that God's judgment is coming on the unsaved and this world, and in repentance cry to God for Mercy. May He bless you abundantly through the work of His dear Son, the Lord Jesus Christ

God's Thoughts

Author: Warren Wiersbe
Source: Prayer, Praise and Promises
Scripture Reference Psalm 92:5 Mark 13:31 Jeremiah 29:11 Isaiah 55:8 Psalm
139:17-18

God's Thoughts: Part 1

Read Psalm 139:17,18

A. W. Tozer used to say, "The only real world is the Bible world." Nothing
is more unsure than the world, for it is passing away. But the will and Word
of God will abide forever (see Mark 13:31). As we consider the character of
God's thoughts, we will want to do His will.

God's thoughts are personal (v. 17). They concern you and me. He makes the
individual and then plans for him. He knows all about us. Paradoxically, the
sovereignty of God is the basis for our freedom. If He were not on the
throne, this world would be run by chance. But the psalmist tells us that
life is not a gamble. God put your substance together and ordained your
genetic structure (vv. 13,14). We must use what He has given us for His
glory. And our obedience to His will reaches beyond this life, for our
future is wrapped up in God's plan for us (Jer. 29:11).

God's thoughts are precious (v. 17). Precious means "weighty, valuable." His
thoughts toward us are unique, tailor-made, and that makes them valuable.
When we accept God's plan for us and exercise believing faith, then He can
work out His perfect will in our lives. Remember, His thoughts are deep (Ps.
92:5); they are higher than ours (Isa. 55:8).

God's thoughts about you are more than mere "thoughts." They include His
purposes and His care. As you meditate on His thoughts, renew your
commitment to know and do His will for your life.

Author: Warren Wiersbe
Source: Prayer, Praise and Promises
Scripture Reference Acts 20:24 Genesis 15:5 Psalm 139:17-18

God's Thoughts: Part 2

Read Psalm 139:17,18

Yesterday, we learned that God's thoughts are personal and precious. They
are full of His purpose and care. Let's consider three additional
characteristics of God's thoughts.God' s thoughts are practical. Paul said,
"none of these things [tribulations] move me; nor do I count my life dear to
myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I
received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God"
(Acts 20:24). Paul was living to do one thing--finish his course. As we run
the race of life, following God's thoughts leads to fulfillment, courage and
the strength to continue.

God's thoughts are vast and inexhaustible (v. 17). How great is the "sum of
them." The Hebrew word for sum is plural. Thus, His thoughts just keep
growing. People who don't want to do the will of God live their lives in a
little bucket of water. But when we accept His will for our lives, we launch
out on an ocean of possibility. God said to Abraham, "You walk before Me and
do My will, and I am going to give you horizons like you've never seen
before" (see Gen. 15:5).

If you want to be a stagnant Christian, reject the will of God. You will not
grow, and you will miss what He has for you. He wants to do great things in
your life.God's thoughts are unfailing (v. 18). He works out His plans even
while we sleep. Adam went to sleep, and God gave him a wife. Abraham went to
sleep, and God worked out His covenant to him. God already has revealed
things about our daily living to us by His Spirit in the Scriptures.

Are you discouraged by events in your life or weary of the day's routine?
Think God's thoughts by reading His Word and obey His thoughts by doing His
will. He will work in your life. He will open horizons of blessing and help
you along your pilgrimage.

Dean Masters, owner of the Masters List

] I don't know what I'm doing wrong

I don't know what I'm doing wrong

It seems as though my life is just one long trial. As soon as I get past one crisis, another one crops up. Is God sending them to chastise and punish me? I honestly don't know what I'm doing wrong."

God does not send trials to chastise or punish you. He has a better way to deal with you than that. To understand His way, however, you need to know clearly what the word "chastise" actually means. The Greek word chastisement as translated in the New Testament means "to instruct or to train." Hebrews 12:7-11 says our earthly fathers chastise (or train) us according to the flesh, but our heavenly Father chastises us in our spirit because He is the Father of our spirit.

Second Timothy 3:16-17

explains that He delivers that spiritual chastisement through His Word: "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works."

The Word! That is what God

uses to train us - not trials and destructive circumstances. That's why James 1:13 says: "Let no man say when he is tempted (tested or tried), I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither will he tempt any man."

Some people ask, "Well

, what about those situations in the Old Testament when God sent curses on His people to teach them?"

God didn't send those curses!

The curse was already out there. It had been brought on by sin. So when the children of Israel were disobedient to God's Word, curses automatically came upon them. God told them in Deuteronomy 28 what was available - both blessings and curses - and the conditions for receiving both. Whether they lived in the curses or in the blessings depended on the choices they made.

God never inflicted anyone

with disease or anything listed under the curse. SATAN WAS AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN THE ONE WHO KILLS, STEALS, AND DESTROYS (see John 10:10). When a man steps out from under the protection of God, Satan attacks. BY ERROR, God has been blamed for what Satan has been doing all these years. God is a blesser. Satan is the one who has been looking for every opportunity to bring on the curses.

So you never have to wonder

again if trials have been sent by God to correct you. He sent the Holy Spirit and His Word to do that. If you attend to the Word and yield to the Holy Spirit, the Word will keep you corrected, and you'll be showered with the blessings of God. Let me warn you, though. You'll still experience trials and tests. Satan will see to that. He'll use them to try to steal the Word from your heart. Mark 4:17-19 says he uses "persecution, afflictions, the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches and the lusts of other things" to bring pressure on you and destroy your confidence in the Word of God. Don't let him succeed. Instead, when trials come, hold more strongly to the Word than ever. Stand immovable on it with your faith - and you will prevail!

Finally, remember that even when

you have sinned, you don't have to suffer God's punishment for it by going through persecution and trials. God is a God of mercy - not punishment. That's why He sent Jesus to the cross. Isaiah 53:5-6 says: "But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all."

That scripture tells us that God

literally placed on Jesus the punishment you and I deserve. To punish us as well after Jesus has already paid the price for our redemption would be an unthinkable miscarriage of the love and justice of God - both to us and to Jesus.

So if you have sinned, repent.

Confess your sin and don't sin anymore. Everyone stumbles and misses it from time to time. When you sin, don't run from God. Run to Him! He is faithful and just to forgive you and cleanse you from all unrighteousness (1 John 1:9). Go and sin no more.

Once you've received your forgiveness

, take your authority over the devil. Tell him that you see through his strategy. Use the Word of God and command him in the Name of Jesus to stop in his maneuvers against you and your life.

Tell him that Jesus has redeemed you from the curse of the law

(Galatians 3:13). Ask for God's wisdom concerning the trial you're facing (James 1:2-5), and do what He tells you to do. Then watch the salvation of the Lord! He's provided everything you need to be more than a conqueror in every trial you face!

Tribulation Is Coming To The World

I believe that the rapture will be taking place in our lifetime.
Dear Brothers and Sisters,

The Rapture is clearly taught in Scripture. The Rapture of the church is the event in which God removes all of the believers from the earth in order to make way for His righteous judgements to be poured out on the earth during the Tribulation period. The Rapture is described primarily in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 and 1 Corinthians 15:50-54. (1.) Meaning: Of time,the beginning of a period of time, a point of something takes place. (2.) Meaning:To come into the presence of, to meet. (3.) Meaning: The Coming of the Lord, Manifestation of the Divine power or Providence. ( 4.) Meaning: Jesus Christ Manifestation of the Whole Earth. (**) Jesus Christ's return: The Anti-christ will be defeated, and will be bound ( through not wholly destroyed); then the Just alone shall rise from the graves: they will be judged and rewarded for their good works and the Millennial Kingdom will be established. Have you read Revelation, starting with the Seven SealsThe Scroll with the Seven Seals from The Throne of God in heaven are given to Jesus Christ for Him to open but they happen on earth beginning with the 4 Horsemen. What are the Seven Seals? The First Seal - The White Horseman. Religious Deception and Persecution, Represents a false peace, “Peace can only be kept by the sword.” It will be a tactic favored by the Antichrist. From a global population of 6 billion souls, approximately 1/3 of the people die during his reign.

The Second Seal - The Red Horseman. Red symbolisms the power of war and blood. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make men slay each other. War around the world on a national level.

The Third Seal - The Black Horseman . Terrible worldwide famine of the last days. The measurement describes that a persons daily wage will buy only one days worth of food for (1) one person. There will be no money left over for shelter or extra food for the family.

The Fourth Seal - The Pale Horseman. Plagues borders on the realm of the unreal. These are those people whom are corrupted in this world, nations, and as a human being, Organizations to the New World Order that are intertwined with one another with the Anti-christ worldwide. Death by plague, sword, beasts... During his reign one quarter of humanity will be destroyed, by diseases, killed by tyrants, or killed by animals.

The Fifth Seal - The Tribulation Martyrs...Tribulati on Saints, mark of the beast. You will be digitized - resistance is futile! An electronic data system to keep track of everything and everyone. These people will resist worshipping the Antichrist, they will resist the new global governing system and they will not accept the (666) compulsory computer chip implants. For their rebellious attitude they will be jailed & tortured, killed or beheaded.

We see then that an economic World System is soon coming, whereby we will all be under the rule of one man. Do the Scriptures tell us from where this man and his System arise from ?

The fourth trumpet causes the sun and moon to be darkened. 1/3 of sun, moon and stars smitten. Day and night will be darkened. The seventh trumpet calls forth the seven angels with the seven bowls of God’s wrath Trumpet prophecy leads to a war in Heaven with Satan. Satan will use the Russian and Arab/Muslim armies to strike against Israel. The Russian and Arab/Muslim armies will march on Israel and make the first nuclear strike. Russia will send some nuclear missiles to the Western allies of Israel to divert them. The invasion of a 200 million-man army will be swift and unexpected. “...coming like a storm, covering the land like a cloud.

The first bowl causes painful sores to break out on humanity. The people that took the – Mark of the Beast - computer chip under the skin means they are worshippers of the Antichrist. The computer chip in these people will cause a grievous sore over the entire body.

The second bowl results in the death of every living thing in the sea. Every living creature in the sea dies

The Third Bowl: causes the rivers to turn into blood. - All the fresh water of the rivers and streams become deadly, undrinkable and unusable

The fourth bowl results in the sun’s heat being intensified and causing great pain. The sun and great heat burn the skin of many people.

The fifth bowl causes great darkness and an intensification of the sores from the first bowl. “Darkness covers the land, ”In this prophecy, the daylight hours are shortened or no flesh would be saved. This signals the world that the Messiahs coming is imminent. Only one final event needs to be staged...

The Sixth Bowl: results in the Euphrates river being dried up and the armies of the Antichrist being gathered together to wage the battle of The third attack on Israel

The Seventh Bowl: Results in an devasting earthquake folllowed by giant hailstones a hundered pounds each fell upon men. The final sign is from the skies. Tremendous thunder and lightening, causing hurricanes, typhoons, tornadoes, and tremendous Earthquak auch as never was upon the Earth. The earth split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed.

For those whom read this I would like to personally invite everyone to think about grown - ups as parents or all grandparents to totally think about our children whom takes care of them through those lives from birth till the times they graduate from High school or perhaps collage that just might happen to come back home to be entering life themselves into the world system in having jobs in taking care of self till one day finding a mate then having children on their own in a family unit. Like a very loving parent whom very gently shakes a child to attempt to wake them up from a nap or a good night sleep. And perhaps the child just does not wake - up immediately then by shaking then becomes does a bit more harder with firmness and then it does come across as a serious. How often the american people just don't see the seriousness with having some things that comes across our televisions and radio, newspapers that had simliar effects of what goes on in this world before us. We see things and hear things that goes beyond the depth of one own spirit that needs more attention to those things such a everything that the Holy Bible has told them that they've ignored or refused to fully trust and believe in themselves. Well I know that people needs to re-read it and fully believe it before it's way to late to be able to turn one's own life in examination as well as possibly going back to church and find out for themselves in seeking those truths in being able to turn away from whom they are to become a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ as the door to Him will be shut permanetly and not to live in eternity and reuniting with all of their loved ones once again. This worlds is coming to a close as we know it or what it had been everything has drastically changed over the years and centuries like never before in a lifetime. Now is the time to fully wake-up and to realize it for what it is in everybody's own life in seeking, asking, knocking on the door of life instead of heading to that awful place to which No one want to end -up for eternity, nor being able to see a loved one again! The perios of time is "Tribulation" has come upon everyone to which Jesus Christ will be judging every single person in this world. Don't be left behind ! i_amgodschild.