Have You Read Our Father’s Love Letter Yet?

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I received an email this weekend, from one of my wonderful Christian friends, that included a link to an awesome website that features; Love Letters from Our Father, An Intimate Message From God To You, in video format.

The messages are clear and blew me away…

I just added “Father’s Love Letter” to Links Of Interest list!

Have you read our Father’s Love Letter’s on YouTube?
Enjoy!
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Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near.
Isaiah 55:6 NIV/NLT

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What Encouraging Bible Verses Are Your Favorites?

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Since I started reading the bible, I’ve always kept a list of encouraging bible verses. I use this list, from Genesis through Revelation, to refresh my comprehension and enlightenment when ever I read a verse that inspires me to connect the proverbial dots…

Today we can always hop on-line and get a plethora of information on any subject. But being able to tell the good from bad or the right from wrong isn’t always as easy as we might think.

The subject of this post is: What Encouraging Bible Verses Are Your Favorites? This question came from a reader of the Bible-Religion.com blog last week.

In all fairness I think  each one of us have different bible verses that encourage us.  However, I will share some of my favorite verses with all of you here, in no particular order of preference:
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And this is what He says to all humanity:
‘The fear of the Lord is true wisdom;
to forsake evil is real understanding.’”
Job 28:28 NLT

“But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love.”
1 John 4:8 NLT

The Bible says, “…those who become Christians become new persons. They are not the same anymore, for the old life is gone. A new life is begun!”
2 Corinthians 5:17 NLT

“Now turn from your sins and turn to God, so you can be cleansed of your sins.”
Acts 3:19 NLT

Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.
Philippians 4:6 NLT

May God give you more and more grace and peace as you grow in your knowledge of God and Jesus our Lord.
2 Peter 1:2 NLT

“You can pray for anything, and if you have faith, you will receive it.”
Matthew 21:22 NLT

Dear friends, never take revenge. Leave that to the righteous anger of God.
Romans 12:19 NLT

There is no peace for the wicked,”says my God.
Isaiah 57:21 NLT

For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith.
1 John 5:4 NLT

But the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.
2 Thessalonians 3:3 NLT

Be stewards of the earth. “The land itself must observe a Sabbath rest”
Leviticus 25:2 NLT

For I am not ashamed of this Good News about Christ. It is the power of God at work, saving everyone who believes—the Jew first and also the Gentile
Romans 1:16 NLT

I have chosen the way of truth; I have set my heart on your laws.
Psalm 119:30 NIV

I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 3:14 NIV

Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
James 1:22 NIV
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If you are not keeping your own list of encouraging bible verses and would like to start one, perhaps you will be inspired by these favorite verses of the bible at the New Living Translation.com! This will allow you to view the collection of favorite verses by simply selecting a book from the bible to view a list of all the favorite verses from each book.

I will sometimes even take the verse and go to Biblegateway.com and look it up in multiple versions, up to five at a time, that can give me a different perspective on the verse I am interested in.

What encouraging bible verses are your favorites?
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Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.
Philippians 4:6 NIV/NLT/NKJV

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Do You Know Why the Sabbath Really Matters?

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Originally I set out for this post to be about the Ten Commandments.

During my research on that topic I discovered something that connects more with another post here at Bible-Religion.com.

In my post titled “Are You Growing in Favor with God and Humanity” I quoted a passage from the book “The Keys To Heavens Economy” and included some additional verses that I discovered in my research of the passage.

The additional verses from Isaiah 58:13-14 have spurred a more intement search in me to dig deeper into their meaning.  Yes, I’m talking about the Sabbath, the seventh day of the week to observe the Sovereignty of the Lord.

Observing a Sabbath—a period of rest—has gone out of fashion.”  Which is part of the reason why the basic fundamentalism of Christianity is rebuked by non-believers and the weak who fight for their own delights in this world.

Through my curiosity and necessity for a full understanding of this topic…. I discovered the following article from the New Living Translation website search archive.  In this article you will find some of the fundamental life attitudes that the Bible says flow with the Sabbath.

This practice is really very easy to follow as long as you’re not influenced by the strategies of the fundamentalist governments and their supporting talking heads.

Do You Know Why the Sabbath Really Matters?

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Be stewards of the earth. “The land itself must observe a Sabbath rest”
Leviticus 25:2 NLT

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Are You Growing In Favor With God and Humanity?

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keys-to-heavens-economy2Just finished reading an awesome book I got from a wonderful Christian friend of mine titled; Keys To Heaven’s Economy, An Angelic Visitation from the Minister of Finance by Shawn Bolz from WhiteDove Ministries. You can get it at: Amazon or Streams Ministries.com

This book contains an incredible message from the visions that Shawn had in order to write the book. The effect it had on me has inspired me to provide my visitors with a scripture passage and message from the book.

The passage is from Isaiah 58:6-12 and I don’t know what bible it is taken from. But, after I looked it up in the NLT, I discovered a verse that has had my attention for quite some time. It requires everyones attention as well. The passage I am providing here includes verses 13 and 14 from the NLT version, respectively.

Isaiah 58:6-14

6 “No, this is the kind of fasting I want:
Free those who are wrongly imprisoned;
lighten the burden of those who work for you.
Let the oppressed go free,
and remove the chains that bind people.
7 Share your food with the hungry,
and give shelter to the homeless.
Give clothes to those who need them,
and do not hide from relatives who need your help.

8 “Then your salvation will come like the dawn,
and your wounds will quickly heal.
Your godliness will lead you forward,
and the glory of the LORD will protect you from behind.
9 Then when you call, the LORD will answer.
‘Yes, I am here,’ he will quickly reply.

“Remove the heavy yoke of oppression.
Stop pointing your finger and spreading vicious rumors!
10 Feed the hungry,
and help those in trouble.
Then your light will shine out from the darkness,
and the darkness around you will be as bright as noon.
11 The LORD will guide you continually,
giving you water when you are dry
and restoring your strength.
You will be like a well-watered garden,
like an ever-flowing spring.
12 Some of you will rebuild the deserted ruins of your cities.
Then you will be known as a rebuilder of walls
and a restorer of homes.

13 “Keep the Sabbath day holy.
Don’t pursue your own interests on that day,
but enjoy the Sabbath
and speak of it with delight as the LORD’s holy day.
Honor the Sabbath in everything you do on that day,
and don’t follow your own desires or talk idly.
14 Then the LORD will be your delight.
I will give you great honor
and satisfy you with the inheritance I promised to your ancestor Jacob.
I, the LORD, have spoken!”

Shawn states the following from page 114 after the passage: “This passage provides the greatest key to spiritual acceleration and growing in favor with God and humanity.”

I also found a deeper understanding of this message after reading the following from page 119: “An awesome invitation is being sent us - the very release of revelation on how to give. Part of what will constitute deliverance for the Western world is when those who have much to lose start taking risks and leaps of faith by giving and sowing extravagantly into God’s heart. If you don’t know where to give radically to please God, you can find the two largest targets singled out all through the Bible: the poor and the Jewish people. We can accelerate our spiritual growth by giving to the poor, which partners with God’s heart. When we give to Israel, though, we not only accelerate our personal spiritual growth and blessing, but we actually accelerate the Lord’s coming.”

Are you growing in favor with God and humanity?

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Has the Anti-Christ Arrived?

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Wow…  just saw this video and you can hear the fear in these folks voices! The American Politicians just don’t get it, which is unfortunate for us here in the USA.

Theologian William Barclay comments in the Daily Study Bible that “antichrist is not so much a person as a principle, the principle which is actively opposed to God and which may well be thought of as incarnating itself in those in every generation who have seemed to be blatant opponents of God.”

I’ve been researching this topic for some time and have not been able to complete my understanding of what the Anti-Christ is yet.  However, in 2 John 1:6-8 we are reminded of what the meaning of the bible’s message is once again!

Are you familiar with anymore Bible verses that depict the Antichrist beside those listed below, please let us know here.
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I say this because many deceivers have gone out into the world. They deny that Jesus Christ came* in a real body. Such a person is a deceiver and an antichrist.
2 John 1:7(NLT)

Dear children, the last hour is here. You have heard that the Antichrist is coming, and already many such antichrists have appeared. From this we know that the last hour has come.
1 John 2:18(NLT)

And who is a liar? Anyone who says that Jesus is not the Christ.* Anyone who denies the Father and the Son is an antichrist.*
1 John 2:22(NLT)

But if someone claims to be a prophet and does not acknowledge the truth about Jesus, that person is not from God. Such a person has the spirit of the Antichrist, which you heard is coming into the world and indeed is already here.
1 John 4:3(NLT)
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Do you think the Anti-Christ has arrived?
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UPDATE:(August 2, 2009) The following information comes from Joel Rosenberg’s “Epicenter: blog“. Are you tuned in?

‘”As I describe in my non-fiction book, Epicenter, Bible prophecies in the Old and New Testaments indicate that in the End Times, a Third Temple will be built on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, the site where the First and Second Temples once stood. Skeptics and cynics have long dismissed such prophecies. Military officials, moreover, have long argued that a Jewish effort to build a new temple could unleash the fury of 1.3 billion Muslims and trigger an apocalyptic war in the epicenter.

But a new poll in Israel finds a stunning 64% percent of Israelis — including 47% of secular Israelis — want to see the Third Temple built.

The Hebrew Prophet Isaiah writes, “It will come about in the last days that the mountain of the house of the Lord will be established as the chief of mountains” and that “the nations will stream to it.” (Isaiah 2:2)

In Daniel 9:26-27, we read: “The Messiah will be cut off and have nothing, and the people of the prince who is to come [the Anti-Christ] will destroy the city [Jerusalem] and the sanctuary [the Second Temple]….Even to the end [of days] there will be war; desolation’s are determined. And he [the Anti-Christ] will make a firm covenant with the many for seven years, but in the middle of that week, he will put a stop to sacrifice and grain offering [in a rebuilt End of Days Temple] and on the wing of abominations will come one who makes desolate.”

The Book of Revelation also confirms that a fully functional and operational Temple will be in place when the Tribulation begins (see Revelation 11).

Jewish groups in Israel are already producing architectural plans to build the Third Temple, and making other preparations as well. “‘

Based on this information, I am astonished that the American Politicians are continuing to follow the path that will eventually help to destroy us and the rest of the entire planet. Why are they not listening to the Word of God? What are they listening to?…

Read the entire article here.

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Are You Ready For The Coming Perfect Storm?

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As I continue to look for information contained in the message of the Bible, one of the Prophetics I follow struck me with a message he calls “The Coming Perfect Storm”.

This Prophetics name is John Paul Jackson.  He is the founder of Streams Ministries and has a jam-packed website with a cool video website called AWE.tv.

Early this year, January 2009, Mr. Jackson put up Part One, a 30 minute video and Part Two, a 21 minute video of “The Coming Perfect Storm”. He also offers a transcript of the video in PDF for $3.00.  Well worth the investment because it includes his personal notes on his understanding of this message from God.

After many requests from visitor, I’ve decided to update this post, to include the videos mentioned above, here.

Part One

Part Two

Bottom line, the Lord our God, is not happy about the way most Christians and non-believers live there lives.  He wants everyone to come back to the way of life he has laid out for all of us in the bible.

What are your thoughts on the message in these videos?…

P.S. You’ll find the next video in-line with this Prophecy of The Coming Perfect Storm, at the post titled; Are You Prepared for Turbulent Times Ahead?
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I am the one who exposes the false prophets as liars by causing events to happen that are contrary to their predictions.  I cause wise people to give bad advice, thus proving them to be fools.
Isaiah 44:25 (TQ/ISB) NLT

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