The photo studio can place photos on a wood panel or a hanging canvas for a very affordable price, just something if no one has checked out, it's something to look at.

Pray about this. Lord do I have any spirits of doubt or unbelief. These spirits can be a real hindrance. Or do I have spirits of fear in waiting for God to manifest my answer while I am in a certain trial of trouble. Ps. 46:1 The Lord is a very present help in time of trouble--by faith. God said ask in Jesus name not that if you don't give to the preacher you get nothing. What if you need water in a dessert are you going to find a preacher before you die of thirst. Demons are not monsters, they are fallen angels and they are out numbered by the angels God puts around us. warning a commitment to Christ is mandatory then you can be under full protection. I know we are not under the penalty of the law in O.T. but you can see that Jesus had to change that curse. righteousness fulfils all the law especially Love God and your neighbor. Matt. 22:36-40. we must keep the darkness out of our lives and be full of the light of God's word 24-7

I'm just curious how many nondenominationals would be interested in my idea for a hypothetical evangelical denomination with these distinctives; this would be like a mixture of many denominations
1. Presbyterian view of baptism
2. TULIP or TUP (strategic ambiguity like ACNA)
3. Lutheran view of real presence/ Lord's Supper
4. Greek Orthodox liturgy and worship style (so not evangelical music like guitars etc), standing, black robes, hats etc
5. Catechetical sermons style (like Presbyterian style where the sermon is very long like 40 minutes from OT and NT)
6. Amillenial/Postmill acceptable escatology
7. icons allowed in church but no prayer to Saints
8. LXX OT and Greek NT, required Greek for all members for ease of understanding depth of Scripture

the bible warns us many false teachers will arise to deceive the believers (2 Peter 2).

We are taught to discern (1 Thessalonians 5:21).

There are many disagreements among Christians on unimportant issues, why can't people just stick to Jesus's core teaching? Yes, many things are unclear to us, but if we all start to speculate, there's how the church got split.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not a liberal Christian who accepts things like LGBT, but sticking to the main message of Jesus and the apostles doesn't seem hard.

Buon Carnevale! Buon appetito!

When Mardi Gras is brought up, everyone always imagines New Orleans or Rio de Janeiro — but the truth is, the Italian Carnevale is the original inspiration for those parties.

When you have a basic Catholic culture someplace such as Bavaria, Italy, Ireland, Haiti, Philippines and Brazil, our religious feasts will affect the local customs. In the case of the necessities of the Church’s prescribed Lenten fast, naturally, we want a fare-thee-well to fun, excitement and Bananas Foster beforehand.

Even non-Catholics know that we start a 40-day fast on Ash Wednesday and want to brace ourselves for going cold turkey on the hot fudge sundaes — so we have a chance to have a little fun, gastronomically speaking. Partying before Lent is meant to use all of the extra luxury foods before Ash Wednesday. It was a day when Catholics need to use up all of their fats, meat, sugar, honey, butter and eggs that were any other day were historically considered extravagances, even for the wealthy. One final fling, one last night of “decadence,” before we all deepen our prayers for our salvation and that of our relatives and friends.

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In case potential customers are concerned that this 'Christian' game seems strikingly similar to the occult Ouija boards used to contact demons, Amazon provides a not very comforting assurance.

(LifeSiteNews) — Amazon is playing with hellfire by promoting a recently released product: the “Holy Spirit” Ouija board.

In 2022, Amazon began selling this horrendous new product, created by an obscure online website called Holy Spirit Games. The object, marketed by Amazon as the “Holy Spirit Board,” is a “Christian Religious Talking Board for Seance with Planchette.” The manufacturer claims their product will allow Christ-loving individuals to get in contact with Jesus directly, by providing them with “a fool-proof way of understanding the Lord’s will.”

“GET THE ANSWERS YOU NEED!” the product description on Amazon reads. “The Holy Spirit Board can answer all of life’s most important questions, straight from the man [sic] himself!”

In case potential customers are concerned that this “Christian” game seems strikingly similar to the occult Ouija boards used to contact demons, Amazon provides a not very comforting assurance.

“Unlike other spirit boards, this one will NEVER contact evil ghosts or demons, so you can ask your questions with an assured sense of safety,” it states.

The Holy Spirit Games website claims that this is the “new way to pray” that provides a “direct line to Jesus Christ.”

“Holy Spirit Games presents: The Holy Spirit Board!” the website reads. “A new way to pray! With other spirit boards, you have to worry about ghosts and demons haunting you and your family, but with the Holy Spirit Board, you only have a direct line to Jesus Christ himself.”

“Let’s face it, we all pray to Jesus but sometimes the message he sends us isn’t so clear,” it continues. “Now, you have a fool-proof way of understanding the Lord’s will right in the palm of your hand.”

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Hi everyone,

If you are suffering from mental illness you may want to do this- lay your hands on your head and say "Mind, brain, and body I command you to line up with the word of God in Jesus' name". I have done this numerous times and always received healing, sometimes profound healing! This has saved my hide numerous times, there were times when I was so ill mentally I thought I was going to have to go to the hospital but I did this and instantly I snapped out of it, I was healed and didn't have to go! If you have a mental illness you may even want to do this right now!

Hi.

I've been working on my website - so this is shameless self-publicity and I hope you guys and gals engage with my work etc.

That said, in the context of Lent, I've been reading a book called Between Cross And Resurrection: A Theology Of Holy Saturday. Look it up. It is astonishing - and I mean - ooooh.

So and I shall inevitably dumb this down - my being a bit dumbed down... For the first Christians, the crucifixion happened, and Easter hadn't happened yet.

God was a dead human corpse put away in an available tomb prior to Sabbath - having been crucified. (The book is really good and spectacularly intelligent...)

Therefore, as we consider the crucifixion, we need to see/hear/read the story in ways that both already know the resurrection, Easter, and ways that don't - as if this is the first time and we are then.

That's as briefly as I can put it.

It is so profound - thoughts if you let them play.

And I put a reading of Acts 7 on my website - which was recorded awhile ago but I can understand what I was doing there....

Link: Listen To The Bible! | Jesus Loves You | King James Version | Audio KJV

The audio in question does not auto-play - but I hope you enjoy and that you do not mind me posting to ask you to listen to it.

xOliver

Our church needed a youth minister to fill in. All the youth were there and one boy came in with crutches and a cast on one leg. I asked him if he would believe when all of us would pray for him. ( 2 or more in Jesus name) He said yes. I said here is how to act your faith--drop your crutches and run down the hall. Child like faith he did. He said he felt something and could walk better. That night he went home as was told us, he asked his mom, can God heal me? she said she believed God could. She took him sometime to the Dr. and had a x-ray. Dr. told her there is nothing wrong with him and so they cut his cast off. The power of Jesus through little children halleluiah.

Are we wearing our masks, and green, gold, and purple beads today? At least, have a piece of King Cake. With the baby in it of course.

Laissez les bons temps rouler!

She was laying on the ground and crawling like a snake--literally. children were all around her and they said to me, all she does is sit in a chair and listen to that rock music. I reached out to her to deliverance her. She reached up and scratched my arm, just a little blood though. All of a sudden she got up stood up strait and walked away as though she was normal and nothing happened. She wasn't free but did not harm or say bad to me. I learn that not everyone can be set free unless they want to. In my early deliverance for myself, in some areas of life, The demons would try to choke me to death but Jesus won't let that happen-- he is a savior and deliverer and won't let us be hurt. that is concerning self deliverance . Death for us is victory. glory to Jesus name if you were one of the devil favorite kids, better stay covered with the blood and walk righteousness.

For the most part Charismatics who are faithful and true disciples, are a threat to the kingdom of darkness. Every time the world, and even Christians see a negative or fake thing, ( especially covetous ministry) it brings reproach, name calling, and disinterest and a happy devil. There are conservative full bible believing Holy Spirit filled soldiers for the kingdom of God who understand the world will hate them and their Christ. Yet still they continue to be a hope and love to all mankind as well as prayer warriors. Their revival is not just coming--it is here always through Jesus.

It doesn't make sense to me that one can pray to saints and or pray for the dead, when seeing a parallel in 1 Sam. 28:7 Where Saul seeks a woman who has a familiar spirit. She also talks with the dead. I notice also that she must also be a Necromancer because they talk with the dead.

Hey I just got word of this, revival is breaking out in a big way in Asbury Kentucky, if you can't get down there you can watch online, something like 10 million are watching around the world Login to view embedded media

Titus 2:11-14 ESV


In America, where I live, many professers of faith in Jesus Christ have this idea of God’s grace as though it is just forgiveness of sins and the promise of heaven when they die. But is that all there is to it? No! God’s grace, which sent Jesus Christ to the cross to die for our sins is about delivering us out of our slavery to sin so that we can now be servants of God and of his righteousness.

We, who are of genuine faith in Jesus Christ, died with Christ to sin, and we were raised with him that we might walk in newness of life in him, not like our old lives of living in sin. For our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. Therefore, we are not to let sin reign in our mortal bodies, to make us obey its passions. For if sin is what we obey, and if obedience is not what we obey, it leads to death, not to life everlasting.

For the righteous requirement of the law is fulfilled in us who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For if we walk according to the flesh, it ends in death, not in eternal life with God. For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. And, yes, it is required of us that we live to please God, regardless of those who are saying that we are already pleasing him and that we don’t have to do anything.

[Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 2 Co 5:9; Gal 6:8; Eph 5:10; Col 1:9-11; 1 Thes 2:4; 1 Thes 4:1; 2 Tim 2:4; Heb 11:6; Heb 13:6; 1 Jn 3:22]

Also, a lot of people professing faith in Jesus Christ have this idea that our salvation is secured for us based off a one-time profession of faith in Jesus Christ, regardless of how we live from that moment forward. But is that biblical faith? No! And is that biblical salvation? No! For God’s grace is bringing us salvation, and it is training us to renounce ungodliness, etc., while we wait for our Lord’s return. Our salvation is to be continuous until the day we die or until our Lord returns and takes us to be with him.

For the Scriptures teach that we are saved (past), and we are being saved (present active), and that we will be saved (future) when Jesus Christ returns for his bride, which is when our salvation will be completed, and not until then. But this is all conditional on us walking according to the Spirit and not according to the flesh, and us walking in holiness and in righteousness, in obedience to our Lord, and us not making sin our practice. And it is conditional on us continuing steadfast in that faith until the very end.

[Matt 24:9-14; Rom 8:24; Rom 13:11; 1 Co 1:18; 1 Co 15:1-2; 2 Tim 1:8-9; Heb 9:28; 1 Pet 1:5; Jn 8:31-32; Jn 15:1-12; Rom 11:17-24; 1 Co 15:2; Col 1:21-23; 2 Tim 2:10-13; Heb 3:6,14-15; 2 Pet 1:5-11; 2 Pet 2:20-22; 1 Jn 2:24-25]

There are a lot of verbs in the Scriptures which are continuing verbs which are not always clear in our English translations. For example John 3:16 should read “.. that whoever believing in him..” This is ongoing faith, not a one-time profession of faith. And this isn’t the only example. There are many. And belief in Jesus comes from God, and it is gifted to us by God, and it is not of our own doing. And biblical faith involves repentance and obedience to our Lord.

[Eph 2:8-10; Heb 12:1-2; Jn 6:44; 1 Co 10:1-22; Heb 3:1-19; Heb 4:1-13; Acts 5:32; Tit 2:11-14; Rom 6:1-23; Rom 8:1-14; Eph 4:17-32; 1 Jn 3:4-10; Lu 9:23-26; 1 Pet 2:24; 1 Co 6:19-20; 2 Co 5:15,21; Matt 7:21-23]

For Jesus Christ gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works. And, yes, works are required of us, but they are the works of God which he prepared in advance that we would walk in them (See Titus 2:14; Ephesians 2:10).

[Eph 2:8-10; 1 Co 15:58; 2 Co 9:8; Gal 5:6; Php 2:12-13; Col 1:9-14; 2 Thess 1:11-12; 2 Tim. 2:21; Tit 2:11-14; Jn 15:1-11; Tit 3:8; Jas 2:17]

So, just know that a one-time profession of faith in Jesus Christ is not enough to secure you salvation from sin and eternal life with God. We are all required of God that we walk no longer according to the flesh but according to the Spirit, and that we no longer walk in sin, in practice, but that now righteousness, holiness, and obedience to our Lord are what we practice. For how we live in this life matters for eternity with regard to where we spend eternity. But all this is only possible in God’s power and strength.

[Matt 7:21-23; Matt 24:9-14; Lu 9:23-26; Rom 1:18-32; Rom 2:6-8; Rom 6:1-23; Rom 8:1-14,24; Rom 12:1-2; Rom 13:11; 1 Co 6:9-10,19-20; 2 Co 5:10,15,21; 1 Co 1:18; 1 Co 15:1-2; 2 Tim 1:8-9; Heb 9:28; 1 Pet 1:5; Gal 5:16-21; Gal 6:7-8; Eph 2:8-10; Eph 4:17-32; Eph 5:3-6; Col 1:21-23; Col 3:5-17; 1 Pet 2:24; Tit 2:11-14; 1 Jn 1:5-9; 1 Jn 2:3-6,24-25; 1 Jn 3:4-10; Heb 3:6,14-15; Heb 10:23-31; Heb 12:1-2; Rev 21:8,27; Rev 22:14-15]

Full Release

An Original Work / April 15, 2012

Walking daily with my Savior
brings me joy.
Loving Father; precious Jesus;
He’s my Savior and my Lord.
Gently leads me; follow Him.
I’ve invited Him within.
Now abiding in His presence,
oh, what peace.
From my self-life
He has brought me,
By His mercy, full release.

Hope and comfort,
peace and safety Jesus brings
When I daily bow before Him;
Obey freely; do His will.
Follow Him where’er He leads.
Listen to Him; His words heed.
Now obeying his words fully,
oh, what love
That He gives me
through salvation,
By His Spirit, from above.

Loving Father; precious Jesus,
He’s my friend.
With my Savior, by His Spirit,
I will endure to the end.
Share the gospel, tell what’s true.
Witness daily; His will do.
Tell the world of how their Savior
bled and died.
On a cruel cross He suffered
So that we might be alive.

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I think I'm understanding myself a little bit better, in that I have obsessive thoughts about my intentions. "Did I mean to do that, what did I really mean by saying that, etc." And I tend to assume the worst in myself. When I was younger I was terrified of cheating in school, I would hide my face or sit away from students so I could make sure I wouldn't cheat, but I was so obsessed with "don't cheat don't cheat don't cheat" that I hyper analyzed every little glance to the side and ended up confessing to a lot of cheating. I still don't want to go back to college because of this, and I'm in my late 20s.

But that story is relevant because now I have a boyfriend, my first boyfriend ever. And I'm struggling so hard with physical affection. "Is this too much, is this sexual, my mind wants to go further but I know it's wrong and we should stay right here, is this touch ok, is what he's doing now okay," etc. It got to the point where, one day, I pushed us to go almost too far because I followed my lust, and so we stopped kissing for about 6 months. And us not kissing is a huge factor in why we almost broke up recently. So we are back to kissing, and I WANT TO KEEP IT HOLY AND PURE, but I get so obsessed over the torrent of "is this ok, is that ok, am I sinning, am I over thinking it."

It's kinda funny but I almost feel like it's something that could be solved by ERP (exposure and response prevention) therapy. It's just so hard to be so anxious over something so important.

JEREMIAH 34:8-22, 33:25-26


Jeremiah is known as the “weeping prophet” because Israel had returned to idolatry, and corruption, YHVH sends him with a message to Israel, “Repent” and “turn from your sins”, one of the sins was to go back on their word. Jeremiah told them that God had said, “release your slaves” since they had not released them after 7 years, they did that, but afterward, they “re-captured” their slaves and returned them to captivity, this is to be “double-minded” for “appearance sake” they released the slaves/servants, but when they thought that “the prophet wasn't looking” they went back on their word. Result? Babylon came and captured Israel! And king Zedekiah was taken to Babylon as a slave.

How well do we as believers respond when someone calls our attention? When we are in the wrong, do we really repent, and turn from our sins? or.... when we think no one is looking, go back to our sins? Our old attitudes, our old “issues?” A thief looks ahead, in back, to the left, to the right, to make sure that no one is looking, but the thief never looks “up”! Yes, our Heavenly Father who is on high is looking down on us all, and observes ALL our actions, even in private, so, we really are NEVER alone! Someone is always watching us.

God, his holy angels, Satan and his demons, all that are in the spirit realm are always watching our every move. So, make sure our lives are holy, unto God on high.

MARK 1:1-2:28


The talmid/disciple Mark writes about John the Baptist, and his ministry to prepare the people for the coming of his cousin, Yeshua, preparing hearts, and minds. Baptism was important in Jewish life, it symbolized who was once unclean, is now clean, from “Tamei” to “Tahor”, from “death to life”.

When a born-again believer is baptized, the believer identifies himself or herself with Yeshua in death and life, death, burial, and resurrection. But John was just “preparing” the way for He who is THE WAY, the TRUTH, and the LIFE. In the early part of the first century, the followers of Yeshua were known as "those of the WAY" even before the name "Christian" was used. "Christian" came from the Greek "Kristianos" from "Kristos" while "Messianics" came from the original Hebrew "Mashiach" or "Messiah" Both titles point to those who follow Yeshua. Yet the way God looks at us is;
"B'nei Elohim" (Sons and daughters of God)

Yeshua is the WAY to eternal life, He is the TRUTH, which is the opposite of lies and deception, and He is LIFE eternal, to those who embrace Him as Savior and LORD.

So, How are we to walk our “Halacha?” (Spiritual walk) we need to walk in HIS WAYS. What are HIS WAYS? The way of the Torah, obedient to HIS mitzvoth. If we are walking in HIS WAYS, We are walking in the TRUTH, and if we walk in the TRUTH, and we have accepted the LIVING TRUTH (Emet Chai) then we have ETERNAL LIFE, No wonder Yeshua identifies himself by these three words.

Yeshua went walking along the Sea of Galilee, and there he invited Kefa and Andrew to come with him, and later, at K’far Nachum (Capernaum) went to the synagogue there and began to teach the people. I thank God that I visited that same synagogue back in 2015 when I went to Israel to serve the IDF with the reserve units. My friend Alon and I went by car to Capernaum, walk around, and visited the part of the lake that served as a dock for the fishing boats, that is probably where Yeshua met Kefa and Andrew.

We are all called by Yeshua through his spirit, to follow him, do we follow Him? or...do we expect HIM to follow US? He teaches us through HIS word, are we listening?



Shalom

A very peaceful and wonderful album.

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My prayers are being answered in ways that do not make sense to me and the results are confusing to me. It's starting to shake my faith in a bad way. At one point, I thought to myself that if this was the way that God was answering my prayers then maybe I should stop praying. I've thought and wondered to myself why things are turning out this way and maybe I've made some mistakes in hearing God's voice of direction in my life. But no, He's ordered my steps... The results just haven't been what I thought they would be. It's been a rough road. Can anyone relate? What's most important?

Can anyone recommend anything on Orthodoxy for a Methodist or Methodist-sympathizing audience?

Edit: or not "on" Orthodoxy, but Orthodox and somehow appropriate to represent Orthodoxy to such an audience?

Thank you.

What language did Adam and Eve use in speaking to God and Satan, and where did they learn it?

I am feeling down about trying to find another job.
I am tired a lot from my current job so have little energy left over for the rest of my life let alone applying for jobs (but I'm still applying for jobs and visiting potential workplaces on my day off.
I feel like I'll never find another job.
it's just difficult.

The last great revival in the US has been made into a movie and will be out shortly

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The service at the Kemah Daud Christian Church (GKKD) on Jalan Soekarno Hatta, Rajabasa Jaya Village, Rajabasa District, Bandar Lampung, Lampung was forcibly disbanded by residents and local official (Ketua RT).

Residents and the local officials (Ketua RT) argued that there was no permit to use the building as a place of worship. Meanwhile, since 2014 the permits that have been taken care of have always been complicated by local Muslim residents.

Local Officials that disbanded church services (Ketua RT) :


Source: Viral, Ketua RT Bubarkan Ibadah Jemaat Gereja di Lampung