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Why did Jesus Fold the Napkin

I received this in an email from a very good friend of mine, Please read it!!! I read it and it was awesome!!

Why Did Jesus Fold the Napkin?

This is REALLY AMAZING!!

Why did Jesus fold the linen burial cloth after His resurrection?

I never noticed this....

The Gospel of John (20:7) tells us that the napkin, which was placed over the face of Jesus, was not just thrown aside like the… Continue

Added by deedee310 on August 13, 2009 at 11:00am — 2 Comments

Jesus: Savior But Not Lord?

Romans 12: 1, 2 “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is–His good, pleasing and perfect will.”

We need to dust off our Bibles and read it (and not just books about it) to find out what God wants… Continue

Added by Anna Wood on August 13, 2009 at 11:00am — 1 Comment

Jesus Is Altogether Worthy

We’re awash in things wearing the name “Christian”…

We have “Christian” magazines, “Christian” books, “Christian” bookstores, “Christian” radio stations, “Christian” television stations, “Christian” mugs, “Christian“ candies, “Christian” t-shirts…

We have “Christian” speakers, “Christian” writers, “Christian” talk-show hosts, “Christian” singers…

We can buy “Christian” books on everything from cleaning your house to saving for retirement…

We can join together and support the… Continue

Added by Anna Wood on August 13, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

Change Me

I am as a catterpillar laying face down on the floor,reaching out to Jesus to change me and wrap me in the cacoon of His love.

That someday I will be a catterpillar no more.

Jesus give me beauty for ashes and joy for my tear's,wing's to soar above my trouble's and my fear's.

That I may be free to travel as a butterfly and spread Your Word full of love hope and peace to other's who are lost in the same place You found me.

Thank You Jesus I am changed now for ever… Continue

Added by Karin Franklin on August 12, 2009 at 2:30pm — 1 Comment

SIN CAN RUST EVEN FINE GOLD!

"Sin can bring the brightest and most glorious of human societies and institutions into decay and contempt." - Pulpit Commentary

"Sin can rust even the fine gold." - Pulpit Commentary

"The contempt put upon God's people ought to be a matter of lament to us." - Matthew Henry

"For though man be by nature the sublimest of God's creatures, when he is abandoned to sin and all its consequences he sinks below the level of the brutes...Only Divine grace and power can restore the… Continue

Added by Connie Giordano on August 11, 2009 at 7:38pm — No Comments

Back

I've been offline for a few months, but I'm back now. It's hard being a teen sometimes, having to manage all these ridiculous accounts online. Like myspace and facebook. I am however deleting my myspace account. I don't want a 'second life' online lol.

Added by Daniel Z. on August 11, 2009 at 12:30pm — 1 Comment

RELEASING MY CHILDREN INTO GODS HANDS

I want to thank everybody for their prayers, advice and encouragement. When my son walked away from home i thought I lost him forever. But my God is in control and boy did God teach me a lesson. I decided to take a few day off from work and spend time with my kids in order for us to talk and pray together over our problems.

God reminded me of 1Peter 5v7 "Leave all your worries with him because He cares for you." What was my worries and fears?

My worries and fears was my children… Continue

Added by MELECIA BROWN on August 11, 2009 at 1:19am — 1 Comment

Open Letter To Pastors

Dear Man of God,

You’ve been given a great and fearful job by Almighty God. As I sit before you week after week, I hunger for spiritual meat. I can no longer stand a cotton candy diet. Teach me the deep things of God. I want the truth about myself: I am a sinner and all of my “good-deeds” are but filthy rags before the Lord. My efforts are nothing and will never be enough to take me to heaven. I need you to explain what you have spent so long studying. Tell me how to please Him, how… Continue

Added by Anna Wood on August 10, 2009 at 8:00pm — 2 Comments

A Consuming Fire

Deuteronomy 4: 24, “For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.”

Wildfires sweep across plains and through great forests devouring everything in sight. Man-made or God-made, all that is in the path of the fire catches fire and burns up: trees, animals, plants, humans, houses…the fire consumes it all leaving nothing but ashes in its path.

Hebrews 12: 29, “For our God is a consuming fire.”

God is love and He wants me to… Continue

Added by Anna Wood on August 10, 2009 at 7:59pm — No Comments

Repent...and Keep On Repenting

What is biblical repentance? It’s hardly ever addressed in our pulpits so most of us don’t even know.

Repentance is not despair over having been caught doing something that I shouldn’t have been doing; it’s not being regretful that since I got caught there is now a price to pay; it’s not disappointment over the discomfort or inconvenience the consequences of my sin is now having on my life.

Genuine biblical repentance is measuring my sin against God’s holiness and being… Continue

Added by Anna Wood on August 10, 2009 at 7:57pm — No Comments

Judgment: The Moments Of Eternity

(I realize that this is but a poor description of hell. It is not meant to be representative of reality but is, rather, meant to make you think. No words can adequately describe the torture that awaits those who make it there. Those who have spurned God–who heard the Word and yet rejected it–who spent their lives willingly engaging in sin–will spend eternity in hell, wishing that they hadn’t refused to come to Him in obedience. Unfortunately there are many in the church who believe that they… Continue

Added by Anna Wood on August 10, 2009 at 7:56pm — No Comments

Abusing Grace

The church in America, as a whole, is more interested in fitting into the world than converting the world. We have become cowards. Those who stand up and declare God‘s ways will find themselves at odds with the very ones who should be supporting them.

The church is failing to live up to all of its holy potential and take hold of all of the spiritual blessings available to her because we are failing to do three things: study God’s Word with an eye towards doing His will, pray that… Continue

Added by Anna Wood on August 10, 2009 at 7:55pm — No Comments

Breaking The Heart Of Jesus

The modern Western church desperately needs to remember the message of the cross: that Jesus was not only crucified by men but that He was crushed by His Father. We’ve forgotten that our salvation was something so costly that only God could plan it and make it happen. We’ve acted as if God owes us something; we’ve lived as if He needs us! We’ve forgotten that He is the Everlasting Almighty God Who is and always was complete in Himself and that He has need of nothing for in Him everything exists… Continue

Added by Anna Wood on August 10, 2009 at 7:54pm — No Comments

How Long Shall God's Mercy Endure?

In Genesis 3: 15, God said to Satan, “And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.”

Enmity: deep seated dislike, hatred, hostility or the quality of being an enemy.

Being in a state of enmity with God is deadly serious. If we choose to love the things of the world, we are choosing to hate the things of God. I John 2: 16 states, “For all that is in the world, the lust of… Continue

Added by Anna Wood on August 10, 2009 at 7:53pm — No Comments

Remembering The Cross

What comes to mind when you think about the death of Jesus on the cross?

Do you think about His suffering? His abandonment by His Father?

Do you think about the repeated beatings? Do you think about the whipping that He endured?

Do you recoil from the nails that pierced His hands and His feet?

Do you shutter at His pain?

Does the gross injustice of it all make you weep? Do you ache at the love that it took for the perfect, sinless, Son of… Continue

Added by Anna Wood on August 10, 2009 at 7:52pm — No Comments

Miscarriage: A Note To Husbands

If your wife has suffered a miscarriage, you may be at a total loss as what to do or say. It is important that you don’t feel that it is necessary to make everything all better; you can’t make everything all better. Your wife has suffered a devastating loss and she is grieving. She needs time to process her grief. In the meantime, she needs you to just be there: hold her, listen to her, cry with her, ache for her. This was a child and your wife needs you to validate its very brief… Continue

Added by Anna Wood on August 10, 2009 at 7:51pm — No Comments

Joy Comes In The Morning

When you are going through tough times, remember a few things

…even when you can’t see it, there is a purpose in your suffering

…God is not capricious but rather is completely trustworthy

…God also knows what it is like to suffer

…weeping may endure for the night, but joy comes in the morning

…nothing is forever…not even your pain

…God uses suffering to purify and strengthen us

…Proverbs records that if we faint in the… Continue

Added by Anna Wood on August 10, 2009 at 7:50pm — No Comments

CHRISTIAN WOMEN'S TRANSITION HOME...

FOLKS, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE BEGIN TO PRAY WITH ME IN AGREEMENT FOR THIS CHRISTIAN WOMEN'S TRANSITION HOME. THIS IS THE NEXT STEP FOR Y.O. STREET MINISTRIES, AND NEED YOUR HELP, I NEED YOUR PRAYERS! THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE LORD HAS BEEN WORKING IN MY HEART FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, AND I KNOW THIS IS THE TIME! I HAVE BEEN DOING RESEARCH, TALKING TO PEOPLE AND OF COURSE PRAYING ABOUT THIS FOR 'YEARS!' THIS HOME IS VERY MUCH NEEDED, FOR BOTH THE MEN AND THE WOMEN. GOD IS WORKNG THINGS OUT FOR THIS,… Continue

Added by yvonne smiddy on August 10, 2009 at 7:47pm — No Comments

Sin makes men cowards

1 Sin makes men cowards. Whatever difficulties the righteous meet in the way of duty, they are not daunted. 2. National sins disturb the public repose. 3. If needy persons get opportunities of oppressing, their extortion will be more severe than that of the more wealthy. 4. Wicked people strengthen one another in wicked ways. 5. If a man seeks the Lord, it is a good sign that he understands much, and it is a good means of understanding more. 6. An honest, godly, poor man, is better than a… Continue

Added by Yakubu Awal on August 10, 2009 at 3:33pm — No Comments

Follow Me

This is the 4th part of a four part study I have posted on other groups. I actually began this study 34 years ago while in Bible College. Edward

18 I can guarantee this truth: When you were young, you would get ready to go where you wanted. But when you're old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will get you ready to take you where you don't want to go.” 19 Jesus said this to show by what kind of death Peter would bring glory to God. After saying this, Jesus told… Continue

Added by Edward Klassen (skypilot) on August 10, 2009 at 1:55pm — No Comments