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"The hope which is laid up for you in heaven."

Colossians 1:5

Our hope in Christ for the future is the mainspring and the mainstay of our joy here. It will animate our hearts to think often of heaven, for all that we can desire is promised there. Here we are…

I watched this YouTube video of an abortion counselor - oxymoron - who got pregnant & got an abortion. She was just all laughs & giggles trying to show the world that killing her baby was a good experience. I still don't know what to say about this. I had to just post the link because I couldn't post the video for whatever reason.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF-bcoQcf3o

ACTS OF FAITH

by Gary Wilkerson





Once the apostle Peter was miraculously freed from prison (see Acts 12:7-11),

he went to the house of prayer to report the miracle to those who had been

interceding for him. As Peter knocked, the group was still fervently praying

inside. They had no idea how effective their prayers for their brother had

been.



Indeed,…

In my research of "self" & the studying of the destruction of depending on self instead of God, one of the most interesting words I have come across is self-abasement. The definition is a degradation or humiliation of oneself, especially because of feelings of guilt or inferiority. Voluntary self-punishment or humiliation in order to atone for some real or imagined wrongdoing. Self-abasement might have a religious aspect for those seeking humility before God.

Cutting is an example…

Nevertheless

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 04:22 AM PST

There was this young boy sitting on a parked bench. He was reading the Bible when he shouted, "Wow!!! Praise God. He is so good." A passerby asked him what he was so excited about. He said, "I'm reading the story of Moses where God parted the waters so Israel could walk across." The man sat down & said, "Son, they have proven that back during those days, the Red Sea only had 10" of water so that's what made it possible for them to cross." The man got up & was proud of himself…

I was famous in China once. Well, not famous. But I was respected and admired.

When I was in college, I went with a mission team to China. We served hard during the day, but at night we would occasionally go to Chinese dance clubs just to experience the culture.

For some reason, everyone there thought we were amazing dancers. Mainly because we were American and the music was so old. In reality, we were horrible. And we knew it. We were performing old school dance moves that…

Everyone desires to be in God’s will. Sometimes we even talk about wanting to be in the perfect will of God.

But God’s perfect will might not look like what you think it should. We need to clear up what we mean by perfect. Otherwise we could completely miss out on God’s will altogether because we’ll be too busy chasing daydreams.

Our idea of perfect is perfect to us.

A perfect day to you might mean everything is going the way you…

I have several words in the Word that brings comfort & joy to my heart. “Holy” is one of those words. The very second we use the word “holy” in any song, I lose it. Holy is something we will never understand but yet are called to strive to be that way. Abide is a very comforting & soothing word as well. Behind the comfort stands the strong and precious Cross. The very strength that provides freedom for my very soul if I only trust and believe in the saving power of my first…

"Praying through" is a term coined by the early Pentecostals. To some it

meant simply staying on your knees until you were assured you had an answer

from God. To others it meant continually coming back to the Lord until you had

the answer in hand. (This was also called "persevering in prayer.")



As a young boy in those early camp meetings, I heard people testify, "I'm going

to lay hold of the horns…

As we get closer to the Resurrection Celebration I wanted to share this with you. 

God is a God of "Re"

I've often wondered why an all-knowing God would even bother to create us. That is how much He loved us. He was willing to create us, knowing we would be destructive, knowing we would crush His very heart, even to the point of grief. If you have ever grieved over the loss of a dear loved one, you can somewhat understand His pain. However, He looked past…