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A flower, wishing to enjoy life,
Guided by a gentle and trembling ray,
He returned to summer like a bud of happiness,
And the first petal unfolded to the sky.
Then others reached out to the sun.,
Fragrant and inviting heavenly birds,
And bees, obeying the call of their ancestors,
Pollen and nectar were removed in a hurry.
So the flower grew, listening to God's will.,
Until the life stream is exhausted.
And, having completed existence with fruit,
In the autumn seeds, he fell silent without a murmur.....
Don't be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God. Romans 12:2
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praise and worship music With Lyrics | "God's Will for Mankind Will Never Change " | English Christian Song
God's been in this world for many years, but who knows Him? No wonder God chastises people. Seems God uses them as objects of His authority. Seems they're bullets in His gun, and once He's fired it, they'll all escape one by one. But this is not what is real, it's their imagination. God loves people like His treasure, since they're the "capital" of His management. He will not eliminate them. He won't change His will towards them. He won't change His will towards them.
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God has always respected humans. He hasn't once exploited or traded them like slaves. For He and man can't part. Thus a life and death bond is formed. Between man and God, God loves, cherishes humans. Though this isn't mutual, God still spends efforts on them,
as to God they still look up. God loves people like His treasure, since they're the "capital" of His management. He will not eliminate them.
He won't change His will towards them. He won't change His will towards them. He won't change His will towards them. He won't change His will towards them.
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Can they truly trust God's oath? How can they satisfy God? This is the task for all man, the "homework" God left for all. It is God's hope that they will all work hard to complete it.
from Follow the Lamb and Sing New Songs
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Introduction
Christian Music Video | "How Does One Enter Into the True Prayer"
During prayer your heart must be at peace before God,
your heart must be sincere.
Truly commune when you pray to God.
Don’t cheat God with words pleasing to the ear.
So your heart will be quiet before God.
And in the environments arranged for you,
you will then know yourself and hate yourself.
You will hate yourself and forsake yourself.
So you’ll have normal relations with God,
and become someone who truly loves, loves God, loves, loves God,
become someone who truly loves, loves God.
Prayer must surround what God will do today. Ask for greater illumination,
bring your state and troubles before God and speak to Him your resolution.
So your heart will be quiet before God.
And in the environments arranged for you,
you will then know yourself and hate yourself.
You will hate yourself and forsake yourself.
So you’ll have normal relations with God,
and become someone who truly loves, loves God, loves, loves God,
become someone who truly loves, loves God.
Prayer is not to follow procedure but to seek God with your sincerity.
Pray for God to protect your heart. Ask for God to protect your heart.
So your heart will be quiet before God.
And in the environments arranged for you,
you will then know yourself and hate yourself.
You will hate yourself and forsake yourself.
So you’ll have normal relations with God,
and become someone who truly loves, loves God, loves, loves God,
become someone who truly loves, loves God.
from Follow the Lamb and Sing New Songs
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I missed it. December 10 was my 20th Flickr anniversary. I hope this poster atones for not indicating that sooner,
Thanks for looking!
No, I really wasn't incarcerated. Just the prison we make in our own heads. I have really missed being around the Flickr's for a while. Just trying to break out of old ways of thinking and feeling that have limited and controlled me.
"For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others." Nelson Mandela
"Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them."
Frederick Douglass
Gospel hymn | A Hymn of God’s Word | God Eagerly Wants Those Who Can Carry Out His Will
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As God's work moved onward
and progressed ceaselessly through time,
after the rainbow covenant
was established with man,
a sign that He would never
again flood the world,
God wished even more for those who
could be of one mind with Him.
God longs to gain those
who understand His will,
know His disposition and worship Him.
Such a group of people,
they are His confidants.
Such a group of people
can bear testimony
to Him, to Him, to Him.
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God was more eager for
those who could do His will on earth,
and those who were able
to not be bound by Satan,
who could break away
from the forces of darkness
and bear testimony to Him,
those who were able.
God longs to gain those
who understand His will,
know His disposition and worship Him.
Such a group of people,
they are His confidants.
Such a group of people
can bear testimony
to Him, to Him, to Him.
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God's wished for such people,
He's waited so long.
Regardless of His flood
and His covenant with man,
since creation,
God's hopes have remained same,
and so has His will,
His mind, and His plan.
God longs to gain those
who understand His will,
know His disposition and worship Him.
Such a group of people,
they are His confidants.
Such a group of people
can bear testimony
to Him, to Him, to Him, to Him.
from The Word Appears in the Flesh
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Good Christian Movie "The Price We Must Pay" Clip 1- Is Hard Work, Giving Things Up, and Expending Yourself for the Lord Really Obeying God?
Introduction
The Lord Jesus said, "Not every one that said to Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven ; but he that does the will of My Father which is in heaven" (Matthew 7:21). The main character, Song Enze believes that giving things up, expending himself, and working hard for the Lord is obeying God and doing His will; he thinks by seeking this way, he'll certainly gain God's approval and get into the kingdom of heaven. However, his brothers and sisters express doubts about this—what if someone expends themselves on the outside but it's with the aim of entering the kingdom and being blessed? Isn't that just conducting a transaction with God? If someone pays a price but it's adulterated with these motives, is that obeying God? You'll find the answer in this wonderful excerpt from the film, The Price We Must Pay.
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Christian Movie "The Price We Must Pay" Clip 1- Is Hard Work, Giving Things Up, and Expending Yourself for the Lord Really obey God?
www.holyspiritspeaks.org/videos/the-price-we-must-pay-1/
Introduction
The Lord Jesus said, "Not every one that said to Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that does the will of My Father which is in heaven" (Matthew 7:21). The main character, Song Enze believes that giving things up, expending himself, and working hard for the Lord is obeying God and doing His will; he thinks by seeking this way, he'll certainly gain God's approval and get into the kingdom of heaven. However, his brothers and sisters express doubts about this—what if someone expends themselves on the outside but it's with the aim of entering the kingdom and being blessed? Isn't that just conducting a transaction with God? If someone pays a price but it's adulterated with these motives, is that obeying God? You'll find the answer in this wonderful excerpt from the film, The Price We Must Pay.
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First of all , I give the glory back to God for giving us the break of the weather
from days of rain and rain and rain storms, then sun shines , wonderful , no rain at all
for the two days we booked with hubby on this walk. Praise God !
I was praying for this break of the rain , as this wouldn't be a pleasant walk
, neither I'll be motivated to photograph in the middle of outpouring rain.
Even my new lost woolly hat for this walk , I gave up finding it back
was found hung on a fence , no dirt , I had it on this walk :D- too windy
and cold on high elevation. I don't believe anymore in coincidences.
Everything I give back to the Lord. He is so good !
He looks after me :)
...and He will surely look after of those whose hearts
loved Him .
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Romans 8:9
"But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit
of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is
none of his."
Clearly said here - if anyone has not the Spirit of Christ he is not of Christ.
When the Holy Spirit is in us, we knew it, just indwelling peace and happiness
and knowing you are of God . Having the Spirit
of God in us , are we to still to love and keep up of the ways of this world ?
God is purging people to remember Him.
In the scale of prolonged disaster in parts of the UK,
though how sad to see people in so much distress
blaming the government for the disasters --
C'mon people, in the first place why you bought your houses in
the flood plains. No wonder , ouch ! I hope people will remember God
in their midst of utter distress .
Living a lifestyle of comfort and success make most people ( not all )
forget God. Loving entertainments that don't glorify
God ; entertainments tolerant to the abominations God has declared ,
pushing all corrupting ideas of fornication, adultery, materialism, self
enhancement , hedonism etc. not the least going into churches that are largely
apostate and fallen .
There will be a time when the government can not anymore
take care of all great scale of disasters , neither secure safety of the entire
population in distress. Be ready people, it's coming . You like this
message or not, you've been warned. This is not only a warning of
the UK but all around the globe.
Freak accidental deaths happened too - you never know it will
be you next .
This is in reflection on the woman who died from heavy falling debris
straight down her car in London. Had she ever thought that morning when
she woke up , it will be her last day?
Most likely not . Is she saved in Christ ? As I watched the news, I
feel deeply saddened . Though I hope she was . Because if not,
then that was her last ...
People who believe there are so many ways to be
spiritually saved, and there's no absolutes -- you're wrong and very
deceived. No more debates / duel with philosophical ideas and arguments.
After all let God be the judge , and He will judge righteously !
Salvation in Christ has already been offered and given by grace to anyone
who believes and receive Him, where salvation is given freely .
Salvation is only for those who believe and everyone is given a choice.
Soon to come the days God will be separate
the righteous from the wicked.
Revelation 22 : 11
"He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy,
let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous
still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still."
Let all who is wicked at heart remain wicked - full stop !
Let them that search for God , find Him and have Christ as their
protection and comfort ! Let God reveal His wonders to them
that seek Him.
I do believe we are in the time of the revelation. Revelation of
God's supernatural power, whilst also the great unveiling of
the evil ones, programmes and works of evil doers are disclosed. They
can not hide . Unveiling to us those who are not of God, and their wicked
evil ways to their shame and destruction yet to come .
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SIGNS OF THE TIMES
*The Terror Of The Lord By Excatholics ( YT )
My same reflection of the disasters in England
as I am an exCatholic too.
*God's Curse Falls On the USA By Franks Di Mora
I suppose this applies not just for the USA but for all nations
supporting the giving away for the Two Solution ( God's covenant land of Israel )
to the Palestinians . Read the Bible carefully asking God's guidance and you would
know what comes next when this happens. It will eventually happen
as it is spoken and declared it will . But make your mind ready for
the great disaster that come next when the finality happens.
*Distress of Nations - 50 Ft Waves - Nazi Space Aliens - Doomsday Clock - Bible Prophecy!
*The New World Evil Occult & Fashion Industry Exposed
*Selling Their Soul: The Luciferian Contract
Wanna get rich for the price of Hell ?
*Illuminati Whistleblower "They Worship lucifer"
*Hollywood's Satanic Slaves II [Part 1]
Endorsement of prepping by The Guardian
*Is it time to join the 'preppers'? How to survive the climate-change apocalypse
But I'll rather suggest be prepared spiritually in Christ Jesus.
EXPOSING the False prophets and advocates of ONE WORLD
FALSE religion leading many many people to hell !
Christian Movie "The Price We Must Pay" Clip 2 - How to Become Truly Obedient to God and Be Saved by Him
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Introduction
The Lord Jesussaid, "Not every one that said to Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that does the will of My Father which is in heaven" (Matthew 7:21). Just how should we pursue to become people who do the heavenly Father's will and are obedient to God, so that God will bring us into the kingdom of heaven?
Christian Song Enze was arrested and imprisoned by the Chinese Communist Party for seven years because he believed in God and preached God's gospel. After his release, he insisted on continuing to expend for God by spreading the gospel. He feels that by forsaking his home and career, laboring, and working, he is doing God's will, and that he is certain to gain God's approval and be brought into the kingdom of heaven by God. Later, Song Enze's son becomes seriously ill, putting his life in danger, over which Song Enze bears a grudge against God, attempts to argue with God, and even loses his desire to do his duties. Through what is shown to him by the facts of his situation and the revelations in God's words , Song Enze realizes that his many years of forsaking and expending for God were originally an attempt to barter for God's grace and blessings, and that he is not someone obedient to God. Finally, through seeking, he finally learns how to pursue to escape his corrupt dispositions, become truly obedient to God, and be saved by God.
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Last one, okay? :)
4/4
Did I mention that the light was beautiful?! Too bad right when it was getting perfect we had to leave to make dinner.... blah. :P
{Go check out the other pictures from this photoshoot plus a few with me and my sisters together and a flashback picture!}
These last few days have been like a dream. These last few weeks have been like a dream. Sometimes I wish I could capture everyday moments and put them in a bottle to experience later in life. My life is so good... thanks to God. I know one day I will look back and remember these days and want them back. I don't want to rush them away. When I find myself looking forward to this and that, I have to stop myself and remember to pray for God's Will and contentedness in my days right now.
Enjoy your day today!
:D
Though Mankind Has Been Corrupted, He Still Lives Under the Sovereignty of the Creator’s Authority
Mankind is still ruled and orchestrated by God, and still lives within the course set out by God, and so in the eyes of God, mankind, who has been corrupted by Satan, is merely covered in grime, with a rumbling tummy, with reactions that are a little slow, a memory that’s not as good as it used to be, and of a slightly older age—but all the functions and instincts of man are completely undamaged. This is the mankind that God intends to save. This mankind has but to hear the call of the Creator, and hear the voice of the Creator, and he will stand up and rush to locate the source of this voice. This mankind has but to see the figure of the Creator and he will become heedless of all else, and forsake everything, in order to devote himself to God, and will even lay down his life for Him. When the heart of mankind understands the heartfelt words of the Creator, mankind will reject Satan and come to the side of the Creator; when mankind has completely washed the dirt from his body, and has once more received the provision and nourishment of the Creator, then the memory of mankind will be restored, and at this time mankind will have truly returned to the dominion of the Creator.
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Most people in the religious world think: When the Lord Jesus was crucified and said before He expired “It is finished,” this proved that God’s work of salvation was entirely complete, and there would be no more work. Thus, upon hearing that God is doing a new stage of work in the last days, many people absolutely deny it. They think it an impossible thing. Well, when it comes down to it, what is the truth of the matter? When the Lord Jesus was crucified, did it or did it not represent that God’s work of saving mankind was entirely “finished”? Did the Lord saying “It is finished” mean that all the Lord’s work of redeeming mankind was accomplished, or did it mean that all God’s work of saving mankind was accomplished?
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Let us imagine: If the Lord Jesus on the cross saying “It is finished” meant that all God’s work of saving mankind was complete, then could God still prophesy to us later work of salvation? Certainly not! On this point every brother and sister must agree. And it is well known, all the prophecies in the Book of Revelation are about God’s work of salvation in the last days, as in Revelation chapter 1 verses 1 to 3, which read: “The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him, to show to his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel to his servant John: Who bore record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw. Blessed is he that reads, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.” In the Book of Revelation, Jesus Christ revealed to John things that would soon come to pass and let him bear record of these things so that we could believe. Revelation chapter 14 verses 6 and 7 also specifically record things God would do in the last days: “And I saw another angel fly in the middle of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.” And when He was on earth, the Lord Jesus Himself also prophesied: “I have yet many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. However, when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come” (Jhn 16:12-13). From these prophecies, we know that in the last days God still has work of salvation to do; that is, in the last days, God will do the work of judgment, and the Spirit of truth will guide us into all truth. Thus we can conclude: The Lord Jesus’ work of being crucified was not the end of all God’s work of salvation, and the Lord Jesus on the cross saying “It is finished” simply meant that His crucifixion accomplished the work of redeeming mankind; it did not mean that all God’s work of saving mankind was complete.
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Almighty God says: “To man, God’s crucifixion concluded the work of God’s incarnation, redeemed all of mankind, and allowed Him to seize the key to Hades. Everyone thinks God’s work has been fully accomplished. In actuality, to God, only a small part of His work has been accomplished. He has only redeemed mankind; He has not conquered mankind, let alone changed the ugliness of Satan in man. That is why God says, ‘Although My incarnate flesh went through the pain of death, that was not the whole goal of My incarnation. Jesus is My beloved Son and was nailed to the cross for Me, but He did not fully conclude My work. He only did a portion of it’” (“Work and Entry (6)” in The Word Appears in the Flesh).
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Answer: Concerning who can enter the kingdom of heaven, the Lord Jesus said, “Not every one that said to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that does the will of my Father which is in heaven” (Matthew 7:21). The Lord Jesus’ words tell us clearly that only those who do the will of the heavenly Father can enter the kingdom of heaven. Brothers and sisters, although people can suffer and sacrifice for spreading the name of the Lord, it’s undeniable that they still often sin. That people sin shows that they still belong to Satan, that they are filthy and corrupt, and that they can still resist and betray God. This proves no man is truly pure. If they take power, they can still oppose God and build separate kingdoms. This is proof that no one has been truly purified to become holy. How could those who resist God be qualified to enter the kingdom of heaven? People can sacrifice for the Lord, spread the gospel, build churches, and support believers. These are all their good behaviors. If their good behaviors are done for loving God, for truly working for God, and for obeying and satisfying God, without any thought of personal gain, these are truly good deeds that will be remembered and be blessed by God. But if their good behaviors are done for an exchange, for satisfying fleshly needs, or entering the kingdom of heaven and getting rewards, then these good behaviors are merely deceptive in nature, and are against God! Can these deceptive behaviors be claimed to be following the heavenly Father’s will? Can they be claimed to be holy? Absolutely not! Because these good behaviors are driven by their sinful nature, and are tokens of exchange for privilege. It shows that there is too much mingled in their hearts. How could such people have a heart that truly loves God and obeys God? People are driven and controlled by their sinful nature. So, when God’s work and words clash with their views, they casually judge God, deny God, and condemn God. When God puts them through trials, they misunderstand God, complain against God, and betray God. While people believe in God, they worship and follow man, and listen to man before God. When serving God, they do it arbitrarily, testify and exalt themselves, making an enemy of God…. They are bound and controlled by their sinful nature, and once given power, they’ll surely oppose God and build separate kingdoms. Just like the Jewish chief priests, scribes, and Pharisees, when the Lord Jesus came to do His work, they scrambled to condemn and resist Him to protect their own positions, and kept His salvation from ever being accepted into the Jewish world. Is that not building a separate kingdom in opposition to God? So for all those who labor and have good behaviors outwardly, if they haven’t dealt with their sinful nature, if their satanic disposition within is not cleansed, if they follow their own path instead of God’s word, no matter how much they suffer or how great the work they do, how can such people become followers of God’s will? Those who follow God’s will are surely those who obey God absolutely, whose hearts are in accordance with God’s heart, and who would never rebel or go against God. It is they who are qualified to enter the kingdom of heaven, and inherit God’s promises.
from the movie script of Stinging Memories
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Questions and Answers on Dissecting the Essence of the Pharisees
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The root of the Pharisees’ resistance and condemnation of the Lord Jesus was that they did not revere God or search for the truth at all. Deep down, they were stubborn and arrogant; they did not obey the truth. The Pharisees defined God within their own conceptions and imaginings, within the literal words of the Bible. They kept the Messiah in name only. No matter how profound and correct the LordJesus’ preachings are, how His words are the truth, or how much authority or power His words have, because His name is not Messiah, the Pharisees opposed and condemned Him. Their principles of faith are exactly as Almighty Godsays, “No matter how profound Your preaching, no matter how high Your authority, You are not Christ unless You are called the Messiah”. Not only did the Pharisees not accept the truths expressed by the Lord Jesus, they tempted Him and tried to find fault with Him. For example, they tempted the Lord Jesus by asking what authority He used to perform miracles and purposely asked the Lord Jesus whether they could pay taxes to Caesar. They asked the Lord Jesus whether He was the Son of God, Christ, etc. The Lord Jesus struck back at their evil plans with truth and wisdom. The Pharisees had no strength to refute Him, yet they still did not search for the truth. They still fanatically resisted and condemned the Lord Jesus; they had the Lord Jesus arrested and demanded that He be nailed to the cross. It was just as the Lord Jesus said when He exposed them, “But now you seek to kill me, a man that has told you the truth, which I have heard of God… And if I say the truth, why do you not believe me?” (Jhn 8:40, 46). Therefore, we can see that the Pharisees, in nature and essence, were satanic demons, enemies of God that hated the truth! Brothers and sisters, what kind of people can hate and condemn Christ? The Pharisees’ story clearly demonstrates one fact: All who believe in God but do not love the truth, are weary of the truth and hate the truth do not know God. In addition, these people surely resist God and take Him as their enemy. Because Christ’s essence is the truth, the way, and the life, anyone who hates the truth also hates Christ. Many people that hate the truth seem good on the outside; they follow the rules of the Bible and do not seem like evil people at all, but when Christ comes to do His work, these satanic enemies of God will be completely exposed.
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The Pharisees’ evil resistance and condemnation of the Lord Jesus completely exposes their demonic essence: They hate the truth and resist God. that when the Lord Jesus preached and did His work, He expressed many truths, displayed many miracles and gave people abundant grace. The Lord Jesus’ work shook the foundations of Judaism and shocked the Jewish state. Many people followed the Lord Jesus. The Pharisees knew that if the Lord Jesus continued to do His work, all of the faithful in Judaism would follow Him; Judaism would fall, and their positions and meal-tickets would disappear. Therefore, they decided to kill the Lord Jesus. Just as the Bible says, “Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man does many miracles. If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation. … Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death” (John 11:47, 48, 53). To protect their status and meal-tickets, the Pharisees colluded with the Roman government to crucify the Lord Jesus on the cross. They said, “His blood be on us, and on our children” (Matthew 27:25). As you can see, the Pharisees hated the truth and hated Christ. They reached the point where they no longer wished to co-exist with Christ long ago! They would rather forsake their sin offering than not crucify the Lord Jesus; they would rather commit monstrous sins, resist God and offend God and have their sons and grandsons cursed than not nail the Lord Jesus to the cross, He who expresses the truth of redemption for mankind. That is the genuine, satanic, truth-hating nature and substance of the Pharisees. that when the Lord Jesus was nailed to the cross, the sun became dark, the earth shook and the curtain of the temple split open. After the Lord Jesus was resurrected, He appeared before men once again. After people learned these facts, they repented for their sins and turned to the Lord Jesus. As for the Pharisees? Not only did they not repent, but they became even more antagonistic enemies of the Lord Jesus. They paid off soldiers to bear false witness and say the Lord Jesus had not been resurrected. When the apostles spread the gospel of the Lord Jesus, the Pharisees fanatically captured and persecuted them. They wanted to ban the Lord Jesus’ work to obtain their ambitions of permanently controlling the religious community. The Pharisees believed in God in name only. In reality, they hated the truth and resisted God. The essence of their resistance and condemnation of the Lord Jesus was as follows: They were trying to compete with God and size Him up; they were fighting against God. The arrogance of their resistance and hatred of the Lord Jesus completely exposed their ambitions and exposed their evil, satanic face. Plus, it exposed their demonic antichrist nature: a refusal to repent, a frenzied hatred of the truth and a hatred of God. Isn’t that how the pastors and elders of the religious community treat Almighty God? If we could clearly see how the pastors and elders resist and condemn Almighty God, we would definitely know that the Pharisees resisted and condemned the Lord Jesus in the same way.
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God Determines One’s Outcome According to His Essence
1. If one is ultimately able to survive, it is because one has achieved God’s requirements, and if one is ultimately unable to remain at the time of rest, it is because this person is disobedient to God and has not satisfied God’s requirements. Everyone has a suitable destination. These destinations are determined according to each person’s essence and are completely unrelated to others, are completely unrelated to others.
2. A child’s wicked conduct cannot be transferred to his or her parents, and a child’s righteousness cannot be shared with his or her parents. A parent’s wicked conduct cannot be transferred to his or her children, and a parent’s righteousness cannot be shared with his or her children. Everyone bears his or her respective sins, and everyone enjoys his or her respective fortune. No one can substitute for another. This is righteousness. Everyone bears his or her respective sins, and everyone enjoys his or her respective fortune. No one can substitute for another. This is righteousness.
3. In man’s view, if parents obtain good fortune, so can their children, and if children commit evil, their parents must atone for their sins. This is man’s perspective and man’s way of doing things. It is not God’s perspective. Everyone’s outcome is determined according to the essence that comes from their conduct, and it is always determined appropriately. No one can bear the sins of another; even more so, no one can receive punishment in another’s stead. This is absolute.
4. A parent’s doting care for his or her children does not mean that they can perform righteous deeds in their children’s stead, nor does the dutiful affection of a child to his or her parents mean that they can perform righteous deeds in their parents’ stead. This is the true meaning behind the words, “Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.” No one can take their evildoing children into rest on the basis of their deep love for their children, nor can one take their wife (or husband) into rest on the basis of their own righteous conduct. This is an administrative rule; there can be no exceptions for anyone.
5. Doers of righteousness are doers of righteousness, and evildoers are evildoers. Doers of righteousness will be able to survive, and evildoers will be destroyed. The holy are holy; they are not filthy. The filthy are filthy, and they do not contain a single holy part. All wicked people shall be destroyed, and all righteous people shall survive, even if the children of an evildoer perform righteous deeds, and even if the parents of a righteous person commit wicked deeds.
6. There is no relationship between a believing husband and an unbelieving wife, and there is no relationship between believing children and unbelieving parents. They are two incompatible types. Prior to entering into rest, one has physical relatives, but once one has entered into rest, one no longer has any physical relatives to speak of. Those who do their duty and those who do not are enemies; those who love God and those who hate God are opposed to one another. Those who enter into rest and those who have been destroyed are two incompatible types of creatures.
from “God and Man Will Enter Into Rest Together” in The Word Appears in the Flesh
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Right now, the path the Holy Spirit walks is God’s current words. So, for one to walk it, he must obey, and eat and drink of the current words of God incarnate. He is doing the work of words, and everything is spoken from His words, and everything is established on His words, His current words. Whether it’s being fully without doubts about God become flesh or knowing Him, one must put much effort into His words. Otherwise, he cannot accomplish anything at all, and he will be left with nothing. Only by coming to know God and satisfy Him on the foundation of eating and drinking His words can one gradually establish a proper relationship with Him. Eating and drinking His words and putting them into practice is the best cooperation with God, and it is the practice that best bears witness as one of His people. When one understands and is able to obey the essence of God’s current words, he is living on the path that is led by the Holy Spirit and he has entered the right track of God perfecting man.
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If you are able to accept what God entrusts to you, accept His promise, and follow the path of the Holy Spirit, this is carrying out God’s will.
from “Those Whose Disposition Has Changed Are Those Who Have Entered Into the Reality of God’s Words” in The Word Appears in the Flesh
Praise Song "For Whom Man Should Live"
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Introduction
For Whom Man Should Live
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Wasn’t clear for whom man should live. Now I’ve got the answer for it.
I used to live just for myself, seeking only status and fame.
Prayer to God full of fine words, yet holding to my own way in real life.
Faith based upon future and fate, I have no truth or reality.
Rituals and rules, confining my faith; I was left with nothing but emptiness.
Failing to live as a human, I don’t deserve God’s love for me.
II
My heart has been awakened now, telling me I should repay God’s love.
I hate myself for I had no conscience, disobeying God and breaking His heart.
Never have I cared for God’s heart; never was I concerned about His words.
Without conscience, having no sense, how can I be listed as man?
God’s judgment makes me see, I was deeply corrupted by Satan.
Evil, this world, full of traps; truth is what a believer should choose.
O dear God, You love me so, doing all You can to make me saved.
What You’ve done for me, I’ll keep in mind! I will never ever forget.
Care for God’s heart, that’s all my will. I am determined to pursue the truth.
Consuming myself to spend for God, offering myself to repay His love,
offering myself to repay His love.
from Follow the Lamb and Sing New Songs
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I am in the mood for writing so I am writing again! This writing is about our God given talents. I am talking about our mental talents and not our Holy Spirit given spiritual gifts.
In 2003 when I graduated from high school I was a very confused young Christian. I knew God had a plan for my life but I did not know what it was. So I decided after graduation I would go work wherever until I figured out God’s plan for my career then go back to college/university to finish my higher studies. Like most important things in life that was the simple version. In reality I was also driven by fear, confusion, immaturity, lack of self-esteem, lack of money, and lack of will to do more in life than just settle for less (as they say). Anyway, after 4 years of working in a warehouse for minimum wages as a general labourer/forklift operator I finally figured out God’s plan for my life and so I went back to university to study mechanical engineering.
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What is Your Calling?
Your “calling” is a general term. As Christians we use the term “my calling” to mean “How does God want me to participate in church activities?” This is but only a small part of your calling, because your calling is much more than that! How much do you spend a week at church? May be a couple of hours? How many hours do you spend at work? How about, how much time do you spend with your family? Your responsibility, calling, toward your family is greater than the one toward the church. After all God has not called men to love the church but their wife as Christ loved the church.
A lot of people mix up their calling and their careers. They think, “My career is what I do to make money to support my family. And my calling is what I do at church.” This cannot be farther from the truth. You are called to honour Him in your work place, and therefore you are called to be faithful to the talents He has given you! As Christian men we are called to love our wives as Christ loved the church. As children of God we are called to live holy lives. As citizens we are called to be peaceful and obedient citizen. As givers we are called to give joyfully. As fathers we are called to lead and provide for our families. Your calling is not just something you do in church, because we are called to do and be many things. You can fail your calling in our area, but succeed in the other.
In this writing I want to help you figure out God’s will for your career (God’s calling for your career), so here are few tips:
1) What Are You Good At?
What do you excel at? What would you still do if you did not get paid for it? What makes you lose track of time? What occupies your mind even after you leave work? What excites and fascinates you? What puts a smile on your face when you head to work? What motivates you to learn about it? What makes you dream about the endless possibilities of what you can do?
There is a reason why I said “What Are You Good At” rather than “What Do You Like/Enjoy”. If I ask an average teenager in North America “What do you like to do in your spare time?”, the most common response will be “video games”. Yet, we have seen how many “men” have no clue what they are good at because they spent all years of their youth playing video games. That is why I ask, “What Are You Good At?” Many people do not know what they are good at. If you do not know, that is ok. The whole purpose of this writing is to help you find out. And there is a difference between what you like/enjoy and what you are good at. Because you will enjoy what you are good at, but it is not necessary that you are good at what you like/enjoy. Let me tell you a story:
When I was about 6 years old my dad bought me a remote controlled red Jeep truck. (He had four days off every 45 days when he was in the army. So when he came home he would buy my sister and I toys. By the time we were teenagers, my mom started asking us to start throwing these toys away! My sister had so many dolls they circled the bed room!) This was the 80s when things were made properly, even toys! So I was very impressed by the little details and build quality of the truck, but I was not very impressed by how it operated. So I quickly got bored of it and decided to see what is inside of it. How does it work? So I got a screw driver and sat on the carpet and started taking it apart. I remember the look on my dad’s face like he was telling me, “Take it apart, I don’t care, but don’t ask me to put it back together!” I got to the motor and I realized the motor was mounted transversely (T-shaped/perpendicular) to the rear wheels! I kept thinking, “How is the motor turning the wheels if its shaft is perpendicular to the shaft of the wheels?” So after a bit of a struggle I opened the little box that houses the gears and I was stunned—the “magic” was done using a warm gear! “What a BRILLIAN idea!”, I thought. (Ah, the mind of a child, eh?) It was my first time seeing a warm gear and I kept looking at it for few seconds trying to absorb the beauty of this thing that can transfer rotational motion 90 degrees!
Mechanical design is what I love and want to do. I am not passionate about engineering as whole, or about mechanical engineering as a field, but for mechanical design. Mechanical engineering is a wide field where you can end up doing many tasks, but I know that I want to do design. So when I went to university I knew exactly what I wanted to study, and when I graduated I knew exactly what jobs I wanted to apply to. And God is faithful and good and He will help you find a job that deals with your God-given talent if you honour Him and obey Him in regard to your career path.
2) What Is Your Family Good At?
Ask the same above questions about your family, because you have inherited their genes and so you probably have a mixture of natural talented inherited from your father and mother’s families. But notice I did not say “What does your family do for a living?”, because your parents, for example, could have chosen the “wrong” careers. Let me give you an example:
Growing up I noticed that my dad loves mechanical design and working with his hands, whether it is carpentry or fixing the car himself, of fixing electrical things, or doing house structural and aesthetic repairs, etc. He had a knack for these things. But my dad is an accountant, so what happened? Well, my dad loves science and math and he comes from a relatively poor family. So he decided to study accounting (a two years course) instead of say engineering (a four years course), because he wanted to graduated quickly, get a job, and start making money. And I have been seeing him for 30 years still building things in his spare time.
So I knew not to become an accountant like my dad (or mom; she was an accountant too), because I knew that even though my dad is an accountant he really loves mechanical things. So I knew not to choose his career. His passion for mechanical things helped explaining why I love mechanical things too. My point is that you should analyse what your family is good at, but not necessary choose their career paths.
3) What School Courses Do You Like?
School is a great way to know what your God given mental talents are, because school gives you the opportunity to experience a bit of everything you will experience at the work place. For example, I knew that I enjoyed science, particularly physics and math (especially algebra and geometry). Of course, if you put physics and geometry together you get a mechanical engineer/designer! I also knew I hated presentations so I knew whatever job I was going to do must not have me standing in front of others, so no teaching jobs! So schools are a great place to find your natural talents.
4) Know and Embrace Your Limits
Growing up I was passionate about Christianity, mechanical design, classical music, soccer and tennis, and drawing!
I liked Christianity but I knew I wasn’t called to be a pastor because I am very much not a people’s person (the more alone I am the more comfortable I am). So I knew it was not my calling to be a minister in a church. I liked classical music but music was not my thing. Actually, all my mother’s family play music and my dad loves to play music too, but I knew early on that even though I enjoyed it I did not have the passion to learn it. The same with soccer, tennis, and drawing.
It is very important to know your limits and embrace them, even your fears. For example I cannot stand the sight of blood or wounds, so I knew working in the medical field was not for me. It is important to accept your limits for two reasons:
a. The more you eliminate as potential career paths, the easier it becomes to zoom in on what you are meant to do. I thank God that I am not gifted at everything—imagine how difficult life would be if I excelled at everything!
b. When you know God’s will for your life and what is not His will for your life, it helps you accept yourself. It helps you appreciate and embrace your talents and the talents of others. See, God did not create us to be self-sufficient, and it is God’s will for us to have a godly and healthy view of what we can offer the world and what the world can offer us. Nowadays I can simply enjoy the music of Beethoven and the tennis skills of Roger Federer without me feeling as if I have to prove myself that I am a good musician or a tennis player. I am at peace with God and therefore with myself because I joyfully accept the talents He has given me and others.
5) Ignore Money, Job Security, and Social Status
I think the word ‘ignore’ is strong to use here but obeying God is already hard in this age, and the last thing you need is the worries of making money, finding a job, and social status to distract you from obeying God’s will, that is: pursuing a career that fulfills your God given talents. Let me tell you a story:
When I went to university I had no idea what the engineering profession entitled, how much money engineers make, what is the work place like, how easy is it to find engineering jobs, and so on. It was actually the end of my 3rd year before I had an idea how much engineers make, but I had heard, even before applying to university to study engineering, that finding engineering jobs is difficult. One day at the warehouse a co-worker asked me, “Why do you want to be a mechanical engineer? Why don’t you become an electrical engineer?” I answered, “Because I like mechanical things.” She said, “But electrical engineers make more money.” So I answered again, “But I like mechanical things.” She said, “There are also more demands for electrical engineers.” So I answered her again, “But I like mechanical things.” She did not seem to get it—money is not everything! Money is important—I would not take an engineering job that under pays me significantly—but money is not everything; it is not even the most important thing, nor is it in the top 10 important things to me. Let me tell you a story about money:
When I decided to study mechanical engineering a Christian family member asked me, “How easy is it to find a mechanical engineering job?” I answered, “Not easy at all.” He asked, “Then why did you decide to study mechanical engineering? I chose my profession because there are job opportunities and makes good money. Even though I would have preferred to study something else, but this job is a good deal.” I answered him, “I am not worried about finding a job. My job is to obey God in regard to being faithful to my God given talents, and His job is to help me find a job when it is time. I am not going to worry about Him doing His part.” He told me, “If you truly believe this then good for you.”
Anyway, years past and he kept moving from one place to another in search of making more money. A lot of people from his church are surprised by his actions because he has a good degree and makes a decent amount of money in any city, but he keeps moving from one city to another, and from one country to another in search of making a dollar extra. (I think he moved, and moved his family with him, 5-7 times in the last 10-12 years.) The last move seems to be the hardest and in a recent call to his mother he told her something like, “The Lord is teaching me lessons I would have never imaged. I am going through such financial hardship that I can’t sleep or eat properly.” His mother, a believer, was delighted to hear that God is working in the life of her son because money is not everything. What is having money in comparison to having peace of mind or health? What is money in comparison to doing a job you love, a job you are passionate about, a job you are excited to go to every morning?
6) Understand that the Educational System is Limited
The educational system in most countries—including North America—is limited and therefore limits your talents. What school courses should you take if you want to be a baker, a delivery driver, a waitress, a tennis player, a housewife, a missionary, and many other similar vocations. The truth is that school is not for everyone. A lot of people will encourage you to finish school and to waste years of your life and get in debt to study whatever for the sake of getting a whatever degree. More important than getting a secular degree is to know and embrace God’s calling for your life. May be you want to be a photographer but have no interest in taking photography courses—may be God has given you the talent of photography and you naturally excel at it. And you can succeed this way. But other times you have to get an educational degree to put your natural talents into practice. Who wants to be on an airplane where the pilot claims he has no training but he is gifted at flying airplanes! What if you found out your dentist never studied dentistry, would you let him fix your teeth? Probably not. Do you want to cross a bridge that was not designed by a qualified engineer? Probably not. Yes, the educational system is not perfect but it is not an obstacle that God wants to guide you around it; more than likely God wants to guide you through it.
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I want to say few things about God’s will:
1) God has a Plan for Your Life
He does. I remember when I was still trying to figure God’s plan for my life a friend told me, “Study anything! Become an engineer, a nurse, a teacher, or whatever!” Of course that is not God’s will for our lives. His will is not for us to study anything, work anywhere, marry whoever, get things done anyway, or behave anyhow. See if Christianity was just a religion then things will be categorized as either sinful or sinless (acceptable). So you actions can simply be based on them either passing an ethical code or not. This way doing any honourable job will be acceptable. But Christianity is not merely a religion: it is an intimate and personal relationship with a God who is our heavenly Father who desires for us not only to live holy lives but to live the best lives. John 10:10 says:
“I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.”
I can for example marry just any Christian girl from a good family and that would not be a sin, in the traditional definition of sin, but in Christianity sin is any disobedience. Adam and Eve’s sin was eating a forbidden fruit. Eating the fruit was not an ethical action of right and wrong, it was not a question of “Does this action hurt anyone?”, or “Does this action infringe on anybody’s rights?”, or “Does this action break the law?” But eating the fruit was a question of: am I obeying God by doing this action? And the simple answer was “No.”
See, Christianity is much more than what is acceptable and what is not. Christianity goes beyond that to find the mind of God to know not only what is sin and what is not, but also to know what is good, what is better, and what is best—because God wants your best. For example, I could have become a pharmacist, work legally, work hard, and make money to provide for my family and even give tithes to the church, and donations to the poor—this would not be considered an ethical sin. But God’s will for me is to be a mechanical engineering designer. God’s will for me is to exercise those God-given talents in my work place; that my work would not be a simply money making boring activity, but an exciting and dynamic activity that stimulates my brain, challenges me, and motivates me to go to work every morning in addition to making money so I can provide for my loved ones.
Your work does not have to be boring. The other day my co-worker and I were talking about our work, and I said “I love my job.” And he said, “It is so rare to hear someone say that about their job!”
2) God’s Will is Good
I grew up in a “Christian” family so I was pretty familiar with the new testament, but I came to Christ after reading the old testament because I finally understood who Jesus is after reading the OT. But because I was so focused on the God of the OT I somehow forgot about the God of the NT. Even though He is the same God but I, for some reason, was more attracted to God’s work in the OT! Therefore, I subconsciously pushed the person of Jesus Christ to the back of my mind. So when I was trying to figure out God’s will for my career I always prayed that I would obey Him no matter what His will was; I did not connect that His will had to do with my God-given mental talents. Then one day my aunt told me while talking about the topic of marriage, “God will not ask you to marry someone you do not love.” And that was the “WOW” moment for me.
See, until then I knew God is good but I did not understand that His will is a reflection of His character, that is His will is good too! How can God be love if He forces me to marry someone I am not compatible with? How can God be love if He forces you to do a job you have no interest in? But that is not how God operates. Food is good for us but it is also tasty; air and water are good for us but they are also refreshing. We do not eat food while trying to avoid tasting it! No, we enjoy it! It is the same way with our jobs: our jobs are not meant to be good only but enjoyable also. So if you like biology and want to be a nurse do not fear that God will call you to be a math teacher! If you like the road and want to be a truck driver do not fear that God will call you to be a basketball player! God’s will is good because He is good. And by good I do not mean only beneficial but also enjoyable.
3) God’s Will is Conditional
While God’s love is unconditional His will is conditional. God’s greatest goal is to have all mankind saved but even then the Bible says, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." (Romans 10:13) Not just everyone, but everyone who calls—it is a conditional promise. God has given us free wills. If you choose to go ahead and study whatever then expect that chances are you will miss studying the thing you are gifted at, because there are many career paths you can choose from and you are probably gifted at just a couple of them.
You do not have be a born-again Christian to know what you are gifted at and choose a career related to your talents. This God-given talent is universal and not something only Christians enjoy. There are many gifted and skilled people there doing what they love. But if you are in the same situation I was in—completely lost and do not know what you are really gifted us—then there is no one better to turn to than our Lord Jesus Christ.
You cannot make decisions without involving God at all then expect Him to go after you fixing your mistakes. And then we blame God for our mistakes! A couple of years ago a lady told me that God does not love her because He allowed me to marry her husband many years ago. So I asked her, “Did you pray before marrying him?” She said, “No”. I asked her, “Did you ask for His guidance?” She said, “No”. I asked her, “Did you bother to listen to Him and obey Him?” And she said, “No”. So I finally asked her, “What did you want God to do exactly?”
If you enroll in the wrong program, what do you want God to do? What will happen is that you will graduate in four (or two) years, thousands of dollars in debt, and looking for a job you hate! A lot of people criticized me for working in the warehouse saying I was wasting my time, but I was not. When I started university I was eager to learn, had some money saved, and I knew exactly what I wanted to study and do for a career! Let me tell you a story:
When I was working in the warehouse my neighbour, a Middle Eastern man, used to advise me to go back to school and I appreciated his advice because I know he was talking from experience. At the time I was working in the warehouse his son was in college. After 4 years of working in the warehouse and 4 years of going to university I graduated while his son was still going to college, because he changed his study major three times!
Do not just guess in life! Know what you are doing by knowing God and His will. Do not just think that things will turn out right, they will not! Seek God and His will—you will never lose when you trust in Him.
4) God’s Will has a Timing
This is the more hated topic among almost every Christian I have met. All Christians agree that God has a plan for our lives, but very few agree that we should wait for Him. And this does not make sense at all. Suppose that my mom promised me a very good meal that will be ready in 3hrs but I insist on eating now and go buy fast food then I will miss my mom’s delicious meal! And every person I have known who has given God a time frame to do His regretted it in the end. A Christian lady insisted on getting married by the age of 25, and she had a list of things she was looking for in her future husband. When she turned 25 she just married a man from her church that barely had any of the things she desired.
How foolish it is to give God an ultimatum! There were billions of people before me and billions will follow after I die, why do I think God will lose if I do things my way and according to my timing? God loses nothing when I disobey Him—I am the loser! A Christian friend asked me once sarcastically, “So you will wait for God in regard to your studies, then you will wait for Him in regard to finding a job, then you will wait for His will when you buy a house, and you will wait for Him when getting married too?!” I answered her with all seriousness, “That’s the idea.” How else am I supposed to make important decisions? What do I know?!
You know, when God spoke to me about going back to university, after working in the warehouse 4 years, I applied for mechanical engineering. I got an e-mail from some lady in the admission office telling me something to the like, “Good thing you decided to apply now, because we only accept high school transcripts that are 4 years old or less.” If I had not applied that year then I would had to get a new high school transcript, meaning I would had to repeat probably the last year of high school! Why do I have to worry about all those little details, and be an expert on everything, when I can instead simply obey Him in His timing?
Obedience in your own timing is disobedience. I heard once the story of a lady who was called to be a missionary in Asia at the age of 23 years old. But she decided to get married and settle down instead. When she was 47 years old she decided she had to obey God and go be a missionary in Asia, so she did. The trip was a failure so she came back and went to talk to a godly counsellor. Upon hearing her story he told her, “Ma’am, that ship sailed a long time ago.” God’s will has a time frame and it will expire if you do not act on it, but sadly most of us will never wait for it.
Make sure you wait for Him, and wait for Him patiently. I understand that it is difficult. It is difficult to be almost 30 years old and just starting to build my life, but it is a wonderful life. It might be humanly late, but it is meaningful. When I was working in the warehouse a godly couple sat me down and talked to me for about 20 minutes about how it is God’s will for me to go back to school. When they were done I simply asked them, “So what is God’s will for my career?” They said, “We don’t know. Ask God.” I told them, “That is what I am doing.” The problem is that most people have hard time trusting God, because waiting takes a lot of faith (or stubbornness as is in my case!)
There is a “Christian” Iraqi man I know who is admired by many because he is very driven. He is good looking young man, he is very confident, very smart and educated, and driven to success and getting things done. Recently I heard he is going to get married in a couple of weeks which was kind of surprising to me because he just broke off his engagement to a young lady few months ago. When I asked why he was suddenly getting married I was told because he says that he has got it all and the only thing he needs to do is get married! The world will tell you to grab life by the horn, to go out there and struggle with life and beat it, and to be smart and get what you believe you deserve. Even people in the church will tell you to “name it and claim it”, but our heavenly Father says in Psalm 46:10, He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” How will God be exalted among the nations if you do not be still and wait for Him to do His work, and you keep running ahead of Him to do your work as if it is His will?!
Waiting for God in regard to your career will not end by you finding God’s will for your career. Even after going through the educational system and graduation (if your career choice needs the educational process), you will have to wait for Him to arrange the right job for you. What is the point of waiting for His will to study something then because of impatience work as something else that barely fulfills your mental talents?! Learning to wait for God is a good practice.
5) Discerning God’s Will Requires Your Spiritual Maturity
God’s work does not depend on your spiritual maturity—God’s works are motivated by His loving nature. God is good to us because He is good. The Bible says that “He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.” (Matthew 5:45) But your spiritual maturity allows you to recognize God’s loving works in your life. Sometimes I am in awe of how good God has been to me, but when I observe the lives of others I realize He has been just as good to them. The only difference is that a lot of people do not recognize His goodness to them. Let me tell you a story:
Years ago I had a best friend. Early in our friendship (9 years ago or so) she was “in love” with a Middle Eastern man from her country. He was handsome, tall, from a reputable family, his uncle was best friend with her dad, he was educated and had a “good” job. (I put good in quotation marks because it is earthly to think a job is good just because someone makes more money than someone else! Making money should not be called ‘good’. Doing God’s will is good.) He was quite older than her (I think 12 years older than her, and she was I think 19 years old at the time), but her parents pretty much told her that he is the “best” deal of a husband she will ever have. Being young and inexperienced in love she, I think, fell head over heels in love with him. He, however, was not nice to her. From what she told me about the way he treated her I recognized that he was not the right man for her, (or any other woman at that time). He belittled her, called her childish, told her that she was fat (she was not), made fun of her dreams and just did not care about her feelings. Anyway, she saw him a couple of times because he worked in a Middle Eastern country, but they talked on the phone. A year passed by of her knowing him and her family decided to go to their country to visit their family back home, and she hoped to see him there. In the months before their travel he reduced his communication with her, but she was still hoping to see him.
So for a month and half before the trip she worked out very hard to lose weight. Her mother also told her to straighten her hair because “curly hair is ugly”! (It is not! God makes no mistakes!) I advised her that it is ok to like a man but she should not have to work so hard to please him. He had to love her the way God created her. I also told her that such devoted actions should be motivated by God’s mind and not man. She was a very young believer at the time so she ignored my words. Finally, her family and her flew to her country and she was eager to see him. He did not come to see her, but her mom saw his mom (his and her family are neighbourhood friends) and found out he was getting married in a couple of weeks.
You can imagine the emotional shock that news did to her; she was never the same after that event. She became very angry and bitter and impatient (especially with me; for some reason she projected all the anger she had toward him on me). She wanted to take matters in her own hands from then on and not trust God anymore. She told me one day, “I saw this poster in the mall and it is so true because it said, ‘Revenge is the most powerful emotion.’” I told her, “No. Love is the most powerful emotion.” And continued to explain to her how losing the man she “loved” (but barely knew) was a wonderful thing and she should thank God that He--in His wisdom, love, grace, and mercy—did not allow her to marry such a man who did not love her or care about her, nor even respected her feelings.
See, both her and I looked at her situation but we saw different things: she saw a God who allowed her to get hurt and therefore He should not be trusted anymore, but I saw a loving God who allowed her to get hurt to save her from a greater pain of marrying the wrong man.
In pursuing your career you will probably face many obstacles, but remember that God is good and that those “obstacles” were put there by God to mould you, to shape you, to direct you to His ways. Be thankful for the good and the “bad”, but there is no ‘bad’ for us because “we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” (Romans 8:28) See, I can be bitter because I grew up in a torn country. I can be bitter because of the economic sanctions that were imposed on Iraq, but because we had no electricity most of the time I was forced to spend my summers designing and building things (rather than waste my time playing video games). So God, in His infinite love, used the situation my country was in to show me what talents He had gifted me with—to grow this love within me for mechanical things.
And by “all things” the Bible means ALL things; not just the good things, or the things I understand, or the things I like and do not mind! This means even the things people and this world tell you that are “bad”! Do you know what God used the most for my benefit? My low self-confident! My fears! My uncertainty of how to face life! My low drive for “success”! He used it to bring me closer to Him, to give me confidence in Him, to help me see and face the world the way He wants me to, to give me a drive for god-oriented success. God used my “weaknesses” not only to guide me toward His calling for my career path, but also to save me from a lot of heartaches. Even things like trichotillomania God used it to bless me, to protect me, to guide me, and to mature me spiritually. That is why I know when the Bible says “all things”, it means ALL things.
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A Message for Women
I want to say is for the ladies. Growing up in Iraq I saw many girls struggle with figuring out their God given talents, and that was mainly due to the fact that Iraq is a conservation society where girls are not given many chances to explore their talents as boys are. I want you to know that God is good and faithful. If you seek to know His will then He will guide you regardless of your gender or the society you live in. And He does have a plan for your vocation, even if it is to be a housewife. And when He shows you, you will know it is His will because the peace you will have will over shadow all man made doubts.
Not long ago an Iraqi Christian Facebook friend sent me a message telling me that she really appreciate my comment in regard to her studies. She had wrote on Facebook that she is sick and tired of her friends making her feel that she is not studying something important because it is not as difficult as their study fields. So I wrote to her in a comment that it does not matter what other people think of her career, because the only thing that matters is what God thinks of what she is studying. In her message she told me that she struggled all her life to find a career she likes and when she finally found something, her friends are making her feel bad about it. She said she started studying something she liked in Iraq, then she moved to Canada with her family and she does not like studying what she studied anymore. So she started studying something different here and just when she started to like what she is studying her friends are making her feel bad about it as if it is not a “worthy” career calling.
Women, just as much men and even more, struggle with find careers that they enjoy. A friend of a friend is $75,000 in debt because she studied three different career paths but liked none, and she currently works in a grocery store. I know that my sister and cousins struggled to figure out what to do after high school! My cousin studied to become a teacher for 6 years and she is $45,000 in debt and she does not like her job. A classmate once told me that she hates civil engineering and she is only studying it because her dad and brother are civil engineers. When I asked her what she really wants to do, she said “I want to be a makeup artist”! What she is passionate about and what is studying have absolutely nothing in common! But she is pressured by her family to study civil engineering and you can imagine how the mental pressure an 18 years old girl feels when everyone in her family expects her to do something.
Regardless of your family’s expectations, regardless of your cultures norms, and regardless of your own expectations God has a plan for you. You do not know what it is now, but you can know it in His timing. You cannot imagine it now, but you will be able to imagine more than it. You cannot fathom it now, but He will carry you through it.
A Message for Parents
Parents, do not worry about your children if they are waiting and trusting our heavenly Father. God is good. He is faithful and able and willing. He will work in their lives. God does not require them to do things, but to simply trust him. Do not worry that they do not seem prepared for God’s will. Part of God’s will is to prepare them. If they are trusting Him, then you have nothing to fear. But if they are doing all things the world (and you) expecting them to do but are not trusting God, then you should worry about them.
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How Does God Answer Your Prayer in Regard to Your Career Path
The question is: how do you know what to study? Suppose that you prayed, trusted, obeyed and waited; how would you know when God answers your prayer? To clarify few things, first, it probably won’t be a ridiculous magic-like miracle. I mean, you will not wake up one day and find a bachelor’s degree hanging on your wall! And you will not get an acceptance letter to a university or college when you have not applied to any school! You have to realize that our God is not a god of chaos and laziness. God does not want unqualified people to be truck drivers, engineers, teachers, musicians, doctors, mechanics, teachers, nurses, etc. The miracle will be that God will change you, prepare you. Before I go on talking about God preparing you for your career, let me give you an example:
We often times hear Christian couples say, “God healed our mirage.” But what does that mean? Did they just wake up one day having a complete memory loss that they cannot remember the hurt they caused each other? Of course not. God did not really heal their marriage, but what He did is that He changed them. Marriage is a relationship, it is not something you can touch and fix—it is an expression of who the married couple is, what they believe, how they think and act. So what God does is that He takes the husband and wife and makes them born-again: now they have the Holy Spirit and therefore they are new beings in Christ—they become spiritual beings and cease to think earthly thoughts--and because of that they think spiritually and act spiritually too. So the husband forgives the wife, and the wife forgives the husband. He loves her, and she respects him. He stops criticizing her, and she stops holding him to earthly standards, and so on.
It really is like having two walkie-talkies. When one cannot communicate with the other, you do not go out trying to catch the radio waves and fix them! No, you try to fix the walkie-talkie set because if the two equipment work properly then they will communicate properly.
This is the same way God is more than likely will answer your prayer in regard to knowing your career’s path: He will work in you, He will change you, He will prepare you. When God answers your prayer, it does not mean that you will not have to study or pay tuition fees. It does not mean you will find a job right away, nor does it mean you will get paid more than others. It simply means that you will have a fulfilling career mentally because your mind will always be stimulated by your work, and spiritually because you know you have obeyed your heavenly Father.
For me, I did not understand this. Even when God had completed His work in me and prepared me to go back to school, I still did not understand that it was time because I had always asked to hear from Him and therefore thought, “I will know when He speaks to me”. I did not understand that my career will have something to do with my God given talents, so even when I figured out what I wanted to study—namely, mechanical engineering—I still did not budge until I heard from Him. What happened is that for a week or two I was getting very restless because I had that “eureka” moment when I realized, “I want to be a mechanical engineer!” But I still wanted to hear from Him. So one morning after I opened the warehouse and made coffee, I sat in the kitchen by myself (because I liked to start early) reading the In Touch daily devotional. Then I started reading the Bible, a certain Psalm, and one verse just jumped out at me. I stopped reading then asked, “Is God trying to tell me something here?” And I just could not continue reading; it was as if I could not take my eyes off of that verse. That is when I realized it was God giving me the green light to go ahead and study mechanical engineering. (Interestingly, the verse had two promises: one was in regard to my career, but the other promise is not in regard to my career and until now I have hard time accepting it for some reason.)
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God’s Love is Supreme
You can forget pretty much everything I said above and it will not make a huge difference because the only essential thing you need is God’s love because God’s love is supreme. Above I gave you few tips to help you evaluate your God given talents, but God’s love overrules all man-made rules. The reason I am saying this is that I do not want you to read this writing as step 1, 2, 3 then go try to figure God’s calling for your career. If you are still confused by what I am saying, let me explain better:
The tips I shared with you above were things I learned through and after God revealed His will for my career. I do not want you to think that I am a spiritual giant or a wise thinker that by my own analytical thoughts I was able to plan a good path for my career. These tips did not save me, but God’s love did. Our God did not say, “Who is this Iraqi immigrant? I am too busy governing the world to bother with him!” He did not say, “Let him grow up then I will consider his case!” Nor did he say, “Let him figure out what he likes to do then come to me!” Instead when I was confused He gave me a sound mind. When I was scared He gave me courage. When I was discouraged He sent me a friend who was a great source of encouragement. When I lacked motivation He became my motivation. When I had low self-esteem He became my source of confidence. When I lacked maturity He gave me spiritual maturity. When I did not know what were my talents He gave me a boss that discerned my talents and gave me opportunities to put them into practice.
What I am trying to say is this: do not worry regardless of what is holding you back because you do not have to cross your t's and dot your i's spiritually for God to do something good in you and for you. The only essential thing needed is God’s love, and it is not something you can earn because He has already given it to you for free. The same way God operated in our salvation—that it is a free gift through faith in Jesus Christ, the Son of God—He operates in you and in regard to your career and that is: based on love because He is love.
God’s love is the security we have in regard to any troubling thing in our lives--be it a problem, a need, or a God-given desire. I do not know where I would have been today, and for eternity, if it was not for God’s love. God’s love is the reason we do not have to worry about our future but instead can look forward to it joyfully and waiting excitingly to see Him do His good, loving, wonderful, and miraculous works in us and in our lives.
Finally, I will share these verses with you because they sum up everything I wrote above:
“What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written:
“For your sake we face death all day long;
we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 8:31-39)
And I say to you that no fear, no worry, no anxiety, no depression, no low self-esteem, no pain, no poverty, no discouragement, no lack of knowledge, no desperation, no lack of support, and no confusion shall separate you from God’s love in regard to your career path if you trust Him, wait for Him, listen to Him, and obey Him.
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Brother Zhang then gave fellowship, saying: “Thank the Lord, these words have made it crystal clear as to what true salvation is! True salvation means that, once someone has gained the truth and been cleansed and perfected by God, they cast off sin completely and cast off the dark influence of Satan, and they no longer commit sin or defy God. The work the Lord Jesus did was actually the work of redemption, and we merely no longer belonged to sin. But the satanic nature within us was deeply rooted, and even though our sins received the Lord’s absolution, when we encounter issues, we are still capable of coming under the domination of the satanic dispositions, such as arrogance and conceit, crookedness and deceit, selfishness and meanness, and insidiousness and maliciousness, and we often can’t help but sin and defy God, and are simply unable to put the Lord’s words into practice. This is like being a thief who is caught by the police for stealing other people’s things. His parents can’t stand the thought of their son languishing in detention, and so they pay a king’s ransom to keep their son out of jail. But the thief’s nature is still within him, and when a suitable opportunity comes along, he will again be dominated by his nature and will continue to steal things. Therefore, if we understand all aspects of the truth, being completely freed from Satan’s domain, having our satanic, corrupt dispositions cleansed, casting off the binds of sin, and seeking God’s will, practicing God’s words and truly revering and obeying God no matter the environment, then we are always saved, and only then are we people who are completely gained by God.”
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"You realize, don’t you, that you are the temple of God, and God himself is present in you? No one will get by with vandalizing God’s temple, you can be sure of that. God’s temple is sacred—and you, remember, are the temple".
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Do Not Blindly Believe Others’ Words in Regard to the Coming of the Lord
By Ming Hui
When Li Min and Sister Xiao were walking in the park, Sister Xiao suddenly said, “Hey, Sister Li, do you agree that we believers shouldn’t blindly ask and listen to others when having problems?”
Li Min said, “Yeah, right. As Christians, we should exalt the Lord in all things. When we face problems we don’t understand or have difficulties and confusion, we should first come before God to pray and seek the truth and find God’s will in His words. If we still fail to understand and find the path after a period of time of seeking, then we can seek out brothers and sisters to fellowship and explore with. In addition, we should find those who sincerely believe in God, have wisdom, and understand the truth to fellowship with. In this way, our questions will be easily resolved and it will be beneficial to our entry into life. Just as the Book of Proverbs 13:14 says, ‘The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.’ Moreover, when looking for people to communicate with, we must have discernment and can’t blindly listen to them. We need to see whether their fellowship conforms with the truth and God’s will, and whether or not the words of God can be a determining basis. If what they say is in line with the truth and God’s words, we should accept and obey, and correct our own mistakes; if what they say goes against the truth, comes from the conception and imagination of man, or is heresy and fallacy, we should refuse to listen to them. If we blindly ask and listen to others without discernment, it’ll be easy for us to follow the wrong people and go the wrong way, and the result will be exactly as the Lord Jesus has said, ‘And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch’” (Matthew 15:14).
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I Finally Understand What It Means to Do the Will of God (Part One)
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Once, my sister invited me to a Bible study meeting at her church, and I happily agreed. There, I met Sister Li and Brother Zhang, whose fellowship was very beneficial. They gave me a much clearer and brighter understanding of the Bible verses that had confused me in the past. After that, Brother Zhang played a dance and song video called “God Has Brought His Glory to the East” for me. The images in the video left me shocked. I exclaimed time and again at the dancers’ skill. Brother Zhang told me the dancers were all brothers and sisters who believed in God. I was very surprised, and thought their dance must have come through the guidance of the Holy Spirit. But when I saw the video mention that God had already come to the East, I thought, “They aren’t Eastern Lightning believers, are they? In the past I’ve only heard the pastors and elders warn us not have contact with Eastern Lightning missionaries, or we will be stolen from the flock. Have I really run into them today?” But then I thought, “There is so much light in their fellowship, and through my interactions with them, I can feel that they are sincere believers in God, who are entirely different from what the pastors and elders say. As long as I’m here, I might as well listen to them. And if they really have taken a wrong turn in their belief, maybe I can persuade them back to the right path.” So, I decided to keep listening.
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Noah believed that God’s word was His will and was truth. He had not even the slightest bit of doubt. This is what constitutes
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Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
Do not put out the Spirit's fire; do not treat prophecies with contempt. Test everything. Hold on to the good. Avoid every kind of evil.
May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it.
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Los hombres de Jordi Vinyals se clasifican para los octavos de final de la UEFA Youth League gracias a un gol de Godswill Los azulgrana son líderes de su grupo, con diez puntos, y tienen dos jornadas para certificar la primera posición
LA FICHA
FC Barcelona: Ondoa, Godswill, Tarín, Juanma, Quintillà, Ortega, Enguene, Huertas (Kaptoum, min 62), Maxi Rolón, Ebwelle (Godoy, min 77) y Munir.
AC Milan: Andrenacci, Simic, De Sanctis, Lotti, Tamás, Cristante, Mastalli, Benedicic, Barisic (Rondanini, min 73), Di Molfetta (Compaore, min 82) y Vido (Cernigoi, min 65).
Árbitro: Marco Ferreira (Portugal).Ha amonestado a los locales Tarín, Munir y a los visitantes Benedicic y Rondanini.
Goles: 0-1, min 17, Cristante; 1-1, min 79, Godswill.
Asistencia: 754 personas en el Miniestadi.
Jordi Mestre y Andoni Zubizarreta, en el palco
En el palco del Miniestadi han estado presentes el directivo del FC Barcelona Jordi Mestre, el director deportivo Andoni Zubizarreta, así como los ex futbolistas Urbano Ortega e Iván De la Peña. El Milan, por su parte, ha estado representado por Adriano Galliani.
A diferencia de los seis goles realizados en Milán (2-6), este martes los hombres de Jordi Vinyals sólo han podido marcar en la portería del Milan en una ocasión. El gol de Godswill ha certificado el empate contra los italianos y también ha garantizado la presencia del FC Barcelona en los octavos de final de la UEFA Youth League.
La victoria del Ajax al Celtic de Glasgow ha permitido que el cabezazo del capitán del Barça haya dado la clasificación a los de Jordi Vinyals. El Barça, sin hombres como Adama y Sanabria, ha dominado todo el partido ante los hombres de Filippo Inzaghi y, con el punto sumado, ya suma diez y sigue como líder del Grupo H.
Dominio azulgrana
Ha sido apenas la cuarta jornada de la fase de grupos pero en juego ya estaba la clasificación matemática para los octavos de final de la UEFA Youth League. Los de Jordi Vinyals han sido conscientes de ello y han saltado al césped del Miniestadi con ganas de tener el control del balón. Y así ha sido. El Juvenil A ha tenido la posesión durante toda la primera parte, lo que ha provocado que el Milan retrasara sus líneas.
Una acción por la banda derecha entra Godswill y Maxi Rolón ha acabado con un disparo del nigeriano, que el portero Andrenacci ha parado sin problemas. Munir también ha intentado inaugurar el marcador con un disparo de falta que se ha escapado por arriba. El público presente este martes en el Miniestadi ha aplaudido estas acciones azulgranas en el primer cuarto de hora de partido, pero la primera diana ha llegado a la portería de Ondoa.
Gran gol de Cristante
En el minuto 17 y en una de las primeras jugadas de peligro del conjunto italiano, el centrocampista Cristante ha recogido una asistencia de Vido para empalmar un potente y lejano disparo. El balón ha entrado por la escuadra derecha de Ondoa, que no ha podido hacer nada para evitar que el conjunto de Filippo Inzaghi se pusiera por delante en el marcador.
Con el gol en contra, los de Jordi Vinyals no han perdido el norte. Han continuado con el dominio del balón y el Milan ha juntado aún más las líneas defensivas. El Barça ha intentado poner, sin éxito, el empate antes del descanso con disparos lejanos de Enguene y Huertas.
Godswill empata
Un disparo de Huertas a los diez minutos de la reanudación, parado por Andrenacci con los pies, ha dejado claro que la dinámica del partido sería la misma que en la primera parte. Un Barça dominador y un Milan atrasado. El gol, sin embargo, se ha resistido.
Poco a poco, los barcelonistas se han ido acercando a la portería de los italianos y, ya superado el minuto 70, Tarín y Enguene han intentado poner el empate en el marcador. Este ha llegado, pero, gracias a un potente cabezazo del capitán Godswill, que ha sorprendido por debajo a Andrenacci. Quedaban once minutos para terminar el partido y, con el empate a uno, ninguno de los dos equipos ha forzado más de la cuenta. No ha habido tiempo para ocasiones claras de gol y el Juvenil A ha marchado del césped del Miniestadi con la clasificación en el bolsillo.
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Knowing the Three Stages of God’s Work Is the Path to Knowing God
The work of managing mankind is divided into three stages, which means that the work of saving mankind is divided into three stages. These three stages do not include the work of creating the world, but are rather the three stages of the work of the Age of Law, the Age of Grace, and the Age of Kingdom.
Un lanzamiento de falta directa del argentino ha decantado la balanza a favor de los azulgrana, que han sabido sufrir hasta el final y han tenido en Ortolá uno de sus mejores jugadores ante un rival insistente
LA FICHA
UE Olot, 0
FC Barcelona B, 1
Olot: Wilfred, Luismi, Jose, Rojas, Blázquez, Djack, Héctor Simón, Sana (Sergio Ortiz, 72’), Isma Traoré (Alberto Perea, 63’), Gato y Uri.
Barça B: Ortolá, Palencia, Tarín, Quinti (Robert Costa, 65’), Godswill, Samper, Ros, Babunski (Aleñà, 60’), Maxi Rolón, Cámara (Aitor, 76’) y Dongou.
Goles: 0-1, Maxi Rolón (76’).
Árbitro: Monter Solans. Ha amonestado al local Djack i a los visitantes Dongou, Godswill, Ortolá y Maxi Rolón.
Asistencia: 1.920 espectadores en el Estadi Municipal de Olot.
El Barça B suma su primera victoria. Ha llegado en la Garrotxa, en el campo de la Unió Esportiva Olot, en un partido intenso, especialmente durante la primera mitad y en los últimos minutos del encuentro, en el que un lanzamiento de falta de Maxi Rolón (76') y una gran actuación de Adrián Ortolá han decidido el marcador a favor de los azulgranas.
Ortolá saca la mano
Uno de los protagonistas de la primera parte ha sido el portero del Barça B, un Adrián Ortolá que ha salvado el gol de los locales en más de una ocasión. Ya ha avisado de sus reflejos en un disparo de Gato (4'), pero ha estado en una vaselina de Isma Traoré que Ortolá ha hecho su primera gran intervención, cuando ha sacado la mano para enviar el balón a córner (7'). Precisamente, en un saque de esquina, ya al filo del descanso, una doble intervención del de Jávea tras un doble disparo de Sana ha vuelto a evitar el primero del Olot.
El Barça B, sin embargo, también ha estado a punto de adelantarse en el marcador, con un par de disparos potentes de Cámara, bastante móvil. La primera, con un disparo desde fuera del área que se ha envenenado y ha estado a punto de sorprender a Wilfred (21'). La segunda, la más clara, en un disparo potente que Wilfred ha enviado a córner tras tocar el larguero (26'). Antes, Babunski también ha querido probar el portero, que, muy atento, ha conseguido abortar la ocasión.
Maxi Rolón decanta la balanza
El paso por los vestuarios ha hecho bajar un poco el ritmo de la primera media hora de la segunda mitad, aunque el Olot ha seguido insistiendo y ha pisado el área con peligro. Pero, finalmente, ha sido el Barça B el equipo que ha podido hacer subir el primer tanto al electrónico. En una falta directa, Maxi Rolón ha podido romper el empate en la Garrotxa con un auténtico golazo de falta, que se ha colado por la escuadra de la portería de Wilfred (76'). Un gol del argentino que ha llegado veinte minutos después de la primera ocasión clara de Rolón, con un disparo a bocajarro tras una buena combinación con Dongou (53').
Esta diana de Rolón, la que finalmente ha permitido conseguir la primera victoria del curso para el Barça B, ha activado más al Olot. Los de Gerard López, a partir de ahí, han sabido sufrir para mantener el electrónico a favor y, con una buena defensa y un Ortolá muy concentrado, especialmente en un lanzamiento de falta de Sergio Ortiz (91'), el Barça B ha podido hacer frente a los nervios y a la insistencia de los de Rodri y se ha llevado el botín de los primeros tres puntos de la temporada.
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Los goles de Quintillà y Maxi han sido suficientes para darle la vuelta al gol inicial de Agus, conseguido en el primer tiempo
LA FICHA DEL PARTIDO
Juvenil A, 2
RCD Mallorca, 1
Juvenil A: Suárez, Godswill, Roger, Juanma, Quintillà, Ortega, Maxi (Palencia, min 88), Enguene (Pedro, min 75), Munir, Corredera (Huertas, min 46) y Moha (Ebwelle, min 66).
RCD Mallorca: Steven, Sastre, Lucas, Carrillo, Juan (Junior, min 81), Juan, Angel (Gabi, min 66), Damià (Chechu, min 79), Agus, Jou (Páez, min 66) y James.
Goles: 0-1, Agus, min 30; 1-1, Quintillà, min 47; 2-1, Maxi, min 81.
Árbitro: Robas Bondia
Carácter, oficio y remontada. El Juvenil A de Jordi Vinyals ha sumado un nuevo triunfo ante el Mallorca, cuarto clasificado de la División de Honor. Los azulgranas han podido sobreponerse al gol de Agus, conseguido en el primer tiempo, para sumar la décima victoria de la temporada. El equipo mallorquín, uno de los rivales más complicados de la categoría, no lo ha puesto fácil y no ha sido hasta el segundo tiempo que los culés han cambiado la situación con goles de Quintillà y Maxi.
Duelo de titanes
Que Barça y Mallorca ocupen las primeras posiciones de la categoría no es ninguna casualidad. Ambos equipos han pisado el césped de la Ciudad Deportiva con la victoria entre ceja y ceja. Los mallorquines han sido los primeros en intentarlo enviando un disparo cruzado que no encontró los tres palos de Suárez.Los azulgranas lo han probado con incursiones por las bandas con Maxi y Moha como puntas de la lanza ofensiva. Sus jugadas, sin embargo, no han acabado encontrando la conexión final con Munir.
Agus, por encima de todos
De los minutos de la igualdad a las mejores ocasiones mallorquinistas. Los de ses Illes han aprovechado un centro de Sastre y Agus ha despegado más que Godswill y ha colocado el balón abajo a la derecha, imposible para el portero azulgrana.Los visitantes, que estaban viviendo su mejor momento, han dispuesto de una falta indirecta dentro del área, después de una cesión, que se ha estrellado contra la barrera y se ha ido a córner. Los azulgranas han reclamado un penalti por unas manos de Lucas, pero el colegiado marcó el lanzamiento fuera del área. El disparo de Munir ha ido fuera muy ajustado al palo izquierdo.
Empata Quintillà
Inicio de la reanudación ideal. Un disparo de falta de Munir se ha estrellado en el poste y Quintillà, el más listo de la clase, ha colocado la punta de la bota para introducir la pelota suavemente a puerta vacía. A pesar del gol, ambos equipos han mantenido las mismas ambiciones de sumar los tres puntos.El Mallorca, con menos protagonismo que en el primer tiempo, ha intentado inquietar la portería defendida por Suárez. El Juvenil A, en cambio, ha sido el que ha tenido más protagonismo en el control y las acciones. Una buena jugada colectiva terminó con un disparo de Maxi que ha huido, por poco, de la portería mallorquinista.
Maxi sentencia
El tramo final se ha teñido de azulgrana. Los de Vinyals han puesto toda la carne en el asador y se han volcado en la portería visitante. La insistencia, finalmente, los ha premiado y en una acción ofensiva Pedro Godoy ha visto la internada de Maxi Rolón, que en el uno contra uno no falló. Es el sexto gol del azulgrana, que se convierte en el máximo goleador del conjunto que lidera la competición regular.Con esta victoria el Juvenil A suma la décima victoria de la temporada y con 31 puntos se mantiene líder en solitario de la categoría.
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El filial azulgrana ha jugado un buen partido ante un rival de superior categoría y se ha clasificado para la final de la competición gracias a una buena acción de Àlex Carbonell en el minuto 86
LA FICHA
FC Barcelona B, 1
Girona, 0
FC Barcelona B: Ortolà, Grimaldo, Quintillà, Tarín, Godswill, Gumbau, Aleñà (Kaptoum, min 61), Gumbau, Samper (Ros, min 89) Campins (Carbonell, min 61), Aitor (Carles Pérez, min 65) y Maxi Rolón (Palencia, min 89).
Girona FC: Germán, Javi Álamo (Sebas Coris, min 69), Marcelo, Richy, Carles Mas, Clerc (Aday, min 69), Vivancos, Eloi Amagat (Ruben Alcaraz, min 57), Nwakali (Granell, min 57), Sobrino (Joel, min 77) y Jairo (Alcalá, min 77).
Goles: Àlex Carbonell, 1-0 (min 65).
Árbitro: Congost Larrosa. Amonestaciones a los visitantes Eloi Amagat, Richy, Alcaraz, Alcalá y Granell.
Miniestadi: 511 espectadores.
El FC Barcelona B estará presente en la final de la Copa Catalunya. El equipo de Gerard López ha superado este miércoles al Girona en un buen partido en el Miniestadi. Sobre el césped, los locasles han realizado un rendimiento más que positivo ante un equipo de Segunda A y su esfuerzo ha obtenido el premio con una victoria que da moral al filial. Los azulgrana han tenido las mejores ocasiones de gol, pero no han podido desequilibrar el enfrentamiento hasta el minuto 86, cuando Alex Carbonell ha aprovechado una buena asistencia de Samper para hacer un gran gol.Gerard López ha apostado por un once inicial formado por varios jugadores que el domingo pasado no disputaron el partido ante el Llosetense y, en el centro del campo, han vuelto a jugar con el filial Gerard Gumbau y Sergi Samper, que habían sido convocados con el primer equipo en la última jornada. Precisamente, el centrocampista barcelonés ha sido uno de los primeros en buscar la portería de Germán Parreño. Su disparo desde la frontal, ha salido alto.
Dominio y ocasiones locales
La primera mitad ha ido avanzado con un mayor dominio del equipo azulgrana, que ha hecho méritos suficientes para encontrar el primer gol. El Girona no ha inquietado en exceso a Ortolá mientras que, en la otra portería, un par de disparos del juvenil Aleñà desde fuera del área y un remate de Aitor han comenzado a dar síntomas de peligro. Campins y Gumbau sí han chutado entre los tres palos y han puesto a prueba el portero gerundense, pero se ha llegado al descanso sin movimientos en el marcador.Las buenas sensaciones que ofrecía el equipo de Gerard López han tenido continuidad en la segunda mitad, que ha comenzado con un remate alto de Aitor, un disparo de falta de Maxi Rolón que ha desviado Germán y un nuevo remate del argentino que ha provocado la intervención del exguardameta del Espanyol.
Un tanto que evita la tanda de penaltis
Pablo Machín ha renovado, a lo largo de la segunda mitad, su equipo con seis cambios y el Girona ha dado un paso hacia adelante en un partido que parecía estancado y dirigido hacia la tanda de penaltis. La entrada de los azulgrana Carles Pérez y de Àlex Carbonell también ha permitido tener alternativas en ataque.Ha sido, precisamente, Carbonell quien ha dado la victoria al filial, en una gran acción que ha comenzado con una buena asistencia bombeada de Samper. El joven juvenil ha recogido el balón con el muslo, ha entrado dentro del área solo y, con la derecha, ha hecho un remate suave que, por fin, ha introducido el balón al fondo de la red. La alegría ha llegado el Miniestadi con esta diana y también con la parada posterior de Ortolà, que ha sacado una mano salvadora ante un remate de cabeza de Carlos Mas. El Barça ya espera rival en la final de la Copa Catalunya, que surgirá del duelo entre Rubí y Sabadell (8 de diciembre).
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El Juvenil A ha acusado el desgaste físico en la victoria del martes ante el Milan y ha caído ante el Espanyol en el derbi matinal de la Liga de División de Honor El gol de penalti de Sanabria no ha sido suficiente para dar la vuelta los conseguidos por Pol, en el primer tiempo, y Entrena, al inicio del segundo
LA FICHA DEL PARTIDO
Juvenil A, 1
RCD Espanyol, 2
Juvenil A: Ondoa, Godswill, Roger, Juanma, Palencia, Ortega (Huertas, min 68), Enguene, Kaptoum (Adama, min 53, Maxi, min 77), Ebwelle, Sanabria y Munir.RCD Espanyol: Moha, Iago (Soria, min 69), Aaron, Lluís, Alex, Traoré (Moi, min 81), Pol, Roca, Jafar (Domi, min 90), Campuzano y Entrena (Julio, min 84).Goles: 1-0, Pol, min 10; 1-1, Sanabria, p., min 19; 1-2, Entrena, min 48.
Árbitro: Álvarez Izquierdo
Derrota inesperada en un escenario que parecía más propicio al triunfo. Los azulgranas han afrontado el derby con el cartel de favoritos pero el planteamiento defensivo del Espanyol ha sido el complemento esencial que la ha acercado a la victoria. El cansancio acumulado en Europa y el acierto de Pol y Entrena han teñido el derby de los colores blanquiazules. Para el Barça ha marcado Sanabria de penalti.Sorpresa en el inicioDel tanteo inicial al dominio barcelonista. El conjunto de Jordi Vinyals ha visto cómo los pericos los cedían el dominio del esférico para colocar y defender el resultado en el último cuarto de campo. Su opción ofensiva, los contragolpes. Les ha salido bien la jugada. En el minuto 13 una buena transición de los pericos ha acabado con un pase vertical que ha finalizado Pol con solvencia. Sorpresa en la Ciudad Deportiva.Empata SanabriaLos azulgranas han intentado recuperar su mejor versión ante un Espanyol que presionaba con intensidad a la salida de balón. En un buen centro de Munir ha llegado la jugada polémica. El remate de Ebwelle ha estrellado en el palo y el posterior rebote ha impactado en la mano de un defensa blanco -y-azul. Sanabria ha sido el encargado de lanzar la pena máxima y no falló. El delantero colombiano ha espetado un potente disparo que se coló por el centro de la portería.Contra una murallaDel posible 2-1 al 1-2. Los azulgranas han reclamado un posible penalti a Kaptoum en una incursión del atacante por la banda derecha. En la posterior jugada Entrena ha recortado ante Godswill y ha colocado el balón al palo largo de Ondoa (1-2).Si el planteamiento del Espanyol era defensivo, el gol ha supuesto un plus más para aumentar la determinación en este aspecto . Los azulgranas se ha volcado al ataque sin premio, y el derbi, finalmente, se ha teñido de blanco y azul.
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El Juvenil A ha conseguido la clasificación para las semifinales de la UEFA Youth League tras superar al Arsenal con goles de Munir, Kaptoum y Adama (2) El próximo partido del equipo de Jordi Vinyals en esta competición continental será contra el Schalke el 11 de abril y en la localidad suiza de Nyon
La fitxa del partit
Juvenil A; 4
Arsenal FC; 2
Juvenil A (1+3): Ondoa, Godswill, Tarín,Juanma, X. Quintillà, Ortega, Huertas (Kaptoum, m.46), Enguene, Adama (Ebwelle, m.90), Rolón (Moha, m.78) y Munir.
Arsenal FC (1+1): Iliev, Bellerin, O’Connor, Pleguezuelo, Ormonde-Ottewill, Olsson, Zelalem (Vickers, m.60), Gnabry (Jebb, m.75), Toral (Iwobi, m.83), Maitland-Niles y Akpom.
Goles: 1-0, m.30, Munir; 1-1, m.41, Gnabry; 2-1, m.49, Enguene; 2-2, m.81, Akpom; 3-2, m.88, Kaptoum; 4-2, m.89, Adama.
Árbitro: Alexander Harkam (austríaco), con los asistentes Andreas Witschnigg y Christian-Petru Ciochirca. Ha amonestado al visitante Pleguezuelo (m.19) y ha expulsado a Iliev (m.58)
Estadio: 2.040 espectadores en ell Miniestadi.
La llotja
En el palco del Miniestadi han hecho acto de presencia el vicepresidente deportivo Jordi Mestre y los directivos Silvio Elías, Toni Freixa y Pilar Guinovart. Además, tampoco se han querido perder el partido el jugador del primer equipo Xavi Hernández ni el entrenador del Barça B Eusebio Sacristán y su staff técnico, entre otros.
El Juvenil A ha demostrado su talento y su capacidad de hacer frente a situaciones complicadas superando al Arsenal y consiguiendo una clasificación histórica para las semifinales de la UEFA Youth League. El resultado en el minuto 81 era un empate a dos goles que conducía a los dos equipos a los penaltis, pero los hombres de Jordi Vinyals han mostrado carácter y voluntad para estar en Nyon.
El Arsenal ha salido al césped del Miniestadi con la voluntad de llevar la iniciativa del juego. Su presión ha dejado en el Juvenil A bloqueado pero, poco a poco y mientras pasaban los minutos, los azulgrana han sabido encontrar espacios suficientes para imponer su juego de combinación y también para salir al contraataque.
Pena máxima para empezar
En una primera parte sin excesivas ocasiones, un penalti a favor del Arsenal podría haber hecho mover el marcador cuando sólo se había disputado un cuarto de hora de juego. El capitán visitante, Olsson, ha estrellado su disparo al poste izquierdo de Ondoa. El Arsenal ha ofrecido una buena imagen pero los de Jordi Vinyals han aprovechado la concesión de los británicos para entrar al partido.
Lo ha hecho Munir. El delantero madrileño ha demostrado tener olfato goleador y fue el más listo de la clase. Ha presionado al defensa O'Connor, quien ha intentado despejar el balón desde dentro del área. El madrileño se ha estirado en el suelo para tapar el rechazo y la pelota ha topado con los piernas del pichichi de la competición, que ha hecho su octavo gol.
Aparece Adama
Adama, que este miércoles ha vuelto a jugar con el Juvenil A, y el mismo Munir han podido hacer el segundo gol azulgrana, pero sus acciones no han ido entre los tres palos. Todo parecía indicar que se llegaría al descanso con ventaja azulgrana, pero el delantero Gnabry ha aprovechado una internada dentro del área para hacer un tiro cruzado que ha establecido el empate a uno.
El extremo del Hospitalet ha demostrado su calidad con buenas acciones por la banda derecha y también con un segundo gol que ha dado vida a los azulgrana. Sólo se habían disputado cuatro minutos del segundo tiempo cuando una gran asistencia en profundidad de Enguene ha habilitado a Adama. Solo ante el portero, ha batido por debajo de las piernas del portero Iliev y ha despertado la euforia a una tribuna del Miniestadi que presentaba un buen aspecto.
Penalti y expulsión
La diana de Adama ha dejado tocado a un Arsenal que en el segundo tempos no ha presionado como lo ha hecho en un principio de partido. Además, sus capacidades se han visto reducidas en el minuto 48, cuando Munir ha entrado en el área y ha sido víctima de una falta que le ha hecho el portero Iliev. Penalti y expulsión. El tercer gol azulgrana, sin embargo, no ha llegado des de los onze metros. El capitán Godswill ha sido el encargado de realizar el disparo pero el balón ha salido demasiado alta.
Kaptoum, Munir y Adama han puesto problemas a la defensa londinense. Con diez hombres, sin embargo, el Arsenal no se ha rendido y ha tenido oportunidades para hacer el segundo. Y así ha sido. En el minuto 81 de partido, Akpom ha rematado desde el área pequeña un centro procedente de la banda izquierda.
Esto no ha terminado
Todo parecía indicar que, con el empate a dos goles, el partido acabaría en la tanda de penaltis. Pero el Barça ha dejado claro que el partido no había terminado. En ell 87, Kaptoum se ha apropiado de un balón dentro del área y, con potencia, lo ha enviado al fondo de la red. Un minuto más tarde, un Adama que ha salido del campo ovacionado ha hecho lo mismo culminando un contragolpe. Final feliz para los azulgranas y billete para Nyon .
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El FC Barcelona se ha proclamado campeón de la Liga de División de Honor a falta de un partido para acabar la competición Dos goles de Munir y una gran acción de Godswill han permitido remontar el golpe inicial de la Damm en el partido disputado este miércoles en la Ciudad Deportiva
LA FICHA DEL PARTIDO
Juvenil A, 1CF Damm, 1
Juvenil A (1+2): Jose Suárez, Godswill, Rodri, Juanma, Quintillà, Ortega, Kaptoum, Enguene (Huertas, min 74), Adama (Moha, min 67), Maxi y Munir (Ebwelle, m.83).
CF Damm (1+0): Vito (Como, min 45), Navarro (Palencia, min 45), Mas, Díaz, Guillem Pujol, Èric Pujol, Mateo, Serrano (Doncel, min 45), Sepúlveda (Moisés, m.71), Jebari y Méndez.
Goles: 0-1, min 9, Jebari; 1-1, min 25, Munir; 2-1, min 57, Munir; 3-1, min 62, Godswill.
Árbitro: Fernández Pérez, con los asistentes Huertas Vázquez y Molina Martínez.
Campeones. El FC Barcelona ha hecho los deberes y, en el partido adelantado de la última jornada, el Juvenil A se ha proclamado campeón de su grupo de División de Honor. Un trofeo que reconoce el esfuerzo que han realizado a lo largo de toda la temporada los hombres de Jordi Vinyals. El equipo afronta ahora con optimismo el próximo reto: imponerse en la fase final de la Youth League que disputarán en Nyon.El Barça necesitaba empatar o ganar este miércoles a la Damm para proclamarse campeón de Liga. Y ha hecho los deberes con una sólida victoria protagonizada por las dos dianas de Munir y una gran acción de Godswill en una segunda parte en la que el Barça ha impuesto su calidad.
Inicio igualado
El rival que se ha presentado en la Ciudad Deportiva ha sido el quinto clasificado de la competición y el equipo de Cristóbal Parralo no lo ha puesto nada fácil. Es más, por unos momentos pareció que quería amargar la noche a los de Jordi Vinyals.El visitante Jebari ha inaugurado el marcador tras luchar un balón aéreo dentro del área y acabó rematando desde la altura del punto de penalti, lejos del alcance de Jose Suárez. Con el 0-1, el Barça se ha visto obligado a reaccionar. Liderados por Munir y Adama, los azulgranas han tenido profundidad y han puesto problemas a la defensa rival . Ha sido el mismo Munir quien hecho el gol del empate. El madrileño ejecutado un disparo de falta desde la frontal y, con la pierna izquierda, ha hecho pasar la pelota por el lateral de la barrera y la pelota entró ajustado al palo.
Espectacular gol de Godswill
Con el empate a uno se ha llegado al descanso. El Barça ha aprovechado para volver con más concentración, que le ha permitido tener el dominio total de la segunda parte. El balón ha sido para los locales y la Damm ya no ha ofrecido esa sensación de peligro de la primera mitad. Y el guión se ha vuelto a repetir. Maxi Rolón, Adama y Munir han encontrado espacios en medio de la defensa y este último ha hecho el segundo gol del Barça, aprovechando un balón rechazado. En la frontal del área, ha bajado el esférico con el pecho y, sin dejarla botar, ha enganchado un remate con la izquierda que acabó en el fondo de la red.El dominio azulgrana era tal que incluso ha habido lugar para el gol de la tranquilidad. La ha marcado el lateral Godswill tras una gran acción. Un disparo de Adama ha sido rechazado por la defensa y el balón ha ido a parar a la banda derecha. El capitán lo ha recibido y ha hecho un centro-chut que se ha colado por la escuadra del segundo palo, en una acción espectacular y que ha sorprendido a todos.
Una celebración merecida
Enguene y Kaptoum han tenido opciones para hacer el cuarto tanto local de la tarde, pero ya sólo quedaba esperar para escuchar los tres pitidos del árbitro que indicaron el final del partido y la consecución de un nuevo título para la base azulgrana. A falta de un partido por disputar, los jóvenes futbolistas de Jordi Vinyals han podido celebrar una Liga en la que han conseguido 22 victorias, tres empates, cuatro derrotas.
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