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“In the last days, God says,
I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,
your young men will see visions,
your old men will dream dreams." -Acts 2:17
Something so calming about the ruins. I photographed these pages after they spent so much time in terrific weather conditions.
Dear friend, here are 5 things you should know:
1. Like it or not, we are ALL sinners: As the Scriptures say, “No one is righteous—not even one. No one is truly wise; no one is seeking God. All have turned away; all have become useless. No one does good, not a single one.” (Romans 3:10-12 NLT)
2. The punishment for sin is death: When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned. (Romans 5:12 NLT)
3. Jesus is our only hope: But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. (Romans 5:8 NLT) For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 6:23 NLT)
4. SALVATION is by GRACE through FAITH in JESUS: God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. (Ephesians 2:8-10 NLT)
5. Accept Jesus and receive eternal life: If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. (Romans 10:9 NLT) But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God. (John 1:12 NLT) And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have God’s Son does not have life. (1 John 5:11-12 NLT)
Read the Bible for yourself. Allow the Lord to speak to you through his Word. YOUR ETERNITY IS AT STAKE!
Sincerely,
Someone who cares about you
Novice Buddhist monks sleep while studying scriptures for an examination at a room in Chimi Lhakhang temple near Lobesa in Punakha District, Bhutan November 9, 2011. Photo by Tim Chong
Dear friend, here are 5 things you should know:
1. Like it or not, we are ALL sinners: As the Scriptures say, “No one is righteous—not even one. No one is truly wise; no one is seeking God. All have turned away; all have become useless. No one does good, not a single one.” (Romans 3:10-12 NLT)
2. The punishment for sin is death: When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned. (Romans 5:12 NLT)
3. Jesus is our only hope: But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. (Romans 5:8 NLT) For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 6:23 NLT)
4. SALVATION is by GRACE through FAITH in JESUS: God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. 9 Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. (Ephesians 2:8-10 NLT)
5. Accept Jesus and receive eternal life: If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. (Romans 10:9 NLT) But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God. (John 1:12 NLT) And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have God’s Son does not have life. (1 John 5:11-12 NLT)
Read the Bible for yourself. Allow the Lord to speak to you through his Word. YOUR ETERNITY IS AT STAKE!
Sincerely,
Someone who cares about you
Dear friend, here are 5 things you should know:
1. Like it or not, we are ALL sinners: As the Scriptures say, “No one is righteous—not even one. No one is truly wise; no one is seeking God. All have turned away; all have become useless. No one does good, not a single one.” (Romans 3:10-12 NLT)
2. The punishment for sin is death: When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned. (Romans 5:12 NLT)
3. Jesus is our only hope: But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. (Romans 5:8 NLT) For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 6:23 NLT)
4. SALVATION is by GRACE through FAITH in JESUS: God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. (Ephesians 2:8-10 NLT)
5. Accept Jesus and receive eternal life: If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. (Romans 10:9 NLT) But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God. (John 1:12 NLT) And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have God’s Son does not have life. (1 John 5:11-12 NLT)
Read the Bible for yourself. Allow the Lord to speak to you through his Word. YOUR ETERNITY IS AT STAKE!
Sincerely,
Someone who cares about you
The Sixth Seal.. The sky vanished like a scroll that is being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.
He hummed out loud a melody that left the world without a sound. The quiet streets, just the whistling of the breeze, I want to be the air you breathe. When you can't hang on I'm all you need.
Dear friend, here are 5 things you should know:
1. Like it or not, we are ALL sinners: As the Scriptures say, “No one is righteous—not even one. No one is truly wise; no one is seeking God. All have turned away; all have become useless. No one does good, not a single one.” (Romans 3:10-12 NLT)
2. The punishment for sin is death: When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned. (Romans 5:12 NLT)
3. Jesus is our only hope: But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. (Romans 5:8 NLT) For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 6:23 NLT)
4. SALVATION is by GRACE through FAITH in JESUS: God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. (Ephesians 2:8-10 NLT)
5. Accept Jesus and receive eternal life: If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. (Romans 10:9 NLT) But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God. (John 1:12 NLT) And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have God’s Son does not have life. (1 John 5:11-12 NLT)
Read the Bible for yourself. Allow the Lord to speak to you through his Word. YOUR ETERNITY IS AT STAKE!
Sincerely,
Someone who cares about you
I enjoyed this particular day hiking in Hampton Township, Michigan. It helps to visualize the message of trusting the Lord with our life journey..."Show me the right path Lord..."
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2 Timothy 3:16–17 (ESV)
16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.
SCRIPTURE—invariably in the New Testament denotes that definite collection of sacred books, regarded as given by inspiration of God, which we usually call the Old Testament (2 Tim. 3:15, 16; John 20:9; Gal. 3:22; 2 Pet. 1:20). It was God’s purpose thus to perpetuate his revealed will. From time to time he raised up men to commit to writing in an infallible record the revelation he gave. The “Scripture,” or collection of sacred writings, was thus enlarged from time to time as God saw necessary. We have now a completed “Scripture,” consisting of the Old and New Testaments. The Old Testament canon in the time of our Lord was precisely the same as that which we now possess under that name. He placed the seal of his own authority on this collection of writings, as all equally given by inspiration (Matt. 5:17; 7:12; 22:40; Luke 16:29, 31).
M. G. Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1893).
Your word is a lamp to my feet
and a light for my path.
Psalm 119:105
When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said,
"I am the light of the world.
Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness,
but will have the light of life."
John 8:12
You are the light of the world.
A city on a hill cannot be hidden.
Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl.
Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.
In the same way, let your light shine before men,
that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
Matthew 5:14-16
This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you:
God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.
If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness,
we lie and do not live by the truth.
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light,
we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus,
his Son, purifies us from all sin.
1 John 1:5-7
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A Song of Ascents. Of David. Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!
Psalms 133:1
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David praised the Lord in the presence of the whole assembly, saying,
“Praise be to you, Lord,
the God of our father Israel,
from everlasting to everlasting.
Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power
and the glory and the majesty and the splendor,
for everything in heaven and earth is yours.
Yours, Lord, is the kingdom;
you are exalted as head over all.
Wealth and honor come from you;
you are the ruler of all things.
In your hands are strength and power
to exalt and give strength to all.
Now, our God, we give you thanks,
and praise your glorious name.
[1 Chronicles 29:10-13 NIV]
5 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW:
1. Like it or not, we are ALL sinners: As the Scriptures say, “No one is righteous—not even one. No one is truly wise; no one is seeking God. All have turned away; all have become useless. No one does good, not a single one.” (Romans 3:10-12 NLT)
2. The punishment for sin is death: When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned. (Romans 5:12 NLT)
3. Jesus is our only hope: But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. (Romans 5:8 NLT) For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 6:23 NLT)
4. SALVATION is by GRACE through FAITH in JESUS: God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. (Ephesians 2:8-10 NLT)
5. Accept Jesus and receive eternal life: If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. (Romans 10:9 NLT) But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God. (John 1:12 NLT) And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have God’s Son does not have life. (1 John 5:11-12 NLT)
Read the Bible for yourself. Allow the Lord to speak to you through his Word. YOUR ETERNITY IS AT STAKE!
Difficult Times a Part of Life
1. Living in a fallen world means that tough times are inevitable.
Genesis 3:17 Then to Adam He said, “Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’: Cursed is the ground for your sake; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life.” (NKJV)
Job 5:7 For man is born for trouble, as sparks fly upward. (NASB)
Job 14:1–2; John 15:18–21; 16:33; Romans 8:18–23
2. Trials are to be expected and remind us of the sufferings of Christ.
1 Peter 4:12–13 My dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful test you are suffering, as though something unusual were happening to you. Rather be glad that you are sharing Christ’s sufferings, so that you may be full of joy when his glory is revealed. (GNT)
2 Timothy 2:3 Take your part in suffering, as a loyal soldier of Christ Jesus. (GNT)
Keith R. Miller, Quick Scripture Reference for Counseling Men (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2014), 297.
Dear friend, here are 5 things you should know:
1. Like it or not, we are ALL sinners: As the Scriptures say, “No one is righteous—not even one. No one is truly wise; no one is seeking God. All have turned away; all have become useless. No one does good, not a single one.” (Romans 3:10-12 NLT)
2. The punishment for sin is death: When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned. (Romans 5:12 NLT)
3. Jesus is our only hope: But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. (Romans 5:8 NLT) For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 6:23 NLT)
4. SALVATION is by GRACE through FAITH in JESUS: God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. (Ephesians 2:8-10 NLT)
5. Accept Jesus and receive eternal life: If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. (Romans 10:9 NLT) But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God. (John 1:12 NLT) And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have God’s Son does not have life. (1 John 5:11-12 NLT)
Read the Bible for yourself. Allow the Lord to speak to you through his Word. YOUR ETERNITY IS AT STAKE!
Sincerely,
Someone who cares about you
Inspired architecture does not change lives; nor do big buildings impart spiritual power.
Charles Colson
Mark Water, The New Encyclopedia of Christian Quotations (Alresford, Hampshire: John Hunt Publishers Ltd, 2000), 144.
I feel having a firm foundation in Scripture and being Biblically literate is so important. Hear I am listening to Hal Lindsey discussing Chapter 7 of the Book of Revelation on a sort of Web browser in Second Life! I have my Bible open at my keyboard as well!
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This is a picture I took on our way to Yellowstone National Park this year. I'm not exactly sure where this was, but we hadn't arrived at Jackson Hole yet, traveling north. I just remember seeing it and feeling so elated at such wonderful beauty that I took about 50 pictures of this sunset. It reminds me of God's glory and how His spectacular rainbow rays touch each and every one of us, spreading over us who receive Jesus, like a tent of love. I was also awed by the clouds that had both silver and gold lining that surrounded this typified glory of God. In the Word, we are told that dark clouds surround God. But as the dark clouds of sorrow and suffering part, He shines through brightly and comforts us with true to life wondrous waves/rays of love.
His love feels very physical, rising outward like rays or waves from the abdomen; but it is spiritual because you cannot see it. It is not an emotional response to Him because it actually feels like when you are in the passenger seat of a car while the driver speeds over a minor bump in an intersection. Then multiply that sensation by about 100, and that's what it feels like.
If you have not yet received Jesus' love in this way, seek Him first and then admit your sins to Him. Ask Him for forgiveness, realizing that without it and Him, there is eternal separation from Him. Next, accept Him as the Son of God and His ability to forgive you through His having taken the punishment for your sins by being tortured and then crucified. Then believe that He was raised on the third day, interceding for you forever before the Heavenly Father so that you can receive the spiritual inheritance He has for you.
After that, Jesus will wash you with His Water and clothe you with His Blood, a robe of His righteousness that sparkles brightly in the light of the Heavenly Father, making us beautiful to Him forever. These, too, are real sensations and not emotional responses. They come down over a person like a waterfall (three times) and then a gush of power/a feeling of thick liquid being poured over your head. Though the waterfalls only happen three times (at different intervals possibly), the gushes of thick liquid continue to occur from time-to-time but indefinitely.
Then He will give you His life-giving breath, to receive His Holy Spirit, which feels like massive power or wind blown into your chest area, rising up into a kind of flush on your face. Right before, during and after that breath, you will feel something like your heart palpitating when this breath is going to happen. Some have described it as though God is rubbing His knuckles lightly on your heart. LOL! He is, in actuality, knocking on the door of your heart to let Him in to sup with Him. No, you're not having physical heart issues. It does feel physical, but it's really spiritual because you can't see it. Then He breathes new life into you like a newborn taking its first breath and many others afterward. This breath continues on (like the gushes of thick liquid) from time-to-time indefinitely.
About that time, some sorrow and suffering in life will come, the dark clouds that surround Him. It's inevitable. Remember Jacob, Joseph, Moses, David, and Job's trials? Much like that. It's the only way through to get to Him in the Kingdom of God. Then you will be called, which varies from person to person. But you will know it when it happens. After that, He will give you manna by your tasting a sweet taste in your mouth (kind of like kiwi or Moses said coriander seed and honey) for about a week or more before the waves come about from time-to-time, continuing on indefinitely. He really does fill your mouth. But right before the waves of love, you may feel movement in your soul, the lower part of your abdomen, as though the Lord is circumcising it, removing an old large callous from it and inserting His umbilical cord in you. After the waves/rays of love begin, by about the third day, something like a bubbling of water happens in the abdomen. Jesus calls it Living Waters coming up from the belly according to the KJV. A better way to describe it would be that it feels like how water does on your palm when you place it under a fast-running bathtub warm-water faucet, or it can be described as feeling like a kind of Jacuzzi bubbling in your abdomen. During that time, something happens so that, when you grieve the Lord by your attitude about Him, you will feel that also in your abdomen. It's kind of physically painful but more like how you feel sorrow when someone close to you dies. You will know distinctively that it's not you but Him. Stay close to Him and get through this time with Him, repenting all the way. At some point, this same love and bubbling happens in the chest area when He circumcises/enters your spirit/heart. Then when you sin or think about sinning, it actually hurts in the chest area (not like a heart attack or anything like that, kind of like the grieving feeling mentioned before but more like a light burning or searing sensation). Other things will happen during and afterward, but that's between you and the Lord because some of it is terribly sad and some of it is unspeakably wonderful.
All of this love goes on for about 40 days, though the love moving to the chest area may happen at a later date and last for about 40 days itself, too. Remember Moses had two 40-day mountaintop experiences with God because he broke the law--pun on words intended. (All Scripture is very literal though it also has an allegory meaning to it. God's wisdom plays out even in our own lives in this way. It's important not to limit Him since His ways and thoughts are so much higher than our own.) But the waves/rays of love don't stop. They are just more subdued after this 40-day point, not quite so mind-blowing.
Caution: If you do not first repent and receive Jesus and then receive the waterfalls and the gushes of His righteousness before you receive His waves/rays of love, the circumcision of your soul WILL be painful. This is what happens to people when they force their way into that Holy Place. Jesus will get you through it if you then decide to seek Him in His righteousness (His Blood) and not your own righteousness. I never did feel pain because f the right route taken though I know others who have. It was not pretty.
All of this happenstance took place with me in a personal relationship with Jesus over a period of 24 years. For others, it all happens at once but still lasts for about 40 days total (sometimes twice over). Honestly, you just never know which one you'll be. Just take it as it comes and don't be discouraged or freaked out by these very real occurrences, or lack of them in a timely manner. Also, if you don't believe me, that's okay. Just ask the Lord yourself. See how He responds... If you'd like an enormous amount of Scripture to back it up, feel free to write me. I'd be more than glad to share it all with you. And if you're wondering what the purpose in all of this lead up to His love and His expression of love in this way is for, the answer is that being intimately in love with God is what we were created for--His Spirit to fill us and everything in every way. We were not created for our sake or for humankind's sake or for anyone else's sake, for that matter. We were made for Him. It's all about Him always. If you haven't found His Love in this way, you are not without hope.
Again, the other pictures I took of this sunset were nice, but this one seemed to speak volumes to me about what has transpired in my spiritual life with Him lately in that many of His rainbow rays of presence have covered me like a tent as I entered into His Presence from time-to-time, especially through this love of His. I hope it speaks to you, too, in this way.
© 10-21-2007 Victoria Tribby
Here is the whole of the passage listed on the photo:
Then one of the elders asked me, "These in white robes--who are they, and where did they come from?"
I answered, "Sir, you know."
And he said, "These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore,
"they are before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will spread his tent over them. Never again will they thirst. The sun will not beat on them, nor any scorching heat. For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd; he will lead them to springs of living water. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes." (Revelation 7:13-17, 1984 NIV)
Here lies my wife's grandmother's Bible. We know it obviously wasn't printed by Johannes Gutenberg, but our best guess is that it's at least 100 years old, and it weighs a ton!
Measure not God’s love and favor by your own feelings. The sun shines as clearly in the darkest day as it does in the brightest. The difference is not in the sun, but in some clouds which hinder the manifestation of the light thereof.
Richard Sibbes
Mark Water, The New Encyclopedia of Christian Quotations (Alresford, Hampshire: John Hunt Publishers Ltd, 2000), 366.