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Who Should Success Lie In?

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 God. Without God we would be nothing and have nothing. We should be bragging about Him and what He has done and is doing. He is successful we are not. If you have a nice job, nice home, nice car, thank Him and be humble and grateful everyday for those things because those things can disappear as quickly as you received them. God wants us to be successful, He wants the best for us, but our definition of success and His definition usually are two different definitions. He gives us our abilities, so shouldn't we be grateful to Him for what we have.  We should be heavenly minded everyday not earthly minded. Stop worrying about how to get ahead in life and start worrying about your eternity and your works here on earth to further His kingdom. If you were to meet your Savior face to face today what would you be able to tell Him about what you did for Him today?  He is with us, thinking about us, worrying about us and providing for us every single day. Have you even thought ab...

We Are Not Defined By Our Sin.

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Every one of us is a sinner, not one of us can say we’re perfect and not one is better than another, but God likes order, He wants us to live by His word according to His order. He wants us to be free from sin. He sent His son just for that purpose. Are we meant to celebrate sin? No. Are we meant to condone sin because everyone else is acting a certain way? No. Society is wrong and depraved. The way to live has become so twisted that there is literally no coming back to any Biblical morals, but that doesn’t mean you have to comply with that in your own life.  Marriages are falling apart, if kids today even get married, they prefer to live together, have their own children out of the sanctity of marriage or have shot gun weddings. No one sees the wrong of it because it’s the new normal. God does not see it as normal. He sees it as sin.   The divorce rate in this country is the highest it’s ever been. God meant for marriages to be lasting. That’s why it’s so important not to tak...

The Rapture

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    The word rapture comes from the Greek word harpazo meaning caught up or taken away. It also comes from the Latin word rapere or rapturo which means to snatch away, to be caught up.  We have the promise from God that He will save us from the tribulation. How do we know this? Scripture tells us a lot of His plan, God gives us the sneak peak into future events for a reason, He’s preparing us for the moment when we will all be caught up to meet Jesus in the air. Jesus is our blessed hope, the rapture is our blessed hope, those who do not believe in a rapture are taking away that blessed hope.   God has caught up two individuals before, I like to think of those events as a trial run to the big event, In Genesis 5:24 Enoch walked with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.   2 Kings 2:11 As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a wh...

We're at the End

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 When you think about Jesus returning does it excite you or scare you? When someone mentions Bible prophecy do you engage in the conversation or do you run away from it? Did you know that 98% of pastors will not preach on Revelation or end time events? Bible prophecy is 30% of the Bible and given to us by God for the means of preparing us not to scare us. Preparing us as in keeping us centered on His word and living a life for Him each and every single day. He wants us to take the Bible as a complete whole, not to just omit the parts we think are too scary and not worth learning about. He gives us the road map to Him and that includes giving us details on the signs of His coming. We just have to take the time to read them, study them, take them to heart, and above all keep our heads looking up.  We are so close to seeing God's glorious power, the birth pains are getting closer and closer together each day that passes, one day soon we are going to see the sky open wide and thos...

Look Up!

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            The rapture is the next event on the prophetic calendar. So how can you ensure that you will be taken and not left behind? Be saved! Believe in Jesus now! Do His works now. Don’t wait! We need to recognize the seriousness of our sins and taking God out of our lives. Just being a good person is not enough but repenting and being saved is. Ask Christ into your life now. Study His word for yourself. Go to church. Be the restraining force on this earth to hold back satan and bring others to Christ. It’s important in the times we are living in to keep looking up and to be ready. He is coming soon! We are living in the last days, without question, we have been for 2000 years. We are closer than ever now, technology is increasing rapidly, unexplained phenomena happening every day to set the stage for massive chaotic storytelling, wars and rumor of wars are rampant, the breakdown of the family, morals are lost, people follow blindly to the way ...

Hearts Have to Change

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      We must love and forgive those individuals who have wronged us. Paul tells us to have forgiveness and love for others. Especially among believers. If you say you believe in and love Christ but still hate your brother how then are you a true follower of Christ?     Forgiveness is NOT weakness. Not forgiving someone isn't hurting them, it's hurting yourself, you are robbing yourself of any peace or happiness. How can you get closer to God if you have unforgiveness and hate in your heart.      If hearts don't change now then when? Are you willing to risk your salvation on unforgiveness and hate? Our world is falling more and more into an evil abyss do you really want to follow suit? Or do you want to feel free? Forgiving is like a weight being lifted and it will heal your heart in ways that people will physically see. The love you have for God and others will shine through and it will change not only you but others. Isn't that what we want in a...

Faith and Salvation

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 1 Corinthians 15:1-4  Now brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. By this gospel you are saved. If you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise you have believed in vain. For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures.       We are living in a time where Jesus could come back at any second. There’s an urgency like never before to bring others to Him. We should be doing our first works now which means loving Him, sharing His word, and following the path He wants us to take in our lives. Christ died for our sins and we are covered by His blood as long as we ask for redemption and people need to know that before it’s too late. There’s a time coming to this world that will be horrific and the people left behind...