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Listen to the Haven of Rest  and He Touched Me by the Churchmen Quartet

God's "Get Character Quick" Plan (by Pastor Jack Hyles)

“Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts.” —2nd Timothy 3:5,6

Say what you mean, and mean what you say! —John 14:2
 

I really hate that stupid commercial that says, "It's 10 o'clock, do you know where your child is at?" No sir! It's ANY o'clock and I know where my child is at! You had better KNOW where your child is at at ANY TIME!
 

Believer's Corner
 

William T. Still eloquently states...

Although the eventual ascendancy of the Antichrist to a position of global power is inevitable, the ascendancy of Communism is certainly not.  Every day that Communism's march toward global hegemony is retarded is, in Christian terms, another day to rescue a few more souls from Satan's grasp and in political terms, another day to live in that uniquely gentle form of freedom found only in America.

William T. Still, pg. 145, New World Order: The Ancient Plan of Secret Societies (Lafayette, La.: Huntington House Publishers, 1990)

Though we may be virtually powerless to change the present course of evil events (2nd Timothy 3:13), we can allow the awareness of these developments to work a change in us!  A church member who understands what The Order of Skull and Bones is all about will not get bent out of shape if a visitor sits in his seat.

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Lord, Keep Your arm around my shoulder and Your hand over my mouth.

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Jonah was your typical person who forgets about God until tragedy strikes. It's sad, but true, that most of us don't think about what pleases God until we're in the back of an ambulance or in a dangerous situation. Whereas Jonah was stubbornly fleeing from the will of God before; now he is in the morbid belly of a whale facing imminent death, crying out in repentance for God to deliver him. Whereas Jonah wasn't concerned about fulfilling the will of God just days earlier; now he is desperately desiring to do God's will and preach the Gospel to lost sinners who trust in “lying vanities.”

What will it take for us to surrender our lives to do God's will? Why does God always have to send a whale to devour us, fiery serpents to bite us (Numbers 21:6), an evil spirit to afflict us (1st Samuel 16:14) or a thorn in the flesh to humble us (2nd Corinthians 12:7). Mankind is sinfully proud and stubborn. Deuteronomy 6:12 warns, “Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.” It is so easy to become ungrateful for all the wonderful things that God has done for us. So often as believers we forget about the very God Who brought us forth out of darkness (bondage to sin) and gave to us new life in Jesus Christ.

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“It takes your enemy and your friend, working together to hurt you to the heart; the one to slander you and the other to get the news to you” —Mark Twain

Proverb 18:8, “The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.”

God's “Get Character Quick” Plan

My mother used to say, “God works in mysterious ways.” As I get older and look back over my life, I am learning that my mom was right. At times in life when I couldn't see my hand in front of my face, God was there; but I couldn't see Him working until years later when I looked back. As the saying goes... “Hindsight is 20/20.” I've learned to trust the HEART of God even when I can't see the HAND of God at work in my life. The book of Esther in the Old Testament evidences this precious Biblical truth. Although God is NOT mentioned even once in the entire book of Esther, we see God's divine hand of providence at work and how everything worked out in favor of God's children at the end. God was there even though they didn't see God working. The same holds true today. God has NOT changed (Malachi 3:6).

In the last place, there are detours of disappointment. No one in life is free form this detour. We are disappointed in others. We are disappointed in the failure of our plans. We are disappointed in ourselves. There must be a constant battle against this foe, or we will find ourselves growing bitter and cynical. In the face of disappointment, we must smile, keep sweet, and trust God. My life is not all I would have it to be. I am oftentimes disappointed regarding circumstances and people, but in it all, I am keenly aware of God's love and grace. Even disappointment has a redeeming feature, for when I am disappointed in myself and in others, I lean more heavily upon God, for our God is One who never fails or disappoints His children. And now in full faith let us repeat together: “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to is purpose.”

SOURCE: Dr. Lee Roberson, from the awesome sermon, THE DETOURS OF LIFE.

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So often what we think about ourselves is not based upon what others think of us, or even upon what we think of ourselves; but upon what we think others think about us. May we rise above the trivial and fleeting thoughts and emotions of this temporal earthly life, and focus our minds upon Jesus Christ, soulwinning, and the imminent Rapture of the Church.

“Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ” ―2nd Corinthians 10:5.

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If you still have your innocence young person, KEEP IT! Don't let the wrong crowd know how far you will go, you let them know how far YOU WON'T GO! Stay innocent!!!

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"And he [Jesus] said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God." ―Luke 16:15

"Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street."
  —  American author, Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915)