Matthew 9: 35-37 Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.
The workers are so few because they are only few True Christians left. People need to understand the difference between Religion and Christianity. Just because you watch Christian television shows, sing in the choir, serve on the usher board, read your Bible, or say a prayer before every meal does not make you a Christian. Christianity is a lifestly not just another four letter word. People want to stamp Christian on their forehead, but live on a totally different level. They talk back to their parents, go to wild parties, curse, downgrade people, fornicate, adulterous, idolize.
Romans 1: 28-32 When they refused to acknowledge God, He abandoned them to their evil minds and let them do things that should never be done. Their lives became full of every kind of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, muder, fighting, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip. They are backstabbers, haters of God, insolent, proud, and boastful. They are forever inventing new ways of sinning and are disobedient to their parents. They refuse to undersand, break their promises, and are heartless and unforgiving. They are fully aware of God's death penalty for those who do these things, yet they go right ahead and do them anyway. And, worse yet, they encourage others to them, too.
We are to bless others because we have been blessed. Pray one for another and help each other stay sharepned. We get so caught up in being around other Christians and trying to help solve each others problems or help with their situations and tend to forget that our mission is to save the lost. We do need to help one another, but do not forget we need to help bring God's people back to Him.
John 13:34 "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
James 5:16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.
Proverbs 27:17 As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
Mark 2:16-17 When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the "sinners" and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: "Why does he eat with tax collectors and 'sinners'?" On hearing this, Jesus said to them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
Matthew 10:14-16 If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town. I tell you the truth, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town. I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
May the Lord add a blessing to the readers and doers of His Word. Peace and Blessings
JCiliom
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Help The Well, Get Well...
Mark 2:17 On hearing this, Jesus said to them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners." Two men went to the hospital seeking medical attention. The first man was examined and found to be "as healthy as a horse." The second man was examined and a rare disease was found in him. Instead of tending to the sick man, they tended to the man that was well trying to double and triple check to make sure nothing was wrong with him while the man in the next room lay dying. Very interesting story you might say, but this is what the church is doing. They are preaching to the well instead of reaching out to the sick. They do not want to change tradition in order to bring in the thugs, gangsters, prostitutes, alcoholics, drug dealers, etc. off the street. We sit in the pulpit in our luxurious robes knowing that there are people outside of the church in need of nourishment. They are going to Hell without knowing Christ. We will be to blame if we are not telling others about Jesus. There are people called to go out and reach out to those named. There are also ways you can reach out to others without having to go outside. T.D. jakes said "if the sinners are on FaceBook then he will be on FaceBook. If the sinners are on MySpace then he will be on MySpace. If the sinners are on Twitter then he will be twitting" for lack of a better word. You cannot say you love God and not show love to your brethren. This is a wake up call to all of you who claim Christianity, but live like slaves. This is a wake up call to you who call yourselves Christians, but you toot your noses up at sister such and such because she made a mistake or two. This is a wake up call to those of ou who call yourselves Christ followers, but then turn around and you fornicating, cursing, blaspheming God, and such. Alcoholics can quote scriptures too! This is a call to the prechers leading your flock astray. This is a wake up call to Churches who refuse to change with the times in order to bring in the sinners. Things are getting worse and it is up to us who truly follow Christ to step up and help those in need of help. Show and tell about the Good News that men do not have to follow in the footsteps of the abusive father and women do not have to follow in the footsteps of the drug addict mother. Tell them about the Good News that Jesus is alive and we can be saved and have eternal life with Him when we accept Him as our Lord and Savior. This is a call to war my brother and sisters. Refuse to stand on the sideline when you should be in battle. Either you are with God or against Him. Let God lead you to victory! May God add a blessing unto the readers and the doers of His Word. Peace and Blessings!
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One Nation Under Part 3
Be mindful of what you do or say, even if you are doing it or saying it to yourself. David spoke to himself before he went to God in prayer when his men turned against him. We are our own worst enemy. We must fight the good fight and be who God has called us to be. God hears your words, but He also listens to your thoughts. Right thoughts provoke right actions. Wrong thoughts provoke wrong actions. Even if you do not act upon your thoughts, your frame of mind was still heard. We need to stand corrected and be True Christians. We are saved by faith, but faith without works is dead. Don't miss out on your blessings because you refuse to be put in right poisition for it. Stop trying to do things under your own strength and let God take control. Stop messing around with people you have no business associating yourself with. God will do what He said He will do in this world and in your life. Stop trying to please other people and focus on pleasing God. You were creatd by God and called to do things that will bring glory to His name. A creation worshiping a creation when it should be the creation worshiping the Creator. Stress no more because God is Peace. Want no more because God is a Provider.
Proverbs 3: 5-8 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.a Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and shun evil. This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones.
Psalms 1: 1-3 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers.But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.
Psalm 59: 1-9 Deliver me from my enemies, O God; protect me from those who rise up against me. Deliver me from evildoers and save me from bloodthirsty men. See how they lie in wait for me! Fierce men conspire against me for no offense or sin of mine, O LORD. I have done no wrong, yet they are ready to attack me Arise to help me; look on my plight! O LORD God Almighty, the God of Israel, rouse yourself to punish all the nations;show no mercy to wicked traitors. Selah They return at evening, snarling like dogs, and prowl about the city.See what they spew from their mouths—they spew out swords from their lips, and they say, “Who can hear us?” But you, O LORD, laugh at them; you scoff at all those nations.O my Strength, I watch for you; you, O God, are my fortress, my loving God.God will go before me and will let me gloat over those who slander me.
2 Samuel 23: 1-7 These are the last words of David: “The oracle of David son of Jesse, the oracle of the man exalted by the Most High, the man anointed by the God of Jacob, Israel’s singer of songsa: “The Spirit of the LORD spoke through me; his word was on my tongue. The God of Israel spoke, the Rock of Israel said to me: ‘When one rules over men in righteousness, when he rules in the fear of God, he is like the light of morning at sunrise on a cloudless morning, like the brightness after rain that brings the grass from the earth.’ “Is not my house right with God? Has he not made with me an everlasting covenant, arranged and secured in every part? Will he not bring to fruition my salvation and grant me my every desire? But evil men are all to be cast aside like thorns, which are not gathered with the hand. Whoever touches thorns uses a tool of iron or the shaft of a spear; they are burned up where they lie.”
People are trying to shut down the True Christians that are left, but coming together on one accord in Christ as True Christians, we are able to take over this nation and again be One Nation Under GOD.
Peace be with you on your Journey in Christ! May the Lord add a blessing to the readers and doers of His Word.
JCiliom
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One Nation Under Part 2
Matthew 9: 35-37 Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.
The workers are so few because they are only few True Christians left. People need to understand the difference between Religion and Christianity. Just because you watch Christian television shows, sing in the choir, serve on the usher board, read your Bible, or say a prayer before every meal does not make you a Christian. Christianity is a lifestly not just another four letter word. People want to stamp Christian on their forehead, but live on a totally different level. They talk back to their parents, go to wild parties, curse, downgrade people, fornicate, adulterous, idolize.
Romans 1: 28-32 When they refused to acknowledge God, He abandoned them to their evil minds and let them do things that should never be done. Their lives became full of every kind of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, muder, fighting, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip. They are backstabbers, haters of God, insolent, proud, and boastful. They are forever inventing new ways of sinning and are disobedient to their parents. They refuse to undersand, break their promises, and are heartless and unforgiving. They are fully aware of God's death penalty for those who do these things, yet they go right ahead and do them anyway. And, worse yet, they encourage others to them, too.
We are to bless others because we have been blessed. Pray one for another and help each other stay sharepned. We get so caught up in being around other Christians and trying to help solve each others problems or help with their situations and tend to forget that our mission is to save the lost. We do need to help one another, but do not forget we need to help bring God's people back to Him.
John 13:34 "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
James 5:16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.
Proverbs 27:17 As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
Mark 2:16-17 When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the "sinners" and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: "Why does he eat with tax collectors and 'sinners'?" On hearing this, Jesus said to them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
Matthew 10:14-16 If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town. I tell you the truth, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town. I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
May the Lord add a blessing to the readers and doers of His Word. Peace and Blessings
JCiliom
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One Nation Under Part 1
The Land of the Free. The Home of the Brave. One Nation under God "Indivisible" with "Liberty" and "Justice" "FOR ALL." You may recognize these words from the Star Spangled Banner and the Pledge of Allegiance. This country was founded on Christianity yet God has been removed from churches, schools, jobs, cities, states, and countries.
Romans 1:21-25 Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn't worship Him as God or even give Him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. The result was that their minds became dark and confused. Claiming to be wise, the became utter fools instead. And instead of worshiping the glorious ever-living God, they worshiped idols made to look like mere people, birds, animals, and snakes. So God let them go ahead and do whatever shameful things their hearts desired. As a result, they did vile and degrading things with each other's bodies. Instead of believing what they knew was the truth about God, they deliberately chose to believe lies. So they worshiped the things God made but not the Creator Himself who is to be forever praised. Amen.
I signed up for the Voice of the Martyrs Publication. I receive emails and physical mail. Today I receive a package from them that truly disturbed me. On the letter sent to me, part of it states, "On the enclosed map, you will see the hostile areas where we serve with the persecuted church. As we begin our 44th year of ministry, we continue to respond to changing situations in nations hostile to the gospel. We are working on more than 450 projects to help persecuted Christians this year. Some such as Bible translations, take years to complete, while others only a few weeks or months.
RESTRICTED NATION - This includes countries where government policy or practice prevents Christians from obtaining Bibles or other Christian literature. Also included are countries with government sanctioned circumstances or anti-Christian laws that lead to Christians being harassed, imprisoned, killed or deprived of possessions or liberties because of their witness.
HOSTILE AREA - This includes large areas in nations where governments consistently attempt to provide protection for the Christian population, but Christians are victims of violence because of their witness.
If you are not disturbed by this then you need a self check. We are a nation founded on Christianity yet we would rather be candy coated Christians who sugar coat things in order to please others or politically corrected and agree with things we have no business agreeing with. How long will it be before our governments, cities, towns, or neighborhoods become like this?
Isaiah 1: 22-26 Once like pure silver, you have become like worthless slag. Once so pure, you are now like watered-down wine. Your leaders are rebels, the companions of thieves. All of them love bribes and demand payoffs, but they refuse to defend the cause of orphans or fight for the rights of widows. Therefore, the Lord, the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the Mighty One of Israel, says, "I will take revenge on my enemies and pay back my foes! I will raise my fist against you. I will melt you down and skim off your slag. I will remove all your impurities. Then I will give you good judges again and wise counselors like you used to have.
I pray that this Word is encouraging, as well as thought provoking! May the Lord add a blessing to the readers and doers of His Word.
JCiliom
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King of Kings
Isaiah uses five names to describe the Messiah. These names all have special meanings to us.
WONDERFUL - He is exceptional, distinguished, and without peers.
COUNSELOR - He gives the right advice.
MIGHTY GOD - He is God himself.
EVERLASTING FATHER - He is timeless; He is God our Father.
PRINCE OF PEACE - His government is one of justice and peace.
May the Lord add a blessing to the readers and doers of His Word. Peace and Blessings
JCiliom
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Everyday Matters
Principles of Confrontation in 2 Corinthians:
Rebuke, discipline, and confrontation are necessary when they are used to help others. What you consider helping them could just as well be hurtful to them. The next time you consider rebuking someone, take these principles into consideration.
2 Corinthians 10:3, 12-13;12:19 Speak words that reflect Christ's message, not your own ideas.
2 Corinthians 11:22-27 Know the facts.
2 Corinthians 7:4 Affirm all you see that is good.
2 Corinthians 7:14;8:21 Be accurate and honest.
2 Corinthians 7:9;10:2 Be Firm.
2 Corinthians 7:15;13:11-13 Be gentle after being firm.
2 Corinthians 13:2 Use discipline only when all else fails.
2 Corinthians 7:13;12:14 Follow up after the confrontation.
Peace and Blessings
JCiliom A.K.A. Jay tha Producer
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Effective Living
Begins with GOD's WISDOM - Respecting and appreciating who God is. Reverence and awe in recognizing the almighty God.
Requires MORAL APPLICATION - Trusting in God and his Word. Allowing his Word to speak to us personally. Being willing to obey.
Requires PRACTICAL APPLICATION - Acting on God's direction in daily devotions.
Results in EFFECTIVE LIVING - Experiencing what God does with our obedience.
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Written For You
Back in June of 2006, I was in a terrible car accident that I was unaware of. I was told that I split the median, drove up the hill, and hit a tree hard enough for it to fall BACKWARDS! I broke my left leg, right arm, punctured my left lung, fractured my skull in two places, and broke the front bone in my forehead. I could have been run off the road by a sixteen wheeler or just lost consciousness while in the car, but either way by God's grace and mercy I am still here. In relation to Romans 1, for example, after being taught the correct way to drive, picture driving on the wrong side of the road. You know the consequences, but you are still willing to risk your life anyway. If you drive correctly, some people may try to distract you, but stay focused on the road. Now the wrong side of the road is idolatry, homosexuality, greed, hate envy, etc. the road leading to destruction. While the right side of the road is love, purity, righteousness, happiness, godliness, etc. leading to the path of victory and everlasting life in the Kingdom of Heaven. My story was sad, but it is getting better and better with every waking moment. Some of you may not come out the same way I did. Many get into car accidents that lead to death. Did they have their lives in order, I don't know. But as long as you are here and breathing you have a chance to get your life in order.
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Salvation's Freeway
Romans 3:23 Everyone has sinned.
Romans 6:23 The penalty sin is death.
Romans 5:8 Jesus Christ died for sin.
Romans 10:8-10 To be forgiven for our sins, we must believe and confess that Jesus is Lord. Salvation comes through Jesus Christ.
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Living the Dream!
Today, we celebrate the birthday of Dr Martin Luther King Jr. A baptist preacher committed to "Equality among all races", "One nation Under God", and "Justice for all", just to name a few. This should be a happy occasion and celebration for this great man God blessed us with. I am almost certain that he is in Heaven turning flips, not pleased with this generation. "O unbelieving and perverse generation," Jesus replied, "how long shall I stay with you? (Matthew 17:17). "O unbelieving and perverse generation," Jesus replied, "how long shall I stay with you and put up with you? (Luke 9:41). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbUtL_0vAJk&feature=featured Martin Luther King "I Have A Dream" I am listening to this speech as I write this to you. I think about what he is saying and where we stand now. Great grandmothers and grandfathers washed down with water hoses, attacked by dogs, brutally abused by police officers, and such. Enslaved, sold, picked cotton from dusk til dawn. Fighting for their right to be free and live as they felt like they had a right to live. Now these words echo in my mind "Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!" Who exactly have we been freed from? There still remains segregation and racism, but now we are racist against one another. Instead of sneaking past slave owners, now we are sneaking past one another traveling through the Underground Rail Road. We are killing one another as if the other person does not matter. Standing for nothing and falling for anything while others sit back and laugh. If you do not stand for God, you will fall for Hell. People hollered when the KKK set their homes on fire, when they got pulled over by the police just because of the color of their skin, hung from trees because of their skin, etc. We are not overcome by Peace, we are overcome by Deception. Trampling over one another trying to get to a dollar. How many people must die before we live. Jesus is Love. Therefore, if you hate others, you are against Christ. You are headed down the road to Destruction and your life you will lose. We need to come together and bring light (Life) to this nation. When will we stand as a nation of Christians. "One nation under God." Love your neighbor because God loved you first. We need to come together as a people on one accord. Be convicted to right the wrongs the way Christ intended for us to do. Stop being slaves to yourselves and to one another. Make a change for the better because I am sure Dr King is not pleased with many of us and neither is God. "Let Freedom Ring", we must be freed from ourselves before anything else. Fight for truth and justice.
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