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Here is some fuel for your thoughts. Edited 8/1/16

I have been having these thoughts lately about maybe human spirits are placed into new human bodies over and over again until we get it right. Since God is all knowing, maybe it is not over and over again. Getting it right is knowing Jesus and becoming one with Him. For those who die before hearing about Jesus, their spirit is re-born into a new human body. Sounds strange doesn't it?  We are all heading in the same direction, just not all down the same path. We are all heading to something you could say is our destination. The Bible says that God will be All in All. How can this happen unless all become one with God. True Christians are one with Christ Jesus who is One with Father God. The Bible says that Father God is making all of Christ's enemies a footstool unto His feet. This means that He is making all things to be put in subjection to Christ.  1 Corinthians 15:27-28 New American Standard Bible (NASB) 27  For  He has put...

Seeing the Real Enemy

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Sometimes the Lord gives us clarity in the simplest moments — even while mowing the grass. What was once familiar suddenly becomes illuminated, and we see the truth more clearly than before. This reflection is one of those moments: a reminder that our battle is not against people, but against the unseen forces that influence them. A Moment of Clarity I was out mowing my grass this evening, thinking about some of the things I recently posted to the blog. You’ve probably experienced this too — a moment when it feels like a light switches on, and suddenly something becomes clearer than it ever was before. Let me begin with a question: with all the evil happening in the world today, do you look at the individuals committing these acts as evil people ? I think I have done this at times. But I now believe we are looking at it the wrong way. It is not the person himself who is evil — it is the evil working within him , influencing, deceiving, and driving him...

The Fire That Heals

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The Fire That Heals When truth reaches the heart, God brings healing — not condemnation. We all see the faults in others. We all hold onto things we should release. And we all fall short of the commandments God has given us. None of us are innocent in these things — not me, not you, not anyone. But there is a path back to peace, and it begins with seeing the truth about our own hearts. When the truth finally reaches us, we feel shame — not because God shames us, but because we suddenly see what our sin has cost. This is what Scripture means by “weeping and gnashing of teeth.” It is not God tormenting us; it is the heart breaking under the weight of truth. Shame is simply the pain of realizing the separation we created, the peace we broke, and the love we resisted. And even then, God’s desire is not to leave us in that pain. Revelation says the leaves of the Tree of Life are for the healing of the nations. God reveals truth so He can heal us, not destroy us. Jesus didn’...

The Book of the Wars of the Lord

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Something very strange happened this morning that I can only say was directed by the Lord. I was searching in the small concordance in the back of my New American Standard Bible for a scripture that says our war is not with flesh and blood but with something more. I could not find what I was looking for, but my eyes fell upon these words: “WARS OF THE LORD, BOOK OF.” This directed me to Numbers 21:14 . I began searching more about what this book could be and found that this place in the Old Testament is the only reference to the existence of a book called “The Book of the Wars of the Lord.” This book has been lost; archaeology has not yet uncovered it. Led to a Lost Book As I looked around on the internet about this book, I read a comment on one of the websites. The commenter said that the book was on Amazon. I thought, “How can a book that has been lost for centuries now show up on Amazon?” I was skeptical, but I fired up my Kindle and searched for the b...

Satan and his work

Have you ever thought that there may be times in your life that you might be doing the will of Satan? Most of us rarely if ever think of that possibility, in fact we probably don't think much about Satan at all. As I've already said, he is real and he is a powerful being.  Why am I talking about Satan, you might ask? Look at what is going on in the world today, such evil things. I believe this is his doing. He is getting desperate and doing all he can to keep us from believing in the One True Living God and in the One He sent, Jeshua Jesus. Do you fear what is going on? Do you think there is no hope, that there is no god? Think about it; it is what he wants. Here are the titles given in the Bible to him: Abaddon ----- Rev 9:11 accuser ------ Ps. 109:6 ; Rev 12:10 Revelation 12:10 New American Standard Bible (NASB) 10  Then I heard  a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the  salvation, and the power, and the  kingdom of our God and the authority...

Repent

On the news again, more killings. This time police officers in Dallas Texas killed by a sniper in a parking garage. When will this madness stop? Our killing machines are getting wickeder and wickeder. People think they need them to protect themselves and their families but what they don't realize is that the more of these things they buy, the more likely they will fall into the wrong hands. I have this to ask of those who own guns. Who will save us from ourselves? Don't we all get mad about something at certain times of our lives? All the gun makers are sure profiting from all of this; all for the almighty dollar. The killing machines in our wars are only getting more and more vicious too. They kill and maim more people quicker. I have just this one thing to say about all of this. If we who disobey God's laws, don't search our hearts, feel ashamed for disobedience, and repent, then The Lord Jesus is coming and He will do it for us at Judgement. Look at the picture...