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And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.

I asked for strength—
and God gave me difficulties to make me strong.

I asked for wisdom—
and God gave me problems to solve.

I asked for prosperity—
and God gave me brain and brawn to work.

I asked for courage—
and God gave me dangers to overcome.

I asked for love—
and God gave me opportunities.

I received nothing I wanted—
I received everything I needed.

My prayer has been answered.

FROM THE FAMILY OF MICHAEL JOB, AN INDIAN CHRISTIAN MEDICAL STUDENT WHO WAS KILLED IN JUNE OF 1999 BECAUSE OF HIS FATHER’S EVANGELISTIC ACTIVITIES

 

Mission of Saint Paul Community Church

Ephesians 4:13-15    

This ministry is for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ; Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ: That we henceforth be no more children , tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ.
 

When Christ returned to glory, He left His church on earth to be His witness. He endowed her with power to be both salt and light. Though she was met with vehement opposition she stood in the face of adversity for the cause of His gospel. In America we do not find this same church. Her desire not to offend has left her nothing more than a compromising religious institution to which shall most assuredly meet with His pending judgment. Maybe then she will return and do His will.

 

Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. Matthew 5:13-16

Daily Devotion

 

 

Oswald Chambers

 

The church has been and always will be persecuted. Everyone watches us. If we die in faith, hope, and love, it can change the history of nations. If we fail to stand in love and hope for our faith, nations often can reject Christ.

FROM A MISSIONARY WHO WORKS IN CHINA AND NORTH KOREA

 

 

 

 

Persecution Block

 

Life is Sacred

 

SAV-A-LIFE

Escambia County, AL

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. Jeremiah 1:5

Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate. Psalm 127: 3-5

 

The ultimate rebellion of humanity against God.

Killing babies made in the image of God? 

May God have mercy on America...

 

 

"Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak for me"  Martin Niemoller

 

Who will speak for those who can't speak for themselves?

Dr. Peter Hammond-

Africa Christian Action

 

Abraham Lincoln in the 19th Century said: "No one has the right to do what is wrong."

 

It's My Body.

I Can Do With It As I Choose!
 

This section is dedicated to our brothers and sisters who are suffering at the hand of our adversary the devil. Be thou faithful unto death, and Christ will give thee a crown of life. Revelation 2:10

  

Courage- Fuel For The Believers Life

Courage is the bridge that carries us from a nominal existence on earth to an inexplicable longing for a heavenly future. Those who fully understand the certainty of heaven’s existence find it easier to exchange their comparably paltry lives on earth for eternal citizenship in heaven. Courage helps us to let go of all we cling to on earth—all the things that make us long to stay here. It takes courage to believe in a life after death. After all, life on earth is all we really know until the moment we die. We are courageous when we launch out in faith, believing Christ has made it possible for us to cross into eternity with him. Once we have made that firm decision, we can face life with purpose and death with courage.

For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.
-- Philippians 1:21

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Christians In Crisis
Gospel For Asia
Mission India
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International Day of Prayer
Voice of the Martyr

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耶 穌 基 督

"There are some among us teaching there will be no tribulation, that the Christians will be able to escape all this. These are the false teachers that Jesus was warning us to expect in the latter days. Most of them have little knowledge of what is already going on across the world. I have been in countries where the saints are already suffering terrible persecution. In China, the Christians were told, "Don't worry, before the tribulation comes you will be translated – raptured." Then came a terrible persecution. Millions of Christians were tortured to death. Later I heard a Bishop from China say, sadly, "We have failed. We should have made the people strong for persecution rather than telling them Jesus would come first. Tell the people how to be strong in times of persecution, how to stand when the tribulation comes – to stand and not faint."  Corrie Ten Boom

 

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Please pray for the persecuted church.

One day we will need them to pray for us.

Prayer Request Updated

 November 11, 2008



Jesus once said that the Kingdom is taken by violent men - men who understand that in order to love as He loves, to walk where He goes, we must live out all the courage, all the ferocity, all the passion and desire He has given us in our hearts (Psalm 139).

The lives of the persecuted witness this passion, through sharing in the sufferings of Christ. Christian author Ken Gire once wrote that "to us has been given the greatest of all songs to sing. It is not important that we sing it professionally, with great polish, but that we sing it passionately, with great heart."

This is the story of our lives, as well as the persecuted around the world. We sing to the tune of Grace. We dance to the rhythm of the real life offered to us by Jesus. We join him as his Intimate Allies, as his Friends, being let in on the secrets and treasures of the Kingdom. That is why your prayers on behalf of the persecuted around the world is so crucial, so needed, so desired. Thank you!

Voice of the Martyrs

Religion Block

 

 

 

 

A Word From Malachi

 

May God send prophets and pastors that hear the "voice of God" and are "bold" to speak the truth of God without wavering. I heard a dear brother in Christ tell me recently: "You must bring the people to the Cross or they will crucify you!" How true! There are uncrucified "Judas" in every fellowship.

"We need a baptism of clear seeing. We desperately need seers who can see through the mist--Christian leaders with prophetic vision. Unless they come soon it will be too late for this generation. And if they do come we will no doubt crucify a few of them in the name of our worldly orthodoxy."        ---A.W. Tozer

Why The Church Of America Is Failing
by Greg Gordon

A trumpet blast to those that have plugged their ears!

This message is not for the dull of hearing!


 

Anything that one imagines of God apart from

Christ is only useless thinking and vain idolatry.

--Martin Luther

Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:. Revelation 3:17

"To suppose that whatever God requireth of us that we have power of ourselves to do, is to make the cross and grace of Jesus Christ of none effect."

 

John Owens III. 433

 
“If your heart takes more pleasure in reading novels, or watching TV, or going to the movies, or talking to friends, rather than just sitting alone with God and embracing Him, sharing His cares and His burdens, weeping and rejoicing with Him, then how are you going to handle forever and ever in His presence..? You’d be bored to tears in heaven, if you’re not ecstatic about God now!”....... Keith Green

Religion Is A Formidable Enemy Of The Cross

SermonIndex.net Newsletter: Greg Gordon

Tribulation Coming To America?

'The Church That Would Not Suffer'

WARNING! A Wicked And Perverse Generation

Confessions Of A Proud Church

"The 'evil' of Compromise"

GodThoughts Wired!- Brad Reiches Nov 12, 2007

 

"You can be in church every single Sunday and still not be spiritually in tune with God...It's more about your relationship with God, talking with God on a daily basis, reading your Bible, trying to get to know God and having a one-on-one relationship with Him instead of just showing up to church on time and never drinking." Katrina Hobbs-Hawkins, age 23
 

Religion

Does Not Know God...

It crucified His Son....

 

"We must not suppose that if we succeeded in making everyone nice we should have saved their souls. A world of nice people, content in their own niceness, looking no further, turned away from God, would be just as desperately in need of salvation as a miserable world."  C. S. Lewis
The saddest observation I can make about most of the religious communication activity of the Western world is this: Little if any, of this media is designed to reach unbelievers. Almost all is entertainment for the saints.

K.P. Yohannan

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SOME SAY THE CHURCH IS 'ALIVE AND WELL' IN AMERICA TODAY?

The church in Laodica saw themselves as 'alive and well' yet her Lord saw her in quite a different light.....

 

Delusion -- an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary.

 

Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and [that] the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. Revelation 3: 17-18

Isaiah 56:10-12 His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, everyone for his own gain, from his quarter. Come ye, say they, and I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.

The American Church in Crisis
 The picture is bleak. Research reveals startling and sobering facts. What do they mean for you, your church and Christianity in America?

www.ChristianityToday.com

As Our Nation Rejects God the  Church is Immersed in Apostasy

A Wakeup Call for the Church....

Modern American Christianity (video) view / download - Paul Washer humbly yet with boldness speaks a very pointed sermon that cuts through the overlay of false profession in the Church. Video made available by SermonIndex.net
 

 

I have a dear Christian brother who is born again. Both he and his wife are members of the Catholic Church. He and I were talking one day and he said he posed this question to his wife.....

"Do you consider yourself a Christian first or a Catholic first?

 To which she replied...... a Catholic"

To all those who consider themselves Catholic's first and foremost, please consider pressing the button above. This link is posted in the love and mercy of  Yeshua ha Massiach (Jesus the Messiah)

Catholic Priests also come to a saving faith in Christ Jesus!

Richard Bennett

 

Hell's Best Kept Secret

Ray Comfort

"Sinners in the hand of an Angry God"

Jonathon Edwards

"I Have A Dream"

Charles LaCroix

The Cost of Discipleship

Such Love Constrained Her!

Felicitas AD 164

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A “gift” to celebrate Idul Fitri?

 

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Christ is not valued at all unless He is valued above all.  - Augustine

Repent: v, to turn away from sin, to sorrow or be pained for violating God's holy law, a dishonor to His character and government and the foulest ingratitude to a Being of infinite benevolence.

I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.   --Hosea 5:15

 

 

"Freemasonry"

Christian ?

Or stronghold of Satan !

THE HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION

Pastor Tom Browning

A series of twelve messages preached at Arlington Presbyterian Church

 

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The Bible in 28

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Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.......

IS PRAYER IMPORTANT?

 

ChristianAction.org

 

monergism.com

 

 

History Of Man:
from bondage to spiritual faith
from spiritual faith to great courage
from courage to liberty
from liberty to abundance
from abundance to selfishness
from selfishness to complacency
from complacency to apathy
from apathy to dependency
from dependency back to bondage
-- Alexander Tyler

The below article is posted by Greg Gordon [sermonindex.com] on the Charity Ministries . org website [www.charityministries.org]

Taken from the article "The Prayer Meeting is Dead" by Greg Gordon

APOSTOLIC PRAYING

As we look to the biblical account of the book of Acts we see the striking theme of prayer throughout its testimony. We see in it apostolic prayer that depends on God, that is desperate before God. The Church was founded in prayer; it began at a prayer meeting in the upper room in Jerusalem. The Church began in prayer, was sustained in prayer and continues in prayer to this day. If a people are not praying they are straying. If prayer is not paramount and prominent then we are paralyzed and powerless. “We live, move and have our being in God”, in communion and prayer with God. When we begin to see a drift from the success of the book of Acts in our modern day Church attempts we will also see a straying from this foundational principle of prayer.

There was prayer with unity: “these all continued with one accord.” There was praying with the Spirit: “they were all filled with the Holy Ghost.” There was praying with godly fear: “fear came upon every soul.” They prayed daily: “they continued daily with one accord.” They prayed with thanksgiving: “Praising God.” Their prayers were answered: “the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.” They prayed with authority: “but such as I have I give thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.” They prayed in unison: “they lifted up their voice to God with one accord.” They prayed with expectation: “grant unto thy servants.” They prayed with belief: “and the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and one soul.” They prayed continually: “we will give ourselves continually to prayer.” They prayed desperately: “as they stoned Stephen, calling upon God.”

Oh to realize and understand that the Church of God is a praying Church. Prayer is everything: without it we fail. Leonard Ravenhill spoke to this situation in the modern day Church in these words: “The ugly fact is that altar fires are either out or burning very low. The prayer meeting is dead or dying. By our attitude to prayer we tell God that what was begun in the Spirit we can finish in the flesh.” Never has the most important work been left to so few. There needs to be a reviving of some aspects of prayer in the Church in our day, namely, praying with urgency, prayer that is effectual and to pray persistently. All of such characterize the spirit of prayer found upon the apostolic believers in the book of Acts.

URGENT PRAYER

We are to pray with a sense urgency. God has reminded me of a quote from a book by Chuck Smith which says: “Today, we are living in desperate times. Yet, the Church is not desperate before God in prayer.” If anyone looks at the state of the world and of our lives in the light of Scripture and church history there definitely is something wrong. We are not living with a sense of urgency for the lost, for our lives to be radically devoted to God, and for God’s kingdom to come to this earth. When our Lord Jesus prayed the words: “Thy Kingdom come,” they were not words that were placid, but rather they were a fervent desiring of this thing to actually happen, and for the words just prayed to actually move that reality closer.

Prior to the Welsh revival outbreak in 1904 God was moving and speaking to many hearts. One of those hearts was of Rev. Jenkins in Wales. Here is an account of this preacher: “The Rev. Joseph Jenkins had been deeply concerned about the lack of anointing in his own preaching, which compelled him to desperately seek a deeper life in Christ. Andrew Murray’s book, ‘With Christ in the School of Prayer‘ came into his possession and moved him greatly at this time. He became increasingly burdened by the indifference among the Christians around him and the apathy of the young people in his own church. He exhorted them earnestly to obey the Spirit.” This preacher caught the urgency of the hour and condition of the church. This burden and urgency needs to have its outlet in prayer, praying earnestly for the moving of God’s spirit.

This hunger to pray for God’s working in our hearts and in the lives of others really needs to be practiced. Personally the Lord has given me these two prayers as my own heart’s cry for this reality to happen: “Teach us to be praying men,” and the prayer, “Kindle the altar of prayer again, Lord.” Oh for a praying church, urgent to see God move on behalf of man. “And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.” (Ezekiel 22:30). The apostles had a sense of urgency in their prayers. They experienced distresses, troubles, persecutions, yet they prayed with urgency to God. They prayed believing it was the last hour and the night was fast coming upon them. Do you sense the urgency of the hour?

EFFECTUAL PRAYER

We are to pray believing that it is effectual. “But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” Does that smart? Are you seeing answers to prayer? or are you not “diligently” seeking Him? Jesus gives the edict out to his disciples, “Seek, knock, ask and ye shall!” Not you might, but “ye shall.” What comfort that gives us that we serve a God that if we call out to Him, He will hear and answer. God is waiting for His church to call upon Him with faith, believing that He will answer and effectually work on behalf of the prayers of the church. God has not left the church to work on its own but rather that we are to depend wholly on Him and that dependence is to be through the agent of prayer in the life of the church.

“The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.” In simple vernacular it was said that Elijah was just like us in every aspect and if we pray we can have the same results as Elijah. Notice that the prayers of the righteous man availeth much, not the prayers of the backslidden Christian or the unbeliever. Praying “fervently” shows to God that the prayers and things prayed for matter to us and that we believe they can be answered. To show affection and emotion in prayer is somewhat required if we are looking to this text as our guide-map to effectual prayer. Ah, for one hundred praying Elijahs again to shake a city for God to be glorified. Are we just seeking for prayer that avails or “avails much”? Aren’t we criminal, brethren, having such a small conception of what God can and wants to do in our generation? Oh Lord, allow our praying to be effectual!

PERSISTENT PRAYER

We are to pray persistently. The radically sold out brother Singh in India declared many years ago to a sleepy church: “Some people become tired at the end of ten minutes or half an hour of prayer. What will they do when they have to spend eternity in the presence of God? We must begin the habit here and become used to being with God.” The Church of God was making persistent petitions to God on behalf of the Apostle Peter who was in jail. The Scriptures are recorded as saying: “but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.” All-night prayer meeting to God for their beloved pastor! Not relenting till God moves and does the miraculous. Our prayers are not near to these. When is the last time you heard of a group of people covenanting to pray till they see God answer? Oh for persistent praying, for Holy Ghost men filled with a holy stubborn persistence.

How much depends on this type of prayer and how lost it seems amongst us! Hear the saintly Samuel Brengle on this much needed type of prayer: “The great battles, the battles that decide our destiny and the destiny of generations yet unborn, are not fought on public platforms, but in the lonely hours of the night and in moments of agony. All great soul-winners have been men of much and mighty prayer, and all great revivals have been preceded and carried out by persevering, prevailing knee-work in the closet.” Oh, dear reader, will you answer this call to “work”? Yes prayer is work and only those that are willing to soil their knees will be in the apostolic category with God. Consider the tradition of the Apostle James praying till his knees were like camels with massive calluses and lumps. Oh he ruined his knees for God, he died to his ambitions to be the next sport athlete or marathon runner. He ran on his knees in prayer counting the cost.

THE SACRIFICE OF TIME

John Mott gave this challenge before a student convention: “The men that will change the colleges and seminaries here represented are the men that will spend the most time alone with God... It takes time for the fires to burn. It takes time for God to draw near and for us to know that He is there. It takes time to assimilate His truth. You ask me, How much time? I do not know. I know it means time enough to forget time.” Are we going to count this cost or are we so busy with the things of the world that we cannot afford the time for God? Leonard Ravenhill stated in his old age: “The one thing I know I can say is I gave God my time.” Hear the admonition from the scholarly Horatius Bonar: “Up, then, with speed, and work; Fling ease and self away—This is no time for thee to sleep—Up, watch, and work, and pray!”

“A young man in Bible school offered to help David Wilkerson years ago when he was ministering on the streets of New York City. Wilkerson asked him how much time he spent in prayer. The young student estimated about 20 minutes a day. Wilkerson told him, “Go back, young man. Go back for a month and pray two hours a day, every day for 30 days. When you’ve done that, come back. Come back, and I might consider turning you loose on the streets where there is murder, rape, violence and danger...If I sent you out now on 20 minutes a day, I’d be sending a soldier into battle without any weapons, and you would get killed.” And herein is where the reading stops and we “go forward on our knees.” May God give each one that reads this a sense of the divine responsibility to pray aright and fully as that which pleases God. Apostolic praying needs to be our possession in these terrible days.

 

 

A Word From Malachi

For The Proverbial Palate

For The Proverbial Palate is a series of post that are posted by the pastor of Saint Paul Community Church in A Word From Malachi [http://bromalachi.wordpress.com]. These post are designed for those who have their senses exercised to indulge in the strong meat of God's word. This 'food for thought' is taken from the book of Proverbs with almost every facet of human relationships mentioned. It is a word for today and applicable to people everywhere. Prayerfully consider and enjoy!

For The Proverbial Palate- 11.08.2008

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