Worthy is the LAMB+... worthy is the LAMB+... worthy is the LAMB+ that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing! Blessing and honor and glory and power be unto HIM that sitteth on the throne and unto The LAMB+ for ever and ever. Amen.
7/02/2009
IS ONE NATION, "UNDER GOD" ?
6/27/2009
TAKING CARE of MY HEART...
Thank you Brother Milton...
May our Dear LORD+ bless
each of you today
with as much joy
as you have
blessed me.
Today is Sister Judith Hannah's 62nd birthday. She rejoices to have been blessed by The LORD JESUS CHRIST for 62 years. HE+ indeed doeth all things well.
HE+ loved me 'ere I knew HIM+;
now, ALL my love is due HIM+.
HE+ plunged me to Victory
in His+ Redeeming Blood.
Amen.
Hallelujah.
+ + +
In the name of the FATHER, Who begot thee;
And, His+ Holy SON+ JESUS, Who+ saves thee;
And the HOLY SPIRIT,
Who baptizes thee with Spirit
and with Fire.
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6/23/2009
HOW PHARAOH LEARNED ABOUT GOD'S MERCY
So, did The LORD destroy Pharaoh then?
Did Pharaoh care that HE was powerful?
So, did The LORD destroy Pharaoh then?
By the end of these confrontations, what did Pharaoh know...
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REALLY KNOW...
.
about the GOD Whom Moses served?
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Pharaoh knew: HE was powerful and HE was merciful.
And, that was ALL that Pharaoh
needed to know
in order to obey HIM.
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DON'T WE KNOW THE SAME THINGS....
AND EVEN MORE SO...
IN CHRIST JESUS,
WHOM WE CALL "LORD" ?
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Did the knowledge of GOD'S Great power
and evidence of His Great mercy
change Pharaoh?
NO.
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6/17/2009
the PATHS of The LORD...
- the world
- the flesh
- and the devil...
and all his tormenting lies that tell us
to believe him instead of Our LORD JESUS CHRIST,
blessed be HIS+ Name, forever and ever.
His+ Testimonies should be on our lips and tongues, daily. We praise HIM+ when things work out nicely for us. We give HIM+ the praise and glory due unto His+ name.
We DO NOT SHARE His+ glory with natural-minded ways and means... in other words, we do NOT give glory unto mankind and his ways but always, always we return the true thanksgiving and praise unto The LORD for making things to work out properly... making the cars to operate well, the machinery to work right, the medicines to be effective, etc.
We DO NOT DIMINISH His+ praise, though, when things go awry.
HE+ is LORD AND MASTER of this universe. HE+ does NOT turn a deaf ear to our problems and heart-aches. Rather, HE+ expects us to
continue to affirm
Who+ HE+ IS
and was
and evermore shall be
in the face of the struggles besetting us day by day.
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O LORD our GOD,
THOU+ Who+ loveth mankind,
we praise THEE+ with all that is within in us.
We bless Thy Holy Name and
Thy Son, JESUS CHRIST ,
Ruler of the Universe,
to Whom+ every knee shall bow...
of beings in the Heavens,
of beings on the earth,
and beings under the earth.
We bow the knee of our heart,
LORD GOD,
and yield our lives unto THEE+,
Who+ art worthy of praise at all times.
We pray, do THOU+ accept
the free-will offering of our hearts,
unto the praise and glory
of Thy Holy Name.
Amen.
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6/12/2009
BREAKING through the LETHARGY Barrier...
6/06/2009
SOFT AS CLAY...
O LORD JESUS, soft as clay in the Master's Hands, I would be
Willing clay... workable, compliant...
not fighting against THEE+
when I don't like the changes.
My lump of brittle dryness,
cracking, and falling in pieces...
not able to be used,
except for dustpan debris...
until the moisture of Thy Nearness+
is added unto me.
The stiffness and hardness of my clay heart then
... and only then...
is worked,
kneaded thoroughly by the Potter of all flesh.
until I have reached that perfect state:
being totally malleable in Thy+ Hands.
Work me, make me supple under Thy+ Touch
until I don't fight THEE+ any more.
Form me, shape me,
into a vessel meet for Thy+ Use
... for Thy+ Divine Purpose...
on this battlefield of life.
And, help me not to harden
until the change has come.
My ears crave to hear this
at the setting of my sun:
"Enter thou into the joy of
Thy LORD+,
My+ good and faithful servant...
well done!"
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5/30/2009
FILLING THE HOUSE!
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come,
5/22/2009
5/02/2009
SO... WHAT WAS HE+ DOING DOWN THERE?
4/12/2009
CHRIST the VICTOR!
UP!
UP!
UP!
from the grave*
HE+ arose!
With a MIGHTY TRIUMPH
over HIS+ foes!
HE+
arose a VICTOR
from the dark domain
and HE+ LIVES !
…forever…
With His+ Saints
to reign!
HE+ AROSE!
HE+ AROSE!
HalleluJAH,
CHRIST AROSE!!
…CHRIST being raised from the dead
dieth no more;
death hath no more dominion over HIM+.
For in that HE+ died,
HE+ died unto sin once:
but in that HE+ liveth,
HE+ liveth unto GOD.
Likewise reckon ye also yourselves
to be dead indeed unto sin,
but
alive unto GOD+
through JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD.
Romans 6:9-11
But now is CHRIST risen
from the dead,
and become
the Firstfruits
of them that slept.
For since by man came death,
by MAN+ came also
the Resurrection of the dead.
For as in Adam all die,
even so in CHRIST
shall all be made alive.
I Cor. 15:20-22
Glory be to Our Heavenly FATHER,
and to His Beloved SON+,
Our LORD JESUS CHRIST
the VICTOR,
and
to the Blessed
HOLY SPIRIT
of GOD;
Both now and forever,
AMEN!
* What was HE+ doing all that time… 3 nights and 3 days… in the HEART of the earth ?? Be assured, HE+ wasn’t sleeping!! [ To be continued].
4/10/2009
The Crucifixion at Passover.... 2000 years ago
This year… this year… Passover and the Crucifixion of the True Passover Lamb, the LAMB OF GOD Who+ takes away the sin of the world, fall right in line with the timeframe found in Scripture.
This connection of Passover to the Crucifixion is crucial for the understanding of the events of Holy Week.
Passover this year started on Wednesday evening at the time of the evening sacrifice of the Passover lamb in the Temple… at 3 p.m.
Our LORD JESUS CHRIST was our Passover Lamb. Thus HE+ would have died at 3 p.m. Wednesday--- crying out--- “It is finished, FATHER! Into Thy hands I commit My Spirit.”
That means HE+ would have been crucified for us at 9 a.m. Wednesday [not Friday] morning… the time of the regular morning sacrifice in the Temple.
The Last Supper would have fallen on Tuesday evening. His+ agony in the garden, sweating drops of Blood, would have happened Tuesday night. Peter would have denied the LORD Tuesday night and the other disciples would have fled then. Our LORD’S unjust trial would have been early Wednesday morning.
The Jews who were anxious to crucify The LORD were likewise anxious to get His+ body down from the cross before Passover so as not to “defile the land.”
That’s when Joseph of Arimathea… a rich merchant… obtained the body of JESUS. He and Nicodemus wrapped it in a linen cloth and 100-weight of myrrh and aloes, and laid His+ body in a new tomb. And left it there as the HIGH HOLY DAY of Passover was drawing nigh. (John 19).
COUNT: Wednesday night--- one night.
The HIGH HOLY DAY of Passover on Thursday… was considered a High Sabbath… no work was to be done. And certainly, no dead body was to be touched. The grieving sisters rested on Thursday.
COUNT: Thursday--- day one.
After Thursday came… Thursday night.
COUNT: Thursday night--- two nights
Friday dawned.
COUNT: Friday day--- day two
Friday was the day of preparation for the normal weekly Sabbath on Saturday. We read that the grieving sisters prepared spices for His+ body “…on the day of preparation” which came before every Sabbath.
COUNT: Friday night --- third night
Then came the regular Sabbath on Saturday and the sisters “rested” because it was the Sabbath. [Luke 23:56]
COUNT: Saturday--- day three
The timeframe this year of the crucifixion coincides precisely with the Jews’ Passover timeframe… exactly as it happened in the Scriptural accounts in the Gospels.
By evening of the Jews’ Saturday Sabbath, The LORD JESUS CHRIST AROSE FROM THE REALM OF THE DEAD.
The Sisters and the Disciples did NOT see HIM+ until early Sunday morning, a little before dawn ! [John 20:1]
But they were not allowed to touch HIM+ until after HE+ had ascended in His+ glorified Body to His+ FATHER Who is in the Heavens, hallowed is HIS Name!
Bless GOD!
And, blessed be HIS Kingdom, both now and forever.
Amen!
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4/04/2009
PALM SUNDAY CHRISTIANS...
Blessed is HE+ Who+ cometh
in the name of the LORD;
Hosanna in the Highest!
Mt. 21:8,9; Mark 11:8,9; John 12:12,13
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Joyous, noisy, and glorifying The LORD, the crowd greeted The LORD JESUS CHRIST with Palm branches waved and clothing laid down on the road HE+ traveled… on the road HE+ traveled into Jerusalem for the last time.
HE+ knew a few things.
· HE+ knew who were genuinely glad for the coming of their Messiah.
· HE+ knew who wanted HIM+ to rule and reign with a rod of iron over their oppressors, the unrighteous Roman government.
· HE+ knew who wanted to make HIM+ king over the earthly domain.
· HE+ knew who wanted more free bread and fish.
· HE+ knew who chased after HIM+ to see more miracles.
Furthermore,
HE+ knew just as well
who did NOT want HIM+
to rule over their own spirits.
· HE+ was well aware of who had not toppled the gods of Self and pride in order to present a sanctified and pure offering of themselves unto HIM+.
· HE+ was well aware of who refused to let HIM+ control their lives… in every, any, and all aspects.
· HE+ was well aware of who did NOT want HIM+ to be King of their lives… only king of the oppressors.
· HE+ was well aware of the riotous and loud tumult of the people praising HIM+ but who wished to make HIM+ into anything else but a
Sadly, there was no other way to do it.
Yes, do proclaim Our LORD’S LORDSHIP loud and long… but let HIS+ lordship be in our own hearts and over our own lives...
+ + +
LET US PRAY:
Almighty GOD,
Whose most dear SON+ went not up to joy
but that HE+ first suffered pain,
and entered not into glory
before HE+ was crucified;
Mercifully grant that we,
while walking in the way of the cross,
may find it none other than
the way of Life and peace;
through JESUS CHRIST,
our Passover LAMB.
Amen
Adapted from the Book of Common Prayer.
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