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Thursday, June 28, 2007
Men's Health
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Will You Join With Me in Prayer?
W ill You Join With Me In Prayer ? That power which is an instrument of unrighteousness, will justly be brought down and broken. What is got and kept wrongfully, will not be kept long. Some are at ease, but there will come a day of visitation, and in that day, all they are proud of, and put confidence in, shall fail them. God will inquire into the sins of which they have been guilty in their houses, the robbery they have stored up, and the luxury in which they lived. The pomp and pleasantness of men's houses, do not
fortify against God's judgments, but make sufferings the more grievous and vexatious. Yet a remnant, according to the election of grace, will be secured by our great and good Shepherd, as from the jaws of destruction, in the worst times.The convincing, awakening word must be heard and heeded, as well as words of comfort and peace; for whether we hear or forbear, the word of God shall take effect. The Lord still proclaims mercy to men, but they often expect deliverance from such self-invented forms as make their condemnation sure. While they refuse to come to Christ and to seek mercy in and by him, that they may live, the fire of Divine wrath breaks forth upon them. Men may make an idol of the world, but will find it
Woe unto those that desire the day of the Lord's judgments, that wish for times of war and confusion; as some who long for changes, hoping to rise upon the ruins of their country! but this should be so great a desolation, that nobody could gain by it. The day of the Lord will be a dark, dismal, gloomy day to all impenitent sinners. When God makes a day dark, all the world cannot make it light. Those who are not reformed by the judgments of God, will be pursued by them; if they escape
one, another stands ready to seize them. A pretence of piety is double iniquity, and so it will be found. The people of Israel copied the crimes of their forefathers. The law of worshipping the Lord our God, is, Him only we must serve. Professors thrive so little, because they have little or no communion with God in their duties. They were led captive by Satan into idolatry, therefore God caused them to go into captivity among idolaters.
Those are looked upon as doing well for themselves, who do well for their bodies; but we are here told what their ease is, and what their woe is. Here is a description of the pride, security, and sensuality, for which God would reckon. Careless sinners are every where in danger; but those at ease in Zion, who are stupid, vainly confident, and abusing their privileges, are in the greatest danger. Yet many fancy themselves the people of God, who are living in sin, and in conformity to
the world. But the examples of others' ruin forbid us to be secure. Those who are set upon their pleasures are commonly careless of the troubles of others, but this is great offence to God. Those who placed their happiness in the pleasures of sense, and set their hearts upon them, shall be deprived of those pleasures. Those who try to put the evil day far from them, find it nearest to them. but we have a heavenly Father whom abmonishes us for us to come, repent and turning our life around unto the Lord Jesus Christ whom is Jehovah, Yahweh-Tsidkenu whom is the Lord of Righteousness whom is our King whom will establish His New Kingdom. Whom now hears all of those whom will be saved in his grace and merdy whose blood was shed for thee. While there is yet now time but it's passing by minute by minute day by day until that door will close unto all people. for the remnant He leads His sheep unto himfor he's the only one whom does padens us as individuals and removes all of our stains and then turns our garments unto brand new white ones just as His. We His people thanks You Father for recieving us after that onslaught of what is coming unto us by the Assyrians whose army can't pass unto us for we have you and your powerful armies of that wall of protection that partions us all to where Not one of them will get your remnants, we will be safe in you . Oh precious Jesus we thank You and give you all of our worship and praises of which you already have recieved from us and knowing you are all around us and taking us up home to be with you. Just knowing just what you are doing before us at this hour for You are our Majestic King and Savior whom suffered beyond recognition whom was born so long ago in that manger for us to behold in that day at Calvery for us. Hallelujah unto the Messiah our God's Son whom came unto us al by the way of the Trinity for you are manifested unto the natural mom's womb by God holiness that was guided by God whom made the whole world. God the Father, God the Holy Spirit which indwells in us as being united as one so Jesus can be made from to be as He is in the sword of the spirit in being alive and His power and our prayers in faith like none other can do. We only are His representives that has seen and witnessed in Him in one's life. As we wait and watch for His return in going unto our Home. We are your covenant people that obeys you as we've signed it unto You by the life we all live in knowing that we have said in one's repentence and turning self around as you directed us to do. Thank You for those whom help us with encouragement with strength that is growing more of you than ourselves. As we keep on winning souls and helping the poor and widows, children from the white house to the lowly jobs on the earth,and not to take advantage of anyone whom you have given unto us to do as we pray for those until you come. Father forgive us when we went on ahead of you in those maters in which You know about and had redireted us in. Father we only have today in this 24 hour period as we keep on looking to you as we walk here on this earth as your might warriors are guarding us as you Father keep on sharing with us daily. Precious Jesus as You know our men and women whom have given those countless of lives are dead because of the enemy that's outright to sabotage,mame, kill under all lies of your enemy. Gaining more excess more and more of your people the only things we are greatful for is knowing they are with you. We are alway's in prayer over all families no mater where they are or how they lived in those very lives today. Only You Father have our utmost in tending to those people as we lift them up No matter if they are one's realtives or not they are yours. The enemy whom we think are not rather the angelic or prince of the air whom is always on the attacks against your children of the earth. "Through the Blood of Jesus, We redeemed out of the hand of the devil. Through the Blood of Jesus, all my sins are forgiven. The Blood of Jesus Christ, God’s Son, is cleansing me now from all my sin. Through the Blood of Jesus, I am justified, made righteous, just as if I’d never sinned. Through the Blood of Jesus, We sanctified, made holy, set apart for my Master’s use. Our body is a temple for the Holy Spirit, redeemed, cleansed, and sanctified, by the Blood of Jesus. We belong to the Lord Jesus Christ, God’s Son, spirit, soul, and body. His Blood protects You and I from all evil. Because of the Blood of Jesus, satan has no more power over You and I no more place in me. I/We renounce you satan and your hosts completely and I/We declare you to be my enemies. I command you satan and your hosts to leave me/us now, according to the word of God. I place (by faith) the Blood of Jesus on my/Our doorposts; I draw the Bloodline of Jesus around family, my friends, possessions, properties and myself. In Jesus name, amen. With the people trying to sabotage our minds we know in whom we are to trust in our faith in interceeding for your faithful followers in your saints in thanking you for keeping our senses by your grace and mercy. We give you onself for the utmost of your calling and meeting with us spiritually in that divine interuptions in where and when we ought to do. Father we pray for all whom are in need, rather in sickness, diseases, or all that's going on with them personally in those lives. For you are our prescription that ails us in many ways that life throws at us and that lawyer whom is sharing with us in whom you are and what You stand for and what you won't stand for on earth. Your our shield, the refiner, rock, fortress, judge, shepard whom is our King. Thans for guiding us, or meditaor, and giving your self on that cross for like me whom is so unworthy before you precious Jesus as you looked upon me whom hath sinned in your eyes without knowing the full extint of it until you nudged me in heading me down those right paths as we talked alone to one another for Father all I ever want to hear ... "Well done" in Jesus'name I'm asking this in grace at your will be done here and not my own. Amen.
Monday, June 25, 2007
10 Reasons to believe the bible
1. Its Honesty
The Bible is painfully honest. It shows Jacob, the father of its "chosen people," to be a deceiver. It describes Moses, the lawgiver, as an insecure, reluctant leader, who, in his first attempt to come to the aid of his own people, killed a man, and then ran for life to the desert. It portrays David not only as Israel's most loved king, general, and spiritual leader, but as one who took another man's wife and then, to cover his own sin, conspired to have her husband killed. At one point, the Scriptures accuse the people of God, the nation of Israel, as being so bad they made Sodom and Gomorrah look good by comparison ( Ezekiel 16:46-52). The Bible represents human nature as hostile to God. It predicts a future full of trouble. It teaches that the road to heaven is narrow and the way to hell is wide. Scripture was clearly not written for those who want simple answers or an easy, optimistic view of religion and human nature.
2. Its Preservation
Just as the modern state of Israel was emerging from thousands of years of dispersion, a bedouin shepherd discovered one of the most important archeological treasures of our time. In a cave of the northwest rim of the Dead Sea, a broken jar yielded documents that had been hidden for two millennia. Additional finds produced manuscripts that predated previous oldest copies by 1,000 years. One of the most important was a copy of Isaiah. It revealed a document that is essentially the same as the book of Isaiah that appears in our own Bibles. The Dead Sea scrolls emerged from the dust like a symbolic handshake to a nation coming home. They discredited the claims of those who believed that the original Bible had been lost to time and tampering.
3. Its Claims For Itself
It's important to know what the Bible says about itself. If the authors of Scripture had not claimed to speak for God, it would be presumptuous for us to make that claim for them. We would also have a different kind of problem. We would have a collection of unsolved mysteries, embodied in historical and ethical literature. But we would not have a book that has inspired the building of countless churches and synagogues all over the world. A Bible that did not claim to speak on behalf of God would not have become foundational to the faith of hundreds of millions of Christians and Jews (2 Peter 1:16-21). But with much supporting evidence and argument, the Bible's authors did claim to be inspired by God. Because millions have staked their present and eternal well-being on those claims, the Bible cannot be a good book if its authors consistently lied about their source of information.
4. Its Miracles
Israel's exodus from Egypt provided a historical basis for believing that God revealed Himself to Israel. If the Red Sea did not part as Moses said it did, the Old Testament loses its authority to speak on behalf of God. The New Testament is just as dependent upon miracles. If Jesus did not rise bodily from the dead, the apostle Paul admits that the Christian faith is built on a lie (1 Corinthians 15:14-17). To show its credibility, the New Testament names its witnesses, and did so within a time-frame that enabled those claims to be tested (1 Corinthians 15:1-8). Many of the witnesses ended up as martyrs, not for abstract moral or spiritual convictions but for their claim that Jesus had risen from the dead. While martyrdom is not unusual, the basis on which these people gave their lives is what's important. Many have died for what they believed to be the truth. But people do not die for what they know to be a lie.
5. Its Unity
Forty different authors writing over a period of 1,600 years penned the 66 books of the Bible. Four hundred silent years separated the 39 books of the Old Testament from the 27 of the New Testament. Yet, from Genesis to Revelation, they tell one unfolding story. Together they give consistent answers to the most important questions we can ask: Why are we here? How can we come to terms with our fears? How can we get along? How can we rise above our circumstances and keep hope alive? How can we make peace with our Maker? The Bible's consistent answers to these questions show that the Scriptures are not many books but one.
6. Its Historical And Geographical Accuracy
Down through the ages, many have doubted the historical and geographical accuracy of the Bible. Yet modern archeologists have repeatedly unearthed evidence of the people, places, and cultures described in the Scriptures. Time after time, the descriptions in the biblical record have been shown to be more reliable than the speculations of scholars. The modern visitor to the museums and lands of the Bible cannot help but come away impressed with the real geographical and historical backdrop of the biblical text.
7. Its Endorsement By Christ
Many have spoken well of the Bible, but no endorsement is as compelling as that of Jesus of Nazareth. He recommended the Bible not only by His words but by His life. In times of personal temptation, public teaching, and personal suffering, He made it clear that He believed the Old Testament Scriptures were more than a national tradition ( Matthew 4:1-11; 5:17-19). He believed the Bible was a book about Himself. To His countrymen He said, "You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me. But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life" (John 5:39-40).
8. Its Prophetic Accuracy
From the days of Moses, the Bible predicted events no one wanted to believe. Before Israel went into the Promised Land, Moses predicted that Israel would be unfaithful, that she would lose the land God was giving her, and that she would be dispersed throughout all the world, regathered, and then re-established ( (Deuteronomy 28-31). Central to Old Testament prophecy was the promise of a Messiah who would save God's people from their sins and eventually bring judgment and peace to the whole world.
9. Its Survival
The books of Moses were written 500 years before the earliest Hindu Scriptures. Moses wrote Genesis 2,000 years before Muhammad penned the Koran. During that long history, no other book has been as loved or as hated as the Bible. No other book has been so consistently bought, studied, and quoted as this book. While millions of other titles come and go, the Bible is still the book by which all other books are measured. While often ignored by those who are uncomfortable with its teachings, it is still the central book of Western civilization.
10. Its Power To Change Lives
Unbelievers often point to those who claim to believe in the Bible without being changed by it. But history is also marked by those who have been bettered by this book. The Ten Commandments have been a source of moral direction to countless numbers of people. The Psalms of David have offered comfort in times of trouble and loss. Jesus' Sermon on the Mount has given millions an antidote for stubborn pride and proud legalism. Paul's description of love in 1 Corinthians 13 has softened angry hearts. The changed lives of people like the apostle Paul, Augustine, Martin Luther, John Newton, Leo Tolstoy, and C. S. Lewis illustrate the difference the Bible can make. Even entire nations or tribes, like the Celts of Ireland, the wild Vikings of Norway, or the Auca Indians of Ecuador have been transformed by the Word of God and the unprecedented life and significance of Jesus Christ.
Senator wants to bar forced use of ID implants
SACRAMENTO (AP) -- Forgot your company identification badge at home? That wouldn't be a problem if employees had a small identification device about the size of a grain of rice inserted under their skin instead of a badge.If that seems Orwellian to you, state Sen. Joe Simitian may have a solution. He's introduced a bill that would bar an employer or anyone else from requiring a person to have one of the devices implanted.
The measure is one of a series of bills the Palo Alto Democrat has proposed to control the use of so-called radio frequency identification devices, which can be placed in badges, passports, driver's licenses and on bodies to transmit radio signals with identifying information.
The Assembly Judiciary Committee is scheduled to consider four of the bills Tuesday.They also include measures that would bar use of RFIDs in driver's licenses and student identification badges before 2011 and set privacy-protection standards for RFIDs.A fifth bill by Sen. Ellen Corbett, D-San Leandro, is also on the committee's agenda. It would require companies that issue identification cards or other items containing RFIDs to disclose the personal information that would be revealed by the RFID and what steps they've taken to protect that information.Simitian says he is concerned the information provided by RFIDs could be used to track people's movements or to steal their personal information with the use of an inexpensive monitor."When people understand the vulnerability of the technology and the absolute lack of any privacy protections or limits on information that can be broadcast, they understand why it's a legitimate source of concern," he said.The use of implanted RFIDs makes "you think we really are in a world we never could have imagined," he said.But Roxanne Gould, vice president for California government relations for the American Electronics Association, a high-tech industry group, said Simitian is taking the wrong approach, although her organization hasn't taken a position on the implant bill."Our bottom line is we're opposed to anything that demonizes RFIDs," she said. "The technology has been in existence for more than 50 years. It's in more than 1.2 billion ID credentials worldwide. ... We've not seen a single showing of ID theft or harm."Lawmakers should focus on preventing inappropriate use of RFIDs, not in restricting the technology, she said.Scott Silverman, chief executive officer of VeriChip Corp., a Florida company that makes implantable RFIDs, said his firm has a "very strong privacy policy" and doesn't oppose bills like the Simitian measure banning forced use of the devices."In principle, a device of this type should never be forced on anybody," he said.Two other states, Wisconsin and North Dakota, have enacted similar bans.Most of VeriChip's devices are implanted to identify medical patients, but the company has also made implantable RFIDs for security uses. Mexico's attorney general bought about 100 of them through a distributor a few years ago, Silverman said.It would take a larger device, about the size of a pacemaker, to track a person's movements by satellite, he said.Some of the other bills on lawmakers' agendas this week include:RECYCLING -- A bill by Assemblyman Lloyd Levine, D-Sherman Oaks, would require apartment complexes with at least five units to provide access to waste recycling programs. According to a Senate analysis of the bill, only 40 percent of Californians in multifamily housing have access to curbside recycling. The bill is on the Senate Environmental Quality Committee's agenda on Monday.MARRIAGE EQUALITY -- Assemblywoman Fiona Ma, D-San Francisco, has a bill that would make it easier for men to take their wives' last names when they get married. It's on the Senate Judiciary Committee's agenda on Tuesday.HEMP FARMING -- Assemblyman Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, is making another attempt to allow California farmers to grow hemp, a distant, low-potency cousin of marijuana that is used in myriad products. The bill is before the Senate Agriculture Committee on Tuesday. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed the proposal last year.ELECTORAL COLLEGE -- California would award its Electoral College votes to the presidential candidate who wins the national popular vote under a bill by Sen. Carole Migden, D-San Francisco, that's on the Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee's Tuesday calendar. This proposal also was vetoed last year. The measure would only take effect if states with a majority of electoral votes adopted the same proposal.On the Net:www.assembly. ca.gov and www.senate.ca. gov
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Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Psalm 23... Ozzie bikers version.....LORD, you led the way! I didn’t need to know the route.You chose the campsite, it was in the best paddock,you found a billabong that I could get my water from.True to your word,you let me have a restand then you sent me off in the right direction.Even when the ride went through"death’s valley",I wasn’t afraidbecause you rode with me.Your trusty mud maplet me know that I was on the right road.You served me a pub dinnerright in front of my enemies.You revived my droopy head;my beer mug spills over with your blessings.Your beauty and love ride with meevery day of my life.I ride back to The Lord’s garageAnd that will be my base, for all of my life.
