Are the Deceased Alive or Dead?

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Are the Deceased Alive or Dead?: The living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing.  Neither do they have a part in anything that is done under the sun.  For ...

Issa' Death Foretold in the Old Testament

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Jesus' Death Foretold in the Old Testament: Jesus says, "search the Scriptures for...they are they which testify of Me." And starting with Moses and the prophets He explaine...

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Prayer for America

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: Prayer for America: Dear Lord in this time of our deep need, help us again as You did in years gone by.  And in Your anger, remember your mercy. Habakkuk 3...

When We Cannot Pray

When we feel that we have sinned and cannot pray, it is then the time to pray!

"If we confess our sins," God "is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.". 1 John 1:9

"God retains not His anger forever, because He delights in mercy.". Micah 7:18

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: What Does God Require?

ENCOURAGEMENT !!!: What Does God Require?: What does God require of you?  To do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with God. Micah 6:8. The Old Testament of Holy Scripture,...

No Light in Them

To the Law and to the Testimony!  If they speak not according to this word (Holy Scripture) it is because there is no Light in them!  Isaiah 8:20

Prophecy

Believe in the Lord your God, and you will be established; believe His prophets and you will prosper.
2 Chronicles 20:20

Do not despise prophecy.  Test all things; hold fast what is good.  1 Thessalonians 5:20, 21

Prayer for America

Dear Lord
in this time of our deep need, help us again as You did in years gone by.
 And in Your anger, remember your mercy.

Habakkuk 3:2.
New Living Translation
From Old Testament of Holy Scriptures

What Does God Require?

What does God require of you?  To do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with God.

Micah 6:8.
The Old Testament of Holy Scripture, the Bible

For Lettie

God says, "Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love.
Therefore, with loving kindness have I drawn you."

          Jeremiah 31:3, Old Testament of Holy Scripture.

Respect Your Wife

This is the second thing you do, says God.

You cry and weep, covering the Lords altar with tears. Saying "why doesn't God accept my offering?"

Because God has been the witness of how you treat your wife. You have treated her with treachery! Yet she is your companion, and your wife by the marriage covenant.

...pay attention to your words and actions!  That you do not deal treacherously!

Malachi 2:13-16 from Holy Scripture - the Bible

Let him make peace with Me

Let them take hold of My strength, that they may make peace with Me, and they will make peace with Me.

Isaiah 27:5
the Old Testament of Holy Scripture- the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 29:11-13

For I know the plans I have for you, says God.  Thoughts of peace and not of evil - to give you a future and a hope.
Then you will call on Me, and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
And you will look for Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.

Jeremiah 29:11-13
New King James Version

A Person of Power - the Secret of Success

The secret of success is the union of the divine power with human effort. 

Those who achieve the greatest results are those who rely most implicitly upon God's strength.

The man who commanded the sun to stand still ....is the man who for hours lay prostrate upon the earth in prayer in the camp of Gilgal.

The man [or woman] of prayer is the man [woman] of power!

Patriarchs & Prophets, 509, e g white

Silence of the Soul

When every other voice is hushed, and in quietness we wait before Him, the silence of the soul makes more distinct the voice of God.  He bids us, “Be still, and know that I Am God.” ( Psalm 46:10).

   Desire of Ages, 363, E G White

Help for Anxiety

The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.  Psalm 9:9

When I said, “my foot is slipping,” God’s love supported me. When anxiety was great within me, God’s love brought joy to my soul.  Psalm 94:18-19

For I am the Lord your God, who takes hold of your right hand, and says to you, “Do not fear, I will help you.”  Isaiah 41:13

My body and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and portion forever.  Psalm 73:26

Jesus says, “Do not let your heart be troubled, Trust in God, trust also in Me.”  John 14:1

 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, with prayer and thankfulness, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which is higher than all understanding, will guard your heart and mind in Christ Jesus.  Philippians 4:6-8

FINAL JUDGMENT GOING ON NOW!

Solemn are the scenes connected with the closing work of the Judgment. Momentous are the interests involved. The Judgment is now passing in Heaven above. …In the awful presence of God our lives are to come up in review.

When the work of the investigative Judgment closes, the destiny of all will have been decided for eternal life or eternal death. Probation ends a short time before the appearing of the Lord in the clouds of heaven.

The righteous and the wicked will still be living on earth in their mortal state –there will be planting and building, eating and drinking - they will all be unconscious that the final, irrevocable decision has been pronounced in Heaven above….

Watch and pray; for you know not when the time is. Mark 13:33

Watch…lest coming suddenly He find you sleeping. Mark 13:35-36

Perilous is the condition of those who, growing weary of their watch, turn to the attractions of the world. 


While business men and women are absorbed in the pursuit of wealth, while the pleasure-lover is seeking indulgence, while the daughter of fashion is arranging her adornments – it may be in that hour the Judge of all the earth will pronounce the sentence, “Thou art weighed in the balances and art found wanting.”  (Daniel 5:27)

Based on Excerpts from The Great Controversy, p 490-491 E G White

HEALTH

Dear friend, I pray above all else that you may prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers. The Lord says, "My child, listen to My Words and keep them ever in mind. Allow them to penetrate into your entire being, for they mean real life and radiant health for you.

Do not be conceited, sure of your own wisdom. Instead, trust and reverence God and turn your back on evil. When you do that, then you will be given renewed health and vitality. For I will restore your health and heal your wounds.

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and do not forget all His benefits: Who forgives all your iniquities; who heals all your diseases.

The above quotes are taken from these Bible texts:
3 John 2/ Proverbs 4:20-22; 3:7-8/ Jeremiah 30:17/ Psalm 103:2-3.

The Soul that Sins will Die

The soul that sins will die.

The living know that they will die, but the dead do not know anything. Their love, hatred and envy die with them.

The dead have no work, wishes, knowledge nor understanding - for they are dead.

The dead praise not the Lord. He breathes his last and is buried; in that same day his thoughts die also.

The dead will never arise to haunt, and will never return to his house. They will never know if their children are honored, or if they fail or face disaster. They do not know about it, because they are dead!


REFERENCES
The above quotes are from these Bible texts:
 Ezekiel 18:4/
Ecclesiastes 9:5,6,10/
Psalm 115:17; 146:4/
Job 7:9,10; 14:21

I Love You...Says God

God says, "I love you with eternal love, pursuing after you with loving kindness. Whoever believes in Me and keeps My Commandments loves Me, and My Father will love them who love Me and I will love them and manifest Myself to them. For God so loved the human race that He gave His only Son, that anyone who believes in Him will not suffer eternal death but will have eternal life."

This is love: not that we love God, but that He loves us, and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. No one has a greater love than the One who lays down His life for His friends.

Dear Friend, since God loves us this much, we should love each other. We love because God first loved us. If anyone says, "I love God," yet hates another, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. Jesus said, "By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for others."

Dear Friend, I close my letter with these last words. Be a mature Christian, pay attention to what I have written, be in unity, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you always. And to know the love of Christ, which surpasses all understanding….

 Now to God who is able to do all things super-abundantly beyond what we think or ask...to Him be the glory... throughout all generations, forever. Amen!


The above quotes come from these Bible texts (variety of versions): Jeremiah 31:3/ 1 John 14:21/ John 3:16/ 1 John 4:9-10/ John 15:13/ 1 John 4:11,19-20/ John 13:35/ 2 Corinthians 13:11/ Ephesians 3:19-21