Jesus Stands At Your Heart's Door & Begs To Come In

Jesus is the picture of patience, calmness, love, gentleness & long-suffering--the picture of tenderness, gently wooing like a dove. He goes where there are open & receptive hearts that are hungry. He seeks out the low & the humble & the contrite heart, but resisteth the proud. (Lk.1:53; 1Pet.5:5b) He waits lovingly & meekly at your heart's door, not forcing Himself upon you, not pushing the door open, but waiting for you to simply open your heart, & invite Him to come in.

Jesus promised, "Behold, I stand at the door & knock. If any man hear My voice & open the door, I will come into him." (Rev.3:20) When you open your door to Jesus, He always comes in! He likes to fill every place that's made for Him! If you will just open your heart, His Spirit of Love will flow in!

You can have Jesus & all He has to give, which is everything, right this minute if you'll just pray & ask Him to come into your heart with His Love, life, liberty, truth, peace, plenty & happiness here, now & forever! Simply pray: "Jesus, come into my heart! I believe You are the Son of God. Please forgive me for my sins & help me to love You & to love others & to tell them about You, in Jesus' name. Amen."

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Deliver Us, Lord, From The Spirit Of "Busyness"!--Too Busy For You & Too Busy For Your Word!

To learn from the Lord, you have to stop & look & listen, or you'll get run over by all the cares of this life, instead of running over with His Truth, His Love & His Joy! If you drive yourself too hard & too fast, you may never get there! You'll get out of touch with the Lord & our Heavenly Headquarters. Like the little girl said about the kitten, "Oh Mama, the kitty's gone to sleep & left its engine running!"--You may run around but still be asleep spiritually, & you may not be getting anywhere--"as one that beateth the air"! (1Cor.9:26)

"You cannot do the Master's work without the Master's power!"--And to get it, you must spend time with the Master! The Lord said but one thing is needful: To sit at His feet & learn of Him. Those who have chosen this good part, it shall never be taken away from them! (Lk.10:42) So if you're too busy to pray, you're too busy! If you're too busy to get alone with God & pray, you're too busy!

So "take time to be holy"!--Wholly His! He says, "Be still, & know that I am God. In quietness & in confidence shall your strength be!"(Psa.46:10; Isa.30:15)

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Don't Let Others Drag You Down To Their Level, You Pull Them Up To Yours!

A good leader has two important characteristics: First, he is going somewhere. Second, he is able to persuade others to go with him!

A true leader knows what he believes & acts upon it, no matter what others say! What he must do, & not what people think, is all that concerns him. He stands his ground when all else fails & all others desert! You cannot dissuade him! You cannot divert him! He'll go on, with you or without you, or right over you, if necessary! He's faithful to God's Message; he's faithful to God's method; he's faithful to the Word; he's faithful to the Voice of God; he's faithful to the particular ministry God has called him to; he's loyal!

A real leader will keep on course & try to keep others on course in the direction he's going & pull them his way. A leader who tends to be pulled other ways by followers, who can't buck the tide, is not much of a leader!

A genuine leader must be an influence on others for good, to lead & guide them & teach them & try to pull them the right direction, away from their weaknesses!--Are you such a leader?

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Days Filled With Sharing, Years Filled With Caring, There's Just No Comparing A Life Filled With Love!

Old age should be the greatest time of life! If you've filled your days with love & lived a good life & accomplished something for the Lord, it's a time that you can see the good fruit of your labors!--And that helps make it the best time of your life!

It's really sad how so many people view the older age as a terrible age, when really things are just getting better the older you get! Old age only becomes a disappointment if we find ourselves to be growing years older without growing years closer to God. That's like walking in a circle; it's motion without progress! But God didn't give us the gift of life intending the first half to be the best! What God begins He completes. (Psa.138:8) God will finish what He has begun! So neither fear old age nor fight it, but take hold of this stage of life & make something beautiful out of it.

"For age is opportunity no less,
Than youth itself, though in another dress.
And as the evening twilight fades away,
The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day!"

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Winners Never Quit, But Quitters Never Win!

When things get tough, you've got to fight all the harder! -- And if you do, you'll win, & get greater victories! When the going's tough, the tough get going! Like John Paul Jones: When his ship was sinking, most of his crew slaughtered, & his own arm nearly torn off, the enemy asked him if he was ready to surrender, & he screamed back, "Hell, no!--We haven't even begun to fight yet!"--And he was right! He hadn't--but he did!--And he went on to win the battle.

Maybe you haven't even begun to fight the ol' Devil yet! Maybe "ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin." (Heb.12:4)--Like Jesus did. Even though it killed Him, only three days later He rose in triumph from the tomb! The kind of soldiers who win victories are the ones who refuse to quit fighting! So "be not weary in well-doing, for in due season ye shall reap if ye faint not." (Gal.6:9) "Endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ, that you may please Him Who hath chosen you to be a soldier!" (2Tim.2:3) Fight the good fight, keep the faith, & finish the course!--And there'll be a crown laid up for you! (1Tim.6:12; 2Tim.4:7,8)

May God help you to be faithful to the end! "Be faithful unto death, & I will give thee a crown of life!" (Rev.2:10)

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One Of The Greatest Of Healing Factors Is Faith!

Your physical state of health is definitely dependent on your mental state of health, & your mental health is largely dependent on your spiritual condition. In fact, some doctors estimate that emotional causes contribute to as much as 90% or more of all illnesses!

Fear, tension & hatred all breed the various psychological & nervous diseases as well as many of the natural physiological diseases like heart trouble, arthritis & stomach ulcers, all of which can be caused by worry, fear, bitterness, hatred, or a negative attitude toward life. These can all cause the literal building up of poisons in the body that in turn cause illnesses! In other words, your state of mind can actually poison your body. Science has proven this!

That is why faith is such a marvelous cure! Knowing that your Heavenly Father loves you, & that He's going to take care of you & yours--your family, your future, your job, everything--eliminates fear & gives you peace of mind, contentment of heart, a feeling of spiritual well-being & rest to your vital organs, which actually cause the elimination of poisons from your blood. Simple faith in God's Love is the best medicine there is!--Try it, you'll like it!

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"Many Are The Afflictions Of The Righteous!"

Afflictions of whom? -- Not of the wicked, but the afflictions of the righteous! -- "But the Lord delivers him out of them all!" The Lord allows such things as tests to strengthen our faith & to get an even greater victory out of seeming defeat. Some things happen just to keep us close to the Lord--sickness, trouble, problems. Sometimes they happen to drive us closer to each other. Sometimes they happen to keep us humble. Sometimes they happen to make us pray--all kinds of reasons for even having troubles! So even troubles & tribulations are good for us.

Whatever God does, He does it in love.--And "all things work together for good to them that love the Lord." (Rom.8:28) God is not going to let anything happen to you, His child who loves Him, except what is for your good. So even though "many are the afflictions of the righteous," the Lord is going to deliver you out of them all, no matter how many or what!--A-L-L, ALL!--Not just some or a few or most or many, but all!--All of them! So expect God to deliver you according to His Word.

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It's A Sacrifice To Witness!

Like the lady said when she was told she needed to go out witnessing, "Oh, this just kills me!" Well, that's exactly what it should do! -- It should kill your pride, your self, your selfishness, your egotism, & may even cause some considerable physical sacrifice & strain. (See John 12:24,25.)

Sometimes it's actually dangerous to witness!--You're liable to get some persecution. But we still have to do it! All the early Apostles died as martyrs, as well as a good many of the early Christians, but they continued to be faithful witnesses just the same! But when the church left the arena & started sitting in the grandstands in order to avoid death by braving the lions, she died of old age in the stands!--It's better to die as a witness in the jaws of the lions than of old age in the grandstand! Jesus Himself promised that if you would suffer with Him you should also reign with Him! (2Tim.2:12) So are you going to reign now a little while & suffer a lot later?--Or are you going to suffer a little now & reign forever?

"They that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; & they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever & ever!" (Dan.12:3)

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Neither Shall They Learn War Any More!

One of these days very soon, the King of kings is going to come back to claim His Kingdom! "And He shall judge among the nations, & shall rebuke many people: And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, & their spears into pruninghooks." (Isa.2:4) There will be complete disarmament at last! -- The World's first real genuine & lasting disarmament, beating their weapons into instruments of peace!

At last there will be peace on Earth which shall never end under the reign of Jesus Christ, the Son of God & Prince of Peace Himself! Today's wicked & vengeful men of war will be stopped at last! There'll be no more big powers & oppressed poor! No more corruption, vice, crime or crooked politicians! He's going to stop all their war business, He's going to break the arrows & the swords & the bows (Psa.46:9), & all those planes & tanks & missiles are going to be burned up! Thank God!

Then & only then, under the supreme & powerful rule & reign of the God of Peace & the Prince of Peace & the men of Peace, will all wars finally cease & the World at last be governed fairly & well with true justice, liberty, peace, plenty & happiness for all! Hallelujah! -- What a Day that will be!

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You Can Know Your Future!

Do you, like so many people today, seem to somehow sense that we're living on borrowed time? Are you ever worried about the future of the World, wondering what is going to happen to us all? Well, you can know the future & you can know what's going to happen!

How could this be?--By what means can mortal Man possibly transcend the bounds of time & peer into the future?--By tuning into God & His wonderful Word, the Bible! For in the spirit, where God dwells, it's like the past, present & future are all one! It all looks the same to Him, & He can easily reveal to His prophets & seers the mysteries of the future!

You'll find that God's Word is specific & very clear! You may not know every detail, but you can know enough from God's Word that you can know the major events & the characteristics, the major characters in these events, & in some cases even exactly when they're going to happen, because God has already said so in His Word! You don't have to worry about it, you don't have to fear, you don't have to guess at it!--It's all there just as plain as can be!

To understand what's going to occur is to be prepared to face it & take it as it comes. -- So study the Word!

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The Word Of God Is The Most Powerful Truth On Earth!

The pen is mightier than the sword. Men of God have seldom ruled empires, but they won worlds of men with their words, faith & ideas which captured hearts, minds, spirits & set them forever free! God's eternal Kingdom of His Words of life & love have conquered worlds of men's eternal spirits, far greater, longer-lasting & happier than Man's mere worldly empires of the sword! The Words of God's Prophets have crossed the ages & swept around the Earth & changed the course of nations! The words of their ideals have changed the hearts of men & given hopes for a better World! It's the Bible that's built great Christian Empires & saved millions from hopeless, Christless tombs & given the Love of God through Jesus to a World dying for His Love! His Words are Spirit & they are life. (Jn.6:63) Without them everything would be totally dead.

This is the most powerful weapon in the World, the Word of God. It can do more than split atoms!--It can change hearts, & no atom bomb has done that yet! It can change minds, but no number of bullets have ever done that! That's what the Words of Love can do, they change the hearts of men! (Heb.4:12)

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Faith Is Just Doing What God Tells You To Do Today, & Believing Him For Tomorrow

It's today that you have to have faith for! It's today that God has provided the strength for! "As thy days, so shall thy strength be!" (Deu.33:25) God gives you power for the hour, grace for the trials--at the hour & when it comes--not before! You don't have to have faith for tomorrow, today. If you trust God & have faith, then you know your Heavenly Father loves you & He's going to take care of you & yours!

Jesus said, "Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself." (Mat.6:34) Quit worrying about tomorrow! That's a commandment! It's not optional. It's not something that's just good advice--it's an order! When tomorrow comes, God will take care of it!

"I have nothing to do with tomorrow.
My Savior has made that His care.
Its grace & its strength I can't borrow,
So why should I borrow its care?"

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"'Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus,
Just to take Him at His Word.
Just to rest upon His promise,
Just to know, 'Thus saith the Lord.'
Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Thee,
How I've proved Thee o'er & o'er.
Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus,
Oh for faith to trust Thee more!"

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The Baptism Of The Holy Spirit Is A Baptism Of Love!

What is the baptism of the Holy Spirit? It's a baptism of love most of all!--Love for God & also for others. Everybody that's saved has a measure of the Spirit. Salvation is like having a little bit of water in the bottom of a glass, but being baptised with the Holy Spirit is such an outpouring of the Spirit that you're filled to running over! When you get the baptism of the Holy Spirit, you get wet all over! He pours in His Holy Spirit & it wets your soul & satisfies your thirst & fills you from top to bottom until you have a mighty tide of love & happiness not only for yourself but to overflow upon others, to get them saved & filled with God's Love too! (Jn.7:38,39)

You're not just filled once, but you're refilled every day as you read the Word & as you ask Him for more love. The more of His Love you receive from Him, the more your heart will be so filled to running over that you cannot contain it.--And then, as you overflow on others, you cause them to grow & blossom like flowers as they are filled with His Love.


You'll never be the same again after being filled with God's Love Power!
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What Everybody Needs Is Love!

Love they have never known before, true love, sincere love, genuine love, the truly great love of their life, the Love of all loves, from the Lover of all lovers, Who alone can satisfy the deepest yearning of every human soul for total love & complete understanding--that deep hunger in the heart of Man for his Creator!

The heart of Man is the same the World over! His longings, loves, hunger for God & His Truth, for joy & happiness & peace of mind are God created & the same in men the World over! Man will never be truly happy with a heavy heart, a troubled mind, a discouraged spirit & an unsaved soul. The human soul can never be completely satisfied with anything less than utter union with the great & loving Spirit that created it!--God Himself! Flesh can satisfy flesh, but only Spirit can satisfy spirit!

Do you want the key to every heart?--Try love! It never fails, because God is Love, & it's impossible for Him to fail! "Ah, sweet mystery of life, at last I have found thee! At last I've found the reason for it all! Ah, 'tis love & love alone the whole World yearns for!" Let's win the World with His Love!

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The Real Time Of The End That God's Word Speaks Of Is These Last Few Years.--We Are Already Living In The Time Of The End!

Beloved, the time is growing shorter. The days are becoming more evil & things are moving faster as time goes on. (Eph.5:16; 2Tim.3:1) From all we can gather from God's Word, we certainly can't expect to go on much longer in this World as it now is! In fact, it looks like it's all going to wind up within the next few years, & if we look into Bible Prophecy, all the signs are pointing to The End! (Mat.24)

So to say the least, we're living in exciting times & there are going to be some big changes made!--And the quicker things get worse, the quicker it'll all be over! The quicker the World's paper money economy crashes, the quicker will rise the One World government of the Antichrist, which means the quicker will come the Great Tribulation & the glorious Second Coming of the Lord & Heaven on Earth!

So it behooves us to work as though everything depended on work & pray as though everything depended on prayer. It's almost over! This is almost The End! "Even so, come quickly, Lord Jesus!" (Rev.22:20) Amen?

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The Best Ability Is Availability

Most of the greatest saints in the World today are little people who just do what they see needs to be done--often without you hearing about it or even knowing they are around! They are always there when you need them, always willing to see the need & respond. -- But some people don't find anything to do because they're not even looking!

But if you have real love for the Lord & others, you will be aware of the needs around you & do whatever needs to be done. And if the Lord finds you will obey & get busy serving Him when He tells you to do the humble little tasks, then He knows He can trust you to tell you to do bigger, more important jobs! -- But He won't force you! It all depends upon you & your yieldedness & willingness to be made willing. Real willingness & submission require total humility, which is synonymous with total love.--So that you're willing to go anywhere, anytime, & do anything, for anybody, & be nobody, to please God & help others!

Are you ready for anything? -- Anything God wants you to do? -- "I beseech you therefore, brethren, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy & acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service." (Rom.12:1)

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God's Delays Are Not Denials

God answers prayer, but not always our way. He is rarely rushed or in a hurry, as is evident in His Creation: It takes Him time to make a baby, a flower, a tree, a sunset--or even a blade of grass. You can't rush God. You've got to wait till it's God's time. Sometimes God delays answering prayer until you have learned the lesson He is trying to teach you. Or perhaps He is waiting for the circumstances to be ready for the result that He wants to bring. Take for example the man in the Bible who was blind from birth: He had had to be blind all his life, so that everybody would know it, & so that when Jesus came along one day & marvelously healed him, God would be glorified. (See John 9.) It may sometimes take years before you know why God didn't answer prayer as you thought He should, or right when you asked Him to, but the time will come, & you'll know God was right! Wait on the Lord!

The greatest darkness is just before dawn, the greatest desperation is just before Salvation! The greatest hopelessness attacks just before rescue! So never doubt for a moment that God is going to answer--And He will! Trust Him & thank Him for the answer--even if you don't see it immediately! You'll be glad you trusted Him tomorrow!

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"The Fool Hath Said In His Heart, 'There Is No God.'" (Psalm 14:1)

If you really haven't got enough sense to believe in God, then you can just look at His Creation & know that there is a God! Just logically & reasonably, anybody in their right mind should know there's a God! Anybody who really believes that it all happened by accident is a fool! It's ridiculous! All you have to do is sit outside & look at the trees & the birds, & you'll know that it wasn't an accident.--Too much planning went into it all. God's entire glorious Creation is a constant testimony of the existence of a Divine Designer & Creator.

Although the whole Creation testifies of the existence of the invisible God, many people today refuse to receive the testimony, because they choose to be ignorant!--Thus they've cooked up the ridiculous, idiotic scheme of evolution!--To try to get rid of God & the knowledge of God, "as they did not like to retain God in their education." (Rom.1:28)--They don't want to confess that He exists.

But we marvel at the work of God's hands, & we see Him in His handiwork, &, as His Word says, we understand Him by the things that are made, so that we know God, & glorify Him as God, & are thankful! (Romans 1:20)

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You Can't Keep The Birds From Flying Over Your Head, But You Can Sure Keep Them From Building A Nest In Your Hair!

The Devil is always on the job, tempting us to disobey the Lord. And though nobody can keep temptation from coming, we don't have to yield to temptation. God gives us enough sense by His Spirit to know the difference between what is good & what is bad, then He gives us a choice between good & evil, Himself & the Devil. The Devil cannot prevent us from choosing. That's the one thing we can do no matter what the Devil does -- we can ! We each have a will, & we can ignore him! "Submit yourself to God, resist the Devil, & he will flee from you!" (Jam.4:7)

It is impossible for the Devil to win over you unless you give in to him, for "greater is He that is in you than he that is in the World!" (1Jn.4:4) The only way he can win is if you quit, give up, give in, surrender or stop fighting. If you keep fighting you keep winning! So when the Devil tempts you to get down & discouraged, fight! Slam the door in his face & don't even listen to him!--Much less surrender! Then you won't have a chance to listen to or believe his lies!"

"Give no place to the Devil!" (Eph.4:27) Hallelujah!
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Our Salvation Is Only By Grace, Never By Works

We cannot save ourselves by our own works, our own goodness, even our own attempts to keep His laws & to love Him. We cannot be good or perfect enough, to earn, merit or deserve the Heavenly perfection of His Own Holy Salvation by His Own grace, Love & mercy! It is impossible for anyone to be saved without the miraculous power of God!

Accepting Salvation is a work of God's grace. It's free; it can only be received. It's the gift of God, you can't work for it.--You can't earn a gift or else it wouldn't be a gift! God's Word says, "By grace are ye saved through faith--& that not of yourselves!--It is the gift of God. -- Not of works, lest any man should boast!"--(Eph.2:8,9)

God's idea of goodness, of true righteousness, is a sinner who knows he needs God, & depends on Him for Salvation. God's idea of saintliness is not self-righteousness & sinless perfection. It's a sinner saved by grace, a sinner who has no perfection, no righteousness of his own, but is totally dependent on the grace & the Love & the mercy of God by faith! Those are the only saints there are -- there are no others! You haven't got anybody's righteousness except Christ's, & He's the only One that can give it to you! (Phi.3:9)

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The Best Way To Find God's Will Is To Say "I Will" To God!

God may give you your choice, but He alone knows what's best, so you'd better ask Him to find out what His best is! How do you find the Will of God? The first requirement is having no will of your own! According to the Scripture, you're to surrender your body, surrender your mind, surrender your will & be not conformed to this World, but as the Bible says, "be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may know what is that good & acceptable Will of God." (Rom.12:1,2) Ask the Lord to lead & guide you & open your heart & mind to His Truth, & ask Him to help you to understand it & follow it in utter abandonment & utter yieldedness to God.--Utter yieldedness of your mind, utter yieldedness of your body, utter yieldedness of your own will! Then you'll know!--And you won't have long to wait!

If you're His child, & you're letting Him do the choosing, what's He going to choose for you? He's going to choose that which is the best for you! "He knows, He loves, He cares, nothing His Truth can dim! He gives the very best to those who leave the choice up to Him!"


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Have You Found the Greatest Doctor in the Universe?

Healing has always been one of our most desperate physical needs. Jesus healed all that came unto Him, anybody & everybody, saved & unsaved, as long as they had enough faith to believe in Him for their healing. Their most immediate need was a touch to their bodies, even before they could understand Salvation, & He often healed their bodies first of all!

The day of miracles is not past! God is still in the business of transforming bodies that need it. He's still the Great Physician! He still says, "I am the Lord that healeth thee, Who healeth all thy diseases & forgiveth all thy iniquities." (Exo.15:26; Psa.103:3)--Not just some or a few or many or most, but ALL of them! God can heal anything!

He's your Heavenly Father, He loves you & He answers prayer! In fact, He's more willing to give than you are to receive! God cannot only do it, but He wants to do it! All He asks is that you honor Him with faith, by believing His Word & His promises. It's just that simple! (1Jn.5:14,15; Heb.11:6)

Do you have faith in God & His Love? -- Have you personally met the Great Physician? If not, receive Him & His healing power into your life now!

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Faith & Obedience Come First! --Then God Answers Prayer!

Throughout His Word, God commanded men to do something first before He met them. God told Moses to strike the rock & then He'd bring forth water. (Exo.17:6) When Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead He said, "Roll ye away the stone!" (Jn.11:39) They manifested their faith by obedience! If we take that step of faith & it's God's Will, He'll meet us!

God likes to test our faith. He likes to see how much we really believe, & He often will not give us answers until we obey what He's already told us or showed us. We have to take the step of faith, reach out the hand of faith & obey God if we want to receive His blessings! But if we obey what we know God wants us to do, then He'll show us more truth; & when we obey that, He'll give us a little more. And step by step, as we follow Him, He will show us more & more.

We can't always wait until God answers. Many times we just have to step out by faith even if we don't see the ground we're going to put our foot on. Just hold on tight to the hand of God & He will go before you & lead you. That's the walk of faith. Even if you can't see ahead, just put your hand into the hand of God! (2Cor.5:7)


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Put God to the test! Prove He exists!

Perhaps you're like a lot of people who say they don't believe in God, but aren't really atheists. Maybe you simply haven't made a final decision because you haven't had a real chance to know the Truth! But even if you have doubts or questions on your mind or heart that need answering in order for you to be convinced, if you're sincere & really want the answers, if you really want to know God, He will show you!

Even if you don't believe in God or the Bible or anything else, you can put God in a test tube & prove He exists!--And you are the tube! You just need to put God in you & see what happens! If you'll just sincerely pray, "God, if there is a God out there somewhere, show me! Reveal Yourself!" -- And He will! Once you admit the possibility, then you're giving God a chance & there's a tiny spark of faith, a little mustard seed of faith has begun to grow! And God will honor that faith by letting you see & feel & know the proof!

God loves faith! He loves us because we believe Him! -- And once you believe, then He will prove Himself in many ways so that you will no longer have to believe purely by faith. He will prove Himself to you by answers to prayers & miracles, even by the change in your own life!

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You Don't Have to UnderStand God in Order to Love Him!

No one can ever fully understand God. It's impossible, because He says, "My ways are above your ways. For as the heavens are higher than the Earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, & My thoughts than your thoughts." (Isa.55:9) So forget trying to explain God! Quit trying to understand Him! Stop trying to diagnose Him & take Him apart & analyze Him! Just accept Him & His Word by faith!

Jesus tried to make it simple, He said, "Except you become as a little child, you cannot enter into the Kingdom of Heaven." (Mat.18:3) A baby is such a good illustration! A little child understands God better than most adults. Even before he learns to talk, he understands love, the simplest, yet most profound thing in the World! But what little baby understands his mother or father or how he was born or all about life? He just feels their love & accepts it & receives it!

It's all so simple that many people just can't believe it! The Love of God, like the love of any father, is that simple! It's just a matter of faith. It's impossible to fully understand God & His Love. But it is possible to receive Him & to love Him in return!
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Love Is...

...believing, trusting, helping, sharing, encouraging, confiding, understanding, caring, feeling, touching, giving, praying. Love is communication. Love is an emotion. Love is passionate, alive, vibrant & warm! Love is something that gets better all the time!

Love is the greatest need of man, so Love is the greatest service to man. Love is spiritual, but is manifested in the physical. Love is seen as it is put into action. Love is thoughtfulness. Love is always!--It knows no hours nor days! Love is always finding a way. Love is giving all. Love is rare--the unselfish kind. Love is priceless. Love is its own reward.

Love is not hurting anybody. Love is choosing to suffer & hurt yourself so that you can help someone else. Love is courage. Love is total sacrifice! Love is never lost. It always has its effect sooner or later. Love is forever.

Love is saying you're sorry. Love is quick to forgive. Love is humbling. The truly loving are truly humble. Love is the Name of God. Love is the power of God! Love is God! -- God is Love! God's ultimate love is ... Jesus! (1John 4:8,9)

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The Word of God is like a Map to Help You find Your Way Through Life!

You should no more try to find your own way through life than you should try to take a long trip without a map.

While traveling along a road, you can only see what's around you moment by moment. But if you'll look at the map & have faith in it, you can also see where the road came from, regardless of where you started out yourself. And even if you've never been to your final destination or traveled that road before, you can know where the road is going, where it's supposed to end. But if you don't take time to study the map you could waste an awful lot of time or maybe even ruin your chances of getting to your destination at all!

Just as you must look at the map, believe it's true & follow it to get where you're going, if you will take God's Word, believe that it is for you, read it & follow it, you'll come out at Heaven!--Absolutely! Without fail!

Just follow the Map Book & you'll know where you're going. God can see it all! And He not only knows where you are right now, & where you came from, your past, but He knows where you're going!--Do you? -- You can!

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God is the Only One Who can Give Real Meaning to Living.

So many people today don't know what to believe; they don't know where they're from, who they are or where they're going.--They're in absolute confusion!--Because they've lost touch with the only concrete frame of reference, & that's God & His explanation of life, the Bible! They've lost faith in God, so therefore they lose faith in Love, & therefore they lose faith in Life, in people, in everything!

But we have found Love that lasts forever & a God that cannot fail! -- For we "know Him, Whom to know is Life Eternal"! (Jn.17:3) We're born again & we now have an utterly different outlook on life & a new way of looking at the World, thank God!

And besides the wonderful happiness, life & love that living for Jesus gives us, we've also been given a real purpose in living & Someone to live for! We now like to face life, & find a thrill in our newfound tasks & the greatest of pleasure in the fellowship of our newfound family & the greatest of satisfaction in our newfound faith. Thank You Jesus!"

Ah, Sweet mystery of life; At last I've found thee, Now at last I know the meaning of it all!"--It's Jesus!

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Goodbye Past, Hello New Year

The New Year is traditionally a time when businesses check their inventories, weigh accounts, set goals, and make projections for the coming year. It's a time of reevaluation and establishing new policies. All of that is simply good business.

It's also "good business" to stop and take stock of our personal lives. A short time of reflection can refresh the spirit, bring goals and priorities back into perspective, and help us start the new year on the right foot.

Ask yourself, "What am I doing to help people? What will I be remembered for? Am I making a difference by making others' lives better or happier? What did I accomplish this past year? What goals did I reach? Was it a year that I can be thankful for because, in spite of some missteps and mistakes, I gave of my best in the big things? Is Jesus pleased with how I used last year? In which areas do I need to try harder?"

Count your blessings and remember all that the Lord has done for you, and pray for the year ahead. "What in the past year am I most thankful for? What should be my prayer for the year ahead?" Commit your goals and dreams to Jesus in prayer, and dedicate the coming year to Him. Ask Him to be a part of every facet of your life. Ask Him to guide your thoughts and actions, and to order your days. And above all, ask Him to fill you to overflowing with His love, for your sake and the sakes of those whose lives you touch.

Then you'll be ready to launch into the new year with a heart full of faith, hope, love, and courage. And if you will continue to include Jesus in all you do and follow where He leads, success is guaranteed!
By Claire Nichols


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We Don't Know What The Future Holds, But We Know Who Holds The Future!

"I came to the man at the gate of the year, & asked him, 'Give me a light that I may see my way.' But he said unto me, 'Put your hand into the hand of God, and He shall be more unto thee than a light & better than a known way!'"

The things we need to know He tells us, & sometimes the things we want to know He tells us, but most of the time He throws a veil over the Future so that it is known only to Him. -- And that really helps to keep us close to the Lord!

He's promised to never leave nor forsake us, for "Behold," He says, "I am with you always, even unto the ends of the Earth!" (Mat.28:20) And He's given us the torch of His Word to show us where our path is going. We can always throw the Light of God's Word on the path ahead for the Scripture says, "Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet & a light unto my path." (Psa.119:105)

"Many things about tomorrow,
I don't seem to understand,
But I know Who holds tomorrow,
And I know Who holds my hand!"

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"So if by some still small voice,
He calls me to paths I do not know,
I'll answer with my hand in His,
`I'll go where You want me to go!'"
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