TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
“So let’s not allow ourselves to get fatigued doing good. At the right time we will harvest a good crop if we don’t give up, or quit”
(Galatians 6:9, The Message).
TODAY’S WORD from Joel and Victoria
Everyone has God-given dreams and desires. We all have goals we want to accomplish and situations we are believing will be turned around. Sometimes it seems to take longer than we originally thought. Sometimes, things don’t work out the way we planned, and it’s easy to lose enthusiasm. If we’re not careful, we’ll get discouraged and end up just settling where we are. But God doesn’t want us to settle, He wants to take us higher. But many times, people miss out on God’s best simply because they give up too soon. They don’t realize how close they are to their victory.
Friend, don’t let that be you today. Don’t give up just because things seem hard. You’ve invested so much, and you never know, just a few more days of believing, another few weeks of doing the right thing, another few months of staying in faith, and you could see that situation turn around. Remember, God is on your side! Keep standing and keep believing because you are closer than you think to fulfilling every desire He’s placed inside of you!
A PRAYER FOR TODAY
Father God, today I come to You again, believing that You are working behind the scenes on my behalf. Give me Your strength to keep moving forward into the place of victory You have for me. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.
Amen and let all those who are living in sin repent. Ask the Lord Jesus to cleanse you of your sins. believe on him as your saviour and only then victory shall be yours.
Excellent message but reading entries # 43, 44, 45, 46, 48 and 80 under the headline
“Nathaniel Tumbwe pleads guilty to rape and second charge of transmitting HIV” – Dallas Texas
Leaves some of us wondering what has bewitched the church. Do ever rebuke one another on the pulpit for these Bishops to be indulging in such sins????
A wise man once said………….Without religon, they’d be good people doing good tings, bad people doing bad things, for good people to do evil things, it takes religon, that why it is the source of all evil. Stop the brainwashing, and let the people get on with life!!
#2
They are all the same.When Joel Osteen was on Bill O’Reilly’s show, he was asked if he believed whether Jesus was the way, the truth and the life, the only way to God. Osteen ignored this question, saying he doesn’t get into that. That evasive answer is indicative of his broad positive approach that attracts the masses.
When interviewed by Larry King on June 20,2005, Osteen avoided a similar question and was non committal to Jesus being the only way.
They are all in the league,the don’t rebuke one another.All they do is give people a force hope saying God will bless you bring your offerings sow your seed.They get blessed and the people just wait on God.”Your dream will come true give belive God they say”.They have been waiting since the year 2000 and still waiting 2010.The preacher don’t wait on God they wait for the people on sunday and they get blessed.
All am saying is that we are living in the last days, wake up!!
#5 False hope not force.
Excellent Message, yeah like this it means we are maintainin Christian Culture as our country is, plse get tired tyo put this prayers on this Blog God Bless you All at LT.=d>=d>=d>=d>=d>=d>=d>=d>=d>=d>=d>=d>=d>**==
Excellent Message, yeah like this it means we are maintainin Christian Culture as our country is, plse get tired tyo put this prayers on this Blog God Bless you All at LT.=d>=d>=d>=d>=d>=d>=d>=d>=d>=d>=d>**==
Is Jesus the only way? Does that mean that all Jewish, Moslems will go to Hell. What about Abraham, Moses, Job, Isaiah Noah and so on. These Prophets came before Jesus. I mean GOD spoke to all these Prophets…
#9
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.(John 14:6)
Chapwa 10#
We know he said that. Jewish people believe in the GOD of Abraham & Moses. You have not answered the question. Will the Jewish & Moslem go to HELL.
The word of God says christ Jesus is the only way…but those who have not heard the gospel will be judged not according to the gospel. Those under law will be judged according to the law, those before christ according to the law during that time. It is also noteworthy that the end will come not untill the gospel is preacched in all the 4 coners of the world so that no man will have any excuse. Thus Christ Jesus the Lord is the way and truth of the entire world.
GOD rescued the children of Israel from Egypt. He did not tell them that the only way to HIM was through Jesus. Most Jewish People do not read the New Testament because theirs is only the Old Testament.
# 12 & 10. Can you look in the Eyes of Jewish or Moslem person that you will be judged differently before GOD….
12# About the excuse. How do reconcile people that have died without being exposed to the Gospel.
Especially in Africa, Christianity came in the last 150 years. Have all our great African Ancestors ended up in Hell. Mind you there are still places in this world where religion has not reached. For example people that live in the Amazon Jungle
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.(Acts 4:12)
EXODUS 6:
2 God also said to Moses, “I am the LORD. 3 I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty, [a] but by my name the LORD [b] I did not make myself known to them. [c] 4 I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, where they lived as aliens. 5 Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant
EXODUS 6:
6 “Therefore, say to the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment. 7 I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. 8 And I will bring you to the land I swore with uplifted hand to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD.’ “
PSALM 91
1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. [a]
2 I will say [b] of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.”
JEREMIAH 29
12 Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. 14 I will be found by you,” declares the LORD, “and will bring you back from captivity. [b] I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you,” declares the LORD, “and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile.”
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.The same was in the beginning with God.All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.In him was life; and the life was the light of men.(John1:1-4)
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.(John1:14)
Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.(John8:56-58)
Ppl don`t harbor fear for the unknown and think that there`s a god out there who`s gonna save the world, forget it. Truth is, there is no god and life was not created by the simple explanation of somebody simply uttering the words –“Let there be life” and thence it was. Life is a complex matter resulting from millions of years of evolutionary process, a complex phenomenon, requiring complex explanation by complex minds. It`s basis is mutation which is active in our biological systems. Because it requires numerous mutations for changes on our bodies to be expressed, evolution is therefore a slow process meaning that it takes very very long time to see these changes on us, we do not necessarily have to encounter them in our life time but they are slowly and surely looming…
Because the bible gives a simple and palatable account of the origins of life based on creation, which is comprehensible even to an un sophisticated mind, does not necessarily mean it is true. The clergy, especially those who have advanced in theology are well aware of the deficiencies and contentious areas of the bible and know very well that it was written by scribes, modern day journalists, hence their reason to take advantage of the gullible and the religiously brain washed because in reality, there`s no repercussions as purported in the bible. Wake up ppl ! know the truth. Fact is when you die that`s the end . We should all, once born, be prepared for death without any fear because that’s our destine. Therefore ,live the best you can if you can and enjoy the only life you…
have while it lasts .Until Science advances through studies of aging and otherwise and is able to advance and defeat death( and by the way body parts such as limbs, hearts etc are now being grown successfully , in labs, from stem cells; and pls don`t argue `cos u have know clue what this is all bout) , Ignore the bible after life fallacies and come to grips and accept reality and , by the way there is no before life as nobody has evidence that they ever lived in one form or the other before their birth . Lastly, appreciate nature and preserve it for it took song long for evolution to make it.
The crazies r loose enmass, running the kingdom. What happened 2 the alpha & the omega?
The first organized religions appear to have been based on fertility. They were focused on the worship of the great Earth Goddess. Religion evolved to include male Gods who were gradually given increased importance by the priests. This development may have been caused by developing knowledge of the male’s involvement in the process of reproduction.
Today, most people follow either:
A monotheistic religion, in which a single male god is worshipped, or
A henotheistic religion — a religion which recognizes a single main deity, but which recognizes other gods and goddesses, heroes, or saints as facets or manifestations or aspects of that supreme God.
Most religions teach that they were directly revealed by their deity/deities to humanity, and are unrelated to other world…
religions. However there is considerable historical evidence from ancient times that religions in the area from India to the Middle East shared many religious beliefs. One example of this are:
The many passages in the Hebrew Scriptures which contain concepts or passages taken from Egyptian, Babylonian and other nearby Pagan religions.
Many of the events in the life of Jesus as recorded in the Christian Scriptures (New Testament) appear to have been derived from earlier Hinduism and Pagan religious sources.
Religions were originally based on the particular beliefs of their founders and prophets. Thus, there were few points of similarity among the various spiritual paths:
In terms of their belief about supernatural being(s), various faith traditions have taught…
Agnosticism, Animism, Atheism, Deism, Duotheism, Henotheism, Monism, Monotheism, Panentheism, Pantheism, Polytheism, Trinitarianism, and probably a few that we have missed. It is obvious from these conflicting ideas about deities that almost all religions are just plain wrong.
Few agreements exist among the world’s religions about religious beliefs, sacred ritual, organizational structure, optimum family structure, limits on sexual behavior, sexual orientation, the roles of women and men, other moral topics, the afterlife, etc.
Religions’ traditional teachings in the area of science differ greatly from each other and from the findings of scientists. Examples from Judaism and Christianity are:
how the universe was formed, where rainbows came from; the world-wide flood; talking animals; the sun standing still in the sky; the cause of epilepsy, deafness, blindness, and mental illnesses; virginal conception, demonic possession, walking on water, resurrection from the dead, ascension into the sky, etc.
Some observers believe that modern-day religions are largely a response to human fear. Their main function is to provide their followers with a feeling of security while living in a dangerous environment in which a person can be injured, killed or murdered at any time due to natural causes, accidents or human hatred and intolerance.
John Shelby Spong, retired bishop of the Episcopal Church, USA has written:
“Religion is primarily a search for security and not a search for truth. Religion is what we so often use to bank the fires of our anxiety. That is why religion tends toward becoming excessive, neurotic, controlling and even evil. That is why a religious government is always a cruel government. People need to understand that questioning and doubting are healthy, human…
activities to be encouraged not to be feared. Certainty is a vice not a virtue. Insecurity is something to be grasped and treasured. A true and healthy religious system will encourage each of these activities. A sick and fearful religious system will seek to remove them.”
David C. James, rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church & Diocesan Mission Center in Olympia, WA, wrote:
Many times when we think we are worshipping God, we are actually comforting our very fragile egos. I’m not so naïve as to assume that we build temple and erect altars to ourselves…directly. But our core need to been safe, secure and sound mandates that we construct reality systems that will support us. 2
Reference:
David Barrett et al, “World Christian Encyclopedia: A comparative survey of churches…
God is a LIAR! For many priest pastors and false prophets, he is a very good business for them to make easy money!
What has happened to Sin?everybody is preaching in terms of wealth.no one talks about sin anymore.
EUREKA – Very out of the ordinary What do you believe?. All your theories have no basis. Are you among the people that believethat “Human Beings” came from a “Monkey” and yet today a Monkey cannot turn into a “Human Being”.
Evolution was just an imagination of some guy that ended up fooling a lot of people. Even those that believe in evolution cannot prove what they say.
Mashuko 32 #
Can you be specific? What Lies has GOD said? Share with us…
# 34 XMASS be open-minded otherwise u`ll b left behind as a real X. Forget about that fake non factual irrational belief based only on faith, whose existence was planted nowhere else other than in yr gullible brain. The world`s changing and advancing tremendously. There`s a lot of research gong on. And ppl `ll not continue believing in man made fictitious fables like the bible. Our destiny is not in the hands of an imagined super being but in our own hands. On evolution I have a posting on #22 which u deliberately chose not to read. There have been debates here in the west b2win creationists and evolutionists and u guys have always lost. By the way, the Big bang has been proven and more experiments are underway. “Absence of proof is not proof of absence.” Since these events took…
millions of yrs, it takes time as u advance in science to unearth them. “Be a digger and expand yr horizons, never accept things at face value”
EUREKA
Believe what you believe in and let others believe what they know. You cannot go around telling people that they will be left. Why can you not accept that everyone is free to believe in what they want. It’s chaps like you are completely lost. From your comments, one can read between the lines. You are a lost soul . If XMASS believes in GOD let him be…..
EUREKA
Next time you post articles, try and talk about issues that you know. Else you will end up looking like a fool. I did research on the subject as part of my PHD Program.
Don’t kid yourself. The Big Bang and the Cosmological Theory has not proved anything. It has been a wate of money and time. These Big Bang guys – the more they learn from what is coming from NASA’s discoveries the more they keep back tracking and look like fools.
Drama @ # 38/39. Stop being MELODRAMATIC. You cast serious doubts about yr capacity as a PhD material. You must have researched on wrong material possibly Christian resources; Did u talk to these researchers or possibly visited their research center. Man u looked in the wrong places. Next time look in the right ones. Anyway without much ado, I have food for thought for u and yr likes.
Below is an article for your attn:
STOCKHOLM: A pioneering space mission that helped back the Big Bang theory for the origin of the universe has won American scientists John Mather and George Smoot the Nobel Prize for Physics.
The pair were the key minds behind a mission by the U.S. space agency NASA to measure the aftershock of the cataclysmic explosion that occurred some 13.7 billion years ago and gave birth to the cosmos.
The unmanned spacecraft, the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite, not only gave flesh to the skeletal notion of the Big Bang, which had developed in academic circles in the late 1940s, but also offered clues as to how and when the first galaxies came into being.
The renowned British physicist Stephen Hawking has called the results from COBE, “the greatest discovery of the century,…
if not all times.” And according to the nobel jury’s citation, “These measurements … marked the inception of cosmology as a precise science.”
Mather, 60, is a senior astrophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, and Smoot, 61, is an astrophysicist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California, and a professor of physics at the University of California in Berkeley.
Mather was lauded for his work on so-called blackbody radiation – a telltale pattern in the energy spectrum which comes from a body that is cooling down.
At its birth, the Universe had a temperature of 3,000 degrees Celsius. Since then, according to the Big Bang theory, the radiation has gradually cooled as the Universe has expanded.
This so-called cosmic microwave…
background (CMB) radiation – the shockwave of energy that issued from the blast and is still radiating across the expanding skies as limits of the Universe are pushed back – is barely 2.7 degrees above absolute zero, which is minus 273 degrees Celsius.
COBE was launched in November 1989. The first results were received after nine minutes of observations, providing “a perfect blackbody spectrum.” In other words, a temperature profile of the Universe that had been predicted for that point after the Big Bang, the Nobel panel said.
When the curve was later shown at an astronomy conference, the results received a standing ovation. “There really is not a good alternative explanation for having such a perfect black body spectrum. Many people looked, but no good explanation was found, so…
the Big Bang theory is confirmed by that spectrum,” Mather said.
Smoot’s prize was for measuring tiny variations in the temperature of this radiation, thus proving the direction of the force of the Big Bang and the still-continuing expansion of the Universe.
These temperature differences also amount to fingerprints for cosmic sleuths, as they are the thresholds at which the matter in the infant Universe comes together. Without this aggregation, nothing in today’s Universe – the galaxies, stars, life itself – would exist.
Smoot, who as a child loved to read science fiction, said he was so surprised to receive a phone call from the prize committee telling him he had won the prestigious award that he had to check the Nobel Prize website.
“I got up and checked the website to
make sure that it was real,” he said, adding that he was “quite pleased and excited”.
“It’s a great honour and recognises the work of the whole COBE team,” Smoot said.
The award represents a de-facto award for a space mission, the first time this has happened in the history of the Nobel Prize. More than a thousand researchers and engineers worked on the COBE project, which Mather also coordinated.
The two laureates will each receive a gold medal and a diploma and will share a cheque for 10 million Swedish kronor (A$1.84 million) at the formal prize ceremony held, as tradition dictates, on December 10 – the anniversary of the death in 1896 of the prize’s creator Alfred Nobel.
The Nobel prizes were first awarded in 1901.
On Monday, the Medicine Prize went to U.S…
research duo Andrew Fire and Craig Mello for their discovery of how to silence malfunctioning genes, a breakthrough which could lead to an era of new therapies to reverse crippling diseases.
The prize for chemistry will be announced tomorrow, to be followed over the next 10 days by the awards for economics, literature and peace.
Winning the Nobel Prize can happen even to pig wrestlers. Find out more.
EUREKA
You are not worth having a discussion with.
We live in a small world. For your own information, Craig Cameron Mello was visiting lecture at my University in Chicago. He once was a Professor of Molecular Medicine at Massachusetts Medical School. I have had the privilege to meet him.
I am an American with a PHD married to a Zambian Doctor. All I asked you was to respect other people opinion and let them believe in what they want. Yet, you have gone, copied and pasted staff from the Internet to show your arrogance. The tone of your language says a lot about your profile.
EUREKA
I have read Journals on all these subject matters you have just populated on the blog.
Great minds always humble themselves and I have come across a lot in both my profession and private life time. If you really want knowledge try a modest approach in everything you pursue.
Good luck.
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