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Saturday, July 28, 2012

HAVEN TODAY -PUT ON THE RIGHIT ARMOR ! Mark Phillips- LISTEN!ALSO MARTY GOETZ SINGS!JUST LISTEN!

HAVEN TODAY -PUT ON THE RIGHIT ARMOR Mark Phillips- LISTEN!

The spiritual world is real and powerful, both good and evil. On the next Haven Today, Charles Morris is joined by Colorado Springs pastor Mark Phillips who shares not only his horror story of living in the dark world of the occult, but also the freedom from bondage that came when he met Jesus Christ.

04.05.05Put On the Right Armor  Part 1

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Astral-projection. Out-of-body experiences. The world of the New Age is a real world to those living in it. Next time on Haven Today, Charles Morris is joined by Colorado Springs pastor Mark Phillips who shares how God broke into his New Age experiences and gave him new life in Jesus Christ. Don’t miss this important program on spiritual battle.

04.06.05Put On the Right Armor  Part 2

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04.07.05 Put On the Right Armor — God’s Shield

The New Age Movement promises happiness, prosperity, and power. Yet it fails to deliver. In a continuing series on spiritual warfare, don’t miss the next Haven Today as Charles Morris brings us a program called “Put On the Right Armor — God’s Shield”.

04.07.05 Put On the Right Armor — God’s Shield

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The world of the metaphysical — or occult — comes with inviting promises. But talk to people who escaped and they will share that the New Age movement over promises and delivers darkness and despair. Spiritual warfare is real and it goes on every day in North America, not just the third world. Offering hope for all of us, be sure and listen to the next Haven Today as Charles Morris brings us a program called “Put On the Right Armor — Put on Jesus”.

04.08.05 Put On the Right Armor — Put On Jesus

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FRANCIS CHAN-LIFE AFTER DEATH



Francis Chan on Life after Death from fosloc on GodTube.

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LEE STROBEL-Why Does God Allow Tragedy and Suffering?

Why Does God Allow Tragedy and Suffering? – Lee Strobel



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 July 22, 2012 – Shortly after the tragic Colorado Shooting (done by James Holmes at a movie theatre in a midnight premiere of The Dark Knight Rises), Lee Strobel (author of The Case for Christ and The Case for Faith) was asked to speaking on evil and the existence of God at a nearby Church (Cherry Hills Community Church). Can a good God exist in light of tragedies, holocausts, genocides, senseless murders, rape, pain, sufferings, etc.? Why would a good God allow this? Strobel explores this important question in this video.

Read the Notes from this message in pdf format here:  http://www.chcc.org/resources/1/PDF’s/Lee%20Strobel%20Message%20on%20Suff…

Why Does God Allow Tragedy and Suffering? – Lee Strobel

 


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Friday, July 27, 2012

JIM CYMBALA-My House Shall Be Called A House Of Prayer LISTEN and read part of the sermon

My House Shall Be Called A House Of Prayer 

by Jim Cymbala

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Great sermon.Pastor Jim Cymbalia is always the best. New York’s finest. He is a straight forward no nonsense Pastor. He is the kind of Strongman that will always speak out against heresy.Who can not be tied up. While doing it in love and truth. I used to live in Brooklyn.

I was once a member of the Brooklyn Tabenacle as a new Christian when they were in still in their building on Flatbush Avenue.

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 We saw this you tube video last night at our chuch and I was BLOWN AWAY by this pastor’s message. Thank you for the post AND PRAY people of God, PRAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://ioan17.wordpress.com/2011/11/05/a-house-of-prayer-by-jim-cymbala/

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My house shall be called a house of prayer – Jim Cymbala

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Jim Cymbala is Pastor of Brooklyn Tabernacle. This message was given at a Gaither’s Praise Gathering on October 14, 1994.

  • In fact, the book of Revelation says that when the 4 and 20 elders fall at the feet of Jesus, they have these golden bowls and you know what’s in the bowls? This incense, that is so fragrant to Christ. It’s the prayers of the saints. What must prayer be to God that He keeps it in bowls? Just imagine when you and I pray kneeling or seated and we really open our hearts to God, somehow those things are kept.

  • We have, in the day we live in, a lot of revisionism going on. But, it’s not coming from Washington, it’s coming from the church. We’re revising what a church is today. The Bible says, the early church, they continued steadfastly in the apostle’s doctrine and in fellowship, and in the breaking of bread and in prayers. Now we’ve revised that and said, “If you can get people for 1 hour on Sunday morning in the building, that’s the church”. That’s not the church.

  • In the history of revivals down through the ages, whenever things have grown crass and commercial and secular and hard and worldly, God sends a revival. And what’s always the sign of the revival? Behold, they pray.

  • Therefore come boldly to the throne of grace so that we might receive grace and mercy to help us in our time of need. It does not say ‘therefore let us come to the sermon’. We, in America have made the sermon the centerpiece. God never intended the sermon to be the centerpiece.The preacher, if he does his job is supposed to get people to come to the throne of grace. Why? Because it’s at the throne of grace that God gives grace.

  • Every Gospel singer, and listen up because you’re gonna answer up one day, because God’s gonna say to you ‘Did you bring people to where the action was, at the throne of grace? If you just entertained, if you just tickled and  had a warm fuzzy moment, woe unto you because at the throne of grace God could have changed their life.

  • That’s an awesome thought, that we’ve created religion, kind of our own, and sometimes “His house shall be called a house of prayer’ – in a lot of churches and in a lot of services, you have everything but prayer. You have talks, reading, talent, choir, and my wife conducts the choir, so I’m all for those things. But, do you get what I’m driving at? If it doesn’t end up with somebody touching God and praying, who are we kidding?

  • God has chosen prayer to be the one conductor, the one channel for all of God’s blessings- the channel is prayer. In other words, God has this table set for us and He sees Jay and Amy and He knows exactly what they need to raise that child (of theirs). And He has His table spread with every kind of wisdom and grace and strength that they could possibly need, but He says, “The only way you can get it is to pull up to the table and taste and see that the Lord is good. And pulling up to the table is called prayer.

  • God doesn’t tell us, “Pray, because I want people to pray”, but He says, “Pray, because I have all kinds of things for you. When you ask, you shall receive”. In other words, this is not legalism, “Get in there and start praying”. It should be, “I need Thee, oh, I need Thee, every hour I need Thee. God, do You see what I am facing? Help me Lord”

I want to talk about something so vital, and yet it’s so simple. It’s so familiar to us that that’s the danger. I want to give you one of the most strange and stunning pictures of Jesus, found anywhere in the Bible. Of all the portraits that you have seen painted, there is no portrait found in the Bible stranger. We see Christ on the cross, we know Christ is the good shepherd, we know Christ walking on the water, we see Christ sitting at the well with the woman in Samaria, but in your wildest dreams can you picture this? Have you ever wondered why God would put this in the Bible, not just once, but twice.

‘And so they came into Jerusalem and Jesus went into the temple and began to drive out those who bought and sold in the temple. And He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves and He would not allow anyone to carry wares through the temple. And then He taught them saying, “Is it not written My house shall be a house of prayer for all nations? But you have made it a den of thieves.” And the scribes and the chief priests heard it and sought how they might destroy Him for they feared Him because all the people were astonished at His teaching. When evening had come He went out of the city.’

Now, the Bible has many pictures of Jesus Christ and to me, none is stranger. The Lamb of God, the one who came to take away the sins of the world, the gentle loving Jesus who as the good shepherd puts the Lamb on His shoulders and brings it home, and yet in this portion of Scriptures we see Jesus physically emoting in a way that is really hard  for us to picture. That He would actually take tables and overturn them, throw money on the ground, that he somehow, all by Himself , with no armed helpers, the disciples were passive in this, that He would stop people from carrying their merchandise and just by word of authority said, “Get out of here! You can’t bring that through the court. Get your business out of here’. I mean, it’s an amazing picture of Jesus Christ.

The loving Jesus that we know, we thing that anybody that would be that irate and physical must mean that they’re not in the Spirit.  But this is Jesus Christ. What’s strange about this is that this is not the first time that this has happened. The Bible tells us in John 2, that in Jesus’ first visit to the temple, after He began His public ministry, when He was about 30 years old He did the same exact thing and the Bible tell us there that He made a whip out of cords and used this cord and this whip to actually physically thrash them out of the temple. It’s 2 years later from there and now He’s getting ready to face calvary and He comes back to the temple and He cleanses it again.

Wy would God put something so stunning in the Bible- that He would go into the Holy Temple of God and get so physical and so irate and say, “You’ve made it a house of merchandise, you’ve made it a den of thieves. Get out of here! Is it not written ‘My Father’s house shall be called a house of prayer’?  What’s odd about all of this is that the people who were in there belonged there. The people who were selling the animals had to be near, because there was no way to offer the sacrifices prescribed in Leviticus and the books of Moses unless somebody could have those animals available for you. So those people belonged there. But they have put a gouging uplift on the price. They were making money hand over fist, taking advantage of the fact that they were the ones who could assist so they were hiking the prices up. And the moneychangers, you had to pay the temple tax if you were a good Jew. You couldn’t use Greek or Roman money, you had to actually use special coins that were minted in Jerusalem itself. So those moneychangers were there to take your money from wherever you came from and you changed your money so you could make the proper donation. But, they were once again, tacking on big time profit. And the people carrying stuff through the temple, actually the writers of that time tell us that instead of going around the temple, they said, “Let’s take a shortcut and they went through the court of the Gentiles, right through the temple. Carting their stuff, making the House of God a shortcut.

And Jesus, with his whip made of cords, and Jesus, somehow, physically with his presence and His authority just thrashes them out of there and kicks them all out. Before I get to my main point, it does remind us that all of us who are involved in singing and choirs and preaching the Gospel, and pastoring churches and you who are Sunday school teachers – boy does that challenge us to remember that it’s not ‘if’ you are doing God’s work, it’s ‘how’ you do God’s work. For the Bible tells us that one day Jim Cymbala is going to stand at the judgment seat of Christ and God’s gonna ask me why I pastored the Brooklyn Tabernacle and with what spirit? You see, these people were in the temple, but they didn’t have the spirit of the temple. They were supposed to be there to assist people to worship and to come into God’s presence, and they were there but they were out of synch with the whole purpose that God had for the place called the House of the Lord. They were doing the job but they were making big time money and they were greedy and they brought a secular spirit into a sacred place. They were crass businessmen coming into something that God said “My house has been called a house of prayer. You made it a den of thieves, out with you “. Awesome thought.

And in a day when Gospel music and Gospel preaching and Gospel work can become so mechanical oriented toward ‘me, myself and I’, it reminds all of us today, here at the Praise gathering, that as we go back to our duties, we have to do God’s work with God’s spirit. We ave to do God’s work and approach it with God’s heart because one day, the Bible says I’m gonna stand in front of the One whose eyes are like fire. It’s the spirit that you are doing it in, doing it for the glory of God, doing it because I really care about those people in New York City. I mean, am I preaching just to put on a show? Or does my heart really radiate with God’s love? And am I saying the things He wants me to say, with the spirit He wants me to say them?

The Bible says that when Jesus went into the temple, He reminded them, “This is not your house. This is my Father’s house. And my Father’s house has to be run my Father’s way, and when you touch something sacred in a secular way I’m going to kick you all out of here”. And even though He’s not walking thourgh churches today and kicking people out, there is gonna come that day when Paul says we will all stand at the judgment seat of Christ and we’re gonna have to give a review to the Lord and we will be reviewed about why we did what we did and how we did it.

But that’s not my main point. Not only on the crass business side of money because it’s so easy to make Gospel work for a living and that’s what these people were doing. They weren’t interested in people getting in contact with God, they were making a living out of it. But as we do God’s work, we must not rob the glory that is only due to Him. Whatever we do and whatever we say, the Lord wants to remind us through this- That all the glory and all the honor must go to Jesus Christ.

What provoked Jesus?

But the thing that really provoked Jesus into this tirade was this: He said, “you men don’t even understand about my Father’s house. You’ve given your opinion about  the temple, but the temple does not belong to you. My Father’s House shall be called a house of prayer and you’ve made it a den of thieves. “


This is the first principle of religion. Jesus said- the atmosphere of my Father’s house is supposed to be prayer. The atmosphere around the things of my Father must be that aroma of people opening up their hearts and coming to my Father in worship, and in petition, and in supplication. And instead of keeping and aiming at that atmosphere and understanding my Father’s purpose, you’ve made it a place just to make a buck. So, out with you.

The thing that’s supposed to distinguish Christian churches and Christian people, and Christian gatherings is the aroma and the atmosphere of prayer.  You might say, “That’s not our style, we come from a different tradition.”  ”It doesn’t matter what your tradition is or what my tradition is. It’s His Father’s house.” And His Father says, “In my house, it shall be a house of prayer and supplication”. Now we know that temple is unlike any church. My church building and yours is not a sacred building (like the temple). There are no sacred buildings like the temple. We know that. That temple which sat on Jerusalem, and now the Mosque of Omar sits there was the only place that God said the brazen altar could be put and the animal sacrifices could be given. It was the only geographical spot in the world where the holy place and the holy of holies could be. What I am not trying to say today is that in our churches there’s some counterpart to the temple. We know that. In fact, the BIble says we are the temple of the Holy Spirit.

But what I want to say to you is that God’s work from the very beginning is not like you and I often imagine it. Gods work, God’s house. The Christian religion is always supposed to have the aroma of prayer. Preaching? Yes, but not “shall my house be called the house of preaching”. Music? Yes, but “my house shall not be called the house of music. My house shall be called the house of prayer”. There were choirs, but they were called the house of prayer. There was the reading of the word- “but My house is called the house of prayer”.

So the BIble tells us that when Jesus CHrist died and resurrected and went back to heaven and He began His church, against which the gates of hell shall not prevail  against, He kept the same line running through the formation of the church, which was in His Father’s house. Have you ever noticed that the Christian church was not born while someone  was preaching, but while people were praying? Have you ever noticed that in the 2nd chapter of the Book of Acts, when the church was born, they were doing nothing but just waiting on God and praying? And they were just sitting there and as they were praying  and worshipping and waiting, having heart communion with God and God shaping them and cleaning them out and building faith into them and doing those heart operations that only the Holy Spirit could do? The church was born, the Spirit was poured out. My house shall be called a house of prayer.

In the 4th chapter, Peter and John are arrested and they’re slapped around and threatened and told, “Don’t you dare preach anymore in that Name”. And what do they do? They don’t go and protest, they don’t go to the Supreme Court, they don’t try to get some political leverage – they go back to a prayer meeting. They go back and say, “Behold, o God. Look how they’re threatening us, but, o God we lift our voices together to you, oh God, behold their threats and give your servants boldness that we might preach the name of Jesus, in the name of Jesus. And the place where they prayed, again was shaken and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God with boldness.

They have this instinct. When in trouble… Pray. When intimidated… Pray. When challenged… Pray. When persecuted… Pray. When you’re in trouble… Pray. In fact, this thing called prayer, whatever it is, it is so unique. It’s not what we’re used to. We talk about prayers, we say prayers. A lot of them are mental prayers. This thing called praying is so deep that when the apostle Paul got converted, and he was first, Saul of Tarsus, this violent persecutor of the church, Jesus appeared to Ananias in Damascus and said, “Go to this man, this Jew, this church persecutor named Saul of Tarsus and pray for him”, and Ananias said, “I know about this man, this man is trouble.” And Jesus said, as if this was proof that everything had changed, “No, Ananias, you can go, for behold he prays”. You can go now because he’s in that room somewhere, blind and waiting for you because he actually, for the first time in his religion life is offering a true prayer. And because he is praying, you can go and not be afraid. It seems as though that was the sign whether somebody was the real deal with God.

That same aspotle Paul, when he writes to Timothy and he wants to encourage him how to do God’s work he says this, “First of all then, before anything else, in your church Timothy, I want supplications and prayers and intercessions and thanksgiving to be made for all men. That’s first of all- it doesn’t matter what your tradition is or what American Christianity says. The word of God says, “First of all I want supplications, because you’ve got to remember Timothy “My house shall be called a house of prayer”. Later on in the same chapter he says, “And then, remember Timothy, I want men everywhere to lift up holy hands and I want them to pray”. That’s the sign of a Christian church. Paul says men praying with holy hands.

In fact, the book of Revelation says that when the 4 and 20 elders fall at the feet of Jesus, they have these golden bowls and you know what’s in the bowls? This incense, that is so fragrant to Christ. It’s the prayers of the saints. What must prayer be to God that He keeps it in bowls? Just imagine when you and I pray kneeling or seated and we really open our hearts to God, somehow those things are kept, they’re so precious to God.

We have, in the day we live in, a lot of revisionism going on. But, it’s not coming from Washington, it’s coming from the church. We’re revising what a church is today. The Bible says, the early church, they continued steadfastly in the apostle’s doctrine and in fellowship, and in the breaking of bread and in prayers. Now we’ve revised that and said, “If you can get people for 1 hour on Sunday morning in the building, that’s the church”. That’s not the church.

We can use every device to get people to come for one hour and keep them early and keep it going because people have important things to do on that day. That’s not the story of the Christian church. That might be the story of your church or my church, but that’s not the church that Jesus built. In the history of revivals down through the ages, whenever things have grown crass and commercial and secular and hard and worldly, God sends a revival. And what’s always the sign of the revival? Behold, they pray. The church begins to pray. Prayer preceded it. Prayer kept it going and the minute prayer ended, the Spirit of God lifted and we got back into one of those tougher times for the church of Jesus Christ.

The greatest thing anybody can learn in this building is how to pray. How to call on God so that God intervenes in the situation. What church do you know in your town that takes a prominent night, with all the leadership there and has a prayer service? And we have all these promises: Ask and you shall receive; seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be open and all of those promises- call unto Me and I will answer you. You would think the Christian church would say, “Time out! We’re gonna pray because God says when we pray He’ll intervene”. The truth of the matter is, in the city I live in more people are turning to crack than to Christ. There are more people trying crack than are being baptized in water.

Preaching is not going to do it alone and teaching is not going to do it alone. My house shall be called a house of prayer- that’s what brings God’s power and grace into a situation. The proof about that is that in the last 40 years there has been more books written about marriages than in all the preceding 2000 years of church history. Go to any pastor in America and ask him if there are not more problems in marriages today than in any time. We got all the how-tos but what we’re missing is the grace of God. A couple that prays together, stays together. A church that prays together stays together. There will be difficult moments, I am not being simplistic.But God’s word is true: Call upon Me and I will answer you. I will show you things you can’t even imagine. There’s more books on child rearing, ad nauseum. Talk to any pastor, there’s more problem with young people in the church than any time previous. It’s not because we’re lacking knowledge but when the rubber hits the road we need the power of God.

Listen to the promises: Therefore come boldly to the throne of grace so that we might receive grace and mercy to help us in our time of need. It does not say ‘therefore let us come to the sermon’. We, in America have made the sermon the centerpiece. God never intended the sermon to be the centerpiece.The preacher, if he does his job is supposed to get people to come to the throne of grace. Why? Because it’s at the throne of grace that God gives grace and mercy.

Every Gospel singer, and listen up because you’re gonna answer up one day, because God’s gonna say to you ‘Did you bring people to where the action was, at the throne of grace? If you just entertained, if you just tickled and  had a warm fuzzy moment, woe unto you because at the throne of grace God could have changed their life.

Pastor Cymbala, did you bring the people and dazzle them with your footwork and did you try to be clever or did you make Jesus wonderful, so that they could come to the throne of grace? Therefore, let us come boldly to the throne of grace. That’s why Jesus ascended to the right hand of the Father, so that He could make a way, so that me with my problems could go and receive grace and mercy to help me.

That’s an awesome thought, that we’ve created religion, kind of our own, and sometimes “His house shall be called a house of prayer’ – in a lot of churches and in a lot of services, you have everything but prayer. You have talks, reading, talent, choir, and my wife conducts the choir, so I’m all for those things. But, do you get what I’m driving at? If it doesn’t end up with somebody touching God and praying, who are we kidding? We need the Lord.

My wife writes music and directs the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir  and she neither reads nor writes music. She’s never been trained. I’ve never been to seminary or Bible College but I ended up with 18, 20 people in New York City on a street that was so depressing- drugs, inner city culture and then I said, “Am I gonna live in this Christian fantasy about what God once did and then what God’s gonna do one day, but then your life goes by and you never see God doing anything.” And your life passed by with that kind of talk.   Now someone asks, “Brother Jim, you know you don’t get everything you ask for, it has to be in God’s will”. I understand all of that, but we can’t use little theological dodges to get away from the fact that a lot of people don’t have things that God wants you to have right now, but over my life and yours He writes today: You have not, because you ask not.

God has chosen prayer to be the one conductor, the one channel for all of God’s blessings- the channel is prayer. In other words, God has this table set for us and He sees Jay and Amy and He knows exactly what they need to raise that child (of theirs). And He has His table spread with every kind of wisdom and grace and strength that they could possibly need, but He says, “The only way you can get it is to pull up to the table and taste and see that the Lord is good. And pulling up to the table is called prayer. In other words, God doesn’t tell us, “Pray, because I want people to pray”, but He says, “Pray, because I have all kinds of things for you. When you ask, you shall receive”. In other words, this is not legalism, “Get in there and start praying”. It should be, “I need Thee, oh, I need Thee, every hour I need Thee. God, do You see what I am facing? Help me Lord”. And as we pray, He is faithful to His word and supplies.

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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

LET IT FLOW :a well of water springing up into everlasting life. – John 4:14

LET IT FLOW…

Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. – John 4:14
Love. Joy. Peace. Patience. Gentleness. Goodness. Faith. Meekness. Temperance. Powerful forces the Bible calls the fruit of the Spirit. They’re the character traits of God Himself and when the Holy Spirit came to dwell in you, He brought them with Him, so they could become your character traits too.

They’re designed to bubble up inside you, to gush forth like a powerful stream constantly protecting and cleansing you from the inside out.
Have you ever noticed that you can’t put any trash in the mouth of a flowing fountain? When it’s shooting that water up, the force of its own outflow protects it and keeps it clear of any impurities from the outside. Well, the spiritual fountain within you works the same way. When you’re allowing the forces of love and joy and peace and gentleness and all the others to flow out, the devil can’t get any of his junk in.

How do you keep the Spirit flowing? You pump your heart so full of the Word of God that the forces of eternal life start bubbling out. Just a little at first…and then stronger and higher.

Choose to keep those forces streaming out of the fountain of your heart. Refuse to let selfishness and sin stop the flow. You have a fountain filled with unbeatable LIFE forces inside you and it’s ready to come forth. Let it flow!

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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

WE BEING MANY IN ONE BODY, IN CHRIST-MARTY GOETZ,Misha and Kameron,AND Maranatha! Singers -

 


ROMANS 12:5 so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.(New King James Version)

We Being Many


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Marty Goetz on Shabbat, singing with Misha and my daughter Kameron, "We Being Many

We Being Many


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Marty & Misha at Harvest Christian Fellowship, Courtyard Concert on August 29th, 2009

Maranatha! Singers - We Are One In You Medly

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-We Being Many----------------------------
Words & Music by: Marty Goetz
Solo: Jamie Owens-Collins
Copyright: 1984 & 1988 Singin' in the Reign Music/Admin. by Maranatha! Music


DAYS OF PRAISE -TOGETHER IN CHRIST- Institute for Creation Research


Together in Christ

 “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” (Matthew 18:20)

 This is a wonderful promise. Whether believers come together in church or a home Bible study or even just two together (like husband and wife) to fellowship around the name of the Lord Jesus, He is there also!

 The Scriptures often speak of our togetherness with Him and therefore with one another. When we followed Him in baptism, we were “planted together in the likeness of his death” (Romans 6:5). Similarly, when He rose from the dead, God “hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus” (Ephesians 2:5-6). One day, we are told, “if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together” (Romans 8:17).

 In our Christian walk right now, we are being “fitly framed together” as a “holy temple in the Lord: In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit” (Ephesians 2:21-22). We ought, therefore, to be “knit together in love” (Colossians 2:2), “perfectly joined together in the same mind” (1 Corinthians 1:10), and “striving together for the faith of the gospel” (Philippians 1:27).

 Then one day, when Christ returns and the dead in Christ are raised, “we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord” (1 Thessalonians 4:17).

 So, when we are together with Him, through the indwelling Spirit of Christ, whether in a congregation of thousands, or just together with one or two Christian companions, we rejoice in His presence, for He is our mighty Creator, our loving Savior, our caring Comforter, our unerring Guide, and our soon-coming King.

by Henry Morris, Ph.D.

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Monday, July 23, 2012

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 “And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.” (Romans 8:17)

 One of the greatest doctrines of the Christian faith is the identification of Christ with His people in all the key events of His great work of salvation. For example, we are considered by God as dying with Him since He died for us. As Paul said, “I am crucified with Christ” (Galatians 2:20).

 Furthermore, when Christ was buried, we were in effect buried also. “We are buried with him by baptism into death” (Romans 6:4). Then we are also resurrected with Christ. “Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead” (Colossians 2:12).

 But that is only the beginning of our great salvation. Christ then ascended to heaven, sat down on the right hand of the Father, and we are there with Him! “God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ. . . . And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus” (Ephesians 2:4-6).

 Not even is this the end, for we are joint-heirs with Christ, as our text assures us. He has been “appointed heir of all things” (Hebrews 1:2), and we share His inheritance. “It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him: If we suffer, we shall also reign with him” (2 Timothy 2:11-12).

 Identified with Christ in His suffering, His death, His burial, His resurrection, His ascension, and then in His eternal reign! This is our position by faith. When He returns, it will become actuality, “and so shall we ever be with the Lord” (1 Thessalonians 4:17).

by Henry Morris, Ph.D.HMM

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Friday, July 20, 2012

GOT QUESTION.ORG-Question of the week: IS THERE MEANING IN TRAGEDY?




Question: “Is there meaning in tragedy?



Answer: When tragedy strikes, it is common for people to ask, “What does this mean?” When we witness some disaster or mass murder, there is a natural feeling that what has happened should not have happened. This innate sense of “wrongness” is a clue to meaning in these events. When we look to find meaning in tragedy, we must have the right perspective. We need to approach the question in a way that allows for a coherent answer, and this is only possible through a Christian worldview. Because God instills meaning into every moment and event in history, through Him we can begin to find meaning in suffering. The nature of this world lends itself to tragic events. Fortunately, God speaks to us, so that we can find not only meaning, but salvation and relief from the sufferings of the world.
When studying physical motion, it is crucial to understand perspective. Speed and acceleration are only meaningful in relation to some other object; this object is the reference point. The way in which the reference point moves affects our perception. The same is true in our sense of right and wrong. For concepts of good, bad, right, wrong, or tragedy to be meaningful, they have to be anchored to a reference point that does not change or move. The only valid reference point for these issues is God. The very fact that we consider a mass murder wrong strongly supports the idea of God as the reference point for our sense of good and evil. Without God, even the events we consider the most tragic are no more meaningful than anything else. We have to understand the nature of this world and our relationship to God in order to draw any meaning at all from the things we see.
God infuses every moment and every event with meaning and gives us confidence that He understands what we are going through. When Jesus instituted communion, He tied the past, present, and future together. 1 Corinthians 11:26 says, “For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup (the present), you proclaim the Lord’s death (the past) until He comes (the future).” God’s knowledge of all events means nothing is insignificant to Him. If God knows when a sparrow falls, He certainly knows when we face tragedy (Matthew 10:29-31). In fact, God assured us that we would face trouble in this world (John 16:33) and that He has experienced our struggles personally (Hebrews 2:14-18; Hebrews 4:15).
While we understand that God has sovereign control over all things, it is important to remember that God is not the source of tragedy. The vast majority of human suffering is caused by sin, all too often the sin of other people. For instance, a mass murder is the fault of the murderer disobeying the moral law of God (Exodus 20:13; Romans 1:18-21). When we look to find meaning in such an event, we have to understand why this world is the way it is. The hardship of this world was originally caused by mankind’s sin (Romans 5:12), which is always a matter of choice (1 Corinthians 10:13). While God is perfectly capable of stopping tragedies before they begin, sometimes He chooses not to. While we may not know why, we do know that He is perfect, just, and holy, and so is His will. Also, the suffering we experience in this world does three things. It leads us to seek God, it develops our spiritual strength, and it increases our desire for heaven (Romans 8:18-25; James 1:2-3; Titus 2:13; 1 Peter 1:7).
In the garden of Eden, God spoke to Adam and communicated in clear and direct ways, not in abstract concepts. God speaks to us today in the same way. In some ways, this is the most important meaning to be found in any tragedy. Tragic events demonstrate much of their meaning in the way we react to them. C.S. Lewis said, “God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.” This does not mean that God causes tragedy, but that He uses our reaction to tragedy to speak to us. Tragic events remind us not only that we live in an imperfect and fallen world, but that there is a God who loves us and wants something better for us than the world has to offer.
Recommended Resource: Is God Really in Control? Trusting God in a World of Terrorism, Tsunamis, and Personal Tragedy by Jerry Bridges.

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 There’s no more crucial topic in today’s world than understanding what God is up to in the midst of personal and global tragedy. Author Jerry Bridges helps readers answer the question “Is God in control?”, offering comfort and hope by exploring the greater purposes of God in light of Scripture.

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From devastating natural disasters to deadly highway accidents, tragedies occur every day around the world and in our own lives. As we face death, grief, loss, we become angry and our faith is tested as we ask, “Is God really in control?” Navigator author Jerry Bridges helps answer that question positively in this topical Bible study, offering comfort and hope by exploring the greater purposes and character of God.
• Includes discussion questions
• Can be used by men, women, and teens

Author Bio

Dr. Jerry Bridges is the best-selling author of such books as The Pursuit of Holiness, The Practice of Godliness, and Transforming Grace. Jerry is on staff with The Navigators’ collegiate ministry. A popular speaker known around the world, Jerry lives with his wife, Jane, in Colorado Springs, CO.

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Where is God when life is falling apart? From Job on, people have asked this question when their souls have been in anguish. Jerry Bridges supplies answers in Bridges writes for “the average person who has not necessarily experienced major catastrophe but who does frequently encounter the typical adversities and heartaches of life”. (p. 11) Using Scripture and quoting other writers, many of them Puritan writers, Bridges grapples with the problem of understanding how a good God who is sovereign can allow, and sometimes initiate, suffering through humans, nature, and accidents.
“(I)t often seems more difficult to trust God than to obey Him….The circumstances in which we must trust God often appear irrational and unreasonable….Obeying God is worked out within well-defined boundaries of God’s revealed will. But trusting God is worked out in an arena that has no boundaries.” (p.21)
Bridges confronts questions about God’s goodness, His sovereignty, His wisdom, and our responsibility. Then he goes beyond the questions to apply Scripture to our times of hurt and confusion, helping us to accept our hardships and to grow spiritually.
His approach is very readable. He leans toward Calvinism in his acceptance of all things arising from the hand of God, and, though he does not excuse sin in human beings who bring us grief and pain, he suggests ways of dealing with our resentment, hurt, and anger against them. He promotes both recognizing God’s sovereignty and our responsibility with a good discussion of prudence. Each chapter ends with discussion questions, making it easier to use in a group setting, as well as in private study.
Jerry Bridges, a Bible teacher for the Navigators, has written several books, including the highly acclaimed The Pursuit of Holiness. Whether one fully agrees with him theologically, he addresses a thorny question thoughtfully, yet approachably. He offers much help in this short book. — Debbie W. Wilson, Christian Book Previews.com

 This bood not only teaches me to Trust God but it also backes up everything with GOD’S WORD.

Excellent commentary on the sovereignty of God.

For those who have doubts about the sovereignty of God, this is a must read. This book is an easy read yet very profound.

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Where is God when life is falling apart? From Job on, people have asked this question when their souls have been in anguish. Jerry Bridges supplies answers in Bridges writes for “the average person who has not necessarily experienced major catastrophe but who does frequently encounter the typical adversities and heartaches of life”. (p. 11) Using Scripture and quoting other writers, many of them Puritan writers, Bridges grapples with the problem of understanding how a good God who is sovereign can allow, and sometimes initiate, suffering through humans, nature, and accidents. (I)t often seems more difficult to trust God than to obey Him….The circumstances in which we must trust God often appear irrational and unreasonable….Obeying God is worked out within well-defined boundaries of God’s revealed will. But trusting God is worked out in an arena that has no boundaries. (p.21) Bridges confronts questions about God’s goodness, His sovereignty, His wisdom, and our responsibility. Then he goes beyond the questions to apply Scripture to our times of hurt and confusion, helping us to accept our hardships and to grow spiritually. His approach is very readable. He leans toward Calvinism in his acceptance of all things arising from the hand of God, and, though he does not excuse sin in human beings who bring us grief and pain, he suggests ways of dealing with our resentment, hurt, and anger against them. He promotes both recognizing God’s sovereignty and our responsibility with a good discussion of prudence. Each chapter ends with discussion questions, making it easier to use in a group setting, as well as in private study. Jerry Bridges, a Bible teacher for the Navigators, has written several books, including the highly acclaimed The Pursuit of Holiness. Whether one fully agrees with him theologically, he addresses a thorny question thoughtfully, yet approachably. He offers much help in this short book. — Debbie W. Wilson, Christian Book Previews

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