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```markdown Scripture: Romans 8:38-39: For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. I received an email yesterday questioning our Love as Christians in a very divided society. The issue was that we as Christians are to Love our enemies. I am not sure I am qualified to address this issue; but, I am going to give it a try. The New Testament writers operated under the recognition that Christianity would be a rejected counter-culture. The values of the Kingdom are not the values of the majority of people. Because many...

You know...I hear and see so much of, when confronted by something they did that was wrong, or even unintentionally harmed another, people break forth in a nervous voice, and break into a guilty sounding denial. "I DID NOT do that," they proclaim in a loud, nervous voice. They can't deal with admitting their guilt. Other times, out of their guilt, they try to "pass it off" on someone else, "It wasn't me!" And they make scapegoats—"the reason I did that was because "so and so" deceived me. It's THEIR fault!!" I've also seen where they said, "I don't want to hear it!" "and walk away. Any of this sound familiar? When God was walking in the Garden in the cool of the day, and He asked Adam why He was hiding, and what he did, how did he deal...

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Love all the wonderful promises He has given to all of us. No one will take those promises away and none will make us forget what He said. But whoever listens to Me will live in safety and be at easy without fear of harm. Prov. 1.33 I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, no one comes to the Father but through Me. John 14.6 I am with you always, even to the end of the age. Matt. 28.20 May this wonderful promises bring fresh air to your troubled soul. The Lord is with us and He is going to prepare a place for us that where He is there we shall be also. John 14.27 As we breath God word into our souls may the peace and the joy of the Lord fill our heart with His holy presence. Remember, In the presence of the Lord, there is fullness...

Question: "Why do Christians worship on Sunday?" Answer: Most Christians traditionally worship on Sunday. Sunday worship is partly attributed to Sabbatarianism, the view that one day of the week should be reserved for religious observance and worship, as required by Old Testament laws regarding the Sabbath (Exodus 20:8, 31:12–18). In this view, man is to abstain from all labor except that which is necessary for the welfare of family and society. This interpretation of the law contends that only on the literal Sabbath, the seventh day of the week (Saturday), can the requirements of the law be met. Semi-Sabbatarianism followers, as early as the fourth century AD, believed essentially as the Sabbatarians did, with the exception that...

That which follows is evidence for the truth: The Change of Days & Times: Constantine’s law issued (AD321) did not even mention Sabbath but referred to the mandated rest day as a “the venerable day of the sun.” And how kind he was to allow people to observe it as it was convenient. Contrast this with God’s command to observe the Sabbath “even during the plowing season and harvest” (Exodus 34:21)! Perhaps the church leaders noticed this laxity as well, for just four years later, in A.D. 325, Pope ### officially named Sunday “the Lord’s Day,” and in A.D. 338, ###, the court bishop of Constantine, wrote, “All things whatsoever that it was the duty to do on the Sabbath (the seventh day of the week) we (Constantine, ###, and other bishops)...

Dear Lord, I come to You in deepest love and concern for my loved one. As you know it is hard for me to watch them go through this situation. It is even harder sometimes to keep my thoughts and emotions in check. Sometimes when I am in prayer, all these things get stirred up and it is hard for me to concentrate and hear Your voice. As I go into my prayer time with You right now, I pray that You will settle all these things inside me. Clear my heart and mind of anything that will hinder my discernment of Your voice. In Your name I pray. Amen

LORD, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me! Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him.” But you, LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high. I call out to the LORD, and he answers me from his holy mountain. I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the LORD sustains me. I will not fear though tens of thousands assail me on every side. Arise, LORD! Deliver me, my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked. From the LORD comes deliverance. May your blessing be on your people. - Psalm 3

Father God, we praise you for your love and faithfulness towards your children. We praise you for being a perfect, holy, trustworthy God that is bigger than all the evil we experience here on earth. We ask that you give us eyes to see when evil is before us, hearts to hate evil and the desire to flee from its presence. We ask that you would not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil and draw us closer to yourself. We ask for the long-expected Jesus to come quickly and make all things new. We ask these things His precious name. Amen