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```html I've heard a few people teach that since God loves all His creation equally, that He loves ###. I was in a SDA meeting and they talked about a teaching based on a vision ### said she had. They talked of how God approached ### before the war in heaven repeatedly so that he would repent. Apparently even now, today he can repent so he can be saved. A minister in an Apostolic meeting last night also taught about the love of God for ### and how he can repent through the sacrifice of Jesus. So then, shouldn't we be praying for ### to repent and be saved? This same minister also mentioned a popular teaching that the giants mentioned in Genesis before the flood were spawns of the fallen angels mating with human women. Well, obviously...

JESUS WILL CALM YOUR STORM! That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, "Let us go over to the other side." Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, "Teacher, don't you care if we drown?" He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, "Quiet! Be still!" Then the wind died down and it was completely calm. Mark 4:35-39 Are you in a storm of marriage or financial problems? I know the fear that you are feeling. The winds seem to be blowing so strong in your circumstances that...

DESIRE MORE OF GOD Blessed are they who keep his statutes and seek him with all their heart. Psalm 119:2 I challenge you to spend some special quality time this week to find "More of God!" What does that mean? I pray that you will hunger and thirst, seeking God's will and way for your life and marriage. Read God's Word to direct your every step. I pray that you seek His Presence for you to change and become more like Jesus. May you and I stop using excuses about our personalities or our family heritage, or our personal tragedies or failures in our lives, but may we truly desire to be "More Like God" every day. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Matthew 5:6 Will you do a personal...

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Hi All! I hope each and every one of you are enjoying my daily posting of the "Charlyne Cares" Devotional that is posted daily from the Rejoice Ministries website. This site and this couple are a real inspiration to all of us who are Standers for our marriages. As well as posting a daily devotional, there is also a daily radio program, many helpful prayers, many other resources that prove helpful during our journey. I personally recommend the books they have written, especially the ones written from the Prodigals Perspective...I have read and reread them. I especially love that they are Ebooks, as I'm a techy at heart. I have received so much positive feedback from many of you who are really being lifted and encouraged. I hope all of...

GOD'S LETTER TO THE STANDER Did you know there is a book of the Bible written specifically for you? Standers and prodigals are so close to the Lord’s heart that He devoted an entire book pleading with you to receive your prodigal back just as you would receive Him. Which book you ask? Philemon. This is a very short book in the New Testament that can be read in full in a matter of a few minutes. I encourage every stander to read it. Paul, the author, is appealing to his friend in Christ, ###, for him to receive back ###. ### was a runaway slave, just as your prodigal may currently be a slave to their sin. I appeal to you for my son ###, who became my son while I was in chains… I am sending him— who is my very heart—back to you...

THE PLANS OF THE LORD STAND FIRM FOREVER! Sing joyfully to the LORD, you righteous; it is fitting for the upright to praise him. Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre. Sing to him a new song; play skillfully, and shout for joy. Psalm 33:1-3 Will you praise and worship the Lord this Sunday and every day for His greatness? We serve an awesome mighty God. I would encourage you to read Psalm 33. The author, who many say is David, calls on God's righteous people to praise God for who He is and for all His works. We are to sing joyfully to the Lord, with music and sing to Him a new song with joy. I know that when you are praising the Lord, you may even be crying, but continue to praise the Lord anyway...

All humans have sketchy past for no one is perfect. No One Is Righteous Romans 3:9-12 9 What shall we conclude then? Do we have any advantage? Not at all! For we have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin. 10 As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one; 11 there is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God. 12 All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”[a] I often look at my past and say if only, if only I would have tried harder, if only if I was not so weak, if only I would have said yes, if only if this person would have not hurt me so bad. But it is our mistakes and regrets which...

We all know forgiveness is a must, as per the word of God. After forgiveness, we need to do the following 1. No Vengeance against the person who sinned against you. For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. Hebrews 10:30-31(KJV) 2. Pray for the person who hurt you Pray for the happiness of those who curse you. Pray for those who hurt you. Luke 6:28(NLT) 3. Discipline your Minds and stop thinking about that. Take that thought captive and make it obedient to Christ in Jesus Name Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of...

The Importance of Praying Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, “Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted his request. 1 Chronicles 4:10 I believe that Jabez is showing us that by our righteous living, if we will faithfully call on our Lord God, He will bless us. Jabez demonstrates that God's divine blessing and protection do not come automatically, but occur as the result of our commitment to Him and as a result of our prayers. May you examine your heart about your prayer life. You may be thinking, I do not have time, but we must make time to pray to our Lord God daily. We need to seek His face and His will in every...