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“And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.” – Matthew 10:28

As long as our soul is healthy and alive, Jesus can help us through anything. He will walk with us through every storm; He can lift us out of any suffering.

There is nothing in this life that can destroy our soul, but us. Not even the demons of hell can destroy our soul, as long as we continue to turn to Jesus.

But we can also destroy our soul with neglect, compromise, not listening to the Holy Spirit…

Like a garden, our soul needs to be tended to, weeded and pruned, so that our soul can grow! Jesus can help us with this and so can the Holy Spirit. But we need to be willing! We need to choose God over men.

Keep praying and Be Ready!

“ And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.” – Matthew 24: 14

And after the end, comes Heaven 🙂

That the Gospel will be “preached in all the world” before the End is only fair. And God is always Fair.

But though it seems that we spend so much of our time, to much of our time, worrying about our jobs, our families, politics…We don’t seem to spend as much time worrying about the State of our Soul or sharing the Gospel.

Considering that we will spend eternity in Heaven or Hell, this is a mistake.

It may not be possible for us to be active Christian missionaries at this time. But we can take the time to pray for them! We can help to fund them! And we can ask God to raise up people to become Christian missionaries.

And we can share the Good News of Jesus Christ every chance we get 🙂

The Signs of the Times and the End of the Age

^” Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?”

And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.  And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.  All these are the beginning of sorrows.

 Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake.  And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another.  Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many.  And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold.” -Matthew 24: 3-11

Do we not see this happening? As we approach the time of the end, we will see ever more wars, pestilences and earthquakes… We already see that love has grown “cold” among many and lawlessness does indeed abound. Are not many Christians already being put to death simply because they Follow Jesus?

Pray In Jesus’s Name and Be Ready!

Be Ready!

“For the first three hundred years of church history, almost all of its leaders were premillenial.” Max Lucado. Many people use premillenial and the Rapture in the same way. When people think of the Rapture, what they think about is that they will go to Heaven BEFORE the tribulation (the time of God’s Wrath).

For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.  After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.” -1 Thessalonians 4:16-17

The Catholic church has a different outlook. And although they teach about how much hope there is for those who have died, they also teach that we will be here for the tribulation.

And then there are those who believe in “mid-trib”; those that feel that we will be here for some of the tribulation period.

But irregardless as to which teaching one chooses to believe in, one thing is definitely true:

“Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord’s anger.” – Zephaniah 2:3

Jesus has always been by our side, walking our paths with us, helping us to continue our journey in our life on earth, while still following our Lord.

But one thing we do need to remember, Jesus did not tell us to accept Him as Savior and follow Him just when it was easy. We need to Follow Jesus ALL the time, even when that makes our journey seem harder and longer.

Because in that way, our journey will end in Heaven. And that is a journey worth fighting for 🙂

Jesus will fight for us, if we let Him 🙂

“The Supreme Court building has a number of places where there are images of Moses and the Ten Commandments.” And yet our country has removed them from many courts!

“Moses is included among the great lawgiver in Herman MacNeil’s marble sculpture group on the east front.” And yet, our nation seems to have forgotten this!

“As you enter the Supreme Court, the two huge dorrs have the Ten Commandments engraved on each lower portion of each door and there is a display of the Ten Commandments also engraved over the chair of the Chief Justice.”

Many wish that God only gave Mercy. But God is also Just and requires Obedience. Something many Christians seem to have forgotten.

America was founded as a Christian nation. Granted, we never allowed one Christian denomination to rule this country, but it WAS founded and is a Christian nation!

As God continued to Bless this nation, we grew into the number one superpower currently in existance. And the majority of American citizens have continued to Follow Christ.

But as time went by, we realized just how much that we, as a Christian nation, had in common with those of the Jewish faith. In fact, The Old Testament in the Bible has very, very much in common with the Jewish Torah! Truly, it can be said that this nation is and continues to be based on Judeo-Christian values!

Sadly, if we ever forget that is only by the Blessing of and Obedience to Jesus Christ that we have done so well, we will fail.

For those who cherish Israel today is a very, very difficult day, but we have to trust that this is God‘s Will for now and pray!

“And they were bringing children to him that he might touch them, and the disciples rebuked them. But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.  Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.” – Mark 10:13-15

Jesus’s Mercy is a Mercy we can Trust, please pray for all of the children in Israel and the Middle East, and especially those in Iran!

A friend of mine sent this and I thought it was perfect for today:

“HE IS RISEN!! Now what? Christ Jesus’ death and Resurrection gives us an opportunity by our choice to live with Him now and forever! There IS no toll booth in heaven. The debt for our sins were paid in full by Jesus’ blood shed for us! There IS a BIG difference of knowing about Him and to KNOW Him as our personal Lord and Savior. How? To turn away from our sin, fervently REPENT, and accept Jesus in our heart. Surrender. CHANGE! IS this a one time deal? NO! We need to be RENEWED and REFRESHED every day! Serve Him and share His Gospel with others to increase His Kingdom. Will that be easy? Not on this side of heaven. The evili one will kick and scream to prevent this. Ask our Lord to send His Holy Spirit Stirring your heart into action. Trust Him for His Perfect Timing for moments granted on earth. BELIEVE in His HOPE and LOVE!! He IS ALWAYS with you. Even when we fail, He WILL take us back. Amen. Peace.”