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Coming to Jesus " Come to Me . . . —Matthew 11:28 " Isn’t it humiliating to be told that we must come to Jesus! Think of the things about which we will not come to Jesus Christ. If you want to know how real you are, test yourself by these words— “Come to Me . . . .” In every dimension in which you are not real, you will argue or evade the issue altogether rather than come; you will go through sorrow rather than come; and you will do anything rather than come the last lap of...

Finding that Nevada’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage imposes “profound legal, financial, social and psychic harms” on many of its citizens, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday overturned the prohibition, paving the way for gay unions in the Silver State. The court reversed a U.S. District Court ruling in favor of the state’s voter-approved ban and remanded it back to District Court “for the prompt issuance of an injunction permanently enjoining the state, its political subdivisions, and its officers, employees, and agents” from enforcing the constitutional provision. The ruling also overturned Idaho’s ban on same-sex marriage. Clark...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Jobs In The Bible Grape Picker (New International Version (NIV) 7 Concerning Edom: This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman?     Has counsel perished from the prudent?     Has their wisdom decayed? 8 Turn and flee, hide in deep caves,     you who live in Dedan, for I will bring disaster on Esau     at the time when I punish him. 9 If grape pickers came to you,     would they not leave a few grapes? If thieves came during the night,     would they not steal only as much as they wanted? 10 But I...

October 8, 2014Wednesday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time    Reading 1 Gal 2:1-2, 7-14 Brothers and sisters:After fourteen years I again went up to Jerusalem with Barnabas,taking Titus along also.I went up in accord with a revelation,and I presented to them the Gospel that I preach to the Gentiles–but privately to those of repute–so that I might not be running, or have run, in vain.On the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the Gospel to the uncircumcised,just as Peter to the circumcised,for the one who worked in Peter for an apostolate to the...

The Nature of Reconciliation " He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him —2 Corinthians 5:21 " Sin is a fundamental relationship— it is not wrong doing, but wrong being— it is deliberate and determined independence from God. The Christian faith bases everything on the extreme, self-confident nature of sin. Other faiths deal with sins— the Bible alone deals with sin. The first thing Jesus Christ confronted in people was the heredity of sin, and it is because we have ignored this in our presentation...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Jobs In The Bible Governor (New International Version (NIV) 7 He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the temple of the Lord, the quarters where women did weaving for Asherah. 8 Josiah brought all the priests from the towns of Judah and desecrated the high places, from Geba to Beersheba, where the priests had burned incense. He broke down the gateway at the entrance of the Gate of Joshua, the city governor, which was on the left of the city gate. 9 Although the priests of the high places...

It has been fascinating to watch the reaction to the Ebola virus over the past few months. On one hand there has been an extreme overreaction online to the virus. On the other hand there has been an extreme under reaction on the part of the Federal government. Interestingly, local governments seem to be more interested in taking on the virus head on, as evidenced by the quarantine taking place of a man infected with Ebola in Dallas, Texas. Ultimately those who are preaching doom and gloom online need to tone it down while the Federal government needs to stop...

Thine, O LORD, is the Greatness, and the Power, and the Glory, and the Victory, and the Majesty; for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is Thine; Thine is the Kingdom, O LORD, and Thou art exalted as Head above all. . . in Thy Hand is power and might; and in Thy Hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all. Now therefore, our God, we thank Thee, and praise Thy Glorious Name. 1 Chronicles 29:11-13

The Nature of Regeneration " When it pleased God . . . to reveal His Son in me . . . —Galatians 1:15-16 " If Jesus Christ is going to regenerate me, what is the problem He faces? It is simply this— I have a heredity in which I had no say or decision; I am not holy, nor am I likely to be; and if all Jesus Christ can do is tell me that I must be holy, His teaching only causes me to despair. But if Jesus Christ is truly a regenerator, someone who can put His...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Jobs In The Bible Goldsmith (New International Version (NIV) 18 With whom, then, will you compare God?     To what image will you liken him? 19 As for an idol, a metalworker casts it,     and a goldsmith overlays it with gold     and fashions silver chains for it. 20 A person too poor to present such an offering     selects wood that will not rot; they look for a skilled worker     to set up an idol that will not topple. (Isaiah 40:19)

Psalm 32:8 I will Instruct thee and Teach thee in the Way which thou shalt Go: I will Guide thee with Mine Eye.

October 6, 2014Monday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time    Reading 1 Gal 1:6-12 Brothers and sisters:I am amazed that you are so quickly forsakingthe one who called you by the grace of Christfor a different gospel (not that there is another).But there are some who are disturbing youand wish to pervert the Gospel of Christ.But even if we or an angel from heavenshould preach to you a gospel other than the one that we preached to you,let that one be accursed!As we have said before, and now I say again,if anyone preaches to you a gospelother than...

The Nature of Degeneration " Just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned . . . —Romans 5:12 " The Bible does not say that God punished the human race for one man’s sin, but that the nature of sin, namely, my claim to my right to myself, entered into the human race through one man. But it also says that another Man took upon Himself the sin of the human race and put it away— an infinitely more profound revelation (see Hebrews 9:26)....

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Jobs In The Bible Fisherman (New International Version (NIV)      also the plants along the Nile,     at the mouth of the river. Every sown field along the Nile     will become parched, will blow away and be no more. 8 The fishermen will groan and lament,     all who cast hooks into the Nile; those who throw nets on the water     will pine away. 9 Those who work with combed flax will despair,     the weavers of fine linen will lose hope. (Isaiah 19:8) And He said to them, "Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men."...

October 5, 2014Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time    Reading 1 Is 5:1-7 Let me now sing of my friend,my friend's song concerning his vineyard.My friend had a vineyardon a fertile hillside;he spaded it, cleared it of stones,and planted the choicest vines;within it he built a watchtower,and hewed out a wine press.Then he looked for the crop of grapes,but what it yielded was wild grapes. Now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and people of Judah,judge between me and my vineyard:What more was there to do for my vineyardthat I had not done?Why, when I looked for the crop of grapes,did it bring...

The Vision and The Reality " . . . to those who are . . . called to be saints . . . —1 Corinthians 1:2 " Thank God for being able to see all that you have not yet been. You have had the vision, but you are not yet to the reality of it by any means. It is when we are in the valley, where we prove whether we will be the choice ones, that most of us turn back. We are not quite prepared for the bumps and bruises that must come if we are...

As a longer time FReeper I am requesting Prayers for my upcoming Hip Replacement Surgery. After several Medical reviews it is deemed necessary. Tuesday, October 7,2014 at 9:30 AM I will have surgery to replace my left hip joint via the Anterior method at the New Castle, Indiana, Henry County Hospital.

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Jobs In The Bible Farmer (New International Version (NIV) 6 The hardworking farmer should be the first to receive a share of the crops. 7 Reflect on what I am saying, for the Lord will give you insight into all this. (2 Timothy 2:6)

October 4, 2014Memorial of Saint Francis of Assisi    Reading 1 Jb 42:1-3, 5-6, 12-17 Job answered the LORD and said: I know that you can do all things,and that no purpose of yours can be hindered.I have dealt with great things that I do not understand;things too wonderful for me, which I cannot know.I had heard of you by word of mouth,but now my eye has seen you.Therefore I disown what I have said,and repent in dust and ashes. Thus the LORD blessed the latter days of Jobmore than his earlier ones.For he had fourteen thousand sheep, six...