Hello,
God is moving throughout His people!
Have you ever paused to consider that the conclusion of the "Church Age" will be far more glorious than the beginning?
It must be for God tells us that Jesus will be returning to claim His Bride, the Church, and when He does, He will be coming for His Bride that is without spot ... without so much as a wrinkle! He is coming for His Church that will be without blemish and Holy! I for one, am excited to be involved with our Lord's work throughout His Bride! Imagine! Those of us who are serious about God's Purposes, Plans & Priorities are not only recipients of God's cleansing love but we are participants is preparing His Bride for the Great Wedding Feast!
Many Blessings!
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 Dr. Timothy
- We are NOT to stand there and resist temptations;
- We are TO AVOID situations that will allow temptations;
- We are NOT strong enough to withstand temptations;
- We are TO RUN AWAY when temptations are present.
We fail and fall when we try to do things different than God tells us! Here are some Scriptures to consider ...
- Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. 1 Cor 10:12
- Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. Abstain from all appearance of evil. 1 Thes. 5:21-22
- There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. 1 Cor. 10:13
Why does God provide a way of escape? Because He knows our weak frame and that we are not strong enough to withstand the onslaught of temptation and sooner or later not give in!
In fact, see if there is any Scripture that tells us that we are to be strong and resist temptation by standing there and just "taking it" until it has no effect upon us any longer ... and if you find it, please send us the references!
Our Heavenly Father wants us to be triumphant ... but because we are presently corrupt, the only way we can triumph over temptation is to be obedient to our Father's instruction ... look for the way out and RUN!!!
Many Blessings!
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PROPHET'S CORNER
'World economy will fall if revolts spread to Saudi Arabia'
“If something like we
have seen in Egypt or Libya happens in Saudi Arabia, we’re talking about
a catastrophic scenario that will bring a global economic meltdown.”
Talking to Gal Luft about security and the effect of oil on the global
economy is not for the faint of heart. The executive director of the
Washington-based think tank the Institute for the Analysis of Global
Security spoke to The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday during the fourth
annual Eilat-Eilot Renewable Energy Conference, in a 45-minute
conversation that described the petroleum tightrope on which the world’s
economies are teetering.
“The world needs to wake up to the fact that if a country like Saudi
Arabia follows the same path we’ve seen in Egypt, Tunisia and Libya, it
would be a very, very dangerous situation for every economy in the world
– the rich and poor alike,” said Luft. “The first thing that will
happen is, the poor people of the world will starve; there will be no
oil to distribute food in places like Africa. Then all the world markets
will collapse.”
He noted that “every single recession since World War I except for one
has been preceded by an oil crisis. When there is an oil crisis, very
shortly after, you see a major recession.
The reason that the situation now is so delicate is that we just had a
recession. When you have a recession on top of a recession, it’s like a
heart attack on a heart attack – you are too weak, you can’t handle it.”
According to Luft, “if we get another oil shock, it can roll back all of
the economic recovery we’ve had. Then you will see millions of people
losing their jobs around the world.”
To make matters worse, Luft said he didn’t believe that a hypothetical
Western-led military intervention to secure Saudi Arabia’s oil fields
would help matters.
“Let’s say the US sends the military to take over Saudi Arabia. The oil
fields in Saudi Arabia are in the eastern, mostly Shi’ite province next
to Iran, so the Iranians will start an intifada there. They’d blow up
the fields, they’d blow up the pipelines, they’d boobytrap everything
there and you’ll see a situation like Iraq or Afghanistan, just in the
world’s richest oil province,” he said.
“These are very, very dangerous, catastrophic scenarios, so I don’t
think sending the military over will make us any safer economically.
It’s very easy to take over an area militarily. It doesn’t mean you can maintain economic activity in the same place.”
If the world’s oil supply is threatened, security issues for Israel would only worsen, Luft added.
“The flipside is that [in such a scenario,] the very same countries
we’re trying to weaken, like Iran, would strengthen. What you would see
is a historic transfer of wealth from the world’s poorest people to the
world’s richest people . . . "
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Christian churches welcoming Muslim worship? A Protestant renewal organization does not think it is a good idea for church buildings to be used for Muslim worship services.
Fox News recently reported that two Protestant churches are getting
criticized for opening their facilities to Muslims groups that are in
need of a place to conduct their services. Heartsong Church near
Memphis, for example, reportedly allowed members of the Memphis Islamic
Center to hold Ramadan prayers in its building last September, and
Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Alexandria, Virginia currently
allows the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) to hold regular Friday
prayers in its facility while their new mosque is under construction.
Alan Wisdom, vice president for research and programs and director of
the Presbyterian Action Committee at The Institute on Religion &
Democracy (IRD), does not think God's house should be used by those who
do not accept Jesus.
"Worship is a sacred thing. We dedicate our sanctuaries to the worship
of Jesus Christ. It is not appropriate in a space that's dedicated to
the worship of the Lord Jesus Christ to have prayers said based on the
false prophecy of Mohammad," Wisdom contends. "And I would venture to
say that I doubt that Muslims would allow us to pray in the name of
Jesus Christ in a mosque that was dedicated to Islam."
While Wisdom believes it is important for Christians to reach out and
share the gospel with Muslims, he concludes that church congregations
should never allow their buildings to be used for religious practices
that oppose Christian teachings.
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MINISTRY UPDATES
DULUTH MINNESOTA!
True Hope Churches & Ministries welcomes Duluth Minnesota! True Hope Church of Duluth will soon be active and serving our Lord! We will be sharing more details about this very soon, but until then, please be praying for doors to be opened for Bro. James in the Duluth MN area!
VANCOUVER WASHINGTON!
True Hope licensed minister, Sister Dawna is busy bringing the love of God in the compassion of Christ to the street people in the Vancouver area on a weekly basis! We will be telling you more on this soon also. Please remember to make mention in your prayers for Sis. Dawna and the group she is working with!
SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI!
Pray for Johnny & Trish - a wonderful couple in the Ministry of Christ to the people in the streets of Springfield! Johnny & Trish need our prayers for God's will to be accomplished through them ... and donations to assist their ministry would help also! If you donate through True Hope, 100% of the funds you give for Victory Missions in Springfield will go to this wonderful couple!
True Hope Bible Institute
This week we welcome three new students who have registered in our COMPLETE DOCTORAL DEGREE study program!
Please pray that we quickly achieve and maintain a student enrollment of 100 new students ... our vision for some really big ministry works will come to reality as True Hope Bible Institute continues to grow!
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