Have a Blessed Christmas!

“Silent Night”

Psalm 37

Do not fret because of evildoers,
Be not envious toward wrongdoers. 
For they will wither quickly like the grass 
And fade like the green herb. 
Trust in the LORD and do good;
Dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness. 
Delight yourself in the LORD;
And He will give you the desires of your heart. 
Commit your way to the LORD,
Trust also in Him, and He will do it. 
He will bring forth your righteousness as the light
And your judgment as the noonday. 
Rest in the LORD and wait patiently for Him;
Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way,
Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes. 
Cease from anger and forsake wrath;
Do not fret; it leads only to evildoing. 
For evildoers will be cut off,
But those who wait for the LORD, they will inherit the land. 
Yet a little while and the wicked man will be no more;
And you will look carefully for his place and he will not be there. 
But the humble will inherit the land
And will delight themselves in abundant prosperity. 
The wicked plots against the righteous
And gnashes at him with his teeth. 
The Lord laughs at him,
For He sees his day is coming. 
The wicked have drawn the sword and bent their bow
To cast down the afflicted and the needy,
To slay those who are upright in conduct. 
Their sword will enter their own heart,
And their bows will be broken. 
Better is the little of the righteous
Than the abundance of many wicked. 
For the arms of the wicked will be broken,
But the LORD sustains the righteous. 
The LORD knows the days of the blameless,
And their inheritance will be forever. 
They will not be ashamed in the time of evil,
And in the days of famine they will have abundance. 
But the wicked will perish;
And the enemies of the LORD will be like the glory of the pastures,
They vanish–like smoke they vanish away. 
The wicked borrows and does not pay back,
But the righteous is gracious and gives. 
For those blessed by Him will inherit the land,
But those cursed by Him will be cut off. 
The steps of a man are established by the LORD,
And He delights in his way. 
When he falls, he will not be hurled headlong,
Because the LORD is the One who holds his hand. 
I have been young and now I am old,
Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken
Or his descendants begging bread. 
All day long he is gracious and lends,
And his descendants are a blessing. 
Depart from evil and do good,
So you will abide forever. 
For the LORD loves justice
And does not forsake His godly ones;
They are preserved forever,
But the descendants of the wicked will be cut off. 
The righteous will inherit the land
And dwell in it forever. 
The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom,
And his tongue speaks justice. 
The law of his God is in his heart;
His steps do not slip. 
The wicked spies upon the righteous
And seeks to kill him. 
The LORD will not leave him in his hand
Or let him be condemned when he is judged. 
Wait for the LORD and keep His way,
And He will exalt you to inherit the land;
When the wicked are cut off, you will see it. 
I have seen a wicked, violent man
Spreading himself like a luxuriant tree in its native soil. 
Then he passed away, and lo, he was no more;
I sought for him, but he could not be found. 
Mark the blameless man, and behold the upright;
For the man of peace will have a posterity. 
But transgressors will be altogether destroyed;
The posterity of the wicked will be cut off. 
But the salvation of the righteous is from the LORD;
He is their strength in time of trouble. 
The LORD helps them and delivers them;
He delivers them from the wicked and saves them,
Because they take refuge in Him.

THE RAPTURE

 

Are you ready? He could come any moment now.

Matthew 24.27:  For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

1 Corinthians 15.51,52: Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.

1 Thessalonians 4.16,17: 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.

Philippians 3.21: He, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.

The video youtube file is from: http://www.rapturealert.com/2006/080806readyforrapture.asp

I also recommend you THIS post. You can watch here Paul Washer preaching a powerful message

 

PSALM 91

 

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” Surely he will save you from the fowler’s snare and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday.

A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you. You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked. If you make the Most High your dwelling – even the LORD, who is my refuge - then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent. For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone. You will tread upon the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent.

“Because he loves me,” says the LORD, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation.”

PAUL WASHER – A GREAT SERMON!

The next youtube / you tube file is a Shockingly Powerful & Biblical message preached to about 5,000 youth in a day when youth are appealed to through shallow and worldly means.

At one point in this sermon the 5,000 Youth are clapping and yelling BUT THEN the preacher makes a comment that CHANGES THE WHOLE ATMOSPHERE TO WHERE YOU COULD HAVE HEARD A PIN DROP… As you can imagine, the preacher was never invited back.

We believe the whole sermon will be a blessing  to many souls. For more info about Paul Washer go to http://www.heartcrymissionary.com/ – this is the presentation on youtube

The sermon is from Matthew 7.13-27:

¹³“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.

¹⁴But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

¹⁵“Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.

¹⁶By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?

¹⁷Likewise every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.

¹⁸A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.

¹⁹Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

²⁰Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.

²¹“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

²²Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’

²⁴“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

²³Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’

 

²⁵The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.

²⁶But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

²⁷The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”

You tube video:

AMAZING GRACE

This song’s lirics were written by Jown Newton in 1772, short time after his covert to christianity. This is this song legend:
As a child, John Newton lived with his mother in a house, at the seaside, on the northern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. His father was a slave dealer: he used to catch black peoples in Africa and carry them in Europe, to sell them as slaves. About all the time he was gone away from his home, so the child rests in his mother care,  and she taught him the beautiful principles of the Christianity. She told him about God’s love, the christian mercy, His power to forgive, she taught him to love the people. So, this way, he became a wonderful youngman dedicated to God.
But one day, here it is his father, coming back form one of his long trips. It looked like a dark storm when he appeared at of the door’s house. He was a scary man: “Hm!” he said, his boy has grown enough to work for the food he is eating. “Tomorrow I will take him with me on the boat. I’ll teach him how to do his work”. His mother started to cry but no tear would persuade the man to give up on his plan. “How long do you think I will work for him? From now on, he will work for his food. This is the final decision! He will gain lot of money by selling the slaves he will catch in Africa”
So, the boy left his home and joined his father on this ugly job. So he was tought to catch black people in their homeland and carry them by ship in Europe, to sell them on the slave markets in Europe. Was so hard for this boy who was taught to love the neighbors. Where is the beautiful christian love? Where is God’s mercy? How could he whip those people? But his father was there, close to him: “Whip him!” he said. And the boy did it. He whiped a person for the first time. How hurtful that was. His felt the pain as he was whipping on his own skin. But his father is there, and is yelling at him: “Whip him, whip him, you are weak! So, day by day, the boy is growing up. And day by day is far, far away from the christian teachings of his mother. He became a tough man. Who could ever reverse the time and come back to the pure boy he was?
But nothing goes forever. Here this situation gets to its end. John was sailing, as usual, when a storm began. A great one. Especially for a sailor like him. This was the worst storm ever. The wind blows so hard that was about to break the mast. The ship fills with water. The waves were about to pull him over in the sea. He had to bind himself by the steering wheel with ropes so he could stand on his ship. The only noise he could hear was the storm. But wait; there is still something else he can hear. What is that? Music?? Where it come from? The slaves were singing, down there, in the bottom of the ship. They sang their home sick and their family sick.
This was too hard for him. He looked up, in the black sky and remembered his mother and her teachings; he remembered the Truth seed sew in his heart. It was about to come up now. “God”, he said, “What you are trying to tell me? If you help me to get out of this storm, I shall devote myself to You!” And God helped him. Because God never sleeps. He is working. The weather began to clarify and the slip landed. Everything looks as it usual does. But not for John. He is a changed now. He entrust himself in God’s hands, there, in that storm, and God didn’t let him down. Because He never disappoints anyone. Few years ago, we can find John a new person, dedicated to God. A man who never forgot God’s mercy, His AMAZING GRACE, how God worked to call him, how He took him off from that storm, but beside that, how He took him off this dirty, selfish, sinful world. On the music he heard in his last trip he wrote the lyrics we know today.
This song is still working in peoples’ hearts and tells them how much God loves them, keep calling souls to Him, so one day He will receive them HOME. Amazing grace, how beautiful sound!

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Amazing Grace Lyrics

John Newton (1725-1807)

Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.

T’was Grace that taught my heart to fear.
And Grace, my fears relieved.
How precious did that Grace appear
The hour I first believed.

Through many dangers, toils and snares
I have already come;
‘Tis Grace that brought me safe thus far
and Grace will lead me home.

The Lord has promised good to me.
His word my hope secures.
He will my shield and portion be,
As long as life endures.

Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail,
And mortal life shall cease,
I shall possess within the veil,
A life of joy and peace.

When we’ve been here ten thousand years
Bright shining as the sun.
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise
Than when we’ve first begun.

Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.

The lirics are copied from: http://www.constitution.org/col/amazing_grace.htm