Finally, Obama Admits Genocide Against Iraqi Christians

iraqi-childrenAs ISIS continues to wage genocide against Christians in Iraq, your voice is making a difference.

For months we’ve been telling you about the plight of Iraq’s Christians as ISIS has unleashed a barbaric and deadly wave of persecution throughout the region.

ISIS—the Islamic State—is using its radical jihadi army to target, persecute and murder Christians in unthinkable ways. ISIS is decimating churches, slaughtering Christian men, raping and enslaving Christian women and even beheading Christian children.

For months we’ve called it what it is: genocide against Christians.

For more on this see: http://www.charismanews.com/opinion/48299-finally-obama-admits-genocide-against-iraqi-christians

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Three Decisions of Quality that Will Set Your Life on Fire

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What is a quality decision? It is the act of making a determined choice from which there is no turning back. There is room for men and women who resolve to stay a fixed course no matter what others do. Hear the Apostle Paul, “I serve God with my spirit in the gospel of his Son” (Rom. 1:9). These are choices a Jesus child makes that rips the flesh off  compromise. There irrevocable. “I will serve God.” The period at the end of that sentence serves notice. Yes, you live and move in the age of Grace. But you refuse to let down  just because forgiveness is available. Praise Him for His mercy. Thank God for the Blood that washes me when I miss it. But do I dare say it? You have so set your heart toward the Father you don’t need the Blood. You are immovable like granite. No folding, no caving in. Your heart is perfect, Your heat extreme. All of this is possible, you know. Here are three decisions of quality that will set your life on fire.

How Confirmation in Christ Makes You Shine in the World

TestThe idea of confirmation by trial is a Bible idea. God’s Word, for example, has gone through ‘verification’ seven times according to the psalmist (Psalms 12:6, 119:40). What about your words? How’s your count going? You remember Abraham? Do you recall how he faced the trial of his life about Isaac his only son? When God gave him his test results the Lord also said, “Now, I know that you will not withhold your only son from me.” The three Hebrew boys in Daniel (Daniel 3:8-30) also come to mind in this way. Tests sometimes come from the Lord (Proverbs 17:3, Psalms 66:10). They come by His still small voice speaking and asking you to do something way outside your comfort zone. Tests that have the Lord’s digital signature are unlike the enemies assaults in this way. God’s tests come to corroborate you, to confirm you (Zechariah 13:9), to add value to your life. It’s all positive. His workings make champions out of wannabes. The enemy’s tests come to destroy you. His bag is to make your life and testimony powerless. This negative stuff is what’s on James’s mind here.

For more on this subject see ‘Enduring Tests and Trials: The Crown of Life; James 1:12’

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#025: God Habits for Believers in Jesus [Podcast]

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Years ago when the western U.S. was being settled, roads were often just wagon tracks. (The wagon wheels would just carve out a rut in the road.) These rough trails or ruts posed serious problems for those who journeyed on them. On one of these winding paths was posted a sign which read: “Avoid this rut or you’ll be in it for the next 25 miles!” You can go to sleep in the wagon and not worry about getting off course because the only place you are going is wherever the ‘rut’ is. This picture is what a habit is like. A habit is something you can do without thinking. But habits always takes you someplace. As a believer in Jesus, there are good God habits that we can acquire.

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Who was St. Patrick, and Would He Drink Green Beer?

14224-green beer 2.800w.tnShort answer: No, he never drank green beer. Patrick was a maverick, an iconoclast, a trailblazer. And though he was high born, he never forgot the naked shepherd boy, cold and hungry and huddling on an Irish hillside. “The imagined Patrick to me is interesting as a cultural phenomenon, but not as a breathing man of faith,” said Philip Freeman, author of “St. Patrick of Ireland.” “He suffered terribly, was tormented by self-doubt, yet he always pressed forward to spread the Gospel.” He was also the first church father to speak out against the abuse of women, especially slaves. And at a time when Christian biggies like the Apostle Paul and St. Augustine never left the boundaries of the Roman Empire, Patrick was the first missionary to people considered barbarians. In the words of Thomas Cahill, “The step he took was in its way as bold as Columbus’, and a thousand times more humane.”

For more of this article see Who was St. Patrick, and Would He Drink Green Beer?

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Three Steps to Affair Proof Your Marriage

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Dr. Tom McGuiness, a counseling psychologist in New Jersey, gives this explanation of why many affairs take place: Married people seek out or succumb to affairs when they feel devalued or less than fully alive. They are bored. Overburdened. People who have affairs have a child’s deep longing to be touched, caressed, held, hugged and kissed, whether they admit it or not. They want happy surprises. That might mean a sentimental unexpected gift every once in a while. More important, it is the dependable gift of time and caring. The present of shared ideas, experiences, stories, nonsense and games, including sexual games. They want the world to butt out. They want a loving friend, a pal who isn’t judgmental. They want someone to convince them they’re still loved, lovable and very special. For a little while, now and then, they want out from under the grown-up responsibilities that have become predictable, dreary and difficult. 1. These are some of the preventable feelings that couples have. As the old saying goes to be forewarned is to be forearmed. What are some things that married couples can focus to help affair proof their marriage?

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A Praying Church

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Hearing What the Spirit is Saying unto the Church! In 1Corinthians 12, the Apostle Paul lays out for the church an explanation of Spiritual Gifts. If you read the list, you will see that three of the gifts are vocal. Prophecy is words inspired by the Spirit in a known language. Tongues are words inspired by the Spirit in an unknown tongue. Interpretation of tongues is a Spirit given rendering of an unknown tongue. Below is an example of the gift of prophecy.
The following prophecy was given by Kenneth E. Hagin on February 28, 1981.

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#024: So, You Want to Be An Elder? [Podcast]

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There have always been two age groups that have brought a great amount of joy and cheer to my life, children and the elderly. The post today is about the latter. There is something about growing older in Jesus that absolutely gets me excited. There is something about getting closer to heaven that just thrills my heart. Aging in Him is a good God thing. It sure beats the alternative.

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Teen Dead for 45 Minutes Comes Back to Life as Mother Prays

A Missouri teen who fell through ice on Lake Sainte Louise and was clinically dead for 45 minutes has miraculously came back to life after his mother said a fervent prayer.
According to Christian News Network, John Smith, 14, was playing on the lake with two friends when all three fell through the ice. One boy made it out of the water and another boy held to a piece of ice, but it took rescuers 15 minutes to find Smith.
By the time Smith arrived at a local hospital, he had been clinically dead for 45 minutes and had received 30 minutes of CPR. When Dr. Ken Sutterer informed Smith’s mother, Joyce Smith, of the grim news, she started praying.
“I don’t remember what all I said,” Joyce Smith told a local news station afterward. “But I remember, ‘Holy God, please send your Holy Spirit to save my son. I want my son, please save him.’”
Immediately after Smith’s prayer, her son started showing signs of life.
“[A]ll of a sudden I heard them saying, ‘We got a pulse; we got a pulse,’” she said.
Another one of Smith’s physicians, Dr. Jeremy Garrett, called the incident “a bonafide miracle.”
The teen was able to return home after a stay in the hospital for rehabilitation.
“I don’t remember much about it to be honest. Hearing what the doctors and the paramedics said, I’m pretty surprised at the outcome,” John Smith said.
“I’m surprised I’m alive, but it’s a real miracle that I’m alive, and I thank God I’m alive. There’s a reason I’m alive, so I’m just going to kind of follow what God has in store for me throughout my life.”
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Are You Flowing in God Given Authority?

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Last words are important. They bear weight with generations of men. Frank Sinatra died after saying, “I’m losing it.” Blues singer Bessie Smith died saying, “I’m going, but I’m going in the name of the Lord” 1. Jesus last words are crafted around the subject of authority. These words, found in Matthew 28:18, begin with, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore…

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#023: Keys to A Happy Heart [Podcast]

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Everyone in the world today is looking for happiness. We all want to be glad and pleased with our current circumstances.  It is amazing that we seem to think that we have to work for it so diligently. Consider that children, on average laugh 400x per day while the average adult laughs only 15x per day 1. Maybe we need to become more childlike in our outlook? Jesus mentioned this when He said in Matt. 18:3 that we are to receive the Kingdom of God as little children. Believers in Jesus are supposed to receive the things of God, the Word of God with childlike faith and wonder. As Jeremiah the prophet stated, “Your words were found, and I did eat them; and your word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by your name, O Lord God of hosts (Jer. 15:16).” Today, we are going to look briefly at two Bible words that, when embraced and ‘eaten’ will cause your heart to be full of joy and rejoicing.

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