JESUS THE SAVIOUR

Please look at the speech that was read yesterday at the retreat by the Pope.  Regardless of religion, see how beautiful what Pope Francis wrote about the family. An evangelizing spirit in deed.  FAMILY, PLACE OF FORGIVENESS ...  There is no perfect family. We do not have perfect parents, we are not perfect, we do not marry a perfect person or have perfect children.  We have complaints from each other. We disappoint each other. So there is no healthy marriage or healthy family without the exercise of forgiveness.  Forgiveness is vital to our emotional health and spiritual survival. Without forgiveness the family becomes an arena of conflict and a stronghold of hurt.  Without forgiveness, the family becomes ill. Forgiveness is the a sepsis of the soul, the cleansing of the mind and the liberation of the heart.  Whoever does not forgive does not have peace in the soul nor communion with God. Hurt is poison that intoxicates and kills. Keeping heartache in...

“But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.” Jeremiah 17:7-8  |  NIV  |  trust May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed. Psalm 20:4  |  NIV  |  planning   heart “The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.” Numbers 6:24-26  |  NIV  |  mercy   peace Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans. Proverbs 16:3  |  NIV  |  trust   planning   work For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a fu...

The Word of God promises that you will experience the Blessing when you obey Him, and to do that effectively, begin practicing these four principles: 1. Experience the Blessing of God by Trusting Him Recognize that God’s way is better than yours. Resist the desire to take matters into your own hands and instead trust Him for questions or problems you have. Remember Romans 15:13, which says, “I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit” (New Living Translation). 2. Experience the Blessing of God by Obeying Deuteronomy 28 makes it clear that obedience to God’s Word is paramount to experiencing the Blessing. Make the choice to read, study and apply the Word to your life and let it come alive to you. 3. Experience the Blessing of God by Recognizing Your Worth Jesus paid the ultimate price to make salvation available to you and ev...

In the Bible these two antonyms have three meanings: (1) the invocation of good or evil; (2) good fortune or misfortune; and (3) the person or thing upon whom or which the fortune or misfortune falls. Thus the first meaning is best represented in English by the terms benediction and malediction or imprecation. The most common formulas of invocation use the terms  barukh  and ʾ arur . Despite the frequent assertion that words themselves were regarded as intrinsically power-laden, there is little evidence that biblical Israel was any more prone to such a view than is contemporary man. When, in the Bible, man does the invoking, the source of power is (explicitly or implicitly) the Deity; hence both blessings and curses are basic prayers. When the Deity pronounces either good or evil against anyone, the pronouncement is to be understood as a decree rather than a prayer; when man is the subject of the verb  berekh  and the Deity is the object, the verb denotes praise...

Isaiah 41:10  - Fear thou not; for I [am] with thee: be not dismayed; for I [am] thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. 2 Timothy 1:7  - For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. 1 John 4:18  - There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. Psalms 23:1-6  - (A Psalm of David.) The LORD [is] my shepherd; I shall not want.    (Read More...) Psalms 34:4  - I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. Proverbs 29:25  - The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe. Philippians 4:6  - Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. Psalms 56:3-4  - What time I am afraid, I will...

 will praise the name of God with song And magnify Him with thanksgiving. 1 Chronicles 16:4 Verse Concepts He appointed some of the Levites as ministers before the ark of the LORD, even to celebrate and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel: Psalm 42:4 Verse Concepts These things I remember and I pour out my soul within me For I used to go along with the throng and lead them in procession to the house of God, With the voice of joy and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival. Psalm 100:4 Verse Concepts Enter His gates with thanksgiving And His courts with praise Give thanks to Him, bless His name. Theasaurus: Thanksgiving Praise  ( 553 instances ) Thanksgiving  ( 55 instances ) Topics on Thanksgiving Prayer, As Praise And Thanksgiving Philippians 4:6 Verse Concepts Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requ...