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Sickness and Mercy

Sickness is a Mercy
“It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I may learn Your statutes!” Psalm 119:71
Health is a blessing and a great mercy, enabling us to relish the comforts of life, and to be useful in our generation. But sickness is a greater mercy to the children of God, for it shall be sanctified to wean us more from the present world, to raise our thoughts and desires heavenward, to quicken us to prayer, and to give us more opportunity of knowing the sweetness and suitableness of the promises, and the power and wisdom of a promise-performing God!

Troubles have many uses–when the Lord is pleased to work by them for the good of His children. They are necessary, because we would miss the meaning and comfort of a great part of the Bible without them! I hope the Lord blesses you both with a measure of submission to His will, confidence in His love–and then, with respect to other things you will say, “All is well!”

“Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep Your Word!” Psalm 119:67

“I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.” Psalm 119:75
- John Newton

I thought I would also attach a link to Brian Long’s message from Wednesday night. Goes well with the said above. Brother Brian Long, Pastor of Barnsdall Cornerstone Church, 5.1.2013 message.

National Day of Prayer

National Day of Prayer

prayerJust because carnal men make a day and call it “A Day of Prayer”, it does not carry any weight with Almighty God. Prayer for America? Really? What, pray for bigger, better and more, prosperity galore? Today I feel much like Jeremiah in chapter 20 verse 9, a “burning fire shut up in my bones.”

Today national leaders will spout out meaningless heresies and blasphemies against a God they hate and to some god that does not even exist. If we want prayer, then where are the men and women who pray, seriously pray, in the early morning hours and late night hours crying out to be holy? Where are the prayers for the millions upon millions who are suffering for the namesake of Christ today? Where are the prayers today that cry out for us as individuals and as a nation to be made holy in God’s sight?

Pray for America? My prayers for America are simple: to have the millstone of God’s own hand pressed upon our very noses so that we would see sin for what it is and come to the true knowledge of the grace of God through Jesus Christ. I pray that the nation acknowledges her sin, casts out all the child and sex slavery, stops every lying, deceiving, self-indulging politian, stops the drug trade to which the government secretly makes billions, stops the extortion, corruptions, murders and conspiracies against her own people, stops the killing of millions upon millions of unborn. And even more so, I pray that the Lord Himself removes every false prophet, preacher, teacher, evangelist, priest who stands in pulpits across the nation, and even the world, who are masking themselves under the name of Christ and has done nothing than to deceive, rob and damn souls and hurt people because of their lying tongue and deceptive religion. All of the so-called “christian” media, whether it is TV, Radio or print, who begs for money and refuses to speak the whole council of God can be removed as well.

Pray for America, really? As the late Leonard Ravenhill has said, “We will either labor in prayer, or pray in labor camps.” Unfortunately, the later appears to be rapidly coming true.

“For it is time for judgment to begin at the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God? 1 Peter 4:17

“If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” 2 Chronicles 7:14

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Blessings in Christ.

A Revival of Humility – A Need for Today

The message below is wonderful. The Lord has been gracious and merciful to me to restore a new brokenness in my life. Be sure to watch the entire message. I wept through much of this. Praise be to God alone for what He is doing in my life and what He will do in yours.

“The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.” Psalm 51:17

Towards the end of the message, Kevin mentions a man by the name of Benji. Here is a link to Benji:
http://www.swi.org/portfolio-item/benji/

Kevin Turner:
http://www.swi.org/

Word for Today

“Oh how many have been coached to hell in the chariots of earth pleasures, while others have been whipped to heaven by the rod of affliction.” John Flavel
Taken from, Suffering and Sovereignty -John Flavel and the Puritans on Afflictive Suffering, pg 28.

For the sake of Christ’s name, for the persecuted believers and for your children…

For the sake of Christ’s name, for the persecuted believers and for your children…

Parents I beg of you, don’t set your kids up to be slaves of prosperity, technology and material goods. Why set them up to fail when many of you are struggling to get away from the very thing you give them most – a worldly life that is void of Christ. This Christmas, teach your kids the true meaning of Christ, use much control with gifts and do something with your kids to help those who are suffering greatly for Christ. Parents, give them the gift that matters above all else, Christ, Christ, Christ.

~ Jeremy Strang - FREE E-books

www.ForgottenChristmas.org

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