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Have you ever heard the phrase -  Hugs Not Drugs ?  Well, that is the expression of Love that I am made of. I Love to give Hugs.  I try to be as sensitive as possible to those who reject physical contact for whatever reason, but for those who try it or who are fully accepting - they get a warm, gentle bear hug from me. Forgive me if your style of hugging is the "A-frame", pat-you-on-the-back distant hugging stuff, but life is too short for that kind of sissy, physical contact.  That kind of hug falls in the category of Come On Man! (Nod To ESPN's C'MON MAN!).  Give me a hug that lets me know I'm Loved! The Holy Spirit really wanted to emphasize Love by recalling Jesus' words as a command from God through the Apostle John. "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another." - John 13:34 "If you love me, you will obey what I command. - John 14:15 "My command is this: Love each other as I have...

Baphomet Baphomet ( / ˈ b æ f ɵ m ɛ t / ; from medieval Latin Baphometh, baffometi, Occitan Bafometz) is a term originally used to describe a dark deity supposedly worshipped by the Knights Templar , and subsequently incorporated into disparate occult and mystical traditions. It may have first appeared [1] in 11th- and 12th-century Latin and Provençal Latinisations of the name " Muhammad ", [2] but later it appeared as a term for a pagan idol in trial transcripts of the Inquisition of the Knights Templar in the early 14th century. [3] The name first came into popular English usage in the 19th century, with debate and speculation on the reasons for the suppression of the Templars. [4] Since 1856, the name Baphomet has been associated with a "Sabbatic Goat" image drawn by Eliphas Lévi , [5] which contains elements (of male and female, good and evil, etc.) representing the "sum total of the universe. [1] However, Baphomet has been connected w...

So, I ask it again here, in the body of this writing - Where In The World Are We Headed? Scripture or The Bible says that the world is headed toward a fourth kingdom that is worldwide.  A global community with ten (10) divisions of the world and ten (10) horns/kings/presidents/rulers governing those divisions.  There will also be a particular horn or king that rises in power and does not care for the Most High (Christian/Jewish God) or any person/saint associated with Him.  This particular horn/king, known as the "little horn" in Daniel 7:8 is the man with all the right answers for the world, but a violent appetite for power.  He is the one Christians call the antichrist. 'The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom that will appear on earth. It will be different from all the other kingdoms and will devour the whole earth, trampling it down and crushing it .  The ten horns are ten kings who will come from this kingdom. After them another king will arise, different f...

The whole point of being a branch connected to a tree is to be fruitful.  This is what Jesus was speaking about in John 15:1-8 .  The salvation of the soul or our position in relation to God is NOT the issue here. "The best explanation, however, is that it is referring to professing Christians who outwardly have no living connection and therefore cannot bear the fruit that can be expected of a fruitful branch." (Walvoord, p. 428, Every Prophecy of the Bible ) You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.  Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.  "I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.  If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. A...

Hallmark's motto is - When you care enough to send the very best .  Do you approach your relationship with God with this amount of effort?  Do you daily respect God the very best you can? For the true believer in Christ Jesus there are many ways we can display our best means of respect to God, but allow me to magnify a couple - Having God's dynamite Holy Spirit living within you so He can work through you Respecting His Holy Name Christians can see both these challenges in Acts 19:1-20 .  I encourage you to look up and read the whole passage on your own before I pull out the necessary verses here. In Ephesus, Paul established the standard operating procedure for a new convert to Christianity.  It is first belief in Christ Jesus as your personal Savior through verbal repentance, then a public baptism into His Name, then the receiving of the Holy Spirit as your guide, comforter, and power in life. In verses 1-7 Paul finds twelve men who were disciples of ...

Lord, I need a push through all this. Even more-so, I need your help, your leadership, guidance, and direction along the way. I need peace. I need everything you can give me. For “every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.” (James 1:17) I’ve got decisions to make. I have a slew of people that need to be healed. There is stress needing to be released. There are goals I desire to achieve. I am getting more concerned about world, national, state, and local affairs – or at least more observant. There are personal dreams I know will not be fulfilled and some that are in no-man’s-land. The list goes on, my muscles tighten-up, and my spirit is sad and weary for a reply from Heaven. In all this jumbled up mess that is me I know Lord that you know all this. I know Lord that you love me and care. I know that you are the one person that understands me the best. I just wish I had all or at l...

1 Thessalonians 4:18 says, "Therefore encourage each other with these words."   So.........   "Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope. We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. According to the Lord's own word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left till the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. 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." - 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17 I have got Great News for the True Believer in Christ!  Have you heard...

Egypt has got some tough days ahead of it as a nation.  But it also has a happy ending. The rough times ahead are described in.... Ezekiel 29:8-16 - "records an outstanding judgment against Egypt consisting of a 40 year period of desolation. Biblical records don’t show the Lord ever executing this judgment, and it’s not likely to happen before the 2nd Coming. That leaves the Millennium as the most likely time of fulfillment." Daniel 11:40-42 -  "the King of the South, which in  Daniel 11  always refers to Egypt, will make an unsuccessful play for leadership during the Great Tribulation by attacking the forces of the anti-Christ.  Daniel 11:42  reveals that this will bring Egypt under the anti-Christ’s control. The timing is shortly before the anti-Christ moves his headquarters to Jerusalem ( Daniel 11:45 ) for the final showdown in his quest to control the world." Isaiah 19:16-17 -  "In that day the Egyptians will become weaklings. They will...

CONSIDER THIS By Chad Pritchard Where did consideration go? Who cares? Exactly. Chivalry? That’s nice. “Hello, how are you?” What?  Was that a greeting or authentic inquiry?  Or both? I’m confused now-a-days. Quality-time and quality in people – where did they go? I wholeheartedly desire it’s return and stay. Catching consideration is like a fleeting leaf on a whirlwind. So hard to grasp. And could we identify it? Would we dare say what we mean and mean what we say , BUT think long and hard before speaking? Would we listen and not just hear?  If not, would we set a time to do so? I am not sure we can because consideration makes too much sense.