I will not have my computer for a few days, so I will not be able to post or carry on the discussions I wanted to get to. Hopefully soon. I will only have my daughter's laptop and I don't like it but I might try it.

Anyway just wanted to wish everyone a Happy 4th of July

I hope at least some of my visitors tuned in to campmeeting tonight. Boy was it a good message. I wanted to add another link by which you can listen or watch campmeeting. Tune in the wgcr.net and you can connect at that site also. They also are a good online radio station for anytime of year.

The other added info I wanted to post was something I else I want those who belong to the RCC to consider. Two sites that to me further prove my concern that the RCC is a religion of death, not life. http://www.kuam.com/news/25081.aspx The first site talks about how the belief in ghosts and Catholicism can exist together. That also goes along with what a missionary told me last weekend. We had our missionaries from Brazil visiting the church and I was talking to the wife and she was talking about how much spiritualism (communication with the dead) there is in Brazil and how it co-existed in the RCC people so easily. I couldn't help but think of the verse, Amos 3:3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed?  Unfortunately RCC walks together in many places with false religion - Spiritualism in Mexico, Brazil and other C. & S. American countries. It co-exists quite well with voodoo in Haiti and other such places.  In light of the verse  - consider.

If there is still any doubt that the focus of the RCC is death, consider the relics (a relic -An object of religious veneration, especially a piece of the body or a personal item of a saint.)  -  Relics are venerated in the Oriental Orthodox, Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic and some Anglican Churches. Reliquaries provide a means of protecting and displaying relics, which many believe are endowed by God with the grace of miraculous powers.  If you doubt that still goes on read this article http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21264/faithful-gather-as-remains-of-stigmata-saint-go-on-display . Once again when you consider that Buddhism, Hinduism, shamanism, and many other religions place importance on relics you can see the RCC once again aligned with the false religions.

The Bible never, I repeat NEVER teaches such nonsense as relics and scapulars, but that does not deter the RCC. The Bible also tells us we are not to try to communicate with the dead. It is sin. We are to pray to God the Father through the Lord Jesus Christ alone, otherwise we aren't going to get heard. It is sad that so many are so deceived. The Bible tells us, Ephesians 5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. My hope and prayer for those entangled in the web of Roman is that they will see the truth and let the Lord Jesus Christ make them free.

I have been accused of hating Catholics. That is nothing but a lie. I have deep concern for those who belong to the Roman Catholic church. There is much of the teachings of that church that is in direct opposition to what God's Word teaches. 

Not too long back I had cause to be visiting regularly in a Catholic hospital and the crucifixes and images that I saw through out brought out to me that one of the biggest problems with the Roman Catholic church is that it is a church whose focus is out of whack. The main focus of the RCC is death.

Let me give you examples of that. Catholic churches, schools, hospitals abound with crucifixes - the majority of which have an image of Jesus hanging on the cross. The people are taught to pray to dead people the church has decided are saints. They literally worship a wafer which has no life in it. Many many masses are focused on getting those who have died out of purgatory ( which is not even a real place). One of the major sacraments of the RCC is the Last Rites at the time of death. Even the Catholic movie, "The Passion of the Christ" is focused on the suffering and death of Jesus with one little reference to the resurrection.

The power of the Gospel lies in the resurrection. Jesus is NOT still a baby in a manger. He is not a little child with Mary. He is NOT still on the cross. The Lord Jesus Christ is the risen, living, all powerful Saviour. We can be saved to the uttermost because Jesus Christ is alive. Hebrews 7:25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

We are NOT saved by being baptized. We are NOT saved by eatting a wafer and drinking wine.  We are NOT saved through the prayers of Mary. We are not saved nor kept by good works. We can be saved because the Lord Jesus Christ gave His life for us, took our punishment on the cross, was buried 3 days and arose from the dead in victory, placed His blood on the mercy seat in Heaven to forever atone for our sins. When we stop trying to earn salvation or favour with God and realize we can NOT do anything of ourselves to gain salvation, add to salvation or keep salvation and we trust what Jesus has done for us, He receives us and seals us with the Holy Spirit and keeps us for eternity.

We are cleansed from our sin by the blood of Jesus. 1 John 1:7b "the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin."  Confessing sins to a priest won't take away our sin - only confessing them to Jesus himself will do that. Going to purgatory (not a real place and never mentioned in the Bible) will not give a final cleansing of sin. Jesus took all our sin on the cross and washes it away in His blood. He paid for it all - we do not have to if we will trust Him as our Saviour.  He took our sin and will give us HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS and it is THAT righteousness that gets us into Heaven NOT our own. 2 Corinthians 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

Too many religions including the RCC are guilty of what this verse is talking about - Romans 10:3 For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.  Only by receiving the imputed righteousness of Christ can we be saved. We can never establish our own righteousness because such a thing doesn't exist. We are sinners through and through and everything we ever do will be tainted with our sin. But if we will do what Romans 10:9-10, &13 says, we can and will be saved - That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

It isn't in the saying of words, it is the faith of the heart. God knows what your heart really believes and you must come to the point of knowing that salvation is completely in the Lord Jesus Christ. He invites us to come to HIM, not through any intercessor such as a priest, Mary or saint, but directly to the Lord Jesus Christ. If you will trust HIM ALONE, not a church, not a priest or pastor, not Mary or saints, not your works - ONLY trust the Lord Jesus Christ to save you and keep you - HE WILL! Matthew 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

The choice is yours - will you trust Jesus?

Tomorrow is the day that has been set aside for us to celebrate Memorial Day. The original day was May 30th (I was born on that day), but in desire for three day weekends several holidays have been moved to Monday's. Whatever day it is set - let us remember to think on the reason for the day. It is nice to have a holiday and spend it with family, but remember we have the freedom we have because of the sacrifices of many men and women before us.

Freedom isn't free - it was bought with blood and that price will have to be paid again and again for our country to stay free. Remember our soldiers that serve in prayer and our leaders that they will make right choices for our country. If our country doesn't turn back to God and righteousness we will pay a high price!

One day there will be true world wide peace, but it will never come through man's efforts. It will come when the Lord Jesus Christ returns to this earth and rules from His throne. He is the Prince of Peace.

Meanwhile each of us can have personal peace with God through the sacrifice that Jesus made. He died and rose again that we might be saved. His blood was shed that we could be free from sin. If we will trust the Lord Jesus Christ alone as our Saviour and not our works, then His blood will wash away our sin and we will have peace with God.

So on Memorial Day take time to think of the soldiers' sacrifice and offer a prayer of thanks to God for our country's freedom it bought, but also make sure you have received the gift of salvation that the Saviour, our Lord Jesus Christ bought with His blood - it will give you peace and true freedom that can never be lost!

Hope all of you who read this and are moms had a great Mother's Day. All of you who have your mom alive - talk to her, enjoy her, share memories and make some too. I miss my mom. She has been gone 7 Mother's Days as of this year. I miss her hugs, laughing with her, and just talking with her. I miss being able to pick up a phone when I am cooking something she taught me to make and making sure of the recipe. I miss having someone to call on Mother's Day and wish happy Mother's Day and to give a gift to. If you are blessed to still have your mom - Enjoy her and be a blessing to her.

I am so thankful to the Lord for my mom. She read me the Bible as a child and taught me it was different from all the other story books we read - it is the Word of God and completely true. My mom taught me that God punishes sin but she also taught me God loves me. She helped me memorize my first two scriptures - John 3:16 and Psalms 100. In two passages she equipt me for life - I knew where I came from - God made me; I knew how to be saved - through Jesus Christ; and I knew to be thankful to God!

What are YOU teaching YOUR children? Are you teaching them anything or are you letting the world do it for you?

Between church this morning and my Bible reading this afternoon I have seen two extremely different moms and what they did for their children. In my Bible reading this afternoon in Matthew 14 we find the story of Herodias. Herodias was a mother, but she was not a good mom at all. Her lifestyle was immoral - she was an adultress. She hated the truth John the Baptist preached and she would have killed him herself if she could (Mark 6). She raised her daughter to walk in her sensual, sinful footsteps. We know from the Scriptures that her daughter was a dancer and I doubt we are talking ballet. She danced in such a way it moved the king (her stepfather/uncle) to promise her almost anything even half the kingdom, but her mother had her well in hand and had already instructed her to ask for the head of John the Baptist so she did. Herodias ended up making her daughter a murderess and most in likely unless something happened we are never told about, led her to an eternity in Hell.

There are plenty of those kinds of moms around today. They want their little children to be so popular. They don't care about the child's morals, in fact with their little girls many of the moms think it is cute to dress them in clothes that are suppose to be "sexy" but are indeed the attire of a harlot! From an early age the child learns to lie, cheat, and hate with some moms. Some it is not so open, instead they learn it in the form of gossip and catty talk, but it amounts to the same thing.

Then in church today we heard about the Syrophenician woman who came to Jesus on behalf of her daughter. (The story is in Matthew 15 and Mark 7)  Her daughter was vexed by a devil. She was in need. This mother somehow heard about Jesus and what He was doing and decided He could help her daughter. So she traveled to find Jesus and came to Him. At first it seemed He would not hear her, but actually she trying to come the wrong way - she approached as the Jews might, but He was not come to the Gentiles as Messiah. He brought her along with His words till she found she could come in faith to her Master and He answered her faith. He delivered her daughter. I am quite sure that mom raised that little girl to love the Lord and to live in a manner pleasing to Him.

What about YOU? Are you leading your child to Jesus or away from Him? What you do and teach today can have eternal influence in your child's life. Will they bless you when they stand before God or curse you?

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet,

and a light unto my path. Ps 119:105

So how about you?

Are you walking in the light or in the dark?

This world lies in darkness of sin.  People go about their everyday lives familiar with the dark and do not notice the sin in their lives.  In the dark one doesn't see ahead very well and they have no idea the future terror that awaits them.

Jesus is the Light of men. He has shined into this world to bring men out of darkness into His light, but unfortunately men often reject that Light.

Have you ever been in a dark room and someone suddenly turned on the light? It hurts your eyes. When God shines the light of HIS WORD into our lives and it shows us our sin, it hurts.

Many people rather than deal with the sin, reject the Light. People reject God's Word, and they reject the Lord Jesus Christ. John 3:19 says, "And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

Don't reject the Light. Walking in the light is a whole lot less dangerous than walking in the dark.  We are all in sin. We have all been in that darkness in our life. If we stay in that darkness we will end up in the lake of fire. The Lord talks about those who will be "cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth." In Jude it talks about those, "to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever." 

Maybe you are saying, "But I thought you said lost sinners would end up in a lake of fire, fire is bright." Even on the U.S.  Fire Administration page they have these statements "Fire isn't bright, it's pitch black. Fire starts bright, but quickly produces black smoke and complete darkness" Every person who rejects the Light of Jesus Christ and chooses to remain the dark of sin, will end up in the darkness of the lake of fire for eternity. Revelation 20:15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

The good news is no one has to stay in the dark. John 8:12,  "Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life." That is why Jesus came to this earth. John 12:46 "I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness."

God loves us and does not want us to be separated from Him for eternity in the lake of fire. Jesus, who is God in the flesh, laid aside the glory He had in Heaven and took on the form of a man, by being born into this world through a virgin. He never sinned. The Bible tells us the wages of sin is death -meaning the eternal spiritual death in the lake of fire (Rev 20:14) Since Jesus never sinned He did not have to die. He died on the cross for our sin. He took our punishment for us. Everything we would suffer in Hell, Jesus suffered on the cross. He was in agony, He thirsted, He was in darkness, He knew separation from God the Father. Jesus suffered all of that for us. He shed His blood so that our sin that separates us from God (Is 59:2) could be removed. Only blood can bring remission of sin (Heb 9:22) so Jesus shed His blood to wash away our sin. 1 John 1:7 says, "But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin."

Jesus died for us, but then He also arose physically from the grave 3 days later in victory - Victory over sin, death, the grave, over darkness and over Hell. He wants to save you right now. He did all the work necessary for salvation. He wants you to believe Him, He wants you to believe the light of His word that He is shining into your life right now. He wants you to repent and turn from your sin and darkness and come to Him as your Lord and Saviour.

There is a battle going on for you. Satan wants to keep you in the dark. He will make you want to run from the Light. The Bible warns, "In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them." (2 Cor 4:4) Sometimes satan will use love of sin to blind you to the light, sometimes, he will use religion or moral good works to blind you to the fact your can not save yourself.

Don't let satan win. Don't turn a blind eye to the light of God's Word. Listen and believe Him. Repent of your sins and your way, trust Jesus as your Lord and Saviour - let Him be the Light in your life.

First an Easter wish for you

(No that isn't what Jesus looked like, but you get the idea of the wish)

What I want to talk about is the Mightiness of Jesus Christ.

He is so mighty that with the Godhead he created everything and the Bible tells us that by Him all things consist - that means He holds it all together - Col 1:16-17 "For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist."

Jesus is so mighty that the forces of nature are subject to Him. Mark 4:41 "And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?"

Jesus is so mighty that even death can not defy Him. Read the whole story of His raising Lazarus from the dead in John 11 but for our study we will use verses John 11:43-44a "And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. And he that was dead came forth"

Jesus is so mighty that man could not have crucified Him if He had not allowed them too. John 18:4-6 "Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye?  They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them.  As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground." Notice they could not even stand before Him - there is NO WAY they could have taken Jesus by force. He allowed them to take Him. We will look at why in a minute.

Jesus is so mighty that death could not hold HIM. Act 2:24 "Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it."

So why if Jesus didn't have to die and He didn't stay dead, why did He die? Why did He suffer the humiliation of the cross? Because of His mighty love for you and me!

We are sinners and because of our sin we are condemned already to death. (the wages of sin is death Romans 6:23a) That death is not just physical death but an eternal suffering separation from God in the torments of the Lake of Fire (Revelation 20:14-15 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.")

God did not want us to be separated from Him for eternity, so He made one way for us to be saved and delivered from that end. Jesus came and took our punishment for us. He willingly laid down His life, suffering all our punishment on the cross. Everything we would suffer in Hell - Jesus suffered on the cross including separation from God the Father. John 15:13 "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." John 10:11 "I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep."

As we saw no one took Jesus's life, He freely gave it for us. John 10:17-18 "Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father."

Jesus is so mighty He died in victory NOT defeat - When Jesus died He said "IT IS FINISHED (John 19:30) at that moment the vail of the Jewish temple that separated the people from the presense of God was ripped from the top to the bottom (something man could not have done) Matthew 27:51 "And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;"

When Jesus said it was finished, He didn't mean He was finished, He meant the work for salvation was complete. There was a new way for man to come to God - through HIM. For Jesus as we saw is so might He could not be holden of death but on the third day HE AROSE and He ever liveth. Heb 7:25 "Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them."

You can know this Holy, Mighty Jesus as your loving Lord and Saviour today. Ro 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
 13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

OR

You will face Him as the Holy, Righteous, Mighty Judge that you rejected - Revelation 20:11  "And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them."

Jesus is so mighty that you WILL worship HIM. You can do it now of your free will and be saved or you will do it later after it is too late right before you are cast into the lake of fire.

Philippians 2:9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
 11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

The choice is yours. I have chosen to repent of my sin and trust Jesus Christ as my Lord and Saviour right now. He loves me and I love Him and I have never regretted that decision. What choice will you make?

When I have thought about the Easter post I want to make this year, my main desire is to lift up Jesus. Jesus said in John 12:32, "And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me."  He was talking about the death He would die, but I also know it is true, if we as believers will lift up Jesus to the world - He will draw them to Himself.

So I thought of what all I could say to lift up Jesus to anyone who comes by and reads this post. The more I thought, the less capable I felt. Words fail me to tell you just how great the Lord Jesus Christ is.  All I can do is weep when I think on just how great, mighty, awesome He is.

Who is Jesus?

Jesus is God - He has always been and will always be - because He is fully 100% God. He knows everything - past, present and future. He is the Creator. John 1:1  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  2 The same was in the beginning with God.  3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

Revelation 1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

Jesus is God in the flesh -Jesus laid aside the glory He had in Heaven and took on the flesh a man. John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

Jesus is God in the flesh born to die -Jesus knew when He came He was coming to die. Philippians 2:7-8 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

Jesus is God in the flesh born to die for us - Us, is each individual sinner, it is You and ME! It is we, who were under the sentence of death, because the wages of sin is death (Rom.6:23a)Hebrews 2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.

Romans 5:6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
 8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Jesus is the one who died, was buried and physically arose again from the dead - Jesus did this for us. He took our punishment on the cross, shed His blood to cleanse our sin, died, was buried and arose again in victory.

Romans 4:25 Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
Hebrews 7:25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

Jesus is the ONLY one who can save you and me. -Acts 4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

This is who Jesus is according to the Word of God.

Who is Jesus to you?

To me:

He is my Lord -Php 2:10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
 11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

He is my Saviour -Ro 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

He is my Best Friend -John 15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Jesus wants to be your Lord, Saviour and Best Friend. Will you let Him?

I read a news article that caught my attention (click to read) about a man who was going to propose to his girlfriend and really wanted to "pop" the question, so he placed a $12,000 ring in a helium balloon so she could pop the balloon as he asked her the question. Unfortunately the wind took the balloon away and he has lost the balloon, the ring and quite possibly the girl.  In my opinion he was foolish to spend that much on a ring in the first place, but it is good he found out the priorities of his girlfriend. What really got my attention though is how accurate an object lesson the story provides.

The Bible tells us in Proverbs 23:5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.  Isn't it the truth?

Many people spend their whole lives concentrated on making money. I'm not talking about earning money to make a living for one's family or for necessities - that is only right, but many times people will get their priorities all messed up and it goes much farther than just making a living for their families. Too many in fact sacrifice their families to their jobs. They will become so focused on earning that next promotion, that bonus, that dream job, they neglect their families and even worse they neglect their spiritual lives.

How many people miss church, not because they absolutely had to work, but they wanted to work that overtime for that extra dollar? When you put money, a job or anything before the Lord it is wrong. There are some jobs that have to be worked no matter what. We want the police, firemen, medical personel at hospitals to stay on their jobs! Power company workers must keep the lights on. But even these people need to take time regularly to spend with God.

There are many people who look at the wealthy and envy their wealth. They think how much better their life would be with all that money. They just don't realize money isn't the answer, but Jesus knew. He said, "Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." Matthew 6:19-21  You see Jesus knew, "No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon." Matthew 6:24.  The Lord Jesus warned in Mark 8:36, "For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?"

The answer is nothing. Money can buy things, but it can't buy love, happiness, health and it sure can't buy salvation and eternal life. 1 Peter 1:18-19 tells us, "Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot" In Matthew 6 Jesus talked about the things people need such as clothes and food, but He went on to say in verses 31-33, "Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?  (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:  ) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.  But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you."

Jesus isn't saying not to work and provide for your family, but He is saying it is even more important that you put GOD FIRST! Our lives here are very temporary. You never know what day it will end. Then you will be faced with eternity - either in Heaven or Hell. Make  your preparations today before it is too late. Jesus Christ suffered and died on the cross, was buried, and arose the 3rd day to provide what we need most - salvation. We can't earn salvation, we must receive it as a free gift by faith in Jesus Christ. Won't you trust Him today? He will provide all you need - Philippians 4:19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

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