What will it take for one to realize wht is at stake? Nvr count yrslf out, bcse you nvr counted yourself in. Me not suppose 2 be or be here! Eccl. 9:4-10
There’s a Turkish proverb that I love:
“If you never taste a bad apple, you will never appreciate a good apple.”
You have to experience life to understand life.
There's a Japanese legend that says,
"If you feel like you're losing everything, remember, trees lose their leaves every year, yet they still stand tall and wait for better days to come."
allow God to take over! You might feel like that’s exactly what you have been doing but not really getting the divine direction that you seek, and if so, well, then it’s time to evaluate your “stillness.” Are you still by sitting in the driver's seat, your hand on the gear shift,
"Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen." - Revelation 1:7
The second coming of Jesus will be very visible, loud and literally earth shaking. It happens during the 7th and last plague of the Great Tribulation when the world is being destroyed, 2 Peter 3:10.
Starting in the east and sweeping westward across the skies of the earth, "like lightning," the Lord and His angels will quickly suck up his Saved Church like a vacuum cleaner sucking up dirt.
Though the word "rapture" does not appear in the Bible, it does describe the nature of how the Resurrection of the Saved will happen at His second coming. To be taken up with force.
The Bible gives us many scriptures of when this resurrection will happen. One such scripture is in Matthew 24:29-31. Jesus wants us to know so we will be ready because it will happen suddenly.
There’s an old Chinese proverb that I love:
“He who blames others has a long way to go on his journey. He who blames himself is halfway there. He who blames no one has arrived.”
Today's Daily Devotional Thread: Spirit is Willing, Flesh is Weak
When you become a Christian, you make a commitment to live a life fully surrendered to God. But no matter how hard you try, there may be times when your spirit is willing, but your flesh is weak. You “want” to do