Special Thanks To Our Visitors From Around The World

What a blessing you all are to us. As we watch the stats and map stats within our Christian Blogging network, it brings such encouragement and joy to us to see all the visitors from around the world. My original prayer when we started this online ministry and network was "Lord send them from the north, the south, the east and the west" and "may you Lord be Glorified, as others are blessed".

Thank you to all the visitors that visit our blogs and again re visit us. Thank you for all the wonderful emails over the years.
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Quote Of The Day

The words that you speak can bring blessings or curses upon you. Be wise, and speak forth blessings into your future. The opposite is like casting your line into life's ocean of sand, expecting to catch a fish.

Words are powerful. Use them wisely.
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God Helps Us To Speak His Word. Let’s Pray That Sinners Will Be Saved.

Don’t worry about ‘what will happen tomorrow’. It’s in the Lord’s hands (James 4:14-15). We must not lose sight of ‘the purpose of the Lord’. We must remember that ‘the Lord is full of compassion and mercy’(James 5:11). We look forward to ‘the Lord’s Coming’ as the great Day of our salvation (James 5:7-8). We must not, however, forget God’s words of warning: ‘The Judge is standing at the door’. God speaks to us concerning ‘the misery that is coming upon you’. What is He saying to us here? – He is warning us: Be careful how you live – Don’t trust in riches. ‘Don’t grumble against each other’(James 5:1-3,9). The warning and the promise belong together. Those who are facing judgment can be brought to the Saviour. May God help us to speak His Word – the warning as well as the promise – , always praying that sinners will be saved (James 5:16,19-20).

By Many Infallible Proofs

To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:

The Passion of Christ was shown in Christ's death on the cross at Calvary. Jesus paid the ultimate price. This Humble King that laid His life down as a randsome for many. For truly we have been bought with a price.

 

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Beaneath The Human Shell

What aroma do you put off. Do you have a sweet loving aroma about you. Are you sincere, truthful, loving, compassionate or do you smell liked rotten spoiled eggs? An egg yoke is protected by a shell. In side that shell is where the yoke is found. What's beneath you're shell?

We should all have a wonderful beautiful aroma about us, and not that of spoiled rotten eggs.
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The Great God Debate

When it comes to debates, there have been many over the generations. People have been debating things for centuries to include life after death, religions, cultures, UFOs (ha ha) and many other things. Today there are worldwide debates going on over various topics, like the enviorment for one. Yet what is the greatest debate of all times. I decided to Google the words great debate and this came up,  Results 1 - 10 of about 45,100,000. Imagine that?

 

I'd say that God has been debated more times than anything. Is there a God, everyone asks at one time in their life. Funny part of it is, is that we all wonder how this all happened and how we got here. We look into the night sky with wonder and amazement. We see pictures of the universe, the solar system, planets, stars and simply in awe wonder. Then we read in the Bible:

 

These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.

 

Before you decide, make sure you read the Bible from cover to cover.
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The Greatest Gift Blogspot

In the scriptures it is written that love is the greatest of all gifts. There are many scriptures in the Bible that speak of love and especially God's love. Truly it is a great gift. A gift that God has bestowed upon us and a gift that we share and express to others. At In His Glorious Name Ministries Online we feel that love is so important and truly the greatest of all gifts, that we named a blog after that scripture.

 

Take some time and visit http://the-greatest-gift.blogspot.com/ and while your there please drop us a comment, as we would love to hear from you.

 

Blessings, in the love of Christ

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Blog Colors, Banners & Graphic Designs

Looking for a custom blog banner? A custom blog banner can really add some life to a blog. Just imagine the colors that can be incorporated to match your overall blog design and layout. You might even have noticed the blog banner at the top of this blog. A simple design put together in Photoshop SC3.

 

If your looking to breath some life into your blog with a custom designed blog banner, contact Custom Blog Banners at:  http://custom-blog-banners.blogspot.com/ . All they need is your blog address so they can see your layout and color scheme and they can design you a colorful banner that will complement your blog.

 

From the simple to the intense, Custom Blog Banners can assist you.

Jesus was ‘going up to Jerusalem’- to the Cross (Mark 10:32). He came to die, ‘to give His life as a ransom for many’(Mark 10:45). The death of Christ lies at the very heart of the Gospel (1 Peter 1:10-12; 1 Corinthians 1:23 1 John 1:7, 2:2 Hebrews 2:9). Don’t think, ‘Glory for me’(Mark 10:37). Think, ‘Glory to God’ (Mark 10:43-44): ‘God forbid that I should glory save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ’(Galatians 6:14). Bartimaeus cried out to the Lord for mercy (Mark 10:47). ‘How embarrassing’, some people thought – ‘how undignified’ (Mark 10:48). When God is at work, some people don’t like it! They like everything to be dignified – dull and dead! When God is at work, people get converted. This may not please the ‘critics’, but it pleases God – and that’s what matters. Cry to God for mercy. Your prayer will be heard – and answered.

Hitting The Mark While Running Life's Race

What a mad house life can occasionally be. The demands, responsibilities, schedules, work, financial responsibilities and every other aspect of life can be like a mad house. Then of course there are those hidden and unseen situations that arise. Ouch!

 

It's like being in a race, running the fast lane of life and trying to hit the mark. Problem is that fast lane just never seems to end, and whatever mark we hoped to hit or accomplish seems to get lost in the lane changes, off ramps and on ramps of the freeway system.

 

Let me encourage you. If life is getting the best of you, slow down. Take some time, relax and simply put things into perspective. I also encourage you to spend some time in prayer seeking God for His perfect will in your life. You see, when we get into the flow of God's river, the ride is so much easier and so filled with joy.

 

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Bad Hair Day People

There's nothing worse than bad hair day people. People that are always looking for some dramatic situation to unfold to make their day seem worth wild. People that are always gossipping about the latest, meddling in other peoples affairs, pointing fingers at others, judging and creating drama. I just don't understand that mind set. As if peace, happiness and joy escape them. What kind of life is that?

 

Life is beautiful, it is wonderful and it is filled with wonder. Yes, there are those days, weeks and sometimes seasons, but why with intent create difficulties and hardships. Why light the fire, place the skillet on it and jump into the skillet. And the worst part, why expect others to jump into the skillet with you.

 

Trade your bad hair day mentality in for days of peace, balance, and sound mind.

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Spirit Freedom

For where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

 

Note that it doesn't say depression, sadness, heaviness, hopelessness, or bondage's.

 

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How Do You Define Terroism

We've all heard about terrorism. It didn't start with 911 and the attacks against The United States. It started long ago. Even back in the days of Christ it was present and long before. Just imagine being taken hostage and fed to lions. Just imagine being taken hostage and forced to fight another human being to the death.

 

What about what was done right here in the United States. What about the Indian Nations, the wars? What about the slave trade and what was done to the people of the African nation that were brought here in chains and irons? What about abortion? Do not all these things qualify as terrorism?

 

I guess it depends upon how you look at it. I would imagine that even the people of Iraq, the everyday citizens, the mothers, father and children were terrorized. Just imagine a bomb killing your entire family and your just a child. I would imagine that every time a bomb falls on the innocent, they feel terrorized. So what is a terrorist? Is it a group of people that blow people up, blow up cars to kill people, that attack hotels, take hostages and so on? Yes, that is definitely a form of terrorism.

 

Personally, I feel that anytime a human being's life is being threatened regardless of the reason or so called justification. That is terrorism. Life, all life, should be held with the very highest of regards, respected, protected at all cost, not taken by acts of terror. And to sacrifice the innocent to root out the evil, is a great sin.

 

Love conquers all things, love overcomes all things, for love not killing, is the greatest of all gifts.

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God Projects In The Fast Lane

Have you ever noticed how many times we seem to get into high gear before we shift from 1st to 2nd to 3rd and to 4th. This happens in churches, in ministries and in our personal lives. Personally I have found God, my walk with God and the Christian life to be season after season of change and that God is in no hurry. Considering that Christ died upon the cross over 2,000 years ago and countless generations and seasons have unfolded, that in it's self proves that God is a patient God. After all, God could have judged the world 1,000 years ago and called His Bride home, yet here we are, still awaiting the second coming of Christ.

 

Many times, we just flat out get in a hurry. We get so far ahead of God, His plans and His purposes that we are creating our own agenda's while thinking and believing we are in God's Perfect Will. I've oftened wondered this in regards to the size of our online ministry which has grown to over 150 separate ministry blogs, not counting all the other blogging communities that we are involved within. Yet and again, I feel this overwhelming call to share the love of Christ and His Redeeming Passion with the world.

 

Sometimes God Projects in the fast lane are fruit full. Thank God when the Holy Spirit is involved.

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The Fruit Of Compromises

Jesus spoke of the man who built his house on solid foundation vs. the man that built his house on sand. One was built on rock solid foundation, while the other was not. Jesus went on to say that the house built on the solid foundation could withstand difficult times, that the winds could blew and the house would remain, but that the house built on sand would not stand and great would be the fall of it. Just imagine the endless situations and circumstances that this application could apply to.

 

Sometimes it's possible to start out on solid foundation and slowly be moved to unstable foundation. One way for this to happen is through compromise. We all occasionally compromise, however if we continue to walk in compromise it can cause a shift and that shift can lead to unstable grounds.

 

When this happens, we must examine situations, ourselves, and the path that we have taken. For it's easy to get off course in today's world.

 

There are blessings found in the straight and narrow.

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The Sound Doctrine Test

As Christian's and especially babes in Christ. We must always be careful of what we are chewing on. If it doesn't line up with God's Word, we might just find that we are chewing on meat that is not from God. That's why it's so important to read and study God's Word. Otherwise we might find ourselves receiving another gospel, and following the teachings of men that are not scriptural.

 

There are blessings in reading, studying and understanding God's Word.

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Expecting Others To Make Up For Our Own Decisions

We all have expectations. Sometimes we place expectations on others that others can't meet. Sometimes we just flat out expect others to meet our needs and the truth is that we are placing burdens on others. For example: someone overeats all the time, they eat junk food, they snack on candies and refuse to control there eating habits. They lay around and refuse to exercise and this goes on for months and months and months. They see the affects of their own desires and refusal to apply wise counsel, the counsel of others, yet. Then when nature has taken it's course and the pounds add up, they blame others and expert others to change their lifestyle to meet their needs.

 

Well that is just one of hundreds of examples that we could use, however the end result is that the person that created their very own situation expects others to fix it. It just doesn't work that way, and to expect others to change their lifestyle in order to fix the very problem that their own decision brought forth is not reality.

 

Every person should be accountable for his own decisions and actions and not attempt to blame others.

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The Dangers Of Gossip

Gossip is dangerous. It does not produce Godly fruit. It wounds others, created strife and is like a fire that can quickly burn out of control.

 

The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips. Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.

 

Blessings are upon those whom do not gossip.

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Resting In God

I love to rest in God. Life comes with many different challenges and sometimes those challenges can overwhelm us. Over the years I've learned a very important fruit of the Spirit. Patience! Within such, I've learned to rest in God, to not respond so quickly or become easily offended by situations. I simply take a deep breath and start praying when situations arise. When we rest in God, we find God's peace, wisdom and counsel flowing and that simply calms the storms. It helps us to put things into perspective.

 

Let me encourage you to rest in God when things seem to overwhelm you. Remember, yesterday is gone, today is here, and tomorrow will take care of it's self. Allow Jesus to calm the storms, and allow the Holy Spirit to minister peace to you.

 

Blessings are found in resting in God.

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Marketing Christianity

Have you ever asked yourself what is the business of the Kingdom. Jesus said that He was about His Father's business. Jesus also called the money changers and those selling merchandise out side of the Temple, some pretty harsh things.

 

When you read the Bible and the accounts of Jesus and the Apostles, what do you find? Do you find a huge marketing concept? Do you find a huge merchandising concept? Did Jesus and the Apostles set up store fronts, open business and market God's Word, Salvation, Redemption and charge admission on the Day Of Pentecost.

 

Yet today, church's are big business. I've been pondering that a lot lately, wondering if such things are being about the Father's business.

 

Blessings, in Christ

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Those That Thirst And Hunger

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

 

May you be filled as you hunger and thirst after God.

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Hatred, Lying And Slander

He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool. Poverbs 10:19

 

A great Bible study is found in Proverbs - Chapter 6

 

Blessings, in Christ

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Micro Managing Kingdom Authority & Principles

Every church that I have ever attended had a prayer ministry. Prayer is one of the heart beats of church. Prayer is important, and Jesus said "My House shall be called a house of prayer". There are many scriptures in the Bible that speak of prayer from the book of Genesis to the book of Revelations. There are many accounts of Christ praying, the Apostles praying, and also many accounts within the old testament about prayer.

 

Prayer in many ways is the lifeline of our communication with God. Through prayer we communicate with God, make our requests known to Him, enter into His presence and stand the gap as watchmen for others. It is good to pray for others. In fact, it is a humble privilege to pray for others.

 

In the book of Acts prayer and the laying on of hands are mentioned in various sections of scripture. In many church's today prayer and the laying on of hands is actively pursued and the ministry of the Holy Spirit flows freely.

 

Actually God made prayer very simple. It doesn't take some spiritual giant to pray for people. It just takes a willing vessel to step out in faith and allow the Holy Spirit to be the Holy Spirit. It's when fear, lack of faith, a religious spirit, the precepts of men and having a good church service show gets in the way and hinders the Holy Spirit, that prayer ministries become inaffective. That well scripted situations.

 

It amazes me how we sometimes turn the Kingdom of God into this well micro managed process as if we could add something to it. It amazes me how we sometimes take the simplest of things and make them difficult and within that process diminish the power of such. It also amazed me how we have ears to hear, eye's to see, the doctrine and teachings of the Apostles, yet we create new doctrines.

I somehow don't think Jesus had that in mind.

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An Invitation

If you have appreciated the Bible Reading Notes, I have posted at this blog, you can read more about my ministry by clicking on these links - Preaching God's Word at St Andrew's Dumbarton and St Andrew's Church, Bellsmyre, Dumbarton.

The Ware Zone Of Every Christian

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

 

I'm not going to write about the above scripture other than to say this. When you find yourself in a battle consider the above scripture and the following scripture.

 

Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

 

Now read Eph 6:11-18

Blessings to each of you!
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As The Years Unfold

As Christians, our walk with God will encounter many seasons. There will be seasons of joy and seasons of occasional heartache, there will be seasons of peace and seasons where peace seems far from us. There will be seasons of great abundance and seasons of lack. There will be seasons whereas God is ever so close and seasons when God seems far and distant. Within these seasons and many other seasons that we will walk in and through, there is one thing that we must know and fully trust in. That God will never leave us or forsake us. That God loves us and cares for us, and that we are His beloved.

 

Blessings in the eternal love of God.

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Some Thoughts On Preaching

“The bigger the truth we try to speak the smaller the words we should use, and the shorter sentences” (Ian Pitt-Watson). Good preaching does its hearers good. Our concern is not to impress people with our eloquence. Our goal is to direct attention away from ourselves to the Saviour. We should aim to be simple, sincere and spiritual.

Rising Above Potential Disasters

Just imagine if your house was not built on concrete, but rather sand. Things could become very unstable at any given time. A earthquake could occur, or a winter storm. There could be a flood, or even a mudslide. The results could be very bad. Just imagine all the potential possibilities for disaster if your house was built on sand. Now imagine your life being built on sand.

 

Here are the words of Jesus on the matter. Life changing words that are over 2,000 years old, yet eternal.

 

Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

 

They key is reading, knowing and understanding the sayings of Jesus.

Blessings, in Christ and His Words.

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Living A Victorious Life

What is living a life of victory? How do you measure a life of victory? Is it wealth, possessions, material things, health, who you are, what you accomplish, what others say about you? Well I guess many would say yes. However consider this. Living a victorious life just might be a life of blessing others. In other words having the ability to do good, to make a difference and to be a world changer. Regardless of how we might all see what it is to live a victorious life. One thing is certain. With God's blessings and favor, living a victorious life gets a whole lot easier.

 

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