To Our Friends In Japan

Special thanks to the many people in Japan that visit the many blogs in our ministry network. It is our prayers and hopes that your are blessed and encouraged through our network of Christian Ministry Blogs.

Feel free to visit our main ministry portal where you will find links to over 100 Christian blogs filled with the word of God, Kingdom Principles, Hope and Encouragement

Blessings, in the love of Christ
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All Those From Russia

Special thanks to the many people in the nation of Russia that visit the many blogs in our ministry network. It is our prayers and hopes that your are blessed and encouraged through our network of Christian Ministry Blogs.

Feel free to visit our main ministry portal where you will find links to over 100 Christian blogs filled with the word of God, Kingdom Principles, Hope and Encouragement

Blessings, in the love of Christ
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Jesus Christ - The Great King

“Who is this great King?” (Psalm 24:8, 10) The Psalmist tells us – “He is the Lord, strong and mighty, the Lord, victorious in battle … The triumphant Lord – He is the great King!” (vs. 8, 10).

When we turn to the New Testament, we learn that Jesus is the great King. Jesus is the Lord. Jesus is strong and mighty. Jesus is victorious in battle. Jesus is the triumphant Lord. Jesus Christ is the Name which jumps out at us from the first chapter of Ephesians. Everything is centred upon Christ ...
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"Who Is This Great King?" (Psalm 24:8, 10) - Jesus Christ: Everything Is Centred Upon Him (Ephesians 1).

Burdensome Religion And Joyous Faith

Burdensome religion and joyous faith are worlds apart. they are exact opposites.

“I have to” – How shallow and superficial is “I have to” religion. The man or woman who thinks like this hasn’t even begun to appreciate the great love of Jesus Christ.

What a far cry this is from a truly heartfelt and joyful Christian faith! ... Have you begun to appreciate something of the great love of God, which is revealed in His Son, our Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ? If you have, you will count it your great privilege and wonderful pleasure to come to His Table and remember His love for you, with joyful and heartfelt thanksgiving.. . If your real interest is Christ, you will grow into a deeper sense of heartfelt gratitude to his Saviour. If your interests centre on other things, you will, perhaps gradually yet nonetheless definitely, forget about your Saviour ...
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Burdensome Religion And Joyous Faith - They're Exact Opposites: "Blessed is the man" whose "delight is in the law of the Lord" (Psalm 1:1-2).

Our Children's Future

Are you aware of what you're children are watching on television? Are the images that they are viewing and the storylines they are following planting healthy seeds in their minds and hearts?

Or are they quite possibly a mirror reflection of the evil, hatred, bitterness and violence that seems to shape our communities with fear, heartache and loss.

You can make a difference.
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Another "3:16" To Set Alongside John 3:16!

In John 3:16, we read these wonderful words concerning God's love: "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."
Here's another "3:16" - "So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth" (Revelation 3:16).
This "3:16" leads on to some other words about God's love: "Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest, and repent" (Revelation 3:19).
Called to repentance by the God of love, we hear the great promise given to us by our Saviour: "Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20).

Our Mssion Looks Forward To The Coming Son Of God.

Jesus Christ is "King of kings and Lord of lords" - the coming Son of God. In our age, it isn't always very clear what people mean when they speak about mission. Sometimes, it seems that there are those who have such a this-worldly way of speaking about the Christian mission that we wonder whether they really believe that Christ will return in great power and glory. Some speak of the future, but they speak only of salvation without ever speaking of judgment. When the book of Revelation speaks of Christ as "King of kings and Lord of lords", it doesn't lead our thoughts in a universalist direction. Jesus Christ is "the King of love" (paraphrase of Psalm 23). He is also "the King of glory" (Psalm 24). I fear that many of today's theologians start from the idea that "love is God". They have an idea of what love must mean. They apply that idea to God. They quote the words, "God is love." They do not, however, learn, from the Scriptures, what God is like. If they had come to the Scriptures with a real desire to hear all that the Scriptures have to say to us, they would not have placed such a one-sided emphasis on love and salvation. They would also speak of holiness and judgment - "We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ... Knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we persuade men" (2 Corinthians 5:10). The warning of the Gospel needs to be heard as well as the promise of the Gospel.

Our Mission Is Empowered By The Living Spirit Of God.

Our mission is to communicate to this generation. We are not to be clones of the Early Church Fathers, the Reformers, the Puritans, Wesley, Whitfield, Spurgeon, Moody. All of that belongs to the past. We are in the present. Here, we must affirm our faith in the living Spirit of God. Where do we most sense the presence of the Spirit of God? We enter into the Lord's presence as we call upon His Name in prayer. As well as our commitment to the ministry of God's Word, there is to be a commitment to continuing to be faithful in prayer (Acts 6:4). How are we to come to God in prayer? - "We have a great High Priest ... Jesus the Son of God ... Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace ... " (Hebrews 4:14-16). The knowledge that Jesus Christ is our great High Priest encourages us to keep on praying. In an age where the methods can be become more important than the mission, we need to be reminded that "prayer is evangelism with all its carnal trappings shorn off" (William Still). That doesn't mean that we only need to speak to God. It does mean that our speaking to sinners should always be grounded in our speaking to the Saviour of sinners.

Our Mission Is Grounded In The Written Word Of God.

Our mission is grounded in the written Word of God, which has been given to us by divine revelation. If what we call "prophetic ministry" is not thoroughly grounded in the Word of God, we have surely abandoned our God-given foundation for mission and we have forfeited the right to speak in His Name. What do we have to say to the present day? What do we have to say to guide people towards the future? Unless our faith is firmly rooted in what God has spoken to us in Scripture, we are making it up as we go along. Our talk about relevance has taken on a life of its own. We have forgotten that the call to be faithful must take priority over the clamour for relevance. God calls us to "ask for the old paths." He calls us to "walk in the good way" (Jeremiah 6:16). Old doesn't necessarily mean better. New is not to be written off just because it's new. In a single verse, we have a very thought-provoking combination - "the old paths" and "the good way." In our mission, we must take care that we do not forget that we are called to "contend earnestly for the faith once for all delivered to the saints" (Jude 3).

They Shall Lay Hands On The Sick

Mar 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

Mar 16:16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

Mar 16:17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;

Mar 16:18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

Blessings, in Christ
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When You’re Down, Look To The Lord. He Loves You. He Will Lift You Up.

Life is full of ups and downs. For Elijah, there was a very high point. He prayed. ‘The fire of the Lord fell’. ‘All the people said, ‘The Lord, He is God’’(1 Kings 18:37-39). This was followed by a very low point: ‘O Lord, take away my life’(1 Kings 19:4). We are so changeable. Often, we feel like we are being torn apart. Our emotions pull us in different directions. Sometimes, we are full of joy. At other times, we are at the point of despair. We find ourselves in a turmoil of confused emotions. What are we to do? Are we to ‘pull ourselves together’? This seems to be the very thing we can’t manage to do. Are we to ‘hope for the best’- ‘Some day, some way, things will get better’? We think about this, and we wonder, ‘What happens if things get worse?’! Look to the Lord. His love is unchanged, unchanging and unchangeable.

Jesus Christ Has Died For Us - The Righteous For The Unrighteous.

Some die young. Others live to a ripe old age. None of us can predict what lies ahead of us. There are some things that are beyond our control. We look at what is happening and we say, ‘I wish things could be different’. Absalom had been killed. David wished he could have died instead of him. It was not to be. Each of us must die our own death: ‘No man can redeem the life of another or give to God a ransom for him that he should live on for ever and not see decay’(Psalm 49:7-9). The ransom for a life is costly. No payment is ever enough. There is, however, a ‘Man’ who has died for us - Jesus Christ, ‘our Lord and our God’. He ‘gave Himself as a ransom for all’. ‘Christ died for sins, once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God’(John 20 28; 1 Timothy 2:5-6; 1 Peter 3:18).