Inspirations

" And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness
over all the earth until the ninth hour.
And the sun was darkened,
and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said,
Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit:
and having said thus, he gave up the ghost."

- Luke 23:44-46 (KJV)



IS THE HOLY BIBLE GOD'S INSPIRED WORD ?

Grant R. Jeffrey's book The Signature of God proves the Bible contains scientific, archaeological and historical information that could not have been produced by human beings unless God dictated their writing. Jeremiah 1:9 says, "Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth." In light of the fascinating evidence in this book, every one of us needs to carefully consider the implications certain beliefs have on our future. The powerful evidence in this book proves the Bible is truly the Word of God. Don't hold the agnostic position that Bible authors wrote to the best of their language and memory limitations. If you have never believed in God or His Holy Bible because of your religion, pray for God to give you an insatiable longing for His Word.

I Timothy 6:15-16 says God only has immortality. Within the pages of the Holy Bible, you will find peace, safety and eternal life.

A careful examination of the names and numbers in the Bible's text reveals special mathematical designs and codes that are so complex that no human or super-computer could have produced these features. Many of these designs are not obvious and occur throughout a series of biblical books written by different biblical authors over several centuries. There is no human explanation for this phenomenon except for divine inspiration.

Recently, Jewish computer scientists discovered a series of incredible messages encoded at equally spaced intervals hidden beneath the Hebrew text of the first five books of the Bible, the Torah. God inspired the writers to unknowingly use specific words and letters to produce the most astonishing and incredibly complicated mathematical and letter codes ever produced. These features were carefully hidden from the eyes of everyone until this century and the development of mathematical and super-computer analysis. The discovery of these complex patterns of wheels within wheels provides compelling evidence that constitutes an unanswerable argument for the divine inspiration of the Bible. The scientists declared that these patterns are so complex that they could not have been produced by humans. Furthermore, while these incredible patterns exist in the Hebrew text of the Torah, no other apocryphal texts display this pattern, nor can they find it in any other Hebrew religious or secular texts. This incredible phenomenon provides overwhelming evidence that there is one inspired author of the Scriptures. (Grant R. Jeffrey, The Signature of God, p 10-11).

The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in 1947 by an Arab shepherd boy. It is considered the greatest archaeological find in history. Scholars discovered authoritative Hebrew text to be identical to the Dead Sea Scrolls. The only difference found was a very small number of spelling variations, but not one word was altered from the original scrolls found in the caves.

When you stand before Jesus Christ on the Judgement Day, what reason will you give Him for your belief? Have you influenced others with your belief that will affect their salvation? There are only two sides from which to choose. James 4:14 says our life is a vapor and then it vanishes. The time we have to make our choice isn't long!

Ask yourself the following questions: 1) Do I love Jesus? 2) Did Jesus die for me? 3) Does Jesus love me? 4) Is Jesus coming to take me to heaven? If your answer is yes to these four simple questions and you doubt the Bible is inspired, you need to rethink your position.

Let Us Pray

I ASKED THE LORD TO BLESS YOU

I asked the Lord to bless you , As I prayed for you today
To guide you and protect you As you go along your way....
His love is always with you
His promises are true, And when we give Him all our cares
You know He will see us through, So when the road you're traveling on
Seems difficult at best Just remember I'm here praying.

TRUE STORY....

 AFTER A FEW OF THE USUAL SUNDAY EVENING HYMNS, THE CHURCH'S PASTOR SLOWLY STOOD UP, WALKED OVER TO THE PUPLIT AND, BEFORE HE GAVE HIS SERMON FOR THE EVENING, BRIEFLY INTRODUCED A GUEST MINISTER WHO WAS IN  THE SERVICE THAT EVENING.?IN THE INTRODUCTION, THE PASTOR TOLD THE  CONGREGATION  THAT THE GUEST MINISTER WAS ONE OF HIS DEAREST CHILDHOOD FRIENDS AND THAT HE WANTED HIM TO HAVE A FEW MOMENTS TO GREET THE CHURCH AND SHARE WHATEVER  HE FELT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE SERVICE.?WITH THAT, AN ELDERLY MAN  STEPPEDUP TO THE PULPIT AND BEGAN TO SPEAK. "A FATHER, HIS SON, AND A FRIEND OF HIS SON WERE SAILING OF THE PACIFICCOAST," HE BEGAN, "WHEN A FAST APPROACHING STORM BLOCKED ANY ATTEMPT TO   GET BACK TO THE SHORE.?THE WAVES WERE SO HIGH, THAT EVEN THOUGH THE FATHER  WAS AN EXPERIENCED SAILOR, HE COULD NOT KEEP THE BOAT! UPRIGHT AND THE THREE WERE SWEPT INTO THE OCEAN AS THE BOAT CAPSIZED." THE OLD MAN HESITATED  FOR A MOMENT, MAKING EYE CONTACT WITH TWO TEENAGERS WHO WERE, FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE SERVICE BEGAN, LOOKING SOMEWHAT INTERESTED IN HIS STORY. THE AGED MINISTER CONTINUED WITH HIS STORY, "GRABBING A RESCUE LINE, THE FATHER HAD TO MAKE THE MOST EXCRUCIATING DECISION OF HIS LIFE. TO WHICH BOY HE WOULD THROW THE OTHER END OF THE LIFE LINE. HE ONLY HAD SECONDS TO  MAKE THE DECISION. THE FATHER KNEW THAT HIS SON WAS A CHRISTIAN AND HE ALSO  KNEW THAT HIS SON'S FRIEND WAS NOT. THE AGONY OF HIS DECISION COULD NOT BE MATCHED BY THE TORRENT OF WAVES. AS THE FATHER YELLED OUT, 'I LOVE YOU, SON!' HE THREW OUT THE LIFE LINE TO HIS SON'S FRIEND. BY THE TIME THE FATHER HAD PULLED THE FRIEND BACK TO THE CAPSIZED BOAT, HIS SON HAD DISAPPEARED BENEATH THE RAGING SWELLS INTO THE BLACK OF NIGHT. HI! S BODY WAS NEVER RECOVERED." BY THIS TIME, ! THE TWO TEENAGERS WERE SITTING UP STRAIGHT IN THE PEW, ANXIOUSLY WAITING FOR THE NEXT WORDS TO COME OUT OF THE OLD MINISTER'S MOUTH. "THE FATHER," HE CONTINUED, "KNEW HIS  SON WOULD STEP INTO ETERNITY WITH JESUS AND HE COULD NOT BEAR THE THOUGHT OF HIS SON'S FRIEND STEPPING INTO AN ETERNITY WITHOUT JESUS.
THEREFORE, HE SACRIFICED HIS SON TO SAVETHE SON'S FRIEND.?
HOW GREAT IS THE LOVE OF GOD THAT HE SHOULD DO THE SAME
FOR US. OUR HEAVENLY FATHER SACRIFICED
HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON THAT WE COULD BE SAVED. I URGE YOU TO ACCEPT HIS OFFER TO RESCUE YOU AND TAKE A HOLD OF THE LIFE LINE. HE IS THROWING OUT TO YOU IN THIS SERVICE."
WITH THAT, THE OLD MAN TURNED AND SAT BACK DOWN IN HIS CHAIR
AS SILENCE FILLED THE ROOM. THE PASTOR AGAIN WALKED SLOWLY TO
THE PULPIT AND DELIVERED A BRIEF SERMON WITH AN INVITATION AT THE END.?HOWEVER, NO ONE RESPONDED TO THE APPEAL. WITHIN !
MINUTES AFTER THE SERVICE ENDED, THE TWTEENAGERS WERE AT THE OLD MAN'S SIDE. "THAT WAS A NICE STORY," POLITELY STATED ONE OF THE BOYS, "BUT I DON'T THINK IT WAS VERY REALISTIC FOR A FATHER TO GIVE UP HIS ONLY SON'S LIF IN HOPES THAT THE OTHER BOY WOULD  BECOME A CHRISTIAN." "WELL, YOU'VE GOT A POINT THERE,"
THE OLD MAN REPLIED, GLANCING DOWN AT HIS WORN BIBLE. A BIG SMILE BROADENED HIS NARROW FACE, HE ONCE AGAIN LOOKED UP AT THE BOYS AND SAID, "IT SURE ISN'T VERY REALISTIC, IS IT??BUT I'M
STANDING HERE TODAY TO TELL YOU THAT STORY GIVES ME A GLIMPSE OF WHAT IT MUST HAVE BEEN LIKE FOR GOD TO GIVE UP HIS SON FOR ME. YOU SEE --- I WAS THAT FATHER AND YOUR PASTOR IS MY SON'S  FRIEND.

An Urgent Plea for Help in Trouble

To the Chief Musician. Set to*"The Lilies."

A Psalm of David

1. Save me, O God! For the waters have come up to my neck.

2. I sink in deep mire, I have come into deep waters, Where the floods overflow me.

3. I am weary with my crying; My throat is dry; My eyes fail while I wait for my God.

4. Those who hate me without a cause Are more than the hairs of my head; They are mighty who would destroy me, Being my enimies wrongfully; Though I have stolen nothing, I still must restore it.

5. O God, You know my foolishness; And my sins are not hidden from You.

6. Let not those who wait for You, O LORD God of hosts, be ashamed because of me; Let not those who seek You be confounded because of me, O God of Isreal.

7. Because for Your sake I have borne reproach; Shame has covered my face.

8. I have become stranger to my brothers, And an alien to my mother's children;

9. Because zeal for Your house has eaten me up, And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.

10. When I wept and chastened my soal with fasting, That became my reproach.

11. I also made sackcloth my garment; I became a byword to them.

12. Those who sit in the gate speak against me, And I am the song of the drunkards.

13. But as for me, my prayer is to You, O LORD, in the acceptable time; O God, in the acceptable time; O God, in the multitude of Your mercy, Hear me in the truth of Your salvation.

14. Deliver me out of the mire, And let me not sink; Let me be delivered from those who hate me, And out of the deep waters.

15. Let not the floodwater overflow me, Nor let the deep swallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth on me.

16. Hear me, O LORD, for Your Loveingkindness is good; Turn to me according to the multitude of Your tender mercies.

17. And do not hide Your face from Your servant, For I am in trouble; Hear me speedily.

18. Draw near to my soul, and redeem it; Deliver me because of my enemies.

19. You know my reproach my shame, and my dishonor; My adversaries are all before You.

20. Reproach has broken my heart, And I am full of heaviness; I looked for someone to take pity, but there was none; And for comforters, but I found none.

21. They also gave me gall for my food, And for my thirst they gave me viegar to drink.

22. Let their table become a snare before them, And their well-being a trap.

23. Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see; And make their loins shake continually.

24. Pour out Your indignation upon them, And let Your wrathful anger take hold of them

25. Let their dwelling place be disolate; Let no one live in their tents.

26. For they persecute the ones You have struck, And talk of the grief of those You have wounded

27. Add iniquity to their iniquity, And let them not come into Your righteousness.

28. Let them be blotted out of the living, And not be written with the righteous.

29. But I am poor and sorrowful; Let Your salvation, O God, set me up on high.

30. I will praise the name of God with a song, And will magnify Him with thanksgiving.

31. This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bull, Which has horns andhooves.

32. The humble shall see this and be glad; And you who see God, your hearts shall live.

33. For the LORD hears the poor, And does not despise His Prisoner.

34. Let heaven and earth praise Him, The seas and everything that moves in them.

35. For God will save Zion, And build the cities of Juda, That they may dwell there and posses it.

36. Also, the descendants of His servants shall inherit it, And those who love His name shall dewll in it.

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