In this life we have so many pains, sorrows and disappoints. Sometimes we feel so alone even if we are in a room of a thousand. Sometimes these pains and sorrows lead us off God’s perfect path of peace and joy. With our pain comes doubt – doubt if God is listening, doubt if God even cares. We all go through it. Pain and suffering is part of life. But if we remember that God sees the bigger picture – He will give us what we need, but not necessarily what we want. He will do things His way, but not necessarily the way we want it.
I don’t know much, but this one thing God has shown me time and time again – if we just make the intention to trust Him and to be under the shadow of His wings, He will surely carry us there! Make the intention in your heart today to have His joy and His peace that surpasses all understanding, and He will be right there. Even if you don’t feel like it, just desiring a closer walk with Him is all God expects, and He will carry you and hold your heart right in His hand.
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. 1 Peter 5:7
For all my hurting friends, this song is for you. I hope it touches your heart the way it has touched mine. I love you and pray God’s peace and blessings, healing and prosperity, joy, peace and happiness in your lives.
Lyrics
We pray for blessings
We pray for peace
Comfort for family, protection while we sleep
We pray for healing, for prosperity
We pray for Your mighty hand to ease our suffering
All the while, You hear each spoken need
Yet love us way too much to give us lesser things
Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You’re near
What if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise
We pray for wisdom
Your voice to hear
And we cry in anger when we cannot feel You near
We doubt Your goodness, we doubt Your love
As if every promise from Your Word is not enough
All the while, You hear each desperate plea
And long that we’d have faith to believe
Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You’re near
And what if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise
When friends betray us
When darkness seems to win
We know the pain reminds this heart
That this is not, this is not our home
Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
And what if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You’re near
What if my greatest disappointments
Or the aching of this life
Is the revealing of a greater thirst this world can’t satisfy
And what if trials of this life
The rain, the storms, the hardest nights
Are Your mercies in disguise
O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?
Jesus Christ is risen! He’s Alive! And He is seated at the right hand of the throne of GOD! He conquered death and hell for you and for me. We don’t have to die and go to hell for the sins we have committed because, “If we confess our sin, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1John 1:9).
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16
“For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through Him”. John 3:17
Watch these videos tell a story –
RISEN
My Redeemer
HE LIVES!
YOU WERE THERE
WE CRY OUT
GOD OF MY DAYS
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
All hail the power of Jesus’ Name! Let angels prostrate fall;
Bring forth the royal diadem, and crown Him Lord of all.
“Jesus died! The Father gave His Son”, states Paul Washer in his Easter sermon, “Jesus Died!”
This week is called different names: Passover Week, Holy Week, Easter. One thing is for sure: Christians celebrate the death, burial and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Do you realize what Jesus was willing to go through, and what He did indeed go through for you? Why? Because He loves you! He was betrayed, arrested, humiliated, stripped, and beaten. He had His beard ripped out of His face. He was spat upon, whipped, and nailed to the cross, with nails hammered into His wrists and feet. He had placed upon His head a crown of thorns that was shoved forcefully upon His precious head. He was led through the streets carrying His cross to Golgotha, the place He would be hanged on that cross; the place He would surely die. Why was this done? Because He spoke the truth! He spoke the truth! What is the truth?
He said, “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one can come to the Father except through Me.” John 14:6
Some say, “The Bible is corrupted, and is not the Word of God”. I can show you that the Bible indeed is the inerrant, infallible, inspired Word of God.
The Bible was written over a period of over 2000 years, by over 40 different authors, and these authors were inspired by God to write the 66 books which make up the Old and New Testaments.
The first 39 books contain what Christians call the Old Testament, also called the Torah (the Law), the prophets, the writings, the Psalms, written in Hebrew and Aramaic; and the last 27 books are the New Testament, which includes the Gospels and the Pauline letters, as well as letters from some of the Apostles of Jesus Christ, and Revelation, written mostly in Greek.
In the Bible, there are a number of verses that claim that these books are inspired by God. Please read them. 2 Timothy 3:16, 2 Peter 1:20-21, John 17:17, Psalm 119:160, and Luke 24:44.
“All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.”
Also, God is very clear that we are NOT to change anything or add to His Word. Read these verses – Deuteronomy 12:32, Proverbs 30:5-6, Psalm 119:160, Deuteronomy 4:2, Jeremiah 26:2, Revelation 22:18-19
“For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book; and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.”
Now, there are numerous translations of the Bible. The Old Testament manuscripts were in Hebrew and Aramaic until about the third century B.C., when it was translated into Greek for the Gentiles (those of us who are not Jewish). Some of the apostles wrote their manuscripts (New Testament) in Greek, so that more people could understand its meanings. Throughout the centuries, there have been translations of the Bible, but one thing remains true, it is the same Bible. How do we know it is the same? This is where my proofs come in.
The Original Bible – It was not called a “Bible”. There were manuscripts/scrolls written on parchment and papyrus (a type of paper used thousands of years ago). The oldest copy dated back to 935 A.D.
There are many copies of those Old Testament scrolls; however, with the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, found in ceramic pots in the caves of Qumran by a Bedouin boy in 1947, we now have the oldest manuscripts as a living proof, dating back to before Jesus was even born. The carbon-14 dating system for the scrolls dates back from 150 BCE to 70 B.C.E. These are the oldest manuscripts in existence! Every book in the Old Testament is included in those scrolls, and the scrolls of Isaiah are complete. Not only are they included, but they are identical to 95% accuracy, with the differences being only in regard to punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
The Essenes were a Jewish religious group of men that existed from the second century B.C.E. to the first century C.E. Their intention, according to commentaries written by them and found along with the biblical texts, was to preserve the texts of the Bible. It is an amazing fact to see that, practically simultaneously, a prophecy of Israel becoming a nation comes to pass, as well as authenticity of the Hebrew Bible is discovered because of the work of the Essenes.
The Great Isaiah Scroll from the Dead Sea Scrolls are now housed in the Shrine of the Book Museum in Jerusalem with other Hebrew manuscripts of the Bible, while others are housed in numerous universities in the U.S. These scrolls prove to be the exact words that were written from before Jesus was born. Again, the only differences are misspellings, grammar and punctuation.
The Bible I have in my hands today, contains the same words as the manuscripts in the Old Testament written up to 150 years before Jesus was born! The Bible I have is in English, so it is a translation from Hebrew to Greek to English.
The Septuagint, also known as LXX, was named after 72 Jewish scholars who painstakingly translated the Torah from Hebrew to Greek for the King Ptolemy of Egypt in the 3rd century BCE. That is before Jesus Christ was even born. These copies are also verified by the Qumran discoveries of 1947.
Groups of scribes and scholars known as Masoretes in the 9th century, were responsible for guarding and preserving the text of the Bible, including spelling and articulating the reading of the Word. These texts are known as the Masoretic texts.
The Dead Sea Scrolls confirm the authenticity of the Hebrew texts of the Old Testament, as well as support the Masoretic texts and the Septuagint. Please learn more about the Dead Sea Scrolls found in the caves of Qumran.
There are other important proofs for the accuracy of the Bible, including: scientific proofs, fulfilled prophecies, archeological facts and findings, and the structure of the Bible itself. Other pamphlets cover these topics in more detail. The main proof for the validity of the Bible is the way a person’s heart is changed, and our ability to even love our enemies.
Jesus said, “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” John 14:6
Knowing the Truth in love!
“Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” John 8:32
“Love is patient, love is kind” 1 Corinthians 13:4
Underlined words are key words that can be more deeply studied.
“And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, that I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh….” Acts 2:17, Joel 2: 28-32 And it shall come to pass that whosever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
The gift of the Holy Spirit is given to all who believe. Indeed, it is the Holy Spirit that causes us to believe. God said, in Jeremiah 1:5, “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you.”
“For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father”. The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs – heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ”. Romans 8:13-17.
Kamal Saleem is another former Muslim who has heard the calling of Christ in his life and made a drastic change in his heart because of the indwelling Holy Spirit. Watch the video as he tells his story of finding the love of Christ and salvation after having lived as a radical Muslim and PLO terrorist most of his life.
Listen to Kamal’s interview with Pat Roberson:
Kamal Saleem is an accomplished author. Read his latest book, The Blood of Lambs. Read what is being said about his book:
“Kamal Saleem is a courageous man. In The Blood of Lambs, he chronicles his incredible life as an Islamic terrorist and gives readers an inside look at the cruel world of terrorism and the threat it poses to democracy. Kamal’s riveting story is a must read. Thanks, Kamal, for telling the world
the truth about terrorism and your new life of faith.” —LTG (Ret.) William G. Boykin, Former Commander of U.S. Army Special Forces and Founding Member of Delta Force“Many Americans are oblivious to the threat that exists within our own borders from radical jihadists. By highlighting some of the motivations and tactics used by our enemies, this book will serve as a clarion call for the great struggle that America will face for many years to come.” —Major General Bentley Rayburn, USAF (Ret.), former Commandant of the Air War College
“The Blood of Lambs is a book that all Americans who love truth and freedom should read. Using guile, patience, intimidation, and violence, Islamic fundamentalists are trying to replace the U.S. Constitution with Sharia Islamic law. Kamal is one of the few brave former terrorists telling the truths that most wish to close their eyes and ears to. I commend Kamal in his work to wake up America.” —Walid Shoebat, Former Islamic terrorist, speaker and author of Why I Left Jihad and Why We Want to Kill You
“Kamal Saleem was a highly trained, efficient killer—a dedicated Islamic terrorist who wanted to see America and Israel destroyed. But today, he is risking his life by telling his secrets and laying his life bare. Kamal is now a professed Christian, trying to live a normal, American life. He has grown to love his adopted country and wants to see it protected from radical Islam. You have never read a book like The Blood of Lambs. Kamal is one of the boldest and most courageous men that I have ever met. He has a message that you need to hear.” —James Fitzgerald, Jr., Producer, ColdWater Media, Inc.
A Letter From Hell (Taken from a sermon written by Steve Irre)
Dear Mom,
I’m writing to you from a most horrible place that I have ever seen or heard! More horrible than you could ever imagine. It is black here! So dark I cannot see all the peopleI am constantly bumping into.
I only know they’re people like myself by the blood curdling screams that I hear. My voice is gone from my own screaming, as I arrive in pain and suffering.
I cannot even cry for help anymore, and it’s no use anyway. There’s no one here that has any compassion at all for my plight. The pain and suffering from this place is absolutely unbearable! It so consumes my every thought. I would not know if there was any other sensation to come upon me. The pain is so severe that it never stops, day or night! The turning of days does not appear because of the darkness. What may be nothing more than minutes, or even seconds, seems like many endless years.
The thought of this suffering continuing without end is more than I can bear! My mind is spinning more and more with each passing moment, dear mother. I feel like a madman! I cannot think clearly under this load of confusion.I fear I’m losing my mind!
Mom, the fear is just as bad as the pain, maybe even worse. I cannot see how my predicament could be any worse than it is, but I have a constant fear that it might be so at any moment. My mouth is parched, and will only become more so. It’s so dry that my tongue clings to the roof of my mouth.
There’s no relief, Mom! Not so much as a single drop of water to cool my tongue. To add even more misery to this place of torment, I know that I deserve to be here. I’m being punished justly for my deeds. The punishment, pain, and suffering is no worse than I justly deserve, but admitting that now will never ease the anguish that burns eternally from my wretched soul.
I remember the voice of the preacher trying to convince us to turn from our sins, but I wouldn’t listen, mama! I was too busy making fun of him… sneering at him. Now look whose sneering, mama! I hate myself for committing the sins, to earn such a horrible fate! I hate the devil that deceived me so that I would end up in this place!
As much as I know it an unspeakable wickedness to think such a thing, I hate the very God that sent His own Son to die for me, that I may not come to this place of torment.
I could never blame the Christ of Calvary that suffered, bled, and died for me. I hate Him anyway! I cannot even control my feelings when I know they’re wicked, wretched and vile. I am more wicked and vile now than I ever was in my earthly existence.
Oh mother, if only I had listened! Any earthly torment would be better than this! To die a slow agonizing death from cancer, to jump out off the 40th floor of a burning building, like those who died on September 11th, but to choose those over my present fate,
I have no power. I do not have that choice. I now understand that this torment and suffering is what Jesus bore for me. I believe He died to pay for my sins, but His suffering was not eternal. In three days, He arose in victory over the grave. Oh, I so do believe!, but alas it is too late. As the old invitation song states, I remember hearing so many times.
“You came, but you came one day too late!”
We are all believers in this terrible place, but our faith amounts to nothing. It’s too Late! The door is shut.The tree has fallen, and here it shall lay in hell forever, lost. No hope, no comfort, no peace, no joy.
There will never be any end to my suffering! I remember that old preacher as he would read from the book of Revelations. “And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up forever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image…”
There is no peace! No peace saith my God to the wicked. “But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast mire and dirt. There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.”
The worst thing about this place mom, are my memories! I remember the church services… the invitations… I thought they were so corny, so stupid and useless! I used to sit in the back and hide my face while I laughed at that old country preacher. I thought he was a fool!
I see things different now mom, now that I had a change of heart. It matters nothing at this point. I have lived like a fool!
Dear Soul, I’m talking to someone tonight. I don’t know who you are, but this boy here says I lived like a fool. I pretended like a fool. I played church like a fool. I died like a fool, God, and now I have to suffer the anguish of a fool forever. All by myself.
Just to stroll through a green meadow, smell the beautiful flowers, stopping to take in the fragrance of their sweet perfume… There’s no flowers in hell, mom!
I long to see one of those little innocent babies that just used to aggravate me, now I’d love to see their cherub-like faces, but there’s no babies in hell.
Mom, there’s no bibles in hell. No bibles in hell, Mama! The only scriptures inside these charred walls are those that ring in my ears hour after hour, and moment after miserable moment that I remember being preached as that old preacher hammered the pulpit, and preached under the inspiration of the Holy Ghost.
Oh Mom, these verses offer me no comfort at all! They only serve to remind me of what a fool I have been! Mom, if it wasn’t for the futility of them all, you might rejoice to know that there is a never ending prayer meeting here in hell.
No matter! There’s no Holy Spirit to intercede on our behalf. The prayers are just empty and dead. They amount to nothing more than cries for mercy that we all know will never be answered.
Please warn my brothers, mom! I was the oldest. I thought I had to be tough. Please tell them there’s no tough guys in hell, mama. Nobody is cool in hell! As terrible as this place is mom, I see it’s my final destination. Satan laughs at us all here, and his multitudes join us continually in his misery.
We are constantly reminded that one day in the future, we’ll all be summoned up one by one to stand face to face by the God that we have offended by our unholiness, by our wickedness,by our thoughts and deeds, and attitude.
And as we stand before Him, we’ll be judged by our own wicked works. By those things written in the books, and then thrown into the lake of fire, saying amen to our own condemnation.
We will have to look on the face of Him who willingly suffered the torments of hell, that we might be delivered from them. The Lamb of God that came to take away the sin of the world.
As we stand there in His Holy presence to hear the pronouncement of our own damnation you’ll be there mother, to see it all. Please forgive me for hanging my head in shame, as I know that I will not be able to bear to look upon your face.
You will already be conformed into the image of the Savior, and I know it will be more than I can stand!
I’d love to leave this place, enjoying you and so many others I have known on earth. But I know that will never be possible since I know I can never escape the punishment of hell that I rightly deserve.
I say this with tears, with a sorrow and deep despair that can never be completely described.I never want to see any of you again. Please, don’t ever join me here in eternal anguish!”
Your son,
Condemned and lost forever.
***
Dear soul,
This doesn’t have to be your fate. The very fact that you’re reading this says there’s still time to accept the Lord Jesus as your Savior.
Only when we realize the awfulness of our sin against God and feel its deep sorrow in our hearts, can we leave the sin we once loved and receive the Lord Jesus as our Savior Yet, if you don’t believe in the Lord you’re going to hell. There’s no pleasant way to say it.
The Scripture says,
“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God. “
~ Romans 3:23
“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.”
~ Romans 10:9
Don’t fall asleep without Jesus until you are assured of a place in heaven.
Tonight, if you would like to receive the gift of eternal life first you must believe in the Lord. You have to ask for your sins to be forgiven and put your trust in the Lord. There’s only one way to heaven and that’s through the Lord Jesus. That’s God’s wonderful plan of salvation.
You can begin a personal relationship with Him by praying from your heart a prayer such as the following:
“Oh God, I am sinner. I am sorry for my sin. I want to turn from my sin. I receive Jesus as my Savior; I confess Him as my Lord. From now on I want to follow Him. In Jesus’ name. Amen.”
“For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
~ Romans 10:13
“According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world…”
God, Abba, My Heavenly Father…… You are a constant companion. I know I am never alone. You are the God of my days, the King of my nights, the Lord of my laughter, Sovereign in sorrow! The Prince of my Praise, LOVE of my LIFE. My eyes are on you; my hope is in you; my faith is in YOU! You never leave me. YOU ARE FAITHFUL! I want the world to know you.
My Father, I love you; I thank you; I praise you and adore you! You are my reason for being. You knew me in my mother’s womb. You numbered the hairs on my head.I lift your Name on High. You alone are worthy to be praised. Let everything that has breath praise the Lord!
You are the Creator of the Heavens and the Earth. You are love; You are Peace; You are Patience, You are Kindness; You are Goodness; You are Gentleness; You are Self-Control.
You are the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and The End. You are Father. You are Son. You are Holy Spirit. You are Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
You are the Bread of Life. You are the Living Water. You are Omniscient. You are Omnipotent. You are Omnipresent.
You are Everlasting, Most High, Righteous, Merciful. You are our Shepherd, our Maker, our Sanctifier, our Redeemer, our Savior. You are a very present Help in time of trouble.
You are a Sure Foundation, a Shelter, a Sanctuary; the Author of Peace.
You are the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. You are a Father to Israel.
You are the Great I AM!
You are the God of my days, the God of my praise, the God of my salvation.
Jesus Christ is risen! He’s Alive! And He is seated at the right hand of the throne of GOD! He conquered death and hell for you and for me. We don’t have to die and go to hell for the sins we have committed because, “If we confess our sin, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1John 1:9).
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The gift of the Holy Spirit is given to all who believe. Indeed, it is the Holy Spirit that causes us to believe. God said, in Jeremiah 1:5, “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you.”
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Grace For Grace 
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