Inspirational

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Fiți gata de Răpire !

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Ne nastem singuri si plecam la fel.
Pe rand, sau impreuna citeodata.
Nu noi alegem cum, ci numai El
Opreste inimile sa mai bata.
Apoi conteaza felul cum pasim
Hotarul care ne desparte de tarana.
Dac-am trimis comorile spre cer
Ne-am pregatit o vesnica cununa.
Nu ne mai fringe teama trupul slab,
Si nici durerea inima n-o fringe,
Caci Cel iubit de noi, cu mare graba
Pe-ai Lui copii la El ii stringe.
Lasati pamintul, si privind spre cer
Fiti pregatiti de marea sarbatoare
Ce va veni-n curind, nu-i un mister,
Sunt semne si in luna, si in soare!
De-aceea nu pot ca sa nu vorbesc,
Sa scriu, sa strig ca sa va dau de stire;
Nu dormitati! caci toate prevestesc,
Fiti pregatiti, fiti gata de Rapire!
Victoria Florea

Arad 12-03-2015

 

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România pe genunchi !!! (Week 5)

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Trebuie să ne rugăm pentru păstorii (preoții) noștri !!!

Vă invit ca în fiecare săptămână să ne unim în rugăciune pentru păstori și preoți.

Dragi păstori (preoți), ne rugăm ca potrivit cu bogăția slavei Sale, sa va intariti in putere, prin Duhul Sfânt, in omul dinlăuntru, asa incât Hristos sa locuiasca in inimile voastre prin credinta; pentruca, avand radacina si temelia pusa in dragoste, sa puteti pricepe impreuna cu biserica in care slujiti, care este largimea, lungimea, adancimea si inaltimea ca sa cunoasteti dargostea Domnului Hristos, sa ajungeti plini de toata plinatatea Lui Dumnezeu.

Ne rugăm ca bunul Tată ceresc să vă ajute să fiți oameni de character, iubitori ai Cuvântului și ai rugăciunii, dornici să rămâneți oameni curați, înțelepți, călăuziți de Duhul Sfânt, smeriți, harnici și roditori (roada Duhului, dar și suflete câștigate pentru Hristos și Împărăția Lui).

Să ne rugăm pentru soțiile și copiii lor. Să ne rugăm pentru toate relațiile lor și mai ales să aibă un grup de rugăciune care să îi susțină zilnic în rugăciune fiind o protecție și un suport spiritual pentru ei. Să ne rugăm pentru protecția Domnului în călătoriile lor.

Ne mai rugăm așa cum știm și cum ne învață Duhul Sfânt.

Această săptămână ne rugăm pentru următorii păstori:

Sorin Sabou – Detroit

Daniel Hodut – SC

Gusti Ratiu – Cluj

Natanael Costea – Australia

Mark Hobafkovich – Atlanta (North America Mission Board)

Vă rog să-l adăugați și pe păstorul vostru în fiecare săptămână.

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Not me, but God

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Deuteronomy 1:1-5

Try to imagine:

The morning of your child’s first day at kindergarten;

Week before your child heads off to college;

The evening before your daughter’s wedding;

The night before your son leaves for boot camp;

Final weeks of your life after you have been given a terminal diagnosis, etc.

What words, thoughts, and advice would you want to convey to those around you? What questions would you be asking of yourself about your preparation of your loved ones for this step?

The Israelites are about to start a new phase of life. Moses has brought them to the edge of the Promised Land but he will not enter it with them. Moses is going home — to his heavenly home.

He is asking, “have I done enough”? “What else can I tell you, o Israel”? This is his last chance to encourage the people to know their God. He is telling them, Israel if you want fullness of life, then you need to seek God and obey God. Fullness of life is not dependent on our circumstances. It is dependent on our relationship with God.

Fullness of life is knowing God and obeying God.

Deuteronomy 1:1; 3  “These are the words Moses spoke to all Israel in the wilderness; In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses proclaimed to the Israelites all that the LORD had commanded him concerning them.”

For forty years Moses has led/guided Israel. Moses was appointed by God to lead the Israelites. They were led out of Egypt and 40 years later are camped beside the Jordan River. They are ready to enter the Promised Land.

Moses chooses not to talk about him and his accomplishments, what a good leader he was, how qualified he was, how organized he was. No, the last words of Moses are about God.

Our most important words are those that point others to God.

Our conversations should be about God, not ourselves. How careful am I to turn the conversation to God? How will I make God the center of my conversations?

Lord, please help me to tell others about You and to bless others when I speak. May my words be pleasing before You and a great comfort to all.

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God provides all we need

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Numbers 32-36

Division of Land

NUMBERS 33:53, “Take possession of the land and settle in it; for I have given you the land to possess.”

Numbers  32:1, “The Reubenites  and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, saw that  the lands of Jazer and Gilead were suitable for livestock.” These are the sacrifices recorded in the first year offered by the priests. God faithfully keeps His word and He wants His people to do the same. God faithfully opposes sin. Is this a flashback to 38 years ago when the spies returned and did not want to go into Canaan?

A compromise is reached. The women and children will stay with the herds and flocks. The men will help to conquer the Promised Land for the Israelites and then return home to their families. What is going on here? If we refer back to Numbers 32:1, we saw that the lands of Jazer and Gilead were suitable for livestock. The Reubenites and Gadites saw — they were living by sight and not by faith.

2 Corinthians 5:7, “For we live by faith, not by sight.”

God’s people are to live by faith not by sight.

We know a couple of examples in the Bible of living by sight:

  • Eve saw the fruit was good instead of trusting God’s Word.
  • Lot saw the plain of Jordan was well-watered and decided to separate from his Uncle Abraham. He and his family became infected with the sin in Sodom and Gomorrah.

Choosing with our eyes is the battle we face every day. We choose cars, jewelry, homes– things we can see rather than the eternal things.  When we choose careers and professions for ourselves and our children we focus on the income potential rather than our God-given gifts and how we can use them.

Do I trust God for the things I cannot see?

Numbers 33 is the record of the Israelites’ journey. It lists the starts and stops. This record would bring back memories and reminders of God’s faithfulness to the people. It was a record of God’s faithfulness and the Israelite’s physical and spiritual journey for future generations.

God uses every part of life’s journey to mature His people.

It was a record of the sanctification of the Israelites. God is making the people holy. There is a record of God’s faithfulness — even when the people were not faithful.

God wants His people to remember His faithfulness.

Numbers 34 gives us the boundaries of Canaan.

Numbers 35 makes provisions for the Levites.

Numbers 35:10-11, “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you cross the Jordan into Canaan, select some towns to be your cities of refuge, to which a person who has killed someone accidentally may flee.”

God had the Israelites establish cities of refuge for those killed someone unintentionally– manslaughter versus murder. These cities point to our ultimate refuge in Jesus Christ.

God faithfully provides refuge through His Son, Jesus.

Have I fled to Jesus Christ for escape from the punishment of my sin?

Thank You, God for being always faithful. Thank You for continually  encouraging me. Thank You for changing me. You will give me perspective. You provide hope and all I need.

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