jmlusa2000

Amen. This is great news. Praise Jesus!!

Baptism is not necessary for salvation. Requiring anything other than faith in Jesus would be a works based salvation. Adding to the gospel would be saying that Jesus' death on the cross is not sufficient for our salvation.

Baptism shows that a born again Christian believes in Christ's death, burial, and ressurection.

 

Jason, it will be a rapture of the saints before the tribulation start and at the same time resurrection of our loved ones who have gone before us :

Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them (they are the resurrected saints) in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

Yes...it will be glorious! 

 

Hallelujah! Will Sing with all the saints in heaven!

We are saved from the "wrath" that is God's judgement of sin. (Romans 5:9) ; (1 Thessalonians 5:9). When a person sins, it sepaerates them from God, and the consequence of sin is death. (Romans 6:23) Salvation delivers us from sin and therefore removes the sin...they (the sins) are gone, forgotten forever.

Only God can remove sin, and deliever us from sin's penalty. who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began, (2 Timothy 1:9) He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, (Titus 3:5)

Jesus' death on the cross and His resurrection is what has made salvation possible. (Romans 5:10; Ephesians 1:7). The Bible states that salvation is a gracious gift of God (Ephesians 2:5,8). Salvation is only available through faith in Jesus Christ (Acts 4:12)

We must hear the gospel-the good news of Christ's death and resurrection. (Ephesians 1:13). We must fully believe and trust in the Lord Jesus (Romans 1:16). We must also repent, which will change our minds about sin (Acts 3:19), and call on the name of the Lord Jesus (Romans 10:9-10, 13).

Jesus is so above all that all who are in heaven and on earth will bow down and worship Him. Jesus is God! He is not one among many Gods, but the One and Only. In John's gospel, Jesus uses "I AM" many times, which enforces the Diety of Jesus. Jesus is fully God The Great I AM!! 

John 4:26 Then Jesus declared, “I, the one speaking to you—I am he.”

John 6:20 But he said to them, “It is I; don’t be afraid.”

John 8:24 I told you that you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I am He, you will indeed die in your sins.”

John 8:28 So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he and that I do nothing on my own but speak just what the Father has taught me."

Love this song!!

Thank you to those who took the time to read my testimony... I faced criticism about this testimony. God Bless you my dear brothers and sisters in Christ! 

Praying for you. 

Praying. God will always provide. 

 Sin is sin, regardless of how we look at it. True believers do not make it a practice of sinning. Believers do sin, but are working to gain victory over sin. True believers don't make it a practice of sinning because God's new life has been born into them (  "The one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work. No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God’s seed remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God." (1 John 3:8-9)

Definitely. Having the holy spirit within me gives me a feeling of great joy that is hard to explain....almost like I have butterflies inside me....not the nervous butterfly. Its just indescribable.

Praying for Isreal

I have to read things out loud for anything to sink in. Pray before you read the word for a better understanding. I also write a lot down. I have to be reminded of this sometimes. Its not about how much knowledge you have, its about devoting your heart to God.

• This is a delicious roast. It is quick and easy to prepare  
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• 4 lbs chuck roast (a rump roast would work also) 
• 1 (1 ounce) envelope ranch dressing mix
• 1 (1 1/4 ounce) envelope au jus mix
• 1/2 cup butter
• 4 -5 pepperoncini peppers
• fresh ground pepper, to taste

Directions:

1   Spray your slow cooker with nonstick spray.

2   Place roast in the slow cooker and sprinkle with a little black pepper and a little seasoned salt.

3   Sprinkle the top with the ranch dressing mix and the au jus mix.

4    Place peppers on top of mixes.

5    Add the stick of butter on top.

6    Set your slow cooker to 8 hours and forget it.

7    You do not add any additional water or broth to this.

I made these potatoes today also.  

Ingredients
3 pounds small red or white potatoes
1/4 cup good olive oil
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoons minced garlic (6 cloves)
2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley

Directions

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

Cut the potatoes in half or quarters and place in a bowl with the olive oil, salt, pepper, and garlic; toss until the potatoes are well coated. Transfer the potatoes to a sheet pan and spread out into 1 layer. Roast in the oven for 45 minutes to 1 hour or until browned and crisp. Flip twice with a spatula during cooking in order to ensure even browning.

Remove the potatoes from the oven, toss with parsley, season to taste, and serve hot.

Ina Garten--Food Network


http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/garlic-roasted-potatoes-recipe.html

I made these carrots today. They were delicious. I do have more carrots to make this recipe again very very soon  

Ingredients
12 carrots
3 tablespoons good olive oil
1 1/4 teaspoons kosher salt
1/2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoons minced fresh dill or parsley

Directions

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

If the carrots are thick, cut them in half lengthwise; if not, leave whole. Slice the carrots diagonally in 1 1/2-inch-thick slices. (The carrots will shrink while cooking so make the slices big.) Toss them in a bowl with the olive oil, salt, and pepper. Transfer to a sheet pan in 1 layer and roast in the oven for 20 minutes, until browned and tender.

Toss the carrots with minced dill or parsley, season to taste, and serve.

 

I applied for job after job in Wisconsin, and no place would hire me. Several doors were shut on me. I trusted that God had a better plan for me...I began to apply for jobs all over the country... I was eventually offered a job in New Mexico. I ventured out on my own. I knew God would be with me all the way.. I learned a lot from that experience about being independent. I discovered after a short time after being in New Mexico, that it was not for me...I took an opportunity that came up here in Lawton Oklahoma. I work at a small hospital on a rehab unit. It is a small unit. I do utilize some skills on rehab, but when I get floated to another unit, it is a challenge for me. I am praying for an opportunity where I can be actually trained, and advance my skills. This opportunity does not exist at my hospital. 

Praying

JML Thanks so much for sharing your testimony!! It brought me to tears! I love you sweet lady!! I know when I first came to Worthy you were the one that welcomed me and talked to me in chat. I thank God for our friendship and love you dearly!!

 

Philippians 1:3  I thank my God every time I remember you.

 

Thanks (((((patticats)))))) I love you too. I have been confused at times, and have fallen along my walk several times. I know He will never leave or forsake me. I am going to remain with a heart dedicated to God and the Word, I remember when you first came to worthy. I like to make new people feel welcome....that is important to me... Love you!!

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Hi everyone. Please pray for me. I have unspoken prayer requests. Thank you.

    It is time for me to share my testimony with all of you....It goes back several years. I am not real good sometimes at getting straight and to the point, so please bear with me if it goes on and on.

I grew up in a military family. My dad was in the Navy, and he was often deployed or away.  We moved a lot, and had to make several transitions, including changing schools, finding a new place to live, new friends, etc. It became harder and harder to make transition the older I became. In 1993, my dad got out of the Navy. I am not sure of why he got out really. After he got out, he turned to gambling, which eventually tore our family apart. We could not live in our house any longer, and had to move to a 2 bedroom apartment. He had difficulty finding a job to support our family where we lived at the time in Fallon, Nevada. God saw my family through a very difficult time...my dad had gambled all the family's money away. God brought a very special lady into our life who provided food for us. Her family became good friends with us.

Eventually, my dad got offered a job in Wisconsin (his home state, where his parents lived). In order for us to move, my dad had to sell everything we had besides what would fit in the car. It was very difficult to watch all my things "go away before my own eyes" I was 12 at the time. We moved to Wisconsin with what little we had besides the clothes on our backs....and in the back of my head, and all over my body, I lived with hatred and anger bottled up inside of me. I was thinking then (not what I think now)...."thanks dad, because of you, I had to leave all my friends and now we have nothing". When we moved to Wisconsin, I did not like it. No one accepted me for who I was. People made fun of me, and called me all sorts of names, and threw spit balls at me. I was too shy to speak up for myself, and too afraid of retaliation if I were to say something. I had no friends. When I tried to introduce myself to people, they moved away from me. I ate lunch by myself. Every day was such a sad day . I really didn't cry, but yet I was so sad, angry and bitter, and upset on the inside. Eventually, I was so torn up on the inside, I was so close.....and I went outside with a big knife, and was ready to take my own life. I was 14 at the time...(during my 8th grade year). Right before...and I was so close to taking my life....I felt a real sense of peace and heard a voice say "Joanna don't do it PLEASE DON'T, there is so much more that life has to offer you".  I accepted Jesus into my heart. I joined a support group for people who have had thoughts of suicide, and for children living in "troubled" families. I met people facing similar situations as myself. I was then very shy, and needed encouragement to speak at times. I was so confused though...my parents did not have much to do with my spiritual up-bringing. I knew though from what I heard that the truth was in the Bible. I bought a teen Bible. I began reading. It was so confusing, and difficult to understand. I have a reading comprehension delay, so reading has always been challenging for me. I did not know who to turn to for help. I had started reading in the old testament, and eventually became discouraged and frustrated. I "gave up" on reading the Bible. I did not feel comfortable talking with my mom or my dad about Jesus....I turned to my grandma....she lived in England...I could not talk to her very often as it was a very long distance phone call. My grandma understood me, and I felt very comfortable talking to her. She shared with me about Jesus, and about the Bible, and about the church, etc. I then decided to join a church. I was young, and did not have much critical thinking skills...I dived right into a church that essentially preaches a false doctrine. I did not know this right away.....but a few years later after going to this church, I did realize what the truth was....Ephesians 2:8 "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God". We don't earn our way to heaven by doing good works. Jesus died on the cross for our sins. We all are sinners. I don't have to confess my sins before a priest. I can confess directly to God. 

   The summer before my senior year, my dad "ran away from home"...His gambling continued.  He went back to Nevada. We had no way of contacting him. He knew how to get a hold of us though, if he wanted to. We never tried to find him as a family and ask him to come back, so we could get our family back on the right track. October 15, 2003...we got a phone call that my dad had passed away. He was in Nevada, and he had been heavy into gambling and drinking. I did not even cry or grieve after hearing about my dad's passing. I went to work that day, and the next day, I went to school (college), and took two tests. One day, out of the blue about 2 years after my dad passed, a couple of my friends at college asked me about my family, and I told them about my dad...and that he passed away...I began to feel like I was going to cry....and I did, and it felt so good. I grieved my dad's loss, and I totally forgave him for gambling, and all the difficulty it caused my family. I moved forward.

I have fallen several times, and have been so confused along my walk . Jesus picked me up each time.....moving several years forward. .....Recently (Easter Sunday of 2014), I re-dedicated my life to Christ. I had been away for the word for a long time, and had been living a life in sin. I spent much time confessing directly to God, and I got back to reading the word. I bought myself a new Bible. I want to read the word to understand and know how to live my life, and walk in the light of the truth. Psalm 119:105 "Your word is a lamp for my feet, and a light on my path." I also was lead by the holy spirit to join a new church. I want to hear the word of God as it stands in truth, and not the word the church wants me to hear.  I am trying very hard to find life balance. Sometimes, I have read so much in the Bible, that the household chores and everything else gets put on the back burner, so to speak. I am still working to find the happy medium. I know I have been given the holy spirit (John 14:26), and God will not let me be tempted beyond what I can bear, and He will provide a way out

(1 Corinthians 10:13). God's love me so much, He sacrificed  the life of His son. He paid the price for my sins...wow.  John 3:16 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. 

Father,

Jesse's sins have separated him from you. I pray that he seeks your forgiveness. May he not be tempted beyond what he can bear. Jesus, be the Lord of Jesse's life, rule and reign in his heart from this day forward. Father, send your Holy Spirit to help him obey You and do Your will the rest of his life.

In Jesus' Name I pray

Amen

Praying.