IvyRose

I'm glad you enjoyed it. I really like this song and I like his singing better on this one too.

I love this song it's one of my old time favorites ☺️

This world my get us down sometimes but we just gotta be determined and remember we're going on with Jesus . We just gotta hold on to him and know that nothing in this world can separate us from him, so come what may but we're still going on with JESUS just the same ☺️

So sad and heart breaking . GBY

I love you and every one else too. I'll be happy to meet all my brothers and sisters and especially JESUS. Until then God bless you ??

I love it honey and I LOVE you too. I'M so glad to have you in my life you are the best. I love you my sweetheart.

Amen...never been or will be any like JESUS ...that's an amazing song thanks for posting ?

Be you holy for I am holy saith the Lord... I think being holy could be both separate and righteous or pure. We are a peculiar people. We should be holy and separate from the evil of the world. But we also have to show our love and show ourselves a light to this world.

Good message. I can answer that question with another old song... There ain't no grave gonna hold my body down. When I hear that trumpet sound I'm gonna get up out of the ground. ?

I like those lyrics...thanks and God bless you.

A blind man can see this spark. Seriously no covering it up or hiding this light. Reminds me of song... Praise the Lord I saw the light ?

Yeah we all need to let our soul shine. So come on ya'll and let your soul shine. It's much brighter when you let it shine together. So let it shine, let it shine, shine, shine ya'll. ?

Yep, been to those churches...My dad says a guy with puny arms made that doctrine up because he didn't want anyone to look at his arms...lol

Praying for you...that sounds like an awful situation. I don't think I could handle something like that. I definitely would talk to her and tell her exactly how you feel about it, though. Maybe then you could come to some type of solution that works for the both of you. To be honest with you, I have never heard of someone's mom having to move in with them for months after they have a baby. I mean it looks to me like she could be there during the day when her ex is at work and not have to move in with them. Just my thoughts on it, but maybe that could be a solution that she would be agreeable to. Anyhow, I will be praying for you and your family....Gby and hopefully it all works out in a suitable way for you

I have had similar experiences with car accidents. The first one I was living close to God and was warned of God and did not get into the accident. The next one came at a time in my life when I had walked away from God and his safety. This time, I had no clue what was coming my way so I didn't even know to pray about it...The outcome of that accident was bad (I was hit head on by two vehicles, I broke my hip, couldn't walk for 3 months and have 5 pins holding my hip together now), but it did work to the good for me because it did send me back to seeking God and his will in my life. I considered it a blessing, because even though I was far away from God at the time, he still had mercy on me...He spared my life and I have no problems due to the accident. I walk just fine and no one can even tell that I have had that type of accident unless I tell them or show them my scars. I'm not sure exactly how to think of it, but I have often considered it a chastisement. Just like Jonah was swallowed by the whale and then decided to listen to God ...I sometimes consider that car my whale that put me back on track with God and seeking his will in my life. I do thank God for that accident...even though, some people have told me that is stupid to be thankful for something like that...But I am truly thankful that God spared my life and my soul from hell and gave me another chance to serve him. That's just my thoughts on it, anyhow. Thanks for the reply and God Bless you, sister.

My thoughts on this may seem odd, but to me... it could be either or/or maybe even none of the above. It rains on the just and the unjust...so sometimes things just happen...and only God knows the exact reasons for it. However, sometimes like someone mentioned, it could be for the glory of God and a gift... if the seemingly bad things happen for the glory of God and that his will be done in our life. Again like some here have said, God works all things to the good for those that love him and are called according to his purpose. Also though, I think God chastises us sometimes and maybe some things that happen could be a chastisement to get us back on course and following after his will and doing what he wants us to do. He doesn't do this to just be mean to us, but because he loves us. So even if it is a chastisement, it is still actually a blessing if it puts us back on the straight and narrow.

Amen...I agree. Gob bless you

I guess, I see the story of the 10 virgins differently than you do. The 5 foolish had oil but not enough. It sounds to me like they didn't expect it to take too long before the bridegroom came and took them away. However the 5 wise had enough oil to withstand no matter how long it took and how much darkness they had to withstand, they were ready. That's why I think we need to be filled with the Holy Spirit and be able to withstand whatever we have to...Well that's just how I see it anyhow... GBY

I don't understand why people say you need to be ready for a rapture...If the rapture means that you are just going to fly away before the Tribulation hits. If you are saying we need to be true Christians and live each day to God then I agree, but we better be doing that anyway regardless, right. Looks to me like watching and being ready would apply more to the fact that people need to be ready to withstand in those days. We need to put on the Lord Jesus Christ and make no provision for the flesh or our own mortal lives. We need to be prepared to not take the mark of the best and starve and watch our family starve if need be...we need to be prepared to be beaten, tortured, and killed if need be. We need to walk in the Spirit and have our mind set on things above knowing that whatever happens to us on this earth is nothing compared to the glory that we will receive in the end. Again everyone should be preparing and ready, regardless of whether we live or die before the end of times, or whenever the rapture may be. We need to live each day like it is our last. Well that's just my thoughts on it, anyhow.

Amen...Thanks so much for bringing all these scriptures back to my remembrance. God Bless you brother...

Amen and thanks for all the scriptures and explanations. Your posts have been really helpful for me.

Starving is bad and so is malnutrition, and yes it is sad that people in this day in age...especially in the US, the land of plenty, are suffering from starvation. As for the rest of it...I do agree with you...I do think Christians will suffer, but it is still possible they can get some food by other means. But like you are saying, I know we're not going to be eating 5 course well nourished meals in the end times.

Yes, I know no one will be able to buy or sell without the mark...I was just saying, it will still ultimately be our choice whether we take it or not. The rest of what you said is scary. I didn't know that people were teaching others that it will be okay to take the MARK. That is really alarming to me, and totally goes against the warning of the scripture to not take the Mark. Revelations 14: 9-11 9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, 10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: 11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. Thanks for the reply and GBY