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Stones in the way

Buy  my books   " Joy in the Journey "  and  " Song in the Night" on Amazon now 20% goes to missions               Experiencing sound quality issues?  Please Click here  Stones in the way    Around 600BC, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon invaded Judah and people were taken as captives to Babylon. The city of Jerusalem and the temple were destroyed into a heap of stones. Around 500 BC, a leader by name Zerubbabel went to rebuild with about 50,000 Israelites but got discouraged and quit. Later, Haggai and Zechariah tried and could not finish. Around 400 BC, the Persians took over Babylon and Nehemiah was chosen as a cupbearer to the King and later a governor (Nehemiah 1:11). His life in a foreign land was going well. When he heard about the condition of Jerusalem, he sat down and wept; he fasted and prayed. Then gathered his leaders and said, "come, let us rebuild Jerusalem so that we will no longer be in disgrace". When news of s
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Blessed by a wrong invitation

Buy  my books   " Joy in the Journey "  and  " Song in the Night" on Amazon now 20% goes to missions               Experiencing sound quality issues?  Please Click here  A Grateful Heart   "Forgiven much, loves much" (Luke 7:47).  "Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus." (1 Thessalonians 5:18) We all get text unsolicited text and other electronic messages.  A lot of times, we are annoyed at the random anonymous messages that we receive from unknown people of winning prizes, join for free dinners, and other offers.  Even more scary are the messages, that say that you have an order waiting at UPS or Amazon or your credit card has been charged and then ask to call a number back.  Please delete all such messages immediately for your security. But the modern technology can give us unintended blessings. Jim and Lori were at the hospital for their first baby’s delivery.  Jim’s brothe
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A House Built on Rock

Buy  my books   " Joy in the Journey "  and  " Song in the Night" on Amazon now 20% goes to missions               Experiencing sound quality issues?  Please Click here  House Built on rock    “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?” (Luke 24:32) The parable of the houses Matthew's gospel chapter 7 is a very familiar Sunday school story for the children that I still remember from the early times.   There is a childrens' song, that goes: "the rains came down and the floods came up."  Jesus said this Parable to his disciples. It is a Parable for all of us. Just before this Parable, Jesus said "Not everyone who says to me, Lord. Lord will enter the kingdom of heaven. But only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven." Then he said, "Everyone who listens to those words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built the
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If Only Someone could help me!

Buy  my books   " Joy in the Journey "  and  " Song in the Night" on Amazon now 20% goes to missions               Experiencing sound quality issues?  Please Click here If Only Someone Could Help Me!   Have you ever felt sorry about yourself that you asked ‘how are you’ to someone? I asked a guy in a another church one Sunday, "How are you?" His answer was: “I was fine until you asked.”  I felt sorry that I asked. Jesus felt sorry not about himself, but about the man when he asked, “Do you want to be healed?”  He got an answer that had no connection to the question. You have heard people saying, 'God Helps those who helps themselves'. Some believe that this is from the Bible. It is not in the Bible. Greek philosopher Sophocles wrote “heaven ne’er helps the men who. will not act.” In fact, the Bible teaches that God is a helper to the helpless. Here in the scripture reading of John 5:1-9, we read about a man who was at
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