NEED REST?


NOTE: This is a Guest Post used with permission from Ilene Sims at http://www.essentialsforlifetoday.com.


I was raised to have a good work ethic, do all you can without asking, and by all means loving your neighbor as you love yourself.

I grew up in a time when many fathers believed it was important to raise strong sons. My brother, Ervin is the oldest and I, the first girl am next to him, then came a bunch (6 more SONS) after me.

Therefore, I caught all the man teachings being passed down from father to sons. Since daddy was a carpenter, we learned how to build: using a hammer and nails, plumbing, fixing broken things, paint, how to wall paper and of course, the worst one of all: electricity. (I got enough stings to leave that alone).

You name it, he taught it to us, and I’m thankful for the legacy that was passed on.

Living in the world we live in, it can become easy to strive: (devoting serious effort or energy, quarreling, contending, and fighting) to keep up with the Jones’s.

Always reaching for more: Houses, new cars, the latest gadgets, etc. It was like striving to get, striving to achieve, striving…but somewhere, somehow, I grew weary of the continuous circle.

The Teacher in me (Holy Spirit) was teaching me to trust Him, not myself. Wait on the Lord, not I can do it all by myself. Slow down-stop going so fast, I will show you how to get ahead. Be still!

Then came the revelation: It’s not in trying, but in trusting, it’s not in running, but in resting, it’s not in wondering, but in praying, that we find the strength of the Lord.

There is a new strength that I have found and it’s in resting in Him. Isaiah 30:15 declares: This is what the Sovereign LORD, the Holy One of Israel, says: "In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but you would have none of it.

That TV commercial ( I can bring home the bacon –da-da-da--fry it up in a pan) …I let it go!!!.

For a long time, I thought I had to do it the only way I knew, but as I sat at His feet, I began to get it--- there is peace and rest. Make room for Him. Find a quiet place without the noise. let His Presence bring you rest.

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A Catastrophe In America!



SOME SAY JESUS IS NO LONGER THE REASON FOR THE SEASON
IN AMERICA!

On June 28, 1870, an act of Congress declared December 25th to be a national holiday called Christmas to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.

Without Jesus, there would be no reason to celebrate December 25th as a national holiday. Jesus was and still is God's Gift offered to all.

WHAT CHRISTMAS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE!

Christmas was originally supposed to be a day off from work to celebrate the birth of Jesus, attend church services, exchange Christmas cards, sing Christmas carols, view the baby Jesus in the manger, and wish everyone a Merry Christmas.

Christmas is not our birthday – it's the birthday of Jesus. If you are a born-again Christian, you have already received the greatest gift – Christ living in your heart.

WHAT CHRISTMAS HAS BECOME.

But, greedy merchants have successfully turned Christmas into nothing more than a day of extravagant exchanges of gifts to greatly increase their profits. Now, many are offended if they don't personally receive lots of expensive gifts.

And, many feel pressured to buy gifts they can't afford often for people they may not even like. Many others receive gifts they don't even want or need and can't wait until the next shopping day so they can exchange them. How ridiculous is that!

And now, because of Political Correctness and an attempt to not offend anyone, our government is discouraging us from saying Merry Christmas, singing Christmas carols on the streets or in our public schools, displaying the baby Jesus in the Manger, and step-by-step removing God, the Bible, Crosses and Christian Statues from every facet of our society.

For all practical purposes, the original meaning of Christmas has almost completely disappeared in America. Shame on them – God Cannot Be Pleased!

WHAT WE BELIEVE!

We believe that everyone has the right to believe in the true meaning of Christmas or not to believe. That is our individual privilege. So, if you don't want to celebrate the true meaning of Christmas, don't. We won't be upset with you.

But, don't try to hinder us from doing so. We and the entire Christian Community are very offended that, because of just a few, Christmas is no longer being celebrated as the holiday it was originally intended to be.

If this is truly the case, then December 25th (Christmas) should be abolished as a national holiday and all of our politicians, other government officials, and those who do not believe in the true meaning of Christmas, if December 25th doesn't fall on Saturday or Sunday, should consider this as just another work day, go to work, and get something meaningful done that benefits all of us and not just a few!

Regardless of what happens, we and our house will continue to thank God for His greatest gift – Jesus – who is the real reason for the season and say Merry Christmas every chance we get.

If anyone says to you “Happy Holidays!”, ask them what holiday are they talking about. Then, with a smile, wish them a “Merry Christmas!”.

Finally, if you agree with this post, please share this with everyone you know. Let’s put Jesus back into the Season all across America.

Peace, Blessings, Merry Christmas And A Happy New Year To All,

Bill and Teddy Rogers

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Hallelujah - We’ve Passed Another Milestone!




Our http://www.primelifeministries.com blog has just passed Two Million (2,OOO,OOO) Page Views   from readers in 130 countries.



WHO WE ARE AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED SO FAR



We are Bill and Teddy Rogers, founders of Prime Life Ministries. We first published http://www.primelifeministries.com and its first bible based post and web pages on Feb. 2, 2015. As of this date, God had blessed us with 2,023,361 Page Views.



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During 2017 our desire is to publish more high-quality, informative and encouraging posts and personal testimonies that demonstrate the goodness of God. To accomplish this, we need help from quite a few guest authors. We invite you to be one of them.


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Thanks and God Bless,



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What Is Your Response To The Unfair Affairs In Life?


NOTE: This is a Guest Post used with permission from Gloria Thomas Anderson,


Have you ever felt like life has dealt an unfair hand of hardship to you? I know that I have felt that way occasionally—until I met Rita (alias).

This beautiful young lady openly shared her courageous story with me. A life filled with horrendous experiences that were hard to even imagine. As I listened to her life of poverty and abuse, what stood out to me most was her positive attitude.

She spoke with a strong determination to continue onward in the destiny and purpose she envisioned for her life. The saying that "you can't tell a book by its cover" is an applicable one. To look at her from the outside, you would never know the atrocities she had survived. The same analogy may apply to you.

" No one else can take your choice of response."
-Gloria Thomas Anderson, LMSW

Sometimes what others may think they see when looking at you is not what is at all. You may lack control over certain life situations, especially when it involves other people whose actions are contrary to you. As you read the poem, "Choices", ask yourself, "How am I responding to unfair life circumstances?"

Sometimes the reality of what someone else has gone through can cause us to remember how blessed we are. How we choose to respond to the unfair affairs of life is our choice. No one else can take your choice of response. That is only given away—by choice. 

 
Peace to you,


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The Gift Of God Is Eternal Life!



THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH BUT THE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE!

Romans 6:22-23 (NIV) says But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

It is impossible to be neutral. Every person has a master – either sin or God. A Christian is not someone who cannot sin, but someone who is no longer a slave to sin. He or she belongs to God.

During your lifetime, you are free to choose between sin or God, but you are not free to manipulate the consequences of your choice. Each of these two masters pays with his own kind of wages.

THE WAGES (PAYOFF) OF SIN IS DEATH!

This is all you can expect or hope for if you live your life without God.

THE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE!

You can have a new life with God that begins here on earth and continues forever with God in Heaven.

Ephesians 2:8-9 (NIV) says For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.”

When someone gives you a gift, do you say “That’s very nice – now how much do I owe you?” No, the appropriate response to a gift is “Thank You.”

Eternal life is a free gift from God. Since it is a gift, then it is not something that we can earn or buy, nor something that must be paid back. We become Christians through God’s unmerited grace, not as the result of any effort, ability, intelligent choice, or act of service on our part.

Yet many Christians, even after they have received the gift of salvation, feel obligated to try to work their way to God. This is not God’s intention! God’s intention is that our salvation will result in us desiring to serve others with kindness, love and gentleness.

Because our salvation and even our faith are free gifts, we should respond with gratitude, praise, and joy. We are not saved merely for our own benefit but to serve Christ and help build the Kingdom of God.

WHAT CHOICE HAVE YOU MADE?

Have you chosen to reject God’s free gift of salvation and to continue serving sin as your master with the end result of death?

OR

Have you chosen eternal life with God that begins here on earth and continues forever with God in Heaven?

IT’S YOUR DECISION. IT’S ALL UP TO YOU!

If you have not accepted God’s free gift of salvation, we encourage you to do so. Don’t wait – do it today! By ourselves, we are not worthy to go to Heaven. But, God loved us and counted us worthy enough to die for us and offered us the way to Heaven – if we accept it. To learn more, please see “God’s Free Gift”.

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The Death Of Common Sense In America.


Note: This is an Americanized Version of an article that was originally published in the London Times.  Because of what is currently happening in America, we decided to republish it.

OBITUARY OF COMMON SENSE

No one really knows how old Common Sense was when he died in America.

Common Sense cultivated sound ideas like:

  • Not to spend more than you make;
  • When to come in out of the rain;
  • Marriage is between a man and a woman;
  • Adults, not children, are in charge - Some readers need to announce this to the people who live in their home.

COMMON SENSE GETS SICK

When a 6 year old boy was charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate. Think of the criminal activity involved in that. A 5 or 6 year old boy kissing a 5 or 6 year old girl. They may be two of the few human beings left who are normal.

COMMON SENSE ILLNESS CONTINUES

When a teacher is fired because she responded to an unruly student – an undisciplined student who was trying to take over her class. Common Sense lost ground in his fight for survival when the parents began attacking the school teacher for doing the job that the parents were supposed to do.

When parents fail to discipline their rebellious children at home, they send rebels to school and expect missionaries to come home. This won't happen. If you send a rebel to school at eight o'clock, he or she will still be a brat when they come home at three o'clock.

COMMON SENSE ILLNESS TURNS SERIOUS

When schools were required to get parents consent to give an aspirin to a student but the school could not inform the parent if their child was pregnant and being driven to the Planned Parenthood place to get an abortion. Think of the absurdity of this! But, this is happening in America.

POLITICAL CORRECTNESS POISONS COMMON SENSE

When military chaplains were ordered to remove all signs of the cross and children's toys and public restrooms were declared neutral gender.

COMMON SENSE IS HOSPITALIZED

When a judge ordered that the “10 Commandments” monument must be removed in Oklahoma City and another judge ordered that a statue of Satan would be allowed to stand in Detroit.

COMMON SENSE TAKES A TURN FOR THE WORSE

When churches stopped preaching the Word of God and became coffee shops for Gospel Hippies, criminals received better treatment than their victims, and you could no longer defend yourself from a burglar in your own home without the fear of being charged with a felony and imprisoned.

COMMON SENSE TAKES ANOTHER TURN FOR THE WORSE

When the Supreme Court declared that the marriage between men and men or two women is now the law of the land and is legal nationwide. This is a violation of the Word of God to the core. We have lost our minds!

COMMON SENSE DIES

When it was revealed that Planned Parenthood was selling the body parts of aborted babies for a profit and very few people were outraged.

COMMON SENSE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

  • His parents “Truth” and “Trust” and his wife “Loyalty”.
  • His grandfathers “Responsibility” and “A True Work Ethic”.
  • His grandmothers “Integrity” and “Honor”.

COMMON SENSE IS SURVIVED IN AMERICA BY

His five step-children whose names are:

  • I Know My Rights”;
  • I Want It Now”;
  • Someone Else Is To Blame”;
  • I Am The Victim”; And
  • Pay Me For Doing Nothing Or I'm Going To Burn The Town Down”.

THIS IS WHERE AMERICA IS TODAY

Concepts like the above couldn't possibly come out of Washington, D.C. where they are busy losing IRS documents is space. You lose yours – you better find them! But they can't find theirs.

They can't find 34,000 emails that have been erased from Hillary Clinton's private server making it impossible for the State Department to track the actions of the Secretary of State. And, of course, there is no smoking gun when the evidence has been destroyed.

Our Southern Border is wide open to terrorists, rapists, and murderers and none of our current politicians are willing to do anything about it because they are more concerned about losing votes than protecting American citizens.

And now, Fox News has broken the story that America has sold 25% of its Uranium – Uranium which is used to make Nuclear Bombs – to Russia and Russia supports Iran who is trying to build a Nuclear Bomb. Iran who has stated that they will wipe Israel off the face of the map and all Americans should die.

THINK ABOUT THIS

In the future, History could record that a nuclear bomb was dropped on Israel or a nuclear suitcase bomb was delivered on Los Angeles or New York City and killed millions of people.

Could it be possible that these bombs were made with the Uranium that came out of America and went to Russia and then to Iran and the millions of dollars to pay for it wound up in the pockets of American Politicians?

Common Sense in America is not dying – it's completely dead and moral insanity reigns! The truth is a lie, the prophet is a liar, and the world is upside down.


WAKE UP, AMERICA – WE'RE GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION!

OUR NOTE: WE THANK GOD:

  • For the prayers, fasting and votes of millions of Christians and others in our 2016 election; and
  • For intervening in the affairs of our nation.
As a result, we now have a new president-elect who has promised to correct a lot of the above problems that are destroying our nation and to resurrect (bring back to life) "Common Sense" throughout our land.

1 Timothy 2:1-4 (NIV) says “I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people—for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.

2 Chronicles 7:14 (NIV) says “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”

As Christians, Our Job Is Not Finished.

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE FOLLOWING:

  • That God will protect all our elected officials and their staffs;
  • That our elected officials will become bold, righteous and common sense leaders who will support faith, family and our freedoms;
  • That all our elected officials will come together and do the job they said they would do and work together to restore America;
  • That the spirit of confusion would be bound and the spirit of peace loosed in Washington, D.C. and throughout our land;
  • That God would forgive our sins and heal our land;
  • That our elected officials will defend Israel, the Apple of God's Eye;
  • That God will bless and protect America from those who seek to harm us; and
  • That all men would come to know Christ.

In Jesus Name, Amen

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