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In a box

Posted by Shirley Anne on May 22, 2013

Illuminated parchment, Spain, circa AD 950-955...

Illuminated parchment, Spain, circa AD 950-955, depicting the Fall of Man, cause of original sin. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

As human beings we tend to want things all neat and tidy, everything in its place. We have these imaginative little boxes in which we place things, each box with its own label so that what is in the box is described by the label. Life however cannot be categorised in this way. Some things can be placed in definitive boxes but some just cannot. We live our lives in little boxes, our homes, our cars, sometimes the places in which we work. We categorise people in the same way, stamping imaginary labels on everyone we see. We even put God in a box! Now there’s a thing! God cannot be placed into a box. We cannot put human limitations on the One who created us. If God’s will does not meet with ours we accuse Him of not loving us. If something upsetting happens in our lives we blame God as if he had anything to do with it. Some people even blame God when they don’t even believe He exists! How stupid is that?. The truth is many people just don’t know God. God does not interfere in our lives but allows things to happen because what happens in our lives in reality is down to us. Our fate is determined by either accepting God or by rejecting Him. It’s the Adam and Eve effect if you will. God does not want us to be separated from Him but is our attitude and sinful ways that keep us apart. God would not be God if He allowed us to continue in sin and still have a relationship with Him. What kind of god lets sin rule? Sin will one day cease to be and all those who continue in it. God gives us a second chance to walk with Him, to trust in Him and to rely on His sovereignty and will in our lives. We must place ourselves at His mercy in order to please Him. Unfortunately many will not do that because by nature we are selfish and want our own way in things. God allows us to do as we wish but there is a penalty to pay, if not in this world (realm) then certainly in the next, for surely there is a next! I speak of spiritual things. God even gives us a way out, a way of paying our debt for the sins we commit and that is through Jesus Christ. It is by Gods grace through our faith in Him that we are saved from eternal punishment. Ephesians 2:8-9 ‘For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith— and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no-one can boast’. Don’t place God in a box, He has a purpose for everything that happens in your life, whether good things or bad.

 

Shirley Anne

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Above all things

Posted by Shirley Anne on May 12, 2013

All Things Bright and Beautiful

All Things Bright and Beautiful the Lord God made them all

There are many things in this world that I like, there are many things that I love. The things around me are necessary for my existence and I cannot live without them. The air that I breathe, the water that I drink and the food that I eat are my basic requirements in continuing to live. Anything else has no effect on this basic fact but to live a life that has meaning much more is needed. I need companionship, friendship, family and a purpose for living. All these things provide for a happy existence given that my environment is a nice place in which to dwell. Nice as all these things are and as life itself is, they all pass away as if they had never been. We live out our lives ever searching for things that please us, ever reaching for something new and exciting in our lives. We crave happiness and love. Our desire is to be accepted and loved and we do all we can to achieve such things but even these things will pass away. There has to be something more to life than this. There has to be a purpose. I often wondered why it is that we, human beings, are all so very different. We are all made of the same stuff and yet we remain different. The reason for this is that we are spirit beings inside a physical body. The spirit lives on when the flesh dies away, so the next question is where does the spirit go when we die? In simple terms it returns to the one who created it, God. Above all things that I possess, above all things that I am is the One who created me. I place my trust in Him alone and put Him above everything else.

Shirley Anne

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Sheep?

Posted by Shirley Anne on April 28, 2013

English: Sheep above Stotgap Gill (3) Still no...

The Good Shepherd looks after His sheep

So, you go with the flow. You have no opinion about an afterlife. You believe that one does not exist. You cannot explain why you think that way but you just do. You are just like the other sheep in the fold. You say you are not and that anyone who believes that nonsense in an afterlife is in fact under an illusion and it is they who are the sheep. You need proof before you believe but you have no faith to believe what you cannot see. So you carry on in the belief that there is no afterlife. Maybe you believe in something else. If asked about that belief you cannot explain why you believe but say that it is just as viable a belief as any other. That means you hope it is the right one else your belief is founded upon nothing. So why believe in one thing and not the other? If asked whether your beliefs have grounding in fact, you cannot answer. What benefits are there in believing in anything? You might as well believe in anything if in fact there is no benefit from it. So what benefits could there be and are they worth pursuing? In this life a benefit may enable a better lifestyle but that would mean that your present circumstances were not good enough. That again would mean that you are ambitious to improve your situation and why not? What benefit would that be to you? Perhaps you like the idea of being better off than all your neighbours. If so then that means you don’t care much about them. Well if you do care then what are you doing about it? Probably nothing. So why bother with that sort of ambition? At the end of your life you will have achieved basically nothing. Those you leave behind will surpass you. All you have gained will be lost to you and others will reap the benefits. Why then don’t you see that they are satisfied whilst you are still alive? That would make your existence something to be proud of, wouldn’t it? But then that would mean you would be proud. If you don’t mind being proud then that’s alright but others will not see it that way. Do you want to be remembered for being a good person or one that is proud and self-seeking? If all of this is nonsense then what is it that makes sense to you? On what thesis is that based upon? As we grow we form opinions about those things we encounter and either accept them or reject them. We may not know the truth about them sometimes but that often does not prevent us from rejecting them. We can be very irrational in this sphere. We reject things we know nothing about and often accept things in the same way. We resist anyone who tries to tell us otherwise. We can be letting ourselves down by doing this. Somebody somewhere actually knows the truth but are we ready to believe it? No. Why? Because we don’t have the faith to believe. Maybe the sheep description is wrong. Perhaps a more apt description would be an ostrich. Open your heart to faith, then follow your heart when you realise that the truth has been revealed. What truth is that? That is for you to discover. But don’t delude yourself, don’t kid yourself that what you believe is the truth if in fact you know it isn’t. You will know when it is.

Shirley Anne

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Illogical Atheists?

Posted by Shirley Anne on April 11, 2013

Atheists, Reconsider

Atheists, Reconsider

First of all I must state that as a Christian I have no problem with those who are atheist for I was one once. It isn’t a disease just as much as being a Christian isn’t. Conflict arises where there are social issues and concerns to consider. Christians are people who believe in a deity, a creator who made all things, everything we can and cannot see even ourselves whereas atheists do not believe in a deity and therefore must believe everything we see including ourselves came about by other means. That is simple logic. Christians are under attack when they try to influence how everyone else is supposed to live and which laws we should have to govern our societies. In the case of the UK, Christianity has been the influencing power, whether for the good or in some cases unfortunately for the bad over most of the last two millenia. Our laws are based upon those written in Scripture and from a Christian’s point of view, God-given. At this point I think many, if not all atheists would agree with the basic laws we have but not necessarily all of the others, the ones written in Scripture concerning certain moral and behavioural lifestyles. The Christian believes and agrees with the whole tenet of the law whereas the atheist agrees only in part. As an example, atheists who happen to be homosexual would not agree with what Scripture says about it but may be perfectly in agreement over the law which says, we should not kill (murder). There are many other examples. People will pick and choose from Scripture as it suits their belief system or non-belief system. Either the Bible is wholly true or none of it is. It cannot be both, at least to the believer. Atheism is also a belief system, though many atheists would immediately disagree and this is where they are illogical. Everybody believes in something, including atheists. Ask an atheist what they believe and it will probably be different from another who is an atheist. The real problem starts with Creation. Just how did we get here? This is a question that has been asked since the birth of mankind and there are only two fundamental possibilities. One is that everything was created and the other is that all things have eternally existed and only one of those can be right. When the latter possibility is studied and examined it becomes impossible to believe but when we study Creation as having been created by God everything falls into place quite easily. The more we delve into the Universe and how it came about the more the Creation model appears to be the truth. Unless we consider how the Universe was made we cannot make the decision that God doesn’t exist. If only the atheist would see that. Christians have the faith to believe He does.

Shirley Anne

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What’s new?

Posted by Shirley Anne on March 28, 2013

Cover of "The Heart Is Deceitful Above Al...

Cover of The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things

The world is getting out of hand, more drugs, more theft and robbery, more anti-social behaviour, more rape, more disobedience and lack of respect for property, life and the law. This is despite what people will tell you. When I was young reports of murder were few but these days there is hardly a week goes by without hearing of murder or manslaughter somewhere in the land. Life it seems is cheap to some people. In and around the town I grew up in, Liverpool, there has been an ever-increasing number of gun crimes in recent years mostly members of rival gangs shooting one another. Sadly sometimes innocent bystanders get in the line of fire as was the case a few years ago when a young boy was shot dead accidentally as he rode his bicycle in a pub car park and got into the line-of-fire. A short while ago there was a report of someone walking into a pub, singling out an individual and then shooting him and then shooting him once more whilst he was on the floor just to be sure he was dead. He then walked calmly out of the pub and into the night. People who carry out such evil seemingly have no conscience at all. Can anyone really be that callous? What is it that drives people to do such things? We can blame their up-bringing, their poor social standing, their parents and many other things but in the end it is down to the individual. Or is it? Even since writing this a few days ago there have been reports of more guns being fired in anger. Remember a post I placed soon after Christmas? How long will the good will to all men last? I am not surprised at all this for it says……………

2 Timothy 3

New International Version – UK

1 But mark this: there will be terrible times in the last days. 2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God – 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.

Evil resides in the heart of those who who turn away from God.

Jeremiah 17:9

The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

Jeremiah 17:8-10

It will get far worse before it ever gets better. This is prophecy. Expect it.

Shirley Anne

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It’s not for me they say

Posted by Shirley Anne on March 20, 2013

A picture of Pisgah Baptist Church in Four Oak...

A picture of Pisgah Baptist Church in Four Oaks, North Carolina, USA.

There are many things in this life that hold no interest for me and this is the same for everyone on the planet. We can’t all like the same things or have the same interests right across the board. I hear people talking about their hobbies and interests and sometimes those things coincide with mine but not always. For so long in my life I couldn’t understand why people went to church on a Sunday and I felt it was more to do with their traditional habits than their belief in God. Of course at that time I had no interest in God so going to church meant nothing to me. When I actually started going to church on a regular basis it was a ritual for me, it meant nothing spiritually and it was more to do with my children. For reasons not known to me at that time I felt pushed to take them along but wasn’t quite sure why. The children enjoyed going, which helped and I felt happy that they were learning the traditions of men, not realising they were learning about God and Jesus Christ too! As I sat in the pews my experience was one of listening but not understanding. It was simply what I did on a Sunday morning. Before too long we moved away to where we live now and I found another church to attend on a Sunday. Both of these two churches were Methodist. It was during my first year at the second church that I began to take an interest in God and I read the Bible from the beginning to the end for the first time. This ultimately lead to me conversion and I had a ‘born again’ experience. I also began to attend a Pentecostal church about this time. These events are listed in my pages above for those who wish to know more so I won’t elaborate here. My life was changed completely for the better once I became a Christian believer and my sole wish was to tell others about this pearl of information I had discovered so they too might benefit by coming to God as I had done. This desire to ‘preach the Gospel‘ has stuck with me ever since and really it should be the desire of every born again believer! So I witness to people given every opportunity. You might ask why we Christians want others, complete strangers to know about God and salvation but there is a new driving force within us called the Holy Spirit empowering us and there is a new love in our hearts for those who don’t know. Writing about God in a Blog is a very easy thing to do, far easier than speaking with people face to face but I enjoy doing both. I expect a lot of rejection for my efforts for many say in their own way, ‘It’s not for me’, as if it were a hobby or a pastime for me, something I just do as a hobby or because I have an interest in Christianity. Christianity isn’t anything like Islam or Buddhism, Hinduism or any other ‘religions’ for it is the only one with the promise of eternal life.  Believing in a deity, is difficult to accept for many people so they dismiss it out of hand. It is only by openly pursuing God that He will be found though. We have to make the effort and earnestly seek Him. Saying that God doesn’t exist doesn’t mean He doesn’t but people will say the opposite,’believing in God doesn’t mean He exists either’. Well I didn’t know avocados existed before I saw one! The difference is that I can take avocados or not as I please without any consequences but this isn’t the same for God. If I don’t take hold of His free gift of life everlasting in Jesus Christ I will pay the consequences and these consequences will last an eternity! There will not be a second chance so why take that chance? Why gamble with your destiny? No, Christianity isn’t just a hobby or an interest, it isn’t all about going to a church or following the traditions of men as many do. It is about salvation, ETERNAL SALVATION. Pooh-pooh the idea if you think that isn’t true and I know many of you will do exactly that. It won’t stop me trying to get through to you though because I know the gift is very much worth accepting.

Click here for some eye-openers

http://www.finalfrontier.org.uk/

Shirley Anne

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What do you have?

Posted by Shirley Anne on March 11, 2013

English: Satan Going Forth from the Presence o...

English: Satan Going Forth from the Presence of the Lord, by William Blake.

Well there you are sitting pretty in  your little house or apartment. A nice car stands on the driveway or tucked away inside your garage. There’s money in the bank, though you’d probably like some more. You have a decent job and a family around you or you have retired and are living the good life. Maybe you are single and can do your own thing. Your diary is filled with social engagements and you have many friends to call upon. You make a point in dining out as often as you can. Life is one long holiday but even so you like to go off somewhere once or twice a year as funds will allow. The wine cellar is full and so is the refrigerator. You own the latest television set and computer, mobile phone and tablet and you have many hobbies to keep you occupied. Your garden is well-kept with its immaculate lawn and borders. Fruit trees grow in abundance and tomatoes grow in your large greenhouse. Life is good. It couldn’t be better. All your needs are met and you want for nothing. Suddenly it is all taken away from you.  Without your possessions and lifestyle you have become nothing. What would you do? Well this is what one man did when he found himself in a similar situation..

Job 1

New International Version – UK

Prologue

1 In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil. 2 He had seven sons and three daughters, 3 and he owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred donkeys, and had a large number of servants. He was the greatest man among all the people of the East.

4 His sons used to hold feasts in their homes on their birthdays, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. 5 When a period of feasting had run its course, Job would make arrangements for them to be purified. Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them, thinking, ‘Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.’ This was Job’s regular custom.

6 One day the angels[a] came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan[b] also came with them. 7 The Lord said to Satan, ‘Where have you come from?’

Satan answered the Lord, ‘From roaming throughout the earth, going to and fro on it.’

8 Then the Lord said to Satan, ‘Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.’

9 ‘Does Job fear God for nothing?’ Satan replied. 10 ‘Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land. 11 But now stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face.’

12 The Lord said to Satan, ‘Very well, then, everything he has is in your power, but on the man himself do not lay a finger.’

Then Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.

13 One day when Job’s sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the eldest brother’s house, 14 a messenger came to Job and said, ‘The oxen were ploughing and the donkeys were grazing nearby, 15 and the Sabeans attacked and made off with them. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!’

16 While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, ‘The fire of God fell from the heavens and burned up the sheep and the servants, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!’

17 While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, ‘The Chaldeans formed three raiding parties and swept down on your camels and made off with them. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!’

18 While he was still speaking, yet another messenger came and said, ‘Your sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the eldest brother’s house, 19 when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on them and they are dead, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!’

20 At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship 21 and said:

‘Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
    and naked I shall depart.[c]
The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away;
    may the name of the Lord be praised.’

22 In all this, Job did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing.

Footnotes:

  1. Job 1:6 Hebrew the sons of God
  2. Job 1:6 Hebrew satan means adversary.
  3. Job 1:21 Or shall return there

Think about your life and how that one day it will be taken from you. What will you do when you realise you are in the presence of God facing judgement?

Shirley Anne

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Out of the mouths of children

Posted by Shirley Anne on March 8, 2013

This guy is really on fire for the Lord and so young too….

Ecclesiastes 12

New International Version – UK

1 Remember your Creator
in the days of your youth,
before the days of trouble come
and the years approach when you will say,
‘I find no pleasure in them’–
2 before the sun and the light
and the moon and the stars grow dark,
and the clouds return after the rain;
3 when the keepers of the house tremble,
and the strong men stoop,
when the grinders cease because they are few,
and those looking through the windows grow dim;
4 when the doors to the street are closed
and the sound of grinding fades;
when people rise up at the sound of birds,
but all their songs grow faint;
5 when people are afraid of heights
and of dangers in the streets;
when the almond tree blossoms
and the grasshopper drags itself along
and desire no longer is stirred.
Then people go to their eternal home
and mourners go about the streets.

6 Remember him – before the silver cord is severed,
and the golden bowl is broken;
before the pitcher is shattered at the spring,
and the wheel broken at the well,
7 and the dust returns to the ground it came from,
and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

8 ‘Meaningless! Meaningless!’ says the Teacher.[a]
‘Everything is meaningless!’

The conclusion of the matter

9 Not only was the Teacher wise, but also he imparted knowledge to the people. He pondered and searched out and set in order many proverbs. 10 The Teacher searched to find just the right words, and what he wrote was upright and true.

11 The words of the wise are like goads, their collected sayings like firmly embedded nails – given by one shepherd.[b] 12 Be warned, my son, of anything in addition to them.

Of making many books there is no end, and much study wearies the body.

13 Now all has been heard;
here is the conclusion of the matter:
fear God and keep his commandments,
for this is the duty of all mankind.
14 For God will bring every deed into judgment,
including every hidden thing,
whether it is good or evil.

Footnotes:

  1. Ecclesiastes 12:8 Or the leader of the assembly; also in verses 9 and 10
  2. Ecclesiastes 12:11 Or Shepherd

Shirley Anne

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Heaven and hell

Posted by Shirley Anne on February 24, 2013

 

To watch the full version of the video and to watch another similar one click on here……….

http://www.freechristianteaching.org/modules/tinyd0/index.php?id=4#axzz2LTtZ4t8q

 

I hope it opens your heart….

Shirley Anne

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Why do I not worry?

Posted by Shirley Anne on February 21, 2013

The Human Use of Human Beings

The Human Use of Human Beings

I have said this many times in the past but I don’t worry about anything these days, I put my hope and faith in God who takes away my cares. Ok I know some of you will disagree with that but nevertheless it is true for me, He really does take away my cares. Personal problems I may have do not compare to the problems that face so many in the world. If you click on the link to the right ‘Vine of life news’ or here instead, http://vineoflife.net  you will see the column to the far right of its home page items of news from around the world which will open your eyes to what is really going on, some items of news you never hear about from the media or main television news reports. The world is in a terrible state, people facing danger, starvation, military and religious oppression of all kinds and we should be concerned. I know I am concerned but I’m not worried about it all, these things we are told will happen before the end time. As sure as God has a plan they will, He knows things before they happen, it is all in prophecy. Mankind is heading for its own destruction unless there is an intervention, and there will be as sure as there is a tomorrow. I do not worry about these things for it is all in God’s hands. I am not surprised to read about many of the things we human beings get up to all in the name of religion, greed, power and such things. Man’s inhumanity toward his fellow being at times beggars belief and to what end? I remember how much my father was upset about such things and he would often say so whenever he learned of another way mankind had  behaved toward his fellow-man. People tell me that we as human beings are gradually improving in our relationships with each other and that the world is becoming a better place but from where I stand and what I can see going on all around me that suggestion is a difficult one to accept. We have had many generations come and go to get it right but I don’t think we are even close or ever likely to be but as I said, I am not worried, God takes that away from me for I place everything into His hands.

1 Peter 5:6-7

6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. 7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.

Shirley Anne

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Yet a further step away

Posted by Shirley Anne on February 13, 2013

Takva: A Man's Fear of God

Takva: A Man’s Fear of God (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Once upon a time this country was called a Christian country and God-fearing. The laws of God, His precepts were strictly adhered to for fear of God’s wrath. Probably many folk were more frightened of the Church because of the way the Church preached the Word but nevertheless the message was received and accepted. Religion has always been a problem in preaching God’s Word. Would God or does God recognise His Church in these last days? Much of the Church has lost its way and struggles with doctrine, often miss-interpreting Scripture along the way or allowing secular thoughts to influence in decision-making. God gave us His Word in writing showing us the covenants He made with us and laying down His laws and precepts for us to obey. Those laws and precepts remain true even to this day and will remain so forever. When we choose to disobey those rules (laws and precepts) we place ourselves in danger for He gave them to us for a good reason. However, many have turned away from God and choose to do their own thing and live their lives as they please but to be sure God isn’t pleased with them, though some who believe in Him would maintain that He does! Each defiant step we take away from His laws, away from His precepts takes us further away from Him. God loves us all but in no way loves the sins we commit before Him. Sins are what keeps mankind separated from God. This country, this nation, apart from those who love God and obey Him,  has moved far away from God and is getting further away from Him every day. Under the umbrella of the ‘Human Rights‘ advocates God’s laws are being disregarded and ignored, issues concerning homosexuality, same gender marriage, abortions, all go against God’s law. God is not pleased and will pass judgement in due course. The saying by many that this country of ours has ‘gone to the dogs’ is not far from the truth and we will most certainly reap the rewards for our evil ways one day. Our once great kingdom will no longer be great and is already part-way down that road. We, as a nation, need to repent of our ways and get back to God. It is then and only then will we prosper.

Jeremiah 18

5 Then the word of the Lord came to me. 6 He said, ‘Can I not do with you, Israel, as this potter does?’ declares the Lord. ‘Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, Israel. 7 If at any time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down and destroyed, 8 and if that nation I warned repents of its evil, then I will relent and not inflict on it the disaster I had planned. 9 And if at another time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be built up and planted, 10 and if it does evil in my sight and does not obey me, then I will reconsider the good I had intended to do for it.

2 Chronicles 7

14 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.

Shirley Anne

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This cannot wait

Posted by Shirley Anne on February 11, 2013

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God’s Wrath on Unrighteousness

Posted by Shirley Anne on February 7, 2013

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Re-blogged from http://lynleahz.com/ This is one of the things that happen when you turn away from God....... Shirley Anne

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A final warning and invitation

Posted by Shirley Anne on February 3, 2013

Many of the people I know have no belief in God despite how many times they are witnessed to. A brick wall surrounds them, their eyes are open but they cannot see, their ever-open ears hear nothing, their lives are all they see. They are born, they live and then they die as if for no reason whatsoever. According to their hearts they are all here by accident, by chance, by some fluke of nature and are simply a product of a universe they know nothing about or where it came from. The universe with all it’s galaxies came from somewhere, it was created. In the same way we were created too. God declares He is the creator of all things and He did it all through Jesus Christ and by His Spirit. God spoke and it happened. God speaks today and things happen. Those who know God will know these things but for those who don’t, they remain in ignorance. God however loves all His creation and would have none of us perish or be outside of His love. Unfortunately many do not accept this and place themselves in great danger, not in this life but in the next. We are all sinners and as such deserve nothing from God but in His mercy we may obtain forgiveness and everlasting, yes EVERLASTING LIFE if we repent and accept the one He sent, Jesus, as our Saviour. Without Jesus we are doomed to eternal punishment, Throughout The Bible we are told about this message, this Gospel, this good news but it is up to us to respond. In the final page of Revelation, the last book in the Bible, God calls out to those who have yet to come to Him through Jesus. A final warning and a final invitation. Why? Because He loves you!

Detail - Glory of the New Born Christ in prese...

Revelation 22

Epilogue: invitation and warning

12 ‘Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.

14 ‘Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city. 15 Outside are the dogs, those who practise magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practises falsehood.

16 ‘I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star.’

17 The Spirit and the bride say, ‘Come!’ And let the one who hears say, ‘Come!’ Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.

18 I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: if anyone adds anything to them, God will add to that person the plagues described in this scroll. 19 And if anyone takes words away from this scroll of prophecy, God will take away from that person any share in the tree of life and in the Holy City, which are described in this scroll.

20 He who testifies to these things says, ‘Yes, I am coming soon.’

Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.

21 The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God’s people. Amen.

 

Shirley Anne

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A dying man’ vision

Posted by Shirley Anne on February 2, 2013

Reblogged from In Love with Jesus Christ:

 

This is a powerful vision that a dying man received from God, please watch and let his words stir your soul.  If you doubt now about the existence of God please take a small moment to watch this video, hear his words and let his conviction open your heart towards Jesus.  Don’t take another second of your life not believing because tomorrow might be too late.

 

Shirley Anne

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Lying spirits

Posted by Shirley Anne on January 28, 2013

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Gay marriage

Posted by Shirley Anne on December 26, 2012

Gay Marriage Plans ‘Likened To Nazi Ideology’ In

Bishop Of Shrewsbury’s Christmas Midnight Mass

PA/The Huffington Post UK  |  Posted: 24/12/2012 07:07 GMT  |  Updated: 24/12/2012 07:32 GMT

Gay Marriage
A Roman Catholic bishop is to use his Christmas message to take a political sideswipe at the coalition government, addressing its intentions to redefine the institution of marriage.

During midnight Mass at Shrewsbury Cathedral the Rt Rev Mark Davies will tell his congregation that the proposals to push through a Bill to legalise same-sex marriages are casting shadows over the country.

According to the Daily Mail and the Daily Telegraph, the Bishop of Shrewsbury will also compare coalition plans to the ideologies of Nazism and Communism, which threatened “Christian civilisation” in the name of “progress”.

He is expected to say that supporters of same-sex marriage are using the notion of “progress” to help pave the way for legalisation of gay marriage.

Bishop Davies will accuse also Prime Minister David Cameron of attempting to redefine the identity of marriage for “generations to come” without either a mandate from the electorate or properly consulting on the consequences of the proposal.

“This Christmas we are also conscious of new shadows cast by a Government pledged at its election to support the institution of marriage,” he will say.

“This vital foundation of society, the 2011 census indicates, now stands at perhaps is lowest ebb.

“At such a moment the Prime Minister has decided without mandate, without any serious consultation to redefine the identity of marriage itself, the foundation of the family for all generations to come.

“This is again done in the name of progress… The British people have reason to ask on this night, ‘where is such progress leading?’”

His comments will come hours after David Cameron’s Christmas message, which referred directly to his own personal faith, in what was seen as an attempt to heal the rift with the Church.

Cameron said the end of the year was also a time to focus on the Christian message and said he would pray for everyone to have a happy and peaceful time “however you celebrate this time of year”.

The Bishop will also use his homily to denounce the “industrial scale” of abortion in British society and destructive experiments on human embryos.

He also will also point out how Christmas and the birth of Jesus cast “a searching light on the darkest shadows of our time”.

Bishop Davies will suggest that apparent contempt for human life is connected to the growing loss of respect for the elderly, saying: “The widespread neglect and ill-treatment of the frailest, elderly people in our society: concerns highlighted in the Care Quality Commission‘s recent report.

“The growing concerns about end of life care and what is happening to the most vulnerable in our hospitals.

“This dark side to our society is surely connected to the discarding of human life from the beginning in legalised abortion on an industrial scale, in reproductive technologies, in embryo experimentation which our laws have sanctioned.”

Bishop Davies will tell the congregation they have arrived at a time to “stand up for what is right and true as previous generations have done before us: to give witness to the value and dignity of every human life, to the truth of marriage as the lasting union of man and woman… the foundation of the family.”

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So why don’t they have a referendum for such an important issue? I am happy to see that another member of the clergy making a stand for God’s word. The secular world simply does not like the idea that there is a God and that He demands more of us

Shirley Anne

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Don’t think it can’t or won’t happen

Posted by Shirley Anne on December 9, 2012

It Can Happen Here^ Unless We Keep 'Em Firing^...

It Can Happen Here

This Can't Happen Here

This Can’t Happen Here

When I was young my father would tell me certain things at the end of which he would add, ‘Just mark my words’. He wasn’t often wrong for many of the things he said came true. Wisdom is the reserve of those older and more experienced than ourselves but when young we often do not appreciate that fact. The younger generation think they know all the answers and it is only as they grow and gain experience in life do they begin to see things in a more informed way. Many though do not heed the words of the wise and become or remain uninformed on many of life’s issues. They grow old, steadfast and unswerving because of their refusal to listen and take note. On 1 December I posted an article and video about the advancement of radical Islam in the USA, here in the UK and probably in many other countries around the world too. An attitude of indifference mostly caused by the fact that many people today do not believe in God or follow a religion at all. For many years now I have followed closely the affairs of the world with respect to the prophecies written in The Bible. I am a firm believer in prophecy, I can see where this world is headed and how the events that happen are laying the foundation to troubled times ahead, events which will happen despite any human effort to alleviate the inevitability. Being forewarned is being forearmed and ready. As a Bible believing Christian I am only too aware of the danger humankind is going to be faced with in the years ahead. I may be fortunate to escape the coming wrath, I do not know, no-one does. Much of prophecy is centred around The Holy Land, modern-day Israel and those who have eyes to see and ears to hear must surely be well aware of what is happening there. The worst is yet to come though. Ever since the nation of Israel was reformed in 1948 there has been unrest in the area and it was just the same thousands of years ago. The greatest threat to Israel today is the advancement of Islam but Islam is a conquering faith as well as a religion. The sole aim of Islam is to take the world by force, not by love or persuasion for those outside Islam are considered infidels and deserve death unless they convert. What kind of god promotes this attitude? To that end the proponents of Islam emigrate to foreign lands and begin to live there slowly growing in number and when there are enough of them begin to make their voices heard. Soon they have infiltrated local authorities and governments to become upstanding members of society who fight for the rights and privileges of their Muslim brethren. Many towns in the UK are overflowing with Muslims, so much so that many other ethnic groups leave to live somewhere else. Eventually our Muslim friends become the majority in our land and then our own rights will come under threat. Further down-line the country becomes an Islamic state with all it entails. I heard on the news a couple of days ago that proposals have been submitted to the East London authorities to erect a huge mosque in the area. Now this country once had no mosques but now they are numerous. Some church buildings have been taken over and used as mosques because the local people seemingly were not interested in going to church. Need I say more? This new mosque, if built, would be four times larger than St Paul’s Cathedral. That fact alone should speak volumes. I would hate to be the one to say, ‘I told you so’ but as my old dad used to say ‘Just mark my words’.

Shirley Anne

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Well, well, well

Posted by Shirley Anne on December 7, 2012

English: Pic taken at 12th WIEF
One Of The Best Arguments I have ever read

Don’t miss even a single word…. It’s too good………….

An atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his class on the problem science has with God, The Almighty.
He asks one of his new students to stand and…..

Prof: So you believe in God?

Student: Absolutely, sir.

Prof: Is God good?

Student: Sure.

Prof: Is God all-powerful?

Student: Yes..

Prof: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to God to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But God didn’t. How is this God good then? Hmm?
(Student is silent.)

Prof: You can’t answer, can you? Let’s start again, young fella. Is God good?

Student: Yes.

Prof: Is Satan good?

Student: No.

Prof: Where does Satan come from?

Student: From….God…

Prof: That’s right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?

Student: Yes.

Prof: Evil is everywhere, isn’t it? And God did make everything. Correct?

Student: Yes.

Prof: So who created evil?
(Student does not answer.)

Prof: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don’t they?

Student: Yes, sir.

Prof: So, who created them?
(Student has no answer.)

Prof: Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son…Have you ever seen God?

Student: No, sir.

Prof: Tell us if you have ever heard your God?

Student: No, sir.

Prof: Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God, smelt your God? Have you ever had any sensory perception of God for that matter?

Student: No, sir. I’m afraid I haven’t.

Prof: Yet you still believe in Him?

Student: Yes.

Prof: According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science says your GOD doesn’t exist.
What do you say to that, son?

Student: Nothing. I only have my faith.

Prof: Yes. Faith. And that is the problem science has.

Student: Professor, is there such a thing as heat?

Prof: Yes.

Student: And is there such a thing as cold?

Prof: Yes.

Student: No sir. There isn’t.
(The lecture thereafter becomes very quiet with this turn of events.)

Student: Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, super heat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat..
But we don’t have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we can’t go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it .
(There is pin-drop silence in the lecture theatre.)

Student: What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?

Prof: Yes. What is night if there isn’t darkness?

Student : You’re wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light…..But if you have no light constantly, you have nothing and it’s called darkness, isn’t it? In reality, darkness isn’t. If it were you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn’t you?

Prof: So what is the point you are making, young man?

Student: Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.

Prof: Flawed? Can you explain how?

Student: Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there is life and then there is death, a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, science can’t even explain a thought.. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it.
Now tell me, Professor.Do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?

Prof: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of course, I do.

Student: Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?
(The Professor shakes his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument is going.)

Student: Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher? (The class is in uproar.)

Student: Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor’s brain?
(The class breaks out into laughter.)

Student : Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor’s brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable protocol, science says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?
(The room is silent. The professor stares at the student, his face unfathomable.)

Prof: I guess you’ll have to take them on faith, son.

Student: That is it sir… The link between man & God is FAITH . That is all that keeps things moving & alive.

I believe you have enjoyed the conversation…and if so…you’ll probably want your friends/colleagues to enjoy the same…won’t you?….this is a true story, and the student was none other than …….
APJ Abdul Kalam, the former President of India

Shirley Anne

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Why bother?

Posted by Shirley Anne on December 4, 2012

Many people will be celebrating Christmas again this year spending huge sums of money in some cases, partying, meeting with and enjoying the company of friends and family. Not that there is anything wrong in doing all of that but do you ever stop to think why it is that Christmas is celebrated in the first place? If you do then you would understand that the event should be marked by praising God for giving us a Saviour. You would understand that we all need salvation because we have turned away from God by our sinful nature. If you do not understand these things then why is it that you celebrate Christmas in the first place? You might as well celebrate the Hindu festival of Pancha Ganapati or the Buddhist festival of  Vesak or Visakah Puja or any other of the many festivals of the various religions of the world. You may think that idea is absurd and if you do then ask yourself why? Why exactly do you celebrate Christmas if you are not celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ? English: Orthodox Christmas decoration Српски ...Saying it is a time of the year to enjoy a family get-together is really an excuse and makes a mockery of Christmas itself. Of course before Christmas was inaugurated people used to celebrate the Winter Solstice and some still do, they are worshippers of Nature and not worshippers of their Creator God but you who profess celebrating Christmas as the birth of your Saviour yet do not believe in God or Jesus Christ are just as bad as they. Many do celebrate Christmas for the right reasons yet still hold fast to the pagan symbolism and the modern commercialism that has sprung up around it. Many go into unnecessary debt just to satisfy themselves by conforming to what everyone else does. They are like sheep going to the slaughter. They lack the understanding. If only they realised that God is not impressed by it all but is more concerned for their souls, that is the reason we have Jesus in the first place! They prove their allegiance to the ways of the world and forget their need for salvation. They are blind to the truth that is found in Christ Jesus and even at the celebration of His birth He is forgotten. What shall it profit a man that he should gain the world and lose his soul? There are no excuses, you either love God or you love self, you either celebrate Christmas for the right reasons or not at all and if not why bother?  I celebrate my Saviour every day, I have no need of man-made and man-orientated festivals which make a mockery of Him.

Shirley Anne

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