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Posted by  Just Praise Him I was shown a vision of a stormy sea – very large black waves were crashing down and wrapping around, crashing against each other. All around the waves I could see only darkness. It looked like the darkest of stormy nights. The word ‘turmoil’ came to my mind. In the midst of the turmoil of all the crashing waves, a small light appeared, as over the horizon. Like an approaching ship or a distant lighthouse, but very quickly the waves swallowed up the light and it was gone. Then I saw a frozen landscape, as if in the dead of winter. I have no idea what the frozen landscape meant. The following morning, the Lord began to speak. Times are about to become very difficult in the world, My children. There is no time for playing games, all your time must be focused on preparation for what is to come and on walking in your calling. Remove now the excesses from your lives as I have been speaking to your hearts to do. Lighten the load you c...

Evangelism is one of the important  spiritual gifts  listed in the New Testament. Speaking of the true church as the “Body of Christ” (an organism not an organization), Ray Stedman likened evangelism to the  digestive system of the body  which makes food (not part of the body) into parts of the body. There are 19 or so gifts given to the followers of Jesus when they first enter God’s family. But  evangelists  are very special, (think of Billy Graham, his son Franklin, Greg Laurie, Ron Ritchie, Ray Comfort in our day). The great Apostles of Jesus in the early church were marvelous evangelists, not only Matthew, Mark, Luke and John but Peter, Paul, Stephen (the first martyr,) and many others. Evangelists are not only in the public eye---actually most Christians come into the Body of Christ one-on-one because some Christian has loved them and shared the content of the gospel message with them. The Apostle Paul urged Timothy to “do the work of an evangel...

The Unbelievers - Who Are They? Art by Seth Powers “Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ?  He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son”  1 John 2:22 There are unbelievers who called themselves Christian and deceived so many. Jesus warned us of them. “And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many’,”  Matthew 24:4-5. There are some moments in my life where I do not want to identify myself as a Christian. So many Christians have misled others, especially by the TV evangelists. When I tell someone that I am a Christian, some react with skepticism. The secular society has good reason to be cautious. They seem to know more about us then we Christians know about ourselves. We are in their view hypocrites and opportunists. Unfortunately, they are right, we are, and we do not want to admit it.  What identifies us...