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Thanks for the translations.
Can anyone say APPLE, or LINUX operating systems if you don't feel like having the NSA snooping around your computer?
I suppose one could keep Windows 7 and retain control over the TPM, so long as it isn't a version 2.0
What it seems like on the surface is that Trusted Computing has basically become a cover and a vehicle for intrusion by the Federal Government into all things with windows 8 and a tpm 2.0.
The phrase big brother is watching you becomes very accurate, not just schizophrenic.
Wow. What started out as being a hope to prevent bad guys from getting into your computer and stealing identities and info has literally become the portal to do just that very thing.
Glad I don't run Windows 8 and never will. It is truly a piece of junk as far as I am concerned.
the best,
mib
Thanks Alea,
We may not always agree on everything but I do appreciate your thoughts on many things, including this issue.
mib
The question that begs to be asked is
what if someone decides they do not want Windows 8, as a huge majority of businesses and individuals have already decided they do not like it, and purchase a computing device that has windows 7 or dare we go back to Vista Ultimate even?
Is that same lack of personal control over the tpm still in existence OR are we certain that this is strictly related to Windows 8 and TPM 2.0 ?????
TIA,
mib
Great description Alea!
Kudos!
mib
Wavx is going to utilize Mitres attestation?
That's hysterical!
ATTESTATION. That was the rally and banner cry for Wave's world dominating security products! Oh my goodness, something else could not be as good because it didn't have wave's attestatation!
NOW, we find that wave is going to ad MITRE'S attestation method to it's product.
WHY?????????
Is MITRE'S better? The story just makes no sense for a company whose claim is they are the industry leader and yet here they are using a competitor's attestation methodology, incorporating it into their own.
Anyone else see the absolute humor in this?
Psalm 103: 1 - 5 A Psalm of Blessing!
1 Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
Thanks Tenac!
Yes sir, even so, come Lord Jesus!
This world is not my home, I'm just a passing through. My treasure is laid up for me somewhere beyond the blue!
Have a wonderful day as well!
the best,
mib
BUT.......
there will be a new heaven and anew earth!
The earth will be purged by fire even as HE said and you point out so correctly.
Also, the SAINTS will rule and reign with IM on earth during those 1,000 years! I have to look it up now, but there is another interesting verse found in Isaiah concerning this millennial reign period. In chapter 65 around verse 20....
Anyway, the promises of God are true and faithful according to HIS WORD!!!
Even so, come quickly Lord Jesus!
mib
tikasun,
welcome. Glad you stopped by and shared your testimony!
We are to confess HIM with our mouths and believe in our hearts. You have just done both in one sentence! To GOD be the glory!
mib
great verse tenac!
mib
Win the Game!!!
a devotional from brother Ron Hutchcraft
The NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament is known for some strange reason as "The Big Dance." Well, it recently completed its annual March Madness. The Louisville Cardinals came out on top for the third time in their school's history. But the single event that defined this tournament did not happen in the championship game. It was two games earlier, in the elite eight game where Louisville got a very bad break - literally.
I'm Ron Hutchcraft and I want to have A Word With You today about "Bad Break at the 'Big Dance.'"
I have never understood why theater folks tell a performer to "break a leg" just before they go on stage. Breaking a leg at a college basketball tournament? That's a really bad idea. Their star guard, Kevin Ware, suddenly went down with a season-ending injury; a leg so badly broken every reporter I heard insisted on using the same word to describe it "gruesome." The bone protruding some six inches. Networks deciding to quit showing it, it was so excruciating. Louisville's veteran coach - he's out there wiping tears from his eyes. Players were on the floor in tears next to their fallen teammate.
In the middle of it all was Kevin in what must have been agonizing pain. But that's not what he was talking about as his teammates gathered around him. No, he pulled them close and he just kept spitting out the same three words: "Win the game! Win the game!"
When play resumed, Louisville went three minutes without scoring a point. Then they exploded. One player traded his jersey for one of Kevin's. The team and the crowd chanted together, "Ke-vin! Ke-vin!" And Kevin's team went on to an 85-63 blowout victory and a ticket to play in the "Final Four" and ultimately to win the national championship.
The drama of all this has inspired people far beyond college basketball fans, and it actually touched my heart and inspired me in a somewhat surprising way. Not to try to be a basketball star. That's hopeless. But to hear another broken Man giving His team a game-changing challenge.
Because I serve a Savior who was, in His words, "broken for me." For all of us. Broken body. Broken heart. Dying a death so unbearable that we actually get the word "excruciating" from it. Ex cruces - from the cross. And now Jesus pulls us close to tell us what to do with the sacrifice He made for us... "Win the game! Win the game!" He was broken so we could be healed. He took our sin so we could stop sinning. He gave His life so people with no hope of heaven could have a chance to live forever.
And not long before He left the court, here's what happened and it's in our word for today from the Word of God in John 20:20-21. "He showed them His hands and side. And then Jesus said, 'As the Father has sent Me, I am sending you.'" To do what? Mark 16:15 - to "go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone, everywhere" to bring the hope of heaven to people everywhere. To the people, first, right within your reach who you see every day; who are your responsibility before God. God has placed you in their lives to tell them that it was for them Jesus gave His life.
Hear Him now, "Finish what I started. Do what I died for. Rescue those I shed my blood for." Or, in other words - "Win the game! Win the game!"
We will, Jesus. In Your Name, we will.
Jonah
There is not any more reasoning needed. You have obviously been blinded to the fact that Jesus Christ is demonstrably GOD the SON and the SON of GOD.
The angelic host was HIS CREATION but Jesus said that HE is the great I AM, which means having NO BEGINNING and NO END.
The Book of Hebrews lays out not only in chapter 1, but that alone is sufficient, but also in the following three chapters that HE alone is the Son of God, very God, equal to the FATHER.
The entire BIBLE is filled with such.
Are Gabriel and Michael, archangels, equal in stature?
They are messengers of GOD, created beings who are obedient to the Godhead, which is also God the SON, Jesus.
The discussion is fruitless and pointless as the scriptures are clear to anyone who has an open mind MIXED WITH FAITH in CHRIST AND GOD.
So, while I appreciate your zeal, I really have no intent to discuss it further. The scriptures are clear throughout the entire Bible, not just cherry picking here and there, about WHO CRIST IS.
WHEN CHRIST asked PETER who he was Peter declared it plainly as did Nathaniel. "THOU ART THE CHRIST, THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD!"
Kind of difficult to be part of GOD, the trinity, and be an angel, a created being, at the same time wouldn't one think?
The beauty of scripture is HARMONY throughout the entire book stating the same themes over and over again. This way we derive doctrines. They are the same throughout the whole Bible, not just here a verse and stretch for another to try to make something mean what it does not.
That is called taken out of context.
I declare openly that Jesus Christ is exactly WHO HE SAID HE WAS, the SON OF GOD, Christ, and now, the LAMB OF GOD which taketh away the sins of the world.
He is the WAY, TRUTH AND LIFE. NO ONE comes to the FATHER BUT THROUGH HIM AND BY HIM AND BECAUSE OF HIS FINISHED WORK ON CALVARY.
He is the NARROW ROAD. He is the DOOR. HE IS LORD AND HE IS SAVIOR. He is like NONE OTHER for there is no other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved.
You feel free to believe what you want.
As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord Jesus and trust in HIM and HIM alone. I am sure Michael has enough things to do serving GOD and exalting HIM for all eternity, which I shall do when I leave this old world behind.
Kindly stop filling up my email box with your trash. I am not young of age, stupid, a novice, or ignorant concerning the scriptures.
I suggest you put your entire faith and trust in Jesus alone and nothing else or you like the majority of people, will die in your sins and go to a place prepared for the devil and his followers, fallen angels.
Jesus Christ, the glorious Son of GOD, SON of MAN, very GOD, came to this world to fulfill the scriptures, God the Father's will, and to be the only acceptable sacrifice to God for my sins.
HE took MY PLACE and PAID my sin debt and penalty HIMSELF on Calvary's cross. He died for YOU TOO.
You should call upon HIM and ask HIM to forgive you and to SAVE YOU from your sins and to be your LORD as well as SAVIOR.
He MUST BE BOTH. LORD and Savior.
If HE is not Lord of your life YOU will not see him in Heaven.
I hope today is the day of your salvation.
MIB
Hebrews chapter 1 ENDS ANY DISCUSSION about the Lord Jesus and Michael the archangel:
1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, 2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; 3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; 4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. 5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son? 6 And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith , And let all the angels of God worship him. 7 And of the angels he saith , Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire. 8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. 9 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. 10 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: 11 They shall perish ; but thou remainest ; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; 12 And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up , and they shall be changed : but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail . 13 But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool ? 14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?
Amen!
The only way! Our flesh will fail us every time! Great point you have made!
Micro....
Amen!
Nice to lay your head down and sleep knowing that you will immediately be in HIS PRESENCE should you die in your sleep.
Ah yes, the blessed HOPE of the believer provides peace through Christ Jesus our Lord
the best,
micro...
We sing that hymn a lot at my church.
Great message!
micro....
Is it dead or playing possum?
lol!!!!!!!!
jes teasin....
micro...
Amen brother!
Glory to God for HIS never ending love for US!
She is where I want to be! Can't wait to be with the Lord Jesus and leave this world behind.
I still cannot get over that He loved us so much and bought us with HIS OWN blood on the rugged old cross.
Reminds me of an OLD hymn that says This world is not my home, I'm just a passing through. My treasures laid up for me, somewhere beyond the blue!
The best treasure of all is just to look upon HIS face!
Man I am homesick!
micro...
That is truth Excel!
Great reminder for everyone!
micro....
Hi GLEN034!
Let me see if I can give you the explanation.
In James chapter 2, starting in verse 17 we have this (KJV)
"17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone . 18 Yea, a man may say , Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. 19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe , and tremble . 20 But wilt thou know , O vain man, that faith without works is dead? "
After verse 20 there is more detail which demonstrates the works of Abraham and Rahab as well.
But, let's go into the explanation.
When a person is born into this world, he is NOT of the family of God. He is born under the Adamic curse of sin. That child does not have a natural desire to seek after God or righteousness. The Apostle Paul described this in Romans in great detail and said that we are at ENMITY with God. That word enmity means our spirit is at WAR with the things of God and God himself. Our flesh wrestles against the spiritual things.
As Paul said, Those things I want to do, I don;t. And the things I do not want to do, those are the things that I do! O wretched man that I am.!!!!!
Paul described the strong desire of our weak flesh which goes against Spiritual and Godly things.
Anyway, when a person is born again, the Spirit of God enters into them and indwells them. They are sealed with the Holy Ghost.
You have become a child of the King and now your spiritual desires are toward the things of the Lord. But is a constant battle. A war between the flesh and the new spiritual nature we have been given.
We MUST FEED that nature so it gets stronger and stronger so we may overcome those fleshly desires.
A Person who has truly been born again will exhibit certain traits and characteristics. The Books of JOHN are full of such traits. The best known one is that if we love Jesus, we will desire the fellowship and brotherly love of the bretren. We will DESIRE to be around them. That is a tell tale sign of your faith.
BUT, what the passage means you asked about is this: WHEN you are SAVED you will desire to please your LORD and BARE FRUIT.
TELL others. Do things for Jesus and HIS glory. You will strive to keep the commandments He has given us, like to have LOVE one toward another.
We are commanded to tell others. Telling others is a DEED or a WORK that comes naturally to believers who are following the leadership of Christ.
Sending out encouraging cards to those who are recovering from a bad sickness or surgery, who are home ridden, are works of the Spirit.
Witnessing to the waitress where you eat at or the gas station attendant you come across is a WORK.
Repairing something at the Lord's house for the right reason is a work and labor of love for Christ.
IF you have faith, you will naturally have good works.
It is a tell tale sign of your genuine faith and love of our Lord Jesus!
I pray that I have helped you to have a better understanding and I do commend you for your asking such an excellent question!
God Bless,
micro...
Jesus is not only LORD, Savior, KING of Kings,
but HE and the FATHER are ONE, according to the scriptures and it is upon HIM upon whom all the scriptures rest, the Corner Stone.
Praise God we can depend our eternal soul upon HIM and HIM alone!
micro...
Amen.
It also is heresy.
micro...
Tenac,
Jesus did say that HE and the FATHER were ONE and EQUALS.
There is no glory in arguing either and you are so right.
The LORD does not need the bickering.
I had a similar problem with someone on my board at Atomic Bobs a few years ago who chose to ignore calm and polite requests to kindly cease from the false doctrine. It was trying.
A prayer request if you would.
Please ask God to direct my path with my work situation and to lead me.
Thank you dear brother!
His Bond Servant,
micro...
Jonah 2
God bless you for your scholarly and intimate knowledge of the WORD.
The Bible tells us to Study to show thyself approved, a workman that needeth not be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of Truth.
A thank you for your messages.
I have read them and enjoyed them, as I do most messages on this board. I have been teaching Adult Sunday School for over thirty five years now and keep a Greek Lexicon with me as well as a Hebrew one.
I also use Dr.Zodhiates Greek Word Study.
I have taught on Revelation many times through and each and every time I study through it the Spirit sheds new truth and light! Amen!
I have been saved 40 years now. Jesus is indeed the FAITHFUL ONE.
He is the same Yesterday, Today, and Forever. Praise God!
I see this board as being a Beacon of Light to the unsaved. Those who may pass by and stop and read some posts and see Jesus as Savior in the Scriptures. Now they can ask HIM to be in their hearts!
One thing I have learned after all these decades of study and reading is that a headful of knowledge does not always translate into a HEARTFUL of FAITH and salvation.
Folks can miss heaven by 12 inches, the distance between head and heart.
That would be a sad day for one whose time has come only to discover that instead of seeing the Brightness of HIS glory they see the darkness of hell and the heat and the absence of the presence of God.
What a terror that must be. So sad.
A special thank you to Shaneyboy, Excel, and Tenac for being so faithful to keep the doors open and "the light" on!
On this day, a thank you for all our service men and women who are on guard for us. May God bless you and protect you and may HE shine in your hearts as the DAYSTAR that HE alone is.
If anyone has never asked Jesus to forgive you and to save you from your sins, today is the day of salvation. Do not wait another day to pass by as you know not what tomorrow may bring. It may bring death to your doorstep and then, where you will spend eternity?
If you do not know where you will eternity, I would beg you to RUN to JESUS, ask HIM to be YOUR SAVIOR, forgive you of your sins, and write y our name in HIS BOOK of LIFE.
There will be o doubt where you will spend eternity and you will have NEW LIFE, HOPE,JOY, and eternal destination in GLORY with HIM!
God bless you richly is my prayer for my brethren this day!
Serving Christ Joyfully,
micro...
Tenac
This is my favorite verse of scripture!
I am figuring out HOW to put this in a lit sign in my front yard for Christmas season. Instead of all the usual lawn decorations, I want to put scriptures out so people driving by can read about Jesus and maybe they will have the seed planted in their hearts and get saved,
My best,
micro....
anon10
Amen and amen!
For without faith it is impossible to please God!
God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit were all present at Creation.
We are HIS creation, not the other way around as some agnostics would promote.....
Let all the earth sing HIS praises for only HE is worthy.
Jesus indeed did come from heaven and abides there. Which brings to remembrance that he said "In my father's house are many mansions. If it were not so I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you, and If I go to prepare a place for you I will come again and receive you unto myself, that where I am (heaven) THERE ye may be also".!
Amen and amen. I cannot wait to see HIS FACE and to praise HIM and thank him for saving my wretched, miserable self!
Good to see you guys posting about our LORD and only Savior!
Blessings in Christ!
micro...
This morning's passage comes from John 10: 11-15
Jesus speaking ,
"I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep."
Praise God HE indeed is known of our heavenly Father and knows HIM. They are GOD along with The Holy Ghost, which make up the blessed and holy Trinity.
Jesus came to seek and to save the LOST, those whose trust is not in HIM.
Trust in what?
Trust and faith that Jesus is The only WAY, The Truth and the LIFE (eternal), and that NOBODY may go to the FATHER (in heaven) BUT THROUGH AND IN HIM!
WHY did Jesus leave his throne in heaven and come here?
Because according to 2 Peter 3: 9 God is not willing that ANYONE should perish (into hellfire which was made for the devil and his angels)for all eternity)
BUT that everyone should come to repentance!
Repentance means to change your mind about what you believe about Christ!
Paul wrote in Romans that we ALL are born at ENMITY with God. Enmity means that we are against HIM. We are all born in sin because we inherited it from ADAM, and consequently, God, who is holy, cannot have sin enter into heaven.
This is why JESUS came. He came to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all our unrighteousness.
The moment anyone believes in their heart and asks Christ to save them and from their sins and forgive them HE immediately cleanses them and places HIS OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS upon them, and writes their name into the Lamb's Book of Life! The HOLY GHOST then seals you and preserves you as one of GOD's own children.
Blessed be the Lord God Almighty, who loved us, and gave HIMSELF for us, that we might be with HIM in heaven for all eternity, praising HIS NAME, for only HE IS WORTHY.
My prayer and desire for you today is to ask Jesus Christ to forgive you and to save you. Trust in Him alone and nothing else for your salvation. He loves you and waits at your heart's door, knocking, waiting for you to open that door so HE may come in and save you for all eternity.
WHERE will your soul go the moment you die???
WIll you immediately be in the glorious light and presence of Jesus or will you be in total darkness, burning forever?
The choice is yours. He does not force HIS WILL upon you. He patiently waits. He has provided the sacrificial lamb for your sins.
Why don;t you trust HIM with YOUR eternal soul today?
May God bless you richly,
micro...
Psalms 118:22-24
22 The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone
of the corner.
23 This is the LORD'S doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.
24 This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
Have a Blessed day everyone! He is still on the Throne and in control of ALL!
I Peter 3:12-13
For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?
A blessed Lord's DAY to all the brethren in Christ Jesus! May HIS name be praised!
The BETTER name for that abominable organization, and much more appropriate would be "Planned NON-Parenthood" or perhaps "Murder on Demand".
Unfortunately, the majority of tax payers who are God's children do know that unholy, ungodly, den of Satan's is supported by the federal taxes we pay, and the rub is there isn't anything we can do about it unless a major change occurred in the political make up.
The Lord knows who is responsible for murdering all those innocent unborn babies. He said that vengeance is HIS, I will repay.
I believe HIM.
With all that said, I need to be sure to seek HIS divine assistance to help keep me from sinning against HIM, to LIVE for HIM daily,hourly, by the minute.
As Paul said, O wretched man that I am!!!!! The things I would not do, those I do. And the things I would do, I do not!
One day I will lay down this flesh and will get a transformed body, one that is not at war with the Spirit within me. That will be a glorious day, amen?
Bless the Lord, O my soul! Praise His Holy name!
micro...
Hi Excel!
I have been exceptionally busy and simply away a lot. Was ministering to some folks out of town and spent time with my octogenarian parents. We never know how much longer we are blessed to have them here in our presence.
Keep the faith.
Pray without ceasing!
Stay the course.
Blessings in Christ Jesus,
micro...
God is faithful,
by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. I cor. 1: 9
I am so glad that HE ever ABIDETH and is The True and FAITHFUL ONE!
He NEVER changes! He is the SAME YESTERDAY, today and forever!
He is a friend who sticketh closer than a brother! He will NEVER leave us nor forsake us!
He is with our dear brother Plugger and is watching over him!
God bless you dear brother!
micro...
Will do excel!
Thanks for posting this. Death is bittersweet. It causes sorrow for the family left but great JOY for the graduation of one leaving this planet for the glories of God's Heaven and to be in the presence of Jesus!
Blessings,
micro...
God wants REAL People
I thought "catfishing" sounded like a Friday night feast in Mississippi. Until the absolutely weird news story came out about Notre Dame's All-American football star, reportedly falling in love with a girl who wasn't there. To be sure, Manti Te'o's moving story of the death of the woman he loved on the eve of a critical late-season game raised tons of questions. He claimed that she turned out to be only an Internet invention. And that's why "catfishing" was suddenly in the news.
I found out that "catfishing" is defined as "building a fake online person and trapping others." And apparently it's happening more and more. Sounds crazy, doesn't it? Convincingly portraying a "person" that isn't really there at all. That's actually not all that new. Humans have been doing that for a long time.
I'm Ron Hutchcraft and I want to have A Word With You today about "The Girl Who Wasn't There."
We date and sell ourselves as someone we're not - which is why so many people are shocked to discover they unknowingly married a stranger. We write, shall we say, "creative" resumes to get a job. We put on a great "church me," concealing the truth that we're really "Sunday saint, Monday ain't." Happy-go-lucky on the outside, bleeding on the inside. All friendly to their face; all backstabbing when they're not around. Claiming to love the person you married while your eyes and your passion are on roam. Or acting like you've got it all together when inside you're falling apart.
Most of us are pretty good at giving folks the person they want us to be. Teenagers fool their parents, employees fool their boss, students con their teacher, husbands deceive their wife and wives their husband, guys and gals scam each other with lies to land a catch. Yeah, there are a lot of people out there who don't really exist. Like the sets for Hollywood movies; you know, impressive on the outside, but really only a front. There's nothing on the inside.
And then there are the people with integrity. They're rare. Therefore, they're really valuable. In math class, we learned that an "integer" is one whole number. Well integrity means you are one whole person. There's only one you. You're the same person at home, at work, at the gym, at the store, in the classroom, in public, and when you're all alone. Real all the way through. A light in a sea of fake.
Unfortunately, we get so used to being great pretenders that we're prone to a truly deadly mistake; thinking we'll make it with God if we look good on the outside. But none of our spiritual masks fool God for a second. "Do not be deceived (the Bible says), God cannot be mocked. A man sows what he reaps" (Galatians 6:7).
Our word for today from the Word of God in Hebrews 4:13 tell us that the Judge we will all stand before says, "Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account" (Hebrews 4:13).
In preparation for that day, God tells church folks in the Bible, "Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you - unless, of course, you fail the test?" (2 Corinthians 13:5). That's because it's possible to have tons of Christianity and not have Christ, which sets the stage for this chilling Judgment Day verdict from Jesus in Matthew 7:23, "I never knew you."
Jesus on the outside won't cut it with God; only Jesus on the inside, in your heart, for real.
If you're not sure you belong to Jesus, and you want to be sure, I hope you will join me at our website, YoursForLife.net. Let me walk you through very simply how to make sure you belong to Him. I think you can find the road that will finally get you all the way "Home."
Cruise Control
I won't be going on a cruise anytime soon. Not that I ever wanted to. But the reports of those passengers on that powerless, drifting cruise ship a while back, oh that clinched it. Fire at sea, everything shut down - from lights to air conditioning to toilets, no communication, little bags as your personal "bathroom," accounts of sewage running in the halls and down the walls, a repulsive stench, sleeping wherever. I ain't goin'!
Well, when they got back and disembarked, the cameras were there. Now, I know that I'd like nothing better than to appear on national TV, not having showered for five days. How about you? Well, some passengers told their stinky war stories - including more detail than I really cared to hear. But some actually inspired me with their stories of rising above this deplorable environment.
One young woman won her cruise in a contest at an NBA game. She kissed the ground when she stepped off the gangplank. And then, in her cruise ship white terrycloth robe, she bubbled, "There's a great God, and He is in control!"
I'm Ron Hutchcraft and I want to have A Word With You today about "Cruise Control."
The young woman was one of a number of passengers who knew a way to find safe passage when your ship's adrift and your situation's miserable. She said, "We went outside and had Bible studies." And then she actually choked up as she quoted the Bible verse that had been what she called her "life preserver." Joshua 1:9, "Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go" even when you don't know where you are, even when you don't know where you're going, even when the situation stinks.
A couple from San Antonio talked about the decisive difference a shipboard Bible study had made for them. They said, "It was awesome. It lifted up our souls and gave us hope."
Suddenly I saw in that dream cruise turned nightmare a picture of so many lives. How many people's dreams for their marriage or their kids have become a nightmare? And so many have seen a sudden "fire" (shall we say) change everything - the bad news from the doctor, the accident, the discovery of betrayal, the attacks of those you trusted. We're drifting, at the mercy of things we can't control. Our natural response: discouragement, self-pity, anger, withdrawal, depression unless we know where to go to find the anchor when our ship is adrift. We run to God's unchanging Word and let what He says decide our response.
Psalm 119:105 says in these familiar words, our word for today from the Word of God, "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path." The problem is that so many times we don't let the Word of God determine our response. We fixate on our problems, we fume over the people who caused them, we frustrate over our impotence to fix them, and we get all grumpy, gripey, negative and overwhelmed. Not only does the situation stink, so does our attitude.
There's another choice. We can plant both our feet, not in the swirling stuff in front of us, but on the solid footing of God's Word. And something happens. We are, as those Texas passengers said, "lifted up." We can suddenly see this "impossible" and "unbearable" situation from God's perspective from above the mess instead of in the middle of it.
What God says is the truth should illuminate my life when the lights have gone out. That reminds me that God's got something bigger going on than what I can see. This situation isn't going to decide what happens to me. My Savior is. The Bible says, "The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run into it and they are safe" (Proverbs 18:10).
Shame on me for succumbing to the stench and the stress. Jesus is my Captain. I am never truly adrift.
May God bless this truth regarding HIS eternal presence with us always! He said that HE WOULD NEVER LEAVE US NOR FORSAKE US!
Forgive us Lord for our lack of faith and trusting YOU for all of our circumstances we find ourselves in. Please continue to guide our footsteps and to lead us where thou wilt!
Blessings brethren in Jesus Name!
Dreamer,
Good post.
However, all the bolded area suggests that INFINEON'S solutions would work just as well there.
I would be delighted if WAVE ever had some serious sales and contracts with DOD as I still, like Tampa, have all my shares.
Like many, I am greatly disappointed with mangement, BOD, and execution.
But who know? They have survived this long so far. Maybe, just maybe, the company will actually get it's head out of the sand and get something sold in a huge way and soon.
Until then, I wish the best for all the shareholders.
Micro..
A Blessed RESURRECTION DAY CELEBRATION!
Happy Easter! This day is the battle cry day of all believers! It is the very foundation of our faith! As we go about attending the services and sing the songs of praise to our Lord, let us take time to say THANK YOU Lord Jesus for loving me so much that you left heaven and took upon yourself the form of our flesh, and allowed yourself to be nailed to a Roman cross, shed your divine blood, and die for my sins. Thank you for cleansing me from all my unrighteousness and giving me thy great SALVATION because of your love and mercy for me!
Blessed be thy name and only thou art worthy of our WORSHIP, Praise and adoration! Be HIGH and LIFTED UP Lord, be exalted as KING of Kings and rule and reign in my heart and in my life!
Thank you for saving me, thank you for loving me. Thank you lord for providing everything that I have! YOU are WORTHY Lord Jesus of my praise!
Lord, save that soul that is nearest to hell this day is my prayer. Draw that one to yourself and save them is my prayer this day.
Lord, we love you and look forward with anticipation to being in THY presence from this day forever.
Blessed be thy name O Lord forever.
In Thy Blessed name, that name which is above every name, the name of Jesus,
AMEN and amen!
My wishes for all the brethren
to have a wonderful and blessed Easter week-end as we celebrate the Resurrection of the Living Christ, who IS the firstborn among many brethren, and because HE lives, we have that blessed hope and promise of being with HIM eternally!!!
Blessings to you in the name of our Blessed Savior, the precious Lord Jesus!
In His service,
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Do you have a healthy appetite?
I'll never forget those early morning seminars in Haiti. We were in Port-au-Prince, the capitol city, and we were doing a youth crusade there. Every morning at 6:00 a.m. they offered four seminars in the National Gymnasium to any teenagers who wanted to come. Did I mention 6:00 a.m.?
First of all, I was amazed at how many teenagers showed up. They met in the balcony of the gym in one of the corners with their leader. So, four corners - four leaders, four teachers. They had to sit on solid concrete steps that formed the benches for seating up there. They asked me to do a 2-hour seminar. (Tell a speaker to please do a 2-hour seminar, he's got no problem; it's the five minutes that's hard...like this program.) So, for two hours I taught teenagers the Bible. They took notes; they asked questions. Would you believe I was the first one to let out? The other three seminars were still going on. What do you think those teenagers did? They ran, each of them, to another corner hoping they might be able to catch a little bit of another seminar before it ended. I had just met believers who couldn't get enough! Just like us, right? Not necessarily.
I'm Ron Hutchcraft and I want to have A Word With You today about "Streamlined Spirituality."
Our word for today from the Word of God comes from Matthew 5:6. Jesus talks about appetite.
"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled."
Jesus seems to be saying, "Satisfied people are those who have a hearty spiritual appetite.
You want the restlessness in your heart to be cured? Then have a great spiritual appetite; be hungry for spiritual things." That's a sign of health, right - appetite?
Our appetite is often in stark contrast with the rest of God's kids around the world who can't wait to get more. My pastor went to India. He was told, "Be sure you speak for at least an hour." He said, "No problem." But we live in like this microwave society. Everything has to be quick and instant.
"Boy, you had better be done speaking by noon, Buddy, because I think God goes off duty then. Twenty-minute message, please. Thirty-minute message please. That's all we can handle."
We try to see what the minimum number of Christian meetings is we can get to a week. Could we get this down to just Sunday morning, and could we get it down to maybe sixty minutes at most?" Maybe we could have one-minute devotions. I could just pull a quick little devotional off the shelf and I want it not to be more than one page, and I want it to be pre-packaged, and I'd like to get through it fast.
Instead of taking leadership in Christian service, could I just write a check? You see what we've done? We've created a streamlined spirituality; a minimal commitment of time; a minimal commitment of me. "Let's go through the motions. I'll meet my obligations. I'll do my duty and then I'll get on with the stuff that really matters."
Can you imagine a couple in love saying, "Hey, can we keep our time together short." No! When you're in love you can't get enough of the other person. I wonder, "Have we left our first love for Jesus?" Well, check your appetite. If you're trying to fit church, and Bible, and prayer, and service into the tightest possible time slots, maybe it's time to go for a check-up for a cold, cold heart.
David said in Psalm 42, "Where can I go and meet with God? My heart pants for the Lord." Is it time to say, "Lord, give me an insatiable appetite for You"?
Maybe you'll want to un-streamline the God time in your life and grow beyond the point of "How short can we make this?" and grow to the point where you can say, "Lord, I can't get enough of You."
How true this word of instruction from brother Hutchcraft truly is to many a believer.
How is it with you friend?
Do you desire to spend lots of time communing with Jesus in prayer and reading what HE has written and preserved for our instruction?
Allow me to ask a question please.
If we don't like to spend time with our Savior now, WHY would we like heaven where HE will be and have ALL the preeminence, and is the central focal point of our love and praise continually?
It's easy to get into a bad habit of not spending time with the Lord and growing cold. To avoid that, may I suggest a dedicated time every day to spend at least 15 minutes reading the WORD and praying after that?
You will be amazed how much better your spiritual appetite will develop, and in many cases, RE-develop once again.
Lord Jesus, forgive us of our indifference and coldness of heart toward You. Help us Lord to spend more time with YOU in Praising you, and communing with you and reading YOUR precious WORD you have left us in the form of the Holy Bible.
Thank you for being the same yesterday, today, and forever and for your never ending faithfulness and love for us and toward us. Forgive us of our sins against YOU Lord. Cleanse us from our sins and unrighteousness by the power of THY precious blood and may YOU be lifted up HIGH and exalted forever and ever, AMEN!!!
Blessings brethren in Jesus name,
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Greetings brethren in Jesus Name!
It's been awhile and I wanted to stop and take time to wish Tenac and Excel a blessed and spirit filled Easter!
You have nailed it with your post on IT'S ALL ABOUT JESUS and of course Calvary's cross.
It is also about THE BLOOD ATONEMENT because without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins.
HIS blood cleanses us from ALL our UNRIGHTEOUSNESS (sins)
His GRACE is what caused HIM to leave Heaven's Throne and Glory to come to REDEEM us!
His MERCY and LOVE for US is what KEPT HIM on the CROSS until the Father's plan was FINISHED.
His resurrection is what gives us victory over death and the grave!
PRAISE BE UNTO THEE O LORD!!!! ALL glory is thine forever and ever!
NOTHING DEFILED or corrupted shall ever enter into HIS Presence or HIS Heaven.
This week-end BELIEVERS in Christ celebrate the death, burial and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.
If you are reading this and have never asked CHRIST to forgive you of your sins and to save you, trusting HIM ALONE for your sou's eternal keeping and salvation, We here at this board would implore you bow your head and ask JESUS to forgive you of your sins and be your saviour before it is eternally too late.
You will not get another chance when you die. That is the Devil's lie. Don't fall for it.
With Christ as your personal and LIVING savior, you can enjoy EASTER and Christmas so much better having a personal relationship with HIM, God of very God!
How amazing is it that the very GOD of the universe who created ALL THINGS including mankind, would leave HIS THRONE to take YOUR PLACE on the CROSS to DIE and PAY YOUR SIN DEBT so yu could live eternally and be with HIM?
AWESOME!!!!!!! We have a LOVING SAVIOR who wants you to come just as you are, in simple childlike BELIEF that HE WILL DO WHAT YOU ASK HIM TO, give you eternal life and SALVATION so you too can be with HIM in Heaven and enjoy HIS blessed presence!
Ultimately I want and desire to hear HIM say "well done thou good and faithful servant".
Dear friend, do not put it off until the eleventh hour!
Most people die at ten thirty. It is too late. They went off straight to the place reserved for the Devil and His fallen angels, known as HELL. Please do not let that happen to you.
Trust Jesus before it is too late!
Do it today. Do it NOW>
Then, if you receive Christ as Lord and Savior of your life, share that wonderful news to these folks here at this board that they may rejoice with YOU, a new friend and brother in the Body of Christ!
Praise the Lord for HIS UNSPEAKABLE MERCY and LOVE toward all men!
Blessed be HIS HOLY NAME!
A blessed Easter is wished for you you Tenac and Excel by your brother in the Lord!
Fight the good fight. Keep the FAITH. Grow in grace and knowledge and wisdom of our Lord Jesus until He comes for us!
For HIS Glory,
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