Author: Jim

Children’s Day

the first Sunday in June

Children’s Day dates back to the 1860s or even earlier when Children’s Day was first celebrated in America. In 2000, President Bill Clinton declared October 8th to be celebrated as Children’s Day thereafter. But in 2001, President George W. Bush announced June 3rd as National Child’s Day and the commemoration of this day on the first Sunday in June every year. In researching this, it is very confusing. Isn’t Christmas children’s day? What about Easter? And their Birthday? Seems we have a lot of days that are Children’s Day! Do we really need a National Children’s Day?
Yes, we should cherish and love our children. See what the Scripture says:
Psalm 127:3-4 Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
Psalm 128:3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
This even includes grand children:
Proverbs 17:6 Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
And we should instruct them:
Psalm 34:11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
Proverbs 4:1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
Proverbs 5:7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 6:20 My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Proverbs 7:24 Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
Proverbs 8:32 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
When father and mother cherish, love and instruct their children:
Proverbs 1:8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother.
Proverbs 20:7 The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
Proverbs 31:28 Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.

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GOD’S PLAN

GOD’S PLAN a Radio Message

May GOD’S richest blessings be yours as we take time to meditate in His Word.
Think about how God has invaded history.
The Holy Spirit has recorded Peter’s words to Israel concerning the life, death and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth.
Acts 2:22-23 Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
He quotes David, using him as an example to establish that Jesus is the Christ, that Jesus is LORD .
Acts 2:36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made the same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
Jesus is the Christ, that Jesus is LORD. JESUS is indeed GOD IN FLESH.

Think of it – GOD became MAN and dwelt among us – God invaded History.

Had it ever happened before? Had God ever invaded life on this planet before?
As any student of Scripture knows, the answer is YES.

Time prevents a real look into each event, but let us ponder a few ….
The Garden of Eden …
The flood when Noah, his wife, 3 sons and their wives were saved in the Ark
The tower of Babble …
Choosing of Abram (renaming him Abraham) ….
The birth of Moses …
Setting the Children of Israel free from Egypt …
The list goes on …..

The question then arises, WILL GOD AGAIN INVAID HISTORY?
The answer is YES …
During the Translation of the Church (Rapture)…
The returning of the LORD Jesus in all His glory, establishing His 1000 year reign on earth …
But, right now, more important … God wants to invade your life …
He wants to dwell in you, to be your God …
2 Corinthians 2:16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

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American Holidays

The word holiday comes from the Old English word hāligdæg, originally referred only to special religious days. It is a shortened form of Holy Days. The first four congressionally designated Federal Holidays were created in 1870: New Year’s Day (January 1st), Independence Day (July 4th), Thanksgiving Day (3rd Thursday in November), and Christmas Day (December 25th).

There are currently (in 2022) eleven (11) federal holidays.

  1. Started 1870 — New Year’s Day – January 1st
  2. Started 1986 — Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. – Third Monday of January
  3. Started 1885 — Washington’s Birthday – Third Monday of February
  4. Started 1971 — Memorial Day – Last Monday of May
  5. Started 2021 — Juneteenth – June 19th
  6. Started 1870 — Independence Day – July 4th
  7. Started 1894 — Labor day – First Monday of September
  8. Started 1971 — Columbus Day – Second Monday of October
  9. Started 1968 — Veterans Day – November 11th
  10. Started 1870 — Thanksgiving Day – Fourth Thursday of November
  11. Started 1870 — Christmas Day – December 25th

Lent is a 40-day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday (But don’t count Sundays). It’s a period of preparation to celebrate the Lord’s Resurrection at Easter. One can safely conclude that by the end of the fourth century, the 40-day period of Easter preparation known as Lent existed, and that prayer and fasting constituted its primary spiritual exercises.

Palm Sunday is a Christian moveable feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter. The feast commemorates Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. The date of the first observance of Palm Sunday is uncertain. Palm Sunday was frequently marked by the burning of Jack-‘o’-Lent figures. This was a straw effigy that would be stoned and abused on Ash Wednesday and kept in the parish for burning on Palm Sunday.

Good Friday was kept beginning in the Middle Ages as it was associated to easter by the Roman Catholic church. Good Friday the supposed day the Lord Jesus died on the cross. (SEE Three Days)

Easter celebrates Christ’s resurrection from the tomb. Celebrated in March or April. The First Council of Nicaea (325 AD) established the date of Easter as the first Sunday after the full moon (the Paschal Full Moon) following the March equinox.

Started 1914 — Mother’s Day is observed the second Sunday in May.
Started 1972 — Father’s Day is observed on the third Sunday of June.

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Family

Family, Parents, Fathers Mothers, and children, all these words are under attack today. Not just the words but the very meaning of the words.
Parents no longer mean a father (male) and a mother (female) who have given birth (or adopted) a child.
Father no longer means the male partner in a family with children.
Mother no longer refers to a female partner in a family with children.
Mother is no longer a female who has given birth to a baby, she is now called a birthing parent.
And men can also be called birthing Parent? Getting pregnant and giving birth?
A child is no longer Boy (male) or Girl (female).
When we remove God from everything, turn our backs on Him, this is the result.
AS IN THE DAYS OF NOAH. See Noah.

But what does the Bible, God’s word have to say about these things?
⇛ Family Part 2 Parents -National Parents Day — July 24th
⇛ Family Part 3 Fathers -Father’s day – 3rd Sunday in June
⇛ Family Part 4 Mothers -Mother’s day – 2nd Sunday in May
⇛ Family Part 5 Children -Children’s day – 2nd Sunday in June.
⇛ Family Part 6 Family -International Day of Families — May 15th

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June 1st Global Day of Parents
July 24th National Parents Day
Sept – Grandparents Day celebrated on the first Sunday after Labor Day.

The Way of Cain Part 2

More thoughts about Cain.
Think about Adam and Eve. Expelled from the Garden, no more walks in the Garden with God, work by the sweat of the brow, knowing they would die.
Then, Eve delivers a SON, she cries “ I have gotten a man from the LORD”.
How happy they both must be. Then another son (and some daughters).
They taught their children how the sacrifice to the Lord.
The sons grow and go out, one becoming a shepherd and the other a farmer.
Then comes the time for them to bring an offering to the Lord.
Genesis 4:3-4 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
Remember Adam and Eve shown them how this was done.
Abel brings his offering, the shed blood, to atone for sin.
Cain brings his, THE WORK OF HIS HANDS!
Hebrews 11:4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
Cain gets angry. Genesis 4:5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
The LORD offers Cain another chance. Genesis 4:6-7 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
Many Christians today are guilty of ‘The way of Cain’, not trusting in the death, burial and resurrection of Christ, BUT by their own works.
NOT the way of Cain, BUT the way of the Cross.

Romans 4:4-5 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
1 Corinthians 6:11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
Galatians 2:16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
Ephesians 2:8-10 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Titus 3:5-7 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
The Lord said: Matthew 7:21-23 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
NOT the way of Cain, BUT the way of the Cross.

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End Time Events

This age will be consummated.
The Christian dead will be liberated
Living Saints will be translated.
The faithful will be remunerated.
The Heavens will be animated.
The worldly Church will be humiliated.
The modern critics will be repudiated.
The godless will be located.
God’s truth will be confirmed.
The world will be consternated.
The faithless will be remonstrated.
The tribulation will be inaugurated.
The earth will be renovated.
Suffering will be terminated.
Sin will be eradicated.
Holiness will be perpetuated.
All believers will live forever.

1 Corinthians 2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

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Gideon Part 2

Why Gideon? … God’s Choice: Romans 9:15-24

But Gideon did have some good traits: Judges
6:15 Humility… I am the least in my father’s house.
6:17 Caution… shew me a sign …
6:24 Spiritually … Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD …(also 7:15)
6:27 Obedience… did as the LORD had said unto him: …
6:34-36 Fellowship with God … Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon,(also 7:4,9)
7:16-18 Strategy… he divided the three hundred men into three companies
8:1-3 Tact… What have I done now in comparison of you?
8:22-23 Loyalty to God…  the Lord shall rule over you.

BUT even the best (when they trust themselves) fall into sin!

Solution: Keep GOD first in your life.

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Time

Revelation 10:6 And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:

How important is Time? Think about it, TIME governs our lives. It’s time to begin … It’s time to get up! It’s time to eat Breakfast! It’s time to go to school/work! It’s time for lunch! It’s time to go home! It’s time to eat supper! It’s time to study/play/watch TV! It’s time to go to bed! And it begins again the next day. How often during the day to you look at your watch or a clock? Time controls our every MINUTE.

Did you read the verse in Revelation 10:6? TIME NO LONGER! That day is coming, the Lord promises it. BUT until then we need to manage our time wisely. Some things we really need to take time for:

⇛ Time Part 2 -TIME FOR SALVATION
⇛ Time Part 3 -TIME TO STUDY GOD’S WORD
⇛ Time Part 4 -TIME TO PRAY
⇛ Time Part 5 -TIME TO WORSHIP
⇛ Time Part 6 -TIME TO WITNESS
⇛ Time Part 7 -TIME FOR THE LORD JESUS TO COME AGAIN

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Your TIME is up……

Demon Part 2

Unclean Spirit
The Lord tells Israel:
Zechariah 13:2 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.
2 times in Matthew: Matthew 10:1, 12:43
10 times in Mark: Mark 1:23,26-27, 3:11,30, 5:2,8,13, 6:7, 7:25,
6 times in Luke: Luke 4:33,36, 6:18, 8:29, 9:42, 11:24
2 times in Acts: Acts 5:16, 8:7
2 times in Revelation: Revelation 16:13, 18:2
Evil Spirit
God allowed these events to occur:
Judges 9:23 Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech:
1 Samuel 16:14-16,23 But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him. And Saul’s servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee. Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well. … And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
1 Samuel 18:10 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul’s hand.
1 Samuel 19:9 And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand.
The Lord, during His earthly ministry, casts them out:
Luke 7:21 And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave sight.
Luke 8:2 And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils,
Paul had to deal with them:
Acts 19:12-13,15-16 So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them. Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the LORD Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth. … And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye? And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

Demon – Devils – Evil Spirit – Unclean Spirit are all mentioned in the Scripture.
Believers should have nothing to do with them.

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