Just a week before Christmas I had a visitor. This is how it happened. I just finished the household chores for the night and was preparing to go to bed, when I heard a noise in the front of the house. I opened the door to the front room and to my surprise, Santa himself stepped out next to the fireplace. "What are you doing?" I started to ask. The words choked up in my throat and I saw he had tears in his eyes. His usual jolly manner was gone. Gone was the eager, boisterous soul we all know. He then answered me with a simple statement . . ."TEACH THE CHILDREN!" I was puzzled. What did he mean? He anticipated my question and with one quick movement brought forth a miniature toy bag from behind the tree. As I stood bewildered, Santa said, "Teach the children!Teach them the old meaning of Christmas. The meaning that now-a-days Christmas has forgotten. "Santa then reached in his bag and pulled out a FIR TREE and placed it before the mantle. "Teach the children that the pure green color of the stately fir tree remains green all year round, depicting the everlasting hope of mankind, all the needles point heavenward, making it a symbol of...
As a christian is it really necessary to attend church every Sunday in order to be certified as a true believer of Christ? I stopped going to church a while back because all my One Faith Christian Church does is pray throughout the services. I understand that prayers are the means to communicate with God, but standing in front of the altar, to pray for the most part of the services is a bit too much. I left the church because I felt it was kind of ridiculous having the pastor pray for the congregation all the time. Since I left I have found consolation in the TV Church channels. And guess what? I am more closer to God now. The services on TV are based on the explanation of the Bible verses which I find very inspiring. However, I miss going to church. I miss giving out the tithes that one is supposed to give to God.
Lord Jesus Christ was merely crossing the street within the confines of the crosswalk, yet a gentile ran him over with a car. Thankfully, he only suffered facial injuries and has been released from the hospital.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37015837/
I know that this topic has been ages old..but just recently i have read a book entitled HIRAM KEY..the writers in this book are free masons..and the stories have been traced back to a person named HIRAM ABIF..it is said that, during the time Christ was born of the Virgin Mary, there are also other myths that were also born to a virgin mother.. like Buddha? this book also tells u about the Nag Hammaddi scrolls or simply the lost scriptures in the bible..this book will simply tells u that Jesus really is a son of man..what do u think?
Yesterday and Today I feel released and forgiven from all the sin. I have forgiven all the people that hurt me in my life and I also forgive myself for abuse my holy spirit that have brought failure to my life. From today on I will follow My God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. They brought healing through my life and it's complete... I will practice his word and also do his words.
I made a decision to make jesus my personal Lord and Savior and to serve Him. If you have made a personal decision to walk with Jesus, I would like you to be my friend? Any one out there?
Christians think that Jesus Christ is God and pre-existed, that leads to a question.Following are some verses of the Bible where God is mentioned:[b]Deuteronomy 20:16-17[/b]
16 -[i]But of the cities of these people, which[b]the LORD thy God[/b] doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:
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17 - B[i]ut thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as[b]the LORD thy God[/b] hath commanded thee:
[/i][b]Deuteronomy 20:13[/b]
[i]When[b]the LORD your God[/b]delivers it into your hand, put to the sword all the men in it.[/i][b]Hosea 13:16[/b]
[i]Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled[b]against her God[/b]: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
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as a Christian, do you Think that the word God in the above verses refers to Jesus?
I was watching the movie The Passion of Christ for 4th time now..and i still cry my eyes out for the whole duration of the movie.. i really can't get over how horrible the people were in His time- how they could condemn a man who is innocent and derive pleasure in seeing him get hurt... and the worse is, if i lived in that time, i might have been one of the people who mocked Him..:[:[ I also realized that God must have loved us very much, He even gave His son to us- but what makes us so special, i don't think all of us are worthy of being saved..people like the pharisees are like some people today- always denying God and ignoring the signs of God's love... but it's nice, though- even if many people hurt Jesus and hated Him- for no reason at all..there are still some who never left and defended Him until His death and helped Him carry His cross.. and last but not the least, i'm not sure who is more pained in the passion of Christ- Jesus or Mary.. seeing you son being ridiculed by the people and killed[after raising Him for 33 years]--that must have really hurt, but still she stayed strong amidst all the pain...
Whatever your religion is, it would be nice to watch this movie...
