#1thessalonians

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Dear Child of God,

Let us be glad in Jesus!

Love, ECIM

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"THE SECRET OF CONTENTMENT"

Philippians 4:12, “I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the SECRET OF BEING CONTENT in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.” {NIV} Believe it or not, but sometimes Contentment has 3 Simple Secrets: 1…LEARNING TO BE HAPPY WITH LESS: A hard-charging executive decided to spend a few days in a…

[itsyourchoicedevotionals]

Without Investigating

“Now the Israelites settled in Egypt in the region of Goshen…” Genesis 47:27NIV

“Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt—a palpable darkness. …total darkness covered all the land of Egypt for three days. No one could see anyone else, and for three days no one left his place. Yet all the Israelites had light in their dwellings.” Exodus 10:21-23BSB

Have you ever been in a cavern, when the tour guide shuts off the light momentarily? The darkness can be felt. We stand in sin’s darkness equal to the darkness of a cavern. People are so lost in this darkness, they have nothing pointing to the way out. 

Many of the people lost in this darkness are believers in Christ who have succumbed to a lie and lost their way— “…for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: that they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness” 2Thessalonians 2:11-12KJV. They chose to believe lies rather than the truth of the gospel. That single choice cost them their salvation, —Matthew 24:12.  Meanwhile they believe they’re going to heaven. Lies such as: ‘the Bible is not the infallible word of God;’ ‘Jesus was not birthed by a virgin mother;’ ‘all religions lead to God.’

Society has become overrun by the demonic. One major area I’ve seen the Believers’ passion waning is the political arena— aka government. These Believers have accepted the lie stating they need to stay out of politics. 

God—Jesus is a judge, and King with a government which will never end— see Luke 1:32-33. Then 2Corinthians 5:10NIV “…we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ…”showing, there’s a courtroom in heaven. Somewhere the church became sidetracked. We’ve not been effective in changing the world’s governments by our belief system.  (Newsflash! The reason our world is in such a mess is because Believers don’t hold all of the political offices. Those who do hold offices are fraught with backlash from the overwhelming majority of worldly politicians.) 

Absurdly, Christians are prone to pick candidates according to the political parties of their parents, friends, even the evening news. They do so without investigating politician’s political platforms; where the individual candidate’s actions say they stand; often their voting records. 

Believers numerically have the ability to seat and unseat any politician, IF EVERYONE of us would all vote. Too many Believers say, ‘oh it’s all fake or crooked,’ or ‘I don’t like any of the candidates,’ ‘my vote doesn’t count,’ —therefore I won’t vote. A non-vote is a vote for evil and Holy Spirit sees it. As Believers, all of us, bearing the name of Jesus must pray to get the mind of Christ— then vote. Even if it means voting against our favored political party. Perhaps I am a bit opinionated, but I don’t know how a true Believer could vote for anyone whose political party supports abortion or euthanasia, because that’s murder, Proverbs 24:11NIV “Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those staggering toward slaughter.” God alone has that right to choose the time of death.

Darkness wasn’t allowed in Goshen where the Israelites had settled. They lived in light. None of the evil Egyptian government’s plagues came upon them. They were freed from the sufferings of their slave masters. Per 1Thessalonians 5:5NASB1977 we— “are all sons of light and sons of day. We are not of night nor of darkness;” Our every action and motive of our hearts must come from the Kingdom of our God and His Light within us. Which way will you choose? It’s your choice. You choose.

LET’S PRAY: Holy God we choose to live in the light of Your way and Your gospel. Help us to hold on to You in belief, in the nama of Jesus Christ I pray.

by Debbie Veilleux

Copyright 2024 You have my permission to reblog this devotional for others. Please keep my name with this devotional. as author. Thank you.

[coptorthodox]

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 4:14

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[bibleandlife]

"THE VANISHING“

The God of the universe will come back to take his people to be with him. Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven. (Acts 1:11)

The Church which is the body of Christ will be raptured. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. (1Thessalonians 4:16-17)

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. (Mark 16:16)...Men and brethren, what shall we do? Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. (Acts 2:37-38)

[richardangulo]

Thanksgiving Day

One Walk with Jesus…Pray Psalm 145 with your family at dinner tonight. #OneWalkwithJesus Praise and worship… Psalm 145 Poor Bishop Hooper https://music.apple.com/us/album/psalm-145/1641093443?i=1641093444 Today’s verse… 
In all circumstances, give thanks,
 for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/1thessalonians/5?18) Today’s…

[parables-proverbs-pericopes]

So speak encouraging words to one another. Build up hope so you’ll all be together in this, no one left out, no one left behind. I know you’re already doing this; just keep on doing it. 1Thessalonians 5:11 (The Message)

I need to speak some encouraging words this morning.

I have reason to do so.

You do such encouraging things!

The other day a friend reached out to me on behalf of one of her friends. That single mom was facing eviction from her apartment. I don’t know the details but I do know that Thanksgiving is a tough holiday to face with your son when you are unhoused. I asked Suzanne, Cindy, and Marie if The Gatherings could cover the arrears on the apartment to which they quickly agreed. It wasn’t that much in terms of money. It was life changing in terms of tears of gratitude that strangers care and love.

My friend needed to come home from Haiti for a season of healing. The reasons are several and profound but the window for pulling it off was narrow. She had to book a ticket through a round about route with an exorbitant price involved. This cost wasn’t covered by the budget of the institution that sponsors her. I asked the 100 people in a Facebook group I manage if they might feel the call to help out. $1,460. It was in hand in six hours.

A couple of weeks ago a friend who pastors an extremely remote, extremely poor church in the mountains of Haiti got in touch with me. He manages a school as a part of the ministry there. It is a very good school with very few resources. The children in Haiti suffer from insecurity, poverty, and lack of hope on a scale that I couldn’t communicate in 10 books. It is bad. He thought a little music would help them know some joy and smile a minute. We agreed to see if I could come up with some recorders (flutes) for the children to enjoy. I was thinking maybe 20. So I asked my friends to maybe purchase one or two for these children. Today I shipped not 20, but 139, instruments to Haiti!

We have been in a 10 months campaign to build a worship facility/community center for the same community in which the flutes will soon sound. We got ready for the roof and needed $20,000 to get the lid on the building. I was distracted and even less efficient than normal but we wired $7,500 of this total last week. I guess I had decided Easter would be a good day to get this done. But no. A friend in a church in Iowa, of all places, told me her congregation is covering the balance of the cost for the roof. I didn’t even know they knew where the project existed! Easter is what it is but What a Christmas gift!!

Rachel is 7 years old. She is a patient with a difficult leukemia at MD Anderson Hospital in Houston, TX but her family resides in Rogersville, AL. They lease an apartment in Houston and various family members (translate that as Grandmothers) travel there to help comfort, care, and love. My friends here are making regular donations to help defray the costs of all those trips to Houston. They do so because we are all on a one way trip best enjoyed by holding hands and praying and loving one another.

All of this, and more, in the last two weeks.

And there is much more.

But I have one more vignette. Last Tuesday Trish brought several angel tree “tags” to The Gathering. I suppose you know how that works…a child lists her “needs” and his “wants” for Christmas gifts. These are children unlikely to get much, if anything, without angels helping angels. I announced the opportunity as the service commenced and invited folks to see Trish after the service. I noticed that, at the conclusion of things, Trish seemed especially popular. I asked her if things went ok. “Oh yes!”

And that’s the story I have to tell. I could easily get down reading about the antics of the powerful and popular. I could get depressed about the discouraging ways folks are interacting “out there.”

But if I look a little closer I find an encouraging word is being spoken. It is a thunderous whisper that will put some pep in your step, light the path you tread, and map the path you need to follow.

And it will put an encouraging word on the Angel Tree.

You know what I mean?

Padre

[jfarvin]

1Thessalonians 5:16-18

Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

God's will for your life is very simple.  It's your heart posture.  Rejoice, pray, and be thankful.

Father, out of  joy much joy we rejoice and pray/praising You, thanking You God in the name of our Lord Jesus and by the Holy Spirit To Da, Abba, To Da JESUS&jfa

[lakelandg]

 WATCH THE SKY AND LISTEN FOR THE TRUMPET

By Van Yandell Acts 1: 9 & 11“And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.” For centuries believers in the Lord Jesus have been listening for the sound of the trumpet (1Thessalonians 4: 16). Our longing…

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 WATCH THE SKY AND LISTEN FOR THE TRUMPET

By Van Yandell Acts 1: 9 & 11“And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.” For centuries believers in the Lord Jesus have been listening for the sound of the trumpet (1Thessalonians 4: 16). Our longing…

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(His24-7.com)

1Thessalonians 4:1-8 Our Scripture today can be summed up succinctly in these 3 statements about how we live as Christians: 1.  Live a God-pleasing life. 2.  Your sanctification is God’s will. 3. To reject this is to reject God. From the moment of salvation on, the Christian life is a life of giving  as much of yourself as you know to as much of God as you understand. When you’re first saved, it’s easy, because you know all the things you have repented from. Lying, Cheating, Stealing (blatantly), Sexual Immorality. But then as you move on, the Holy Spirit begins to teach you. The little white lie to avoid hurting someone’s feelings is still a lie. That creative accounting you did on your income tax is dishonesty. All those pens and tools laying around the house from your workplace are Stolen Property. That anger, bitterness and unforgiveness you find in your heart; Jesus said it’s murder. That temptation that you gave in to.  You sinned. So it becomes a little more complicated.  But you pray, ask for forgiveness, and you move on. You choose to do that. Every time you deal with the stuff that the Holy Spirit reveals, and choose God’s way, you’re choosing God. And that pleases Him. Sometimes it’s hard to take that step. It’s hard because you have to wrestle and come to a decision.  You have to choose God’s way over the ways of the World.

[itsyourchoicedevotionals]

Kept In Painful Suspense

“For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.” 1Thessalonians 4:15ESV

Who were the “we” Paul referring to in the text verse? Almost every Commentary writer agrees— Paul considered himself to be one of the “we.”

Remembering back into my childhood church years, preachers would attempt to scare us into heaven. They said something like— ‘Jesus may be here even tonight. You’ll miss the first trumpet call out of here. To go to heaven after the first trumpet you’ll be beheaded or go to hell— UNLESS you get up here right now, you’ll end in hell.’ Later in young adulthood, there were eschatology charts everywhere with the timeline for Christ’s return. Preachers gave the same call as in my childhood. This was extremely prevalent because Israel had become a nation in 1948, a MAJOR signpost for His return

We’re close— absolutely. His return may be a breath away, but there are still things to be fulfilled, namely the building of the third temple in Jerusalem. They say the third temple is in a prefab stage awaiting the land in Israel to open for construction. I’m here to tell you, this can occur today.

There’s a video on YouTube regarding persecution mounting against prophets and their prophecies. Even my brother said, ‘prophecies are like people in fear about the devil winning and overtaking believers yakking to each other— well, here’s is a sign. Here’s another sign. Just scared people.’

Every Believer in every generation is kept in painful suspense awaiting His return. Why hasn’t He come yet? 2 Peter 3:9 (NKJV) "The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.” Do I want my grands and great-grandchildren to end in hell, or be those of the Tribulation? No, I don’t. As long as there are people begging for mercy on their family members He’s probably not coming. There will come a day when evil will be so evil Believers will beg Yahweh to get them out of this earth, even if not all of their family members are born again.

I found myself again being kept in the painful suspense. Things I truly wanted to do, I hesitated in doing because He was coming soon. Was I more fearful than excited? After all of those preachers who had preached to promote fear, now I find no fear, only sheer, ecstatic excitement— I will at last see His face, my Beloved, my King.

Don’t be afraid of missing when He comes back. Nor be afraid of having to live on in the ocean of evil we currently live in all around us. Least of all, fearing we can’t live life because He may appear today. He’s got us. “if we are faithless, He remains faithful— for He cannot deny Himself” 2Timothy 2:13ESV. Let not fear be your master, nor time, nor circumstances, nor the dead and buried. We hav a work to do in winning the lost; conquering evil around each of our personal sphere; and taking back our governments.Trust Him with your times and leave suspense behind. It’s your choice. You choose.

LET’S PRAY: Heavenly God, thank You for giving us assurance of Your return. Help us to find joy in working for Your kingdom and in the waiting for Jesus to come back, in the name of Jesus Christ I pray.

by Debbie Veilleux Copyright 2023 You have my permission to reblog this devotional for others. Please keep my name with this devotional, as author. Thank you.

[clarissaxrose1212]

There are always reasons to be joyful, even in difficult situations (e.g., being alive, having food, having the chance to be saved)!

We should also continue to pray without giving up or losing hope! We should trust in God, He always has a plan for everything and hears our prayers!!!!!

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